PINK FLOYD - ECHOES | UNIVERSAL!!! Blown Away... | FIRST TIME REACTION 

"Pink Floyd has sent more people to space than NASA." - Kersten Graham

Early seventies....A dark room.....floor pillows.....good speakers.....good friends......good grass....good trip.

Floyd don't write songs. They make masterpieces.

With all today’s technology not one person on this earth can challenge this....... this is musicianship and an example that less is more and not 1 note is wasted. God bless Floyd and all the space candidates who ride their ship. Salute.

Echoes, as Roger Waters declared in an interview, was the attempt to describe “The potential that human beings have for recognizing each other’s humanity and responding to it, with empathy rather than antipathy.“

Sadly, David Gilmour has said that he will not perform this song live after the passing of Richard Wright.

The harmony between Rick Wright and Dave Gilmour's voices is something magical and totally ethereal, but trying not to sound like a broken record repeating all the other comments but Live in Pompeii is epic dudes

I’ve come to regard this song as the greatest rock song ever, not the best, or biggest hit etc, but greatest in terms of the sheer breadth and epic scope of the concept /vision realised so well, the audacity to write a rock song about evolution, spirituality, the eternity of time and life etc and have the music perfectly match the lyrics - just wow, what a song and what a band!

For 23 minutes and 31 seconds the world was good - COVID was gone, racism was gone, inequality was gone, Illness was gone, poverty was gone and politicians were honest. I think I might play it again.

Best reaction ever. ‘What can I say? There is nothing to say.” I buried my Dad yesterday. After being consumed by a roller coaster of emotions and the planning of the military funeral and fighting to get his nursing home bills paid I finally arrived here. And this song just made me right. Thank you.

A masterpiece, 1000 light years ahead of its time.

Check out the Pompeii live version. Early 70’s. No audience but all the ghosts would have been thoroughly entertained.

If anything, 23 minutes is a very, very short amount of time, to tell the entire story of the universe. Which this song does. THAT is how good Pink Floyd were. I've been listening to that song for almost 20 years now and I still cannot fathom how it was made by just four dudes, somewhere in England in 1971.

First time I heard this I was ditching school and got stoned, I decided to check out the brand new portable Stereo/ record player system (our first) and headphones my dad bought. I grabbed one of my sisters albums at random, (and her stash), Ran the headphones out of the window, and was reclining on a lounge chair on the back porch smoking another joint, relaxing in the sun, when this song came on. 50 years later I'm still at a loss of words to describe the experience, except to say I immediately became a lifelong fan!

People wanna pay thousands to travel to space one day.... Pink Floyd been giving it to us for free for yrs..... Shit takes u to many dimensions lol... Superb as usual lads.. Awe the best

My dad bought me this LP in 1972 after seeing a film called "The Silver Surfer " about a dad and a son making a surf board and the last 23 mins was the surfer surfing with a cam underneath the board and this was the music . So we stayed in to see who did the music and it was Pink Floyd , im 60 now and been a life long fan , Thanks guys

The best "song" ever made period

This song is the upper most any human can go in terms of creation. There's no match, no substitute. It is the highest level of music human can ever reach. Piano/Organ, Guitar, Drums, Bass, and lots of other instruments and sound effects combined and played perfectly. Lyrics is perfect. There really are no words in human language to explain it enough. Genres covered: Art Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental Rock, Space Rock.

You can listen to this a thousand times, still won't be boring, not a bit. This was the golden age of rock for sure.

Echoes is a soundtrack that doesn't need a movie - Pink Floyd lets you write your own stories, and create your own cinematography in your mind (and it can be different every time - it's up to you). They will NEVER have an equal - EVER.

And to think that this song is 50 years old!!! 50 years!!!

I was 16 years old the first time I heard this at a friends house after school. I'm now almost 65 and I still get goosebumps. To think this came before Dark Side Of The Moon. Incredible. This track isn't for you guys today to understand - Wait a few decades at least, and then you'll realize this is "Echoes" of your life past.

This was made, created, without computers or any other digital devices. I'm 64 and i,m so thankful I grew up with this music. Totally changed my life. I get so much pleasure out of seeing a young generation discovering this music for the first time.

The song that defined Pink Floyd and their future iterations of music.

My youngest son was conceived while Pink Floyd played in the background.....he is now as big a fan as I am! This music is timeless and will always be heard....pass it down to the younger people., folks!

I respect how much pink floyd there is on this channel

Ohhhhh shit Now do it again but at pompeii!!! Also notice that the album cover is an ear, if you didn't already know

If memory serves me right, this was the first song I heard from Pink Floyd. I recall the evening at a friends house with a group of teenagers. It blew my mind, still does. There are a lot of great Floyd songs but this one is a true masterpiece. I feel it best reflects their brilliance and creativity.

"Echoes" is the peak in the field of music

To try and describe or define this song in mere words is to diminish it. All you can really do is feel it and surrender all your preconceptions about music to it. True Masterpiece. P.S. Happy 77th Birthday Drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd today!! 🧁 👁️⃤

I love how you said "...from the beginning..." This song is about evolutionary biology on earth! Everything y'all said at the end is true...it's about Evolution of man from single cells! That we are all connected and the same.."..and I am you and what I see is me."

I legitimately think that this song should be sent into space. There really aren’t too many things like it out there

The transition into Roger’s funky bassline gets me everytime

My Father when I was 10 11 12 around 73 ? would play this as background music during Halloween kids didn't know what the they were listening too as the walk up to the door .. lmao

Those ping sounds on the keyboard are alluding to ASDIC [“Anti- Submarine Detection Investigation Committee,”] which was a form of sonar equipment used to detect u-boats in WW2. It's not often a piece of electronic gear gets named after the committee that promoted its development. My late father served on a frigate that used ASDIC to hunt u-boats.

One of the main riffs was pinched by Andrew Loyd Webber for the stage show The Phantom of the Opera. When asked why didn't PF take ALW to court, Roger Waters said "life's too short" 🤣 The sound effects / sound scape in the middle always makes me think of the millions of years after life first started in the oceans but before the arrival of man. Finishing with a reminder that all of us are related.

Live in Gdańsk (Wrights last performance) is the masterpiece for me, even above Pompeii

The 70s . A decade where people stayed in their home almost 24/7 listening to amazing albums with songs like this. Talent was so thick....never run out.,,,so blessed I was one of them.. lol

Gilmour said that the piece was a conversation between his guitar and Wright's synth, when Wright died he stopped playing it live, check out Pompeii or the the version from Gdansk, both awesome

It's Art that you can listen to

Echoes is the masterpiece that gave all the component parts of Pink Floyd a chance to shine!

“I am you and what I see is me”...the line perfectly explains the outer body experience of the song

This album preceded Dark Side of the Moon. Their earlier albums were experimental in sound but here is where they finally unleashed their potential and found their identity in music. The rest is history. Truly the most original and iconic band in the past, present and future. Great reaction guys.

I was so excited you guys finally did ECHOES! Oh my God, it is the song that saved 2020 for me, I can't think of a week I haven't played it since I rediscovered it last year. When I was younger I wasn't ready for it. But now I feel the completeness of it, the story, the universe within it. The lyrics are so sublime, deceptively simple, some of the most beautiful poetry ever written - what a way to describe the morning rays!! "Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning" And then to end with the lonely call across the sky from the same window - it's perfection!! I love that it begins as an exploration then ends in a room but looking back towards the sky, the universe, as the winds start to pick up, and yes that is the wind but also a vocal. Wow. I have been oscillating between the Pompeii version and the Gdansk. The Pompeii version is visceral, raw - Gilmour is almost stalking the melody as he plays that grungy part after the first verse then goes on a full assault. It STILL makes my arms go into goosebumps. I love the way Wright and Gilmour sing together in this one too, their beautiful youth just glows, and Mason goes full beast mode on the drums, it's astonishing! The director's cut of this video is my favourite, it's breathtaking. Then.... Gdansk! For a while I couldn't listen to it as it's sad knowing it's the last time Rick and David performed this together. But oh what a beautiful ode to their friendship - the musical conversation they have in this, the years and years that have elapsed and the level of virtuosity - the subtlety! The ending is truly truly one of the most satisfying, nuanced pieces of music ever, a quiet letting go, a gentle yet assured statement. And then for fun - well you have to just enjoy the acoustic Abbey Road version - I love watching the other musicians in that one as they seem to be exploding with joy to be playing with the masters. I know I would be too! :) I'm so happy that reaction videos like this share the love of this song and it's so wonderful seeing so many hear it for the first time!

Man… I’ve listened to various forms of this song about 30 times in past the few days. My dad died a couple of weeks ago, and he got me into Pink Floyd at a young age. I’m just floating trying to find meaning and this song is part of my healing. I’m watching lots of reactions of it, seeing what emotions it sparks in people. I love your reaction to it. Thank you.

This is when Pink Floyd became the Pink Floyd we all know and love. From 1968 to 1970, they searched and searched for their sound. They hinted at it, and had great music and moments along the way. But Echoes is when it all those ideas clicked. Great reaction guys!

The thing I love about echoes is the way it builds up at the start, then quietens in the middle, then builds up for ending, a master piece of a song.

One of main aspects to floyds music is they are very patient, not in a rush to impress you, it just draws you in slowly and makes you glad you are alive to hear it

Absolutely fantastic reaction, thank you for doing my favourite Floyd song justice

Yet another Pink Floyd masterpiece-I am being redundant-Pink Floyd=masterpiece.

I always took this as an undersea journey. From an emptiness in the beginning, to discovering the life at different levels (albetross on the surface to caves on the floor, experiencing the ebb and flow, to gulf streams, to an exhilarating rising to the surface at the end. This has been my favorite song for over thirty years! Beautiful reaction, thank you!

Everyone's saying live at Pompeii, but live in Gdansk is spectacular as well even though it's technically a david gilmour show

The g says echoes is his fav song of all time... m subscribing!!!!!

I love the long, slow descent to deep into depths of the ocean, the sounds of the mammal songs, feeing the unnerving pressure of being at such a depth, then gradually returning towards the surface, the scary nerves melting away into a calm and relaxing state of excitement, ever further towards the surface until you can hear the sea birds at the surface, then the magnificent, explosive crescendo, then back into the vocals the finish the journey that you never want to end.

Pink floyd's music is whatever your mind and soul want it to be.Mood also changes your perception of it too!

The best musical performances reach into you and affect everything - your intellect, your emotions, your memories, your imagination....everything. Echoes does just that!

Davids and richards mind meld, two musicians one heart beat...!

For me, the single high note Wright plays on the piano, which very faintly "echoes" via reverb (I think) in the background evokes sonar on a submarine. The "calls" in the abstract section harks back to the opening line about the albatross, and I picture those giant sea birds crying out to each other up in the sky, while the listener is deep within a cave along the shore, so the calls are muffled and distorted. And, by the way... ...thank you, thank you, thank you for not pausing the song. If any song deserves to be played straight through, this is the one!

Hey guys you should see this live in gdansk Richard Wright and Dave Gilmore. It’s awesome I think it’s the last time they done echoes together before Richard died. You can get it from RU-vid.

Echoes Live at Pompeii 1972.... You are gonna love it BTW THANK YOU FOR THIS. WE LOVE YOU DUDES 🤘🏽

I love your smile when David Gilmour starts to stroke the strings at 2 minutes in, then onwards. I think you guys love Pink Floyd almost as much as me. Almost, because I started listening in 1970, never stopped.

Super reaction dudes! I think, even, if you were, first, speechless, you, finally, said everything! The greatest thing about PINK FLOYD, as all the great bands, is that you can hear, what you want! One of you, heard the wind, at the end (which is the truth), the other one heard voices! And, yet, you're twins! 😂You should be hearing the same! 👍😂So cool! Same for the lyrics! Everybody, can take the lyrics, and put there on their own life! So, everybody will explain that differently! That's the genius! Super reaction BRO! You should watch to the Pompeii version of ECHOES! With the images of the Roman ruins, the volcano, it's absolutely, perfect, and, it's another experience! And, the live at GDANSK, version, is, absolutely, incredible! The last one, Dave Gilmour, played it with Richard Wright, before his death! They're the 2 guys, singing together, on that song! But, they are talking together, with their instruments, like if they knew it was the last time! JUST, PHENOMENAL! Peace from France guys 👍😂🎶✌️🎸🇫🇷

It's just glorious! And no, it's not a song, it's a sonic poem.

Watch this song synched to the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey. That's a trip.

This album came out early in my junior year at university. We were sitting around and had a smoke or two and listened to this tune. It was probably already 5 minutes over when one of the guys just said "oh wow man, what kind of journey was that?" Yes sir, that was and still is one heck of a song, an absolute masterpiece. Rock on people!

the first note you hear (the “echo” sound) is a piano run through a leslie case (a pair of spinning horns designed for hammond organs), something that had never been done before and the engineers at apple studios had to create a way to do it, and did thankfully :)

My all-time favourite. To me, this piece of music is basically a descent to the hell and the darkness, a journey into the suffering and tribolations, and then an ascent from the deep abyss to the stars. Hell, purgatory, paradise. A sort of Dante's Divine Comedy in music.

I've always thought of this song as being about being emotionally or spiritually lost before finding your way back again. Opening with the sonar pings of a submarine, like someone feeling their way happily through life, hitting a their stride, before getting lost in the abyss of inky black nothingness, and then finally, sending out those sonar pings and getting a faint return (you can actually hear the return signal), finding the light again, and the way home. Perhaps it is an analogy for the journey of our lives, the confidence of youth, the crisis of middle age, and the contentment of one's senior years. Sometimes, during the "lost" section, I also picture the Dali-esque landscape of a sun-baked, barren desert, populated with strange, distorted creatures, random rock formations and abstract shapes. It's amazing how everyone hears something different. I've heard people say they feel lost in a jungle, or on a strange planet, or floating in space, or deep in the ocean. One reactor even said it sounded like peacocks mating. Whatever the case, it's a masterpiece, and if that wasn't clear on your first listen, you need to listen to it again and again.

The band struggled for a few years after the loss of Syd Barrett. I think this album is when they became the band we know and love. This song is almost a microcosm of that struggle. The song started beautifully, descends into the depths of Hell, and when it emerges they are the fully formed Pink Floyd.

Absolutely perfection

I recently ran across your channel and I must say y'all are a refreshing kind of music reactors. It's nice to see y'all discovering the music I grew up on. When I say music today has lost its talent and originality, I mean to say it's a lost art, I fear. Not to sound like MY grandmother, but very few musicians have this kind of talent or vision anymore. 🤔

This piece feels like rising out of deep murky water onto a jagged landscape of dense, cold fog and then ascending up into a wind funnel...I didn't realize that the 'creatures shrieking in the fog ' was accomplished by Gilmore playing slide guitar with a volume pedal until I saw live footage of him duplicating those eerie monsters!! incredible!!

Agreed it’s always my favorite song. Truly a masterpiece. Ultimate relaxation, hypnotic, breathtaking. Shut off the world and absorb!

Funny thing about Pink Floyd, a lot of people think it ALL started with Dark Side and ended with The Wall but ofcourse they had many albums well before that. Some of the very early stuff is unique,interesting and unforgettable. But,they really started cooking with Atom Heart Mother, Obscured By Clouds and the BRILLIANT, Meddle !....Good choice to do Echoes......but don't forget Careful with that axe Eugene .

As an Old Guard of pink Floyd's music I am so happy to see this renewed interest. The albums before "Dark side of the Moon" are finding their way into the light and ears once again. "Echoes" is one o my favorite songs I remember when I first heard Meddle and how revolutionary it was to my conscientiousness. Of course we smoked a bit first so....

PF music is timeless, Echoes takes us on our own journey, everyone has a different experience when listening to this brilliant song, thanks for playing Echoes 👍

It's Echoes, the weird sounds have to be whales communicating and if you listen close you can hear the submarine ping and return ping. Watch a clip from Crystal Voyager with this song, you will see the whales, amazing!

Stranger in street: What genre is Pink Floyd? Pink Floyd: Yes.

Your reactions are so honest. I could tell that the song had an effect on you, it touched you and evoked emotions inside you. I feel exactly the same. Makes me cry a lot. Words can't describe the feelings and it helpsme healing. Looking forward to experience your other reactions. 🙏🏻

Saw this years ago, had to come back and find this to watch you guys again-probably my favorite reaction video on YT 😄🤙

You 100% need to do the live version of this from Pompeii, absolutely incredible

FINALLY Guys this masterpiece si the besa song of the band, and should enter the best songs of rock of the history ❤️

OMG Yes!!!!! Live from Pompeii is an absolute must! David Gilmore & Richard Wright on vocals, how mesmerizing ♥️🎶🎸🎤♥️

Apparently The section where it gets all swelly and atmospheric and you hear those near little "dolphin" sounds i like to call them. That is done through David Gilmour's guitar. He sets his guitar unit up with the wah peddle plugged in backwards which creates that iconic seagull/dolphin sound.

Has there been any other band in the history of Rock that has been able to pull off a 20+ minute song since this masterpiece? If so I's like to hear it.

I concur, I don’t think these guys were born of this planet. They came from somewhere else, the truth will come out one day! Great reaction - do the Pompeii version now!

Hey guys. I have loved Pink Floyd for at least 35 years. I have somehow never heard this song. Thank you so much. Keep on reacting Brothers. Love you guys. It's obvious you are true music lovers. Your enthusiasm is infectious.

The opening 90 seconds is the purest crafting you will ever hear and it get better after that.

I must admit, I am a little bit envious of someone hearing Echoes for the first time! It still blows me away now! And I must have heard it for the first time about 40 years ago! Your reaction to this masterpiece was priceless!

DUDES !!! THE LIVE IN POMPEII VERSION WILL BLOW YOUR FREAKING MINDS !!! I CANT BELIEVE YOU ARENT REACTING TO THE LIVE VERSION!!!!!!!

The thing with the strange sounds guys is that 30 years after the release of the album, it became widely known that this is how planet earth sounds outside of the atmosphere...

Brothers, your reactions are very honest and an absolute joy to watch....Keep up the good work👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

I love how guy on the right's mind is already blown at 2:39. Man, are you in for something...

The best way to watch this is to see them live at Pompeii!!

Kinda funny how you associated this song with space so heavily when it was actually meant to be a departure from Pink Floyd's earlier work focusing on space. A lot of their early music centered around space so they were trying to move away from that and write a piece more associated with our oceans lol

Think of it: this was recorded in 1971!!!! It's a symphony... the music was whispered to them by the Gods and they played it

Every time I listen to this song I always manage to find a new layer that I've never heard before, whether it be a very soft rhythm guitar in the background or just a different layer of Ricks keyboard, I always hear something new

It’s so hard to describe the atmosphere of that era. Where our heads were at. It’s one of those things where you had to be there. So much of a different vibe than today. These brothers come closest to getting it. Enjoyed the ride guys. Thanks so much. :- )

2:36. Yup, that’s me every time. Still my favorite song as well.

This is the song that PINK FLOYD found their sound. Dark Side was to follow this album and we know what happened then. To the top!