Hey guys thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed the video, let me know how you feel about this song! Next video will be going up on Wednesday! Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe! And more importantly, have a great day!

@agemoth

5 жыл бұрын

AndyReacts Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast Yehah!.. I dunno why I love that so much but I do.. LOLLLLLL

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

The Lidl Archive Thanks for the suggestion! 🔥😁

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Lorraine Hall It’s coming!!! 🔥😁😁😁

@kodredcud

5 жыл бұрын

If you haven't listened to the full version of "Echoes" yet... Then bruh...

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

@KodredCud I did recently and posted a video for it!! Life changed forever, lol! Cheers friend! 😁

Probably floyds most underrated album.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

whu1001 That’s what it’s looking like! 😁

@rosiecork9804

5 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Rosie Cork Yes!!!

@fernandomendez6718

5 жыл бұрын

What about Animals ?

@WMalven

4 жыл бұрын

@@fernandomendez6718 I think Animals gets a little more recognition than AHM. Waters called AHM an ambitious mistake and didn't like it. Personally, it's one of my favorites. Cheers.

We are so fortunate to have David Gilmour still making music on our planet.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

420since1974 Hard agree my friend! 😁

@kotavu6004

5 жыл бұрын

Legend

Wonderful to see someone experiencing this amazing work afresh. I saw the Floyd perform this (I believe the first "full" public performance, with choir and brass) at the Bath Festival in the summer of 1970. As was then very common, everything was running hours late. The Floyd were due on stage about 9pm, but did not start their set until well past midnight. Atom Heart Mother was the finale of the set, and, thanks to the late running, they hit the final crescendo just as the sun rose directly behind the stage - a truly magical occasion. Thank you so much for reviving the memory.

@stunspot

Жыл бұрын

3 years later and I have to say "WOW". That must've been astounding.

SILENCE IN THE STUDIO!

@johnhouse9983

4 жыл бұрын

"there is an.._, anouncment''!

I love that you can't help but smile each time Gilmour comes in on the guitar. I know the feeling.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

nok22m Haha, he’s the reason I play guitar today, love feeling his development as we go through these albums! I’m glad you understand the feeling! 🔥

@a..u3205

4 жыл бұрын

That feeling...

Always been one of my favorites up there with Echoes.

@isabelledrevet5913

3 жыл бұрын

Me too... 😘

Dude...... I love this song so much! It's so groovy and just fucking cool... the song always brings a smile to my face. I mean, how could you not smile with tubas and trumpets in a psychedelic rock song? Nick Mason was just killing it several times. If you listen to this song and not smile there's got to be something wrong with you "KOYAANISQATSI" This is pretty much what this song is all about. Such a beautiful piece of work with opera singers and the boys choir this piece of work definitely took a lot of work they definitely didn't just slap this together at the last minute

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

shane mccormick I really liked the song, can’t wait to get into the series more! 🔥😁

@ytterbium4909

5 жыл бұрын

This song really has like a humorous side to it with the trumpets

@penfold7455

4 жыл бұрын

@@andyandalex Speaking of "KOYAANISQATSI", if you are a musician that wants to get into deep experimentation in music, you need to see this movie! Mind blowing!!

@IllumeEltanin

4 жыл бұрын

@@andyandalex what @Penfold 74 said! The movie "KOYAANISQATSI" is amazing. The soundtrack album is excellent as well, although not quite true to the actual sound track. "KOYAANISQATSI" is the first in a trio of films, known as the QATSI Trilogy. I was fortunate to see The Philip Glass Ensemble perform the soundtracks for all three films live as the films were shown over the course of three nights. If they should ever do that again, I highly recommend it.

Love Nick Mason's drumming on this.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

CapAnson12345 I did too! He’s a very underrated drummer! 😁

@timothyparsons8327

4 жыл бұрын

Yep have you seen the live version...awesome. Proves Nick is so underrated.

You are the only person on KZread doing 24 minute song reactions. Impressive.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Jack Cerro I appreciate that! Just trying to stay true to the music, and it’s for me too! I’ve been wanting to sit through this song for a long time actually! And I love that you guys are able to resonate with me as I go through these songs, you guys are awesome! 🔥😁

@agemoth

5 жыл бұрын

Jack Cerro well.. That's not totally true.. Fish out of Water Tre Narcisse also played this track and reacted to this too.. And of course Weaboo often reacts to whole albums at a time..!

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Lorraine Hall I watched Weaboo do DSOTM, he was awesome! Very humble guy and open minded! 😁

@JackCerro

5 жыл бұрын

A year from now we'll have you listening to Frank Zappa's, The Black Page, some weird John Cage composition, Miles Davis, maybe the 45 minute Playing in the Band, the Grateful Dead pulled off on 5-21-1974 in Seattle.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Jack Cerro Yeah I’m not 100% where we’ll be heading after we go through all kinds of Floyd, I’m sure by the time we get to the end we’ll have a more developed community and I may do polls for songs and stuff like that, we’ll see! Definitely not only trying to do popular stuff though, I like gems too! 😁

You’re definitely the most fun to watch of anyone doing these videos on KZread and great analysis at the end!

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Chase Damon I appreciate that a lot thank you very much! I try my best to give me genuine reaction and thoughtful analysis at the end, have a great night! 🔥

@rhwinner

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. He does two things well - he shuts up when the music's playing, and he keeps his analysis short and to the point. In addition, he's a fan. :)

@timothyparsons8327

4 жыл бұрын

Yes he is living proof that the bands we remember from decades ago are timeless and their inspirational music can be as strong to the soul as it ever was

@zeenina1

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, watching you look a tad confused at the beginning. I think we all did x

i have been listening to this one since it came out, and it is still my humble opinion that it cannot be played at too loud a volume.

@vdggmouse9512

5 жыл бұрын

What can be played at 'too loud a volume.' Whatever you mean by that I'm not entirely sure - but I've BLASTED Atom Heart Mother for over 40 years! My favorite PF song.

@MrPetrion

5 жыл бұрын

@@vdggmouse9512 that is what i'm talking about.

@vdggmouse9512

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrPetrion Misread you! I'm a dolt.

I'm so glad you played this. It's the first record I ever bought and I love it!

This was the second Floyd album I bought, after Wish You Were Here. I had never heard any of it. What a surprise I had. In a good way. As I love it. I love the Brass and adore the choir section. I also like Bacon, Egg, Sausage, Tomato and Marmalade, I like Marmalade...

I love how are you sit there and actually listen to it without commenting except for the great facial expressions that you do.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

@PromLesbian Productions That’s the way to do it!

@akhiljain6718

4 жыл бұрын

+1

Did you know that they themselves are a little critical with this album? In several interviews they state that AHM is not a very good album, although Gilmour is playing "fat old sun" in his concerts nowadays. I don't know why to be honest, of course it is not Dark Side, but in my opinion the AHM suite is very interesting, one of the first attempts to blend rock and orchestra together by a rock band.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

InsHaine Well I feel like it’s not uncommon sometimes for artists to look back and stand critical to some of their stuff they put out earlier in their career, as a whole I really liked this song, I can’t think of too many days where I’d have the half hour to randomly sit down and enjoy it though haha.

@faz0482

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know but I think there are actually no plans in the immediate future for an album or a tour. I was lucky enough to be able to see him twice in Italy.

Fun fact: The Floyds first #1 record in England! "Dark Side.." never managed that...😀

@mikeesernia4281

3 жыл бұрын

Which blows my mind. It spent, I think, 714 weeks on the Billboard charts here in the US and went to #1, but never did in the UK. The only PF album to hit #1 in the US and the UK? Wish You Were Here.

The best live performance of this song was the BBC studio version. I usually don't enjoy them live but this was spot on.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

jtwigg23 Thanks for letting me know! 🔥😁

@jtwigg23

5 жыл бұрын

@Sebastian what?

This is probably the closest that the Floyd came to playing classical music - extraordinary then that the band really didn't take this seriously and this suite wasn't one of their favourite works. contrary to what the fans thought who absolutely loved this!

Glad you enjoyed one of Floyd's more obscure works! To my knowledge, the band has never said there was any deeper meaning to this track. They just worked it together from some instrumental bits they'd been working on, based around that main recurring theme, which Gilmour wrote and had called (fittingly, I think) "Theme From an Imaginary Western." The finished piece didn't even have an official title until just before they went in to do a live performance for the BBC -- Roger Waters settled on a newspaper headline about a mother who had received an atomic pacemaker. Crazy, huh?

I think that, the first time I heard that instrumental, I completely felt in love with Pink Floyd... This title is, and always be the one I love, much more than any music I love... Pink Floyd became my favorite band ever at this time... I have so many memories... I used to listen to Atom Heart Mother with my best friends... One of them died, and now, when I listen to this magical title, I think of him... Thanks for your shearing, I became a fan of you now

I love this album so much

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Lukasox07 Can’t wait to continue with series with you guys! I really liked this track!

@mattykay1137

5 жыл бұрын

Me too👍🏻 I’m actually going too wear my shirt tonight when I’m on a date with a hot chick 😁

@isabelledrevet5913

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite title in the world, ever... Even if I really love Pink Floyd, it will always be just pure art to me.

Man. One of my favorite most underrated songs. You have to make time to listen to this one. You’re pretty brave for doing it.

This is my favourite Floyd track.

Faith in humanity: Restored!

There are a good many live versions. There's also a band only version (don't know if it's on youtube) without orchestra/chorus. I think it's an early version and is somewhat shorter. I'd heard that one working title was "Theme to an Imaginary Western". I suppose that wouldn't have worked for the expanded suite version. I do feel Pink Floyd was finding themselves during the early post Barrett era. I'm glad that they did these interesting and basically each one quite different albums. I'm also glad they had the talent and imagination to pull it off so well. Any one putting a needle on these record grooves for the first time in this late 60's early 70's period had absolutely now idea what sounds were gonna pour out of their speakers.

@derbyphoter

5 жыл бұрын

never a truer word typed

@damonhines8187

3 жыл бұрын

'Theme for an Imaginary Western' was a Jack Bruce/Pete Brown(see Cream's hits) song most famously done by Mountain

"This track was Pink Floyd's first recording to use a new eight-track one-inch tape and EMI TG12345 transistorised mixing console (8 track 20 microphone inputs) in the studio, and, as a result, EMI insisted the band were not allowed to do any splicing of the tape to edit pieces together. Consequently, band members Roger Waters and Nick Mason had little choice but to play the bass and drums, respectively, for the entire 23 minute piece in one sitting. The other instruments the band played were overdubbed later."

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

420since1974 That’s insane!! Thank you for informing me of all that, literally adds another layer to the experience for me, such an talented bunch!

this song always got me goosebumps

This is a whole movie soundtrack honestly

Are you kidding me?!?!? AHM is such a pinnacle. they touched on so many fucking ORIGINALsound spaces here! It's almost unbelievable... There s a lot to be appreciated here...Atom Heart is a classic !!!

I came across a live version of this (1970 or 1971) and was completely bowled over. Nick’s drumming was awesome, Dave’s guitar, the bass, the keyboard, choir and orchestra. It threw me back to those days when prog and heavy rock were really finding their feet. I never rated this highly but subsequent to that live performance I appreciate it more and more...I confess I never listened to AHM until a few years ago!

You want to hear this song live, its more rocking and epic

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Linda Teitelbaum Damn that’s awesome, we’ll have to do that at some point! 😁

I love how everyone is speechless for some time after this songs ends. One reaction was "I have no idea how to process that song". That's what EVERYONE thinks the first time they hear AHM! Don't be ashamed at the speechless moment. It takes a minute to reattach to reality after listening to Pink Floyd

I envy you. It took me years to get into Pink Floyd. I'd heard of them in the early 1980s but didn't become a fan until i saw a video of them live in Venice, then i started a journey of discovery of the greatest band in music history.

My favorite song of pink floyd no doubt

Too Avant garde or psychedelic for many people but for me my favorite tune by them after "Shine on you crazy diamond" , They have played it live in the early 70's with a choir and brass section. Don't know the meaning of it but the parts of the suite are called: Father's Shout / Breast Milky / Mother Fore / Funky Dung / Mind Your Throats Please / Remergence. So there is that

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

TMPOUZI Interesting! Thank you for that break down I appreciate it, will have to listen to it again and look up the time stamps where it changes to each corresponding section, have a great day!

@poluxsaurus1454

5 жыл бұрын

@@andyandalex I could never match up the listed parts with the music. However, as I learned recently, it's all baloney: somehow they needed to add named parts in order to make more money in the US so that it wouldn't count as just one song. They came up with some names loosely related with the cow theme, which is BTW one of the proposed designs that they liked and has nothing to do with the music. Also the title, AHM is something they read on a newspaper ad.

@Elangeni1

5 жыл бұрын

@@andyandalex The band originally thought it sounded like a kind of theme to an imaginary Western movie, but really it's meaning is in the imagination of each listener.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Polux Saurus That makes sense, super interesting, I love how they just decide on titles of things like that lol.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Trevor Ayton Yeah that makes sense, loving the development of the band right now!

So I think there is a direct line from "Interstellar Overdrive" to "Saucerful of Secrets" to "Atom Heart Mother" to "Echoes". Interstellar overdrive is a structured improvisation, Saucerful of secrets is a structured improvisation where the middle section is a breakdown into chaos and then an emergence from from that chaos. Atom Heart mother takes the structure of Saucerful of secrets and makes it an avant guarde composition and Echoes is a futher refinement of the same idea. My understanding is that in this stage of their careers pink floyd were able to build these songs out of onstage improvisations over something like 18 months per song.

@fatfox57

5 жыл бұрын

You are right about them evolving long pieces over a series of concerts, sometimes not proceeding to disc for years. For example, I saw them in 1974 performing the whole of their then current hit album, Dark Side Of The Moon, encoring with Echoes from Meddle and in between sandwiching three new numbers that were in development. Of these, Shine On You Crazy Diamond made it on to the 1975 album Wish You Were Here, but Gotta Be Crazy and Raving And Drooling did not find their way on to vinyl until 1977's Animals (there renamed Dogs and Sheep). AHM wasn't quite as spun-out. At the time referred to as The Amazing Pudding, a proto-AHM was first performed in January 1970, and had about 30 ever-mutating stage outings. During this time time, the band got some of it down in tape in rough studio sessions. Then, faced with an overload of commitments including a US tour and soundtrack recordings (for Zabriskie Point), they decided to have EMI turn over the studio tapes to their friend Ron Geesin. He, in their absence, selected bits of the tapes, reordered them and wrote (and recorded) choral and orchestral sections to bind the thing together. When Floyd returned, they had only to record overdubs and compose something for a vacant section (the chaotic bit).

I can’t get over this album, the cover is amazing and the song are some of the best in the world.

@isabelledrevet5913

3 жыл бұрын

I agree...

The suite is amazing. Funny thing is that the band themselves hated this album and calls it rubbish.

Fun fact: Stanley Kubrick approached Pink Floyd about using songs from this album (I'm guessing the title track) in his film A Clockwork Orange, but the band declined.

Listening to this track takes me back to my early teens in the seventies, and memories of my dad saying: "you can't call this bloody music". But it is musical, some of it with orthodox melodies, other parts with what sounds like off the cuff vocal, and others of unstructured sounds which break apart and then re-form themselves into 'proper' tunes. And throughout all of this is the 'brass band' theme which repeats itself at certain times, sometimes expected and others not, so that near the end when the single line of lyrics (though not the only vocals,) in the track: "Silence in the Studio" heralds the brass yet again, it seems to fulfill the whole point of the 'tunes' before and after it. (I have to admit, I still get a feeling in my gut, everytime I hear that particular section.) Back in the day, When all my contemporaries heralded 'Meddle' as the best Floyd album, they'd frown on me for liking 'Atom Heart Mother' more, and I must admit to understanding what they were getting at: Yes, I liked Atom Heart Mother better than Meddle, but couldn't even understand why, myself. Nowadays though, I see Atom Heart Mother as more of an achievement musically by Pink Floyd. Where Meddle was the kind of thing people were expecting them to produce, Atom Heart Mother was a little more difficult to appreciate, and even as a fan, you had to persevere with it to get the most out of it. Nowadays however, I think people can see it as it really is: A musical masterpiece, written, arranged and performed for its own sake, with total disregard for the commercialism that was expected of the band back in 1970.

Very glad to see you are starting with early Floyd. Most people bypass these first albums. When they shouldn't cuz there great, and after echoes this probably my favorite song.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Craig Manthie Yeah man it was time I went back for the older roots that developed into the Floyd that got all the praise, was a wild journey! 😁

@mattykay1137

5 жыл бұрын

Pipers at the gates of Dawn Ummagumma Saucerful of secrets

Hello Andy, perfect choice of music for a react video. That single song changed my perspective on music forever when it came out. It's great to see how much you appreciate it too.

I've seen two other people react to this song, and they both loved it.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

steve bennett It’s a really good song! Gilmore starting to come out of his shell! 😁

Loving your love for Pink Floyd.. Especially this track!! David Gilmour gives you chords you didn't know you even needed to hear !

I remember buying this album in the autumn of 1970 because of the reviews, the fact it had just reached no.1 in the UK charts and the intriguing cover! Before that all I really knew of Pink Floyd were the hit singles 'Arnold Layne' and 'See Emily Play' and from those short and attractive ditties to the epic title track of 'Atom Heart Mother' was to my ears quite a stretch, especially as I was only in my mid-teens at the time. However, side two of the album I took to immediately and still think those three songs 'If', 'Summer '68' and 'Fat Old Sun' are beautiful in their very different ways.

I bought this when it came out, right after I first got into Pink Floyd with their Saucerful of Secrets album. I loved it. My favourite track in Summer '68, because it reminds me of my 15/16 year old self. Part of the soundtrack of my life. "Funky Dung" is so cool. Such a sleazy guitar solo; my favourite part too! Well done you for listening to it; most people would run away! :-D

Best ever PF song. Had the pleasure to see them live many times (before Dark Side of The Moon)

I've been waiting for you to get to this particular track. Through these comment sections, I've come to feel that you and I have the same levels of admiration for the band as a whole, as well as the individual members. That being said,.... Welcome to what I have always felt was the introduction to the David Gilmore we have come to love. This was for me the first recognizable Gilmore bends and heartfelt soul that became his trademark. This album, although better than Ummagumma, still is not top shelf to me. But I still love it due to the aforementioned reasons. I really hope you enjoy the album, and please take notice of it's significance. I hope that when you revisit this album in years to come, you see it in the same light as I do. Always makes me smile when I hear those fist familiar notes from David.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Jason Hahn Yes I was able to feel Gilmore developing and becoming more comfortable, love it! Thank you for the thoughtful comment, I’m glad I’m able to resonate with other Floyd fans! You’ve all been so amazing so far! 😁

Your comments regarding feeling almost vulnerable in certain parts strikes a chord with me Andy. In my early teens I was going through some highly emotional and confusing times and I just could not listen to this album.....it would drive me to tears and yes, I was literally scared of it. It is a challenging listen but an extremely rewarding one. Thankfully I can listen to this album without fear now and it is indeed a classic!

Babelfish: I was a Pink Floyd fan long before the song (album). But when I heard this song for the first time I thought it was terrible. Then I heard it again and again and now it's my favorite Pink Floyd song and I can't get enough of it. Strange, but that's how it is written.

That confusion in 20:13 :D just perfect dude.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

philip townley Haha, they took me on a journey for sure! They have a way of doing that, thanks for watching, have a great day!! 😁

A lot of people are unfamiliar with the early masterpieces of Pink Floyd.

The song "Give Birth To A Smile" on Roger Waters/Ron Geesin's 1970 album "Music From The Body" is actually an uncredited Pink Floyd track, played by the whole band. You might not have discovered that one yet.

ABSOLUTELY LOVE PINK FLOYD dig your happy stank faces , great reaction. Pls react to YES, ENDLESS DREAM, I THINK YOU WILL LOVE THIS BAND.THX.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Ro Ca Haha I’m glad you liked the video, and thanks for the suggestion! 🔥😁

Great reaction

I really like this. It is apparently less loved than other Floyd albums, and you can find quotes from members of the band saying they don't like it much, thinking it's pretentious even, but I really love it. They're obviously still experimenting, casting around for a new style. But it's definitely not a dead end. You can hear in it what's been continued from Ummagumma and what's carried forward to the future, I mean the way they are working out long, complex, thoroughly composed pieces, going way beyond the psychedelic jams of the first album. For what it means I think the titles of the different movements might offer clues - I. Father's Shout; II Breast Milky; III Mother Fore; IV Funky Dung; V Mind Your Throats Please; VI Remergence. I don't suppose you can put any straight forward story to it, but I think you get some sense of the cycle of life. The fact that we start in a war and end up in a recording studio suggests some of the (auto)biographical themes that feature in lots of Floyd's other work. I like the wartime sound effect at the beginning and I like the choir a lot. If there's anything I don't like so much it would be that there are too many points when it sounds like it's coming to an end, only for it pipe up "Hang on! There's another bit now!" Other than that, I think it's great.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

donaldb1 I appreciate your well thought out comment I really do! I honestly feel like the reason why it wasn’t more acknowledged is probably because of the album cover. I personally think it works, but I feel like many may let it steer them away. I really liked this track overall, thanks for watching! Next song going up on Wednesday!

@donaldb1

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@heliotropezzz333

5 жыл бұрын

@@andyandalex I love the album cover.

@gattypascal

5 жыл бұрын

i always heard this song as an evocation of motherhood, of what it is to become a parent, of education... The themes in the music, in the titles of the song and of its parts, and in the pictures used in the album, seem to refer to that. Like when you see your child growing. First it's a surprise (especially for the father) then the birth leads to some kind of grace, an harmony between the mother and the child, then the male voices interfer with the shouts of authority, and quite before the end is this moment of pure insanity, making you feel awkward, incomfortable, where the child comfronts his parents. In the end, the child goes his own way (train sound) and there only stays memories, and the first grace of... simply having a child.

They did play it live ... with an orchestra!

Just found your channel and am working through it, Floyd are one of my all time favourite bands, this was one of the first albums I bought, around 1973 I guess, before Dark side came out, and I think this track is so underrated. It is nice to see you youngsters appreciating the old prog, I have some band suggestions for you take it or leave it. Genesis, Van der Graff, Marillion (post fish era) Porcupine tree, and a little know band called the Beatles, take care love the channel. x

10:00 is the best bit. Just as the song feels like it's descending into chaos, pulling itself apart, a single voice calls for an end to it and pulls the whole song together.

And zero dislikes. Picture perfect. (I'm sure I jinxed it, but as of 12-27-18 at 12:37 AM, 81 likes, ZERO dislikes)

I am hearing this song for the first time, heard most of PF records, and this one just never before, it seems to me that Alan Parsons project took a lot of PF and made it his own sound, the trumpets, and other air instruments in here, A. Parsons will later turn them into synths, let's not forget he was the sound engineer for PF so to me it makes sense how his music was developed. Interesting!

they indeed perform these live. i watched them do dark side, it was great.

6:35 -- My favorite place to listen to this album and this part ... lying in the grass or in a field on a beautiful sunny day with a clear blue sky with a light breeze.

@Elbanjomon

3 жыл бұрын

That was my favorite part to take a huge toke , and just melt into my chair while absorbing every note

Alex may look like 1970s guy, but Andy has the spirit too.

I kind of think of that part of the song @ 16:28 in your video as a deconstruction of what came before and then a gradual reconstruction of what leads to the end of the song. But maybe that's just me. :) While it's not possible for me to pick a favorite Pink Floyd song, I have to say this is right around the top. Glad you enjoyed it, too. Peace

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

@Reverend Mother I know what you mean, and yeah I agree, no way to choose!

Hi Andy. I am loving your journey through Pink Floyd. Atom Heart Mother is Pink Floyd at the their most experimental. It is a great journey as you have now discovered. The Title Track AHM was named from a newspaper headline about a woman getting a heart replacement. The band had been performing the piece live over many weeks before heading into the studio where they realised that the song needed something more. That ‘something more’ was a choir and orchestra! My love of Floyd runs deep, and I have heard hundreds of live concerts over the years. Yes, they played AHM live many times. One of the better visions is from a bootleg called Colourful Meadows: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pop-2bCtia3Om7A.html where they play the song as just the band. Also of interest is Live in Montreux 1971: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c3ek26evedXTh5s.html where they play AHM live with a choir and orchestra - over 30 minutes! This is a great concert as it features staples of the early Pink Floyd live shows including Echoes (which I know you love), Careful with that Axe Eugene, Set the Controls, Cymbeline and A Saucerful of Secrets. Happy Listening!

Can’t help thinking this was the era, around the late sixties/early seventies when several bands were “experimenting with orchestration”. One prime example, from 1969, has to be Deep Purple’s Concerto For Group And Orchestra. Back to this 24 minute track, going through phases with the brass section, then the Choristers, then guitar and organ ...a prelude to Echoes, perhaps?!

This composition is a journey. It starts with a harmony between each part. They follow the same notes. Then something happens and each parts starts to sing their own notes. The bike is a messenger's goes from right to the left. You can to hear the sounds of a battle. The guitar solo and the choir became harsh. It leads into the disharmony and eventually to the blast. After the blast, slowly, but the harmony getting be alive again. Seemingly it's a circle that repeat itself endlessly... until we finally will learn what we do wrongly.

I just wish i had viewed this reaction earlier. I see this vlog goes way back to 2018. Better late than never i guess.This album came out back in 1970 just a few years before I was stationed in Keflavik, Iceland. I will always have pleasant memories of listening to this in a dimly lit room while lying in my bunk stoned out of my gourd. You really need to listen to the whole album front to back more than a few times to really appreciate the pure genius of it. Also, this is early Pink Floyd and I've always preferred their older stuff. Dark Side of the Moon is a great album obviously but I would have to say all things considered this is my favorite Floyd album.

My take? The quiet part after the train screams by (like in The Wall movie BTW. Pink Floyd are second to none in their unifying motifs) ... that's the radiation breach - heart of the atom ripped open.

Unfortunately, I'm a little late to the party on this one but thats OK . I didn't realize Andy had even done a reaction to Atom Heart Mother. Thanks for doing this one. Hands down, this is my favorite Pink Floyd album. I love their old stuff up until the Wall album. I know a lot of people like their newer stuff but to me the new stuff borders on commercial. I did have the pleasure of seeing them live in the mid 70's. It was arguably the best concert I've ever seen and I've seen a LOT of concerts in my day.

Another song that is great live. There are a few live recordings with the orchestra and choir, but I enjoy the live versions of just the 4 of them jamming out. Good stuff indeed. I never really appreciated AHM until I started listening to the the live versions without all the extra stuff. They jam pretty hard indeed. The live versions with just the 4 of them run about 17 or 18 minutes, but killer shit. When I get to your current video, I will give you live concert recommendation for that 1970 gig. Its the perfect one to get a full 1970 experience of a PF live gig dude!

High Andy,..yes they played it live,..you can find some on KZread LOL

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Pim Sluiter Haha thanks!

I find myself wondering, have you ever heard an album called Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield? Released in 1973 (the same year as Dark Side of the Moon) it fits in with the sort of thing that Floyd are doing in Atom Heart Mother, in that it is an attempt to produce a long, complex piece, bringing classical forms of composition to the instruments and riffs of rock music. It was a huge hit when it came out and has been enormously influential since. But despite continuing to produce more albums in a similar style Oldfield never replicated his early success, though he has always had dedicated fans. If you haven't heard it, I think you'd like it. It comes in two parts. Part One is definitely better, but both are really worth checking out.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

donaldb1 I’ll look into it, and if I don’t do it here I’ll definitely check it out on my own time! 😁

@donaldb1

5 жыл бұрын

Great.

@derbyphoter

5 жыл бұрын

Also known a Virgin 001, but a stunning piece of work considering Oldfield played every instrument on the studio version

@donaldb1

5 жыл бұрын

And he was 19 when he put it together, which is pretty astonishing.

@IllumeEltanin

4 жыл бұрын

@@donaldb1 Became the theme music for the original movie "The Exorcist," yes?

Yess!!

Yeah, there's live versions on The Early Years boxset. They mostly performed it live with just the band, because it was too expensive to hire the brass band and choir. Although they also performed it with them on a few occasions, including on the BBC. The Early Years boxset has it all.

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

psychedelicpiper That sounds about right, thanks for informing me, I’m gonna have to check out that early years set, it’s been referenced several times thus far! Thanks for watching!! 😁

@Elangeni1

5 жыл бұрын

@@andyandalex There are quite a few live versions in the Early Years. One of the best is Atom Heart Mother (Band Only) [Live In Montreux, 21 November 1970]. David Gilmour's guitar is amazing on that version.

There are some great live versions of this song floating around...

I would personally pick 'Meddle' as the crowning achievement of not only their earlier albums, but of all of them. It's such an interesting mix of surreal and earthy. Also folksy and jazzy. I like the first side of Atom Heart Mother more than the other side, and the first song (If) especially. It takes me back to another life, and an image of being in a peaceful, pastoral setting, on a cold foggy day. With cows in the fields, like the cover.

The song AHM was dumped in Ron Geesin's lap, to finish while the band was on tour. It came to him as a bunch of separate recordings, for which he was to overdub different instruments and basically assemble the mess into a coherent whole.

It’s one of my fave songs by them post Barrett pre dark side

This I want on m funeral!!!

@isabelledrevet5913

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, even if I want no one at my funerals... This has always been me, it's the only thing I want

No other rock band but Pink Floyd would dare put in violins and choirs n their albums.

I'm not going to pretend to know what the intentions of the musicians was, but me and my friends had our own interpretation back in the 1970s: that the foursome had gone to a farm and dropped acid (attested to in Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast) and, once completely tripping their faces off, went out to commune with the farm animals. Atom Heart Mother Suite was particularly focused on the cows and goes from the brassy bellowing of cow moos to the peaceful intimacy of nursing calves (the part with the Ooh choir) to the funky jazzy routine of chewing grass and sh*tting up a storm; then, you know how cows burp up their cud and rechew it? the weird half-backwards atonal section (or so we said) was about how your cow-stomach feels when you're burping up your cud.

Atom Heart Mother Live at Montreux is the best version I know of. Tied with studio IMO

Every album they make gets better. Echoes on Meddle is the climax of this all. Echoes may be my favourite PF song.

The cow on the cover is probably the most famous cow of the world.🐮

Very underrated album. I love the horns, it's like a psychedelic spaghetti western. And the gibberish? You can really hear the Syd Barrett influence.

@kotavu6004

5 жыл бұрын

sydIRISH unfortunately i know all about Sid and his troubles but he got shafted by the industry man...not saying he wouldn’t have lost it with all the Acid he was doing but things should have been handled different

For interest - you might enjoy the cover/interpretation of Atom Heart Morher by German band RPWL (from their album 'RPWL Plays Pink Floyd'). Also, Nick Mason's current band (Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets) performs an excellent excerpt from AHM on their soon to be released live DVD

Haha! As a man of 44 (as of 2019), I LOVED this reaction. So sincere!. How weird is this album, man?!!!

A few people have answered your question about whether it was ever performed live, including attesting that they saw it in person. The full (choir and orchestra) version was performed in at least 16 venues - beginning, as someone who was there mentioned earlier, with the Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music on 27 June 1970 - including some in France, Germany and USA as well as Britain. And I don't think anyone has mentioned that the biggest crowd to see it was in Paris, where they played to 500,000 festival-goers. That's not a typo. Half a million. That's 25% more people than attended Woodstock!

The choir part is epic

Yeah, Hendrix wasn't the only guy who could make a guitar talk.

You make perfect sense

This LP was the first stereo LP in the music's history :)

@Pjaypt

3 жыл бұрын

No it was not! There were several before this one. Go and check Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues, released in 1967, for an example. As far as i know, and i might be wrong, it was the first album by a rock band to have one side of a LP with just ONE song.

14.33 in totally hypnotised

This album still holds up,must have been a right bastard to cut.but deffo hits the Mark.

Been listening to Floyd for near on 50 years now, This meddle and dark side are my favourites closely followed by Umagumma and Wish you where here, in fact some of the best non commercial work was pre Umagumma before Dave Gilmore replace Syd Barrett. Give it a try

I love these videos! I always get a laugh when your nodding your head to the music. Even When it’s just Beatless noise. I get it, your in the groove or whatever, it’s also the wtf face.

Nice one! I was looking forward to reaction on this one. As for feelings, you are right, it's only music, but this music is about creating different moods and emotions. Just wait till you hear Echoes;)

@andyandalex

5 жыл бұрын

Trevor Ayton Yeah I love how they can just shift my mood however they want, it’s crazy! Can’t wait to continue, Echos is in Meddle correct? 😁

@Elangeni1

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's on Meddle. I am really looking forward to you doing that one:)