The 1975 Pink Floyd classic that forced Roger Waters into a dramatic U-turn: “Fucking sad”Pink Floyd’s debut album remains one of their more divisive, as some people think it’s a work of genius while others can’t stand its unpredictability. Jimi Hendrix famously took umbrage with early psychedelia for this very reason, as well as Pink Floyd’s very own Roger Waters, who said Piper at the Gates of Dawn was a sound he never wanted to return to because, “There wasn’t anything ‘grand’ about it’. The fact that this album is quite divisive is a reflection of the ambitious nature of Syd Barrett. As such, regardless of your opinion on the musician, sufficient tribute should be addressed to him, which many considered Pink Floyd did with their track ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’; it’s a classic, with initials that spell out Syd’s name. Regardless, this is a Pink Floyd classic and a legacy that seemed to have forced the usually unwavering musician to change his words.