It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here, and I'm most obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here.

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Syd Barrett was a 20th-century English musician. Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia and stream-of-consciousness writing. Read more on Wikipedia →

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