First Time Hearing Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Reaction!!)
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It could have been the opening music to the movie Blade Runner, the original one with Harrison Ford.
Bro, you got such a great poker face... but when that bass kicks in at 6 mins... I saw you break :)
Hello may I suggest Mr. Chris Cornell's cover of Mr. John Lennon's masterpiece of Imagine. He ABSOLUTELEY kills it on The Howard Stearn Show Please! I promise my friend you will Be amazed!!
Just a suggestion: listen once all the way through so those of us who know and love it don't have a heart attack and then take us through it again with your comments. We'll stick around. Isn't Pink Floyd incredible?!!!! ❤❤❤❤ I was turned on to them in the 70's in high school when we went to the planetarium in Vancouver BC and watched Pink Floyd Sky Lights a light show to the album Dark Side of the Moon! I fell fully 100% in love!! They have much earlier stuff too listen to the album Obscured by Clouds. ✌
You should check 0ut gary moore still got the blues bro
Pink Floyd is not just music. It’s high art. Their canvas is sound, and their paints are raw emotions.
Absolute perfect description!
3 Rd eye stuff
Been a huge Floyd fan since a friend introduced me to Delicate Sound of Thunder when I was 12, I'm 43 now. That's the best description of what PF is that I've ever seen/heard.
They are a genre all their own. Can't be put in a box.
Amazing response… you put my thoughts into words
On the 8th day God gave us Pink Floyd..... and the world was never the same
Well, there would be no use for creating a universe unless it was to prepare a stage for Pink Floyd.
How else would the universe define beauty, emotion, and thought without Floyd?
Terrifying to contemplate such a ludicrous, hypothetical nightmare as that!
Pink Floyd is a band you just put the headphones on, close your eyes and listen to perfection.
I remember back in the days, 1975, i was 12 years old and my Mom brought a vinyl from her job with a burning man on the cover. A colleague bought it, thinking it would be classical music. She did not like it and my Mom thought it maybe a gift for me. From the very first moment listening to that music i was "gilmourized" and "watered". Now i am 60 years old and still get goosebumps when i am hearing their music. Greetings from Germany.
Mir ging es genau so. Bis heute mit 63
You might had the coolest mother ever.
what a shame you fail to promote the true genius here, Rick Wright
in 88 i used to steal a roach from my pops. me and friends wud BBBLLLAST this vinyl! 😅we were 12😮
Also, please be “wrightened”. And it IS classical music.
Listening to Pink Floyd is like being taken to a higher plane. It’s spiritual.
“Welcome my son. Welcome……to the machine.”
Agreed.
This is pure blues……..Pink Floyd style
It really was written to go with the use of psychedelics. Having a safe, cozy trip with Pink Floyd is absolute bliss.
I have an idea how to test if the person is a psychopath☝️ 1.Play the "Shine ..." to potential listener.
2.If listener doesn't show any emotion, either is psychopath or deaf.For sure💯
People of my generation get called Boomer a lot. We are constantly, sometimes rightly, criticised for disliking much of today's music. But, on occasion, we get the chance to introduce young people like yourself, to the music that we listened and still listen to. Floyd, Led Zep, Queen, Maiden and we find someone who is open, receptive and appreciative of our tastes. And this warms our hearts, knowing we have done our due diligence and passed on the torch to the future generations and that great music is in very safe hands.
100% agree with your comments, thanks you (oups you forgot Deep Purple , Supertramp, Barclay James Harvest and Jethro tull...!!!).....😉
@endapian jiyl not mentioned...but surely not forgotten 😉
I wish someone would introduce boomer folks, like me, to rap and current black music.
Boomers had the best generation of music IMO EVER..Bands looked to be different not cookie cutter. They took pride in it. Even the solo artist. Temptations, Zep, Pink Floyd, Earth Wind and Fire, Hendrix etc..I mean the list can go on for days. I love this generation of music. The first time I saw the video of Floyd perform Comfortably Numb I cried on the guitar solo...You guys were blessed beyond Measure!
Early millennials as myself are way into amazing music, hey that caught us hard in our 15s to 20s when you have the right rebellious mindset. Specially since at the same time boybands and Britney Spears type of music was everywhere. All the anti crap jumped into the music just before the crap.
I feel sorry for the people who didn’t get to experience all of this music back in the day, it was truly life changing
In 1990 I was 12 years old. Listening to Zeppelin for the first time and blown away. With all my friends. I missed the time period by about a generation but it changed my life too. I wish I could have been there but at least I still get to listen to it and experience it. Pink Floyd is my all time favorite band. Animals my favorite album. Dogs my favorite song. I'm still mesmerized by the magic that was happening from mid 60s to mid 70s. Truly an unparalleled time.
“You reached for the secret too soon” one of the best lyrics ever 😢
Pink Floyd is their own genre. Nothing compares to them!
Radiohead are up there and also are their own genre.
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@@camoTiaraAgreed. I've always thought Radiohead is the closest to PF in terms of compositional philosophy. Both bands are basically permanently in concept album mode. Lucky is a Radiohead song that PF could have written.
@@lloydymk2013it's true tho
And everyone thought we were just a bunch of ignorant potheads spinning vinyl on a turntable killing brain cells.... Floyd was/is incredibly deep and thought provoking. I appreciate you really listening and absorbing. Thank you.
Most people were right, we were pot heads and spinning vinyl, but we live through some of the best music ever. Would light to go back as not much lift in front.
All of the philosophers and deep thinkers I've ever known smoked pot and or used psychedelics. The ignorant are those who can't see the truth.
Couldn’t say it better
Well said mate ❤
Lmao wys 😂😂😂😂
Most of the Pink Floyd albums are meant to be listened to all the way through in one sitting. It is an experience from start to end.
No one creates an atmosphere like Pink Floyd
The fact that you choose to read messages from your viewers that are that long speaks volumes about your own intelligence. Thanks for the reaction. Glad you enjoyed it. I enjoyed it.
My brother has schizophrenia and passed away at the age of 30. He loved Pink Floyd. We played this entire album at his wake 😇
I wouldn't say the intro sounds sad or eerie ... to me it always felt calm and soothing. My childhood/youth wasn't the best, and whenever I was fed up with being bullied at school and ignored or scolded at home, I put on my headphones, closed my eyes and listened to this song, especially to the intro. It felt like spreading my wings, leaping up into the wind and flying away, leaving all the problems behind and seeing nothing but unspoiled landscapes below and in front of myself.
I was the same, 'cept we didn't have headphones then................
Sorry you had to go through that but yes listening to PF helps listening to💜
What a beautiful description of how music can be used therapeutically and intentionally. Of course it does that even when we are not aware of what it is doing.
@piratesskit: Precisely right! Really used to annoy my Dad though. They were his headphones! 😂
@@hughelgar2540 Yes we did. We had headphones. I'm an early 70s teen, and we had headphones. :D
You’re hearing guitar , bass , saxophone, organ , wine glasses . It’s magical
Also this is only the first parts of this song , the ending on side 2
Richard wright on the keyboard , so underrated RIP 🙏
He's the understated secret ingredient of Pink Floyd.
His little tribute to Syd in the last sequence in utter genius, he plays a medley of "See Emily Play" and " Remember a Day".
I remember being quite emotional as i realized what he was doing!.
@@tombradley7796 Wright even got the shaft in the band, if the old stories were accurate. In a group of geniuses, plagued by monstrous ego, his genius disregarded?
I heard this song hundreds of times in my life. Still got chills watching this reaction. One of Gilmore’s masterpieces on guitar. And when the vocals start….oh man!!
Gilmore is a poet
@@kikivon3501 roger is the poet not Gilmour
@@barry1369 David writes poetry with a guitar.
@@rafox66 fair
"One day David came into the studio and I said, 'Hi David, how are you doing? Fine, but I've had these 4 notes in my head for 3 or 4 days that are driving me crazy! Let's hear, let's hear, maybe something good will come out of it" . And when musical geniuses create, what could possibly go wrong?This is how Shine on you crazy diamond and the whole Wish you were here album was born.
I’m 15 and my friend who loves rock has me listening to Pink Floyd. Im mainly a rnb girl but now it’s changed my whole view on other music. I thank him to be honest.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I was 17 in 1994 when Division Bell came out and was my first dive into Pink Floyd, and absolutely changed my taste in music 4ever
The wealth of music is vast! Open up to it all - all genres, styles and it will only enrich your life!
You’re about the same age as I was when I discovered PF back in the early 90s. They’ve been a life-long partners for me ever since. Just be open-minded about music, you never know what you get. Some you will love, some not so much. Some will stay with you for life, some will pass like the summer.
Pink Floyd is food for the soul! Just lay down with your eyes closed and the music will take you on a wonderful experience
To me… This is the most Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd song. Probably my favorite song ever.
One of the teachers in our High School was very dismissive of Pink Floyd, until one of the students challenged her to listen to it. She was instantly converted into a fan and apologized for giving the kid grief over his Floyd t-shirts. Nice memory.
My 7th grade teacher brought the album in & played us the whole thing!
I’ve always told my kids that intelligence allows for a change. Good on the teacher!
Pink Floyd made this song in memory of Syd Barrett to mental health
Chi di quei quattro ha cercato di aiutare veramente il povero syd !!!!
Vaff....
Have you ever tried to help any addict that
A, doesn't recognize they have a problem.
B, doesn't want your help.
At a certain point we need to assume some responsibility for ourselves even if our loved ones offer advice and guidance.
@@geztaylor As a recovering addict, with a psychotic illness to boot, you're correct: there really IS a limit to what others can do for you without your effort, if your have the ability to offer that effort. I have a psychiatrist & a counselor, I have sobriety support, but...at the end of the day, *I* have to stay clean, *I* have to work my sobriety, *I* have to make my MH appointments, *I* have to leverage my counseling as much as possible, and *I* have to daily take my cocktail of MH medications.
Of course, sometimes symptoms will breakthrough despite all effort from me and my support system, but if I do my work, those times are drastically reduced from the old days. The world can beg, threaten, cry, yell, or bribe you to get better than you are...but if you aren't invested yourself, nothing will work, or at least not for very long, nor very well.
I am a 78 year old white woman who grew up outside Boston in the 50s and went to school in Boston in the 60s. The music you are discovering is part of the soundtrack of my life...we used to jump in a car, plug our cassettes into the player and hit the empty night highways . Volume on full, we flew on the music.
The anguish and despair that bleeds throughout this masterpiece is an expression of the bands love, as well as their feelings of hopelessness without their friend and former band mate.
yeap..they were devastated on the fate of Sid..
The band named itself in homage of two old black blues musicians from North Carolina; PINK Anderson and FLOYD Council. Like no other band in the world, EVER! The cerebral band of Rock!
I did not know that
Indeed you right, the cerebral band of rock! LOL that is true many ways
You did it right. You didn’t listen to Floyd, you experienced Floyd.
Correct me , if I'm wrong. This beautiful piece of music is a homage to Syd Barret .
Syd came into the studio as they were recording.
@@judihicks2716they didn’t even know it was him at first which is crazy. He was unrecognizable at that point.
yes, it was. there are references to him on every one of their albums. they never stopped loving syd.
or paying him@@user-fs5cb4ds5m
Yessir!
hine on
ou crazy
iamond
Tool and Pink Floyd for life
Tool!!! 🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
And The Mars Volta!👍🏻
@@ryanmustain6545 100%
Pink Floyd and Tool are two of the greatest bands to ever play in my opinion
And Radiohead!
U can try to imagine the scenario which inspired the song which was an ode to Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett...
Try to imagine you had a friend that u had known since u were kids in school... and this friend was cool, funny, and just a great guy to hang with... And then he shows his talents for playing music and he's the coolest guy around in your area; all the guys want to be his friend... all the girls find him attractive... He's just one of those bright personalities. He wants to form a band and asks you to play in it and you are just stoked to see him in action... and the songs he's writing are just blowing your mind. This guy is a talent and a genius.
And then before you know it, this friend starts to change... he's taking drugs... He's no longer laughing or smiling... He's spaced out and distant. He can't seem to function like a normal person. He seems paranoid and delusional and when he talks, he's not making any sense... He no longer has any brilliant ideas and he keeps changing the songs he's attempting to write... All his ideas are becoming erratic and impractical.
On stage, he can't seem to remember the songs and often appears spaced out and unable to connect w/ what he's supposed to do. The once-promising band that he had founded is falling apart because he was the main guy, and he's not all there anymore.
When u try to talk to him, he looks at you w/ a blank stare like he doesn't know who you are... This friend, who was once a source of inspiration, is now a shell of the person you once knew.
You try to get him professional help, but he won't go for it... This goes on for months, and finally, the fate of the band has to be decided. Break up? Or carry on without him?
So, you do the only thing you can... U ask another friend to help out w/ shows and the studio... and one day, u feel confident that the band can play well with his replacement... you decide not to pick him up for a show... And the band carries on, playing shows becomes fun again and the worry is gone... but you always feel guilt about ousting your friend from his band.
At some point, your friend disappears from your life... and you are left w/ the memories and his absence, which could never be filled... as well as the guilt of being unable to help your friend.
That was what inspired the creation of "Shine on you crazy diamond"... Syd Barrett was a character who left a huge mark in the lives of the members of Pink Floyd... Roger Waters and David Gilmour, who knew Syd Barrett since they were kids, were both sad that they had lost a close friend to a tragic mental illness... They were rich and making a successful living by 1975, and they had no idea where Syd Barrett was and the band he had formed had made it big without him.
He had all that info in the comment he referred to in the beginning 😂
@@kbrewski1 Oh, we have a mind reader in the house! Pray tell, what do I know and what am I thinking? 😈
It is a truly great writer that can take information that is already known to the reader and then put you into the headspace of the principles in the story. Unbelievably well done. Bravo.
I watched David Gilmour do a documentary about Syd and he said they made sure that Syd got his royalties until the day he died, via his sister, Rosemary. She was his caretaker. He said Syd wandered into the studio when they were recording this song and nobody recognized him. Sad.
@@kelleewolfe2834 Yes, in VH1's Pink Floyd documentary, all 4 (Waters, Mason, Wright and Gilmour) talked about the incident - seeing Syd again in 1975.
I like the way you let the music play with only soft spoken comments and only minimally stop the music and sometimes after stopping you go back and replay some parts...You showcase the music and keep yourself subtly behind the playback...I appreciate your ability to feel and to hear the conveyance of the songs messages and to articulate it. Well done.
Paintings and sculpture decorate space. Music decorates time.
Deep...❤...and true.
You have stepped into a band that deserves its own genre to itself. To those of us who know, it already has that status. I've been a fan for over 40 yrs. There will never be anything like them again. Remember. Animals at least one side at a time. Technically, every Floyd album should be a full album listen. But I understand that's an undertaking. Thanks, Polo.
Turned my youngest onto them 30 years ago.
If Tool was the gateway musical drug. So be it. "The others" will always be better and never need to try.
rhey ARE their own genre...nobody like them
I like that idea: going to a record store and saying "Where's the Floyd section?"
"Over there, next to Jazz."
Yes about the album thing and Pink Floyd.
Never get tired of Pink Floyd even after 45 years of listening,Dark side of the moon and Wish you where here are two of the greatest albums ever to be recorded
It's not so much Roger's bass that adds something, it's Rick's keyboards throughout - the unsung hero of this band!
One of the things this album proves is how invaluable Rick Wright's writing, playing, and singing were to Pink Floyd's sound.
Yes, and Roger treated him like sh*t. I was so sad when he died.
Yeah I’m with you. Wright, like JPJ created the underlying atmosphere for the song to really resonate. They are indispensable 🌜💨
Echoes
So glad you enjoyed this! Thanks for accepting my suggestion, and I hope you continue to explore more of what Pink Floyd has to offer. As for where to go next, my recommendation would be Dark Side of the Moon. There's a reason this album was on the Billboard 200 albums chart for 736 consecutive weeks from 1973 to 1988.
Start at the beginning with Speak to Me - Breathe - On the Run. They're listed as three separate songs, but they all flow together as one piece, and all three songs together are less than 8 minutes, so it isn't a huge chunk to digest. After that, continue on to the next two tracks, Time and The Great Gig in the Sky, together. Once again, the flow from one song into the next is something truly special. If these two songs don't move you, check your pulse. 😄
But that's just my recommendation, for what it's worth. Enjoy!
I support the suggestion to cover The Dark Side of the Moon as a whole album as well, and these are great places to break it up to fit into watchable episodes.
I think Pink Floyd's power is that they create a story, but also give you room (and ambiguity) to fill in your own story, or apply your own life to what's happening in the music. And while you're listening, life still happens. You end up creating your own stories around the music.
For example, my dad absolutely hated the song Time. He finally told me why way back at the end of the late 1900s. I had done the initial enlistment paperwork to join the US Army, and was a few weeks from shipping out. My dad was also a soldier in the 1970s. He was telling me some of the things to expect, such as life in the barracks, where young soldiers would spend their whole paychecks on alcohol and the latest technology. For me, it was going to be computers with Pentium processors. For him, though, it was high-fidelity stereo systems.
The thing about hi-fi, of course, is that you have to show it off. You have to show just how high the fidelity of your hi-fi system really is.
So what is the best way to show off your new stereo record player with its tweeters and 12 inch woofer in the 1970s? With the beginning of Time, with the clocks striking the hour.
Choosing to listen to it yourself is one thing. Having an entire barracks full of soldiers insist that you listen to it on their whim, though? It's no wonder my dad can't appreciate it the way we do.
My dad always had rock on and I always liked Pink Floyd and knew their music well. But there was this one moment for me sitting on my back porch drinking some beers and Time came on and I suddenly got it. I had never heard Time like that before and it opened my eyes to the genius of Floyd especially DG. Since then I have been a huge fan and the emotions that they invoke are unlike any other artist I’ve ever heard.
When they were recording this song, someone walked into the studio and stood in the back. They didn't recognize him, he weighted around 300lbs with a shaved head and eyebrows. One of the guys recognized him, it was Syd.
Intellectuals keep clear. This music is deeply spiritual it sends you straight into stratosphere it's STUNNING!! Love your reactions Polo
Oh baby you have finally entered the psychedelic realm of the masters!!! Not only am I thrilled that you have arrived but cannot wait for your total immersion into this group of amazingly talented gentlemen. They are literally musical cobras that will strike you in every crevice of your aural canals with every note they play!! And just when you think you have truly enjoyed a song...listen to it again...I promise you, that song is still harboring something you may have missed the first time. They are my ALL TIME favorite. So kick back, grab the entire stack...because you have a year long journey (at least) into the confines of their minds. People have tried tirelessly to duplicate their sound...but it will never happen again, as they are a once in a lifetime miracle...more creative than Picasso, more fluent than a symphony, and deeper than any ocean you will ever step foot in...ENJOY!!!!
Very well said 🤘
Well said... thank you
I have listened to Floyd for many years & I still get goose bumps at the intro to shine on.....
"Shine" on "You" crazy "Diamond" : - Syd Barrett. I'm now 75 yrs and still I just want to be the strings on Gilmore's guitar
I love how after the guitar lick at 5:19 plays, the song waits an uncomfortably long time before playing it again. The album's theme is a feeling of absence. And what a great way of generating that feeling in a listener by leaving the lick unresolved for so long.
My housemate at uni borrowed my copy of Wish You Were Here, and his reaction was "This album was why music was invented".
Been a Floyd fan for over 40 years. I've long said that they are the "thinking man's" band. Many refer to them as a "stoner" band, which is incorrect. They are just a deep, intellectual group that happened to create some of the greatest music in the history of rock. Damn, in the history of music for that matter. In a few hundred years, Pink Floyd will be looked at and revered like Beethoven.
Why can't one be both?
Hmm, yes I'd say they are a stoner band as well. In addition, I mean.
I too have been a fan for over 40yrs and never needed chemical help to be transported! True genius.
Pink Floyd is one of the most influential bands in history, and one of my favorites in music. Each album is an experience and a story. They are timeless
I’m so glad you discovered Pink Floyd. They are the kind of band that only happens once. Not once in a lifetime. Once. Ever. There will never be another like them. I used to put on their music while I drove to the studio if I needed to cry for a scene! I think they played with their souls instead of their hands.
Pink Floyd touches your heart and grips your soul in the process. Pink Floyd is so unique. Nobody sounded like them before they hit it big or since. The stand alone on the top of their own mountain of creativity and sound.
Yes, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, all have a musical magic that transcends genre, and time, and we all knew back then, that these bands would never be exceeded. There are Others.
You left out Blodwyn Pig, Dear Jill.
And Cream…
Pink floyd playing the blues...the finest blues
This is a song that even if most of it has no lyrics you can still know by heart! It's not manufactured music, it is Art.
Parts 1-5 open the album and set the mood, parts 6-9 are the stunning conclusion of the album, a must listen in order to complete the work. Pink Floyd will find emotions that you have forgotten, repressed and sometimes are best left alone.
A side note: Primus covers many Floyd songs as a 3 piece band and actually pulls it off quite well.
I agree! Listen to parts 6-9 as well to complete the journey!
Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade covers the animals album from start to finish. Primus has done Rush but never Pink Floyd.
I take back. Primus did cover Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar" on their Miscellaneous Debris album.
I wish people would react to the whole thing. It feels incomplete to me. I want the conclusion. ❤
The LIVE version of Shine On You Crazy Diamond from the PULSE CONCERT is fantastic.
I concur wholeheartedly.
Pulse is a bit overrated. I think most people didn't understand that it's not "ONE" live... But a remaster are reconstruction of SEVERAL lives blended together. Nobody heard Gilmour or the band how they played on this album, because they never played like that. Pink Floyd is a studio band. And even their live are arranged and reworked, it's official, Gilmour said it many times. It doesn't mean I don't like it, I've seen them on that tour, I bought the album when the LED was still blinking etc. BUT... Like for Shine One, I'd rather listen to the studio version. I agree that it's very enjoyable to be able to hear the full final Comfortably Numb solo, because it's too short on the album. Although I love the movie version (with the screamings). But even on that, I don't really enjoyed the downpitched and slowdown beat on the "live" version.
@@garryiglesias4074 You have just reaffirmed that my favorite version is from the Pulse Concert.
Rule one of being a pf fan is loving the pulse versions most
I actually prefer the version from a Delicate Soumd of Thunder.
I sat in the evening sun in Wembley Stadium once long ago, just listening to the opening bars of this wash over me. About as close to heaven as you could get.
Fun fact: When I was a teenager we were lucky enough to be able to drive up to the Griffith Observatory to watch the Lasarium show in the planetarium. The music played was all Pink Floyd, this song in particular. Always a Pink Floyd fan. Especially love Syd. Thanks for checking it out and sharing!
How has it been so long since I listened to this track? This used to be a song I listened to nearly weekly and I just haven't in years. It all came FLOODING back. The hairs on the back of my neck and on my arms were reaching out for the memory. Thank you for reminding me of this thing I love Polo!
The sound production on this album totally eclipsed their previous works, & not only redefined the sound of their future works, a polished PF for the masses, but redefined music overall. Top notch album.
Imagine the concert experience I had in the late 80s seeing PF play this song at Cleveland Stadium with an incredibly timed lightning storm over Lake Erie as a backdrop to the stage 😮 It was a moment in time I will never forget
Awesome, you finally discovered
Pink Floyd . Iv been following Pink Floyd since 1971 my senior year of HS. David Gilmore is one of the greatest ever.
God, I remember peeling off that black plastic over the album, peeling the sticker off, and melting into oblivion the first time hearing this. Thank you for taking the time for another great reaction.
A band in a class by itself. No one makes music like Pink Floyd makes music. One of the greatest bands in the history of music.
Older people already know how AMAZING Pink Floyd is.
British melancholy at its best!! That era was magical as far as music was concerned I am so glad I was from that era (m 57)and I still listen to this on the regular,Thanks for doing this reaction to this phenomenal band...
Saw Roger Waters last year … he’s my dads age yet still one of the great showmen out there … I can’t express how much the entire Pink Floyd music catalog from its all its members has been part of my life… one of the few things I share with my brother is this music …
I saw him twice in the past 4 years. I couldn't agree more.
This song has huge, deep personal meaning for me. I can't listen to it without going to a time and place that I can't get back any other way. ✌️
This has been my favourite album for 49 years, since it was released.
Hard to believe it's 50 years old in 2025.
Thank you Pink Floyd.
You're right Polo, it's a very sad intro. The whole album is about longing, amongst other things.
The tribute was to Syd Barrett, an early member of Pink Floyd who suffered from mental illness.
That first guitar note after the keyboard intro... I smile every single time.
I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but during the recording of this album a heavyset man with a shaved head entered the studio. A couple of the band members took notice of him but didn't think much of who he was until (I think) David Gilmour realized that it was Syd Barrett, their former band mate for whom the album was written. Syd was asked to leave the group several years earlier when he had become unreliable as a musician due to his over use of psychedelic drugs, mainly LSD. No one knows for sure what prompted Syd to come to the studio that day (as he hadn't been in personal contact with any of them for a while), and apparently he was there for less than 30 minutes, but the experience for the band was "emotionally heartbreaking".
He's who this is about 😢
I didn't. But I most certainly thought about it. And had Barrett not lost his mind to LSD, and spent the rest of his life living under his mother's staircase, we would have never been introduced to the elegant. David Gilmore who elevated playing the guitar to a whole "nother" level. I personally know guitar players who try to emulate him on a daily basis and while they get close, there's something about his timing that is difficult to duplicate.
I know that history too, heartbreaking...
Pink Floyd in general is meant to be experienced by sitting back, headphones, get relaxed, take it in. 20 to 30 minutes at a time, not chopped into pieces, but absorbed as it was written and meant to be listened to. Roger Waters is an asshole but the band overall is among the greatest to ever produce music.
I think it was Nick who realized first that it was Syd
Best way to hear Pink Floyd live today is going to a Brit Floyd cover show. You won't regret it.
If you were lucky enough to be young when this come out . Or heard this when you were young . Had the fortune enough to be played this song by a friend, it shaped your listening for life .
Its like something you had never heard . Ever .
Took you away from the verse chorus verse song we were all used to .
It taught us to listen with patience .
Its story with no words but sound .
You can really hear their pain and loss in this album. Epic. Awesome.
There are so few guitarists who can really make the guitar talk like Gilmour can. Knofler, Clapton, Vaughn...
Pink Floyd excels at establishing mood via sound. Tool is the modern equivalent
Gilmour, Steve Hackett, Andy Latimer (Camel), Alan Holdsworth (Soft Machine, Bruford, UK), Mike Holmes (IQ) for me
Gilmour makes such an impactful sound with so few notes. Plenty of bands can shred with super complex pieces yet say nothing close to what Gilmour does with less than 1/4 of the total notes.
So true about TOOL
for me Slash one of those
Couldn't agree more 😎
In a 1000 years future generations will be listening to this and commenting…. Wow these are amazing…. They are and I have been listening to Floyd for over 40 year’s and still do not get bored of them.
I am so envious of you hearing Pink Floyd for the first time and the journey you are about to embark. I started this journey in 1975 and I haven't finished it yet
The person who suggested this song and gave you the history IS a genius; it enables one to understand the depth of the lyrics. About 5 years ago my son gave me this on vinyl; wanted the real deal; best gift ❤ I put my headphones on, laid on the couch, and was transported.
Thank you to the legend who went to the lengths of explaining and requesting this song. Big PF and Tool fan here. This is my fav :)
Thanks for your reaction, King
I have watched many many reaction videos and, my friend, you are by far the most realistic person I have seen. You are truly into the music and understand it's messages. Keep "em coming.
Welcome to Pink Floyd. Geniuses of their own right. Their offerings were and are magical for their incredible wonder. They offered something that many listened to & really felt. They are true & real. Thank you for sharing this one. Keep enjoying their fantastic creations.
This is so engraved in my soul, I am jealous of your getting to listen to it for the first time! And your little perpetual motion machine in the background was just dancing along. Great reaction. Please do more Pink Floyd. But for yourself, listen to the whole album at one sitting! ❤️
I am sad , all that I can do to support you is too smash the like button, give the other commenters a thumbs up and thank you for a wonderful experience this morning.
ALL Parts of Shine on Crazy Diamond are phenomenal!
Always listening to pink floyd. It would be the whole album I listened to. In one sitting
the transition at 8:38 from one god to another one is timeless
This is prime Floyd to me, might be my favourite piece of music. If asked, it's the song that jumps to my mind first every time.
I have listen to this song for years but it is amazing to hear from someone listening to it for the first time. I hear something new every time I listen to Pink Floyd. This is strongly influenced by the Blues but then the background singers sound choral. So you feel the pain of the song but you also have the hope of the choir in the background. It is just an amazing tribute piece to an absolute genius.
I'm an old gut now. I was about 15 in the 1970s when this first came out. After hearing it, I felt like nothing was going to be the same again. That feeling has never gone away!
The best album I've ever heard. Listen to the rest of it man. You'll be glad you did! Thanks for the video, and peace to you.
Best piece of music written in the 20th century, as far as I'm concerned. A timeless, beautiful masterpiece.
It still sounds like it could be released today, when it came out nearly 50 years ago. Shows that it has the mark of a timeless masterpiece. The mixing, mastering, musicianship and the general sound is totally incredible.
Love that you've gotten around to Pink Floyd. Another discovery experience I wish I could do over again. That's one of the reasons I love these reaction channels. Shine on Polo, shine on.
This ranks high in the most played funeral songs in the UK.
My dad always listened to Pink Floyd as i was growing up. He still doesnow, in his 70s. Thank God he introduced me to such amazing music at a very, very young age.
Pink Floyd is for the ADVANCED music listener. 💥💥💥👍😎
It's ok to close your eyes,,,👍👍
Pink Floyd was 20 years before their time in electronically produced music. They were the leading edge and did things with sound no one else was really trying. Much of their music was heavily instrumental with vocals only when it accentuated the sound. Beyond amazing for this lifelong fan.
Love watching you go through this. Listened to this since I was a kid. Pink Floyd has really helped me get past my horrid childhood. I hope youre getting some enlightenment, peace and happiness from it. ❤❤ Diana
Floyd experimented with and pushed the boundaries of the analog synthesizer, back then they were always ahead of the curve.
My band since 1967 and for ever 😍😍😍
I grew up in the 70's listening to Pink Floyd. They are my mist favourite band. Their music is timeless and will never be duplicated. There music is in a genre all by itself.
Enjoy
The stunning opening track from what i think is the greatest most complete album ever made by any group, a true masterpiece for sure!!!
The inimitable Richard Wright on keyboards. RIP Mr. Wright
The sounds they couldn't create with their instruments were existing sounds they could find, the rechnical tools of today didn't exist then. That is how incredible they were.