I will say this till the day I die. Rick Wright is the most unsung hero of Rock and Roll. Pink Floyd's atmosphere and texture is due to his amazing keyboard work and backing vocals. His harmonization with Gilmour is legendary.
I 100% agree with that. Without him Pink Floyd would never have sounded the way they do. Rodger Waters treatment of Rick was in poor taste, and was maybe born from jealousy, and competition.
In terms of album spectra, year after year, there is nothing close to the Beatles in terms of ingenuity, diversity of content, and pure writing genius. Many, many bands come close but the Beatles were the pioneers. Beatles always be my # 1 in that regard -- with Steely Dan right in there with many close 3rds. But TDSOTM... as a singular effort... there is no match. Before or since. I put it against anything the galaxy has to offer.
@danrieke9988 Tutte le altre sono band più o meno grandi: i Beatles sono un miracolo. Trovatemi qualcun altro che ha iniziato con "Please please me" e 7 anni dopo ha fatto "Abbey road" più tutto ciò che vi è stato in mezzo. E tale evoluzione è tutta dovuta a loro che hanno rotto con ciò che c'era prima di "Please please me" progredendo ed innovando continuamente il loro stile (trovatemi 2 canzoni del Beatles che si somiglino). Tutti gli altri hanno un cliché che è rimasto pressocché lo stesso col passare degli anni: ma quale è il cliché dei Beatles? Per favore, pensate prima di proporre certi paragoni che mi sembrano francamente inappropriati.
I think it's fair to mention Mr Alan Parsons. He was the main sound engineer on this album. Without him, this iconic album would not look the way it does, and God knows why it might not be as famous. He has the lion's share of the overall sound, but most importantly he brought a lot of great sound ideas. If you were talking about the Beatles, it's also worth mentioning that The Dark Side of the Moon was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, just like the Beatles recorded their albums. As a side note, it's obviously great to listen to this musical treat for the first time (I did sometime around 1975 - I was 10 years old then) but I can assure you that it's only with more and more playback that you'll discover just how great it really is. I listen to it regularly and still find things that surprise me. If you want to continue your ride with Pink Floyd, I recommend the following album - Wish You Were Here (1975) - it's my favorite.
Alan Parsons was also the sound engineer on the Beatles' Abbey Road album. His "Alan Parsons Project" albums are also superb sonic masterpieces in their own right and a masterclass in production. Yep, Wish You Were Here is way up there, but "Animals" is probably my favourite. Cheers.
Dark Side of the Moon has now spent 1000 weeks, nearly 20 years, on the Billboard Charts. No other album comes close. It is indeed the best album ever.
DSOTM starts out with a heartbeat. Speak to me is almost like the beginning of life. To me the screaming is like delivery into this world. Breath is next and about life and living. Time is about life and how fast it goes. Breath reprise is the drawing near of the twilight years leading into the Great Gig in the Sky. This is about death and all the phases of grief. The flip side of the Album is starting with Money , greed , wants and luxuries. Us and them is next about war and the struggles of poverty! Next is Any color you like an abstract musical masterpiece with( for the time 1973) sound effects and studio mixing by Alan Parsons. Followed by Brain Damage. This is about mental illness in society. Ending with Eclipse which is a beautiful poem put to music about everything in life and ending with a heartbeat. In my opinion, this is the best album ever recorded!! It’s been the soundtrack of my life. It’s in my car . My 14 year old grandson is singing it with me! Bringing him up right!! I was his age when this came out. I’m 65 now and I’m about at “Breath reprise” nearing my great Gig in the sky. I hope you get to listen to this throughout your life. It has different meanings at different times. It kinda grows up with you. “Welcome to the machine” called Pink Floyd! ✌🏻❤️
_"4 best albums in a row ever made."_ Um, what was that you said? Genesis : 1. Nursery Cryme - 2. Foxtrot - 3. Selling England by the Pound - 4. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway... Supertramp: 1. Crime of the Century - 2. Crisis? What Crisis? - 3. Even in the Quietest Moments - 4. Breakfast in America... YES: 1. Fragile - 2. Close to the Edge - 3. Tales from Topographic Oceans - 4. Relayer... I'm not saying there 4-album sets are necessarily better, I love all these bands. But they are worthy rivals for the trophy! I'm just saying, that's a mighty bold claim you're making, there. Want another bold claim? --> Each set (above) has at least one album that easily blows "Animals" out of the water, in my humble opinion. ;-] But yeah, I totally agree about listening to the next 3 in order. It's a nice, natural progression. I also think he should take note of the list I added to yours... Lots of really good stuff to react to in there. Cheers! ;-]
I wish more reactioners would start their Floyd discovery with Meddle (perfection) and Obscured by Clouds (such a slept on album and bridge between the band they were and the band they were becoming). Those 6 Floyd and the first 6 Led Zeppelin are my personal favorite album runs with Dark Side through the Wall as best 4 run. Zep 1-4 is such a close second.
"Comfortably Numb" from 'The Wall' album will give you goosebumps. The live Pulse version next will make your head explode. Check out both. Legendary guitar solo!! David Gilmour, co-lead vocals and lead guitar. 🎸
Pink floyd is a perfect blend of music, philosophy and poetry. The lyrics are almost more important than the music they are set to. If you are going to listen again, take some time first to read and meditate on what's being said. It'll change the way you experience their art.
From now on you are my favorite doing reactions...I think you are brilliant the way you are so open to new things and willing to do research as well...Great job!!!
Clare Torry, studio vocalist hired to do backing vocals and "The Great Gig in the Sky," wasn't happy with the two or so takes she did, but the band liked it enough that it ended up on the album. Otherwise, it's David Gilmour on lead vocals for most of the tracks, and Roger Waters (bass) on vocals for "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse"; Richard Wright (keyboards) sings the slow parts of "Time." Nick Mason (drums/percussion) has only one vocal credit on all of Pink Floyd's albums--the distorted vocal line delivered on "One of These Days." There's so much to hear, sir, and I'm glad you're going down the rabbit hole!
brilliant genuine reaction - I'm happy when I see young kids who have the desire to discover the music we old rockers listened to - well done and go away - next album is WISH YOU WERE HERE
My brother turned me on to Pink Floyd. When I was 15. So my kids grew up listening to them. And now they have been one of my older son's favorite bands. Since he was a teen. He turned his friends on to them. While in high school. Along with much of the bands of that time.
When I was a teen, Great Gig in the Sky was an orgasm. When I was in my early 30s, I realized it was a death. Now in my mid 50s, I realize that it is both. Life is the orgasm. Death is also life. And life is the orgasm.
Great Gig in the Sky was sung by session singer Clare Torry. In two takes after she was called in to do some temporary vocals, while Roger Waters was struggling to come up with lyrics. After that second take, the lyrics went out of the window 😂
Musically you are changed forever. Every album and song will resonate differently each time you hear it and as you age the meanings and lyrics become SOOO much more. I heard this as a kid and it has gotten better and better, more meaningful and significant as I age.
I'm so jealous of you discovering Pink Floyd for the first time! Enjoy the ride. I would listen to every album from Meddle onwards. You will love the next 3 albums. It's a classic run of 4 amazing albums - DSOTM, WYWH, Animals and The wall. Personally i love 'The Final Cut' too. As well as 'Division Bell'. I think you will love them all mate. Enjoy.
The Great Dick Parry on sax. Check out "Shine On You Crazy Diamond 1-5" from the 'Wish You Were Here' album to hear him tear it up again. Pink Floyd performed Dark Side live in its entirety during their 1994 'Pulse' tour. With quadraphonic sound and speakers 360° around the stadium, every sound effect, whisper, nuance of the album was not only recreated live, but the sound literally felt like it was coming from in front of you and in back of you (like right over your shoulder!!) at the same time. Almost eerie. Soldier Field Chicago is where I experienced them that summer. Simply extraordinary experience. These guys were perfectionists in every way, as you can hear. You must do "Wish You Were Here" album next. Seeing how much you connected to this album, I seriously doubt you'll be disappointed. Good job!! 👍👍
Best concert of my life--I saw it in Oakland, CA, April 22, 1994. It was overcast that night and the lazers made geometric colored shapes in the clouds. The surround sound was amazing. Thirty years later and I still talk about that show all the time.
Here, in 2024, Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" turned 51 years old. Amazing how timeless this Album has become. I graduated High School in MAY of that year, 1973.
Welcome to the world according to Pink Floyd. I have lived in their world for 53 years and they still excite and enthrall me. The GOATs in my mind. I had the good fortune to see them live 3 times in the 70's and early 80's. Still the best concerts i have ever seen. Love your reaction. Keep going down the rabbit hole, you won't be disappointed!
I’m in my 50s and have adored Dark Side since I first heard the 80s. Watching you getting almost overwhelmed my Clare Tory’s vocal in ‘Great Gig in the Sky’ was a little reminder of what it’s like to hear it for the first time. It’s hard to describe how good it is. I still often tear-up listening to it. And she doesn’t say a g-d word ! Sublime art. Thanks for letting me re-live that first listen thru you.
Pink Floyd is on another level altogether! I remember when this album came out, I was in awe,..... and I've been a huge Pink Floyd fan ever since. I saw them live in 1980 during their "The Wall" World Tour, the most incredible live performance, of any kind, that I've ever seen!
Great reaction. In my opinion this album is the best piece of music that’s ever been produced. Nothing has beaten it in top spot as my favourite album. That said, the top five of my all-time favourite albums remain unchallenged: 1) The Dark Side Of The Moon / Pink Floyd 2) Quadrophenia / The Who 3) The Hounds Of Love / Kate Bush 4) Led Zeppelin IV / Led Zeppelin 5) Wish You Were Here / Pink Floyd
Dick Parry plays the sax on Dark Side and then next album, Wish You Were Here. He makes a return as a touring member of the band for the 1994 Division Bell tour.
I'm happy for you, man. You've just discovered my favorite album of all time. The emotion that this music conveys is nothing short of visceral, and when you're my age and hearing it for the 5,000th time - it'll still hit you just as hard. That is true magic.
Excellent reaction! Before you move on to their next album, Wish You Were Here 1975, back up a step and watch Pink Floyd, Live at Pompeii 1971/72. You will see them in all of their creative power in their early 20's. Most people only know the two parts of Echoes from this movie, but they did a lot more songs, and they are all creative and amazing. They made a movie because their fan base wanted to see more of them (pre-internet of course), so they went to the empty Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii and recorded some of the finest music ever in 1971 (later finished in the studio 1972). You will love it.
When I saw Live at Pompeii in a theatre when it was released, Echoes was not split up, which is how it should be listened to. That movie was life-changing because we had all heard Dark Side of the Moon, but their earlier material was all new. And amazing.
It is great to watch you discovering Pink Floyd. I would enjoy to watch more of you digging into that rabbit hole. One advice: Go first for studio albums and then go to the live performances. You will not regret it. And, yes, never pause during a gilmour solo. Actually pausing a Gilmour solo is against humantarian law. 😂
Superior reactions. I'm enjoying your channel and your willingness to dive deep into artists that grab you. Like The Beatles, The Floyd just deliver. Every album from Meddle onwards is just sonic gold. (Through to The Wall without question. I think all the albums that follow have moments of brilliance. Their catalogue before Meddle is deeply interesting, but it's "musicality" is all over the map. The Floyd was NOT afraid to experiment!)
While I agree Meddle to The Wall is peak Floyd, "unappealing" is a bit harsh. As rough as The Final Cut is, The Hero's Return / The Gunner's Dream are deeply powerful. Momentary is 80s shallow, but still shines with pieces like Sorrow. Division Bell, you get Coming Back To Life... ... And like everything Floyd, it gets better with age. Give those later albums another listen with a fresh ear. 😉 ... (Edit) I, myself, am TRYING to enjoy early Floyd. I can appreciate it, but actually enjoying most of it is...difficult. Lol
Good that you did the whole album, as per multiple fan suggestions. This is really how it should be listened to. Your fans won't oftern steer you wrong when they suggest music to listen to.
Ambitious and commendable idea, but my fears came to fruition at 0:36 when you said you would be editing this album review. I know, most viewers have heard these songs many many times, so why would the cuts matter? Well, to me at least, they do. Editing to add comments is certainly acceptable, but cutting out pieces of songs, for instance, Richard Wright's piano at the beginning of Great Gig, is not, and is totally unnecessary. Nonetheless, I really wanted to hear your reaction comments. Can you put up the unedited version of your reaction video for any purists tuning in?
Why don't you just go off into your little corner and listen by yourself if you're such a "purist"? Reaction channels are constrained by time and maybe his own schedule, that's why each Reaction channel is different. If you are so insecure that you feel you have to control other people's reactions, why don't you do one yourself? - I thought not..
@@martinellis7156 Martin, respectful criticism is neither bad nor an effort to control. Yes I could just go on to other channels, but I really was interested in joe's comments, so thought I would offer it. Perhaps he considered what I said as indicated in his subsequent reaction videos which I thought were excellent. But yes, in the end the channel holder makes his own rules.
Dick Parry on saxophone 🎷, he wasn’t a band member but did all the sax on this and the Wish You Were Here album. You should know that at the end of “Time “ the music changes at Home, home again and is supposed to be listed as Breathe ( reprise ) right before The Great Gig In The Sky ✨
1994, Pontiac Silver Dome, Michigan. They played the entire Dark Side of the Moon album in concert for the first time since the Dark Side tour in the 1970s. Both David Gilmore and Nick Mason said they did that specifically because we were the best audience of their entire tour in 1994. Greatest concert of hundreds I have seen in my life.
Pink Floyd is my favorite band. There are moments where it feels as though my head is flooded with awesomeness! 🎉 You need to hit Wish You Were Here. As usual with Floyd. It’s gotta flow with the whole album for it to really make sense and to appreciate how it connects. I’ll be 60 this year and I’ve loved this album since it came out. ❤
Named in homage to two elder black blues musicians from North Carolina, “Pink” Anderson and, “Floyd” Council, they initially saw themselves as a “blues” band and called themselves “The Pink Floyd Sound”, later dropping the word “Sound” from the name. They really have no contemporaries, no other band like them at all, a genre unto themselves. They are the cerebral band of rock!
Pink Floyd was revolutionary in their use of the studio and cutting edge tech. Some of it they invented. They were ground breaking live too, with quadraphonic (surround) sound live. In the early 1970's.
35:21 The whole album merges together. Transitions, it's what they do. Between songs and in songs. That Time reaction you did? 2 songs merging perfectly. Time and Breathe (reprise). Time ends with 'Thought I'd something more to say' the rest is Breathe (reprise)
With Floyd, if you pause, rewind to the end of the previous track, so that you don't miss the transitions. :) Best of all, don't pause at all, while listening in a darkened or low light environment, no interruptions, no distractions, phone off and just let Floyd carry you away! :)
pink floyd's masterpieces are: side 2 of album MIDDLE (1971) - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (1973) - WISH YOU WERE HERE (1975) - ANIMALS (1977) - THE WALL (1979)
I first heard this in high school about 40 years ago. I think the phrase "it never gets old" had this album in mind when they came up with that, because I might be on listen 2000 or something
This album was on the charts when I was an infant and still on the charts when I was finishing high school. Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall are also all desert island albums. Enjoy the ride.
I remember my dad showing me floyd years ago… never looked back!! BEST band ever!! you are in for a ride bro! 👊🏻👌🏼 love this album & your reaction, keep em coming! From the UK 🇬🇧
New subscriber mate. Playing catch up on your floyd reactions. I've had them all through my 50 years so far but will happily sit with you to listen all day ✌️
I still remember the time and place I first listened to this album, uninterrupted, in full, with the lyrics from the liner in my lap. I was blown away, and it gives me goosebumps still to this day.
I love watching new youngsters listening to this album for the first time ever! I grew up listening to them, and passed it on to my son, who loves the Floyd...I was definitely fortunate to grow up in the best generation of rock-n-roll! Glad you enjoyed this, and yes, good saxophone player, yet David Gilmore is the master IMO. Check him out Live in Pompeii years later with his other band, David Gilmour.
hey bro the beatles always been my fav band i was glad to hear you enjoy their albums. Floyd is a beast and id recommend their next three albums (they went on a run of 4 very critically acclaimed and iconic albums in a similar way the beatles did). Wish You were Here, Animals and The Wall are all worth reacting to thought they are all distinctly different.
The Great Gig in the Sky is about death. There are three sections to the song. In the first, the soul is going through the throes of death, the pain and tearing of separation. In the second, the soul is confused and unmoored. looking for the way. In the third, the soul sees the light and rises towards it, slowly fading away into the infinite. The song is of a piece with "Time"', and they change and get deeper over the years. Come back to them in ten years, and then ten years after that, and you'll see how they strike you differently every time. You'll hear depths you didn't hear before, because each time you'll be closer to the reality they're describing.
Liked and subscribed because I love when Gen Z loves good music. Good review bro. My only advice is line up the camera with the screen you are looking at, as close as possible. It's just odd listening to people talk when they can't make eye contact. It's odd IRL it's odd on screen. Eye contact is MAJOR when making reactions. Always be talking to that one person on the other side. Other than that, you got potential bro. Keep it up. 👍🏽
Floyd used to do their live gigs in quadraphonic back in the day, so if you have the gear/means you should listen to the quad (Alan Parsons) or 5.1 (James Guthrie) mixes of this album, both on Blu-ray. The former is available as part of the "Immersion set", but the latter can be bought separately now (as well as in Atmos). There's so much going on with the album that surround (because of the channel separation) is great for capturing all the nuances that otherwise were rather buried in the various stereo mixes.
"It never gets old"... You said it! Timeless classics never do!... Fun Fact: Clare Torry, who laid down the vocals for 'Great Gig in the Sky', stepped into the studio as a virtual unknown and belted that out in a single take! They paid her 30 pounds! Incredible! Great reaction buddy! Clearly you appreciate great music, and Pink Floyd are bonafide musical geniuses!
great reaction, Omg i was in tears laughing when you said you needed to process this and come back with actual words. And the next thing we all see is you clutching a beetles album as if it just died. :D welcome to pink floyd
You missed the most important words of the album at the end recorded from a doorman at the recording studios(there is no dark side of the moon as a matter fact it’s all dark) he went into more explanation about that quote. he also said on the album he’s not afraid of dying. Why should he be? We all have to go sometime! He was given a simple premise of the concept of the album and his words echoes through my mind forever!
Pink Floyd exists outside of Time, so all their songs sound modern no matter when you hear them. The Pulse version of Great Gig in the Sky is so beautiful. The studio version is raw and wild and also very beautiful, but the live version has been polished to a high shine and it's just fabulous. Any Colour You Like is probably my favorite song on this album. So good. As far as other Pink Floyd albums go, you can't go wrong with Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, and The Division Bell. That should keep you for a while. Then there's the live versions, because the only thing better than Pink Floyd is Pink Floyd live. 💗
Love seeing every new reaction from a Dark Side virgin, there are many great studio and live versions of PF songs, what would I recommend most is most of the live Pulse album....Gilmour will wear you out on the solos that are so spectacular
Young man, I have just discovered your channel and so far, I love it. I love Floyd, don't know if you have ventured into The Wall yet, but I will be looking after this video is over. Nice job!
As good as this album sounded to you upon this first listen, I guarantee it will sound better on your 2nd, 3rd and 21st listens. As will Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here," "Animals," and "The Wall." "Meddle" , released in 1970, is sort of a transitional album, bridging their earlier psychedelic albums with their more mainstream creations, starting with "The Dark Side Of The Moon." Side 2 of "Meddle," encompassed in one song titled "Echoes," is a precursor of what was to come for Pink Floyd. "Echoes" is an incredible song. There are a few versions of this song. The one on "Meddle," and a couple of live versions that are great. I'm sure it won't be long til we watch your reactions to PFs "Wish You Were Here." Keep on r'actin .
Keep in mind they made those on the run sounds 52 yrs ago ..with a pre digital synthezer😮😮they were the pioneers of the quadraphonic sound at their live shows.
I've seen that you reacted already to the album :D I'd recommend you to react to single songs from now on. Especially as a lot of people mentioned, "comfortably numb - pulse concert 1994" and there are soo many other GOOD songs! - Shine on you crazy diamond (both parts) - sorrow - hey you - another brick in the wall (all parts) - on the turning away - dogs - echoes - wish you were here -... A lot of those songs were played at the pulse concert 1994, so better check those out ✌️🫡
One completely underrated thing about David Gilmour is his singing. He has the loveliest melodic voice on Breathe and Us and Them and then really shows his power on Time and Money. One of my favorite singers and you don’t hear people often say that. And, this is my favorite album of all time and no other comes close.
Hey! nice to meet you and you r channel! I just wanted to make a small point. The reason this older music sounds fuller and warmer is because recording used to be way more of an art. Plus you get that warmer sound that digital recording just just doesn't get right. Modern producers keep buying synthesizers from the 70s and 80s because we haven't figured how to replicate those sounds to this day.
I am very glad you listened to so many Beatles albums, they are fantastic. I also feel it prepared you well to actively listen to Pink Floyd. Actively listening to music is a bit of a lost art nowadays.
I have been a rabid Beatles fan since 1967 and a rabid Pink Floyd fan since 1972. Picking one over the other is impossible and luckily I don't have to, but I will say that over time I have listened to Pink Floyd more. Your taste in albums is impeccable, btw. You simply cannot do better than Revolver and DSOTM.
Saw them perform this live 1973 most incredible concert Pink Floyd is my all time favorite The Wall next Comfortably Numb David Gilmore Live a must see Love young people exploring creative music
There is hope for the younger generation when they show the appreciation for the greatest album of all time. Well done. 52 years have past and it's still #1 all time. Subjects we still wrestle with today...breathe, time, money, us vs them, sanity...just as relevant today as it was 52 years ago. The mount Rushmore of music. Touches my soul.
Saxophone player is Dick Parry, who also played on the following album Wish You Were Here. Clare Torry vocalized on Great Gig In The Sky. She was a session singer brought in for a standard rate session and initially didn't really thing anything too much of it. She did it in a couple of takes with words shown on cue cards through the control room window
6:20 That was the (highly underrated) Richard Wright on keyboards (probablya Hammond organ). Props for noticing so early in your descent down 'the narrow way'. Very important to the Pink Floyd sound and feel. But then they all were.
It's a symphonic, rock themed, operatic, auditory hallucination. It'll leave you drained from the frequent "level changes". It seems to give one a good idea of what a hallucination may be like once you've settled comfortably in, closed your eyes and just let the music sweep your soul into the multitude of universes this monumental tome will invariably guide you. As fresh in 2024 as it ever was, just like the listener said.
Bought this album in 1981, having heard most of the songs on radio as a 12 year old. Great Gig in the Sky will eventually become most people’s favourite song off of the album. Timeless
Prog rock is a bit different from most other music, especially compared to today's music. Even though there may be separate tracks, don't treat them all as individual songs. There's a lot of overlapping. Think of the tracks as movements in an overall piece of music. Floyd was an exceptional band, one of a kind, and their huge following is a testament to their greatness, a top ten best-selling band of all time.
Last year, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of DSOTM, they released a live recording from 1974 at Wembley, London. It's an incredible performance, with extended versions of 'Money' and 'Any Colour You Like'. Dick Parry plays saxophone on that recording, too. It's well worth hearing!
Fantastic reaction! Logically, you should do a reaction to the next album, Wish You Were Here. From there, I would double back and do the Meddle album from 1971, then Live At Pompeii 1972 and see if their earlier, experimental stuff grabs you. I would then do 1972's Obscured By Clouds album, then 1977's Animals album. After digesting that, you can decide on doubling back to the beginning in 1967 and moving forward, or jumping right into 1979's The Wall and moving forward from there. Whatever you do, definitely listen to every Floyd album as a whole.
I agree, except I think go back to Meddle, (so glad you included Obscured) then work up through The Division Bell. Then go back to '67. The progression up to DB is fairly linear. The early Floyd has some absolute bangers, and some truly odd stuff. It's a very acquired taste and can sometimes be off-putting to new Floydians. 😉
The Greatest. I bought this Album on the day it was released, in 1973, I was 17. I still have that original Vinyl Album and never tire of listening to it. But always, from beginning to end. It’s the only way. You’ve so much more to come, The Album Meddle, from 1971, featuring the first Floyd track I ever heard, ‘Echoes’. Then ‘Wish You Were Here’, from 1975, another Concept Album which also needs to be heard from beginning to end. The same goes for ‘The Wall’, 1979. Which of course features the incredible, ‘Comfortably Numb’. Though the original studio Album track, doesn’t have the incredible extended guitar solo, that is found on great live performances. There’s plenty more brilliant Pink Floyd Albums too. And you’ve not even tried any ‘YES’ music yet either, along with Pink Floyd, my joint all time favourite Band. These are just some suggestions for you, from my own personal feelings. Enjoy. 🎶🎸❤️🎸🎶
the singer in the great gig in the sky, clare torrie, is someone pink floyd got to do vocals for the song, and when they brought her in the studio they didnt really know what they wanted, so clare torrie just began singing, meaning that her entire performance on the song is entirely improvised and done all in one take (ps you should definitely listen to animals, its pretty different, but still incredible)
David Gilmour is one of my top favorite guitarists. When I first started learning guitar I was inspired by him. I came to realize how hard it is to play his solos but thanks to a lot of RUclips teachers and a lot of time and determination I can play some of his solos. It was so worth it. The most enjoyable part in playing the solos are that once you get the slides , bends etc on the fret board , the solos are really fun to play 😊.
Loved this man , you gotta check out The Division Bell album , and the Pulse concert , Some songs to check out from Pulse would be , High Hopes , Shine On , Keep Talking , Sorrow.
Best album ever. My number one desert island album. Loved your reaction. I recommend the following albums to review. Genesis Genesis, Valen Halen 1 (known as Van Halen Van Halen), Breakfast in America by Supertramp, Legend by Bob Marley, any of the following Elton John albums - Madman across the Water, Captain Fantastic, or Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - or John Denver Windsong. Thanks and you have new subscriber today.
Welcome to the rabbit hole that is Pink Floyd, there is no going back.
If I may add to that… your life will forever change… enjoy!
I will say this till the day I die. Rick Wright is the most unsung hero of Rock and Roll. Pink Floyd's atmosphere and texture is due to his amazing keyboard work and backing vocals. His harmonization with Gilmour is legendary.
Absolutely! His contribution to DSOM was invaluable to the overall sound of the album, esp on US and Them which he wrote, Time and Any Color You Like.
Ri-chard! Polly would start a crowd chant at the 06 shows during band intros
I 100% agree with that. Without him Pink Floyd would never have sounded the way they do. Rodger Waters treatment of Rick was in poor taste, and was maybe born from jealousy, and competition.
It is difficult to compare the BEATLES with FLOYD. In a way, they´re both #1 because both are pantheon-influential, but in different universes.
yep ! i agree
The Beatles brought the genre to radio.
In terms of album spectra, year after year, there is nothing close to the Beatles in terms of ingenuity, diversity of content, and pure writing genius. Many, many bands come close but the Beatles were the pioneers. Beatles always be my # 1 in that regard -- with Steely Dan right in there with many close 3rds. But TDSOTM... as a singular effort... there is no match. Before or since. I put it against anything the galaxy has to offer.
BoyBand Beatles is not even in the same realm… anyone that would even compare its is a Dunning Kruger Syndrome moron.
@danrieke9988 Tutte le altre sono band più o meno grandi: i Beatles sono un miracolo. Trovatemi qualcun altro che ha iniziato con "Please please me" e 7 anni dopo ha fatto "Abbey road" più tutto ciò che vi è stato in mezzo. E tale evoluzione è tutta dovuta a loro che hanno rotto con ciò che c'era prima di "Please please me" progredendo ed innovando continuamente il loro stile (trovatemi 2 canzoni del Beatles che si somiglino). Tutti gli altri hanno un cliché che è rimasto pressocché lo stesso col passare degli anni: ma quale è il cliché dei Beatles? Per favore, pensate prima di proporre certi paragoni che mi sembrano francamente inappropriati.
I think it's fair to mention Mr Alan Parsons. He was the main sound engineer on this album. Without him, this iconic album would not look the way it does, and God knows why it might not be as famous. He has the lion's share of the overall sound, but most importantly he brought a lot of great sound ideas.
If you were talking about the Beatles, it's also worth mentioning that The Dark Side of the Moon was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, just like the Beatles recorded their albums.
As a side note, it's obviously great to listen to this musical treat for the first time (I did sometime around 1975 - I was 10 years old then) but I can assure you that it's only with more and more playback that you'll discover just how great it really is. I listen to it regularly and still find things that surprise me.
If you want to continue your ride with Pink Floyd, I recommend the following album - Wish You Were Here (1975) - it's my favorite.
Alan Parsons was also the sound engineer on the Beatles' Abbey Road album. His "Alan Parsons Project" albums are also superb sonic masterpieces in their own right and a masterclass in production. Yep, Wish You Were Here is way up there, but "Animals" is probably my favourite. Cheers.
quite fair indeed
There is a video on RUclips of Alan Parsons talking about the making of Dark Side of the Moon
the album "Animals " will blow your mind!
100%
I really enjoy the lyrics for "Animals", but listen however you want.
Some of Gilmour's best guitar work ❤
Every song from Dark Side of the Moon is performed LIVE in the PULSE collection (1994). Pink Floyd were masters of live performances.
Yup. Have to do the Pulse concert. Every songs is a mic drop moment.
Not to mention one of the greatest renditions of Wish You Were Here and Comfortably Numb! Yeah, have the DVD and regularly throw it on.
That was a different Pink Floyd.
Dark Side of the Moon has now spent 1000 weeks, nearly 20 years, on the Billboard Charts. No other album comes close. It is indeed the best album ever.
DSOTM starts out with a heartbeat. Speak to me is almost like the beginning of life. To me the screaming is like delivery into this world. Breath is next and about life and living. Time is about life and how fast it goes. Breath reprise is the drawing near of the twilight years leading into the Great Gig in the Sky. This is about death and all the phases of grief. The flip side of the Album is starting with Money , greed , wants and luxuries. Us and them is next about war and the struggles of poverty! Next is Any color you like an abstract musical masterpiece with( for the time 1973) sound effects and studio mixing by Alan Parsons. Followed by Brain Damage. This is about mental illness in society. Ending with Eclipse which is a beautiful poem put to music about everything in life and ending with a heartbeat. In my opinion, this is the best album ever recorded!! It’s been the soundtrack of my life. It’s in my car . My 14 year old grandson is singing it with me! Bringing him up right!! I was his age when this came out. I’m 65 now and I’m about at “Breath reprise” nearing my great Gig in the sky. I hope you get to listen to this throughout your life. It has different meanings at different times. It kinda grows up with you. “Welcome to the machine” called Pink Floyd! ✌🏻❤️
Agree 100%!
Just because thriller outsold, Darkside does not mean it is better!!
Period. Mic drop.
@@jackiegiannino6835 Didn't know that about Alan Parsons. Another genius!
Treat yourself to the next 3 albums in order start to finish 1. Wish you were 2. Animals 3. The Wall . They are the 4 best albums in a row ever made.
_"4 best albums in a row ever made."_
Um, what was that you said?
Genesis : 1. Nursery Cryme - 2. Foxtrot - 3. Selling England by the Pound - 4. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway...
Supertramp: 1. Crime of the Century - 2. Crisis? What Crisis? - 3. Even in the Quietest Moments - 4. Breakfast in America...
YES: 1. Fragile - 2. Close to the Edge - 3. Tales from Topographic Oceans - 4. Relayer...
I'm not saying there 4-album sets are necessarily better, I love all these bands. But they are worthy rivals for the trophy! I'm just saying, that's a mighty bold claim you're making, there. Want another bold claim? --> Each set (above) has at least one album that easily blows "Animals" out of the water, in my humble opinion. ;-]
But yeah, I totally agree about listening to the next 3 in order. It's a nice, natural progression. I also think he should take note of the list I added to yours... Lots of really good stuff to react to in there. Cheers! ;-]
@@robertcartier5088 I'm well aware of every artist and album listed and many, many more of every genre there is.
I wish more reactioners would start their Floyd discovery with Meddle (perfection) and Obscured by Clouds (such a slept on album and bridge between the band they were and the band they were becoming). Those 6 Floyd and the first 6 Led Zeppelin are my personal favorite album runs with Dark Side through the Wall as best 4 run. Zep 1-4 is such a close second.
Amen!!!
@@robertcartier5088Aerosmith- 1 Aerosmith , 2 Get your Wings, 3 Toys in the Attic, 4 Rocks.
"Comfortably Numb" from 'The Wall' album will give you goosebumps. The live Pulse version next will make your head explode. Check out both. Legendary guitar solo!! David Gilmour, co-lead vocals and lead guitar. 🎸
Then follow it with the live version from Pompeii for the best live rock guitar solo ever.
David Gilmour explained his guitar style with " It's not how many notes one plays it's how one plays a single note".
This is an album that will stay with you for a lifetime, always know it like a close friend or lover yet still has so much more each and every time
Pink floyd is a perfect blend of music, philosophy and poetry. The lyrics are almost more important than the music they are set to. If you are going to listen again, take some time first to read and meditate on what's being said. It'll change the way you experience their art.
From now on you are my favorite doing reactions...I think you are brilliant the way you are so open to new things and willing to do research as well...Great job!!!
I love literally watching someone’s brain expand and life change before us as they listen to this album.
Clare Torry, studio vocalist hired to do backing vocals and "The Great Gig in the Sky," wasn't happy with the two or so takes she did, but the band liked it enough that it ended up on the album. Otherwise, it's David Gilmour on lead vocals for most of the tracks, and Roger Waters (bass) on vocals for "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse"; Richard Wright (keyboards) sings the slow parts of "Time." Nick Mason (drums/percussion) has only one vocal credit on all of Pink Floyd's albums--the distorted vocal line delivered on "One of These Days." There's so much to hear, sir, and I'm glad you're going down the rabbit hole!
brilliant genuine reaction - I'm happy when I see young kids who have the desire to discover the music we old rockers listened to - well done and go away - next album is WISH YOU WERE HERE
My brother turned me on to Pink Floyd. When I was 15. So my kids grew up listening to them. And now they have been one of my older son's favorite bands. Since he was a teen. He turned his friends on to them. While in high school. Along with much of the bands of that time.
When I was a teen, Great Gig in the Sky was an orgasm.
When I was in my early 30s, I realized it was a death.
Now in my mid 50s, I realize that it is both. Life is the orgasm. Death is also life. And life is the orgasm.
So true
"Eargasim"
For me, Time is the song that evolved as I grew old.
orgasms feel so good i wish i was in a constant state of sexual climax
great gig in the sky, with a name like that how could you think it's about anything but death?
A euphemism for "Orgasm" in French is "la petite mort" which means "little death"
Great Gig in the Sky was sung by session singer Clare Torry. In two takes after she was called in to do some temporary vocals, while Roger Waters was struggling to come up with lyrics. After that second take, the lyrics went out of the window 😂
Skip-jump through Great Gig In The Sky is unforgivable.
I mean, he listened to it twice. He knew on the first listen through
Musically you are changed forever. Every album and song will resonate differently each time you hear it and as you age the meanings and lyrics become SOOO much more. I heard this as a kid and it has gotten better and better, more meaningful and significant as I age.
I'm so jealous of you discovering Pink Floyd for the first time!
Enjoy the ride. I would listen to every album from Meddle onwards.
You will love the next 3 albums. It's a classic run of 4 amazing albums - DSOTM, WYWH, Animals and The wall.
Personally i love 'The Final Cut' too. As well as 'Division Bell'.
I think you will love them all mate.
Enjoy.
The Great Dick Parry on sax. Check out "Shine On You Crazy Diamond 1-5" from the 'Wish You Were Here' album to hear him tear it up again.
Pink Floyd performed Dark Side live in its entirety during their 1994 'Pulse' tour. With quadraphonic sound and speakers 360° around the stadium, every sound effect, whisper, nuance of the album was not only recreated live, but the sound literally felt like it was coming from in front of you and in back of you (like right over your shoulder!!) at the same time. Almost eerie. Soldier Field Chicago is where I experienced them that summer. Simply extraordinary experience. These guys were perfectionists in every way, as you can hear. You must do "Wish You Were Here" album next. Seeing how much you connected to this album, I seriously doubt you'll be disappointed.
Good job!! 👍👍
thank you so much !
Best concert of my life--I saw it in Oakland, CA, April 22, 1994. It was overcast that night and the lazers made geometric colored shapes in the clouds. The surround sound was amazing. Thirty years later and I still talk about that show all the time.
@@Gramma_Holly Saw it in august, in the middle of Bordeaux, France, I was 18, my best concert ever too.
Here, in 2024, Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" turned 51 years old.
Amazing how timeless this Album has become.
I graduated High School in MAY of that year, 1973.
Welcome to the world according to Pink Floyd. I have lived in their world for 53 years and they still excite and enthrall me. The GOATs in my mind. I had the good fortune to see them live 3 times in the 70's and early 80's. Still the best concerts i have ever seen. Love your reaction. Keep going down the rabbit hole, you won't be disappointed!
thanks ! so cool to hear that
I’m in my 50s and have adored Dark Side since I first heard the 80s. Watching you getting almost overwhelmed my Clare Tory’s vocal in ‘Great Gig in the Sky’ was a little reminder of what it’s like to hear it for the first time. It’s hard to describe how good it is. I still often tear-up listening to it. And she doesn’t say a g-d word ! Sublime art. Thanks for letting me re-live that first listen thru you.
I literally had it on vinyl last night and teared up.i must have listened to this album 200 times.
Pink Floyd is on another level altogether! I remember when this album came out, I was in awe,..... and I've been a huge Pink Floyd fan ever since.
I saw them live in 1980 during their "The Wall" World Tour, the most incredible live performance, of any kind, that I've ever seen!
Great reaction.
In my opinion this album is the best piece of music that’s ever been produced. Nothing has beaten it in top spot as my favourite album.
That said, the top five of my all-time favourite albums remain unchallenged:
1) The Dark Side Of The Moon / Pink Floyd
2) Quadrophenia / The Who
3) The Hounds Of Love / Kate Bush
4) Led Zeppelin IV / Led Zeppelin
5) Wish You Were Here / Pink Floyd
I love that you rewind the tracks...your reactions are genuine!
Don’t know if you noticed, but the end of Time is a reprise of Breathe
Dick Parry plays the sax on Dark Side and then next album, Wish You Were Here. He makes a return as a touring member of the band for the 1994 Division Bell tour.
The next album is Wish You were Here, another masterpiece you should check out. Great reaction by the way. ❤
I'm happy for you, man. You've just discovered my favorite album of all time. The emotion that this music conveys is nothing short of visceral, and when you're my age and hearing it for the 5,000th time - it'll still hit you just as hard. That is true magic.
Please check out the PULSE LIVE version of Time, and also Great Gig in the Sky.
Excellent reaction! Before you move on to their next album, Wish You Were Here 1975, back up a step and watch Pink Floyd, Live at Pompeii 1971/72. You will see them in all of their creative power in their early 20's. Most people only know the two parts of Echoes from this movie, but they did a lot more songs, and they are all creative and amazing. They made a movie because their fan base wanted to see more of them (pre-internet of course), so they went to the empty Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii and recorded some of the finest music ever in 1971 (later finished in the studio 1972). You will love it.
When I saw Live at Pompeii in a theatre when it was released, Echoes was not split up, which is how it should be listened to. That movie was life-changing because we had all heard Dark Side of the Moon, but their earlier material was all new. And amazing.
It is great to watch you discovering Pink Floyd. I would enjoy to watch more of you digging into that rabbit hole. One advice: Go first for studio albums and then go to the live performances. You will not regret it. And, yes, never pause during a gilmour solo. Actually pausing a Gilmour solo is against humantarian law. 😂
Superior reactions. I'm enjoying your channel and your willingness to dive deep into artists that grab you.
Like The Beatles, The Floyd just deliver. Every album from Meddle onwards is just sonic gold.
(Through to The Wall without question. I think all the albums that follow have moments of brilliance. Their catalogue before Meddle is deeply interesting, but it's "musicality" is all over the map. The Floyd was NOT afraid to experiment!)
Meddle through The Wall are some of my favorite albums of all time. And yet I find their other albums unappealing overall.
While I agree Meddle to The Wall is peak Floyd, "unappealing" is a bit harsh.
As rough as The Final Cut is,
The Hero's Return / The Gunner's Dream are deeply powerful.
Momentary is 80s shallow, but still shines with pieces like Sorrow.
Division Bell, you get Coming Back To Life...
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And like everything Floyd, it gets better with age.
Give those later albums another listen with a fresh ear. 😉
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(Edit) I, myself, am TRYING to enjoy early Floyd.
I can appreciate it, but actually enjoying most of it is...difficult.
Lol
Good that you did the whole album, as per multiple fan suggestions.
This is really how it should be listened to.
Your fans won't oftern steer you wrong when they suggest music to listen to.
Ambitious and commendable idea, but my fears came to fruition at 0:36 when you said you would be editing this album review. I know, most viewers have heard these songs many many times, so why would the cuts matter? Well, to me at least, they do. Editing to add comments is certainly acceptable, but cutting out pieces of songs, for instance, Richard Wright's piano at the beginning of Great Gig, is not, and is totally unnecessary. Nonetheless, I really wanted to hear your reaction comments. Can you put up the unedited version of your reaction video for any purists tuning in?
Meant to end with: criticism is not disrespect!
Why don't you just go off into your little corner and listen by yourself if you're such a "purist"? Reaction channels are constrained by time and maybe his own schedule, that's why each Reaction channel is different. If you are so insecure that you feel you have to control other people's reactions, why don't you do one yourself? - I thought not..
@@martinellis7156 Martin, respectful criticism is neither bad nor an effort to control. Yes I could just go on to other channels, but I really was interested in joe's comments, so thought I would offer it. Perhaps he considered what I said as indicated in his subsequent reaction videos which I thought were excellent. But yes, in the end the channel holder makes his own rules.
Dick Parry on saxophone 🎷, he wasn’t a band member but did all the sax on this and the Wish You Were Here album. You should know that at the end of “Time “ the music changes at Home, home again and is supposed to be listed as Breathe ( reprise ) right before The Great Gig In The Sky ✨
Yeah, the latest remaster, which i assume this is, dropped breathe (reprise) and absobed it into Time. That's how everyone played it anyway.
1994, Pontiac Silver Dome, Michigan. They played the entire Dark Side of the Moon album in concert for the first time since the Dark Side tour in the 1970s. Both David Gilmore and Nick Mason said they did that specifically because we were the best audience of their entire tour in 1994. Greatest concert of hundreds I have seen in my life.
Pink Floyd is my favorite band. There are moments where it feels as though my head is flooded with awesomeness! 🎉 You need to hit Wish You Were Here. As usual with Floyd. It’s gotta flow with the whole album for it to really make sense and to appreciate how it connects. I’ll be 60 this year and I’ve loved this album since it came out. ❤
100% !!! I just turned 70 and same, same, same!
6:18, behold the power of the mighty Hammond B3 organ
Named in homage to two elder black blues musicians from North Carolina, “Pink” Anderson and, “Floyd” Council, they initially saw themselves as a “blues” band and called themselves “The Pink Floyd Sound”, later dropping the word “Sound” from the name. They really have no contemporaries, no other band like them at all, a genre unto themselves. They are the cerebral band of rock!
Pink Floyd was revolutionary in their use of the studio and cutting edge tech. Some of it they invented. They were ground breaking live too, with quadraphonic (surround) sound live. In the early 1970's.
35:21 The whole album merges together. Transitions, it's what they do. Between songs and in songs. That Time reaction you did? 2 songs merging perfectly. Time and Breathe (reprise). Time ends with 'Thought I'd something more to say' the rest is Breathe (reprise)
With Floyd, if you pause, rewind to the end of the previous track, so that you don't miss the transitions. :) Best of all, don't pause at all, while listening in a darkened or low light environment, no interruptions, no distractions, phone off and just let Floyd carry you away! :)
pink floyd's masterpieces are: side 2 of album MIDDLE (1971) - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (1973) - WISH YOU WERE HERE (1975) - ANIMALS (1977) - THE WALL (1979)
I first heard this in high school about 40 years ago. I think the phrase "it never gets old" had this album in mind when they came up with that, because I might be on listen 2000 or something
This album was on the charts when I was an infant and still on the charts when I was finishing high school. Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall are also all desert island albums. Enjoy the ride.
I remember my dad showing me floyd years ago… never looked back!!
BEST band ever!!
you are in for a ride bro! 👊🏻👌🏼 love this album & your reaction, keep em coming! From the UK 🇬🇧
thank u !
New subscriber mate. Playing catch up on your floyd reactions. I've had them all through my 50 years so far but will happily sit with you to listen all day ✌️
thanks brother
I still remember the time and place I first listened to this album, uninterrupted, in full, with the lyrics from the liner in my lap. I was blown away, and it gives me goosebumps still to this day.
Suggestion : Go on with 1) COMFORTABLY NUMB Live Pulse 1994 2) ECHOES Live in Pompeii 1971/72 3) SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND from studio-album
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I love watching new youngsters listening to this album for the first time ever! I grew up listening to them, and passed it on to my son, who loves the Floyd...I was definitely fortunate to grow up in the best generation of rock-n-roll! Glad you enjoyed this, and yes, good saxophone player, yet David Gilmore is the master IMO. Check him out Live in Pompeii years later with his other band, David Gilmour.
hey bro the beatles always been my fav band i was glad to hear you enjoy their albums. Floyd is a beast and id recommend their next three albums (they went on a run of 4 very critically acclaimed and iconic albums in a similar way the beatles did). Wish You were Here, Animals and The Wall are all worth reacting to thought they are all distinctly different.
Can I just say that I think that you are one of the very few GENUINE Pink Floyd reviewers around. Thanks for this.
thanks!
I’m so jealous of you being able to listen to the album 1st time. ❤ enjoy every second
The Great Gig in the Sky is about death. There are three sections to the song. In the first, the soul is going through the throes of death, the pain and tearing of separation. In the second, the soul is confused and unmoored. looking for the way. In the third, the soul sees the light and rises towards it, slowly fading away into the infinite. The song is of a piece with "Time"', and they change and get deeper over the years. Come back to them in ten years, and then ten years after that, and you'll see how they strike you differently every time. You'll hear depths you didn't hear before, because each time you'll be closer to the reality they're describing.
The story about those stunning vocals is stunning. So fun watching smiles emerge and “Oh man” uttered by new listeners of this amazing music.
Liked and subscribed because I love when Gen Z loves good music. Good review bro. My only advice is line up the camera with the screen you are looking at, as close as possible. It's just odd listening to people talk when they can't make eye contact. It's odd IRL it's odd on screen. Eye contact is MAJOR when making reactions. Always be talking to that one person on the other side. Other than that, you got potential bro. Keep it up. 👍🏽
Floyd used to do their live gigs in quadraphonic back in the day, so if you have the gear/means you should listen to the quad (Alan Parsons) or 5.1 (James Guthrie) mixes of this album, both on Blu-ray. The former is available as part of the "Immersion set", but the latter can be bought separately now (as well as in Atmos). There's so much going on with the album that surround (because of the channel separation) is great for capturing all the nuances that otherwise were rather buried in the various stereo mixes.
"It never gets old"... You said it! Timeless classics never do!... Fun Fact: Clare Torry, who laid down the vocals for 'Great Gig in the Sky', stepped into the studio as a virtual unknown and belted that out in a single take! They paid her 30 pounds! Incredible! Great reaction buddy! Clearly you appreciate great music, and Pink Floyd are bonafide musical geniuses!
Great review and reaction! You're editing was perfect. Play some more Floyd. Might be torn between another fav.
great reaction, Omg i was in tears laughing when you said you needed to process this and come back with actual words. And the next thing we all see is you clutching a beetles album as if it just died. :D welcome to pink floyd
You’re gonna have to watch a live version of this album. Phenomenon and phenomenal
You missed the most important words of the album at the end recorded from a doorman at the recording studios(there is no dark side of the moon as a matter fact it’s all dark) he went into more explanation about that quote. he also said on the album he’s not afraid of dying. Why should he be? We all have to go sometime! He was given a simple premise of the concept of the album and his words echoes through my mind forever!
Pink Floyd exists outside of Time, so all their songs sound modern no matter when you hear them.
The Pulse version of Great Gig in the Sky is so beautiful. The studio version is raw and wild and also very beautiful, but the live version has been polished to a high shine and it's just fabulous. Any Colour You Like is probably my favorite song on this album. So good.
As far as other Pink Floyd albums go, you can't go wrong with Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, and The Division Bell. That should keep you for a while. Then there's the live versions, because the only thing better than Pink Floyd is Pink Floyd live. 💗
I love your enthusiasm and appreciation for this music bro. 😁🤙
Love seeing every new reaction from a Dark Side virgin, there are many great studio and live versions of PF songs, what would I recommend most is most of the live Pulse album....Gilmour will wear you out on the solos that are so spectacular
Young man, I have just discovered your channel and so far, I love it. I love Floyd, don't know if you have ventured into The Wall yet, but I will be looking after this video is over. Nice job!
As good as this album sounded to you upon this first listen, I guarantee it will sound better on your 2nd, 3rd and 21st listens.
As will Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here," "Animals," and "The Wall."
"Meddle" , released in 1970, is sort of a transitional album, bridging their earlier psychedelic albums with their more mainstream creations, starting with "The Dark Side Of The Moon."
Side 2 of "Meddle," encompassed in one song titled "Echoes," is a precursor of what was to come for Pink Floyd. "Echoes" is an incredible song. There are a few versions of this song.
The one on "Meddle," and a couple of live versions that are great.
I'm sure it won't be long til we watch your reactions to PFs "Wish You Were Here."
Keep on r'actin .
Keep in mind they made those on the run sounds 52 yrs ago ..with a pre digital synthezer😮😮they were the pioneers of the quadraphonic sound at their live shows.
I've seen that you reacted already to the album :D
I'd recommend you to react to single songs from now on. Especially as a lot of people mentioned, "comfortably numb - pulse concert 1994" and there are soo many other GOOD songs! - Shine on you crazy diamond (both parts) - sorrow - hey you - another brick in the wall (all parts) - on the turning away - dogs - echoes - wish you were here -...
A lot of those songs were played at the pulse concert 1994, so better check those out ✌️🫡
I love watching people react to Pink Floyd for the first time ❤❤❤
I have been listening, and appreciating music for over 60 years. I beliece this is the best album you will ever hear.
One completely underrated thing about David Gilmour is his singing. He has the loveliest melodic voice on Breathe and Us and Them and then really shows his power on Time and Money. One of my favorite singers and you don’t hear people often say that.
And, this is my favorite album of all time and no other comes close.
Hey! nice to meet you and you r channel! I just wanted to make a small point. The reason this older music sounds fuller and warmer is because recording used to be way more of an art. Plus you get that warmer sound that digital recording just just doesn't get right. Modern producers keep buying synthesizers from the 70s and 80s because we haven't figured how to replicate those sounds to this day.
You shall give the same treatment to The Wall. Long video in perspective but really worth the experience !
I am very glad you listened to so many Beatles albums, they are fantastic.
I also feel it prepared you well to actively listen to Pink Floyd. Actively listening to music is a bit of a lost art nowadays.
thank u i try!
I have been a rabid Beatles fan since 1967 and a rabid Pink Floyd fan since 1972. Picking one over the other is impossible and luckily I don't have to, but I will say that over time I have listened to Pink Floyd more. Your taste in albums is impeccable, btw. You simply cannot do better than Revolver and DSOTM.
Pink Floyd will be played & performed by tribute bands for many generations to follow, in the same way classical music has over the past century plus
Saw them perform this live 1973 most incredible concert Pink Floyd is my all time favorite The Wall next Comfortably Numb David Gilmore Live a must see Love young people exploring creative music
There is hope for the younger generation when they show the appreciation for the greatest album of all time. Well done. 52 years have past and it's still #1 all time. Subjects we still wrestle with today...breathe, time, money, us vs them, sanity...just as relevant today as it was 52 years ago. The mount Rushmore of music. Touches my soul.
Saxophone player is Dick Parry, who also played on the following album Wish You Were Here. Clare Torry vocalized on Great Gig In The Sky. She was a session singer brought in for a standard rate session and initially didn't really thing anything too much of it. She did it in a couple of takes with words shown on cue cards through the control room window
6:20 That was the (highly underrated) Richard Wright on keyboards (probablya Hammond organ). Props for noticing so early in your descent down 'the narrow way'. Very important to the Pink Floyd sound and feel. But then they all were.
This is probably my favorite album
It’s crazy how I’ve heard this now about 40 years and it just never gets old ever ❤
Welcome To The Machine.
Enjoy the journey.
❤
It's a symphonic, rock themed, operatic, auditory hallucination. It'll leave you drained from the frequent "level changes". It seems to give one a good idea of what a hallucination may be like once you've settled comfortably in, closed your eyes and just let the music sweep your soul into the multitude of universes this monumental tome will invariably guide you. As fresh in 2024 as it ever was, just like the listener said.
My favorite album of all time.
Saw Dark Side of the Moon at the old sombrero,Tampa,Florida,June 1973.Still the greatest show of my life
Bought this album in 1981, having heard most of the songs on radio as a 12 year old. Great Gig in the Sky will eventually become most people’s favourite song off of the album. Timeless
Prog rock is a bit different from most other music, especially compared to today's music. Even though there may be separate tracks, don't treat them all as individual songs. There's a lot of overlapping. Think of the tracks as movements in an overall piece of music. Floyd was an exceptional band, one of a kind, and their huge following is a testament to their greatness, a top ten best-selling band of all time.
Last year, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of DSOTM, they released a live recording from 1974 at Wembley, London. It's an incredible performance, with extended versions of 'Money' and 'Any Colour You Like'. Dick Parry plays saxophone on that recording, too. It's well worth hearing!
Fantastic reaction! Logically, you should do a reaction to the next album, Wish You Were Here. From there, I would double back and do the Meddle album from 1971, then Live At Pompeii 1972 and see if their earlier, experimental stuff grabs you. I would then do 1972's Obscured By Clouds album, then 1977's Animals album. After digesting that, you can decide on doubling back to the beginning in 1967 and moving forward, or jumping right into 1979's The Wall and moving forward from there. Whatever you do, definitely listen to every Floyd album as a whole.
I agree, except I think go back to Meddle, (so glad you included Obscured) then work up through The Division Bell.
Then go back to '67.
The progression up to DB is fairly linear. The early Floyd has some absolute bangers, and some truly odd stuff. It's a very acquired taste and can sometimes be off-putting to new Floydians. 😉
The Greatest.
I bought this Album on the day it was released, in 1973, I was 17. I still have that original Vinyl Album and never tire of listening to it. But always, from beginning to end. It’s the only way. You’ve so much more to come, The Album Meddle, from 1971, featuring the first Floyd track I ever heard, ‘Echoes’. Then ‘Wish You Were Here’, from 1975, another Concept Album which also needs to be heard from beginning to end. The same goes for ‘The Wall’, 1979. Which of course features the incredible, ‘Comfortably Numb’. Though the original studio Album track, doesn’t have the incredible extended guitar solo, that is found on great live performances.
There’s plenty more brilliant Pink Floyd Albums too. And you’ve not even tried any ‘YES’ music yet either, along with Pink Floyd, my joint all time favourite Band. These are just some suggestions for you, from my own personal feelings.
Enjoy. 🎶🎸❤️🎸🎶
the singer in the great gig in the sky, clare torrie, is someone pink floyd got to do vocals for the song, and when they brought her in the studio they didnt really know what they wanted, so clare torrie just began singing, meaning that her entire performance on the song is entirely improvised and done all in one take
(ps you should definitely listen to animals, its pretty different, but still incredible)
David Gilmour is one of my top favorite guitarists. When I first started learning guitar I was inspired by him. I came to realize how hard it is to play his solos but thanks to a lot of RUclips teachers and a lot of time and determination I can play some of his solos. It was so worth it. The most enjoyable part in playing the solos are that once you get the slides , bends etc on the fret board , the solos are really fun to play 😊.
I bought two of these albums when they first came out. 2nd is still in the original plastic same as my Beatles white albums.
Loved this man , you gotta check out The Division Bell album , and the Pulse concert , Some songs to check out from Pulse would be , High Hopes , Shine On , Keep Talking , Sorrow.
Best album ever. My number one desert island album. Loved your reaction. I recommend the following albums to review. Genesis Genesis, Valen Halen 1 (known as Van Halen Van Halen), Breakfast in America by Supertramp, Legend by Bob Marley, any of the following Elton John albums - Madman across the Water, Captain Fantastic, or Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - or John Denver Windsong. Thanks and you have new subscriber today.