Talk:Syd Barrett

Changing infobox genre form "psychedelic rock" to "psychedelia"

On three or four occasions, I have tried changing the infobox genre on account of two facts:

1. no source in the article tags Barrett as "psychedelic rock"
2. Barrett is equally, if not more associated with "psychedelic pop" and "acid rock"
   (compare: https://www.google.com/search?q="psychedelic+rock"+"syd+barrett"&tbm=bks to https://www.google.com/search?q="psychedelic+pop"+"syd+barrett"&tbm=bks and https://www.google.com/search?q="acid+rock"+"syd+barrett"&tbm=bks)

This gets reverted each time without a counterargument. What gives?--Ilovetopaint (talk) 13:08, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

Erratic behaviour

Was Syd's erratic behaviour onstage - e.g. playing only one note or chord on his guitar for a whole show, detuning his guitar strings or not playing at all - caused by his use of LSD or was he deliberately sabotaging the concerts and TV appearances as a rebellion against record company pressures and pop success? There is a footage from late 1967 showing Mike Leonard doing light experiments with projectors and Pink Floyd are improvising some music with Syd playing his guitar without any incident and according to an interview with Rick Wright, there is indications that Syd sometimes played okay onstage, so these back up my question about Syd's erratic behaviour. 1.43.34.138 (talk) 04:44, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

This is not a forum for asking general questions about the topic. This page is for discussions about improving the article. Binksternet (talk) 04:03, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

Barrett's erratic behaviour generally is mentioned in a number of places in the article. If you have a good source for his erratic behaviour or stage, particularly with his guitar player, it might be possible to add it. Martinevans123 (talk) 07:51, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

I just watched a Youtube documentary where David Gilmore makes the statement that he regards Barrett as an "LSD casualty", referring to a large number of young people that experimented with LSD and "never came back". There is room in this Article to place Barrett within that larger context, instead of simply connecting him to LSD, with no mention of what that might mean from the medical/mental health perspective. It's been several decades since then, and I assume there is research on what happens to the mind on LSD and what the permanent effects of it might be. Jordan Peterson also has something to say about the permanent effect of taking DMT (and other hallucinogens), to the extent that there is a significant and measurable (by objective, psychological testing) change in a person's personality. So much of Barrett's life, and the history of Pink Floyd is centered on the effects and/or consequences of LSD use, and there were so many people that were permanently destroyed by it, that the Article practically begs to have some mention made of this "larger context" and the profoundly permanent effects of taking LSD mentioned within the Article.

Tym Whittier (talk) 10:30, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

The article also cites David Gilmour saying that he felt that Syd Barrett had deep rooted mental health problems. In other words taking LSD may have been part of it, but he was and would have been mentally unstable regardless. As for the claims made by Jordan Peterson does he supply objective results and demonstrate what those changes were? What references does he cite? Not to mention claiming that profound experiences change people isn't anything inherently negative. I'm not aware that a lot of people were or are being permanently destroyed by LSD or any other similar hallucinogens, so this alleged larger context would require citing some unbiased sources. That LSD might cause permanent effects in itself means nothing, given that this can just as easily mean something positive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.160.193.170 (talk) 06:34, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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Semantic error / correction

The following sentence (in the final paragraph of the article) is incorrect:

"Barrett had relationships with various women, such as Libby Gausden, Lindsay Korner, Jenny Spires and Iggy the Eskimo (aka Evelyn)."

He had relationships with women *including* those listed, not with women "such as" them. The latter means that the relationships were not with them specifically, but with women who were comparable in some unspecified way to those listed.

The sentence should be replaced by:

"Barrett had relationships with various women including Libby Gausden, Lindsay Korner, Jenny Spires and Iggy the Eskimo (aka Evelyn)." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.56.4 (talk) 10:04, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

"Such as" is correct. Merriam Webster says it is "used to introduce an example or series of examples". (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/such%20as) Those women are examples of the various women he slept with. It shouldn't be changed. 2604:2000:EFC0:2:4DF6:6328:1154:9482 (talk) 02:27, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

"Tortuous"?

Did Gilmour really say, "[Sessions] were pretty tortuous and very rushed."? If so, then I'd include a [sic], because I think that most people would expect him to have said "torturous" instead. 2604:2000:EFC0:2:4DF6:6328:1154:9482 (talk) 02:25, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2020

Change "Barrett was musically active for less than ten years." to "Barret was musically active for FEWER than ten years." It's grammatically incorrect. 108.41.41.137 (talk) 01:43, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: I believe the former is grammatically correct. Thanks for taking the time, though, to spellcheck this article. :) Aasim 01:55, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Fix marked tone issue in Health section.

Change "Other friends state that Barrett's flatmates, nicknamed Mad Jock and Mad Sue, believed that acid held all the answers..." to "Other friends state that Barrett's flatmates, nicknamed Mad Jock and Mad Sue, were of the belief that LSD was the source of Barrett's musical talent..."

Pikgears (talk) 04:36, 14 November 2020 (UTC)