Roy was recording in the next door studio and took break to see how his friends in Floyd were getting on. He saw they were not happy with the vocals on the song and offered to give it a try. I think he pretty much nailed it on one take. The Floyd (apart from Roger) loved it and it made the Final Cut for the album. Roger says he felt that Roys vocals were a little too cynical for him and that he should have kept going and he felt he would have got it eventually - although he does not hold any grudge against Roy who was a good friend of the Floyd.
Roger disdain for the record company is so spot on. I had just bought one of the first Quad receivers in 70's. When at the end of the song the front channels drop. I'm PISS OFF then bleed into the next song the front channels came back. Amazing. Best album to listen to with no lights, head phones and a big fatty
This album blew my mind because because I was listening to it on my mom's stereo and I was listening to it very LOUD, so when the sound dropped I thought I blew my mom's stereo up, I freaked! They got me!
"Which one's Pink?" Really shows what the exec's know about the band. It great seeing your reaction - takes us old timers back to when we were your age 50 years ago 😀
Enjoy Welcome to the Machine its amazing. Before listening to Animals I strongly suggest you google the album to get an idea of what its about, you will get much more out of listening to it, its inspired by the book Animal Farm by George Orwell.
I was listening to Animals the other day and I was quite shocked by the lack of production values. It's almost as if they went in and played in the studio and went home. No production here like DSOTM I am still not sure what I think about it 🎉
Brilliant..... and Pink Floyd were quite good too! "The Band is just fantastic that's really what I think....oh, BTW which one's Pink" 😂😂😂 If that one line was foreshadowing "The Wall" how little did we know! As for "Welcome to the Machine".... back in the 70's Synthesisers were all very new and for many of us Pink Floyd were our first exposure, and then we realised no one else was getting close!
There's a video here on YT where PF's David Gilmour explains how he used a prototype synth to make those weird sounds in On The Run, from The Dark Side of the Moon album (1973). If I remember it correctly, he said that that very synth was laying around Abbey Road Studios since the Beatles first used it on Tomorrow Never Knows.
Shine on you crazy kid, hold those earphones and nod on to one of the greatest bands of all time. Dave Gilmour shows that feel and melody far outweigh speed. Enjoy your journey 🙏
I remember me sitting in front of my first record player in the seventies and I guess my face looked likely like your I just saw. There are only a couple of bands that were able to make me listen to a whole record in one, Pink Floyd was one of them. Greetings from Germany
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you should 100% listen to echoes, especially the live performance (either pompeii or Gdańsk, both are incredible in their own right). it’s an absolutely incredible song and I think you would love it
When and if you get to Echoes, I suggest listening to these 3 versions in this order: 1 - original studio version (Meddle album) 1971 2- Echoes live in Pompeii (recorded 1971 - please do both parts in ONE video) 3 - Echoes live in Gdańsk (2006) David Gilmour and Richard Wright. I realize Echoes is a very long song, and doing a reaction to all 3 of these versions may not be practical for you. If you can only find time for 2 versions, then Pompeii and Gdańsk are both musical treasures.
If you want some more "very different" single tracks:- 1. "The Nile Song" 1969 before Black Sabbath this is Pink Floyds Helter Skelter 😉 a Proto Metal/Proto Punk 2. "Fearless" from the album Meddle (the one before DSOTM) sampling British soccer fans of Liverpool Football Club singing their team anthem. Few lyrics beautifully crafted. 3. "Pillow of Winds" also from Meddle, just a beautiful song. BTW "an Eiderdown" is a duvet filled with feathers from the Eider Duck, it doesn't get more snuggly 😂 4. "Careful with that Axe Eugene" this is one of the early Floyd tracks that made people suggest when taking Psychodelics you needed Pink Floyd!
@@jonathenmotherJoe. Please ignore the requests for echoes live. You need to experience echoes from meddle first. Remember you listen with your ears not your eyes. The album version is perfect
lol…I knew that nifty end transition was coming and you’d get tripped on it. Not to worry, you’ll hear how it works when you let it play through on the full album. 🤖👾👍🏻
You were left Floyded, that's what happened 😂 . But the same thing happens to all of us. Lucky for me I saw them live during the " The Delicate Sounds of Thunder " tour . 36yrs on , still my favorite concert ever.
So this is basically a record exec giving the band an ego rub and telling they're great, its all awesome you gonna be stars. And then... Welcome to the Machine.
Hi Joe. Hope you are doing well. I am getting ready to watch your reaction and wanted to drop another possible live performance that you might enjoy. The song is "A Whiter Shade of Pale", by Procol Harum, (live in Denmark 2006). I left another song suggestion after yesterday's reaction, Even if you don't post your reaction I think you might enjoy the songs. Love your work, Joe. Rapidly approaching 5k subscribers. Well deserved.
Wish You Were Here is my favourite Pink Floyd album, so it's certainly not a bad choice. Though tbh, they made so many masterpieces it's totally a matter of personal taste which album is a person's favourite. My favourite song (comfortably numb) isn't even on my favourite album.
"Have A Cigar" is almost a Pop song from Pink Floyd. It definitely grooves. And while it is a mid-tempo song [ it is mid-tempo, ain't it? ], it is a busy song. So much going on in the background. Which is true in just about every PF song. But this one seems to raise it up a notch. On to your next Floyd reaction ...
Masterfully always telling a story. That last 30 seconds, riding the gravy train, oh, you aren't playing along with the powers that be? Apparently you forgot who's in charge, so... cut. How you like things now?
I love that Roy Harper story. Just hanging around the studio, saying 'can I have a go?' and then doing it juuust right. That greasy Only fools and horses voice... 'Deal of a lifetime, I'm doing you a solid here'. Greaae is the way, exactly like the rhythm guitar flanger. Roger could never've done that.
Try to do the Animals album start to finish-- it’s a story about class/society- very relevant still today. Gotta get you on the Led Zeppelin train next. I’m almost 70 and over 10,000 vinyls and cd’s in the collection. I still always return to my 70’s favs. Gonna highly recommend you have a listen to Epitaph by King Crimson. Be sure to do the original studio version- not remastered or live.
you should react to some radiohead too!! you could start with their album "in rainbows" im pretty sure youll love it, it is very different than what you have been listening tho, so be prepared for a surprise!!
This song is set up by "Welcome to the Machine". It is a scathing indictment of the record industry who seek to squeeze every penny they can out of the naive and trusting artists, often never really knowing anything about the music or the band itself. Did you catch the line?: "The band is just fantastic that is really what I think, Oh by the way, which one's Pink?" That swhoosh sound at the end makes more sense in context of the album, as the title track "Wish You Were Here" begins playing on the radio (in mono and one side only) and Mr Gilmour hearing it quietly joins in on his acoustic guitar and takes over. Everyone who hears this piece for the first time thinks something happened to their equipment. Including me back in the seventies!! Always hilarious watching their reactions. "Welcome to the Machine" next. I think you're going to be blown away.
I heard you say on Comfortably Numb Live that you‘re jealous because you‘re never gonna see something like it. Are you aware that Gilmour starts his new tour in a month? 🙃
The vocalist on this was a fluke. Waters and Gilmour were both very unhappy with Waters attempts to sing the song, and Gilmour refused to sing it because he thought it was way too strong. While they were working on it a folk-rock singer names Roy Harper who was recording in another studio dropped by to say hi. After hearing them argue, he asked if they mind him trying it. And it worked.
Now your well and truly down the Floyd rabbit hole, maybe try some Kate Bush.. She got her start in the recording business after David Gilmore heard her demo songs and then met her when she was 14/15. Try This Woman's Work, Sat In Your Lap or Rubber Band Girl....
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Get a grip on yourself before listening to Animals, one of the darkest, anger ridden technical masterpieces Floyd produced, Roger was beginning to let his “happy depressing period” creep into his songs and lyrics, but Animals doesn’t even compare to the depths of darkness Roger produced on tape, wait until you hear “The Final Cut” the swan song Floyd product which was basically a Roger solo project by this time.
The guitar, drums and synth together play like a steam train chugging along aka 'The Gravy Train', and if you look into Pink Floyd's management they lost a lot of money through some bad investments, so this is a response, often cynical, to this time in their careers.
“Pink Floyd isn’t even really music…it’s art”. I totally get where you’re coming from, but no; ibis IS music and it’s the music boomers listened to. As you explore more music from this era you will begin to appreciate their sheer volume of outstanding bands and artists who were releasing albums regularly during those years. We were very spoiled.
Welcome to the machine is my least favourite on the album... the heavy industrial sound and synth sounds is not for me. I still like it, but !!!?????.. it's a personal taste thing....
This was like looking at me, in a time mirror from 40+ years ago!
David Gilmour is a guitar master. 😊
Guest Roy Harper on vocals
Hats off to Roy Harper
Roy was recording in the next door studio and took break to see how his friends in Floyd were getting on. He saw they were not happy with the vocals on the song and offered to give it a try. I think he pretty much nailed it on one take. The Floyd (apart from Roger) loved it and it made the Final Cut for the album. Roger says he felt that Roys vocals were a little too cynical for him and that he should have kept going and he felt he would have got it eventually - although he does not hold any grudge against Roy who was a good friend of the Floyd.
@@franknorthall5372Roy didn't want money as payment for the vocals. He wanted season tickets to a soccer team or hockey team. I can't remember which.
Indeed.
"One of these days" from Pulse consert
The guitar solo in this song hits perfectly. It's definitely one of my favorite solos ever. 🎸🤘
The ending had ALL of us thinking our speakers blew out when we first heard it.
You too?
It happens to most everybody. 😄
I’m 68 and been enjoying watching you react the way we did when they came out.
Another great band back then Steely Dan.
That ending, my friend, is a beautiful segue into Wish You Were Here.
Roger disdain for the record company is so spot on. I had just bought one of the first Quad receivers in 70's. When at the end of the song the front channels drop. I'm PISS OFF then bleed into the next song the front channels came back. Amazing. Best album to listen to with no lights, head phones and a big fatty
This album blew my mind because because I was listening to it on my mom's stereo and I was listening to it very LOUD, so when the sound dropped I thought I blew my mom's stereo up, I freaked! They got me!
After this fading guitar solo at the end, comes the introduction of the song Wish You Were Here. Good choice, bro! Greetings from Brazil.
"Which one's Pink?"
Really shows what the exec's know about the band.
It great seeing your reaction - takes us old timers back to when we were your age 50 years ago 😀
Really enjoy watching young people discovering Floyd
The whoosh sound at the end was to make people think they blew their speakers, which were large boxes back then.
Enjoy Welcome to the Machine its amazing. Before listening to Animals I strongly suggest you google the album to get an idea of what its about, you will get much more out of listening to it, its inspired by the book Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Same for the wall
I was listening to Animals the other day and I was quite shocked by the lack of production values.
It's almost as if they went in and played in the studio and went home. No production here like DSOTM I am still not sure what I think about it 🎉
Omg, when you said this was so groovy it just brought me back to the 70's when I was introduced to Pink Floyd. Yeah, I agree very groooovy! lol
Hi Joe,
Loving Your Pink Floyd reactions.
Keep Rocking 👍
Ronnie
SCOTLAND 😊
thanks ronnie
Brilliant..... and Pink Floyd were quite good too!
"The Band is just fantastic that's really what I think....oh, BTW which one's Pink" 😂😂😂
If that one line was foreshadowing "The Wall" how little did we know!
As for "Welcome to the Machine".... back in the 70's Synthesisers were all very new and for many of us Pink Floyd were our first exposure, and then we realised no one else was getting close!
Keith Emerson from ELP was one of the forefathers of the moog synth. Check out Lucky Man.
There's a video here on YT where PF's David Gilmour explains how he used a prototype synth to make those weird sounds in On The Run, from The Dark Side of the Moon album (1973). If I remember it correctly, he said that that very synth was laying around Abbey Road Studios since the Beatles first used it on Tomorrow Never Knows.
🤗 Welcome to the machine dude! 🥰🐰
Shine on you crazy kid, hold those earphones and nod on to one of the greatest bands of all time. Dave Gilmour shows that feel and melody far outweigh speed. Enjoy your journey 🙏
will do !
I remember me sitting in front of my first record player in the seventies and I guess my face looked likely like your I just saw. There are only a couple of bands that were able to make me listen to a whole record in one, Pink Floyd was one of them.
Greetings from Germany
HA just WoW i am SO **Enjoying** watching you **Discover** top tier **Magical Genius Music** there is MORE to come with the bands from the 60's 70's tis a MOST **Enchanting Roller Coaster Of Magic** **Luvit** Thank YOU ever so for making my days **Bright** **PixieHugz&LuvzALL**
It came in immediately because it follows on the heals of Welcome to the Machine. One flows right into the other.
Hats off to Roy Harper. 😁
you should 100% listen to echoes, especially the live performance (either pompeii or Gdańsk, both are incredible in their own right). it’s an absolutely incredible song and I think you would love it
Everyone has a similar reaction to the end, I thought my stereo blew a fuse, the first time.
When and if you get to Echoes, I suggest listening to these 3 versions in this order:
1 - original studio version (Meddle album) 1971
2- Echoes live in Pompeii (recorded 1971 - please do both parts in ONE video)
3 - Echoes live in Gdańsk (2006) David Gilmour and Richard Wright.
I realize Echoes is a very long song, and doing a reaction to all 3 of these versions may not be practical for you. If you can only find time for 2 versions, then Pompeii and Gdańsk are both musical treasures.
My favorite Floyd album.
me too
If you want some more "very different" single tracks:-
1. "The Nile Song" 1969 before Black Sabbath this is Pink Floyds Helter Skelter 😉
a Proto Metal/Proto Punk
2. "Fearless" from the album Meddle (the one before DSOTM) sampling British soccer fans of Liverpool Football Club singing their team anthem. Few lyrics beautifully crafted.
3. "Pillow of Winds" also from Meddle, just a beautiful song. BTW "an Eiderdown" is a duvet filled with feathers from the Eider Duck, it doesn't get more snuggly 😂
4. "Careful with that Axe Eugene" this is one of the early Floyd tracks that made people suggest when taking Psychodelics you needed Pink Floyd!
You should listen to this in order with Wish You Were Here, the transition is one of Floyd's greatest.
"We're so happy we can hardly count" (The money from the DSOTM that is) Ha!
Welcome to the machine will blow your mind
1) ECHOES Live in Pompeii 1971/72 2) COMFORTABLY NUMB Live Pulse 1994 3) ANIMALS Complete
did comfortably numb ! doing animals next
@@jonathenmotherJoe. Please ignore the requests for echoes live. You need to experience echoes from meddle first. Remember you listen with your ears not your eyes. The album version is perfect
lol…I knew that nifty end transition was coming and you’d get tripped on it.
Not to worry, you’ll hear how it works when you let it play through on the full album. 🤖👾👍🏻
Everything a record producer would say 😂
You were left Floyded, that's what happened 😂 . But the same thing happens to all of us. Lucky for me I saw them live during the " The Delicate Sounds of Thunder " tour . 36yrs on , still my favorite concert ever.
So this is basically a record exec giving the band an ego rub and telling they're great, its all awesome you gonna be stars.
And then... Welcome to the Machine.
The album is 'the song'... ;)
👍
Hi Joe. Hope you are doing well. I am getting ready to watch your reaction and wanted to drop another possible live performance that you might enjoy. The song is "A Whiter Shade of Pale", by Procol Harum, (live in Denmark 2006). I left another song suggestion after yesterday's reaction, Even if you don't post your reaction I think you might enjoy the songs. Love your work, Joe. Rapidly approaching 5k subscribers. Well deserved.
Floyd fans are very cool laid back people, I know, I'm one of them
Wish You Were Here is my favourite Pink Floyd album, so it's certainly not a bad choice. Though tbh, they made so many masterpieces it's totally a matter of personal taste which album is a person's favourite. My favourite song (comfortably numb) isn't even on my favourite album.
"Have A Cigar" is almost a Pop song from Pink Floyd. It definitely grooves. And while it is a mid-tempo song [ it is mid-tempo, ain't it? ], it is a busy song. So much going on in the background. Which is true in just about every PF song. But this one seems to raise it up a notch.
On to your next Floyd reaction ...
Definitely need to do "Welcome to the Machine" and with a good set of headphones, be sure and wear a seatbelt!!!!
Masterfully always telling a story. That last 30 seconds, riding the gravy train, oh, you aren't playing along with the powers that be? Apparently you forgot who's in charge, so... cut. How you like things now?
You need to react to the album Animals.
I love that Roy Harper story. Just hanging around the studio, saying 'can I have a go?' and then doing it juuust right. That greasy Only fools and horses voice... 'Deal of a lifetime, I'm doing you a solid here'. Greaae is the way, exactly like the rhythm guitar flanger. Roger could never've done that.
Read that your favorite Pink Floyd song is the last one you heard. And it's true.
The song is about a record company trying to hype up the band, my favorite line is "so by the way, which one's Pink?"
Try to do the Animals album start to finish-- it’s a story about class/society- very relevant still today.
Gotta get you on the Led Zeppelin train next. I’m almost 70 and over 10,000 vinyls and cd’s in the collection. I still always return to my 70’s favs. Gonna highly recommend you have a listen to Epitaph by King Crimson. Be sure to do the original studio version- not remastered or live.
Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, the Yin and Yang that brought perfect balance to the Universe! 😂😂😂
at the end you’re zooming out to hear their own music being played through a mono radio
React to Animals album!
you should react to some radiohead too!!
you could start with their album "in rainbows" im pretty sure youll love it, it is very different than what you have been listening tho, so be prepared for a surprise!!
Great reaction!!!
Thank you!! 😁
Ok, so when's the machine?
If you're going to react to the whole Pulse concert at some point, I'd advise you get some snacks in... It's almost 4 hours long.
This song is set up by "Welcome to the Machine". It is a scathing indictment of the record industry who seek to squeeze every penny they can out of the naive and trusting artists, often never really knowing anything about the music or the band itself.
Did you catch the line?: "The band is just fantastic that is really what I think,
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?"
That swhoosh sound at the end makes more sense in context of the album, as the title track "Wish You Were Here" begins playing on the radio (in mono and one side only) and Mr Gilmour hearing it quietly joins in on his acoustic guitar and takes over. Everyone who hears this piece for the first time thinks something happened to their equipment. Including me back in the seventies!! Always hilarious watching their reactions.
"Welcome to the Machine" next. I think you're going to be blown away.
And then the guitar says "I AM!!" LOL
I think david may have been mad they snubbed his vocals for roy... And he got the last on his solo 😊
I heard you say on Comfortably Numb Live that you‘re jealous because you‘re never gonna see something like it. Are you aware that Gilmour starts his new tour in a month? 🙃
The vocalist on this was a fluke. Waters and Gilmour were both very unhappy with Waters attempts to sing the song, and Gilmour refused to sing it because he thought it was way too strong. While they were working on it a folk-rock singer names Roy Harper who was recording in another studio dropped by to say hi. After hearing them argue, he asked if they mind him trying it. And it worked.
Now your well and truly down the Floyd rabbit hole, maybe try some Kate Bush.. She got her start in the recording business after David Gilmore heard her demo songs and then met her when she was 14/15. Try This Woman's Work, Sat In Your Lap or Rubber Band Girl....
You are now only missing one song from this album ... Welcome To The Machine. You really need to check that out soon.
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Get a grip on yourself before listening to Animals, one of the darkest, anger ridden technical masterpieces Floyd produced, Roger was beginning to let his “happy depressing period” creep into his songs and lyrics, but Animals doesn’t even compare to the depths of darkness Roger produced on tape, wait until you hear “The Final Cut” the swan song Floyd product which was basically a Roger solo project by this time.
Pretty funky for some white guys
No I don’t want you to react to echoes live.
Dude don't do much live unless RW's is playing with the rest of PF. It's not PF unless he on it. He's the oil in the machine!!
How are you so cute
The guitar, drums and synth together play like a steam train chugging along aka 'The Gravy Train', and if you look into Pink Floyd's management they lost a lot of money through some bad investments, so this is a response, often cynical, to this time in their careers.
“Pink Floyd isn’t even really music…it’s art”. I totally get where you’re coming from, but no; ibis IS music and it’s the music boomers listened to. As you explore more music from this era you will begin to appreciate their sheer volume of outstanding bands and artists who were releasing albums regularly during those years. We were very spoiled.
The one Floyd song I absolutely HATE!
Welcome to the machine is my least favourite on the album... the heavy industrial sound and synth sounds is not for me. I still like it, but !!!?????.. it's a personal taste thing....