Pink Floyd- Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) (First Listen)
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One of my favourite songs ever, melancholic and uplifting at the same time.Whole album is a masterpiece
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the best Pink Floyd album from the Barrett era. If you are interested in Syd Barrett listen the song Octopus from his solo career.
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Totally agree!
There is nothing uplifting about this! It's melancholic through and through...he literally dedicated this song to his dead friend (former member of the band), there is nothing uplifting about that and can't be...
@@Summon256
He wasn't dead,when he wrote the song,what are you talking about?
Also,I see it as a tribute to a friend,all the good and bad times you had with him. So it gives me a lot of different emotions from sadness to warm nostalgia.
If you don't hear it, that's fine,people are prone to experience music differently.
But don't tell anyone there "can't be" anything uplifting about a melancholic piece of music, it's all subjective
"Come on you painter you piper you prisoner" is definitely about Syd who was a painter before leading them on Piper at the Gates of Dawn and ending up a prisoner of his mental problems.
Or prisoner in the commercial fame of pop world,
It's not just honouring Syd, Waters is directly addressing his own guilt over how they dealt with Syd when he had his mental schism. He references some of Syd's behaviour in Brain Damage on Dark Side... "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes..."
That guitar is literally crying out loud, man. Cosmic blues.
I'm old now and been a Floydian since '67 but my favorite story is that a few years ago, not many but a few, I was visiting the US and was walking along Venice Beach on a quiet sunny Sunday morning when a cafe was opening up and they started to play this album through a pair of speakers the size of fridges, so I sat on the grass in the warm sun to listen with closed eyes. When I finally opened my eyes there must have been 200 other people doing the same thing. What album nearly fifty years old can do that? Pink Floyd albums excepted!
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Thats awesome! Love the story Alan
The ambient sound from the intro is wine glasses, from an abandoned project named "Household Objects". David Gilmour has also done it live with glasses once or twice.
I keep hoping they'll eventually release the recordings of that project. Hoped it would have been part of the Immersion release, which maybe they were and I just never heard them??? Note: I have the 3 Immersion releases, still sealed and won't be unsealed n listened to until the day the last member of the band passes. Still hoping for an Animals Immersion, but that seems unlikely until Roger n David come to terms.
I think Wright is the soul of pink floyd, much like Pinder in the moody blues. They mostly have unsung jobs without showing any flash. But they are the ones you are feeling without necessarily knowing. I am glad you notice.
I love Richard Wright's voice too. His voice is used to glorious effect on Meddle & Obscured by Clouds. 😎🇺🇸
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I had Rick’s solo album once upon a time, actually, 8-track. Pretty cool from what I remember.
True, I really enjoy all of Wrights work throughout
you are absolutely correct. Not taking away the other member's contributions (and Gilmour's stellar playing) but I have long said that the band's sound is defined by Rick Wright's keyboards
Totally agree, just like Banks with genesis. Rick and David are a lot of PF. Waters balances with his darkness.
Yeah that lead instrument in the beginning is Wright. And you are right, the G minor chord is held continuously until a few bars into the guitar lead. It is held by everything Wright could muster to enrich the atmosphere : Farfisa organ, Hammond organ, ARP-string synth and even resonating wine glasses. Shine On's part 1 is solely composed by Richard Wright. It's his realm, man. He was the absolute king of atmospheres.
@@65alef That's for sure.
I thought it was Dick Parry on Sax lol
The sound you hear at the opening of the song are Rick on his keys and the band on wine glasses filled with water. The 4 notes that Gilmour plays after the opening are what triggered the whole album. They stay in the studio day after day with nothing and finally one day Waters heard Gilmour noodling those 4 notes, and like that they had the seeds to the album.
The song is essentially a lament, maybe even a dirge. Every line is a specific reference to a moment or observation. Eg: “Eyes like black holes in the sky” is a quote from Joe Boyd their first manager upon seeing him a year after the band dumped him. Waters references Syd as a martyr. He’s a martyr because it took Syd’s mental breakdown for the band to become a huge success. From Dark Side all the way through the Wall, the band wrote about Syd. He was an influence on most everything Waters wrote in that decade. Pink Floyd became a behemoth by martyring Syd.
@@grelch Not all the way, Animals is not related to any of this, while for The Wall, of course you can think about Pinky as a composite character, also including Syd, but it's more a Waters bio than anything. A good one but, references to Syd are marginal (yes the total shaving in the movie, but the album doesn't speak about that). But admitting the Wall is also about Syd, it's not at all the case about animals... And on DSOTM (my all time fav), the more related to Syd is brain damage... I don't think that neither time or money are "ode" to Syd... Shine on is the most "Syd targeted" album.
Syd wandered into the studio while they were recording this album about him, and nobody recognized him. They thought he was just this random overweight guy hanging around. Until, of course, their shocked realization that it was Syd, who always thought of Floyd as his band even after he'd been out of it for years.
This recalls me spending my holydays at my aunt's house in Lyon back in summer 76. I was 13 and I remember listening to this for the very first time and being hooked so deeply that I listened to it until the vinyl was worn out. This album along with Dark Side Of The Moon remains one of the best album of the 20th century. The production has not aged despite its 45 years old
I was 13, when this came out in 1975, shocked me too my core. This is real talent.
This is perhaps one of the best lead tracks ever recorded. Floyd does a great job drawing you in with all the ambiance and atmosphere in their music. I know Dark Side of the Moon garners a lot more acclaim but for me this album exceeds it in terms of completeness by a mile. There is no track you would skip on this album. Not sure I need to hear “ great gig in the sky “or “us and them” over and over as I do for all of this album. For me, Floyd mastered their sound on this album.
This has always been my favorite Floyd album. I suppose some of it is projection, but knowing the backstory, you really start to feel like you can sense the genuine emotion in everything here - Waters' voice, Wright's keyboards, Gilmour's guitar, etc. There is just a sense they were all in a very private, special place during the recording of this and infused that into the groove completely.
My favorite Floyd album as well. Bought it a few days after it came out. Put it on the turntable and was amazed at how great it was. I agree with your sentiments. A heartfelt, heartbreaking tribute to their fallen bandmate.
Richard Parry is an English saxophonist.,who appeared as a session musician on various albums by modern bands and artists, and is probably best known for his solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the Inside Out
That threw me not seeing his name as Dick but it checks
He and David Gilmour were in a band called Jokers Wild, before DG joined Pink Floyd.
Nothing, nothing is as goosebump-inducing, as being at a Pink Floyd gig was, and hearing the opening notes of "Shine on.."
Top 3 PF for me, together with Dogs, and Echoes. Pure bliss..
It doesn’t end there my friend. There’s still parts VI to IX!
Hence why in his title he says parts I-V
And hence that feller ort to listen to them next, mmm-hmm.
Do their first album. Syd is just fun. Listening to that first album was like being invited to come play in Syd's playground, and I loved it.
I just love how wonderfully child-like Syd was.
A brilliant crazy diamond. Love his solo stuff too however insane and strange. RIP Syd!
Yes, please do a listen of "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", JP! If you're taken by Syd's style (like I certainly was), I would also recommend his first two solo albums - "The Madcap Laughs" and "Barrett". I consider both semi-Floyd albums, as other band members helped out with the productions. Both of these records have absolute gems in them and I've always wondered what they would have sounded like as full-blown Floyd songs.
This is my favorite Floyd album, Animals being the second... The Piper is a mind-blowing masterpiece of unleashed creativity
Also Syd's solo works, 'Barrett' and 'The Madcap Laughs.' -Effervescing Elephant, Baby Lemonade...
Another one that brought me to tears before the lyrics even started, the first time I heard it, and every time since.
My first hearing of this album right after it came out was, of course, in one sitting, and under the influence of mushrooms. My friend who set up the evening did not tell me he was going to lay this album on me that night. (This was the same friend who, 3 years before, had first played "The Yes Album" for me.) He played other music during the first roughly 1.5 hours of our "experience" that night, and then at just the right moment in time, he put on this new album. Needless to say, words cannot even........
Shortly after that experience, we went on a road trip to my favorite place, Big Bend National Park, and just when we began to climb up into the mountains, he put this album cassette into the deck in the car. Magical!
Beautiful reaction and analysis, Justin! Your facial expressions were so much fun to watch, and I was laughing with joy watching you, even while the tears streamed down my face!!!
This is my favorite PF album.
Big Bend is also one of my favorite places too. Rafting through the Santa Elena Canyon. Terlingua. Marfa. Chinati Foundation Museum. And Shine On You Crazy Diamond is the perfect music for this magical part of the world.
I don't remember where I was the first time I listened to this album. What I remember was the show at the "Autostade" in Montreal on June 26 1975. It was an outdoor venue for our Canadian Football team and it was jam pack. With some friends we where sitting on the ground in the middle of the stadium to get the best sound possible, We smoked some hash and pot and where pretty mellow. That was my second Pink Floyd Show, the first one was Dark Side of the Moon back in March 1973. Dark Side was the first rock show that I ever saw (I was 15) and it hooked me on prog rock right away.
@@albarton7189 Oh, it is almost rare to come across someone else online who knows Big Bend! COOL!
Yes, WYWH was truly perfect for our arrival in the mountains that day! It just could not have been more perfect!
I never got go raft the Rio Grande, sadly. I've only been to Chinati one time, on 12/23/2000. It was fascinating! My favorite installation is the metal sculptures in the old Hangar. Judd's work was fascinating, IMO. Love Ft. Davis, as well. Stayed at the Limpia Hotel 3 different times over the years. Also loved staying in the old stone cottages in The Basin (also camping in the Basin is great). And driving the River Road between Lajitas and Presidio.......it's like being on another planet!!!!
@@sylvaindupuis5595 Man, those sound like peak experiences! I never got the chance to see them, sadly.
Ty MissAstor! Sounds like a great friend with good taste!
This my jam. Probably my number one, two Dark Side, Animals three, Meddle four and so on. Today is a great day. So happy. There should have been a college course in Pink Floyd back then, so this is so “welcome “.
Like James, I had to grab my guitar and mimic Big Dave. Still working on it...
Great analysis to a great song(s).
We were so spoiled in the 70s, Aja, now this and many more.
Take care everyone, shine on you crazy diamonds, mask up, be kind,
Peace and wishing you were here Music
@Sebastian
Actually, no... More, Ummagumma, then Atom Hearted. My list, my wishes...
Pink Floyd don't play songs, they take you on a journey.
This remains (for me) one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever recorded and after 45 yrs it hasn't got old for me.
"Preferably one with Syd Barrett."
So that narrows it down to _The Piper at the Gates of Dawn_ (1967) or _Saucerful of Secrets_ (1968).
I'm gonna join everyone in recommending _Piper._
Ty Garrett!
The first lyrics I ever learnt to a pink floyd song, was without even hearing it. My friends would sing it.
I’ve got a bike, you can ride it if you like. It’s a good bike. It’s got a basket a bell that rings and things that make it look good. I’d give it you, but I borrowed it.
I know it won’t be 100% accurate but it was over 40 years ago.
Piper is gash, Syd's best tracks aren't on it. (See emily play, Arnold layne and Dominoes) go Saucer.
I've loved this album for 45 years.
I wish Pink Floyd made more 10+ minute, epics they were so good at it
Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Obscured By Clouds are a few gems in their album catalogue.
For me, this is their greatest work of art. So moving and intoxicating. Animals may be their masterpiece, but this is my favorite
That four-note guitar phrase...just four notes say it all. 'Nuff said.
Joe Maurone Hard agree w/that take.
Both Gilmour and Wright called this their favorite album. To think they recorded this while being completely burnt out from touring Dark Side and spending a good portion of studio time sitting around watching Monty Python.
Starting at 10 yo, 1972 when I started listening to More Music, Yes, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Steely Dan, Etc., made me realize, that it was a Very Special time in Music History,
Sophistication, and Precision was present, which was lacking up to that point. and, a Grand Culmination, of the best of so many various styles of music, Produced Modern Masterpieces.
Love Your Breakdown, I think We all Were, as You Are, Blown Away, by the Level of Detail, and Creativity, of each Passage. I especially love the Sax Changes. RIP Syd, and Rick.
For the the greatest song of Pink Floyd and along with Genesis' Firth of Fifth, the greatest track ever.
I've always been in love with the way David Gilmore's guitar sounds in this song.
"you were caught between innocence and glory, and something ran askew."
Getting poetic on us, Justin.
Some songs you just never want to end.
As someone who has lived and loved this music since the day it was released it's great to see folks such as yourself discovering it and enlightening others. Some have suggested this was the Floyd inventing chill-out music... maybe they have a case...
What a winner this is. This one can lose you totally in both time and space. Another Job well done Justin.
Ty Dale!
For a Syd Barrett-led Floyd recommendation, I'd go with "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play". Their hit singles of that time, pure psychedelia. Start with their psychedelic pop side, so you can see how they changed from there. Plus, "See Emily Play" is just so FUN, joyful and playful, something not found too much in later Floyd.
@ Joe Maurone
I agree with you that he should start with the two non-album tracks Arnold Layne and See Emily Play to get a true representation of Syd. They're key. And to Justin, if you want to delve into Syd's time with Pink Floyd, I'd recommend you listen to those two singles, then Piper At the Gates Of Dawn and A Saucerful Of Secrets all within a day of each other, regardless of when you post them all here. It's important that each previous piece be fresh in your mind as you listen to the next to truly experience the progression.
@JustJP, it would be useful to listen to See Emily Play before finishing Wish You Were Here. You’ll see why.
@@BigMacIain Good point!
Ty for the suggestions Joe!
In US though the Piper... album had “See Emily Play” as the first track. Some other tracks were removed
This is another one of those Pink Floyd albums you have to listen to all the way through. I bought this album the week it came out. I went home, darkened the room, put on my headphones, laid on the bed, closed my eyes and took off for outer space. "That was money well spent.", I said to myself.
This entire album resonates deeper over time.
This is one of the few songs that feature the Bari Sax as a solo instrument (the first sax that played). The transition to the Tenor Sax gives me goose bumps.
This song.. This song got me big time into Pink Floyd Justin.❤️🎶. 😊
This is and always will be a masterpiece. Wish you were here is my first ever Prog album.. What an album butty.
It's brilliance will never diminish imho. ❤️
Everything about this song, album is out of this world.
David's awe inspiring guitar work leaves me speechless butty.
Rick's subtle, beautiful keyboard work adds so much depth, and atmosphere to this timeless classic Justin.
Rogers vocals is the icing on a six- tier cake imo. Hmm glorious stuff.
To put this song, album together.. After DSOTM Is just a phenomenal achievement in my eyes butty.
Over the moon you're doing this album Justin.
I knew you would like this opus.
Wonderful review of an immense song in the annals of Floyd's catalogue imho. ❤️ It don't get better imho.
Thank you butty. Long live JP!!! ♥️
It's the second part of Floydian trilogy : prior : Dark Side Of The Moon and after : Animals, some critics found the album was a masterpiece some said it was pompous, Even Waters said PF was out of creation, emptyness but the magic was there ... i remember listening this album for the first time i was huh no words to say, even my mom was charmed by the guitar part of the beginning (generally minor chords are hypnotizing) back in a day it wasn't easy to understand the cover of the album there is another cover i prefer (a black one...) i'm 53 yo now and i'm not tired to listen to this Prog Rock Chef-D'Oeuvre and Rick Wright made a fantastic work talking to Gilmour with their instruments Merci d'avoir écouté et analysé !Hello From France
I love how Pink Floyd never hurries anything. Great spacing...
One of the best albums by Pink Floyd, my favorite title on it is welcome to the machine.
Best song of all time, around the four notes from heaven 👌
Another great song. which I had never listened to before, and a great review. When a old friend, whom I hadn't seen for years, passed, another friend, whom I also hadn't seen for years, left this comment "Shine on you crazy diamond" on her memorial page, I didn't understand the context. This helped make sense of it. She had passed too soon and all we have left is the memory of those early days.
wish you were here album as a whole is the best synth work Richard Wright ever done. A masterpiece of keyboard music.
Excellent lead vocals by Roger Waters, great backing vocals.
This is the album that made me decide to buy a CD player. CDs were still VERY new and very few people had players. I visited a friend in another state, and he played this on his CD player. When he started playing it, I thought he hadn't engaged the speakers yet because I couldn't hear anything coming from them. Then I heard the music off in the distance building up. It was so clear and flawless, I changed my mind and bought a CD player instead of a new computer. This album and song were always towards the top of my list of favorites. The musicians let the song define its own pace. It talks to you casually, then whispers to you in secret before bluntly and calmly laying it all out in the open.
I was lucky enough to see this live with David and Rick with Dick Parry on sax at Radio City Music Hall. David Crosby and Graham Nash sang back up. Killer show.
My favourite song of all time, off my favourite album of all time
You said about Gilmour "as soon as his pick touches the strings, you know that he's singing straight from the heart". It was a slip of the tongue, but that's exactly right - he's not just playing, he's singing. With Gilmour, you don't expect Steve Howe vertical pyrotechnics, you don't expect John Petrucci shredding, you expect the sweetest, tastiest, most exquisitely melodic and perfectly crafted solos and riffs anywhere in rock.
This is my favorite album of ALL TIME. I'm 64.
Ty for watching!
In 1987 I had a brand new Suzuki Samurai, which I bought at 18 years old from working at a restaurant, and customized it, along with cosmetic modifications, a competition stereo system. At the time, and probably to this day, most folks with giant car stereos played rap music. But that was not for me and I often played Pink Floyd albums, including Wish You Were Here. Since the Samurai had no top, and since I built full-range sound, not just bass, the car was a rolling concert. There were nights when I would roll up to mountain lookout spots above Berkeley, California or out to the nearby river delta, where young folks would congregate, and turn up the likes of this album. All other stereos would turn off and everyone would listen to Pink Floyd albums coming from that funny little jeep-looking thing.
Can't wait til I'm home from work so I can check this out!
Hope you enjoyed!
No other band or musical entity has produced music like this in the history of mankind, Pink Floyd were simply genius.
Masterpiece is the word. You can hold this up to any classical piece in the world and it will hold its own in terms of skill and artistry.
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is indeed a great track but I think I would have preferred that the band did not cut it into two distinct parts at the beginning of the album with Parts 1-5 on its first side and Parts 6 -9 at the end of the second side but rather leaves it as a twenty four minute epic on one side and put the three shorter pieces on the other side.
Of course in our time you can chain these two parts yourself using various software if you want (I did it with Audacity) but I think that if Pink Floyd had arranged the album in this way at the time, it would have been even more impressive than it is !
For a suggestion of an upcoming Pink Floyd album, I suggest Atom Heart Mother from 1970 with its 23 minute title song which contains an orchestra and a Choir.
This album is a key moment in the history of Pink Floyd, between the psychedelic cosmic rock of the beginnings and the longest progressive epics to come.
They had to split the track because it totals 26 minutes, too long for one side on vinyl. If they had managed to fit it all on one side, the groove in the vinyl would have been far too shallow, and a record needle wouldn't be able to sit in it reliably.
Thank God for audio editing software!
@@Engineer_Who The B side of the album Atom Heart Mother alone lasts more than 28 minutes on its own so the 25 to 26 minutes of the epic "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (parts 1 to 9) could have worked very well on one side !!!
Gilmour and Waters had a frank and free exchange of views about his. Gilmour wanted to keep the whole thing as a single piece and Waters insisted on the split. Waters won out in the end, of course, and Gilmour has since said that Rogers was right on that one.
There is a vid of the the whole of Shine on with most of the visuals being a drone flight around the Scottish highlands - it's well woth seeking out :- ruclips.net/video/gOXTdFbjtSg/видео.html
A. K. The whole album is like an arc, the desolate way in which ‘shine on’ resumes after the album title track is very powerful and would lose something without having been preceded by the other songs which expand the story.
All of Pink Floyd's albums are masterpieces. Even the ones people don't like.
This is my favourite PF album.
Bought the album when it was new. We were all pretty wasted back then. Like many, I was expecting something like dark side of the moon. I enjoyed it but it slowly faded into the recesses of my mind. Fast forward 40 years, bad night at work, a local radio station started playing the song. 3:00am, burned out and tired just wanting to get home. That is when I discover the true brilliance of the song, the band and their playing ability. I lucky I didn’t blow out my ear drums.
Sometimes it takes that special moment for the music to catch us😃
Waters songwriting is just top notch.
This is my favourite PF album beyond echoes, beyond dark side, best song intro ever...................
Fantastic analysis particularly in your description of ambience into groove. Best I've heard. This is my favorite Pink Floyd album and it's in the top of my list of greatest albums period. There is a way that the lyrics match the notes on which they're sung that is uncanny as a portrayal and as a celebration of someone. Something as simple as "Remember when you were young..." sounds like the beginnings of a revelation the way it's expressed. I could go on and on and...
Ty Rob!
Everytime !
Everytime I am listening to the sung part, I hear The Beatles. And sometimes a little of Elton John, but may be it's just because of the diamond thing...
It was a great pleasure to watch you listening. And speak about it.
My favorite cover of this is by 2 guys out on the streets in Jerusalem. search for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" in Jerusalem , can't believe it was that good. Maybe its just the emotional echoes of the original
Been listening to Nick Masons Saucerful of Secrets for the last 2 weeks. They play loads of the early music of pink floyd, right up to Meddle, including songs they never played live , and a couple of Syd songs that never saw the light of day. Saw them live and it was nice to see Nick with a smile. He really is enjoying playing the music he played over 50 years ago.
Saw them live in 1987 in the Seattle Kingdome and it was an amazing show made even more amazing because of the Magic Mushrooms I had before the show
(S)hine on
(Y)ou Crazy
(D)iamond
🔥🎶❤️😢
Is that true if not brilliant!!
I
(S)ee what
(Y)ou
(D)id there
RIP Syd
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My favorite Pink Floyd song
I remember the cool overcast day in college when I bought this brand new Floyd album on 8-track and my friend and I rode around in my car listening to it. It became my favorite album of theirs thus far, and still is.
That simple chord rhythm guitar strum starting at 8:20 (in your video) and playing along with each snare drum shot is wonderful. This album is timeless.
This one has to be my many favorites of Pink Floyd
The best part of watching listen to things, among other songs, is seeing that when a change or a part comes, you get it. That’s very fun to see.
Ty MV 😄
Someday, Justin, you'll have to explain how you never heard this in its entirety. But so great to see your face light up in awe👌
Superb song and album!
Next up should be right back to the start: Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is tremendous!
I knew you were in for the biggest treat. Your face said it all. Pure enjoyment. 😃👍🏻
Definitely!
Animals is great. This is even better. Rick Wright was an incredible musician. RIP.
This is the best Pink Floyd album ever... imho ;-)
Great stuff from Floyd simply great ☝️
One of my top five PG songs. The intro is as good as it gets!
It's an incredible piece of work, there's enough in it so that you can listen to it multiple times without getting tired of it. When I saw them on the 'Animals' tour the tickets had (confusingly) a picture of the cover of Wish You Were Here on them. They did play the best bits of it so it turned out great. I think that you've understood about Syd pretty well and your review summed it up great, nice work!
I’ve probably listened to this album more times than any other album, period. So, yes, I agree!
They are the only group to paint music xxx
If you haven't already, catch the Pulse concert version. All this, plus the incredible Dick Parry on that closing sax solo. He wails!!
Such an iconic album, but it has always been cornered by the shadow of The Moon...And yet for me it is impossible to pick one above the other. This album brings so much emotion with it. The talking guitar simply is one of a kind. Together with the keyboards .....sigh. And then there are four other unbelievable good tracks.
Syd Barrett tracks: "Astronomie Domine" "Bike" "Jugband Blues" "Lucifer Sam" He also recorded two solo albums. Tracks "Octopus" , " Dark Globe."
Oh, wow. I woke up to this...it's gonna be a good day. I was 13 when this came out, but I didn't hear it until 3 years later. Over 40 years later, one thing I can say is that it only gets better over time. This song is in my all time top 5, but the album as a whole is a masterpiece.
The album before this, Dark Side of the Moon, is the most successful rock album ever, remaining on the Billboard charts for 741 weeks from '73 to '88. They needed something really good to follow up and man did they deliver. When you've finished your song reviews, you'll want to turn out the lights and settle in for the whole album.
I'm so happy you're doing this.
As far as other albums, after The Wall came out, my brother and a couple of friends spent a whole overnight in one of the friends' garage listening to every Floyd album up to that point in order. Epic night. You could pick any album. It's gonna be great.
I'm looking forward to the rest of this, and to DSOTM whenever you get to it. Maybe leave it to last. 😁
This is epic but 6 to 9 is in my opinion the best part of the album. It could be that I save this track for album listens where 1 to 5, I would listen on its own. Their early history is fascinating really especially the making of this album and "surprise" that ensues during the making of this track
Definitely one of my favorite songs and albums. I never tire of listening to Shine On, it's a masterpiece in so many ways. Definitely a great album to just put on and chill out. The keyboards/synth work, the guitar work, the saxophone playing, it's all amazing. Sad story, but makes for a powerful song/album.
All I can say is hash. Hash and mushrooms...in 1975 of course.
Pink Floyd...a life changing experience. :)
And your comments, Justin, about their music being somewhat ethereal, drawing you in and reverberating down to your soul is bang on the money. No it is not a strange way to describe their music, because Pink Floyd is so much more than music; it is philosophy: it is emotion: it is psychology : it is spiritual and much more all rolled up in a neat package and delivered to your ears.
I challenge anybody to listen to a few Floyd albums and not be questioning their own lives and belief systems and having an existential shift.
Sometimes the spaces between notes is as important as the notes themselves; and Floyd were masters at creating that space.
As always. love your analysis and appreciation of "old peoples" music ;)
Here I am, watching one of my fave vids, for the umpteenth time, and I had to tell you, shoulda told you before......
You are the ONLY person I have ever watched react to this song, who actually COMMENTED about the opening chord, and the stunning moment when they change chord!🤯 Lordie, it's so freakin' good!
And, YOU!! OMG, you are so funny and smart and observant and adorable! I absolutely love it when you RIFF in your analysis, it feels spontaneous and feels so genuine and from the heart.
And can we talk about your EDITING? It's amazing, especially in this one. Your editing is usually very smooth, but your CREATIVE editing is so much fun!
You are a treasure, Sir!
OK, I'll shut up. Don't wanna give you a swelled head!!
Haha ty so much MAD! I don't edit as much anymore since it saves me a lot of time, but every once in a while I toss in something :)
Syd was schizophrenic. When the disease took over completely they apparently went through a phase of what Hunter Thompson would call "bad craziness" with him. He was their leader, so they were on a journey where their bus driver was drunk. It nearly destroyed the band, I seem to recall. He wore out his welcome with worked out precision, perhaps.
I think a lot of the expressions they use here would have been his, and would only make literal sense from his perspective beyond the point where he was far gone. He "rode on the steel breeze", for instance. Maybe a phrase like that just stuck because it felt like it made a kind of poetic sense - so there was art in all the madness (literally madness).
The comparison between him and a diamond would've been something that arrived upon quite a lot of reflection, possibly. Brilliantly shining, but hard and cutting in another aspect. They went through really difficult days when he went over to the dark side of the Moon. He gave them a bit of hell before they reached this point where they could sing to him of how much he meant to them, even with all the plain, outright craziness. I like that. Yes, there's respect (and - much better - love) in what they say, but it's not delicate and awkward. They don't shrink away from the fact that he's a crazy bugger now, and can be an awkward customer; but that doesn't detract from his shine.
Next up is Welcome to the Machine, which you'll need to back up a bit into the end of Shine on You Crazy Diamond to properly seque into.
And you already know there's lots to look forward to in the second set of Crazy Diamond parts, hey? :D
One of the greatest album ever
damn can't believe you haven't done this one yet
I was waiting to see what your reaction would be in that Change you are talking about at 2:30. I find I do my thing but ‘when it’s time’ I look back at the screen to see what you will do when the good parts hit.
In Britain the album was touted to be played on a radio show (Saturday afternoon, Alan Freeman show) so we were all sat waiting with such anticipation. The whole album was played through without a break. There was no disappointment.
Wish they'd play whole albums like this today!
This is all time top 5 album status for me, of any band. This, Dark Side, and Animals are the Floyd sweet spot.
Best overture ever.
So fantastic.
"Piper at the Gates of Dawn" should be your next album. It's the only full album Syd made with the band.
Great memories from when a was a 13 year old boy:
When my dad was abroad I unplugged his huge Infinity QB speakers and hooked them up to my hi-fi system in my room where I placed them right in front of a comfortable chair, started the turntable with Wish you were here and drifted into the unknown. At a respectable volume, of course.
Today it is still one of my favorites.
Go for the Piper, Justin, and unleash the cheerful insanity of early Floyd.
Excellent review Justin, you summed it up beautifully.
Ty!
Great song, chorus is a bit American sounding but still great. Ending sounds influenced by Crimson's 'Starless'. Syd turned up in the studio whilst they were recording this album. He was fat, Bald and wore a white suit. They played him "Shine on" and Syd told the band it sounded weird. He then started jumping up and down brushing his teeth and half the band cried.
A lot of the early Floyd synth sounds were actually created by Rog n Dave, I'm not sure who came up with the wine glasses during the opening of "Shine on". Dave also did a bit of drumming and bass work.