Shine On You Crazy Diamond

PEHOCAC pays tribute to the life of Syd Barrett (1946-2006).

My favorite Syd Barrett composition: "See Emily Play" (1967), featured on the second single released by Pink Floyd.

Most memorable Syd Barrett moment: The last two minutes of "Opel" (1970; 1988), the saddest song I've ever heard in my life. Possibly singing about himself, he drones in a vacant, distant voice, "I'm tryyyyyying to fiiiiiiind you."

Holly recommends Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), Syd Barrett's The Madcap Laughs (1970) and Pink Floyd's 1967: the First Three Singles (1997).