Pink floyd - Dark side of the moon reaction (side 2)
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- Pink floyd - Dark side of the moon
Hey Guys!
This is the 2nd and final part of my reaction to Pink Floyd's dark side of the moon..
I hope you enjoy the video
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The main theme of the Dark Side of the Moon album is “what drives people crazy”.
If the performance required in life can drive people crazy; (Breathe).
If the frantic rush of life can drive people crazy; (On The Run).
If the fleeting aspect of passing time can drive people crazy; (Time).
If the inevitable end, death can drive people crazy; (The Great Gig In The Sky).
If love, or lack of money can drive people crazy; (Money).
If the differences in class of people or power can drive people crazy; (Us And Them).
If the illusion of being able to choose can drive people crazy; (Any Color You Like).
All of this can certainly result in; (Brain Damage).
Since our influence in this world comes down to what is within our reach; (Eclipse).
Even though the brightness of the sun may be eclipsed by the moon.
Ive never herd it described that way, absolutely perfect!
Best Description I have ever heard. I am 57 years old
This album was released not long after Syd Barrett had his break down and was committed. Syd was the band's lead and it hit the band hard. Much of their subsequent music was about Syd. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was specifically about him.
From Wikipedia:
"The record was conceived as an album that focused on the pressures faced by the band during their arduous lifestyle, and dealing with the apparent mental health problems suffered by former band member Syd Barrett, who departed the group in 1968. New material was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at Abbey Road Studios in London."
Ahead of their time.
DSOTM.Was all About Syd Barrett.. Nothing else.
And so is born another generaton of music connoisseurs.
Well done Sarah.
Everyone should hear this album at least once in their lifetime. One of the greatest albums ever made.
For sure!!!❤
What I like about your reactions, Sarah, is that you actually *listen* to the songs you react to. It's amazing how many really don't. I also like your philosophy and the depth of your thinking. Really well done.
aww thank you so much
@@SarahDengler I feel the same way.... your a refreshing from the unrealistic norm.✌️💜🎶
@@stevehope6283 a true Nubian Goddess
You know art is beautiful when the artist and the listeners/viewers/etc all express what it means to them personally. This album is definitely a universal beauty!
I'm 73 and will listen to this album till I die
“All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.”
It is astonishing to think of an album selling enough to remain continuously in the charts for 15 years, 73-88. Publicity can't do that, only word of mouth can do that. Nice reaction.
Great point Hilary! Especially before the internet. I remember being introduced to them at 14 from a friend of mine in high school. I’ve been hooked ever since!! Brilliant musicians. They created works of art
18 years, a total of 950 Weeks On The Billboard 200 and counting all together nonconsecutive.
If they didn't change the system it would of continued .
"... and every day the paper boy brings more." Masterpiece. Truer in the internet age than ever before. Prophetic really.
My introduction to Pink Floyd came in 1975, when I first heard this album in one sitting. Some 46 years later, as I've grown older.....it still takes on new meaning.
Same here, bro. I was thirteen that year, and found God, if you will, when I heard the LP. It's pure genius. There's no other group quite like Pink Floyd, that's for sure.
So sorry Sarah I’ve not done you justice in my previous comment, but so glad you found Pink Floyd, we can tell by your expressions that you do understand the music and don’t have to say anything during the songs, I’ve watched quite a few reactions to Floyd, and you definitely are the best 👍❤️
Sarah, I've listened to this album countless times in the past 50 years and I've listened to a dozen UA-cam reactors talk about it and you have the most perfect and beautiful explanation of it that I've ever heard. It was such a pleasure listening along with you, watching your face as you felt this music. Thank-you!
I love your reactions. I have listened to this album since it first appeared (I am 67 years young) It only gets better, more meaningful, richer and more astounding for it's depth, insightfulness and appeal. Please keep up your insightful reviews and enjoy as much as I have.
Thank you so much!
Totally agree with you sir, I’m 70 and have listened to it from it first came out.👌👌👌
Listen to this many times. It Will grow on you‼️🌹
It’s just amazing how good this album sounds. It truly has a timeless quality.
"There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark"
'It's up to us to choose the light.' - Roger Waters commentary on the album.
Great job Sarah!!
Thank you so much 🙏😊
There is no dark side of the moon, just the far side
@@bobhook336 yes there is a dark side of the Moon........it is where now Rick and Sid are playing music for the Universe while waiting for the other 3 to recreate the whole band
There’s no dark side of the moon. It fluctuates between dark and light just like the entire universe and human race does. I guess it’s up to us to remember that the light is always around the corner if we will it into being.
@@andreascala2663 Absolutely everything is viewed through our perceptions so to think one person is right while another is wrong is an exercise in futility. ;-)
I love Waters' take on mental illness. It's glimpsed again later, many times really, but on Wish You Were Here he says "pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there." He's directly addressing his schizophrenic friend and expressing empathy.
His take is that we're all on the brink if not over it. Society makes damn sure of it. You're either crazy or you are going through life with your eyes and ears closed and simply don't care about anything.
When the music is as powerful as the lyrics, that is the definition of a classic!
“This album is the best thing I have ever heard”. Can’t agree more with you. Nothing else compares.
I was going to say that I prefer The Wall but then I thought about it and it’s like trying to pick between a Picasso or a Rembrandt. Pink Floyd doesn’t have any bad songs, just songs you like better. What lifelong masterpieces they gave us.
P.F. are brilliantly different.
Timeless
Personally i prefer Wish You Were Here. But i hear you, brother. Anybody who says The Dark Side Of The Moon is their favorite album and the best ever made they are right, no question.
Pink Floyd- on the turning away (live) 🔥🔥🔥
Animals and Meddle are 2 more awesome Pink Floyd albums. 😁😁
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve listened to this all the way through. I needed that today. I appreciate your understanding and explanation of the album. I agree that with life we don’t have much time. None of us. And we’re not alone.
Thats right! Thank you!
👍🏼
Yes, put on your headphones and let this album take you away.
But then let it bring you back again, because it's true, we DON'T have a lot of time.
true!
Good advice Jeff, but then i would expect no less from you. Loved your work and attitude with AXP.
The album is a cautionary tale in two parts, the first half describes living a life that goes unfulfilled. The second half of the album consists of individual songs about
different ideas and concepts that are detrimental to society and can
lead to madness.
Good job Sarah Keep up the great Videos
I'll echo a comment below about Alan Parsons, who is a huge part of why this album is as great as it is, along with Clare Torry, who left her recording session for what became "The Great Gig in the Sky" thinking she had done the worst possible job she could--even Storm Thorgerson, whose simple design created one of the most iconic album covers in history. There are many others who contributed, I'm sure. Funny enough, the band members were often irritated with each other while making the album. In a weird way, what went into making the album were a lot of ups and downs and happy accidents, like life itself--and maybe almost as beautiful as life can be in a lot of ways!
Dark Side Of The Moin. Best album ever recorded. Leg Zeppelin Best Rock Band Ever. See what kind of argument that brings lol. Thank you for the great reaction
I’d imagine all the best music is happy accidents. So much creativity is a spark of a moment. If it is seized it becomes historic. Makes you wonder about all the moments of perfection that have been lost. (I like to imagine some caveman beatboxing making music that wouldn’t see the light of day for millennia after. You never know n
as per usual, I vote for The Wall next
Been listening to dark side since it first came out in 73 , i was 18 then . now im 67 and it still blows me away.
Out of 300 reactors I roam around and listen to since 6 years or so, you are in the top 3. You listen to music, actually with real attention and thought and emotional attachment. You are very centered and intelligent, well spoken and involved in the music you hear. Brava to you Dear for being you. I appreciate your musical journey of investigation and immersion into music that is new for you. I have heard all the songs you have reacted to for decades and I must say that seeing you experience it all for your first times, and expressing your thoughts and feelings about each song, brings me back to the times when I first heard them and makes the songs fresh and almost brand new again for me. It's great. Keep going and we will all be here with you. ❤️
Wow, thank you so much 🙏
just in case a lot of youngsters dont know, in our era there were no syntherisers, all done by leslie speakers, david gilmour loved them
That’s how the album is if you listen closely from beginning to end you’ll see that the music never stops in the whole album.
There's a reason this album held a spot on the Billboard 100 for over 14 years! Arguably the best album EVER made, period!
I had *EXACTLY* the same reaction as yours the first time I finished listening this album - the silence, the wonder and the wonder, simultaneously. and I always have it every time I hear after a long time without listening.
at the end of the album you can hear the beatles recording a song never released in the studio next door ... they were definitely other musical times ..
Wonderful reaction to 'Dark Side Of The Moon' album Sarah!
Quite possibly the greatest Rock album of all time! It holds sooo many records still today 48 years after it was released. They are truly a Legendary Rock Band. You understand Pink Floyd Sarah, that is obvious to me watching your reaction and listening to your commentary. Their music is timeless, you know many people say that about lots of music and many bands, but it is really true about Pink Floyd.
Their music speaks to a persons soul, and David Gilmour's guitar is the vessel that unleashes the emotion, passion and feeling in their songs. He is a master guitarist with a style, grove and feel that is unequaled imo. The rise and fall in his soloing, mixed with pauses, phrasing and bends, has a purposefulness and emphasis about it. You feel the emotion coming from his Stratocaster guitar, like no other guitarist.
If you're interested, there is a video of David Gilmour Live at Gdansk 2006, where he and Rick Wright, another Pink Floyd member, play many of Pink Floyd songs. This was the last time the two of them played together, Rick Wright died two years later of Cancer. This live Gdansk concert was in 2006, 41 years after the Pink Floyd band was formed in London in 1965.
ua-cam.com/video/2DlMF9iOP84/v-deo.html
Another great performance of Comfortably Numb was in 2016, 51 years after Pink Floyd was founded. Yes in 2016 David Gilmour, at 70 years of age, playing Comfortably Numb, incredible to see!
ua-cam.com/video/LTseTg48568/v-deo.html
sarah thank you for highlighting what musicians did in the 1970’s
Others in the comments say it so much better than me and I concur with them all, but to me, it was a joy to see you experience it. I had no doubt you’d appreciate it hearing it in full. Its an album to keep going back to. That realisation that you’re in the presence of greatness, and let it carry you away.
Great stuff Sarah. More! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 best wishes from the UK
The album the dark side of the moon was performed entirely in the live concert PULSE
My compliments for making through the entire album. So many "reactioners" ,for lack of a better term, don't even attempt it and even when some say they like a song or an artist I often wonder if off camera they actually like enough to pursue exploring further. As in this case many" concept "album's are meant to be heard in their entirety as well as on an individual song basis. ...goosebumps lol
Yes I understand completely .
Deep music with deep messages , true art.
Pink flood is an emotional exspeirience
Sarah, I like your reactions. It would be good to remember Alan Parsons while listening to this musical gem. Music engineer at Abbey Road, who has a huge share in the creation and sound of this entire album. Among other things, he used quad sound as one of the first during recording. There are several conversations with him on this topic on the UA-cam channel. Really interesting - I recommend - you will learn many interesting things about the origin of The Dark Side Of The Moon. The interview with Clare Torry about the creation of the song "The Great Gig in the Sky" is also nice. I love this album and I love Pink Floyd - for over 45 years. Have a nice day and all the best!
that will be very interesting to watch, thanks so much
And Parsons own band "The Alan Parsons Project" produced some great music too.
I first found you on UA-cam when you reacted to Side 1 and somehow I got sidetracked and never got around to listening to this.. What a Treat!!
PF and this album have been in my life for over 50 yrs, and it never ceases to amaze me.
I hope you get many years of enlightenment for listening to their music.
Probably the best concept album ever.
The album is basically based on the premise that the way we have set up life it will cause insanity. The differing songs represent all the worries that lead to insanity. The album discusses fear of death the rat race mans violence against his fellow man the constant pressure to earn more money all ending in the two song finale about insanity and The Dark Side of the Moo' It's probably a little more complicated than that but I think that's the basic gist of the album. Truth is it really doesn't matter we are just lucky these 4 guys with help from some friends were willing to grace us with this masterpiece.
I recommend a darkened room and headphones. Never get tired of hearing this.
Wise beyond your years Sarah. The lyrics of this album will stay with you for a lifetime. X
The best thing is that you were able to listen to the full album at one sitting. There is a lot to be absorbed here. I've been listening to it since it came out. A real symbolic travel thru time, my time. Now this has been my 48th year of hearing this. Still brings new thoughts to mind. It seems to have justifiably made an impact on you. It needs to be re-experienced, it has a life long affect. Yes, it is all connected, like the passage of time of your life experience.
Been a Pink Floyd fan since 1968. Watched them grow to be a very popular acid/psychedelic rock band. That is until Dark Side was released in 1973. It transformed them into a super group over night, and a legend now. A lot of good albums of theirs to explore after this one, and before it. @ 7:15 All connected is what primarily defines a "concept album" as many songs connect up or blend into each other. Same with many Yes album mentioned in the other comment. When listening to the songs separately one loses that effect. I believe it was the Beatles who first experimented with that sort of thing on their "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, which later inspired progressive bands like PF to do the same. I noticed there is a brief pause and a little flutter between each song on Dark Side you're playing. Are you able to hear the album flawlessly without those? One gets those when listening on a playlist , so hope you're able to hear it smoothly. ✌️😎
I love how you pay attention to the song instead of trying to say something every few minutes. It makes us realize you are appreciating the music and not just trying to get attention. Pink Floyd is my hands down favorite band and you seem to really like them and it's so awesome for me to see young people like you seeing the beauty in their music. I'm just going to say, please do a video of their very early album, 'Atom Heart Mother'. I'd love to see/hear what you think of it. You seem to be a deep thinker, so I bet you'll love that album. Cheers and good will to you young woman I love how you do these.
Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died, We are all just lines on a map moving from side to side to some people.
Great Job Sarah! Now you are ready for Animals I feel :)
That was the great GREAT gig in the sky..... the acceptance of death...
My friend played Pink Floyd all the time. I loved listening to this with him back in the day, but I never got it. Then, about 6 months ago I hit a mental low point. Things got really dark. I got to thinking about this album, and Syd Barrett and his mental illness. All of a sudden one day I became a die hard Pink Floyd fan. I tend toward everything from the Syd days (Piper… and the absolutely stellar singles) up through Wish You Were Here.
I love Syd. So did Pink Floyd and they never forgot him. They helped him complete his amazing solo albums before he left the business to be a middle class artist puttering around his garden and avoiding the press.
I have never seen a more accurate and delicate and feminine interpretation of this album. Your reaction was beautiful to look at and hear.🙂❤
All that you touch
And all that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
And all that you love
And all that you hate
All you distrust
All you save
And all that you give
And all that you deal
And all that you buy
Beg, borrow, or steal
And all you create
And all you destroy
And all that you do
And all that you say
And all that you eat
And everyone you meet
And all that you slight
And everyone you fight
And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
Loved your reaction to this. I am in my 50's and every time I have re-visited this album in the last 30 odd years, it has meant something different every time and every track. Just listening to 'Money' hits me that my ambitions are so much different then when in my 20's and having gone through mental health issues certainly puts things in perspective. Such a powerful album and Pink Floyd were so ahead of their time and I am so glad that people like yourself can appreciate what they created.
Fabulous! You put so much of yourself into this. It must have been an exhausting day for you. If you listen to this even once a year for the rest of your life. you will be surprised at how your feelings for it change, with age, and intensify.
Floyd created a masterpiece so densely layered, and filled with nuance and meaning, that the careful contemplation of it can peel back the layers of ourselves, and our world. Somewhat like the prism on the cover pulling apart light into its various spectral components. And whether it means everything, or nothing at all, is entirely dependent on who is doing the listening. They also created this position in the world of music for a band capable of this kind of freakish skill. A position that I would argue was taken over by Tool once Floyd had shifted out of their creative period, and towards retirement. I don't know of another group that would be able to take up the mantle from Tool.
A brilliant interpretation of an album that has played a massive part of my life. Thanks.
Very good commentary on the songs.! Especially hearing these songs for the first time. A phenomenal band. Nice to hear a reactor listen to one whole side at once.
I've watched many reviews but I like yours the best. You let us enjoy the song, together, then give your opinion after the song has ended. I love that!
This album is gold and a masterpiece and I thanyou for seeing through the entire album which articulates on many levels what you've said. A 43minute album that can be played in an unending loop speaks to the productive prowess off this band and its success . As you well said I do feel blessed to be around in a post Floyd era which will prove as unending as this album!! Your marvelous .
You don't listen to pink floyd you experience it.
"Us And Them" is pure bliss. The track sends chills down my spine and fills my eyes with tears. Brilliant!
Love watching reaction videos when people discover the greatest album ever made.
Hello sarah great reaction first time watching you I do sincerely hope you are about to go down the pink floyd rabbit hole into another universe of genius music.they have a massive catalogue of music that will just blow your mind I myself have been following pink floyd since their inception in the 60s and in my humble opinion they are the greatest progressive rock band ever to have existed.i would like to suggest you react to pink floyd singing and playing at the best live concert ever of any band at the Pulse Concert Earl's Court London in 1994 songs like comfortably numb,sorrow,high Hope's,keep talking,coming back to life,and many more the light show the guitar solos are amazing please enjoy.💕🇬🇧🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thank you so much, i'm in deep and not intending to come out! 😊
This was my first record that I heard from Pink Floyd (This has been a long time ago). And from that first time, I was captivated by its incredible music.
Other albums that you should listen to in their entirety would be: Animals and The Wall.
I also recommend the song "Marooned" from The Division Bell album, it is an instrumental song and to enjoy the guitar of David Gilmour.
Thanks for continuing to react to this great band.
Aways a pleasure, thank you for your continuous support
Very thoughtful reaction, Sarah! I really enjoyed listening to the LP with you, and I really enjoyed listening to your reaction! I'm not asking you to hurry, I'm not asking you to start on these next week, next month, or even next year, but there are a few other albums we would love to see you react to when you have time to get to them. All are concept type albums, that like Dark Side are best listened to in their entirety!! They are: The Wall by Pink Floyd, Tommy and Quardophenia by The Who, Crime of the Century by Supertramp and Queen II by Queen. Like I said, no hurry, just add them to your list to get around to when you have the time and the inclination! Keep up the great work!!!!!
Added! Thank you so much
Cause you got goosebumps we send our love …
That was a very thoughtful and insightful response. Very nicely done.
That is a heartfelt reaction to the album which was reviewed with respect and insight Sarah, thank you! Someone else has probably said it but a key element to the album is a plea for us all to be more tolerant and empathetic towards people dealing with mental illness; one of the founding members of Pink Floyd was Syd Barrett who was amazingly creative but to everyone's sorrow succumbed to the pressures of fame by turning to drugs and sinking into depression which ended his time with the band. This album and more specifically "Wish you were here" was Pink Floyd's homage to Syd.
I was in my early 20'S when I seem this album performed live One of life's simple Treasures. I Screamed !!! when the Missel came across the the wire above the crowd and crashed in into the stage with the explosion you hear at the end of the first song,.
When i here these tune,s again my wife must think iam crazy cause i feel it most of us have lived it went to there concerts brings back so much like you do look behind 10yrs have got behind you, or the child has grown the dream is gone , time,s were different then there really messing with us now, i feel for these last couple generations. Love you all and be of good cheer the KING is coming seek him with all your heart. praise YAH.
Another nice reaction, weldon sis 👌❤️
Thanks sis❤️
Some of Gilmore's best work...Produced by Alan Parsons...Another luminary in the prog genre...I Robot is magical...
i married the first girl to listen to Pink Floyd with me. It took a lot of girl friends too, as when they would say no once...I would also walk away once. It was too integral to who I became, as I'd listened to them so much growing up.
Great reaction for the whole album Sarah, thanks.
The three albums following this are just as magnificent. Wish you were here, Animals and The wall.
But other groups also had brilliant concept albums which should also be listened to in one go. Try for instance Jethro Tull, Aqualung and Thick as a brick (which is in fact is one continuous track). Other subscribers may also like to chip in their favourite concept albums too.
Next Album i'll be reacting to is The wall! Thank you! 😊👌
I bought this album when it came out and still have it. Timeless
whenever I play "Money" on vinyl 45 at festivals in the U.K. it ALWAYS gets a reaction. The whole album can be draining, because it works on many different levels, all the emotions come into play. Hope you had some fruit juice & something nice to eat, replenish those energies for more great reactions. I have some gems saved up.
A worry is that thinking deeply about life and confronting the problems we have can lead to a feeling of hopelessness.
It is a mistaken conclusion of course and the fact that we are engaged in such a bizarre extreme version of sharing is the icing on the philosophical and moral cake.
It used to be that to share like this with one good friend or perhaps a few was the method by which we shared and the best we could hope for was to leave behind a child, or a few, to carry on our blood if not our thoughts and feelings...
But stories, songs, books, drama, movies ... those ways of sharing and passing along are now amplified and multiplied...
Today I look and see 9 thousand views ... 690 who left a thumb...
Just on this one video of one album and your thought on it, and the comments of others...
Mind-blowing if you REALLY think hard about the implications...
Like all great works of art, this album can't really be taken in in one sitting. But you got the general meaning because you are such a good listener. Great reaction, Sarah. Thanks for this. All the best to you!
Hello, thank you for the video. I advise you to make, if you haven't done it yet, a reaction to the wonderful young singer Diana Ankudinova. This girl will surprise you with her artistry and rare timbre of voice. She has covers of famous songs, and also performs her own songs.
Thanks so much, I've gotten a lot of Diana's suggestions, i will react to her song next week!
This album Dark side of the moon, was my very first album I bought.. I did not even hear one song from it, I thought the cover was so cool. I took it home and listen to it and I was hooked on it. I listen to it over and over again and also had to keep buying copys because it was too scratch up also I got the CD of it.
All time favorite album.
If there is no dark side of the moon and it is all dark then No matter if the band doesn’t start playing different tunes we will all meet on the dark side of the moon.I take that as ,we will see each other again ,no worries.
watching her, awaiting the great gig in the sky, the killer !!!!!
Here's my first reaction to the great gig in the sjy
I’ve commented on your side 1 video too, but my interpretation (and a common but not universal one) is that the overall theme of the album is existentialism, and most individual tracks explore a different thing that can give existence meaning: in order, relationships, work, travel, time, death, money, conflict, choice, madness, and making a difference. Obviously a very simplified analysis; whole books have been written analysing the album, but there it is.
Equally fascinating is how simple a lot of it is in terms of its musical basis. It has some breathtaking solos and amazing experimental soundscapes and synthesiser work, but this is also Pink Floyd at their most bluesy. Breathe, Great Gig in the Sky and Any Colour You Like are all based on the same simple two-chord vamp, which also shows up in Time. (The Floyd would pull off a similar trick on The Wall, whose main riff is only four notes long and manages to be the basis for half a dozen songs.) Yet this simple vamp ties everything together in a clear and intuitive way that more complex harmonic structures would just get in the way of.
"God only knows, it's not what we would choose to do." Based on all I know of Mr. Waters' lyrics, including solo works, I haven't convinced myself that R.Waters does not believe in God.
Superb observation of the difference between sides 1 and 2. Yet they both fit together perfectly.
So nice to hear a young persons honest reactions to a timeless classic.. yep I think u grasped it totally Sarah..And I love watching ur reactions because it takes me way way back to when I first brought this album home (approx 18 yo) and took it around to my mates place to totally absorb ourselves in this deep experience (a bong or two did help the submersion).This was a watershed moment for Pink Floyd they had successfully combined beautiful pop/space/rock with interesting deep and meaninful lyrics.. Long live Pink Floyd music...
I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you so, stay safe
Pink flood is for everyone
Thank you SO much for these videos Sarah! I've watched you react to individual tracks but to see you respond to the whole piece is something else. It's like a symphony and as such is best listened to as a whole piece.
I was a 13 year old school boy when it was released and yet now that I am 61 it just keeps giving. The more I listen to the album, especially the second half, the more it resonates with my experience of life.
I remember how quickly life passes, how my 'baby' is already 37. I remember the people that I have lost (especially those struggling with mental health difficulties, some of whom have taken their own lives), I remember the unfairness of life and the petitions, protests and people that tried to change things, I remember the pointless striving and wasted effort that we accept as "life" rather than simply enjoying the simple beauty of the experience.
All of a sudden my life is near the end of the second side of the record - I can't even begin to describe how quickly it all happened and there are so many things that I wish I could tell my younger self. Having said that he probably wouldn't have listened!
It was mind-blowing when I first listened to it - reading the lyrics with the fold out album cover on my lap. It was amazing to see Pink Floyd play it live. It was amazing to share it with my father who, at 83, still has it on his iPod. Because it's so well crafted, and because the themes are so universal, it just keeps on giving
It could be the soundtrack to a contemporary newsreel - in fact it was chilling just after the 20th anniversary of the twin towers attack to hear the plane crash and the sound of people running. Obviously it has certain well-documented themes but it is such a sea of emotion that it resonates at an almost limitless range of personal and universal levels.
Right now my focus is on that last line: "There is no dark side of the moon really. In fact it's all dark". We only see the side of the moon that is lit by the sun. That doesn't mean that there isn't another side. In fact, many of the "crazy" people I've known have struggled because they realise that there is another way of seeing things.
Most people only see the side that is lit. A side that is, in reality, just a sea of irrelevance that stops us seeing how things really are. I recently heard the environmentalist George Monbiot say that the reason we are not coming to terms with the state of our planet is that so much of our media focuses on answering questions like "What's the funniest thing you ever did after eating a kebab".
And yet it Dark Side of The Moon is still the most life-affirming thing that I have ever listened to. Lots of times! Good isn't it?
Thanks again! x
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and down
And in the end it's only round 'n round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside
Your beautiful, the album is beautiful, your reaction was beautiful and THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!! Thank you for that😀😀😀
Thank you so much!!
Amen
Beautiful (reaction) video. Thank you.
For me, it’s about things unsaid. Many opportunities are gone, forever. Yet many opportunities remain, if only for a fleeting moment.
I once read a self-written obit; “I was born, I blinked, and now I’m gone”. - Author Unknown
you are so right
I don’t know if there’s such a thing as a perfect album but this one is definitely a contender. Great reaction to this classic. You should check out the Classic Albums series. It has a whole episode on how this album was created. Great watch with lots of great insight into how it was made.
I was taken with your attentiveness. People need to listen to music by letting it wash right through souls.
Like you do, Sarah -
Thanks
They touch your soul 🔥
Thank you for listening I'm always in tears by the end of this album and ONLY this album and I've worked why having watched your reaction helped me to understand. It's because it's the best album I've ever listened which makes me feel extremely guilty towards another artist that I have been listening to since I was a kid.
AnywY enough of my musical issues. Thanks for listening to that great album and I look forward to your next one Sarah......
Watching your reaction and I said out loud "Girl close your eyes" and you DID!! During the keyboard with the delay @15:00 + in. Loving your reactions!!✌️💜🎶
Great reaction Sarah. Here's some additional information about the various spoken voices heard throughout the album.
Shortly before the first mixing began, Pink Floyd’s bassist Roger Waters had the idea of putting a series of questions on flash cards and approaching and recording various people who were around at Abbey Road Studios to give their first reactions to some questions. Starting with a few banal ones like, “What’s you favourite colour?” and “Why do you think a lot of bands split up?”, before then getting into deeper questions. Roger Waters then choose the most interesting replies, and added snippets of these interviews to a selection of the tracks.
Track: SPEAK TO ME
Question card: “Do you think you’re going mad, if so, why?...
"I've been mad for fucking years, …absolutely years. I've been over the edge for yonks. Working m’ buns off for bands so long, I think, …crikey." Chris Adamson (Pink Floyd’s roadie)
"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, … like the most of us are. It's very hard to explain why you're a madman, even if you're not a madman." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman)
Track: ON THE RUN
Question card: “Are you afraid of dying?...
"Live for today, gone tomorrow. That's me. Ha, ha, ha!" Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager)
Track: THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY
Question card: “Are you afraid of dying?...
"...And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it. You've got to go sometime!" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman)
Question card: “Why are you frightened of dying”...
"I never said I was frightened of dying." Patricia (Puddie) Watts (Wife of Pink Floyd’s road manager)
Track: MONEY
Question card: “When was last time you thumped someone? Why did you do it?
Did you think you were in the right? Do you still think you were in the right?”...
"Uh - huh, I was in the right. Yes, absolutely in the right!" (Unknown)
"I certainly was in the right." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman)
"I was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising." Puddie Watts (Pink Floyd’s road manager’s wife)
"Why does anyone do anything?" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman)
"I don't know …I was really drunk at the time!" Henry McCullough (Guitarist for Paul McCartney’s band, ‘Wings’)
"After he just told me he was plugged into number 2, he was asking why it wasn't coming up on fader eleven. So, after yelling and screaming and telling him why it wasn't coming up on fader eleven…it came to a heavy blow, which sorted the matter out." Chris Adamson (Roadie for Pink Floyd)
Track: US AND THEM
Question card: “When was last time you thumped someone? Why did you do it?
Did you think you were in the right? Do you still think you were in the right?”...
"I mean, they're gonna kill ya, so if you give 'em a quick short, sharp, shock, they won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he got off lightly, 'cause I would've given him a thrashing. I only hit him once. It was only a difference of opinion, but really, I mean, good manners don't cost nothing, do they, eh?" Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager)
Track: BRAIN DAMAGE
Question card: (Unknown)...
"I can't think of anything to say except... I think it's marvellous!" Peter Watts (Pink Floyd's road manager)
Track: ECLIPSE
Question card: “What does the phrase 'The Dark Side of the Moon' mean to you?”...
"There is no dark side to the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman
Thank you so much for the info. I appreciate that!
@@SarahDengler Peter and Puddie Watts daughter is actress Naomi Watts.
Btw Peter Watts is actress Naomi Watts’ dad. just so much awesomeness on this album
Those powerful sections of Us and Them get me right in the tear ducts - some sorta serious resonance with those notes and Hammond organ, same thing happens with Eclipse at the crescendo.
Holy hell Sarah, you're closing in on 900 videos - that's 900 new angles on life and lenses through which to view it.
I love your reaction to this album. You actually listen and don’t stop every five seconds. You soak it up. It’s a beautiful album that I only heard for the first time when I was about 28 (37 now) and I couldn’t believe how incredible it was. I always associated it with older folks who went on about it and I didn’t trust them lol. Was actually thanks to Danny Boyle using the last song at the climax of the London 2012 Olympics that I truly understood what was so great about Pink Floyd.
Lunatic... from Lunar.... the Moon
The original spoken words..
"There no dark side of the Moon really. Matter of fact its all dark"
Actually went on to say.....
"The only thing that makes it light is the sun"
But that was cut from the album release.
It’s just that most of the surface sees light at some time. It the dark side at the time of speaking.
my old man's buddy told us," getting old ain't for sissies". lol. 50 years ago, and, it still rings true. the song Time, now that i am 66, is a gut punch. great stuff.
Thank you for your touching words