Music is time machine - I exactly remember my first listen to the Sheep and my chin just fell down. Oh god how I was amazed by breaks, tricks and sound of this masterpiece! 😉
You hit the nail on the head: The first part of the song is sheep going into a slaughterhouse. One thing that has struck me deep about Pink Floyd is the use of siren sounds. I cannot personally verify this but I have heard that the "stone, stone, stone" effect in this song is in the exact same spot as it is on the flip side of the record in "Dogs." The stone kept falling THROUGH the record to the other side.
OK, so it wasn't just me who thought that the synth sounded like a siren! Your "stone" comment sounds so cool and I wouldn't be surprised it they did that...
Sheep and dogs were originally written as raving and drooling & you gotta be crazy. They were played in original form as early as 1974. The vocals were changed when pigs was written. There's several concert audio here on UA-cam where you can here them in their original incantations. Pigs on the wing was split for space reasons. On the 8-track tape version, they are played together with a Snowy White solo not heard on the LP. Search youtube for the 8-track version.
I enjoyed your reaction to Sheep. It is such a great experience with many memorable moments. My take on the ending is that after revolting against the dogs, some of the sheep become dog-like and start to boss the herd. So, it produces a cyclical situation where the new that replaces old, repeats the same mistakes/behaviour. Just my personal thoughts. Just my two pence as we say over here, lol!
U got it right Mr Simon! You'd better stay home.....( new commanders enter the stage) Thats why i love this track the most, it has such menacing atmosphere, cause it''s about creating fear to stay in or come to power.
Brandon, you just made my Friday - first Depeche mode reaction, now Sheep!! The whole Animals album is incredible. Part of my perfect Floyd trifecta of Dark Side, Wish You Were Here & this one! Brilliant. Great reaction my man.
I'm so glad to hear that Darren! LOVE Animals too! Very excited for Dark Side..coming soon I'm sure :) Have a great rest of the day and a super weekend!
Echoes is probably one of the grestest songs ever written. look foe the concert from the pompei version with both halves put together. They were split on the actual concert film like shine on you crazy diamond was split. Pompeii is the best version due to the ixing. strong base ang nick mason went crazy on the drums.
Hi Brandon, and thanks for the reaction! This was the first Pink Floyd song I ever heard. When I was at school, there was a radio programme that played new music every Friday afternoon. Since that time, when I started buying up the back catalogue, I have come to prefer earlier Pink Floyd songs, but this one still remains my favourite song from "Animals". I remember being drawn in by the vocals morphing into the synth sound, as you mentioned. That, and the vocoder type vocals on "The Lord is my Shepherd" bit. Altogether, quite an amazingly atmospheric track! 😎😎❤❤😊😊
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want He makes me down to lie Through pastures green He leadeth me the silent waters by. With bright knives He releaseth my soul. He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places. He converteth me to lamb cutlets, For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger. When cometh the day we lowly ones, Through quiet reflection, and great dedication Master the art of karate, Lo, we shall rise up, And then we'll make the bugger's eyes water.
BULLETIN: Pink Floyd Kills Time! In his classic work, "I and Thou", Martin Buber said that in the "I-You" relationship (as opposed to an I-He,she,it experience)...time and space is transcended. True love. Compound vs Mixture. Relation enjoins. Experience separates. When you love a song, you enter into re-elation with it, and timelessness attends the timeless song through you, the resonant chamber and vessel.
Wright is a master. So badly treated after Animals. Great reaction! I wonder what you'd think of Live in Pompeii Careful with that Axe Eugene and Saucerful of Secrets. Earlier work, but certainly great. I'd recommend the video if you'd do these.
I second that. Especially "A Saucerful of Secrets". Even crazier than the album version, but it exsudes aural brilliance every second of the performance. And any other band would fail miserably at putting together such a heterogeneous collage of very different parts, but with Pink Floyd, everything falls so neatly into place. Absolutely amazing!
@Retro Reactions yes they are from 1968, 1969 and I prefer Pompeii by a lot. It gives you an indication of how they started and how they were different compared to others very early on.
@@EdwardGregoryNYC Thanks. What do you think of Corporal Clegg haha? I heard that one already on my own. Interesting to say the least, esp the kazoo fest!
Wow man, I’m so glad you covered this ominous, epic song. I’m a huge Floyd fan and obviously it’s NOT easy choosing as absolute favorite from those guys. But I didn’t know about this song until I was college, 5 years after its initial release. Once I discovered it’s deep, dynamic magnitude, I was blown away and ultimately this would become my personal favorite. It still is today.
Ottima reazione 😘. Forse non tutti sanno che il basso in questa traccia viene suonato da David Gilmour. E ancor meno sanno che al termine del brano quel ritmo festoso è quello di una Tarantella, una musica ed un ballo folcloristico e popolare del Sud Italia 🇮🇹 a voler significare che dopo aver sconfitto i Cani che le opprimevano le Pecore devono gioire e fare Festa.
To me, this is the golden age of Pink Floyd. Between the two albums of DSOTM and The Wall. Willing to make something totally different that really appeals to a more experienced Floyd fan. It's not as easily approachable as Dark Side or even WIsh you were here. But there's just so much there.
@@retroreactions.... this album is so good. Darkness hovering over it. Once I was on a business trip to England and sat on a train between London and Guildford and jumped up in my chair when I suddenly saw Battersea’s Power station. Was just missing the Pig in the sky. I had no idea that it existed in real life. I thought all the time that the photo on the cover was made up. I read later on that for the first days shooting the pig flew away 💥🤠
Another great one Brandon! This is my favorite off of Animals, of course with Dogs and Pigs just behind. As a suggestion, another of my favorite bands from the 70s is Uriah Heep. They just released a new album just a few weeks ago. One of my favorite songs of theirs is “The Wizard”. It’s from their 1972 album “Demons and Wizards”. It’s a great classic album with must listens like “Circle of Hands” and “Rainbow Demon”. Their 1973 album “Uriah Heep Live” features the track “Gypsy” which features the synths and other keyboards, is over 13 minutes long and I’m certain one you’d love.
There's a song off "The Final Cut" album, Roger's last with Pink Floyd, called "The Gunner's Dream"... Sung by Roger it features the cleanest most emotional voice into musical instrument morph you will ever hear. BTW, the full song ain't that bad either!
@@retroreactions.... You felt as I always feel that the ending is uplifting. The song has no solo from David, but this outro is so infectious and his bass playing is so effective on Sheep.
Gilmour's Floyd does not play this song live, but Roger and his band do. They played it during the DSOTM tour in 2006 and current tour "this is not a drill".
You have to listen to Pink Floyd live at Pompei live 2016. The show is awesome! There's a playlist in order on youtube. Guitar rip at the end of sorrow is amazing. And of course comfortably numb. Best version I''ve heard not in person ( I wish!) And the backup singers are crazy good.
Comfortably numb is the greatest rock anthum of all time with two amazing guitar solos, the outro solo is generally considered to be the greatest ever. It evolved over time doubling over as gilmour continued with waters to do two major world sradum tours and solo shows after rick wrights death.
So much great music from these guys. This album may be my fav. Love the raw edge that Sheep has. Almost Punk. Almost industrial rock. Always Floyd. Definitely not 'Mary had a little lamb'!
Thank you so much Kalbatross! I really appreciate your sub, you watching and your compliment! Amo il tuo bel paese. Sono andato 3 volte di fila a metà degli anni 2000. Pace!
Mi dispiace! Non parlo italiano, vorrei poterlo fare. Sto solo usando google translate ahah. Sono stata a Venezia ea Roma nel 2007, 2008 e 2009. Mi è piaciuto moltissimo!
@@retroreactions.... Attention that google translate made you become female ahah "Sono stata" is about a woman, " Sono stato" is about a man ahah. I'm glad you enjoied your holidays in Italy.I'll continue following you and your reactions! I close my eyes like you sometimes and go back with my mind! Ciao
Haha Google! Maybe some day I will get to go there again. I wanted to go to Tivoli and missed out each time! Thank you so much for your support! Ciao!!
Great reaction Brandon! I always loved the vocal into synth fade! Most people miss it. I agree dogs and sheep favs but pigs is so good too! I also agree I wish animals appeared in Pulse. Most people think it’s cos it was political and film our never plays any of it, but I think it’s because it was a really tough time for them and Rick got sacked by Roger after this album. But often the most inspirational music comes out of tense situations!
Always loved this song. Maybe one of their strongest tunes. It's my first exposure to the new mix released last year (I guess it is) and it was very interesting but I still prefer the original for now. I probably need several listenings.
Good catch...the sheep do, in fact, revolt...taking their frustrations out on the dogs. But , having no discernable effect on the pigs, they meekly fall back into their simple existence, doing what they are told - now directly by the pigs. The metaphors relating to human life are in the forefront here, much as they were in Orwell's novel.
“Very 70’s” You make that sound like a bad thing! Only kidding mate. The 70’s was a decade-long party with the best music in history. There were a LOT of parties,certainly in Britain.
If the genius of David Gilmour could be summed to a single chord, it would be the chord he strung just after 3:52 ... but of course, musical context is extremely relevant here.
Cool reaction as always pal , Dogs is probably my favourite track on the album but this sometimes is also lol Could have been written to describe the world's population the last few years , never mind 46 years ago. The lyrics are profound like in most Pink Floyd masterpieces so nothing new there. Keep up the good work, peace
Black History Month called. They want you to check Curtis Mayfield- Superfly ( 72) 🔥 Title track of the Groundbreaking soundtrack. It's a funk masterpiece! Let's make it happen!!!!!!!!!i
@@retroreactions.... There are a lot of amazing black artists from the 60's & 70's that were not on the radar ( growing up) of many making suggestions( music was heavily segregated) I love Floyd and put Superfly on the same level!! You will dig it for sure!!
@@retroreactions.... Curtis Mayfield was an R& B legend. Started out with The Impressions in the '50s. 'Superfly' was one of the biggest selling movie soundtracks in history up till that time. "Pusherman" "Freddie's Dead" "Give Me Your Love" and the title track, all big hits from the album. Curtis Mayfield was a brilliant songwriter. "People Get Ready" is an all-time classic. "Gypsy Woman".
Four hours ago I looked over your Pink Floyd vids and hoped I’d find sheep. Turns out I had to wait an hour and you did it. Awesome. But this remaster on Sheep is such a let down. The original has cohesion and less separation and important sounds are upfront where they should be. I guess you know where I stand on this subject. Oh well. Love the channel. Subscribed whole heartedly.
Glad it showed up magically right away for you haha....oh no! Someone told me to do the 2018 remixed Animals because all the parts sound way better. But now I see it's a debatable issue. I'm sure I will listen to the original version soon to hear the differences at least...
@@mv8141 I have a different view, but as Brandon said it is debateable. Regarding Sheep, I much prefer the way the remix lifts Roger's poem. It is so, so muddy in the original mix.
Having gotten to know your musical preferences - most relevant to this, how you responded to Dogs and Pigs....I must say I'm pleasantly surprised this was to your liking. Just goes to show NO musical taste is without its exceptions and outliers. I described this album as getting increasingly aggressive as it goes and I hold to that in terms of subject matter, but through your ears I can hear how much more musically rich Sheep is than Pigs.You ask about Pigs on the Wing pts 1 and 2 - it won't get you a ton of traffic but the completionist in me is twitching his eye at the idea of you not doing it. lol Being just one song cut in half, there is the 8-track version out there that has a bridging guitar solo, that would be ideal for the reaction format if you decide to go for it.
This was to my LOVING!! You know I'm less of a word man, so the music on this album has captivated me from the get go. I wonder what Dark Side will do to me lol.....well if Us and Them is any indication.....but that song sounds nothing like Animals, so I suspect Dark Side is a whole different ball game... yea I will have to look for that 8 track version...I remember 8 tracks, we had many and our car had one too :) See I am OLD!..... :)
Sheep is probably my more favorite on this album. The whole album is about George Orwell's Animal Farm which was written in response to the atrocities of Stalin at the time. Just as it was before and after as history keeps repeating. As soon after the book was written you had Hitler and then Mao. Sheep finally Rebel and remove the fascist. Only to replace them with another. When the music takes the dark turn during the bastardation of the Lord's Prayer. Which is what evil does twists truths with falsehoods.. It was required reading decades ago it's likely now banned. As this time around it's not localized but global. Curious how everyone has Amnesia as it is playing out exactly the same as all did previously. Only easier because of Technology envisioned in the book 1984. Not my intent to make anything political. Just background information and history. It quit raining. It's time for me to work ✌️
I may have already suggested sorry if so. Don't know if you have listened to Iron Butterfly. It's what I would call America's first psychedelic band. In A Godda DaVita was a huge hit. Everyone loved the drum solo. And unfortunately it is the only one anyone has ever acknowledged. But their album metamorphosis charted 16th on the top 200 for the year. That was due to the song Butterfly Bayou. It is much longer, and has much more going on. I suggest you watch the only video so you can see how they're making the sounds. The video was a live recording from a TV show that went commercial free as to let them play Under interrupted for a half hour. I consider the talk box work better than Peter Frampton's. But there's so much more it is Spacey and Ron bushy is in a trance throughout. When attending their concert in 69 at the ASU Activity Center. Ron Bushey on drums actually passed out. He's already been through a few extended length solos at the time. Plus it was hard to breathe because of the smoke in the air. And no it wasn't cigarette smoke. Lol Although they may have been on more than just weed. '69 was a pivotal year from Woodstock to the Moonwalk. Was the year I was also in the movies Billy Jack, and Bless the Beasts and the Children. That movie's theme song (same name) was a huge hit for the Beautiful and talented Karen Carpenter. If it seems like I've done a lot. I have, likely more than most. But I was taught early on life is what you make of it. But it doesn't just happen you must create your own opportunities. Speaking for myself nothing came free or was handed down. Along with my Aviation career Many times I worked two or three jobs besides maintaining and growing a ranch while diversifying. And always accumulating property. Better than gold!
@@retroreactions.... lol No book! Family and friends have said the same also. Yes Butterfly Bleu. If I'm out in the shop I'm using the phone. Fat fingers small screen. So I dictate, but don't always proofread. Should know better. AI has a sick sense of humor. Have had a photographic memory in movie form going back to when I was a toddler. And a once eidetic memory. I remember everything good and bad until about 15 years ago. The ability to form all new memories has been severely impaired. What I do remember is still photographic. But there are holes that are missing. Sometimes the following day. Everyone says it's because I'm getting old.😒
I have a request which you can follow up alone or do as a reaction - it's your call. It is the song Pigs on the Wing as one song and not split into two parts. It was officially released by Pink Floyd in 1977 but only on 8-track cassette. It features a guest player who does a sublime electric guitar solo between the verses (Snowy White who toured with Pink Floyd and later joined Thin Lizzy). It will give you an opportunity to hear how the song was originally intended as one piece to open the album. Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/3po6131Opko/v-deo.html
@@retroreactions.... As far as I understand it, it is a different version. The piece is very uncomplicated anyway. Just Roger singing softly while strumming an acoustic guitar. Snowy White had come to the studio because they were considering adding him to the on stage band for the Animals tour (which they did). Somehow David's original solo had been erased. So they said: while you're here, show us what you got. (No pressure! Lol) You may want to listen to Part 1 and then Part 2 as they appear on the album everyone knows and then listen to this version as a complete song. Your call mate.
Music is time machine - I exactly remember my first listen to the Sheep and my chin just fell down. Oh god how I was amazed by breaks, tricks and sound of this masterpiece! 😉
Yes, music and smells.....I LOVE this song just like you!
Best song ever, because its about power staying in power.
MASTERPIECE!!!!!!! The whole album. Dogs and Sheep are my favorites for sure. I am a dog. Bow Wow!!!!!
Woohoo! I'm joining the Dog Pound Crew too!! Happy Friday Renee
@@retroreactions.... Happy Friday Brandon!!!! Nice to see you enjoying Sheep. You looked like a really happy Snoopy. Ruff Ruff. Bark Bark
Haha, the Floyd Farm RULES!!!!
@@retroreactions.... 🦮🐕🐶🐕🦺🐷🐖🐽🐑🐏
@@reneelyons6836 😂
You hit the nail on the head: The first part of the song is sheep going into a slaughterhouse. One thing that has struck me deep about Pink Floyd is the use of siren sounds.
I cannot personally verify this but I have heard that the "stone, stone, stone" effect in this song is in the exact same spot as it is on the flip side of the record in "Dogs." The stone kept falling THROUGH the record to the other side.
I also noticed that!
OK, so it wasn't just me who thought that the synth sounded like a siren! Your "stone" comment sounds so cool and I wouldn't be surprised it they did that...
Agree, what an amazing peace of Avantgarde Art... Ur reaction gave me tears, tyvm🙏 The genius of Floyd is simply medicine for all layers💚
I wonder if Animals will end up being my favorite album, once I hear them all in a year or 2...Thanks Yves...
Sheep and dogs were originally written as raving and drooling & you gotta be crazy. They were played in original form as early as 1974. The vocals were changed when pigs was written. There's several concert audio here on UA-cam where you can here them in their original incantations. Pigs on the wing was split for space reasons. On the 8-track tape version, they are played together with a Snowy White solo not heard on the LP. Search youtube for the 8-track version.
Thanks for the info Cliff!
I enjoyed your reaction to Sheep. It is such a great experience with many memorable moments. My take on the ending is that after revolting against the dogs, some of the sheep become dog-like and start to boss the herd. So, it produces a cyclical situation where the new that replaces old, repeats the same mistakes/behaviour. Just my personal thoughts. Just my two pence as we say over here, lol!
Oh wow, that's a great interpretation! I read from someone else about the cyclical nature of the ending lines...Thanks for watching!
U got it right Mr Simon! You'd better stay home.....( new commanders enter the stage)
Thats why i love this track the most, it has such menacing atmosphere, cause it''s about creating fear to stay in or come to power.
Back from visiting my mom & what a song to come back to! 🔥🎶🔥
I love it so much! Thanks Lynn
@@retroreactions.... 👍🏼🐑🐕🐖
Brandon, you just made my Friday - first Depeche mode reaction, now Sheep!! The whole Animals album is incredible. Part of my perfect Floyd trifecta of Dark Side, Wish You Were Here & this one! Brilliant. Great reaction my man.
I'm so glad to hear that Darren! LOVE Animals too! Very excited for Dark Side..coming soon I'm sure :) Have a great rest of the day and a super weekend!
Echoes is probably one of the grestest songs ever written. look foe the concert from the pompei version with both halves put together. They were split on the actual concert film like shine on you crazy diamond was split. Pompeii is the best version due to the ixing. strong base ang nick mason went crazy on the drums.
Hi Brandon, and thanks for the reaction! This was the first Pink Floyd song I ever heard. When I was at school, there was a radio programme that played new music every Friday afternoon. Since that time, when I started buying up the back catalogue, I have come to prefer earlier Pink Floyd songs, but this one still remains my favourite song from "Animals".
I remember being drawn in by the vocals morphing into the synth sound, as you mentioned. That, and the vocoder type vocals on "The Lord is my Shepherd" bit. Altogether, quite an amazingly atmospheric track! 😎😎❤❤😊😊
Hi Mark, happy Friday! What an amazing 1st song to hear of Pink Floyd..
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green He leadeth me the silent waters by.
With bright knives He releaseth my soul.
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places.
He converteth me to lamb cutlets,
For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger.
When cometh the day we lowly ones,
Through quiet reflection, and great dedication
Master the art of karate,
Lo, we shall rise up,
And then we'll make the bugger's eyes water.
BULLETIN: Pink Floyd Kills Time!
In his classic work, "I and Thou", Martin Buber said that in the "I-You" relationship (as opposed to an I-He,she,it experience)...time and space is transcended. True love. Compound vs Mixture. Relation enjoins. Experience separates. When you love a song, you enter into re-elation with it, and timelessness attends the timeless song through you, the resonant chamber and vessel.
Great way to look at it!
I would think when you totally give yourself to a song, it would enter into the I-Thou relationship realm
Wright is a master. So badly treated after Animals. Great reaction!
I wonder what you'd think of Live in Pompeii Careful with that Axe Eugene and Saucerful of Secrets. Earlier work, but certainly great. I'd recommend the video if you'd do these.
I second that. Especially "A Saucerful of Secrets". Even crazier than the album version, but it exsudes aural brilliance every second of the performance. And any other band would fail miserably at putting together such a heterogeneous collage of very different parts, but with Pink Floyd, everything falls so neatly into place. Absolutely amazing!
I assume they are very early songs? Would you say Pompeii versions are better than studio versions?
@Retro Reactions yes they are from 1968, 1969 and I prefer Pompeii by a lot. It gives you an indication of how they started and how they were different compared to others very early on.
@@retroreactions.... If you want early, you'll want to check out "Bike" or "See Emily Play" ... Maybe "Interstellar Overdrive."
@@EdwardGregoryNYC Thanks. What do you think of Corporal Clegg haha? I heard that one already on my own. Interesting to say the least, esp the kazoo fest!
Wow man, I’m so glad you covered this ominous, epic song. I’m a huge Floyd fan and obviously it’s NOT easy choosing as absolute favorite from those guys. But I didn’t know about this song until I was college,
5 years after its initial release. Once I discovered it’s deep, dynamic magnitude, I was blown away and ultimately this would become my personal favorite. It still is today.
Loved this one too! Thanks for sharing!
Ottima reazione 😘.
Forse non tutti sanno che il basso in questa traccia viene suonato da David Gilmour.
E ancor meno sanno che al termine del brano quel ritmo festoso è quello di una Tarantella, una musica ed un ballo folcloristico e popolare del Sud Italia 🇮🇹 a voler significare che dopo aver sconfitto i Cani che le opprimevano le Pecore devono gioire e fare Festa.
Wow, è così bello saperlo! Grazie come sempre per le informazioni e per la visione! Pace...
vabbe ti metto pollice su🖖😉
@@nodarkside Yay :)
To me, this is the golden age of Pink Floyd. Between the two albums of DSOTM and The Wall. Willing to make something totally different that really appeals to a more experienced Floyd fan. It's not as easily approachable as Dark Side or even WIsh you were here. But there's just so much there.
Yes, it completely resonated well with me on first listen! Thanks shane..
Yup 🤠
:)
@@retroreactions.... this album is so good. Darkness hovering over it. Once I was on a business trip to England and sat on a train between London and Guildford and jumped up in my chair when I suddenly saw Battersea’s Power station. Was just missing the Pig in the sky. I had no idea that it existed in real life. I thought all the time that the photo on the cover was made up. I read later on that for the first days shooting the pig flew away 💥🤠
@@Divedown_25 Freakin cool story. Yes, I saw on a documentary that the ole pig got loose and was floating around the city or something lol....EPIC!
Another great one Brandon! This is my favorite off of Animals, of course with Dogs and Pigs just behind. As a suggestion, another of my favorite bands from the 70s is Uriah Heep. They just released a new album just a few weeks ago. One of my favorite songs of theirs is “The Wizard”. It’s from their 1972 album “Demons and Wizards”. It’s a great classic album with must listens like “Circle of Hands” and “Rainbow Demon”. Their 1973 album “Uriah Heep Live” features the track “Gypsy” which features the synths and other keyboards, is over 13 minutes long and I’m certain one you’d love.
Thanks Dale! I've heard the same Uriah Heep before. I can add them to the list for sure :)
I still have my ticket stub from seeing them in the 70’s 😂
My 2nd fave PF album , just a little bit behind DSOTM, and curiously neither of them include my favorite song from this super band... "Echoes"
There's just too much greatness everywhere with PF!
There's a song off "The Final Cut" album, Roger's last with Pink Floyd, called "The Gunner's Dream"... Sung by Roger it features the cleanest most emotional voice into musical instrument morph you will ever hear. BTW, the full song ain't that bad either!
Thanks
Great insight. Slide on the live Pulse: ONE Of THESE DAYS , a little psycadelic; HIGH HOPES beautiful post Waters song
Thanks Steve! I just reacted to One of These Days Pulse yesterday!! :)
And I have reacted to studio version of High Hopes fyi..
@@retroreactions.... just watched it.
my favourite outro.
🙃👋🏼
It is brilliant!
@@retroreactions.... It’s Pink Floyd! 🤗
@@retroreactions.... You felt as I always feel that the ending is uplifting. The song has no solo from David, but this outro is so infectious and his bass playing is so effective on Sheep.
Yes and Yes!
Gilmour's Floyd does not play this song live, but Roger and his band do. They played it during the DSOTM tour in 2006 and current tour "this is not a drill".
Thanks, I saw Roger do Dogs and Pigs on solo tour, have to watch Sheep now
Greatest rock album ever imo. And until recently got so little respect
Really? Crazy, because I recognize its brilliance just from knowing the 3 main songs for just a few weeks now...Thanks Tony
What a song! And the outro is so damn cool!
Totally!! Thanks for watching...
You have to listen to Pink Floyd live at Pompei live 2016. The show is awesome! There's a playlist in order on youtube. Guitar rip at the end of sorrow is amazing. And of course comfortably numb. Best version I''ve heard not in person ( I wish!) And the backup singers are crazy good.
Thanks Andrew! I will definitely check it out.
Comfortably numb is the greatest rock anthum of all time with two amazing guitar solos, the outro solo is generally considered to be the greatest ever. It evolved over time doubling over as gilmour continued with waters to do two major world sradum tours and solo shows after rick wrights death.
So much great music from these guys. This album may be my fav. Love the raw edge that Sheep has. Almost Punk. Almost industrial rock. Always Floyd. Definitely not 'Mary had a little lamb'!
They're 3 of my fave PF songs for sure, still deciding, but I guess Sheep and Dogs are tied right now!
Amazing reaction dude...new subscriber from Italy!!!!!
Thank you so much Kalbatross! I really appreciate your sub, you watching and your compliment! Amo il tuo bel paese. Sono andato 3 volte di fila a metà degli anni 2000. Pace!
@@retroreactions.... Che bello, parli italiano, così posso scriverti in italiano!Dove sei stato in Italia? Ciao!!!
Mi dispiace! Non parlo italiano, vorrei poterlo fare. Sto solo usando google translate ahah. Sono stata a Venezia ea Roma nel 2007, 2008 e 2009. Mi è piaciuto moltissimo!
@@retroreactions.... Attention that google translate made you become female ahah "Sono stata" is about a woman, " Sono stato" is about a man ahah. I'm glad you enjoied your holidays in Italy.I'll continue following you and your reactions! I close my eyes like you sometimes and go back with my mind! Ciao
Haha Google! Maybe some day I will get to go there again. I wanted to go to Tivoli and missed out each time! Thank you so much for your support! Ciao!!
Great reaction Brandon! I always loved the vocal into synth fade! Most people miss it. I agree dogs and sheep favs but pigs is so good too! I also agree I wish animals appeared in Pulse. Most people think it’s cos it was political and film our never plays any of it, but I think it’s because it was a really tough time for them and Rick got sacked by Roger after this album. But often the most inspirational music comes out of tense situations!
Gilmour not film lol
Thanks George!
Always loved this song. Maybe one of their strongest tunes. It's my first exposure to the new mix released last year (I guess it is) and it was very interesting but I still prefer the original for now. I probably need several listenings.
Wow, so there is significant difference it seems. I have to go hear the original now. Thanks for watching Alex!
@@retroreactions.... Always a pleasure
Good catch...the sheep do, in fact, revolt...taking their frustrations out on the dogs. But , having no discernable effect on the pigs, they meekly fall back into their simple existence, doing what they are told - now directly by the pigs. The metaphors relating to human life are in the forefront here, much as they were in Orwell's novel.
Deep concepts...ahh Roger....
They invented 11 on the volume knob for this song
A Genesis type storyline... threatening musical build-up then those triumphal guitars at the end makes it my favourite.
“Very 70’s”
You make that sound like a bad thing!
Only kidding mate.
The 70’s was a decade-long party with the best music in history.
There were a LOT of parties,certainly in Britain.
LOL, I was a baby/child during that decade....so missed it all. Would love to go back as an adult at least for 1 year to live!! Thanks for watching!
If the genius of David Gilmour could be summed to a single chord, it would be the chord he strung just after 3:52 ... but of course, musical context is extremely relevant here.
Cool reaction as always pal , Dogs is probably my favourite track on the album but this sometimes is also lol
Could have been written to describe the world's population the last few years , never mind 46 years ago. The lyrics are profound like in most Pink Floyd masterpieces so nothing new there.
Keep up the good work, peace
Thank you so much Paul! Hard to decide if Dogs or Sheep is my fave off the album. I guess I'll lump them as 1 perfect duo for now!
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Hi Eddie, have a great day/night!
@@retroreactions.... Thank you, Brandon, you too.
Evening time here, enjoy the music. 👍🏼 🎶❤️🎶
I am a rock I am an island I like to eat fish who eat oysters who have pigs for pets that count sheep for the dogs. #greatreaction
Thanks!
Black History Month called.
They want you to check
Curtis Mayfield- Superfly ( 72) 🔥
Title track of the Groundbreaking soundtrack. It's a funk masterpiece!
Let's make it happen!!!!!!!!!i
"Freddie's Dead".
Added to the list. Definitely heard the name before!
@@retroreactions.... There are a lot of amazing black artists from the 60's & 70's that were not on the radar ( growing up) of many making suggestions( music was heavily segregated) I love Floyd and put Superfly on the same level!!
You will dig it for sure!!
@@retroreactions.... Curtis Mayfield was an R& B legend. Started out with The Impressions in the '50s.
'Superfly' was one of the biggest selling movie soundtracks in history up till that time. "Pusherman" "Freddie's Dead" "Give Me Your Love" and the title track, all big hits from the album. Curtis Mayfield was a brilliant songwriter. "People Get Ready" is an all-time classic. "Gypsy Woman".
Four hours ago I looked over your Pink Floyd vids and hoped I’d find sheep. Turns out I had to wait an hour and you did it. Awesome. But this remaster on Sheep is such a let down. The original has cohesion and less separation and important sounds are upfront where they should be. I guess you know where I stand on this subject. Oh well. Love the channel. Subscribed whole heartedly.
Glad it showed up magically right away for you haha....oh no! Someone told me to do the 2018 remixed Animals because all the parts sound way better. But now I see it's a debatable issue. I'm sure I will listen to the original version soon to hear the differences at least...
@@retroreactions.... maybe it’s preference but it seems most remasters sound too differentiated. To me it clearly loses its original intent
@@mv8141 I have a different view, but as Brandon said it is debateable. Regarding Sheep, I much prefer the way the remix lifts Roger's poem. It is so, so muddy in the original mix.
2:01 "Lovin David's bass line" Big mistake here, but already forgiven if you are new to Pink Floyd. It's Roger's bass line.
David did play bass on Sheep, according to the interview he gave Bass Player magazine in 1998. I was surprised to learn that.
Having gotten to know your musical preferences - most relevant to this, how you responded to Dogs and Pigs....I must say I'm pleasantly surprised this was to your liking. Just goes to show NO musical taste is without its exceptions and outliers. I described this album as getting increasingly aggressive as it goes and I hold to that in terms of subject matter, but through your ears I can hear how much more musically rich Sheep is than Pigs.You ask about Pigs on the Wing pts 1 and 2 - it won't get you a ton of traffic but the completionist in me is twitching his eye at the idea of you not doing it. lol Being just one song cut in half, there is the 8-track version out there that has a bridging guitar solo, that would be ideal for the reaction format if you decide to go for it.
This was to my LOVING!! You know I'm less of a word man, so the music on this album has captivated me from the get go. I wonder what Dark Side will do to me lol.....well if Us and Them is any indication.....but that song sounds nothing like Animals, so I suspect Dark Side is a whole different ball game... yea I will have to look for that 8 track version...I remember 8 tracks, we had many and our car had one too :) See I am OLD!..... :)
Sheep is probably my more favorite on this album.
The whole album is about George Orwell's Animal Farm which was written in response to the atrocities of Stalin at the time.
Just as it was before and after as history keeps repeating.
As soon after the book was written you had Hitler and then Mao.
Sheep finally Rebel and remove the fascist. Only to replace them with another.
When the music takes the dark turn during the bastardation of the Lord's Prayer.
Which is what evil does twists truths with falsehoods..
It was required reading decades ago it's likely now banned.
As this time around it's not localized but global. Curious how everyone has Amnesia as it is playing out exactly the same as all did previously. Only easier because of Technology envisioned in the book 1984. Not my intent to make anything political. Just background information and history. It quit raining. It's time for me to work
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I may have already suggested sorry if so.
Don't know if you have listened to Iron Butterfly. It's what I would call America's first psychedelic band.
In A Godda DaVita was a huge hit. Everyone loved the drum solo. And unfortunately it is the only one anyone has ever acknowledged.
But their album metamorphosis charted 16th on the top 200 for the year.
That was due to the song Butterfly Bayou.
It is much longer, and has much more going on. I suggest you watch the only video so you can see how they're making the sounds.
The video was a live recording from a TV show that went commercial free as to let them play Under interrupted for a half hour.
I consider the talk box work better than Peter Frampton's. But there's so much more it is Spacey and Ron bushy is in a trance throughout.
When attending their concert in 69 at the ASU Activity Center. Ron Bushey on drums actually passed out. He's already been through a few extended length solos at the time. Plus it was hard to breathe because of the smoke in the air.
And no it wasn't cigarette smoke. Lol
Although they may have been on more than just weed.
'69 was a pivotal year from Woodstock to the Moonwalk. Was the year I was also in the movies Billy Jack, and Bless the Beasts and the Children.
That movie's theme song (same name) was a huge hit for the Beautiful and talented Karen Carpenter.
If it seems like I've done a lot. I have, likely more than most.
But I was taught early on life is what you make of it.
But it doesn't just happen you must create your own opportunities.
Speaking for myself nothing came free or was handed down.
Along with my Aviation career Many times I worked two or three jobs besides maintaining and growing a ranch while diversifying.
And always accumulating property.
Better than gold!
Um, where can I buy your life story book?! Many epic memories it sounds like....Did you mean Butterfly Bleu from 1970?
@@retroreactions.... lol No book!
Family and friends have said the same also.
Yes Butterfly Bleu.
If I'm out in the shop I'm using the phone. Fat fingers small screen.
So I dictate, but don't always proofread.
Should know better. AI has a sick sense of humor.
Have had a photographic memory in movie form going back to when I was a toddler. And a once eidetic memory.
I remember everything good and bad until about 15 years ago.
The ability to form all new memories has been severely impaired.
What I do remember is still photographic. But there are holes that are missing. Sometimes the following day.
Everyone says it's because I'm getting old.😒
We all gettin old...I'm eligible for AARP in 2 years LOL! Time flies, glad I'm doing something I love here on this channel...thanks for your support!!
Very nice job...Sometimes newer isn't better.Try the original when you can
Thank you EricJ
Come fai a non amare i Pink Floyd?
Si!!
I have a request which you can follow up alone or do as a reaction - it's your call. It is the song Pigs on the Wing as one song and not split into two parts. It was officially released by Pink Floyd in 1977 but only on 8-track cassette. It features a guest player who does a sublime electric guitar solo between the verses (Snowy White who toured with Pink Floyd and later joined Thin Lizzy). It will give you an opportunity to hear how the song was originally intended as one piece to open the album. Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/3po6131Opko/v-deo.html
Hello. Is this version the same as the album versions, just stitched together, or is it a different version?
@@retroreactions.... As far as I understand it, it is a different version. The piece is very uncomplicated anyway. Just Roger singing softly while strumming an acoustic guitar. Snowy White had come to the studio because they were considering adding him to the on stage band for the Animals tour (which they did). Somehow David's original solo had been erased. So they said: while you're here, show us what you got. (No pressure! Lol) You may want to listen to Part 1 and then Part 2 as they appear on the album everyone knows and then listen to this version as a complete song. Your call mate.
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Only if we overstand the lyrics
David´s bassline???????????
Yes, he played bass on this song
David actually played Bass on many of Floyd's studio recordings where people just assumed it was Roger...
@@AIONmogwai Correct.