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Originally Posted by javadog
I'm liking Gilmore more than ever. Without him in the band, I doubt I'd have listened to Pink Floyd.
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Agreed. Syd Barrett is, in Pink Floyd fan circles, worshipped as some kind of musical savant or something. I have copies of pretty much everything he ever recorded, with and without Pink Floyd. Very uneven, ranging from pure genius to just scattered mayhem. The band would have never risen to the heights that David Gilmore helped them achieve if Syd Barrett had remained their front man and creative inspiration. He was just too "out there". David Gilmore made them much more listenable, while maintaining a very unique and creative style. I'm convinced that no one would even know who Pink Floyd were had he not taken over.