Thank you for joining me on this journey. I think this may be the format of full album reactions from this point onwards. I am listening to this album again whilst I write this, and man. It's a true work of art. We are Legion my friends. For those wondering about next Pink Floyd, I was recently gifted Animals. Plus that's the next in the discography. So that'll likely be the next one:) And for those of you who love older PF, fear not. I want to do every album this group put out if I can. We'll head back to the beginning in due time. And finally, for those of you who like the Sex Pistols... Perfectly valid band to like... But why are you going to every Pink Floyd video I make and complaining? Seems a bit counter productive, heheh;) Here's a link to all the Wish You Were Here Reactions: ruclips.net/p/PLzSRx7IaKBnP8rWGCeZdavDlr29Z1rTZW
I'm not sure if I prefer you react to Animals next or The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Different reasons for both. How about if you react to Animals next, that you then go back to the beginning and work your way forward. Course you could also go back and forth, so Piper, then Animals, then A Saucerful of Secrets, then The Wall... and then you'll be dizzy 😀 but at least you will have finally built a wall. Oh joy 😛
Oh yes, a couple more things. Shine On You Crazy Diamond didn't make my top 40 list of my favorite Prog Rock that's 8+ minutes in length, but it did get an honorable mention, along with one piece on Animals. 2 others on Animals made my top 40... just so you know 🙂
@George Duffy I don't think it matters how often some music is being reviewed. Unchained Melody is one of the most reacted to videos. I think it's great that today's generation is now hearing, for the first time, the music we all grew up on. That's kinda the point and why reaction channels are so popular.
I've listened to this album for forty years and never associated the transition from the vocals to the instrumental arpeggio with an exploding star. Obviously very fitting considering the subject matter. Now I will always think of it that way. Nice catch dude.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond is like a concerto to my ears. Floyd wrote this as a tribute to their friend Syd Barrett and what a tribute it is. Can you even imagine having a song of this brilliance composed for you? Thanks for the album reaction.
Thanks for taking the time to reply when you have so much great stuff to listen to. I'm 61 and moved to England as a teenager, my dad's a usaf vet and mum's English so we came to her home. The music in England is fantastic and you get stuff from all over the world, with hardly any ad breaks. Now with DAB stations it's even better. You can spend one day listening to 80s rock and next day 90s trance. 70s pop or classics. I'm lucky I just love good music and some Floyd stuff is out of this world good but also ACDC or Sweet, TRex. Enjoy what you do , which ever road you go down. You'll never work a day in your life after that. Take care, stay safe. Crank up the vibes. Xxxx😁
And Syd suddenly walked into the studio one day when they were recording this, but they didn’t recognize him and didn’t realize it until later. So the story goes.
Thank you for uploading this the same day as the previous video for it. Waiting 24 hours or so between videos for this album has been difficult for me.
Most music critics can't comprehend anything past their own personal biases. The critics panned "Rush" as being pretentious because they didn't write standard 3-4 minute radio-friendly songs with trite lyrics. I think "Wish You Were Here" suffered from the curse of the follow-up. Dark Side was so successful that nothing could live up to the expectations, which is why only after PF released subsequent albums could the critics judge WYWH on its own merits. Excellent job with the series, Daniel!
Thanks Daniel, I’ve really enjoyed the way you’ve broken the tracks down and talked about them before going to the next one. This album’s been one of my favourites for 40 years or so, I’m glad you enjoyed it so much.
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales & Bombers Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock, Classic Rock Year: 1975 Spirits In The Night 6:26 Countdown 3:06 Time Is Right 6:33 Crossfade 3:39 Visionary Mountains 5:42 Nightingales And Bombers 4:52 Fat Nelly 3:20 As Above So Below (Recorded "Live")
Thank you Daniel for sharing your reactions about this masterpiece with us and, yes, I agree it is the best format in the case of Pink Floyd and maybe other concept albums. Take care!
You have good instincts, rely on them. Others will provide well-intentioned suggestions and and advice, but you're the one putting yourself out there. And above all, continue to have fun, it shines through and is contagious.
Thank you for your great, insightful, reaction Daniel. If only more music reactors here on RUclips understood that Pink Floyd did not release songs, they created albums! And all of them are great in their own right. I started watching your channel after you had done Dark Side, so now I am going to have to go back and watch your reaction to those classics! Keep on working your way to the top of the RUclips Music Reactors Podium!!
It's really refreshing to hear from another person, or even several persons considering many of your listener's comments, who can all hear something more in the lyrics or musical details. I've always heard music this way, and it wasn't until I was quite old before I understood that a larger percentage of people do not or can't hear most music this way. One of those blessing/curse kind of things. Anyway, this one is so binaural and brain scratching. I know it's probably meant to connect to Syd Barrett's brain, but it is very ASMR-ish for me. This one doesn't require me to think too hard, my brain just follows along. Thanks for covering it!
Well done for this reaction, as well as the previous ones. Now that you've announced the next Pink Floyd reaction, we can't wait for it. Animals is quite simply another work of art. The reaction format you adopted lends itself particularly well to the Animals album. Prepare to have a lot of reading to do about this album, because there is a lot to say about Animals.
I'm just coming to the end of reading the Rob Chapman biography Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head - the only biog of Syd I've read. I don't necessarily agree with all the author's judgements, but his research is extremely thorough and amongst other things, dissects and goes some way to dismantling the quasi-industry of 'Mad Syd' myths and beliefs that have grown up around him over the years, often of dubious provenance yet eagerly seized on and repeated so often they've become accepted as facts. One common belief is that acid (LSD) was the main drug Syd used and the one that caused all his mental changes. But Chapman argues it was more likely the excessive use of Mandrax and alcohol that he became dependent on at one stage - which IIRC he said is, unlike LSD, a physically harmful enough combination to be potentially fatal - that would have been more likely to result in serious brain damage.. I think this is worth restating, since LSD is again being formally researched as a psychotherapeutic aid, with impressive long term effectiveness, when properly administered, for some mental illnesses like otherwise intractable long term depression and anxiety, without negative side effects. it would be a great shame if common societal assumptions of likely harm created by inaccurate stories like that of Syd Barrett's acid-fried brain were to prevent continuation of such valuable research. Various psychiatric diagnoses of Syd's problems are often thrown around as if they were fact rather than speculation. In fact he was never diagnosed with any mental illness. According to his sister, the hospital he was admitted to after his return home to Cambridge and subsequent collapse, discharged him, stating he had 'only' an unspecified personality disorder (which IIUC, is not technically a mental illness). During periods where the myths portray him as completely out of his mind and indulging in bizarre behaviour, he was, according to Chapman's research, frequently perfectly lucid and capable of normal interactions. What was happening seems more likely a combination of a naturally sensitive disposition, some degree of drug and alcohol-induced physical brain damage, a growing sense of disillusionment and personal discomfort with the music industry and the experience of being a famous pop star, resulting in increasing periods of social anxiety, and ultimately a choice to live quietly in his home town of Cambridge, UK, away from any spotlight, only communicating regularly with family and some of the local children with whom he seemed relatively at ease. He returned to his painting, the medium in which he'd had his original training in the then fashionable avante garde art ideas and practice, that he'd later attempted to translate to his music. Chapman provides an insightful analysis of the reasons that attempt failed to meet with the same sort of welcome and understanding that similar ventures in the visual arts, purely experimental music and multimedia fields were receiving at the time. The pop music industry, unfortunately for Syd, just wanted him to produce hits, and to fulfil the gruelling tour schedules playing to often uncomprehending audiences, mime (lip-synch) to records and endure inane questioning on TV pop shows, that were then seen as the essential steps on the path to chart success. Unlike the other members of PF, this was increasingly clearly NOT quite what Syd had envisaged in the band's future, or what he wanted to do. Various infamous, often recounted 'Mad Syd' episodes that followed may have simply been Syd continuing to attempt to communicate in the manner of an experimental artist, testing the bounds of reality and seeking ever purer/ more deconstructed forms of expression in ways that might have been celebrated as valuable artistic statements in less commercially orientated settings. Instead, these gestures were, not unreasonably, interpreted at the time by the other band members as Syd simply becoming an erratic and unreliable part of a team that was determinedly heading somewhere else, their hopes pinned on a successful creative musical career in the pop charts, rather than living as free-wheeling psychonauts, exploring at their leisure the outer and inner reaches of 'art for art's sake' .
Thank you so much for making the time to share. I love learning new things and being able to consider additional insights. This channel provides more opportunities for that than any other one I've seen has a great group of people participating.
Thanks for this, Daniel. I think that this full album format that you're now doing is definitely the way forward, especially for the prog bands. As for Pink Floyd again, I urge you not to miss out on the often overlooked gem OBSCURED BY CLOUDS from 1972. It's the last Floyd album before DSOTM. It was written as a soundtrack for the movie La Vallée (The Valley) about a woman going on a voyage to the remote island of New Guinea. Shorter songs with less lengthy instrumental passages, it's one of my top 3 PF albums. Best wishes.
Thank you Daniel. You really did a great job on this album. I like the format for albums like these. The vinyl records provided a moment of silence and time for reflection or a break before the record gets flipped over. Most albums were structured with this pause in mind. The Beatles Abbey Road album uses this to great artistic effect as did others. Abbey Road ends side one with an apocalyptic wall of noise and starts side one with the bright acoustic guitar of here comes the sun. Sometimes albums use a two side ones configuration or each side is it’s own album in a way. So to be true to the original intent, maybe take a little break between sides. This was a top tier music reaction ! 🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
A brilliant album, perhaps overshadowed somewhat by Dark Side of the Moon but really just confirmation of what a great group Pink Floyd were. I have listened to them in various forms of consciousness over many years since before this album was released and am still in awe. Superb
Just love Pink Floyd for their great artistry music and performances and two of my favourite songs are marooned and coming back to life. You have mentioned how you’d like to guitar and these two songs that I’ve just mentioned are totally brilliant I enjoyed your reaction and it’s obvious that you Appreciate real musicians they are
Won a radio phone-in contest in Santa Barbara around 1999 or 2000 and received two tickets to the Wallflowers and a digitally remastered cd of this. 🎵🎶🔥💖 ✌😎
Is it just me? But part IX sounds like a funeral dirge. I can imagine this music playing as the hearse comes into the cemetery followed by the mourners sobbing in their cars.
Yes. Also, I have often thought that part 9 and to some extent part 8 also, we’re just ‘fillers’ to extend the album to the required 20 plus minutes or so. Call me cynical if you wish, but that’s what I have always thought about those sections. For me the most moving and emotional part of this album is the first 4 minutes or so of the opening sequence to Shine On were one is filled with wonder and expectation of what is to come.
I really enjoy your reaction videos to these epic albums. Many of which I was your age when they came out. I should record my reaction to your reactions. :-) Thanks for your appreciation of classic timeless music and efforts to dive into the not always evident meanings under the surface.
To Think of ALL the sound scapes that PF has created over the years...for Rolling Stone to even mention a critique of PF beggars beyond belief the distain and contempt that I feel for them!!! I wouldn't piss on a RS critic even if they were on fire.
Hey, just so you know for these albums that you should definitely do, Quadrophenia and The Wall both have storylines like Tommy does Keep up the good work, and just want to say, I usually hate reaction channels, but just something in how you're so eager to learn about classic rock and actually enjoy the music really makes you fun to watch. I'm 18, and have similar tastes, but I got them from my parents listening to this music as I grew up, and I've always tried to get my friends into it, to no avail. Happy that someone can experience this and appreciate it for the first time We are Legion
Michael since you are young and I am from the generation when this music originally came out and was played on the radio (I still listen to classic rock radio, which still play this music) I have a question for you. Is there any band from your generation that makes this type of music? The station that I listen to does play music from today's generation of rockers and they are good, but I was just wondering if there is any group out there that can be compared to those of old.
@@MsPerlia I honestly wouldn't know too much, I mainly listen to oldies, but here are some newer artists that I really like, not necessarily classic rock, but idk, you might like em The Altogether- favorite tracks are Brown of Gold, Five Minutes, See the Day Edit: for brown of gold, listen to the first two tracks in Silo first, they blend The Other Favorites and The First of October are bands consisting of youtubers, one is kinda a joke thing, but I still enjoy the music Give em all a listen, you might find stuff you like
@@submandave1125 Lmao. Smith does love his intros, doesn't he? I swear Disintegration would be like 20 minutes without all the intros and outros. But they're still what create atleast half the impact of that record.
Strange but true - Syd Barrett used to live round the corner from my grandma in Cambridge. My gran once took me out for lunch when I visited her and on the way we picked up old lady who turned out to be Mrs Barrett - my grans best friend. It seemed strange how such a normal person was the mother of such a revered person, yet to her it was just so sad that her son lived as a recluse.
Pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there soon. I always felt this was Roger saying it wouldn't take much more pressure to drive him crazy too. That if he had more "put on him" he wouldn't be able to cope. Identifying with Syd and any listener who ever felt the pressure of stress. Something we have only recently (or so it seems) started to talk about as Mental Health. But certainly something I didn't hear being discussed back in the '70s🤔
This album really drives home how vital Rick Wright was to the band--something the increasingly egotistical Roger Waters would begin to appreciate less and less as they headed into "The Wall" before Waters finally fired Rick from the band before their worst album, "The Final Cut." One interesting thing is that the very last notes Rick plays at the end of "Wish You Were Here" are actually the melody to one of their earliest Syd Barrett songs, "See Emily Play", bringing things full circle.
While I agree Roger Waters became an egotistical prick, I think The Final Cut gets a lot of unfair hate. I don't think it is the best Pink Floyd album, but I think it stands up well as a companion piece to The Wall.
@@alexp.4270 I love The Final Cut for what it is, and has some great moments. I think the “hate” it gets is more a feeling of that album being a Waters solo record with Gilmour & Mason playing on it. Spot on about it being a companion piece to The Wall. Such a damn shame they couldn’t manage the personalities and stay artistically aligned.
I disagree. The Final Cut is my favorite album of Pink Floyd. Although it's really more of a Rodger Waters solo album with members of Pink Floyd on backup.
@@alexp.4270 both the wall and the Final Cut are a great albums. The Final Cut is especially dear to me because I was raised by grandparents who both served in World War II. I especially love the Final Cut because it rips on that evil hag Margaret Thatcher.
Wow, fantastic job doing this Daniel. Nobody should care or listen to anything Rolling Stone magazine has to say or write in their publication. I likes the way you did this album, listening through the whole thing and then breaking it down for shorter videos to post. Well done. I think overall I like DSOTM a little more that this one but Animals is my personal favorite. Really struck a chord with me at a difficult time in my life and I could very much relate. I love all the albums in any case , looking forward to get your take and analysis on more Pink Floyd and others. SUPERTRAMP 'Crime of the Century' Please. Peace and Love.
Thanks for this Daniel. If you forced me, I'd have to call this my favorite Pink Floyd album. DSOtM, Animals and the Wall are all great but, this diamond just shines on.
An opinion : The Pink Floyd albums most seminal for me are from '70 - '75, Meddle , DSOTM & WYWH. Whenever I get a chance I play these three one after the other, end to end. To me, this trilogy of PF phase 2 represents the finished ensemble at the beginning to the height of their powers. Meddle with it's epic moments, and its contrasting innocence; DSOTM and its charting of life, madness, war, greed and death and WYWH with its cool, sometimes biting cynicism and ironic beauty, together create a neat narrative like a rich novel. To me these 3 are the least self consciously contrived albums of their whole catalog. In the proto Syd Barrett days of the mid to late '60's they seemed to be experimenting and feeling their way as a developing band. Musically and stylistically, nearly everything in this era is distinct from their later material.....not inferior, just different. From Animals on, the fissures were beginning to open wider as they seemed to grow more and more cynical about the world they had created as well as helplessness as they faced the fracturing of the group. This later resolved in the band becoming part of the machine they resisted earlier...........perhaps WYWH was a eulogy to the bands fame and success as much as it was a love letter to Syd. Every step by Roger Waters after 1975 seemed like a 'bold' and slightly uncalculated step towards the edge of the madness, without the very real full commitment to psychosis and self destruction that Syd took or was drawn into. In the end, the commercial success kept them in the game but was that ever enough? DSOTM & WYWH certainly flirted with that insanity but in the end, they could either be a passive observer or a participant in their own self destruction....but it's obvious they couldn't go that last fatal step. It's a seductive thing to die young and create a myth but not a very fruitful option. WYWH and Barretts 'coincidental' reappearance in the studio may have even been Syds invitation to step into those 'black holes in the sky'.....who was calling who?.....wish you were here? History shows they realized it was only art after all and quite salable art at that. signed: the dolphins off the starboard bow.
@@tonyanderton3521 .......I would agree that Obscured by Clouds is as good as any album in Pink Floyds catalog. It's just a matter of personal taste for me. Obscured by clouds (and this is just my own feeling) fits more closely with the era prior to Meddle. Having said that, mine was not a qualitative judgement but a personal one and in my view, Meddle has a slightly denser richer sound and the long orchestrated pieces have a defined strength to them that seem more closely related to DSOTM than OBC. Again, this does not reflect on the quality of OBC, Atom Heart Mother, Ummagumma, More, A Saucerful of Secrets or Pipers, or anything after 1975. I appreciate your input and cheers.....peace, Tony.
fun fact.....The side of the Moon we do not see from Earth gets just as much sunlight on it as the side we do see. In truth, the only dark side of the Moon is the side that is pointed away from the Sun at any given time.
Enjoyed this series without saying anything. Seems like been well covered by others. I think you'll dig Animals a lot... and its much less of an undertaking than The Wall will be. Go for it. There is a lot to like from the early stuff so no sense rushing through it to get back to Animals
Great reaction with one of the best album. The history of Shine On You Crazy Diamond is very bizarr as Syd Barrett suddenly stands in the studio and looks with is empty eyes and the group saw him....
Did you notice that the cover images also represent EARTH (the man standing on sand), AIR (the red cloth blowing in the breeze), FIRE (men shaking hands) and WATER (the man with diving into water). Also if you look al the edges and outside areas of each picture you see the representations again. Edge of front photo burned, Sand leaking out of hole, water leaking out of hole and edge of cloth photo gently curvy like a flag in the breeze. A lot of thought went into this cover. The first copy I bought just had the dark sleeve and you didnt even know whose album it was (of course news travels fast so it didn't take long for word to get out). Maybe it represented taking risks, IE with the music industry and potential for success or failure.
Stumbled into your reaction to this album. Having listened to PF for over 46 years (in various states of consciousness) I delighted that a younger person can appreciate it. But instead of listening on a digital device get a turntable and good set of head phones. Lots get dropped in the digital version. And it does at certain points becomes become a funeral dirge for the living. kinda like mourning a loved one suffering dementia. I always remember their concerts when I listen to the Album/CD, but that was in the 70's and 80's so memory might be effected by time and other things. Enjoy your travels with this wonderful music and return to it as you age, it provides different perspectives based on your experiences.
Daniel, once you have listened to much of the PF catalogue, You will find it refreshing and perhaps fascinating to look and hear/review much of the video clips of Pink Floyd's work on YT that shows them playing their songs, like "Cymbline" - in the 800 year old church, "Green Is the Colour", "Pillow of Winds", "Corrosion" in the Pink Room, "Careful With That Axe Eugene", and more...Plus a number of "Making Of" videos that show and tell points of view from band members. You could react to these and then add your 2 cents worth.
The thing about the "dark" side of the moon being colder is a misconception. Because we, on Earth, can only ever see the near side, we don't realize that the moon's other side is lit by the sun whenever it is anywhere between us and the sun. Which, as it happens, is half of it's monthly journey around the Earth. So, from this we can safely conclude that the average temperature of the so called "dark" side is the same as the near side. Final conclusion: The Dark side of the moon is not really always dark, it's just the side we never see. ;-)
I'm not a betting man by nature...but judging by your reaction pre-pause here I'd be willing to stake a pound, a dime whatever, that Animals will prove to be your favourite PF album in time. The lyrics alone will challenge your curiosity...the music will be a given. Enjoy.
I'm leaning that way too regarding Animals.... However, The Wall offers a lot too consider as well... I like Animals more than The Wall, but I'm not sure Daniel will feel that way... Intellectually he will like Animals, Artistically and Theatrically I think he will appreciate The Wall more. Looking forward to seeing how that plays out.
very thoughtful person you are... i enjoy your reviews very much! I suggest, if you haven´t already, you watch the eagle vision classic albums documentarys of both "wish you were here" and "dark side..."
Like the Beatles Rubber Soul and Revolver I have always looked at Dark Side of the moon and Wish you were here as one glorious double album. I can never always what track is on which album. All stunningly, awesomely brilliant!!😁🇬🇧
FYI their compilation album "A Collection of Great Dance Songs" has a unique 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' parts 1, 2, 4 and 7. It also has a completely re-recorded version of 'Money' by just David Gilmour and the sax player.
Daniel - there’s a possibility that you may be disappointed in Floyd’s early work pre Gilmour. I don’t know, you may love it, but for me personally I found most of it quite purile. I didn’t really get interested in Pink Floyd’s music until after Dave replaced Syd.
I agree. It has it's place in rock history, some is very enjoyable, but can't compare as you said to with what was created with David's entrance to the group.
@Bookhouse Boy I appreciate that point of view. I really was not disagreeing with you. You can't compare the two. Each has it's place but very different appeals. As you quoted Syd as saying, they took his craft in a different direction with structure. Others took his craft further in the original direction. Different paths for different individuals. The audience then chooses what paths are appealing with their, radio consumption, purchases and attendance... Again great points by you appreciate you sharing them.
May i suggest you do Floyd's criminaly underrated 'The Final Cut' album! It is essentially a Waters release, but for my money nothing comes close on a purely emotional level. On first listen, back in '83, it reduced me to a pool of tears, and revealed Waters as the exemplary commentaor he truly is! Screw the critics, and listen with an open mind!
As you journey through the PF catalog, you will begin to notice that every album ends beautifully, not leaving you with unanswered thoughts, but leaving you wanting more. This why PF albums need to be experienced in their entirety, not song-by-song. Enjoy the ride....and the next one (Animals) with take you places you never imagined.
I go back and forth between this, DSOTM and Animals for my favorite Pinl Floyd album. I usually like Animals best. DSOTM goes off on tangents plus I'm not overly fond of the way either ends. Animals, however, is flawless from beginning to end. It is unrelenting in it's approach which I will not detail further so you can hear it with an open ear. I really look forward to your review.
A question and a suggestion for you Daniel. Will this be the first time you listen to Animals in its entirety? If possible, choose a video with the lyrics.
Personally can't wait until you hit "Meddle" my first intro to Pink Floyd as a young teen in the 70's when I found it in my older brothers "don't you dare touch" vinyl album collection🤣 An awesome album, with artwork that you have to open the album cover flat to really appreciate 😉 This was the album where Pink Floyd "found their sound" I remember hearing Dave Gilmour say, in the early days, Floyd would play dimly lit with coloured lights, and he would often turn his back on the audience because he didn't really understand or know what he was playing, there was alot of just experimenting and the young David just felt embarrassed! Thank god they grew up, and mastered what they were doing and came up with Meddle 😂 I would still recommend doing Echoes live at Pompeii as this will set you up for the experimental sound scape in the middle of this track which is the entire side 2 of the album. Also the cinematography is awesome!
Do you realize how long it’s going to take you to react to everything that you’ve planned to do so far? You have school, acting, a personal life, et cetera. You are going to be a very busy man!
Thank you for joining me on this journey. I think this may be the format of full album reactions from this point onwards. I am listening to this album again whilst I write this, and man. It's a true work of art.
We are Legion my friends. For those wondering about next Pink Floyd, I was recently gifted Animals. Plus that's the next in the discography. So that'll likely be the next one:)
And for those of you who love older PF, fear not. I want to do every album this group put out if I can. We'll head back to the beginning in due time.
And finally, for those of you who like the Sex Pistols... Perfectly valid band to like... But why are you going to every Pink Floyd video I make and complaining? Seems a bit counter productive, heheh;) Here's a link to all the Wish You Were Here Reactions: ruclips.net/p/PLzSRx7IaKBnP8rWGCeZdavDlr29Z1rTZW
I'm not sure if I prefer you react to Animals next or The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Different reasons for both. How about if you react to Animals next, that you then go back to the beginning and work your way forward. Course you could also go back and forth, so Piper, then Animals, then A Saucerful of Secrets, then The Wall... and then you'll be dizzy 😀 but at least you will have finally built a wall. Oh joy 😛
Brace yourself for Animals. It's one of the darkest, most cynical albums in the history of popular music.
Daniel, in regards to your last thoughts, please remember this one thing: dissent is a product of relevance.
Oh yes, a couple more things. Shine On You Crazy Diamond didn't make my top 40 list of my favorite Prog Rock that's 8+ minutes in length, but it did get an honorable mention, along with one piece on Animals. 2 others on Animals made my top 40... just so you know 🙂
@George Duffy I don't think it matters how often some music is being reviewed. Unchained Melody is one of the most reacted to videos. I think it's great that today's generation is now hearing, for the first time, the music we all grew up on. That's kinda the point and why reaction channels are so popular.
You are an interesting young man...an old soul
He certainly is.
Who's complaining? I love your reactions, Daniel, and I love Pink Floyd! You eventually must do Echoes live in Pompeii, 1972, parts 1 and 2.
I've listened to this album for forty years and never associated the transition from the vocals to the instrumental arpeggio with an exploding star. Obviously very fitting considering the subject matter. Now I will always think of it that way. Nice catch dude.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond is like a concerto to my ears. Floyd wrote this as a tribute to their friend Syd Barrett and what a tribute it is. Can you even imagine having a song of this brilliance composed for you?
Thanks for the album reaction.
Thanks for taking the time to reply when you have so much great stuff to listen to. I'm 61 and moved to England as a teenager, my dad's a usaf vet and mum's English so we came to her home. The music in England is fantastic and you get stuff from all over the world, with hardly any ad breaks. Now with DAB stations it's even better. You can spend one day listening to 80s rock and next day 90s trance. 70s pop or classics. I'm lucky I just love good music and some Floyd stuff is out of this world good but also ACDC or Sweet, TRex. Enjoy what you do , which ever road you go down. You'll never work a day in your life after that. Take care, stay safe. Crank up the vibes. Xxxx😁
You're going to love Animals!
"Nobody knows where you are.
How near or how far."
So simple yet so compendious.
Gets me every time.
profound as well
And Syd suddenly walked into the studio one day when they were recording this, but they didn’t recognize him and didn’t realize it until later. So the story goes.
Some of Rick Wright's best work at the end of this… very melancholic.
Thank you for uploading this the same day as the previous video for it. Waiting 24 hours or so between videos for this album has been difficult for me.
Hey Daniel. Thanks so much for reacting to this album. It has been a pleasure to watch you enjoy this album which is my favorite album of all time.
A salute to the founder of Pink Floyd - Syd Barret. A bloody genius.😎✌🏽☮️🎸
Randomly came across this while surfing youtube. I forgot about this song. Reflections of my Life by the Marmalade
Most music critics can't comprehend anything past their own personal biases. The critics panned "Rush" as being pretentious because they didn't write standard 3-4 minute radio-friendly songs with trite lyrics. I think "Wish You Were Here" suffered from the curse of the follow-up. Dark Side was so successful that nothing could live up to the expectations, which is why only after PF released subsequent albums could the critics judge WYWH on its own merits.
Excellent job with the series, Daniel!
Thanks Daniel, I’ve really enjoyed the way you’ve broken the tracks down and talked about them before going to the next one. This album’s been one of my favourites for 40 years or so, I’m glad you enjoyed it so much.
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales & Bombers
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Prog Rock, Classic Rock
Year:
1975
Spirits In The Night 6:26
Countdown 3:06
Time Is Right 6:33
Crossfade 3:39
Visionary Mountains 5:42
Nightingales And Bombers 4:52
Fat Nelly 3:20
As Above So Below (Recorded "Live")
My farvorite Manfred Mann album 😀
Thank you Daniel for sharing your reactions about this masterpiece with us and, yes, I agree it is the best format in the case of Pink Floyd and maybe other concept albums. Take care!
You have good instincts, rely on them. Others will provide well-intentioned suggestions and and advice, but you're the one putting yourself out there. And above all, continue to have fun, it shines through and is contagious.
That screaming guitar has always sounded like grief, guilt, and anger to me. This album is a stunning elegy for a lost soul.
Thank you for your great, insightful, reaction Daniel. If only more music reactors here on RUclips understood that Pink Floyd did not release songs, they created albums! And all of them are great in their own right. I started watching your channel after you had done Dark Side, so now I am going to have to go back and watch your reaction to those classics! Keep on working your way to the top of the RUclips Music Reactors Podium!!
It's really refreshing to hear from another person, or even several persons considering many of your listener's comments, who can all hear something more in the lyrics or musical details. I've always heard music this way, and it wasn't until I was quite old before I understood that a larger percentage of people do not or can't hear most music this way. One of those blessing/curse kind of things. Anyway, this one is so binaural and brain scratching. I know it's probably meant to connect to Syd Barrett's brain, but it is very ASMR-ish for me. This one doesn't require me to think too hard, my brain just follows along. Thanks for covering it!
Thank you, DS9, for the Wish You Were Here series. You da man, Young Bro.
Hell of a song to end the Album with, it's like putting Icing on the Cake. Great Album !
"It's always a pleasure to see a noob blissing out to Pink Floyd" said a 56 year old Pink Floyd fan today.
Well done for this reaction, as well as the previous ones.
Now that you've announced the next Pink Floyd reaction, we can't wait for it.
Animals is quite simply another work of art.
The reaction format you adopted lends itself particularly well to the Animals album.
Prepare to have a lot of reading to do about this album, because there is a lot to say about Animals.
I saw Pink Floyd do this and Dark Side of the Moon in concert at the Spectrum in Phila. PA in the 70s. Awesome concert!!!
I'm just coming to the end of reading the Rob Chapman biography Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head - the only biog of Syd I've read. I don't necessarily agree with all the author's judgements, but his research is extremely thorough and amongst other things, dissects and goes some way to dismantling the quasi-industry of 'Mad Syd' myths and beliefs that have grown up around him over the years, often of dubious provenance yet eagerly seized on and repeated so often they've become accepted as facts.
One common belief is that acid (LSD) was the main drug Syd used and the one that caused all his mental changes. But Chapman argues it was more likely the excessive use of Mandrax and alcohol that he became dependent on at one stage - which IIRC he said is, unlike LSD, a physically harmful enough combination to be potentially fatal - that would have been more likely to result in serious brain damage.. I think this is worth restating, since LSD is again being formally researched as a psychotherapeutic aid, with impressive long term effectiveness, when properly administered, for some mental illnesses like otherwise intractable long term depression and anxiety, without negative side effects. it would be a great shame if common societal assumptions of likely harm created by inaccurate stories like that of Syd Barrett's acid-fried brain were to prevent continuation of such valuable research.
Various psychiatric diagnoses of Syd's problems are often thrown around as if they were fact rather than speculation. In fact he was never diagnosed with any mental illness. According to his sister, the hospital he was admitted to after his return home to Cambridge and subsequent collapse, discharged him, stating he had 'only' an unspecified personality disorder (which IIUC, is not technically a mental illness). During periods where the myths portray him as completely out of his mind and indulging in bizarre behaviour, he was, according to Chapman's research, frequently perfectly lucid and capable of normal interactions.
What was happening seems more likely a combination of a naturally sensitive disposition, some degree of drug and alcohol-induced physical brain damage, a growing sense of disillusionment and personal discomfort with the music industry and the experience of being a famous pop star, resulting in increasing periods of social anxiety, and ultimately a choice to live quietly in his home town of Cambridge, UK, away from any spotlight, only communicating regularly with family and some of the local children with whom he seemed relatively at ease. He returned to his painting, the medium in which he'd had his original training in the then fashionable avante garde art ideas and practice, that he'd later attempted to translate to his music.
Chapman provides an insightful analysis of the reasons that attempt failed to meet with the same sort of welcome and understanding that similar ventures in the visual arts, purely experimental music and multimedia fields were receiving at the time. The pop music industry, unfortunately for Syd, just wanted him to produce hits, and to fulfil the gruelling tour schedules playing to often uncomprehending audiences, mime (lip-synch) to records and endure inane questioning on TV pop shows, that were then seen as the essential steps on the path to chart success. Unlike the other members of PF, this was increasingly clearly NOT quite what Syd had envisaged in the band's future, or what he wanted to do.
Various infamous, often recounted 'Mad Syd' episodes that followed may have simply been Syd continuing to attempt to communicate in the manner of an experimental artist, testing the bounds of reality and seeking ever purer/ more deconstructed forms of expression in ways that might have been celebrated as valuable artistic statements in less commercially orientated settings. Instead, these gestures were, not unreasonably, interpreted at the time by the other band members as Syd simply becoming an erratic and unreliable part of a team that was determinedly heading somewhere else, their hopes pinned on a successful creative musical career in the pop charts, rather than living as free-wheeling psychonauts, exploring at their leisure the outer and inner reaches of 'art for art's sake' .
Thank you so much for making the time to share. I love learning new things and being able to consider additional insights. This channel provides more opportunities for that than any other one I've seen has a great group of people participating.
I would bet this album has sold WAY more than 20 million copies worldwide.
Thanks for this, Daniel. I think that this full album format that you're now doing is definitely the way forward, especially for the prog bands.
As for Pink Floyd again, I urge you not to miss out on the often overlooked gem OBSCURED BY CLOUDS from 1972. It's the last Floyd album before DSOTM. It was written as a soundtrack for the movie La Vallée (The Valley) about a woman going on a voyage to the remote island of New Guinea. Shorter songs with less lengthy instrumental passages, it's one of my top 3 PF albums. Best wishes.
Thank you Daniel. You really did a great job on this album. I like the format for albums like these. The vinyl records provided a moment of silence and time for reflection or a break before the record gets flipped over. Most albums were structured with this pause in mind. The Beatles Abbey Road album uses this to great artistic effect as did others. Abbey Road ends side one with an apocalyptic wall of noise and starts side one with the bright acoustic guitar of here comes the sun. Sometimes albums use a two side ones configuration or each side is it’s own album in a way. So to be true to the original intent, maybe take a little break between sides. This was a top tier music reaction ! 🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
A brilliant album, perhaps overshadowed somewhat by Dark Side of the Moon but really just confirmation of what a great group Pink Floyd were. I have listened to them in various forms of consciousness over many years since before this album was released and am still in awe. Superb
I've always preferred this album to DSOTM, because of its cold soundscapes, and withering cynicism!
Just love Pink Floyd for their great artistry music and performances and two of my favourite songs are marooned and coming back to life. You have mentioned how you’d like to guitar and these two songs that I’ve just mentioned are totally brilliant I enjoyed your reaction and it’s obvious that you Appreciate real musicians they are
In the end through all the sadness and longing, the positive glimmer for the future, Shine On You Crazy Diamond!!!
This is really as good as it gets, the music conveys a depth of emotion seldom experienced, but worth every moment. Thanks Daniel.
Great job. I appreciate the in-depth reactions.
You really hit the nail on the head about the differences between this LP and Darkside. Another GREAT reaction young man
Won a radio phone-in contest in Santa Barbara around 1999 or 2000 and received two tickets to the Wallflowers and a digitally remastered cd of this. 🎵🎶🔥💖 ✌😎
Is it just me? But part IX sounds like a funeral dirge. I can imagine this music playing as the hearse comes into the cemetery followed by the mourners sobbing in their cars.
Yes. Also, I have often thought that part 9 and to some extent part 8 also, we’re just ‘fillers’ to extend the album to the required 20 plus minutes or so. Call me cynical if you wish, but that’s what I have always thought about those sections. For me the most moving and emotional part of this album is the first 4 minutes or so of the opening sequence to Shine On were one is filled with wonder and expectation of what is to come.
I really enjoy your reaction videos to these epic albums. Many of which I was your age when they came out. I should record my reaction to your reactions. :-) Thanks for your appreciation of classic timeless music and efforts to dive into the not always evident meanings under the surface.
LOL...good idea
I'm just grinning from ear to ear watching your face 😁 and knowing what's coming up. Very cool
This band is really in a league all by themselves! It's awesome to relive these songs through your perspective! Great work Daniel!
To Think of ALL the sound scapes that PF has created over the years...for Rolling Stone to even mention a critique of PF beggars beyond belief the distain and contempt that I feel for them!!! I wouldn't piss on a RS critic even if they were on fire.
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I've really enjoyed your reaction to this album. Can't wait for the next one
No one bends a chord like Dave Gilmour
One of their best and Rick Wright's tour de force.
What an excellent album! I remember buying it all those years ago when it was released. ♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦
The crying/screaming guitar solo around and before minute 5 (in this video) could go on for another ten minutes and I wouldn't cry.
Hey, just so you know for these albums that you should definitely do, Quadrophenia and The Wall both have storylines like Tommy does
Keep up the good work, and just want to say, I usually hate reaction channels, but just something in how you're so eager to learn about classic rock and actually enjoy the music really makes you fun to watch. I'm 18, and have similar tastes, but I got them from my parents listening to this music as I grew up, and I've always tried to get my friends into it, to no avail. Happy that someone can experience this and appreciate it for the first time
We are Legion
Michael since you are young and I am from the generation when this music originally came out and was played on the radio (I still listen to classic rock radio, which still play this music) I have a question for you. Is there any band from your generation that makes this type of music? The station that I listen to does play music from today's generation of rockers and they are good, but I was just wondering if there is any group out there that can be compared to those of old.
@@MsPerlia I honestly wouldn't know too much, I mainly listen to oldies, but here are some newer artists that I really like, not necessarily classic rock, but idk, you might like em
The Altogether- favorite tracks are Brown of Gold, Five Minutes, See the Day
Edit: for brown of gold, listen to the first two tracks in Silo first, they blend
The Other Favorites and The First of October are bands consisting of youtubers, one is kinda a joke thing, but I still enjoy the music
Give em all a listen, you might find stuff you like
Floyd have some of the longest and most interesting intros of any band, they draw you in with great anticitation!
Robert Smith and the Cure say "Hold my beer..."
@@submandave1125 Lmao. Smith does love his intros, doesn't he? I swear Disintegration would be like 20 minutes without all the intros and outros. But they're still what create atleast half the impact of that record.
thanks, Daniel -- RIP Richard Wright - keyboard genius --
Strange but true - Syd Barrett used to live round the corner from my grandma in Cambridge. My gran once took me out for lunch when I visited her and on the way we picked up old lady who turned out to be Mrs Barrett - my grans best friend. It seemed strange how such a normal person was the mother of such a revered person, yet to her it was just so sad that her son lived as a recluse.
Pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there soon.
I always felt this was Roger saying it wouldn't take much more pressure to drive him crazy too. That if he had more "put on him" he wouldn't be able to cope.
Identifying with Syd and any listener who ever felt the pressure of stress.
Something we have only recently (or so it seems) started to talk about as Mental Health. But certainly something I didn't hear being discussed back in the '70s🤔
Sounds as wonderful as it did a few years ago. Thanks Daniel.
Interestingly, this song is very close to their next album, Animals. Which I am waiting for you to react to 😊.
Uh very nice analysis.
I just love how this song ends three times. Each ending even better than the one before.
Good analysis
This album really drives home how vital Rick Wright was to the band--something the increasingly egotistical Roger Waters would begin to appreciate less and less as they headed into "The Wall" before Waters finally fired Rick from the band before their worst album, "The Final Cut." One interesting thing is that the very last notes Rick plays at the end of "Wish You Were Here" are actually the melody to one of their earliest Syd Barrett songs, "See Emily Play", bringing things full circle.
While I agree Roger Waters became an egotistical prick, I think The Final Cut gets a lot of unfair hate. I don't think it is the best Pink Floyd album, but I think it stands up well as a companion piece to The Wall.
@@alexp.4270 I love The Final Cut for what it is, and has some great moments. I think the “hate” it gets is more a feeling of that album being a Waters solo record with Gilmour & Mason playing on it. Spot on about it being a companion piece to The Wall. Such a damn shame they couldn’t manage the personalities and stay artistically aligned.
I disagree. The Final Cut is my favorite album of Pink Floyd. Although it's really more of a Rodger Waters solo album with members of Pink Floyd on backup.
@@alexp.4270 both the wall and the Final Cut are a great albums. The Final Cut is especially dear to me because I was raised by grandparents who both served in World War II. I especially love the Final Cut because it rips on that evil hag Margaret Thatcher.
I love Rick Wrights work on Animals, sets the tone and atmosphere.
Wow, fantastic job doing this Daniel. Nobody should care or listen to anything Rolling Stone magazine has to say or write in their publication. I likes the way you did this album, listening through the whole thing and then breaking it down for shorter videos to post. Well done. I think overall I like DSOTM a little more that this one but Animals is my personal favorite. Really struck a chord with me at a difficult time in my life and I could very much relate. I love all the albums in any case , looking forward to get your take and analysis on more Pink Floyd and others. SUPERTRAMP 'Crime of the Century' Please. Peace and Love.
Phenomenal dude ❤️☝️💫
Thanks for this Daniel. If you forced me, I'd have to call this my favorite Pink Floyd album. DSOtM, Animals and the Wall are all great but, this diamond just shines on.
I think Echoes is their masterpiece
@@ronderksen5069 Echoes and Atom Heart Mother are clear favorites.
Love them all, my favorite is the one I am listening to at the time.
@@ronderksen5069 - I agree.
An opinion : The Pink Floyd albums most seminal for me are from '70 - '75, Meddle , DSOTM & WYWH. Whenever I get a chance I play these three one after the other, end to end. To me, this trilogy of PF phase 2 represents the finished ensemble at the beginning to the height of their powers.
Meddle with it's epic moments, and its contrasting innocence; DSOTM and its charting of life, madness, war, greed and death and WYWH with its cool, sometimes biting cynicism and ironic beauty, together create a neat narrative like a rich novel.
To me these 3 are the least self consciously contrived albums of their whole catalog. In the proto Syd Barrett days of the mid to late '60's they seemed to be experimenting and feeling their way as a developing band. Musically and stylistically, nearly everything in this era is distinct from their later material.....not inferior, just different.
From Animals on, the fissures were beginning to open wider as they seemed to grow more and more cynical about the world they had created as well as helplessness as they faced the fracturing of the group. This later resolved in the band becoming part of the machine they resisted earlier...........perhaps WYWH was a eulogy to the bands fame and success as much as it was a love letter to Syd.
Every step by Roger Waters after 1975 seemed like a 'bold' and slightly uncalculated step towards the edge of the madness, without the very real full commitment to psychosis and self destruction that Syd took or was drawn into. In the end, the commercial success kept them in the game but was that ever enough?
DSOTM & WYWH certainly flirted with that insanity but in the end, they could either be a passive observer or a participant in their own self destruction....but it's obvious they couldn't go that last fatal step. It's a seductive thing to die young and create a myth but not a very fruitful option.
WYWH and Barretts 'coincidental' reappearance in the studio may have even been Syds invitation to step into those 'black holes in the sky'.....who was calling who?.....wish you were here? History shows they realized it was only art after all and quite salable art at that.
signed: the dolphins off the starboard bow.
Rod, Rod, Rod, you've overlooked Obscured by Clouds. Every bit as good as those others you've mentioned. Cheers.
@@tonyanderton3521 .......I would agree that Obscured by Clouds is as good as any album in Pink Floyds catalog. It's just a matter of personal taste for me. Obscured by clouds (and this is just my own feeling) fits more closely with the era prior to Meddle.
Having said that, mine was not a qualitative judgement but a personal one and in my view, Meddle has a slightly denser richer sound and the long orchestrated pieces have a defined strength to them that seem more closely related to DSOTM than OBC. Again, this does not reflect on the quality of OBC, Atom Heart Mother, Ummagumma, More, A Saucerful of Secrets or Pipers, or anything after 1975.
I appreciate your input and cheers.....peace, Tony.
@@astrogoodvibes6164 That's great, Rod, thanks for that considered comment. We can all still enjoy the music of Pink Floyd. Best wishes,
@@tonyanderton3521 ...I'll drink to that mate, cheers.
Awesome!
fun fact.....The side of the Moon we do not see from Earth gets just as much sunlight on it as the side we do see. In truth, the only dark side of the Moon is the side that is pointed away from the Sun at any given time.
Don’t confuse the issue with facts 😂
Interesting point of course, but, Well...none of that really matters as long as the band you're in doesn't start playing different tunes!
Enjoyed this series without saying anything. Seems like been well covered by others.
I think you'll dig Animals a lot... and its much less of an undertaking than The Wall will be. Go for it.
There is a lot to like from the early stuff so no sense rushing through it to get back to Animals
Great reaction with one of the best album. The history of Shine On You Crazy Diamond is very bizarr as Syd Barrett suddenly stands in the studio and looks with is empty eyes and the group saw him....
Syd Barrett, absolute legend
Did you notice that the cover images also represent EARTH (the man standing on sand), AIR (the red cloth blowing in the breeze), FIRE (men shaking hands) and WATER (the man with diving into water). Also if you look al the edges and outside areas of each picture you see the representations again. Edge of front photo burned, Sand leaking out of hole, water leaking out of hole and edge of cloth photo gently curvy like a flag in the breeze. A lot of thought went into this cover. The first copy I bought just had the dark sleeve and you didnt even know whose album it was (of course news travels fast so it didn't take long for word to get out). Maybe it represented taking risks, IE with the music industry and potential for success or failure.
only a few comments have brought up the elements aspect of the photos and I was really surprised that his research didn't uncover that as well.
Stumbled into your reaction to this album. Having listened to PF for over 46 years (in various states of consciousness) I delighted that a younger person can appreciate it. But instead of listening on a digital device get a turntable and good set of head phones. Lots get dropped in the digital version. And it does at certain points becomes become a funeral dirge for the living. kinda like mourning a loved one suffering dementia. I always remember their concerts when I listen to the Album/CD, but that was in the 70's and 80's so memory might be effected by time and other things. Enjoy your travels with this wonderful music and return to it as you age, it provides different perspectives based on your experiences.
Nostalgic is very right , A lost friend,,
Daniel, once you have listened to much of the PF catalogue, You will find it refreshing and perhaps fascinating to look and hear/review much of the video clips of Pink Floyd's work on YT that shows them playing their songs, like "Cymbline" - in the 800 year old church, "Green Is the Colour", "Pillow of Winds", "Corrosion" in the Pink Room, "Careful With That Axe Eugene", and more...Plus a number of "Making Of" videos that show and tell points of view from band members. You could react to these and then add your 2 cents worth.
Whatever critics say, it's wonderful; especially that it brings Rick Wright much more in the foreground. He was especially dear to me
True masterpiece
Animals
A must hear
Anticipation!!!! :-)
Lay down and just fall ind to it. 😊
The thing about the "dark" side of the moon being colder is a misconception.
Because we, on Earth, can only ever see the near side, we don't realize that the moon's other side is lit by the sun whenever it is anywhere between us and the sun. Which, as it happens, is half of it's monthly journey around the Earth. So, from this we can safely conclude that the average temperature of the so called "dark" side is the same as the near side.
Final conclusion: The Dark side of the moon is not really always dark, it's just the side we never see. ;-)
Theres no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact, its all dark.
@@RedPillMode Which part of what I just wrote did you not understand? ;-]
@@robertcartier5088 Sorry I just couldnt resist, but what I said was exactly the closing lyrics of DSOTM. Perhaps it was not funny.
@@RedPillMode No worries, it would have been funny if I had remembered! ;-]
Can we look forward to hearing Animals, The Wall & The Final Cut! Hope So...Rock On!!
I'm not a betting man by nature...but judging by your reaction pre-pause here I'd be willing to stake a pound, a dime whatever, that Animals will prove to be your favourite PF album in time. The lyrics alone will challenge your curiosity...the music will be a given. Enjoy.
I'm leaning that way too regarding Animals.... However, The Wall offers a lot too consider as well... I like Animals more than The Wall, but I'm not sure Daniel will feel that way... Intellectually he will like Animals, Artistically and Theatrically I think he will appreciate The Wall more. Looking forward to seeing how that plays out.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Encore! Encore!
very thoughtful person you are... i enjoy your reviews very much! I suggest, if you haven´t already, you watch the eagle vision classic albums documentarys of both "wish you were here" and "dark side..."
Their best work. For me. Along with Echoes, Cymbaline, Saucerful of Secrets and (believe it or not) Atom Heart Mother
Like the Beatles Rubber Soul and Revolver I have always looked at Dark Side of the moon and Wish you were here as one glorious double album. I can never always what track is on which album. All stunningly, awesomely brilliant!!😁🇬🇧
My fav album with "The Final Cut".
FYI their compilation album "A Collection of Great Dance Songs" has a unique 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' parts 1, 2, 4 and 7. It also has a completely re-recorded version of 'Money' by just David Gilmour and the sax player.
Daniel - there’s a possibility that you may be disappointed in Floyd’s early work pre Gilmour. I don’t know, you may love it, but for me personally I found most of it quite purile. I didn’t really get interested in Pink Floyd’s music until after Dave replaced Syd.
I agree. It has it's place in rock history, some is very enjoyable, but can't compare as you said to with what was created with David's entrance to the group.
I agree
I believe you are right.
@Bookhouse Boy I appreciate that point of view. I really was not disagreeing with you. You can't compare the two. Each has it's place but very different appeals. As you quoted Syd as saying, they took his craft in a different direction with structure. Others took his craft further in the original direction. Different paths for different individuals. The audience then chooses what paths are appealing with their, radio consumption, purchases and attendance... Again great points by you appreciate you sharing them.
So the question now, on to Animals next (which was the following album), or on to The Wall? Loved your reaction to the album. Cheers!
May i suggest you do Floyd's criminaly underrated 'The Final Cut' album! It is essentially a Waters release, but for my money nothing comes close on a purely emotional level. On first listen, back in '83, it reduced me to a pool of tears, and revealed Waters as the exemplary commentaor he truly is! Screw the critics, and listen with an open mind!
As you journey through the PF catalog, you will begin to notice that every album ends beautifully, not leaving you with unanswered thoughts, but leaving you wanting more. This why PF albums need to be experienced in their entirety, not song-by-song. Enjoy the ride....and the next one (Animals) with take you places you never imagined.
I go back and forth between this, DSOTM and Animals for my favorite Pinl Floyd album. I usually like Animals best. DSOTM goes off on tangents plus I'm not overly fond of the way either ends. Animals, however, is flawless from beginning to end. It is unrelenting in it's approach which I will not detail further so you can hear it with an open ear. I really look forward to your review.
Animals is like this, but the opposite. It starts and ends with short tracks (Pigs On The Wing parts 1 and 2) with the long epics in between.
My fav song on wywh.
And the musical critics at the time said this was underwhelming.
The critics span of attention was getting shorter and shorter until they were only interested in sound bites..
Half of all Rolling Stone music reviews are just out-and-out idiocy. The other half are simply mediocre.
Do the same with The Wall!
A question and a suggestion for you Daniel.
Will this be the first time you listen to Animals in its entirety?
If possible, choose a video with the lyrics.
Personally can't wait until you hit "Meddle" my first intro to Pink Floyd as a young teen in the 70's when I found it in my older brothers "don't you dare touch" vinyl album collection🤣
An awesome album, with artwork that you have to open the album cover flat to really appreciate 😉
This was the album where Pink Floyd "found their sound"
I remember hearing Dave Gilmour say, in the early days, Floyd would play dimly lit with coloured lights, and he would often turn his back on the audience because he didn't really understand or know what he was playing, there was alot of just experimenting and the young David just felt embarrassed!
Thank god they grew up, and mastered what they were doing and came up with Meddle 😂
I would still recommend doing Echoes live at Pompeii as this will set you up for the experimental sound scape in the middle of this track which is the entire side 2 of the album.
Also the cinematography is awesome!
I believe that his reaction to this is on his Patreon page as it was blocked on YT.
Do you realize how long it’s going to take you to react to everything that you’ve planned to do so far? You have school, acting, a personal life, et cetera. You are going to be a very busy man!
Just keep going friend
" one specific person" ...Syd Barrett
A rollimg stone has no feelings
Yep, it's a Syd thing!