Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky (Piano Cover by Josh Cohen) 

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No I’m not afraid of dying. Anytime will do if you don’t mind. Why should I be afraid of dying? There’s no reason for it we all got to go sometime

can we appreciate how genius rick was? 😢

The Great Josh on the Piano

We want all Dark side of the moon on piano. NOW.

I must say that I really appreciate these Pink Floyd covers

I can hear that slide guitar during the intro

No doubt , best piano covers of Pink Floyd and Radiohead in youtube period.

That pause... that suspense... it was killing me

impossible to stop listening, I have been visiting the extraordinary performance for 4 years.

Great stuff again Josh. It must take a lot of Time and Money to make these awesome covers. Why do you choose to make the videos in black and white instead of Any Colour You Like. I am going to listen to this during the Eclipse tomorrow. Don't Stop making these covers, they always leave me feeling Comfortably Numb. Would love to see you some day In The Flesh.

I am smoking weed to this and the tears are just rolling down my eyes listening to this. ( Thank you, this was a bad week for me. )

One of the most haunting intro ever

Strange sensation to feel and hear Clare Torry's voice while you play the piano. You probably added more than soul in this compo... Congratulations, it is a masterpiece!

Who else hits like before pressing play? It's a guaranteed great performance every time.

listening again. fantastic.

I’ve been doing some thinking recently about this channel and a thought popped into my mind overnight. It’s been a really interesting journey sharing my love of the piano with everyone all over the world. It still trips me out that I spend an afternoon recording a track (it has to be the afternoon for those curious about the process, as the piano is lit by natural light - it’s best between 1pm - 4pm in the room that I’m recording in), sitting by myself in front of a piano in my music school, and that people from all over the world get to experience a very private moment of my creative process. What I find particularly interesting though is when I listen back to these interpretations, there’s a pretty strong disconnect between playing/recording the tracks and hearing them back. Without a drop of ego, I personally enjoy listening to these tracks either late at night to help me fall asleep, occasionally in the morning when I wake up to find some more motivation about working on my Radiohead songbook, but my favourite time would definitely be when I’m travelling, especially in airports or on planes, and also on public transport. As there are a lot of returning subscribers and listeners on this channel, my question to you is this: Where and when do you listen to these tracks? What are you doing? Working? Studying? Travelling? Eating breakfast? Passing out? What time of day is it? What do you see? How does it make you feel? I’d be very curious to hear your thoughts, so hit me up. What I'd love even more is a picture of where you are when you are watching these clips. Email them to me at hello [at] joshcohenmusic [dot] com and with your permission, I'd love to share them with everyone. As always, thanks for supporting the channel and for incorporating this music into your lives. Man, the internet blows my mind sometimes x

Dude, that G F# F at 4:10 with your right hand... awesome.

I love how you are able to change the song a lot in order to make your own version but still conserving its soul. They are beautiful, thank you for sharing them.

im in my room, bored as hell, i see angels coming down with a music box playing this absolutely beautiful cover of The Great Gig In The Sky. This is not even sarcasm. i feel like all my problems and stress have just faded away for this 9 minute heavenly video. Josh, seriously, your music is a drug. it just transports me to other places ive never been. Your understanding of music theory and piano playing skill is so astonishing that my last wish would be for you to serenade me to my eternal sleep. This is not a joke comment. I am not on drugs. I just appreciate extremely excellent music. Hope this made you feel some sort of way :)

Goosebumps! May I request Echoes (by Pink Floyd)?

The mark of genius when you can add a flat note to a major chord and it's still good, this is outstanding by the way, just outstanding.

This literally has melted all my fears away. I'm sitting on a bus and am anxious about a choir competition that is happening in a few hours. I'm scared but this gives me hope. Don't ever stop playing these beautiful piano covers! Love your creativity! Keep it up!

Wow ✨💖✨

I need to learn that intro! I'm in love with this, thanks for sharing

I think Rick would enjoy this cover a lot. Beautiful performance :)

Do more Pink Floyd, Summer '68 or Fat Old Sun would be amazing.

The pauses and silences .... sublime

This stuff is so good for chillin is a dark room with only you and your recollections. These covers are spiritual in all honesty

Hermosa cancion, para mi abuelo que esta en el cielo, el gran concierto en el cielo !

Who else is listening this song more than once in a day ? THE COVER IS TOP I WISH TO PLAY PIANO AS YOU DO. I wish to learn how to play to perform your cover

They say it takes 10,000 hours to become proficient at a musical instrument. I think Josh has put 1,000,000 hours in so far...Beautiful, sir!

That has to be the best cover of that….ever.

Excelente! Continue assim! Parabéns pelo seu trabalho! Hugs from Brazil!

Josh I hope you see this. I, and plenty others I'm sure, would love a good cover of "The Rain Song" by Led Zeppelin. In the same way that Radiohead so beautifully suits your playing style, so would this. The song deserves your magic.

Goosebumps. In the beginning I could almost hear the steel guitar.

Love how this arrangement is unique with it's own individual flair. That suspense too....

A masterpiece. I enjoy it and am learning it now! New sub

01:30 - 01:37 That harmony, right there... the resonance.. I've always thought it was done on the record with a backing guitar o a slide or something else. It was just the piano.

Masterpieces them all ..on another level all together..such emotion depicted in every single note that carrys you ...shear brilliance ..top of my list anytime of day

I love your arrangement - beautiful.

2:13 when the beat drops

Have you considered putting your covers on spotify/soundcloud? I really love all your covers, but when I'm on the go then it's not very convenient to listen on youtube, so for me at least it would be very cool if you decided to do so.

Just wow!

A few years that i can't help listening (so many time) to such a good job you made Josh. Thanks from Paris. Thanks for existing. Thanks you tube too off course.

Another awesome cover from another amazing artist.

This is incredible. You've taken something already incredible and made it more incredible.

Forever jealous of your ability to play this.

Every thing you play is a joy to watch and hear

Wow Josh, this is unbelievable. Its just superb and gets me every time. I listen to this when compiling some work notes, my mind flows better and my pen moves quicker. Keep up the great covers, Thanks Gareth Ireland.

‘I am not afraid of dying......anytime will do’

I've listened to this at least 10 times now. Definitely my favourite rendition so far! That intro 👌🏻

Goosebumps all the way through the video.. one of, if not my favorite Pink Floyd song

Perfection!!! You are so talented my friend and deserve much more recognition!!!❤❤Love from Greece!!!!

Josh, this is a fabulous cover and I love your ad lib moments....the intro was glorious!! I also love the way you reconnected that idea near the end. I enjoyed every second of this! Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time and even as a pianist myself, I have yet to do this one. Complex and beautiful harmonies combined with the vocal is a feat all unto itself to accomplish on a piano. You rock and this was fabulous! I love the way you play. Mastery meets passion!!! Love the big pause before "the voices" Yes!!! BRAVO!!! ~Jackie

Just wow. I can't explain how I feel. My love for music grew so much after watching this.

am so amazed by the way you played this song. that pause and entrance was amazing. I could not stop watching great work!

Absolutely wonderful! Thanks for sharing. I got shivers as you went into that pause at around 2 mins or so into the video! Maybe anticipating the vocals on the original! That silence was intense! Best wishes...

6:39 "If you can hear this whispering, you're dying"

Es un hermosa interpretación. Felicitaciones desde Bueno Aires. It's a beautiful interpretation. Great job! The song has filled me with beautiful sensations!

Holy crap, I love this song and never would have thought it possible to do justice to it by any single instrument, no matter how talented the player. Yet, you nailed it. Unbelievable. Thanks.

I love this song on piano

Love this cover cheers mate . I would love for your take on Pink Flyod's Mother . A personal favorite and thanks for all the beautiful music. I always look to see if you have new videos out everyday, keep up the good work thanks

I've just discovered your channel, Josh, and I'm blown away by your covers. It also inspires me to keep working and practicing, as I play the piano too and I would like to create my own stuff, whether it's arrangements or directly my own music. All I have to say is thank you for sharing with us your love of the piano and your talent! I will definitely check your other videos and hope they amaze me as much as this one did. Kind regards from Spain!

I'm sitting in my wooden room, door is open and also hear sound of trees and rain. I am so glad that you've made this wonderful cover of Pink Floyd's one the most sensual songs. Thank you!

Hold up! How did you capture the woman's voice and emotion on the keys? This is the best cover I've ever heard. Her voice makes this piece different and you captured all that somehow. Thanks for your time and sharing.😊

The way RICK INTENDED IT TO BE HEARD hahaha I feel like Wright always got the shaft, with the quadraphonic clocks on "Time" (and you can argue that they make the song, but either way, you know theres not a lot of people that want to be listening to music and be suddenly jarred by that) and the moaning on great gig in the sky, the seagull/wail on Echoes, a lot of rick wrights beautiful pieces have weird sounds over them that I feel can take away from the piece (sometimes it does add, listening to Toree at full volume sends chills down the spine) Just my two cents. Still a brilliant composer and pianist.

Uncommonly wonderful.

I hear it mostly when I am studying, and what amazes me other than your skill is your choice of the tunes you are covering.. keep the great work!

Dude I need you to post ASAP. We miss your brilliant content.

I am gone into it. Pink Floyd covers are really good.

Simply beautiful.

My GOD!! Sooo beautifull... thanks for sharing..

Any chance you could do a video on "Nobody Home"?

I'd love to hear a cover of "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" either parts 1-5 or 6-9. Or hell why not both consecutively? Great channel though, subscribed.

So. So. Good. Practically reduces me to tears. Thank you for this.

Thank you so much for posting this beautiful piano cover of one of my favourite songs.

Thank you, this is great. Could you do 'Last Flowers Radiohead'

Absolutely beautiful! I'll say it again: Keep the Floyd coming... and may I suggest Brain damage into Eclipse for a future entry? :p You've gained a fan!

Too beautiful for words - and needs none.

Absolutely love this! Brilliant! Just finished the day and about to get ready to sleep....but had to listen to this first! Great version.... more please!

Oh so I forgot to say that I prefer all your arrangements but now I wish even more to hear your interpretation of Radioheads The Tourist....I know you are busy but I hope for it 😍

Hello, are you planning to do solo work? I think you do an excellent job as a pianist. A greeting (and sorry for my bad English, I'm from Argentina haha)

Thank you so much for sharing your work. I am your fan! I love this.

Josh, magnificent. Your performance interprets and transcends the big questions that only have answers in the sky !

Hi Josh, Thanks for your video/performance. Do you have the music sheet for sale? How much? Regards

... any time will do ...

Just brilliant.

It's so stunningly impressive no words are needed to feel every emotion, every scream and every haunting emotion...

Reading some other comments, I wonder if the original artists are aware of this interpretation ? ....

*back lady yelling* ooohhhhh

Bravo! An exquisite interpretation of an all time classic. Bravo!

What a player! You play by heart. Simply amazing

Please cover a Jeff buckley song, like "Lover" or "Vancouver" Awesome channel

Could you please not put up late on a Sunday night. Not a good time for motivation. I'll be plunking away until sparrows fart now.

Well done, congratulations. Thanks for sharing 👌👍👏👏

That intro is so sick!

What kind of piano are you playing?

can you do radiohead - creep next?

"The Great Gig in the Sky" is my all-time Pink Floyd favorite. Thx for this mind-blowing performance!