FIRST TIME listening to PINK FLOYD - "Brain Damage / Eclipse" REACTION 

The transition from Brain Damage to Eclipse is one of the most epic moments in classic rock.

This is how this album, "The Dark Side of the Moon", ends. The heartbeat you hear during the fade-out is also how the album begins. Thus, demonstrating an endless cycle and the human condition replayed in every generation. This album is brilliantly profound and this isn't just music, it's art.

Dark Side off the Moon, It just never gets old.

This album spent 17 YEARS on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, starting with it's release. This is because so many people recognized it's genius and relevance brilliance immediately upon hearing it.

This album is in essence about Syd Barrett and the topic of death. This particular song is more than likely about his going insane because of his experiments with hallucinogens that eventually caused his unfortunate fall in the late '60s. The line, "You raise the blade, you make the change" is a reference to frontal lobotomies which his heavy use of drugs caused him to behave as though he had one done to him. The line, "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" is a specific reference to Syd Barrett's propensity for playing the wrong song on stage during his "episodes" towards his final days with Pink Floyd, which subsequently led to his dismissal from the group.The band as a whole were proponents of wanting their audience form their own meanings of their songs to fit them personally. Reaction ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Selection ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Eclipse is an entire life encapsulated in a couple of minutes of music. Its just mindblowing.

Wish you were here album. Shine on you Crazy Diamond is a masterpiece and it bookends the wish you were here album. No matter what mood I feel. The instrumentals of Shine On will take over my mind like an out of body experience.

You should check the entire album. It tells a story if you pay attention to the lyrics. It’s everybody’s story. Breath, time, money, old age, insanity and death. It’s just brilliant.

Glad to see someone of a younger generation Getting it... And having a album touch your soul. Betcha you'll be just like us Loving this Album for Life & Still listening to it often 50 years later...

Listening to this album in college changed my life...and for the better, for sure. I would say that DSOTM, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall are arguably the best 4 album run by any band in rock history. And yeah, it's the lyrics of Roger Waters and the guitar of David Gilmour.

The Dark Side of the Moon changed my life. It was the first time I heard musicians playing for the sake of their art. Other bands didn't challenge me to think; in fact, I felt like many pushed me into not thinking. I know there's a place for that, but when I was young, it seemed like that was the only place, and I and others like me were out-of-touch. When a friend of mine gave me a cracked cassette tape of this album, and I listened to it, I got lost in music and thinking. Being lost in it helped me find my way, paradoxically. I realize we don't all know each other here on the comments; we are fans, and you are the reactor, but thank you so much for listening. It means a lot for fans to see that others have similar experiences with such profound music. Although I hope you continue with Pink Floyd, taking a break (even for copyright hits) makes sense, and I hope some of the advice below helps (it's a shame the copyright police, who aren't always the band itself, take such a hard line with reactors--we're tuning in to you at least as much as the music). Definitely try songs from the Pulse or The Delicate Sound of Thunder concerts, or material from Live at Pompeii (which is the band playing alone in the empty ancient amphitheater in the city of Pompeii, Italy. Anything on their albums from Meddle to The Wall are worth reacting to also. I really appreciate your reactions, and I hope to see more of your reactions to bands/songs I grew up loving (PF or not)!

'A Perfect Circle' is a great band to experience. Love your reactions and shared thoughts, Lilly!

These two songs were primarily about the bands' founder Syd Barret. "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" and "Wish You Were Here" from the following album were also about Syd Barret. Syd lost his mind from too much Acid. 😢 Fave song is still Time. Been listening to them for almost 50 years. Saw them in concert 77/ In the Flesh tour. They played both the Wish you were Here album and Animals. Kansas City Kemper Arena.

My favourite song by them. The tour was fabulous too. I'm getting old man! 1973 was a great year for rock and roll.

As I get older I can’t help myself from tearing up at the end of dark side. The beauty of this melancholic masterpiece gets me every time. There is no Darkside of the moon really as a matter of fact it’s all dark brilliant words said by a simple Man that had no idea the significance of it or did he.?

They did this album live for us in Detroit.....the entire concert was this album. I was so privileged to be there. This band was one of the bands that helped me survive my young years. Their entire collection was my therapy.

The folded paper in the hall is the Newspaper, in the UK papers are put through a letterbox in our front doors hence why ‘ every day the paper boy brings more’. If you want to explore the music that sat alongside Pink Floyd in the landscape of the 70s then try the bands YES (maybe ‘Roundabout’), GENESIS, (maybe ‘The musical box’), E.L.P (maybe ‘Lucky man’), JETHRO TULL ( maybe ‘Locomotive breath’), SUPERTRAMP (maybe ‘School’), CAMEL (maybe’Lady fantasy’)……….progressive rock was a broad and creative genre but there was an astonishing outpouring of creative musical energy in the early and mid seventies.

Absolutely "Echoes". Any version, but live at Pompeii is transcendent. The entire "Live at Pompeii" is like being haunted by your best friend.

This album is about everything and everyone that has ever been, is, and ever will be.

You're so sharp man. I've seen numerous reactions to this and almost no one gets the folded paper bit. Not only that, but you referenced city hall, which is something I never thought of and I've been listening to this for years.

High Hopes and Keep Talking, both from the division bell album are two of my favorite all time Pink Floyd songs. Worth a listen.

This album is one of the best, if not the best, albums ever made.

Best album, For for many, it still sells to this very day and has been on and off the charts since its release in 1973. (14 years in a row on Billboard). Always in the conversation for best album. Try the amazing video Echoes, Live at Pompeii, parts 1 & 2, as long as you pause a couple times as transitions occur you should be OK, many other reactors have viewed it with no apparent issues. Good luck & Enjoy, I enjoy watching and listening to You! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶

Àhhhhhh lily ur in for such a treat this is my favorite song off dark side...there is NOTHING better than seeing them live doing this jam sittn back burning a j I got to do it in 08!!!💯😁👍

It's incredibly rewarding to see someone so young as you dig and claw the meanings out of every song you listen to.

There is no other album to compare to DSOTM. "Meddle" is the closest one to second place, followed by "Ziggy Stardust", followed by "After The Gold Rush". It makes me smile to see a new generation discover this timeless music. Pink Floyd is unique, there is no other.

This is my all time favorite Pink Floyd song. Just a great band that reached a new level with this album.

ONE OF THESE DAYS WAS MY FIRST FLOYD SONG I REMEMBER I LISTENED TO MEDDLE THAT DAY AND OMG THE MACHINE TURNED FOR ME THEY WERE MY FAV BAND EVER SINCE THEN I WAS 13 IM 59 NOW LOL

Hi Lily - there are some bands that always cause a headache with copyright block or even strikes, even months later - they include the Eagles, Guns N Roses, AC/DC, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix. I'd avoid those. Enjoyed your ride through the Dark Side album. - G

The Wall is a storytelling masterpiece. Animals is their version of George Orwell's Animal Farm. Wish You Were Here is a sonic journey. You still have a hundred more gems to go through. Meddle is the album that slowly morphed Floyd from their experimental psychelic sound to the DSOTM refined psychedelia.

I'm glad you made it through the whole album. You not the only one who got it. In my top 5 of greatest albums. I still remember the first time hearing it when it came out in 73, one of my roommates brought it home, we all got stoned and no one said a word until it was over, what an experience.

Was on dmt when I was listening to this song. The transition blasted me into a different area of consciousness. Felt like I had passed on and everything became so familiar. Like I had seen this all before. Was crazy

This album is brilliant - it uses the moon as a metaphor for humanity. Sometimes, the moon reflects light back into the world, and sometimes darkness. (The difference is that people can choose which one they reflect back.) The album explores all the things that can draw you into the darkness. What I love is the singer doesn't judge you... he admits when life sends you into the darkness, he'll already be there... seeing you on the dark side of the moon.

Keep going back and listening to this album in it's entirety for yourself. as you change, so will this masterpiece.

When you’re young , you listen to a song and either enjoy it or not , as you get older you listen to the words and understand the story and PF is the epitome of this .

They were the masters of songwriting and storytelling of emotion

I dunno about a Pink FLoyd song changing my life. But the first PF song that ever made me cry was wish You Were Here. Then I got hooked on this band. No regrets at all. I'd put Pink Floyd over Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Eagles..ALL of them mainly because their music touches me deep inside where those other bands just can't get near. They scratch that musical itch, you can say.

This is when something resonates with so many people so well, it becomes something bigger than the sum of it's parts. I've listened to a gargantuan amount of music in my time, but I really do think this is my favorite album all-around 😁😁😁.

The Wall is my favorite album by Pink Floyd - not for changing my life, but to understand parts of it better…

I stumbled onto your channel. Grateful I did. Loved your reaction to the entire album 'Dark Side of the Moon'. Favorite all-time group. Many songs from their beginnings until their end moved me but 'Echoes' from the album 'Meddle' is the one.

The album Meddle was my introduction to Pink Floyd. When I put the album on I could tell right away from side one these guys were different, but when I played side 2 the song Echoes I became a lifelong fan. I became a Floydian and have been for over 50 years. I listen to Floyd every day!! They are what my soul needs and they are what my body needs in my old age. In other words they are my medicine, and they relieve my pain physically and spiritually!! These guys are a gift. No other band compares to Floyd.

Dark Side of the Moon has been on the Billboard Top LP charts for like 990 weeks straight, which I do believe is a music industry record.

"Welcome to the Machine" was my first favorite Pink Floyd. I was 14 and I loved how that sounded on my brother's car stereo. The Wall is my favorite album though.

DSOTM is arguably the most thought provoking album ever. Its not just music. Its art.

Jest thank in 1973 how right pink floyd was ! In 1973 I had jest got home from Vietnam, it was the first album I ever bought and to this day is still my favorite Music !!!

Lilly Jane, for someone so young you are very intuitive and your commentary on Roger's meanderings (about different types of lunatics) are spot on. There is also a reference to Syd Barrett in when the 'band starts playing different tunes'. NB. For those science buffs out there, there is no Dark Side of the Moon because it gets sunlight we don't see, because gravity has kept the Moon facing us and so we only get to view one surface. Thank you Lilly.

Pink Floyd had a major contribution in shaping my mind ever since i was a teenager. Albums like Animals, Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, or epic pieces like Echoes, Welcome to the Machine, or Incredible concerts like Pulse or The wall cannot be forgotten. You were right about them being Philosophers more than anything. The messages they transfer to us through their tunes and lyrics cannot be compared by any other band in history.

The faces on the paper folded to the floor are photographs of people on the front page of a newspaper in his hallway. And every day, the newspaper delivery boy brings more - another newspaper.

Sorry to hear about your copyright issues. Some reactors claim that doing live concerts cause less problems in that regard. So try reacting to Pink Floyd's Pulse, Pompeii, or Delicate Sound Of Thunder concerts and avoid doing album reactions to see if that lessens your problem. As a last resort, you could try veiling the concert footage a bit with a visual effect, like raindrops or haze. I hope this helps, since I'd hate seeing you abandon your great Pink Floyd reactions.

Ive listened to all your reactions to my fav band ever Pink Floyd , im 61 now and the track i love the best is their longest approx 24 mins . It takes me away to another world its called Echoes (the album version) off Meddle . Look forward to this reaction if you have time LOL xx

The Pink Floyd song that changed me the most was/is “Dogs.” When i first heard it, I was in the middle of being “dragged down by the stone,” (if you know, you know) and while I didn’t entirely make it out unscathed, I made it out alive, which is more than I expected. “Dogs,” from Pink Floyd; “Jessica,” from the Allman Brothers Band, “Subdivisions” by Rush, and “Eulogy” by Tool are the four songs that have shaped me and continue to do so.

They were obviously talking to Syd.. "and if the band you're in starts playing different tunes.." a thing that occurred to them during a concert.

This Album came out in 1973 and it is still one of the best selling albums in the world.

you REALLY have to listen to both songs on high quality headphones. especially when the choir comes in in Eclipse. The sound envelops and raises you

"Changed my life": I saw the movie for "the Wall" when i was 6 years old. My father was the biggest Pink Floyd Fan!!! They made me cover my eyes for the seen with the topless girl.....but not for the flowers, or the eyebrows(or anything else, just the live action nudity). From then until high school, Meddle, Dark side, and the Wall were my 3 favorite albums. I was born in 1980, so this made me quite the outcast. In high school, i was introduced to Rage against the machine and NWA......these 3 bands ( not exclusively, but more than others), pulled back the veil of the world we live in. Drove me to intense independent studies, and radical ideals.....which in turn made it very difficult for me to participate in the world I was beginning to disagree with. AND I LOVE THEM FOR IT. Music (art in general) has always been the means by which the oppressed start saying they've had enough.

It's been a pleasure sharing your Pink Floyd experience and seeing the same emotional reactions I first felt many years ago. In answer to your question at the end, if I had to pick one song I would say 'Time' was the first one to really 'hit' me, although one thing about this album, and Floyd in particular, is you keep picking up little nuances that were previously missed. I've loved this album since I first heard it in 1974 and never grown tired of it. 'Echoes' from the Meddle album is also quite an experience as is 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' from Wish You Were Here. Best wishes👍👍

I have really enjoyed your reaction to this amazing album, so refreshing to see a young lady who appreciates great music thank you Lilly Jane ❤️

Mother was one song that made me think of my mom . so much she watch over me . I was 16 when The wall album came out .

This is my favorite reaction of yours. I think you completely got the meaning of the closing of the album! The word "all" is so meaningful here. Great job Lily Jane! Sorry to hear of the issues you are having. Seems many are as well with copyright problems. "Yes" is sort of a band a bit like Floyd. "Roundabout" might be a good place to start. My favorite Floyd song is "Shine on you Crazy Diamond". Be well.

This album is everything. It's time and money. Life and death. Sanity and insanity. Dark and light. Up and down. It's life. It's a work of art and definitely best experienced all at once.

Dark side of the moon for me is my go to for fifty years. It’s the only album on my phone . Now that I’m retired , in the summer I like laying in my backyard hammock while I listen to this album.

Every album and song changed my life in some way. That’s why Floyd is more than a band, they are an experience. Ummagumma and Meddle freaked me out, DSOTM got Me thinking, Wish You Were Here and Animals got me hooked forever

Pink Floyd will make you think! 😂every album ! Comfortly Numb was the one that got me hooked I want to say 1980, I was 10. Then I got the wall album for my birthday and my journey has begun!

so much can be said about these two songs, but I'll just drill into one little detail that is so simple and yet sets up such a powerful transition. At the end of Brain Damage, the high-hat is hitting on the off beats, and it sets up the gargantuan sound of Eclipse bursting out on beat through percussive tension. Brilliant.

"The paper holds their folded faces to the floor and everyday the paperboy brings more" is an obvious reference to politicians and celebrities, that is, people whose faces are in the papers, as in newspapers. So every morning (or evening, if you are subscribed to an evening paper) the paperboy leaves the newspaper on your doorstep, you bring it inside, sit back on your sofa, read the newspaper and after you are done you fold it and put it on the floor next to you, which is why the faces are folded and the paper holds them to the floor. It is a fairly easy reference to catch for us over 35 who actually held a real newspaper in our hands instead of always checking our news online. God, I am getting old. :D

Well done - yessss! Gotta listen to the full thing thru now! Attagirl!

next one from Pink Floyd - On the Turning Away ( live to the Delicate Sound of Thunder concert 1988 - 1990 )

I like your views. I listened to Pink Floyd for long, but English is not my 1st language. Your interpretations of some of the lyrics are new and interesting to me.

Did you know that Although it held the number one spot in the US for only a week, it remained in the Billboard 200 albums chart for 736 nonconsecutive weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 16 July 1988).

My life was changed by "Wish you were here" the Song AND the Album...... In Summer 1978 I got an HepA infection and have to stay for 17days in Isolation in a Hospital....... One of my older Sisters gave me some Tapes to hear on my little Cassette-Player i took with..... And one of the Cassettes was this Album. I hear it over and over and began to Understand. TDSOTM was the second Album i heared.....

The album Meddle, found in my older brothers "don't you dare touch" vinyl collection. "One of these Days"- blew my mind. "Pillow of Winds" beautiful. "Fearless" - you pick the place and I'll choose the time, and I'll climb that hill in my own way "San Tropez" just feels so laid back with a swing to it. "Seamus" made me laugh "Echoes" just a little song about all life on the entire planet, starting in the depths of the oceans and how we are all related, just Echoes of the deep past, all related and should be better human beings. Strangers passing in the street, by chance two separate glances meet, and I am you and what I see is me.

Now you need to listen to the album - Pink Floyd - Wish you were here. It's an experience. :D

This song as a reference to Syd Barret. Dark Side of The Moon was the organic segway for I Wish You Were Here.

Age 15 1974 first time listening to Pink Floyd DARK SIDE OF THE MOON change my life still today wouldn't be a day or two I would listen to Pink Floyd 💗

I love Dark Side of the Moon but my favourite Pink Floyd track is Echoes from the album 'Meddle'

I don't know if you have heard of this band from Portugal, they are called Moonspell. They have been together since '95. They even released a full album in their native language, 1755. Hope you enjoy. Thank you for reviewing this album {even though it is over 50 years old, and I was 6 when my uncle first played it for me}.

The most important music of my life is On The Turning Away - Pink Floyd, from the Momentary Lapse of Reason. Is this song because when I was dealing with the most diabolical phase of my life, with depression, fear, pain and health issues, I used to hear that song and think that I had a choice in my life, to be weak for my whole life, or to look forward and No more turning away. When I understood the message I needed from this music, I was able to stay strong and fight all my problems back, winning depression and started a great moment in my life.

Obscured by Clouds It’s the album before Dark Side and when they grow up (and their last album with songs that don’t flow into the next one).

Here's a very interesting fact about the album, 958 weeks. That’s the amount of cumulative time Pink Floyd’s iconic album Dark Side of the Moon has spent on the Billboard 200 album chart (so far) since its release 48 years ago

That last phrase/stanza, whatever…the music and words, never fails to bring me to tears. Call me corny

This album is an exposition on life & death and everything in between, it is their Magnus Opus and needs to be listened to in one sitting from start to finish. #Legends

The last spoken line in the background... "There is no dark side of the moon really... as a matter of fact it's all dark."

The Pink Floyd Song, that stuck with me, and I didn't get it the first time I heard it, but it really sunk in, over time, is "Time".

Album released 50 years ago and still makes huge impact on listeners. I just wonder, if any of today's rap albums, will be remembered in 50 years :)

The voice at the end during the heartbeat says, 'there is no dark side of the moon, in fact its all dark.

I heard this album a hundred times during my dope head years during the 1970s, I'm glad those days are gone, but the music of today doesn't compare, now I never turn on the radio.

What Pink Floyd album changed my life. 💥🎇🎆 Dark Side 🎆🎇💥 But I'm also partial to the album "The Division Bell."

I agree, trying to react AND listen to all the music and lyrics at once simply would've blown too many brain cells.

Saucerful of Secrets - really underrated Pink Floyd album. It's the first album they made (1968?) after Syd Barrett was technically out of the band and maybe ghost-writing from home a bit for them. I actually just saw something on RU-vid (after typing the last couple sentences - where Nick Mason (drummer) actually said Saucerful of Secrets was his favorite album and that he loves playing Set Controls for the Heart of the Sun, which is a very oldskool Floyd (pre-Meddle) psychedelic track.

I saw you nodding along to the music...Then at the 4:59 mark when the backup singers started harmonizing, you shook your head slightly and started smilng....This album has some of the best harmonizing backup vocals!!

The Pink Floyd album that changed my life was Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. It's their first album

Awesome reaction 👍 love your perspective on Pink Floyd 🔥 Keep on... keeping on, 💯

pink floyd is awesome. momentary lapse of reason was really my first introduction to them as an album and I've been a fan ever since

great full album reaction - pink floyd album that changed my life? wish you were here

We always see the same face of the moon. Sometimes it's full and bright, some times it's dark and can't be recognized. Sometimes it's so dark it hides even the sun. But it's always the same face, and most time we get some blend of dark and light. It is a solid metaphor for people and hiding their darkness during the day when we could see it. And their capacity to guide us with their light when all seems dark to us. The album is brilliant. And you should listen to it in total on your own if you enjoy it. Everything in context just means a bit more.

I LOVE it you can tell that she really likes this good old CLASSIC HEART and SOUL music.

It's fun to take a Pink Floyd journey often.

Floyd are at the pinnacle of proggy greatness. I'd highly recommend you listen to YES, since you asked for suggestions. 'Roundabout' as a first song should have you hooked.

Glad you got to experience the whole album, even if it wasn't in one sitting. I was 17 when this album came out. Not sure if it changed my life but it had an effect. Thanks for sharing.

The esoteric break down of this song is death of the ego