Do yourself a favor, sit and listen to the whole album in a dark room with headphones and no distractions. I heard this album for the first time when it came out when I was 12 years old and it is still my #1 album I'd have to have if stranded on a desert island.
Don't be sad about her suing them! The Floyd guys were not aware that she was not paid other than the 30 lb Sterling which was standard for a session singer! They ran into each other years later at a restaurant or some kind of event and got to talkin and they were shocked to find out she was only paid the 30 lbs!!! I believe I read that they wrote her a big check right there but she still sued and they settled out of court with everyone walking away happy, nobody was mad at each other!!!
The label didn’t pay her royalties. Pink Floyd didn’t know she hadn’t been paid and when they found out they tried to pay her. It still need to be worked out in court but everyone was happy in the end.
I couldn't have said it any better! Have you seen the Brit Floyd performance from Milwaukee Wisconsin? I watched a lot of covers of this song and I believe it is the best. it's worth the time to check it out 😁
On March 4th, 1973, my friend Dan and I drove 50 miles to go to our first rock concert. It was Pink Floyd with the opening performance of their American tour. I was 19. I think it cost me $4. After that, all the concerts I attended were just another rock concert. This album became the soundtrack of my life. Great reaction! Thank you for sharing.
The song basically takes you through life without saying a word. Beginning you can feel the pain of dying and at the end she Realizes her time is up and peacefully passes away! The older you become the more you realize that!
I thought you said that your not surprised by anything they do anymore? WELL SURPRISED!!!!👍🏻🤣p.s. yes! We were high as a kite back in the 70's ,listening to all this awesome music ✌️🎵
That is Clare Torry. A white, English vocalist. They asked her to sing about death...and a Legend was born...or something like that! They gave her credits and royalties.
They woke her up at 1am...paid her scale, which was about 40 bucks at the time, and did this song in 2 takes. Asked her to sing what she thought it would be like to die and go to heaven. She says everything without saying a word...
Do yourself a big favor... clear your mind, go back to the beginning of this song and listen to it uninterrupted - not for the camera, for yourself. At 62, I am amazed how this song can make me feel after listening to it hundreds of times over 50 years.
I don’t think I’ve ever ‘felt’ a song as much as I do this one. I’ve been listening to it for a long time and it gets deep into my soul every time. I love watching your reactions. You’re feeling every note ❤
Very special Pink Floyd Live "Echoes" (Part 1) live at Pompeii 1972 No Audience, No Lights, No Pyrotechnics just Gods playing to the Gods in the ancient Roman Amphitheatre
Yes Pink Floyd will surprise you almost every time!! So many of us when we first started listening to Pink Floyd thought we had them pegged as to what they were going to sound like on the next song!!! WRONG!!!!! If you're listening to the Dark Side of the Moon album right after this you go into the song "Money" followed by a completely different sounding song called "Us and Them"!! Do yourself a favor and listen to both of those songs and you'll start to realize why Dark Side of the Moon is often called the best album ever made!!!! That statement is really hard to dispute! I laughed when you said is that Aretha Franklin?? No it's a little bitty five-foot-tall Irish girl named Clare Torry!! It's one of those cases where you have a giant sound coming out of a little bitty body!! She wasn't really given instructions other than to think of a sad things and scary things. She started off doing the oh baby oh baby type sound and the Floyd guys stopped her and said that's not what we want! At that time she decided to make her voice sound like an instrument and in two-and-a-half takes she did this off-the-cuff masterpiece!! Turns out it somewhat represents the five stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and then finally acceptance! The loudness and quietness of her singing kind of mirrors those five stages and how she sounds! Great reaction buddy keep it up!!!!
Hi Jon, great breakdown of Clare Torry's performance! Totally agree with you on the importance of hearing this as a whole Album. "Time" is also a great song. And every song is even stronger when heard together. My favorite band is The Who, and they were also an "Album Band". But I have to give "Dark Side of the Moon" the title "Greatest Album of All Time".
According to her they knew what they didn’t want but didn’t really know what they did want, she did two and a half runs, half way through the third run she told them it’s not spontaneous anymore and to use one of the first two.
When the album was recorded, Pink Floyd wasn’t known worldwide. They had no clue that this album would be their best album. If you search on RUclips for the dark side of Oz, it is the movie the Wizard of Oz with no sound just this album in order over and over again. I would recommend indulging before viewing. It’s more fun that way. Last thing, many “fans” don’t agree, but if you were to watch an interview of Pink Floyd, where they speak of Syd Barrett, he was the guy who came up with the name, wrote the songs, played the guitar and was lead vocal. If you want any info, particulars, let me know. Sincerely
It was Alan Parsons who invited her to the studio, that was the concept of the song. They wanted a singer and Claire was one floor up. And we're not repeating the lies that she sang it on the first try. The first time she sang "Baby, Baby, Baby". There was just a misunderstanding here. However, the children's choir in "Another brick..." is a completely different story. And that can be controversial. They didn't even know how good an album they would make. Back then, they were still moderately popular, niche. They did not expect such a success.
The lady singing the song is Torry Claire. Torry performed the song in two complete takes, the second more emotional than the first, but when David Gilmour asked for a third take, she stopped halfway through, feeling that she was becoming repetitive and had already done the best she could. The song was then completed using those 2 and a half takes. Originally, Torry on was only paid 30 quid and free tickets to one of Pink Floyds shows. In 2004, Torry sued Pink Floyd and EMI for songwriting royalties, on the basis that her contribution to "The Great Gig in the Sky" constituted co-authorship with Richard Wright. So, now the writing is credited as "Wright and Claire". You can see her perform this song with them live at the 1990 Knebworth concert. Also, another good version is the 1994 Pink Floyd Pulse concert. It's not Torry singing at that one but the ladies who are singing do a very good job.
You know, I'm so happy you're doing so well! I was just over there watching your Boston reaction and saw this... This is a great journey! I'm honored to be witness to it!
Although David Gilmour rightly is praised as a brilliant guitarist, Richard Wright, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters were indispensable parts of the Pink Floyd sound. I love this track because Richard Wright's playing gave Clare Torry the palette for her brilliant vocal performance, and he laid down so much against which the rest of PF built their sound.
This is righteous! I was 20. And yes, we were tripping...well not everyone was tripping but a lot of us were. Mycdad said this music is divine inspired.
That album is the story of life, from beginning to end. It should be listened to from beginning to end. I remember when it was first released and it changed my life. I have been astounded as it mirrored every stage of the struggle of life. How could they see and express it all when they were so young?
""I'm not frightened of Dying Any time will do, I don't mind Why should i be frighten of Dying ? There's no reason for it you got to go sometime ."" If you can hear this whispering your dying " Pink Floyd The Great Gig In The Sky ,
DAMN YOU WERE RIGHT WHAT A GREAT GUITAR SOLO GILMOUR MADE THAT GUITAR SOUND LIKE A WOMAN DYING AND THEN LEAVING HER BODY AND HEADING TO HEAVEN ... WOW BEST GUITAR SOLO EVER LOL . TOREY SANG THAT FRANKLIN COULDN'T COME CLOSE.. TOREY WAS PAID THE STANDARD UNION WAGE AT THE TIME .. SHE THOUGHT SHE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ROYALTIES LOL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS SONG BLEW UP IN EUROPE..
I was 9 years old when I heard this on the first release. It changed my life forever. No other band has taken me on the emotional journey as a sound track to my life. Oh, and no worries, Torri was sorted OK once the band found out about the truth behind the payment. There is no other band on the planet that creates the immersive experience like Floyd! Always in my heart and soul and reminds me of my long lost sister to this very day. The evenings and nights we shared during this period will stay with me forever. Oh and do check check out the comfortably numb live track from 1994. Unbelievable!!!
Pink Floyd were in the recording studio and they asked this girl to improvise some vocals after she finished they stood up and walked out the studio. She thought they were disappointed she did not realized they were speechless and dumbstruck
During a BBC Interview Pink Floyd said she walked in and told the guys she was only going to do this once so they better get it right. During their Pulse Concert it took 3 different women to reproduce what was done in the studio by 1 woman. It is that demanding on the singer.
I believe you would enjoy watching and listening to this song, when it was performed live in their 1994 pulse concert, this song is portraying in raw emotions the transitions into leaving life, the stages of dying, first denial, anger, fear, resistance then finally the acceptance of death, it's a master piece !! Please check out the 1994 Pulse live version, matter of fact the entire concert is Awesome, I believe you will truly enjoy taking that journey. Oh, One more thing, when listening to All Pink Floyd you are best to use headphones or ear buds, it's a totally different experience than without !! God Bless.
Clare Torry went all-out, bravely improvising vocally over Floyd's music. Totally commited on the first take, then worried she was terrible. Floyd loved what she did. "Great Gig" was soon recognized as one of the greatest rock vocals ever. Another great song is "Time", with very profound lyrics about life and time's passage. Remember that "Dark Side" is a full-Album composition, not just a collection of songs. Also try early live Floyd recordings, "Careful With That Axe Eugene" and "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun". Other-worldly trips!
@@jareczek1980 Before you call something a "false story", consider that these stories have many versions. I wrote the story as I heard it. Each person at the time had a version, changing over the decades. The story I heard in the mid-70s is different then the modern Wiki version that you are so confident about. Don't accuse people of being "false". It's better to try and educate people, rather than to accuse them. Eventually your facts may be wrong too. Love the music, not this "squabbling".
Alan Parsons (of the Alan Parson's Project and many other things) have said that there are a lot of other takes in the vaults that should be released some day. At the time, payments and royalties were not where it should have been (and probably still shouldn't be frankly). Plus, Pink Floyd wasn't the monster band that they became later on due to the success of Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Wish You Were Here, etc.. Other bands have done the same and restitution's have made in later years. The live version of Gig have included 3 singers in place of one. Those are worth catching to see how other singers have done their own takes on Clare's original version.
Under my mates house in suburban Brisbane, Salisbury.. My mates mum has allowed us to come over for a few beers. We have the blacklights on and all the reflective posters. Joints get passed around, we all get out of it.. The Dark Side of the Moon album is on the turntable, six guys five girls laying across the room ripped. At some stage in my mates mum comes down the stairs from the adult part of the house, throws open the entry door as says sternly, Micheal, What kind of party is this, you're all asleep! We all burst out laughing..
The algorithm sent me but I really enjoyed by your pink floyd reaction. The whole concept album is out of this world and great gig in the sky depicting the process of dying and meeting God is beyond beautiful. Have you reacted to “comfortably numb” the 1994 pulse tour? Would love to see it. Love from The UK 🇬🇧
Pink Floyd, by their own intention as Prog Rock, was mainly a studio band. Production was key to their compositions. They only played epic concerts, you might say, because there were so few compared to others. They rehearsed for them like a stage show and many were very unique performances: Pompeii, The Berlin Wall, their very few live productions of their rock opera The Wall (and the movie intended to bring it to a wider audience). Btw, it was Waters that blocked Clare Tory's credits and royalties. He maintained that they hired her at scale wages and she agreed, and so, that was that in his mind -- a business perspective. But the courts (and the rest of the band) decided he discounted her participation, as if she were a gold-digger, and that her improvisational performance -- largely a single take -- didn't help create the song itself. One of my favorite Pink Floyd songs. Waters wrote about fame pushing people into fascism, but he's had particular trouble fighting it all his life, and in his later life he's really darkly turned against illiberalism, as he sees it.
@@johngalt97 Eh, no, he's an amazing artist. I think he's putting business and other idealized interests ahead of creativity, getting in his own way. Floyd lost something major when he left, but they wouldn't have gotten anywhere if he'd stayed either, because of the conflict of ideals and the disappearance of their synergy.
I didn't hear that story about Clare suing for royalties. Modern online News tends to focus on the "negative" stories. Pink Floyd has a lot of painful stories. Founding member Syd went insane, and was kicked out. The band had many conflicts over musical control, splits, and eventually different "Floyd" bands touring. But in their time, Floyd created some of the GREATEST rock music! Clare clearly improvised enough to deserve partial credit. Glad she won in 2005. "Dark Side" was a biggest selling rock album, eventually making million$.
This is the third song you have reacted to where I see the shock and awe on your face and all I can do is laugh and say, "Yeah, that just happened!" I don't see how there can be any bad blood between Claire and the band because they all know an amazing performance when they hear it. I think they even brought her along on tour for live performance after the song became a Floyd fan favorite, but they also use a few other spectacular singers on live shows. Songs like this make me glad I subscribed!
One correction. Yes, I listen to it sober, and yes it IS incredible. Which is why it demands a sober and clear mind. The music provides all the altered state you need.
Dark side of the moon album needs listened to in its entirety while you just sit back with no distractions. The way it is meant to be. It is a musical story.
I THINK JACK BLACK GAVE THAT ASSIGNMENT TO THE BLACK GIRL THAT WAS THE SINGER AND THAT WAS THE REASON WAS BECAUSE OF THE FEMALE VOCAL IN THIS SONG!!! AND YOU'LL GET GOOSEBUMPS FROM TODAY ON WHENEVER YOU HEAR THIS SONG!! I STILL COME TO TEARS WHEN I HEAR IT AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO IT FOR 50 YEARS!!!
I MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE TO THE PARTY BUT I JUST CHECKED OUT YOUR REACTION AND FIRST OF ALL, AS A PINK FLOYD FAN FOR OVER 50 YEARS, I REALLY ENJOY WATCHING THE YOUNGER GENERATION REACTING TO THESE SONGS!! I LOVE IT WHEN YOU SAID "WHO IS THIS ARETHA FRANKLIN?"😅😅 FULL DISCLOSURE, UP UNTIL MAYBE 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO I THOUGHT THAT THIS SINGER WAS A BLACK WOMAN!! IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I FIND OUT THAT CLARE TORRY WAS INDEED A VERY CAUCASIAN WOMAN!😂😂 HERE IS A LINK TO AN INTERVIEW WITH CLARE WHERE SHE TELLS THE STORY OF HOW SHE GOT TO RECORD THIS UNBELIEVABLY AMAZING TRACK!!!! ruclips.net/video/mIW7xZSlZoM/видео.html
So true. It IS how it was meant to be heard. Hearing a single track of DSOTM in isolation is akin to hearing the middle minute of most any other song without the begining or the end.
Her name is Claire Torry and she is fantastic. All this was ad-lib. They told her the song concerned the 5 stages of death and this is what cam out. 1 or 2 takes.
It wasn't like the band did this to her, it was management, the company trying to save money. All record companies did this to screw musicians out of royalties. The Beatles, Elvis, ect. all were screwed out of a large percentage of the sales around their image and product.
That's really good to know, and makes a lot more sense. I wouldn't have expected the band members themselves to have been so petty, but the record label legal team? Completely believable. Did they offer her a cigar?
I have watched countless reactions to The Great Gig in the Sky and I have to say, yours is the most satisfying and beautiful. Thank you!
Do yourself a favor, sit and listen to the whole album in a dark room with headphones and no distractions. I heard this album for the first time when it came out when I was 12 years old and it is still my #1 album I'd have to have if stranded on a desert island.
You will trip
The realization of her vocals and the look on your face is priceless!!!!!
I'm in my 60s, I've had Floyd dancing in my head for 50 years!
He just broke the mold for music reaction videos. At least I’ve never seen someone walk out of frame in dumbfoundation like that. So funny 😆
SO HAVE I. From Tx wit ♡.
I’m, 65 I first heard this album when I was 15. And I still listen to it, and the, Wish You Were Here, album.
Pink Floyd is for the ADVANCED music listener. 💥💥💥👍😎
Don't be sad about her suing them! The Floyd guys were not aware that she was not paid other than the 30 lb Sterling which was standard for a session singer! They ran into each other years later at a restaurant or some kind of event and got to talkin and they were shocked to find out she was only paid the 30 lbs!!! I believe I read that they wrote her a big check right there but she still sued and they settled out of court with everyone walking away happy, nobody was mad at each other!!!
Hi Jon, I'm very glad to hear this happier version of the story!
Exactly. So so glad you shared this with him and everyone else. Totally true. They did NOT know and made it right for sure.
The guy that played the sax in Baker Street got a cheque for 25 pounds which bounced and he passed away without being paid
@@michaeltaylor8835 Holy shit you ruin my day ....
@@michaeltaylor8835 That story was debunked by the sax player himself. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_(song)#Urban_myths
The label didn’t pay her royalties. Pink Floyd didn’t know she hadn’t been paid and when they found out they tried to pay her. It still need to be worked out in court but everyone was happy in the end.
Follows the grieving pattern a dying person goes through during the process. Shock,grief, anger,acceptance. Listen again knowing that.
You don't need to be high to listen to Pink Floyd -- they're better than any drug.
This song has been a part of my soul for most of my life. ✌️
I couldn't have said it any better! Have you seen the Brit Floyd performance from Milwaukee Wisconsin? I watched a lot of covers of this song and I believe it is the best. it's worth the time to check it out 😁
She is the instrument
Gawd....I still get full body chills when she sings this. I have heard this a few times (I'm 60). It's still an out of body experience.
Same, except I’m only 58 :)
On March 4th, 1973, my friend Dan and I drove 50 miles to go to our first rock concert. It was Pink Floyd with the opening performance of their American tour. I was 19. I think it cost me $4. After that, all the concerts I attended were just another rock concert. This album became the soundtrack of my life. Great reaction! Thank you for sharing.
The song basically takes you through life without saying a word. Beginning you can feel the pain of dying and at the end she Realizes her time is up and peacefully passes away! The older you become the more you realize that!
We've heard her greatness, just wanted to see the look on your face... we knew it was coming 😊😊
That lady’s voice plays with my emotions real talk that just touched my soul!!!
This song gets alot of people who don't know about Pink Floyd...catches them off guard, that it's so different from their other work... love it!
I thought you said that your not surprised by anything they do anymore? WELL SURPRISED!!!!👍🏻🤣p.s. yes! We were high as a kite back in the 70's ,listening to all this awesome music ✌️🎵
That is Clare Torry. A white, English vocalist. They asked her to sing about death...and a Legend was born...or something like that! They gave her credits and royalties.
You don't need drugs for this song it is the drug
You mentioned that you wanted to see more live performances. Well do the great gig in the sky again Live. Absolutely stunning!!!!!
I’d love to see you react to the whole Dark Side of the Moon album. It’s really meant to be heard start to finish.
Wonderful reaction as always!
Definitely should be a start to finish thing. Awesome album
Yes! The greatest concept album of all time.
All Floyd albums need to be taken in from start to finish. They all tell a big story
Tole up, put on the headphones, and play the whole album, spent many of my teenage years doing just that
They woke her up at 1am...paid her scale, which was about 40 bucks at the time, and did this song in 2 takes. Asked her to sing what she thought it would be like to die and go to heaven. She says everything without saying a word...
"Excuse me?" Gorgeous vocals. One of a kind, Ms. Claire Torry.
I can actually listen to this on repeat all day. Loved your reaction! Her performance was so unexpected when you first hear it.
This track, and the Album truly moves me. I love to put on the headphones. Turn it up. And forget about the day.
Do yourself a big favor... clear your mind, go back to the beginning of this song and listen to it uninterrupted - not for the camera, for yourself. At 62, I am amazed how this song can make me feel after listening to it hundreds of times over 50 years.
I don’t think I’ve ever ‘felt’ a song as much as I do this one. I’ve been listening to it for a long time and it gets deep into my soul every time. I love watching your reactions. You’re feeling every note ❤
Goosebumps everytime !
Sorrow live from Pulse 1994 is absolutely epic! It rivals the Comfortably Numb performance. Really can't go wrong with anything from the Pulse tour.
Very special Pink Floyd Live
"Echoes" (Part 1) live at Pompeii 1972
No Audience, No Lights, No Pyrotechnics just Gods playing to the Gods in the ancient Roman Amphitheatre
No part II?
Beautiful song! She got paid eventually but should have been sooner. Her voice is unreal!
So many of us Floydonions will be having this at our funerals , this is made incredible by Richard Wrights amazing piano playing
Yes Pink Floyd will surprise you almost every time!! So many of us when we first started listening to Pink Floyd thought we had them pegged as to what they were going to sound like on the next song!!! WRONG!!!!! If you're listening to the Dark Side of the Moon album right after this you go into the song "Money" followed by a completely different sounding song called "Us and Them"!! Do yourself a favor and listen to both of those songs and you'll start to realize why Dark Side of the Moon is often called the best album ever made!!!! That statement is really hard to dispute!
I laughed when you said is that Aretha Franklin??
No it's a little bitty five-foot-tall Irish girl named Clare Torry!! It's one of those cases where you have a giant sound coming out of a little bitty body!! She wasn't really given instructions other than to think of a sad things and scary things. She started off doing the oh baby oh baby type sound and the Floyd guys stopped her and said that's not what we want! At that time she decided to make her voice sound like an instrument and in two-and-a-half takes she did this off-the-cuff masterpiece!! Turns out it somewhat represents the five stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and then finally acceptance! The loudness and quietness of her singing kind of mirrors those five stages and how she sounds! Great reaction buddy keep it up!!!!
Hi Jon, great breakdown of Clare Torry's performance! Totally agree with you on the importance of hearing this as a whole Album. "Time" is also a great song. And every song is even stronger when heard together. My favorite band is The Who, and they were also an "Album Band". But I have to give "Dark Side of the Moon" the title "Greatest Album of All Time".
According to her they knew what they didn’t want but didn’t really know what they did want, she did two and a half runs, half way through the third run she told them it’s not spontaneous anymore and to use one of the first two.
When the album was recorded, Pink Floyd wasn’t known worldwide. They had no clue that this album would be their best album.
If you search on RUclips for the dark side of Oz, it is the movie the Wizard of Oz with no sound just this album in order over and over again. I would recommend indulging before viewing. It’s more fun that way.
Last thing, many “fans” don’t agree, but if you were to watch an interview of Pink Floyd, where they speak of Syd Barrett, he was the guy who came up with the name, wrote the songs, played the guitar and was lead vocal.
If you want any info, particulars, let me know.
Sincerely
Clare Torry. She killed it.
It was Alan Parsons who invited her to the studio, that was the concept of the song. They wanted a singer and Claire was one floor up. And we're not repeating the lies that she sang it on the first try. The first time she sang "Baby, Baby, Baby". There was just a misunderstanding here. However, the children's choir in "Another brick..." is a completely different story. And that can be controversial. They didn't even know how good an album they would make. Back then, they were still moderately popular, niche. They did not expect such a success.
The lady singing the song is Torry Claire. Torry performed the song in two complete takes, the second more emotional than the first, but when David Gilmour asked for a third take, she stopped halfway through, feeling that she was becoming repetitive and had already done the best she could. The song was then completed using those 2 and a half takes. Originally, Torry on was only paid 30 quid and free tickets to one of Pink Floyds shows. In 2004, Torry sued Pink Floyd and EMI for songwriting royalties, on the basis that her contribution to "The Great Gig in the Sky" constituted co-authorship with Richard Wright. So, now the writing is credited as "Wright and Claire". You can see her perform this song with them live at the 1990 Knebworth concert. Also, another good version is the 1994 Pink Floyd Pulse concert. It's not Torry singing at that one but the ladies who are singing do a very good job.
You know, I'm so happy you're doing so well!
I was just over there watching your Boston reaction and saw this...
This is a great journey! I'm honored to be witness to it!
Claire improvised the whole thing. In the last few years ,they have had 3 women do this song. Each one has a part. I’ve seen them do it live.
They didn’t know till later what she had been paid. They made it up to her.
There are no words for this song hence no words
@2:15 " When it comes to Pink Floyd, we're not surprised by anything anymore. " Oh, really : ) Keep up the good work man.
Yup. I had the same reaction to him saying that, and then was completely satisfied by his immediate reaction when her vocals came in.
Although David Gilmour rightly is praised as a brilliant guitarist, Richard Wright, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters were indispensable parts of the Pink Floyd sound. I love this track because Richard Wright's playing gave Clare Torry the palette for her brilliant vocal performance, and he laid down so much against which the rest of PF built their sound.
That's Claire Torrey ❤
This is righteous! I was 20. And yes, we were tripping...well not everyone was tripping but a lot of us were. Mycdad said this music is divine inspired.
Aww. The masterpiece
❤❤❤ thanks. Enjoy this legendary song. Enjoy this Experience.❤❤😂😂😂😂
That album is the story of life, from beginning to end. It should be listened to from beginning to end.
I remember when it was first released and it changed my life. I have been astounded as it mirrored every stage of the struggle of life. How could they see and express it all when they were so young?
""I'm not frightened of Dying
Any time will do, I don't mind
Why should i be frighten of Dying ?
There's no reason for it you got to go sometime .""
If you can hear this whispering your dying " Pink Floyd The Great Gig In The Sky ,
Its good to see someone truly feel the music and have it move you.
right off his chair! 😛
DAMN YOU WERE RIGHT WHAT A GREAT GUITAR SOLO GILMOUR MADE THAT GUITAR SOUND LIKE A WOMAN DYING AND THEN LEAVING HER BODY AND HEADING TO HEAVEN ... WOW BEST GUITAR SOLO EVER LOL . TOREY SANG THAT FRANKLIN COULDN'T COME CLOSE.. TOREY WAS PAID THE STANDARD UNION WAGE AT THE TIME .. SHE THOUGHT SHE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ROYALTIES LOL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS SONG BLEW UP IN EUROPE..
I was 9 years old when I heard this on the first release. It changed my life forever. No other band has taken me on the emotional journey as a sound track to my life. Oh, and no worries, Torri was sorted OK once the band found out about the truth behind the payment. There is no other band on the planet that creates the immersive experience like Floyd! Always in my heart and soul and reminds me of my long lost sister to this very day. The evenings and nights we shared during this period will stay with me forever. Oh and do check check out the comfortably numb live track from 1994. Unbelievable!!!
The amazing thing about this song is what you're listening to is either the 2nd or 3rd take.
Pink Floyd were in the recording studio and they asked this girl to improvise some vocals after she finished they stood up and walked out the studio. She thought they were disappointed she did not realized they were speechless and dumbstruck
Welcome to Pink Floyd. Lots more surprises if you continue the journey.
During a BBC Interview Pink Floyd said she walked in and told the guys she was only going to do this once so they better get it right.
During their Pulse Concert it took 3 different women to reproduce what was done in the studio by 1 woman. It is that demanding on the singer.
Totally correct on a lot of us being stoned listening to PF. From smoking real hash. Taking LSD and go on a trip listening .Tons of weed.
She did it in two take with very little direction 💯🔥
"We don't get surprised by Pink Floyd anymore"
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*surprised face*
I believe you would enjoy watching and listening to this song, when it was performed live in their 1994 pulse concert, this song is portraying in raw emotions the transitions into leaving life, the stages of dying, first denial, anger, fear, resistance then finally the acceptance of death, it's a master piece !! Please check out the 1994 Pulse live version, matter of fact the entire concert is Awesome, I believe you will truly enjoy taking that journey. Oh, One more thing, when listening to All Pink Floyd you are best to use headphones or ear buds, it's a totally different experience than without !! God Bless.
😂 your reaction was priceless!!
Love your reactions. Love them all....
The human voice is the most incredible instrument there is..
Vocals are an instrument…especially in this case!
Clare Torry went all-out, bravely improvising vocally over Floyd's music. Totally commited on the first take, then worried she was terrible. Floyd loved what she did. "Great Gig" was soon recognized as one of the greatest rock vocals ever. Another great song is "Time", with very profound lyrics about life and time's passage. Remember that "Dark Side" is a full-Album composition, not just a collection of songs. Also try early live Floyd recordings, "Careful With That Axe Eugene" and "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun". Other-worldly trips!
"Totally commited on the first take, then worried she was terrible. Floyd loved what she did." - that is not true. Don't repeat false stories
@@jareczek1980 Before you call something a "false story", consider that these stories have many versions. I wrote the story as I heard it. Each person at the time had a version, changing over the decades. The story I heard in the mid-70s is different then the modern Wiki version that you are so confident about. Don't accuse people of being "false". It's better to try and educate people, rather than to accuse them. Eventually your facts may be wrong too. Love the music, not this "squabbling".
@@jraben1065Watch Clare’s interview here on RUclips 👍🏽
I have repeated this story because it was said in a documentary that I watched.
I just cannot imagine what it would be like to listen to this for the 1st time!!!! those of us who have known it for 50 yrs ❤
Alan Parsons (of the Alan Parson's Project and many other things) have said that there are a lot of other takes in the vaults that should be released some day. At the time, payments and royalties were not where it should have been (and probably still shouldn't be frankly). Plus, Pink Floyd wasn't the monster band that they became later on due to the success of Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Wish You Were Here, etc.. Other bands have done the same and restitution's have made in later years.
The live version of Gig have included 3 singers in place of one. Those are worth catching to see how other singers have done their own takes on Clare's original version.
Under my mates house in suburban Brisbane, Salisbury.. My mates mum has allowed us to come over for a few beers. We have the blacklights on and all the reflective posters. Joints get passed around, we all get out of it.. The Dark Side of the Moon album is on the turntable, six guys five girls laying across the room ripped. At some stage in my mates mum comes down the stairs from the adult part of the house, throws open the entry door as says sternly, Micheal, What kind of party is this, you're all asleep! We all burst out laughing..
Echoes live at Pompeii...a must!
The algorithm sent me but I really enjoyed by your pink floyd reaction. The whole concept album is out of this world and great gig in the sky depicting the process of dying and meeting God is beyond beautiful.
Have you reacted to “comfortably numb” the 1994 pulse tour? Would love to see it. Love from The UK 🇬🇧
Pink Floyd, by their own intention as Prog Rock, was mainly a studio band. Production was key to their compositions. They only played epic concerts, you might say, because there were so few compared to others. They rehearsed for them like a stage show and many were very unique performances: Pompeii, The Berlin Wall, their very few live productions of their rock opera The Wall (and the movie intended to bring it to a wider audience).
Btw, it was Waters that blocked Clare Tory's credits and royalties. He maintained that they hired her at scale wages and she agreed, and so, that was that in his mind -- a business perspective. But the courts (and the rest of the band) decided he discounted her participation, as if she were a gold-digger, and that her improvisational performance -- largely a single take -- didn't help create the song itself. One of my favorite Pink Floyd songs.
Waters wrote about fame pushing people into fascism, but he's had particular trouble fighting it all his life, and in his later life he's really darkly turned against illiberalism, as he sees it.
^ Waters hater.
@@johngalt97 Eh, no, he's an amazing artist. I think he's putting business and other idealized interests ahead of creativity, getting in his own way. Floyd lost something major when he left, but they wouldn't have gotten anywhere if he'd stayed either, because of the conflict of ideals and the disappearance of their synergy.
I didn't hear that story about Clare suing for royalties. Modern online News tends to focus on the "negative" stories. Pink Floyd has a lot of painful stories. Founding member Syd went insane, and was kicked out. The band had many conflicts over musical control, splits, and eventually different "Floyd" bands touring. But in their time, Floyd created some of the GREATEST rock music! Clare clearly improvised enough to deserve partial credit. Glad she won in 2005. "Dark Side" was a biggest selling rock album, eventually making million$.
This is the third song you have reacted to where I see the shock and awe on your face and all I can do is laugh and say, "Yeah, that just happened!" I don't see how there can be any bad blood between Claire and the band because they all know an amazing performance when they hear it. I think they even brought her along on tour for live performance after the song became a Floyd fan favorite, but they also use a few other spectacular singers on live shows. Songs like this make me glad I subscribed!
This is right before death family, we can only hope it's so glory full
Yes I did listen to this and more stoned in the seventies. Now in my sixties, never drink or use drugs and it is just as wonderful to listen to.
One correction. Yes, I listen to it sober, and yes it IS incredible. Which is why it demands a sober and clear mind. The music provides all the altered state you need.
Amen
I'm with you!
“You don’t need drugs to enjoy Pink Floyd. You need Pink Floyd to enjoy drugs.” -someone
Dark side of the moon album needs listened to in its entirety while you just sit back with no distractions. The way it is meant to be. It is a musical story.
I was 5 when my Dad brought DSOFM home and I made him play great gig in the sky on repeat while I mimed, he didn’t care he was high!
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
I THINK JACK BLACK GAVE THAT ASSIGNMENT TO THE BLACK GIRL THAT WAS THE SINGER AND THAT WAS THE REASON WAS BECAUSE OF THE FEMALE VOCAL IN THIS SONG!!!
AND YOU'LL GET GOOSEBUMPS FROM TODAY ON WHENEVER YOU HEAR THIS SONG!! I STILL COME TO TEARS WHEN I HEAR IT AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO IT FOR 50 YEARS!!!
Yo....1969 here! Smoke and go! Wooo❤
Ohhh...and she does this better live...yw
This song will be played when I am laid to rest.
And that was done 50 years ago. Amazing
My exact, same reaction when I first heard this amazing song by Pink Floyd too. 🙂🙂
You had the #1 reaction ever LOL!!Yes and it's extraordinary GOD in sound vibration. peace
I MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE TO THE PARTY BUT I JUST CHECKED OUT YOUR REACTION AND FIRST OF ALL, AS A PINK FLOYD FAN FOR OVER 50 YEARS, I REALLY ENJOY WATCHING THE YOUNGER GENERATION REACTING TO THESE SONGS!!
I LOVE IT WHEN YOU SAID "WHO IS THIS ARETHA FRANKLIN?"😅😅
FULL DISCLOSURE, UP UNTIL MAYBE 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO I THOUGHT THAT THIS SINGER WAS A BLACK WOMAN!!
IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I FIND OUT THAT CLARE TORRY WAS INDEED A VERY CAUCASIAN WOMAN!😂😂
HERE IS A LINK TO AN INTERVIEW WITH CLARE WHERE SHE TELLS THE STORY OF HOW SHE GOT TO RECORD THIS UNBELIEVABLY AMAZING TRACK!!!!
ruclips.net/video/mIW7xZSlZoM/видео.html
I think in the movie the instrument he is referring to is the human voice.
It's Clare Torre, on her second try as a set singer.
The music was the drug
Great reaction.
In the last concerts I was invited to sing this song, happy ending.
Listen to the whole Dark Side of the Moon album from start to finish THROUGH QUALITY HEADPHONES. lol It's a spiritual experience. 😂
Jack gave the CD to the heavy black girl, (the singer).
Clare Torrey, the greatest female vocal of all time.
This whole album my friend, as many people on here have said, it needs to be experienced in it's entirety!
So true. It IS how it was meant to be heard. Hearing a single track of DSOTM in isolation is akin to hearing the middle minute of most any other song without the begining or the end.
💎💎 next up - Shine On You Crazy Diamond 💎💎
Jack Black recommends the "vocal solo" in this song in the movie.
Her name is Claire Torry and she is fantastic. All this was ad-lib. They told her the song concerned the 5 stages of death and this is what cam out. 1 or 2 takes.
It wasn't like the band did this to her, it was management, the company trying to save money. All record companies did this to screw musicians out of royalties. The Beatles, Elvis, ect. all were screwed out of a large percentage of the sales around their image and product.
The band supported her and wanted her to be compensated. It was the record company that held out. She eventually was paid well - as she should be.
That's really good to know, and makes a lot more sense. I wouldn't have expected the band members themselves to have been so petty, but the record label legal team? Completely believable.
Did they offer her a cigar?
@@koretmulder6316 They even asked which one was Pink.
Clare Tory does the whole "vocals" on the studio album, improvised!