This ^ Pink floyd albums are really meant to be listened to as a whole album because they each build on a theme or story sorta thing. Not individual songs, because you don't really know whats going on without prior knowledge.
@Alfred Hernandez Touche! - You are so bullseye with that comment. I am 58-years old and first heard this song circa 1975, played it hundreds of times since then and just found out what this song is about this week. I am embarrassed to admit this!
@@peted9804 that is why it follows Time on the album (about getting old and time passing you by) and also why it ends side one. The journey through life and death is complete.
@@davidlowe272 And look at how long of a journey it took me to learn that this song actually has a meaning! I always thought of it as being the song that would finally exhaust my mother's patience and prompt her to yell at me to lower the music blasting at maximum volume on my 8-track player back in the 70's. You learn something new every day!
When Claire Torry recorded this she started singing, "oh baby, yeah baby,..." but Roger Waters(the bassist and creative genius) told her, " No words." Then she did this! Pure emotions poured out! This song blew me away in '73! Heck, the whole album blew me away! This song is about life and the fear of dying. Now that I'm almost 68 years old I feel it much deeper than when I was 21. Trivia from an old guy: this album was recorded from June of '72 through January of '73 at the Beatles Abbey Road studios. This album stayed on the Billboard charts for 900 weeks! 45 million copies sold! Thank you Pink Floyd!
I own a copy. Just got my Dad a new copy for his birthday. He was stuck listening to it on CD. Both of his copies from back in the day are so played that they are unplayable lol. I really could see the gleam in his eye when I had my 2 year old daughter hand the album to him. Ohh yeah also got him a new copy of Led Zepplin 4. Same reaction, I could see that gleam of old memories breaking through.
I think it wasn't just the lack of words but the lack of consonants that made it so primal, pure emotion. When you think about it, it's the vowels that express our emotions. It would have been less intimate if she'd been going "La la la, shadooba" or something.
Imagine me as a young girl of 6, 7, 8 listening to this because my parents were fans. Talking about formative years. My kids wonder now why I'm so critical of current music!
Claire Torry singing, an English session singer. It's a song about dying and she's taking you through the stages, anger through to acceptance. Classic tune. When they play it live, usually 3 different singers take her part.
She did that improv! She didn’t know it worked until she saw the album with her name on it ! She had to have tripped out on that discovery ! I think they told her “no words” and she was like “WHAT??” So she let it take her .
You’re correct. The beginning is more violent and intense, which represents the pain of passing. The end is softer and sweet, which represents the release and the feeling of reaching heaven. It’s beautiful bc there are no words just like I imagine the afterlife to be. No words just pure emotions
this song follows "Time" on the album dark side of the moon. Great Gig in the Sky means where you go when you Die. She "Clare Torrey" was suggested by Alan Parsons to Pink Floyd to call her and ask her to do that final part of Side 1 of Dark Side of the Moon. So when Pink Floyd called her she got to the studio and they started to play the music and she had no idea what they wanted from her so she started to sing "oh baby baby" . Pink said CUT!.....no we don't want any words. So she was even more confused.....so she told herself.....hmm ok i will just imagine myself as an instrument so away she went and it only took 1 or 2 takes and it was done. In her latest interview she said quote " i didn't know how that happened. i wasn't sure if it was Heaven smiling down at me or the Devil looking up at me but it was a Special day in that studio. Here is her Interview about that very song ua-cam.com/video/XJzatfNQf4g/v-deo.html
My favourite Floyd song. Thank you Clare Tory. What a journey she takes us on, the raw and unbridled emotion so fitting with Floyd's concept. And improvised, too, holy cow!
Pink Floyd is one of the greatest bands ever! The best concert I ever saw was their 1994 Division Bell. The Sound Track also has great songs on it. You should listen to it if you get the chance.
@@mariomariolemieux982 Yeah! I had to see it twice it was that great! I saw it first in my Home Town of San Antonio, also in the Upper Deck of the Alamo Dome, a really terrible venue for concerts, with my Best Friend and then he scored some tickets to the same show in Dallas. Even though it was the same concert, the one in Dallas put the one in SA to shame. It was a whole hour longer and we were 6 rows back from center stage.
The human voice, the most beautiful instrument of all. I can play the keys, a bit of guitar, and can read/write music, but i will never be able to sing....and this song makes me jealous. Its simply amazing. When Clare Torry recorded this, she was embarrassed, thinking it was terrible. They just told her to do her thing without any guidance, and this is what happened.
The Dark Side Of The Moon is a concept album and was designed to be heard from start to finish. It is among the greatest albums ever produced. One day you should review the entire album!
Clare was a session musician singer and backing vocalist. She was booked to do vocals on this track. She was busy and could only go along to the studio on Sunday evening. She had no idea what the song was about. They played her the backing track. She had no idea what they wanted. She began by singing scat. They said we don't want any words. She just improvised over the backing. They did two takes they wanted a third but after three she stopped and said you've got enough. Just another job for her. You can write into it anything you like. That's what we do. Months later the album came out and she saw it in a music shop. She bought it to see if she was on it as she thought maybe they cut her vocals.
Isn't she AWESOME !? The First time I heard this Album I was at my Grandfather's Funeral, during visitations at the Funeral home... myself and my two cousins went out behind the funeral home and in the woods there was a dilapidated old wooden shed, in it was a Battery operated Cassette tape deck and Dark Side was IN the player. First time listening to it was incomparable, and brings me back to that moment every time.
You know that album is meant to be played in totality. It’s one long trip melding into the other . I think of when you leave your body for that great gig in the sky !
I saw Pink Floyd in the 70s, it was the Dark Side Of The Moon Tour and it was the greatest concert I ever went too!!! I'm 62 and still a huge Pink Floyd fan!!!
Her name is Claire Torrie. They did an interview with her about this song, and she was like ehhh ( it was no big deal ). She went on to other things and when she seen it being sold in her home country and the attn it got in America, she had to buy the album. I recommend that you track down her reaction ( interview ) about her part in this song. It is shocking when you hear it in her own words how she felt about this song. BTW, it was a shock when people found out that she is a white woman ( not black ). It blew my mind when I found out because at the time I didn't think that a white woman could have so much soul in her voice. I would have bet that she was a black woman simply because of the amount of soul she has in her vocal ability.
@Irish South Sider Today yes, but you need to take into account the era this song was made. White women were not known for their ability to have soul in the singing ability. BTW, I am far from a racist person.
Wow... she sure SOUNDS black! And it's not the amount of soul, it's... whatever it is that causes vocal distinctions between people groups, biologically. I'm surprised! But that's cool. Life has many surprises....
I hate when this happens, you never know the intent who says it.. but singing with soul (emotional or intellectual energy or intensity) and singing with soul (the qualities for that genre of music, a style of singing) always get conflated and you never know which is which.
Listened to this watching the sun set at the top of Glastonbury Tor with my dad. A guy was sitting with a ghetto blaster just laid on the grass playing this - it was EPIC!
This whole album is awesome! It actually is like one big song that tells a story of sorts. It would be good to start at the first "song" and keep going. She was told to sing like what it would be like to die. This was recorded in ONE TAKE!
Music used to be an art form, and like all art it is there to provoke emotion. This song does such a great job of this. I don't think we will ever get back to music have thus much impact on people again
Listen to this song after a nice smoke sesh. In the middle of the song you can hear her say very slowly "if you can her this whispering, you are dying." You will trip the F out!
it is an Implosion, which catapults you into the Eternal, pure essence and ethereal... and if I remember rightly, they just let her go with it and it was all done in One take. BEAUTIFUL, and Irreplaceable.
This song is in my top five of all time from any band it's my top 5 song I think it can mean sorrow and it can mean happiness or it could loss, you're right it means what you want it to mean.
Great Gig In The Sky. How does one sing about the Ethereal - esoterica - we are all one part in the Cosmic transformation from the 3D into higher dimensions of consciousness 🙏🏻💗💎. What blows me away if the range of emotions she does sing through what life is and dying, inevitable death and the spirit release from the body. I love your video!!! I’m 41 and have gravitated towards music before my time.
Your face when she started singing is priceless! 😁 This song doesn't need words, it's all in her voice, - her fears, her hopes, her very soul. A masterpiece..
I always took it as being welcomed into the afterlife, whatever that is. And it's always a treat to watch someone hear it for the first time- thanks for sharing this.
In the UK this track was used in a headache tablet TV advertisement - the before and after. I can't help laughing now every time I hear it. Sad really. :-)
You should see the video which perfectly synchronised a meteor impacting the earth to this music. Totally adds another great element to a perfect song.
It's preceded by "Time". She starts singing about the rigors of life, and then that ends. You can decide where or what happens when the chaos of life has ended.
The lady that did the vocals for this song was Clare Torry. Here is a link if you want to know more about her and her part in this song. ua-cam.com/video/XJzatfNQf4g/v-deo.html
All Floyds albums were concept albums which is what we called them back in the day, meant to be listened to in one sitting. It was novel idea something which doesn't seem to happen anymore
@@JayveeTV thanks buddy, I thought I'd binged all of your reaction videos 🙂 There is a song by George Michael called 'Praying for time' if you find a moment to listen to that, it's another great song also!
This was an amazing moment in music. It's were music meets humanity. The story of Claire(vocalist) behind this is interesting as well I encourage you to read about the story behind the recording of the song! Enjoy the Pink Floyd rabbit hole...One suggestion if I may ...listen to the whole album when it comes to Floyd, their albums were made to be listened to as concept albums. All the best!
Richard Wright: Great Gig in the Sky? It was just me playing in the studio, playing some chords, and probably Dave or Roger saying "Hmm… that sounds nice. Maybe we could use that for this part of the album." And then, me going away and trying to develop it. So then I wrote the music for that, and then there was a middle bit, with Clare Torry singing, that fantastic voice. We wanted something for that bit, and she came in and sang on it.[5] Roger Waters: It was something that Rick had already written. It's a great chord sequence. "The Great Gig in the Sky" and the piano part on "Us and Them," in my view, are the best things that Rick did - they're both really beautiful. And Alan [Parsons] suggested Clare Torry. I've no idea whose idea it was to have someone wailing on it. Clare came into the studio one day, and we said, "There's no lyrics. It's about dying - have a bit of a sing on that, girl." I think she only did one take. And we all said, "Wow, that's done. Here's your sixty quid."[6] Alan Parsons: She [Torry] had done a covers album; I can remember that she did a version of "Light My Fire." I just thought she had a great voice. When the situation came up, they started head-scratching, saying, "Who are we going to get to sing on this?" I said, "I've got an idea - I know this girl." She came, and in a couple of hours it was all done. She had to be told not to sing any words: when she first started, she was doing "Oh yeah baby" and all that kind of stuff, so she had to be restrained on that. But there was no real direction - she just had to feel it.[7] David Gilmour: Clare Torry didn't really look the part. She was Alan Parsons' idea. We wanted to put a girl on there, screaming orgasmically. Alan had worked with her previously, so we gave her a try. And she was fantastic. We had to encourage her a little bit. We gave her some dynamic hints: "Maybe you'd like to do this piece quietly, and this piece louder." She did maybe half a dozen takes, and then afterwards we compiled the final performance out of all the bits. It wasn't done in one single take.[8] Clare Torry: I went in, put the headphones on, and started going 'Ooh-aah, baby, baby - yeah, yeah, yeah.' They said, 'No, no - we don't want that. If we wanted that we'd have got Doris Troy.' They said, 'Try some longer notes', so I started doing that a bit. And all this time, I was getting more familiar with the backing track. […] That was when I thought, 'Maybe I should just pretend I'm an instrument.' So I said, 'Start the track again.' One of my most enduring memories is that there was a lovely can [i.e headphone] balance. Alan Parsons got a lovely sound on my voice: echoey, but not too echoey. When I closed my eyes - which I always did - it was just all-enveloping; a lovely vocal sound, which for a singer, is always inspirational.[9] Chris Thomas, who was brought in to assist Alan Parsons in mixing the album, mentions that they were actually in mixdown at the time. On the DVD Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon, various members mention that they had this song and weren't quite sure what to do with it. Wright further mentions that when she finished, she was apologetic about her performance even though those present were amazed at her improvisation.
All pink Floyd albums should be listened to from start to finish ,not just by each song. This band takes you on a journey and is an experiance in each album. I have a life sized in frame photo of the naked ladies seen at the end of this video hanging proudly in my bedroom. I have to agree with you on the interpratation of the song. I see at as leaving this world and reuniting with the people I truely love that are on the otherside.
i hope you have listened to a whole pink floyd album from start to finish. it is the best way to experience it. this one was on dark side of moon and it is one of my favorites. if you can , please listen to the whole album, all the songs combine to make one experience. and when it stops, you are surprised it is already over. there are other albums too that are like this too by them.
So the album Dark Side of the Moon had a particular theme according to Roger Waters. The album is about how the living in the modern world can drive a man insane. It's focused on living your life day in and day out trapped in the same routine. The thought of war (Us and Them) and the need to acquire currency (Money) drive us to act in a certain way which is unnatural and unhealthy for any living creature. The lyrics of Eclipse sums up what life really is. The album is very deep and meaningful. I recommend listening to the whole thing. Every Pink Floyd album is somewhat of a "Rock Opera" and tells story. listening to just a song is like reading a random chapter of a book. Gotta listen to it all
One take! They wanted her to do a couple of takes but half way through take #2 she stopped and said; "You have what you need, the first take on improv is always the best." And she said; "Thank you very much" and left not even knowing what the name of the song was. Claire Torry.
She's not singing about anything, she's singing about EVERYTHING.
About dying
About death and dying, as the title suggests.
@Alfred Hernandez I was just being poetic, but thanks for being dicks about it everyone.
I couldn't have said it better
Mario Mario Lemieux amen
You have now heard the voice of the human soul.
She's Singing about the pain of death, accepting death, then passing over. It's a thee part vocal.
Because I’m in hospice Care now I’d like to have my daughter play this song for me. No funeral tho
This ^ Pink floyd albums are really meant to be listened to as a whole album because they each build on a theme or story sorta thing. Not individual songs, because you don't really know whats going on without prior knowledge.
@Alfred Hernandez Touche! - You are so bullseye with that comment. I am 58-years old and first heard this song circa 1975, played it hundreds of times since then and just found out what this song is about this week. I am embarrassed to admit this!
@@peted9804 that is why it follows Time on the album (about getting old and time passing you by) and also why it ends side one. The journey through life and death is complete.
@@davidlowe272 And look at how long of a journey it took me to learn that this song actually has a meaning! I always thought of it as being the song that would finally exhaust my mother's patience and prompt her to yell at me to lower the music blasting at maximum volume on my 8-track player back in the 70's. You learn something new every day!
When Claire Torry recorded this she started singing, "oh baby, yeah baby,..." but Roger Waters(the bassist and creative genius) told her, " No words." Then she did this! Pure emotions poured out! This song blew me away in '73! Heck, the whole album blew me away! This song is about life and the fear of dying. Now that I'm almost 68 years old I feel it much deeper than when I was 21. Trivia from an old guy: this album was recorded from June of '72 through January of '73 at the Beatles Abbey Road studios. This album stayed on the Billboard charts for 900 weeks! 45 million copies sold! Thank you Pink Floyd!
I own a copy. Just got my Dad a new copy for his birthday. He was stuck listening to it on CD. Both of his copies from back in the day are so played that they are unplayable lol. I really could see the gleam in his eye when I had my 2 year old daughter hand the album to him. Ohh yeah also got him a new copy of Led Zepplin 4. Same reaction, I could see that gleam of old memories breaking through.
Thank you for the info. I have been inside Abbey Road studios, but I never realised that this was recorded there!
I think it wasn't just the lack of words but the lack of consonants that made it so primal, pure emotion. When you think about it, it's the vowels that express our emotions. It would have been less intimate if she'd been going "La la la, shadooba" or something.
Imagine me as a young girl of 6, 7, 8 listening to this because my parents were fans. Talking about formative years. My kids wonder now why I'm so critical of current music!
not that it matters, but Ive seen her say that she only really spoke to David. The others had no input into what she did.
So much soul. Apparently Dave Gilmore told her to imagine the greatest loss in her life and let her voice tell the story of the anguish and loss.
"That caught me by surprise"
One is never really ready for it.
no one IS ever really ready for the song...OR death..
Claire Torry singing, an English session singer. It's a song about dying and she's taking you through the stages, anger through to acceptance. Classic tune. When they play it live, usually 3 different singers take her part.
She did that improv!
She didn’t know it worked until she saw the album with her name on it !
She had to have tripped out on that discovery !
I think they told her “no words” and she was like “WHAT??”
So she let it take her .
Check out on UA-cam 'Clare Torrey interview and Great Gig in the Sky'. She tells it how it happened......
I just assumed that she was a regular backup singer they had, and that the part had been rehearsed several times over.
I believe it's about dying and going to heaven. A beautiful song.
Yes
You’re correct. The beginning is more violent and intense, which represents the pain of passing. The end is softer and sweet, which represents the release and the feeling of reaching heaven. It’s beautiful bc there are no words just like I imagine the afterlife to be. No words just pure emotions
@@DanoSand1203 your comment literally made me weep. I never thought about this song in that way. Just that it makes me sad.
I guess now I know why..😢
As long as you end up in heaven.
this song follows "Time" on the album dark side of the moon. Great Gig in the Sky means where you go when you Die. She "Clare Torrey" was suggested by Alan Parsons to Pink Floyd to call her and ask her to do that final part of Side 1 of Dark Side of the Moon. So when Pink Floyd called her she got to the studio and they started to play the music and she had no idea what they wanted from her so she started to sing "oh baby baby" . Pink said CUT!.....no we don't want any words. So she was even more confused.....so she told herself.....hmm ok i will just imagine myself as an instrument so away she went and it only took 1 or 2 takes and it was done. In her latest interview she said quote " i didn't know how that happened. i wasn't sure if it was Heaven smiling down at me or the Devil looking up at me but it was a Special day in that studio. Here is her Interview about that very song ua-cam.com/video/XJzatfNQf4g/v-deo.html
An instrumental with vocals, a song without words, still rare after nearly half a century.
This song is like a painting. It means what exactly what it makes you feel.
This song is about dying and not accepting that fact and not wanting to die until finally realizing death was imminent and was accepted
My favourite Floyd song. Thank you Clare Tory. What a journey she takes us on, the raw and unbridled emotion so fitting with Floyd's concept. And improvised, too, holy cow!
" I'm not afraid of dying. Anytime will do. Why should I be? There's no reason for it. Everyone has to go sometime."
My man, you've quickly become my favorite reaction channel! Authentic! Great reaction!
Spartan7329 thank you
She ain’t singing, she’s wailing. So powerful!
Pink Floyd is one of the greatest bands ever! The best concert I ever saw was their 1994 Division Bell. The Sound Track also has great songs on it. You should listen to it if you get the chance.
Me too! Saw it in Pittsburgh, first row of the upper deck, center field.
Wow, lucky guys! X
@@mariomariolemieux982 Yeah! I had to see it twice it was that great! I saw it first in my Home Town of San Antonio, also in the Upper Deck of the Alamo Dome, a really terrible venue for concerts, with my Best Friend and then he scored some tickets to the same show in Dallas. Even though it was the same concert, the one in Dallas put the one in SA to shame. It was a whole hour longer and we were 6 rows back from center stage.
@@reddragon6964 I saw them at Foxborough, MA. Amazing show!!
That look on your face when she started singing made my day!
The human voice, the most beautiful instrument of all. I can play the keys, a bit of guitar, and can read/write music, but i will never be able to sing....and this song makes me jealous. Its simply amazing.
When Clare Torry recorded this, she was embarrassed, thinking it was terrible. They just told her to do her thing without any guidance, and this is what happened.
The Dark Side Of The Moon is a concept album and was designed to be heard from start to finish. It is among the greatest albums ever produced. One day you should review the entire album!
That’s the plan after I listen to all the songs
Awesome reaction. Love your facial expressions when she starts singing. Very beautiful song.
Clare was a session musician singer and backing vocalist. She was booked to do vocals on this track. She was busy and could only go along to the studio on Sunday evening. She had no idea what the song was about. They played her the backing track. She had no idea what they wanted. She began by singing scat. They said we don't want any words. She just improvised over the backing. They did two takes they wanted a third but after three she stopped and said you've got enough. Just another job for her. You can write into it anything you like. That's what we do. Months later the album came out and she saw it in a music shop. She bought it to see if she was on it as she thought maybe they cut her vocals.
The vocals are so powerful and the music is perfectly matched. No lyrics needed.
It's a prayer, from the depth of her very soul, Music comes from the Heavens 💖
That's the genius of Pink Floyd!
The experience of death.... shock, denial, anger, acceptance, and finally peace.
Isn't she AWESOME !? The First time I heard this Album I was at my Grandfather's Funeral, during visitations at the Funeral home... myself and my two cousins went out behind the funeral home and in the woods there was a dilapidated old wooden shed, in it was a Battery operated Cassette tape deck and Dark Side was IN the player. First time listening to it was incomparable, and brings me back to that moment every time.
The most hauntingly beautiful track on the album. And so nostalgic.
You know that album is meant to be played in totality. It’s one long trip melding into the other .
I think of when you leave your body for that great gig in the sky !
Yes
All Pink FLOYD lp's should be played all the way thru. Great comment my friend.
Richard Taylor 💯
This song was originally sung by Clair Torry, at Abby Road Studios in London, it's about death, the transformation from life to death,
I saw Pink Floyd in the 70s, it was the Dark Side Of The Moon Tour and it was the greatest concert I ever went too!!! I'm 62 and still a huge Pink Floyd fan!!!
Her name is Claire Torrie. They did an interview with her about this song, and she was like ehhh ( it was no big deal ). She went on to other things and when she seen it being sold in her home country and the attn it got in America, she had to buy the album. I recommend that you track down her reaction ( interview ) about her part in this song. It is shocking when you hear it in her own words how she felt about this song. BTW, it was a shock when people found out that she is a white woman ( not black ). It blew my mind when I found out because at the time I didn't think that a white woman could have so much soul in her voice. I would have bet that she was a black woman simply because of the amount of soul she has in her vocal ability.
Clare Torry is her name.
@@edvinlaine Yes, I spelled it wrong
@Irish South Sider Today yes, but you need to take into account the era this song was made. White women were not known for their ability to have soul in the singing ability. BTW, I am far from a racist person.
Wow... she sure SOUNDS black! And it's not the amount of soul, it's... whatever it is that causes vocal distinctions between people groups, biologically. I'm surprised! But that's cool. Life has many surprises....
I hate when this happens, you never know the intent who says it.. but singing with soul (emotional or intellectual energy or intensity) and singing with soul (the qualities for that genre of music, a style of singing) always get conflated and you never know which is which.
Listened to this watching the sun set at the top of Glastonbury Tor with my dad. A guy was sitting with a ghetto blaster just laid on the grass playing this - it was EPIC!
She wove magic into this song.
Pink Floyd makes entire albums/experiences. Not just songs. 🤩
I've heard this song many times, but didn't actually realize that it didn't have words in it until he brought it up.
This whole album is awesome! It actually is like one big song that tells a story of sorts. It would be good to start at the first "song" and keep going. She was told to sing like what it would be like to die. This was recorded in ONE TAKE!
Music used to be an art form, and like all art it is there to provoke emotion. This song does such a great job of this.
I don't think we will ever get back to music have thus much impact on people again
The girl that recorded this song did it in one take can you imagine that wow.
From Montreal Québec Canada xxx
Every time I hear this song I try to face the fact that I will die. And I fail
so sweet.. unbelievable you have made soo many reaction videos.. well done Jay.
This is proof good music don't need vocals. You can feel the pain and sorrow in this song.... you nailed it in your comment.
there is vocals...from the heart
Listen to this song after a nice smoke sesh. In the middle of the song you can hear her say very slowly "if you can her this whispering, you are dying." You will trip the F out!
Damn dude I didn't know you were onto Floyd. A new subscriber, you just stepped up in my eyes. In a freaking class of their own fr. 👍✌
Great vocals for sure!
You know hes feeling it when he closes his eyes
The greatest vocals you will ever hear..............
it is an Implosion, which catapults you into the Eternal, pure essence and ethereal... and if I remember rightly, they just let her go with it and it was all done in One take.
BEAUTIFUL, and Irreplaceable.
This song is in my top five of all time from any band it's my top 5 song
I think it can mean sorrow and it can mean happiness or it could loss, you're right it means what you want it to mean.
Great Gig In The Sky. How does one sing about the Ethereal - esoterica - we are all one part in the Cosmic transformation from the 3D into higher dimensions of consciousness 🙏🏻💗💎. What blows me away if the range of emotions she does sing through what life is and dying, inevitable death and the spirit release from the body. I love your video!!! I’m 41 and have gravitated towards music before my time.
I saw this live in concert a s she blew the roof off that stadium.
Your face when she started singing is priceless! 😁 This song doesn't need words, it's all in her voice, - her fears, her hopes, her very soul. A masterpiece..
Your reaction! Everything!
I always took it as being welcomed into the afterlife, whatever that is. And it's always a treat to watch someone hear it for the first time- thanks for sharing this.
In the UK this track was used in a headache tablet TV advertisement - the before and after. I can't help laughing now every time I hear it. Sad really. :-)
Bloody brilliant!
Great song!!
To get the full effect, you have to listen to it in the context of the whole album.
Just incredible & mind-blowing.
You should see the video which perfectly synchronised a meteor impacting the earth to this music. Totally adds another great element to a perfect song.
He wasn't ready. None of us were.
This song did not require words.
It's preceded by "Time". She starts singing about the rigors of life, and then that ends. You can decide where or what happens when the chaos of life has ended.
The lady that did the vocals for this song was Clare Torry. Here is a link if you want to know more about her and her part in this song.
ua-cam.com/video/XJzatfNQf4g/v-deo.html
All Floyds albums were concept albums which is what we called them back in the day, meant to be listened to in one sitting. It was novel idea something which doesn't seem to happen anymore
You should react to Norwegian Wood by The Beatles
no no no...do Hank Williams Jr cover of it lol
If you haven't already, you should listen to 'Time' by Pink Floyd. The lyrics are very deep and meaningful you won't be disappointed!
ua-cam.com/video/buCCS70i9Mw/v-deo.html
@@JayveeTV thanks buddy, I thought I'd binged all of your reaction videos 🙂 There is a song by George Michael called 'Praying for time' if you find a moment to listen to that, it's another great song also!
It is about the acceptance of death... the stages you go through. You are 1st angry but you will slowly reach that acceptance stage.
I loved your reaction!!! Love this song!!!
This was an amazing moment in music. It's were music meets humanity. The story of Claire(vocalist) behind this is interesting as well I encourage you to read about the story behind the recording of the song! Enjoy the Pink Floyd rabbit hole...One suggestion if I may ...listen to the whole album when it comes to Floyd, their albums were made to be listened to as concept albums. All the best!
How could anyone that loves music have never heard this??
This is Clare Torrey. Beautiful voice. She is not part of the band but was hired to do this song. I knew you you would like it.
Richard Wright:
Great Gig in the Sky? It was just me playing in the studio, playing some chords, and probably Dave or Roger saying "Hmm… that sounds nice. Maybe we could use that for this part of the album." And then, me going away and trying to develop it. So then I wrote the music for that, and then there was a middle bit, with Clare Torry singing, that fantastic voice. We wanted something for that bit, and she came in and sang on it.[5]
Roger Waters:
It was something that Rick had already written. It's a great chord sequence. "The Great Gig in the Sky" and the piano part on "Us and Them," in my view, are the best things that Rick did - they're both really beautiful. And Alan [Parsons] suggested Clare Torry. I've no idea whose idea it was to have someone wailing on it. Clare came into the studio one day, and we said, "There's no lyrics. It's about dying - have a bit of a sing on that, girl." I think she only did one take. And we all said, "Wow, that's done. Here's your sixty quid."[6]
Alan Parsons:
She [Torry] had done a covers album; I can remember that she did a version of "Light My Fire." I just thought she had a great voice. When the situation came up, they started head-scratching, saying, "Who are we going to get to sing on this?" I said, "I've got an idea - I know this girl." She came, and in a couple of hours it was all done. She had to be told not to sing any words: when she first started, she was doing "Oh yeah baby" and all that kind of stuff, so she had to be restrained on that. But there was no real direction - she just had to feel it.[7]
David Gilmour:
Clare Torry didn't really look the part. She was Alan Parsons' idea. We wanted to put a girl on there, screaming orgasmically. Alan had worked with her previously, so we gave her a try. And she was fantastic. We had to encourage her a little bit. We gave her some dynamic hints: "Maybe you'd like to do this piece quietly, and this piece louder." She did maybe half a dozen takes, and then afterwards we compiled the final performance out of all the bits. It wasn't done in one single take.[8]
Clare Torry:
I went in, put the headphones on, and started going 'Ooh-aah, baby, baby - yeah, yeah, yeah.' They said, 'No, no - we don't want that. If we wanted that we'd have got Doris Troy.' They said, 'Try some longer notes', so I started doing that a bit. And all this time, I was getting more familiar with the backing track. […] That was when I thought, 'Maybe I should just pretend I'm an instrument.' So I said, 'Start the track again.' One of my most enduring memories is that there was a lovely can [i.e headphone] balance. Alan Parsons got a lovely sound on my voice: echoey, but not too echoey. When I closed my eyes - which I always did - it was just all-enveloping; a lovely vocal sound, which for a singer, is always inspirational.[9]
Chris Thomas, who was brought in to assist Alan Parsons in mixing the album, mentions that they were actually in mixdown at the time. On the DVD Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon, various members mention that they had this song and weren't quite sure what to do with it. Wright further mentions that when she finished, she was apologetic about her performance even though those present were amazed at her improvisation.
A song called Just A Prayer by Natascha Atlas and Jah Wobble has a very similiar feel and concept.
instrumental voice playing lead as an instrument voice not only for singing
It's a great Pink Floyd song Is redundant. All Pink Floyd songs are great! 😛
Mainly performed by Richard Wright, who now performs in that great gig in the sky.
All pink Floyd albums should be listened to from start to finish ,not just by each song. This band takes you on a journey and is an experiance in each album. I have a life sized in frame photo of the naked ladies seen at the end of this video hanging proudly in my bedroom. I have to agree with you on the interpratation of the song. I see at as leaving this world and reuniting with the people I truely love that are on the otherside.
Definitely having this at my funeral.
Welcome to the PF galaxy. Your views on music will never be the same
Yay, you finally figured out how to look at all of us. This is much better
i hope you have listened to a whole pink floyd album from start to finish. it is the best way to experience it. this one was on dark side of moon and it is one of my favorites. if you can , please listen to the whole album, all the songs combine to make one experience. and when it stops, you are surprised it is already over. there are other albums too that are like this too by them.
They got the most Soulful best backup singers in the music industry my opinion
That Bob Dylan sure has some range!
Clare Torrey - caught us all by surprise... she is amazing!!!!
It's about death. He says in the beginning "why should I be afraid of dying?"
shes singing the widows wail...
The guys simply told her to think about death and dying. The incredible Clare Tory❤️
Time turns into this song.
So the album Dark Side of the Moon had a particular theme according to Roger Waters. The album is about how the living in the modern world can drive a man insane. It's focused on living your life day in and day out trapped in the same routine. The thought of war (Us and Them) and the need to acquire currency (Money) drive us to act in a certain way which is unnatural and unhealthy for any living creature. The lyrics of Eclipse sums up what life really is. The album is very deep and meaningful. I recommend listening to the whole thing. Every Pink Floyd album is somewhat of a "Rock Opera" and tells story. listening to just a song is like reading a random chapter of a book. Gotta listen to it all
That's the sound of pain. They beat her with a microphone until she sang this right.
You do know she did this in 1 take right?
Heath Cliff no
PURE HEALTH
Here is the woman that sung in the 'Great Gig in the Sky' ua-cam.com/video/XJzatfNQf4g/v-deo.html
This is pure magic
I always feel the power behind her emotions
Watch the Pulse dvd; the ladies do a great job of this masterpiece.
No lyrics, but if that ain't vocals then there are no words.
One take! They wanted her to do a couple of takes but half way through take #2 she stopped and said; "You have what you need, the first take on improv is always the best." And she said; "Thank you very much" and left not even knowing what the name of the song was. Claire Torry.
Speechless❤️🤩