I'm sure this has been said a million times already, but you are doing yourself a GREAT disservice listening to individual songs on this album. You have to look at the ENTIRE ALBUM as one piece of music and listen to it from beginning to end. It has not just a theme but meaning. You will not regret it.
This is an upload for an audience. Who mostly do not have the time for a whole album. Which is usually done of course in sound snippets. Is that more entertaining to watch? I'll leave that up to you to decide.
@@mariajobson739 I'm 66 and waking and baking to P.F. right now. Only difference from 1973 is that now it's legal. I won't say Dark Side Of The Moon is the best album ever because during times in my life it was Wish You Were Here or Animals. Pink Floyd is background music for life and it got me through many long out at sea periods in the Navy during the '70's and 80's.
@@davidgross990 Of course it's always a question of individual preference and one album can speak to you more than another. As an artistic endeavor DSOM is to me the pinnacle of rock, prog rock, and the fact that only MJ's Thriller has outsold it; the fact that it's STILL a top stellar 51 years later speaks volumes. Some people like The Wall better (and Comfortably Numb as performed in concert is possibly the very best single track in all of progdom). But for me DSOM has special memories and keeps amazing.
I'm so very happy that a reactor and not a viewer is actually pointing out the effect a song had when it was released - so many things have changed since the 60's, 70' and 80's that what was groundbreaking back then is seen as normal now. The sound effects and lyrics were so new that records were bought, listened to, loaned to friends and worn out within a short space of time as we all tried to listen to and appreciate what Pink Floyd were telling us.
Money is not the root of evil it's the love of money that's the root of evil, also album is best listened to from beginning to end, it all flows together, great reaction guys
I spent my teenage years obsessively consuming Pink Floyd. I should do a full rewind and review. "Learning to Fly" was my first love off of the glorious days of MTV.
Pink Floyd is the original Pychodelic/Progressive Rock band. You need to watch or listen to the whole album to get the whole effect of their musical genius. The songs are interconnected.
You must know this is from Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd....the only album to stay on the charts longer than from the date of it's release. 😉 Whole album is stellar. Check out "The Great Gig in the Sky". A masterpiece of vocal improvisation.....
Pink Floyd is a journey. You don't just listen to one song, you need to listen to their albums in there entirety as the songs & music flow on & take you for a ride. Pink Floyd will always be timeless.
Thriller has sold more copies. But that's saying a lot. DSOM is the best prog rock album ever made and that's what the sales show. To be in the top 200 every single month for over twenty years (and except for a technicality for over 50 years) is all the proof you need.
My dad took my brother and I to a local record store when we were kids, he said he wanted to introduce us to Pink Floyd. He purchased The Dark side of the moon cassette tape (we are in the early 90s at this time) popped it into the cassette player in the family Subaru and the money sound was followed by some ungodly high squealing. The tape was being eaten by the player and if you’re from this time you know what’s up. He was pissed and for the next ten minutes we watched our dad and the store owner have an argument over him getting a refund. I’ll never forget that day and when I hear this song it’s an instant time machine trip to 1991
@@bkm2797 not in my dads eyes. He played various tapes for the owner as the argument proceeded to our parked park which is why we overheard it. I guess I should’ve stated that. I was 10, my dad was always right in my eyes 😊
Aww, you are a good son😉. If I were your dad, I don't think I would have stuck another tape in after one got mangled, but when you are trying to prove a point lol.
Pink Floyd is the pioneer of visual music videos back in the day we used to go to Lazer light show Pink Floyd it was in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania at a science center at night! Good times good time indeed
My husband was in the military in his early twenties stationed in california. He went to Pink Floyd concerts often. Loved them. Still loves them, especially the instrumental sections. He said they would often just go off into instrumentals that just drew you into the music to set a mood. They set up stadium speakers all around the stadium, and different sections of sounds and music would travel around. I only knew them from the radio, and I liked several songs, but so much was missing. I was in college the 1st time I heard, 'The wall' album on a theater surround system, and the opening helicopter blew me. away. The songs proceed to tell the story of the guys life with each step adding another brick in the wall. So, I strongly agree that everyone should at least once listen to all Pink Floyd albums in order. Each is a performance from beginning to end.
Fabulous album Dark Side of the Moon with one of the most iconic sleeve covers ever! So many great songs from this wonderful band, from other albums, 'High Hopes', 'Another Brick in the Wall', 'One of these Days', 'Wish You Were Here', and 'Time' to name but a few.
BUMMER, this was the short version with the edited guitar solo(s). Thank you for reacting to it. Also, you would LOVE "Great Gig In The Sky" from the same album. There's an ironic money-related backstory to that song, too. :)
As of September 2023, Pink Floyd masterpiece, Dark Side of the Moon topped the US album chart and will have dominated the Billboard 200 for a staggering 1000 weeks. This richly-layered, ambitious concept album has sold at least 45 million copies since its release in 1973, making it the biggest-selling album recorded by a British band.
The cash register & other sound effects were all recorded on tape, physically cut, and pasted in time onto a tape loop, long before sampling machines were invented. One of the first albums to have sound effects in the music was Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. The Beatles recorded various animals & arranged them as if they're chasing each other. There were probably others before that, but most people talk about Sgt Pepper as the groundbreaking album that paved the way for experimentation.
And back to the early 70s. Probably the best known Floyd song. Commercial radio has always overlooked the world bullshit. It has always been kept in. You can thank Alan Parsons for the engineering. He also had his own trippy solo career. Check out Alan Parsons Project.. The Eye in the Sky
Don it’s interesting when you noted the cash register symbol, because Pink Floyd really was revolutionary with incorporating digital sounds on top of their instruments. I used to read rock magazines and there were articles describing what their studio looked like during the recording process, and they said they would have so many wires and cables running everywhere to computers and mixing devices that there wasn’t even room to walk round. Pretty cool to think about!!
Those sound effects were not digital. They were created by splicing together recordings Roger Waters had made of clinking coins, a ringing cash register, tearing paper, a clicking counting machine and other items to construct a seven-beat effects loop.
@@PJAC1 None, everything was analog recorded to reel to reel. The animal sounds in the album Animals were made by musical instruments. They mastered the use of the synthesizer.
Ahhhh the strange feeling of serene meloncholy. I love Pink Floydd it was my dad's favorite. I have many fond memories with Floyd playing in the background 😊 Also they are just great artists. Such a vibe 🎶🔥🖤. Awesome react guys! ✌️🖤
It is the original "Official Music Video." I think you might have missed the message here, guys. It was written by Roger Waters and released on their "Dark Side of the Moon "album. 0 Pink Floyd's song "Money" is a critique of capitalism and the power of money, and a commentary on the negative effects of the pursuit of money. The song's lyrics show how money can become addictive and the bad things it can bring, such as greed and consumerism. The first verse of the song includes the lyrics, "Get a good job with more pay and you're ok, money, it's a gas, grab that cash with both hands and make a stash, new car, caviar, four star daydream, think I'll buy me a football team". if you're making a lot of money you must give some to those in need ❤❤Much Love❤❤ Me
This was their big hit off of the "Dark Side of the Moon" album back in the early 70's. This is a landmark album which spent 200 weeks on the charts. This is probably still a record.
The first sound effect or sample ever was not Pink Floyd, but the Jamaican singer/producer Lee Scratch Perry, on the reggae song 'People Funny Boy', in 1968. He sampled a crying baby and used it in the song. He was also the producer of Bob Marley by the way.
I've been listening to Pink Floyd since I was 14 and now at 62, I still have found no-one to beat them. Disappear into the whole of The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. What a treat you've got in store.
The album Dark Side of the Moon (1973) holds the record for number of weeks on Billboard 200. You have to check out their original video for "Another Brick in the Wall", it's made from scenes in the movie "Pink Floyd - The Wall". There is a scene where the teacher is making fun of a young boy for writing "poems", and the teacher reads the lyrics to "Money". There is a story to each album, and each album is part of a bigger story. P.S. I agree with the comments section, that you should try to listen to each album in its entirety, AND you have to watch the movie "Pink Floyd - The Wall"!
But that isn't the original video. The original featured animations from Gerald Scarfe including marching hammers, and it showed scenes of British school kids in the school playground. This was released with the original single in 1979. The movie version, though also brilliant as is the movie, can be confusing for first time watchers/listeners/reactors because it is two songs, and has that spoken part when the teacher finds the boy's (Pink's) poems.
Dark Side of the Moon is mind blowing, especially high. Love the bass in this song.🤘🏼🔥....i remember my mom taking us to see the laser show of this album at a planetarium. One of the best experiences in my life.
Saw them in concert Houston Tx, started storming, played this song last before stopping...lightning hitting during this drumming...it was AWESOME!!! PS LIGHTNING HITTING WHILE THEY PLAYING...BEST EFFECT EVER...SCARY TOO!!!
The samples of the cash registers were the idea of Alan Parsons, who had previously engineered for the Beatles. He recorded the registers in-studio. He did similar for the sounds of clocks and alarms on the track "Time" from the same album. His own group that he'd start about 3 years later, Alan Parsons Project, is one of the greatest groups ever honestly.
This 14x platinum album (Dark Side of the Moon), holds the record for most weeks in the billboard top 200, It was there for around 14 years consecutively, and its been on the list for 990 weeks all together. You should listen to the whole album in one go. Its a concept album where every song transitions perfectly and follows the others narrative. Make it a reactions special :D
Floyd was one of the pioneers of using found sounds inside tracks. Three years before the release of Dark Side (and this track), Floyd released "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" on their Atom Heart Mother LP. The track starts with the sounds of someone making breakfast and word "Marmalade" being spoken and hard panned before a fairly baroque keyboard line breaks out. Then it is back to more sounds of breakfast being made, which introduces a guitar dominant melody line as breakfast noises continue in the background. Then more spoken word and breakfast sounds before a full band groove gently rolls us to the close with more found sound conversations layered in. Truly bizarre stuff.
The entire Pink Floyd album is from start to finish an absolute experience. One song leads into another story into the next story. It is the most amazing work they ever did. I bought the album when it first came out when I was 22.
Welcome to the Rabbit Hole A tip - the albums “The Dark Side Of The Moon” and “The Wall” are concept albums that are meant to be experienced as a whole. And wow, you gotta check out the song “The Great Gig In The Sky”
Took me back 51 years . First car 66 galaxy 500 installed an 8 track .bought my first 8 track cassette ....loaded up my buddy chuck for a 12 hour ride through the night to the west coast. Volume on ten playing Pink Floyd Money 16 years old in 1973 with nothing but road ahead..
As others have said, you need to listen to the album from start to finish. Find yourself somewhere you're comfortable and won't be interrupted, then let it flow. This applies to all Pink Floyd albums and you'll be surprised by the journey they will take you on.
I love that they include the imagery of their album being pressed and packaged because even though they don't like the machine they are still part of it
Back in the 70's, someone figured out that if you watched "The Wizard of Oz" with the volume down and played "Dark Side of the Moon", they meshed up perfectly. Back then, we would start the VHS tape and when the MGM lion roared for the third time, you dropped the needle. Now it's a lot easier. It's here on YT in a video called "Dark Side of Oz".
You guys HAVE to listen to the entire "Dark Side of the Moon" album! The sound scape was so new and different in those days. Many young people now are blown away at the complexity of the music of Pink Floyd and some struggle for a label for their style. We always called it "acid rock" because it will take you on a grand trip for sure!
The sound montage at the beginning of the song was numerous pieces of tape spliced together then threaded onto the tape machine and around microphone stands setup around the studio so it created a big, analog looper.
I have never seen this video. The images in my mind while listening to the album in my room were much, much better. Listen to the entire album start to finish.
Dark Side of the Moon is the greatest album by, in my opinion, the greatest band. My personal favourite off the album is Time. For a 40 something, Time will speak to you like no other song. I know there will be comments saying you should check out the Pulse concert or other concerts because they are great, which they are, but for audio quality and hearing Pink Floyd in their prime, there is no replacement for the original studio versions. The effects they weave into and between songs is almost unparalleled, they were and are the masters of it. I remember you were intrigued by comparisons of David Gilmore and Eddie Van Hellen as the greatest guitarist. EVH technical and speed are almost unmatched. You feel Gilmore’s guitar in your soul. EVH rush is one thing Gilmore and Pink Floyd will make you feel such a range and depths of emotions in their music that it will effect who you are as a person. For an example I again suggest Time. In the last 2 months PF has released a 50th anniversary version where they take the original studio version with modern animation. Definitely worth your time to listen and react to it!! Thanks for the smile today in reacting to The Pink Floyd BP!!!!
For other firsts: Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) were pioneers in expanding the limits of the synthesizer, and made the first electronic drum solo on Toccata on the album Brain Salad Surgery.
My first ever album I bought in 1972 at 11 years old was pink floyd, dark side of the moon. I worked odd jobs to get the money and I was the shortest person in the check out. It's still my favourite album. The song Time. Makes a lot more sense now. 😂😂😂
Thought they only did rock songs. I love that! Boy you are in for a treat when you dive in. You’ll soon realize the hype, and why they’re considered one of, if not, the best bands, ever.
The complete album in one sitting is a must.This is early 70s and Pink Floyd was way out in front when it came to effects and visuals.One of the most popular albums ever made,great stuff.
I like the song of theirs where they have a US operator called Mr Flloyd long distance collect and the other end keeps hanging up. You can hear in her voice she's genuinely perplexed saying ,after trying multiple times, they keep hanging up?!! This band could be quite cheeky with their ideas ,they were extremely creative. I was fortunate to see their "WALL" tour which I believe only played in 6 US cities....
If you just thought Pink Floyd did "rock rock" you really need to react to Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1 through 9) from the album Wish You Were Here.
The album, Dark Side of the Moon, was incredibly revolutionary. It was the most complex album ever produced to that time, and took 6 months to record. The cash registers were revolutionary. I was in High School when the album came out and everyone was playing it everywhere all the time. And you really need to hear it entire - every song morphs into the next one, without breaks. Digital systems cut it into individual songs which it was never intended to be heard as. Here the next song is about wasting your life chasing money and going through the process of sad, regretful old age then dying.
You can play anything from the Dark side of the moon and never be disappointed ❤❤❤❤ My Favorite Band growing up, David Gilmore is a great guitarist ❤❤❤❤ one of my favorites ❤
This album came out in 73, don't know that this video is from then or made later like the video for Black Sabbath's "WAR PIGS" TLthat you see everywhere nowadays was definately not out when that song came out way back when. Dark Side Of The Moon ,this album at the time was holding the longest number of weeks on the Billboard Top LP charts 990 weeks. And it went 14 times platinum in Britain!
Grew up listening to Pink Floyd ( in my 40s now ) saw The Division Bell album tour as a teen in Toronto … ppl were being carted off in ambulances well before the concert started 😳🤣 psychedelia 🤟🏼🔉🔊❤️ ( amazeing concert )
I'm sure this has been said a million times already, but you are doing yourself a GREAT disservice listening to individual songs on this album. You have to look at the ENTIRE ALBUM as one piece of music and listen to it from beginning to end. It has not just a theme but meaning. You will not regret it.
Yes, at some point he should listen in its entirety, but this is fine too, each song stands by itself as well.
This is an upload for an audience. Who mostly do not have the time for a whole album. Which is usually done of course in sound snippets. Is that more entertaining to watch? I'll leave that up to you to decide.
Imagine actually listening to full albums, that's so cringe.
Dark Side in full changed my life!
@@Nightwalk444not when it’s this album
*_Dark Side of the Moon_* - is about the first breath of life - until the last gasp and death. In between is the greatest album of all time.
Dude, that's freaking poetic. ✌️♥️
Best way to relax and trip out play dark Side of the moon beginning to end. No drugs needed. To me at the age of 71 still the best Album ever made.
Drugs not needed but most people did enjoy this and many other albums of that era with them !
Turn on the blacklight and lavalamp and grab some incense to set the mood! :)
agree grew up on Pink Floyd , Darkside of the moon one of my favs
@@mariajobson739 I'm 66 and waking and baking to P.F. right now. Only difference from 1973 is that now it's legal. I won't say Dark Side Of The Moon is the best album ever because during times in my life it was Wish You Were Here or Animals. Pink Floyd is background music for life and it got me through many long out at sea periods in the Navy during the '70's and 80's.
@@davidgross990 Of course it's always a question of individual preference and one album can speak to you more than another. As an artistic endeavor DSOM is to me the pinnacle of rock, prog rock, and the fact that only MJ's Thriller has outsold it; the fact that it's STILL a top stellar 51 years later speaks volumes. Some people like The Wall better (and Comfortably Numb as performed in concert is possibly the very best single track in all of progdom). But for me DSOM has special memories and keeps amazing.
Dudes .....Have a Cigar... Pink Floyd on the music industry
_Dark Side of the Moon_ is fantastic! I highly recommend listening to the whole album all the way through. It's so good!
With good headphones
And you must play the songs in order with absolutely no gaps between. They should lead one into the other.
This is their most successful song but the whole album is a masterpiece.
I have to agree 💯 Masterpiece ❤
I'm so very happy that a reactor and not a viewer is actually pointing out the effect a song had when it was released - so many things have changed since the 60's, 70' and 80's that what was groundbreaking back then is seen as normal now.
The sound effects and lyrics were so new that records were bought, listened to, loaned to friends and worn out within a short space of time as we all tried to listen to and appreciate what Pink Floyd were telling us.
The entire album is classic and iconic one of their best.
THEM WHERE THE 1970s Baby FAR OUT
Money is likely the first rock song to enter the charts with a 7/4 time signature :D
Money is not the root of evil it's the love of money that's the root of evil, also album is best listened to from beginning to end, it all flows together, great reaction guys
Pink floyd is the best..... This is real music...
Pink Floyd is album rock. Listen to the their albums in their entirety for deeper meanings.
Not a lot of reactors are going to put out an hour long reaction to a full album, just feel lucky they're reacting to good music.
@@bustedrav She didn't request a reaction to the entire album... just that they listen to the whole thing in one sitting.
I spent my teenage years obsessively consuming Pink Floyd. I should do a full rewind and review. "Learning to Fly" was my first love off of the glorious days of MTV.
Pink Floyd is the original Pychodelic/Progressive Rock band. You need to watch or listen to the whole album to get the whole effect of their musical genius. The songs are interconnected.
and the albums are interconnected I love Pink Floyd
Another Brick in the Wall is a must from Pink Floyd! That will give something to ponder
You must know this is from Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd....the only album to stay on the charts longer than from the date of it's release. 😉
Whole album is stellar.
Check out "The Great Gig in the Sky". A masterpiece of vocal improvisation.....
Never get tired of Pink Floyd 👌
Saw Pink Floyd in concert you can't imagine how good.
Pink Floyd is a journey. You don't just listen to one song, you need to listen to their albums in there entirety as the songs & music flow on & take you for a ride. Pink Floyd will always be timeless.
Still the number 1 selling album in the WORLD!!!!!!
It's not though is it.
Most weeks on Billboard 200. Not a small thing.
I’m almost sure Thriller outsold this. But that’s a long time at the top between the 2.
Thriller has sold more copies. But that's saying a lot. DSOM is the best prog rock album ever made and that's what the sales show. To be in the top 200 every single month for over twenty years (and except for a technicality for over 50 years) is all the proof you need.
@@bobboy5508 Yes Thriller is the only album to sell more copies. But after 50 years DSOM is still a top seller. Ten years more than thriller I think.
This is the radio edit, you need to listen to the album version.
Are you sure? I do not think a radio edit would leave the word 'bullshit' unedited!
@@angharaddenby3389 Yes, there are another two solo sections in the album version.
My dad took my brother and I to a local record store when we were kids, he said he wanted to introduce us to Pink Floyd. He purchased The Dark side of the moon cassette tape (we are in the early 90s at this time) popped it into the cassette player in the family Subaru and the money sound was followed by some ungodly high squealing. The tape was being eaten by the player and if you’re from this time you know what’s up. He was pissed and for the next ten minutes we watched our dad and the store owner have an argument over him getting a refund. I’ll never forget that day and when I hear this song it’s an instant time machine trip to 1991
Lol, wouldn't that have been the fault of the cassette player, lol?
@@bkm2797 not in my dads eyes. He played various tapes for the owner as the argument proceeded to our parked park which is why we overheard it. I guess I should’ve stated that. I was 10, my dad was always right in my eyes 😊
Aww, you are a good son😉. If I were your dad, I don't think I would have stuck another tape in after one got mangled, but when you are trying to prove a point lol.
Not the store owners fault the capston was dead
I absolutely love the stories songs imbue. That’s A fancy word
When I was in high school in the 70's, EVERYBODY knew the lyrics to this song.
Absolutely LOVE Pink Floyd
Every time I hear Pink Floyd Time it takes me back to 1973 when the album Dark Side of the Moon was first released
Pink Floyd is the pioneer of visual music videos back in the day we used to go to Lazer light show Pink Floyd it was in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania at a science center at night! Good times good time indeed
I've been listening to this song since 5th grade. It never gets old.
Pink Floyd was great. And way ahead of the times.
My husband was in the military in his early twenties stationed in california. He went to Pink Floyd concerts often. Loved them. Still loves them, especially the instrumental sections. He said they would often just go off into instrumentals that just drew you into the music to set a mood. They set up stadium speakers all around the stadium, and different sections of sounds and music would travel around. I only knew them from the radio, and I liked several songs, but so much was missing. I was in college the 1st time I heard, 'The wall' album on a theater surround system, and the opening helicopter blew me. away. The songs proceed to tell the story of the guys life with each step adding another brick in the wall. So, I strongly agree that everyone should at least once listen to all Pink Floyd albums in order. Each is a performance from beginning to end.
Fabulous album Dark Side of the Moon with one of the most iconic sleeve covers ever! So many great songs from this wonderful band, from other albums, 'High Hopes', 'Another Brick in the Wall', 'One of these Days', 'Wish You Were Here', and 'Time' to name but a few.
BUMMER, this was the short version with the edited guitar solo(s). Thank you for reacting to it.
Also, you would LOVE "Great Gig In The Sky" from the same album. There's an ironic money-related backstory to that song, too. :)
And the second and third parts of the solo are the best parts of the song. Dang it.
As of September 2023, Pink Floyd masterpiece, Dark Side of the Moon topped the US album chart and will have dominated the Billboard 200 for a staggering 1000 weeks. This richly-layered, ambitious concept album has sold at least 45 million copies since its release in 1973, making it the biggest-selling album recorded by a British band.
Money 1972-1973 very popular..... Our generation loves it.
The cash register & other sound effects were all recorded on tape, physically cut, and pasted in time onto a tape loop, long before sampling machines were invented. One of the first albums to have sound effects in the music was Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. The Beatles recorded various animals & arranged them as if they're chasing each other. There were probably others before that, but most people talk about Sgt Pepper as the groundbreaking album that paved the way for experimentation.
These analog tapes were spread in and out of a room into tape decks. Feet and feet of tape.
The entire album is fantastic... Dark Side of the Moon. A 70s classic everyone had to have in all mediums. The song is older than you.
And back to the early 70s. Probably the best known Floyd song. Commercial radio has always overlooked the world bullshit. It has always been kept in. You can thank Alan Parsons for the engineering. He also had his own trippy solo career. Check out Alan Parsons Project.. The Eye in the Sky
They found a sound effects LP and incorporated it into this song and the clocks on Time.
Don it’s interesting when you noted the cash register symbol, because Pink Floyd really was revolutionary with incorporating digital sounds on top of their instruments.
I used to read rock magazines and there were articles describing what their studio looked like during the recording process, and they said they would have so many wires and cables running everywhere to computers and mixing devices that there wasn’t even room to walk round. Pretty cool to think about!!
Those sound effects were not digital. They were created by splicing together recordings Roger Waters had made of clinking coins, a ringing cash register, tearing paper, a clicking counting machine and other items to construct a seven-beat effects loop.
@@willblood7082thanks for the further clarification, that’s makes it even better!
Wow!! I wonder what sort of computers they were using in the early 70s!?!
@@PJAC1 None, everything was analog recorded to reel to reel. The animal sounds in the album Animals were made by musical instruments. They mastered the use of the synthesizer.
@@davidgross990
Yes!! Thank you!! I was around back then and well aware no computer was used!! I was being facetious when I asked in my prior reply.
This is one of those albums you should listen start to finish.
Ahhhh the strange feeling of serene meloncholy. I love Pink Floydd it was my dad's favorite. I have many fond memories with Floyd playing in the background 😊 Also they are just great artists. Such a vibe 🎶🔥🖤. Awesome react guys! ✌️🖤
It is the original "Official Music Video."
I think you might have missed the message here, guys.
It was written by Roger Waters and released on their "Dark Side of the Moon "album. 0 Pink Floyd's song "Money" is a critique of capitalism and the power of money, and a commentary on the negative effects of the pursuit of money. The song's lyrics show how money can become addictive and the bad things it can bring, such as greed and consumerism. The first verse of the song includes the lyrics, "Get a good job with more pay and you're ok, money, it's a gas, grab that cash with both hands and make a stash, new car, caviar, four star daydream, think I'll buy me a football team". if you're making a lot of money you must give some to those in need
❤❤Much Love❤❤
Me
There are a whole lot of reasons that Dark Side stayed on the Top 100 Albums chart for so long, and you just heard one of them.
Like all concept albums each song is like a chapter in a book telling a story
my youth was musically just amazing!!!!!!
Pink Floyd. So great. This is one of their best songs.
I remember my 16 yo self driving my 67 Pontiac with the windows down and this blasting on my 8-track.
This was their big hit off of the "Dark Side of the Moon" album back in the early 70's. This is a landmark album which spent 200 weeks on the charts. This is probably still a record.
I just checked, it is! 200 weeks on Billboard 200 (since 1973!)
You should listen to Pink Floyd's 24-minute long song called (Echoes) it will blow your mind mostly all instrumental, but still a killer of a song.
The first sound effect or sample ever was not Pink Floyd, but the Jamaican singer/producer Lee Scratch Perry, on the reggae song 'People Funny Boy', in 1968. He sampled a crying baby and used it in the song. He was also the producer of Bob Marley by the way.
You can include this with Ren's lessons about the Money Game.
This is the original Money Game song.
I've been listening to Pink Floyd since I was 14 and now at 62, I still have found no-one to beat them. Disappear into the whole of The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. What a treat you've got in store.
The album Dark Side of the Moon (1973) holds the record for number of weeks on Billboard 200.
You have to check out their original video for "Another Brick in the Wall", it's made from scenes in the movie "Pink Floyd - The Wall". There is a scene where the teacher is making fun of a young boy for writing "poems", and the teacher reads the lyrics to "Money". There is a story to each album, and each album is part of a bigger story.
P.S. I agree with the comments section, that you should try to listen to each album in its entirety, AND you have to watch the movie "Pink Floyd - The Wall"!
But that isn't the original video. The original featured animations from Gerald Scarfe including marching hammers, and it showed scenes of British school kids in the school playground. This was released with the original single in 1979.
The movie version, though also brilliant as is the movie, can be confusing for first time watchers/listeners/reactors because it is two songs, and has that spoken part when the teacher finds the boy's (Pink's) poems.
100% BP and Don
Dark Side of the Moon is mind blowing, especially high. Love the bass in this song.🤘🏼🔥....i remember my mom taking us to see the laser show of this album at a planetarium. One of the best experiences in my life.
Saw them in concert Houston Tx, started storming, played this song last before stopping...lightning hitting during this drumming...it was AWESOME!!! PS LIGHTNING HITTING WHILE THEY PLAYING...BEST EFFECT EVER...SCARY TOO!!!
David Bowie "Fame" is another great funky song in the same vein
Floyd were revolutionary...way ahead of their time!
Best guitarist of all time! from Oz
I was lucky enough to see them live. One of the most special moments I ever had. So so so so GOOD!!!
The samples of the cash registers were the idea of Alan Parsons, who had previously engineered for the Beatles. He recorded the registers in-studio. He did similar for the sounds of clocks and alarms on the track "Time" from the same album. His own group that he'd start about 3 years later, Alan Parsons Project, is one of the greatest groups ever honestly.
"Wish you were here" , is another great one by Pink Floyd.
This 14x platinum album (Dark Side of the Moon), holds the record for most weeks in the billboard top 200, It was there for around 14 years consecutively, and its been on the list for 990 weeks all together. You should listen to the whole album in one go. Its a concept album where every song transitions perfectly and follows the others narrative. Make it a reactions special :D
❤❤❤1 of the best songs ever written, no matter how many times i hear this it still amazes me, just brill.
Floyd was one of the pioneers of using found sounds inside tracks. Three years before the release of Dark Side (and this track), Floyd released "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" on their Atom Heart Mother LP. The track starts with the sounds of someone making breakfast and word "Marmalade" being spoken and hard panned before a fairly baroque keyboard line breaks out. Then it is back to more sounds of breakfast being made, which introduces a guitar dominant melody line as breakfast noises continue in the background. Then more spoken word and breakfast sounds before a full band groove gently rolls us to the close with more found sound conversations layered in. Truly bizarre stuff.
The entire Pink Floyd album is from start to finish an absolute experience. One song leads into another story into the next story. It is the most amazing work they ever did. I bought the album when it first came out when I was 22.
It's great to see you covering some Pink Floyd music!
When this album was released it was like nothing else before it. Groundbreakingly creative. Every record collection had this album in it. It was huge.
Need to watch one of their live concerts. . Their most legendary are on the tube. You won't be disappointed at the musicianship and the light show
Pink Floyd is a STAPLE in my life!! I think I would’ve already be dead if it wasn’t for their music…love Floyd so much!!!! 🎶❤️✌🏻
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Was the the sign for…
Westside, east of the divide
Welcome to the Rabbit Hole
A tip - the albums “The Dark Side Of The Moon” and “The Wall” are concept albums that are meant to be experienced as a whole.
And wow, you gotta check out the song “The Great Gig In The Sky”
Took me back 51 years . First car 66 galaxy 500 installed an 8 track .bought my first 8 track cassette ....loaded up my buddy chuck for a 12 hour ride through the night to the west coast. Volume on ten playing Pink Floyd Money 16 years old in 1973 with nothing but road ahead..
Love this song.
As others have said, you need to listen to the album from start to finish. Find yourself somewhere you're comfortable and won't be interrupted, then let it flow. This applies to all Pink Floyd albums and you'll be surprised by the journey they will take you on.
Great song, great album!❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
Absolutely need to hear the whole album in one sitting each song melds into the next the most awesome album
I love that they include the imagery of their album being pressed and packaged because even though they don't like the machine they are still part of it
Tongue in cheek - genius
With Pink Floyd you must listen to their albums from the beginning all the way through to the end.
Back in the 70's, someone figured out that if you watched "The Wizard of Oz" with the volume down and played "Dark Side of the Moon", they meshed up perfectly. Back then, we would start the VHS tape and when the MGM lion roared for the third time, you dropped the needle. Now it's a lot easier. It's here on YT in a video called "Dark Side of Oz".
We actually did this back in the 90's and were amazed!!!
You can find more than one version on UA-cam these days
You guys HAVE to listen to the entire "Dark Side of the Moon" album! The sound scape was so new and different in those days. Many young people now are blown away at the complexity of the music of Pink Floyd and some struggle for a label for their style. We always called it "acid rock" because it will take you on a grand trip for sure!
The beginning cash sounds live in an arena shifts speakers around the venue, it's fantastic.
Dude! Great choice. So much to hear from Pink Floyd.
Part of the beat in this song is also used in Rens money game 2
The sound montage at the beginning of the song was numerous pieces of tape spliced together then threaded onto the tape machine and around microphone stands setup around the studio so it created a big, analog looper.
I was hoping someone would point this out. It was done that way because that was the technology available to them at the "time"
I have never seen this video. The images in my mind while listening to the album in my room were much, much better. Listen to the entire album start to finish.
Dark Side of the Moon is the greatest album by, in my opinion, the greatest band. My personal favourite off the album is Time. For a 40 something, Time will speak to you like no other song. I know there will be comments saying you should check out the Pulse concert or other concerts because they are great, which they are, but for audio quality and hearing Pink Floyd in their prime, there is no replacement for the original studio versions. The effects they weave into and between songs is almost unparalleled, they were and are the masters of it. I remember you were intrigued by comparisons of David Gilmore and Eddie Van Hellen as the greatest guitarist. EVH technical and speed are almost unmatched. You feel Gilmore’s guitar in your soul. EVH rush is one thing Gilmore and Pink Floyd will make you feel such a range and depths of emotions in their music that it will effect who you are as a person. For an example I again suggest Time. In the last 2 months PF has released a 50th anniversary version where they take the original studio version with modern animation. Definitely worth your time to listen and react to it!! Thanks for the smile today in reacting to The Pink Floyd BP!!!!
For other firsts: Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) were pioneers in expanding the limits of the synthesizer, and made the first electronic drum solo on Toccata on the album Brain Salad Surgery.
I grew up on this album. Best album ever made. Time is my favorite.
My first ever album I bought in 1972 at 11 years old was pink floyd, dark side of the moon. I worked odd jobs to get the money and I was the shortest person in the check out. It's still my favourite album. The song Time. Makes a lot more sense now. 😂😂😂
one of the best bands and albums EVER. Also one of the best Sax solos in a song too. Please dive deep into the Floyd rabbit hole.
Thought they only did rock songs. I love that! Boy you are in for a treat when you dive in. You’ll soon realize the hype, and why they’re considered one of, if not, the best bands, ever.
Oh yeah. And Money isn’t even considered the favorite amongst the PF fans. If you liked that…dude.
The complete album in one sitting is a must.This is early 70s and Pink Floyd was way out in front when it came to effects and visuals.One of the most popular albums ever made,great stuff.
I like the song of theirs where they have a US operator called Mr Flloyd long distance collect and the other end keeps hanging up. You can hear in her voice she's genuinely perplexed saying ,after trying multiple times, they keep hanging up?!! This band could be quite cheeky with their ideas ,they were extremely creative. I was fortunate to see their "WALL" tour which I believe only played in 6 US cities....
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NOW: you have hit one of my FAVORITE BANDS of ALL TIME!! SO, SO, GOOD - and, they LYRICS! ONE of the BEST RABBIT HOLES: EVER!! Hugs, Ya'll!!
The song "echoes" is a great example of how they experimented with sounds and pieced it together to create what you hear today
If you just thought Pink Floyd did "rock rock" you really need to react to Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1 through 9) from the album Wish You Were Here.
The album, Dark Side of the Moon, was incredibly revolutionary. It was the most complex album ever produced to that time, and took 6 months to record. The cash registers were revolutionary. I was in High School when the album came out and everyone was playing it everywhere all the time. And you really need to hear it entire - every song morphs into the next one, without breaks. Digital systems cut it into individual songs which it was never intended to be heard as. Here the next song is about wasting your life chasing money and going through the process of sad, regretful old age then dying.
You can play anything from the Dark side of the moon and never be disappointed ❤❤❤❤ My Favorite Band growing up, David Gilmore is a great guitarist ❤❤❤❤ one of my favorites ❤
God Bless the child, who has his own.
This album came out in 73, don't know that this video is from then or made later like the video for Black Sabbath's "WAR PIGS" TLthat you see everywhere nowadays was definately not out when that song came out way back when. Dark Side Of The Moon ,this album at the time was holding the longest number of weeks on the Billboard Top LP charts 990 weeks. And it went 14 times platinum in Britain!
Grew up listening to Pink Floyd ( in my 40s now ) saw The Division Bell album tour as a teen in Toronto … ppl were being carted off in ambulances well before the concert started 😳🤣 psychedelia 🤟🏼🔉🔊❤️ ( amazeing concert )
Also Easy Star All-Stars , Dub Side of the Moon , reggae tribute 💃🕺🏼