Our David could write a good tune but lyrics just wasn’t his thing, that’s why he got the missus to do it. Roger got David to do his more tricky bass parts, two great musicians and a great songwriter was what made them great.
It also holds the record for longest time spent on the Billboard Top 200, and after a rules change to allow for older albums to be on the list, reappeared in 2009 to continue adding to its record-setting stint on the list
In Germany, there's a Radio station that each year does a "Hitparade", where listeners can vote for their top 5 songs of all time. They then play the 1001 most voted songs, over one week, 24 hours a day. Since it's a station that mainly ~35 to 60 year olds listen to, it's a lot of classic rock, and the most important thing is that they always play the full length songs, never the radio version. So it's always super nice when some Pink Floyd comes on and you just know that there'll be no talking for the next 15 mins and you can blast Echoes in your car ^^ It's one of my favourite events of the year.
@@mr.worldwide4758 I think you would need to create a lot of accounts to „troll“ since so many people participate that a song needs hundreds of votes to be placed 😄 then again, there is always some songs in there that some people might consider a joke entry, like traditional German folklore music, children’s songs, songs that represent regional dialects or satirical songs. So even if you managed to get a troll in there, people would most likely not even notice ^^
A funny thing about The Wall tour was that the tour was so expensive, the band ended up losing money. But since they had hired Richard Wright as a touring musician after leaving the band, he was the only one to actually make money on it.
I guess that tour was a bit of an expensive disaster in some respects. Because of how huge the show was they could only do it in a few select cities, and nobody really made any money back from it except for, like you said, Richard Wright.
Atom Heart Mother was great for it’s time too, and for the soundtrack that was Obscured By Clouds, it ain’t half bad considering how quickly it was knocked together.
to be quite honest, the '70s decade are what *defines* Pink Floyd. Let's say 90% of their importance, legacy, relevance, influence, is the '70-'79 period and their albums, namingly from Atom Heart Mother to The Wall.
Love/hate how one of the great rock albums of all time will always be associated in my mind with a bald guy pushing 40 who got big off of yelling about d-tier kids movies
So it is kind of funny David Gilmour, had no problems with it, but the final cut, and whatever other ideas Roger, might have had beyond that were to much, though doing two albums about the same topics basically is tireing.
It’s so crazy that they didn’t professionally record any of their concerts from their peak 1973-1977. I still hope that one day we’ll get a full blu ray show from the 1970’s. I just know Waters has something somewhere lol
If we’re being honest though, it isn’t. That’s not to say I don’t like it, but Wish You Were Here and Animals are a little more gigantic sounding just by my ears at least.
Fun fact: if any of you don’t know the School of Rock program, it’s basically a place that gives music lessons to kids and puts them in a band to do concerts of covers. As a rule, whenever a new School of Rock location opens, the first show they do is The Wall. I’ve played it twice, and it’s great
@@rajavlitra yeah, they’re all over too. don’t know where this commenter is from, but i’m from chicago and there’s a bunch in and around the city. i’ve heard some relatively harsh criticisms as to how the program is run from friends and bandmates who were SOR kids, but as Mic would say, more kids getting into music and getting to play live music is a good thing either way.
I got to do a Pink Floyd show with them as my final program. I had a lot of fun with it! It wasn't perfect, but just getting to play the music of your idols is pretty damn awesome
The wall was one of the first LPs I bought. For over a year, I only listened to the first side, because I was too scared to continue. And that was not because of someone telling me that the album is heavy an all that, it was just the music and me. But, one day, I had just got rejected by this girl that I liked (A LOT), and I was feeling really down, so I just put it on. Listened through the whole thing, while reading the lyrics on the inner sleeves. When I finished, I went to bed, completely quiet. The next day I did the same thing. The day after that, I turned off the lights in my room, and turned the volume up. No reading this time. I just closed my eyes, and listened to the whole album. And btw, about me feeling (really) down, well the album did not help… it kind of did the opposite... :/. I could relate to a lot from that album, so it was like someone just singing my feelings. Now, I’ve listened to it so many times, that I can not count. It’s one of my most favourite albums… ever. It speaks to me, and it defines my hardest period (yet) in my life. Btw, I like to say thank you to my best friend for helping me at that time. (Sorry for the bad (or okay, I don’t know) English. Hope you understood everything I wrote. Also, thank you for reading!)
Yo man I know this is from almost a year ago but i jus wanted to say that the same thing recently happened to me and reading this helped me feel a bit better, also for me the album I listened to afterwards was the downward spiral by nine inch nails, highly recommend if you have the time to check it out
@@nn8009 hang in there! Always look on the bright side of life, and Don’t worry, be happy! Good luck :). I will check it out very soon! Thank you for the music tip, I love it! Nine inch nails are so cool!
I love how non native English speakers always put “sorry for my bad English” as if their comment isn’t far better written and more eloquent than any comments written by a native English speaker 😭
I was really excited to see what you thought about the masterpiece that is Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict.
@@TheNewzbreak Where the speechless unite in a silent accord Using words you will find are strange top tier lyricism, without a doubt. nowhere near as pop-heavy as learning to fly
i know this is part of the whole sentiment of DDD, but i want to point out how much i appreciate this format for existing with the intention of the audience not knowing anything about the band in question. especially with a band as ubiquitous as pink floyd for example, it's embarrassing to be someone interested in music but to have peers find out that you yes indeed in fact have never intentionally listened to a single song from them. so dope to have fun engaging ways to get interested in music but without the snobbery (especially the snobbery i see from rock bros)
YES THIS THANK YOU. Mic is one of the few music channels I can get really invested in because I never feel like I'm being condescended to because of my very spotty musical experience.
I just love Be Careful With That Axe Eugene, the atmospheric first half which gets shattered by Waters' scream, and bursts into a much heavier and hard hitting second half. Just an amazing song!
Meddle is the most underrated album of all-time, and probably my 3rd favorite Pink Floyd record, only following Wish You Were Here and Dark Side of the Moon...which are probably my two favorite albums, of all-time. I wish it got half the hype that The Wall gets.
19:00 I’m so glad you mentioned the See Emily Play Reference at the end of Shine on You Crazy Diamond. It’s literally the perfect ending to the album and brings tears to my eyes every time
Mad respect for avoiding the obvious Doug Walker joke during The Wall, and instead hitting us with the double Tommy Wiseau & Zelda CD-I comparisons that nearly made me CHOKE from the giggles they produced
It's not an obvious joke at all. Compared to Pink Floyd, that cringe-worthy manchild loser has-been has 0.0005% the relevancy that Pink Floyd does. It would be like bringing up Chris-chan while discussing the legacy of Led Zepplin.
While Piper At the Gates of Dawn comes really close because of its visceral edginess, childhood and rustic whimsy and zaniness mixed with intense far out psychedelic rock, overall I think that Dark Side of the Moon is the most impressive because of its remarkable consistency as an integrated whole combining space rock with the constraints of time, death, insanity, money and war with a multitude of voices expressing the ways in which they try to cope with it. It also operates with a diverse range of musical styles from gospel in Great Gig in the Sky and Eclipse, to jazz and blues while featuring melodic and dynamic rock guitar solos on Time and Money. The inclusion of sound effects also evokes the events of daily life from the mad cap laughs hearkening back to the name of Syd Barrett's solo album, to the ticking of the clocks setting off alarms, to the heart beats while running foreshadowing the line and you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking in Time. Not to mention the allusion to Syd Barrett again at the very end, "The sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon after singing and when the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon. This is a reference to Syd Barrett untuning his guitar on stage and strumming the same chord over and over again while Pink Floyd tries to play a different song. In my opinion, there is a tendency especially on videos and comments to be contrarian by choosing another Pink Floyd album as their best. I have even seen the comments sections of videos in which Dark Side of the Moon isn't even mentioned as the best one time. Certainly, I think everyone is entitled to their opinion, but this defies the opinions expressed in mass polls on line in which Dark Side of the Moon is routinely picked as the best. The divergence in opinion is really intriguing perhaps it speaks to a deep human need to unseat what is perceived as the impeccable best and the ones most outspoken are more likely to express this in comments. I know this is a feeling I often have myself, but in this case the comparative excellence of Dark Side of the Moon has overcome it. 1. Dark Side of the Moon 2. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 3. Meddle 4. Wish You Were Here 5. The Wall 6. Saucerful of Secrets 7. Atom Heart Mother 8. Animals 9. Obscured by Clouds 10. Umma Gumma 11. Division Bell 12. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 13. Final Cut 14. Endless River 15. More
Really tho, it’s like recent/modern fans aren’t familar with Kanye’s flaky history w/ planning/releasing albums. If he really kept his word on all the album ideas he had, we’d have like 2 or 3 times the number of albums currently in his discography.
Some inaccuracies. Syd invented "space rock" with "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive", so I don't understand why you're giving credit to "A Saucerful of Secrets" for being the first album to explore space rock. Also, the longer song-form was already being explored during the Syd era, as evidenced by not only the extended instrumental tracks, but by the live shows, where even the songs with lyrics would stretch out for many minutes. Norman Smith, the band's producer, their management, and the band's hunger for fame, actually pushed for a more pop direction to compete with The Beatles, which wasn't exactly the vision Syd originally had for the band's first album. Originally, "Piper" was going to only have 4-5 songs, much like later Floyd albums, and would essentially be a live document (with some minor studio tinkering) of the band's UFO Club set at the time. The direction "Piper" did end up going actually played a factor in Syd's breakdown, because the underground crowd at the time began accusing the Floyd of being sell-outs. And Syd, while a genius at pop songwriting, was essentially being milked and forced to take a direction he ultimately began to despise. In a strange twist of fate, pretty much everything the Floyd started doing without Syd was exactly the kind of direction Syd had been pushing for in the band in the first place. To me, it's not fair nor even accurate to relegate Syd as this fairy tale pop songwriter who wrote short and simple concise songs. He was actually the band's most diverse songwriter, and was writing dark songs way before Waters made it his identity. And even during his solo career, Syd was still obsessed with extended tracks for a while, since he was working on "Rhamadan". I think Floyd would have been a mix of glam, progressive, psychedelic, hard rock, and jazz fusion had he remained in Floyd.
We glossed straight the fuck over one of the greatest visionaries and most influential… oh never mind, I just heard his hat tip to Syd. 🤣 You saved yourself and as a reviewer from a serious fanboy ass chewin! 🤣
I fucking love Syd and especially his time in the Pink Floyd. I really wish there were better recordings of their live sound in '67 as it was supposedly fucking insane and very trippy. As it stands I believe there exist 3 bootlegs of their shows and on all of them the vocals are barely audible, such a shame. Love their first album, I'm a big nerd for the 60s psych era and that's seriously one of the best and trippiest records to come out of it. And the idea that Syd wanted the first record to basically be a live album with studio edits - sounds a lot like the concept for Grateful Dead's Anthem of the Sun, another brilliant psych record from the same era. We all seriously missed out by not getting something like that.
I know it's Rock n Roll sacrilege but I find Led Zeppelin pretty...meh. I consider them the most overrated band of all time and Robert Plant's voice is grating.
@@TheRagingPlatypus I've reassessed my opinion on the band in recent days. They stole a lot of their songs from old Blues artists without giving proper credit, participated in some questionable behaviour at the height of their fame (see JImmy Page and Lori Mattix) , and their last few albums (Physical Graffiti-In Through The Out Door were hit and miss in terms of quality
My favourite song from Pink Floyd is "Poles Apart". Idk, it just makes me feel so nostalgic and melancholic. I guess it's because it reminds me to a friend of mine, we choosed different paths, we left each other, and now we are poles apart
Funny how you said The Wall shouldn't be the first album a person should listen to, because it was actually my first Pink Floyd album I ever owned. Still one of my favourites. The film is also damn amazing.
certainly "Another Brick pt2" was my introduction (late 80's mtv) but the first album of theirs I sat down and listened to was "Wish You Were Here" (late 90's joint and dad's records)
The second solo of Comfortably Numb in the Pulse concert is probably one of my favorite music moments ever. Such a gorgeous solo, and another great video from you !
I saw the original Wall tour in 1980. Gilmore performed the second Comfortably Numb solo from on top of the wall being fabricated during the show. He stretched that solo out and really wailed, it was full of a power and emotion that I did not really expect. That solo was the singularly most amazing human made thing I have ever seen.
My favorite albums are the ones just outside their "golden era." 1) Atom Heart Mother. They finally started taking their music seriously, but they still retained a sense of humor and essence of fun. "Summer '68" is one of my favorite Pink Floyd tracks. 2) Meddle. The precursor of their "golden era," but musically, the album is such a odd and twisted groovy mood! 3) A Momentary Lapse of Reason. I don't really have a reason other than I just think it's really beautiful.
For clarification, the track at 4:56 is actually called "Jugband Blues" rather than "Jughead Blues" And I think Domine in "Astronomy Domine" is pronounced "Dah-min-ay" according to the band members talking about the song, if I'm not mistaken.
And I believe he referred to Astronomy Domine as an instrumental, when it has lyrics. Also, he mentioned Let There Be More Light as a 3 part track, which it isn’t. And I get this is just a quick run through of the history of the band, but there was not even a mention of Bob Klose, or how Syd actually came up with the name Pink Floyd.
@@piperathegates2112 I took calling Let There Be More Light a three part song as referencing the fact that there are three pretty distinctly different sections in the song: the intro bass riff, the main part with vocals, and the extended jam at the end. It’s not officially split as such, but it’s absolutely reminiscent of later songs where they’d label the individual sections.
Dark Side of the Moon had so much staying power that it stayed on Billboard's Top 200 chart of weekly album sales for a combined total of over 18 _years._
Young Lust is easily one of the great bangers since Money (especially the single version IMO with an intro added in, it sounds like you're entering a club with the intro) and Have a Cigar. Nobody Home is really really soothing song, but I kinda think it should end there because Vera is basically just an extension to an already long quiet of section of Disc 2 Side A.
I can't find its name back, but i recall this testimony program airing on french public radio been some years ago now. One issue was about songs associated with painful memories, and then came this one guy who talked about the entire Dark Side Of The Moon. He was a fan of Pink Floyd, his father transmitted that to him, and as he was on his dying bed he asked his son to bring something to play music on, to play his favorite album, so: Dark Side Of The Moon. Then, he told how they listened together, holding hands in an hospital room, from Speak To Me to Eclipse, and how that was his last memory of his father as he died shortly after. I'm an unconditional of Pink Floyd, and i also used to not vibe with that album that much, but since then i got to think of this one guy whose name i don't know from this one radio show i randomly stumbled upon, that loves this album so much and might never be able to listen to it again, and now i adore Dark Side Of The Moon.
When I was doing audio production class in high school, one piece of advice the teacher gave us was to use Dark Side of the Moon to test speakers and PA systems because of it's dynamic range. The whole class jamming to Time is one of my fondest memories of 2012. And yet again, I'm going to recommend a Crowded House DDD. Seriously, they're criminally underappreciated in the US, despite being household names in the Commonwealth.
i'm honest: after years of denying, i finally accepted the truth that 'dark side of the moon' is their best album. wywh and animals are fantastic albums, but jesus. the opener which introduces the sounds of the following album? probably my favourite pink floyd song time? the gorgous screaming on great gig in the sky? hell, i even love on the run. and then the fantastic flow of the last four tracks, including the perfect closer eclipse? i don't care. dsotm is pure perfection in a way only few albums are.
Ehhh, I think On The Run drags. And I think there's a little more musical variety on WYWH and Animals. DSOTM sounds a little bit constant and homogenous in comparison. Then again, you could chalk that up to how meditative the album. I think their next two albums were a little more visceral and ambitious, but DSOTM is still a fantastic album.
@@CursxR0 ambition alone doesn't make something great. but it just so happens that Wish You Were Here and Animals are more enjoyable in my opinion, in large part because there's more risks on those albums that pay off
those roger waters the wall concerts/shows/operas/however you want to call them are *amazing* ...i've let a tear loose several times throughout the thing, not ashamed to admit it
In no order piper at the gates of dawn, animals, and dark side of the moon. The wall is so overplayed, which sucks because some tracks do slap. However when I worked in a lab that had the music locked on satellite classic rock I heard then every day.
it gets severely overlooked but as a psychedelic rock album, it is seriously one of the best. i'm a huge nerd for the 60s psych era and i was blown away first hearing it after only knowing about their later stuff. a legendary record in its own right, and i'd even say better than sgt pepper as far as 60s psych goes.
Time is my fav song, but Animals is my fav album. Wish You Were Here is on par and arguably the best Pink Floyd album, in the sense that you felt equal contributions/individual influence from each member of the band to the finished album/product.
Ok so we had a decorator when I was 14 who recommended to my sister and I, Dark Side of the Moon. "It'll change your life." He promised. So we bought it from the shop and let it sit for a while before we both listened to it separately. I remember listening to it through for the first time, quite overwhelmed when Great Gig in the Sky kicked in. It felt like the scream of so many feelings I just couldn't put to words. Maybe it was the family trauma we'd experienced so recently at that point but it felt like a religious experience, a wail into the sky of something words just couldn't define. Anyways. I know not everyone has to experience things the same way but I genuinely can't listen to that song without being reminded of those teenage feelings. It's a beautiful thing but also a lot. Not something I can recommend essentially but will cherish.
While I agree that DSOTM is only good, the sequence of Us And Them all the way through Eclipse might be one of the best on any of their albums. It’s a perfect showcase of every band member’s strengths on top of Roger’s immaculate songwriting capabilities. It’s a stellar finish that singlehandedly raises the album to amazing.
Funny enough that stretch of tracks on The Wall from Empty Spaces to Bring the Boys Back Home is my favorite part of the album; idk why but the three track run that starts Side 2 from Hey You to Nobody Home I’ve always found perfect. Great video as always Michael
Obscured by Clouds is actually a very good album on it's own, and am interesting listen when considering they were working on Dark Side alongside the album. Childhoods End is the only essential listen on the album, but it sounds like an early prototype of Time.
I know this isn’t popular opinion but after 35 years of listening to Floyd if I’m going to put on one of their albums these days it’s either going to be The Final Cut or Roger Waters Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. That is an amazing album and a must hear for any Punk Floyd fan. It is Roger Waters with some of his most intamit writing. And instead of having David Gilmor on guitar he is paired with Eric Clapton. I can’t express enough how good this album is. Both of them in fact. Give them a listen. And they’re timeless. They could have been released yesterday and they wouldn’t sound out of place. Even the dope sax solo to end The Final Cut. I love it.
The Wall is my favourite , it's a mixture of trippy music and great songs. I love the entire album , it's long but well worth the listen from start to finish.
I'll always associate Careful With That Axe, Eugene with my freshman year of high school. My dad is a dedicated Pink Floyd fan and I was spooky emo/leaning into goth (before I knew what goth was) and one warm October night on the way home from a football game he put on the Pompeii concert. Echoes and Eugene just hit different with the smell of fallen leaves in the air and the windows down (with the heat blowing on your cold feet in the car) and that scream letting rip as we flew through the nearly-black cornfields around us. Absolute shivers down my spine, over a decade on. From that point on, I was hooked. As a side note, The Wall was absolutely the album I needed to hear when I was in high school. The bitter sarcasm leading into emotional catharsis came at the best possible time for me. Thanks, dad.
I've recently dived in Sparks discography, an american pop band and who will soon have released a documentary about them directed by the renowed Edgar Wright, and I think you'll enjoy their diversity in terms of pop music. Also great vid
man i love this series so much. Pink floyd is my dad's favourite, and also a big part of the culture of my grandma's city i shit you not. they have a carnaval event in their honour. i know a lot about them and i do also love the band, but never took the time to listen to every single album, even with my background it felt a lil overwhelming to fully go album by album. this video is very helpful to that endeavour, a great intro to the different phases and to what to expect of each album.
Live performances of songs from Obscured By Clouds are AMAZING. The added solo to Childhood's End is a chef's kiss performance... With some hints of that Animal's aggression
Mr. The Snare, could you please add Rush to the DDD choices list for the next audience vote? There’s nothing I want to witness more than your reaction to Neil Peart’s drumming. (And also the sonic whiplash of tonal shifts, time signatures, and lyricism you’ll go through over the course of 20 albums)
Here's a hot take : Since I mostly enjoy albums as compilations of music, not undervaluing the value of emotional storytelling of course, but instead putting the musical aspect up on a pedestal, I immensely prefer Atom Heart Mother to The Wall. Now of course, The Wall has some bangers, and the story it tells is amazing. But a lot of the songs, at least to me, feel kind of like filler, or transition songs being too present, again in my opinion. But AHM gives you just an amazing musical suite which rivals the likes of Echoes, of course not having the same impact, or even the same goal, so this is to be taken with a grain of salt. But honestly, along with the other big three albums from their "sicko period" and Meddle, it is one of my favorite records of Pink Floyd. tldr : i liek cow album hehehe
Pink Floyd really are something special and there really is no one else like them. January last year, I got into Pink Floyd and I still love their music and the history behind the band. Thank you for this video, it was extremely entertaining and informative too.
What’s weird is Ummagumma is the only album I have on vinyl, and it was given to me by my grandmother who bought it at its release. Need to get the whole discography though..
