i get it – if you knew latin it would be pronounced “astronomy do-mi-ne” not “do-mine”

Posted by fiveling, on November 3rd, 2008, at 1:37 pm. #.

Syd was a great guitar player, and an absolutely amazing songwriter. Roger followed only one, and his name was Syd.

Posted by murmurfunk, on November 3rd, 2008, at 4:40 pm. #.

Pink Floyd the best…

Posted by Rockschan, on November 4th, 2008, at 2:25 am. #.

Syd turned music upside down ..the influence survives in strange places in modern day music

Posted by timechannel, on November 4th, 2008, at 10:59 am. #.

Yeah me too, saw born of Pink Floyd, saw young Gilmour, heard them live.

Posted by BlisherMG, on November 5th, 2008, at 12:27 am. #.

Anyway, I love all the songs they have ever written with or without Syd and that’s the point.
I wish I lived in the 60s..

Posted by dissolvedflux, on November 5th, 2008, at 11:52 am. #.

I guess we will never know.. Maybe drugs helped him in the first place to express himself in such way… I believe that during the barrett-era, pink floyd produced more poetic songs. When I listen to them I feel as though syd was using every single part of his soul and mind to write them. When barrett left maybe their music was “better” in a technical way and the sound felt more “complete” but the meaning of the songs when barrett was writing them work better for me..

Posted by dissolvedflux, on November 8th, 2008, at 6:46 pm. #.

Floyd with Barrett were good, but not phenomenal like they were with Gilmour. Now part of that should be due to Barrett since he was a big inspiration to some of their songs. Drugs can help a lot of rock stars with their songwriting ie. Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Doors…but with Barrett I believe the opposite occurred. Who knows how good he could of been without acid. It’s a shame really.

Posted by finsfannumerouno, on November 11th, 2008, at 11:45 pm. #.

If technique was that important, music wouldn’t evolve from a point, and painting would have stopped at Rennaissance

Posted by dissolvedflux, on November 12th, 2008, at 9:28 pm. #.

I didn’t say he WAS the best guitarist ever… I said he WASN’T.. Obviously Hendrix, Allman, Cooder and Clapton (etc etc) were technically better than Barrett.. But is the technical part the most important? And this question doesn’t refer only to music. It’s the same thing about all arts. Even in painting, is technique the most important part? Isn’t it the best way to express what the artist has in his mind?

Posted by dissolvedflux, on November 15th, 2008, at 7:50 pm. #.

I mean, my problem with this isn’t that it’s loud. My problem is that Syd Barrett is always heralded as some music god, and he had no more talent than anyone else in the band. If anything, he had less. Frankly, I love them tons more without him.

Posted by slackersnail, on November 19th, 2008, at 3:18 am. #.

Are you serious? NO ONE will ever be as good as Lennon and McCartney.

Posted by slackersnail, on November 19th, 2008, at 10:57 am. #.

Syd Barrett? A genius? Pink Floyd got tons better after he left. And the greatest guitarist ever? You’re telling me that Barrett was better than Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan? That’s the biggest load of crap I’ve ever heard. I mean, listen to this song. It’s toal crap. “Comfortably Numb” or “Money” are way better songs. They only really found their sound after he left. The guy on this interview was kind of a jerk, though.

Posted by slackersnail, on November 21st, 2008, at 3:11 pm. #.

Syd Barrett is “ok”??? Barrett was a genius. He was the only one who was really interested in music and could express in such way the feelings and thoughts of an era.. you should watch some recent interviews where Waters claims that exact thing.
Technically he wasn’t the best guitarist ever.. but no one said that in first place.

Posted by dissolvedflux, on November 22nd, 2008, at 10:06 pm. #.

absolutey magnificent performance and i have a feeling by the end of it keller knew they were something special

Posted by jimmypince, on November 23rd, 2008, at 8:32 pm. #.

Uh, a bit of Pow R. Toc. H is in the beginning, but from approximately 1:50-5:43
it’s Astronomy Domine, dude. I know, I’ve listened to Piper for years. Man, this reminds me of my shroomin days.

Posted by limboquixote, on November 24th, 2008, at 6:07 pm. #.

what a little ****. he pretty much **** talks them infront of everyone. then infront of them.

Posted by reaperflynn3, on November 24th, 2008, at 10:21 pm. #.

Hans Keller didn’t know how stupid his comment was. Bet ya if he heard Dark Side Of The Moon He’d change his statement

Posted by Traductus5972, on November 28th, 2008, at 4:10 am. #.

He even summed things up perfectly: “…’tis a little bit of a regression to childhood. But, after all, why not?” Kind of ironic, isn’t it? I mean, it bears resemblance to a certain line…”caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom”, I believe it went…

Posted by Kochiha, on November 30th, 2008, at 4:11 pm. #.

I love this song when I’m stoned

Posted by TheDoors78521, on December 3rd, 2008, at 9:17 pm. #.

Same, you go mad and crazy but at least you were good.

Posted by romanblood, on December 6th, 2008, at 2:05 am. #.

I would rather be Syd Barret then Paul McCartney

Posted by themindminder, on December 9th, 2008, at 9:50 am. #.

dood…

this is not astronomy domine
this song is actually Pow R. Toc. H

Posted by ffede12345, on December 11th, 2008, at 9:13 am. #.

Give Hans a break. This was, what, ’67 or ’68?
For his day Hans would have been considered a raving liberal for even putting the **** on. Otherwise it would have been “Get those fucking long haired faggots off the stage and out of the studio or you’re fired!”
Fantastic clip!

Posted by nonthere, on December 12th, 2008, at 2:06 pm. #.

This guy Hans is a real ***!! Pink Floyd is the best band ever!!!

Posted by rdruiz8, on December 15th, 2008, at 9:26 pm. #.