It's a good choice for your favorite, and Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a good choice for a favorite song. Shine on You Crazy Diamond is so well crafted and emotional.
My fav Pink Floyd album order has changed at least monthly for the last 35 years. Right now it's Obscured by Clouds...every one gets a turn at some point.
Syd was only singer songwriter for their first album, the piper at the gates of dawn. He is the reason the band is considered psychedelic. That album is completely different from their later work such as this album.
Syd did too much acid and something snapped and he never recovered. He was out of the Band by 1968, at which time Roger Waters became the primary driving force for the band, co-lead singer and primary songwriter, although the other members contributed. The first album in 1967, which Syd wrote, was spacey and whimsical, reflecting his personality. Roger was more political and philosophical, and their albums reflected his ideals. The band struggled to get started on the Wish You Were Here album following the success of their 7th album, Dark Side of the Moon, which had propelled them to stardom. Waters and Gilmour both said that the theme of the Wish You Were Here album was Absence, not about the absence of Syd, but the absence of each of the band members, as they had to deal with their sudden stardom. The question became "are we artists or businessmen?" Because now everyone wanted to be part of their success. This is reflected in Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar. It is also reflected on the album cover with the 2 businessmen shaking hands and one burning to reflect that one of them got burned in the deal. Have a Cigar was a shot at record producers, who were very powerful in the music industry in that Era. They were essentially the top of the food chain.
Unfortunately at the time Sid was experimenting with LSD, the data and knowledge of consequences weren’t fully appreciated. LSD is not for everyone, and it can certainly cause issues with people who have mental illnesses, or have a history of it in their genes. Some people have only done it a few times and have had detrimental effects, and others can take hundreds of doses over many years and experience no negative effects. It is one of those things that you really have to ensure you are prepared and understand what it is your taking, and wether or not you should. It can be a wonderful, profound experience in the right setting and it’s helped more people than it’s hurt.
Well, Waters needed “the musicians” he so freely dismisses now. Pink Floyd is such a confluence of great talent and co-lead through some of the greatest albums in rock n roll history.
It was said that Syd was hitting every basement chemist he could find..... And there is ZERO doubt that Shine P1-9 was all about Syd !!!!! They even said that the time they went to the studio to record Shine .. there was an odd figure sitting in the corner of the room bald with black eyes.... They didn't realize that it WAS SYD !!!!
“The machine” is the music industry. Half the album is an ode to Syd. Half of the album is a fuck you to the music industry that uses and rips them off.
@@rmyikzelf5604but that’s the magic of music and art in general - even if our interpretation of the song is different from the ‘main meaning’ I would say, it doesn’t mean that we are wrong :)
your conversation at 36:20 was actually really sad. I do sometimes fear that the way media is so transient now, a lot of people your age have had the emotionality sucked out of all the art being fed to them, severing one of our most important and beautiful human behaviors. You guys are doing a good job combating that, even just being able to listen to an album together and talk about its emotional impact on you is really important. 👍
Syd had not been seen for years, but came during the recording of this album. He was unrecognizable. The band did not know who it was for a long time, and Roger Waters broke down after he figured it out. He was rarely seen again until his death 30 years later. (There's a picture of him with a shaved head on wikipedia during the making of this album, looking nothing like a rock star)
An addendum: I've seen several different documentaries of the band and there's one (I'm forgetting it at the moment) wherein Nick Mason, the drummer, talks about how when Syd was there, at one point he was bouncing up and down in place while brushing his teeth. The band members saw this and had to go into another room to ugly cry. That lyric "Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky," that Roger describing Syd around 1967-68 when Syd flipped and never really came back mentally.
Yes. Headphones are good, but the best way to enjoy Floyd is really, really loud on a good pair of speakers. (Well, live in concert really obviously, but that's no longer possible)
Would suggest you listen to the Echoes album version first from the album Meddle. I'm Almost 73 and lived through their incredible careers. Their music will never grow old and will live with you throughout the rest of your lives. Thanx for your great reviews.
@@unitedweanalyse5193 studio echoes is sonically the most perfect out of the 3. idk why people recommend the live pompeii as the first one when it has so many glaring audio issues like the bass not cutting through much(edit: idk what kinda idiot I am but the bass is definitrly there), the guitar solo on the transition from the void part of the song to the normal part being basically inaudible, and the drums being a bit too clashy and tinny. I get that its a video masterpiece but at the end of the day music is about listening and I wish people heard the studio version first and the pompeii version later..
I think it is also important to note that this is Rick Wright’s magnum opus. He is the keyboardist and he wrote part 9 (the sad part), all the background and foreground synths and pianos which really are the backbone and added flare of Pink Floyd, and he had some of the best solos such as the “trumpet” solo in part 3 of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and the solo that starts the album. He even added little tributes like the See Emily Play melody at the end, he deserves all the credit for this album. Along with the guitarist David Gilmour who wrote the music for Wish You Were Here and parts of Shine On, and who had what is in my opinion his 2nd best guitar work (behind animals) on an album as a whole with some incredible solos and background parts, like the arpeggiation in part 5. Finally, a special thanks to Roger Waters who writes all the wonderful lyrics in Pink Floyd before he left due to his massive ego, and for writing Have a Cigar, part 5 and 7 of Shine On (the singing parts), and co-writing Welcome To The Machine with David Gilmour.
Please... stop hating on Waters... his contribution to the band is enormous and he is a lyrical genius... you think he's a douche? Fine... we don't need to talk about that...
The concept of each album is incredible. 73 - Dark Side of The Moon is about Life. 75 - Wish You Were Here is about Syd. 77 - Animals inspired by Animal Farm by George Orwell. 79 - The Wall is literally Film. about Isolation and Alienation. Looking forward for next Pink Floyd albums!
"The Wall" is an all-time classic Pink Floyd album that stands solidly on its own as an original work. It is inspired by the lives of both Roger Waters and Syd Barrett. The film is a Hollywood adaptation of the classic album that was released some years later and should never be viewed as the primary source. The *album* is the thing.
I disagree a little bit... I think Darkside of the moon is about life... but also about embracing both dark and light aspects of the human experience... we all have our darkside... and like the lyrics from eclipse ... Wish you were here is not solely about syd... shine on is about syd, but it's more than that... like the band said, it's abour absence ... and about the fears of losing yourself to stardom.
Wish You Were Here's central theme is ABSENCE, of various kinds. Which makes perfect sense, given how the previous album had turned them into rich, famous superstars lacking nothing, other than any type of inspiration for a follow-up. Yet Waters had the sense to turn that dilemma around and actually mine it for material! Now THAT'S art.
I recently experienced "The Wall" as a theatrical performance, with approval from Roger Waters (Denmark). It featured no dialogue, only the songs played from beginning to end by exceptionally talented musicians, accompanied by an extraordinary stage show. Observing Pink, the protagonist, navigate through his trauma deeply moved the audience, leaving many in tears including me!
not sure what you guys read up on afterwards but just wanted to share incase you didn't know some of this: syd barrett was the original lead singer/guitarist of pink floyd, primarily in their debut album "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" which released in 1967, and their other works before then as well. around this time, syd started experimenting more with psychedelics and other substances. because of this, at some of their shows he would be blankly staring out into the crowd and strumming one chord on his guitar, or playing a completely different song than the rest of the band. this was when david gilmour, a friend of the band, was brought in to play guitar and sing behind the stage when syd went off track. david started to become more of a larger role in the band, taking over syd's roles, and having his first studio appearances with pink floyd on their second album "A Saucerful of Secrets", which is the only pink floyd album that has all 5 members on it. a bit after its release, syd was removed from the band because of his declining mental state, and david was brought in permanently as their new lead vocalist/guitarist. a lot of Wish You Were Here, and parts of Dark Side of the Moon, is the band's realization is that they were the reason why syd was struggling mentally, having removed him from his own band, and bringing in someone else to replace him and sing his songs. this is shown through the lyrics on syd's final contribution to the band, "Jugband Blues" from their second album which shows that Syd was aware of the band slowly removing and replacing him
They didn't feel they were the reason for Syds situation, but they did feel guilty about how they treated him. Fun fact, while they were recording this a strange man walked into the studio. It took them a while before they realised it was Syd.
my favorite story is syd bringing in a song called do you get it yet? and it was basically a bunch of twists and turns that the band couldn't follow. the line you wore out your welcome with random precision always reminds me of that
Im a 70+yo Kiwi (NZ) PF fan from the beginning, and theres nothing gives me a bigger boost, than to watch a new generation appreciate what brilliance in music sounded like. Make no mistake guys, their music blew us away the same as it has you. You left me no choice, Now i have to follow you, as a happy new sub.
Syd was only really apart of the first album. He became erratic and they brought in David Gilmour to supplement his guitar work. Eventually they had to leave him out and Gilmour took his place. They always felt guilty about the way they treated him in leaving him out.
I don’t think they felt guilty. His mind was no longer based in reality. He would just stand onstage and do nothing They felt horrible about what happened to him through overuse of psychedelic drugs, but it wasn’t their fault. They weren’t guilty of anything.
@@helenespaulding7562 I believe a couple of them have admitted they didn't like the way things ended (essentially not picking him up for a gig and that was that)
In truth it was more a matter of Syd leaving the band, as he abandoned his role in the band both a a musician and writer and performer. Drugs and mental illness were destroying his mind basically debilitating him. He did show up when they were recording this album and they could barely recognize him. A shell of who he had been, now living in the fringes of reality. They witnessed his geniu leading them forward and then his collapse, feeling impotent to help him from his fall. This remained a source for their creativity and music ever since. Pink Floyd as we know the would never have been without the sad fall of Syd Barret.
The ironic thing about Syd having to be left behind from the band if that had not have happened they would not have become the incredible Pink Floyd that they have become! And who knows who they would have been if Syd would never lost his mind?? Their next album "Animals" is an angry album and has biting incredible powerful lyrics and music to go with it and it's way different than Wish You Were Here and way different than Dark Side of The Moon!! That's what makes Pink Floyd so great they never stayed the same they kept reinventing themselves and getting better!!
I first saw PF in 1967 on tour with Jimi Hendrix, The Nice and Amen Corner. They were superb then and devoloped into one of the best bands of all time. Their music is timeless....and will remain so....
If you guys want a real good cry, find and watch Roger Water’s performance of Wish You Were Here from his ‘This Is Not a Drill’ tour that he’s been on last and this year, it’s accompanied by written on-screen memories of Syd and himself when they were kids, and how they decided to start a band on the train back from London to Cambridge after watching the Rolling Stones at a music festival.
They made this by trying-out their new material live during concerts and then spending hours and hours in the studio recording to tape, cutting tape (literally), running tape through recording machines again and again (for the echoes) until they got what they wanted. Genius.
The greatest mystery mankind will forever grapple with is that there are people who find no enjoyment in listening to the greatness that is Pink Floyd.
You guys are great! I’ve loved both of your reactions to both PF albums. You can’t go wrong with Animals or The Wall with whichever one you do next, but you definitely need to do both!
I was 13 when Dark Side of the Moon came out, 15 when this album was released. I can’t believe I listened to Pink Floyd so young, but my friends had older brothers and they all listened to them. The musical riches were plenty in the 70’s.
The Wall is a concept album that tells a complete story from beginning to end and is definitely worth a listen. Not nearly as psychedelic as their previous work and deals with far more serious subject matter (mostly pertaining to Roger’s childhood traumas) But it is still my personal favorite Floyd album and is required listening for anyone on a Pink Floyd journey
So I grew up listening to this in the '90s on CD and every track seems to flow together endlessly. I could never imagine what this was like on vinyl where welcome to the machine just ends and side two starts up with have a cigar. This record came out 1975 and it would be almost a decade before CDs came out. It's almost like they knew one day this could be listened to as an entire piece with no pauses.
Gentlemen, you should consider taking a brief break and watch them perform "Wish You Were Here" (the song), live from the Pulse concert of 1994. Pink Floyd are as famous for their extraordinary live shows as they are for their albums. I think you'll be blown away.
Just go in order Animals and The Wall are just as Great! This is my fav Floyd album emotional, amazing structure and a perfect album. 10/10, Have A Cigar was sung by Roy Harper.
Wish You Were Here is what I heard driving over the Sonoita AZ mountains just days after my brother had died. I will never forget the shades of gold beaming through the hills while this song broke me and my grandfather. 😢
I know you guys in other videos talk about what you like in rap. I absolutely love that you totally appreciate classics like this. So cool to watch it work its magic on you the way did for us old folks when we were kids. When that sax hits - oh boy. Thanks for fixing your bud’s headphones. Was driving me nuts too that he was missing half the sound. Keep being a couple of sponges. It’s all good. And hey, make sure you get some early Rush on your listen list soon.
You guys interpreted this album almost exactly- First song: making it too early, gave driving you crazy. Welcome to the Machine: The machine of the music industry and fame which is matrix-like. Have a cigar- being groomed by a music top gun who doesn’t care much about the band itself beyond the money it’ll make the label, Wish you were Here, etc. you guys get it.
@@lucatheboy1551Syd had nothing to do with Dark Side of the Moon album. All lyrics for DarkSide are by Roger Waters. Roger is considered one of the premiere lyricists in all of Rock. He wrote 99% of their material from Dark Side of the Moon to The Wall.
You guys need to check out the live Pulse concert...it will blow your mind as to just how good Pink Floyd really are. Comfortably Numb, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Wish You Were Here, Coming Back To Life, Sorrow, High Hopes...shit, just do the entire concert.
During the production of this album, Syd actually visited Abbey Road Studios, the place they recorded and produced this album, and the band didn't recognize him. He looked completely different, and they showed him a piece of the album and he said, "It sounds old." After Syd said that, Roger started crying.
pink floyd is one of if not the best band i’ve ever heard. they can express such unique emotions and feelings thru their music like nobody else i’ve heard. they played shine on you crazy diamond at my best friends funeral and it was as sad as it was beautiful.
Syd left in 1968 after their 2nd album and is the only album with all 5 members,so it was 5 years before dark side of the moon and in the process there was another couple of classic albums such as meddle,atom heart mother & obscured by clouds , well worth a listen 😁👍
Welcome to magic of Pink Floyd... You will be addict to them very soon. There is "Music" and there is "Pink Floyd". They brings you somewhere out of your body! Pink Floyd made me fly for the last 55 years and I've been bless for that! 55 years ago Pink Floyd were already 200 years ahead of everybody!
@@nephelionI don’t know how else to tell you this: none of the visual effects used in 2001 a space odyssey were achieved using CGI. It’s all practical. Even the wormhole scene
Pink Floyd used a lot of studio trickery in recording their albums (pioneering it or pushing the limits of technical possibilities for much of it) but in the end they had to play all the parts on real instruments and record it to tape. Editing meant literally cutting tape and sticking it together again with cello-tape. No sax plugins for a DAW or MIDI in 1975.
The word you guys are looking to describe Shine on is a Lament :) Btw, Syd only did the first album in 67. He did LSD and developped Schizophrenia and his childhood friend replaced him. Welcome to the machine and Have a Cigar is about the music industry.
Gentleman … in 1975 there were kick ass stereo systems. Speakers were huge…. Pioneer turntables , equalizers…. So yeah we played these albums volume up! Every component were separate. Our parents hated the “ noise”. The sound was incredible
If you want to hear what Pink Floyd was like with Syd, you’ll have to listen to Piper at the Gates of Dawn. But also, the singles they released like “See Emily Play” and “Arnold Layne”, which are not on Piper. Syd also released two solo albums after he left Pink Floyd and they are masterpieces. The art of a madman, but still really good. Songs like “Dominoes” and “Dark Globe” are amazing and beautiful songs. But you can hear that Syd is clearly insane, especially if you get the newer version with the studio outtakes. If you listen carefully, at the very end of the album, as everything is fading out, Rick plays the melody to “See Emily Play”.
You guys want to know the REAL Pink Floyd, you MUST SEE their Pulse concert. The whole concert. Pink Floyd is the complete package only when viewed on stage and the Pulse concert was their BEST. The combination of music AND light show is life changing.
Really like watching your traditions. I like that you do the whole album, the way PF meant for it to be heard. Animals next please. Keep Rocking Amigos! 🤟🏼✌🏻👍🏼
I think this album does an incredible job of painting a picture of loss, and grief, as experienced by the people of that age. The people of the late-60s-early-70s generation lost so many friends, because of war, or drugs, or mental illness, or violence, or sometimes just plain old hatred. Sometimes the people you lost were still right there, they never went away, but just...gone. And you had to find a way to say goodbye to them anyway. Farewell Syd, the beautiful boy with the long curly hair, who took LSD and invented the most absurd pranks you could imagine. You will remain a tubby bloke named Roger with shaved eyebrows and agoraphobia, but we still have to say goodbye.
During the recording of the album, an overweight, bald man, with shaved eyebrows turned up at Abbey Road studios. The band didn't recognise him, or thought he was a friend of another member, until someone realised who it was...it was Syd.
Syd didn't leave the band. The band left him, one night in the late 1960's they decided to just not pick him up for a gig. Before DSOTM they had a few hits written by Syd. Arnold Layne. See Emily Play.
As others have stated, this is the exact same Floyd lineup from "Dark Side of the Moon", nothing has changed. Roger Waters and David Gilmour are the two main lead singers of Pink Floyd and they're both doing lead vocals here. Only difference is this has more Roger than Dark Side did, but it's still Dave on "Welcome to the Machine" "Wish You Were Here", and on harmonies. This is the lineup that took them all through the 70s and their most successful albums. You're not going to hear anything by Syd Barrett unless you go all the way back to 1967. They were a totally different vibe back then. The machine is the record industry. You might as well keep going in order. "Animals" next. Spoiler alert..... Another masterpiece!!!
Roy Harper ( folk/rock singer )was brought in to sing "Have a cigar" . It was felt he had a much better range for the song when singing it. I believe he was in another studio on another project when the band asked him if he wanted to give a go of singing it.
Nice vid! The greenscreen and trippy visuals was a nice touch. Personally The Wall is my favorite Pink Floyd album, I remember watching the movie that came out with it as kid and having a blast. Still waiting for the Tool Lateralus reaction, but if it doesn't get enough votes that's chill, but def check it out on your own time :)
i just turned 60...i was a young boy when i heard my first Pink Floyd solo by Gilmore...you kids think you heard a great solo?? lmao...try Comfortably numb..."PULSE" concert !!! Anything from the PULSE concert will actually blow your mind!...SUBBED for sure...
Just caught your show and congratulations I'm digging the backgrounds, since I gave away my age using the term "digging" I'm an old guy that still remembers everything once I've heard the song. It's cool as shit to see young people getting into music that once upon a time, took me to those same places. Now that you fell into the rabbit hole, explore more prog rock, groups like King Crimson, Yes and Emerson Lake & Palmer. Keep it going kids, music is, at times, the only thing that separates humans from other beings.
While editing this video I started to think to myself, this might just be my favorite album of all time.
The Wall might change that. Keep it up, love it!
So far...
Absolutely, for me it's my second favourite just behind Close to the edge
It's a good choice for your favorite, and Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a good choice for a favorite song. Shine on You Crazy Diamond is so well crafted and emotional.
My fav Pink Floyd album order has changed at least monthly for the last 35 years. Right now it's Obscured by Clouds...every one gets a turn at some point.
Syd was only singer songwriter for their first album, the piper at the gates of dawn. He is the reason the band is considered psychedelic. That album is completely different from their later work such as this album.
Not the only songwriter, the designated songwriter. Roger wrote and sang Take Up They Stethoscope and Walk.
@@TAJMofficial They never said he was 'the' only songwriter. They were stating it was only Pink Floyd's first album he wrote songs on.
@@AD270479 I apologize for the misunderstanding, but that isn't true either (see 'Jugband Blues')
@@AD270479the third word is “only” are you dumb😂
He was on asaucerful of secrets and wrote Astronomy Domine which led of Ummagumma not just pipers.
Syd did too much acid and something snapped and he never recovered. He was out of the Band by 1968, at which time Roger Waters became the primary driving force for the band, co-lead singer and primary songwriter, although the other members contributed. The first album in 1967, which Syd wrote, was spacey and whimsical, reflecting his personality. Roger was more political and philosophical, and their albums reflected his ideals.
The band struggled to get started on the Wish You Were Here album following the success of their 7th album, Dark Side of the Moon, which had propelled them to stardom.
Waters and Gilmour both said that the theme of the Wish You Were Here album was Absence, not about the absence of Syd, but the absence of each of the band members, as they had to deal with their sudden stardom. The question became "are we artists or businessmen?" Because now everyone wanted to be part of their success. This is reflected in Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar. It is also reflected on the album cover with the 2 businessmen shaking hands and one burning to reflect that one of them got burned in the deal. Have a Cigar was a shot at record producers, who were very powerful in the music industry in that Era. They were essentially the top of the food chain.
Yup...
Unfortunately at the time Sid was experimenting with LSD, the data and knowledge of consequences weren’t fully appreciated. LSD is not for everyone, and it can certainly cause issues with people who have mental illnesses, or have a history of it in their genes. Some people have only done it a few times and have had detrimental effects, and others can take hundreds of doses over many years and experience no negative effects. It is one of those things that you really have to ensure you are prepared and understand what it is your taking, and wether or not you should. It can be a wonderful, profound experience in the right setting and it’s helped more people than it’s hurt.
Well, Waters needed “the musicians” he so freely dismisses now. Pink Floyd is such a confluence of great talent and co-lead through some of the greatest albums in rock n roll history.
It was said that Syd was hitting every basement chemist he could find..... And there is ZERO doubt that Shine P1-9 was all about Syd !!!!! They even said that the time they went to the studio to record Shine .. there was an odd figure sitting in the corner of the room bald with black eyes.... They didn't realize that it WAS SYD !!!!
“The machine” is the music industry. Half the album is an ode to Syd. Half of the album is a fuck you to the music industry that uses and rips them off.
The machine is society, if you ask me. Have a cigar is about the music industry.
@@rmyikzelf5604 for me it’s the same. welcome to the machine for me is about he fact that we are born to work and then to die
@@rmyikzelf5604but that’s the magic of music and art in general - even if our interpretation of the song is different from the ‘main meaning’ I would say, it doesn’t mean that we are wrong :)
This is accurate.
your conversation at 36:20 was actually really sad. I do sometimes fear that the way media is so transient now, a lot of people your age have had the emotionality sucked out of all the art being fed to them, severing one of our most important and beautiful human behaviors. You guys are doing a good job combating that, even just being able to listen to an album together and talk about its emotional impact on you is really important. 👍
I love the way the 2 lads are just sitting there nodding their heads to this great piece.
Syd had not been seen for years, but came during the recording of this album. He was unrecognizable. The band did not know who it was for a long time, and Roger Waters broke down after he figured it out. He was rarely seen again until his death 30 years later. (There's a picture of him with a shaved head on wikipedia during the making of this album, looking nothing like a rock star)
That story is one of those moments that give you chills thinking about it
An addendum: I've seen several different documentaries of the band and there's one (I'm forgetting it at the moment) wherein Nick Mason, the drummer, talks about how when Syd was there, at one point he was bouncing up and down in place while brushing his teeth. The band members saw this and had to go into another room to ugly cry. That lyric "Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky," that Roger describing Syd around 1967-68 when Syd flipped and never really came back mentally.
It's so gratifying to see a new generation still "gets it".
This music was played on large speakers that can shake an entire house and break windows. More enveloping than headphones.
Yes. Headphones are good, but the best way to enjoy Floyd is really, really loud on a good pair of speakers. (Well, live in concert really obviously, but that's no longer possible)
5.1 multichannel mix is the best - played at 11
"We've regressed as a society man" I"M SO HAPPY YOU GET IT!!!
Live in Pompeii… Echoes. You’ll die happy for it.
Would suggest you listen to the Echoes album version first from the album Meddle. I'm Almost 73 and lived through their incredible careers. Their music will never grow old and will live with you throughout the rest of your lives. Thanx for your great reviews.
@@danjaywight echoes in gdansk or echoes in pompeii or echoes studio version
what would you prefer
@@unitedweanalyse5193 studio echoes is sonically the most perfect out of the 3. idk why people recommend the live pompeii as the first one when it has so many glaring audio issues like the bass not cutting through much(edit: idk what kinda idiot I am but the bass is definitrly there), the guitar solo on the transition from the void part of the song to the normal part being basically inaudible, and the drums being a bit too clashy and tinny. I get that its a video masterpiece but at the end of the day music is about listening and I wish people heard the studio version first and the pompeii version later..
I think it is also important to note that this is Rick Wright’s magnum opus. He is the keyboardist and he wrote part 9 (the sad part), all the background and foreground synths and pianos which really are the backbone and added flare of Pink Floyd, and he had some of the best solos such as the “trumpet” solo in part 3 of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and the solo that starts the album. He even added little tributes like the See Emily Play melody at the end, he deserves all the credit for this album.
Along with the guitarist David Gilmour who wrote the music for Wish You Were Here and parts of Shine On, and who had what is in my opinion his 2nd best guitar work (behind animals) on an album as a whole with some incredible solos and background parts, like the arpeggiation in part 5.
Finally, a special thanks to Roger Waters who writes all the wonderful lyrics in Pink Floyd before he left due to his massive ego, and for writing Have a Cigar, part 5 and 7 of Shine On (the singing parts), and co-writing Welcome To The Machine with David Gilmour.
If only Roger’s biggest problem was his massive ego.
Please... stop hating on Waters...
his contribution to the band is enormous and he is a lyrical genius... you think he's a douche? Fine... we don't need to talk about that...
Roger waters también aportó con mucha melodía en todos los álbumes, no sólo era el fantástico escritor que es, si no un fantástico músico.
@@robertdubin5850 What else?
This song is even more relevant today. They know everything about you, where you go, what you eat, what you watch. You're just part of the machine.
The concept of each album is incredible.
73 - Dark Side of The Moon is about Life.
75 - Wish You Were Here is about Syd.
77 - Animals inspired by Animal Farm by George Orwell.
79 - The Wall is literally Film. about Isolation and Alienation.
Looking forward for next Pink Floyd albums!
"The Wall" is an all-time classic Pink Floyd album that stands solidly on its own as an original work. It is inspired by the lives of both Roger Waters and Syd Barrett. The film is a Hollywood adaptation of the classic album that was released some years later and should never be viewed as the primary source. The *album* is the thing.
All of them are a masterpiece, pink floyd forever ❤
I disagree a little bit... I think
Darkside of the moon is about life... but also about embracing both dark and light aspects of the human experience... we all have our darkside... and like the lyrics from eclipse ...
Wish you were here is not solely about syd... shine on is about syd, but it's more than that... like the band said, it's abour absence ... and about the fears of losing yourself to stardom.
Wish You Were Here's central theme is ABSENCE, of various kinds. Which makes perfect sense, given how the previous album had turned them into rich, famous superstars lacking nothing, other than any type of inspiration for a follow-up. Yet Waters had the sense to turn that dilemma around and actually mine it for material! Now THAT'S art.
I recently experienced "The Wall" as a theatrical performance, with approval from Roger Waters (Denmark). It featured no dialogue, only the songs played from beginning to end by exceptionally talented musicians, accompanied by an extraordinary stage show. Observing Pink, the protagonist, navigate through his trauma deeply moved the audience, leaving many in tears including me!
not sure what you guys read up on afterwards but just wanted to share incase you didn't know some of this:
syd barrett was the original lead singer/guitarist of pink floyd, primarily in their debut album "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" which released in 1967, and their other works before then as well. around this time, syd started experimenting more with psychedelics and other substances. because of this, at some of their shows he would be blankly staring out into the crowd and strumming one chord on his guitar, or playing a completely different song than the rest of the band. this was when david gilmour, a friend of the band, was brought in to play guitar and sing behind the stage when syd went off track. david started to become more of a larger role in the band, taking over syd's roles, and having his first studio appearances with pink floyd on their second album "A Saucerful of Secrets", which is the only pink floyd album that has all 5 members on it. a bit after its release, syd was removed from the band because of his declining mental state, and david was brought in permanently as their new lead vocalist/guitarist.
a lot of Wish You Were Here, and parts of Dark Side of the Moon, is the band's realization is that they were the reason why syd was struggling mentally, having removed him from his own band, and bringing in someone else to replace him and sing his songs. this is shown through the lyrics on syd's final contribution to the band, "Jugband Blues" from their second album which shows that Syd was aware of the band slowly removing and replacing him
Jutland Blues is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard, knowing the story behind it.
They didn't feel they were the reason for Syds situation, but they did feel guilty about how they treated him.
Fun fact, while they were recording this a strange man walked into the studio. It took them a while before they realised it was Syd.
my favorite story is syd bringing in a song called do you get it yet? and it was basically a bunch of twists and turns that the band couldn't follow. the line you wore out your welcome with random precision always reminds me of that
The 70's...smoke weed and listen to Pink frickin Floyd with a few friends. ❤😊
Im a 70+yo Kiwi (NZ) PF fan from the beginning, and theres nothing gives me a bigger boost, than to watch a new generation appreciate what brilliance in music sounded like.
Make no mistake guys, their music blew us away the same as it has you. You left me no choice, Now i have to follow you, as a happy new sub.
The very last bars on the keyboard is actually the riff from "See Emily Play" one of their biggest early hits written by Syd
«Emily tries... but misunderstands.... ah ooh»
Rick added those notes from See Emily Play as a tribute to Syd.
The Dogs of War from their Delicate Sound of Thunder concert has a sax solo that'll melt your face.
Syd was only really apart of the first album. He became erratic and they brought in David Gilmour to supplement his guitar work. Eventually they had to leave him out and Gilmour took his place. They always felt guilty about the way they treated him in leaving him out.
I don’t think they felt guilty. His mind was no longer based in reality. He would just stand onstage and do nothing They felt horrible about what happened to him through overuse of psychedelic drugs, but it wasn’t their fault. They weren’t guilty of anything.
@@helenespaulding7562 I believe a couple of them have admitted they didn't like the way things ended (essentially not picking him up for a gig and that was that)
In truth it was more a matter of Syd leaving the band, as he abandoned his role in the band both a a musician and writer and performer. Drugs and mental illness were destroying his mind basically debilitating him. He did show up when they were recording this album and they could barely recognize him. A shell of who he had been, now living in the fringes of reality. They witnessed his geniu leading them forward and then his collapse, feeling impotent to help him from his fall. This remained a source for their creativity and music ever since. Pink Floyd as we know the would never have been without the sad fall of Syd Barret.
Dave Gilmour made sure Syd always got his royalties that were due him.
The ironic thing about Syd having to be left behind from the band if that had not have happened they would not have become the incredible Pink Floyd that they have become! And who knows who they would have been if Syd would never lost his mind??
Their next album "Animals" is an angry album and has biting incredible powerful lyrics and music to go with it and it's way different than Wish You Were Here and way different than Dark Side of The Moon!! That's what makes Pink Floyd so great they never stayed the same they kept reinventing themselves and getting better!!
I first saw PF in 1967 on tour with Jimi Hendrix, The Nice and Amen Corner. They were superb then and devoloped into one of the best bands of all time. Their music is timeless....and will remain so....
What a show that must have been!
You see the band of Barrett? You see the Barrett playing guitar?! Ohh shit
Dude.
"We've regressed as a society" I've never heard a better compliment paid, nor a more apt truism.
If you guys want a real good cry, find and watch Roger Water’s performance of Wish You Were Here from his ‘This Is Not a Drill’ tour that he’s been on last and this year, it’s accompanied by written on-screen memories of Syd and himself when they were kids, and how they decided to start a band on the train back from London to Cambridge after watching the Rolling Stones at a music festival.
They made this by trying-out their new material live during concerts and then spending hours and hours in the studio recording to tape, cutting tape (literally), running tape through recording machines again and again (for the echoes) until they got what they wanted. Genius.
The greatest mystery mankind will forever grapple with is that there are people who find no enjoyment in listening to the greatness that is Pink Floyd.
You guys are great! I’ve loved both of your reactions to both PF albums. You can’t go wrong with Animals or The Wall with whichever one you do next, but you definitely need to do both!
I was 13 when Dark Side of the Moon came out, 15 when this album was released. I can’t believe I listened to Pink Floyd so young, but my friends had older brothers and they all listened to them. The musical riches were plenty in the 70’s.
The Wall is a concept album that tells a complete story from beginning to end and is definitely worth a listen. Not nearly as psychedelic as their previous work and deals with far more serious subject matter (mostly pertaining to Roger’s childhood traumas) But it is still my personal favorite Floyd album and is required listening for anyone on a Pink Floyd journey
First time I listened to this album was back in 1979. That Gm in the beginning haunts me till today. Go on guys! 🖖
Pink floyd came from another plain .
How can you ever get better..
Masterpiece ❤
So I grew up listening to this in the '90s on CD and every track seems to flow together endlessly. I could never imagine what this was like on vinyl where welcome to the machine just ends and side two starts up with have a cigar. This record came out 1975 and it would be almost a decade before CDs came out. It's almost like they knew one day this could be listened to as an entire piece with no pauses.
Gentlemen, you should consider taking a brief break and watch them perform "Wish You Were Here" (the song), live from the Pulse concert of 1994. Pink Floyd are as famous for their extraordinary live shows as they are for their albums. I think you'll be blown away.
If you want to see something from pulse ... I would recommend "One of these days"
Pulse = Pink Floyd Without Pink Floyd (Roger Waters) No Thanks
@@musicd7.100 he was not missed, I assure you.
nice job boys! it just keeps getting better,animals will blow your minds...Cheers!
I was born in 77 so growing up with this music was definitely an amazing time.
Just go in order Animals and The Wall are just as Great! This is my fav Floyd album emotional, amazing structure and a perfect album. 10/10, Have A Cigar was sung by Roy Harper.
Yep Animals might be my favorite. I’d recommend that next too
Wish You Were Here is what I heard driving over the Sonoita AZ mountains just days after my brother had died. I will never forget the shades of gold beaming through the hills while this song broke me and my grandfather. 😢
I know you guys in other videos talk about what you like in rap. I absolutely love that you totally appreciate classics like this. So cool to watch it work its magic on you the way did for us old folks when we were kids. When that sax hits - oh boy.
Thanks for fixing your bud’s headphones. Was driving me nuts too that he was missing half the sound.
Keep being a couple of sponges. It’s all good. And hey, make sure you get some early Rush on your listen list soon.
You guys interpreted this album almost exactly- First song: making it too early, gave driving you crazy. Welcome to the Machine: The machine of the music industry and fame which is matrix-like. Have a cigar- being groomed by a music top gun who doesn’t care much about the band itself beyond the money it’ll make the label, Wish you were Here, etc. you guys get it.
It's always a treat to see others getting into Pink Floyd and other older bands. SUBSCRIBED!!!
so syd didnt actually work on dark side of the moon, he left the band before that album
@@lucatheboy1551 Roger definitely wrote money
I think some of the original ideas might have been worked on a little with syd. But he had been gone after Saucerful Full of Secrets.
@@lucatheboy1551Syd had nothing to do with Dark Side of the Moon album. All lyrics for DarkSide are by Roger Waters. Roger is considered one of the premiere lyricists in all of Rock. He wrote 99% of their material from Dark Side of the Moon to The Wall.
We found out he left before after listening
@@lucatheboy1551”Dark Side of the Moon” was their 8th album. Syd left after the second, and only significantly contributed to the first.
You guys need to check out the live Pulse concert...it will blow your mind as to just how good Pink Floyd really are. Comfortably Numb, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Wish You Were Here, Coming Back To Life, Sorrow, High Hopes...shit, just do the entire concert.
During the production of this album, Syd actually visited Abbey Road Studios, the place they recorded and produced this album, and the band didn't recognize him. He looked completely different, and they showed him a piece of the album and he said, "It sounds old." After Syd said that, Roger started crying.
pink floyd is one of if not the best band i’ve ever heard. they can express such unique emotions and feelings thru their music like nobody else i’ve heard. they played shine on you crazy diamond at my best friends funeral and it was as sad as it was beautiful.
Syd left in 1968 after their 2nd album and is the only album with all 5 members,so it was 5 years before dark side of the moon and in the process there was another couple of classic albums such as meddle,atom heart mother & obscured by clouds , well worth a listen 😁👍
Welcome to magic of Pink Floyd... You will be addict to them very soon.
There is "Music" and there is "Pink Floyd". They brings you somewhere out of your body!
Pink Floyd made me fly for the last 55 years and I've been bless for that!
55 years ago Pink Floyd were already 200 years ahead of everybody!
Your commentary is spot on! It is exactly like we experienced it the first time we heard it when it came out.
Just a note the guy on fire on the cover was actually set on fire no computer graphics in 1975. My favourite PF album. Please do full echoes live
Right and 2001 was shot in space? You're right this guys really is on fire but Computer graphics is waay older than 1975!
@@nephelionI don’t know how else to tell you this: none of the visual effects used in 2001 a space odyssey were achieved using CGI. It’s all practical. Even the wormhole scene
@@nephelionalso, yes, the cover for wish you were here was done practically too.
Thats fucking sick reaction! Do more pink floyd, guys realy love this
Loved the reaction to have a cigar lol, David goes crazy on the guitar
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl.
Year after year.
What have we found?
Same old fears.
Wish you were here.
He didn't leave. He was shouldered out because the band knew he was a lost cause. They were devastated at the loss. Hence, Wish You Were Here.
hey guys the visuals on the back are unbelievable. great job guys
Pink Floyd used a lot of studio trickery in recording their albums (pioneering it or pushing the limits of technical possibilities for much of it) but in the end they had to play all the parts on real instruments and record it to tape. Editing meant literally cutting tape and sticking it together again with cello-tape. No sax plugins for a DAW or MIDI in 1975.
The word you guys are looking to describe Shine on is a Lament :) Btw, Syd only did the first album in 67. He did LSD and developped Schizophrenia and his childhood friend replaced him. Welcome to the machine and Have a Cigar is about the music industry.
very heart warming to see young people so thoughtful about this incredible band
Gentleman … in 1975 there were kick ass stereo systems. Speakers were huge…. Pioneer turntables , equalizers…. So yeah we played these albums volume up! Every component were separate. Our parents hated the “ noise”. The sound was incredible
We had a friend who had a killer set up along with reel 2 reel that sounded killer
The members of this band, including Syd had known each other since they were young so losing Syd meant losing a lifelong friend. Super tough
If you want to hear what Pink Floyd was like with Syd, you’ll have to listen to Piper at the Gates of Dawn. But also, the singles they released like “See Emily Play” and “Arnold Layne”, which are not on Piper.
Syd also released two solo albums after he left Pink Floyd and they are masterpieces. The art of a madman, but still really good. Songs like “Dominoes” and “Dark Globe” are amazing and beautiful songs. But you can hear that Syd is clearly insane, especially if you get the newer version with the studio outtakes.
If you listen carefully, at the very end of the album, as everything is fading out, Rick plays the melody to “See Emily Play”.
Pink Floyd is my favorite band they are a genre onto themselves.Rock on boys!!
Can't wait for you guys to do The Wall
You guys want to know the REAL Pink Floyd, you MUST SEE their Pulse concert. The whole concert. Pink Floyd is the complete package only when viewed on stage and the Pulse concert was their BEST. The combination of music AND light show is life changing.
my first time listening to Pink Floyd was this album, no matter how much Pink Floyd I listen to I always come back to this one.
Listening to Pink Floyd while longing boarding in a small town at 2am always got me in the feels. *better while high*
Really like watching your traditions. I like that you do the whole album, the way PF meant for it to be heard. Animals next please. Keep Rocking Amigos! 🤟🏼✌🏻👍🏼
I think this album does an incredible job of painting a picture of loss, and grief, as experienced by the people of that age. The people of the late-60s-early-70s generation lost so many friends, because of war, or drugs, or mental illness, or violence, or sometimes just plain old hatred. Sometimes the people you lost were still right there, they never went away, but just...gone. And you had to find a way to say goodbye to them anyway. Farewell Syd, the beautiful boy with the long curly hair, who took LSD and invented the most absurd pranks you could imagine. You will remain a tubby bloke named Roger with shaved eyebrows and agoraphobia, but we still have to say goodbye.
Ok guys now you need to react to Animals and then The Wall. Two masterpieces again 😊
Syd Barrett was already out of the band when they did "Dark Side."
this was literally the album you put on in your dorm room in the 70s-80s when a chick came by. 'massage music'.
Syd Barret was in a very different PF than you've heard so far.
More psychedelic, more frantic and dissonant, proto-punk almost.
I'm looking forward to this!! Can't wait for Animals and Meddle :)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pt. 1-5 will always give me goosebumps
During the recording of the album, an overweight, bald man, with shaved eyebrows turned up at Abbey Road studios. The band didn't recognise him, or thought he was a friend of another member, until someone realised who it was...it was Syd.
Syd didn't leave the band. The band left him, one night in the late 1960's they decided to just not pick him up for a gig. Before DSOTM they had a few hits written by Syd. Arnold Layne. See Emily Play.
The wall is the greatest album of all time. I cry everytime listening and I come back every couple months.
An album that just came out is wall of eyes by the smile. Came out yesterday. The singer and guitarist are from Radiohead
So fucking good. Love the progressive sigs and unpredictable nature.
Syd lived a long, quiet, peaceful life. Although they left him in peace, the band made sure he and his family had everything they needed.
you guys are doing Pink Floyd the right way, not song by song but you do the album. Good job.
Fun fact: the vocalist on "Have a Cigar" is not even a member of the band!
Love these videos, you guys should definitely check out Black Midi. They make some pretty experimental stuff, but it’s really good.
As others have stated, this is the exact same Floyd lineup from "Dark Side of the Moon", nothing has changed. Roger Waters and David Gilmour are the two main lead singers of Pink Floyd and they're both doing lead vocals here. Only difference is this has more Roger than Dark Side did, but it's still Dave on "Welcome to the Machine" "Wish You Were Here", and on harmonies. This is the lineup that took them all through the 70s and their most successful albums. You're not going to hear anything by Syd Barrett unless you go all the way back to 1967. They were a totally different vibe back then.
The machine is the record industry.
You might as well keep going in order. "Animals" next. Spoiler alert..... Another masterpiece!!!
I've always thought of 'the machine' as society, which you'd better try to fit into or it will make (break) you.
@@rmyikzelf5604 I think that's a valid interpretation as well.
I like you guys; and I am super impressed on how much you LOVE Pink Floyd
Roy Harper ( folk/rock singer )was brought in to sing "Have a cigar" .
It was felt he had a much better range for the song when singing it. I believe he was in another studio on another project when the band asked him if he wanted to give a go of singing it.
Nice vid! The greenscreen and trippy visuals was a nice touch. Personally The Wall is my favorite Pink Floyd album, I remember watching the movie that came out with it as kid and having a blast. Still waiting for the Tool Lateralus reaction, but if it doesn't get enough votes that's chill, but def check it out on your own time :)
It’s on the next poll! Been waiting to do it
i just turned 60...i was a young boy when i heard my first Pink Floyd solo by Gilmore...you kids think you heard a great solo?? lmao...try Comfortably numb..."PULSE" concert !!! Anything from the PULSE concert will actually blow your mind!...SUBBED for sure...
The kings of sound.
Have a Cigar is an amazing story of their interaction with "music business" people
Il più iconico brano dei Pink Floyd.
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I've read Shine on You Crazy Diamond as having "guilt dripping from every note"
omg these PF reactions are amazing!!!!!
That Crumb in the background went perfect!!!!
Guys please react to “ A moon shaped pool” by Radiohead
Just caught your show and congratulations I'm digging the backgrounds, since I gave away my age using the term "digging" I'm an old guy that still remembers everything once I've heard the song. It's cool as shit to see young people getting into music that once upon a time, took me to those same places. Now that you fell into the rabbit hole, explore more prog rock, groups like King Crimson, Yes and Emerson Lake & Palmer. Keep it going kids, music is, at times, the only thing that separates humans from other beings.
I remember becoming addicted to this album when I discovered it. It was the first time an album made me feel like floating in space
Welcome to the machine is basically about the Music industry/media, so basically is "Welcome to the Music Industry"
Good memories of younger days..... black lights, beers, bowls and buddy's! Thanks.
I'm enjoying watching you guys trying to hammer this thing out lol!
I noticed at 7:18 they were using the locket music video as their background and that is so perfect lmao
ahh dude david GLIMOUR?!! (14:40) that was a fumble and a half 😂
thank you for consider music from us old folks :)