Truly a transcendental experience like nothing else, as you all know....Finally this masterpiece is a part of the musical library in my head...Thank you so much for watching...Floyd on!!! 🥰
When you think about these young 20 (something) year old guys creating this masterpiece, it is mind-blowing . You don't hear this type of creation anymore
The first time I heard this album was 50 years ago,i was just 17 teen in a bar in Italy and this came on over the loud speakers .I had never heard any thing like it and to this day I have still never heard any thing like it.A masterpiece nothing less.
We were in a music store, asking what they were playing, stayed 2 hrs listening, bought the album. Several months later at the concert at Olympia Stadium in Detroit. As the sounds moved around the stadium we ducked as it moved over us. At 73, I can relive it everytime I hear it. Thanks Brandon, loved sharing it with you today. The stadium is long gone, but the album lives on.
Great memory... I'm the "next" gen, born in 76, heard The Wall on the radio at 3-4... At 12 I found my father's vinyl: Dark Side of The Moon. That dark album was mystic just seeing it. Had the chance (and unexpected to me) to see the Division Bell Tour, in a large open space downtown Bordeaux France (Place des Quinconces). It's the greatest concert I've seen. Wished I could live the "at that time" moment you have lived. But I bet that for years, and years, new generations will have some kind of "mind blowing moment" when they'll discover the best album in Space Time. Some important events happen in the Cosmos: Big Bang, Life, Dark Side Of The Moon (and the 3 next albums with the momentum).
So cool you started so young with PF and saw them live! I was 19 when DB Tour came 20 minutes away from where I live! What a shame I didn't know or care at that time....
Five star reaction to a Masterpiece. Time has had the most influence on my life. The lyrics are such a foreboding wake up call. And indeed I woke up at age 16! David's guitar solo is my favorite of all his studio work. Having said all that - Side 2 is just as phenomenal!
Imagine for those of us who heard this first in 1973 and never anything even close to it before this!! Rodger Waters in an interview stated that had his first wife listen to this album right after they finished cutting it and when the album was done playing he asked her what she thought!! "All she could do was CRY"........... Rodger in that magnificent British understatement said he thought that might be a good sign....
I still remember the first time I sat and listened to this in its entirety, in a dim room with a friend, and the album/liner notes/lyrics in my lap. I was only 16, completely drug free, and am still as amazed now as I was then. And I remember it to this day. I hope the experience is as memorable for you too.
I assume you got goose bumps...Yes, not 100% ideal with bright lights in my eyes, but I will never forget this 1st time experience and the intense feelings it gave me!
@@retroreactions.... I was just awestruck, amazed, and more than anything 'transported on a journey' unlike very few musical experiences before. I would recommend listening to the Jeff Wayne musical adaptation of War of the Worlds for a similar though different experience
@@retroreactions.... I teach middle school. Was on my "Today In History" part of my board today. Made them analyze it months ago. Had them do Frank Zappa "I'm the Slime" (another 50 yr old song this year) and compared it to Social Media today. Had them do The Charge of the Light Brigade" yesterday.
All analog, no digital. This album is not only a once in a generation high point of composition and performance, but an engineering marvel and way ahead of its time. Imagine creating this in your early twenties! Unreal. 50 years on it still sounds ahead of its time. A masterpiece.
@@retroreactions.... It's been a long time since I saw it but if my memory serves me correctly the movie of Live at Pompeii includes footage from the DSOTM recording sessions.
I was 13 when this hit and it hit HARD ! sit back , get comfy and hold on ' cause you're going for a ride . enjoy . one more thing - nothing beats the first listen but it gets better with each listen
What a ride the first listen was! gets better? sweeeet! I can't wait for the day when I know all the lyrics and can sing along with the album too...thanks so much for watching and commenting David..
Being both a Floyd veteran and a regular to your channel, I was eagerly awaiting three things: 1) your reaction to "On the Run", which I knew would melt your brain to the point I was almost expecting some cerebral matter dripping from your ears; 2) your second reaction to "Time" --- I had seen the first one, but now you know that (like all songs in this album) it becomes a totally different song when it's listened to in context; and 3) when I realized you hadn't listened to "The Great Gig in the Sky" yet, and no matter what you had read about it, you thought that when "Time" ended, that was it... I got an evil grin, suppressed the maniacal laugh of a mad scientist in a B movie (on a late-night double-feature picture show, of course), and kept waiting in antici... pation for your shock with Clare Torry's vocal witchcraft. You didn't disappoint me. I was 12 when this album came out (now 62... "ten years have got behind me" many times since!) and even at that tender age it blew me away. That also applied to all my friends. It took us months to just start fading out the repeated listens under all moods and circumstances and start talking a little less often about it. My mom, who like all parents of all generations used to complain that "today's music is just noise", made an exception to Pink Floyd and stated with conviction: "THIS is music!" The impact this album had can't be overstated. The only comparable thing, I guess, was "Sgt. Pepper's" a few years earlier for people a little older. People from my generation can "play" the entire album inside our heads note by note from start to finish! And here we are half a century later, and this album is still blowing people's minds as if it were brand new... It takes true genius to create something like that.
Amazing journey you had with this album and band! So glad you enjoyed the reaction... with full lights on, my mind went on an epic journey... can't wait to do it again with no lights... thank you so much Goyta!
I'm glad you're doing it this way - it's important to get that first impression of it as a whole, just like we did back in the day! Somewhere, not too long ago, I was watching a movie or something and I heard that original sound bite that Floyd used in tat song, something like "I certainly was in the right...", I'm sure a quick google search would tell me what it was from, but I just thought it was interesting that they were sampling stuff even back then. Also, Alan Parsons was the producer on this album!
The sound bytes were recorded by the band in and around the studio, Roger and the guys had a series of question cards that they were asking random people around the studio and recording the replies to use on the album. One of the question cards was, I'm sure 'Do you think you were in the right?'
Together with YES's "Close To The Edge", here are the two greatest albums in the past history (and current production) of progrock. Unsurpassed and unsurpassable masterpieces. To listen to them is to live a transcendental (musical and more) experience. Thanks.
Happy 50th Birthday, ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’. I bought my Vinyl Album on the day it was released and still have it. My Son just messaged me a few minutes ago and said, “Wow! Half a Century and still as popular as ever. That’s real music for you Dad”. Congratulations 🎶💛🎶
I still have my original album, too! One of the few of my vinyl collection my brother knew not to sell while I was at college! He recently bought me a weathervane for my house to replace those records, lol 😂
@@retroreactions.... Oh yeah, he is Brandon. He goes to ‘The Australian Pink Floyd Show’ with us every year too. Have to keep those amazing memories alive. He often reminds me that he was born in the wrong generation, especially where music is concerned. 🎶❤️🎶
and here we go.... I think that this is the way to do it, going album by album side by side.... like we did at time, only up to flip the album the turn table, if you had not taped it on your reel to reel recorder of course. The Great Gig in the Sky.... the Pulse version is as well great
@@retroreactions.... hehe, working on the laptop with excel financial sheets is today's task..a notification from Brandon helps to make it funnier. When you plan to do Yes next time, an idea is to Do Wonderous Stories and Awaken in a row....
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times...when you world turns to shit and you've had a crappy day, you come home, pour a scotch (or similar), or glass of red, drink that offing it down. Then, pour another, woof that down too, then pour a third one and go turn off all the lights. Put this or any Pink Floyd record on. Go find a bean bag or deep leather couch, put your headphones on and sink down into your chair, close your eyes, sip away the final drink, and let the music sooth your soul !!!
All done! Neighbours away so cranked the sound on the big system - sounded great! So DSOTM is about life and death, and means more to you (well, me) as I get older. Pushing 70 now here (not quite...). Being the last of my line and having no family, I've been working on my gravestone epitaph (someone's got to do it!) and what I've come up with is stolen from various songs: Always the Summers are slipping away Please Find me a way of making them stay So Soon the music fades, the time has come, the song is over Forget forever; close my eyes. Goodbye I cry 1st stansa is from the only band to challenge PF in prog music, from a song released in 2002 called Trains. Nice reaction! :)
The poster was on my bedroom wall as a teenager, I spent hrs in my bedroom with Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Yes, Genesis, Supertramp& more, happy days, 50 yrs of this genius& pure talent, we were truly blessed then ❤️🙏
@@retroreactions.... We were in 2 genres , heavy rock or Motown, I love Motown now, but not back then 😊Eric Clapton was the only one I adored, another genius guitarist
I was 12 years old when this album came out and it blew me away. I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan and this is still my favorite album of all time. Great reaction! Looking forward to part 2.
Can you begin to imagine how we felt riding home on the bus in 1973, clutching our own copy of Dark Side? I was just 19 years old, a long haired photography student. Mind blown ever since, every track holds different meaning as you age.
Hi Brandon, love your reactions, even though you’ve done “shine on”, try wish you were here all the way through, the filling is equal to the sandwich. Can’t wait for your Wall reaction, again all the way through, my friend.
After a lot of air travel, On the Run really started to resonate with me. I used to have weird dreams about flying, some a bit nightmarish. I think part is that a passenger has zero control.
Well done sir, bravo. This must be a special occasion because you're not even wearing any headdress. 😳 Nice hair! Imagine sitting in the middle of a stadium during "On The Run" and having those layers of synth sounds swirling around you from 360° all around the stadium. Only to culminate with a plane coming up from behind you traversing the full length of the stadium and crashing into the side of the stage in a ball of fire. That's Pink Floyd live my friend. The only thing that possibly beats a Pink Floyd album. Looking forward to side 2! "I never said I was frightened of dying" -- whisper from "Great Gig in the Sky'.
Haha, thanks....I just had to dress up a little more to mark this momentous day! I wish I could more than imagine that, but I will hear the epicness in Pulse at least! Glad you enjoyed....I didn't hear the whisper in Great Gig, I will have to listen for it....the final note went out of tune at the end..I assume that was intentional? See you tomorrow for side 2 ♥
@@retroreactions.... no, you wouldn't hear it on the first listen. The brain is still in a bit of a state. These are nuances that slowly reveal themselves over time, unless you cheat and research it all on Wiki or some other source. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's just that that option wasn't available to us 50 40 30 years ago. Which only added to the mystery and mystique of the album. Spiritual.
A timeless masterpiece. Released 50 years ago this week. What incredible year it was Dark Side Of The Moon by Floyd, Selling England By The Pound by Genesis, Brain Salad Surgery by ELP, Tubular Bells by Mick Oldfield amongst others. The album cover for this is probably the most iconic of all time. Nice appraisal again. Side 1 is excellent as is the whole record. Time still remains my favourite from the album.
@@retroreactions.... I'd like to add Five Miles Out (Taurus II !) and Amarok by Mike Oldfield to the list of album recommendations (for these seem falling under the radar far too often). Progrock at its best. For me growing up with this kind of music in the 80s was a fantastic, priceless experience. And I haven't stop listening! 🎶😃 Keep enjoying!
Ha! The first time I heard this was on an old mono record player. It was a box. My sister's boyfriend put it on and walked out of the room (as if he knew...). I got on with what I was doing but when On The Run came on, like you, I was blown away... by a single small speaker from the other side of the room! It's hard to believe that those sounds resonated in my ears like they do from a £50 pair of buds today! The genius of Pink Floyd's music always sonically comes through, even if belting out of a radio on a factory floor. Thanks for the reaction Brandon, because it was you first listen, it' brought back memories similar to yours. Side 2 awaits.
Even after uncountable dozens of thousands of time I've listened to the best album in Space Time, "I - can't - get - enough of it, ba-by !"... You'll enjoy it more when you'll listen to it for yourself, low light or dark... A real shamanic trip. A deep experience.
At some point during, "On The Run", your eyes silently meet the camera, and if I had let my imagination loose, there'd have been a thought bubble above your head, saying, _"Holy crap, Guys, you were SO right!"_ Yep! ;-]
Ha, so true....that one hit like a ton of bricks....if anyone had described it here beforehand, I certainly forgot and was not anywhere near prepared!!
@@retroreactions.... Everybody always makes a big deal over Gilmour's guitars, and he definitely deserves it, but I always thought that Wright's keyboards were just as integral to the PF sound. Glad you're loving it! Cheers from The Great White North!
After a couple of attempts by other singers didn't produce the results the band wanted, the vocalist on GGITS, Clare Torry, a London based jazz singer, was brought in on the suggestion of Abbey Road studio engineer Alan Parsons. After Richard Wright played a few bars of the piano riff for her, they told her just to improvise what she felt. Being a jazz singer, her first attempt was a lot of "oh baby oh" type stuff. Roger then explained that the song was about death and to "go have a sing at that." Her second and final take is what you just heard. The boys liked it, thanked her, paid her the standard rate of 30 pounds and she left, not even knowing if her vocals would be on the album. The rest, as they say, is history. Ironically, years later she sued the band for royalties she felt were due her, and she was awarded handsomely for her efforts. Share it fairly, right Rog?
I believe it was Dave the finally had sympathy on her and told her to think about death. Up to that point she said she wasn't getting anywhere with anybody. After doing it she said she left the session shaking her head and thinking, her exact words, "well, that will never see the light of day". Little did she know she had just added her voice to one of the most celebrated albums of all time.
She did start a 3rd take at their request, but stopped and told them she didn’t think she could top the 2nd. Her interview about performing the song is here on RU-vid.
When this album was released I was a 14 year old. I’d plug big old school headphones into my parent’s stereo, laying on the carpet, with the lights off. PF is one the groups that nearly require headphones to appreciate their musical skills. Their music creates a trance like state, out of body, or psychedelic state.
Thanks Brandon…. I’ve been waiting for this one! I can’t believe I’ve listened to this for 50 of my almost 63 years!! I can’t wait for side 2 tomorrow. I saw the Pulse tour July 3, 1994 up in Madison, Wisconsin. Even through the rain during the show, it was the best live show I’ve EVER experienced bar none! Keep up the great reactions.
Wow thank you SO much Dale for your support and generosity. I really appreciate it! So glad you got to see Pulse in person...must have been so cool to discover PF both as a kid/teen and when it was all new! Thanks again... :)
My pleasure my friend. Just keep them coming. I do have a suggestion for another of my favorite bands. The band being Porcupine Tree. They started back in 1991 and I’ve listened to them for a solid 20 years. I saw them back in 2010 at the Riviera Theater in Chicago for their “The Incident” tour which was recorded that night. The 2012 double live album “Octane Twisted” was a result of that, and it showcases an amazing band. One of my favorites on those albums is the track “Time Flies”. It’s about a 12 minute masterpiece that you will find many hints of Pink Floyd scattered throughout. The lead guitar/singer is Steven Wilson who has several amazing solo albums as well. Porcupine Tree did just release their latest album in 2022. Hopefully introducing you to Porcupine Tree may open up a new door for your listening.
Steven Wilson is such a talent. Back in 2018 he remixed the very first 5 “Yes” albums. He’s done work with Opeth and many other bands. Steven released an Album called “To The Bone” in 2017 that has a haunting song on it called “Pariah” that features Ninet Tayeb on vocals. It’s personally one of my favorites from that album.
Once you've done the album, the live Pulse 1994 version is pretty good - they do the whole album as it was originally intended to be one long piece. This month (March 2023) to celebrate its 50th anniversary, PF are releasing a live version from 1974.
Yes, I have reacted to 3 from Pulse, but so excited to hear this full album in Pulse. I didn't know about this new release! Please tell me it's going to be video and not just audio?
@@retroreactions.... Its an audio release, along with a big box set of stuff but the CD is available separately from 24 March, best check out the official YT Floyd channel:). There's a great bluesy version of Any Colour You Like from Brighton 1972 here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y-mGcfWXe0Y.html but the video footage - PF in their younger days - is taken from other sources and it think is actually from other tracks but it kind of matches.
👍 the wait always seemed so long between their recordings and tours. But after they would take a rest they'd come back a little better than the last. As if. I know you read my comments last time about Floyd so I'll spare you. ✌️ 🤠🐂🏞️
@@retroreactions.... I asked for it but I realized that it was not released between the 70's and the 90's thus I thought you dropped it ! So glad you kept it on the list !!!
@@retroreactions.... Yes it came out in 2017 I think. It was recorded for a free cd given to the fans during gigs. If you don't keep it to the list, then try the title "Further Away" from 1993. Worth it !
Funny! listening once more after many times this so famous masterpiece, I still discover sounds I didn't noticed before. Anyway, each listening, is another listening time lapse in our life, and we all grow and change in every instants going through our journey, like this very music in one point of time in 1973. Thematics here were life through our body, "breathe", madness and depression "on the run", time running (no one can escape!) "Time" applying to our life "Breathe reprise", cosmic Meditation and primal scream, "The great gig in the Sky". About the sounds I discovered by the way. In the intro, you got the life heartbeat, but then you always hear the "Money machine" from side two, and also already the ticking mechanicals from the time clocks, then the voices talking about madness, laughters, growing to some insane scream crisis, all in the intro. All concrete noises presentation for this masterwork 😇
Perhaps I will say something after all Richard Wright RIP At this time top keyboard/ synthesizer artists were Richard Wright Keith Emerson Rick Wakeman Edgar Winter I seen that smile as his synthesizer sounds of the spaceship. It is an extension or a continuation of earlier works. Such as Interstellar Overdrive Saucer full of secrets Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun. ✌️ 🤠🐂🏞️
@@retroreactions.... Yes they are. With Richard Wright leading the way. Like saucer full of secrets to which he wrote. Hints of what was to come . You can hear some of those Rifts repeated in later works. They just did a good job of disguising. I'm subscribed. But despite being retired, I have little time. I still have two ranches, (1,200 mi. apart.) Orchards, and Vineyards to manage. I typically fly from one private Runway to another twice a month. And have for decades. And it all requires time management.😵 ✌️
the female vocalist wasn't given much direction, just to make sounds that went with the music. she left the session thinking they didn't like and wouldn't use it, and didn't find out differently until the album was released. reading between the lines in her description, I think the band was stoned out of their gourds
Hi, once you post a copyrighted song, RU-vid either accepts it or blocks the video. That depends whether the copyright holder allows people to use the content on RU-vid. In most cases it seems, including with Pink Floyd, the owners allow their music to be used by content creators like me. The catch is that those copyright owners get all the ad revenue from my video and I get nothing money wise from 4 hours of work to make 1 video. That's the general nature of reaction videos. I assume the same holds true for other types of RU-vid videos that use copyrighted music in the background. Thanks.
WOW!!!!!!! So this is what all the fuss is about. Just kidding, my Mom and Dad were hippies. I grew up with this and Led Zepplin. All my life. Creativity almost beyond belief. I just felt like something more to say.✌💫💖
Nice! Hope the sound is good, I try to get a good balance between the music and my voice....I know I was a little quieter this time in the spoken review... have a great day/night!
@@retroreactions.... it is definitely “Pink Floydish”. A friend of ours recorded a cassette for us with parts of it for a car trip……I remember listening to it driving in the dark through Utah……..Very cool indeed. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard the entire album…..
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Nice....Utah is beautiful...I drove through it last year, but I would be SCARED to drive through those towering mountains/rocks at night!!!
@@retroreactions.... 😌 After a week straight of Conventions & Shows, 🙄 sometimes 2 in 1 day, you find yourself home up at 2am cause you're still on Tour time! 🤗 This my "ME TIME" 🥰 and I pick you to share it with! 😒 Hope that didn't/doesn't sound weird. 😚 I do lead a very interesting life since I officially retired! 🤭🙂🐰
Hm you react to everything i love i feel like. I would recommend King Crimson if they wouldn't take every video down. :( At least "In The Court of the Crimson King" is for me an almost perfect album. Since you are more Retro how about ehm... Gentle Giant? Talking Heads? The Beach Boys? The Police? The Smiths? The Velvet Underground? The Who? David Bowie? Simon & Garfunkel or Paul Simon? Prince? Pixies? Neil Young? Nine Inch Nails? Television? You know... just everything that i love no pressure. :D
Oh no, so KC is notorious for blocking? Well 5 or 6 of those artists are already on my master list! Seems we have similar taste, please just tell me you love my #1 of all time Depeche Mode!
@@retroreactions.... I've heard KC guitarist Robert Fripp has a team for blocking videos but some reactions were never touched. Maybe you need to ask him nicely before. :D He has an active RU-vid channel. Corrrection he is active on his wifes youtube channel 'Toyah' making some great music covers. If Synthpop would be my go-to music Depeche Mode would be my number 1. But i still like them a lot. I just didn't listen to all of their stuff currently.
Great! But I would suggest to any new P F fan that listening to one side at a time is fine. Not necessarily the whole album at once. Because back in the day, LPs only could hold about 20 minutes of recording, even prog rock artists had to limit themselves to that format. And split it into at least 2 parts. Always an in between sides time when you had to get up, and flip the LP record over. Take a break, smoke a j. Then you'd put the needle down on the second side.
I felt the same way the first time I heard it. I didn’t know what is was supposed to be. Once I learned what was being represented……the various stages of grief over knowing you’re going to die, it made absolute sense to me and became very powerful. Nothing else like it in music. I’m pretty sure I would “caterwaul” myself if I just found out I was going to peg out soon. Perhaps it would help to realize that the screams and cries ARE the focus of the song……representing an elemental part of the human experience……the lovely piano playing is, in this case, to be seen as an accompaniment only, not the focus.
