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i got David Gilmour's "Live in Gdansk" with christmas money and i'm trying to write a few essays on the floyd. in my brainstorming, i was stumbling over why gilmour played Syd's songs... there was a TON of syd work/reference on the second disc. actually, it almost seems to be a stand alone tribute record to syd.. it was recorded live August 26, 2006. about six weeks after syd's death.

were they friends?

was syd not jealous of gilmour?

is it true that gilmour helped in recording syd's records?

was there interaction there or was it just tense and awkward?

did gilmour do it just out of a sense of obligation for taking syd's position?

just some questions i have been coming up with.
i understand its pretty hard to answer them, but input/opinions would be AWESOME.

I know that David helped produce some of Syd's work. On Syd's Cd Wouln't You Miss Me? Gilmour produced some of the songs and in the footnotes there is a thank you to Mr. Gilmour, so that leads me to believe that there was a good relationship. I think that they went to the same school as each other, and probably knew each other threw Roger. As far as the actual relationship goes however I do not know too much about, but hopefully this helped a little.[/i]

yeah, thanks. that does help.
i'm working on getting the bootleg "Have You Got It Yet?" maybe that'll help clear some things up too.

ohmygosh haha!
that answers all of them! thank you very much and i will be buying any pink floyd/syd barrett books i can as soon as i get some source of income.

This is very insightful. I didn't know David and Syd were so close. Or that they'd gone busking together...that sounds like fanfiction material if you ask me. XD

silverpot Wrote:(Syd had a severe Jimmy Page complex.)

What do you mean exactly, Silverpot? (Yes, I'm a borderline-ignoramus when it comes to Led Zep.)

There are also stories out that it was Dave who was largely responsible for there being such a large Syd presence on the Echoes compilation .

Very nice of David to keep in touch with Syd's sister Rosemary to check up on him during the later years. And I believe he sent flowers to the family for Syd's funeral.

It goes to show that Dave did have a big heart toward Syd!