Syd Barrett
English singer-songwriter and guitaristWikipedia
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Nov 4, 2026
Rick BallouHOST
By the way, which one's Pink? From what tune? Any idea? It's the only song...
Rick BallouHOST
not sung by either Sid Barrett, Roger Waters, or David Gilmour.
Rick BallouHOST
I'll let you think about
speaker_1NARRATOR
that for a
34 MINS LATER
Rick BallouHOST
It's Floyd Nation.
Rick BallouHOST
So you have it right here, the only Pink Floyd song outside of the great gig in the sky.
Rick BallouHOST
Where it's not either Sid Barrett, the late Sid, David Gilmour, or Roger Waters.
Rick BallouHOST
Have a cigar.
speaker_14AUDIENCE
Who is this about?
Joey EliasHOST
Sid Barrett, who was one of their founding members who had a nervous breakdown.
Joey EliasHOST
That whole album is all about him.
Joey EliasHOST
Shine On Your Crazy Diamonds.
speaker_0HOST
In 1967, Pink Floyd released Flaming.
speaker_0HOST
This was written and sung by the late, great Mr. Sid Barrett, and it was released as a U.S.-only single by Tower Records.
speaker_0HOST
Yeah, they were doing exclusives back in the day.
speaker_0HOST
Because of that, it did not hit the Billboard charts, unfortunately.
Jim GleasonHOST
Now, for me, the early ones, ones that I would really kind of put in, I'll dip to Floyd for this, the first two Floyd albums, Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Saucer Full of Secrets, Both have a lot of experimentation on that.
Jim GleasonHOST
That's the Sid Barrett coming through on there.
Jim GleasonHOST
But there's also shorter songs that have more of that blues-based structure to them.
Jim GleasonHOST
So
Jim GleasonHOST
It's an early, early performance of Pink Floyd on a BBC show.
Jim GleasonHOST
And we're talking very early because in between the songs and one of the ones they did, they did Astronomy on there and probably Interstellar, Overdrive, the two that get the most credit for being Experimentation.
Jim GleasonHOST
But in between them, Roger Waters and Sid Barrett were sitting down with the BBC presenter.
Jim GleasonHOST
Roger just kind of off to one side.
AndrewHOST
He explained that it isn't just the product of his own experience of the record industry, but, quote, all of our, the musician's, experience in the face of that monstrous grinding thing that chews us up and spits us out, end quote.
AndrewHOST
Although inspired by a shared real-life experience, his composition seems to refer particularly to Syd Barrett, who once again finds himself the hero, or rather the anti-hero, of a track on the album.
AndrewHOST
In two verses and a chorus, Waters presents an imagined dialogue between two people.
AndrewHOST
The first, symbolizing power, takes a paternalistic tone as he addresses the second, presumably Syd, who is there but doesn't say a word.
JesseHOST
That happened.
JesseHOST
He had a Sid Barrett moment, and I think it was the 70s or 80s.
JesseHOST
I can't remember when.
JesseHOST
God, when he's
speaker_0UNKNOWN
Put on a gown that touches the ground.
Gary JacksonHOST
Pink Floyd and See Emily Play, a song from the mind of Sid Barrett, which is always interesting.
Gary JacksonHOST
Now, well done to Helmut, to Stuart in Cornwall, to Bruce in Oregon, David and Trina, Mike in Dawlish, Annika and John and Marilyn all got the right answer to this.
Gary JacksonHOST
Now, we could have one of these at this point.
MattGUEST
But it's not necessarily something where I'd be like, you've got to hear this work by David Gilmour.
MattGUEST
So to me, it feels like a... healthy leap, and I think Fat Old Son firmly cements his abilities as a songwriter, and to me it shows he was the right choice to fill in after the loss of Syd Barrett.
MattGUEST
This nostalgic lead-in piece touches on what seems to be a fairly common theme in Pink Floyd lyrics, especially early on, those reflections and yearnings for days gone by.
MattGUEST
We're returned to David's birthplace, which is Grantchester Meadows, which coincidentally was also a place where both Roger and Syd spent a lot of time in their youth.
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MattGUEST
The lyric I liked on this, which sort of ties us back through the whole episode, put on a gown that touches the ground, float on a river forever and ever, Emily.
MattGUEST
We're gonna play the whole song here for you.
MattGUEST
We got Syd Barrett on lead vocals, and I turn this one up a little bit when I play it.
MattGUEST
I like this one loud.
speaker_0HOST
There were two other notable partial reunions after 1994 as well.
speaker_0HOST
In 2007, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright performed together as Pink Floyd at the Madcap's Last Laugh tribute concert to Sid Barrett in London, England.
speaker_0HOST
Roger Waters also performed at the same event, but he didn't perform with Pink Floyd.
speaker_0HOST
He played a separate solo set.
Tony JonesHOST
I'll just repeat his question...
Waleed AliPANELIST
I was thinking Sid Barrett, actually.
Tony JonesHOST
Can we ever hope to live in a truly secular society when the religions maintain their ability to affect political discourse and decision-making on issues like voluntary euthanasia, same-sex marriage, abortion and discrimination in employment? Wally-dally.
Waleed AliPANELIST
I frankly don't understand the question.
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