. I'm 62... First time you always remember... My friend in '76 told me to put on his headphones...then he played Time... When those clock chimes went off...😮😊
I like that "Speak to Me" is like a summary of the album - clocks from "Time", cash sounds from "Money", strange noises from "On the Run", one of the "interviews" from throughout the album, laughing lunatic from "Brain Damage", the screams from "Great Gig in the Sky". And, yeah, "On the Run" is going to jump out at you because, yes, that really is a sequenced synthesiser you're hearing... and, ah, those hi-hats are so "dance music" before dance music is supposed to exist, aren't they? It's proto-electronic music right there and, yes, you're hearing one of the first sequenced tracks ever. Pink Floyd got their hands on this brand new tech and decided to experiment - and, yeah, it was not really designed to do what they did with it. Like the 303 was designed to be a "virtual bass player", the sequencer they were using was designed for more mundane use. But they had other ideas - let's have loads of arpeggiated notes rushing past really fast because, after all, that's what a machine can do flawlessly that a human would struggle to manage. So, yeah, genuinely, you're pretty much hearing the origins of the music you produce today (well, we must also nod to Kraftwerk and Delia Derbyshire on the Doctor Who theme tune, of course... but Pink Floyd are doing it here on one of the best-selling albums of all-time - they're cementing it into the mainstream, legitimising it). Edit: Actually, the "tick tock" in "Time" was done with Roger Waters' bass guitar. I know, it doesn't sound like it at all. But hitting it in a certain way could make it sound like that. It also helped Pink Floyd that they had David Gilmour - one of the best guitarists ever (and not just technically, what elevates Gilmour is that his guitar playing has such soul and emotion behind it. Other guitarists play fast, Gilmour plays with your heart) - and Roger Waters is a genius lyricist, if you stop to take in the words. Actually, it works that you cut it into two parts after "Great Gig in the Sky". Because, originally, it was a vinyl record and, like, that's the last song on the first side and you would be flipping the vinyl to side B. So you absolutely put the break in the right place to mimic the original experience. This would be where you'd have your "intermission" before flipping over to the next side of the record.
This dude is so obnoxious. Reminds me of folks at concerts who just talk and talk during a show. He pauses at the worst moments. I'm not even buying that he has never heard of Pink Floyd or even heard some of these songs.
@@davidl.7317you suggesting “UA-camrs” lie what they have and haven’t heard just so they can keep churning out videos and gaining subscribers? Surely not! Sarcasm btw, platform is loaded with bullshitters.
Agreed. This guy seems very full of himself for no reason. "Is this a British band?" "Woah. OK, hold on. I don't want to get into that. Slide guitars. Cannot stand slide guitars. For the life of me. Could never, ever ... I don't know what it is. Something about the way ... the laziness of a slide guitar just give ... gives me ... meh."
Yes, I also thought that was odd. Like a professional Drag Queen that's never watched or even heard of "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar". I suspect this is just an excuse to put some legendary thing in title that will get lots of clicks. Everybody wants to be the next "FIRST TIME HEARING Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight REACTION TwinsthenewTrend" viral video.
@@danielpell6860no need for sorrow , Floyd are iconic never to be matched, this music is 50 years old and will be the classical music of the future. Not sure that this guy can appreciate it. Which is ok, but sad
Yeah... it's a bit concerning when you're a music producer and you've basically never heard of anything from the 60s and 70s. It would be like being an Author and never reading a book that was written before 2000.
It gets me too. But I had a singing teacher whose background was theatre musicals. The popular music he never knew amazed me. I thought he was taking the piss at first.
“I’m a producer who’s never listened to music from the 60’s and 70’s” is like saying “I’m a classical music composer who’s never listen to Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart.” Glad you’re here for this.
He must have a lot of skill though, to be able to upload an entire album and get views.... apparently that's what matters to people like this. I really can't imagine though, to be a "producer" and have such a limited understanding of music. I obviously completely agree with you, people like the guy who is getting attention for such an amazing album confuse me
Producing "music" today doesn't really mean the same thing does it.... This would have to be his worst advert for his production services, imagine not knowing who pink Floyd are!!!!! He just said "I've never heard that chord progression before" ???????!!!?!???!!!???!!!!????
Dark Side Of The Moon came out over 50 years ago. Expecting the current generation to be familiar with it out the gate is similar to expecting someone in the 80's being familiar with big band and swing from the 30's. Technology certainly makes access to a wide variety of music more available than it was back then, but you've gotta start somewhere.
The key to Dark Side Of The Moon is just sitting back, closing your eyes, shutting up and experiencing the whole thing. The more you talk, the more you miss.
There is a young girl called Vary Cherry, she did a first listen and her reaction was much different to his she really showed emotion and you could she the joy and wonder of the first listen. Get people all the time. Heads phones and close your eyes.
That is the way we used to listen to music in the seventhies. On a basement , 10 or more friends lying on the floor ,eyes closed . It was a spiritual experience😊
Now that you've heard it once, take the time to listen to it alone, uninterrupted, lights low, and just LISTEN! Close your eyes and LISTEN to the lyrics! It's not an album, it's an experience! Enjoy it!😊❤
Don't forget he was also the engineer on Abbey Road and Let It Be. After he heard the master for Sgt. Pepper (he did tape duplication at EMI), and somehow talked his way into getting a job at Abbey Road studios.
The soloist on "Great Gig in the Sky" is Clare Torry, who wasn't a band member, but a session back-up singer and will soon celebrate her 77th birthday. She is beloved by all Pink Floyd fans.
@@TheDrunkSpartan1337 "She did maybe half a dozen takes, and then afterwards we compiled the final performance out of all the bits. It wasn't done in one single take." - David Gilmour. But, the cool thing is, it was improvised... she was given some hints on conceptual wants they had, and she just ran with it.
yes, and yet, some people seem to think that a music producer never listened to the most influential prog rock album of all time - doesn't that strike you as odd?
No kidding. Been producing music for 10 years yet somehow has missed the top two decades since the invention of the photograph. It’s gonna take him a long, long time to get caught up. 🤣
@@kjmorley and he really won't get it because he missed the progression of the music. You can't cherry pick different songs of that era because you need the "feel" of the other songs playing during the same time.
Now listen to the album four more times, and then tell us if you think a single note or tempo change is out of place, or if everything is exactly as it should be
Every note, tempo change, chord progression was meticulous and deliberate. Not surprising a gen z'er music producer wouldn't recognize or understand that.
@@freeclimb5487 When the music you make is nailed the clock of a CPU, human variable timing looks like an artifact... Watch Yo Yo Ma play his Cello, and how the dance of timing mirrors the dance of biology, and eternity. Music before computers is all artistry. Humanity is the artifact.
Yea now listen to it atleast 1x's a week from 8th grade until age of 21ish....oh thats me!!! Growing up if you didn't dig Floyd, You were not to be trusted..if you didn't know of Floyd, you must of been an alien or an old person
I’m also new to Pink Floyd and I’m 33. Just heard DSOTM first the first time last weekend 09/07/2024. Dropped two tabs, and my buddy & I laid in his backyard and listened to it thru his outdoor speakers during a new moon night and I was absolutely mind blown. So much so it’s been a week and I haven’t gone a day without listening to the album back to back. David Gilmour will go down as one of the greatest musical artists in history, I foresee Pink Floyd standing the test of time the same way Mozart & Beethoven. I’ve made it my mission to hopefully get to see him play live before he expires. What an absolute masterpiece this album is, and I can’t wait to play more of their albums 🤌🏼
@@HallowellsSpeedShop Hendrix is good but a little too frenetic for me. I preferred something a little more mellow depending on my mood. The MBs “Threshold of a Dream” was my favorite. BTW, I saw Pink Floyd perform DAOTM on the original tour also in an altered state. It was great but didn’t think I’d be taking about it 50 years later. 😀
When Clare Torry was invited to sing on 'The great gig in the sky', the band had no idea what they wanted and gave her very little instruction. She was surprised when they used it in the final mix. She thought she had messed up. One of the all time greatest vocal performances ever.
If I'm not mistaken, her first take was filled with a lot of "Wooh" and "Oh baby" and the band told her to do it again but just to feel it and she absolutely nailed the second take which is what they used.
And they paid her £30 for effectively writing one of the most iconic vocal performances in the history of rock. Later they fought tooth and nail through the courts to avoid paying her a penny more. As Waters put it, "Keep your hands off my stash."
I can relate to them not being blown away by her at the time. I've been in recording sessions where you do something amazing but it just blends into all the other stuff you do, you do a wrap and get it pressed. Only after a while (and others have had time to listen to and absorb) do you realise that something special happened..
For me “Time” is as close to perfection as one can get. “The Great Gig in The Sky”. Still gives me goosebumps after 50 years of listening. Arguably one of the greatest albums ever created.
I’m 75 so lived through all of this music era. But I was a delta blues nut and didn’t listen to pop. A lovely chap I worked with was amazed I’d never heard Dark Side of the Moon, so he recorded for me onto a tape cassette. I thought, and still think now, that it’s tedious lift music, even a bit pretentious. I am however someone who knows such opinions are totally worthless as I’ll be transfixed by scratchy early recordings that most people find repellant. Each to his own. Of course. I listen to Bach and Thelonious Monk too these days so there’s hope for me yet.
@@peterdelmonte9832 The band was originally named for two bluesman Pink Anderson/Floyd Council by Syd Barrett. Piedmont blues players and you can definitely hear the blues on some of their early and later recordings.
I’ll always remember me and my buddy taking our friend Cid to the laser light show at the Seattle Science Center when we were in our young 20’s. Talk about an experience. 😳 Time still gives me flashbacks many many years after my last time hanging out with Cid. Hairs on the back of my neck go up and I feel that rush up my spine in to my brain. Every. Single. Time.
Never felt as though I had much knowledge concerning music, until I watched this and realized how little a modern music producer knows about it, very sad.😢
The snare is not off. It’s music made by humans with feel enough to be behind or in front of the beat. A wizard is never late, he arrives precisely when he means to.
this was hugely entertaining to watch, i felt like i saw me as a kid. with every comment, i just wanted to tell you to 'just wait'. stood the test of time? yeah, it was on the top album sales for 17 _YEARS_ straight. you wonder what it was like 'live?' … i can't even begin to explain, and that's before i even get to the flying pig. … you're just not the same, it alters your perception of perceiving. you are now … _experienced_
No auto corrected vocals or instruments. Proper musicians making innovative, unique, groundbreaking music. You're obviously not aware of just how massive this album and Pink Floyd were, and still are.
I was so lucky to see them live for the Pulse tour. Fantastic. Delicate Sound of Thunder was the very first CD I ever bought and I still have it and it still plays great.
Now, wait until it's pitch dark. Turn out the lights. Light a candle. Get in a comfy couch or chair. Put on the headphones and hit play. It is an incredible experience. No drugs or alcohol needed.
Yes. I think a recreational high would be appropriate to keep you still, quiet and concentrating on a wonderful album. 'To know where you are going, you need to know where you've been' so maybe you should put more time into exploring the history of popular music
@@jjkey7120 Nah. When I was a teenager and was exposed to MJ and Pink Floyd for the first time, the whole world opened up a little bigger. It wasn't just keeping still and concentrating.
Since its release in 1973 Dark Side Of The Moon has topped the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, where it has charted for 990 weeks (19 years), and has sold more than 45 million copies (as of 2013). In the intro to Time, the bit that you said sounded like a synth loop is actually a bass guitar being played with a pick while muting the strings. It’s really impressive how many of the sounds on this album are actually analog. I had the pleasure of seeing/hearing this album being performed live in June of 1975. The sound system in the arena (Boston Gardens) was fully quadraphonic, so the panning that you hear in your headphones is like listening in 2D, whereas the live performance was like 3D. It’s absolutely amazing what these 4 musicians could do live in 1975.
This album not only has spent over 19 years on Billboard's chart as of 2013, but probably more by now! It is the 4th best selling album of all time! It's a masterpiece & is meant to be listened to in it's entirety in one sitting!
Towards the end of "Time", Nick sets up the new slightly slower tempo with that dragged snare hit. It's 100% intentional. It's absolutely beautiful to listen to and a testament to Nick's passion for the song and his craft.
I imagine this is what my best friend's big brother, Ron, felt like when he turned me on to Pink Floyd - Echoes Live in Pompeii, for the first time 35 years ago. He was the best big brother ❤
He's a kid. If his parents had him in the 90's or 00's, why would they be listening to it? They would be listening to stuff popular on MTV back when they actually played music. Which, come to think of it, I don't even know if they were even playing music any more by then.
17:40 That snare was NOT "off". NOTHING in these productions is off. Every timing, envelope, pitch, modulation, is performed and produced to modulate YOU! You have so much to learn about music. Music emulates life, growth, decay, freedom, mire, and travel... All of these processes are organic and happen through independent streams of actions that race each other, emulate each other, and ignore each other. If it's not organic, it's not art, and it's not life. Timing shifts indicate different situational status. Melodic shifts emulate tension and rest by increasing and decreasing frequency. Percussion emulates frequency by marking specific threshold points that compress flowing cycles of sound waves into sharp stabs and counts. By bending a melodic note, you are slowing or speeding the birth, peak, and ebb of each wave of the cycle. Music is NOT just marching soldiers. Some armies are trained, rested, and ready, while others, and even the same ones later on, are stressed, worn, and late. That snare riff was fucking PERFECT! You quantize kids don't have a clue what "perfect" is! Perfect is when you feel what the artists intend for you to feel. Start the album again. Close your eyes, and shut your mouth. You won't believe how much more you can actually SEE with your eyes and your mouth SHUT!
"I wonder what this sounds like live". Go watch the video of the Pulse concert in 1994, they do the whole album live, alone with the most spectacular light show ever. This album is one of the top five best selling albums of all time, and spent 20 years in the Billboard album charts.
Brit Floyd is celebrating pulse right now... Saw them for third year in a row back in june... Seeing Aussie pink Floyd Sunday... Sure i know its not the real thing,but for 2&1/2 hours I feel like it is...😊
I'm 75 and this is my favorite album to put on a quality pair of headphones and just let it go. I've listened to this iconic album hundreds of times. Each listen is a new journey.
Well Pink Floyd albums are concept albums, meant to be listened to as one piece. They didn’t concentrate on singles. This was on the charts every week for over 20 years.
Hey, easy everyone... there's a lot to credit due to someone wanting to explore something different from where they are. The same can be said about those unfamiliar with Coltrane or Paganini. Keep on going, bro, Floyd is the deepest rabbit hole you can jump in.
I listened to that section about 5x trying to hear what he's talking about and I just don't hear a mistake at all. Maybe because I've been listening to this song for 25 years and I can't imagine it any other way. Lol
@@jdenino6022 He literally says how everything is quantised, that this is so noticeably natural and organic, and that he wishes there was more of this in music...
I saw them in Frisco, hitched hiked 70 miles with a friend of mine to see the them. Also met and talked with Bill Graham, The line was so big we told him we hitched up from santa cruz so he said to follow him. We went around the building and he opened the door and told us go ahead in have fun. It was the Ummagumma concert. They stated they were working on Meddle LP and played careful with that axe eugene. Awesome concert. Anyway to groove to the tune back in the day they handed out free lsd at the doors. Best way to listen to floyd- in the day They also had speakers all around the concert hall so all sound effects were circling all around... Babies crying, horses galloping phone rings. it enhanced it soooo much
A 'music producer' that has no frame of reference to arguably the most consequential period of modern music explains a whole lot about the state of music today.
I mean, yeah. No hate but imagine being a professional producer for a few years and not listening to the most perfectly mixed album ever. I remember when I told myself i wanted to be serious at guitar the first thing I stumbled upon was Gilmour and his solos.
You think you understand a thing or two about mixing, then you hear DSOTM. I know for people my age this album is like a treasure, an absolute milestone. It feels disrespectful to even comment over it. Our man does a candid listening but he seems oblivious to things in music such as concept albums, background noises, crossover styles that seem so obvious to me.
In 42 minutes the record makes you experience a whole life from first heartbeat and cry in "Breath" through the treadmill and "hanging on in quiet desperation..." to the "Great Gig in the Sky" and the final "Eclipse": "There is no dark side in the moon, really matter of fact, it's all dark." Stays epic, no mater how often you listen.
@@eccehomer8182 Uh, we gave them The Allman Brothers, Creedence, Lynyrd Skynyrd, JimI Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Eagles, Bob Dylan, and many more. The US more than held its own. :-)
@@WhizzingFish12 Bernie Taupin was heavily influenced by Bob Dylan and the Band. I'm reading his audio book on my library app. Pretty interesting, at least the beginning of the book is. they were all influenced by American music. that includes Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones as well as the Beatles.
How can producers not have listened to this music? It is like an architect that hasn’t studied the history of art and design. Cool thing they are learning now and hopefully taking this knowledge for their own productions.
Boomers are so confused by technology it’s cute 😂. Anyone with a laptop and the ability to download Ableton can be a producer today. No body is micing drum kits and splicing tape together anymore, grandma. Time for your nap nap now.
Wow, my second video of yours, and people seem to really like mentioning your hook of "never listened to" and griping about it. Keep doing what your doing, Im having fun.
@@dyldog Oh good grief... 'Listen how I do or you are not doing it properly!!!' It's so tiresome. Give him a break - he's listening to it. That's the main thing.
@BonBonUK Thank you, yes. Would these viewers prefer he paused and chopped it up? You're getting his stream of consciousness thoughts in real time. What more could you want from a reactor? ... Myself, I let each album wash over me a few times, letting it sink in, before I ever concentrated deeply on the lyrics when I was first exploring the Floyd. To each his own. 😊
He was talking all through one of the best guitar riffs in rock history, he missed half the album with blah blah blah, sad, really sad, a waste of great music. I hope he listened to it again and again.
To really understand this album (and Pink Floyd) you must lay back in a comfortable position, either with eyes closed or in a completely dark room, and clear you mind of everything and then just listen to the entire thing, all the way through - no interruptions, no commentary, no stopping. Just experience it. All of it.
My 27 year old son listens to, and knows Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Dire Strairs, the Doors,Fleetwood Mac, ELO etc and generally knows what album various tracks are from. He also knows early blues like Sister Rosetta Tharpe. He listens to Pink Floyd accompanied by a couple of gummies, and a galaxy projector throwing galactic images across the ceilings and walls. He has geezer parents who were in high school and college when most of these great albums were released. When we listened to entire album sides on FM underground campus radio stations.
I remember my first acid trip listening to this album with 4 of my friends and we just laid back in my buddies room lights off eyes closed and it was one of the best trips I have ever experienced hands down. "ON THE RUN" tripped me out so hard.
I"m 60, and I know there's a lot of folks just like me doing exactly what I'm doing, watching this kid in incredulity, and laughing at how unintentionally hilarious he is. Talk about "you don't know what you don't know." I'm here for every minute of this.
@@ronm.1690 I know, right? Ever see those hip hop kids do "Black Betty" and marvel at the hammer-on? Like, "What is this sorcery?" This one was a hoot!
I like this reaction so far, he`s pretty spot on with a lot of the production judgements, although some may not be quite accurate, and he is catching a lot of the music composition changes that shouldn`t work but do . We older farts (I`m 66) have the benefit of having listened to this piece of sonic perfection for 50 years, where he is probably younger than my oldest suit jacket. He does appreciate it and that`s a win in my book, think back to the first time you heard it.
For that reason alone anyone interested in music or music production needs to listen to it. Going through the billboard top 100 of each year is easily done...And keeps you grounded.
It would have been longer on the billboard 200 but billboard change their classification judgment. It later even after the classification change returned to the top 200 charts and remain on the chart for another extended run.
@@Slinkysees This is why it's shocking that he hasn't listened to them until now. I'm from Vietnam and I've been listening to them since I was 13 and my dad even listened to them when he was young too
One of my most beautiful moments of my life is listening to Breathe after a party at 7am in the morning with the early golden sun beaming through the smoke filled room coming up on mushrooms. My whole reality was coming through in waves... I remember a voice echoing through the room saying ' this is the most beautiful moment in time.oh wow...' tears of joy and universal love.'
sure, but nothing about use of samples or autotune has anything to do with what TRUE music means. You're just talking about pop vs unique stuff out of the mainstream, really. Or you simply gave up on following good music
@@kenq7948 absolutely. The cynicism about "kids today" always bums me out - b/c it means the person saying has become the thing they used to rebel against
@@jeffallen8689 Ain't that the truth? I was telling my teenage son how the music he was listening to sucked. All of a sudden: Oh no, I've become my parents! I never did that again. I don't want to be that old fart yelling GET OF MY LAWN when I'm old.
@@kenq7948 That is actually acknowledged by the Floyd themselves in their "Live at Pompeii" concert/interview movie: they talk about people criticising them for having "the gear doing the work for them". 😆
They didn't punch her in. Her performance was live. One take. They didn't know her, she was brought in by a friend who thought it would be a good fit. Clare Torrey walked in and then did this.
It was two and a half takes. She tapped out half way through the third take because, and I am paraphrasing from memory, it wasn't going to be any better - law of diminishing returns you might say. They never said anything to her so she was not sure if it was what they wanted. She thought it might have been something they were going to redo with instruments. Interestingly, in the first take she was doing some ' oh yeah' type vocals but then she hit on the idea of just using her voice like an instrument just making sounds. I am sure most people know this but it is about the stages of dying from horror to acceptance. She did not know she was on the album until she came across it in a record shop and checked the sleeve and got them to play it. Many years later she did take a court action to claim royalties and won. Interestingly she performed it live with them after that so there were no real hard feelings about it as I understand it.
I believe in an interview she said she was told to just use her voice like a musical instrument - no lyrics. Pink Floyd brought in other singers to do the vocals for concerts. None could do justice to the original….not even close.
@@orwellknew9112 well please watch the interview again. I think you will find that her innovation..... after the first take they told her they did not want the typical word type vocalisations 'oh yeas... oh no etc' as is common today in popular music. There are some good live versions the best was probably when they used three singers, including the great Sam Brown. There are some tribute acts that also do the song credit - but yes I agree, nothing tops the original because it is to witness the creation of an iconic sound that could only be emulated. Claire sung it live much later and that can be found on YT. What sets that apart is that there was a great deal of fresh improvisation.
💙⚒️🇨🇦🇺🇦⚒️💛 Welcome home dude. This is where we came from. First time I played the brand new fresh vinyl, it was at my English grandmother's apt in Vancouver BC. Her reaction from hearing the entire album was... you can play that again please. She was 70 and I was 16.
I'm sure 1000 people have said this, but if you haven't heard Pink Floyd live... you're in for a treat! Comfortably Numb live at Pulse, no words. I've heard it a bazillion times & it never gets old. Pink Floyd is timeless
17:49 quantized zoomer tries to comprehend the concept of a drummer dragging the beat....they are playing with time on a song called "time". its not a mistake that needs to be corrected.
How can a "music producer" be so ignorant? The good thing about internet is having access to almost all information humans produced. It is easy to learn things and understand why things are the way they are, instead of speaking BS.
@@therealnotanerd_account2I know...Its quite naive and frankly ill prepared to claim being a music producer but think knowing about or atleast to be familiar with one of the world's biggest and greatest musical group. This album also being such a legendary and just an incredible album. wonder if kid knows of WW_2? SMFH
Christ almighty, you really had no idea of the greatness you were experiencing. "I don't like slide guitar", "the keyboard player", "the snare is off".....
It’s a concept album. All of the songs are linked thematically. What things drive people MAD. The rat race. Time itself. Death. Money. War. Differences of opinions. News. And simply when dark moods of unforeseeable things eclipse the sunshine of life. It is a brilliant album all the way through on many levels.
I'm 2 years younger and .... tried. It's scary when you realize it is above nowadays average but still mediocre musicly. I leave lyrics aside as that's not my language culture and heritage.
I love how you are concentrating on the sonic aspects of this masterpiece. You`re catching all the neat touches put into the production, the stellar musicianship and some of the spectacular compositions of the music. Your next step is to re-listen to the album and pay attention to the lyrics to really get the full experience. I bought this album when it was released when I was 15 years old (and bought further copies when they`ve worn out), so I`m ancient now, and the lyrics to `Time`` have affected me differently pretty much every decade when I listen to them. You are correct in saying that this is a full composition, not just a series of songs put together. Oh, and that`s Clare Torry screaming without saying a word.
Yes, it’s a mistake, but Jesus, reacting to music is probably very difficult and, at the very least, he has the courage to put himself out there. I’m guessing critiques and suggestions are welcomed to refine one’s skills, but offensively is an asshole move imo.
Pink Floyd moved music forward which is why I grew up thinking of it as 'progressive rock'. I really like your observations and the way you express them. Thank you. Natural movement rather than perfect beat and pitch. This stuff is for people with heart and emotion.
I had never heard this album for the longest time. My boss was an audiophile, and I visited his apartment once. He played this album off vinyl on a top notch setup. My mind blew.
first time I ever heard it I was tripping balls and someone was playing it on a then-brand-new compact disc player. this would have been 1987. we weren't really used to the concept of absolute silence in between tracks. no surface noise! I didn't even know music was happening when On The Run was on because the whole world sounded like warbling synths to me anyway. when the clocks in Time came in I jumped out of my skin.
Rick Beato just published his interview with legend Alan Parsons who famously engineered the album at Abbey Road Studios (he was a tape operator on some Beatles albums prior), and of course, many others, such as Ambrosia, etc. before going on to fame with his own work as Alan Parsons Project albums and touring himself. Alan is considered recording royalty and was nominated for his first Grammy for his work on this album.
@@JoshCaryAudio I hear you, but for me the difference is in a recording of a drummer, or a programmed beat. A good drummer should never be timelined, is more my point.
The song, "The Great Gig In the Sky" is about the process of dying. Listen to it again, and consider what some consider "the five stages of dying" - denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The singer, Clare Torry, expresses these emotions in her wails, rages, and gradual soft tones, before she eventually releases herself to the great gig in the sky. Listen to that piece again in that context, and it will make a whole lot of sense. She "freestyled" her part, just expressing her emotions.
...and Clare Torry did her vocal in two takes - they asked her to do it again but half way through the third take she stopped and said 'sorry, I think you've got it, I'm just starting to repeat myself". Not bad for a session backing singer!
@@bartsimpsonhead2790 Clare Torry was an unknown, she and Elton John (before he made it) did cover versions of pop songs - uncredited (they did 2 together, one is "Young, Gifted and Black" the other one was "Good Morning Freedom" she is not even black, neither is Elton) for a cheap record company in England called "Top of the Pops" that sold the records in supermarkets. Somewhere on youtube are those songs. Anyway Alan Parsons heard her singing on these soundalike records and decided to use her for "Great Gig In The Sky" and the rest is history. She gave an interview, it's linked to "great gig in the sky" - wikipedia.
The album is about 50 year old. When I was in my twenties in the 90’s I was not necessarily knowledgeable about the « classics » of the 1940’s. I knew big band music existed but did not listened to entire albums. If his parents were not listening to rock music when he was growing up and it’s not the type of music he is producing then it’s not that big of a stretch for him to discover it now…. I am a bit jealous. Would like to be back to the first time I’ve listened to the album😊. And in my case it was not a total discovery since I knew individually the classic hits of the album.
"Slide guitar sounds so Lazy." I think it may have been a lap steel but hey its about the least lazy thing to play well. I'm a musician/producer too, but quantisation of music over the past 20 years has killed feel and created boredom.
Lowell George's and Dwayne Allman's amazing slide virtuosity never evoked the word "lazy." I enjoyed this first listen very much (and it repeatedly brought tears to my eyes) but that casual dismissal of slide work was sort of jarring.
Agreed. Slide guitar is a different skillset. Definitely not lazy. Here’s a great example from Jerry Douglas: ua-cam.com/video/9W09uBBbBWU/v-deo.htmlsi=hCnG9p3IHAqOfdEP
"Who is that? That my man is Claire Torry. She was hired as a studio singer and those vocals are her spontaneous composition, right there on the spot. Its an amazing story that you should research.
Don't worry about being startled by the alarm clocks going off at the beginning of TIME I've been listening to the album since 1973 -74 when the album was released and I still jump every time they go off.
The vocals for Great Gig in the Sky was improvised in 2 1/2 takes by Claire Torry. She thought she was laying down a temp track and didn’t know she was actually on the album until hearing it on the radio. She was paid the standard session rate of £30 (but later won a lawsuit to get writing credit and royalties for her vocalizations). And for the record, there wouldn’t be a deep enough level in Hell for anyone who would dare to pitch correct her performance.
Actually I've seen an interview with her on UA-cam were she said she was in Abbey Road some months later and bumped into Alan Parsons who said "Oh, the albums doing really well, especially in America" "Great! Er.... what album?" "The PINK FLOYD one you did" She then went to a record store in Notting Hill, London, saw her name in the credits, asked to listen to it in a little listening booth, and bought the album. In 2005 she settled out of Court with the band for a writing credit and royalties.
@@Phil-xb5qe the band gave her no actual words to sing, so she thought she'd improvise the usual "oh baby, baby" type lyrics but they told her not to do that either, just 'emote' whatever she felt - so she did, and made it up on the spot like she was playing a musical instrument. For which she was found to be entitled to a credit for composing and performing, and a percentage of the royalties. ua-cam.com/video/LZauSGhTKqA/v-deo.html
You are correct sir ! He's a fraud. Can you imagine claiming to never have heard Bohemian Rhapsody yet claim to work as a music producer. These "reaction" channels are complete garbage. Get a real job.
Can you imagine going to this guy to "produce" your songs and he literally doesn't get any reference to the most *basic*, long-established tropes in music? JFC.
The background effects and noises are all there for a reason. The album begins with a collage of voices and effects that all allude to the songs to come, so you hear the cash registers for Money, clocks for Time, the man speaking about being mad, the heartbeat etc. The album is a journey through the challenges of life. Breathe is birth and daily struggles, Time is about ageing and your life slipping away, Great Gig in the Sky is about death, with the vocals going through the different stages (despair, anger, denial, depression, acceptance), Money is obviously with obsession with wealth, Us & Them is about war, Brain Damage is about mental illness. Go back and listen to it and see how the sounds support the lyrics. Oh and go and do a whole album reaction to Wish You Were Here and Animals by them too - you will not be disappointed!
ANDY, You FFFd Up?? BIG TIME!! You said "Great Gig in the Sky is about death, with the vocals going through the different stages (despair, anger, denial, depression, acceptance)" WTF ANDY???? All of us 7o hippies knew that it signified the ultimate womans orgasm..😜 Don't get too knowledgable with our 70s music. Us & Them is about war. REALLY?? Roger Waters explained: The first verse is about going to war, The second verse is about civil liberties, racism and colour prejudice. The last verse is about passing a tramp in the street and not helping. All of us 70 hippies knew that it signified the scourge of homelessness, prejudice n poverty. DON'T BE SO GLIB ANDY?? FROM A 60's kid!!
Oh man. Millennial here -- like you I grew up with a lot of my parents music, so I was well versed in music of the late 60's onward. I went into a much deeper dive of classic rock in my 20's. There is so much goodness. About 10 years ago I got 'back' into vinyl and Dark Side was one of my first purchases to just sit and listen by the lava lamp.
Clare Torre did the vocals on Great Gig in the Sky. She was a session singer hired just for this song. They didn't tell her what they wanted,, gave her no lyrics, nothing. Just put on the headphones - listen to the piano and GO. She WENT!!
I love that you thought the drums were quantized. There was no quantizing, but I get it, you have NO IDEA, it's so amazing to hear you introduce yourself to it. You "should" however, give it a listen w/o stopping, you could film/react all you want, but don't. . . during the era of reception for pretty much EVERYTHING you are about to expose yourself to was received upon release often by putting it on the turn table and just hanging out letting it play. It's amazing the tiny, intimate ways the world is so different today.
Yeah people dogpiling him for not knowing something, but what a treat to have someone who clearly knows production reacting to a first time listen of this cultural lynchpin
@@reddog1461 The guy on the channel termed it 'lazy'. I was speaking to him in a lingo that he relates to, meaning you can slide into a note slightly ahead of a beat, or slightly after a beat (after giving a "lazy" feel). While im sustaining the note with vibrato, the beat can come into the note, or the note can come into the beat ...depending on the feeling you want to express. You can sit slightly off key (a semi tone or even a quarter tone) and just waver around the note to create 'tension'. Then resolve into pitch in the moment that feels right to yourself. I may not be describing in the best way, cos when i play it i feel it, i dont analyze it. But it sounds like you think you know more about how i play than i do. If you still believe i dont know anything about slide, then thats fine by me. I enjoy what i play. Maybe you play classically off a fixed peice on sheetmusic without stepping outside the written peice?. And if so thats your choice, But im a blues player and improvise and experiment, so to me i totally "feel" what im playing. As to the instrument, Whether youre using a lap steel, pedal steel, or solid body either stand up or on your lap, a dobro, or a cigar box guitar, or single string instrument with a slide ...in Oz alot of us just call it "Slide".
The "slide guitar" is a lap steel guitar played by David Gilmour. Rick Wright doesnt get enough credit for the overall sound of "Dark Side of the Moon" in my opinion. Thanks for reacting to this.
Hey! Due to copyright issues, had to make this video into two parts… here’s part 2: ua-cam.com/video/B-XQHGoWpqs/v-deo.html
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...one of the best 40min of my life when i first heard it at 11...still owns me at 59...
Actually, the engineer for this album was Alan Parson from the band, The Alan Parsons Project. That band would be an eye opener for you too.
. I'm 62... First time you always remember... My friend in '76 told me to put on his headphones...then he played Time... When those clock chimes went off...😮😊
I like that "Speak to Me" is like a summary of the album - clocks from "Time", cash sounds from "Money", strange noises from "On the Run", one of the "interviews" from throughout the album, laughing lunatic from "Brain Damage", the screams from "Great Gig in the Sky".
And, yeah, "On the Run" is going to jump out at you because, yes, that really is a sequenced synthesiser you're hearing... and, ah, those hi-hats are so "dance music" before dance music is supposed to exist, aren't they?
It's proto-electronic music right there and, yes, you're hearing one of the first sequenced tracks ever. Pink Floyd got their hands on this brand new tech and decided to experiment - and, yeah, it was not really designed to do what they did with it.
Like the 303 was designed to be a "virtual bass player", the sequencer they were using was designed for more mundane use. But they had other ideas - let's have loads of arpeggiated notes rushing past really fast because, after all, that's what a machine can do flawlessly that a human would struggle to manage.
So, yeah, genuinely, you're pretty much hearing the origins of the music you produce today (well, we must also nod to Kraftwerk and Delia Derbyshire on the Doctor Who theme tune, of course... but Pink Floyd are doing it here on one of the best-selling albums of all-time - they're cementing it into the mainstream, legitimising it).
Edit: Actually, the "tick tock" in "Time" was done with Roger Waters' bass guitar. I know, it doesn't sound like it at all. But hitting it in a certain way could make it sound like that.
It also helped Pink Floyd that they had David Gilmour - one of the best guitarists ever (and not just technically, what elevates Gilmour is that his guitar playing has such soul and emotion behind it. Other guitarists play fast, Gilmour plays with your heart) - and Roger Waters is a genius lyricist, if you stop to take in the words.
Actually, it works that you cut it into two parts after "Great Gig in the Sky".
Because, originally, it was a vinyl record and, like, that's the last song on the first side and you would be flipping the vinyl to side B. So you absolutely put the break in the right place to mimic the original experience. This would be where you'd have your "intermission" before flipping over to the next side of the record.
Pink Floyd's genre is Pink Floyd.
You beat me to the punch as I was going to say precisely that. Pink Floyd is their own genre. Nothing and no one sounds like them.
Exactly
@@douweodh4146 DITTO! EXACTLY WHAT I SAY WHEN ANYONE ASKS!
Pink Floyd is the definition of Music
Well said. Never duplicated, but whose influence is still far reaching. And deservingly so. David Gilmour, best hands in the business.
First rule of listening to Pink Floyd:
Do not talk over David's solo ...
Second rule of listening to Pink Floyd:
DO NOT TALK OVER DAVID'S SOLO!
And just to remind folks
Don not talk over Gilmour’s solo.
Pause button is your friend
This dude is so obnoxious. Reminds me of folks at concerts who just talk and talk during a show. He pauses at the worst moments. I'm not even buying that he has never heard of Pink Floyd or even heard some of these songs.
@@davidl.7317you suggesting “UA-camrs” lie what they have and haven’t heard just so they can keep churning out videos and gaining subscribers? Surely not!
Sarcasm btw, platform is loaded with bullshitters.
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@@davidl.7317we call it the Dutch disease.. People not shutting up at concerts.
You are a music producer, and have never listened to 'The Dark Side Of The Moon.'
That truly explains EVERYTHING about today's music.
Ya, he's lying for sure.
Agreed.
This guy seems very full of himself for no reason.
"Is this a British band?"
"Woah. OK, hold on. I don't want to get into that. Slide guitars. Cannot stand slide guitars. For the life of me. Could never, ever ... I don't know what it is. Something about the way ... the laziness of a slide guitar just give ... gives me ... meh."
@@smhdpt12 Lying that he never listened to DSOTM, or lying that he's a music producer?
and if he was to remix it? he's destroy it with Auto tune
Yes, I also thought that was odd. Like a professional Drag Queen that's never watched or even heard of "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar". I suspect this is just an excuse to put some legendary thing in title that will get lots of clicks. Everybody wants to be the next "FIRST TIME HEARING Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight REACTION TwinsthenewTrend" viral video.
kid discovers real music for the first time
Sounds a little bit arrogant, sorry.
@@danielpell6860arrogant or not, it's true. The ignorance is strong with this one.
@@danielpell6860no need for sorrow , Floyd are iconic never to be matched, this music is 50 years old and will be the classical music of the future. Not sure that this guy can appreciate it. Which is ok, but sad
@danielpell6860 are you serious?😂
Calling yourselve a music producer and not being aware od 60' 70' music is BEYOND arrogant🤡🤡🤡🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@danielpell6860 Only crude reality
I'm an astronomer and i've never heard of Mars.
Yup that's almost the same thing no wonder music nowadays is what it is
Yeah... it's a bit concerning when you're a music producer and you've basically never heard of anything from the 60s and 70s. It would be like being an Author and never reading a book that was written before 2000.
It gets me too. But I had a singing teacher whose background was theatre musicals. The popular music he never knew amazed me. I thought he was taking the piss at first.
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Their best is the MARS chocolate candy bar.
“I’m a producer who’s never listened to music from the 60’s and 70’s” is like saying “I’m a classical music composer who’s never listen to Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart.” Glad you’re here for this.
It makes no sense
I dont belive him atall!°
He must have a lot of skill though, to be able to upload an entire album and get views.... apparently that's what matters to people like this. I really can't imagine though, to be a "producer" and have such a limited understanding of music. I obviously completely agree with you, people like the guy who is getting attention for such an amazing album confuse me
Producing "music" today doesn't really mean the same thing does it.... This would have to be his worst advert for his production services, imagine not knowing who pink Floyd are!!!!! He just said "I've never heard that chord progression before" ???????!!!?!???!!!???!!!!????
Dark Side Of The Moon came out over 50 years ago. Expecting the current generation to be familiar with it out the gate is similar to expecting someone in the 80's being familiar with big band and swing from the 30's. Technology certainly makes access to a wide variety of music more available than it was back then, but you've gotta start somewhere.
The key to Dark Side Of The Moon is just sitting back, closing your eyes, shutting up and experiencing the whole thing. The more you talk, the more you miss.
He's too busy counting the cuts and punch-ins.
There is a young girl called Vary Cherry, she did a first listen and her reaction was much different to his she really showed emotion and you could she the joy and wonder of the first listen. Get people all the time. Heads phones and close your eyes.
@@malcolmmitchell8538 yup, that is a good one.
That is the way we used to listen to music in the seventhies. On a basement , 10 or more friends lying on the floor ,eyes closed . It was a spiritual experience😊
Now that you've heard it once, take the time to listen to it alone, uninterrupted, lights low, and just LISTEN! Close your eyes and LISTEN to the lyrics! It's not an album, it's an experience! Enjoy it!😊❤
Arguably the greatest album of the last 100 years. A true hifi experience. It has no equal.
Alan Parsons was the sound engineer on this album and later went on to form The Alan Parsons Project....
Don't forget he was also the engineer on Abbey Road and Let It Be. After he heard the master for Sgt. Pepper (he did tape duplication at EMI), and somehow talked his way into getting a job at Abbey Road studios.
@@robt7199 another band I love.
*One of
Never knew that. Figures.
Not the Alan Parsons project that was a space laser.
The soloist on "Great Gig in the Sky" is Clare Torry, who wasn't a band member, but a session back-up singer and will soon celebrate her 77th birthday. She is beloved by all Pink Floyd fans.
She also did her part in one take
@@danhoward5601 Three takes
@@TheDrunkSpartan1337 "She did maybe half a dozen takes, and then afterwards we compiled the final performance out of all the bits. It wasn't done in one single take." - David Gilmour. But, the cool thing is, it was improvised... she was given some hints on conceptual wants they had, and she just ran with it.
Since the solo was her improvisation and not written out for her she won a court case to give her a writing credit for the song
@@pjg58x a well deserved credit!
There's a reason it was in the charts for 14 YEARS
yes, and yet, some people seem to think that a music producer never listened to the most influential prog rock album of all time - doesn't that strike you as odd?
16.5 years -- 861 weeks on Billboard's Top 200
“Who keeps buying dark side of the moon?” - R Stevie Moore
@@ruialmeida818what? Your logic is broke AF
990 weeks = just shy of 20 YEARS on Billboards Top 100
Had to sub, to see you go down this long long rabbitt hole of the best eras of music EVER. hold on tight.
"I wonder what this sounds like live."
Oh, Grasshopper. Continue down the path.
That full Wembley show from 1974, with Dark Side in full along with the other material, awaits him,
I saw them live 1974 Knebworth X
@@elainepeckham8386lucky ass
@@elainepeckham8386 1975 Hamilton, Ontario. Look up the set list.
He has NO IDEA what that alludes to...
Your parents kept you from the 20 best years of music since Beethoven.
Chopin and Liszt weren't too shabby... nor Rachmaninov.
@@eccehomer8182 Yeah, but their lyrics weren't really up to much compared ;)
No kidding. Been producing music for 10 years yet somehow has missed the top two decades since the invention of the photograph. It’s gonna take him a long, long time to get caught up. 🤣
@@kjmorley and he really won't get it because he missed the progression of the music. You can't cherry pick different songs of that era because you need the "feel" of the other songs playing during the same time.
I was wanting to post a comment of hate, but UA-cam algorithms stopped me from making that mistake. Enjoy the 70s I guess...
Now listen to the album four more times, and then tell us if you think a single note or tempo change is out of place, or if everything is exactly as it should be
Every note, tempo change, chord progression was meticulous and deliberate. Not surprising a gen z'er music producer wouldn't recognize or understand that.
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When the music you make is nailed the clock of a CPU, human variable timing looks like an artifact... Watch Yo Yo Ma play his Cello, and how the dance of timing mirrors the dance of biology, and eternity.
Music before computers is all artistry. Humanity is the artifact.
Listen to it four more times and recognize you have so much to learn. Take the lesson.
Yea now listen to it atleast 1x's a week from 8th grade until age of 21ish....oh thats me!!! Growing up if you didn't dig Floyd, You were not to be trusted..if you didn't know of Floyd, you must of been an alien or an old person
Including "lazy" guitar slides. A "product of today's music" indeed.
I’m also new to Pink Floyd and I’m 33. Just heard DSOTM first the first time last weekend 09/07/2024. Dropped two tabs, and my buddy & I laid in his backyard and listened to it thru his outdoor speakers during a new moon night and I was absolutely mind blown. So much so it’s been a week and I haven’t gone a day without listening to the album back to back. David Gilmour will go down as one of the greatest musical artists in history, I foresee Pink Floyd standing the test of time the same way Mozart & Beethoven. I’ve made it my mission to hopefully get to see him play live before he expires. What an absolute masterpiece this album is, and I can’t wait to play more of their albums 🤌🏼
@Hallowells. Look up the follow up classic "Wish you were here"!!
The album that launched a thousand trips. Good choice. Try some early Moody Blues next time.
@@procopiusaugustus6231 this upcoming weekend we’re gonna do the same thing, but I’m thinking Jimi Hendrix 🤔
@@HallowellsSpeedShop Hendrix is good but a little too frenetic for me. I preferred something a little more mellow depending on my mood. The MBs “Threshold of a Dream” was my favorite. BTW, I saw Pink Floyd perform DAOTM on the original tour also in an altered state. It was great but didn’t think I’d be taking about it 50 years later. 😀
@@HallowellsSpeedShop If you follow the same protocol while listening to Pink"s The Wall---you'll end up behind one.
When Clare Torry was invited to sing on 'The great gig in the sky', the band had no idea what they wanted and gave her very little instruction. She was surprised when they used it in the final mix. She thought she had messed up. One of the all time greatest vocal performances ever.
If I'm not mistaken, her first take was filled with a lot of "Wooh" and "Oh baby" and the band told her to do it again but just to feel it and she absolutely nailed the second take which is what they used.
And they paid her £30 for effectively writing one of the most iconic vocal performances in the history of rock. Later they fought tooth and nail through the courts to avoid paying her a penny more. As Waters put it, "Keep your hands off my stash."
I can relate to them not being blown away by her at the time. I've been in recording sessions where you do something amazing but it just blends into all the other stuff you do, you do a wrap and get it pressed. Only after a while (and others have had time to listen to and absorb) do you realise that something special happened..
She said in an interview that she turned them down the first time because she had tickets to see Chuck Berry!
Like Rodger waters said clair torry was a happy little mistake
For me “Time” is as close to perfection as one can get. “The Great Gig in The Sky”. Still gives me goosebumps after 50 years of listening. Arguably one of the greatest albums ever created.
I’m 75 so lived through all of this music era. But I was a delta blues nut and didn’t listen to pop. A lovely chap I worked with was amazed I’d never heard Dark Side of the Moon, so he recorded for me onto a tape cassette. I thought, and still think now, that it’s tedious lift music, even a bit pretentious. I am however someone who knows such opinions are totally worthless as I’ll be transfixed by scratchy early recordings that most people find repellant. Each to his own. Of course. I listen to Bach and Thelonious Monk too these days so there’s hope for me yet.
Goozbumps still after 50 years
@@peterdelmonte9832 The band was originally named for two bluesman Pink Anderson/Floyd Council by Syd Barrett. Piedmont blues players and you can definitely hear the blues on some of their early and later recordings.
I’ll always remember me and my buddy taking our friend Cid to the laser light show at the Seattle Science Center when we were in our young 20’s. Talk about an experience. 😳
Time still gives me flashbacks many many years after my last time hanging out with Cid. Hairs on the back of my neck go up and I feel that rush up my spine in to my brain. Every. Single. Time.
And then one day you find 50 years have got behind you!
Never felt as though I had much knowledge concerning music, until I watched this and realized how little a modern music producer knows about it, very sad.😢
The persistent rythm in the starting of Time isn't a programmed rythm. Roger plays that on the bass with palm muting.
i accidentally said "shut the f up" out loud when he was talking during the time solo.😞
Seriously. One of the best guitar solos of all time and he's ignoring it.
@@fernandoerbin6751 It's certainly the best guitar solo in Time 🙂
Be patient with him. He is still wet behind the ears and learning how to properly listen to music.
lol, I did say it
I'm actually saying that right now
The snare is not off. It’s music made by humans with feel enough to be behind or in front of the beat.
A wizard is never late, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Yeah, it's like he never heard of syncopation or funk.
Too much tech
Love the lotr quote. Spot on!
Perfectly put. Made me mad when he suggested it was a mistake left in
this was hugely entertaining to watch, i felt like i saw me as a kid. with every comment, i just wanted to tell you to 'just wait'.
stood the test of time? yeah, it was on the top album sales for 17 _YEARS_ straight.
you wonder what it was like 'live?' … i can't even begin to explain, and that's before i even get to the flying pig.
… you're just not the same, it alters your perception of perceiving. you are now … _experienced_
Welcome to our era of music.
Edit: “No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun!” Classic lyrics
But he blabbered right through it and never commented on the lyrics
I've seen reactors choke up when they hear those lyrics. Hits some people hard and low.
@@ab7rs - He's missing SO much.
Did you catch this?: 17:40
For Gods sake don’t let the poor man listen to Revolver, he’ll never recover.
Slide guitar?. . face palm. . .try lap steel. . .this guy is a music producer?. .
No auto corrected vocals or instruments. Proper musicians making innovative, unique, groundbreaking music. You're obviously not aware of just how massive this album and Pink Floyd were, and still are.
Ya, they relied on talent and not pitch shifters
DSOTM spent like 25 years in the Top 200 selling albums. An absolute masterpiece.
Exactly, just 5 minutes at UFO in 1969 would open anyone's eyes. Especially if Floyd were doing Careful With That Axe.
I was so lucky to see them live for the Pulse tour. Fantastic.
Delicate Sound of Thunder was the very first CD I ever bought and I still have it and it still plays great.
No autocorrected vocals or instruments - commented on an album with thick effects applied to both 🤣🤣🤣 good effort though
Now, wait until it's pitch dark. Turn out the lights. Light a candle. Get in a comfy couch or chair. Put on the headphones and hit play. It is an incredible experience. No drugs or alcohol needed.
Not needed, but they are recommended
Damn Right cobber.
And shrooms.... Or an edible. Although 'time' gets my emotions going wild when shrooms are involved. The sounds turn to rainbows.
Yes. I think a recreational high would be appropriate to keep you still, quiet and concentrating on a wonderful album. 'To know where you are going, you need to know where you've been' so maybe you should put more time into exploring the history of popular music
@@jjkey7120 Nah. When I was a teenager and was exposed to MJ and Pink Floyd for the first time, the whole world opened up a little bigger. It wasn't just keeping still and concentrating.
Since its release in 1973 Dark Side Of The Moon has topped the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, where it has charted for 990 weeks (19 years), and has sold more than 45 million copies (as of 2013). In the intro to Time, the bit that you said sounded like a synth loop is actually a bass guitar being played with a pick while muting the strings. It’s really impressive how many of the sounds on this album are actually analog. I had the pleasure of seeing/hearing this album being performed live in June of 1975. The sound system in the arena (Boston Gardens) was fully quadraphonic, so the panning that you hear in your headphones is like listening in 2D, whereas the live performance was like 3D. It’s absolutely amazing what these 4 musicians could do live in 1975.
This album not only has spent over 19 years on Billboard's chart as of 2013, but probably more by now! It is the 4th best selling album of all time! It's a masterpiece & is meant to be listened to in it's entirety in one sitting!
Towards the end of "Time", Nick sets up the new slightly slower tempo with that dragged snare hit. It's 100% intentional. It's absolutely beautiful to listen to and a testament to Nick's passion for the song and his craft.
This album is a masterpiece
Without a doubt. Animals wish you were here and the wall the other three greats.
It was in the American billboard top one 1000 for over 30 years - it’s the post 60s hippy experience
@@spruce381hot take but I like Meddle more than the Wall (I listened to the wall probably 100 times in HS during my angsty teen days)
Yes, and Alan Parsons was the engineer..!!
No bloody wonder it was commercially, immensely popular for so long eh?
We were so lucky to grow up during this time (‘64-‘94). We were spoiled rotten with incredible music.
You betcha!
Before music was actually made by instruments and not a computer
Absolutely the best time for music
Completely!!! Thank God!!!
Nothing like it today!
being a music producer and never hearing or knowing of dark side of the moon is crazy.
I will never get tired of watching people experience Pink Floyd for the first time
I imagine this is what my best friend's big brother, Ron, felt like when he turned me on to Pink Floyd - Echoes Live in Pompeii, for the first time 35 years ago.
He was the best big brother ❤
any music producer with a miniscule amount of integrity would have listened to Bohemian Rhapsody let alone Dark Side of the Moon!!!
true
Its great on various drugs too!@diggerau698
Parents not playing the Beatles, The Floyd, Kinks etc. to their kids is child abuse.
He's a kid. If his parents had him in the 90's or 00's, why would they be listening to it? They would be listening to stuff popular on MTV back when they actually played music. Which, come to think of it, I don't even know if they were even playing music any more by then.
@SuperChaoticus I'm a 90's kid and I grew up with Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, Queen and aaaall the good stuff. Thanks to my parents
My 4 year old son got upset when I didn't put on Blackbird fast enough for him the other day.
@@Handheld.History_Shop
You did let him down there...
Keep up the good work !
I hate Pink Floyd. Lullabies for stoned people.
17:40 That snare was NOT "off". NOTHING in these productions is off. Every timing, envelope, pitch, modulation, is performed and produced to modulate YOU! You have so much to learn about music. Music emulates life, growth, decay, freedom, mire, and travel... All of these processes are organic and happen through independent streams of actions that race each other, emulate each other, and ignore each other. If it's not organic, it's not art, and it's not life.
Timing shifts indicate different situational status. Melodic shifts emulate tension and rest by increasing and decreasing frequency. Percussion emulates frequency by marking specific threshold points that compress flowing cycles of sound waves into sharp stabs and counts. By bending a melodic note, you are slowing or speeding the birth, peak, and ebb of each wave of the cycle.
Music is NOT just marching soldiers. Some armies are trained, rested, and ready, while others, and even the same ones later on, are stressed, worn, and late.
That snare riff was fucking PERFECT!
You quantize kids don't have a clue what "perfect" is! Perfect is when you feel what the artists intend for you to feel. Start the album again. Close your eyes, and shut your mouth. You won't believe how much more you can actually SEE with your eyes and your mouth SHUT!
I completely agree with you but to be fair to him if he just shut his eyes and mouth it wouldn’t make for much of a reaction video 😅
@@tommmiv3586 - You don't seem to know much about how faces work 😜
@@Tricknologyinc😂😂😂
"I wonder what this sounds like live". Go watch the video of the Pulse concert in 1994, they do the whole album live, alone with the most spectacular light show ever. This album is one of the top five best selling albums of all time, and spent 20 years in the Billboard album charts.
Yup!
Definitely Pulse!!! When he said that, the universe yelled Pulse !
OMG YES!
I have that DVD.
I fell in love with David Gilmore during that video. I think that it was on PBS the first time I saw it.
Brit Floyd is celebrating pulse right now... Saw them for third year in a row back in june... Seeing Aussie pink Floyd Sunday... Sure i know its not the real thing,but for 2&1/2 hours I feel like it is...😊
@@timhoovermusicman I think this is The most selling album worldwide.
I'm 75 and this is my favorite album to put on a quality pair of headphones and just let it go. I've listened to this iconic album hundreds of times. Each listen is a new journey.
Well Pink Floyd albums are concept albums, meant to be listened to as one piece. They didn’t concentrate on singles. This was on the charts every week for over 20 years.
Early Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett version) were not necessarily concept albums.
Longer
Pink Floyd themselves said they weren't necessarily concept albums. They're just albums of great music. Period.
No. Not concept albums before DSOTM and after Final Cut.
Longest on the charts period. Not even MJ comes close
"That snare was way off"..... It's called feel. And Nick Mason is a feel merchant extraordinaire.
These kids only know about computers, and have a hard time appreciating music and playing…
they don't get it.
Hey, easy everyone... there's a lot to credit due to someone wanting to explore something different from where they are. The same can be said about those unfamiliar with Coltrane or Paganini.
Keep on going, bro, Floyd is the deepest rabbit hole you can jump in.
I listened to that section about 5x trying to hear what he's talking about and I just don't hear a mistake at all. Maybe because I've been listening to this song for 25 years and I can't imagine it any other way. Lol
@@jdenino6022 He literally says how everything is quantised, that this is so noticeably natural and organic, and that he wishes there was more of this in music...
Pink Floyd and Steely Dan should be studied by all record producers.
If he’s never heard steely Dan, I invite, no, insist, he begin immediately. So much time wasted if so.
Eddie Offord also did some amazing sound mixes for Yes.
Highly recommended.
Steely Dan - Aja - needs a listen, it should be mandatory if your a producer.
Aja or can't buy a thrill
I saw them in Frisco, hitched hiked 70 miles with a friend of mine to see the them. Also met and talked with Bill Graham, The line was so big we told him we hitched up from santa cruz so he said to follow him. We went around the building and he opened the door and told us go ahead in have fun. It was the Ummagumma concert.
They stated they were working on Meddle LP and played careful with that axe eugene. Awesome concert.
Anyway to groove to the tune back in the day they handed out free lsd at the doors. Best way to listen to floyd- in the day
They also had speakers all around the concert hall so all sound effects were circling all around... Babies crying, horses galloping phone rings. it enhanced it soooo much
As an older guy, this was hard to watch. I'm glad he listened to it, and hope he went and researched what he listened to afterwards...
I’m with you. Jeez … but what a fabulous Floyd journey he is about to embark on if he does.
This era of real music demonstrates how dumbed down todays modern mainstream music industry has become.
A 'music producer' that has no frame of reference to arguably the most consequential period of modern music explains a whole lot about the state of music today.
I mean, yeah. No hate but imagine being a professional producer for a few years and not listening to the most perfectly mixed album ever. I remember when I told myself i wanted to be serious at guitar the first thing I stumbled upon was Gilmour and his solos.
You think you understand a thing or two about mixing, then you hear DSOTM. I know for people my age this album is like a treasure, an absolute milestone. It feels disrespectful to even comment over it.
Our man does a candid listening but he seems oblivious to things in music such as concept albums, background noises, crossover styles that seem so obvious to me.
Not really. Pop music has always been dumbed down. Pink Floyd is not pop.
You can still find amazing music today, you just have to know where to look.
@beirch Still, no great bands anymore. A few crumbs if we look hard enough?
In 42 minutes the record makes you experience a whole life from first heartbeat and cry in "Breath" through the treadmill and "hanging on in quiet desperation..." to the "Great Gig in the Sky" and the final "Eclipse": "There is no dark side in the moon, really matter of fact, it's all dark." Stays epic, no mater how often you listen.
An album that has sold over 30 million copies and spent over 900 weeks in the billboard albums top ten and a music producer has never heard of it?
He is not much of a producer if he has not heard of this album, and his editing SUCKS!
it was 900 weeks in the top 200 not top 10 lol
At the end: "Is this a British band?" Beyond funny.
IKR. Virtually all superbands are... The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Zepp, Floyd, Queen... I suppose we can give them The Doors and Metallica. 😃
Especially funny when triggered by hearing an Irish accent.
It’s not a British band!
It’s the British band!
@@eccehomer8182 Uh, we gave them The Allman Brothers, Creedence, Lynyrd Skynyrd, JimI Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Eagles, Bob Dylan, and many more. The US more than held its own. :-)
@@WhizzingFish12 Bernie Taupin was heavily influenced by Bob Dylan and the Band. I'm reading his audio book on my library app. Pretty interesting, at least the beginning of the book is. they were all influenced by American music. that includes Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones as well as the Beatles.
The opening of Time isn't a programmed rhythm, it's drummer Nick Mason playing drums called roto-toms.
How can producers not have listened to this music? It is like an architect that hasn’t studied the history of art and design. Cool thing they are learning now and hopefully taking this knowledge for their own productions.
Boomers are so confused by technology it’s cute 😂. Anyone with a laptop and the ability to download Ableton can be a producer today. No body is micing drum kits and splicing tape together anymore, grandma. Time for your nap nap now.
Wow, my second video of yours, and people seem to really like mentioning your hook of "never listened to" and griping about it. Keep doing what your doing, Im having fun.
On "time" you talked right through some of the most moving lyrics in classic rock. I didn't know anyone could do that.😢
He doesn't have the benefit of knowing that yet. It's a first listen - blind.
And that guitar solo is so beautiful.
@@richardpeters4745which is why you should LISTEN to the words or have them in front of you to read back whatever you talked over
@@dyldog Oh good grief... 'Listen how I do or you are not doing it properly!!!' It's so tiresome. Give him a break - he's listening to it. That's the main thing.
@BonBonUK Thank you, yes.
Would these viewers prefer he paused and chopped it up?
You're getting his stream of consciousness thoughts in real time.
What more could you want from a reactor?
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Myself, I let each album wash over me a few times, letting it sink in, before I ever concentrated deeply on the lyrics when I was first exploring the Floyd.
To each his own. 😊
‘And then one day you’ll find, 10 years has got behind you’ that hits harder when your older
Closely followed by ‘shorter of breath, and one day closer to death’! Lol
So true 12:08
I didn't hear that. He talked over it 😂
He was talking all through one of the best guitar riffs in rock
history, he missed half the album with blah blah blah, sad, really sad, a waste of great music. I hope he listened to it again and again.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
To really understand this album (and Pink Floyd) you must lay back in a comfortable position, either with eyes closed or in a completely dark room, and clear you mind of everything and then just listen to the entire thing, all the way through - no interruptions, no commentary, no stopping. Just experience it. All of it.
YES, Exactly!
My 27 year old son listens to, and knows Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Dire Strairs, the Doors,Fleetwood Mac, ELO etc and generally knows what album various tracks are from. He also knows early blues like Sister Rosetta Tharpe. He listens to Pink Floyd accompanied by a couple of gummies, and a galaxy projector throwing galactic images across the ceilings and walls. He has geezer parents who were in high school and college when most of these great albums were released. When we listened to entire album sides on FM underground campus radio stations.
This is the way
I remember my first acid trip listening to this album with 4 of my friends and we just laid back in my buddies room lights off eyes closed and it was one of the best trips I have ever experienced hands down. "ON THE RUN" tripped me out so hard.
I"m 60, and I know there's a lot of folks just like me doing exactly what I'm doing, watching this kid in incredulity, and laughing at how unintentionally hilarious he is. Talk about "you don't know what you don't know." I'm here for every minute of this.
At 16:11, he says "it sounds good, it works,...even with all the weirdness"
@@ronm.1690 I know, right? Ever see those hip hop kids do "Black Betty" and marvel at the hammer-on? Like, "What is this sorcery?" This one was a hoot!
What a noob!
I like this reaction so far, he`s pretty spot on with a lot of the production judgements, although some may not be quite accurate, and he is catching a lot of the music composition changes that shouldn`t work but do . We older farts (I`m 66) have the benefit of having listened to this piece of sonic perfection for 50 years, where he is probably younger than my oldest suit jacket. He does appreciate it and that`s a win in my book, think back to the first time you heard it.
He also doesn't listen to the words of the song. At least in part 1
The quantize button is a curse on humanity. It's disgusting.
Dark Side of the Moon” has spent an amazing 861 weeks riding the Billboard 200 album chart.
For that reason alone anyone interested in music or music production needs to listen to it. Going through the billboard top 100 of each year is easily done...And keeps you grounded.
It would have been longer on the billboard 200 but billboard change their classification judgment. It later even after the classification change returned to the top 200 charts and remain on the chart for another extended run.
for those who abhor math, that's almost 17 YEARS on the top 200
@@Slinkysees This is why it's shocking that he hasn't listened to them until now. I'm from Vietnam and I've been listening to them since I was 13 and my dad even listened to them when he was young too
One of my most beautiful moments of my life is listening to Breathe after a party at 7am in the morning with the early golden sun beaming through the smoke filled room coming up on mushrooms. My whole reality was coming through in waves... I remember a voice echoing through the room saying ' this is the most beautiful moment in time.oh wow...' tears of joy and universal love.'
no samples, no autotune, anything like that - welcome to the rabbithole of TRUE music)
sure, but nothing about use of samples or autotune has anything to do with what TRUE music means. You're just talking about pop vs unique stuff out of the mainstream, really. Or you simply gave up on following good music
I'm sure there were luddites criticized the use of synths when dark side came out.
@@kenq7948 absolutely. The cynicism about "kids today" always bums me out - b/c it means the person saying has become the thing they used to rebel against
@@jeffallen8689 Ain't that the truth? I was telling my teenage son how the music he was listening to sucked. All of a sudden: Oh no, I've become my parents! I never did that again. I don't want to be that old fart yelling GET OF MY LAWN when I'm old.
@@kenq7948 That is actually acknowledged by the Floyd themselves in their "Live at Pompeii" concert/interview movie: they talk about people criticising them for having "the gear doing the work for them". 😆
“Music producer” who’s never listened to Pink Floyd and their famed production mastery.
Yeah ok.
Exaclty what I was thinking. Either this is for views of I wondn't want to listen to this guy's work. I mean, who is he influenced by then?
@@ganeshandash22 his own imagination
Also had not listened to Late Period Beatles. Who is this George Martin Guy?
@@billcraig5217 eh?!
Music producer my arse.
Everybody here are lying for views. You’ll find NBA fans doing "first reaction" to Jordan and hip hop fans doing "first reaction" to 2pac.
"wow, that kind of just took a twist I wasn't ready for"
yes, much like life... which is what this album is about
I´ve been to 2 Pink Floyd concerts in the 90´s, and can confirm they sound the same live. I would claim they sounded even better live 🙂
"A song doesn't end then another song starts"... You have just defined progressive rock of which this is a textbook example.
Yeah, I was thinking, "Welcome to prog rock, kiddo!"
More like welcome too concept albums. But yeah, Prog was the genre that did the most concepts.
They didn't punch her in. Her performance was live. One take. They didn't know her, she was brought in by a friend who thought it would be a good fit. Clare Torrey walked in and then did this.
It was two and a half takes. She tapped out half way through the third take because, and I am paraphrasing from memory, it wasn't going to be any better - law of diminishing returns you might say. They never said anything to her so she was not sure if it was what they wanted. She thought it might have been something they were going to redo with instruments. Interestingly, in the first take she was doing some ' oh yeah' type vocals but then she hit on the idea of just using her voice like an instrument just making sounds. I am sure most people know this but it is about the stages of dying from horror to acceptance. She did not know she was on the album until she came across it in a record shop and checked the sleeve and got them to play it. Many years later she did take a court action to claim royalties and won. Interestingly she performed it live with them after that so there were no real hard feelings about it as I understand it.
I believe in an interview she said she was told to just use her voice like a musical instrument - no lyrics. Pink Floyd brought in other singers to do the vocals for concerts. None could do justice to the original….not even close.
@@orwellknew9112 well please watch the interview again. I think you will find that her innovation..... after the first take they told her they did not want the typical word type vocalisations 'oh yeas... oh no etc' as is common today in popular music. There are some good live versions the best was probably when they used three singers, including the great Sam Brown. There are some tribute acts that also do the song credit - but yes I agree, nothing tops the original because it is to witness the creation of an iconic sound that could only be emulated. Claire sung it live much later and that can be found on YT. What sets that apart is that there was a great deal of fresh improvisation.
VOCAL MASTERCLASS
Dude my thought exactly! Did someone say pompous?
And you can become President of the USA without ever having heard anything about politics before...
Actually, in that example it would probably be a good thing. lol
@@johannjohann6523Far from it, come on
@@johannjohann6523It didn't work out well with Trump
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Welcome home dude. This is where we came from. First time I played the brand new fresh vinyl, it was at my English grandmother's apt in Vancouver BC. Her reaction from hearing the entire album was... you can play that again please. She was 70 and I was 16.
I'm sure 1000 people have said this, but if you haven't heard Pink Floyd live... you're in for a treat! Comfortably Numb live at Pulse, no words. I've heard it a bazillion times & it never gets old. Pink Floyd is timeless
My mother is a concert pianist and this is her favorite album of all time
Sweet😊.
My aunt is a classical pianist and harpsichordist and this is the rock album she told me she most likes.
17:49 quantized zoomer tries to comprehend the concept of a drummer dragging the beat....they are playing with time on a song called "time". its not a mistake that needs to be corrected.
"Quantized zoomer" 😂 brilliant. It's rocking his baby socks off man 👌😂😎
I'm 64, this was amazing in 74 when I was 14... 👌
🤣🤣🤣
How can a "music producer" be so ignorant? The good thing about internet is having access to almost all information humans produced. It is easy to learn things and understand why things are the way they are, instead of speaking BS.
@@therealnotanerd_account2I know...Its quite naive and frankly ill prepared to claim being a music producer but think knowing about or atleast to be familiar with one of the world's biggest and greatest musical group. This album also being such a legendary and just an incredible album. wonder if kid knows of WW_2? SMFH
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Christ almighty, you really had no idea of the greatness you were experiencing. "I don't like slide guitar", "the keyboard player", "the snare is off".....
Every Pink Floyd album should be enjoyed straight through with no interruptions.
FACTS!!!!
I hate Pink Floyd. Lullabies for stoned people.
@@John-k6f9k People like what they like.
I got UA-cam premium because they interrupted a Pink Floyd solo for ads.
Never again!
It’s a concept album. All of the songs are linked thematically. What things drive people MAD. The rat race. Time itself. Death. Money. War. Differences of opinions. News. And simply when dark moods of unforeseeable things eclipse the sunshine of life. It is a brilliant album all the way through on many levels.
This Album spent an incredible 989 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Really? 19 years? That's... incredible if true.
@jonbeck9963 yep, it's true.
@@jonbeck9963it is the second biggest selling album behind Thriller by Michael Jackson. 45 million copies sold and will continue to be sold.
@@leebex100 Yes, I bought it on vinyl, cassette and CD
@@jonbeck9963 it is absolutely true. Go look it up.
David Gilmour’s voice is like something out of a dream, his guitar playing is like nothing else.
I’m 56 and I’ve never listened to Taylor Swift.
Yes. Same here. And I can't be bothered to change that 😄
you should do a reaction video - like this one 😂
Don't knock her. Her latest album is great!! I am 58 and just love her new album.
I'm 2 years younger and .... tried. It's scary when you realize it is above nowadays average but still mediocre musicly. I leave lyrics aside as that's not my language culture and heritage.
@@xedski Understand. And Taylor Swift's music is all about the lyrics. She is a fabulous writer. You may not like her then.
I love how you are concentrating on the sonic aspects of this masterpiece. You`re catching all the neat touches put into the production, the stellar musicianship and some of the spectacular compositions of the music. Your next step is to re-listen to the album and pay attention to the lyrics to really get the full experience.
I bought this album when it was released when I was 15 years old (and bought further copies when they`ve worn out), so I`m ancient now, and the lyrics to `Time`` have affected me differently pretty much every decade when I listen to them. You are correct in saying that this is a full composition, not just a series of songs put together.
Oh, and that`s Clare Torry screaming without saying a word.
Who talks through a David Gilmour solo? Fuck!!
this should be definirtely considered the worst crime against art
mfkers always yacked through my solos in the studio.
Yes, it’s a mistake, but Jesus, reacting to music is probably very difficult and, at the very least, he has the courage to put himself out there.
I’m guessing critiques and suggestions are welcomed to refine one’s skills, but offensively is an asshole move imo.
With nice headphones you can barely hear yourself talk, he can hear the solo fine I'm sure
He's Gen Z - they've never heard a real guitar solo.
Pink Floyd moved music forward which is why I grew up thinking of it as 'progressive rock'.
I really like your observations and the way you express them. Thank you.
Natural movement rather than perfect beat and pitch. This stuff is for people with heart and emotion.
His attention span is like 4 seconds. 😂😂😂❤
Its called GenZ...
Tic tok syndrome.... next
And I saw them live for under $10. Sad that now kids spend $$$$ to see modified live shows. Led Zeppelin, 7th row was $7.50 in 1975.
ADHD generation. The attention span of a goldfish.
I will always find this insanely comforting/disturbing in equal measure. I've loved them my whole life.
Welcome to real Talent
I had never heard this album for the longest time. My boss was an audiophile, and I visited his apartment once. He played this album off vinyl on a top notch setup. My mind blew.
first time I ever heard it I was tripping balls and someone was playing it on a then-brand-new compact disc player. this would have been 1987. we weren't really used to the concept of absolute silence in between tracks. no surface noise! I didn't even know music was happening when On The Run was on because the whole world sounded like warbling synths to me anyway. when the clocks in Time came in I jumped out of my skin.
Same, but with a workmate, shortly after the album hit the shelves. He had a great setup, headphones only. Mind likewise blown.
Rick Beato just published his interview with legend Alan Parsons who famously engineered the album at Abbey Road Studios (he was a tape operator on some Beatles albums prior), and of course, many others, such as Ambrosia, etc. before going on to fame with his own work as Alan Parsons Project albums and touring himself. Alan is considered recording royalty and was nominated for his first Grammy for his work on this album.
13:44 creative analog artistry sounds better. Knowing how to make sound sound like you want it to without turning a knob.
" That organ player " is like calling Mozart a ditti writer
Yeah, without that 'organ player', Pink Floyd wouldn't exist.
The drums ARE perfectly synced to the music. Timeline quantizing a recording in a DAW is just objectivly worse.
Thank you!!
Depends on the objective. Anyone who says something is “subjectively” better or worse with music is just silly.
@@JoshCaryAudio I hear you, but for me the difference is in a recording of a drummer, or a programmed beat. A good drummer should never be timelined, is more my point.
A real drummer can play to a click tho @@mikaeliby387
Most I've worked with don't even need a click
The song, "The Great Gig In the Sky" is about the process of dying. Listen to it again, and consider what some consider "the five stages of dying" - denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The singer, Clare Torry, expresses these emotions in her wails, rages, and gradual soft tones, before she eventually releases herself to the great gig in the sky. Listen to that piece again in that context, and it will make a whole lot of sense. She "freestyled" her part, just expressing her emotions.
...and Clare Torry did her vocal in two takes - they asked her to do it again but half way through the third take she stopped and said 'sorry, I think you've got it, I'm just starting to repeat myself". Not bad for a session backing singer!
@@bartsimpsonhead2790 Clare Torry was an unknown, she and Elton John (before he made it) did cover versions of pop songs - uncredited (they did 2 together, one is "Young, Gifted and Black" the other one was "Good Morning Freedom" she is not even black, neither is Elton) for a cheap record company in England called "Top of the Pops" that sold the records in supermarkets. Somewhere on youtube are those songs. Anyway Alan Parsons heard her singing on these soundalike records and decided to use her for "Great Gig In The Sky" and the rest is history. She gave an interview, it's linked to "great gig in the sky" - wikipedia.
@@jdenino6022 Fun fact. Those recordings (together with fourteen other covers with Elton John) exist on CD. An obscure little CD, but it´s there.
And all in one take. And it was the first take at that.
@@bartsimpsonhead2790 All done on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Pay attention to the lyrics any time you're listening to Pink Floyd , and you're spot about the earphones ! Welcome to real music and the family !
Ok, no way anyone is a music producer and never heard this album, literally rock music 101
Indeed, he must be a total crap producer
The album is about 50 year old. When I was in my twenties in the 90’s I was not necessarily knowledgeable about the « classics » of the 1940’s. I knew big band music existed but did not listened to entire albums. If his parents were not listening to rock music when he was growing up and it’s not the type of music he is producing then it’s not that big of a stretch for him to discover it now…. I am a bit jealous. Would like to be back to the first time I’ve listened to the album😊. And in my case it was not a total discovery since I knew individually the classic hits of the album.
@solar1913 Mozart is over 200 years old and any musician has heard it.
@@occupymybrain869 there are other genres of music lmao
"Slide guitar sounds so Lazy." I think it may have been a lap steel but hey its about the least lazy thing to play well. I'm a musician/producer too, but quantisation of music over the past 20 years has killed feel and created boredom.
Lowell George's and Dwayne Allman's amazing slide virtuosity never evoked the word "lazy." I enjoyed this first listen very much (and it repeatedly brought tears to my eyes) but that casual dismissal of slide work was sort of jarring.
@peterjessop1878 what's quantisation?
Agreed. Slide guitar is a different skillset. Definitely not lazy. Here’s a great example from Jerry Douglas: ua-cam.com/video/9W09uBBbBWU/v-deo.htmlsi=hCnG9p3IHAqOfdEP
"Who is that? That my man is Claire Torry. She was hired as a studio singer and those vocals are her spontaneous composition, right there on the spot. Its an amazing story that you should research.
Don't worry about being startled by the alarm clocks going off at the beginning of TIME I've been listening to the album since 1973 -74 when the album was released and I still jump every time they go off.
The vocals for Great Gig in the Sky was improvised in 2 1/2 takes by Claire Torry. She thought she was laying down a temp track and didn’t know she was actually on the album until hearing it on the radio. She was paid the standard session rate of £30 (but later won a lawsuit to get writing credit and royalties for her vocalizations).
And for the record, there wouldn’t be a deep enough level in Hell for anyone who would dare to pitch correct her performance.
Actually I've seen an interview with her on UA-cam were she said she was in Abbey Road some months later and bumped into Alan Parsons who said "Oh, the albums doing really well, especially in America"
"Great! Er.... what album?"
"The PINK FLOYD one you did"
She then went to a record store in Notting Hill, London, saw her name in the credits, asked to listen to it in a little listening booth, and bought the album.
In 2005 she settled out of Court with the band for a writing credit and royalties.
@@bartsimpsonhead2790funny she wanted writing credit for singing no actual words 😅
@@Phil-xb5qe the band gave her no actual words to sing, so she thought she'd improvise the usual "oh baby, baby" type lyrics but they told her not to do that either, just 'emote' whatever she felt - so she did, and made it up on the spot like she was playing a musical instrument. For which she was found to be entitled to a credit for composing and performing, and a percentage of the royalties.
ua-cam.com/video/LZauSGhTKqA/v-deo.html
Seriously, how can you be a music producer and composer and not have heard of Pink Floyd. Absolute Bulls_hit
You are correct sir !
He's a fraud. Can you imagine claiming to never have heard Bohemian Rhapsody yet claim to work as a music producer.
These "reaction" channels are complete garbage. Get a real job.
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Welcome to the Music Universe 2024.....
@@gatekeeper65For real lol
Some of these songs have hundreds of millions of views/listens… it’s impossible not to know some of these songs
@@gatekeeper65 I was going to say the same. You beat me to it!
Music Producer???
Can you imagine going to this guy to "produce" your songs and he literally doesn't get any reference to the most *basic*, long-established tropes in music? JFC.
The background effects and noises are all there for a reason. The album begins with a collage of voices and effects that all allude to the songs to come, so you hear the cash registers for Money, clocks for Time, the man speaking about being mad, the heartbeat etc. The album is a journey through the challenges of life. Breathe is birth and daily struggles, Time is about ageing and your life slipping away, Great Gig in the Sky is about death, with the vocals going through the different stages (despair, anger, denial, depression, acceptance), Money is obviously with obsession with wealth, Us & Them is about war, Brain Damage is about mental illness. Go back and listen to it and see how the sounds support the lyrics. Oh and go and do a whole album reaction to Wish You Were Here and Animals by them too - you will not be disappointed!
ANDY, You FFFd Up?? BIG TIME!!
You said "Great Gig in the Sky is about death, with the vocals going through the different stages (despair, anger, denial, depression, acceptance)"
WTF ANDY????
All of us 7o hippies knew that it signified the ultimate womans orgasm..😜
Don't get too knowledgable with our 70s music.
Us & Them is about war. REALLY??
Roger Waters explained:
The first verse is about going to war,
The second verse is about civil liberties, racism and colour prejudice.
The last verse is about passing a tramp in the street and not helping.
All of us 70 hippies knew that it signified the scourge of homelessness, prejudice n poverty. DON'T BE SO GLIB ANDY?? FROM A 60's kid!!
Oh man. Millennial here -- like you I grew up with a lot of my parents music, so I was well versed in music of the late 60's onward. I went into a much deeper dive of classic rock in my 20's. There is so much goodness. About 10 years ago I got 'back' into vinyl and Dark Side was one of my first purchases to just sit and listen by the lava lamp.
A music producer who never heard of Pink Floyd or Dark Side of the Moon ? Really ? Never ? 😮
he made a similar video saying never listened to Bohemian rhapsody or Queen. lmao
Clare Torre did the vocals on Great Gig in the Sky. She was a session singer hired just for this song. They didn't tell her what they wanted,, gave her no lyrics, nothing. Just put on the headphones - listen to the piano and GO. She WENT!!
She also was the singer for Curved Air
@@Truth... Also sang lead vocals on "Don't Hold Back" on Alan Parsons Project's 1979 LP Eve.
Her first go she added ooh’s aah’s and some baby type words. They asked her to redo it without any of that. Can you imagine figuring that out? Amazing
Such talent. Her voice gives emotions.❤
She also filed a lawsuit to be included as a composer for this piece. It ended in settlement.
I love that you thought the drums were quantized. There was no quantizing, but I get it, you have NO IDEA, it's so amazing to hear you introduce yourself to it. You "should" however, give it a listen w/o stopping, you could film/react all you want, but don't. . . during the era of reception for pretty much EVERYTHING you are about to expose yourself to was received upon release often by putting it on the turn table and just hanging out letting it play. It's amazing the tiny, intimate ways the world is so different today.
Yeah people dogpiling him for not knowing something, but what a treat to have someone who clearly knows production reacting to a first time listen of this cultural lynchpin
Hi from Cowtown; Ha Ha! That Time alarm scared the hell out of me when I heard it too.
The laziness of slide guitar is what makes slide guitar feel so beautiful. Cruising in and out of beat and pitch and then resolving is Pure Magic
This is not slide guitar, it's steel guitar and very hard to play.
@@mariannebertmay9428 Technically a Lap-Steel Guitar. Sometimes called a Hawaiian guitar. The Duane Allman played slide guitar.
@@mariannebertmay9428 some people call lap steel slide guitar
Saying slide or lapsteel playing is 'lazy' suggests you have no understanding of the instrument or even 'feel' in music.
@@reddog1461 The guy on the channel termed it 'lazy'. I was speaking to him in a lingo that he relates to, meaning you can slide into a note slightly ahead of a beat, or slightly after a beat (after giving a "lazy" feel). While im sustaining the note with vibrato, the beat can come into the note, or the note can come into the beat ...depending on the feeling you want to express. You can sit slightly off key (a semi tone or even a quarter tone) and just waver around the note to create 'tension'. Then resolve into pitch in the moment that feels right to yourself. I may not be describing in the best way, cos when i play it i feel it, i dont analyze it. But it sounds like you think you know more about how i play than i do. If you still believe i dont know anything about slide, then thats fine by me. I enjoy what i play. Maybe you play classically off a fixed peice on sheetmusic without stepping outside the written peice?. And if so thats your choice, But im a blues player and improvise and experiment, so to me i totally "feel" what im playing. As to the instrument, Whether youre using a lap steel, pedal steel, or solid body either stand up or on your lap, a dobro, or a cigar box guitar, or single string instrument with a slide ...in Oz alot of us just call it "Slide".
The "slide guitar" is a lap steel guitar played by David Gilmour. Rick Wright doesnt get enough credit for the overall sound of "Dark Side of the Moon" in my opinion. Thanks for reacting to this.
Loving your reaction. FYI: The 'programmed synth' at the intro to Time is actually a bass guitar.