Shine On You Crazy Diamond Syd Barret Und Pink Floyd

Dies ist die weltweit meistverkaufte Biografie Syd Barretts, des legendären Gründers von Pink Floyd, der nach einer nur allzu kurzen Karriere zum Idol wurde. Sie beruht auf jahrelangen Recherchen und zahlreichen Interviews mit der Familie Barrett, mit Freunden, Musikerkollegen und Journalisten. Das Buch enthält zahlreiche seltene Fotos, eine komplette Diskografie und ein Vorwort von Julian Cope. Syd Barrett, Sänger, Gitarrist und über- wiegend auch Songwriter von Pink Floyd seit ihren ersten Anfängen, verließ die Gruppe 1968 bereits nach drei Jahren. Wilde Geschichten über LSD-bedingten Wahn machten sogleich die Runde und wurden durch Barretts Rückzug in ein Leben in Abgeschiedenheit noch weiter angeheizt. Er trat nicht mehr auf, veröffent- lichte aber zwei Soloalben, die zu Kult- klassikern wurden, und noch jahrzehnte- lang beschäftigte sich die Musikpresse immer wieder mit der Frage 'Wo ist Syd?' Fans und Musikerkollegen sind sich darin einig, dass Syd Barrett einer der großen Pioniere des britischen Rock 'n' Pop gewesen ist. Der Song Shine On You Crazy Diamond ist eine Hommage seiner früheren Pink-Floyd-Kollegen an Barrett, der seine künstlerische Genialität stets kompromisslos ausleben wollte. Der Konformitätsdruck des Marktes jedoch stellte sich ebenso schlagartig ein wie der Erfolg beim Publikum. All dem war der 'Crazy Diamond' nicht gewachsen, und der zunehmende Drogenkonsum tat sein Übriges; der unvermeidliche Zusammen- bruch beendete die kurze Karriere des brillanten Musikers, der schon zu Lebzeiten eine Legende war. 'Eine akribisch genaue, eindringliche Darstellung von Syd Barretts Aufstieg, Fall und Einsamkeit. Syds Geschichte wird mit Sympathie und Verständnis erzählt.' (VOX)

A revealing investigation into the life of a reclusive cult genius. Syd Barrett was Pink Floyd's founder, singer, guitarist and principal composer, who left the group in 1968 amidst tales of acid-induced madness. Barrett's brief flash of erratic brilliance is now the stuff of rock legend, and his post-Floyd recordings have become cult classics. Revised in 2006, this book draws on years on research to relate the story of an epic rock tragedy.

This new updated edition brings the Syd story right up to the present day.

BOOK DESCRIPTION A short essay on the music of Pink Floyd. This is not just a purely biographical text or a general overview of the band from London. This is a work focused on the study of a specific composition, which restricts the scope for one of the most emblematic suite songs of Pink Floyd’s discography: Shine On, You Crazy Diamond. It is a starting point for a reflection on popular music in general, compared to the music of all time. Through a detailed analysis of the harmonic and melodic aspects of the first 5 parts of the song (Parts I-V), described in a virtual journey way, this work aims to testify to the compositional genius of Pink Floyd (with a whole chapter devoted to guitarist David Gilmour) which is empowered to gather within itself, today, all the key elements of the entire musical stylistic heritage of the last 60 years of popular music worldwide. Starting with a brief introduction to their artistic life and a historiographical record of the band, the text quickly turns into a work of research and study, based on three aspects: formal, compositional and evocative/emotional. It is a stimulating basis for study and research. For musicians (especially guitarists), for committed students or already professionals who wish to go deeper in the knowledge of the musical world of these artists, whether they want in a more general way, compare with other analysis of the composition made previously or subsequently. It is a useful tool for study and for a more conscious musical and less purely imitative performance. A reading, finally, that although containing different complex parts from the viewpoint of the musical technique is also addressed in large extent to the avid reader, although not a musician, allowing him to discover the immense, fascinating and complex "parallel world" that exists behind all that was listened to in life and is listened to every day...

Syd Barrett was an English composer and purveyor of some of the most intriguing music ever written. Famous before his twentieth birthday, Barrett led the charge of psychedelia onstage at London's famed UFO club. With a Fender Telecaster and a primitive Binson echo unit, Barrett liberated the guitar from being, in critic Simon Reynolds' words, 'a riff machine, and turned it into a texture and timbre generator.' His inspired celestial flights of improvisation, and his more structured and whimsical short songs indicated a mind of unusual inventiveness. Chief in Barrett's mind was a Zen-like insistence on spontaneity; each performance had to be unique, and Barrett strived to push his music farther and farther out into the zone of complete abstraction. This in-depth analysis of Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett's life and work is the product of years of extensive research. Lost in the Woods traces Syd's swift evolution from precocious young art student to acid-fuelled psychedelic rock star, and examines the myriad musical and literary influences that he utilised in composing his hypnotic, groundbreaking songs. A never-forgotten casualty of the excesses, innovations, and idealism of the 1960s, Syd Barrett is one of the most heavily mythologized men in rock, and Lost in the Woods offers a rare portrayal of a unique spirit in freefall.

Syd Barrett was the lead guitarist, vocalist, and principle songwriter in the original line up of Pink Floyd. During his brief time with the band (1966-68) he was the driving force behind the unit. After he left the band he made just two further solo albums which were both released in 1970, before withdrawing from public view to lead a quiet, and occasionally troubled life in Cambridge, the town of his birth. Rob Chapman's book is the first authoritative and exhaustively researched biography of Syd Barrett that fully celebrates his life and legacy as a musician, lyricist and artist, and which highlights the influence that he continues to have over contemporary bands and music fans alike.