Classical Composer Reacts to Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd) | The Daily Doug (Episode 284)
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- Опубліковано 9 гру 2021
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In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, we're listening to all nine parts of the landmark suite, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, by Pink Floyd. This was my first time truly experiencing this work, and it's already among my favorites. I hope you enjoy!
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Roger is the brain, David is the heart, Mason is the muscle, but Rick is the soul, is the glue.
You sir have described them well.
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.
Very precise definition
i still haven't healed from that loss. Everything changed the day Rick passed.
@@TheAmazingSnarf namely any remote possibility of a reunion.
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.
So sorry for your loss. May the Spirit of Peace and Comfort be with U.
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
I have a similar memory with my dad too. Thanks for sharing yours - what a wonderful way to remember someone. All the best.
I’m sorry for your loss…
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
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written in any genre. A timeless masterpiece.
Agreed!
I agree
Agree, it's remarkable.
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
For sure
Nobody wrote such a nice tribute to a lost friend.
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.
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!!
Percy Shelley in his poem Adonais.
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.
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
"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. :)
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.
"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.
Well The Floyd became know for their overly psychedelic underground music during the age of the space race.
there's no anguish ; that's the point. its pure dasein.
When he said that my first thought was "yes sir, that's Pink Floyd" 😌
Absutely nailed it
Their name comes from two legendary blues men. Pink Anderson was one, I forget who the Floyd was, but another blues musician.
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.
That was one cool dad!
Made me shed a few tears!!
OMG what a story
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!
Legendary
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.
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.
Very envious!! I had to do with my small bedroom floor back in 1973!!!!😂😂🇬🇧
Now thats a perfect set up, for real.
Sounds magical
Wow - that must've been absolutely phenomenal! So lucky!
Are we going to ignore how, out of absolutely fucking nowhere, this man hits a fully packed bowl of grass? Legend
I subscribed when he did.
This was the first of his videos I had seen.
Man, I cracked when he did that loll
@@jasonhills3726 lol same, instant like and subscribe
@@dimitrirezende7291 yep. me too. hahahaha
That got me to hit the subscribe button too. I do not partake but that was outstanding.
Pink Floyd are the Ents of rock music. They never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say it.
HA HA HA! Excellent analogy.
YESSSS! I love that analogy! 😊
David "Treebeard" Gilmore
Absolutely priceless comment. You are a hero!!
That is brilliant sir! If it is an original, then that is even better!!!
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.
Agree I can't believe one has never heard this before.
maybe he was classical music fans just like mozart and etc. but i'm glad he found out this album
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. 😂
@@emrekoz how big were/ are Pink Floyd in America?
@@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)
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.
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.
Only hundreds? Laughing.....
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.
I don't like all kinds of music at all. I love pink floid
"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!
A wonderful moment indeed.
I rather logged in, t like your comment ;) Totally agree!
Same! He made it alot more interesting with all the info he provided through out the vid.
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.
I almost cried at his reaction
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.
I don't know theory...but every note is burnt into my skull
This guy is very good and knows his onions
Youngster. 47 years for me. 😁
@@martynseed380 I remember listening to it when it was first released too
I can't believe it's that long ago; before the gray hair and all that.
I am a 65 year old that still gets chills listening to this! Really appreciated seeing the bowl come out!
Anyone with an appreciation for music is a Floyd fan
Goosebumps every single time.
when was the first time u ever smoked weed
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.
I hear that. On the dowñhill HOW LUCKY WE'RE WE !,!,! Love n respect xxxx
No matter how many times you hear it, it's absolutely beautifull
Rick Wright: the secret weapon in the band. The quiet one. This, and the suite at the end of the album, is his masterpiece.
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!!!
@@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.
@@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.
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
The rick wright symphony- masterful
Richard Wright's contribution on this album is spectacular
One might say indispensable.
A word of silence for the Hammond B3....
To every album
he is so underrated
Yeah that's why he said that The Wall had little for him to do creatively.
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
make_that_the_whole_of_Meddle._You_are_so_chilled_its''hard-to-get_up_to_turn_the_record-over!
YES!!!!! This!
Surely echoes live in Gdansk
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.
@@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
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.
I was a teen in 70's and today I'm 64 and PINK FLOYD is Classical music to me.
You would likely enjoy "The inner light" ua-cam.com/video/RyYhbC0MXlY/v-deo.html
Couldn't agree more.
It's not strictly Classical, but it is Classic!
We're the same age. I'm right there with ya.
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”.
Pink Floyd is my proof that music can speak the language of the soul without too much interference from the brain.
Oh, there's a lot of brain behind this
Beautifully said!
Not if this guy is talking through it.
@@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.
My absolute favorite instrumental piece is still "Ten Words" from Joe Satriani. It drew tears before I even knew why.
The lead instrument is a mini moog, the synth behind it is a Kurzweil, the low bass comes from a Leslie Box from the organ. It's all Richard Wright (RIP), fun fact, when these several albums for Syd were recorded, Syd came into the studio and no one recognized him, and when they noticed it was him. He was very touched, because of these songs. They made 2 or 3 albums for Syd. They missed him so much. David said he lightens up the room when he was there, but mental illness is a dark beast. I have the music sheet from the keys, I played them a lot in the past, but with virtual synths. Interesting structure from Wright. He was such a talent.
This entire album is brilliant. You should listen to it in it’s entirety as a single magnum opus composition
Agreed. In its entity best album of all times.
~ 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.
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.
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...
Very true
@@Eudaimaniac44 would you enlighten me in how exactly echoes is a Beatles rip-off?
Where does The Moody Blues take ya?
and more
It’s a shame AC DC only ever wrote one song…
“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.
And Echoes
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 !!!
@@lindalu22291 not to mention Meddle..
@@vvanderer everyone forgets Meddle. Actually my favorite album from Pink Floyd, but I don’t consider myself a connoisseur anyway! :)
@@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
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.
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.
Perfetta,💯🎸🎸🎸🎸
Same bro. I discussed this album endlessly with my friends back in the day.
@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.
"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!
If you want more psychedelic blues, try "Death Sound" by Country Joe and the Fish!
"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.
That's exactly what Floyd was all about froim the start!
Came here to say the same thing!
"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.
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)
Heh, I paused to chuckle with my wife about that.
I laughed out loud, too
😂😂😂✌️
Makes a difference to not hear how'deep'the lyrics are
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!
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...
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
haha. Right? I can understand a good chunk of the words that he says, but not the order they're in!
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.
Yup. It's fascinating to listen to someone geek out on a field you're a total amateur in. Keep it up, Doug.
Exactly bro, same here!
I know just enough to roughly follow along, but not enough to fully understand without looking some things up.
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.
I've always thought that too
Phenomenal vibrato. The best.
The gilmour bend i think they call it.
He makes the Virtuoso sound like a kid babbling.
Not only his economy of notes, but his clean sound.
In my final moments, I want to go out with this song... simply transports every being of your fiber to another plain. Brilliant Masterpiece
The facial expressions as Doug responds to what he is hearing make this. Gawd bless Mr Gilmour. The power to bring me to tears every time I hear this.
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.
HOW DID I NEVER NOTICE THIS??? THANK YOU SO MUCH!
@@gabesyverson6246 It was a nice surprise when someone told me, so it's my pleasure to share 🙂
@@LeScenariste You nail it with your words - comment.
I thank you.
@@alrivers8458 Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. It's all in the song really.
wow, great call!
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.
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.
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.
That’s one hell of a soundtrack!
Greatest band I ever saw in concert. Blew my mind and didn't even need to be high.
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. :)
@@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.
What year did you see them?
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!
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.
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!
Yep ! - neal a.
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.
@@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.
@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"🤣
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.
Great comment guy
I had the same reaction for exactly the same reason. Nice to know someone else had the same experience. Thank you for sharing that.
Doug's videos make me cry pretty often. Feels good.
You too? Yeah., me as well.
Yes exactly, very well put
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.
Good god! Has it been 50 years? Where has the time gone, and how did I not notice?
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.
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.
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
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...
Also a reference to Piper at the Gates of Dawn in the lyrics earlier.
Love See Emily Play, yet I never realized this. Thank you!
@@tolkienfan1972 You might like Julia Dream too. Possibly a JRRT reference in it, or maybe another Kenneth Grahame one.
Don’t know if anyone mentioned this already but the final nine notes are a quote from See Emily Play, their first hit song.
Amazing
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".)
Wow! Thirty odd years of listening and I never picked that up! Thank you!
I never noticed that before, thank you for point it out.
@@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.
this is my fave pink floyd song, its just unreal instrumental
your smile at the end is amazing. watching you consume this piece, of which i've been familiar with for such a long time, is a complete joy. pure excitement
The fact that Syd shows up at the studio at the moment they are recording this (according to Richard Wright), totally unrecognizable, just adds a sense of eeriness and unnerving chill to the song. Classic and legendary piece
I've heard that as well, I think it was a total surprise to the band.
@@davemclaughlin2305 I think it was. I heard that it reduced Roger to tears. David thought he was a friend of Rogers. No one knew who it was until Nick finally recognized him.
Syd was obviously a very sensitive person. He must have picked up on their feelings and emotions as a calling out to him when they were recording it
If you can find the old VH1 Classic Albums hour-long episode about the making of this record, they recount this story and show a picture of Syd as he looked in the studio that day
@@swseanq Wow. Thanks for providing the reference to the anecdote, Sean!
I can't count how many times I've listened to this song, and yet, I still get goosebumps at the beginning. Otherworldly talent.
Same thousands
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.
IKR! especially when you haven't heard it in quite awhile. That soft and eery Syd Barrett laugh get me every time.
I cant get tired of listening to this song. This and Echoes are my fave Pink Floyd songs.
@@Garrethm46 watching on UA-cam at METAL TEENS HEARING PINK FLOYD
Doug, your facial expressions while listening to this is so amazing!!!!! I’ve listened to this album hundreds and hundreds of times in my life, and watching you discover the genius of Pink Floyd has brightened my day.
The face when David Gilmour’s guitar comes in is exactly the right way to feel about it. MMMPH. That shit is so good.
Its time to now get into “ECHOES” . May as well do the Live at Pompeii version . Absolute masterpiece
Echoes my all time favourite, I travelled through heaven listening to it when I used to trip.
Give Parcel's theworstthing a spin and lemme know what you think. It has a really similar minor/major thing similar to Echoes.
I think the album version would be better
@@affeduardo2784 it is the album version but the video is from Pompei.
But with Floyd, always go live if you can
Echoes is amazing.
Pink Floyd was too good for the world to fully appreciate.
You mean IS too good?
They lost their experimental edge once Waters left. Still a great band, but different.
How do you work that out? They're world famous stadium fillers?
@@GhibliFan1 Because they still cover their earlier, greater works.
@@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
Waters is an amazing lyricist and Mason and Wright are perfect in their roles, but it's Gilmour that will be most remembered by history. As good a melodicist and instrumentalist as we've ever had. Every solo is perfect and different - any mood under the sun played to a tee. He absolutely kills it in several very different feels here.
Both should be remembered equally by history. Waters is much more than just a lyricist, he was largely responsible for conceptualising and musically arranging the great PF albums. His vocals also have so much edge and feel. But absolutely he needed Gilmour to bring everything to life. I guess Waters' inability to accept that is ultimately why they fell out. Both maestros but inseparable.
@@jasonr7321 True But Gilmour will be remembered--and loved. Angeer and pain by themselves can only take you so far.
Disagree. Rogers will be remembered for fighting the good fight until the end and a great human being. (He admits himself that he wasn't at his best in his 30's, but has more than made up for it). Gilmour only as a wonderful musician.
Once you completely understand what they are saying with this song, you truly feel what the slide guitar solo (around 25 minutes into the clip here) is doing: it is crying. And really loud too, it crushes you. It really hurts. That is Gilmour...
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.
Agree!
that is indeed what I was going say :)
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
I was about to comment that, he hit the nail xD
Yep, I consider this to be their greatest album.
"Anguish... true grief... psychedelic blues... " = Me in tears that someone FINALLY put my feelings of this song into words after 40 years. Subscribed.
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
Wow. That’s precisely what I felt!
Best comment. 🎯🎸
Read a thesaurus my friend
Exactly 💯
1975!!!! Today it still SCREAMS into my soul and gently whispers to my heart.
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.
"Why have I not listened to this? What's wrong with me?"
So much music, so little time, Doug. We've all been there.
As a wee tyke, at this album's release, I was asking myself the very same questions.
I thought it was due to learning to talk about rock so easily, via his classical music composition education. 🎶😁
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'?
😁
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.
the real tragedy of this song is that Syd actually visited them in the studio when they were mastering the song and they got to see what he ended up looking like
According to Nick Mason's book they didn't even recognize Syd for the first, just 'Who is this creepy guy sittin?'
Ah. Another person in the world who appreciates this song . Thankyou, really enjoyed watching
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.
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.
It's also David Gilmour's favorite Floyd album. It's definitely a masterpiece. 👌
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.
One week, I'll thinkg DSotM is best. The next, I'll think WYWH. It's a wonderful dilemna.
Animals is the one for me
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.
I loved the overnight shift. All the management and sales staff snug in their beds not being a bother! Production studio always available.
@@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.
Larry, I thought your name sounded familiar …..I remember listening to you growing up
@@raydiognome Wow, thank, you, Jack! Very cool. You're a survivor!
Doug, I know I'm late to the party on this but here is a breakdown of the instruments used on the intro before the lead guitar comes in. The intro drone is a multi-track of a MiniMoog, which is a mono synth (one note at at a time). With that is a single note played on an ARP String Ensemble (the string sound), as I recall E flat maybe. The lead synth is again the MiniMoog. So what you hear in the intro is just two instruments multi-tracked, The Arp and the Moog. There are some incidental notes (the tinkly sounds) which are high notes played on a Wurlitzer 200a electric piano (made famous on Mister Rogers show). I know this since I am a keyboard player who played in a Floyd tribute band and did the research. I own many vintage keys for that purpose, since I wanted to be authentic to the original analog sounds. So I know what instruments make a given sound just by hearing it.
In the last part of it, the grief has transformed into a peaceful grief. (in my ears)
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.
65yrs and often in tears to this classic. 👍👍
Bless you.
I was born the year he left!
Ditto
I felt the same when he discussed the lyrics..
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.
Yeah I get you 😆
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.
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)
@@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.
@@thesunreport I believe a similar thing happened to Peter Green who was in Fleetwood Mac but went off on a ten year LSD trip.
A true masterpiece. The grief is about Syd. Hence Shine on You crazy Diamond.
Well that was a joy seeing a man of your calibre understanding the feelings that song gives. 🏴💚
When Floyd are/were at their peak, no one could beat them. They were the best..
Still are brother. Floyd forever
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.
Still unmatched so many live in their shadow
Why beat others? Why the best? Why always comparing and judging?
@@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.
There simply is nothing / no one else like Pink Floyd...no other band takes you on such musical journeys.
Im so happy seeing them so many times.
Está banda es diferente a todo.
never heard of Kingston Wall? pls check them out and you hope you enjoy..
True that! They are on a level of their own.
one word: Tool
One of the greatest pieces of music in history. The grounding dark heavy underpinning structure while the guitars and the vocals literally dance on the air in joy, it's like someone distilled the act of remembering a dead hero for all they did in life.
I am sure I have heard this piece over a thousand times, and I cry every time.
Probably the greatest ever musical eulogy for a complex, damaged rock genius.
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.
@@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.
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.
It was a mixing session, not a recording session, so they had the whole piece already prepared
@@TAJMofficial gotcha
One doesnt just walk into recording studios,and Gilmour had gotten engaged held a party inside,they knew but did Syd?
I still remember the day I came home, put this on the table and played it for the first time
This piece is something that can only exist as music, because there's grief, complaint, and celebration, all equally powerful, and all delivered with graceful power and fairly plainspoken sincerity. It's Pink Floyd doing what they always did best: taking quiet, difficult internal feelings and making them huge and loud, like a truth that must be told.
For me, it's my go-to piano song, and isn't a piano song. It just feels really good to play.
It's also very much a piece with an overall Blues feel, but not The Blues™.
I'm trying to learn what music theory I can from it, especially how the chords are fitting their functions in such an unusual way. The chord progression seems to culminate on an F7, as though that is the fifth of the key, and Gm has the tonic function, making Bflat the relative major. But each of these chords has such, um, "moment" (is that a thing?) and fits its place so well that my ears think my brain has no idea what's really going on, and we all just surrender to how it feels.
I'm probably the worst music student, but I have fun.
Questo,e la Musica,incasinare il cervello,e con pazienza,Risistemarlo....continua così...
@1oolabob These are Pink Floyd electronica blues (tm).
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.
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.
Dark Side of the Moon was their best seller, but this album will always be their masterpiece. There's not a single note out of place.
I never really thought about it like that, but yeah, you're absolutely on-target. Not a word of your comment is wrong.
@@mikehenry9430 Oh my golly gosh. I feel like every word of your response is absolutely spot-on too!
Dark Side of the Moon ~ produced by Alan Parsons. Yup, that Alan Parsons
Love this album as well but gotta go with Animals. No wrong answers here, unless you go with a non Waters album of course
@@mikehenry9430 some would argue about the punctuation but not me.
Vanetta Field came to live in Australia and has been the back up vocalist for many of our performers, particularly John Farnham. She is a National treasure.
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.
"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.
Never too late to start listening to Floyd
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.
The live pulse version is even better than the album version in my opinion. Feels more 'alive'.
I have different music for flying, but to hear this on a train is amazing.
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. 👍👍
Centainly, there's no other way.
RIck Wakeman's "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" is another one that comes to mind.
Yup. After the first half I was so disappointed that we weren’t going to hear the whole album.
floyd didn't put out songs, they put out albums.
They put out master pieces.
few notes, but placed in the right place at the right time..... this is the greatness of PF. Chills down my spine when I listen to this song!!
This is like a funeral procession down in New Orleans, its a slow walk in mourning to the Church the organ plays at the Mass , then on the way back they let loose and celebrate his life and party. I don't know why it took me this long to figure that out but, there it is. Can you hear that everyone?
Doug: It’s almost like a machine.
Everyone: Welcome to the Machine, my dude.
Yup! Caught that! Wish it was an analysis of the album as a whole.
Spot, tf, on-
I've always felt Mozart himself could listen to this and be thoroughly impressed
Mozart listening to an electric guitar and synthetizer: "what is this devilry?"
"Herr Mozart, did you like this music work?"
"No. Too many notes."
Excellent observation! I agree!
@@carlossaraiva8213 Nah, I think he would love it, and ask where he can get such an instrument. He would get excited and creatively inspired.
My personal favorite album of all time. I could listen to it on repeat. Awesome reaction!
this little album is so amazing. it was the first pink floyd i listened to as a teenager and it blew me away. still does 30 years later
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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".
He doesn't feel the music though he's overanalyzing it instead of vibing to it
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!!
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.
Yes, they are the best, James Baty-no question.
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.
I'll go with the term "absolutely the greatest of all time"
Yes, right after Led Zeppelin
I have been hearing this song a lot, and hearing you talk about it is so amazing! I really loved this video! The first time I watched you channel, will watch some other vids later, keep up the wonderful work!!
Been listening to Pink Floyd for as long as I can remember and they still give me goosebumps. I've said it before but they truly are masters of their craft. You should check out Pink Floyd Pulse live in concert, it's truly amazing. Just get some herb and have an experience. More Pink Floyd please.
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.
+1 on the psychedelic blues thing!
@@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.
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.
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."
@@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?" 😃
I was lucky enough to see both Gilmour and Waters perform the abridged version (Parts 1-5) of this classic in 2006; one at the Albert Hall and the other in Hyde Park, when they were on solo tours.
Bloody amazing. Crowd respectively quiet in the lead. up to those four famous notes..... spine chilling..... and then singing their hearts out later on.
Memories that will stay with me forever.
And when you say, what the hell is wrong with me, why havent I listened to this....... only when you're ready, man. It completely and totally passed me by as a young man, as I got swept away by punk and then the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal and then the rest of the 80s stuff..... I didnt get to listen to Floyd and this track in particular until 1994, when I was nearly 40 years old.
You only listen to it when you're ready :-)
Oh... and who'se going to tell Doug the story about how Syd turned up when the track was being mixed, completely unannounced? and having no clue the track was about him?
Man, what I'd have given to have been a fly on the wall on that day.
I've always found the G major at the end very funny musically where everything is in Gm until the very very end (was waiting for your reaction to it haha). But then again it fits with the sung bit where each chorus is ascending in the last line of the progression - kind of sad but still hopeful for the future.
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...
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.
Yep, plenty of 70s albums sound like crap. PF is more the exception than the rule.
@@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
@@nectarinedreams7208 If that were true, Steven Wilson wouldn't be so busy remixing 70s albums.
@@jyutzler He doesn't remix albums because they aren't good already good, he just makes them even better