| Summer. Pink
Floyd continue to increase their popularity among London's counter
cultural elite. |
| Jenner: Suddenly they were stars . . . [which] became very
difficult for everyone to cope with. Most of all Syd, because from
then on everyone was saying: "Is that the next single?" (to Mike Sparrow;
Schaffner 143) |
| Jenner:
"See Emily Play" instantly put the Floyd on the "Hit Band" circuit,
which was mad! . . . People expected them to do a thirty minute
set, a string of hits, and most of all, "See Emily Play." (Schaffner 143) |
| Waters: We could go on doing the same numbers, which is
very popstar, but that’s not what the Pink Floyd are all about.
It’s about taking risks and pushing forward. (Melody Maker;
Schaffner 143) |
| Waters: They were pouring pints of beer onto us from the balcony.
That was most unpleasant, and very dangerous too . . . . The worst
thing that ever happened to me . . . was a penny, which made a bloody
great cut in the middle of my forehead . . . . Happily, there was
one freak who turned up who liked us, so the audience spent the
[rest of] the evening beating the shit out of him, and left us alone. (MM; Schaffner
143) |
| For Pink Floyd’s appearances
on Top of the Pops to promote "See Emily Play" they first
showed up dressed fashionably, then Syd Barrett looked like he had
slept in his clothes, finally he showed up dressed fashionably and
changed to rags for the cameras. Henceforth, Barrett refused to
do radio promotion and/or concerts. |
| King: [Syd Barrett] was 100 percent creative, and very
hard on himself . . . . He wouldn’t do anything unless he thought
he was doing it in an artistic way . . . . (Sounds;
Schaffner 143) |
| August. Piper
at the Gates of Dawn [UKLP,
#6] |
| Named after a chapter
of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, they originally
called the album Astronomy Domine. Notably they recorded
at the same time and next door to the Beatles who were doing Sgt
Pepper's. |
