I might have mentioned that I'm 82 years young, as the opening words to this song say "I ain't afraid of dying "I've lived with PF since the beginning, the voice of the lady too me sounds like she's singing a lullaby to Syd Barrett founding member of PF so beautiful. You've taken a road you'll never regret. Hi from Perth Australia.
@@brainsqueezereactions hello again Hector, I might be having a great gig in the sky myself soon, as I've just got news from the hospital that I've got pretty severe lung cancer, oh well we'll see how treatment goes, I've had a pretty good innings as they say, as I mentioned in my PF post, I'm not afraid of dying, but a great sadness has suddenly hit me that I'll be losing my family, there is a beautiful song out there called " the living years" by Mike and the mechanics. Incredible lyrics, if you get a chance give it a play please, it's got tremendous depth. Thanks mate from Perth Australia 😎🎶🎵🖐🦘
@@justinthyme5382 Good luck with the next part of your journey! Thank you for the suggestion of Mike and the Mechanics. That song is a great reflection opportunity.
From a life long “Floyd” fan of over 50 years, I love your reactions. It makes me recall every time they came out with a new album. If I was allowed to own only 5 albums, at least 3 would be Pink Floyd albums !!! Enjoy the ride !!!
I bought this album the day it released in the USA in March 1973. Nearly 50 years later and after listening to it probably well over a thousand times, I still get goosebumps and tears every time, even more so now than back then. This music never ages. It sounds as good as ever and the meaning in the lyrics only deepens as we grow older. Decades from now when I'm long gone and you're my age, I promise you will still be immensely grateful to have had this music in your life.
46 years ago my dad dropped the needle on PF Dark side of the moon. Fan every since. Still listening. I learned recently that I could kinda renew my enjoyment by watching reactions. I love your FU style. Your energy is infectious! Thanks for you!
I agree 100% not hearing it in album form is only doing yourself a disservice. As with many, this changed my life. I am so glad the reaction world embraced PF though even in track form it's making yet another generation of fans.
I have been a Pink Floyd fan for over 50 years and have discovered that they just get better the more you hear them. Almost anything by them is worth a listen. For a sensory overload, watch "Pigs: 3 Different Ones" from the 1994 Pulse concert. In fact, almost anything from the Pulse concert is nearly life changing.
Really touching to hear this voyage again while watching someone touched by the first time... This is a voyage to God, to Nirvana, to heaven, to Asgards Valhalla through the stages of grief, to Shambala... From not believing/denying, anger, negotiation, depression, acceptance while surrendering...🙏 But more then this its a emotional experience beyond words; thats what the music and your reaction proved. 😊😍
Every song on the Pulse live tour was epic but nothing beats the original Great Gig on first time listen. Money is the next track on the album, and one you may have actually heard without knowing. Very different vibe and takes a much more political slant and dig at the music industry. So glad you are enjoying the band I fell in love with back in the 70's. Funny though that many of my friends and I just took the floyd, Led Zep, Bowie, Genesis, supertramp and the like for granted at the time. Only now, looking back, I realise what a magic period it truly was for music.
I have been a Floydian since 1972 when I listened to my first PF album Meddle. When I listened to side 1, I knew I had found some unique music, but when I flipped it over to side 2, Echoes, I instantly became a PF fan. This is not just music; it is food for the soul, and it will change you.
I've probably heard this album a few hundred times. There is always something new. Watching your reaction tonight was the first time I could make out the line from the female voice toward the end of the song. I get excited when I see your reactions to Floyd drop. It's incredible to watch your journey.
This one to me is like a soul trying to leave the body! You see how her voice is kind of mumbled at first or painful, and then she goes along and gets free sounding
Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha can't you see these #rubberboots #PinkFloywd !! You are immortalized because you have batman forever cassette lol I saw that movie in the theater and the entire audience stood on their feet and applauded for twenty minutes.
Run Like Hell, Sorrow both from Pulse, Us and Them, Hey You, Wish You Were Here, Have a Cigar, Breathe and the list keeps going. I wait, now, everyday to hear your "fuck off" s. It's the greatest thing 😄
Clare Torry ad libbed those vocals over the music that the band already recorded. When she exited the booth from recording, she apologized to the band!! She thought she messed it up! It just shows how much self-doubt people have. Everyone but her knows that those vocals are beyond perfection.
Hi It's great that PF fans enjoy your responses. You are able to express what so many of us feel when we listen to them. I feel it's an imposition to recommend anything, but we Floyd fans are very passionate about the music. One of the best Syd Barret compositions would be 'Astronomy Domine' as played live on the Umma Gumma album. This is the sound that changed music forever and set PF on the path that led to all their later work. Unfortunately, Syd Barret suffered from conditions they had no name for back then (like Bi-Polar), plus his overuse of drugs meant his undiagnosed condition got the better of him. He will shine on like a crazy diamond. The sheer experimentation needed for the later solid sound is well expressed in 'Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a Pict' also from Umma Gumma. You will hear sounds used again in later albums. Part of PF's assay into the emotional possibilities of sound has a superb testing ground in their musical horror piece 'Careful with that axe Eugene'. Apart from the 1972 German bootleg, my favourite version is at the Brighton Dome, also 1972. You have clearly expressed your own view and opinions, so please be happy to ignore these suggestions as they are merely that. Keep happy and enjoy.
Pulse is not an album it the name of their 1994 concert tour which was recorded, the entire concert is a MUST SEE ! you have only touched the surface with comfortable numb the show and sound are perfect trust trust trust trust...
Out of all the Floyd tracks this is the most emotional....Claire delivered an exact and sensational vocal that was just perfect.. still makes me tearful every time I hear it.....
I absolutely love the final 2 tracks on the Dark Side of the Moon album - Eclipse and Brain Damage. If it’s too much to do the whole album, that’s a decent pairing. I’m so enjoying you fall in love with Floyd!!!
Welcome to music made by musicians, they're still out there but we need to make sure they aren't drowned out by auto tuned AI generated beats with no soul. It makes me smile whenever I see someone discover exquisitely crafted music made by artists as I did when it was new. There's so much great music out there, keep exploring
Dear Hect. Please drop the top vid before I leave for work. Amen.🤣🤣🤣I’m so looking forward to this reaction…you’re still yapping in the beginning part.😂let’s go!!
This song makes the idea of dying less scary. The acceptance at the end, her voice getting less desperate, the softness of it... Chills all over. This song is God tier. Loved your reaction.
Phases of death. I can't listen to this without thinking of my Dad, a little girl I helped to raise. I was with them when they both died. Rough, but I can't stay away.
Really enjoying your reactions to Pink Floyd. Your frantic worry when you fear each track is nearly over speaks to how compelling Pink Floyd can be. I'm on the spectrum (Asperger's) and there's something about their music that unlocks a part of my brain. Amazing stuff. As others may have mentioned, their pivotal four albums are all concept albums, where the ideas and themes flow and are expanded on from track to track. You're getting beautiful chapters of books right now, but they're even better when you know the context. If you do listen to other tracks off Dark Side of the Moon, most can be listened to separately but I'd highly recommend pairing Brain Damage and Eclipse together. You won't regret it! Glad to see another person discovering Floyd.
This song is about death and dying. When I pass and get to see my son and many, many other beloveds, we will definitely be at that Great Gig on the Sky!
I love your reactions my brother from another mother! Brilliant to see someone new discover the greatness that is Pink Floyd :D I loved it when you told the singer to "calm down" haha like you coudln't take the eargasm much more before your brain was going to explode lol
Love your Pink Floyd reactions, it gives me as a Floyd fan that bit of enjoyment every time and encourages my old 58 body to put on another vinyl on the player and try to dance a bit with the songs. Enjoy the Floyd ride, music connects.
Death and resurrection as possibly ecstatic events is what I always got from this song too. BTW, it reminds me somehow of another love of mine, the original Twilight Zone series, which I'd also love to see you react to sometime.
Simply glorious reaction, Mark. Fucking splendid👏👏 5:17 one of the most cleanest sung notes ever, bringing it back down after the rage Funny you got Claire Torry sounding like a guitar for you, as with little direction from the band, she chose to use her voice in the manner of an instrument 👍
Great performance of Clare on a wonderful composition of the late Wright, the chord progression are work of genius. And i absolutly love your réaction :)
This is a spiritual melody .My wife Linda (huge Floyd fan) passed5 yrs together25 yrs this aria reminds me of the painful years of abusive people that held her back physically,mentally,sexually.She kicked a 7yr.heroin habit w Gods love and mercy.She beat ovarion cancer,all the while raising 2 boys that one works for Boeing Co.other has his own small Co in Seattle.Great Gig In the Sky, Wish You We're Here,plus alot more.This Band Pink Floyd is a relief valve of sorts, As you been finding out it's music is Engaging,Idealistic ,Thought provoking ,( to say the least) It's has gotten me thru my grieving of my wife,along the side of my Lord and savior,Jesus Christ. She adored Pink Floyd,so do I and the sheer exuberance that you show its a fuking pleasure,a real pleasure to witness . Inthe song Echoes,a certain line ....by chance two people meet ,so I look to you and what I see is me.... That's what I see in your reactions .!!!! Thank you much brother✌️🕊️
The great gig in the sky was originally going to be just an instrumental song. Claire Danne was brought in for backup vocals for other songs n when she heard the GGITS, she just went for it singing without any lyrics! She definitely nailed it and made one of THE most beautiful songs of all time! The 94 concert series “Pulse” has 3 backup singers that also nail it to perfection! Thanks again Hector, your reactions make my day everytime! Keep on keeping on doing YOUR thing! Screw the haters!
I love this song. This one is about death and loss. It soooo makes me think of the wailing women when she sings. This version is great, but the live version on Pulse gives me such chills when Sarah Brown screams "Oh Yeah!" that I literally feel tears well in my eyes every time!
Being a child of this era, I have seen Floyd several times. It was not a concert.....it was a privlage....to see such greatness. TO see this live (despite not being Clare).....burns into your brain forever. Some of the best moments in my life.
I love it when folks fall in love with Pink Floyd. It’s like one mind-blowing Epiphany after another. I love All of their songs. The more I listen to them, the better they get. It drives my husband crazy that I can put one song, or an album on Repeat, and listen to it throughout the day. But I tell him, like you say #FuckOffMann!!! Thanks for doing this reaction, you totally made my day. Peace, Love and keep on Floyding.
This song is deep because its exactly how u feel wen ur dying man...The 1st verse is intense because its a dying person who isnt ready to give in then the 2nd verse is more chilled because its the dying person accepting the inevitable....this song deep for me because i been in that situation after being shot where 1st few minutes i was terrified, angry, and in denial about what was happening then i had a few minutes of pure silence where i accepted i was fucked and gave up trying to fight and they was the most relaxing few minutes of my life knowing that a few more minutes left and i wont have to put up with no more bullshit again and everything tha hood thrown at me i dont have to deal with anymore
I have this experience too.. a caesarean section where the pain block didn’t work.. same range of pain terror fear fight, then acceptance and a calmness… unlike any other.. life changing shit 💗 glad you’re still here :)
Another great reaction to a beautiful song when i listen to this song it always brings a tear to my eyes its an emotional roller coaster that gets me right in my soul carry on listening fella there is more to come
I am so impressed you thought it was a guitar. I always got the sense that she sang if the way she did for this very reason, a guitar solo, or another instrument. Amazing.
Clare nailed this performance in one take. Time takes you through the early stages of life until the late stage. Great Gig is like a transition to Heaven. Dark Side is such a great album!😎
Try "Us and Them" for a mellow one. It's from Dark Side of the Moon, same as "Time" and "Great Gig in the Sky". The lyrics are deep, troubling even, and are a strong and poignant social protest against war, racism and poverty, but the music itself is very mellow.
I think Time follows a persons life. Messing around in childhood, running around frantically as an adult, and then finally just wanting to be warm and at home when you are old. And this song is about death. She sounds angry at first, and then accepting of it.
Clare Torry describes in an interview how she sang the part: She got the invitation from Alan Parsons (chief sound engineer), who tipped the band members off to this girl. She was a background singer who was moonlighting in the Abbey Road studio. When she came into the studio, she discovered that the song had no words. They played her the record and she sang "lalala, oh oh...". But the musicians didn't want that. But she didn't know how else to take it. Until David Gilmour described what the song was about and told her to imagine that her voice was just another musical instrument. Then she sang it. When they wanted her to try again, she refused. She got a fee of £15 and left. She thought they wouldn't even put the song on the album. After a while, on the way to work, she saw a poster in a shop with a trailer for a new Pink Floyd album and out of curiosity went to see it - and The Great Gig in the Sky was there! Years later, she extorted a royalty from Pink Floyd for all the royalties she had received so far, and has been listed as a co-writer of the song ever since. Here is a link to Clare Torry's interview about the recording of this song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mIW7xZSlZoM.html Continue with the next song in the sequence - Money - another great recording from this iconic album...
Luvvin your reactions to classic Pink Floyd tracks, you react pretty much like we did shock and awe in a pleasant way … decades ago I was still at school when this came out and … and I’m still chillin to this decades later… btw Im 62 and got loads of Tupac, NWA, sugarhill gang … got over 600 vinyl albums, its an eclectic collection but Im like yourself, I appreciate good music no matter what the genre and always on the lookout for new stuff - keep doing what you’re doing and live a long and happy life 👍
One of my favorite pictures of my oldest son is from about 12 years ago when he was 16. It's him wearing a Santa hat and a Dark Side of the Moon shirt😂 I didn't even know he bought that shirt,but made me proud my boy was rockin Floyd~!!
I have loved this track all my life, since 1973, and all the various live versions that you can find on RU-vid. Now since my Mowgli died last summer this song always brings tears , and opens up the wound
I remember as a teen in the 70s I didn't care for this track... it was too soft, and just seemed like "filler" to the album... but, after another 10 years, I was like "OMG this is so poignant and beautiful"... I am so F*ng glad you have found Pink Floyd! They will change your life... Rock On!
I would also like to recommend the songs "Marooned" and "High Hopes" from Pink Floyd's last album "The Division Bell". Specifically High Hopes is the last song on their last album. And knowing that context adds a lot to the song.
I'd suggest you retract to the award winning video of Marooned (Instrumental, btw) it was filmed in Ukraine town of Pripyet (After 'Chernobyl') - which you might also want to watch on HBO prior.
You definitely have to check out Pink Floyd Welcome to the machine, have a cigar, wish you were here, sorrow, brain damage and SO MANY MORE. And I'm sure you would love the ANIMALS album
1: I'm not much of a rap fan, being honest. But i would NEVER hate on one of your rap reactions. So why some are choosing to bitch about you trying a different genre is beyond me. Just skip and move on if it's not your thing. But that's the internet I guess. 2: I've heard this song interpreted two different ways: coming to terms with the death of a loved one, and coming to terms with one's own impending death. Both interpretations are valid, IMO. Either way, the song is simply meant to make you FEEL. That's why they didn't use lyrics, just sounds. Do Floyd at your own pace, brother. You can go album by album, or skip around, I don't care lol. I just enjoy watching you experience their genius for the first time.
While they were working on this track, they tried all sorts of things to put over the bass /piano. Amongst the oddest is the jazz violinist Stephan Grapelli, who happened to be in Abbey Road at the same time. It surfaced a couple of years ago on one of the box sets. Eventually they settled on the human voice /instrument, and Clare Torry.
I was 19 when Dark Side was released. In college. Took it to a friends trailer in the middle of a beautiful afternoon a heard magic. 50 years later it still is magic. It’s body massage from the inside. Your reaction is uplifting too. It’s great to share the music with you. React to Pink Floyds’s On the Turning Away Procol Harum can do nearly the same to you. Shine on Brightly is amazing.
I said a couple of reactions ago that you get it man, the theme of this masterpiece is as described by the late great Richard Wright "Life, gradually descending into death" and the emotions that go with it, anger, denial and finally, acceptance✌
