WHAT A RIDE!! First Time Reaction to Pink Floyd - "Echoes" Pompeii
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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.
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,,,,,
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
gods playing for gods
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.
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
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
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
I think Stacy is the Queen of reviews her reactions are so emotional and she really listens to the every instrument and voice
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
I've cranked up this performance so loud the whole neighborhood could hear it.
Nobody complained.
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 🎉
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.
👍🙃🖖 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 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!
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 ?
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!
😂@@grahamhowes6904
Epic performance!! Kudos for playing the song in its entirety. ❤
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 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.
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 ❤
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? 😊
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!
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.
Doing a concert, without any audience except for the ghosts of this magnificent city of Pompeii, it had to be done.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Why "Echoes" in Pompeii? You will understand when you visit the site... There are echoes of life and of death everywhere in Pompeii...
This is what I wrote on someone else's "first time reaction" to "Echoes":
I'm a Classicist (hey, nobody's perfect!), so I feel obliged to help you put a few elements of the video (and the title of the track) in the right context. Strangely enough, I discovered "Echoes (live in Pompeii)" many, many years after I started listening to Pink Floyd back in the mid-1970s. I will always regret not having had the chance to go to one of their concerts. But I digress...
The more I listen to and look at "Echoes (live in Pompeii)", the more I love it, the more details I discover in it.
Pompeii was a very rich and prosperous Roman city, where lots of Romans had a second house and spent their free time, far away from Rome, which had become very crowded and very unhealthy by the start of the first century CE. Pompeii lies not too far from present-day Naples. I totally recommend a visit to its ruins. Why? Because such a visit may teach you more about how ancient civilisations managed to rise (and fall...), how they were able to make unbelievably beautiful art and architecture, how they had superb engineers who knew how to build roads, bridges, aqueducts, palaces, sewage systems, harbours, etc., all without the use of steam engines, electricity, or computers (actually, the power of steam was known already to the Greeks, centuries before Pompeii flourished - but I'm digressing again).
Pompeii, like Herculaneum, another city close by, fell victim to a huge eruption of the Vesuvius (a volcano that is still alive, sleeping, and waiting to erupt once again, one day...), in 79 CE. Its citizens had been warned, several days before the actual eruption, by tremors, by smoke coming out of the volcano, and especially by their pets (cats and dogs) who started to be very nervous and eventually ran away. The only dog that remained until it was too late to leave, can still be seen, in Pompeii's museum, where a cast was made of the poor creature when archaeologists discovered it. Its owner had put him (or her) on a chain... Dozens, if not hundreds of mortal remains of human beings, can still be seen there also. Actually, most of the time almost nothing is left of the dead bodies, but archaeologists know that often they find hollow spaces when they excavate the houses in Pompeii, which they fill with plaster and then remove as casts in the shape of human bodies. We see them as they were at the moment of their death.
The whole of Pompeii (which is, some three centuries after it was first discovered, still only partially excavated) is a treasure trove for archaeology, history of art, and history, because it was "frozen" (or rather petrified) in time, the moment the eruption happened. We actually have a contemporary, and "live" report of when and how the eruption happened, by a famous Roman author, who witnessed the whole event, from the other side of the bay, not far from present-day Naples. He saw how thousands of people flocked to the harbours and beaches, hoping to escape by boat. Many were saved, many died...
In this video, we see Pink Floyd performing "Echoes" in the arena of the amphitheater of Pompeii. In that very spot gladiators would fight. And no, most of the time not "to the death", because most of them were highly trained and expensive fighting machines. Hollywood exaggerates so often when they show you Antiquity... It's actually very strange for Classicists to see how nowadays the "thumbs up" sign is everywhere and always interpreted as meaning "I'm happy with that! Great!". The "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" signs originate in Roman amphitheatres and gladiator "games". However, they were never used by the Romans the way they are used now. Hollywood, yes, again, is responsible for one of the biggest misinterpretations of sign language in the whole of human history. First, the "thumbs down" sign was unknown in Roman times. And second, the "thumbs up" sign was never used the way we use it, literally on the contrary! In fact, when the Emperor or his representative was asked to decide over the fate of a gladiator (something that happened a few times but much more rarely than films want you to believe), and wanted the winner of the fight to kill the loser, he would hold up his closed fist, with the thumb inside it, and then flip the thumb out of the closed fist. "Thumbs up" actually and originally means something very negative! But again, I'm digressing...
The "faces" (sculptures) you see in the video, are probably to be found in the Odeion or theatre of Pompeii, another building that you can visit. You will never forget a visit to Pompeii, as it was not really destroyed by the eruption but covered in burning ashes and pumice, many metres high. That makes visitors able to walk in the paved streets, visit the rich houses, the forum (market place), some temples and sanctuaries, and yes, some brothels too. There are wonderful wall paintings to be seen, preserved with their original colours, looking brand new, mosaics, and a few years ago a pub and snack bar was excavated, where even some of the food was preserved...
During the video, you see two other places, where the members of the band can be seen roaming around. The first place is called the "Solfatara" (NW of Naples). Its name refers to sulphur, which is one of the ingredients that a large number of smaller and larger hot mud "springs" spit out (as you can see in the video). I visited that place many years ago and it's absolutely out of this world. You step on very unstable "ground", which is actually more like hardened mud, and the smell of rotten eggs is everywhere (chemical reactions of the gases in combination with the oxygen in the air). The other place in the video you see, where the members of the band climb up and go down from, are the slopes of the volcano, the Vesuvius.
The whole video makes me think that the title of this long track refers to the echoes of the people living and dying in Pompeii, some 2 millennia ago, echoes of the art, echoes of the things that happened there. Echoes, memories, melancholy... pain for the beauty that was lost. Echoes of time, echoes of voices, echoes of songs, echoes of everything that happened there.
That's an amazing summary!
One thing tho. It wasn't only gladiators. There were all sorts of entertaiments, like races.
Another factoid. The amphitheatre last event with audience was in '79 AD, as PF live in '71 was a close event. Well, not for a live audience at least. Ghosts were free to attend.
The arena "reopened" in 2016, with Gilmour's Live in Pompeii, the first event with live audience in almost 2000 years.
@@TheMule71 No. In amphitheaters only gladiator fights took place. Sometimes also reenactments of battles. Chariot races happened in the stadiums.
What I really love is the keys, the organ is what creates the atmosphere for all other instruments
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!😎😎✌️
Now check out Gilmour Live at Gdańsk version! It’s better! A little dirtier and a bit more raw. You’ll love it!
That sadness in her expression when she realized it was ending is spot on 🙌🏼
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.
Each and every single song from Pink Floyd is an emotional dive.
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!
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!
Truly beautiful. Thanks for that reaction Stacey. Pink Floyd at their very best❤️🏴🇬🇧
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.
You should do "Echoes" from the final performace of David and Rick before Rick passed away, it is so beautiful
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.
Thanks Stacey, been waiting for this ! Having visited the Amphitheatre of Pompeii on vacation, Adrian Maben ( A French Movie Director) thought it was the perfect spot to capture the essence of the group, which was between their Syd Barrett and The Dark Side of the Moon eras. Filming for Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii was held over a four-day period in the ancient Italian city, starting on Oct. 4, 1971.
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!
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 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).
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
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
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.
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!
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
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
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 was in Pompei...in 2014, and i remember this concert...you must go, will never forget it.
I find the bass and drums in the middle section so hypnotic. Still takes me on a trip 50 years later.
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!!!
"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.
I really like the version with David, Rick, etal at the Royal Albert Hall, 2006. David stopped playing this after Rick passed in 2008.
In my opinion, that's the best version ever.
Jon Carin did very well alongside Rick, but there is no substitute to their dialog. Can't blame David for stopping playing this masterpiece.
Dang! I was going to recommend this one. I love Nick's drumming in this. Also like the moustache.
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"
I've seen this a hundred times, but watching you experience this made it even better.
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 had completely forgotten about this one. Thanks for the memories.
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'.
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.
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.
Pink Floyd and Stacey, the perfect match!
34 years after their Pompeii performance, in 2005, the same 4 guys reunited for a one-time performance at Live 8 in London.
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.
I suggest that the next Pink Floyd reaction you do is to the song 'Shine on your crazy diamonds' from the Pulse concert. I'm sure you'll be amazed.
That’s a great version, but the studio version with Roger signing is better. Love Gilmour and he remains my fav member of the band, but Roger’s angst makes the song. David is just a little too smooth a singer to convey the pain that Sid’s loss had on the band where Roger captures it perfectly.
Sounds are what I think of when I think of Pink Floyd. They take sounds and make melodic tapestry experiences.
So happy you enjoyed the amazing pink Floyd and especially this track
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.
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.
Her love for Pink Floyd are awesome love u Stacey yr videos and reactions wow ....sounds back then and they cracked it best ever u spot on with saying its live they sounds awesome
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's why I love your reactions, Stace. Every word is spot on, honest, passionate, intelligent!
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.
One of my favorite things about Pink Floyd is that every song performance at a venue is likely to be slightly different than the album version. This being a great example.
I knew you would really like this, Stacey. Yes, this was 23 years before the Pulse concert. This concert was long before Roger Waters, the bass player, left the group in the 1980s. He came back for one reunion concert in 2006. Also, David Gilmour had a concert in Pompeii as recent as 2016. Pink Floyd was incredibly creative and talented. They are all still living except for Richard Wright, the keyboard player, who died of cancer in 2008. David last played Echoes in 2006, but decided to retire the song in 2008 when Richard passed away.
Nick Mason's drumming is captivating that's for sure.
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.
I love the version from David Gilmour 2006 a little bit more. With the light and laser show. I did see the show live and that was a experience! Wow!
The best live version ever. But I still prefer listening to the studio version.
for me - this is Pink Floyd at the peak... this is what they were about - sound scapes, emotions thru music, out of body traveling with the noise they are creating - no FM ready cuts or anything like that. Of their later albums.. I think Animals comes the closest to this.. Animals seems to be a step back from the commercial success of DSoTM and WYWH, to a time where it was just about sound
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.
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.
The lovely Stacey! back on Pink Floyd. yay!
David Gilmour - Echoes (Live In Gdańsk) Emotional!!!
Accompanied by Richard Wright so it made it that much more special.
At this point in their career, Pink Floyd were the LOUDEST rock band on the PLANET. Forget Black Sabbath. , forget everybody. A Pink Floyd concert was once measured as reaching nearly 130 dB, which is the same SPL as a 747 engine at full burn for takeoff, at the same distance. They probably still hold that record, because LAWS WERE PUT ON THE BOOKS, preventing concerts from exceeding either 100 or 110 dB. Pink Floyd were an ACTUAL force of nature, at this stage in their careers.
I, too, really love this video , because unlike almost anything after *Dark Side*, they’re clearly having fun together. They started having fun again after Dave re-formed the band after Waters left, because-though he’s a brilliant songwriter-he is an absolute control freak, and is obsessed with depressing rubbish like politics and madness and like that. Dave and the other guys didn’t want to be a political band; they wanted to play music that would pull everyone together. So….i agree; it’s well refreshing to see them here in the early days, when they still played experimental psychedelic music and had fun doing it.
P.S.: And the middle section of this song is INCREDIBLY funky. In fact, I don’t know if anything could be more funky.
Source for this? I though it was The Who in the Book of Records for Loudest band until the 80s.....
@@pulsarlights2825 Sry-I was wrong. They were the loudest until 1969, topping out one gig at 122dB. Since then they were outdone by first Zeppelin, then Deep Purple, then the Who, then eventually Manowar and, apparently, the award for loudest rock concert ever goes to a Swedish band called Sleazy Joe, which hit 140-something dB, which is just insane.
Thanks for checking me.
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.
The full concert included several of their songs as well as Echoes and, if you can get it there is a second version of the DVD which includes interviews with the Band and footage of them in the studio recording parts that eventually appeared on Dark Side of the Moon. The other version just features the music played in Pompeii.
Incredible song and a milestone in concert films, this is so valuable to have a full live performance from this period, there is very little concert film of the band from back then. Also please go and see the drummer Nick Mason and his band live if you can. He's getting on for 80 and still plays fantastically ❤
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!!!
Echos is my favorite pink floyd song, I listen to it every day as I shower and get ready for the day, the live at gdanks is the very best
By the by, our mackerel tabby also loved this one ❤🎉
To me this is the song that put Pink Floyd on the road to greatness. I personally wasn’t a fan of their earlier stuff but after this came out everything changed and they went from strength to strength, also see them a couple of times,The Delicate Sound Of Thunder tour and the concert of all concerts (never been surpassed by any other band 30 years later) the Pulse tour at Earls Court London
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
Awesome content, and this girl likes her music...awesome to see. Floyd is a good topic girl, you can't go wrong.
The last time they performed that before Rick Wright died, was very good as well I think 2006. That was the last time David performed that as he said he’d never do it without him. This is pretty special as well, to pull that together as young as they were.