Hey Crystal, what memories do you have of listening to this album for the first time? Sonically, it’s one of the most beautifully produced stereo mixes I’ve ever heard. Did you know that there were quadraphonic mixes done back in the 1970s! Stereo became the dominant sound in the early 1970s. Mono has been the dominant one, but technology started to advance and recording studios went from four-track to eight-track to 16-track. They could add more to the mixes and Pink Floyd definitely took advantage of that. What surprises me is how modern this album still sounds today. There’s another album from this same period by the group Kraftwerk called “Autobahn” and it’s amazingly modern. I really think you will love “Autobahn”. The title song is a simulated car drive with electronic music and sound effects. Hope you are doing well, Crystal, and had a lovely day today. ❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗
That is so wonderful Jeff!! Thank you for illuminating me on this! Sounds like they for sure took that and went running with it because I couldn’t imagine this album any other way! I only remember feeling transported out into space! 💕 let me know what you think of today’s vid: ruclips.net/user/shortsyk61cj8KK4s?feature=share
One of the very few completely perfect albums ever made. Everything from concept to execution is immaculate and capped off with that iconic sleeve. Pure genius and genuinely moving.
@@CrystalShannon4 This one will stay with you for life. Another part of its power is longevity. The music is timeless, but also the themes and lyrics will continue to resonate with you at any stage of life. Haunting truths stated simply and elegantly.
I was a mere 20 when DSOTM was released. Now 68, I have listened to this album countless times. The amazing thing is that every time I hear it, I still take away something new. In my humble opinion, it is the single greatest album ever recorded.
Same age as you. Agree this is a masterpiece that hasn't aged at all. Timeless art.... Went to a Laserium in the late 2000's where the whole album was played. Whomever was doing the laser art...nailed it!!! It was breathtaking.
At Least Once In Everyone's Life,, Put On You Headphones,, Turn The Volume To Max,, Get Yourself Comfortable & Turn Off The Lights..Then Listen To The Whole Album..TRUST ME!!
@@jiggym4n Yes that's true. But in saying that. in the top 40 UK albums where Floyd was No.2 There was : 2 Focus albums, Rick Wakeman, Mahavishnu Orchestra, A Clockwork Orange Soundtrack, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Rory Gallagher, Status Quo. (No.1 was 20 Flashback Greats of The 60's, a great trivia question) Cheers from DownUnder
...which holds the world record, with the second place being michael jackson's 7-year mark, i think. so we might as well assume it will never, ever be surpassed by no other slbum in the history of music.
After you're done with the song by song analysis, you have to just listen to it straight through, and let it wash over you. It's really one continuous piece of music and the transitions are a big part of the story here that you miss treating each song by itself
That’s largely what made the album so special to me. I never heard or seen a concept album, one with a full story and references to different songs be depicted so beautifully, and it was just a rewarding experience hearing it be succinct and mostly linear, but not at all predictable. It’s interesting to think about if you’ve listened to the album for the first time in CD or maybe through streaming services because in certain instances such as those, you do get a somewhat slightly more consistent and unpaused experience that lets you hear all the way through because you didn’t have to flip the record over! That little division and moment where you physically had to turn the LP over was used as a kind of narrative device for albums at the time, depending on who did what. I think it started out with the second side (B side) being treated as somewhat less important or reserved for less accessible work such as with Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys’ Today! album where the ballads and prettier, ornate music was left on the second side. The Beatles mainly had side 2 of Abbey Road be the medley as well. Pink Floyd themselves even had their albums Atom Heart Mother and Meddle follow along with this be reserving a selection of separate songs for one side while a lengthy composition of just one piece was kept for the opposing side. I’d hate to be nostalgic for flipping records, but it’s just something I think about that many people wouldn’t get to experience because that small “inconvenience” doesn’t really apply to people who don’t use split media like that anymore. Working with what the band had recording Dark Side, the decision to end on The Great Gig in the Sky for Side 1 and begin with Money on side 2 was just perfect. It was about as seamless as you could hope to get and the album stands as a great work of art as time goes on.
I strongly suggest to use headphones! And another suggestion: pay a little bit more attention to the lycrics. It will enter your mind, heart and soul even more.
A lot of Floyd songs blend into each other and I assume we're meant to be listened back to back without a break. And you're really going to enjoy Wish You Were Here!
" and I assume we're meant to be listened back to back without a break." It was made for vinyl. Which encourages artists to make music that flows from one segment to the next without a break.
Clare is a well established gospel singer, very proper and British, and famously not a huge fan of the band's direction to improv her performance, or the finished product. For whatever reason, I sort of admire her for her obstinate and honest nature.
Roger Waters described Echoes (on the Meddle album) as the moment they finished their musical apprenticeship and then it was 'right lads, we've graduated, let's get our aprons on and make Dark Side of the Moon'
If you can find early bootlegs of live performances before this album is recorded, some have a track titled The Violent Sequence which is a few instrumental versions of songs that ended up in this recording. And instrumental Great Gig In The Sky was titled The Religious Song.
Superb analysis, as always. This was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and engineered by Alan Parsons who did likewise for the last two Beatles albums and a couple of early Wings albums (among other significant tracks and albums). The band's road manager Peter Watts (father of Naomi Watts) contributed some of the memorable dialogue bits.
@@richardanderson3322 Well, yes. He started working at Abbey Road Studios in late 1967, shortly before his 19th birthday, as an assistant engineer and he progressed quickly from there. "Abbey Road" was his first credit.
Your capacity to instantly understand and analyze the musicality and the arrangements while sharing all the emotions that take you is truly outstanding. This is wonderful to hear especially about such a complex music as this record. You’re obviously a brilliant person and very competent musician. Charming and smart. Very impressive ✨💫
For me "Time" is the standout on this album. When David Gilmore does his guitar solo I am transported to another dimension. By the way Crystal, don't they have heat in your house?
I'm not often disappointed by Crystal's comments, but (unlike her Beatles reviews) it seemed she almost completely ignored the lyrics. Especially Time & Us and Them, which have some deep, insightful lyrics.
@@tragicdeyz2641 I have been sitting here trying to figure out if, like, what she’s sitting on folds up like a bed or something? Now that I know that’s a garage door . . . 🤦🏽♀️
I knew you'd love it! As others have said, just listen to it uninterrupted on repeat and immerse yourself in the experience: a beautiful, evocative concept album about birth, life and death. See, I told you that Wright's keyboards would still be a major part of their sound even when Gilmour's guitar started coming to the fore! I liked your Willy Wonka reference, but old hippies apparently used to watch the Wizard of Oz and listen to this album back to back with the film soundtrack turned down. The music uncannily matches the action in the film almost beat for beat! There are a few videos on YT where people have synched up the film with the album (a few better than others). It's a bittersweet ending to the album as Waters sings a lament, reaching out for his old friend Syd Barrett, who was suffering badly with his mental health by this stage and had left the band. Waters is remembering when they used to trespass on the grass on the pristine college lawns at Cambridge University as young men. I'll see you on the dark side of the moon, Syd, he sings. The next album 'Wish You Were Here' explores that theme in more depth - warning it's a bit of a tearjerker.
The greatest album of all time. As crazed a Beatles' fan as I am, I wouldn't say that if it weren't true. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Mixing and production assistance from Chris Thomas who worked with the Beatles. Thomas is said to have produced their songs Birthday, and Happiness is a Warm Gun. He played keyboards on four of the White Album songs.
@@CrystalShannon4 "...and when the band you're in start playing different tunes" really happened. Syd had lost the plot by the end, and would be playing a different song to the rest of the band. There are a lot of references to their friend's descent to madness, said to be brought on by copious induction of LSD.
This album has a direct connection to The Beatles. It was engineered (effectively produced) by Alan Parsons, who was a tape engineer on "Let It Be" and "Abbey Road". You can seem him very briefly in the "Get Back" documentary. Parsons had a major influence on the sound of the album, and was nominated for a Grammy for his work on DSOTM. He carried on with this sound with his own band, The Alan Parsons Project. Their first album, "Tales Of Mystery And Imagination", almost sounds like an unofficial sequel to "Dark Side Of The Moon", though officially, it's a tribute to the works of Edgar Allan Poe. I know you receive A LOT of recommendations, but if you're interested in hearing how much of the sound of DSOTM came from Alan Parsons, you'll appreciate the immaculate productions, and soundscapes of "Tales Of Mystery And Imagination".
I'm a later Alan Parsons Project fan with almost (not completely but still okay) "I Robot" being their first album to listen to side 1 and side 2 without missing a track. I bought two other albums of theirs not feeling it until again, in 1983 "Turn of A Wild Card" tried to become a terrific side 1 and side 2 enjoyment. Again almost as then I itch for filling in songs of their total album tangents. I liked "The Raven" and "Dr. Tarre" but await Eye in the Sky album being an okay but not great total tracks enjoyable. In their "Pyramid" album "What Goes Up Must Come Down" first song seems better to replace a non performing track in I Robot (like following "Some Other Time"). Alan Parsons pieces albums together without flow like Pink Floyd worked to do by 1977 "Animals" version of Roger Waters hard rock changing up and 1979 "The Wall" being blown out by all musicians and Roger Waters being that heavy metal rock band singer.
@@lawrencejelsma8118 That's all cool. There's no way to love every track on every album. There's a few here and there I don't care for, but I can still listen to their albums all the way through. I first started with "Turn Of A Friendly Card", which is perhaps the first album I ever heard by any artist where I loved every track. It's fun to find a band in the middle of their career, as you have older albums to hunt down, as will as new stuff to look forward to. I happen to love the track "Some Other Time", as I figured out a secret about the song before it was publicly revealed - there are actually two singers, one singing the verses, and another singer on the chorus. One is male, and the other female, but their voices are very similar. I always suspected it, but Parson's never revealed who the second singer was until an interview in the 1990s. I like the flow of their albums, but no, I agree, Parsons was not as meticulous about it as Pink Floyd were. They are the masters at making albums. In some cases, it's not possible to understand an individual song without listening to the entire album. When you take "Comfortably Numb" by itself, the entire context is lost.
@@FlopsyHamster ... Even Dave Gilmore didn't like the flow of Pink Floyd 1982-1994 when he did that "Pulse" Rock Concert. He thought his "Division Bell" album, especially "High Hopes" 7+ minute song was getting back to Pink Floyd music he was proud to help compose. I too know what he meant because I missed him as Roger Waters and him took new control on the young Pink Floyd band members. With Alan Parcans Project they are great in many songs strung out over many albums without being Pink Floyd picky. Rock music stations understand and how hard it was to select songs from "The Wall" and not really telling the full story of that album from the first track to the last on all 4 sides of that double album.
I wish I had the words to express how much joy I got from this. I was heavily into music in my teens and 20s and even went to Berklee for a bit. And then for reasons that I sometimes regret I decided not to pursue it. Years and years later and I don't really have any friends in my life that appreciate music quite the same way I do. But man, watching you take all this in, knowing you're listening to every aspect of it, and appreciating it on all these different levels and then watching it all hit you in similar waves that I get from it; its just a level of happiness I haven't reached in a long time sharing music with someone. For example, in Us and Them, when they go to the d minor maj 7th chord for the first time and your eyes popped open, I actually yelled out "yes!". There's just been so many times I've shown this music to someone else and they just gloss over that moment like its nothing. But its such a great moment in that song, and its almost soul wrenching watching it just pass by unappreciated. So getting to actually share moments like that in the song with someone that gets it and appreciates it, even if its just through some youtube video and its not really sharing it, still actually means a lot to me. So I hope you're getting a lot of fulfillment out of creating these videos for your channel. Because I can tell you that you're definitely injecting some joy and happiness into my life doing it. Really glad you enjoyed this album. And as others have said, I hope you got the chance to just listen to it straight through and let it carry you to all the wonderful and strange places that it can :)
Rick Wright said in an interview that he borrowed that chord from Miles Davis. Wright was a fan of Jazz and the only one musically trained in the band.
Definitely appreciate your reaction with the focus on the music. I hope you've gotten into the lyrics as well, which is the other half of the brilliance of this work.
Thank you Doug :) And yes i’ve been listening to this one a TON lately since I’ve filmed and it’s impacted me in a big way. Especially right now that i’m not very sure what life even means, neither mine nor in general. This album 💿 has acted as a soul soother and granted me a ton of perspective!
This was a great analysis and I loved your enthusiasm for this first hearing. I would have happily listened to your full unedited response even if the vid were 90mins long. Well done
The Great Gig will never not blow me away...a song with vocals but no words! Said to be an interpretation of the stages of death...disbelief, anger, bargaining and in the end, acceptance. Musical genius and perfection.
So…….. wow. I watch a lot of Pink Floyd reactions. I think because they were the very first band that felt like a spiritual otherworldly journey, when I was 12 I think. There’s not a single word you said in this reaction that I haven’t thought or said. Just perfect.
It's great seeing someone feel this music for the first time. Your reactions are how I feel every time I listen to this album. I've probably played this one over 1000 times in my lifetime. Imo the 70's era PF albums are their greatest. I'm looking forward to the next review!
Final dumb trivia: The voice you hear laughing in Speak to Me and Brain Damage is the band’s sound beginner Peter Watts. His daughter is actress Naomi Watts.
Love the analysis!! You did the same thing I did when I first heard this album, got totally lost in the music, and the lyrics became part of the music, and what was said went totally past me!! I had to listen again to here what was actually said, and I was blown away a second time!! One thing you didn't mention that maybe you missed.......... Go back and check the time signature on "Money" as well as the change for the guitar solo!! Also a couple of recommendations, check out the "Pulse" concert from Earls court in '94, as well as the episode of tv show, classic albums featuring this album!! Well worth a watch!!
Another excellent response Crystal! Once again I poured a drink and settled in to watch it. Money, though not Pink Floyd's original version, was used in the 2003 film The Italian Job. A group called Reloaded, made up of former Guns N' Roses members with Scott Weiland from The Stone Temple Pilots as lead singer, recorded it for the film (They later changed their name to Velvet Revolver). Also, as you actually mentioned Tarantino, In Quentin Tarantino's 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, Money was going to be used in a specific opening sequence. But in the end he went with "Little Green Bag" by the George Baker Selection, as that song gave him an extreme sense of nostalgia. So it was nearly in a Tarantino movie! Dark Side Of The Moon is certainly one of my all time fave albums. It's amazing to put headphones on, sit back and let it take you away. I look forward to your next videos, you are so good at describing your feelings and experience. I really wish I was half as expressive as you! Thanks for the 35 mins of enjoyment.
Money is one ofvthe few top 40 hits in 7/8 time. The sounds at the beginning were all old cash register sounds. I knew The Great Gig in the Sky would floor you. Each side of the album flows completely together. Wish You Were Here repeats this. This album is best heard in one uninterrupted sitting with very good headphones, especially On the Run and Time. This is a concept album about life, death and mental illness. The spoken bits were interview answers by a few people at Abbey Road Studio at the time. The best stuff is by the janitor. Paul and Linda McCartney make a brief appearance.
only god stayed out of it since he would have never allowed this. unless we're all infidels! but we will all repent in the final hour right? so it'll be ok.
Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou that was such a great reaction. In "Time" I love the guitar solo starts off "young & bright" and then gets "old & melancholic" before finally ending with a repris of Breathe (in the air). The Great Gig in the Sky has the spoken stuff at the start but also towards the end, if you listen really carefully a voice says "if you can hear this whisper you are dying". BTW The recording of the voice at the end originally went on to say "...... the only thing that makes it light is the sun" but this was chopped off for the album release.
I was so looking forward to this. The musicianship throughout is other worldly. You always seem to feel the music with your soul; I guess that's what makes your reactions so genuine and enjoyable. Thanks for doing what you do, Crystal. Looking forward to the next one.👍👍
Your reactions are so refreshing! I thoroughly enjoy listening to your thoughts about the little moments throughout the album. I also envy you for being able to listen to all these tremendous albums for the first time with the level of music comprehension you have. I was in high school maybe 17 or so years ago when I first got into Pink Floyd, and I knew next to nothing about music theory. I appreciate their music and songwriting more than any other artist out there, but I wish I could've felt what you're feeling in these videos. Thanks for sharing this musical journey with everyone!
Hey there Garret!! 💙💙💙💙 Thank you so much! I am just coming across your comment now! I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart & share today’s little vid with you 💙 I hope you are feeling well, having the most astonishing day and that you enjoy this little vid: ruclips.net/user/shortsVLk2heZ20wo?feature=share
With Great Gig in the Sky, we can remember what an incredibly tasteful pianist the late Richard Wright was. Combining the beautiful, gentle piano with the heavy organ was absolutely gorgeous. While he was best known for his soundscapes and powerful organ, his gentle touch on the piano was so masterful.
The heart beat at the start and the end is coherent with the original album artwork as an electro-cardiogram (ECG) on the rainbow. On the cover you see the white light being split into colours of the rainbow by the prism on the first part of the cover, then you open the album and see the rainbow across the centre fold with all the words to the songs and the ECG heart beat picked out (I think) in the yellow, so the yellow band shows the heart beat, then the rainbow disappears over to the reverse side of the album where another prism joins all the colours together again into one white band of light You have to have the whole vinyl album in your hands to see the story the album tells told visually in light. You get one white ray of light, split into all the colours of a rainbow by the prism, which then has a heartbeat on it, like the heartbeat at the start and the end, and then finally merges back into one white ray of light. Just like the album starts in silence with a heartbeat and ends in silence with a heartbeat. I remember opening the album for the first time. Some stories begin with such simplicity, but portend so much of what is to follow that you are drawn in by the first sentence. "'Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." or another great starting sentence, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" or more recently, and not quite up there with the greats "My name is Amy Pond. When I was seven I had an imaginary friend, last night was the night before my wedding. And my imaginary friend came back" ( if you're into time travel you'll know the quote) The cover of Dark Side of the Moon is like that. So simple, but expands into so much. That is why it's so iconic.
You are so incredibly knowledgeable. Wherever you obtained your musical training was very good. Man, you are soooo good. I have listened to this music for decades and I am learning things about it I seemed to have passed over or failed to recognize in it. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!
I wish you would react to the album Meddle by Pink Floyd. I think you would really enjoy the songs Pillow of Winds and Fearless. It also has the 23 minute long track Echoes which covers the whole of side 2. One day maybe.
I really like your words...”I don’t know how to feel right now”. I said the same thing after seeing Pulp Fiction opening night in the theatre. That movie and this album just create a whole new world to explore that we didn’t know existed. And since you asked my current playlist is Alexandra Savior Belladonna of Sadness. It’s brilliant.
On the original vinyl there's no gap between the songs. That's why it shifts smoothly between the tracks, one leads into the other to make a complete musical experience except for the point where you have to get up to turn the record over between Great Gig in the Sky and Money.
I have lived with this album for over 40 years always loved it. You young lady are teaching me to listen to it with different ears. THANK YOU!!!! I may be old but my ears are young.
@@LonesomeTwin Either they flag for copyright if you use any of the song at all or flag if you go longer than a minute or so. Yes, you need to put 2 or 3 breaks in a song to avoid trouble but you can still leave individual musical phrases intact. A break every minute or so would more than satisfy fair use and still leave a nice amount of melodic flow. Watch a few reaction videos. There's an acceptable standard that RUclips allows. Am I saying all this because I'm a dick? I understand that it can seem that way but the truth is this: I'm a composer and producer myself. I watch a lot of musical reaction videos because I enjoy getting other people's takes on great productions. I believe Crystal knows what she's talking about and would find her commentary very enjoyable, probably learn some things as well. My hope is that she'd do future videos with a bit more of the music intact and thus make her commentary much more enjoyable. She absolutely can edit her videos however she likes, even adopt the "Keep scrolling if you don't like it" approach but this is my attempt at providing notes which could really boost her subscribers. Either way. I've provided feedback which she can use or ignore as she pleases. Thanks for your input.
one of my favorite albums to listen to when the world seems out of joint or off kilter. absolutely stunning, I cry every time I hear it. I'd suggest Fairport Convention (liege & lief, unhalfbricking, what we did on our holidays) as a followup . Far simpler music, just as moving, takes you on as much an otherworldly journey (this time into the past) but for some reason really undiscovered on the internet. RIP Sandy Denny, you died way before your time but your voice lives on.
I bought this album the day it came out. I was eleven years old. I went to the record department of a department store to buy their previous album, Obscured By Clouds, because I loved the song “Free Four”, which my local “album rock” station played. When I asked the clerk for the record he said, “Sorry, we’re sold out of that album. But we just got in a shipment of their new album. Do you want that?” Having come all the way to buy an album, and with five dollars of snow shoveling money burning a hole in my pocket, I said, “Fine. I guess I’ll take that instead.” When I got home and listened to it for the first time my mind was blown.
I look back and realize how fortunate I was to have been a teenager experiencing Beatles, Zep and Floyd. At the time I thought that music would keep evolving and just get better and better…
Yay!! I hope you've been well. This album is incredible and I've been listening to a lot of Pink Floyd lately. The Wall is also amazing! 👌 Time and Brain Damage are my favourites on this one 💖
I am from the UK and whilst I know how you on the other side of the pond revere our bands. Please don't ignore the great bands you have over there. I have loved West Coast bands like The Doors, Buffalo Springfield, Its a beautiful day, Quicksilver Messenger Service, but most of all Love Forrever Changes, check it out.
The high pitched sound at the very end is the Beatles "Ticket To Ride' which happened to be playing in the background at the studio as the voice "there is no dark side...." was being recorded. Good ear!
When I was young I was really high at Walmart and picked up this cd for 10$, I didn’t know anything about them I just remembered seeing that prism before. The next day I went out and bought every single cd. It really was a blast discovering all their work and the history behind the band.
IIRC that song is on Meddle, and was the theme music for an ice dancer in the Olympics sometime around 1980. I remember quite clearly watching it on tv but now it's impossible to recall the exact details.
The high pitch sound at the end of Eclipse might have been the orchestra recording of Ticket to Ride from the Beatles that managed to sneak into the recording! There’s videos on RUclips that show it more clearly as well. Really cool!
Ok, my playlist is a new Beatles album in 1970 if they had never broken up. The name of the album is “Early 1970” and here is the track listing: Side 1 1. Remember (John) 2. Maybe I’m Amazed (Paul) 3. Isolation (John) Numero quatro. Isn’t It A Pity (George) 5. It Don’t Come Easy (Ringo) 6. Every Night (Paul) 7. All Things Must Pass )George) Side 2 1. Early 1970 (Ringo) 2. Look At Me (John) 3. Teddy Boy (Paul) Numero quatro. Apple Scruffs (George) 5. Junk (Paul) 6. What Is Life (George) 7. Instant Karma (John)
I would also include George's then-new "I Me Mine", which had three of the Fab Four on it (Lennon later said that he would have participated if he had known about the session). But I do see that you are choosing early-solo material (although some of it was written while the band was still officially together).
The woman whom they got to sing that wild soprano actually did it in one take. She literally said "Okay, just kidding, what did you guys really want?" And all the band memeber were dumbfounded and said that said sang perfectly.
Rubber Soul is my #1 favorite Beatles album an happened to be a road trip pick that changed the entire tone of the trip (nicely of course). Dark Side is not music it is a work of art not to be too pretentious. It happens to have amazing music involved. If you want really run with your full on Dark Side Experience lookup and try for yourself "Dark Side of Oz" - debated the validity but visually at least for the first run through it is amazing. Start at the 3rd MGM Lion's Roar and be amazed at synchronicity in our Universe as none of it is planned.
I was about 14 when this album came out and of course I had to buy it. I've owned a copy, of whatever media was current at the time over the last 49 years. My preferred way of listening is the entire album with some great headphones from begining to end, a feat that's been mastered thousands of times.
Thanks for sharing your reactions, with such finely descriptive adjectives. In order to understand these albums, you may need to listent to what were the sides of the LP from start to finish. There are no divisions between songs/tracks. Otherwise, you risk not understanding the experience of these records. And there is plenty to experience as each sequence plays through, from beginning to end. I first heard this LP in my uncle's basement on his newly acquired quadrophonic sound system in the mid-1970s. As a kid discovering music, I had already been delving into the early 70s fusion music of Miles Davis, The Beatles, and Beethoven's string quartets... Anyhow, the eventual result for me was to join a couple of friends in trekking to Los Angeles to see and hear Pink Floyd perform The Wall in spring 1980.
It's great listening to someone who has never heard this album before. It's amazing that they never really released singles but this, wish you were here and the wall are among the greatest selling albums of all time. PS animals should be as well.
Paul McCartney was invited by Pink Floyd to do one of the speaking parts that are sort of stuck in the background of some tracks. Ultimately they had to cut his part out. I think it was David Gilmore who said Paul's piece sounded too rehearsed and unnatural. Another "concept" album I think about when I think of Dark Side is by another English group called XTC. They are classically trained multi instrumentalists who write brilliant lyrics. The album is called Skylarking and I PROMISE you will enjoy it. The songs start off abou youth, then growing up, marriage, infidelity and old age. I couldn't find a link with lyrics but here is a link ruclips.net/p/PLhvmt_h1lLY1JMkF-NItMNdbt7Bk_F6O4
@@CrystalShannon4 The older you get, the faster time flies. When you’re younger it seems to take an eternity especially when you’re in school. Then you get older and feel like a year ago was just a few months ago.
Bravo for this detailed musical analysis, now here is the quick analysis of the titles: The main theme of this album revolves around: “WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE CRAZY”. (BREATHE); If the performance required in life can drive people crazy. (ON THE RUN); If the frantic rush of life can drive people crazy. (TIME); If the fleeting aspect of passing time can drive people crazy. (THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY); If the thought of the inevitable end (death), can drive people crazy. (MONEY); If love, or lack of money can drive people crazy. (US AND THEM); If the abusive hierarchy between color, power or wealth between US AND THEM can drive people crazy. (ANY COLOR YOU LIKE); If the illusion of being able to choose can drive people crazy. (BRAIN DAMAGE); If the many rules of life (keep off the grass), or the fear of losing your mind can drive people crazy. (ECLIPSE); Since our influence in this world comes down to what is within our reach, "All that you touch, see, taste, love, do, say, etc" then even though the brightness of the sun may be eclipsed by the darkness of the moon. But anyway, “There is no dark side of the moon really, matter of fact it’s all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the sun”.
The greatest album of all time, I just recommend listening to it nonstop, in the dark, great album to go to sleep to. Also Time might be the best Number 4 ever
Founding member Syd Barrett had left the group in 1968 due to mental health issues, although he would drop by from time to time. His problems were a theme in this album and its successor, Wish You Were Here. Syd died in 2006.
Love the reaction. Happy to see younger folks still finding the beauty in Pink Floyd and older music. Protect this one at all costs guys. Never change.
Love the Tarantino reference and I often think about songs that would fit perfectly in a particular scene. I was just watching The Hateful Eight a few days back and he used “Apple Blossom” by The White Stripes. My god does that guy have great taste in music and always knows the tunes that fit the vibe of his films. Great reaction/review btw :) !
The Great Gig in the Sky is the confrontation with death...initially fighting back refusing to accept, then acceptance with occasional outbursts of denial then slow giving into it and then fading away to the Great gig in the sky (death)
Darn! I didn't get a notification for this. Just happened across it and of course you are,as always, spot on. For an equally satisfying yet total change of pace listen, I would humbly recommend the album "Aja" by Steely Dan. You are truly a marvel Chrystal. Thank You so much! PS- they are all correct about the headphones. You will hear everything they intended you should hear if you are wearing headphones. 8)
The illusions you describe hearing in “On the Run” are important in the world of audiology and are called “Shepard-Risett” tones. Both did work showing that a loop of superimposed waves can be made to appear to rise or fall in pitch forever. Risett’s variation showed the same effect with rhythm/tempo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone
That Clare Torry interjection into Dark Side of The Moon with "Great Gig In The Sky" was surprisingly so great to add to let our minds let loose of what tracks we just heard. I had previously listened to Manford Mann's "Angels In The Sky" that seemed also part of this album at that next track position of Dark Side of The Moon. Then switch back to Pink Floyd with "David Gilmore Money" and then switch further to the rest of The Dark Side of The Moon. The flow was not Pink Floyd optimum until 1976 when Pink Floyd had to reflect are they great in 1960s jazz or are they modern heavy metal rock able to compete with heavy metal rock bands coming with their late 1970s new take to distance from 1960s nice easy melodic jazz but not hard rock Roger Waters was about to take Pink Floyd 1977-79 on in "Animals" version taking over their 1974-76 attempts; and then, The Wall in 1979 where heavy metal "darkness terror (Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin)" vocals follow the heavy metal drums, guitar, and synthesizer instrumental assistance.
Hey Crystal, what memories do you have of listening to this album for the first time? Sonically, it’s one of the most beautifully produced stereo mixes I’ve ever heard. Did you know that there were quadraphonic mixes done back in the 1970s!
Stereo became the dominant sound in the early 1970s. Mono has been the dominant one, but technology started to advance and recording studios went from four-track to eight-track to 16-track. They could add more to the mixes and Pink Floyd definitely took advantage of that.
What surprises me is how modern this album still sounds today. There’s another album from this same period by the group Kraftwerk called “Autobahn” and it’s amazingly modern. I really think you will love “Autobahn”. The title song is a simulated car drive with electronic music and sound effects.
Hope you are doing well, Crystal, and had a lovely day today. ❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗
That is so wonderful Jeff!! Thank you for illuminating me on this! Sounds like they for sure took that and went running with it because I couldn’t imagine this album any other way! I only remember feeling transported out into space! 💕 let me know what you think of today’s vid: ruclips.net/user/shortsyk61cj8KK4s?feature=share
One of the very few completely perfect albums ever made. Everything from concept to execution is immaculate and capped off with that iconic sleeve. Pure genius and genuinely moving.
One of the very few perfect comments ever made. If you haven't seen it, there is an excellent documentary on the making of this album.
YES!! It’s still very much taking control of my mind & life! Haven’t stopped listening to it!
@@CrystalShannon4 This one will stay with you for life. Another part of its power is longevity. The music is timeless, but also the themes and lyrics will continue to resonate with you at any stage of life. Haunting truths stated simply and elegantly.
@@tragicdeyz2641 Thank you! Both the DSOTM and Wish You Were Here documentaries are great.
Perfectly described, R&B Show.
I was a mere 20 when DSOTM was released. Now 68, I have listened to this album countless times. The amazing thing is that every time I hear it, I still take away something new. In my humble opinion, it is the single greatest album ever recorded.
Ain't that the truth.
Same age as you. Agree this is a masterpiece that hasn't aged at all. Timeless art....
Went to a Laserium in the late 2000's where the whole album was played. Whomever was doing the laser art...nailed it!!! It was breathtaking.
@@Cryo837 I also saw a laser show of this album at a local planetarium in 1996.
I was 12 - spent the entire summer listening to this while building a fabulous treehouse with the kid next door
That kid remains my oldest friend
"There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark."
At Least Once In Everyone's Life,, Put On You Headphones,, Turn The Volume To Max,, Get Yourself Comfortable & Turn Off The Lights..Then Listen To The Whole Album..TRUST ME!!
Headphones or laying down with the speakers behind you works quite well too.
And try to get a CD or vinyl where there aren't harsh breaks between the songs.
"Dark Side..." was on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts for 14.3 years from 1973 - 1987, without falling off of the charts once.
And never made it to No.1 Fun Fact
@@Paul-by2nz Fun fact indeed, but it's not exactly a pop album right?
@@jiggym4n Yes that's true. But in saying that. in the top 40 UK albums where Floyd was No.2 There was : 2 Focus albums, Rick Wakeman, Mahavishnu Orchestra, A Clockwork Orange Soundtrack, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Rory Gallagher, Status Quo. (No.1 was 20 Flashback Greats of The 60's, a great trivia question) Cheers from DownUnder
...which holds the world record, with the second place being michael jackson's 7-year mark, i think.
so we might as well assume it will never, ever be surpassed by no other slbum in the history of music.
After you're done with the song by song analysis, you have to just listen to it straight through, and let it wash over you. It's really one continuous piece of music and the transitions are a big part of the story here that you miss treating each song by itself
That’s largely what made the album so special to me. I never heard or seen a concept album, one with a full story and references to different songs be depicted so beautifully, and it was just a rewarding experience hearing it be succinct and mostly linear, but not at all predictable.
It’s interesting to think about if you’ve listened to the album for the first time in CD or maybe through streaming services because in certain instances such as those, you do get a somewhat slightly more consistent and unpaused experience that lets you hear all the way through because you didn’t have to flip the record over!
That little division and moment where you physically had to turn the LP over was used as a kind of narrative device for albums at the time, depending on who did what. I think it started out with the second side (B side) being treated as somewhat less important or reserved for less accessible work such as with Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys’ Today! album where the ballads and prettier, ornate music was left on the second side. The Beatles mainly had side 2 of Abbey Road be the medley as well. Pink Floyd themselves even had their albums Atom Heart Mother and Meddle follow along with this be reserving a selection of separate songs for one side while a lengthy composition of just one piece was kept for the opposing side.
I’d hate to be nostalgic for flipping records, but it’s just something I think about that many people wouldn’t get to experience because that small “inconvenience” doesn’t really apply to people who don’t use split media like that anymore. Working with what the band had recording Dark Side, the decision to end on The Great Gig in the Sky for Side 1 and begin with Money on side 2 was just perfect. It was about as seamless as you could hope to get and the album stands as a great work of art as time goes on.
WITH HEADPHONES
I strongly suggest to use headphones! And another suggestion: pay a little bit more attention to the lycrics. It will enter your mind, heart and soul even more.
And use headphones. You find what you're missing...
Agree, the whole thing in one go - it is like a symphony, you don't talk during the paus between the movements, you listen to everything.
A lot of Floyd songs blend into each other and I assume we're meant to be listened back to back without a break.
And you're really going to enjoy Wish You Were Here!
" and I assume we're meant to be listened back to back without a break."
It was made for vinyl. Which encourages artists to make music that flows from one segment to the next without a break.
Gilmour's guitar playing finally becomes the definitive signature sound of the band.
Yep. And his voice.
It’s a pedal steel guitar he’s playing on many tracks including “Great Gig In The Sky”.
It's Important To Note That For "Great Gig In The Sky" Clare Torry Was Given Nothing/No Directions,, She Was Told "Just To Sing".
And only paid a standard session fee, I believe? On what became one of the biggest selling albums of all time?
@@jeremyb5640 she got £30. But in 2005 she sued and won a settlement. She is now credited for "Vocal composition" on subsequent releases...
Clare is a well established gospel singer, very proper and British, and famously not a huge fan of the band's direction to improv her performance, or the finished product. For whatever reason, I sort of admire her for her obstinate and honest nature.
@@neilloughran4437 Thanks Neil. That's good to hear that she got that.
@@Wungolioth That gospel background really comes through in her performance. Fantastic vocalist.
Roger Waters described Echoes (on the Meddle album) as the moment they finished their musical apprenticeship and then it was 'right lads, we've graduated, let's get our aprons on and make Dark Side of the Moon'
If you can find early bootlegs of live performances before this album is recorded, some have a track titled The Violent Sequence which is a few instrumental versions of songs that ended up in this recording. And instrumental Great Gig In The Sky was titled The Religious Song.
Superb analysis, as always. This was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and engineered by Alan Parsons who did likewise for the last two Beatles albums and a couple of early Wings albums (among other significant tracks and albums). The band's road manager Peter Watts (father of Naomi Watts) contributed some of the memorable dialogue bits.
I did not know that Naomi Watts had a Floyd connection, very cool!
Alan was merely a tape engineer during the "Get Back" and "Abbey Road" sessions, but what the hell, he got to work with the Beatles.
@@richardanderson3322 Well, yes. He started working at Abbey Road Studios in late 1967, shortly before his 19th birthday, as an assistant engineer and he progressed quickly from there. "Abbey Road" was his first credit.
Your capacity to instantly understand and analyze the musicality and the arrangements while sharing all the emotions that take you is truly outstanding. This is wonderful to hear especially about such a complex music as this record. You’re obviously a brilliant person and very competent musician. Charming and smart. Very impressive ✨💫
For me "Time" is the standout on this album. When David Gilmore does his guitar solo I am transported to another dimension.
By the way Crystal, don't they have heat in your house?
For the record, I upvoted you for both comments. I would have upvoted you twice if I could.
Looks to me as if she's in a garage.
I'm not often disappointed by Crystal's comments, but (unlike her Beatles reviews) it seemed she almost completely ignored the lyrics. Especially Time & Us and Them, which have some deep, insightful lyrics.
@@Rickhorse1 Yes, I was hoping for some discussion about the lyrics, too. Disappointed that she didn't take the time to look into it.
@@tragicdeyz2641 I have been sitting here trying to figure out if, like, what she’s sitting on folds up like a bed or something? Now that I know that’s a garage door . . . 🤦🏽♀️
I knew you'd love it! As others have said, just listen to it uninterrupted on repeat and immerse yourself in the experience: a beautiful, evocative concept album about birth, life and death. See, I told you that Wright's keyboards would still be a major part of their sound even when Gilmour's guitar started coming to the fore! I liked your Willy Wonka reference, but old hippies apparently used to watch the Wizard of Oz and listen to this album back to back with the film soundtrack turned down. The music uncannily matches the action in the film almost beat for beat! There are a few videos on YT where people have synched up the film with the album (a few better than others). It's a bittersweet ending to the album as Waters sings a lament, reaching out for his old friend Syd Barrett, who was suffering badly with his mental health by this stage and had left the band. Waters is remembering when they used to trespass on the grass on the pristine college lawns at Cambridge University as young men. I'll see you on the dark side of the moon, Syd, he sings. The next album 'Wish You Were Here' explores that theme in more depth - warning it's a bit of a tearjerker.
The greatest album of all time. As crazed a Beatles' fan as I am, I wouldn't say that if it weren't true. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Mixing and production assistance from Chris Thomas who worked with the Beatles. Thomas is said to have produced their songs Birthday, and Happiness is a Warm Gun. He played keyboards on four of the White Album songs.
Great comment. I am also a Beatles fan #1, but Pink Floyd is right there and frankly, I think this is the best album of all time.
hard to argue with that. Wish You Were Here is right up there too.
"Wish You Were Here" is about Syd Barret (who they had let go from the band, because he had lost control of mind/himself)
oooohhhh! I didn’t know that!!
@@CrystalShannon4 "...and when the band you're in start playing different tunes" really happened. Syd had lost the plot by the end, and would be playing a different song to the rest of the band.
There are a lot of references to their friend's descent to madness, said to be brought on by copious induction of LSD.
I've lived long enough to love a LOT of music, but this album is one of the few which for me was addictive in 1973 & has NEVER lost that magic.
This album has a direct connection to The Beatles. It was engineered (effectively produced) by Alan Parsons, who was a tape engineer on "Let It Be" and "Abbey Road". You can seem him very briefly in the "Get Back" documentary. Parsons had a major influence on the sound of the album, and was nominated for a Grammy for his work on DSOTM. He carried on with this sound with his own band, The Alan Parsons Project. Their first album, "Tales Of Mystery And Imagination", almost sounds like an unofficial sequel to "Dark Side Of The Moon", though officially, it's a tribute to the works of Edgar Allan Poe. I know you receive A LOT of recommendations, but if you're interested in hearing how much of the sound of DSOTM came from Alan Parsons, you'll appreciate the immaculate productions, and soundscapes of "Tales Of Mystery And Imagination".
I'm a later Alan Parsons Project fan with almost (not completely but still okay) "I Robot" being their first album to listen to side 1 and side 2 without missing a track. I bought two other albums of theirs not feeling it until again, in 1983 "Turn of A Wild Card" tried to become a terrific side 1 and side 2 enjoyment. Again almost as then I itch for filling in songs of their total album tangents. I liked "The Raven" and "Dr. Tarre" but await Eye in the Sky album being an okay but not great total tracks enjoyable. In their "Pyramid" album "What Goes Up Must Come Down" first song seems better to replace a non performing track in I Robot (like following "Some Other Time"). Alan Parsons pieces albums together without flow like Pink Floyd worked to do by 1977 "Animals" version of Roger Waters hard rock changing up and 1979 "The Wall" being blown out by all musicians and Roger Waters being that heavy metal rock band singer.
@@lawrencejelsma8118 That's all cool. There's no way to love every track on every album. There's a few here and there I don't care for, but I can still listen to their albums all the way through. I first started with "Turn Of A Friendly Card", which is perhaps the first album I ever heard by any artist where I loved every track. It's fun to find a band in the middle of their career, as you have older albums to hunt down, as will as new stuff to look forward to.
I happen to love the track "Some Other Time", as I figured out a secret about the song before it was publicly revealed - there are actually two singers, one singing the verses, and another singer on the chorus. One is male, and the other female, but their voices are very similar. I always suspected it, but Parson's never revealed who the second singer was until an interview in the 1990s.
I like the flow of their albums, but no, I agree, Parsons was not as meticulous about it as Pink Floyd were. They are the masters at making albums. In some cases, it's not possible to understand an individual song without listening to the entire album. When you take "Comfortably Numb" by itself, the entire context is lost.
@@FlopsyHamster ... Even Dave Gilmore didn't like the flow of Pink Floyd 1982-1994 when he did that "Pulse" Rock Concert. He thought his "Division Bell" album, especially "High Hopes" 7+ minute song was getting back to Pink Floyd music he was proud to help compose. I too know what he meant because I missed him as Roger Waters and him took new control on the young Pink Floyd band members. With Alan Parcans Project they are great in many songs strung out over many albums without being Pink Floyd picky. Rock music stations understand and how hard it was to select songs from "The Wall" and not really telling the full story of that album from the first track to the last on all 4 sides of that double album.
Maybe the best album in the history of recorded music. No joke.
I wish I had the words to express how much joy I got from this. I was heavily into music in my teens and 20s and even went to Berklee for a bit. And then for reasons that I sometimes regret I decided not to pursue it. Years and years later and I don't really have any friends in my life that appreciate music quite the same way I do. But man, watching you take all this in, knowing you're listening to every aspect of it, and appreciating it on all these different levels and then watching it all hit you in similar waves that I get from it; its just a level of happiness I haven't reached in a long time sharing music with someone.
For example, in Us and Them, when they go to the d minor maj 7th chord for the first time and your eyes popped open, I actually yelled out "yes!". There's just been so many times I've shown this music to someone else and they just gloss over that moment like its nothing. But its such a great moment in that song, and its almost soul wrenching watching it just pass by unappreciated. So getting to actually share moments like that in the song with someone that gets it and appreciates it, even if its just through some youtube video and its not really sharing it, still actually means a lot to me.
So I hope you're getting a lot of fulfillment out of creating these videos for your channel. Because I can tell you that you're definitely injecting some joy and happiness into my life doing it. Really glad you enjoyed this album. And as others have said, I hope you got the chance to just listen to it straight through and let it carry you to all the wonderful and strange places that it can :)
Pink Floyd Has Always Had The Unique Ability To Take Your Mind Off On A Trip Through The Universe.
This album is among the best of the best. It is really exciting witnessing a first-time listen to this masterpiece.
As you age the lyrics in Time become more and more profound.
This was really fun to watch! My favorite part was the look on your face when you first heard that third chord in "Us and Them"!
Rick Wright said in an interview that he borrowed that chord from Miles Davis. Wright was a fan of Jazz and the only one musically trained in the band.
Definitely appreciate your reaction with the focus on the music. I hope you've gotten into the lyrics as well, which is the other half of the brilliance of this work.
Thank you Doug :) And yes i’ve been listening to this one a TON lately since I’ve filmed and it’s impacted me in a big way. Especially right now that i’m not very sure what life even means, neither mine nor in general. This album 💿 has acted as a soul soother and granted me a ton of perspective!
This was a great analysis and I loved your enthusiasm for this first hearing. I would have happily listened to your full unedited response even if the vid were 90mins long. Well done
Glad I took that trip with you! Have a great weekend. Rubber Soul is always appropriate under any circumstance.
The genius of Pink Floyd that has been percolating since Atom Heart Mother, finally meets the recipe that coincides with global mainstream success.
The 7/4 and then the switch to 4/4 in Money is... just amazing
“There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact it's all dark.”
The Great Gig will never not blow me away...a song with vocals but no words! Said to be an interpretation of the stages of death...disbelief, anger, bargaining and in the end, acceptance. Musical genius and perfection.
I want this song to be played at my funeral. Not kidding.
So…….. wow.
I watch a lot of Pink Floyd reactions. I think because they were the very first band that felt like a spiritual otherworldly journey, when I was 12 I think. There’s not a single word you said in this reaction that I haven’t thought or said. Just perfect.
You're doing the right thing... just like you did with the Beatles... start with the classics! No need to go chronologically IMHO :D
Yeah, definitely Crystal should go back and listen to Meddle, but from this point just keep going!
Been waiting for you to react to this album, fantastic that it's come along so soon!
It's great seeing someone feel this music for the first time. Your reactions are how I feel every time I listen to this album. I've probably played this one over 1000 times in my lifetime. Imo the 70's era PF albums are their greatest. I'm looking forward to the next review!
Final dumb trivia: The voice you hear laughing in Speak to Me and Brain Damage is the band’s sound beginner Peter Watts. His daughter is actress Naomi Watts.
Love the analysis!! You did the same thing I did when I first heard this album, got totally lost in the music, and the lyrics became part of the music, and what was said went totally past me!! I had to listen again to here what was actually said, and I was blown away a second time!!
One thing you didn't mention that maybe you missed.......... Go back and check the time signature on "Money" as well as the change for the guitar solo!!
Also a couple of recommendations, check out the "Pulse" concert from Earls court in '94, as well as the episode of tv show, classic albums featuring this album!! Well worth a watch!!
Another excellent response Crystal! Once again I poured a drink and settled in to watch it. Money, though not Pink Floyd's original version, was used in the 2003 film The Italian Job. A group called Reloaded, made up of former Guns N' Roses members with Scott Weiland from The Stone Temple Pilots as lead singer, recorded it for the film (They later changed their name to Velvet Revolver).
Also, as you actually mentioned Tarantino, In Quentin Tarantino's 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, Money was going to be used in a specific opening sequence. But in the end he went with "Little Green Bag" by the George Baker Selection, as that song gave him an extreme sense of nostalgia. So it was nearly in a Tarantino movie!
Dark Side Of The Moon is certainly one of my all time fave albums. It's amazing to put headphones on, sit back and let it take you away.
I look forward to your next videos, you are so good at describing your feelings and experience. I really wish I was half as expressive as you! Thanks for the 35 mins of enjoyment.
Oh yeah. This'll be a good one. Lovely to see you again!
"Time" is the most important song you will ever hear.
Money is one ofvthe few top 40 hits in 7/8 time. The sounds at the beginning were all old cash register sounds.
I knew The Great Gig in the Sky would floor you.
Each side of the album flows completely together. Wish You Were Here repeats this.
This album is best heard in one uninterrupted sitting with very good headphones, especially On the Run and Time.
This is a concept album about life, death and mental illness.
The spoken bits were interview answers by a few people at Abbey Road Studio at the time. The best stuff is by the janitor. Paul and Linda McCartney make a brief appearance.
You're in the groove, girl. God bless you for your feels for the music and for sharing your mad musical knowledge with us.
only god stayed out of it since he would have never allowed this. unless we're all infidels! but we will all repent in the final hour right? so it'll be ok.
My playlist is Pink Floyd's "Echoes"... that's it, that one song is the whole playlist.
Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou that was such a great reaction.
In "Time" I love the guitar solo starts off "young & bright" and then gets "old & melancholic" before finally ending with a repris of Breathe (in the air).
The Great Gig in the Sky has the spoken stuff at the start but also towards the end, if you listen really carefully a voice says "if you can hear this whisper you are dying".
BTW The recording of the voice at the end originally went on to say "...... the only thing that makes it light is the sun" but this was chopped off for the album release.
Oooh!! I'm freaking hyped! I'll have to come back when I can sit with a few 🍻!
I was so looking forward to this. The musicianship throughout is other worldly. You always seem to feel the music with your soul; I guess that's what makes your reactions so genuine and enjoyable. Thanks for doing what you do, Crystal. Looking forward to the next one.👍👍
The song 'Money' was used in the remake of the movie 'The Italian Job.' Its a movie about a bank robbery.
Your reactions are so refreshing! I thoroughly enjoy listening to your thoughts about the little moments throughout the album.
I also envy you for being able to listen to all these tremendous albums for the first time with the level of music comprehension you have. I was in high school maybe 17 or so years ago when I first got into Pink Floyd, and I knew next to nothing about music theory. I appreciate their music and songwriting more than any other artist out there, but I wish I could've felt what you're feeling in these videos. Thanks for sharing this musical journey with everyone!
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With Great Gig in the Sky, we can remember what an incredibly tasteful pianist the late Richard Wright was. Combining the beautiful, gentle piano with the heavy organ was absolutely gorgeous. While he was best known for his soundscapes and powerful organ, his gentle touch on the piano was so masterful.
The heart beat at the start and the end is coherent with the original album artwork as an electro-cardiogram (ECG) on the rainbow. On the cover you see the white light being split into colours of the rainbow by the prism on the first part of the cover, then you open the album and see the rainbow across the centre fold with all the words to the songs and the ECG heart beat picked out (I think) in the yellow, so the yellow band shows the heart beat, then the rainbow disappears over to the reverse side of the album where another prism joins all the colours together again into one white band of light
You have to have the whole vinyl album in your hands to see the story the album tells told visually in light. You get one white ray of light, split into all the colours of a rainbow by the prism, which then has a heartbeat on it, like the heartbeat at the start and the end, and then finally merges back into one white ray of light. Just like the album starts in silence with a heartbeat and ends in silence with a heartbeat.
I remember opening the album for the first time.
Some stories begin with such simplicity, but portend so much of what is to follow that you are drawn in by the first sentence. "'Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." or another great starting sentence, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" or more recently, and not quite up there with the greats "My name is Amy Pond. When I was seven I had an imaginary friend, last night was the night before my wedding. And my imaginary friend came back" ( if you're into time travel you'll know the quote)
The cover of Dark Side of the Moon is like that. So simple, but expands into so much.
That is why it's so iconic.
You are so incredibly knowledgeable. Wherever you obtained your musical training was very good. Man, you are soooo good. I have listened to this music for decades and I am learning things about it I seemed to have passed over or failed to recognize in it. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!
We were so spoiled by the avalanche of great artists and albums from the sixties and seventies.
I wish you would react to the album Meddle by Pink Floyd. I think you would really enjoy the songs Pillow of Winds and Fearless. It also has the 23 minute long track Echoes which covers the whole of side 2. One day maybe.
I really like your words...”I don’t know how to feel right now”. I said the same thing after seeing Pulp Fiction opening night in the theatre. That movie and this album just create a whole new world to explore that we didn’t know existed. And since you asked my current playlist is Alexandra Savior Belladonna of Sadness. It’s brilliant.
After 49 years this album still sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday. One of the top 3 albums of all time. Timeless.
If this album came out today, they’d waive the waiting period for the Hall of Fame and put Pink Floyd in.
On the original vinyl there's no gap between the songs. That's why it shifts smoothly between the tracks, one leads into the other to make a complete musical experience except for the point where you have to get up to turn the record over between Great Gig in the Sky and Money.
I have lived with this album for over 40 years always loved it. You young lady are teaching me to listen to it with different ears. THANK YOU!!!! I may be old but my ears are young.
OUCH. You've sliced my favorite album in 4-second blips
She has no choice due to the copyright dragon 🐲
@@LonesomeTwin
Either they flag for copyright if you use any of the song at all or flag if you go longer than a minute or so. Yes, you need to put 2 or 3 breaks in a song to avoid trouble but you can still leave individual musical phrases intact. A break every minute or so would more than satisfy fair use and still leave a nice amount of melodic flow.
Watch a few reaction videos. There's an acceptable standard that RUclips allows.
Am I saying all this because I'm a dick?
I understand that it can seem that way but the truth is this:
I'm a composer and producer myself. I watch a lot of musical reaction videos because I enjoy getting other people's takes on great productions. I believe Crystal knows what she's talking about and would find her commentary very enjoyable, probably learn some things as well.
My hope is that she'd do future videos with a bit more of the music intact and thus make her commentary much more enjoyable.
She absolutely can edit her videos however she likes, even adopt the "Keep scrolling if you don't like it" approach but this is my attempt at providing notes which could really boost her subscribers.
Either way. I've provided feedback which she can use or ignore as she pleases.
Thanks for your input.
The first rule is
When I listen to Pink Floyd I must shut the fuck up
The second rule is
Never forget the rule number one
Oh my!! The Beatles, Zep, and Floyd. You have entered the Pantheon of the musical Gods. Your life will never be the same.
I’ve heard that the vocals for the Great Gig in the Sky was done in one take. They wanted her to do it again, but she had another guess what……… Gig.
No, she says she did two and a half takes. Pink Floyd edited and mixed the best parts into the final track.
one of my favorite albums to listen to when the world seems out of joint or off kilter. absolutely stunning, I cry every time I hear it. I'd suggest Fairport Convention (liege & lief, unhalfbricking, what we did on our holidays) as a followup
. Far simpler music, just as moving, takes you on as much an otherworldly journey (this time into the past) but for some reason really undiscovered on the internet. RIP Sandy Denny, you died way before your time but your voice lives on.
I bought this album the day it came out. I was eleven years old. I went to the record department of a department store to buy their previous album, Obscured By Clouds, because I loved the song “Free Four”, which my local “album rock” station played. When I asked the clerk for the record he said, “Sorry, we’re sold out of that album. But we just got in a shipment of their new album. Do you want that?” Having come all the way to buy an album, and with five dollars of snow shoveling money burning a hole in my pocket, I said, “Fine. I guess I’ll take that instead.” When I got home and listened to it for the first time my mind was blown.
I look back and realize how fortunate I was to have been a teenager experiencing Beatles, Zep and Floyd. At the time I thought that music would keep evolving and just get better and better…
Yay!! I hope you've been well. This album is incredible and I've been listening to a lot of Pink Floyd lately. The Wall is also amazing! 👌 Time and Brain Damage are my favourites on this one 💖
I am from the UK and whilst I know how you on the other side of the pond revere our bands. Please don't ignore the great bands you have over there. I have loved West Coast bands like The Doors, Buffalo Springfield, Its a beautiful day, Quicksilver Messenger Service, but most of all Love Forrever Changes, check it out.
The high pitched sound at the very end is the Beatles "Ticket To Ride' which happened to be playing in the background at the studio as the voice "there is no dark side...." was being recorded. Good ear!
When I was young I was really high at Walmart and picked up this cd for 10$, I didn’t know anything about them I just remembered seeing that prism before. The next day I went out and bought every single cd. It really was a blast discovering all their work and the history behind the band.
Greatest Album of All Time. It was in the top ten for 13 YEARS!
nope. top 200 for 14+
You need to check out “Echoes” now. 25 minutes of Pink Floyd at maybe their best.
IIRC that song is on Meddle, and was the theme music for an ice dancer in the Olympics sometime around 1980. I remember quite clearly watching it on tv but now it's impossible to recall the exact details.
The high pitch sound at the end of Eclipse might have been the orchestra recording of Ticket to Ride from the Beatles that managed to sneak into the recording! There’s videos on RUclips that show it more clearly as well. Really cool!
Ok, my playlist is a new Beatles album in 1970 if they had never broken up. The name of the album is “Early 1970” and here is the track listing:
Side 1
1. Remember (John)
2. Maybe I’m Amazed (Paul)
3. Isolation (John)
Numero quatro. Isn’t It A Pity (George)
5. It Don’t Come Easy (Ringo)
6. Every Night (Paul)
7. All Things Must Pass )George)
Side 2
1. Early 1970 (Ringo)
2. Look At Me (John)
3. Teddy Boy (Paul)
Numero quatro. Apple Scruffs (George)
5. Junk (Paul)
6. What Is Life (George)
7. Instant Karma (John)
I would also include George's then-new "I Me Mine", which had three of the Fab Four on it (Lennon later said that he would have participated if he had known about the session). But I do see that you are choosing early-solo material (although some of it was written while the band was still officially together).
The woman whom they got to sing that wild soprano actually did it in one take. She literally said "Okay, just kidding, what did you guys really want?" And all the band memeber were dumbfounded and said that said sang perfectly.
Wow!! That’s crazy!
Good to see you back Crystal, masterpiece of an album 🔥🔥✌️❤️
Rubber Soul is my #1 favorite Beatles album an happened to be a road trip pick that changed the entire tone of the trip (nicely of course). Dark Side is not music it is a work of art not to be too pretentious. It happens to have amazing music involved. If you want really run with your full on Dark Side Experience lookup and try for yourself "Dark Side of Oz" - debated the validity but visually at least for the first run through it is amazing. Start at the 3rd MGM Lion's Roar and be amazed at synchronicity in our Universe as none of it is planned.
Your reactions are so easy to watch........Love seeing your enthusiasm and musical knowledge.
I was about 14 when this album came out and of course I had to buy it. I've owned a copy, of whatever media was current at the time over the last 49 years. My preferred way of listening is the entire album with some great headphones from begining to end, a feat that's been mastered thousands of times.
Thanks for sharing your reactions, with such finely descriptive adjectives.
In order to understand these albums, you may need to listent to what were the sides of the LP from start to finish. There are no divisions between songs/tracks. Otherwise, you risk not understanding the experience of these records. And there is plenty to experience as each sequence plays through, from beginning to end.
I first heard this LP in my uncle's basement on his newly acquired quadrophonic sound system in the mid-1970s. As a kid discovering music, I had already been delving into the early 70s fusion music of Miles Davis, The Beatles, and Beethoven's string quartets... Anyhow, the eventual result for me was to join a couple of friends in trekking to Los Angeles to see and hear Pink Floyd perform The Wall in spring 1980.
It's great listening to someone who has never heard this album before. It's amazing that they never really released singles but this, wish you were here and the wall are among the greatest selling albums of all time. PS animals should be as well.
The instrumental bridge in money, when it becomes raw and bare and goes low may be my favourite piece of music of all time
Paul McCartney was invited by Pink Floyd to do one of the speaking parts that are sort of stuck in the background of some tracks. Ultimately they had to cut his part out. I think it was David Gilmore who said Paul's piece sounded too rehearsed and unnatural.
Another "concept" album I think about when I think of Dark Side is by another English group called XTC.
They are classically trained multi instrumentalists who write brilliant lyrics. The album is called Skylarking and I PROMISE you will enjoy it. The songs start off abou youth, then growing up, marriage, infidelity and old age.
I couldn't find a link with lyrics but here is a link
ruclips.net/p/PLhvmt_h1lLY1JMkF-NItMNdbt7Bk_F6O4
XTC is great.
My favorite album of all time!
Hoping RUclips's software is OK with this version!!! By the way, have you heard of the concept of playing this album while watching The Wizard of Oz?
Wow. Where did the time go? It seems like yesterday. This is one of those albums you have to listen to with earbuds or headphones. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
I know! I feel like I just finished editing and posting this one especially! And yes 💙💙 so true!
@@CrystalShannon4 The older you get, the faster time flies. When you’re younger it seems to take an eternity especially when you’re in school. Then you get older and feel like a year ago was just a few months ago.
I am so jealous. I would love to listen to this for the first time again. If you turn it up right at the end you will hear a slight Day Tripper riff.
Ticket To Ride - performed by George Martin's Orchestra
Bravo for this detailed musical analysis, now here is the quick analysis of the titles:
The main theme of this album revolves around: “WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE CRAZY”.
(BREATHE); If the performance required in life can drive people crazy.
(ON THE RUN); If the frantic rush of life can drive people crazy.
(TIME); If the fleeting aspect of passing time can drive people crazy.
(THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY); If the thought of the inevitable end (death), can drive people crazy.
(MONEY); If love, or lack of money can drive people crazy.
(US AND THEM); If the abusive hierarchy between color, power or wealth between US AND THEM can drive people crazy.
(ANY COLOR YOU LIKE); If the illusion of being able to choose can drive people crazy.
(BRAIN DAMAGE); If the many rules of life (keep off the grass), or the fear of losing your mind can drive people crazy.
(ECLIPSE); Since our influence in this world comes down to what is within our reach, "All that you touch, see, taste, love, do, say, etc"
then even though the brightness of the sun may be eclipsed by the darkness of the moon.
But anyway, “There is no dark side of the moon really, matter of fact it’s all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the sun”.
Crystal, you're brimming with grace: never once have you panned a song.
The greatest album of all time, I just recommend listening to it nonstop, in the dark, great album to go to sleep to. Also Time might be the best Number 4 ever
With headphones on.
No it isn't
Founding member Syd Barrett had left the group in 1968 due to mental health issues, although he would drop by from time to time. His problems were a theme in this album and its successor, Wish You Were Here. Syd died in 2006.
You absolutely need headphones for pink floyd. Trust me.
Love the reaction. Happy to see younger folks still finding the beauty in Pink Floyd and older music. Protect this one at all costs guys. Never change.
Love the Tarantino reference and I often think about songs that would fit perfectly in a particular scene. I was just watching The Hateful Eight a few days back and he used “Apple Blossom” by The White Stripes. My god does that guy have great taste in music and always knows the tunes that fit the vibe of his films. Great reaction/review btw :) !
Cameron Crowe is the best at putting music into his movies. THE best.
The Great Gig in the Sky is the confrontation with death...initially fighting back refusing to accept, then acceptance with occasional outbursts of denial then slow giving into it and then fading away to the Great gig in the sky (death)
This album is timeless. The music sounds as fresh today as it did when it first came out (yep, I've been around that long).
Darn! I didn't get a notification for this. Just happened across it and of course you are,as always, spot on. For an equally satisfying yet total change of pace listen, I would humbly recommend the album "Aja" by Steely Dan. You are truly a marvel Chrystal. Thank You so much! PS- they are all correct about the headphones. You will hear everything they intended you should hear if you are wearing headphones. 8)
The illusions you describe hearing in “On the Run” are important in the world of audiology and are called “Shepard-Risett” tones. Both did work showing that a loop of superimposed waves can be made to appear to rise or fall in pitch forever. Risett’s variation showed the same effect with rhythm/tempo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone
Pink Floyd never leaves the playlist once it arrives.
That Clare Torry interjection into Dark Side of The Moon with "Great Gig In The Sky" was surprisingly so great to add to let our minds let loose of what tracks we just heard. I had previously listened to Manford Mann's "Angels In The Sky" that seemed also part of this album at that next track position of Dark Side of The Moon. Then switch back to Pink Floyd with "David Gilmore Money" and then switch further to the rest of The Dark Side of The Moon. The flow was not Pink Floyd optimum until 1976 when Pink Floyd had to reflect are they great in 1960s jazz or are they modern heavy metal rock able to compete with heavy metal rock bands coming with their late 1970s new take to distance from 1960s nice easy melodic jazz but not hard rock Roger Waters was about to take Pink Floyd 1977-79 on in "Animals" version taking over their 1974-76 attempts; and then, The Wall in 1979 where heavy metal "darkness terror (Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin)" vocals follow the heavy metal drums, guitar, and synthesizer instrumental assistance.
29:27 in case you didn't notice, they quoted Breathe with that chord progression, right at the end of Any Colour You Like.
you are damn right, ty