People always look at that Beatles gig on the pub roof as something revolutionary and here were these dudes, in the middle of a roman amphitheater of a volcano ravaged city rocking their brains out for almost 2 hours for posterity and eternity, with no audience but ghosts. Always ahead of their time. Always.
The Beatles roop top gig showed how damned good they were, but they knew it was kind of over. This is when Floyd mkII came alive, pointing forward to a decade of magic..
To me Nick Mason(the drummer) is the star of this performance. Everyone is feeding off of him and the whole groove relies on him. One of the most underrated drummers of his generation imo.
Well... That's the function of the drummer. And I don't think he's underrated. Through the years, he's been asked to participate in dozens of projects. To me, Nick Mason is the King of the Pause.
Well let's be honest about something. It's pretty difficult to stand out as a drummer while the Greatest Guitarist ever is standing next to you no matter if you are the Greatest Drummer in the world.
My father served in the Soviet army in the year 1980. He was stationed in Stettin/Poland for two years. A mechanican for the Mig-23. He had a good relationship with the political commissar. Every now and then my father would help him with difficult tasks around the polit commissars house. One day the political commissar wasn't in the house and gave my father some order to clean the house alone. My father found a good stereo system in the living room. When he turned it on, there was a Pink Floyd record in the system. He listened to them up and down for hours. He said he had never heard such brilliant music. When the political commissar caught him, he just had a smile on his face and said he could keep listening without fear. It is worth it. My father never stopped listening to Pink Floyd. One day when I was 8 years old he gave me a cassette recorder and a Pink Floyd cassette as a gift. It was the "Delicate Sound of Thunder *Live". Great piece of art. I loved it immediately. 30 years later, I still listen to Pink Floyd a lot, and of course in the car too. At some point when I brought my 7-year-old daughter to school she asked: "Dad, can you please play that one song where the woman sang so beautifully?" She wanted the song “The great gig in the sky”. Of course I turned on the song immediately and had to smile. What a long and winding road this music had. Pink Floyd was passed down in my family like a precious heirloom. Pink Floyd will always have a place in my heart.
to me it is one of the most if not THE MOST spiritual song that really changed my life. I've heard it hundreds of times. Your response was amazing, thank you for allowing me to experience the song a little as if all over again.
These guys were in their twenties when they composed this. That absolutely blows me away! It didn't follow the current trends of the time, or any specific genre, it was just musical creativity at another level. I've heard this song hundreds of times maybe more in the past 40 years or so and it still holds such incredible power every time I hear it, absolutely amazing. And in my opinion this performance is by far the very best version. It's so raw, so energetic and powerful, just rips into your spirit like no other. Especially keeping in mind what happened in that very spot 2000 years ago to the people of Pompeii. This is a masterpiece of musical art, that's all I can say really.
It's also the same for me, the whole performance has significant meaning in some spiritual sense, For me personally, there are only a handful of performances that hit me in ways I can't describe, and this is at the top of a very short list of performances.
Nice going! I'm an 80-year-old guy and remember the first time I heard this like it was yesterday. I was in my mid-20's, stoned, lying on the floor at a friend's place while listening on a pair of very good headphones. My reaction then was the same as yours here. I was amazed, emotional and stunned by the beauty of it all. Pink Floyd holds a place all its own in R & R history. And to think, there wasn't even a "Dark Side of the Moon" yet. Those days were magic. I love watching you youngsters discovering the music of my life. Kudos!
I'm 64. I saw this film in a little local cinema, high as f, about 40 years ago. My first time hearing "Echoes" and it still resonates. Love the original version on "Meddle", but I NEED to get this film on blu-ray.
I am a mere youngster at 68 but your second sentence sums up my experience perfectly. I am forever grateful that I lived through these wonderful decades of exceptional music. Keep going matey!
Imagine being a 14 year old girl and going to see them at the local theatre in Liverpool to hear DSOTM...1974..😳 My brother took me for my birthday..😊 they did Echoes as an encore..❤
I also saw that tour in 1975 in Los Angeles California. My first concert of any kind ever. Floyd played all of DSOTM, most of Wish You Were Here & Animals...Shine On, Gotta Be Crazy (Dogs), Raving and Drooling (Sheep) & Have a Cigar... and of course Echoes as the encore. Safe to say we saw the best Pink Floyd tour ever. Unfortunately, the LAPD raided the arena and I was arrested on the 3rd of five nights...but that didn't stop me from going back for the last two shows!
@@huffle-bloodprince247 only now do I realise that. 🙄 I'm from Liverpool UK, the youngest of 8 and my older siblings used to go and watch the local bands in a club called the Cavern .the Beatles among others 😀 my mum used to go to the local bingo hall with Ringo's mum 🤣
If this song does not give you goose-bumps, I don't know what will. One of the most mind blowing performances ever, no one is better than Pink Floyd! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Yes this one is, in my opinion, is the best of performance ever without a doubt. There's just something about this one, the raw power, but the incredible smoothness at the same time, the absolutely insanely good drumming, Roger's perfect bass lines that while basically simple, have that certain tone and just blend into the music so perfectly, and of course David's absolute perfection of a guitar solo that I can't even describe how great it sounds. I mean wow man listen to those bends too, and the tone of it and the slow melodic sounds, I'm sorry I don't really have words for it honestly. Oh yeah and the composition of this, the key it's in and the chords and Rick's organ of course wow it's so great. This song NEVER gets old! It's rock and it jams out but it's also so beautiful and smooth I don't know how in the world they did this really. Clearly they are all on the same page creatively, no doubt about that.
Agree. I saw this first time in Poole Arts Centre on a big screen, venue PA during a week of music movies. Blown away by it. When I eventually got it on DVD I ripped the audio so I always have it with me.😀
@@grelch So much so that they were walking out in large numbers,..Many have to be told something is good before they notice,,Also PF did to meander working up the piece on tour,--
I first saw this performance in the 1970’s. The very first time and every time since then it makes me cry. This performance and composition is so overwhelmingly beautiful and transports my soul.
There are countless great bands and musicians. But, Pink Floyd ranks among the very, very best because they were completely unique and believed 100% in what they were doing. This footage is a perfect example of this, and you totally got it. It was a real pleasure watching you be absorbed by the majesty of this epic song.
This reaction is very special. Can see it in your eyes you absolutely get it. This music is beyond beautiful. It’s music that takes you away, if you let it. You should let it.
I have had my family under strict instructions for decades, if I ever end up in a coma, then they play this soundtrack on a constant loop through headphones, because if there was ever a sound, a noise, or a note that would reach me in a coma, then it's this.
I absolutely love your reaction to Pink Floyd Echoes. You didn't stop it at all. They took you for a mesmerizing trip through the universe in 20 minutes 😁. And you weren't even high 😎. Feel me? They are the GOAT.
Mason is vital in Floyd. Seeing him recently with his Saucerful of Secrets tour, it’s clear his hypnotic and imaginative drumming style plays no small part in their sound.
I think part of what made Nick Mason so good is that he was completely self-taught, as said by himself in an interview I saw years ago. I'm thinking that being self-taught allows you to be more creative without a teacher constantly correcting you. I always loved his drumming, especially this more raw, jamming type of thing in Echoes and previous works. Even decades later when David Gilmour hired Steve to be his drummer in modern times, Steve plays in the same style as Nick did later on, like how he played on Dark Side of the Moon, Wish you were here, Animals, and The Wall.
One thing I have always loved about their music is that even when there are just instruments playing, it still feels like it's telling a story. They have been my favorite band since the 70's.
The great Arnold Steinhardt, who played first violin for the Guarneri String Quartet, wrote in a memoire that every piece of music tells a story, even "May Had a Little Lamb." The challenge for any musician is to discover that story and tell it in their own way. In the rock world, the ability to do that is what sets David Gilmour apart.
Indeed. In 1977 I was a teenager sacking groceries at the local supermarket after school and on weekends. That year, I saved all I could to put together the best stereo system I could afford - Infinity Qb speakers, a Dual direct drive turntable with a top-of-the-line Shure cartridge and a Pioneer SA II integrated amplifier that put out a very clean 100 watts per channel. It cost me about $1,200 dollars, which in today's money would be about $6,000. Worth every penny to play music like this.
Lol my dad was an audio file from the 50's so by the time man walked on the moon he had amazing for the time equipment. Then when I was 10 or 12 I was caught up in the gear and ran with it until the 80's. Still have a bunch of the 60's and 70's gear😊
"Toward the within" by Dead Can Dance on DVD is a similar experience. Yes it's another style and not such good quality like Pinke Floyd, but the soul of it is the same. Check it out, give them a chance.
I always love how in the second verses section David mistakenly sings invited and invited (instead of incited) me to rise ...then glances over to Rick with a grin. Priceless. In the director's cut of this incredible film that part goes on longer. Sums up the beautiful relationship between David and Richard. No wonder they made such magical music for and with the Master songwriter of our time... And yes, Nick beyond essential. It's only them and the Beatles at the end of the day.
@@AlessandroGenTLe Yep. The last time it was performed live. Since the death of Richard Wright in 2008, David Gilmour has said he'll never again play it live.
It is nice seeing you take this Pink Floyd journey. Much of the 70s music, influding Pink Floyd's music was part of the Album Oriented Rock (AOR) time. Albums were made to put on the turntable and listen to the entire album in one sitting. Each track of Pink Floyd's music transitions into the next track, you can't tell where one song ends and the next song begins.
He was a great vocalist, too. Not so much as the lead, but doubling the lead, especially David Gilmour. If you go back and listen to "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," his vocals are almost as critical to the sound as Syd's.
Richard Wright has always been my favourite prog rock keyboardist. As opposed to some of those "noodling" artists like Rick Wakeman, Wright's playing was always measured and on point. Much like Gilmour's guitar playing, they never tried to show off, they just went for mood and perfection in their playing.
After watching live at Pompeii many years ago I still have to wonder why Nick Mason is not mentioned with the likes of Bonham, Peart or Moon. The man is absolutely phenomenal!!!
This was my favourite version of Echoes untill i found "Live in Gdansk" it was the last time David and Richard ever played the song before he died. Knowing the backstory makes the last 3 mins an absolute tearjerking masterpiece 👌
Never really been a fan of this version, but the Gdansk version is just astonishing. Love those last 7 lines, And through the window in the wall Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes So I throw the windows wide And call to you across the sky
both this and gdańsk are good but, sadly pompeii has terrible audio quality, and a lot of hissing sound too, i hope one day that it will get a remastered version
The Gdansk performance was the last time David played it live. He said without Richard it lost all its luster for him. Plus I find that a fitting tribute to a long time friend and bandmate.
You're right, one of the most engaging reactions I've ever followed. It brought me back to the feelings of when I listened live, in the tour *_Atom Heart Mother,_* the "work in progress" *_Return of the Son of Nothing_* of this masterpiece. It was three and a half months before they made this incredible movie. An experience that has marked my life ... and "the why" I find it every time on videos of this level.
Whoever's idea it was to organise this show at Pompeii and to film and record it so brilliantly is a genius. I feel extremely lucky that I am able to see this never mind that is exists at all. It is an utter work of art on all levels.
@@rlbosch The director Adrian Maben came up with the idea, although originally he wanted to record Pink Floyd performing and cut in different pieces of art. He on a trip to Pompeii he visited the Ampitheatre and that's where he got the idea to have Pink Floyd perform there.
This is my favorite song by my favorite band. I always feel like I'm on a journey on a ship that gets completely engulfed in fog, we slowly sail in, and the high piano key leads us out again. You hear it a bit more clearly in the studio version, the complete eeriness of the feeling of being lost, and then being led back out to the light. David Gilmour's guitar is another member of the band, as far as I'm concerned. It's his guitar that speaks to me, makes me cry, tells the story.
You are by far my favorite reactionist (is that a word?) by a large margin. I absolutely love that you allow the music to continue uninterrupted so you can get the full experience
Yes girl, this 61 ur old was 9 when it came out. 1977 my husband of 45 yrs played this for me. So we have had the pleasure of listening 1000's of times. Never loses it's magic.Think of the fact they did this 52 years ago. What they accomplished with what they had. Could not even be created today with all the gadgets. Masters at work. I love you really got it.... Welcome to the world of Floyd! Please check out the original Great gig in the sky album version as we only heard it. No worries the stage presence will blow your mind without seeing it. Cheers
I can barely even recall a time when the Floyd, their lyrics, their sounds and their song structures, were not a part of my personal musical universe. I've known their music since I was nine years old or something...unique indeed. The Floyd, Yes and Genesis and their legacy of albums from the years 1970-77 (that period in particular) had an immeasurable impact on my understanding of music, and the way I listen to music.
I was a teenager in the 70s and I've been a pink floyd fan all my life but no one ever mentions the fact they had to bring in all of the electronic power in order to do this not to mention they were in Italy recording Dark Side of the Moon
No matter how many times I listen to this performance, no matter who's commenting or reacting to it, I will never tire of watching Pink Floyd play "Echoes" Live at Pompeii!
I'm hooked. I really like this version it's got an edge the album doesn't have. Your reaction mimics mine as well. I keep coming back to this version its so addictive. Kudo's that you don't pause the performance .
There is only a segment of population that can understand and love this and nowadays it’s smaller- the fact that you feel this and understand it the way i see you doing in this video means you have a friend you never met in me ❤
This was filmed in 1971. 45 years later, in 2016, David Gilmour returned to this same location in Pompeii to perform live in front of a sold-out audience.
Thank you for this. (Might I suggest you also do a “react” to “Shine on You Crazy Diamond”) … I didn’t remember that the Pompeii version of Echoes leaves out the beautiful atmospheric section that is on the Meddle album version. Still an extraordinary performance though. Yes, one can see the kind of “rawness” in the performance that led to “Dark Side of the Moon” … “Meddle” is a wonderful album … a great overture to DSOTM. Your reaction is the much like mine … I can remember the place and the time I first heard “Echoes” … I heard a yearning, a longing to be “out there” … shedding one’s “mortal coil” … let’s face it, its a trip! However, it is a trip with heart. Anyhow, this is, of course, my experience and it hasn’t faded away no matter how many times I hear “Echoes”.
You surprise me! I never dreamed that you would review this or be so positive. 👍🏻 Pink Floyd was multifaceted, to put it mildly. Their vocals are underrated. I think the last time I heard Echoes was in 1981. I don’t remember it having so much groove. Thanks for the reaction/review and the wonderful trip down memory lane.
Ian Paice is still extant, doing everybody's album when you require a drummer that can get hard as you need him to be; or more melodious and blending into a rhythm section following the bass player's line to begin fleshing it out fully-very jazzlike and startling.
My whole concept of music changed the first time my band mates played the album Meddle .. .this track came on and it gave me goosebumps. Saw the DSOTM tour in October ‘72. Blew my mind. They played the album front to back and closed with Echoes. When the fog cleared the band was gone. .we never saw them leave the stage. Eight thousand people left the venue without saying a word. .no joke. .they were just stunned beyond words. Years later i ran into a guy who was at that show and we compared notes and he said the same thing. .. no one spoke…. Never forget that gig. Ranks right up there with seeing Beatles on their second to last American performance Portland Memorial Coliseum
Oh my Lord, an exceptionally amazing review. The expressions on your face was how I felt inside on playing this utterly brilliant track. Thanks so much!!!
Try Nightwish's tribute to High Hopes. The best set of musicians since floyd. This band and their current lead singer will take you to a whole new world
Ok i listened. Its excellent, powerfull, great vocal, a strong presence ! Great guitars and .. all ! But ... But ... Its hard rock, its very good hard rock, its NOT spirit Pink Floyd. Very good, may be exceptionnal but totaly different of PF. But also thank's to show that band, i dont knew them 🙏
If you want a fabulus tribute Pink Floyd, try this : ua-cam.com/video/uCuhez2l7lY/v-deo.htmlsi=F3sM_p9BpclBrZTi So pity, they did a unique show, these musiciens are exceptionnals but do other works with other bands, that depend of requests. They are not inauf famous... pity i said because they could ! They should ! The guitarist Thibault de Robillard is great !!! I love his game ! I never hear a guitarist so close to David Gilmour ! Thibault is close !
This is testament to Pink Floyd’s secret weapon! Keyboards and backing vocals, Mr Richard Wright!! God bless you Sir! Your influence and contribution to one of the best bands ever will not be forgotten!! I hope the Endless River treats you well….
I've been a huge fan of Pink Floyd for over 40 years. Echoes is on the Meddle album, which was the very first album I ever owned and it is my all-time favorite piece of Rock music. I am thrilled to see how mesmerized you are at Echoes and how you translate your feelings live. It is refreshing to see a young woman be moved so profoundly by a masterpiece such as this one. Good on you for sharing this with the world. A testament to the immortality of Pink Floyd's work. Keep up the good work!
Your reaction video is perfect you don't pause the screen shot of the performance is really appreciated and like all good reaction videos you wear heart on your sleeve in the nicest possible way and glad you appreciated this masterpiece performance
Echoes from Pompeii is one of my favorite pieces of music in existence. That change at 7:53 into that colossal groove will give me goosebumps forever. Love your reaction!
@@MisterTMH Gilmour always sounds amazing (obviously) but the lead tone he was able to get for this specific live performance is easily the greatest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.
Keep in mind these guys were in their early 20's when they wrote this album.I cannot say anyone in their early 20's today would come up with such great concepts and musicality
Yes, people have lost their deep creative powers! Everything else that came after had its foundations in bands like these and others. It was a time of great inner changes and deeper search, expression into one’s soul.
The contrast of Pink Floyd playing an ampitheatre, a place where, in history, people had their hearts ripped out, but now it's the ones in the arena who are ripping the hearts out of the audience.
Trust me your reaction with your hands over your mouth and wide eyes that’s everyone who listens to Pink Floyd. The sound of greatness the sound of meaning. It opens the mind and heart like a acid trip 😭 I love Pink Floyd and I’m so glad to be so young and have such a deep connection and love for this band and their music Pink Floyd is da best fan base 💚🤙🏽
Watching this concert feels like traveling through the universe in a time machine - the ultimate fantasy experience. And the reviewer being as beautiful as a Renaissance portrait makes this experience becomes truly exquisite
This song was the blueprint for all of their later worldwide success. You can hear mixes of many songs yet to be written..shine on being one of them..this was the nucleus
Yep. I think it was either Richard Wright or Nick Mason that said it was the first time they felt as if they really had found their sound since Syd had departed.
You can hear and sense the influence of Echoes in so many of their follow on works…in fact ”Is there anybody out there” and “Marooned” directly sample the wailing guitar section from the middle of Echoes.
David always has impeccable tone, plays the exact "right" notes, and squeezes every drop of emotion out of each note. A song so good Andrew Lloyd Webber stole it and made a whole career from it.
as a fan of pink floyd, Echoes for me is their masterpiece, I love all their musics, and all their albums, but echoes is something transcendental... Also from the same Albumn (Meddle) "One of These Days" is another great track
In January 2000, I went to Pompeii for the first time. I had a portable CD player and the Pink Floyd Echoes CD with me. I went onto to the stands of this amphitheater (it was allowed then!) and listened to Echoes remembering the countless times I watched this videos in VHS. It was a wonderful moment I will cherish forever!
You came up on my UA-cam from this reaction video. Pompeii is a real treat... the whole thing. But Echoes is the crown jewels. So glad you found it. I'll be watching the channel as long as you keep digging up these spectacular songs like you have recently.
This was from the movie "Pink Floyd - Live in Pompeii" by the French film director Adrian Maben which was on general cinematic release in 1972. They managed to get permission from the mayor of Naples, who was a big Floyd fan, that they would close the ancient site to tourists for 6 days to allow for the shoot. This being Italy of course, they had power cuts for the first couple of days so as a result didn't get the full footage that Maben had expected. This was the reason for the studio clips interspersed with the Pompeii footage in Part 2 which were recorded in a Paris studio at a later date. It was Maben's idea to split into Parts 1 and 2, which bookend the movie, normally the piece would be played in one continuous performance. Glad to see you once again so enjoying this music, can you imagine the effect it had on us in the 1970's, there was truly nothing comparable at the time, still isn't really.
What does Italy have to do with it, as if we are always plunged into darkness because of electricity blackouts. Pompeii is an archaeological site, not an industrial centre, it is clear that the electricity supply was not sufficient and they had to upgrade the lines for the increased use of power by amplifiers and loudspeakers. You paint Italy as a backward country, at the time we even had nuclear power stations. The usual foreign arrogance, you build Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, De Tommaso, Ducati, Aprilia, Pagani, Lancia Delta 4W, but you will be remembered for building the little Fiat 500
1. The Pompei site is not in Naples, is in Pompei. So at least they managed to get permission from the mayor of Pompei, not Naples 2. The mayor of Pompei count zero (and the mayor of Naples less than zero), they asked the permission to the Superintendence of archeology and fine arts of Naples (that is the local institution of the ministry of culture) through a professor of the University of Naples. They were granted exclusive entry to the site for 6 days, resulting in the site being closed to visitors. 3. They didn't have power cuts, simply the electrical system of a Roman amphitheater in which the last show helded was dated 79AD is not the electical system of a modern stadium, it did not have enough power to run all the instruments of the band and all the equipment of the troupe, so they had to connect the system to the town hall with a long cable. Furthermore the band demanded to play everything live, refusing playback, so they had to ship all their giant equipment -including a 24 tracks recording system - by truck from England to Pompeii (this took 3 days). Usually the production of a film makes sure to have electricity in the places where they shoot, before arriving there. But since they didn't even have the money to pay for the hotel, maybe they didn't have any for electric generators. For these reasons they were only able to shoot for 4 days out of the 6 they had available. Where I come from they say "you can't have the chicken, the egg and keep your ass warm"
There is great music and then there is Pink Floyd. This is simply on a whole other plane. The journey these amazing talented young men take you on is mind blowing!
Watching you react to this makes me think you are 50 years out of time. I suspect you can almost imagine being surrounded by new music like this every day. It was very nice.
It surely was, we will never see that level of creativity ever again albums from artists like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, King Crimson, Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Mike Oldfield, David Bowie, Simon and Garfunkel, Jethro Tull, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, Free, The Eagles, The Band, Traffic, America, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Genisis, Gentle Giant, Camel, Stevie Wonder, Carol King, James Taylor, Lynyrd Skynyd, T.Rex, to name only a few there were many more and a new album by one of these was a real treat, you would either play your new purchase for your friend's or you'd be listening to their new purchases, such a great time when we actually owned music instead of renting it like Spotify et al.
The first time I heard this Pink Floyd track, I was fascinated by their extraordinary music. More than 50 years later, it still fascinates me as much as the first day. For me, it has become a classic.
We have an incredible Pink Floyd tribute band in my city. The last time I saw them, they performed this song from start to finish, and by the end of it, I was in tears. This song will never not be in my top 3 Pink Floyd songs.
At the end verse (Cloudless every day you fall upon my waking eyes...etc) Rick and David 'switch' harmonies. (they have very similar voices actually) That's why the end has a different feel. A very clever touch!
I mean, how does one ever compare a true classic band like Pink Floyd to anything in our modern times! This will be the classical music of the future. Generations will stand in amazement to the pure brilliance of Pink Floyd! Their technical abilities combined with insane vocals, great lyrics, just timeless.
Great reaction! We could see you being moved every step of the way. The band members weren't trying to outdo anyone else as if to say "hey, look at me only". Each member adds just enough to give the song what it needs to bring you along to new places emotionally. True artistry. This is Art in musical form.
So many people when they here the name Pink Floyd run a mile, but they don’t know what they are missing. Try Shine on you Crazy Diamond Parts 1 thru 5 and 6 thru 9. It’s another masterpiece.
I think it’s The Wall that scares people away from Floyd. That album and film (though I personally believe it’s a masterpiece) was basically Roger Watter’s psychotic vision of himself come to life and scared people stupid. His screechy, high pitched voice from that album and the much less impressive The Final Cut is what comes to mind for most people when they hear the name.
I've watched a few of your reactions videos and I must say that you can feel the essence of the music you hear better than any other. I have no idea how old you are but you groove like a kid from the sixties. I would attend a live concert with you ANYTIME! Great job...
'Echoes' a great piece of music that David Gilmour only played live with Richard Wright as he felt his vocals could never be substituted by anyone else.
That was just a little over half the song. There is a part 2. When the band made this video/concert, they opened with the first part of Echoes and closed the concert/video with the second part. On the album, it's all one song that is just over 23 minutes.
Let the tears flow! This gets me every time. There are many songs that make me cry through pure joy and happiness. This is one of them. Do not hold the tears back. There are many people in the world at the moment who are doing terrible things to all our brothers and sisters. They should be forced to listen!!!! Maythesunglissuwell x ✊🌌
I saw them play this live in the fall of 1972 in a rectangular hall in Austin Tx. The acoustics are different in a rectangular hall and in this case they were also experimenting with quad sound. Along with the speakers in front of the audience there were speakers in the back corners of the hall. The sound engineers were moving the sound all around us in a 360 degree auditory experience. This was about 5 months prior to the release of Dark Side of the Moon so it was in support of Atom Heart Mother. They did Astronomy Domine, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Careful with that Axe Eugene and A Saucer Full of Secrets with Echoes being their encore piece. It being the early '70's and this being Pink Floyd, a lot of people had taken LSD for the show. I have never seen so many people being led out by the hand while lost in a total haze. That quad sound just took these songs to another level and could only have been done effectively in a rectangular hall, stadiums couldn't have done it properly. This concert is still my diamond standard by which I judge all other concerts. All done without Feedback suppressors, de"S"ers, any of the supporting effects so taken for granted today. In later years they added backup singers and other musicians, all to good effect, but this was just the 4 of them in complete mastery of the stage. Like I said.... Diamond standard.
I’m with you. Saw them in 1971 in San Francisco. It began with hearing Piper at the Gates of Dawn as a young teen. I love their early work and those memories. They will always be my favorite band!!!!! Thanks for reacting ❤️🙏
Lucky you, sounds like a great gig! Although they wouldn’t have been touring in support of Atom Heart Mother (Meddle/Obscured by Clouds were the preceding albums) and I don’t think they were playing Astronomy Domine in 1972. They were also playing a nascent version of The Dark Side of The Moon on this tour (that must have been amazing to hear live!).
@@forsakengardens Echos was the encore song and Obscured by Clouds was released about 4 months prior to this concert. I do remember at least one song from Atom Heart Mother but none from DSOM. It was after this tour that they did their studio time on DSOM so perhaps they didn't try any out early. As to Astronomy Domine, the song was on their debut album from 1967 and was a staple of their shows. I believe they also did See Emily Play. Like I said, just the 4 of them on stage and such an exceptional level of music it was a never to be forgotten moment.
I think that you’ve either forgotten the DSoTM part of the gig or else missed it. They were playing DSoTM for all of 1972 (first part of concert). Astronomy Domine was last played in June 1971 and there was no way they would have played See Emily Play (was only played live a few times when Syd was still in the group)!! Perhaps you’re thinking of a gig a couple of years previously or maybe you were on some strong shit!! ;)
Seeing your reaction was great! Live at Pompeii is a great experience. It is mind-expanding and very progressive without using any far out visual effects! The very superimposition of the band and the antique theatre does the thing!
I'm on the Pink Floyd Journey for 47 years.. I'm blessed to see them tWice live and David Gilmore and Roger waters also separately twice.. 😍😍 this music got a connection straight into the soul..
Just found your channel, and honestly I was blown away by how you were affected by the song. It has brought me to tears more than once and I was glad to see it had a similar effect on you. It is rare in today’s world to find someone that is moved by music THAT much. You have a new fan. As far as the song goes, that version is my all time favorite of any song. Seeing that you like that, you should try “Shine on you crazy diamond” (studio version all parts)also by Pink Floyd. You will love it. Trust me. Great reaction, keep it up!
I’m 58 and I live in Moscow. Last year I opened this group again for myself. When I was young I listened to it But I think I didn’t understand it deeply. Now I have discovered smth new in it. Pink Floyd.. I listen to it everywhere, in my car, at home.. Thank you very much for your brilliant music! Svetlana.
Fantastic reaction!!! Please do the Echoes version live in Gdansk. It's mind blowing and it was the last time Dave and Rick played it together, just before Rick passed away... 😢 An absolute masterpiece!!
People always look at that Beatles gig on the pub roof as something revolutionary and here were these dudes, in the middle of a roman amphitheater of a volcano ravaged city rocking their brains out for almost 2 hours for posterity and eternity, with no audience but ghosts.
Always ahead of their time. Always.
The Beatles roop top gig showed how damned good they were, but they knew it was kind of over. This is when Floyd mkII came alive, pointing forward to a decade of magic..
@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 as someone said below, and rightfuly so, a band on the cusp of greatness.
@@davsaltego for some reason that always looked like a pub to me :D
54 years old here, you're right.
I have always wondered if all the footage captured by the multiple cameras in use here exists somewhere. I bet it doesn't, but it'd be cool to see.
To me Nick Mason(the drummer) is the star of this performance. Everyone is feeding off of him and the whole groove relies on him. One of the most underrated drummers of his generation imo.
Well... That's the function of the drummer. And I don't think he's underrated. Through the years, he's been asked to participate in dozens of projects. To me, Nick Mason is the King of the Pause.
Mason is the protagonist. A champion of percussion and without crust.
he is THE GLUE. unbelievable drummer.
Well let's be honest about something. It's pretty difficult to stand out as a drummer while the Greatest Guitarist ever is standing next to you no matter if you are the Greatest Drummer in the world.
@@God-damned-xe9xn Right... But now think about the drummer of Blondie, hahaha!
My father served in the Soviet army in the year 1980. He was stationed in Stettin/Poland for two years. A mechanican for the Mig-23. He had a good relationship with the political commissar. Every now and then my father would help him with difficult tasks around the polit commissars house. One day the political commissar wasn't in the house and gave my father some order to clean the house alone. My father found a good stereo system in the living room. When he turned it on, there was a Pink Floyd record in the system. He listened to them up and down for hours. He said he had never heard such brilliant music. When the political commissar caught him, he just had a smile on his face and said he could keep listening without fear. It is worth it. My father never stopped listening to Pink Floyd. One day when I was 8 years old he gave me a cassette recorder and a Pink Floyd cassette as a gift. It was the "Delicate Sound of Thunder *Live". Great piece of art. I loved it immediately. 30 years later, I still listen to Pink Floyd a lot, and of course in the car too. At some point when I brought my 7-year-old daughter to school she asked: "Dad, can you please play that one song where the woman sang so beautifully?" She wanted the song “The great gig in the sky”. Of course I turned on the song immediately and had to smile. What a long and winding road this music had. Pink Floyd was passed down in my family like a precious heirloom. Pink Floyd will always have a place in my heart.
Love that..."passed down" Same when my Dad passed it on and I to my kids.
He just smiled! Thank you ! We all smile with him!
Great story!
I love U
I love U so much, Jenna.
The fact that these guys wrote this while in their early twenties.....just wow. And it will hold up forever.
late 20s they were about 28 when this was released
Yes dude the music "time" like the lryics is so deep look like they were 40,45 years
legend, timeless
@@rayenhenionly roger was 28 the others were 25
😅 you know it bro keep it up!!
to me it is one of the most if not THE MOST spiritual song that really changed my life. I've heard it hundreds of times. Your response was amazing, thank you for allowing me to experience the song a little as if all over again.
These guys were in their twenties when they composed this. That absolutely blows me away! It didn't follow the current trends of the time, or any specific genre, it was just musical creativity at another level. I've heard this song hundreds of times maybe more in the past 40 years or so and it still holds such incredible power every time I hear it, absolutely amazing. And in my opinion this performance is by far the very best version. It's so raw, so energetic and powerful, just rips into your spirit like no other. Especially keeping in mind what happened in that very spot 2000 years ago to the people of Pompeii. This is a masterpiece of musical art, that's all I can say really.
Echoes live at Pompeii is so good it's almost spiritual
My favorite version of that song.
I prefer studio version
It's also the same for me, the whole performance has significant meaning in some spiritual sense, For me personally, there are only a handful of performances that hit me in ways I can't describe, and this is at the top of a very short list of performances.
you can remove "almost". ❤
That guitar solo has hair on it. It is mind blowing!
Nice going! I'm an 80-year-old guy and remember the first time I heard this like it was yesterday. I was in my mid-20's, stoned, lying on the floor at a friend's place while listening on a pair of very good headphones. My reaction then was the same as yours here. I was amazed, emotional and stunned by the beauty of it all. Pink Floyd holds a place all its own in R & R history. And to think, there wasn't even a "Dark Side of the Moon" yet. Those days were magic. I love watching you youngsters discovering the music of my life. Kudos!
I'm not far behind you in years and had a very similar experience of hearing this for the first time , happy days !
I'm 64. I saw this film in a little local cinema, high as f, about 40 years ago. My first time hearing "Echoes" and it still resonates. Love the original version on "Meddle", but I NEED to get this film on blu-ray.
I am a mere youngster at 68 but your second sentence sums up my experience perfectly. I am forever grateful that I lived through these wonderful decades of exceptional music. Keep going matey!
Я из СССР . Мы обажали и любили Пинк Флойд. Музыка моей молодости.
It was... How can I Say??...
'a saucerful of secrets'.
Imagine being a 14 year old girl and going to see them at the local theatre in Liverpool to hear DSOTM...1974..😳 My brother took me for my birthday..😊 they did Echoes as an encore..❤
Fantastic.
I also saw that tour in 1975 in Los Angeles California. My first concert of any kind ever. Floyd played all of DSOTM, most of Wish You Were Here & Animals...Shine On, Gotta Be Crazy (Dogs), Raving and Drooling (Sheep) & Have a Cigar... and of course Echoes as the encore. Safe to say we saw the best Pink Floyd tour ever. Unfortunately, the LAPD raided the arena and I was arrested on the 3rd of five nights...but that didn't stop me from going back for the last two shows!
Wahoooooooooo 😊🎉😊
Omg you have no idea how lucky you are😭😭
@@huffle-bloodprince247 only now do I realise that. 🙄 I'm from Liverpool UK, the youngest of 8 and my older siblings used to go and watch the local bands in a club called the Cavern .the Beatles among others 😀 my mum used to go to the local bingo hall with Ringo's mum 🤣
Nick Mason is criminally underrated. Where to put the notes is just as important as where not to. He was the perfect drummer for Pink Floyd
Agreed - and funnily enough I think Waters is underrated as a bass player when I look at this.
They were all perfect for each other.
All of them flawed, all of them imperfect, but together, perfection.
Competition between young professionals made this sound!
My mum and I (both huge Pink Floyd fans) always joke that Mason dresses like a banker, but neither one of us deny his amazing chops as a drummer.
Why do you underrate Nick? He's a genius.
If this song does not give you goose-bumps, I don't know what will. One of the most mind blowing performances ever, no one is better than Pink Floyd! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Beam me up Man !!
Completamente unos genios
Yes this one is, in my opinion, is the best of performance ever without a doubt. There's just something about this one, the raw power, but the incredible smoothness at the same time, the absolutely insanely good drumming, Roger's perfect bass lines that while basically simple, have that certain tone and just blend into the music so perfectly, and of course David's absolute perfection of a guitar solo that I can't even describe how great it sounds. I mean wow man listen to those bends too, and the tone of it and the slow melodic sounds, I'm sorry I don't really have words for it honestly. Oh yeah and the composition of this, the key it's in and the chords and Rick's organ of course wow it's so great. This song NEVER gets old! It's rock and it jams out but it's also so beautiful and smooth I don't know how in the world they did this really. Clearly they are all on the same page creatively, no doubt about that.
This was a band on the cusp of worldwide greatness, this performance is amazing.
I saw them live then they were struggling for survival ,,,,
They were already great. People just hadn’t noticed yet. 😉
Agree. I saw this first time in Poole Arts Centre on a big screen, venue PA during a week of music movies. Blown away by it.
When I eventually got it on DVD I ripped the audio so I always have it with me.😀
@@kevanbodsworth9868. . . which certainly factored in to their music being as compelling as it was.
@@grelch So much so that they were walking out in large numbers,..Many have to be told something is good before they notice,,Also PF did to meander working up the piece on tour,--
The first performance in the ampitheatre since AD 79. The Floyd playing to the ghosts. Simply indescribable
nice
I first saw this performance in the 1970’s. The very first time and every time since then it makes me cry. This performance and composition is so overwhelmingly beautiful and transports my soul.
Playing to the Gods' is more like it.
There are countless great bands and musicians. But, Pink Floyd ranks among the very, very best because they were completely unique and believed 100% in what they were doing. This footage is a perfect example of this, and you totally got it. It was a real pleasure watching you be absorbed by the majesty of this epic song.
This reaction is very special. Can see it in your eyes you absolutely get it. This music is beyond beautiful. It’s music that takes you away, if you let it. You should let it.
😢😢😢😢😢😢 dame that song is so powerful it can make you cry and send you in to space nothing like that anymore
I have had my family under strict instructions for decades,
if I ever end up in a coma, then they play this soundtrack on a constant loop through headphones,
because if there was ever a sound, a noise, or a note that would reach me in a coma, then it's this.
Been listening to Echoes for 50 plus years now and it still sends shivers down my spine…loved seeing you enjoy it too.
Yup
The patience and restraint of Pink Floyd is wondrous.
That's a great point
Masters .. of time ...
So ... the life the emotion 🙏
Their timing!!! It’s beyond description
I absolutely love your reaction to Pink Floyd Echoes. You didn't stop it at all. They took you for a mesmerizing trip through the universe in 20 minutes 😁. And you weren't even high 😎. Feel me? They are the GOAT.
Mason is vital in Floyd. Seeing him recently with his Saucerful of Secrets tour, it’s clear his hypnotic and imaginative drumming style plays no small part in their sound.
I think part of what made Nick Mason so good is that he was completely self-taught, as said by himself in an interview I saw years ago. I'm thinking that being self-taught allows you to be more creative without a teacher constantly correcting you. I always loved his drumming, especially this more raw, jamming type of thing in Echoes and previous works. Even decades later when David Gilmour hired Steve to be his drummer in modern times, Steve plays in the same style as Nick did later on, like how he played on Dark Side of the Moon, Wish you were here, Animals, and The Wall.
One thing I have always loved about their music is that even when there are just instruments playing, it still feels like it's telling a story. They have been my favorite band since the 70's.
The great Arnold Steinhardt, who played first violin for the Guarneri String Quartet, wrote in a memoire that every piece of music tells a story, even "May Had a Little Lamb." The challenge for any musician is to discover that story and tell it in their own way. In the rock world, the ability to do that is what sets David Gilmour apart.
Exactely👍
Back in the 1970's, groups like Pink Floyd caused a *tremendous* amount of high-end stereo equipment to be bought. 🙂
Indeed. In 1977 I was a teenager sacking groceries at the local supermarket after school and on weekends. That year, I saved all I could to put together the best stereo system I could afford - Infinity Qb speakers, a Dual direct drive turntable with a top-of-the-line Shure cartridge and a Pioneer SA II integrated amplifier that put out a very clean 100 watts per channel. It cost me about $1,200 dollars, which in today's money would be about $6,000. Worth every penny to play music like this.
as an audio guy that warms my heart. Stuff like this deserves a good setup.
😊😅
Lol my dad was an audio file from the 50's so by the time man walked on the moon he had amazing for the time equipment. Then when I was 10 or 12 I was caught up in the gear and ran with it until the 80's. Still have a bunch of the 60's and 70's gear😊
@@paulm749u lucky bastard, well I guess. You indeed earned it , 1200 usd , lots of weekends .
probably the best piece of music ever filmed.
Unfortunately lot of records were lost
"Toward the within" by Dead Can Dance on DVD is a similar experience. Yes it's another style and not such good quality like Pinke Floyd, but the soul of it is the same. Check it out, give them a chance.
It is.
I QUITE AGREE....beyond stunning
I always love how in the second verses section David mistakenly sings invited and invited (instead of incited) me to rise ...then glances over to Rick with a grin. Priceless. In the director's cut of this incredible film that part goes on longer. Sums up the beautiful relationship between David and Richard. No wonder they made such magical music for and with the Master songwriter of our time... And yes, Nick beyond essential. It's only them and the Beatles at the end of the day.
Through all those years the lead guitar still melts faces. They're in the zone dude, what a band and what a location
My favourite Pink Floyd track, with the interplay between David and Rick, the Echoes, being perfection ❤
Have you heard the one recorded in Gdansk 2006? This is great, that one makes me literally cry. In a good sense.
@@AlessandroGenTLe Yep. The last time it was performed live. Since the death of Richard Wright in 2008, David Gilmour has said he'll never again play it live.
It is nice seeing you take this Pink Floyd journey.
Much of the 70s music, influding Pink Floyd's music was part of the Album Oriented Rock (AOR) time. Albums were made to put on the turntable and listen to the entire album in one sitting. Each track of Pink Floyd's music transitions into the next track, you can't tell where one song ends and the next song begins.
They are all fabulous but Richard Wright on keys really adds something special ❤ RIP Richard ❤ You enriched are lives ❤
Wright never got enough credit as one of the greatest avant garde musicians of all time!
One of the guys that inspired me to play keys.
He was a great vocalist, too. Not so much as the lead, but doubling the lead, especially David Gilmour. If you go back and listen to "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," his vocals are almost as critical to the sound as Syd's.
Richard Wright has always been my favourite prog rock keyboardist. As opposed to some of those "noodling" artists like Rick Wakeman, Wright's playing was always measured and on point. Much like Gilmour's guitar playing, they never tried to show off, they just went for mood and perfection in their playing.
I'm 66 and was listening to this before you were born...They are Gods in the rock world. Really enjoying you reaction to this song, this band.
Same age as you, and I agree.
After watching live at Pompeii many years ago I still have to wonder why Nick Mason is not mentioned with the likes of Bonham, Peart or Moon. The man is absolutely phenomenal!!!
This was my favourite version of Echoes untill i found "Live in Gdansk" it was the last time David and Richard ever played the song before he died. Knowing the backstory makes the last 3 mins an absolute tearjerking masterpiece 👌
Never really been a fan of this version, but the Gdansk version is just astonishing. Love those last 7 lines,
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky
Gilmour is the most tasteful guitarist ever! Not the fastest. His bluesey, funk, is the best. Name another guitarist who can do it better.
The outtro from the Gdansk performance is pure musical poetry
both this and gdańsk are good but, sadly pompeii has terrible audio quality, and a lot of hissing sound too, i hope one day that it will get a remastered version
The Gdansk performance was the last time David played it live. He said without Richard it lost all its luster for him. Plus I find that a fitting tribute to a long time friend and bandmate.
Most beautiful and touchin' react I've ever seen. You just have a sensitive soul. Rock on. *
Si me encantó tu respeto y tú expresión lo dice todo....
Your reaction is priceless and a joy to watch. Floyd are amazing.
You're right, one of the most engaging reactions I've ever followed.
It brought me back to the feelings of when I listened live, in the tour *_Atom Heart Mother,_* the "work in progress" *_Return of the Son of Nothing_* of this masterpiece. It was three and a half months before they made this incredible movie. An experience that has marked my life ... and "the why" I find it every time on videos of this level.
I have spent my life writing, and in 55 years of living I've never found the words to adequately explain how amazing this song and this band is.
She said it: this band take peole to space😀
Whoever's idea it was to organise this show at Pompeii and to film and record it so brilliantly is a genius. I feel extremely lucky that I am able to see this never mind that is exists at all. It is an utter work of art on all levels.
Philip Maben was the director
It smells of Roger
Comparto contigo q es una obra maestra....saludos
@@rlbosch The director Adrian Maben came up with the idea, although originally he wanted to record Pink Floyd performing and cut in different pieces of art. He on a trip to Pompeii he visited the Ampitheatre and that's where he got the idea to have Pink Floyd perform there.
This is my favorite song by my favorite band. I always feel like I'm on a journey on a ship that gets completely engulfed in fog, we slowly sail in, and the high piano key leads us out again. You hear it a bit more clearly in the studio version, the complete eeriness of the feeling of being lost, and then being led back out to the light.
David Gilmour's guitar is another member of the band, as far as I'm concerned. It's his guitar that speaks to me, makes me cry, tells the story.
So well said brother.
Everyone has felt the same with PF's music at some point. It feels personal and otherwordly at the same time, hard to explain
I had the same reactions when I listened to this 52 years ago. I still have them now
You are by far my favorite reactionist (is that a word?) by a large margin. I absolutely love that you allow the music to continue uninterrupted so you can get the full experience
Yes girl, this 61 ur old was 9 when it came out. 1977 my husband of 45 yrs played this for me. So we have had the pleasure of listening 1000's of times. Never loses it's magic.Think of the fact they did this 52 years ago. What they accomplished with what they had. Could not even be created today with all the gadgets. Masters at work. I love you really got it.... Welcome to the world of Floyd!
Please check out the original Great gig in the sky album version as we only heard it. No worries the stage presence will blow your mind without seeing it.
Cheers
Best band of all times. You don’t listen to Pink Floyd, you fly to another dimension. This was record in 1972, I was 12 years old.
That's Right!!!!!! Ricardo, another Dimension!!!!!!!!! I Know!!!!!!!! I'm 70!! Still Rock n Roll!!!!!!!
I can barely even recall a time when the Floyd, their lyrics, their sounds and their song structures, were not a part of my personal musical universe. I've known their music since I was nine years old or something...unique indeed. The Floyd, Yes and Genesis and their legacy of albums from the years 1970-77 (that period in particular) had an immeasurable impact on my understanding of music, and the way I listen to music.
I was a teenager in the 70s and I've been a pink floyd fan all my life but no one ever mentions the fact they had to bring in all of the electronic power in order to do this not to mention they were in Italy recording Dark Side of the Moon
Meddle was released in 1971
@@watcher171 Yes, but the concert film here is from '72
“It has a different color now”
What a great way to describe the change in the groove at 7:54
I humbly suggest going to the same timestamp in a properly synced 2001:A Space Odyssey video rescored to “Echoes” and see what happens.
The groove has changed, It has got a different colour
@@pasqualemuzzupappa1991 And a different feeling.
It is extraordinary how good they sound performing this live.
No matter how many times I listen to this performance, no matter who's commenting or reacting to it, I will never tire of watching Pink Floyd play "Echoes" Live at Pompeii!
Yeah .... Her reactions are pure ....
I'm hooked. I really like this version it's got an edge the album doesn't have. Your reaction mimics mine as well. I keep coming back to this version its so addictive. Kudo's that you don't pause the performance .
The beauty of this song that nobody even commented about is the sudden C# and G# major chords in the chorus after their minors in the verse!
There is only a segment of population that can understand and love this and nowadays it’s smaller- the fact that you feel this and understand it the way i see you doing in this video means you have a friend you never met in me ❤
This was filmed in 1971. 45 years later, in 2016, David Gilmour returned to this same location in Pompeii to perform live in front of a sold-out audience.
1971 they did it for the music and the experience with no one there to witness it, David went back for money there’s a big difference.
@@jcreature11 Either way, he got paid, and deservedly so. I am glad he was paid because he sure earned it.
Thank you for this. (Might I suggest you also do a “react” to “Shine on You Crazy Diamond”) … I didn’t remember that the Pompeii version of Echoes leaves out the beautiful atmospheric section that is on the Meddle album version. Still an extraordinary performance though. Yes, one can see the kind of “rawness” in the performance that led to “Dark Side of the Moon” … “Meddle” is a wonderful album … a great overture to DSOTM. Your reaction is the much like mine … I can remember the place and the time I first heard “Echoes” … I heard a yearning, a longing to be “out there” … shedding one’s “mortal coil” … let’s face it, its a trip! However, it is a trip with heart. Anyhow, this is, of course, my experience and it hasn’t faded away no matter how many times I hear “Echoes”.
@@benegeserit1 The version on Pompeii is complete, but cut in 2 sections.
@@jcreature11 Ever hear that expression 'Turd in the punchbowl'? That's you, right there in the punchbowl.....
You surprise me! I never dreamed that you would review this or be so positive. 👍🏻 Pink Floyd was multifaceted, to put it mildly. Their vocals are underrated. I think the last time I heard Echoes was in 1981. I don’t remember it having so much groove. Thanks for the reaction/review and the wonderful trip down memory lane.
I am thrilled that a new generation "gets" this music!
Nick Mason is one of the most underrated drummers in rock history. Alongside Ian Paice (Deep Purple).
These are my two "go to" drummers, if someone says xyz drummer is good, I reply they are hardly Ian Paice or Nick Mason.
@@barriedear5990John Henry Bonham
Ian Paice is still extant, doing everybody's album when you require a drummer that can get hard as you need him to be; or more melodious and blending into a rhythm section following the bass player's line to begin fleshing it out fully-very jazzlike and startling.
My whole concept of music changed the first time my band mates played the album Meddle .. .this track came on and it gave me goosebumps. Saw the DSOTM tour in October ‘72. Blew my mind. They played the album front to back and closed with Echoes. When the fog cleared the band was gone. .we never saw them leave the stage. Eight thousand people left the venue without saying a word. .no joke. .they were just stunned beyond words. Years later i ran into a guy who was at that show and we compared notes and he said the same thing. .. no one spoke…. Never forget that gig. Ranks right up there with seeing Beatles on their second to last American performance Portland Memorial Coliseum
Oh my Lord, an exceptionally amazing review. The expressions on your face was how I felt inside on playing this utterly brilliant track. Thanks so much!!!
There will never be another band like Pink Floyd. The way their music does something to the soul is like no other music I've heard.
Try Nightwish's tribute to High Hopes. The best set of musicians since floyd. This band and their current lead singer will take you to a whole new world
@@karlfinch8855
I will ...
If right, thank's in avance !
I come after ..
(Sorry for m'y english)
Ok i listened.
Its excellent, powerfull, great vocal, a strong presence ! Great guitars and .. all ! But ...
But ...
Its hard rock, its very good hard rock, its NOT spirit Pink Floyd.
Very good, may be exceptionnal but totaly different of PF.
But also thank's to show that band, i dont knew them 🙏
If you want a fabulus tribute Pink Floyd, try this :
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So pity, they did a unique show, these musiciens are exceptionnals but do other works with other bands, that depend of requests. They are not inauf famous... pity i said because they could ! They should ! The guitarist Thibault de Robillard is great !!! I love his game ! I never hear a guitarist so close to David Gilmour ! Thibault is close !
@@karlfinch8855 Sorry, this version of nightwish is ... uuugh.. not my taste.
I've loved this whole concert since I was a kid, so mystic sounding. Great to see a review where you don't keep stopping the song.
This is testament to Pink Floyd’s secret weapon! Keyboards and backing vocals, Mr Richard Wright!!
God bless you Sir!
Your influence and contribution to one of the best bands ever will not be forgotten!!
I hope the Endless River treats you well….
I've been a huge fan of Pink Floyd for over 40 years. Echoes is on the Meddle album, which was the very first album I ever owned and it is my all-time favorite piece of Rock music. I am thrilled to see how mesmerized you are at Echoes and how you translate your feelings live. It is refreshing to see a young woman be moved so profoundly by a masterpiece such as this one. Good on you for sharing this with the world. A testament to the immortality of Pink Floyd's work. Keep up the good work!
At their best. The Pompeii concert is peak Floyd. Play more from this film
Its awesome to see a new generation explore classics like this. You looked like you thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep exploring!
I could watch you listen to Pink Floyd for hours, you positively glow.
Your reaction video is perfect you don't pause the screen shot of the performance is really appreciated and like all good reaction videos you wear heart on your sleeve in the nicest possible way and glad you appreciated this masterpiece performance
‘Wow’ is an appropriate comment after hearing that 20 mins of absolute perfection.
Echoes from Pompeii is one of my favorite pieces of music in existence. That change at 7:53 into that colossal groove will give me goosebumps forever. Love your reaction!
I started learning the Guitar after seeing this back in the my late teens.This performance is amazing .
@@MisterTMH Gilmour always sounds amazing (obviously) but the lead tone he was able to get for this specific live performance is easily the greatest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.
Keep in mind these guys were in their early 20's when they wrote this album.I cannot say anyone in their early 20's today would come up with such great concepts and musicality
Yes, people have lost their deep creative powers! Everything else that came after had its foundations in bands like these and others. It was a time of great inner changes and deeper search, expression into one’s soul.
Mozart. No offense to anyone.
I'd have said that also... then Ren came along. Go listen/watch Ren, Hi Ren... Best thing created since DSOTM.
Tame Impala
Background music actually said something and had actual background music written instead of a beatbox
The contrast of Pink Floyd playing an ampitheatre, a place where, in history, people had their hearts ripped out, but now it's the ones in the arena who are ripping the hearts out of the audience.
Que lindas palabras👍👍👍👍
Trust me your reaction with your hands over your mouth and wide eyes that’s everyone who listens to Pink Floyd. The sound of greatness the sound of meaning. It opens the mind and heart like a acid trip 😭 I love Pink Floyd and I’m so glad to be so young and have such a deep connection and love for this band and their music Pink Floyd is da best fan base 💚🤙🏽
Watching this concert feels like traveling through the universe in a time machine - the ultimate fantasy experience. And the reviewer being as beautiful as a Renaissance portrait makes this experience becomes truly exquisite
This song was the blueprint for all of their later worldwide success. You can hear mixes of many songs yet to be written..shine on being one of them..this was the nucleus
Yep. I think it was either Richard Wright or Nick Mason that said it was the first time they felt as if they really had found their sound since Syd had departed.
You can hear and sense the influence of Echoes in so many of their follow on works…in fact ”Is there anybody out there” and “Marooned” directly sample the wailing guitar section from the middle of Echoes.
@@CoolHandLuke2753 Echoes was their ‘gate’ 😊🇮🇪
That’s the problem ❤
Thank you so much for doing the full version!
David always has impeccable tone, plays the exact "right" notes, and squeezes every drop of emotion out of each note. A song so good Andrew Lloyd Webber stole it and made a whole career from it.
as a fan of pink floyd, Echoes for me is their masterpiece, I love all their musics, and all their albums, but echoes is something transcendental... Also from the same Albumn (Meddle) "One of These Days" is another great track
Ain't that truth ❤❤❤
In January 2000, I went to Pompeii for the first time. I had a portable CD player and the Pink Floyd Echoes CD with me. I went onto to the stands of this amphitheater (it was allowed then!) and listened to Echoes remembering the countless times I watched this videos in VHS. It was a wonderful moment I will cherish forever!
You came up on my UA-cam from this reaction video. Pompeii is a real treat... the whole thing. But Echoes is the crown jewels. So glad you found it. I'll be watching the channel as long as you keep digging up these spectacular songs like you have recently.
This was from the movie "Pink Floyd - Live in Pompeii" by the French film director Adrian Maben which was on general cinematic release in 1972. They managed to get permission from the mayor of Naples, who was a big Floyd fan, that they would close the ancient site to tourists for 6 days to allow for the shoot. This being Italy of course, they had power cuts for the first couple of days so as a result didn't get the full footage that Maben had expected. This was the reason for the studio clips interspersed with the Pompeii footage in Part 2 which were recorded in a Paris studio at a later date. It was Maben's idea to split into Parts 1 and 2, which bookend the movie, normally the piece would be played in one continuous performance. Glad to see you once again so enjoying this music, can you imagine the effect it had on us in the 1970's, there was truly nothing comparable at the time, still isn't really.
What does Italy have to do with it, as if we are always plunged into darkness because of electricity blackouts. Pompeii is an archaeological site, not an industrial centre, it is clear that the electricity supply was not sufficient and they had to upgrade the lines for the increased use of power by amplifiers and loudspeakers. You paint Italy as a backward country, at the time we even had nuclear power stations. The usual foreign arrogance, you build Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, De Tommaso, Ducati, Aprilia, Pagani, Lancia Delta 4W, but you will be remembered for building the little Fiat 500
1. The Pompei site is not in Naples, is in Pompei. So at least they managed to get permission from the mayor of Pompei, not Naples
2. The mayor of Pompei count zero (and the mayor of Naples less than zero), they asked the permission to the Superintendence of archeology and fine arts of Naples (that is the local institution of the ministry of culture) through a professor of the University of Naples. They were granted exclusive entry to the site for 6 days, resulting in the site being closed to visitors.
3. They didn't have power cuts, simply the electrical system of a Roman amphitheater in which the last show helded was dated 79AD is not the electical system of a modern stadium, it did not have enough power to run all the instruments of the band and all the equipment of the troupe, so they had to connect the system to the town hall with a long cable. Furthermore the band demanded to play everything live, refusing playback, so they had to ship all their giant equipment -including a 24 tracks recording system - by truck from England to Pompeii (this took 3 days). Usually the production of a film makes sure to have electricity in the places where they shoot, before arriving there. But since they didn't even have the money to pay for the hotel, maybe they didn't have any for electric generators. For these reasons they were only able to shoot for 4 days out of the 6 they had available.
Where I come from they say "you can't have the chicken, the egg and keep your ass warm"
Primordial is what I call that. Great reaction... watching it hit you was very fun.
Pink Floyd had a way of tapping into the soul of the audience. I will never tire of listening to their music.
There is great music and then there is Pink Floyd. This is simply on a whole other plane. The journey these amazing talented young men take you on is mind blowing!
Watching you react to this makes me think you are 50 years out of time. I suspect you can almost imagine being surrounded by new music like this every day. It was very nice.
It surely was, we will never see that level of creativity ever again albums from artists like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, King Crimson, Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Mike Oldfield, David Bowie, Simon and Garfunkel, Jethro Tull, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, Free, The Eagles, The Band, Traffic, America, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Genisis, Gentle Giant, Camel, Stevie Wonder, Carol King, James Taylor, Lynyrd Skynyd, T.Rex, to name only a few there were many more and a new album by one of these was a real treat, you would either play your new purchase for your friend's or you'd be listening to their new purchases, such a great time when we actually owned music instead of renting it like Spotify et al.
Indeed, we we’re immeasurably blessed.
The first time I heard this Pink Floyd track, I was fascinated by their extraordinary music.
More than 50 years later, it still fascinates me as much as the first day. For me, it has become a classic.
We have an incredible Pink Floyd tribute band in my city. The last time I saw them, they performed this song from start to finish, and by the end of it, I was in tears. This song will never not be in my top 3 Pink Floyd songs.
At the end verse (Cloudless every day you fall upon my waking eyes...etc) Rick and David 'switch' harmonies. (they have very similar voices actually) That's why the end has a different feel. A very clever touch!
Watching this gorgeous woman react to these incredible Floyd performances fills you with such pleasurable emotions…
I mean, how does one ever compare a true classic band like Pink Floyd to anything in our modern times! This will be the classical music of the future. Generations will stand in amazement to the pure brilliance of Pink Floyd! Their technical abilities combined with insane vocals, great lyrics, just timeless.
Great reaction! We could see you being moved every step of the way. The band members weren't trying to outdo anyone else as if to say "hey, look at me only". Each member adds just enough to give the song what it needs to bring you along to new places emotionally. True artistry. This is Art in musical form.
"band members werent trying to outdo anyone else"
Meanwhile david just casually in the corner absolutely finger fucking that guitar.
And that is how you do something, not overly complicated, but make it touch your very soul!
I try to listen to this song at least once a day ,never gets old .
I cried like a baby....again.😅so good...
So many people when they here the name Pink Floyd run a mile, but they don’t know what they are missing. Try Shine on you Crazy Diamond Parts 1 thru 5 and 6 thru 9. It’s another masterpiece.
You are right "Shine on..." in all Parts from the "Wish you were here" Album are a great Choise....
Rick's piano coda in 9 is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.
I think it’s The Wall that scares people away from Floyd. That album and film (though I personally believe it’s a masterpiece) was basically Roger Watter’s psychotic vision of himself come to life and scared people stupid. His screechy, high pitched voice from that album and the much less impressive The Final Cut is what comes to mind for most people when they hear the name.
@@chandlerwhite8302 I think you couldn’t be more wrong.
We all felt the same way as you when we first heard Echoes in the early 1970's, and through its genius it has brilliantly stood the test of time!
I've watched a few of your reactions videos and I must say that you can feel the essence of the music you hear better than any other. I have no idea how old you are but you groove like a kid from the sixties. I would attend a live concert with you ANYTIME! Great job...
Unreachable, unrepeatable, goosebumps from beginning to end. Visionary 👏👏👏
It’s spectacular to see you listen to the song!
'Echoes' a great piece of music that David Gilmour only played live with Richard Wright as he felt his vocals could never be substituted by anyone else.
That was just a little over half the song. There is a part 2. When the band made this video/concert, they opened with the first part of Echoes and closed the concert/video with the second part. On the album, it's all one song that is just over 23 minutes.
Let the tears flow! This gets me every time. There are many songs that make me cry through pure joy and happiness. This is one of them. Do not hold the tears back. There are many people in the world at the moment who are doing terrible things to all our brothers and sisters. They should be forced to listen!!!!
Maythesunglissuwell x ✊🌌
I am so glad you appreciated this.
Floyd have no equivalent .
You can feel the 16,000 souls sitting in the amphitheater great reaction rock on
I saw them play this live in the fall of 1972 in a rectangular hall in Austin Tx. The acoustics are different in a rectangular hall and in this case they were also experimenting with quad sound. Along with the speakers in front of the audience there were speakers in the back corners of the hall. The sound engineers were moving the sound all around us in a 360 degree auditory experience. This was about 5 months prior to the release of Dark Side of the Moon so it was in support of Atom Heart Mother. They did Astronomy Domine, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Careful with that Axe Eugene and A Saucer Full of Secrets with Echoes being their encore piece. It being the early '70's and this being Pink Floyd, a lot of people had taken LSD for the show. I have never seen so many people being led out by the hand while lost in a total haze. That quad sound just took these songs to another level and could only have been done effectively in a rectangular hall, stadiums couldn't have done it properly. This concert is still my diamond standard by which I judge all other concerts. All done without Feedback suppressors, de"S"ers, any of the supporting effects so taken for granted today. In later years they added backup singers and other musicians, all to good effect, but this was just the 4 of them in complete mastery of the stage. Like I said.... Diamond standard.
I’m with you. Saw them in 1971 in San Francisco. It began with hearing Piper at the Gates of Dawn as a young teen. I love their early work and those memories.
They will always be my favorite band!!!!!
Thanks for reacting ❤️🙏
That what you say, it's amazing
Lucky you, sounds like a great gig! Although they wouldn’t have been touring in support of Atom Heart Mother (Meddle/Obscured by Clouds were the preceding albums) and I don’t think they were playing Astronomy Domine in 1972. They were also playing a nascent version of The Dark Side of The Moon on this tour (that must have been amazing to hear live!).
@@forsakengardens Echos was the encore song and Obscured by Clouds was released about 4 months prior to this concert. I do remember at least one song from Atom Heart Mother but none from DSOM. It was after this tour that they did their studio time on DSOM so perhaps they didn't try any out early. As to Astronomy Domine, the song was on their debut album from 1967 and was a staple of their shows. I believe they also did See Emily Play. Like I said, just the 4 of them on stage and such an exceptional level of music it was a never to be forgotten moment.
I think that you’ve either forgotten the DSoTM part of the gig or else missed it. They were playing DSoTM for all of 1972 (first part of concert). Astronomy Domine was last played in June 1971 and there was no way they would have played See Emily Play (was only played live a few times when Syd was still in the group)!! Perhaps you’re thinking of a gig a couple of years previously or maybe you were on some strong shit!! ;)
Seeing your reaction was great! Live at Pompeii is a great experience. It is mind-expanding and very progressive without using any far out visual effects! The very superimposition of the band and the antique theatre does the thing!
I'm on the Pink Floyd Journey for 47 years.. I'm blessed to see them tWice live and David Gilmore and Roger waters also separately twice.. 😍😍 this music got a connection straight into the soul..
Just found your channel, and honestly I was blown away by how you were affected by the song. It has brought me to tears more than once and I was glad to see it had a similar effect on you. It is rare in today’s world to find someone that is moved by music THAT much. You have a new fan. As far as the song goes, that version is my all time favorite of any song. Seeing that you like that, you should try “Shine on you crazy diamond” (studio version all parts)also by Pink Floyd. You will love it. Trust me. Great reaction, keep it up!
I’m 58 and I live in Moscow. Last year I opened this group again for myself. When I was young I listened to it But I think I didn’t understand it deeply. Now I have discovered smth new in it. Pink Floyd.. I listen to it everywhere, in my car, at home.. Thank you very much for your brilliant music! Svetlana.
Fantastic reaction!!! Please do the Echoes version live in Gdansk. It's mind blowing and it was the last time Dave and Rick played it together, just before Rick passed away... 😢 An absolute masterpiece!!