Someone once said "When words will not do, there is always Clare Torry." I bought that album when it first came out. I was a young teenager. That song brought tears to my eyes then and it still does now that I am in my 60's.
@@philipkuriger3420 When this album came out, my neighbor and I spent the summer building a treehouse listening to it on 8-track (the worst possible format for Pink Floyd, hehe)
Clare Torry's vocals are to represent the 5 stages of grief mourning: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. She improvised the entire vocal portion and she basically just let it rip. Also, Claire Torry's vocal is astonishing, but the chord progressions that Rick Wright plays (and wrote) on piano are unique. He was the soul of Pink Floyd.
Bit of a cliche that five stages thing. Clare Torry never said that. She just interpreted it as she heard it. Not from some text book on stages of death. If anything, she is singing about someone going through the actual moment of death. The dying, then the peace on the other side...when you get to the great gig in the sky.
Clare Torry's vocals gave me an outlet after my husband died suddenly at 48. I wailed along with her many times over many months. It was a powerful release.
One thing likely missed by young folk is the placement in the album. It ends side one on the vinyl version, so if you're laying on the floor between your speakers when this ends, you can just lay there coming to terms with your mortality for a bit before you get up and play it again or flip it over. If you're listening to the cd or streaming it, you don't get to do that because you're immediately hit in the head by Money.
FlashGeiger, I quite often make my own listening versions of albums - and often for that reason. Sometimes you need a pause to hold on to the moment. My Dark Side of the Moon listening copy has a 15-second gap inserted after GGITS for exactly that. I've done the same with Yes' Relayer album - I need to pause after the magnificent ending to The Gates of Delerium before Sound Chaser comes in.
That experience also has value. Going from something this contemplative straight into Money jars you awake, like the crash into Time. This pulse repeats throughout.
I've heard it said that "David Gilmore doesn't plug his guitar into an amplifier, he plugs it into the soul of the universe." And I have to 100% agree with that.
Surely the most expressive song without lurics EVER! The band was speechless after Clare Torry's performance: in 1972, she received 30 pounds as a studio vocalist, but settled with the band & EMI in 2005 for a undisclosed amount for co-authoring the song w/ Wright. Totally deserved!!!
Rick Wright’s attuned with the Almighty piano progression + Claire Torry’s by turns gut wrenching and tender vocalizing + Nick Mason’s explosive and spot on drums = Most emotional piece of music ever
This and Time, never make it through either without welling up. More so now than when I first heard it in the 1970's no other music has that effect, PF is a genre in and of themselves.
The keyboards and her voice is the best duet in rock history. I've been listening to rock sense the dawn of my life, I'm now 68 yrs young. Keep digging into progressive rock you will not be sorry.✌️
As everyone else will say, this album is really one long composition that tells the arc of a life (and acceptance of death) from beginning to end. Taking one song out of context is never quite as awesome as hearing it in its place in the arc. This song captures a big piece of that arc, working through all the stages of mourning via the immaculate, never to be matched vocals of Claire Torry -- all without words.
Most of Floyd’s albums should be listened to start to finish. But in particular each of the four consecutive albums of Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall are cohesive works in their entirety and should be listened to as one work in many parts. A quiet, dark room with good headphones and no interruptions is best.
And Meddle. It is not a cohesive work like the other four, but definitely one for "a quiet, dark room with good headphones and no interruptions". Echoes must be the best piece of music ever written, and the atmosphere of A Pillow of Winds is unequalled..
@@comasmusica7548 You beat me to it, man. Meddle is an amazing album; not as cohesive as the next four, but no less great for it. "Fearless" is just such a pretty song, but yeah, "Echoes" cannot be topped. Ever listen to the Live at Pompeii version?
All RIGHT, young lady!! As an "OG" listener to this album, watching someone in this generation carrying on the tradition... is heartwarming. Nice reaction!
It is 100% worth listening to the whole album in one go. That's how Pink Floyd intended and 'The Great Gig in The Sky' doe follow 'Time' in the album progression like you suspected.
Many of us are trained to only listen to this album front to back. I tend to turn off random (and sometimes go back a few songs) when someting from this album comes up.
Yes, it's a song about dying. It goes through all the emotions; denial, fear, possibly pain, rejection, finally acceptance, probably a calm, finally a demise and your soul ascends ... and probably a couple I left out. This chokes me up every time, one of the most emotional songs ever sung, without a single word - universal amongst all language. And what I wouldn't give to meet Clare Torry, just for 1 minute, give her a huge hug!
As somebody who bought this Album with his pocket money when it was first released and has listened to it too many times to remember, it always amazes me when people tell me they've never heard it, but it makes me smile when I watch first time reactions to this critically acclaimed Album that a new generation of listeners are picking up the torch from us oldies and appreciating this masterpiece
"There's also a big Pink Floyd community" is truly an understatement even in light of the great British tradition of 'understatement'. If you're doing Pink Floyd Fridays, then I'll be here for it every single time. In this song, they convey emotion so clearly, using nothing but harmony and melody. It's absolutely stunning, and is a level of artistry we almost don't see anymore in music.
I remember a documentary saying that when she came out of the vocal booth, she was very apologetic, and embarrassed about her performance like she had screwed up and wasted everyone's time.. But the band absolutely loved it. Also, the whole album is only 40 mins long. More people need to hear it
She said she was surprised when something like a year later a friend who ran a record shop contacted her and said the new Floyd album was out and she was listed on the credits.
I'm not sure, but I think this is basically his composition (barring Clare Torry's vocal of course). Wright's chord progression and especially how he performs the piano part is gorgeous. The man was even underappreciated in the band, such that they actually sacked him at one point.
@@latheofheaven1017 Well it was really Roger that sacked him, but David and Nick just let it happen. It's sad they couldn't work it out, they were just so synergistic together. Roger is brilliant, but he can be kind of a dick.
@@ffjsbAbsolutely! Roger Waters is without question, brilliant. He's also a narcissistic prick and a colossal pain in the arse. Pink Floyd minus Roger Waters and the return of Richard Wright, were a much better band with his departure.
Looking forward to this, when my daughter was at Performing Arts college she sang the vocal part on this for the end of term concert, the whole thing was the whole album; it was really good!
@@millennialmeetsmusic interesting fact, Clair Torrey was only paid a trivial fee for this and when it received the acclaim it did she successfully sued them for a share of the proceeds!
The gentleman talking about not being afraid of dying and you have to go sometime was a gentleman named Jerry O'Driscoll the doorman at Abbey Road studios. Rodger Waters the Pink Floyd Lyricist went around interviewing people with several questions like where you violent recently? were you in the right ? Those two questions were asked and you hear the response at the end of the song Money. For Great Gig in the sky he asked are you afraid of dying? The people who are talking throughout Dark Side of The Moon are people such as Roadies, doorman Jerry O'Driscoll and other people not associated with the band. Roger Waters even asked Paul McCartney and his wife Linda questions but they didn't get on the album because they wanted to perform instead of just giving normal answers which is what Rodger actually wanted!!!
Not entirely true. Linda's response to "Were you in the right?" was used on the album. You can hear her say, "That old geezer was just cruisin' for a bruisin'". Which I'm guessing means that an older person got into an argument with her, and she ended up hitting him.
Tonalities create emotions that can lead you where the artist wants you to go. Minor chords tend toward sadness and major chords bring you back up with brightness and joy. Watch the tonals and you will see them asking questions with the minors and answering them with the majors. Pink Floyd were masters of this.
We grew up with this ❤😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 She's fighting death in the beginning & then welcomes it. She was paid 30.00 dollars at first, but received millions later in her lawsuit with Floyd. She asked the guys if her performance was "okay", imagine that!!!
You can play a solo on a guitar, a keyboard, a sax, trumpet, violin, piano, even a drumkit or whatever. Now this is one of the very rare moments where a voice is the solo instrument. And it is done in only two takes, on the spot. Do something here, they said. She thought she was mediocre at best, so apologized to the musicians in Pink Floyd. They were just awestruck. Years later, she got a writing credit. About the spoken words: when they were making the album The Dark Side Of The Moon (which is considered a MASTERpiece, as you will understand when you listened to the whole 42 minutes of it) they gave pieces of paper to a lot of friends, asking questions like: when was the last time you were mad and were you in the right, are you afraid of death, etc. They then used the answers as background pieces throughout the album. Before they recorded the album, they already toured and played it in its original form. Some parts were still missing or differently arranged, other parts were quite different, like this one. It was originally called The Mortality Sequence. Played on a hammond organ with voices of tv-preachers. Spooky and weird. Later they used a piano and it slowly changed into this. But the vocal by Clare Torry was only introduced in the studio, live, right there. In the morning they had no idea, a few hours later this was the result. Oh, by the way, if you are going to listen to Pink Floyd on a regular basis, like you said, you are embarking on a journey that will go so deep... There will be tears here and there. But you will fall in love with this forever. Keep listening!
I was 9 years old when my father introduced me to this album. This song instantly became my favorite by Pink Floyd. 4 years ago this past July 29th, my father passed away of lung cancer. He told me that when he did pass away that he wanted me to play this song at his wake. I have continued to do that every July 29th since then. I will continue to do this until the day I die. RIP Pop ✝️🙏🏻🤘🏻
It is actually three different women doing the ooohs and aaaahs. I saw them in concert back in 1996 or so for the Pulse Concert. The music and the light/stage show blew me away!
Great reaction! Yes, I think everyone feels sad when they listen to this. It is basically the 5 stages of grief when someone dies (In the song "Time" it ends with the death of the main character). The GGITS is that feeling of the dying soul from anger to acceptance. Beautiful :)
I usually do Pink Floyd Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, but I will gladly join you Pink Floyd Friday's. No band transport you away like the Floyd does. And feeling a bit sad is right on since this song is about the stages of death.
Clare Torry was approached to lay down some vocals for PF. She had never heard of the band and had no idea what they wanted. She thought that she was laying down a background vocal and sang all this "baby baby" stuff and PF said, "Not that. Have another go." She had another go; and when that was done she said she'd like to try again. So she started again but was interrupted by the band saying, "I think we got it last time". So there you have it. This outstanding, emotionally moving vocal delivery captured in the second take! It has gone on to become one of the iconic tracks of the era. The entire Dark Side album is a journey from birth to death and is well worth your time listening to the whole album from start to finish. peace from Australia.
Pink Floyd is an emotional state of mind. It has been said that David Gilmour's wife Polly Sampson who wrote a lot of the lyrics said that David expresses his emotions best through his guitar. Gilmour has a unique talent that can illicit emotions across a wide spectrum in one piece of music. The music is not listened to it is felt, it is absorbed like oxygen for the soul. It's of another dimension within. You live Pink Floyd, you don't listen to it.
I get emotional and also goose bumps EVERY time I listen to this song. Clare Torry was paid 40 pounds for 2.5 takes and she totally improvised the vocals. She did 2 takes, then stopped on the 3rd take thinking it was the same as the others. I believe Pink Floyd used parts of all 3 takes, but the 2nd take was used the most. She didn't know if her cut was going to be on the album, until the album was released and she saw her name on the album in a store.
All credit to Clare Torry, of course. But credit also to Alan Parsons, who knew Torry and suggested the band invite her in to the studio to see what she could do. Her creation is now immortal.
Your already in love with them after the first song your just now realizing it, and you only fall deeper and deeper after each song, life will never be the same in music from here on out for you. Welcome to the greatest gift in music for humanity , Pink Floyd
Most of us have seen the Clare Torry video interview where she talks about this song , but I remember an interview she gave long before TH-cam ,Google etc.(Possibly in The NME) where she specifically says that Dave Gilmour took her to one side and asked her if she could improvise her singing to envisage how she would imagine what dying would feel like. After the recording was finished, she also said how completely embarrassed she felt when she realised how far she'd let herself go. Clare only sang on this one song. .(P.S.The other 4 females on the rest of TDSOTM were all session singers and the one who has the most prominent voice on the tracks "Time, Brain Damage/Eclipse was a lady called Doris Troy who was born in The Bronx).
This LP is still being pressed in a factory in France , its their most popular LP it stayed in the top 100 LPs for over 100 weeks . Personally my fav LP is Wish you were here
This song is about the stages of grief , The whole album is about life and death and money and madness. Pink Floyd do what they do best in every song, And that's making you feel. Lovely reaction can't wait for more! :) x
It's really an amazing story. Clare was hired for 30 pounds to go into the studio and riff as a place holder for someone else who they hadn't yet hired. She did 2 1\2 takes and left. She had no idea that they used her takes until she saw the album in a store and saw her name on the jacket. This remains one of the most amazing and powerful vocals that literally penetrates the soul.
The great Clare Torry. Watch a video on how she did this. She was given almost no direction and did this in basically two takes. And was only paid 30 pounds. Best vocalization ever.
Interesting fact this is the only Pink Floyd track to be featured in an advert, it was in 2 firstly for Dole Fruit and 2nd was for Nurofen painkillers. It was only allowed because it was written by Rick Wright and he gave permission at a time when he was out of the band he later returned to the band once Roger Waters left.
The song is about grasping the fact and accepting that eventually death is where all will end. The spoken voices were recorded at the studio by people working there
The song begins with the typical sloughing off about the finality and tragedy of death... "I am not frightened of dying..." then it jumps into the female's vocalization of the various aspects of truly facing death... rage, regret, fear, sorrow... and wave after wave of anxiety as we slowly wind down to acceptance of that which we can do absolutely nothing about. That's the brilliance of the song writers and performers.
Pink Floyd with vocalist Clare Torry just awesome! The Dark Side of the Moon album is just an absolute Masterpiece. But absolutely should check out a track from just before Dark Side Check out Pink Floyd "Echoes" (Part 1) live at Pompeii 1972 No Audience, No Lights, No Pyrotechnics and a Dave Gilmour with No Shirt!
Totally agree. They literally played a concert for people who had died nearly 2000 years before. If only those people could have heard that concert....
The Great Gig in the Sky IS about death, acceptance of death maybe with the voiceover ... because when a musician dies, they go to "the great gig in the sky" ... Claire Torry did that vocal without much instruction, she was just told to improvise and so she did. When she'd finished she didn't think much of it, didn't think she done a very good job ... it was just another session gig ... but the band and producer loved it and it's become a classic in it's own right, one of their highest regarded tracks.
What a song. The first part of the singing part reminded me of someone fighting tragedy or death with anger, then the second part of the singing was after the tragedy and/or death, sadness, then acceptance. Just my personal feelings and interpretations. So much with very few words.
in interviews she did years after the record came out - Clare Torry had thought her bit might not be used on the record - she did not know it was used until she saw the record for sale in a shop - at the time she performed it in studio she was paid a standard fee of £30 - she later sued the band and their record label EMI for royalties & a song writing credit on the track - the court awarded her a half-share of copyright ownership and a 50 percent share - probably worth millions - of past and future income.
The voice of Clare Torry is what I imagine the angel of death would sing whether to welcome you to Heaven or mourn the loss of your soul to the underworld. Her voice takes you on a journey of emotions; joy, sorrow, anger, forgiveness, sadness, love, loss.
Roger interviewed and recorded the question “ are you afraid of death?” From cleaners to security staff in Abby road while they were recording the album, and that’s were the statements came from ❤
The voice talking about not being afraid of dying is actually Paul McCartney. He was recording with Wings in the same studio and somehow ended up speaking that part… Now I learned this from an excellent documentary I watched about the making of “the dark side of the moon”
This is a masterpiece. Glad you found it and liked it. This will be rediscovered by future generations for a long time to come. As someone who loved this when it came out it is nice to know we weren't wrong.
The voices you hear in the background are answers to questions like " Are you afraid of dying? ' or 'when was the last time you were violent?' and " do you think you were in the right"
I'm 50, and have heard this song many times, everytime I listen to it I cry......I've heard this played at a funeral and there wasn't a dry eye in the house...welcome to real music. Great channel. 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
After suing Pink Floyd in 2004 for royalties as co-writer of the song, given the iconic nature of her contribution it is good to know that she won, with an out of court settlement in her favour. All subsequent releases credit her as author of the vocal line. At the time of the recording she received a flat fee of £30.
Great reaction to a great song. As someone mentioned below, the second quote at about 3:32 (around 5:32 of your reaction video) is often misheard: The actual spoken portion is "I never said I was frightened of dying." Some think it says something about if you're hearing a whisper you're dying, or words to that effect, but the actual words, imho, are much more profound in their simplicity. In any case, I'm so pleased you're going to be doing Pink Floyd Fridays, and I will be here for the ride! Thank you again for the time you put into this and the sensitivity to the music; we fans really appreciate it!
Yes. Because it is better than the studio version. Yes I really said that. Deep down you know it is true. Who would care to fight me? Someone needs to insult my taste and condescendingly tell me I have absolutely no taste or sophistication.
@@ThePelagicHermit It is almost as good as the studio version, but takes 3 times the voices to try and achieve perfection. Live music is better, I agree.
I googled this a couple of years ago and put this together. People talking on “The Dark Side of the Moon” The Original questions There were about 10 to 15 questions on cards, including: 1. “What’s your favorite color?” (to ease the interviewee in) 2. “Why do rock and roll bands split up?” 3. “When was last time you thumped someone?” 4. “Why did you do it?” 5. “Did you think you were in the right?” 6. “Do you still you were in the right?” 7. “Are you frightened of dying?” 8. “Why are you frightened of dying” (the likely prompt to Puddie Watt’s “I never said I was frightened of dying”) 9. “Do you ever think about the dark side of the moon?” 10. “Do you think you’re going mad?” 11. “If so, why?” 12. “What do you think of The Dark Side of The Moon?” Before Speak to Me: 1. I’ve been mad for fucking years, absolutely years. I’ve been over the edge for yonks. I’ve been working with bands so long. I think, Ah crikey. 2. I’ve always been mad, I know I’ve been mad like most of us are, very hard to explain why you’re mad even if you’re not mad On the Run: 1. Live for today, gone tomorrow. That’s me. Ha, Ha, Ha… Time: The Great Gig in the Sky: 1. I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it - you've got to go sometime 2. I never said I was frightened of dying. Money-Us and Them: 1. Uh Huh, I was in the right, yeah absolutely in the right. 2. I certainly was in the right. 3. I was definitily in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising. 4. I was just telling him, he couldn't get into number two. He was asking why he wasn't coming up on freely, after I was yelling and screaming and telling him why he wasn't coming up 5. Why does anyone do anything. Yeah… Why does anyone… 6. I don’t know, I was really drunk at the time. Us and Them: 1. "I'm not gonna kill ya, so like if ya give 'em a quick, short, sharp shock, they don't do it again, dig it. I mean he got off light cause I could have give him a thrashing, I only hit him once, it's the only difference of right and wrong, isn't it.. I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they. . "Hey" Brain Damage-Eclipse: 1. I can’t think of anything to say except, Ha, Ha, Ha… 2. I think it’s nice, ha, ha, ha… END: There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark. Voice credits and all facts verified. The many times we've listened to Dark Side of The Moon and thought, who or what is in the background? Are they saying something? Drove me crazy too.. Here's a little different perspective.. Pink Floyd, creators of this ultimate artwork for "All's" enjoyment ALONE own the material Dark Side of the Moon and all generated by it. So Please update YOUR latest copy Floyd fans. Help offset the FREE downloads. As Mr. Parsons says, listening to DSOTM in MP3 is sonic garbage. You're robbing yourself! Not to mention. if ANYTHING is "FREE", Your the product. The questioned voices of Dark Side of the Moon imply random or unrelated voice overs (or under) during the target song. When in fact the responses were well thought out by Roger Waters and others for a series of questions listed on cards, in sequence for the purpose of an answer without an "expected" reply. Questions ran the gamut from, sanity, insanity, greed, violence, favorite color, favorite food, death, or the anticipation of, why do rock & roll bands split up, what is your perception of what Dark Side of the Moon is about. Interviewed participants were chosen for reasons such as availability, personalities, accents, perspectives and other qualities. Paul & Linda McCartney were in studio 3 at Abbey Road writing the L.P. Band on the Run. They too were interviewed, but not used due to their millions of interview experience but their responses were a bit automated. (Sorry Paul) ONE audition you didn't pass.. Alan Parsons was also interviewed but again, was not used for voice over lays.. BUT, could we imagine DSOTM without Mr. Parsons skill and engineering? It would not have been the mark in time it is! (note; 0:00 to 1:14 are not L.P. sequence) Voice over (statement) 1. Gerry O'Driscoll;...("Your not getting past me" front doorman at Abbey Road Studios) "There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark"! The only thing that makes it look light is, the Sun. Voice under on "Us and Them" Question; 2. "When was the last time you were violent"? 3. 2. Roger "The Hat" Manifold; .(Roger's response' after a bit of road rage) "I'm not gonna kill ya, so like if ya give 'em a quick, short, sharp shock, they don't do it again, dig it. I mean he got off light cause I could have give him a thrashing, I only hit him once,,,it's the only difference of right and wrong, isn't it.. I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they. . "Hey" 4. Question? Greed 3. Roger "The Hat" Manifold; ... "If I participate in this fucking effort I hope I'm going to get my gold disc at the end of it". Imagine that! 5. Question: Does death frighten you? 4. Gerry O'Driscoll; "Why should I be frightened of dying"? I see no reason for it, you've got to go sometime". 6. 5. Unconfirmed; I'm not frightened of dying at all, cause when ya gotta go, you gotta go! Question; When was the last time you were violent? 7. 6. Henry McCullough; (Member of "Wings" referencing to a recent family domestic. ) I don't know, I was really drunk at the time! Question: (2nd part of, "The last time you were violent, were you in the right"? 7. Henry McCullough; Yea,,,, I was in the right 8. Unconfirmed; Yes! Absolutely in the right! 9. Gerry O'Driscoll; I certainly was in the right! 10. Patricia "Puddie" Watts (Gleason); ....(Peter Watts wife circa '72 reference a private matter. Yea,, I was definitely in the right, that geezer was cruisin for a bruisin (as replying she unintentionally bumps the mic stand heard here but (semi) buried on the mix) Question; Sanity 11. Roger "The Hat" Manifold; I once reached a stage in my life where I was completely convinced that I'd gone over the brink, or that's what I cared to call it! (@ 0.44 to 1:15 intro L.P. Dark Side of the Moon run 1:56) 1. Chris Adamson; (Pink Floyd roadie circa '72 L.P. recording) I've been mad for fucking years. Absolutely years I've been over the edge. For yonks. Working with bands, so long I mean , Ah crique! 2. Gerry O'Driscoll; I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like most of us are. Very hard to explain why you are mad, even if you are not mad. Intense laughter; (throughout the L.P.) 3. Peter Watts;..(Pink Floyd's road manager and Yes, Miss Naomi Watts Father) 4. Screaming; (unverifed)
Great Gig in the Sky.....your final gig in heaven, the harrowing journey there and final realisation that death is not the end and life eternal is peaceful. Well that's my interpretation. I bought this album the ysar of it's release. Blew my mind and made me a lifetime fan of Pink Floyd. Please find the time to lusten to it all in one go.
Lisa Gerard is another amazing singer who basically vocalizes and in her music and sends emotion to you.If you ever have seen the film Gladiator she is the one singing in the end moments of the film.
As someone has already mentioned, the song is about Death or grieving/mourning and Clare takes you through the different stages. Does Death make me sad? Almost without exception but I can think of a couple people I'd like to see bugger off. LOVELY you found the original studio version 🙏! "Watching" someone turned on to Pink Floyd is one of my life's little pleasures so I'll see you every Friday 🍄🎉☮️👍!
I imagine this was already mentioned in the comments somewhere, but the occasional quips about dying are actually scattered throughout the entire album. When creating this album, Pink Floyd pulled in various folks from within the studio and asked them about death and dying, and their answers are quietly added throughout the album.
A bunch of us were fresh out of high school when this album dropped in 1973, would get together on Friday nights, get stoned, turn out the lights, and Crank it up and jam out to the killer bands of that Era. Saw practically all of them live. Those were the days. Great reaction, glad to see you passing the tourch. 😁😌
Let me guess: Floyd, Yes, ELP, Tull, Supertramp, Genesis, Tangerine Dream, Deep Purple, and Zeppelin. Bonus marks if you got into Renaissance like I did.
Lovely reaction. I follow a lot of people reacting and I must say your grasp of the marriage of lyric, emotion and musical genius is a breath of fresh air! Very well done!
Factoid: when Claire entered the studio, she'd never heard the track prior, and thought that she'd get a few practice takes. so she listened to the first play through (Alan Parsons, Richard Wright, and Roger Waters were at the board), then did a practice take and then thought of things to try for the next take. imagine her shock when Parsons told her over the intercom, "got it, thank-you." Clare was confused and asked, "are you sure?" to which Parsons replied, "both Roger and Richard feel that take was exactly what they wanted so, yes. thank-you." so what you are listening to is Clare's one-n-only recording take.
I believe it wasn't until years later that Clare finally got writing credit. What Pink Floyd did for this album was go around with a recorder and ask people questions. That is what you heard at the beginning.
The "whispering" quote (which is heard between the second and third verse) is incorrect. The correct quote is: "I never said I was frightened of dying." The band set up a mic in the studio and asked passersby to answer questions based on the albums themes. This is the source material of the spoken parts heard throughout 'Dark Side of the Moon'. Nice reaction! Send more Pink Floyd!
Claire Torry improvised the incredible melody she sang in "The Great Gig In The Sky", a song composed by Richard Wright (after simply being told not to sing any words), and was paid some GBP 30,- for her session work at the time. She thought nothing of it. However, her improvisation meant that she had co-written the song with Wright, although she was NOT credited as a composer back then, but simply as a vocalist. Years later, after seeking proper Intellectual Property legal advice, in 2004, Torry sued Pink Floyd and EMI seeking songwriting royalties for her contributions to this song, claiming she helped Wright write it. In 2005, she won a judgment in the case, although terms were not disclosed. We all need to remember that the album spent 741 consecutive weeks on Billboard's 100 top-selling albums. A little over 14 years.
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Someone once said "When words will not do, there is always Clare Torry." I bought that album when it first came out. I was a young teenager. That song brought tears to my eyes then and it still does now that I am in my 60's.
Showing my age here but my first copy of this album was on 8track. Wore it out and switched to vinyl.
@@philipkuriger3420 My first was vinyl, second was cassette, third eight track, fourth CD and now, TH-cam.
@@philipkuriger3420 When this album came out, my neighbor and I spent the summer building a treehouse listening to it on 8-track (the worst possible format for Pink Floyd, hehe)
My father gave me the CD box on my birthday... I have it until now...
@@marklunn41 I solidly agree about the 8 track. It was without doubt the worst album medium ever conceived of.
And, for all you younger viewers out there, this is not `auto-tuned`. It`s a real person. Using her own voice.
Clare Torry's vocals are to represent the 5 stages of grief mourning: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. She improvised the entire vocal portion and she basically just let it rip.
Also, Claire Torry's vocal is astonishing, but the chord progressions that Rick Wright plays (and wrote) on piano are unique. He was the soul of Pink Floyd.
After Floyd split, for me the real Floyd was whatever combo had Rick in it. He was the sound of Floyd.
Bit of a cliche that five stages thing. Clare Torry never said that. She just interpreted it as she heard it. Not from some text book on stages of death. If anything, she is singing about someone going through the actual moment of death. The dying, then the peace on the other side...when you get to the great gig in the sky.
Wrong..
Wrong…she just sang her heart out with what the band told her the song was about; a person dying.
As a British person, I am not, you probably want to get familiar with great rock of the 70s and 80s.
Happy 50th to all us Floyd fans who wore this album out. And this day we found 50 yrs got behind us, WE WERE THE STARTING GUN.
At the time I forked the extra bought a master recording of it, the dynamic range on it is just amazing, so clean, still have it.
Sometimes I feel like the gun was aimed at ME....
Man, I WISH I could've experience Pink Floyd in that era. Hold on to that memory!
I’ll turn 48 this May 25th but I’m totally on.
Well said , very well said
This song is about death. The realization, fear, resistance and finally acceptance of dying - a masterpiece.
I couldn't have said better myself 👏
Clare Torry's vocals gave me an outlet after my husband died suddenly at 48.
I wailed along with her many times over many months. It was a powerful release.
One thing likely missed by young folk is the placement in the album. It ends side one on the vinyl version, so if you're laying on the floor between your speakers when this ends, you can just lay there coming to terms with your mortality for a bit before you get up and play it again or flip it over. If you're listening to the cd or streaming it, you don't get to do that because you're immediately hit in the head by Money.
This is an excellent point, and as a member of the CD generation, this really makes me need to buy a lot more of my classic rock albums on vinyl.
Which is why in iTunes I make the album side 1 and side 2
FlashGeiger, I quite often make my own listening versions of albums - and often for that reason. Sometimes you need a pause to hold on to the moment. My Dark Side of the Moon listening copy has a 15-second gap inserted after GGITS for exactly that. I've done the same with Yes' Relayer album - I need to pause after the magnificent ending to The Gates of Delerium before Sound Chaser comes in.
@@latheofheaven1017 I'll have to give that a listen. I'm guessing you're an Ursula K LeGuin an, too. Good taste.
That experience also has value. Going from something this contemplative straight into Money jars you awake, like the crash into Time. This pulse repeats throughout.
One of the single greatest vocal performances ever caught on tape. Blessings.
I second that!!
Pink Floyd sonically plays with your emotions, space, and time. It reaches in and touches you from the inside.
I've heard it said that "David Gilmore doesn't plug his guitar into an amplifier, he plugs it into the soul of the universe." And I have to 100% agree with that.
Yes
Kinda like that uncle nobody talks about.
Surely the most expressive song without lurics EVER! The band was speechless after Clare Torry's performance: in 1972, she received 30 pounds as a studio vocalist, but settled with the band & EMI in 2005 for a undisclosed amount for co-authoring the song w/ Wright. Totally deserved!!!
This.
Rick Wright’s attuned with the Almighty piano progression +
Claire Torry’s by turns gut wrenching and tender vocalizing +
Nick Mason’s explosive and spot on drums =
Most emotional piece of music ever
I start crying about 1 minute into it, and can really not stop till the end
This and Time, never make it through either without welling up. More so now than when I first heard it in the 1970's no other music has that effect, PF is a genre in and of themselves.
@@mk21965 YES! Right on the button: now more than ever! 🤗👌😪
The keyboards and her voice is the best duet in rock history. I've been listening to rock sense the dawn of my life, I'm now 68 yrs young. Keep digging into progressive rock you will not be sorry.✌️
As everyone else will say, this album is really one long composition that tells the arc of a life (and acceptance of death) from beginning to end. Taking one song out of context is never quite as awesome as hearing it in its place in the arc. This song captures a big piece of that arc, working through all the stages of mourning via the immaculate, never to be matched vocals of Claire Torry -- all without words.
I have always said the same.the album is one piece of music. It is also amazing when listened to during a thunder storm
Most of Floyd’s albums should be listened to start to finish. But in particular each of the four consecutive albums of Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall are cohesive works in their entirety and should be listened to as one work in many parts. A quiet, dark room with good headphones and no interruptions is best.
And Meddle. It is not a cohesive work like the other four, but definitely one for "a quiet, dark room with good headphones and no interruptions". Echoes must be the best piece of music ever written, and the atmosphere of A Pillow of Winds is unequalled..
@@comasmusica7548 You beat me to it, man. Meddle is an amazing album; not as cohesive as the next four, but no less great for it. "Fearless" is just such a pretty song, but yeah, "Echoes" cannot be topped. Ever listen to the Live at Pompeii version?
@@necrosunderground "Ever listen to the Live at Pompeii version?"
Yeah, saw the video. Marvelous.
A small vivacious English lady with a cut-glass accent. Some say it is the 2nd best vocal performance in rock. They are out by 1.
All RIGHT, young lady!! As an "OG" listener to this album, watching someone in this generation carrying on the tradition... is heartwarming. Nice reaction!
It is 100% worth listening to the whole album in one go. That's how Pink Floyd intended and 'The Great Gig in The Sky' doe follow 'Time' in the album progression like you suspected.
With some herb
Many of us are trained to only listen to this album front to back. I tend to turn off random (and sometimes go back a few songs) when someting from this album comes up.
Yes, it's a song about dying. It goes through all the emotions; denial, fear, possibly pain, rejection, finally acceptance, probably a calm, finally a demise and your soul ascends ... and probably a couple I left out. This chokes me up every time, one of the most emotional songs ever sung, without a single word - universal amongst all language. And what I wouldn't give to meet Clare Torry, just for 1 minute, give her a huge hug!
As somebody who bought this Album with his pocket money when it was first released and has listened to it too many times to remember, it always amazes me when people tell me they've never heard it, but it makes me smile when I watch first time reactions to this critically acclaimed Album that a new generation of listeners are picking up the torch from us oldies and appreciating this masterpiece
Claire expressed the entire emotional gamut from Joy to Despair without a single word. I'm not aware of many people who can do that. Incredible.
"There's also a big Pink Floyd community" is truly an understatement even in light of the great British tradition of 'understatement'. If you're doing Pink Floyd Fridays, then I'll be here for it every single time. In this song, they convey emotion so clearly, using nothing but harmony and melody. It's absolutely stunning, and is a level of artistry we almost don't see anymore in music.
I would leave out the 'almost'.
I always love how Claire “ Grabs them every time”. Great band Greatest album EVER MADE!
13 YEARS IN THE TOP TEN, STILL IN THE TOP 100.
I remember a documentary saying that when she came out of the vocal booth, she was very apologetic, and embarrassed about her performance like she had screwed up and wasted everyone's time.. But the band absolutely loved it. Also, the whole album is only 40 mins long. More people need to hear it
She said she was surprised when something like a year later a friend who ran a record shop contacted her and said the new Floyd album was out and she was listed on the credits.
she didn't apologize cuz she thought she wasting people's time that she apologized because she put it all out
After the recording was finished, she also said how completely embarrassed she felt when she realised how far she'd let herself go.
@@fredtello The thing is the band didn't give her any feedback at the studio. She never realized she had absolutely nailed it
This is also one of the the songs that prominently features Richard Wright on piano, who is greatly underrated on keyboards and piano.
I'm not sure, but I think this is basically his composition (barring Clare Torry's vocal of course). Wright's chord progression and especially how he performs the piano part is gorgeous. The man was even underappreciated in the band, such that they actually sacked him at one point.
@@latheofheaven1017 Well it was really Roger that sacked him, but David and Nick just let it happen. It's sad they couldn't work it out, they were just so synergistic together. Roger is brilliant, but he can be kind of a dick.
@@ffjsbAbsolutely! Roger Waters is without question, brilliant. He's also a narcissistic prick and a colossal pain in the arse. Pink Floyd minus Roger Waters and the return of Richard Wright, were a much better band with his departure.
This is rock music's answer to "the professional mourner"...I want this played at my funeral.
Quite simply one of the finest songs in modern music history.
Pink Floyd has everything you will ever need in music.
Rick Wright on keys, David Gilmour on steel guitar, and Clare Torry blowing your mind.
and as always, Nick Mason, quietly doing exactly the right thing at exactly the right time
Pink Floyd is not just music it is an entire Experience.... must listen to full albums as songs bleed into eachother.
Yes, like the movements in Beethoven piano concerto No. 5 "Emperor", which is another entire experience, this time in classical sonata form.
Looking forward to this, when my daughter was at Performing Arts college she sang the vocal part on this for the end of term concert, the whole thing was the whole album; it was really good!
Aww 🥰
@@millennialmeetsmusic interesting fact, Clair Torrey was only paid a trivial fee for this and when it received the acclaim it did she successfully sued them for a share of the proceeds!
Now that is cool.
The gentleman talking about not being afraid of dying and you have to go sometime was a gentleman named Jerry O'Driscoll the doorman at Abbey Road studios. Rodger Waters the Pink Floyd Lyricist went around interviewing people with several questions like where you violent recently? were you in the right ?
Those two questions were asked and you hear the response at the end of the song Money. For Great Gig in the sky he asked are you afraid of dying? The people who are talking throughout Dark Side of The Moon are people such as Roadies, doorman Jerry O'Driscoll and other people not associated with the band. Roger Waters even asked Paul McCartney and his wife Linda questions but they didn't get on the album because they wanted to perform instead of just giving normal answers which is what Rodger actually wanted!!!
Not entirely true. Linda's response to "Were you in the right?" was used on the album. You can hear her say, "That old geezer was just cruisin' for a bruisin'". Which I'm guessing means that an older person got into an argument with her, and she ended up hitting him.
Tonalities create emotions that can lead you where the artist wants you to go. Minor chords tend toward sadness and major chords bring you back up with brightness and joy. Watch the tonals and you will see them asking questions with the minors and answering them with the majors. Pink Floyd were masters of this.
We grew up with this ❤😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 She's fighting death in the beginning & then welcomes it. She was paid 30.00 dollars at first, but received millions later in her lawsuit with Floyd. She asked the guys if her performance was "okay", imagine that!!!
You can play a solo on a guitar, a keyboard, a sax, trumpet, violin, piano, even a drumkit or whatever.
Now this is one of the very rare moments where a voice is the solo instrument. And it is done in only two takes, on the spot.
Do something here, they said. She thought she was mediocre at best, so apologized to the musicians in Pink Floyd. They were just awestruck.
Years later, she got a writing credit.
About the spoken words: when they were making the album The Dark Side Of The Moon (which is considered a MASTERpiece, as you will understand when you listened to the whole 42 minutes of it) they gave pieces of paper to a lot of friends, asking questions like: when was the last time you were mad and were you in the right, are you afraid of death, etc. They then used the answers as background pieces throughout the album.
Before they recorded the album, they already toured and played it in its original form. Some parts were still missing or differently arranged, other parts were quite different, like this one. It was originally called The Mortality Sequence. Played on a hammond organ with voices of tv-preachers. Spooky and weird. Later they used a piano and it slowly changed into this. But the vocal by Clare Torry was only introduced in the studio, live, right there. In the morning they had no idea, a few hours later this was the result.
Oh, by the way, if you are going to listen to Pink Floyd on a regular basis, like you said, you are embarking on a journey that will go so deep... There will be tears here and there. But you will fall in love with this forever. Keep listening!
This is the best recording of a human singing as a saxophone ever!
Dark side of the Moon, fifty years this year - 2023 and still brilliant!! Growing up with this beautiful music was great and special.
I was 9 years old when my father introduced me to this album. This song instantly became my favorite by Pink Floyd. 4 years ago this past July 29th, my father passed away of lung cancer. He told me that when he did pass away that he wanted me to play this song at his wake. I have continued to do that every July 29th since then. I will continue to do this until the day I die. RIP Pop ✝️🙏🏻🤘🏻
It is actually three different women doing the ooohs and aaaahs. I saw them in concert back in 1996 or so for the Pulse Concert. The music and the light/stage show blew me away!
Great reaction! Yes, I think everyone feels sad when they listen to this. It is basically the 5 stages of grief when someone dies (In the song "Time" it ends with the death of the main character). The GGITS is that feeling of the dying soul from anger to acceptance. Beautiful :)
My favorite band. Period. They changed my life and opened my mind to new music. Ms. Torry has a gorgeous voice. Art evokes emotion, if it is good art.
They are ONE of my favorite bands, but I'd say one of the few bands that are legitimately their own genre.
I usually do Pink Floyd Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, but I will gladly join you Pink Floyd Friday's. No band transport you away like the Floyd does. And feeling a bit sad is right on since this song is about the stages of death.
Clare Torry was approached to lay down some vocals for PF. She had never heard of the band and had no idea what they wanted.
She thought that she was laying down a background vocal and sang all this "baby baby" stuff and PF said, "Not that. Have another go."
She had another go; and when that was done she said she'd like to try again. So she started again but was interrupted by the band saying, "I think we got it last time".
So there you have it.
This outstanding, emotionally moving vocal delivery captured in the second take!
It has gone on to become one of the iconic tracks of the era.
The entire Dark Side album is a journey from birth to death and is well worth your time listening to the whole album from start to finish.
peace from Australia.
Pink Floyd is an emotional state of mind. It has been said that David Gilmour's wife Polly Sampson who wrote a lot of the lyrics said that David expresses his emotions best through his guitar. Gilmour has a unique talent that can illicit emotions across a wide spectrum in one piece of music. The music is not listened to it is felt, it is absorbed like oxygen for the soul. It's of another dimension within. You live Pink Floyd, you don't listen to it.
I have been listening to this song hundreds of times during this fifty plus years and I get goosebumps every f***ing time.
I get emotional and also goose bumps EVERY time I listen to this song. Clare Torry was paid 40 pounds for 2.5 takes and she totally improvised the vocals. She did 2 takes, then stopped on the 3rd take thinking it was the same as the others. I believe Pink Floyd used parts of all 3 takes, but the 2nd take was used the most. She didn't know if her cut was going to be on the album, until the album was released and she saw her name on the album in a store.
I heard it was 30 pounds. It was so low because she was originally hired as just a place holder for someone they were going to hire later.
All credit to Clare Torry, of course. But credit also to Alan Parsons, who knew Torry and suggested the band invite her in to the studio to see what she could do. Her creation is now immortal.
How many times can you hear it and still get chills? 65 tomorrow, still get them every time.
No lyrics needed for this song, its obvious what its about. The photography in the video is superb.
Your already in love with them after the first song your just now realizing it, and you only fall deeper and deeper after each song, life will never be the same in music from here on out for you. Welcome to the greatest gift in music for humanity , Pink Floyd
Most of us have seen the Clare Torry video interview where she talks about this song , but I remember an interview she gave long before TH-cam ,Google etc.(Possibly in The NME) where she specifically says that Dave Gilmour took her to one side and asked her if she could improvise her singing to envisage how she would imagine what dying would feel like.
After the recording was finished, she also said how completely embarrassed she felt when she realised how far she'd let herself go.
Clare only sang on this one song.
.(P.S.The other 4 females on the rest of TDSOTM were all session singers and the one who has the most prominent voice on the tracks "Time, Brain Damage/Eclipse was a lady called Doris Troy who was born in The Bronx).
How great it must be to hear Clare for the first time. i don't really remember but she still breaks my heart after zillions of times
This LP is still being pressed in a factory in France , its their most popular LP it stayed in the top 100 LPs for over 100 weeks . Personally my fav LP is Wish you were here
This song is about the stages of grief , The whole album is about life and death and money and madness. Pink Floyd do what they do best in every song, And that's making you feel. Lovely reaction can't wait for more! :) x
It's really an amazing story. Clare was hired for 30 pounds to go into the studio and riff as a place holder for someone else who they hadn't yet hired. She did 2 1\2 takes and left. She had no idea that they used her takes until she saw the album in a store and saw her name on the jacket. This remains one of the most amazing and powerful vocals that literally penetrates the soul.
66 years old,and still in love with this absolute classic, hits where the heart is...
The great Clare Torry. Watch a video on how she did this. She was given almost no direction and did this in basically two takes. And was only paid 30 pounds. Best vocalization ever.
Interesting fact this is the only Pink Floyd track to be featured in an advert, it was in 2 firstly for Dole Fruit and 2nd was for Nurofen painkillers. It was only allowed because it was written by Rick Wright and he gave permission at a time when he was out of the band he later returned to the band once Roger Waters left.
The song is about grasping the fact and accepting that eventually death is where all will end. The spoken voices were recorded at the studio by people working there
The song begins with the typical sloughing off about the finality and tragedy of death... "I am not frightened of dying..." then it jumps into the female's vocalization of the various aspects of truly facing death... rage, regret, fear, sorrow... and wave after wave of anxiety as we slowly wind down to acceptance of that which we can do absolutely nothing about.
That's the brilliance of the song writers and performers.
"The Great Gig in the Sky" is just a Euphemism for death and her song is an expression of the souls journey to the great beyond.
Pink Floyd with vocalist Clare Torry just awesome!
The Dark Side of the Moon album is just an absolute Masterpiece.
But absolutely should check out a track from just before Dark Side
Check out Pink Floyd "Echoes" (Part 1) live at Pompeii 1972
No Audience, No Lights, No Pyrotechnics and a Dave Gilmour with No Shirt!
Totally agree. They literally played a concert for people who had died nearly 2000 years before. If only those people could have heard that concert....
I agree with Echoes but why not the full song?
Indeed, it must be both parts one and two
There are 2 parts to Echoes????
The Great Gig in the sky one more timeless pink floyd song a classic. No words only emotions and feelings and flying in space and time.
Listening to Pink Floyd makes you more intelligent.
I grew up on this stuff, all of their albums.
The Great Gig in the Sky IS about death, acceptance of death maybe with the voiceover ... because when a musician dies, they go to "the great gig in the sky" ... Claire Torry did that vocal without much instruction, she was just told to improvise and so she did. When she'd finished she didn't think much of it, didn't think she done a very good job ... it was just another session gig ... but the band and producer loved it and it's become a classic in it's own right, one of their highest regarded tracks.
Yes, sadness, fear, resignation, anger...death's emotions all without words.
What a song. The first part of the singing part reminded me of someone fighting tragedy or death with anger, then the second part of the singing was after the tragedy and/or death, sadness, then acceptance. Just my personal feelings and interpretations. So much with very few words.
Hi Becky i see it in your eyes when the powerful lyrics hit you great review x
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Animals is the bomb…. Bloody love that album.🙌
in interviews she did years after the record came out - Clare Torry had thought her bit might not be used on the record - she did not know it was used until she saw the record for sale in a shop - at the time she performed it in studio she was paid a standard fee of £30 - she later sued the band and their record label EMI for royalties & a song writing credit on the track - the court awarded her a half-share of copyright ownership and a 50 percent share - probably worth millions - of past and future income.
The voice of Clare Torry is what I imagine the angel of death would sing whether to welcome you to Heaven or mourn the loss of your soul to the underworld. Her voice takes you on a journey of emotions; joy, sorrow, anger, forgiveness, sadness, love, loss.
Roger interviewed and recorded the question “ are you afraid of death?” From cleaners to security staff in Abby road while they were recording the album, and that’s were the statements came from ❤
I laughed when you said it made you feel sad. It’s about the phases of dying. First panic and fear and then ultimately resolve for the inevitable. ❤
The voice talking about not being afraid of dying is actually Paul McCartney. He was recording with Wings in the same studio and somehow ended up speaking that part… Now I learned this from an excellent documentary I watched about the making of “the dark side of the moon”
A song about facing our own mortality. Stages of dealing with it. Denial and anger and finally acceptance.
This is a masterpiece. Glad you found it and liked it. This will be rediscovered by future generations for a long time to come. As someone who loved this when it came out it is nice to know we weren't wrong.
The voices you hear in the background are answers to questions like " Are you afraid of dying? ' or 'when was the last time you were violent?' and " do you think you were in the right"
I'm 50, and have heard this song many times, everytime I listen to it I cry......I've heard this played at a funeral and there wasn't a dry eye in the house...welcome to real music.
Great channel. 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
By the by, your eyes really emote well. You are timeless and your appreciation of real music before the companies took contro is appreciated.
After suing Pink Floyd in 2004 for royalties as co-writer of the song, given the iconic nature of her contribution it is good to know that she won, with an out of court settlement in her favour. All subsequent releases credit her as author of the vocal line. At the time of the recording she received a flat fee of £30.
This is not just my favourite Pink Floyd track, it is my favourite piece of music of all time.
Great reaction to a great song. As someone mentioned below, the second quote at about 3:32 (around 5:32 of your reaction video) is often misheard: The actual spoken portion is "I never said I was frightened of dying." Some think it says something about if you're hearing a whisper you're dying, or words to that effect, but the actual words, imho, are much more profound in their simplicity. In any case, I'm so pleased you're going to be doing Pink Floyd Fridays, and I will be here for the ride! Thank you again for the time you put into this and the sensitivity to the music; we fans really appreciate it!
This song is such a part of me, it stuns me when I find someone who's never heard it.
Please check out the LIVE version of Great Gig In The Sky from the PULSE CONCERT.
Yes. Because it is better than the studio version. Yes I really said that. Deep down you know it is true.
Who would care to fight me? Someone needs to insult my taste and condescendingly tell me I have absolutely no taste or sophistication.
@@ThePelagicHermit It is almost as good as the studio version, but takes 3 times the voices to try and achieve perfection. Live music is better, I agree.
I'm looking forward to "Pink Floyd Friday"!
Loved the reaction video. Shall definitely check the others.
I googled this a couple of years ago and put this together.
People talking on “The Dark Side of the Moon”
The Original questions
There were about 10 to 15 questions on cards, including:
1. “What’s your favorite color?” (to ease the interviewee in)
2. “Why do rock and roll bands split up?”
3. “When was last time you thumped someone?”
4. “Why did you do it?”
5. “Did you think you were in the right?”
6. “Do you still you were in the right?”
7. “Are you frightened of dying?”
8. “Why are you frightened of dying” (the likely prompt to Puddie Watt’s “I never said I was frightened of dying”)
9. “Do you ever think about the dark side of the moon?”
10. “Do you think you’re going mad?”
11. “If so, why?”
12. “What do you think of The Dark Side of The Moon?”
Before Speak to Me:
1. I’ve been mad for fucking years, absolutely years. I’ve been over the edge for yonks. I’ve been working with bands so long. I think, Ah crikey.
2. I’ve always been mad, I know I’ve been mad like most of us are, very hard to explain why you’re mad even if you’re not mad
On the Run:
1. Live for today, gone tomorrow. That’s me. Ha, Ha, Ha…
Time:
The Great Gig in the Sky:
1. I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it - you've got to go sometime
2. I never said I was frightened of dying.
Money-Us and Them:
1. Uh Huh, I was in the right, yeah absolutely in the right.
2. I certainly was in the right.
3. I was definitily in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising.
4. I was just telling him, he couldn't get into number two. He was asking why he wasn't coming up on freely, after I was yelling and screaming and telling him why he wasn't coming up
5. Why does anyone do anything. Yeah… Why does anyone…
6. I don’t know, I was really drunk at the time.
Us and Them:
1. "I'm not gonna kill ya, so like if ya give 'em a quick, short, sharp shock, they don't do it again, dig it. I mean he got off light cause I could have give him a thrashing, I only hit him once, it's the only difference of right and wrong, isn't it.. I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they. . "Hey"
Brain Damage-Eclipse:
1. I can’t think of anything to say except, Ha, Ha, Ha…
2. I think it’s nice, ha, ha, ha…
END: There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.
Voice credits and all facts verified.
The many times we've listened to Dark Side of The Moon and thought, who or what is in the background? Are they saying something? Drove me crazy too.. Here's a little different perspective.. Pink Floyd, creators of this ultimate artwork for "All's" enjoyment ALONE own the material Dark Side of the Moon and all generated by it. So Please update YOUR latest copy Floyd fans. Help offset the FREE downloads. As Mr. Parsons says, listening to DSOTM in MP3 is sonic garbage. You're robbing yourself! Not to mention. if ANYTHING is "FREE", Your the product. The questioned voices of Dark Side of the Moon imply random or unrelated voice overs (or under) during the target song. When in fact the responses were well thought out by Roger Waters and others for a series of questions listed on cards, in sequence for the purpose of an answer without an "expected" reply. Questions ran the gamut from, sanity, insanity, greed, violence, favorite color, favorite food, death, or the anticipation of, why do rock & roll bands split up, what is your perception of what Dark Side of the Moon is about. Interviewed participants were chosen for reasons such as availability, personalities, accents, perspectives and other qualities. Paul & Linda McCartney were in studio 3 at Abbey Road writing the L.P. Band on the Run. They too were interviewed, but not used due to their millions of interview experience but their responses were a bit automated. (Sorry Paul) ONE audition you didn't pass.. Alan Parsons was also interviewed but again, was not used for voice over lays.. BUT, could we imagine DSOTM without Mr. Parsons skill and engineering? It would not have been the mark in time it is! (note; 0:00 to 1:14 are not L.P. sequence)
Voice over (statement)
1. Gerry O'Driscoll;...("Your not getting past me" front doorman at Abbey Road Studios) "There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark"! The only thing that makes it look light is, the Sun.
Voice under on "Us and Them" Question;
2. "When was the last time you were violent"?
3. 2. Roger "The Hat" Manifold; .(Roger's response' after a bit of road rage) "I'm not gonna kill ya, so like if ya give 'em a quick, short, sharp shock, they don't do it again, dig it. I mean he got off light cause I could have give him a thrashing, I only hit him once,,,it's the only difference of right and wrong, isn't it.. I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they. . "Hey"
4. Question? Greed 3. Roger "The Hat" Manifold; ... "If I participate in this fucking effort I hope I'm going to get my gold disc at the end of it". Imagine that!
5. Question: Does death frighten you? 4. Gerry O'Driscoll; "Why should I be frightened of dying"? I see no reason for it, you've got to go sometime".
6. 5. Unconfirmed; I'm not frightened of dying at all, cause when ya gotta go, you gotta go!
Question; When was the last time you were violent?
7. 6. Henry McCullough; (Member of "Wings" referencing to a recent family domestic. ) I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!
Question: (2nd part of, "The last time you were violent, were you in the right"?
7. Henry McCullough; Yea,,,, I was in the right
8. Unconfirmed; Yes! Absolutely in the right!
9. Gerry O'Driscoll; I certainly was in the right!
10. Patricia "Puddie" Watts (Gleason); ....(Peter Watts wife circa '72 reference a private matter. Yea,, I was definitely in the right, that geezer was cruisin for a bruisin (as replying she unintentionally bumps the mic stand heard here but (semi) buried on the mix)
Question; Sanity
11. Roger "The Hat" Manifold; I once reached a stage in my life where I was completely convinced that I'd gone over the brink, or that's what I cared to call it! (@ 0.44 to 1:15 intro L.P. Dark Side of the Moon run 1:56)
1. Chris Adamson; (Pink Floyd roadie circa '72 L.P. recording) I've been mad for fucking years. Absolutely years I've been over the edge. For yonks. Working with bands, so long I mean , Ah crique!
2. Gerry O'Driscoll; I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like most of us are. Very hard to explain why you are mad, even if you are not mad. Intense laughter; (throughout the L.P.)
3. Peter Watts;..(Pink Floyd's road manager and Yes, Miss Naomi Watts Father) 4. Screaming; (unverifed)
This is my favourite album of all time and the only one I’ve owned on vinyl, tape, cd and digital.
Great Gig in the Sky.....your final gig in heaven, the harrowing journey there and final realisation that death is not the end and life eternal is peaceful. Well that's my interpretation. I bought this album the ysar of it's release. Blew my mind and made me a lifetime fan of Pink Floyd. Please find the time to lusten to it all in one go.
Lisa Gerard is another amazing singer who basically vocalizes and in her music and sends emotion to you.If you ever have seen the film Gladiator she is the one singing in the end moments of the film.
Your reaction to this version of this song is the same as everyone else...disbelief in what you are hearing!
I absolutely loved your reaction to this piece of brilliance - so human🖤❤
As someone has already mentioned, the song is about Death or grieving/mourning and Clare takes you through the different stages. Does Death make me sad? Almost without exception but I can think of a couple people I'd like to see bugger off. LOVELY you found the original studio version 🙏! "Watching" someone turned on to Pink Floyd is one of my life's little pleasures so I'll see you every Friday 🍄🎉☮️👍!
I imagine this was already mentioned in the comments somewhere, but the occasional quips about dying are actually scattered throughout the entire album. When creating this album, Pink Floyd pulled in various folks from within the studio and asked them about death and dying, and their answers are quietly added throughout the album.
A bunch of us were fresh out of high school when this album dropped in 1973, would get together on Friday nights, get stoned, turn out the lights, and
Crank it up and jam out to the killer bands of that Era. Saw practically all of them live.
Those were the days.
Great reaction, glad to see you passing the tourch. 😁😌
Let me guess: Floyd, Yes, ELP, Tull, Supertramp, Genesis, Tangerine Dream, Deep Purple, and Zeppelin. Bonus marks if you got into Renaissance like I did.
Let's not forget that most of us oldies were young when we first heard PF. I was 12 when I first heard this and it had a massive impact too.
Tears. Every single damn time. And that is how it should be.
Lovely reaction. I follow a lot of people reacting and I must say your grasp of the marriage of lyric, emotion and musical genius is a breath of fresh air! Very well done!
Factoid: when Claire entered the studio, she'd never heard the track prior, and thought that she'd get a few practice takes. so she listened to the first play through (Alan Parsons, Richard Wright, and Roger Waters were at the board), then did a practice take and then thought of things to try for the next take. imagine her shock when Parsons told her over the intercom, "got it, thank-you." Clare was confused and asked, "are you sure?" to which Parsons replied, "both Roger and Richard feel that take was exactly what they wanted so, yes. thank-you."
so what you are listening to is Clare's one-n-only recording take.
I believe it wasn't until years later that Clare finally got writing credit. What Pink Floyd did for this album was go around with a recorder and ask people questions. That is what you heard at the beginning.
The "whispering" quote (which is heard between the second and third verse) is incorrect. The correct quote is: "I never said I was frightened of dying."
The band set up a mic in the studio and asked passersby to answer questions based on the albums themes. This is the source material of the spoken parts heard throughout 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
Nice reaction! Send more Pink Floyd!
To truly understand and appreciate this, you HAVE to listen to the album from front to back in one go.. it brings everything together in their concept
Claire Torry improvised the incredible melody she sang in "The Great Gig In The Sky", a song composed by Richard Wright (after simply being told not to sing any words), and was paid some GBP 30,- for her session work at the time. She thought nothing of it. However, her improvisation meant that she had co-written the song with Wright, although she was NOT credited as a composer back then, but simply as a vocalist. Years later, after seeking proper Intellectual Property legal advice, in 2004, Torry sued Pink Floyd and EMI seeking songwriting royalties for her contributions to this song, claiming she helped Wright write it. In 2005, she won a judgment in the case, although terms were not disclosed. We all need to remember that the album spent 741 consecutive weeks on Billboard's 100 top-selling albums. A little over 14 years.