Product: The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
Rating: 3.0
A Cautionary Tale
If you are a fan of Syd's and know his history there's not much new insight here. Seeing Duggie Fields give a tour around his apartment was kind of cool. He still lives in the same place where Syd painted the floorboards and posed for the cover of the Madcap Laughs. Hitchcock doing Dominos was good. Listening to Graham Coxon talk and fuss and pretend he's insane made me wish Noel Gallagher would suddenly appear from behind and hit him in the head with a hammer.The extra interview footage with Dave and Roger seem seriously forced. At one point I think Waters even looks at his watch. In their defense I'm sure they are sick of a subject they've been talking about for 35 years.The one thing that made me stop a moment was actually something that Rick Wright said. Although Syd was consuming a lot of LSD, he seemed to somewhat handle it at first. Then he went missing for a weekend, something happened nobody knows what, and he came back a different person and never was the same again. I'd never heard that. Every other source I've ever read on this matter suggests a long, slow decline.So let it serve as a warning. Don't use acid, kids. Especially if you are unusually creative, gifted, combined with being somewhat anxious. Chances are you'll be alright, but you never know. You could possibly screw yourself up for the rest of your life.