First Time Reaction to Pink Floyd - "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" Parts I-V
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I chose 'Shine on' for my son's ceremony. He died at the age of 42. Drug related. I've never listened to it since then. but now after 8 years I embrace 'Shine on' again.
I am very sad about your loss😢I wish you luck, patience and that you both meet again beyond this world
Alles Gute für Dich, Gandalf✌️😎
Pink Floyd are one of those bands who have just produced beautiful music that has and will stand the test of time. Please explore their catalogue of songs and just feel the emotions and passions. May it bring happiness as you listen and just let the melodies flow over you. God Bless.
Sorry for your loss mate.
I also dedicate this song to my late son, he was 25 when he died, also I have a Dark side of the Moon tatoo on mya arm, whit the phrase "Shine On My Son"
RIP Richard Wright the master of soundscapes.
The great Rick in the sky
@@torstenlaumen5766I love this!❤
What I like about Floyd is that unlike today's music that rushes you along, Floyd is in no hurry and only asks you to climb on board and enjoy the journey.
And yet it's never long enough. Every time I listen to Dogs, I wish that it was only the first 1/4 of the song.
Yes, they come from an age when people did feel that it was perfectly okay to let things that mattered "take their time", an age that seemed to have open horizons and was much less thoroughly commecialized than today. Their songs are like journeys, or moments from a journey, even when they are not this long, The film "Zabriskie Point" where the Floyd contrbuted music captures the same spirit...in a way that's also patallel with "Easy Rider", made around the same time - a film where the Floyd were not involved but which certainly infleucned them and the entire generation.
My own childhood overlaps with those days, so I still feel rooted in some of these attitudes, that approach to time and understanding - and I can barely remember a time when the sounds of the Floyd (Gilmour's way of playing the guitar, for example) were not part of my personal world of music.
So very true!
I feel some band still do that today. Nightwish hit close sometimes.
@@Honken55 Phish too, or the Tedeschi Trucks Band sometimes. But it's true that this kind of careful creation of half-improvised sonic landscapes, integrated with songs, in the studio is a lost art - there are very few young mainstream rock bands doing it these days.
As others have already pointed out, the song is written about and dedicated to founder member Syd Barrett, who departed from the band in 1968 after dealing with mental problems and substance abuse. On 5 June 1975, Barrett, now heavyset, with a completely shaved head and eyebrows, wandered into the studio where the band were recording. They did not recognise him for some time because of his drastically changed appearance, but when they eventually realised who the withdrawn man in the corner was, Roger Waters became so distressed about Barrett's appearance that he was reduced to tears. When asked what he thought of the song, Barrett said it sounded a "bit old". As it would turn out that would be one of the last times they’d see Syd alive. 😢
Syd actually showed up to the recording, they wanted him to sing and he left.
According to David Gilmore not only were they recording the tribute to syd they’d just got to the lyric, no one knows where you are, how near or how far. And he was on the other side of the glass.
Stacey don’t forget Parts 6 to 9 of this song. In fact do yourself a favour and listen to the whole “Wish You Were Here” album.
Yes Stacey, listen to it all non stop... thar machine like noise you heard at the end, and you said the song's still going, is actually the lead into the next song called, not surprisingly, Welcome to the Machine
Yes! Most PF albums need to be listened to in it's entirety!!!!
yes, Stacey, I definitely agree with @Andy-Capp: Parts 6 to 9 can be even more surprising and beautiful - if possible - than these first 5 you listened and reacting to. those two sections are separated in the original concept, but listening to them, from 1 to 9 is an amazing sound travelling experience! 🫶🏻❤🔥🎼🎵🎶
Keep going, you will love it
Definitely 6-9
Stacey. What you asked about, "Is that a trumpet?", isn't, actually.
That is the amazingly accomplished Richard Wright on the keys.
Synthesizers and electric pianos, etc... (He, like the rest of the band, is as good as it gets. Period.)
Outstanding reaction. Really really enjoy your channel and, most importantly, your reactions.
Especially to the greatest band of all time, (Imho), Pink Floyd.
Keep up the nice work/channel!
Proud to be one of your loyal subscribers. 😎😎👍👍
PS. The song was written about Syd Barrett, an original founder and guitarist of Pink Floyd who
unfortunately developed some pretty serious mental problems made much, much worse
by taking large amounts of acid, (LSD), and whose eyes ended up like, "Black holes in the skies"
The band missed him dearly however, his ability to not function with the mental illness and, all
the acid, was the final nail that pretty much forced the band to remove him. Replacing him soon after
with David Gilmour, who I personally believe stepped in and has been a solid rock for the band
since he entered. Gilmour is my all time favorite guitarist, straight up!
Have a great weekend!
❤ your accurate word on DAVID GILMOR.
SIR DAVID GILMOR IS / was ment to be in what life has blessed with. Family- finances- a soul that speaks in his music/
Instruments💕🗣👁❤️his messages of life.
The Floyd probably went further with David than they would have with Syd, be he well or not. Their story is one of the most unique in the annals of rock. To start out as students with an enigmatic front man in mod London and end up mining his decline for mindblowing sonic classics until the rift is fascinating. Had Syd remained hale and sane, I wonder how their sound and story would have progressed.
Great question of which we'll never know. I have often wondered that myself.@@danielglenn915
I feel that Syd's solo material was better than anything that Waters and Gilmour produced during that same time period. Yes the production was difficult considering the state Syd was in but the song writing was fantastic. The 5 man Floyd would have been interesting.@@danielglenn915
I didn't know that.
This is the band's emotionally powerful tribute to their close friend and original lead singer, guitarist and main songwriter, Syd Barrett. He is the one lovingly referred to as the "Crazy Diamond."
Despite his charismatic personality and unparalleled creativity, Syd suffered from a combination of undiagnosed schizophrenia, heavy LSD use, and unbearable pressure from the record industry to crank out hits...to the point were he basically could no longer function in the band or in society.
Or at least he didn't want to. Some people who were there at the time say that Syd just got tired of the show biz merry-go-round and just walked away. We don't know for sure, though the conventional interpretation is likely to be correct. One of the strangest (and most heartbreaking) parts of the story is that, while they were at Abbey Road studio recording this, they were standing around in the control room between takes and there was suddenly this bald, fat person there who nobody recognized. It slowly dawned on them that it was Syd, whom they hadn't seen in 2 or 3 years. He had changed so much in such a short time nobody knew him. Nobody knew why he was there or how he got there, but he seemed to think he was meant to be there to record with them. One of the engineers had to give him a ride home to Cambridge.
@@nazfrde Syd did to much acid along with his schizophrenia
The late Rick Wright is emphatic in his belief that it was LSD that caused Syd to snap. In various interviews over the years he has stated that the band was scheduled to play on a BBC TV show on a Friday night. Syd never showed up and when they found him a few days later Rick said he was just a completely different character. Rick noted that Syd had started hanging with some of the Timothy Leary crowd prior to that, who believed LSD was the way to the 'Truth', and Rick is convinced he did too much LSD at one time and snapped. I personally saw this happen to a friend of mine, so I tend to agree with Rick. He does acknowledge that there is no way to know if that is the actual cause, but people who suffer from other mental issues may be more prone to the side effects of LSD.
Also, there was really no studio pressure on the band in 1967 to produce hits. Although the band began to receive more recognition after Meddle, it wasn't until the release of Dark Side Of The Moon in 1973, and that album's massive success, that the band began to receive studio pressure. The band's struggles to even get started recording theirv1975 album Wish You Were Here is well documented, because the massive success of DSOTM began to pull band members in different directions, and made it difficult to get everyone writing and recording. And the band took clear shots at the studio, their management, and to some degree, each other, with songs like Welcome To The Machine and Have A Cigar.
@@nazfrde We kinda do know for sure m8, it's well documented what happened to Syd. Every band member has spoken multiple times separately about exactly what happened to Syd. And his family members have also done interviews in documentaries about him. He definitely didn't walk away from the showbiz or public lifestyle, because he formed another band for a brief while & was quite well known as a painter. The night Syd left the band wasn't his choice, one night the rest of the band were in a car heading to rehearse. Syd had been declining for a while & getting worse by this point, one of the band asked 'Should we go get Syd' to which one of the others replied 'let's not.' Nobody questioned it, and they never picked him up ever again.
Syd officially left the band in April of 1968. It was a amicable decision. One of the better books on Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd is called Dark Globe. Check it out..........Cheers.
@@AlanDevine257
A perfect reaction. I can still remember when I heard this album for the first time.
Here, more than 50 years later, it’s beauty still bring tears in my eyes.
Congratulations to you.
Syd Barrett (1946-2006)
He was a crazy diamond !
R.I.P. Syd and Richard 😞🙏🙏
RIP Pink Anderson(1900-1974) and Floyd Council(1911-1976) too
The strength of this piece lies in the combination of timeless composing and modern sounds and technology. When you look at the score it might as well have been composed by Britains' great 17th century composer Henry Purcell. It would sound as strong with instruments of those days. That's why I don't like the freaky saxophone solo, it's totally out of place.
Pink Floyd it's not just music it is a new form of spiritual awareness ...
More popular than Jesus.
@@kentclark6420 It’s not a popularity contest.
@@andreshernandez1180 I was just making a satire of what John Lennon said. He said that about the Beatles, in so many words.
SO HAPPY that you chose the studio version first. This is the true experience we had as children of the '70s when this album came out...No distractions by video - just the raw emotion of the sound. It always brings a tear to my eye watching you tear up over their music. They are that good.
PLEASE listen to parts 6-9 next, and then go over to the Pulse version.
Agree with everything you say, got tears now
I agree, it's better to listen to this song in the audio version.
Only versions I like
A friend of mine said this song sounds like half the band was late for the studio recording, so they just started without them. I laughed and said he just didn't have the patience 🙂. This is the greatest song ever composed, I will die on this hill.
I cannot describe, how much I love Pink Floyd. My goosebumps are getting goosebumps while listening to them. And always tears of joy in my eyes. God they are so perfect!
As a 57 yr old long time PF fanatic i have to say that this an other channels from people who weren't born when i discovered Floyd give me hope for the future.
The intellectual and emotional intelligence of this reaction is encouraging...my generation had our chance, and did our best, and will keep trying, but the X, Y and A generation seem more aware and clued in than i ever was at their age as to what is really important
The youtube channel "The Confident Singer" has done some entertainingly perceptive Floyd reaction vids, including this one.
@@rabudman also Koality Reactions, Maddy Reacts, and AileenSenpai
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part VI - IX
Yes! Need to finish the song!
@@martinparker1270 💯💯👍👍
Yes, definitely don't sleep on the rest, VI-IX is my favorite part.
Also go back and pick up the rest of the album. Not a bad track
Yes, Please finish the song
Indeed, the best parts of this 'song'
My favorite Pink Floyd album. Emotional, haunting, comforting, timeless. Welcome To The Machine will blow your mind, the keyboards and sound effects are crazy
This and The Final Cut
Final Cut reads more as the first solo project from Waters, but it still contains amazing songs. The Gunner’s Dream always gets me
David Gilmour's guitar calling out to his friend Syd Barrett........sadly beautiful.
It's my personal favorite guitar piece, might be acid biased but just the introduction guitar makes me tear up every time
Threatened by shadows at night, exposed in the light.
The lyrics are by Roger Waters and were inspired by his friend Syd Barrett...they live inventing fictional stories about David...... ROGER WATERS IS PINK FLOYD!!!!
No one can take you seriously with such a ridiculous comment, considering that Water's hasn't been in Pink Floyd since 1985.@@damiangonzalez2068
@@damiangonzalez2068 What are you on about? Floyd wasn't founded solely by Roger and being the main lyricist doesn't mean you own the band. They are a whole that is greater than the sum of their parts. Without Gilmour, Wright and Mason's compositions underneath, they wouldn't be the iconic band that they are today. Gilmour studied at the same college as Barrett, they were friends before he took over his place in the band.
They never forgot Sid and for that fact Sid's mom. Tells me a lot about these blokes.
*Syd*
@@fredkrissman6527 Actually Syd's real name was Roger
Please don´t forget Rick Wright and his carpet of keyboard sounds. He was the ocean that carried the band and where they could swim - and shine! This track is a good example for that.
Part VI - IX is also exceptional, more rhythmic. I don't know which part is better.... but the studio versions are the best
The lap steel parts on VI - IX are on a whole other level of musical art/genius
The long, heavy, dynamic crescendo running for five minutes during the first half of that is one of the most amazing, thrilling passages of its kind in rock music. As a teenager I used to refer to it as "the Devil's Dance".
I’d say that Pulse or Pompeii 2016 are exceptional too!
For me arguably THE Pink Floyd masterpiece (others may disagree ^^), etheral and out of this world.
And the "Crazy Diamond" they sing about is former member Syd Barrett, to whom they refer to the whole album, but especially in "Wish you were here".
Yes this is their masterpiece
@@mauricioguerrero5542 Sure but could you please put "one of many of their masterpieces" instead.
Totally agree with you
Echoes
Echoes
YEAH!!!!!!!!!! Floyd again !!! Thanks Stacey! And that is Richard Wright on the keyboard not a trumpet ! And this song is a tribute to Sid Barrett one of the founding members.
Dick Parry's talent just mingled so well here and in other songs. In Shine On You Crazy Diamond he used 2 saxophones. I was so glad to see that Pink Floyd brought Dick Parry along for the Pulse tour.
I can’t imagine hearing this for the first time. In 1988 the older kids in my neighborhood dosed me with acid and made me listen to this album. I swear that experience formed the coarse of my life. Love !
Hi Pink Stacey Floyd! :) Already said this I guess, but your emotions on PF are as beautiful as their songs. Shows you are a wonderful soul. Have a great weekend. Greetings from Belgium. :)
This song has been with me for over 40 years. It is a part of my life, a part of what I am.
Hi
It's fantastic to see you digging deeper into the world of Pink Floyd. More than the live reaction, I appreciate what you have to say after listening. It's really great to listen to what you have to say and really reminds me of my discovery of this fantastic music.
I would definitely recommend a reaction one by one of the four classic albums: The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall. Definitely by release chronology. You'll be able to grasp the evolution of the music and catch the context of the 70s. At least I think so, I was born in the early 80s myself.
Then watch Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii for yourself. And then if that's still not enough for you go ahead with the whole discography. For me it was always not enough. As I got used to one album, I'd go with the next. Each time it's a different feeling, a different sound, a different instrument - there's so much.
Don't forget other music as an antidote. Pink Floyd fans are a state of mind ;)
Beautiful, heartfelt reaction Stacey! You’ve done the teenagers of the 70’s proud. If you get a chance, listen to this song (and many others from Pink Floyd) with your eyes closed and headphones on. Just relax and feel it deep inside your soul. ❤️
Your Pink Floyd reactions bring out a wonderful reaction in the rest of us, one that you seldom see on the internet. Truly bringing smiles worldwide. ❤ from Canada
Thank you for your continued support and kind words! Means the world to me ❤️
So glad that you decided to react to this song. The intro is one of the most beautiful compositions of the 20th century. Try to watch the live version beacuse the lights and the music is a superb combo
Syd Barrett went insane in 1968, lost touch with reality. To the extent he was even aware of the song's existence was never known. Tho he did inexplicably appear in the studio the day they were laying down this track. He was basically incommunicative. That's another whole story in and of itself. Roger and David are said to have cried.
"Now there's a look in your eyes,
like black holes in the sky,
Shine on you crazy diamond"
I saw them do this at Knebworth open air concert 1975 UK. They also did all of "Dark side of the moon". They even had a surround sound system, so a hundred thousand plus audience had the total experience. Never been quite the same since. 😁❤
I was there too - amazing experience (and Captain Beefheart on the bill too).
The beginning of "Welcome to the Machine" as the song ends. All Pink Floyd albums are one continuous masterpiece.
I think we can all agree that Pink Floyd could (and did) take the Blues to another level
Blues from the Rings of Saturn...
Your emotional reaction to this classic says it all. I've seen loads of reactions to this and yours is top of the tree for me.
Syd Barrett went insane in 1968. Whether he was ever even aware of the songs existence was never known, though he did inexplicably show up in the studio the day they recorded this track. He was basically incommunicative. David and Roger are said to have cried.
"Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky,
Shine On You Crazy diamond"
True. And if you google search syd Barrett photo shine on, you’ll see a photo of Syd that was taken that day he visited the studio. Reportedly, nobody in the band initially recognized him because he was fat and bald. Then, recognizing him and brought to tears. He apparently didn’t engage with anyone while there and then just left
@@user-wt8en5ug5i yes I've seen that photo many times. Quite the difference from the good-looking guy from barely half a dozen years earlier.
The first 10 minutes makes you reflect on your own life and then when the lyrics starts ... he starts with
WHEN I WAS YOUNG .... that pretty much hits everyone at that moment
This song, like most Pink Floyd song, is like a movie score. The music (and few lyrics) guides you through your own life's experiences and the movie occurs in your head. So close your eyes and listen, it's your movie!
The masters of Pink Floyd doesn’t write songs, they create “sensorial atmospheres”❤
Your comment that Pink Floyd forces the listener to slow down and patiently listen was very insightful. I had never thought about that before and I appreciate it. Thanks!
It's so amazing watching first-time reactions to songs that I take for granted since I've heard them 100's of times. It gives me a renewed appreciation for the song. Wish You Were Here was an amazing album that you never really listened to only one track. It was all or nothing.
After Dark Side of the Moon, they started making an album with the working title Household Objects. It was only going to be things found in a kitchen or house, no traditional instruments. Thankfully they abandoned that plan but one thing they experimented with that they used was rubbing on wine glasses with different amounts of liquid in them. They got them all tuned to the right notes, and at the beginning of this song part of what sounds like a keyboard is actually those wine glasses. Also, Dick Parry on the sax also played on Dark Side of the Moon, The Division Bell album, live at the Pulse tour in 1994, and with David Gilmour live shows from 2002 to 2008. I’ve always considered him an unofficial member of the band. Syd actually showed up at the studio when they were recording this. They didn’t recognize him at first. That in itself is a fascinating story. You could say that most of their work after he left the band was a tribute to him in some way.
This was from a time when we bought a new album and played it in its entirety. For me, it was lights off, headphones on and, occasionally, a spliff in one hand. Music, and certainly Pink Floyd, was a journey to be savoured. We made the time to enjoy every nuance and emotion each song and album brought to us.
Music was far more than what's it's become, where every modern song sounds like every other modern song, with no intelligence to lyrical content nor even to the art of being able to play an instrument.
That trumpet sound you heard was actually Richard Wright on the synthesizer keyboard. Love your reactions to these classic journeys. Music is supposed to be emotional ❤
I remember hearing this song for the first time as a teenager in the 1970s. Wow! I’m mesmerized by it to this day. Yes, it was a tribute to Syd Barrett. Syd named the band. He took the first names of 2 musicians by the name of Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. David Gilmour and Roger Waters, bass player up until the 1980s, would disagree at times, but there was always a love and respect between them. There is a UA-cam video of a reunion concert in 2006 where Roger came back and joined them for that concert. It was a fundraising concert. By the way, the sound you heard at the end of this song was a song called Welcome to the Machine.
Likewise, totally awesome
This song was, is, and will always be one of my favourite songs. For me, it's one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
There is literally JUST ENOUGH words in this song. Just enough to accompany the instrumentals without overtaking them
Just wait until you learn more of what this piece is all about and what happened the day they were in the studio recording this very track. Long Live Syd!
I have seen video of Syd much later in life walking on the street with groceries. So, much talent, so much potential unrealized.
I think it is so wonderful that the music from my days growing up, is moving the mind, body and soul of today's youth. Almost 50 years this song has been touching us.
It's a religious experience to see them play this song live. I cry every time. It's the happiest I've ever been in my life period!!!!!!!!!!
Are you in your 60s? Or did you see Faux Floyd (crap) post 1981?
I'm sorry to hear that.
@@DeathToTheDictators I am 65. Seen Pink Floyd in 1977, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1994 again, Roger Waters in 2006, Roger Waters do The Wall in 2010, again in 2010, and again in 2012. How's that my friend!
@@Ozarkprepper643If you actually believe this, you have a very narrow perspective on life. I believe divinity can be found in many places.
@@Ozarkprepper643 so what's your point
A Sax played, yes, Trumbo, no. What you heard was Richard Wright playing the Hammond organ. Love your reaction and this song! As a 40 years of being fan of 'Pink Floyd fan myself, keep on listening to Pink Floyd ❤❤❤
The thing that sounds like a trumpet is a synthesizer.
Richard*
@@voqoo - Thanks, I meant to fix that, but I got distracted and forgotten to correct it. LOL.
That horn type of sound was done on a Minimoog.
R.I.P. Richard Wright...No more to say...
RIP
This leads into another phenomenal song Stacey, WELCOME TO THE MACHINE, Which would be totally different from everything.You've heard from them up till now. I also recommend DOGS and HAVE A CIGAR.
Don´t you know the story of Syd, attending in the studio while they did this project?
A "stranger" appeared, the rest of the band had a hard time to figure out, who this even would be (had himself so far distanced, for me beautifully represented in/with the last tones/the fade out of part IX). As the story goes, none of them saw him alive again after this.
You should read the background to this (my telling here is not that precise, more a teaser if you will), will help to feel this piece even more.
Great job so far Stacey, so you might be ready to not only have a listen to the whole Darkside- but also to the hole WYWH-Album, will blow (or even open) your mind. A little bit of background-reading might be helpful to feel if/that the music "scores"
Hope we´ll see you again very soon.
Ahhhh.... those 4 notes pierce thru my head every single time I hear this song. Those 4 notes open the doors wide for the rest of the song.
I was lucky enough to see Floyd twice, once in 77 and once in 93.
Me too 93.
Se you listen to Pink Floyd makes me tear up. Reminds me of my young self when I heard this for the first time. Thank you.❤
Once again, Pink Floyd sets souls free! Great review.
Saw Pink Floyd, back in 1987.....Got to the show 30 minutes late. They opened with this....All five parts !
I love it when I see that you have a new reaction...especially Floyd. David Gilmour seems to have a direct line to your heart.
I hope David sees one of her Floyd reactions sometime, to see how your music affects people a half century later has to blow his mind even though he has known how good his work was, simply the best.
Dave Gilmour's version of High Hopes live from Pompeii is another heart-jerker.
This song is dedicatet to Syd Barret. One of my most heard song from Pink Floyd. Greetings fro Germany.🥰🥰
The trumpet sounds are from Rick on the keyboard. It is a real sax, though, played by Dick Parry. Don't forget to listen to the second half (part 6-9) of the song.
Imagine being an extraterrestrial hurling through the milkyway galaxy, and your ships long range sensors tune into a distant signal and.... all beings on the ships bridge look at one another simultainously. Disregarding their original objective, they change course, plot a new one towards your solar system, target earth and find the source and drop in for a listen.
Well, Ive been listing to Pink Floyd for a very long time. A few of us decided to stay, and our numbers are growing, and we're still listening.
As always, love your music reactions. 👽
PS: Syd is doing well on my home planet. He's a wonderful man, musician and human being overall.
=At 16 I first listened to Pink Floyd with Atom heart mother. I was hooked and that song holds a special place in my heart. This composition is probably my favorite. When segment one is closing out there is suddenly this discordant four notes. Somehow those four notes hold you spellbound and then morphs into another portion of the song and I can't wrap my head around the way those four notes herald the coming rest of this masterpiece. The two sacs and the time change with the arpeggios backing it deliver the most sublime feelings of joy and remembrance. I was waiting for you to get to this piece thanks once again. Now on to atom heart mother, yes?
I love that line you said about trusting Pink Floyd it is significant you just let go and it takes you away. thanks once again allowing me to relive my own memories.
I too adored Atom Heart Mother ... and I never understood while that album is rated so low also from PINK FLOYD and many fans; I LOVE IT!
Although it's one of the longest intros, you love every second of it. It's one of those songs that can literally help you shut everything else out. Because of the emotion of David Gilmour's guitar and then the meaning of the lyrics, your heart really goes out to Syd. When he had to leave the band, the rest of them didn't just shut him out and ignore him, and that is true friends.
What you are hearing towards the end of the song are two different types of saxophones 🎷 and no trumpet just Richard Wrights synthesizer and keyboards 🎹 which he was the greatest at that. Dick Parry played the saxophone. I am glad you finally reacted to this song.
I just flipped on my TV, opened UA-cam and saw the thumbnail pop up. I said, YAY! Finally! Stacey is doing my favorite Pink Floyd album. I look forward to your reactions so much. Like back in the day putting a new album on for a friend that I know they're going to love and seeing them get into it. Only seeing someone from a much younger generation being swept away by Pink Floyd really is a good vibe. Now I'm going to watch the video.
The sax was real . . . the trumpet sound and all other effects were synthesized by the magical abilities of Richard Wright on keyboards. This is a masterpiece album. Right in the middle of their groove.
Good to see a young lady is experiencing Floyd at their best! Suggest you check out Marooned from Division Bell for instrumental genius
Loved waking up this morning to find you've reacted to another Pink Floyd masterpiece...another step forward into their magical musical journey, thank you! A fantastic live version is from David Gilmour's solo tour "On An Island". Shine on starts with a few local street artists (discovered by David) playing the beginning notes of "Shine On.." with wine glasses. Truly beautiful to witness live in concert! Cheers! On a side note, the Keyboardist Richard Wright accompanied David on this solo concert as well.
Yes, the show he did in England had a better version than the Gdansk show, that show ha David Crosby and Graham Nash doing great harmony vocals, On an Island was awesome there!
David Gilmour has that Stratocaster plugged straight into his soul 🎸🎸🎶🎹🎷🎼🥁🔔
This song is from an era where people didn't listen to random mixes of their favorite songs. With a band like Pink Floyd, you dimmed the lights, put on some quality headphones, kicked back in your bean bag, fired up your analog audio setup and soaked in the entire album from start to finish.
Music transcends all boundaries,,physiological, spiritual and after years Floyd developed this amazing skill so brilliantly ..
I think it’s safe to assume Pink Floyd might be your favorite band
The last part were actually two Saxophones. It starts off with a baritone Sax in the first part. On stage you see the player Dick Perry then switch Instruments and play the second part with a (higher) Tenor Saxophone. (And also the rhythm changes to 4/4 instead of 6/8 as before…!)
As a teenager in the 70's it was a magical time! ROCK ON Stacey!!!!!!
I really like that you´re reacting to his song. It´s my favourite since seeing Pink Floyd live in 1994.
Thank you Stacey , been waiting for you to react to Shine on , had a feeling it would hit your emotions.
David Gilmore is by no means a guitar aficionado, but he nails the right notes at the right time, and there is some chemistry that existed between him and Richard Wright that is magical
I believe they were doing the final mix when out of the blue Syd Barrett showed up in studio. It took several minutes before any members recognized who it was, his appearance had changed so much. Once you know that the becomes even more powerful.
a blessing on both eyes and ears, love it
Your PF reactions are so special Stacey. Their music appears to be wired directly to your soul. Wish you could have been to some of the live PF shows I got to witness back in the day. You have a genuine connection with this band, and it is a beautiful thing to share with everyone. Sometimes, when I feel that a reactor is truly "getting it", I rewatch the reaction at half speed with the sound off. Just watching your ever changing facial expressions as the music moves you, is as an amazing experience in and of itself. Thank you!! Meddle is my favorite PF album. If you're into a little PF chill magic, you might want to react to the following 3 back to back - A Pillow of Winds, Fearless, and San Tropez. Greetings from the Hollywood Hills. ✌❤
Syd Barrett one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, Syd was taken out by drug related mental health and was no longer functional member of the band, he surprised his former band members walking into the recording studio to their shock he was unrecognisable and a shadow of his former self.
The band wrote this song in memory of the Syd they remembered.
It's a beautiful song and makes me emotional everytime I here it.
It was also played at a friend's funeral which was so fitting for our loss for his beautiful soul.
Another wonderful reaction.
Just clicked on this a second ago. You are about to hear heaven, as I have for 50 years since the first time I heard it. Not as a reaction request, but on your own, lay down on your bed and listen to the whole ablum.
Nice reaction as usual!
Isn't PF amazing? Yes every song is so different and unique, and at the same time, so unmistakenly pinkfloydian.
I still remember the first time I heard this song. I had just bought the Wall and that was almost all I knew of Pink Floyd. I was -sleeping- ehm _watching a documentary_ in school, Shine On started playing in the background, I opened one eye looked at a friend of mine (the Wall fan too) and we kinda nodded "this must be Pink Flody".
WYWH isn't that much of a concept album but still songs blend with the following one, and you can relisten it back to back as Shine On fades outs at the end and basicly fades in at the beginning. The same applies to (the double album) The Wall and to the Dark Side of the Moon (with the famous heartbeat starting and ending the record).
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Two saxophones actually. :)
Great reaction, Stacey! As you have found, Pink Floyd is an amazing audio experience. Their live performances built on the audio to make fantastic audio-visual masterpieces.
I loved seeing them live on two different tours. Every note of every song is perfect, and every noise is made by a musician, in the moment. Even helicopter sounds and whatnot, are played live, no samples.
#RIP Syd. What you heard at the end was one of the connecting pieces into the next song so it flows smoothly into it. It sounds like a heavy industrial machine but at low RPMs or something waiting to crank up. And the name of the next song is, Welcome to the Machine. It's fantastic, just like everything on this album.
After a year of rammstien how could you not feel relief listening to real music
Try to listen to Tangerine Dream, especially their classic albums "Phaedra" (1974), "Rubycon" (1975), "Ricochet" (1975) and "StratosFear" (1976). Their music then was like nothing ever heard before, and even now sounds amazing! Highly recommended!!!
Very glad you did the studio version and without video. As you mention, they design it to grab your focus and that's how it's best discovered.
Definitely do studio versions first, the live versions will always be there for you and you'll enjoy them all the more having done the studio version first.
You’re right, the song keeps going. On to the next. I hope you listen to this album from beginning to end on your own to fully absorb the whole experience. Same with Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.
Otherwise, I love your reactions and your analysis. Great job. One of the top 5 on UA-cam.
Beautiful reaction once again to Pink Floyd Stacey, to be honest the only difference between the studio version and the Pulse version is obviously the visuals, the song itself from Pulse sounds 99.9% the same as the studio version, definitely check it out, it’s the first song of the concert and really sets the tone for the whole show, an absolute masterpiece of musicianship ❤
The lovely Stacey and Pink Floyd!! I'm here for it! In my opinion this is their masterpiece.
A wonderful emotional reaction to the lament for the former front man, singer, and lead guitarist for Pink Floyd, the crazy diamond Syd Barrett.
An incredibly talented and creative young man, as the band grew more popular in the area and the pressures from the record company and public grew along with his reliance on drugs such as LSD, the sadly unstable Barrett grew less and less able to deal with the reality around him and would retreat into an almost catatonic state, often on stage, leaving the rest of the band to try to work around his absence. They quickly recruited another mutual friend, David Gilmour, to back him up on guitar and vocals when Syd failed, and Gilmour eventually replaced Barrett when the latter became too unstable to function in reality around 1968. Thus this anthem to him is filled with raw emotion and anguish.
Sad but true story. Syd wandered into the studio where the band was recording this album and no one recognized him for almost an hour. His longer flowing hair was cut to stubble length, he had gained considerable weight, and his eyes, as mentioned in the song, no longer were the lively and alive eyes of his youth but instead resembled black holes in the sky. According to the story when Roger Waters finally realized that the strange guy sitting in the corner was Barrett, Waters was reduced to tears. Barrett didn't interact much at all, and slipped away later without being noticed.
Amazing keyboardist Richard Wright and equally amazing guitarist David Gilmour play a somewhat disjointed lead role, with Wright providing a lot of the stability while Gilmour's guitar work is beautifully chaotic in its manic modes. Roger Waters' bass and Nick Mason's drums provide a strong core for the song, while occasionally seeming to dip into an almost frenetic energy themselves. Waters sings the lyrics on this song, which was not usual, but as he had been closer to Syd I suppose it was natural. Wright's keyboards produced the trumpet you heard, as well as taking some of the standard guitar parts while David was scaling the sonic heights and slipping to the lows. Dick Parry, who worked with the band fairly often in this era, provided the baritone saxophone parts, devolving much like Syd into discordant notes and bars during the fade.
It still impresses me how the band seems to capture Syd's mental discordance perfectly with the music in this song. I'm really good with words, but I find myself hard pressed to explain myself when trying to describe this. Your emotional reaction to the song, especially early on, shows that you "get it" so I don't feel driven to explain.
Reacting to the remaining parts of Shine On You Crazy Diamond would be nice, but even listening to them on your own would be good. A lot of the early 70s Pink Floyd albums were meant to be listened to in order all the way through, but it's not essential as even in bits and pieces one can get the message woven through it all.
The Pulse concert is very good, but I think the studio album is better, and it is better still to listen to the studio album first to get the work clearly instead of distorted or partly obscured by crowd noise.
Great work!
It's a requiem. Music for a lost friend. Have that in mind when you react to parts VI-IX and you'll be shocked how deeply emotional and expressive Pink Floyd was.
In this fast-paced life it is not easy to settle down and enjoy the view while cruising through such beautiful musical scenery.
I see the initial unrest. 😉
People have been conditioned to expect a pattern of intro, singing verse, chorus in max 4 minutes.
"It's taking me on a journey and I'm just surrendering myself to the song." Congratulations, you understand how to listen to Pink Floyd. On first listening, you never know where it's going to take you. That does not make subsequent trips any less pleasant. Don't forget, you have parts VI - IX to listen to. :) It is a shame you're going through all these single cuts. Your first experience really should be by album side as the band intended
I would like to make one standing request. When given the option, please do the studio version first. Pink Floyd live is better than most bands are studio, but IMHO the studio versions always seem to have a few more layers to them and I feel are as close as they could get to how they wanted it to sound. Once experiencing the studio do the live for Gilmore's extended solos (like the Pulse Comfortably Numb you've already done), the incredible light show, and just to see the band playing. It's how we did it back in the day. We'd buy the album and listen to it countless times before seeing them perform it in concert.
The... (2nd half) of this song is just as epic... and there are only 3 (regular length) songs between... one of which is arguably their most epic song.
This album is overwhelmingly amazing. HIGHLY recommended.
Pulse is also WELL worth seeing... every-single-song. They opened with this. It set the tone for my soul, and entranced me for the next 3 1/2 hours.
This is what they call the deep blues. I've been practicing my harmonica to this song for years. It's definitely one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs.