It never ceases to blow my mind that DSOTM was written by musicians who were in their 20's. So amazingly timeless and nearly 50 years later it's still as fresh as it was in 1973.
Exactly the same for me. I'm nearing retirement now and can't believe I let so much time slip through my fingers.There was so much I thought I would accomplish by now, and I feel like my miserable job is robbing me of what little time I have left. I marvel at the wisdom of Roger Waters' lyrics at such a young age.
I’m 16 now and as I must say, everything is brilliant from start to finish. Time really hits hard for me because I was bullied a lot in middle school, and 5 years later I am still growing. Thank you, Pink Floyd, for helping me through that tough time in 6th grade.
I got to see Pink Floyd play this album in its entirety back in June of 1973 in Pittsburgh at the Civic Arena. I was 6 rows from the stage right in front of David Gilmour. They played this as the second part of their show after an intermission. They played some of their "older stuff" in the first act of the show. Coming back from intermission, the lights went down, the music started, the show was in quadraphonic sound, and as the song breathe started to play, the retractable roof on the arena opened up, a billow of smoke left the confines of the room, and they played the rest of the show under the stars. This is to date the most memorable show I have ever seen. A very powerful performance. To clarify about their "older stuff", I mean they opened with Set the controls for the heart of the sun, astronomy domine, and Echoes. These guys left an indelible mark on my soul. Thanks for bringing these memories back to me.
I saw Roger Waters do the same thing at Coachella in 2007. Full concert, intermission, then DSOTM in its entirety in surround sound. In the desert, under the stars, on a polo field with 50k+ people. After having seen Prince headline the night before. It was the show where they lost the inflatable pig that flew away. “Where’d my pig go?” 😂 What a weekend.
"Far away, across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spell" What an incredible verse.
I'm living this song. Especially the last part where Gilmore sings about being home again. When I come home cold and tired, it's good to warm my bones beside the fire. As you get older, time does seem to slip away. All the young people that might watch this video, a word of advice. Live your dreams while you are young, and have the time, energy, and will.
Especially the energy. Only the energy of youth makes it easy to do what you have the will and time to do. You will wear down over time--even if you spend all your time in a gym trying to keep your energy!
The energy issue is subjective. It's not spending time at the gym. It's about lifestyle choices. Especially diet and supplements. I have over 35 yrs of experience, knowledge and studies of Supplements. You can delay the aging process and have plenty of energy too. The problem few people lifestyle for the future. They too busy trying to get their emotional needs met today! I am 50 now I predict my lifespan will be 100 to 120.
FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME!!! I would take this to a deserted island!! Saw them in concert in the mid-70's and they started off with "Wish you were Here", then they played the entire "Dark Side of the Moon", then for an encore they preformed "Shine on you crazy diamond". Best concert ever, I had goosebumps the whole time!! 😎
Wow bigjohn... That sounds incredible! Closest I got was tickets to a show in 79, but I got grounded for getting suspended from school 🤦♂️ I didn't even cut those bus seats! I was smoking weed, but I didn't cut the seats! 🤣
I hear Waters is under attack right now over Ukraine. Before my time runs out, I need to find and move to a town where people are sane enough to fund free abortions in order to save local school tax, and instead of militarizing Ukraine. Firhall Scotland prohibits children, but as far as I know they do nothing to fund abortions.
The success of Dark Side of the Moon owes a lot to the brilliance of Alan Parsons, who did the audio engineering. You can hear many of his signature sound elements on it - from the canvas that the music is painted on to the texture of the sounds to the myriad of effects that ultimately define the songs, what everyone remembers it by. As well, he was instrumental in getting Clare Torry for the ethereal vocals on "The Great Gig In the Sky" and he was responsible for the sweet "echo" quality that really made her sound other-worldly. His impeccably timed analog loop on "Money" was incredible for that era. Similarly, the coordinated clocks on "Time" were from his own catalog of sound effects. These things may not seem like much, but he was a major influence and a big part of what made it a sonic masterpiece. These various elements and tidbits are what everyone remembers, the parts that really grab you emotionally. I honestly don't think it would have been the phenomena it was without him.
I didn't think much about how much Alan Parson's production made DSOTM the masterpiece it is until I watched a "making of..." documentary that had scenes of Parsons at the mixing board running through the original studio masters...and he's playing the big mixer like it's an orchestra in a box, saying things like "Here's where the choir comes in".
Caught them in 1973 to hear Dark Side at the old Paramount Theater in Portland- this was an old vaudeville theater, where one could hear some speak on stage all the way to the balcony. This was THE most mind blowing concert, and we all knew what we witnessed was beyond spectacular and would be epic. So very lucky to have witnessed history
Pink floyd warned me not to waste my youth. Because of THIS song, I learned trumpet and guitar, played sports, got a pilots license, and ultimately became a doctor. I put headphones on at age 13...really listened to song...and my life changed...for real.
You haven’t been making an effort! I’ve seen Gilmour 4 times, once with the classic PF, twice with the post Waters PF and once solo. But then he is my favourite musician. Make sure you don’t miss out next time you have a chance - there might not be many other opportunities. Quite an ironic comment in the context of a debate on “Time”. You should have paid closer attention to the lyrics! 😃
Yeah I missed that too but it's more important to love the music and I imagine most people who were of age back then, didn't get to see them either, be grateful we were alive when it happened.
When I was 10 years old I was one of those frivolous kids who heard this song and thought, "This won't happen until later. Ten years is an eternity. Not something that can pass in the blink of an eye." And then one day I found ten years had gone behind me. That's when I knew I had to heed the warning. As a result I have had an adventuresome life. Expose this song to as many young people as you can! They'll thank you for it later!
Time really flies by! As an elementary schooler I worried that I was going to get bullied the most in high school. It actually happened in 6th grade for me. Now, I’m about to go to 11th grade and have really reflected on all those years gone by! Cannot believe this was 6 years ago!
Darkside & Zep IV best rock albums ever. Discovered them 40 years ago as a teenager, nothing has come close to the excellence and staying power of each these great works.
Yes, those exact two albums had the most profound effect on me as a teenager in the seventies. It greatly influenced my outlook on life even to this day. Thanks
Y'all might like The Flaming Lips album "Clouds Taste Metallic" (1995) with Darkside AND Zep IV influences apparent throughout. Ronald Jones' guitar is...hard to describe. Flangy? Think it's on ytube.
I think I'd agree that DSOTM and LED Zeppelin 4 are the two greatest rock albums of all time, so ground-breaking and iconic each of them. Still, I'd give the #1 spot to DSOTM.
I've gotten to see Roger with his band and Nick with his band. I've been the saxophonist and one of two guitarist/vocalists in a Pink Floyd tribute for almost 4 years now. We've performed DSOTM over 50 times at this point, including last night. It's still a moving experience every time.
@@michaelfinnegan3805 Someone without a soul is not touched by someone with a soul. A cynic doesn't even allow deep connection with other human beings for lack of trust. If you have a soul it isn't wrong if someone else is able to meet you there. It is connection. You might say it is a form of trust. Not some sign that you don't have depth of conscience, connection to others or lacking a strong sense of your self and your own beliefs. Feeling connection, being touched by someone else's creative depths does not mean you lack your own. I understand what you mean that someone who is empty is filled, comforted or inspired by someone else. But it doesn't always mean someone is empty or needy. But if they _are_ that is exactly what they do need. Inspiration. There is a need for anything that strikes you as genuine to assist you in reducing your levels of cynicism. Nothing wrong with that. Dark side of the Moon is genuine.
@@garyoldham4449 my first instinct was to write some snarky comments, then I thought why? I think I have a hard time with the guy being a Communist and being a millionaire, and charging how much for tickets? He is a huge asshole butt that doesn't mean you are. great music, though Dave Gilmore played all the good bass parts. waters is no respected as a lyrisicist
agree....first there was lennon....then r. waters. a rude , crude, shrewd, communist, obnoxious brit a - hole. been laughin at his "fans" n all the way to the bank for years...ahahah suckers.
This is a great channel! I was at a party when a friend walked in after just having picked up DSotM. He put it on - playing to a bunch of teenagers - and to our credit when the album was over we were all (about 20 of us) sitting in stunned silence. I'll never forget that. Thanks for the awesome content!
For approximately 5 years, I would listen to Dark Side EVERY DAY on my way home from work. It was the only way I could de-stress enough to interact with my family without being a great big anger ball. Why an album about descending into insanity kept me sane is beyond me, but it worked.
This is one of those classic rock albums that is like a greatest his collection. Pink Floyd are in a league of their own. They have been, and continue to be one of my favorites. What a great band.
People did warn us not to waste our youth. Most though, just don’t listen as it seemed like there was so much time ahead of them. I remember the clock literally standing still when I was a kid; it seemed like I’d never “grow-up”. I remember my grandma, who was 71 when I was born, tell me often “don’t wish your time away”. (She also used to tell me “only boring people are bored”…wise lady.) Then one day, you wake up and you’re 43 with 2 amazing kids and a beautiful wife…and you start wondering if there will be enough time to do all the things you want to do. I’ve never wished to get time back, as much as hoped that I will be given enough by the end… I’m new to your channel today, and this was my 4th video…thanks for the brilliant content!! Keeping the old ‘top-40’ folks alive is great fun for all the audiophiles out there. Definitely got a new subscriber outta’ me! STAY UP, STAY FREE!!
BEST ALBUM EVER ❤️ As I sit here with tears streaming down my face I can only think about how many thousands of times this album has moved me to tears. I’ve listened to DSOTM over 5k times. Sometimes it’s the only thing I’d listed to for weeks. It was meant to be, like the universe channeled some magical powers through these young men to speak to all of us. I like to joke the guys in Pink Floyd are space aliens sent to teach us something. Thank you for moving me once again Professor of Rock! ❤️
I found this album in early '75 when I started college, I was 22, and this song, "Time" instantly became my favorite song, it still is one of my favorite. It took about two years for me to realize what this song is saying. A couple of years later, I was teaching a youth Sunday School class in a small Idaho town, I moved irrigation pipe during the summers there, and I played this song for a lesson and talked about what the song was saying. Several parents of the kids in the class were not happy about that lesson. It had nothing to do with the song, rather it was playing it during church. I can see that, but with my ADHD, I tend to be a little impulsive . After that, it was over. Years later, when I passed through that town on the way up to IF, I stopped at the local Spudnut shop and saw one of the kids who was in that class. While talking with him, I asked if he remembered any of the classes I had taught him. He thought for a bit, and then said he remembered the lesson about wasting time, the song by Pink Floyd. I walked out of that shop feeling a little vindicated. Who'd thunk to use Pink Floyd in an effective Sunday Scool lesson.
I love that you played that song in Sunday School. You delivered your message in a way that they could identify with. Good job. Good example of thinking outside the box
I am forever heartened by the fact that this album has always been at the top, loved even by people who are nothing like me and like nothing else that I do.
Great Gig in the Sky still brings tears to my eyes. Clare Torry’s haunting, agonizing singing communicated crushingly with no words and it was a magical aspect of the album as it was not the group who produced that vocal, but perhaps divinity they found it and made it into something that blessed every listener.
It took me about three weeks with a reel to reel , stopping and starting hundreds of times-to memorize every inflection of Great Gig in the Sky… I finally could sing along (sing?) with her every breath…. And I still can to this day- though at 67 I can’t hit the notes like I used to 🧡
There’s a great UA-cam video of an interview with her in which she describes the process. They played the music to her, and told her to just go. After a couple of takes, she spontaneously created that!
@@belindah9790 Similar story here. I could sing it note for note. At close to 60, unfortunately, my range has lowered, so those days are gone, but boy, do I remember the joy of belting it out along with her.
Saw Pink Floyd at Anaheim Stadium in 1977. First half of the show: the entire Animals album. (Complete with big pig balloon.) Intermission, then the entire Wish You Were Here album. (Great projected video backdrops.) Encore: Money. Surround quadraphonic sound. What a show!
I was 17 in 74 when this came out and I can remember my mother walking in to my room and saying did you hear that. I looked at her like she had two heads. What are you talking about you are 57. She goes that record that you are listing to is saying time is short and don't waste it or let it pass you by. Then she walks out. I never listen to time the same way again.
69 now and I remember the time fondly 17 in 1972 starting work and finding the people I worked with mostly 4or5 years old steering me into album bands rather than singles oriented groups. What I time I had through the 70s, my formative years it made me what I am today.
Next to Sgt Peppers, DSoTM was undoubtedly one of the most influential rock LPs of my youth. That said, despite the album's brilliant, immersive and ethereal atmospherics, Wish You Were Here was by far the most profoundly soul piercing release. A fitting ode to fallen bandmate Sid Barrett who incidentally paid an unannounced and prescient visit to the studio in the midst of recording that very album. Pink Floyd is one of those seminal bands whose cultural significance will be felt and reflected upon for time eternal.
When I see people talk about their favorite Pink Floyd albums, It feels like WYWH is usually the second favorite behind one of the other big four. It's nice to see other people who feel like this album is Pink Floyd's masterpiece.
@@TB_2006 It’s a toss-up between DSOTM and WYWH but WYWH tends to get my vote. Perhaps it’s Wright’s ethereal keyboard sound that does it. The Wall, on the other hand is nowhere near my favourite. It’s far too Gilbert and Sullivan and it’s themes are nowhere near as universal. And of course, there is almost no Wright.
First heard it soon after its release in 1973. Completely different to anything else on the music scene at the time, which alone made it incredibly intriguing. Over the weeks got immersed into it unlike anything else I've heard. Nearly 50 years later, 1000s of times played, never got tired of it to this day. Timeless!
Adam, this has to be one of the best you have ever done. Evocative, thoughtful. Time is one of the best Pink Floyd tracks of all time. Thank you once again for the thought provoking show.
I had it for sure -- my parents gave it to me as a birthday present in '74. I still chuckle about that because in my rural hometown Pink Floyd didn't resonate with everyone -- most people thought it was "drug music." My folks had never heard of them -- they bought it because they ran into a friend's sister at the record store (30 miles away) and she told them her brother liked it.
I distinctly remember hearing The Dark Side of the Moon for the first time. It was at a party, playing it, flipping it over, rinse and repeat. Nobody minded, we were all blown away. I love concept albums and this one is right up there with Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. Both are stellar and timeless.
Any colour you like is like the greatest piece of music ever like great gig and you don’t even touch on it!!!! Great vid greatest album along with Animals. Love this channel
Hey Prof. I love your videos!! Your sheer love and enthusiasm for all genres of music is wonderful! I love the fact that your dad got you into music and you’ve carried his torch into new and uncharted musical history and appreciation. My apologies, this is going to be a long comment. I too was inspired my dad’s musical appreciation. I was born in 1949 in austere Britain, four years from a debilitating world war. On the face of it, life wasn’t easy but my lovely dad who was a coal miner had optimism and enthusiasm for the future. He loved music. His meagre record collection included Chico Hamilton and Django Reinhart albums. He loved jazz. But one day he came home with a Little Richard EP!! He discovered Rock and Roll!! Soon we were bopping around the house to Long Tall Sally and Jenny, Jenny. Woweeee! This guy was amazing. Soon he had records by Duane Eddy and a home grown band, The Shadows. His love of music inspired me to want to hear as many new sounds as possible. And in the early 60’s we listened to both British and American sounds until one day, I heard Please, Please Me! We had heard Love Me Do and were intrigued by it, but PPM was a mind bender! Then From Me To You then She Loves You!! Whaaaaat???? The 60’s party had started. BTW, I’m a drummer and the song that inspired me to start playing was I’ll Get You!! I loved the beat on that track. So Prof, get your calculator out!! I was 10 in 1960 and 20 in 1970 and I believe I spent my mostly teenage years in the greatest musical decade ever! Rock, instrumentals, Merseybeat, R and B, the first Power Pop music, psychedelia, hard rock, progressive. Are you kidding me!! Every week brought something new and exciting. Sadly I never saw the Beatles live. They still are my all time fave band but I did see Hendrix and Syd era Floyd. (I also saw Floyd in 73, Dark Side, then 80, Wall, then 94, Division Bell. Now, forgive me, I am now revelling in nostalgia and memories so, I will STFU now as long as you consider doing videos on these. One. Arthur (The Decline and Fall of the British Empire) and inspired concept album which included the mega Shangri La. Two. In the Court of the crimson King. King Crimson. Epitaph???? Epic!!!!! Three. 666 Aphrodite’s Child. The Four Horsemen with Vangelis on keys and Denis Roussos on vocals! Kill me if you don’t love this track!!!!! Ok, I’ll shut up now. I’m 75 and still play to this day. I love music but I’ve become Comfortably Numb to the music over this past 20 years. It does not float my boat! So, let me take you down cos I’m going to 1960. The local flea pit cinema was playing the 1956 film, The Girl Can’t Help It which has Little Richard singing the title song. My dad knew the cinema manager and even though I was only 11 he managed to smuggle me in to see the film! Unbeeeleeeeeivable. Loved it and loved my dad for getting me in there!! Keep rockin’ my friend! I’m gonna rock ‘til I drop!!!!!
Dark Side of the Moon came out when I was 10…but 10 years later when I was in college it was a mind-blowing experience. I must have listened to this album (yes the vinyl) hundreds of times…
I couldn’t say which song is my favorite on this album because the whole album is a song in a sense. The fact that each song connects together does help that, sure. The truth is that these four guys, no one more important than another, just as no one song separated itself from the others. Really impressive and at the highest tier of quality.
Takes me right back to 1978 when I was 13. I have played it all the way through more than a thousand times. I bought this and Wish You Were Here on cassette off of a lad who was getting into punk and thought it wasn’t his bag anymore.
Time is pound-for-pound their best song. For lyric content and musicianship, it has stood the test of "time", and is completely relevant to any generation.
Amazing how popular this music was and IS after all these years. A true classic among classics. On a small side note: back in the mid 70s, many Planetariums put on laser light shows, to various spacey/prog rock music. Pink Floyd was the usual showstopper. When the audience heard the fade in of the sound effects of Time and Money, they would stand up and applaud, usually screaming for more. Great episode!
@@Tyler-qw8kn I had never heard Time, On the Run or Breathe until my brother and I heard DSOTM played as a demo to show off high end stereo equipment in '80 or '81. I never forgot the amazing recording and how it truly breathed with space between songs, notes, lyrics, etc. When the guitar solo came on I just stood there transfixed. I went out and bought the album and learned that solo too! To this day, whenever I hear that solo come on, I stop what I'm doing and just listen. THAT'S practicing mindfulness. Beauty-Full!
I remember hearing this album and Time on headphones back in school. It sounded like nothing else I had ever heard before. It’s been in heavy rotation in my music catalogue ever since. Time is the most precious resource we have in life besides health both mental and physical. Rock on!
Dark Side of the Moon came out when I was a Junior in High School, and it really had a profound effect on my life. The album was such a departure from popular music at the time. There were certainly other good albums that year, but the top song in 1973 was Tie a Yellow Ribbon by Tony Orlando and Dawn. Think about that. Anyway, some people life to work, and some people work to live. Time argues for and I made a conscious decision, to work to live. I didn't want to arrive at 65 years old (where I am now) regretting all the things I'd missed out on because I was too busy working.
I think Yellow Ribbon, for all its poppy, frivolous vibe, is considering the same theme as Time -- but rather than philosophizing about the whole of a person's brief life, it's looking at how each slice of a life is so important to the whole. . "It's been three long years, do you still want me? If I don't see a ribbon round the ole oak tree I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree" The dude's been kept away from the person he loves for three years, which seems like eternity to him, and now he's about to find out what changes those three years have wrought in his/her life. But of course even if things today go the way he hopes, time could change the whole narrative again at any moment -- the point being, you have to pay careful attention all the time or you may miss something important you'll never have a chance to recapture. Time goes in only one direction.
My dad and I never truly got along but when he played his and now my albums we could pull out the cribbage board and listen to the sounds of songs like this that transcend generational divides. We could talk about what an impact the album and its songs made on us and music as a whole. I only listen to this song and album on vinyl because it sounds perfect on it as well as it reminding me of simpler times.
I play time every year on my birthday. Been listening to it since the 70's and yes, it absolutely resonates more the older one gets. Loved your talk on this. You brought out nuances and layers that I never thought about. Very interesting.
The only time I saw Pink Floyd was in 1972, before Dark Side... had come out. The second half of the show was the entire album, with film clips to illustrate the songs. It was the most mind-blowing concert of my life.
I have had the pleasure of playing this tune in three bands. It moves me every time I hear it and every time I play it. Excellent job once again to the prof.
The three backup singers were just so very impressive all they had to do was just go ooh and aw on the album and the members of Pink Floyd we're satisfied. Beautiful voices those beautiful voices hair today gone tomorrow that's the English way.
Dark Side of the Moon. The one album my fellow starving college roommates could all agree was the one we wanted to listen to rain or shine. And to this day, I can shamelessly air guitar to Time without, as David Gilmour would say, "missing a bloody chord".
What music of the 00’s/10’s/20’s will our children look back on as ANTHEMIC to their experience? What beeps/clicks/drones/indecipherable mumbles/repetitious phrases will constitute the sound track of their youth/life? If you have kids/grand kids/nieces/nephews introduce them to Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, Rush, Eagles, INXS, Elton John, Queen, AC/DC, KISS, Rupert Holmes, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Van Morrison, Harry Nilsson, Blue Eyed Soul, Yacht Rock, Heavy Metal…..WHATEVER and WHO EVER colored your youth, held your life together, broke you down in tears. Give them the gift that Adam shares with his children and us, that his father shared with him
The show at Wembley Pool in 74 was fucking stellar. I was 3.. on an US Army base the toddler son of a soldier. Mom and dad loved the Floyd. I saw them 6 times in the late 80s and 90s.. brilliant experience all. And the flying pig at Carter Finley … still mesmerized ❤
Thanks for another great video. I will forever look back on July 1989 as one of the greatest experiences of my life, seeing Pink Floyd live in London. Their music reaches the inner soul, leaving the listener truly ‘Comfortably Numb’..!
I have so many memories tied to this album. The most crystal clear of them came when I was hanging out with my friend Eleanor in this English themed bar in Muncie, IN named the Herrot after they had closed for the night. There were a handful of us there including the owner who was a university English professor, and we were all tripping balls on the night before Easter. This album got put on, and suddenly we were all transported onto this arcane spaceship full of dragons and antlers and an awesome stereo system that enveloped us in its sonic whirlwind. When the opening sequence of Time began, and the clocks began going off, it was so totally overwhelming and felt like the wall of clocks were there before us reporting on our fleeting existence. It was pure magic.
My wife and I and everyone we knew loved this album. We must have since we wore out 3 or 4 albums. We used to have a great stereo with huge speakers and all sorts of devices to make it as close to a studio as we could afford. Back then the individual pieces started at about $1,000 and some were 5 times that much. We could fill the valley where we lived with music that even quietened the coyotes. We liked the vinyl more than the later formats such as 8 track tapes and then CD's. No matter who was visiting, everyone loved that album.
As a late-comer to Pink Floyd's greatness, I find I can't get enough of their music...the masterpieces. I am 55 and I find that Spotify is all that I can listen to...the best of 70's and 80's-when true musicianship, stellar talent ruled. It's is all that I want and need. I cannot listen to radio, the trash. Written lyrics, playing multiple instruments, vocals- no autotune- just raw, pure talent. Just does not exist anymore...so sad. But the treasures from the 70's and 80's are this GenX-er's 🎶lifetracks🎵🎶
You’re correct. I’m having a great time introducing my 14 yr old grandson to the 60’s/70’s/80’s music. I knew he was an old sole as a newborn. One of our favorite things to do now is see the tribute bands that come around. Brit Floyd was one of the best!
I myself am 55. I was introduced to Pink Floyd when i was in my mid-teens. It doesn't matter WHEN you get into a band , what matters is that you are listening to that band now. You can't go wrong with ANYTHING by Pink Floyd or any other band for that matter. What counts is that you are listening and enjoying great music.
Best song ever. I was captivated when I first heard it while in high school. The song has accompanied me through 5 decades of life and perspective. 💖💖💖💖
Time and this whole album is so timeless. The definition of classic. From casual listeners to full on music freaks like myself, so many are touched/enthralled by this album. For me it holds a LOT of nostalgia because I first heard it as a kid in the 70's, frequently played by my older siblings. Floyd and this album will always hold a special place in my heart.
I remember the 1st moment I heard this. My aunt sat me down in a big comfy chair. To listen to it. The entire LP blew my mind. This song just keeps on giving more as I get older. Thank You
Man do I miss music that came from a place of artistic expression and the conveyance of the human experience. DSOTM is a perfect encapsulation of both concepts. My 16th and 17th years on this planet were dominated by this album. I can still remember my friends dark purple Chevy S10 that we used to cruise around in. Seriously -- we wore the cassette tape out during those days. Time (the song) is brilliant in that it will have a different meaning for you depending on what point of life that you are at. It's incredible song writing and it's an example of why the album will be forever relevant.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 People will get on you for "Circle Jerking" but it's so true. What has been released in the last 20 years that can even come close to late 60s and 70s music?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I wish the current generation and those that has passed had music like this. It was the best of times. I won’t listen to much of today’s music. I still go back to the music my heart holds. This is just one of those special albums.
I listened to this fascinating album for the first time three days ago and can't get enough of it. Masterpiece. One of my favorite bands, Dream Theater, has been heavily influenced by Pink Floyd and it shows in their music. A perfect example, at least thematically, is The Spirit Carries on and many, many others.
The words of Time are so true. They made this young lad contemplate the realities of existence for the first time when i first listened to this masterpiece.
I don't think we'll ever see a band as good as Pink Floyd again. They were just... outrageously talented and haunted. The time period, the individuals, the recent past... they just won't be repeated.
I found the DSOTM to be as captivating in my teenage years as I do now at 59. There is reason for albums such as this that go beyond the measure of time compared to what is being released currently. In reality there is no comparison. Music of my youth far surpasses anything of today.
Hey, this reminds me of a video I saw on UA-cam of Salvador Dali and Walt Disney’s short film, “Destino”, set to “Time” by Pink Floyd. It was originally produced in 1945 but saw its completion in 2003. I saw this video a couple of months ago and was so wowed by it. It really proves the magic of The Dark Side of the Moon.
Your Destino comparison is very oomnee, Russian for 'clever,' and apt. I was fortunate to be able to see Pink Floyd in concert at the Orange Bowl in Miami in 1987. I walked into a record store on Flagler Street and got the chance to buy a ticket in the massive football stadium in the 17th row for $17! That was face value. The seller worked at the record store, and would have been fired on the spot had he scalped the ticket. So I got to see the Floyd complete with pigs flying above me on wires from the 17th row
One of the bands I usually couldn't stand hearing my dad or uncle's playing when I was a kid, I really began to appreciate Pink Floyd when I started playing guitar as a teenager. And now I've spent the last few decades admiring everything they've done.
Hey, we all grow up. I first heard PF in 1973 when I was 12. Became a fan in 1977 with the release of Animals. So I got that right when I was young. However, I just started to appreciate Elvis in the last 5 years. Hated Elvis as a kid. Mom would get up on Saturday mornings to watch the horrible (still horrible) Elvis movies. My younger brother and I wanted to watch cartoons. So we both learned to hate Elvis. Well, cartoons are no longer a priority for me and I've cleared the resentment from having to watch his shitty movies so now I can listen to him with appreciation. But Floyd is still my favorite, followed immediately by Nirvana.
@@jjackomin I'm the same way with M.A.S.H. now. That show chewed into my Scooby Doo time all week long with it's syndication in the early 80s. I still love Scooby Doo but I like M.A.S.H. too.
@@KingBeevr Yeah, that's exactly what I mean. And M*A*S*H? Great show. I remember watching the series finale when I was in college. Staying away from the reruns for awhile then I will splurge for several months.
As a missionary in western New York, one of our respected leaders recited the lyrics to Time in a zone conference telling us how the song changed his life. Our mission president found the words so profound that he asked us all to memorize the lyrics and would sometime ask us to recite them in meetings as he would ask us to recite scripture verses. The song inspires me to this day.
Way back in '77 on a cold school night, I had a newly minted friend cruising around with a bunch of us guys. No music was playing, It was his first time smoking dope. Once a bowl or three was done we popped in to the cassette deck DSM and blew his mind! He lost the leather jacket, forgot the greasers, and became the biggest head I ever meet! Fast Forward about 30 years... My daughter took a class in high school called music appreciation that covered rock from it's start to present day. Near the end of the class there was an unofficial class trip to the Paramount in Huntington (the parents were invited because someone needed to drive and pay...) a tribute band played the entire DSM album to perfection before a pack house. It brought fond memory and amazement that 3 decades later it still speaks to us. My wish to be around the day my grand kids discover this kind of music; however, I fear by then the sun may come up behind me to often for that to be realized.
Roger losing his father in the war, led to him becoming the great musician he became. A lot of Pink Floyd's music came from pain and loss. While I like David Gilmour better as a musician, the pairing of Roger and David created so much of the music I love. Both have a great solo catalog as well.
My roommate bought this album the day it came out. He was a guitar player and had a state of the art stereo. He brought it home and put it on. He and I and a couple other friends partook in some illegal mind altering substances and sat down to enjoy it for the first time. We weren’t listening to the lyrics. We just let the music carry us away. We were all in our respective alternate realities and all of the sudden all those alarm clocks went off and drew us back to earth. It’s hard to describe the effect it had. We figured they had to have lulled us into lala land and then rudely awakened us on purpose. And they kinda did because that’s sort of the point. Every time I listen to that album it brings me back to that day.
One of my friends introduced me to this great album, I went over to his place to have a brew or two and play some chess. We put on headphones he put the album on and we played the game while listening to this fan-freakin’-tastic album, on vinyl back in the day. I was awestruck, I bought the album and put it on when going to bed, I had trouble falling asleep in my youth and this album helped me slip into a good nights rest. I would wake up in the morning sometimes with the headphones half on, not ever sure at what part of the album I fell asleep to. Still to this day a great thing to listen to. 😎🍺🍺
There have been some geniuses in music (Mozart, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Dylan, Brian Wilson) and Roger Waters is definitely one of them. I could sit and listen to Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall, and disconnect from everything as I willingly go into a hypnotic journey of deep emotion and transcendental awareness.
"When you genuinely help other human beings, you feel joy." - I learned this in high school. It goes against our innate craving to serve ourselves, but when we embrace serving others, the satisfaction that we find is amazing.
DSOTM still touches me deeply every time I hear it. I'm 68 and this is without a doubt my all time favorite song. It never fails to give me a chill. Thank you for doing this tribute. Pink Floyd is the best! Timeless!
In the early 2000’s there was a limited theater re-release of the Wizard of Oz. A family friend who managed the local theater arranged for an after hours screening synced with Dark Side. It was every bit as glorious as dreamt it be. Much thanks to the Floyd for peppering life with a little madness and folly.
Uh, no he didn't. He did much of The Final Cut, which is a pretty shitty album musically. The Wall is given a toss up, he certainly didn't write Gilmours guitar parts, but rumour has it that he did write enough of it that he was tempted to release it as a solo album, but since then he's credited Gilmour for certainly the music it is most noted for- run like hell, comfortably numb, etc. That he's a good musician shouldn't really be disputed, but your statement should.
@@mikearchibald744 The songwriting credits are publicly available. I wasn't even including The Final Cut. Their most successful years are from DSOTM to The Wall. The Wall is a toss-up? 😂 Playing a guitar part on someone else's song doesn't earn one a songwriting credit, and that is reflected in the actual songwriting credits, not the ones you've made up in your head. If playing a great solo earned one a songwriting credit, Jimi Hendrix would be a co-writer of All Along the Watchtower, and Eric Clapton would get a credit on While My Guitar Gently Weeps. On The Wall, Waters wrote solo, 22 of the the 26 songs. Gilmour co-wrote 3 songs with Waters. I hope you can appreciate those numbers. Waters not only wrote 22 of the 26 songs alone, but he co-wrote the remaining four. That's not a toss-up. It's a beat-down. . Back a little further to Animals. Animals ended the year in many countries in the top 5 albums of the year. Waters wrote it all, music and lyrics, except Dogs, which Gilmour shares a writing credit on. They both wrote the music on Dogs. Back further to WYWH. I'm counting Shine On as one song. The credits are the same for all the parts. Waters wrote all the lyrics. Of the five songs, Waters wrote solo, two. Of the remaining three songs, Waters shares music credits on all of them. Point being, Waters is the only member who was a songwriter on all of the songs on WYWH. To DSOTM Waters wrote all the lyrics on the album, and all of the music on three songs. He shares music songwriting credits on two others. Of the 10 songs, Waters is the only member to have a part in writing every song. I've changed my mind about my initial statement. Waters didn't simply write the majority of Pink Floyd's songs throughout their most successful period, he was the dominant songwriter, writing virtually all of the lyrics and significantly more of the music than any of the other members. The icing on the cake is, Waters wrote solo, Another Brick in the Wall, their biggest hit, which reached number 1 on Billboard, and Money, their second biggest hit, which reached 15 on Billboard.
@@Mo_Taser You should learn what songwriting credits mean. In general they don't mean squat, at that time all bands in britain were dividing up songwriting credits for publishing reasons, but all admitted that that doesn't count for much. Strumming a guitar and singing isn't 'writing a song'. Go listen to the interviews of The Wall and all the arguments that Dave and Roger were having on the actual production of the songs. Some were minor differences, some were major. Its well known that Roger was the lyricist, thats not in dispute. Its also known that he pretty much bullied Rick and Nick out of giving a shit because Roger wouldn't listen to share in songwriting, likely for that reason. Roger openly admits that. Of course its true that doesn't mean anything for the finished song, but there's a reason why Gilmour is noted as one of the best guitarists ever, and thats despite admitting that he's not that technically proficient. So its likely that the songs would have gotten as much radio play as The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking or Amused to Death did. The melody is frankly pretty easy, one of the reasons why Roger says he left was because Dave adn Rick kept saying he was tone deaf and not very proficient musically. As I said, strumming a guitar badly while singing isn't 'songwriting', its only the first stage of it.
@@mikearchibald744 Like I said, the songwriting credits are a matter of public record. They are not what you imagine them to be. They are exactly as I stated, and again, not what you imagine them to be. None of those credits are in dispute by any of the members of Pink Floyd. You are simply wrong, and you are proof that people see what they want to see, and not necessarily the reality of every situation. Strumming a guitar and singing is very much writing a song if there is song structure, a melody and lyrics. If it wasn't, Bob Dylan, Springsteen, and countless others would have a lot less money than they do today. I get it. You're in the Gilmour camp, not the Waters camp, so you diminish Waters in order to strengthen Gilmour. I happen to think they are both fantastic. But the problem is you are designing a narrative which is not in line with the facts. You may not like the facts, but facts don't give a damn about what you do not like.
To this day I get goosebumps when I hear this masterpiece. Every time I play this song I am reminded that life is too short. Thank you for this great video.
Poll: If you could choose one band to reform for a live show, for one night who would it be?
Definitely, most assuredly, without a doubt...Pink Floyd. Oh, if only!
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
The Who wiith Keith Moon
How about Pink Floyd? Or Queen? Or maybe even Van Halen?
It never ceases to blow my mind that DSOTM was written by musicians who were in their 20's. So amazingly timeless and nearly 50 years later it's still as fresh as it was in 1973.
That’s why those guys were at the top of the heap in dating, you don’t see that today, just a bunch of lazy video game playing losers.
Yup. And it's true that time flies, as was mentioned in the song. 50 years...Yikes!
I say this every time I hear, "Time".
I agree 100%! There will never be another DSOTM...
It took me a minute. Dark Side of the Moon. Totally awesome.
"Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day" The older I get the more that lyric hits home.
I first heard them when I was 9 or 10. Now I’m 16, so that line really hits hard for me. Yes, us youngsters can rock on to the good stuff as well!
"The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older....."
@@46miles "Shorter of breathe, and one day..."
Learnt all the words by heart as a boy as a man I realise its just a miserable song..
For me, it's "and then one day you find, 40 years have got behind you..."
Listening to it when I was
15 didn’t phase me a bit. Now at 62 years old, it brings me to tears; bittersweet and sighing deep. Time is a masterpiece!
Exactly the same for me. I'm nearing retirement now and can't believe I let so much time slip through my fingers.There was so much I thought I would accomplish by now, and I feel like my miserable job is robbing me of what little time I have left.
I marvel at the wisdom of Roger Waters' lyrics at such a young age.
Truly a masterpiece album. Nothing like it before or since.
@@deltatango5765 big hug!
I’m 16 now and as I must say, everything is brilliant from start to finish. Time really hits hard for me because I was bullied a lot in middle school, and 5 years later I am still growing. Thank you, Pink Floyd, for helping me through that tough time in 6th grade.
@@deltatango5765 omg tell us more?! Did you let a good one go? Why did you waste so much time?
I got to see Pink Floyd play this album in its entirety back in June of 1973 in Pittsburgh at the Civic Arena. I was 6 rows from the stage right in front of David Gilmour. They played this as the second part of their show after an intermission. They played some of their "older stuff" in the first act of the show. Coming back from intermission, the lights went down, the music started, the show was in quadraphonic sound, and as the song breathe started to play, the retractable roof on the arena opened up, a billow of smoke left the confines of the room, and they played the rest of the show under the stars. This is to date the most memorable show I have ever seen. A very powerful performance. To clarify about their "older stuff", I mean they opened with Set the controls for the heart of the sun, astronomy domine, and Echoes. These guys left an indelible mark on my soul. Thanks for bringing these memories back to me.
I was there also. Nothing else has ever topped this event!
What a special added bonus, open sky! Thanks for sharing:)
@david smay, what a great comment - truly beautiful!
I saw Roger Waters do the same thing at Coachella in 2007. Full concert, intermission, then DSOTM in its entirety in surround sound. In the desert, under the stars, on a polo field with 50k+ people. After having seen Prince headline the night before. It was the show where they lost the inflatable pig that flew away. “Where’d my pig go?” 😂 What a weekend.
Simply amazing. Lucky you!!
"Far away, across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell"
What an incredible verse.
"Ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run.
You missed the starting gun."
Those lyrics get to me every time I hear that song.
I'm living this song. Especially the last part where Gilmore sings about being home again. When I come home cold and tired, it's good to warm my bones beside the fire. As you get older, time does seem to slip away. All the young people that might watch this video, a word of advice. Live your dreams while you are young, and have the time, energy, and will.
Especially the energy. Only the energy of youth makes it easy to do what you have the will and time to do. You will wear down over time--even if you spend all your time in a gym trying to keep your energy!
I’m 16 years old and still have a lot of time to live, so I heed this advice!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Yes you do. But always live for tomorrow.
For those who stand still. Will forever miss the future.
The energy issue is subjective. It's not spending time at the gym. It's about lifestyle choices. Especially diet and supplements. I have over 35 yrs of experience, knowledge and studies of Supplements. You can delay the aging process and have plenty of energy too. The problem few people lifestyle for the future. They too busy trying to get their emotional needs met today!
I am 50 now I predict my lifespan will be 100 to 120.
@@BeingMe23 Why, thanks.
FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME!!! I would take this to a deserted island!!
Saw them in concert in the mid-70's and they started off with "Wish you were Here", then they played the entire "Dark Side of the Moon", then for an encore they preformed "Shine on you crazy diamond". Best concert ever, I had goosebumps the whole time!! 😎
I’d go out camping in the middle of a jungle and listen to this whole album with headphones on, no doubt.
Same here then in the early 90's saw them again without Roger but saw him a month later on the hitchhiker tour
Wow bigjohn... That sounds incredible! Closest I got was tickets to a show in 79, but I got grounded for getting suspended from school 🤦♂️ I didn't even cut those bus seats! I was smoking weed, but I didn't cut the seats! 🤣
❤️
I hear Waters is under attack right now over Ukraine.
Before my time runs out, I need to find and move to a town where people are sane enough to fund free abortions in order to save local school tax, and instead of militarizing Ukraine. Firhall Scotland prohibits children, but as far as I know they do nothing to fund abortions.
I've just come out of hospital after life saving surgery, I'm 61, those lyrics have taken on a whole new meaning for me.
The success of Dark Side of the Moon owes a lot to the brilliance of Alan Parsons, who did the audio engineering. You can hear many of his signature sound elements on it - from the canvas that the music is painted on to the texture of the sounds to the myriad of effects that ultimately define the songs, what everyone remembers it by. As well, he was instrumental in getting Clare Torry for the ethereal vocals on "The Great Gig In the Sky" and he was responsible for the sweet "echo" quality that really made her sound other-worldly. His impeccably timed analog loop on "Money" was incredible for that era. Similarly, the coordinated clocks on "Time" were from his own catalog of sound effects. These things may not seem like much, but he was a major influence and a big part of what made it a sonic masterpiece. These various elements and tidbits are what everyone remembers, the parts that really grab you emotionally. I honestly don't think it would have been the phenomena it was without him.
Agree, Parsons was a major contributor.
I believe he also contributed to the Beatles, get back. He's a maestro.
I didn't think much about how much Alan Parson's production made DSOTM the masterpiece it is until I watched a "making of..." documentary that had scenes of Parsons at the mixing board running through the original studio masters...and he's playing the big mixer like it's an orchestra in a box, saying things like "Here's where the choir comes in".
@@1oolabobI was blown away watching him in that documentary. I’m a big fan of his own music as well .
Thanks for posting this. I didn’t know that.
I'm 81, I had the great fortune to see Pink Floyd live three times, including the Dark Side. Their light shows were, dare I say it, mind blowing.
Caught them in 1973 to hear Dark Side at the old Paramount Theater in Portland- this was an old vaudeville theater, where one could hear some speak on stage all the way to the balcony. This was THE most mind blowing concert, and we all knew what we witnessed was beyond spectacular and would be epic. So very lucky to have witnessed history
I have listened to this for over 50 years. I am not tired of it yet. I believe Pink Floyd will be played 200 years from now.
Pink floyd warned me not to waste my youth. Because of THIS song, I learned trumpet and guitar, played sports, got a pilots license, and ultimately became a doctor. I put headphones on at age 13...really listened to song...and my life changed...for real.
I'm 70 this year. One of my biggest regrets is never having seen PF live. I think David Gilmour is nothing short of genius and magical!
You haven’t been making an effort! I’ve seen Gilmour 4 times, once with the classic PF, twice with the post Waters PF and once solo. But then he is my favourite musician. Make sure you don’t miss out next time you have a chance - there might not be many other opportunities.
Quite an ironic comment in the context of a debate on “Time”. You should have paid closer attention to the lyrics! 😃
@@gliddofglood you're being pretty condescending
Yeah I missed that too but it's more important to love the music and I imagine most people who were of age back then, didn't get to see them either, be grateful we were alive when it happened.
@@o-mega7515 I wasn’t being entirely serious (hence the emoji) but if you want to get in a huff about it, be my guest!
I'm 61. Same regret...
When I was 10 years old I was one of those frivolous kids who heard this song and thought, "This won't happen until later. Ten years is an eternity. Not something that can pass in the blink of an eye." And then one day I found ten years had gone behind me. That's when I knew I had to heed the warning. As a result I have had an adventuresome life. Expose this song to as many young people as you can! They'll thank you for it later!
Time really flies by! As an elementary schooler I worried that I was going to get bullied the most in high school. It actually happened in 6th grade for me. Now, I’m about to go to 11th grade and have really reflected on all those years gone by! Cannot believe this was 6 years ago!
The epitome of the level of acceptance & success every band dreams about.
This album will never be dated or fade away. Eternally relevant.
So true. Perfect album with no flaws.
Yes, Eternally!
There will be fans from other planets. The album is universal.
So very true. Timeless. 🦋🦋🦋
Pink Floyd has always been among the top of my lists of best songs, best bands and best acts. ❤️
They're the BEST!
No question.
They’re incredible.
Let's not forget best album. DSOTM will always be a legendary masterpiece.
Hands down. Drummer and keys player underrated for that matter
Darkside & Zep IV best rock albums ever. Discovered them 40 years ago as a teenager, nothing has come close to the excellence and staying power of each these great works.
Preach!
Same.
Yes, those exact two albums had the most profound effect on me as a teenager in the seventies. It greatly influenced my outlook on life even to this day. Thanks
Y'all might like The Flaming Lips album "Clouds Taste Metallic" (1995) with Darkside AND Zep IV influences apparent throughout. Ronald Jones' guitar is...hard to describe. Flangy? Think it's on ytube.
I think I'd agree that DSOTM and LED Zeppelin 4 are the two greatest rock albums of all time, so ground-breaking and iconic each of them. Still, I'd give the #1 spot to DSOTM.
I've gotten to see Roger with his band and Nick with his band. I've been the saxophonist and one of two guitarist/vocalists in a Pink Floyd tribute for almost 4 years now. We've performed DSOTM over 50 times at this point, including last night. It's still a moving experience every time.
Today's 'musicians' should sit down and give this a listen. Learn what real music is
In my mind, there is no other band that can compare to Pink Floyd. They’re music seems to reach deep into my soul.
Exactly. When I first heard them I was so blown away that I wanted to forget about everything else and insert myself into that cover.
Well than you need to get some soul and quit faking it.
@@michaelfinnegan3805
Someone without a soul is not touched by someone with a soul. A cynic doesn't even allow deep connection with other human beings for lack of trust. If you have a soul it isn't wrong if someone else is able to meet you there. It is connection. You might say it is a form of trust. Not some sign that you don't have depth of conscience, connection to others or lacking a strong sense of your self and your own beliefs. Feeling connection, being touched by someone else's creative depths does not mean you lack your own.
I understand what you mean that someone who is empty is filled, comforted or inspired by someone else. But it doesn't always mean someone is empty or needy. But if they _are_ that is exactly what they do need. Inspiration. There is a need for anything that strikes you as genuine to assist you in reducing your levels of cynicism. Nothing wrong with that.
Dark side of the Moon is genuine.
@@garyoldham4449 my first instinct was to write some snarky comments, then I thought why? I think I have a hard time with the guy being a Communist and being a millionaire, and charging how much for tickets? He is a huge asshole butt that doesn't mean you are. great music, though Dave Gilmore played all the good bass parts. waters is no respected as a lyrisicist
agree....first there was lennon....then r. waters. a rude , crude, shrewd, communist, obnoxious brit a - hole. been laughin at his "fans" n all the way to the bank for years...ahahah suckers.
Had the privilege of seeing them for Dark side of the moon and The Wall… speechless both times. Blessed to my final breath 🙏🙏❤️
Im 74 and my wife and I saw them do this show in Vancouver about 20yrs ago. What a wonderful show
This is a great channel! I was at a party when a friend walked in after just having picked up DSotM. He put it on - playing to a bunch of teenagers - and to our credit when the album was over we were all (about 20 of us) sitting in stunned silence. I'll never forget that. Thanks for the awesome content!
Best album ever produced. May possibly be that way forever.
For approximately 5 years, I would listen to Dark Side EVERY DAY on my way home from work. It was the only way I could de-stress enough to interact with my family without being a great big anger ball.
Why an album about descending into insanity kept me sane is beyond me, but it worked.
It’s a perfect album from start to finish. Really meant so much to so many people.
Same here, except it was after classes in high school & college instead of work. Still have my original copy of the LP! 👍🏼
Sounds like you needed a new job.
@@napoearth yeah, I did. Moved on from there now, thank God.
High school, DSOM, And Wish You Were Here an Animals Dogs
Dark Side of The Moon is a timeless piece of art.
A masterpiece.
👍
This is one of those classic rock albums that is like a greatest his collection. Pink Floyd are in a league of their own. They have been, and continue to be one of my favorites. What a great band.
People did warn us not to waste our youth. Most though, just don’t listen as it seemed like there was so much time ahead of them.
I remember the clock literally standing still when I was a kid; it seemed like I’d never “grow-up”.
I remember my grandma, who was 71 when I was born, tell me often “don’t wish your time away”. (She also used to tell me “only boring people are bored”…wise lady.)
Then one day, you wake up and you’re 43 with 2 amazing kids and a beautiful wife…and you start wondering if there will be enough time to do all the things you want to do.
I’ve never wished to get time back, as much as hoped that I will be given enough by the end…
I’m new to your channel today, and this was my 4th video…thanks for the brilliant content!! Keeping the old ‘top-40’ folks alive is great fun for all the audiophiles out there. Definitely got a new subscriber outta’ me!
STAY UP, STAY FREE!!
BEST ALBUM EVER ❤️ As I sit here with tears streaming down my face I can only think about how many thousands of times this album has moved me to tears. I’ve listened to DSOTM over 5k times. Sometimes it’s the only thing I’d listed to for weeks. It was meant to be, like the universe channeled some magical powers through these young men to speak to all of us. I like to joke the guys in Pink Floyd are space aliens sent to teach us something. Thank you for moving me once again Professor of Rock! ❤️
It’s definitely given me the chills.
I have watering eyes, too. Time flies!
We are of the same mind.
Yes, it is the most perfect album of all time...thank you, Chris!
"Animals" is the best album ever.
I found this album in early '75 when I started college, I was 22, and this song, "Time" instantly became my favorite song, it still is one of my favorite. It took about two years for me to realize what this song is saying.
A couple of years later, I was teaching a youth Sunday School class in a small Idaho town, I moved irrigation pipe during the summers there, and I played this song for a lesson and talked about what the song was saying.
Several parents of the kids in the class were not happy about that lesson. It had nothing to do with the song, rather it was playing it during church. I can see that, but with my ADHD, I tend to be a little impulsive . After that, it was over.
Years later, when I passed through that town on the way up to IF, I stopped at the local Spudnut shop and saw one of the kids who was in that class. While talking with him, I asked if he remembered any of the classes I had taught him. He thought for a bit, and then said he remembered the lesson about wasting time, the song by Pink Floyd. I walked out of that shop feeling a little vindicated. Who'd thunk to use Pink Floyd in an effective Sunday Scool lesson.
I love that you played that song in Sunday School. You delivered your message in a way that they could identify with. Good job. Good example of thinking outside the box
YOU thought of it. And those kind church folk are still proving it.
I am forever heartened by the fact that this album has always been at the top, loved even by people who are nothing like me and like nothing else that I do.
Great Gig in the Sky still brings tears to my eyes. Clare Torry’s haunting, agonizing singing communicated crushingly with no words and it was a magical aspect of the album as it was not the group who produced that vocal, but perhaps divinity they found it and made it into something that blessed every listener.
It took me about three weeks with a reel to reel , stopping and starting hundreds of times-to memorize every inflection of Great Gig in the Sky… I finally could sing along (sing?) with her every breath….
And I still can to this day- though at 67 I can’t hit the notes like I used to 🧡
She ended up gaining royalties for the song based on the fact that she created the vocal arrangement.
There’s a great UA-cam video of an interview with her in which she describes the process.
They played the music to her, and told her to just go.
After a couple of takes, she spontaneously created that!
@@belindah9790 Similar story here. I could sing it note for note. At close to 60, unfortunately, my range has lowered, so those days are gone, but boy, do I remember the joy of belting it out along with her.
Saw Pink Floyd at Anaheim Stadium in 1977. First half of the show: the entire Animals album. (Complete with big pig balloon.) Intermission, then the entire Wish You Were Here album. (Great projected video backdrops.) Encore: Money. Surround quadraphonic sound. What a show!
Super cool!
I saw them in Oakland same year
I was 17 in 74 when this came out and I can remember my mother walking in to my room and saying did you hear that. I looked at her like she had two heads. What are you talking about you are 57. She goes that record that you are listing to is saying time is short and don't waste it or let it pass you by. Then she walks out. I never listen to time the same way again.
One of my top 2 favorite songs of all time. Depending on my mood always goes back and forth between this and Baker Street
Another classic song that I love.
So profound…..at 65, how I wish I had that TIME back…
69 now and I remember the time fondly 17 in 1972 starting work and finding the people I worked with mostly 4or5 years old steering me into album bands rather than singles oriented groups. What I time I had through the 70s, my formative years it made me what I am today.
Next to Sgt Peppers, DSoTM was undoubtedly one of the most influential rock LPs of my youth. That said, despite the album's brilliant, immersive and ethereal atmospherics, Wish You Were Here was by far the most profoundly soul piercing release. A fitting ode to fallen bandmate Sid Barrett who incidentally paid an unannounced and prescient visit to the studio in the midst of recording that very album.
Pink Floyd is one of those seminal bands whose cultural significance will be felt and reflected upon for time eternal.
It’s in the running for best album ever in my mind.
The band members were in tears seeing what had become of Syd when he stopped in during the WYWH sessions.
When I see people talk about their favorite Pink Floyd albums, It feels like WYWH is usually the second favorite behind one of the other big four. It's nice to see other people who feel like this album is Pink Floyd's masterpiece.
@@TB_2006 It’s a toss-up between DSOTM and WYWH but WYWH tends to get my vote. Perhaps it’s Wright’s ethereal keyboard sound that does it. The Wall, on the other hand is nowhere near my favourite. It’s far too Gilbert and Sullivan and it’s themes are nowhere near as universal. And of course, there is almost no Wright.
DSOTM, Wish You We’re Here and Animals , is my trifecta of brilliance, all masterpieces to my ears .
First heard it soon after its release in 1973. Completely different to anything else on the music scene at the time, which alone made it incredibly intriguing. Over the weeks got immersed into it unlike anything else I've heard. Nearly 50 years later, 1000s of times played, never got tired of it to this day. Timeless!
Adam, this has to be one of the best you have ever done. Evocative, thoughtful. Time is one of the best Pink Floyd tracks of all time. Thank you once again for the thought provoking show.
I agree with you, Paul! 👍
Well said, Paul! The Professor keeps getting better with age (time)! 🎼
It’s probably in my top 2 list of best songs they ever did.
Agreed. Great video!
I was a teenager in the 70's and everybody had Dark Side of The Moon in their record collection. And I mean seriously, everybody. ✌🇨🇦🎶🎵🎧🎸
No kidding!
I didn't.... But a lot of my friends did, so I could spend my money on something else😁
I still have & play mine. All my Floyd albums, but this is the best.
I had it for sure -- my parents gave it to me as a birthday present in '74. I still chuckle about that because in my rural hometown Pink Floyd didn't resonate with everyone -- most people thought it was "drug music." My folks had never heard of them -- they bought it because they ran into a friend's sister at the record store (30 miles away) and she told them her brother liked it.
Heard Time on the radio, bought my copy the next day.
never been out of my collection since!! Floyd Rules!
One of my absolute favourite albums of all time. There's not a single song on it that I don't like!
Truth!
Every song is perfect, from start to finish.
An album that must be listened to start-to-finish. In order.
Maybe on the run
I distinctly remember hearing The Dark Side of the Moon for the first time. It was at a party, playing it, flipping it over, rinse and repeat. Nobody minded, we were all blown away.
I love concept albums and this one is right up there with Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. Both are stellar and timeless.
For sure. I love What’s Going On. Perfect song.
Sure, except Pink Floyd isn't GAY(E).
Any colour you like is like the greatest piece of music ever like great gig and you don’t even touch on it!!!! Great vid greatest album along with Animals. Love this channel
Hey Prof. I love your videos!! Your sheer love and enthusiasm for all genres of music is wonderful! I love the fact that your dad got you into music and you’ve carried his torch into new and uncharted musical history and appreciation. My apologies, this is going to be a long comment. I too was inspired my dad’s musical appreciation. I was born in 1949 in austere Britain, four years from a debilitating world war. On the face of it, life wasn’t easy but my lovely dad who was a coal miner had optimism and enthusiasm for the future. He loved music. His meagre record collection included Chico Hamilton and Django Reinhart albums. He loved jazz. But one day he came home with a Little Richard EP!! He discovered Rock and Roll!! Soon we were bopping around the house to Long Tall Sally and Jenny, Jenny. Woweeee! This guy was amazing. Soon he had records by Duane Eddy and a home grown band, The Shadows. His love of music inspired me to want to hear as many new sounds as possible. And in the early 60’s we listened to both British and American sounds until one day, I heard Please, Please Me! We had heard Love Me Do and were intrigued by it, but PPM was a mind bender! Then From Me To You then She Loves You!! Whaaaaat???? The 60’s party had started. BTW, I’m a drummer and the song that inspired me to start playing was I’ll Get You!! I loved the beat on that track. So Prof, get your calculator out!! I was 10 in 1960 and 20 in 1970 and I believe I spent my mostly teenage years in the greatest musical decade ever! Rock, instrumentals, Merseybeat, R and B, the first Power Pop music, psychedelia, hard rock, progressive. Are you kidding me!! Every week brought something new and exciting. Sadly I never saw the Beatles live. They still are my all time fave band but I did see Hendrix and Syd era Floyd. (I also saw Floyd in 73, Dark Side, then 80, Wall, then 94, Division Bell. Now, forgive me, I am now revelling in nostalgia and memories so, I will STFU now as long as you consider doing videos on these. One. Arthur (The Decline and Fall of the British Empire) and inspired concept album which included the mega Shangri La. Two. In the Court of the crimson King. King Crimson. Epitaph???? Epic!!!!! Three. 666 Aphrodite’s Child. The Four Horsemen with Vangelis on keys and Denis Roussos on vocals! Kill me if you don’t love this track!!!!! Ok, I’ll shut up now. I’m 75 and still play to this day. I love music but I’ve become Comfortably Numb to the music over this past 20 years. It does not float my boat! So, let me take you down cos I’m going to 1960. The local flea pit cinema was playing the 1956 film, The Girl Can’t Help It which has Little Richard singing the title song. My dad knew the cinema manager and even though I was only 11 he managed to smuggle me in to see the film! Unbeeeleeeeeivable. Loved it and loved my dad for getting me in there!! Keep rockin’ my friend! I’m gonna rock ‘til I drop!!!!!
Dark Side of the Moon came out when I was 10…but 10 years later when I was in college it was a mind-blowing experience. I must have listened to this album (yes the vinyl) hundreds of times…
It’s one of those albums that will always be treasured to you, no exceptions.
Came out the year I was born and stayed on the charts till I was in high school!
I couldn’t say which song is my favorite on this album because the whole album is a song in a sense. The fact that each song connects together does help that, sure. The truth is that these four guys, no one more important than another, just as no one song separated itself from the others. Really impressive and at the highest tier of quality.
My favorite part of the album is the whole thing. Yes indeed.
"Time" is one of my favorite Floyd tunes. Extremely dynamic tune with fantastic lyrics.
Takes me right back to 1978 when I was 13. I have played it all the way through more than a thousand times. I bought this and Wish You Were Here on cassette off of a lad who was getting into punk and thought it wasn’t his bag anymore.
Time is pound-for-pound their best song. For lyric content and musicianship, it has stood the test of "time", and is completely relevant to any generation.
Amazing how popular this music was and IS after all these years. A true classic among classics. On a small side note: back in the mid 70s, many Planetariums put on laser light shows, to various spacey/prog rock music. Pink Floyd was the usual showstopper. When the audience heard the fade in of the sound effects of Time and Money, they would stand up and applaud, usually screaming for more. Great episode!
"Time" is Ethereal. It has had that impact upon me for nearly 50 years. As a guitarist, my favorite solo of all "time"
That solo is so earth shattering.
Mine too! Brilliance in it's simplicity.
Same! This song got me playing guitar. Went out and bought myself a white strat and had it fitted with the same pickups DG used
@@Tyler-qw8kn I had never heard Time, On the Run or Breathe until my brother and I heard DSOTM played as a demo to show off high end stereo equipment in '80 or '81. I never forgot the amazing recording and how it truly breathed with space between songs, notes, lyrics, etc. When the guitar solo came on I just stood there transfixed. I went out and bought the album and learned that solo too! To this day, whenever I hear that solo come on, I stop what I'm doing and just listen. THAT'S practicing mindfulness. Beauty-Full!
Gilmour's touch is priceless
Incredible.
For sure, Mike. For sure.
I remember hearing this album and Time on headphones back in school. It sounded like nothing else I had ever heard before. It’s been in heavy rotation in my music catalogue ever since. Time is the most precious resource we have in life besides health both mental and physical. Rock on!
Dark Side of the Moon came out when I was a Junior in High School, and it really had a profound effect on my life. The album was such a departure from popular music at the time. There were certainly other good albums that year, but the top song in 1973 was Tie a Yellow Ribbon by Tony Orlando and Dawn. Think about that. Anyway, some people life to work, and some people work to live. Time argues for and I made a conscious decision, to work to live. I didn't want to arrive at 65 years old (where I am now) regretting all the things I'd missed out on because I was too busy working.
I think Yellow Ribbon, for all its poppy, frivolous vibe, is considering the same theme as Time -- but rather than philosophizing about the whole of a person's brief life, it's looking at how each slice of a life is so important to the whole. .
"It's been three long years, do you still want me?
If I don't see a ribbon round the ole oak tree
I'll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree"
The dude's been kept away from the person he loves for three years, which seems like eternity to him, and now he's about to find out what changes those three years have wrought in his/her life.
But of course even if things today go the way he hopes, time could change the whole narrative again at any moment -- the point being, you have to pay careful attention all the time or you may miss something important you'll never have a chance to recapture. Time goes in only one direction.
My dad and I never truly got along but when he played his and now my albums we could pull out the cribbage board and listen to the sounds of songs like this that transcend generational divides. We could talk about what an impact the album and its songs made on us and music as a whole. I only listen to this song and album on vinyl because it sounds perfect on it as well as it reminding me of simpler times.
I play time every year on my birthday. Been listening to it since the 70's and yes, it absolutely resonates more the older one gets. Loved your talk on this. You brought out nuances and layers that I never thought about. Very interesting.
How bout BOSTON There Lp in 1976 Boston was FANTASTIC ,, And 2nd Peter Frampton Comes Alive 1976
Indeed, as I get older "Time" means so much more...
The only time I saw Pink Floyd was in 1972, before Dark Side... had come out. The second half of the show was the entire album, with film clips to illustrate the songs. It was the most mind-blowing concert of my life.
OMG, that sounded like a really striking experience for you!
Wow! I'm a little jealous. Must be a heck of a memory!
I have had the pleasure of playing this tune in three bands. It moves me every time I hear it and every time I play it. Excellent job once again to the prof.
I was fortunate enough to see a Dark Side show in 1972. It is still the greatest concert I have ever experienced.
The three backup singers were just so very impressive all they had to do was just go ooh and aw on the album and the members of Pink Floyd we're satisfied. Beautiful voices those beautiful voices hair today gone tomorrow that's the English way.
Their harmonies are like a bittersweet arrow through my heart.
Dark Side of the Moon. The one album my fellow starving college roommates could all agree was the one we wanted to listen to rain or shine. And to this day, I can shamelessly air guitar to Time without, as David Gilmour would say, "missing a bloody chord".
It is a perfect album.
I totally agree. That's when I immersed myself into Pink Floyd and the solo albums of David Gilmour and Roger Waters.
What music of the 00’s/10’s/20’s will our children look back on as ANTHEMIC to their experience? What beeps/clicks/drones/indecipherable mumbles/repetitious phrases will constitute the sound track of their youth/life? If you have kids/grand kids/nieces/nephews introduce them to Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, Rush, Eagles, INXS, Elton John, Queen, AC/DC, KISS, Rupert Holmes, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Van Morrison, Harry Nilsson, Blue Eyed Soul, Yacht Rock, Heavy Metal…..WHATEVER and WHO EVER colored your youth, held your life together, broke you down in tears. Give them the gift that Adam shares with his children and us, that his father shared with him
I’m 16 years old, and I totally agree with you Cherryll. So true.
The show at Wembley Pool in 74 was fucking stellar. I was 3.. on an US Army base the toddler son of a soldier. Mom and dad loved the Floyd. I saw them 6 times in the late 80s and 90s.. brilliant experience all. And the flying pig at Carter Finley … still mesmerized ❤
Thanks for another great video. I will forever look back on July 1989 as one of the greatest experiences of my life, seeing Pink Floyd live in London. Their music reaches the inner soul, leaving the listener truly ‘Comfortably Numb’..!
I have so many memories tied to this album. The most crystal clear of them came when I was hanging out with my friend Eleanor in this English themed bar in Muncie, IN named the Herrot after they had closed for the night. There were a handful of us there including the owner who was a university English professor, and we were all tripping balls on the night before Easter. This album got put on, and suddenly we were all transported onto this arcane spaceship full of dragons and antlers and an awesome stereo system that enveloped us in its sonic whirlwind. When the opening sequence of Time began, and the clocks began going off, it was so totally overwhelming and felt like the wall of clocks were there before us reporting on our fleeting existence. It was pure magic.
My wife and I and everyone we knew loved this album. We must have since we wore out 3 or 4 albums. We used to have a great stereo with huge speakers and all sorts of devices to make it as close to a studio as we could afford. Back then the individual pieces started at about $1,000 and some were 5 times that much. We could fill the valley where we lived with music that even quietened the coyotes. We liked the vinyl more than the later formats such as 8 track tapes and then CD's. No matter who was visiting, everyone loved that album.
So much more in the vinyl
As a late-comer to Pink Floyd's greatness, I find I can't get enough of their music...the masterpieces. I am 55 and I find that Spotify is all that I can listen to...the best of 70's and 80's-when true musicianship, stellar talent ruled. It's is all that I want and need. I cannot listen to radio, the trash. Written lyrics, playing multiple instruments, vocals- no autotune- just raw, pure talent. Just does not exist anymore...so sad. But the treasures from the 70's and 80's are this GenX-er's 🎶lifetracks🎵🎶
You’re correct. I’m having a great time introducing my 14 yr old grandson to the 60’s/70’s/80’s music. I knew he was an old sole as a newborn. One of our favorite things to do now is see the tribute bands that come around. Brit Floyd was one of the best!
I grew up listening to Pink Floyd but that's because my dad FORCED it on us lol. I finally appreciate it. 🥰🥰
I myself am 55. I was introduced to Pink Floyd when i was in my mid-teens. It doesn't matter WHEN you get into a band , what matters is that you are listening to that band now. You can't go wrong with ANYTHING by Pink Floyd or any other band for that matter. What counts is that you are listening and enjoying great music.
Soooo, better late than never...
They definitely do not make music like this anymore. This is so profound.
Probably my favorite Pink Floyd track. Even after hundreds of listens, it has a physiological effect every time.
Best song ever. I was captivated when I first heard it while in high school. The song has accompanied me through 5 decades of life and perspective. 💖💖💖💖
This is a song that hits differently as you get older...
Time and this whole album is so timeless. The definition of classic. From casual listeners to full on music freaks like myself, so many are touched/enthralled by this album. For me it holds a LOT of nostalgia because I first heard it as a kid in the 70's, frequently played by my older siblings. Floyd and this album will always hold a special place in my heart.
Pink Floyd is the greatest band ever! And of all their songs Time is my favorite! Thank you for this!
I remember the 1st moment I heard this. My aunt sat me down in a big comfy chair. To listen to it. The entire LP blew my mind. This song just keeps on giving more as I get older. Thank You
Totally spot-on, Professor!
As usual, my Aussie (?) compatriot!
Thanks!
Thanks you sir.
Man do I miss music that came from a place of artistic expression and the conveyance of the human experience. DSOTM is a perfect encapsulation of both concepts. My 16th and 17th years on this planet were dominated by this album. I can still remember my friends dark purple Chevy S10 that we used to cruise around in. Seriously -- we wore the cassette tape out during those days. Time (the song) is brilliant in that it will have a different meaning for you depending on what point of life that you are at. It's incredible song writing and it's an example of why the album will be forever relevant.
I wish I lived in the times when music actually meant something, and we had geniuses like Pink Floyd.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 People will get on you for "Circle Jerking" but it's so true. What has been released in the last 20 years that can even come close to late 60s and 70s music?
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I wish the current generation and those that has passed had music like this. It was the best of times. I won’t listen to much of today’s music. I still go back to the music my heart holds. This is just one of those special albums.
@@fattymcjebers Or 80s, or some of the 90s?
@@glendalangley1877 I’m in the current generation and I have to agree with you Glenda! This is one of the most perfect pop albums ever put to record.
I listened to this fascinating album for the first time three days ago and can't get enough of it. Masterpiece. One of my favorite bands, Dream Theater, has been heavily influenced by Pink Floyd and it shows in their music. A perfect example, at least thematically, is The Spirit Carries on and many, many others.
Check out Porcupine Tree if you haven't.
The words of Time are so true. They made this young lad contemplate the realities of existence for the first time when i first listened to this masterpiece.
I don't think we'll ever see a band as good as Pink Floyd again. They were just... outrageously talented and haunted. The time period, the individuals, the recent past... they just won't be repeated.
I found the DSOTM to be as captivating in my teenage years as I do now at 59. There is reason for albums such as this that go beyond the measure of time compared to what is being released currently. In reality there is no comparison. Music of my youth far surpasses anything of today.
Hey, this reminds me of a video I saw on UA-cam of Salvador Dali and Walt Disney’s short film, “Destino”, set to “Time” by Pink Floyd. It was originally produced in 1945 but saw its completion in 2003. I saw this video a couple of months ago and was so wowed by it. It really proves the magic of The Dark Side of the Moon.
Very cool.
Your Destino comparison is very oomnee, Russian for 'clever,' and apt. I was fortunate to be able to see Pink Floyd in concert at the Orange Bowl in Miami in 1987. I walked into a record store on Flagler Street and got the chance to buy a ticket in the massive football stadium in the 17th row for $17! That was face value. The seller worked at the record store, and would have been fired on the spot had he scalped the ticket. So I got to see the Floyd complete with pigs flying above me on wires from the 17th row
@@robertashton1853 Super freaking cool!
One of the bands I usually couldn't stand hearing my dad or uncle's playing when I was a kid, I really began to appreciate Pink Floyd when I started playing guitar as a teenager. And now I've spent the last few decades admiring everything they've done.
Same here!
Hey, we all grow up. I first heard PF in 1973 when I was 12. Became a fan in 1977 with the release of Animals. So I got that right when I was young. However, I just started to appreciate Elvis in the last 5 years. Hated Elvis as a kid. Mom would get up on Saturday mornings to watch the horrible (still horrible) Elvis movies. My younger brother and I wanted to watch cartoons. So we both learned to hate Elvis. Well, cartoons are no longer a priority for me and I've cleared the resentment from having to watch his shitty movies so now I can listen to him with appreciation. But Floyd is still my favorite, followed immediately by Nirvana.
@@jjackomin I'm the same way with M.A.S.H. now. That show chewed into my Scooby Doo time all week long with it's syndication in the early 80s. I still love Scooby Doo but I like M.A.S.H. too.
@@KingBeevr Yeah, that's exactly what I mean. And M*A*S*H? Great show. I remember watching the series finale when I was in college. Staying away from the reruns for awhile then I will splurge for several months.
As a missionary in western New York, one of our respected leaders recited the lyrics to Time in a zone conference telling us how the song changed his life. Our mission president found the words so profound that he asked us all to memorize the lyrics and would sometime ask us to recite them in meetings as he would ask us to recite scripture verses. The song inspires me to this day.
Way back in '77 on a cold school night, I had a newly minted friend cruising around with a bunch of us guys. No music was playing, It was his first time smoking dope. Once a bowl or three was done we popped in to the cassette deck DSM and blew his mind! He lost the leather jacket, forgot the greasers, and became the biggest head I ever meet! Fast Forward about 30 years... My daughter took a class in high school called music appreciation that covered rock from it's start to present day. Near the end of the class there was an unofficial class trip to the Paramount in Huntington (the parents were invited because someone needed to drive and pay...) a tribute band played the entire DSM album to perfection before a pack house. It brought fond memory and amazement that 3 decades later it still speaks to us. My wish to be around the day my grand kids discover this kind of music; however, I fear by then the sun may come up behind me to often for that to be realized.
Roger losing his father in the war, led to him becoming the great musician he became. A lot of Pink Floyd's music came from pain and loss. While I like David Gilmour better as a musician, the pairing of Roger and David created so much of the music I love. Both have a great solo catalog as well.
It was definitely and ying-yang type of musicianship between those two.
It’s such a powerful story. Such geniuses.
An excellent episode Adam. You conveyed perfectly so many great points in your calm smooth demeanor. Great job and thank you👍👍🙏🙏🎸🎶🎵
Man, I’ve listened to this song for decades and you really brought to light things I hadn’t seen. Thank you for the work y’all put into these shows.
dark side of the moon is one LP I'll never let go. listening to the entire album, just puts me at ease, very mellow.
My roommate bought this album the day it came out. He was a guitar player and had a state of the art stereo. He brought it home and put it on. He and I and a couple other friends partook in some illegal mind altering substances and sat down to enjoy it for the first time. We weren’t listening to the lyrics. We just let the music carry us away. We were all in our respective alternate realities and all of the sudden all those alarm clocks went off and drew us back to earth. It’s hard to describe the effect it had. We figured they had to have lulled us into lala land and then rudely awakened us on purpose. And they kinda did because that’s sort of the point.
Every time I listen to that album it brings me back to that day.
Amazing band. Roger is a truly gifted and intelligent human being.
He is such a great musician... Such a musical visionary.
He’s amazing. And so is David Gilmour.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I agree musically.
@@ProfessorofRock I agree.
One of my friends introduced me to this great album, I went over to his place to have a brew or two and play some chess. We put on headphones he put the album on and we played the game while listening to this fan-freakin’-tastic album, on vinyl back in the day. I was awestruck, I bought the album and put it on when going to bed, I had trouble falling asleep in my youth and this album helped me slip into a good nights rest. I would wake up in the morning sometimes with the headphones half on, not ever sure at what part of the album I fell asleep to. Still to this day a great thing to listen to. 😎🍺🍺
This is a great album for lulling you to sleep, you’re right.
I still play a medley of David Gilmour guitar solos every night to help me fall asleep.
There have been some geniuses in music (Mozart, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Dylan, Brian Wilson) and Roger Waters is definitely one of them. I could sit and listen to Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall, and disconnect from everything as I willingly go into a hypnotic journey of deep emotion and transcendental awareness.
Me too. Two perfect albums.
"When you genuinely help other human beings, you feel joy." - I learned this in high school. It goes against our innate craving to serve ourselves, but when we embrace serving others, the satisfaction that we find is amazing.
DSOTM still touches me deeply every time I hear it. I'm 68 and this is without a doubt my all time favorite song. It never fails to give me a chill. Thank you for doing this tribute. Pink Floyd is the best! Timeless!
In the early 2000’s there was a limited theater re-release of the Wizard of Oz. A family friend who managed the local theater arranged for an after hours screening synced with Dark Side. It was every bit as glorious as dreamt it be. Much thanks to the Floyd for peppering life with a little madness and folly.
OMG, that would have been such a cool sight to see!
Here it is! You can also find individual song clips from movie on UA-cam ua-cam.com/video/bBamIi0tIRg/v-deo.html
Point of fact: Roger Waters was much more than just a lyricist. He also wrote the majority of the music through the band's most successful period.
He was and is such an amazing person.
Uh, no he didn't. He did much of The Final Cut, which is a pretty shitty album musically. The Wall is given a toss up, he certainly didn't write Gilmours guitar parts, but rumour has it that he did write enough of it that he was tempted to release it as a solo album, but since then he's credited Gilmour for certainly the music it is most noted for- run like hell, comfortably numb, etc. That he's a good musician shouldn't really be disputed, but your statement should.
@@mikearchibald744 The songwriting credits are publicly available.
I wasn't even including The Final Cut. Their most successful years are from DSOTM to The Wall.
The Wall is a toss-up? 😂
Playing a guitar part on someone else's song doesn't earn one a songwriting credit, and that is reflected in the actual songwriting credits, not the ones you've made up in your head. If playing a great solo earned one a songwriting credit, Jimi Hendrix would be a co-writer of All Along the Watchtower, and Eric Clapton would get a credit on While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
On The Wall, Waters wrote solo, 22 of the the 26 songs. Gilmour co-wrote 3 songs with Waters. I hope you can appreciate those numbers. Waters not only wrote 22 of the 26 songs alone, but he co-wrote the remaining four. That's not a toss-up. It's a beat-down. .
Back a little further to Animals. Animals ended the year in many countries in the top 5 albums of the year.
Waters wrote it all, music and lyrics, except Dogs, which Gilmour shares a writing credit on. They both wrote the music on Dogs.
Back further to WYWH.
I'm counting Shine On as one song. The credits are the same for all the parts.
Waters wrote all the lyrics.
Of the five songs, Waters wrote solo, two. Of the remaining three songs, Waters shares music credits on all of them. Point being, Waters is the only member who was a songwriter on all of the songs on WYWH.
To DSOTM
Waters wrote all the lyrics on the album, and all of the music on three songs. He shares music songwriting credits on two others. Of the 10 songs, Waters is the only member to have a part in writing every song.
I've changed my mind about my initial statement. Waters didn't simply write the majority of Pink Floyd's songs throughout their most successful period, he was the dominant songwriter, writing virtually all of the lyrics and significantly more of the music than any of the other members.
The icing on the cake is, Waters wrote solo, Another Brick in the Wall, their biggest hit, which reached number 1 on Billboard, and Money, their second biggest hit, which reached 15 on Billboard.
@@Mo_Taser You should learn what songwriting credits mean. In general they don't mean squat, at that time all bands in britain were dividing up songwriting credits for publishing reasons, but all admitted that that doesn't count for much.
Strumming a guitar and singing isn't 'writing a song'. Go listen to the interviews of The Wall and all the arguments that Dave and Roger were having on the actual production of the songs. Some were minor differences, some were major.
Its well known that Roger was the lyricist, thats not in dispute. Its also known that he pretty much bullied Rick and Nick out of giving a shit because Roger wouldn't listen to share in songwriting, likely for that reason. Roger openly admits that. Of course its true that doesn't mean anything for the finished song, but there's a reason why Gilmour is noted as one of the best guitarists ever, and thats despite admitting that he's not that technically proficient. So its likely that the songs would have gotten as much radio play as The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking or Amused to Death did.
The melody is frankly pretty easy, one of the reasons why Roger says he left was because Dave adn Rick kept saying he was tone deaf and not very proficient musically. As I said, strumming a guitar badly while singing isn't 'songwriting', its only the first stage of it.
@@mikearchibald744 Like I said, the songwriting credits are a matter of public record. They are not what you imagine them to be. They are exactly as I stated, and again, not what you imagine them to be. None of those credits are in dispute by any of the members of Pink Floyd. You are simply wrong, and you are proof that people see what they want to see, and not necessarily the reality of every situation.
Strumming a guitar and singing is very much writing a song if there is song structure, a melody and lyrics. If it wasn't, Bob Dylan, Springsteen, and countless others would have a lot less money than they do today.
I get it. You're in the Gilmour camp, not the Waters camp, so you diminish Waters in order to strengthen Gilmour. I happen to think they are both fantastic. But the problem is you are designing a narrative which is not in line with the facts. You may not like the facts, but facts don't give a damn about what you do not like.
Live like you're dying, brothers and sisters
I love your enthusiasm for the greats! Thank you for keeping the legends alive!
To this day I get goosebumps when I hear this masterpiece.
Every time I play this song I am reminded that life is too short.
Thank you for this great video.
I really contemplate deeply about how I will live the rest of my life when I hear this song.