Classical Composer Reacts to Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd) | The Daily Doug (Episode 284)

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  • @renotorquato7266
    @renotorquato7266 3 роки тому +4479

    Roger is the brain, David is the heart, Mason is the muscle, but Rick is the soul, is the glue.

    • @johnanderson7739
      @johnanderson7739 3 роки тому +177

      You sir have described them well.

    • @chrisofnottingham
      @chrisofnottingham 3 роки тому +236

      Yes, when Rick stopped participating it was never quite the same. I still think of the later Floyd albums as Gilmour albums. Much as I love him, Gilmour isn't Floyd.

    • @ivanhenriqueroberto1970
      @ivanhenriqueroberto1970 3 роки тому +40

      Very precise definition

    • @TheAmazingSnarf
      @TheAmazingSnarf 3 роки тому +124

      i still haven't healed from that loss. Everything changed the day Rick passed.

    • @rcpsammy7186
      @rcpsammy7186 3 роки тому +26

      @@TheAmazingSnarf namely any remote possibility of a reunion.

  • @victorlojero8318
    @victorlojero8318 3 роки тому +3299

    Years ago my Dad (RIP) and I drove from LA to Vegas in the early morning. We lost radio signal, so I put on this cd in the car and we witnessed the Sunrise over the desert listening to this song. It was a beautiful and emotional experience. Every time I hear this song I remember that magical moment with my Father.

    • @raymccormick6103
      @raymccormick6103 3 роки тому +43

      So sorry for your loss. May the Spirit of Peace and Comfort be with U.

    • @DarClaude
      @DarClaude 3 роки тому +29

      Beautiful story and beautiful memory Victor, thanks for sharing. I have similar memories with my best friends from when we were discovering the world, sound-tracked to this and the many other absolute masterpieces that sound-tracked our lives. Peace brother x

    • @singerofsongss
      @singerofsongss 3 роки тому +18

      I have a similar memory with my dad too. Thanks for sharing yours - what a wonderful way to remember someone. All the best.

    • @JonathanDanielBowen
      @JonathanDanielBowen 2 роки тому +6

      I’m sorry for your loss…

    • @hombrepollo
      @hombrepollo 2 роки тому +11

      Years ago i have a similar experience with High hopes (also a Pink Floyd theme) We were on tour with the band and i was watching the sunset over the sea with the song, a great and unforgettable moment. May your father rest in peace, mine passed away back in 2019 too. Have a nice 2022 and stay sfe

  • @frederickhamilton2648
    @frederickhamilton2648 3 роки тому +3765

    One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written in any genre. A timeless masterpiece.

    • @jamesm5883
      @jamesm5883 3 роки тому +13

      Agreed!

    • @peterfritzsche220
      @peterfritzsche220 3 роки тому +14

      I agree

    • @davidellinsworth22
      @davidellinsworth22 3 роки тому +15

      Agree, it's remarkable.

    • @ambiophonic
      @ambiophonic 3 роки тому +57

      I couldn't agree more. I love so many Pink Floyd songs, but this one takes the cake.
      Head phones, laying on the couch, the room dimly lit from an old tube amp, and this playing in it's entirety...this is the way

    • @ivanhenriqueroberto1970
      @ivanhenriqueroberto1970 3 роки тому +8

      For sure

  • @nothingmuchado
    @nothingmuchado 3 роки тому +557

    Richard Wright's contribution on this album is spectacular

    • @genboomxer
      @genboomxer 3 роки тому +20

      One might say indispensable.

    • @rhwinner
      @rhwinner 3 роки тому +10

      A word of silence for the Hammond B3....

    • @fridaycasual
      @fridaycasual 3 роки тому +14

      To every album

    • @queefloaf
      @queefloaf 3 роки тому +12

      he is so underrated

    • @jimhardiman3836
      @jimhardiman3836 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah that's why he said that The Wall had little for him to do creatively.

  • @Hankthespank
    @Hankthespank Рік тому +296

    Once at work I was working alone painting all the lines and circles etc under the ice of a hockey studium, a big Indoors stadium. I was all alone and I connected my phone to the arena speakers and blasted this with the spotlights on and just layed down in the middle of the arena. All alone. It was just crazy. Top moment of my life.

    • @sheilaperri9209
      @sheilaperri9209 Рік тому +15

      Now listen with your skates on. It turns out that Floyd is music to skate by. Be careful not to run anybody over during the quicker bits.

    • @alanshepherd4304
      @alanshepherd4304 Рік тому +12

      Very envious!! I had to do with my small bedroom floor back in 1973!!!!😂😂🇬🇧

    • @charliepick3923
      @charliepick3923 Рік тому +5

      Now thats a perfect set up, for real.

    • @adiboo8142
      @adiboo8142 Рік тому +3

      Sounds magical

    • @denisemarie2985
      @denisemarie2985 Рік тому

      Wow - that must've been absolutely phenomenal! So lucky!

  • @robertcramer2945
    @robertcramer2945 3 роки тому +774

    "Why haven't I ever listened to this before?"
    "What the hell is wrong with me?"
    That's probably my favorite all-time moment from Doug on this channel so far!! I've listened to this song for 30 years now, but watching this....its like I'm hearing it again for the first time! Such a privilege!

    • @allisonrich5061
      @allisonrich5061 3 роки тому +8

      A wonderful moment indeed.

    • @netzteil2
      @netzteil2 3 роки тому +6

      I rather logged in, t like your comment ;) Totally agree!

    • @ryanthrasher765
      @ryanthrasher765 3 роки тому +5

      Same! He made it alot more interesting with all the info he provided through out the vid.

    • @jowens1126
      @jowens1126 3 роки тому +17

      ive been listening to this song since the album was released, and it still sounds just as good today as it did then, and im still not sick of it. How many songs can anyone say that about.

    • @FedericoGomezCastro
      @FedericoGomezCastro 3 роки тому +12

      I almost cried at his reaction

  • @coffeemachtspass
    @coffeemachtspass 3 роки тому +689

    Pink Floyd are the Ents of rock music. They never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say it.

    • @arloroan3168
      @arloroan3168 3 роки тому +25

      HA HA HA! Excellent analogy.

    • @BertGrink
      @BertGrink 3 роки тому +8

      YESSSS! I love that analogy! 😊

    • @arloroan3168
      @arloroan3168 3 роки тому +30

      David "Treebeard" Gilmore

    • @frankphillips7436
      @frankphillips7436 3 роки тому +5

      Absolutely priceless comment. You are a hero!!

    • @davids736
      @davids736 3 роки тому +12

      That is brilliant sir! If it is an original, then that is even better!!!

  • @edwinslater1888
    @edwinslater1888 3 роки тому +1478

    Are we going to ignore how, out of absolutely fucking nowhere, this man hits a fully packed bowl of grass? Legend

    • @jasonhills3726
      @jasonhills3726 3 роки тому +182

      I subscribed when he did.
      This was the first of his videos I had seen.

    • @dimitrirezende7291
      @dimitrirezende7291 3 роки тому +87

      Man, I cracked when he did that loll

    • @dimitrirezende7291
      @dimitrirezende7291 3 роки тому +61

      @@jasonhills3726 lol same, instant like and subscribe

    • @jdustan
      @jdustan 3 роки тому +16

      @@dimitrirezende7291 yep. me too. hahahaha

    • @jameswolfe8853
      @jameswolfe8853 3 роки тому +46

      That got me to hit the subscribe button too. I do not partake but that was outstanding.

  • @kevin.afton_
    @kevin.afton_ Рік тому +413

    Nobody wrote such a nice tribute to a lost friend.

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Рік тому +15

      Absolutely (and in a touch of dark irony, he turned up at a late stage of the recording sessions!). I think this song/suite carried great resonance in the 1970s - the lyrics apply to Barrett but also to many other people who were lost during those years, it could easily apply to e.g. the characters in The Deer Hunter, too: the loss of youth and innocence. It has remained with us ever since, and into new generations.

    • @ksucedegusano
      @ksucedegusano Рік тому +13

      Theres just one song that i think its equally good that its dedicated to a friend thats not there anymore... That song its to live is to die by metallica, dedicated to their first bass player, who died at the age 23 in a bus crash touring with the band, at such a young age his death affected pretty bad to the rest of the band, thats why and justice for all its such a dark album, but one of their best!!

    • @lervish1966
      @lervish1966 Рік тому +1

      Percy Shelley in his poem Adonais.

    • @tritotrofo
      @tritotrofo 7 місяців тому +1

      to live is to die by metallica (to cliff burton) is also good

    • @karencox3235
      @karencox3235 7 місяців тому +1

      Who didn't actually pass until 2006.

  • @Tribblepuppy
    @Tribblepuppy 2 роки тому +579

    My dad was well into his 80's, and had grown up being a classically trained pianist, and I had bought him a CD player for his birthday. I had told my siblings I was getting him the player for his birthday, and suggested they get him musical CD's for him. My older sister bought him an Ella Fitzgerald CD, my older brother got him a Glen Miller CD, and my younger sister got him the musical Showboat CD. I got him the Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon CD, and mine was the one he listened to the most. I then got him the Wish You Were Here CD, and he liked it even more, and asked if there were any more Pink Floyd CD's, so he ended up with a collection of 6 PF CD's before he passed away.

    • @peterbdavies
      @peterbdavies 2 роки тому +21

      That was one cool dad!

    • @mikedo6
      @mikedo6 2 роки тому +16

      Made me shed a few tears!!

    • @davefink2326
      @davefink2326 2 роки тому +7

      OMG what a story

    • @joannefrancia5940
      @joannefrancia5940 Рік тому +9

      I love that you introduced your dad to Pink Floyd and he had a chance to enjoy them! I’ve been listening to them since the early 70’s. I’m always someone who’s interested in the stories behind the music and fortunately there is plenty of reading material on the subject!

    • @patrickkalin4437
      @patrickkalin4437 Рік тому +5

      Legendary

  • @corncake29
    @corncake29 2 роки тому +602

    Hearing "it's a long intro, y'all" at 6:50 - knowing how much of the song there still is to go before the lyrics kick in - is mildly adorable.

    • @trevorlezotte4437
      @trevorlezotte4437 Рік тому +81

      Or when he said the synths at the end of part 5 sounded like a machine, not knowing the next song is welcome to the machine

    • @capnbill99
      @capnbill99 Рік тому +11

      "It's a long intro, y'all" Of course. It's Pink Floyd. Of course it's a long intro. It's a long suite of amazing music. :)

    • @OriginalPuro
      @OriginalPuro 11 місяців тому +4

      Pink Floyd doesn't do "intros", they do perfection.
      Following the conventional way of building music is not PF, they made their own way and we were all better off because of it.

    • @aminexsamir
      @aminexsamir 5 місяців тому

      That's why I came to the comments section 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @whoyoukidding1
    @whoyoukidding1 3 роки тому +474

    "There's anguish in that sound. There's true grief. It's like you're listening to psychedelic Blues." I'm not sure if I ever heard a more accurate and beautiful description of Pink Floyd' music.

    • @VifferDude
      @VifferDude 3 роки тому +7

      Well The Floyd became know for their overly psychedelic underground music during the age of the space race.

    • @antiurbanizm
      @antiurbanizm 3 роки тому +1

      there's no anguish ; that's the point. its pure dasein.

    • @85geoffm
      @85geoffm 3 роки тому +4

      When he said that my first thought was "yes sir, that's Pink Floyd" 😌

    • @jonlacey316
      @jonlacey316 3 роки тому +2

      Absutely nailed it

    • @1TwistedPoet
      @1TwistedPoet 2 роки тому +3

      Their name comes from two legendary blues men. Pink Anderson was one, I forget who the Floyd was, but another blues musician.

  • @sundevilscott
    @sundevilscott Рік тому +312

    You blow my mind in numerous ways.
    1. You're knowledge of music/sounds and notes.
    2. How you hit that and did not explode.
    3. How you didn't know this album.

    • @denest3435
      @denest3435 Рік тому +17

      Agree I can't believe one has never heard this before.

    • @dimashadiwardani
      @dimashadiwardani Рік тому +7

      maybe he was classical music fans just like mozart and etc. but i'm glad he found out this album

    • @emrekoz
      @emrekoz Рік тому +7

      No one can convince me that he's hearing Shine on You Crazy Diamond for the first time. That's not possible, if he's not deaf or dead. 😂

    • @07cars
      @07cars Рік тому

      @@emrekoz how big were/ are Pink Floyd in America?

    • @SteffenRoller
      @SteffenRoller Рік тому

      @@07carsI moved to Canada from Europe in 2009. All my European friends and coworkers can identify the music after a few seconds. My significant other - who's "from here" has never heard it. Europe is quite different from North America - also in the music :-). (Nobody here knows who Robbie Williams is)

  • @Fedesss1990
    @Fedesss1990 2 роки тому +618

    Someone once said: ac/dc will take you to hell, led zeppelin will take you to heaven, but Pink Floyd will take you through the universe...

    • @guy_in_the_moon
      @guy_in_the_moon 2 роки тому +11

      Very true

    • @doncorleole2356
      @doncorleole2356 2 роки тому +18

      @@Eudaimaniac44 would you enlighten me in how exactly echoes is a Beatles rip-off?

    • @Zuxiasunicorn
      @Zuxiasunicorn 2 роки тому +6

      Where does The Moody Blues take ya?

    • @MrMick560
      @MrMick560 2 роки тому

      and more

    • @TimmyChipman
      @TimmyChipman 2 роки тому +11

      It’s a shame AC DC only ever wrote one song…

  • @rubicon-oh9km
    @rubicon-oh9km 3 роки тому +391

    Rick Wright: the secret weapon in the band. The quiet one. This, and the suite at the end of the album, is his masterpiece.

    • @MaeveWalkerOrchestre
      @MaeveWalkerOrchestre 3 роки тому +22

      When Wright's role became secondary, that's when they stopped being a "band". Animals and The Wall are really nice, but they are not "Pink Floyd" records (I won't even mention The Final Cut!). The are Waters and a bit of Gilmour. They released, a couple of years ago, the first band demo of The Wall. I'm not saying it was better than the official record (it's unfinished), but it sounds a lot more Pink Floyd than what was release. The Division Bell was much more interesting because we could hear Wright again in the arrangements, and it felt more "Pink Floyd", despite the lack of Waters' abilities with handling conceptual writing. It is a strong album. And the The Endless River, their homage to the passing of Wright, well, I just find it great!
      But, yeah, Shin On is a great song, and Wright's writing is all over the place!!!

    • @standbytogo123
      @standbytogo123 3 роки тому +9

      @@MaeveWalkerOrchestre I could not agree more. Rick stated he thought Animals was lyrically weak. It was rescued by the musical efforts of Gilmour and Wright. As for the Wall, well its not Pink Floyd. I have refused to listen to the Final Cut ever since its release. The Division Bell, Brilliant.

    • @mechtime
      @mechtime 3 роки тому +7

      @@MaeveWalkerOrchestre Have to disagree on Waters-less Floyd. Remember eagerly listening as a late teen to the albums and being very disappointed. Waters by himself has depth. The others alone are like a rich topping, but missing something major. Sad they couldn't put all their egos away. The synergy of the members raised the band WAY above any other partial incarnation.

    • @room34
      @room34 3 роки тому

      Love it! Even though I'm not much of a keyboard player, it's always present in my music, and this piece, specifically Rick Wright's playing, is probably my single biggest influence. I actually parodied this song title in an electronic piece I did because I felt like there was a definite Rick Wright influence on it: ua-cam.com/video/etnBZEMcKLY/v-deo.html

    • @Electrotract
      @Electrotract 3 роки тому +5

      The rick wright symphony- masterful

  • @booberry6715
    @booberry6715 2 роки тому +650

    It's oddly satisfying to watch someone who understands composition listen to and talk through a masterpiece I've known intimately for 35 years and put words to feeling. Very cool.

    • @gregorythompson8384
      @gregorythompson8384 2 роки тому +21

      I don't know theory...but every note is burnt into my skull

    • @delaney6619
      @delaney6619 2 роки тому +7

      This guy is very good and knows his onions

    • @martynseed380
      @martynseed380 2 роки тому +7

      Youngster. 47 years for me. 😁

    • @harvada
      @harvada 2 роки тому +5

      @@martynseed380 I remember listening to it when it was first released too

    • @joeysplats3209
      @joeysplats3209 2 роки тому +1

      I can't believe it's that long ago; before the gray hair and all that.

  • @stedfo111
    @stedfo111 9 місяців тому +31

    This album is an eternal masterpiece. One of the best albums ever made.

  • @pauldelorme1524
    @pauldelorme1524 3 роки тому +225

    I was a teen in 70's and today I'm 64 and PINK FLOYD is Classical music to me.

    • @jimshirley2549
      @jimshirley2549 3 роки тому

      You would likely enjoy "The inner light" ua-cam.com/video/RyYhbC0MXlY/v-deo.html

    • @amazon4529
      @amazon4529 3 роки тому

      Couldn't agree more.

    • @HansDelbruck53
      @HansDelbruck53 3 роки тому

      It's not strictly Classical, but it is Classic!

    • @MarkDavidBlack
      @MarkDavidBlack 3 роки тому +1

      We're the same age. I'm right there with ya.

    • @flouisbailey
      @flouisbailey 3 роки тому

      Well said Floyd is classical music to another generation, I’m only 70 so I have heard it a few times, brings joy to all. Yes, Barry sax to alto sax. If one can see BlackJacket Symphony perform this it’s like you “are there”.

  • @DavidTateVA
    @DavidTateVA 3 роки тому +556

    "It's almost like a machine..." made us all laugh, because the next song that it segues into is of course "Welcome to the Machine". Love your takes, as always, and it's so nice to find a reviewer who talks more about the music than the lyrics. Anyone can react to lyrics.

    • @Paul_Halicki
      @Paul_Halicki 3 роки тому +11

      Yep. The beauty of some of these reaction videos is when we know what's coming and the reactor unknowingly foreshadows what's about to happen. The following is probably the best example (different reactor): ua-cam.com/video/gGKgklIV7Ko/v-deo.html (best from the moment I cued up through about 22 minutes, 10 seconds of that video)

    • @craenor
      @craenor 3 роки тому +7

      Heh, I paused to chuckle with my wife about that.

    • @zwerker
      @zwerker 3 роки тому +8

      I laughed out loud, too

    • @JeepusMurphy
      @JeepusMurphy 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂✌️

    • @brianrankin4550
      @brianrankin4550 3 роки тому +1

      Makes a difference to not hear how'deep'the lyrics are

  • @HHMartins
    @HHMartins Рік тому +53

    No matter how many times you hear it, it's absolutely beautifull

  • @StuartRedman
    @StuartRedman 3 роки тому +314

    Doug, I'd honestly have to say I understand less than 1% of your music theory discussions, but I could listen to it all day long. Keep rocking, brother

    • @bhickling9632
      @bhickling9632 3 роки тому +8

      haha. Right? I can understand a good chunk of the words that he says, but not the order they're in!

    • @MikeB12800
      @MikeB12800 3 роки тому +13

      If it’s in G minor then G is the one chord, A is the 2nd, B flat is the 3rd, C is the 4th, D is the 5th, E flat is the 6th, and F is the 7th. So when he’s talking about the 5, he’s referring to a D chord, or the 6th… an E flat chord.

    • @johnmaxwell1238
      @johnmaxwell1238 3 роки тому +10

      Yup. It's fascinating to listen to someone geek out on a field you're a total amateur in. Keep it up, Doug.

    • @EduardoOliveira94_
      @EduardoOliveira94_ 3 роки тому +4

      Exactly bro, same here!

    • @SomeGuy_GRM
      @SomeGuy_GRM 3 роки тому +3

      I know just enough to roughly follow along, but not enough to fully understand without looking some things up.

  • @el_pescadore
    @el_pescadore 2 роки тому +267

    “Why haven’t I listened to this before?” Lol! I’ve been saying for decades; Someday classical music students will studying all these Pink Floyd masterpieces with the same reverence they give Beethoven, Mozart and Strauss. Wish you were here, Animals, Dark Side of the Moon and even The Wall are nothing short of genius.

    • @LZ10366
      @LZ10366 2 роки тому +25

      And Echoes

    • @lindalu22291
      @lindalu22291 2 роки тому +20

      Animals is SO under-rated. It is just as haunting and dramatic as Floyd's more popular LP's but I think the expectations were so high it got overlooked. My opinion, everybody who hasn't really gave it a good listen, grab your headphones, light a candle, and pull out a bowl if wanted and see what ya think.... and then report back to us !!!

    • @vvanderer
      @vvanderer 2 роки тому +7

      @@lindalu22291 not to mention Meddle..

    • @jorgeletra3902
      @jorgeletra3902 2 роки тому +5

      @@vvanderer everyone forgets Meddle. Actually my favorite album from Pink Floyd, but I don’t consider myself a connoisseur anyway! :)

    • @vvanderer
      @vvanderer 2 роки тому

      @@lindalu22291 you could b e right about P aco de Lucia's death I really had in mind Al DiMeola . he did some m wonderful concerts with DeLucia and John MacLaughlin

  • @dbradx
    @dbradx 3 роки тому +423

    "It's like hearing psychedelic blues" - That is definitely one of the best descriptions I've ever heard of this masterpiece. Really enjoy your reactions Doug, thanks!

    • @davidfolger273
      @davidfolger273 3 роки тому +2

      If you want more psychedelic blues, try "Death Sound" by Country Joe and the Fish!

    • @lilRadRidinHood
      @lilRadRidinHood 3 роки тому +8

      "Psychedelic Blues" - his term makes me want to tell Doug something he might not have heard yet. Pink Anderson and Floyd Council...the 2 American blues artists of whom the band is named. Maybe this info strikes another chord in the mind. Thanks Doug, I'm a real fan of your analogies now.

    • @zinghao131
      @zinghao131 3 роки тому +8

      That's exactly what Floyd was all about froim the start!

    • @Jackoboy33
      @Jackoboy33 2 роки тому +1

      Came here to say the same thing!

    • @NancyDavis-Foss-ok7to
      @NancyDavis-Foss-ok7to 4 місяці тому

      I said the same !

  • @martinisrael7
    @martinisrael7 2 роки тому +142

    I listened to that piece hundreds of time and I still get goose bumps. I like all kinds of music, but I love Pink Floyd. They are something else.

    • @trevorjameson3213
      @trevorjameson3213 Рік тому

      Same here, hundreds of time, maybe more, and it never gets old. The first time I heard Pink Floyd music was in 1977 and I couldn't believe what I was hearing, it was so different from everything else, and very moving emotionally speaking.

    • @JohnGault-sy2xx
      @JohnGault-sy2xx Рік тому +1

      Only hundreds? Laughing.....

    • @jagtone
      @jagtone Рік тому

      Same. I still remember laying out on a rug with headphones & the lights off in my dorm room in college, 40 years ago. This is exactly what you want music to do to you--inhabit you, trigger your emotions with every note. It's a rare, rare thing.

    • @HadasSaban
      @HadasSaban 10 місяців тому

      I don't like all kinds of music at all. I love pink floid

  • @user-sr2nc9ge1d
    @user-sr2nc9ge1d 2 роки тому +389

    Pink Floyd is my proof that music can speak the language of the soul without too much interference from the brain.

    • @lechenaultia5863
      @lechenaultia5863 2 роки тому +15

      Oh, there's a lot of brain behind this

    • @luish777
      @luish777 2 роки тому +1

      Beautifully said!

    • @Billfish57
      @Billfish57 2 роки тому +1

      Not if this guy is talking through it.

    • @Washeek
      @Washeek 2 роки тому +5

      @@lechenaultia5863 Behind, yes, but not required in the listener it seems. The message is conveyed so expertly, that you only need to listen without thought.

    • @leewilkerson8185
      @leewilkerson8185 2 роки тому +2

      My absolute favorite instrumental piece is still "Ten Words" from Joe Satriani. It drew tears before I even knew why.

  • @LeScenariste
    @LeScenariste 2 роки тому +460

    Pay attention to the last keyboard notes of the suite (the coda at 33:58) as it fades. Rick is playing "See Emily play", an early Pink Floyd single, written by Syd. It's like the band is giving a nod to themselves, but also letting Syd's soul go through the air, releasing him. A goodbye to a friend and a genius, but also to the time and youth that passed away.
    It feels truly sad, but somehow comforting too. More than a requiem, a celebration.
    What a sweet, sweet song. I never get tired of it. Rock and roll doesn't get better than this.

    • @gabesyverson6246
      @gabesyverson6246 2 роки тому +46

      HOW DID I NEVER NOTICE THIS??? THANK YOU SO MUCH!

    • @LeScenariste
      @LeScenariste 2 роки тому +18

      @@gabesyverson6246 It was a nice surprise when someone told me, so it's my pleasure to share 🙂

    • @alrivers8458
      @alrivers8458 2 роки тому +8

      @@LeScenariste You nail it with your words - comment.
      I thank you.

    • @LeScenariste
      @LeScenariste 2 роки тому +5

      @@alrivers8458 Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. It's all in the song really.

    • @raycooper1943
      @raycooper1943 2 роки тому +4

      wow, great call!

  • @CaptainPhatt
    @CaptainPhatt 3 роки тому +319

    After having spent the last 43 years of my life listening to this album and all of the other Pink Floyd albums, it's an awesome feeling to see someone with such an intricate understanding of classical music listen to Crazy Diamonds for the first time and enjoy it so much.
    I spent many an hour listening to Pink Floyd while smoking pot and playing chess with my friends during that time of life when everything was new and exciting. Now that I am in my autumnal years and life isn't so new and exciting anymore, Pink Floyd has become my comfort music that takes me back to my teenage years.

    • @elduderino5270
      @elduderino5270 3 роки тому +8

      Do you really believe that a composer of his age never heard one of the most popular pieces of music in the world?You really believe him? I do not!

    • @raultoro7245
      @raultoro7245 3 роки тому +5

      Yep ! - neal a.

    • @danlandry227
      @danlandry227 3 роки тому +1

      I couldn't have said this better. This album is part of my soul and has been a faithful partner through some difficult times. Listening to this reaction mirrors everything I think about this.

    • @TDC5
      @TDC5 3 роки тому +3

      @@elduderino5270 yeah, 90% of these types of vids are full of bs. bunch of people pretending to be blown away by stuff they've heard 100's of times before. i'd rather they just walk through the tune. acting like they've never heard it before is pretty unbelievable.

    • @elduderino5270
      @elduderino5270 3 роки тому

      @Shep Raynham I would say typical american behaviour....very strange...a little bit like: please no more english music please (ok, Syd Barret, Genesis and Soft Machine were british) so i don't have a profound analysis for this kind of hearing behaviour)! But in general the us was overrun by the englisch invasion...and left diverse traumata at some listeners and dj's too: no more british music....i knw people from the us who find Boston, Foreigners and some other of these crab bands are good music makers....if you could see me: i roll my eyes and make head banging with my marble table....ps i am an early 60er and Film, Theater ...and the normal blablsa blabla musician...made some years a good living from it and now i am early retired because of heavy illness issues.....so we are not far away from everybody....sorry, but my english is a little bit of let's say "rusted"🤣

  • @maddma
    @maddma Рік тому +25

    This is the center piece of their magnificent musical triad: Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals. Takes me back to my high school days. Boy, what great music we had back then.

  • @David_Hirsh
    @David_Hirsh 2 роки тому +509

    I'm a musician of 30+ years, and someone who has heard this song perhaps a thousand times. It's one of my favourite albums. I stumbled upon your video by happy accident. Anyway, I wanted to let you know that watching you listen to this and describe what was going on musically, coupled with your enthusiasm, actually made me tear up. Several times, to be honest. It was almost a confirmation of something I've known all along: how beautiful this song is.

    • @albinomauren
      @albinomauren 2 роки тому +16

      Great comment guy

    • @MDIman42
      @MDIman42 2 роки тому +12

      I had the same reaction for exactly the same reason. Nice to know someone else had the same experience. Thank you for sharing that.

    • @thomasw178
      @thomasw178 2 роки тому +3

      Doug's videos make me cry pretty often. Feels good.

    • @alanmckinnon6791
      @alanmckinnon6791 2 роки тому +4

      You too? Yeah., me as well.

    • @jean-philippemetras361
      @jean-philippemetras361 2 роки тому +3

      Yes exactly, very well put

  • @Paul_Halicki
    @Paul_Halicki 3 роки тому +225

    The brilliance of David Gilmour's playing is in the economy of notes. He says so much with so few, but often very extended notes.

    • @firestorm755
      @firestorm755 3 роки тому +7

      I've always thought that too

    • @David-iv6je
      @David-iv6je 3 роки тому +16

      Phenomenal vibrato. The best.

    • @brianrankin4550
      @brianrankin4550 3 роки тому +10

      The gilmour bend i think they call it.

    • @waveoflight
      @waveoflight 3 роки тому +8

      He makes the Virtuoso sound like a kid babbling.

    • @horscategorie
      @horscategorie 3 роки тому +5

      Not only his economy of notes, but his clean sound.

  • @quentinlang
    @quentinlang 3 роки тому +266

    I love that part where you say, "It sounds like some kind of machine." as the song transitions into the song "Welcome To The Machine".
    Do yourself a favor and listen to the entire album in 1 sitting. Personally I think it is their best album, a masterpiece.

    • @codemonkey2k5
      @codemonkey2k5 3 роки тому +5

      Agree!

    • @TheMschipp
      @TheMschipp 3 роки тому +2

      that is indeed what I was going say :)

    • @knawl
      @knawl 3 роки тому +10

      It's certainly their best concept album, Dark side is great but, this one definitely flows and the parts fit together much better. I like Meddle about as much but this one is their concept masterpiece. With the Wall, as good as it is, it's almost like they tried too hard and missed the mark

    • @conscriptreporting6265
      @conscriptreporting6265 3 роки тому

      I was about to comment that, he hit the nail xD

    • @kieronmccann5793
      @kieronmccann5793 3 роки тому +3

      Yep, I consider this to be their greatest album.

  • @KellyKMc
    @KellyKMc 2 роки тому +90

    This entire album is brilliant. You should listen to it in it’s entirety as a single magnum opus composition

    • @Antimagnetique
      @Antimagnetique Рік тому +3

      Agreed. In its entity best album of all times.

    • @5jerry1
      @5jerry1 Рік тому +1

      ~ I have always said Dark Side and Wish You Were here could serve as a double set, linked by concept. Sort of like Tull's "Aqualung" is two mini LPs, one per side ("Side 1- "Aqualung," and Side 2 "My God.") Double the length and you have "Dark Side" and "Wish You Were Here" as one continuous piece.

    • @hermanmunster3358
      @hermanmunster3358 Рік тому +2

      I have been known to listen to this 2-3 times, back to back. I never get tired of it.
      Meddle is another favourite, and OF COURSE, Dark Side Of The Moon. They are the bedrock of my CD collection.
      I have every album from Meddle, to The Division Bell. I wasn't a fan of the Syd Barrett era stuff, I have to admit, apart from 2 or 3 Standout tracks, such as Astronime Domine, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, and Careful With That Axe Eugene from Umma Gumma.

  • @InProductionsAttic
    @InProductionsAttic 2 роки тому +208

    "Anguish... true grief... psychedelic blues... " = Me in tears that someone FINALLY put my feelings of this song into words after 40 years. Subscribed.

    • @eddscroggins9777
      @eddscroggins9777 2 роки тому +2

      Singlepotmike;
      My comment to the video was similar to yours and... it's almost 52 years of loving Pink Floyd music for me since I was 13 years old. Have a great day

    • @mauriciospinosa3792
      @mauriciospinosa3792 2 роки тому +2

      Wow. That’s precisely what I felt!

    • @mauriciospinosa3792
      @mauriciospinosa3792 2 роки тому +2

      Best comment. 🎯🎸

    • @Scoobysue1977
      @Scoobysue1977 2 роки тому

      Exactly 💯

    • @emilyflotilla931
      @emilyflotilla931 2 роки тому

      Me too!

  • @annfoushee4455
    @annfoushee4455 3 роки тому +84

    I was a teenager in high school when this was released. Pink Floyd was the soundtrack of my life at that time. I'm now 65 and still listening to this amazing band. I guess you can say that Pink Floyd had been the soundtrack of my life.

    • @jefGrace
      @jefGrace 2 роки тому +4

      Yours is the best description I've heard. I was fifteen when this came out. These were my 'meditation' tracks... along with my bong, I was absorbed by this album.

    • @grunpastur
      @grunpastur 2 роки тому +4

      Same here. I'm now 65 and listened to this my entire life. It came out about the same time as FM radio back in Philly. It sounds as fresh today as it did back then. Dark Side of the Moon is up there with Mozart's Requiem and the soundtrack to Clockwork Orange.

    • @leeolger1766
      @leeolger1766 2 роки тому +2

      That’s one hell of a soundtrack!

  • @theresalero7039
    @theresalero7039 3 роки тому +182

    I can't count how many times I've listened to this song, and yet, I still get goosebumps at the beginning. Otherworldly talent.

    • @Garrethm46
      @Garrethm46 3 роки тому +8

      Same thousands

    • @gustav58
      @gustav58 3 роки тому +5

      There was a time when it was a daily routine for me to sit down, put headphones on and listen to the whole LP. Two LPs were worn out this way. And still when I hear the first sounds and have the chance I listen to it till the last sounds.

    • @carlossaraiva8213
      @carlossaraiva8213 3 роки тому +3

      I cant get tired of listening to this song. This and Echoes are my fave Pink Floyd songs.

    • @jegkegofrhum9357
      @jegkegofrhum9357 2 роки тому

      @@Garrethm46 watching on UA-cam at METAL TEENS HEARING PINK FLOYD

  • @KH-rd2xi
    @KH-rd2xi Рік тому +19

    In my final moments, I want to go out with this song... simply transports every being of your fiber to another plain. Brilliant Masterpiece

  • @Baking_baked
    @Baking_baked 2 роки тому +383

    Its time to now get into “ECHOES” . May as well do the Live at Pompeii version . Absolute masterpiece

    • @MrMick560
      @MrMick560 2 роки тому +24

      Echoes my all time favourite, I travelled through heaven listening to it when I used to trip.

    • @michaeldurrant8446
      @michaeldurrant8446 2 роки тому +2

      Give Parcel's theworstthing a spin and lemme know what you think. It has a really similar minor/major thing similar to Echoes.

    • @affeduardo2784
      @affeduardo2784 2 роки тому +3

      I think the album version would be better

    • @Baking_baked
      @Baking_baked 2 роки тому +6

      @@affeduardo2784 it is the album version but the video is from Pompei.
      But with Floyd, always go live if you can

    • @benplummer9100
      @benplummer9100 2 роки тому +3

      Echoes is amazing.

  • @michalejones77
    @michalejones77 2 роки тому +140

    I am a 65 year old that still gets chills listening to this! Really appreciated seeing the bowl come out!

    • @thedonDunpeal
      @thedonDunpeal 2 роки тому +4

      Anyone with an appreciation for music is a Floyd fan

    • @glibbyglobglooby5789
      @glibbyglobglooby5789 Рік тому +3

      Goosebumps every single time.

    • @joaquinmartinez5616
      @joaquinmartinez5616 Рік тому

      when was the first time u ever smoked weed

    • @ShroomKeppie
      @ShroomKeppie Рік тому +7

      67 here. Watched another reaction video last night, to Dark Side of the Moon. First thing the guy did was light up a doob and take a few righteous puffs, and I thought, "You're doing it right." One of the great joys in life is to watch someone else experiencing one of your favorite things, and when Dr. Doug's face lights up in amazement hearing Pink Floyd, it's like you're hearing it for the first time again.

    • @elizabethness3629
      @elizabethness3629 Рік тому

      I hear that. On the dowñhill HOW LUCKY WE'RE WE !,!,! Love n respect xxxx

  • @jameswarner5809
    @jameswarner5809 3 роки тому +64

    "Why have I not listened to this? What's wrong with me?"
    So much music, so little time, Doug. We've all been there.

    • @vincejester7558
      @vincejester7558 3 роки тому +1

      As a wee tyke, at this album's release, I was asking myself the very same questions.

    • @ZENmud
      @ZENmud 3 роки тому

      I thought it was due to learning to talk about rock so easily, via his classical music composition education. 🎶😁

    • @ZENmud
      @ZENmud 3 роки тому

      Now I'm trying to remember which pretzel path I followed:
      1. Heard Tubular Bells on radio; bought album ~ then saw "The Exorcist"?
      2. Saw film, liked music, heard on radio, then bought album?
      Or shortcut via 'a friend had/heard/saw'?
      😁

  • @acommenter5184
    @acommenter5184 Рік тому +56

    My college friends and I discussed this song and album endlessly, as college boys will do. One had what I thought was a reasonable lyrical insight, given the backdrop of Syd Barrett's demise: "Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun", contrasted with "Shine on you crazy diamond". A diamond has no light of its own - the best it can hope to do is reflect the light from elsewhere.

    • @claudioriflesso5272
      @claudioriflesso5272 Рік тому

      Perfetta,💯🎸🎸🎸🎸

    • @Joe-fr3lj
      @Joe-fr3lj Рік тому

      Same bro. I discussed this album endlessly with my friends back in the day.

    • @alanparsonsfan
      @alanparsonsfan Рік тому

      @acommnteer5184 Which is exactly what the moon does--reflects the light from elsewhere--the Sun. Dark Side of the Moon. Hmmm... That's pretty good.

  • @oprisovidiu9252
    @oprisovidiu9252 2 роки тому +254

    That very last synth part is Rick Wright playing a snippet of "See Emily Play", one of the early singles written by Syd, as a tribute to him. I always found that so heartbreaking.

    • @mcfcguvnors
      @mcfcguvnors 2 роки тому +7

      one of several easter eggs - chris reas road to hell has a tiny blink n miss it rik wright tribute in the intro = only a few notes but its there

    • @SoftTangerineDreams
      @SoftTangerineDreams 2 роки тому +9

      See Emily Play is my favorite song and somehow I never noticed that he was playing it at the end. God, that's so sad...

    • @graemedunbar
      @graemedunbar 2 роки тому +11

      Also a reference to Piper at the Gates of Dawn in the lyrics earlier.

    • @tolkienfan1972
      @tolkienfan1972 2 роки тому +4

      Love See Emily Play, yet I never realized this. Thank you!

    • @graemedunbar
      @graemedunbar 2 роки тому +1

      @@tolkienfan1972 You might like Julia Dream too. Possibly a JRRT reference in it, or maybe another Kenneth Grahame one.

  • @josephleiva880
    @josephleiva880 2 роки тому +238

    I'm French, I'm 58 years old and I first heard these songs when I was a teenager. These songs created in that carefree youth a climate and a colour that permeated my emotions. After so many years, these songs are a masterpiece. I'm not a musician but I believe that the composer is a genius in the same way as Bach and Mozart.

    • @lucyelkins7731
      @lucyelkins7731 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah I get you 😆

    • @thesunreport
      @thesunreport 2 роки тому +2

      There was another cultural impact that perhaps was not so positive. I am a little bit younger than you and came of age in the 1990's/2000's. I was studying music at college and for a 'live band' project I was in a band with a young guitarist who loved Pink Floyd. I sang Brick in the Wall with him for the project. After college I never heard much about him other than he had developed mental heath issues from too much acid and too many mushrooms. I think for some young people at that time it was a bad marriage of widely available/cheap acid and the dark side album.
      That's not the band's fault, but it's hard for me not to think of that kid, and also the sad reflection of Syd's similar experience when I think of the band. I suppose it's easy to get lost when you're trying to open your doors of perception.

    • @Sat191
      @Sat191 2 роки тому +4

      Je ne peux qu'être en accord avec vos dires, je suis que sûr PF sera encore écouté et apprécié à sa juste valeur encore pendant de nombreuses décennies. J'ai découvert PF quand j'avais dix ans (le live à Berlin de The Wall par Waters), j'en ai 42 et ce groupe ne m'a jamais quitté (avec une grosse préférence pour les 70's)

    • @josephleiva880
      @josephleiva880 2 роки тому +3

      @@thesunreport It's very sad to hear. Anything can happen when it's all about perception and feelings. Beaudelaire was an amazing writter. He was a drug addict. On the other hand, I think that some people want more perception of something good. The cause seems to be music, food, wine, emotions etc. On the other hand, Teenagers can die playing games for hours and hours on the internet without a break, while others would never have such extreme behave. But if we pay attention, the cause is not the music, food, wine, video games. The cause is the individual. I believe that Pink Floyd is a band of amazing musicians, like Baudelaire was an amazing writter.

    • @bluetoad2668
      @bluetoad2668 2 роки тому +1

      @@thesunreport I believe a similar thing happened to Peter Green who was in Fleetwood Mac but went off on a ten year LSD trip.

  • @q.e.d.9112
    @q.e.d.9112 3 роки тому +145

    There are only two occasions when “Shine on” has brought me to tears. One was the first time I heard it, and the other was just now.
    I’m old enough to remember PF when Syd Barrett was the lead.

    • @jmorr1956
      @jmorr1956 3 роки тому +9

      65yrs and often in tears to this classic. 👍👍

    • @85geoffm
      @85geoffm 3 роки тому +4

      Bless you.

    • @PhilHibbs
      @PhilHibbs 2 роки тому

      I was born the year he left!

    • @richardfuller5770
      @richardfuller5770 2 роки тому

      Ditto

    • @Boleskinebeatz
      @Boleskinebeatz 2 роки тому

      I felt the same when he discussed the lyrics..

  • @JulianoCorrea2
    @JulianoCorrea2 Рік тому +19

    The very last synthesizer's phrase, in part IX, is Richard Wright's tribute to Syd Barrett: "Emily tries but misunderstands..." (very significant). It's from "See Emily Play", second Pink Floyd's single, composed by Syd. Sorry, don't know if anyone have mentioned it yet, just saying 'cause it's so beautiful!

    • @johnheyyuri231
      @johnheyyuri231 5 місяців тому +3

      I'm glad someone else heard "See Emily Play", one of my early passionate likes of Syd Barrett.

    • @m4r4d0n4p3l3
      @m4r4d0n4p3l3 2 місяці тому

      It ensured royalties going to Syd or his estate, as he wrote the lyrics..

  • @larry4111
    @larry4111 3 роки тому +61

    I was a rock radio DJ on America's #1 AOR station for 20 years through the 70s, 80s, and 90s. We weren't allowed to play this entire piece during the day but I'd often play it when I did overnights. Hearing this analysis from someone who actually knows music gave me an entirely new appreciation for it. This is the first reaction vid I've ever seen that brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.

    • @slyfoxx2973
      @slyfoxx2973 3 роки тому +6

      I loved the overnight shift. All the management and sales staff snug in their beds not being a bother! Production studio always available.

    • @larry4111
      @larry4111 3 роки тому +4

      @@slyfoxx2973 That's where the magic happened!! I'd occasionally get the, "You played these songs on your show and they are not on the playlist" memo but I knew the PD loved those songs, too, and was only sending the memo CC the GM so it looked like he was taking charge.

    • @raydiognome
      @raydiognome 3 роки тому +4

      Larry, I thought your name sounded familiar …..I remember listening to you growing up

    • @larry4111
      @larry4111 3 роки тому +2

      @@raydiognome Wow, thank, you, Jack! Very cool. You're a survivor!

  • @DornishVintage
    @DornishVintage 3 роки тому +87

    This song probably had a deeper impact on me than any other in my life. It literally opened up my mind to *listen* to music, not just liking it.

  • @johnanderson7739
    @johnanderson7739 3 роки тому +178

    Many people will cite Dark Side of the Moon as their greatest album. But for me, Wish You Were Here is the masterpiece. The raw emotion of dealing with the loss of their original leader and friend, give the album a weight that gets me every time.

    • @mauricestevenson5740
      @mauricestevenson5740 3 роки тому +6

      I agree. Totally. Heard Dark Side of the Moon (many, many times) before the first time I heard Wish You Were Here. DSOTM immediately dropped one rank.

    • @brandoncrow3741
      @brandoncrow3741 3 роки тому +8

      It's also David Gilmour's favorite Floyd album. It's definitely a masterpiece. 👌

    • @edwardshaw9743
      @edwardshaw9743 3 роки тому +12

      I'm a DSOTM fan myself and consider it their best, but I never argue the point with anyone who argues for WYWH. It's like picking your favorite child.

    • @johnmrog
      @johnmrog 3 роки тому +4

      One week, I'll thinkg DSotM is best. The next, I'll think WYWH. It's a wonderful dilemna.

    • @lmsrox2
      @lmsrox2 3 роки тому +18

      Animals is the one for me

  • @RustyDeluce
    @RustyDeluce 2 роки тому +26

    Now that's an expert anaylsis and breakdown. Nearly fifty after its inception, the world is still listening to 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'. I'm of the era that grew up with this music, but your insights have deepened my appreciation for a song that I already loved to death. Hopefully other generations will catch on through videos like this. Speaking of lyrical metaphors, just how good is "blown on the steel breeze"? Well done Doug.

    • @panzerlieb
      @panzerlieb Рік тому

      Good god! Has it been 50 years? Where has the time gone, and how did I not notice?

  • @dangre00
    @dangre00 2 роки тому +166

    Pink Floyd was too good for the world to fully appreciate.

    • @Lazarus_Cardinalis
      @Lazarus_Cardinalis Рік тому +5

      You mean IS too good?

    • @Mhantrax
      @Mhantrax Рік тому

      They lost their experimental edge once Waters left. Still a great band, but different.

    • @GhibliFan1
      @GhibliFan1 Рік тому +2

      How do you work that out? They're world famous stadium fillers?

    • @markvwood2007
      @markvwood2007 Рік тому +1

      @@GhibliFan1 Because they still cover their earlier, greater works.

    • @NicolasSilvaVasault
      @NicolasSilvaVasault Рік тому +1

      @@Mhantrax yeah but we still got some incredible songs to listen, sorrow to me is the one that really gave david to shine, the pulse version of that song and solo is easily my favorite pink floyd song

  • @simonjones8111
    @simonjones8111 3 роки тому +205

    There aren’t many albums that demand to be heard in one sitting, but this, and Dark Side of the Moon, must be respected and enjoyed as intended. Utterly mesmerising and without equal, IMHO. 👍👍

    • @tomaszgebel9038
      @tomaszgebel9038 3 роки тому +4

      Centainly, there's no other way.

    • @BillGreenAZ
      @BillGreenAZ 3 роки тому +6

      RIck Wakeman's "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" is another one that comes to mind.

    • @rustyforceps1012
      @rustyforceps1012 3 роки тому +3

      Yup. After the first half I was so disappointed that we weren’t going to hear the whole album.

    • @k333rl
      @k333rl 3 роки тому +10

      floyd didn't put out songs, they put out albums.

    • @alcasey6548
      @alcasey6548 3 роки тому +1

      They put out master pieces.

  • @patrickwebb7388
    @patrickwebb7388 3 роки тому +114

    There simply is nothing / no one else like Pink Floyd...no other band takes you on such musical journeys.

    • @NoneOfyourBusiness468
      @NoneOfyourBusiness468 3 роки тому

      Im so happy seeing them so many times.

    • @juanjuan5658
      @juanjuan5658 3 роки тому +1

      Está banda es diferente a todo.

    • @golgol33
      @golgol33 3 роки тому +1

      never heard of Kingston Wall? pls check them out and you hope you enjoy..

    • @almo9060
      @almo9060 3 роки тому

      True that! They are on a level of their own.

    • @bgdnptr
      @bgdnptr 3 роки тому

      one word: Tool

  • @James-J-J-J
    @James-J-J-J Рік тому +15

    Seeing someone’s face light up (pun intended) with this song is as good as listening to the song itself. Both a joy to behold.

  • @karenlackner192
    @karenlackner192 2 роки тому +63

    Pink Floyd is the greatest band of all time in my opinion. The absolute pure talent, the musical artistry, the lyrics. Their sound cannot be matched.

  • @BigMacIain
    @BigMacIain 3 роки тому +159

    Don’t know if anyone mentioned this already but the final nine notes are a quote from See Emily Play, their first hit song.

    • @justinatest9456
      @justinatest9456 3 роки тому +3

      Amazing

    • @christopherheckman7957
      @christopherheckman7957 3 роки тому +11

      IIRC, Wright also sneaks in part of "Strangers In The Night" towards the end, as well.
      (Incidentally, the bassline for "Goodbye Cruel World" (the end of the first half of _The Wall_) was swiped directly from "See Emily Play".)

    • @borninavan
      @borninavan 3 роки тому +9

      Wow! Thirty odd years of listening and I never picked that up! Thank you!

    • @BenjWarrant
      @BenjWarrant 3 роки тому +6

      I never noticed that before, thank you for point it out.

    • @jonathaneves5847
      @jonathaneves5847 3 роки тому +5

      @@justinatest9456 Yes, that's one of my favourite floyd moments, brings a tear to the throat and a lump to the eyes, not to mention the hairs on my arms, just beautiful. It appeared to move Doug too. Bravo Rick.

  • @ulfingvar1
    @ulfingvar1 3 роки тому +83

    When Floyd are/were at their peak, no one could beat them. They were the best..

    • @hasedase4238
      @hasedase4238 3 роки тому +14

      Still are brother. Floyd forever

    • @MrStarchild3001
      @MrStarchild3001 3 роки тому +10

      I haven't come across a better music than Pink Floyd in the last 30 yrs. I had a ton of favorite bands in this 30 yrs. I kept going to Floyd again and again and again and again... Never old. Always full of emotions. They put out the best music anyone can ever make, and will ever make.

    • @grahamhowes6904
      @grahamhowes6904 3 роки тому +7

      Still unmatched so many live in their shadow

    • @carlosclaptrix
      @carlosclaptrix 3 роки тому

      Why beat others? Why the best? Why always comparing and judging?

    • @lhpl
      @lhpl 3 роки тому

      @@carlosclaptrix right. It isn't a competition. When things are so close to perfect, ranking becomes pointless.
      I'm personally a bit partial towards Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, because of the high Barrett content (some kind of pun intended). I am a fan of Jeff Lynne and Brian Wilson also, and both channel a young boy personality, a mix of childlike naïveté, playfulness, imagination, but also angst, estrangedness, and a sense of wisdom or deep insight. Which gives the feeling of being out of place and misunderstood. Barrett's work, and his personality, also has that.
      Although WYWH is a wonderful album, I believe it also shows, with painful clarity, that the others in the group didn't really "get" Barrett. I get a bit angry whenever someone mentions Barrrett's "mental health", pinning a diagnose on him. From what I've read, that doesn't ring true. Post-Barrett PF is great, but while Waters, Gilmour etc are extremely talented, they are not geniuses.

  • @SeanSullivan1958
    @SeanSullivan1958 2 роки тому +24

    Greatest band I ever saw in concert. Blew my mind and didn't even need to be high.

    • @dennisjungbauer4467
      @dennisjungbauer4467 Рік тому +1

      Man, I would wish to see them at a concert, but unfortunately was born too late. :D At least I got to see the tribute band Brit Floyd in 2017, which was great nonetheless. :)

    • @dr.mofongo9001
      @dr.mofongo9001 Рік тому

      @@dennisjungbauer4467I was introduced to Pink Floyd my freshman year of college (1994), and unfortunately never got a chance to see them live. This past weekend however, Brit Floyd played the Paramount in Huntington, NY, and I was able to attend with my daughter. They were absolutely phenomenal. It was amazing finally listening to all the songs I had loved for so many years in a live setting. Will definitely be seeing them again.

    • @frankschrodinger1424
      @frankschrodinger1424 Рік тому

      What year did you see them?

  • @jamesbaty1735
    @jamesbaty1735 3 роки тому +78

    I've been a fan of Pink Floyd since the early 70's. They are without a doubt one of, if not THE finest musical groups EVER!!

    • @qpwoeiruty850
      @qpwoeiruty850 3 роки тому +3

      Their trip to Pompeii transformed them. The transition from Psychedelic underground to Pop-Rock was quite literal overnight. Things that make you go hmmmm. They are my favorite band of all time.

    • @pommie5093
      @pommie5093 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, they are the best, James Baty-no question.

    • @mikem3543
      @mikem3543 3 роки тому +2

      There is no question in my mind, they are the greatest band to ever walk the earth. Their output from 1970-1980 will NEVER be matched. By anything. Ever.

    • @47.000
      @47.000 3 роки тому +2

      I'll go with the term "absolutely the greatest of all time"

    • @TheSkillkeeper
      @TheSkillkeeper 3 роки тому

      Yes, right after Led Zeppelin

  • @kevinwcrumb925
    @kevinwcrumb925 2 роки тому +171

    I've listened to this album for 40 years. Really enjoyed listening to this with you for the first time!

    • @finnmacdiarmid3250
      @finnmacdiarmid3250 2 роки тому +2

      It’s one of the great pleasures in life. Introducing people to unheard Pink Floyd masterpieces

    • @fuzzywzhe
      @fuzzywzhe 2 роки тому +2

      I don't think it's possible this guy has never heard this song in his lifetime.

    • @kevinwcrumb925
      @kevinwcrumb925 2 роки тому +1

      @@fuzzywzhe it is hard to believe....

    • @fuzzywzhe
      @fuzzywzhe 2 роки тому +2

      @@kevinwcrumb925 KEVIN WENDELL CRUMB.. I am guessing that's how you selected your name, or possibly an unfortunate coincidence.
      I think M. Night Shyamalan redeemed himself with that trilogy.
      And yeah, I can't believe ANYBODY could have gotten to 50 not to have heard Shine On You Crazy Diamond - at least not in a English speaking western country.

    • @sixstringsdown1
      @sixstringsdown1 2 роки тому +1

      @@fuzzywzhe Agreed. I only realized just HOW GREAT a musician Dave Gilmore is! TASTY LICKS & KNARLY WAVES!

  • @floydianepic3259
    @floydianepic3259 3 роки тому +133

    Fast becoming one of my favourite reactors. What makes you great is that you can take a subject that a musically inept person like myself barely understands and make it interesting. You my sir have a great talent and a very similar outlook on life to myself. Keep up the great work.

    • @Arrow2theACL
      @Arrow2theACL 3 роки тому +6

      Doug also has the best community on Discord from his Patreon if you are not already a member. I don't know your situation, but you won't find greater bang for your buck IMO. Literally.

    • @bobthebomb1596
      @bobthebomb1596 3 роки тому +3

      On that basis maybe he can make sense of Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans! I have never been able to get into that album despite liking Yes.

    • @hugegnarlyeyeball
      @hugegnarlyeyeball 3 роки тому +3

      @@bobthebomb1596 Ha ha I've always loved the album. Doug did a reaction video to the first piece on the album "The Revealing Science Of God" a little while back.

    • @dc2694
      @dc2694 3 роки тому +6

      Right? I have a decent grasp of music theory, but Doug is at a completely different level. Of course, he could just be screwing with us, making stuff up while he gets high: "that sounds like a B-diminished with a reversed Coriolis effect, but functioning as a Mixolydian V of VII".

    • @goldenboy140
      @goldenboy140 3 роки тому +2

      He doesn't feel the music though he's overanalyzing it instead of vibing to it

  • @tiagopacheco4187
    @tiagopacheco4187 Рік тому +15

    this is my fave pink floyd song, its just unreal instrumental

  • @johnseward2934
    @johnseward2934 3 роки тому +45

    Psychedelic blues is such a great way to describe it. Gilmore's guitar work is one of his most masterful and expressive, which makes it simply of the greatest guitar performances ever. This song as a whole is just pure musical expression in a way that so little music has ever been able to touch.

    • @AbidChaudhry
      @AbidChaudhry 3 роки тому +1

      +1 on the psychedelic blues thing!

    • @Paul_Halicki
      @Paul_Halicki 3 роки тому +1

      @@AbidChaudhry Yes. The only comment I would make on that, is that blues is often improvised, even "sloppy" while Pink Floyd blues riffs have a certain "random precision" (to use their phrase) to them.

  • @ulfolssonlidholm6181
    @ulfolssonlidholm6181 2 роки тому +74

    "why have I never listened to this? What the hell is wrong with me?"
    Doug, I love your comment, excellent analysis and sincere reaction to this masterpiece!
    Now, You've also seen the Floydian light!

    • @offal
      @offal 2 роки тому

      Yes what is wrong with you lol, your cured and free now..

  • @RogerOnTheRight
    @RogerOnTheRight 3 роки тому +95

    "Why have I never listened to this. What is wrong with me?"
    Lovin' it.
    I used to travel overseas a lot, and as I took off on my night flight, I was have this "Pulse" CD on, which opened with this song. Made the travel great. Trippy.

    • @margaretgonzales-charles4972
      @margaretgonzales-charles4972 3 роки тому +3

      Never too late to start listening to Floyd

    • @emotionalideas
      @emotionalideas 3 роки тому

      Nothing at all, you're just late to the party. This is the album where, in the 70's I always got interrupted by my Mom yelling "Lee are you smoking pot in your room!?!" I'm sure most on here will relate. But the thing is...it really is an album meant to be heard front to back with no distractions, a pair of Pioneer speakers or good headphones. It just is. and Happy New Year.

    • @LittleJohnaton
      @LittleJohnaton 3 роки тому

      The live pulse version is even better than the album version in my opinion. Feels more 'alive'.

    • @limolance
      @limolance 3 роки тому

      I have different music for flying, but to hear this on a train is amazing.

  • @veritas41photo
    @veritas41photo 10 місяців тому +3

    Absolute Thumbz Up! Uplifting grief. Doug you just _must_ listen to this in a Pink Floyd concert setting... There are several versions on UA-cam. Then you will appreciate to the fullest how this nine-part suite actually works!

  • @meatpopsicle1567
    @meatpopsicle1567 2 роки тому +74

    This album helped me through some very dark times in 1976, 77, and 78. I will forever be grateful to Roger, David, Richard, and Nick for creating this masterpiece.

    • @morrisshaw
      @morrisshaw 2 роки тому

      i should think you would with a name like bellatrix lestrange, sound like you could be a moviestar or something with a name like that! i'll stop there, just remembered, americans don't get sarcasm or irony, which is actually the only ironic thing in that song about a series of easily explained coincidences, none of which are ironic

  • @emilywilcock4039
    @emilywilcock4039 2 роки тому +152

    It’s full of grief but not despair. There’s still some hope among all the sadness. Such a beautiful and rich song and I loved hearing it with your understanding of music theory. It brings a new depth to the piece.

    • @MontoyaMatrix
      @MontoyaMatrix 2 роки тому +7

      A quick note on that , Miss Emily. He says that G minor is a somber key. G minor is based on (it is part of) B-flat major. Which is an ethereal, magical key (think Bobby Vinton’s “Blue Velvet”). Which I see as the color magenta. I think this is part of why there is that feeling of a wishful hope. So, it’s not just the chords, but this choice of key itself. Ever see that comedy, This is Spinal Tap? The death-metal composer says casually at the piano that D minor is the saddest of all keys, even claiming that it “Makes people weep instantly.” This would have been a very different song in D minor-and it would no longer have matched the lyrics! The true songwriter or composer knows this information (if only intuitively).

    • @cgbleak
      @cgbleak 2 роки тому +8

      "Grief but not despair." That's an astute observation. Hats off.
      But when he showed up in the studio, I'm not sure they didn't despair.
      (Which doesn't detract a bit from your insight)

    • @domi01234
      @domi01234 2 роки тому +3

      Yes it's grief. If one in this thread wants despair/agony/pain, here are two which while quite different express it:
      The Cure - The Kiss (ua-cam.com/video/BNTrm67-g8Q/v-deo.html)
      Peter Hammill - (On Tuesday She Used To Do) Yoga (ua-cam.com/video/tfr9ndkWxpA/v-deo.html)
      In the second one, the guitar sounds like a scythe. Something died, his relationship with her.

  • @robch4414
    @robch4414 3 роки тому +38

    Probably the greatest ever musical eulogy for a complex, damaged rock genius.

  • @ICountFrom0
    @ICountFrom0 2 роки тому +31

    The heavy opening is, such an important part of the song to notice. It's both a warning that this song WILL make you feel, but once it's gone, everything just flies, like a bird out of the cage...

  • @BeechHouse
    @BeechHouse 2 роки тому +92

    I remember going to the mall with my parents and buying this album. They weren't into it but I certainly was. After listening to it I remember thinking to myself "I'm never going to leave this room again" as I played it over and over.
    The music spoke to me on such a deep level.
    To this day, it still does.

  • @johnnyfiveo
    @johnnyfiveo 3 роки тому +152

    they don't make music like this anymore. grateful it was part of my growing up.

    • @Arrow2theACL
      @Arrow2theACL 3 роки тому +1

      Try the Riverside song Doug reacted to. Check the Daily Doug Directory in this video's description for a list of reactions and links.

    • @wuh-huw9950
      @wuh-huw9950 3 роки тому +7

      They still do, you’re just not looking in the right places

    • @yallaaAIC
      @yallaaAIC 3 роки тому +1

      Boomer

    • @kia-a-ko7562
      @kia-a-ko7562 3 роки тому +6

      Im 15
      It's not fair that you had pink, Sting, queen, led zeppelin, frank sinatra , elvis, vangelis
      And now we have bts and cardi b:/
      At least I know what good music is all about
      And I'm making music and wish to do a " revolutionary " thing and remind people what music really was!

    • @jebence
      @jebence 3 роки тому +2

      @@kia-a-ko7562 i feel the same way and im 21. This is what real music sounds like

  • @michaelcaraway2305
    @michaelcaraway2305 2 роки тому +70

    One thing to remember is this album was the follow up to "Dark Side of the Moon". It shows just how talented this group was.

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar 2 роки тому +5

      And the entire album was made while the members didn't care much for each other's company, recorded a lot of their parts separately, and were constantly feeling lost and having no idea what they were going to do as a band, anymore. For feeling very separated, isolated, lost, and empty inside, it's amazing this album even got made, let alone that it's as beautiful as it is.

  • @shawnkilpatrickmusic
    @shawnkilpatrickmusic 6 місяців тому +5

    Doug, you mentioned “guilt” at the end of your reaction, and you’re absolutely right. All of the members of Pink Floyd felt considerable guilt about Syd’s removal from the band, although it probably didn’t really sink in for them until much later in their lives. Syd was extremely ill in his last few months in the band, but it was the late ‘60s, mental illness was still not very well understood, and nobody really knew what to do to help him, not even his doctors. Also, the other members of Floyd were all in their early to mid ‘20s - still just kids, really. They didn’t know how to help him, and he was becoming increasingly difficult to work with, so eventually they just decided to let him go. David in particular seems to carry a lot of regret about it to this day, as he was the one who was brought in to replace Syd. He made sure that Syd received all of his royalty payments from Floyd until his passing, and even included “Astronomy Domine” on the PULSE live album so that Syd would get a cut of the album sales as a songwriter.
    There’s a wonderful series of interviews on UA-cam by John Edginton, who spoke to David, Roger, Richard, and Nick, as well as several of their former managers and producers, about the early days of Floyd with Syd and what was going on behind the scenes. Check them out, they’re very illuminating - and at times, quite sad.

  • @ozzythekid
    @ozzythekid 3 роки тому +29

    "What is that, it sounds like a machine"...I had to chuckle when you said that, as it the track preparing to come in is "Welcome to the Machine". This is a FANTASTIC album to just listen to in a dark room front to back.

  • @66oggy
    @66oggy 2 роки тому +39

    What we must remember is that this followed Dark Side Of The Moon. So how on earth do you think you can come anywhere remotely close to Dark Side Of The Moon. Well, Pink Floyd did it with this, which makes this album even more remarkable. Probably one of the greatest achievements in musical history.

  • @cometogether999
    @cometogether999 3 роки тому +77

    It's great that you're reacting to this suite in full. Not many do. A great composition. Thanks, Doug. I love that you're asking yourself "Why haven't I listened to this before, what the hell is wrong with me?"

    • @christopherheckman7957
      @christopherheckman7957 3 роки тому +1

      Well, I don't think you can listen to _everything_ ...

    • @TheAmazingSnarf
      @TheAmazingSnarf 3 роки тому +7

      i laughed when Doug said that. i actually replied to his question in the moment, saying to my screen, "oh, don't worry, Doug. you got here, and that's what matters."

  • @Just-a-Thought.
    @Just-a-Thought. Рік тому +7

    I'm chuckling as I listen to the continuous stream of comments including lots of random numbers and letters that mean nothing to me as a non musician. And yet I'm enjoying the experience, especially the interpretive comments all voiced with real enthusiasm. Normally I'd want to listen to Pink Floyd quietly but this has been an interesting and novel way of appreciating brilliant music, and it's just about accessible to the layman, me! A very entertaining reaction video, I'll be subscribing.

  • @Hawkmeter
    @Hawkmeter 2 роки тому +106

    I love at the end of Part 5 you're describing the low bass coming in. "It sounds like a machine". Oh, it's segueing into the next song... Which is called Welcome to the Machine.

    • @leewilkerson8185
      @leewilkerson8185 2 роки тому +2

      I think he knows that now, bro. "Welcome my son... ...to the machine. What did you dream? It's alright. We told you what to dream."

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Рік тому +1

      @@leewilkerson8185 Me and my brother used to joke that the lyrics ran: "Where have you been? - In the machine!" 😁
      Nick Mason commented that the line "You bought a guitar to punish your ma" is "pretty self-explanatory...no need to say more about it, is there?" 😃

  • @alltruenews
    @alltruenews 3 роки тому +106

    Syd had deteriorated further in the years between his departure and the recording of this song. A few members tried to help him in the years that filled, but he was in bad shape. Syd put out 2 solo albums with the help of the other members, and you can still hear the brilliance in a few of his songs. But Syd proved impossible to work with. As fate would have it, about 5 years after that, Syd walked in the doors of the recording studio as the band was recording this song. No one recognized him and he just sat in a chair in the corner of the room, silent.
    Eventually, members of the band began asking each other who that was. I believe that it was Richard Wright who finally recognized him as Syd. Slowly the band began breaking down emotionally. They were trying to look normal, but they were all crying. Then Syd got up and started interacting with them. Syd had put on a lot of weight and he’d shaved his head and eyebrows.
    Syd told them that the recording that they were working on sounded like “older music”. I’m sure that he had no idea that it was about him. He started acting irrationally. Jumping up and down pretending to brush his teeth. At one point, he asked about grabbing a guitar, but Richard Wright talked him out of it.
    Syd eventually made his way back to his mother’s house, and lived there in seclusion until his death from complications from diabetics in 2006.

    • @mats6565
      @mats6565 3 роки тому +3

      @@theshowycaesarshow9257 I think he "burned out" his brain on a particularly heavy bout of psycadelics. The band members said it seemed a light had been turned off in his eyes.

    • @johnnicholson8345
      @johnnicholson8345 3 роки тому +8

      Hence the scene in The Wall were the main character Pink shaves off his eyebrows. Directly inspired from the Syd studio episode. I thought it was the dark side sessions where he sat in the studio but you may be correct. Long time since I read that story.

    • @TAJMofficial
      @TAJMofficial 3 роки тому +6

      It was a mixing session, not a recording session, so they had the whole piece already prepared

    • @johnnicholson8345
      @johnnicholson8345 3 роки тому

      @@TAJMofficial gotcha

    • @Sandwich13455
      @Sandwich13455 3 роки тому

      One doesnt just walk into recording studios,and Gilmour had gotten engaged held a party inside,they knew but did Syd?

  • @pjm329
    @pjm329 3 роки тому +41

    When I was sixteen, I used to sit around listening to Pink Floyd and getting high. Never imagined I would be watching a dude doing that very thing 40 years later. I love your reactions to unusual chord changes and your insight into the making of the music. Your videos are helping me to enjoy great music on an entirely new level. This is the one that got me to subscribe. Thank you so much!

  • @emanuelefazio3173
    @emanuelefazio3173 5 місяців тому +3

    Doug is the only one allowed to speak while listening to this masterpiece. simply because he CAN do it! :) Another great video man.

  • @donaldeldridge1674
    @donaldeldridge1674 3 роки тому +98

    When Doug points out how good the, "70's music sounds..." compared to digital he is correct. However, Pink Floyd was always at the cutting edge of all the newest technologies and equiptment- used to create and deliver the finest audiophile experience. They were always the best- whether it was live, or in the studio. As a side note, this was also true of their lightshows and theatrical productions. They were true pioneers- as well as masters of their craft...

    • @christopherheckman7957
      @christopherheckman7957 3 роки тому +4

      Definitely, pre-digital, you had to do everything yourself, such as tape loops. A keyboard part of Klaatu's songs ("Madman") was recorded first with the notes sustained, and then the choppy sound was done by wiring in a doorbell button to control the rhythm.
      Gilmour once said that he'd use any trick to make him sound good. The acoustic guitar on "Hey You" is in Nashville tuning, for instance.

    • @jyutzler
      @jyutzler 3 роки тому +5

      Yep, plenty of 70s albums sound like crap. PF is more the exception than the rule.

    • @nectarinedreams7208
      @nectarinedreams7208 3 роки тому +4

      @@jyutzler Prog is the exception, not just Pink Floyd. I think albums were mixed and mastered much better then, and they do have that analog warmth that people seem to like quite a bit

    • @jyutzler
      @jyutzler 3 роки тому +1

      @@nectarinedreams7208 If that were true, Steven Wilson wouldn't be so busy remixing 70s albums.

    • @LaMarcGasoldridge
      @LaMarcGasoldridge 3 роки тому +2

      @@jyutzler He doesn't remix albums because they aren't good already good, he just makes them even better

  • @voodoochild1975az
    @voodoochild1975az 3 роки тому +110

    I've always felt Mozart himself could listen to this and be thoroughly impressed

    • @carlossaraiva8213
      @carlossaraiva8213 3 роки тому +3

      Mozart listening to an electric guitar and synthetizer: "what is this devilry?"
      "Herr Mozart, did you like this music work?"
      "No. Too many notes."

    • @kristineo6600
      @kristineo6600 3 роки тому +1

      Excellent observation! I agree!

    • @wyskass861
      @wyskass861 3 роки тому +17

      @@carlossaraiva8213 Nah, I think he would love it, and ask where he can get such an instrument. He would get excited and creatively inspired.

  • @DosMasTequila
    @DosMasTequila 3 роки тому +42

    You can feel the grieving in this piece of music! With out a doubt this is the pinnacle of their music and supreme musicianship.

    • @Paul_Halicki
      @Paul_Halicki 3 роки тому +2

      It's both grief and appreciation. Doug talks about the descending and ascending progressions. They're sad for losing Syd, but glad for his contribution. In a way even though Syd left the band, it was still his band; he still held sway over them (especially on Dark Side, this album and The Wall).

  • @heatherdelacroix6906
    @heatherdelacroix6906 Рік тому +7

    Ah. Another person in the world who appreciates this song . Thankyou, really enjoyed watching

  • @Sat191
    @Sat191 2 роки тому +181

    You should give ''Echoes" from Meddle album (1971) a try... it's not just a song, it's not even an experience, it's far away more than that, a nearly 25 minutes masterpiece.
    Btw, love your reaction on SOYCD, greetings from France

    • @eltorro7774
      @eltorro7774 2 роки тому +3

      make_that_the_whole_of_Meddle._You_are_so_chilled_its''hard-to-get_up_to_turn_the_record-over!

    • @jeffreyblevins4234
      @jeffreyblevins4234 2 роки тому +3

      YES!!!!! This!

    • @greg5095
      @greg5095 2 роки тому +2

      Surely echoes live in Gdansk

    • @derekrobertson7063
      @derekrobertson7063 2 роки тому +2

      He has done Echoes live in Gdańsk, just search “Doug Helvering David Gilmour Echoes” and it’ll be right near the top. It’s fabulous.

    • @Sat191
      @Sat191 2 роки тому

      @@derekrobertson7063 Oooh thank you ! He has so many vids and as i didn't find ''Echoes" in PF playlist i thought he didn't react to it yet. The Gdansk version is so powerful... goosebumps ! Cheers from France

  • @chrisjuliano3964
    @chrisjuliano3964 3 роки тому +24

    Doug, you have to go back and revisit this album in its entirety. Smoke again, turn out the lights sit back and just enjoy the perfection flowing into your ears. Never once have I got tired of Pink Floyd.

  • @gregsandidge5649
    @gregsandidge5649 2 роки тому +68

    I'm enjoying the hell out of watching one who truly appreciates music, hearing this for the first time.

    • @albinomauren
      @albinomauren 2 роки тому +1

      Dude, well said. I wish i could hear it for the first time again myself - nonetheless it gives me goosebumps even though i've listened to it nine thousand times and can do most of the song on piano :D

    • @jegkegofrhum9357
      @jegkegofrhum9357 2 роки тому

      looking on UA-cam at TEENS METAL HEARING PINK FLOYD

  • @RickOregon
    @RickOregon 2 місяці тому +3

    I love watching professionals when they hear Floyd for the first time. Thank you so much.

    • @ThievingSun
      @ThievingSun 2 місяці тому

      I agree 100%. I enjoy watching people that listen to Pink Floyd for the first time in general, but when it's a professional musician, songwriter, producer, etc. they just "get it" and it's fun to watch.

  • @hippydippy
    @hippydippy 3 роки тому +157

    Nice breakdown, but as a drummer, can we also give a little love to Nick Mason as a creative drummer? He also shaped the whole beauty of Floyd & is WAY under rated imho.

    • @reg171reg
      @reg171reg 3 роки тому +5

      Nick would agree with you

    • @DroneVideoTV
      @DroneVideoTV 3 роки тому +1

      yea i'm with you

    • @darylclifford
      @darylclifford 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah, Nick Mason has been in my drumming sights since I heard “Dark Side” on LSD at a friends party (in 1970’ something) and I couldn’t understand how he kept it all together. Very underrated drummer!

    • @richardjhgraham
      @richardjhgraham 3 роки тому +4

      People tend to think you have to play very fast, difficult, complicated parts to be a good drummer. Huge mistake. Nick Mason is a beautiful drummer.

    • @darylclifford
      @darylclifford 3 роки тому +1

      @@richardjhgraham Yes, the best ones can be an accompaniment, and a support while leaving space. Charlie Watts was another example. People didn’t realise how well he helped other band members to shine. Nick Mason and Charlie Watts had similarities (yes, Charlie loved jazz)

  • @L1ttl3J1m
    @L1ttl3J1m 2 роки тому +112

    16:55 - The next track, in fact, is "Welcome to The Machine", so you were right about that. Then, the elevator takes you up to the executive suites for "Have a Cigar", then...left, out the screen door to the verandah for "Wish You Were Here" while the sun sets over the whatever, and then up to the everlasting stars for parts six through nine. Or is that just me?

    • @robn7777777
      @robn7777777 2 роки тому +2

      great insight!

    • @gianluccasimao
      @gianluccasimao 2 роки тому +3

      I always had a similar thought about this record, and that for the full experience you must listen to the whole thing, instead of individual tracks

    • @DeltaKT
      @DeltaKT 2 роки тому +3

      Fuck. I have to listen to all of the records with my eyes closed now!

    • @ameliorationnation3763
      @ameliorationnation3763 2 роки тому +1

      That was a big LOL for me, why yes it does :)

    • @L1ttl3J1m
      @L1ttl3J1m 2 роки тому +2

      @@DeltaKT That's pretty much essential viewing! Always!

  • @sdthor27
    @sdthor27 3 роки тому +18

    I've listened to this thousands of times. Nearly 40 years since I first heard it, and it keeps getting better with every listen.

    • @zephead2002
      @zephead2002 3 роки тому +1

      Ditto here Scott,.... I've listened to this LP till I wore the grooves off the Album. This album takes me to my Happy Place!!!

  • @johnbelfiglio562
    @johnbelfiglio562 3 роки тому +31

    As a drummer, this song is an awesome lesson in space between notes and keeping time. If I was stranded on an island and could pick one song to take, this would be it.
    All nine parts. Love this song!

    • @oldmanuserphan
      @oldmanuserphan 3 роки тому +4

      At first I found it really hard to leave that space and not rush. Drummers can learn so much from Nick.

    • @johnbelfiglio562
      @johnbelfiglio562 3 роки тому

      @@oldmanuserphan Exactly!!

  • @UAskygal
    @UAskygal 2 роки тому +56

    It's a freakin' MASTERPIECE! And it STILL makes me weep... all these years later, I weep. I'm sorry for what happened to you, Syd.

  • @MusikalKoen
    @MusikalKoen 3 роки тому +28

    One of the best Prog-Rock Epics Around. Pink Floyd is one of my favourite Prog-Rock Bands ever

    • @nsgobbi
      @nsgobbi 3 роки тому

      Who told you Pink Floyd is a progressive rock band ?
      They are not less than Beethoven of the 20th century.

    • @MusikalKoen
      @MusikalKoen 3 роки тому +1

      Look under the genre Prog-Rock and you will find Pink Floyd and every one of there albums

    • @MusikalKoen
      @MusikalKoen 3 роки тому +2

      Obviously you don’t understand what Prog-Rock is. Pink Floyd is one of the biggest bands of the genre

  • @gpower
    @gpower Рік тому +5

    That tone is Richard Wright on synth going for a French Horn sound. Later performance in concert, as keys got better it's more apparent.

  • @blackstone777
    @blackstone777 3 роки тому +82

    I love when people discover Pink Floyd: there's a point where your eyes light up and it's like a "coming to Jesus" moment. A revelation. It's like when you meet that perfect woman and say "where have you been all my life?"

  • @lanzdona
    @lanzdona 3 роки тому +18

    "Why have I not listened to this?" It's never too late to discover wonderful music! Welcome to the extraordinary world of Pink Floyd.

    • @dathorndike4908
      @dathorndike4908 3 роки тому +2

      Pink Floyd is not just a band, they are an experience.

    • @pommie5093
      @pommie5093 3 роки тому +2

      So true, it's all good as long as you eventually find them, find the best band that ever was.

  • @72cheyenne454
    @72cheyenne454 2 роки тому +37

    This is, undeniably, one of the best pieces of music ever written. Every time I hear parts 1-5, tears stream down my face before Rodger even starts to sing. It's just such a beautiful piece.

  • @frustratedalien666
    @frustratedalien666 Рік тому +4

    I first heard this when I was a teenager and from the first time till today, the first 4-5 minutes always reduces me to tears. I can't explain it. This isn't just a song, this is beyond anything I can describe in words. I've tried to figure out why I am so touched by this song but I can't explain it.

  • @kenbarlow65
    @kenbarlow65 3 роки тому +47

    Crazy listening to a piece of music I’ve heard a thousand times, for the first time, through a fresh set of ears. Well done!