Syd Barrett
The 100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was A Thing
Three of the 100 are in this picture! The Rolling Stones, in 1964, from left to right: Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Brian Jones. The problem with lists like this is they are invariably bullshit. So our prime objective was to make sure we didn’t do a bullshit list. I’m not saying we did a scientific one either. Because that isn’t possible — actually, it is, if you wanted some compilation of who sold the most records/concert tickets/has the most fans/got the most death threats, etc., and someone could come up with a bunch of very empirical metrics and create a “heat index” or something, and could deliver an actual scientific ranking! But we, um, didn’t do that. In fact we didn’t even, technically, do the “we...
David Gilmour Covers a Pair of Syd Barrett Solo Songs
Previously in his ongoing Von Trapped livestreams that he records with his family while in quarantine, David Gilmour has covered Leonard Cohen while helping his wife, Polly Samson’s new book Theater for Dreamers. Now, he’s certainly taken things up a notch. In the latest one, Gilmour covered late Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett, performing “Octopus” and “Dominoes” from a pair of albums from 1970 — The Madcap Laughs and Barrett respectively. In addition to performing the songs, Gilmour shared some stories from his time being in a band with Barrett. The genesis of these stories came from Gilmour’s proofreading a forthcoming book of Barrett’s lyrics. “Octopus” starts at 17:35 and “Dominoes” starts at 32:50 of the broadcast. Samson’s Theater for Dreamers was supposed t...
