Love how your friend just sits there soaking in and appreciating the music. I wish all reactions were like that. Too many people over react and kill the realism of the reaction. That's how I listen to music. Close my eyes and let the song take me on a journey
@@Stephen-nd1sx He was definitely nodding off mind you I used to do that many times listening to Pink Floyd. Sometimes after a herbal cigarette let’s say……
Guys does my heart good to see you young people find PF. I've been experiencing Floyd for more than 50 years. I still listen to them every day! Gilmour's guitar is the best ever!
I appreciate my man on the left with the ability to just go into his own personal isolation chamber at the drop of a hat. I'm envious. I'm like Silas, just getting tossed around by the storms all the time.
Shine on you Crazy Diamond Part 1 to Part 9 and Wish you Were Here are two of my favourite Pink Floyd Songs. You need to check out the 'Animals' Album. Another Pink Floyd Masterpiece. @1:52 'Oh by the way, which one's pink?' A classic Pink Floyd lyric
You have an old soul when it comes to music Silas, it's great to see..perhaps you both do..awesome seeing you have such an appreciation for Pink Floyd. Cannot stress enough how I hope you will watch their live 1994 Pulse Concert..it's just incredible, you may never listen to studio music of Pink Floyd again !!
To be fair, Pink Floyd is my life - but when I was in my late teens, early 20's - I put this album on almost every night to go to sleep to - so it's all good - the more you hear Floyd, the more you will hear - Peace guys :)
Dude, your buddy was SO falling asleep during parts of that. I’m not judging… I’m not judging. Back when this came out, my friends and I would get absolutely WASTED, throw this on the turntable, and then zone out until the needle would start clicking at the end of the album and snap us out of our collective trance. Good times! I’m glad to see younger people today appreciating the music that I grew up with.
Fun (and sad) fact: at 23:07 the notes on synth that can be heard just before the song ends are a call back to an early Pink Floyd single 'See Emily Play' (released in 1967) which was the Floyd's first big hit. The particular part it quotes is "Emily tries but misunderstands". This was a small addition from Richard Wright (the keyboardist) paying his tribute to Ex band mate Syd Barrett, whom the song 'shine on you crazy diamond' is dedicated to or more or less the album as a whole.
On Animals do Pigs on the wing 1 and Dogs, then Pigs (3 different kinds), then Sheep and Pigs on the Wing 2. Three bites instead of two. After that thought you may enjoy a change of scene for a break. May I suggest Jethro Tull's 'Aqualung' album. 11 tracks but two short tracks which can be paired up. Or, The Doors self titled debut album, also 11 tracks.
This album hits hard no matter what, it's beautiful. However it takes on another meaning when you're more familiar with the story of Syd Barrett. The whole album is dripping in remorse and sadness, anger and resentment, and I believe a deep regret for how things turned out for their long-loved brother whom they sort of abandoned. Truly heartbreaking when you think about it. Remember when you were young You shone like the sun Now there's a look in your eye Like black holes in the sky
They truly didn't abandon Syd - He lost his mind and was institutionalized. It is a tribute to him and his creative talent when he was still on top of things. He was the creative drive of the band, and he was truly missed by his bandmates. "The Wall" is a similar album for them as a good bye for Rodger Waters. He loved the interaction with the audience, and as they became more popular, he felt security was "building a wall" between them and the audience. That was his last album with Pink Floyd, and if you watch the live version of "The Wall", you can see the real meaning of the song. I am not saying this is truly factual, but it is how I understand things went.
@@happyphotoshooter Just to help you out. Roger left after the album 'The Final Cut', when it became obvious that his vision of PF's future diverged so much from that of both David Gilmour and Nick Mason. The band essentially split very acrimoniously, with a legal battle for retention of the PF name ending in a Gilmour and Mason victory. As a consequence, Rick Wright (who had earlier been forced out by Waters) rejoined and played on the subsequent albums 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' and 'The Division Bell' before succumbing to cancer in 2008.
Nick and David staring at US between you two hearing this for the first time … WOW ! Again … THANK YOU for doing WHOLE SIDES of the original albums . I seriously think a conservative estimate of how many times I’ve listened to this album … then 8-track… then Cassette… then CD … then vinyl again … and now streaming etc. … got to be 10,000 + times . Dark Side could not be far behind ! Hope you do their first 2 albums the same way ! Their 4th LP “ Ummagumma” (1969) was a double album … but man all 4 sides of that would be an epic reaction . Glad “Animals” is coming … “Meddle” (1971) is definitely deserving as well . WAIT until you see “LIVE at Pompeii” (1972) 🎥🎸Thank you for these !!!
1975 and everyone at the time was waiting to see what the Floyd would deliver after DSOTM from 1973. And they didn't disappoint! A tribute to Syd Barrett (Shine on You Crazy Diamond Pts 1-9 and Wish You were Here) and the struggle of artists with record companies (Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar) is perfectly created. To think this album is nearly 50 years old and the guys were in their late 20's recording such experiential music.....it is sublime. The packaging of the album in black plastic with graphics (sticker on the front of robotic hands) and a 'Wish You Were Here' postcard insert together with weird and strange photography on the gatefold LP (Thanks to the late Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell, who with the band, wanted to emphasise it is “the land of make-believe; where nothing is real and all is absent.”) certainly made this the album to have. It is one of the many masterpieces from the Floyd and I can listen to it again....and again....and again. So long Syd and Rick.
A rule of thumb for all new Pink Floyd album listeners -- Subsequent listens are mandatory. The first listen or 7 are preparatory actions that prime your brain for the deeper revelations that are only revealed upon multiple aural ingestions. Initial intakes are necessary to implant the basic elements of the musical machinery of the Pink Floyd masterpiece into your subconscious, thus allowing further intakes to mingle with the earlier implants and eventually manifest the full and complete creation, making it possible to experience consciously all of the ingredients that make up the melodic recipe, but can only be experienced as a whole with these repeated layers being strategically placed into your soul.
Thank you guys. Two things I remember from my youth: 1. Where I was when the moon landing happened in 1969 2. Where I was when I first heard this album Epic!
Roy Harper is well worth checking out. Lead vocal on Have A Cigar, and has worked with Jimmy Page among many others. (And name checked on Led Zeppelin 3, of course - Hats Off to Roy Harper).
That's pure art you're listening to there gentlemen. A sound so unique and distinct that has stood the test of time, and will never grow old. There will never be another Pink Floyd. 🌗 The next album is Animals. It would be okay to listen to "Dogs" off of it. It's a concept album but Dogs is a pretty good stand alone piece. All 17 minutes of it.
I am a new subscriber, and I really appreciate your reactions which in a certain way symbolize how is great for the new generations to discover and appreciate the fantastic musical quality of the 60’s and 70’s musicians and bands. Pink Floyd is, as far to me, the best band ever on rock history. Their studio albums are unique in this history and the only ones that, one after another one, can not only show the progressive quality of the band but also to display the excellency of their musicians, song after song in each album. Man, it's good to enjoy to your reactions, and is time now for you to react to another three Masterpieces of these genial four: “Animals” (1972), “Meddle” (1971), and “Atom Earth Mother” (1970). And is also a must see how you will react to Pink Floyd's "Comfortably numb" alive, from the "Pulse" concert (1979). This one is absolutely breath taking, and beats the studio version. It also gives you an idea about the dimension of Pink Floyd alive shows. As we, fans of Pink Floyd, use to say: "You don't listen to Pink Floyd music. You experience it"! Besides these ones you also need to deeply dive into the music of another fantastic bands of the same period, and I strongly recommend you to react to these entire albums: Deep Purple “Made in Japan” (1972 - this is most probably the best alive album ever recorded), Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" (1977), Supertramp "Crime of the Century" (1974), and Jane "Genuine" (2002).
Meddle is an awesome album =) If you don't listen to it you should at least check out the song "Echoes" or the live version "Echoes Live at Pompei" This is the first Pink Floyd Album i listened to !! Thanks Great Reaction btw you really should check out "Band Maid" "Domination" Official Live They are a all female band who will blow your mind =) Hurry their touring the US in October
The great Roy Harper (a well known English musician - remember the song "Hats Off To Roy Harper" from Led Zeppelin III that you reacted to?) on Have A Cigar lead vocal. A friend of the band, he happened to be in the same studio and they asked him to sing lead on this track.
Hi. loving your reactions, genuine and v cool. I bought all their albums when they first came out and still adore them. A track you really need to hear is Comfortably Numb from the incredible The Wall album. fantastic guitar so solo, BUT to really be blown away then you have to see the live version from the Pulse concert in 1994, on youtube. It will knock you senseless! Btw there's a remaster of it done in 2019, use that ! The lighting and effects were groundbreaking, the band set no limit to the budget for the show. Both these tracks also are real view and sub magnets too! Good luck, will enjoy to follow your progress.
Hey Silas, had to tell you the older stuff is on another level as well. I sincerely urge you to hear the album "Meddle" the track called "Echoes" in particular. If you believe such a thing as astral projection exists, this is your ticket. The album "Ummagumma" is a solid brain melt from one end to the other. Congrats on being one of the few hosts smart enough to listen to these albums in their entirety. That is the only way to listen to Pink Floyd. You should read a bio on this band. It will only give you a deeper appreciation of the meaning behind their music. Peace!
you two are really cool to watch.. nice one! Now that I know what moves you, I'd love to see you both doing something a little more obscure but food for your musical souls.. Patti Smith 'Easter' or 'Horses' or 'Radio Ethiopia' albums. Enjoy :) x
Awesome Awesome reaction guys...yous were totally in your own zones 👌...would love to see yous do some of their Live stuff now. The Pulse concert videos are another level guys...yous will love it.💯💯%🔥🔥🔥...First song up "Comfortably Numb" footnote do not pause the Gilmour solos..alot of the Floyd videos dont get blocked. 🤘✌
Gilmour's wailing and screaming guitar, in part 6 of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, is just sublime! Perfection! The meditation thing was interesting. Lots of people come to the same realisation. Listening to a Floyd album, is more beneficial than several hours of deep meditation! :)
Great reaction to what must be my favourite Floyd album. I love a few of them, but this one is just too beautiful. My other possible favourite is the follow-up album Animals. I would strongly recommend either familiarizing yourself with the themes and lyrics ahead of time, or at the very least following along with the lyrics as you listen. The good news is you don't necessarily have to listen to it in one sitting. While the songs sometimes bleed into each other it's not as jarring to start and stop them in between. The bad news is there's basically only three songs on the album, so there's no breaks to be taken. I would recommend doing the album like this if you choose not to react to it in one sitting: 1. Pigs On The Wing (Part 1) 1:24 Dogs 17:04 2. Pigs (Three Different Ones) 11:28 3. Sheep 10:20 Pigs On The Wing (Part 2) 1:24 As you can see the album opens and closes with two little 1:24 songs that are more like bookends than actual songs. Just a thought that seemed easier to explain when I started this comment.
Classic rock is my jam but Pink Floyd is a very distant first for me. Nothing else comes close, and I just don't feel right if I don't listen to a little PF everyday. Can't wait to see your reaction to The Wall and The Division Bell. Hoping you get to some of their live stuff, too. It's beyond amazing, Pulse in particular. 🌈💗
Fantastic!! Hey Guys, A Funny but Cool Observation I saw.... Your Microphone is placed at the Perfect Spot to Complete the Cut-Off, Top part, of David Gilmour's HEAD!!!! (I'm NOT even Stoned!)
I think this album underlines why David Gilmour is considered one of the greatest guitarist ever. Have a Cigar's vocals were recorded by Roy Harper, after a long day and many takes neither David Gilmour nor Roger Waters liked the vocals they had tried and Roger was getting a sore throat, Roy was recording and album at the same time and they asked him tomout down some vocals initially as a comparison, but both David and Roger agreed they should use Roy's vocals.
I think it's absolutely great did you enjoy the music much as I do I can just see it in your face and feel it in your bones. I love the music as well !! Great job and keep up the good work
My second favorite album of Pink Floyd; came out in 1975. "Have A Cigar" is about corruption in the music business; vocals by Roy Harper, a friend of the band's. Check out their live shows too, from their Pulse, Momentary Lapse of Reason, and Division Bell tours. Also, you should do "Echoes" from their album "Meddle"; it's a great track. Check them out playing it in 1971 live at Pompeii (Italy) in an ancient outdoor Roman amphitheater. It's truly amazing.
Treasure the friendship you have there young men...always be there for each other. I remember when I sat with my friends like this listening to music. They are all gone now, and I miss them terribly. You have to treasure and be aware of how precious what you have is while you have it, in the moment. I feel that you guys do.
That weird noise just at the start of Wish You Were Here (6mins in) is an anomaly: never heard it before, either on the vinyl, the radio, or streaming on spotify.
Imagine hearing this for the first time back in 1975. Your reaction is exactly the same. We did it with black lights and a lot of weed. I had a pretty high-end audio system with some JBL L-100 speakers (still have them today) and we were brought into another dimension. Watching your reaction is like looking in a mirror only back in 1975. And no two people react to PF the same way. PF is a journey and each trip is different.
Just a little info for you Young'uns the story behind this album is about Loss and absence in particular one of their founder members Syd Barrett who was fired from the group just as they were making headway as he ended up taking one Acid trip too many and never really coming back down and so the band continued without him and this album in particular the song Shine on you Crazy Diamond is dedicated to him.
Great reaction. Thank you for sharing with us. For your next Pink Floyd album you should give a listen to Animals. I suggest you do the lyric version so you can catch all of them. It’s kind of Roger Waters take on animal farm by George Orwell. ❤️✌️🌼
Nice reaction guys, although I think Roman was lapsing in and out of consciousness, haha. It would have been nice to have got your thoughts on the guitar and keyboard parts. 🤔 Also your view of this album compared to it's predecessor. I strongly recommend you do an album to the next Pink Floyd album, Animals (1977). Maybe then you can compare all three. Glad you love proper music! 👍
My first time with this album in 1973, I sat on the floor in the middle of a quadraphonic sound system and was mesmerized. With the album jacket in my lap I poured over the lyrics as my head zoned out with the sound. I listened to the album over and over and over again…
Silas, I can tell music is more of a spiritual experience for you and it's so cool to see that great music from my generation is being appreciated. I've got goosebumps just listening to this awesome music with you guys. Thanks for a really cool trip down memory lane 👍👍😎
I grew up assuming this and so much more would be forever popular. I'd like to see what you think of Hendrix. Maybe try doing all of Electric Ladyland. Whatever you choose, you have a great attitude and excellent taste.
You guys react just the right way!! No stopping and just listening with your eyes closed. Perfect. I introduced my son to Floyd, The Mars Volta and Tool this way. He was a junkie at age 10. He knew how to digest real music & how to retain it and use it for creative purposes. This is how you react to music.
Meddle, Atom Heat Mother, Animals and The Wall next - but also time to dip into another group - The Moody Blues - an altogether differnt sound and to begin with I suggest "One More Time To Live". or "Melancholy Man"
Wow! I had never heard some of this. I have only know the hits. The last third of this album is AMAZING! The more proggy it is the more I like it.😊 The Snowgoose by Camel would be an amazing album to react to. Hardly anyone would listen, but that’s ok, still a stunning piece of art.❤️
One of the best songs to listen to after smoking a little weed is “Ice” by Camel. That’s another great old English group that for some reason just never became big outside of Europe. I always put on a Camel cd whenever I have people over my house, and almost everyone loves it.
My favorite part to this album, in Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9), the lyrics say: "Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far" And during the recording sessions for the album, Syd Barrett (for whom Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and indeed, much of Pink Floyd's catalogue, was dedicated) showed up in the studio. The band hadn't seen him in years, and he looked completely different from the man they'd known. Quite fitting, in my mind, that he appeared during the band's tribute to him, and proof for me that, sometimes, life has its funny ways of making things work the way they need to. Whatever you choose to do with your channel, SIlas, people will be here to watch and listen alongside you. Have a great day, friend. :)
Just bought a brand new Quad receiver when they came out and this album. When listen to "have a cigar 'ending it sounded like my front channels had stop. Then leading in to "wish yo where here" they front channel came back. Brilliant use of 4 track a first. they went on to record in 8, 16, 32, track the master of sound. try to find videos on Gilmours recording studio in his house boat. you can find some of the things he has used to get these sounds.
Four PF albums at this level, plus an almost... being (in chronological order) Meddle, Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, Animals. Plus The Wall. And a 3rd party band also had a Syd Barrett tribute. It's an original work sort of in PF style, almost a 3rd side to Meddle.... Bett'r Days from Rain Falls in Grey, by Radio Massacre International. Worth checking out. Great reaction.. Have fun guys! :)
Agree with Chip. You guys are good and Silas, you give the best funk face I’ve ever seen for a music lover. Keep up the great work. Right now, I’m sitting in the front row at the Amway Center in Orlando waiting for Roger Waters to take the stage. I’ll be silent and trippy for the next two hours like your buddy is when he listens to Floyd.
The Song "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" is a direct shout out to Pink Floyd's founding member Syd Barrett. He was the leader of the group until he had a nervous breakdown and they had to kick him out of the group. They try to have a reference to him in all his albums. "Nobody's Home" from The Wall and "Brain Damage" from Dark Side of the Moon for examples. "Have a Cigar" is the only song of theirs where the singer is not someone from the group. Recommended albums for you to listen to would be Animals and The Wall.
I listened to this about 50 years ago. Pink Floyd music is very creative. Best enjoyed in the dark, or with eyes closed. It’s easy to imagine images that may apply to the lyrics and music. The lyrics have deep meanings. The music evokes images and emotions very well. Songs which transition to the next show the cohesiveness of an album, not just a bunch of unconnected songs.
The lyrics of all of the Floyd albums are as important, if not more important than the music, so please take a look at them and wonder at their meaning.
Of course, we love you and your reactions! Also love your assortment of both family and friends. Roman, (right?) ALWAYS makes me laugh. I know it's his way of vibing to the music, we all did that too, but I swear he nods off, every time! Don't stop that! You, Nodding Roman, will be known for that! Who knows, maybe street recognition and fame are in your future for just being you! I love it!!! (Please correct me if I got his name wrong) Love you, Silas! 🤘
Hat's off (that's a bit of an unintended pun) to my man for picking up on the radio transition after Have A Cigar, before it's made clear by the opening of Wish You Were Here. In case it wasn't clear, WYWH opens with an acoustic guitar being played on a bed side radio (you can hear the old time radio noises), and the second guitar that plays the melody is being played by someone sitting in the room listening and playing along to the radio. It's a very beautiful idea, and well executed.
I have never heard of this before. I bought this album upon it's initial release. Listened to it religiously. Is your understanding of this definite fact ? Can it be verified? Not doubting your story, but I am surprised that I haven't heard this before. Is the radio listener Syd Barrett, perhaps staying in contact with the band one way or another?
@@tommythompson9565 I should've maybe said it was produced to sound as though the guitar was coming from a radio, and the second guitar was produced to sound like it was someone playing along with the radio. I'm sure it was all studio trickery, and all of the guitar was played by David Gilmour in studio.
@@justinatest9456 Yes. That was the idea I got from your earlier post. I was just wondering how that could be taken by the one listening to the album. But thanks for getting back.
@@tommythompson9565 I almost thought you were being sarcastic in your initial question. I get some weird heat on youtube on account of my Ukraine colours in my pfp, so I was a little on edge and assumed the worst. My fault and my apologies. Yeah, I suppose it's fair to say I'm making a lot of assumptions about the radio, but give it another listen with that in mind. You hear a radio tuned to a new channel, the whine of interference and static, etc. And then you hear the lead guitar, much more clear and present. Actually, I had to check wikipedia, wondering if I imagined this interpretation: "In the original album version, the song segues from "Have a Cigar" as if a radio had been tuned away from one station, through several others (including a radio play and one playing the opening of the finale movement of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony), and finally to a new station where "Wish You Were Here" is beginning.[7] The radio was recorded from Gilmour's car radio. He performed the intro on a twelve-string guitar, processed to sound like it was playing through an AM radio, and then overdubbed a fuller-sounding acoustic guitar solo. This passage was mixed to sound as though a guitarist were listening to the radio and playing along. As the acoustic part becomes more complex, the "radio broadcast" fades away and Gilmour's voice enters, while the rest of the band joins in." Sorry for the long comment, but I had to know. Now you do too. Peace brother.
This may be the only album I've ever encountered where the band put the title track half way into the B side. Wild. And it's a stunning piece of music.
Should look for the Video, that was in the Irish train station and to the reaction of people to a two man band playing this song ..it's on TH-cam, it is very special
LMAO! Baby Smurf was nodding off till the very end! Then made an expression of approval, as he was clearly regaining consciousness! Missed the whole scat thing...but props for headphones and eyes closed.
This is classical music. Hopefully in 400 years, humans will listen to this like Bach. And be mind blown, as us that heard this album when it came out.
Good job guys. Their songs take many listens to catch everything. Wait till you have the time, but I wouldn't chop Floyd's albums up. There's a lot more PF and solo stuff from David and Roger. Can't wait to see more.
If you can't keep up with full albums daily, every other day is fine, or whenever you can, because as you know, breaking up concept albums - or albums with transitioning tracks - isn't how they were intended to be listened too. And like someone else has said, if you find out where albums stopped between side A and side B of the vinyl/cassette versions, that's a good place to stop between videos... Looking forward to more reactions! I have many suggestions, but discovering Pink Floyd should keep you going for a while :)
Brilliant album.. you guys show your pleasure in equally great ways 👌🏼 Maybe give some Genesis albums a try.. Genesis, Duke, We Can’t Dance etc… or Dire Straits Brothers in Arms, some great albums there..
Love your friend, he doesn’t give a Sh#t he’s on a reaction! He’s just, absorbing!
Love how your friend just sits there soaking in and appreciating the music. I wish all reactions were like that. Too many people over react and kill the realism of the reaction. That's how I listen to music. Close my eyes and let the song take me on a journey
Either that or he has narcolepsy. Lol.
@@Stephen-nd1sx He was definitely nodding off mind you I used to do that many times listening to Pink Floyd. Sometimes after a herbal cigarette let’s say……
@@deepthought2 I'm doing that right now.
And have since it came out. The twilight is a good place to be....
Your friend has really got the idea of reacting to Pink Floyd. That's what people were like in the day.
@@Stephen-nd1sx Maybe he was getting high.
Guys does my heart good to see you young people find PF. I've been experiencing Floyd for more than 50 years. I still listen to them every day! Gilmour's guitar is the best ever!
I appreciate my man on the left with the ability to just go into his own personal isolation chamber at the drop of a hat. I'm envious. I'm like Silas, just getting tossed around by the storms all the time.
Shine on you Crazy Diamond Part 1 to Part 9 and Wish you Were Here are two of my favourite Pink Floyd Songs.
You need to check out the 'Animals' Album. Another Pink Floyd Masterpiece.
@1:52 'Oh by the way, which one's pink?' A classic Pink Floyd lyric
Their album " Meddle" & especially their song "Echoes" on it is a must listen ✌️👍🎸🚀🍄👽 Would be awesome to see ya react to that 😁
First floyd album I ever bought. Still my favorite
Nah, two tracks are worth the time, the rest is nah.
One of these days is my fav. On that album.
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@@justinatest9456 wtf is this take lmao
You have an old soul when it comes to music Silas, it's great to see..perhaps you both do..awesome seeing you have such an appreciation for Pink Floyd. Cannot stress enough how I hope you will watch their live 1994 Pulse Concert..it's just incredible, you may never listen to studio music of Pink Floyd again !!
To be fair, Pink Floyd is my life - but when I was in my late teens, early 20's - I put this album on almost every night to go to sleep to - so it's all good - the more you hear Floyd, the more you will hear - Peace guys :)
Dude, your buddy was SO falling asleep during parts of that. I’m not judging… I’m not judging. Back when this came out, my friends and I would get absolutely WASTED, throw this on the turntable, and then zone out until the needle would start clicking at the end of the album and snap us out of our collective trance. Good times! I’m glad to see younger people today appreciating the music that I grew up with.
I’m sure there must be people reacting to Pink Floyd on TH-cam that are smoking weed while listening, it’s bound to happen.
@@Mike-rk8px 😁, and getting high.
Fun (and sad) fact: at 23:07 the notes on synth that can be heard just before the song ends are a call back to an early Pink Floyd single 'See Emily Play' (released in 1967) which was the Floyd's first big hit. The particular part it quotes is "Emily tries but misunderstands". This was a small addition from Richard Wright (the keyboardist) paying his tribute to Ex band mate Syd Barrett, whom the song 'shine on you crazy diamond' is dedicated to or more or less the album as a whole.
Thank you, I didn't know that.
On Animals do Pigs on the wing 1 and Dogs, then Pigs (3 different kinds), then Sheep and Pigs on the Wing 2. Three bites instead of two.
After that thought you may enjoy a change of scene for a break. May I suggest Jethro Tull's 'Aqualung' album. 11 tracks but two short tracks which can be paired up. Or, The Doors self titled debut album, also 11 tracks.
This album hits hard no matter what, it's beautiful. However it takes on another meaning when you're more familiar with the story of Syd Barrett. The whole album is dripping in remorse and sadness, anger and resentment, and I believe a deep regret for how things turned out for their long-loved brother whom they sort of abandoned. Truly heartbreaking when you think about it.
Remember when you were young
You shone like the sun
Now there's a look in your eye
Like black holes in the sky
They truly didn't abandon Syd - He lost his mind and was institutionalized. It is a tribute to him and his creative talent when he was still on top of things. He was the creative drive of the band, and he was truly missed by his bandmates. "The Wall" is a similar album for them as a good bye for Rodger Waters. He loved the interaction with the audience, and as they became more popular, he felt security was "building a wall" between them and the audience. That was his last album with Pink Floyd, and if you watch the live version of "The Wall", you can see the real meaning of the song. I am not saying this is truly factual, but it is how I understand things went.
@@happyphotoshooter Just to help you out. Roger left after the album 'The Final Cut', when it became obvious that his vision of PF's future diverged so much from that of both David Gilmour and Nick Mason. The band essentially split very acrimoniously, with a legal battle for retention of the PF name ending in a Gilmour and Mason victory. As a consequence, Rick Wright (who had earlier been forced out by Waters) rejoined and played on the subsequent albums 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' and 'The Division Bell' before succumbing to cancer in 2008.
My fav Pink Floyd album to put on and sleep was always The Division Bell. It is a fantastic album. I would liove to see your first time reaction.
Nick and David staring at US between you two hearing this for the first time … WOW ! Again … THANK YOU for doing WHOLE SIDES of the original albums . I seriously think a conservative estimate of how many times I’ve listened to this album … then 8-track… then Cassette… then CD … then vinyl again … and now streaming etc. … got to be 10,000 + times . Dark Side could not be far behind ! Hope you do their first 2 albums the same way ! Their 4th LP “ Ummagumma” (1969) was a double album … but man all 4 sides of that would be an epic reaction . Glad “Animals” is coming … “Meddle” (1971) is definitely deserving as well . WAIT until you see “LIVE at Pompeii” (1972) 🎥🎸Thank you for these !!!
Guys , you need to listen to the "Animals"
album . It's a master piece.
It is great
Next two Pink Floyd albums you should react to are "Animals" and "Meddle." Both are masterpieces.
Rick's final send off to end this album is so sad.
RIP Rick Wright and Syd Barrett.
1975 and everyone at the time was waiting to see what the Floyd would deliver after DSOTM from 1973. And they didn't disappoint! A tribute to Syd Barrett (Shine on You Crazy Diamond Pts 1-9 and Wish You were Here) and the struggle of artists with record companies (Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar) is perfectly created. To think this album is nearly 50 years old and the guys were in their late 20's recording such experiential music.....it is sublime. The packaging of the album in black plastic with graphics (sticker on the front of robotic hands) and a 'Wish You Were Here' postcard insert together with weird and strange photography on the gatefold LP (Thanks to the late Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell, who with the band, wanted to emphasise it is “the land of make-believe; where nothing is real and all is absent.”) certainly made this the album to have. It is one of the many masterpieces from the Floyd and I can listen to it again....and again....and again. So long Syd and Rick.
A rule of thumb for all new Pink Floyd album listeners -- Subsequent listens are mandatory.
The first listen or 7 are preparatory actions that prime your brain for the deeper revelations that are only revealed upon multiple aural ingestions.
Initial intakes are necessary to implant the basic elements of the musical machinery of the Pink Floyd masterpiece into your subconscious, thus allowing further intakes to mingle with the earlier implants and eventually manifest the full and complete creation, making it possible to experience consciously all of the ingredients that make up the melodic recipe, but can only be experienced as a whole with these repeated layers being strategically placed into your soul.
Truth 🎸
Thank you guys. Two things I remember from my youth:
1. Where I was when the moon landing happened in 1969
2. Where I was when I first heard this album
Epic!
100% to both!
Roy Harper is well worth checking out. Lead vocal on Have A Cigar, and has worked with Jimmy Page among many others. (And name checked on Led Zeppelin 3, of course - Hats Off to Roy Harper).
Love his vocals on Have a Cigar adds a real hard edge to the sound
Try Roy’s album Stormcock or at least the track ‘Me and my woman’
Yep!!!
Dang bruh, I thought we were going to lose your Left hand man for a second there; he just about got swept away in the music. Keep up the good work.
Great job guys. Welcome to Pink Floyd. May journey be a good ne.
That's pure art you're listening to there gentlemen. A sound so unique and distinct that has stood the test of time, and will never grow old. There will never be another Pink Floyd. 🌗
The next album is Animals. It would be okay to listen to "Dogs" off of it. It's a concept album but Dogs is a pretty good stand alone piece. All 17 minutes of it.
Animals is a tremendous album - DOGS will flatten you.
I am a new subscriber, and I really appreciate your reactions which in a certain way symbolize how is great for the new generations to discover and appreciate the fantastic musical quality of the 60’s and 70’s musicians and bands. Pink Floyd is, as far to me, the best band ever on rock history. Their studio albums are unique in this history and the only ones that, one after another one, can not only show the progressive quality of the band but also to display the excellency of their musicians, song after song in each album.
Man, it's good to enjoy to your reactions, and is time now for you to react to another three Masterpieces of these genial four: “Animals” (1972), “Meddle” (1971), and “Atom Earth Mother” (1970).
And is also a must see how you will react to Pink Floyd's "Comfortably numb" alive, from the "Pulse" concert (1979). This one is absolutely breath taking, and beats the studio version. It also gives you an idea about the dimension of Pink Floyd alive shows. As we, fans of Pink Floyd, use to say: "You don't listen to Pink Floyd music. You experience it"!
Besides these ones you also need to deeply dive into the music of another fantastic bands of the same period, and I strongly recommend you to react to these entire albums: Deep Purple “Made in Japan” (1972 - this is most probably the best alive album ever recorded), Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" (1977), Supertramp "Crime of the Century" (1974), and Jane "Genuine" (2002).
Enjoyed sharing the listening experience with you lads - I was in my late teens when it was first released and it still sounds great.
Meddle is an awesome album =) If you don't listen to it you should at least check out the song "Echoes" or the live version "Echoes Live at Pompei" This is the first Pink Floyd Album i listened to !! Thanks Great Reaction btw you really should check out "Band Maid" "Domination" Official Live They are a all female band who will blow your mind =) Hurry their touring the US in October
The great Roy Harper (a well known English musician - remember the song "Hats Off To Roy Harper" from Led Zeppelin III that you reacted to?) on Have A Cigar lead vocal. A friend of the band, he happened to be in the same studio and they asked him to sing lead on this track.
Hi. loving your reactions, genuine and v cool. I bought all their albums when they first came out and still adore them. A track you really need to hear is Comfortably Numb from the incredible The Wall album. fantastic guitar so solo, BUT to really be blown away then you have to see the live version from the Pulse concert in 1994, on youtube. It will knock you senseless! Btw there's a remaster of it done in 2019, use that ! The lighting and effects were groundbreaking, the band set no limit to the budget for the show. Both these tracks also are real view and sub magnets too! Good luck, will enjoy to follow your progress.
Hey Silas, had to tell you the older stuff is on another level as well.
I sincerely urge you to hear the album "Meddle" the track called "Echoes" in particular.
If you believe such a thing as astral projection exists, this is your ticket.
The album "Ummagumma" is a solid brain melt from one end to the other.
Congrats on being one of the few hosts smart enough to listen to these albums in their entirety. That is the only way to listen to Pink Floyd. You should read a bio on this band.
It will only give you a deeper appreciation of the meaning behind their music. Peace!
you two are really cool to watch.. nice one! Now that I know what moves you, I'd love to see you both doing something a little more obscure but food for your musical souls.. Patti Smith 'Easter' or 'Horses' or 'Radio Ethiopia' albums. Enjoy :) x
Your buddy has definitely smoked a big old spliff before listening to this. Top skills
Awesome Awesome reaction guys...yous were totally in your own zones 👌...would love to see yous do some of their Live stuff now. The Pulse concert videos are another level guys...yous will love it.💯💯%🔥🔥🔥...First song up "Comfortably Numb" footnote do not pause the Gilmour solos..alot of the Floyd videos dont get blocked. 🤘✌
Gilmour's wailing and screaming guitar, in part 6 of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, is just sublime! Perfection! The meditation thing was interesting. Lots of people come to the same realisation. Listening to a Floyd album, is more beneficial than several hours of deep meditation! :)
Great reaction to what must be my favourite Floyd album. I love a few of them, but this one is just too beautiful.
My other possible favourite is the follow-up album Animals. I would strongly recommend either familiarizing yourself with the themes and lyrics ahead of time, or at the very least following along with the lyrics as you listen.
The good news is you don't necessarily have to listen to it in one sitting. While the songs sometimes bleed into each other it's not as jarring to start and stop them in between. The bad news is there's basically only three songs on the album, so there's no breaks to be taken. I would recommend doing the album like this if you choose not to react to it in one sitting:
1. Pigs On The Wing (Part 1) 1:24
Dogs 17:04
2. Pigs (Three Different Ones) 11:28
3. Sheep 10:20
Pigs On The Wing (Part 2) 1:24
As you can see the album opens and closes with two little 1:24 songs that are more like bookends than actual songs. Just a thought that seemed easier to explain when I started this comment.
Classic rock is my jam but Pink Floyd is a very distant first for me. Nothing else comes close, and I just don't feel right if I don't listen to a little PF everyday. Can't wait to see your reaction to The Wall and The Division Bell. Hoping you get to some of their live stuff, too. It's beyond amazing, Pulse in particular. 🌈💗
Check out Atom Heart Mother if you want Pink Floyd with no lyrics. It's very beautiful and very experimental. 🌈💗
Fantastic!! Hey Guys, A Funny but Cool Observation I saw.... Your Microphone is placed at the Perfect Spot to Complete the Cut-Off, Top part, of David Gilmour's HEAD!!!! (I'm NOT even Stoned!)
I think this album underlines why David Gilmour is considered one of the greatest guitarist ever. Have a Cigar's vocals were recorded by Roy Harper, after a long day and many takes neither David Gilmour nor Roger Waters liked the vocals they had tried and Roger was getting a sore throat, Roy was recording and album at the same time and they asked him tomout down some vocals initially as a comparison, but both David and Roger agreed they should use Roy's vocals.
I think it's absolutely great did you enjoy the music much as I do
I can just see it in your face and feel it in your bones.
I love the music as well !!
Great job and keep up the good work
You should do Echoes live at Pompeii next to really get to know them.
Great reaction, you really need to hear the live Pulse Version of Sorrow. I garentee you won't be disappointed.
My second favorite album of Pink Floyd; came out in 1975. "Have A Cigar" is about corruption in the music business; vocals by Roy Harper, a friend of the band's. Check out their live shows too, from their Pulse, Momentary Lapse of Reason, and Division Bell tours. Also, you should do "Echoes" from their album "Meddle"; it's a great track. Check them out playing it in 1971 live at Pompeii (Italy) in an ancient outdoor Roman amphitheater. It's truly amazing.
Cool reaction. You are now ready for Animals but please use the video's WITH the lyrics. It's mind blowing stuff.
Treasure the friendship you have there young men...always be there for each other. I remember when I sat with my friends like this listening to music. They are all gone now, and I miss them terribly. You have to treasure and be aware of how precious what you have is while you have it, in the moment. I feel that you guys do.
That weird noise just at the start of Wish You Were Here (6mins in) is an anomaly: never heard it before, either on the vinyl, the radio, or streaming on spotify.
Imagine hearing this for the first time back in 1975. Your reaction is exactly the same. We did it with black lights and a lot of weed. I had a pretty high-end audio system with some JBL L-100 speakers (still have them today) and we were brought into another dimension. Watching your reaction is like looking in a mirror only back in 1975. And no two people react to PF the same way. PF is a journey and each trip is different.
Just a little info for you Young'uns the story behind this album is about Loss and absence in particular one of their founder members Syd Barrett who was fired from the group just as they were making headway as he ended up taking one Acid trip too many and never really coming back down and so the band continued without him and this album in particular the song Shine on you Crazy Diamond is dedicated to him.
Great reaction. Thank you for sharing with us. For your next Pink Floyd album you should give a listen to Animals. I suggest you do the lyric version so you can catch all of them. It’s kind of Roger Waters take on animal farm by George Orwell. ❤️✌️🌼
either ur friend is asleep at the wheel or he is pretty lost in the sauce lol
He's being "cerebral "
(pseudo) lol
Looks like he is on that "Lean"....LMAO
LMAO! he was mentally and definitely sleeping! I think it's a good method learning while you're sleeping...
The backstory to Wish you were Here adds epic depth
Nice reaction guys, although I think Roman was lapsing in and out of consciousness, haha. It would have been nice to have got your thoughts on the guitar and keyboard parts. 🤔 Also your view of this album compared to it's predecessor. I strongly recommend you do an album to the next Pink Floyd album, Animals (1977). Maybe then you can compare all three. Glad you love proper music! 👍
Now Silas, the next 3 things on your Pink Floyd journey needs to be Comfortably Numb Live Pulse, and Echoes parts 1 and 2 Live from Pompeii
YES!!! THIS^^^
My first time with this album in 1973, I sat on the floor in the middle of a quadraphonic sound system and was mesmerized. With the album jacket in my lap I poured over the lyrics as my head zoned out with the sound. I listened to the album over and over and over again…
Silas, I can tell music is more of a spiritual experience for you and it's so cool to see that great music from my generation is being appreciated. I've got goosebumps just listening to this awesome music with you guys. Thanks for a really cool trip down memory lane 👍👍😎
I grew up assuming this and so much more would be forever popular. I'd like to see what you think of Hendrix. Maybe try doing all of Electric Ladyland. Whatever you choose, you have a great attitude and excellent taste.
They should listen to “Machine Gun” off the Band Of Gypsies album. That song is so intense they’ll need a nap afterwards.
@@Mike-rk8px that’s the best guitar solo/guitar track of all time. An amazing piece of art.
Part nine is a fabulous Richard play with a great G major resolution!!!!
You guys react just the right way!! No stopping and just listening with your eyes closed. Perfect. I introduced my son to Floyd, The Mars Volta and Tool this way. He was a junkie at age 10. He knew how to digest real music & how to retain it and use it for creative purposes. This is how you react to music.
Meddle, Atom Heat Mother, Animals and The Wall next - but also time to dip into another group - The Moody Blues - an altogether differnt sound and to begin with I suggest "One More Time To Live". or "Melancholy Man"
He should do album sides on Moody Blues also since the songs blend together
Watching you boys get your faces melted off is so funny.
Wow! I had never heard some of this. I have only know the hits. The last third of this album is AMAZING! The more proggy it is the more I like it.😊
The Snowgoose by Camel would be an amazing album to react to. Hardly anyone would listen, but that’s ok, still a stunning piece of art.❤️
One of the best songs to listen to after smoking a little weed is “Ice” by Camel. That’s another great old English group that for some reason just never became big outside of Europe. I always put on a Camel cd whenever I have people over my house, and almost everyone loves it.
"The Snowgoose" is an absolutely stunning TRIP of an album, start to finish! 🌨❄☮🙌👁🏔
looks like genuine reactions🤗 you either fall asleep, or you get caught in the groove! great vid".
My favorite part to this album, in Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9), the lyrics say:
"Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far"
And during the recording sessions for the album, Syd Barrett (for whom Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and indeed, much of Pink Floyd's catalogue, was dedicated) showed up in the studio. The band hadn't seen him in years, and he looked completely different from the man they'd known. Quite fitting, in my mind, that he appeared during the band's tribute to him, and proof for me that, sometimes, life has its funny ways of making things work the way they need to.
Whatever you choose to do with your channel, SIlas, people will be here to watch and listen alongside you. Have a great day, friend. :)
Proof that Pink Floyd is timeless and transcends generational boundaries. This is exactly how I felt when I discovered them. Never gets old.
Maybe you should do these reactions solo Silas... We really appreciate watching someone like yourself enjoying Pink Floyd for the first time. 😎
Just bought a brand new Quad receiver when they came out and this album. When listen to "have a cigar 'ending it sounded like my front channels had stop. Then leading in to "wish yo where here" they front channel came back. Brilliant use of 4 track a first. they went on to record in 8, 16, 32, track the master of sound. try to find videos on Gilmours recording studio in his house boat. you can find some of the things he has used to get these sounds.
Four PF albums at this level, plus an almost... being (in chronological order) Meddle, Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, Animals. Plus The Wall.
And a 3rd party band also had a Syd Barrett tribute. It's an original work sort of in PF style, almost a 3rd side to Meddle.... Bett'r Days from Rain Falls in Grey, by Radio Massacre International. Worth checking out.
Great reaction.. Have fun guys! :)
The wall is even higher. As a fantastic concept album it outshines all the four you have mentioned.
Agree with Chip. You guys are good and Silas, you give the best funk face I’ve ever seen for a music lover. Keep up the great work. Right now, I’m sitting in the front row at the Amway Center in Orlando waiting for Roger Waters to take the stage. I’ll be silent and trippy for the next two hours like your buddy is when he listens to Floyd.
The Song "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" is a direct shout out to Pink Floyd's founding member Syd Barrett. He was the leader of the group until he had a nervous breakdown and they had to kick him out of the group. They try to have a reference to him in all his albums. "Nobody's Home" from The Wall and "Brain Damage" from Dark Side of the Moon for examples.
"Have a Cigar" is the only song of theirs where the singer is not someone from the group.
Recommended albums for you to listen to would be Animals and The Wall.
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Bruh your homie is a real one, closing his eyes and taking in the music. Never let him go.
I listened to this about 50 years ago. Pink Floyd music is very creative. Best enjoyed in the dark, or with eyes closed. It’s easy to imagine images that may apply to the lyrics and music. The lyrics have deep meanings. The music evokes images and emotions very well. Songs which transition to the next show the cohesiveness of an album, not just a bunch of unconnected songs.
The lyrics of all of the Floyd albums are as important, if not more important than the music, so please take a look at them and wonder at their meaning.
Pink Floyd are simply just genius& so very happy that young generations now appreciate that ❤
Of course, we love you and your reactions! Also love your assortment of both family and friends. Roman, (right?) ALWAYS makes me laugh. I know it's his way of vibing to the music, we all did that too, but I swear he nods off, every time! Don't stop that! You, Nodding Roman, will be known for that! Who knows, maybe street recognition and fame are in your future for just being you! I love it!!! (Please correct me if I got his name wrong) Love you, Silas! 🤘
Hat's off (that's a bit of an unintended pun) to my man for picking up on the radio transition after Have A Cigar, before it's made clear by the opening of Wish You Were Here.
In case it wasn't clear, WYWH opens with an acoustic guitar being played on a bed side radio (you can hear the old time radio noises), and the second guitar that plays the melody is being played by someone sitting in the room listening and playing along to the radio. It's a very beautiful idea, and well executed.
I have never heard of this before. I bought this album upon it's initial release. Listened to it religiously. Is your understanding of this definite fact ? Can it be verified? Not doubting your story, but I am surprised that I haven't heard this before.
Is the radio listener Syd Barrett, perhaps staying in contact with the band one way or another?
@@tommythompson9565 I should've maybe said it was produced to sound as though the guitar was coming from a radio, and the second guitar was produced to sound like it was someone playing along with the radio.
I'm sure it was all studio trickery, and all of the guitar was played by David Gilmour in studio.
@@justinatest9456 Yes. That was the idea I got from your earlier post. I was just wondering how that could be taken by the one listening to the album.
But thanks for getting back.
@@tommythompson9565 I almost thought you were being sarcastic in your initial question. I get some weird heat on youtube on account of my Ukraine colours in my pfp, so I was a little on edge and assumed the worst. My fault and my apologies.
Yeah, I suppose it's fair to say I'm making a lot of assumptions about the radio, but give it another listen with that in mind. You hear a radio tuned to a new channel, the whine of interference and static, etc. And then you hear the lead guitar, much more clear and present.
Actually, I had to check wikipedia, wondering if I imagined this interpretation:
"In the original album version, the song segues from "Have a Cigar" as if a radio had been tuned away from one station, through several others (including a radio play and one playing the opening of the finale movement of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony), and finally to a new station where "Wish You Were Here" is beginning.[7]
The radio was recorded from Gilmour's car radio. He performed the intro on a twelve-string guitar, processed to sound like it was playing through an AM radio, and then overdubbed a fuller-sounding acoustic guitar solo. This passage was mixed to sound as though a guitarist were listening to the radio and playing along. As the acoustic part becomes more complex, the "radio broadcast" fades away and Gilmour's voice enters, while the rest of the band joins in."
Sorry for the long comment, but I had to know. Now you do too. Peace brother.
@@justinatest9456 Appreciate the info. Was gonna Google it myself.
This may be the only album I've ever encountered where the band put the title track half way into the B side. Wild. And it's a stunning piece of music.
Pink Floyd is a band in its own league and difficult to compare with other bands. Most of their works are masterpieces! This is my favorite PF album
Reminds me of when someone would get the latest album and we would all gather together to have a listen good times
Echoes live at pompeii is a must
I hope you will do their next album after wish you were here, Animals, you won't be disappointed.
That was good, please do the Wall it's a great album
Echoes, live from Pompeii is a must. Please!
Should look for the Video, that was in the Irish train station and to the reaction of people to a two man band playing this song ..it's on TH-cam, it is very special
The eyes of your friend closed...tell him he is a very clever guy😀🎵
Silas, you really understand what these musicians were protraying
A class of it own..
I said it before,,,,Floyd is for the ADVANCED music listener,,,,I'm thinking you understand now. On to Animals,,,,my favorite. 💥💥💥👍😎
LMAO! Baby Smurf was nodding off till the very end! Then made an expression of approval, as he was clearly regaining consciousness! Missed the whole scat thing...but props for headphones and eyes closed.
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This is classical music. Hopefully in 400 years, humans will listen to this like Bach. And be mind blown, as us that heard this album when it came out.
Great job guys. Time to do The Wall. It will blow your mind.
Most of this album is about Syd Barrett(crazy diamond). A sad story that haunted them throughout the Pink Floyd years.
Might I suggest that if you continue on with Floyd, especially if you're going to react to "Animals" that you react to it with lyrics.
@11:25 "storm" or "beach" ... it's musical Rorschach here. me: it's vibrations of air molecules.
Good job guys. Their songs take many listens to catch everything. Wait till you have the time, but I wouldn't chop Floyd's albums up. There's a lot more PF and solo stuff from David and Roger. Can't wait to see more.
You have listen to „Animals“. Amazing Album!!!
Pink Floyd is deeper than the Mariana Trench. All lyrics have a deeper underlying meaning. Wikipedia is a great source for this kind of knowledge.
If you can't keep up with full albums daily, every other day is fine, or whenever you can, because as you know, breaking up concept albums - or albums with transitioning tracks - isn't how they were intended to be listened too. And like someone else has said, if you find out where albums stopped between side A and side B of the vinyl/cassette versions, that's a good place to stop between videos... Looking forward to more reactions! I have many suggestions, but discovering Pink Floyd should keep you going for a while :)
Brilliant album.. you guys show your pleasure in equally great ways 👌🏼 Maybe give some Genesis albums a try.. Genesis, Duke, We Can’t Dance etc… or Dire Straits Brothers in Arms, some great albums there..
this is my favourite album of all time!