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Syd Barrett - Blog Posts
some gifs I made, so be free to use it.
I enjoyed drawing them, I will post nick manson stuff later.
Idk why my hand is so shaky.
my thoughts on pf members if they existed in modern day (based on looks)
Syd Barrett: moderately popular commentary youtuber who holds his clip mic in his hand
Roger Waters: hardcore pit mosher who spits on people if they push him and developed a reputation on Twitter for throwing his shoes at frontmen
David Gilmour: pretty boy actor under 30 like Timothee Chalamet or Nicholas Hoult who primarily gets casted in streaming service dramas
Rick Wright: painfully british influencer on instagram who promotes sleep aid supplements
Nick Mason: the next Nick Cannon
how i sleep knowing i always got vro ♡
lime and limpid green,the sounds around
the icy waters underground
Roger Waters & Nick Mason bts of ‘Pink Floyd at Pompeii’ - MCMLXXII.
Roger Waters and Syd Barrett, interviewed by Hans Keller, circa. 1967.
“Keller was a dick to them. But the lads come off as very polite and well spoken by comparison.”
Pink Floyd during a photoshoot, 1967.
“I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.” — Syd Barrett.
Syd Barrett and Richard Wright in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 29 April 1967. Photo by Nico van der Stam.
“I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway.” — Syd Barrett.
Richard Wright - A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, MCMLXXXVII.
“Pink Floyd is like a marriage that's on a permanent trial separation.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
Richard Wright, Just Having a Sip, Somewhere mid MCMLXX’s.
“We fought during 'The Wall,' which was an album Waters wrote, based on his family story, we clashed long before that, during the period of the Dark Side and 'Wish You Were Here.' Actually, we never got along.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
Dave Harris & Richard Wright, photographed for their project album, ‘Identity’, MCMLXXXIV.
Identity with Zee's David Harris. Really a super experimental album. Rick was not connected with the project and most of the ideas came from David. Actually Richard suffered a kind of blank between 1979 and 1987 when he was reintegrated in Pink Floyd as an official member.
Pink Floyd recording their song 'Scarecrow' at Abbey Road Studios, London on March 22nd, 1967.
"Just listen to Syd's songs, the imagination that he had. If he hadn't had this complete breakdown, he could easily be one of the greatest songwriters today. I think it's one of the saddest stories in rock "n' roll, what happened to Syd. He was brilliant - and such a nice guy.” — Richard Wright.
Rick Wright during recording sessions of the album, ‘Obscured by Clouds' at Strawberry Studios, Château d'Hérouville, France 1972. Photo by Jean-Denis Mahn.
"Paint Box" and "Remember A Day" were done soon after Syd left and we still hadn't established the way the band was going to work. Syd, I am sad to say, was no longer capable of working so it came down to Roger, Dave and myself writing songs and I think it came later that we started writing songs together. For example, "Echoes" was where we discovered the best music we created at the time was when all three us of got together and collaborated rather than individually coming to the studio with a song.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
Pink Floyd - Recording sessions at Capitol Studios, Hollywood Los Angeles. May 1970. Courtesy of Capitol Records Photo Archive.
Q: ‘I think Mr. Wright's keyboard work during the early Floyd years was one of the most distinctive elements of the band's sound, and was definitely a key to the band's success. Who were the influences on this keyboard style in the beginning?’
“That is interesting. I would have to say, not necessarily keyboard players actually influenced my sound. For example, I can give you a good example, one of the people I was very influenced by was Miles Davis, the trumpeter and his style of playing the trumpet certainly influenced the way I played the keyboards and also Bill Evans. Simply look at Jazz and that has influenced my way of playing the keyboard.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
Richard (Rick) Wright, in studios, Somewhere around MCMLXXII.
"I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all." — Richard (Rick) Wright.
Richard Wright, Interviewed for his album ‘Broken China’ , around 1996.
“It was while we were recording the last Floyd Album, The Division Bell. The idea for this record was inspired, sadly, by my personal experiences with a close friend whi was suffering from depression. I wanted to express my feelings about what I was seeing. It wasn't a healing process, as such, as I wasn't the person suffering, but it made me come to terms with my own feelings about what I was witnessing.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
Richard Wright with Anya and Sue McCloughlin on the Costa Brava in 1960.
Richard Wrights AAA pass - Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, MCMLXXXIX.
"There is no pain you are receding. A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves.” — Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd, BBC Top of the Pops, rehearsal at Lime Grove Studios, Shepherds Bush, London, MCMLXVII.
“For long you live and high you fly; And smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry; And all you touch and all you see; Is all your life will ever be.” — Pink Floyd
Richard Wright at his French home, somewhere around MCMLXXXVI.
“No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.” — David Gilmour.
Richard Wright switching keyboard in Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII.
“Adrian Maben came to us with the idea. And we just thought, "Well, why not?" I don't think any of us thought it would be as well received and last in people's minds for as long as it did. All credit to him. It's his idea [Pink Floyd at Pompeii] and it was great.” — David Gilmour.
Richard Wright & Pink Floyd, Live Performances of ‘The Wall’ 1980.
“I thought, if I’m going to leave at least I know I’ve got another month or so to carry on working – even possibly with the hope in the back of my mind that things might change. On the live performances Roger was being reasonably friendly. It was difficult but I tried to forget all my grudges, and I enjoyed playing The Wall. I put everything I could into the performances, and I think Roger approved of that. We would talk civilly to each other. It wasn’t too bad at all.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
“For me, playing music is like meditating - I just play and don't really think about what I'm doing, I just let it happen.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
Pink Floyd in Moscow, 1989.
“We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
Richard Wright playing ‘A Saucerful of Secrets’ in Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII.
“Sometimes I play something, and I haven't recorded it, and I don't know where it came from, why my hands did what they did, what key it was in, anything.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.