First Time Reacting to Pink Floyd's 'The Great Gig in the Sky': Mind Blowing! 

Clare Torry did the original version by herself in two and a half takes. She wasn't really given any instructions the band members (mostly David Gilmour) just said think of death and sad things and hurtful things. She started off by going oo baby oo baby and things like that and they stopped her and said no we don't want that. So on her own Claire just decided to make her vocalizing as though it was another instrument and she went from there and did this off-the-cuff in 2-1/2 takes! And I would say the original version is incredible and this was a very good representation! Some people say it represents the five stages of grief and it does sound like that! Anyway the first girl is Samantha Brown the second is Durga McBroom and the third is Claudia Fontaine. They're all fantastic backup singers but they also each have albums of their own! Check out anything from this concert and it's incredible!!!! Any song Floyd does in this concert is like almost any other bands finale!! The equipment they use for this concert tour cost 98 million dollars in 1994 dollars! Last comment here you were impressed by that venue which is Earl's Court in London and that venue sold out 15 nights in a row for this concert tour!

Not the height of Pink Floyd??? This concert is greatest live performance ever!!!

Listen to this song for 40 years and loved it but when I actually saw this concert and this live version I was totally blown away. I know many don’t agree but this live version is so much better!

The Dark Side Of The Moon, is a musical journey, and should be listened to from start to finish. Individually brilliant songs, but in entirety, an absolute masterpiece.

Best performance from three backup singers of all time!!

The Great Gig In The Sky is about the moment of death -including a little before and after-. It is one of the greatest musical creations ever and can only be compared to classical era compositions. But in terms of how the vocal element is used, it is difficult to find an exact equivalent of it as Missa, Lied or Chanson.. This masterpiece was created by Richard Wright. He recorded it as a chord progression for the electric organ in 1972, a year before The Dark Side Of The Moon (which is the album containing this original recording) , under the title of "The Mortality Sequence". Masterpieces are not always innate, sometimes they can also be created by dusting off a substrate and polishing it a bit.. Spoken Parts: (At 0:39 -of original recording-) "And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it - you've got to go sometime." - Gerry O'Driscoll, Abbey Road Studios janitorial "browncoat". (At 3:33 -of original recording-, faintly) "I never said I was frightened of dying." - Patricia 'Puddie' Watts, wife of road manager Peter Watts. The members of the band went around asking questions and recording responses from people working inside Abbey Road (the famous studio where the album was recorded) at the time. Among the questions, they were asked "Are you afraid of dying?". They used these two above in the recording from among the answers given.

It's supposed to be representing the raw emotions of transitions into leaving life, stages of dying, Denial, Anger, Fear, Resistance and finally acceptance, Extremely Powerful !! It gives almost Everyone goose bumps when they listen to it, I'm glad you enjoyed it my friend 🙂

It was 3 different singers. Also, all live songs from the Pulse concert are mind blowing. Peace!

Every Pink Floyd tour features a different set of backup singers who have to follow the set chord progressions and try to reach the high bar set by Clare Torry on the studio album.

A perfect example of music being a universal language, not a spoken word in that song. Just beautiful!! Angels! Thank you, Nick

Every time reactors look for the lyrics of this masterpiece always cracks me up. It never gets old 😂

This represents the transition of dying. I was a hospice case manager for 20+ years and would listen to this following my pronouncements. Comfortably Numb from this concert is also amazing.

Dying. It's an incredible experience to see someone fight to live and then surrender to it. She is so incredible as well as the other 2 singers. ❤

Ah Nick, I found you via your Taylor reactions which I’m loving and so I’m diversifying as you’re listening to other stuff I like. Pink Floyd have provided the soundtrack to my life. I won a creative writing competition when I was 7 writing about their song Echoes and then they were the first band I ever saw live when I was 16 and I cried the whole way through. Independent of her work with Pink Floyd I am also a big Sam Brown fan, her voice is incredible. Sadly a number of years ago she developed a polyp on her vocal cords and had to have surgery. She has been unable to sing since then. They’ve said there is no physiological reason why but she can’t hold a note. Music is her life and she was devastated. She’s still very much a musician though and finds very innovative ways to create music.

Excellent choice! Makes me cry every time. Everything about this concert is 🔥

The song is the emotional journey of living to dying and there’s 3 vocalists. The English speaker at the beginning says “I’m not afraid of dying”.

Welcome to the Pink Floyd world. All songs from the Pulse concert are amazing.

Pink Floyd is Legendary, an Experience. This song IS on "The Dark Side of the Moon" album, released 50 years ago on March 1st 1973. The album, DSOTM, one of the GOATs Rock albums, maybe THE Greatest, is about Life, Death, Money, and Insanity, (see Syd Barrett). This whole Pulse Concert is one of the greatest Live performances ever, it's part of the largest World Tour att, The Division Bell World Tour. At this point in Pink Floyds career they were easily selling out 90,000+ seat venues regularly. They also do the entire DSOTM album at this Pulse Concert, from start to finish, like it's supposed to be listened to. Some really incredible performances at this show, "Comfortably Numb", "Sorrow", "High Hopes", "Learning to Fly" are just a few.

I don'know if anyone already made this remark, but the guitar is called a 'Steel guitar'. Thank you for your moved reaction, Nick!

Steel guitar, three different singers! Whole concert is mind blowing!

they had the best backing singers. and let them shine here.

I was at this gig in Earls Court! It was the best I ever went to and the blond woman is Sam Brown who had a number one in the 1980s with "Stop"!

The difference with Pink Floyd is that they can induce a psychedelic trip just through sheer musical sophistication. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is capable of transporting me to another plane of existence, but mostly just as a result of the guitar, and the rest of the band harmonizing in a singularly Pink Floyd atmospheric kind of way. There is just a level of class in their composition and performance that is essentially unmatched, at least without comparing them to the other half a dozen of the greatest bands in history.

David Gilmour is playing an electric steel guitar (also known as a hawaiian guitar because it's used on so many "island" songs). It's big in American country music as well. He hits the slides perfectly throughout the song. On the Dark Side of the Moon album, he played it at the start of the song, but not throughout the song like he does here.

Pink Floyd is a Soundscape!!

The album Dark Side of the Moon is 50 YEARS OLD !!!

The Blonde is Sam Brown. Daughter of the famous musician Joe Brown MBE.

One of their best songs but also the song Time.

“Vocalise”. One of the great classic vocal skills. It’s funny how many popular music listeners seem unfamiliar with it. Either way - holy smokes, what a performance by all three of these magnificent vocalists, what a sublime piece of music, and what a majestic concert experience this was. Pink Floyd = One of a kind.

It was not a duet. There were THREE singers doing the vocals. Cheers.

This is pink floyd at the height of their being a touring band, this song is actually about death, the fear of it and the realization there should be no fear, the studio version of this song was done by Clare Tory, she did the entire song alone, I suggest you listen to that version

All right Nick . the first girl to sing , well not sing , but you know what i mean . Sam Brown , who had a very goood solo career in the 80s had a few hits but wanted to work with Pink Floyd so gave it up to be a backing singer ! if you can call it that . the other 2 girls were Claudia Fontaine & Durga Mabroom . Clare Torry sung the first one from start to finnish . With this tour having 3 backing singers they split the song between them . When a band gives you 40 years + of joy , nuff said

The mortality sequence... defiance, denial, anger, fight and finally acceptance. Beautiful.

I was at one of the Earl's Court gigs,£25 was a lot of money then!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The blond back up singer is Sam Brown who was a solo POP artist at this time. Sam had a #1 hit single on the UK charts. She was offered an opportunity to sing with Pink Floyd as a back up singer for this series on concerts which she jumped at, putting her own career on a brief pause. Such was the respect that Pink Floyd commanded from peers.

The song is about the emotional path we go through when confronting our own death. Shock, anger, denial, self pity and finally, acceptance of the enviable. The great gig in the sky? Heaven?

Solid reaction, man! Subscribed for more Pink Floyd and rock. As far as Floyd goes, since you already know Money, I would start with Comfortably Numb, Time, Wish You Were Here, Sheep, Hey You, High Hopes, Sorrow, Keep Talking, and One Slip. Also, anything from the PULSE concert DVD in 1994 is likely the best thing you've ever heard. It's widely regarded as the best concert ever put to video. Outside of Pink Floyd, try Heart, Genesis, Evanescence, Jethro Tull, Alan Parsons Project, and the Moody Blues to get started.

To think that Pink Floyd are a band from the 60's and 70's era. They were and are way ahead of their time. They are extremely gifted and talented real musicians. David Gilmour is without doubt the greatest guitarist of all time. One of Britains best bands of all time along with Led Zepplin

Sam Brown, daughter of 50s rocker Joe Brown. Had her own Top 10 hits; both single and albums. Sung with Gary Moore, Nick Cave, Deep Purple, etc Also close friend and fellow ukelele player with George Harrison. Sung Horse to the Water at the Concert for George.

pink floyd pulse concert watch both run like hell and high hopes live they will blow you away

I saw them perform this at Earl's Court, London in 1975 with Clare Torry. R.I.P Richard Wright, the keyboard player

This is THE song I listen to when I taking off in an airplane 🤘

There are no words....

FYI; This concert Tour was THE CROWN OF PF, Any songs You will pick from PULSE, would be a transcendental Experience, especially Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell, Sorrow, One of These Days, High Hopes...., etc Any Songs Brother be brave and You will be PF Fan 4 life 4sure :)

""I'm not frightened of Dying Any time will do, I don't mind Why should i be frighten of Dying ? There's no reason for it you got to go sometime ."" If you can hear this whispering your dying " Pink Floyd The Great Gig In The Sky ,

Was hoping for the album studio version as your first listen.

Pink Floyd is my favorite band ever! im so excited for this! I would LOVE to hear/ watch you react to the Wall movie! its my favorite, I have a tattoo with lyrics from that album. absolutely love it.

I was at that concert tour Pulse ! in 1994 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal ! it was so great sound ! only in memories today but priceless ! 😎

The original singer was claire Torrey, it took three singers to recreate the live version,

This concert was their last. 14 days in a row sold out 1994

I'm in the audience. Followed Floyd since the 70s as a kid running around the playground at school to another brick in the wall etc. Oh and it's 3 singers not 2, the original was just 1 and she was told to use her voice like an instrument and was brought in for that song....

have a look again, there are 3 singers, they are the backing singers for the whole concert, but each one is super talented,

if anyone hasn't answered, it's a "Slide Guitar". Orginialy used in Blue's, Blue Grass and Country music. On a side note one of Canada's greatest imports to the USA was Jeff Healy. He was a blind Bkue's guitarist who played his regular guitar on his lap like a Slide Guitar. After making his money he opened a Blues Club in Toronto ON Ca. till far to early death.

The song is about fear of death follow by acceptance of death, the voices are from people working at the studio at the time of recording 1972.

If you liked this one, then you should also listen to 'Shine on you crazy diamond' and 'Any colour you like' (and all the other songs of Dark side of the moon, they're all great)

Sam is awesome but on balance the Delicate Sound of Thunder performance is the best one, as is Run Like Hell. Comfortably Numb is the classic from the Pulse concert.

Listen to original track from Dark Side of the Moon and you will hear why it takes 3 singers to perform live what Clare Torry did in 2 or 3 takes ... yes these are great live performances but they dont touch the utter brilliance of the album version.

Pink Floyd is an experience…….

The songs all have long intros to put you in a meditative state, and get your full attention. It's completely intentional. The only time they don't do that, is when the intro was the prior song on the album, and it leads directly in, with no gap.

3 singers at this concert.....check out the original on the Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd doesn't "have" a "height"; they are a height.

I like the way the band so obviously enjoyed playing this.

This song is anthology of the human existence - Birth to Death.

Please listen to and watch the concert pulse 1994 it'll blow your mind

Think Angel wailing....

Not a duet, three singers. Nick missed the transition from Durga McBroom to Claudia Fontaine. Pink Floyd typically used three backup singers. For this concert it was Sam Brown, Durga McBroom and Claudia Fontaine (in that order in this song). The original album track was sung by Clare Torrey. Many prefer her version but I like this one better. It's Durga's part gives me the chills. Dave Gilmour is playing a pedal steel guitar, a variant of slide guitar (you can google it)

This versión is good...mmm ok, but the GREATEST VERSION EVER! is the versión with Rachel Fury on the lead vocals in 1988, a Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour.... AWESOME AND PERFECTION!

Watch any song from the pulse concert all Awesome songs!

Check out “Comfortably Numb” from this concert

....and no autotune

Pink Floyd are a journey not just music so try the pulse concert 1994 ❤the song is about dying

The three women singing were Sam Brown, Claudia Fontaine and Durga McBroom in that order. Druga is Kate Hudson's aunt. She was married to Mark Hudson until his death.

I would love to see a contemporary singer like Lady Gaga or Adele take a shot at this. They might be as good as the ladies in this video.

Oh... just for context. I've always seen this as the 3 phases of death. Anger, fear ,and acceptance.

Enjoyed the reaction

This is Sam Brown. The original singer, Clare Torry, (not a member of the band), was brought in to the recording studio to do those vocals.

The best way to experience Dark side of the moon is play it beginning to end you trip out no drugs needed. Loved it since release. Still play it. Never pick tracks.

She was a session vocalist on the album , who did the gig on a day pay rate ( which I guess was about 100 bucks or so in those days The band recently gave her a small percentage, which made her millions There is a reasonably recent interview with her on her part in this song, on youtube Allan Parsons was the engineer on this album

This one of those rare cases where the studio recording is better than the live performance.

Le parole che dice Richard Wright all'inizio sono sintomatiche

Pink Floyd "Echoes" (Part 1) live at Pompeii 1972 A little song about all life on the entire planet and how it started in the depths of the oceans and how we are all related and should be better human beings!

Yeah... i was there. Well not this show. I first saw them in 1973 in Tampa Fl . I was 13... Saw Zeppelin , Deep Purple , Chicago, ZZ Top, and others that summer. It was a great summer. Saw them 3 more times in Atlanta. Last the wall in 79 back when we "camped out" for tickets.

When Pink Floyd perform the Great Gig live, they always use three vocalists, as no one singer is able to do all three solo live. OR CAN THEY? Amy Smith of The Australian Pink Floyd Show, singing Great Gig. Solo. Live. She ALMOST reached the level of Clare Torrey (which is almost impossible), but this is BY FAR the best vocalization of Great Gig by anyone anywhere apart from the original studio version by Clare. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ltt_YScyCVg.html

So far, no cover has ever matched the interpretation created by Clare Torry.

The spoken words are the giveaway.- I am not frightened of dying….. This is about death. The great gig in the sky. Shock/ disbelief, anger, fear/bargaining, grief/ sorrow. Acceptance 9:22 9:22 9:22

Other bands that broke ground in this era. Rush 2112, Genesis Suppers ready, Yes round about, Jethro Tully Aqualung, Queen Live Aid show. Check these and understand your parents listening and going to concerts with performances like this. Compared to modern music our time was unique.

song is about when you die and death. Slide guitar, hawiian guitar or steel guitar.

It’s the stages of death

I try to tell people, educate to elevate, it's all in front of you. In

Try Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas flood 🔥

You should dig deeper into the PF catalog... Echoes David Gilmour Live in Gdansk. Comfortably Numb and Sorrow from Pulse. I could go on and on and on some more...

Where do musicians go after they die? To the Great Gig in the Sky.

Oh well I was going to say what the last comment said, but I guess I don't need to...

Define height.

Please check Santana, "Soul Sacrifice" long version from Woodstock Music Festival in 1969. The band members were tripping on acid when they were told to perform earlier than scheduled and if you look at them and listen to the music, you can see the true spirit of the day. Extremely good to react to!

It’s a slide guitar.

Thanks for the reaction, but this version is no comparison to that on the studio album with Clare Torry. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T13se_2A7c8.html

No rappresenta la morte nelle tre fasi di dolore rabbia e accettazione

Lap Steel Guitar

Check out Brit Floyd on RU-vid with Eva Avila. She does all 3 parts on her own and is ever bit as good