Stage Presence coach reacts to PINK FLOYD "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" 

As a a vocal coach it makes sense you are drawn to the guitar. It’s David Gilmour’s second voice. His guitar sings.

No music touches my soul quite the way Pink Floyd does and I know I'm not alone, _there are millions of us!_

Syd Barrett never returned from an extended LSD trip in 1968. This song is about the band's sadness at the loss of their soul mate. Although his body survived, the real Syd never returned. I always think of Syd when I hear the words - "now there's a look in your eye, like black holes in the sky". A perfect description of someone who has lost their soul, and one of the greatest lines in rock music.

This is a requiem mass for Syd Barrett. You hear weeping, sorrow, lamentation, and anguish in both the music and lyrics. They lost their friend to LSD and mental illness and were haunted by the choice they had to make to move foreword as a band by forcing Syd out. One of music’s most tragic stories.

It’s incredible how you picked up the different parts of the story without knowing the history. This is a tribute to founding member Syd Barrett, who left the band in 1968. I always hear the soft, fuzzy, fading synthesizer and clear, crisp guitar parts as Syd slipping in and out of his madness.

Their homage to Syd Barrett who was a founder member of Pink Floyd but who descended into mental illness before leaving the band.

In 1978 I was a sailor with the Dutch company Nedlloyd, and while unloading work in the port of Singapore I bought a cassette tape of a band I had never heard of... Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. I played this tape every night when I went to bed...turned off all the lights and in the total darkness I relaxed. Since then I have been a fan of Pink Floyd and still have all their LPs... even though I also have their music digitally.

I will be 64 years old in a week. And every time I listen to this song and I tell you. It's been a lot. I tear up. I love all of Pink Floyd, but this one for me. Touch with my soul

Its amazing how you described the "scenes" perfectly without knowing the backstory. I'm sure the latter half of the song will become clearer once you learn the backstory of Syd Barrett.

A tribute to Syd Barrett, he was of the founding members of the band and gave them the name Pink Floyd after two blues artists. Syd had mental health problems and along with drug use, just kind of faded out of the band and was replaced by Gilmore. Syd passed away in 2006. It really affected everyone in the band, when he left, he was such a talented artist and well liked.

I haven't had tears well up listening to this song in many, many years, and I'm not ashamed to say this video brought them back. There is so much emotion in the music itself here that long before the words come in, you get the picture. Beautiful reaction, thank you for this one. 😊❤

I was 15 when i bought this on the day of it's release - I'd waited in the record shop all morning for the records to be delivered to the store (that's what we did back in the day) and I can still remember my first listen to this masterpiece. This is why I love reaction vids -- I can relive that first time feeling by watching the expressions on your face - fantastic. 😊😊

Being a 50+ year Floydian I love your reaction. More please.

Probably one of the most intuitive reactions to any song I've ever seen. This young lady is the Oxford definition of empath.

You nailed the moods perfectly. And I love seeing you laugh at the irony in the non-vocal sections. You clearly are a musician to your core

This is the best look at this song on RU-vid. Nobody else has had the patience to let the song develop. You're very intuitive. When you know the back story, it will make you weep before a single lyric is sung.

“It’s like the guitar’s complaining”. Wow, you’ve just described it perfectly. After all these years of listening to this song, what you said there made perfect sense to me.

Richard Wright at his best. A Classic Masterpiece that will last throughout history.

This is a straight-up blues song, in every sense of the word. RIP Syd.

as a long time Floydian its not often that I see a "reactor" fully connect with Pink Floyd instantly. You did instantly. Its a real pleasure. I suggest the entire Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii (1972). You really cant get better than Pink Floyd playing live in an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Please don't hesitate to do more of these types of reactions. Especially for Pink Floyd. While they're great live, they're phenomenal in the studio. You say part of stage presence is the emotions the music evokes in the listener. I think the lack of the visual distraction allowed you to more deeply feel what was in the mind and heart of the artists as this music was created. Read the backstory about Syd Barrett and I challenge you to listen to this again and not have a tear in your eye.

Its already been said below but I was really touched by the way you picked up the emotional core of the track, without knowing what was behind it. An absolute classic from the Floyd playbook and such a tribute to Syd and his part in launching this amazing band to such levels of greatness. Come on and shine...

When I first heard “Shine On” it was in the 70’s. I loved the music but I wasn’t mature enough to understand the full meaning of the song, now 40 years on I feel it, the emotion and appreciate so much the work and thought Pink Floyd put into this nine part suite masterpiece

There will only be one Pink Floyd, and my heart is happy to have listened to them 🙂

Once in a lifetime band. ✌️

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I'm glad you were able to take it in. Piper refers both to the Pied Piper, which original and founding band member Syd Barrett was that in a way. But it also refers to an early album of theirs with Syd Barrett called Piper at the Gates of Dawn. See Emily Play is a Syd Barrett gem from back then. Even after he started descending into mental illness and they finally had to replace him, he put out this solo double album of mostly acoustic stuff and it's just so delicious. It is whimsical and yet it hints at serious stuff and it's playful and it's so incredibly melodic and catchy. It's called And the Madcap Laughs.

I’ve never got emotional about this song but your assessment was so spot on you brought me to tears- well done you , mighty impressed ❤

Bought this album back in high school in the seventies, another gem by Pink Floyd.

So amazing to be able to see someone experience this epic song for this first time. I actually cried watching this.

Thank you for putting it so delicately: "No one could and can replicate Pink Floyd." They're timeless dinosaurs. Their Presence will continue to exist in the centuries to come.

Your decent, beautiful, and incredibly precise reaction without knowing the story, is performance itself. Thank you for your performance. That's how the spirit of genius works right through the our hearts.

i discovered that Album when i was 12 Years old.Today(59 Years old) when i hear this Floyd Album,everytime i hear something new.Little things i never noticed...so every time a little Bit of a new Album for me.And this still goes on.

Your reaction is one of the most stunning reaction I have seen. You have this magical gift to be able to convert music+emotion into a story which actually does match the real one. I am 50, and I listened to this masterpiece a zillion times, but you still succeeded to teach me a way to decode it in a different way than mine. I am stunned: You are sooo gifted! What you just did is : take the risk to play "kind of the Voice" with Pink Floyd and then painted what you heard/felt. This is an awesome idea! You should try this again with other Pink Floyd titles. Your next should be the studio version of "Marooned", and in the same video you watch and react to the video clip. You then confront your "vision" to that special video. But, for this to work you need to avoid any risk to be exposed to this video before. I am soooo looking forward to that moment.

Your reaction is spot on! How grateful I am to have experienced this level of musicianship during the 70’s. The 70’s brought us bands that did not try be like anyone else but instead explored the potential of what could be with music expression. Thank you for sharing your reaction. Again, it was spot on!

The strange machine-like hum you hear at the end of this track leads into a stunning masterpiece-----Welcome To The Machine. I think you would really enjoy it. Another great track from this wonderful album, Wish You Were Here, is Have A Cigar. Hope you can get to these soon, for I enjoy your audio reactions just as much as your concert reactions.

Probably the most insightful and SPOT ON reaction to any song on You Tube. You GOT IT! If you read every review of this track, and listened to it twenty times, you might be expected to achieve HALF of what you picked up on. Absolutely brilliant! Bravo! "You reached for the secret too soon" I think refers to the remarkable insight and vision one can achieve from taking psychedelic and mind altering drugs, that have enhanced some artistic abilities in some people, but completely destroyed others.

Pink Floyd have some of the longest intros in rock music and they draw you into each song perfectly! David Gilmore's guitar playing is so expressive, bluesy and yet bright!

It'a amazing how you could tell the story in this song without knowing the story behind it, just picking it from the music.... Pink Floyd are extremely important and essential to me, they transformed and inspired a lot of my life, and hearing you navigating their emotions on first listening reminded me how powerful and evocative their music is, the connections to our deepest emotions it has, and this brought me to tears because in your words and reactions is the reason of why they're so much part of my heart and soul. Thank you

That's it. You listen and while listening you imagine for your self what's the meaning of the experience you make. And you are the stage presence your self! I could feel your emotions and i enjoyed your reaction very very much. Bringing me back to the moment I was hearing this nearly 50 years ago. Thanks to you. Great reaction!

The live version from the 1994 Pulse concert will give you some great visuals.

_"Shine on You crazy Diamond"_ was written as a song in nine parts. What you covered here is parts 1-5, which is what started the first side of the original vinyl album. There were then a few shorter songs, and finally parts 6-9 of _"Shine on You crazy Diamond"_ *close* side two of the original vinyl album. When all parts are put together the full song is almost 26 minutes long. There were shorter versions made, such as appeared on the album released which was called _"A Collection of Great Dance Songs"_ (which is a rather humorous title for an album from Pink Floyd 🙂). That version includes parts 1, 2, 4 and 7 of the song, and is a "mere" 10 minutes 41 seconds.

Now you have to listen to the second part of this song, yes there are two sections, to complete the story.

Excellent analysis and reaction, you were clearly feeling your way through the song which is always a pleasure to observe and shows when someone is truly listening, I really enjoyed this thanks.

Nice to see you on Part 1to 6. Hope to see you soon on part 6 to 9

They put the stage into your head.

I had to hit "Subscribe" after seeing the way you responded to this song. Unlike so many RU-vidrs, you actually listened and absorbed the feeling of this music as it washed over you. Your intuitive sense of the music and lyrics was so satisfying to see, especially since so many reviewers stop the music 20 times to make premature comments, and in so doing completely ruin the flow of the music. I just found your channel but I'll be coming back often- well done!

You were extremely accurate with your feelings hearing this for the first time. Brought tears to my eyes for a moment.

4:20 That look...I love it! Brilliant.

Pink Floyd lo escuché por primera vez a los 13 años y lloré como una tormenta Bravia ahora tengo 63 años y esa tormenta sigue viva dentro de mi. . El arte es inmortal

Your emotions literally brings tears to my eyes. I can’t think of a better comment.

One of their best of best songs .Every song is a journey and with every Journey you get a prelude get ready for the journey into the mystic. Also i might add when the lyrics come in its perfect !

You bought tears to my eyes as you read the lyrics no music needed just the power of them. No words to describe the emotions being felt at the moment.

This is both a tribute and a funeral dirge for the living. A true masterpiece. As I've heard it said, It will "bring a tear to a glass eye". Every time I've heard it for almost 40 years I get misty for all those I've known that followed Syd's fate.

You can tell this lady really appreciated all the twists and turns of this song.....

Knowing the backstory, I actually got chills when you said "There's a deep and sad story about to be told." Please don't hesitate to do more reactions like this. There's no question Pink Floyd has good stage presence, but I love hearing you're interpretation of their music. Syd Barrett used to refer to the color of the music also.

the bittersweet urgings of a dear friend desperately trying to coax someone back to life; back to health; back to that close bond.

Probably best that there wasn't a video with this song. You got to have the feelings many of us had back when this first came out, putting it on the turntable for the first listen. It was amazing seeing your reaction and how you picked up on the backstory of this song, watching you pick up the emotions the song has within the band. They never mention Syd's name in the song but it is in the title "Shine on You crazy Diamond" crazy was in there in description of Syd's sad mental demise.

Very much appreciated your reaction Janet. Others have spoken more eloquently than I can about Syd Barret, the music, the lyrics and your incredibly perceptive reaction so I’ll just thank you ❤️ Love you.

Headphone and lyrics when listening to Pink Floyd is a must to take it all in

Awesome reaction! Gilmore’s lyrical guitar-playing hits like a vocalist, only centers on the emotion without getting sidetracked with words. True genius. And very impressive seeing you picking up on the emotional messaging in the music - the crazy mix of emotions one goes through when mourning a loved one. Not dead, in this case, but certainly no longer present as he succumbed to mental illness.

We would have expected no less, but a stunningly emotionally intelligent reaction to the track. From the opening bars, your tracing of the different moods reflected in the music and catching of the essence of the story behind it was exceptional. Thank you.

David can sing very well but he makes his guitars sing for him and me and you. What a treasure David is.

I find it interesting how intuitive you are! The poetry is several layers deep, the music is rich and layered too, yet without any context you figured out the path of this musical journey. Really neat! Thank you for your genuine reaction. I hope that you might further your delve into Pink Floyd and share your take!

You became speechless when the vocals began, the look on your face as though you couldn't believe what you were hearing. And you were stunned by the end. That is what this piece does to you. You discovered what it has done to the rest of us your decades. Welcome.

Remarkable reaction (one of your best) and well done being in the moment and yet expressing what you were feeling. The best music has this feeling of inevitability about it, as if the notes have always existed and the artist just reminds of us of what we all know. Many times during that, you anticipated what was coming next and your clear delight when it happened was marvelous.

I love the part "You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon". It shows the fine line between genius and madness, which marked Barret's life.

This song, reaches into your heart and grabs your soul. Nothing compares to it.

Ooh, I love your analysis style of Pink Floyd. Using colors, images, emotions. That has always been my experience with Pink Floyd. "Back in the day," we'd sit in our dark smoke filled room listening to entire Pink Floyd albums, and how you described it is how I experienced it. But it was after the, "back in the day," years that I really experienced Pink Floyd. The musicality, the incredible attention to detail, as I got older and had more experiences with music I came to recognize the wisdom in their music, as young as they were.

The intro guitar is pleading. This is Gilmour's tribute to Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett. Barrett left the band in 1968 because his mental health was affecting his ability to integrate with the other band members.

This song brings me to tears, every…single…time.

The opening lament is craft of the highest order. These guys were light years ahead and probably why their early albums still see millions. Genius band.

Listen to the whole album and you’ll see that the tracks blend into each other😊

Thanks for doing the first half of this song. The second half is every bit as wonderful. Hopefully you can get to it shortly.

Your reaction to this has made my day! Thanx!

I was an impatient teenager when this first came out. I started listening to the entire version in college and it never fails to give me chills. Your analysis is spot on.

I was amazed at at how well you picked up on this piece. A number of commenters mentioned how this was about their founding member, Syd, who became mentally ill. I know someone who was creative in their own way like Sid but who also lost all ability to function. This song became personal when that happened.

Imo their best album. Also please look at another prog group called Renaissance. The lead singers vocals are amazing. Thank you for this one and all the other reactions

The journey into the mind of a madman and finding only a deep understanding for the love you feel. Each note a step closer to an awareness you never thought you could obtain.

TIMELESS !!! Greatings from germany 03/2024 ! I need this music !!!!!!

"There's a deep and sad story about to be told." I'm always amazed at how you can interpret so much from the music. You nailed it without knowing a bit of the backstory of this song. They just don't make music like this anymore. Thanks again for sharing.

And there is a secon part to this song part 6-9 you Can't mis this one

probably the most soulful song ever written/performed

Wow you were spot on with picking up on the musical cues! I grew up with this song so it's meaning unfolded for me over a long time, but you were on to it straight away. It's a very special and unique song so thank you for your reaction. It was very genuine.

While Pink Floyd's live performances are better than some bands in the studio, what Pink Floyd produces in the studio is phenomenal. You've done the live version of Great Gig in the Sky. As someone that appreciates vocals, you really should listen to Clare Torry's studio version. If her vocals don't touch your soul, you don't have one. Read the backstory. She completely improvised the vocals in the studio and finally was given coauthor rights to the song many years later.

You should do it in the headphones Must!

Hipgnosis' packaging was always as brilliant as the music within! On the cover, the stuntman on fire and the 'frame' of the picture above and right is burnt. Inside the sleeve, there were more 'postcards' one with an invisible man standing in the desert, the 'frame' is torn in the bottom corner and sand is leaking out. The one with the 'diver' doing a handstand in the water with not a ripple is fantastic! The last was a scarf blowing in the wind.

Your heart is open and your soul is pure. It is a joy to watch you discover this beautiful music... music I've known for decades.

Oh man, this song still gives me goosebumps hearing the opening line. David Gilmour and Rick Wright really know how to strike the right chord in you and tear you up at the right moments. I hope you do the final parts of this song, because let me tell you, it keeps getting better (if not sadder).

Love your reaction! Your use of describing the different sections in colors was amazing. I hope you do more audio only reactions.

If David Gilmour's guitar playing doesn't have an emotional and physical response that can bring you to tears, you're not listening. Beautiful. Sublime.

Such a genuine lady. Her heart shines through.

This song gives me chills .... often finding myself going deep in thought as I Iisten. I often use this song as 'therapy' for tough times and inventory... and it helps

Now try the same song with headphones for the full effects of this song like it is ment to be listened to. Its WAY better.

Loved when The Confident Singer said at 4:15 “Is that it?”, when the introduction was only nearly half-way through! Love the experience that is Pink Floyd; enjoy your emotional and spiritual journey! 🎸

Well done for being so perceptive and well done Pink Floyd for making an old man cry again.

just a masterpiece

I would recommend Kate Bush as being one of the greatest for performance and unique vocals. Most reactors go for Wuthering Heights but would recommend her other hits Hammer Horror, Them Heavy People and Wow as being fantastic for presence, choreography and originality. She is amazing 😊

There was a five year period that I used this as my alarm clock because it was so gradual!! I would always smile at where the spot was where I woke up!! That spot would carry me through the day with same smile!! ❤❤❤❤❤

You are my favorite reactor!!! You do it so much soul and without interrupting the performing band. Kudos to you!!!!