The song is a dire warning against wasting one's life. I never paid attention to the lyrics as a kid. Now that I'm nearly 58 years old, the message is beyond profound.
@@robertjsmith I agree about the "monotony of existence" in the song, but I think it's in relation to having "missed the starting gun," and never gotten into anything truly meaningful in life- "Plans that either come to naught, or half a page of scribbled lines." And the "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" is a clear reference to Thoreau's "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation" observation. Just my two cents.
@@robertjsmith If freewill is ultimately an illusion, and it might be, then we should embrace the illusion and then GET AFTER IT in life. After the fact we can look back and say "I had no freewill to do anything other than to be successful."
"No-one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun' - In the context of this song, this line stands out to me. So profound and says it all really.
Underrated comment here, I started listening to Floyd in the 90’s (when I was like 12). This is one of my all time favorite songs but as I age I keep listening and it holds a completely different meaning (I see it from new perspectives) as I age.
Great Gig in the Sky is about the stages of grief. Anyone who has been deeply affected by loss completely understands how the vocals portray that. Masterpiece of an album.
@@DarthRaider520100% correct. I've seen Pink Floyd twice (both times without Roger), and each time it took 3 vocalists to duplicate the original solo by Clare Torry. It still came up a little short. Clare had such an incredible vocal range, and that solo was all spur of the moment improvisation. She sang it one time in the studio and it was decided that there wasn't any need to try and make it better. Pure perfection and it still gives me goosebumps.
@charlesm9929 I cry every time I hear this album. It speaks to the human heart. Time rocks me probably the most. Life is fleeting and we're all just wasting away.
@@DarthRaider520 It is really about more than greif. It is about dealing with your own mortality. The "singer" is dying and resisting the idea of being past away but reluctantly accepts the reality of death.
There was a documentary made about David Gilmour and they interviewed his wife Polly who stated "David doesn't talk much, he speaks with his guitar" and I think she nailed it with that comment. Gilmour is my all time favorite for that very reason. He seems to be able to just exude every possible emotion through his playing.
Awww I was blessed to see them twice, I was born in Philadelphia & raised in New Jersey very close to the venue's. I'm sorry you couldn't go, but there's so much content to watch online, just turn up the volume. Blessings ❤😊❤
I bought this album at 14 yrs old (born in 62). It made a huge impact on me. Every album they have has done this. There is nothing like Floyd. Thanks, Polo.
Back then. There were plenty of great & unique bands. QUEEN, ELO, DAVID BOWIE, FLEETWOOD MAC, CHICAGO, SANTANA, ALLMAN BROTHERS, LYNYRD SKYNYRD I AGREE. PF #1 & MOODY BLUES #2
Man, I know that as a reactor you have an incentive to listen to the songs one at a time, but if you don't sit down and listen to this album front to back, you're depriving yourself of one of the greatest experiences a music listener can have.
Just make sure you have the best headphones available. You need to have them to get the absolute most out of the album. There are so many layers and you need the fidelity that a good set can give you. Bose are my preferred ones I use to listen to DSOTM, The Wall and Wish You Were Here.
This song always makes me cry. I know its cliche, but when I listened to this album on shrooms many years ago, it changed my life. Shidted many perspectives I had previously held. And to this day when I meet someone new and I am getting to know them I will send them the song "Great Gig in The Sky" and have them tell me how it made them feel, or what they think its about. The responses I get are so beautiful and interesting.
I don't know how he does it. Both here and Comfortably Numb, he manages to play regret, and wistfulness tingede with a slight amount of anger. His guitar screams of lost opportunity, realization, and a plea for something better. With "Time" he plays his solo over the top of a female chorus. Who does that? Thank you for sharing this.
The power of this song is evident at any age but the older one becomes the deeper it resonates. The more hours one has frittered away the sadder and more poingant it is.
Everything from the Pulse concert is outstanding! Run Like Hell, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here, Time, Shine On Crazy Diamond.. The entire concert blew my mind. I can't even imagine being there in person!
I have been listening to PF for over 50 years and I still get a stank face when David Gilmour starts a solo. A very special group of musicians/artists and THE best in my humble opinion. Thank you for PF reaction.
There's a saying in classical music circles... 'It's easy to learn how to play Bach, but it's hard to play Bach well." Same applies here. Doesn't matter how intricate the solo is, what matters is the musicality put into it each and every time.
It is more than just musicality. The notes that a Gilmour or Peter Green play might often seem simple enough, but to manage and control the tones can be very complicated and intricate. Initially the basic tone of a guitar master is formed by choice of amp, amp set up, choice of guitar , guitar strings, guitar tuning, playing method ( fingers, plectrum, pick, hybrid ). This is enough to give a good guitarists their own sound. Great guitarists rarely play super fast if ever, and only play fast when the MUSIC demands it. Great guitarists take their own initial guitar tone or sound, and then change it constantly by using different techniques, different parts of the fingers / thumb to strike the notes, allow adjacent strings to sing with the played string ( s) and kill other strings...... so important to the tone of each note and often requires the guitarist to find a different way to form that particular chord, or part form it only , or join to another second chord and play them as one chord...... That is all the easy stuff..... now you must keep changing WHERE you strum or pick, keep changing the pick up choice..... bridge, neck , both together, but don’t let the audience see you doing it. lol And now for the 2 hardest tasks...... changing the tone and volume settings while doing all the above, and finding the right touch, the right feel with your fingers..... hard this note, soft the next, then crisp sharp contact with a finger nail that melds into a soft trailing almost harmonic as it fades away in controlled volume as it appears to be still gaining in pitch...... but is just one note and one pluck. Then there is feedback control........ We have all heard feedback from unwanted screeching to controlled tones and effects. Some great guitarists use feedback to create Harmonic notes that are perfect, can be held for over 10 secs unchanged or slightly altered at stages for effect before dropping in pitch ( note ) while in perfect harmony with a fading volume..... the volume knob being turned to 0 at the same time. Most shredders can not even imagine such notes let alone play them. lol
"Dark Side of the Moon" is my most favorite album ever! My oldest brother had a reel to reel back then and asked me to come listen to this music, so I walked in there and it was their song, "Money". I was 12 years old when this came out and have loved this lit up album ever since. This music will never die. We had the best music ever, in all different genres back then!!! I listened to all of it. Ha! Been to so many live concerts, and got to see Pink Floyd live in Dallas, Tx. It was so great. I'm old school, so we've got much more music to ask you to react to, if you're interested. Lol. Thank you very much for your reaction.
Never be embarrassed by listening to Pink Floyd on repeat. There's a reason why Dark Side of the Moon was in the top 200 best selling charts for 15 years! It's a masterpiece! The whole album is great! Don't just stop on this song. And they have many other amazing songs on other albums as well. If you choose to take on The Wall I'd recommend doing a special post listening to the whole album. It's a concept album that tells you a story. It is a great album with songs that will stand on their own but you should get the full experience. Also a few of the songs might need the context of the album to be more enjoyable on your first listen.
Imagine sitting in a planetarium, with the solar system overhead while listening to the entire “Dark Side Of The Moon” album! For years, many have done so!
First time I heard this in the 70's was in quadrophonic. I'll admit, I was high as a kite, it was the 70's. What can I say. The ticking at the beginning came from 4 separate speakers. My heart beat got right in sync with the ticks. Now that I'm 67, it is still timeless. One of the best groups ever.
This is their best work. It's not just the melody but the lyrics too. Upon contemplation, one can see that these words explore the core of existence - the unstoppable flow of time. It's incredible that Roger Waters was only thirty when this song was released as a single in the US - truly remarkable.
Thinking there should have been some sort of celebration of this album’s anniversary, given it has so many fans and is one of the bestselling albums of all time.
In 1973, when this album came out, I was 17 and was already familiar with Pink Floyd's previous albums; thanks to an older cousin; 'Arnold Layne', and 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn', in which Syd Barrett dealt a heavy hand . He and David Gilmour performed on the subsequent album, 'A Saucerful of Secrets' but left the band there - for medical reasons and Gilmour continued on as lead guitarist. It was 1968 and I was twelve. My dad was a jazz guitarist since he was a kid and so I had access to a relatively good stereo and a pair of EXCELLENT head phones. I was already ALL OVER their albums'More', 'Ummagumma' , ' Atom Heart Mother', 'Meddle' and 'Obscured By Clouds'. (All of which deserve accolades!) I'd lay on the floor with the headphones on ...and CRANK IT! BUT... when 'Dark Side of the Moon' hit the air, I found that suddenly I was not alone in my appreciation of the band! One of my very first concerts was the Dark Side Tour. I was 17 . I have the ticket stub from April 28, 1972 in Chicago. Ticket cost $10.50.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this track. Hundreds of times. And it always sounds fresh and new. Sometimes I find myself just focusing on the bass, or the drums, or the gospel backup vocals, or the keys, or the lyrics, or the message, or David’s guitar. There are so many layers.
There is so much packed into this song you need to listen several times to "get it." The music hits you for a while, and then you find the lyrics. I have listened to this for over 50 years. The way I understand it has changed, but I still love it.
A wonderful backing vocal group here as well as the stellar play of PF. Also on DSotM, in the song "Brain Damage," there's some lovely vocals again; AND we certainly cannot forget Clare Torry's "The Great Gig in the Sky."
OMG, I remember this song. I am 71 yrs old, and I had forgotten it. I have this album, in storage. But when I was a teenager, I could quit playing it. It still sounds good. Thank you🤗
In 1973 I was 18 years old. Just before I entered the ARMY, I had bought this album. My very first Album of any kind ! After Basic training I was sent to AIT. (A)dvanced (I)nfantry (T)raining to learn my job I signed up for. Every week end I would go to the Rec. Hall and order this album, sorry....Tape, handed a fairly good set of head phones, and told what reclining chair to sit in. Close my eyes and let myself be lost in the wonder that we call "Pink Floyd". A few years later with very top shelf stereo I bought while in the service, I bought ( a few times over) every Master Album Pink Floyd among a few other artist like SuperTramp. A Floyd Fan for most of the better part of my life. Their music really made it better.
I've been listening to this album for 50 years. A lot of people would pick 'Money' as the song to listen to to 'feel' the album, but to me 'Time' cuts deepest into my soul. And the one line that makes me catch my breath every time is; "...but you're older, Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death." Here are these guys in the prime of their lives and they write the one line that won't become significant to most people until they're in there 50's or 60's. And the way the word 'death' ls sung it's almost like the punctuation at the end of the sentence and at the end of life. Saw a comment below about having Dark Side on vinyl and CD. I had Dark Side on vinyl, 8-track, 2 different cassettes, 3 different CD's, and a digital download.
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Hey Bud; you do awesome reactions! I wish I could pay; I've decided @ this point in my life;; my daughter's career is MORE important.... I watch my grandkids & make sure they grow up strong. Anyway, Love Pink Floyd. The singer is always overlooked and Gilmore doesn't get enough respect; in my opinion. Thank you for being honest & for sharing your opinions..... May I ask for a Hendrix instrumental? Or anything Hendrix? No one reacts to his guitar;; that I've seen. - Deryl
I Love 'Welcome to the Machine.'. I have never heard or watched that JIMI; Thank You. I was going to ask Polo for Watch Tower but I'd rather hear him do an instrumental; I don't believe he has reacted to an instrumental yet. .... Then he could do 'Call of K'tulu' also.
I gratuated high school in 1976. I wasmost fortunate to have had parents who chose for me to spend my high school days at a brand new, tiny (100 or so students) excellent (academically) private school. I ghrived there after struggling in school all my life. There were seven teachers. One of my favrite teachers had, and played, the best stereo! His room was not near the others but was in the same one story building He was soooo cool! He was a huge Bob Dylan fan and loved rock. One day, he gave us an in-class assignment - to listen to and analyze Pink Floyd's "Time!" Can you BELIEVE IT? lol!! Well, believe. He turned up the volume, gently put the needle onto the record, and filled the room with glorious music! None of us moved as we studiously sat and stared at the big speakers, completely rivited. It was a popular song on the radio, yet this listen felt different. I was transported out of a "school work" state of mind. I relaxed. I could differentiate between every instrument! I couldn't focus on the words (not a great situation when the words were the most important reason for listening to the song. lol)! I loved the song and loved it even more. When silence cut the mood short, I felt disappointed whdn the teacher turned off the stereo and opened a discussion about what the song meant. But, even that was interesting. I didn't have much to contribute and stayed pretty quiet. All was well. 😀 Thankyou, thank you, thank you, to that teacher (his name was Bob)! Eventually, I did comprehend the meaning of the song (when I played the album at home, I was often smoking pot, air head). Still, every time I hear this song I remember listsning to it during class on that very special day, so long ago, and I smile. 😃 Thank you, so much, for choosing this song to react to!! 😃 Jennifer San Francisco Bay area USA
This album and their Wish You Were Here are by far some of the greatest albums ever created, start to finish. Each song is worth a reaction and hope to see you do them all.
This cut always take me back to the time period of my life when I first heard this song !, and all the ups and downs from that time up to the present day !! I'm 68 years old now ! I was 19 when I was introduced to the dark side of the moon album !! And i feel the same way about it when I first heard it. 👍👍🥰💯💯☺️☺️😍🤩
This is my number 1 stand alone favorite Pink Floyd song. Listened to it for real for the first time at 30 years old. Hit me like a ton of bricks. Listened to it 1000s of times since and it never gets old
Perfect blend of rock, soul, funk, r&b & psychedelia. Floyd really got inspired by some soulful stuff on this album... I'm thinking among many - Isaac Hayes (Walk on by). A lot of humanity on this album that's for sure.
David Gilmour is a master at the bend from half tone to whole tone to one and a half tones all the way to that near string breaking two tone bend! He pushes the guitar to the limit... tastefully and technically perfect! The one guitarist that is a master that so often is missed as being a virtuoso is Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits. And that because his playing is so often so skillfully woven into the song that we just think 'What a great song!', then we listen to what he added to make it so and go 'Whoa...Wow!' Check out the studio version of 'Wild West End' from their first album and listen to the lead guitar by Knopfler. In this song you don't hear a solo (in this song)... Instead, you here a dozen or so lead riffs tastefully and masterfully woven into the song. Like you, I love Gilmour and Pink Floyd, but love Knopfler just as much for slightly different reasons (his finger-picking dynamics, for one). Please react, if you would to the Album version: ruclips.net/video/Q5mfz4393NA/видео.html Then catch the live studio version (with video) for the visual mastery of finger-picked dynamics that, I believe are unparalleled: ruclips.net/video/T4Ad_J_2l0w/видео.html 🥺
This is a song that never runs dry. Have been listening to it and the broader DSOTM album for its entire 50 year history from crackly vinyl to high def audio and have never felt that it has diminished, waned or faded. Pink Floyds work between ‘Atom heart mother’ and ‘Animals’ is astonishing in its longevity for repeat listening. (I know……I left out ‘The Wall’ wall but there are too many tracks on it that are Meh for repeat listens …can only play side 3 on repeat)
I know comfortably numb is the bigger solo but for me this is better. It’s absolutely flawless and perfect for what Time is and was. Just stunningly good.
You will be blown away by the rest of "Dark Side Of The Moon". Album rock at its finest. You need to hear MONEY. One of the best guitar solo's you'll hear ever!!!
1973, shag carpet, blacklight posters, incense, window unit ac, warmed up Lava Lite, cranked up headphones, Columbian Red Bud, Nacho Doritos, tons of Mr. Pibb. Repeat, repeat.
Funny. Puts Polo into a state of calm while it puts me in a state of anxiety. All I hear are heartbeats going 5x normal pace and I'm on edge. Love this friggin' song!
This song is just something else. Although the initial mistaken upload had it listed as "The Great Gig in the Sky", and now you really have to hear that one, too
Indeed, but should a first time listener check out the Pompeii echoes or the full length studio version first? There are arguments for both i guess lol
@@swfcocs1 I've listened to the studio version, and to be honest it's very weak. There is just something about the live version that's so raw and powerful. It's what the studio version SHOULD have sounded like. Usually it's the other way around I agree, but not in this case.
@@Markhypnosis1 was it the full 22 min plus version from "meddle"? Im asking as some collections have a 16 min version which is inferior. I really love both versions TBH, Live at Pompeii as a whole has to be one of the greatest live concert films ever made
@@swfcocs1 I'm not sure which version, it must have been from Meddle, yes. I was so underwhelmed by it. No power, no dynamics, too clean. Perhaps it's because I'd only ever heard the Pompei version. If I'd heard the studio version first then i might have felt differently about it.
@@Markhypnosis1 the live at Pompeii concert had a pretty profound effect on me too, particularly as my first hearing was at the Pink Floyd coffee shop in Amsterdam in the late 80s, that was a brilliant place, a coffee shop that played nothing but floyd whilst selling great food and prime Amsterdam weed, what a combination, truly enough to satisfy the soul lol
Pink Floyd isn't my favorite band of all time - but this album is my favorite album of all time, and seeing them live in 94 was the greatest concern I've ever been to - so Pink Floyd is super high in my regards.
Would love to see a full "Dark Side of the Moon" album reaction. At the risk of sounding like a snob, this album was written with the intent of taking in the piece as a whole listening experience. As great as a song "Time" is, it's power is a little diminished when not followed up by the next track, "The Great Gig in the Sky", for example. So, that would be cool, but by all means, at the very least, listen to the whole album on your own time. Great reaction, though.
Pink Floyd really struck gold, caught lightning in a bottle and found the missing link with this album!!! They plugged into the human mind and human condition for this album instead of singing about narcissistic things and current history which keeps this album from being able to date the music!! Instead they commented on human life from birth to death and how they saw problems throughout life which just strikes a chord with almost anyone!!!
David Gilmour can express with a few notes than many others never achieve, his playing will last forever.
His fans have the best comments. You guys are dope
If you haven't seen it, then Pink Floyd "Echoes" (Part1) Live at Pompeii 1972 is a MUST!
bro he’s the only guitarist that gives me goose bumps when he solos
@@markjohnson3550 To me as well, it makes eyes water
Gilmour is one of the greatest and i still think he's underrated. No one makes those strings sing quite like him.
Just break down and do the whole "Dark Side of the Moon" album in one sitting. You won't regret it.
if he does, we might lose him! lol
Truth!
Thisss
this actually
If only he still smoked 🌳
The song is a dire warning against wasting one's life. I never paid attention to the lyrics as a kid. Now that I'm nearly 58 years old, the message is beyond profound.
I think its more about the monotony of existence regardless of what you do,just an idea
@@robertjsmith I agree about the "monotony of existence" in the song, but I think it's in relation to having "missed the starting gun," and never gotten into anything truly meaningful in life- "Plans that either come to naught, or half a page of scribbled lines." And the "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" is a clear reference to Thoreau's "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation" observation. Just my two cents.
@@paxonearth peoples lives can only play out,the way they have played out,saying i should made better choices,(we don't have free will)
@@robertjsmith If freewill is ultimately an illusion, and it might be, then we should embrace the illusion and then GET AFTER IT in life. After the fact we can look back and say "I had no freewill to do anything other than to be successful."
Same. I remember hearing the lyrics as a teenager and thinking it would never apply to me.
"No-one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun' - In the context of this song, this line stands out to me. So profound and says it all really.
Number one album of all time in my opinion, start to finish, incredible when it was recorded and how well it holds up today
this song is sooo good. and it definitely hits you harder and harder as you get older
Underrated comment here, I started listening to Floyd in the 90’s (when I was like 12). This is one of my all time favorite songs but as I age I keep listening and it holds a completely different meaning (I see it from new perspectives) as I age.
Very true statement.
True
Same! I burst into tears one day because I fully realized what the song was about. Instead of my 13 year old self just thinking it's clever.
aint that the truth... remember listening to this as a small kid in the 70s.. playing on the floor...
After 50 years, songs from this album still gives me goosebumps, especially "Great Gig in the Sky"
Great Gig in the Sky is about the stages of grief. Anyone who has been deeply affected by loss completely understands how the vocals portray that. Masterpiece of an album.
@@DarthRaider520100% correct. I've seen Pink Floyd twice (both times without Roger), and each time it took 3 vocalists to duplicate the original solo by Clare Torry. It still came up a little short. Clare had such an incredible vocal range, and that solo was all spur of the moment improvisation. She sang it one time in the studio and it was decided that there wasn't any need to try and make it better. Pure perfection and it still gives me goosebumps.
@charlesm9929 I cry every time I hear this album. It speaks to the human heart. Time rocks me probably the most. Life is fleeting and we're all just wasting away.
Great track as well. Good call. 🙏🏽❤
@@DarthRaider520
It is really about more than greif. It is about dealing with your own mortality. The "singer" is dying and resisting the idea of being past away but reluctantly accepts the reality of death.
There was a documentary made about David Gilmour and they interviewed his wife Polly who stated "David doesn't talk much, he speaks with his guitar" and I think she nailed it with that comment. Gilmour is my all time favorite for that very reason. He seems to be able to just exude every possible emotion through his playing.
AMEN!!!
Gilmour 😅
I have loved them for soo long...am now 77 and deeply regret never having seen them live!! Thanks, from Oz
David has so many live videos, you should see them all 🤘
Awww I was blessed to see them twice, I was born in Philadelphia & raised in New Jersey very close to the venue's. I'm sorry you couldn't go, but there's so much content to watch online, just turn up the volume. Blessings ❤😊❤
Go watch the Australian Pink Floyd, they are as near as you can get to the original ! really.
I saw them in DC for the Division Bell. Epic
I bought this album at 14 yrs old (born in 62). It made a huge impact on me. Every album they have has done this. There is nothing like Floyd. Thanks, Polo.
I didn't realize this music was that old (no offense). It's amazing how timeless music is it flys burns through decades.
Same
@@poloreacts27 No offense taken, my friend.
Me too! Poster on wall.
@@rebeccamead4557 I know exactly what you are saying!
Nobody is making music like this anymore! True musical genius! WHERE ARE THE ROCK & ROLL BANDS!
nobody made music like this then either, except PF
The Moody Blues comes close!
Back then. There were plenty of great & unique bands.
QUEEN, ELO, DAVID BOWIE, FLEETWOOD MAC, CHICAGO, SANTANA, ALLMAN BROTHERS, LYNYRD SKYNYRD I AGREE. PF #1 & MOODY BLUES #2
Been replaced by naked women and ai
@@raross6119 It just seems like nobody wants to go out and take a chance and create a new sound!
Man, I know that as a reactor you have an incentive to listen to the songs one at a time, but if you don't sit down and listen to this album front to back, you're depriving yourself of one of the greatest experiences a music listener can have.
I have it set as a future project to do a full album review but this is after I've listened to the album at least 10x or so in full.
@@poloreacts27 sick
@@poloreacts27 get some smokeables on the side
AMEN!!!
Just make sure you have the best headphones available. You need to have them to get the absolute most out of the album. There are so many layers and you need the fidelity that a good set can give you. Bose are my preferred ones I use to listen to DSOTM, The Wall and Wish You Were Here.
David plays the right notes rather than the most notes or the fastest notes. He is perfection.
I've been known to openly weep during that solo. It's a work of art.
This song always makes me cry. I know its cliche, but when I listened to this album on shrooms many years ago, it changed my life. Shidted many perspectives I had previously held. And to this day when I meet someone new and I am getting to know them I will send them the song "Great Gig in The Sky" and have them tell me how it made them feel, or what they think its about. The responses I get are so beautiful and interesting.
Me too….
It’s kind of funny, saying that a work of art is in fact a work of art.
Hi Joegillam, I feel the same way when I watch Wood Stock😫✌🏼Peace Man
I don't know how he does it. Both here and Comfortably Numb, he manages to play regret, and wistfulness tingede with a slight amount of anger. His guitar screams of lost opportunity, realization, and a plea for something better. With "Time" he plays his solo over the top of a female chorus. Who does that? Thank you for sharing this.
There is only one word that fits for David Gilmore, and the word is Genius.
The power of this song is evident at any age but the older one becomes the deeper it resonates. The more hours one has frittered away the sadder and more poingant it is.
I've frittered way too many hours on reaction videos.
Everyone "fritters away" every minute. It's the human experience. That's what this song is about.
Hey polo - I cry for the fact there will never be another Floyd - keep up the great reviews
This song is an example of why many people call (Dark Side of the Moon) the greatest album ever!!!!
“No one told you when to run you missed the starting gun” love that line!
Gives me chills every time!
“Time” is one of my top Pink Floyd favorites. The LIVE version from the PULSE CONCERT is outstanding.
Far and away their best recorded live album. If anyone here has not listened to it, do it. It's the only Pink Floyd I play on repeat!!! ❤❤❤
Everything from the Pulse concert is outstanding! Run Like Hell, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here, Time, Shine On Crazy Diamond.. The entire concert blew my mind. I can't even imagine being there in person!
There's a reason why "Dark Side Of The Moon" was on the charts for 100 years.
I have been listening to PF for over 50 years and I still get a stank face when David Gilmour starts a solo. A very special group of musicians/artists and THE best in my humble opinion. Thank you for PF reaction.
No one writes lyrics like this anymore. You can argue that no one has ever written lyrics like this before. Simply epic.
There's a saying in classical music circles... 'It's easy to learn how to play Bach, but it's hard to play Bach well." Same applies here. Doesn't matter how intricate the solo is, what matters is the musicality put into it each and every time.
Well said
The soul has to be transformed into music to replicate it.
It is more than just musicality. The notes that a Gilmour or Peter Green play might often seem simple enough, but to manage and control the tones can be very complicated and intricate.
Initially the basic tone of a guitar master is formed by choice of amp, amp set up, choice of guitar , guitar strings, guitar tuning, playing method ( fingers, plectrum, pick, hybrid ).
This is enough to give a good guitarists their own sound.
Great guitarists rarely play super fast if ever, and only play fast when the MUSIC demands it.
Great guitarists take their own initial guitar tone or sound, and then change it constantly by using different techniques, different parts of the fingers / thumb to strike the notes, allow adjacent strings to sing with the played string ( s) and kill other strings...... so important to the tone of each note and often requires the guitarist to find a different way to form that particular chord, or part form it only , or join to another second chord and play them as one chord......
That is all the easy stuff..... now you must keep changing WHERE you strum or pick, keep changing the pick up choice..... bridge, neck , both together, but don’t let the audience see you doing it. lol
And now for the 2 hardest tasks...... changing the tone and volume settings while doing all the above, and finding the right touch, the right feel with your fingers..... hard this note, soft the next, then crisp sharp contact with a finger nail that melds into a soft trailing almost harmonic as it fades away in controlled volume as it appears to be still gaining in pitch...... but is just one note and one pluck.
Then there is feedback control........
We have all heard feedback from unwanted screeching to controlled tones and effects.
Some great guitarists use feedback to create Harmonic notes that are perfect, can be held for over 10 secs unchanged or slightly altered at stages for effect before dropping in pitch ( note ) while in perfect harmony with a fading volume..... the volume knob being turned to 0 at the same time.
Most shredders can not even imagine such notes let alone play them. lol
Pink Floyd is a journey. Listen from beginning to end.
"Dark Side of the Moon" is my most favorite album ever! My oldest brother had a reel to reel back then and asked me to come listen to this music, so I walked in there and it was their song, "Money". I was 12 years old when this came out and have loved this lit up album ever since. This music will never die. We had the best music ever, in all different genres back then!!! I listened to all of it. Ha! Been to so many live concerts, and got to see Pink Floyd live in Dallas, Tx. It was so great. I'm old school, so we've got much more music to ask you to react to, if you're interested. Lol. Thank you very much for your reaction.
Never be embarrassed by listening to Pink Floyd on repeat. There's a reason why Dark Side of the Moon was in the top 200 best selling charts for 15 years! It's a masterpiece! The whole album is great! Don't just stop on this song. And they have many other amazing songs on other albums as well.
If you choose to take on The Wall I'd recommend doing a special post listening to the whole album. It's a concept album that tells you a story. It is a great album with songs that will stand on their own but you should get the full experience. Also a few of the songs might need the context of the album to be more enjoyable on your first listen.
Imagine sitting in a planetarium, with the solar system overhead while listening to the entire “Dark Side Of The Moon” album! For years, many have done so!
I did so @ San Francisco Planetarium. It was epic. I saw Pink Floyd my first time @ the Cow Palace. That was epic too.
Laser Floyd at the Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History in Denver. The Laser tech was an artist. So Amazing.
With some lsd😂
First time I heard this in the 70's was in quadrophonic. I'll admit, I was high as a kite, it was the 70's. What can I say. The ticking at the beginning came from 4 separate speakers. My heart beat got right in sync with the ticks. Now that I'm 67, it is still timeless. One of the best groups ever.
I'll never not be amazed that the ticking is a Bass.
Good, good days!
This is their best work. It's not just the melody but the lyrics too. Upon contemplation, one can see that these words explore the core of existence - the unstoppable flow of time. It's incredible that Roger Waters was only thirty when this song was released as a single in the US - truly remarkable.
David Gilmour is a true master. His tone inspires and his style enlightens.
This album turned 50 two months ago (released March 1st, 1973). Time flies...
You aint kidding, I remember going to the Rogers Waters 35th anniversary tour of the album, feels like yesterday.
Thinking there should have been some sort of celebration of this album’s anniversary, given it has so many fans and is one of the bestselling albums of all time.
In 1973, when this album came out, I was 17 and was already familiar with Pink Floyd's previous albums; thanks to an older cousin; 'Arnold Layne', and 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn', in which Syd Barrett dealt a heavy hand . He and David Gilmour performed on the subsequent album, 'A Saucerful of Secrets' but left the band there - for medical reasons and Gilmour continued on as lead guitarist. It was 1968 and I was twelve. My dad was a jazz guitarist since he was a kid and so I had access to a relatively good stereo and a pair of EXCELLENT head phones. I was already ALL OVER their albums'More', 'Ummagumma' , ' Atom Heart Mother', 'Meddle' and 'Obscured By Clouds'. (All of which deserve accolades!) I'd lay on the floor with the headphones on ...and CRANK IT! BUT... when 'Dark Side of the Moon' hit the air, I found that suddenly I was not alone in my appreciation of the band! One of my very first concerts was the Dark Side Tour. I was 17 . I have the ticket stub from April 28, 1972 in Chicago. Ticket cost $10.50.
This is why I read the comments for stories like these.
That was a lot to pay for a ticket in '72'.
MONEY!
Time and money well spent.
I still remember the first time I listened to this. 1973. Wow
Maybe 72’?
Someone should put together a book of Pink Floyd stories like this! What a trip that would be....
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this track. Hundreds of times. And it always sounds fresh and new. Sometimes I find myself just focusing on the bass, or the drums, or the gospel backup vocals, or the keys, or the lyrics, or the message, or David’s guitar. There are so many layers.
The opening vocals to this song, after the musical intro are perfection 🏌🏽♂️
There is so much packed into this song you need to listen several times to "get it." The music hits you for a while, and then you find the lyrics. I have listened to this for over 50 years. The way I understand it has changed, but I still love it.
The power of music, my friend. I first heard this when I was 18 and now I’m 43. Time…
Headphones always with Pink Floyd..
I grew up in the 70's & this song brings back so many memories. Love their message about Time. Music is great, beginning has so many layers.
Pink Floyd is the best. Dig deep my friend.... I love what you do. ♥
Thanks Man, I really hope that you dig into Pink Floyd. You will be surprised at what you find. I've been there for fifty years.
My favorite Pink Floyd song. My favorite guitar solo. The words are beautifully written and sung. This song touches your soul!
A wonderful backing vocal group here as well as the stellar play of PF. Also on DSotM, in the song "Brain Damage," there's some lovely vocals again; AND we certainly cannot forget Clare Torry's "The Great Gig in the Sky."
My favorite still remains Careful With That Axe, Eugene, a brilliant metaphor for castastrophe colliding with life
Pink Floyd is just on another level,,,,they're for the ADVANCED music listener. 💥💥💥👍😎
OMG, I remember this song. I am 71 yrs old, and I had forgotten it. I have this album, in storage. But when I was a teenager, I could quit playing it. It still sounds good. Thank you🤗
In 1973 I was 18 years old. Just before I entered the ARMY, I had bought this album. My very first Album of any kind ! After Basic training I was sent to AIT. (A)dvanced (I)nfantry (T)raining to learn my job I signed up for. Every week end I would go to the Rec. Hall and order this album, sorry....Tape, handed a fairly good set of head phones, and told what reclining chair to sit in. Close my eyes and let myself be lost in the wonder that we call "Pink Floyd". A few years later with very top shelf stereo I bought while in the service, I bought ( a few times over) every Master Album Pink Floyd among a few other artist like SuperTramp. A Floyd Fan for most of the better part of my life. Their music really made it better.
I was lucky enough to be introduced to Pink Floyd before this album and seeing them perform live in my early teens. True art.
I've been listening to this album for 50 years. A lot of people would pick 'Money' as the song to listen to to 'feel' the album, but to me 'Time' cuts deepest into my soul. And the one line that makes me catch my breath every time is; "...but you're older, Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death." Here are these guys in the prime of their lives and they write the one line that won't become significant to most people until they're in there 50's or 60's. And the way the word 'death' ls sung it's almost like the punctuation at the end of the sentence and at the end of life.
Saw a comment below about having Dark Side on vinyl and CD. I had Dark Side on vinyl, 8-track, 2 different cassettes, 3 different CD's, and a digital download.
I particularly like to listen to the the one with their folded faces to the floor and keeping the Lunars off the path
I also think this is wayy better than Money.
Way better than Money.
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Welcome to the Machine is Floyd's best Pink song, imo. Absolutely amazing
Hey Bud; you do awesome reactions! I wish I could pay; I've decided @ this point in my life;; my daughter's career is MORE important.... I watch my grandkids & make sure they grow up strong.
Anyway, Love Pink Floyd. The singer is always overlooked and Gilmore doesn't get enough respect; in my opinion. Thank you for being honest & for sharing your opinions.....
May I ask for a Hendrix instrumental? Or anything Hendrix? No one reacts to his guitar;; that I've seen. - Deryl
@@jasongode6179 Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock is the greatest Jimi to watch
Listen to great gig in the sky. Album version. U won't be disappointed!!
I Love 'Welcome to the Machine.'. I have never heard or watched that JIMI; Thank You.
I was going to ask Polo for Watch Tower but I'd rather hear him do an instrumental; I don't believe he has reacted to an instrumental yet. .... Then he could do 'Call of K'tulu' also.
I gratuated high school in 1976. I wasmost fortunate to have had parents who chose for me to spend my high school days at a brand new, tiny (100 or so students) excellent (academically) private school. I ghrived there after struggling in school all my life. There were seven teachers.
One of my favrite teachers had, and played, the best stereo! His room was not near the others but was in the same one story building He was soooo cool! He was a huge Bob Dylan fan and loved rock.
One day, he gave us an in-class assignment - to listen to and analyze Pink Floyd's "Time!" Can you BELIEVE IT? lol!! Well, believe.
He turned up the volume, gently put the needle onto the record, and filled the room with glorious music!
None of us moved as we studiously sat and stared at the big speakers, completely rivited.
It was a popular song on the radio, yet this listen felt different. I was transported out of a "school work" state of mind. I relaxed. I could differentiate between every instrument! I couldn't focus on the words (not a great situation when the words were the most important reason for listening to the song. lol)! I loved the song and loved it even more. When silence cut the mood short, I felt disappointed whdn the teacher turned off the stereo and opened a discussion about what the song meant. But, even that was interesting. I didn't have much to contribute and stayed pretty quiet. All was well. 😀
Thankyou, thank you, thank you, to that teacher (his name was Bob)!
Eventually, I did comprehend the meaning of the song (when I played the album at home, I was often smoking pot, air head).
Still, every time I hear this song I remember listsning to it during class on that very special day, so long ago, and I smile. 😃
Thank you, so much, for choosing this song to react to!! 😃
Jennifer
San Francisco Bay area
USA
This album and their Wish You Were Here are by far some of the greatest albums ever created, start to finish. Each song is worth a reaction and hope to see you do them all.
Their sound is ethereal. Perfection.
"No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"
that line always guts me
50 years have got behind me since I first heard w
This cut always take me back to the time period of my life when I first heard this song !, and all the ups and downs from that time up to the present day !! I'm 68 years old now ! I was 19 when I was introduced to the dark side of the moon album !! And i feel the same way about it when I first heard it. 👍👍🥰💯💯☺️☺️😍🤩
Pink Floyd is timeless music
PINK FLOYD is a ICONIC BAND
We used to play this on a sweet Marantz unit with 901 Bose speakers,,, pure heaven
David Gilmour’s solo in Time has long time been considered as one of the greatest in all of rock history…
This is my number 1 stand alone favorite Pink Floyd song. Listened to it for real for the first time at 30 years old. Hit me like a ton of bricks. Listened to it 1000s of times since and it never gets old
Best way to listen to pink Floyd is sit between the speakers and listen.
I was lucky enough to see them live in '73.........twice in one 4 day span.Philly and then NYC. Words can't describe...........
Great area to grow up in for music…so many venues just a car ride away
Perfect blend of rock, soul, funk, r&b & psychedelia. Floyd really got inspired by some soulful stuff on this album... I'm thinking among many - Isaac Hayes (Walk on by). A lot of humanity on this album that's for sure.
Magical Band with incredible talent
David Gilmour is a master at the bend from half tone to whole tone to one and a half tones all the way to that near string breaking two tone bend! He pushes the guitar to the limit... tastefully and technically perfect! The one guitarist that is a master that so often is missed as being a virtuoso is Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits. And that because his playing is so often so skillfully woven into the song that we just think 'What a great song!', then we listen to what he added to make it so and go 'Whoa...Wow!' Check out the studio version of 'Wild West End' from their first album and listen to the lead guitar by Knopfler. In this song you don't hear a solo (in this song)... Instead, you here a dozen or so lead riffs tastefully and masterfully woven into the song. Like you, I love Gilmour and Pink Floyd, but love Knopfler just as much for slightly different reasons (his finger-picking dynamics, for one). Please react, if you would to the Album version: ruclips.net/video/Q5mfz4393NA/видео.html Then catch the live studio version (with video) for the visual mastery of finger-picked dynamics that, I believe are unparalleled: ruclips.net/video/T4Ad_J_2l0w/видео.html 🥺
They tell us to stop wasting the time we are given. Beautiful
This is a song that never runs dry. Have been listening to it and the broader DSOTM album for its entire 50 year history from crackly vinyl to high def audio and have never felt that it has diminished, waned or faded. Pink Floyds work between ‘Atom heart mother’ and ‘Animals’ is astonishing in its longevity for repeat listening. (I know……I left out ‘The Wall’ wall but there are too many tracks on it that are Meh for repeat listens …can only play side 3 on repeat)
I'm a 62yo woman and Pink Floyd was a huge part of my youth. This takes me back to my Navy days. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I know comfortably numb is the bigger solo but for me this is better. It’s absolutely flawless and perfect for what Time is and was. Just stunningly good.
This is how I feel
Top ten song of the 70's.
The fidelity on this version is a lot better.
I believe we all benefit from this album existing.
You need to do whole albums with bands like this.
I also listen to this track on repeat lol.
It evolves with you, gets better every time I listen. U a real one polo😎
This album came out in 1972 and stayed on the charts for 18 years! Pink Floyd became superstars then. They were ahead of their time.
73'
@@kylewallace474 close!
@@garymorse7249 you were. Just busting you a lil bit is all. 😁
The best song EVER made..and I’m a massive BOWIE fan 🇬🇧
One of my all time favorite solo's to play on guitar. I can play it over and over and never get sick of it
Just always a masterpiece not only this song but the entire album.
Time truly is one of the only songs that can actually be classified as life-changing. Blows my mind everytime
You will be blown away by the rest of "Dark Side Of The Moon". Album rock at its finest. You need to hear MONEY. One of the best guitar solo's you'll hear ever!!!
Nothing is ever better than any original.
1973, shag carpet, blacklight posters, incense, window unit ac, warmed up Lava Lite, cranked up headphones, Columbian Red Bud, Nacho Doritos, tons of Mr. Pibb. Repeat, repeat.
Tripping music. 😂
I have been listening to "Time" for over 50 years - It hits Harder every year!!
Everytime You Hear This Track As The Years Of Your Life Go By,, The Impact Will Only Continue To Grow Each Time...TRUTH!!
Amniotic thru birth ❤
Funny. Puts Polo into a state of calm while it puts me in a state of anxiety. All I hear are heartbeats going 5x normal pace and I'm on edge. Love this friggin' song!
This song is just something else. Although the initial mistaken upload had it listed as "The Great Gig in the Sky", and now you really have to hear that one, too
Greatest song of all time. This song is timeless
You'll be blown away by the Live at Pompei version of Echoes pt 1 from 1972. It's mind blowing.
Indeed, but should a first time listener check out the Pompeii echoes or the full length studio version first? There are arguments for both i guess lol
@@swfcocs1 I've listened to the studio version, and to be honest it's very weak. There is just something about the live version that's so raw and powerful. It's what the studio version SHOULD have sounded like. Usually it's the other way around I agree, but not in this case.
@@Markhypnosis1 was it the full 22 min plus version from "meddle"? Im asking as some collections have a 16 min version which is inferior. I really love both versions TBH, Live at Pompeii as a whole has to be one of the greatest live concert films ever made
@@swfcocs1 I'm not sure which version, it must have been from Meddle, yes. I was so underwhelmed by it. No power, no dynamics, too clean.
Perhaps it's because I'd only ever heard the Pompei version. If I'd heard the studio version first then i might have felt differently about it.
@@Markhypnosis1 the live at Pompeii concert had a pretty profound effect on me too, particularly as my first hearing was at the Pink Floyd coffee shop in Amsterdam in the late 80s, that was a brilliant place, a coffee shop that played nothing but floyd whilst selling great food and prime Amsterdam weed, what a combination, truly enough to satisfy the soul lol
gilmours playing gives me chills , so talanted
Great reaction! The whole album is fantastic and blew my mind when it came out. I was 17
My favorite by Pink Floyd! It rings truer and truer the older I get... 60+ now.. where have forty years gone?
This album is ground breaking. You need to listen to it from start to finish. Maybe do a live stream
It lined up so perfect with the swinging thing in background
Pink Floyd isn't my favorite band of all time - but this album is my favorite album of all time, and seeing them live in 94 was the greatest concern I've ever been to - so Pink Floyd is super high in my regards.
I'm going to have to do a review of the album one day
@@poloreacts27 The "Pulse" concert film is all their best tunes with a great light show
Caught in the "Pulse" concert from the 94 tours.....great show
@@poloreacts27 It's a must! The Dark Side of the Moon is an experience.
Listening to this back in the 90s with a strobe light going, mmh the memories
Would love to see a full "Dark Side of the Moon" album reaction. At the risk of sounding like a snob, this album was written with the intent of taking in the piece as a whole listening experience. As great as a song "Time" is, it's power is a little diminished when not followed up by the next track, "The Great Gig in the Sky", for example. So, that would be cool, but by all means, at the very least, listen to the whole album on your own time. Great reaction, though.
Hey! I am a snob too!!!
simply one of the greatest songs ever written…..
Pink Floyd really struck gold, caught lightning in a bottle and found the missing link with this album!!! They plugged into the human mind and human condition for this album instead of singing about narcissistic things and current history which keeps this album from being able to date the music!! Instead they commented on human life from birth to death and how they saw problems throughout life which just strikes a chord with almost anyone!!!
Another fabulous song by Pink Floyd is Learning to Fly ❤
You have to understand that they are making all of the music. No computers.
Always gotta be this boomer comment on a PF video lol
Just like fine wine as older it gets the better it tastes. Jeez.. this music just give different perspective to life.
My top 1O favorite song. Blessed to see them in concert when I was 18!in Dallas 1993!
First guitar solo I ever learned. Absolutely addictive track