Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) - Bob Dylan Blues 

Not sure what Dylan thought of the song but it's common knowledge that Syd was a big Bob Dylan fan.

Syd Barrett was a genius, his lyrics were sheer brilliance. It really bothers me when people say that they love Pink Floyd but they have no clue who Syd is, without him, there wouldn't have been a Pink Floyd

This man and his incredibly underrated music changed my life . Syd Barrett forever

Bob Dylan vaporized by a teenager...and still this was Syds way to pay respect.

Got the Bob Dylan blues And the Bob Dylan shoes And my clothes and my hair’s in a mess But you know I just couldn’t care less Gonna write me a song ’Bout what’s right and what’s wrong ’Bout God and my girl and all that Quiet while I make like a cat ’Cos I’m a poet, don’t ya know it And the wind, you can blow it ’Cos I’m Mr. Dylan, the king And I’m free as a bird on the wing Roam from town to town Guess I get people down But I don’t care too much about that ’Cos my cut and my wallet are fat Make a whole lotta dough But I deserve it though I’ve got soul and a good heart of gold So I’ll sing about war in the cold ’Cos I’m a poet, don’t ya know it And the wind, you can blow it ’Cos I’m Mr. Dylan, the king And I’m free as a bird on the wing Well I sings about dreams And I rhymes it with seems ’Cos it seems that my dream always means That I can prophesy all kinds of things Well the guy that digs me Should try hard to see That he buys all my discs and a hat And when I’m in town go see that ’Cos I’m a poet, don’t ya know it And the wind, you can blow it ’Cos I’m Mr. Dylan, the king And I’m free as a bird on the wing

Gilmour had this gem hidden away for too long. I am glad it saw the light of day.l A joyful ditty.

What an amazing little tune Syd wrote and captured the esscense of Dylan so completely and he was just a teen himself? A brilliant mind indeed.

I think this song expresses sarcastic jealousy and mockery of Dylan, while all the while respecting and complementing him. Barrett is both poking fun and embracing him in this outstanding song.

Ahh, Syd Barrett material I was unaware of that I can obsess over. Like most Syd songs, it's rife with English sensibility. It's hysterically witty yet dry and understated. Brilliant....

just learned how to play this amazing song: none of my friends know "Bob Dylan Blues" or even who Syd Barrett was, but I don't care too much about that! Shine on you Madcap

This is hilarious

Man, I still don't understand why Gilmour kept this amazing song for that long! this deserved to be in the Madcap laughs or Barrett album. It's just unfair.

Well I sings about dreams, and I rhymes it iwth seems, because it seems like my dreans always means....

Bob Dylan: "I was thinking of a series of dreams... Like in a dream where someone wakes up and screams. Wasn't falling for any intricate scheme. Not going to any great extremes. Just thinking of a series of dreams it seems."

I love Bob Dylan, but Syd Barrett is a genius

Got the Bob Dylan blues And the Bob Dylan shoes And my clothes and my hair's in a mess But you know I just couldn't care less Gonna write me a song 'bout what's right and what's wrong Got God and my girl and all that Quiet while I make like a cat

A magnificent song. Haunting, insane, child-like. A masterpiece. RIP Syd.

And the thing that people should keep in mind, is that Syd originally wrote this in the early 60s. They needed a couple more songs, so Syd pulled it this old one out, then Dave took the tape home with him for some reason, forgot about it, then found it a few years ago. That's why it just turned up.

RIP Syd absolute legend

Syd Barret turns Dylan mythology inside out with this song.

he nailed zimmerman real good !!! cheers Syd

Has Bob Dylan himself ever heard this song? I'd love to see his reaction to it.

The original diss track.

He's NOT jelous! At the end of the song he says something like "the person who buys all my discs" meaning Syd and "when I'm in town he'll come see me" which Syd went to see Bob Dylan in Cambridge. Syd loved Bob.

A tribute of a poet to another poet. How lovely.

You have to thank Dave Gilmour for the existance of this track. He removed a few tapes from this session and thank you lord he did. Also thank you for turning over the tape for the backward guitar on "Dominoes". All Syd supporters have an ally in Dave. Splendid chap.

Why the hell is stuff like "Shrek saves children from Auschwitz" popping up in my recommended feed when I listen to Syd Barrett.... I swear youtube recommended is even more insane than Syd ever was.

(cont.) "He did have leisure interests. He took up photography, & sometimes we went to the seaside together. Quite often he took the train on his own to London to look at the major art collections - & he loved flowers. He made regular trips to the Botanic Gardens & to the dahlias at Anglesey Abbey, near Lode. But of course, his passion was his painting. "Roger worked in a variety of styles - though he admired no one after the impressionists...

I love this song Syd is and was a Great musician! I'm sure he's sitting in Heaven now drink a beer and waiting for Dylan to show up so the real party can begin

Well I sing about dreams And I rhymes it with "seems" 'Cause it seems that my dream always means That I can prophesy all kinds of things. LMAO

I can not stop listening to this song. It is one of Barrett's best. And it is not degrading Dylan, it is a tribute to him.

Syd is no1. No other blows my mind this strong

The Greatest Bob Dylan Song......Written By Syd Barrett........-

(cont.) She described him as a loving man who "simply couldn't understand" the continued interest in his distant Pink Floyd years and was too absorbed in his own thoughts to spare time for fans. While her account is naturally fond, one should remember that she has spent much of her working life as a nurse and therefore sees no stigma in mental illness. As children, she and Barrett shared a bedroom and she recalls him leaping from his sheets to conduct an imaginary orchestra.

(cont.) Barrett lived in the semi with his mother until her death in 1991 and then remained there alone. "So much of his life was boringly normal," said Rosemary. "He looked after himself and the house and garden. He went shopping for basics on his bike - always passing the time of day with the local shopkeepers - and he went to DIY stores like B&Q for wood, which he brought home to make things for the house and garden.

Such a beautiful voice, sucks so bad he didn't make more stuff. But hey, it was his life and it didn't revolve around what others expected from him.

Kudos to Dave for finally releasing this. Now release everything else from Syd you have Dave!!!

oh my lord, oh my lord, this video was posted after Syd's death in 6 days!! I'm crying.

(cont.) And in the past week I've been surprised to learn how popular he was with the local tradesmen. He was simply a very lovable person. "He showed his personality in lots of different ways - which some outsiders found confusing - but underneath he was solid as a rock. It may have been a responsibility to look out for him, but it was never a burden." END The Sunday Times(U.K.) July 16, 2006

Syd was englands Dylan. and a true Cambridgeshire eccentric poet painter.

(cont.) From '81, when he returned from London to the suburbs of his native Cambridge, resumed the name Roger & set up home in his mother's modest semi, he made faltering but significant progress. Rosemary is adamant that he neither suffered from mental illness nor received treatment for it at any time since they resumed regular contact 25 years ago. At FIRst he did spend some time in a private "home for lost souls" - Greenwoods in Essex...

Syd was an innovator. Great tune.

Syd saw Bob Dylan live when he was in his teens, he later wrote this song because he loved his music.

(cont.) He was run ragged. Between Jan '66, when the Floyd turned professional, & Jan '68, Barrett played 220 gigs around Britain - not to mention broadcasting & performances abroad - as well as writing, recording & co-producing 2 hit singles, most of the band's 1st album & part of the 2nd. While his enthusiastic ingestion of any drugs available might have triggered some disturbing behaviour, such stress might tip anyone into nervous collapse.

(cont.) and you could say he came up with his own type of conceptual art. He would photograph a particular flower and paint a large canvas from the photograph. Then he would make a photographic record of the picture before destroying the canvas. In a way, that was very typical of his approach to life. Once something was over, it was over. He felt no need to revisit it. "That's why he avoided contact with journalists and fans.

(cont.) To keep an eye on him, she would visit or phone every day and sometimes accompany him on expeditions into town. Earlier this year an old friend saw the pair in Robert Sayles, the Cambridge department store, and went up to renew their acquaintance. "Hello, Syd," he said. "Do you remember me?" "Yup," replied Barrett. But Rosemary cut in with "Roger is only interested in buying some ties today", and led her brother away. Now she admits she might have been over-protective.

Did a very good job parodying Dylan's early guitar style

How to roast "poets" that always remind you they are "artists"

(cont.) He could talk at length and he played with words in a way that children instinctively appreciated, even if it sometimes threw adults." He was quite a sharp dresser, too. "He didn't follow fashion - he just bought what he liked for himself - but he liked to look presentable. His clothes were always clean and pressed. In fact, if he had an obsession, it was with that."

People reading way too much into Syd Barrett as usual. It's just a jokey little song about an artist he loved. Generally, when you spoof somebody, it's because you like them.

(cont.) Barrett suffered from stomach ulcers for 30 years - which he managed by drinking milk - & also developed diabetes. "But he simply refused to admit it to himself. For days at a time he wouldn't take his pills - which, being a nurse, could have worried me. But to be honest, it can't have been very severe because he never showed any ill effects." What he did show, she said, was love: "I gave it to him & he gave it to me. He was incredibly supportive when our mother died.

My favorite Dylan song

Why haven't I heard this? Bad parenting! Lol

Wouldn't be surprised the guitar theme was the main inspiration of wish you were here

i never heard this song before,this is really good!! Syd was a great songwriter

I love this till tears :__ )

(cont.) He simply couldn't understand the interest in something that had happened so long ago and he wasn't willing to interrupt his own musings for their sake. After a while he and I stopped discussing the times he was bothered. We both knew what we thought and we simply had nothing more to add. It became easiest to pretend those incidents never happened and just blank them out.

"And the wind you can blow it." Genius. 80) I hope he's jamming with Bowie in heaven.

This song is amazing. I adore Syd and I love Bob and this is just wonderful.

(cont.) ...he greeted me in his underpants & avoided conversation by saying that he was just looking after the house - but the idea that he "didn't recognise he was Syd" is nonsense. His troubled years had been so painful that even thinking about his former incarnation upset him, so he made a conscious effort to avoid that trap. Because he was so interested in his own thoughts, his sister said, he often forgot about the mundane chores essential to comfort.

amazing song and it's hilarios! "and the wind you can blow it"

If you like to listen to music thats like no other its "Pipers at the gates of dawn" Truely amazing music " thats why i love syd, so good that album from start to finish, syd rip...p,s forget about syd solo stuff, pipers gates dawn is syd at best untouchable

Barrett wrote the song as a teenager, before Dylan's '66 tour. He recorded it years later.

In perfect Dylan style, two poets one love, pre nobel prize

this wonderful satirical song was actually written in early 1965 when barrett was just 19(see letter written by him to jenny spires) and finally recorded by him in feb 1970 when he was 24

The greatest songwriter to come out of cambridge ever. ever. ever

if Syd was alive. . ..Definitely he would've won the nobel prize..

Wow, Syd really understood Dylan. Those lyrics speak for themselves. This is what Bob Dylan likes to be.

Syd's the one who deserves the Nobel in literature.

only bob dylan will have a song dedicated for him by syd barrett

He was different. I like different people. I, myself, am quite often called 'insane' or 'abnormal', but I'd rather be myself than be the same as the boring mass of the people who do everything you're 'supposed to do'.

Got pushed out of his own creation, he had a lot of demons. So sad to see his deterioration.. They all really loved him too and Gilmour especially.

well I sings about dreams and I rhymes it with seems cause it seems that my dream always means that I can profecise all kinds of things. Just pure gold

I approve this video.

witty,wry observation in early Dylan style too!

It's funny, while learning to play this on guitar and playing the intro slowly it sounds suspiciously like wish you were here.

How about everyone listens to this beautiful song instead of debating whether Syd was insane or not. (:

It's almost like Trey Parker and Matt Stone wrote this song for a South Park episode featuring Bob Dylan.

(cont.) "Actually, he was a hopeless handyman, he was always laughing at his attempts, but he enjoyed it. Then there was his cooking. Like everyone who lives on their own, he sometimes found that boring but he became good at curries. "When Roger was working he liked to listen to jazz tapes. Thelonious Monk, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker & Miles Davis were his favourites - he always found something new in them ...

Dude I feel somehow like love itself is singing along, and so are you and so am i.

syd barrett is pink floyd

I was walking home from this lake near my house smoking a joint, and I was like, (on iPod shuffle) "this song is great!" Syd was definitely in my humble opinion a very, very talented man. Has anyone else noticed the slight similarity in both the phrasing and the words "as a bird on the wing" and the Roger Waters "Pigs On the Wing"? Syd Barrett 1946 - 2006

And I’m As free as a Bird on the wing… And watching… for pigs on the wing…

Wow, was Syd ripping on Mr Zimmerman? This is a new revelation for me. I love both artists, but Syd's "Bike" is pure magic and the pitch, syntax, emphasis and rhythm challenges anyone trying to sing it. Syd manipulates those contorted verses beautifully, maybe he is actually giving an answer or statement to Bob Dylan

@theSodMonster I like the false start of "If it's in you" more than PF without Syd :)

Actually playserious, this song was written by syd barrett in 1965, and by this time syd barrett was already a member of pink Floyd.(though it was never used by the early line up) his girlfriend jennys letters confirm this. he probably wrote this because of his earlier attendance of a Dylan u.k. gig,and as you say was reminded of this song by Gilmour and finally got around to recording it in feb 1970.

Miss you Syd!

Syd Barret Did More in his 3 week career with Pink Floyd than Dylan has done in 82 years! The fact that He Trolled Dylan on the way by Is priceless!

deux de mes musiciens préférés , la voix de Barrett et le style de robert Z : génial!

Whata spot on song brilliantly written

When was this written/released? It's very nice.

Oooh Syd looks GORGEOUS in this video :) x x x

"Yes I'm thiiiiinkiiinnnng......."

this is fucking excellent. Syd Barett was a huge influence on me in many ways. His story is as sad and romantic a story as could ever be imagined. I have never found this before. Thank you to you who posted it.

È la musica dei sentimenti.

Syd was inspired by Bob dylan, he loved him. So leave him alone.

I get the feeling that the line about his gut being fat is referring to Dylan's ego.

I have no Idea what kind of great music could syd barret would have done if he wasnt mentally illed, what a shame

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