"Astronomy Domine" from the fantastic "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" album. Syd Barrett was an exceptional songwriter. "Piper" and "Saucerful" show the transition in PF's music from Barrett as guitarist and songwriter to Gilmour as guitarist and Waters as more important songwriter. Barrett's compositions always had something playful and humorous about them. Waters always added something dark and mysterious to his melodies, but this was by no means less interesting or worse. I like The Who's later songs better. "I Can See For Miles" is a bit of psychedelia, a dash of Pink Floyd and The Byrds and a hint of Beatles and The Kinks. And so there you have it.
Pleasantly shocked by inclusion of Petula here. Her 60s output definitely deserves a deeper dive (short songs) - I Know A Place, My Love, Sign Of The Times, Couldn’t Live Without Your Love
DUDE….. what’s going on here??? Just threes days and 10 songs!! I’ve been LOVING the ride so far this week! I remember my parents playing “Alfie” when I was like 7 years old, it still sounds as good! Enjoyed Petula Clark as well, I remember this song as well as “Downtown”. I actually saw “Astronomy Domine” live in ‘94 when Pink Floyd opened the show with it!! I also got to see “I Can See For Miles” live when I saw Roger Daltrey. Looking forward for tomorrow. 😊
I've gone insane.....5 songs tomorrow!!! Then it will mostly slow down for the rest of the week. Well, I certainly crammed in all I could haha. Next 60s week will be just 14 songs, because today alone took 7.5 hours minimum from start to finish! 🤪 Such a fun ride though and I know I will enjoy the rest of the week. Glad you knew and liked all these songs. I have to watch the '94 version of AD ASAP!
Another one from Petula Clark that is superb: " Downtown "(which our host says he knows, sigh). " Astronomy Domine " is still fresh today, Syd(RIP)Barrett's best composition(Psychedelic much?). Forgot how good Dionne Warwick was. The natural companion to " I Can See For Miles " is " My Generation "
Yes, I assume Downtown is huge, but I want to hear more from her on my own! Loved AD, so cool hearing Syd's stamp all over this Floyd song. Dionne blew me away in this one. Ah yes, I've heard My Generation as well. Thanks for the daily watch my friend 🙂
I wore out my vinyl record of Dionne Warwick's greatest hits back in the 60's, listening to same song over and over again. In fact, I remember Mom knocking on bedroom door asking, "Could you PLEASE play something else?" I know your 1960's dance card is already jam packed this week, butbi think you'd love another Dionne Warwick movie theme song, Thene from The Valley of the Dolls. Even at my young age the music and lyrics were haunting. 60's Week - Great Idea!
Haha cool memory you shared. Was the song Alfie? Hmm, I wonder if I've heard "Valley" before. I definitely have loved "Deja Vu" since the early 80s! Loving this 60s week and it will be back next year!
@@retroreactions.... Alfie was absolutely on that album and one of my favorite songs, empathetic lyrics. As was A House is Not Home, Message to Michael, Say a Little Prayer and Theme from the Valley of the Dolls. It's unlikely you ever heard it. It's not a song that would have gotten played on the radio much. If you decide to listen to it, be prepared to FEEL.
God, I love Syd Barrett! It's heartbreaking to think of what a genius talent we lost. You should listen to some of his solo stuff - Dark Globe, Octopus, Terrapin, Gigolo Aunt, Baby Lemonade - he was so bloody good it makes you want to cry.
@retroreactions.... No, they were different but still brilliant. In some of them you can almost hear his mind breaking but the genius still shines through. His solo album were produced by David Gilmour who's said that it was incredibly frustrating working with Syd, but also humbling how easily the words and music fell out of him. I'd recommend starting with Dark Globe and Dominoes - Gilmour often plays these at his gigs in tribute to Syd - as they're, probably, the easiest introduction to our beloved Madcap
More familiar with Cilla Black's version of Alfie . Both versions pretty close delivery wise . Petula Clark is a another one who had a few great singles on her roster "I know a place" is slightly more catchy than "Downtown" hard to choose
@@retroreactions.... next 60s week maybe? though I'm super fond of Syd's 68 album The Madcap Laughs, maybe Dark Globe (though it's all good and varied)
I believe that The song Alfie was written as the theme song for the movie, Alfie. Has that Mancini vibe in the instrumentation. Oh, you just said Burt Bacharach. That explains it.
I believe Cilla Black recorded the song which was intended to be used as the main theme song of the movie but the studio used a version recorded by Cher. The Dionne Warwick version came a year after. The most successful version worldwide was definitely Cilla Black.
I noticed nobody is saying anything about the Who. In my opinion the top three most important, influential bands to ever come out of Great Britain are, 1) The Beatles, 2) The Rolling Stones and 3) The Who. I Can See For Miles was their breakthrough single in America. It is a perfect combination of psychedelia, punk, pop and just good old rock and roll.
Astronomy Domine is proof positive that Syd's Floyd and classic 70's Floyd were not so wildly dissimilar as some claim. Analogizing their career as a rocket launch, Syd captained the ship as it blasted confidently off the pad, but he lost control and blew out an engine. Upon his removal, the rest of the crew faced a desperate struggle to right the tumbling vessel, which of course after much button pushing and lever pulling, they eventually did. No matter how much distance they put between their launchsite and the whirling stars, without Syd's input of that initial trajectory, they'd have never gotten off the ground.
Hey! What an absolutely PERFECT analogy of their journey from the start! 👍 I clearly loved this one and thanks so much for the recommendation, as well as all your support throughout my Floyd journey....
Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach are the very definition of "match made in the heavens". Burt's songs are best expressed by Dionne, and Dionne is at her best when she sings Burt. "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "Always Something There to Remind Me", "Make It Easy on Yourself" and so many others were all amazing. And I agree, her voice aged so well! Not many singers can claim that - Ella Fitzgerald comes to mind, but Ella wasn't a singer, she was a GODDESS! I'm not very much into Petula, perhaps because I hate the arrangements in most of her songs - they suffocated her voice, when it should have been enhanced. But I can see how influential she was. And I can see very well the young Annie Haslam (I told you how she began her career with a crash singing course over a few months without any previous experience) using Petula as her role model. Understandable and a wise choice! Although the first two Pink Floyd albums sound very different from the Gilmour era (although Gilmour was already in "Saucerful", it still sounded more like "Piper", though "Saucerful" is a lot more dramatic), you can already see some of the elements that would make them so great: the complete lack of fear of experimentation (and even more importantly, experimentation THAT WORKED!), their use of ambience, the mood turns, their penchant for "spacey" sounds. It's hard to imagine what they would have been if Syd hadn't broken down. It had to be, it seems. "I Can See for Miles" is, appropriately enough, a milestone in The Who's musical evolution. Early The Who was very crude, but here they were starting to get more refined. It's amazing how this song is in many ways a preview of the sound they would make later in "Tommy", though the latter is much more elaborate and sophisticated, yet the groundwork had already been laid. And I was impressed by how their characteristic that I most admire and love was already present: they were unrivalled masters in building up moods and atmospheres that involve you without you even noticing, and in the end you're totally engaged into it without realizing how you got there.
Great mix of songs from a wide range of great artists from psychedelia to soft rock to slow pop to heavy garage rock !!! Can you think of doing Mary in the Morning by Al Martino and Solitary Man or any Neil Diamond?? Love the background too!🎉🎸
OMG: From some hidden corner in the depths of my brain, the lyrics to Subway have been stored for all these decades. Yikes! I found myself anticipating them……against my will. Help! 😂
I loved Cher's version of Alfie much much better, her voice had much more feeling, emotion and depth in the song. Cher's version of Alfie was also what they picked for the movie "Alfie" instead of other artist who sang it. I always loved Petula Clark's "Don't sleep in the subway" song, thanks for reacting to it.
ASTRONOMY DOMINE fa parte anche del Live PULSE ( ma solo audio ) e puoi guardare il video del brano con David Gilmour e Richard Wright del 2006...Gilmour suona col suo stile unico ma molto rispettoso di quello originale di Syd Barrett.
Wow, non vedo l'ora di ascoltare una versione di questa canzone negli anni '90 e 2000, per vedere come verrà tradotta. Grazie per esserti sintonizzato su questo video!
@@retroreactions....perfetto!👌 Grazie Brandon. 😘 Per quello degli anni 2000 ti consiglio " ASTRONOMY DOMINE DAVID GILMOUR & RICHARD WRIGHT LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD "
The instrumentation of the chorus in Subway sounds uncannily like a Beachboys song, which I can’t place. Help me out people! Ah….wait…..God Only Knows. Wonder if Petula recorded this in LA and used The Wrecking Crew.
Dionne is absolutely a nonpareil singer, but 'Alfie' and much of the Bacharach hits are best left to Cilla Black. Try 'Anyone Who Had A Heart' and 'You're My World'.
5 of the 10 "must have" albums from 1967 that showcase the year's best music: Piper at the Gates of Dawn Days of Future Passed Surrealistic Pillow Satanic Majesties Request Sergeant Pepper
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What an amazing mix of songs again, so representative of the decade. I'm loving this 60s journey! Thanks so much for watching!! 🥰
How do you determine the songs you react to?
I love Petula’s voice!
Right there with ya!
I will have this in my head for a while!
Hopefully that's a good thing!
"Astronomy Domine" from the fantastic "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" album. Syd Barrett was an exceptional songwriter. "Piper" and "Saucerful" show the transition in PF's music from Barrett as guitarist and songwriter to Gilmour as guitarist and Waters as more important songwriter. Barrett's compositions always had something playful and humorous about them. Waters always added something dark and mysterious to his melodies, but this was by no means less interesting or worse.
I like The Who's later songs better. "I Can See For Miles" is a bit of psychedelia, a dash of Pink Floyd and The Byrds and a hint of Beatles and The Kinks. And so there you have it.
Pleasantly shocked by inclusion of Petula here. Her 60s output definitely deserves a deeper dive (short songs) - I Know A Place, My Love, Sign Of The Times, Couldn’t Live Without Your Love
Yes, she was a last minute addition!! Glad I picked her. I will hear more from her on my own. That voice!! Thanks for tuning in..
Also of course "Downtown" although my favorite is "I Know a Place."
DIONNE WARWICK and PETULA CLARK, two great ladies of song. SYD and PETE, two crazy rock innovators (with KEITH who hits like a madman). Thanks.
A legendary pairing of 4+!
DUDE….. what’s going on here??? Just threes days and 10 songs!! I’ve been LOVING the ride so far this week! I remember my parents playing “Alfie” when I was like 7 years old, it still sounds as good! Enjoyed Petula Clark as well, I remember this song as well as “Downtown”. I actually saw “Astronomy Domine” live in ‘94 when Pink Floyd opened the show with it!! I also got to see “I Can See For Miles” live when I saw Roger Daltrey. Looking forward for tomorrow. 😊
I've gone insane.....5 songs tomorrow!!! Then it will mostly slow down for the rest of the week. Well, I certainly crammed in all I could haha. Next 60s week will be just 14 songs, because today alone took 7.5 hours minimum from start to finish! 🤪 Such a fun ride though and I know I will enjoy the rest of the week. Glad you knew and liked all these songs. I have to watch the '94 version of AD ASAP!
Another one from Petula Clark that is superb: " Downtown "(which our host says he knows, sigh). " Astronomy Domine " is still fresh today, Syd(RIP)Barrett's best composition(Psychedelic much?). Forgot how good Dionne Warwick was. The natural companion to " I Can See For Miles " is " My Generation "
Yes, I assume Downtown is huge, but I want to hear more from her on my own! Loved AD, so cool hearing Syd's stamp all over this Floyd song. Dionne blew me away in this one. Ah yes, I've heard My Generation as well. Thanks for the daily watch my friend 🙂
Very interesting songs today. And the music room is outstanding!! 💙🎼🎵🎶🎶
Thanks! Glad you love my 60s house. I will offer it to you as a timeshare haha....a few more surprise locations this week 😊
Far Out!! I dig it! 😀
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The radio OD'd me on Alfie and Don't Sleep back in the day; as for Astronomy Domine.... run and hide! But The Who - wonderful! :)
Haha...I can imagine. Glad you liked my Who pick! Thank you.
Floyd opened with Astronomy Domine on the Pulse tour! Was awesome to hear it live! Best concert Ive seen.
Wow, I gotta watch that!
How lovely to include Petula Clark!
I have really been enjoying this week in the sixties!
Yes! So glad I added her last minute. Adore her voice! So glad to hear that, I hope you enjoy the rest of the week!
@@retroreactions.... I'm looking forward to it! Many thanks for your great channel.
You're welcome and thanks for all your support and kind comments! ☺
The who's musical "Tommy" is an albumn well worth hearing all the way through :)
Wonderful 60's tunes! Love them! Enjoyed your reactions!
Agree! So glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching!!
I wore out my vinyl record of Dionne Warwick's greatest hits back in the 60's, listening to same song over and over again. In fact, I remember Mom knocking on bedroom door asking, "Could you PLEASE play something else?"
I know your 1960's dance card is already jam packed this week, butbi think you'd love another Dionne Warwick movie theme song, Thene from The Valley of the Dolls. Even at my young age the music and lyrics were haunting.
60's Week - Great Idea!
Haha cool memory you shared. Was the song Alfie? Hmm, I wonder if I've heard "Valley" before. I definitely have loved "Deja Vu" since the early 80s! Loving this 60s week and it will be back next year!
@@retroreactions.... Alfie was absolutely on that album and one of my favorite songs, empathetic lyrics. As was A House is Not Home, Message to Michael, Say a Little Prayer and Theme from the Valley of the Dolls. It's unlikely you ever heard it. It's not a song that would have gotten played on the radio much. If you decide to listen to it, be prepared to FEEL.
God, I love Syd Barrett! It's heartbreaking to think of what a genius talent we lost. You should listen to some of his solo stuff - Dark Globe, Octopus, Terrapin, Gigolo Aunt, Baby Lemonade - he was so bloody good it makes you want to cry.
Hi! Just learning or being reminded that he went solo after the PF "oust". Were the solo songs similar to this one?
@retroreactions.... No, they were different but still brilliant. In some of them you can almost hear his mind breaking but the genius still shines through. His solo album were produced by David Gilmour who's said that it was incredibly frustrating working with Syd, but also humbling how easily the words and music fell out of him. I'd recommend starting with Dark Globe and Dominoes - Gilmour often plays these at his gigs in tribute to Syd - as they're, probably, the easiest introduction to our beloved Madcap
Thanks!
A mix of songs I haven't listened to in a long time. Thank you for putting these songs together and reacting to them.
Great! You're very welcome my friend. Thanks for your support!
Great choices again Pete is an axman ! My first song of theirs that I heard was I can’t explain I really like Pet Clark too
Thank you, I agree! Thanks for stopping by!!
4 songs, yay!
Haha, yes, and tomorrow we should get the most songs for the week with 5!!
More familiar with Cilla Black's version of Alfie . Both versions pretty close delivery wise . Petula Clark is a another one who had a few great singles on her roster "I know a place" is slightly more catchy than "Downtown" hard to choose
I've since watched Cilla's version, very nice! Really loved Petula's voice here!
Don't know why I missed this but am here now.
Yay! Thanks my friend...
Just about to start Astronome. Your first time? Wow. Mind bending ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Yup, first time....loved it!
You could have told me that Floyd song was Iron Butterfly or Vanilla Fudge and I would have believed you, very psychedelic!
Very different , yet still very Floyd somehow. So glad I picked this one. Almost went with Interstellar Overdrive...
@@retroreactions.... next 60s week maybe? though I'm super fond of Syd's 68 album The Madcap Laughs, maybe Dark Globe (though it's all good and varied)
For sure! Maybe I can do 2 Floyd next time as well. Wow, Syd had a solo career?
A much lesser known hit but I always loved it! Great content
I had a teenage crush on Petula.😁 My favorite song by her is "Downtown".
Great song!!
The chorus of "Subway" is so very Beach Boys (specifically "God Only Knows").
Ah yes I can hear that now...
I believe that The song Alfie was written as the theme song for the movie, Alfie. Has that Mancini vibe in the instrumentation. Oh, you just said Burt Bacharach. That explains it.
Yes, never seen the movie of course. I saw that a young Michael Caine is in it. I love Burt's music!
I believe Cilla Black recorded the song which was intended to be used as the main theme song of the movie but the studio used a version recorded by Cher. The Dionne Warwick version came a year after. The most successful version worldwide was definitely Cilla Black.
Nice choice thanks for the Floyd.
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You're welcome! Such a cool song. Thanks for being first today! 🥇
Peace & love Brandon! 😎
Peace and love right back to ya! We're certainly in the summer of love right now time wise in my 60s week! 🕊☮💙
Love The 60s....
Groovy Man...🙂
Keep Rockin'🎸
RONNIE
SCOTLAND 🏴🎸
Perfect, hope you're enjoying my picks. Lots more grooviness ahead this week! Thanks Ronnie 🙂
I noticed nobody is saying anything about the Who. In my opinion the top three most important, influential bands to ever come out of Great Britain are, 1) The Beatles, 2) The Rolling Stones and 3) The Who. I Can See For Miles was their breakthrough single in America. It is a perfect combination of psychedelia, punk, pop and just good old rock and roll.
Yes, this song was huge! maybe The Who fans who view me haven't caught this video yet...
Astronomy Domine is proof positive that Syd's Floyd and classic 70's Floyd were not so wildly dissimilar as some claim. Analogizing their career as a rocket launch, Syd captained the ship as it blasted confidently off the pad, but he lost control and blew out an engine. Upon his removal, the rest of the crew faced a desperate struggle to right the tumbling vessel, which of course after much button pushing and lever pulling, they eventually did. No matter how much distance they put between their launchsite and the whirling stars, without Syd's input of that initial trajectory, they'd have never gotten off the ground.
Hey! What an absolutely PERFECT analogy of their journey from the start! 👍 I clearly loved this one and thanks so much for the recommendation, as well as all your support throughout my Floyd journey....
Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach are the very definition of "match made in the heavens". Burt's songs are best expressed by Dionne, and Dionne is at her best when she sings Burt. "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "Always Something There to Remind Me", "Make It Easy on Yourself" and so many others were all amazing. And I agree, her voice aged so well! Not many singers can claim that - Ella Fitzgerald comes to mind, but Ella wasn't a singer, she was a GODDESS!
I'm not very much into Petula, perhaps because I hate the arrangements in most of her songs - they suffocated her voice, when it should have been enhanced. But I can see how influential she was. And I can see very well the young Annie Haslam (I told you how she began her career with a crash singing course over a few months without any previous experience) using Petula as her role model. Understandable and a wise choice!
Although the first two Pink Floyd albums sound very different from the Gilmour era (although Gilmour was already in "Saucerful", it still sounded more like "Piper", though "Saucerful" is a lot more dramatic), you can already see some of the elements that would make them so great: the complete lack of fear of experimentation (and even more importantly, experimentation THAT WORKED!), their use of ambience, the mood turns, their penchant for "spacey" sounds. It's hard to imagine what they would have been if Syd hadn't broken down. It had to be, it seems.
"I Can See for Miles" is, appropriately enough, a milestone in The Who's musical evolution. Early The Who was very crude, but here they were starting to get more refined. It's amazing how this song is in many ways a preview of the sound they would make later in "Tommy", though the latter is much more elaborate and sophisticated, yet the groundwork had already been laid. And I was impressed by how their characteristic that I most admire and love was already present: they were unrivalled masters in building up moods and atmospheres that involve you without you even noticing, and in the end you're totally engaged into it without realizing how you got there.
Great analysis, thanks!
Great mix of songs from a wide range of great artists from psychedelia to soft rock to slow pop to heavy garage rock !!! Can you think of doing Mary in the Morning by Al Martino and Solitary Man or any Neil Diamond?? Love the background too!🎉🎸
Thanks! The picks are already set for the week, but I will add those to my future 60s spreadsheet! Thanks, new background for the next 3 videos!
Good 'different' choices Brandon... Never noticed, as you said, 'Don't sleep in the subway' chorus IS 'God only knows.' Uncanny.
Thanks for watching!
Mr. Eclectic strikes again! Roll up for the mystery tour!
Haha...another great batch in my opinion. What a fun week it's turning out to be. Thanks bud...
It would have been a very different Pink Floyd, if Syd hadn't gone off the deep end. But what little we got is very special.
Yes, I totally can see that. Would we have gotten a different type of Dark Side? And how long would they have lasted as a band?
PS... The Small Faces were an excellent 60s Band....🎸🎹📀
Cool, never heard of them though...
@@retroreactions....You will love them. Listen to "Tin soldier".
OMG: From some hidden corner in the depths of my brain, the lyrics to Subway have been stored for all these decades. Yikes! I found myself anticipating them……against my will. Help! 😂
Haha, so cool! Gotta love that voice though!
I loved Cher's version of Alfie much much better, her voice had much more feeling, emotion and depth in the song. Cher's version of Alfie was also what they picked for the movie "Alfie" instead of other artist who sang it. I always loved Petula Clark's "Don't sleep in the subway" song, thanks for reacting to it.
Hello. I will have to listen to Cher's version. Petula is awesome! You're welcome and thanks for watching..
Cilla Black!
ASTRONOMY DOMINE fa parte anche del Live PULSE ( ma solo audio ) e puoi guardare il video del brano con David Gilmour e Richard Wright del 2006...Gilmour suona col suo stile unico ma molto rispettoso di quello originale di Syd Barrett.
Wow, non vedo l'ora di ascoltare una versione di questa canzone negli anni '90 e 2000, per vedere come verrà tradotta. Grazie per esserti sintonizzato su questo video!
@@retroreactions....perfetto!👌 Grazie Brandon. 😘
Per quello degli anni 2000 ti consiglio " ASTRONOMY DOMINE DAVID GILMOUR & RICHARD WRIGHT LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD "
The instrumentation of the chorus in Subway sounds uncannily like a Beachboys song, which I can’t place. Help me out people!
Ah….wait…..God Only Knows.
Wonder if Petula recorded this in LA and used The Wrecking Crew.
Pretty sure you're thinking of Good Vibrations, the opening part.
I'm with you on that for sure. I'm also getting that beginning part of Good Vibrations.
@@AAAA-r3f5k just listened. And yeah, the beginning of Good Vibrations has that same keyboard sound. And God Only Knows as well.
Now relistening to some of her songs and they certainly sound like Wrecking Crew and not what she could have gotten in the UK at that time
@@ckayuha2351 exactly!
please, a little bit of credits for composers: "Alfie" great song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Yes, I did thank both of them in the video after the song when I gave my rating. I love many of their songs! Thank you for watching.
"Dont Sleep In The Subway" was two songs in one. A bit like "Baby Your A Rich Man" by the Beatles
Yea, was really interesting what they accomplished in less than 3 minutes...Thanks Kevin..
@@retroreactions.... Your welcome. Yeah Tony Hatch did a good job. The two songs fitted well together
How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people? Marilyn Manson answered that... 🤣
Stevie Wonder does a great version on harmonica.
Cool, which song?
@@retroreactions.... Alfie
Nice...will play it right now!
@@retroreactions.... check out the live one with him and Burt Bacharach.
I do love Dionne but I prefer the English version by Cilla Black. Cilla was a Liverpool girl, signed by Brian Epstein. Huge star and terrific voice.
Dionne is absolutely a nonpareil singer, but 'Alfie' and much of the Bacharach hits are best left to Cilla Black. Try 'Anyone Who Had A Heart' and 'You're My World'.
5 of the 10 "must have" albums from 1967 that showcase the year's best music:
Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Days of Future Passed
Surrealistic Pillow
Satanic Majesties Request
Sergeant Pepper
You will probably love at least 2 songs from today's upcoming video then... 🙂
Love your 60’s music room but the Robert Plant picture is out of place. That’s a 70’s Plant look.
Oh, couldn't even tell that was Plant in the pic!