i saw the "Wall" at nassau coliseum, new york, feb. 27 1980.......................hawaiin, ludes and jack daniels.......not necessarily in that order

Dogs (Waters, Gilmour) 17:06

You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need.
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street,
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed.
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight,
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.

And after a while, you can work on points for style.
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake,
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile.
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to,
So that when they turn their backs on you,
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.

You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder.
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you
get older.
And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south,
Hide your head in the sand,
Just another sad old man,
All alone and dying of cancer.

And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone.
And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw
around.
So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone,
Dragged down by the stone.

I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused.
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used.
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise.
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this
maze?

Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend.
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And everything's done under the sun,
And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.

Who was born in a house full of pain.
Who was trained not to spit in the fan.
Who was told what to do by the man.
Who was broken by trained personnel.
Who was fitted with collar and chain.
Who was given a pat on the back.
Who was breaking away from the pack.
Who was only a stranger at home.
Who was ground down in the end.
Who was found dead on the phone.
Who was dragged down by the stone.

Sid used to dose people all the time without telling them.

Pink Floyd changed the musical landscape for all artists. They measured silence and sound like the classical masters of old. Too bad they act like  L enfant terrible when David and Roger see one another. Such is the ego of God's.  There is no better rock/jazz fusion band in the history of song.

I agree that PF is the best ever. While I wasn't exposed to their music as a child, my Mom liked The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger, music along that genre, it wasn't until the last couple of years that I've really got into Pink Floyd. I missed an oppurtunity to see them back in '94 at Texas Stadium. I just wasn't into them then. I was listening to Guns n Roses, Metallica and Tesla back then. And that was after my hair band infatuation of the 80's. Motley Crue, Ratt, Poison and Cinderella. It was the 80's, what can I say ? But since then, my taste in music has matured to where I enjoy Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, I still love The Eagles. Man those guys can harmonize ! And I'm STILL WAITING for Axl's "Chinese Democracy". When, or if that will ever come out. But yes, Pink Floyd. Music that gets me to reflect on life, think, and want to be a better person. There is an Australian tribute band that tours every year, The Australian Pink Floyd Show. If one has never seen Pink Floyd live, such as myself, one would never know the difference. I highly recommend seeing them live ! Go to their website.

Well there is a DVD named "The Pink Floyd and Syd Barret story".It is very interesting and if i remember right Barret has a room at Cambridge were he used to live in 1965-70 i think.Then he made three albums "The madcap laughs", "Barret" and "Opel" then he was lost (many rumours at this period) and at early 80'(maybe and earlier) he went at his farm at Cambridge to live with his family..

I have at uploaded in the photo album two pictures,one with the cover of the DVD and one photo with his family at the farm in 1981. 

http://www.chess.com/photos/view.html?id=235205

http://www.chess.com/photos/view_album/aristeidis9/pink-floyd?page=3

well she used to do the cleaning for them

He wasn't 'kept' in a home...He went back to Cambridge and lived with his mum.

small world. my mates mum used to work at the home where syd barrett was kept!