At 64 years of age, I can verify that Pink Floyd music hit home more and harder, as time flys on. My little sister passed away at 33 y.o. in 1996. This piece of music brings back those emotions I endured for several years. And as with any tribulation of life, we eventually pack those things away and shuffle through life, as best as we can. I'm here for your PF journey! Oh, btw... you look bodacious tonight!
This song always gives me goosebumps, whether the incredible Clare Torry on the studio version or these three beautiful voices on the live Pulse video. Must have heard it a thousand times, never gets old, particularly watching the great reactor community hear it for the first time! Thank you!
This song proves the saying" less is more sometimes" because this song is a masterpiece & believe it or not the original version with Clare Torry is a level above this & guarantee WILL make you cry !
Brilliant reaction, it's great that you took the time to find out the meaning of the story. This always makes me emotional listening to it.such a powerful performance
At 3.40 Sir David's smile seeing his best friend and 10 seconds from then, Sir Richard giving back shows how deeply connected they are personally & musically :)
I've watched this performance dozens of times, it never fails to pull raw feelings out of me. Tonight I watched it only this time I had just found out from your intro that Claudia had died. Watching her perform her part, and its significance to the piece always makes me emotional but this time it wrecked me.
The backing and supporting vocals for PF are a huge part of their songs. I love that they put them front and center and we can see their talent live on full display in this song. Great reaction thank you Happy New Year.
One of the very few times a non band member provided the vocals on a Pink Floyd track. The original was done by Clare Torry, after an initial false start, it took her a take and a half and decided she couldn't do any better and walked out wondering if the band would ever use it. Not only did they use it, but it became iconic. The last track on side 1 of the album, and having been soothed into a trance you then had to somehow get up and flip the LP over. We don't know how lucky we have it with CDs 😂
Red you know a few years back my heart stopped for 16 min and God kept me here for some reason 💯💯💯 So Y'All going into 2025 each day is a blessing and tell the ones you care about each day how special they are to you💗💗 Don't just say it show it do little things for them ❤❤#redheadedneighbor #bestreactor #redsarmy #beautifulfuncountrygirl #heartofgoldwithmetalinhersoul #38K
Sam Brown is the daughter of 60`s singer Joe Brown who still tours. Sam has had a solo carrer too, relesing 8 albums and an 1988 international hit single "Stop".
There is another very nice story about this song. One of the background singers, Durga McBroom, who was also on the tour, was personally asked by Richard Wright to sing this song at his funeral. Richard Wright also composed this song and it was part of the album Dark side of the moon. Durga McBroom also complied with this request to sing the song at his funeral. I have personal contact with Durga and she confirmed it to me. It is said that she was even accompanied on the piano by none other than Jon Lord.
Love how David and Richard glance at each other at various times while playing together at the start...they both did it with affection and awareness of the other.
60,000 people in the stadium in Edmonton, Canada in 1994 when I saw this and you could have heard a pin drop until the vocals transitioned to the next singer met by thunderous cheering and not a dry eye "in the house".... I will never forget this performance !!! Well done ladies!!! thank you Pink Floyd. Doesn't this song just take you somewhere else...............
I was watching you during this reaction and I believe you have become a true Pink Floyd fan. The give away was the closing of the eyes and the swaying of the head as you let yourself merge with the music and become one. There is no other band like Pink Floyd 😊❤
Great thing about music is that you can have your own interpretation. Mine has always been that the opening spoken words (a young man talking about not being afraid to die), these were the words of a soldier going off to war. And the different parts of the song are the mother going through the various stages of grief. Denial - she cannot believe her son is gone Anger - mad that this has happened Bargaining - what can she do to turn back time Depression - the realization and sadness of this event Acceptance - a calmness that comes over her, realizing she must carry on
Not to be a spoilsport, but just to nip misinformation in the bud a bit: "Torry performed two complete takes, the second more emotional than the first, but when David Gilmour asked for a third take she stopped halfway through, feeling that she was becoming repetitive and had already done the best she could. The final album track was assembled from all three takes." -- (per interviews, via Wikipedia)
Hey Red, no words sung but so much said.. its about the stages of grieving.. the studio version by the original singer Clair Tori has more "Feeling" and is more emotive.. give it a listen.
Also, when you see David purse his lips, you know he is trying hard at that time. When he is not, that's when he is doing it without thinking. The muscle memory is automated when he is smiling. He is that good, on his own level, that is special.
well done on another great pink floyd reaction, the whole pulse concert is amazing, id recommend "SORROW" "COMING BACK TO LIFE" "ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL" and no pink floyd journey would be complete without "WISH YOU WERE HERE", aswell as plenty of others, happy new year
You know what this song is about? The three ladies presents the three phase of facing with death. Three stages are when you face, you strugling and accept.
Epic! Claire Torry's original done justice. If anyone has seen the utube of making of Dark Side it explains what Claire originally did to perform the song, she pretended to be an instrument.
Very Nice! So do you know the origin back story? A session singer Clare Tory was called upon to do this and went hair curlers and all. The band described what piece was about and played her what they had. She in front of the mic to riff and get a feel and they recorded with jaws dropped. She said she was unpleased with it and wanted to try again. They said that's ok,, we like it. She didn't know if they used it or not until one day in a record shop she seen the album. She sued as co-author, royalties and copyrights. They settled out of court! So you ABSOLUTELY MUST hear the one -take original!! Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR neighbor and neighborhood!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼
For the live concert performances it took 3 incredible backup vocalists to perform what Clare Torry improvised in a Sunday recording session decades before. For this performance they are: Sam Brown, Durga McBroom, and Claudia Fontaine. About the song: " Pink Floyd first played The Great Gig in the Sky - then titled The Mortality Sequence - at the Brighton Dome in January 1972, more than a year before it was finally released on The Dark Side Of The Moon, and getting the song to the finish line was quite the journey. Built around a Richard Wright piano solo, The Great Gig in the Sky was originally embellished by a reading of The Lord’s Prayer and a recording of author and satirist Malcolm Muggeridge pontificating. Work on the studio version began at Abbey Road as the middle of the year approached, but touring, holidays and other commitments kept the band distracted. 25-year-old singer Clare Torry was working as a staff songwriter for EMI when the call came. She wasn't a big Pink Floyd fan, but engineer Alan Parsons had worked with her before, having originally heard her sing on a Pick Of The Pops covers album, and brought her into the studio on January 21, 1973, to see what she might bring to the track. "When I arrived they explained the concept of the album to me and played me Rick Wright’s chord sequence," said Torry. "They said: 'We want some singing on it,' but didn’t know what they wanted. So I suggested going out into the studio and trying a few things. I started off using words, but they said: 'Oh no, we don’t want any words.' So the only thing I could think of was to make myself sound like an instrument, a guitar or whatever, and not to think like a vocalist. I did that and they loved it. "I did three or four takes very quickly, it was left totally up to me, and they said: 'Thank you very much.' In fact, other than Dave Gilmour, I had the impression that they were infinitely bored with the whole thing, and when I left I remember thinking to myself: 'That will never see the light of day.'" Torry was paid a £30 session fee, double the usual rate because it was recorded on a Sunday, and only became aware her parts were used when she saw the album at a local record shop and spotted her name in the credits. "If I’d known then what I know now I would have done something about organising copyright or publishing," she told Mojo in 1998. "I would be a wealthy woman now." It's possible Clare Torry may well be a wealthy woman now. Six years after that interview she sued Pink Floyd - while remaining on good terms with the band - arguing that her contribution to The Great Gig in the Sky constituted co-authorship. She petitioned the High Court for royalties she believed were due, a half-share of copyright ownership, and a 50% share of past and future income. The band and record company EMI settled out of court - although details of the out-of-court settlement were never disclosed - and the song is now credited to both Wright and Torry. " oooooo And that's gotta be a nice little earner. www.loudersound.com/news/pink-floyd-the-great-gig-in-the-sky-clare-torry ------- the vocals in "The Great Gig in the Sky" were improvised, and singer Clare Torry exited the studio apologetic about her performance. She actually didn't know if they were even used on the album, until she saw the record in a store ------- Clare Torry wins settlement against Pink Floyd Written by Matt Thursday, 14 April 2005 On July 8th last year we reported on a rather strange news story - that vocalist Clare Torry was taking Pink Floyd and its record company EMI, to court, suing them for damages and lost earnings. Torry provided the improvised vocal on The Great Gig In The Sky, and was paid the standard fee of £30 for her work on January 23rd 1973. However, some thirty-one years later she claimed that she composed the song, and asked the High Court for monies she believed were due to her, a half-share of copyright ownership and a 50 per cent share, possibly worth millions, of past and future income. Torry said they (the band and EMI) had breached her copyright and asked for damages and for "all illicit copies of the song to be destroyed". This could have resulted in the album being withdrawn from sale temporarily. This week, the High Court judged on the side of Ms Torry, and have awarded her a half-share on copyright ownership of the song. The amount of the out-of-court settlement has not been disclosed, prompting much speculation as to the amount. The argument which won over the High Court was the claim that Ms Torry used a special "wailing technique" which effectively helped to compose the track during its fruition in the studio. The album has, since release, been a high seller, and one of the most well-known releases of all time. Torry has also previously been on very good terms with the band, including an appearance at both nights of Roger Waters' 1987 Wembley shows as part of his encore. www.brain-damage.co.uk/archive/clare-torry-wins-settlement-against-pink-floyd.html
I was lucky enough to hear Pink Floyd (sans Roger Waters) live in Copenhagen in 1988 - where they blew me away by having the original track singer, Clare Torry, with them to do The Great Gig in the Sky live. And that was after opening the concert with Shine on YOu Crazy Diamond! For another stunning track with a female vocal without lyrics (though the song has lots of lyrics), look up Bryan Ferry & Rocy Music's "Avalon". Superb. If you find some of the later live versions (say, 2011 from Lyon), the keys/saxophone player Ferry's got with him is marvellous in my ears - Jorja Chalmers.
Hi Red! If I may relate something I learned. My confrontation with my mortality has taught me two things, number 1, life is really a gift and finding something to move as many different emotions every day is a good way of using that gift. Second, I no longer fear what's next b/c I've been given extra time, making that gift more precious every day. Remember this as well. Father Timeis undefeateated a metafor used in reference to an athletes career, but applicable to all.
this is such an amazing rendition. It always amazes me that the original was done by one Women, Clare Torre, That version is out of this world but I think Clare would agree, this is magical. Regardless of which version you prefer, i think everyone can feel the beauty. And as another great rock band once said "maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away"
Rick Wright wrote this song, Clare torry originally did the vocal singing, which is about life, gradually descending into death. Hence the angrier and more intense first half with a dying person refusing to "go gently into that good night.The second half is gentler, as the dying person gives into the inevitable and fades away.
The studio version is one of those iconic times in music history where it cannot be recreated although the three vocalists in the live version did an absolute amazing job even when Clair Torry did a live version with Floyd it did not touch the studio version. It is funny how some mythology is associated with this track i.e. she did it in one take. The actual story which is documented with interviews with both the band members and Clair is this. Studio engineer Alan Parsons suggested Clare Torry, a 25-year-old songwriter and session vocalist he had worked with on a Top of The Pops covers album. Torry was contacted to arrange a session for the same evening, but she had other commitments, including tickets to see Chuck Berry, so a three-hour session was scheduled for the next day, Sunday 21 January. The band played the instrumental track to Torry and asked her to improvise a vocal. At first, she struggled to find what was needed, but then she was inspired to sing as if she were an instrument herself. Torry performed two complete takes, the second more emotional than the first, but when David Gilmour asked for a third take, she stopped halfway through, feeling that she was becoming repetitive and had already done the best she could. The final album track was assembled from all three takes. The members of the band were deeply impressed by Torry's performance but did not tell her this, and she left the studio, with a standard £30 flat fee, under the impression that her vocals would not make the final cut. She only became aware that she had been included in the final mix when she picked up the album at a local record store and saw her name in the credits. In 2005, an undisclosed out-of-court settlement in Torry's Favour included giving her vocal composition credit. Wright recalls that when Torry finished, she was apologetic about her performance, even though those present were amazed at her vocal improvisation. for the Spoken parts the members of the band went around asking questions and recording responses from people working inside Abbey Road at the time. Among the questions, they were asked "Are you afraid of dying?". The responses of doorman Gerry O'Driscoll "I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it - you've got to go sometime." and the wife of their road manager Peter Watts Patricia 'Puddie "I never said I was frightened of dying." were used
Thanks for showing Pink Floyd again and appreciating their music. Pink Floyd is my most favorite band since the 60's. So......more please Btw. you have to watch the latest of: EPICA - *_”Arcana”_* (Live at The Symphonic Synergy) The Netherlands 09/20/24 : ruclips.net/video/7xXPyAhHhXc/видео.html And/or (same concert) *_”The Ghost In Me (Dance Macabre)”_* : ruclips.net/video/ax_FATpzAB8/видео.html Note from the band: The time has come to write history once more. 15 years have passed since ‘The Classical Conspiracy’ and 10 years since we recorded another milestone in our career, ‘Retrospect’ - now, over a decade later, we are once again about to enter the stage with a full orchestra and choir. Under the title, ‘The Symphonic Synergy’, we played two massive “Epica & Orchestra” shows. One in our home country, the Netherlands (09/20/24) and another one in our second home, Mexico (12/07/24). Finally, it is happening.
The second singer Durga McBroom should also get a well deserved mention as well, and also you paused just as the only vocal came in when a woman whispers ' I never said that I was frightened of dying ' .
I am a 64 year old hardcore Pink Floyd fan ever since 1973 when my older brother brought home a new 8-Track Tape of Dark Side of the Moon. Argued to be the most popular Album in history and was and still is Pink Floyds most popular and most sold. The Song you just reacted to, "The Great Gig in the Sky" was on that album. But the voice in the original is neither of the three women that you heard on the Pulse Concert version. It has to be understood that when Pink Floyd was producing the Dark Side of the Moon album, they used random people off the street to throw in catch words and phrases that you hear throughout the album. Therefore, they was looking for a female voice to do the Great Gig in the Sky bit, but they still didn't know what they wanted. So they picked, a somewhat new singer, named Clare Torry, to come to Abby Road Studios and fill in the music track to the song. She said in an interview that she had no idea what to expect when she got there and ask them what they wanted her to do. She said, "Basically they had no idea". She went on to explain that she just told them to start the track and she will have a go at it. This story is too big and amazing to miss. I can't let those three other back up singers get the credit for what someone else did to make this song track a legend. I have the video to prove it below. You have to listen to the original recording of, "The Great Gig in the Sky" from their 1973 Album, "Dark Side of the Moon" to appreciate that this was was done by "one" woman, in "one" recording by someone that had no idea what to do. So, she just poured her heart out just to fill the track, and it became a miracle. She had no idea beforehand as she stood infront of a Recording Studio Microphone and just poured the most beautiful sounds from a female voice you can hear. The irony of it all to was that she said she thought she would never hear about the track again. That she knew it wouldn't make it on the album. And after it was over, she said, "Thank you very much, Goodby" and walked out of the studio and no one bothered to tell her that she did good or bad or what. She said that the only member of the band she remembers even saying anything to her the whole time she was there was David Gilmour. I think Clare Torry, who was the original vocalist to this song, should get her honorable mention because she performed a blind miracle with what she did with this song and she should be mentioned as well. Below is the original studio recording of the song with Clare Torry and below it is her interview many years later about it. Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (Official 2023 Remaster) ruclips.net/video/2PMnJ_Luk_o/видео.htmlsi=TZcAcWq0CAdqVgC0 Clare Torry, The Great Gig In The Sky ruclips.net/video/nWZ4ymOvflM/видео.htmlsi=OnLap-sn7g1CAeb-
39K RED I AM, SO PROUD OF YOU 100 K 2026 YOU CAN DO IT I BELIEVE IN YOU ❤❤❤❤#redheadedneighbor #bestreactor #redsarmy #beautifulfuncountrygirl #heartofgoldwithmetalinhersoul #39K
Well Red that track was so emotive so many feeling and no lyrics… you would have to be made of stone not to feel something, and in this case female voice or voices carry that emotion so perfectly. Under ideal circumstances try listening to the track “ Time “ followed by this one …the two go together. One leads you into the other, which is a fairly common thing with Pink Floyd. I’m so glad that PF has finally gotten into you or is that you’ve gotten into PF? No matter I think your journey will be a long and fulfilling one.
Rick Wright wrote the music for a movie but the director said it was to sad for what he wanted. Rick gave it to the band and the rest is history. Pink Floyd got very little radio play for 2 reasons. 1 They never played 4 beat 4 minute up beat songs. 2 Their music is best listen to at home with a good stereo or head phones, no talking, lights out and maybe a big fatty.
This piece is about loss, death and mourning .. Dark Side is about variouse aspects of life, living and death ,, The Great gig in the sky " Musicians term for dying ,
If you haven't yet, do yourself a favor and listen to the studio version. The stage version is fine, but you get the full emotional impact with the studio version, IMO. Good reaction.
If you listen very carefully, between part 2 and Claudia, there is a faint female voice speaking. The seven words, which are whispered, are "If you can hear this, you're dying". Those words are also in the studio version and are a bit easier to make out clearly.
Go listen to the original. This was good, but they were just trying to recreate what was on the album. Recording in 1970 they had the instruments recorded and needed vocals to convey the experience of dying. They hired a 25 year old Clair Torrey to come in and sing wordless vocals. She listened to it to get familiar, went in the booth and belted out one of the finest performances ever. The guys in the band were stunned. Please listen to it.
Sam Brown has since lost her amazing voice. 🙁 I cant remember what happened. There is a documentary on youtube about her. She has not long ago released a new album where she finds a different way of using her voice.
PLEASE REACT to the original take by CLARE TORRY in the album!🙏 She was paid a few pounds for an unforgettable performance.. ALAN PARSONS recorded her voice on RICHARD WRIGHT's piano... He told PINK FLOYD "I know a great singer mates!".. When she arrived at the studio he said: 'Sorry, we've got no words, no melody line, just a chord sequence... just see what you can do with it.' ...and she performed THE BEST VOICE SOLO EVER!!! It's said this is the top rated soundtrack for S&X EVER!!!❤😂🤙 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!🎊🙏🎇🎉
This live performance is brilliantly good - but nothing compares to the original studio version with Clare Torry - not only did she sing it all herself, but she more or less created it, with almost no rehearsal and with very little guidance from the band, and was paid only £30! - and didn't get credit for it for some years after! ruclips.net/video/vTfWeyS--Cs/видео.html and this interview with Clare is well worth a watch ruclips.net/video/mIW7xZSlZoM/видео.html
PART II 😁 So no disrespect to the performers and fans,, I need to brag for another person who does this and is my favorite. Her name is Eva Avila and is with a Pink Floyd cover band called Brit Floyd. She does this close to not for note to the original. ruclips.net/video/jd9-wiT1dJQ/видео.htmlsi=hj9sRmHiQpj3xhd4
They should of told you to read the thing after listening to the song and let you go in blind listening to it. Most reactors are surprised that there are no lyrics and its just the girls doing there thing. Just my thought.
Really like what the ladies did with here and no disrespect meant but as so many others have said, listen to the studio version. No one will ever match the emotion Clare put into it.
Thats what has fascinated me all along about music was no matter what type or style....Melodies and arrangements without lyrics can really reach in me and touch my heart.
Do yourself a favor and go back and listen to the studio version of this song. Claire Tory was the original artist that created this unsung masterpiece. She did it all in two takes. She felt that during the third take she was only putting down a track for some later artist to take over. She did not know that she was on the album until after the album came out. David Gilmore is the only member of the group that ever gave any real feedback and direction. Loved your reaction.
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I've been listenng to PinkFloyd for 50 years and this song never fails to bring tears to my eyes.
You got that right 😢
At 64 years of age, I can verify that Pink Floyd music hit home more and harder, as time flys on. My little sister passed away at 33 y.o. in 1996. This piece of music brings back those emotions I endured for several years. And as with any tribulation of life, we eventually pack those things away and shuffle through life, as best as we can. I'm here for your PF journey!
Oh, btw... you look bodacious tonight!
Claudia's smile at the end of the song, as she backs out of the light. She knows she's nailed it.
This song always gives me goosebumps, whether the incredible Clare Torry on the studio version or these three beautiful voices on the live Pulse video. Must have heard it a thousand times, never gets old, particularly watching the great reactor community hear it for the first time! Thank you!
This song proves the saying" less is more sometimes" because this song is a masterpiece & believe it or not the original version with Clare Torry is a level above this & guarantee WILL make you cry !
Brilliant reaction, it's great that you took the time to find out the meaning of the story. This always makes me emotional listening to it.such a powerful performance
Pink Floyd is the Picasso of rock music, The Dark Side of the Moon being their crown jewel. I think the meaning of life is hidden in there.
At 3.40 Sir David's smile seeing his best friend and 10 seconds from then, Sir Richard giving back shows how deeply connected they are personally & musically :)
I've watched this performance dozens of times, it never fails to pull raw feelings out of me.
Tonight I watched it only this time I had just found out from your intro that Claudia had died. Watching her perform her part, and its significance to the piece always makes me emotional but this time it wrecked me.
The backing and supporting vocals for PF are a huge part of their songs. I love that they put them front and center and we can see their talent live on full display in this song. Great reaction thank you Happy New Year.
One of the very few times a non band member provided the vocals on a Pink Floyd track. The original was done by Clare Torry, after an initial false start, it took her a take and a half and decided she couldn't do any better and walked out wondering if the band would ever use it. Not only did they use it, but it became iconic. The last track on side 1 of the album, and having been soothed into a trance you then had to somehow get up and flip the LP over. We don't know how lucky we have it with CDs 😂
Clare Torry eventually got a co-writing credit for this song
Red you know a few years back my heart stopped for 16 min and God kept me here for some reason 💯💯💯 So Y'All going into 2025 each day is a blessing and tell the ones you care about each day how special they are to you💗💗 Don't just say it show it do little things for them ❤❤#redheadedneighbor #bestreactor #redsarmy #beautifulfuncountrygirl #heartofgoldwithmetalinhersoul #38K
One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. Period.
Excellent reaction Red. As I continue to cruise along in my 6th decade, this one seems to get a little closer each year
That was great. The vocals were so haunting and beautifully sung.
This song has bought tears to my eyes for 45 years+ gets me every time and this and the original are a vocal masterpiece.
Sam Brown is the daughter of 60`s singer Joe Brown who still tours. Sam has had a solo carrer too, relesing 8 albums and an 1988 international hit single "Stop".
I have always loved this song 🎉
There is another very nice story about this song. One of the background singers, Durga McBroom, who was also on the tour, was personally asked by Richard Wright to sing this song at his funeral. Richard Wright also composed this song and it was part of the album Dark side of the moon. Durga McBroom also complied with this request to sing the song at his funeral. I have personal contact with Durga and she confirmed it to me. It is said that she was even accompanied on the piano by none other than Jon Lord.
Love this performance!!! Thank you for the back story it gives a whole new perspective to it and it is haunting right??
Love how David and Richard glance at each other at various times while playing together at the start...they both did it with affection and awareness of the other.
I saw this concert in 94 so this is the best.
Great Rick & Claudia in the sky
Great reaction to a great song and band. 😀😃😄😁😊
The original was sung by Clare Torry, a hired singer and no one quite does it justice as the original was. I would recommend check that as well!
The OG Clare Torry, Claudia Fontaine was 35 at the Pulse cocert. She past at the age of 57.❤ fr9m Belgium 🇧🇪
Have a great new year 🎉🤗
60,000 people in the stadium in Edmonton, Canada in 1994 when I saw this and you could have heard a pin drop until the vocals transitioned to the next singer met by thunderous cheering and not a dry eye "in the house".... I will never forget this performance !!! Well done ladies!!! thank you Pink Floyd. Doesn't this song just take you somewhere else...............
I was watching you during this reaction and I believe you have become a true Pink Floyd fan. The give away was the closing of the eyes and the swaying of the head as you let yourself merge with the music and become one. There is no other band like Pink Floyd 😊❤
Great thing about music is that you can have your own interpretation.
Mine has always been that the opening spoken words (a young man talking about not being afraid to die), these were the words of a soldier going off to war. And the different parts of the song are the mother going through the various stages of grief.
Denial - she cannot believe her son is gone
Anger - mad that this has happened
Bargaining - what can she do to turn back time
Depression - the realization and sadness of this event
Acceptance - a calmness that comes over her, realizing she must carry on
That opening always brings me to tears (thinking about my mom and dad) it is so hauntingly beautiful.
Hi Red happy new it news years day here in Australia thank you for being you mate sunshine ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
That was great ❤
This was a 1994 live performance of a song from a 1974 album. The original guest singer did the whole thing in one take.
Clare Torry, truly amazing!
Dark side was released in 1973.
Not to be a spoilsport, but just to nip misinformation in the bud a bit: "Torry performed two complete takes, the second more emotional than the first, but when David Gilmour asked for a third take she stopped halfway through, feeling that she was becoming repetitive and had already done the best she could. The final album track was assembled from all three takes." -- (per interviews, via Wikipedia)
1973
Hey Red, no words sung but so much said.. its about the stages of grieving.. the studio version by the original singer Clair Tori has more "Feeling" and is more emotive.. give it a listen.
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This is a shortened version of the song. Claudia’s part is longer actually. Look for the full song version
send her the link as she asks us to
Yes, the original VHS tape and the Pulse CD have the unedited version. No idea why they cut out a full minute for the DVD/Bluray.
Also, when you see David purse his lips, you know he is trying hard at that time. When he is not, that's when he is doing it without thinking. The muscle memory is automated when he is smiling. He is that good, on his own level, that is special.
Red Happy New Year! Keep being you & keep thinking free!
well done on another great pink floyd reaction, the whole pulse concert is amazing,
id recommend "SORROW" "COMING BACK TO LIFE" "ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL"
and no pink floyd journey would be complete without "WISH YOU WERE HERE", aswell
as plenty of others, happy new year
You know what this song is about? The three ladies presents the three phase of facing with death. Three stages are when you face, you strugling and accept.
Epic! Claire Torry's original done justice. If anyone has seen the utube of making of Dark Side it explains what Claire originally did to perform the song, she pretended to be an instrument.
👌Season's greetings.
this is the magic that results when vocalists are free to express their innermost emotions - no sheet music, just improvisation
Very Nice! So do you know the origin back story? A session singer Clare Tory was called upon to do this and went hair curlers and all. The band described what piece was about and played her what they had. She in front of the mic to riff and get a feel and they recorded with jaws dropped. She said she was unpleased with it and wanted to try again. They said that's ok,, we like it. She didn't know if they used it or not until one day in a record shop she seen the album. She sued as co-author, royalties and copyrights. They settled out of court! So you ABSOLUTELY MUST hear the one -take original!! Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR neighbor and neighborhood!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼
For the live concert performances it took 3 incredible backup vocalists to perform what Clare Torry improvised in a Sunday recording session decades before. For this performance they are: Sam Brown, Durga McBroom, and Claudia Fontaine.
About the song:
" Pink Floyd first played The Great Gig in the Sky - then titled The Mortality Sequence - at the Brighton Dome in January 1972, more than a year before it was finally released on The Dark Side Of The Moon, and getting the song to the finish line was quite the journey.
Built around a Richard Wright piano solo, The Great Gig in the Sky was originally embellished by a reading of The Lord’s Prayer and a recording of author and satirist Malcolm Muggeridge pontificating. Work on the studio version began at Abbey Road as the middle of the year approached, but touring, holidays and other commitments kept the band distracted.
25-year-old singer Clare Torry was working as a staff songwriter for EMI when the call came. She wasn't a big Pink Floyd fan, but engineer Alan Parsons had worked with her before, having originally heard her sing on a Pick Of The Pops covers album, and brought her into the studio on January 21, 1973, to see what she might bring to the track.
"When I arrived they explained the concept of the album to me and played me Rick Wright’s chord sequence," said Torry. "They said: 'We want some singing on it,' but didn’t know what they wanted. So I suggested going out into the studio and trying a few things. I started off using words, but they said: 'Oh no, we don’t want any words.' So the only thing I could think of was to make myself sound like an instrument, a guitar or whatever, and not to think like a vocalist. I did that and they loved it.
"I did three or four takes very quickly, it was left totally up to me, and they said: 'Thank you very much.' In fact, other than Dave Gilmour, I had the impression that they were infinitely bored with the whole thing, and when I left I remember thinking to myself: 'That will never see the light of day.'"
Torry was paid a £30 session fee, double the usual rate because it was recorded on a Sunday, and only became aware her parts were used when she saw the album at a local record shop and spotted her name in the credits. "If I’d known then what I know now I would have done something about organising copyright or publishing," she told Mojo in 1998. "I would be a wealthy woman now."
It's possible Clare Torry may well be a wealthy woman now. Six years after that interview she sued Pink Floyd - while remaining on good terms with the band - arguing that her contribution to The Great Gig in the Sky constituted co-authorship. She petitioned the High Court for royalties she believed were due, a half-share of copyright ownership, and a 50% share of past and future income. The band and record company EMI settled out of court - although details of the out-of-court settlement were never disclosed - and the song is now credited to both Wright and Torry. "
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And that's gotta be a nice little earner.
www.loudersound.com/news/pink-floyd-the-great-gig-in-the-sky-clare-torry
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the vocals in "The Great Gig in the Sky" were improvised, and singer Clare Torry exited the studio apologetic about her performance.
She actually didn't know if they were even used on the album, until she saw the record in a store
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Clare Torry wins settlement against Pink Floyd
Written by Matt
Thursday, 14 April 2005
On July 8th last year we reported on a rather strange news story - that vocalist Clare Torry was taking Pink Floyd and its record company EMI, to court, suing them for damages and lost earnings.
Torry provided the improvised vocal on The Great Gig In The Sky, and was paid the standard fee of £30 for her work on January 23rd 1973. However, some thirty-one years later she claimed that she composed the song, and asked the High Court for monies she believed were due to her, a half-share of copyright ownership and a 50 per cent share, possibly worth millions, of past and future income.
Torry said they (the band and EMI) had breached her copyright and asked for damages and for "all illicit copies of the song to be destroyed". This could have resulted in the album being withdrawn from sale temporarily.
This week, the High Court judged on the side of Ms Torry, and have awarded her a half-share on copyright ownership of the song. The amount of the out-of-court settlement has not been disclosed, prompting much speculation as to the amount.
The argument which won over the High Court was the claim that Ms Torry used a special "wailing technique" which effectively helped to compose the track during its fruition in the studio. The album has, since release, been a high seller, and one of the most well-known releases of all time.
Torry has also previously been on very good terms with the band, including an appearance at both nights of Roger Waters' 1987 Wembley shows as part of his encore.
www.brain-damage.co.uk/archive/clare-torry-wins-settlement-against-pink-floyd.html
Richard Wright wrote a masterpiece of music. Simply beautiful!
he looked back at her in total respect to fellow performers, gave her her time to shine, they dont see color, black white or purple
I was lucky enough to hear Pink Floyd (sans Roger Waters) live in Copenhagen in 1988 - where they blew me away by having the original track singer, Clare Torry, with them to do The Great Gig in the Sky live. And that was after opening the concert with Shine on YOu Crazy Diamond!
For another stunning track with a female vocal without lyrics (though the song has lots of lyrics), look up Bryan Ferry & Rocy Music's "Avalon". Superb. If you find some of the later live versions (say, 2011 from Lyon), the keys/saxophone player Ferry's got with him is marvellous in my ears - Jorja Chalmers.
Hi Red! If I may relate something I learned. My confrontation with my mortality has taught me two things, number 1, life is really a gift and finding something to move as many different emotions every day is a good way of using that gift. Second, I no longer fear what's next b/c I've been given extra time, making that gift more precious every day. Remember this as well. Father Timeis undefeateated a metafor used in reference to an athletes career, but applicable to all.
this is such an amazing rendition. It always amazes me that the original was done by one Women, Clare Torre, That version is out of this world but I think Clare would agree, this is magical. Regardless of which version you prefer, i think everyone can feel the beauty. And as another great rock band once said "maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away"
Not Claire Danes. That’s an actress. It was Claire Torre.
@@scottnorvell2955 oh dang thats right, dont know what I was thinking about...lol
Great reaction....be sure to listen to the Dark Side of the Moon version with Clare Torry
Rick Wright wrote this song, Clare torry originally did the vocal singing, which is about life, gradually descending into death. Hence the angrier and more intense first half with a dying person refusing to "go gently into that good night.The second half is gentler, as the dying person gives into the inevitable and fades away.
The studio version is one of those iconic times in music history where it cannot be recreated although the three vocalists in the live version did an absolute amazing job even when Clair Torry did a live version with Floyd it did not touch the studio version. It is funny how some mythology is associated with this track i.e. she did it in one take. The actual story which is documented with interviews with both the band members and Clair is this.
Studio engineer Alan Parsons suggested Clare Torry, a 25-year-old songwriter and session vocalist he had worked with on a Top of The Pops covers album. Torry was contacted to arrange a session for the same evening, but she had other commitments, including tickets to see Chuck Berry, so a three-hour session was scheduled for the next day, Sunday 21 January.
The band played the instrumental track to Torry and asked her to improvise a vocal. At first, she struggled to find what was needed, but then she was inspired to sing as if she were an instrument herself.
Torry performed two complete takes, the second more emotional than the first, but when David Gilmour asked for a third take, she stopped halfway through, feeling that she was becoming repetitive and had already done the best she could. The final album track was assembled from all three takes. The members of the band were deeply impressed by Torry's performance but did not tell her this, and she left the studio, with a standard £30 flat fee, under the impression that her vocals would not make the final cut. She only became aware that she had been included in the final mix when she picked up the album at a local record store and saw her name in the credits. In 2005, an undisclosed out-of-court settlement in Torry's Favour included giving her vocal composition credit. Wright recalls that when Torry finished, she was apologetic about her performance, even though those present were amazed at her vocal improvisation.
for the Spoken parts
the members of the band went around asking questions and recording responses from people working inside Abbey Road at the time. Among the questions, they were asked "Are you afraid of dying?". The responses of doorman Gerry O'Driscoll "I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it - you've got to go sometime." and the wife of their road manager Peter Watts Patricia 'Puddie "I never said I was frightened of dying." were used
The original is certainly the best version. Gift a listen as well.
🥺 I'm not crying, you're crying..... 😥🐰
You're on a roll tonight, Red! A pretty appropriate song to end the year on, I think. Maybe do "In My Time of Dying" next year 😁.
Thanks for showing Pink Floyd again and appreciating their music. Pink Floyd is my most favorite band since the 60's. So......more please
Btw. you have to watch the latest of:
EPICA - *_”Arcana”_* (Live at The Symphonic Synergy) The Netherlands 09/20/24 :
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And/or (same concert) *_”The Ghost In Me (Dance Macabre)”_* :
ruclips.net/video/ax_FATpzAB8/видео.html
Note from the band: The time has come to write history once more. 15 years have passed since ‘The Classical Conspiracy’ and 10 years since we recorded another milestone in our career, ‘Retrospect’ - now, over a decade later, we are once again about to enter the stage with a full orchestra and choir. Under the title, ‘The Symphonic Synergy’, we played two massive “Epica & Orchestra” shows. One in our home country, the Netherlands (09/20/24) and another one in our second home, Mexico (12/07/24). Finally, it is happening.
Much love to you Red ;)
The second singer Durga McBroom should also get a well deserved mention as well, and also you paused just as the only vocal came in when a woman whispers ' I never said that I was frightened of dying ' .
I am a 64 year old hardcore Pink Floyd fan ever since 1973 when my older brother brought home a new 8-Track Tape of Dark Side of the Moon. Argued to be the most popular Album in history and was and still is Pink Floyds most popular and most sold. The Song you just reacted to, "The Great Gig in the Sky" was on that album. But the voice in the original is neither of the three women that you heard on the Pulse Concert version.
It has to be understood that when Pink Floyd was producing the Dark Side of the Moon album, they used random people off the street to throw in catch words and phrases that you hear throughout the album.
Therefore, they was looking for a female voice to do the Great Gig in the Sky bit, but they still didn't know what they wanted. So they picked, a somewhat new singer, named Clare Torry, to come to Abby Road Studios and fill in the music track to the song. She said in an interview that she had no idea what to expect when she got there and ask them what they wanted her to do. She said, "Basically they had no idea". She went on to explain that she just told them to start the track and she will have a go at it.
This story is too big and amazing to miss. I can't let those three other back up singers get the credit for what someone else did to make this song track a legend. I have the video to prove it below. You have to listen to the original recording of, "The Great Gig in the Sky" from their 1973 Album, "Dark Side of the Moon" to appreciate that this was was done by "one" woman, in "one" recording by someone that had no idea what to do. So, she just poured her heart out just to fill the track, and it became a miracle. She had no idea beforehand as she stood infront of a Recording Studio Microphone and just poured the most beautiful sounds from a female voice you can hear.
The irony of it all to was that she said she thought she would never hear about the track again. That she knew it wouldn't make it on the album. And after it was over, she said, "Thank you very much, Goodby" and walked out of the studio and no one bothered to tell her that she did good or bad or what. She said that the only member of the band she remembers even saying anything to her the whole time she was there was David Gilmour.
I think Clare Torry, who was the original vocalist to this song, should get her honorable mention because she performed a blind miracle with what she did with this song and she should be mentioned as well.
Below is the original studio recording of the song with Clare Torry and below it is her interview many years later about it.
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (Official 2023 Remaster) ruclips.net/video/2PMnJ_Luk_o/видео.htmlsi=TZcAcWq0CAdqVgC0
Clare Torry, The Great Gig In The Sky ruclips.net/video/nWZ4ymOvflM/видео.htmlsi=OnLap-sn7g1CAeb-
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Sam Brown's Dad was British singer Joe Brown
Well Red that track was so emotive so many feeling and no lyrics… you would have to be made of stone not to feel something, and in this case female voice or voices carry that emotion so perfectly. Under ideal circumstances try listening to the track “ Time “ followed by this one …the two go together. One leads you into the other, which is a fairly common thing with Pink Floyd. I’m so glad that PF has finally gotten into you or is that you’ve gotten into PF? No matter I think your journey will be a long and fulfilling one.
Rick Wright wrote the music for a movie but the director said it was to sad for what he wanted. Rick gave it to the band and the rest is history. Pink Floyd got very little radio play for 2 reasons. 1 They never played 4 beat 4 minute up beat songs. 2 Their music is best listen to at home with a good stereo or head phones, no talking, lights out and maybe a big fatty.
This piece is about loss, death and mourning .. Dark Side is about variouse aspects of life, living and death ,, The Great gig in the sky " Musicians term for dying ,
He looks back as a cue for her to wrap up her singing. If you watch closely she looks over at David to catch his cue.
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Sam Brown absolutely nails it
If you haven't yet, do yourself a favor and listen to the studio version. The stage version is fine, but you get the full emotional impact with the studio version, IMO. Good reaction.
If you listen very carefully, between part 2 and Claudia, there is a faint female voice speaking. The seven words, which are whispered, are "If you can hear this, you're dying". Those words are also in the studio version and are a bit easier to make out clearly.
Patricia "Puddy" Watts never said that. She also "Never said I was frightened of dying."
Go listen to the original.
This was good, but they were just trying to recreate what was on the album.
Recording in 1970 they had the instruments recorded and needed vocals to convey the experience of dying. They hired a 25 year old Clair Torrey to come in and sing wordless vocals. She listened to it to get familiar, went in the booth and belted out one of the finest performances ever.
The guys in the band were stunned.
Please listen to it.
The original guest singer from the album had to sue Pink Floyd for recognition and royalties. She sang her solo in one take.
This show is 25 years after the recording was done.
One of Richard Wright's best pieces of music for Pink Floyd... R.I.P. Rick Wright in the 'great gig in the sky'... 😪
Sam Brown has since lost her amazing voice. 🙁 I cant remember what happened. There is a documentary on youtube about her. She has not long ago released a new album where she finds a different way of using her voice.
PLEASE REACT to the original take by CLARE TORRY in the album!🙏 She was paid a few pounds for an unforgettable performance.. ALAN PARSONS recorded her voice on RICHARD WRIGHT's piano... He told PINK FLOYD "I know a great singer mates!"..
When she arrived at the studio he said: 'Sorry, we've got no words, no melody line, just a chord sequence... just see what you can do with it.' ...and she performed THE BEST VOICE SOLO EVER!!! It's said this is the top rated soundtrack for S&X EVER!!!❤😂🤙
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!🎊🙏🎇🎉
You need to hear the original album version by the, unfortunately late, Clare Torry.
Sam Brown was pretty famous in the UK in her own right as a singer
And the daughter of 60s singer Joe Brown
I think that look from Gilmore was all out of respect
This live performance is brilliantly good - but nothing compares to the original studio version with Clare Torry - not only did she sing it all herself, but she more or less created it, with almost no rehearsal and with very little guidance from the band, and was paid only £30! - and didn't get credit for it for some years after!
ruclips.net/video/vTfWeyS--Cs/видео.html
and this interview with Clare is well worth a watch
ruclips.net/video/mIW7xZSlZoM/видео.html
A versão original é insuperável!
I must say respectfully that your incredibly stunning.
PART II 😁 So no disrespect to the performers and fans,, I need to brag for another person who does this and is my favorite. Her name is Eva Avila and is with a Pink Floyd cover band called Brit Floyd. She does this close to not for note to the original.
ruclips.net/video/jd9-wiT1dJQ/видео.htmlsi=hj9sRmHiQpj3xhd4
Sam Brown was outstanding on GGITS!
Gilmore can play a slide guitar, like no one else. Then again Gilmore can play any guitar, like no one else.
Red 👉 my other fav band! Amazing song! Yeap, Ms.Torrys original was the best! Others did great also. 🎉
Now check out the original version by Claire Torre on Dark Side of the Moon album.😂
They should of told you to read the thing after listening to the song and let you go in blind listening to it. Most reactors are surprised that there are no lyrics and its just the girls doing there thing. Just my thought.
Great video 👍 The original studio version gives a better depth and meaning personally 😊
For me it’s sounds like the 3 stages of life to me,my life anyway
Really like what the ladies did with here and no disrespect meant but as so many others have said, listen to the studio version. No one will ever match the emotion Clare put into it.
Thats what has fascinated me all along about music was no matter what type or style....Melodies and arrangements without lyrics can really reach in me and touch my heart.
HUGE Floyd fan. One of my top 5 all time. BUT... I'm not a huge fan of this particular performance. Great reaction!
The recorded version of this track is the best. You would be doing yourself a favor to check that out, even if you don't react to it.
Do yourself a favor and go back and listen to the studio version of this song. Claire Tory was the original artist that created this unsung masterpiece. She did it all in two takes. She felt that during the third take she was only putting down a track for some later artist to take over. She did not know that she was on the album until after the album came out. David Gilmore is the only member of the group that ever gave any real feedback and direction. Loved your reaction.
Tori Amos was the first to sing this on the Lp.