> Come to Pompeii > Set up a concert > Invite no one but a few tech guys > Play Echoes > Create a mind-boggling masterpiece > Pack your things > Leave > Refuse to elaborate > Never do anything quite like that again Truly a Pink Floyd moment.
Two weeks ago we visited Italy. My wife and I went to Pompeii. I spent an hour sitting on that hallowed ground in the amphitheater, back to the wall listening to Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. It was an emotional experience. Tears streamed down my face and I didn't know why (Thank God for sunglasses). I wore that VHS tape out as a kid. I never imagined as a thirteen-year-old that at 51 years old I would be live at Pompeii listening to Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. It was surreal. A top 5 moment in my life.
I remember walking with my brother and letting him have a listen to my Sony walkman and The Wall was playing.. He looked up all around.. looking for the helicopter. He was hooked! Was a Floyd fan till his death. RIP
At age 13 my parents forbade me to listen to this "noise. " I went underground.......today, at 62........ it has, and still is my saving grace when life pushes a bit hard....
I seriously think that every Pink Floyd fan knows that, eventhough songs of others albums like "Wish you where here", or "Comfortably numb" are more known, "Echoes" (specially this version) is the masterpiece of Pink Floyd
A colorless, boring, mediocre song. Arranged emptiness. Pink Floyd are uniquely talentless, but very serious, pretentious. How easily you, "simple listeners", are led by any rubbish that is effectively presented.
-anyone still listening in 2023?- ✅ -anyone still listening in 2024?- ✅ anyone still listening in 2025? For me, this is a masterpiece. One of the best representations of what music really is.
If you're interested, I'll leave you some information about this musical masterpiece. Pink Floyd wanted to record everything live, without any playback: this meant transporting all their concert equipment, except lights, to Italy by truck, along with a 24-track recording system that would guarantee the same sound quality as their studio work. The crew, arriving on site, discovered that they did not have enough electricity to power all the equipment. The problem was solved by bringing electricity directly from the town hall via a very long cable that ran through the streets of the city of Pompei to the Roman Amphitheatre; this circumstance limited the actual filming time to just four days, from 4 to 7 October 1971. Some reels recorded in Pompei were lost and so part of them was filmed in a studio in Paris. The Italian engineer Bini, in the 60s founded the Binson company and invented the Echorec1 and 2, which were used to record an input sound and reproduce it several times. Of course at the time they were tape, that is, analog and not digital as is used today. Pink Floyd bought practically all of them because they were excellent. Since then it was very difficult to find one and in my life I have only seen one at a fair near Milan. When Gilmour started playing the guitar in Pompei, a sound engineer mistakenly inverted the input and output cables that went from the "Wha Wha" to the amplifier, in this way a sound similar to that of seagulls was produced, which can be heard from about minute 11.50. The engineer apologized, but Gilmour was enthusiastic about the result and so by pure chance some of the typical musical effects of Pink Floyd were born. Below is a short video in Italian on how this thing works. Greetings from Milan, Italy ua-cam.com/video/QHgE5AVnL3Y/v-deo.html
De fato o cara é único com seu estilo e harmonia musical. A música em total sintonia e harmônica! Surreal para a nova geração que dificilmente vão apreciar! Triste realidade! Bons tempos!
@@napoleonOliveros-fi1ix YES!! You were first before I could post that. If Us and Them is Rick's masterpiece the drums on One Of These Days is Nick going off in beast mode. Nick is just brutal. Plus he gets his only vocal in Floyd 😄
I've listen to this masterpiece for more than 50 years. But when Mom departed, one year ago, I understood these verses: "and no one sings me lullabies, and no one makes me close my eyes..."
I have a toddler and a 2 month old baby and your comment has brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for helping me appreciate this song on another level. I'm sorry for the loss of your beloved mother ❤️
When I was in high school, at the age of 16, I used to go down to Pompei and sat on the amphitheater with my walkman listening to Meddle 'til late. Now, at the age of 42 I listen to this tune and I feel 16 again, lost in a timeless sensation....
10 years ago, my brother and I visited Pompeii, we walked in that empty arena, sat down and played that song on my iPod…we both cried…It was a dream come true for us
I'm 52 and my son is 20. Since he was a kid I've always introduced him to the great music that I listened to growing up. I first introduced this song to him on a road trip while driving over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. We didn't say a word through the whole song. When it ended, he just turned his head, looked at me and said, "dad, how could you keep this from me for so long?" He was 14!
I’m 43 have had major health setbacks. Wondering if I’ll ever ever have kids and wife due to my setbacks time wise. I’m felt this comment strongly! Thanks for sharing!
I'm 61 now, and my son is 34. I did the same with my son on a lot of great music from the 60s and 70s. Music is very powerful, and I believe that my son is a better man because of it. I started buying him odd/different musical instruments for Christmas about 10 years ago, and he learns how to play them. This year, I'm getting him a "hurdy gurdy." That should keep him busy for a while.
The magic about Pink Floyd music is: even though you have listened to that song millions of times, each time you hear it you discover some new meaning in it. And the older you get, the more you understand the song. How could they write such great music at such young age? Magical.
Drugs. No, I don't meant it in a bad fashion or criticizing them, but explaining hoy some drugs help to channel people's thoughts or sensorial experiences into producin, in this case, an art form.
My baby is 8 days old and while i am writing this message, he is sleeping in my arms listening to echoes. Odysseus, my boy, i am hoping you to read this on the future as you listen to pink floyd.❤
I was in Pompeii a couple of years ago. In spite of the ancient history, mostly what I thought of, standing in that amphitheater, was...." this is where Pink Floyd played!"
David Jon Gilmour. Without his freakish talent playing guitar, I do not know howw I would have made it thru a 6 year prison sentence. I listened daily for 6 yrs straight, and David and the rest of this magical band, THANKYOU FOR YOUR MUSICAL THERAPY SESSIONS. Better than any doctors or psychs Ive ever wasted my time seeing. Pink Floyd forever, and ever. NEVER EVER WILL THEY BE SURPASSED AS GREATEST BAND IN HISTORY. I DONT CARE WHAT ANY1 SAYS, COS THOUSANDS WILL AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. LONG LIVE THE FLOYD.
"NEVER EVER WILL THEY BE SURPASSED AS GREATEST BAND IN HISTORY". Compared to really great academic musicians like Schoenberg, Shchedrin, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Schnittke and Messiaen, they are nothing more than children in short pants. IMHO.
@ANDREWNEGUSTOROV637 YOUR COMMENT IS HARDCORE PRETENTIOUS, NO DOUBT AT ALL. IN MY IMHO, THE FLOYD ARE EPIC, AWESOMELY TALENTED, AND THATS FACT. SUCCESS OVER SUCH A LONG CAREER IS TESTAMENT TO THE FACTS I STATE. IT IS JUST AMAZING LONGEVITY IN A CUTTHROAT BUSINESS. FLOYD DIEHARDS, AM I SPEAKING FOR YOU ALL? I LISTEN TO A MASSIVE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL GENRES, IM FAR FROM ONE EYED, BUT AT THE TOP, IS P.FLOYD. WHY ARE U DISSING MY LOVE OF MY FAVORITE MUSIC, COMMENTING ABOUT PINK FLOYD LIVE PERFORMANCES, IF U DON'T LOVE THEM? PRETENTIOUS IS ONE WHO SITS BEHIND A PC AND SPEWS VERBAL DIARRHOEA FOR WHAT REASON? IRONICLY U COMMENT ABOUT MUSIC U SEEM TO DISRESPECT...USELESS TROLLING IS AN ATTRIBUTE YOU EXCELL AT....ADMIT IT, U CANT HANDLE THE FACT THAT U CANT ESCAPE THEIR MAGIC. ITS OK TO ADMIT YOUR A FAN. GOD BLESS, GOOD HAVING A BIT OF HARMLESS BANTER MATE. ALL THE BEST.
What a violent and, in my opinion, inadequate reaction to my post! I didn't say anything bad about Pink Floyd. I don't deny their magic at all and I actually like some of their studio albums ("Animals" more than others). But to claim that the group’s music is the most unsurpassed and will last forever is clearly too much. I contrasted the music of great academic musicians not in order to humiliate Pink Floyd, but to show that musical dimensions can be of a fundamentally higher level. And this is obvious, in my opinion. Let me add that I am not trolling, and if you take my words as “verbal diarrhea" that’s your choice. I specifically responded to the phrase “they are the best and this is forever” (in terms of semantic content).
I've been listening to this for thirty years and I've only just realised that it is about time. The echoes are echoes of history. The strangers passing and calling to each other are people separated in time but basically the same as each other - unable to speak directly but able to write down what they know, and to read what people in the past have written. Pink Floyd wanted to do this in Pompeii because of the historical resonance - that our own civilization could be lost as Pompeii and the Roman Empire was. (God this is probably so obvious, sorry!) [Edit:] The deep sea is the deep past. (Just as it was in our past, in evolutionary history.) The sky is the future.
Half a century later - I was too young at the time to know the band - I have the incredible priviledge of seeing this for the first time. Thank you UA-cam.
As always with Pink Floyd: "multipart form", spectacular sounds, sound engineering techniques and effects, serious faces, and with all this - zero music. Stillborn, sucked-out nonsense. Pink Floyd - Great deceivers. You are unreasonable, gullible listeners.
I listen to this song at least 4-5 times a week sometimes 2/3 times a day depends the vibe but no matter what mood this song will get you out of it for sure the best masterpiece by musicians I've heard along with rain song zepplin
@@seankilburn7200 Nah man, they were best when waters wasn't dictating shit and making lesser thematic albums. When all 4 were equal and free to right their own parts, the band was so much better.
@@Mjumbojetpresdent You may have a point to some degree (echoes being a good example) but on albums like wish you were here and even dark side of the moon to some extent, Waters still contributed far more than the others. They were all highly talented of course, but I feel many simply don’t enjoy the albums where waters took greater control because of his personality and the impact that had on the group. Even if you consider their collaborative work to be their best, there is no denying that Waters and Gilmour were the most consistent when it came to writing the songs.
@@seankilburn7200 Yeah, they were more consistent at writing the "hits." And I enjoy those albums, maybe besides the Wall, in which apart from a few good hits, Waters thematic desires really cheeses up the whole sound. But I think the direction they took towards more typical songwriting was what made them more accessible but also less interesting. Like, echoes and atom heart and obscured by clouds, etc, there was so much more exploration there that they never got back to. So yeah, those two were more pivotal in getting to the sound that has made them so universally iconic, but imo this sound was a detour from the experimental psych rock that had really no limit to its possibilities.
Step 1: listen to this in full, eyes closed. Relax Step 2: when it finishes listen to the complete silence arpund you for 20min Step 3: enjoy the real "echos" in the silence... magic.
@@stonedroses45No need for all this. For drug addicts, everything always comes down to getting high. Just take your f***ing mushrooms, or weed, or anything you're into, and let the people enjoy the music.
At my beloved husbands funeral he was carried out of the church to "Shine on you crazy diamond". We loved them both the most of all bands and or musicians. Pink Floyd for ever and ever....Like love
If every single person in the world was forced to sit down and listen to the entirety of this song, I feel like the world would be a better place for awhile.
Echoes is the soundtrack to my life. In the early 90's when I was a teenager, I was listening to this on repeat while all of my friends were into punk or grunge. I loved that music but the Floyd captured my soul. I couldn't get any of them to listen to Echoes, and if I did get one or two, they'd say it was too slow or boring. I felt like I was alone on a musical island. I was in awe of pre-Dark Side of the Moon Floyd, but no one to share my enthusiasm with. Now in my 40's, with the internet, it's amazing to connect to the worldwide community of Floyd fans, and the younger generation that's discovering the band's oeuvre.
Echoes is one of my all time favorite songs, I just can't have enough of it. I'd take a slower paced more thought of and emotional song than any deaf inducing madness anyday.
I used to wear the vhs tape of Live at Pompeii out, in the 90s. My first steady GF's dad had a copy of it. she also gave me a vinyl of Jeff Beck's, Blow by Blow. I wanted to make music, from that point on.
hang in there buddy, we ain't got all that many of your generation left, I'm the from the one that came right after you and I'm still trying to figure out where the last 50 years went and I'm not looking forward to be oldest quite yet
the fact that this came out 52 years ago blows my mind. what were people even thinking when this came out? just unreal stuff. love this song and performance.
The 70’s were really THE standout decade for an insane level of innovation and new music genres being founded. Prog, metal, punk, goth, shock rock, early forms of techno (Kraftwerk, for an example), the earliest forms of hip-hop, and all kinds of experimental music, even including the “classical” genre (one of my favourite composers is George Crumb, who did most of his most iconic works in the 60’a and 70’s. Ever played a piano by striking the string board with a glass rod with a bunch of paper clips stuck under the strings and the damper pedal tied down?…).
Don't underestimate the power of gilmour.i am I 46 year old man who has listened to pink floyd since I was in the womb and I always get upset with on the turning away every time the power of a man with a guitar combined with a angelic voice.gilmour is god of gods..
As always with Pink Floyd: "multipart form", spectacular sounds, sound engineering techniques and effects, serious faces, and with all this - zero music. Stillborn, sucked-out nonsense. Pink Floyd - Great deceivers. You are unreasonable, gullible listeners.
Until you look at a nick Mason drum part on sheet music, you have no idea how hard it is, ok after 47 bars of rests its time to land a perfect, tasteful full finesse barely coherent jazz beat that ties the whole song together now don't mess up. As a drummer Pink Floyd leaves you on an island that only pure technical ability and understanding can get you off of.
Also, during one of the solos, he utterly shatters one of those massive gauge drumsticks, and keeps the beat going with his left hand while his right hand reaches down for another drumstick, then he just drops right back in seamlessly. If I had to guess, The Muppet Show drummer Animal was styled after Nick, just pure gonzo.
Have you all watched the reunion video of comfortably numb? My favorite part is when NM throws off his headphones just when DG is starting his solo. I like to think of him saying, “Fuck my hearing . . . If there is one more thing I want to hear it is DG shred.”
The sound quality of this - in 1971! - is so superb that for me it's genuinely difficult to believe that it's not only live but in the open air. This could have been in a studio. Having read up on it, I found this: "Their roadie, Peter Watts, suggested that the 8-track recorder would produce a sound comparable to a studio recording. In addition, the natural echo of the amphitheatre provided good acoustics for the recording." Unbelievable.
It’s also an analog tape so the audio can be remastered and brought to modern standards of audio. It’s one of the big advantages of physical recordings
My dad took me to The Wall concert a few years back when only Roger was touring. Pops died a year later, and I still listen to Pink Floyd all the time. Gotta show it to my kids the same way my dad showed me. Truly timeless music
Sorry about your father's passing. The truly mazing things about a father is sharing special moments as you described that he loved and passed to you. What a blessing indeed! Be well.
I Was at Pompei with my dearest girlfriend couple years ago. When I walked in the Amphitheater I could feel and relive ECHOES, also noted 2 Tunnels with Pink Floyd memorabilia and Photos before you entered the Amphitheater and couldn’t believe they were shut with gates to the public.I couldn’t help myself but Jump over and film both galleries, It was truly an amazing and unforgettable experience it’s something that I would cherish for the rest of my life. Long live Pink Floyd Pink Floyd Forever 🫶🏻
@@williamsomerville-x7q im so sorry Buddy that you couldn’t get in. What was the reason behind that. I guess I was lucky but I wasn’t going to miss it as i travelled a long way from Australia. Where are you from? Take care buddy 😊
Definitely, totally agree, i think they should open those galleries to the public, maybe like you mentioned with a Guide.Most of the memorabilia it’s picture frames,photos and probably the reason of them not opening the galleries is because people take stuff like that, probably vandalise it. Anyway I’ve seen them and they would definitely help the public understand why Pink Floyd chose to play there. It’s Also a piece of History
@@dannypacini9820 Dogs, Pigs, Sorrow, Marooned, Comfortably Numb, Any colour you like.....no matter the order, it's so difficult to rank those works of art
@@alexandredaene8659 I agree. Different songs at different times of your life resignate more so than others. Try give them a listen with a few hits of weed or a light psychedelic 🔥
@@dannypacini9820 Just depends on the day I guess.. We all know their hits and out of all of them this recording shines the brightest in my opinion. There is just so much there to unpack that headphones is a must. *Anddd for when it was originally written and released, its mindblowing.
I am 84 years of age and have been inspired by "Pink Floyd' as a Mother, as an Educator, as a Poet Laureate, and a Proclaimed, "Woman of Distinction. by the State Assembly of New York State, 2021. Yes, deeply appreciative of the Love, the Passion, the Vision, the TRUTH of BEING expressed in music that petitions our souls.
I'm 76 just overcoming a life long endogenous depression since the '70's that drove me from law school & wandered the wasteland with no help from the medical system or my friends but i found PF from time to time & found now again in 2023 ..... the race is not to the swift or the strong but the one who endures I thank PinkFloyd
Growing up my dad and I hated each other's music. That was the time, that was the age. Later, when I was in my 30s, my dad stopped in while I had Echos on. "You know", he said, "your music isn't that bad". In his final years, I visited him once and he was listening to Artie Shaw, no doubt reliving memories of his youth. "You know dad, your music isn't that bad". He just smiled. RIP dad, miss you every day.
This is the zenith of modern music. Must of watched this at least 200 times over the years. Never gets old. The keyboards of Rick answering back to Gilmour or Nick ripping back. No way to underestimate this masterpiece. Music will never be the same unfortunately.
The "Zenith" you've mentioned Is the most accurate description of "the sense", "The mood" & "The loyalty" to Pink Floyd's "Ars Magna Philosophy" "Sadly but true" Music will nn be the same since that -"Zanith",,, Pink Floyd was just "The Sun" ... Too long way to let someone else "To take the same path, the same contribution to "Let te real music "Rasie again" an make our "sthetic" musical senses.... valuables again.... ""There is nothing like the sun" to let them know that the "Zenith is a masterpice translated into "Notes, effects" but "Lyrics and those other skills that let them show "Their crazy Diamon Slould have belong to the next "PINK FLYODs" bRAVE INHERITANCE Saludos desde Quito - Ecuadr: "Behind the wall" Big and respectful hug... Just Don't know, But arts deserve heritance & Respect Saludos desde Quito Ecuador Huge
The most amazing thing about listening to Pink Floyd, is at some point in your life, you start to hear the music differently, even if you know the song for years and years. I know this song for more than 15 years. And i don't know what happened, but yesterday for the first time i heared the groove/blues part in the middle of the song. I stopped what i was doing and put my head phone and let myself been carried away. Just WOW ! that was an unexpected experience! AND This is the kind of music that touch the soul !
I've got news for you, I've been listening to this little tune for MORE THAN 45 years ( closer to 50, I am horrified to admit, lol ) and never knew about this version! SEEING it played live, puts a couple of new perspectives and dimensions on it, and yes, the jazzy influence as you so astutely observed. This is a MASTERPIECE, and the visuals are stunning! What a thrilling find!
A hearty, hearty congratulations. I've been sober for a long while myself and it never gets old. Thank God I'm not doing what I was over a decade ago- and thank God you've found a better way to live. Keep on keepin' on, my friend.☮❤🕉
This performance is pure psychedelic magic-Pink Floyd at their absolute best. 'Echoes' live at Pompeii is a transcendent experience, taking you on a journey through sound and atmosphere like no other. The visuals, the mood, and the musical chemistry between the band members are just mesmerizing. A timeless masterpiece that continues to captivate decades later. 🎶✨ #PinkFloyd #LiveAtPompeii #Echoes
They are all at the very top of their game here, but just edging by a nose, is Mason. His drumming has such rhythm, musicality and finesse. For me, the greatest drummer ever.
This is indeed an examplar for many drummers to follow. Nick just bursts with musicality here. An absolutely astonishing performance. If I have one quibble it would be that they had mixed the ride a little lower as it sounds a bit clangy in places.
I know people are all about Bonham with Zeppelin but after listening to so much music this is to me is correct. He set the pace for all of them and their unbelievably smooth transitions between songs. Mason was a master for sure.
one of the absolute masterpieces of modern music; i cry endless tears because of this music and remember my wife, who died much too early, for all eternity. my girl, i will love you beyond all time
Most people think of Waters mainly as the lyrical/thematic genius behind the band's success, but he was also responsible for some of the catchiest bass riffs you'll ever hear.
Gilmour is the genius bassist. Many, many times we think it's Watters, it is actually Gilmore. I watched an interview with Watters admitting this, admitting that Gilmour would allow for the credit to go to Watters even though it was David. Just a bit of info.
The best psychedelic blues band ever, no contest. I grew up in the 70’s and listening to their music just brings me back in time. A time where nothing bothered you, nothing made you angry, you honestly didn’t need drugs to listen to this music and it still relaxed you.. It still has that effect on me today.
each part of this song is a masterpiece. the lyrics. the drums. the bass and gilmour and his outrageous solo. the only thing that gets old with this song is us fans.
True. Words such as masterpiece are often overused, but what other term is there to describe this stunning musical composition? Incomparable? Breathtaking?
I listened to Echoes hundreds of times. This alchemy of sounds is just magic and perfectly matches with the pictures of Rome's ancient ruins. Nothing like this will never be done again.
THE PINK FLOYD..THE ONLY GROUP OF MUSICIANS SO MASTERFUL AND MUSICALLY BRILLIANT EITHER SOLO BUT EVEN MORE WHEN I HEAR THE QUESTIONS ASKED BY KEYBOARD FOR EXAMPLE AND EXPLAINED IN MARIANA TRENCH DEPTHS OF FREAKISH DETAIL BY GILMOURS STRAT(I BELIEVE IT IS A STRAT, BUT IM NO EXPERT, I PREFER TO LISTEN TO A LEVEL OF TALENT NEVER B4 EXPERIENCED PRIOR TO THIS BAND)SO THE BRAND OF INSTRUMENT IS NOT REALLY RELEVANT, IT NEVER FAILS TOTAKE ME AWAY TO THAT PLACE ONLY FLOYD PURISTS KNOW! PINK FLOYD...LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF ALL, NEVER GROWING OLD NO MATTER THE FREQUENCY, IF ITS THE FIRST TIME OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TIMES. SOME PERSON WHO DOESN'T THINK GILMOUR AND FLOYD ARE UNDENIABLY UNTOUCHABLE, (MIND U WHY IS HE LOITERING IN A FLOYD PURISTS PLACE OF APPRECIATION?) TELLS ME NEVER SAY NEVER, AS I SAID THAT NEVER WILL THERE BE THIS LEVEL OF EPIC GUITAR PLAYING PERFECTION BY A PERSON , NEVER. WELL, I SAID IT AGAIN AND SO DID MANY PEOPLE. THANKS FLOYDISTS. WE SAY NEVER AND NEVER CAN WE BE SILENCED. THE GUITAR GOD HAS SPOKEN. FUCK YES.
He's always had an incredible knack for getting the right sound for the song. Look at the two solos from Comfortably Numb. The first very mellow and thought provoking and the second, very gritty and rip your heart out. The man is a genius👍
I’m 15 and knew Pink floyd since I was a kid but never understood it until lately and i feel adictos. I see 70 year old people commenting here the same feelings I have and feel kind of out of place in my generation but yes, I agree with those who say this is the masterpiece of Floyd.
So I'm 50, and I had that feeling when I was your age. Like "I guess this is my dads era, but ... I dont care?". Its a band that was never of its time, even in the syd barret era (which is decidely 60s but didnt sound like other 60s bands) didnt sound like their era at all and probably never will be, its that singular. Really the only other bands of my dads era I listen to is black sabbath and the beatles. Both where notable also for sounding like nothing else that came before or after. Turns out if you write truly unique music, it'll never sound dated. People will try and copy it, but it wont be the same. (And lets face it, while there where plenty of beatles and black sabbath clones, I cant think of that many floyd clones. Sure plenty of prog bands, but they all tended to be Yes, King Crimson or Rush clones [at least the more derivative ones. Either that or history has solidly forgotten the shit out of them lol])
Lyrics: Overhead the albatross Hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves In labyrinths of coral caves The echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine And no one showed us to the land And no one knows the where's or why's But something stirs and something tries And starts to climb toward the light Strangers passing in the street By chance, two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is me And do I take you by the hand And lead you through the land And help me understand the best I can? And no one calls us to move on And no one forces down our eyes No one speaks and no one tries No one flies around the sun Cloudless everyday You fall upon my waking eyes Inviting and inciting me to rise And through the window in the wall Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I throw the windows wide And call to you across the sky
Alguien dijo: la musica de pink floyd no es para todos. Y tiene razon. Esto es simplemente de otro nivel, lo mejor de lo mejor. Cada vez que lo escucho es como si fuera la primera vez.
@@julianmenes5605 Pink Floyd up until this point was an underground experimental band with 5 overall members, and the 5th, Syd Barrett was kicked out the band after their second album for his mental health deteriorating. After this, they tried experimenting with albums like Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother, but couldn’t really find their footing until a little album called Meddle. They have also been classified as a space band in the past, so they decided to have an underwater sound in the last track of Meddle, “Echoes”. A 23-minute long epic using accidental sounds made by the band. Yes, that iconic “ping” was made on complete accident. Nevertheless, that track is regarded as a transitional piece from the band. From a psychedelic sound, to a more unique sound that’s never been really replicated by any other band.
I first heard this when I was 14 and now, nearly a pensioner, I played this for my daughter. Hearing the whole track for the first time, tears ran down her face. She's now starting to understand why I love their music so much.......
I just want to congratulate anyone seeing this for the first time! The perfection of hearing Gilmour and Wright singing together,(should have been much more of this)! This was my first experience of seeing Floyd play live, and just blew me away!!!
I just want to congratulate any PF fan for listening this master piece for the thousand time and counting,,the more you listen to it,the better it sounds,simply aged to perfection like a fine wine.
When i was 14 I listened to this song.I was amazed and confused.Now I'm 44 and I realize every bit of this masterpiece.It took 30 years to comprehend it.
5:34 - 7:33 i replay this part over and over. david’s guitar solo and nicks drumming THE best part for me, this whole performance is THE best of all time in music history.
Nick Mason, man he is my favorite drummer. He inspires my personal drumming more than any other drummer that has ever lived. So laid back, he compliments the style of Pink Floyd perfectly. Can't thank him enough for his contribution to music and humanity.
I'm 26, raised by my grandparents. Grew up listening to many bands like Floyd and Zeppelin. I listen to them to this day, as well as rap and Heavy metal, country, grunge just about everything. And just now, in the shower while listening to this, I realized there has never been an era of music as deep as the era of Pink Floyd. The music of my day is so shallow, almost meaningless in comparison. It makes me sad. What have we lost as a society over the years?
No. There's just a much larger volume of music out there. But there are still gems being released constantly. There are some great musicians out there making amazing music. Not quite like pink floyd simply because times have changed, the way we make music has changed, our perception of music has changes. That's natural and it's a part of the human experience. Cultures evolve, things change, nothing is perpetual. You should try listening to Tame impala's innerspeaker and lonerism for some great modern psychedelia. There are actually many artists out there blending this awesome psychedelia with modern production techniques, which is when we get neo-psychedelia. It's an amazing sound. Go check out post animal, tame impala, psychedelic porn crumpets. It's an unfair comparison to pink floyd. I'm just saying there is still great music out there.
I live in Austin, TX and there is so much good new music that comes through. Bands like Floyd that are modern are not mainstream but there is stuff I find year after year that is mind blowingly amazing, the masses consume the music fed and marketed to them that has destroyed the perception. You have to dig, but there are hundreds of relatively new bands I listen to and continue to add to my library. Levitation records has some great bands signed, the psychedelic rock fest in Austin TX where I live is killer, Levitation is the name of the fest and label but these bands play packed shows at 500 capacity bards and clubs, not stadiums.
Listen to an album called Another Language by This Will Destroy You, or an album called .neon by Lantlos. There is amazing music out there, as others said, you just gotta dig!
@@ShadyRonin I saw This Will Destroy You at Levitation Festival (camped out in a tent, psychedelics, cool vibes with camp goers, awesome music, it was amazing) in Austin, TX a handful of years ago and again at Stubbs in Austin, TX with The Black Angels. The first time I saw them I got to see Jesus and Mary Chain, Flaming Lips, 13th Floor Elevators, Oh Sees, and so many other awesome bands in one weekend.
For me there is no doubt, Pink Floyd is the best band ever. I dare to say this because I’m an absolute music fan. Even after been playing this record hundreds of times, it still moves me every time I listen to it. Probably some albums in general like Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were here are better as a whole album. But Echoes for me is thé absolute MASTERPIECE !! Enjoy it…
All of those are part of the soundtrack to my life But this particular gem makes me feel like I've been somehow pulled in and transported to this amazing alien planet. My consciousness floats around taking in all of the strange new sounds and vistas. I become so engrossed in the experience that it comes as a pleasant surprise when my mind is brought back to the familiar refrains that return me to the place where I started my sonic adventure. It was totally exciting and mind expanding but I love the way it brought me home... home again...
You tube needs to understand the user. The song is an experience, it can't be interrupted, the ads ruin the frame of mind, different songs..ok, not this one!
Went to Pompeii for two reasons: •Vesuvius eruption of 79AD •Pink Floyd in the amphitheater I’ll never forget the moment smoking hash with my buddy Miller and listening to this while sitting in the Pompeii amphitheater, seeing a cloud over Mount Vesuvius in the distance. Epic.
I like thinking that they were playing to an audience of ghosts... And then again, I can also picture the ancient Romans sitting in those bleachers 2,000+ years ago, little knowing that "meanwhile far in the distant future," Pink Floyd are playing this concert c. 1,972 years later! It gives my mind ghosts just thinking about it! 👻😵💫🌚😊🧡🌞☮️💕
@@TEAM-AMY Roman Imperial Specters are glad to haunt that haunted place 😉 Someone thinks steams you can see from Vesuvius' calderas are those ghosts indeed .... 👻👻
Yeah, paying the $10 a month has totally helped my sanity and my vocal chords - so I'm not constantly screaming cuss words when that shit happens - I can listen to the music- one song after the other and long songs - just as they are :) Totally worth it!
Porcupine Tree is about as close as it gets. You should check them out. Steven Wilson is a musical genius/producer/sound engineer/multi-instrumentalist
The most INSANE 24 minutes of music in the history of classic rock. How do you even describe it? And this was pre-Dark Side era...they got recognised due to LIVE at Pompeii. This was their stepping stone for DSOTM.
The dolly track shot going behind all the amps with "Pink Floyd - London" during the break, is the epitome of a time in rock that will never exist again.
Just think that same thing. GREAT directing and editing. The band and the entire crew nailed it. Just wonder what the good people of Pompeii thought of all these crazy Brits. You know there was talk about "crazy people" in their midst. And they were RIGHT!
Loneliness is a mental illness. Let it pass. You are never alone. God is always with you. Rest assured. Do not submit to worldly ways. Resist doing what you think you are "expected" to do. Be you in all ways. Be true to yourself. All this coming from a 71 year old survivor.
*_Есть плохие композиции, есть хорошие, есть отличные. А ещё есть монументальные. Этот шедевр - один из монументов в истории рок - музыки. Только за эту композицию надо им ставить памятник при жизни..._*
@@dannyrbrock3016 *_Hello. I'll translate for you. There are bad compositions, there are good ones, there are great ones. And then there are monumental ones. This masterpiece is one of the monuments in the history of rock music. Only for this composition they should erect a monument during their lifetime..._*
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> Come to Pompeii
> Set up a concert
> Invite no one but a few tech guys
> Play Echoes
> Create a mind-boggling masterpiece
> Pack your things
> Leave
> Refuse to elaborate
> Never do anything quite like that again
Truly a Pink Floyd moment.
Entirely understandable. Who likes people anyway? I sure dont
I sure as fuck wish there was a CD of this entire "concert" ... and, yeah ... who needs an audience while your crafting interstellar excellence.
there is no need for us mortals to ponder that which is beyond our imagination. we must only strive for the truth of it.
Glorious
Gilmour returned to Pompeii for a public concert in 2016..
Two weeks ago we visited Italy. My wife and I went to Pompeii. I spent an hour sitting on that hallowed ground in the amphitheater, back to the wall listening to Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. It was an emotional experience. Tears streamed down my face and I didn't know why (Thank God for sunglasses). I wore that VHS tape out as a kid. I never imagined as a thirteen-year-old that at 51 years old I would be live at Pompeii listening to Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. It was surreal. A top 5 moment in my life.
I remember walking with my brother and letting him have a listen to my Sony walkman and The Wall was playing.. He looked up all around.. looking for the helicopter. He was hooked! Was a Floyd fan till his death. RIP
❤️👏👏ciaooo!
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁
Also my most-watched VHS ever. Had to by the DVD eventually.
Going to Pompeii for Floyd, instead of the Romans. I dig it 😊
At age 13 my parents forbade me to listen to this "noise. " I went underground.......today, at 62........ it has, and still is my saving grace when life pushes a bit hard....
Badass! It's the soul that matters
should have gone full on with "noise" and got into the metal scene
What do your parents listen to? 😅
That's cool. My friends parent got him The Wall in 1980. I was 9 years old I've loved 🎭 ever since
I can relate. It is my rescue place as well, when the black dog starts to bark.
im 90 and still listening this masterpiece 👏👏👏
1934? This is USA calling are we reaching?
_Double_ thumbs-up for _you!_
So many “90 year olds” on UA-cam nowadays
@@jasonsphinx8461 see, he keeps hanging up, and its a man answering
Bless you
I seriously think that every Pink Floyd fan knows that, eventhough songs of others albums like "Wish you where here", or "Comfortably numb" are more known, "Echoes" (specially this version) is the masterpiece of Pink Floyd
Yes, right alongside Dark Side Of The Moon, as a whole piece.
Everything they've done is absolutely Brilliant!
Boomers have Always had the very Best Music!!!
Yes, indeed...
The only one you'll never hear played by Gilmore
Hmmm I think if you ask most Pink Floyd fans, their favorite track would be Atom Heart Mother.
This is not a song. This is a mystical experience
All pink floyd is
I agree with this description.
--∆
A colorless, boring, mediocre song. Arranged emptiness. Pink Floyd are uniquely talentless, but very serious, pretentious. How easily you, "simple listeners", are led by any rubbish that is effectively presented.
@@Robert63675no one cares bob
-anyone still listening in 2023?- ✅
-anyone still listening in 2024?- ✅
anyone still listening in 2025?
For me, this is a masterpiece. One of the best representations of what music really is.
Right on man
was listening in december 2022, doing it right now and will do it somewhen again🎶👏
Yup
At 73, I still listen to this masterpiece once a week!
yep )
If you're interested, I'll leave you some information about this musical masterpiece. Pink Floyd wanted to record everything live, without any playback: this meant transporting all their concert equipment, except lights, to Italy by truck, along with a 24-track recording system that would guarantee the same sound quality as their studio work. The crew, arriving on site, discovered that they did not have enough electricity to power all the equipment. The problem was solved by bringing electricity directly from the town hall via a very long cable that ran through the streets of the city of Pompei to the Roman Amphitheatre; this circumstance limited the actual filming time to just four days, from 4 to 7 October 1971. Some reels recorded in Pompei were lost and so part of them was filmed in a studio in Paris. The Italian engineer Bini, in the 60s founded the Binson company and invented the Echorec1 and 2, which were used to record an input sound and reproduce it several times. Of course at the time they were tape, that is, analog and not digital as is used today. Pink Floyd bought practically all of them because they were excellent. Since then it was very difficult to find one and in my life I have only seen one at a fair near Milan. When Gilmour started playing the guitar in Pompei, a sound engineer mistakenly inverted the input and output cables that went from the "Wha Wha" to the amplifier, in this way a sound similar to that of seagulls was produced, which can be heard from about minute 11.50. The engineer apologized, but Gilmour was enthusiastic about the result and so by pure chance some of the typical musical effects of Pink Floyd were born. Below is a short video in Italian on how this thing works. Greetings from Milan, Italy
ua-cam.com/video/QHgE5AVnL3Y/v-deo.html
thanks for the info italian guy from milan!
@@seytanilimon Thank you for appreciating this information.
Bless your for sharing this
Очень интересно, спасибо из России!
Thank you
Can we sit down for a moment and appreciate how great Nick Mason's drumming is in this?
Thought the same. He really lets it fly the whole entire production
Yes, please!
Listen " one of these days...!
De fato o cara é único com seu estilo e harmonia musical. A música em total sintonia e harmônica! Surreal para a nova geração que dificilmente vão apreciar! Triste realidade! Bons tempos!
@@napoleonOliveros-fi1ix YES!! You were first before I could post that. If Us and Them is Rick's masterpiece the drums on One Of These Days is Nick going off in beast mode. Nick is just brutal. Plus he gets his only vocal in Floyd 😄
This isn't one of the greatest moments in rock history. It's one of the greatest moments in human history.
Yes it is !!!***
I wanted to brush this off as you being wrong again, Rex. but i think you may have something here.
🎯🎯🎯🎯📢📢📢📢
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I got Five Guys last night.
It wasn't one of the greatest moments in food history. It was one of the greatest moments in human history.
I've listen to this masterpiece for more than 50 years. But when Mom departed, one year ago, I understood these verses: "and no one sings me lullabies, and no one makes me close my eyes..."
That's a line we take for granted when we first hear these guys as youths. Then, it becomes so many more things. Heavy.
Love
I have a toddler and a 2 month old baby and your comment has brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for helping me appreciate this song on another level. I'm sorry for the loss of your beloved mother ❤️
That line and the "by chance, two separate glances meet" are beautiful.
Roger’s lyrics have something for everyone
This touches deep in the soul . How many tears i've cried ...
Ok.....................................................
When I was in high school, at the age of 16, I used to go down to Pompei and sat on the amphitheater with my walkman listening to Meddle 'til late. Now, at the age of 42 I listen to this tune and I feel 16 again, lost in a timeless sensation....
thats cool you could go here /there but would have been outstanding to be there when they were doing this
did you hear the sounds of the faces in the croud?
Sara az permanently...;)
:')
Amen!!!!!!
Floyd fans really are the best. No hate or debate amongst each other. We simply all agree that they're the Greatest band to ever grace the airwaves.
😊👏👌👍✌️
yes!
Pink Floyd es lo más grande que existió existe y existirá.nada se compara a pink floyd.todo lo que an echo es obras de arte magestuosas 🇦🇷
No one can do it like them.
That is a weird way to spell Rush.
10 years ago, my brother and I visited Pompeii, we walked in that empty arena, sat down and played that song on my iPod…we both cried…It was a dream come true for us
pompei is my great city with VESUVIO Napoli
Me too, with a friend 6 years ago. Same sensations. :')
All Floyd fans should go there and close their eyes for a moment
How cool was that!!!! Wish I was there!!! (are you were here)
Damn... you just gave me the urge to do that too... must feel amazing
I'm 52 and my son is 20. Since he was a kid I've always introduced him to the great music that I listened to growing up. I first introduced this song to him on a road trip while driving over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. We didn't say a word through the whole song. When it ended, he just turned his head, looked at me and said, "dad, how could you keep this from me for so long?" He was 14!
Cool
I’m 43 have had major health setbacks. Wondering if I’ll ever ever have kids and wife due to my setbacks time wise.
I’m felt this comment strongly! Thanks for sharing!
Good one! I had to laugh on this! This song will never die. Genuine genius!
Your son is wise beyond his years, you've taught him well
I'm 61 now, and my son is 34. I did the same with my son on a lot of great music from the 60s and 70s. Music is very powerful, and I believe that my son is a better man because of it. I started buying him odd/different musical instruments for Christmas about 10 years ago, and he learns how to play them. This year, I'm getting him a "hurdy gurdy." That should keep him busy for a while.
The magic about Pink Floyd music is: even though you have listened to that song millions of times, each time you hear it you discover some new meaning in it. And the older you get, the more you understand the song. How could they write such great music at such young age? Magical.
Here hear bro!
i've always asking me the same question about their lyrics.
Drugs.
No, I don't meant it in a bad fashion or criticizing them, but explaining hoy some drugs help to channel people's thoughts or sensorial experiences into producin, in this case, an art form.
CLASSIC
True artists really live on a higher plane than most of us and therefore conceive of works beyond the reach of us ordinary souls.
Richard Wright wrote one of the best Pink Floyd songs ever. Very underrated he was.
Which song are you talking about?
Remember a day is my favorite song I think and he wrote that as well
@@kosycat1 dig that song
RW was gone too early!
-∆
There are 2 types of people in this world:
- Those who love this video
- Those who have yet to see this video
alas, if only the broader music taste was this tasteful
Lol
I just found this after listening to the studio version. When the vocals started I got a full body rush. Goosebumps still! Wow you're not wrong fella!
I argue a third exists too: complete and utter idiots with no taste in music.
Ex nihilo~
My baby is 8 days old and while i am writing this message, he is sleeping in my arms listening to echoes. Odysseus, my boy, i am hoping you to read this on the future as you listen to pink floyd.❤
Congratulations!!! Hope he grows up with pink floyd as I did (thanks to that im a pink floyd fanatic and im just a teen)
You named him Odysseus? Poor kid.
What a stupid name...
Sweet ❤️
@@christiangasior4244 Its a heroic name... Hope he lives up to it.
I was in Pompeii a couple of years ago. In spite of the ancient history, mostly what I thought of, standing in that amphitheater, was...." this is where Pink Floyd played!"
This comment shows just how important pink floyd is in human history, truly an experience.
Was there a couple of years ago myself.... And thought exactly the same as you....!!
Hell yes ! Its like a Christian going Isreal.
But it would be " this is were Gilmore stood".
I think this sounds better recorded outdoors than inside any studio .
what year did the play there?
David Jon Gilmour. Without his freakish talent playing guitar, I do not know howw I would have made it thru a 6 year prison sentence. I listened daily for 6 yrs straight, and David and the rest of this magical band, THANKYOU FOR YOUR MUSICAL THERAPY SESSIONS. Better than any doctors or psychs Ive ever wasted my time seeing. Pink Floyd forever, and ever. NEVER EVER WILL THEY BE SURPASSED AS GREATEST BAND IN HISTORY. I DONT CARE WHAT ANY1 SAYS, COS THOUSANDS WILL AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. LONG LIVE THE FLOYD.
"NEVER EVER WILL THEY BE SURPASSED AS GREATEST BAND IN HISTORY". Compared to really great academic musicians like Schoenberg, Shchedrin, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Schnittke and Messiaen, they are nothing more than children in short pants. IMHO.
@@andrewnegustorov6371 can you be more pretentious?
Your question is incorrectly posed - I'm not pretentious at all, but the post to which I reacted is really pretentious. "Never say never".
@ANDREWNEGUSTOROV637 YOUR COMMENT IS HARDCORE PRETENTIOUS, NO DOUBT AT ALL. IN MY IMHO, THE FLOYD ARE EPIC, AWESOMELY TALENTED, AND THATS FACT. SUCCESS OVER SUCH A LONG CAREER IS TESTAMENT TO THE FACTS I STATE. IT IS JUST AMAZING LONGEVITY IN A CUTTHROAT BUSINESS. FLOYD DIEHARDS, AM I SPEAKING FOR YOU ALL? I LISTEN TO A MASSIVE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL GENRES, IM FAR FROM ONE EYED, BUT AT THE TOP, IS P.FLOYD. WHY ARE U DISSING MY LOVE OF MY FAVORITE MUSIC, COMMENTING ABOUT PINK FLOYD LIVE PERFORMANCES, IF U DON'T LOVE THEM? PRETENTIOUS IS ONE WHO SITS BEHIND A PC AND SPEWS VERBAL DIARRHOEA FOR WHAT REASON? IRONICLY U COMMENT ABOUT MUSIC U SEEM TO DISRESPECT...USELESS TROLLING IS AN ATTRIBUTE YOU EXCELL AT....ADMIT IT, U CANT HANDLE THE FACT THAT U CANT ESCAPE THEIR MAGIC. ITS OK TO ADMIT YOUR A FAN. GOD BLESS, GOOD HAVING A BIT OF HARMLESS BANTER MATE. ALL THE BEST.
What a violent and, in my opinion, inadequate reaction to my post! I didn't say anything bad about Pink Floyd. I don't deny their magic at all and I actually like some of their studio albums ("Animals" more than others). But to claim that the group’s music is the most unsurpassed and will last forever is clearly too much. I contrasted the music of great academic musicians not in order to humiliate Pink Floyd, but to show that musical dimensions can be of a fundamentally higher level. And this is obvious, in my opinion. Let me add that I am not trolling, and if you take my words as “verbal diarrhea" that’s your choice. I specifically responded to the phrase “they are the best and this is forever” (in terms of semantic content).
I've been listening to this for thirty years and I've only just realised that it is about time. The echoes are echoes of history. The strangers passing and calling to each other are people separated in time but basically the same as each other - unable to speak directly but able to write down what they know, and to read what people in the past have written. Pink Floyd wanted to do this in Pompeii because of the historical resonance - that our own civilization could be lost as Pompeii and the Roman Empire was. (God this is probably so obvious, sorry!) [Edit:] The deep sea is the deep past. (Just as it was in our past, in evolutionary history.) The sky is the future.
Never once have I ever thought about it like that. This is trully a very intelligent and beautiful analysis.
Damn.
you won the internet today sir!
Thank you.
No, it was a great observation. 👍🏼🤔☺️
Half a century later - I was too young at the time to know the band - I have the incredible priviledge of seeing this for the first time. Thank you UA-cam.
Ha thats awesome. Welcome to Pink Floyd. It's off Meddle. Give it a listen, its great.
Wonderful for you to experience Echos for the first time.
My condolences, You had to wait too long!@@raducimpian5931
To anyone listening to this for the first time, it never gets old. Ever!!
As always with Pink Floyd: "multipart form", spectacular sounds, sound engineering techniques and effects, serious faces, and with all this - zero music. Stillborn, sucked-out nonsense. Pink Floyd - Great deceivers. You are unreasonable, gullible listeners.
First time ...I'm 73..blown away!
I listen to this song at least 4-5 times a week sometimes 2/3 times a day depends the vibe but no matter what mood this song will get you out of it for sure the best masterpiece by musicians I've heard along with rain song zepplin
Truth!
Rick Wright was truly amazing. Extremely crucial to the sound of the band yet he's so often overlooked. He really owns this performance.
Agreed, Waters and Gilmour get all the attention.
@@thomasschreiber9559 Well that is arguably deserved since they made far greater contributions.
@@seankilburn7200 Nah man, they were best when waters wasn't dictating shit and making lesser thematic albums. When all 4 were equal and free to right their own parts, the band was so much better.
@@Mjumbojetpresdent You may have a point to some degree (echoes being a good example) but on albums like wish you were here and even dark side of the moon to some extent, Waters still contributed far more than the others. They were all highly talented of course, but I feel many simply don’t enjoy the albums where waters took greater control because of his personality and the impact that had on the group. Even if you consider their collaborative work to be their best, there is no denying that Waters and Gilmour were the most consistent when it came to writing the songs.
@@seankilburn7200 Yeah, they were more consistent at writing the "hits." And I enjoy those albums, maybe besides the Wall, in which apart from a few good hits, Waters thematic desires really cheeses up the whole sound. But I think the direction they took towards more typical songwriting was what made them more accessible but also less interesting. Like, echoes and atom heart and obscured by clouds, etc, there was so much more exploration there that they never got back to. So yeah, those two were more pivotal in getting to the sound that has made them so universally iconic, but imo this sound was a detour from the experimental psych rock that had really no limit to its possibilities.
Step 1: listen to this in full, eyes closed. Relax
Step 2: when it finishes listen to the complete silence arpund you for 20min
Step 3: enjoy the real "echos" in the silence... magic.
Step 1: take mushrooms.
Step 2: turn up the volume
Step 3: turn off the lights
Step 4: enjoy
😉
@@stonedroses45 dont scape, embrace.
@@yoelcapoful I’m no speaka the English 🤪
@@stonedroses45No need for all this. For drug addicts, everything always comes down to getting high. Just take your f***ing mushrooms, or weed, or anything you're into, and let the people enjoy the music.
the echoes of a distant time!!
At my beloved husbands funeral he was carried out of the church to "Shine on you crazy diamond". We loved them both the most of all bands and or musicians. Pink Floyd for ever and ever....Like love
This is one of the best musical performances ever caught on tape.
Film actually.
@@Cougar1212 you're 'that guy'....
@@Cougar1212 The audio was recorded onto magnetic tape.
concordo mafren
100% Agree!!
The best version of the best song ever recorded in human history
🤘🏼
I concur.
@@Shacklesofillusion indeedaloo, I command and concur as well, cheerio🍷
absolutely
Can't argue with that statement 🙂
This is a song I’ll never get sick of no matter how often I listen to it
Yes, justice and peace
AMEN MY Friends.
It's not a song, it's a Symphony!
I've had it on repeat for over a week now. Yesterday I spent 8 hours lying on the sofa listening to Floyd. I ain't done yet.
If every single person in the world was forced to sit down and listen to the entirety of this song, I feel like the world would be a better place for awhile.
Echoes is the soundtrack to my life.
In the early 90's when I was a teenager, I was listening to this on repeat while all of my friends were into punk or grunge. I loved that music but the Floyd captured my soul. I couldn't get any of them to listen to Echoes, and if I did get one or two, they'd say it was too slow or boring. I felt like I was alone on a musical island. I was in awe of pre-Dark Side of the Moon Floyd, but no one to share my enthusiasm with. Now in my 40's, with the internet, it's amazing to connect to the worldwide community of Floyd fans, and the younger generation that's discovering the band's oeuvre.
Echoes is one of my all time favorite songs, I just can't have enough of it. I'd take a slower paced more thought of and emotional song than any deaf inducing madness anyday.
I used to wear the vhs tape of Live at Pompeii out, in the 90s. My first steady GF's dad had a copy of it. she also gave me a vinyl of Jeff Beck's, Blow by Blow. I wanted to make music, from that point on.
Taste ! Musical. That's what you have Eric !
You need some new friends...:)
If they think Pink Floyd are boring they should be banned from listening to music. Period. And I LOVE punk
This is the best , by alot, the best of all music in my life time. And I'm 78 Years old.
Catching up to you quick ol’timer and couldn’t agree more. Still makes my whole body tingle when I hear these guys
You are legend grandpa!
hang in there buddy, we ain't got all that many of your generation left, I'm the from the one that came right after you and I'm still trying to figure out where the last 50 years went and I'm not looking forward to be oldest quite yet
Shine on you crazy diamond !
Bless you
the fact that this came out 52 years ago blows my mind. what were people even thinking when this came out? just unreal stuff. love this song and performance.
Ask Joey Diaz, he saw it at a theater high on acid, crazy times.
Hard to believe it has been that long.
The 70’s were really THE standout decade for an insane level of innovation and new music genres being founded. Prog, metal, punk, goth, shock rock, early forms of techno (Kraftwerk, for an example), the earliest forms of hip-hop, and all kinds of experimental music, even including the “classical” genre (one of my favourite composers is George Crumb, who did most of his most iconic works in the 60’a and 70’s. Ever played a piano by striking the string board with a glass rod with a bunch of paper clips stuck under the strings and the damper pedal tied down?…).
I was 13 and thought it was the most incredible song I'd ever heard. my kids will be tossing my ashes into the Atlantic while this song plays.
we were thinking we were listening to a masterpiece and we still are
Cried my eyes out the last half of this, I mean blubbering. How can music *possibly* be this beautiful. Love to my fellow earth travelers.
(SOLFATARA)
3:54 3:55 3:55 3:56
Don't underestimate the power of gilmour.i am I 46 year old man who has listened to pink floyd since I was in the womb and I always get upset with on the turning away every time the power of a man with a guitar combined with a angelic voice.gilmour is god of gods..
The vocals coming back in at 19:00 is probably my favorite music moment of all time
Me too! The sound is perfect, an absolute masterpiece
@@ieuanowen8094
Agree
and ... the lullabies is SO Syd
The transition is so drastic, so smooth, and so incredible. Blows me away every time.
As always with Pink Floyd: "multipart form", spectacular sounds, sound engineering techniques and effects, serious faces, and with all this - zero music. Stillborn, sucked-out nonsense. Pink Floyd - Great deceivers. You are unreasonable, gullible listeners.
Nick Mason....one of the most underrated drummers ever. He is just fucking killing it in this video. Cool as fuck too.
Until you look at a nick Mason drum part on sheet music, you have no idea how hard it is, ok after 47 bars of rests its time to land a perfect, tasteful full finesse barely coherent jazz beat that ties the whole song together now don't mess up. As a drummer Pink Floyd leaves you on an island that only pure technical ability and understanding can get you off of.
@@coreygolphenee9633 you just blew me away...
Also, during one of the solos, he utterly shatters one of those massive gauge drumsticks, and keeps the beat going with his left hand while his right hand reaches down for another drumstick, then he just drops right back in seamlessly. If I had to guess, The Muppet Show drummer Animal was styled after Nick, just pure gonzo.
Have you all watched the reunion video of comfortably numb? My favorite part is when NM throws off his headphones just when DG is starting his solo. I like to think of him saying, “Fuck my hearing . . . If there is one more thing I want to hear it is DG shred.”
Four of them are killers, that why Pink Floyd is Pink Floyd!!!!!
I put this on a giant TV for everyone to watch at the mental hospital years ago. Good times.
I did the same...
@@Isaiahpsychedoom I never thought I'd hear someone else say that...
@@Isaiahpsychedoom So I throw the windows wide, and call to you across the sky....
I also played "Brain damage"on the tv that days,the lyrics fitted well in the contexts we were.
Watching/listening to this helps ANYONE, no matter your mental state.
- past, current and ongoing mental patient
What Pink Floyd did there is a monument to the western culture.
and Humanity as a whole
I've been playing guitar for 40+ years, and Gilmour's tone starting at 7:59 is still the best, most absolutely epic guitar sound I've ever heard.
Realmente, é fantástico,
It's insane. A epic guitarra just like in Interstellar Overdrive
It’s beautiful dude. I’m trying to match it, but i’ll probably never get it right sadly
Gilmour is such a Fn legend.
Yes. It’s to die for.
The sound quality of this - in 1971! - is so superb that for me it's genuinely difficult to believe that it's not only live but in the open air. This could have been in a studio. Having read up on it, I found this:
"Their roadie, Peter Watts, suggested that the 8-track recorder would produce a sound comparable to a studio recording. In addition, the natural echo of the amphitheatre provided good acoustics for the recording."
Unbelievable.
Hi 👋, how are you doing?
Never underestimate the roadie
Spotify has better sound audio aswell
It’s also an analog tape so the audio can be remastered and brought to modern standards of audio. It’s one of the big advantages of physical recordings
My dad took me to The Wall concert a few years back when only Roger was touring. Pops died a year later, and I still listen to Pink Floyd all the time. Gotta show it to my kids the same way my dad showed me. Truly timeless music
My dad took me to The Wall tour too.. Such great memories. Rest in peace to your pops. Keep his memory alive through timeless music like this.
Traduzir
Sorry about your father's passing. The truly mazing things about a father is sharing special moments as you described that he loved and passed to you. What a blessing indeed! Be well.
I Was at Pompei with my dearest girlfriend couple years ago. When I walked in the Amphitheater I could feel and relive ECHOES, also noted 2 Tunnels with Pink Floyd memorabilia and Photos before you entered the Amphitheater and couldn’t believe they were shut with gates to the public.I couldn’t help myself but Jump over and film both galleries, It was truly an amazing and unforgettable experience it’s something that I would cherish for the rest of my life. Long live Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd Forever 🫶🏻
i was there last year and couldn't get in you are a lucky lucky person.
@@williamsomerville-x7q im so sorry Buddy that you couldn’t get in. What was the reason behind that. I guess I was lucky but I wasn’t going to miss it as i travelled a long way from Australia. Where are you from? Take care buddy 😊
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@@angelorullo7647 interested why this would be shut from the public, people will pay good money to stand in there with guides
Definitely, totally agree, i think they should open those galleries to the public, maybe like you mentioned with a Guide.Most of the memorabilia it’s picture frames,photos and probably the reason of them not opening the galleries is because people take stuff like that, probably vandalise it. Anyway I’ve seen them and they would definitely help the public understand why Pink Floyd chose to play there. It’s Also a piece of History
This beats the studio version by a million easy. I listen to this everyday, no joke. Top 3 PinkFloyd songs ever.
Their best song in my opinion
And what's your other two songs?!😃
@@dannypacini9820 Dogs, Pigs, Sorrow, Marooned, Comfortably Numb, Any colour you like.....no matter the order, it's so difficult to rank those works of art
@@alexandredaene8659 I agree. Different songs at different times of your life resignate more so than others. Try give them a listen with a few hits of weed or a light psychedelic 🔥
@@dannypacini9820 Just depends on the day I guess.. We all know their hits and out of all of them this recording shines the brightest in my opinion. There is just so much there to unpack that headphones is a must. *Anddd for when it was originally written and released, its mindblowing.
Just visited Pompeii with my son. I’m 58 now he is 23. Showed him this concert. Passing The Floyd torch.
Good man
Now THAT is raising your child right.
Proper parenting
-∆
I am 84 years of age and have been inspired by "Pink Floyd' as a Mother, as an Educator, as a Poet Laureate, and a Proclaimed, "Woman of Distinction. by the State Assembly of New York State, 2021. Yes, deeply appreciative of the Love, the Passion, the Vision, the TRUTH of BEING expressed in music that petitions our souls.
Hell, I'm almost 48. Listning to them forever. You rock. Thank you.
Zoo York? Well, at least you have good taste in music, that's a plus...
I'm 76 just overcoming a life long endogenous depression since the '70's that drove me from law school & wandered the wasteland with no help from the medical system or my friends but i found PF from time to time & found now again in 2023 ..... the race is not to the swift or the strong but the one who endures I thank PinkFloyd
Teacher leave them kids alone!
❤
Growing up my dad and I hated each other's music. That was the time, that was the age. Later, when I was in my 30s, my dad stopped in while I had Echos on. "You know", he said, "your music isn't that bad". In his final years, I visited him once and he was listening to Artie Shaw, no doubt reliving memories of his youth. "You know dad, your music isn't that bad". He just smiled. RIP dad, miss you every day.
This is the zenith of modern music. Must of watched this at least 200 times over the years. Never gets old. The keyboards of Rick answering back to Gilmour or Nick ripping back. No way to underestimate this masterpiece. Music will never be the same unfortunately.
Modern?? this is from the other Century.....
The "Zenith" you've mentioned Is the most accurate description of "the sense", "The mood" & "The loyalty" to Pink Floyd's "Ars Magna Philosophy" "Sadly but true" Music will nn be the same since that -"Zanith",,, Pink Floyd was just "The Sun" ... Too long way to let someone else "To take the same path, the same contribution to "Let te real music "Rasie again" an make our "sthetic" musical senses.... valuables again.... ""There is nothing like the sun" to let them know that the "Zenith is a masterpice translated into "Notes, effects" but "Lyrics and those other skills that let them show "Their crazy Diamon Slould have belong to the next "PINK FLYODs" bRAVE INHERITANCE
Saludos desde Quito - Ecuadr: "Behind the wall"
Big and respectful hug... Just Don't know, But arts deserve heritance & Respect
Saludos desde Quito Ecuador
Huge
@@horacioandresprado5488😂
Gino love it
Verdade, o que vemos e ouvimos hoje está longe de se dizer que é música. Pink Floyd é realmente incomparável; David Gilmour é insubstituível...
The most amazing thing about listening to Pink Floyd, is at some point in your life, you start to hear the music differently, even if you know the song for years and years. I know this song for more than 15 years. And i don't know what happened, but yesterday for the first time i heared the groove/blues part in the middle of the song. I stopped what i was doing and put my head phone and let myself been carried away. Just WOW ! that was an unexpected experience! AND This is the kind of music that touch the soul !
fantastic! i feel it too - the music opening for you when you ready
I've got news for you, I've been listening to this little tune for MORE THAN 45 years ( closer to 50, I am horrified to admit, lol ) and never knew about this version! SEEING it played live, puts a couple of new perspectives and dimensions on it, and yes, the jazzy influence as you so astutely observed. This is a MASTERPIECE, and the visuals are stunning! What a thrilling find!
I hear this Band from 70's. Is a more great band of all time
@@jeffkitson9565 I agree with you 100% I'm still hoping though ... FKJ is quite excellent, in the modern way, not rock but still:)
Shut up
🥃 6 years of sobriety today and this masterpiece is still as great as it was the first time I heard it as a kid.
Congratulations sir
Good on You !
Well done you ❤
A hearty, hearty congratulations. I've been sober for a long while myself and it never gets old. Thank God I'm not doing what I was over a decade ago- and thank God you've found a better way to live. Keep on keepin' on, my friend.☮❤🕉
Nice! Best wishes.
This performance is pure psychedelic magic-Pink Floyd at their absolute best. 'Echoes' live at Pompeii is a transcendent experience, taking you on a journey through sound and atmosphere like no other. The visuals, the mood, and the musical chemistry between the band members are just mesmerizing. A timeless masterpiece that continues to captivate decades later. 🎶✨ #PinkFloyd #LiveAtPompeii #Echoes
They are all at the very top of their game here, but just edging by a nose, is Mason. His drumming has such rhythm, musicality and finesse. For me, the greatest drummer ever.
This is indeed an examplar for many drummers to follow. Nick just bursts with musicality here. An absolutely astonishing performance.
If I have one quibble it would be that they had mixed the ride a little lower as it sounds a bit clangy in places.
Did you catch a moment when he loses drum stick, epic
@@Neal_Schier Nope, disagree. The setting is perfect for the negative, raw energy of the brassy cymbal.
Totally agree Nick is on a whole other level🤯🤌🏼
I know people are all about Bonham with Zeppelin but after listening to so much music this is to me is correct. He set the pace for all of them and their unbelievably smooth transitions between songs. Mason was a master for sure.
one of the absolute masterpieces of modern music; i cry endless tears because of this music and remember my wife, who died much too early, for all eternity.
my girl, i will love you beyond all time
I'm truly sorry for your loss, I hope there are other loved ones in your life because if there are, they need you !!
may your wife rest in piece 🙏
This isn’t modern.. it was half a century ago..
Sorry bout your wife man, atleast love is eternal.
sorry for your loss! We are all together through this amazing music
WE MAKIN IT OUT OF THE COLOSSEUM WITH THIS ONE 🔥🗣🔥🔥
all it needs now is a Bladee feature..........................
@@nopeoppeln holy cheese bladee fr fr
@@nopeoppelndrainers WYA💅
REAL 🔥🔥🔥
@@weewoo3768 the meddle profile pic lol
The breakdown at 7:35 is what turned me into wanting to know Pink. Just seamless transitions and the chemistry amazed me.
Nobody will ever produce a masterpiece like this again
Agreed. Well, 'they' tell us that Taylor Swift is the Modern stuff. I couldn't name ONE Swift song. (no one can, and I've randomly asked a few.) LOL
Someone always will when the momemt s right but #iyt is a masterpiece for sure
Most people think of Waters mainly as the lyrical/thematic genius behind the band's success, but he was also responsible for some of the catchiest bass riffs you'll ever hear.
He’s a decent bassist no doubt but Gilmour and Waters would split recording the bass tracks in the studio
Gilmour is the genius bassist. Many, many times we think it's Watters, it is actually Gilmore. I watched an interview with Watters admitting this, admitting that Gilmour would allow for the credit to go to Watters even though it was David. Just a bit of info.
so catchy that andrew lloyd weber decided to steal it
Waters wrote this song, but Rick and Dave sang it. I thought when I was a kid Waters sing this song.
All of the members are great
The best psychedelic blues band ever, no contest. I grew up in the 70’s and listening to their music just brings me back in time. A time where nothing bothered you, nothing made you angry, you honestly didn’t need drugs to listen to this music and it still relaxed you.. It still has that effect on me today.
The best band ever*
Didn't need drugs but did them anyway
@@turtleflegel6816 Music is a drug and love. They are all to be respected
Agreed. Although Aphrodite's Child 666 does come close to Floyd's level of epicness.
That's why I'm listening to pink floyd now to relax me
Pink Floyd is like àn old friend that's always there when you need them the most.
each part of this song is a masterpiece. the lyrics. the drums. the bass and gilmour and his outrageous solo. the only thing that gets old with this song is us fans.
Мне 30 лет на пинк флойд подсел относительно недавно года 4назад))
This was back when they were all more cooperative.
True. Words such as masterpiece are often overused, but what other term is there to describe this stunning musical composition? Incomparable? Breathtaking?
Very true indeed, right up till the last Rift
I know, you're wright . I'm soon to be 79 ( God Willing), and LOVE listening. May God bless.
I listened to Echoes hundreds of times. This alchemy of sounds is just magic and perfectly matches with the pictures of Rome's ancient ruins. Nothing like this will never be done again.
Rome? 🤔
Rome I mean Roman ruins. I know it is Pompeii: I have been there several times 🙂@@onthetracksof007
THE PINK FLOYD..THE ONLY GROUP OF MUSICIANS SO MASTERFUL AND MUSICALLY BRILLIANT EITHER SOLO BUT EVEN MORE WHEN I HEAR THE QUESTIONS ASKED BY KEYBOARD FOR EXAMPLE AND EXPLAINED IN MARIANA TRENCH DEPTHS OF FREAKISH DETAIL BY GILMOURS STRAT(I BELIEVE IT IS A STRAT, BUT IM NO EXPERT, I PREFER TO LISTEN TO A LEVEL OF TALENT NEVER B4 EXPERIENCED PRIOR TO THIS BAND)SO THE BRAND OF INSTRUMENT IS NOT REALLY RELEVANT, IT NEVER FAILS TOTAKE ME AWAY TO THAT PLACE ONLY FLOYD PURISTS KNOW! PINK FLOYD...LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF ALL, NEVER GROWING OLD NO MATTER THE FREQUENCY, IF ITS THE FIRST TIME OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TIMES. SOME PERSON WHO DOESN'T THINK GILMOUR AND FLOYD ARE UNDENIABLY UNTOUCHABLE, (MIND U WHY IS HE LOITERING IN A FLOYD PURISTS PLACE OF APPRECIATION?) TELLS ME NEVER SAY NEVER, AS I SAID THAT NEVER WILL THERE BE THIS LEVEL OF EPIC GUITAR PLAYING PERFECTION BY A PERSON , NEVER. WELL, I SAID IT AGAIN AND SO DID MANY PEOPLE. THANKS FLOYDISTS. WE SAY NEVER AND NEVER CAN WE BE SILENCED. THE GUITAR GOD HAS SPOKEN. FUCK YES.
Agree Massimo
Saw them live 1988 Docklands Arena: different level.
Dave's guitar tone in this song is absolutely, insanely unbelievable!
good ol fender strats man, sooo good
I like is falling asleep and then waking up to it ~ kimie
He's always had an incredible knack for getting the right sound for the song. Look at the two solos from Comfortably Numb. The first very mellow and thought provoking and the second, very gritty and rip your heart out. The man is a genius👍
The binson echotec gave him an otherwordly sound
I’m 15 and knew Pink floyd since I was a kid but never understood it until lately and i feel adictos. I see 70 year old people commenting here the same feelings I have and feel kind of out of place in my generation but yes, I agree with those who say this is the masterpiece of Floyd.
Pink Floyd is for all ages and for all time
So I'm 50, and I had that feeling when I was your age. Like "I guess this is my dads era, but ... I dont care?". Its a band that was never of its time, even in the syd barret era (which is decidely 60s but didnt sound like other 60s bands) didnt sound like their era at all and probably never will be, its that singular. Really the only other bands of my dads era I listen to is black sabbath and the beatles. Both where notable also for sounding like nothing else that came before or after. Turns out if you write truly unique music, it'll never sound dated. People will try and copy it, but it wont be the same. (And lets face it, while there where plenty of beatles and black sabbath clones, I cant think of that many floyd clones. Sure plenty of prog bands, but they all tended to be Yes, King Crimson or Rush clones [at least the more derivative ones. Either that or history has solidly forgotten the shit out of them lol])
Lyrics:
Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb toward the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance, two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can?
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun
Cloudless everyday
You fall upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky
Shut up stupid
I remember when people on the internet used to argue about whether it was "green and summery" or not.
Alguien dijo: la musica de pink floyd no es para todos. Y tiene razon. Esto es simplemente de otro nivel, lo mejor de lo mejor. Cada vez que lo escucho es como si fuera la primera vez.
Si lo mismo pienso
Es para gustos exquisitos
this is without a doubt my pick for the greatest song ever made in human history
Yep x
and by a considerable margin
sure, comfortably numb had a memorable solo, but man Echoes to me is the true Pink Floyd masterpiece.
The song of universe! In The caos, Life Was created.
This song is the beginning of Pink Floyd as we know it. It is a masterpiece.
@@Eric-jk8py really? :O
@@julianmenes5605 Pink Floyd up until this point was an underground experimental band with 5 overall members, and the 5th, Syd Barrett was kicked out the band after their second album for his mental health deteriorating. After this, they tried experimenting with albums like Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother, but couldn’t really find their footing until a little album called Meddle. They have also been classified as a space band in the past, so they decided to have an underwater sound in the last track of Meddle, “Echoes”. A 23-minute long epic using accidental sounds made by the band. Yes, that iconic “ping” was made on complete accident. Nevertheless, that track is regarded as a transitional piece from the band. From a psychedelic sound, to a more unique sound that’s never been really replicated by any other band.
I first heard this when I was 14 and now, nearly a pensioner, I played this for my daughter. Hearing the whole track for the first time, tears ran down her face. She's now starting to understand why I love their music so much.......
soooooooooo - muss es sein
Im pleased to hear I’m not the only one who cries at p.f. And I’m 56!
I just want to congratulate anyone seeing this for the first time! The perfection of hearing Gilmour and Wright singing together,(should have been much more of this)! This was my first experience of seeing Floyd play live, and just blew me away!!!
Truly, the best spot is on!
ive watched this countless times and always amazes me how both their voices sound together, ik its the point, but it feels surreal
I just want to congratulate any PF fan for listening this master piece for the thousand time and counting,,the more you listen to it,the better it sounds,simply aged to perfection like a fine wine.
@@pinkfloydfan564 I so, so agree!
When i was 14 I listened to this song.I was amazed and confused.Now I'm 44 and I realize every bit of this masterpiece.It took 30 years to comprehend it.
5:34 - 7:33 i replay this part over and over. david’s guitar solo and nicks drumming THE best part for me, this whole performance is THE best of all time in music history.
Simply amazing
Yeah, 30 years of lisetening to this, and that part is still amazing...
I agree with it to me I feel like David's guitar sounds Like a legendary creature.
The interplay between Gilmour and Wright is *chef's kiss* perfection
I swear the ending hits deeply
Nick Mason, man he is my favorite drummer. He inspires my personal drumming more than any other drummer that has ever lived. So laid back, he compliments the style of Pink Floyd perfectly. Can't thank him enough for his contribution to music and humanity.
it fits perfectly evey stroke is meant to be thare very mathamatical like the perfect eqasion
He's like a psychedelic version of Joe Morello. Bad ass drummer - you ever heard of Joey Baron?
He's also my favorite drummer. His work on Atom Heart Mother is the pinnacle of all drumming of all time, at least to my ears.
Just try "one of these days..." of this concert. You will fly..
Some times I think it should be called NICK MASON Live at Pompeii
I swear the transition between the guitar solo and the funk part is truly amazing
That funk is the best part of a great song!
Das Beste von Pink Floyd, ich liebe dieses Musikwerk seit ich 10 Jahre alt.bin. Heute bin ich 62.
Pink Floyd sind einfach genial. Ich bin jetzt 65 J.
This should be considered one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.
Unquestionably 👍
I'm 26, raised by my grandparents. Grew up listening to many bands like Floyd and Zeppelin. I listen to them to this day, as well as rap and Heavy metal, country, grunge just about everything. And just now, in the shower while listening to this, I realized there has never been an era of music as deep as the era of Pink Floyd. The music of my day is so shallow, almost meaningless in comparison. It makes me sad. What have we lost as a society over the years?
originality
No. There's just a much larger volume of music out there. But there are still gems being released constantly. There are some great musicians out there making amazing music. Not quite like pink floyd simply because times have changed, the way we make music has changed, our perception of music has changes. That's natural and it's a part of the human experience. Cultures evolve, things change, nothing is perpetual.
You should try listening to Tame impala's innerspeaker and lonerism for some great modern psychedelia. There are actually many artists out there blending this awesome psychedelia with modern production techniques, which is when we get neo-psychedelia. It's an amazing sound. Go check out post animal, tame impala, psychedelic porn crumpets. It's an unfair comparison to pink floyd. I'm just saying there is still great music out there.
I live in Austin, TX and there is so much good new music that comes through. Bands like Floyd that are modern are not mainstream but there is stuff I find year after year that is mind blowingly amazing, the masses consume the music fed and marketed to them that has destroyed the perception. You have to dig, but there are hundreds of relatively new bands I listen to and continue to add to my library. Levitation records has some great bands signed, the psychedelic rock fest in Austin TX where I live is killer, Levitation is the name of the fest and label but these bands play packed shows at 500 capacity bards and clubs, not stadiums.
Listen to an album called Another Language by This Will Destroy You, or an album called .neon by Lantlos. There is amazing music out there, as others said, you just gotta dig!
@@ShadyRonin I saw This Will Destroy You at Levitation Festival (camped out in a tent, psychedelics, cool vibes with camp goers, awesome music, it was amazing) in Austin, TX a handful of years ago and again at Stubbs in Austin, TX with The Black Angels. The first time I saw them I got to see Jesus and Mary Chain, Flaming Lips, 13th Floor Elevators, Oh Sees, and so many other awesome bands in one weekend.
For me there is no doubt, Pink Floyd is the best band ever.
I dare to say this because I’m an absolute music fan. Even after been playing this record hundreds of times, it still moves me every time I listen to it.
Probably some albums in general like Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were here are better as a whole album.
But Echoes for me is thé absolute MASTERPIECE !! Enjoy it…
All of those are part of the soundtrack to my life But this particular gem makes me feel like I've been somehow pulled in and transported to this amazing alien planet. My consciousness floats around taking in all of the strange new sounds and vistas. I become so engrossed in the experience that it comes as a pleasant surprise when my mind is brought back to the familiar refrains that return me to the place where I started my sonic adventure. It was totally exciting and mind expanding but I love the way it brought me home... home again...
You tube needs to understand the user. The song is an experience, it can't be interrupted, the ads ruin the frame of mind, different songs..ok, not this one!
Use brave it blocks ads
Went to Pompeii for two reasons:
•Vesuvius eruption of 79AD
•Pink Floyd in the amphitheater
I’ll never forget the moment smoking hash with my buddy Miller and listening to this while sitting in the Pompeii amphitheater, seeing a cloud over Mount Vesuvius in the distance. Epic.
I like thinking that they were playing to an audience of ghosts... And then again, I can also picture the ancient Romans sitting in those bleachers 2,000+ years ago, little knowing that "meanwhile far in the distant future," Pink Floyd are playing this concert c. 1,972 years later! It gives my mind ghosts just thinking about it! 👻😵💫🌚😊🧡🌞☮️💕
@@TEAM-AMY Roman Imperial Specters are glad to haunt that haunted place 😉 Someone thinks steams you can see from Vesuvius' calderas are those ghosts indeed .... 👻👻
It should be illegal for UA-cam to play an ad right in the middle of a song like Echoes
Pay for Premium, you cheapskate !
@@Alpine_Joe pay for ur oligarcy
Yeah, paying the $10 a month has totally helped my sanity and my vocal chords - so I'm not constantly screaming cuss words when that shit happens - I can listen to the music- one song after the other and long songs - just as they are :) Totally worth it!
Man i love this song and so do you
I still listen multiple times a day Pink Floyd never dies better than anything made in this generation
Porcupine Tree is about as close as it gets. You should check them out. Steven Wilson is a musical genius/producer/sound engineer/multi-instrumentalist
They truly are the greatest band of ALL time. So timeless
Only if you are insane
I love the band myself
They, and Genesis :)
@@petebeatminister
I would err on the band ground hogs
I'd say Radiohead just edge over Floyd for me
@@johnmarston1677 I don’t even know what to say to that nonsense. That’s like comparing Jordan’s to Filas
I love the attention to Nick Mason in this film. His drumming was incredible.
He's on tour now.
One of the most beautifully shot pieces of Human History, this should’ve somehow made the Voyager Golden Record
The most INSANE 24 minutes of music in the history of classic rock. How do you even describe it? And this was pre-Dark Side era...they got recognised due to LIVE at Pompeii. This was their stepping stone for DSOTM.
The dolly track shot going behind all the amps with "Pink Floyd - London" during the break, is the epitome of a time in rock that will never exist again.
Just think that same thing. GREAT directing and editing. The band and the entire crew nailed it. Just wonder what the good people of Pompeii thought of all these crazy Brits. You know there was talk about "crazy people" in their midst. And they were RIGHT!
Probably the greatest song performance live with no audience. And that screaming whammy bar solo by Gilmour is otherworldly.
When loneliness hits me, this music makes me feel like I'm not alone....
Loneliness is a mental illness. Let it pass. You are never alone. God is always with you. Rest assured. Do not submit to worldly ways. Resist doing what you think you are "expected" to do. Be you in all ways. Be true to yourself. All this coming from a 71 year old survivor.
Nonsense, I'm alone but, I'm not lonely.
Pinknfloyd is the best antidote to depression, makes it enjoyable
without a doubt one of the best things I've heard. still goosebumps at least 100 times listen
At least
Seriously. They must’ve been feeling the ancient spirits entombed there.
The way Wright's piano and Gilmour's guitar interact in the end is sublime
Estive em 2022 em Pompeia, quando cheguei ao anfiteatro, só me vinha a mente o Pink Floyd!😅😅😅
Never was a Pink Floyd fan until now for the first time. Listen to this, truly magical. No drugs.
Try it with drugs. It'll take you into space ✨️
I prefer this version over the record version. It's absolutely amazing!
This pompei needs a re-release on vinyl,seriously I need this on record!!.
That would be very cool.
Technically it is; all the recordings are part of the early years collection and I believe you can buy this record individually
@@Timeflyer1000 wasn't that just in dvd,CD format??.
@@Danielallanz early years 1972 obfusc/ation should be it
Were we ever that young and beautiful. Music carries our memories so well. Thank you for sharing this!
*_Есть плохие композиции, есть хорошие, есть отличные. А ещё есть монументальные. Этот шедевр - один из монументов в истории рок - музыки. Только за эту композицию надо им ставить памятник при жизни..._*
I wish that was in English. But, I get it, and want to say Right On! to you. Is there a translator?
@@dannyrbrock3016
*_Hello. I'll translate for you. There are bad compositions, there are good ones, there are great ones. And then there are monumental ones. This masterpiece is one of the monuments in the history of rock music. Only for this composition they should erect a monument during their lifetime..._*
Я с вами согласен.
@@dannyrbrock3016 I use this Deepl, it's very good.
It's Greek to me. But what do I know? Damn good music is one thing I know. This one time.
Best Pink Floyd track, and best version. Very underrated.
Despite all there other hits Echoes is their absolute Masterpiece.
Yes - and if you're in Bath this Saturday - you'll be able to hear Nick Mason play Echoes once more...
I used to live in Malta in late 60s we would drop a Purple Heart take a taxi put on Echo s and a trip round the whole coastline what great memories!!
Meddle wasn't released until 1971.
@@markbadcock4536 Listen "one of these days... of this track. Nick is a mater in the drums!