If you want to see the unedited version that is not going through copyright claims [and therefore won't be potentially shut down], it's on patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/uncut-dark-side-106547457 -- for future music polls they'll be on: ko-fi.com/marycherryofficial/
00:02:02 - Speak to me 00:03:10 - Breathe (in the air) 00:05:12 - On the run 00:09:36 - Time 00:17:50 - The great gig in the set 00:22:48 - Money 00:29:22 - Us and them 00:38:14 - Any colour you like 00:42:10 - Brain damage 00:46:45 - Eclipse
I'm glad you like this album, Pink Floyd is the G.O.A.T, imho. I hope if you have another poll, you will consider adding the "Wish You Were Here" album, which I think is second only to Dark Side of the Moon. ty
You're going to have to do Pink Floyd "The Wall" now, if you enjoyed this. 🐖 Also another great concept album is "Days of Future Passed" by the Moody Blues. (The X-Men film borrowed the title.)
@@varycherry Maybe you should react to "Pink Floyd The Wall" film in your movie channel after listening to the album. Both the album and the movie are excellent, although Dark Side of the Moon is my favorite album from PF.
@@SG-js2qn DoFP is an amazing work, but for an overall album, I prefer their follow-up, "In Search of the Lost Chord". So many good songs on that one. Other concept albums you might find interesting include Rush's "2112", Blue Oyster Cult's "Imaginos", Hawkwind's "Chronicle of the Black Sword", and Kamelot's "Silverthorn".
I am 71 years old so when this album came out I was 18. Great to see young people enjoying an album that I have heard at least 2000 times . brilliant ! ❤ 50:52
@@deegee5526 You have no idea what "Today's listener" wants, and just want to spin the narrative to make yourself feel better about your own personal opinions. Unlike "back in the times of yore when music was good", today's listener has about 85% of all the worlds music at their finger tips, and is able to make an informed decision.
And it turned 50 in March last year .... but do check out Echoes Live in Pompeii, recorded in 1971. And the entire Division Bell tour concert ("Pulse" album) from 1994.
My older brother dropped off this album for me to listen to at my parent's house just after it was released in America. He had his own home just about a mile away in a different neighborhood than my parents. Less than 2 hours later I was knocking on his door, getting there on foot. I handed him his album back when he open the door. He protested, "No, no you can keep it for a few weeks to listen to if you want." I told him, "Roscoe, I have already bought one for my own." I had a hi-fi syatem, bean bag, and some mood lights that went perfect with this great album. I must confess, the 1970s was the greatest decade to be a part of. Thank you Pink Floyd and thank you Roscoe, my big brother.
Nothing like sitting in a darkened room with the glow from an old classic stereo reciever and listening to these great tracks. I really took my teenage years for granted.
In reference to your statement about the 1970’s - I’ve always said that those who were born in the 1980’s and after have missed out on so much especially in the music industry
@@stevesteve7855That's the first time I've hear anyone else say that. In my younger years, my friends and I would listen to it that way some times. But also staring it in different places, using a tape recorded evenly on each side, so the auto reverse makes it continuous.
When the piano started Great Gig in the Sky, she said Ooh, piano I like where this is heading. I was thinking, oh honey, you have no idea where this is heading. LOL
Clare Torry's performance on Great Gig In The Sky is truly lightning in a bottle. NOBODY could have done it as well as she did, let alone better. She conveyed such emotion and pain in just a few minutes without a single word. Brings me to tears every time I hear it. The onion cutting ninjas strike again. You never see them, but the tears start rolling.
Yeah, but it never works. Everyone will look back and realise ten years got behind them. No matter how many warnings. Always happens. That's why the lyric is so powerful. Speaks to the human condition itself.
What really made me feel old was that, again (lots of young reactors to DSOTM commit the same mistake), she thought that the rhythmic beats at the start of "Time" were heartbeats. They've never seen a mechanical clock and don't know what a tictac is.
@@johnwilliamson7506 Don't talk is all that's left of censorship today. Sure sign of TDS. I see it in facial expression dead give away. So far no cure takes time
Awesome to see someone experience one of the very best albums ever produced for the first time. Now you know young lady what all the hype has has been about for so many decades. Great to see the joy on your face listening to this masterpiece. 😊
I cam still remember hearing it for the first time and on headphones too and it blew me away. Anyone playing it for the first time should listen to it through headphones and all the way through in one listen to get the best experience.
Oddly enough, me too. I've heard it dozens and dozens of times and I occasionally watch these first hearing things...and genuinely feel jealous of the listeners.
Waters, Gilmore, Mason, Wright, Clare Torry, Richard Parry (sax) and the incredible Alan Parsons. You lot made history. Thank you a million times over.
@@bunion8579 yes, though I can see where @stevrnmcmorris is coming from. At the time this magnificent album was conceived, Syd Barrett had suffered severe mental deterioration and was clearly in his former band mates thoughts, heavily influencing the music they produced in both Dark Side and, of course, Wish You Were Here. But I’m sure you already knew all that.
The band told the women who sang on Great Gig In The sky (Clare Torry) to go in to the booth and just do what she felt suited the music, when she finished she said she was embarrassed with her performance, but the rest of the world was in left open mouthed in amazement!
The band never forgot her, she was credited on the album, and still gets royalties from it. Outstanding, mesmeric, brilliant, whatever plaudits you throw at it, it's a piece of art that will ever be preserved.
Agreed, he totally changed their approach following I suspect the methods employed by Jethro Tull in Thick as a Brick. It was an age of amazing musical innovation.
@@jbd96039 The engineer Alan Parsons was responsible for many of the sonic aspects of the recording but the true mastermind behind the album and his concept was Waters.
@@LeDedoubleur Yes, Roger Waters is a musical genius. David Gilmore learned from Waters, and we can call them both Masters at creating new music. Producer's/Engineers are often referred to as another member of the band if they are superb. Tony Clark of the Moody Blues was credited as the man behind their tasty recording-studio effects. Song creators come first, then musicianship.
Hi Mary, first time seeing you! A pleasure watching you enjoy Dark side..... I'm 79 tomorrow, loved this music in the 70's and seeing it catching you, so many years later!! TIMELESS!!
Apologies for the long story I felt compelled to share: This album is my favorite piece of art of any kind. 9 years ago my mother became very ill and we were waiting for the end. My sister and I traded days on duty and off to keep our sanity. On one of my “Days off” I went to a music festival. One band was a Pink Floyd cover band that did the entire album from start to finish. During “Time” my sister called and said our mom had taken a turn for the worse and she’d call me back if I had to come to the hospital. As “Money”started I got another call saying she had passed. That meant she died while I was listening to “The Great Gig in the Sky” being played live. My mom loved to sing and was in several choirs. That song is about dying, fighting against it, and accepting it. It also is just a female vocalist. That song, and album, took on a whole new meaning for me. Anyway, loved the reaction. The Wall would be great next.
@@mikegallagher2142 It's a gentle nudge for us to look at our own mortality. My wife's passing devastated me. While driving home from shopping stoically , looking at the beauty for the last time, me I'm in total denial of the inevetable. 5 days after she passed away at hospice home She saw her final sunset. Great Gig in the Sky : 4 levels in that stunning Aria, Its coming, talk about it, understand it the only way YOU know how, Feel the emotions, Grieve, Grieve hard no rhyme or reason of it. Finally, Time and Remeberance. We shall see ea. other again that's promised! 🕊️
There is a reason this is one of the best selling albums of all times. I’ve listened to it countless times in all sorts of settings, vinyl, flac 5.1 surround etc I hear something different every time. Sorry about your mom. It’s ok to be sad she’s gone but be joyful she lived.
The vocalize was improvised. They had a run through to help her familiarized with the music. She did one take and nailed it. She then went back to being a proper British housewife. The consumption of headphones w3ed skyrocketed. David Gilmore is genius behind this band. There’s some concert videos from the ruins of Pompeii. The one at night is my favorite because of the lighting.
Back in the late 70’s there used to be this….um….mushroom. And we’d take a handful, grown locally in cow pastures, lol and this album was transcendent.
00:02:02 - Speak to me 00:03:10 - Breathe (in the air) 00:05:12 - On the run 00:09:36 - Time 00:17:50 - The great gig in the set 00:22:48 - Money 00:29:22 - Us and them 00:38:14 - Any colour you like 00:42:10 - Brain damage 00:46:45 - Eclipse
the lady singing in the great gig is Clare Torry;) always liked pink floyd great escape music and they are love around the world that do shows a lot from them, music back in the 70's 80's 90's was trying the best to bring all together, cant wait to see what music will evolve too in 10y from now 🐺✌
If you want to see the unedited version that is not going through copyright claims [and therefore won't be potentially shut down], it's on patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/uncut-dark-side-106547457 -- for future music polls they'll be on: ko-fi.com/marycherryofficial/
Welcome to the rabbit hole. I have been listening to this album for its 50 years and it never gets old. Its a wonderful journey into life, and death, and a little bit of madness along the way. The more you listen the more you hear and the more you let yourself just feel the more you will understand. If you read a little of the band history and about Sid Barrett the more this album [and the next one too] make sense. The vocals in Great Gig are the amazing Clare Torry, with perhaps one of the single greatest improvisational vocals ever recorded. Thank you Clare
Pink Floyd is so much more than just music. It’s truth, pain, healing, genius, movement revelation and revolution and so much more. It is my soul in vibration.
A little trivia. Dark Side Of The Moon was recorded at Abbey Road Studios (made famous by the Beatles who recorded all their albums there). The recording engineer was Alan Parsons who formed the Alan Parsons Project ( another must listen). The guy speaking in the background was the Door Man at Abbey Road Studios. They asked him to just say a bunch of gibberish. Clare Torry (a session vocalist) did the vocals on The Great Gig In The Sky. She asked what the band wanted and they told her they would do a trial run through the song and for her to just do what came to mind. They kept the trial run. No second take. The Saxophone (not trumpet) is the same guy from The Alan Parsons Project. The Dark Side Of The Moon is still considered one of the best works ever recorded and that was over 50 years ago (says a lot about today's music). If you listen very closely you can hear the heart beat running all the way through the album.
It should be added that all the sound effects (clocks, chimes, coins, cash registers, etc.) were created off site, recorded separately and added in during the mix. It’s a lot of detail work on a limited amount of analog tape tracks that is easily overlooked today. No ProTool plugins in 1973. Creativity on a completely different level. This album is an absolute masterpiece that will still be played somewhere centuries from now.
Every time someone discovers Pink Floyd, an angel gets its wings. It was a good decision to just listen and get into it sonically at first before diving into the lyrics. But understanding the lyrics will add so much.
I’m 73 this year, this is probably my favorite album of all time, it almost like being born again every time I listen to it, it’s 50 years old I can’t believe it!!.. it never fails to take me on a mental & emotional journey (certain substances helped). I was in tears watching you react to it. You said Big Gig In The Sky that Clare sounded like she was in pain, your life flashes before you before you die, the pain & pleasure, love & hate all that we were.. our spirit lives on, even though we’re forgotten.
@@ricksprinkle8396 I'm an even younger youngster at 62 and it still blows my mind that the lyrics mean something different every ten years or so when I listen to it again. Also, the fact that Clare Torry only got paid 30 pounds for her performance on the album is astounding. She eventually sued the band and got an undisclosed amount and credits on future pressing of Dark Side as vocal composer for the song.
I was in high school when this album was released. I've had the original album, a second LP and a CD for my vehicle. It's my absolute favorite album of all time.
73 also…this album saved my sanity for the entire 70’s while in the military. A cassette player and some cheap headphones were the escape pod. If someone onboard ship had a reel to reel and good headphones…perfect
Thanks for listening to one of my favorite albums with me.. Your reactions were perfect and wonderful.. I got to relive a bit of the same emotion again as I had the first time I listened to it.l
Imagine being 18 and sitting down in the lounge room one evening with half a dozen friends who were all high in the early 70's and hearing this album for the first time. Yep, it was a profound moment in this old blokes life.
I would lay on my back in the living room stoned as hell and with my head phones cranked, I can still hear the colors. The good old days I will be 71 this Dec 2nd.
"And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun" Hits a lot harder now that I'm in my 40s than the first time I heard this in my early teens
My father told me when to run, but he didn't use a starting gun. He used his boot. Still, you can't argue with those lyrics, they apply to far more than money. working my ass off means I will be retiring comfortably, without a woman. So yeah, I was kind of deaf to that starting gun.
Very Cherry Indeed! I had tears of joy watching your reactions throughout the whole Vid. Priceless!! Me at 67 yrs old being a rocker all my life, Pink Floyd Dark side of The Moon is and has been an all time favorite of mine Mary Cherry! Your vid brought me tons of joy! Subscribed.
The Great Gig in the Sky is about what happens to the soul at death. The first part (pain) is about "what happened to me?" The second part is bargaining. The the third part is acceptance. So, Mary, you have taken the first step down an amazing path. You have eaten the appetizer, now get ready for the entree. Watch the 1994 Pink Floyd Pulse concert. And have a supply of tissues on hand, yes, the music is that powerful. Watch out for the flying pigs-I'm not kidding, you will see flying pigs in the concert.
Have to disagree Should be Delicate Sound of Thunder film of the A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, better album, better songs & The Best Back-Up Singers EVER Rachel Fury Durga McBroom & Margaret Taylor
So happy to have you aboard, took me many years to hear the lyrics. The lyrics have different meanings every time you listen as you age. I’m almost 70 now :)
The choice to listen first without reading lyrics or "researching" what something is supposed to mean beforehand is always a good one in my opinion . You can always go back and listen to it again 😉
"One day during my time at university, I was talking to a close friend of a friend about Pink Floyd. He asked me if I had ever listened to Pink Floyd. I told him that I had listened to a few of their songs. When he asked me if I had ever listened to the album The Dark Side of the Moon from start to finish, I said no. He replied, 'Then you haven't really listened to Pink Floyd.' So, I went home and listened to the album from beginning to end. It was everything he said it would be. I was mesmerized."
First time watching you , I had the greatest time getting into this great album with you, I loved the way you described each song and how it made you feel, your awesome, Thanks John
Can you believe that there are some people out there who think that you should listen to songs from this album any way that you want to? There's another reactor that got into Pink Floyd, and I told her not to listen to all the people who are recommending single songs from it. I told her to ignore them and listen to the whole thing beginning to end. What does she do? She's listening to the whole album, one track at a time, weeks in-between, and out of order. SMFH.
You picked arguably the greatest album of all time for your first album reaction. I was 17 when this album was released, always enjoy watching people listening to it for the first time.
Great seeing someone’s reactions for the first time on listening to this iconic album! I have been listening to it for 45 years and still never fails to give me goosebumps! Very enjoyable & thank you..
Welcome to Pink Floyd. You chose the best album ever made to be your first full album review. It means more each time you listen to it, and as each year passes, it changes how it affects you.
You did such a great job on reacting to this perfect album! Normally reactors to Dark Side of the Moon are just reactions to individual songs but we as listeners miss out on the way each song transitions into the next! Like I said ... great Job Mary!
The way to listen to this album is undoubtedly to do what I did when I bought it, I took the album to my local cafe where I knew a lot of my friends were. We all went round to my flat put it carefully on the turntable, closed the curtains, smoked some weed and gently lowered the needle to the record, minds were blown. We all sat in stunned silence before, with trembling hands, I turned the record over…… more weed was smoked, more stunned silence. We played the album over and over. Minds blown, and they remained that way for the next 50 years, nothing has changed!
I've loved this album for 50+ years. This is the first time I've ever really followed along closely with the lyrics. Chilling and amazing. Thanks for letting me hear this again for the first time.
In 1973 I was a freshman in college. One of my friends called and said come to my room, I have a new album I want you to listen to. I listen to the entire album and when it ended, I looked at my friend and said Masterpiece!
I am 69 years old. I purchased the album the week it was released in Australia. I've listened to it literally thousands of times. "The Great Gig in the Sky" still brings me tears every time. When this album finishes, I need a timeout to recompose myself. Wish You Were Here follows a very close second in my personal album chart!
You covered this perfectly: the full album, not focusing on lyrics, exploring the feelings evoked. So much music in this period was created to be experienced this way, like an opera. I can't count how often in my youth I would lie on the floor in a darkened room with headphones and a great album playing. I would fly; I would cry; and I would appreciate the art.
WoW.. I also did the headphones while laying on the floor with the addition of watching my DIY light show on the ceiling. Does anyone remember "Music Vision" from Edmund Scientific?
1974, our school in Auckland NZ had a drama room with no windows and no seats just big cushions on the floor, and a great stereo. A group of us used to commandeer the drama room at lunchtimes to listen to our favourite albums in the dark, with incense burning 😅 😊😊. This was just one of them ❤
I was in a music class in 1975 when Bohemian Rhapsody hit NZ. Our music teacher was a stuffy crabby old lady (or so I thought) I was blown away when she put the Queen LP on, told us to hush and listen... she became our fav teacher as she played it over and went into old lady trance mode, swaying to that song. She printed out the words for us to learn and all of us can remember every word today. ohh I'm 62.
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun." Time. Being wasted. One of the main themes of this classic album. It will be studied by serious academics and loved by new fans in a hundred years.
This is not only one of the most iconic rock albums ever made, but Pink Floyd were a modern musical powerhouse. Their music is not only unique, but it is timeless and will one day be recognised by all generations as a phenomenon of it's time. It is great to see a new generation reacting to Dark Side of The Moon in the same way us "oldies" all did when it was released. Thank you Mary! With this video you are sharing this incredibly talented group of musicians to a generation who have never had the immense pleasure of appreciating the phenomenon that is Pink Floyd! Well done girl for accepting the challenge - it was amazing watching your face light up and react to the music! Keep exploring the iconic bands of the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's - you will be blown away by what's hiding in plain sight!!
I was certain Art Rock was going illuminate a bright future for the world so you can imagine the depression when disco took the world backward once again.
As a 13 year old at School, the music appreciation teacher asked the class whether anyone had heard of Pink Floyd. No one did. He then proceeded to play the full LP. End of class- and welcome to musical education!
Cool, we didn't have 'music appreciation' at my school but I must tell you how surprised I was when my physics teacher allowed the whole of my Electric Ladyland LP to be played in class after I told him I thought it was important.
Yes I had the same experience when I was 13. Some student type with a pink kipper tie played it in class. We then had to draw our impression of it. All the kids became Jackson Pollock for the afternoon.
El propio Gilmour ha confesado que la mayor pena que le ha proporcionado DSOTM es que el nunca ha podido escucharlo de principio a fin por primera vez como la gente corriente
How to listen to this album: Step 1) Go to a park surrounded by nature Step 2) Ingest some cannabis/thc Step 3) put headphones in/on Step 4) lay down on a blanket Step 5) look up at the sky Step 6) melt into the ground and be one with the universe
ma and wife being in northern Norway for a while were taking winter overalls, laid beck on the snow, listened to the Album gazing at the Milky Way crossing above with long bright aurora borealis... For hours... Manity times
The Great Gig in the Sky: her name is Clare Tory. She was a 25 year old session vocalist hired by the band for three hours. She came into the studio did two and half completely improvised takes and ascended into immortality.
And the band paid her 50 pound day rate, and gave her nothing else--even though they all admit she came up with the part all by herself, making her a songwriter.
Clare was also infamous for being haughty about the whole experience, the lack of direction she was given by the band, and not being very impressed with the final product. I believe her opinion grew over time, but you gotta have some respect for her not instinctively jumping on the bandwagon, fiercely independent little British woman.
I was 14 years old when DSOTM came out. The first time I heard it was when I was flipping through my older brothers album collection. I was at home with one of my friends, we were baked out of our minds and put it on the turntable. And just like that, my whole perspective on music changed. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
It’s beautiful to watch a young person discover, appreciate and feel this incredible piece of work, an album I have been enjoying for the past 50 years and will continue to enjoy for the rest of my days. Wonderful as the first listen is, I would very strongly encourage putting aside some time to listen to it regularly. It never gets old, unlike us! It just matures and becomes more deeply appreciated. Thank you, Pink Floyd, for creating a sound that has meant to much to so many millions around the world.
A companion piece is Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' George Clinton, under the influence of LSD, told guitarist Hazel during therecording session to play as if he had been told his mother was dead: Clinton explained "I told him to play like his mother had died, to picture that day, what he would feel..." Made for similar just raw emotion in sound.
They did three takea of Great Gig but in the end, they chose the first take for the album. Clare Tory sang lead background vocals for the entire album and the first tour I believe.
@@Someonelser1Those first two Funkadelic Albums are underrated and Masterful. They should be in the conversation when we talk about Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Zeppelin, Supertramp etc. And honestly Parliament Funkadelic as a whole for their contributions to music. From 1969 to 72, those guys were as good as any of the bands I mentioned. It is a damn shame they get left out of conversation so much, but we know why... Supertramp, for all their popularity, somehow got lost in the shuffle with bands that aren't even half as good when they should be in more of "The greatest" conversations.
I loved seeing your reactions to each and every twist and turn of this masterpiece. I'm 68 now and watching you listen took me back to my very first 50:25 time too. I was listening to this for the first time with headphones, late at night. The melody was lulling me to sleep. When Time came on, I nearly fell out of bed! Have loved Pink Floyd ever since. Great video.
@@burnout_2017 I meant to literally feel. Yamaha RX-V683, Klipsch RP-260F floorstanders, Klipsch RP-402S bi-directional surrounds, Klipsch RP-404C centre channel, and a pair of BKE 50l sealed 12's on a pair of 400w class D amps. A system that can garner noise complaints from the far end of the village, and knock over pot plants, with floating horn tweeters to really make the tops shine. Headphones? Really??
Any Colour You Like is the most underrated piece of the album. No lyrics, no background noise, and just the soothing sounds of the synthesizer and guitar.
Boy do I miss the days when a radio station would put this on and let it play (usually while the DJ went up on the roof to get high). Hearing this on your car radio while driving home at 3:30 am - alone on the road through a blizzard… magic.
A radio station where I used to live did full sides of albums overnight Saturday/Sunday. When CDs came out they just played the whole thing. I remember sitting between two cars with friends along the beach listening to this in the early AM. Most of us mildly baked, and none of us caring about anything beyond our little cluster.
High as a kite, kicked back in my bean bag, sipping on some ice tea. Brings back old memories of high school freshman year. Thank you... now I know what to do in 5 years when I retire.
Always great to see someone new to Pink Floyd react. There is a reason Pink Floyd was/is so popular. They are not just anyone's rock band. Some of us out here have been listening to this music for going on 50 years now.
It's so lovely, seeing and hearing You , as your soul is shuddering and vibrating digesting these stoneage old music of my youth, and re experiencing this gobelin of so many scenes from the 70's. I thankYou really from my ❤ for sharing feeling and compassion with us! Best wishes to downunder, You sweet being! Conrad, hp&dr 🕉️
@@mikemartin8088 Its easy to miss if you had a run-of-the-mill sound system. I bought the album in the late 70's and didn't (couldn't) pick up on a lot of the background sounds or words. Got a decent stereo and speakers in the mid 80's and got a little angry with myself that I hadn't bought a decent one (and speakers) much sooner. LOTS of albums sounded so much better....and then I had to replace most of my albums with CD's. And now it's all saved to a Plex server. I still try to buy the CD so I have proof I didn't steal the album but some albums are getting hard to find....but some of the albums I'm trying to find are from the 1930's thru the 50's. My FIL fell on hard times in the early 2000's and ended up living with us and he had an extensive amount of music of Jazz greats dating back to Cab Calloway and Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong up through the Big Bands of the late 30's and into the late 1940's.
"Fond memories for me. I was in my 20's in the 70's, and now I'm in my 70's in the 20's! " Yeah... "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish you were here" remain (for me) absolutely magical. Heh. Can't believe I never noticed the 70s/20s and 20s/70s inversion before. Nice catch. lol
Pink Floyd, making our bodies move without even realizing what we are doing, painting movies directly inside our brains and giving us chills for generations. I'm glad you found this album. My generation would spend hours with the door closed, listening this music in the dark, letting the movies in our heads take over. My mother never understood why I liked isolate in the dark listening to Pink Floyd (mostly The Wall, but also this album). She thought I was upset or something because I didn't want to talk with anyone, just wanted to hear this music in the dark without being interrupted.
As a teenager of the 70s, and now an old man, and love you finding this music. I will not yell "get off my lawn!" but "welcome". enjoy. ...The Moody Blues will be a trip for you.
@@TheDredConspiracy "most emotional impact" ???-That is an inept assessment, at best. Perhaps, for YOU, personally ...for people you know?? ...but: it isn't some kind of "outright rule" or "overall inevitability." In fact, I feel that making that statement, unduly and ineptly, diminishes the rest of the album. Sure: a given person can "have favorites" (although, personally, I could never understand that!🤷🤷), however: in truth? if one is not valuing the entire album, they are missing the point. ...plus: things, naturally, have a different degree and/or value of: impact (emotional and otherwise!) given: personal experiences, understandings and: simply "the day" -on any given one! 🤷🤷 That is the natural and most universal response and experience! 🤷
Back in the day, we called this one of THE "Headphones" albums. You would jack in your headphones (3/4" jack), crank up the sound, close your eyes and just be one with the music for an hour or so.
I have been listening this music for 55 years, since I was 17 😢, it is always an emotion, even more exciting to see your beautiful face get emotional. I confess I shed a tear. The 70s and 80s are full of musical art of this level. Mary Given your sensitivity go to those years and you will find infinite emotions in the so-called POP music 🤗
You move your hips you shake your head, trying to catch the beat to dance too because that’s what you’re used to and you finally close your eyes and let your brain take over the way it is supposed to
If you want to see the unedited version that is not going through copyright claims [and therefore won't be potentially shut down], it's on patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/uncut-dark-side-106547457 -- for future music polls they'll be on: ko-fi.com/marycherryofficial/
00:02:02 - Speak to me
00:03:10 - Breathe (in the air)
00:05:12 - On the run
00:09:36 - Time
00:17:50 - The great gig in the set
00:22:48 - Money
00:29:22 - Us and them
00:38:14 - Any colour you like
00:42:10 - Brain damage
00:46:45 - Eclipse
I'm glad you like this album, Pink Floyd is the G.O.A.T, imho. I hope if you have another poll, you will consider adding the "Wish You Were Here" album, which I think is second only to Dark Side of the Moon. ty
You're going to have to do Pink Floyd "The Wall" now, if you enjoyed this. 🐖 Also another great concept album is "Days of Future Passed" by the Moody Blues. (The X-Men film borrowed the title.)
@@varycherry Maybe you should react to "Pink Floyd The Wall" film in your movie channel after listening to the album. Both the album and the movie are excellent, although Dark Side of the Moon is my favorite album from PF.
@@SG-js2qn DoFP is an amazing work, but for an overall album, I prefer their follow-up, "In Search of the Lost Chord". So many good songs on that one.
Other concept albums you might find interesting include Rush's "2112", Blue Oyster Cult's "Imaginos", Hawkwind's "Chronicle of the Black Sword", and Kamelot's "Silverthorn".
This is not just an album, it’s a piece of art that will last forever.
Fact!!❤
Yes! In it's own way as is Mozart, Beethoven, etc..
I agree
Agreed, an outstanding effort, Alan Parsons did a great job putting it together.
It's not an album..it's a journey
I am 71 years old so when this album came out I was 18. Great to see young people enjoying an album that I have heard at least 2000 times . brilliant ! ❤ 50:52
I was 18 when this album came out and I’m only 69 years old. Did this album throw you two years into the future? lol Getting old is hell, ain’t it?
Same here I was 10 and listened to ir on headphones. Love seeing people discovering this.
70 now. Incredible album that blew us away when it came out, and all these years later, is still way ahead of anything that anyone puts out now.
Cheers! To Long and Healthy life, friend!
Came out in March of 1973..so..
To say that "It's just so futuristic" about an album released 50 years ago, shows you just how far ahead of their time Pink Floyd actually was.
And how gracefully they age😉
This was the first album my father bought me. You really should be stoned, sativa for sure but whatever you have works.
I saw them perform Dark Side live at Earl's Court in 1973. It was a brilliant performance.
@@deegee5526 You have no idea what "Today's listener" wants, and just want to spin the narrative to make yourself feel better about your own personal opinions. Unlike "back in the times of yore when music was good", today's listener has about 85% of all the worlds music at their finger tips, and is able to make an informed decision.
It came out the same year I did...so obviously a Classic.😁
You weren't expecting the greatest band that ever played music, and yet here you are.
Dark Side of the Moon is one of the greatest rock albums of all time.
I'd say one of the greatest albums PERIOD.
And it turned 50 in March last year .... but do check out Echoes Live in Pompeii, recorded in 1971. And the entire Division Bell tour concert ("Pulse" album) from 1994.
No. The greatest.
The greatest piece of music to ever be created.
THE GREATEST, not one of
This album was on the Billboard Top 200 for over 18 not weeks, not months, but years. Pink Floyd will always take you on an emotional journey.
It's not just music, it's an experience.
It's a bloody work of art! High art!
Decades.
It set a record for this. If I remember correctly, it was in Guiness World Record book.
It should've hit #1 the first second it came out and still be there to today. It's THAT GOOD! I love Pink Floyd!
Im 65. Been listening to Pink Floyd all my life and I still get goosebumps.
Ain’t we had it good?!
Definitely not alone in that. 😉
And I have 2 x vinyl albums, 1 to Daily use and a spare for special occasions. 🥰
Me too
Freaking the best
Pink Floyd safe my life, in my hour of need. They are beyond music, they are a messangers of clarity, and hope.
My older brother dropped off this album for me to listen to at my parent's house just after it was released in America.
He had his own home just about a mile away in a different neighborhood than my parents. Less than 2 hours later I was knocking on his door, getting there on foot.
I handed him his album back when he open the door. He protested, "No, no you can keep it for a few weeks to listen to if you want."
I told him, "Roscoe, I have already bought one for my own."
I had a hi-fi syatem, bean bag, and some mood lights that went perfect with this great album.
I must confess, the 1970s was the greatest decade to be a part of.
Thank you Pink Floyd and thank you Roscoe, my big brother.
Love it!
Nothing like sitting in a darkened room with the glow from an old classic stereo reciever and listening to these great tracks. I really took my teenage years for granted.
My big brother introduced me to pink floyd as well.
In reference to your statement about the 1970’s - I’ve always said that those who were born in the 1980’s and after have missed out on so much especially in the music industry
@@roberthussey595 it was still young and pure. Not all of this fake or regurgitated, sampled crsp. Glad you got to live it.
This is not an album of 10 songs - it is ONE track in ten parts. It basically tells the life story of each of us.
I always worked with the idea it was one song 10 movements but you're right too.
...the end of Side 2 of the LP is the start of Side 1.
@@stevesteve7855 As it is on the Wall.
word
@@stevesteve7855That's the first time I've hear anyone else say that. In my younger years, my friends and I would listen to it that way some times. But also staring it in different places, using a tape recorded evenly on each side, so the auto reverse makes it continuous.
When the piano started Great Gig in the Sky, she said Ooh, piano I like where this is heading. I was thinking, oh honey, you have no idea where this is heading. LOL
Exactly what I was thinking! This album gains popularity as time marches on, no one who hears it is not an instant fan.
Clare Torry's performance on Great Gig In The Sky is truly lightning in a bottle. NOBODY could have done it as well as she did, let alone better. She conveyed such emotion and pain in just a few minutes without a single word. Brings me to tears every time I hear it. The onion cutting ninjas strike again. You never see them, but the tears start rolling.
Me too haha
😂😂😂
Yes - I even let out a maniacal little laugh, knowing that the roller coaster was only just starting.
Time should MANDATORY listening for everyone over 16 on their birthday with a message DO NOT let "Ten years get behind you"
Yeah, but it never works.
Everyone will look back and realise ten years got behind them. No matter how many warnings. Always happens.
That's why the lyric is so powerful. Speaks to the human condition itself.
“I’ve never heard of Dark Side of the Moon.”
😳
God,I feel old.
Or maybe we should feel grateful that we first heard it decades ago.
Right?!
What really made me feel old was that, again (lots of young reactors to DSOTM commit the same mistake), she thought that the rhythmic beats at the start of "Time" were heartbeats. They've never seen a mechanical clock and don't know what a tictac is.
if it helps i’m 16 and it’s my favourite album
@@ursobr1961 Those are heartbeats. There is no "mechanical clock." A tictac is a breath mint.
Don’t talk!
Don’t listen!
Feel!
She’s beginning to experience the magic!
She has just begun the journey John. 🙂🙂
Sure is wish she would quit yapping though!
Breathe ..breathe in the floyd
@@johnwilliamson7506 Don't talk is all that's left of censorship today. Sure sign of TDS. I see it in facial expression dead give away. So far no cure takes time
exactly
Saw an interview with David Gilmour in which he said he was jealous of people who get to hear Dark Side of the Moon for the first time
Awesome to see someone experience one of the very best albums ever produced for the first time.
Now you know young lady what all the hype has has been about for so many decades. Great to see the joy on your face listening to this masterpiece. 😊
Truth be said, you can't bring back that first time. I wish I could, can only come close at best.
😅@@Grecks75
I cam still remember hearing it for the first time and on headphones too and it blew me away. Anyone playing it for the first time should listen to it through headphones and all the way through in one listen to get the best experience.
Oddly enough, me too. I've heard it dozens and dozens of times and I occasionally watch these first hearing things...and genuinely feel jealous of the listeners.
70s were so long ago.. This album.. I close my eyes and remember how it was.. 😊
Waters, Gilmore, Mason, Wright, Clare Torry, Richard Parry (sax) and the incredible Alan Parsons. You lot made history. Thank you a million times over.
You left someone out of that list
Sid barret
@@stevrnmcmorris The video and my comment is about this album not the history of the band.
@@bunion8579 yes, though I can see where @stevrnmcmorris is coming from. At the time this magnificent album was conceived, Syd Barrett had suffered severe mental deterioration and was clearly in his former band mates thoughts, heavily influencing the music they produced in both Dark Side and, of course, Wish You Were Here. But I’m sure you already knew all that.
@@bunion8579Alan Parsons mixed the greatest engineered album of all time 51 years ago. Thankyou Pink Floyd.
The band told the women who sang on Great Gig In The sky (Clare Torry) to go in to the booth and just do what she felt suited the music, when she finished she said she was embarrassed with her performance, but the rest of the world was in left open mouthed in amazement!
I've watched her singing it on The Delicate Sound Of Thunder concert on RUclips many times. Amazing!
She has an incredible voice
It took MANY years, but the woman who did the vocals is now credited as one of the song's writers.
The band never forgot her, she was credited on the album, and still gets royalties from it. Outstanding, mesmeric, brilliant, whatever plaudits you throw at it, it's a piece of art that will ever be preserved.
The band made sure she was on the credits for what she did. This was in 1973!
We can't neglect Alan Parsons contributions to this album. Totally innovative.
Agreed, he totally changed their approach following I suspect the methods employed by Jethro Tull in Thick as a Brick. It was an age of amazing musical innovation.
Alan was the mastermind behind the album
@@jbd96039
The engineer Alan Parsons was responsible for many of the sonic aspects of the recording but the true mastermind behind the album and his concept was Waters.
@@LeDedoubleur Yes, Roger Waters is a musical genius. David Gilmore learned from Waters, and we can call them both Masters at creating new music. Producer's/Engineers are often referred to as another member of the band if they are superb. Tony Clark of the Moody Blues was credited as the man behind their tasty recording-studio effects. Song creators come first, then musicianship.
THANK you!
Hi Mary, first time seeing you! A pleasure watching you enjoy Dark side..... I'm 79 tomorrow, loved this music in the 70's and seeing it catching you, so many years later!! TIMELESS!!
Apologies for the long story I felt compelled to share:
This album is my favorite piece of art of any kind. 9 years ago my mother became very ill and we were waiting for the end. My sister and I traded days on duty and off to keep our sanity. On one of my “Days off” I went to a music festival. One band was a Pink Floyd cover band that did the entire album from start to finish.
During “Time” my sister called and said our mom had taken a turn for the worse and she’d call me back if I had to come to the hospital. As “Money”started I got another call saying she had passed. That meant she died while I was listening to “The Great Gig in the Sky” being played live. My mom loved to sing and was in several choirs. That song is about dying, fighting against it, and accepting it. It also is just a female vocalist. That song, and album, took on a whole new meaning for me.
Anyway, loved the reaction. The Wall would be great next.
A lot of funerals play Great Gig in the sky.
We all know why.
It was a very moving story.
Kudos to mom for raising a great son.❤
Thanks for sharing. Be Good, Be Happy, Be Loved
@@mikegallagher2142 It's a gentle nudge for us to look at our own mortality. My wife's passing devastated me. While driving home from shopping
stoically , looking at the beauty for the last time, me I'm in total denial of the inevetable. 5 days after she passed away at hospice home
She saw her final sunset. Great Gig in the Sky : 4 levels in that stunning Aria, Its coming, talk about it, understand it the only way YOU know how, Feel the emotions, Grieve, Grieve hard no rhyme or reason of it.
Finally, Time and Remeberance.
We shall see ea. other again that's promised! 🕊️
There is a reason this is one of the best selling albums of all times. I’ve listened to it countless times in all sorts of settings, vinyl, flac 5.1 surround etc
I hear something different every time.
Sorry about your mom. It’s ok to be sad she’s gone but be joyful she lived.
The vocalize was improvised. They had a run through to help her familiarized with the music. She did one take and nailed it. She then went back to being a proper British housewife. The consumption of headphones w3ed skyrocketed. David Gilmore is genius behind this band. There’s some concert videos from the ruins of Pompeii. The one at night is my favorite because of the lighting.
The fact that this is over 50 YEARS OLD is mindblowing
The fact that I have been listening to it for that long blows my mind.
@@armadillotoe Same here!
Feeling so old.
try being over 50
Right?! 😂😂😂. Don't ever believe that you are old! The second you do, then you are!
Not saying to smoke some green stuff and then lay down and stare at a ceiling fan, but do that.
😎😎
Was gonna ask if she did already before she started the review.
Back in the late 70’s there used to be this….um….mushroom. And we’d take a handful, grown locally in cow pastures, lol and this album was transcendent.
Lay down with eyes closed
Oh no dont but if you have by Ytube requirements oh well W T F
The greatest album of all time from the Greatest band of all time.
I couldn't agree more!
00:02:02 - Speak to me
00:03:10 - Breathe (in the air)
00:05:12 - On the run
00:09:36 - Time
00:17:50 - The great gig in the set
00:22:48 - Money
00:29:22 - Us and them
00:38:14 - Any colour you like
00:42:10 - Brain damage
00:46:45 - Eclipse
_Time_ and _Eclipse_ are my favourite songs on the album.
Ita The Great Gig in the Sky. Not Set
Mushrooms my friend the experience will live with you
the lady singing in the great gig is Clare Torry;) always liked pink floyd great escape music and they are love around the world that do shows a lot from them, music back in the 70's 80's 90's was trying the best to bring all together, cant wait to see what music will evolve too in 10y from now 🐺✌
If you want to see the unedited version that is not going through copyright claims [and therefore won't be potentially shut down], it's on patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/uncut-dark-side-106547457 -- for future music polls they'll be on: ko-fi.com/marycherryofficial/
This isn’t a concept album … it’s THE concept album.
The sound engineer of this masterpiece and concept album is Alan Parson. "Dark Side of the Moon " is the third most selling album in rock history
fuck yeah
@@xavierdaume2757 And the longest song on the Billboard top 100 Album list ever.
Ahhh, NO! That belongs to Sgt Peppers, the first real concept album, without that there would be no DSM! Everything stems from The Fab Four!
Nah, Animals and The Wall have a stronger concept, even though you could make an argument Dark Side is better than both as an album.
Welcome to the rabbit hole. I have been listening to this album for its 50 years and it never gets old. Its a wonderful journey into life, and death, and a little bit of madness along the way. The more you listen the more you hear and the more you let yourself just feel the more you will understand. If you read a little of the band history and about Sid Barrett the more this album [and the next one too] make sense. The vocals in Great Gig are the amazing Clare Torry, with perhaps one of the single greatest improvisational vocals ever recorded. Thank you Clare
Pink Floyd is so much more than just music. It’s truth, pain, healing, genius, movement revelation and revolution and so much more. It is my soul in vibration.
A little trivia. Dark Side Of The Moon was recorded at Abbey Road Studios (made famous by the Beatles who recorded all their albums there). The recording engineer was Alan Parsons who formed the Alan Parsons Project ( another must listen). The guy speaking in the background was the Door Man at Abbey Road Studios. They asked him to just say a bunch of gibberish. Clare Torry (a session vocalist) did the vocals on The Great Gig In The Sky. She asked what the band wanted and they told her they would do a trial run through the song and for her to just do what came to mind. They kept the trial run. No second take. The Saxophone (not trumpet) is the same guy from The Alan Parsons Project. The Dark Side Of The Moon is still considered one of the best works ever recorded and that was over 50 years ago (says a lot about today's music). If you listen very closely you can hear the heart beat running all the way through the album.
I concur that summary. 👍
Great backstory - thank you.
It should be added that all the sound effects (clocks, chimes, coins, cash registers, etc.) were created off site, recorded separately and added in during the mix. It’s a lot of detail work on a limited amount of analog tape tracks that is easily overlooked today. No ProTool plugins in 1973. Creativity on a completely different level. This album is an absolute masterpiece that will still be played somewhere centuries from now.
@caseymoe816 also of note is that all of the orchestration and mastering was done in New York. The engineering on this album is just insane
Thanks for that information, it is really great to know!
Every time someone discovers Pink Floyd, an angel gets its wings.
It was a good decision to just listen and get into it sonically at first before diving into the lyrics. But understanding the lyrics will add so much.
and when they finally understand the album, they hack them off and bleed out.
then they listen to Animals
In deed
"A soul in tension that's learning to fly"
WELCOME TOOOOOOO THE MACHIIIINE!
Angels don't have wings, cherubins do.
I’m 73 this year, this is probably my favorite album of all time, it almost like being born again every time I listen to it, it’s 50 years old I can’t believe it!!.. it never fails to take me on a mental & emotional journey (certain substances helped). I was in tears watching you react to it. You said Big Gig In The Sky that Clare sounded like she was in pain, your life flashes before you before you die, the pain & pleasure, love & hate all that we were.. our spirit lives on, even though we’re forgotten.
You said it! Perfectly true and beautiful man! I'm a youngster at 68.
@@ricksprinkle8396 I'm an even younger youngster at 62 and it still blows my mind that the lyrics mean something different every ten years or so when I listen to it again. Also, the fact that Clare Torry only got paid 30 pounds for her performance on the album is astounding. She eventually sued the band and got an undisclosed amount and credits on future pressing of Dark Side as vocal composer for the song.
I was in high school when this album was released. I've had the original album, a second LP and a CD for my vehicle. It's my absolute favorite album of all time.
I love the Beatles but this is my favorite album of all time.
73 also…this album saved my sanity for the entire 70’s while in the military. A cassette player and some cheap headphones were the escape pod. If someone onboard ship had a reel to reel and good headphones…perfect
Thanks for listening to one of my favorite albums with me.. Your reactions were perfect and wonderful.. I got to relive a bit of the same emotion again as I had the first time I listened to it.l
Imagine being 18 and sitting down in the lounge room one evening with half a dozen friends who were all high in the early 70's and hearing this album for the first time.
Yep, it was a profound moment in this old blokes life.
That was me except I was 17 and, yes, there were psychedelics involved. Contact high every time I hear it!
Imagine being really stoned at the actual concert. Oh wait. I was there...and really, really stoned. lol
I would lay on my back in the living room stoned as hell and with my head phones cranked, I can still hear the colors. The good old days I will be 71 this Dec 2nd.
I was and I did. Mind blowing doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Yup yup! I remember getting stoned and going to the Dark Side of the Moon laser light show at the planetarium in the early 80's.
You are epic for listening to the whole album. ❤
"And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun"
Hits a lot harder now that I'm in my 40s than the first time I heard this in my early teens
My father told me when to run, but he didn't use a starting gun. He used his boot. Still, you can't argue with those lyrics, they apply to far more than money. working my ass off means I will be retiring comfortably, without a woman. So yeah, I was kind of deaf to that starting gun.
@@curtislow255 how do you think I feel at (73).🤣🤣
I think it's amazing that a guy in his late 20s already had enough insight to write the lyrics in this song. It's crushing.
Or in your late 60’s. I first heard this song as a freshman in high school in 1973.
Wait till your 66.
Very Cherry Indeed! I had tears of joy watching your reactions throughout the whole Vid. Priceless!!
Me at 67 yrs old being a rocker all my life, Pink Floyd Dark side of The Moon is and has been an all time favorite of mine Mary Cherry! Your vid brought me tons of joy! Subscribed.
When you're not listening for us, you should listen to the whole thing a second time for you.
Absolutely this, the more you listen to it, the greater the impact it has on you.
Listen in a dark room with the best source you can find, CD or mastered album!
WITH THE LYRICS PULLED UP
Yes, add the lyrics, particularly for Time. That song just gets more poignant every minute.
Yes
This album never gets old.
And when they did it live on their PULSE tour it was even better as was Echoes on David Cilmour's Remeber that Night vid. They are complete icons.
The Great Gig in the Sky is about what happens to the soul at death. The first part (pain) is about "what happened to me?" The second part is bargaining. The the third part is acceptance. So, Mary, you have taken the first step down an amazing path. You have eaten the appetizer, now get ready for the entree. Watch the 1994 Pink Floyd Pulse concert. And have a supply of tissues on hand, yes, the music is that powerful. Watch out for the flying pigs-I'm not kidding, you will see flying pigs in the concert.
I was lucky enough to see Pink Floyd in concert a few times, including their 1994 tour. There’s no describing the experience of Pink Floyd live.
Have to disagree
Should be
Delicate Sound of Thunder
film of the
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
tour, better album, better songs &
The Best Back-Up Singers EVER
Rachel Fury
Durga McBroom &
Margaret Taylor
I saw the 94 Pulse tour in Foxboro MA, along with 75, 77 & 87, no better shows in my lifetime.
Grief, anger, denial, bargaining and acceptance
So happy to have you aboard, took me many years to hear the lyrics. The lyrics have different meanings every time you listen as you age. I’m almost 70 now :)
The choice to listen first without reading lyrics or "researching" what something is supposed to mean beforehand is always a good one in my opinion .
You can always go back and listen to it again 😉
The lyrics do hit you differently as you age, especially in "Time". Hard to imagine Waters was still in his twenties when he wrote them.
There's a reason why this album was on the billboard top 100 for *eleven years* when most albums only last a few weeks. Absolutely incredible!
@sagetoons198 Wow! That long? That's nearly 19 years! I'd always thought it was 11. Either way, a record that's likely never to be broken!
@@sagetoons198 That was top 200.
when most albums never make it to the top100...
"One day during my time at university, I was talking to a close friend of a friend about Pink Floyd. He asked me if I had ever listened to Pink Floyd. I told him that I had listened to a few of their songs. When he asked me if I had ever listened to the album The Dark Side of the Moon from start to finish, I said no. He replied, 'Then you haven't really listened to Pink Floyd.' So, I went home and listened to the album from beginning to end. It was everything he said it would be. I was mesmerized."
First time watching you , I had the greatest time getting into this great album with you, I loved the way you described each song and how it made you feel, your awesome, Thanks John
Knowing that this album explores themes such as conflict, greed, time, death, and mental illness. It is such an incredible work of art the band did
So glad you reacted to the album as a whole (as intended) and not just an individual song or two!
Can you believe that there are some people out there who think that you should listen to songs from this album any way that you want to? There's another reactor that got into Pink Floyd, and I told her not to listen to all the people who are recommending single songs from it. I told her to ignore them and listen to the whole thing beginning to end. What does she do? She's listening to the whole album, one track at a time, weeks in-between, and out of order. SMFH.
@@mgordon1100 believe me, I get your frustration but you gotta chill.
Yes. She has been TOLD by every Aussie she knows. THAT's how you listen to it.
You picked arguably the greatest album of all time for your first album reaction. I was 17 when this album was released, always enjoy watching people listening to it for the first time.
Ditto
Also ditto.
Absolutely, me too.
Great seeing someone’s reactions for the first time on listening to this iconic album! I have been listening to it for 45 years and still never fails to give me goosebumps! Very enjoyable & thank you..
my children, all grown and gone, aged 49, 45 and 27..all have dark side of the moon in their home(s)...makes me a very happy ol' fella xx
God bless you Richard Wright!!! Your piano and vocals are the secret weapon of Pink Floyd!!
Welcome to Pink Floyd. You chose the best album ever made to be your first full album review. It means more each time you listen to it, and as each year passes, it changes how it affects you.
If you like Pink Floyd, their album "Wish You Were Here" is a must listen.
+1. *Wish You Were Here* should be your second Pink Floyd reaction.
"Animals" is a better album.
@@allengator1914 Animals is my favorite Pink Floyd album.
@@allengator1914 No, just no. Animals is an excellent album but WYWH is another tier
@@allengator1914I love Animals but the production is not nearly as good as WYWH, having Shine On makes it worth every second
You did such a great job on reacting to this perfect album! Normally reactors to Dark Side of the Moon are just reactions to individual songs but we as listeners miss out on the way each song transitions into the next! Like I said ... great Job Mary!
cheers Jymm!
The way to listen to this album is undoubtedly to do what I did when I bought it, I took the album to my local cafe where I knew a lot of my friends were. We all went round to my flat put it carefully on the turntable, closed the curtains, smoked some weed and gently lowered the needle to the record, minds were blown. We all sat in stunned silence before, with trembling hands, I turned the record over…… more weed was smoked, more stunned silence. We played the album over and over. Minds blown, and they remained that way for the next 50 years, nothing has changed!
Those were the good days !
@@bennym1956 So you never got it.
lol
Exactly the way I did it, with friends, weed, and beers... So I totally agree with you !! Cheers buddy !!
Your experience mirrors my own. Same age.
I've loved this album for 50+ years. This is the first time I've ever really followed along closely with the lyrics. Chilling and amazing. Thanks for letting me hear this again for the first time.
In 1973 I was a freshman in college. One of my friends called and said come to my room, I have a new album I want you to listen to. I listen to the entire album and when it ended, I looked at my friend and said Masterpiece!
We went to Different Colleges Together . . .
Same for me except when Dark Side was done my friend popped on Umma Gumma because I'd never heard that one either. I was blown away!
It was similar for me.
I am 69 years old.
I purchased the album the week it was released in Australia. I've listened to it literally thousands of times.
"The Great Gig in the Sky" still brings me tears every time.
When this album finishes, I need a timeout to recompose myself.
Wish You Were Here follows a very close second in my personal album chart!
I saw a documentary about making of dark side and the band knew at the end they had something special.
You covered this perfectly: the full album, not focusing on lyrics, exploring the feelings evoked. So much music in this period was created to be experienced this way, like an opera. I can't count how often in my youth I would lie on the floor in a darkened room with headphones and a great album playing. I would fly; I would cry; and I would appreciate the art.
WoW.. I also did the headphones while laying on the floor with the addition of watching my DIY light show on the ceiling. Does anyone remember "Music Vision" from Edmund Scientific?
1974, our school in Auckland NZ had a drama room with no windows and no seats just big cushions on the floor, and a great stereo. A group of us used to commandeer the drama room at lunchtimes to listen to our favourite albums in the dark, with incense burning 😅 😊😊. This was just one of them ❤
I was in a music class in 1975 when Bohemian Rhapsody hit NZ. Our music teacher was a stuffy crabby old lady (or so I thought) I was blown away when she put the Queen LP on, told us to hush and listen...
she became our fav teacher as she played it over and went into old lady trance mode, swaying to that song.
She printed out the words for us to learn and all of us can remember every word today.
ohh I'm 62.
Pink Floyd is not a traditional rock band. Pink Floyd breaks through barriers of genres and sound.
Jazz from Mars.
Yeah, PF is their own genre.
That , my Pink Floydian friend is so spot on.!!
Peace be with you .
Used to see metal heads in the 80’s with Pink Floyd patches on their jean jackets. Thought Floyd was corny without hearing them!!! I had no idea!!!!!
Pink Floyd is their own genre Universal endless
watching you grove on it, takes me back to my first time hearing it. Thank you.
released on 1 March 1973. and i bought the album the day it came out.
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun."
Time.
Being wasted.
One of the main themes of this classic album. It will be studied by serious academics and loved by new fans in a hundred years.
Wow these lyrics really got to me when I first heard it at 20 years old that was 36 years ago and I’m still waiting lol
exactly
Spot On man, they're the deepest band ever!
Yes. thise line represent the moment you realize you wasted your life... and now its too late.
This is not only one of the most iconic rock albums ever made, but Pink Floyd were a modern musical powerhouse. Their music is not only unique, but it is timeless and will one day be recognised by all generations as a phenomenon of it's time. It is great to see a new generation reacting to Dark Side of The Moon in the same way us "oldies" all did when it was released. Thank you Mary! With this video you are sharing this incredibly talented group of musicians to a generation who have never had the immense pleasure of appreciating the phenomenon that is Pink Floyd! Well done girl for accepting the challenge - it was amazing watching your face light up and react to the music! Keep exploring the iconic bands of the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's - you will be blown away by what's hiding in plain sight!!
I was certain Art Rock was going illuminate a bright future for the world so
you can imagine the depression when disco took the world backward once again.
@@REDPUMPERNICKEL No one else but the owners of the record companies are to blame for this.
Well said. That is it exactly.
"Wish You Were Here" should be the next Pink Floyd album.
Why? Just because it is the best Pink Floyd album and way better than Dark Side of the Moon?
Absolutely.
Animals...PF's second best album
@@dondebomm6329 Incorrect, Sir. Dark Side Of The Moon is 2nd. Wish You Were Here is 1st.
@@chrisevans1255 ha ha charade you are...lol
I've Heard this album dozens of times and just loved your comments. Thank You.
Glad you liked it. Pink Floyd aren't just a band. Pink Floyd are an experience.
It's true. And it stays with you forever. And sometimes it saves you.
When she said that they added a trumpet, it broke my heart a little. It's a saxophone.
She clarified at the beginning that she doesn't know the "lingo."
But, yeah, I cringed too.
Sacrilege.
She prolly never heard or saw a jazz, jazz rock, blues band or a Sax! 😮
she was to bussy with here nails to consentrait to the music
@@ALong-fo5so did you mean to say Saxrilege? lol
As a 13 year old at School, the music appreciation teacher asked the class whether anyone had heard of Pink Floyd. No one did. He then proceeded to play the full LP. End of class- and welcome to musical education!
Cool, we didn't have 'music appreciation' at my school but
I must tell you how surprised I was when my physics teacher
allowed the whole of my Electric Ladyland LP to be played in class
after I told him I thought it was important.
Yes I had the same experience when I was 13. Some student type with a pink kipper tie played it in class. We then had to draw our impression of it. All the kids became Jackson Pollock for the afternoon.
Must have been an amazing expierience
I have listened to this album for fifty years, (one of my favorites). You, absolutely, nailed it!
Imagine being able to experience listening to this masterpiece for the first time again, she's a very lucky young lady!
El propio Gilmour ha confesado que la mayor pena que le ha proporcionado DSOTM es que el nunca ha podido escucharlo de principio a fin por primera vez como la gente corriente
welcome to old school rock, where bands didn't write 4 minute songs for radio in the background, but hours long experiences as a medium on its own.
How to listen to this album:
Step 1) Go to a park surrounded by nature
Step 2) Ingest some cannabis/thc
Step 3) put headphones in/on
Step 4) lay down on a blanket
Step 5) look up at the sky
Step 6) melt into the ground and be one with the universe
This is the way to listen any Pink Floyd!
You don't need cannabis to enjoy this album at all.
@@rossharper-ds4dnsure…. you also don’t need a surfboard in the ocean, but it’s a lot of fun if you do!
ma and wife being in northern Norway for a while were taking winter overalls, laid beck on the snow, listened to the Album gazing at the Milky Way crossing above with long bright aurora borealis... For hours... Manity times
@@rossharper-ds4dn No, you don't, but it doesn't hurt.
The Great Gig in the Sky: her name is Clare Tory. She was a 25 year old session vocalist hired by the band for three hours. She came into the studio did two and half completely improvised takes and ascended into immortality.
And the band paid her 50 pound day rate, and gave her nothing else--even though they all admit she came up with the part all by herself, making her a songwriter.
@@HisHowliness It took a lawsuit but she did eventually get songwriters credit and (undisclosed) royalty payment / agreement
@@Llanchlo oh I know--i meant at the time
Clare was also infamous for being haughty about the whole experience, the lack of direction she was given by the band, and not being very impressed with the final product. I believe her opinion grew over time, but you gotta have some respect for her not instinctively jumping on the bandwagon, fiercely independent little British woman.
@@HisHowliness Improvising a solo doesn't make you a songwriter.
This album changes lives.
I was 14 years old when DSOTM came out. The first time I heard it was when I was flipping through my older brothers album collection. I was at home with one of my friends, we were baked out of our minds and put it on the turntable. And just like that, my whole perspective on music changed.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
It’s beautiful to watch a young person discover, appreciate and feel this incredible piece of work, an album I have been enjoying for the past 50 years and will continue to enjoy for the rest of my days. Wonderful as the first listen is, I would very strongly encourage putting aside some time to listen to it regularly. It never gets old, unlike us! It just matures and becomes more deeply appreciated. Thank you, Pink Floyd, for creating a sound that has meant to much to so many millions around the world.
I bought this album 50 years ago when I was 23. At 73 it is still a masterpiece to my ears and heart.
I bought it when I was 13 yo, still crankin it. 51 years ago.
Pink Floyd don’t create music they create portals to somewhere else
😂🙏
"I kinda feel like she's in pain" Good reaction to clare torry singing. She was told (by Roger) to sing like she's dying.
A companion piece is Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' George Clinton, under the influence of LSD, told guitarist Hazel during therecording session to play as if he had been told his mother was dead: Clinton explained "I told him to play like his mother had died, to picture that day, what he would feel..."
Made for similar just raw emotion in sound.
They did three takea of Great Gig but in the end, they chose the first take for the album. Clare Tory sang lead background vocals for the entire album and the first tour I believe.
@@Someonelser1Those first two Funkadelic Albums are underrated and Masterful. They should be in the conversation when we talk about Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Zeppelin, Supertramp etc. And honestly Parliament Funkadelic as a whole for their contributions to music. From 1969 to 72, those guys were as good as any of the bands I mentioned. It is a damn shame they get left out of conversation so much, but we know why...
Supertramp, for all their popularity, somehow got lost in the shuffle with bands that aren't even half as good when they should be in more of "The greatest" conversations.
I heard this for the first time in 1974 when I was 18, and I immediately assumed Clare Torry was having an orgasm. 😃
I have been listening to this for 50 years now and still have goosebumbs, every time
I loved seeing your reactions to each and every twist and turn of this masterpiece. I'm 68 now and watching you listen took me back to my very first 50:25 time too. I was listening to this for the first time with headphones, late at night. The melody was lulling me to sleep. When Time came on, I nearly fell out of bed!
Have loved Pink Floyd ever since.
Great video.
This album sold a lot of speakers. Still does.
And proved to the masses that headphones rule.
A classic comment from those that don't know how to build a proper big system!
Headphones don't allow you to 'feel'.
@@PrivateCustard ???????? Thats just foolish to say
@@burnout_2017 I meant to literally feel.
Yamaha RX-V683, Klipsch RP-260F floorstanders, Klipsch RP-402S bi-directional surrounds, Klipsch RP-404C centre channel, and a pair of BKE 50l sealed 12's on a pair of 400w class D amps. A system that can garner noise complaints from the far end of the village, and knock over pot plants, with floating horn tweeters to really make the tops shine.
Headphones? Really??
@@PrivateCustard dude, your fighting a losing battle
Any Colour You Like is the most underrated piece of the album. No lyrics, no background noise, and just the soothing sounds of the synthesizer and guitar.
I strongly agree.
This is true! Though it’s hard to pick any ONE that tops the others.
This was the inspiration for the album cover .
I really enjoined to see your reactions to this peace of art.
Boy do I miss the days when a radio station would put this on and let it play (usually while the DJ went up on the roof to get high). Hearing this on your car radio while driving home at 3:30 am - alone on the road through a blizzard… magic.
A radio station where I used to live did full sides of albums overnight Saturday/Sunday. When CDs came out they just played the whole thing.
I remember sitting between two cars with friends along the beach listening to this in the early AM. Most of us mildly baked, and none of us caring about anything beyond our little cluster.
That does sound magical. I always found driving in new snow at night on deserted roads so peaceful.
Did that while stationed in Boston and Oooooh booooy!!!
High as a kite, kicked back in my bean bag, sipping on some ice tea. Brings back old memories of high school freshman year. Thank you... now I know what to do in 5 years when I retire.
Yeap i know what you mean..and for blizzards...here in Quebec...we got them and it was epic
Always great to see someone new to Pink Floyd react. There is a reason Pink Floyd was/is so popular. They are not just anyone's rock band. Some of us out here have been listening to this music for going on 50 years now.
The thing about Pink Floyd is the magic is in the music and the spell is in the words.
I’m stealing that, great take
It's so lovely, seeing and hearing You , as your soul is shuddering and vibrating digesting these stoneage old music of my youth, and re experiencing this gobelin of so many scenes from the 70's. I thankYou really from my ❤ for sharing feeling and compassion with us! Best wishes to downunder, You sweet being!
Conrad, hp&dr 🕉️
The music will lull you into a state of mindful acceptance. The lyrics will then wreck your head.
There’s a reason this album spent YEARS on the Billboard music charts. It’s essential listening for anyone, music fan or not.
990 weeks I believe.
“There’s no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it’s all dark”. Right at the end during the heartbeat.
Yeah she totally missed that.
@@mikemartin8088 that's what happens when you talk to much during a reaction a lot of great songs are ruined because of it
@@mikemartin8088 Its easy to miss if you had a run-of-the-mill sound system. I bought the album in the late 70's and didn't (couldn't) pick up on a lot of the background sounds or words. Got a decent stereo and speakers in the mid 80's and got a little angry with myself that I hadn't bought a decent one (and speakers) much sooner. LOTS of albums sounded so much better....and then I had to replace most of my albums with CD's. And now it's all saved to a Plex server. I still try to buy the CD so I have proof I didn't steal the album but some albums are getting hard to find....but some of the albums I'm trying to find are from the 1930's thru the 50's. My FIL fell on hard times in the early 2000's and ended up living with us and he had an extensive amount of music of Jazz greats dating back to Cab Calloway and Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong up through the Big Bands of the late 30's and into the late 1940's.
You are one of the very BEST of the music reviewers, Hands Down!!
Very happy that you've decided to react to albums and more speciifically THIS album! Props to the voters!
It's so good!
Fond memories for me. I was in my 20's in the 70's, and now I'm in my 70's in the 20's! I'm grateful. 😃💕
"Fond memories for me. I was in my 20's in the 70's, and now I'm in my 70's in the 20's! " Yeah... "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish you were here" remain (for me) absolutely magical. Heh. Can't believe I never noticed the 70s/20s and 20s/70s inversion before. Nice catch. lol
Very Cool ! I have exactly the same numbers working for me ! Thanks buddy !
Pink Floyd, making our bodies move without even realizing what we are doing, painting movies directly inside our brains and giving us chills for generations.
I'm glad you found this album. My generation would spend hours with the door closed, listening this music in the dark, letting the movies in our heads take over.
My mother never understood why I liked isolate in the dark listening to Pink Floyd (mostly The Wall, but also this album). She thought I was upset or something because I didn't want to talk with anyone, just wanted to hear this music in the dark without being interrupted.
First time here!! I love PINK FLOYD!!!! It just amazed me watching you describe what YOU heard on this album!!! Awesome video!!
As a teenager of the 70s, and now an old man, and love you finding this music. I will not yell "get off my lawn!" but "welcome". enjoy. ...The Moody Blues will be a trip for you.
Agreed! Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin get so much attention but in my opinion, The Moody Blues made albums just as good if not better.
Nights in White Satin.
Many people say The Great Gig in the Sky is about the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
I always thought it was about death (the "gig in the sky").
It starts with struggle/refusal and ending with resignation/acceptance (...and death).
It's about the death process, like you're the one dying and passing into the afterlife.
it's about intestinal blockage and the relief it brings on the toilet
@@fredtello None of that goes anywhere near "the sky." Ever. At all. ...So: No.
@@TheDredConspiracy "most emotional impact" ???-That is an inept assessment, at best.
Perhaps, for YOU, personally ...for people you know??
...but: it isn't some kind of "outright rule" or "overall inevitability."
In fact, I feel that making that statement, unduly and ineptly, diminishes the rest of the album.
Sure: a given person can "have favorites" (although, personally, I could never understand that!🤷🤷), however: in truth? if one is not valuing the entire album, they are missing the point.
...plus: things, naturally, have a different degree and/or value of: impact (emotional and otherwise!) given: personal experiences, understandings and: simply "the day" -on any given one! 🤷🤷
That is the natural and most universal response and experience!
🤷
I first heard this as a teenager, I just turned 70 years old and still love it! (Just need to turn it up a bit louder!)
Back in the day, we called this one of THE "Headphones" albums. You would jack in your headphones (3/4" jack), crank up the sound, close your eyes and just be one with the music for an hour or so.
I have been listening this music for 55 years, since I was 17 😢, it is always an emotion, even more exciting to see your beautiful face get emotional. I confess I shed a tear. The 70s and 80s are full of musical art of this level. Mary Given your sensitivity go to those years and you will find infinite emotions in the so-called POP music 🤗
You move your hips you shake your head, trying to catch the beat to dance too because that’s what you’re used to and you finally close your eyes and let your brain take over the way it is supposed to
Yes!! I flew through a rainbow and went to the moon the first time I listened lmao
@@Im_lil_kennedy yep your mind can take you too many more amazing places than your legs
@@Cheesesteak70-d1v facts. I’ve known that since I was a kid lol my mind is my only “safe space”, At least for now.