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   Message 831 of 2,181   
   Cedric Harris to All   
   Re: RIP Syd   
   12 Jul 06 09:01:12   
   
   From: coolaidcb13@yahoo.com   
      
   I dunno, I only care for 2 post Syd Barrett Pink Floyd albums... if he   
   would have remained the band's "creative force", I might like more of   
   their albums now. I really like Piper, maybe that's just me... I think   
   its supurb.   
      
   Cedric   
      
   On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:38:40 -0400, Rollo    
   wrote:   
      
   >And would Pink Floyd (or 'The Pink Floyd' as they were called then)   
   >have sold 30 million records if they had continued singing about that   
   >kind of stuff?   
   >   
   >Look at the picture of him on the Fox News article, spastically   
   >hopping up and down with the other band members. I ask you, is THAT   
   >the Pink Floyd everyone knows and loves?   
   >   
   >If Barrett had remained the band's creative force, there would have   
   >been no Dark Side, no Wall, no Meddle, etc. They would have been taken   
   >as seriously as the Hudson Brothers. They'd be played mainly on Dr.   
   >Demento.   
   >   
   >   
      
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