Syd Barrett died.Syd was the the founding member of Pink Floyd. Sure Roger, Nick and Richard were there, and vital... but that band was Syd Barrett's vision.
Unfortunately, that's not so much his legacy. Syd is remembered as one of the great bummers in rock music, for his creative talents came from a brain well-challenged by a schizophrenia-like mental condition accelerated by LSD, and his name had become synonymous, -inaccurately- with talent being ruined by the rock n’ roll lifestyle. Fact is, most of Syd’s mental problems were genetic and unavoidable.
He was brilliant and beautiful. We knew he'd never come back, still it's sad to hear he's gone away... so long, Syd.
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