There’s something quietly reassuring seeing you absorb this music that has been a part of my entire life… I’m 57 now and have lived my life knowing these songs. Thank you ❤️
Yeah, she seems to get it a little more than most do. But then, she's hearing it like it's meant to be, as a whole album, rather than as a series of individual pieces. Either way she's doing great!
Same here. I am 61 years old . I love the grin you have listening to and as was said absorbing this album. It gives me great pleasure sharing these moments with you. Thank you sharing this reaction.
In 1973, the sounds Pink Floyd produced were sounds of the future. No-one experienced those kinds of noises. Now, they're sounds of a certain past, but they still sound futuristic. Sequencers, tape-loops, all done manually because computers were a thing of the future. That's what makes Pink Floyd stand-out and special. The vision they had, the guts to experiment. Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason and in the early days Syd Barrett were far ahead of their time. The Einsteins of music, so to speak. And fifty years after the facts, you sit there and enjoy. Lovely to watch. Warm embraces from Belgium, ma jolie.
This is definitely a headphone or surround sound album. It's a shame that over the past decade or so, the magic of the stereo soundscape has been lost to music coming out of phones and single bluetooth speakers. When I was a teen, speaker placement was just as important as a decent amp and turntable..
And the original album was recorded in quadraphonic, but not many people had a quadraphonic record player. Luckily my brother did so I got to hear it fully. It was really something to have the running footsteps and clocks circling around the room.
I first heard this album in high school. My music teacher came into class one day and said "this is a new album - I'm convinced it will become one of the most important albums ever made. For today's lesson we're just going to listen to it right through." I'm pretty sure the whole class was blown away by it.
Our music teacher made us listen to Locomotive Breath and study the band Jethro Tull.😍 I’d taken up flute because of Ian Anderson. Bot that must have been something
Cool teacher... I also got into floyd in highs cool and I was obsessed with Pink Floyd and The Darkside Of the Moon... and my english teacher noticed I was listening to it and I thought I would get in trouble but he asked me "Have you heard wish you were here" and I said no, I have not... the next day he brought the cd for me to listen to it.., I could not believe a band could be that amazing! My obsession grew and I still think there are music bands and then there is Pink Floyd... just in another level
A shout out to Clare Torry, the singer on Great Gig in the Sky. This album is full of wonderfully written and performed music, but for me this improvised vocal is the highlight of this, the greatest album.
Clare was given co-authorship credit in 2005. Along with a unknown royalties amount. She also sang the theme to Butterflies (love is like a butterfly).
@@artomatt She also did the vocals on Tangerine Dream's Yellowstone Park, finishing the rather uneven Le Parc album on a high. It's well worth a listen if you haven't already heard it.
I’m 72 years old and was fortunate enough to see Floyd live when they did the original Dark Side tour when the album first came out. By far the best album ever made by the best group ever.
If you would have told me in 1973 (my sophomore high school year) that the kids would still groove on this song in 2022, I wouldn't have believed it. Nice reaction Verdy! I had a lot of fun watching you smile at the same places in the music that made me smile.
one of the very few albums in existence in which you need to listen to it from beginning to end. skipping around to random songs just doesn't work. what an absolute masterpiece
Well done for listening to the complete side. So many reactors just audition a single tune from the album and it doesn't work. I saw Pink Floyd in concert at Earls Court at just about the same time as this was released and the tracks they played from the album left the audience spellbound
I thought that too ! I puched up 10 most best albums. This came in # 7. M Jackson came in # 1. Kinda tell's ya , younger people have NO clue what GREAT music really sounds like. Just sad .
@@Yes.its_me Yeah, Pink Floyd is really an exception to the rule "if it's popular, it's probably bad." That didn't used to be the case necessarily back in the day.
I think I can trump the previous comments in the age stakes as I am now 72 and bought this record when was first released back in 1973 ( I think). I have loved it ever since. It is so heartening to watch a young person finding out just how good music can be. Please also, have a look at the lyrics for the songs, they make the hole experience even more profound.
Thank you for passing this music on by word of mouth or simply by rocking out and absorbing it 🤘✌️ I wouldn’t have it in my life without you. I’m 27 so reverse number and im extremely lucky to know good music.
I am 75 and I bought this album in 1972 after it had been out for a while. The very first album I ever bought. And I still think it is the best ever recorded!
@@renecordova325 The album wasn't released until March of '73, but I know where your spirit is Rene. I got turned on to Floyd in '72 after hearing the "Meddle" album from the previous year. And I'm a young'un in this thread - 68 years old. Cheers....
“The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death” As another older person who has listened to this song many times in many places and circumstances, it is such a pleasure to watch the joy of someone else experiencing it for the first time. Makes an old man cry. Thanks for sharing. I’m posting this 3 months later in Time but this music will live on forever.
I am so happy to see your reaction to this! Shout out to whom ever recommended this because this is an classic once in a life time recording. You always seem to notice and react to the same parts of music that I do. In Band Maid, Babymetal, LoveBites, etc. I was so hoping you would do this album. I was your age when this Pink Floyd album came out. I already knew the parts you would like and it makes me happy to see another generation appreciate the music I loved growing up. Looking forward to your music reactions always. Keep them coming you are so fun to watch!
That is my favorite Pink Floyd album. It's an absolute masterpiece. I miss so much sharing the music with people and it's awesome to find you enjoying it so much :) Keep it up!
Hey ho, love to see a reaction to Pink Floyd from you! As a 44 old I couldnt be more proud that the youth wont forget about the old Masters ;) Greetz from Germany
It makes me really happy to see your reaction to hearing Dark Side of the Moon for the first time. I was 19 years old when it was released in 1973 and that was my reaction too. This album spent 15 years on the Billboard charts, no other album has ever come close.
@@ericrussell4720 Yes, that was continuous I think; it re-entered several times afterwards for long periods too. At one point it was postulated that 1 in 6 household in the UK had a copy, too.
I loved your reactions to all of the compositions, but I most loved your reaction to 'Great Gig in the Sky.' I think because I knew what was coming, and you hadn't heard it before. You have a beautiful smile in reaction to this beautiful piece of musical artwork!
Great reaction. I liked seeing the excited anticipation on your face before you hit play, and then you couldn't help but smile the whole way through in appreciation of everything you heard and experienced. It really is a sonic masterpiece. Looking forward to side 2.
I'm 76 and grew up on Pink Floyd watching you enjoy this reminds me so much of my 1st experience with Pink Floyd there are many, many more to come for they produced and sold more albums than anyone ever. Great reaction.
I've been listening to Pink Floyd for 50 years and even now there are still new facets to discover. It's great to see the younger generation listening to these masterpieces for the first time. I hope you enjoy the journey. Incidentally, I was there at the concert you watched when they played Comfortably Numb!
Your smile embedded on your face for your first couple of minutes of Great Gig in the Sky told us all we need to know about how you felt about it. Nice reaction.
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1973..... Growing up I gravitated towards this album. Even asking my father to play the album in the car on the way to hockey practice in middle school. This album is great to listen to in one sitting. Love your commentary and reactions. Listening from South Korea. Vous etre tres jolie.
Young lady it’s possible you can’t imagine or appreciate just how pleasing it is to watch you reacting to Pink Floyd .. like others here I’ve experienced Floyd for a very long time and still remember the first time I heard each track, I don’t mean the date or the place but the feelings that were invoked and how almost every track flows into the next. So seeing you absorb it for the first time and your clearly pleased reactions will ensure I watch many more of your reactions. Thank you for your time and effort.
I was randomly listening to Pink floyd online. When your reaction video popped up in my Recomendation feed. Your facial expression,hearing Dark side of the moon. Was probably the same as mine hearing this album the first time in the early 90's entering High school. As a 40 year old this album is still as great as it was back then.. Keep up the good work.
I`m surprised that you are just listening Dark Side of the Moon for the first time!! Not only is one of the best selling albums of all time, it marked a point in rock history!
I built and ran my high school's first radio station, which broadcast into the school cafeteria. Our first play item was side 1 of Dark Side of the Moon. It took a minute for students to recognize where the heartbeat was coming from when we first went live. All of the Floyd albums carry memories of one kind or another.
This is definitely my favorite album of all time! I'm 57 and was lucky enough to see them perform this whole album in Saratoga, NY at the performing arts center. Amazing!!
All these great bands have gone, lost to musical history never to return, ever. I am so glad I grew up having the privilege of watching some of these great bands live (Supertramp, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis and Yes, to name just a few.)
Its cool seeing the younger generation discovering the music that I have loved my whole life. I have so many memories attached to these songs. Its interesting and fun to see you sharing you sharing your enjoyment over discovery of this amazing music. Cheers!.
I'm in my 50s now. I bought my first album when I was nine, Queen's 'News Of The World'. Since then I've listened to classic rock, hard rock, punk, metal, grunge, EDM, bluegrass, blues, just about everything. I've heard some fantastic music and hundreds of albums. Still nothing tops this album along with 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.
This is an album that I've owned for close to 50 years now. I bought it back when it came out in 1973 while in high school, since then I've had a copy on whatever media was current throughout the years, vinyl, 8-track, cassette, CD, super audio cassette, super audio CD and half speed mastered virgin vinyl.
I'm glad you paused in "Time" to recognize the absolute BRILLIANCE of David Gilmour's guitar solo. He has had many, many great solos in his career, but THAT one is my absolute favorite.
@@bubamaranovichok4901 What exactly is the point of your comment? Rebecca obviously meant music new to the reactor: the first 2 words of the title of the video are "First Listening", which means that it's ..new music to the reactor. Get it?
Given that Floyd's songs often connect seamlessly to eachother I'd recommend finding a very high quality youtube video of the whole actual vinyl album, that doesn't have any cuts between songs. It's not a huge deal, but those little skips between songs are daggers in the hearts of fans like me who have heard these albums in their original formats for so many years.
@@frankshailes3205 DVDs were even worse. Always returning half watched movies coz they froze. Just went thru all my old Camcorder VHS Tape videos, to convert to DVD to archive, theyde lost some quality, but even the 25yr old Video player was more seemless that the best DVD Recorder/players i ever had. Except for only occassional tape chews ...but thats an easy (on the spot) fix.
They were making music before I even knew about them. I'm 58 and I was lucky enough to see him once. But it was the Best Concert of my Life. Over 150 Thousand People Easy. And the Light Show is Spectacular 😍. Always Great seeing the Younger Generation enjoy what I like to listen to almost every day. Pink Floyd touches your Soul and then your hooked. It's like listening to Magic. Great Reaction
I love seeing your reaction to Pink Floyd. I love their music so much; it's deep, complex, and hypnotic and gets more beautiful with each song you listen to. It's definitely best described as an experience. I hope you listen to more, in particular Echoes, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (all parts), and the whole Animals album. Happy journeys to you!! 💗✌🏽
Welcome to the 60s and 70s some of the greatest rock music ever recorded there was so many great artists and bands making music that was iconic and it truly does my heart good to see young people discovering it today and feeling the way we all did some 50 years ago Pink Floyd was considered head music you put the album on with your headphones and listened to the whole album from side one to side two great reaction thanks
Young folks, listening, evaluating and criticizing music of this era is so refreshing and encouraging. I purchased this album at a very small shop in Germany the day after it was released. Merci, madamoiselle.
It was 1973 and my older brother brought this tape home one day; I was only 7 years old, but I immediately fell in love with this music, its harmony, the "strange" sounds that made the child's imagination explode. It's been nearly 50 years and it's still my all time favorite LP. Those were other times, now the songs must be separated from each other, have time limits for recording reasons and must be more "impactful" right away otherwise the listener moves on to something else ...... other times ♥️
This album has so many levels. It's so intricate and complex but intimate at the same time. A difficult and unusual combination to pull off. Amazing and so ahead of its time. Probably among the earliest examples of electronic music without actually being totally electronic. This album examines mortality,life,living,the rhythm of life. It also looks at the brevity of time here and the futility of it all. There's a mystical and metaphysical aspect to the album too. The rhythms,sound effects, and beats even mimic and mirror nature and life (heart beat, oceans waves,breathing,etc). Incredible.
I LOVE watching younger People's reaction to this. I'm 57 and I grew up listening to PINK FLOYD and never gets old. It's some of the BEST HEART AND SOUL music that you will ever hear.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This took me back to the days of young, watching this almost made me feel like I was listening to these songs for the first time, but with a friend. Keep making videos! If I can throw in a tip, a more close up camera view of your face would be wonderful. And so are you, btw.
Greatest album ever, in my opinion. Strange to see someone hearing it for the first time. I have heard this album thousands of times. I first listened to it on 8-track and knew exactly when it was going to the next track. When my 8-track version wore out, I upgraded my car radio to cassette and bought it on cassette. It was the second CD I bought when that format came out.
The song The Great Gig In The Sky, the three verses that Claire 'sang' where supposed to represent the three stages of grief: Verse 1 Anger, Verse 2 Sorrow, Verse 3 Acceptance. Amazing and powerful piece of music.
@sarmed554 I read that David Gilmour kind of lead her in that direction. Like, he must have told her what the song was about and what he wanted her wordless vocals to convey. I know that her first take was full of "oh baby baby" and all that and it was stopped and they redirected her. Correct me if I'm wrong. Either way, not bad for a second take!
I bought my first Pink Floyd album in 1969 (Ummagumma) and saw them live in 1971 and 4 more times after that. For me This is the BEST band of all times. Now I'm 71 years old and still listen to them everyday.
I started discovering Pink Floyd some months ago, since my dad was (and still is) into Progressive Rock, and they have a lot of variety in their catalog. The seventies albums like the one you are doing and the two récords from 1987 (A Momentary Lapse of R.) and 1994 (The Division Bell) are like hidden gems waiting to be discovered. Keep it up with your content Verdy 😉
That wavy, smooth sound is made with the same instrument you saw David Gilmour play on your High Hopes video - it’s actually a guitar - a lap-steel guitar. It’s really just a guitar laid flat, and you play it by plucking the strings and use the slide to play the guitar notes - depending on how hard you pluck, how soft or heavy you push down with the slide, you can adjust the sound quality and get that swelling or sinking sound. It’s quite common in bluegrass and older country music, and was more common in rock in the 60’s & 70’s - surely in large part to the remarkable music David Gilmour and Pink Floyd created with its use.
What a treat watching you listen to Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon for the first time Verdy. I still remember my first time 30 years ago. It is still as good now as it was my first time. great music can stand the test of time.
When these albums were released they were made with the intention of being on a record, which has two sides. So Floyd knew that they had to create a natural break in the music to accomodate this format. This would go for any album released until the mid-80s at least. I love that you are doing the full album reaction, especially with Floyd it is almost mandatory to hear the songs in context. If you do any other full albums I suggest looking up how the albums were divided by "Side A", Side B", etc, and separating the albums up accordingly. It isn't so much by the number of songs as it is the length of the songs in total. But with this album you got it right, you just experienced the full Side A of Dark Side of the Moon. I look forward to Side B. I love how much you are enjoying Pink Floyd. They have a lot to offer you, the album Wish You Were Here is another beautiful work by them.
Thank you for listening to entire "recordings" as they were made. The order of play is crucial for most records of this period and you develop an entirely different appreciation of a group, prodicer and engineer and even the cover artist and liner notes. Please tell me if you agree about getting more out of songs or movements together? The flow and story in records. You have now covered two of my favorite albums; Zep 1 and Dark Side. You are doing great and showing excellent taste, judging from your reactions. Thx! Oh, try these...Tommy, The Who, Aqualung by Jethro Tull, Let it Bleed, The Rolling Stones.
Loved your reactions to every song, I just watched your high hopes reaction which is one of my favourite pink Floyd songs, but on the album the division bell it's so well produced, the atmosphere it creates and the release of the solo at the end is hard to replicate live...
I celebrate you finally discovered this jewel, specially the great Gig in the sky, from now on, you just learned what music really is, or better said, really can be. Welcome to this universe where music, good music, this kind of music, will fill you all, needing anything else. I hope you continue, there are so many wonders to delight!
Pink Floyd my favourite band ever absolutely brilliant and unique and Dark side of the moon is a masterpiece ( you should try to listen to it on the sofa with head phones and turn the light off ). Stay safe
Your smile is so genuine. We can SEE the enjoyment in that grin of yours! Right at 14:01 you get this look like you can't believe how good this really is!
Pink Floyd are such an amazing band. I was very lucky that my parents are both huge music nerds so they gave me an appreciation for this stuff, and also I had access to a huge music collection. If you liked Dark Side of the Moon (which you clearly did), my suggestion for more Pink Floyd would be the album _Animals_ which is my personal favourite.
I'm overjoyed to see you or anyone discover these treasures - thanks so much for taking this on! Music with this depth really changed me as a person and set the bar for other music I'm willing to spend time listening to. I feel like there's a magnificent truth in life that gets nudged into view (or reveals itself) via standout music like this
The last song on side one, 'The Great Gig In The Sky' is about death and dying, as the song title suggests. No lyrics but an incredible atmosphere and combined with those unbelievably fantastic vocals, it creates the mood so perfectly that lyrics are not necessary. It's in 3 parts. 3 different reactions to death. At first, we have anger and denial, followed by grief and finally, sad acceptance. At least that's how I've always interpreted the song and most people seem to have similar interpretations. It just goes to show how brilliantly Pink Floyd can convey meaning, without lyrics. :)
Claire made a phenomenal work in TGGITS; after her and also outstanding came Rachel, Macha, and Durga when DOST; and at PULSE the backvocals from Sam, Durga and Claudia... I never compared this three performances, I enjoy every one, sliglty diferents, all of the powerful, deep, singed from the heart (beatheart here...bom bom, bom bom ...)
I love listening to albums that have defined my life with people who’ve never heard them before. It’s very gratifying and I really appreciate your curiosity and acceptance of music from the past!
I love watching a young person like you with BTS on their wall, just loving this album that I love, too. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. :)
It's great to see a young generation discovers Pink Floyd. This excitement and enthusiasm. At that time , the band had two leaders David Gilmour whom you admired in "Comfortable Numb" and Roger Waters. Both great voices. Waters left the PF and started very successful solo career. Small tip, imho, "Dark Side" is best to be listened to in some remote place like a meadow, lying on your back at night, watching stars above.
I also recommend to watch the PULSE live version. The whole concert is amazing. The Great Gig In The Sky especially is an emotional song for me. This studio version is great but I always cry watching Sam Brown screaming her heart out at the PULSE concert. Nice reaction.
The lyrics to 'Time' are very deep considering Roger Waters was only in his mid-20's when he wrote it. 'Great Gig In The Sky' was recorded in 2 takes. The vocalist was Clare Torry and she was brought in and told to just sing along to the music but then was told to make it 'non-lexical' (no words, just sounds) and produced the masterpiece of deeply moving vocals you just heard. There are a couple of great documentaries on YT about the making of this truly great and classic album, which has remained in the Billboard 200 since the day it was released. I'm 60 and was lucky enough to see Floyd perform this whole magnificent album live in 1975, when I got taken to my first festival at Knebworth, UK. I saw them again in 1989 and, even though Roger Waters (bass and lyricist/songwriter) had left, they were still superb. The album that was released just before this came out in 73, was 71's 'Meddle', which has 5 or 6 songs on it's first half (side A of the vinyl!) and one long and beautiful track at 26 minutes, 'Echoes', to end with (the whole of side B on vinyl). There's a live perfrmance of it at Pompeii, in an ampitheatre, with no audience, which is a beautiful gem of a performance (lots and lots of superb guitar!) - ruclips.net/video/PGwPSPIhohk/видео.html. Loved your reaction to High Hopes - also in Pompeii but with an audience this time! Oh, and the guitar David was playing is known as a Lap Steel or Hawaiian Steel.
You’re a fun and sweet gal! Open minded, too! I like your reactions and you seem to like everything that I like, too! I’m glad you are enjoying this music! It’s the best Rock has to offer to this day! Enjoy! 🎸👏🏻😎
I think you'll love the emotion in the division bell album, the final pink Floyd studio album.... The album opener cluster 1 still gives me goosebumps to this day after hearing it in 96!
The sound of "the wave in the air" in the last song is the same instrument David Gilmour played at the end of High Hopes, that you liked so much. In that video you said it sounded like a guitar. It is a guitar, a "lap steel guitar", built to be solely played with a "slide", a piece of cylindrical steel (or sometimes glass), that is slid lightly against the strings to sound the notes. Slide guitar is usually done on a normal guitar, but the lapsteel takes it to a whole nother level of beauty. I'd really recommend giving another listen to A Great Gig In the Sky, from the Pulse show. The album version is the definitive version, but the live versions are a highlight of the show still. If you like it that much there is a version from The Delicate Sound of Thunder show that is also magical. Each version features different singers, but they all kill it.
Hello. Greetings from Illinois 🇺🇸!! Loved the react. So awesome to see a young lady discovering the soundtrack of my youth. I am a retired drummer and let me tell you, seeing The Floyd wasn't just seeing a concert. It was a HAPPENING! It was a feast for the senses. An experience to be treasured forever. Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall should be your next listens, in that order. And there is a whole wealth of other music from that magic era, the greatest era of music EVER!!! - IMO, of course. Hope you will continue your journey of discovery so I can take it with you. Peace and love. ✌&❤ 🤘😎🤘 PS: I discovered Nightwish a couple of years ago. They are fantastic!!!
Retired drummer here, too. Check out Ningen Isu.. A Japanese 3 piece that will blow your mind. Try 'Heartless Scat'...I promise you have never heard anything quite like it.
I knew you would know the album Artwork but not the album. It was so great to see that moment during "Time" when you just got "lost in the sauce" in that dreamy mix, and then TGGITS a truly unique dive into the emotions surrounding Death. Around 3 / 4 if you listen really hard you will hear "if you can hear this whisper you are dying" a reminder to make every moment count😉❤️
Pink Floyd was a prolific, creative, and inventive band and all of their albums do follow suit, meaning you can't just listen to one song as they are all connected. The songs just go on and on and round and round, this is what makes Pink Floyd a very unique band. The next album to cover has to be Animals one of my favorites along with Wish you were here. Although it is very difficult to be selective with Pink Floyd albums as they are all so amazing. The woman on The Great Gig in the sky reminds me so much of my favorite South Korean singer ALi Cho, later I will show you a song she does in the same style of belting as she does an awesome rock version of a song
Enjoyed your reaction to the music especially Time and Great Gig. It's good that you decided to take in Dark Side of the Moon as a whole piece and not as separate songs. My interpretation of this work is constantly evolving. If you think of this as an exposition on life then it makes some sense. The first song is about the beginning of one's life--just after you're born, the doctor smacks you to get you to breathe. "On the Run" and "Time" sums up the period between birth and death. "Time" has some incredible lyrics which you should go back to read. I always thought "Great Gig in the Sky" was the emotions one must have in facing the finale of a life--at first anger and denial which transitions into sadness and then acceptance. "Great Gig" is like the stages of grief as one nears death captured in music. The flip side of the album concentrates on some universal themes of life-money and achievement; unity and division; etc. So glad you found and appreciate Floyd.
Wow that was great =) It's the first time i listened to Dark Side Of The Moon with headphones ! I had this on reel to reel in the seventies but this is so much better ! Also the first time i have seen someone react to this classic album !
Great to see you listen to this and react without prior knowledge to one of the best albums ever made. And the solo on Time is one of the greatest ever committed to tape, so great to hear you acknowledge that without the knowledge of its status among aficionados.
So now that you've heard this, you need to listen to the album 'L'Heptade' by Harmonium. It's a totally amazing 70s psychedelic record from a Montreal band. It's basically the Quebecois Dark Side of the Moon, every prog rock fan in the province had a well worn copy.
Very nice, don't speak French but enjoyed it, Thank you. Has a slight New York Rock&Roll Ensemble feel to it, would recommend them if you've not heard already.
GREETINGS from PHILIPPINES.. I am 63, from Detroit ..now I live here. In 1973 I first heard this album, on headphones, (and also smoking my first "joint") ..this vinyl album changed my life, .. for better ... gave me awareness ..( then I listen to Led Zepplin..just to HARD-ROCK) Great react!
VERDY, there's something most people don't realize. When this album was created, it required hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, and knowledge of some very advanced cutting edge technology to produce. Today, anyone with a decent laptop and a few hundred Euros can create all of those sounds. What you need is some Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software, a MIDI keyboard controller, an audio interface and a microphone. (Vocal lessons and a guitar will cost extra). I'm not saying you'll create something on the level of Pink Floyd (those people were musical geniuses) but with some understanding of music theory, you can create something satisfying for yourself. Since you are capable of creating and produce RUclips videos, you already have the technical skill to try it.
It was indeed cutting edge at the time but some of the 'technology' was not so much cutting edge as put together with genius solutions. The prime example of that would be when, as they were constrained on the amount of multi-tracking they could use and Roger Waters put 6 reel-to-reel units together and ran a single piece of tape through them to create what was one of the first 'loops'.
Yes and this technology that you speak of has really hurt the music industry There is something about going to a live show and seeing people actually create the music rather than performing to a soundtrack. There are some who still do it but by far there are more people playing to soundtracks that actually performing.
And for Time, they literally looped tape around chair legs and other pieces of furniture. Editing was extremely primitive then. So musicians needed to be on point. Bands like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin where all virtuosos in their own rights, and that is what made them great. (Completely off topic, but listen to Boston's 'More Than a Feeling' for the best single take performance).
quite possibly the best album recorded in our lifetimes.& its 50 years old.thats freaking insane in itself.what state of mind must one be in to write such perfection 50 years ago?
I'm still amazed at the life wisdom that was written by a bunch of guys in their early 20's at the time - astute observers of the world and human nature, to say the least.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for paying attention to Pink Floyd. Besides Nightwish my absolute favorite band.Even if they have separated, their music lives on. I was lucky enough to see David Gilmour live in Pompeii in 2016. If you want to see this grandiose concert, you can do it here at You Tube.You will definitely fall in love with the music of Pink Floyd.
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There’s something quietly reassuring seeing you absorb this music that has been a part of my entire life… I’m 57 now and have lived my life knowing these songs. Thank you ❤️
Lived your life now knowing what it all means.
Yeah, she seems to get it a little more than most do. But then, she's hearing it like it's meant to be, as a whole album, rather than as a series of individual pieces. Either way she's doing great!
For some people it is like a religious experience.
Same here. I'm 56.
Same here. I am 61 years old . I love the grin you have listening to and as was said absorbing this album. It gives me great pleasure sharing these moments with you. Thank you sharing this reaction.
In 1973, the sounds Pink Floyd produced were sounds of the future. No-one experienced those kinds of noises. Now, they're sounds of a certain past, but they still sound futuristic. Sequencers, tape-loops, all done manually because computers were a thing of the future. That's what makes Pink Floyd stand-out and special. The vision they had, the guts to experiment. Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason and in the early days Syd Barrett were far ahead of their time. The Einsteins of music, so to speak. And fifty years after the facts, you sit there and enjoy. Lovely to watch. Warm embraces from Belgium, ma jolie.
This is definitely a headphone or surround sound album. It's a shame that over the past decade or so, the magic of the stereo soundscape has been lost to music coming out of phones and single bluetooth speakers. When I was a teen, speaker placement was just as important as a decent amp and turntable..
And the original album was recorded in quadraphonic, but not many people had a quadraphonic record player. Luckily my brother did so I got to hear it fully. It was really something to have the running footsteps and clocks circling around the room.
I was given the album by a friend and told listen to it with headphones on. I got it as a birthday gift when CD's first came out.
Well said.....lots being missed.
@@deanventuroli2225 including the whisper at 3.33 of Great Gig. "If you can hear this whispering you are dying"
So true! Final Cut is a great one to hear quadraphonic too!
I first heard this album in high school. My music teacher came into class one day and said "this is a new album - I'm convinced it will become one of the most important albums ever made. For today's lesson we're just going to listen to it right through." I'm pretty sure the whole class was blown away by it.
Good teacher.
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@@zulka1234 True. His name was Stephen White, and although none of the kids liked him that much, looking back he was a very cool teacher.
Our music teacher made us listen to Locomotive Breath and study the band Jethro Tull.😍 I’d taken up flute because of Ian Anderson. Bot that must have been something
Cool teacher... I also got into floyd in highs cool and I was obsessed with Pink Floyd and The Darkside Of the Moon... and my english teacher noticed I was listening to it and I thought I would get in trouble but he asked me "Have you heard wish you were here" and I said no, I have not... the next day he brought the cd for me to listen to it.., I could not believe a band could be that amazing! My obsession grew and I still think there are music bands and then there is Pink Floyd... just in another level
A shout out to Clare Torry, the singer on Great Gig in the Sky. This album is full of wonderfully written and performed music, but for me this improvised vocal is the highlight of this, the greatest album.
Clare was given co-authorship credit in 2005.
Along with a unknown royalties amount.
She also sang the theme to Butterflies (love is like a butterfly).
@@England-Bob I didn't know about Butterflies. I vaguely remember that show and song.
@@artomatt She also did the vocals on Tangerine Dream's Yellowstone Park, finishing the rather uneven Le Parc album on a high. It's well worth a listen if you haven't already heard it.
@@djashley2002 Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out when I get a chance.
@@artomatt Butterflies - probably something best forgotten!😂😂😂
Clare Torry became an eternal rock goddess with a single 4 minute performance. Everything about this album is eternal.
I’m 72 years old and was fortunate enough to see Floyd live when they did the original Dark Side tour when the album first came out. By far the best album ever made by the best group ever.
If you would have told me in 1973 (my sophomore high school year) that the kids would still groove on this song in 2022, I wouldn't have believed it. Nice reaction Verdy! I had a lot of fun watching you smile at the same places in the music that made me smile.
one of the very few albums in existence in which you need to listen to it from beginning to end. skipping around to random songs just doesn't work. what an absolute masterpiece
Well done for listening to the complete side. So many reactors just audition a single tune from the album and it doesn't work. I saw Pink Floyd in concert at Earls Court at just about the same time as this was released and the tracks they played from the album left the audience spellbound
Best album of all time for me.
I thought that too ! I puched up 10 most best albums. This came in # 7. M Jackson came in # 1. Kinda tell's ya , younger people have NO clue what GREAT music really sounds like. Just sad .
@@Yes.its_me Yeah, Pink Floyd is really an exception to the rule "if it's popular, it's probably bad." That didn't used to be the case necessarily back in the day.
The greatest album.. simple.
W y w h so close
@@garypeatling7927 , try spelling full words .
I think I can trump the previous comments in the age stakes as I am now 72 and bought this record when was first released back in 1973 ( I think). I have loved it ever since. It is so heartening to watch a young person finding out just how good music can be. Please also, have a look at the lyrics for the songs, they make the hole experience even more profound.
I only 71 btw!
Thank you for passing this music on by word of mouth or simply by rocking out and absorbing it 🤘✌️ I wouldn’t have it in my life without you. I’m 27 so reverse number and im extremely lucky to know good music.
I am 75 and I bought this album in 1972 after it had been out for a while. The very first album I ever bought. And I still think it is the best ever recorded!
@@renecordova325 The album wasn't released until March of '73, but I know where your spirit is Rene. I got turned on to Floyd in '72 after hearing the "Meddle" album from the previous year. And I'm a young'un in this thread - 68 years old. Cheers....
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“The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death”
As another older person who has listened to this song many times in many places and circumstances, it is such a pleasure to watch the joy of someone else experiencing it for the first time. Makes an old man cry. Thanks for sharing. I’m posting this 3 months later in Time but this music will live on forever.
There was a van in Seattle that was painted in the Pink Floid Dark side of the Moon ! I'll never forget that!
I am so happy to see your reaction to this! Shout out to whom ever recommended this because this is an classic once in a life time recording. You always seem to notice and react to the same parts of music that I do. In Band Maid, Babymetal, LoveBites, etc. I was so hoping you would do this album. I was your age when this Pink Floyd album came out. I already knew the parts you would like and it makes me happy to see another generation appreciate the music I loved growing up. Looking forward to your music reactions always. Keep them coming you are so fun to watch!
Thank you very much !!
That is my favorite Pink Floyd album. It's an absolute masterpiece. I miss so much sharing the music with people and it's awesome to find you enjoying it so much :) Keep it up!
Hey ho, love to see a reaction to Pink Floyd from you! As a 44 old I couldnt be more proud that the youth wont forget about the old Masters ;) Greetz from Germany
Parents should play this album starting when the child is in the womb. No one should be denied this music.
We did just that and both our kids. Instantly loved Pink Floyd when they were born and 33 years later still love them.
It makes me really happy to see your reaction to hearing Dark Side of the Moon for the first time. I was 19 years old when it was released in 1973 and that was my reaction too. This album spent 15 years on the Billboard charts, no other album has ever come close.
it spent longer than that didnt it?
@@ericrussell4720 Yes, that was continuous I think; it re-entered several times afterwards for long periods too. At one point it was postulated that 1 in 6 household in the UK had a copy, too.
736 weeks and still holds the record to this day.
This was when singers sang. When music was performed by musicians not “rappers.”
@@rodneydavenport4646 Or Autotune!
I loved your reactions to all of the compositions, but I most loved your reaction to 'Great Gig in the Sky.' I think because I knew what was coming, and you hadn't heard it before. You have a beautiful smile in reaction to this beautiful piece of musical artwork!
Great reaction. I liked seeing the excited anticipation on your face before you hit play, and then you couldn't help but smile the whole way through in appreciation of everything you heard and experienced. It really is a sonic masterpiece. Looking forward to side 2.
I'm 76 and grew up on Pink Floyd watching you enjoy this reminds me so much of my 1st experience with Pink Floyd there are many, many more to come for they produced and sold more albums than anyone ever. Great reaction.
I've been listening to Pink Floyd for 50 years and even now there are still new facets to discover. It's great to see the younger generation listening to these masterpieces for the first time. I hope you enjoy the journey. Incidentally, I was there at the concert you watched when they played Comfortably Numb!
Your smile embedded on your face for your first couple of minutes of Great Gig in the Sky told us all we need to know about how you felt about it. Nice reaction.
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1973..... Growing up I gravitated towards this album. Even asking my father to play the album in the car on the way to hockey practice in middle school. This album is great to listen to in one sitting. Love your commentary and reactions. Listening from South Korea. Vous etre tres jolie.
Young lady it’s possible you can’t imagine or appreciate just how pleasing it is to watch you reacting to Pink Floyd .. like others here I’ve experienced Floyd for a very long time and still remember the first time I heard each track, I don’t mean the date or the place but the feelings that were invoked and how almost every track flows into the next. So seeing you absorb it for the first time and your clearly pleased reactions will ensure I watch many more of your reactions. Thank you for your time and effort.
I was randomly listening to Pink floyd online. When your reaction video popped up in my Recomendation feed.
Your facial expression,hearing Dark side of the moon. Was probably the same as mine hearing this album the first time in the early 90's entering High school.
As a 40 year old this album is still as great as it was back then.. Keep up the good work.
I`m surprised that you are just listening Dark Side of the Moon for the first time!! Not only is one of the best selling albums of all time, it marked a point in rock history!
It was on the top 200 album charts for 736 weeks straight.
I was 17 in 1973 when this came out. Listened to it that entire summer and still I listen to this day. A real masterpiece.
I built and ran my high school's first radio station, which broadcast into the school cafeteria. Our first play item was side 1 of Dark Side of the Moon. It took a minute for students to recognize where the heartbeat was coming from when we first went live. All of the Floyd albums carry memories of one kind or another.
This is definitely my favorite album of all time! I'm 57 and was lucky enough to see them perform this whole album in Saratoga, NY at the performing arts center. Amazing!!
I'm half as lucky as you, I didn't see Pink Floyd but Roger Waters performing the whole album. Amazing experience. I so much love "Us and Them"
All these great bands have gone, lost to musical history never to return, ever. I am so glad I grew up having the privilege of watching some of these great bands live (Supertramp, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis and Yes, to name just a few.)
Its cool seeing the younger generation discovering the music that I have loved my whole life. I have so many memories attached to these songs. Its interesting and fun to see you sharing you sharing your enjoyment over discovery of this amazing music. Cheers!.
Good job. One of the greatest recordings of all time. Much credit to Alan Parsons. Glad you are enjoying this as much as we did growing up with this.
Good point. Our reactor also needs to check Alan's great work, I Robot.
@@jamessweet5341 yes
I'm in my 50s now. I bought my first album when I was nine, Queen's 'News Of The World'. Since then I've listened to classic rock, hard rock, punk, metal, grunge, EDM, bluegrass, blues, just about everything. I've heard some fantastic music and hundreds of albums. Still nothing tops this album along with 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.
King Crimson
61 and concur wholeheartedly
This is an album that I've owned for close to 50 years now. I bought it back when it came out in 1973 while in high school, since then I've had a copy on whatever media was current throughout the years, vinyl, 8-track, cassette, CD, super audio cassette, super audio CD and half speed mastered virgin vinyl.
I'm glad you paused in "Time" to recognize the absolute BRILLIANCE of David Gilmour's guitar solo. He has had many, many great solos in his career, but THAT one is my absolute favorite.
That solo triggers an emotion deep down inside me every. single. time...
My favorite too !!!! 💥💥💥👍😎
Conceptual albums are rare these days. Pink Floyd was the master. Love your approach to reacting to new music.
New music? Rebecca Hy, it was said by a real old person there is no such thing as new things, for a baby everything is new!
@@bubamaranovichok4901 What exactly is the point of your comment? Rebecca obviously meant music new to the reactor: the first 2 words of the title of the video are "First Listening", which means that it's ..new music to the reactor. Get it?
I agree for sure I love the album The Final Cut
Given that Floyd's songs often connect seamlessly to eachother I'd recommend finding a very high quality youtube video of the whole actual vinyl album, that doesn't have any cuts between songs. It's not a huge deal, but those little skips between songs are daggers in the hearts of fans like me who have heard these albums in their original formats for so many years.
Bro. I couldn't have said it any better than what you just said
Yep the invention of CDs destroyed it.
Agreed
@@gypsysteve3576 Especially shuffle function and bad indexing...
@@frankshailes3205 DVDs were even worse. Always returning half watched movies coz they froze.
Just went thru all my old Camcorder VHS Tape videos, to convert to DVD to archive, theyde lost some quality, but even the 25yr old Video player was more seemless that the best DVD Recorder/players i ever had. Except for only occassional tape chews ...but thats an easy (on the spot) fix.
They were making music before I even knew about them. I'm 58 and I was lucky enough to see him once. But it was the Best Concert of my Life. Over 150 Thousand People Easy. And the Light Show is Spectacular 😍. Always Great seeing the Younger Generation enjoy what I like to listen to almost every day. Pink Floyd touches your Soul and then your hooked. It's like listening to Magic. Great Reaction
I love seeing your reaction to Pink Floyd. I love their music so much; it's deep, complex, and hypnotic and gets more beautiful with each song you listen to. It's definitely best described as an experience. I hope you listen to more, in particular Echoes, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (all parts), and the whole Animals album. Happy journeys to you!! 💗✌🏽
I love the album The Final Cut and the song the bravery of being out of range
Animals is such a killer album
@@PNW_Sportbike_Life I second this. Dogs is an absolute masterpiece and so is pigs three different ones.
Welcome to the Machine is one of my favourites of theirs, so dope man
Can you hear a Heartbeat where the people meet and greet on the street? Do you feel sadness, gladness or madness?
Pink Floyd Fills the Void!
👏🏻🎸😎
Welcome to the 60s and 70s some of the greatest rock music ever recorded there was so many great artists and bands making music that was iconic and it truly does my heart good to see young people discovering it today and feeling the way we all did some 50 years ago Pink Floyd was considered head music you put the album on with your headphones and listened to the whole album from side one to side two great reaction thanks
Young folks, listening, evaluating and criticizing music of this era is so refreshing and encouraging. I purchased this album at a very small shop in Germany the day after it was released. Merci, madamoiselle.
It was 1973 and my older brother brought this tape home one day; I was only 7 years old, but I immediately fell in love with this music, its harmony, the "strange" sounds that made the child's imagination explode. It's been nearly 50 years and it's still my all time favorite LP. Those were other times, now the songs must be separated from each other, have time limits for recording reasons and must be more "impactful" right away otherwise the listener moves on to something else ...... other times ♥️
In the Great Gig , the vocalist does a Marcel Marceau : she tells the story of a life passing - without singing ONE WORD. Brilliant.
The face of a true musical connoisseur... Love your reactions.
Listening to Great Gig in the Sky for 40+ years and it never fails to elicit tears. Did it again.....
This album has so many levels. It's so intricate and complex but intimate at the same time. A difficult and unusual combination to pull off. Amazing and so ahead of its time. Probably among the earliest examples of electronic music without actually being totally electronic. This album examines mortality,life,living,the rhythm of life. It also looks at the brevity of time here and the futility of it all. There's a mystical and metaphysical aspect to the album too. The rhythms,sound effects, and beats even mimic and mirror nature and life (heart beat, oceans waves,breathing,etc). Incredible.
I LOVE watching younger People's reaction to this. I'm 57 and I grew up listening to PINK FLOYD and never gets old. It's some of the BEST HEART AND SOUL music that you will ever hear.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This took me back to the days of young, watching this almost made me feel like I was listening to these songs for the first time, but with a friend. Keep making videos! If I can throw in a tip, a more close up camera view of your face would be wonderful. And so are you, btw.
Greatest album ever, in my opinion. Strange to see someone hearing it for the first time. I have heard this album thousands of times. I first listened to it on 8-track and knew exactly when it was going to the next track. When my 8-track version wore out, I upgraded my car radio to cassette and bought it on cassette. It was the second CD I bought when that format came out.
The song The Great Gig In The Sky, the three verses that Claire 'sang' where supposed to represent the three stages of grief: Verse 1 Anger, Verse 2 Sorrow, Verse 3 Acceptance. Amazing and powerful piece of music.
Thanks for the comment. Was sure someone would state the meaning of great gig. Claire created a masterpiece!
Ahhhhhh, except that it is commonly accepted that there are 5 stages of grief. Denial, Anger, Sorrow, Deal making, Acceptance
@@markhill9275 yes and it’s all there 😊
@sarmed554 I read that David Gilmour kind of lead her in that direction. Like, he must have told her what the song was about and what he wanted her wordless vocals to convey. I know that her first take was full of "oh baby baby" and all that and it was stopped and they redirected her. Correct me if I'm wrong. Either way, not bad for a second take!
@@9999bigb Yes, apparently he said, just use your voice as a saxophone.
I bought my first Pink Floyd album in 1969 (Ummagumma) and saw them live in 1971 and 4 more times after that. For me This is the BEST band of all times. Now I'm 71 years old and still listen to them everyday.
I started discovering Pink Floyd some months ago, since my dad was (and still is) into Progressive Rock, and they have a lot of variety in their catalog. The seventies albums like the one you are doing and the two récords from 1987 (A Momentary Lapse of R.) and 1994 (The Division Bell) are like hidden gems waiting to be discovered. Keep it up with your content Verdy 😉
Those are two great albums
Space Music! That’s it! You get it! Cosmic sounds!
PF pioneered this kind of Rock! And Hi Fidelity sound!
That wavy, smooth sound is made with the same instrument you saw David Gilmour play on your High Hopes video - it’s actually a guitar - a lap-steel guitar. It’s really just a guitar laid flat, and you play it by plucking the strings and use the slide to play the guitar notes - depending on how hard you pluck, how soft or heavy you push down with the slide, you can adjust the sound quality and get that swelling or sinking sound. It’s quite common in bluegrass and older country music, and was more common in rock in the 60’s & 70’s - surely in large part to the remarkable music David Gilmour and Pink Floyd created with its use.
Something between a dobro and a steel guitar. Great sound and off the beaten path for rock.
What a treat watching you listen to Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon for the first time Verdy. I still remember my first time 30 years ago. It is still as good now as it was my first time. great music can stand the test of time.
When these albums were released they were made with the intention of being on a record, which has two sides. So Floyd knew that they had to create a natural break in the music to accomodate this format. This would go for any album released until the mid-80s at least.
I love that you are doing the full album reaction, especially with Floyd it is almost mandatory to hear the songs in context. If you do any other full albums I suggest looking up how the albums were divided by "Side A", Side B", etc, and separating the albums up accordingly. It isn't so much by the number of songs as it is the length of the songs in total.
But with this album you got it right, you just experienced the full Side A of Dark Side of the Moon. I look forward to Side B. I love how much you are enjoying Pink Floyd. They have a lot to offer you, the album Wish You Were Here is another beautiful work by them.
Misplaced Childhood by Marillion has a similar shutdown on S1 and opening on S2.
I listened to this just like you in my bedroom in 1972 and was blown away forever. Lovely to watch your experience.
Thank you for listening to entire "recordings" as they were made. The order of play is crucial for most records of this period and you develop an entirely different appreciation of a group, prodicer and engineer and even the cover artist and liner notes. Please tell me if you agree about getting more out of songs or movements together? The flow and story in records.
You have now covered two of my favorite albums; Zep 1 and Dark Side. You are doing great and showing excellent taste, judging from your reactions. Thx!
Oh, try these...Tommy, The Who, Aqualung by Jethro Tull, Let it Bleed, The Rolling Stones.
Loved your reaction to part 1…I look forward to your response to part 2…The best is yet to come!! CC
Loved your reactions to every song, I just watched your high hopes reaction which is one of my favourite pink Floyd songs, but on the album the division bell it's so well produced, the atmosphere it creates and the release of the solo at the end is hard to replicate live...
I celebrate you finally discovered this jewel, specially the great Gig in the sky, from now on, you just learned what music really is, or better said, really can be. Welcome to this universe where music, good music, this kind of music, will fill you all, needing anything else. I hope you continue, there are so many wonders to delight!
Pink Floyd my favourite band ever absolutely brilliant and unique and Dark side of the moon is a masterpiece ( you should try to listen to it on the sofa with head phones and turn the light off ). Stay safe
My favorite band to I love the album The Final Cut and the song the bravery of being out of range
Your smile is so genuine. We can SEE the enjoyment in that grin of yours! Right at 14:01 you get this look like you can't believe how good this really is!
Pink Floyd are such an amazing band.
I was very lucky that my parents are both huge music nerds so they gave me an appreciation for this stuff, and also I had access to a huge music collection.
If you liked Dark Side of the Moon (which you clearly did), my suggestion for more Pink Floyd would be the album _Animals_ which is my personal favourite.
I'm overjoyed to see you or anyone discover these treasures - thanks so much for taking this on! Music with this depth really changed me as a person and set the bar for other music I'm willing to spend time listening to. I feel like there's a magnificent truth in life that gets nudged into view (or reveals itself) via standout music like this
The last song on side one, 'The Great Gig In The Sky' is about death and dying, as the song title suggests. No lyrics but an incredible atmosphere and combined with those unbelievably fantastic vocals, it creates the mood so perfectly that lyrics are not necessary. It's in 3 parts. 3 different reactions to death. At first, we have anger and denial, followed by grief and finally, sad acceptance. At least that's how I've always interpreted the song and most people seem to have similar interpretations. It just goes to show how brilliantly Pink Floyd can convey meaning, without lyrics. :)
Claire made a phenomenal work in TGGITS; after her and also outstanding came Rachel, Macha, and Durga when DOST; and at PULSE the backvocals from Sam, Durga and Claudia...
I never compared this three performances, I enjoy every one, sliglty diferents, all of the powerful, deep, singed from the heart (beatheart here...bom bom, bom bom ...)
I love listening to albums that have defined my life with people who’ve never heard them before. It’s very gratifying and I really appreciate your curiosity and acceptance of music from the past!
One of the greatest albums ever made, surely in the top 10.
"Surely you can't be serious?"
I love watching a young person like you with BTS on their wall, just loving this album that I love, too. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. :)
It's great to see a young generation discovers Pink Floyd. This excitement and enthusiasm. At that time , the band had two leaders David Gilmour whom you admired in "Comfortable Numb" and Roger Waters. Both great voices. Waters left the PF and started very successful solo career.
Small tip, imho, "Dark Side" is best to be listened to in some remote place like a meadow, lying on your back at night, watching stars above.
No one sounds like Pink Floyd, they have a really unique sound and vibe! Legendary is what they are.
I also recommend to watch the PULSE live version. The whole concert is amazing. The Great Gig In The Sky especially is an emotional song for me. This studio version is great but I always cry watching Sam Brown screaming her heart out at the PULSE concert. Nice reaction.
Verdy, you're definitely on the right track...
This is the way Floyd was meant to be heard, from start to finish...
This 66yr old is proud of you!!!
Genius album! Never gets old.
The last song almost always brings me to tears.fantastic review.cheers
The lyrics to 'Time' are very deep considering Roger Waters was only in his mid-20's when he wrote it. 'Great Gig In The Sky' was recorded in 2 takes. The vocalist was Clare Torry and she was brought in and told to just sing along to the music but then was told to make it 'non-lexical' (no words, just sounds) and produced the masterpiece of deeply moving vocals you just heard. There are a couple of great documentaries on YT about the making of this truly great and classic album, which has remained in the Billboard 200 since the day it was released. I'm 60 and was lucky enough to see Floyd perform this whole magnificent album live in 1975, when I got taken to my first festival at Knebworth, UK. I saw them again in 1989 and, even though Roger Waters (bass and lyricist/songwriter) had left, they were still superb. The album that was released just before this came out in 73, was 71's 'Meddle', which has 5 or 6 songs on it's first half (side A of the vinyl!) and one long and beautiful track at 26 minutes, 'Echoes', to end with (the whole of side B on vinyl). There's a live perfrmance of it at Pompeii, in an ampitheatre, with no audience, which is a beautiful gem of a performance (lots and lots of superb guitar!) - ruclips.net/video/PGwPSPIhohk/видео.html.
Loved your reaction to High Hopes - also in Pompeii but with an audience this time! Oh, and the guitar David was playing is known as a Lap Steel or Hawaiian Steel.
Don't forget 1972's Obscured By Clouds which came between Meddle and DSOTM 😀
@@DazzleMonroe Fair point, though it's weak compared to the other 2.
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@@tonygriffin_ It clearly shows the progression from Meddle through to DSOTM. It's a very natural album and incredibly easy to listen to.
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Roger was 28/29 when he composed the music and lyrics of Time ... and a lot of the rest of the LP.
You’re a fun and sweet gal! Open minded, too! I like your reactions and you seem to like everything that I like, too!
I’m glad you are enjoying this music! It’s the best Rock has to offer to this day!
Enjoy!
🎸👏🏻😎
I think you'll love the emotion in the division bell album, the final pink Floyd studio album.... The album opener cluster 1 still gives me goosebumps to this day after hearing it in 96!
I love the album The Final Cut
Just found your channel today. Really enjoying your Pink Floyd reactions!
The sound of "the wave in the air" in the last song is the same instrument David Gilmour played at the end of High Hopes, that you liked so much. In that video you said it sounded like a guitar. It is a guitar, a "lap steel guitar", built to be solely played with a "slide", a piece of cylindrical steel (or sometimes glass), that is slid lightly against the strings to sound the notes. Slide guitar is usually done on a normal guitar, but the lapsteel takes it to a whole nother level of beauty.
I'd really recommend giving another listen to A Great Gig In the Sky, from the Pulse show. The album version is the definitive version, but the live versions are a highlight of the show still. If you like it that much there is a version from The Delicate Sound of Thunder show that is also magical. Each version features different singers, but they all kill it.
Thank you for the info on the lap steel guitar !!
Thank you for taking the time to listen to the entire album. It is a masterpiece. You look like you have had a spiritual awakening.
Hello.
Greetings from Illinois 🇺🇸!! Loved the react. So awesome to see a young lady discovering the soundtrack of my youth. I am a retired drummer and let me tell you, seeing The Floyd wasn't just seeing a concert. It was a HAPPENING! It was a feast for the senses. An experience to be treasured forever.
Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall should be your next listens, in that order. And there is a whole wealth of other music from that magic era, the greatest era of music EVER!!! - IMO, of course.
Hope you will continue your journey of discovery so I can take it with you.
Peace and love. ✌&❤ 🤘😎🤘
PS: I discovered Nightwish a couple of years ago. They are fantastic!!!
Retired drummer here, too. Check out Ningen Isu..
A Japanese 3 piece that will blow your mind. Try 'Heartless Scat'...I promise you have never heard anything quite like it.
@@tomtompkins7546 Hey, Tom. I already dig Lovebites and Band-Maid so I'll check them out. 👍
Excellent reaction - and well done on taking the advice to listen to the whole album in one sitting. That is how it should be listened to.
I knew you would know the album Artwork but not the album.
It was so great to see that moment during "Time" when you just got "lost in the sauce" in that dreamy mix, and then TGGITS a truly unique dive into the emotions surrounding Death.
Around 3 / 4 if you listen really hard you will hear
"if you can hear this whisper you are dying" a reminder to make every moment count😉❤️
Such a pleasure to watch you appreciate this for the first time look for a you tube video called Pink Floyd Pulse to see this played live.
Pink Floyd was a prolific, creative, and inventive band and all of their albums do follow suit, meaning you can't just listen to one song as they are all connected. The songs just go on and on and round and round, this is what makes Pink Floyd a very unique band. The next album to cover has to be Animals one of my favorites along with Wish you were here. Although it is very difficult to be selective with Pink Floyd albums as they are all so amazing. The woman on The Great Gig in the sky reminds me so much of my favorite South Korean singer ALi Cho, later I will show you a song she does in the same style of belting as she does an awesome rock version of a song
Perhaps the greatest single album ever produced. Complete and brilliant in every manner.
The female vocalist was Clare Torry , amazing.
Enjoyed your reaction to the music especially Time and Great Gig. It's good that you decided to take in Dark Side of the Moon as a whole piece and not as separate songs. My interpretation of this work is constantly evolving. If you think of this as an exposition on life then it makes some sense. The first song is about the beginning of one's life--just after you're born, the doctor smacks you to get you to breathe. "On the Run" and "Time" sums up the period between birth and death. "Time" has some incredible lyrics which you should go back to read. I always thought "Great Gig in the Sky" was the emotions one must have in facing the finale of a life--at first anger and denial which transitions into sadness and then acceptance. "Great Gig" is like the stages of grief as one nears death captured in music. The flip side of the album concentrates on some universal themes of life-money and achievement; unity and division; etc. So glad you found and appreciate Floyd.
Wow that was great =) It's the first time i listened to Dark Side Of The Moon with headphones ! I had this on reel to reel in the seventies but this is so much better ! Also the first time i have seen someone react to this classic album !
Beautiful music, Beautiful lady.
Great to see you listen to this and react without prior knowledge to one of the best albums ever made. And the solo on Time is one of the greatest ever committed to tape, so great to hear you acknowledge that without the knowledge of its status among aficionados.
So now that you've heard this, you need to listen to the album 'L'Heptade' by Harmonium. It's a totally amazing 70s psychedelic record from a Montreal band. It's basically the Quebecois Dark Side of the Moon, every prog rock fan in the province had a well worn copy.
Very nice, don't speak French but enjoyed it, Thank you. Has a slight New York Rock&Roll Ensemble feel to it, would recommend them if you've not heard already.
@@InfinityX00 couldnt agreed more as I am a french quebecois....they played that album in L A. IN a small venue if I remember well.
GREETINGS from PHILIPPINES..
I am 63, from Detroit ..now I live here.
In 1973 I first heard this album, on headphones, (and also smoking my first "joint") ..this vinyl album changed my life, .. for better ... gave me awareness ..( then I listen to Led Zepplin..just to HARD-ROCK)
Great react!
VERDY, there's something most people don't realize. When this album was created, it required hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, and knowledge of some very advanced cutting edge technology to produce.
Today, anyone with a decent laptop and a few hundred Euros can create all of those sounds.
What you need is some Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software, a MIDI keyboard controller, an audio interface and a microphone. (Vocal lessons and a guitar will cost extra).
I'm not saying you'll create something on the level of Pink Floyd (those people were musical geniuses) but with some understanding of music theory, you can create something satisfying for yourself.
Since you are capable of creating and produce RUclips videos, you already have the technical skill to try it.
It was indeed cutting edge at the time but some of the 'technology' was not so much cutting edge as put together with genius solutions. The prime example of that would be when, as they were constrained on the amount of multi-tracking they could use and Roger Waters put 6 reel-to-reel units together and ran a single piece of tape through them to create what was one of the first 'loops'.
Yes and this technology that you speak of has really hurt the music industry There is something about going to a live show and seeing people actually create the music rather than performing to a soundtrack.
There are some who still do it but by far there are more people playing to soundtracks that actually performing.
And for Time, they literally looped tape around chair legs and other pieces of furniture.
Editing was extremely primitive then. So musicians needed to be on point. Bands like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin where all virtuosos in their own rights, and that is what made them great. (Completely off topic, but listen to Boston's 'More Than a Feeling' for the best single take performance).
@@JohndeKock Never knew that about Boston's big hit. Interesting.
quite possibly the best album recorded in our lifetimes.& its 50 years old.thats freaking insane in itself.what state of mind must one be in to write such perfection 50 years ago?
Pink Floyd hits different as I get older.... More profound.
The Final Cut is really underrated
I'm still amazed at the life wisdom that was written by a bunch of guys in their early 20's at the time - astute observers of the world and human nature, to say the least.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for paying attention to Pink Floyd. Besides Nightwish my absolute favorite band.Even if they have separated, their music lives on. I was lucky enough to see David Gilmour live in Pompeii in 2016. If you want to see this grandiose concert, you can do it here at You Tube.You will definitely fall in love with the music of Pink Floyd.