The best title of Pink Floyd to me... And I have all the albums, even seen them in concert... Pure genius

I am part of the few mush heads who think this song is the best Pink Floyd song ever

Every time I listen to that I think "How the heck could you feel listening to it in 1970?". Pink Floyd were millions of years ahead.

Great reaction, definitely a floyd masterpiece that doesn't get the attention it deserves.

This came out in 1970 and still sounds incredible

I don't think people realize just how amazing this piece of work is? Towards the end they were double tracking I've heard this song thousands of times and missed it until listening today just absolutely brilliant

When u consider when this was recorded and the limited technology they had compared to today u have to say this track is phenomenal,it must have been a pain in the arse to put together but the maticulous nature of Pink Floyd made sure we got this epic opus 🕙🕞🌖🔺🇬🇧

My first album aged 13. Love it. Used to sit in front of dads radiogram in the dark to listen to this. It never disappoints. Love pink Floyd.

The very best way to listen is with headphones and in a room totally dark .....You will go deeper into your imagination ......Not just this track but all Floyd albums in there entirety ........ Your life will never be the same .... Welcome to the Floyd Galaxy

My all time favorite PF album!

Its amazing how all the rhythms come together in that part where he is trying to figure it out

Theres not a whole lot that can be said after listening to atom heart mother. Its, in my opinion, the greatest song ever written.

Early Floyd is definitely unappreciated and underrated compared to their later ventures. Give "Summer '68" from the same album a try, absolutely fantastic song written by Richard Wright. Amazing reaction as always.

This is my favorite Pink Floyd track. It's so rich in... pretty everything :-) Lots of music genres, lots of instruments, great composition etc. Hard to express how I feel listening to this. There's also a part in the song that is really cacaphonic - you can hear a few different melodies that do not fit together, but they all come at one moment to create a harmony once again - absolutely great.

A real pleasure for me to listen to this with you.

* Lyrics "There is an Important announcement" "Silence in the studio!"…

@robhenderson490

5 жыл бұрын

Love that bit 👍

@harryofgo

5 жыл бұрын

Almost too wordy. They hit just the right amount of lyrics.

There are many live versions of this. The early box set has several different versions including a version with the band only.

YESSSS AMZING SONG THANKS FOR THE REACTION

I love this one so much. I'm really glad you loved it, too. Great vid. Peace.

Hoo boy, you've hit the (atom heart) motherlode with this one. I'd recommend 'A Saucerful of Secrets' also By PF seeing as you enjoy their long ones. Listening to it again, there was a small portion of it which reminded me of 'the devil's triangle' by King Crimson, which was released earlier in 1970 (same year as this song); but a lot of this is a pretty unique experiment by the Floyd.

@lukewagstaff5743

5 жыл бұрын

Barney T-Rubble he should check out KC, he’d probably have to edit the music to avoid copyright though

@Elangeni1

5 жыл бұрын

I would also love to see your reaction to A Saucerful of Secrets - but the Pompeii version is DEFINITELY the one to go for. It's a long instrumental, and quite challenging to start with - Pink Floyd have stated that it is a musical depiction of a battle and it is divided into four sections: The build up before the battle begins, the actual battle, the finding of the fallen afterwards and finally the mourning of the dead. Thanks again DC for a great reaction to AHM.

@anajimenez4545

5 жыл бұрын

a saucerful of secrets in pompeii is amaizing

@Grithron2

5 жыл бұрын

@@Elangeni1 But surely the Pompeii "Saucerful" is one of the weaker ones - it actually marks the point when they started to tire of it, and from that point on, either they were either hurrying through the noisier half or virtually making it a drum solo. The best "Saucerful"s other than the studio version are those very stretched out, reveling-in-textures, versions from 1968-1970 (like the Fillmore one, or the Paris one).

Congratulations on getting so much from this track at the first attempt. AHM isn't the easiest or most accessible of Floyd's works, but it's worth revisiting every so often, not only to enjoy the music, but also to appreciate their innovation and willingness to push the boundaries.

Another great version of this is their broadcast on KQED from 1970. It’s shortened since there are no backing vocals or orchestra. Still, they jam hard and David Gilmour (guitarist and vocalist) and Rick Wright (keyboardist and vocalist) sing harmony vocals on it, absolutely amazing.

0:46 -- We can feel the pressure on your shoulders, you are like _"Oh my ... this is Pink Floyd, and I don't know this album ... what they are gonna do to me this time?! I'm gonna cry, be happy, be angry, be sad? How I'm gonna react? I'm scared!"_ Pink Floyd has always been so mysterious, so deep, so "personal" so to speak. This is why it's always almost "frightening" to listen to a "new" album. Like discovering another galaxy. We react like little kids who discover the world for the first time, but in the end; it's always an enrichment, a really unique personal experience, and emotions that only Pink Floyd can provide you for the rest of your life. In fact, every album of Pink Floyd is like an inner sanctum, a private world where nobody expects you have access. At 22:47 -- Yes, you're right. It sounds almost like an Ennio Morricone music, like an old western Spaghetti western movie made by Sergio Leone from the 1970s, or a cheesy movie with Ben Spencer & Terence Hill almost, when the hero saves the town because he's a good person, and when everyone is happy again! And the end at 24:03 was just the ultimate relief!!

Kubrick wanted to use this in A Clockwork Orange

@kingamoeboid3887

5 жыл бұрын

Luke Wagstaff this whole song. I really love it, it was hard for me to get used to it at first but I still loved it. I didn’t understand why it was called Atom Heart Mother.

@johnhouse9983

5 жыл бұрын

That would've been somthin' , kinda got sick of all the classical in clk wk orge.

@armorvil

5 жыл бұрын

@@kingamoeboid3887 The reason why it's called Atom Heart Mother is quite hilarious : Roger Waters took a newspaper lying around and skimmed through it. Eventually, his eyes landed on an article about a woman with heart problems who had a pacemaker installed, and the article's title was "Atom Heart Mother". Roger said : "This". "This is the song's name".

@travismoore6116

4 жыл бұрын

That would be stupendous.

@modder1975

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder why Tarantino still didn't use it:)

The addition of the choir was pure genius,. So many different moods to this suite too.

Thanks for reaching back into their awesome catalog of genius.

Congrats, for reaching this point in PF music. This is the point in their journey where Pink Floyd 'found their footing' after exploring the avenue towards long, melodic, not always easy to listen to, modern equivalents of classical symphonies through experiments like: Careful with that axe Eugene, Astronomy Domine, Set the controls for the heart of the sun, Embryo. Now.... You are part of the Pink Floyd fold .... (although there is no such thing)

DCcookster. Thanks for reacting to this piece of music. You asked if there were any live versions of Atom Heart Mother. There are a few, as already commented on. Special to me is Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother Live Hyde Park 1970 because i travelled a couple of hundred miles to be at this free festival in Hyde Park. It was indescribable experiencing Pink Floyd that day, also Roy Harper. This video is in black and white and, if i am not mistaken was Floyd's debut of Atom Heart Mother.

I love the speechlessness which tends to happen in Pink Floyd reaction videos.

I think if you were sitting back with your eyes closed now, your chair would off been floating around your room now,so much chilled

This track contains the most spine tinkling slide guitar/ guitar piece starting at 21.18. It is right up there with Dave Gilmour’s best work. It never fails to move me, even after 40 years of listening to this album

The original head trip music for sure....

I like the spaghetti-western association. It wouldn't surprise me if back then these guys listened to Morricone too.

There are live versions of this, mostly without the orchestra and choir. Though most of those are not high quality, some are good enough to hear Gilmour filling in those (rather large missing) bits with his extraordinary guitar playing. By the way; this is what got Pink Floyd invited to the Montreux Classical Music Festival in (I guess) 1970.

I first heard this when I was about sixteen, it took me a couple of times listening to it, to appreciate it. Brilliant👍

I've always been fond of this album

I love this mix of classical and rock music. You should check out April by Deep Purple, it's a phenomenal song with a perfect balance of classical and rock. Autumn by The Strawbs is amazing as well.

You've got the right album, now you just got to get to Fat Old Sun :)

@paulocardoso7542

5 жыл бұрын

And if summer pequeno almoco

@paulocardoso7542

5 жыл бұрын

Mas esta é mesmo floyd

Awesome 👏 just awesome... now listen to the whole album 👍

I can't even begin to say how much I love the song! BTW I think you're the first person to ever do a reaction to this song now watch everybody copy. This song makes me so happy when I hear it I can't even explain why probably because it sounds like angels singing

Glad you enjoyed it You can hear the band progression Without the Atom Heart Mother suite, you wouldn't have had Echoes And without Echoes you wouldn't have had Dark Side Of The Moon And the rest is history........... Oh and a little trivia.... The cow on the album cover was called Lulabell the third ;)

This is one of those tracks where you just want to let your imagination go wild and get taken on a journey. It's like an action adventure film. In my version there are forest elves that return to save the group from disaster when they encounter a savage tribe, but one of the group is fatally injured in the ensuing action scene, and is sure to die...

Great reaction channel,you got a New suscriber.

Their is a tribute band that played this at Pompeii which is a must see!,Good news is their is alot of live video of AHM on the Early years boxed set. Shine ON.

@jerrypartington3650

4 жыл бұрын

It's an outstanding rendition by Spanish Floyd tribute bank, Pink Tones recorded live at Segobriga Roman Amphitheatre in Spain. it's here on KZread.

Another great track buy pf and reaction. .. the mix of rock music and classical music is great and pink Floyd never fail to deliver epic songs. ..I think muse .. exogenis has the same epicness and combination of rock / classical music and is my favourite but this is great also.

At 7:43 you got emotional. You know it's a good piece of music when that happens.

You just know it's gunna blow at some point the anticipation is so ..... words fail.

First time I heard this I thought someone had dipped my beverage with acid. Awesome!

Floyd songs are always great , especially when Gilmour and Wright play to each other in extended jams. Try Fat Old Sun live from 1970-71

OMG, GOD EXIST. AND PLAY THE GUITAR I AND IT'S CALLED DAVID GILMOUR

GREAT! My favorite PF album. Best cover version I ever heard of this was by The Conservatory of Paris. It's on KZread. Nice visuals too.

You should do some Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd, before David Gilmour joined the group. Check out "Interstellar Overdrive". And make sure it's the mono mix.

@armorvil

5 жыл бұрын

And Interstellar Overdrive (as well as Echoes) works the same way as this song : it follows the A-B-C-A-B-D pattern, where C is the time in the "movie" when things go wrong, and D is the heroic finish (in Atom Heart Mother, things go bad from 16:02 to 18:21. Then there is the glimmer of hope, the "reminiscing" part, and the main character gets back up more powerful than he ever was and succeeds).

how make a chef d oeuvre.....ask at the floyd

07:00 shifts from major to minor chords. Hence the more ominous sound...

It's like a soundtrack for a western film that never was. Weird, experimental Floyd at their best. Love it.

@ratedr7845

4 жыл бұрын

Funny story, one of atom heart mother's beta names was "theme from an imaginary western"

The sections go like this: (roughly) - intro (including the cows in the field + the motorbike starting + brass section) - theme - choir female + male (later) - funky section with guitar solo - male+female choir - back to theme - atomic explosion + radiation + chaos that ensues - theme in reverse + time track being confused - recovery and back to theme - conclusion

Love it!

Pink Tones do a great version of AHMother with Angela Cervantes. Otherwise, there's lots of Floyd with full blown orchestras on Google or KZread. This is the band's dip into classical music and did a bit better job than Queen with Barcelona 😀🎵✌

@johnmccullough6540

5 жыл бұрын

Rob Henderson I just watched that last week! Absolutely Beautiful!

@Elangeni1

5 жыл бұрын

Pink Tones' version with Angela Cervantes in the Segóbriga Roman Amphitheatre is phenomenal. A must see on KZread! Also Angela's version of The Great Gig In the Sky from the same concert.

I allways have Lara Croft in my mind, listening to this.....i dont know why. But i love both: the song and Lara ^^

Listen to On the Turning Away! You will love it! And if you can check out David Gilmour On An Island Live in Gdansk and In Any Tongue Live in Pompeii. Both very emotionally driven songs with incredible guitar solo finishes

Oh by the way (you may already know this, but...) if you like this, listen to Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Specifically the Deutsche Gramophon recording conducted by Eugen Jochum.

I love this album...it has an ethereal quality...I love also the side b of the album....next album for you is:'' The piper at the gates of dawn''.then I tell you something you might not know, Pink Floyd collaborated with Roland Petit ballet...outstanding, check the older versions....cheers!

@vivianalyon3791

5 жыл бұрын

Raul Gubert, i have been watching Roland Petit Pink Floyd Ballet on you tube for some time now. The dancers feel the music don't they. I am looking for a performance taking place anywhere, but cannot find any. Do you know if it is still being performed now in 2018/19. Would love to know.

@1luarluar1

5 жыл бұрын

@@vivianalyon3791 hi Viviana, I'm not sure, I will tell you if I know something...good for you if you enjoy such beautiful art ..👍😊

@vivianalyon3791

5 жыл бұрын

@@1luarluar1 Thank you for that and thanks for replying. It would be wonderful to see. If i find anything, likewise i will let you know. The last performance i found was in Italy a couple of years ago.

@1luarluar1

5 жыл бұрын

@@vivianalyon3791 oh, great, in actually italian...😊👋👍

@vivianalyon3791

5 жыл бұрын

@@1luarluar1 Pink Floyd Ballet da "Soiree Francaise" Opera di Roma. Jan 2018

What? Not used to using a motorcycle as an instrument?? Lol! This is a lot more than the typical music lover is prepared to chew on. ;) Ya did good!

genre epic

Man, a tip: if you like this kind of music, go and listen to HAWKWIND... A Space Ritual would be an excellent start...

You should react to the band Dream Theater, they're a prog band however a different sort of prog to Pink Floyd, If you have the time Id highly suggest reacting to the song Octavarium, it's a 24 minute song and while most reaction channels are put off but its length it's defiantly worth the investment, If you don't feel like listening to a 24 minute epic id suggest either Pull me Under or Finally Free or Under a Glass Moon, keep up the good content

Terrific, a truly masterpiece; please, also do Marooned or Julia Dream :D

This may be only the 2nd time I've ever heard this. Back in ( I believe it was 2011? ) Pink Floyd released a box-set of all of their remastered studio albums......called either 'Discover'.....or 'Discovery'. Always interesting to hear their early works, though I'm often left scratching my head. They weren't afraid to experiment......LOL

@Thievius333

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was the Discovery set.

It is

have you tried MGMT? react to 'Siberian breaks' one of my fav songs ever

You should react to some Ennio Morricone if you like the old spaghetti westerns. The theme to Once Upon A Time In The West is my favourite.

@nevillecorkin7464

5 жыл бұрын

Listen to Knights of Cydonia by muse the live version. ...it is truly epic and starts with the harmonica man played by muse from once upon a time in the west. ..truly epic and Mr cookster has reacted to it. ...

@johneshuis1215

5 жыл бұрын

Bullshit, Once Upon A Time In The West is a nice film score and that's all. Not interesting at all to listen with a crowd on YT. There is so much more good music to discover than western movie music.

@nevillecorkin7464

5 жыл бұрын

Just an opinion which you clearly have no idea about the song.

@johneshuis1215

5 жыл бұрын

The album (Once Upon A Time In The West) is about 50 years in my collection. But I have not the slightest idea what's an album is.

@Womberto

5 жыл бұрын

How about you go and be a miserable tosser on your own John?

Now listen 'IF', beautiful and melancholic song

@glumOr

5 жыл бұрын

i love this one. but damn it's sad.

@JoseDaniel-pr6go

5 жыл бұрын

glumOr yeah bro, it's really sad :(

@DechantMusic

5 жыл бұрын

Please don't put your wires in my Brain.

Love it. And now for something completely different . Check out Kinks Preservation Part 1

Radiohead - Stop Whispering

Roger waters said, "If somebody said to me now - right - here's a million pounds, go out and play Atom Heart Mother, I'd say you must be fucking joking.

You mentioned that there were titles to the various parts. Here they are:- I. "Father's Shout" - 2.50 II. "Breast Milky" - 2.33 III. "Mother Fore" - 4.50 IV. "Funky Dung" -5.15 V. "Mind Your Throats Please" - 2.38 VI. "Remergence" 5.48

3:34

Granchester Meadows pls.

50 points if you can guess what's coming up next. No points, then. It's not random, but it's SO hard to follow sometimes.

React to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly and/or Leftoverture by Kansas.

Could you do starless by king crimson? Also a prog rock band

Lulubelle 111 - to often neglected!

That poster behind you gettin bigger & closer. "just beware" Jimi Hendrix, & he died.!

you could also try the version made by Ron Geesin in 2012 (the original arranger guy, now old, playing the piano into the video) with french musicians - live - a must watch kzread.info/dash/bejne/YqaVmKRuldm4YtI.html

Please tell me you will be reacting to songs from Radiohead's albums Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief. Some of their very best and most beautiful songs are on those albums.

@BongEyedBastard

5 жыл бұрын

Great records but I think In Rainbows and OK Computer are even better.

@separator94

5 жыл бұрын

@@BongEyedBastard I don't disagree but I rarely hear people mention Amnesiac or Hail to the Thief in the comments, which is a shame considering all the classic songs on those two. It just sucks that some of the album versions of their songs are not on KZread. If you look hard enough you can find most of them though.

@BongEyedBastard

5 жыл бұрын

@@separator94 I agree mate, 2 cracking albums.

@jonathanprovencal2763

5 жыл бұрын

Sail to the dark Side of the HEAD 😉 Radiohead is a great genius band !!!

hello my friend still hooked i see

Does anyone understand 16:00 ? I like pink floyd very much but i just dont understand why the put this part in. Doesnt sound like music to me

@colhad9505

4 жыл бұрын

its Pink Floyd. Nothing to understand, just listen and enjoy.

Much maligned, but I love this album. It's weird and wonderful.

The brass section at the beginning represent the cows in the field.

DCcookster Side two is the far most relaxed PF part of all their records. Worth to listen in one blow on a quiet sunday morning.

next time, read the title sectiions before you start the listening. beleive me, it adds to the experience.

cookster, dont forget Obscured by Clouds.

On of the most great albums but a lot of people didn’t like it so you must have since high level since

ummagumma album goooooooood :)))) very psycho

You stated that you did 3 already, was that an error or did I miss one, I see high hopes, gunners dream and this one, but that's it.

@jtrem08

5 жыл бұрын

He did sorrow and it got blocked.. =(

@BeeBumper

5 жыл бұрын

I hope it was live in Pompeii 2016, I just listened to it while working out, best version I ever heard.

Sorrow got blocked

WHERES THE FOURTH REACTION

@joaquinvelazquez913

5 жыл бұрын

It was Sorrow, but it got deleted because of copyright.

Music for a western? Why not Batman? :)

To be fair...(I love it when you say that) ...this is one of the post Syd Barrett... Pre-"Dark Side of the Moon".... era of music-making...when Pink Floyd had no direction. No one knew how to write a hit song. They were missing Sid and for a few albums just noodling around, trying to find their new way. This is one of those albums. I haven't heard it in a while because I don't listen to it. Of course I can appreciate it... I've taken LSD to it.... But definitely not an album I would be pushing on someone to react to.

@c.willharden9589

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, speech to text really buggered that up a bit.

One of their best, but the band hated the song. It was also a bitch to record apparently, judging by their interviews. Especially getting the timing right in combination with the choir and orchestra.

@rhwinner

5 жыл бұрын

Roger Waters always apologizes for this album. Also, Ummagumma. I think he doesn't realize how good they actually are. Ummagumma is a classic!