PINK FLOYD Brain Damage & Eclipse Breakdown!!
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Any true Pink Floyd fan knows “lunacy” is always a background theme because of Syd Barrett. Some people become Pink Floyd fans because of the harmonies, others bc of production, others bc of David Gilmour’s guitar, others bc of lyrics, others bc of the vibe. And some are blessed enough to see the big picture and absorb every aspect. Either way, we’re all here. And we’re a massive universe. United by this band.
Beautifully said. I couldn't agree more!
Hence Shine On, or all of the Wish You Were Here album
Well said, there is a bigger picture. I'm a yank but I've watched all the documentaries I can find on them. I'm 45 years old, I'd say there's a high probability that it's about Syd. High emotions come from losing a friend, especially as a young man. That can change you in ways most can't understand. My dad introduced me to them when I was in my teens, I hope I get to enjoy Mr. Gilmour's work for years to come.
The lunatic was a tabloid newspaper
Wow. Just wow. And I feel like we share that gift. Beautifully stated.
Greatest album closer ever. I've always seen Eclipse as basically your life flashing before your eyes before everything goes dark
Outside The Wall is up there too
Agreed
The end by the doors is pretty great
If you guys are this analytical about Dark Side of the Moon, I can't wait to see you with The Wall.
Or animals
I KNOW. Lol
Yup each video is gonna go 2hour long
Not really. The Wall is a story, every song is 100% understood by the PF community. There's nothing to say.
Animals would be more interesting, and at least it's not 60% filler.
The Wall is an actual story with a narrative, that's very different from their other concept albums that were exploring a theme eg. DSotM was about the stresses in life that drive you crazy or Wish you Were Here which is about the music industry and the pressure of their success after DSotM.
Syd Barrett, the lead singer and guitarist of pink floyd, who did go crazy and left the band has Pink Floyd's follow up album to Darkside of the Moon, titled "Wish You Were Here," is dedicated to him.
You both need to listen to it, it's so phenomenal.
yes, and he was the founder of Pink Floyd, even named the band. All other original members were his schoolfriends. he started showing them how to write songs, and is much of the reason a lot of Pink Floyds songs are about madness and school.
The Wall is all about Syd Barrets descent into madness.
I'm glad someone else mentioned "Wish You Were Her". Whole album is about Syd Barrett. He just dropped waaaaaayyy too much acid that if fucked up his mind and he became a recluse living in his mother's basement. 😔 But YESSS!!! Y'all gotta do "Wish You Were Here". The entire album, not just the single.
It was more than LSD that caused his decline. Roger Waters once revealed it was schizophrenia. Now I don't know the specifics about his personal diagnosis or anything. But the last time Roger Waters performed live was at a fundraiser for a charity for mental illness, which I highly recommend watching. This was done to honor Syd Barret as the other members and Waters had long had a bitter split and only performed together out of their shared respect for the lost friend that their all shared and was responsible for where they were in life because of the band he had created.
@@wesbeuning1733 Agreed. As someone who has dropped hundreds of hits of acid, among other things, I can attest that it does not cause schizophrenia. Schizophrenia manifests after puberty and into the 20's & 30's sometimes. And this sounds much more reasonable than the myth of Syd's drug induced spiral into madness. Kinda like Mama Cass death blamed on a ham Sandwhich. Myths.
Eclipse is definitely one of the most beautiful closes to an album
100%
What about a day in the life?Tomorrow Never Knows?
Roger Waters had this to say about the lyrics of "Brain Damage"/"Eclipse":
"I don't see it as a riddle. The album uses the sun and the moon as symbols; the light and the dark; the good and the bad; the life force as opposed to the death force. I think it's a very simple statement saying that all the good things life can offer are there for us to grasp, but that the influence of some dark force in our natures prevents us from seizing them. The song addresses the listener and says that if you, the listener, are affected by that force, and if that force is a worry to you, well I feel exactly the same too. The line 'I'll see you on the dark side of the moon' is me speaking to the listener, saying, 'I know you have these bad feelings and impulses because I do too, and one of the ways I can make direct contact with you is to share with you the fact that I feel bad sometimes."
Brain Damage is not about madness. It's about the programming we get from media, propaganda and governments etc. You have been brain damaged. You must be a lunitic if you do not conform to this programming, or are they the lunitics? Watch Rogers interviews.
Us and them, 'Us' the everyday people and 'them' the powers that goven us. We are 'us'. Also the caring and non-caring etc.
DOA THE Lunatic Then how dose the fact that one of the bands members (sorry I forget his name at the moment) went crazy and at concerts would some times start playing different tunes and shaved his eye brows and no one even recognized him (no one from the band) and how the band witnessed him slowly descend into madness there is so much more to this band I think...
@@lennym1273 Syd Barrett...And yes, I saw that pic of him when he showed up unexpectedly in that recording studio...he was so unrecognizable...he looked...it's hard to describe...That was a sad visual...
Then, I believe those shaved eyebrows paved the way for the image upon the character we see in The Wall....
fonsecorona: I agree about the shaved eyebrows. Bob Geldof did such a great job portraying "Pink" in the film. Apparently, Roger Waters wanted to play that part, but was turned down by the director.
Wetiko - Look it up if you're interested.
The album begins and ends with the same important sound !...everything inbetween is life.
Syd's dam broke open many years too soon. The band he was in started playing different tunes. RIP Syd Barret. We'll see you on the dark side of the moon!
Steven Solomon: Near the end of Syd's tenure with Pink Floyd, he was the one that was actually playing a different tune on stage. It was frustrating and sad at the same time for the other members of the band.
Oh, shit, I never put that together. To Syd, it was the band that was playing different tunes.
Watch the vid of him singing Jugband Blues, you can actually see the madness.
Well said steven
"Everything under the Sun is in tune
But the Sun is eclipsed by the Moon"
Life, nature and humanity are beautiful and in tune.
Society, rules and inhumanity eclipse it.
So... that means the dark side of the moon is the dark side of society...
Sometimes I think so. Sometimes otherwise...
"The lunatic is on the grass... got to keep the loonies on the path."
The crazy people who don't conform to society are on the grass. Society stays on the path,
Here the dark side can be interpreted as those who refuse to play by the rules: "The bleeding hearts and the artists."
Maybe everything being in "tune" under the Sun is just an interpretation by those who conform. Maybe they see those who are different as dark and against the "tune." Maybe the loonies will eventually eclipse society's Sun with their loony Moon.
Whatever it means to you is what it means.
That's part of what makes Floyd so interesting.
Peace
I think it doesnt matter how Big or important You are, because EVEN the sun can be eclipse by a minor Satellite such as the Moon...so, be humble, the money doesnt matter
"and everything under the sun is in tune" ...my favourite lines.
And now you know why this album spent 15 years on the Billboard charts...and then returned to the chart when they began to allow "legacy" acts in 2009.
Diomedene
It was knocked off the #1 spot by Michael Jackson’s Thriller album.
It was only in the #1 spot for a week in the US, but was on the Billboard Top 200 list for 741 straight weeks 1973-1988. Wikipedia says 15+ million sold in the US, with possibly 45+ million sold worldwide.
sopwithsnoopy: it resumed its run in 2009 when catalog albums were no longer ineligible to chart, hence the 937 weeks. It's pretty obvious that it would have continued to chart in the 21 years in between that it wasn't eligible if that rule hadn't been put in place to begin with... which would have put it around 2,000 weeks, putting it on the Hot Albums chart for over 40 years straight. Yeah, it's that good and that far ahead of it's time, music still hasn't caught up.
@@Rikko5500 if not by thriller I'm sure it wud have been knocked by Justin biever
nirvana knocked MJ off the charts
Love you guys. I don't think you really grasp how big Pink Floyd is, nor the place the Dark Side of the Moon holds. in 2017 it was voted the best album of all times. It was in the top 200 billboard for 741 weeks (14+ years) nothing else comes even close. I like Tool, but comparing them to Pink Floyd is almost sacrilege. Their next album "Wish You were Here" is about Syd Barrett, it's also one for their best work. Then there is "The Wall" .. If you guys are that analytical about DSOTM, I can only imagine what you'll do with The Wall.
Very thoughtful analysis, I appreciate your honesty. Try watching "PULSE" start to finish. This was Floyd's last live concert filmed in 1994. There are alot of visuals above the stage that puts a visual texture to some of the lyrics, just do it. No regrets, perhaps the greatest live concert ever recorded. TH-cam is a good source. Enjoy. You two a great together.
Agree with you on the quality and value of the 'Pulse' concerts, some of the best ever! IMHO, part of the reason these are so good is that the band had been playing, and perfecting these songs over the years making these renditions over-the-top good! One personal favorite is 'Great Gig' performed by Sam Brown, Durga McBroom, and Claudia Fontaine. Incidently, at one point, Sam Brown and her mother (also a back-up singer) had performed alongside Clare Torre and had an exceptional feel for how it should be performed. Love the music!! atb
It was the greatest live performance in rock history, and of course it granted us the best ever guitar-solo on ...you know which song. Of course, nothing from "Animals" was played. It wouldn't be possible. "Animals" is like a book..you can't just play one chapter. ( I've only read that Roger Waters played "Dogs" on his tour in 2006).
"You raise the blade, you make the change, you rearrange me till I'm sane" refers to a lobotomy. It is Roger Water's way of warning that those who do not conform to societal norms may be considered insane and could possibly be dealt with in an extreme manner.
The whole song is about the way we are programed through media, governments and propaganda etc. We have been brain damaged. It's not about madness. Do as you are told, keep of the grass.
And now he's telling everyone to get jabbed or be locked out of society. His music has aged better than his brain.
I totally never even realized that line in Brain Damage - "You raise the blade, you make the change. You rearrange me 'til I'm sane." is a pretty obvious reference to procedures such as lobotomies. Totally missed that one.
Sorry I believe you have this wrong (After listening to Roger’s explanation). Brain Damaged is about the way we are programed through media and propaganda etc. It’s not about going mad. How do we change this programming? How can we think again? ‘Make the change’ is about making you conform to the programed way.
Great reaction , explanation is spot on.
Sept. 15, 2008, ten years have got behind us. Rick Wright passed away.
The pianist?
The greatest ending to an album.
Enjoyed the conversation. That explanation is as good as any. Artists often can't articulate exactly what they're trying to say or even know exactly what they're trying to say. It just pours out as stream of consciousness around a theme. I think Dark Side is about insanity on many different levels...individual insanity, the insanity of society, the insanity of war and the bomb, just to name a few.
3:41 this section evokes the feel of an actual psych ward. That sound Rick Wright is making reminds me of the smell of Lysol, shiny white floors, folks walking around in a circle as a scratchy record is being played for the 20th time today.
Trust me, they get the credit, this album is considered one of the best albums ever made across the board. Tool is geometry, Pink Floyd is theoretical astrophysics.
1 point on mental illness, there is a tipping point that happens where once it happens, you no longer realize that you are mentally ill. When that happens, everybody else's behavior looks absolutely crazy to you.
Cool thought
@@williampeterman5048 which one?
@@danoconnell4485 everything
But nothing is everything
You saying I'm crazy.
Don't remember which member of the band said it, but they were talking about "Keep off the grass" signs with the line, "The lunatic is on the grass". Because only a lunatic would disobey the sign. This was meant as a commentary on all the little rules that are used to define who is behaving correctly or not in society, and that only a lunatic would break these little rules.
The whole song is about the way we are programed through media, governments and propaganda etc. We have been brain damaged. It's not about madness. Do as you are told, keep off the grass.
I also took it to mean grass as in weed/drugs
Vin, you keep trying to pin the meaning onto one person's particular story, but the songs are about the experience we all share. It's not a personal story, it's a universal story. There is no 'protagonist' except the listener -- you.
This album is so darn great that I am finding it a little difficult to listen to anything else! I also got 'addicted' to 'Wish you were here' for ages Both albums will be a classics forever!
''There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact it's all dark''
Such a chilling thing to end on! :D
it's not about a person, it's about society in it's full. life, death, work, greed, insanity, war, violence, haste....our society, our lives...not one person, all of us. And the voice of Syd is not on the interviews they did for the album, so his voice is not in the album
The line and when the band you're in starts playing different tunes, does speak about Syd. When Syd was already in a bad situation mentally speaking, he didn't perform normally while at gigs. He got kicked out not long after those episodes.
"Money" often gets criticized because it seems so out of place with the rest of the album musically. Just keep in one big difference compared to how albums are released today compared to back then. "Money" would have been song one of side b of the album. There is a break there that because of technology couldn't be avoided. You had to get up, flip the vinyl album (and later the cassette) over to start side two. It wasn't one continious play like you have today with CDs and mp3 playlists. I have never seen this confirmed, but I have often speculated that was thinking behind it.
As a Pink Floyd fan and a person who have never smoked pot, I always understood the deepness of their works.
John Lambert: Getting up to turn the LP over also gave you a chance to recover from "The Great Gig In The Sky". Coincidence?
I always felt Money was a big middle finger to the studio who signed them at the time. It seems the execs wanted a radio friendly song for the album and it was a perfect song to point out their greed.
Chaos Thierry Exactly. Vin totally missed the point of the song. Its a very sarcastic song. But in terms of similarities its like the Dream Theater song they did a week or so ago. As I Am. It was both a concession but also a scathing shot at the studios for telling musicians how to make their art.
Spirit of the Radio from Rush is exactly the same way.
Have a Cigar from WYWH has a similar (but more direct) message
Great interpretation of this work. I would add one thought about the meaning… no matter what path anyone is on, there is only one door and everyone’s different journey, leads to that door.
I appreciate you 2 for appreciating good music, and I'm sure music appreciates you too 👍
Really enjoyed this series guys!
Living Colour - Cult of Personality
Insomnium - In the Groves of Death
Kamelot - Memento Mori
Also, what Syd did with guitar as a member of early pink floyd was truly on a genius level.
Best reaction/ interpretation of this song I’ve seen. 👏👏👏
Brain damage is by far my favorite Floyd song
They get plenty of credit...top 10 selling artist of all-time of any genre.
I think the media focus on pop music. Taylor Swift will probably be forgotten in 45 years’ time, but here we are still taking and enjoying Floyd 45 years (and more) later.
Well, I think when people mention all the great bands of that time, every talks about The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath. No one ever mentions Pink Floyd, although I believe they are the best of all of them.
@@Sindraug25 Floyd is in just about everyone's top 5...They are usually top 3 actually...I would know...I've seen enough lists to know
Floyd, Beatles, Zep are usually the top 3
Plus, probably the most sold T-shirt of any band, at least top 5.
@@dizzotizzo69 Yes, they are as visual as musical too. Their concerts are an experience on its own, their sign of light ray that passes through prism into rainbow of colors.
9.5? Perfect lyrics about the reality of life and death delivered with a musical genius only seen once in a lifetime!
The band you're in starts playin different tunes was also literal. Toward the end of his time with the band Syd Barret would do things like just staring straight ahead and strum middle C.
my fav line ever, "The Paper Holds Their Folded Faces to the Floor, and Everyday the Paperboy Brings More."
So, it has been a while since this video was uploaded but I just found you guys on TH-cam and I think your really great! I particularly love your breakdown of every song on Dark Side and I thought you had great insight! With me being a massive Pink Floyd fan (and being a millenial-im 31 now) in my opinion Pink's music is really about the life of Syd Barrett who did indeed start the band, was the frontrunner, and created some of the early success by writing Much Of Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Some people think that he had Schizophrenia and that LSD that he was heavily into exacerbated it. But Dark side of the moon is a perfectly crafted look on Mental Illness and as a whole, society and the individuals struggle with finding meaning. Syd Barrett sadly never really recovered and died tragically
"Far away across the field, the tolling of the iron bell, calls the faithful to their knees, to hear the softly spoken magic spell."
This doesn't imply rejecting Christianity. This notes that an organized religion exists across the field. To be honest, a lot of the story you put on the album is the right idea, but the wrong path. This isn't a narrative revolving around one particular person, it's seperate topics that link to life.
The Black Queen gives me chills. 👍
I always wondered if this line might also be a reference to America. The land across the ocean; the land of the Liberty Bell and their unusual religiosity.
I think there's a longing and respect in that line about wanting the bell and magic spells to be the truth, as it matches the music perfectly. I don't think it's cynical.
Roger Keith Syd Barrett was the singer and guitar player. He is only on the first two albums. They kept on paying him money till he died.
He was Pink Floyd basically
Nice insight. Thanks! I have to say I never listened much to the lyrics but concentrated on the vibe.
I feel like I'm stoned at the planetarium again.
Chicago lake front planetarium?
Welcome back home guys from your trip to heaven hope you had a great trip and please fill free to go back any time you wish and I hope soon. Love your reactions.
Bleeding through - deaf ears
Samael - into the pentagram
Emmure - 4 poisons 3 words
Floater - Peter the destroyer
You’re absolutely right when you said fans underestimate this album from a lyrical perspective. Never really got into Tool so cant make the comparison there, but most fans see DSotM as an album to put on and light up or trip too. Whether they come to the in-depth conclusions you have is debatable, but my inclination is most wouldn’t.
"The lunatics are in my home.
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor,
and every day the paperboy brings more."
He's saying that media drove people insane.
Interestingly, your interpretation of the first two tracks (the representation of crazyness of the main character and then the flashback to the birth) is exactly what happens, in a far more explicit form, at the very beginning of "The Wall".
Dark Side Of The Moon was the longest running album in history on Billboarrds top 200 albums. From 1973 to 1988, over 900 weeks
YOU KNOW WHATS KINDA FUNNY IS THAT YOU ACTUALLY DID REACT TO THE WHOLE ALBUM IN SEGMENTS IN A ROW SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL! :) 5'S LOVED THE BREAKDOWNS AND ANALYSIS OF THE ALBUM CONCEPT. EXCELLENT, AWESOME JOB YOU GUYS!
LSD drove Syd crazy. A friend of mine was into acid (LSD) back in the 80’s he went crazy also and his parents sent him to a home for the mentally ill. Any and all drugs are a different high to each individual, some can handle it while others can not.
Acid is no joke. At a certain point theres no going back to who you were before.
All the things that make you crazy! Dealing with time, getting old, scared of death, money, war.
The first voice you hear on the album: "I've been mad for fucking years..." etc is Chris Adamson, one of the band's roadies, amongst others answering several questions asked by Roger Waters such as: Do you feel insane? When was the last time you were violent? Were in you in the right? and so on.
It's so relevant even to this day, thank you guys, your great.
The name of that guy is”Syd Barrett” he was the genius behind the early pink Floyd days
“And if the band you’re in start playing different tunes.....”
*Amazing lyrics. ESP given what happened with Syd.
"And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes,
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon. "
If you think this album is mad. You should try doing Pink Floyd’s other album called Animals.
Animals is deep, but it's not hard to understand...Its pretty straightforward
Steady Mobbin' part of it is hard to understand because vin and sore being from USA will have no clue who Marry Whitehouse is.
it's kinda cool how you're going through this pink floyd journey together
Thank you for your putting much thought into your reactions.
Best breakdown of DSOTM. Thanksss!
I was interested in your discussion centred around Ecclesiastes. Can you clarify what Vin meant when he implied atheists should be able to marry the two together? I can’t see the religious angle you are approaching this album with as it deals with the universal human condition. To some degree that would have been influenced by religion but Pink Floyd reject that influence in the Breathe reprise when they mention “to hear the softly spoken magic spells”. Both Ecclesiastes and Dark Side preach the human condition, but they’re originating from two very different places
Yes that was the point we especially noted that in the breathe review (did you watch that one) I just thought it was highly fascinating the conclusions that could be drawn from a religious /non religious perspective
VinAnd Sori yeah I’ve watched them all and you actually opened my eyes to a few things I’d never connected before. I’ll send you an email on my thoughts on the albums deeper message and I’ll see if I can or cannot connect that with Ecclesiastes!
Cool
Bruh!
I think I know what you mean about some P.F. fans. A good friend of mine turned me on to P.F. back in the 70'S he loves every album every song BUT I don't think he really gets how deep their songs really are, I can't quit put my finger on it but it's there... (no pun intended)
I really enjoyed your critique of “Dark Side of the Moon.” It is an album with no apologies and no reservations. I hate to say it this way but it is what it is.
“Money” actually has a funny story (even though you guys think it’s kind of a funny song). They brought the finished product to their record company and they said, “ I don’t see a hit here,” meaning a single. So, they put “Money” on the album and yes, it became a hit. It was meant to be taken ironically. Yes, it became a hit and they earned a lot of money for it, but that was the point. I actually never thought about it in the way you all described it as another way that our protagonist perceived their life under the thumb of socialist Great Britain. That’s an interesting idea. The song was supposed to be an “F U” to the record company for demanding a “money-making song.” So, in a way, it IS kind of a funny song. They were writing about the very thing they despised and made money off of it. Hilarious.
I’m intrigued by the Ecclesiastes comparisons on this record. I am an agnostic (not quite an atheist, but close), but I have studied the Bible pretty extensively. There is a time and a purpose for everything. I applaud your review in that I have never heard “Dark Side of the Moon” compared to any book of the Bible. It brings a different take on the topic of “this is where I end up without God.” I always took it as this is this man’s (or woman’s) life as it is and this is what happens from point “A” to point “Z.” There are no apologies for this man (or woman), they are who they are which is why they don’t seem surprised when “madness takes them.” All they can do is laugh.
I think you both would really dig “The Wall.” It delves into someone descending into madness as apposed to “Dark Side of the Moon” where madness is suddenly thrust upon them (like “Brain Damage/Eclipse). It would be really cool to see a live listen on that record. That was the high point, where the wave crested, and then rolled back. Pink Floyd (at least the Pink Floyd that we all loved) was finished. They did one more album but with just three of them because Roger Waters fires Rick Wright midway through “The Wall.” By that time, “The Final Cut” was released. While that album was pretty okay, it was very much a Roger Waters solo album. The remaining three reunited and had two very successful albums in the years to come.
Please do a live react of “The Wall.” I dig your channel and think it will be as good one for you all to comment on.
Peace.
I really like Pink Floyd but I will be glad when you get back to doing your reactions to different bands :)
"Brain Damage/Eclipse" seems to cough up as many interpretations for me and others as the movie "2001-A Space Odyssey" does.
Brain damage: In the next phase your brain degenerates, you become detached from the outside world and "real" people do not see anymore what you think. You loose touch with reality, your mind starts doing its own ways, but it feels to you like the rest of the world is doing strange things ("when the band you're in starts playing different tunes"). You get locked up in an institution or an elderly home, but more importantly, you get locked up in your head, sometimes even purposely by "making the cut" (lobotomy).
Eclipse: The end. Finally, all actions and apparent contradictions and conflicts in life are resolved and disappear at the point of death (=the sun is eclipsed by the moon: the night falls for your brain). Even time itself disappears ("all that is now, all that is gone, all that's to come"). At this point everything melts together and you find/realize/experience that "everything under the sun is in tune'" and that all struggles were constructs of your conscious brain). Then the heartbeat stops. You're gone...
2001 has also been described as an allegory of human conception, birth, and death. religious interpretations, allegorical interpretation, Nietzsche allegory. This can be seen through the final moments of the film, which are defined by the image of the "star child", an in utero fetus.
This song and this movie make me (and many others) think and discuss about life, after-life and even, if this has all been planned by a Higher Power, more than any other pieces of art.
I never thought about it until now, but this album ends with Eclipse and ends with saying that there is no dark side of the moon and that it's all dark. Well, during an eclipse, the whole world is on the dark side of the moon (theoretically anyway).
Also, during the analysis of this album, it seems like you guys were talking about the songs and how they break down the whole human experience into its individual parts, which, if you think about it, is exactly what is happening on the cover art with the prism: the light goes in one side and is broken down into the individual chromatic components that manifest themselves in the individual colors.
I really enjoyed this album analysis and I'm looking forward to additional ones.
No, don’t say it Vin. Don’t say atheism leads to “absurdity, insanity and pessimism.” Don’t say it because it’s demonstrably not true. Your religious convictions are getting the better of you. And if overthinking things makes you crazy you need a break because you have been overthinking this album. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing. Part of the fun of having a brain is that it comes with imagination installed. Take it for a ride occasionally but don't assume your ideas and interpretations are correct. Or that you see and understand deep meanings in what you are watching or listening to. If you are concerned about paths to fucking up your head, taking rides of the imagination too seriously is something to be wary of. Imagining you have a true understanding does not necessarily mean you actually do. It may just mean you think you do.
I don’t know about Richard Wright, the keyboard player, but the rest of Pink Floyd are declared atheists. I see Dave Gilmour walking his dog occasionally and he seems fine. As far as I know the others are too, along with the 40% or so of the population of the British Isles who surveys show don’t believe in the existence of god(s). We seem to be just fine without your god, or anyone else's. Most of us are not stumbling about the streets, dribbling.
Well said John from a fellow happy, well adjusted Athiest. There are 60% Australians just like me and we don't have 12000 per year gun deaths like USA the most Christian country. Sid had Schizophrenia. The war references are Rodger Waters father and his loss.
cringe
Agreed... here in Brazil the ones that arr sick in the head, are the ones that believe...
Spare us. The religion of atheism.
The average schmucks who abandoned Christianity, need something in their lives to believe in and took up the cult of leftism. With high priests, sins and excommunication for apostasy. Problem was, not everyone is as centred as you and me.
I've never embraced religion but I know the world was better when the mindless masses were under control.
@@hebber1961 So you hate Pink Floyd's "leftist" music. Why are you here then? Just stick with Kid Rock and Country Gospel.
Not sure if recommending a song is a bit forward of me being that I only just discovered you lovely people earlier today, but if you're not put off by purely instrumental tracks, I can thoroughly recommend the song "Soothsayer" by Buckethead.
Thank you for being genuine with your thoughts and opinions on the pieces you react to, and also thank you for choosing songs which span the entire Rock and Metal spectrum and not just picking songs from the same pool that every other Rock/Metal reaction channel seems to.
On the list. And no it’s not too forward. That’s what fuels the channel
Awesome, in that case I'll throw another one at you. I was watching your video on Pantera's "Cemetery Gates" and noticed you referenced the untimely passing of Dimebag in 2004 so I'd like to suggest the song "In This River" by Black Label Society, a song by Dime's friend Zakk Wylde dedicated to Dime's memory.
Yes that got referenced a ton! It’s on the list !
I had a psychotic episode 40 years ago and these two songs always break my heart. The first time i heard it in 1974 i realised i’d never be like other people
Great guys. Love it! Syd Barrett was a founder and front-man who today would prob have been diagnosed as bi-polar, schizophrenic, or whatever. He was living with some folk experimenting heavily with LSD (finding the answers, etc.). One day when Syd didn't show up for recording, they were informed that he had some sort of breakdown and "Syd is just gone". On the album "Wish you were here" the song "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" is about Syd. The rest of the album (HIGHLY RECOMMEND) is their take on the music business. I think you'll love it.
Love your work , very analytical and intelligent.
I do want to mention your inconsistencies of analyzing Money, lots of smiles and discussion of socialism v capitalism which is great.
The thing that may be missing is the purposeful discordance with the song money.
They appear to be representing the conflict where money is concerned. It would then follow that the mellifluous tune associated with the rest of the album would be a bad fit for a song about money because it really does cause conflicts and doesn’t blend with the rest of life.
The pulse version of those songs, with us and them and any color you like too, are so wonderfulls....
How about
Shine on You Crazy Diamond pts 1-5
Btw...Please
You mean the greatest song of all time...
Please yes. This is their masterpiece in my opinion.
These 8 min 40 of instrumental "intro" feel like 2 min. Gilmour is not enough recognized for this song in particular.
I saw Roger Waters live earlier this year on the Us and Them tour. Best concert I've ever been to (and I've been to many). Your assertion about going crazy if you don't believe in God and can't find meaning in the experiences in life is interesting because when I was at the show Roger Waters said (between songs) something along the lines of "Thank God for german engineering, well, there is no God, but you know what I mean". So I think that this record was written, at least in part, from an atheistic point of view.
German engineering? Roger Waters is Fahrvrompöopin'?
Awesome breakdown!!
This album is considered one of, if not the greatest ever for many reasons. All these years later, one thing which still amazes me is "The Great Gig in the Sky". Then or now, have you ever heard any band include a song sung totally without words? (Let alone as beautiful & emotional as that one).
"The LUNITIC IS ON THE GRASS". In England in 1972 there used to be signs in the parks that read 'KEEP OF THE GRASS'. This line is about conforming to what the powers tell you to do. Look there is someone on the grass, can't they read the signs. Do as you are told. Also remember there is a lot of Irony in there lyrics.
Tim Barnes aren’t they referring to the national newspapers with the lyrics about the paperboy leaving them on the lawn every day? The lunatics are the trash news we’re fed
Syd Barrett .. he wasn't just the singer guitarist .. he was **the** song writer. He was Pink Floyd incarnate. Pink Floyd revolved around him. He was the shining sun that illuminated and gave life to Pink Floyd. When he lost his grip, Pink Floyd was plunged into darkness .. it took years for a Pink Floyd devoid of Syd to discover their new identity. Even so, as Dark Side shows, his initial impact reverberated throughout the entire existence of Pink Floyd.
The year is 1967 and Pink Floyd is putting the finishing touches to their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Syd Barret, the lead guitarist, singer/songwriter, is undoubtedly proud of this accomplishment, for prior to this he was being hounded by the record label to write hit singles.
Syd first got Pink Floyd (the band he named) on the charts with the single Arnold Layne, however the song was banned from many stations due to its subject matter. Next he wrote See Emily Play which climbed the charts quite well. Regardless of any single success Syd was becoming disenchanted with the process and his next single Apples and Oranges, while possessing some English charm and innocence, is a bit over the top. His next two singles, Vegetables Man and Scream thy Last Scream will be held under wraps and not officially releases until - get this - 2017!!
Anyway, one day in 1967, someone asked the band, (undoubtedly sensing Syd's growing distatse for writing songs for the pop charts) asked him "what the way forward for the band was? What was their next step?" To which Syd replied, "we need to hire three or four female backing vocalists,bring in a sax player, maybe even an entire orchestra...."
Of course, his band mates, already believing him to be mad, laughed and snickered at such an idea and it wasn't until a full seven years later that they began to incorporate these ideas into their music resulting in one of the greatest selling albums of all time!
If you want to get a glimpse into the mind of the accursed poet that was Syd Barret, check out Vegetable Man and Scream thy Last Scream. If you would like to get a taste of what he was going through, and even see some of the themes for DSOTM, listen to the last song he wrote for his band Pink Floyd titled Jugband Blues. In fact, I think it deserves a reaction after listening to all of DSOTM.
Cheers homies.
Blimey! Just soak it up and enjoy it. Analysing, re-analysing, and ultimately over-analysing it just destroys the feeling and ruins the experience.
I embrace every aspect of pink floyd and you are spot on Nancy Syd Barratt is a big part of who pink floyd are over the years of experiencing this fantastic rock band I'm 72 years young now I feel they have broaden my horizons and I look at life and people in a different light their music crosses all borders and reaches people from all walks of life and brings them together how wonderful is that music is an absolutely amazing conduit to love music makes us more human
Vin & Sori if you can before The Wall, do Wish You Were Here album and Animals album. You need a buffer zone before The Wall.
If you want to have some fun, play this album with Wizard of OZ (TH-cam has it as "Dark Side of The Rainbow").
Cradle of Filth - Bathory Aria is one you two will really enjoy! and I know loads of people would love to see that reaction. keep it up!
A Gothic romance, lillith immaculate, blackest magic practiced
Spot on with your analysis of this album and especially your take on mental illness and society’s acceptance or distancing from a certain crazy.
Theocracy Mirror of Souls
Theocracy I Am
Theocracy Nailed
Anathema Internal Landscapes
If you listen to Anathema you can deffinetly hear some Pink Floyd influence.
Another great reaction vid to one of the most important albums of the 20th and will still influence songwriters 50 years from now. BTW, go look up why the name Pink Floyd was chosen...talk about music that influenced people decades later.
Another BTW, Vin, everyday get on your hands an knees and thank God for Sori. She is beautiful but more important smart, has class, soul, and seems like a true soul mate for you. You done good bro!
Thanks for sharing. Meet you guys on the Dark Side of the Moon one day!
Dude your analysis of this music is incredible. I wish i heard you 😮opinion wheq i was in my stoned days,
The band member you were trying to think of is Syd Barrett: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett
The song "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" from the album Wish You Were Here is about him.
exceptional reaction. Thank you!
Первая сторона пластинки заканчивалась. И ты под впечатлением воздушности и безмятежности "The great gig in the sky" переворачивал диск, и там тебя встречает звоном монет "Money". В концепции альбома "Money" необходим как толчок, дополнительный импульс, чтобы держать слушателя в тонусе после паузы, связанной с переворачиванием пластинки. Мое мнение.
И пара слов о вас. Вы, ребята, невероятно крутые! Большинство людей делают реакцию на музыку из песни, забывая про текст. "О мой бог! Как красиво и берет за душу! Бла-Бла-Бла". Вы, пожалуй, единственные, кто разбирает песни так всеобъемлюще и глубоко. Продолжайте в том же духе! Люблю вас!
PS Простите, что не на английском. Я как та умная собака. Все понимаю, а сказать ничего не могу.
Great video! Hope to see more from you! 🤙😎🤙
YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST
That line "Remembering games..." is also a subtle callback to their first single, See Emily Play, when Syd Barrett was in the band and hadn't lost his mind yet. Happier, earlier days.
They wrote out questions on a card and asked their roadies and staff for their opinions, those are the voices you hear. Interesting fact is they had some celebrities including Paul McCartney but decided not to use them. I'm so glad they did that, it kept it real (I have nothing but respect for McCartney btw).
The paper holding folded faces to floor, is actually I think a reference to politicians. They appear on newspapers which are folded when they come through your door and most houses have a hall. That is they way I have always read it.
That lull, they put you in, but the deep quiet deep meaning is why it was on the billboard for 14 1/4 years.
It's great you can have such a intellectual conversation about Floyd.
Consider that they deliberately chilled you with the relaxed, hypnotic vibe, so you would pay more attention to your thoughts about yourself in relation to the lyrics.
You guys should definitely do The Wall. Your insistence that there is a single protagonist on Dark Side (which there isn`t) would suit that album much better, because Floyd moved from the general to the specific.
Dark Side (1973) The Human Condition / WYWH (1975) Absence / Animals (1977) Societal Structures / The Wall (1979) decaythroughisolationandultimateredemptionthroughre-engagementwithsociety....THAT`s the album with a single protagonist.
Thank you for these break downs. I hope the copyright shit didn't spoil you from doing more Pink Floyd reactions. Please react to the Wish You Were Album. It might be better than this album and it talks about what you hinted on in this video; the lead singer having a metal break down.
I also think there's a grain of truth in you saying Floyd fans don't give them enough credit for the lyrics. I don't even think it's Floyd fans not understanding the lyrics. For most of the discography their lyrics have been deep and I think Floyd fans at times take it for granted.
One other thing, I think "Money" is supposed to be purposely annoying. It seems the studios wanted a catch pop single from the record and it was a big middle finger to the studio execs.