Is Syd Barrett more famous now than with Floyd?

Do you think that the late Syd Barrett is better known and more famous now then when he was a member of Pink Floyd, or do you feel he's just some sketchy character that only the band really knew, understood, and tried to immortalize in song?

Edited by SteveG - April 15 2015 at 18:00

I think Syd is better known and famous now because now Pink Floyd are better known and famous than when he was in the band. 

Tough to say, but I would think that he is at least better known now in the States than at the time he was in Floyd. Britain is probably a different story (hence Dean's monosyllabic reply).

SteveG wrote: Do you think that the late Syd Barrett is better known and more famous now then when he was a member of Pink Floyd, or do you feel he's just some sketchy character that only the band really knew, understood, and tried to immortalize in song?

Of course that Syd Barrett is more famous now than at the time when he was a member of Pink Floyd as a house band of fashionable London's UFO club that was oriented to that underground Freakbeat scene i.e. early English psych bands. In fact, he had lost the attention of widder audience after the Pink Floyd's succesful Hyde Park free concert (along with Tyrannosaurs Rex, Jethro Tull and Roy Harper) in June 1968, that the band was played without him, yet played extremely well what the audience heard, recognized that, rewarded that and talked about the band, but the absence of Syd Barrett was not even mentioned; here's an article written by John Peel:

 

 

 

 

Edited by Svetonio - April 16 2015 at 05:35

^ Once again, Mosh nails it

Perhaps it might have been more interesting to replace the words 'Syd Barrett' with 'Roger Waters'

sublime220 wrote: ^ Once again, Mosh nails it

moshkito wrote: richardh wrote: Perhaps it might have been more interesting to replace the words 'Syd Barrett' with 'Roger Waters'   At least his tour of the Wall rivaled the one from before, although there were more things that I liked better on the old one!

Now, I would be interested to know about what you liked better from the original show (and perhaps also what you liked better on the new one). I got to see the new one and indeed it was the greatest show one could expect (even my wife, who isn't really such a fan of Pink Floyd nor prog in general) was really impressed by it. However, I didn't make it to the original Pink Floyd ones, since I was too busy learning to walk and talk and such things.

I like Syd in Floyd.  I have a couple of his solo albums -

Barrett, Syd    Opel    1970            907    1/10/04    8
Barrett, Syd    Barrett    1970            906    3/23/04    19

I dread when they come up in rotation.  Pretty awful.  Very sad considering the stuff he did with Pink Floyd was for the most part rather cool.

moshkito wrote: Dellinger wrote: ... Now, I would be interested to know about what you liked better from the original show (and perhaps also what you liked better on the new one). I got to see the new one and indeed it was the greatest show one could expect (even my wife, who isn't really such a fan of Pink Floyd nor prog in general) was really impressed by it. However, I didn't make it to the original Pink Floyd ones, since I was too busy learning to walk and talk and such things.   It's in the review section that I posted it. Not sure I have even copied it to my website!

Yeah, I just looked it up. Actually, I had already read it, and we exchanged a few posts on it too.