Greatest ending to what might be the greatest album ever. I NEVER fail to get goosebump listening to these two songs, and I've heard them countless times.
I've been listening to this for 50 years, and my eyes still fill with tears of enormous emotions every time I hear it. Brilliant, magnificent, amazing, inspiring, stunning... Art.
My dad was a massive pink floyd fan.The night he passed away from cancer at the age of 65, we came back from the hospital and sat and listened to dark side of the moon, not one word was spoken between me my mum and my brother.I have never felt so at peace as I did that night.This song reminds me of him and I aways look up and say, I miss you dad.This song is so beautiful.
In 1975 I was 11 years my mom bought it me for my birthday and said this is amazing and you must listen. It changed my life and will never get bored of this album. One of the best albums ever
Great reaction...thank you! Yes, this album still feels as fresh as it did when I first heard it in 1973, even though I must have listened to it literally thousands of times in the last 50 years. I never tire of it, and I never will. I was thirteen at the time I first heard it. And now my daughter is approaching 13 and I'm looking forward to sitting her down and playing it to her for the first time, because I think she has reached an age where she would appreciate it. I hope so anyway! And I would like to think she in turn will pass it down to her own children. It will never die. Just out of interest, the key line for the whole album is the very last one. "And everything under the sun is in tune... but the sun is eclipsed by the Moon". In other words, no matter what you go through in life, no matter how wonderful you think it is and how many good things you do to others, in the end humans can never be happy and fulfilled because the dark side of our collective psyche will always prevent that happening. That's what the dark side of the moon is: our base animal instincts, which will always hold us back. War, justice, greed, ambition at the expense of others... alll the things we know are wrong, which should be beneath us, will always be in control. The sun is eclipsed by the Moon. It's a bleak message, but necessary if we are ever to overcome the dark side. To reiterate this message is why Roger Waters has recorded a new version of the album, because after 50 years he feels that the message he was trying to get across as a young man needs retelling, because it's been lost. Anyway, I continued to really enjoy your reactions. You're doing a fantastic job and long may you continue to do so! All the best to you both.
Another wonderful summarising of the Floyd 👏👏👏 A truly triumphant crescendo to the album, musically, melodically, backing singers, and yet….completely juxtaposed by some very dark lyrics 👍
Truely a fantastic piece of music Eclipse is when hearing this for the first time as a kid it was a jaw dropping moment for me I’m 63 and still it evokes wonder every time I listen to it, what an incredible album this is from , and I feel so blessed I’ve listened to it virtually all my life
One of my all time favorite Floyd songs ever! I love the line"there's someone in my head and its not me"! Powerful music! I love the way Andrie smiles ,full of love at you Dominica whenever you talk about food! God Bless!🐢
Greatest album ever imo I listen to this at least once a week and that started the day it was released and I still have the original vynl copy that I bought … it is still on a chart somewhere in this world when you think of that it really is amazing 50 years later it is still on a album chart
Whenever I put this album and “any colour you like” starts, I start getting emotional right away, it’s just the weeping of something so monumentally great is coming to an end, where the end itself is so cinematically, sonically and lyrically beautiful. I hope you do the entire album reaction in one go real soon!
As fun as it is to see your first time reactions to Dark Side of the Moon tracks, you really owe it to yourselves to sit down some evening in your own time and listen to the album right through. Then you can make a video and tell us what you thought. 😉
Great reaction, and... these songs take on a whole new meaning, when you listen to this album from start to finish. The album Wish you were here is the same way. One song leads into the next, and it's a journey.
This album, Dark Side of the Moon, (as with most Floyd albums) is best listed to from start to finish as they tell a story. Time, Money, Great Gig in the Sky are all from this album and fit together like chapters of a book. Great reaction. Love you guys!
Ooh how I remember listening to this album through the first time, and was overwhelmed by it. And at the end I kept listening thinking something else was coming. This album was on the charts for 7years plus. Best album for me.
i'm so glad you reacted to these songs. this album came out just after i'd spent several months in mental hospitals. with all the things that had been going through my head, the whole album really struck a chord with me, i became a fan, and still am, aged 68.
If you watch the Pulse version of Brain Damage you get shots of the video that accompanies this song and it's all about politicians and other news-famous people of the time such as Thatcher, Reagan, Gorbachev, Castro, Nixon, Ayatollah and so on which fit in with the lyrics and even makes them somewhat funny having a pop at politicians rather than actual brain-damaged people. Love these two songs, wonderful closing to a wonderful album.
I completely agree with you you said about the music being timeless. At this time in the early 70s, there was a lot of blues based rock, country rock, you hear it and it sounds like the time. After Pink Floyd's first couple of albums, everything they did existing in its own time and place. You could say their Momentary Lapse of Reason album sounds a little 80s but not nearly as 80s as most music from that time sounds now. Certainly these 70s albums are just in their own universe and will always sound amazing and speak to people, 100 years from now even.
I love your reactions. A lot of folks who have been Pink Floyd fans for decades seen to forget what it is like to hear these masterpieces like you do....one can only hear something for the first time ONCE. These epics aren't meant to simply listen to - they are meant to be FELT as well, and therein lies much of the magic to their music.
"A classic is a work that has never finished saying what it has to say". This is the definition of a classic given by Italian writer Italo Calvino. This album corresponds perfectly to this definition, it crosses time without aging, and its subject is always relevant.
This was their breakout album but it is a dark story. It touches on the life of Syd Barrett the founder of Pink Floyd whom they booted from the band due to his deteriorating mind. At the end he showed up for a final show (after having missed many shows) and stood there all night playing one note on his guitar while the band played around him. They didn't tell him where the next show was and that is when David Gilmore officially joined the band. He had been there to back up Syd and knew all the songs so it was a natural progression. They never advertised it as being about Syd but you can read it between the lines. This album is best listened to from the opening heartbeat to the fading heartbeat at the end. It is probably the most successful concept album in history.
As nearly any Pink Floyd album, if one listens to it completely, one will find that really one song in it's completeness; one narrative, much like a novel with some chapters or such... Love all of them albums a lot. :) Regards.
Personally, my favourite record ever!!! It was groundbreaking in every aspects. Even in sound engineering that was revolutionary and still are use for today recording processes.
I think a lot of people forget the lyric genius was Roger Waters. He even wrote lots of the music arrangements for the songs. Deserves much more credit.
Greatest selling album of all time no other album on the planet has sold more copies than this album and it still continues to sell in its millions: there is a faint heart beat through the whole album from the opening of the album to the very end of the album: Sydney Australia:
50 years of musical superiority. The last two songs of the album were sung by lyricist Roger Waters. He has the craft to write as poignent and sharp as needed and has perfect intonation. I always have to smile when I hear him sing about the lunatics in the hall where the paper holds their folded faces to the floor. No matter how important one may be, it is the rest of the people who (and how they) value and respect that importance. Great meaningful reaction. And as Dominika (is it with a 'k'?) noticed, the wailing of the background vocalists is adding so much to the climax of this album.
"A classic is a work that has never finished saying what it has to say". This is the definition of a classic given by Italian writer Italo Calvino. This album corresponds perfectly to this definition, it crosses time without aging.
These two songs are the perfect ending of the story of "Dark Side of the Moon". This album should be listened to from start to finish to fully understand the progression and meaning of each and every song. I had a copy of this album with me since it's first release on vinyl and never tire of listening to it. Brilliant and ever-lasting
At 2:53 "You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane" is about a [now discredited] form of neurosurgical treatment for psychiatric or neurological disorders (e.g. epilepsy, depression) that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex.
There is a very strong message that runs through a lot of Floyd, about those of us who don't quite line up with the 'normal', and the way attempts are often made to just 'fix' those people. What this has always said to me personally, is that the shadow on the Dark Side of the Moon is just as natural and eternal as the light of the Sun. "And all that is now And all that is gone And all that's to come And everything under the Sun is in tune But the Sun is eclipsed by the Moon"
Hey Andre and Domenica... Look at pigs live 1977 Oakland stadium..not the best quality but absolutely great.... It's a bootleg... Or live at empire pool 1974... Full concert
Here's hoping you someday have the pleasure of listening to the entire album front to back and hear how this masterpiece of a song is the culmination of a truly timeless masterpiece of an album. And no, "Eclipse" is neither better or worse than " Brain Damaged" . They are both ultimately one song.
great reaction folks,listen to mother.between roger's two note bassline,the ride cymbal work,rick's tinkerings,dave's melodic break etc it has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written.if you have lost a mother aswell the line by dave at the end "you'll always be baby to me" has to be the most beautiful audible hug you'll ever hear.try and catch the australian pink floyd on tour they're as close as it gets,have a good day
We are all a little crazy, we are all a little sane. We all live in the past, present and future. At the first of the song you feel alone, when the music picks up and the background vocalists come in you realize that we are together as one.
You need to do the whole of the Dark side of the moon album from start to finish. Each song transitions into the next.. and is an experience. Maybe a patreon whole album reaction? It needs to be listened to in order.... Great reactions... Thank you
This is my favourite album of all time, but with you guys I feel like I'm sharing it with my best friends, even though we've never met. That is so strange but so rewarding.
Never listen to a bit of a Pink Floyd album, go back to the Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and listen to the whole evolution of the best band ever. From '67 to '82
I'm kind of partial to this tune. It's the first PF tune I sat down and learned on guitar. The tune brings light to mental illness. I'll likely not be convinced that the motivation behind the tune is Syd Barret. The lyrics subtly mention things that were real events that happened in the early days of the band. The presentation of the real events are described using metaphor and analogy. You are surely aware at this point in your PF journey of who Syd Barret was and his impact on the band, particularly in the early days. The guys are giving a mental image of what it might be like inside the head of someone suffering with mental illness..."The lunatic is on the grass/The lunatic is in my hall/There's someone in my head but its not me." The lunatic isn't always there but "it" shows up at random times and can't be controlled. Later in the tune, the lyrics are talking more about how the BAND ultimately had to deal with one of its dearest members succumbing to mental illness. "You raise the blade, you make the change, you rearrange me 'til I'm sane" I've always perceived that lyric as being the voice of the band. The band did have to cut Syd out of the band, make a change to David Gilmour and reassert some sanity back to the band. Remarkable tune that that highlights a true human condition(mental illness) as well as pays homage to a fallen comrade that was bested by mental illness.
Great reaction to the greatest finale of all time to what is possibly the greatest album of all time! My only complaint about the PULSE tour is that when they played Eclipse, it never rose to a crescendo. It was subdued all the way through which hurt the live version.
If you wanted to buy a stereo system in a specialist shop in the 70s in Middle Europe, Dark Side was played - the first PF worldwide sucdess - , in the 80s when buying a CD system Dire Straits Love Over Gold or Brothers In Arms. PS Dark Side is a concept album where it's a pity to only hear short songs
Ive never heard anyone say it but ive always thought the verse "you raise the blade, you make the change, you rearrange me till I'm sane" is about a Lobotomy, which was still a thing in 73. Someone in my head...but its not me......
The song is about the politicians: The lunatics are in the hall - refers to the meeting of politicians inside the hall. "The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day, the paperboy brings more" ! The rest is about the hypocrites (politicians) who think the sun is always shining on them. Except for the line: "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" which may refer to their old buddy Syd Barret who left the band because of brain damage due to the extensive usage of hardcore drugs" The lyrics are the marvel of Roger Waters. Thank you for posting.💚
Believe me this two songs should be listen with the rest of dsotm because its like the final conclusion of the album it lost its power when listen without the first 8 track
You would love a guy called John Martyn. Especially his stuff from the 70s. Phill Collins played on one of his albums and Pink Floyd’s guitarist has joined him on live concerts, need I say more?
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Greatest ending to what might be the greatest album ever. I NEVER fail to get goosebump listening to these two songs, and I've heard them countless times.
You couldn't have said that any better ! The whole album has the same exact feeling for me as it did in 1975 when i first heard it ..
Not "might be."
It IS the greatest album ever, and being 60 years old, I've heard a helluva lot of albums.
I've been listening to this for 50 years, and my eyes still fill with tears of enormous emotions every time I hear it. Brilliant, magnificent, amazing, inspiring, stunning... Art.
10, 50, 100 years from now people will still be listening to and marveling at this astounding piece of art
My dad was a massive pink floyd fan.The night he passed away from cancer at the age of 65, we came back from the hospital and sat and listened to dark side of the moon, not one word was spoken between me my mum and my brother.I have never felt so at peace as I did that night.This song reminds me of him and I aways look up and say, I miss you dad.This song is so beautiful.
In 1975 I was 11 years my mom bought it me for my birthday and said this is amazing and you must listen. It changed my life and will never get bored of this album. One of the best albums ever
Kudos to you both for showing respect to the song and not ending until it stops.☮
Indeed!!!
I've heard this song hundreds of times since its first release, and it is still beautiful to me.
Great reaction...thank you! Yes, this album still feels as fresh as it did when I first heard it in 1973, even though I must have listened to it literally thousands of times in the last 50 years. I never tire of it, and I never will. I was thirteen at the time I first heard it. And now my daughter is approaching 13 and I'm looking forward to sitting her down and playing it to her for the first time, because I think she has reached an age where she would appreciate it. I hope so anyway! And I would like to think she in turn will pass it down to her own children. It will never die.
Just out of interest, the key line for the whole album is the very last one. "And everything under the sun is in tune... but the sun is eclipsed by the Moon". In other words, no matter what you go through in life, no matter how wonderful you think it is and how many good things you do to others, in the end humans can never be happy and fulfilled because the dark side of our collective psyche will always prevent that happening. That's what the dark side of the moon is: our base animal instincts, which will always hold us back. War, justice, greed, ambition at the expense of others... alll the things we know are wrong, which should be beneath us, will always be in control. The sun is eclipsed by the Moon.
It's a bleak message, but necessary if we are ever to overcome the dark side. To reiterate this message is why Roger Waters has recorded a new version of the album, because after 50 years he feels that the message he was trying to get across as a young man needs retelling, because it's been lost.
Anyway, I continued to really enjoy your reactions. You're doing a fantastic job and long may you continue to do so! All the best to you both.
"...and the circle of life completed" Perfect. Nothing more to be said!
Probably one of the most iconic and bueatiful tracks ever written by these four guys that have far exceeded there expectations simply amazing
Another wonderful summarising of the Floyd 👏👏👏
A truly triumphant crescendo to the album, musically, melodically, backing singers, and yet….completely juxtaposed by some very dark lyrics 👍
Truely a fantastic piece of music Eclipse is when hearing this for the first time as a kid it was a jaw dropping moment for me I’m 63 and still it evokes wonder every time I listen to it, what an incredible album this is from , and I feel so blessed I’ve listened to it virtually all my life
One of my all time favorite Floyd songs ever! I love the line"there's someone in my head and its not me"! Powerful music! I love the way Andrie smiles ,full of love at you Dominica whenever you talk about food! God Bless!🐢
Beautiful reaction guys, as always. I’m so glad you both enjoyed it. ❤
Greatest album ever imo I listen to this at least once a week and that started the day it was released and I still have the original vynl copy that I bought … it is still on a chart somewhere in this world when you think of that it really is amazing 50 years later it is still on a album chart
The Gunners Dream and The Final Cut...both with lyrics...absolutely amazing!
Definitely two of the highlights from that album!
Honestly the best couple. Enjoy listening to you guys
I find it hard to believe that you’ve made it this far in life without hearing this album
Whenever I put this album and “any colour you like” starts, I start getting emotional right away, it’s just the weeping of something so monumentally great is coming to an end, where the end itself is so cinematically, sonically and lyrically beautiful. I hope you do the entire album reaction in one go real soon!
Greatest album ever made! Change my mind.
I agree 100% with what you say. These last three songs always make me sad, because I know that the end of this wonderful journey is coming to an end.
As fun as it is to see your first time reactions to Dark Side of the Moon tracks, you really owe it to yourselves to sit down some evening in your own time and listen to the album right through. Then you can make a video and tell us what you thought. 😉
Great reaction, and... these songs take on a whole new meaning, when you listen to this album from start to finish. The album Wish you were here is the same way. One song leads into the next, and it's a journey.
un chef d'oeuvre de plus, cette fin épique de DSOTM me vrille l'âme a chaque écoute et souvent les larmes me montent aux yeux !
This album, Dark Side of the Moon, (as with most Floyd albums) is best listed to from start to finish as they tell a story. Time, Money, Great Gig in the Sky are all from this album and fit together like chapters of a book. Great reaction. Love you guys!
Ooh how I remember listening to this album through the first time, and was overwhelmed by it. And at the end I kept listening thinking something else was coming. This album was on the charts for 7years plus. Best album for me.
This song is so cool. 😎
i'm so glad you reacted to these songs. this album came out just after i'd spent several months in mental hospitals. with all the things that had been going through my head, the whole album really struck a chord with me, i became a fan, and still am, aged 68.
I absolutely love this song. The chord progression always gets to me
Thanks for all the great reviews. You make a great couple.
Thanks guys, the perfect way to end this perfect album.
These 2 songs combined are in my top 5 pink floyd songs 💯
If you watch the Pulse version of Brain Damage you get shots of the video that accompanies this song and it's all about politicians and other news-famous people of the time such as Thatcher, Reagan, Gorbachev, Castro, Nixon, Ayatollah and so on which fit in with the lyrics and even makes them somewhat funny having a pop at politicians rather than actual brain-damaged people. Love these two songs, wonderful closing to a wonderful album.
Two of favorites
Music,lyrics and voice by...roger waters✌️🎶
I completely agree with you you said about the music being timeless. At this time in the early 70s, there was a lot of blues based rock, country rock, you hear it and it sounds like the time. After Pink Floyd's first couple of albums, everything they did existing in its own time and place. You could say their Momentary Lapse of Reason album sounds a little 80s but not nearly as 80s as most music from that time sounds now. Certainly these 70s albums are just in their own universe and will always sound amazing and speak to people, 100 years from now even.
Wow, Dominika!!! Spot - on!! So perceptive. A perfect summary, in the least amount of words! The circle of life continues - indeed...
My brother and I were listening to it on 8 track in a MG midget when the album came out.
I love your reactions. A lot of folks who have been Pink Floyd fans for decades seen to forget what it is like to hear these masterpieces like you do....one can only hear something for the first time ONCE. These epics aren't meant to simply listen to - they are meant to be FELT as well, and therein lies much of the magic to their music.
"A classic is a work that has never finished saying what it has to say".
This is the definition of a classic given by Italian writer Italo Calvino.
This album corresponds perfectly to this definition, it crosses time without aging, and its subject is always relevant.
That's how you end an amazing album. As always a great reaction.
This is a cool song. 😎
I have loved this since I first heard it when I was 15 in 1975.still listen to it very often in the car. Just superb!!
Great tune of many
This was their breakout album but it is a dark story. It touches on the life of Syd Barrett the founder of Pink Floyd whom they booted from the band due to his deteriorating mind. At the end he showed up for a final show (after having missed many shows) and stood there all night playing one note on his guitar while the band played around him. They didn't tell him where the next show was and that is when David Gilmore officially joined the band. He had been there to back up Syd and knew all the songs so it was a natural progression. They never advertised it as being about Syd but you can read it between the lines. This album is best listened to from the opening heartbeat to the fading heartbeat at the end. It is probably the most successful concept album in history.
The best band this planet has ever had ..doubt anyone ever can be this amazing again
unforgettable!
As nearly any Pink Floyd album, if one listens to it completely, one will find that really one song in it's completeness; one narrative, much like a novel with some chapters or such... Love all of them albums a lot. :)
Regards.
There will never be another band like Pink Floyd. 😎
Memories. First time living away from home, being a student. Smoking WAY too much and discovering all this great music. Good times.
Personally, my favourite record ever!!! It was groundbreaking in every aspects. Even in sound engineering that was revolutionary and still are use for today recording processes.
Once again ASTOUNDING FANTASTIC Pink Floyd!!❤
The lunatic is my head too, but he is funny sometimes. I don't mind him.
I think a lot of people forget the lyric genius was Roger Waters. He even wrote lots of the music arrangements for the songs. Deserves much more credit.
It's a timeless masterpiece
My neighbor love this album 😂.... Greatest Album
My favourite Floyd tune , just delivers everything you want it to, like Bowie and Space Oddity
Greatest selling album of all time no other album on the planet has sold more copies than this album and it still continues to sell in its millions: there is a faint heart beat through the whole album from the opening of the album to the very end of the album:
Sydney Australia:
The Amazing Rick Wright !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
50 years of musical superiority. The last two songs of the album were sung by lyricist Roger Waters. He has the craft to write as poignent and sharp as needed and has perfect intonation. I always have to smile when I hear him sing about the lunatics in the hall where the paper holds their folded faces to the floor. No matter how important one may be, it is the rest of the people who (and how they) value and respect that importance.
Great meaningful reaction. And as Dominika (is it with a 'k'?) noticed, the wailing of the background vocalists is adding so much to the climax of this album.
Great volume on your channel.
Can we all ahree this album is a Masterpiece? I'm sure we can.
Roger is such a good writer.
50 years later and this music is still very relevant today. In another 50 years, people will still be saying the same thing.
"A classic is a work that has never finished saying what it has to say".
This is the definition of a classic given by Italian writer Italo Calvino.
This album corresponds perfectly to this definition, it crosses time without aging.
You must hear this on a good hi fi or a good high end sound system every albums from Pink Floyd.... I love pink floyd on vinyl.... ❤❤
These two songs are the perfect ending of the story of "Dark Side of the Moon". This album should be listened to from start to finish to fully understand the progression and meaning of each and every song. I had a copy of this album with me since it's first release on vinyl and never tire of listening to it. Brilliant and ever-lasting
Dark Side Of The Moon is the number 1 best album of Pink Floyd.
Dang. Abercrombie may have been inspired by this in his Age of Madness. I am reading it now.
Wouldnt be the least bit surprised if an author latched on. Such a great song. Whats next?
Dark Side of the Moon starts and ends with that heart beat.
At 2:53 "You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane" is about a [now discredited] form of neurosurgical treatment for psychiatric or neurological disorders (e.g. epilepsy, depression) that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex.
First song u played at my brother and sister funerals was Wish you were here ...and Learning to Fly
Now the good stuff.most of the time I feel this is basically my life. It was fun but paying for it now.. I hope David lives forever.❤ love you guys
Gotta do the live version from Pulse 🔥🔥🔥❤️✌🏼🇺🇸🇺🇦
poetry
There is a very strong message that runs through a lot of Floyd, about those of us who don't quite line up with the 'normal', and the way attempts are often made to just 'fix' those people. What this has always said to me personally, is that the shadow on the Dark Side of the Moon is just as natural and eternal as the light of the Sun.
"And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to come
And everything under the Sun is in tune
But the Sun is eclipsed by the Moon"
Never apologize or feel guilt for allowing yourself to enjoy Pink Floyd.
Hey Andre and Domenica... Look at pigs live 1977 Oakland stadium..not the best quality but absolutely great.... It's a bootleg... Or live at empire pool 1974... Full concert
Here's hoping you someday have the pleasure of listening to the entire album front to back and hear how this masterpiece of a song is the culmination of a truly timeless masterpiece of an album. And no, "Eclipse" is neither better or worse than " Brain Damaged" . They are both ultimately one song.
great reaction folks,listen to mother.between roger's two note bassline,the ride cymbal work,rick's tinkerings,dave's melodic break etc it has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written.if you have lost a mother aswell the line by dave at the end "you'll always be baby to me" has to be the most beautiful audible hug you'll ever hear.try and catch the australian pink floyd on tour they're as close as it gets,have a good day
The album ends just as it started. Amazing
We are all a little crazy, we are all a little sane. We all live in the past, present and future. At the first of the song you feel alone, when the music picks up and the background vocalists come in you realize that we are together as one.
You need to do the whole of the Dark side of the moon album from start to finish. Each song transitions into the next.. and is an experience.
Maybe a patreon whole album reaction?
It needs to be listened to in order....
Great reactions... Thank you
This album is 50 years old and sounds more innovative than ever.
All that you touch and all that you see is all your life will ever be
This is my favourite album of all time, but with you guys I feel like I'm sharing it with my best friends, even though we've never met. That is so strange but so rewarding.
30 years ago I had a friend who was a PhD student in physics. He said he only listened to two types of music: Classical, and Pink Floyd.
Never listen to a bit of a Pink Floyd album, go back to the Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and listen to the whole evolution of the best band ever. From '67 to '82
PINK FLOYD ⚛️☮️
The Dark Side Of The Moon is the greatest album I’ve ever heard.
I don’t know any other album where the end of it makes me wanna listen the whole album again so much than tdsotm
I'm kind of partial to this tune. It's the first PF tune I sat down and learned on guitar. The tune brings light to mental illness. I'll likely not be convinced that the motivation behind the tune is Syd Barret. The lyrics subtly mention things that were real events that happened in the early days of the band. The presentation of the real events are described using metaphor and analogy. You are surely aware at this point in your PF journey of who Syd Barret was and his impact on the band, particularly in the early days. The guys are giving a mental image of what it might be like inside the head of someone suffering with mental illness..."The lunatic is on the grass/The lunatic is in my hall/There's someone in my head but its not me." The lunatic isn't always there but "it" shows up at random times and can't be controlled. Later in the tune, the lyrics are talking more about how the BAND ultimately had to deal with one of its dearest members succumbing to mental illness. "You raise the blade, you make the change, you rearrange me 'til I'm sane" I've always perceived that lyric as being the voice of the band. The band did have to cut Syd out of the band, make a change to David Gilmour and reassert some sanity back to the band. Remarkable tune that that highlights a true human condition(mental illness) as well as pays homage to a fallen comrade that was bested by mental illness.
Great reaction to the greatest finale of all time to what is possibly the greatest album of all time! My only complaint about the PULSE tour is that when they played Eclipse, it never rose to a crescendo. It was subdued all the way through which hurt the live version.
I know you guys don't like to hear this but you need to sit down and listen to this whole album.
Every Floyd album is a whole experience. Don't cherry pick tracks,it lessens a whole experience.☹️
If you wanted to buy a stereo system in a specialist shop in the 70s in Middle Europe, Dark Side was played - the first PF worldwide sucdess - , in the 80s when buying a CD system Dire Straits Love Over Gold or Brothers In Arms.
PS Dark Side is a concept album where it's a pity to only hear short songs
Ive never heard anyone say it but ive always thought the verse "you raise the blade, you make the change, you rearrange me till I'm sane" is about a Lobotomy, which was still a thing in 73. Someone in my head...but its not me......
The song is about the politicians: The lunatics are in the hall - refers to the meeting of politicians inside the hall. "The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day, the paperboy brings more" ! The rest is about the hypocrites (politicians) who think the sun is always shining on them. Except for the line: "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" which may refer to their old buddy Syd Barret who left the band because of brain damage due to the extensive usage of hardcore drugs" The lyrics are the marvel of Roger Waters. Thank you for posting.💚
Believe me this two songs should be listen with the rest of dsotm because its like the final conclusion of the album it lost its power when listen without the first 8 track
...and everyday the paper boy brings more. 🙃
Alan Parsons Produced this album.....
Actually Pink Floyd produced this album themselves, but Alan Parsons was their engineer.
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more ( Dedicated to the Lunatics IN Power )
That's like going to the end of the book without reading the entire story.
Pink floyd has been listened to and loved for 50 years. Will we still be listening to Taylor Swift in 50 years? I think not.
You would love a guy called John Martyn. Especially his stuff from the 70s. Phill Collins played on one of his albums and Pink Floyd’s guitarist has joined him on live concerts, need I say more?