The album was basically finished by this point. These sessions were basically for the cameras to add footage of them at work for the re-release of Live at Pompeii.
These aren't actual sessions. This was filmed after the sessions for the album were already complete - they reenacted the recording process for the film.
@@CoolCoyote I think they're having a technical chat and talking about the 'top end' of the sound. I.e. the higher frequencies/brightness. It does sound like they've lost the plot a bit though haha
Roger providef the right vibe for him though. Had he not been accepted into PF i think he wepulve remained unknown. He can play a certain style but lscks drive. He always needed others for lyrics and ideas . Now that yoko is the new wayets for him and its SO LOW that he weould a lli w her to w r ite such a hateful tweet to him. Thats unacceptable. Ill always maintain that gilmour wouldnt have been known without waterts. To me he comes actoss as a smiling assasin. Look what hes doing now?? Some kumbaya get togethets with family. Ridiculous and exactly whete hed have been without waters. So he rhanks wayets by tirning other membets ag asinsthim and then replscing him wuth Polly. Disgusting. Roger is far more honest, direct and authentic.
@@CoolCoyote Ditto on the RIP......It's quite obvious he hadn't bathed or washed those greasy locks for a day or more but not a call for a shock statement.
I took a master class with Alan Parsons back in March and I asked him if he knew he was working on something special or if it was just another album. His response was (paraphrasing) "It was clear to me that it was their best work to date, but I had no idea I'd still be talking about it 40+ years later."
prikov1, I think David said at the time they thought it was the best thing they’d created until then. However, most if not all artists say that! It’s only in retrospect that they think - oh album X wasn’t that great. In fact, Wish You Were Here is David's favourite.
everything they recorded leading up to dark side was a masterpiece. a masterpiece doesn't just mean popular. no doubt dark side is a masterpiece, so is meddle, or piper, or obscured by clouds, in their own ways. only thing was the mass public couldn't catch on
@@niamhtodd162 I think production is a big factor in comparing these albums. Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most well-produced albums ever, if not the best. I love most Floyd albums but none of them put together masterful songwriting and production like this one. I see a similar pattern with a lot of bands. They have a "peak" album where artistry and production come together. Usually it falls off on later albums (the artistry)
God, I forget sometimes how young they were. As a boy listening to Dark Side of The Moon, I thought of them as wise old wizards that made everything sound like magic. But I never thought of them as young. This is amazing footage.
In all fairness, Waters and Wright were 29, going on 30 here. Though David was still in his mid 20s. More important hey had been playing together since 16. It's like the Beatles. We forget that by the time they recorded their first album, they'd probably already put in 8,000 hours of practice/gigging together. I think the craziest thing is that the studios trusted these guys to do their own thing. This sort of session/documentary wouldn't happen today, unless it was independent. Reminds me of that one Zappa interview, where he says (paraphrasing) that we were better off with the fat cat cigar chomping record exec who didn't know anything about young people... because he said 'fuck it, take the money and make me a hit'. And they did.
@@finlayson6868 I liked your comments their record accomplishment certainly sounds like they had the freedom to express themselves and in this case especially Mr.Waters .He's so creative like on The Final Cut where he shares his youth and frustrations with all of us to good effect .He let's out his emotions and becomes purified and able to go on to the next day and I love his spin well I mean his political opinions I don't have to agree with them all to appreciate them.By the way did you see on you tube his speech at the United Nations , great and interesting stuff makes me want to speak up and follow politics more closely. sincerely ,Lara G. of California .
@@finlayson6868it was after the Beatles made sergeant pepper’s album that record labels allowed bands like Pink Floyd to experiment in the studio, prior to that they were given a recording schedule and they had to stick to it. That’s one of the reasons that all the big prog rock bands credited the Beatles for showing them the way forwards.
Only cause you're staring at him through a screen. I'm sure if he was your friend those qualities would quickly switch to 'obnoxious, hot-headed and argumentative'
@@mr.nazareth4501 Nope, the qualities I referred I appreciate them also in real life. I'm bored of dealing with wokes, shills and politically-correct little sheep with no critical sense.
Roger’s the type of bloke who has probably never NOT had an opinion on a topic. He’s also an exceptional writer and conceptualist. His ambition combined with Gilmour/Wright/Mason’s musicality made for one killer outfit
Exactly. We all have him to thank for timeless music. Gilmour is one of my all time favorites, but he needed the writer/visionary to collaborate with bc he isnt as capable on his own. He can take great music to an even higher level though
Fred Gorgenchuck It’s weird that everyone gives Roger the benefit in this regard when it’s 50/50. I think the reason for this is because Pink Floyd went on without him and the quality dropped while still holding the “Pink Floyd” banner. That made Gilmour look bad. But no one points out that Roger was putting out shit solo records for years, many worse than The Division Bell, except he didn’t have the burden of expectation had he released them under the Pink Floyd moniker. When a Roger Waters solo album is good it’s a bonus, but if it’s bad no one rocks him for it as it’s naturally expected that it will pale in comparison to his prior work in Floyd. But “Pink Floyd” is expected to always be good and can only be either a cause for celebration or a crashing disappointment. I’m certain that if Roger Water had been the only founding member to continue under Pink Floyd, the albums would have seemed even worse. Case in point: he’s been flogging The Wall on tour for decades while his former band mates always looked forward to trying new music. Notice it was Roger who played Oldchella. Fuck that shit.
ArkhamInmateE32b Fair point. Roger’s solo career sucked. He started off shaky and only got worse. (I personally didnt care for Amused to Death). Waters and Gilmour definitely needed each other, although I dont think it was 50/50..Id give Waters more of the credit based on how much of the actual writing he did.
All of them had a big role in the group at their strongest phase. each one is part of the magic trick. take one of them out, and the effect is gone. David is a very important person of the group though, not only because of his lead vocals, guitar and songwriting. also a lot of the extra stuff ideas came from him, i.e. the seagull screams on echoes, with inversed plugged guitar effect cables. but, there wouldn't be a dark side like this, a wish you were here like it is and Animals (which was the strongest magic phase of Pink Floyd) without any of these 4 guys.
@@pts5217 Their relative strengths are clear to see from their solo works. Roger has concepts and lyrics, but the actual tunes and arrangements are very basic. The only really musically satisfying contributions seem to be from hired guns like Clapton and Beck. Gilmour lacks lyrics and overarching concepts, but his work is chock full of beautiful melodies and instrumentals. The Floyd catalog might suggest that Roger did most of the writing, but from his post Floyd track record, it appears that he cannot take something from demo quality to polished gem on his own. I'll take Gilmour's solo output over Waters' any day. Waters hasn't put out anything that matches the sheer beauty of On An Island or In Any Tongue.
Lmao, yeah you look at their older versions, like the 2005 Live8 Reunion. Makes you feel like it was written by those wise old music masters. But they were young, talented musicians with a lot of energy.
in the 70-80's there were numerous musicians in their mid late teens founding awesome "supergroups" creating what was then termed 'progressive rock'... what a time! :)
David Gilmour is absolutely dreamy. that smile, those eyes, that hair and of course his stunning guitar playing. sigh...what i wouldn’t give to go back in time.
@@CoolCoyote yikes! thanks for letting me know i misspelled his name. i do know how it’s spelled. guess i was tired when i typed my comment. who’s Smurfette?
@@msbadkittie I just read your comment's and I am one who sees David Gilmour as the Hottest looking Rock Star of all time. Yet "Cool Coyote" will put you down and disagree with anything you say because he loves Roger the misfit🤢
Middle school music theory class the teacher chose this album to breakdown. Funny thing was at 13, I had the album at home and listened to it everyday. There were only 2 others in the class who were already into it... a boy and this one girl, but by the end of the term the whole class was. Thank you Mr Salvas
@@CoolCoyote I mean the video here was recorded when my parents were still a kid themselves, my wording was a bit weird. I agree about the music, I still listen to comfortably numb everyday :)
This footage needs to be put in the museum of archives or somewhere where it can be preserved forever as one of music’s most historical moments of the century!
It was Waters and Gilmour. The other two had to deal with their fights and bs. But man did they create the most incredible music the world may ever hear
Do you ever watch these interviews and wonder, if these young lads even dreamt that we could watch this, on demand (which is always) in our own homes. With super computers in our hands? Shine on everyone.
Well you don’t really want to sound like another band anyways . No one sounded like the Beatles , no one sounded like zeppelin ,no one sounded like Jimi and no one sounded like Pink Floyd . The music around this time is the best in my opinion and I appreciate them all equally.
@@CoolCoyote I agree. David Gilmour on guitar is what made Pink Floyd all time greats! Waters always had songwriting, but with Gilmour’s guitar sound it was a sure thing
Well said! I agree. Yes you can find someone who is a better technical guitar player than Gilmore, but NO ONE has more soul and heart than Gilmore. My favourite guitar player of all time
Young David Gilmour seemed so fucking cool. He was always smiling or smirking in these old videos. Obvious talent combined with looking like a sexy ass rock god with long hair. Even just his line about feedback here is cool.
@@juancarlosgonzalez2537 not as songwriters they didn't Gilmour couldn't write a song by himself to save his life, Wright was pretty good though Rogers solo career proves he was the glue of the group creatively
I love these footages from the 1974 edition of "Live at Pompeii", because they show that the creators of one of the best albums in music history were simply 4 chill and down-to-earth guys who just blended together their talents with passion and dedication to their work. That scene of the lunch makes you feel like being part of the band in such a genuine way
that but also not afraid of doing something different, really pioneering original stuff, started of course with the bizarre mind of Syd Barrett who was obsessed with the 'wind in the willows' (fascinating book none the less) Kenneth Grahame wrote it for his son Alastair, who ended his teens and his life by putting his head on a railway track.(note syd ) with the benevolent god 'pan' who basically 'Just before the dawn' guides them with music to their lost 'baby' otter. Ratty and Mole wake up later to find the otter boy and Mole is aware of a dream he cannot remember, while Rat notices hoof prints in the grass: Pan has blessed them with forgetfulness. They then load the boy into the boat and take him back to his family recognizing though that they have had an unusual if elusive experience. perhaps without this strange story we would have never had the 'pink floyd' we know today, for me I think the 'Dr Strange element in pink floyd is needed. sure we could just have another 'rock group' like david says
I think it’s so interesting to listen to the individual parts of the song. You get a much clearer perspective of all the elements that go into a song. I heard some guitar licks I hadn’t picked up on in the released recording.
First hearing this music in my teens, I thought of these guys as otherworldly. Now being a full adult, it's crazy looking back and realizing that guys in their 20's composed this kind of music.
@@randomrants6658 yes and other skills, not sure if roger can play harmonica , whistles et.. maybe he can, obviously what a bonus they got when david singing and playing guitar was great
What I’ll truly never understand about Pink Floyd is how they heard their ideas in their head. How does one imagine, echoes, crazy diamond, comfortably numb, eclipse. Just how? You essentially had to combine Hendrix, the beetles and the fusion jazz era to even be in their ballpark.
Well, dave says that 'haunting' sound at the beginning of shine on is what triggered it in Roger. I've not heard Roger confirm or deny it. Dave was always pushign for the music to be as interesting as the lyrics, and it was him who was pushign for more 'space' in the songs. Roger clearly granted him that on those tracks. I had a creative spell long ago when young, nothing like this, but there's a reason they didn't produce an album a year for their whole lives. Bob Ezrin tells the story of how he took Dave's music and wanted something 'from Pinks point of view' and told Roger to go write something and two days later he came back with comfortably numb. To get to the nuts and bolts, I've seen enough videos to see the breakdown of songs, and the first draft of CN isn't the classic we know. It takes work. But bob said as soon as he read it it was brilliant, which I'd have to agree with. Art means letting the muses flow through you honestly, and it certainly did in this case.
A lot of the time it's not as easy as it looks. It's HARD work writing music, a lot of what you hear is the result of trial and error (like in this clip you see David Gilmour experimenting with different phrases)
The slowly panning camera is brilliant and seems to be a continuous theme with their video footage. Can be seen also in the Pompeii recordings. Theres some kind of cryatal clear and classic looking tint on Floyds clips. Amazing group.
@@CoolCoyote So true. I think it was Hillstreet Blues (not sure) when they first started having "in tight", handheld cameras to make it feel like you were in the action..
I’m 23 and deeply in love with music from the pass I can’t seem to relate to anything in todays music. These were musical gods that will always have an impact on upcoming artist
The way Jimi Hendrix described this band’s music was absolutely right. Their music sounds unworldly, like it’s not from this planet. Truly amazing. So glad i found them.
syd set that tone early with that grounding, then roger set the standard, then david set the great heights, but without roger, they wouldn't be where they went to imo, I'm a david fan mostly
@@CoolCoyote I love 'em all, but The Who were the most magical and special by a mile-explosive-literally. The Who embodied the spirit of Rock and Roll.
For anyone wondering what effects David used at around 3:50 it’s a Phaser and an Octaver (I thinks that’s what it’s called) and maybe a volume booster pedal as well. idk the specific settings but it’s not hard to figure out as long as you play the clip while adjusting your settings so that you can get it to sound accurately
@@CoolCoyote I also got it when it first came out from W.H Smith & they use to write the price in pencil inside the sleeve. Mine is sill readable & cost me £2.50.
Their “arguments” are like gentlemanly conversations. Sweet and so lovely, did I mention talented beyond our realm? 🙏❤️🔥 They gave each other a lot of space within to work. And man does it work.
I absolutly love watching david playing guitar !! I just love it !! I get lost in myself listening to him !!! I have loved pink floyd sense darkside of the moon ! That is when i first heard them !! I think i was 10 or 11 yrs old. There is no one better then them !!
I love Dark Side of the Moon, I worn that album out!! I listened to Pink Floyd when I was a young teenager, my older brother was amazed that I did, he asked me " you listen to Pink Floyd?" I said he'll yes!! ❤️
That guitar at 6:00 mins and on would’ve gone great, honestly. I would’ve loved for it to sound like that. Not that I’m complaining. DSOTM is a MASTERPIECE.
Than,you I have been struggling with that for years I've left comme ts and questions about why can't I hear that guitar 🎸 riff in any version of Brain Damage. Maybe its just not been left in there which is such a shame its so 👌 perfect ......
I think the dynamic tension that existed between Waters and essentially the rest of the band was actually vital to producing such excellent creative material for so long, it's just difficult to live with that for too long and so Floyd couldn't last forever. Glad for the stuff they produced though, it's magic.
Young David Gilmour was a guitar Adonis, now he's a guitar Zeus. Anyway, he's always been a godlike guitarist as in every single notes of the solos he plays are embodied by a divine touch.
I'd like to know how a group of "Kids" came up with such deep meaning lyrics for the song "Time" (among many others). That song means something different as we grow older, and it's amazing that they could see that at such an early age.
It's so difficult to explain what Pink Floyd is. It isn't like other music, it's more like a code. I get the feeling people like Da Vinci and Isaac Newton would have totally got this music had it been available to them. listening to Dark Side especially feels like you're drifting through space, it seems to give a completely different perspective of the world around you. The images of Apollo 11 going to the moon compliment it so perfectly, and it makes me feel high without having to touch anything. Please tell me other people feel this about this band.
What you describe is the essence of Pink surrounding the Floyd. I would also add Albert Einstein to that illustrious list of luminaries. Pink Floyd is the only progressive-rock band I know of (and prog-rock is my favourite genre...) whose music appeals to such a wide demographic. Regardless of ethnicity, ideology, class, age... My mum - who usually likes classical, musicals and 50's crooners even likes Pink Floyd... Rasta friends from Jamaica like Floyd... Christians like Floyd (!) Even pets like Floyd! . Floyd - especially from Echoes to Animals are the musical equivalent of 'safe house' or 'bunker'... As comforting as sipping a good malt or Bailey's with yer well worn slippers on, in front of a log fire. And their social comentary was spookily prescient. . All Hail To The Floyds of Pink!
@@Deebz270 I can't argue with that, although I want to because like you I like prog, but you are right, they are the only band to really 'cross over' to mainstream. AND although Money was sort of radio friendly, they did it by not appealing to commerciality. Later bands went the route of sticking a radio song on each album, but that kidn of emphasis diminishes the whole enterprise. But Meddle is still my favourity floyd album. You listen to that and go "these guys are out there". However, that was the sixties. I remember Steve Hackett saying "in those days, nobody told you that you couldn't". They were just left alone to create.
@Raven Lilith Allberry Other than his crooked vampire teeth, his nose is long & looks "fixed". The long face and nose is also a sign of inbreeding in England. Look it up!
But Roger next to gorgeous Syd Barrett looks like a slapped arse. Beauty and the beast indeed. But with age, he looks better. Much better than the rest of the band.
Even at this stage, when Floyd were still a fully-functioning and democratic band, you can see that it's Roger Waters who is in charge of nailing the exact sound that he wants to hear, deciding if it's a good take or another run-up is needed. And the others are content to let him have the captain's chair, because he's enjoying it, he's good at it, and the results are stellar. Nick and Dave would sometimes fight for things that were important to them, but it seems to always have been to do with their own instrument, whereas Roger was in charge of the overall sound of the album because he was the opinionated bugger with the clear vision of what the overall album should be, not just his own performance. It's a shame that relationship decayed, because it worked incredibly well.
The simple pentonic scales make this a genius work of art. Simplicity in nature creates the most beautiful. It’s what made Mr Gilmour a very talented guitarist. Peace and Love!
Some of the greatest music of all time - so many favorites from this band. But, DAMN I can't get over how gorgeous David was.....it steals my attention every time. Unbelievable beauty.
Absolutely facinating video of the creative act in progress, the desire to get it 'just right', the patience and professionalism needed to channel and control the artistic energy, just amazing to watch.
This band was on another level. Their lyrics are from true deep though and out of world experiences. Music is amazing, I get goosebumps just thinking about these guys.
Dark Side of the Moon is such a sophisticated and masterful piece of music, it's hard to remember that it was created by a bunch of kids in their 20s. It's not that I think someone in their 20s can't create something masterful -- they can and they do. It's just that DSOTM has such a complexity and heft to it, it sounds like something written and performed by someone much older.
@@CoolCoyote Not a Roger fan myself due to his ego, etc. but never heard that anything from Animals was ever anything but Roger's, and in a different way, it rivals DSOM and Wish You Were Here. Politically, things were trending toward anger and resentment on both sides of the pond, and it's there in Animals, to Roger's credit. A musical and lyrical masterpiece, in my opinion, and many others.
@@b.g.5869 I don’t think it’s age I think it’s life ,money and just not obsessed with music anymore. The time they do there best is when all they do is think about music and with each other all the time.
@@CoolCoyote Roger wasn’t the most creative. If he was the band would have been lost without him. Division bell shouldn’t be the masterful album it actually is. Gilmour was the true perfectionist and Creative mind behind Pink Floyd. Roger was on his Level, but he wasn’t essential
@@PaulJonesy But I own all their albums on vinyl and play 3 of their songs live in my acoustic set. I have dyslexia and language, especially spelling, is just not my thing.
Ah, so cute that that's what he was smiling about. He seemed to smile and smirk a lot in these old videos of Floyd though. In their Echoes performance on Pompei when he was singing, he just randomly smiled. Is David the shy (talented) type?
"It didnt sound quite as toppy" "What?" "It. Didnt. Sound. Quite. As. Toppy." "It didnt sound *as* toppy?" "No." "Well.. it must have been as toppy" "Okay."
In case you haven't done it yet, I highly recommend listening to the entirety of Pink Floyd's work, beginning with Syd. Some of it isn't great, and a lot of it is incredible. But as you progress through their recordings it is amazing to see their development over time. And I believe you will find that The Wall is not their best work. For me it's not even in their top three or four albums.
I remember getting an old DVD of this from a neighbor when I was in 7th grade because he was getting rid of old stuff and he knew I liked Pink Floyd so he gave this and a few albums to me. Changed me forever. The part that I’ve truly never forgot, that breaks me every time starts @ 5:58. I heard that over 20 years ago and it still hits me when the best and worst moments of life come to mind.
The Beatles started everything about concept and art rock with Sgt. Pepper’s. 6 years later Pink Floyd created the most brilliant art-rock record, thanks to Roger for creating the idea, Guilmour with his compositions and his unique weeping and beautiful guitar playing and the work of the group as a whole, using all the technology avaliable to create the Dark Side of The Moon, an album that hasn’t got older, it still sounds fresh nowadays. If a band came out with that record now it would still cause a huge impact. The band with Alan Parson’s contribution with engeneering and helping the band with the technology avaliable made history. And there couldn’t be a better choice for to sleeve. Best album of all times, together with Abbey Road, the album that The Beatles recorded to say goodbye with class and amazing production (Alan Parsons again there). Sgt. Pepper’s is the second one. I can’t really decide which is better, Abbey Road or DSOTM. Two essencial records in the history of rock and roll. Pure art.
ValRoyD two perfect albums. Sgt. Pepper’s has got the hype, but Abbey Road is the Beatles’ masterpiece. They put all they effort there to finish their career with class and finesse
I'm a bit ignorant on who sings and plays what. David Gillmore sings. He plays rhythm and lead guitar. Then in the chorus its the Roger on bass and Nick Mason and Wright do their bits. Then there's that studio chorus of girls.
I love David Gilmour's voice. I actually think all of the Pink Floyd members have good voices from what I've heard. It's just Gilmour has the smoothest one that for me makes me think of that Pink Floyd sound.
I think that Roger Waters is a very beautiful looking man. David in pretty in a way but Roger is just striking. It is hard to see in photos but when you see Roger on film it is very different. That beauty comes out in how his face is animated when he speaks.
Life will never be like this again. Enjoy this snapshot! Thank you for sharing this. I watched the directors cut of live at Pompeii hundreds of times when I was in highschool and this was a scene from it. Watching it now has reawakened something inside me that I thought I had lost or forgotten. I feel filled with piss and vinegar and inspiration as if I was a teenager again. Time to go out and doing something amazing!
Way too much toppy. Only way to have less toppy is to put some more toppy underneath the top of the toppy and make the bottom of the toppy be on top of the toppy.. Really ties the album together..
The best thing to do is turn the toppy upside down! So the toppy on the bottom is now the toppy on the top! And the toppy that was on top is now the toppy on the bottom! It’s not that difficult!
Just a group of young lads. making the best album in history.
@@CoolCoyote who knows what my favorite album is, I'll never be able to decide.
They didnt do Sgt Peppers
The album was basically finished by this point. These sessions were basically for the cameras to add footage of them at work for the re-release of Live at Pompeii.
Kid A is better
@@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy6 kid A pmsl. It's a good album that's all. Floyd's apotheosis is Animals for me
This footage feels like a movie, its surreal to know this actually happened - Man, I love Pink Floyd
It is. These are clips from the ‘Live at Pompeii.’ vid.
Me too brother O.o
I don't even want to imagine a world without Pink Floyd in it
Spinal Tap
These aren't actual sessions. This was filmed after the sessions for the album were already complete - they reenacted the recording process for the film.
Good thing they went with medium toppy.
@@CoolCoyote I think they're having a technical chat and talking about the 'top end' of the sound. I.e. the higher frequencies/brightness. It does sound like they've lost the plot a bit though haha
"where would rock n' roll be without feedback!" - David Gilmore
Vale conpañero
thats right CC exactly, not arguing its reaffirming, its establishing and making it 'perfect'
@@CoolCoyote estavas escuchando
Seeing David casually play some of the best guitar riffs in music history is something else
After 30 years of listening to them it was cool to see this.
Roger providef the right vibe for him though. Had he not been accepted into PF i think he wepulve remained unknown. He can play a certain style but lscks drive. He always needed others for lyrics and ideas . Now that yoko is the new wayets for him and its SO LOW that he weould a lli w her to w r ite such a hateful tweet to him. Thats unacceptable. Ill always maintain that gilmour wouldnt have been known without waterts. To me he comes actoss as a smiling assasin. Look what hes doing now?? Some kumbaya get togethets with family. Ridiculous and exactly whete hed have been without waters. So he rhanks wayets by tirning other membets ag asinsthim and then replscing him wuth Polly. Disgusting. Roger is far more honest, direct and authentic.
"The only thing that counts is if it moves you" . That is all there is to be said about art.
Exactly my sentomonies!
True!
That is a fantastic quote
And how much money it makes 🤩
@@sydbarrett7579 One leads to the other.
"Christ, where would rock and roll be without feedback?" Love it
It's weird that the guys you meet who aren't there want feedback on what might not be there either
Loved that!
David was the coolest to me (and okay okay, I admit it. Young David Gilmour was one beautiful man who does it for me, so that helps).
And feedback was kinda new thing, beatles used it first in 1964 in their records
@@missdee4927 indeed! I still think he’s gorgeous!
RIP David Gilmour's hair 😔
yes, and apparently R.I.P. to intellectualism and individualism as well.
@@donalddrysdale246 huh
RIP friendship between the band's members...
DOnt EVER put RIP in front of David Gilmour....not now....gave me a heart attack...delete that comment if you like him even a bit man For Godssake...
@@CoolCoyote Ditto on the RIP......It's quite obvious he hadn't bathed or washed those greasy locks for a day or more but not a call for a shock statement.
I don't think the band even realized they were creating a masterpiece ...
I took a master class with Alan Parsons back in March and I asked him if he knew he was working on something special or if it was just another album. His response was (paraphrasing) "It was clear to me that it was their best work to date, but I had no idea I'd still be talking about it 40+ years later."
prikov1, I think David said at the time they thought it was the best thing they’d created until then. However, most if not all artists say that! It’s only in retrospect that they think - oh album X wasn’t that great.
In fact, Wish You Were Here is David's favourite.
According to interviews they knew they were on to something special even back then.
everything they recorded leading up to dark side was a masterpiece. a masterpiece doesn't just mean popular. no doubt dark side is a masterpiece, so is meddle, or piper, or obscured by clouds, in their own ways. only thing was the mass public couldn't catch on
@@niamhtodd162 I think production is a big factor in comparing these albums. Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most well-produced albums ever, if not the best. I love most Floyd albums but none of them put together masterful songwriting and production like this one. I see a similar pattern with a lot of bands. They have a "peak" album where artistry and production come together. Usually it falls off on later albums (the artistry)
Hope the record did well.
Certified underground classic
jury's still out 🤣
I heard it its ok.
It was ight. Not Endless River quality but it was ok
The world may never know how many copies it sold...
God, I forget sometimes how young they were. As a boy listening to Dark Side of The Moon, I thought of them as wise old wizards that made everything sound like magic. But I never thought of them as young. This is amazing footage.
if you think of what british boarding schools were like, and the fact of losing fathers in the war, I think they grew up pretty fast.
In all fairness, Waters and Wright were 29, going on 30 here. Though David was still in his mid 20s. More important hey had been playing together since 16. It's like the Beatles. We forget that by the time they recorded their first album, they'd probably already put in 8,000 hours of practice/gigging together.
I think the craziest thing is that the studios trusted these guys to do their own thing. This sort of session/documentary wouldn't happen today, unless it was independent. Reminds me of that one Zappa interview, where he says (paraphrasing) that we were better off with the fat cat cigar chomping record exec who didn't know anything about young people... because he said 'fuck it, take the money and make me a hit'. And they did.
@@finlayson6868 I liked your comments their record accomplishment certainly sounds like they had the freedom to express themselves and in this case especially Mr.Waters .He's so creative like on The Final Cut where he shares his youth and frustrations with all of us to good effect .He let's out his emotions and becomes purified and able to go on to the next day and I love his spin well I mean his political opinions I don't have to agree with them all to appreciate them.By the way did you see on you tube his speech at the United Nations , great and interesting stuff makes me want to speak up and follow politics more closely. sincerely ,Lara G. of California .
@@finlayson6868it was after the Beatles made sergeant pepper’s album that record labels allowed bands like Pink Floyd to experiment in the studio, prior to that they were given a recording schedule and they had to stick to it. That’s one of the reasons that all the big prog rock bands credited the Beatles for showing them the way forwards.
Talent across the rock scene in the 70's at this age was amazing! No distractions from the Digital age! So glad this was captured on film!
I wish I had a friend like Roger, the conversations would never be dull. He seems assertive, blunt and provocative. Very underrated qualities.
Well, before his ego got absolutely inflated.
Only cause you're staring at him through a screen. I'm sure if he was your friend those qualities would quickly switch to 'obnoxious, hot-headed and argumentative'
@@mr.nazareth4501 Nope, the qualities I referred I appreciate them also in real life. I'm bored of dealing with wokes, shills and politically-correct little sheep with no critical sense.
@@yikes7607 he’d probably hate u lol
Frank Zappa took your characterization/observation to the level of the sublime.
Roger’s the type of bloke who has probably never NOT had an opinion on a topic. He’s also an exceptional writer and conceptualist. His ambition combined with Gilmour/Wright/Mason’s musicality made for one killer outfit
Exactly. We all have him to thank for timeless music. Gilmour is one of my all time favorites, but he needed the writer/visionary to collaborate with bc he isnt as capable on his own. He can take great music to an even higher level though
Fred Gorgenchuck It’s weird that everyone gives Roger the benefit in this regard when it’s 50/50. I think the reason for this is because Pink Floyd went on without him and the quality dropped while still holding the “Pink Floyd” banner. That made Gilmour look bad. But no one points out that Roger was putting out shit solo records for years, many worse than The Division Bell, except he didn’t have the burden of expectation had he released them under the Pink Floyd moniker. When a Roger Waters solo album is good it’s a bonus, but if it’s bad no one rocks him for it as it’s naturally expected that it will pale in comparison to his prior work in Floyd. But “Pink Floyd” is expected to always be good and can only be either a cause for celebration or a crashing disappointment. I’m certain that if Roger Water had been the only founding member to continue under Pink Floyd, the albums would have seemed even worse. Case in point: he’s been flogging The Wall on tour for decades while his former band mates always looked forward to trying new music. Notice it was Roger who played Oldchella. Fuck that shit.
ArkhamInmateE32b Fair point. Roger’s solo career sucked. He started off shaky and only got worse. (I personally didnt care for Amused to Death). Waters and Gilmour definitely needed each other, although I dont think it was 50/50..Id give Waters more of the credit based on how much of the actual writing he did.
All of them had a big role in the group at their strongest phase. each one is part of the magic trick. take one of them out, and the effect is gone. David is a very important person of the group though, not only because of his lead vocals, guitar and songwriting. also a lot of the extra stuff ideas came from him, i.e. the seagull screams on echoes, with inversed plugged guitar effect cables. but, there wouldn't be a dark side like this, a wish you were here like it is and Animals (which was the strongest magic phase of Pink Floyd) without any of these 4 guys.
@@pts5217 Their relative strengths are clear to see from their solo works. Roger has concepts and lyrics, but the actual tunes and arrangements are very basic. The only really musically satisfying contributions seem to be from hired guns like Clapton and Beck. Gilmour lacks lyrics and overarching concepts, but his work is chock full of beautiful melodies and instrumentals. The Floyd catalog might suggest that Roger did most of the writing, but from his post Floyd track record, it appears that he cannot take something from demo quality to polished gem on his own. I'll take Gilmour's solo output over Waters' any day. Waters hasn't put out anything that matches the sheer beauty of On An Island or In Any Tongue.
I forget when they wrote these amazing songs they were young, such talented guys!
Lmao, yeah you look at their older versions, like the 2005 Live8 Reunion. Makes you feel like it was written by those wise old music masters. But they were young, talented musicians with a lot of energy.
SnakeEater866 haha exactly
@@Chico50445 and limitless imagination...
in the 70-80's there were numerous musicians in their mid late teens founding awesome "supergroups" creating what was then termed 'progressive rock'... what a time! :)
they were close to 30s years old
David Gilmour is absolutely dreamy. that smile, those eyes, that hair and of course his stunning guitar playing. sigh...what i wouldn’t give to go back in time.
@@CoolCoyote yikes! thanks for letting me know i misspelled his name. i do know how it’s spelled. guess i was tired when i typed my comment.
who’s Smurfette?
@@CoolCoyote i know who the Smurfs are! LOL didn’t know you meant i sound like an actual smurf. i thought ‘huh. is that someone who commented here?’
@@CoolCoyote LOL!
@@msbadkittie
I just read your comment's and I am
one who sees David Gilmour as the
Hottest looking Rock Star of all time.
Yet "Cool Coyote" will put you down and disagree with anything you say
because he loves Roger the misfit🤢
Yes,..Gilmour,is good looking,fancy him, myself....best looking of the band...that helps alot. 👌
One of best album in rock &roll history! They spent 15 hours a day in studio soooo dedicated love every song on that album
Middle school music theory class the teacher chose this album to breakdown. Funny thing was at 13, I had the album at home and listened to it everyday. There were only 2 others in the class who were already into it... a boy and this one girl, but by the end of the term the whole class was.
Thank you Mr Salvas
@@tommypetraglia4688 that’s awesome.
I think you'll find that spending that kind of time in studios is not rare.
It really is more like one whole song . Like a marriage .
Isolating one part from the rest seems to diminish it ❤
Roger waters be like : 🗿🗿
Rog when he: 🗿
This comment should have thousands of likes
Rog and harold look nice
Lmaooo
LOL
This record dated about as old as my parents, but that bit when david plays his guitar then flashed a little smile.. boy does my heart melts a little
@@CoolCoyote I mean the video here was recorded when my parents were still a kid themselves, my wording was a bit weird. I agree about the music, I still listen to comfortably numb everyday :)
@@febrit5371 that's the wall not wywh my friend
@@AvanRoyOfficial I think they were just agreeing the music is timeless like coyote said
@@AvanRoyOfficial lol and they're recording dark side not wywh soo
Roger Waters is one of those wierd people that actually looks better as old than when he was young
I noticed that too
He was and still is very Beautiful !!!
looks great now
He looks cool as hell now.
His transformation into Richard Gere at the end of the 80s was a surprising one
“What would rock n roll be without feedback?” Words of wisdom by the great David gilmour
Happens a lot when we turn it up to 11.
This footage needs to be put in the museum of archives or somewhere where it can be preserved forever as one of music’s most historical moments of the century!
It would be fantastic if someone unearthed hundreds of hours of studio time to give to Peter Jackson for the Get back treatment.
these guys seem so miserable having to interact with eachother it's an absolute miracle we got such amazing music out of them
They just feel like strangers in a room trying to go along
You can just tell Rogers was a dick
They were good buds before this album released. Just sort of went downhill (for some of them at least) after that.
@@richardlacey4923 may have been but he defffo pushed the others members and drove the team for some of there peak songs and albums
It was Waters and Gilmour. The other two had to deal with their fights and bs. But man did they create the most incredible music the world may ever hear
Do you ever watch these interviews and wonder, if these young lads even dreamt that we could watch this, on demand (which is always) in our own homes. With super computers in our hands? Shine on everyone.
Roger would probably say welcome to the machine and he'd be right☆
@@clintwilson6380 Oh the machine is well built now. I dreamt of big star...
As a 35 year old, I am so glad for these kinds of clips. Wish I could go back for a day and see these guys live in their prime.
Kinda late but go see Australian Floyd if they do a show near you they nail studio quality live on stage
They were magnificent. I was lucky to see them in the 80’s❤
Brit Floyd is/was great as well.
Roger kind of looks like the stone heads on Easter Island (in a good way)
Well, they are both great figures in rock
ROG
🗿
Well i mean the stone heads were made a long time ago to praise our god ROG
You mean like 🗿
I wish there was more studio footage like this.... i could watch this all day
There was no band that sounded like these guys they were stand out epic music unlike anything else
King Crimson's pretty close, same with a lot of gentle giant tracks and prog rock music from the late 60s/ early 70s
Porcupine Tree, similar style in their early records, unfortunately not as splendid but interesting.
Well you don’t really want to sound like another band anyways . No one sounded like the Beatles , no one sounded like zeppelin ,no one sounded like Jimi and no one sounded like Pink Floyd . The music around this time is the best in my opinion and I appreciate them all equally.
Check out Hawkwind
And they still ARE! Brilliance EXTRAORDINARIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” NOTHING’S MISSING 🧠 “
I see young David. I'm a simple man. I click like.
Luv Floyd..but I'm sure roger would pick a fight with himself in a empty room! lol
That was great!!
Yeah war has profound implications.
best comment of 2020
@@NickB-md1oy
he turned into questionable uncreative dimensions
@@CoolCoyote I agree. David Gilmour on guitar is what made Pink Floyd all time greats! Waters always had songwriting, but with Gilmour’s guitar sound it was a sure thing
"Christ.. where would Rock & Roll be without feedback?"
Loads of great guitarists out there but Gilmour is the only one that brings a tear to my eye when he plays. Majestic is a word that comes to mind.
Well said! I agree. Yes you can find someone who is a better technical guitar player than Gilmore, but NO ONE has more soul and heart than Gilmore. My favourite guitar player of all time
Neil Young gets to me emotionally too, even if he is no Gilmour in terms of skill, he still plays with heart. Cortez the Killer is a good example.
It’s him playing him through the guitar
Like CC.
Absolutely
Talk about a heavy feeling of nostalgia and melancholy while watching this.
Young David Gilmour seemed so fucking cool. He was always smiling or smirking in these old videos. Obvious talent combined with looking like a sexy ass rock god with long hair. Even just his line about feedback here is cool.
@@Slycoomer56 Roger is F BEAUTIFUL!!!
@@Slycoomer56 all of them had talent my friend
You have to be a girl to notice these things.
@@juancarlosgonzalez2537 not as songwriters they didn't Gilmour couldn't write a song by himself to save his life, Wright was pretty good though Rogers solo career proves he was the glue of the group creatively
@@devinhill6823 yeah right without gilmour singing and guitar not pink floyd
4:37 - 4:50 - one of the greatest lines in music history captured on video. Brilliant! Am SO VERY thankful these videos exist!
Yes! So cool to see footage like this.
I did 20 years in the US Navy. This album was on the charts damn near the whole damn time.
wow really
It was on the charts from 1973 to 1988.
@@michaelmurdock6560 really I'm thinking how that works, I remember the top 20 thing
First time I heard it was in a dorm room at Charleston Naval Base. Time scared the crap out of me.
@@blucy10 oh lucky, good one
If Roger was not as perfectionist as he was (and is) then we would not have such genius albums.
❤
I love Roger speaking
God he is so sexy I.e.roger. his accent is to die for.love him
@@louisecoelho9342 ve el video
My love ❤
He's straight out of Spinal Tap.
Gay
1:46 - Roger’s little “ooahh.” is so cute for some reason.
I love these footages from the 1974 edition of "Live at Pompeii", because they show that the creators of one of the best albums in music history were simply 4 chill and down-to-earth guys who just blended together their talents with passion and dedication to their work.
That scene of the lunch makes you feel like being part of the band in such a genuine way
that but also not afraid of doing something different, really pioneering original stuff, started of course with the bizarre mind of Syd Barrett who was obsessed with the 'wind in the willows' (fascinating book none the less) Kenneth Grahame wrote it for his son Alastair, who ended his teens and his life by putting his head on a railway track.(note syd ) with the benevolent god 'pan' who basically 'Just before the dawn' guides them with music to their lost 'baby' otter. Ratty and Mole wake up later to find the otter boy and Mole is aware of a dream he cannot remember, while Rat notices hoof prints in the grass: Pan has blessed them with forgetfulness. They then load the boy into the boat and take him back to his family recognizing though that they have had an unusual if elusive experience.
perhaps without this strange story we would have never had the 'pink floyd' we know today, for me I think the 'Dr Strange element in pink floyd is needed. sure we could just have another 'rock group' like david says
I think it’s so interesting to listen to the individual parts of the song. You get a much clearer perspective of all the elements that go into a song. I heard some guitar licks I hadn’t picked up on in the released recording.
SC Gal IOP are they all in there, though? Gilmour’s improv licks here are amazing, but it’s not the recorded version
Michael Anderson Maybe they aren’t. I just enjoyed hearing a different perspective.
I love when they have the master recordings and can break a song down to itsindividual parts,as in this clip
A lot of what Gilmour is playing is experimental and never made it into the mix.
Apparently these films were made after they had finished the album, so all the playing is just noodling over the recorded tracks.
I'd honestly like to see an entire documentary-style film like this for every album as opposed to live recordings
Best band there ever was...So glad I got to live in the same time period as them.
First hearing this music in my teens, I thought of these guys as otherworldly. Now being a full adult, it's crazy looking back and realizing that guys in their 20's composed this kind of music.
u see how important roger was hmm. wrote most of the music too also the main edge , but obviously all of them contributed
@@CoolCoyote yeah because gilmour did add a lot of his own flair. You see it in his solo stuff.
@@randomrants6658 yes and other skills, not sure if roger can play harmonica , whistles et.. maybe he can, obviously what a bonus they got when david singing and playing guitar was great
Without Rick & Nick none of it would’ve happened…
@@lynnhoffman247 everybody's important
Pink Floyd during their trip to the moon... Amazing!
It's impossible to be any cooler than Gilmour in this to be perfectly honest..
They have such a unique sound.
yes Dr Strange is always changing size th-cam.com/video/wsxMbNuSJhI/w-d-xo.html
I urge everyone to stop for a moment and gather here together to appreciate the music of Pink Floyd,
shut the fuck up
@@guitareater6975 I agree
@@guitareater6975 um
I still remember the first time I watched this movie, it was at college, the place was packed.
What I’ll truly never understand about Pink Floyd is how they heard their ideas in their head. How does one imagine, echoes, crazy diamond, comfortably numb, eclipse. Just how? You essentially had to combine Hendrix, the beetles and the fusion jazz era to even be in their ballpark.
@@CoolCoyote Very fair point
@@CoolCoyote oh c'mon now, jazz and blues are cousins, don't tell me you haven't been mistaken for someone else before
Well, dave says that 'haunting' sound at the beginning of shine on is what triggered it in Roger. I've not heard Roger confirm or deny it. Dave was always pushign for the music to be as interesting as the lyrics, and it was him who was pushign for more 'space' in the songs. Roger clearly granted him that on those tracks. I had a creative spell long ago when young, nothing like this, but there's a reason they didn't produce an album a year for their whole lives. Bob Ezrin tells the story of how he took Dave's music and wanted something 'from Pinks point of view' and told Roger to go write something and two days later he came back with comfortably numb. To get to the nuts and bolts, I've seen enough videos to see the breakdown of songs, and the first draft of CN isn't the classic we know. It takes work. But bob said as soon as he read it it was brilliant, which I'd have to agree with. Art means letting the muses flow through you honestly, and it certainly did in this case.
LSD
A lot of the time it's not as easy as it looks. It's HARD work writing music, a lot of what you hear is the result of trial and error (like in this clip you see David Gilmour experimenting with different phrases)
The slowly panning camera is brilliant and seems to be a continuous theme with their video footage. Can be seen also in the Pompeii recordings. Theres some kind of cryatal clear and classic looking tint on Floyds clips. Amazing group.
A panning camera is a camera rotating left or right from a fixed position. The shots you're referring to in this clip are tracking camera shots.
I had this on VHS when i was a kid in the late 90s, that tape disintegrated from being played constantly.
I feel honoured to have lived in the same planet and at the same time as these great men. Thank you for everything, Pink Floyd....❤
Yes, the universe hasn't been the same since Pink Ployd emerged.
Me too
That cameraman really likes closeups! 50 years after it was released I'm just adding songs from this album to my repertoire. Loving it!!!
@@CoolCoyote So true. I think it was Hillstreet Blues (not sure) when they first started having "in tight", handheld cameras to make it feel like you were in the action..
I would have zeroed in on David’s beautiful face, a lot more!!
I’m 23 and deeply in love with music from the pass I can’t seem to relate to anything in todays music. These were musical gods that will always have an impact on upcoming artist
“We’re pretty durable”... 3 words that became iconic really 😏
The way Jimi Hendrix described this band’s music was absolutely right. Their music sounds unworldly, like it’s not from this planet. Truly amazing. So glad i found them.
syd set that tone early with that grounding, then roger set the standard, then david set the great heights, but without roger, they wouldn't be where they went to imo, I'm a david fan mostly
This is a Pink Floyd Holy Grail discovery! I'm going to watch this over and over. Thanks for posting this Masterpiece!
It's part of live at pompeii dvd, these studio dark side sessions and the live playing
I've been listening to this album since I was 8 or 9: over four decades.
@@CoolCoyote I love 'em all, but The Who were the most magical and special by a mile-explosive-literally. The Who embodied the spirit of Rock and Roll.
For anyone wondering what effects David used at around 3:50 it’s a Phaser and an Octaver (I thinks that’s what it’s called) and maybe a volume booster pedal as well. idk the specific settings but it’s not hard to figure out as long as you play the clip while adjusting your settings so that you can get it to sound accurately
I looked so young like that at one point in time! I also purchased this album when first released! Still young at heart!
@@CoolCoyote I also got it when it first came out from W.H Smith & they use to write the price in pencil inside the sleeve. Mine is sill readable & cost me £2.50.
Their “arguments” are like gentlemanly conversations. Sweet and so lovely, did I mention talented beyond our realm? 🙏❤️🔥
They gave each other a lot of space within to work. And man does it work.
I absolutly love watching david playing guitar !! I just love it !! I get lost in myself listening to him !!! I have loved pink floyd sense darkside of the moon ! That is when i first heard them !! I think i was 10 or 11 yrs old. There is no one better then them !!
Their contrast made them unique! Best music ever, thanks much guys! 🙏🙏🙏
RIP Richard! 🌈
I love Dark Side of the Moon, I worn that album out!! I listened to Pink Floyd when I was a young teenager, my older brother was amazed that I did, he asked me " you listen to Pink Floyd?" I said he'll yes!! ❤️
Pink Floyd wouldnt be as big as they were without Roger Waters
they would have been lacking big time without his writing. I do like the 'other albums' though.
You're annoying 😒
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That guitar at 6:00 mins and on would’ve gone great, honestly. I would’ve loved for it to sound like that. Not that I’m complaining. DSOTM is a MASTERPIECE.
Than,you I have been struggling with that for years I've left comme ts and questions about why can't I hear that guitar 🎸 riff in any version of Brain Damage. Maybe its just not been left in there which is such a shame its so 👌 perfect ......
I get you. Whenever I listen to the song it plays back in my mind
Never get tired of seeing these guys work. It's simply a joy. It has to be surreal for them looking back.
These guys should be in a band
David is the most beautiful man I've ever seen in my whole entire life. Imagine waking up to him every single night.
I think the dynamic tension that existed between Waters and essentially the rest of the band was actually vital to producing such excellent creative material for so long, it's just difficult to live with that for too long and so Floyd couldn't last forever. Glad for the stuff they produced though, it's magic.
3:54 that smile
With the eyebrow lift... Classic.😍
@Martin Tapia
that smile and those eyes...💕
Young David Gilmour was a guitar Adonis, now he's a guitar Zeus. Anyway, he's always been a godlike guitarist as in every single notes of the solos he plays are embodied by a divine touch.
I'd like to know how a group of "Kids" came up with such deep meaning lyrics for the song "Time" (among many others). That song means something different as we grow older, and it's amazing that they could see that at such an early age.
It's so difficult to explain what Pink Floyd is. It isn't like other music, it's more like a code. I get the feeling people like Da Vinci and Isaac Newton would have totally got this music had it been available to them. listening to Dark Side especially feels like you're drifting through space, it seems to give a completely different perspective of the world around you. The images of Apollo 11 going to the moon compliment it so perfectly, and it makes me feel high without having to touch anything. Please tell me other people feel this about this band.
Their sound is transcendental. You described it perfectly
What you describe is the essence of Pink surrounding the Floyd. I would also add Albert Einstein to that illustrious list of luminaries.
Pink Floyd is the only progressive-rock band I know of (and prog-rock is my favourite genre...) whose music appeals to such a wide demographic. Regardless of ethnicity, ideology, class, age... My mum - who usually likes classical, musicals and 50's crooners even likes Pink Floyd... Rasta friends from Jamaica like Floyd... Christians like Floyd (!) Even pets like Floyd!
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Floyd - especially from Echoes to Animals are the musical equivalent of 'safe house' or 'bunker'... As comforting as sipping a good malt or Bailey's with yer well worn slippers on, in front of a log fire. And their social comentary was spookily prescient.
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All Hail To The Floyds of Pink!
@@Deebz270 I can't argue with that, although I want to because like you I like prog, but you are right, they are the only band to really 'cross over' to mainstream. AND although Money was sort of radio friendly, they did it by not appealing to commerciality. Later bands went the route of sticking a radio song on each album, but that kidn of emphasis diminishes the whole enterprise.
But Meddle is still my favourity floyd album. You listen to that and go "these guys are out there". However, that was the sixties. I remember Steve Hackett saying "in those days, nobody told you that you couldn't". They were just left alone to create.
I've been listening to them since I was young....even then I knew I was listening to something special.
Good description. Their music always makes me feel like I'm floating. Always has
David Gilmour is so beautiful
Isn't he just 😍😍😍
Roger has such an interesting face
@Raven Lilith Allberry
Other than his crooked vampire teeth, his nose is long & looks "fixed". The long face and nose is also a sign of inbreeding in England. Look it up!
@@julesrose7738 inbreeding? LoL
But Roger next to gorgeous Syd Barrett looks like a slapped arse. Beauty and the beast indeed. But with age, he looks better. Much better than the rest of the band.
David was the best looking, by far.
@@julesrose7738 no it's not lmoaooooo
Even at this stage, when Floyd were still a fully-functioning and democratic band, you can see that it's Roger Waters who is in charge of nailing the exact sound that he wants to hear, deciding if it's a good take or another run-up is needed. And the others are content to let him have the captain's chair, because he's enjoying it, he's good at it, and the results are stellar. Nick and Dave would sometimes fight for things that were important to them, but it seems to always have been to do with their own instrument, whereas Roger was in charge of the overall sound of the album because he was the opinionated bugger with the clear vision of what the overall album should be, not just his own performance. It's a shame that relationship decayed, because it worked incredibly well.
Great video. Thanks for the memories. Born in '55...and damn glad😎
The simple pentonic scales make this a genius work of art. Simplicity in nature creates the most beautiful. It’s what made Mr Gilmour a very talented guitarist. Peace and Love!
Some of the greatest music of all time - so many favorites from this band. But, DAMN I can't get over how gorgeous David was.....it steals my attention every time. Unbelievable beauty.
i felt the same way with a young fleetwood mac girl
Absolutely facinating video of the creative act in progress, the desire to get it 'just right', the patience and professionalism needed to channel and control the artistic energy, just amazing to watch.
This band was on another level. Their lyrics are from true deep though and out of world experiences. Music is amazing, I get goosebumps just thinking about these guys.
2:45 his voice melts me
Dark Side of the Moon is such a sophisticated and masterful piece of music, it's hard to remember that it was created by a bunch of kids in their 20s.
It's not that I think someone in their 20s can't create something masterful -- they can and they do. It's just that DSOTM has such a complexity and heft to it, it sounds like something written and performed by someone much older.
@@CoolCoyote Not a Roger fan myself due to his ego, etc. but never heard that anything from Animals was ever anything but Roger's, and in a different way, it rivals DSOM and Wish You Were Here. Politically, things were trending toward anger and resentment on both sides of the pond, and it's there in Animals, to Roger's credit. A musical and lyrical masterpiece, in my opinion, and many others.
@@b.g.5869 Neil Young. Brian Eno. Nick Cave. Tom Waits. Richard Thompson. But you're mostly right. Not many.
@@latkagravas2967 I love your list. + Jeff Beck, imho.
@@b.g.5869 I don’t think it’s age I think it’s life ,money and just not obsessed with music anymore. The time they do there best is when all they do is think about music and with each other all the time.
@@CoolCoyote Roger wasn’t the most creative. If he was the band would have been lost without him. Division bell shouldn’t be the masterful album it actually is. Gilmour was the true perfectionist and Creative mind behind Pink Floyd. Roger was on his Level, but he wasn’t essential
Absolutely the most creative band going!!
3:55 Gilmore's face when he suddenly realizes he's just discovered an incredible new guitar sound
@@CoolCoyote indeed, a personal gripe of mine - fans that don’t even know how his name is spelt.
@@PaulJonesy But I own all their albums on vinyl and play 3 of their songs live in my acoustic set. I have dyslexia and language, especially spelling, is just not my thing.
@@CoolCoyote Its not laziness for me, Im dyslexic
@@CoolCoyote We all agree Floyd is incredible
Ah, so cute that that's what he was smiling about. He seemed to smile and smirk a lot in these old videos of Floyd though. In their Echoes performance on Pompei when he was singing, he just randomly smiled. Is David the shy (talented) type?
"It didnt sound quite as toppy"
"What?"
"It. Didnt. Sound. Quite. As. Toppy."
"It didnt sound *as* toppy?"
"No."
"Well.. it must have been as toppy"
"Okay."
Lol
Yup. Plain and simple. :P
I don’t get it?
@@kid29 0:08
@@lucaprado544 what does he mean
I've watched this film so many times, and whenever I do, I feel like I'm a part of the group. They'll always be my favourite band. EVER.
Roger and David come across as SO MUCH more intelligent and articulate than most of the OTHER band members of that era…
Incredible footage from the making of the greatest album ever recorded, what's not to love?
little would they know that they in progress of makin one of the best albums ever
i REALLY REALLY love Pink Floyd
SAME i just started getting into them about 4 months ago, but man I’ve never loved a band as much as pink floyd
As a sixteen year old kid listening to 'THE WALL' I had no idea who Pink Floyd was, TH-cam is awesome in so many ways!
THANK YOU!
In case you haven't done it yet, I highly recommend listening to the entirety of Pink Floyd's work, beginning with Syd. Some of it isn't great, and a lot of it is incredible. But as you progress through their recordings it is amazing to see their development over time. And I believe you will find that The Wall is not their best work. For me it's not even in their top three or four albums.
I remember getting an old DVD of this from a neighbor when I was in 7th grade because he was getting rid of old stuff and he knew I liked Pink Floyd so he gave this and a few albums to me. Changed me forever. The part that I’ve truly never forgot, that breaks me every time starts @ 5:58. I heard that over 20 years ago and it still hits me when the best and worst moments of life come to mind.
It’s brilliant. What a different musical life it would be without Gilmour.
The Beatles started everything about concept and art rock with Sgt. Pepper’s. 6 years later Pink Floyd created the most brilliant art-rock record, thanks to Roger for creating the idea, Guilmour with his compositions and his unique weeping and beautiful guitar playing and the work of the group as a whole, using all the technology avaliable to create the Dark Side of The Moon, an album that hasn’t got older, it still sounds fresh nowadays. If a band came out with that record now it would still cause a huge impact. The band with Alan Parson’s contribution with engeneering and helping the band with the technology avaliable made history.
And there couldn’t be a better choice for to sleeve.
Best album of all times, together with Abbey Road, the album that The Beatles recorded to say goodbye with class and amazing production (Alan Parsons again there). Sgt. Pepper’s is the second one.
I can’t really decide which is better, Abbey Road or DSOTM. Two essencial records in the history of rock and roll. Pure art.
ValRoyD pet sound isn’t a concept album
ValRoyD ok, I can agree with you, but Sgt. Pepper’s took art and concept, including the sleeve, to a much higher level
ValRoyD two perfect albums. Sgt. Pepper’s has got the hype, but Abbey Road is the Beatles’ masterpiece. They put all they effort there to finish their career with class and finesse
Nobody in the thread mentions Alan Parsons.
Roger might have some extreme opinions but he was a huge contributor to what I consider the best rock and roll in the world.
Wish they were still here...
I love David Gilmour’s tone!
@@CoolCoyote I know. David has a voice smooth as silk whereas Roger sings like he's trying to push a stuck turd from his butt! 😫
I'm a bit ignorant on who sings and plays what. David Gillmore sings. He plays rhythm and lead guitar. Then in the chorus its the Roger on bass and Nick Mason and Wright do their bits. Then there's that studio chorus of girls.
I love David Gilmour's voice. I actually think all of the Pink Floyd members have good voices from what I've heard. It's just Gilmour has the smoothest one that for me makes me think of that Pink Floyd sound.
@@CoolCoyote Yes just listen to "Nobody Home" from the Wall. That song is meant for Roger's style definitely.
Somebody said that Roger looks like the stone faces from Easter Island and I will forever see only that from now on.
He really does.
I think that Roger Waters is a very beautiful looking man. David in pretty in a way but Roger is just striking. It is hard to see in photos but when you see Roger on film it is very different. That beauty comes out in how his face is animated when he speaks.
A bunch of lads playing beautiful music. True rock stars.
Life will never be like this again. Enjoy this snapshot! Thank you for sharing this. I watched the directors cut of live at Pompeii hundreds of times when I was in highschool and this was a scene from it. Watching it now has reawakened something inside me that I thought I had lost or forgotten. I feel filled with piss and vinegar and inspiration as if I was a teenager again. Time to go out and doing something amazing!
Way too much toppy. Only way to have less toppy is to put some more toppy underneath the top of the toppy and make the bottom of the toppy be on top of the toppy..
Really ties the album together..
The best thing to do is turn the toppy upside down! So the toppy on the bottom is now the toppy on the top! And the toppy that was on top is now the toppy on the bottom! It’s not that difficult!
@@mrdave777 I can't top that
Top toppy comment of all the toppy comments.
You have all gone toppy.