A lot of guitarists play lead lines based around scales and basically memorising patterns on the neck. I think Gilmour invents his lead lines by 'singing' them in his head and can just translate what he 'hears' directly into notes on the guitar. A few other guitarists do the same--I think Brian May is probably another.
It's amazing how we gravitate towards music that connects to us emotionally. When my wife left me I found myself needing to listen to Pink Floyd and Hootie and the Blowfish, two groups with mournful music that just spoke to my soul even though the lyrics didn't necessarily fit. I've always been a huge fan of The Who which connects to the part of me that wants to scream out at the corruption of our world.
Looking forward to you doing Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" from their Wish You Were Here album. Also Echoes live at Pompeii from 1972 (without A Space Odyssey).
I was just singing this to my cat (I cannot carry a tune in a bucket) and I saw a hand reach out and gently pull my door shut! What can this mean? Honeycat was really enjoying it. Tsk everyone's a critic.
Iv'e watched a bunch of your reactions the last month ,,, and it seems to me you get it. (The Wall for ex) Great channel. So many others do reactions but i feel u get the meanings more that others. Lyrics in older rock music are amazing. Like poetry. The stories , The issues in society, haven't changed in 40 years. And for the Pulse , I remember they did the whole pulse album in the mid/late 90's on the radio and was Choreographed by the lights of the Empire State building in NYC. Fucking amazing , we parked on the Jersey side, watched and listened on the radio. Truly amazing experience. Glad i was in my 20's to experience it. Keep up the good work. You have the 'feel' for good music. And sorry to say , I don't see it in today's mostly computer produced music. A song here and there are ok. But IMO music has lost it's SOUL.
Gilmour's guitar is unmistakable, almost like a voice of which I'm familiar. The lyric "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year" makes me think of a couple long married, but communication between them has ceased, they live together but the connection is gone. It's sad. The Pulse concert is one I'm so sorry to have missed in person.
The "cough" was Rick Wright (keyboards) , accidently caught in the studio session. He decided to leave it in and said it was the wake up call to stop smoking
Loved your reaction to this. Metallica is by far my favorite band and is what brought me to your channel. But when I was a teenager in 91, Metallica was all I would listen to. My dad introduced me to Pibk Floyd when I was little. I liked it but.... when he got tired of me playing Metallica, he told me to listen to Pink Floyd on HIS stereo while he was at work. Changed my life. Then he told me to listen again with headphones. No joke. Glad you're doing all this music the same way. Rock on.
If you watch the Live 8 version from 2005 you get Roger in there too. Re: David singing with his solos, he scats along with the solos on the album as well, it's just a bit more buried in the mix.
This was the first part of the encore at Pulse, followed by Comfortably Numb and finally Run Like Hell. Now THAT is how you wind up a concert! Many people mistakenly think this is about Syd Barrett, but in an interview Roger Waters said quite emphatically that the only song on the WYWH album that was about Syd was "Shine on you crazy diamond". He went on to say that when he wrote the lyrics to Wish You Were Here he had in mind someone close who had refused to move on in life and had been left behind. He also said that at other times it meant something else, and that some days he didn't really know what it meant himself. He deliberately made the lyrics enigmatic so that the listener could make them mean whatever they wanted them to mean, and they have become an anthem for anyone who has lost someone close to them. David Gilmour has said that he often thinks of Syd when he's performing it, even though it wasn't written about him. The opening guitar chords were composed by David Gilmour who had in mind someone listening to a poor quality radio all alone in their bedroom late at night, and upon hearing the guitar joining in himself with the crisper sound of the second guitar. Overall, a stunningly beautiful composition, both instrumentally and lyrically, and a work of complete genius. I associate it with someone very close that I lost long ago and it never fails to bring a tear to my eye.
There is a live version of this with Roger Waters. It’s from Live 8 concert. They reformed in 2005 I think it was for a charity concert. They done 4 songs including Wish you were here and Comfortably Numb.
Pulse concert it doesn't get any better than that pink floyd on a much higher plain than all the rest in the musical world these fellas are the true masters of progressive rock Shere genius
This is a song that really brings those weird days of the mid to late-70s closer. Such strange days, and I was only 10 y/o so everything seemed even more intense and vast.
I've watched many of your reactions and enjoy them quite abit. If you want to hear some more epic music I highly suggest "Child in time" (live version) Deep Purple and Supertramp their album Breakfast in America. Phenomenal music you will most certainly enjoy. Kudos on the great breakdowns of Pink Floyd, they were well done.
When you get a chance to listen to Pink Floyd's dogs from the animals album it has David Gilmore's most overlooked greatest guitar solo. It comes in right after the first group of barking dogs.
A MUST do is the live version of Shine on You Crazy Diamond with David Crosby & Graham Nash singing background vocals. David Gilmour provides another otherworldly clinic in that one.
I'm a new subscriber and am still trying to get caught up with past reactions. Lately you have reviewed some live performances but have you reacted to what is possibly the greatest live performance of all time? I refer to the Live Aid performance of Queen!! You can't even pick one song of the 21 minute performance, it's just unbelieveable!!!
They did lose someone--this song is about their friend and co-founder, Syd Barrett. While aspects of the song have universal themes that everyone can relate, it is a very personal song about their friend. Remember, they had known one another since school days. At one point during the band's ascension, the members would go visit Syd until his sister asked them to stop. I think you have hit on something tho that the radio sound and the modern response are 2 time periods trigger each other.
For me the album wish you were here is floyds masterpiece, dark side of the moon and division bell are amazing but wish you were here is their best album.
Greatest album of all time, hands down hands down. Cant wait for the reaction and the disection of the MUSIC. MUSICALLY the album is exceptional and one thing I'll point out to look towards is CONTRAST. Humanity vs machines and systems that grind them down.
Check out Coming Back To Life, Sorrow, Run Like Hell, High Hopes and Shine On You Crazy Diamond...same concert. Then do yourself a HUGE favour and check out On The Turning Away live...Gilmour at his absolute best.
Since you like guitar. I would like to introduce you to a phenomenal guitarist. Check out Luca Stricagnoli. He can do some amazing things. Not part of a band. Just a solo performer. Probably wouldn't want to do a review. He's definitely worth half hour of time to check out some of his work.
Though Roger wrote most of the material, Gilmour performs most of their most popular songs. Between him and Richard Wright (on keys) and Nick Mason, Roger was hardly missed.
@@jamesli2545 well, I used to think that way too but.. considering he was moving more and more in his own direction and less willing to collaborate with the rest of the guys, I'm not so sure anymore. Their success came from the creative genius of all their input, not just one guy. Sadly Roger loss sight of that.
@@flubblert I think Gilmour and Wright have to take some of the blame. They even admitted they were being lazy in their output to The Wall and Animals, which were almost entirely Roger's creations. Like, he was definitely getting more and more abrasive to work with for sure. I think its a shame because none of the records after The Wall were good. The Division Bell had some decent tracks but thats about it.
@@jamesli2545 don't ever recall Gilmour suggesting he was being "lazy" on anything. I'm aware of Wright's troubles. Animals and The Wall may have been Roger's concepts, they were not his creations. And btw, Roger's solo stuff after walking away has also failed to live up to golden era Floyd standards as well. Less accessible than post Waters Pink Floyd stuff one could argue. All he proved by leaving is that he needed them as much as they needed him.. and probably more so. What's truly a shame is that Gilmour brought a power and emotion to his dark material through vocals and guitar that he could only have dreamed of. I don't think he ever fully appreciated the power and gravitas the music brought to his lyrics. Brilliant as they were they were never alone the foundation of their success. Just my thoughts.
@@flubblert Certainly. The Final Cut is what Roger is without Gilmour and Wright. Lyrically and conceptually decent, but could have been so much better if it wasnt so self-indulgent, and musically devoid of any quality. And in the end without Gilmour theres no filter to his ego and every thought he has finds its way into that album, and without Wright and Gilmour the album is musically garbage. MLOR and TDB are Pink Floyd without Roger. Musically still pretty good, but conceptually and lyrically complete nonsense. I still cant get over the fact Pink Floyd actually went from the lyrics on Us and Them or Wish you were here to 'we bitch and we fight, diss each other on sight' So I wish they had worked together for a bit longer. Even though Wright had 0 tracks on Animals or The Wall, and Gilmour just 6, they obviously had an impact on its music overall. And the gilmour collab tracks are the best ones on those albums
He also sings along with his guitar in the studio. Have another listen, you'll hear it.
Yes! Took me years to catch it.
A lot of guitarists play lead lines based around scales and basically memorising patterns on the neck. I think Gilmour invents his lead lines by 'singing' them in his head and can just translate what he 'hears' directly into notes on the guitar. A few other guitarists do the same--I think Brian May is probably another.
Please do this entire concert.
Right?? No reactor has done it and I KNOW, they will be blown away by it.
It's amazing how we gravitate towards music that connects to us emotionally. When my wife left me I found myself needing to listen to Pink Floyd and Hootie and the Blowfish, two groups with mournful music that just spoke to my soul even though the lyrics didn't necessarily fit. I've always been a huge fan of The Who which connects to the part of me that wants to scream out at the corruption of our world.
Looking forward to you doing Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" from their Wish You Were Here album. Also Echoes live at Pompeii from 1972 (without A Space Odyssey).
Great reaction to a great song by a great band. Every song from the Pulse Concert is excellent.
It's a treat to see you mouthing the words along with the song, while I'm sitting here at home singing along! Isn't it just an incredible song.
I was just singing this to my cat (I cannot carry a tune in a bucket) and I saw a hand reach out and gently pull my door shut! What can this mean? Honeycat was really enjoying it. Tsk everyone's a critic.
@@DawnSuttonfabfour Hehehe! Great story thanks for sharing. Pets are very patient with their humans' foibles.
Iv'e watched a bunch of your reactions the last month ,,, and it seems to me you get it. (The Wall for ex) Great channel. So many others do reactions but i feel u get the meanings more that others. Lyrics in older rock music are amazing. Like poetry. The stories , The issues in society, haven't changed in 40 years.
And for the Pulse , I remember they did the whole pulse album in the mid/late 90's on the radio and was Choreographed by the lights of the Empire State building in NYC. Fucking amazing , we parked on the Jersey side, watched and listened on the radio. Truly amazing experience. Glad i was in my 20's to experience it. Keep up the good work. You have the 'feel' for good music.
And sorry to say , I don't see it in today's mostly computer produced music. A song here and there are ok. But IMO music has lost it's SOUL.
I saw them on this tour in 1994, in Washington DC. When they played this as an encore, you could feel the whole stadium move. Amazing.
Very few things grab my attention more than Pink Floyd. Thank you for another great reaction.
I was lucky enough to catch the Phoenix stop of this tour. Incredible.🖖🏼
If you haven’t, check out Sorrow and On the turning away from Pulse aswell. Great reaction!
And High Hopes
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Syed….just do this entire concert line you would an album. Flawless and stunning
Always interesting reactions from you and I´m s o happy you decided to do the whole Pulse concert 🧡🧡🧡
This song is part of my life. Classic without question.
Gilmour's guitar is unmistakable, almost like a voice of which I'm familiar. The lyric "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year" makes me think of a couple long married, but communication between them has ceased, they live together but the connection is gone. It's sad. The Pulse concert is one I'm so sorry to have missed in person.
He sings along side it on the record. It’s so subtle. I didn’t realize he was doing this myself until recently
The "cough" was Rick Wright (keyboards) , accidently caught in the studio session. He decided to leave it in and said it was the wake up call to stop smoking
Loved your reaction to this. Metallica is by far my favorite band and is what brought me to your channel. But when I was a teenager in 91, Metallica was all I would listen to. My dad introduced me to Pibk Floyd when I was little. I liked it but.... when he got tired of me playing Metallica, he told me to listen to Pink Floyd on HIS stereo while he was at work. Changed my life. Then he told me to listen again with headphones. No joke. Glad you're doing all this music the same way. Rock on.
Wow you said it. Perfect Adjective - Soaring!! Thank you for your reactions and analysis!!
I love the way Gilmour mimicking the guitar solo, it makes the song even better than the studio version.
With any Pink Floyd song you feel something. Emotion builders.
If you watch the Live 8 version from 2005 you get Roger in there too. Re: David singing with his solos, he scats along with the solos on the album as well, it's just a bit more buried in the mix.
This was the first part of the encore at Pulse, followed by Comfortably Numb and finally Run Like Hell. Now THAT is how you wind up a concert!
Many people mistakenly think this is about Syd Barrett, but in an interview Roger Waters said quite emphatically that the only song on the WYWH album that was about Syd was "Shine on you crazy diamond". He went on to say that when he wrote the lyrics to Wish You Were Here he had in mind someone close who had refused to move on in life and had been left behind. He also said that at other times it meant something else, and that some days he didn't really know what it meant himself. He deliberately made the lyrics enigmatic so that the listener could make them mean whatever they wanted them to mean, and they have become an anthem for anyone who has lost someone close to them. David Gilmour has said that he often thinks of Syd when he's performing it, even though it wasn't written about him.
The opening guitar chords were composed by David Gilmour who had in mind someone listening to a poor quality radio all alone in their bedroom late at night, and upon hearing the guitar joining in himself with the crisper sound of the second guitar. Overall, a stunningly beautiful composition, both instrumentally and lyrically, and a work of complete genius. I associate it with someone very close that I lost long ago and it never fails to bring a tear to my eye.
Gilmour is awesome man
Emotions evoked in every note wish you were here
There is a live version of this with Roger Waters. It’s from Live 8 concert. They reformed in 2005 I think it was for a charity concert. They done 4 songs including Wish you were here and Comfortably Numb.
The songs, are just scene's,
the Concert ,
is the whole Movie.
RIP Rick Wright
there's another song from the pulse concert I think you'll enjoy called Keep Talking. have a listen, also High Hopes both mega. Great reaction
Pulse concert it doesn't get any better than that pink floyd on a much higher plain than all the rest in the musical world these fellas are the true masters of progressive rock Shere genius
Any Live Pulse song is amazing.
This is a song that really brings those weird days of the mid to late-70s closer. Such strange days, and I was only 10 y/o so everything seemed even more intense and vast.
The Floyd cannot help but move you, Floydian´s are a breed apart, Welcome to the family Syed.
I've watched many of your reactions and enjoy them quite abit. If you want to hear some more epic music I highly suggest "Child in time" (live version) Deep Purple and Supertramp their album Breakfast in America. Phenomenal music you will most certainly enjoy. Kudos on the great breakdowns of Pink Floyd, they were well done.
When you get a chance to listen to Pink Floyd's dogs from the animals album it has David Gilmore's most overlooked greatest guitar solo. It comes in right after the first group of barking dogs.
A MUST do is the live version of Shine on You Crazy Diamond with David Crosby & Graham Nash singing background vocals. David Gilmour provides another otherworldly clinic in that one.
I'm a new subscriber and am still trying to get caught up with past reactions. Lately you have reviewed some live performances but have you reacted to what is possibly the greatest live performance of all time? I refer to the Live Aid performance of Queen!! You can't even pick one song of the 21 minute performance, it's just unbelieveable!!!
What a performance, your next live reaction..........A Perfect Circle's live from Red Rocks version of When the Levee Breaks.
They did lose someone--this song is about their friend and co-founder, Syd Barrett. While aspects of the song have universal themes that everyone can relate, it is a very personal song about their friend. Remember, they had known one another since school days. At one point during the band's ascension, the members would go visit Syd until his sister asked them to stop. I think you have hit on something tho that the radio sound and the modern response are 2 time periods trigger each other.
For me the album wish you were here is floyds masterpiece, dark side of the moon and division bell are amazing but wish you were here is their best album.
The entire sudio album wywh
Is my number one album
Will be played at my death
The studio version has him singing also it is just hard to realize if you are not looking for it.
I realize that isn't clear I mean playing while he is singing
Please do the entire album
Definitely do Pulse
The Great Gig in the Sky
One of These Days (spot the Dr Who theme riff)
Another Brick in the Wall
Run Like Hell
Syed if you like pink floyd a lot check out their song--Coming back to life--lie at Pompeii, it's great.
Greatest album of all time, hands down hands down. Cant wait for the reaction and the disection of the MUSIC. MUSICALLY the album is exceptional and one thing I'll point out to look towards is CONTRAST. Humanity vs machines and systems that grind them down.
You have to listen to Shine on You Crazy Diamond - also Pigs is a great one!
Suggestion: The Jeff Beck Group. Just wait till you learn as to who are the bandmates. It'll blow your mind.
Check out Coming Back To Life, Sorrow, Run Like Hell, High Hopes and Shine On You Crazy Diamond...same concert. Then do yourself a HUGE favour and check out On The Turning Away live...Gilmour at his absolute best.
My request for you is to listen to Randy Newman "Sail Away" or "Louisiana 1927" - where the levee broke.
If you haven't already you need to react to Frankenstein by the Edgar Winter Group live 1973 they'll blow you away
Since you like guitar. I would like to introduce you to a phenomenal guitarist. Check out Luca Stricagnoli. He can do some amazing things. Not part of a band. Just a solo performer. Probably wouldn't want to do a review. He's definitely worth half hour of time to check out some of his work.
If you like progressive rock you might like to try early Genesis. Firth of Fifth or The Musical Box are good ones to start with.
Check out David and Roger do MOTHER LIVE
Watch live aide in 05 the reunited for 4 songs I believe
Though Roger wrote most of the material, Gilmour performs most of their most popular songs. Between him and Richard Wright (on keys) and Nick Mason, Roger was hardly missed.
In terms of live performances, yes.
In terms of Album material, he was greatly missed.
@@jamesli2545 well, I used to think that way too but.. considering he was moving more and more in his own direction and less willing to collaborate with the rest of the guys, I'm not so sure anymore. Their success came from the creative genius of all their input, not just one guy. Sadly Roger loss sight of that.
@@flubblert I think Gilmour and Wright have to take some of the blame. They even admitted they were being lazy in their output to The Wall and Animals, which were almost entirely Roger's creations.
Like, he was definitely getting more and more abrasive to work with for sure. I think its a shame because none of the records after The Wall were good. The Division Bell had some decent tracks but thats about it.
@@jamesli2545 don't ever recall Gilmour suggesting he was being "lazy" on anything. I'm aware of Wright's troubles. Animals and The Wall may have been Roger's concepts, they were not his creations. And btw, Roger's solo stuff after walking away has also failed to live up to golden era Floyd standards as well. Less accessible than post Waters Pink Floyd stuff one could argue. All he proved by leaving is that he needed them as much as they needed him.. and probably more so. What's truly a shame is that Gilmour brought a power and emotion to his dark material through vocals and guitar that he could only have dreamed of. I don't think he ever fully appreciated the power and gravitas the music brought to his lyrics. Brilliant as they were they were never alone the foundation of their success. Just my thoughts.
@@flubblert Certainly. The Final Cut is what Roger is without Gilmour and Wright. Lyrically and conceptually decent, but could have been so much better if it wasnt so self-indulgent, and musically devoid of any quality. And in the end without Gilmour theres no filter to his ego and every thought he has finds its way into that album, and without Wright and Gilmour the album is musically garbage.
MLOR and TDB are Pink Floyd without Roger. Musically still pretty good, but conceptually and lyrically complete nonsense. I still cant get over the fact Pink Floyd actually went from the lyrics on Us and Them or Wish you were here to 'we bitch and we fight, diss each other on sight'
So I wish they had worked together for a bit longer. Even though Wright had 0 tracks on Animals or The Wall, and Gilmour just 6, they obviously had an impact on its music overall. And the gilmour collab tracks are the best ones on those albums
Check out Learning To Fly
I really don’t see this as being about loss. To me, the “here” means in the moment - aware of your surroundings and participating in your own life.
Try Space Oddity by David Bowie
also react to megadeth bro..... holy wars, peace sells, symphony of destruction...
The departure of Roger Waters was a good thing
Not for the albums... Momentary Lapse of Reason was total trash.
waters ended Pink Floyd in 1984. at least he thought so
Still no wish you were here album reaction
"Great Gig In The Sky." The ladies are even better than Clare Torry on the original.