HYPNOTIC!! First Time Reaction to Pink Floyd - "Us And Them"

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  • @leonardoalmiron2175
    @leonardoalmiron2175 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +290

    the abrupt cut is because in reality this song should be listened to together with the following songs: "any colour you like" and "brain damage"... and this last one together with the following one: "eclipse".

    • @Jared_Letos_Panties
      @Jared_Letos_Panties 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      All Floyd albums are a single piece.

    • @rafox66
      @rafox66 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      And Money before this one too.

    • @n5iln
      @n5iln 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

      @@rafox66 Basically the entirety of side 2 of the album.

    • @leonardoalmiron2175
      @leonardoalmiron2175 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@rafox66 yes correct, but Money doesn't have such an abrupt cut, as these themes do

    • @rafox66
      @rafox66 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@leonardoalmiron2175 No not really abrupt, but that transition still sounds odd when it is cut.

  • @normmcinnis4102
    @normmcinnis4102 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +129

    It ends abruptly because it immediately flows into the next song.

    • @lynby6231
      @lynby6231 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      The word is ’segues’ (pronounced Segway)

  • @TheMRDanielGaming
    @TheMRDanielGaming 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +280

    RIP Richard Wright the atmosphere of Pink Floyd❤

    • @Mister_Samsonite
      @Mister_Samsonite 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      He really did compose some beautiful chord arrangements. Together with Gilmour, they were a force to be reckoned with.

    • @kurtschmidt9760
      @kurtschmidt9760 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      You are so right MRD. He was a great talent and not sure they would of ben as good as they were without him.

    • @cFull_Rtrd
      @cFull_Rtrd 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      when he wasn't on cocaine

    • @kurtschmidt9760
      @kurtschmidt9760 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      who wasn't in those days

    • @kevinohara2618
      @kevinohara2618 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@Mister_Samsonite the music for this song was written by wright and waters with the lyrics by waters, the music was played beautifully by all 4 of them, sax by dick parry, sung by gilmour, harmonized by wright and some backing singers

  • @Ferretbomber
    @Ferretbomber 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +108

    The first time i heard this album I was maybe 9 years old, visiting an uncle in rural Idaho in the late 70s. He was very conservative as was my whole family, but he took us downstairs to the large family room where they had a pool table, had us all sit down, and said he wanted to show off his new stereo. And he put on this album. As a kid from a family who didn't listen to a lot of music, it blew my mind. He was a rancher and a great guy, and it was interesting to discover that despite how religious he was, he's be out driving a combine or checking on cattle and listening to Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd or Cyndi Lauper. He passed too young from cancer, but the memories of moments like that will always be with me. Thanks for the reaction.

    • @timm3931
      @timm3931 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      I was introduced to Pink Floyd by my uncle too, i was about 13. He gave me a thorens turntable, an amplifier he made a couple of decent speakers and his copies of Medal, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall. A year later he followed up with Hendrix, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones. My father was not amused😂
      I still have those albums as some of my most cherished gifts

    • @nickrizzi4927
      @nickrizzi4927 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Great, unique story and tribute...

    • @StuartHanson-fo7iw
      @StuartHanson-fo7iw 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same here,love that🇬🇧👍🇺🇸

  • @mariogansbeke
    @mariogansbeke 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +98

    This album should be listened to in a dark environment, no distracting lights, lying on your back on the floor, with headphones or a top notch sound system and as loud as humanly possible and just enjoy...

    • @tippedduke
      @tippedduke 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Too true! That is exactly how I listened to this album for the first time and many times after. As I got older, laser Floyd became my new favorite way to experience their music, along with experiencing a few other things while listening. To be young again......

    • @steveturner3999
      @steveturner3999 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      You are absolutely correct. I still remember listening to this 48 years ago come July, in the basement of a friends house. Six weeks after high school graduation I visited family friends in Missouri. Their basement was very cool and dimly lit. Listened to the whole album with a girl that I wanted to be more than a family friend. That didn’t happen but I did hear the album in the very best setting with someone I cared very much about.

    • @psbarrow
      @psbarrow 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      And skip the vinyl; Parsons' quad mix or Guthrie's 5.1 are the versions to go to.

    • @alanskidadomdom3748
      @alanskidadomdom3748 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      You forgot the spliff!😂😂😂

    • @54fighting5
      @54fighting5 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@psbarrowYou make a good point. But never skip the vinyl. Don't underestimate the power of the analog.🙂

  • @barrygeekler6458
    @barrygeekler6458 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +41

    Dick Parry is a MASTER saxophonist, and still kicking it at 81 years of age.

  • @paulallaker8450
    @paulallaker8450 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Never forget these guys were in their 20s when they wrote and performed on this album, so far ahead of their time, this album is their Magnus Opus.

  • @Cadinho93
    @Cadinho93 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +81

    The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the best albums ever produced! The songs blend from one to another telling a beautiful story of the human experience. It's best to listen all the way through.
    Also, the thing about Pink Floyd is when you hear this song for the 155th time, you'll get that same feeling and personally, listening to Pink Floyd always leaves me in a better place.

    • @ghidrah76
      @ghidrah76 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I always love how Alan Parsons is part of the engineering of this album.. everyone that worked on this album sure made the best album of all time

    • @mr.puckerie4800
      @mr.puckerie4800 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The album chronicles "the human condition"; It is really meant to listen in one sitting. You do yourself a disservice by listening to it piecemeal one song at a time.

    • @bradjbourgeois73
      @bradjbourgeois73 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      "One of" doesn't belong in that statement! It came out the year I was born and stayed on the charts till I was in high school! That will never happen again, EVER!

  • @jonscott8843
    @jonscott8843 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    66 yr old man here, I first heard this album 51 years ago and fell hopelessly in love with it! The very first record I ever heard on stereo cans and was blown away by the way sounds swept from side to side. You have to think of each side as single tracks with several parts, each so-called song just melts in to the next.
    Interestingly in 1973 my mother (mid-forties), left work one day saying to her younger colleagues (Twenties) "I'm going home to listen to DSoM." Their jaws hit the floor. Yes! She loved this album too. Bless her!

    • @fluxrider7027
      @fluxrider7027 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The first record you ever heard on stereo was Dark Side of the Moon??? Damn, you hit the stereo lotto.

  • @Alexescobedo-io3lx
    @Alexescobedo-io3lx 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +63

    Every Pink Floyd song it’s like pure gold

    • @KiltedHammer
      @KiltedHammer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I would mostly agree, but I am not too crazy about a couple of Syd's songs. Bicycle comes to mind right away.
      Now once Dave was on the scene, absolutely.

  • @TheZepp44
    @TheZepp44 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +52

    One of my all time favourites from Pink Floyd, the sax is just so sublime, and powerful, and What a lyric "Forward!" he cried from the Rear, And the Front Rank Died.

    • @chadengert7786
      @chadengert7786 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'll sit for a full hour or more to watch that

  • @jimbrown5552
    @jimbrown5552 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    50 years have got behind me since I first heard it

    • @KiltedHammer
      @KiltedHammer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Well played!

  • @marekkozub8957
    @marekkozub8957 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +50

    So many years ago and still feels fresh. Simply timeless.

  • @SaintPhoenixx
    @SaintPhoenixx 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    "With...without...after all, it's what the fighting's all about." is an evergreen lyric, it sums up the world at literally any point in any country at any point in time from the last 5000 years and the next 5000.

    • @TruthIsNotTemporary
      @TruthIsNotTemporary 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The haves fighting with the have nots

  • @TheGunslinger1
    @TheGunslinger1 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    Arguably the best album ever created.

    • @pop9095
      @pop9095 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      It's a saucy little tramp with perhaps Floyds best song on it (spoiler alert, it's the great gig in the sky). I would argue Wish You Were Here is a better album, and Animals is close. Cheers.

    • @danrue3263
      @danrue3263 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yep 👍

  • @geoff521
    @geoff521 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

    .......oh......it doesn't end there, it goes to a whole new level.

  • @rubentullenaar2934
    @rubentullenaar2934 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +63

    I think it's time... Time for a full album review.

    • @Ducatirati
      @Ducatirati 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I second that , Huzzar Huzzar

    • @trevortamboline279
      @trevortamboline279 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Third that...

    • @linwoodbauer3645
      @linwoodbauer3645 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      4th that!!

    • @patrickarts9091
      @patrickarts9091 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The only way to listen to this Album. Strait through.

    • @justm9892
      @justm9892 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I watched a full review yesterday of this album and the young guys reaction was brilliant! I hadn't listened to the whole album in yrs but I listened with him it was brilliant!!

  • @leesanders6490
    @leesanders6490 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

    It's been 55 years now and they've never gotten old. It appears you're on that same road and I envy you. I hope you can enjoy them as long as I have. I love your videos. Please keep them coming.

    • @Erfedwe
      @Erfedwe 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      The first PF song I can recall hearing was Money. It was 1978 and someone was playing it on the school bus. I fell in love and have never looked back.

    • @briansnider1235
      @briansnider1235 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      55years...WTF? seems like yesterday. really 55?

  • @johnwoodworth9127
    @johnwoodworth9127 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    This song is such a masterpiece.

  • @RoadDoug
    @RoadDoug 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    The smile on your face when the saxophone kicked in says a lot about you.
    ❤❤❤❤

  • @chazblitz
    @chazblitz 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +30

    This is a Rick Wright composition with Roger Waters providing the words. One of the most beautiful pieces of music they ever made. Dick Parry's sax work is beyond incredible. Lookin lovely as always, Stacey!

  • @glennjones6004
    @glennjones6004 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    You cannot praise Dark Side of the Moon without giving big kudos to Alan Parsons, the producer/ sound engineer. His contributions to the overall sound cannot be overlooked. It earned him a Grammy. He went on to become a huge contributor to the music industry based in and around Abbt Road Studios.

    • @jefffogarty680
      @jefffogarty680 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not 100% correct. Dark Side was produced by band. Although Parsons was part of the Abbey Road engineering team and contributed to,the album, he did not receive engineering credit on the album. To this day, that bothers him.

  • @patcecil1685
    @patcecil1685 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    One of Floyd's very finest work. Special thanks to Richard Wright for this incredible chord sequence. Just gorgeous and really powerful while also being supremely haunting. Utter genius

  • @helmutvogel901
    @helmutvogel901 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    About Pink Floyd : There are 4 albums that really should be treated as one long song, and listened to from first track to last with the only pauses being (in old times) when you were flipping the album over. Most reactors have split side one and side two, some have done the whole album one take. These albums are Dark Side Of The Moon (73), Wish You Were Here (75), Animals (77) and The Wall (79). When listening to the VINYL versions, there is NO break between songs, last note of a song is first note of next song. Unfortunately, cds FORCE a break so that the laser can find the track!! So if you listen to those albums, as albums, make sure to listen to VINYL versions to get the full effect.

  • @iantucker1433
    @iantucker1433 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    Probably the best album ever recorded. No surprises it stayed in the album charts so long.

    • @KiltedHammer
      @KiltedHammer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Agreed, but I am sad that Animals did not get the same love as it is right up there with this album IMHO.

  • @stevePsutton
    @stevePsutton 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Rodger Water's father was killed in WWII and he has brought his feelings and wars in general into Pink Floyd songs especially The Wall

  • @kurtsaxton823
    @kurtsaxton823 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

    One of the greatest albums ever composed. 20 years from now when you listen to the song it'll bring a totally different meaning. All of this was brilliantly written to where as you gain life experience, the meanings change whether it be by design or not it's brilliant.

  • @kallsop2
    @kallsop2 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

    When listening to the whole album together, Us And Them and Any Colour is kind of the pause before the finale of Brain Damage and Eclipse. It gives you time to relax your mind from the rest of the album and set you up for the end.

  • @vics8873
    @vics8873 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +54

    Great to see you "youngsters" appreciate us oldsters' music.

    • @vics8873
      @vics8873 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      ...and I thoroughly enjoy your content--have watched many. Keep up the good work.

  • @stevenparker4684
    @stevenparker4684 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    The hidden genius to the emotional feelings to Pink Floyd is the production work of Alan Parsons

    • @chadengert7786
      @chadengert7786 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Alan Parsons Project sounds eerily familiar to this album

    • @KiltedHammer
      @KiltedHammer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      On this album sure, but he didn't produce all of their albums.

    • @carlostadeuforville5411
      @carlostadeuforville5411 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He was just the sound engineer, nothing more.

    • @victormendez2789
      @victormendez2789 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Loved the Alan Parsons Project!

    • @victormendez2789
      @victormendez2789 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@carlostadeuforville5411 Frank Zappa was the producer of Grand Funk Railroad's GOOD SINGIN'/GOOD PLAYIN' album and to me, it sounds so much more powerful than any of their earlier stuff. With all due respect, to say he was JUST the producer would do a disservice to his influence. Alan Parson Project showcased Parson's talent so to say he was "nothing more" is not very kind. A band's sound is not just the band cuz if you don't have a supporting cast to create your vision it would be like writing a novel without knowing how to spell. IMHO

  • @ohnean1
    @ohnean1 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    "Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died, generals sat, and the lines on the map moved from side to side"... All war there !!

  • @paulallaker8450
    @paulallaker8450 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    I've listened to this song 100s of times and everytime end up in tears.😭 Read the lyrics, they are very powerful. Great reaction Stacey.

  • @johnchrysostomon6284
    @johnchrysostomon6284 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    The late Richard Wright - the sometimes under-appreciated keyboardist wrote the beautiful music for this

  • @grahamhowes6904
    @grahamhowes6904 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    A bit of Richard mastery here he composed the tune here as he did when he co improvised Great gig in the sky. The great blend of Richard and David harmonising with the backing singers- magic

  • @nickrizzi4927
    @nickrizzi4927 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I have heard these songs so many times I cannot count.
    As much, I hope you know that watching you react to them for the first time is an equivalent experience to your endeavor for your viewers.
    We get it and thanks for sharing!

  • @n5iln
    @n5iln 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    This album came out 51 years ago, and it's still one of the top-selling albums of all time. Engineered by Alan Parsons (yes, THAT Alan Parsons), for which work he garnered a Grammy nomination.

    • @user-hl1nr2nf5x
      @user-hl1nr2nf5x 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I love Alan Parsons!!!!

    • @ghidrah76
      @ghidrah76 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      I love it when people mention Alan Parsons engineering on this album. Not many know about him working on this and Abbey Road. How grateful we all are that we still get new content from Alan😊

    • @n5iln
      @n5iln 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@ghidrah76 He also engineered for Procol Harum, Wings, The Hollies, and Al Stewart. He’s responsible for adding the saxophone part to Stewart’s “Year Of The Cat”.

  • @mikehigbee2320
    @mikehigbee2320 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This album is not just a collection of songs. It's an experience, meant to be heard from beginning to end. Just sit in a dark room with your eyes closed and listen. You will be transported to a different plane of existence.

  • @FooDogDat
    @FooDogDat 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Love this song, iconic Pink Floyd instrumentals and harmonized lyrics. The sparse lyrics and instruments seem to speak volumes.
    Yes, while it is a song about war, it also speaks to inequality, greed, want, and callousness as causes of conflict in the verses after the saxophone solo.
    " Down and out
    It can't be helped, but there's a lot of it about
    With, without
    And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
    Out of the way, It's a busy day
    I've got things on my mind
    For want of the price of tea and a slice
    The old man died "
    For those non British folk who might not get the reference to 'Tea and a Slice' it is a cup of tea and a slice of bread with butter.
    As one responder to a message board stated about what these lyrics meant...
    " Tea and a slice in particular reminds me of George Orwell’s 'Down and Out in Paris and London.' It’s a semi-autobiographical account of Orwell’s time living in extreme poverty in the 1930’s. In the London section of the book tea and a slice is what Orwell was getting by on as the cheapest food option available. Café’s would serve tea and a slice of bread as the cheapest thing on the menu. The slice would have margarine on it.
    In the context of the lyrics it does seem to be referring to tea and a slice as the cheapest thing you could eat to survive which fits with Orwell’s writings and would suggest the slice in question is bread. "
    Full Lyrics:
    [Verse 1]
    Us, and them
    And after all, we're only ordinary men
    Me, and you
    God only knows it's not what we would choose to do
    [Chorus]
    "Forward!" he cried from the rear
    And the front rank died
    The general sat, and the lines on the map
    Moved from side to side
    [Verse 2]
    Black and blue
    And who knows which is which, and who is who?
    Up and down
    And in the end, it's only round and round, and round
    [Chorus]
    "Haven't you heard it's a battle of words?"
    The poster bearer cried
    "Listen, son," said the man with the gun
    "There's room for you inside"
    [Interlude]
    "I mean, they're not gonna kill ya
    So like, if you give 'em a quick short, sharp, shock
    They won't do it again
    Dig it? I mean, he got off light
    'Cause I could've given him a thrashing
    I only hit him once!
    It was only a difference of right and wrong, innit?
    But really, I mean good manners don't cost nothing, do they, eh?"
    [Saxophone Solo]
    [Verse 3]
    Down and out
    It can't be helped, but there's a lot of it about
    With, without
    And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
    [Chorus]
    Out of the way, It's a busy day
    I've got things on my mind
    For want of the price of tea and a slice
    The old man died

  • @vernhoke7730
    @vernhoke7730 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Stacy, this is an album that should be listened to in its entirety in one sitting. I know you're reacting to each song. When you get the chance to do the whole thing uninterrupted. It took me from 1973, when I bought my 1st copy of "Dark Side of the Moon", until I bought the CD 7 or 8 years later.

  • @geoffprince2258
    @geoffprince2258 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The first time I listened to this song, i was 19 and had my first trip of magic mushrooms. It blew my mind lol.

  • @wito609
    @wito609 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Thank you Stacey for putting into words what I have felt listening to the music of Pink Floyd over the last 50 years. You are the best😊

  • @robertsimmons9423
    @robertsimmons9423 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Rick Wrights Violent Sequence. Absolutely amazing!

  • @graemethomson5167
    @graemethomson5167 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Awesome...I was 17 was this was a new release
    and it's still great to listen to...watch it in the Pulse concert
    Thanks for the memories....

  • @iwnlis4347
    @iwnlis4347 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Richard Parry an English saxophonist was a guest for the album songs Money, Us and Them, Shine on You Crazy Diamond and Wearing the Inside Out. So beautiful 🎷

    • @MarkMay-cr6bv
      @MarkMay-cr6bv 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The perfect light touch and still loads of soul.

  • @Pru1PC
    @Pru1PC 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The “Delicate Sound of Thunder” performance of this song played live is amazing! The video background that they use ads a lot of context and meaning to the lyrics. Then bring in the lighting, the sax , the dynamic sound.

    • @KiltedHammer
      @KiltedHammer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And Scott Page also kills the sax solos.

  • @sanzoftatooine
    @sanzoftatooine 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Those background vocals! The female voices are a hallmark of Floyd's sound from this period. And another shining moment for Richard Wright. The "dialogue" under the piano break came from "interviews" the band (mainly Roger Waters) did with people who were hanging around (roadies, drivers, studio secretaries, etc.). They would start by asking questions like "What is your favorite color?" and then move on to something like "When was the last time your were violent?" Wild.

  • @tomdarton128
    @tomdarton128 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    It doesn’t really end abruptly. Each song blends into the other. If you listen, money bleeds into us and them, which then bleeds into an instrumental piece called any color you like. the abrupt ending of us and them is caused by someone editing out any color you like. Side one of the lp ends with the great gig in the sky. It doesn’t bleed into the next song, which is the first song on side 2 Money. The cool thing about this us and them is the beautiful calming music, contrasted with the lyrics about war. It truly is art, and still way ahead of its time.

  • @philshorten3221
    @philshorten3221 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Pink Floyd & Led Zeppelin
    The "Yin and Yang" of the 70's and every year since

  • @comeconcon569
    @comeconcon569 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I've been listening to Pink Floyd for years and years and must say their music can have a melancholic effect on those who listen to Pink Floyd.

  • @chrisbree3467
    @chrisbree3467 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thanks Stacey, another beautiful reaction ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

  • @mk21965
    @mk21965 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    As others have said, Dark Side is meant to be listened to straight through. It makes for odd breaks between songs since they flow into one another. Look up the lyrics, this is a song about the futility of war and how we're pawns for the powerful. Roger Waters is a master lyricist and very anti-war having lost his father during WWII when Roger was five months old. Great reaction, keep 'em coming!

  • @lroa6913
    @lroa6913 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I grew up with the biggest rock and pop bands, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Grand Funk Railroad, Credence Clearwater Revival and many others, but when I heard Pink Floyd a path opened up that I didn't know existed.
    At the same time I understood that this band did not compose songs or albums. Oh no, they composed an existential compendium that had the purpose of shaking you, of confronting you and everything in this world. All a philosophy of life. Their music and lyrics are current, fresh, powerful, as if they had been composed yesterday.
    The best definition of a classic masterpiece. They live forever and get better every day.

  • @Damien_D1977
    @Damien_D1977 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Come back and listen to this whole album in 40 years. It hits different when you're older.

  • @user-uq6ny8yp7u
    @user-uq6ny8yp7u 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Pink Floyd, were creativity brilliant and this is just breathtakingly incredible. This, being remastered 50 years later just revels how brilliant they were remarkable!

  • @Jamesthefinancecat
    @Jamesthefinancecat 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Holy hell, Stacey... I'm totally with you and I'm sure so many others are too. The contrasting rhythms take you on such a journey it's impossible not to just get your emotions blown away

  • @GregCombs100
    @GregCombs100 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fascinating to watch someone's reaction to this album the first time, for those of us who grew up in the 70's with this music and it's burned into our brains, part of our souls.
    For next Floyd reactions, you really need to do full albums with the lyrics in front of you. You are ready.

  • @eddieohearn17
    @eddieohearn17 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I remember seeing Pink Floyd or hearing Pink Floyd, actually in the round. There was roughly an audience of 200 people and the band.. their speakers littering surrounded the audience, and there was no light in the venue, not a single one, except for those on the speakers you could see the little red light. This is the music they started the concert with.

  • @toddschmidgall9639
    @toddschmidgall9639 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Pink Floyd = Heart Beat of Life.
    Shine On! 💎

  • @grahamokeefe9406
    @grahamokeefe9406 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It's interesting to notice how the sound goes from close and intimate to huge and majestic.

  • @josipfleis9223
    @josipfleis9223 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This song is about "us and them" on the battlefield, when we slaughter each other in the rage of the battle, even "it is not we choose to do". And this story is told so calmly, like by some Greek god is watching from above, with no emotion...

  • @smarttvhome335
    @smarttvhome335 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I feel the song is meant to have that trance-like "You're asleep, now awaken" feeling as it works with the message. Amazing track entirely. Haven't heard it in years. Thank you for your reaction to it.

  • @guscarlson7021
    @guscarlson7021 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi Stacey! If you find yourself loving this piece, you're not alone, millions of us feel the same way.

  • @dbcanada
    @dbcanada 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks, Stacey. I was 17 when that album was released in 1973. Loved it then; still love it now. ♥

  • @christianhoneyman9001
    @christianhoneyman9001 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Great reaction to one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs. Hope you have a Wonderful weekend. ⚘️🌹💐

  • @mikejacobson14
    @mikejacobson14 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Please do a single reaction to this entire album. Each song is superb by itself, but when listened to as an album, they're indescribably marvelous.

  • @danrue3263
    @danrue3263 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    He gets your soul he’s the master ❤

  • @ruilacas184
    @ruilacas184 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This guys are real artists, and each song is a beautiful strong painting, so beautiful

  • @user-if6cp5uv8o
    @user-if6cp5uv8o 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Stacey, you absolutely are one of the best at reaction videos. I love listening to you break down a song. You do it so well!
    As usual, more Floyd please. Looking forward to your FULL album reaction!

  • @smflyboy
    @smflyboy 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great reaction. It’s so fun watching a new listener come to discover the joy of Pink Floyd. Sometimes the magic of Floyd is not the notes they put in, but the notes they leave out. They give the music space to breathe.

  • @srt8rocketship241
    @srt8rocketship241 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Stacy , loved this , great job. Give us More Volume. Oh , this deserves it.

  • @spyderdryverlee4581
    @spyderdryverlee4581 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The spoken interludes were recordings of various people in and around the recording studio in response to Roger asking some leading questions. The "guy" you refer to was Roger "the hat" Manifold, a roadie. He was answering to.." when was the last time you were violent?". I'm old enough to remember the album's original release in 1973. It still sends chills down my spine. It's as near a perfect piece of music as is possible.

  • @kristenheaslip8668
    @kristenheaslip8668 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of my favourites , Thankyou! I think the recorded version just allows you to hear all the wonders of the song, emotions always come to the surface when you listen to Pink Floyd

  • @Mister_Samsonite
    @Mister_Samsonite 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Originally composed by Richard Wright as an instrumental piece for a film called Zabriskie Point. It was shelved and repurposed for this album after the filmmaker decided not to use it.

  • @user-xq7mh5kg6bvvf3
    @user-xq7mh5kg6bvvf3 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Finally, Star Girl, you have come back to brighten my day today too! Always affectionately an Italian hug!
    ❤❤❤

  • @jeffreymeyer4848
    @jeffreymeyer4848 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I had never thought of this as "hypnotic," but your right, it is! Great observation and reaction!

  • @colinrobinson5458
    @colinrobinson5458 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    R.I.P. Richard Wright, The Soul of Pink Floyd. ❤

  • @troypierce3562
    @troypierce3562 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This music was so much of me & my friends back in the 70's. So glad you & some of your generation can appreciate this. ✌️

  • @garethharding1
    @garethharding1 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fifty years later , and I can still carry the tune in my head from Us and Them into Any Colour You Like . What an album ! My favourite from Pink Floyd , even if my favourite song is Comfortably Numb ❤

  • @user-hl1nr2nf5x
    @user-hl1nr2nf5x 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    What is it with you and Pink Floyd that makes me immediately drop whatever I am doing to WATCH YOUR REVIEW? This song is my favorite on Dark Side of the Moon, the saxophone and the calming vocal parts automatically draw me every time! IMO the Sax can do no wrong in anybody's song, probably my favorite instrument. Stacey, thank you for bringing happiness to my life!!! I am very much looking forward to more Pink Floyd and full album reviews; I really like how you are singling out each song prior to a full album review, it gives longevity to P.F. reactions. I wish the best!!!

  • @carolricard1903
    @carolricard1903 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Been listening 👂 to Pink Floyd for fifty yrs- from the beginning.
    Us and then is one of many ageless songs. Stays relevant decade
    After decade.

  • @karlsangree4679
    @karlsangree4679 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Got to see Pink Floyd in my mid teens twice in the late 60s; once at the Philadelphia's Electric Factory and once at a large outdoor concert called "The British Invasion" with The Troggs, Procol Harum, and a couple others whose names escape me at the moment. Unforgettable concerts.

  • @DaddyDoom
    @DaddyDoom 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    We can relate Stacey.
    We mostly come here to see someone connecting to this magic made real for the first time.
    We can relate, yes ❤

  • @draytonbonyun3412
    @draytonbonyun3412 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This was and still is my all time favorite album,...loved watching you love this song!

  • @garymoore4909
    @garymoore4909 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for reacting to one of my favourite Pink Floyd songs Stacey! You cannot fail to be moved by the powerful message (the futility of war) and sublime instrumentals in this song! Great choice!

  • @bdc1117
    @bdc1117 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This album was on the charts when I was an infant and was still on the charts when I was graduating high school.

  • @cmanayf4354
    @cmanayf4354 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hypnotic is a good description of this piece Stacey. 😊 Thanks!

  • @williamvillarroel1423
    @williamvillarroel1423 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Beautiful song !!! Good reaction !! Pink Floyd , un clásico 🎸🎸 SDS desde Chile 🇨🇱 preciosa

  • @user-ev9td9ls6t
    @user-ev9td9ls6t 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi Stacey Bill here. Another classic . I agree with your up n down comparison..the ebb n flow to this song was fantastic. Ty for the reaction. Cheers

  • @bobkupi9905
    @bobkupi9905 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    The second half of the PULSE concert, PF does the entire "Dark Side of the Moon" (all 10 tracks) live.

  • @garytakos6628
    @garytakos6628 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So glad you get the emotional rollercoaster! Another soul mate!

  • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
    @kasperkjrsgaard1447 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    To watch you, observe you, discovering the magic of Pink Floyd is a treat to me as an old time Pink Floyd fan, and especially a “Dark Side of The Moon” fan, is so giving. It’s obvious for even the most numb person on planet Earth how much you catch the world of Floyd and how much you truely enjoy it. Mankind will continue. 🤗

  • @mikermer8284
    @mikermer8284 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Well, 'Us And Them' hit me directly in my stomach (and brain) as a young 21 years old lad in 1973. I was blown away and the saxophone playing on the record gave the music a such an excellent twist which took me to heaven - and the lyrics was out of this world. I've only experienced that feeling once before, and that was when I was listening to the album 'In the Court of the Crimson King' in 1969, the first album by King Crimson. Especially the song 'Epitaph' took me by a storm - and maybe you should give that song - and maybe the other songs from the album - a closer look in your very fine program. You'll probaly know the singer and bassist of King Crimson, Greg Lake. His voice is amazingly good and his way to play the bass was very inspired by his roommate Chris Squire by Yes back in their young days in London. Listen and enjoy!

  • @emmanueljangulo
    @emmanueljangulo 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love your PF reactions and their effect on you. I hope your health and mindset continue to improve. PF will absolutely help, I am sure you already know! All the best, and look forward to the next!

  • @FDogg-vv4ff
    @FDogg-vv4ff 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ive been listening to Pink Floyd since I was a toddler. My parents named me after them (my name is Floyd). I’m 30 now, and I am extremely envious of you being able to experience PF for the first time. Thank you for documenting your experience and describing perfectly how the songs make you feel!

  • @vernonsmith6965
    @vernonsmith6965 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Stacey I am so happy that you are experiencing one of the best bands in the world ,and I hope you continue your journey as Pink Floyd take you to another level and firmly implant there seeds into your brain forever

  • @waltercrain2910
    @waltercrain2910 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    for so many people, mostly teenaged boys like me at the time... this was the first album played on a new "HiFi" stereo, the first album played on a new set of speakers, new headphones, it was the first record re-purchased on vinyl due to wear, then the first album bought as a CD. i've heard the entire album literally thousands of times. it's just part of the soundscape of a certain subculture of 70s/80s youth.

  • @rayhallett
    @rayhallett 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I wandered into a local record shop in 1973 and bought my first record, music I had heard on the radio, ended up with the wrong album actually. I took it home and played it without knowing, but was blown away by what I heard. But, as the fellow below says, the best way, I discovered after listening in every way to these songs over 51 years, is to lie back put on the album (and, if I may say so, enjoy a little bit of mind-altering substances) and just go to places (in your mind) that you wouldn't believe in your thoughts and feelings.
    By the way, to understand the influence of war on the lyrics of Roger Waters, listen to Final Cut, and remember that he lost a Dad in World War 2 and watched as the Brits charged off to the Falklands War 40 years later. It is definitely a comment on whether we learn from our mistakes or not.

  • @perennial72
    @perennial72 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You are beautiful as always, Stacey. And I agree with you: this song is a sort of emotional rollercoaster. One more hug from Italy😊

  • @Kick278
    @Kick278 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you Stacey! It amazes me that beautiful young people like you can appreciate the old and timeless music that I grew up with!

  • @syzygy21055
    @syzygy21055 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It ends abruptly because there are no stops until the end of the album. The next bar is literally the first bar of the next song. The second side really has only two parts, the first being Money, which was intended for radio airplay. It has a long fadeout, making it easy for on-air DJs to queue up another song or go to commercial. The rest of the side, which includes Us and Them, Any Color You Like, Brain Damage and Eclipse, plays as one continuous composition rather than four separate songs. Love all your PF reactions, much more ahead!