They probably didn't say anything because they were speechless! It has to be the greatest lyricless vocal performance of all time. It is perfect!

@harryh5620

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I think. I've spent time in the studio and you spend what seems like ages trying to get things *just right - and when something is *that good* happens, it can be stunning.

@patagualianmostly7437

3 жыл бұрын

It just does it for me too..... Forever. It's a cliche...I know... But she absolutely nailed it. A classic in itself...That portion. Steve... yes, they were gobsmacked. And I do not wonder why.

@seanrodden6151

3 жыл бұрын

Another possibility is that they were stoned out of their tree.

@natenick2

3 жыл бұрын

She said it herself, the first take is the usually the best. But goddamn, I dont think she meant THAT good. But it was.

@brendanburdick5230

3 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine what the impact must have been of actually hearing that with one's own ears. Being in the studio for that take? That is a moment.

One of the most wonderful pieces of music ever. It's divine.

@natenick2

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely perfect

@brianlinville439

3 жыл бұрын

you have no idea how right you are.

@goldensh0t439

3 жыл бұрын

I get Chills everytime I listen to it

@brianlinville439

3 жыл бұрын

@@goldensh0t439 -when you vibeing/resonating to a song tee totally, you are literally in a sense, becoming/becoming One with the music, getting to the point of being one with the same vibrations. Very Zen experience, very much releases the good body chemistry.

I hope Clare never has any misgivings about her role in Great Gig. Vocally, musically, artistically and culturally it is unique, excellent and immortal.

@BiBo24-

3 жыл бұрын

it is NOT DSOTM without her!

@Alberto-ny7kf

3 жыл бұрын

she has delievered one of music's most iconic vocal lines, she should be proud

@paulineodonnell3163

Жыл бұрын

The most amazing female performance ever.

I wonder if she knows how many men she has made weep openly.

@beich70

3 жыл бұрын

I tear up every time I hear it. It is just that powerful!

@rannxerox1644

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not crying *sniff*.... YOU ARE!!!!!

@kmor8829

3 жыл бұрын

Saw Brit Floyd cover GGITS in 2015. Tears poured out of my eyes!

@kurtisgibbs6698

3 жыл бұрын

@@beich70 I'm glad I'm not the only one

@sergiochaparro6965

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Every time.

No wonder she fought so hard for a credit. That vocal was 100% completely her composition! 👍

@briant7265

2 жыл бұрын

She didn't though. She didn't know she was even on the album until she saw it in a record store and the credit was on the jacket. (edit) She got credit for vocals. Fought later for writing credit. (I saw another comment.)

@octogirl2046

11 ай бұрын

She actually ended up suing them for about a million dollars. So she eventually got paid.

"I'm not afraid of dying, it can happen anytime" and she belts out grief. Great song. Who doesn't wail out for a loved one lost?

@nancyoffenhiser4916

3 жыл бұрын

The only song that I ever heard that explained what I felt when my Mom died when I was 9.

It couldn't have been anyone else, Clare. It's a perfect moment in time.

@YourFriendDevin

3 жыл бұрын

Actually it wasn’t Time. It was Great Gig In The Sky (joking)

@cookiemonstera9218

3 жыл бұрын

TRUE THAT!

@rickhoover6479

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!!!!!!!

@DarthBanus

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I said when she said that

@macski6924

3 жыл бұрын

You know that's really true. Just go around watching different covers of this and even other live Floyd performances with different singers. Many are great, and don't get me wrong, I'm not one of these originalist loyalists in whose world bands should never improvise away from the integrity of the original popular recording. But that vocal track is quite perfect. God bless Clare Tory.

When I 1st heard “Gig”, I was convinced the singer was black. No racism... it’s just that the stunning vocals just gave me a vision of a black girl singing. I soon learned that it was Claire. I don’t assume as much any more. And I’m still captivated decades later.

@bonnerscott5374

3 жыл бұрын

I did too for like 25 years I thought that it was like PP. Arnold or someone...of color that is.

@rwags6848

3 жыл бұрын

@@bonnerscott5374 Very much. Katie Kissoom is another.

@bonnerscott5374

3 жыл бұрын

@@rwags6848 yes that was another I was thinking of, I believe they both toured with roger for a long time ...

@waltercopus1485

3 жыл бұрын

Half the people thought she was a black woman.

All the planets aligned, and history was made. Beautiful job Clare.

This is hands down my favorite Pink Floyd piece EVER. This song hits in all sorts of ways. God bless this woman.

Nothing ever will sound like this again, absolutely amazing woman

I do not cry when I hear you Sing this, Clare. Something just always seems to get in my eyes... Alan Barker Oklahoma City

God bless this woman for the art she left the world with.

This track is one of the best things in the history of Western Civilization. Thank you, Clare Torry.

Vous êtes sans aucun doute la merveilleuse interprête de ce maginifique morceau. Tant de fois copié, jamais égalé. Merci Madame

This woman has had such an impact on my whole life. I can’t listen to her voice without thinking of my dad. I love what the whole band and her and everyone involved have created.

@id10t98

3 жыл бұрын

check out Kimbra, her songs Withdraw, live from KEXP is my fave version, Plain Gold Ring, Rockwiz, my fave version, Two Way Street, Sing Sing Studios, and she is fantastic in a Simlish version remake of Good Intent.

Clares' version Is the only one that I care for. Her voice has been burned Into my mind for years.

Perfect song perfect voice.

Perhaps the most creative song in rock history. Haunting, ethereal, beautiful

@serenityinside1

2 жыл бұрын

👍

Clare, I hope you're reading this. You are a legend! I will love you, your voice, your performance forever.

One of the most breathtaking vocal performances ever recorded.

I think the boys were too stunned to make a comment, I was when I first listened to it and also left speechless and in tears. Clare you absolutely nailed it, and it could never be bettered!

@3:04...she says she finished singing, said thank you and left, and no one said a thing, whether they liked it, was awful or anything. it's because, still to this day, dam near 2021, YOUR singing in this song leaves people speechless, they dont know how to respond to people who are able to put so much god dam feeling into something so fast, and so seemingly effortlessly.

Perhaps the MOST indispensable song on the greatest album of all time.

Every single time that i listen to great gig in the sky i broke down in tears

She is firmly cemented as an anchor in one of the greatest masterpieces in rock and roll for all eternity. What an honor. And to imagine that she thought it was going to be nothing to remember.....Wow!

Clare Tory you are a vocalist master and magician! Thank you for the most poignant vocals EVER!

The Greatest Female vocal ever. Of that there is no doubt! Thank You Clare.

@ninjavigilante5311

3 жыл бұрын

That's a bold statement right there.

@hubflower5433

2 жыл бұрын

@@ninjavigilante5311 true

@GreenmanWood

2 ай бұрын

True, with Merry Clayton on "Gimmie Shelter" as a close second...with the most soul-tearing vocal break ever.

And Roger was like “just watch the tornado scene from the Wizard of Oz”

@JasonKavetis

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

I'm stunned. I always thought this was a black singer somehow. How delightful Clare Torry is in person and how interesting to hear that all this was done in one take almost without direction - yet this has got to be one of thee great vocal performances. It's like the trumpet on Strawberry Fields, that exceptionally beautiful and wonderful. Wow, wow, wow.

@adrianwells769

3 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Bell Penny Lane, apols

@yusha27

3 жыл бұрын

Funnily, I always thought the same, that the vocalist was black. I don’t know what made me think that but that’s what I imagined.

@alainrobillard4300

3 жыл бұрын

@@yusha27 Probably because she has the "soul" in her voice

@lewstone5430

3 жыл бұрын

I also thought this was a black singer which, IMO, is a huge compliment.

@apollion888

3 жыл бұрын

I thought she was black too, you're not alone

I've never listened to a better version of The Great Gig in the Sky than Claire Torry's ... in my entire life

@karloarsch1579

3 жыл бұрын

Well, there is none.

@karloarsch1579

3 жыл бұрын

@OysterSoupKitchen What I was trying to say, there is no better version.

@Kondi80

3 жыл бұрын

I find Jess and Hollys from Lucius version as good as Claire's..

@miro115

2 жыл бұрын

Sam Brown

@giovannimattioli518

19 күн бұрын

Non si può fare meglio della perfezione

I thought "Oh Effin lovely" Ha! Brilliant! Clare Torry will go down in music history as the originator of one of the most inspiring vocal pieces ever created! She may not have known what to do prior but she figured it out and totally nailed it! For me Great Gig is THE best piece of music on an album filled with exceptional pieces of music. Richard Wright's piano work is magnificent and Clare's vocals were absolutely perfect for this.

The Greatest Gig in a Studio. Once in a lifetime. And she is soooo right : The first take is always the best one.

Great Gig In the Sky: When happenstance, improvisation, and talent become an otherworldly sound and a gift to all of us.

I remember hearing this album for the very first time at age 8 in 1976 (straight through in its entirety the very first listen!) when my baby sitter played it for me. I remember the exact moments of hearing “don’t give me that do-goodie good bullshit” in Money, “The lunatic is on the graaahs” in Brain Damage, and of course the ear shattering wails of Clare in Great Gig, and said to myself “this is the best thing I’ve ever heard”.

@chevychase3103

3 жыл бұрын

Same here 76 on the way to the celebration on Lexington Concord bridge on July 4th! Didn't realize she was a Brit! What a corundum!

It is, quite simply, one of the finest vocal performances ever recorded. Thank you, Clare.

Timeless perfection Clare. Truly Masterful! Thank you for sharing your great talent 💝💖💝

One of the finest vocal performances ever caught on tape. Still moves me to tears even now. Thank you so much for one of my favourite pieces ever.

There’s a parallel with Gimme Shelter where the backing vocals were largely spontaneous and the backing vocalist didn’t know exactly what they were meant to sing.

@alvinoflys7504

3 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for someone else to point this out. Equally inspiring stories that resulted in some of the most culturally important music ever to be made.

@keithjohnston5936

3 жыл бұрын

Merry Clayton had been given a lyric sheet and sang what was written. Don't get me wrong, she frickin’ killed it, but had clear marching orders.

@marcelboogaard3809

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithjohnston5936 she got a phone call at 02:00 to come to the studio. Instructions or not, that’s pretty impressive.

@stingfan16ify

3 жыл бұрын

Concur. That's a great comparison. Both Claire's and Mary Clayton's performances are as emotional, raw, and powerful as it gets.

She sure nailed it. One of my favorites.

Fantastic singer, fantastic voice, fantastic interpretation, fantastic notes, fantastic feelings, fantastic soul, fantastic love... Hey madame, you are fantastic....for ever.

For me, there are FEW songs that come anywhere close to the perfection of this song. I often wonder if Mrs. Torry has ANY idea of the true greatness of this piece of art or the importance of this song to so MANY people on the planet. She hasn't received any where close to the recognition she deserves for this song and to date I haven't heard a cover of this song that truly compares to her performance.

Oh my,after all these years I finally see and hear this wonderful woman and voice, bravo ma'am, bravo.... spectacular work, peace.

It makes perfect sense that neither the four lads nor Clare had any clue as to how to represent.. life, death the universe and everything, in a non lyrical vocal performance. She just stepped out into Space. And they could only watch helplessly from the control room. That's what it actually sounds like to me.

@DiscreetHobo

3 жыл бұрын

That day was lighting in a bottle. There won't ever be something like that again in the history of music. The planets aligned and it came out so... perfectly

Well I for one would like,e to thank you Clare for such an incredible contribution to this, My favourite Album of all time. X

This song and Merry Claytons vocals on Gimme Shelter are probably two of the greatest off the cuff vocal performances ever in rock and roll. Merry was called in late at night by the Stones ,pregnant ,hair in curlers and in her pajamas. Love these rock and roll women

I think they were so stunned after her take (final and only take after a quick 'worded' attempt), that they were speechless. After that performance, I would have been too. Needed to process what had just happened. Well...we know they did and the rest is literally history. Legendary history. Clare's 'instrument' approach to that masterpiece was brilliant. Made it a masterpiece. Never will be done again. THAT moment in time where it was meant to be.

@scottbc31h22

3 жыл бұрын

I heard Clare tell a slightly different version of the story. They asked her to do another take. She started to do the second take but stopped, and told the band that she felt they had their take. Perhaps she felt she couldn't top what she had just laid down. As she said, the first take is usually the best.

@fredjohnson3183

3 жыл бұрын

To me it just sounds like they were all socially awkward nerds.. not knocking it

@Semper_fi_777

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottbc31h22 Yes, I did sort of give the truncated version, but the same ending either way. David had said kindly that he thought she could build on that, after that masterful wordless performance. But she said she felt she gave them all she could and that was basically what they needed IHO. Something along those lines. And she was only 24 years old. Wise musically beyond her years. They were young too really. So it all worked out. And then she just left, thinking no way they will use it due to the David comment, their collective silence, and just felt it was screechy, etc. Haha. Uhhh. NO!! Lol. It was magnificent. We know that now. And so does she and all concerned. Onward.....

Many have tried, but no one has duplicated the voice, thank you Clair for one of the greatest vocal performances in history!

I have heard dozens of copies and live to and not one comes even close to you Miss Torry ! I just close my eye and breath in your voice , thank you so much for taking that Gig !

I am nearly 70. Dark side of the moon is the only album I can remember listing for the first time, remember where I was , the people I was with...

Clare Torry, became a rock legend that day and had no idea at the time.

Absolutely fantastic to hear her point of view! What an unknown legend.

I finally put a face to that amazing voice I have been listening to since the early 70s. For decades I thought she was Black.

20 years ago as a teenager, I heard this and after my body came back down all I could say was, holy shit! Two months ago my 14 year old niece and 12 year old nephew Simultaneously said those exact words. Hell I couldn't even get upset cause I mean holy shit!

Dear Clare, your original version is in my car and my road sweeper. You are fantastic. Thank you for your brilliance.

Iv'e been listening to this for 39 years, and will never tire, a spectacular piece of on the spur inspiration.

She brought me to tears when in my 20s. I'm 70 now and still break down when I hear her. And now I have many more departed loved ones to cry for.

@Gledge9

3 жыл бұрын

I hear you. It's that way for me when I hear certain Floyd songs that take me back, hard to get through some of them because they are that powerful. But I wouldn't trade a single memory for anything. Keep smiling and remember all the good times you had with Floyd music playing,👍

@wacoflyer

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gledge9 I wish I could remember. But I was stoned most of the time and they're just a blur now.

TYVM Clare, such memories over the years

The best thing: Claire was mentioned on the cover as singer. 15 years ago, after a claim was confirmed in an out-of-court settlement, Richard Wright and Clare Torry have been considered joint composers of this piece. And this is only fair.

@woodfireguitar

3 жыл бұрын

But she was paid a "session fee" at the time. If Dark Side was a flop, would she have come back decades later for more??

@amycrunch3812

3 жыл бұрын

@@woodfireguitar But it wasn't and she did and they did nothing.

@Arkomu

Жыл бұрын

She made the vocal composition and the song partly because of her became a huge succes. For this she needs to have credits and get her fair share.

Indeed the best piece of music without words ever. Great job Claire & PF👍🏽

What an enchanting lady and what a beautiful voice. That song will always and forever be one of the most beautiful songs ever created. A true masterpiece as is the entirety of dark side of the moon.

Thanks Claire, you created a timeless track that never fails to move me. Stunningly beautiful

This is the best performance, the best voice of the state of Death and its inevitability! The best vocalist! Bravo!

It's an extremely emotional piece, brilliantly sung, of it's time, a Floydian concept, captured in a moment.

Imagine being able to say: "I'm on this album!''

One of the best songs on the album. She sounds so good with an R&B style to boot. Awesome job Clare.

She was perfect many thanks for your wonderful voicexxx

Absolutely phenomenal and I hope she’s proud of it!

Well, I'm pretty sure the band liked it Clare.

She is amazing.

In my book you're a Goddess, miss. Thank you so much for the Gig.

U made history Clara There is one best unforgettable moment in their life and this was the one

I'm really surprised, I always presumed the vocals were from an American black woman

@alainrobillard4300

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same. I knew who she is only a few years ago.

@marc-hc6de

3 жыл бұрын

Literally why I thought too? Thought that I had read somewhere that they were looking for a female black American vocalist... unless I'm thinking of the Stones' "Gimme Shelter" ?

@barques95

3 жыл бұрын

Guilty as well. I always listened and pictured a Donna Summer type.

@darioinfini

3 жыл бұрын

It's a black voice, what can you do. Classic gospel. Which fits "GGITS" theme. But yes, I was shocked decades ago when I discovered she was a white woman. Didn't think white women had pipes like that.

@apollion888

3 жыл бұрын

I know! That is exactly who she sounded like to me as well. I'll never forget the day I saw my first picture of Carole King and said "You mean she's white?"

God! A miracle. Thanks Clare 🤗

this piece is not only unique in rock history, but in all music history! and i swear my entire life on that! divine ethereal lamenting mystic sexy ... and more at the same time! things like this happen only once in anyone's lifetime, if ever, including the people who made it happen! about a decade or so later she tried it again with the band in a live concert and although she did well enough, she couldn't repeat the same thing twice ... which doesn't matter of course, we still have the original ... so glad DSOTM made it to a platinum master! this piece is to be recorded for future generations of humanity FOREVER!

You would never look at her and think she sang that. Even hearing her speak I wouldn’t think she did

I confess l have never been a big Floyd fan, but damn, this song is nothing less than a masterpiece.

Legend!!!! I love watching young people listen to this for the first time...most of them cry!!❤

Absolutely brilliant just perfect music !!!!!

Absolutamente divino, sentimento puro

What a fantastic voice and perfect fit for the tune. Working off musical instincts ♥️

Just brilliant & beautiful, best track on the album.

Terrific Album. 1973 was by far the best year for rock/progressive rock.......

And that is how pieces of genius are created.

I've always thought she was singing as a lead guitarist or a sax player would play and as a lifelong lead guitarist I sing my parts in my head as I play, if I had one tip to make ears stop and listen its exactly that, sing in your mind as you play and people will notice what you do, so so many miss this,, 40 odd years on and this track still makes time stand still,, the world needs music more than ever right now, Peace.

From the first time I heard Great Gig, I wondered, who is that voice? It stood the hair on my neck up, and still does! EPIC performance!

I remember hearing Dark Side in the bedroom of a friend next door. Teenagers who lived in our bedrooms. It was a brand new album he was turning me onto. We’d had a smoke and he put it on. I’ll never forget that moment. This is without a doubt the greatest album of all time.

The band was basically gobsmacked speechless cos nothing like it had ever been done before.

She did something creative beutiful intelligent even surprised Pink Floyd I always love her for ever

Possibly the most amazing and iconic vocal improv in the history of rock and roll. PF’s backup vocalists over the years could never touch the original

The first time i heard it i was maybe 12 or 13, i weeped blissful tears . The most beautiful piece of art i had ever hear up untill that time. Perhaps still. before that i had only ever heard pre-fab pop songs.

Amazing. Floyd is my all time favorite group. It would be cool to have this played at my funeral

Hands down the best vocal performance I’ve ever had the pleasure of hearing.

It's sublime. You had the perfect voice for this.

,,,,here is this wonderful woman......always wanted to see her.........wow,fantastic...still gives me a sweller.!😯😯😯

Nothing like it in rock music. Stunning.

Gives me goose bumps, every time. Taps into a very emotional nerve, somehow.

@chevychase3103

3 жыл бұрын

Somehow! Somehow

"Nothing was said". What can you say? Still speechless till this day.

So beautiful! Thanks,Clare

She seems like a genuinely nice and humble person. It was a moment in time, where her amazing talent and odd Pink Floyd requests resulted in her creation of a unique masterpiece for the ages.