Dude. Old white guy here. I hate when someone goes on a rant in the middle of a reaction video.... However, what you said touched me. You get it. Now I got it. During your short rant there I felt like you were talking directly to me. You spoke wisdom. I like that. Thank you!
Many people will say it, but for your own enjoyment, listen to the whole album start to finish. It’s a continual progression that blends from track to track. One of the best compositions of all time.
He has listened to the whole album, on his other channel. He was in his car, but he did hear the whole thing. And yes, it's an all time classic. To me it's the best rock album ever.
@@ronaldmorgan7632 he died in 2018 But He was the first guy I ever met as a player. He was a Detroit Tigers by then and before game back in the early 70s My dad introduced me to Ernie Harwell and he was interviewing Rusty Staub at the time.. Met Mark the bird Fridrich the same way :) Yes I am that old lol
@@skipwilliam5639 We're about the same age then. First A's player I ever met was "Jumbo" Jim Nash, a reliever. Must have been around 1970? Just before they brought up a kid named Vida Blue from the minors to see what he could do. LOL.
@@ronaldmorgan7632 You are just a head of me in age lol I was I'm just 57 lol I live in Windsor Canada but from my house I could see Tiger stadium from my window. And though remembering Vida Blue I only seen highlights of him on TWIB Never seen him play live. or the A's Not till Dennis Eckersley
One of my favorite songs ever. This song gets me very emotional. I wasted 12 years of my life, so when they sing the "you missed the starting gun" line it always gets me.
Pink Floyd is Legendary! This song was written in 1972, 50 years ago, (I was 16 years old att), and it still holds up today as good as ever, maybe even more so! All Pink Floyd songs are like that, works of art. And the lyrics of this song,... impressive to say the least, especially when you realize it was written by guys in their mid 20s, very insightful young men. Incredible! I've been a huge Pink Floyd fan since this album came out in 1973, the "Dark Side of the Moon" album. That album went 14 X Platinum, and sold over 50 million copies to date, (and still counting), and it spent 962 weeks on Billboards Top LP's of all time, that's over 18 years! Again, incredible.
I was probably around 14 or 15 years old when this song came out. My brother used to play it in the room next to me and I just couldn't wait to get my stereo system so I could steal his albums while he was gone. He caught me because he kept them clean and my fingerprints were all over them.
"I bet all of the sounds mean something." Yes, you are correct... the "pendulum" is the ticking of a clock (thus the song title), while at the same time there is a heartbeat sound. A very simple-to-grasp musical explanation that your pulse is like a ticking clock and that one thing that definitely unites us all is the same, unstoppable progression of time. As others have pointed out in the comments, this song definitely hits you deeper as you get older.
I used to lie on the lounge room floor, with the stereo speakers on either side of my head, so I could drown everything else out, when listening to Pink Floyd. Nearly everyone I knew had their albums, being a teen was the best in the 70' & early 80's.
This album was engineered by Alan Parsons. He not only was a genius engineer, but he also had a great career as a solo artist. Definitely worth looking into.
Your comment reminded me of the contribution of Eric Woolfson to The Alan Parsons Project. So many undervalued or unrecognized people helped (and still do) create the music we love. We love you. (edited to correct my grammar)
@@barrydouglas6276 Right On! Eric Woolfson was a visionary of the future in his lyrics. Eric is just as much responsible for the success of the APP as Alan was himself, no doubt. "Eye In The Sky" & "I Wouldn't Wanna Be Like You" for starters. Also, the vocals Lenny provided helped a lot too!
@Buddy Faulkner, Yeah man, Alan Parson is a brilliant sound engineer, musician, etc... The apple don't fall far from the tree with the Parson's. Alan's father Denys Parson was all about the sound of music, so much so he created the "Parsons Code."
@@216Numbskull I felt momentarily stupid. I had in my mind associated that phrase with Alan not Denys. No matter how much you know there is always much more to learn. What a wonderful world!
I had this explained to me about this song. The clocks and bells at the beginning is your birth. The "tolling of the iron bell' at the end is your funeral. Do not let your life get closer to the end before you "wake up" to see it has passed you by. That really drove the point deep.
My friend, this song is as deep as you get, and it encompasses one's life from inception to death. It truly is a Timeless masterpiece that can resonate with everyone. It seems to mean more the older you get. Mustn't I forget, David Gilmour, on Lead Vocals and Lead Guitar. This is absolutely one of THE BEST guitar solos ever put to tape. It just doesn't get any better.
True and amazing…. So, so many but another when David Bowie initiated “Comfortably Numb.” The vocal blend between David’s takes you to the clouds. Rick / David G too.
I believe the message is: time precious, life is short, don't waist a day, an hour, a minute of it. Because if will eventually come to its end, so use it as much as you can, the best you can. But the way the lyrics are written is just ingenious, so deep, so abstract. A perfection.
I had heard this a thousand times, never really listened to it until I was in the hospital with cancer wondering if I was going to make it. It really hit home, life had passed me by I "missed the starting gun", it seemed.
Back in O.C. Calif when I was 27 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a P.F. show coming up. Knowing I am a Floyd fan she called the radio station (KMET - LA, “The Mighty Met”) to get information on the concert, The DJ on live radio Cynthia Fox…. said...."Congratulations, YOU are caller number 10, YOU just won tickets to the show and the Sound Check Party before the show"... I met David Gilmour back stage. He gave us both a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I told him his music will stand the test of time with anything from Beethoven or Mozart. He smiled even bigger. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shook both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well, better than any other guitarist I know. . I told him in my eyes he’s a “Legend“. He thanked me and said “Enjoy the show”…. during the concert after the song “Money” he looked right at me and said…. “On saxophone, another Legend, Mr. Scott Page” … acknowledging my comment to him. It is my favorite moment in over 300 shows I’ve seen.
The genius in this song is that every time you hear it is a different experience. Beautiful music from every aspect. Pink Floyd music is timeless and I believe the will be studied and held with the same regard as classical music is today.
The transition of this into "The Great Gig in the Sky" is a complete thematic masterpiece. It outlines the whole transition of a human's existence, from Earthly life, then passing into the turmoil of death, and then unavoidable acceptance of the inevitable Beyond.
Don’t beat yourself up over “not getting” a song on your first reaction. There’s a reason that we listen to these classics time and again. This is an amazing song that means something more every time you hear it. It’s that good, and truly a masterpiece. It’s awesome to the watch you “get it”… because now that you’ve got it, you’ll get something else every other time you hear it. Thanks so much for the reactions!
Over the years many great Black women vocalists sang with PF. Need to listen to this entire album beginning to end. The songs don't start and stop, they just kinda melt and evolve into each other. Dark room, laying back with your preferred "mental adjustment" with your 🎧 on.
With age comes wisdom. It takes a bit of age to fully appreciate this song. I was young when this album came out, and I would listen to it and enjoy the sound. Now, it can bring tears to my eyes.
Greatest album ever, Floyd owe everything to the blues! Without the blues we would have no Floyd. God bless Pink Anderson and Floyd Council and all of the blues greats.
I can’t believe I missed your reaction to this one, I love seeing people react to it because it’s such a deep song and it really hits different the older you get. I often wish I’d have paid more attention when I myself was younger to this song
Loved your take on this song. Back in my youth, I would sing along to this, with the interpretations of a young mind. Now, at the start of my winter years, this song weighs on my heart, and brings tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing your experience with the rest of us. It's very much appreciated.
Pink Floyd never gets old. Dark Side may be the best album ever made. As a commentary on the human condition, it's as relevant today as it was in 1972. The music is just as dynamic and fresh as the day they recorded it. A true masterpiece and work of art.
Thank you for this reaction. What a powerful, real message. I appreciate your humility and inspiring wisdom and the sharing of your experience. May the Lord bless you and your family.
The back ground singer is Claire Torrie, one the most iconic backing vocals of all time, shine on bro ✌️⌚🦌, you need to listen to the full album, and a little bud for company lol🦌✌️
So many deep lyrics in the Pink Floyd catalog. Some of my favorites are "onward he cried from the rear as the front ranks died", ""did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?"....
Listening to this since I was a teenager. About to hit 50. This song is HARD and SCARY. Like, really, really scary. They touch on mortality in several songs. And it's possibly not massively popular. But also real. Pink Floyd. Thank you for bringing painfully to my attention another thing I'd feel more comfortable ignoring. Oh, and the musicianship is first-class astonishing as always.
Once you hear this song you can never un-hear it. It plants a seed in your brain that germinates over time, and eventually you're sitting in the tree's branches enjoying its fruit for as long as you live.
Amen to what you're saying about it never being too late. I'm 63, a late bloomer for sure, and I'm still actively doing the work I love, never giving up on my dreams. The only thing that'll stop me is death, is the way I feel. And even as a ghost I'll still be doing what I love, lol. And yes, this is a great song. This is one of the first albums I ever bought with money I earned as a dishwasher back in 1976.
Absolutely SPOT ON analysis. It’s nice to see someone who actually gets how profoundly deep this song is, especially your dead on the money understanding of the sun reference.
Listen to “great gig in the sky”. . . Spoiler . . The vocalist is a tiny little white woman named Clare Tory. And she did the whole song in one take and was given no lyrics, just a bass line.
This song is life. The clocks symbolize the start of life. The lyrics and music represent the progression. Culminating in the tolling of the iron bells and the softly spoken magic spell representing the funeral ritual
Got you!! Once that moment hits where you realise that "what you're listening to, means soo much more than what you're hearing" You will forever listen to Pink Floyd in a totally different way. There are so many poignant lyrics and amazing musical qualities in their music that sit you on right your ass when you least expect it..... Enjoy the ride!!
this song hits harder and harder the older i get , and i to agree its never to late to start chasing your dreams and its always better to be moving in the right direction... for me this song is not that you cant catch up but that the longer you wait the harder it becomes
Love you Van! Your journey is our journey as we experience it with you vicariously. Keep doing what you do! Learn, grow and most importantly live and love
Oh hell yea it digs deeper the older you are.. I turn 65 in a few months and it reaches into my soul.. deeply. And dude, this is deep music.. don't worry, your hearing it now.
I remember hearing this song for the first time with a bunch of my friends, I think it was about 1975. A can honestly say it was a marker in my life and it’s kind of haunted me ever since.
This song never fails to give me the goosies. Been my favorite song (next to Sittin on the Dock of the Bay by Otis) since I first heard it as a kid. Now that I"m older it hits so hard.
Time. This is the perfect name for a song. Time stops for no one. You got it right...last time I checked, I was in high school. Then I was a mother...and now a grandmother. We need the message. It helps us live.
Dark Side of the Moon is an album best listened to in its entirety. To that end, I recommend this: ua-cam.com/video/R6tYeg5Bj4g/v-deo.html It is the full audio/visual experience for that album. Definitely give that a watch, as the videos accompanying the songs really bring them to life. Edit: Also, you should check out the entire "Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii" concert. They played a live show for an audience that had been dead for nearly two millennia.
This song should be played and it's meaning explained to every young person now and forever. It deals with mortality awareness and the transition from ignorance of one's mortality when young to the painful awareness of one's mortality as we age. It is a cautionary tale that the time we have on Earth is limited and growing shorter with each passing day, and that the time we do have is precious, limited, and should not be taken for granted or waisted on frivolous pursuits, or worse, the pursuit of nothing at all. Deepest lyrics of all time!
Like the comment below mine says, it gets deeper the older you get. This is my favorite song from Pink Floyd, not only because it is brilliantly composed, but because of how impactful it is in our lives. I think of it as each verse is like the seasons of your life, Spring, (Youth) Summer (Adulthood) Fall (Middle Aged) and Winter (The final chapter of life). In the end he is filled with regret that he waisted so much time of his life and is waiting to die. The Church bells are soon to ring out for him. Then he ascends to "The Great Gig in the Sky" which is the next song on the album. DEEP!
I'm proud of you, young man! You got it! I'm an old guy, widowed, and now living on autopilot, with nothing to show for my years. Now I just go to work every day to pay the overdue bills and come home to an empty house. When I was a young man there were several things I wanted to do. Getting my private pilot certificate and buying a small airplane was one of the biggest of them. I made three attempts at getting my PPC and every time something went wrong. The time went away because of outside people or things, or the money went away for similar reasons. I now live my flying dream by attending an occasional air show once or twice a year and dream of what could have been if I had taken more time for myself, and actually used the time instead of wishing for what now will never be. If you have a dream or goal, go get it! Make a plan. Follow that plan. Let NOBODY get in the way of that plan! Just yesterday I heard a quote, and I have no recollection of who it came from...... "Saying 'NO' costs nothing. Saying 'YES' can be extremely expensive". Say yes when it is in YOUR best interest, and learn to say "NO" to everyone else! With Much Love And Respect..... Live Long And Prosper!
What's really a trip is to listen to songs for three decades. And one day it sounds brand new all over again bro,i was a musician first half of my life. When this occured with me i told a long time band member this. And his reaction was wow man i know"! But what i mean by that is the message is the same words but means something else all of a sudden ! As you are a different person now than you were then.. . Profound ! The real artificer of music His words will have meaning to each individuals life . Interpreted In many many ways.
Yep. Exactly how it was first time i heard it in 1977. That's how old my album is. Now, it has a whole new meaning. One of my favorite and well played albums.
you should check out the documentary on how this album was made...based on the technology of the day, it makes you appreciate not only their strive for perfection, but also their genius to try things that hadn't been done nor machines invented yet that could do them...long before computers were household names...Rock ON!
Thanks for articulating this song so we'll. like you,I have a 25 year old daughter,who sadly self harmed recently within an inch of her young life. I made me me stand back and evaluate my own life and my journey,I am in bad health due to work accident and now i feel the true meaning to this song. to me,it's about life is short,we only have a short time here,and making the most of our lives is so important, especially our family and loved ones.
As many people have said, the older you get the more you appreciate the lyrics. Couldn’t agree with you more, live your life to the max. I’m 60 and 4 weeks ago I had a major heart attack. I’d actually passed away for a little while and had to have CPR. A second chance at life but a lot of regrets of missed opportunities.
One of the many takeaways from this song is that it is never too late to start. But never say never. The very day it becomes too late is the day you die.
Dude, one of my favorite albums. Listened to it the other day. The lyrics are on point. "And then one day you find ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun" Its your life, get to it!
Thanks for covering this one. Usually when I see a reaction to this song, I skip over it. Because it hurts. I'm 50 and I've accomplished nothing. But you gave a little hopeful lift. Thank you. I'm glad I watched
The Dark Side of the Moon took over six months of recording. Released in early 1973. When I was 8 years old. I am no stranger to the Floyd. I was born on The Pink Floyd 1965.
I absolutely love watching your reaction to this Pink Floyd excellence. I could see in your expressions that you completely got it. The David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright incarnation of Pink Floyd were onto something very special. Time happens to be my favorite Floyd song……and every single note, beat and vocal were exactly like it should be. A perfect song……
Sittin' here, sippin on my cuervo, watching this...as you sippin' and listening to my music, and talking about being in HS music programs...just like me. Just like me. Thousands of miles apart. Generations apart. But you bring us all together. Music is magic, because it can do this. Hello, Brother. We ARE one. Thank you for your post.
Dude. Old white guy here. I hate when someone goes on a rant in the middle of a reaction video.... However, what you said touched me. You get it. Now I got it. During your short rant there I felt like you were talking directly to me. You spoke wisdom. I like that. Thank you!
Many people will say it, but for your own enjoyment, listen to the whole album start to finish. It’s a continual progression that blends from track to track. One of the best compositions of all time.
With headphones !
Well said!
He has listened to the whole album, on his other channel. He was in his car, but he did hear the whole thing. And yes, it's an all time classic. To me it's the best rock album ever.
Front to back, it's literally the greatest album ever. It's one big song.
Abso-bloody-lutely!
This song gets deeper the older you get. And the back ground singers were sent from above for this song. Shout out to the Expos
THERE'S A LOT I NEVER HEAR MENTIONED.
FROM 1956 ua-cam.com/video/V8MP0W63jIY/v-deo.html.
Yeah. What's Rusty Staub up to?
@@ronaldmorgan7632 he died in 2018 But He was the first guy I ever met as a player. He was a Detroit Tigers by then and before game back in the early 70s My dad introduced me to Ernie Harwell and he was interviewing Rusty Staub at the time.. Met Mark the bird Fridrich the same way :) Yes I am that old lol
@@skipwilliam5639 We're about the same age then. First A's player I ever met was "Jumbo" Jim Nash, a reliever. Must have been around 1970? Just before they brought up a kid named Vida Blue from the minors to see what he could do. LOL.
@@ronaldmorgan7632 You are just a head of me in age lol I was I'm just 57 lol I live in Windsor Canada but from my house I could see Tiger stadium from my window. And though remembering Vida Blue I only seen highlights of him on TWIB Never seen him play live. or the A's Not till Dennis Eckersley
Pink Floyd are my heroes.
And I'm so happy you have finally reacted to them bro💙
There's a reason this album stayed on the charts LONGER THAN ANY OTHER ALBUM IN HISTORY BY FAR.
Nothing like hearing Pink Floyd for the 1st time. I was hooked.
One of my favorite songs ever. This song gets me very emotional. I wasted 12 years of my life, so when they sing the "you missed the starting gun" line it always gets me.
This is just life! Floyd just was reality! Too real for most of us!
Pink Floyd is Legendary! This song was written in 1972, 50 years ago, (I was 16 years old att), and it still holds up today as good as ever, maybe even more so! All Pink Floyd songs are like that, works of art. And the lyrics of this song,... impressive to say the least, especially when you realize it was written by guys in their mid 20s, very insightful young men. Incredible!
I've been a huge Pink Floyd fan since this album came out in 1973, the "Dark Side of the Moon" album. That album went 14 X Platinum, and sold over 50 million copies to date, (and still counting), and it spent 962 weeks on Billboards Top LP's of all time, that's over 18 years! Again, incredible.
I was probably around 14 or 15 years old when this song came out. My brother used to play it in the room next to me and I just couldn't wait to get my stereo system so I could steal his albums while he was gone. He caught me because he kept them clean and my fingerprints were all over them.
I was 5! Lol!
"I bet all of the sounds mean something." Yes, you are correct... the "pendulum" is the ticking of a clock (thus the song title), while at the same time there is a heartbeat sound. A very simple-to-grasp musical explanation that your pulse is like a ticking clock and that one thing that definitely unites us all is the same, unstoppable progression of time. As others have pointed out in the comments, this song definitely hits you deeper as you get older.
The older one gets the more relevant this song becomes and hits really close to home
I used to lie on the lounge room floor, with the stereo speakers on either side of my head, so I could drown everything else out, when listening to Pink Floyd. Nearly everyone I knew had their albums, being a teen was the best in the 70' & early 80's.
LoL I love it...someone else laying on the floor with the speakers against their ears...Memories 🥰
@@deborahharper3126 yep and the stickers and blue pyramid poster 74 i think or 73?
"Life Is What Happens To You While You're Busy Making Other Plans"
John Lennon
R.I.P. 🙏 ❤
That guitar carries all the longing and desperate sadness of lost dreams and youth as clear as the lyrics do.
You hit that. Lament
This album was engineered by Alan Parsons. He not only was a genius engineer, but he also had a great career as a solo artist. Definitely worth looking into.
Your comment reminded me of the contribution of Eric Woolfson to The Alan Parsons Project. So many undervalued or unrecognized people helped (and still do) create the music we love. We love you. (edited to correct my grammar)
@@barrydouglas6276 Right On! Eric Woolfson was a visionary of the future in his lyrics. Eric is just as much responsible for the success of the APP as Alan was himself, no doubt. "Eye In The Sky" & "I Wouldn't Wanna Be Like You" for starters. Also, the vocals Lenny provided helped a lot too!
@Buddy Faulkner, Yeah man, Alan Parson is a brilliant sound engineer, musician, etc... The apple don't fall far from the tree with the Parson's. Alan's father Denys Parson was all about the sound of music, so much so he created the "Parsons Code."
@@216Numbskull I felt momentarily stupid. I had in my mind associated that phrase with Alan not Denys. No matter how much you know there is always much more to learn. What a wonderful world!
True dat. Alan Parsons was in fact the engineer of this record.
I had this explained to me about this song.
The clocks and bells at the beginning is your birth. The "tolling of the iron bell' at the end is your funeral.
Do not let your life get closer to the end before you "wake up" to see it has passed you by.
That really drove the point deep.
yeah they are unbelievable indeed thanks for that!
My friend, this song is as deep as you get, and it encompasses one's life from inception to death. It truly is a Timeless masterpiece that can resonate with everyone. It seems to mean more the older you get. Mustn't I forget, David Gilmour, on Lead Vocals and Lead Guitar. This is absolutely one of THE BEST guitar solos ever put to tape. It just doesn't get any better.
Gospel is this.
I first heard this when I was 21. I am 70 now and I am still not tired of it.
@@armadillotoe 41 here, I've got to ask: does it still change a bit every time?
True and amazing…. So, so many but another when David Bowie initiated “Comfortably Numb.” The vocal blend between David’s takes you to the clouds. Rick / David G too.
I believe the message is: time precious, life is short, don't waist a day, an hour, a minute of it. Because if will eventually come to its end, so use it as much as you can, the best you can. But the way the lyrics are written is just ingenious, so deep, so abstract. A perfection.
I had heard this a thousand times, never really listened to it until I was in the hospital with cancer wondering if I was going to make it. It really hit home, life had passed me by I "missed the starting gun", it seemed.
I'm glad you made it !
Back in O.C. Calif when I was 27 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a P.F. show coming up. Knowing I am a Floyd fan she called the radio station (KMET - LA, “The Mighty Met”) to get information on the concert, The DJ on live radio Cynthia Fox…. said...."Congratulations, YOU are caller number 10, YOU just won tickets to the show and the Sound Check Party before the show"...
I met David Gilmour back stage. He gave us both a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I told him his music will stand the test of time with anything from Beethoven or Mozart. He smiled even bigger. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shook both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well, better than any other guitarist I know. . I told him in my eyes he’s a “Legend“. He thanked me and said “Enjoy the show”…. during the concert after the song “Money” he looked right at me and said…. “On saxophone, another Legend, Mr. Scott Page” … acknowledging my comment to him. It is my favorite moment in over 300 shows I’ve seen.
✨BEAUTIFUL✨
The genius in this song is that every time you hear it is a different experience. Beautiful music from every aspect. Pink Floyd music is timeless and I believe the will be studied and held with the same regard as classical music is today.
The transition of this into "The Great Gig in the Sky" is a complete thematic masterpiece. It outlines the whole transition of a human's existence, from Earthly life, then passing into the turmoil of death, and then unavoidable acceptance of the inevitable Beyond.
This album was on the Billboard album chart for over 900 weeks. 18 years.
There's good reason for that.
It's a masterpiece, a dire warning against wasting one's life.
Master class of music, vocals and lyrics. Time is a classic that will remain for all time.
I love it when people pay attention to these lyrics. It's like a wake up call.
What Pink Floyd did between Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall is truly mind blowing
Don’t beat yourself up over “not getting” a song on your first reaction. There’s a reason that we listen to these classics time and again.
This is an amazing song that means something more every time you hear it. It’s that good, and truly a masterpiece. It’s awesome to the watch you “get it”… because now that you’ve got it, you’ll get something else every other time you hear it.
Thanks so much for the reactions!
Over the years many great Black women vocalists sang with PF. Need to listen to this entire album beginning to end. The songs don't start and stop, they just kinda melt and evolve into each other. Dark room, laying back with your preferred "mental adjustment" with your 🎧 on.
With age comes wisdom. It takes a bit of age to fully appreciate this song. I was young when this album came out, and I would listen to it and enjoy the sound. Now, it can bring tears to my eyes.
It just gets sadder and sadder.. 😢
One of the greatest guitar solos of all time 🔥🎸
Greatest album ever, Floyd owe everything to the blues! Without the blues we would have no Floyd. God bless Pink Anderson and Floyd Council and all of the blues greats.
I can’t believe I missed your reaction to this one, I love seeing people react to it because it’s such a deep song and it really hits different the older you get. I often wish I’d have paid more attention when I myself was younger to this song
Loved your take on this song. Back in my youth, I would sing along to this, with the interpretations of a young mind. Now, at the start of my winter years, this song weighs on my heart, and brings tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing your experience with the rest of us. It's very much appreciated.
i LOVED your genuine reactions to this incredibly profound song. even your jokes hit the mark without being frivolous. nice work man
Pink Floyd never gets old. Dark Side may be the best album ever made. As a commentary on the human condition, it's as relevant today as it was in 1972. The music is just as dynamic and fresh as the day they recorded it. A true masterpiece and work of art.
Thank you for this reaction. What a powerful, real message. I appreciate your humility and inspiring wisdom and the sharing of your experience. May the Lord bless you and your family.
The back ground singer is Claire Torrie, one the most iconic backing vocals of all time, shine on bro ✌️⌚🦌, you need to listen to the full album, and a little bud for company lol🦌✌️
Claire‘s not singing here
"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way". DEEPS.
Two things are important for any Pink Floyd song. The music, and the lyrics.
But mainly the lyrics and the music.
and this clown keeps pausing!!!
Love Pink Floyd…time is ticking away even before they get into the lyrics. Everything they did meant something. ⏳⌛️🕰
Last Words Spoken To Son Ziggy,,
"You Can't Buy Life"...Robert Nesta Marley
..R.I.P...One Love For True..Rastafari 🇯🇲🙏❤
Don’t forget the heartbeat that goes with the songs beginning your times running out and when your heart stops your time is done
Yes! There's a reason this album was number 1 for like a freaking decade.
This was a gentle reminder in 1974 to the young people listening to not take time for granted. I didn't get it then but at 63 I shh m sure get it now
Yes, Pink Floyd makes you think deeply while still entertain the hell out of you with surberb funky tunes.
And to think they wrote this in their 20's. A started listening to Pink Floyd at 12 and now that I'm 60 their music touchs me deeper.
So many deep lyrics in the Pink Floyd catalog. Some of my favorites are "onward he cried from the rear as the front ranks died", ""did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?"....
Listening to this since I was a teenager. About to hit 50.
This song is HARD and SCARY. Like, really, really scary.
They touch on mortality in several songs. And it's possibly not massively popular.
But also real.
Pink Floyd. Thank you for bringing painfully to my attention another thing I'd feel more comfortable ignoring.
Oh, and the musicianship is first-class astonishing as always.
Once you hear this song you can never un-hear it. It plants a seed in your brain that germinates over time, and eventually you're sitting in the tree's branches enjoying its fruit for as long as you live.
Amen to what you're saying about it never being too late. I'm 63, a late bloomer for sure, and I'm still actively doing the work I love, never giving up on my dreams. The only thing that'll stop me is death, is the way I feel. And even as a ghost I'll still be doing what I love, lol. And yes, this is a great song. This is one of the first albums I ever bought with money I earned as a dishwasher back in 1976.
Someone said it to me this way once: "Find a dream you want to achieve ... but do yourself a favour - pick something you're good at."
Absolutely SPOT ON analysis. It’s nice to see someone who actually gets how profoundly deep this song is, especially your dead on the money understanding of the sun reference.
This song hits so much harder when you get a little older this album is such a masterpiece.
What a beautiful and sensitive hopeful reaction..love Pink Floyd
The greatness of this song is that if you are mature enough, it’ll get you to reflect on not only your life, but life in general.
Listen to “great gig in the sky”. . . Spoiler . . The vocalist is a tiny little white woman named Clare Tory. And she did the whole song in one take and was given no lyrics, just a bass line.
She totally speaks without words.
2 ½ takes…go watch her interview on here!
This song is life. The clocks symbolize the start of life. The lyrics and music represent the progression. Culminating in the tolling of the iron bells and the softly spoken magic spell representing the funeral ritual
Got you!! Once that moment hits where you realise that "what you're listening to, means soo much more than what you're hearing" You will forever listen to Pink Floyd in a totally different way. There are so many poignant lyrics and amazing musical qualities in their music that sit you on right your ass when you least expect it..... Enjoy the ride!!
this song hits harder and harder the older i get , and i to agree its never to late to start chasing your dreams and its always better to be moving in the right direction... for me this song is not that you cant catch up but that the longer you wait the harder it becomes
Love you Van! Your journey is our journey as we experience it with you vicariously. Keep doing what you do! Learn, grow and most importantly live and love
Oh hell yea it digs deeper the older you are.. I turn 65 in a few months and it reaches into my soul.. deeply. And dude, this is deep music.. don't worry, your hearing it now.
I remember hearing this song for the first time with a bunch of my friends, I think it was about 1975. A can honestly say it was a marker in my life and it’s kind of haunted me ever since.
This song never fails to give me the goosies. Been my favorite song (next to Sittin on the Dock of the Bay by Otis) since I first heard it as a kid. Now that I"m older it hits so hard.
You correct, it's never too late to pursue our dreams, just don't waste your time trying to get back the time you lost!
Sweet man, music from my era was deep..am pleased that you appriciate that as a young man.
Time. This is the perfect name for a song. Time stops for no one. You got it right...last time I checked, I was in high school. Then I was a mother...and now a grandmother. We need the message. It helps us live.
There's a HUGE difference between hearing and actively listening.
12 bass drops before the song kicks in - for every number on the clock face - everything is there for a reason - genius
Dark Side of the Moon is an album best listened to in its entirety. To that end, I recommend this: ua-cam.com/video/R6tYeg5Bj4g/v-deo.html
It is the full audio/visual experience for that album. Definitely give that a watch, as the videos accompanying the songs really bring them to life.
Edit: Also, you should check out the entire "Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii" concert. They played a live show for an audience that had been dead for nearly two millennia.
This song should be played and it's meaning explained to every young person now and forever. It deals with mortality awareness and the transition from ignorance of one's mortality when young to the painful awareness of one's mortality as we age. It is a cautionary tale that the time we have on Earth is limited and growing shorter with each passing day, and that the time we do have is precious, limited, and should not be taken for granted or waisted on frivolous pursuits, or worse, the pursuit of nothing at all. Deepest lyrics of all time!
Like the comment below mine says, it gets deeper the older you get. This is my favorite song from Pink Floyd, not only because it is brilliantly composed, but because of how impactful it is in our lives. I think of it as each verse is like the seasons of your life, Spring, (Youth) Summer (Adulthood) Fall (Middle Aged) and Winter (The final chapter of life). In the end he is filled with regret that he waisted so much time of his life and is waiting to die. The Church bells are soon to ring out for him. Then he ascends to "The Great Gig in the Sky" which is the next song on the album. DEEP!
Those sounds are your life drifting away . . . They are telling you to make the best of the time you have got.
That's a meta reaction... "I missed it before. Now I've got it". That's the song in a nutshell!
Great, honest reactions as always. Keep it up
It's one of the best selling albums of all time for a reason. I was raised on their music.
I'm proud of you, young man!
You got it!
I'm an old guy, widowed, and now living on autopilot, with nothing to show for my years.
Now I just go to work every day to pay the overdue bills and come home to an empty house.
When I was a young man there were several things I wanted to do. Getting my private pilot certificate and buying a small airplane was one of the biggest of them. I made three attempts at getting my PPC and every time something went wrong. The time went away because of outside people or things, or the money went away for similar reasons.
I now live my flying dream by attending an occasional air show once or twice a year and dream of what could have been if I had taken more time for myself, and actually used the time instead of wishing for what now will never be.
If you have a dream or goal, go get it! Make a plan. Follow that plan. Let NOBODY get in the way of that plan!
Just yesterday I heard a quote, and I have no recollection of who it came from......
"Saying 'NO' costs nothing. Saying 'YES' can be extremely expensive".
Say yes when it is in YOUR best interest, and learn to say "NO" to everyone else!
With Much Love And Respect..... Live Long And Prosper!
Floyd wrote some of the greatest lyrics in the history of music! :)
What's really a trip is to listen to songs for three decades. And one day it sounds brand new all over again bro,i was a musician first half of my life. When this occured with me i told a long time band member this. And his reaction was wow man i know"! But what i mean by that is the message is the same words but means something else all of a sudden ! As you are a different person now than you were then.. . Profound !
The real artificer of music
His words will have meaning to each individuals life . Interpreted
In many many ways.
Yep. Exactly how it was first time i heard it in 1977. That's how old my album is. Now, it has a whole new meaning. One of my favorite and well played albums.
you should check out the documentary on how this album was made...based on the technology of the day, it makes you appreciate not only their strive for perfection, but also their genius to try things that hadn't been done nor machines invented yet that could do them...long before computers were household names...Rock ON!
Thanks for articulating this song so we'll.
like you,I have a 25 year old daughter,who sadly self harmed recently within an inch of her young life.
I made me me stand back and evaluate my own life and my journey,I am in bad health due to work accident and now i feel the true meaning to this song.
to me,it's about life is short,we only have a short time here,and making the most of our lives is so important, especially our family and loved ones.
As many people have said, the older you get the more you appreciate the lyrics. Couldn’t agree with you more, live your life to the max. I’m 60 and 4 weeks ago I had a major heart attack. I’d actually passed away for a little while and had to have CPR. A second chance at life but a lot of regrets of missed opportunities.
Anything from the Pulse concert is outstanding! There even better live!
I turned 70 in March.🤗 This song hits me differently now than it did in '72 when I was 20!😢💯❤✌
some of the best contributions of Pink Floyd's sounds where the great Alan Parsons a legend in his own musical contributions
I have always appreciated the breakaway Alan Parsons Project. Some remarkable stuff, not very well known.
One of the many takeaways from this song is that it is never too late to start. But never say never. The very day it becomes too late is the day you die.
Don't keep your light under a bushel, Van. Let it shine!!
Dude, one of my favorite albums. Listened to it the other day. The lyrics are on point. "And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun" Its your life, get to it!
Thanks for covering this one. Usually when I see a reaction to this song, I skip over it. Because it hurts. I'm 50 and I've accomplished nothing. But you gave a little hopeful lift. Thank you. I'm glad I watched
I totally agree. Not just musicians but engineers.
Alan Parsons was the sound engineer on this album.
He went to a clock shop and recorded the clocks going off
And I shall call it, the Allen Parsons Project.
Austin Powers is back y’all
The Dark Side of the Moon took over six months of recording. Released in early 1973. When I was 8 years old.
I am no stranger to the Floyd. I was born on The Pink Floyd 1965.
"....missed the starting gun." After 35 years of knowing this tune, this line hits harder ever time I hear it.
Everything you said was so true. Never give up on your dreams. You're an inspiration.
I absolutely love watching your reaction to this Pink Floyd excellence. I could see in your expressions that you completely got it. The David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright incarnation of Pink Floyd were onto something very special. Time happens to be my favorite Floyd song……and every single note, beat and vocal were exactly like it should be. A perfect song……
Sittin' here, sippin on my cuervo, watching this...as you sippin' and listening to my music, and talking about being in HS music programs...just like me. Just like me. Thousands of miles apart. Generations apart. But you bring us all together. Music is magic, because it can do this. Hello, Brother. We ARE one. Thank you for your post.
Floyd has always been my favorite band, been listening to then since the early 80,s
Such a good review. We’re so busy running through our lives that we rarely stop to listen to our soul’s reaching out.
Never too late brother. Never. Go out there and get it. It's in your soul.