Echoes is a journey. Close your eyes and drift away. A true masterpiece of a song.

The reason it sounds like Phantom of the Opera is because Andrew Lloyd Webber stole that main riff from Pink Floyd's "Echoes' for POTO. They decided not to sue him.

@davidhornbeckmusic7487

Жыл бұрын

Facts ❤

Seamus is a song to play when the bar is closing or when the lights are on and party is over.

The dog is real. It was owned by Steve Marriott of Humble Pie. The dog they used in the Pompeii movie was not the same dog. It was a French dog which is why you can't understand it.

@edithdriver2094

Жыл бұрын

😂

@lynnhoffman247

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@65alef

Жыл бұрын

🐶🐕🇫🇷😂😂😂😂

@davehagi9883

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@MegaForrestgump

4 ай бұрын

I believe it is a Saluki. One of the fastest dogs. Beautiful dog, too.

Only got one tattoo in my 31 years of life and its a Pink Floyd tattoo.

Last 2 min 35 seconds of this song is the most beautiful things that ever happened for the mankind! Life saver band

Let's be clear: Webber ripped off Floyd with "Phantom of the Opera", not the other way round. "Echoes" was 1971; "Phantom" was 1985.

@AirplayBeats

Жыл бұрын

Got it!

@craftiestdude

Жыл бұрын

​@Airplay Beats listen to Roger Waters beautiful song The Miracle to hear his response to the rip off.

@somegeorgedownthehall9392

Жыл бұрын

@@AirplayBeats Roger nicknamed him Andrew ‘Floyd’ Webber 😅 what a legend

@JU5TINPDX

Жыл бұрын

@@craftiestdude I was thinking the same thing 😂 “…Lloyd Webber’s awful stuff runs for years and years and years… An earthquake hits the theatre, but the operetta lingers… then the piano lid comes down, and breaks his fucking fingers… it’s a miracle”

@MarkSmith-er7fe

Жыл бұрын

no they ripped it off iron maiden

Pink Floyd will live forever with two stand up guys like you listening and appreciating the heck out of them!

Andrew Loyd Webber sampled echoes riff for phantom of the opera. Echoes 1971. Phantom came out 1985.

Now that you have heard Echoes, you get the idea of where the band was headed. Brings back a lot of memories for me.

Meddle was my first experience of Pink Floyd. I still see it as a favourite because it got me into Pink Floyd. All the albums upto and including Meddle was for me their apprenticeship. Darkside of the Moon was their graduation.

@kennethjacobs2963

Жыл бұрын

Meddle was my first Floyd album also

@johngilmer6782

7 ай бұрын

Me, too. Right on @Andy-Capp

Their last performance of this with Richard Wright at Gdansk is amazing.

@danafranklin9530

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@mgordon1100

Жыл бұрын

Gdansk is awesome. Not only this, but Fat Old Sun takes on a revitalization. When I saw it, I pictured the band chanting to the sun, "sing to me". Then the sun replied in David's solo, that 100% rivals Comfortably Numb.

@snifflepup

Жыл бұрын

Last performance ever. David retired the song, once Rick was gone. And the last performance was, as you say amazing!

One of the more eclectic Floyd albums. I love it. You can hear elements from this album in everything after this. It's subtle, but it's there. Thanks.

I nabbed a fresh copy of Ummagumma, on the weight of the album cover, and relished having a rare and exotic treasure that hardly anyone even knew existed. Being in grade school, I would confine its plays to my bedroom, as it was too avant-garde for the parents' sensibilities. That changed with Echoes, and I would play that on the family stereo, to no one's complaint. It proves an interesting soundtrack. That guitar riff predates Phantom, I'm pretty sure. Pure brilliance.

@Greg-io1ip

Жыл бұрын

That's really cool. I can totally see that. And maybe 20 years later, your parents are rolling a Doobie and listening to "Several Furry Creatures" off of Ummagumma? I'm going to imagine it anyway. It fits a Pink Floyd story.

@MisterWondrous

Жыл бұрын

@@Greg-io1ip I sorta wish they had done that, but no, although Mom was very fond of Dark Side of the Moon...which was when they went commercial, and in the biggest of ways. The concert, from what I can remember, was epic. I was a little too wasted, but was touching the stage, and talking with their singers.

@vicprovost2561

Жыл бұрын

Ummagumma was my first Pink Floyd album in 1969, bought it for the cover and what I had heard of their previous stuff on college radio. I put the needle down on the Narrow Way and the rest is history.

@MisterWondrous

Жыл бұрын

@@vicprovost2561 I just listened to that again this morning. A magnificent work of art.

Seamus was the border collie owned by Steve Marriott. Lead singer of 'Humble Pie'. And yes, that was him howling through the song. You will appreciate it more when you see it on the film.

@MarkSmith-er7fe

Жыл бұрын

didnt look like a border collie

@ianbower827

9 ай бұрын

​@@MarkSmith-er7feIrish wolf hound

Check out David Gilmour performing Echoes LIVE in Gdańsk, Poland. It is Rick Wright’s final performance of Echoes before he passed away.

Seamus is an afghan hound that would sit next to the band with a mic held to it , play the blues and it would sing . I had a chihuahua dog that did the same, harmonica and saxophones would set it of every time, had to stop trying to learn blues harp because of it ! all my best to you and yours from Liverpool

@jeffmcdonald5901

Жыл бұрын

It was Steve Marriott's dog. David was dog-sitting it while Steve was away on tour and David discovered this "talent" that the ol' girl had and they thought it would be hilarious to put together this track. I've heard David in interviews say that in a way they regret putting it on because few people like it, but he says the band thought it was hilarious and they'd hoped the fans would too. Unfortunately he was wrong for the most part. I myself do like it. I think that dog's unusual talent(mind you, he's even roo-ing on KEY) is amazing. And besides, the original tapes of the dog's sounds came in handy again 6 years later when they processed some of it to use in Dogs.

@peteroneill3993

Жыл бұрын

​@@jeffmcdonald5901 i like it too , i did the same with my chihuahua charlie on a blues track, you cant beat a good slide tone howl . thanks for the reply Jeff

@jeffm1896

10 ай бұрын

I've always loved that song. Just proves animals, dogs in particular, have soul.

@shereecontreras2846

6 ай бұрын

I believe it was actually a Borzoi...or Russian Wolfhound...

@alrivers2297

3 ай бұрын

​@@shereecontreras2846 Yes, I think so

Echoes is the best "song" (it's more of a symphony) that was ever written - I want it to be played at my funeral!

Throughout the 90s I played Seamus every Saturday morning at 6:00 am in order to give all the listener's dogs a chance to sing along with the radio at least once a week..and they damn sure would, too...

Alright Boys, I made it to the end with you and I have to say I don't think there is a better reaction to Echoes than this one... good job. 😎

@AirplayBeats

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for rocking with us!!

@retiredfirelt586

Жыл бұрын

Right on

David and Richard Wright (keyboards) sang together for that sound. After Richard or Rick died a few years back, David said he would never do Echoes live again. 😎

Steve Marroitt was friends with Gilmour and told him my dog howls every time I play your music so they laughed and decided to bring Seamus into the studio.

@Greg-io1ip

Жыл бұрын

I had heard some story like that, didn't know it was Marriott's doggy. Dude had some pipes. Airplay Beats should do some Steve Marriott.

Looking forward to you guys doing Pink Floyd THE DIVISION BELL.

@giuseppedisilvestro7752

2 ай бұрын

Ma anche no...

People hate on Seamus. I love it.

Im 61 now and this is the first Floyd track i ever heard , it was the soundtrack of the last 24 mins of a B movie i watched with my dad , he bought me this LP in 1972 . This track is my fav Floyd track of all , the build up after the whale sounds (slide guitar ) is just amazing

Right from the very beginning when I bought the album my friends and I always thought that the screeching sounds in the middle of the track were recordings of Whales communicating ! as the track has an under ocean feel with the opening and reoccurring sonar sound.

Pink Floyd is a blues-based band, just like every virtually every other Rock Band to come out of England in the 1960s, all those bands loved American Blues. In fact, Pink Floyd took their name from two old time American Blues guitarists from the early to mid 1900s,... PINK Anderson, ( 1900-1974), and FLOYD Council, (1911-1976).

@Greg-io1ip

Жыл бұрын

Muscle Shoals reinforced that fact with Rolling Stones among others. SRV's guitar gods were the black blues stringers. Every major British rock and roll band tried to sign SRV because of the blues connections. Led Zeppelin, Clapton, Stones etc tried to sign SRV, and he finally agreed to a 1 year contract with David Bowie. It worked out fine, until.

You should watch the "Live In Gdansk" version from David Gilmour's 2006 solo tour (also has Pink Floyd organ player Rick Wright). It's the best version of "Echoes" I've ever heard and has spectacular light effects. An almost unbelievable performance where every instrumentalist involved outdid him/herself. Cheers fellaz.

The great Steve Marriott's dog Seamus. Echoes is a masterpiece. Hope your doing Obscured By Clouds, an underrated Floyd album.

Echoes one of my favoritr Pink songs.......

The studio gave them so many layers and time to play with that composition. As much as I LOVE their live stuff. This piece is best off of the album. May be one of the best grooves ever laid down in the middle. If you want as amazing a long piece from them do “Atom Heart Mother” most extraordinary in a different way. Thanks again for your channel and opening up music for us.

@jeffmcdonald5901

Жыл бұрын

Speaking of Atom Heart Mother. I feel compelled to quickly mention that while I do like that track very much, I have always found listening to it slightly off-putting because of the recording quality of it. I don't know if it was a conscious choice or Alan Parsons being newer behind the sound board than he was for Dark Side of the Moon, but I have always felt that AHM's title track sounds muffled. The rest of the album sounds fine. It just seems to be the song itself. I've often wished they would remaster it and fix it, but as far as I know they never have. Correct me if I'm wrong. I would love to hear a fresher sound to that song if it exists.

the meddle album was one of our summer soundtracks of back road cruising and field parties.

This song never ever gets old !!!

Floyd were ahead of their time,there will Never be a Band like this probably ever again.🥁☮👍

David has a Blues soul. You can hear it in most of his guitar solos.

i highly recommend their performance of "echoes"....captured in their video produced live at Pompeii......you will not be disappointed !

@CANDOKNOWHOW

Жыл бұрын

They already did it, and both parts 1 & 2. It’s a ways back in their history.. maybe a month or so, but you could easily search it in the KZread search engine: Pink Floyd echoes reaction Airplay beats.

Great reaction. I just wish you guys had reacted to the studio version of 'Echoes' first before doing the live in Pompeii rendition.

Waters was going to sue Webber for defamation, but decided against it. Also, since the late 80s my friends and I have only referred to Webber as Andrew Floyd Webber. Don't go changin'. You're my go to for Floyd and Dan. And all else. Peace.

The guitar chime that starts Echoes always sounded like the active sonar echolocation of a submarine to me. I'm still amazed that most people don't hear that.

@thomasrennard5032

6 ай бұрын

That’s exactly what I’ve always thought since I first heard it 50 years ago

@ChrisBlair-ev3mp

Ай бұрын

How the f*** do you know what "most people" hear?

@sethcohen4119

Ай бұрын

@@ChrisBlair-ev3mp Quick comeback there, bud.

@ChrisBlair-ev3mp

Ай бұрын

@@sethcohen4119 I know, I responded the moment I read it.

@ChrisBlair-ev3mp

Ай бұрын

@@sethcohen4119 I know, I responded the moment I read it. Sorry it took so long, some of us don't live with a screen in our faces.

This album requires you to drop acid about 45 minutes before you play it. Then, when Echo's starts, close your eyes and watch the movie that's going to play in your head!🫠

The previous album Atom Mother Heart/first UK no.1 PF album has the same structure as Meddle, includes the title track as a suite, where a subsequent orchestral arrangement takes over the melodies. As a teenager I never found the right approach (retro), but about a year ago I found a video/documentary where PF played this live on April 28, 1970 in the TV studios KQED/San Francisco only as a band, and I'm now enthusiastic and bought the gig, maybe a tip for those interested. In my opinion, the track is a further development of the title track A Saucerful Of Secrets from the 2nd album, the first long song in this line-up without founding member Syd Barrett (legendary recording visit as an unrecognized one) and the foundation of the later works of PF. Syd Barrett's Astronomy Domine shouldn't go unmentioned on the first album or a live version on Ummagumma✌.

Excellent reaction! Yes, that is Phantom of the Opera, and Andrew Lloyd Webber is lucky Pink Floyd didn't sue. The lead vocal is guitarist David Gilmour, harmonized by keyboardist Rick Wright. Spectacular combo! The sound like a seagull screaming is Gilmour on guitar. Supposedly he hooked a wawa pedal up the wrong way and got that sound. It was also used in The Wall's "Is There Anybody Out There". You guys should check out Atom Heart Mother.

This was the first Floyd track I heard, aged 15 in 1971. And you said it, a Masterpiece. Pure Genius. 🎶❤️🎶

Lovin the Floyd reacts. (Shay-mus)

On its own, Seamus always seemed like an odd track to include. From an album perspective, I always felt it was a nice break before we get slapped with Echoes.

@AirplayBeats

Жыл бұрын

Hey Joel. I feel the same way about Seamus.

I watch a lot of reaction vids, and you guys are my fave. Knowledgeable, insightful and great chemistry. Keep doin what yer doin.

Sooner or later you guys find the best music

Love so many things about this album, bought it when it first came out (my 2nd PF record, after Umma Gumma), also love the "Shepard Tone" effect at the very end.

The ending of echoes can be found as "celestial voices"

I always called the weird part the "insane screeching bird solo". The climb-out jam coming out of it is my favorite part of the song.

@HappyAitch

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the end bit is my favourite too

@unclemeat7310

Жыл бұрын

I never cared for the section that Che said sounded like spaceships. To me I always imagine dolphins whistling to each other. Either way I find it somewhat tedious. That jam on the other hand is tremendous.

This is really cool sounds...needs a bong in the Airplay Beats studio.

The epic slow motion drop is one of my fav parts of any song ~22:15 specifically the bass hit at 22:23

Phantom of the Opera came after Meddle, so Meddle was the original of that sound.

good on you 2, you stuck with it, its a also a test of patience you past the test, because this longer than the live' version u heard.

This is a lights-out song.

It's my favorite Pink Floyd song. This song is the song that gave them the direction that they were to go in, to be what they are now.

Meddle clearly shows the direction the band were headed in 👍🇬🇧

They back 👍

Guys you have to do the one with the video.

Great reaction! Gotta slip Obscured By Clouds in next. That's the album that came after Meddle but before Dark Side Of the Moon which is why it's so criminally slept on. It's the musical bridge between the two and one of my favorite albums.

Haha, I've been waiting on Seamus 👍The dog should have sued for royalties like Clare. Good song.

You can see it in Pompei!

Andrew Lloyd Webber stole that riff for Phantom of the Opera several years later. Anyway this album Meddle, particularly Echoes, is the moment they truly became the “Pink Floyd” for the first time, the first of five or six albums in a row that cemented their legacy. David has described this song as a “conversation” between him and the keyboardist Richard Wright. You can hear the back and forth interplay between them in the last few minutes.

Seamus was a real pup.

There’s a live version somewhere with the dogs on stage live

Echoes is the best song they’ve ever made imho. I prefer the studio version because a lot of the subtleties get lost in the live version.

Great reaction, guys.

You men do it,

He does the echos with his voice!

Absolute masterpiece

I would absolutely suggest "Echoes live in Pompeii" it will give you a view of the complete band in their early years, less Syd Barrett. A must watch.

@AirplayBeats

Жыл бұрын

Check out our Pink Floyd playlist. We did Echoes in Pompeii

@franktrig

Жыл бұрын

@@AirplayBeats Awesome! will check it out now.

@shecaso

Жыл бұрын

For me the Gdańsk version is even better.

Echoes is one of their masterpieces IMHO.

That is a real English Hound. They have a video of the session.

Bros, that is probably real dogs... every time I play Pink Floyd my dogs have always howled like that. I think PF put some kind of sound in their music that irritates dogs? 😎

The dog was recorded live as they played the song. There is a video of the recording to prove it.

After a saucerful of secrets and before animal u find the best experimental Pink Floyd

Echoes was the last song played on many Saturday nights back in the 70s. Eternally great tune whether here in its original mix or Live in various settings. It will travel the cosmos I'm sure. Try the live video of Echoes in Gdansk, last time with David & Rick together doing it, great take! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶

The band was named after Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, Syd's muses. Hey, great to see you delve into Before Dark Side Floyd. The energy was more raw. One hard experimental art song is The Narrow Way, but it will lose most people.

@RazzleDazz72

2 ай бұрын

Always loved The Narrow Way. 3rd part is beautiful.

In 1987, I got to see Pink Floyd open the show with Echoes at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia when I was 17 years old with my friends. My teenage mind was blown because it was my 1st Floyd concert and I never thought I would ever hear this song played live. Good times & good review. RIP JFK Stadium, Ruthie, Bobby, and Richard Wright 💚

@fios131

9 ай бұрын

Go birds!!!!

@melissaford717

9 ай бұрын

@@fios131 Go Birds 💚🦅🏈 and Go Phils ❤️💙⚾️

best band ever lived lads

did about 4g of shrooms and listened to echos at my peak...i can't even explain the journey i went on...

fyi: yes it is a real dog. if you watch the pink floyd movie from Pompei in 73 you can see them recording part of this track with the dog.

Seamus was dedicated to a dog owned by Steve Marriott from Humble Pie. That was Seamus on the recording.

Seamus..."Shamus". Saying it as "Seemus" is the main reason my parents officially changed my name from that to it's Americanized version, James.

Seamus was also included as the sampled barking and howling dog in "Dogs".

Let’s go Mets!!!

All those weird sounds in the middle came from their experimental album Ummagumma. They were learning.

There is a video of the group in the studio recording the dog singing along with the music. "Shea-mus" is how it is pronounced.

I want the whistle to Sound like a bell ..😂

Psychedelic Funk Lullaby

11:30 that keyboard rhythm that plays off the bass is wild

HEY FELLAS IMAGINE BEING 18 YEARS OLD AND TRIPPING ON ACID AT AN OUTDOOR CONCERT WHEN THEY PLAY ECHOES???? IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER FORGET!! IT HAPPENED IN 1975 AND IT'S STILL A VIVID MEMORY!!

@marioarguello6989

8 ай бұрын

You THINK it's a vivid memory

Definitely a real dog! 🐶 They were dog sitting Steve Marriott's (Humble Pie) pup while they were recording.

18:50 this part always makes me think how you start to feel good after being in a depression or going through some bad shit.

Humpback Whale sounds

I'm a woman and Echoes is the closet I come to having an orgasm to music. I love this music so much.

"Sounds like 'Phantom of the Opera'". Absolutely! Roger Waters accused Andrew Lloyd Webber of plagiating this riff for his musical. He hates him so much that on his song "The Miracle", on his album "Amused to Death", he imagines that Lloyd Webbers fingers get crushed by the piano lid during an earthquake.

Best Pink Floyd song to combine with LSD

Played Seamus for my dog. He was pretty interested the first time he heard it and ignored it afterwards. 🙂

Good to hear musicians giving their opinion. The Division Bell is Floyds last materpiece. Very mature and a must listen the whole album too.