I remember being about 13 at school in the early 1980's and our music teacher was raving about this album. Several years later smoking cones chilling out alone at home I was a big fan of Pink Floyd.
I bought my first Pink Floyd album in 1969 (Ummagumma) and saw them live in 1971 and 4 more times after that. For me This is the BEST band of all times. Now I'm 71 years old and still listen to them everyday.
In an interview I read with Rodger Waters he said that he had his first wife listen to this album in its entirety. When it was done he asked her what she thought, all she could do was cry! Rogers said that he thought that that was a good sign! Thus starts 741 straight weeks on the Billboard 200 charts! Right now there's almost 1,000 weeks on that chart and I'm sure it will go over that soon! I'm sure people will be listening to Pink Floyd next to Mozart Beethoven and probably Led Zeppelin a thousand years from now! Keep up the good work you have "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals" ahead of you and those are both incredible albums in their own right!! Of course you have to do Echoes live at Pompeii 1972 which is basically the song that started all of this!!!
Your reaction to this, as well as The Wall, makes me so happy. Pink Floyd is my ultimate favorite and I love seeing someone else get turned on by them. I cannot wait to see your reaction to Animals. I'd also love to see your reaction to Sorrow from the Pulse concert. Peace, brother 💗
I’m crying here .. ive literally listened to this 200 times in my life. This Came out when I was 5. My older sister and brother were playing this since my birth . I feel it’s engrained in my soul and body makeup by now . Your Viscerally emotional reaction was perfection and exactly what I’ve been looking for and needed from a reaction to this album . You just felt it and heard it from within. U weren’t obsessed with the lyrics but still got the meanings . I’m in tears cause this album still does this to me . So fun taking this ride with u for your first time. 🙏 athank you ☺️ ⭐️💫✨Now listen again and really absorb the lyrical content ⭐️
I’ve been listening to Pink Floyd for 51 years now, since I was 11 and there isn’t one day I don’t listen their music and Gilmour’s guitar makes me cry every time. Enjoy their music ❤
The first time I listened to the album in it's entirety I was 16 years old in 1995, me and 3 of my best friends happened to get ahold of some really great green gel cap acid. The 4 of us were piled into a truck on our way 2 cities over to Richmond to return a keg to get the deposit. Since me and my buddy Travis weren't driving we decided to drop on the way over. It was cold and the snow had already started. It would soon become a downpour. By the time we reached the liquor store and returned the keg the acid hadn't kicked in, we assumed it was bunk. We decided to take the backroads back to Berea and then onto Mt. Vernon. Through Berea we managed to get caught at a red light. In a small truck with a light rear end we were stuck. That's when it hit me and Travis. We got out to push with a line of traffic a mile long behind us, people screaming and honking. I literally melted down while pushing that truck. I burst into uncontrollable laughter at our situation 😂. Travis followed my meltdown with one of his own. Together we laughed to the point of tears as we pushed that truck through the red light with all the angry motorist behind us. We got on I-75 in Berea and headed south to Mt. Vernon. Me and Travis triggered meltdown after meltdown while watching the snow dance across the interstate. After reaching Mt.Vernon, there was no way we going back out into public. My other friends dropped, we decided to turn out the lights and listen to Dark Side all the way through. What I felt while listening to that album can not be put into words. It changed my life. It changed my whole perspective on life. It put me at peace with my place in the universe somehow. Whereas before I seemed to be in constant struggle with it. Dark Side is the greatest album ever made. It's as relevant today as it was 40 years ago when it was made, as it will be 140 years from now. It's timeless. The discoveries I made listening to it have lasted a lifetime. As a work of art, that's pretty profound.
About the various voice clips that can be heard throughout the album: while recording, Waters wrote various questions on cards such as “Are you afraid of dying?”, “Have you ever hit someone?” and they would record people from Abbey Road staff’s answers.
Love that you mentioned "spaghetti western vibes." Whenever I heard Time when I was young it always made me visualize an old western showdown. I've never seen anybody else make that connection.
Fun fact: TDSOM is to me the best album in Space Time, and my favorite song (although hard to pick but if I must pick one) is Time... And my favorite movie "of all time", is "Once Upon A Time In The West"... For almost the same reason as Dark Side: the artistry, the music, the story telling, the genius, the "you can't do better" effect. And of course for the contemplation journey, and the melancholia when it ends. (Yeah it's a "personal" fact but I had to mention it :) ).
I was 19 when this came out. Still hits me the same way. Dick Parry on sax, Rick Wright on keys/synth and vocals, David Gilmour on guitar and vocals, Roger Waters on bass and vocals. Nick Mason on drums.
Another example of the saying "you don't listen to Pink Floyd, you experience Pink Floyd"! Dude that was beautiful watching your third eye open when listening to the best band ever do the best album ever. Thanks why things were pretty fucking cool back in our day, some shit like this was truly amazing to behold! Smoke one up and through this album on and nothing else mattered for about 38 minutes.
Breathe is to do with your first breaths, your first steps in life. The reprise of Breathe, after Time, is to do with your last breaths, your final moments of life. This is indicated by the last line of Time, "The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say". It's indicated by the reprise of Breathe itself and it's indicated by the fact that the next song is 'The Great Gig in the Sky" which, as the title implies, is all about death and dying... :)
That's called "tripin' music" from my days...back then, imagine getting high, sitting back, closing the eyes and floating....how did I ever make it out! Music didn't mess around then, what we lacked in technology was made up in raw talent. Glad younger people enjoy it!
Pink floyd don't need musicvideos. Their music is so vivid, it does evoke images inside your brain. It speaks your language as you mentioned and triggers emotions so easily. From the first heartbeat until the very last they grab you and guide you through the story they bring.
When the album was released, I was 17 and went to a party. I got so stoned on marijuana (1st time) and could not drive home. They put me in a big recliner in a room by myself, told me to shut up and close my eyes and then they put on Dark Side and I melted into the chair. I've never felt more mesmerized in my 68 years of life. Life Changing.
Another brilliant brilliant brilliant Pink Floyd reaction dude! The audio clips are a set of questions they put to random people around the recording studio, starting with simple things moving on to things like "when were you last violent & were you in the right" BTW about 3/4 of the way through The Great Gig in the Sky an almost in-audible voice says... "if you can hear this whisper you are dying" The album ends with a heart beat and... "There's no dark side of the Moon really, matter of fact its all dark" BUT The original recording went on to say "... the only thing that makes it light is the sun" but this was thought to be a little too upbeat and was chopped off for the released album. Hope you find time to follow up with the album "Wish you were here". Definitely check out the back story with Syd Barrett as this puts the entire WYWH album into context!
Did you enter the "Pink Floyd" tunnel? Beautiful reaction, and you still have so many albums to discover: Animals, Wish you were here, Meddle, The Piper at the gates of dawn, Atom Heart Mother ... so many and all fantastic different and Superlatives! On The dark side of the moon: yes, that's right, it's about life and death, but also about insanity (and is a direct reference to Syd Barrett leader and founder of pink floyd who had to leave the band due to psychiatric disorders made stronger because of the many psychedelic drugs he was taking, especially LSD). Pink Floyd started playing the whole Dark Side live already a year and a half before its release on disc. The various pieces are rehearsed, arranged, modified live, until they reach their final form and are recorded in the studio. It was common practice for Pink Floyd. Today it would be unthinkable: live bands perform their greatest hits and the material of the last album released, instead Pink Floyd played unreleased material, which no one in the audience had ever heard before, because precisely the album would be released only after. . They used this technique for Dark Side, Meddle, Wish you were here and Animals. It is very interesting to listen to the live shows of that period because it differs from the songs that will be on vinyl, the harmonic and melodic solutions change, the lyrics change ... everything changes until they were satisfied and went to the studio to record. The wonderful production of Dark Side, as well as to the genius of Pink Floyd, is due to their sound engineer, a guy who started as production assistant of the Beatles, Alan Parson. Parson will become very famous thanks to Dark Side and will found his own band, successful band, Alan Parson's Project. Waiting for new Pink Floyd reactions. Greetings from Sicily!
Thanks for recording your reaction to both Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall. It was so nice to see you enjoy the music and react the way you did. You just absolutely let yourself go and FEEL the music.
Time is the greatest constructed song of all, well, time, imho. The intro (tom tom’s) speading up (like time).. The clocks and ticking representing time and your life. The ticking representing not only the seconds ticking away but your heartbeat and your life. I turn 60 next month and I have more than my fair share of regrets. The song means more to me now than it never has. It makes me weep. Particularly overlooked is the lyric “thought I’d something more to say”. Me too. Could have done more. Should have done more. Should have put myself out there more. Should have contributed more. It sometimes feels like I’ve wasted my life (and objectionably, I have.
58, and in the same boat. Just wish I had made better choices, that would have enabled me to stand up for myself more. Listening to music is my getaway, absolutely love PF. DSOTM, WYWH, and Animals are my top 3, with the Wall next in line.
I find even more in that 1st part of a Time than just ticking. The ringing at the beginning is like a birth. That super blowing experience that is probably an insane moment for someone that just hear / feel / taste life for just few months living safely in the mom's belly. Then, there is this drums section that is composed from 12 parts - just like a clock divided to 12 hours. And it is without words, coz it may be about a few-monts to few-years child's life that still can't speak. Apart from this, when your a kid, everything takes so long, that's why this intro may feel a bit long. And then, 3 parts of singing about being young, adult and old. And then going back to home and waiting for what's coming into the Great Gig in the Sky! Soooo masterpiece!
I listened to this album in my friends room with a black light on in 1990. I was 16. You had the same vibe as me and it is really cool to see a young person this long after have the same experience. Great reaction! Oh and I was on a tie dye hit of blotter acid
It's so cool that you hold the mic in your hand, I never saw this on any other reaction channel! It somehow makes your video more spontaneous, much more live.
Agreed. Everyone raves about Dark Side and the songs are very lush and pretty but IMO they lack the deep thematic coherence they showed on WYWH and The Wall. It was thier breakout album but they were young and still learning their chops which they put into full effect on the next few albums. I rate DSTM third behind The Wall and WYWH. Animals is a bit meh and everything post Roger should be renamed "a collection of spicy radio tunes". I second the WYWH vote. consider it a mixed tribute / guilty lament for Syd Barrett with a not so subtle sledge at the 70s era music industry wedged in the middle. It's a proper masterpiece.
"Great Gig in the Sky" is one of the most powerful, and emotion-evoking pieces of music ever created. I can't count how many people I've heard state that they wanted it played at their funeral. Edit: in the song "Money" it's not a trumpet, but a saxophone.
Yes, I love the peaceful nature of it plus the anxiety it delivers at the same time lol. I can see you rocking to it, which is a sign of self-soothing. You were really going at it during the song Time. Which I think is totally fine btw. We do these things to cope. I love your reactions btw. I'd love to see you do the Animals album! A lot to dig your teeth into as well with that one
It's interesting your perspective and being a little surprised that 6 years before 'The Wall' they still had it, while people who lived through that era were saying just the opposite when "The Wall" came out... wow, 6 years after "Dark Side of the Moon" and they still got it! LOL. Wait till you get into their live stuff if you're so inclined.. a whole other dimension that will leave you equally in awe. In the 1994 live Pulse concerts (which I attended in Chicago), they perform the entire Dark Side of the Moon album live without interruption. From heartbeat to heartbeat. Available here on UA-cam.
The little phrases in the background of the album came from questions that Waters had written on some cards, then put in front of a microphone in the studio. The questions included things like "When was the last time you were violent?", and "Were you in the right?"... Various people in the studio came in and gave their own answers, some of which were included. According to RW, one chap had had a huge argument with his wife the previous evening; both of them ended up on the album: I think his answer to "were you in the right?" was "I don't know: I was drunk at the time"... One other wee snippet: you were admiring the piano/sax/etc on "Us and Them". The song was adapted from a Richard Wright solo piece written as part of the band's contributions (mostly rejected!) to the film "Zabriskie Point". You'll find it if you search YT for "Violent Sequence".
If you see clearly the Dark side of life, then Animals is for you. Wish you were here has more brevity but not enough angst. I recommend Animals, my favourite album of all time.
That Rainbow you showed ,is a visual trace of a heartbeat. In fact the heartbeat turns up all over the album. This is an album of human times that we go through from young to old and even death as in the track Great Gig In The Sky in which the vocal is the stages of death that people go through dibelief rage Acceptance this what the lady is vocalising without words. Madness as depicted in Brain Damage track.
About the little sections of random people talking pink floyd went around asking questions to people who worked at the studio they recorded this album at and even some other artists like some of the band members from the beetles, they asked them about there thoughts about life, death, money, and time which are the main concepts of this album.(im pretty sure thats what they asked them about i could be wrong)
"Hipgnosis offered the band a choice of seven designs, but all four members agreed that the prism was by far the best. ... The design represents three elements: the band's stage lighting, the album lyrics, and Wright's request for a "simple and bold" design. The spectrum of light continues through to the gatefold - an idea that Waters came up with." - wikipedia
"The Dark Side of the Moon" is basically a concise 43 minute journey of the human experience. The heartbeats at the beginning followed by "Breathe" to "Eclipse" fading into heartbeats at the end abd everything between explores the pressing concerns of life.
Excellent reaction and well done. There were parts you heard which most first listeners don't. You got a great grip on this straight up. Is there anything released since that album that can match it? The classic of classics. Good job and thanks👍
The very last line of it's all dark is in reference of the dark of side of moon only being that way because of the light of the sun, meaning the dark side of the moon exist because of the light of the sun, otherwise it is all dark.
Great reaction ! When I see how receptive and emotional you are, I think you have to try another great concept album: The lamb lies down on Broadway by Genesis. Well almost all Genesis is incredible but you seems to like when story is built though an entire disk ;)
Breathe Reprise maybe has a bit of a double entendre. Could be he's back home and able to exhale. Could be he's out of Time, deceased, called back "home". The iron bells across the field and the magic spell that has people on their knees? The faithful praying at church, maybe a funeral bell? So yeah, you are in church now. The Great Gig in the Sky (heaven), which is about someone mourning the loss of a loved one (some variation of that at any rate).
"far away across the field, tolling on the iron bell, calls the faithful to their knees" - Pink Floyd "ask Not for whom the Bell tolls.. it tolls for thee" - John Donne - 1624
The only audio clip (talking) I'm super familiar with is the one that opens Great Gig in the Sky (the lady absolutely laying that vocal preformance into the mic), is : "And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime." "If you can hear this whispering you are dying." "I never said I was frightened of dying."
Early on I used to think, like you, that The Dark Side of the Moon was a bit depressing, because.... "that's all your liffe will ever be". But it's really not, I really believe that it's a message of hope, by contrast. It's there from the beginning: "Breathe, breathe in the air, don't be afraid to care". The rest of the vagaries of life described (running for the next plane, train, or bus. no time to do something meaningful. money and more money. division, competition, war and strife for no good reason. madness, mental illness) all those things are warnings of what your life will ever be if you don't take command of it. So, don't wait for someone or something to show you the way. Choose any colour you like. Breathe in the air.
This album is the story of a human being's life, set to music. It is the story of my life, it is the story of your life, it is the story of every Human being who has or ever will exist. It is the perfectly executed answer to the question "who and what are we as a species?" and it will probably be relevant and listened to until we go extinct.
the best way to experience this album is at a planetarium laser show… sound system alone makes it worth it, lasers and strobes and such more the benefit.
Loved watching your reaction because it mirrors mine I've only been a fan for about a year but I reacted just like that. Like how can this be this 👍 good. If you haven't already done it listen to their pulse concert 1994 it's indescribably good. Subbed and liked and looking forward to another video......
Floyd were for many years the band of wry observations about life, insanity, depression, alienation, grief, a rejection of society’s expectations, etc. etc. That they were and remain so big reflects the fact that that those fears affect millions of us-and always will❤ The voices are common-man responses to actual written questions Roger presented. One was “When were you last violent, and were you in the right? They used the responses for that in “Us & Them.” So yeah, that’s the concept and you nailed it. The Wall draws on some of that but more narrative. I prefer The Wall for its scope and execution, which are on a far grander scale: and it spoke to me personally at 16 as it still does at nearly 53.
Among all the details... If you open the entire LP cover, you will see the representation of the whole album, the heart making it a big shiny ring. any color you like :) The greatest album of all time, in my opinion.
I believe that all those who supposedly listen to Pink Floyd for the first time are fans and do it as actors for views. It's impossible not to have ever listened to one of their songs!
Completely enjoyed your reaction. Next time listen laying down, light out or very dim. just listen with your eyes closed. Then the 3rd time listen with the lyrics. There are multiple ways to appreciate The Floyd....Then the 4th time, put on the Wizard of Oz movie. It syncs up with it for some crazy reason. was this intentional.
Brain damage from dark side of the moon and comfortably numb feel like they share somewhat of the same progression, whenever they build up to the chorus, instead of saying comfortably numb i feel like it could easily be replaced with "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" from brain damage
They're my favourite band, so I had to jump in. (15) A Momentary Lapse of Reason (14) The Final Cut (13) Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (12) Ummagumma (11) The Endless River (10) More (9) A Saucerful Of Secrets (8) The Division Bell (7) Obscured By Clouds (6) Atom Heart Mother (5) Meddle (4) The Wall (3) Dark Side Of The Moon (2) Animals (1) Wish You Were Here *It's nice to see you discovering just how great they are.
Top 4 would be the same, except I think Animals is number 1. I think that album is perfect. Wish you were here number 2. I would also rate Final Cut higher. It's a dour and depressing listen, but actually constructed quite well, and the most scathing but brilliant lyrics outside the Animals album, and some of Gilmour's best solos as well
I turn 68 years old in a few days, and in all my life, there has never been an album to match that one. In my opinion the greatest album of all time.
Absolutely. Me too x
I remember being about 13 at school in the early 1980's and our music teacher was raving about this album. Several years later smoking cones chilling out alone at home I was a big fan of Pink Floyd.
I must correct you: best album in Space Time...
I bought my first Pink Floyd album in 1969 (Ummagumma) and saw them live in 1971
and 4 more times after that. For me This is the BEST band of all times.
Now I'm 71 years old and still listen to them everyday.
In an interview I read with Rodger Waters he said that he had his first wife listen to this album in its entirety. When it was done he asked her what she thought, all she could do was cry! Rogers said that he thought that that was a good sign! Thus starts 741 straight weeks on the Billboard 200 charts! Right now there's almost 1,000 weeks on that chart and I'm sure it will go over that soon! I'm sure people will be listening to Pink Floyd next to Mozart Beethoven and probably Led Zeppelin a thousand years from now! Keep up the good work you have "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals" ahead of you and those are both incredible albums in their own right!! Of course you have to do Echoes live at Pompeii 1972 which is basically the song that started all of this!!!
Pink Floyd are unironically some of the greatest artists of the 20th century. They just don't make art that good anymore.
Your reaction to this, as well as The Wall, makes me so happy. Pink Floyd is my ultimate favorite and I love seeing someone else get turned on by them. I cannot wait to see your reaction to Animals. I'd also love to see your reaction to Sorrow from the Pulse concert. Peace, brother 💗
And is that Dune on the shelf behind you?! Pink Floyd and Dune are two of my favorite things in the world. I think I'm in love! 😀🤘🏽
Thanks! It is, still haven't gotten around to reading it.
I’m crying here .. ive literally listened to this 200 times in my life. This Came out when I was 5. My older sister and brother were playing this since my birth . I feel it’s engrained in my soul and body makeup by now . Your Viscerally emotional reaction was perfection and exactly what I’ve been looking for and needed from a reaction to this album . You just felt it and heard it from within. U weren’t obsessed with the lyrics but still got the meanings . I’m in tears cause this album still does this to me . So fun taking this ride with u for your first time. 🙏 athank you ☺️ ⭐️💫✨Now listen again and really absorb the lyrical content ⭐️
I’ve been listening to Pink Floyd for 51 years now, since I was 11 and there isn’t one day I don’t listen their music and Gilmour’s guitar makes me cry every time. Enjoy their music ❤
The first time I listened to the album in it's entirety I was 16 years old in 1995, me and 3 of my best friends happened to get ahold of some really great green gel cap acid. The 4 of us were piled into a truck on our way 2 cities over to Richmond to return a keg to get the deposit. Since me and my buddy Travis weren't driving we decided to drop on the way over. It was cold and the snow had already started. It would soon become a downpour. By the time we reached the liquor store and returned the keg the acid hadn't kicked in, we assumed it was bunk. We decided to take the backroads back to Berea and then onto Mt. Vernon. Through Berea we managed to get caught at a red light. In a small truck with a light rear end we were stuck. That's when it hit me and Travis. We got out to push with a line of traffic a mile long behind us, people screaming and honking. I literally melted down while pushing that truck. I burst into uncontrollable laughter at our situation 😂. Travis followed my meltdown with one of his own. Together we laughed to the point of tears as we pushed that truck through the red light with all the angry motorist behind us. We got on I-75 in Berea and headed south to Mt. Vernon. Me and Travis triggered meltdown after meltdown while watching the snow dance across the interstate. After reaching Mt.Vernon, there was no way we going back out into public. My other friends dropped, we decided to turn out the lights and listen to Dark Side all the way through. What I felt while listening to that album can not be put into words. It changed my life. It changed my whole perspective on life. It put me at peace with my place in the universe somehow. Whereas before I seemed to be in constant struggle with it. Dark Side is the greatest album ever made. It's as relevant today as it was 40 years ago when it was made, as it will be 140 years from now. It's timeless. The discoveries I made listening to it have lasted a lifetime. As a work of art, that's pretty profound.
We're all the wierdly the same age when we listten to these albums. Timeless. Magic.
I’ve listened to Floyd for 25years and you’ve made some great observations and even pointed out things I hadn’t noticed. 👍
Time. One of the greatest songs of all time from one of the greatest albums of all time from one of the greatest bands of all time.
liking your enthusiasm for pink floyd, hope you do the other albums as well.
About the various voice clips that can be heard throughout the album: while recording, Waters wrote various questions on cards such as “Are you afraid of dying?”, “Have you ever hit someone?” and they would record people from Abbey Road staff’s answers.
Love that you mentioned "spaghetti western vibes." Whenever I heard Time when I was young it always made me visualize an old western showdown. I've never seen anybody else make that connection.
Fun fact: TDSOM is to me the best album in Space Time, and my favorite song (although hard to pick but if I must pick one) is Time... And my favorite movie "of all time", is "Once Upon A Time In The West"... For almost the same reason as Dark Side: the artistry, the music, the story telling, the genius, the "you can't do better" effect. And of course for the contemplation journey, and the melancholia when it ends.
(Yeah it's a "personal" fact but I had to mention it :) ).
I loved this from the first time I heard it at age 12. I'm 56 now and I love it even more now.
I was 19 when this came out. Still hits me the same way. Dick Parry on sax, Rick Wright on keys/synth and vocals, David Gilmour on guitar and vocals, Roger Waters on bass and vocals. Nick Mason on drums.
This and the wall are my two favourite albums, Two albums that don’t get old with their timeless songs and amazing concepts. Love the videos
Another example of the saying "you don't listen to Pink Floyd, you experience Pink Floyd"! Dude that was beautiful watching your third eye open when listening to the best band ever do the best album ever. Thanks why things were pretty fucking cool back in our day, some shit like this was truly amazing to behold! Smoke one up and through this album on and nothing else mattered for about 38 minutes.
Breathe is to do with your first breaths, your first steps in life. The reprise of Breathe, after Time, is to do with your last breaths, your final moments of life. This is indicated by the last line of Time, "The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say". It's indicated by the reprise of Breathe itself and it's indicated by the fact that the next song is 'The Great Gig in the Sky" which, as the title implies, is all about death and dying... :)
Best Album ever! Here are my favourite tracks:
5: Money
4: Brain Damage/Eclipse
3: The Great Gig in the Sky
2: Us and Them
1: Time
5: Breathe
4: Us and Them
3: Brain Damage/Eclipse
2: Money
1: Any Colour You Like
It's one complete piece from start to end. It's not an album with 10 songs. Most Floyd albums are like that.
@@arundhawan8574 Ahhhhh, I guess I don't have a favorite song then, and why don't you either. Thank you for your wisdom, you enlightened us
@@arundhawan8574 I completely agree, but us and them and time are still my definitive favourites.
5.Money
4.Breathe
3.Time
2.Brain Damage
1. Us & Them
That's called "tripin' music" from my days...back then, imagine getting high, sitting back, closing the eyes and floating....how did I ever make it out! Music didn't mess around then, what we lacked in technology was made up in raw talent. Glad younger people enjoy it!
Pink floyd don't need musicvideos. Their music is so vivid, it does evoke images inside your brain. It speaks your language as you mentioned and triggers emotions so easily. From the first heartbeat until the very last they grab you and guide you through the story they bring.
Us and Them is probably one of my favorite songs of all time the sax man it just sends me
Us and them is absolutely gorgeous. It brings tears to my eyes.
When the album was released, I was 17 and went to a party. I got so stoned on marijuana (1st time) and could not drive home. They put me in a big recliner in a room by myself, told me to shut up and close my eyes and then they put on Dark Side and I melted into the chair. I've never felt more mesmerized in my 68 years of life. Life Changing.
Another brilliant brilliant brilliant Pink Floyd reaction dude!
The audio clips are a set of questions they put to random people around the recording studio, starting with simple things moving on to things like "when were you last violent & were you in the right"
BTW about 3/4 of the way through The Great Gig in the Sky an almost in-audible voice says...
"if you can hear this whisper you are dying"
The album ends with a heart beat and...
"There's no dark side of the Moon really, matter of fact its all dark"
BUT
The original recording went on to say "... the only thing that makes it light is the sun" but this was thought to be a little too upbeat and was chopped off for the released album.
Hope you find time to follow up with the album "Wish you were here".
Definitely check out the back story with Syd Barrett as this puts the entire WYWH album into context!
Thanks for the context!
Awesome reaction! I do love how you absorbed it all. This is the way any DSOTM song needs to be ingested, in the entirety...
Did you enter the "Pink Floyd" tunnel? Beautiful reaction, and you still have so many albums to discover: Animals, Wish you were here, Meddle, The Piper at the gates of dawn, Atom Heart Mother ... so many and all fantastic different and Superlatives! On The dark side of the moon: yes, that's right, it's about life and death, but also about insanity (and is a direct reference to Syd Barrett leader and founder of pink floyd who had to leave the band due to psychiatric disorders made stronger because of the many psychedelic drugs he was taking, especially LSD).
Pink Floyd started playing the whole Dark Side live already a year and a half before its release on disc. The various pieces are rehearsed, arranged, modified live, until they reach their final form and are recorded in the studio. It was common practice for Pink Floyd.
Today it would be unthinkable: live bands perform their greatest hits and the material of the last album released, instead Pink Floyd played unreleased material, which no one in the audience had ever heard before, because precisely the album would be released only after. . They used this technique for Dark Side, Meddle, Wish you were here and Animals. It is very interesting to listen to the live shows of that period because it differs from the songs that will be on vinyl, the harmonic and melodic solutions change, the lyrics change ... everything changes until they were satisfied and went to the studio to record.
The wonderful production of Dark Side, as well as to the genius of Pink Floyd, is due to their sound engineer, a guy who started as production assistant of the Beatles, Alan Parson.
Parson will become very famous thanks to Dark Side and will found his own band, successful band, Alan Parson's Project. Waiting for new Pink Floyd reactions. Greetings from Sicily!
Thank you for the informative comment!
I'm blown away that these guys, as young as they were at the time, captured the melancholy of an old person so perfectly.
Subscribed to see every other Pink Floyd album here! Genuine reaction, that's it, I know the feeling!
This was my first concert, I was 14, can you imagine....?
thats so awesome!
Great Review, Buddy.
Love Your enthusiasm.
Pink Floyd are so good.
Keep Rocking.
Best wishes.
RONNIE
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SCOTLAND.
Please doing more reactions!We love your emotions and
thought!
Thanks for recording your reaction to both Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall. It was so nice to see you enjoy the music and react the way you did. You just absolutely let yourself go and FEEL the music.
Time is the greatest constructed song of all, well, time, imho. The intro (tom tom’s) speading up (like time).. The clocks and ticking representing time and your life. The ticking representing not only the seconds ticking away but your heartbeat and your life. I turn 60 next month and I have more than my fair share of regrets. The song means more to me now than it never has. It makes me weep. Particularly overlooked is the lyric “thought I’d something more to say”. Me too. Could have done more. Should have done more. Should have put myself out there more. Should have contributed more. It sometimes feels like I’ve wasted my life (and objectionably, I have.
58, and in the same boat. Just wish I had made better choices, that would have enabled me to stand up for myself more. Listening to music is my getaway, absolutely love PF. DSOTM, WYWH, and Animals are my top 3, with the Wall next in line.
I find even more in that 1st part of a Time than just ticking. The ringing at the beginning is like a birth. That super blowing experience that is probably an insane moment for someone that just hear / feel / taste life for just few months living safely in the mom's belly. Then, there is this drums section that is composed from 12 parts - just like a clock divided to 12 hours. And it is without words, coz it may be about a few-monts to few-years child's life that still can't speak. Apart from this, when your a kid, everything takes so long, that's why this intro may feel a bit long. And then, 3 parts of singing about being young, adult and old. And then going back to home and waiting for what's coming into the Great Gig in the Sky! Soooo masterpiece!
I see the opening tom solo as a waste of time... on and on and on...
I listened to this album in my friends room with a black light on in 1990. I was 16. You had the same vibe as me and it is really cool to see a young person this long after have the same experience. Great reaction! Oh and I was on a tie dye hit of blotter acid
Greatest album of all time
“Are we in church now….?”
Indeed….for the whole album, my friend 👏
It's so cool that you hold the mic in your hand, I never saw this on any other reaction channel!
It somehow makes your video more spontaneous, much more live.
My favorite album of all time forever
I don't even have words for that sax in Us and Them
Having watched you reaction to the Wall I know this will be a solid honest listen. Thanks in advance for sharing.
And now " Wish you were here " ...best album for me.
Agreed. Everyone raves about Dark Side and the songs are very lush and pretty but IMO they lack the deep thematic coherence they showed on WYWH and The Wall. It was thier breakout album but they were young and still learning their chops which they put into full effect on the next few albums. I rate DSTM third behind The Wall and WYWH. Animals is a bit meh and everything post Roger should be renamed "a collection of spicy radio tunes".
I second the WYWH vote. consider it a mixed tribute / guilty lament for Syd Barrett with a not so subtle sledge at the 70s era music industry wedged in the middle. It's a proper masterpiece.
@@ooloncolluphid360 Animals is meh?
@@ooloncolluphid360 I also like WYWH more, but Dark Side lacking coherence?!? Never have I heard that before…
Taste Is Subjective
@@zem69666 de gustibus non est disputandum
This right here is the album of the century! Last century and better than anything this century so far.
11:46 good job keeping it without tears,i usually fucking bawl at this song
"Great Gig in the Sky" is one of the most powerful, and emotion-evoking pieces of music ever created. I can't count how many people I've heard state that they wanted it played at their funeral.
Edit: in the song "Money" it's not a trumpet, but a saxophone.
I hope you do the wish you were album here next, that one's legendary
you're in for a ride with this one. greatest album of all time if you ask me.
Yes, I love the peaceful nature of it plus the anxiety it delivers at the same time lol. I can see you rocking to it, which is a sign of self-soothing. You were really going at it during the song Time. Which I think is totally fine btw. We do these things to cope. I love your reactions btw. I'd love to see you do the Animals album! A lot to dig your teeth into as well with that one
"I see, this is sad again" Kinda fits the theme of the previous pink floyd video too lol
Seeing this brings me real joy.
It's interesting your perspective and being a little surprised that 6 years before 'The Wall' they still had it, while people who lived through that era were saying just the opposite when "The Wall" came out... wow, 6 years after "Dark Side of the Moon" and they still got it! LOL.
Wait till you get into their live stuff if you're so inclined.. a whole other dimension that will leave you equally in awe. In the 1994 live Pulse concerts (which I attended in Chicago), they perform the entire Dark Side of the Moon album live without interruption. From heartbeat to heartbeat. Available here on UA-cam.
Wouldn’t a PULSE DSOTM reaction be something?
@@nagaslrac novel idea. someone should do it.
@@flubblert I’d like to see someone’s face at the end of, On The Run. Nobody has done that on YT.
The little phrases in the background of the album came from questions that Waters had written on some cards, then put in front of a microphone in the studio. The questions included things like "When was the last time you were violent?", and "Were you in the right?"... Various people in the studio came in and gave their own answers, some of which were included. According to RW, one chap had had a huge argument with his wife the previous evening; both of them ended up on the album: I think his answer to "were you in the right?" was "I don't know: I was drunk at the time"...
One other wee snippet: you were admiring the piano/sax/etc on "Us and Them". The song was adapted from a Richard Wright solo piece written as part of the band's contributions (mostly rejected!) to the film "Zabriskie Point". You'll find it if you search YT for "Violent Sequence".
What a great reaction! Here waiting for wish you were here album
Best album ever created. That simple.
If you see clearly the Dark side of life, then Animals is for you.
Wish you were here has more brevity but not enough angst.
I recommend Animals, my favourite album of all time.
That Rainbow you showed ,is a visual trace of a heartbeat. In fact the heartbeat turns up all over the album. This is an album of human times that we go through from young to old and even death as in the track Great Gig In The Sky in which the vocal is the stages of death that people go through dibelief rage Acceptance this what the lady is vocalising without words. Madness as depicted in Brain Damage track.
About the little sections of random people talking pink floyd went around asking questions to people who worked at the studio they recorded this album at and even some other artists like some of the band members from the beetles, they asked them about there thoughts about life, death, money, and time which are the main concepts of this album.(im pretty sure thats what they asked them about i could be wrong)
"Hipgnosis offered the band a choice of seven designs, but all four members agreed that the prism was by far the best. ... The design represents three elements: the band's stage lighting, the album lyrics, and Wright's request for a "simple and bold" design. The spectrum of light continues through to the gatefold - an idea that Waters came up with." - wikipedia
Rick Wright said in an interview that you can hear always hear something new in this album..
Timelessness and Chroniques...
"The Dark Side of the Moon" is basically a concise 43 minute journey of the human experience. The heartbeats at the beginning followed by "Breathe" to "Eclipse" fading into heartbeats at the end abd everything between explores the pressing concerns of life.
Excellent reaction and well done.
There were parts you heard which most first listeners don't. You got a great grip on this straight up.
Is there anything released since that album that can match it? The classic of classics.
Good job and thanks👍
Thank you!
The very last line of it's all dark is in reference of the dark of side of moon only being that way because of the light of the sun, meaning the dark side of the moon exist because of the light of the sun, otherwise it is all dark.
If you want I'll get into it. I had just purchased the Dark Side eight track. Played it on our two hour drive to a cousin's funeral. What a memory.
What have you taken, boy? Give it here! Give it here right now!
Great reaction !
When I see how receptive and emotional you are, I think you have to try another great concept album: The lamb lies down on Broadway by Genesis. Well almost all Genesis is incredible but you seems to like when story is built though an entire disk ;)
Breathe Reprise maybe has a bit of a double entendre. Could be he's back home and able to exhale. Could be he's out of Time, deceased, called back "home". The iron bells across the field and the magic spell that has people on their knees? The faithful praying at church, maybe a funeral bell? So yeah, you are in church now. The Great Gig in the Sky (heaven), which is about someone mourning the loss of a loved one (some variation of that at any rate).
"far away across the field, tolling on the iron bell, calls the faithful to their knees" - Pink Floyd
"ask Not for whom the Bell tolls.. it tolls for thee" - John Donne - 1624
Hopefully you check out Animals next, imo Pink Floyd's best album
GOAT Album
Let's continue with Pink Floyd man! Wish You Were Here is a must, or Animals.
"Spaghetti western vibes". Oh god, I never made that connection before, now I will never be able to unhear it.
The only audio clip (talking) I'm super familiar with is the one that opens Great Gig in the Sky (the lady absolutely laying that vocal preformance into the mic), is :
"And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind.
Why should I be frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime."
"If you can hear this whispering you are dying."
"I never said I was frightened of dying."
Early on I used to think, like you, that The Dark Side of the Moon was a bit depressing, because.... "that's all your liffe will ever be". But it's really not, I really believe that it's a message of hope, by contrast. It's there from the beginning: "Breathe, breathe in the air, don't be afraid to care". The rest of the vagaries of life described (running for the next plane, train, or bus. no time to do something meaningful. money and more money. division, competition, war and strife for no good reason. madness, mental illness) all those things are warnings of what your life will ever be if you don't take command of it. So, don't wait for someone or something to show you the way. Choose any colour you like. Breathe in the air.
This album is the story of a human being's life, set to music. It is the story of my life, it is the story of your life, it is the story of every Human being who has or ever will exist. It is the perfectly executed answer to the question "who and what are we as a species?" and it will probably be relevant and listened to until we go extinct.
Dr. JP agrees with your assessment.
the best way to experience this album is at a planetarium laser show… sound system alone makes it worth it, lasers and strobes and such more the benefit.
I react to this album in exactly the same way every time I hear it. That's since I was six in 1972
The backup vocals are running through a Wurlitzer speaker, which is a speaker that spins in circles. That's the sound you're hearing.
50s kid? I was born in 83 and I'm STILL discovering this album after first hearing it at 14.
"I see. This is sad again." Haha, yes. Pretty much everything Pink Floyd is like that.
Saxophone is the perfect accompanying rock instrument - Bruce, stones, etc
Agreed!
Loved watching your reaction because it mirrors mine I've only been a fan for about a year but I reacted just like that. Like how can this be this 👍 good. If you haven't already done it listen to their pulse concert 1994 it's indescribably good. Subbed and liked and looking forward to another video......
even though the Wall is considered the better album, I still like to listen to DSotM now and again! it's deffo 2nd best!
Best album ever ~
Floyd were for many years the band of wry observations about life, insanity, depression, alienation, grief, a rejection of society’s expectations, etc. etc.
That they were and remain so big reflects the fact that that those fears affect millions of us-and always will❤
The voices are common-man responses to actual written questions Roger presented. One was “When were you last violent, and were you in the right? They used the responses for that in “Us & Them.”
So yeah, that’s the concept and you nailed it. The Wall draws on some of that but more narrative. I prefer The Wall for its scope and execution, which are on a far grander scale: and it spoke to me personally at 16 as it still does at nearly 53.
Among all the details...
If you open the entire LP cover, you will see the representation of the whole album, the heart making it a big shiny ring.
any color you like :)
The greatest album of all time, in my opinion.
Love the hoodie. Camp Peterson ... and Floyd.
So good to see reactor with a BRAIN reacting to DSOTM
I believe that all those who supposedly listen to Pink Floyd for the first time are fans and do it as actors for views. It's impossible not to have ever listened to one of their songs!
I need more reactions from the others albums!
Eargasm !
Completely enjoyed your reaction. Next time listen laying down, light out or very dim. just listen with your eyes closed. Then the 3rd time listen with the lyrics. There are multiple ways to appreciate The Floyd....Then the 4th time, put on the Wizard of Oz movie. It syncs up with it for some crazy reason. was this intentional.
brooo, more reactions on prog rock pls!!! no body reacts like you, the world need it!
Next up, "Animals"
Best album ever
Brain damage from dark side of the moon and comfortably numb feel like they share somewhat of the same progression, whenever they build up to the chorus, instead of saying comfortably numb i feel like it could easily be replaced with "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" from brain damage
They're my favourite band, so I had to jump in.
(15) A Momentary Lapse of Reason
(14) The Final Cut
(13) Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
(12) Ummagumma
(11) The Endless River
(10) More
(9) A Saucerful Of Secrets
(8) The Division Bell
(7) Obscured By Clouds
(6) Atom Heart Mother
(5) Meddle
(4) The Wall
(3) Dark Side Of The Moon
(2) Animals
(1) Wish You Were Here
*It's nice to see you discovering just how great they are.
Top 4 would be the same, except I think Animals is number 1. I think that album is perfect. Wish you were here number 2. I would also rate Final Cut higher. It's a dour and depressing listen, but actually constructed quite well, and the most scathing but brilliant lyrics outside the Animals album, and some of Gilmour's best solos as well
god your videos are so fun ot watch
Solid bass it’s the cornerstone of Floyd, da dada daaa da… and the words
I’d LOVE to listen Brain Damage for the first time again
Alan Parsons did the engineering on the record.
I would recommend that you take a watch of the Live at Pompeii version of Echoes!!
Bro wheres the other Floyd album reactions!!!