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crimblecromble · 1 day

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Syd spam!

Another thing I would like to add!

#annd now I disappear for days again #but seriously I missed posting #anyways!!#pink floyd #syd barrett

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asurrogateblog · 3 days

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can you explain a little more about the tags 'careful with that axe is about queer rage' and rogers whole perception of syds anger?

oh yah sure! (okay I didn't intend it to be this long when i started...)

that first tag was me just being only half-serious, speculating about the possible story connecting "point me at the sky" and "careful with that axe". in the first song, the character henry calls eugene and asks him to run away to the stars with him and to "hide" with him. henry also calls eugene "baby", which pretty clearly implies a romance. the song ends with the two of them saying goodbye to the world and taking to the sky. flip over to the b-side, next comes a song in which, based on the title and the...screaming, eugene commits some sort of horrible violence. there's no good reason not to think it's the same eugene as the one from the a-side, so my conclusion was that whatever happens in the "story", it has something to do with his relationship with henry and his flying machine. I meant "queer rage" as in "queer person full of rage for queer reasons" not "queer rage" as in "anger towards the system".... but who knows, maybe that's why henry wanted to leave so badly. I would say they probably didn't make the songs gay on purpose, but hey, we've got arnold layne too so there's no reason why it couldn't be.

that second set of tags was about syd was me making a more serious speculation about what the two songs might be really "about". of course, some silly songs are just silly songs, but I feel like I know roger's psychology well enough to not immediately take things at face-value. these songs seem to be about wanting to escape to a better place with someone, to literally reach the stars – but then some terrible disaster happens when one of them tries to bring them down (in careful with that axe, you can hear faintly the lyrics "down, down. the star is screaming beneath the lies"). to me, this seemed to be a good metaphor for the band. roger admits readily that back when syd first left, he was much less sympathetic to syd's situation, and viewed his self-destructive behavior as detrimental to the band. perhaps, then, eugene is syd, trying to destroy the flying machine that is pink floyd. OR, it's the opposite – eugene is roger, and the axe rampage represents the role he feels he played in syd's downfall when all syd wanted to do was fly. either seems plausible to me. after all, the flying motif comes up multiple times later on in the wall, and we all know that pink is based on both syd and roger.

I'm not really married to any single one of these interpretations, and perhaps I'm off the mark entirely, but I just noticed that there hasn't been much analysis of either of these songs. I wanted to have a go at it myself!

#id love to hear what other people think #pink floyd #roger waters #syd barrett #point me at the sky #careful with that axe eugene #asks

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mishalikessoundsandcolours · 2 days

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Some recent sketches (mostly Syd Barrett because I can't stop drawing him)

Syd number one (these multicoloured pencils are really perfect for him I think), I like how this one turned out :D

Syd and Roger...

And here I added something to the scrungly Syd I posted some days ago. First I just drew him from the back holding a paintbrush, but then for some reason I imagined him painting the window completely and drew that. I don't know if he had ever done something like that, but I feel like he could have...

And this is my friend's mom, I like sketching other people in real life sometimes (I really need to practice drawing interiors because the perspective's all wonky here)

#my art #fanart #syd barrett #pink floyd #roger waters #sketches #traditional art #I feel like I only draw pink floyd these days #well not only them but a lot of them definitely #their faces are just so addictive that my hands draw them on their own

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drivemix · 9 months

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Pink Floyd

#david gilmour #pink #pink floyd #60s 70s 80s 90s #60s #60s bands #70s band #80s #90s #70s #roger waters #rick wright #nick mason #syd barrett

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more-relics · 4 months

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Syd Barrett Pink Floyd - UFO The Blarney Club, Tottenham Court Road, London December 1966/ January 1967. © Anthony Stern.

#syd barrett #roger keith barrett #pink floyd #ufo club #motion blur #london #1966 #1967

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rectalhygenist · 5 months

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#pink floyd #roger waters #david gilmour #syd barrett

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persephone-nymph · 6 months

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Syd Barrett with his Pontiac, photographed by Mick Rock, Earls Court London, 1969.

“Syd was a painter really. He’d been to art school. That’s why his music was so unique, because he thought like a painter.” - Mick Rock on Syd Barrett

#syd barrett #Mick Rock #1960s #pink floyd #classic rock #psychedelia #rock and roll #prog rock #60s rock #psychedelic rock #art rock #experimental rock #60s aesthetic

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legendarytragedynacho · 4 months

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