@@prizepool1 I thought his solo contribution on Ummagumma-Sysyphus parts 1-4 were very interesting in that it was classical piano going from sublime passages to a cacophony of the instrument abused to destruction.
If you want to see a guy exploding on acid, watch Rolling Stones Under my Thumb Live at Altamont. The biker on stage right is straight Fear & Loathing!
@@zotron9228 Completely agree. Too many people judge this song and so much more of there music not realizing most of these songs were ment to take you through your "trip". To guide you through the come up and the highs and lows and the comedown and confused bliss that follows. These songs arent ment to show off how many diffrents chords or complex notes you can play. These songs are meant to make you REALY FEEL something. If they can accomplish that with just 1 or 2 chords then more power to them! Anyone complaining about its lack of complexity isn't enjoying the music for what it really is.
@@Haxprocess I agree that there are bands like Opeth that are doing crazy good stuff nowadays...BUT only a few bands in history changed music the way Pink Floyd did. Many great bands today still take inspiration from them.. They may even bring things forward, which is good, but still they got their inspiration from Pink Floyd.
@@Haxprocess I didn't say that no band were more influential, just that only a few were. OK I agree that Yes, Genesis and others were (even though I would argue it's not the case for Camel)... And after Meddle they did The Wall, Animals, Dark Side Of The Moon (highly overrated in my opinion but still loved by many)...man even Division Bell had some interesting things ! Pink Floyd is far from being my favorite band but I still think that many of the greatest prog songs we've had were made because of them.
+Michelle M I was listening to this song in a restaurant once, and I needed to fart, so I waited till about the five minute mark so no-one would hear me. I thought I kept pretty decent timing till I realised everyone was looking at me and my battery was nearly dead on my ipad :(
You might still enjoy a lot of the Post Rock thats coming out. Space Slug, If These Trees Could Talk, etc. Theres still a lot of intriguing music and I commend them for doing what they want, versus trying to make a dollar.
@@MatthewStout can you mention others names? I'm ignorant about music of last 10years, now I only follow electronic music, I never hear really cool "new rock"
@@quentinnever I'm trying to think if there's anything I've encountered over the past 6 years that's more haunting. Can't think of anything at the moment...
Roger looks like the Hitchhiker on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and makes similar facial expressions. I agree with your comment. I'm a big Pink Floyd fan and I have no idea how I missed this masterpiece but I'm glad I found it. Now I have something perfect to listen to driving through the desert late at night on my way to work.
@@Karmen2010 Driving through the desert at night to this sounds perfect. I have a recommendation for you that is perfect to listen to while driving through the desert at night. Check out 'Blue Foam' by Yawning Man.
@@someguyontheinternet2714 Okay, thanks! I'd heard the title of this song but never listened to it. That's exactly what I listened to the entire 30 minute drive to work last night too.
Dedicating this to my brother, Tom who took his own life in 2015. I remember one night years before he sent me a link to this. (Both being Floyd lovers) and I was mesmerized. He later took me to see The Wall at Wembley In 2013? and there were tears in both our eyes, we couldn't believe what we were seeing and we'd finally got to see Roger Waters. Miss you forever Bro. Hope you're listening to your Floyd and Sabbath Vinyls wherever you are. X
If Space rock and acid rock had a kid it would be what they are playing right now. This is fucking amazing. Without this band we wouldn't have shoegaze. Rock wouldn't be the same.
+William DiDucca The Doors would be a good example for acid rock. Hawkwind and early pink Floyd would be a good example of space rock. Planet telex by Radiohead is a good example of space rock also.
i’ll respect your opinion and as much as i have always been a floyd fan, i have to disagree. david lee roth had the definitive rock n roll scream. sexy, primal, loud and on demand, he even used screams in different and varying contexts. -so there’s my two cents.
This is how Pink Floyd created Careful with that axe Eugene, Roger Waters came in one day and was like "hey guys I wrote a song, chords are D D D D D D D D D D D x infinity, Lyrics are "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhHHHHHhhhhhhhhhHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHhh AhHHHHHHHHHHhhHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhHHHH Ahhh Ahhhhh"
This version and the live at pompeii are hard to best tbh, both have their qualities, but this one wins EASILY The screams are so raw, and the organ+the guitar solo are from another dimension
The absolute best version of this song. Especially the intro with Richard's theme at 1:27. It sounds much more haunting like this, keeping it simple. Also, the atmosphere is breathtaking. Awesome mixing as well. Not to mention David's lead, of course. Or Roger's screams, for that matter. Oh, come on, it's perfect.
@@eyellgeteven9928 Ah yes..The time old favourite question, Which one's pink? . If i said Roy Harper, would you take your hats off to Roy Harper? Then you might say, "green is the colour?", and then I would reply "any colour you like"
This is honestly the best performance of this song. Pompeii was great too but I feel like this one has more of a Pink Floyd vibe and the way the song pauses at the end of the guitar solo and then starts back up with amazing pickups and sounds. 6:40 blows my mind and Idk why
i am envious. im 42 too and the floyd was a huge part of my teenage and 20s life. and this song in particular. after prog rockt ive got into death metal, technical death metal, but listening to pink floyd is always like coming back home
The song is frightening and has a dark mood. I'm not surprised people who are used to MTV songs couldn't handle it. Also, there is no way radios and TVs would pass a song about a murderer who kills his victims with an axe.
I remember the day I brought this album home. 2 days after my 15th birthday. I had just been introduced to Pink Floyd. I heard comfortably numb on the radio a week before. I asked my dad who the hell is this and he said Pink Floyd. It was a Saturday after noon and my mom took me to this box store and I bought the wall, meddle , relics and piper at the gates of dawn. It’s the only 4 albums the store had and I’m surprised they had any. I spent the rest of the day listening to those albums. I remember plain as day having the hair stand up on my arms listening to careful with that axe and then I put in meddle and when I heard echoes I thought my brain was melting. This was before I was introduced to Mary Jane. God I still get goosebumps.
I went camping in the woods in a vintage canvas orange tent with some friends, some indica a fire and pink floyd on a ghetto blaster - This and set the controls, amazing
Such a scary freaky yet incredibly dark & mystifying tune that only Pink Floyd could produce. Now I know why I'm so incredibly addicted to timeless masterpieces like this
+Carlos Rosa Gilmour was only ever hired on as a hot piece of ass to attract more female fans by doing his little pouty face while bending the strings.
1968 -1972 were great years of experimentation for Pink Floyd, they lose their main member and songwriter, but they didn`t gave up and continue with those great instrumental and atmospheric songs until they came out with The Dark Side of the Moon.
They were masters of setting a 'mood' I always think their songs are part of something deeper, chapter in a story. Up to the listener to understand/interpret the meaning.
+Michael S. yea it was a joke obviously although it could be looked at more seriously I was on a binge with some of their performances that day it was spur of the moment
however ive seen comments really weird ones one guy said he was putting cocaine up his ass (plugging) and this song reminded him of that experience...now that is weird lol....sometimes I feel normal when I read others posts (which is saying quite alot ) lol
I feel like this could be the first heavy Heavy Metal song (Or, at least one of the first). This song was released in 1969, less than a year before Black Sabbath made their debut. I think of it as kind of a Heavy Metal song because Heavy Metal has always been associated with horror. One minute you're immersed in a creepy, haunting atmosphere and then the next minute you're immediately hit with blood curdling screams accompanied by loud overdriven guitars, I think it's safe to say that this is really horrifying. I absolutely love Black Sabbath and I was a very die hard Floyd fan a few years ago (I still love them today)
+DeltaOracle257 That would be "Born to be wild" by Steppenwolf. Now, while be careful with that axe Eugene is quite heavy rock to be consider as proto-heavy metal by some, Steppenwolf predates them by two years. I should add that that era of floyd was amazing, I could never hooked up with their later stuff.
You might think performing a song like this is easy, just play a vamp in D minor for 7m50 and that's it, right? It's not, these guys are listening all the time to what the other guy is doing, feeling the dynamics, anticipating on every note that's being played or sung. They're masters at this, that's why I will always love Pink Floyd.
To all of you who wanted to find out more about this concert, the description is misleading! This is not Earl's Court 18.05.1973 as described, it is Brighton Dome 29 June 1972. Anyway it is definitely one of the most beautiful 'Axe' performances. This is a true gem
Oh, good golly, I was there that night. I played hooky from my very English boarding school (mandatory expulsion if discovered) and hitch-hiked a hundred miles to Brighton. A seventeen year old in musical bliss. Never forgotten. Sends chills up the spine over 40 years on.
Superb!!!!. If i could i wouldnt care to even pay 1000 or more bucks to have been in this concert. Priceless n worth it. The guys that were in this concert are blessed. So lucky them
I saw Pink Floyd perform this for the first time in years and for the last time ever at the Oakland Arena (Animals/Wish You Were Here) concert on May 7, 1977. There was so much love between and the band, it was their third encore. I think it was 15 minutes long. It was quite a transformative night.
We've just passed the 50th anniversary of this particular recording of this masterpiece. Can hardly believe it's this old. Also, this was uploaded in 2006, so this has been here for half my life. Good God I'm even ageing myself here and these chaps were younger than I am when they made this recording
AAARGHHHHHHH UUU UU UU ARGGHHHHHHGHGGH ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhh AaaaRGG Its not that complicated man you just gotta feel the pain in your soul it burns everyday It follows you at the train, work and home...let that pain out...it is the Great Gig in the sky
Jack P definitely ! I love Richard Wright early organ work just amazing an so underrated. Gilmour & Waters upfront but it’s that ‘feeling’ Wright brought to the Floyd.
Best band the world has ever seen without a doubt considering this track was recorded when most of the people commenting on this page weren't even born .brilliant
Someone said to Eugene, "Careful with that axe, Eugene".
Eugene replied by saying "One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces".
'one of these days' was actually something their producer or someone said, they were just teasing him with that song
+Cameron Whitney Nick Mason says it during the Live at Pompeii films.
+Yakovlievich yes
+Yakovlievich haha I love it!
+Yakovlievich ..lol...indeed.....
No band could ever cover this song, and make it sound good. Richard Wright was a master at the keyboard. RIP, you gentle soul.
god bless him. He was a holy keyboardist, pianest. No one played like him, and no one ever will. I always appreciated his magical plays. May he RIP.
@@prizepool1 absolutely.always a special place in my heart for wrights playing
@@prizepool1 I thought his solo contribution on Ummagumma-Sysyphus parts 1-4 were very interesting in that it was classical piano going from sublime passages to a cacophony of the instrument abused to destruction.
Blackie lawless from wasp can prolly do it
He was a monster at the keyboard
pure, horrifying, magical, one of the best psychedelic music. No one can touch Pink Floyd !! No one.
Abhishek Kannojia tools pretty good
@@johnharley7290 IKR...and Stalaggh too
Josh Jolly not even close..TOOL is different more like metal
Except for ME
@@efecemylmaz2524 actually tool is the heavier modern day pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd - Careful With That Acid Roger
I wish I had thought of that😂 On another note, you know you're a badass when you play on stage wearing a shirt with your own last name on it.
If you want to see a guy exploding on acid, watch Rolling Stones Under my Thumb Live at Altamont. The biker on stage right is straight Fear & Loathing!
careful with that shroom roger
@@BobbyGeneric145 im sorry my bro but The Floyd >>>>>>>>> as a regular tripper I always find the floyd's music to "compliment" the trip better
@@zotron9228 Completely agree. Too many people judge this song and so much more of there music not realizing most of these songs were ment to take you through your "trip". To guide you through the come up and the highs and lows and the comedown and confused bliss that follows. These songs arent ment to show off how many diffrents chords or complex notes you can play. These songs are meant to make you REALY FEEL something. If they can accomplish that with just 1 or 2 chords then more power to them! Anyone complaining about its lack of complexity isn't enjoying the music for what it really is.
why haven't Pink Floyd got a Nobel prize for music yet. they deserve it more than anybody else
Because pink floyd overated+overproud band
İf you say so
@@pupospico5743 clueless idiot.
@@Haxprocess I agree that there are bands like Opeth that are doing crazy good stuff nowadays...BUT only a few bands in history changed music the way Pink Floyd did. Many great bands today still take inspiration from them.. They may even bring things forward, which is good, but still they got their inspiration from Pink Floyd.
@@Haxprocess I didn't say that no band were more influential, just that only a few were. OK I agree that Yes, Genesis and others were (even though I would argue it's not the case for Camel)... And after Meddle they did The Wall, Animals, Dark Side Of The Moon (highly overrated in my opinion but still loved by many)...man even Division Bell had some interesting things ! Pink Floyd is far from being my favorite band but I still think that many of the greatest prog songs we've had were made because of them.
When I'm shopping over at the grocery store, why don't they play this?
lol! I did once hear Zeppelin's Tangerine as elevator music at O'Hare once...
Everyone would run out scared :)
+Ulysses M. oh you got it
+Michelle M I was listening to this song in a restaurant once, and I needed to fart, so I waited till about the five minute mark so no-one would hear me. I thought I kept pretty decent timing till I realised everyone was looking at me and my battery was nearly dead on my ipad :(
+Even Dwarfs Started Small Wrong grocery store?
Pure artistic freedom. No commercialism deciding how music should sound. No concentration spans of barely three minutes. Real music..
You might still enjoy a lot of the Post Rock thats coming out. Space Slug, If These Trees Could Talk, etc. Theres still a lot of intriguing music and I commend them for doing what they want, versus trying to make a dollar.
This is pure art
@@MatthewStout You are right, there are some dedicated RUclips channels where one can find a lot of new and sometimes exciting music.
@@MatthewStout can you mention others names? I'm ignorant about music of last 10years,
now I only follow electronic music, I never hear really cool "new rock"
@@poseidone5 Franz Ferdinand is a kind og new rock band
My Mom, who was passionate of classical music told my brothers and I, in the 80s, "if beethoven was of this era, He would be Pink Floyd"
indeed!
May God bless her
Absolutely true!!!!
😊
This has to be one of the most unique and strange songs ever. It sounds supernatural, ancient, and just plain surreal
Primal
One of the most haunting performances I've ever witnessed. I've been watching this video for over 6 years now, and it never gets old.
@@quentinnever I'm trying to think if there's anything I've encountered over the past 6 years that's more haunting. Can't think of anything at the moment...
Some guy on the Internet hahaha thats great your still online!
Roger looks like the Hitchhiker on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and makes similar facial expressions. I agree with your comment. I'm a big Pink Floyd fan and I have no idea how I missed this masterpiece but I'm glad I found it. Now I have something perfect to listen to driving through the desert late at night on my way to work.
@@Karmen2010 Driving through the desert at night to this sounds perfect. I have a recommendation for you that is perfect to listen to while driving through the desert at night. Check out 'Blue Foam' by Yawning Man.
@@someguyontheinternet2714 Okay, thanks! I'd heard the title of this song but never listened to it. That's exactly what I listened to the entire 30 minute drive to work last night too.
Dedicating this to my brother, Tom who took his own life in 2015. I remember one night years before he sent me a link to this. (Both being Floyd lovers) and I was mesmerized. He later took me to see The Wall at Wembley In 2013? and there were tears in both our eyes, we couldn't believe what we were seeing and we'd finally got to see Roger Waters.
Miss you forever Bro. Hope you're listening to your Floyd and Sabbath Vinyls wherever you are. X
Georgina Wood I’m very sorry for your loss
Georgina Wood wood look at Mary poppins sings Pink Floyd part 2
Sorry
@@VIND_C11 Why?
@@LabGoats was a year ago lol
If Space rock and acid rock had a kid it would be what they are playing right now. This is fucking amazing. Without this band we wouldn't have shoegaze. Rock wouldn't be the same.
What's acid rock and space rock?
+William DiDucca They are both types of psychedelic rock.
Could you give me examples of some famous bands from those genres?
+William DiDucca The Doors would be a good example for acid rock. Hawkwind and early pink Floyd would be a good example of space rock. Planet telex by Radiohead is a good example of space rock also.
Of which one?
The best scream in all of rock and roll history!!
skcharger440 yesssssssss
i’ll respect your opinion and as much as i have always been a floyd fan, i have to disagree. david lee roth had the definitive rock n roll scream. sexy, primal, loud and on demand, he even used screams in different and varying contexts. -so there’s my two cents.
Second best scream* Early morning- Epitaph
Deep Purple-Child in Time
It's the first one too , I think
I love how PF could get so many sounds out of a few instruments. Pioneers, pure genius.
#musical geniuses
That is well said.
Still one of the scariest tracks ever recorded. If only "The Shining" had been a musical!
allan james careful with that axe Jackie
allan james There is a video on YT of the axe scene from The Shining with this piece as the soundtrack. Amazing.
Check out a classical 30 minute song called Concerto Grosso by Alfred Schnittke.You'll get an overdose of Shining vibes
“Sing your favourite song”
“AAHHHHHHHHHHH, AAHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
4:57 So much emotion in the climax. Rogers scream combined with Gilmour's eerie guitar bends and Masons furious drumming made me tear up
It honestly is terrifying, yet awesome at the same time.
This is how Pink Floyd created Careful with that axe Eugene, Roger Waters came in one day and was like "hey guys I wrote a song, chords are D D D D D D D D D D D x infinity, Lyrics are "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhHHHHHhhhhhhhhhHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHhh AhHHHHHHHHHHhhHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhHHHH Ahhh Ahhhhh"
😂😂😂😂
XD
im coughing and dying here lmao 😂
It's because at the end Eugene was not careful with his axe... 😣
Pretty awesome how much space this band fills with just those two D bass notes playing as a structure for the song.
This song, like Echoes, is the absolute essence of the PF. The video is a fantastic piece of history. ....Everything else does not count
'Dark side of the moon' and 'Wish you were here' doesn't count ???
@TowelyTolstoiHRO don’t forget saucerful
@TowelyTolstoiHRO yeah but the final part sounds like echoes in a way, it was kinda a preview of the future in a way
@Falling Into Peace yours is a perfect assessment
Be it axes or drugs, sooner or later we all cross the lines we once vowed were sacred.
Yeah yyou nailed it. THats what this Song is about for me aswell. It fits.
Self destruction is part of the human nature....
@@user2653 id say self preservation is kind of the leading thing though...
Dang, Bruh, that's actually deep.
Yep
Better than album version!
Kostia Kulak ummagumma
Studio version was single B side.
Pink Floyd feat. Nazgul
Lol
Hahahaha
Bilge Su
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
lmao
Possibly even better than the Live at Pompeii version.
Totally.
This version and the live at pompeii are hard to best tbh, both have their qualities, but this one wins EASILY
The screams are so raw, and the organ+the guitar solo are from another dimension
Definitely better imo.
I guess Eugene wasn't careful with that axe...
***** I don't believe I've ever dreamt about this song.
***** Goodnight to you too.
+manuel matamala O)_(O
+Michael Mikey The Axe is a metaphore for LSD
+Lucas Wide says who?
The absolute best version of this song. Especially the intro with Richard's theme at 1:27. It sounds much more haunting like this, keeping it simple. Also, the atmosphere is breathtaking. Awesome mixing as well. Not to mention David's lead, of course. Or Roger's screams, for that matter. Oh, come on, it's perfect.
Fuck me, Without a doubt the best version of this absolutely bloody gorgeous experience of this song.. Wish I'd been there!!
That’s one of my favourite parts of the song. Richard is a genius
I love Rogers screeches
They're amazing. They add so much to the eeriness of the song.
@@UlyssesM without the screams there wouldn’t be a song
I don't think Eugene was careful with that axe. Judging by the screams and all.
i think he was.
***** lol
@@1tiger2 you wrong
He put out a couple eyes with that thing,sad
Anybody listening in 2020 ?
( haven't seen new comments in years 🤣 )
Pink floyd 4ever
Yes sir
Aye.
yes
be careful with that axe eugene
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be careful with that next vaccine
I selected this song as part of my playlist for my first prostate exam....AAAAHHHHH!!!
if they keep working hard and practising they might get somewhere one day
FloydInPink hahaha you funny!
Which one's Pink?
@@eyellgeteven9928 Ah yes..The time old favourite question, Which one's pink? . If i said Roy Harper, would you take your hats off to Roy Harper? Then you might say, "green is the colour?", and then I would reply "any colour you like"
@@TheGrayWarbler.what shall say
Bro they just made dsotm
This is honestly the best performance of this song. Pompeii was great too but I feel like this one has more of a Pink Floyd vibe and the way the song pauses at the end of the guitar solo and then starts back up with amazing pickups and sounds. 6:40 blows my mind and Idk why
The best band of the history
3:16 looks like the mic is terrified of Roger
Excellent observation lol!!!
Armentitron grreat grary
Roger can be a freighting boy sometimes
haha so true (esp when your buzzed this comment becomes that much more funny)
Armentitron I would be aswell
I'm 42. Today is the first time I hear this song. I guess it's my time. Thank you Jesus 💕🙏
i am envious. im 42 too and the floyd was a huge part of my teenage and 20s life. and this song in particular. after prog rockt ive got into death metal, technical death metal, but listening to pink floyd is always like coming back home
Enjoy as I have for a lot of years I am now 72.
Lyrics:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
MistahLightningBolt 努力賞 Labor award
I wonder if Pink Floyd copyrighted this lyric or if it's in the public domain.
How do I tell people one of my favourite songs is of a repeating bass line and a guy making strange noises with his mouth followed by screaming
At least pink floyd is famous so it's a bit easier to not scare people lol
you just give them the soundtrack
Possibly...the best music RUclips video out there. One I keep coming back to time and time again.
Shit this sounds so great live. Love this song. I used to play this at my party....way back......some people couldn't handle it. LOL.
me too. they could not... crazy.
is this avilable to get on vinyl this live-version?
The song is frightening and has a dark mood. I'm not surprised people who are used to MTV songs couldn't handle it. Also, there is no way radios and TVs would pass a song about a murderer who kills his victims with an axe.
Cool
Cool Mark :)
There are many different live versions of this song, but I maintain this one is the best. Its raw.
I have to agree
I remember the day I brought this album home. 2 days after my 15th birthday. I had just been introduced to Pink Floyd. I heard comfortably numb on the radio a week before. I asked my dad who the hell is this and he said Pink Floyd. It was a Saturday after noon and my mom took me to this box store and I bought the wall, meddle , relics and piper at the gates of dawn. It’s the only 4 albums the store had and I’m surprised they had any. I spent the rest of the day listening to those albums. I remember plain as day having the hair stand up on my arms listening to careful with that axe and then I put in meddle and when I heard echoes I thought my brain was melting. This was before I was introduced to Mary Jane. God I still get goosebumps.
This is the first PinkFloyd song I ever heard. I was hooked... Still am.
This is the best version of the song, hands down!
Music from a other Dimension!
now THAT's what i'm calling PSYCHEDELIC ROCK IN CAPITALS
Epic music....immortal sound...
Still get goosebumps after 5 years i first heard it
cyclodolic & alcoholic 美人だね‼️元気❓Ravishing and luscious❗Vigorous❓
Still get goosebumps after 30 years i first heard it
I went camping in the woods in a vintage canvas orange tent with some friends, some indica a fire and pink floyd on a ghetto blaster - This and set the controls, amazing
OzzyJClarke I would be sobbing, hell I can barely hold back tears not high listing to this tune
That tent was probably a Force Ten. We used them in the early 70s when I was in the Woodcraft Folk
Cheers for the idea
WOW! Brave boy! Careful With the Axe is scarier campfire fare than any SpookStory!
only if I had a Time Machine :(
I oblige
You can see me stepping out of a blue box with the words "police public call box" in the background to check out the show.
YA DO....IT'S CALLED 'A TAXI' OR A PRISON BUS
Try Pink Floyd - Time
@@sasazapadnik9335
Careful With That Axe, Eugene is much better
Such a scary freaky yet incredibly dark & mystifying tune that only Pink Floyd could produce. Now I know why I'm so incredibly addicted to timeless masterpieces like this
Bassline later recykled for "goodbye cruel world" .
Wasn't it the one from See Emily Play ?
+TheRedJokerrr nope.
I went on and listen and funnily, the three sound similar. And I read that on wikipedia, for the See Emily Play inspired bass line.
+TheRedJokerrr alright already
.
TheRedJokerrr Goodbye cruel world"s whole foundation is that bassline and the tempo is more simular to Carefull with that axe Eugene .
this is the best music humankind can make. There;s nothing over this.
amen brother.
I feel like I'm listening to a serial killer's soundtrack.
I feel like I'm turning into one
I'm already one...
God no !! Holy crap lord forbids any more ted Bundy's ah ))
@Carl Alfredo such a good movie
No man, more like a cult leader
holy shit i just tried to sing this and i heard my whole family laughing and being concerned downstairs
It's 50 years since they played this incredíble performance, the Best versión of this song!
I'm 100% straight
But damn David Gilmore was good looking...
+Carlos Rosa Gilmour was only ever hired on as a hot piece of ass to attract more female fans by doing his little pouty face while bending the strings.
This is bollocks. Go read some books about PF and you will know.
+Kill Everyone omg that is fuckin hilarious lol.
Carlos Rosa I mean you don't have to clarify you're sexuality, it's socially acceptable to compliment another man's appearance you know...
... and he was careful with his axe.
Getting shivers listening to this. What an amazing group of artists.
One of the greatest songs ever created
Im looking forward to hearing the new album, but lets be honest, there is nothing like early Floyd. Never gets old
1968 -1972 were great years of experimentation for Pink Floyd, they lose their main member and songwriter, but they didn`t gave up and continue with those great instrumental and atmospheric songs until they came out with The Dark Side of the Moon.
Bloody hell, these guys were amazing
They were masters of setting a 'mood' I always think their songs are part of something deeper, chapter in a story. Up to the listener to understand/interpret the meaning.
this is such a beautiful yet chilling song, and it's my first pink floyd song. not disappointed.
“Careful with that axe, Eugene.”
“What did you say- [chops off fingers] *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!”*
an axe is a bass guitar
Nein Breaker it was a good joke.
Best interpretation of the song so far
This shit changed my life
Nicholas White dude same
I took Pink Floyd once, I discovered LSD.
+michael stillwell I saw you post this somewhere else.
Other way round for me
+Michael S. yea it was a joke obviously although it could be looked at more seriously I was on a binge with some of their performances that day it was spur of the moment
michael stillwell I understand.
however ive seen comments really weird ones one guy said he was putting cocaine up his ass (plugging) and this song reminded him of that experience...now that is weird lol....sometimes I feel normal when I read others posts (which is saying quite alot ) lol
i love how it progresses and explodes into a cathartic expression, goosebumps! fucking great band!
Gotta love Roger's blood curling screams as well as the maniacal laughter he inserts in songs. lol.
Pink Floyd: "We don't do drugs"
also Pink Floyd: 'saddle a smoking fatty to my guitar for break time'
You can trust us.
It's rare that anyone knows this, but the song was initially "careful with my sax Eugene" after the roadie Eugene scratched the bands only saxophone
It was originally called "Come in Number 51 your time is up"
I feel like this could be the first heavy Heavy Metal song (Or, at least one of the first). This song was released in 1969, less than a year before Black Sabbath made their debut. I think of it as kind of a Heavy Metal song because Heavy Metal has always been associated with horror. One minute you're immersed in a creepy, haunting atmosphere and then the next minute you're immediately hit with blood curdling screams accompanied by loud overdriven guitars, I think it's safe to say that this is really horrifying. I absolutely love Black Sabbath and I was a very die hard Floyd fan a few years ago (I still love them today)
+DeltaOracle257 It was released as a single's B Side in 1968. Otherwise, everything you said is right on. :-)
+DeltaOracle257 have to agree there. im sure some black metal fans would appreciate those insane screams. my second fave floyd track behind echoes
Well Helter Skelter by the Beatles was the first heavy metal song in my opinion but this would definitely be one of the first ones that solidified it
+DeltaOracle257 That would be "Born to be wild" by Steppenwolf. Now, while be careful with that axe Eugene is quite heavy rock to be consider as proto-heavy metal by some, Steppenwolf predates them by two years.
I should add that that era of floyd was amazing, I could never hooked up with their later stuff.
*****"Careful" and "Wild" were both released in 1968.
Pink Floyd never fails to give me goosebumbs and shivers down my spine when i listen to any of their songs...
You might think performing a song like this is easy, just play a vamp in D minor for 7m50 and that's it, right? It's not, these guys are listening all the time to what the other guy is doing, feeling the dynamics, anticipating on every note that's being played or sung. They're masters at this, that's why I will always love Pink Floyd.
This was actually recorded 29/6/1972 in the Brighton Dome, England.
Fengpeg Hallow correct
This track is truely cosmic. The early stuff was as great as the later stuff. I will listen again and again.....
To all of you who wanted to find out more about this concert, the description is misleading! This is not Earl's Court 18.05.1973 as described, it is Brighton Dome 29 June 1972. Anyway it is definitely one of the most beautiful 'Axe' performances. This is a true gem
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I'd like to think there was at least one dude on acid in the audience that didn't know about the screaming part. What a trip he must've had.
I love Roger's smile❤
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Oh, good golly, I was there that night. I played hooky from my very English boarding school (mandatory expulsion if discovered) and hitch-hiked a hundred miles to Brighton. A seventeen year old in musical bliss. Never forgotten. Sends chills up the spine over 40 years on.
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This song blows my mind every time I listen to it.....Almost as if someone were putting an axe straight through it...
The most Psychedelic music of all times .
Roger waters the magnificent
When I hit my pinky toe against the furniture: 4:59
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Superb!!!!. If i could i wouldnt care to even pay 1000 or more bucks to have been in this concert. Priceless n worth it. The guys that were in this concert are blessed. So lucky them
catapulted into the depths of the mind of a madman
I saw Pink Floyd perform this for the first time in years and for the last time ever at the Oakland Arena (Animals/Wish You Were Here) concert on May 7, 1977. There was so much love between and the band, it was their third encore. I think it was 15 minutes long. It was quite a transformative night.
We've just passed the 50th anniversary of this particular recording of this masterpiece. Can hardly believe it's this old. Also, this was uploaded in 2006, so this has been here for half my life. Good God I'm even ageing myself here and these chaps were younger than I am when they made this recording
Those screams are inhuman! Only Roger Waters could do that!
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You can do it too - the screams are INHALED
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Its not that complicated man you just gotta feel the pain in your soul it burns everyday It follows you at the train, work and home...let that pain out...it is the Great Gig in the sky
That organ followed by guitar, from 7:08 to 7:19 it's mind bending. Love it!
I listen to this everytime I am anxious. It helps me to calm down a bit
Especially the Scream eh?
i think it´s the best performance of this song. All the members are flying. The music the esthetic the fusion all is perfect. Psychedelic
Very peaceful song.
and its live....Richard W. always the best, that organ is great
Jack P definitely ! I love Richard Wright early organ work just amazing an so underrated. Gilmour & Waters upfront but it’s that ‘feeling’ Wright brought to the Floyd.
Just seeing this after 15 years- realizing it had a big influence on my playing
this is some masterpiece from another dimension, artefact-like mindblowing item , perhaps some mythological coercive creature is the origin of this
superb quality sound through my headphones!
Best band the world has ever seen without a doubt considering this track was recorded when most of the people commenting on this page weren't even born .brilliant
I Was 7...
Saw this live in Austin back in the 70's- first pyrotechnics I ever saw on stage. Took me a while to come down....
One of my favourites. Absolutely brilliant, just brilliant. This masterpiece always deserves to be turned up a notch or three. ✌️
My favorite song of Pink Floyd /../
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the greatest piece of art ever created
The ultimate representation of Pink Floyd.