Yeah, yeah, I love the Pink Floyd reactions. Open mouths, emotion, crying, wonder and joy. And I feel the same way, even though I've heard it all a thousand times...
You must watch the final ever performance of this song live in Gdansk. It was just before Richard Wright passed away from cancer. The ending will move you to tears as it was David and Richard speaking to each other with instruments for that final time. A true masterpiece.
Hmm ... not really the final ever performance. 35 years after I first saw Pink Floyd here in Sydney on the Momentary Lapse Tour, I walked down from my place to the next suburb and got to see Echoes performed live for my first time by Nick Mason and Guy Pratt. The album version is great, the Pompeii version is great, and the Gdansk version is amazing. But to see it live, with a real early 70s feel was also pretty special.
@@AS-gx1kr Well nobody has told Nick and Guy. They're playing it on their tour. They're touring UK in June and Europe in July. Great show, and a great version of the song too. All early Floyd stuff, and some Syd Barrett tunes too.
People always look at that The Beatles gig on the pub roof as something revolutionary and here were these dudes, in the middle of a roman amphitheater of a volcano ravaged city rocking their brains out for almost 2 hours for posterity and eternity, with no audience, but ghosts. Always ahead of their time! Also, Nick Mason (the drummer) is the star of this performance. Everyone is feeding off of him and the whole groove relies on him. One of the most underrated drummers of his generation.
Funny you mention that because for the sessions that became the rooftop concert, the beatles originally planned to do it at pompeii but scrapped the idea.
I think the BEATLES rooftop concert was on the roof of their APPLE office in Kensington? But funnily enough as the BEATLES at the time had had enough of people screaming all the way through were looking at many exotic ideas. Another one being chartering a cruise ship, arriving by helicopter doing a couple of concerts and flying out. They were at their core a co-operative and I think it was Ringo who vetoed the idea. I might be misremembering but I think George had the idea of the Himalayas! So they ended up with the lesser idea of the rooftop concert.
Beatles just wanted to play with each other one last time. Moving here and play would got backfired, though they thought of playing here before they choose to play on roof for themselves. Just one last jam. Always ahead of the curve.
Pink Floyd is the only band that has ever played there...The then performed a second time and after restorations Italy gave them permission to have a crowd, but only on the ground. 2500 lucky people got to see that show. That show is amazing and can be watched on RUclips
When you watch the later live performances, is easy to think it was all their years together that made them so good. But here, they were in their mid to late 20’s and it’s clear to see that they were just always that good. It is fortunate for us all and future generations that somehow fate brought these guys together to leave us this huge body of work to enjoy. True genius the like of which we will not see again I think.
No audience, just playing to the ghosts of Pompeii. When this came out in the 70ies, we had a non-stop cinema in Salzburg (Austria) that played this film 24/7. A ticket was for 24 hours, so we sometimes watched it 2 to 3 times a day.
On the original vinyl the needle ends up in the 'end circle' and that spiraling sound coincides with needle endlessly running the last note until you lift the needle off. Struck me as very clever at the time . Fantastic song and love the drumming , and the album cover was shot by a neighbour of mine !
This was my first time hearing “Echoes” as well and I have to say I’m as blown away by it as Stacey is. Those drums and Gilmour’s guitar work were out of this world but there’s something about those vocal harmonies that are just absolutely beautiful.
David and Richard have said this is a musical conversation between them. And the lyrics are amazing. This isn't a song, it is a journey. My absolute favorite Floyd song.
@leedoss6o05 you mean that you couldn't hear anyone complain, right? 😂 I might try this on a neighbour with a dog that yapps constantly when I'm trying to work from home. 👹
@@Varksterable That reminds me of something that happened when I was doing yard work a few years ago. I had Pink Floyd BLASTING outside. Some guy up the street came out and yelled, "What the Hell is that noise?" I called back to him. "Pink Floyd. And it's that loud because my dog loves it and told me to turn it up. And you know what happened the last time someone listened to his dog, right?" He looked puzzled, then went back into his house, presumably to Google "Man listens to commands from his dog" and find out the reference I was making (Son of Sam). He did NOT come back out, nor did he call the police to make a noise complaint.
I am jealous of how you are discovering Pink Floyd for the first time, I remember when I discovered them. You have just witnessed one of the best Pink Floyd song, and even one of the best song in the world
I agree I love watching noob reactions to Floyd. Now that I'm in my late fifties I'm learning what it is to listen to Floyd without all the acid ..... It's fantastic but without all of the melting and the dripping and the vivid colors and did I mention the melting and the vivid colors ?
I visited Pompeii last year. It was very interesting and to my surprise they had a whole exhibition in the catacombes of the amphitheater. Lots of great pictures from Pink Floyd's time there. Concert posters, backstage clips of this recording playing, etc. Besides the obvious historic reason to find the visit very special, as a Floyd fan this really added another dimension as well.
Not just this song. They recorded a whole concert. No audience, just the ghosts of a city buried by time and ash. Love your reactions to PF. They have been my musical love for 40 years and seeing new people discovering this is pure joy. Keep it up ❤
This is some of the best musical art from this band. Thank you for being one of the few to play the whole thing. Floyd was the first live act to play the stadium in 2000 years; since the volcanic destruction. The whole live in pompeii video is a must see.
My best friend, who still is my best friend, and I went to a midnight movie of the Pink Floyd in Pompeii and saw this - about 52 years ago!! Still love it. Happy to see you discover this!
For me - and many fans - there are 3 "definitive performances of "Echoes: this one, the studio version on "Meddle", and David Gilmour Live in Gdansk (which was the last time Richard and David ever performed that song together). You should check them out just for your own amazement.
... and for something slightly different try one of the versions with saxophone, as they played sometimes in 74-75. Search for "floyd echoes saxophone" on YT
@@LlanchloThanks for mentioning that, most people haven’t heard it. I never though sax would work, but it absolutely does (given it was Dick Perry, I’m not surprised, though; he was the saxophonist on WYWH)
Some people say that John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) is rocks greatest drummer. However, I would argue that Nick Mason is right up there with him. So glad that you've reacted to this performance. It's my personal favourite & I watch/listen to this every day - it NEVER gets old!!
@@swinetrekwhen page was putting his new band together Bonham was virtually unknown he found him through plant , after the first rehearsal there was no doubt he was the one.
Sometimes drummers just “click” with the band they’re in. Nick Mason is the only drummer (in my opinion) for Pink Floyd. Same with the late Neil Peart for Rush.
24 minutes of bliss. Lie back on the couch, your favorite herb if you like, close your eyes and go on a journey - it's meditative. (And yes, Nick was amazing!)
Yeah studio album is preferred. The best versions need to have Roger’s pained voice signing. I love David and his or the band’s live versions post Roger leaving are great, but Roger’s angst is what makes the studio and live versions from 1977 and earlier much better.
This is one of the best live music performances/documentaries in the history of music. No audience in a crumbled coliseum near where people died from the lava of a volcano eruption. Intense as hell
Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii was a sort of a short gig. Echoes is the whole B side of the outstanding Meddle Album. For Live at Pompeii they decided to split the song to start the performance and to end the performance. It’s well worth watching the whole show. If you like Nick Masons drumming on this then watch ONE OF THESE DAYS from this performance of Live at Pompeii. Yes and has suggested below please do Shine on you Crazy Diamond parts 1 thru 5 and 6 thru 9 studio version.
I'm 67yrs old now and in 1975 i saw Pink Floyd for the first time at Knebworth uk they played most of wish you were here before the album was released in September 1975. What i wasn't expecting was they also played Echoes in its entirety it just blew me away and I've never forgotten that experience it was awesome and i feel so privileged to have witnessed the huge event all those years ago.
Fun story about Pink Floyd; the drummer’s daughter lived directly across the hall from me in Seattle. She never talked about her father but I overheard the tail end of their conversation on speaker phone and I was like…. WTF YOUR FATHER IS THE DRUMMER OF PINK FLOYD HOLY SHIT true story
It's not for nothing that Nick Mason still plays this song live with his band. He even performed it at Pompei a couple of years ago. As did David Gilmour before that, but he stopped playing it after Richard Wright passed away.
I first listened to Pink Floyd when I was 5 years old, by my mother and it was the album "Meddle" with "echoes". I was lucky enough to see Pink Floyd 2 times in concert. Pink Floyd remains my favorite band
Congratulations, this is a unique reaction of the live version. You met the guys during their formation as one of the greatest music groups of all time. All of them are masters of their instrument, some of several instruments, and you can see how they learned to communicate and create music with each other. The song was created during the transition from their initial period, marked by Syd Barret, to their second period with most of their most commercially successful songs. In this location, they shot a movie with some other songs from the first period, many of which can be found on the Ummagumma album. In your free time, also watch these clips from the web. Otherwise, one day you also react to the studio version of this song, it will offer a lot of new feelings and thoughts. Otherwise, I suggest for their next release the studio version of Shine on you crazy diamond, dedicated to the original leader Syd, who was their diamond. Their ability to talk deeply comes to the fore in the last part of this song where David and Richard echoing their ideas. This conversation is downright epic in their last live performance together before Richards untimely death.
that's kinda how this always hit me too , like the song sort of eludes to the very earliest moments of life trying to reach out and spring forth, and they're performing this in a place where life, once vibrant and bustling was so suddenly taken away...
@@costaliberta5969 most of the music Floyd put out is up for interpretation, even tho its directly referencing life at the bottom of the ocean, indirectly it could be about literally anything else. Roger Waters was a genius writer in that regard
I was JUST binge-watching reactors reacting to this song-my FAVOURITE Pink Floyd song-last night. Brilliant you should drop this today. It popped up in mi recommendations, first thing. I was delighted; I so enjoy watching react to Pink Floyd videos, as you remind me of how giddy I felt when I first heard them, so long ago (though I experienced them as albums instead of individual tunes), and you have a radiant smile that makes ME smile. Anyroad, as a guitarist, I am-of course-an immense fan of Dave Gilmour; he’s either number 1 or 2 of the 5 guitarists that have most influenced my own playing, the others being (in approximate order of impact upon my style) Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult), Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group), and Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac). In spite of that, I believe it’s Nick Mason (the drummer) who really shines on this track.In fact, he steals the show in a majority of this video! I can’t play drums. At all. I have ZERO hand-foot coordination. So great drummers appear to me as wizards. Nick Mason, in this performance, proves that he has mastered the Five Magics of the Western Middle Ages, and then a few that only popped up in the late 60s.
I'll explain David Gilmour's style. Guitar Magazine back in the mid - late 90s wrote: David Gilmour is The Undisputed Dean Of The Compound Bend and has practically Perfect Note Placement. His solos are not technically difficult Note wise, but to be able to bend and release is difficult to mirror. David Gilmour said, not verbatim as I'll try to explain, that he plays his solos, mainly, as if like an Opera Singer. Play a note and bend it in certain ways and shake it like an Opera Singer. Dave Mustaine of Megadeth said, David Gilmour can take one note and bend it in so many ways where many other guitarists have to use the entire fretboard to do so. Something along those lines. About David Gilmour's mouth movement as he plays is because he is actually singing in his mind and actually moves his mouth muscles as if he were singing it and then relays it to his fingers in order to achieve the sound and or sounds he is wanting to make and or perform. For example, studies have shown that when a person is annunciating a word or words in their mind their trachea and larynx, maybe just larynx, moves as if talking. A great example of David Gilmour singing the notes that he is playing is in the song, (Best Acoustic Song Ever) Wish You Were Here short solos. I was 15 years old when the Pulse Tour was happening and I heard a commercial for it. When I heard the voice of David Gilmour sing, in the advertisement, "Ticking Away The Moments That Make Up A Dull Day...." I thought, WHAT THE HELL? I went out and bought The Dark Side of The Moon Album. I just went straight to the song Time. Then, when I heard that guitar Solo of his in the song Time, I thought.. okay.. time to pick up a guitar and start learning. That Solo is considered a Masterpiece of Composition. Not technically difficult to play, but again... He is and still is The Undisputed Dean Of The Compound Bend with practically Perfect Note Placement. Hence why many people say, "Damn! He can make that Guitar Sing!" All my life, I never understood why the 2nd (last Solo) of Comfortably Numb was never #1 in Best or Greatest Solos of All Time. However, finally a few years ago it became The Greatest or Best Solo of All Time. If you understand Music and Math, that Solo can be played Indefinitely. (If you don't get tired) It goes from B down to E and repeats. David Gilmour in an interview said something along the lines of, "The structure of the music allows me the freedom to just play." To end.. David Gilmour admits that he never was a fast playing Guitarist. Does he really need to be? (rhetorically asking) 🎸 ❤🎉 Stacey, I follow you now because of your reactions to Pink Floyd... ❤ Alice Cooper said something like, "Pink Floyd is Here... While everyone else is over here... " In an interview showing with his hands the separation of... No one is like nor ever will be like Pink Floyd.. 🎉 ❤😊🎉 David Gilmour is my favorite Guitarist and Artist 🎉 Roger Waters said that David Gilmour has a Very Powerful Voice 🎉
I had the pleasure of seeing Nick Mason (the drummer) and his band last year - they do early Pink Floyd songs, so this one was on the setlist among others. Anyway, Nick was 79 years old at the time and still crushing it!
In 2016 I had an absolute year...I bought tickets for David Gilmour tour in Vienna, after that a week later, I bought for the same tour in Rome and because I had money and availability I also bought a ticket to Pompeii because the concerts were one after the other, I had been in Pompeii in February of the same year and the workers there told me that Pink Floyd was coming.. .yes David is Pink Floyd..been there! I saw Waters in Berlin, Bucharest and in Sofia and Pink Floyd in Munich Pulse Tour..I'm surprised I didn't die...the impeccable quadrophonic sound, the flawless performances, they invented the show and that's why they can't be copied, I love you Stacey you're from by far the most beautiful, intelligent and sensitive girl who reacted to Pink Floyd!
Nick Mason really shines on this verson. I saw him last year live and it was great. He's still got it. He plays this song as well and has a very good group of musicians around him. He's touring the UK and a bit of Europe this summer and I would highly suggest to attend a concert if you are near and able. I've got my ticket and can't wait!
I’m a bit late to your content but am loving your reaction to Pink Floyd, you have the beautiful knack of wearing the emotion their music conveys. You are proof that this music will forever a new generation of listeners to be spellbound by some of the most incredible music ever created.
Bands like Pink Floyd have always composed and played their music without being limited by time or length of their songs. They do it because they enjoy it and want to touch people, they aren't motivated by money but art and emotions. Much of their music is from a psychedelic time period, yet it speaks to everyone. So glad you and newer generations are still appreciating their artistry.
I had a great time watching you video. It's so nice seeing new young fans of this adventerous music. I was about 16 when this came out and I feel luckey to have grown up at a time when music was so imaginative. I used to buy albums constantly in the 1970s. In several years I amassed around 1000 albums. I often bought albums I knew little about, but this was such a experimental period that I was rarely dissappointed in my purchaces. Progressive rock and jazz fusion can be wuite addictive. Echoes is a masterpiece. When you get a chance, listen to the studio version from "Meddle" Also Meddle's opening track (One of these Days) is a stunner. Dogs and Shine On You Crazy Diamond are also great long tracks. Enjoy! PS you cats are awesome!
I’m a 69 yr old man, and I believe you Stacy are the first woman that seems to love Pink Floyd as much as me. It makes me happy to see how excited and enthralled in the music. You mentioned Nick Masons drumming! He is one of the most underrated drummers in rock history. His playing fits right in with whatever Pink Floyd is playing.
I've always loved how these 4 musicians "spoke" to one another through their music. Each one feeding off the others' creativity... pushing the boundaries of technology. The sonic "Noises" of their instruments always turning into the most soothing, healing musical journey. Stacey, I believe you will absolutely Love the journey of their tribute to a former band member, Sid Barrett, when you listen to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"!!! Enjoy the emotional ride!!!
Stacy, the responses you get to your reaction videos are a testament to how many people are filled with joy that you bring to them, I'm sure I speak for many, many of us are older now, some have passed but our memories of these songs will live through you and the future generations like you who recognize the "echoes" that run through our lives.
Hi Stacey, you ask, "why here", "why this historical site".....the reason for it is in the song title, "Echoes"....the song IS the echoes of all those who perished during the volcanic eruption! Thanks for all you do; your reactions are awesome. Keep it going!! 🌹🌹
Well Done Stacey....This is the caviar w/ champagne of Pink Floyd....kudos to you for rolling up your sleeves and getting into it...Echos is a commitment...but one that pays a lifetime dividend.
This was originally called 26 pieces of nothing and they pieced it together one segment at a ti me. Richard wright was messing around and he hit a single note that was played backwards through Leslie speaker and it made that sonar sound and everyone's ears perked up and that was the start of this epic song! Adrian Maben the director of Pink Floyd live at Pompeii the film was vacationing in the area and he forgot his passport at the Pompeii coliseum! He went back there and it was afternoon and quiet to get it he found it and the light bulb went on and he decided to peddle shooting a concert there with no audience as the antithesis of concerts like Woodstock and other giant concerts with thousands of people! They had to run 3 mi of cable just to get power there for this concert. Andrew Lloyd Webber stole the basic riff from this song for phantom of the opera! Rodger Waters the composer of most of this song just said it would have been too much of a hassle to sue even though it sounds exactly the same as! The studio version is a wonderful piece of music to put on on a long drive for sure!!!
Yes, originally called "Nothing, Parts 1-24" it also had the titles "The Son of Nothing" and "The Return of the Son of Nothing". Doing what no artist would dare to do in these days, Pink Floyd often developed their songs in live performances before committing them to an album. Just one example of this was that both "Dogs" and "Sheep", from the Animals album in 77, and "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", from 75's Wish You Were Here, were already being played on their 74 tour. They tended to open their shows performing new material, then in the second set they would play their latest album (Dark Side of the Moon at the time). The era of bootleg recordings ended this practice when recordings of the three songs listed, which were originally titled "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", "You've Got to Be Crazy" (which later became "Dogs") and "Raving and Drooling" (which later became Sheep), above were released as the "New" Pink Floyd album by bootleggers. Back on the topic of "Echoes", I always found it interesting that it originally had a different first verse. The original first verse was "space" themed, where the final became "marine/origins of life" based. The original lyrics were something like: Planets meeting face to face One to the other cried, how sweet! If endlessly we might embrace The perfect union deep in space Heaven might this once relent And give us leave to shine as one Our two lights here forever, one light blended And in that longing to be one The parting summons' sound is drawn (sounds it's drum?) I see you've got to travel on And on and on, around the sun There are some hard to find, and very hard to hear all the lyrics, live recordings of this version about. I'm not sure if it's ever been confirmed, but many seem to think its based on a poem by Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal. Two Planets by Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal Two planets meeting face to face, One to the other cried, ‘How sweet If endlessly we might embrace, And here for ever stay! how sweet If Heaven a little might relent, And leave our light in one light blent!’ But through that longing to dissolve In one, the parting summons sounded. Immutably the stars revolve, By changeless orbits each is bounded; Eternal union is a dream, And severance the world’s law supreme.
One of the crew members was once on vacation to Pompeii, he stumbled on this location, and he thought, “how would the acoustic be when Pink Floyd plays here”. From the same live concert I like the song “One of these days” during the entire song the camera’s are recording the drummer 90%. Very cool to watch that.
I absolutely adore your Pink Floyd reactions! I grew up on them as my parents had me when they were young. PF is my absolute favorite Classic Rock band, followed right behind it being Led Zeppelin. PF's early music was very ahead of it's time, it was experimental. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is such a different album to where they went after.
Great reaction to an astounding journey! The entire second album side of the 1972 studio album Meddle was this one song. 🙂 Pink Floyd was one of those bands where there was no one just doing the bare minimum. Each of the four was working hard to keep everything moving on every song. Rhythm sections of bands are often overlooked and taken for granted, like the wallpaper, but while Gilmour and Waters get kudos often, Waters and Mason are equally talented and contributing fully. I appreciate that you acknowledge and appreciate their work too. 🙂 Nick Mason is a woefully underappreciated drummer. David Gilmour on guitar and Richard Wright on keyboards are maestros in the way that they worked together as instrumentalists and vocalists. They just meshed so perfectly when intermixing their capabilities.
It is not only a good melody or a good creativity on drums or a good guitar solo. You are totaly right, with Pink Floyd, it is a visualy, audio and sensory experience. Wow!!!
Was lucky enough to see this in the theater when it came out..ON acid!! Weeeeeeee.....I remember being surprised that they can rock out THIS much, total jam!
Me too, most of the theater I saw it in was blitzed on you name it, we had mushrooms and it was beyond incredible. I have no idea how I got home that night but vividly remember a performance of a lifetime!
@@vicprovost2561 Haa...I know huh!!? So great, those were the days man! Ohh Mushrooms....AWESOME!!!! Yeah we used to go and see tons of Midnight moves back then like this. Song Remains The Same, Yessongs (did acid on that one too..:) And so many more..just the best days ever! Now Taylor Sniff is king haha...so sad. XD
David Gilmour played the same place again around 2016. First time there has been an audience in that venue since the volcano devastated pompey. Excellent concert and well worth watching Great reaction thanks.
This is such a Pink Floyd staple and the fact that they went to the site of Pompeii to do this show is epic! You should go and watch some of David’s solo show he did at the same spot in Pompeii in 2016. This song is such a journey. David Gilmour vowed after Richard Wright’s death he would never do this song again.
This song can be found on their Meddle album. It was this song that marked the point in time when Pink Floyd found their sound the led to The Dark Side of the Moon.
you have to admire pink floyds courage to do this experimental stuff which i love because its not a common thing to do. btw i uploaded this whole documentary music film but in pieces as utube didnt allow it in one hit.
This song is the pinnacle of rock music composition, untouchted, unreached perfectionism and it is so touching and great to see your reaction to it as this is really a piece of music to get you covered in a deep embracement. This live version is something else, also listen to the album version, it is the same but a bit different in production (the drumming is indeed better on this version). That's the song I want to be played at my funeral - since 40 years. You have to watch the whole movie, it was groundbreaking in music movie making at that time, more than 50 years ago (half a century and still modern). When I was in Pompeii I had to go to this amphitheater and sing parts of the song :) Regarding the song: it was at first a space song called Return to the Son of Nothing, but then they changed it into a submarine themed song called Echoes (like the sonar echo).
Echoes was included in both live recordings “Remember That Night” and “Live in Gdańsk”. Add about 30 years of experience and perspective to the interplay between Dave and Rick to the fact that Gdańsk was the last time Dave and Rick played this together, and you have immensely special performances.
An existential experience. I've followed Pink Floyd for nearly 60 years. Thank you so much for playing the whole piece, not often heard in reviews. Your appreciation of Pink Floyd is so refreshing. 😊
Hi Stacey. This is not the only track that they played at this venue. There is a full 2 hour long movie of the full concert. I recommend that you buy the DVD; it also includes studio footage of the making of 'Dark Side Of The Moon'.
You’re among the nicest cool Music Reactor on RUclips, it’s so educative following you through cool Music, keep it up as we love you and what you’re doing!
David and Rick played Ehoes for the last time ever on the Gdansk Concert. The best performance of Echoes. You can find it on youtube. Fantastic, guitar and organ talking to eachother. You should listen to teh Gdansk performance.
It was my first concert: Pink Floyd. I was 15 and it was in Paris. They Played the integral of Echoes and Middle ... Wonderful Experience !!!! My funniest concert of Pink Floyd was 2 years after when I Was passing french Examen Baccalaureat ... (French Oral). After the exam I speed up to see the concert of Pink Floyd ... :)
This is conclusive evidence that great rock does not have to be fast, loud, furious, and "3 minutes 30 seconds." This album caused me many a relaxed, grateful sigh WAY back in the day. I LOVE seeing young folk enjoying this music. Thank you for this wonderful reaction and memory!
That funky section from 10-13 mins with the crazy guitar is my favorite. As a musician, and long time music lover, this is one of the coolest things I've ever heard.
I’ve been to Pompeii. I’ve seen Floyd in concert. But would have loved to see the combination of the two. Love your PF reactions. Like an out of the body experience.
When this was released, we all went to the local movie theater in the UK to watch and were blown away by the whole thing Echoes is one long track from their album Meddle the film is 64 minuets long with echoes split between the start and finish of the film. "Pompeii" "Echoes, Part 1" "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" "A Saucerful of Secrets" "One of These Days"[35] "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" "Mademoiselle Nobs" "Echoes, Part 2"
a soulful song played to thousands of ancient long forgotten souls.. this is an experience not a song at all. I was a young man when it came out still hits me today. thank you for the video and the memories.
David rightly gets his plaudits for his guitar work across their repertoire however this was a band of musical equals (even if Rodger did not think so) and this performance underscores the enormous contributions of Richard Wright RIP and Nick Mason to their sound. Astonishing band that have provided emotional succour to me for 55 years and will do till the day I pass.
New to your channel, and I'm really digging your Pink Floyd reactions. I want to say one thing about this particular video: I always like to imagine the ghosts of those people who died nearly 2000 years ago, sitting in that ampitheater, wondering what this bizarre sounding music is, and yet being taken on a journey they couldn't take in life. I also imagine them giving a standing ovation when it's over. That's my "head canon" about this performance, and nothing will change my mind on it. Edit: 17:10 - They had to get special permission from the Italian government at the time to even do this performance. Don't question the why's, just be thankful that it actually happened, and was recorded for posterity. Also, Pink Floyd really captures the "human condition". The lyrics "Strangers passing on the street, by chance two separate glances meet. I am you and what I see is me." Pretty much says it all. How many times have you locked eyes with some random stranger on the street if only for a second, and simply assumed that they are just like you for the most part? I can't even count how many times it's happened with me. It's a huge part of our empathy for one another, and how we humans connect with one another. When you boil it down to the basics, we all just want to "live our lives as best we can".
I heard "Echoes" on "Meddle" when I was 16 in 1973. It melted my mind and changed what I thought was possible in music. I saw this version a few years later and had my mind blown all over again.
The entirety of this performance at Pompeii is worth your attention and time. It’s amazing stuff with the band at the height of their pre-Dark Side of the Moon powers. In the film they have snippets of them recording DSOTM
When I was discovering Pink Floyd in the early 80s, I watched the whole Live at Pompey video and this song I fell in love with. At that time my aim in life was to stand in the middle of that arena, where they played, with this song playing through a Walkmans with ear phones. In 1989, at the age of 23, I stood right there. But alas, I had no walkmans, no Pink Floyd to listen to. But I stood there and closed my eyes, all by myself, in that large empty arena and heard the song in my mind. Only a year before, in 1988, I had seen them in concert in Brisbane. Still remains my favourite concert of all time.
Hi Stacey, you chose another really good one to react to, one of my all time favourites by PF. It actually makes me quite emotional watching your reactions, I love it when younger people react to them in such a positive and heartfelt way so thanks for that. Lots more to react to as well, keep going.
Watching Stacey's reactions to Pink Floyd is like watching your kids opening their gifts from Santa.
I was going to add that watching this beautiful young lady react to our treasures from the past is a gift.....and best of all she gets it.
@@davidboivin7996 wow creepy bstrds
Yeah, yeah, I love the Pink Floyd reactions. Open mouths, emotion, crying, wonder and joy. And I feel the same way, even though I've heard it all a thousand times...
that is quite accurate 😆
Absolutely correct 👍
You must watch the final ever performance of this song live in Gdansk. It was just before Richard Wright passed away from cancer. The ending will move you to tears as it was David and Richard speaking to each other with instruments for that final time. A true masterpiece.
This 100 percent !!!!!
You're totally right. Gdansk is AMAZING
Hmm ... not really the final ever performance. 35 years after I first saw Pink Floyd here in Sydney on the Momentary Lapse Tour, I walked down from my place to the next suburb and got to see Echoes performed live for my first time by Nick Mason and Guy Pratt. The album version is great, the Pompeii version is great, and the Gdansk version is amazing. But to see it live, with a real early 70s feel was also pretty special.
Gdansk was the final performance of it before DG retired the song
@@AS-gx1kr Well nobody has told Nick and Guy. They're playing it on their tour. They're touring UK in June and Europe in July. Great show, and a great version of the song too. All early Floyd stuff, and some Syd Barrett tunes too.
People always look at that The Beatles gig on the pub roof as something revolutionary and here were these dudes, in the middle of a roman amphitheater of a volcano ravaged city rocking their brains out for almost 2 hours for posterity and eternity, with no audience, but ghosts. Always ahead of their time!
Also, Nick Mason (the drummer) is the star of this performance. Everyone is feeding off of him and the whole groove relies on him. One of the most underrated drummers of his generation.
Funny you mention that because for the sessions that became the rooftop concert, the beatles originally planned to do it at pompeii but scrapped the idea.
I think the BEATLES rooftop concert was on the roof of their APPLE office in Kensington? But funnily enough as the BEATLES at the time had had enough of people screaming all the way through were looking at many exotic ideas. Another one being chartering a cruise ship, arriving by helicopter doing a couple of concerts and flying out. They were at their core a co-operative and I think it was Ringo who vetoed the idea. I might be misremembering but I think George had the idea of the Himalayas! So they ended up with the lesser idea of the rooftop concert.
Muy cierto Nick era ese motorcito que nunca deja de funcionar en pink Floyd
Beatles just wanted to play with each other one last time. Moving here and play would got backfired, though they thought of playing here before they choose to play on roof for themselves. Just one last jam. Always ahead of the curve.
Pink Floyd is the only band that has ever played there...The then performed a second time and after restorations Italy gave them permission to have a crowd, but only on the ground. 2500 lucky people got to see that show. That show is amazing and can be watched on RUclips
When you watch the later live performances, is easy to think it was all their years together that made them so good. But here, they were in their mid to late 20’s and it’s clear to see that they were just always that good. It is fortunate for us all and future generations that somehow fate brought these guys together to leave us this huge body of work to enjoy. True genius the like of which we will not see again I think.
Well said.
I'll tell you something.... you are not wrong there sir. Very true observation
Spot on man, only the Beatles and Led Zeppelin are in the same level as these guys.
No audience, just playing to the ghosts of Pompeii. When this came out in the 70ies, we had a non-stop cinema in Salzburg (Austria) that played this film 24/7. A ticket was for 24 hours, so we sometimes watched it 2 to 3 times a day.
good times bud, in brazil we receive this in vhs copy by another vhs to another. i miss that so much.
also in Hamburg and i've been there many times...
I get what you’re saying bro. I would have too. X
On the original vinyl the needle ends up in the 'end circle' and that spiraling sound coincides with needle endlessly running the last note until you lift the needle off. Struck me as very clever at the time . Fantastic song and love the drumming , and the album cover was shot by a neighbour of mine !
Amazing,,,,,
This was my first time hearing “Echoes” as well and I have to say I’m as blown away by it as Stacey is. Those drums and Gilmour’s guitar work were out of this world but there’s something about those vocal harmonies that are just absolutely beautiful.
If you watch the whole thing, and you should, on 'One Of These Days' Nick Mason drops his drumsticks and nobody ever notices, it's that good!
David and Richard have said this is a musical conversation between them. And the lyrics are amazing. This isn't a song, it is a journey. My absolute favorite Floyd song.
However, David also said after Rick's death that he would never play this song again - and he didn't...
@@lubos1207it's a shame he never played it again but i think we all understand why.. and it also marr the song. Imo.
@@lubos1207 I believe the last time they played it was in Gdańsk
This song is more than music, towards the end, it succes you away or out t resist. Absolutely out of space.
That was the real pink floyd no doubt it is very special music no compare there are few songs of pink floyd who made this vibration
45 years later, in 2016, at age 70, David Gilmour returned to the same venue to perform live in front of a packed amphitheater.
Great show!
Definitely worth the purchase on Blu-ray.
It was packed when they did it the first time with the souls of petrified statues and such. ❤😊 I love this so much!
@@TrianglesAndCircles Good point.
@@thefluxcapacitor1 Yeppers
I've cranked up this performance so loud the whole neighborhood could hear it.
Nobody complained.
@leedoss6o05 you mean that you couldn't hear anyone complain, right? 😂
I might try this on a neighbour with a dog that yapps constantly when I'm trying to work from home.
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@@Varksterable That reminds me of something that happened when I was doing yard work a few years ago. I had Pink Floyd BLASTING outside. Some guy up the street came out and yelled, "What the Hell is that noise?" I called back to him. "Pink Floyd. And it's that loud because my dog loves it and told me to turn it up. And you know what happened the last time someone listened to his dog, right?" He looked puzzled, then went back into his house, presumably to Google "Man listens to commands from his dog" and find out the reference I was making (Son of Sam). He did NOT come back out, nor did he call the police to make a noise complaint.
I am jealous of how you are discovering Pink Floyd for the first time, I remember when I discovered them. You have just witnessed one of the best Pink Floyd song, and even one of the best song in the world
I agree I love watching noob reactions to Floyd. Now that I'm in my late fifties I'm learning what it is to listen to Floyd without all the acid ..... It's fantastic but without all of the melting and the dripping and the vivid colors and did I mention the melting and the vivid colors ?
Epic performance!! Kudos for playing the song in its entirety. ❤
I visited Pompeii last year. It was very interesting and to my surprise they had a whole exhibition in the catacombes of the amphitheater. Lots of great pictures from Pink Floyd's time there. Concert posters, backstage clips of this recording playing, etc. Besides the obvious historic reason to find the visit very special, as a Floyd fan this really added another dimension as well.
I need to go there
Thank you, because of you, I need to add Pompeii in my bucket list. Do you realize what you've done to me? :-P
I went last month with my cousin. A real bucket list item with a more special personal twist to see the PF exhibition.
Finally someone giving Nick Mason the credit he truely deserve 🤩
Not just this song. They recorded a whole concert.
No audience, just the ghosts of a city buried by time and ash.
Love your reactions to PF. They have been my musical love for 40 years and seeing new people discovering this is pure joy.
Keep it up ❤
This is some of the best musical art from this band. Thank you for being one of the few to play the whole thing. Floyd was the first live act to play the stadium in 2000 years; since the volcanic destruction. The whole live in pompeii video is a must see.
My best friend, who still is my best friend, and I went to a midnight movie of the Pink Floyd in Pompeii and saw this - about 52 years ago!! Still love it. Happy to see you discover this!
For me - and many fans - there are 3 "definitive performances of "Echoes: this one, the studio version on "Meddle", and David Gilmour Live in Gdansk (which was the last time Richard and David ever performed that song together). You should check them out just for your own amazement.
... and for something slightly different try one of the versions with saxophone, as they played sometimes in 74-75. Search for "floyd echoes saxophone" on YT
@@LlanchloThanks for mentioning that, most people haven’t heard it. I never though sax would work, but it absolutely does (given it was Dick Perry, I’m not surprised, though; he was the saxophonist on WYWH)
Also the BBC premier in ‘71 on the John Peel show. There are a couple of great stereo versions of this on YT. Well worth a listen.
Some people say that John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) is rocks greatest drummer. However, I would argue that Nick Mason is right up there with him. So glad that you've reacted to this performance. It's my personal favourite & I watch/listen to this every day - it NEVER gets old!!
If Bonham was so good why was he second choice? They wanted BJ Wilson from Procul Harem but he wasn't interested.
@@swinetrekwhen page was putting his new band together Bonham was virtually unknown he found him through plant , after the first rehearsal there was no doubt he was the one.
Bill Ward was better than Bonham... but he's criminally underrated but it is true that Nick in his prime was the best
Mason has the gift of the delayed/last minute drum - his timing is perfect.
Sometimes drummers just “click” with the band they’re in. Nick Mason is the only drummer (in my opinion) for Pink Floyd. Same with the late Neil Peart for Rush.
24 minutes of bliss. Lie back on the couch, your favorite herb if you like, close your eyes and go on a journey - it's meditative. (And yes, Nick was amazing!)
LSD you mean😝
@@vincegedeon6583who need lsd? 😊
That sadness in her expression when she realized it was ending is spot on 🙌🏼
👍🙃🖖 Now we´re talking ... suggesting SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND from studio-album.
YES!!
Yeah studio album is preferred. The best versions need to have Roger’s pained voice signing. I love David and his or the band’s live versions post Roger leaving are great, but Roger’s angst is what makes the studio and live versions from 1977 and earlier much better.
And both part's 1-5 and then 6-9
Personally, I prefer parts 6-9. Unfortunately, most people only react to parts 1-5
@@goody8504 exactly!
This is one of the best live music performances/documentaries in the history of music. No audience in a crumbled coliseum near where people died from the lava of a volcano eruption. Intense as hell
Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii was a sort of a short gig. Echoes is the whole B side of the outstanding Meddle Album. For Live at Pompeii they decided to split the song to start the performance and to end the performance. It’s well worth watching the whole show. If you like Nick Masons drumming on this then watch ONE OF THESE DAYS from this performance of Live at Pompeii. Yes and has suggested below please do Shine on you Crazy Diamond parts 1 thru 5 and 6 thru 9 studio version.
I think one of Nick’s finest moments is SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN on UMMA GUMMA. Relentless and powerful!
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I think Stacy is the Queen of reviews her reactions are so emotional and she really listens to the every instrument and voice
Truly beautiful. Thanks for that reaction Stacey. Pink Floyd at their very best❤️🏴🇬🇧
David and Richard singing together always touches my soul. Just magical.
I'm 67yrs old now and in 1975 i saw Pink Floyd for the first time at Knebworth uk they played most of wish you were here before the album was released in September 1975. What i wasn't expecting was they also played Echoes in its entirety it just blew me away and I've never forgotten that experience it was awesome and i feel so privileged to have witnessed the huge event all those years ago.
Fun story about Pink Floyd; the drummer’s daughter lived directly across the hall from me in Seattle. She never talked about her father but I overheard the tail end of their conversation on speaker phone and I was like…. WTF YOUR FATHER IS THE DRUMMER OF PINK FLOYD HOLY SHIT
true story
"Mommy's baby is always Daddy's maybe" I hope she at least looked a little like him
😳😯❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow. I would have definitely told her how much I love the band. I saw Nick Mason's band play last year & it was really good
Lucky you 😂
It's not for nothing that Nick Mason still plays this song live with his band. He even performed it at Pompei a couple of years ago.
As did David Gilmour before that, but he stopped playing it after Richard Wright passed away.
Nick played again at Pompeii when? He hasn't been there since.
@@yodude9624 In July 2023, search for "Nick Mason - Echoes - live at Pompeii", you'll find it easily.
I first listened to Pink Floyd when I was 5 years old, by my mother and it was the album "Meddle" with "echoes". I was lucky enough to see Pink Floyd 2 times in concert. Pink Floyd remains my favorite band
Me also, by the end of 1974 I was 5 years old as I heard „Time“ in the radio and became since than a big fan!😎😎✌️
Congratulations, this is a unique reaction of the live version. You met the guys during their formation as one of the greatest music groups of all time. All of them are masters of their instrument, some of several instruments, and you can see how they learned to communicate and create music with each other. The song was created during the transition from their initial period, marked by Syd Barret, to their second period with most of their most commercially successful songs. In this location, they shot a movie with some other songs from the first period, many of which can be found on the Ummagumma album. In your free time, also watch these clips from the web. Otherwise, one day you also react to the studio version of this song, it will offer a lot of new feelings and thoughts. Otherwise, I suggest for their next release the studio version of Shine on you crazy diamond, dedicated to the original leader Syd, who was their diamond. Their ability to talk deeply comes to the fore in the last part of this song where David and Richard echoing their ideas. This conversation is downright epic in their last live performance together before Richards untimely death.
What I really love is the keys, the organ is what creates the atmosphere for all other instruments
The echoes of the people that once lived and walked there.
that's kinda how this always hit me too , like the song sort of eludes to the very earliest moments of life trying to reach out and spring forth, and they're performing this in a place where life, once vibrant and bustling was so suddenly taken away...
not really but sure, why not
@@costaliberta5969 most of the music Floyd put out is up for interpretation, even tho its directly referencing life at the bottom of the ocean, indirectly it could be about literally anything else. Roger Waters was a genius writer in that regard
I was JUST binge-watching reactors reacting to this song-my FAVOURITE Pink Floyd song-last night. Brilliant you should drop this today. It popped up in mi recommendations, first thing. I was delighted; I so enjoy watching react to Pink Floyd videos, as you remind me of how giddy I felt when I first heard them, so long ago (though I experienced them as albums instead of individual tunes), and you have a radiant smile that makes ME smile.
Anyroad, as a guitarist, I am-of course-an immense fan of Dave Gilmour; he’s either number 1 or 2 of the 5 guitarists that have most influenced my own playing, the others being (in approximate order of impact upon my style) Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult), Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group), and Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac). In spite of that, I believe it’s Nick Mason (the drummer) who really shines on this track.In fact, he steals the show in a majority of this video! I can’t play drums. At all. I have ZERO hand-foot coordination. So great drummers appear to me as wizards. Nick Mason, in this performance, proves that he has mastered the Five Magics of the Western Middle Ages, and then a few that only popped up in the late 60s.
I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one that binge watches reaction videos :)
Doing a concert, without any audience except for the ghosts of this magnificent city of Pompeii, it had to be done.
I find the bass and drums in the middle section so hypnotic. Still takes me on a trip 50 years later.
I'll explain David Gilmour's style.
Guitar Magazine back in the mid - late 90s wrote:
David Gilmour is The Undisputed Dean Of The Compound Bend and has practically Perfect Note Placement.
His solos are not technically difficult Note wise, but to be able to bend and release is difficult to mirror.
David Gilmour said, not verbatim as I'll try to explain, that he plays his solos, mainly, as if like an Opera Singer.
Play a note and bend it in certain ways and shake it like an Opera Singer.
Dave Mustaine of Megadeth said, David Gilmour can take one note and bend it in so many ways where many other guitarists have to use the entire fretboard to do so. Something along those lines.
About David Gilmour's mouth movement as he plays is because he is actually singing in his mind and actually moves his mouth muscles as if he were singing it and then relays it to his fingers in order to achieve the sound and or sounds he is wanting to make and or perform.
For example, studies have shown that when a person is annunciating a word or words in their mind their trachea and larynx, maybe just larynx, moves as if talking.
A great example of David Gilmour singing the notes that he is playing is in the song, (Best Acoustic Song Ever) Wish You Were Here short solos.
I was 15 years old when the Pulse Tour was happening and I heard a commercial for it.
When I heard the voice of David Gilmour sing, in the advertisement, "Ticking Away The Moments That Make Up A Dull Day...."
I thought, WHAT THE HELL?
I went out and bought The Dark Side of The Moon Album. I just went straight to the song Time.
Then, when I heard that guitar Solo of his in the song Time, I thought.. okay.. time to pick up a guitar and start learning.
That Solo is considered a Masterpiece of Composition. Not technically difficult to play, but again... He is and still is The Undisputed Dean Of The Compound Bend with practically Perfect Note Placement.
Hence why many people say, "Damn! He can make that Guitar Sing!"
All my life, I never understood why the 2nd (last Solo) of Comfortably Numb was never #1 in Best or Greatest Solos of All Time.
However, finally a few years ago it became The Greatest or Best Solo of All Time.
If you understand Music and Math, that Solo can be played Indefinitely. (If you don't get tired)
It goes from B down to E and repeats.
David Gilmour in an interview said something along the lines of, "The structure of the music allows me the freedom to just play."
To end.. David Gilmour admits that he never was a fast playing Guitarist.
Does he really need to be? (rhetorically asking) 🎸 ❤🎉
Stacey, I follow you now because of your reactions to Pink Floyd... ❤
Alice Cooper said something like,
"Pink Floyd is Here... While everyone else is over here... " In an interview showing with his hands the separation of... No one is like nor ever will be like Pink Floyd.. 🎉
❤😊🎉 David Gilmour is my favorite Guitarist and Artist 🎉
Roger Waters said that David Gilmour has a Very Powerful Voice 🎉
well said
That's why I love your reactions, Stace. Every word is spot on, honest, passionate, intelligent!
I had the pleasure of seeing Nick Mason (the drummer) and his band last year - they do early Pink Floyd songs, so this one was on the setlist among others. Anyway, Nick was 79 years old at the time and still crushing it!
In 2016 I had an absolute year...I bought tickets for David Gilmour tour in Vienna, after that a week later, I bought for the same tour in Rome and because I had money and availability I also bought a ticket to Pompeii because the concerts were one after the other, I had been in Pompeii in February of the same year and the workers there told me that Pink Floyd was coming.. .yes David is Pink Floyd..been there! I saw Waters in Berlin, Bucharest and in Sofia and Pink Floyd in Munich Pulse Tour..I'm surprised I didn't die...the impeccable quadrophonic sound, the flawless performances, they invented the show and that's why they can't be copied, I love you Stacey you're from by far the most beautiful, intelligent and sensitive girl who reacted to Pink Floyd!
Nick Mason really shines on this verson. I saw him last year live and it was great. He's still got it. He plays this song as well and has a very good group of musicians around him. He's touring the UK and a bit of Europe this summer and I would highly suggest to attend a concert if you are near and able. I've got my ticket and can't wait!
I’m a bit late to your content but am loving your reaction to Pink Floyd, you have the beautiful knack of wearing the emotion their music conveys. You are proof that this music will forever a new generation of listeners to be spellbound by some of the most incredible music ever created.
Bands like Pink Floyd have always composed and played their music without being limited by time or length of their songs. They do it because they enjoy it and want to touch people, they aren't motivated by money but art and emotions. Much of their music is from a psychedelic time period, yet it speaks to everyone. So glad you and newer generations are still appreciating their artistry.
I had a great time watching you video. It's so nice seeing new young fans of this adventerous music. I was about 16 when this came out and I feel luckey to have grown up at a time when music was so imaginative. I used to buy albums constantly in the 1970s. In several years I amassed around 1000 albums. I often bought albums I knew little about, but this was such a experimental period that I was rarely dissappointed in my purchaces. Progressive rock and jazz fusion can be wuite addictive. Echoes is a masterpiece. When you get a chance, listen to the studio version from "Meddle" Also Meddle's opening track (One of these Days) is a stunner. Dogs and Shine On You Crazy Diamond are also great long tracks. Enjoy! PS you cats are awesome!
Each and every single song from Pink Floyd is an emotional dive.
I've seen this a hundred times, but watching you experience this made it even better.
Dang! I was going to recommend this one. I love Nick's drumming in this. Also like the moustache.
I’m a 69 yr old man, and I believe you Stacy are the first woman that seems to love Pink Floyd as much as me. It makes me happy to see how excited and enthralled in the music. You mentioned Nick Masons drumming! He is one of the most underrated drummers in rock history. His playing fits right in with whatever Pink Floyd is playing.
I've always loved how these 4 musicians "spoke" to one another through their music. Each one feeding off the others' creativity... pushing the boundaries of technology. The sonic "Noises" of their instruments always turning into the most soothing, healing musical journey. Stacey, I believe you will absolutely Love the journey of their tribute to a former band member, Sid Barrett, when you listen to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"!!! Enjoy the emotional ride!!!
Stacy, the responses you get to your reaction videos are a testament to how many people are filled with joy that you bring to them, I'm sure I speak for many, many of us are older now, some have passed but our memories of these songs will live through you and the future generations like you who recognize the "echoes" that run through our lives.
Hi Stacey, you ask, "why here", "why this historical site".....the reason for it is in the song title, "Echoes"....the song IS the echoes of all those who perished during the volcanic eruption! Thanks for all you do; your reactions are awesome. Keep it going!! 🌹🌹
Well Done Stacey....This is the caviar w/ champagne of Pink Floyd....kudos to you for rolling up your sleeves and getting into it...Echos is a commitment...but one that pays a lifetime dividend.
That final verse contains some of the finest lyrics in the rock music world.
the whole song has some beautiful lyrics, I'll never be able to understand Roger's genius
All I can say is thank you for coming along on this journey. Love you ❤
This was originally called 26 pieces of nothing and they pieced it together one segment at a ti me. Richard wright was messing around and he hit a single note that was played backwards through Leslie speaker and it made that sonar sound and everyone's ears perked up and that was the start of this epic song!
Adrian Maben the director of Pink Floyd live at Pompeii the film was vacationing in the area and he forgot his passport at the Pompeii coliseum! He went back there and it was afternoon and quiet to get it he found it and the light bulb went on and he decided to peddle shooting a concert there with no audience as the antithesis of concerts like Woodstock and other giant concerts with thousands of people! They had to run 3 mi of cable just to get power there for this concert.
Andrew Lloyd Webber stole the basic riff from this song for phantom of the opera! Rodger Waters the composer of most of this song just said it would have been too much of a hassle to sue even though it sounds exactly the same as!
The studio version is a wonderful piece of music to put on on a long drive for sure!!!
Yes, originally called "Nothing, Parts 1-24" it also had the titles "The Son of Nothing" and "The Return of the Son of Nothing". Doing what no artist would dare to do in these days, Pink Floyd often developed their songs in live performances before committing them to an album. Just one example of this was that both "Dogs" and "Sheep", from the Animals album in 77, and "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", from 75's Wish You Were Here, were already being played on their 74 tour. They tended to open their shows performing new material, then in the second set they would play their latest album (Dark Side of the Moon at the time). The era of bootleg recordings ended this practice when recordings of the three songs listed, which were originally titled "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", "You've Got to Be Crazy" (which later became "Dogs") and "Raving and Drooling" (which later became Sheep), above were released as the "New" Pink Floyd album by bootleggers.
Back on the topic of "Echoes", I always found it interesting that it originally had a different first verse. The original first verse was "space" themed, where the final became "marine/origins of life" based. The original lyrics were something like:
Planets meeting face to face
One to the other cried, how sweet!
If endlessly we might embrace
The perfect union deep in space
Heaven might this once relent
And give us leave to shine as one
Our two lights here forever, one light blended
And in that longing to be one
The parting summons' sound is drawn (sounds it's drum?)
I see you've got to travel on
And on and on, around the sun
There are some hard to find, and very hard to hear all the lyrics, live recordings of this version about. I'm not sure if it's ever been confirmed, but many seem to think its based on a poem by Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal.
Two Planets
by Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal
Two planets meeting face to face,
One to the other cried, ‘How sweet
If endlessly we might embrace,
And here for ever stay! how sweet
If Heaven a little might relent,
And leave our light in one light blent!’
But through that longing to dissolve
In one, the parting summons sounded.
Immutably the stars revolve,
By changeless orbits each is bounded;
Eternal union is a dream,
And severance the world’s law supreme.
I agree to everything you said, but I would disagree about Roger being the composer. Richard and David wrote the music and Roger wrote the lyrics.
So happy you enjoyed the amazing pink Floyd and especially this track
One of the crew members was once on vacation to Pompeii, he stumbled on this location, and he thought, “how would the acoustic be when Pink Floyd plays here”. From the same live concert I like the song “One of these days” during the entire song the camera’s are recording the drummer 90%. Very cool to watch that.
I absolutely adore your Pink Floyd reactions! I grew up on them as my parents had me when they were young. PF is my absolute favorite Classic Rock band, followed right behind it being Led Zeppelin. PF's early music was very ahead of it's time, it was experimental. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is such a different album to where they went after.
Great reaction to an astounding journey! The entire second album side of the 1972 studio album Meddle was this one song. 🙂
Pink Floyd was one of those bands where there was no one just doing the bare minimum. Each of the four was working hard to keep everything moving on every song. Rhythm sections of bands are often overlooked and taken for granted, like the wallpaper, but while Gilmour and Waters get kudos often, Waters and Mason are equally talented and contributing fully. I appreciate that you acknowledge and appreciate their work too. 🙂 Nick Mason is a woefully underappreciated drummer.
David Gilmour on guitar and Richard Wright on keyboards are maestros in the way that they worked together as instrumentalists and vocalists. They just meshed so perfectly when intermixing their capabilities.
First saw this as a teenager in the 70's. Makes "My Heart Soar Like Hawk" to see someone today (24') appreciate it.
I was in Pompei...in 2014, and i remember this concert...you must go, will never forget it.
It is not only a good melody or a good creativity on drums or a good guitar solo. You are totaly right, with Pink Floyd, it is a visualy, audio and sensory experience. Wow!!!
I had completely forgotten about this one. Thanks for the memories.
Pink Floyd and Stacey, the perfect match!
Was lucky enough to see this in the theater when it came out..ON acid!! Weeeeeeee.....I remember being surprised that they can rock out THIS much, total jam!
Me too, most of the theater I saw it in was blitzed on you name it, we had mushrooms and it was beyond incredible. I have no idea how I got home that night but vividly remember a performance of a lifetime!
@@vicprovost2561 Haa...I know huh!!? So great, those were the days man! Ohh Mushrooms....AWESOME!!!!
Yeah we used to go and see tons of Midnight moves back then like this. Song Remains The Same, Yessongs (did acid on that one too..:) And so many more..just the best days ever! Now Taylor Sniff is king haha...so sad. XD
David Gilmour played the same place again around 2016.
First time there has been an audience in that venue since the volcano devastated pompey.
Excellent concert and well worth watching
Great reaction thanks.
This is such a Pink Floyd staple and the fact that they went to the site of Pompeii to do this show is epic! You should go and watch some of David’s solo show he did at the same spot in Pompeii in 2016. This song is such a journey. David Gilmour vowed after Richard Wright’s death he would never do this song again.
Back in the early 80s they showed this film at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh. It was amazing to see this on the big screen! Great reaction Stacey!
I saw Pink Floyd in June of 1975 and they played Echoes as their encore… a brilliant ending to an amazing night of music!
You should do "Echoes" from the final performace of David and Rick before Rick passed away, it is so beautiful
Love your reaction to such an important song in my life and this version in particular! Very genuine and so happy you enjoyed it!
"a saucerful of secrets" from the same live at pompeii film is another you should check out. the second half of that song will bring you to tears.
This song can be found on their Meddle album. It was this song that marked the point in time when Pink Floyd found their sound the led to The Dark Side of the Moon.
you have to admire pink floyds courage to do this experimental stuff which i love because its not a common thing to do. btw i uploaded this whole documentary music film but in pieces as utube didnt allow it in one hit.
This song is the pinnacle of rock music composition, untouchted, unreached perfectionism and it is so touching and great to see your reaction to it as this is really a piece of music to get you covered in a deep embracement. This live version is something else, also listen to the album version, it is the same but a bit different in production (the drumming is indeed better on this version). That's the song I want to be played at my funeral - since 40 years.
You have to watch the whole movie, it was groundbreaking in music movie making at that time, more than 50 years ago (half a century and still modern). When I was in Pompeii I had to go to this amphitheater and sing parts of the song :)
Regarding the song: it was at first a space song called Return to the Son of Nothing, but then they changed it into a submarine themed song called Echoes (like the sonar echo).
Nick Mason's drumming is captivating that's for sure.
Yes, this is an incredible song. I've put it on repeat and listened to it for hours many times.
Echoes was included in both live recordings “Remember That Night” and “Live in Gdańsk”. Add about 30 years of experience and perspective to the interplay between Dave and Rick to the fact that Gdańsk was the last time Dave and Rick played this together, and you have immensely special performances.
An existential experience. I've followed Pink Floyd for nearly 60 years. Thank you so much for playing the whole piece, not often heard in reviews. Your appreciation of Pink Floyd is so refreshing. 😊
Hi Stacey. This is not the only track that they played at this venue. There is a full 2 hour long movie of the full concert. I recommend that you buy the DVD; it also includes studio footage of the making of 'Dark Side Of The Moon'.
You’re among the nicest cool Music Reactor on RUclips, it’s so educative following you through cool Music, keep it up as we love you and what you’re doing!
David and Rick played Ehoes for the last time ever on the Gdansk Concert. The best performance of Echoes. You can find it on youtube. Fantastic, guitar and organ talking to eachother. You should listen to teh Gdansk performance.
It was my first concert: Pink Floyd. I was 15 and it was in Paris. They Played the integral of Echoes and Middle ... Wonderful Experience !!!! My funniest concert of Pink Floyd was 2 years after when I Was passing french Examen Baccalaureat ... (French Oral). After the exam I speed up to see the concert of Pink Floyd ... :)
Don't say Si say Oui
This is conclusive evidence that great rock does not have to be fast, loud, furious, and "3 minutes 30 seconds." This album caused me many a relaxed, grateful sigh WAY back in the day. I LOVE seeing young folk enjoying this music. Thank you for this wonderful reaction and memory!
That funky section from 10-13 mins with the crazy guitar is my favorite. As a musician, and long time music lover, this is one of the coolest things I've ever heard.
4 musicians, handful of techs, a several hundred year old empty arena...............MAGIC!
Its a Roman amphitheater, several thousand years old.
I’ve been to Pompeii. I’ve seen Floyd in concert. But would have loved to see the combination of the two. Love your PF reactions. Like an out of the body experience.
When this was released, we all went to the local movie theater in the UK to watch and were blown away by the whole thing Echoes is one long track from their album Meddle the film is 64 minuets long with echoes split between the start and finish of the film.
"Pompeii"
"Echoes, Part 1"
"Careful with That Axe, Eugene"
"A Saucerful of Secrets"
"One of These Days"[35]
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
"Mademoiselle Nobs"
"Echoes, Part 2"
a soulful song played to thousands of ancient long forgotten souls.. this is an experience not a song at all. I was a young man when it came out still hits me today.
thank you for the video and the memories.
David rightly gets his plaudits for his guitar work across their repertoire however this was a band of musical equals (even if Rodger did not think so) and this performance underscores the enormous contributions of Richard Wright RIP and Nick Mason to their sound. Astonishing band that have provided emotional succour to me for 55 years and will do till the day I pass.
New to your channel, and I'm really digging your Pink Floyd reactions.
I want to say one thing about this particular video: I always like to imagine the ghosts of those people who died nearly 2000 years ago, sitting in that ampitheater, wondering what this bizarre sounding music is, and yet being taken on a journey they couldn't take in life. I also imagine them giving a standing ovation when it's over.
That's my "head canon" about this performance, and nothing will change my mind on it.
Edit: 17:10 - They had to get special permission from the Italian government at the time to even do this performance. Don't question the why's, just be thankful that it actually happened, and was recorded for posterity.
Also, Pink Floyd really captures the "human condition". The lyrics "Strangers passing on the street, by chance two separate glances meet. I am you and what I see is me." Pretty much says it all. How many times have you locked eyes with some random stranger on the street if only for a second, and simply assumed that they are just like you for the most part? I can't even count how many times it's happened with me. It's a huge part of our empathy for one another, and how we humans connect with one another. When you boil it down to the basics, we all just want to "live our lives as best we can".
This was filmed in 1971. 3 of these 4 guys (David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright) all appeared at the 1994 Pulse Concert.
Like they say in England, Roger was such a wanker
I heard "Echoes" on "Meddle" when I was 16 in 1973. It melted my mind and changed what I thought was possible in music. I saw this version a few years later and had my mind blown all over again.
Set the controll for the heart of the sun Live at Pompeii
"Careful with that Axe, Eugene" is even better
The entirety of this performance at Pompeii is worth your attention and time. It’s amazing stuff with the band at the height of their pre-Dark Side of the Moon powers. In the film they have snippets of them recording DSOTM
Pink Floyd has been my favorite band for over 50 years.. when you're done with Pink Floyd you might want to check out The Moody blues.
When I was discovering Pink Floyd in the early 80s, I watched the whole Live at Pompey video and this song I fell in love with. At that time my aim in life was to stand in the middle of that arena, where they played, with this song playing through a Walkmans with ear phones. In 1989, at the age of 23, I stood right there. But alas, I had no walkmans, no Pink Floyd to listen to. But I stood there and closed my eyes, all by myself, in that large empty arena and heard the song in my mind. Only a year before, in 1988, I had seen them in concert in Brisbane. Still remains my favourite concert of all time.
towards the ending. when the camera is zooming out, you can see nick's stick break and he quickly recovers another one without losing the beat.
Hi Stacey, you chose another really good one to react to, one of my all time favourites by PF. It actually makes me quite emotional watching your reactions, I love it when younger people react to them in such a positive and heartfelt way so thanks for that. Lots more to react to as well, keep going.
34 years after their Pompeii performance, in 2005, the same 4 guys reunited for a one-time performance at Live 8 in London.