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I found this sequence of photos to be incredibly moving as we see the light leaving his eyes midway through 67. Such a beautifully fragile, extraordinarily talented man.
He was beautiful. Very expressive eyes. You see him off the drugs by the early 70s given the normal pupil size. Most likely medicated once he joined a normal life with his Mom and sister. Gilmore sent him money up until his death.
I think getting kicked out of the pink floyd is what killed his soul. The drugs he used before getting kicked out were just recreational, he was experimenting like most people were back then, the guys from floyd were way to tough on him, I think they wanted to change the musical direction of the band, so they used his "drug problem" as an excuse to kick him out. The drugs he took after pink floyd were just an escape and a copping mechanism to try to ease the pain and sadness for what he had lost, drugs probably contributed to the deterioration of is mental health, but sadness was the main cause of his undoing. Rip legend. I say all this cause I know the pain, I have lost so much in my life that I totally get syd's situation, what he went thru, I also used to be more outgoing but i changed, life changed me, sadness changed me, people's betrayal changed me, so im not like that anymore. And now I find myself debating the meaning of everything thay I used to think was important, fame, money and all that is useless or maybe not I don't know, i guess I'm just not as inclined on chasing those things anymore.
people say he looked unrecognizable past 1973 or 74 but the photo of him in the 80s is exactly what he would have looked like regardless of mental illness, he looks well in that and has his trademark smile and adorable eyes
This is what happened to many people back in the 60’s who took too much LSD .. Some people it didn’t have any real long term damaging affect ,, but others it basically transformed their brain from a normal human mind to a Del Monte pineapple 🤷♂️
The picture of him on May 14, 1967 was when he and Roger Waters were interviewed by Hans Keller. That interview is out here on RU-vid. Syd was his bright, shiny self. In the interview, he was fully intact. Other pictures prior to that may have been while under the influence of some kind of drug. He was intact May 1967. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was released August 5, 1967. They were in a recording studio next door to The Beatles at Abbey Road Studio in June 1967 to record the album while Sgt. Pepper was being recorded. They met the Beatles. Nothing seemed abnormal. Syd's "lost weekend" occurred after that.
Syd was absolutely brilliant 👍🏻💯🎸 musican and a artist.. still my favourite no matter what..and pink floyd, my second favourite band..(Beatles) #1 nice video, cheers mate.
It’s a shame Syd became better known for his illness (which started before Pink Floyd) than for anything else. Yes, he was very ill on occasions, but he got dropped by his friends in the band (gradually) due to his unreliability (unreliability is a killer in a band). And he always (always!) wanted a quiet life. Many early interviews make that clear. The good news is he spent the rest of his life pursuing his first love of painting, and he seems to have had little problem getting the train from Cambridge to London on his own to attend exhibitions at the Royal Academy and elsewhere. I’m sure there were many days when he struggled, but equally there is lots of evidence that there were many days when he did not. Ask anyone at the academy to describe him and they all say the same thing: “quiet”.
It's good to learn that he still had a life he could enjoy after Pink Floyd! And that it was not as tragic as it is usually depicted. Very much appreciate your testimony! 👏👏
