HE SAID WHAT?? PINK FLOYD - DOGS ( with lyrics ) REACTION 

It's a metaphor bro. Dogs here are ruthless cutthroat businessmen. Alienated from friends and family. Dragged down by their own greed. You've been heavy on the live pink floyd. Which is great. But this is who they really are. Long philosophical deep dark concept albums. Meant to be heard in one setting from beginning to end. Dogs, sheep, pigs... All songs from the "Animals" album. All depicting certain kinds of humans.

“That’s the longest song I’ve ever heard of in my life!” Me: (slowly reshelves “Shine on You Crazy Diamond I - IX”)

Admit it: your longest song yet at the time, and yet you weren’t bored for one second of it. With something to think about for afters. That’s the Floyd in a nutshell. They’ve done longer stuff, too

Yes exactly those type of songs beautifully perfect

This is the first song from the album Animals, which is loosely based on the George Orwell book "Animal Farm". The Dogs represent cold and ruthless businessmen, Pigs, the next song, represents the politicians, and Sheep are the average citizens. All three songs are worth checking out with lyrics. This song makes clear that the cold and calculating approach to relationships that someone obsessed with success in the business world would have would leave that person "Just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer". This is lyrically one of Floyd's heaviest and darkest songs.

You must listen to Floyd in headphones! MUST

Best. Album. Ever.

The classic Echoes is 23 minutes, the time just flies!

David Gilmours best work on the best song on the best Album ever Period !

Roger Waters is one of the great Existentialist poets. This song personifies the way in which the fear of death infects the incognizant life of the individual who allows an external locus of control as the guiding light of their life. It condemns the failure of personal responsibility, and the failure to embrace the opportunity to live life well on one's own terms, with insight, vigor, and care. It bemoans from the depth of the final trauma the enraged recognition that one has bought into the lies of the pack and deprived themselves of real life, to be dragged down by the blood turned through vitriol to stone in a perverse alchemy.

“Now it’s too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around” Insert tRump here

I love the way you are so patient with the music. I think a lot of young people would have checked out 5 minutes in. You really do get this music in your soul. It gets better with each listen too. I hope you enjoy your journey you've started here.

I love listening to this album on vinyl, great background ambiance. Classic 👍

It's unbelievable to me (I'm 70 years old) that I can have something in common with a young American man.......and that is listening to great music

I've seen Pink Floyd live in concert twice in my life. I'm from Milwaukee & they sold out the entire baseball stadium. This was in 1979 and my 1st PF live experience. They were promoting this album. It was just called "The Animals Tour". They had huge pink pigs floating hundreds of feet above the stadium, (which you could see for miles.) including all the light show effects and lazars pointing towards the sky. 50,000 people sold the stadium out for 3 nights. My friends and I had seats behind home plate. Their stage was set up around second base, so I was pretty close. Even back then Floyd was way ahead of their time. Their guitars were cordless and David Gilmore came off the stage and played a guitar solo within 15 feet of me, which was synchronized to the light show. They even had to shut down the air space near the stadium so the pyro-technics and lazars wouldn't blind pilots. (If you saw the 1994 "PULSE" shows) then you understand what I mean. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. They played for over 3 hours!

THANKS for being so much fun. AND i love Pink Floyd! All the best ... Gail

Please do their album Dark Side of the Moon in two parts for a reaction. The album is meant to be heard in one sitting as the songs all join together (like Wish You Were Here album). Great reactions to Pink Floyd btw.

The gloomiest but best PF album. Always loved it from the start.

To say they don’t make like this anymore is a gross understatement. Between Waters deep songwriting, and anytime Gilmour lays down the guitar work it’s perfection and a masterpiece is was always the result.

You have to listen to shine on you crazy diamond.

Fun to watch you react to this. The two "verses" are the mentor advising his young pupil on how to be a proper cutthroat. After the break etc, the next verse is the young guy expressing disillusionment and disgust with his mentor and the situation he finds himself in.

"Animals" is finally being released soon as a lossless 24/96 DTS-MA 5.1 mix on Blu-ray, as Gilmour and Waters have agreed to drop the liner notes (long story, but up on the web). Surround is the best way to hear Floyd which is why their concerts back in the day were in quad.

This is off of the Animals album, which has the same conceptual theme of human nature as George Orwell's Animal Farm. Accorfing to an article in Words in a Bucket, the album "describes various classes in society as different kinds of animals: the combative dogs, despotic ruthless pigs, and the “mindless and unquestioning herd” of sheep." 'Dogs' is about the cut throat nature of businessmen and capitalism and getting rich at the expense of others. It compares this to the life of a dog fighting for scraps and then growing old and dying of cancer or dragged down by the stone, the tricks played against them. By the way, I love your journey into the world of Pink Floyd. They are one of my favorites. When you do Pigs by them, you should watch the live version of it by Roger Waters on the "Us + Them' tour. It's incredible.

So get this. The album is called Animals. We are animals correct? We have Sheep, people who blindly follow dogs and we all answer to the pigs.(the man, government, whatever) This album was inspired by a book called Animal Farm by George Orwell. This is the most underrated, under appreciated album but in my opinion, one of their best! Musicianship is OFF THE CHAIN!!!

Never listen just1 song from any album from Pink Floyd. ALWAYS listen to the hole album because every album is 1 story

When you get to "Pigs" the reference to Whitehouse is Mary Whitehouse an English campaigner for censorship and such.

This song reminds me of my grand father in law, he was always pursuing money and success but by the time he was at the end of his road he was alone and regretful, as regretful as you can be with Alzheimer’s

still getting chills 40some years later. fantastic. as stated below thought....floyd is best consumed one album at a time. they weren't hitmakers by any means....

When I saw Roger Waters (the bass player) do this on his solo tour in the middle section with just keyboards and drums, the rest of the band sat down at a table had a drink and played a hand of cards.

I know I'm late to the party here but there is a cartoon depicting this album here on RU-vid. It was 1977 at the Olympia Halle in Munich, Germany. I was on 2 hits of black micro dot lsd, as much hashish and great german beer that I saw them preform 'Wish You Were Here', 'Animals' and a good portion of 'Dark Side of the Moon'. Being a Southern California boy I would have to say it was one of my most memorable times of my life. Great reaction young man.

Dogs = businessman. Greed weighs down the blood & turns it to stone. The whole Animals album is my favorite. Sheep & Pigs next! Pigs = politicians Sheep - the common man 🐕🐖🐑

Listen to this album “Animals” in it’s entirety like most of Pink Floyd albums 🔥 There’s a flow between the songs that just grabs you ♥️♥️

another absolute gem of a song

May I just say pop you are one cool dude my man great reactor and I'm so glad your playing a lot of pink floyd I'm a pink floyd nut best band in the world,just one last thing pop looking at you sitting in that chair with your hair the way it is you are the spitting image of another great singer his name is Seal watch the video called killer and you will see what I mean,great show by the way.👍☺☺

lol nice air drums...you frogot the cymbol that was constantly ringing...lol love it

About a bad guy business man who manipulated everyone for his own personal gain but got it all thrown back at him in the end. You reap what you sow....

Dont listen to this in your room,grab a tapedeck,OOPS,showing age there,and walk along the beach,smoke a doob,and.....................

Great! Now "Pigs" and "Sheep"! Oh, and BTW, the "Animals" album is loosely based on a novel by George Orwell called "Animal Farm" where certain animals represented different classes in society. Here "Dogs" represents businessmen. "Pigs" represent those at the top of the social ladder who have all the wealth and power, while "Sheep" are the rest of us, the followers.

It’s not going to seem like 17 minutes 😂 Let’s go! 👍🏼

Thank you for reacting to this. My dad loved Pink Floyd and I’ll never forget when he showed me this album back when I was a teen in the 90s. It was his favorite. I miss him.

Dragged down by the Stone=Dragged down by the weight of your sins.

Yo,respect from the UK. Keep on listening ,they Hawkwind,"Hall of mountain Grill"

Probably been mentioned below, but this album is basically Animal Farm by George Orwell (yes, THE George Orwell) in musical form. Pigs are politicians, dogs are the police, and Sheep are the the ordinary people... Although Orwell wrote this when the USSR was a big threat, so Pigs are actually Stalin and co., and Dogs are the soviet secret police... Waters just put a modern spin on the idea.... "Modern" for the time, but the ideas are still solid...

If you like knowing the historical background behind this album, read the following: In 1976, the United Kingdom was swimming in troubled waters. Mired in an unprecedented economic crisis, Anglo-Saxon pride is battered by a rescue of the F.M.I. Musically too the country is lagging behind, having succumbed to the disco wave and it is ABBA a Swedish group that outrageously dominates the podium of the charts. But that is nothing compared to the tornado that is about to sweep over the British establishment. The punk movement, this new protest movement from the United States, will permanently shock a part of British society by rebelling against the archaic values ​​that rule it. Titles like: (Anarchy in the U.K) sum up all punk thought, they all cultivate, besides this hatred of the system, that of their elders (rock bands) whom they consider finished and good to throw away. With Pink Floyd at the head of the gondola, which sabotaged the true values ​​of rock and its three chords by making it too intellectual and sophisticated. To the point of finding Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols) walking down Carnaby Street flanked by an "I hate Pink Floyd" t-shirt. Wounded in his increasingly voluminous pride, Roger Waters decides to deliver his point of view (philosophical anyway) on the new world order. The Animals album will be a social review inspired by a work published in 1945, The Animal Farm by George Orwell (also author of 1984). The In The Flesh tour that followed in 1977 was also famous for the Montreal concert where Waters spit in the face of a spectator, which led him to want to erect a wall between the stage and the audience: the birth of The Wall album.

🤷🏿‍♀️ In the end you can't take it with you bro'! #Facts 🍿🐰

I'm enjoying watching you discover Pink Floyd. I saw them in concert in Vancouver around 1971, I was 17 and think they were doing the Ummagumma album; so long hair, no light show or backup singers like more recent gigs. The big thing then was having speakers all around the arena which was a real mind blower, or was I already blown? I gotta say one thing man, you've got to get headphones - you'll hear the bass guitar and keyboards better, as well as low volume sound nuances.

I love how at first they sound like real dogs but you gradually notice it’s a synth so creative and visual

I first heard this when it was released in 1977. I had it on cassette tape, so there were no lyrics to look at. I was just trippin' on their sound. I don't think it was until sometime in the late 90s that I understood it.

Dude!! You are the man! Absolutely love your reaction to my favorite band! Please please listen to Shine on you crazy Diamond. You will be taken for a great ride!

Out of all the PF albums , this one is on my top 5

Masterpiece 😎👍🎶✨

Wanna hear Gilmore use that talk tube on another guitar solo? See how it fits together! Go on to do Pigs. Then you have to do Sheep (my favorite) to top off the album - You'll still need the short album intro and outro tracks of Pigs On The Wing, parts 1 & 2. The cover photo is REAL. There are stories about that pig.

What can one say about the gods that are Pink Floyd ❤🙏

Ancient and modern day philosophers struggled for over 7000 years to define the meaning of it all and yet failed to reach a rational conclusion . Floyd nailed it in two 45 minute albums in under a decade .

Unfortunately, I never had the chance to see them live together, but I saw Waters live in 2002 where he also played Dogs (Snowy White & Andy Fairweather Low on Guitars). Amazing Performance.

Intense ... hugs from Brazil >>>>

Great reaction . Important song . Legendary rock n roll wack jobs .

Another GREAT Pink Floyd album is “Meddle.” The opening song on that album is incredible.

I know you listed to the live version of Echoes..... but you need to listen to the full 26 minutes of the studio version... preferably the remastered version.

check out this music in the "Roger Waters In The Flesh" Concert! Its even more epic! This whole show is, actually! For me is the best one and the choirs are on point, great solos, and the quality is ridiculous!

My favourite song! Great álbum! Cheers men!

Shine On You Crazy Diamond is second only to Comfortably Numb. Awesome!

You've stumbled upon the third and maybe most crucial thing about the band, the first two being otherworldly gifted talent and incredible performance values. Namely, this music has a reason to exist. The reason comes first, then all the talent and performance flows outward. This is progressives calling utter bullshit on the world we all live in. You are listening to an album that breaks humans into Dogs (capitalist climbers), Pigs (the ruling class) and Sheep (most people). The judgment brought down with wrath on Dogs is the most viciously awesome judgment you will ever hear. This album came out in the teeth of the punk movement, which was a specific backlash by skinheads against Pink Floyd. I can understand their anger, realizing you are just not talented in comparison to this. It must have been frustrating, that inadequacy. Fighting moshing and copying the look of neo nazis is all they had inside them. The judgment Floyd brings down is as satisfying a thing as I have ever heard in my life.

As a dinosaur close too extinction, there are a few things I do wear like a "badge of honor" from living a long, long, looong life. Of course family and career but we're not here for that. Nope, were here for "THE MUSIC" As a lot of you know, I've attended 1008 concerts in my life since the early 70's. Seen just about every band in every type of genre of music. Blessed and total luck, are the 2 reasons why. Out of those 1008 shows, yes, of course, there has too be someone taking the #1 spot. June 28th 1977, South Phillys Spectrum. Pink Floyd promoting the "Animals" album during their "In the Flesh" tour. Simply perfection in a live environment. Clean, pristine sound coming from their Quadrophonic sound system. Unforgettable lighting and laser show. A very impressive huge inflatable 🐖 and a mind blowing movie in-synch with the music being performed. The music performed that evening was 3/4 of Dark Side of the Moon, 3/4 of Wish you Were Here, and ALL of the Animals album done too perfection. This is why it has held onto the #1 position on my list for all these years.

If you really want to know what it's about. Check out the book by George Orwell called Animal farm. It's very political and its an incredible story. Or....or you can just listen to PINK FLOYD interpret it for you. 😉❤🙂

Love how you love this band and others time to explore Tool and his side projects Puscifer and Perfect Circle

I've been waiting for you to get to the Animals album. Hope you enjoy it

Battersea power station as it was in winter `76/77.

4:20 incrible solo

many a bong hit was smoked to this song

This entire Album is pure #Facts 🤷🏿‍♀️🐰

Definitely, the Stone is Greed. Much like the smoke out of the bottomless pit. GREED seduces

Once again you picked my favorite song from a Pink Floyd album. The biting lyrics talking about back-stabbing two-faced people and Gilmour's great guitar is awesome. I really like how you listen to music and follow the lyrics. The best way to get the most of Floyd.

They worked the man to death. Made him conform. Treated him like a dog.

Welcome to the world of psychedelick and progressive rock. Progressive and symphonic rock and metal take the time to play a song, so no three minute quickies here. Pink Floyd is one of the greatest bands ever. Animals is a great concept album. You have to listen the whole album because it tells a story. See Wikipedia for the meaning of the album and songs. Try the song Echoes (23 minutes long), from the album Meddle. Do the studio version because in the live version a lot a the subtle things get lost. It’s probably their best song. Also try the concept albums: Wish you were here Dark side of the moon The Wall Pulse live album

Context my friend. This album explains all people… how we move through this life. It’s deeper than we can stand

A couple of things. These songs are all my favorites. Do the individual reactions for each cut, but do yourself a favor and listen to the entire album/cd nonstop. It's meant to be heard that way and you'll love it! One other thing, I don't know if you've heard " The Wall" yet. That is also meant to be heard straight through. And. There's a movie "Pink Floyd The Wall". It's basically a nonstop music video of the whole thing and nothing short of amazing. You have to watch that. I hope your TV has a good sound system. Enjoy 😉 🤙

PF lyrics were also socially critical during this period. They describe the life of a businessman in an unscrupulous capitalism, who himself is only exploited and who ends up dying alone because his life consisted only of business matters. So, they spoke to the Businessman, not to you.

This song is about the perils of existing within the realm of corporate purgatory

Next on that album is "Pigs, 3 different ones", and then "Sheep", if you're interested.

The song is a biting metaphor for those who work under people of authority and stab you in the back for a buck. The album is based off the book Animal Farm as it's been said 1000 times. Anyway I fuckin love this album. Hard to believe this came out in 1977.

the dogs are the politics the marionets..

Cool

It's about all of us

It is a critique of capitalism and late 70s England's society.

“What was he talking about tho?” Life

It is a masterpiece for sure been listening to this album since it came out 76 I think

Animals farm (Gerorge Orwell)

It's about business

Check out "Time" by them next. Studio version.

I've never seen somebody hold out, 14 minutes plus, before closing their eyes, while listening to Pink Floyd! You really need to be able to kick back and relax. Maybe take a melatonin or something...LOL!

🐕🦮🐕‍🦺🐩🐕

The problem with focusing on the lyrics is that you’re not truly appreciating the music. Oh well.

dude ..., 40 years from now when you're all alone in some lame ass flat dying of cancer ... think back to this day. I'm 59 and been listening to this since late 70's weird how it all comes true. Dark Side Of The Moon spans time too.

Man you gotta react to Echoes

George Orwell ala Pink Floyd

IT'S ABOUT DOGGIES!!!!!! :D DOGGIES!!!!!! DOGGIES!!!!!!!! DOGGIES!!!!!!! :D :D :D

You don't listen to Pink Floyd you experience it.

In the studio going crazy? Seen the animals concert in Tucson Arizona. Was better than the studio. As you likely to know by now it's Loosely based off animal farm and if you don't listen to the songs in order it's like reading a chapter in the middle of a great novel no context for anything prior and no conclusion. And when you finally get around to listening to the others it sort of takes the overall effect down a few notches. This was written before real expression along with past knowledge. The lesson from it is history repeats. At the end of sheep they have overthrown the totalitarian Society only to implement a new one. Animal Farm by George Orwell was written in response to Stalin but then applied to Hitler and Mao. Who each starved tens of millions to death. It is their darkest album, and for good reason. 🚜🤠🐂

Unfortunately many Dogs are put in cloth bags , tied with heavy stones and thrown in rivers and canals ... Hence “ dragged down by the stone”