Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett, Founder of Pink Floyd Dies at 60

The article is brief, well written but has a significant error, much to the chagrin of Roger Waters: he's not mentioned as a founding member, or as being a member of Pink FLoyd at all.
ERROR: Paragraph 3, Sentence 1 - "Barrett co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965 with David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright, and wrote many of the band's early songs."

Guitarist David Gilmour was not a co-founder of the band, but in fact replaced Barrett, as mentioned later in the article.

Roger Waters, co-founder of the band, is not mentioned at all.

David Gilmour "apparently" - ahem - replaced himself. True, Waters was not as big a talent as Gilmour, but his lyrics are significant, and he's mostly responsible for the Wall album. Please research a bit more carefully, Jill Lawless.

But there'd be no band without Syd. His solo albums aren't too bad. Especially if you like songs about octopusses and carnivals.... Shine On You Crazy Diamond!