I loved watching you trying to find your way through the lyrics. But you shouldn't expect to "just get it all". The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most discussed and analysed albums ever made. Pink Floyd don't write songs about how hot some chick looks🤣
My favourite line from Brain Damage follows on from, 'the lunatic is in the hall...'. It goes, "The paper holds their folded faces to the floor and every day the paperboy brings more". An absolutely brilliant line! Conjuring up the images of all the 'madness' delivered via newspaper. Politics/politicians, war, greed, poverty, scandal etc. The whole song is a discussion on the nature of madness. Who decides what is madness and what is sanity. The narrator ends up embracing his 'madness', rather than the insanity of the World and extends an invite, if you feel the same way, to join him on the dark side of the Moon. The Moon itself being a long-standing symbol of 'lunacy', the abnormal and the unusual...
And the subtext under the album outro... "There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark." Unfortunately, I think most of the current RUclips recordings get impatient and cut off before it happens, or maybe it's just so quiet you can't hear it properly. That's very unfortunate, in my opinion.
@@briansmith303 I agree people should listen to the end. It's a bugbear of mine, lol. They're not missing too much in this case though, it's just a brief recorded quote from one of their crew, rather than an actual lyric and the statement itself is untrue. They should still listen to the end though. :)
'It isn't over is it?... My God, it's over!' the timeless realization of the first listen. All that is left is coming to terms with what you have just experienced. Thank you.
" and if the band your in starts playing different tunes " is a Syd Barrett reference. in the last phase of Syd being in the band, they said he would stand on stage either playing something else, one continuous note or just stand and stare off into space, meanwhile the other members were trying desperately to keep the gig together. Roger said quiet a bit of the song is about Syd's mental disintegration.
Possibly the greatest Rock album of all time, many have that opinion. The "Dark Side Of The Moon" album has sold over 50 million albums worldwide to date, it is one of the most critically acclaimed albums in history. It has been certified 14x platinum, and topped the US Billboard Top LPs chart for 962 weeks in total, that's over 18 years! In 2012 "Dark Side Of The Moon" was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry, by the Library of Congress for being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Every song on this album is relevant to today, the album 50 years old. It was entered in the Library of Congress because of its "cultural" or "historical" significance.
I highly, highly recommend that you now move right on to their next album "Wish You Were Here," then on to "Animals,"; then "The Wall."l. All should be listened to as you listened to this second side...a side at a time. It is a journey of musical magic. Oh and don't let it get you down too much, Roger Waters is a depressing sort of guy, angry at the world and it shows in his songwriting. Just enjoy the overall experience and let the music take you away.
I'm a year late here but that's the good thing about the internet, eh? ;-) So glad you found Pink Floyd. I havne't listened to this entire album in a long time and can still remember all the words. I got it as a teen when it was first out. Brings back some fond memories. 🙂
The voice clips that you heard were recorded in the studio. They asked staff and random occupants a series of questions like "when was the last time you were violent?" and "were you in the right?". They used those responses throughout the album as commentary on the central themes of life and conflict.
Any Colour You Like is the most special kind of stoned. Ride that hope out the darkness and fly through space on the wavelengths of the visible light spectrum. 🚀
Pink Floyd is more of an experience than a bunch of songs. No formula here "verse chorus verse chorus bridge" and one must remember that most of us experienced the Floyd after large quantities of herb were smoked.
In a 2008 paper in Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Fusar-Poli and Madini suggest that the song includes avant-garde techniques and philosophical lyrics can be approached and analysed from a psychological perspective. The line "Got to keep the loonies on the path" references the attempt to maintain order and establish sanity. The detached description of a lobotomy is demonstrated in the lines "You raise the blade, you make the change. You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane".
I was just 20 in 1973 when I first listened to Dark Side of the Moon and for sure I didn't get it at first listening. But it took a hold of me and each time I listened or each time I discussed it with a friend another piece of the jigsaw fell into place. I have listened to the album hundreds of times and each time I understand a little bit more. DSOTM is a stunningly brilliant album. It helps if you know a little of the history of Pink Floyd and it members because that helps more pieces to fit. It a rewarding journey and an enjoyable journey. Enjoy!! I'm 69 tomorrow, I'll settle down in my chair with headphones on and a glass of something interesting and I'll be twenty once again!!!😁😁🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Now that you’ve heard the album, I would watch one or two cuts live…from Pulse I’d possible. Floyd is meant to be visual as well as audio… more than any other band, they made their live performances immersive. In their recent tour, Tool has been following in Floyd footsteps on their visual effects.
Lol, you did this one just before Pentatonix. I can tell. Guess that is why Pink Floyd is called mood music. 😁 (Edit starts here) Wow, your analysis went to the dark side! I have taken the last song in particular as more of a psychological social interpretation. I relate the singing different toons as friends no longer communicating, and the meet you on the dark side of the moon as after this life. The hole thinking that all of humanity is dark totally disregards the everything is in tune under the sun stuff. Finally, I think the last line about the moon being all dark is put at the end as a wake up call. Is the moon all dark in reality?? I THINK NOT! PS, money got the most play time on the radio, probably for the very reasons you said. Thanks for a good and thoughtful reaction. 🤔🤗🤪
I was lucky enough to be alive when this music was originally released. As a matter of fact still have my original Dark Side Of The Moon concert T shirt. For me, Us and Them has always brought me somewhere else. Easily my favorite. Great music, great time to be alive. I have to go check out your Zeppelin reactions, did you do Immigrant Song? 😎
Indeed, those days were amazing and most of us knew we were listening to really really good music...I'm thrilled to see others discover music like this, I get to re-live the first time I got to hear it...Rock On!!
Ok, I’m happy to hear I’m not the only old fart here. Saw Floyd the first time in 75 at Tampa Stadium, I was 18. We didn’t even have a football team but we had a stadium for awesome concerts. At that time concert tickets were 5 to 8 dollars. You can’t even get a soda at a concert for that today.😳
For Money, I loved the expression on your face after the sax solo at the end of the first 7/8 time section and it kicked into the rocking 4/4 time section before dropping back to 7/8 for the end. And the track that took you to the Rainbow level on Mario Kart was called "Any Colour You Like".... How apt. I've been listening to this album for 49 years.. Ever since it came out.. and it never gets stale. Ever.
I bought this album the day it was released, which turned out to be the same day my first girlfriend broke up with me. I remember listening to it in the dark and feeling so sad. Here it is some fifty years later and I'm still sad when I hear this. Best album ever. My sons are going to play it at my funeral.
It’s about Syd Barrett. The founder of Pink Floyd, who suffered from mental illness. He remained a recluse for almost 40 until his death. 2006. Tragic!
Hi there. I enjoyed watching your reactions. However, you struggled to explain. When I heard Dark side of the Moon the first time about 30 years go, I did not understand, It was so difficult to understand that I retuned the cassette tape back to the store. After a month or so, I bought t again, and heard it many many times, and to my surprise I began to like it every time I listened.. Its a beautiful album that touched every aspect of human existence on this planet. I am very happy to say to its my best album to date. It brought in a new way of making music, a concept album and they connected music with the realities of life. Its truly a legendary piece of work by Pink Floyd.
Thanks for doing the whole side of the dark side. It’s still amazing. Maybe try Echoes from the Meddle album or live from Pompeii in 1971. Great reaction
Your initial silence at the end speaks volumes... Always PF is an experience if you let it be... and you did. I've always been a person who listens to a song for the music/vibe and worry about lyrics later.. what a great way to just experience music.. Been listening to PF since early 70's... so much great music from that era, makes today's music almost sound like crap with autotune and fake instruments... Not saying all of today's music is crap but a lot of it is, no real talent to play an instrument or sing.
Have had this album since it was released and always was a late night "high" choice. Not a thing in the world negative about Pink Floyd! However they are somewhat predictable from album to album as far as "presentation" expectations, what I mean by that, the diversity of tracks one experienced by Led Zeppelin releases is second to none, we never knew what those guys were going to throw at us.
A little Evil goes a long way. Even though the moon is but a grain of sand compared to the sun, it still blocks the light from the earth. "A little leaven, leavens the whole lump". The Album is a Warning, a Clarion Call from Roger and the Boys. That is how I took it when it came out. The Light/Love, Wins This goes directly to Ghandi's saying, "Be the change you want to see in the world". Loved your reaction, each listen is always bittersweet.
You could go on to their next album, Wish you Were Here, then Animals, then The Wall, and then finish off with Meddle, the album right before DSOTM and it’s masterpiece, Echoes.
For where to go next with Pink Floyd, i think you should continue with their ‘golden run’ which is wish you were here, animals and the wall. Then after that visit some other of their stuff such as echoes/meddle or pulse concert for a live experience.
Well done, young man. Welcome to the club. It’s always been my opinion that this album is as close to perfection that man will ever come. I’ve been listening to it at least once a week for years and my appreciation only grows.
You should have seen em live in the 70s tripping. I first saw em in 73 at 13 with no adult supervision. Last The Wall in 79. Always a great time. Pink Floyd is one of those bands we camped out for tickets.
There would be so many things to say about this album, but your silence says just as much. The music and lyrics on this album are simply brilliant, for lack of a better adjective. It's an honor for us to share with you this memorable moment, which represents your first listening to this exceptional work. While listening to this album, one should never forget that its central theme is (What drives people crazy). This information is very useful to help us digest the lyrics that may at first seem very depressing.
The whole album's theme is the cradle to grave experience of a human life. The youth, the rat race, old age, etc. A permanent masterpiece of music and emotional realization.
Bought this album (like everyone else at the time) when it was first released and it has never lost it's power ever since, no matter how many hundreds of times I've listened to it. One thing I couldn't always distinguish, and you mentioned too, were the spoken voice clips, but here's what I researched...Shortly before the first mixing began, Pink Floyd’s bassist Roger Waters had the idea of putting a series of questions on flash cards and approaching and recording various people who were around at Abbey Road Studios to give their first reactions to some questions. Starting with a few banal ones like, “What’s your favourite colour?” and “Why do you think a lot of bands split up?”, before he then got into deeper questions. Roger Waters then choose the most interesting replies, and added snippets of these interviews to a selection of the tracks. Track: SPEAK TO ME Question card: “Do you think you’re going mad, if so, why?
"I've been mad for f***ing years, absolutely years. I've been over the edge for yonks. Working with bands so long, I think, …crikey." Chris Adamson (Pink Floyd’s roadie)
"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, … like the most of us are. It's very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you were not mad." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) Track: ON THE RUN Question card: “Are you afraid of dying?
"Live for today, gone tomorrow. That's me. Ha, ha, ha!" Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager) Track: THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY Question card: “Are you afraid of dying?
"...And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? I see no reason for it. You've got to go sometime!" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) "...I aren’t frightened of dying at all, ‘cause when you gotta go, you gotta go!” Question: “Why are you frightened of dying” "I never said I was frightened of dying." Patricia (Puddie) Watts (Wife of Pink Floyd’s road manager) Track: MONEY "If I participate in this f***ing effort I hope I …I'm gonna get my gold disc at the end of it. Imagine that!” Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager) Question card: “When was the last time you thumped someone? Why did you do it? Did you think you were in the right? Do you still think you were in the right?” "Yeah! (ha-ha!) I was in the right. “ Henry McCullough (Guitarist for Paul McCartney’s band, ‘Wings’) “Yes, absolutely in the right!" (Unknown) "I certainly was in the right." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) "I was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising." Puddie Watts (Pink Floyd’s road manager’s wife) "Why does anyone do anything?" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) "I don't know …I was really drunk at the time!" Henry McCullough (Guitarist for Paul McCartney’s band, ‘Wings’) "After he just told me he was plugged into number 2, he was asking why it wasn't coming up on fader eleven. So, after yelling and screaming and telling him why it wasn't coming up on fader eleven…it came to a heavy blow, which sorted the matter out." Chris Adamson (Roadie for Pink Floyd) Track: US AND THEM "You’re not getting past me!" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) Question card: “What does the phrase 'The Dark Side of the Moon' mean to you?” "There is no dark side in the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the Sun" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) Question card: “When was the last time you thumped someone? Why did you do it? Did you think you were in the right? Do you still think you were in the right?” "I’m not gonna kill ya, so like …if you give 'em a quick, short, sharp, shock, they don't do it again. Dig it? I mean he got off light, 'cause I could've given him a thrashing. I only hit him once. It’s only a difference of right and wrong, innit? I mean, good manners don't cost nothing, do they, …eh?" Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager) Track: BRAIN DAMAGE Question card: (Unknown) "I can't think of anything to say except... I think it's marvellous!" Peter Watts (Pink Floyd's road manager) Track: ECLIPSE Question card: “What does the phrase 'The Dark Side of the Moon' mean to you?” "There is no dark side in the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman "I once reached a stage in my life where I was completely convinced that I'd gone over the brink, or that's what I cared to call it"! Roger "The Hat" Manifold ( Pink Floyd's road manager)
Yeah, I was there with ya...throwing this on the stereo, and falling back into the couch, and perhaps a little PPP, and there you go...it was amazing then, and it still is today...Rock ON!!
i would love to see you watch this now a year later. i think you would enjoy it more after having expanded your horizon listening to so many different things.
An excellent choice to review. To gain insight into arguably the four greatest albums in Pink Floyd's catalog ~Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall~ it's helpful to know about Syd Barret, as another commenter alluded. Syd was the band's guitarist on their first two albums, and the band was beginning to have some success. But Syd reportedly had mental health issues. Psychedelic drugs were just coming into fashion in those years, and Syd was reportedly doing them as well, which prolly didn't help things. He began to show up too out of it to play, or worse, not show up to gigs at all. The band-mates were all friends, so it broke their heart when eventually they had to ask Syd to leave the band. He would reportedly just show up from time to time for a year or two. But then he disappeared, and the band didn't know if he was alive or dead for decades. David Gilmour, also a friend to them all, stepped in, and within a few years Floyd writes and releases Dark Side. It's themes of alienation from others, mental health, the passing of time, the pressures of success, and ultimately, death, stemmed in many ways from their sadness at Syd's forced departure. On Dark Side, "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" is about Syd. The next album's title and the title track, Wish You Were Here, is literally Roger Waters writing to Syd, telling him Roger wished that his friend was still with the band. Syd Barret's loss profoundly affected his friends, and from that and the larger themes it represented, it formed the foundation for all four of these excellent albums.
They didn’t ask him to leave the band; they just didn’t pick him up one day and never did after that. Also, David had been playing with the band for about a year at that time because of the unreliability of Syd playing songs properly. David also made sure Syd’s royalties went to his sister from then on. 👍🏼
One of my top five favorite albums of all time! You should really check out Supertramp's album Crime of the Century. Another of my top five. It is one like Dark Side that flows on song into another and it is sooo good. Loving your choices! You are reminding me to revisit my favorites 😊
@@helenespaulding7562 not in any particular order Graceland - Paul Simon, Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens, Crime of the Century - Supertramp, Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd and I, Robot - Alan Parsons Project. Honorable mention to Aqualung - Jethro Tull, No Secrets - Carly Simon, Led Zeppelin IV and II and so much more. We are blessed to have so much wonderful music and great talent to enjoy! Do you have a top 5?
@@loriculver7282 Helene here. Hi Lori! I owned all of those except the Carly Simon. I honestly cannot name favorite albums, because I have different albums impact me more at different times. I don’t know how close we are in age, bit I was a teen in the early sixties. I’ll name some albums that I listened to incessantly at different times Until around 1990 when I didn’t buy so much music. Starting out……Joan Baez’s first album….I had the songbook with chord charts and played guitar and sang all those old folk songs. Bob Dylan’s first albums up until 1970….especially 1965-68. The Supremes first album. The Byrds Turn Turn Turn. Simon and Garfunkel Parsley, Sage etc., Rubber Soul. The first CSN album in 1969…..that was the soundtrack of that summer for me. Joni Mitchell….especially her first album. Pink Floyd Meddle……..early 70’s stoner party music. Rare Earth, Ecology. In the 80’s, for me it was …….let’s see….,Roxy Music Avalon, and the solo albums of Don Henley, Peter Gabriel, Steve Wynwood, and most especially, Phil Collins. Still love Collins’ music. And now, Zeppelin is my favorite band. Pink Floyd is 2nd. Go figure. I owned several of their albums when they came out, but didn’t play them as much as I did , say, Jackson Browne and CSN. Etc. sorry, kind of a cop-out on your question, but different groups and artists have had major impacts on me at different times……impossible to have life-time favorites. Is I HAD to, it would be….Joni Mitchell’s Song to a Seagull, CSN first album, Avalon, Meddle……Parsley Sage……and honorable mention of William Ackerman’s album Past Light. If you are ever under stress…play that last one.
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Helene, It IS virtually impossible to pick a top 5. I had to keep asking myself, if I was stranded (with a stereo, lol) on an island which ones would I be desolate without. I was a teen in the late 70s which explains much in my choices. Thanks for sharing some of your favorites! Some I am familiar with and others I will now check out!
First time listening to Pink Floyd is a revelation to be sure, but it's not actually the best part about Pink Floyd. The real payoff comes from listening intently for decades and knowing every note, sound effect and lyric and hearing them again, welcoming your soul like an old friend when you hear them again. Getting lost in Pink Floyd is the best way to find yourself. I'm not far from 60 years old and I have been entranced by them for over 40 of those years.
Pink Floyd text and music is like a double-edged sword and not all dark, for me, the final is with the Eclipse music positive and uplifting like a beautiful epic sunrise after a long period of rain and darkness contrary to what the text stands for, there is time for improvement and change.
Light/sun gave life to earth, we are children of the sun. So everything in nature is in tune. But we all have moons/impediments/events that cast a shadow on our sunny lives.
The overall theme of the album according to the band is the pressures and stress of a traveling rock 'n' roll band. Airplane travel, money, time, death, false choices, conflict (personal, societal, governmental), creative freedom. Couple more things. Founding member, Syd Barrett, left the band after the first album, due to mental issues and excessive drug use. I don't think he could handle all the pressures of being the front man in an up and coming rock band. Roger Waters who became the lyric writer for the band and the main force in its direction weaves Syd into many if not most of the subsequent albums the band made. Roger's message is don't take counsel of your fears. Fight to overcome them. As he and the rest of the band have done to become the success they are for eternity. Brain Damage is an interesting song given its genesis. He is not talking about going crazy as much as he is talking about being viewed as "crazy" because he battles against convention. He uses the example of the lawn in front of Kings College Chapel , Cambridge. Between the chapel and the River Cam is a beautiful green lawn circled by big black signs in 4 languages that say "PLEASE KEEP OFF THE GRASS". The grass invites people to use it; to walk on it. But to do so invites a stern rebuke, "what are you crazy?", "Are you nuts?" Going with the flow stifles creativity. Be nuts, walk on the grass.
I grew up listening to this album (thanks for having an awesome taste in music, dad) but I distinctly remember Brain Damage absolutely scared me as a little kid hahaha still have his original vinyl! Bought the CD many many times (amazing how often people would just take it and keep it)
Truly a masterpiece. At one point, I had 3 copies of this album. 1 regular, 1 on blue vinyl and 1 picture disc of the cover. I don't know how many times I've heard it but I do know this won't be the last. I second the suggestion that you move straight in to Wish You Were Here and then into Animals. Possibly the best 3 album run from any band ever. They are all S Tier albums.
Start at the beginning of Floyd (Sid) It's all fluid and follows a story line through to ending at dark side of the moon ..... never got to see the hidden side But I'll meet you there
Much of their music is colored by the descent into madness by one of their original and extremely creative band members -- Syd Barrett. They were all affected
Welcome to the rabbit hole, check out the Pink Floyd live Pulse concert in 1994 at Earls court, the second part of the concert they play the full Dark side of the Moon album……you’ll see a band at its greatest..
British society in the 60's was and still is a very stratified society. This album goes a long way to expressing the lost and wasted feeling of much of British society. Many feel they are a cog in the wheel or machine to support the upper classes and essentially meaningless to those for whom society functions well. This theme is reflected in many of their song. This music points to the lost , meaningless and angry lives many live there and other places too.
If you get round to The Wall, you will get the full force of Roger’s cynicism. NB: David Gilmore and Richard Wright are much more optimistic, and are mainly responsible for the tunes and the arrangements.
They wrote about things that were visceral to them at the time.... Suddenly becoming wealthy and having enough money to buy a Lear Jet or a Football team... the Vietnam war was raging at the time of writing and recording this.... Roger Waters extreme fear of flying (his dream about crashing and burning in On The Run).. Realizing that time is passing by rather quickly and accelerating... And most of all, the tragic loss of Syd Barrett to insanity - which touched them all, including David Gilmour who replaced Syd in the band. As mentioned in my comment on your post about side 1, you really should watch the documentary on Dark Side, by the members of Floyd: ruclips.net/video/jUBnS5G34IM/видео.html (PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon 2003 Documentary HD) Many of the songs here and from Wish You Were Here are about the descent into madness of their former bandmate and friend Syd Barrett. To get a sense of how much this touched them, watch this live version of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, with Gilmour and Wright, live in Gdansk: ruclips.net/video/kqXD5NKj4d4/видео.html (Shine On You Crazy Diamond - David Gilmour live @ Gdansk 2006) (yes the intro starts with 3 guys playing chords on wine glasses!) As to next review, try Echos. Or to get a glimpse of how talented Gilmour is, see this live version of High Hopes: (it is better than the studio version) ruclips.net/video/rU_k8BNCcOM/видео.html (High Hopes - David Gilmour live @ Gdansk 2006) A church bell, the string section of a philharmonic orchestra, slide guitar solo, and an incredibly delicate and moving acoustic guitar solo at the end which evokes deep emotion.... It's a Pink Floyd song but he does it so well here!
Roger was really screwed up by his father’s death in ww2, and later by the crass exploitation of the music industry. He blamed that for his friends ( Sid Barrett) descent into madness, and he has been a consistent critic of mainstream western society. Despite this the band make beautiful music don’t they?
You need to understand the era they’re from. Understand how old (young) they were. They grew up in the rubble that was ww2 . They had a cherished band mate descend into his scrambled mind. With this in mind. Listen again.
Fun fact: Aside from the brilliant poetry of Pink Floyd, there is no actual "dark side" of the Moon... There is only a side that is never visible from Earth. Because the Moon is tidally locked, keeping the same side facing us, we never see the other side and have always called it the dark side. But, in fact, as the Moon revolves around us, the Sun eventually lights it from every angle over a period of about 28 days. Yet, as I have just watched the NASA channel's coverage of the Artemis mission, and felt the ominous prospect of the ship passing to the other side of the Moon and being out of communication for a bit, I see why a certain sinister feeling about the place would lead us to think, "dark". I suppose it is in our nature.
Oddly enough pink floyd didn’t really take off until USA embraced DSOTM. Europe didn’t get it but to be fair before this they played very avant-garde. When Syd left the band and Gilmour stepped in to take his place, he admitted to having a rough time trying to enjoy himself and find his way in the group, what they were doing seemed nonsensical to him. That being said Interstellar Overdrive is amazing.
A lot of the speaking you hear during the album are parts of interviews of inmates in an asylum. They'd ask questions, then they would record the answers the inmates gave them. That's why what you hear sounds kind of like a bunch of gibberish. You're only hearing one side of the interviews.
@@SalvoG That not actually true. Those people speaking were members of Pink Floyd’s crew. Roger Waters asked them questions based on some of the themes in the album, Time, Death, Money etc. and these voices throughout the album where some of their responses.
My favorite song on this side is 'Us and Them'. "Me me me me me, and you you you you you. God only knows, it's not what we would choose...to do." I crank up the sound and close my eyes. Imo, Pink Floyd shouldn't be analyzed, just enjoyed.
You’ve been floyded … welcome to the machine that is Pink Floyd …. I first heard this summer of 1973 I was 10 years old … been a fan ever since … there is no other band that sounds like Pink Floyd ….
I knew who they were in high school, I just never bothered to listen to them. A boyfriend took me to the Griffith Park Laserium (22 years ago) where their music was featured and I fell in love. They've been my favorite band ever since.
That makes me happy !! I love music , but now a days it doesn’t hit quite the same .. so I always go back to all my favorite bands growing up. Dark side of the moon I still listen to often . It makes me happy !
The sun is not PERMANENTLY eclipsed by the moon, only temporarily. I would suggest that any reading of the metaphor would do well to take account of this fact.
I can tell you're used to listening to music. Now you're experiencing music. Welcome to the Pink Floyd experience.
I loved watching you trying to find your way through the lyrics.
But you shouldn't expect to "just get it all". The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most discussed and analysed albums ever made.
Pink Floyd don't write songs about how hot some chick looks🤣
The best description of Pink Floyd music I've ever read! Lol
@@jimralston7562 Hehe!
My favourite line from Brain Damage follows on from, 'the lunatic is in the hall...'. It goes, "The paper holds their folded faces to the floor and every day the paperboy brings more". An absolutely brilliant line! Conjuring up the images of all the 'madness' delivered via newspaper. Politics/politicians, war, greed, poverty, scandal etc. The whole song is a discussion on the nature of madness. Who decides what is madness and what is sanity. The narrator ends up embracing his 'madness', rather than the insanity of the World and extends an invite, if you feel the same way, to join him on the dark side of the Moon. The Moon itself being a long-standing symbol of 'lunacy', the abnormal and the unusual...
And the subtext under the album outro... "There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark."
Unfortunately, I think most of the current RUclips recordings get impatient and cut off before it happens, or maybe it's just so quiet you can't hear it properly. That's very unfortunate, in my opinion.
@@briansmith303 I agree people should listen to the end. It's a bugbear of mine, lol. They're not missing too much in this case though, it's just a brief recorded quote from one of their crew, rather than an actual lyric and the statement itself is untrue. They should still listen to the end though. :)
'It isn't over is it?... My God, it's over!' the timeless realization of the first listen. All that is left is coming to terms with what you have just experienced. Thank you.
" and if the band your in starts playing different tunes " is a Syd Barrett reference. in the last phase of Syd being in the band, they said he would stand on stage either playing something else, one continuous note or just stand and stare off into space, meanwhile the other members were trying desperately to keep the gig together. Roger said quiet a bit of the song is about Syd's mental disintegration.
Pink Floyd are brilliant. Also the line from Us and Them "Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died." Very moving; yes, about war.
Possibly the greatest Rock album of all time, many have that opinion. The "Dark Side Of The Moon" album has sold over 50 million albums worldwide to date, it is one of the most critically acclaimed albums in history.
It has been certified 14x platinum, and topped the US Billboard Top LPs chart for 962 weeks in total, that's over 18 years!
In 2012 "Dark Side Of The Moon" was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry, by the Library of Congress for being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
so far you have missed this music up to now .Welcome to the greatness of Pink Floyd
This is an iconic album. I've been listening to it for 50 years and it amazes me every time I hear it.
Every song on this album is relevant to today, the album 50 years old. It was entered in the Library of Congress because of its "cultural" or "historical" significance.
I highly, highly recommend that you now move right on to their next album "Wish You Were Here," then on to "Animals,"; then "The Wall."l. All should be listened to as you listened to this second side...a side at a time. It is a journey of musical magic.
Oh and don't let it get you down too much, Roger Waters is a depressing sort of guy, angry at the world and it shows in his songwriting. Just enjoy the overall experience and let the music take you away.
I'm a year late here but that's the good thing about the internet, eh? ;-) So glad you found Pink Floyd. I havne't listened to this entire album in a long time and can still remember all the words. I got it as a teen when it was first out. Brings back some fond memories. 🙂
The voice clips that you heard were recorded in the studio. They asked staff and random occupants a series of questions like "when was the last time you were violent?" and "were you in the right?". They used those responses throughout the album as commentary on the central themes of life and conflict.
Any Colour You Like is the most special kind of stoned. Ride that hope out the darkness and fly through space on the wavelengths of the visible light spectrum. 🚀
"If you give em a short, sharp, shock they won't do it again, digit?"
It's a very special thing when you can love and appreciate a whole album start to finish for 45+ years
Pink Floyd is more of an experience than a bunch of songs. No formula here "verse chorus verse chorus bridge" and one must remember that most of us experienced the Floyd after large quantities of herb were smoked.
It’s really difficult to pick a favourite from Pink Floyd. I’ve come to the conclusion it’s the song you are listening to at that time.
Exactly 🤗
In a 2008 paper in Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Fusar-Poli and Madini suggest that the song includes avant-garde techniques and philosophical lyrics can be approached and analysed from a psychological perspective. The line "Got to keep the loonies on the path" references the attempt to maintain order and establish sanity. The detached description of a lobotomy is demonstrated in the lines "You raise the blade, you make the change. You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane".
I was just 20 in 1973 when I first listened to Dark Side of the Moon and for sure I didn't get it at first listening. But it took a hold of me and each time I listened or each time I discussed it with a friend another piece of the jigsaw fell into place. I have listened to the album hundreds of times and each time I understand a little bit more. DSOTM is a stunningly brilliant album. It helps if you know a little of the history of Pink Floyd and it members because that helps more pieces to fit. It a rewarding journey and an enjoyable journey. Enjoy!! I'm 69 tomorrow, I'll settle down in my chair with headphones on and a glass of something interesting and I'll be twenty once again!!!😁😁🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Now that you’ve heard the album, I would watch one or two cuts live…from Pulse I’d possible. Floyd is meant to be visual as well as audio… more than any other band, they made their live performances immersive. In their recent tour, Tool has been following in Floyd footsteps on their visual effects.
Lol, you did this one just before Pentatonix. I can tell. Guess that is why Pink Floyd is called mood music. 😁 (Edit starts here) Wow, your analysis went to the dark side! I have taken the last song in particular as more of a psychological social interpretation. I relate the singing different toons as friends no longer communicating, and the meet you on the dark side of the moon as after this life. The hole thinking that all of humanity is dark totally disregards the everything is in tune under the sun stuff. Finally, I think the last line about the moon being all dark is put at the end as a wake up call. Is the moon all dark in reality?? I THINK NOT! PS, money got the most play time on the radio, probably for the very reasons you said. Thanks for a good and thoughtful reaction. 🤔🤗🤪
I was lucky enough to be alive when this music was originally released. As a matter of fact still have my original Dark Side Of The Moon concert T shirt. For me, Us and Them has always brought me somewhere else. Easily my favorite. Great music, great time to be alive. I have to go check out your Zeppelin reactions, did you do Immigrant Song? 😎
Yes he has done all of Led Zeppelin I
Indeed, those days were amazing and most of us knew we were listening to really really good music...I'm thrilled to see others discover music like this, I get to re-live the first time I got to hear it...Rock On!!
Ok, I’m happy to hear I’m not the only old fart here. Saw Floyd the first time in 75 at Tampa Stadium, I was 18. We didn’t even have a football team but we had a stadium for awesome concerts. At that time concert tickets were 5 to 8 dollars. You can’t even get a soda at a concert for that today.😳
@@Frank-pe9pk Boston Garden 75 i was14. Things were different then. Had to save up Lunch money and allowance and sneak to the concert WHAT a night.
@@susanbeckmolloy9536 London's Earls Court for me
For Money, I loved the expression on your face after the sax solo at the end of the first 7/8 time section and it kicked into the rocking 4/4 time section before dropping back to 7/8 for the end. And the track that took you to the Rainbow level on Mario Kart was called "Any Colour You Like".... How apt. I've been listening to this album for 49 years.. Ever since it came out.. and it never gets stale. Ever.
Watching clouds while listening to pink Floyd will soothe your soul
I bought this album the day it was released, which turned out to be the same day my first girlfriend broke up with me. I remember listening to it in the dark and feeling so sad. Here it is some fifty years later and I'm still sad when I hear this. Best album ever. My sons are going to play it at my funeral.
"The lunatics" in the first verse are the people(politicians, celebrities) in the newspaper being delivered daily to lawns and apartment hallways.
It’s about Syd Barrett. The founder of Pink Floyd, who suffered from mental illness. He remained a recluse for almost 40 until his death. 2006. Tragic!
Hi there. I enjoyed watching your reactions. However, you struggled to explain. When I heard Dark side of the Moon the first time about 30 years go, I did not understand, It was so difficult to understand that I retuned the cassette tape back to the store. After a month or so, I bought t again, and heard it many many times, and to my surprise I began to like it every time I listened.. Its a beautiful album that touched every aspect of human existence on this planet. I am very happy to say to its my best album to date. It brought in a new way of making music, a concept album and they connected music with the realities of life. Its truly a legendary piece of work by Pink Floyd.
51 years later and it still gives me goosebumps. Greatest album ever.
Manny nights as a teen this was one of the albums i would listen to before i went to sleep almost every night One of the best ever
Gotta love that switch from 7/8 to 4/4 for the lead guitar part. So much rock
Thanks for doing the whole side of the dark side. It’s still amazing. Maybe try Echoes from the Meddle album or live from Pompeii in 1971. Great reaction
Great interpretation. Pink Floyd covered a lot of dystopian concepts. Try “Echoes” which is not dystopian at all.
It gets no better than this. I have my 1974 vinyl album which I play on very special occasions. The best of the best. Ever.
Your initial silence at the end speaks volumes... Always PF is an experience if you let it be... and you did. I've always been a person who listens to a song for the music/vibe and worry about lyrics later.. what a great way to just experience music.. Been listening to PF since early 70's... so much great music from that era, makes today's music almost sound like crap with autotune and fake instruments... Not saying all of today's music is crap but a lot of it is, no real talent to play an instrument or sing.
Have had this album since it was released and always was a late night "high" choice. Not a thing in the world negative about Pink Floyd! However they are somewhat predictable from album to album as far as "presentation" expectations, what I mean by that, the diversity of tracks one experienced by Led Zeppelin releases is second to none, we never knew what those guys were going to throw at us.
What you said about Zep……The Beatles were the same
A little Evil goes a long way. Even though the moon is but a grain of sand compared to the sun, it still blocks the light from the earth.
"A little leaven, leavens the whole lump". The Album is a Warning, a Clarion Call from Roger and the Boys. That is how I took it when it came out. The Light/Love, Wins
This goes directly to Ghandi's saying, "Be the change you want to see in the world". Loved your reaction, each listen is always bittersweet.
You could go on to their next album, Wish you Were Here, then Animals, then The Wall, and then finish off with Meddle, the album right before DSOTM and it’s masterpiece, Echoes.
I have easily listened to this album in its entirety 1,000 times.
Comfortably numb is my favorite Pink Floyd song, but you can't go wrong with any of their music!!
I've really enjoyed going through this album with you. I hope you do another one soon. Animals or Wish you were Here
For where to go next with Pink Floyd, i think you should continue with their ‘golden run’ which is wish you were here, animals and the wall. Then after that visit some other of their stuff such as echoes/meddle or pulse concert for a live experience.
Sometimes the local planetarium will feature a late night laser show of this album. My fellow Pink Floyd fans go and we have...quite a trip.
Well done, young man. Welcome to the club. It’s always been my opinion that this album is as close to perfection that man will ever come. I’ve been listening to it at least once a week for years and my appreciation only grows.
You should have seen em live in the 70s tripping. I first saw em in 73 at 13 with no adult supervision. Last The Wall in 79. Always a great time. Pink Floyd is one of those bands we camped out for tickets.
There would be so many things to say about this album, but your silence says just as much.
The music and lyrics on this album are simply brilliant, for lack of a better adjective.
It's an honor for us to share with you this memorable moment, which represents your first listening to this exceptional work.
While listening to this album, one should never forget that its central theme is (What drives people crazy).
This information is very useful to help us digest the lyrics that may at first seem very depressing.
It’s been said that you don’t listen to Pink Floyd - you Absorb it!
Great reaction to the whole album. Apologies for not finding this before today. Can’t wait to see some more Pink Floyd reactions from you😀.❤️✌️🌼
The whole album's theme is the cradle to grave experience of a human life. The youth, the rat race, old age, etc. A permanent masterpiece of music and emotional realization.
Bought this album (like everyone else at the time) when it was first released and it has never lost it's power ever since, no matter how many hundreds of times I've listened to it. One thing I couldn't always distinguish, and you mentioned too, were the spoken voice clips, but here's what I researched...Shortly before the first mixing began, Pink Floyd’s bassist Roger Waters had the idea of putting a series of questions on flash cards and approaching and recording various people who were around at Abbey Road Studios to give their first reactions to some questions. Starting with a few banal ones like, “What’s your favourite colour?” and “Why do you think a lot of bands split up?”, before he then got into deeper questions. Roger Waters then choose the most interesting replies, and added snippets of these interviews to a selection of the tracks.
Track: SPEAK TO ME
Question card: “Do you think you’re going mad, if so, why?
"I've been mad for f***ing years, absolutely years. I've been over the edge for yonks. Working with bands so long, I think, …crikey." Chris Adamson (Pink Floyd’s roadie)
"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, … like the most of us are. It's very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you were not mad." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman)
Track: ON THE RUN
Question card: “Are you afraid of dying?
"Live for today, gone tomorrow. That's me. Ha, ha, ha!" Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager)
Track: THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY
Question card: “Are you afraid of dying?
"...And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?
I see no reason for it. You've got to go sometime!" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman)
"...I aren’t frightened of dying at all, ‘cause when you gotta go, you gotta go!”
Question: “Why are you frightened of dying”
"I never said I was frightened of dying." Patricia (Puddie) Watts (Wife of Pink Floyd’s road manager)
Track: MONEY
"If I participate in this f***ing effort I hope I …I'm gonna get my gold disc at the end of it. Imagine that!” Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager)
Question card: “When was the last time you thumped someone? Why did you do it?
Did you think you were in the right? Do you still think you were in the right?”
"Yeah! (ha-ha!) I was in the right. “ Henry McCullough (Guitarist for Paul McCartney’s band, ‘Wings’)
“Yes, absolutely in the right!" (Unknown)
"I certainly was in the right." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman)
"I was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising." Puddie Watts (Pink Floyd’s road manager’s wife)
"Why does anyone do anything?" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman)
"I don't know …I was really drunk at the time!" Henry McCullough (Guitarist for Paul McCartney’s band, ‘Wings’)
"After he just told me he was plugged into number 2, he was asking why it wasn't coming up on fader eleven. So, after yelling and screaming and telling him why it wasn't coming up on fader eleven…it came to a heavy blow, which sorted the matter out." Chris Adamson (Roadie for Pink Floyd)
Track: US AND THEM
"You’re not getting past me!" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman)
Question card: “What does the phrase 'The Dark Side of the Moon' mean to you?”
"There is no dark side in the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the Sun" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman)
Question card: “When was the last time you thumped someone? Why did you do it?
Did you think you were in the right? Do you still think you were in the right?”
"I’m not gonna kill ya, so like …if you give 'em a quick, short, sharp, shock, they don't do it again. Dig it? I mean he got off light, 'cause I could've given him a thrashing. I only hit him once. It’s only a difference of right and wrong, innit? I mean, good manners don't cost nothing, do they, …eh?" Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager)
Track: BRAIN DAMAGE
Question card: (Unknown)
"I can't think of anything to say except... I think it's marvellous!" Peter Watts (Pink Floyd's road manager)
Track: ECLIPSE
Question card: “What does the phrase 'The Dark Side of the Moon' mean to you?”
"There is no dark side in the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman
"I once reached a stage in my life where I was completely convinced that I'd gone over the brink, or that's what I cared to call it"! Roger "The Hat" Manifold ( Pink Floyd's road manager)
Yeah, I was there with ya...throwing this on the stereo, and falling back into the couch, and perhaps a little PPP, and there you go...it was amazing then, and it still is today...Rock ON!!
i would love to see you watch this now a year later. i think you would enjoy it more after having expanded your horizon listening to so many different things.
An excellent choice to review.
To gain insight into arguably the four greatest albums in Pink Floyd's catalog ~Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall~ it's helpful to know about Syd Barret, as another commenter alluded.
Syd was the band's guitarist on their first two albums, and the band was beginning to have some success. But Syd reportedly had mental health issues. Psychedelic drugs were just coming into fashion in those years, and Syd was reportedly doing them as well, which prolly didn't help things. He began to show up too out of it to play, or worse, not show up to gigs at all. The band-mates were all friends, so it broke their heart when eventually they had to ask Syd to leave the band. He would reportedly just show up from time to time for a year or two. But then he disappeared, and the band didn't know if he was alive or dead for decades.
David Gilmour, also a friend to them all, stepped in, and within a few years Floyd writes and releases Dark Side. It's themes of alienation from others, mental health, the passing of time, the pressures of success, and ultimately, death, stemmed in many ways from their sadness at Syd's forced departure. On Dark Side, "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" is about Syd. The next album's title and the title track, Wish You Were Here, is literally Roger Waters writing to Syd, telling him Roger wished that his friend was still with the band. Syd Barret's loss profoundly affected his friends, and from that and the larger themes it represented, it formed the foundation for all four of these excellent albums.
They didn’t ask him to leave the band; they just didn’t pick him up one day and never did after that. Also, David had been playing with the band for about a year at that time because of the unreliability of Syd playing songs properly. David also made sure Syd’s royalties went to his sister from then on. 👍🏼
One of my top five favorite albums of all time! You should really check out Supertramp's album Crime of the Century. Another of my top five. It is one like Dark Side that flows on song into another and it is sooo good. Loving your choices! You are reminding me to revisit my favorites 😊
What are your other top five?
@@helenespaulding7562 not in any particular order Graceland - Paul Simon, Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens, Crime of the Century - Supertramp, Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd and I, Robot - Alan Parsons Project. Honorable mention to Aqualung - Jethro Tull, No Secrets - Carly Simon, Led Zeppelin IV and II and so much more. We are blessed to have so much wonderful music and great talent to enjoy! Do you have a top 5?
@@loriculver7282 Helene here. Hi Lori! I owned all of those except the Carly Simon. I honestly cannot name favorite albums, because I have different albums impact me more at different times. I don’t know how close we are in age, bit I was a teen in the early sixties. I’ll name some albums that I listened to incessantly at different times Until around 1990 when I didn’t buy so much music. Starting out……Joan Baez’s first album….I had the songbook with chord charts and played guitar and sang all those old folk songs. Bob Dylan’s first albums up until 1970….especially 1965-68. The Supremes first album. The Byrds Turn Turn Turn. Simon and Garfunkel Parsley, Sage etc., Rubber Soul. The first CSN album in 1969…..that was the soundtrack of that summer for me. Joni Mitchell….especially her first album. Pink Floyd Meddle……..early 70’s stoner party music. Rare Earth, Ecology. In the 80’s, for me it was …….let’s see….,Roxy Music Avalon, and the solo albums of Don Henley, Peter Gabriel, Steve Wynwood, and most especially, Phil Collins. Still love Collins’ music. And now, Zeppelin is my favorite band. Pink Floyd is 2nd. Go figure. I owned several of their albums when they came out, but didn’t play them as much as I did , say, Jackson Browne and CSN. Etc.
sorry, kind of a cop-out on your question, but different groups and artists have had major impacts on me at different times……impossible to have life-time favorites. Is I HAD to, it would be….Joni Mitchell’s Song to a Seagull, CSN first album, Avalon, Meddle……Parsley Sage……and honorable mention of William Ackerman’s album Past Light. If you are ever under stress…play that last one.
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Helene, It IS virtually impossible to pick a top 5. I had to keep asking myself, if I was stranded (with a stereo, lol) on an island which ones would I be desolate without. I was a teen in the late 70s which explains much in my choices. Thanks for sharing some of your favorites! Some I am familiar with and others I will now check out!
CotS is another perfect album. Not a weak moment.
First time listening to Pink Floyd is a revelation to be sure, but it's not actually the best part about Pink Floyd. The real payoff comes from listening intently for decades and knowing every note, sound effect and lyric and hearing them again, welcoming your soul like an old friend when you hear them again. Getting lost in Pink Floyd is the best way to find yourself. I'm not far from 60 years old and I have been entranced by them for over 40 of those years.
Pink Floyd text and music is like a double-edged sword and not all dark, for me, the final is with the Eclipse music positive and uplifting like a beautiful epic sunrise after a long period of rain and darkness contrary to what the text stands for, there is time for improvement and change.
Light/sun gave life to earth, we are children of the sun. So everything in nature is in tune. But we all have moons/impediments/events that cast a shadow on our sunny lives.
Who/what are your moons?
I love pink Floyd, it’s psychedelic and insanely busy with a touch of politics
An album that transcends time !
I think it's basically an album about what's wrong with the world.
The overall theme of the album according to the band is the pressures and stress of a traveling rock 'n' roll band. Airplane travel, money, time, death, false choices, conflict (personal, societal, governmental), creative freedom.
Couple more things. Founding member, Syd Barrett, left the band after the first album, due to mental issues and excessive drug use. I don't think he could handle all the pressures of being the front man in an up and coming rock band. Roger Waters who became the lyric writer for the band and the main force in its direction weaves Syd into many if not most of the subsequent albums the band made. Roger's message is don't take counsel of your fears. Fight to overcome them. As he and the rest of the band have done to become the success they are for eternity.
Brain Damage is an interesting song given its genesis. He is not talking about going crazy as much as he is talking about being viewed as "crazy" because he battles against convention. He uses the example of the lawn in front of Kings College Chapel , Cambridge. Between the chapel and the River Cam is a beautiful green lawn circled by big black signs in 4 languages that say "PLEASE KEEP OFF THE GRASS". The grass invites people to use it; to walk on it. But to do so invites a stern rebuke, "what are you crazy?", "Are you nuts?" Going with the flow stifles creativity. Be nuts, walk on the grass.
I grew up listening to this album (thanks for having an awesome taste in music, dad) but I distinctly remember Brain Damage absolutely scared me as a little kid hahaha still have his original vinyl! Bought the CD many many times (amazing how often people would just take it and keep it)
Loved your enjoyment of this. If you haven’t already, you must watch the Pulse live concert version. You’ll be in heaven 🤗🤗
Truly a masterpiece. At one point, I had 3 copies of this album. 1 regular, 1 on blue vinyl and 1 picture disc of the cover. I don't know how many times I've heard it but I do know this won't be the last. I second the suggestion that you move straight in to Wish You Were Here and then into Animals. Possibly the best 3 album run from any band ever. They are all S Tier albums.
The Wall
Best concept album ever
You've just listened to probably the best album ever made. There is so much more to come...
Start at the beginning of Floyd (Sid)
It's all fluid and follows a story line through to ending at dark side of the moon ..... never got to see the hidden side
But I'll meet you there
MASTERPIECE
Money is a great song, but as you age the lyrics to Time get more and more relevant. And as I've gotten older, it has become my favorite PF song.
Much of their music is colored by the descent into madness by one of their original and extremely creative band members -- Syd Barrett. They were all affected
E P I C !
Welcome to the rabbit hole, check out the Pink Floyd live Pulse concert in 1994 at Earls court, the second part of the concert they play the full Dark side of the Moon album……you’ll see a band at its greatest..
Good reaction I enjoyed your journey
If you feel it's trippy listen to Echos, also strongly recommend Richard Wright's solo album "Wet Dream"
British society in the 60's was and still is a very stratified society. This album goes a long way to expressing the lost and wasted feeling of much of British society. Many feel they are a cog in the wheel or machine to support the upper classes and essentially meaningless to those for whom society functions well. This theme is reflected in many of their song. This music points to the lost , meaningless and angry lives many live there and other places too.
I 💙 them. Pure psychedellic relax ☺☺☺
If you get round to The Wall, you will get the full force of Roger’s cynicism.
NB: David Gilmore and Richard Wright are much more optimistic, and are mainly responsible for the tunes and the arrangements.
Beautiful.
They wrote about things that were visceral to them at the time.... Suddenly becoming wealthy and having enough money to buy a Lear Jet or a Football team... the Vietnam war was raging at the time of writing and recording this.... Roger Waters extreme fear of flying (his dream about crashing and burning in On The Run).. Realizing that time is passing by rather quickly and accelerating... And most of all, the tragic loss of Syd Barrett to insanity - which touched them all, including David Gilmour who replaced Syd in the band. As mentioned in my comment on your post about side 1, you really should watch the documentary on Dark Side, by the members of Floyd:
ruclips.net/video/jUBnS5G34IM/видео.html (PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon 2003 Documentary HD)
Many of the songs here and from Wish You Were Here are about the descent into madness of their former bandmate and friend Syd Barrett. To get a sense of how much this touched them, watch this live version of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, with Gilmour and Wright, live in Gdansk:
ruclips.net/video/kqXD5NKj4d4/видео.html (Shine On You Crazy Diamond - David Gilmour live @ Gdansk 2006) (yes the intro starts with 3 guys playing chords on wine glasses!)
As to next review, try Echos. Or to get a glimpse of how talented Gilmour is, see this live version of High Hopes: (it is better than the studio version)
ruclips.net/video/rU_k8BNCcOM/видео.html (High Hopes - David Gilmour live @ Gdansk 2006) A church bell, the string section of a philharmonic orchestra, slide guitar solo, and an incredibly delicate and moving acoustic guitar solo at the end which evokes deep emotion.... It's a Pink Floyd song but he does it so well here!
The Truth is Seldom Good News! They told the Truth about the Times of this Life!
I'm with you on taking in the melody/arrangements first, then revisiting the lyrics another time.
Roger was really screwed up by his father’s death in ww2, and later by the crass exploitation of the music industry. He blamed that for his friends ( Sid Barrett) descent into madness, and he has been a consistent critic of mainstream western society. Despite this the band make beautiful music don’t they?
I think you missed something about eclipse....an eclipse is rare, and they don't last long....
Now you know how screwed up after wars
Think cathartic.
You need to understand the era they’re from. Understand how old (young) they were. They grew up in the rubble that was ww2 . They had a cherished band mate descend into his scrambled mind. With this in mind. Listen again.
Fun fact: Aside from the brilliant poetry of Pink Floyd, there is no actual "dark side" of the Moon... There is only a side that is never visible from Earth. Because the Moon is tidally locked, keeping the same side facing us, we never see the other side and have always called it the dark side. But, in fact, as the Moon revolves around us, the Sun eventually lights it from every angle over a period of about 28 days. Yet, as I have just watched the NASA channel's coverage of the Artemis mission, and felt the ominous prospect of the ship passing to the other side of the Moon and being out of communication for a bit, I see why a certain sinister feeling about the place would lead us to think, "dark". I suppose it is in our nature.
Dark? I suppose. It's probably why they didn't title it "Sunny Side Of The Street"
Oddly enough pink floyd didn’t really take off until USA embraced DSOTM. Europe didn’t get it but to be fair before this they played very avant-garde. When Syd left the band and Gilmour stepped in to take his place, he admitted to having a rough time trying to enjoy himself and find his way in the group, what they were doing seemed nonsensical to him. That being said Interstellar Overdrive is amazing.
Listen to the album again…
A lot of the speaking you hear during the album are parts of interviews of inmates in an asylum. They'd ask questions, then they would record the answers the inmates gave them. That's why what you hear sounds kind of like a bunch of gibberish. You're only hearing one side of the interviews.
Holy crap seriously?
@@SalvoG That not actually true. Those people speaking were members of Pink Floyd’s crew. Roger Waters asked them questions based on some of the themes in the album, Time, Death, Money etc. and these voices throughout the album where some of their responses.
@@Tbevie50 They were also just ordinary people, such as workers at the studio.
My favorite song on this side is 'Us and Them'. "Me me me me me, and you you you you you. God only knows, it's not what we would choose...to do." I crank up the sound and close my eyes. Imo, Pink Floyd shouldn't be analyzed, just enjoyed.
You’ve been floyded … welcome to the machine that is Pink Floyd …. I first heard this summer of 1973 I was 10 years old … been a fan ever since … there is no other band that sounds like Pink Floyd ….
I knew who they were in high school, I just never bothered to listen to them. A boyfriend took me to the Griffith Park Laserium (22 years ago) where their music was featured and I fell in love. They've been my favorite band ever since.
That makes me happy !! I love music , but now a days it doesn’t hit quite the same .. so I always go back to all my favorite bands growing up. Dark side of the moon I still listen to often . It makes me happy !
Fuck yes my dude
I hope you fixed your stereo problem. I don't hear stereo. Only mono.
All those words came from a boy who had lost his father and grandfather because of the war.
The sun is not PERMANENTLY eclipsed by the moon, only temporarily. I would suggest that any reading of the metaphor would do well to take account of this fact.
You look like you’re aged watching this
Why start with side two , smart guy
He didn’t. See his playlist for PF.
i cant tell if you like it because in this video your just emotionless lol