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   Would Pink Floyd have sold that many albums if they had continued to   
   record songs like Bike?  Absolutely not.  But look at what the Rolling   
   Stones were playing at the time.  Would they have gone on to sell as   
   many albums as they have if they were still recording songs like She's   
   A Rainbow?  No.   
      
   As for the picture, that's a record company publicity shot and very   
   typical of the time it was taken.  Is it a silly picture?  Absolutely.   
   But thaht's how the record companies were promoting people back then.   
   Every band of that period that had a record contract (or were working   
   to get one) has a picture just like it.   
      
   If Barrett remained with the band the albums you cite would most   
   likely have never been made.  But his influence is all over them... if   
   you know what to listen to.   
      
   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.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:38:18 GMT, Cedric Harris   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>... I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like, it's got a basket, a   
   >>bell that rings, and things to make it look good - I'd give it to you   
   >>if I could, but I borrowed it ...   
   >>   
   >>Rollo, I'd like to say that I respect your opinion, but...   
   >>   
   >>Cedric   
   >>   
   >>On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:39:40 -0400, Rollo    
   >>wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Genius? Syd Barrett was an insane mediocrity. Firing him and replacing   
   >>>him with a brilliant talent like David Gilmour was the best move that   
   >>>band ever made. It was a nice gesture on Floyd's part, to write a   
   >>>classic song about Barrett, remembering the poor guy they started out   
   >>>with years ago, after they had achieved mega-success, but I'm sure   
   >>>they secretly celebrate his departure from the band more than his   
   >>>spirit.   
   >>>   
   >>>But yeah, rest in peace, Syd. From what I understand about him, he's   
   >>>probably happier dead.   
   >>>   
   >>>On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:05:05 GMT, "Gaucho"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>Not SD related but a musical genius.   
   >>>>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202921,00.html   
   >>>>   
      
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