Syd Barrett Omnibus BBC2 23:20 tonight

kaiphas

Hi Folks,

FYI - BBC2 re-showing Syd documentary tonight

"23:20 Syd Barrett: Omnibus The arts documentary series looks at the life of Syd Barrett, the creative genius behind the early successes of pioneering rock band Pink Floyd "

The Free Man

thanks. how long is it?

DrussTheLegend

its on my menu nice one

Timans

Nice find mate, I'm defo going to watch this.

Thanks.

kaiphas

A Tribute to Syd Barrett

Thu 27 Jul, 11:20 pm - 12:10 am (50mins)

Syd Barrett - Crazy Diamond: A moving account of Barrett's disintegration and struggle with the demons in his head. Members of Pink Floyd describe how he still haunts their lives and music. [AD,S]

Subtitles Stereo Widescreen

The Free Man wrote:

thanks. how long is it?

herbieflowers

ooh thanks!

galwayrush

watching it right now, cheers for that.

Mossy Monk

missed the first 10 minutes. good show though

MunkyHed

Good show is right, its such a different world we live in nowadays. Poor Syd, never got a chance to show his genius properly. It really seemed from that program last night that the other Floyd members kicked him out rather than him just leaving. Did they try hard enough to save him? I always thought of Roger Waters as a bit of a self righteous greedy git. I bet he didnt try too hard to get syd into any rehab places. Very interesting program tho.

Timans

Anyone else find them selves quite uncomfortable watching this programme?

It was superbly done but I always felt as though I was watching the demise of a great man.

mike65

Agh! Did'nt see this thread and flicking around last night spotted it with 10 mins to go.

Mike.

Timans

mike65 wrote:

Agh! Did'nt see this thread and flicking around last night spotted it with 10 mins to go.

Mike.

Oh well.

It was superb. Hope that helps.

Sofaspud

I didn't find out that it was on until 3.00 last night, 'cos I was in town. I was quite pissed off when I realised I missed it.

Arucard

MunkyHed wrote:

Good show is right, its such a different world we live in nowadays. Poor Syd, never got a chance to show his genius properly. It really seemed from that program last night that the other Floyd members kicked him out rather than him just leaving. Did they try hard enough to save him? I always thought of Roger Waters as a bit of a self righteous greedy git. I bet he didnt try too hard to get syd into any rehab places. Very interesting program tho.

they did kick him out, they had to. his drug use was out of control, and he was ruining shows and rehearsals. they had no choice, it would have ended up in a no Barrett or no Floyd situation.

i dont know if now Roger feels that they should have done more for him, or if he just feels so sad that there was nothing more they could do for their friend, but either way, Roger seems to feel a great deal of sadness and regret over the whole situation.

Timans

Roger was near tears at the start.

Syd was his best friend. They'd known each other since they were kids. I don't know how anyone can say that "he didn't try very hard".
He was absolutely gobsmacked when Syd started to change. He had lost one of his greatest and true friends.