PINK FLOYD - Echoes (LIVE AT POMPEII 1971) *UK Reaction* | HOW MUCH EMOTION CAN YOU FIT INTO A SONG! 

You don't have to put into words how Pink Floyd make you feel. We Floyd fans understand.

I once heard someone say "David Gilmour doesn't ask for a guitar for Christmas... A guitar asks for David Gilmour for Christmas" lol

I honestly love so much how you get into the music and swear your emotions out. That's the real way to explain how Pink Floyd makes you feel. It has made you such an awesome reactor in my eyes.

This was one of the most legendary live sessions. Great choice!

It takes a quick eye to see at 22:50 (ish) of this video drummer Nick Mason breaks a stick and reaches into his stick bag and grabs another literally without missing a beat 🥁🔥

You all here, in the comment section, you’re my people. I wish this was the entirety of the world.

We have a new Floydian! I've listened to Echoes for 30 years and not had the chills like I had watching you to react to it! Watched all your Floyd reactions since you popped up in my recommendations. I envy your enthusiasm but know exactly how you feel...keep it up brother 👍

This is THE quintessential Pink Floyd performance, showcases all 4 musicians, their experimental phase, their use of outside of the box concepts and their use of (at the time ) cutting edge filming and recording technology.

Best thing on Internet: Seeing people complete explode when they hear Echos for the first time (like I did) and go through all stages of happyness excitement. This is what greatness does to the brain. We are just not on David Gilmores level 😢

You asked, “How do you come up with this?” It’s easy. Step 1: Be a genius Step 2: Do what geniuses do

I love when you realize they're from the UK, something to be proud of to say the least.

One of my most favorite tunes from Pink Floyd. Personally believe this has about every element of a "rock song" even though I do not describe Pink Floyd as rock. It's mellow, it's hard, It's funky, it's psychedelic. Incredible keyboards, super funky bass, soul touching guitar, and scorching drums. Pink Floyd's music touches my soul. It paints a "Soundscape" of emotion ... sad ... sweet ... mellow ... mind blowing. It takes you on a journey. Even the lyrics would make "modern philosophers" cry, as they have meaning and purpose. Remember; this tune is 50 (five decades) old, and is better than 99% of the shallow mind-numbing pop which is considered music today. Thank you for your reaction, very similar to mine.

Your barely scratching the surface when it comes to floyd bro, they are on a whole different level. I'm here for your whole journey 👊

My personal number one song ever! This must be the greatest band to ever walk the Earth!

A point on the harmonies in this song between David Gilmour and Rick Wright, they were so in sync with each other the when Rick Wright died David Gilmour would never perform the song again as he said it would not be the same without Rick.

I've been listening to this music since I was a kid (I'm 64 next week) and sitting watching your reaction has once again formed pools of tears in my eyes. Thank friend, and please continue to enjoy your Floyd journey in the way you do, it's perfect.

Pink Floyd changed my life. Literally. I'm so happy to see you discover them. They are the GOATs of emotional journey music. They truly opened my mind that was closed at 18 years old when I found them. Nothing was ever the same after

You are a dad? I really wish you will teach them about Pink Floyd so they will live on into every generation ❤

I discovered this album in 1972 just before dark side of the moon came out! This song blew me out of the universe!! The end of it always seemed to me like David Gilmour on guitar Rick Wright on keyboards having a conversation kind of saying to each other I'll see you later and getting farther apart as it gets quieter. A great piece of music up there with Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's 9th Symphony! Music like this will live on way beyond our lives!!

Pink floyd - comfortably numb live pulse tour/high hopes live at the royal albert ball, both incredible beautiful performances

This is another musical gem. The atmosphere is inimitable. True and pure beauty!

Many of us still get goosebumps and tears no matter how many times we hear PF. It is that powerful and it's so great see your reactions. Pure and authentic !! I am excited to see when you do Darkside of the Moon.

This was in 1972, but your Brain explodes when you listen and see the final performance DAVID GILMOUR - ECHOES (Live In Gdańsk) 26.08.2006 with Richard Wright, before Richard tied, David Glmour say ather the Death of Richard, that he never play the Song again, that means "Final Performance". It is a Live Concert and the musical quality and performance are unmachted. No other Band can compare with Pink Floyd and "echoes " live in Gdansk is the Crowl Juwel of the entire music history and industry, unbelievable and incomparable. Because Pink Floyd is the "Greatest Band of all Time"..... Greetings from Germany

For me this live performance is the finest piece of music of the 20th century. The setting is the most dramatic too. Listened 100s of times and this work never fails to captivate me. I do enjoy classical music but this is simply better - period. Davids outro on guitar is from another world.

This song predates Shine On You Crazy Diamond in about 3 or 4 years, and the band was at the threshold of moving on from their more experimental stages. Just brilliant and timeless piece.

23:35 “Pink Floyd was made for me….” For ALL of us, my friend. ALL of us. Loving your continued FLOYD journey and I’m here for all of it 👍

“Strangers passing in the street By chance, two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is me And do I take you by the hand And lead you through the land And help me understand the best I can?” How do guys in their twenties have the insight to write such lyrics?? Brilliant!!

You have finally found the world that us meer mortals have been living in for 50 years. An entire catalogue to explore.........simply the best band creating the best music that has ever existed

i am listening to this version for the 533646347th time and still left speechless every single time , this is by far the best song ever to me , no song ever will come close to this masterpiece ! also great reaction man , i loved how you kept expressing how you feel when some notes hit ! keep it up

I am so glad you heard that. I wanted to share a sentiment about this particular song. On December 24th 1999 a famous polish music journalist, translator, writer Tomasz Beksiński ended his life. He was a son to a famous polish painter Zdzisław Beksiński who was murdered a few years later. In one of his last auditions Tomasz lists all the things that made life worthwhile. Among things such as Monty Python, Twin Peaks and Apocalypse Now was this song. Most notably the guitar solo in the second part. I think we all know what he means by that. It's an experience you should have. I was born on the same day as this man. I feel connected to him somehow, spiritually. I think. 'Echoes' is a absolute diamond of a piece. It's somehow beyond words.

Absolutely loved watching you geek out on Pink Floyd! And when you discovered they're British from the stenciled "PINK FLOYD LONDON" I lold.

I'm a Classicist (hey, nobody's perfect!), so I feel obliged to help you put a few elements of the video (and the title of the track) in the right context. Strangely enough, I discovered "Echoes (live in Pompeii)" many, many years after I started listening to Pink Floyd back in the mid-1970s. I will always regret not having had the chance to go to one of their concerts. But I digress... The more I listen to and look at "Echoes (live in Pompeii)", the more I love it, the more details I discover in it. Pompeii was a very rich and prosperous Roman city, where lots of Romans had a second house and spent their free time, far away from Rome, which had become very crowded and very unhealthy by the start of the first century CE. Pompeii lies not too far from present-day Naples. I totally recommend a visit to its ruins. Why? Because such a visit may teach you more about how ancient civilisations managed to rise (and fall...), how they were able to make unbelievably beautiful art and architecture, how they had superb engineers who knew how to build roads, bridges, aqueducts, palaces, sewage systems, harbours, etc., all without the use of steam engines, electricity, or computers (actually, the power of steam was known already to the Greeks, centuries before Pompeii flourished - but I'm digressing again). Pompeii, like Herculaneum, another city close by, fell victim to a huge eruption of the Vesuvius (a volcano that is still alive, sleeping, and waiting to erupt once again, one day...), in 79 CE. Its citizens had been warned, several days before the actual eruption, by tremors, by smoke coming out of the volcano, and especially by their pets (cats and dogs) who started to be very nervous and eventually ran away. The only dog that remained until it was too late to leave, can still be seen, in Pompeii's museum, where a cast was made of the poor creature when archaeologists discovered it. Its owner had put him (or her) on a chain... Dozens, if not hundreds of mortal remains of human beings, can still be seen there also. Actually, most of the time almost nothing is left of the dead bodies, but archaeologists know that often they find hollow spaces when they excavate the houses in Pompeii, which they fill with plaster and then remove as casts in the shape of human bodies. We see them as they were at the moment of their death. The whole of Pompeii (which is, some three centuries after it was first discovered, still only partially excavated) is a treasure trove for archaeology, history of art, and history, because it was "frozen" (or rather petrified) in time, the moment the eruption happened. We actually have a contemporary, and "live" report of when and how the eruption happened, by a famous Roman author, who witnessed the whole event, from the other side of the bay, not far from present-day Naples. He saw how thousands of people flocked to the harbours and beaches, hoping to escape by boat. Many were saved, many died... In this video, we see Pink Floyd performing "Echoes" in the arena of the amphitheater of Pompeii. In that very spot gladiators would fight. And no, most of the time not "to the death", because most of them were highly trained and expensive fighting machines. Hollywood exaggerates so often when they show you Antiquity... It's actually very strange for Classicists to see how nowadays the "thumbs up" sign is everywhere and always interpreted as meaning "I'm happy with that! Great!". The "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" signs originate in Roman amphitheatres and gladiator "games". However, they were never used by the Romans the way they are used now. Hollywood, yes, again, is responsible for one of the biggest misinterpretations of sign language in the whole of human history. First, the "thumbs down" sign was unknown in Roman times. And second, the "thumbs up" sign was never used the way we use it, literally on the contrary! In fact, when the Emperor or his representative was asked to decide over the fate of a gladiator (something that happened a few times but much more rarely than films want you to believe), and wanted the winner of the fight to kill the loser, he would hold up his closed fist, with the thumb inside it, and then flip the thumb out of the closed fist. "Thumbs up" actually and originally means something very negative! But again, I'm digressing... The "faces" (sculptures) you see in the video, are probably to be found in the Odeion or theatre of Pompeii, another building that you can visit. You will never forget a visit to Pompeii, as it was not really destroyed by the eruption but covered in burning ashes and pumice, many metres high. That makes visitors able to walk in the paved streets, visit the rich houses, the forum (market place), some temples and sanctuaries, and yes, some brothels too. There are wonderful wall paintings to be seen, preserved with their original colours, looking brand new, mosaics, and a few years ago a pub and snack bar was excavated, where even some of the food was preserved... During the video, you see two other places, where the members of the band can be seen roaming around. The first place is called the "Solfatara" (NW of Naples). Its name refers to sulphur, which is one of the ingredients that a large number of smaller and larger hot mud "springs" spit out (as you can see in the video). I visited that place many years ago and it's absolutely out of this world. You step on very unstable "ground", which is actually more like hardened mud, and the smell of rotten eggs is everywhere (chemical reactions of the gases in combination with the oxygen in the air). The other place in the video you see, where the members of the band climb up and go down from, are the slopes of the volcano, the Vesuvius. The whole video makes me think that the title of this long track refers to the echoes of the people living and dying in Pompeii, some 2 millennia ago, echoes of the art, echoes of the things that happened there. Echoes, memories, melancholy... pain for the beauty that was lost. Echoes of time, echoes of voices, echoes of songs, echoes of everything that happened there.

On the original album [Meddle] this track is recorded as a single piece, occupying an entire side of vinyl. For the filmed version here, recorded live at Pompeii, it was split into two sections, book-ending the movie, hence the apparent disruption in the middle.

When I was first getting into Floyd 30 years ago, a friend of my brother said "There's a lot of emotions in there. A LOT of emotions." And I've remembered that line ever since.

The power of music bro , It's beautiful ! , Love your reactions , Pink Floyd are one of a kind , They don't really have a bad song.

I think I have found a new favourite passtime, it's watching you listen to Pink Floyd, you are like an amplifier for how I felt when first listening to all these songs. I particularly liked the part when you discovered Pink Floyd were from London, the pride in your voice as you found out these musical geniuses were British was awesome. I think you'd like One of These Days live from Pulse, Comfortably Numb Live from Pulse, Sorrow Live from Pulse, Run Like Hell Live from Pulse all great.

I love watching you& yes you should react the way you want& it is the way pink Floyd make you feel, my stomach is in knots, it’s inexplicable , some people are out on this earth for a reason& pink Floyd are just that ❤🙏

I have been a Floyd fan since 1973 ,seen them live 5 times and never ceased to be amazed at their unique talent. On Echoes reaction you seemed genuinely proud to learn that they are an English band. You are right to be proud as they are a national treasure and something to be very proud of. Your reactions are amazing and I’m so jealous of the journey you’re going to take for the first time. You are going to love it and I love watching you mate, keep it up.

They're actually from Cambridge, but met at uni in London. Architectual school. They decided they liked music better.

Don't fucking no why I'm crying... Echoes is the greatest piece of music humans could ever make

Man, love hearing your reaction to this !!! I guess that over the years PF kinda looses its appeal to me because I've heard it a million times. Dude, it is so good to hear PF all fresh and brand new through your channel. It's like having an old car in the garage that low key annoys you taking up space.....but then a friend walks in and goes,"Bro!!!! Do you KNOW what this is????" Then, all of a sudden, what you have comes rushing back to you!! "I own something PRICELESS and I didn't even know it!!!" Love your channel man!!! Keep it up🤘

Yes, masterpiece is putting it in a nutshell, genius& pure talent& a love for what they are doing ❤🙏

Keep in mind Waters & Gilmour we’re 25 & 27 years old in 1971. I don’t understand how people that young can write and perform music with the depth to evoke such a strong emotional response.

Back then, we saw this in cinemas. In Salzburg (Austria) we had a non-stop cinema running this movie/song 24 hours every day for weeks ... and I watched it. And watched it. And watched it ................... I just love that you did the complete thing, as well as the complete "Shine on you crazy diamond". Interestingly, most people stop after the first half, though they seem to love it. But the second half is essential in both songs, and as you know by now, there´s not much repetition, just innovation.

No better performance in music ever as far as I'm concerned.

Pink Floyd play music that creates musical mind-scapes. The better your imagination, the more real are the images in your brain ! And every time you listen , you see a different mind-scape !

HIGHLY recommend listening to their animals album in full as a reaction. Dogs is one of the greatest songs ever written

FYI Pompeii was an ancient Roman city that was caught when a volcano erupted and buried people alive. the city was discovered and excavated this is where they played the song hence the destruction and echoes of the people that lived and died there. Pink Floyd is deep. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii

How could u not know they’re English. This country has created the best bands in the world. Led zeppelin, deep purple, queen, Radiohead, Beatles, the who,black sabbath,Rolling Stones,t-Rex, joy division,genesis,the jam,the kinks,the clash,yes,Roxy music,jethro Tull,the moody blues,fleetwood Mac,iron maiden,the animals, def leppard,10cc, the police, Judas Priest, supertramp,dire straits,cream, small faces, tears for fears, human league, the police, pet shop boys, white snake, stone roses, muse, blur, verve, spandau ballet, oasis etc….. but none are as good as PINK FLOYD.

Start to finish is the best way to listen to this song. A long time ago it hypnotized me and set me on a quest for more. The DarkSide concert was awesome in the seventies. To this day I need regular doses of Pink Floyd.

I put it in words by saying , this music is the standard that all other music is judged by.

I've watched every Floyd reactions you've made, man... thousands of times, seriously. High Hopes is the best of them, by far. But this song is the best piece of music ever written in the history of mankind. Never lets you down, always lifts you up!

Been a Floyd fan for over 35 years, but "spinal column shit" is one of the best descriptions I've ever heard 😂😂

Echoes has been the sound track of my life for more than 40 years. It looks like you get it 👽

Your Pink Floyd reactions are bringing me great joy. It's like I get to experience Pink Floyd for the 1st time again through you. Bravo!

Welcome to the music of my youth. This piece is 50 years old now, and yet still before its time. It's great that you recognise the genius in each and every one of them. David Gilmour for his emotional guitar playing, Richard Wright for his mastery of the keyboards, Nick Mason for keeping it in the zone with his drumming, and Roger Waters for his bass playing, and who also wrote the bulk of the Lyrics for Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall. Listen to the Lyrics of "Time", "Brain Damage", "Wish You Were Here", "Comfortably Numb" and "Us and Them" (possibly the most sublime anti-war song of all time). And then marvel at how much insight they had for guys who were all under 30 years of age. They are individually brilliant, but together there is a synergy that makes Pink Floyd much greater than the sum of its parts. David Gilmour is now 76, and still doing great gigs - check out his Pompeii 2016 performance. Roger Waters is still touring although his voice is now shot. David lost his hair and kept his voice, and Roger lost his voice but kept his hair. Nick Mason is 78 and also still touring as "Nick Mason's saucer full of secrets". Sadly Richard Wright died in 2008, and in a tribute, David Gilmour said that "he was our George Harrison", who was widely acknowledged as the greatest all-round musician in The Beatles.

Those who can't explain it in words create music. Hence, we have Pink Floyd.

50 years ago Pink Floyd were already 200 years ahead of everybody!

Everything floyd is GOLD

Without a doubt one of the greatest musical performances ever……it stirs my soul every time…..and your reaction was brilliant, really enjoyed that 😁

Whenever I'm a bit down, I come here to the Brain Squeeze channel, and I leave all cheerful. Love u, dude! Let's all wear our inside out.

Now check out 'Great Gig in the Sky' from the Pulse Live tour. You will melt in your chair 😄

I listened to pink Floyd when I was younger ànd I am 68 now and my wife passed away last year and I was heading into some sort of depression until I started listening to pink Floyd again and it just change my feelings again. Then brainsqeeze I found your utube channel my god what a brilliant channel don't ever change you make me laugh and I love your reactions to the songs.

Yeeeesssss!!! I remember getting PF Live in Pompeii on VHS in my Christmas stocking back in the early 90s. One of my clearest memories from my teens is sitting on the carpet in front of the TV, absolutely mesmerised by this.

best band ever lived end of story

Yes!! This was the one I was most looking forward to you listening to. Some ideas for the next Pink Floyd songs: All of Dark Side of the Moon Comfortably Numb Pulse Live All of Animals Atom Heart Mother

"I thought they were American." That killed me !

Oh man, I haven't listened to this in 3 decades. And yes, we were stoned. And listened to it for the first time up in the redwoods above Santa Cruz (California). Yes, using the old, "boom box." 😂 It. Was. Transformative.

This so perfect right now its raining outside and this beautiful music ufff...!!!

The best reactor by far!!! Keep it up and never filter yourself, brother!!🤪

Pink Floyd is my favourite band and am glad you’re enjoying them to. Pompeii is an amazing performance, despite the last part of the song being cut off and put latter on the video performance. If you looking for other high quality long songs, you should check out the band Yes. Yes’ Close to the Edge, from the album of the same name is an incredible song.

your reactions remind me when zooted 😂 this song tickles the brain & when u close ur eyes its like a rollercoaster,

Jony, my dad has seen Floyd 6 times in their prime. Back then concerts were like going to a symphony. You sat and listened to the entire thing... no cheerleader stuff or choreography. Also as soon as the house lights went out everybody sparked spliffs so their was this stoned vibe that everybody was sharing. The sound and lighting were always state of the art. Also the sound went into Quad during various parts for dramatic effect.....the keyboard would go around the stadium or voices or birds would go from side to side. It was a spectacle and a fully immersive experience. Back in the 60's and 70's the popular drugs were cannabis and psychedelics and their music reflected going on a "trip". Echoes was structured like a symphony with 4 parts. Glad you could enjoy and appreciate Pink Floyd and the where they could take thought feeling and emotion and the human experience. Stay cool and open and enjoy......:) Show less

legendary reaction bro... I'm with ya. playing to the masses of souls who once were there. Deep and Funky, one of the best live gigs ever!! no frills, no big crowd, just pure live four piece progressive rock! It was filmed in October 1971, released 1972 as an arthouse move. legendary timeless human art!

This video should be shown in every school. I'm glad a new generation are getting in to the old tunes. It might inspire a new sound.

I love how upset you got that it was almost over lol welcome to pink Floyd. It’s gonna happen lots

once again, I love your genuine reaction, including how you talk during the song and don’t hold anything back. This music explodes all of your emotions to the max I’ve been listening to Pink Floyd for a little more than 35 years and it’s still takes me on emotional journeys.

words don't matter, you got the feeling that's all that matters. Nice one.

Them some funky brothas' from other mothers.

I'm so happy you dig it ...

You are the outer expression of my inner Pink Floyd love.

Now we're getting deep into the pink!

Welcome to the party I've been living since 1984. I use to listen to this with my best friend Wayne. Riding down back country roads with no street lights smoking weed on the weekends. In a 74 cutlass and an 84 Pontiac fiero.

Great reaction man! I'm here for you on your Pink Floyd journey, anxiously awaiting more.

I love the setting for this one, just blasting in an ancient colosseum, cause you know even the Pompeiians in 200BC would be jammin to this shit.

It's hard to imagine that all of these noises are created by 4 musicians... 4! Dude, this is holding all the way & I need more...

There are great bands out there and then there is Pink Floyd.

Pink floyd is everything, i know its not, but it is.

This album , Meddle was my first PF love.And it`s live 1972. .........

I was lucky enough to see them live in '95 for the pulse concert. The greatest experience of my life. Pink Floyd is the greatest band of our time. David Gilmour is our generations Mozart. Everytime I hear a Floyd song I feel the way you do, I cant explain it either, its deep in my soul.

I came across your reaction to Hi Ren, since then I have been jumping around your other reactions, rediscovering songs that I haven't heard for a long time and new ones that I haven't heard before, I'm enjoying the journey so much. You describing PF as music which is like a painting, it completely resonated with me. The best thing of all is seeing other folks connecting and sharing memories of how they felt on hearing songs for the first time in the comments. Thanks for triggering the memories, the new finds and the fantastic reactions of you living and feeling the music in your core! Great stuff! 👍 Can't wait to see you diving deeper into the back catalogs and exploring all the different genres that are out there. Buckle up, enjoy the ride and take us with you! 😊

Love your reactions man, you've only just started out on your Pink Floyd journey but you seem to get it already, and this performance is my favourite, it's one that i always go back to✌

My uncle used to see these guys in Cambridge pubs when they were called Jokers Wild (pre floyd)- Legendary!

Sitting just waiting for it to get to the funk part so I can watch his mind melt. Pink Floyd could lay down some funky stuff when they wanted to. Yes, Pink Floyd is from London👍 I also heard that their original lead singer, Syd Barrett, was one of the first to sing with a strong British accent. He didn’t try to hide it at all. Most of these guys are from Cambridge, and I guess they have a certain accent, and wasn’t ashamed to use it.

I saw this video for the first time like everybody else in 1971 aged 11 then, on BBC 1 😏 got the album for my 11th birthday off my big brother...he took me to see them for my 14th birthday 🙂 the Liverpool Empire theatre..the Dark Side of the Moon tour ...truly blown away....🙂

Watching you watching my all time favourite made my f ckin day man.... Thankyou! And there's no limit to where your mind can go! Just imagine being a 13year kid nearly 50 years ago with headphones as loud as you could.

Sometimes you watch and listen to something like this and all you can think... Is how can somebody be so good at something?

Another great reaction. Welcome to the machine, friend.

Don't apologise for your reactions. Keep them coming.

feeling all that you feel when you experience pink floyd is all that matters, it's meant to be experienced, it is wonderful appreciation and honsety that you showed here that is worth seeing you go through that journey we all go through hearing such music