It's Fall 1976. DSOTM is still on the charts. My Grade 8 music teacher wanted to engage our class, so he asked us what kind of music we had at home. Someone brought in their copy of DSOTM. He copied it to a reel-to-reel tape machine, and then we spent weeks going through this album, one song at a time. He would ask us, "What do you think these lyrics mean? What does this musical passage say to you?" It was an absolute indoctrination, and this album has resonated with me ever since. Thank you, Mr. Humenik!
I'd add division bell to that list. Great album, even though gilmours misso didn't write the most amazing lyrics. I liked the endless river too and that was made 3 years ago
Allman Brothers did 305 days on the road in 69 or 70. That's insane! Watching their tour dates go by at 6:15, they weren't touring nearly as much as The Allman Brothers, for example, and were stressed. I couldn't imagine only 2 months off like ABB. PF took 3 of the last 6 months off and some before that, as well. The rolling dates showed Pink Floyd toured a month, took one off, toured another month, took 2 months off again and another 2 months touring after that.
i remember hearing about early fleetwood mac (Peter Green era) and how they would literally ask the venue if they need them to play again, straight after a 2-3 hour set, just to try and get a bit more exposure, back to back 2-3 hours sets and gigging across countries every day, something to admire, something to want, something that sounds like a bit of a flippin pain in the ass. lol
Ultron - it has become the most recognized symbol worldwide; plus most commonly desired Pink Floyd tattoo often asked to be inked on their body forever. Storm spent much time deciding how simply yet impactful it should be...genius!
that is true only because he made more then 1 design, Floyd was fixated soon as they see it walking in the door with out anything been said, that 1 no need to look at others, i have just order the same picture for my pc front plate , acrylic light panel
he had no idea how impactfull it was, he exact words was, it was just a prism out of a science book and he wanted them to look more at his other designs, but as my last comment says, floyd was fixated with it, listen to him yourself ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W6TLg6bkKvo.html 26:13
Best Rock cover of all time, maybe the best, regardless the genre, in general, best of all times and I've been listening to quite some music all these years and I've seen many great covers, real pieces of art but.. nothing can touch The Dark Side of the Moon.
@@nykterion7 = RU-vid/Google bot Wow...Artificial Unintelligence exposed! Just try to make sense out of it's comment. If you can not see it, you must be "on the spectrum".
DSOTM really is unparalleled achievement in 20th Century music. It was a rare apex when the creativity of four central people plus others came into a unique confluence giving a gift to the world that it be sadly missing without it.
@@Sausahgagutz I'd argue Trilogy from Emerson Lake and Palmer an NIne Inch Nail's Downward Spiral are the best overall. Mostly because of the variety of the songs on the albums, and each one being perfect in their respective styles. Not a single bad song, yet all have different sounds and styles.
@@semajttam yes! This problem happens quite often to bass players as well. In all seriousness, the camera workers might not have known he was an original member. No excuse. Sad really!
Does anyone else think that Eclipse is a beautiful song? The album, as a whole, is infinitely remarkable...but the way it finishes with Eclipse is just perfect. I can see why Roger's wife had tears by the end of this album. Truly stunning. The music is dramatic and powerful. Well done to the Pink Floyd.
F**k! Can anyone ever imagine a more suitable, perfect synthesis of every single concept expressed before in the same album? Tears do come out easy listening to that one last track......
It's a gorgeous crescendo. I used to think "that's the one I want played at my funeral. Now, I reckon "Any Colour You Like" playing as I slide into the crematorium oven...that'd be absurd and appropriate
I wonder how these men feel? Creating the greatest album of all time must be an amazing feeling and accomplishment, but at the same time it must be discouraging. You can't top this album, nobody can
Actually, they did feel enormous pressure to top it after it was released. Some say they did when they came out with Wish You Were Here. Another masterpiece. Parts of WYWH is based on that pressure to do better...and dealing with record labels who push you to make the next greatest money making record. It was due to all that pressure and creative differences that lead to them breaking up.
I think it was after they had finished this album that Roger Waters took a copy home and played it to his wife, who cried when it finished. I think it's at that point that you realise you might have produced something amazing.
I think they did at least as good with WYWH... I think Animals is also up there, but the themes in DSOTM are more universal so it's not surprising that it's more popular
Dick Parry at his awesome best. Amazing that he ended up homeless and busking .David saw him one day and rehired him, housed him and got him back on his feet and into his band.
How about describing *what* this album makes you feel? Though tbh, that's a question that gets my brain to almost shit down because of the galaxies of info inside of it
A DORSEY - Alan Parsons worked on the mix at night, after the band had left for the day. Alan also did some work on the Beatles Abbey Road album, contributing to the pristine sound quality on both recordings. Both records were used in stereo shops to demonstrate the abilities of stereo equipment in the 1970s. Alan later did his own musical venture, the Alan Parsons Project.
The Great Gig In The Sky destroys me every single time I hear it. Even at 50 and having heard it dozens upon dozens of times, I still tear up and get emotional!! SO powerful! A masterpiece - the WHOLE album!
Gilmour gives some fucking huge compliments to Roger in this video. Never seen much of that before. It's really great how even over time, when they "hated" one another, they had no choice but to acknowledge one another's vast talent and contribution to what created their music. That's how fucking genius it is.
It's only normal for people who care deeply about their mutual task to have disagreements and misunderstandings, hurt feelings. But these guys are not children, -not anymore, anyway. It's great to watch them with less raging boy ego in the way, reflect on their music and relationships.
As far as I can make out, it wasn't musical differences that caused the rift....just commercial, business BS. "Money" on DSOTM was an indicator of stormy erm ...'waters'. David is a sublime, unique player. One of the rare half dozen or so guitarists that has a "signature" sound and he goes from strength to strength. He's a diamond I really want to keep seeing shining on.
Hearing Pink Floyd somehow makes me feel very odd... that very feeling when you’re in love... all those butterflies in the stomach feel.... tears of bliss... you know what I mean.
Pink Floyd were one of those bands that demonstrated on every album they made how a recording studio can be used as another instrument for musicians to experiment with and push the limitations of.
It's not only an musical masterpiece itself but the lyrics... tell us some of most important profound messages about life and about us humans. That's why I absolutely love and it's my favorite album of all time.
This level of excellence will never be reached again. I was lucky to grow up in this period and in those days. Fame and fortune were a bye product of the quality that was produced. I'm afraid, now. Fame and fortune is all that matters and quality is irrelevant. Taken as a whole. Dark side of the Moon is the best album that's ever been made. A masterpiece.
Don't know if it's the best album ever, as I haven't heard them all, but yeah, something like this would have never been possible with today's industry and media mindset. And it won't.
Is DSOTM on the Voyager deep space probe? Seems like I heard that somewhere. After Gooogling this question it turns out it wasn't on the Golden Record. Too bad, NASA missed the boat on that one
What if the spaceship landed and a ramp extended down to earth with fog rolling out of the craft... and out through the haze steps all the members of Pink Floyd lol ultimate trip
Young man .....enjoy the old records .....there is a lot of good music out there ....my kids , a few years older , only like the modern stuff , I can’t stand rap etc .....
As a teen in the 70s, I was listening to this album I had just got (one of my very first purchases after getting my stereo system out of “layaway”). Using the headphones in my bedroom that night, I was singing along and when the “screaming” part came, next thing I knew the door opened and the light flipped on with my folks thinking I was being assaulted or possessed. Of course it scared me too. Looking back, it was hilarious and I’ll never forget the night I was so into this album that I forgot what time it was and where I was.
I'd seen an interview of one of the members of Floyd where they narrated the story from the day they recorded Great Gig In The Sky and they said that Clare Torry actually came out of the recording apologising, because she wasn't very happy with her performance. I don't know what she was thinking, but the vocals on that song are just magic. Somehow, vocally, none of the live performances I have seen of the song ever seem to live up to this. What a masterpiece.
TheMordecai1985 the guys gave her little to no feedback after she did it (for whatever reason) and so she left thinking they didn’t like it and so it would never see the light of day.
@@davidgeisler9885 The most recent thing i've read is that Roger told her simply "The song is about dying. Have at it" and nothing more. And it took two takes to get it. Yes I fully agree i prefer that studio version to any live one i've heard.
She was not happy with her performance because Pink Floyd, sitting in the control room, didn’t give her any feedback whatsoever. They just nodded and got her to try different ways to sing the piece. She didn’t know whether they liked what she did or hated it. As it happens, the version we hear on the album is not a whole performance, but a composite of many little snippets (the ones they thought were the best) spliced up together. I do not remember how many snippets exactly, but in the region of fifteen or thereabouts. Read it all in a book....
I remember when this came when this came out (the 5.1 version). I was seven years old my father told me an my brother to get in the car (we had to go grocery shopping) and while were out he picked up a copy of DSOTM. One the way home you put it in and turned it up. All I remember is feeling every emotion possible during Speak To Me and then Breath started and it was just a relief like a giant weight had been taken off my shoulders. Then On The Run started and didn't what to think that segued into Time which started the common them of I like this but don't fully understand the lyrics. Great Gig (cut me some slack I was a kid at the time) I didn't really enjoy and then my favorite track on album (at the time) Money started. I knew right when that infamous loop started it would be good song. Finally Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage, and Eclipse. Like Time I enjoyed them all but didn't truly understand them. After the album ended my father asked what me and my brother thought of it. I don't remember what my brother's reaction was but I just sat there basically in daze and my father just chuckled. I've been a Pink Floyd fan since that faithful day.
bassplayer2011ify That's cool. I was going to go grammar nazi on you saying "faithful" day, thinking you meant fateful day but after thinking about it a bit I like how you said it better. :)
+bocobob This Album is a celebration of spiritual death and the acceptance of the mundane and repetitive nature of life that results from such death; materialism. The Sun represents the father(i.e God), the moon represents the mother(i.e human Nature). That is why it is said that during full moons the murder rate is said to increase. The moon controls man's psyche. The dark side of the moon is a state that represents man's most evil potential.Through out this entire album the concept of death and the acceptance of it as normal is clearly heard by all the background conversations, however be not confused, they are not talking about physical death, but rather spiritual death. Song like the great gig in the sky, Eclipse, and the album cover itself back up my claim. If the sun represents the father, or that which is good, light, then a solar eclipse means that the sun has been covered by the moon and darkness has fallen on earth. In other words: spiritual death. That is what the song the great gig in the sky is about; a solar eclipse. The album cover confirms this claim as it depicts a solar eclipse. The darker triangle in the middle is the moon, the lighter outline around it is the sun, and the streaks of colors and white light from the sides represents the sun's rays. Spiritual death. This albums hails this as normal and glorifies the material state we are left in after such death. That is where songs like money, us and them, and time fit in. The reason why the solar eclipse appears as a triangle or prism in the cover further highlights my points. In reality it is the shape of a prism, which represents the prison of the material world we live in. In other words the three dimensional reality we a stuck in. This album came out during a time of great international tension caused by the cold war and it served its purpose very well. The album was originally intended to be a means to calm the masses from their present reality of the cold war, and cause them to accept things the way they were, without questioning things. That is where the song Us and Them falls in perfectly. Listen to that song carefully, it's about acceptance of war and the way things are. If you have doubts as from where or why I believe that the sun represents the father, the moon the mother, and the stars the children, I will gladly go into detail with you the hundreds of similitudes that can be made between a father and the sun, or a mother and the moon. I could also include the Bible verses that reveal to us this mystery and the power of these symbols on our lives.
bocobob bocobob In the song, Brain Damage, pay close attention to the beat created the by cymbal of the drum. It is the exact same rhythm that you would hear on an pendulum or metronome when used for the purposes of hypnosis or hypnotherapy.
scrapy3211 - NO WAY you got it all wrong. Pink Floyd were anti-establishment hippies and all about peace and love. Where did you come up with the line of bull, "The dark side of the moon is a state that represents man's most evil potential."??? - That's completely incorrect. The members of the band Pink Floyd are the furthest from Satan worshipers of any mainstream rock band out there, it's literally crazy that you are trying to make them out to be. Roger was a brilliant lyricist. "Us and Them" is most definitely an ANTI-WAR song, and you're trying to say it's "pro war"??? Nope. I have listened to the lyrics very closely and it's most definitely 100% an ANTI-WAR song. The lyrics. "God only knows It's not what we would choose to do" - should be pretty clear to you! the key word is "NOT". Not meaning, they DO NOT want war. If you are looking for Satanic lyrics you need to look no further than bands like Slayer, Lady Gaga, Iron Maiden, Venom, Behemoth, Dissection, Dark Funeral, Gorgoroth, AC/DC "Highway to Hell", and hundreds of other bands you can go rants about that are actually Satanic. But NOT Pink Floyd, these guys are peace loving hippies. I demand that you cease and desist picking on Pink Floyd. You owe them an apology!
I already have. its nothing special at all. its just generic and for some reason the whole world loves it without giving an actual reason and it really pisses me off. There is no such thing as best
On the "Classic Albums" DVD, Dave Gilmour says something that I had always suspected about this album, and I'll try and (mostly) quote him, although I'll probably get a word or two not exactly as he stated it: "It would have been nice to put on the headphones and sit back and play this album all the way through for the very first time. See, I never had that, because we were all in the studio putting it together, but it would have been really nice to be able to do that." All I can say is that the very first time I played this album -- kicked back on the couch with a huge pair of old fashioned headphones on and the album cover opened up in front of me to marvel at the simple genius of the cover itself and the lyrics printed on the inside of it -- it was a truly life-changing moment for me, a change for the better. It was so profound that It was an almost religious experience. I was never quite the same after that.
Why big names like Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, The Who, AC/DC etc..all the big names admit that Pink Floyd and DSOTM is the greatest ever and they cant pull it like that ever...OMG the begining of the Eclipse gives my a MASSIVE goosebumps. I know Beatles are top but i think PF are ABOVE all.
you know, I cant imagine my life without Pink Floyd, they were there from day 1. I was born in 73 and my parents had everything up to that date and after as my dad was a session drummer with led zepp and a guitarist. so I grew up with this music, and I couldn't have prayed for a better up bringing and musical influence. being 45 now I still listen to Pink Floyd daily and if I have any say in it, it will be played at my funeral. Pink Floyd is my life. thank all of you for bringing this in to my life.
I want Comfortably Numb to be the last song at my funeral without anyone speaking another word after it ends. Everyone can get up and quietly leave afterwards because I will at last be just that, comfortably numb.
After listening to it for umpteenth time, the meaning of 'Breathe' finally dawned on me ....The intro combines life, time, money and the stress that lead Syd (and many of us) to (screaming) madness...The song itself admonishes us all to take a minute, relax and be at peace with ourselves and one another before rejoining the rat race of (on the run).... Too late for Syd, but prudent advice for those of us who remain...brilliant
I agree. And thought the opening was the start of life from the womb to the birth (screaming mother) then the stages of life, starting with Breathe...with Eclipse summing it all up
About 10 years ago I got up at 5am.....smoked a joint and put this album on my Ipod...never heard it before....pottered around my garden...smoked a another joint as the sun came up.....and wept.
DSOTM can only ever be described as a pure musical miracle. How those four guys got together at that point in time when the technology became available at that moment in time and produced something that didn't sound like Elvis or the Beatles or anything else like it is just unbelievable. Roger Waters is a genius and whilst I was always on the "David" side, I just didn't appreciate Roger's input like I do know. David is a Guitar God, Rick a virtuoso and how does Nick create and replicate that Drum intro on Time. "Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the Time" where does a 20 something find that lyric, which means more to me at 50plus, than it did when I was 16 !!!!???? I think it is the very best anyone will ever do as far as meaning, quality and longevity goes.
You never get bored of listening to the Dark Side of the Moon. Whenever I move into a new flat, or buy a new hi-fi I always play the album first as a kind of sound check.
My Guitar classes at school are working towards playing a simplified version of all of the songs in DSOTM. I wanted them to play something like a "set", to get used to performing in front of people, so I chose to do a "playalong" with the album - no breaks or stops, straight through. I worked up some tabs, and made them as readable as possible, and accessible to all levels of players in the classes. It has been a blast encouraging them to play A WHOLE ALBUM. Even some of my students who like rap and techno are amazed at the quality of the audio, the innovation of the "concept" album, and the writing behind the songs. It has been a wonderful project that will now be part of the curriculum from here forward.
Stephen Oneill with thousands and thousands of really great albums out there...there is no way I could possibly narrow down a Best Ever. Kudos to you for having a very limited listening capacity...?!?
its really amazing to see how many influences had to happen at just the right moment, to prompt something so collaborative, spontaneous, and enduring. this album is a cosmic gesture
I'm a HUGE Beatles fan. Revolver to me is pure musical genius. In fact, many Beatles projects are. With that said, this album is arguably the single greatest rock album of all time.
1974 I attended an all girl Catholic High School. My Religion course was taught by a young Nun. We studied Pink Floyd - trying to understand the meaning of the songs.A very memorable time in my life. In 1994 I saw the Division Bell Concert with my 6 yr old, it was our favourite band. Her first Concert and my 30th. She told me today she remembers every moment, Pink Floyd is unforgettable ❤️
Seriously man that transition from brain damage is of next level mastery, you wouldn't even notice that the song has ended, it has been blended that well... And the impeccable flow to the ultimate climax in the form of eclipse just leaves us speechless..... Best ending ever to an album Goosebumps seriously..
Dark Side of the Moon is the best record ever created. The band takes your on a journey through pitfalls and nuisances through urgency and surprise through wickedness and tranquility. The musical journey echoes life's journey. It's narrated by Roger's dramatic and whimsical showmanship and anchored by David's sonic guitar playing. No matter what their problems are, the two created art that is much more powerful than themselves. I only wish that they would realize that and tour together once more before one of them gets sick and they are unable to. Their creative differences, at this point, would be not about how best to create new music but how to play old songs and scheduling. Roger is a brilliant creative mind but he doesn't appear to have a give and take mentality about anything. It's his way or the highway. It's almost like he has a chip on his shoulder that he's never had the praise he thinks he deserves for Pink Floyd. Sometimes I think he resents David for simply being such a great musician. Anyway, it will never happen again; I am certain.
I used to think Roger was a dick, because of the stuff I'd heard about all of Pink Floyd's legal proceedings and the knock-down, drag-out that they all had. But a few years ago I heard an interview with him on Howard Stern's show, and it was really good for me to hear. I learned I'd been massively wrong, and probably would have been able to spend hours talking just about old records with Roger over a pint.
Roger was a dick in the 80's and early 90's, he admits it now. He thought because he wasn't in the band that it should cease to exist, he said he was wrong to try to them from carrying on. To quote Gilmour; "there was definitely something lost in his departure, but there was something to gain as well". A lot of the musical ideas that the band was noted for pre-Dark side came back when he left, plus Gilmour didn't over do it. Three albums was enough to make his point there was more to Pink Floyd then just Roger, it was all 5 of them (since Syd kicked it off). Imagine if "The Final Cut" was the Floyd's last album. It's not a bad album but as a last album it would leave a bad taste ones mouth.
Was there a good album after The Final Cut? I'd say no. Was that because Waters was not there? We'll never know. Sometimes not being there makes you greater than if you were. It is what it is.
+91exile "Animals" such an underrated album, I love it, there is a few bits n pieces of documentary clips on animals, I wouldn't know how to dig them out tho'
Rick Wright RIP, you always said you couldn't sing. Yet your voice in the band carried the brand in it's own way. Hearing your voice in each song , I knew was that deep psych voice. I loved everything you did. Your solo work too. I loved and love each and every one of you for what you have all shared. One of few bands that I feel totally deserved all the fame. Thank you for the magic.
DSOTM defined my youth! I remember buying the album and using the stickers and putting the posters in my room! The chance to see Pink Floyd live was an opportunity I had 3 times! I have seen over 200 headline acts in my 54 years of life and when asked I will say without a doubt that Floyd was and is the best show ever!! Musical genius at its best!
You're absolutely right, who can come close to PF but nobody, nobody at all! Pink Floyd creates Masterpieces decade after decade for all to discover and enjoy. What a gift we all have been given, my heart is filled with pure joy, sheer happiness and anticipated excitement in every song. Thank you Pink Floyd for all you've given through all the decades...I wish I could thank you with more than just words because you've given me real happiness throughout my life listening to your incredible works of outstanding music! To me you are all in a class of your own, high atop the pedestal where Pink Floyd belongs giving your gift to the world! So many thanks from this heart for sharing...❤PF❤
In the top 5 for certain. Sorry, but LZ holds that title. Beatles and Stones are way down the list. Although that's not always a popular opinion, musically it's true. All things being subjective, of course.
Just the most incredible set of music ever made. My favorite enhancer, headphones, a dark space. A most incredible journey to go on, again and again. Thank you so much for this gift.
I'm a very lucky guy. I saw this performed live, from beginning to end, in Atlanta, in April of '73. I can't adequately describe the experience. The album went on sale that same day, so maybe nobody in the audience had heard it; I certainly hadn't. Words fail me. People in the audience cried.
Pure joy and love and the feeling that my heart makes when it flutters at the first note played in any of their songs, that's what I feel when I listen to the greatest band the world has ever known and I'm very thankful for the gift that they have given us all! I can't think of anything better to compare what Pink Floyd has done in all these decades of the greatest music I've ever known. I thank God for giving us Pink Floyd and pray for their blessings throughout their lives, they are truly the best musical artists, according to me, in my little world!
What Richard says there at about 9 tru 10 minutes, is very true: Claire Torry does an absolutely amazing 'thing' there... I (also) can't get enough of that track.
50 years old this year!!! Best album ever!!! Sounds like it was recorded yesterday... If I lost everything this would be the first album that I would buy... Absolutely fantastic!
Somehow this is always the album I listen to after a bottle of wine on the airplane toward Korea. Watching the stars while listening to Time is an epic experience
I remember listening to breathe while driving through Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, and then Any Colour You Like on a hike there with the mountains peeking over the treetops in a flower field. Just about nothing ever felt better than that.
ManlyMantis I “peaked” @ Jenny Lake watching the sun set actually more like the earth do a back flip between the Grande Ta Tas ... It scared the 💩 out of me haha
I saw Pink Floyd the last time they came to the US. I saw them at Iowa State University. A birthday present from my husband. It was amazing and an experience I will not forget. I've never been to another concert since.. No show, movie concert, nothing could EVER be better. Wherever you are Steve -thank you.
I can feel another PF phase coming on. It's been almost 15 years since I obsessed over them. I've noticed that DSOTM is an acquired taste for lots of people. I loved it since I heard "Breathe (in the air)" on the radio back in '97. My brother HATED Pink Floyd back then, but now he loves them... So, there is hope !!
I done in my first one to almost unlistenable condition, bought a 2nd vinyl then, after that it was the 1st CD I ever bought... a great time in my young life !
After seeing this, I felt humbled to have grown up with this through my parents. I am 40 now and am grateful to my parents as this music WILL stand as it has done so far, the test of “Time”.
I loved listening to Storm talking about the album cover, he had created a number of options for them to choose from, it took an age. Of course they all came into the viewing, took one look at the prism and said That One, and left, I think he was both excited and utterly deflated at the same time...
Dark Side was decades ahead of its time in originality and recording/mixing.It is such an amazing album! I believe it will still be loved by people centuries from now..Pink Floyd is like the Beetovin or Motzart of our time.(misspelled im sure).
It’s crazy how i heard this band when i was 16 because i liked the armony of the music… now i’m about to turn 29 and suddenly all the lyrics of this album started to make all the sense of the world. A process that only you can understand once you’ve grown and you’re close to 30s.
