They're the same song, split on the album for marketing reasons. If the record jacket looks a bit light in terms of track count, many people wouldn't buy the album, so longer songs would get split to inflate the track count, which incidentally made it easier for radio DJs to manage the time. However, in some rare cases, DJ's would always play the split tracks back to back anyway, even if it meant the song was longer than the ideal target of 3 minutes 45 seconds. This is one such case. Oddly, DJs also did this with some tracks that were intended to be separate, but just went together so well, it seemed heretical to split them up. For example, You will always hear Queen's "We Will Rock You", right before "We are the Champions", as to play one without the other is blasphemy, lol.
@@Arkryal Totally accurate but I do find it funny that just two albums later they released Animals - a five track album with only three songs actually making up the "meat" of the album with an intro and outro piece that is essentially the same song serving to bookend the piece! I don't know the story behind it, but it did seem like they were thumbing their nose at the perception of what a rock band could and should do.
This is how this album, "The Dark Side of the Moon", ends. The heartbeat you hear during the fade-out is also how the album begins. Thus, demonstrating an endless cycle and the human condition replayed in every generation. This album is brilliantly profound and this isn't just music, it's art.
This album would be a great topic for students to analyze, interpret, react to, in a philosophy class in college (maybe AP in High School?). Other Pink Floyd albums could be on a list the students could choose from, as well.
This album is in essence about Syd Barrett and the topic of death. This particular song is more than likely about his going insane because of his experiments with hallucinogens that eventually caused his unfortunate fall in the late '60s. The line, "You raise the blade, you make the change" is a reference to frontal lobotomies which his heavy use of drugs caused him to behave as though he had one done to him. The line, "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" is a specific reference to Syd Barrett's propensity for playing the wrong song on stage during his "episodes" towards his final days with Pink Floyd, which subsequently led to his dismissal from the group.The band as a whole were proponents of wanting their audience form their own meanings of their songs to fit them personally. Reaction ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Selection ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Well, this song is about Syd Barrett. But the rest of the Album is mostly just speaking on the human condition. Shine on You Crazy Diamond is about Syd as well as Wish you were here (partially). Also I've never heard that the blade line was a reference to lobotomies.
This album spent 17 YEARS on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, starting with it's release. This is because so many people recognized it's genius and relevance brilliance immediately upon hearing it.
You're so sharp man. I've seen numerous reactions to this and almost no one gets the folded paper bit. Not only that, but you referenced city hall, which is something I never thought of and I've been listening to this for years.
Glad to see someone of a younger generation Getting it... And having a album touch your soul. Betcha you'll be just like us Loving this Album for Life & Still listening to it often 50 years later...
The Dark Side of the Moon changed my life. It was the first time I heard musicians playing for the sake of their art. Other bands didn't challenge me to think; in fact, I felt like many pushed me into not thinking. I know there's a place for that, but when I was young, it seemed like that was the only place, and I and others like me were out-of-touch. When a friend of mine gave me a cracked cassette tape of this album, and I listened to it, I got lost in music and thinking. Being lost in it helped me find my way, paradoxically. I realize we don't all know each other here on the comments; we are fans, and you are the reactor, but thank you so much for listening. It means a lot for fans to see that others have similar experiences with such profound music. Although I hope you continue with Pink Floyd, taking a break (even for copyright hits) makes sense, and I hope some of the advice below helps (it's a shame the copyright police, who aren't always the band itself, take such a hard line with reactors--we're tuning in to you at least as much as the music). Definitely try songs from the Pulse or The Delicate Sound of Thunder concerts, or material from Live at Pompeii (which is the band playing alone in the empty ancient amphitheater in the city of Pompeii, Italy. Anything on their albums from Meddle to The Wall are worth reacting to also. I really appreciate your reactions, and I hope to see more of your reactions to bands/songs I grew up loving (PF or not)!
Wish you were here album. Shine on you Crazy Diamond is a masterpiece and it bookends the wish you were here album. No matter what mood I feel. The instrumentals of Shine On will take over my mind like an out of body experience.
My first time hearing was also the first time I took acid. 4 of us laid out on bean bags and cushions. I closed my eyes and found myself floating in a revolving starfield. At the end of the album we opened our eyes and the room was dark. Multi-coloured stars were spinning around the walls. The bright spark who turned the album over had also closed the curtains and put coloured spotlights on a mirrorball. I've never looked back
Strange how music affects us in different ways. Hearing Dark Side Of The Moon as a 16 year old in 1973 made me check out the rest of Floyd's back catalogue as quickly as my limited income would allow, and although some of their material was a bit of a challenge - to put it mildly - they soon became one of my favourite bands. Then Wish You Were Here came out, tuneless, plodding, self-indulgent and miserable. Of course by then they were no more than Roger Waters' backing band, or at least that's how the record came across. A crushing disappointment for which I'll always find it hard to forgive them.
Lol, 69 here man, that took me back to my teen years and for just a few minutes I was back there, closed my eyes and I was a teen hearing it all over again.
These two songs were primarily about the bands' founder Syd Barret. "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" and "Wish You Were Here" from the following album were also about Syd Barret. Syd lost his mind from too much Acid. 😢 Fave song is still Time. Been listening to them for almost 50 years. Saw them in concert 77/ In the Flesh tour. They played both the Wish you were Here album and Animals. Kansas City Kemper Arena.
I think it's not quite right to say Syd lost his mind from acid. He likely had an underlying undiagnosed mental illness, perhaps schizophrenia, and was attempting to self-medicate with hallucinogenic. It was a tragic combination for him.
@@izzonjUnderlying undiagnosed mental condition, REALLY ? Or do you mean he simply didn’t conform like a pleasant vegetable ? Some of the smartest people you will ever meet never finnished high school, and some of the dumbest are professors with a PhD in bullshit like Psychiatry........a fake medical study whereby cold criminals profit by meddling with the brains of damaged people while simply robbing those who are stupid enough to trust them. Easier for truck drivers to pass the Mensa entrance exam than it is for those with a university degree.
The folded paper in the hall is the Newspaper, in the UK papers are put through a letterbox in our front doors hence why ‘ every day the paper boy brings more’. If you want to explore the music that sat alongside Pink Floyd in the landscape of the 70s then try the bands YES (maybe ‘Roundabout’), GENESIS, (maybe ‘The musical box’), E.L.P (maybe ‘Lucky man’), JETHRO TULL ( maybe ‘Locomotive breath’), SUPERTRAMP (maybe ‘School’), CAMEL (maybe’Lady fantasy’)……….progressive rock was a broad and creative genre but there was an astonishing outpouring of creative musical energy in the early and mid seventies.
Listening to this album in college changed my life...and for the better, for sure. I would say that DSOTM, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall are arguably the best 4 album run by any band in rock history. And yeah, it's the lyrics of Roger Waters and the guitar of David Gilmour.
Meddle is the album that got them in sync to where they were going to go with there music. Umma Gumma was their experimental album toying with noises which appear on all of their following albums.
Àhhhhhh lily ur in for such a treat this is my favorite song off dark side...there is NOTHING better than seeing them live doing this jam sittn back burning a j I got to do it in 08!!!💯😁👍
You should check the entire album. It tells a story if you pay attention to the lyrics. It’s everybody’s story. Breath, time, money, old age, insanity and death. It’s just brilliant.
So so far ahead of their age, and so great in executing each note each time with as much heart in the first song to the last that they wrote and performed together, never a let down, not one. I get her politic lean, iti s underlying and prevleant in all things to day, like the snake in the garden of Eden so I dont blame her for that interpretation but as you stated and perectly i may add, it was left open to interpretation for EACH ear that it graced. I was regularly getting high when Animals came out and that album hit me like a ton of bricks, the only album I played for months over and over and it never got old, still dont, tho I hear it differently sober, lol. Sorry the boys are giving you grief over the copyrights but I have to think over the years their stuff has been pirated by everyone on planet earth except Jack Sparrow, before his time Im afraid.
ONE OF THESE DAYS WAS MY FIRST FLOYD SONG I REMEMBER I LISTENED TO MEDDLE THAT DAY AND OMG THE MACHINE TURNED FOR ME THEY WERE MY FAV BAND EVER SINCE THEN I WAS 13 IM 59 NOW LOL
They did this album live for us in Detroit.....the entire concert was this album. I was so privileged to be there. This band was one of the bands that helped me survive my young years. Their entire collection was my therapy.
As I get older I can’t help myself from tearing up at the end of dark side. The beauty of this melancholic masterpiece gets me every time. There is no Darkside of the moon really as a matter of fact it’s all dark brilliant words said by a simple Man that had no idea the significance of it or did he.?
Roger Waters had ended up in a place where the light of joy and happiness had been removed from him from The experience of loss That's when he and alot of us end up on the Dark side of the moon It's not a place any one wants to be
I'm glad you made it through the whole album. You not the only one who got it. In my top 5 of greatest albums. I still remember the first time hearing it when it came out in 73, one of my roommates brought it home, we all got stoned and no one said a word until it was over, what an experience.
Best album, For for many, it still sells to this very day and has been on and off the charts since its release in 1973. (14 years in a row on Billboard). Always in the conversation for best album. Try the amazing video Echoes, Live at Pompeii, parts 1 & 2, as long as you pause a couple times as transitions occur you should be OK, many other reactors have viewed it with no apparent issues. Good luck & Enjoy, I enjoy watching and listening to You! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶
Lilly Jane, for someone so young you are very intuitive and your commentary on Roger's meanderings (about different types of lunatics) are spot on. There is also a reference to Syd Barrett in when the 'band starts playing different tunes'. NB. For those science buffs out there, there is no Dark Side of the Moon because it gets sunlight we don't see, because gravity has kept the Moon facing us and so we only get to view one surface. Thank you Lilly.
I saw you nodding along to the music...Then at the 4:59 mark when the backup singers started harmonizing, you shook your head slightly and started smilng....This album has some of the best harmonizing backup vocals!!
I stumbled onto your channel. Grateful I did. Loved your reaction to the entire album 'Dark Side of the Moon'. Favorite all-time group. Many songs from their beginnings until their end moved me but 'Echoes' from the album 'Meddle' is the one.
Hi Lily - there are some bands that always cause a headache with copyright block or even strikes, even months later - they include the Eagles, Guns N Roses, AC/DC, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix. I'd avoid those. Enjoyed your ride through the Dark Side album. - G
Jest thank in 1973 how right pink floyd was ! In 1973 I had jest got home from Vietnam, it was the first album I ever bought and to this day is still my favorite Music !!!
It's been a pleasure sharing your Pink Floyd experience and seeing the same emotional reactions I first felt many years ago. In answer to your question at the end, if I had to pick one song I would say 'Time' was the first one to really 'hit' me, although one thing about this album, and Floyd in particular, is you keep picking up little nuances that were previously missed. I've loved this album since I first heard it in 1974 and never grown tired of it. 'Echoes' from the Meddle album is also quite an experience as is 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' from Wish You Were Here. Best wishes👍👍
The Wall is a storytelling masterpiece. Animals is their version of George Orwell's Animal Farm. Wish You Were Here is a sonic journey. You still have a hundred more gems to go through. Meddle is the album that slowly morphed Floyd from their experimental psychelic sound to the DSOTM refined psychedelia.
The album Meddle was my introduction to Pink Floyd. When I put the album on I could tell right away from side one these guys were different, but when I played side 2 the song Echoes I became a lifelong fan. I became a Floydian and have been for over 50 years. I listen to Floyd every day!! They are what my soul needs and they are what my body needs in my old age. In other words they are my medicine, and they relieve my pain physically and spiritually!! These guys are a gift. No other band compares to Floyd.
This album is brilliant - it uses the moon as a metaphor for humanity. Sometimes, the moon reflects light back into the world, and sometimes darkness. (The difference is that people can choose which one they reflect back.) The album explores all the things that can draw you into the darkness. What I love is the singer doesn't judge you... he admits when life sends you into the darkness, he'll already be there... seeing you on the dark side of the moon.
There is no other album to compare to DSOTM. "Meddle" is the closest one to second place, followed by "Ziggy Stardust", followed by "After The Gold Rush". It makes me smile to see a new generation discover this timeless music. Pink Floyd is unique, there is no other.
At 3:55 "You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane" is about a [now discredited] form of neurosurgical treatment for psychiatric or neurological disorders (e.g. epilepsy, depression) that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex.
Was on dmt when I was listening to this song. The transition blasted me into a different area of consciousness. Felt like I had passed on and everything became so familiar. Like I had seen this all before. Was crazy
Thanks! Awesome channel, the vibe is cool! Pink Floyd is amazing, "Mother" from The Wall has always been a favorite of mine, but there are so many. I would love to see you react to Chris Stapleton, DEATH ROW. It's definitely NOT country. It's dirty, sexy, blues. The story he tells is incredible. It's the kind of song that would end up on your playlist. His vocals are phenomenal, and I would be shocked if you thought it was anything less than amazing. Have an awesome day!
This is my favorite reaction of yours. I think you completely got the meaning of the closing of the album! The word "all" is so meaningful here. Great job Lily Jane! Sorry to hear of the issues you are having. Seems many are as well with copyright problems. "Yes" is sort of a band a bit like Floyd. "Roundabout" might be a good place to start. My favorite Floyd song is "Shine on you Crazy Diamond". Be well.
I don’t really understand copyright on YT in the sense that som reactors seem to get away with way more than you would expect while others get easily clobbered, even when they pause songs etc. Or maybe it’s just that the YT algorithm eventually catches up with everyone? It’s just unpredictable when?
"Welcome to the Machine" was my first favorite Pink Floyd. I was 14 and I loved how that sounded on my brother's car stereo. The Wall is my favorite album though.
This was THE album in my youth... I am now 69 years old and to this day I think this is the greatest album ever recorded. The song that affected me the most was also on this album... Time, but several other songs also affected me quite deeply.
100% with you down to the Time reference my fellow oldster. Thousands of listens and I still get emotional, even more I think since I’ve lived through more than the half way point of the records theme. “Ten years have got behind you?” Yeah that’s nice now try sixty, where did they all go?
I've so enjoyed your reactions to this album. Thank you! I'm old enough to have experienced this album as a teen when it first came out, and spinning it many times on the turntable with my friends. All these many years later, I still consider it the greatest album ever. I don't know how many times I've listened to it, but putting DSOTM on with headphones never fails to blow me away.
Gosh the memories I get from this. When I was a young man and went to a party, if there were stoners there was Pink Floyd playing on the record player. Gosh I remember popping my first lude to this song. Thankfully that was about as hard as I ever dove. I had friends that did much harder stuff.
I came of age in the 70s - Pink Floyd at their peak. Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals (my all time favorite) and The Wall. The music and message is timeless. Really enjoy watching today's younger peeps "discover" Pink Floyd....
I dunno about a Pink FLoyd song changing my life. But the first PF song that ever made me cry was wish You Were Here. Then I got hooked on this band. No regrets at all. I'd put Pink Floyd over Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Eagles..ALL of them mainly because their music touches me deep inside where those other bands just can't get near. They scratch that musical itch, you can say.
This is when something resonates with so many people so well, it becomes something bigger than the sum of it's parts. I've listened to a gargantuan amount of music in my time, but I really do think this is my favorite album all-around 😁😁😁.
Pink floyd take you on a magical journey this is absolutely amazing music just timeless this will be listening to in the next 1,000 years from now ❤❤❤❤
It is hard to imagine anyone making an album of this caliber today. I've known it since I was a kid when it came out and my brother brought the album home and played it over and over (an experience shared by many) and it still sounds amazing to me.
Thanks for taking the journey with DSOTM. My all Time favorite song is Shine on you crazy diamond, all 9 parts. Its a long listen, but musically worth your time.
The Pink Floyd song that changed me the most was/is “Dogs.” When i first heard it, I was in the middle of being “dragged down by the stone,” (if you know, you know) and while I didn’t entirely make it out unscathed, I made it out alive, which is more than I expected. “Dogs,” from Pink Floyd; “Jessica,” from the Allman Brothers Band, “Subdivisions” by Rush, and “Eulogy” by Tool are the four songs that have shaped me and continue to do so.
Ive listened to all your reactions to my fav band ever Pink Floyd , im 61 now and the track i love the best is their longest approx 24 mins . It takes me away to another world its called Echoes (the album version) off Meddle . Look forward to this reaction if you have time LOL xx
Pink Floyd had a major contribution in shaping my mind ever since i was a teenager. Albums like Animals, Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, or epic pieces like Echoes, Welcome to the Machine, or Incredible concerts like Pulse or The wall cannot be forgotten. You were right about them being Philosophers more than anything. The messages they transfer to us through their tunes and lyrics cannot be compared by any other band in history.
Kudos to you, this album has been proclaimed as their best and the best album ever produced. It is a soulful masterpiece and it is refreshing to see such a younger person grasping and feeling what this album is all about. Keep expanding your Pink Floyd experience.
I like your views. I listened to Pink Floyd for long, but English is not my 1st language. Your interpretations of some of the lyrics are new and interesting to me.
Every album and song changed my life in some way. That’s why Floyd is more than a band, they are an experience. Ummagumma and Meddle freaked me out, DSOTM got Me thinking, Wish You Were Here and Animals got me hooked forever
The album just before Dark Side changed my life, so I was primed and ready for this album when it came out. The album is called "Meddle" and it was the second side of the album that blew me away. The whole side was a song called "Echoes". I played it so much that it became part of my brain... I swear. If you get a chance, listen to the album version of Echoes sometimes and just let yourself go where it takes you. I really enjoy your reactions, Lilly Jane.
THose lyrics have such intense feelings, I was in tears in the middle of this song. David GIlmour on guitar is amazing but the real talent is the lyrics as well as the guitar melody.
Wintersun - Finnish Metal band with 2 members of Nightwish now (Kai the drummer and Jukka the bassist); “Sons of Winter and Stars” or “Time” from the Sonic Pump sessions. Eivør - “Falling Free” live from Tørshaven Aurora - “It Happened Quiet” live session Eluveitie - “Rebirth”
My younger brother tried introducing me to Pink Floyd with "Animals", I wasn't ready for dogs barking with my musical experience at that point. Then I heard "Dark Side of the Moon", it deeply resonated with me. Eventually, I listened to Pink Floyd's entire library of music and learned to apprecite "Animals" as another masterpiece along with "Wish You Were Here", and "The Wall". I am glad you covered the entire album, but if I may make one suggestion: with lights dimmed down or selected lighting effects set up, wearing headphones, please listen to the album from start to end in a single session. It looks from your channel, you would not be adverse to some partaking of cannabis, I myself prefer to be just a wee bit stoned for my Pink Floyd experience. I first heard Dark Side of the Moon in the mid/late 70's, still enjoying Pink Floyd nearly 50 years later. Quite possibly my favorite album of all time, not just music, but a work of art!! And yes, still smoking the 'ja! Green is my favorite color for many reasons!😊♻️
Glad you got to experience the whole album, even if it wasn't in one sitting. I was 17 when this album came out. Not sure if it changed my life but it had an effect. Thanks for sharing.
Did you know that Although it held the number one spot in the US for only a week, it remained in the Billboard 200 albums chart for 736 nonconsecutive weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 16 July 1988).
The album Meddle, found in my older brothers "don't you dare touch" vinyl collection. "One of these Days"- blew my mind. "Pillow of Winds" beautiful. "Fearless" - you pick the place and I'll choose the time, and I'll climb that hill in my own way "San Tropez" just feels so laid back with a swing to it. "Seamus" made me laugh "Echoes" just a little song about all life on the entire planet, starting in the depths of the oceans and how we are all related, just Echoes of the deep past, all related and should be better human beings. Strangers passing in the street, by chance two separate glances meet, and I am you and what I see is me.
This album redefined parts of my world when I bought it as a teen in the 80s. It redefined it again and again as I've listened to it throughout my life with many of the songs that moved me as a youth moving me even more now. It is an amazing piece of musical art, as are other albums by Pink Floyd. Meddle and Wish You Were Here are the next two most impactful on me through my life, both amazing albums by the band.
Sorry to hear about your copyright issues. Some reactors claim that doing live concerts cause less problems in that regard. So try reacting to Pink Floyd's Pulse, Pompeii, or Delicate Sound Of Thunder concerts and avoid doing album reactions to see if that lessens your problem. As a last resort, you could try veiling the concert footage a bit with a visual effect, like raindrops or haze. I hope this helps, since I'd hate seeing you abandon your great Pink Floyd reactions.
Pink Floyd will make you think! 😂every album ! Comfortly Numb was the one that got me hooked I want to say 1980, I was 10. Then I got the wall album for my birthday and my journey has begun!
The most important music of my life is On The Turning Away - Pink Floyd, from the Momentary Lapse of Reason. Is this song because when I was dealing with the most diabolical phase of my life, with depression, fear, pain and health issues, I used to hear that song and think that I had a choice in my life, to be weak for my whole life, or to look forward and No more turning away. When I understood the message I needed from this music, I was able to stay strong and fight all my problems back, winning depression and started a great moment in my life.
The Floyd song that changed my life.... there are actually many. But the most impressing change came through Echoes which is even of a previous album called meddle. But also "Shine on you crazy Diamonds" and some songs of the very first album Piper at the gates of dawn, such as "Astronomy Domine", "Bike" and "Interstellar Overdrive" could be counted.
Lily my Dear, please don't stop doing Pink Floyd reactions. Your perspective on some of my favorite music is insightful and intelligent... also refreshing. Other reactors are doing P.F. so there must be a way. 😎
This album is everything. It's time and money. Life and death. Sanity and insanity. Dark and light. Up and down. It's life. It's a work of art and definitely best experienced all at once.
The transition from Brain Damage to Eclipse is one of the most epic moments in classic rock.
Agreed, it was seamless.
They're the same song, split on the album for marketing reasons. If the record jacket looks a bit light in terms of track count, many people wouldn't buy the album, so longer songs would get split to inflate the track count, which incidentally made it easier for radio DJs to manage the time. However, in some rare cases, DJ's would always play the split tracks back to back anyway, even if it meant the song was longer than the ideal target of 3 minutes 45 seconds. This is one such case.
Oddly, DJs also did this with some tracks that were intended to be separate, but just went together so well, it seemed heretical to split them up. For example, You will always hear Queen's "We Will Rock You", right before "We are the Champions", as to play one without the other is blasphemy, lol.
It is ONLY. There is nothing else. Period.
@@Arkryal Totally accurate but I do find it funny that just two albums later they released Animals - a five track album with only three songs actually making up the "meat" of the album with an intro and outro piece that is essentially the same song serving to bookend the piece! I don't know the story behind it, but it did seem like they were thumbing their nose at the perception of what a rock band could and should do.
Absolutely love it.
This is how this album, "The Dark Side of the Moon", ends. The heartbeat you hear during the fade-out is also how the album begins. Thus, demonstrating an endless cycle and the human condition replayed in every generation. This album is brilliantly profound and this isn't just music, it's art.
The heart beat I think is one of my favorite elements in this album.
@@lillyjanereactsSame page as you because as you grow older, you understand the message even more. It's part of life!
All hearts end, as did the album.
There is no dark side on the moon really , as amatter of fact it's all dark !
This album would be a great topic for students to analyze, interpret, react to, in a philosophy class in college (maybe AP in High School?). Other Pink Floyd albums could be on a list the students could choose from, as well.
Dark Side off the Moon, It just never gets old.
Because it's outstanding.
First record I ever owned, fell in love immediately
Only better
I bought the remastered vinyl a few years ago. I never had the actual record back in the day. It’s such an iconic album.
Perhaps it is the perfect album.
Love and peace.
This album is about everything and everyone that has ever been, is, and ever will be.
This album is in essence about Syd Barrett and the topic of death. This particular song is more than likely about his going insane because of his experiments with hallucinogens that eventually caused his unfortunate fall in the late '60s. The line, "You raise the blade, you make the change" is a reference to frontal lobotomies which his heavy use of drugs caused him to behave as though he had one done to him.
The line, "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" is a specific reference to Syd Barrett's propensity for playing the wrong song on stage during his "episodes" towards his final days with Pink Floyd, which subsequently led to his dismissal from the group.The band as a whole were proponents of wanting their audience form their own meanings of their songs to fit them personally.
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Exactly right, I think she's missing the whole point of the album and reading her own political agenda into it and it's a shame bud
Well, this song is about Syd Barrett. But the rest of the Album is mostly just speaking on the human condition. Shine on You Crazy Diamond is about Syd as well as Wish you were here (partially). Also I've never heard that the blade line was a reference to lobotomies.
This album spent 17 YEARS on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, starting with it's release. This is because so many people recognized it's genius and relevance brilliance immediately upon hearing it.
I read recently that this album STILL sells over 8,000 copies a WEEK.
It's incredibly rewarding to see someone so young as you dig and claw the meanings out of every song you listen to.
You're so sharp man. I've seen numerous reactions to this and almost no one gets the folded paper bit. Not only that, but you referenced city hall, which is something I never thought of and I've been listening to this for years.
Glad to see someone of a younger generation
Getting it...
And having a album touch your soul.
Betcha you'll be just like us
Loving this Album for Life
& Still listening to it often
50 years later...
The Dark Side of the Moon changed my life. It was the first time I heard musicians playing for the sake of their art. Other bands didn't challenge me to think; in fact, I felt like many pushed me into not thinking. I know there's a place for that, but when I was young, it seemed like that was the only place, and I and others like me were out-of-touch. When a friend of mine gave me a cracked cassette tape of this album, and I listened to it, I got lost in music and thinking. Being lost in it helped me find my way, paradoxically. I realize we don't all know each other here on the comments; we are fans, and you are the reactor, but thank you so much for listening. It means a lot for fans to see that others have similar experiences with such profound music.
Although I hope you continue with Pink Floyd, taking a break (even for copyright hits) makes sense, and I hope some of the advice below helps (it's a shame the copyright police, who aren't always the band itself, take such a hard line with reactors--we're tuning in to you at least as much as the music). Definitely try songs from the Pulse or The Delicate Sound of Thunder concerts, or material from Live at Pompeii (which is the band playing alone in the empty ancient amphitheater in the city of Pompeii, Italy. Anything on their albums from Meddle to The Wall are worth reacting to also. I really appreciate your reactions, and I hope to see more of your reactions to bands/songs I grew up loving (PF or not)!
Wish you were here album. Shine on you Crazy Diamond is a masterpiece and it bookends the wish you were here album. No matter what mood I feel. The instrumentals of Shine On will take over my mind like an out of body experience.
Couldn't agree more. Shine On You Crazy Diamond changed me as a person overnight
My first time hearing was also the first time I took acid. 4 of us laid out on bean bags and cushions. I closed my eyes and found myself floating in a revolving starfield. At the end of the album we opened our eyes and the room was dark. Multi-coloured stars were spinning around the walls. The bright spark who turned the album over had also closed the curtains and put coloured spotlights on a mirrorball. I've never looked back
Strange how music affects us in different ways. Hearing Dark Side Of The Moon as a 16 year old in 1973 made me check out the rest of Floyd's back catalogue as quickly as my limited income would allow, and although some of their material was a bit of a challenge - to put it mildly - they soon became one of my favourite bands. Then Wish You Were Here came out, tuneless, plodding, self-indulgent and miserable. Of course by then they were no more than Roger Waters' backing band, or at least that's how the record came across. A crushing disappointment for which I'll always find it hard to forgive them.
Both albums in my top five!
I second this for the next reaction. Amazing album.
'A Perfect Circle' is a great band to experience. Love your reactions and shared thoughts, Lilly!
My favourite song by them. The tour was fabulous too. I'm getting old man! 1973 was a great year for rock and roll.
Lol, 69 here man, that took me back to my teen years and for just a few minutes I was back there, closed my eyes and I was a teen hearing it all over again.
@arthurkelly2083 I hear you brother! Seems like a short time ago we were getting down to it. Yet, here we are!👍👍
These two songs were primarily about the bands' founder Syd Barret. "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" and "Wish You Were Here" from the following album were also about Syd Barret. Syd lost his mind from too much Acid. 😢 Fave song is still Time. Been listening to them for almost 50 years. Saw them in concert 77/ In the Flesh tour. They played both the Wish you were Here album and Animals. Kansas City Kemper Arena.
I think it's not quite right to say Syd lost his mind from acid. He likely had an underlying undiagnosed mental illness, perhaps schizophrenia, and was attempting to self-medicate with hallucinogenic. It was a tragic combination for him.
Even though it’s a little strange I love Syd’s later solo work particularly “The Madcap Laughs”.
@@izzonjUnderlying undiagnosed mental condition, REALLY ?
Or do you mean he simply didn’t conform like a pleasant vegetable ?
Some of the smartest people you will ever meet never finnished high school, and some of the dumbest are professors with a PhD in bullshit like Psychiatry........a fake medical study whereby cold criminals profit by meddling with the brains of damaged people while simply robbing those who are stupid enough to trust them.
Easier for truck drivers to pass the Mensa entrance exam than it is for those with a university degree.
The folded paper in the hall is the Newspaper, in the UK papers are put through a letterbox in our front doors hence why ‘ every day the paper boy brings more’. If you want to explore the music that sat alongside Pink Floyd in the landscape of the 70s then try the bands YES (maybe ‘Roundabout’), GENESIS, (maybe ‘The musical box’), E.L.P (maybe ‘Lucky man’), JETHRO TULL ( maybe ‘Locomotive breath’), SUPERTRAMP (maybe ‘School’), CAMEL (maybe’Lady fantasy’)……….progressive rock was a broad and creative genre but there was an astonishing outpouring of creative musical energy in the early and mid seventies.
A bunch!
Listening to this album in college changed my life...and for the better, for sure. I would say that DSOTM, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall are arguably the best 4 album run by any band in rock history. And yeah, it's the lyrics of Roger Waters and the guitar of David Gilmour.
Meddle is the album that got them in sync to where they were going to go with there music. Umma Gumma was their experimental album toying with noises which appear on all of their following albums.
Àhhhhhh lily ur in for such a treat this is my favorite song off dark side...there is NOTHING better than seeing them live doing this jam sittn back burning a j I got to do it in 08!!!💯😁👍
You should check the entire album. It tells a story if you pay attention to the lyrics. It’s everybody’s story. Breath, time, money, old age, insanity and death. It’s just brilliant.
So so far ahead of their age, and so great in executing each note each time with as much heart in the first song to the last that they wrote and performed together, never a let down, not one. I get her politic lean, iti s underlying and prevleant in all things to day, like the snake in the garden of Eden so I dont blame her for that interpretation but as you stated and perectly i may add, it was left open to interpretation for EACH ear that it graced. I was regularly getting high when Animals came out and that album hit me like a ton of bricks, the only album I played for months over and over and it never got old, still dont, tho I hear it differently sober, lol. Sorry the boys are giving you grief over the copyrights but I have to think over the years their stuff has been pirated by everyone on planet earth except Jack Sparrow, before his time Im afraid.
ONE OF THESE DAYS WAS MY FIRST FLOYD SONG I REMEMBER I LISTENED TO MEDDLE THAT DAY AND OMG THE MACHINE TURNED FOR ME THEY WERE MY FAV BAND EVER SINCE THEN I WAS 13 IM 59 NOW LOL
High Hopes and Keep Talking, both from the division bell album are two of my favorite all time Pink Floyd songs. Worth a listen.
They did this album live for us in Detroit.....the entire concert was this album. I was so privileged to be there. This band was one of the bands that helped me survive my young years. Their entire collection was my therapy.
So i just discovered your "Time" video today,and was so happy to see you also did this,it is far and away my favorite album outro!
This album is one of the best, if not the best, albums ever made.
As I get older I can’t help myself from tearing up at the end of dark side. The beauty of this melancholic masterpiece gets me every time. There is no Darkside of the moon really as a matter of fact it’s all dark brilliant words said by a simple Man that had no idea the significance of it or did he.?
Roger Waters had ended up in a place where the light of joy and happiness had been removed from him from The experience of loss
That's when he and alot of us end up on the Dark side of the moon
It's not a place any one wants to be
I'm glad you made it through the whole album. You not the only one who got it. In my top 5 of greatest albums. I still remember the first time hearing it when it came out in 73, one of my roommates brought it home, we all got stoned and no one said a word until it was over, what an experience.
That, in my opinion, is THE way to listen to this Album the first time. I did the same thing, man haha!!
@@2Quietus Lol, same here! Animals too!
This is my all time favorite Pink Floyd song. Just a great band that reached a new level with this album.
Best album, For for many, it still sells to this very day and has been on and off the charts since its release in 1973. (14 years in a row on Billboard). Always in the conversation for best album. Try the amazing video Echoes, Live at Pompeii, parts 1 & 2, as long as you pause a couple times as transitions occur you should be OK, many other reactors have viewed it with no apparent issues. Good luck & Enjoy, I enjoy watching and listening to You! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶
On an average day, worldwide, DSOTM still sells around 8,000 copies. The staying power of this masterpiece will never be approached.
Lilly Jane, for someone so young you are very intuitive and your commentary on Roger's meanderings (about different types of lunatics) are spot on. There is also a reference to Syd Barrett in when the 'band starts playing different tunes'.
NB. For those science buffs out there, there is no Dark Side of the Moon because it gets sunlight we don't see, because gravity has kept the Moon facing us and so we only get to view one surface. Thank you Lilly.
Eclipse is an entire life encapsulated in a couple of minutes of music.
Its just mindblowing.
Absolutely "Echoes". Any version, but live at Pompeii is transcendent. The entire "Live at Pompeii" is like being haunted by your best friend.
Amen sir! Absolutely!
Studio first. You listen with your ears not your eyes.
Correct my friend best live gig of Floyd as a true young 4 piece no frills. All equal still.
I saw you nodding along to the music...Then at the 4:59 mark when the backup singers started harmonizing, you shook your head slightly and started smilng....This album has some of the best harmonizing backup vocals!!
I stumbled onto your channel. Grateful I did. Loved your reaction to the entire album 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
Favorite all-time group. Many songs from their beginnings until their end moved me but 'Echoes' from the album 'Meddle' is the one.
Hi Lily - there are some bands that always cause a headache with copyright block or even strikes, even months later - they include the Eagles, Guns N Roses, AC/DC, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix. I'd avoid those. Enjoyed your ride through the Dark Side album. - G
Good list Glenn. I've also seen trouble with Led Zeppelin, Steve Ray Vaughn, and Thin Lizzy.
Not always the band, it can be the owner of the works that has the rights and may prevent public performance.
Jest thank in 1973 how right pink floyd was !
In 1973 I had jest got home from Vietnam, it was the first album I ever bought and to this day is still my favorite Music !!!
They were the masters of songwriting and storytelling of emotion
It's been a pleasure sharing your Pink Floyd experience and seeing the same emotional reactions I first felt many years ago. In answer to your question at the end, if I had to pick one song I would say 'Time' was the first one to really 'hit' me, although one thing about this album, and Floyd in particular, is you keep picking up little nuances that were previously missed. I've loved this album since I first heard it in 1974 and never grown tired of it. 'Echoes' from the Meddle album is also quite an experience as is 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' from Wish You Were Here. Best wishes👍👍
The Wall is a storytelling masterpiece. Animals is their version of George Orwell's Animal Farm. Wish You Were Here is a sonic journey. You still have a hundred more gems to go through. Meddle is the album that slowly morphed Floyd from their experimental psychelic sound to the DSOTM refined psychedelia.
The album Meddle was my introduction to Pink Floyd. When I put the album on I could tell right away from side one these guys were different, but when I played side 2 the song Echoes I became a lifelong fan. I became a Floydian and have been for over 50 years. I listen to Floyd every day!! They are what my soul needs and they are what my body needs in my old age. In other words they are my medicine, and they relieve my pain physically and spiritually!! These guys are a gift. No other band compares to Floyd.
Keep going back and listening to this album in it's entirety for yourself. as you change, so will this masterpiece.
I have really enjoyed your reaction to this amazing album, so refreshing to see a young lady who appreciates great music thank you Lilly Jane ❤️
This album is brilliant - it uses the moon as a metaphor for humanity. Sometimes, the moon reflects light back into the world, and sometimes darkness. (The difference is that people can choose which one they reflect back.) The album explores all the things that can draw you into the darkness.
What I love is the singer doesn't judge you... he admits when life sends you into the darkness, he'll already be there... seeing you on the dark side of the moon.
A Momentary Lapse of Reason was my introduction to Pink Floyd. The song that hit me the most was On the Turning Away.
There is no other album to compare to DSOTM. "Meddle" is the closest one to second place, followed by "Ziggy Stardust", followed by "After The Gold Rush". It makes me smile to see a new generation discover this timeless music. Pink Floyd is unique, there is no other.
You forgot Wish You Were Here!
@@detroitlady7201 And Animals and The Wall to complete the Mount Rushmore 4 Floyd masterpieces!
Atom Heart Mother is another epic album they put out
I LOVE it you can tell that she really likes this good old CLASSIC HEART and SOUL music.
At 3:55 "You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane" is about a [now discredited] form of neurosurgical treatment for psychiatric or neurological disorders (e.g. epilepsy, depression) that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex.
Was on dmt when I was listening to this song. The transition blasted me into a different area of consciousness. Felt like I had passed on and everything became so familiar. Like I had seen this all before. Was crazy
Thanks! Awesome channel, the vibe is cool! Pink Floyd is amazing, "Mother" from The Wall has always been a favorite of mine, but there are so many.
I would love to see you react to Chris Stapleton, DEATH ROW. It's definitely NOT country. It's dirty, sexy, blues. The story he tells is incredible. It's the kind of song that would end up on your playlist. His vocals are phenomenal, and I would be shocked if you thought it was anything less than amazing. Have an awesome day!
This is my favorite reaction of yours. I think you completely got the meaning of the closing of the album! The word "all" is so meaningful here. Great job Lily Jane! Sorry to hear of the issues you are having. Seems many are as well with copyright problems. "Yes" is sort of a band a bit like Floyd. "Roundabout" might be a good place to start. My favorite Floyd song is "Shine on you Crazy Diamond". Be well.
I don’t really understand copyright on YT in the sense that som reactors seem to get away with way more than you would expect while others get easily clobbered, even when they pause songs etc.
Or maybe it’s just that the YT algorithm eventually catches up with everyone? It’s just unpredictable when?
@@kevinmcfarlane2752 Kevin, I agree. I have noticed this as well.
"Welcome to the Machine" was my first favorite Pink Floyd. I was 14 and I loved how that sounded on my brother's car stereo. The Wall is my favorite album though.
pink floyd is awesome. momentary lapse of reason was really my first introduction to them as an album and I've been a fan ever since
This was THE album in my youth... I am now 69 years old and to this day I think this is the greatest album ever recorded. The song that affected me the most was also on this album... Time, but several other songs also affected me quite deeply.
100% with you down to the Time reference my fellow oldster.
Thousands of listens and I still get emotional, even more I think since I’ve lived through more than the half way point of the records theme. “Ten years have got behind you?” Yeah that’s nice now try sixty, where did they all go?
What Pink Floyd album changed my life.
💥🎇🎆 Dark Side 🎆🎇💥
But I'm also partial to the album "The Division Bell."
This concert was insane & that heartbeat went right through you.
Probably the best 2 song combo I've ever heard.
They were obviously talking to Syd.. "and if the band you're in starts playing different tunes.." a thing that occurred to them during a concert.
I've so enjoyed your reactions to this album. Thank you!
I'm old enough to have experienced this album as a teen when it first came out, and spinning it many times on the turntable with my friends. All these many years later, I still consider it the greatest album ever. I don't know how many times I've listened to it, but putting DSOTM on with headphones never fails to blow me away.
Gotta love the trip enhancing qualities of the Floyd!!!
I've been listening to this album for 40 years, but hearing Eclipse and reading those lyrics still gives me goosebumps!
Awesome reaction 👍 love your perspective on Pink Floyd 🔥 Keep on... keeping on, 💯
P.S. I dropped likes on most of your reaction videos I have seen, finally subscribed. I really enjoy your reactions, you are quite intuitive!!
Your IQ must be off the charts! I think it's brilliant the way you dissect the the lyrics and come up with such profound findings. Much respect!
Gosh the memories I get from this. When I was a young man and went to a party, if there were stoners there was Pink Floyd playing on the record player. Gosh I remember popping my first lude to this song. Thankfully that was about as hard as I ever dove. I had friends that did much harder stuff.
I came of age in the 70s - Pink Floyd at their peak. Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals (my all time favorite) and The Wall. The music and message is timeless. Really enjoy watching today's younger peeps "discover" Pink Floyd....
I dunno about a Pink FLoyd song changing my life. But the first PF song that ever made me cry was wish You Were Here. Then I got hooked on this band.
No regrets at all.
I'd put Pink Floyd over Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Eagles..ALL of them mainly because their music touches me deep inside where those other bands just can't get near.
They scratch that musical itch, you can say.
It's the combination. Waters fancying himself as Chauser, Gilmour being Gilmour and Wright wribbbling his etherium. And it worked.
This is when something resonates with so many people so well, it becomes something bigger than the sum of it's parts. I've listened to a gargantuan amount of music in my time, but I really do think this is my favorite album all-around 😁😁😁.
Pink floyd take you on a magical journey this is absolutely amazing music just timeless this will be listening to in the next 1,000 years from now ❤❤❤❤
Wow, I really enjoyed this reaction. This album, Dark Side of the Moon, changed my life. Thank you for reacting to Pink Floyd.
It is hard to imagine anyone making an album of this caliber today. I've known it since I was a kid when it came out and my brother brought the album home and played it over and over (an experience shared by many) and it still sounds amazing to me.
Thanks for taking the journey with DSOTM. My all Time favorite song is Shine on you crazy diamond, all 9 parts. Its a long listen, but musically worth your time.
The Pink Floyd song that changed me the most was/is “Dogs.” When i first heard it, I was in the middle of being “dragged down by the stone,” (if you know, you know) and while I didn’t entirely make it out unscathed, I made it out alive, which is more than I expected. “Dogs,” from Pink Floyd; “Jessica,” from the Allman Brothers Band, “Subdivisions” by Rush, and “Eulogy” by Tool are the four songs that have shaped me and continue to do so.
Dogs is best song I've ever heard
Ive listened to all your reactions to my fav band ever Pink Floyd , im 61 now and the track i love the best is their longest approx 24 mins . It takes me away to another world its called Echoes (the album version) off Meddle . Look forward to this reaction if you have time LOL xx
Pink Floyd had a major contribution in shaping my mind ever since i was a teenager. Albums like Animals, Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, or epic pieces like Echoes, Welcome to the Machine, or Incredible concerts like Pulse or The wall cannot be forgotten.
You were right about them being Philosophers more than anything. The messages they transfer to us through their tunes and lyrics cannot be compared by any other band in history.
My brain was also tuned by pink floyd but I was no longer a teen when this record was released.
Great reaction to all the songs on this album, thanks I enjoyed your analysis
Kudos to you, this album has been proclaimed as their best and the best album ever produced. It is a soulful masterpiece and it is refreshing to see such a younger person grasping and feeling what this album is all about. Keep expanding your Pink Floyd experience.
DSOTM is arguably the most thought provoking album ever.
Its not just music. Its art.
I like your views. I listened to Pink Floyd for long, but English is not my 1st language. Your interpretations of some of the lyrics are new and interesting to me.
Every album and song changed my life in some way. That’s why Floyd is more than a band, they are an experience. Ummagumma and Meddle freaked me out, DSOTM got
Me thinking, Wish You Were Here and Animals got me hooked forever
The album just before Dark Side changed my life, so I was primed and ready for this album when it came out. The album is called "Meddle" and it was the second side of the album that blew me away. The whole side was a song called "Echoes". I played it so much that it became part of my brain... I swear. If you get a chance, listen to the album version of Echoes sometimes and just let yourself go where it takes you. I really enjoy your reactions, Lilly Jane.
next one from Pink Floyd - On the Turning Away ( live to the Delicate Sound of Thunder concert 1988 - 1990 )
THose lyrics have such intense feelings, I was in tears in the middle of this song. David GIlmour on guitar is amazing but the real talent is the lyrics as well as the guitar melody.
Love your reaction and explanation of the song.🖤🤘
Wintersun - Finnish Metal band with 2 members of Nightwish now (Kai the drummer and Jukka the bassist); “Sons of Winter and Stars” or “Time” from the Sonic Pump sessions.
Eivør - “Falling Free” live from Tørshaven
Aurora - “It Happened Quiet” live session
Eluveitie - “Rebirth”
My younger brother tried introducing me to Pink Floyd with "Animals", I wasn't ready for dogs barking with my musical experience at that point.
Then I heard "Dark Side of the Moon", it deeply resonated with me.
Eventually, I listened to Pink Floyd's entire library of music and learned to apprecite "Animals" as another masterpiece along with "Wish You Were Here", and "The Wall".
I am glad you covered the entire album, but if I may make one suggestion: with lights dimmed down or selected lighting effects set up, wearing headphones, please listen to the album from start to end in a single session.
It looks from your channel, you would not be adverse to some partaking of cannabis, I myself prefer to be just a wee bit stoned for my Pink Floyd experience. I first heard Dark Side of the Moon in the mid/late 70's, still enjoying Pink Floyd nearly 50 years later. Quite possibly my favorite album of all time, not just music, but a work of art!! And yes, still smoking the 'ja!
Green is my favorite color for many reasons!😊♻️
Glad you got to experience the whole album, even if it wasn't in one sitting. I was 17 when this album came out. Not sure if it changed my life but it had an effect. Thanks for sharing.
Did you know that Although it held the number one spot in the US for only a week, it remained in the Billboard 200 albums chart for 736 nonconsecutive weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 16 July 1988).
'Dogs' and the entire Animals album.
Bingo, you get it. Well done Lilly Jane. They are next level and most people don't get it.
What a way to end the album is having these two last songs run into each other as its climax, beautifully done.
I love Dark Side of the Moon but my favourite Pink Floyd track is Echoes from the album 'Meddle'
great full album reaction - pink floyd album that changed my life? wish you were here
Mother was one song that made me think of my mom . so much she watch over me . I was 16 when The wall album came out .
Absolutely wonderful 💎
The album Meddle, found in my older brothers "don't you dare touch" vinyl collection.
"One of these Days"- blew my mind.
"Pillow of Winds" beautiful.
"Fearless" - you pick the place and I'll choose the time, and I'll climb that hill in my own way
"San Tropez" just feels so laid back with a swing to it.
"Seamus" made me laugh
"Echoes" just a little song about all life on the entire planet, starting in the depths of the oceans and how we are all related, just Echoes of the deep past, all related and should be better human beings.
Strangers passing in the street, by chance two separate glances meet, and I am you and what I see is me.
This album redefined parts of my world when I bought it as a teen in the 80s. It redefined it again and again as I've listened to it throughout my life with many of the songs that moved me as a youth moving me even more now. It is an amazing piece of musical art, as are other albums by Pink Floyd. Meddle and Wish You Were Here are the next two most impactful on me through my life, both amazing albums by the band.
Sorry to hear about your copyright issues. Some reactors claim that doing live concerts cause less problems in that regard. So try reacting to Pink Floyd's Pulse, Pompeii, or Delicate Sound Of Thunder concerts and avoid doing album reactions to see if that lessens your problem. As a last resort, you could try veiling the concert footage a bit with a visual effect, like raindrops or haze. I hope this helps, since I'd hate seeing you abandon your great Pink Floyd reactions.
Pink Floyd will make you think! 😂every album ! Comfortly Numb was the one that got me hooked I want to say 1980, I was 10. Then I got the wall album for my birthday and my journey has begun!
The most important music of my life is On The Turning Away - Pink Floyd, from the Momentary Lapse of Reason. Is this song because when I was dealing with the most diabolical phase of my life, with depression, fear, pain and health issues, I used to hear that song and think that I had a choice in my life, to be weak for my whole life, or to look forward and No more turning away. When I understood the message I needed from this music, I was able to stay strong and fight all my problems back, winning depression and started a great moment in my life.
The Floyd song that changed my life.... there are actually many. But the most impressing change came through Echoes which is even of a previous album called meddle. But also "Shine on you crazy Diamonds" and some songs of the very first album Piper at the gates of dawn, such as "Astronomy Domine", "Bike" and "Interstellar Overdrive" could be counted.
Lily my Dear, please don't stop doing Pink Floyd reactions. Your perspective on some of my favorite music is insightful and intelligent... also refreshing. Other reactors are doing P.F. so there must be a way. 😎
This album is everything.
It's time and money. Life and death. Sanity and insanity. Dark and light. Up and down. It's life. It's a work of art and definitely best experienced all at once.