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  • How Pink Floyd made Animals, from recording the music to capturing the iconic cover image with the inflatable pig, the album was not without its problems. Find out what outside forces influenced the writing and what Pink Floyd thought of the record. #PinkFloyd #Animals #VinylRewind
    Intro 0:00
    Background 0:47
    Recording 2:40
    Outside Forces 4:29
    Concept 6:44
    New Sound 9:21
    Snowy White 10:20
    Inflatable Pig 11:35
    Outro 13:58
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  • @ajm2868
    @ajm2868 3 роки тому +304

    I saw the Animals tour in 1977. They played the entire Animals album, took a break, then played the entire Wish You Were Here album, then some Dark Side for an encore, Tampa Stadium, 77,000 people!

    • @philburns5656
      @philburns5656 3 роки тому +7

      Wow!! What a show!! I would have loved to be there.

    • @ajm2868
      @ajm2868 3 роки тому +17

      @@philburns5656 and despite all the drugs then, and since, I still remember it!

    • @philburns5656
      @philburns5656 3 роки тому +5

      @@ajm2868 I can imagine that. Actually, animals tour was my very first concert, just a few months before my birth. Is it by chance that WYWH and Animals are my personal favourites? Well...

    • @maugolfer
      @maugolfer 3 роки тому +4

      I was there too! Great concert. The clouds all turned pink right before the show started. The whole stadium was set up in quadrophonic. And that giant round video screen.

    • @tomtraveller
      @tomtraveller 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, I saw that tour too ay MSG in NYC..... Amazing

  • @willk7184
    @willk7184 3 роки тому +12

    Gilmour's guitar work on this album is so creative and emotional. There are parts where it's just searing, screaming rage, and others where it's plaintive, longing melancholy. There's a bit on Dogs where he does three short sequences - each one a different tone and style - and it's one of my favorite moments in all of Floyd music.

  • @crimsonmask3819
    @crimsonmask3819 3 роки тому +268

    To this day, still my favorite Floyd album.
    Who's with me?

    • @onairmastering
      @onairmastering 3 роки тому +1

      I AM!!!

    • @frightenedsoul
      @frightenedsoul 3 роки тому +1

      Absolutely

    • @davidwatkins204
      @davidwatkins204 3 роки тому +1

      Pink Floyd are vastly, vastly overated. but yeah man, I'm with you.

    • @davidwatkins204
      @davidwatkins204 3 роки тому

      @mark skinner you know, when I listen to Animals I wonder, wouldn't quack, quack, quack have been a far superior title ?

    • @davidwatkins204
      @davidwatkins204 3 роки тому

      @mark skinner I was referring to the predictability of the narrative, it's "duck talk"

  • @JulioIsKilluminati
    @JulioIsKilluminati 3 роки тому +335

    Animals is undoubtedly Floyd’s underrated masterpiece. Sucks that it gets overshadowed by the other big three.

    • @seaturtledog
      @seaturtledog 3 роки тому

      Why would it suck? You can listen to their entire collection of albums. I would still say it is number 4.

    • @karlosthevulturemischeski5583
      @karlosthevulturemischeski5583 3 роки тому +16

      Animals is by far the best, unreal music,in saying that, the other big 3 are brilliant as well!!

    • @cancercentral9997
      @cancercentral9997 3 роки тому +8

      What? Most Pink Floyd fans herald this as their best album

    • @BloodySanjit
      @BloodySanjit 3 роки тому +12

      @@cancercentral9997 i think he means from a pop and public POV.

    • @cancercentral9997
      @cancercentral9997 3 роки тому +1

      @@BloodySanjit I see, but still I wouldn't really call it underrated. Atom Heart Mother is underrated I think, especially by the band members. While Atom Heart Mother Suite isn't as good as Echoes, Dogs, or Shine On You Crazy Diamond, it is still often overlooked.
      But still, the album that does deserve hate is Ummagumma. I think it was just a load of shit, and I got bored and gave up 2 tracks in (excluding Careful With That Axe, Eugene, the only song from disc one I listened to) because it just seemed like on the piano piece, Wright was just mashing on the piano with not much musicality. I may listen to it again, but I don't know if I'll last.
      Then there were pretentious pricks in the comment section (to be fair, that is for every Pink Floyd comment section) praising it, one person mentioned a bunch of classical pianists and claimed that people would've loved it if it was by them, but because its from Pink Floyd people hate it. When its the opposite, and people praise it because its Pink Floyd.
      Keep in mind, I don't mind experimental music. King Crimson is a master of what I think Ummagumma was going for. Larks' Tongues in Aspic is what I imagine Pink Floyd wanted, but instead they made Ummagumma.
      But anyways, thanks for reading this dogshit and pointless novella. Sorry for wasting your time. Run along now child.

  • @billyz5088
    @billyz5088 3 роки тому +198

    I don't always listen to Animals by Pink Floyd - but when I do - the neighbors do also.

    • @roymorin4900
      @roymorin4900 3 роки тому +1

      😂🤣

    • @mikeday2393
      @mikeday2393 3 роки тому +1

      a most interesting post....

    • @claudepage6214
      @claudepage6214 3 роки тому

      Please pump up the volume, I can't hear it from home. (Quebec).

    • @TheDudechose
      @TheDudechose 3 роки тому

      @@claudepage6214 Moi si je passe dans ta rue en l'écoutant dans mon char, c'est sur tu va l'entendre

    • @Slycoomer56
      @Slycoomer56 3 роки тому

      Nice comment from 2007.

  • @abhayrajput6165
    @abhayrajput6165 3 роки тому +32

    "You house proud town mouse, haha charade you are"
    Damn those lyrics still gives me goosebumps.
    Thank you Roger!

    • @lpspinners8736
      @lpspinners8736 3 роки тому +2

      That line plays in my mind quite often when I think of the band, playing those guitar licks.

    • @gavinreid5387
      @gavinreid5387 3 роки тому +2

      Mary Whitehouse.

    • @debras1503
      @debras1503 3 роки тому

      Agreed!

    • @gavinreid5387
      @gavinreid5387 3 роки тому +2

      @@debras1503 Hey you Whitehouse
      Ha ha charade you are. Mary Whitehouse.

  • @ministerofdarkness
    @ministerofdarkness 3 роки тому +162

    I’ve always considered “Animals” Pink Floyd’s Punk album. Dry production, anti-establishment/heartfelt lyrics, and predominantly driving ROCK songs. Every serious Pink Floyd fan absolutely loves this record. PLAY LOUD

    • @Herod9
      @Herod9 3 роки тому +11

      I agree, and I love the fact that more than 70% of it was written three years before the punk movement even started.

    •  3 роки тому +6

      #1 - Animals, #2 - Wish You Were Here, #3 - Dark Side Of The Moon, #4 - The Wall. Those are my favorites, & in that order.

    • @allthatyoutouch3164
      @allthatyoutouch3164 3 роки тому +3

      ministerofdarkness- Yes. "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" seems very punk to me, Except crafted better than most punk songs.

    • @johnentwistle952
      @johnentwistle952 3 роки тому +3

      same here.. Pretty Great Record.

    • @eldorado61guy
      @eldorado61guy 3 роки тому +1

      @@daveydudely9954 Pink Floyd defied labels. They played all categories and created their own.

  • @RefinedRetroReviews
    @RefinedRetroReviews 3 роки тому +243

    You have moved to the next level. Making music documentaries. Great job man!

    • @emeraldvision775
      @emeraldvision775 3 роки тому +10

      He made on on The Wall too!! Check it out

    • @b.nash.7778
      @b.nash.7778 3 роки тому +2

      I think part of it is just being the album prior to The Wall. Also Animals is Pink Floyd stripped down and more raw. This is really Floyd just jamming without most of the bells and whistles. Which makes it stand out.

    • @stevesstuff1450
      @stevesstuff1450 3 роки тому

      @@b.nash.7778 : It's certainly my favourite Floyd album, closely followed by The Wall. Never so keen on DSOTM personally, but yeah...Animals is a masterpiece, for me!

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  3 роки тому +4

      thank you

  • @ComaDave
    @ComaDave 3 роки тому +9

    I was 13 when this was released.
    Home from school in bed with the flu...and listening to the radio all day.
    They played this album in its entirety, and the world was never the same again.

  • @mh7611
    @mh7611 3 роки тому +35

    One of the best Albums ever to put good head phones on lay back close eyes and let it take you on a journey

    • @claudepage6214
      @claudepage6214 3 роки тому +1

      Absolutely, (It's good to warm my bones,
      Beside the fire) while listening to this masterpiece.

    • @allsystemsgo8678
      @allsystemsgo8678 3 роки тому +1

      I think that goes for all their albums. 😊

    • @claudepage6214
      @claudepage6214 3 роки тому +1

      @@allsystemsgo8678 Absolutely true.

  • @theflyingdonkeypunch
    @theflyingdonkeypunch 3 роки тому +310

    I'm glad that you acknowledged that Roger was the only one bringing in material. He's not the easiest guy to like, but sometimes he's treated like a pantomime villain when he really was the one making things happen.

    •  3 роки тому +6

      And by then, Sid who was initially making music before being let go, Roger became the natural successor. I know Sid visited the studio Floyd was busy making the Wish You Were Here album. If he still had any real grasp of anything, he'd have been floored hearing the band recording the Animals album. I myself love Animals over every other album, but not implying anything before or after isn't spectacular. Animals was very aggressive when you read the lyrics; especially on the song Pigs.

    • @tskmaster3837
      @tskmaster3837 3 роки тому +25

      I think Waters merely simplified a complex situation- and he did it in his favor. Two of the songs were worked on by the entire band live throughout 74 and 75 so to say that Waters brought in the completed songs all by himself compared to what was started in 74 is bit of a lie.
      It's like taking the bridge music the band added to live Childhood's End in 73, making it the main theme of the Wall and claiming "I, Roger Waters, wrote that." Up to Dark Side, the band was a lot better at handing out credit on the "Work in progress" tracks {Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright} but it all went "me, ME, ME!!!" until it was just "All me, you guys played."

    • @tonypoore440
      @tonypoore440 3 роки тому +12

      @Rodzilla I've always thought Dog's was a Gilmour song, as for the DNA of Pink Floyd, David's is all over the place. That distinctive sound is what it's all about for me.

    • @mattgilbert7347
      @mattgilbert7347 3 роки тому +18

      Even Gilmour admitted that Waters was "the one driving everything"
      When he left they became so MOR.

    • @mattgilbert7347
      @mattgilbert7347 3 роки тому +2

      @Rodzilla Agreed. Dogs is a Davey G. song.

  • @sunlion8866
    @sunlion8866 3 роки тому +6

    -Which Pink Floyd album is your favorite?
    -Yes!

  • @lpspinners8736
    @lpspinners8736 3 роки тому +5

    Animals is Roger Waters masterpiece. It NEVER gets old after all these years. The angst grabs you every time you play it. It was a mind blowing experience seeing it performed live in 1977 by Pink Floyd in Milwaukee, WI, at the old Milwaukee County Stadium.

  • @GIBKEL
    @GIBKEL 3 роки тому +21

    H E A V Y. . . .This one still stings in a way no other album has ever affected me. It gives me the shivers.

    • @latkagravas2967
      @latkagravas2967 3 роки тому

      Completely with you, then and now, I wonder how it achieves that. Everything meshes to several emotional and powerful musical crescendos.

  • @kebab_boi
    @kebab_boi 3 роки тому +14

    Little did they know, that album became one of their best works.

  • @Benjim84
    @Benjim84 3 роки тому +8

    One of my favourite albums of all time

  • @dunkelstevenson4413
    @dunkelstevenson4413 3 роки тому +17

    Animals is one of the best albums ever. My favorite story about any production is the one behind the album cover here, with a 40 ft pig flying on the loose. Thank you so much for the video

  • @tylovset
    @tylovset 3 роки тому +13

    Possibly be my favorite album, but the 5 most incredible songs they made, imo are:
    1. Dogs (17.04)
    2. Shine on your crazy diamond - part 2 (12.33)
    3. Echoes (23.31)
    4. Pigs - Three Different Ones (11.22)
    5. Atom Heart Mother Suite (23.44) (except some of the disharmonic parts)
    In addition to their classic albums, "Soundtracks from the film MORE" and Obscured by clouds are very cool.

    • @michaelmarino7391
      @michaelmarino7391 2 роки тому

      I agree with you on "Dogs". It's life laid out in 17:03 like an opera.

  • @annadoo3151
    @annadoo3151 3 роки тому +3

    This is definitely my favorite Pink Floyd album. The lyrics are timeless and applicable to today.

  • @codyknoxable
    @codyknoxable 3 роки тому +11

    What an awesome surprise. Great video! Looking forward to part 2.

  • @granddwizard8689
    @granddwizard8689 3 роки тому +61

    "Dragged Down By The Stone" - Poetry

    • @j.sherlock7213
      @j.sherlock7213 3 роки тому +9

      "You radiate cold shafts of broken glass"

    • @gerard1954
      @gerard1954 3 роки тому +2

      By the way which ones pink

    • @michaelpryzdia6233
      @michaelpryzdia6233 3 роки тому +2

      Actually, it is philosophy -- from "The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus

    • @rustyaxelrod
      @rustyaxelrod 3 роки тому +2

      Another good one to me.
      It’s too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around.
      So much analysis in an awkward sentence that magically fits perfectly in place in the meaning and timing of the song.

    • @gerard1954
      @gerard1954 3 роки тому +1

      @@rustyaxelrod 👍

  • @iverstim
    @iverstim 3 роки тому +81

    Animals is their 2nd best album next to DSOTM. Roger wrote everything but Daves guitar is stellar. His chops and tone was unreal. Also Rick was able to lay down some amazing keys and synths.

    • @ModernClassic
      @ModernClassic 3 роки тому +16

      Roger didn't write everything. If Dave really did write 90% of Dogs (and I believe that; as a guitarist and bassist, I doubt Roger even knew half of those chords), then he wrote about 40% of the entire album. This was just the start of Roger trying to take credit for everything.

    • @HeadacheMachine
      @HeadacheMachine 3 роки тому +6

      no roger didn't write everything. David wrote 90% of Dogs which takes the whole first side ..

    • @guzzoofoz
      @guzzoofoz 3 роки тому +4

      Dogs is my favorite Animals song. 👍🇦🇺

    • @GoDamnWeird
      @GoDamnWeird 3 роки тому +2

      Rick's phrasing on the whole album: Incredible.

    • @polishrocker93
      @polishrocker93 3 роки тому

      3:10 the video straight up shows the writing credits for the album. Have you even watched the video?

  • @jerseytiger1980
    @jerseytiger1980 3 роки тому +10

    This channel deserves more subs. Great effort in going through the stories, narrating in a clear focused path, inclusion of the old photos, and that awesome set.

  • @xonrob9575
    @xonrob9575 3 роки тому +7

    The pig breaking free and landing on a farm is somewhat poetic

  • @mrkssk8
    @mrkssk8 3 роки тому +105

    Nick Mason called their Studio a bunker in his biography. Doesn't look so bunkery to me :) Haven't seen it before.
    Thanks for doing this doc and all about one of my fav albums. Animals never gets old.

  • @meandillar1015
    @meandillar1015 3 роки тому +86

    'Animals' has more authentic attitude than the entire punk rock output.

    • @greatwhite3676
      @greatwhite3676 3 роки тому +1

      ehh I dunno about that. You dont remember throwing "Nevermind the Bollocks" on the first time? When I was young i got what they meant buy dinosaur rock. I have changed as i got older but i got it.

    • @greatwhite3676
      @greatwhite3676 3 роки тому

      @John James me and everybody else.

    • @gustavobarrancos1233
      @gustavobarrancos1233 3 роки тому

      I wouldn't be that broad regarding the punk rock output, but certainly, it's their most "in your face" record

    • @Slycoomer56
      @Slycoomer56 3 роки тому +5

      Completely agree. Punk rock was a gimmick to get the English youth to listen to a type of sound. Only a hanful remember those bands yet Pink Floyd will go down as one of the greatest bands of all time.

    • @kainhall
      @kainhall 3 роки тому +1

      ​@@Slycoomer56 hi, im an american....
      and i THINK we have a different definition of punk rock, in the USA.......
      .
      im thinking more like..... well.... the entire SST records catalog
      .
      but yes... they started marketing punk..... buy jeans with wear and holes from the factory....
      which only pissed the punks off more....lol

  • @jimmyjams9036
    @jimmyjams9036 3 роки тому +1

    Animals is the best album ever and the most Pink Floydish of all Pink Floyd albums. I could listen to this album everyday for the rest of my life.

  • @svart_kors
    @svart_kors 3 роки тому +8

    My fave album by Floyd. That will never change.

  • @caseyhamm8822
    @caseyhamm8822 3 роки тому +6

    YES! i love snowy white’s solo on pigs on the wing, and i’m so glad you mentioned it in your video. everyone should hear it

  • @NotOrdinaryInGames
    @NotOrdinaryInGames 3 роки тому +9

    Animals is one of those albums you gotta listen to in full, it is so perfect as a whole.
    .
    And Richard should have been given more credit, the intro to Sheep is more than just throw away arrangement, it's a part of the composition.

    • @beast6428
      @beast6428 Рік тому

      The explosive cords in Sheep are just amazing. Is easily my favorite track out the album

  • @banburylitho4068
    @banburylitho4068 3 роки тому +2

    First listened to this album on a tapedeck in the footwell of my Austin mini.. drove from Oxford to London (for the first time) and back with this one tape.. an unforgettable, emotional journey in all senses

  • @HiFiDaddy
    @HiFiDaddy 3 роки тому +2

    Animals, an album that just sounded great and set a backdrop for my life. It is so deep that I was wearing out cassettes or 8 tracks but I never complained. One of my all time favorites!

  • @oaktree1290
    @oaktree1290 3 роки тому +5

    Nobody talks about the album: The Final Cut. Maybe not as great as other albums but I loved it. The song Not Now John was awesome.

    • @teknotony
      @teknotony 3 роки тому

      Ashes and diamonds,
      Foe and friend,
      We were all the equal in the end.
      - Two suns in the sunset.
      Also the last 3 lines of the album The Final Cut.

    • @steveb796
      @steveb796 3 роки тому

      the final cut and animals are my 2 favorite. In that order.

  • @MrSpankee02
    @MrSpankee02 3 роки тому +3

    My favorite Floyd album by far.

  • @IamConnorMacLeod
    @IamConnorMacLeod 3 роки тому +2

    Very good, sir. Keep these Pink Floyd reviews up!

  • @gustavobarrancos1233
    @gustavobarrancos1233 3 роки тому +2

    My favorite Floyd album. It has a very particular edge to it, which i attribute to the combination of their classic melodic sweetness with more tart flavored lyrics. When younger i loved to kick back into the night, headphones on, getting lost in thoughts with Dogs/Sheep Jams. That guitar solo from Dogs is just brilliant

  • @martincurrie4209
    @martincurrie4209 3 роки тому +5

    Animals. Ive listened to it over & over from 8 traks to albums cassettes to CD's. Love it

  • @scgaliop7921
    @scgaliop7921 3 роки тому +3

    So glad You Tube recommended your video. I’m always looking for music history vids and any and all new insight into the best part of my youth, music! I’ve always loved Pink Floyd’s music, but only got interested in the band members as an adult. I’m looking forward to being a regular viewer of your outstanding channel.

  • @LanternOneStudios
    @LanternOneStudios 3 роки тому +1

    Great job on this. I really appreciate the context you provide and the still images and video clips, too. Animals was the first LP I ever bought at the age of 10. I no longer have the original album but in whatever format I listen to it, I'm immediately transported to the surreal world of Animals that still resonates today.

  • @eirikrdberg1161
    @eirikrdberg1161 2 роки тому

    When I became a Pink floyd fan like many others at 16 I started out with The Wall. That autumn of 1988 I think I heard all their albums and bought the brand new live album the day it came out. My sister had a cassette with only one word written on it. `animals`. I did not know what I was listening to, but my friends and I played that 90 minute cassette to death. Not until Christmas when she came home from school did she tell me that it was floyds 77 album on one side and Gilmours solo album, `about face` on the other side. I loved both albums and they will always remind me of a great time in my life. Playing pool and hanging out every day after school in our very cool bar/basement my dad built.

  • @EricJohnson-vh7yd
    @EricJohnson-vh7yd 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you for making these Animals videos. Far and wide my favorite Floyd record and there is not a lot out there about it. You really nail it and I really enjoy your channel. An interesting one to break apart would be Presence by Zep!

  • @arthurgordon6072
    @arthurgordon6072 3 роки тому +4

    Animals was always my favorite Pink Floyd album.

  • @SuperMogwai78
    @SuperMogwai78 3 роки тому

    Man, your videos are awesome. I think your channel is one of the best in the whole youtube world, about music history, info and reviews. Dont stop making these great videos. Greetings from Barcelona.
    Take care ;-)

  • @STETTRACE
    @STETTRACE 3 роки тому +1

    Just an INCREDIBLE album that was nothing like ANYTHING. This band was up there with the big boys.... they ARE the big boys.

  • @mikey4483
    @mikey4483 3 роки тому +112

    The Floyd Owned the 70’s! Meddle, Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals then The Wall. All Masterpieces!
    And to think the Punk Bands believed it belonged to them.
    Not even one of those Bands ever recorded an album that was anywhere even close to being as good as the 5 Pink Floyd albums I’ve mentioned.

    • @floydianepic3259
      @floydianepic3259 3 роки тому +23

      Agree but don't forget that little movie soundtrack. Obscured by clouds. A hidden gem.

    • @Fantumh
      @Fantumh 3 роки тому +7

      Yeah, but punk influenced the entire 80s far more than Pink Floyd did. And I'll take Never Mind the Bollocks over all Pink Floyd albums, though I love every Floyd album you just mentioned, especially Animals.It's all music. We're allowed to love what we love, prog rock, metal, punk, disco, whatever, and we don't have to get caught up in forty-some year old differences in music styles. Besides it's all better than what is around today.

    • @Fantumh
      @Fantumh 3 роки тому +7

      @ Are you kidding? The Beatles had nothing but successively popular albums. Going by the UK releases (so skipping Magical Mystery Tour, which was still popular in the US), The Beatles had Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be. Prior to Revolver there was Rubber Soul and Help!, and so on.

    • @tonypoore440
      @tonypoore440 3 роки тому

      @tubenshaft very well said, I'm in so much agreement with your statement.

    • @adrianhallich6101
      @adrianhallich6101 3 роки тому +2

      @ I love Pink Floyd dearly, but “even the Rolling Stones couldn’t do that”? (5 albums in a row). Have you heard Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Get yer ya ya’s out, Exile on Main Street, and Sticky Finger’s? I would say they’re very competitive. I would say the RS were a little better, but that is just person taste. 2 of the greatest 5 album runs ever.

  • @DS-lh1dh
    @DS-lh1dh 3 роки тому +3

    Very cool.. This is my favorite floyd album.. Thank you for breaking it down as you did

  • @rpowermanoh1
    @rpowermanoh1 3 роки тому

    Such great introspection, I've heard this record hundreds of times and this somewhat cleared up the theme and added to my love for it. Great job!

  • @c.f.mixolydian8926
    @c.f.mixolydian8926 3 роки тому

    I just have to say, I love your creative style with these videos, and I really enjoy how you present them, it’s so aesthetically unique! I also must say, you are one of the few creators on this site that I truly believe is criminally underrated. You deserve a much bigger audience, but nonetheless, I’m so glad that I have found you and your channel. Keep up the amazing work! :)

  • @pinorally
    @pinorally 3 роки тому +4

    My favourite album by Pink Floyd 👍❤️😎

  • @maxout7306
    @maxout7306 3 роки тому +12

    I think The Beatles first used 8-track recording in 1968? As mentioned here, Pink Floyd were using 24-track in London by 1976 - I found that interesting for technology milestone notes. This episode was also interesting for detailing some of the Floyd music industry deals and how things work out as a business and being musicians. As David Gilmour said; "After Dark Side of The Moon we had to also consider being businessmen." I'm looking forward to part two of this video. Thanks for uploading - Liked.

  • @patkelly3966
    @patkelly3966 3 роки тому +1

    Its definitely my favourite album consistently

  • @daviddilling481
    @daviddilling481 2 роки тому +1

    To this day I still feel Animals is my favorite Floyd album. I can see other's arguments about Wall, Dark Side, and Wish You Were Here - albums I also love, being better or more significant or whatever, but Animals is the underrated gemstone of the 4 albums in my opinion......I saw Roger Waters in 2017. He played Pigs and Dogs complete with all the visual aid you can imagine. So awesome.

  • @johnungoliantschilde7146
    @johnungoliantschilde7146 3 роки тому +9

    IMHO, Animals is their peak as a band. It’s the most coherent, most focused, and most concise statement as a band.

  • @this_is_angel74
    @this_is_angel74 3 роки тому +3

    Great work on these Floyd episodes of your series. I’m a huge fan and a bit of skeptic to some of these videos. But you, sir, have done a great job. Well researched and informative. Looking forward to part 2.

  • @Bmphotog
    @Bmphotog 3 роки тому +2

    As a long time floyd nerd, I can say you have proper Pink Floyd knowledge - and your narrative here is spot on. Good work, I subscribed.

  • @GuiCODPB
    @GuiCODPB 3 роки тому +2

    your work is amazing. I'm from Brazil and I love your videos man,you do a fantastic job. I'm sure you deserved more recognition
    congrats again

  • @dagsouleyedblue407
    @dagsouleyedblue407 3 роки тому +5

    Let´s go looking for the Ball you knocked out of the park again with this album treatment. Excellent!! Can´t wait for chapter two.

  • @Pladderkasse
    @Pladderkasse 3 роки тому +14

    Roger didn't "kick Richard out of the band", there was a GENERAL agreement in the band, that Ricks coke problems was too much to handle and that he didn't do diddly squat.

    • @heftosprod
      @heftosprod 3 роки тому

      That rings true to me...

    • @a.azazagoth5413
      @a.azazagoth5413 3 роки тому +2

      Rick is all over Animals. There are so many great keyboard passages!

    • @Slycoomer56
      @Slycoomer56 3 роки тому

      @@a.azazagoth5413 You do know he doesn't like anything he did on Animals.... Right????

  • @JerseyMiller
    @JerseyMiller 3 роки тому +2

    Animals is my favorite Pink Floyd album. One of my best albums of all time

  • @SuperStrik9
    @SuperStrik9 2 роки тому +1

    Animals is my favorite Pink Floyd album. Dogs is my favorite Pink Floyd song.

  • @CarazyDiamond
    @CarazyDiamond 3 роки тому +16

    As extensive are the Pink Floyd records, you rightly do justice in explaining them as mini documentaries rather than bloated reviews. It’s always exciting to watch your efforts even though everything is known by some of us here. So 2 thumbs up 👍👍 for you!
    Another channel that provides the similar experience is @polyphonic

  • @cadencooper1828
    @cadencooper1828 3 роки тому +11

    THANK GOD they didn't use the cover with the kid walking in on his parents.

  • @mumaguma79
    @mumaguma79 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this video. I’m an obsessive fan of their music. I’ve read, travelled and watched extensively on the Floyd topic. Animals is one of my favorite albums in many ways. I’m extremely impressed at your writing and succinct historical review of the album. Absolutely excellent. I’ve subscribed and will watch more. Again thank you and excellent work!

  • @Stonecutter334
    @Stonecutter334 3 роки тому

    Wow great job on this video. I think its one of your best efforts yet!
    As somebody who was already a fan by this time I learned some stuff I didn’t already know. Like the hilarious Battersea photo session ending with them doing what the photographers had wanted to do in the first place.
    Good pics good info about Roger’s takeover of the band.
    Fabulous piece of work on my fave Floyd lp ever. Dave was wrong it was one of their creative high points!!!
    I’m really looking forward to part 2! As we talked about before i saw two of the shows on the tour and i also saw The Wall starting to take place at those shows.
    This album might be even more timely now then it was even then.
    DOGS SHEEP AND PIGS INDEED!!!!

  • @jamesaitchison9478
    @jamesaitchison9478 3 роки тому +3

    Animals (in my opinion) is Pink Floyd at the peak of their powers playing more like a jamming session.
    The album has stood the test of time and is just as relevant today as it was upon release.
    Great video 👍

    • @latkagravas2967
      @latkagravas2967 3 роки тому +1

      Well said, and fully agree on all your points.

    • @jamesaitchison9478
      @jamesaitchison9478 3 роки тому

      @@latkagravas2967
      Thanks.
      Animals is a powerhouse of an album that often gets overshadowed by Pink Floyd's other famous albums, but it's raw, truthful grittiness has stood the test of time.

  • @jasonburton7918
    @jasonburton7918 3 роки тому +9

    For me personally, Animals is their best album. I feel it is less well appreciated around the world due to its content being very specific to English (and British) society at that time. The album reflects life in the UK during the '70s,

    • @JeffRebornNow
      @JeffRebornNow 3 роки тому +1

      I loved Waters description of Maggie Thatcher in Pigs (Three Different Ones); " Bus stop rat bag / Ha, ha, charade you are / You fucked up old hag / Ha, ha charade you are." LOL On Jan. 20, 2017, Rogers played to a million people in Mexico City and when he played this song, images of Donald Trump flashed on the multiscreen jumbotron.

  • @TarotGrasshopper
    @TarotGrasshopper 3 роки тому +1

    Was waiting a long time for this it seems! Thank you. Very nice. A lot of new information. Great show btw.

  • @jxchamb
    @jxchamb 3 роки тому +1

    Such a an awesome video. Your videos never disappoint and this one went far above and beyond. Thank you making this documentary.

  • @AllanDawnsun
    @AllanDawnsun 3 роки тому +9

    You got the concept of dogs spot on which I think many have gotten wrong by just associating it with the police. Much appreciated. 👍

  • @nateds7326
    @nateds7326 3 роки тому +8

    Richard Wright deserved a writing credit on dogs atleast. he has 2 synth solos on it and one of them goes on for 4 or 5 minutes straight

  • @jobarrios
    @jobarrios 3 роки тому

    Impressive, your series on Pink Floyd continues to amaze me, THANKS!!!!

  • @jcm78
    @jcm78 3 роки тому

    I have been a fan since childhood. My mom introduced me to DSOTM. I watched the Wall on MTV. Loved all of the albums after Gilmour joined yet completely overlooked Animals until my mid 20s. Finally discovered it and afterwards drove everyone I knew crazy playing it constantly for a few years straight.

  • @dmlevitt
    @dmlevitt 3 роки тому +3

    very interesting for a vinyl nerd, record store geek. animals is my favorite Pink Floyd LP.

  • @JUGGALOMADNESS
    @JUGGALOMADNESS 3 роки тому +29

    Pink Floyd rules man

  • @Alienmojo
    @Alienmojo 3 роки тому +1

    This album is my favorite of theirs... even more so than Dark Side or The Wall. People always seem to marvel at Gilmour's playing on Comfortably Numb... but I'm sorry.. it just doesn't compare to his playing on Dogs. The lyrics and melodies on this album... oh man... they were at top form here before their bickering would start to tear them apart. Thank you for doing this... just found it.

  • @arrowviper8882
    @arrowviper8882 3 роки тому +1

    I really love all your Pink Floyd videos! Keep 'em coming!

  • @esg7790
    @esg7790 3 роки тому +5

    Animals is a masterpiece!

  • @Eric31477
    @Eric31477 3 роки тому +3

    GREAT JOB!!!!!
    Can't wait for part two!!!!
    🐕🐷🐑

  • @welshlad6427
    @welshlad6427 3 роки тому +1

    Great review or should I say documentary sir. Love that it isn’t just talking about the songs. Talking about current events, other music changes really adds to this vlog. New sub 👍❤️

  • @incianarchy1177
    @incianarchy1177 3 роки тому +1

    Please keep this pink floyd videos comin! I absolutly love them!!
    Everything about this videos are genius!
    Somehow they make the world okey for a few minutes❤

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 3 роки тому +4

    My favorite part of the video is Algie causing all kinds of trouble down at the airport. Of course, he was only playing up to his billing.

  • @Narpets2112
    @Narpets2112 3 роки тому +4

    Animals is my favorite PF record.

  • @eugeniogutierrez4334
    @eugeniogutierrez4334 3 роки тому +1

    Great video! I swear I had just put out my copy of Animals to listen to and right after this appeared on youtube, so of course I had to see this first in order to give the spin more flavor.
    Cant wait for part two.

  • @OpaqueVisions47
    @OpaqueVisions47 3 роки тому +2

    Love these videos on my favorite band, very well done as usual.

  • @dougrobinson8602
    @dougrobinson8602 3 роки тому +4

    Quick story here. I had three cats in the early '80's. They never paid any attention to the music I played. When I got Animals on CD and played the song 'Dogs', and the sound of dogs howling came on, they completely freaked out. They never got used to it either, as I would have expected. Every time that tune played, they would hide behind the couch.
    I was under the impression the dog sounds were made electronically, but I haven't been able to confirm this either way. Can someone here shed some light on the origins of the dog tracks?

  • @conormurphy4328
    @conormurphy4328 3 роки тому +9

    I’ve been looking forward to this

  • @jamesduke5128
    @jamesduke5128 3 роки тому +1

    Pigs (Three Different Ones) is still to this day my favorite song of all time.

  • @MrPINKFL0YD
    @MrPINKFL0YD 3 роки тому +1

    A punk album. 13 when it came out and I bought it because of the pigs in HMV and life changed. Catches the feeling of the time so well

  • @andriii3257
    @andriii3257 3 роки тому +3

    Seriously, dogs is my favorite song of all time

  • @culloden23
    @culloden23 3 роки тому +13

    I bounce between Animals and Final Cut as my top PF album. Depends on my mood

    • @joshd1062
      @joshd1062 3 роки тому +4

      Love the final cut. Many people overlook it. Much better then the wall i think. But my favorite might have to be obscured by clouds

    • @patricksommer3971
      @patricksommer3971 3 роки тому +3

      I never liked Final Cut, no matter how i tried. Obscured by Clouds is the most overlooked album in history

    • @culloden23
      @culloden23 3 роки тому +1

      @@patricksommer3971 for early PF Obscured is my favorite with Meddle as my number 2

    • @postdan28
      @postdan28 3 роки тому

      The Final Cut is heavy man. It needs a special mood to feel it.

    • @culloden23
      @culloden23 3 роки тому +1

      @@postdan28 that was the album that got me into PF. Not Now John specifically

  • @sshza2143
    @sshza2143 3 роки тому

    The beauty of this album and the haunting realism with every note played STILL cuts to the bone and I first heard it at 16 in 1986. If there is an album I could sing live with a full band, this is the one. So much detail and yet simple and to the point. A rite of passage for me. Perfection on all levels. PF are just so dang deep with everything and I'm grateful and blessed to have such armor. Props.

  • @patrickjenkins2788
    @patrickjenkins2788 3 роки тому +1

    Well thank you Roger just so happens to be my favorite Floyd album.

  • @lapelcelery42
    @lapelcelery42 3 роки тому +3

    Something which was a huge part of the more rough-edged sound of Animals was Roger Waters' rhythm guitar on Pigs (three different ones) and Sheep. If you listen to those parts, they are clearly not David, and that's a big difference from previous albums.

  • @nectarinedreams7208
    @nectarinedreams7208 3 роки тому +4

    Pink Floyd did punk better than the punks could ever even begin to dream of.

  • @Giakinh0
    @Giakinh0 3 роки тому +1

    I was waiting for it since you released the three videos for The Wall. This is awesome too! Thank you

  • @happyhippythevinylguy
    @happyhippythevinylguy 3 роки тому

    hey man this was a really great video! this is my #1 album by them. you really put a lot of time into doing this video and I thank you! peace

  • @plingus2817
    @plingus2817 3 роки тому +8

    Snowy also did some excellent work on Richard Wrights first solo album, Wet Dreams, which I HIGHLY recommend

    • @oris247
      @oris247 3 роки тому

      Agreed- in fact he is a highlight of Wet Dream and the reason I became a fan ever since

    • @joeysplats3209
      @joeysplats3209 3 роки тому +1

      Funky Deux!

  • @195511SM
    @195511SM 3 роки тому +13

    Sadly......'Animals' COULD have been a double-album......if only they had ALSO included some tracks for chickens, horses & cows.

    • @aneily
      @aneily 3 роки тому +1

      I agree ☝️

    • @chuckschillingvideos
      @chuckschillingvideos 3 роки тому +1

      I guess that would then have been the barnyard album?

    • @alexs.1242
      @alexs.1242 3 роки тому

      Not my favourite Floyd (see above) but, yes, Animals could (and probably should) have made a double-album. I love your suggestion of chickens, horses and cows. Orwell would've liked that.

  • @egyptianminor
    @egyptianminor 3 роки тому +2

    'Gotta Be Crazy' and 'Raving and Drooling' had been written sometime in mid 1974 and were featured on a mini tour the Floyd did later that year. Once they had written 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', Gilmour wanted to have all three making up the next record, but Waters' concept of 'alienation' prevailed and they worked on other songs to complete what would be released in June 1975 as 'Wish You Were Here'. Meaning the first two aforementioned songs were filed away and about a year later, were dusted off and reworked when the Floyd entered Britannia Row studios to work on their next album. The songs were renamed 'Dogs' and 'Sheep' as per Waters' new 'concept' demanded. 'Pigs' and 'Pigs On The Wing' complete the album.

  • @CFChristian
    @CFChristian 3 роки тому

    No idea how I got here, but I've been poking around your channel for the past hour and a half. Great stuff and I can't wait to dig some more.