The vocalist is Clare Torry. She’s awesome.

@gritty011

3 жыл бұрын

She rocks

@willrichardson519

3 жыл бұрын

Well worth checking out her interview about this...she's a particular kind of English woman...

Wish You Were Here! Money! Shine on you crazy Dimond! Hey You! Can't go wrong with any Pink Floyd 🔥 👏

It's about finding out she's dying and the song goes through the stages of dying.

@justinkase1360

3 жыл бұрын

I instinctively felt this way about the vocals, but is that true? Others stated that she was only trying to mimic an instrument, like a guitar.

@annettecoker2560

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinkase1360 I watched a video of her talking about how it all came about and what was put before her.

@justinkase1360

3 жыл бұрын

@@annettecoker2560 Oh awesome! I'm glad that's the case, I just saw other people claiming otherwise.

@broetchenahoi6524

3 жыл бұрын

She sings about the stages of grieving.

"Hey you" A beautifull song..

The vocalist was guest singer Clare Torry. The picture at the end has 6 of their album covers on it. The line" now there's a look in your eyes" is from the song Shine On You Crazy Diamond from the Wish You Were Here Album. My next suggestion would be either Shine On You Crazy Diamond I - IX or Wish You Were Here.

The vocals were done in 2 takes, after which Claire went into the studio to see what the band thought and no one said a word to her obviously due to shock. She walked out thinking they hated her vocals and didn’t realise they loved it until sometime after in a record shop with her boyfriend they seen her name in the credits Should add Claire wasn’t a member of the band

@pearlegates7079

3 жыл бұрын

Stunning vocals!

@ffjsb

3 жыл бұрын

Originally she was only given credit for vocals, years later she sued for song writing credit and royalties, which was settled out of court.

Yes yes yes. Clare Torry is the only person who can do this vocal all by herself. There is no need for three vocalists. Just Clare.

@thesound-chameleonman3580

2 жыл бұрын

The one on Time is equally as good.

Clare Torry sings her little English heart out on this song. So good.

Great Gig In The Sky is a metaphor for heaven.

Pink Floyd is NOT heavy metal (or even close). It’s psychedelic rock. The songs are deep/abstract, the music videos are an acid trip, the guitar playing is amazing (but very different from Metallica or ac/dc). The songs are beautiful and sad at the same time. It’s truly unique. There is no one really like them past or present.

@mishiimarz

3 жыл бұрын

No one could've described it better than you did. I highly agree on this.

@RoadDoug

Жыл бұрын

And nobody can touch them

My man Swaggy gettin in to Pink Floyd next one try Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Pink Floyd is never going to be exactly what you expect! You're still going to expect great guitar solos from David Gilmour incredible lyrics from Rodger Waters and great music from Rick Wright and constant perfect drumming from Nick Mason! But great gig in the sky it's different than "Time" which is different than "Money" and Pink Floyd is always going to surprise you!! In fact they always come from farther out in left field than you expect almost every time!!! I'm "JEALOUS" that you're getting to hear them for the first time!!!!! Also the young lady singing is a session singer named Clare Torry. She did this in two and a half takes with just a little assistance from David Gilmour who handed her a couple of beers and told her to just wing it! She started out singing ooh baby ooh baby but they didn't want that then she decided to make her voice like another instrument & came up with this and just like that out of the blue a masterpiece!

@garryiglesias4074

3 жыл бұрын

This is true up to The Wall... After that, never say "never", or "everything" or "all pieces"...

This is the sound my heart, soul and mind made when the doctors told me my son was dying. One day it will be accepted as the vocal masterpiece it truly is, singing from the soul. Speaking without words.

The way I always interpreted this song--it starts off with them sort of wisecracking about death, intellectualizing it (why should I be afraid of dying), blowing it off. Then the singer comes in with a more honest emotional reaction to death.

Yes each lady is painted in an album cover.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

My man Swaggy divin’ on Floyd!

I usually tune in for your Band-Maid reactions, but had to see you react to this - my favorite song and band - like ever. You must do yourself a favor, because you haven't lived until you sit in a darkened room and listen to this entire album in one sitting. It'll change your life.

The song represents the different stages of dealing with the death of a loved one

@chuckwilliams6261

3 жыл бұрын

I hear denial, anger, grief, pleading, and finally acceptance.

I want this played at my memorial service.

@Elizabeth-yp8re

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Played it for my mom.

They are the masters of emotion

Yes that is all their album artwork

Clare Torry (female) sang the vocal on "Great Gig in the Sky." "Us & Them" and "Money" might be good choices, for reacting to. Pink Floyd's a soulful vibe, for sure!

Great reaction! Dont focus on the videos with pink floyd, close your eyes and let the music paint a picture!

Clare Torry is the lady singing...she only did two takes on the song. She improvised all of that. Later, Pink Floyd gave her writing credit on the song.

Greatest band of our lifetime.

Pink Floyd Have a Cigar

The stages of grief put to music, without words

Try listening again without stopping... this song is felt... it's about dying..everyone can relate eventually

Pink Floyd are my soul guides.

Great reaction Swaggy! Pink Floyd is the GOAT in Progressive Rock history, bar none. They take the listener on a journey with each and every song brother. Check out some of their 1994 Pulse Concert Tour, man that was a incredible concert, just phenomenal! From the Pulse tour check out "Sorrow",... "High Hopes",... "One of These Days",... "Money",..."Learning to a Fly",...Run Like Hell" just to name a few.

the floyd are neither a band nor a genre ,,they are a phenomenon,,,,never to be repeated ,copied or duplicated

Shine on You Crazy Diamond should be your next listen imo but no matter what song you choose from PF I'm sure you'll enjoy. Don't let the length of the song scare you. It's long but it's such a masterpiece it feels much shorter than it actually is. Love watching all of your reactions as always, keep it rolling!

So happy I did not know for the last 40+years this was about the death experience. Alot of reactors whi listen the first time knowing. Say it's to sad they won't listen again. I have listened to this thousands of times. It what u r feelin at the time !!!! The classics where music came from. Cheers

Apparently Dave Gilmore walking into Clares room and said "I want love, sorrow and hate to come through" the vocals is what she produced.......amazing

Very Fun watching your reactions, you have great taste in music. Try them live, "Sorrow" Pulse Tour 1994

Pink Floyd are legendary. Take us to church.

the album is about a life . from the crying baby to the final journey which the voice first cries out in anguish , anger then acceptance then sings of the peace , beauty of the great gig in the sky . but it's just my impression

pink floyd marooned

Gotta do Shine on You Crazy Diamond. Wish You Were Here is an incredible album. Do that after Dark Side of the Moon!!!!

appreciate you, and the beautiful spirit you bring to all of your reactions so much!! listened to this record so many times it's in my bones at this point. 50+ yrs old now, still one of my all time favs. Echo all the other folks who've already recommend Shine on You Crazy Diamond, but the one that I love the very most, and honestly is one of the most moving songs I've ever heard, is Wish You Were Here.

Has to be “shine on you crazy diamond 1-V” next

Thanks to you tube young black americans are reacting to music that would never cross their radar. Pink Floyd. Led Zep. Stevie Ray Vaughn etc. You dont have to be white to be blown away by this masterpiece you just need ears. And a soul

Thank you my brother.

Listen to the whole album someday, that's the best way to listen. Good job Swaggy, you're on your way to 100k.

The song is the sound of somebody dying ... And finally accepting it. Or having no choice but to accept it. Clare Torrey in one of the greatest vocal performances ever recorded. There are some amazing live versions with multiple female vocalists performing the different sections but nothing beats this singular recorded version IMHO. Other great Pink Floyd songs to react to: Mother Us and Them Brain Damage/Eclipse Wish you were here

Watch the live versions of Pink Floyd. Well worth thousands of $$ I spent from my teens to just a few years ago.The live concerts you get laser, fireworks, see them actually sing...no lip sync no pro tunes. Live David Gilmour awesome voice and guitar 🎸 ever, and I was married to a musician, saw many concerts. Used to see a couple each month. Memorable!!

@garryiglesias4074

3 жыл бұрын

All Pink Floyd "Live" (audio or video) edit are artificial... It's official, David told it many times, PF is my favorite band but you can only hear them live by actually hear them live... (There's a channel with audio from most of their 94 tour at least)... Official "live" from Pink floyd are HEAVILY EDITED... So yes it's not lipsync, but no real life concert was rendered as they are in the published live. They make the "perfect" (ideal) live version, cutting part where they "failed", inserting part where David did "better" and so on...

Pink Floyd: what if we did a song where the vocals is just one long run? people with ears: yes.

Great reaction !! to me pink floyd is the preciser to tool both similar in formate of how they construct songs!!! both Amazing!!!

It's so weird to hear these songs on their own. I love seeing the reactions though. Music can take us to magical places.

Nobody expects to become a Pink Floyd fan, it just happens.

When you have the time, you really need to listen to this album, start to finish. It’s one of those albums that was made to be heard that way. The album, as a whole, is regarded as a masterpiece. It catapulted Pink Floyd to superstardom when it came out in 1973. I believe it was in the top 20 album list for some ridiculous period of time like 10 years.

Brilliant song choice bro. Those vocals are fantastic, emphasising the stages of dying, from fear all the way through to acceptance. Great video 👍 More Pink Floyd please, if i may suggest Welcome To The Machine from Pink Floyd's album Wish You Were Here, thank you.

Welcome to 70's English Progressive Rock which is also called Art Rock by many back in the day. If you like this check out Yes, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues...etc.

She did it in a single take. According to Rick Wright (keyboardist) she was embarrassed and wanted to do another take and the band had to convince her it was perfect. I can't help but wonder how take 2 would've sounded,but I'm glad she didn't

They're from a time when album covers were big for big vinyl albums. So artists had space to do stuff and album covers were serious business and serious art. The large gate fold album with lyrics and extras first got going with the Beatles for Sargent Pepper, then every band had to have a serious arty cover. These days there are no real album covers because there isn't the space for the artwork. Classic album covers, Dark Side of the Moon, (obviously) , Sargent Peppers (the first real one of the genre), Santana Abraxas, Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On. King Crimson, first album, and thousands of others

A gig = like an event, concert

@liftmasterdavid1

2 жыл бұрын

The way I understand it... God is great is where it came from. When musicians scored a show way back in the day. Thankful for the work. I'm not religious btw.

Stages of death.. I remember when I was .. stoned .. felt all of this

weed and pink floyd. a perfect combination.

The man's voice you heard speaking at the beginning was one of a group of people that worked in and around the studio that the band drafted to sit and answer a set of questions into a microphone. Those answers were then cut up and sprinkled at various times around the album. It adds a whole other layer of texture to the work as a whole. A lot of people suggesting Shine on you Crazy Diamond, I agree. But eventually I say circle back to Brain Damage/Eclipse, which is the finale to this album. Happy belated birthday

@sopwithpuppy

3 жыл бұрын

Not only workers at Apple. One of the people who were asked some questions was Paul McCartney, but none of his comments made it to vinyl because he thought they were looking for humorous answers. They weren't.

@tierbore1985

3 жыл бұрын

@@sopwithpuppy beauty

Another awesome reaction man! Saw your Time react too. Pink Floyd was a very popular psychedelic/acid rock band that transformed and attained super star status overnight with this very album you're doing, Dark Side of the Moon, in 1973. Was 18 when it came out and already a fan for years, but DSOTM blew us all away then... just like it's doing all you reactors today!! LOL! And I watch a lot of reactors. BTW, most progressive rock albums are 'concept albums' like this one, and intended to be heard beginning to end, so start with the first song "Speak To Me", and take in or react to the whole album one or two songs at a time (whatever you can get away with so it doesn't get pulled by YT). Then you'll have all of DSOTM album in your library as you now have Time and Great Gig already. And you'll get to experience them as intended and understand them and the album as a whole. Did you notice the rumbling right before the clocks on your Time react? That was residue from the previous song blending into "Time" as a lot of songs do on concept albums. The whole album is incredible!. And later, go back to the Wish You Were Here album and do its first, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" as it's a long, divided piece on the album, and it's about Syd Barrett. ✌️😎

They're singing what's left of their heart they're actually dying

Should have seen them do it live one of if not the best show 1975 animals tour

life, death and everything between, bigger than life

This song has 3 parts: Part 1. Dealing with death Part 2. Acceptance of death Part 3. Time od death

Song about dying. Masterpiece.

Definitely worth going through the album The Dark Side of the Moon Time & and Great Gig follow each other on side one of the album. Tracks transition into each other and themes follow each other. Best done in two hits (side 1 and side 2) that way you get the full story!

Hit that on the nose Swaggs ! Pink Floyd is in no hurry to get through a song.

@ 9:40 The album you're listening to is third from the left. To the right of her is one you've done 'Wish You Were Here' from. They have ten more studio albums than the six posing there. I suppose six other albums were on the front, but we must think of the children even though sales would have shot thru the roof! 😁 The second from the left is Relics, a compilation album. Keep exploring PF especially their Dark Side songs and beyond. Someday start their pre-Dark Side albums to see how this band evolved, perhaps start with 'Obscured By Clouds' and work back to the beginning. ✌️😎

Greatest ever album in my opinion. Many hours whiled away.

"Hey You"

back catalog poster,,,fairly new,,each girl has a floyd album cover on their back

Well, I've set a reminder. Not missing this.

Gig is slang for a concert or jam session. To many good songs to count . They take you on a journey

Great to see you react to this. It's a song that never gets old or any less profound or beautiful. You've led me to revisit a lot of the Pink Floyd that I *haven't* listened to lately. I listen to _Animals_ the most, with _Wish You Were Here_ being a distant second. I think "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" from _Wish You Were Here_ is a great next track to react to. It might be the best example of how Pink Floyd took their time to let a song grow on its own (some will argue "Echoes" from Meddle but hey, more music). I recommended "Pigs" before, from Animals, but I think "Sheep" is the one that will give you the shock. Still, I say "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" next.

That picture you're seeing at the end is the "Back Catalogue" it's actual artwork that you can buy on poster or canvas. But yes, it is their album covers painted on the backs of nude women.

Next one up, The Amazing Pudding. Also, Pink Floyd were not a heavy metal band. They weren't Sabbath, Megadeath, Slayer or the like. But they did have the random song like One of These days.

@garyanning9731

3 жыл бұрын

The closest they got to Heavy Metal was The Nile Song.

WARNING: Never listen to Pink Floyd on Hallucinogens. You will never be the same.

You have to listen to these songs until the very end-stop cutting them off before the last note is finished, and give them the respect of listening to the song until the true end of it!!

Check out Dogs by pink floyd

Its fan made video, Pink Floyd are the biggest Progressive Rock ever, i prefer to call them Psychedelic Rock but that's me

Gotta listen to breathe

If youve enjoyed a church choir in your past life, tough. This is way better

Better than church. Way better. And its Clair Tory (sp?) a female

I hope you have listened to the whole album from start to finish

The accompanying video has nothing to do with the band. It's just something some KZreadr put together and uploaded. The song is nearly 50 years old.

Progressive rock...

Need to listen to Dogs by Pink Floyd and strap yourself in for a ride.

🇨🇦✌ If you want to do another masterpiece 👍👍👍👍👍 Try Procol Harum live in Denmark 2006 Song is 🎵 whiter shade of pale 🎵 With a big orchestra Beautiful song and the video is awesome 👌 Keep the good work 🤟

Love me some Floyd. Love me some Swaggggy. = Perfect Entertainment. Best Floyd song ever. Hands Down. But swaggs check out ANIMALS Album. Its truly deep > political > socially & morally trying to dig itself out a hole type vibes. Its guuud

Very interesting story on how she got the gig and did it in one take. GOOGLE her.

Try “Time” from the same album.

@themoogle22

3 жыл бұрын

He did Time last week . I'm just going to give it another watch now.

You need to put some time aside and dim the lights. Listen to the whole thing in one sitting.

Dude, listen to the song "Time" It's on that same album.

I still can't believe that the older, or Elderly people around me would consider this druggie..., LSD, psychedilic noise... ???

Great reaction video👍You should react to p PIGS by pink floyd!

Drop a half tab

Best part of reacting to PF is they don’t care about copyright (except for some select live footage). I recommend you NOT do any videos, but rather do lyrics. A lot of PF was before popularity of music videos so most of the vids on YT are fan videos and are distracting. Stick to lyric vids and just sit back and listen to their legend.

Pink Floyd is not music it's lyrical art it also is life you got to get on shine on You crazy diamond try to understand what you're talking about if you ain't figured it out I'll let you know

WTF is a common response to pink floyd 1st time listeners.the 2nd is let me hear that again.