and every time he hears it again, he will "get it" in a different way, still amazes me and I heard when new...never gets old , even when you know every track on the album, what comes next, and every nuance...yet, it stills gets you
@@alansmith7626 It still gets me so bad I can't even properly watch these reaction videos because my own reaction is still strong enough that I have to close my eyes through some parts.
Totally! Great observation Ryan. You made me realize that watching Jamel_AKA_Jamal sharing his experience & see his heartfelt reaction, I become a born again Pink Floyd fan. In fact I feel that way every time I watch him experience & reactions to music that is a part of my personal soundtrack. I’ll become a born-again fan of whichever band by watching the effect they have on him. Reminds me of how I felt the first time I’ve heard all the different great artists that he’s been reacting to. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to articulate how the feelings I get watching Jamel_AKA_Jamal’s videos. Now I have a good analogy. Thanks for that Ryan!
It's like she's dying and her soul doesn't wanna let go of this life, so the soul is screaming and kicking, and then slowly the soul accepts it and goes peacefully... It makes me cry every time.
Back when I was in high school listening to this, my friends and I all thought Clare Torry must have been a black R & B singer because it sounded so gospel-like. Little did we know she was a British white lady just winging it.
Claire Torrey was called up in the middle of the night to go put some vocals down for some rock group. She showed up with curlers in her hair. The guys in PF told her basically what the track would be about, she put on her headphones, and then sang. The first take, she used words - "baby", "oh yeah", and such. The guys asked her to do it again without any words, and she did THAT. In one take. She left, thinking they weren't happy because they just said, "um, okay, bye." But the truth was that they were so utterly flabbergasted they couldn't say anything else. It was perfect.
errr,not clare torry i'm afraid. She was booked and paid a session fee and then buggered off home true enough. Years later,she was rightly credited and received an "undisclosed" sum from the bands mgmt. Fuck me,I'd dine out on that forever. The live shows needed TWO singers to cover the entire range that Clare managed on her own.
He's hooked. He's done PF before and expressed his admiration and enjoyment of the band, the music. Head first down the rabbit hole lol. With you, in spirit.
"Great Gig in the Sky" has got to be one of the most beautiful tracks with no words ever done. Clare Torry is the greatest most under-rated vocalists ever.
Who'd have thought that a skinny little 25yo white girl would walk into the studio in 1974, no idea what she was supposed to do, no idea who she was recording for, and a few hours later walked out for a pay day of 30 pounds. And here we are, one of most famous, most amazing female vocal tracks, that doesn't even have any words.
A part of me is jealous of someone hearing this song for the first time, having grown up with it. It still never fails to touch my soul. Yes. We are just listening to this lady let her soul sing.
Listen to it, with the Wizard of Oz playing. Dorothy opens the door into color, with Money. It is crazy how it matches up ftom the beginning of the movie. TH-cam it.
Vinyl is really the best way, CD's break up the flow of the music with their stupid time stamps. The songs seem to bleed into each other on vinyl. It's like the producers of CD's have no respect for the music, same is true of the Beatles Abbey Road and any theme album from the past.
That is pretty much my husband’s realization while he edged closer and closer to death. But for him it was denial that he was dying, then anger and finally acceptance. For my beloved there was no moving on. That is my part, if I can ever manage to do it. It’s been two years now and I still have him dwelling deep in my heart. Thank you for your words...most people just don’t get it. 💕✌️😌
@@blondelebanese9922 I lost my wife to Parkinson's this past January after 20 years of marriage. She is still in my heart and mind. It's not been long enough. More time, much more time to process, to accept the inevitable: She's not coming back. On an aside: Did you get your s/n from Thievery Corporation? Love that band.
"so we're listening to this lady letting her soul sing" is pretty much a perfect description. Claire Torrie wanted to use her voice as an instrument for this song, and reacted and interacted with the music.
There’s actually two versions of that whispered lyric. The one most people think it is: “If you can hear this whisper, you’re dying.” And what she actually says in the sample: “I never said I was frightened of dying.”
In fact all together it was 917 weeks on Billboard 200, almost 18 years. And whole album is a story that begins with first song and ends with the last. To understand it you should listen whole album together with transitions between songs. PF like to play with many layers and changes of rhythm, speed, stiles, different sounds that all makes sense and contribute to depth. Pure art.
I'm almost 59 and Pink Floyd has been part of my life since the early 1970's. Nothing compares to Pink Floyd. It's supposed to be prog rock but to me it's in a class of its own. It's like painting with music.
I like the way Author Gordon R. Dickson put it: "You've put away all armor." "Yes, I had to. The way forward is too narrow for someone wearing armor." (Paraphrased because I don't want to go dig up the book. _The Final Encyclopedia._)
In 1973 a girlfriend (believe it or not her nickname was Moonie) gave me an 8-track tape called Dark side of the Moon, I had heard the song Money on the radio but never really heard of Pink Floyd. I never had heard an album where one song lead Stright into the next song Kinda like a long playing single. Needless to say, I became a Pink Floyd fan. The very first time I heard "Gig in the Sky" I thought to myself , I just heard a woman tell a story with out saying a word. I just turned 70 and I'm still amazed. Thanks Moonie where ever you are.
Pure unadulterated magic genius for the ears. Can you believe in 2021 that this crystal clear music is 48 years old? This is the western world's heritage to cherish.
Yeah this song never fails to get to me. I can't even properly watch these reaction videos because my own reaction is still strong enough that I have to close my eyes through some parts. In fact this particular time it was enough for tears to come up. Perhaps because of the somewhat shared experience of getting to see someone experience it for the first time. And he GETS IT. "So... we just listed to this lady letting her SOUL sing???" Yes. Yes we did.
I was 13 when this came out and I heard this and the entire album, laying on my bed one Saturday afternoon. It hit me hard back then. Remember it like yesterday.
I can't tell you how much of my childhood was spent in my living room, lying on my back with my head between the speakers, in the dark, listening to this album from beginning to end. So happy I had a "cool" dad who would buy these albums when they came out.
Same here. My uncle have me an unmarked cassette with the album on it. I was blown away. On the other side was what I thought was the Best of Blondie, found out later it was Parallel Lines!
I always saw this song as a musical version of the well known “5 stages of Dying” that everyone goes thru when they know death is imminent. I’ve seen it first hand in my work as a first responder: Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance The beginning of the song, the loud, hugely emotional part where she’s belting it out so is her going through the first 3 phases, she’s in denial that it is happening and then is angry about it and then finally trying to say no! Wait! I’ll do this or that differently if I can just have a second chance... then in the second half her tone changes as the song quiets and becomes more mellow again as she turns to the last 2 stages, depression and finally acceptance... just an amazing song
Aretha Franklin was and always will be the Queen of Soul and music in general. However, if there was ever to be a crowned Princess of Soul; Claire Torry would have to be first in line in my opinion.
I visited Aretha Franklin's farm one summer, and there was a LITTLE horse coming out of a BIG horse! I said "WHAT'S GOING ON!!!" and she said "The mother horse is having a baby" and I said "HAVING a baby? WTF are you talking about?" She invited me into the farmhouse for some fresh biscuits and some Hebrew National salami, and told me all about that stuff (which I won't go into here!!!) and was really nice. When it was time to go, she asked me "What is your favorite album of mine?" and I said "Who are you?" and she said "I am Aretha Franklin." I sure liked her farm.
@@TonyEnglandUK "There's more soul in this one song than Aretha Franklin's entire existence." I love this song. I think Dark Side is the best produced album of all time. But you *really* need to get out more. And Clare Torry, and David Gilmour, and Roger Waters would tell you the same thing.
I heard that kind of blues was the inspiration for Breathe, not great gig. (That "daan daan daan" before Gilmour starts singing "breathe, breathe in the air)
My sister died 10 days ago from Covid-19. I've been trying distract myself and came on to this song. Now I think the singer was for those of us crying left behind. Mourning our loss. Bless you for playing. Got out a lot of emotion. Need to cry to heal. Love and safety to all! 💞✌
Come on man you’ve got to give Nick credit where it’s due for a masterful performance on the drums and Roger’s bass is beautiful as well. It’s musical symbiosis at its best!
Like most people of my generation I played the album literally to death back in 73. Usually lying on the floor in total darkness and at non neighbour friendly volumes! Welcome to the real world brother. Now you can see how good we had it back in the 70's! Albums like Dark Side will never come again, not from todays so called musicians anyway!
It's a great album, but I feel sorry for you and your close-minded ignorance towards newer music. Just because you've lost touch doesn't mean amazing albums aren't still being made, you just stopped listening.
"We're sittin here listen to this lady let her soul sing....I get it now!" You absolutely get it now. When this beauty touches your soul you absolutely get. Enjoy the Pink Floyd experience.
This whole album feels like one long song as the songs seem to flow into the next with little to no silence in between.. So many similar chord structures and call backs to previous songs as the album progresses. Yet each song has its own soul. It is an amazing work of art.
The first time I heard this song it sent chills through my entire body, that was 35 years ago... Those chills come back every single time I hear this masterpiece
What she says later in the song is not “If you can hear this whispering you’re dying”. She says “I never said I was frightened of dying”. I’ve listened to this album for 48 years now. No other song says so much with so few (or NO) words. What’s really amazing is that Claire Torrey made up those incredible vocals on the spot - she just bared her soul. I love your videos (not only the music ones, but your other channel as well), and love seeing younger people discovering Pink Floyd
Same here though it was 1987 for me. Though it was not until just recently that I fully understood the "lyrics". Appreciated, yes. Understood, truly grasped? No. I was always still stuck at the fighting stage of dealing with death. It is only now, directly clutching at my own mortality during an epidemic and taking assessment of what it means to be alive, that I am starting to grasp the ending stage of peace.
The more I learned about this incredible singer I am just more amazed. This was the first take where she did not use words and the only take. She had no idea if they liked it and surely thought she would never hear from them again let alone make it on the album. She put herself in a frame of mind "to use my voice as an instrument" and with limited understanding or direction she belts this masterpiece out. In subsequent live shows the band would divide the song between 2 or 3 singers, it was that taxing on one person's voice. Just humbling every time I hear it, I wore this record out as a kid in the 70's.
they did multiple takes tho, they told her to just sing something with no words. She said it herself she had to do it a couple times because they werent specific with what they wanted. But after a few runs they were like ok we got it, and next thing you know it was a major hit. The rest is history.
TY for researching the song first. It normally does not matter, but knowing this lady is singing just purely from her soul and to fit the theme of the song better then the song itself. That my friend is destiny.
Yes she sings with her soul. And it seems to me you're listening with your soul my friend. This piece is so moving, poignant, and ultimately more quieted.
When I heard this reaction, of recording I was raised listening to (one of my father's favorite bands), & listened to all my life (I turned 49 last Saturday), did I actually know what song was about..I assumed it was quasi-instrumental break between tracks on album. Something else to confide....in 2017, my beloved sweetheart, protector, companion & running partner, my husband & friend of 14 yrs, died before my eyes. Just 46, no health issues, slim & active. James died of a heart attack, as I frantically tried to get help. Like others commenting before me, I, too, speny over a year feeling shock, profound sorrow, fear (to point of being agoraphobic) & anger. The second year, I slowly & painfully pulled together some semblance of a life, that phrase in beginning made me want to literally throat punch people who said " a new normal" In my mind & heart & soul, I honestly believed I'd never be normal again. The state I was in didn't allow me to think about the future, or where to fit into the world. It was all wrong, absolutely everything. Nothing seemed real, only surreal. Neither my husband, or myself were/are religious, I knew in my soul w/out having to vocalize it, if we go somewhere when we die, James would show me somehow. I can't say w/ complete surety that he showed me, but in my mind & heart, there's been incidents w/ no rationale explanation. Mostly I witnessed this from our dog, but again, I can't verify, or try to. The things I think James showed me, or I felt, are just between us, as it should be, that's all that matters. At some point, something inside me shifted & I felt different. I developed state of emotion that's mixture of bittersweet memories & acceptance. I'm still alive & here & go on. I made conscious decision to pick myself up & dust myself off & move forward w/my life. I know w/ all my heart James wanted nothing less for me, just like me, if I'd died that Friday night in June, so long ago now, yet like yesterday. That's another example of emotional changes I've experienced since he died. I can feel in a side-by-side sort of way. I'll always think of him, the pain is still there, only less raw now, the wound has scabbed over. I still have living left to do, places to visit, friends to make, music to hear, new things to learn & discover, its not over yet for me.
Dear Whitney - may music give you comfort & peace. This song has helped me feel all those emotions, left feeling wrung out like old rag but also a catharsis. I'm so sorry for your profound loss; I'm sure James is proud of your strength & courage. You have my thoughts & prayers.
Clare Torry-few facts from Floyd themselves: she came in and listen to the instrumental, PF told her to ad lib- just do whatever, she apologized after the recording for the performance, PF knew immediately they just experienced a special moment in time..
Not quite, it has been well documented by the band members, Alan Parsons, and Clare Torry herself that she sang two full takes and stopped during the third take as she felt she had no more to give the song and that she felt that she sounded repetitive on the third take. The final version of the song was a composite made from parts of all three takes.
Men, you reaction make me cry. I’m 31 years old and ear Pink Floyd if 14 teen years old. I love Pink Floyd! You win a subscriptor whit this reactions! Keep going. (Sorry for my bad english, i’m from Argentina)
Moty de Dios Your English is great! Stand tall and be proud! We Americans LOVE accents and the cute little ways people say things. We do not expect perfection. The best things in life are in the little imperfections anyway! ❤️
You are incredible and never apologize for being able to speak and write 2 languages! I love your heartfelt comment. If you haven’t heard it yet, check out the song “Fearless” off of Floyd’s”Meddle” album. It’s incredible lyrically and instrumentally, I get goosebumps every single time I listen to it. Enjoy and regulates from NY💜
Vicky Dee ooh 😍vicky thanks for u words. I know fearless from the album Meddle...i love that song, i have all discography of PF. I send a big hug and God bless you! 🙏🏾😘 -🔺= Shine on💎
Moty de Dios back at you! It’s fantastic to know someone else appreciates their older, less known music 🤘🏿😎you be well, rock on and I’ll hopefully see you again in the comments💜
A song that transcends language. One of the greatest pieces of art i believe has ever been created. Thank you Pink Floyd for creating this masterpiece of an album. I will continue to listen to this band for the rest of my life
Now you're feeling what I've been feeling for the last 47 years listing to this song. It's like an end, then a beginning to anew. I shed a tear everytime I hear this. Cheers to you!
An instrumental version of someone pouring their soul out is Maggot Brain, by Funkadelic. George Clinton told guitarist Eddie Hazel something along the line of "play like your mama just died." So he did.
HPMcQueen absolutely agree, it's not a separate track album really it's a journey beginning to end.. the meaning of it, whatever it says to your soul at the time.. I do housework to it just singing but i lay on the floor at night with just candles and feel it. Im 62yrs old now and still do it...🌒
Jamel, you are a beautiful soul. Thank you for your channel and for letting us share your heartfelt love of music. I've loved this song for so many years but watching you hear it makes me feel it all afresh. God bless you.
Jamal, thank you for your humanity. You are a brilliant human being. Bless you, my brother from another mother. A little white guy from the UK. You & your outlook mean the world to me.
I remember reading that the producer in the studio saying that no one in the band had expected the singer to vocalize her emotions so clearly, that when she finished the guys in the band were left standing at their instrument stands just staring dumbly at her.
"Pink floyd" the greatest stage performance in music. I've been to operas, best classical concerts, and seen the greats in rock, blues, jazz, (jazz my heart), cirque du Soleil is close. But pink floyd live is. Everone enters the building/space ship, and is elevated to another dimension in there life. I seen them 3 times. In there very beginnings 1971 in a 3 thousand capacity intimate concert. Sound systems of excellence. That literally traveled through space with "set the controls to the heart of the sun" as the 20 foot going erupted into flames as it drifted on to space as the fog thickened. "Dark side of the moon" "wall" . Brother keep your groove going, to the food for the soul.
I always considered Great Gig in the Sky was Claire Torry “raging against the dying of the light” before she finally, tragically, fatally succumbs to her own mortality and lets death come...
I remember hearing an interview with David Gilmore(guitarist). He talked about the recording of this track. What you just heard was an unrehearsed first take. Such is the talent of this band.
hear the mothers' crying, the sisters' and brothers', the fathers' and sons', husbands' , wives' and mates'....hear the human soul in grief a beautiful expression of the human experience
I love your facial expressions and the fact that you don’t interrupt the songs. Also, that you do a little research on the history of the song/album. Welcome to the wonderful world of Pink Floyd. Perhaps this album is one of the few “perfect” albums ever made. I think it is anyway.
When they brought her into the studio and told her what they wanted for the song, I believe they requested that she use her voice as an instrument, and she did just that. That is why it's so deep and powerful. And she wasn't "winging" it as one comment suggests. She was a professional classical singer.
If they don't play this at my funeral, I'm not going.
😂
Brilliant David 😄
I love this!! Haha
Me either...
same here :)
"I get it now." He gets it now.
Welcome, Brother. Welcome.
Its a beautiful thing to watch
That aha moment, priceless..
and every time he hears it again, he will "get it" in a different way, still amazes me and I heard when new...never gets old , even when you know every track on the album, what comes next, and every nuance...yet, it stills gets you
@@alansmith7626 It still gets me so bad I can't even properly watch these reaction videos because my own reaction is still strong enough that I have to close my eyes through some parts.
Welcome to the Machine
It’s like watching a person become a Floyd fan right before our eyes
Totally! Great observation Ryan. You made me realize that watching Jamel_AKA_Jamal sharing his experience & see his heartfelt reaction, I become a born again Pink Floyd fan. In fact I feel that way every time I watch him experience & reactions to music that is a part of my personal soundtrack. I’ll become a born-again fan of whichever band by watching the effect they have on him. Reminds me of how I felt the first time I’ve heard all the different great artists that he’s been reacting to. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to articulate how the feelings I get watching Jamel_AKA_Jamal’s videos. Now I have a good analogy. Thanks for that Ryan!
@@ga0425 Me too!
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Welcome...
yep.. seen it a hundred times..
It's like she's dying and her soul doesn't wanna let go of this life, so the soul is screaming and kicking, and then slowly the soul accepts it and goes peacefully... It makes me cry every time.
Yes that's exactly how I heard it too.
Thats exactly what she is saying with her voice and her soul!
Perfect
That was a beautiful explanation, Teresa.
I have never interpreted it. I have just always taken a ride on the voice. It does the same thing. I feel it through and through every time.
Back when I was in high school listening to this, my friends and I all thought Clare Torry must have been a black R & B singer because it sounded so gospel-like.
Little did we know she was a British white lady just winging it.
Same here
She's white? What!!???
Walk in and done in one take, she didn’t even know the members of Floyd. Unreal
@@Stanky5000 of course!
She’s a white English woman
Claire Torrey was called up in the middle of the night to go put some vocals down for some rock group. She showed up with curlers in her hair. The guys in PF told her basically what the track would be about, she put on her headphones, and then sang. The first take, she used words - "baby", "oh yeah", and such. The guys asked her to do it again without any words, and she did THAT. In one take. She left, thinking they weren't happy because they just said, "um, okay, bye." But the truth was that they were so utterly flabbergasted they couldn't say anything else. It was perfect.
True story.
And then she spent years getting a writing credit.
And a well-deserved one. She created that track just as much as the guys did.
errr,not clare torry i'm afraid.
She was booked and paid a session fee and then buggered off home true enough.
Years later,she was rightly credited and received an "undisclosed" sum from the bands mgmt.
Fuck me,I'd dine out on that forever.
The live shows needed TWO singers to cover the entire range that Clare managed on her own.
A masterpiece, certainly.
You're in the rabbit hole now brother, no getting out...
he he he. you tell him
Amen!
He's hooked. He's done PF before and expressed his admiration and enjoyment of the band, the music. Head first down the rabbit hole lol. With you, in spirit.
Yeah come on down explore a little more and make yourself comfortable coz you won't wanna leave any time soon
@@5timesbaby2005 Have enjoyed many a session of life with PF to guide me. Quite enjoyable.
"Great Gig in the Sky" has got to be one of the most beautiful tracks with no words ever done. Clare Torry is the greatest most under-rated vocalists ever.
Clare Torrey and her voice is a true gift from GOD....thank you Clare for the gift you gave.....
Marooned pushes it close 😉
@@MrJlc93 What I meant was a vocal track with no words
And she was paid £30, or roughly $50.
@@mikegriffin415 She sued them in 2004 and got some real money. Plus a co-writing credit.
Who'd have thought that a skinny little 25yo white girl would walk into the studio in 1974, no idea what she was supposed to do, no idea who she was recording for, and a few hours later walked out for a pay day of 30 pounds. And here we are, one of most famous, most amazing female vocal tracks, that doesn't even have any words.
A part of me is jealous of someone hearing this song for the first time, having grown up with it. It still never fails to touch my soul. Yes. We are just listening to this lady let her soul sing.
So many bands belong to a genre, Pink Floyd IS a genre.
space rock / prog rock but ok
Absolutely agree. I’ve said it before. You can’t compare any bands to PF. You hear 10 seconds and there’s no guessing. You just know.
@Old Goat I DON'T EVEN PUT THIS BAND I ANY GENRE AT ALL.... THERE IN A CLASS OF THERE OWN
@@brunoqueiroz2759 Symphony rock
Old Goat - epic comment
Knowing her part was all improvised makes it all the more incredible
Took a single take too
Wow i didnt know that
Really??
That's right.
The best improvisation ever!
That could never have been written 😉
Dark side of the moon should be listened all the way through. It’s a journey. All songs connect
to me, any colour you like doesn't jive
Listen to it, with the Wizard of Oz playing. Dorothy opens the door into color, with Money. It is crazy how it matches up ftom the beginning of the movie. TH-cam it.
Vinyl is really the best way, CD's break up the flow of the music with their stupid time stamps. The songs seem to bleed into each other on vinyl. It's like the producers of CD's have no respect for the music, same is true of the Beatles Abbey Road and any theme album from the past.
@@RabelFibal1 try 3.5 of mushoomz while you listening to it and lay down and close your eyes, youll really go on a journey
He need to do clips of reaction to the whole darkside of the moon disk
This song never fails to bring a tear to my eye
Same
Same
For real? I’m not slamming you but I am genuinely curious.
yes I'm literally crying right now... there are so many feelings in this song, it's unexplainable
It’s an angel who singing this song
"So we just listenin' to this lady let her soul sing? Oh my God, I get it now"
Couldn't have put it better myself.
First is anger at dying, second is acceptance, third is moving on.
perfect
@@billyhill7630 I would put a little "denial" in beetween. But that's just personal preference.
That is pretty much my husband’s realization while he edged closer and closer to death. But for him it was denial that he was dying, then anger and finally acceptance. For my beloved there was no moving on. That is my part, if I can ever manage to do it. It’s been two years now and I still have him dwelling deep in my heart. Thank you for your words...most people just don’t get it. 💕✌️😌
Sure nuff said
@@blondelebanese9922 I lost my wife to Parkinson's this past January after 20 years of marriage. She is still in my heart and mind. It's not been long enough. More time, much more time to process, to accept the inevitable: She's not coming back.
On an aside: Did you get your s/n from Thievery Corporation? Love that band.
"so we're listening to this lady letting her soul sing" is pretty much a perfect description.
Claire Torrie wanted to use her voice as an instrument for this song, and reacted and interacted with the music.
"We just listening to this lady let her soul sing" I love watching reactions to this tune.
There’s actually two versions of that whispered lyric. The one most people think it is:
“If you can hear this whisper, you’re dying.”
And what she actually says in the sample:
“I never said I was frightened of dying.”
Don’t know where the heck the rumor came from because she is clearly saying the latter.
I never heard of that first lyric. I wish that's what she was saying because that is haunting and beautiful
This album was on the Billboard charts from 1973 to 1988. Think about that. For 15 years this, was in the top 100 albums for sales.
In fact all together it was 917 weeks on Billboard 200, almost 18 years. And whole album is a story that begins with first song and ends with the last. To understand it you should listen whole album together with transitions between songs. PF like to play with many layers and changes of rhythm, speed, stiles, different sounds that all makes sense and contribute to depth. Pure art.
Not to mention the album still occasionally charts when new generations discover it.
@@spooge1oh1 If man is here in the 3000's, it'll chart then as well.
In the list of selling Albums worldwide is this Album No 3
More than 900 weeks on TOP 200,a record. .
I'm almost 59 and Pink Floyd has been part of my life since the early 1970's. Nothing compares to Pink Floyd. It's supposed to be prog rock but to me it's in a class of its own. It's like painting with music.
I'm almost 58, so coming up behind you, and yes, they were our demigods, them and the Sex Pistols spoke straight to us.
Lyrics? Where we're going we don't need lyrics.
Love it! This is one of my favourite tracks ever and Back to the Future possibly my all-time favourite film. Class.
Lyrics? We ain't got no lyrics. We don't need no stinking lyrics!
LOVE your comment for the essential truth of it! (The humor of it too.)
That was funny.
I like the way Author Gordon R. Dickson put it:
"You've put away all armor."
"Yes, I had to. The way forward is too narrow for someone wearing armor."
(Paraphrased because I don't want to go dig up the book. _The Final Encyclopedia._)
In 1973 a girlfriend (believe it or not her nickname was Moonie) gave me an 8-track tape called Dark side of the Moon, I had heard the song Money on the radio but never really heard of Pink Floyd. I never had heard an album where one song lead Stright into the next song Kinda like a long playing single. Needless to say, I became a Pink Floyd fan. The very first time I heard "Gig in the Sky" I thought to myself , I just heard a woman tell a story with out saying a word. I just turned 70 and I'm still amazed. Thanks Moonie where ever you are.
Pure unadulterated magic genius for the ears. Can you believe in 2021 that this crystal clear music is 48 years old? This is the western world's heritage to cherish.
I think I get goosebumps every single time I listen to this. Powerful stuff.
Titter 2. Definitely every time. ❤️
I never get tired of listening to this. It's one of my favorite pieces of all time :)
Yeah this song never fails to get to me. I can't even properly watch these reaction videos because my own reaction is still strong enough that I have to close my eyes through some parts. In fact this particular time it was enough for tears to come up. Perhaps because of the somewhat shared experience of getting to see someone experience it for the first time. And he GETS IT. "So... we just listed to this lady letting her SOUL sing???" Yes. Yes we did.
This album singlehandedly moved rock into the realm or art.
I was 13 when this came out and I heard this and the entire album, laying on my bed one Saturday afternoon. It hit me hard back then. Remember it like yesterday.
Great screen name!
Best way to listen to music!
I can't tell you how much of my childhood was spent in my living room, lying on my back with my head between the speakers, in the dark, listening to this album from beginning to end. So happy I had a "cool" dad who would buy these albums when they came out.
Same here. My uncle have me an unmarked cassette with the album on it. I was blown away. On the other side was what I thought was the Best of Blondie, found out later it was Parallel Lines!
Personally the deepest moments I've had with music didn't involve lyrics.
Tears, every goddamn time I hear it, tears, can’t help it, too much pure raw emotion caught on tape, magical.
Try some sigur rós
Same here, but, on the other hand, the lyrics of Another Brick in the Wall are incredibly deep.
@@jasonmelo9379 any quality post Rock does the trick.
Pearl Jam - *Black* (MTV unplugged) does it for me
I listened to that for a week straight once .. or twice
I always saw this song as a musical version of the well known “5 stages of Dying” that everyone goes thru when they know death is imminent. I’ve seen it first hand in my work as a first responder:
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
The beginning of the song, the loud, hugely emotional part where she’s belting it out so is her going through the first 3 phases, she’s in denial that it is happening and then is angry about it and then finally trying to say no! Wait! I’ll do this or that differently if I can just have a second chance...
then in the second half her tone changes as the song quiets and becomes more mellow again as she turns to the last 2 stages, depression and finally acceptance...
just an amazing song
Aretha Franklin was and always will be the Queen of Soul and music in general. However, if there was ever to be a crowned Princess of Soul; Claire Torry would have to be first in line in my opinion.
Rod L. Miller Claire is the Spirit Of Soul 🌌
yeah Aretha! .. but, I also have a massive soft spot for Gladys Knight. : )
There's more soul in this one song than Aretha Franklin's entire existence.
I visited Aretha Franklin's farm one summer, and there was a LITTLE horse coming out of a BIG horse! I said "WHAT'S GOING ON!!!" and she said "The mother horse is having a baby" and I said "HAVING a baby? WTF are you talking about?" She invited me into the farmhouse for some fresh biscuits and some Hebrew National salami, and told me all about that stuff (which I won't go into here!!!) and was really nice. When it was time to go, she asked me "What is your favorite album of mine?" and I said "Who are you?" and she said "I am Aretha Franklin." I sure liked her farm.
@@TonyEnglandUK "There's more soul in this one song than Aretha Franklin's entire existence."
I love this song. I think Dark Side is the best produced album of all time.
But you *really* need to get out more. And Clare Torry, and David Gilmour, and Roger Waters would tell you the same thing.
Props to Rick Wright who wrote and played the whole thing on piano.
its actually slightly stolen parts from Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
David Ford props to Rick and Miles!
hes the undersung badass of pink floyd.
The very soul of The Floyd
I heard that kind of blues was the inspiration for Breathe, not great gig. (That "daan daan daan" before Gilmour starts singing "breathe, breathe in the air)
My sister died 10 days ago from Covid-19. I've been trying distract myself and came on to this song. Now I think the singer was for those of us crying left behind. Mourning our loss. Bless you for playing. Got out a lot of emotion. Need to cry to heal. Love and safety to all! 💞✌
sorry for your loss. i dont say sorry much i hope you heal
compassion for your loss.
Sorry to hear that, my condolences.
Sincere, condolences. I feel for you and you go ahead and feel all you want to. Amen.⛪
One of the most amazing vocal performances ever recorded. IMO
Richard Wright, Clare Torry and David Gilmour’s subtle slide playing. No words, just pure musical magic.
Come on man you’ve got to give Nick credit where it’s due for a masterful performance on the drums and Roger’s bass is beautiful as well. It’s musical symbiosis at its best!
TH-cam “The Dark Side of Oz” Then you will get it. The Great Gig, The whole album. A masterpiece.
Welcome, my friend, to the great, great music of the 70’s- where everybody wrote and played their own stuff. Really, really well.
Literally one of the most powerful songs I've ever heard, and there's not a single word sung... mind blowing
'Living and dying. It's the same disease'... Clare Torry was (eventually) given a joint writing credit on the song for her contribution.
Thank you!!!! I never knew who she was. Im looking her up now!
She deserves it. She basically makes the song.
I love PF but they really treated her wrong.
Possibly the most beautiful and soul touching piece of music ever recorded.
I can tell you totally felt that. That's exactly how I felt when I first heard it, too.
This is so unbelievably beyond beautiful that I cry everytime I hear it
My favorite Pink Floyd song of all time. RIP Rick Wright, you are missed.
Not just Rick
She says so much without ever singing a word, so powerful
Like most people of my generation I played the album literally to death back in 73. Usually lying on the floor in total darkness and at non neighbour friendly volumes! Welcome to the real world brother. Now you can see how good we had it back in the 70's! Albums like Dark Side will never come again, not from todays so called musicians anyway!
I know I did. And cassettes over the years too.
This
lazycalm41... I literally wore out 3 copies of this (vinyl) over the years... My last vinyl copy sits unopened because CDs don't wear out...!!!
@lazycalm. I still play the heck out of it. I'm 61.
It's a great album, but I feel sorry for you and your close-minded ignorance towards newer music. Just because you've lost touch doesn't mean amazing albums aren't still being made, you just stopped listening.
Amazing how a song with no words can make u feel soo much
"We're sittin here listen to this lady let her soul sing....I get it now!"
You absolutely get it now. When this beauty touches your soul you absolutely get. Enjoy the Pink Floyd experience.
Been listening to this for over 30 years. I still get chills when her vocals kick in. Every single time. Amazing.
_"This is one of the best vocals you'll ever hear anyone sing"_
_"What did she sing?"_
_"Nothing. It's not for you, it's for your soul."_
More like "What did she sing?"
"Yes."
@@michaelmiller6709 Much better than Guitar Guy's over used meme format he's trying to pass off as humor.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.....!
I,m 68 years old so I have heard it all and this BAND CAN AND WILL TAKE YOU TO A DIFFERENT PLACE 🎤🎧🎼🤘🏻
... AND recorded in a single take. Further proof there is a God, and he loves music.
On the Dark Side of the Moon album, Time leads right into this song, and they're of a piece (life and death).
One of the best transitions to another song ever.
Not just that. This is a pressure valve releasing all the tension that the first half of the album have built up.
This whole album feels like one long song as the songs seem to flow into the next with little to no silence in between.. So many similar chord structures and call backs to previous songs as the album progresses. Yet each song has its own soul. It is an amazing work of art.
When Claire Torry recorded this the only guidance they gave her was to sing like she was dying.
Interesting!
I was on mushrooms when I first heard Dark side of the moon , an experience that will stay with me till the day I die .
It was the same thing for be but with Hunky Dory, an album with new sounds and trippy as well
It wasn't the first time I heard it but did witness this on purple micro-dot in Yosemite next to a campfire
Damn
Penguin LSD myself. Man it fucked me up.
@@trodd77 in a good or bad way?
Imagine: this is what you hear after you've died and you are floating up to heaven.
*THEN*
James Hetfield, comes in and sings
Little Boy You're Going to Hell
The first time I heard this song it sent chills through my entire body, that was 35 years ago... Those chills come back every single time I hear this masterpiece
I’ve heard this song a thousand times and it’s given me chills every time.
Yes, chills, and brings a tear to my eye every time as well....@@jenl3162
What she says later in the song is not “If you can hear this whispering you’re dying”. She says “I never said I was frightened of dying”.
I’ve listened to this album for 48 years now. No other song says so much with so few (or NO) words. What’s really amazing is that Claire Torrey made up those incredible vocals on the spot - she just bared her soul.
I love your videos (not only the music ones, but your other channel as well), and love seeing younger people discovering Pink Floyd
Claire Tory broke my heart in '73 when I heard this for the first time and I never recovered.
Same here though it was 1987 for me. Though it was not until just recently that I fully understood the "lyrics". Appreciated, yes. Understood, truly grasped? No. I was always still stuck at the fighting stage of dealing with death. It is only now, directly clutching at my own mortality during an epidemic and taking assessment of what it means to be alive, that I am starting to grasp the ending stage of peace.
The more I learned about this incredible singer I am just more amazed. This was the first take where she did not use words and the only take. She had no idea if they liked it and surely thought she would never hear from them again let alone make it on the album. She put herself in a frame of mind "to use my voice as an instrument" and with limited understanding or direction she belts this masterpiece out. In subsequent live shows the band would divide the song between 2 or 3 singers, it was that taxing on one person's voice. Just humbling every time I hear it, I wore this record out as a kid in the 70's.
Lots of high times in high school in 73
Awesome music
@@MrTexxan8 Right there with ya....
Agreed on all points. Straight masterpiece.
they did multiple takes tho, they told her to just sing something with no words. She said it herself she had to do it a couple times because they werent specific with what they wanted. But after a few runs they were like ok we got it, and next thing you know it was a major hit. The rest is history.
TY for researching the song first. It normally does not matter, but knowing this lady is singing just purely from her soul and to fit the theme of the song better then the song itself. That my friend is destiny.
Yes she sings with her soul. And it seems to me you're listening with your soul my friend.
This piece is so moving, poignant, and ultimately more quieted.
When I heard this reaction, of recording I was raised listening to (one of my father's favorite bands), & listened to all my life (I turned 49 last Saturday), did I actually know what song was about..I assumed it was quasi-instrumental break between tracks on album. Something else to confide....in 2017, my beloved sweetheart, protector, companion & running partner, my husband & friend of 14 yrs, died before my eyes. Just 46, no health issues, slim & active. James died of a heart attack, as I frantically tried to get help. Like others commenting before me, I, too, speny over a year feeling shock, profound sorrow, fear (to point of being agoraphobic) & anger. The second year, I slowly & painfully pulled together some semblance of a life, that phrase in beginning made me want to literally throat punch people who said " a new normal"
In my mind & heart & soul, I honestly believed I'd never be normal again. The state I was in didn't allow me to think about the future, or where to fit into the world. It was all wrong, absolutely everything. Nothing seemed real, only surreal. Neither my husband, or myself were/are religious, I knew in my soul w/out having to vocalize it, if we go somewhere when we die, James would show me somehow. I can't say w/ complete surety that he showed me, but in my mind & heart, there's been incidents w/ no rationale explanation. Mostly I witnessed this from our dog, but again, I can't verify, or try to. The things I think James showed me, or I felt, are just between us, as it should be, that's all that matters. At some point, something inside me shifted & I felt different. I developed state of emotion that's mixture of bittersweet memories & acceptance. I'm still alive & here & go on. I made conscious decision to pick myself up & dust myself off & move forward w/my life. I know w/ all my heart James wanted nothing less for me, just like me, if I'd died that Friday night in June, so long ago now, yet like yesterday. That's another example of emotional changes I've experienced since he died. I can feel in a side-by-side sort of way. I'll always think of him, the pain is still there, only less raw now, the wound has scabbed over. I still have living left to do, places to visit, friends to make, music to hear, new things to learn & discover, its not over yet for me.
So sorry for your loss.
Dear Whitney - may music give you comfort & peace. This song has helped me feel all those emotions, left feeling wrung out like old rag but also a catharsis. I'm so sorry for your profound loss; I'm sure James is proud of your strength & courage. You have my thoughts & prayers.
It's the tornado scene from Wizard of Oz
Heart breaking and uplifting. I'm so glad you found the strength to live in life. I think this song does show wonder and hope. Wish you the best.
Art imitates life yet again. I’m sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing such intimate, loving memories.
Clare Torry-few facts from Floyd themselves: she came in and listen to the instrumental, PF told her to ad lib- just do whatever, she apologized after the recording for the performance, PF knew immediately they just experienced a special moment in time..
Right
This is the one of the most beautiful songs in the world.
Her soul remains beautiful to the very end...it says there's no end
OUTSTANDING! This song been giving me chills since 1973!!! Her voice.....
The first time, she sang , was the only one, she didnt need a second shot,. MAGIC WOMAN 🇩🇰
Had to have reviewed progressions
Not quite, it has been well documented by the band members, Alan Parsons, and Clare Torry herself that she sang two full takes and stopped during the third take as she felt she had no more to give the song and that she felt that she sounded repetitive on the third take. The final version of the song was a composite made from parts of all three takes.
this is the greatest album of all time and not even Pink floyd’s best album
Frendo _ so true lol
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If it's not not Pink Floyds best album, then would the best one be the greatest of all time?
Animals and the Wall are much better than DSOTM
Well Frendo, so far you have two 'Lol's, two 'whooshes' & a true statement . . . not bad! Lol : )
Men, you reaction make me cry.
I’m 31 years old and ear Pink Floyd if 14 teen years old. I love Pink Floyd! You win a subscriptor whit this reactions! Keep going.
(Sorry for my bad english, i’m from Argentina)
Moty de Dios Your English is great! Stand tall and be proud! We Americans LOVE accents and the cute little ways people say things. We do not expect perfection. The best things in life are in the little imperfections anyway! ❤️
Kathleen Karsten so cute! 😍 thanks Kate!😘🙏🏾
You are incredible and never apologize for being able to speak and write 2 languages! I love your heartfelt comment. If you haven’t heard it yet, check out the song “Fearless” off of Floyd’s”Meddle” album. It’s incredible lyrically and instrumentally, I get goosebumps every single time I listen to it. Enjoy and regulates from NY💜
Vicky Dee ooh 😍vicky thanks for u words. I know fearless from the album Meddle...i love that song, i have all discography of PF. I send a big hug and God bless you! 🙏🏾😘 -🔺= Shine on💎
Moty de Dios back at you! It’s fantastic to know someone else appreciates their older, less known music 🤘🏿😎you be well, rock on and I’ll hopefully see you again in the comments💜
SURELY one the greatest vocal performances ever committed to tape. Never fails to make me dissolve in tears.
In 2004, Clare Torry (the vocalist) sued Pink Floyd and the record company for a co-writing credit. She got it, and she deserves it! Amazing vocals!
A song that transcends language. One of the greatest pieces of art i believe has ever been created. Thank you Pink Floyd for creating this masterpiece of an album. I will continue to listen to this band for the rest of my life
Now you're feeling what I've been feeling for the last 47 years listing to this song. It's like an end, then a beginning to anew. I shed a tear everytime I hear this. Cheers to you!
I've been listening to this album for 15+ years and this song still makes me tear up. Clare Torry's performance is incredible.
No joke over 40, 50 years I heard this song about a 1000 times.. and it never gets old.🧡
Me too❤
Return to Forever Romantic Warior will melt your mind.
An instrumental version of someone pouring their soul out is Maggot Brain, by Funkadelic. George Clinton told guitarist Eddie Hazel something along the line of "play like your mama just died." So he did.
Dark Side Of The Moon is not an album you discover one track at a time. Gotta listen to the entire album from beginning to end to *know it*.
What's the meaning you get from it?
HPMcQueen absolutely agree, it's not a separate track album really it's a journey beginning to end.. the meaning of it, whatever it says to your soul at the time.. I do housework to it just singing but i lay on the floor at night with just candles and feel it. Im 62yrs old now and still do it...🌒
Jamel_AKA_Jamal: You were just taken to church and saw God.... Claire Torrie took you there......
Jamel, you are a beautiful soul. Thank you for your channel and for letting us share your heartfelt love of music. I've loved this song for so many years but watching you hear it makes me feel it all afresh. God bless you.
Jamal, thank you for your humanity. You are a brilliant human being. Bless you, my brother from another mother. A little white guy from the UK. You & your outlook mean the world to me.
Goosebumps every single time.
I remember reading that the producer in the studio saying that no one in the band had expected the singer to vocalize her emotions so clearly, that when she finished the guys in the band were left standing at their instrument stands just staring dumbly at her.
"Pink floyd" the greatest stage performance in music. I've been to operas, best classical concerts, and seen the greats in rock, blues, jazz, (jazz my heart), cirque du Soleil is close. But pink floyd live is. Everone enters the building/space ship, and is elevated to another dimension in there life. I seen them 3 times. In there very beginnings 1971 in a 3 thousand capacity intimate concert. Sound systems of excellence. That literally traveled through space with "set the controls to the heart of the sun" as the 20 foot going erupted into flames as it drifted on to space as the fog thickened. "Dark side of the moon" "wall" . Brother keep your groove going, to the food for the soul.
I saw her do this live ...cold chills everytime i hear it...what range...simply amazing
I want this played at my memorial service too. Pure emotional release.
It makes me laugh that Floyd fans are such Floyd nerds. I say that as a Floyd fan. And nerd.
I always considered Great Gig in the Sky was Claire Torry “raging against the dying of the light” before she finally, tragically, fatally succumbs to her own mortality and lets death come...
I remember hearing an interview with David Gilmore(guitarist). He talked about the recording of this track. What you just heard was an unrehearsed first take. Such is the talent of this band.
It's September 24 2024. Been listening to this since it came out in 1973, and I just got goosebumps again. Amazing.
hear the mothers' crying, the sisters' and brothers', the fathers' and sons', husbands' , wives' and mates'....hear the human soul in grief a beautiful expression of the human experience
This tune speaks to my soul.... sometimes when I listen to it, I don't even realize the tears rolling down my face.....
I love your facial expressions and the fact that you don’t interrupt the songs. Also, that you do a little research on the history of the song/album. Welcome to the wonderful world of Pink Floyd. Perhaps this album is one of the few “perfect” albums ever made. I think it is anyway.
When they brought her into the studio and told her what they wanted for the song, I believe they requested that she use her voice as an instrument, and she did just that. That is why it's so deep and powerful. And she wasn't "winging" it as one comment suggests. She was a professional classical singer.
Pink Floyd is the reason why I follow you 😎🤞
Greta going mate 💪💪
Like a force of nature that never rushes, but always arrives just in time. The Tao Of The Floyd!
You have to listen to the whole album. You want a ride, you’ll get the ultimate
Best way to listen, the whole album from start to finish, no interruptions, eyes closed. It’s such an amazingly beautiful put together album.
As Obi-Wan once said to Luke Skywalker; " You've taken your first step into a larger world."
One of my all time favorites, so expressive,so much emotion. These guys don't just play a song they take you on a journey
The scream of the soul on its journey back to its creator. It gives me goosebumps every time.