> Come to Pompeii > Set up a concert > Invite no one but a few tech guys > Play Echoes > Create a mind-boggling masterpiece > Pack your things > Leave > Refuse to elaborate > Never do anything quite like that again Truly a Pink Floyd moment.
Two weeks ago we visited Italy. My wife and I went to Pompeii. I spent an hour sitting on that hallowed ground in the amphitheater, back to the wall listening to Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. It was an emotional experience. Tears streamed down my face and I didn't know why (Thank God for sunglasses). I wore that VHS tape out as a kid. I never imagined as a thirteen-year-old that at 51 years old I would be live at Pompeii listening to Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. It was surreal. A top 5 moment in my life.
I remember walking with my brother and letting him have a listen to my Sony walkman and The Wall was playing.. He looked up all around.. looking for the helicopter. He was hooked! Was a Floyd fan till his death. RIP
At age 13 my parents forbade me to listen to this "noise. " I went underground.......today, at 62........ it has, and still is my saving grace when life pushes a bit hard....
De fato o cara é único com seu estilo e harmonia musical. A música em total sintonia e harmônica! Surreal para a nova geração que dificilmente vão apreciar! Triste realidade! Bons tempos!
@@napoleonOliveros-fi1ix YES!! You were first before I could post that. If Us and Them is Rick's masterpiece the drums on One Of These Days is Nick going off in beast mode. Nick is just brutal. Plus he gets his only vocal in Floyd 😄
If you're interested, I'll leave you some information about this musical masterpiece. Pink Floyd wanted to record everything live, without any playback: this meant transporting all their concert equipment, except lights, to Italy by truck, along with a 24-track recording system that would guarantee the same sound quality as their studio work. The crew, arriving on site, discovered that they did not have enough electricity to power all the equipment. The problem was solved by bringing electricity directly from the town hall via a very long cable that ran through the streets of the city of Pompei to the Roman Amphitheatre; this circumstance limited the actual filming time to just four days, from 4 to 7 October 1971. Some reels recorded in Pompei were lost and so part of them was filmed in a studio in Paris. The Italian engineer Bini, in the 60s founded the Binson company and invented the Echorec1 and 2, which were used to record an input sound and reproduce it several times. Of course at the time they were tape, that is, analog and not digital as is used today. Pink Floyd bought practically all of them because they were excellent. Since then it was very difficult to find one and in my life I have only seen one at a fair near Milan. When Gilmour started playing the guitar in Pompei, a sound engineer mistakenly inverted the input and output cables that went from the "Wha Wha" to the amplifier, in this way a sound similar to that of seagulls was produced, which can be heard from about minute 11.50. The engineer apologized, but Gilmour was enthusiastic about the result and so by pure chance some of the typical musical effects of Pink Floyd were born. Below is a short video in Italian on how this thing works. Greetings from Milan, Italy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QHgE5AVnL3Y.html
When I was in high school, at the age of 16, I used to go down to Pompei and sat on the amphitheater with my walkman listening to Meddle 'til late. Now, at the age of 42 I listen to this tune and I feel 16 again, lost in a timeless sensation....
I've listen to this masterpiece for more than 50 years. But when Mom departed, one year ago, I understood these verses: "and no one sings me lullabies, and no one makes me close my eyes..."
I have a toddler and a 2 month old baby and your comment has brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for helping me appreciate this song on another level. I'm sorry for the loss of your beloved mother ❤️
I seriously think that every Pink Floyd fan knows that, eventhough songs of others albums like "Wish you where here", or "Comfortably numb" are more known, "Echoes" (specially this version) is the masterpiece of Pink Floyd
I've been listening to this for thirty years and I've only just realised that it is about time. The echoes are echoes of history. The strangers passing and calling to each other are people separated in time but basically the same as each other - unable to speak directly but able to write down what they know, and to read what people in the past have written. Pink Floyd wanted to do this in Pompeii because of the historical resonance - that our own civilization could be lost as Pompeii and the Roman Empire was. (God this is probably so obvious, sorry!) [Edit:] The deep sea is the deep past. (Just as it was in our past, in evolutionary history.) The sky is the future.
10 years ago, my brother and I visited Pompeii, we walked in that empty arena, sat down and played that song on my iPod…we both cried…It was a dream come true for us
A colorless, boring, mediocre song. Arranged emptiness. Pink Floyd are uniquely talentless, but very serious, pretentious. How easily you, "simple listeners", are led by any rubbish that is effectively presented.
Step 1: listen to this in full, eyes closed. Relax Step 2: when it finishes listen to the complete silence arpund you for 20min Step 3: enjoy the real "echos" in the silence... magic.
I'm 52 and my son is 20. Since he was a kid I've always introduced him to the great music that I listened to growing up. I first introduced this song to him on a road trip while driving over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. We didn't say a word through the whole song. When it ended, he just turned his head, looked at me and said, "dad, how could you keep this from me for so long?" He was 14!
I’m 43 have had major health setbacks. Wondering if I’ll ever ever have kids and wife due to my setbacks time wise. I’m felt this comment strongly! Thanks for sharing!
I'm 61 now, and my son is 34. I did the same with my son on a lot of great music from the 60s and 70s. Music is very powerful, and I believe that my son is a better man because of it. I started buying him odd/different musical instruments for Christmas about 10 years ago, and he learns how to play them. This year, I'm getting him a "hurdy gurdy." That should keep him busy for a while.
@@seankilburn7200 Nah man, they were best when waters wasn't dictating shit and making lesser thematic albums. When all 4 were equal and free to right their own parts, the band was so much better.
@@Mjumbojetpresdent You may have a point to some degree (echoes being a good example) but on albums like wish you were here and even dark side of the moon to some extent, Waters still contributed far more than the others. They were all highly talented of course, but I feel many simply don’t enjoy the albums where waters took greater control because of his personality and the impact that had on the group. Even if you consider their collaborative work to be their best, there is no denying that Waters and Gilmour were the most consistent when it came to writing the songs.
@@seankilburn7200 Yeah, they were more consistent at writing the "hits." And I enjoy those albums, maybe besides the Wall, in which apart from a few good hits, Waters thematic desires really cheeses up the whole sound. But I think the direction they took towards more typical songwriting was what made them more accessible but also less interesting. Like, echoes and atom heart and obscured by clouds, etc, there was so much more exploration there that they never got back to. So yeah, those two were more pivotal in getting to the sound that has made them so universally iconic, but imo this sound was a detour from the experimental psych rock that had really no limit to its possibilities.
hang in there buddy, we ain't got all that many of your generation left, I'm the from the one that came right after you and I'm still trying to figure out where the last 50 years went and I'm not looking forward to be oldest quite yet
I was in Pompeii a couple of years ago. In spite of the ancient history, mostly what I thought of, standing in that amphitheater, was...." this is where Pink Floyd played!"
Echoes is the soundtrack to my life. In the early 90's when I was a teenager, I was listening to this on repeat while all of my friends were into punk or grunge. I loved that music but the Floyd captured my soul. I couldn't get any of them to listen to Echoes, and if I did get one or two, they'd say it was too slow or boring. I felt like I was alone on a musical island. I was in awe of pre-Dark Side of the Moon Floyd, but no one to share my enthusiasm with. Now in my 40's, with the internet, it's amazing to connect to the worldwide community of Floyd fans, and the younger generation that's discovering the band's oeuvre.
Echoes is one of my all time favorite songs, I just can't have enough of it. I'd take a slower paced more thought of and emotional song than any deaf inducing madness anyday.
I used to wear the vhs tape of Live at Pompeii out, in the 90s. My first steady GF's dad had a copy of it. she also gave me a vinyl of Jeff Beck's, Blow by Blow. I wanted to make music, from that point on.
the fact that this came out 52 years ago blows my mind. what were people even thinking when this came out? just unreal stuff. love this song and performance.
The 70’s were really THE standout decade for an insane level of innovation and new music genres being founded. Prog, metal, punk, goth, shock rock, early forms of techno (Kraftwerk, for an example), the earliest forms of hip-hop, and all kinds of experimental music, even including the “classical” genre (one of my favourite composers is George Crumb, who did most of his most iconic works in the 60’a and 70’s. Ever played a piano by striking the string board with a glass rod with a bunch of paper clips stuck under the strings and the damper pedal tied down?…).
The magic about Pink Floyd music is: even though you have listened to that song millions of times, each time you hear it you discover some new meaning in it. And the older you get, the more you understand the song. How could they write such great music at such young age? Magical.
Drugs. No, I don't meant it in a bad fashion or criticizing them, but explaining hoy some drugs help to channel people's thoughts or sensorial experiences into producin, in this case, an art form.
As always with Pink Floyd: "multipart form", spectacular sounds, sound engineering techniques and effects, serious faces, and with all this - zero music. Stillborn, sucked-out nonsense. Pink Floyd - Great deceivers. You are unreasonable, gullible listeners.
David Jon Gilmour. Without his freakish talent playing guitar, I do not know howw I would have made it thru a 6 year prison sentence. I listened daily for 6 yrs straight, and David and the rest of this magical band, THANKYOU FOR YOUR MUSICAL THERAPY SESSIONS. Better than any doctors or psychs Ive ever wasted my time seeing. Pink Floyd forever, and ever. NEVER EVER WILL THEY BE SURPASSED AS GREATEST BAND IN HISTORY. I DONT CARE WHAT ANY1 SAYS, COS THOUSANDS WILL AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. LONG LIVE THE FLOYD.
"NEVER EVER WILL THEY BE SURPASSED AS GREATEST BAND IN HISTORY". Compared to really great academic musicians like Schoenberg, Shchedrin, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Schnittke and Messiaen, they are nothing more than children in short pants. IMHO.
@ANDREWNEGUSTOROV637 YOUR COMMENT IS HARDCORE PRETENTIOUS, NO DOUBT AT ALL. IN MY IMHO, THE FLOYD ARE EPIC, AWESOMELY TALENTED, AND THATS FACT. SUCCESS OVER SUCH A LONG CAREER IS TESTAMENT TO THE FACTS I STATE. IT IS JUST AMAZING LONGEVITY IN A CUTTHROAT BUSINESS. FLOYD DIEHARDS, AM I SPEAKING FOR YOU ALL? I LISTEN TO A MASSIVE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL GENRES, IM FAR FROM ONE EYED, BUT AT THE TOP, IS P.FLOYD. WHY ARE U DISSING MY LOVE OF MY FAVORITE MUSIC, COMMENTING ABOUT PINK FLOYD LIVE PERFORMANCES, IF U DON'T LOVE THEM? PRETENTIOUS IS ONE WHO SITS BEHIND A PC AND SPEWS VERBAL DIARRHOEA FOR WHAT REASON? IRONICLY U COMMENT ABOUT MUSIC U SEEM TO DISRESPECT...USELESS TROLLING IS AN ATTRIBUTE YOU EXCELL AT....ADMIT IT, U CANT HANDLE THE FACT THAT U CANT ESCAPE THEIR MAGIC. ITS OK TO ADMIT YOUR A FAN. GOD BLESS, GOOD HAVING A BIT OF HARMLESS BANTER MATE. ALL THE BEST.
What a violent and, in my opinion, inadequate reaction to my post! I didn't say anything bad about Pink Floyd. I don't deny their magic at all and I actually like some of their studio albums ("Animals" more than others). But to claim that the group’s music is the most unsurpassed and will last forever is clearly too much. I contrasted the music of great academic musicians not in order to humiliate Pink Floyd, but to show that musical dimensions can be of a fundamentally higher level. And this is obvious, in my opinion. Let me add that I am not trolling, and if you take my words as “verbal diarrhea" that’s your choice. I specifically responded to the phrase “they are the best and this is forever” (in terms of semantic content).
@@dannypacini9820 Dogs, Pigs, Sorrow, Marooned, Comfortably Numb, Any colour you like.....no matter the order, it's so difficult to rank those works of art
@@alexandredaene8659 I agree. Different songs at different times of your life resignate more so than others. Try give them a listen with a few hits of weed or a light psychedelic 🔥
@@dannypacini9820 Just depends on the day I guess.. We all know their hits and out of all of them this recording shines the brightest in my opinion. There is just so much there to unpack that headphones is a must. *Anddd for when it was originally written and released, its mindblowing.
The sound quality of this - in 1971! - is so superb that for me it's genuinely difficult to believe that it's not only live but in the open air. This could have been in a studio. Having read up on it, I found this: "Their roadie, Peter Watts, suggested that the 8-track recorder would produce a sound comparable to a studio recording. In addition, the natural echo of the amphitheatre provided good acoustics for the recording." Unbelievable.
It’s also an analog tape so the audio can be remastered and brought to modern standards of audio. It’s one of the big advantages of physical recordings
Half a century later - I was too young at the time to know the band - I have the incredible priviledge of seeing this for the first time. Thank you RU-vid.
I’m 15 and knew Pink floyd since I was a kid but never understood it until lately and i feel adictos. I see 70 year old people commenting here the same feelings I have and feel kind of out of place in my generation but yes, I agree with those who say this is the masterpiece of Floyd.
So I'm 50, and I had that feeling when I was your age. Like "I guess this is my dads era, but ... I dont care?". Its a band that was never of its time, even in the syd barret era (which is decidely 60s but didnt sound like other 60s bands) didnt sound like their era at all and probably never will be, its that singular. Really the only other bands of my dads era I listen to is black sabbath and the beatles. Both where notable also for sounding like nothing else that came before or after. Turns out if you write truly unique music, it'll never sound dated. People will try and copy it, but it wont be the same. (And lets face it, while there where plenty of beatles and black sabbath clones, I cant think of that many floyd clones. Sure plenty of prog bands, but they all tended to be Yes, King Crimson or Rush clones [at least the more derivative ones. Either that or history has solidly forgotten the shit out of them lol])
This is the zenith of modern music. Must of watched this at least 200 times over the years. Never gets old. The keyboards of Rick answering back to Gilmour or Nick ripping back. No way to underestimate this masterpiece. Music will never be the same unfortunately.
The "Zenith" you've mentioned Is the most accurate description of "the sense", "The mood" & "The loyalty" to Pink Floyd's "Ars Magna Philosophy" "Sadly but true" Music will nn be the same since that -"Zanith",,, Pink Floyd was just "The Sun" ... Too long way to let someone else "To take the same path, the same contribution to "Let te real music "Rasie again" an make our "sthetic" musical senses.... valuables again.... ""There is nothing like the sun" to let them know that the "Zenith is a masterpice translated into "Notes, effects" but "Lyrics and those other skills that let them show "Their crazy Diamon Slould have belong to the next "PINK FLYODs" bRAVE INHERITANCE Saludos desde Quito - Ecuadr: "Behind the wall" Big and respectful hug... Just Don't know, But arts deserve heritance & Respect Saludos desde Quito Ecuador Huge
At my beloved husbands funeral he was carried out of the church to "Shine on you crazy diamond". We loved them both the most of all bands and or musicians. Pink Floyd for ever and ever....Like love
each part of this song is a masterpiece. the lyrics. the drums. the bass and gilmour and his outrageous solo. the only thing that gets old with this song is us fans.
True. Words such as masterpiece are often overused, but what other term is there to describe this stunning musical composition? Incomparable? Breathtaking?
5:34 - 7:33 i replay this part over and over. david’s guitar solo and nicks drumming THE best part for me, this whole performance is THE best of all time in music history.
A hearty, hearty congratulations. I've been sober for a long while myself and it never gets old. Thank God I'm not doing what I was over a decade ago- and thank God you've found a better way to live. Keep on keepin' on, my friend.☮❤🕉
The most amazing thing about listening to Pink Floyd, is at some point in your life, you start to hear the music differently, even if you know the song for years and years. I know this song for more than 15 years. And i don't know what happened, but yesterday for the first time i heared the groove/blues part in the middle of the song. I stopped what i was doing and put my head phone and let myself been carried away. Just WOW ! that was an unexpected experience! AND This is the kind of music that touch the soul !
I've got news for you, I've been listening to this little tune for MORE THAN 45 years ( closer to 50, I am horrified to admit, lol ) and never knew about this version! SEEING it played live, puts a couple of new perspectives and dimensions on it, and yes, the jazzy influence as you so astutely observed. This is a MASTERPIECE, and the visuals are stunning! What a thrilling find!
As always with Pink Floyd: "multipart form", spectacular sounds, sound engineering techniques and effects, serious faces, and with all this - zero music. Stillborn, sucked-out nonsense. Pink Floyd - Great deceivers. You are unreasonable, gullible listeners.
I listen to this song at least 4-5 times a week sometimes 2/3 times a day depends the vibe but no matter what mood this song will get you out of it for sure the best masterpiece by musicians I've heard along with rain song zepplin
I Was at Pompei with my dearest girlfriend couple years ago. When I walked in the Amphitheater I could feel and relive ECHOES, also noted 2 Tunnels with Pink Floyd memorabilia and Photos before you entered the Amphitheater and couldn’t believe they were shut with gates to the public.I couldn’t help myself but Jump over and film both galleries, It was truly an amazing and unforgettable experience it’s something that I would cherish for the rest of my life. Long live Pink Floyd Pink Floyd Forever 🫶🏻
@@williamsomerville-x7q im so sorry Buddy that you couldn’t get in. What was the reason behind that. I guess I was lucky but I wasn’t going to miss it as i travelled a long way from Australia. Where are you from? Take care buddy 😊
My dad took me to The Wall concert a few years back when only Roger was touring. Pops died a year later, and I still listen to Pink Floyd all the time. Gotta show it to my kids the same way my dad showed me. Truly timeless music
Sorry about your father's passing. The truly mazing things about a father is sharing special moments as you described that he loved and passed to you. What a blessing indeed! Be well.
I listened to Echoes hundreds of times. This alchemy of sounds is just magic and perfectly matches with the pictures of Rome's ancient ruins. Nothing like this will never be done again.
THE PINK FLOYD..THE ONLY GROUP OF MUSICIANS SO MASTERFUL AND MUSICALLY BRILLIANT EITHER SOLO BUT EVEN MORE WHEN I HEAR THE QUESTIONS ASKED BY KEYBOARD FOR EXAMPLE AND EXPLAINED IN MARIANA TRENCH DEPTHS OF FREAKISH DETAIL BY GILMOURS STRAT(I BELIEVE IT IS A STRAT, BUT IM NO EXPERT, I PREFER TO LISTEN TO A LEVEL OF TALENT NEVER B4 EXPERIENCED PRIOR TO THIS BAND)SO THE BRAND OF INSTRUMENT IS NOT REALLY RELEVANT, IT NEVER FAILS TOTAKE ME AWAY TO THAT PLACE ONLY FLOYD PURISTS KNOW! PINK FLOYD...LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF ALL, NEVER GROWING OLD NO MATTER THE FREQUENCY, IF ITS THE FIRST TIME OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TIMES. SOME PERSON WHO DOESN'T THINK GILMOUR AND FLOYD ARE UNDENIABLY UNTOUCHABLE, (MIND U WHY IS HE LOITERING IN A FLOYD PURISTS PLACE OF APPRECIATION?) TELLS ME NEVER SAY NEVER, AS I SAID THAT NEVER WILL THERE BE THIS LEVEL OF EPIC GUITAR PLAYING PERFECTION BY A PERSON , NEVER. WELL, I SAID IT AGAIN AND SO DID MANY PEOPLE. THANKS FLOYDISTS. WE SAY NEVER AND NEVER CAN WE BE SILENCED. THE GUITAR GOD HAS SPOKEN. FUCK YES.
Growing up my dad and I hated each other's music. That was the time, that was the age. Later, when I was in my 30s, my dad stopped in while I had Echos on. "You know", he said, "your music isn't that bad". In his final years, I visited him once and he was listening to Artie Shaw, no doubt reliving memories of his youth. "You know dad, your music isn't that bad". He just smiled. RIP dad, miss you every day.
one of the absolute masterpieces of modern music; i cry endless tears because of this music and remember my wife, who died much too early, for all eternity. my girl, i will love you beyond all time
I caught my 9 year old listening to this very video in the background while playing Roblox. I can't quite shrug off the idea that I've reached peak Dad.
I just want to congratulate anyone seeing this for the first time! The perfection of hearing Gilmour and Wright singing together,(should have been much more of this)! This was my first experience of seeing Floyd play live, and just blew me away!!!
I just want to congratulate any PF fan for listening this master piece for the thousand time and counting,,the more you listen to it,the better it sounds,simply aged to perfection like a fine wine.
Went to Pompeii for two reasons: •Vesuvius eruption of 79AD •Pink Floyd in the amphitheater I’ll never forget the moment smoking hash with my buddy Miller and listening to this while sitting in the Pompeii amphitheater, seeing a cloud over Mount Vesuvius in the distance. Epic.
I like thinking that they were playing to an audience of ghosts... And then again, I can also picture the ancient Romans sitting in those bleachers 2,000+ years ago, little knowing that "meanwhile far in the distant future," Pink Floyd are playing this concert c. 1,972 years later! It gives my mind ghosts just thinking about it! 👻😵💫🌚😊🧡🌞☮️💕
He's always had an incredible knack for getting the right sound for the song. Look at the two solos from Comfortably Numb. The first very mellow and thought provoking and the second, very gritty and rip your heart out. The man is a genius👍
I am 84 years of age and have been inspired by "Pink Floyd' as a Mother, as an Educator, as a Poet Laureate, and a Proclaimed, "Woman of Distinction. by the State Assembly of New York State, 2021. Yes, deeply appreciative of the Love, the Passion, the Vision, the TRUTH of BEING expressed in music that petitions our souls.
I'm 76 just overcoming a life long endogenous depression since the '70's that drove me from law school & wandered the wasteland with no help from the medical system or my friends but i found PF from time to time & found now again in 2023 ..... the race is not to the swift or the strong but the one who endures I thank PinkFloyd
Most people think of Waters mainly as the lyrical/thematic genius behind the band's success, but he was also responsible for some of the catchiest bass riffs you'll ever hear.
Gilmour is the genius bassist. Many, many times we think it's Watters, it is actually Gilmore. I watched an interview with Watters admitting this, admitting that Gilmour would allow for the credit to go to Watters even though it was David. Just a bit of info.
Until you look at a nick Mason drum part on sheet music, you have no idea how hard it is, ok after 47 bars of rests its time to land a perfect, tasteful full finesse barely coherent jazz beat that ties the whole song together now don't mess up. As a drummer Pink Floyd leaves you on an island that only pure technical ability and understanding can get you off of.
Also, during one of the solos, he utterly shatters one of those massive gauge drumsticks, and keeps the beat going with his left hand while his right hand reaches down for another drumstick, then he just drops right back in seamlessly. If I had to guess, The Muppet Show drummer Animal was styled after Nick, just pure gonzo.
Have you all watched the reunion video of comfortably numb? My favorite part is when NM throws off his headphones just when DG is starting his solo. I like to think of him saying, “Fuck my hearing . . . If there is one more thing I want to hear it is DG shred.”
They are all at the very top of their game here, but just edging by a nose, is Mason. His drumming has such rhythm, musicality and finesse. For me, the greatest drummer ever.
This is indeed an examplar for many drummers to follow. Nick just bursts with musicality here. An absolutely astonishing performance. If I have one quibble it would be that they had mixed the ride a little lower as it sounds a bit clangy in places.
I know people are all about Bonham with Zeppelin but after listening to so much music this is to me is correct. He set the pace for all of them and their unbelievably smooth transitions between songs. Mason was a master for sure.
The best psychedelic blues band ever, no contest. I grew up in the 70’s and listening to their music just brings me back in time. A time where nothing bothered you, nothing made you angry, you honestly didn’t need drugs to listen to this music and it still relaxed you.. It still has that effect on me today.
Alguien dijo: la musica de pink floyd no es para todos. Y tiene razon. Esto es simplemente de otro nivel, lo mejor de lo mejor. Cada vez que lo escucho es como si fuera la primera vez.
The most INSANE 24 minutes of music in the history of classic rock. How do you even describe it? And this was pre-Dark Side era...they got recognised due to LIVE at Pompeii. This was their stepping stone for DSOTM.
Lyrics: Overhead the albatross Hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves In labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine And no one showed us to the land And no one knows the where's or why's But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb toward the light 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? And no one calls us to move on And no one forces down our eyes No one speaks and no one tries No one flies around the sun Cloudless everyday You fall upon my waking eyes Inviting and inciting me to rise And through the window in the wall Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I throw the windows wide And call to you across the sky
Nick Mason, man he is my favorite drummer. He inspires my personal drumming more than any other drummer that has ever lived. So laid back, he compliments the style of Pink Floyd perfectly. Can't thank him enough for his contribution to music and humanity.
From 15:00 on, it is pure transcendence and beauty. The whole piece is a one of a kind masterpiece, no one will ever reach the heights these geniuses went to
Overhead the albatross Hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves In labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine And no one showed us to the land And no one knows the where's or why's But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb toward the light 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? And no one calls us to move on And no one forces down our eyes No one speaks and no one tries No one flies around the sun Cloudless everyday You fall upon my waking eyes Inviting and inciting me to rise And through the window in the wall Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I throw the windows wide And call to you across the sky
7:34 - 11:18 This part literally makes me fly around my own. The heavy bass notes with the ripping psychedelic riffs make anyone be out of mind. The drums are impeccable, the way the cymbals progress the music, the organ-sounding synthesizer and blues at the same time are crazy asf
The dolly track shot going behind all the amps with "Pink Floyd - London" during the break, is the epitome of a time in rock that will never exist again.
Just think that same thing. GREAT directing and editing. The band and the entire crew nailed it. Just wonder what the good people of Pompeii thought of all these crazy Brits. You know there was talk about "crazy people" in their midst. And they were RIGHT!
Or they may have had their hands over their ears going "what the hell is that noise?! That's not music!" - what we see as beautiful is not necessarily what someone from 2000 years ago would understand or appreciate! It would probably freak them out and the band would be speared and dead...sadly.
I first heard this when I was 14 and now, nearly a pensioner, I played this for my daughter. Hearing the whole track for the first time, tears ran down her face. She's now starting to understand why I love their music so much.......
First time I saw Pink Floyd was the dark side of the moon show hitchhiked from Sacramento to San Francisco didn't have tickets snuck in ,show was so good we came out got back in line for the next night and did it all over again!! I'm 67 myself, be cool my friend!!!!
Dont be afraid to be loud now, make people appreciate you now because Im sure they already too but dont live with regrets, go all out so that when the moment comes, everything you have done will remain as echoes.
One can only imagine the astonishing volume the guitar must have been with that setup, no monitors, everything behind you at full blast, incredible live performance. Even in those early days, these guys took as much care with their live sound and production as they did with recording their albums.
This beautiful piece of music got me through some troublesome years. I bought it on DVD and watched it countless times at a time when I thought I might be hopeless. This isn’t just art, it’s magical
@@julianmenes5605 Pink Floyd up until this point was an underground experimental band with 5 overall members, and the 5th, Syd Barrett was kicked out the band after their second album for his mental health deteriorating. After this, they tried experimenting with albums like Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother, but couldn’t really find their footing until a little album called Meddle. They have also been classified as a space band in the past, so they decided to have an underwater sound in the last track of Meddle, “Echoes”. A 23-minute long epic using accidental sounds made by the band. Yes, that iconic “ping” was made on complete accident. Nevertheless, that track is regarded as a transitional piece from the band. From a psychedelic sound, to a more unique sound that’s never been really replicated by any other band.
Dark side of the moon was my first experience of pink floyd but I must admit watching this Pompeii clip has put a whole new outlook as to how incredible floyd is
For me there is no doubt, Pink Floyd is the best band ever. I dare to say this because I’m an absolute music fan. Even after been playing this record hundreds of times, it still moves me every time I listen to it. Probably some albums in general like Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were here are better as a whole album. But Echoes for me is thé absolute MASTERPIECE !! Enjoy it…
All of those are part of the soundtrack to my life But this particular gem makes me feel like I've been somehow pulled in and transported to this amazing alien planet. My consciousness floats around taking in all of the strange new sounds and vistas. I become so engrossed in the experience that it comes as a pleasant surprise when my mind is brought back to the familiar refrains that return me to the place where I started my sonic adventure. It was totally exciting and mind expanding but I love the way it brought me home... home again...
