Did Floyd make the right decision about Barrett?

It's a yes from me.

I believe if he would have continued to work in the studio with the Floyd and not perform with the band, it would have worked out regarding the music itself. Some people in the past have thought that Barrett was a person you couldn't depend on, however..members of Floyd did persuade him to record his 2 solo albums. Barrett could have stayed home and written. Maybe songs like "Dominoes" and "Baby Lemonade" could have appeared on Atom Heart Mother. "Dominoes" in particular would have fit nicely between "Summer of 69" and "Fat Old Sun". Years later Dave Gilmour was performing "Dominoes" live , so maybe that's what he could have done with Barrett's songs in the EARLY 70'S! If Pink Floyd had rehearsed various songs from the first 2 Barrett albums, it would have fit nicely in their show. There is no doubt in my mind. If you pick the best songs from the first 2 Barrett albums, you can insert them into the Floyd studio albums. "Golden Hair" and "Wolfpack" could have been a section of Ummagumma, "Baby Lemonade" on Meddle. Syd Barrett was more atmospheric sounding and more stylistically based on what the Floyd were producing with the acoustic songs on Meddle or quirky songs on A.H.M. , but by the time they were recording W.Y.W.H., it was too late it seemed. Too much time had passed by and Syd declined regarding his performing and maybe his own general interest.

Edited by TODDLER - April 22 2015 at 12:47

Oh, are we still entertaining this topic?

The Dark Elf wrote: Rednight wrote: Oh, are we still entertaining this topic?   Wait, I missed the part where this topic was entertaining.

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Edited by Kati - April 23 2015 at 22:57

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Oeh... David was straining there, but he made it Nice cover!!

JD wrote: Doubtful, I think the distraction of having to worry about whether he was clear and free or might slip back into previous habits may, at the very least, have deterred the rest of the band from giving 100% and thereby diminishing their output for the album sessions. Plus, after 7 years and several albums, the band had pretty much moved on and created their own very successful identity without him.