@@the-NightStar As far as I've seen in videos, they try to get as close as possible to the original during their performances... They even copied the concept of the stage show. No question - with a lot of attention to detail, but in the end it's just another cover band, nothing more, nothing less.
David Gilmour describes this song as a conversation between his guitar and Richard Wright's keyboards. He also said, after Richard passed away, that he would never perform the song again.
Last time Echoes played together at a concert in Gdansk. By the way, this is another great concert where the band is accompanied by the Polish Symphony Orchestra. It's definitely worth seeing (it's here on youtube in full)...
David Gilmour, the skill and the talent of Pink Floyd Nick Mason, the pulse and drive of Pink Floyd Roger Waters, the attitude and brains of Pink Floyd Richard Wright (R.I.P.), the art, atmosphere and colour of Pink Floyd
@@Arthur.in.the.Fridgeprobably because of the legal dispute between him and the other 3 members. When he left, he tried to claim that he was Pink Floyd and wanted the band to breakup while he went solo. He can be a bit of an arrogant, selfish prick.
People always look at that The Beatles gig on the pub roof as something revolutionary and here were these dudes, in the middle of a roman amphitheater of a volcano ravaged city rocking their brains out for almost 2 hours for posterity and eternity, with no audience, but ghosts. Always ahead of their time! Also, Nick Mason (the drummer) is the star of this performance. Everyone is feeding off of him and the whole groove relies on him. One of the most underrated drummers of his generation.
It was on the roof of Apple corps building and they hadn't played live in 4 years, thats what made it special not the location, obviously this location is special
Just as an fyi this was 2 1/2 years after the Beatles played on the rooftop and they were seriously considering going to the ruins of the amphitheatre in Sabratha, an ancient Roman city in Libya, to play at the time, but didn't want to do the hassle. So this idea of Floyd's was after the Beatles nixed the idea of playing in ruins, and since Floyd recoreded at Apple, where the Beatles were, I'm pretty sure where they got the idea. Still a great choice by Floyd, however.
Pink Floyd are so unlike other bands. They never leave you thinking that was nice. They always leave you thinking !!! Then you want to hear more. I'm 76, I first saw them live in London in 1967. I still listen to them and still thinking😂😂👍👍❤
@@pulsarlights2825 Well, whoever is a fan of PF's "early" years is prompted by abbreviations, especially if not a native English speaker. I mean ... "Careful with that axe Eugene," "Set the control of the heart of the sun," "Shine on you crazy diamond," and that's not to speak about "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict." I'm only 50 and sadly speak English with an hoRRRible FRRench accent ... believe me, the latter is an excellent motivation to go for short names with "Foyds* (yeah ... for some reason you will certainly easily guess, I tend to skip the "The" too 😂😂😂)
I feel very fortunate to have seen Pink Floyd perform Echoes in its entirety back in 1973. It's a performance that I will never forget, and remains the single most memorable song from any show that I have ever seen. They performed this in Pittsburgh during their Dark Side Of The Moon tour in an arena with a retractable roof. The first half of the show they played a lot of their "older" at the time songs, and finished with Echoes before intermission. They came back to play the entire DSotM album. The arena was set up for surround sound, and when they started to play Breath, they opened the retractable roof and played the rest of the show under the stars. The cherry on top, I was sitting 6 rows from the stage right in front of David Gilmour. A night to remember.
Fortunate indeed! I was wondering if they played any of this outside of this performance as I've been to two shows and they didn't play any portion of this. Would have been a treat.
I saw the same show in Chicago at a movie theater size venue. The second half of the show was called A Piece for Lunatics which later became Dark Side of the Moon
Same show in Boston in a small concert hall. Started out with 'Careful With That Axe Eugene' and almost freaked me out because in my acid-induced state I thought they were tuning up until I realized what song they were playing, and then that blood curdling scream! Then, they activated the surround sound for Dark Side of the Moon, which hadn't been active for the first half of the show, and that was truly mind-blowing. Good times, good times!
If that made you emotional you must watch David Gilmour live at Gdansk performing Echoes, it was the final performance before Richard Wright passed away. The ending is just Richard and David speaking to each other through their instruments. It is beyond emotional.
The only thing about Gdansk and this performance. And multiple other live performances if you listen. While basically the same. Are very different as well. Gdansk and this are somewhat SUPER different It's all amazing though. All of it. I'm not bad talking at all. I love Floyd.
Pompeii version is the by far the best imho, its pure magic perfection, maybe the best piece of art ever painted, eternal...the Gdansk Version is sometimes to hard and impatient, especially in the beginning, the spirit of the place is missing, Floyd are releasing the Ghosts of the place and showcase that time is an illusion, everything is connected, Life and Death, emptyness, silence and full sound, lonelyness chance to overcome by band spirit, light and shadow, grasping potential of human creativity, tender soul touching guitar screams which are emotional releasing, a mystery journey to your deepest core ❤
Gilmour had once said “Echoes” is “the one where we were all discovering what Pink Floyd was all about". It's the song which set forth their artistical and musical path after Syd - who was their main song writer - left in the 1960's. The song lyric itself is about loneliness and the innate human desire to connect with other people yet it seems to be that desire which builds, drives and eventually crumbles humanity.
Pompeii was destroyed by a volcano 2000 years ago. Herculaneum was also destroyed. This was in one of the surviving amphitheaters. There are still hot vents that haven't completely cooled.
All I can say is that “You Get It!” I never thought I would hear a full review of this performance. Step back to a primordial earth. Climb back out to the present. Thank you for giving this the analysis it deserves, !
This one is special, it was the last thing David Gilmour played with Richard Wright live before he passed away. Gilmour has retired it from playing live, it doesnt feel like Floyd without Richard Wright.
@@CaffeineNightOwl I like it in the sense you can see how much time has passed and they still get tremendous pleasure playing off eachother. I enjoyed the last time together just as much!
Thank you! I've been into their music for the past four decades, and you may well be the first one I see throwing the light on Nick the way he deserves. I get that people tend to focus on the vocals and guitars over the drums. And I also get that you must listen to live performances to see him really shine. But he should be everywhere in the present comments since the camera is on him nearly half the time. How can one look at this video and not realize how amazing and central he is in the band's music? That is a mystery to me ...
Playing for the ghosts of Pompeii. Approximately 15,000 lives were taken in 79 AD after mount Vesuvius erupted, sending out a pyroclastic flow that buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabiae. Thanks for the reaction! Cheers!
The bodies that were suffocated and fell on the spot, buried in the ash that hardened. Decomposed and disappeared over the next 2 millennium. Leaving a mold behind they poured plaster in to and cast an image of those people. Echoes of the lives lost that day in history.
Hi Aileen. This is actually from a movie from the French Film Director Adrian Maben. There are other pre DSotM songs performed in the movie including, "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Careful with that Axe Eugene" which are far more experimental and "Space Rock" than their later material. All are masterful and you should definately give them all a play. David actually was allowed to play Pompeii again many years later albeit with a different line up and with an audience this time. Regarding "Echoes" David wouldn't perform the song again after the death of Richard Wright, so their final performance together "Live in Gdansk-2006", apart from being a superb concert, is a fitting epitaph to Richard, much missed, R.I.P.
Richard Wright without anything to filter his consciousness through the instrumentation of his endless supply of thought and creative energy with a set of keys and a mind before his time. RIP you Legend.❤
Post Syd Barret Pre-DSotM Pink Floyd is amazing and not that well-known in comparison to their later works. This "Live at Pompeii" film and the "live" album from Ummagumma is a great recollection of their repertoire at the time.
I found the 2016 concert in Pompeii to come up a bit short of their usual brilliance. Chuck Leavell is a master musician, but it just didn't have the same spirit as with Rick Wright. RIP Richard.
When life first began in the depths of the oceans the land was completely empty, and then life reached upward. For all our differences, we are all related, we are the Echoes of the explosion of life, and we should strive to be better human beings everyday. Open windows instead of building walls! ❤❤❤
I think loneliness is a very real part of this song, especially the line “Strangers passing in the street. By chance two separate glances meet. And I am you and what I see is me.” And I think that is about the fact that we are all connected, but even in a busy city we can feel very alone. Because sadly, even though we are all connected, we isolate and see others as strangers instead of connecting with them. 16:09 That guitar, to me, has always represented our frustration and desire to scream against the loneliness, and the desire to be heard…over the low perpetual chugging along of life in loneliness. And yes, there’s a real panic to that…the fear of invisibility and utter anonymity.
One of my most favourite pieces of music in my 62 years on this planet. Pure genius. Pink Floyd changed my life in 1976 and led to me really falling in love with music, although it had always been around from childhood. Hearing Floyd made me realise that music could be so much more.
When you experience Pink Floyd you are taken on a spiritual journey a trip and you are forever grateful that you then become Floyded with such a wonderful catalogue of music filled with emotions and lyrical content ❤
At this point they were with EMI record label and they were not known for promoting their talent so,Pink Floyd took matters in their own hands and made this promotional documentary. At the same time they were writing and recording The Dark Side of the Moon
I love this song so much I just named my pup Echo! This is the greatest band to ever do it! I love watching people enjoy them for the first time! They did a whole concert in Pompeii! I just imagine being someone randomly hearing this masterpiece “echoing” out of the old arena! These guys were special!
Richard Wrights demise was the catalyst for this song. An outstanding keyboard player who was so instrumental in providing Pink Floyd with bucolic keyboard arrangements. The tone of this song echoes the spirit of Richard's spirit as an Albatross gliding through the air pockets of an wide open sky.
There are a few things to put in perspective here. This was filmed in 1972, and was made right after the recording of the "Meddle" album, which includes the two large sections of the song "Echoes", as seen in this video. This concert marks the end of the more experimental phase that the band went through, after the departure of Syd Barret, due to mental illness. One year after this, they would unleash "The Dark Side of the Moon", and achieve immortality. Loved your reaction. It brings me great, great joy seeing this resonate at such deep level with people, over 50 years after it was done.
This song is the best example of creativity in music. That' high pitched squealing you heard in the middle of the song was a recording of whales communicating under watee. Pink Floyd had it recorded under water at the Vancouver Aquarium in 1971 then it was programed into the synthesizer of keyboardist, Richard Wright. Amazing video. I bought this on DVD around 25 to 30 years ago. Great reaction!❤
That’s the first time I’ve heard that. The seagull sounds (maybe described as whale song) is achieved by reversing the input output on a wah pedal and tooling around with the tone knobs. Done it myself and it’s very fun to do.
Okay Aileen, I have to share this story with you. Back in 1977, I took a girl on a date to see the movie this is from, at a special midnight showing. The theater had planned on showing it on just one screen, (they had three) but the crowd was enormous, got restless, and suddenly everyone started to move, so it was either be swept along or get trampled. All three theaters were filled with Pink Floyd fans. The one we were in, the crowd absolutely destroyed the last 15 minutes of Murder on the Orient Express, and I can distinctly remember seeing beer bottles being thrown and smashing into the screen. The theater only had one print, so it made for a very late night for some of us, but they did screen it for everyone. It was quite the experience for a couple of young college students!
Your title couldn’t be more true. This is the song that change my from walking a path towards suicide - the way the song comes back out of the darkness that engulfs the middle. I saw a sliver of hope. That was 30 years ago. 🙏. Thank you again for all of your channel and beautiful reactions.
Reference - Far Out: 10/16/2021 What’s That Sound? The seagulls featured on Pink Floyd song ‘Echoes’ David Gilmour went to plug in his wah wah pedal to try and crank out some funk. What he didn’t realize was that he plugged it in backwards, creating high pitched quacks and caws that were reminiscent of seagull calls. Delighted with his happy accident, the band recorded the effect and dropped it into the composition’s middle section. To replicate the sound live, Gilmour would repeat the backwards plug-in set up and take a metal guitar slide to the string to create feedback. The feedback, going through the wah wah pedal, produced the familiar nautical sounds that colour the track. Eventually, the sounds were simply put to tape and played alongside the ambient middle section instead of labouring over the reconstruction of the noises.
The Far Out article is quite inaccurate. If I recall, it was a roadie that did it by accident. At least that’s what earlier interviews with Dave have said. Regardless, the effect was originally used during The Embryo during 1970 and ‘71 tours, before ending up in the middle of Echoes. It would later be used in Is There Anybody Out There? from the Wall. Far Out also indicates he used a metal slide live to create the effect, but that is wrong. The slide (with heavy echo) is used to make the high pitched sustained notes at the beginning of the song, by lightly rubbing the slide on the string. Roger Waters does the same thing on the bass during the middle, although he is doing it across multiple strings to create a more of a swirling effect rather than playing a melody. Dave’s pedalboard has a switch to reverse the signal path into the wah for the seagull effect, which is created by an automatic feedback loop in the pedal, not feedback from the guitar. You don’t play anything on the guitar at all. Turning up the guitar volume is all that is needed to get the effect, and there is a point where you are between no sound and the full effect where you get the stuttering, “laughing” effect. You can also alter the tone with the tone knob or the way pedal itself. It doesn’t work as well with humbucker pickups, just single coil. You can see during live performances, including this one, that Dave is muting the guitar strings with his left hand, and just adjusting the volume. Every live performance I have seen in person or on video the effect is still created with the guitar, not from tape. There’s no reason to use a tape, and Dave’s performance is different every time. There’s no “labouring” over the effect, as Far Out states. Plug a guitar with single coil pickups backwards into a Crybaby-type Wah Wah and just twiddle the volume pot. Very simple to do.
@@NewBritainStationThanks for setting the record straight; what you posted is what I’ve heard over the years for multiple sources. I’ve done this very thing and is a blast to noodle about with.
Saw this in a film theater in "74 and it was an incredible experience. The heard and saw Echoes live in 1974 in full quad. It was the best concert I've ever been to.
Beneath all of that, was Richard Wright holding it all together and setting the mood with his keyboards. You’re almost not aware of it, until,you focus in and realize, OMG, HE’s THE THREAD stitching it along together.
Grazie di cuore. Un vero capolavoro dell' arte musicale di questo quartetto leggendario. Ho partecipato a 4 dei loro concerti il primo nell'89. Rimangono da sempre i miei preferiti. Grazie ancora.
I still remember the first time I discovered Live at Pompeii on a DVD I bought from the music store I was working at at the time. I also found it life changing. Even more life changing once mushrooms were involved.
Hi Aileen 😊👍 Absolutely fantastic reaction to Pink Floyd's Echoes live from Pompeii in 1971😊👍 After the period of Syd Barrett in the 1960s, the band had lost its way and had to reinvent themselves and they chose a more introspective path and chose to be more philosophical in their approach to their art 😊👍 There are other live versions of this that are in front of massive crowds however I believe the meaning of the art reveals itself more prominently in the setting in Pompeii and you have hit the nail on the head on the meaning that they were conveying in their music, in their art and presentation, in their production and in their lyrics 😊👍 I've seen every one of your reactions to Pink Floyd's music and coming from your perspective you reemphasize that the meaning of their presentation is universal😊👍 There is no time period where their influence and storytelling isn't reached...they have an influence on us all 😊👍 Have a great day you and Arya 😊👍
Aileen By the way, that's original Bassist, Roger Waters in this classic. Roger left the band in 1985. But he has returned for some reunions with them: David, Nick, and Richard before Richard's death in 2008.
Even though Pompeii was destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 A.D., it's amazing how much architecture remains intact. I'd love to go there. Pink Floyd's performance there in '71 was brilliant.
Dear, I watch your reaction videos every now and then and I like them a lot. Pink Floyd wanted to record everything live, without any playback: this meant transporting all their concert equipment, except lights, to Italy by truck, along with a 24-track recording system that would guarantee the same sound quality as their studio work. The crew, arriving on site, discovered that they did not have enough electricity to power all the equipment. The problem was solved by bringing electricity directly from the town hall via a very long cable that ran through the streets of the city of Pompeii to the Roman Amphitheatre; this circumstance limited the actual filming time to just four days, from 4 to 7 October 1971. Some reels recorded in Pompeii were lost and so part of them was filmed in a studio in Paris. I'm Italian: please Pompei is written with just one "ì" at the end. Greetings from Milan
Great lyrics. . Great guitar sound and guitar work and guitar solo. Great drums. Great keyboards. This just takes you away. . Love me some old school classic PINK FLOYD. .
The eerie aspect of the song and the place they performed is such a perfect combination, it makes me emotional looking at the ruins of Pompeii and listening to the song at the same time, it's crazy
Floyd creates the greatest piece of art, everything is so well delivered and puzzled, you enter a time machine, you can hear it 1000 times and it will never fail to touch, teach and heal you.
It's hard to realize that this was recorded 53 years ago. If you want to completely "close the circle" on "Echoes", then you need to watch the final performance of this song (right before Richard Wright died of cancer). They performed it live one last time in "Echoes, live from Gdansk, The final performance". It's on u-tube and probably the best version they ever did.
Could cry watching Richard Wright's playing and singing, such a huge factor in the Pink Floyd story, after 50 years of listening to this incredible band it's great to see younger people loving their music.
I've watched this many times over 50 years and still feel the same as you do every time. Was lucky to meet a couple of them during concerts back in 1988
These guys created this magical composure HALF A CENTURY ago. Brilliance is down to a few "survivors". AWESOME creativity. My age is 75 yrs old - don't see this Quality, but rarely!
Yes, the long, slow dolly shot from the back of the band and around the speakers. There definitely is something creepy, lonely and almost scary about it, but, yes, very stylistic. Reminds me of something Kubrick would do. I love it, and look forward to that every time I watch it. The camera choices were really quite simple but so effective. Whoever thought to do this at Pompeii, well that was a great choice considering the history of the place.
Love love love Pink Floyd!!1997the fancy State theater in Pennsylvania they played ( Dark Side of The Rainbow) it was like the wall music with the Wizzard of Oz! It was AMAIZING!! No shortage of substances in that building! I'm a huge music fan!😊
For your enjoyment of transitions and Pink Floyd, IMHO you won't find better transitions than you will find in the tracks off of the Animals album. One song (Pigs I, II, & III) seems as though it is just one as the transitions are seamless. Another song has multiple different transitions and some change up the genre of the track entirely, as in Dogs, where Gilmore and Waters clearly play a game of 'can you play this genre' and bounce in and out of Rock, Jazz, Blues, and Progressive Rock. This was an excellent reaction, and I will always stop what I am doing and watch you react to Pink Floyd. You make those minutes so well worth it.
Remember that Pompei was only recently discovered at this point, buried for two thousand years, all those dead, and all that sorrow. Seeing it this way was a first for many, and the band were right to see the beauty of it all and play there... And they even have a Pink Floyd exhibition at the colosseum in honour of it.
Seeing this young Pink Floyd still gives me chills to see. This is when they were at the very height of their creative powers after the epic album Dark Side of the Moon. I love seeing how enthusiastic you are watching this. I feel the same and undoubtedly have a silly grin on my face, so you are not alone. Pink Floyd is timeless but you can see here the beginning of what we see in Pulse and DSOT. Hard to really put in words.
It is a phenomenal song and performance. Pink Floyd gets associated with marijuana and psychedelics all the time, but my Dad always points out that the things they do with sounds balance on their songs and all the complex tones and such, if you listen on a good surround sound or a good pair of headphones, you really don't need drugs to go on a trip. Also, if you have never been, Pompeii is absolutely amazing and absolutely surreal. You can literally see graffiti on the walls and wonderful artworks, while at the same time being a desolate place. It was unreal being there.
I am SO HERE for this! One of the greatest moments in music right here. I always think about David's bare feet in the dirt. That dirt with all of that history and blood, playing music that is perfect.... BLISS!!
Since your first Pink Floyd reaction I've been hoping youd do this one. And you did the full video too. I knew this was one you were going to love. Its a full experience Thank you for making this one. .
Only the ghosts.
They waited nearly 2000 years, trapped in volcanic ash to see Pink Floyd play for them.
Everything about this song, and performance, is brilliant. Just four guys, no autotune, nothing. There will never be another Pink Floyd.
Well, there IS another one. There's a cover band called Britt Floyd, and they are incredible.
@@the-NightStar, and there are silk-screen copies of the Mona Lisa. Not the same.
@@the-NightStar As far as I've seen in videos, they try to get as close as possible to the original during their performances... They even copied the concept of the stage show. No question - with a lot of attention to detail, but in the end it's just another cover band, nothing more, nothing less.
Well there will never be another "imsert name" so, its a pointless comment. Lol
They Didn't Need Autotune Rubbish Back Then...
This is, in my opinion, one of the best performances of anything in any medium ever.
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😮 I just had a Deja vu moment reading this comment 😮
Is this lady a medium?
I don’t know who this person is ?
Absolutely accurate words.
This: Pictures at an Exhibition Kazuhito Yamashita (RUclips)
David Gilmour describes this song as a conversation between his guitar and Richard Wright's keyboards. He also said, after Richard passed away, that he would never perform the song again.
Facts Bro
Last time Echoes played together at a concert in Gdansk. By the way, this is another great concert where the band is accompanied by the Polish Symphony Orchestra. It's definitely worth seeing (it's here on youtube in full)...
@@lubos1207 Thanks lubos I've not seen/heard this I'm going to check it out later👍
This song is Rick how can it ever be played again
Gilmour*
The late great Richard Wright on keyboards. RIP.
R.I.P Rick We Will Never FORGET
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He's rarely mentioned, but Floyd wouldn't be what we remember without him. 👍👍
@@AngelOfDeath420 The keyboard player, Richard Wright, he died in 2008.
Richard Wright was great, i really enjoyed his work on Ummagumma album and early Floyd
You don’t listen to Pink Floyd, you FEEL Pink Floyd. You get it😍😍😍
David Gilmour, the skill and the talent of Pink Floyd
Nick Mason, the pulse and drive of Pink Floyd
Roger Waters, the attitude and brains of Pink Floyd
Richard Wright (R.I.P.), the art, atmosphere and colour of Pink Floyd
Spot on descriptions.
Roger is the perfect example of DONT meet your heros. Greatest songwriter EVER but a true pos. The rest of the band were good ppl
Syd Barrett ( R.I.P ) the Creative
@@mrmouse-ol9pwHow come? Because he told the truth about the Ukraine war?
@@Arthur.in.the.Fridgeprobably because of the legal dispute between him and the other 3 members. When he left, he tried to claim that he was Pink Floyd and wanted the band to breakup while he went solo. He can be a bit of an arrogant, selfish prick.
People always look at that The Beatles gig on the pub roof as something revolutionary and here were these dudes, in the middle of a roman amphitheater of a volcano ravaged city rocking their brains out for almost 2 hours for posterity and eternity, with no audience, but ghosts. Always ahead of their time!
Also, Nick Mason (the drummer) is the star of this performance. Everyone is feeding off of him and the whole groove relies on him. One of the most underrated drummers of his generation.
Mason is on fire!
It was on the roof of Apple corps building and they hadn't played live in 4 years, thats what made it special not the location, obviously this location is special
Just as an fyi this was 2 1/2 years after the Beatles played on the rooftop and they were seriously considering going to the ruins of the amphitheatre in Sabratha, an ancient Roman city in Libya, to play at the time, but didn't want to do the hassle. So this idea of Floyd's was after the Beatles nixed the idea of playing in ruins, and since Floyd recoreded at Apple, where the Beatles were, I'm pretty sure where they got the idea. Still a great choice by Floyd, however.
@@barryw2659 it was the director, Adrian Maben, that brought the idea to them after visiting there and walking around the empty arena
@@Murder_34 Good point. Just goes to show the direct, indirect, and copied, ways which ideas get expressed.
Pink Floyd is probably the best band of all time in terms of creativity and putting music together
Sometimes I forget to breathe. Did I drool? Pink Floyd has been such a wonderful influence in my life since I was able to find them in the 1980s.
Rush is up there too
@@JoseMorales-hr3kw Much love for RUSH. Different vibe than Floyd but in creativity nearly par in my opinion.
@@TrianglesAndCircles yes I agree different vibes lol🙏🏼
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R.I.P Richard Wright..!! You will never be forgotten kind sir. Thank you for everything ❤
Pink Floyd are so unlike other bands. They never leave you thinking that was nice. They always leave you thinking !!! Then you want to hear more. I'm 76, I first saw them live in London in 1967. I still listen to them and still thinking😂😂👍👍❤
They used to be called "The Floyd" back in the day in England, true or false?
@@pulsarlights2825 true,but only as an abbreviation.
@@KenPassey-hd2mc Interesting, every time I hear "The Floyd" it's usually a a person with a British accent that is old enough to remember the 70s
@@pulsarlights2825 Well, whoever is a fan of PF's "early" years is prompted by abbreviations, especially if not a native English speaker. I mean ... "Careful with that axe Eugene," "Set the control of the heart of the sun," "Shine on you crazy diamond," and that's not to speak about "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict." I'm only 50 and sadly speak English with an hoRRRible FRRench accent ... believe me, the latter is an excellent motivation to go for short names with "Foyds* (yeah ... for some reason you will certainly easily guess, I tend to skip the "The" too 😂😂😂)
Me too a little younger at 70 but still listening.
I feel very fortunate to have seen Pink Floyd perform Echoes in its entirety back in 1973. It's a performance that I will never forget, and remains the single most memorable song from any show that I have ever seen. They performed this in Pittsburgh during their Dark Side Of The Moon tour in an arena with a retractable roof. The first half of the show they played a lot of their "older" at the time songs, and finished with Echoes before intermission. They came back to play the entire DSotM album. The arena was set up for surround sound, and when they started to play Breath, they opened the retractable roof and played the rest of the show under the stars. The cherry on top, I was sitting 6 rows from the stage right in front of David Gilmour. A night to remember.
Fortunate indeed! I was wondering if they played any of this outside of this performance as I've been to two shows and they didn't play any portion of this. Would have been a treat.
I saw the same show in Chicago at a movie theater size venue. The second half of the show was called A Piece for Lunatics which later became Dark Side of the Moon
I’m so jealous. My first was “The Wall” in 1980 but I’d swap it for that gig.
So jealous
Same show in Boston in a small concert hall. Started out with 'Careful With That Axe Eugene' and almost freaked me out because in my acid-induced state I thought they were tuning up until I realized what song they were playing, and then that blood curdling scream! Then, they activated the surround sound for Dark Side of the Moon, which hadn't been active for the first half of the show, and that was truly mind-blowing. Good times, good times!
If that made you emotional you must watch David Gilmour live at Gdansk performing Echoes, it was the final performance before Richard Wright passed away. The ending is just Richard and David speaking to each other through their instruments. It is beyond emotional.
When Gilmour & Wright are in musical conversation, the audience is your soul
The only thing about Gdansk and this performance. And multiple other live performances if you listen. While basically the same. Are very different as well.
Gdansk and this are somewhat SUPER different
It's all amazing though. All of it. I'm not bad talking at all. I love Floyd.
Pompeii version is the by far the best imho, its pure magic perfection, maybe the best piece of art ever painted, eternal...the Gdansk Version is sometimes to hard and impatient, especially in the beginning, the spirit of the place is missing, Floyd are releasing the Ghosts of the place and showcase that time is an illusion, everything is connected, Life and Death, emptyness, silence and full sound, lonelyness chance to overcome by band spirit, light and shadow, grasping potential of human creativity, tender soul touching guitar screams which are emotional releasing, a mystery journey to your deepest core ❤
Gilmour had once said “Echoes” is “the one where we were all discovering what Pink Floyd was all about". It's the song which set forth their artistical and musical path after Syd - who was their main song writer - left in the 1960's.
The song lyric itself is about loneliness and the innate human desire to connect with other people yet it seems to be that desire which builds, drives and eventually crumbles humanity.
This song is a master class in leaving space for the music to breathe. And breathe, it does.
Precisely! That's one thing that Floyd are brilliant at. They aren't just fantastic musicians, they know how to use silence to create the space!
That's why this band is a legend.
They were in their mid to late 20's. Amazing artists early in life.
Pompeii was destroyed by a volcano 2000 years ago. Herculaneum was also destroyed. This was in one of the surviving amphitheaters. There are still hot vents that haven't completely cooled.
All I can say is that “You Get It!” I never thought I would hear a full review of this performance. Step back to a primordial earth. Climb back out to the present. Thank you for giving this the analysis it deserves,
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This one is special, it was the last thing David Gilmour played with Richard Wright live before he passed away. Gilmour has retired it from playing live, it doesnt feel like Floyd without Richard Wright.
This was recorded way back in early 70’s Richard past away decades later
That's what they meant. They played it live together right before Rick died, and David won't play it live again without him.
@@SteveFrank111 2006. that version is brilliant too. I personally like it even better.
@@CaffeineNightOwl I like it in the sense you can see how much time has passed and they still get tremendous pleasure playing off eachother. I enjoyed the last time together just as much!
do you mean the concert in Gdansk version of Echoes?
Nick Mason's vastly underated!
Thank you! I've been into their music for the past four decades, and you may well be the first one I see throwing the light on Nick the way he deserves. I get that people tend to focus on the vocals and guitars over the drums. And I also get that you must listen to live performances to see him really shine. But he should be everywhere in the present comments since the camera is on him nearly half the time. How can one look at this video and not realize how amazing and central he is in the band's music? That is a mystery to me ...
Not by me! His work is unparalleled. Us and Them is one of my favourite tracks starring him.
Playing for the ghosts of Pompeii. Approximately 15,000 lives were taken in 79 AD after mount Vesuvius erupted, sending out a pyroclastic flow that buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabiae.
Thanks for the reaction!
Cheers!
The bodies that were suffocated and fell on the spot, buried in the ash that hardened. Decomposed and disappeared over the next 2 millennium. Leaving a mold behind they poured plaster in to and cast an image of those people. Echoes of the lives lost that day in history.
Hi Aileen. This is actually from a movie from the French Film Director Adrian Maben. There are other pre DSotM songs performed in the movie including, "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Careful with that Axe Eugene" which are far more experimental and "Space Rock" than their later material. All are masterful and you should definately give them all a play.
David actually was allowed to play Pompeii again many years later albeit with a different line up and with an audience this time. Regarding "Echoes" David wouldn't perform the song again after the death of Richard Wright, so their final performance together "Live in Gdansk-2006", apart from being a superb concert, is a fitting epitaph to Richard, much missed, R.I.P.
Richard Wright without anything to filter his consciousness through the instrumentation of his endless supply of thought and creative energy with a set of keys and a mind before his time. RIP you Legend.❤
Post Syd Barret Pre-DSotM Pink Floyd is amazing and not that well-known in comparison to their later works. This "Live at Pompeii" film and the "live" album from Ummagumma is a great recollection of their repertoire at the time.
I found the 2016 concert in Pompeii to come up a bit short of their usual brilliance. Chuck Leavell is a master musician, but it just didn't have the same spirit as with Rick Wright. RIP Richard.
So now you know where Andrew Lloyd Webber stole his main riff for “Phantom of the Opera” from ….
... and Paul Weller later!
@@robertmarlow255 There's definitely hints of Tubular Bells in it too.
I never realized that until now
Also between 25 and 26 minutes before it changes again is anyone else waiting for children of the grave by black Sabbath to kick in
Its great to see someone that can express how Pink Floyd make you feel. I've been a fan for 50 years and they are GOAT. Thanks baby.
When life first began in the depths of the oceans the land was completely empty, and then life reached upward. For all our differences, we are all related, we are the Echoes of the explosion of life, and we should strive to be better human beings everyday.
Open windows instead of building walls! ❤❤❤
I think loneliness is a very real part of this song, especially the line “Strangers passing in the street. By chance two separate glances meet. And I am you and what I see is me.” And I think that is about the fact that we are all connected, but even in a busy city we can feel very alone. Because sadly, even though we are all connected, we isolate and see others as strangers instead of connecting with them.
16:09 That guitar, to me, has always represented our frustration and desire to scream against the loneliness, and the desire to be heard…over the low perpetual chugging along of life in loneliness. And yes, there’s a real panic to that…the fear of invisibility and utter anonymity.
One of my most favourite pieces of music in my 62 years on this planet. Pure genius. Pink Floyd changed my life in 1976 and led to me really falling in love with music, although it had always been around from childhood. Hearing Floyd made me realise that music could be so much more.
Only Pink Floyd could go to a deserted amphitheater and jam for the lost souls of Pompeii.🤘
The band members were about 25/26 when they recorded this initially. To be able to write this masterpiece at such a young is unbelievable
They were in their twenties when no-one had to get into debt to go to university.
Most of the best music in history was written by people in their 20's. There are many exceptions, of course.
Pink Floyd is the best and so far ahead of their time. So glad you’ve come to like their music!
They are playing to the thousands of souls that died at Pompeii so many years ago
When you experience Pink Floyd you are taken on a spiritual journey a trip and you are forever grateful that you then become Floyded with such a wonderful catalogue of music filled with emotions and lyrical content ❤
That groove they settle into around 11:10 is one of the best pieces of music I’ve ever heard.
I agree with you I think that is one of the best pieces of music ever made
This song has always transported me somewhere else. It's hypnotic and incredible no matter how many times I've listened to it.
At this point they were with EMI record label and they were not known for promoting their talent so,Pink Floyd took matters in their own hands and made this promotional documentary. At the same time they were writing and recording The Dark Side of the Moon
Over a 30 minute video for us to enjoy on a lazy Sunday??? We’re eating good today alone with this 😌❤️ Can’t wait to get home from work to watch!!
I love this song so much I just named my pup Echo! This is the greatest band to ever do it! I love watching people enjoy them for the first time! They did a whole concert in Pompeii! I just imagine being someone randomly hearing this masterpiece “echoing” out of the old arena! These guys were special!
It’s so great watching Nick Mason having so much fun playing drums.
I have watched this hundreds of times and still get emotional at the end
This is a wild one to react to. Props. I'd only heard this because Gilmour said in an interview it might be his favourite.
Pink Floyd in their prime.
great performance.
I love this show, Rock Wright is great!
Rick I mean.
who is this gal?
where are the roadie's?
Richard Wrights demise was the catalyst for this song. An outstanding keyboard player who was so instrumental in providing Pink Floyd with bucolic keyboard arrangements. The tone of this song echoes the spirit of Richard's spirit as an Albatross gliding through the air pockets of an wide open sky.
So glad to see your reaction to this incredible work of art. You're gonna love it
There are a few things to put in perspective here.
This was filmed in 1972, and was made right after the recording of the "Meddle" album, which includes the two large sections of the song "Echoes", as seen in this video.
This concert marks the end of the more experimental phase that the band went through, after the departure of Syd Barret, due to mental illness.
One year after this, they would unleash "The Dark Side of the Moon", and achieve immortality.
Loved your reaction. It brings me great, great joy seeing this resonate at such deep level with people, over 50 years after it was done.
Thanks for this info 👍
Hundreds of listens and I still get chills.
This song is the best example of creativity in music. That' high pitched squealing you heard in the middle of the song was a recording of whales communicating under watee. Pink Floyd had it recorded under water at the Vancouver Aquarium in 1971 then it was programed into the synthesizer of keyboardist, Richard Wright. Amazing video. I bought this on DVD around 25 to 30 years ago. Great reaction!❤
That’s the first time I’ve heard that. The seagull sounds (maybe described as whale song) is achieved by reversing the input output on a wah pedal and tooling around with the tone knobs. Done it myself and it’s very fun to do.
Okay Aileen, I have to share this story with you. Back in 1977, I took a girl on a date to see the movie this is from, at a special midnight showing. The theater had planned on showing it on just one screen, (they had three) but the crowd was enormous, got restless, and suddenly everyone started to move, so it was either be swept along or get trampled. All three theaters were filled with Pink Floyd fans. The one we were in, the crowd absolutely destroyed the last 15 minutes of Murder on the Orient Express, and I can distinctly remember seeing beer bottles being thrown and smashing into the screen. The theater only had one print, so it made for a very late night for some of us, but they did screen it for everyone. It was quite the experience for a couple of young college students!
Another deep reaction, Aileen! You are even seeing nuances I have not seen before. That is why you are my fave reactor in YT!
Your title couldn’t be more true. This is the song that change my from walking a path towards suicide - the way the song comes back out of the darkness that engulfs the middle. I saw a sliver of hope. That was 30 years ago. 🙏. Thank you again for all of your channel and beautiful reactions.
The greatest band ever, period, end of story. Thanks for sharing!
This is the correct response to this performance.
Reference - Far Out: 10/16/2021
What’s That Sound? The seagulls featured on Pink Floyd song ‘Echoes’
David Gilmour went to plug in his wah wah pedal to try and crank out some funk. What he didn’t realize was that he plugged it in backwards, creating high pitched quacks and caws that were reminiscent of seagull calls.
Delighted with his happy accident, the band recorded the effect and dropped it into the composition’s middle section.
To replicate the sound live, Gilmour would repeat the backwards plug-in set up and take a metal guitar slide to the string to create feedback. The feedback, going through the wah wah pedal, produced the familiar nautical sounds that colour the track. Eventually, the sounds were simply put to tape and played alongside the ambient middle section instead of labouring over the reconstruction of the noises.
The Far Out article is quite inaccurate. If I recall, it was a roadie that did it by accident. At least that’s what earlier interviews with Dave have said. Regardless, the effect was originally used during The Embryo during 1970 and ‘71 tours, before ending up in the middle of Echoes. It would later be used in Is There Anybody Out There? from the Wall.
Far Out also indicates he used a metal slide live to create the effect, but that is wrong. The slide (with heavy echo) is used to make the high pitched sustained notes at the beginning of the song, by lightly rubbing the slide on the string. Roger Waters does the same thing on the bass during the middle, although he is doing it across multiple strings to create a more of a swirling effect rather than playing a melody.
Dave’s pedalboard has a switch to reverse the signal path into the wah for the seagull effect, which is created by an automatic feedback loop in the pedal, not feedback from the guitar. You don’t play anything on the guitar at all. Turning up the guitar volume is all that is needed to get the effect, and there is a point where you are between no sound and the full effect where you get the stuttering, “laughing” effect. You can also alter the tone with the tone knob or the way pedal itself. It doesn’t work as well with humbucker pickups, just single coil. You can see during live performances, including this one, that Dave is muting the guitar strings with his left hand, and just adjusting the volume.
Every live performance I have seen in person or on video the effect is still created with the guitar, not from tape. There’s no reason to use a tape, and Dave’s performance is different every time.
There’s no “labouring” over the effect, as Far Out states. Plug a guitar with single coil pickups backwards into a Crybaby-type Wah Wah and just twiddle the volume pot. Very simple to do.
@@NewBritainStationThanks for setting the record straight; what you posted is what I’ve heard over the years for multiple sources. I’ve done this very thing and is a blast to noodle about with.
So happy you ge it, I've gotta listen to this at least once a week, and i.m 72 , great seeing youngsters appreciating this.❤
Nothing beats the Celestial Voices segment of Saucer Full of Secrets from Live at Pompeii.
I've been a loyal fan since the late 60's and now you understand why. 🤘 I've seen them live many times over the years, just shear perfection.
Saw this in a film theater in "74 and it was an incredible experience. The heard and saw Echoes live in 1974 in full quad. It was the best concert I've ever been to.
Beneath all of that, was Richard Wright holding it all together and setting the mood with his keyboards. You’re almost not aware of it, until,you focus in and realize, OMG, HE’s THE THREAD stitching it along together.
Grazie di cuore. Un vero capolavoro dell' arte musicale di questo quartetto leggendario. Ho partecipato a 4 dei loro concerti il primo nell'89. Rimangono da sempre i miei preferiti. Grazie ancora.
I still remember the first time I discovered Live at Pompeii on a DVD I bought from the music store I was working at at the time. I also found it life changing. Even more life changing once mushrooms were involved.
Hi Aileen 😊👍 Absolutely fantastic reaction to Pink Floyd's Echoes live from Pompeii in 1971😊👍 After the period of Syd Barrett in the 1960s, the band had lost its way and had to reinvent themselves and they chose a more introspective path and chose to be more philosophical in their approach to their art 😊👍 There are other live versions of this that are in front of massive crowds however I believe the meaning of the art reveals itself more prominently in the setting in Pompeii and you have hit the nail on the head on the meaning that they were conveying in their music, in their art and presentation, in their production and in their lyrics 😊👍 I've seen every one of your reactions to Pink Floyd's music and coming from your perspective you reemphasize that the meaning of their presentation is universal😊👍 There is no time period where their influence and storytelling isn't reached...they have an influence on us all 😊👍 Have a great day you and Arya 😊👍
Thank you so much for sharing this healing matrix❤
the ending brings you down like a warm hug
The Fact that it’s Live ….and it’s perfect
Aileen
By the way, that's original Bassist, Roger Waters in this classic. Roger left the band in 1985. But he has returned for some reunions with them: David, Nick, and Richard before Richard's death in 2008.
Pink floyd are miles higher than any other band, they are at the very top, great reaction ✌️
Even though Pompeii was destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 A.D., it's amazing how much architecture remains intact. I'd love to go there. Pink Floyd's performance there in '71 was brilliant.
Dear, I watch your reaction videos every now and then and I like them a lot. Pink Floyd wanted to record everything live, without any playback: this meant transporting all their concert equipment, except lights, to Italy by truck, along with a 24-track recording system that would guarantee the same sound quality as their studio work. The crew, arriving on site, discovered that they did not have enough electricity to power all the equipment. The problem was solved by bringing electricity directly from the town hall via a very long cable that ran through the streets of the city of Pompeii to the Roman Amphitheatre; this circumstance limited the actual filming time to just four days, from 4 to 7 October 1971. Some reels recorded in Pompeii were lost and so part of them was filmed in a studio in Paris. I'm Italian: please Pompei is written with just one "ì" at the end. Greetings from Milan
Great lyrics. . Great guitar sound and guitar work and guitar solo. Great drums. Great keyboards. This just takes you away. . Love me some old school classic PINK FLOYD. .
The eerie aspect of the song and the place they performed is such a perfect combination, it makes me emotional looking at the ruins of Pompeii and listening to the song at the same time, it's crazy
Pink floyd has that great talent of triggering what is in your soul!
Floyd creates the greatest piece of art, everything is so well delivered and puzzled, you enter a time machine, you can hear it 1000 times and it will never fail to touch, teach and heal you.
It's hard to realize that this was recorded 53 years ago. If you want to completely "close the circle" on "Echoes", then you need to watch the final performance of this song (right before Richard Wright died of cancer). They performed it live one last time in "Echoes, live from Gdansk, The final performance". It's on u-tube and probably the best version they ever did.
I was there when I lived in Naples as a kid. I'm dying to go back especially after uncovering so much more.
A masterpiece !
Could cry watching Richard Wright's playing and singing, such a huge factor in the Pink Floyd story, after 50 years of listening to this incredible band it's great to see younger people loving their music.
Omg I woke up to this holy shit her mind is going to be blown
Goddamn, Echoes is a big one. Nice job, Aileen! :) Probably one of my most favorite songs of all time... ❤
Meddle, which is the album Echoes is off of, is my favorite go-to sleep album. Love the album and this song.
Yep...Echoes is a dream sequence.
I smoked many a blunt to this album that's for sure...😅
I've watched this many times over 50 years and still feel the same as you do every time. Was lucky to meet a couple of them during concerts back in 1988
It comes from nothing - and it ends in nothing, but changed.
And that's the beauty
These guys created this magical composure HALF A CENTURY ago. Brilliance is down to a few "survivors". AWESOME creativity. My age is 75 yrs old - don't see this Quality, but rarely!
Yes, the long, slow dolly shot from the back of the band and around the speakers. There definitely is something creepy, lonely and almost scary about it, but, yes, very stylistic. Reminds me of something Kubrick would do. I love it, and look forward to that every time I watch it. The camera choices were really quite simple but so effective. Whoever thought to do this at Pompeii, well that was a great choice considering the history of the place.
So cool to see a young person liking this wonderful music. And you have a lovely smile!
Love love love Pink Floyd!!1997the fancy State theater in Pennsylvania they played ( Dark Side of The Rainbow) it was like the wall music with the Wizzard of Oz! It was AMAIZING!! No shortage of substances in that building! I'm a huge music fan!😊
Aileen Senpai reviewing echoes live at Pompeii ??? I clicked play so hard I smashed my phone.
For your enjoyment of transitions and Pink Floyd, IMHO you won't find better transitions than you will find in the tracks off of the Animals album. One song (Pigs I, II, & III) seems as though it is just one as the transitions are seamless. Another song has multiple different transitions and some change up the genre of the track entirely, as in Dogs, where Gilmore and Waters clearly play a game of 'can you play this genre' and bounce in and out of Rock, Jazz, Blues, and Progressive Rock.
This was an excellent reaction, and I will always stop what I am doing and watch you react to Pink Floyd. You make those minutes so well worth it.
Fantastic reaction to the legendary pink Floyd love and respect from the UK 👍👍😀😀🌟 amazing channel 👍
The harmonies are so perfect ! They even sound like one voice . Just 53 years later I'm not sure , who sings wich part .
Love seeing your emotions to the songs. Helps me to show mine as well!
WOW! Such an intelligent sounding woman knowing the true beauty of a once in a life time band.
Remember that Pompei was only recently discovered at this point, buried for two thousand years, all those dead, and all that sorrow. Seeing it this way was a first for many, and the band were right to see the beauty of it all and play there... And they even have a Pink Floyd exhibition at the colosseum in honour of it.
The whole point to Live At Pompeii was to play to the ghosts there! No live crowd to talk and interrupt, just ghosts!
Seeing this young Pink Floyd still gives me chills to see. This is when they were at the very height of their creative powers after the epic album Dark Side of the Moon. I love seeing how enthusiastic you are watching this. I feel the same and undoubtedly have a silly grin on my face, so you are not alone. Pink Floyd is timeless but you can see here the beginning of what we see in Pulse and DSOT. Hard to really put in words.
This was before darkside
@@doscwolny2221 not by much. They were undoubtedly working on it at the time.
It is a phenomenal song and performance. Pink Floyd gets associated with marijuana and psychedelics all the time, but my Dad always points out that the things they do with sounds balance on their songs and all the complex tones and such, if you listen on a good surround sound or a good pair of headphones, you really don't need drugs to go on a trip.
Also, if you have never been, Pompeii is absolutely amazing and absolutely surreal. You can literally see graffiti on the walls and wonderful artworks, while at the same time being a desolate place. It was unreal being there.
You don't need drugs to make Pink Floyd better, but you do need Pink Floyd to make drugs better
Your life can changed in an instant, so live your life to the fullest everyday
This is pure art!
I am SO HERE for this! One of the greatest moments in music right here. I always think about David's bare feet in the dirt. That dirt with all of that history and blood, playing music that is perfect.... BLISS!!
According to Waters, this song is about life, evolution and the connection that all humans share with each other.
Since your first Pink Floyd reaction I've been hoping youd do this one. And you did the full video too. I knew this was one you were going to love. Its a full experience
Thank you for making this one. .