This is the last track on side 1 and concludes the rumination on the stages of life that occupies the entire first side of the album, starting with the unborn infant's heartbeat at the very beginning. The previous song "Time" merges seamlessly into GGITS, and the two are best heard as one. "Time" deals with the passage of time throughout life -- how so much of it passes without our notice until we look back and realize how much of it we've carelessly wasted. GGITS deals with what happens when our time finally runs out. The two together, and indeed the whole album, is a masterpiece unlike any other in modern popular music. There is simply nothing else like Pink Floyd.
In this song David Gilmour is playing a Fender 1000 twin neck pedal steel guitar which he also plays on the song "Breathe" near the beginning of the album. The singer is Clare Torry. She was brought in by the engineer for the album, Alan Parsons, to sing on what was called the mortality sequence. Clare did about 2 and a half takes before she stopped but the band did use some of her warmup takes for the latter part of the song. This is an example of catching lightning in a bottle. Something The Floyd manages to do all too often like with Dick Parry on the sax, also on this album.
Yes, yes indeed..."catching lightning in a bottle "...quite accurate ..well said! As it happens in many things, often unscripted events turn out so unexpectedly perfect .
Clare only did the one take as the first effort had words and was stopped immediately.....no words, no baby baby baby etc Clare refused to do a second take and just wanted to be paid and escape. The backing vocals on the album are mostly Vanetta Fields.
It makes me so happy every time someone discovers Pink Floyd. They're one of the greatest bands that's ever been and they've influenced every genre of music that's come after them. Their music is cerebral and highly emotional, it's also very complex and layered. Decades after first hearing their music I'm still discovering new things about it when I listen. What I'm saying is don't worrry about not getting the lyrics the first time you hear their music. I very much hope that you keep listening to Pink Floyd, and you can't go wrong with any song from the albums Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, and The Division Bell. And then there's the Pulse concert that you have to see/hear to believe. Every song is more beautiful and delicious than the last. 💗
There is a lot behind this song from the lady who sang it, Clare Torry, and doing this in 2 takes completely unrehearsed to the guys in Pink Floyd telling her to give her interpretation of the stages of someone dying and going through the emotions of anger, sadness, acceptance etc.
This song live from Pulse takes the raw, wild beauty of Clare Torry's voice and gives it a high polish. It's extremely beautiful and makes me cry no matter how many times I hear it.
If you just go into a search engine and enter Clare Torry interview you'll get about a 5 or 6 minutes story on how this song was conceived and how it happened. It's very interesting and basically Miss Tori did that whole song on her own vocalizing to Richard Wright's beautiful piano piece!!
I am so glad you listened to the studio versions of these songs. All the music of the 70s were meant to be listened to in private on your headphones, especially of the progressive rock genre. It's engineered for this, and you really can't the intended sound from a live performance, and the visuals get distracting as well. It's ironic that you praised the narration at the beginning about death. That is the lie we tell ourselves, that death is not a big deal, then suddenly Clare Torry come in an tells us the truth of death. That is terrifying and a struggle, our final struggle. It's so profound. It was the last track of the first side of the album and so it would end that piece of music which is the entire first side. Pink Floyd, and especially on this album, has songs that are meant to flow from one into the next. They really aren't separate songs.
You never knew what you're going to get from these guys. Jazz blues gospel rock... They would not be pigeonholed. They were truly their own genre. Art rock, and so far ahead of their time. Check out "Us and Them" from them next. 👍
The twang you're really enjoying it is a lap steel guitar David Gilmour plays. You need to check out the live version of this song in the 1994 Pulse concert to see him playing it. Even better the song High hopes in the same concert he plays the same pedal steel guitar or lap steel and the notes and that song are beyond sublime!!! And every song you hear from Pink Floyd will surprise you because no song sounds exactly alike!! They have the same background feel to most of their songs but they are all different and Pink Floyd continued for years to reinvent themselves between albums!
It’s a lap steel guitar. Was used very much in country music, especially west coast (Bakersfield) country. And you hear it in Hawaiian music as well. Others will tell of the singer but the band had the song but didn’t quite know what they wanted to do with it vocally. So she is called into the studio and pretty much improvised this.
Hey you! I got into Imminence back in 2019. violin in metalcore. Here are list of songs that if you didn’t do if you wanted too. Everything go with each of the storylines: The storyline “The Black” 1) Come Hell or Highwater 2) Desolation 3)Heaven Shall Burn 4) Death by a Thousand Cuts 5) Continuum Storyline “Heaven in Hiding” 1)Temptation 2)Heaven in Hiding 3)Ghost 4)Chasing Shadows 5)Alleviate Storyline “Turn the Light On” 1)Paralyzed 2)Infectious 3)Erase
Slide steel guitar. To me this song represents the soul leaving the body. Should be played right after Time. It's kinda like the 5 stages of grief only maybe from the souls perspective. The shock of realizing what is happening, denial because you have unfinished business, ANGER, bargaining and finally acceptance. So moving. I may be reading way to much into this because of loss of a loved one. Pink Floyd.....
Loved your reaction and the way you feel the music. If you want to see David Gilmour play the steal guitar that you loved live, please watch "high hope " pulse concert 1994. It's the most beautiful song ever and the most beautiful steal guitar solo ever played.
The Great Gig is the end of Time, our time. The song Time starts with our youth, then ends with The Great Gig ( the 5 stages of death.....denial, anger etc then the final acceptance ).
Buddy, some of these people take this crap too far. You didn’t make mistakes you are new, after a song maybe two you won’t want to pause. Enjoy the ride❤
You should listen to "Time" & let it lead into " Great Gig in the Sky" They Go Awesome Together! The whole album flows together but I think these 2 go together the best!
That was not a “narrator”. The band (I think Waters) asked questions of people around the studio and recorded their answers. Several of these recorded comments are used throughout Dark Side of the Moon.
That twang is a Lap Steel (also called a Hawaiian guitar). Similar to an electric guitar by design, but tuned to a chord and played by sliding a piece of steel, or glass up and down the strings to get a sweeping between notes/chords...
This is the last track on side one of the (vinyl) album, following 'Time'. The two belong together and hit really hard. For me they form probably the greatest combination of 'songs' in rock history. You don't need lyrics to understand this, the title says it all. Cheers
Subbed for more PF, buddy. Best band ever. No one even comes close except The Beatles and Led Zep. PF is the only band that can put you in the mood that they want you to be in, every single time. Try Echoes live at Pompeii 1972. Knock your socks off. Peace bro.
The song is reflective of a person’s response to dying. (Hence the title Great Gig in the Sky) 😉. While this track uses a featured artist for the vocals, Floyd have incredible range and I think you’ll enjoy delving into their discography. This album is a concept album and ideally made to be played chronologically, in one sitting! Happy listening!
Pink Floyd is prog rock, progressive, experimental, long form. For Prog Rock in general, the album is the artform, not the track. The track is important for the business side, for radio play and exposure, but the album is a full cycle, a full statement. As an example, *The Wall* (1979), and extended album by Pink Floyd, is a rock opera, a full story arc of loss, trauma, coping, failure and redemption. Pink Floyd is mainly known as a studio band, because they strive to craft a very specific vision in their sound work.
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This is the last track on side 1 and concludes the rumination on the stages of life that occupies the entire first side of the album, starting with the unborn infant's heartbeat at the very beginning. The previous song "Time" merges seamlessly into GGITS, and the two are best heard as one. "Time" deals with the passage of time throughout life -- how so much of it passes without our notice until we look back and realize how much of it we've carelessly wasted. GGITS deals with what happens when our time finally runs out. The two together, and indeed the whole album, is a masterpiece unlike any other in modern popular music. There is simply nothing else like Pink Floyd.
In this song David Gilmour is playing a Fender 1000 twin neck pedal steel guitar which he also plays on the song "Breathe" near the beginning of the album. The singer is Clare Torry. She was brought in by the engineer for the album, Alan Parsons, to sing on what was called the mortality sequence. Clare did about 2 and a half takes before she stopped but the band did use some of her warmup takes for the latter part of the song. This is an example of catching lightning in a bottle. Something The Floyd manages to do all too often like with Dick Parry on the sax, also on this album.
Yes, yes indeed..."catching lightning in a bottle "...quite accurate ..well said! As it happens in many things, often unscripted events turn out so unexpectedly perfect .
Clare only did the one take as the first effort had words and was stopped immediately.....no words, no baby baby baby etc
Clare refused to do a second take and just wanted to be paid and escape.
The backing vocals on the album are mostly Vanetta Fields.
It makes me so happy every time someone discovers Pink Floyd. They're one of the greatest bands that's ever been and they've influenced every genre of music that's come after them. Their music is cerebral and highly emotional, it's also very complex and layered. Decades after first hearing their music I'm still discovering new things about it when I listen. What I'm saying is don't worrry about not getting the lyrics the first time you hear their music. I very much hope that you keep listening to Pink Floyd, and you can't go wrong with any song from the albums Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, and The Division Bell. And then there's the Pulse concert that you have to see/hear to believe. Every song is more beautiful and delicious than the last. 💗
Dude... more Pink Floyd please...
There is a lot behind this song from the lady who sang it, Clare Torry, and doing this in 2 takes completely unrehearsed to the guys in Pink Floyd telling her to give her interpretation of the stages of someone dying and going through the emotions of anger, sadness, acceptance etc.
This song live from Pulse takes the raw, wild beauty of Clare Torry's voice and gives it a high polish. It's extremely beautiful and makes me cry no matter how many times I hear it.
If you just go into a search engine and enter Clare Torry interview you'll get about a 5 or 6 minutes story on how this song was conceived and how it happened. It's very interesting and basically Miss Tori did that whole song on her own vocalizing to Richard Wright's beautiful piano piece!!
I am so glad you listened to the studio versions of these songs. All the music of the 70s were meant to be listened to in private on your headphones, especially of the progressive rock genre. It's engineered for this, and you really can't the intended sound from a live performance, and the visuals get distracting as well. It's ironic that you praised the narration at the beginning about death. That is the lie we tell ourselves, that death is not a big deal, then suddenly Clare Torry come in an tells us the truth of death. That is terrifying and a struggle, our final struggle. It's so profound. It was the last track of the first side of the album and so it would end that piece of music which is the entire first side. Pink Floyd, and especially on this album, has songs that are meant to flow from one into the next. They really aren't separate songs.
You never knew what you're going to get from these guys. Jazz blues gospel rock... They would not be pigeonholed. They were truly their own genre. Art rock, and so far ahead of their time.
Check out "Us and Them" from them next. 👍
The twang you're really enjoying it is a lap steel guitar David Gilmour plays. You need to check out the live version of this song in the 1994 Pulse concert to see him playing it. Even better the song High hopes in the same concert he plays the same pedal steel guitar or lap steel and the notes and that song are beyond sublime!!!
And every song you hear from Pink Floyd will surprise you because no song sounds exactly alike!! They have the same background feel to most of their songs but they are all different and Pink Floyd continued for years to reinvent themselves between albums!
You are doing okay, enjoying your reactions
thank you kindly :)
This song will be played to my loved ones when I am laid to rest.
You and thousands of others
Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin Should have each their own category of music !
It’s a lap steel guitar. Was used very much in country music, especially west coast (Bakersfield) country. And you hear it in Hawaiian music as well. Others will tell of the singer but the band had the song but didn’t quite know what they wanted to do with it vocally. So she is called into the studio and pretty much improvised this.
Hey you! I got into Imminence back in 2019. violin in metalcore.
Here are list of songs that if you didn’t do if you wanted too. Everything go with each of the storylines:
The storyline “The Black”
1) Come Hell or Highwater
2) Desolation
3)Heaven Shall Burn
4) Death by a Thousand Cuts
5) Continuum
Storyline “Heaven in Hiding”
1)Temptation
2)Heaven in Hiding
3)Ghost
4)Chasing Shadows
5)Alleviate
Storyline “Turn the Light On”
1)Paralyzed
2)Infectious
3)Erase
Slide steel guitar. To me this song represents the soul leaving the body. Should be played right after Time. It's kinda like the 5 stages of grief only maybe from the souls perspective. The shock of realizing what is happening, denial because you have unfinished business, ANGER, bargaining and finally acceptance. So moving. I may be reading way to much into this because of loss of a loved one. Pink Floyd.....
Loved your reaction and the way you feel the music. If you want to see David Gilmour play the steal guitar that you loved live, please watch "high hope " pulse concert 1994. It's the most beautiful song ever and the most beautiful steal guitar solo ever played.
There are timeless albums, and there is Dark Side of the Moon. A whole new level of timelessness.
The Great Gig is the end of Time, our time.
The song Time starts with our youth, then ends with The Great Gig ( the 5 stages of death.....denial, anger etc then the final acceptance ).
Buddy, some of these people take this crap too far. You didn’t make mistakes you are new, after a song maybe two you won’t want to pause. Enjoy the ride❤
Agree
Check out the LIVE version of Great Gig in the Sky from the PULSE CONCERT.
On the live version each of the female backing singers get a "verse" to solo on, in the studio it was all one woman
Great, but not as good as the raw original.
all the live performances and disappointing in comparison as they are but imitations of what Clare Torry improvised on the spot there in hat studio.
Clare Torry is underrated for 'Great gig in the sky'. Her second take was what they put on the album and she said it wasn't good enough
The band told singer Claire Torey the concept they wanted for the vocals and let her do her thing.
Oh. I look forward to your reaction to the live version of Great Gig in the Sky
You should listen to "Time" & let it lead into " Great Gig in the Sky" They Go Awesome Together! The whole album flows together but I think these 2 go together the best!
Back in the day we often had the lyrics to hand somewhere on the album cover, handy for a first listen sometimes
That was not a “narrator”. The band (I think Waters) asked questions of people around the studio and recorded their answers. Several of these recorded comments are used throughout Dark Side of the Moon.
That twang is a Lap Steel (also called a Hawaiian guitar). Similar to an electric guitar by design, but tuned to a chord and played by sliding a piece of steel, or glass up and down the strings to get a sweeping between notes/chords...
On the album Time is about life followed by Th Greatr Gig, what's about dieing...
This is the last track on side one of the (vinyl) album, following 'Time'. The two belong together and hit really hard. For me they form probably the greatest combination of 'songs' in rock history. You don't need lyrics to understand this, the title says it all. Cheers
Subbed for more PF, buddy. Best band ever. No one even comes close except The Beatles and Led Zep. PF is the only band that can put you in the mood that they want you to be in, every single time. Try Echoes live at Pompeii 1972. Knock your socks off. Peace bro.
welcome to the journey ..
The song is reflective of a person’s response to dying. (Hence the title Great Gig in the Sky) 😉. While this track uses a featured artist for the vocals, Floyd have incredible range and I think you’ll enjoy delving into their discography. This album is a concept album and ideally made to be played chronologically, in one sitting! Happy listening!
Pink Floyd is prog rock, progressive, experimental, long form. For Prog Rock in general, the album is the artform, not the track. The track is important for the business side, for radio play and exposure, but the album is a full cycle, a full statement. As an example, *The Wall* (1979), and extended album by Pink Floyd, is a rock opera, a full story arc of loss, trauma, coping, failure and redemption. Pink Floyd is mainly known as a studio band, because they strive to craft a very specific vision in their sound work.
First man I’ve heard someone on reactions hearing the old man 👍
Stop where ever you want to stop just rewind a bit when starting back up. PEACE LOVE /*\ TRUE NORTH
Listen to it again, break her singing in three sections. 1st anguish about our mortality 2nd understanding of death, final is acceptance.
That twang is a lap steel guitar.
You wanted to know if other songs were "without" words. Here's 2 version of the same song:
th-cam.com/video/lVghgS8_Yrg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tit-hbVhM4xbnum0
th-cam.com/video/bphPd5n-U04/w-d-xo.htmlsi=KDI4S_ItiWW3EkTB
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Language before there were words. No interpreter required.
More than likely it's a steel guitar I think but not 100%
I believe it’s a lap guitar. Not 100% on that, but my best guess! You can see it being played in their live performances vids
Great gig in the sky loose interpretation. Beginning frightened by death , end acceptance of death
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