History has judged this album as one of the great artistic achievements of rock and roll. Glad you took the time to experience it the right way, as a complete album, a whole work of art.
You've been smiling for 56 minutes. This album was released on my 15th birthday, March 1 1973 and stayed on the billboard chart for a record 962 weeks and 14 x platinum. Those of us who were around from the beginning have been smiling for nearly 50 years.
This. While the album makes for an incredible journey the first time you listen to it, it has an incredible repeatable quality. I get chills, every single time, it doesn't matter if it's the 100th time I listen to the full album. It never ends.
I was 14 laying on my friends floor with the speakers on each side of my head in absolute awe of the creative genius that is Pink Floyd. Your reaction brings that memory back.
I'm 72 years old and I teared up watching your reaction to this. You mentioned a couple of times how great it must have been live and another commenter has recommended the 'Pulse' video of their 1994 performances at London's Earls Court arena ... that is my personal favourite also, but FOR GOD'S SAKE treat yourself to some decent over-ears headphones or, even better, a set of BIG floor speakers! The light show which accompanied 'Pulse' was the first time I had ever seen laser beams and HD image projectors used on stage and I was studying lighting design at the time ... it had a profound effect which I still remember, so it's not only the music ... Pink Floyd were also pioneers in large scale arena shows. You remarked about the female singer on 'Great Gig in the Sky', Clare Torrey. She was a London-based freelance vocalist called in for an hour's work at the Abbey Road studio where PF were putting the finishing touches to DSOTM. They were stuck for ideas about what to do with this track and decided some kind of vocals were required, but had nothing written. They didn't know Clare but the studio producer, Alan Parsons, did and said she was good at improvising. When she arrived, they played her the backing track and asked her to go into the sound booth and do ... 'something'. She did a few takes and what you hear on the album is an edited compilation of the 'best' bits. She was paid 30 pounds for her trouble and a taxi home! The saxophonist you admired on this recording was Richard 'Dick' Parry. In jazz, the sax is said to be the wind instrument with an emotional quality closest to the human voice. R (Australia)
And they form the greatest conclusion of any album I have ever heard. The way Dark Side is constructed, it's like a jewel. Each seemingly random snippet of people talking adds to the whole.
The band is named as a tribute to two old black rhythm & blues musicians from North Carolina, USA, PINK Anderson and FLOYD Council. They are beyond a doubt the cerebral band of rock!
So refreshing to see a younger person being blown away by this piece of art and history from nearly 50 years ago. The heartbeat at the start and end means the album loops back round and starts again . Quite fitting as this album is eternal and will be played forever
Paul Doc Music.....the "loop" you are referring to is the birth and death of a person! A mother's childbirth pains and child's first breath....and the grown baby's final steps in life, and his final heartbeat! The album is a journey thru life of a person! Oh, "Great gig in the sky" is the lamenting of the person of his mother, who is now gone up to heaven (in the sky) .
As someone who's been a PF fan since the 70's, I really love seeing someone discover this amazing music for the first time. 50 years after the fact, I still find time to listen to some PF every week, and I still respond to it the way you are for the very first time. If you want to see the band in all their glory live, with the most amazing light show you'll ever see, try the PULSE concert. It's rapturous, and jaw-dropping. The 2nd half of the concert is The Dark Side of the Moon complete. Thanks for posting your reactions!
I'm lucky to have seen them live multiple times in 1988 1990 and 1994. Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Werchter. That did kind of spoil all of the many concerts I've been to since... but it was worth it!
turn out the lights nice tv and sound system the pulse concert is excellent. just wish id had the chance to see them live, closest i got was seeing Roger waters preform the wall @ wembley London few years back which was awsome!!
Pink Floyd translates through all generations and will be heard many centuries in the Future. A forever masterpiece, do the next album, Wish You Were Here like this, more thrills heading your way. 🎵
Alan Parsons who produced this album added so much to it's success. His albums with The Alan Parsons Project are well worth checking out also. I love your expressions in these videos, you really enjoy what you hear and get lost in the music. 🙂
Exactly 50 years ago today I heard Dark Side of the Moon for the first time. I went to the Manchester Free Trade Hall where the band were playing. They opened with Dark Side, with quadraphonic speakers around the room. No one had any idea what they were playing because the album was still more than a year away. I was probably a bit younger than you. It changed my life and here I am 50 years absolutely thrilled to see you enjoying it the way I did when i first heard it. The day the album came out I went to my local record shop and waited for them to open the box after they loaded it off the truck. I then listened to the whole album probably 20 times in the next week. On headphones (a luxury back then.) If you want to hear what I heard look for Pink Floyd Manchester Free Trade Hall 1972 here on RUclips. It was a work in progress, they hadn't come close to finishing recording it at that time. Now you've heard one of the best albums of all time, join me down the rabbit hole. You'll never get over this record. In 50 years maybe you'll be telling some youngster when you first heard it.
@@DaneJacobsonMD I really never got over it. If you listen to the bootleg here on RUclips for almost the entire show you could hear a pin drop. Everyone was just slack-jawed. I had an old black and white Polaroid camera which I took with me. I got several very good pictures of the back of the head of the guy in front of me! I was on the floor maybe 15 rows from the front directly in front of Rick Wright. When they did Echoes I couldn't figure out where the pinging was coming from. My brother was sitting up in the balcony and was able to see down onto the keyboards so he knew what Wright was doing. But he couldn't see Gilmour because he was directly above him. I could see Gilmour doing the seagulls on the guitar in the middle section. I remember on the way home we were arguing about how they were doing these things. He didn't believe me when I said the seagulls were guitar and I didn't believe him when he said the pinging was piano! Such were the times. It was easy to be dazzled by their creativity. Never thought I'd still be listening to it 50 years later! The young lady who is running this channel has put many a smile on my face. Brilliant to see a young soul "getting it" like we did back then.
This was definitely the best reaction to the full album I've seen. You have the requisite intelligence, musical ear and pathos to really grasp this. Impressed..I know you are gonna play this over and over for the next 40 yrs.,just like i still do
Bands are happy to get a album on the charts. Bands Are even happier to have that album to stay on the charts for a month or two. Dark Side of the Moon stayed on the charts for 736 weeks. That 14 years.
I can never hear this album for "the first time" ever again, that was way back in 1973, but the next best thing was watching you react while hearing Dark Side Of The Moon for the first time. Thanks for the memories!
My first time for the full album was an 8-track :). Hearing a mastered album on a top sound system was a new mind opening experience. Fortunately my systems have been good enough to enjoy it for decades since.
What an absolute MASTERPIECE of an album. Such a talented and brilliant group of musicians and songwriters. Pink Floyd’s attention to detail was extraordinary. We are only a few months away from the 50th anniversary of the release of this album.
It's difficult to imagine how completely unique and groundbreaking this album was at the time. It has been nearly 50 years since the album has been release, and 50 years of music that has been influenced by this album. The sounds have been permeated and reverberated through so much music since then, and yet it still sounds fresh to this day.. Watching you enjoy this album has been truly enjoyable. I hope you smoked plenty of weed for this.
Welcome to the machine (toward the end)- he dreamed of being a big star, he played a mean guitar…he drove his Jaguar to his concert and all the people were there were talking and laughing, making noises. He was a part of this music organization “machine” that told him what to do and what to dream.
You have a great attitude and it's nice to see you appreciating this music so much. I'd like to recommend the follow up to this album like others have, Wish You Were Here. In my mind a worthy and equal accompaniment to Dark Side. The entire album is a tribute to their former singer and guitarist Syd Barrett, who was removed from the band due to his deteriorating mental state, made worse by his rampant psychedelic drug use. A very sad story, and one that was revisited several times, most notably in their album and movie The Wall. Knowing the stories behind Wish You Were Here make the album very impactful. The lyrics to Shine On You Crazy Diamond are especially sad, and quite literal. Roger and Syd were childhood friends, and the band loved him dearly. "Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun Shine on you crazy diamond Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky Shine on you crazy diamond" But in the end they seem to have given up on him, and frustrated by his erratic behaviour, simply didn't pick him up for a show one night, and that was it. He was out. I think that they were all haunted by that callous and cold move. "Well you wore out your welcome with random precision" "Come on you target for faraway laughter Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine" While recording the album an overweight and bald man wandered into the studio. No one knew who he was, or why he had no eyebrows. After a long time they realized it was Syd. They spoke with him a short time, trying to connect, but it was hopeless. Members of the band were shook, and in tears seeing the state of him. He never recovered, and died in 2006. It's not just a good album due to the heavy topic, the music is some of their best. Shine On is a masterpiece. If you choose to not do the album, I'd at least recommend the song from their Pulse show.
@@andreascala2663 I'll second that, except that I will recommend the live version from Pompeii. The recording is excellent, and the footage of the band performing adds a whole other level of value to the song. It has two parts, so check'em both out. Peace Andrea.
@@justinatest9456 of course the Pompei live version is more suggestive but as a first listen I recommend the studio version because the sound (I mean the production) is perfect.........unmatchable.
Struggling with mental illness is a recurring theme in Pink Floyd's work. I do hope Syd was able to beat the demons of schizophrenia and addiction before he died. It's amazing that Syd was only with Pink Floyd for a couple of years, but they never forgot him or his contributions. Syd's influence continued through the decades throughout the life of Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd was my first concert in 1977 the Animals tour! Cleveland Stadium 80000 fans! When you start with Pink Floyd you can only go downhill from there!
I'm am older guy and have been listening to this album since it came out and still love it, start to end. Trust me when I tell you that decades from now, you will still marvel at its perfection.
I have no idea of your plans for your life but after watching you react to Dark Side of the Moon, it’s clear to me that you have the heart and soul of an artist.
It was an absolute joy to watch you discover this album for the first time. You truly understood the musical genius of it. Check out Wish You Were Here next, please!
I cried when it came out, and I still cry when I hear it nearly fifty years later. It has withstood the test of time better than I. You are a wonderful reactor. You take the time to listen carefully, and that way you understand what you are listening to. So, bravo!
I suggest you listen to their follow-up next - Wish You Were Here - it's almost as celebrated as Dark Side Of The Moon, and, somewhat unbelievably, almost as good.
I’ve listened to this album hundreds of times, beginning on the day it released almost 50 years ago. Nothing can ever take its place in my life and in my heart. Seeing your delight in hearing it for the first time touches me deeply. Thanks for listening all the way through as the band intended. Wonderful reaction, thanks so much. Do be sure to check out the 1994 live Pulse concert. One of the best if not the very best rock concert ever staged, including the entire DTOTM album performed live - and some of David Gilmour’s best guitar work ever!
Yes, it is incredibly well engineered. That is one part of why it is so good. It has such clarity and crispness, huge stereo separation and imaging, very high dynamic range, etc. And yes, the heartbeat travels round and round - on the album cover too. Do watch the live videos of each song I posted on the side 1 comments to get a full picture of the genius of the band. (unfortunately only 3 of the original 4 members are in the live version, as the lyricist and bass player, Roger Waters split from the group by that time) And watch the documentary with interviews of all the band and the photographer who designed the album cover.... Yes it's a saxophone. And in the live concert videos I posted on side 1, it is the same person as on the album playing the sax. And no it was not 4 or 5 different guitars playing, it was David Gilmour, playing on different tracks then mixed together. But live they can replicate the sound with only one extra guitar player. And no it was not reggae in Money. It was a blues/jazz inspired riff, but in an odd time signature - 7/8 time with lots of syncopation, and the drums use triplets extensively throughout the album. And those sounds you could not identify are an analogue synthesizer.... And they can replicate the chorus with only 3 backup singers on stage, live.
I loved your reaction to this album. I can say personally for me, there is nothing Pink Floyd has produced that isn’t great and unprecedented! The arrangement of sounds, the stories and messages are all epic. I’m glad you played the entire album through. Next one should be “Wish You We’re Here”. I am glad I joined your channel. You are thoroughly enjoying your musical journey and I’m glad we all can be a part in it watching the joy you get from such great music! CC
I was lucky enough to be able to see Pink Floyd live at Earl Court London on their Division Bell tour. I was lucky enough to witness Pink Floyd play the entire album of The Dark Side of the Moon as the second set of the night. I was totally blown away, the slow realisation that they were actually going to play the whole album live was exhilarating. It was totally unannounced and was a complete surprise for everyone in the audience that night. do you want to know the good part VERDY channel...? you too can also watch the full concert too as Pink Floyd filmed the gig that night and made a live dvd called Pulse.
I'm glad to see you react to the whole album which is the way it was meant to be enjoyed that's the way we all listened to it when it first came out we would pass the pipe around sitting in the middle of the floor pass the pipe and turn it up loud and just listen this was in the early 70s while in the Air Force there was nine of us who lived together off base and some of the guys had been to Thailand and brought back some of the best stereo equipment made at the time so it sounded great glad to see you enjoying it great reaction
I'm in my 60s and I love this reactions. Here are a few other "perfect" classic Rock albums for you... Abbey Road (Beatles) Boston (Boston) Rumors ( Fleetwood Mac) Led Zeppelin III ( Led Zeppelin) Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones) Back In Black (AC/DC) Eagles Greatest Hits ( Eagles) enjoy!
For a reaction album, she would need not to have heard it before. I am sure she has heard The Beatles. Certainly? (Riiiight?) She is also covering entire albums. Think of good, cohesive albums. She covered Led Zeppelin I and loved it-again the entire album was great. What about David Bowie? Ziggy Stardust, perhaps? Changes? (My favorite it “Outside” but that is me.) We need to think of albums in their entirety.
@@NicoleTedesco If she hasn't heard DSOTM until now, it's just as likely she may not have heard my recommendations. That said, maybe expand your repertoire. I recommend starting with these three > Brubeck's Time Out. Jarre's Oxygene and Fiedler's Christmas Pops. Maybe you won't like them but at least you can honestly say you tried.
Your thoughts on this album are spot on, your love of the voices guitars Sax vocal harmonies bass, are exactly what a fell in love with when I was 15 in 1975 hearing the album for the first time So nice to see young people enjoying this music that is nearly 50 years old, but still sounds fresh and exciting as it was for me and millions of other people with good music DNA, young lady you know epic music when you hear it for the first time, it never leave's your soul, please carry on there is so much fantastic music out there to explore.
I got this album for Christmas in 1973, I was 14. I’ve listened to it probably more than a thousand times since then, I know every note and every lyric and I still get chills and tears every time I hear it. The lyrics speak to me more and more the older I get and for me every track is better than the preceding one. It spent 930 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart and so far has sold 45 million copies. It was great knowing what was coming when you didn’t and I really enjoyed your reaction. You really ‘got’ it.
That sick beat as you say with the cash registers was made by hand by Rodger Waters. He went out into his shed and recorded the sounds on tape and spliced it into a loop. And this was in the days of analog. No computers involved. In the studio, they had to feed the loop into the tape player around a mike stand. And all the people that you hear talking in the background are workers at the studio. Rodger went around with a bunch of cards with questions on them and started interviewing people at the studio.
it was wonderful to spend nearly an hour with you experiencing this album for the first time. it has so much "ear candy" that it is hard to concentrate on the lyrics on your first listen. i would suggest listening again on your own while reading along with the lyrics to get the full impact of this masterpiece. it says so much about who we are and what we are doing here. thank you for a fantastic reaction.
I bet I’ve watched 25 different people react to this album. This was, by far, the most honest, genuine and entertaining of all of them. The look on your face reminds me of the same way I felt when this album was first released. Great job!
You did an excellent job reacting to Pink Floyd's "Dark side of the Moon." I agree with all my fellow viewers, this is how you listen to Pink Floyd, in it's entirety. It's pleasing to see that you and your generation will carry the tradition of Floyd into the future. Well done. 🎶🎵
It was so lovely watching you listening to this! I remember my first time and it changed me for life ❤ Can I suggest that you listen to 'Wish You Were Here'? Another very emotional album by Pink Floyd.
Love your reaction, especially to The Great Gig in the Sky. Listen a bit further to the very end. It's where you find out the "riddle" to the dark side of the moon. 😉
Thank you for the best reaction I've seen in a long time. That 56 minute long smile was so genuine and tells it all. Many reactors want to talk more than listen. This album is the GOAT!
Please watch the Pulse concert on RUclips. They play the entire Dark Side of the Moon album as well as other great songs. One of the best live performances ever.
@@dajuice4200 I had a spare ticket, I got four but one of my friends dropped out. I sold it to a tout on the street and an American lady must've bought it as she sat next to us and smoked weed throughout :)
The seamless transition between songs and heartbeat at the start and finish was very well suited to the 8-track continuous play tapes of the day. Once you put the cartridge, in it could repeat several times before you noticed. It was considered good manners to only change the cartridge during the heartbeat.
From Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It's a wise decision to listen to Pink Floyd, especially the full "Dark Side of the Moon" album. When I was a high school student, I was surprised to hear this album. And I was very disappointed to know that they had a concert in Sapporo the previous year, but in 1988 I was able to participate in live performances at the Nippon Budokan and Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, which is still a wonderful experience. I think. Finally, I should add that I am a big fan of BABYMETAL 😄
Now that you have discovered this masterpiece it can be with you throughout your life. Things like , jobs , places you live, friends etc will change , problems will arise, but you can always listen to this again and it seems to ground you . At least thats what I find , after being a regular listener since the day it came out. Enjoy for years to come
Ich bin nun 60 Jahre alt und bin mit diesen Alben von Pink Floyd aufgewachsen. Meine vier Kinder sind durch mich mit dieser Musik auch in Berührung gekommen und es macht mich glücklich, dass sie diese Musik auch hören und lieben. Es ist auch eine Wonne, Sie beim ewigen Lächeln, Glücklich sein, den Körper wiegend, Augen schließend die Musik genießend, ein unvermeidbares "Stöhnen" oder überraschtes Üh, Uh, Ouh, durch die Klänge der harmonierenden Instrumente und Gesänge bei den diversen Passagen der Lieder beobachten und hören zu dürfen und können. Herzlichen Dank für das Teilen Ihrer erfrischenden und wertschätzenden Reaktion. Grüße aus Deutschland
Loved your reaction Verdy. "Wish you were here" is also an undeniable masterpiece. As well as all Floyd's other works. I would like to see your take on these also.
What can one say? Pop/rockmusic reached its pinnacle on 1st March 1973 when this album was released. Ofcourse: there have been great songs and albums before Dark Side Of The Moon and many great ones after. But this really is the one that tops them all. In every way possible. Even 49 (!) years after its release, there is not a note or a word that feels dated or out of time. The prove is given by the expressions of this young woman during this reaction. Many of us have had the same experience and it doesn't matter if it was in 1973, 1978 (when I first heard this record as a whole), 1991 or today in 2022. Hell, they'll probably feel the same way in another 49 years from now.
"Us and Them" to the end is one of the greatest climaxes in western art history. It's right up there with Beethoven's 9th (obviously not in compositional complexity, but in terms of emotional impact, it's on that level).
Your comments on the mixing makes me give a shout out to the great Alan Parsons, the engineer for this album and a great artist in his own right. I love this album. For more mind blowing music I would suggest Emerson, Lake andPalmer, my personal all time favorite 70s band.
Since I was 14 years old start to listen to Pink Floyd and first time fall in love with the music and was part of my life every single day . Now I'm 58 years old and still enjoy the music and have the same felling .
Love the reaction to Money, especially when the sax solo ends and the tempo changes when it transitions to the guitar solo. And you're right about the sax on Us and Them, it brings it all together. You are one of the few reactors that mention harmonies which pleases me to no end because I think the vocal performances are so underrated if you exclude Great Gig in the Sky. As for other Pink Floyd albums, the other commentators will have great suggestions but you can easily say anything that came after Dark Side is worth a listen.
...And those who came before: Echoes, Atom Heart Mother, Obscured by clouds, -or why not "Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict" from Ummagumma (1969)?
The saxophones on this album & Wish You Were Here are played by Dick Parry, an acquaintance of David Gimour's and Cambridge jazz scene days. Dick guested on Pink Floyd concerts and can be seen on video on RUclips
I'm sitting here in tears watching you absorb the greatness of this album. I've listened to this hundreds of times throughout my life and still it brings me to tears.
There was so many great artists and bands back then like Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Creedance Clearwater Revival, AC DC, Bad Company, Uriah Heep, Hot Tuna, Grand Funk Railroad, Santana, Ten Years After, Doobie Brothers, Yes, Jimmie Hendrix, Cream and so many more so your just getting started
I LOVED how many times you closed your eyes and really embraced the music to your soul. The words of the songs will take you traveling in your head if you will allow them to take you away.
Some brief notes. Hope they help: The 'Money' intro sets a rhythmic cash register against a bass riff in 7/4, very innovative for the time. It was no problem for Waters or the guest saxophonist Dick Parry, but Gilmour was not comfortable with it and the time signature shifts to 4/4 for his multi-layered solo. Both solos are killer. Btw, the saxophone is not in the woodwind family like the clarinet but a reed instrument. 'Us and Them' is a fine example of how the band creates space within a song using the echo effect. In fact at times they use total silence as a dramatic device, illustrating their complete mastery of sound dynamics (not here though). We get another short but exquisite Parry solo, and Waters' lyrics and vocals are especially well crafted. Obviously English is not your first language but I'm sure you will appreciate the artistry involved in that aspect as time goes on. Richard Wright's subtle, ethereal keyboard work and chording is exemplary throughout, but he works in some almost 'funky' organ sounds in 'Any colour you like'. In their earlier recordings he was the main soloist, with Gilmour, who was always the strongest vocalist, emerging to dominate their sound later. In the final two tracks Waters' meticulously prepared dialogue tapes are used to raise issues of madness and death, adding considerable depth to the project as a whole. One of the participants points out there is no actual 'dark' side and the whole moon receives the same amount of light as the side always facing us. It's clear you have no technical knowledge of music. Well, same here. But just as you do, I like to try and understand what I'm hearing and why I like it. I hope I'm not boring you. I'd like to end by pointing you to my two favourite live concerts of theirs. First, their 1988 'Delicate Sound of Thunder' concert tour, which I think is musically better than their comprehensive 'swan song' 'Pulse' and they're about 15 years younger. Secondly, Roger Waters' 2000 'In the Flesh' concert tour, in which he demonstrates what a formidable force he was in the Floyd's music, using two fine guitarists to replace the Gilmour sound (Snowy White and Doyle Broomhall III). Both entire concerts are available here on YT and not to to be missed. Others may disagree, but they're my top picks for getting into the world of Pink Floyd. Your enthusiasm is infectious and I wish you all the best on your future musical adventures, wherever they may lead, and I hope you enjoy a long life of pleasure from your discoveries, just as I have done.
I got lucky enough to see them at Wembley on that 88 tour but the luckiest I got was to be taken to Knebworth Festival in 75, just a few days before my 14th birthday, to see them perform a 2 hour and more set which included the whole of Dark Side and had an encore of Echoes. I was a bit too young to really appreciate them then, though.
Agreeing with your assessment of Delicate Sound of Thunder as a musically better performance than Pulse (which is still very good, and has better stage production, imho). Not trying to start a fight, but I think DSoT is tighter all around. Though the show is not to my taste, I respect your opinions on Roger Waters' performance.
Thank you for allowing me to watch your reaction to an album I've enjoyed for almost half a century. To see someone so young (I'm 77) get caught up in the music as you were was a privilege.
First I must comment on how beautiful I think you are! Second, I really enjoyed watching your reaction and listening to the album as a whole! Which is the way it should be experienced. Most people just react to a song at a time and that ruins the experience. I look forward to seeing more Pink Floyd videos from you!
I can tell you enjoy it.. and i can tell from experience it's amazing to see it live.. alas Pink Floyd had been broken up by then but Roger Waters playing the entire Dark side of the Moon album live outside under an actual full moon was epic. His trick on replacing a top guitarist like Gilmour...get 3 awesome guitarists to replace the one. Glad you're enjoying it so much. Great to see the video. Of course you'll enjoy their other albums as well. The wall (live - 'is there anybody out there') is a must imho.
Welcome to my generation. We hung out in the woods, smoked weed, drank beer, smoked cigarettes. laughed and loved near the fire. We had such a good time in the 70's. Of course, Darkside of the Moon was on, too. One of the best, or perhaps the best, albums ever recorded. The Wall is amazing, too.
Your love for the music shines through on your face! I found myself making the same faces as you and I've heard this album 100's of times! Very genuine reaction! RUclips is going to love you. I would suggest Floyd's Wish you were here next.
I love Pink Floyd. Dark Side Of The Moon was chosen by the Smithsonian Museum to be preserved for future Generations. The Album will always be around and available on any and all future Music Download/Streaming technologies. Dark Side is arguably the most complete Album ever made, perfect in it's conceptual design and Lyrical genius and is executed to musical perfection by Pink Floyd who created a sublime mastetpiece that is just as relevant today as it was upon original release. The Heartbeat at the beginning and end of the Album signify the circle of life, the Music therein is the humdrum existence and hardships life has on offer for our mortal souls. A perfect Album indeed, possibly the greatest Album ever made....yet it may not even be Pink Floyd's finest Album. That's testament to just how masterful Pink Floyd were at crafting the 'Album', and in the process would come to define the 'Concept Album' of which Dark Side is hailed by many as the finest and purest of all Concept Albums. The Songs articulate and create the overall theme that is enveloped by the meaning of the Album itself. The Dark Side of contemporary life. "Let me take you on a journey not only of Sight and Sound, but of Mind. - The Twilight Zone - Never has a quote fitted a Group so much like the famous one above as to that of Pink Floyd, their music takes you on a journey, the visions your mind cunjours up while listening is like an epiphany, a realisation or deeper understanding in the meaning of things. You're a changed person after really listening to their musical masterpieces. Masterful work. Loved the videos, glad you enjoyed the experience. Welcome to the Pink Floyd family 😃
I love your take on this great album, it’s been one of my all time favorites. It’s turning 50 now and I still have vinyl that I bought in 1973. Your smile gave me smile
Great to see yet another generation appreciating and enjoying and blissing out to this absolute classic album. There are some superb documentaries on the making of this album which, if you're interested in the history of music and how new sounds (early analogue synths, multi-track recording, loops, etc) get invented, are all worth watching. This is one of the best - ruclips.net/video/dj4_-kh-Kpg/видео.html . You have a wealth of Pink Floyd to explore so looking forward to more reactions over the coming years! PS You missed the last few seconds (we all have missed this the first few tmes!) where the voice (which belonged to an Irish janitor at Abbey Road studios) says "There's no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact, it's all dark." You'll hear it the next time you play this album (best with headphones, in a dark room, 45 minutes of relaxation). The lyrics of all the songs are worth reading too.
When people talk about a concept album, it means that all the songs that compose it, have a point that connects them together, like the hub of a bicycle wheel, connects all the spokes of this wheel. The central theme of this album is: “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.
Great music 🎶 Great reaction it's fun to see your reaction, the more you learn about music the more you will appreciate. Music can take you to good places, I graduated in 1972 Northern California. was lucky enough to see many Great Bands, still love to to rock out, especially with your reaction. .
I do, so love how young people get tuned into how wonderful this is. It's a beautiful thing to watch, especially how it hasn't lost its impact after so many years. It's gorgeous this album ❤❤
Of all the amazing things they do musically/ technically/ atmospherically, the Boys of Floyd could really lay down the jam when they wanted to. I actually wish they did more of that to be honest.
As a Pink Floyd fan I have to say that what you just did in listening to the whole album blew me away. It made me also re-listen to it in it's beautiful wholeness. The way you reacted to each song was a joy to watch. Good luck with your youtube channel and if I may suggest a song then it would have to be "water from a vine leaf" by William Orbit, totally nothing like this but beautiful in it's own right or "The sound of silence" A cover by disturbed. Either way, well done and I loved your honest feeling of the music.
Analog synthesizers were used extensively on this and all PF albums. These guys were so ahead of their time that now rap artists sample their music extensively. Enjoy
I gotta say this is fantastic brings back so many memories I’m an older fella and this was my music in my generation, thank you so much for bringing this onto your show. I think you pick some of the best albums that I have known. I look forward to your next video
Rock operas are a thing of the past. Writing an opera is more challenging than writing 10 individual songs because all 10 must be linked musically and with some cohesive theme. My 2 favorite rock operas are Dark Side of the Moon and Quadrophenia by the WHO, latter being a massive 4 side effort. I'd say Dark Side joins the songs musically better than lyrically whereas Quadrophenia tells a story with each song being a chapter. Both albums are masterpieces from the magnificent early 70s.
The Wall double album tells a story too, but it seems to be in a disjointed order, possibly how PTSD and jumping around memories would feel…. The movie was in a different order as well but made more sense.
Great reaction. For someone as old as I am, it is very enjoyable to see the delight on your face as you discover this album for the first time as we did 50 years ago. I think you would enjoy watching this short documentary made 30 years after the album was made. ruclips.net/video/jUBnS5G34IM/видео.html The members of the band talk about making "Dark Side" & improving the sound quality in 2003.
You really seem to enjoy this album, with that big smile, like I did when it first came out. I first heard Pink Floyd in 69. Their music is like no other band in history. Thanks for listening to the whole album!
Oh, and it is a saxophone, both tenor and alto, played by Dick Parry, a session musician who played on a number of tracks with the band, both in studio and live. Also, it is an organ (accentuated with various effects) played by the incomparable Richard Wright.
It’s such a great joy to see a younger person such as yourself enjoy the music of my time . I’m 64 now and still play lead guitar in a Led Zeppelin cover band with Gibson Les Pauls and JCM 800 Marshall full stack amps to still get that Jimmy page tone. Rock on my friend .
History has judged this album as one of the great artistic achievements of rock and roll. Glad you took the time to experience it the right way, as a complete album, a whole work of art.
I came here to say the same thing...I hope she does more Pink Floyd albums in this manner.
@@BenWillyums "M E D D L E" 🥰💖🥰
And with headphones! Though they are just ear buds. At least experiencing it the way it was supposed to be heard.
History based on sales...right !.....but Pink Floyd did much better albums, all before "The Dark Side....."
@@giuliogrifi7739 Yes Starting with "PIPER" 💙🎶🎵🎶🥰
You've been smiling for 56 minutes. This album was released on my 15th birthday, March 1 1973 and stayed on the billboard chart for a record 962 weeks and 14 x platinum. Those of us who were around from the beginning have been smiling for nearly 50 years.
This. While the album makes for an incredible journey the first time you listen to it, it has an incredible repeatable quality. I get chills, every single time, it doesn't matter if it's the 100th time I listen to the full album. It never ends.
Got to keep the loonies on the path...
And what a beautiful smile 😍
I was 14 laying on my friends floor with the speakers on each side of my head in absolute awe of the creative genius that is Pink Floyd. Your reaction brings that memory back.
I turned 15 two months later. My big brother brought the album home and I've been hooked ever since.
The joy in your face as you listened to this masterpiece was fun to watch,
was thinking the same pal, its great to see the younger generation appreciating the joys of pink floyd
Right? The smile was uncontrollable!
Troof.
Right? and not just smiling, she was jamming with it all the time, playing air guitar, bass and drums! great reaction
I'm 72 years old and I teared up watching your reaction to this. You mentioned a couple of times how great it must have been live and another commenter has recommended the 'Pulse' video of their 1994 performances at London's Earls Court arena ... that is my personal favourite also, but FOR GOD'S SAKE treat yourself to some decent over-ears headphones or, even better, a set of BIG floor speakers! The light show which accompanied 'Pulse' was the first time I had ever seen laser beams and HD image projectors used on stage and I was studying lighting design at the time ... it had a profound effect which I still remember, so it's not only the music ... Pink Floyd were also pioneers in large scale arena shows. You remarked about the female singer on 'Great Gig in the Sky', Clare Torrey. She was a London-based freelance vocalist called in for an hour's work at the Abbey Road studio where PF were putting the finishing touches to DSOTM. They were stuck for ideas about what to do with this track and decided some kind of vocals were required, but had nothing written. They didn't know Clare but the studio producer, Alan Parsons, did and said she was good at improvising. When she arrived, they played her the backing track and asked her to go into the sound booth and do ... 'something'. She did a few takes and what you hear on the album is an edited compilation of the 'best' bits. She was paid 30 pounds for her trouble and a taxi home! The saxophonist you admired on this recording was Richard 'Dick' Parry. In jazz, the sax is said to be the wind instrument with an emotional quality closest to the human voice. R (Australia)
Depuis 2006, Clare Torry touche 50 % des royalties sur la chanson en accord avec Richard Wright décédé depuis en 2008...
For me the blend of Brain Damage and Eclipse is the most beautiful piece of music ever written
Agreed
My people
And they form the greatest conclusion of any album I have ever heard. The way Dark Side is constructed, it's like a jewel. Each seemingly random snippet of people talking adds to the whole.
The band is named as a tribute to two old black rhythm & blues musicians from North Carolina, USA, PINK Anderson and FLOYD Council. They are beyond a doubt the cerebral band of rock!
Never knew that! Awesome.Thanks for sharing!
@@chickadeeacres3864 You're welcome!
So refreshing to see a younger person being blown away by this piece of art and history from nearly 50 years ago. The heartbeat at the start and end means the album loops back round and starts again . Quite fitting as this album is eternal and will be played forever
Paul Doc Music.....the "loop" you are referring to is the birth and death of a person! A mother's childbirth pains and child's first breath....and the grown baby's final steps in life, and his final heartbeat! The album is a journey thru life of a person! Oh, "Great gig in the sky" is the lamenting of the person of his mother, who is now gone up to heaven (in the sky)
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As someone who's been a PF fan since the 70's, I really love seeing someone discover this amazing music for the first time. 50 years after the fact, I still find time to listen to some PF every week, and I still respond to it the way you are for the very first time. If you want to see the band in all their glory live, with the most amazing light show you'll ever see, try the PULSE concert. It's rapturous, and jaw-dropping. The 2nd half of the concert is The Dark Side of the Moon complete. Thanks for posting your reactions!
I was there when they played all
that in Toronto!
@@NicoleTedesco I'm envious!
I'm lucky to have seen them live multiple times in 1988 1990 and 1994. Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Werchter. That did kind of spoil all of the many concerts I've been to since... but it was worth it!
turn out the lights nice tv and sound system the pulse concert is excellent. just wish id had the chance to see them live, closest i got was seeing Roger waters preform the wall @ wembley London few years back which was awsome!!
Saw PULSE - it was jaw dropping
Money … wow
my opinion, one of the greatest albums of alltime..
One of, for sure...It started me down a path of wanting to hear it's like or better, in 73 ... It's rarely eclipsed...
The greatest.
Pink Floyd translates through all generations and will be heard many centuries in the Future. A forever masterpiece, do the next album, Wish You Were Here like this, more thrills heading your way. 🎵
Don't forget animals..
Listen to 'Pulse Live' it's outstanding!!!
This was beautiful, you really got it. "We finished with the start" Perfect. This music can be with you for life, like it was for so many of us.
Alan Parsons who produced this album added so much to it's success. His albums with The Alan Parsons Project are well worth checking out also. I love your expressions in these videos, you really enjoy what you hear and get lost in the music. 🙂
Exactly 50 years ago today I heard Dark Side of the Moon for the first time. I went to the Manchester Free Trade Hall where the band were playing. They opened with Dark Side, with quadraphonic speakers around the room. No one had any idea what they were playing because the album was still more than a year away. I was probably a bit younger than you. It changed my life and here I am 50 years absolutely thrilled to see you enjoying it the way I did when i first heard it. The day the album came out I went to my local record shop and waited for them to open the box after they loaded it off the truck. I then listened to the whole album probably 20 times in the next week. On headphones (a luxury back then.) If you want to hear what I heard look for Pink Floyd Manchester Free Trade Hall 1972 here on RUclips. It was a work in progress, they hadn't come close to finishing recording it at that time. Now you've heard one of the best albums of all time, join me down the rabbit hole. You'll never get over this record. In 50 years maybe you'll be telling some youngster when you first heard it.
What an experience that must've been. I read a BBC of those early workshop shows that said "the audience left stunned."
@@DaneJacobsonMD I really never got over it. If you listen to the bootleg here on RUclips for almost the entire show you could hear a pin drop. Everyone was just slack-jawed. I had an old black and white Polaroid camera which I took with me. I got several very good pictures of the back of the head of the guy in front of me! I was on the floor maybe 15 rows from the front directly in front of Rick Wright. When they did Echoes I couldn't figure out where the pinging was coming from. My brother was sitting up in the balcony and was able to see down onto the keyboards so he knew what Wright was doing. But he couldn't see Gilmour because he was directly above him. I could see Gilmour doing the seagulls on the guitar in the middle section. I remember on the way home we were arguing about how they were doing these things. He didn't believe me when I said the seagulls were guitar and I didn't believe him when he said the pinging was piano! Such were the times. It was easy to be dazzled by their creativity. Never thought I'd still be listening to it 50 years later! The young lady who is running this channel has put many a smile on my face. Brilliant to see a young soul "getting it" like we did back then.
@@DarthVader-km6ku I would love to see those photos if you ever decide to post them!
@@myamdane6895 Long since thrown away...
This was definitely the best reaction to the full album I've seen. You have the requisite intelligence, musical ear and pathos to really grasp this. Impressed..I know you are gonna play this over and over for the next 40 yrs.,just like i still do
100% agree with Glenn, loved seeing you appreciate this. Especially Money :)
Bands are happy to get a album on the charts. Bands Are even happier to have that album to stay on the charts for a month or two. Dark Side of the Moon stayed on the charts for 736 weeks. That 14 years.
Verdi you absolutely must listen to One Slip on Delicate Sound of Thunder. Phenomenal.
I can never hear this album for "the first time" ever again, that was way back in 1973, but the next best thing was watching you react while hearing Dark Side Of The Moon for the first time. Thanks for the memories!
My first time for the full album was an 8-track :). Hearing a mastered album on a top sound system was a new mind opening experience. Fortunately my systems have been good enough to enjoy it for decades since.
Right Andy?
What an absolute MASTERPIECE of an album. Such a talented and brilliant group of musicians and songwriters. Pink Floyd’s attention to detail was extraordinary. We are only a few months away from the 50th anniversary of the release of this album.
It's difficult to imagine how completely unique and groundbreaking this album was at the time. It has been nearly 50 years since the album has been release, and 50 years of music that has been influenced by this album. The sounds have been permeated and reverberated through so much music since then, and yet it still sounds fresh to this day.. Watching you enjoy this album has been truly enjoyable. I hope you smoked plenty of weed for this.
@@65alef
I agree... I find music and life far more enjoyable without twisting reality with a bunch of drugs...
This is the album I listened to when I first smoked weed. I went to Alpha-Centaurus and back. Unforgettable!
@@65alef Not sure, when I noticed, I was there...
@@65alef well you’re missing out. At least do it once and for Pink Floyd. Live a little ;)
Welcome to the machine (toward the end)- he dreamed of being a big star, he played a mean guitar…he drove his Jaguar to his concert and all the people were there were talking and laughing, making noises. He was a part of this music organization “machine” that told him what to do and what to dream.
You have a great attitude and it's nice to see you appreciating this music so much. I'd like to recommend the follow up to this album like others have, Wish You Were Here. In my mind a worthy and equal accompaniment to Dark Side. The entire album is a tribute to their former singer and guitarist Syd Barrett, who was removed from the band due to his deteriorating mental state, made worse by his rampant psychedelic drug use. A very sad story, and one that was revisited several times, most notably in their album and movie The Wall.
Knowing the stories behind Wish You Were Here make the album very impactful. The lyrics to Shine On You Crazy Diamond are especially sad, and quite literal. Roger and Syd were childhood friends, and the band loved him dearly.
"Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun
Shine on you crazy diamond
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky
Shine on you crazy diamond"
But in the end they seem to have given up on him, and frustrated by his erratic behaviour, simply didn't pick him up for a show one night, and that was it. He was out. I think that they were all haunted by that callous and cold move.
"Well you wore out your welcome with random precision"
"Come on you target for faraway laughter
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine"
While recording the album an overweight and bald man wandered into the studio. No one knew who he was, or why he had no eyebrows. After a long time they realized it was Syd. They spoke with him a short time, trying to connect, but it was hopeless. Members of the band were shook, and in tears seeing the state of him. He never recovered, and died in 2006.
It's not just a good album due to the heavy topic, the music is some of their best. Shine On is a masterpiece. If you choose to not do the album, I'd at least recommend the song from their Pulse show.
Thank you for the info on the album
@@verdychannel11 please react to Echoes studio version also by PF..........is a suite but every second deserves to be listened to
@@andreascala2663 I'll second that, except that I will recommend the live version from Pompeii. The recording is excellent, and the footage of the band performing adds a whole other level of value to the song. It has two parts, so check'em both out. Peace Andrea.
@@justinatest9456 of course the Pompei live version is more suggestive but as a first listen I recommend the studio version because the sound (I mean the production) is perfect.........unmatchable.
Struggling with mental illness is a recurring theme in Pink Floyd's work. I do hope Syd was able to beat the demons of schizophrenia and addiction before he died. It's amazing that Syd was only with Pink Floyd for a couple of years, but they never forgot him or his contributions. Syd's influence continued through the decades throughout the life of Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd was my first concert in 1977 the Animals tour! Cleveland Stadium 80000 fans! When you start with Pink Floyd you can only go downhill from there!
I'm am older guy and have been listening to this album since it came out and still love it, start to end. Trust me when I tell you that decades from now, you will still marvel at its perfection.
I have no idea of your plans for your life but after watching you react to Dark Side of the Moon, it’s clear to me that you have the heart and soul of an artist.
It was an absolute joy to watch you discover this album for the first time. You truly understood the musical genius of it.
Check out Wish You Were Here next, please!
I cried when it came out, and I still cry when I hear it nearly fifty years later. It has withstood the test of time better than I. You are a wonderful reactor. You take the time to listen carefully, and that way you understand what you are listening to. So, bravo!
I suggest you listen to their follow-up next - Wish You Were Here - it's almost as celebrated as Dark Side Of The Moon, and, somewhat unbelievably, almost as good.
Dick Parry plays tenor saxophone on Money and Us and Them; Clare Torry’s extraordinary wordless vocal adorns The Great Gig in the Sky.
I’ve listened to this album hundreds of times, beginning on the day it released almost 50 years ago. Nothing can ever take its place in my life and in my heart. Seeing your delight in hearing it for the first time touches me deeply. Thanks for listening all the way through as the band intended. Wonderful reaction, thanks so much. Do be sure to check out the 1994 live Pulse concert. One of the best if not the very best rock concert ever staged, including the entire DTOTM album performed live - and some of David Gilmour’s best guitar work ever!
Yes, it is incredibly well engineered. That is one part of why it is so good. It has such clarity and crispness, huge stereo separation and imaging, very high dynamic range, etc. And yes, the heartbeat travels round and round - on the album cover too. Do watch the live videos of each song I posted on the side 1 comments to get a full picture of the genius of the band. (unfortunately only 3 of the original 4 members are in the live version, as the lyricist and bass player, Roger Waters split from the group by that time) And watch the documentary with interviews of all the band and the photographer who designed the album cover....
Yes it's a saxophone. And in the live concert videos I posted on side 1, it is the same person as on the album playing the sax. And no it was not 4 or 5 different guitars playing, it was David Gilmour, playing on different tracks then mixed together. But live they can replicate the sound with only one extra guitar player. And no it was not reggae in Money. It was a blues/jazz inspired riff, but in an odd time signature - 7/8 time with lots of syncopation, and the drums use triplets extensively throughout the album. And those sounds you could not identify are an analogue synthesizer.... And they can replicate the chorus with only 3 backup singers on stage, live.
I loved your reaction to this album. I can say personally for me, there is nothing Pink Floyd has produced that isn’t great and unprecedented! The arrangement of sounds, the stories and messages are all epic. I’m glad you played the entire album through. Next one should be “Wish You We’re Here”.
I am glad I joined your channel. You are thoroughly enjoying your musical journey and I’m glad we all can be a part in it watching the joy you get from such great music! CC
I was lucky enough to be able to see Pink Floyd live at Earl Court London on their Division Bell tour. I was lucky enough to witness Pink Floyd play the entire album of The Dark Side of the Moon as the second set of the night. I was totally blown away, the slow realisation that they were actually going to play the whole album live was exhilarating. It was totally unannounced and was a complete surprise for everyone in the audience that night. do you want to know the good part VERDY channel...? you too can also watch the full concert too as Pink Floyd filmed the gig that night and made a live dvd called Pulse.
I'm glad to see you react to the whole album which is the way it was meant to be enjoyed that's the way we all listened to it when it first came out we would pass the pipe around sitting in the middle of the floor pass the pipe and turn it up loud and just listen this was in the early 70s while in the Air Force there was nine of us who lived together off base and some of the guys had been to Thailand and brought back some of the best stereo equipment made at the time so it sounded great glad to see you enjoying it great reaction
Any Colour You Like always gives me chills too. I love how it brings the album back up toward something more hopeful.
It's simply a pleasure to watch someone appreciate music a grew up with and it shows on your face how much you like it as well. Thank you.
The Moody Blues "Days Of Future Passed" Album..It Was Also An Incredible Album & Groundbreaking At The Time..I Truly Think That You Would Enjoy It.
I'm in my 60s and I love this reactions.
Here are a few other "perfect" classic Rock albums for you...
Abbey Road (Beatles)
Boston (Boston)
Rumors ( Fleetwood Mac)
Led Zeppelin III ( Led Zeppelin)
Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones)
Back In Black
(AC/DC)
Eagles Greatest Hits
( Eagles)
enjoy!
Consider adding Alan Parsons, I Robot. (btw, he engineered DSOTM)
Probably Led Zeppelin II before III, bit a great list otherwise.
One great that you missed is Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Street Survivors. A sad ending to a magnificent band.
For a reaction album, she would need not to have heard it before. I am sure she has heard The Beatles. Certainly? (Riiiight?)
She is also covering entire albums. Think of good, cohesive albums. She covered Led Zeppelin I and loved it-again the entire album was great.
What about David Bowie? Ziggy Stardust, perhaps? Changes? (My favorite it “Outside” but that is me.) We need to think of albums in their entirety.
@@NicoleTedesco If she hasn't heard DSOTM until now, it's just as likely she may not have heard my recommendations. That said, maybe expand your repertoire. I recommend starting with these three > Brubeck's Time Out. Jarre's Oxygene and Fiedler's Christmas Pops. Maybe you won't like them but at least you can honestly say you tried.
Your thoughts on this album are spot on, your love of the voices guitars Sax vocal harmonies bass, are exactly what a fell in love with when I was 15 in 1975 hearing the album for the first time
So nice to see young people enjoying this music that is nearly 50 years old, but still sounds fresh and exciting as it was for me and millions of other people with good music DNA, young lady you know epic music when you hear it for the first time, it never leave's your soul, please carry on there is so much fantastic music out there to explore.
I got this album for Christmas in 1973, I was 14. I’ve listened to it probably more than a thousand times since then, I know every note and every lyric and I still get chills and tears every time I hear it. The lyrics speak to me more and more the older I get and for me every track is better than the preceding one. It spent 930 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart and so far has sold 45 million copies. It was great knowing what was coming when you didn’t and I really enjoyed your reaction. You really ‘got’ it.
That sick beat as you say with the cash registers was made by hand by Rodger Waters. He went out into his shed and recorded the sounds on tape and spliced it into a loop. And this was in the days of analog. No computers involved. In the studio, they had to feed the loop into the tape player around a mike stand.
And all the people that you hear talking in the background are workers at the studio. Rodger went around with a bunch of cards with questions on them and started interviewing people at the studio.
Your beautiful face says it all. So glad you enjoyed this masterpiece! Subscribed!
it was wonderful to spend nearly an hour with you experiencing this album for the first time. it has so much "ear candy" that it is hard to concentrate on the lyrics on your first listen. i would suggest listening again on your own while reading along with the lyrics to get the full impact of this masterpiece. it says so much about who we are and what we are doing here. thank you for a fantastic reaction.
I bet I’ve watched 25 different people react to this album. This was, by far, the most honest, genuine and entertaining of all of them. The look on your face reminds me of the same way I felt when this album was first released. Great job!
You did an excellent job reacting to Pink Floyd's "Dark side of the Moon." I agree with all my fellow viewers, this is how you listen to Pink Floyd, in it's entirety. It's pleasing to see that you and your generation will carry the tradition of Floyd into the future. Well done. 🎶🎵
It was so lovely watching you listening to this! I remember my first time and it changed me for life ❤ Can I suggest that you listen to 'Wish You Were Here'? Another very emotional album by Pink Floyd.
Love your reaction, especially to The Great Gig in the Sky. Listen a bit further to the very end. It's where you find out the "riddle" to the dark side of the moon. 😉
I'm 64 and I grew up with this music. It's a shame they don't make music like this anymore.
Thank you for the best reaction I've seen in a long time. That 56 minute long smile was so genuine and tells it all. Many reactors want to talk more than listen. This album is the GOAT!
"Animals" is an extraordinary experience when you have a chance. As a fan of Pink Floyd, thank you for listening to the albums and not just the songs.
Please watch the Pulse concert on RUclips. They play the entire Dark Side of the Moon album as well as other great songs. One of the best live performances ever.
I never tire of telling people I was there that night :) I do occasionally see if I can spot myself in the footage...
@@frankshailes3205 I'm jealous. That is the one show I wish I was at
@@dajuice4200 I had a spare ticket, I got four but one of my friends dropped out. I sold it to a tout on the street and an American lady must've bought it as she sat next to us and smoked weed throughout :)
The seamless transition between songs and heartbeat at the start and finish was very well suited to the 8-track continuous play tapes of the day. Once you put the cartridge, in it could repeat several times before you noticed. It was considered good manners to only change the cartridge during the heartbeat.
From Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It's a wise decision to listen to Pink Floyd, especially the full "Dark Side of the Moon" album. When I was a high school student, I was surprised to hear this album. And I was very disappointed to know that they had a concert in Sapporo the previous year, but in 1988 I was able to participate in live performances at the Nippon Budokan and Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, which is still a wonderful experience. I think. Finally, I should add that I am a big fan of BABYMETAL 😄
Now that you have discovered this masterpiece it can be with you throughout your life. Things like , jobs , places you live, friends etc will change , problems will arise, but you can always listen to this again and it seems to ground you . At least thats what I find , after being a regular listener since the day it came out. Enjoy for years to come
Ich bin nun 60 Jahre alt und bin mit diesen Alben von Pink Floyd aufgewachsen. Meine vier Kinder sind durch mich mit dieser Musik auch in Berührung gekommen und es macht mich glücklich, dass sie diese Musik auch hören und lieben.
Es ist auch eine Wonne, Sie beim ewigen Lächeln, Glücklich sein, den Körper wiegend, Augen schließend die Musik genießend, ein unvermeidbares "Stöhnen" oder überraschtes Üh, Uh, Ouh, durch die Klänge der harmonierenden Instrumente und Gesänge bei den diversen Passagen der Lieder beobachten und hören zu dürfen und können.
Herzlichen Dank für das Teilen Ihrer erfrischenden und wertschätzenden Reaktion.
Grüße aus Deutschland
Loved your reaction Verdy. "Wish you were here" is also an undeniable masterpiece. As well as all Floyd's other works. I would like to see your take on these also.
Great reaction. I've listened to this album many times since it came out but it's always great to watch someone hearing it for the first time.
What can one say?
Pop/rockmusic reached its pinnacle on 1st March 1973 when this album was released.
Ofcourse: there have been great songs and albums before Dark Side Of The Moon and many great ones after. But this really is the one that tops them all. In every way possible. Even 49 (!) years after its release, there is not a note or a word that feels dated or out of time.
The prove is given by the expressions of this young woman during this reaction. Many of us have had the same experience and it doesn't matter if it was in 1973, 1978 (when I first heard this record as a whole), 1991 or today in 2022. Hell, they'll probably feel the same way in another 49 years from now.
"Us and Them" to the end is one of the greatest climaxes in western art history. It's right up there with Beethoven's 9th (obviously not in compositional complexity, but in terms of emotional impact, it's on that level).
You just Cant go wrong with The Pink Floyd:) The Music is Beautifully orchestrated and the Lyrics are super meaningful as well
I applaud you for taking the time to LISTEN to the entire album, and UNDERSTAND how amazing it, and Pink Floyd, really is. BRAVO! 👏👏
Your comments on the mixing makes me give a shout out to the great Alan Parsons, the engineer for this album and a great artist in his own right. I love this album.
For more mind blowing music I would suggest Emerson, Lake andPalmer, my personal all time favorite 70s band.
Since I was 14 years old start to listen to Pink Floyd and first time fall in love with the music and was part of my life every single day . Now I'm 58 years old and still enjoy the music and have the same felling .
Love the reaction to Money, especially when the sax solo ends and the tempo changes when it transitions to the guitar solo. And you're right about the sax on Us and Them, it brings it all together. You are one of the few reactors that mention harmonies which pleases me to no end because I think the vocal performances are so underrated if you exclude Great Gig in the Sky. As for other Pink Floyd albums, the other commentators will have great suggestions but you can easily say anything that came after Dark Side is worth a listen.
...And those who came before: Echoes, Atom Heart Mother, Obscured by clouds, -or why not "Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict" from Ummagumma (1969)?
Thank U. Verdy.
Love your videos! 😊 Makes me reconnect with tunes again seeing how much you enjoy them. Floyd are timeless. 💙❤️
The saxophones on this album & Wish You Were Here are played by Dick Parry, an acquaintance of David Gimour's and Cambridge jazz scene days. Dick guested on Pink Floyd concerts and can be seen on video on RUclips
Thanks for doing the full album. This is certainly the way it was intended to be listened to. Great content!!
I'm sitting here in tears watching you absorb the greatness of this album. I've listened to this hundreds of times throughout my life and still it brings me to tears.
There was so many great artists and bands back then like Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Creedance Clearwater Revival, AC DC, Bad Company, Uriah Heep, Hot Tuna, Grand Funk Railroad, Santana, Ten Years After, Doobie Brothers, Yes, Jimmie Hendrix, Cream and so many more so your just getting started
The tip of the iceberg!
I LOVED how many times you closed your eyes and really embraced the music to your soul. The words of the songs will take you traveling in your head if you will allow them to take you away.
Some brief notes. Hope they help:
The 'Money' intro sets a rhythmic cash register against a bass riff in 7/4, very innovative for the time. It was no problem for Waters or the guest saxophonist Dick Parry, but Gilmour was not comfortable with it and the time signature shifts to 4/4 for his multi-layered solo. Both solos are killer. Btw, the saxophone is not in the woodwind family like the clarinet but a reed instrument.
'Us and Them' is a fine example of how the band creates space within a song using the echo effect. In fact at times they use total silence as a dramatic device, illustrating their complete mastery of sound dynamics (not here though). We get another short but exquisite Parry solo, and Waters' lyrics and vocals are especially well crafted. Obviously English is not your first language but I'm sure you will appreciate the artistry involved in that aspect as time goes on.
Richard Wright's subtle, ethereal keyboard work and chording is exemplary throughout, but he works in some almost 'funky' organ sounds in 'Any colour you like'. In their earlier recordings he was the main soloist, with Gilmour, who was always the strongest vocalist, emerging to dominate their sound later. In the final two tracks Waters' meticulously prepared dialogue tapes are used to raise issues of madness and death, adding considerable depth to the project as a whole. One of the participants points out there is no actual 'dark' side and the whole moon receives the same amount of light as the side always facing us.
It's clear you have no technical knowledge of music. Well, same here. But just as you do, I like to try and understand what I'm hearing and why I like it. I hope I'm not boring you.
I'd like to end by pointing you to my two favourite live concerts of theirs. First, their 1988 'Delicate Sound of Thunder' concert tour, which I think is musically better than their comprehensive 'swan song' 'Pulse' and they're about 15 years younger. Secondly, Roger Waters' 2000 'In the Flesh' concert tour, in which he demonstrates what a formidable force he was in the Floyd's music, using two fine guitarists to replace the Gilmour sound (Snowy White and Doyle Broomhall III). Both entire concerts are available here on YT and not to to be missed. Others may disagree, but they're my top picks for getting into the world of Pink Floyd.
Your enthusiasm is infectious and I wish you all the best on your future musical adventures, wherever they may lead, and I hope you enjoy a long life of pleasure from your discoveries, just as I have done.
I got lucky enough to see them at Wembley on that 88 tour but the luckiest I got was to be taken to Knebworth Festival in 75, just a few days before my 14th birthday, to see them perform a 2 hour and more set which included the whole of Dark Side and had an encore of Echoes. I was a bit too young to really appreciate them then, though.
Agreeing with your assessment of Delicate Sound of Thunder as a musically better performance than Pulse (which is still very good, and has better stage production, imho). Not trying to start a fight, but I think DSoT is tighter all around. Though the show is not to my taste, I respect your opinions on Roger Waters' performance.
Thank you for allowing me to watch your reaction to an album I've enjoyed for almost half a century. To see someone so young (I'm 77) get caught up in the music as you were was a privilege.
Really was great to see a younger generation enjoy our 70’s music.
You had a smile on your face throughout the whole album .
Very refreshing…
First I must comment on how beautiful I think you are!
Second, I really enjoyed watching your reaction and listening to the album as a whole! Which is the way it should be experienced. Most people just react to a song at a time and that ruins the experience. I look forward to seeing more Pink Floyd videos from you!
I can tell you enjoy it.. and i can tell from experience it's amazing to see it live.. alas Pink Floyd had been broken up by then but Roger Waters playing the entire Dark side of the Moon album live outside under an actual full moon was epic. His trick on replacing a top guitarist like Gilmour...get 3 awesome guitarists to replace the one. Glad you're enjoying it so much. Great to see the video. Of course you'll enjoy their other albums as well. The wall (live - 'is there anybody out there') is a must imho.
The ending, the title song together with Eclpse, is my favourite part, always gives me goosebumps.
Warm regards from the Netherlands!
Yes, its a saxophone played by Dick Parry
Welcome to my generation. We hung out in the woods, smoked weed, drank beer, smoked cigarettes. laughed and loved near the fire. We had such a good time in the 70's. Of course, Darkside of the Moon was on, too. One of the best, or perhaps the best, albums ever recorded. The Wall is amazing, too.
Your love for the music shines through on your face! I found myself making the same faces as you and I've heard this album 100's of times! Very genuine reaction! RUclips is going to love you. I would suggest Floyd's Wish you were here next.
I love Your reactions Verdy...This is a classic Album, for sure.
Great analysis.
Thanks.
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I love Pink Floyd.
Dark Side Of The Moon was chosen by the Smithsonian Museum to be preserved for future Generations. The Album will always be around and available on any and all future Music Download/Streaming technologies.
Dark Side is arguably the most complete Album ever made, perfect in it's conceptual design and Lyrical genius and is executed to musical perfection by Pink Floyd who created a sublime mastetpiece that is just as relevant today as it was upon original release.
The Heartbeat at the beginning and end of the Album signify the circle of life, the Music therein is the humdrum existence and hardships life has on offer for our mortal souls.
A perfect Album indeed, possibly the greatest Album ever made....yet it may not even be Pink Floyd's finest Album.
That's testament to just how masterful Pink Floyd were at crafting the 'Album', and in the process would come to define the 'Concept Album' of which Dark Side is hailed by many as the finest and purest of all Concept Albums. The Songs articulate and create the overall theme that is enveloped by the meaning of the Album itself.
The Dark Side of contemporary life.
"Let me take you on a journey not only of Sight and Sound, but of Mind.
- The Twilight Zone -
Never has a quote fitted a Group so much like the famous one above as to that of Pink Floyd, their music takes you on a journey, the visions your mind cunjours up while listening is like an epiphany, a realisation or deeper understanding in the meaning of things.
You're a changed person after really listening to their musical masterpieces.
Masterful work.
Loved the videos, glad you enjoyed the experience.
Welcome to the Pink Floyd family 😃
I love your take on this great album, it’s been one of my all time favorites. It’s turning 50 now and I still have vinyl that I bought in 1973. Your smile gave me smile
Great to see yet another generation appreciating and enjoying and blissing out to this absolute classic album. There are some superb documentaries on the making of this album which, if you're interested in the history of music and how new sounds (early analogue synths, multi-track recording, loops, etc) get invented, are all worth watching. This is one of the best - ruclips.net/video/dj4_-kh-Kpg/видео.html . You have a wealth of Pink Floyd to explore so looking forward to more reactions over the coming years! PS You missed the last few seconds (we all have missed this the first few tmes!) where the voice (which belonged to an Irish janitor at Abbey Road studios) says "There's no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact, it's all dark." You'll hear it the next time you play this album (best with headphones, in a dark room, 45 minutes of relaxation). The lyrics of all the songs are worth reading too.
There is absolute genius in the artistry of this masterpiece, but also in a very young Alan Parson's mixing. Will never be repeated.
When people talk about a concept album, it means that all the songs that compose it, have a point that connects them together,
like the hub of a bicycle wheel, connects all the spokes of this wheel.
The central theme of this album is: “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.
(Slow-hand-clapping, Dude)!!
and obviously drive people crazy
Great music 🎶 Great reaction it's fun to see your reaction, the more you learn about music the more you will appreciate. Music can take you to good places, I graduated in 1972 Northern California. was lucky enough to see many Great Bands, still love to to rock out, especially with your reaction.
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Greatest album of all time.
I do, so love how young people get tuned into how wonderful this is. It's a beautiful thing to watch, especially how it hasn't lost its impact after so many years. It's gorgeous this album ❤❤
Of all the amazing things they do musically/ technically/
atmospherically, the Boys of Floyd could really lay down the jam when they wanted to. I actually wish they did more of that to be honest.
"ANIMALS" is a great representation
They started off largely jamming - listen to UMMA GUMMA live sides and you won’t believe what grew from those early experiments. True psychedelia
_"...The lunatics are in my hall... the paper holds their folded faces to the floor, and everyday the paper boy brings more..."_
Darling you should try "Wish you were here " album ...you gonna cry ....cheers from brazil!
As a Pink Floyd fan I have to say that what you just did in listening to the whole album blew me away. It made me also re-listen to it in it's beautiful wholeness. The way you reacted to each song was a joy to watch. Good luck with your youtube channel and if I may suggest a song then it would have to be "water from a vine leaf" by William Orbit, totally nothing like this but beautiful in it's own right or "The sound of silence" A cover by disturbed. Either way, well done and I loved your honest feeling of the music.
Analog synthesizers were used extensively on this and all PF albums. These guys were so ahead of their time that now rap artists sample their music extensively. Enjoy
I gotta say this is fantastic brings back so many memories I’m an older fella and this was my music in my generation, thank you so much for bringing this onto your show. I think you pick some of the best albums that I have known. I look forward to your next video
Rock operas are a thing of the past. Writing an opera is more challenging than writing 10 individual songs because all 10 must be linked musically and with some cohesive theme. My 2 favorite rock operas are Dark Side of the Moon and Quadrophenia by the WHO, latter being a massive 4 side effort. I'd say Dark Side joins the songs musically better than lyrically whereas Quadrophenia tells a story with each song being a chapter. Both albums are masterpieces from the magnificent early 70s.
The Wall double album tells a story too, but it seems to be in a disjointed order, possibly how PTSD and jumping around memories would feel…. The movie was in a different order as well but made more sense.
Thanks👏👍😀
Great reaction. For someone as old as I am, it is very enjoyable to see the delight on your face as you discover this album for the first time as we did 50 years ago. I think you would enjoy watching this short documentary made 30 years after the album was made. ruclips.net/video/jUBnS5G34IM/видео.html The members of the band talk about making "Dark Side" & improving the sound quality in 2003.
You really seem to enjoy this album, with that big smile, like I did when it first came out. I first heard Pink Floyd in 69. Their music is like no other band in history. Thanks for listening to the whole album!
The "cash" beat is even sicker when you think it was made with bits of audio tape stuck together.
In Money, notice how the energy picks up after the sax solo, when the band shifts from 7/4 to 4/4.
Oh, and it is a saxophone, both tenor and alto, played by Dick Parry, a session musician who played on a number of tracks with the band, both in studio and live. Also, it is an organ (accentuated with various effects) played by the incomparable Richard Wright.
It’s such a great joy to see a younger person such as yourself enjoy the music of my time . I’m 64 now and still play lead guitar in a Led Zeppelin cover band with Gibson Les Pauls and JCM 800 Marshall full stack amps to still get that Jimmy page tone. Rock on my friend .