Reply #52: Agreed.

[maseman]

Roger Waters and David Gilmour were (and are) extremely talented. They also had a very deep respect for Syd and created many lyrics evolving around him.

The overall sound of Pink Floyd of course changed as the band progressed over the years. Their first major single in the UK, Arnold Layne, doesn't sound at all like anything you hear on the Wall of Dark Side. Of course the early days of Beatles didn't sound anything like Submarine either.

I was always intrigued and to some degree frightened by what happened to Syd Barrett. Frightened because we are all always on the cusp of loosing our marbles. One event and we could be like him lost in a world we couldn't understand unless we experienced it ourselves.