Obscured by covers

One month after his death, I'd like to give a well deserved tribute to the darkly handsome and charismatic early frontman of Pink Floyd. At the moment I thought it'd be better to remain silent and just light a pair of candles on top of my dusty bass amp while the other children farewelled barrett in their own uncertain ways. And so, I did.

Judging by some of the posts I read after Syd's death I realized sadly that half of the bloggers out there have hardly listened to any Pink Floyd's records, let alone the ones from the early Barrett years and that they were probably just seeking for some audience instead of posting out of love and respect for him. I, au contraire, have finished at last the tiny candle sanctuary in my room and I'm preparing a set of Syd's songs to play in front of it until high hours in the morning, hopefully I'll be joined by an idiot drug hive who calls himself Kurt in the electric guitar and a weird looking fellow who plays any kind of drums or percussions magnificently. If it rains, the night will be beautiful.

Even if you've never been interested in Pink Floyd at all, I strongly suggest you to listen to some of the renditions I'm offering you here, particulary "love song" by Livid and "golden hair" by Slowdive, the only two floyd covers I've heard that are so good that surpass the original ones. For your comfort, I'm dividing the covers in two parts, the first ones are Syd Barrett's compositions and the second ones come from the post Barret era.
The stars are screaming loud.

Part 1 - Barrett covers

Livid - Love song
Slowdive - golden hair
Paloma - see emily play
Jmj Band - interstellar overdrive
Etienne Daho - arnold layne

Part 2 - Post-Barrett covers

Helios Creed - Pigs on the wing pt. 1
Vegetable Fat - one of these days
Pickin' on Pink Floyd - comfortably numb
Ambulance Ltd - fearless
Helios Creed - Pigs on the wing pt. 2

The photograph was taken in Jan. 1968 and it's one of the few ones where all five Pink Floyd members are together. Gilmour had just joined the band and Barrett was kicked off 4 months later due to his deteriorating mental health. The somewhat prophetic picture depicts him dreamy and distant from the other members, staring into space.