Thinking exactly the same 🙂

He didn't lose his mind. He was autistic, probably had an autistic burnout and couldn't carry on as he was.

I think that's out for debate.

@@williambaker6322 how so?

@@neilsun2521 She has nothing good to say about his powerful and touching music.

It was good that he found some peace and tranquility in those decades, but that does not make schizophrenic life not tragic.

her sister can say that but who knows what syd was actually feeling in the 80s and 90s

Michael Edwards Just goes to show you; that the 1960's WEREN'T all they were said to be. I've said that a million times. ESPECIALLY for certain groups, segments of the populace, and the drafted young men. The ONLY THING FREE THEN WAS NOT LOVE... it was a blackjack to the head and a bumpy ride to the bullpen at the ROUND HOUSE!!! Sometimes, getting your ass whooped all the the ride there in back of the wagon by one of Mayor Rizzo's boot cops dressed just like the gestapo! The 60s... SHEEEIIIITTTTT... wasn't a goddamn thing special about that time. STOP BELIEVING the manufactured hype and bullshit wrote about it. Because it didn't happen that way... I was there!!!!!!

@@deadeyes2803 she would know better than anyone else?

@Misterlaxx d they definitely let him down . They wanted to play the fame game and Syd didn’t and when he didn’t they called him ‘mad’ . I’ve so many stories where it sounds like he’s just being what they were when started like playing the one chord, and not turning up to TOTP, and one tv show where he kept pretending to mine properly and then when filming not opening his mouth at all and Rogers goes to the producers “film me he’s weird” . That doesn’t sound like madness more of let’s fuck with them coz we don’t want to be famous like them anyway and must of been thinking what’s happened to my band they’ve all turned into sheep funnily enough. No wonder Roger talks about it so much as they say all songs are really about yourself! He didn’t want fame and I bet he was really frustrated and angered by them. Of course he had a breakdown but after that I don’t think he wanted anything to do with the business and just wanted to do art and eat lol!

There's countless documentaries out there. No need for a Hollywood style by the numbers cookie cutter biopic crap project. Those are always painful to watch because they make caricatures of the artists. Syd would have hated the idea of a biopic.

@@cactaceous yeah but how else is he gonna get more recognition? he deserves as much recognition as Queen and Elton John

the next guy he clearly would have never wanted that he doesn’t need to be commercialised to be remembered

I don't know if this is fact of just rumors but some people wanted to make a movie on him.They also considered Jhony depp for the movie.But Syd's family turned it down.

@@mojolama4597 even if it isn’t true they would have still turned it down syd didn’t want that he wanted to express himself through art and not give into commercialising himself. And his family knew that

What makes me want to cry more is that Syd, whilst not wanting celebrity status deserved it. A talented genius. What do we have now..... The Kardashian's and Jordan. Not an iota of talent amongst them and they crave it and think they deserve where they are. The human race boggles my mind.

@DT M : very well put. We're gone shallow.

kate davenporty He desired an ordinary quiet life. Stardom was a burden for him. Cambridge is an extremely beautiful city. It’s no wonder he wanted to move back.

Like everything else it's all based on how much money they can suck out of a hide before discarding it.

@@666killatcommand Pay attention, John, to the logic nowadays or lack thereof.

I could be wrong, but I think Syd would throw away most his paintings or burn them.

@@dannyhood7433Super sad if that was the case. I would have loved to have own and protected one. Cheers!

@@synthvault owned*

Genius is thrown around a bit much....I am a huge Barrett fan...He was a unique painter and a special songwriting guitarist....So overall a great artist whom has changed and influenced the world....but Genius? Like cured this? discovered that? Do not throw the word around. Einstein and Barrett....Same? Marie Curie? Alan Turing? Come on

I"m guessing there is a lot of animosity to the music world and the band which is probably deserved, but also a scapegoat for having mental problems within the family.

@@paudsmcmack3117 Well when you hear a band (Pink Floyd) doing a tune (shine on) and it doesn't sound right, and you suggest playing it backwards and it fits perfectly is pretty genius in my book, this happened in Abbey road when Syd showed up at the recording of Shine on = source- several Floyd members.

​​@@paudsmcmack3117 I'm sorry... But do you realize Barrett created👈🏻 Pink Floyd. It's not only he made them rich and famous. Their destiny hang up on the sound he created and they ended up evolving it into something incredible and marvellous! Not for nothing is one of the best bands in history.

@@jambo7348 not according to the band in the pink Floyd and Syd Barrett story documentary

He never fully recovered but he did achieve a level of contentment as she said.

I would question what help his family did get him - I'm sure they helped cash his millions of dollars of Pink Floyd royalty checks.

@@williambaker6322 I don't think he would have been that wealthy. He left before Pink Floyd became really famous and there would be only a few songs that his royalties came from that are not much played any more like 'See Emily Play' which was once a chart hit.

@@heliotropezzz333 Not true - Syd earned over $2.5 million from "Echoes" alone according to Mick Rock the photographer. His estate did really well given the reissues Relics as well.

@@williambaker6322 do some research it could make a great article or documentary...... “A Cynical opinion on what a family might do”

So correct my friend!

It was the same for me too.

Relic is an awesome collection of very important early Floyd songs. I love that tape...

Yep!

That album is THE Pink Floyd! That one and Piper at the Gates of Dawn. That's it, no more Pink Floyd after those two, full stop.

That’s what bugs me when people say how “tragic” it is that he never made more music. Look, I’ll admit it is a little sad to think of what could’ve been if he had pursued music longer, but if he was happy with the life he had, then I’d say this story has a happy ending. Maybe I just don’t get it, but that’s just my two cents on the matter.

right on, mate! and i reallyreally hope it's the truth. if his painting gave him some peace during the 80's and 90's then that is a wonderful thing. "he didn't see anything commercial about himself"... he just did it and that's what made him such a great artist AND musician.

That’s not what she said

For those who don't have sound on their devices lol.

In fact he didn't play and sing only rock but pop and blues yoo

Well said.

Which is where he stayed for the rest of his life

Link please?

What about when he was found outside nearly unconscious with his gf crying next to him saying he's taken lsd 7 days straight? What about when he turns up to the studio when they're recording shine on you crazy diamond and be shaved all of his hair and gained weight? Yes he wanted a non commercial life but foul play was definitely at work whether it was spiked drugs or just too much drugs Messing up his brain.

@@pasiman7717 you are absolutely right and most dont want to head that. The guy was a rock star... a musician

@@pasiman7717 Schizofrenia symptoms. However he didn't get treatment because his family was on denial. In truth there isn't much you can do about it, just occupational therapy.

@@lilise3965 haven't seen anyone except members of Pink Floyd say he had schizophrenic characteristics. I think he was autistic.

Really? She has no love for his music. An angel would develop a love of his music over time.

discodelirio wow, did he say anything?

bobdobalina 77 I spoke mostly with Rosemary, as Roger, as he understood why I was there, kind of gently refused to talk to me, being a fan....but Rosemary was supersweet: they were coming back from shopping for home furnitures (tables and chairs,I remember) and she asked me to help Roger to empty the car and bring the stuff in front of the door. And there I was, grabbing a table together with Roger and bringing it to his doorstep....I was so emotionally shaken I could barely talk!

Is it true that he is a different person in real life? or is he quite normal?

What a stupid fucking question.

Not really, half the facts about Syd are make belief, about 20% of what you hear is actually true

Yeah, I don't really buy the "sidetracked into music" statement. Barrett clearly wanted to be a musician and continued to try to do it after Pink Floyd had to go on without him. 'Genius' is not a word I use lightly, but he was a musical/lyrical genius. He may have been happier as a painter because he could do that in a completely solitary, quiet way, but though he was a good visual artist, he will be remembered to history as a groundbreaking musician. In fact, as I understand it, it was the continued income from his music that supported his life as a reclusive artist. I get that his sister was more interested in his happiness than in the significance of his music career, and that's a valid stance on her part. Still, it seems almost a stance of deliberate obtuseness because the only reason there was an exhibition of his work was because of the legacy of his music.

From what I've heard from Roger and David on camera, they tried to keep Syd in the band as a writer and David would basically stand in for him on stage, playing and singing Syd's songs. Though Dave and Rog both say that Syd would come to them with new songs and demo them, but constantly change the song for each demo so that it was impossible for them to learn. But it was clear that for while they still thought he was the best source of songs, even when he couldn't be relied on to perform on stage anymore. They eventually gave up on him and developed their own song writing.

And Dark Side

Yes I agree

I heard it for the first time yesterday. I thought it was basically bollocks. Probably what stood out the most though was "Dark Globe" where Syd starts screaming and sounds much like Roger when he's screaming in The Wall, The Final Cut or other album.

@@AndrewNewZealand Dark Globe is great. "I'm only a person." Madcap Laughs is better than any Pink Floyd album. Pink Floyd suck other than The Wall which is primarily an Ezrin album.

@@zza8001 Ese álbum es de los 70 no los 60. Ignorante Y no es mejor que ninguna obra maestra de Pink Floyd

A graceful and reserved lady

@@annaritaranalli1791 Too reserved in some ways - she has no love for his music at all.

i'd give it to him, if i could but i borrowed it

@@lowandodor1150 I 'd give him things, everything if he wants them

Sorry but mist people don’t stay sane after taking acid and other drugs. Drugs destroy minds, brain cells and lives.

tell that to kanye

OT Will Proves his point

Wouldn't it take an even truer genius to define true genius?

thats not true...mozart was aware of his talent. Many artists appear arrogant because the standard around them seems so low.

Dan Devil Mozart, the wonder child who went on to compose “easy listening”. Hardly a genius.

In that case, a "Neptunian relationship" sounds pretty awful to me. I like honesty in people. When writing fiction or performing art, anything goes. But if you want to establish a meaningful connection with another person, honesty is a vital component. And it does no one any good to view people in an overly sentimental and forgiving way. If they truly were wonderful people, all right, that's one thing. But nostalgia tends to skew what once was, and make it seem much better than it actually was, or ever could've been.

You seem like your a very special person too.

I've never heard of Neptunian relationships, but I think Rosemary just accepted and appreciated her brother for who he was because she knew him so well. I can't imagine he would tolerate her if she always saw him through rose-colored glasses. That would be like an overly fawning fan who felt he could do no wrong, which is the kind of thing he probably wanted to get away from.

@@geoffreynoonan4334 I really don't see why she would have a "very different opinion in private with people she trusts." She was honest about him here and not sugar-coating anything. She did say he could be "sharp with people" because he didn't feel like talking to anyone and he never sought celebrity.

So does taking too much acid.