Kind of amazing how a song with some of the greatest vocals of all time has almost no lyrics. A masterpiece indeed!

Definitely a spiritual experience... I want them to play this at my funeral and if they don't I'm not going

@65alef

6 ай бұрын

👌😂😂😂

Clare Torry on the scat style vocals, it’s timeless perfection ✨

One of the best Floyd albums ever

@oscarwilde6649

4 ай бұрын

THEE Best, imo. Meddle 2nd.

Many have tried but none can compare to Clare Torry. 2 takes from what she said. ❤

Gilmore told her to just free style and this is what she created. I feel she should get acknowledged for her creation. All others just copied her.

This album came out 50 years ago , and still respected .

As a teenager, I loved to listen to the more psychedelic albums like Meddle and Dark Side of the Moon. However, now that I am an adult, I find that I really love the Animals album. Now I get it !! These guys were such geniuses.

Back in the day, like 1973, we would stay up all night listening to the Floyd on the weekends. This album is one we played constantly.

very rarely are live versions best for a first listen . they're not bad just different .

This music piece goes through the stages of someone getting a fatal medical diagnosis, and going through the stages of anger, bargaining, sadness and finally acceptance.

@retired4365

6 ай бұрын

None have don't that better than Clare with only oh's and ah's. 😂🤘🤘

@papatommy22

6 ай бұрын

The last part is leaving in my mind.

@psbarrow

6 ай бұрын

There is no evidence Torry knew anything about such stages; as she said herself: "They didn’t know what they wanted, just said it was a birth and death concept. I looked suitably baffled and just sang something off the top of my head.”

She did this in two and a half takes on the fly within 3 hours and got paid just 30$ at this time. Didn't even discover it was used for this masterpiece record until she found it in a record store and read the credits.....

@russelldumis1345

6 ай бұрын

she later sued and was given some good money for her part in it it was all settled immediately out of court

@lynnhoffman247

6 ай бұрын

@@russelldumis1345 She also got writing credits. 👍🏼

Oh my God Biz this studio version is Awesome!!!!

Definitely listen to the complete album straight through. Even if you do it on your own, you gotta do it.

it was cool to see that it hit you the same way... the singing is like crying.. and as the singing calms down its like the acceptance of the inevitable

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to do hole album / live dangerously

This is a timeless masterpeice. What more can be said.❤

The acceptance of one's own mortality. Genius cubed.

Biz , you're hittin it where it counts . In All Timer Territory here , bro .

I the pause in her vocals, she whispers, "I never said I was afraid of dying".

@diverdown631

6 ай бұрын

That's the first time I ever that and I've listen to this hundreds of times

@psbarrow

6 ай бұрын

She doesn't say that; those lines are said by Patricia Watts (the wife of road manager Peter Watts).

@bobmarley8270

6 ай бұрын

@@psbarrow Learn something new every day. :D

Clare Torry gave us one of the greatest all-time vocal improvisations in her artistic contribution to “Great Gig in the Sky.” Many wonderful singers have created performances of this track, usually live, yet none have captured the emotive qualities that take me on a transformational journey like this original version from Ms. Clare Torry, she created a vocal masterpiece that the track deserves. For me, back in the 70s, this was always part of an album listening session, and to this day I feel that is the way DSofM is best experienced. Another great reaction, Biz! You’re love of good music comes through, regardless of genre and artist. Wishing you and yours a wonderful New Year! 🎉🎶🙏

The band invited Claire Torry to the studio one night, gave her the instrumentals and chords, then asked her to improvise a vocal "as if she were the instrument herself". Torry did two and a half takes (the album's a mix of the three). Torry left the studio with "no one saying anything" to her, thinking she screwed up... but it was actually because the band members were so flabbergasted at the time, they didn't know what to tell her

@davidwalker5054

2 ай бұрын

I read something similar. When she finished improvising the band walked out the recording studio she thought they were disappointed. She didn,t realised they were struck dumb in amazement

Thanks, Biz I absolutely loved it. Such a beautiful song I get just a bit teary-eyed listening to this song. Great reaction❤️✌️🌼

Many of Pink Floyds classics are available on the Pulse tour. Everyone of them is worth a view and a listen

the stages of death.

Absolute magic...EVERY time I hear it.

The story I read is that she ad-libbed this.

If there’s a rock n roll Heaven, you know there’s one He!! of a Band! Life is just a one night stand. Got my speed brakes on, end of the runway is short! Got a ticket for the ultimate concert…it is ALL good!

What a banger 🔥🔥🔥

Richard Wright requested this song for his funeral during his lifetime. He asked Durga Mc Broom, a backing singer from the Pink Floyd World Tour, to sing the song at his funeral. There is still an unconfirmed rumor that Durga was accompanied on the piano by none other than John Lord from Deep Purple.

On a live performance they had 3 different singers doing this one song - I prefer this singer over all of them

YES!

A great example of how "Dark Side of the Moon" was/is a concept album. One of the main sound engineers was Alan Parsons, pre-Alan Parsons Project, brought so much to the sound elements together, especially with this song. The studio version of Clare Torry singing is the gold standard and could never be matched, not even by Clare herself. It was a once in a lifetime performance.

Burned into my brain for ages maybe for all time

Yes, this was a Masterpiece within a ....Masterpiece:). I don't know if I would want to drive around listening to this, but kicked back in my Captains chair in the sweet spot between the speakers with my favorite libation and/or a big fat spliff:) ...Now we're talkin'.

To me the feeling that Clare Torry conveys is the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Example: Imagine you just received a diagnosis of cancer or the loss of a loved one. With that in mind, listen to it again. You will see what I mean.

14X platinum and longest charted album

Grief, fear, anger and finally acceptance....all communicated without a word

The singer, Clare Torry, recorded this ad lib. Everyone was so blown away that they decided that it would be the final version. A sad post-script, BTW - Clare was heavily pregnant while recording this, and miscarried a couple of days later. Either the strain was too much, or the song was the baby saying goodbye.

@lynnhoffman247

6 ай бұрын

I believe you’re thinking of Merry Clayton singing on a Rolling Stone’s song (Gimme Shelter). I have never heard this story about Clare.

@jamesdignanmusic2765

6 ай бұрын

@@lynnhoffman247 oops - you could be right...

I'm with you Biz. The best way to listen to an album is start-to-finish, with no interruptions...preferably with no background noise either. That's how my friends & I did it...back in the day. ✌😎

They Best Song Forever

Glad you did this one.

She performed this vocal start to finish...not pieced together from different takes.

@psbarrow

6 ай бұрын

Incorrect. She did two takes and "The ultimate version is a combination of two tracks performed by the singer” (quote from "Pink Floyd All the Songs", by Jean-Michel Guesdon, p. 320).

Beautiful!!

I think it's always good to revisit music that didn't appeal to you when you were young because so often life, experiences and growth will open your eyes (ears) to things you couldn't appreciate at first. There are dozens of artists that i have great appreciation for now versus when i was younger, and im SO glad. 🤘🤘

You really should just get comfortable and sit back, listen to it by yourself. You'll enjoy it much more.

So beautiful. ❤

Just fantastic

Instant click! Guaranteed mind-blown reaction. I like your vids anyway, but here, no hesitation. Prime YT reaction gold. Keep up the great choices.

🙏❤🌹 Syd & Rick 🌹❤🙏

The great Biz in the Sky.

Best enjoyed as a full album listen preceded by the herb of your choice. ♥

This song is about the transition of life to death askng the question is there a heaven , it is one of the most beautiful stunning pieces of music ever created , listen to the words at the beginning , they are hauntingly prophetic

Epic!

However carefully Pink Floyd's live band backing vocalists have been selected over the years, there is a massive difference between doing two brand new and impovised takes in the studio, and singing a rendition of the recording night after night. Many singers have done a good job on the road, but Clare Tory's original remains unmatched. It's simply impossible to bring that level of emotion every night during a tour.

well said !!!!

The great Albums are meant to listen from end even the not so great

My fav female voices of all time in order are - Ella Fitzgerald, Amy Lee, Roberta Flack, Patti Labelle, Etta James and Clare Torry in 6th just ahead of Amanda Marshall ( listen to studio album version of Beautiful Goodbye ) and Ann Wilson

@ronaldelliott4373

6 ай бұрын

Like your list. Anyone that doesn’t have Ella on top wasn’t paying attention. Regards

@reallymysterious4520

6 ай бұрын

@@ronaldelliott4373 Thank you ! It always used to annoy me when some people would try to tell me that Aretha Franklin was a way better singer than Ella - even Aretha would have probably told them that Ella was the true Queen. If you haven't heard of this singer before please check out the studio album version of Beautiful Goodbye by Amanda Marshall and let me know what you think of her voice. I would actually put her just ahead of Ann Wilson on my list

@ronaldelliott4373

6 ай бұрын

@@reallymysterious4520 Amanda’s got a beautiful voice. The end of Beautiful Goodbye is perhaps her at her best. A much under appreciated artist who’s been touring through Canada last yr. I know my wife would love to see her come our way in The States one day soon. Dark Horse, Let It Rain…. all good stuff from back in the day. 👈

Killin it lately Biz with ur reactions! Keep it flowing How about a little more Allman Bros Band, maybe off the Wipe the Windows... live album. "Don't Want You No More/ Not My Cross to Bear". Excellent version

❤❤❤

Yes, listen to the whole album on your own. Then tell us your thoughts on it. I used to lie in bed, lights out, headphones on and go on a trip without even being on psychedelics. Can't wait until you get to their songs on Animals

🔥

This album is made to hit play and listen for the whole 40-something minutes as a single soundtrack. Most of the songs flow into the next and don't stand alone (except maybe Money). Every reactor of a younger age does this single song thing, which could make no sense for some of the tracks.

What I imagine dying is like inside the mind... Then the next song is the transition to heaven/whatever afterlife you believe in.

Brave man... a written review of DSOTM Probably one of the most analysed, studied and discussed Prog Rock Album of all time! So there's some competition out there on this one. The only thing going for is if you stick to your own personal experience. That I would love to see!❤

Love from UK and me bro

@watchbizmatik

6 ай бұрын

🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿

That was interpretation of Death throes

If you like albums might I suggest The Kinks "Schoolboys in Disgrace." Even if you don't put it on your show, you should listen to it.

But you see the tetrahedron on the cover. The body may die, but the essence is onward beyond the body.

You have to check their live version. It's even better.

@psbarrow

6 ай бұрын

LOL

@lynnhoffman247

6 ай бұрын

Uhm, no 😂

I agree with people that Dark Side should be heard in its entirety, but some track on the album work by themselves, Money, Time, Us and Them. But this one is one of the songs that I agree needs to be heard as part of the album. It doesn't do much for me as a stand-alone track. And Pulse was twenty plus years later. Roger Waters, the main writer on this period of Pink Floyd, had left the band ten years earlier. I just think the studio version is almost always better. I'll go with a live version if it were done around the same time as the studio release. Watching a band twenty years later is okay, if you've already seen/heard everything up to that point. jmo

When your breathing your last few breaths what emotions will YOU go through?

It depicts the 5 stages of dying.

Pulse tour w/Sam Brown, Durga McBroom & Claudia Fontaine Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (PULSE Restored & Re-Edited) kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIuOmMqmeM2YfaQ.htmlsi=CtoAJ8StB_dPgBOP

Interesting to hear this as a standalone song and not in the context of the entire record.

There’s lyrics about 3/4 of the way through “if you can hear this whisper you are dying” . The band members were in the control room and didn’t converse with her when she first met them, she did a first track of “scubby do, scat, de daa” singing that was popular in that time period, David came out and gave her a beer and told her “no words”, she did another track, no one commented and then she said goodbye and left being confused thinking nothing about it and not knowing if they liked it or if they would use it. There’s a KZread vid of a interview with her about the experience, she’s just a small proper english church marm type of lady, not the visual picture you would associate with this track. Didn’t get paid or credited at the time also🤦‍♂️

@Llydrwydd

6 ай бұрын

The spoken words heard are actually "I never said I was frightened of dying" apparently spoken by the wife of the road manager Peter Watts.

@lynnhoffman247

6 ай бұрын

@@Llydrwydd🎯👍🏼

Great reaction to , as you said, a Masterpiece, as is the Album. FYI the vocalist, Claire Torrey (?), also does the backing vocals on Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter'. Some pipes. I saw Pink Floyd freshman in college, April 1972. Still best concert I've experienced. I'd recommend live Pink Floyd from Umma Gumma for similar song vibes to DSOM.

@tomroome4118

6 ай бұрын

Merry Clayton was the vocalist on "Gimme Shelter".

@alrivers2297

6 ай бұрын

​@@tomroome4118 Correct

@lynnhoffman247

6 ай бұрын

@@tomroome4118I’ve never heard this about Clare either. This guy, or maybe someone else, said Clare was pregnant during this performance and miscarried 2 days later…it was Merry that lost her baby. 🤦🏼‍♀️

You owe it to yourself to listen to this entire album in one sitting Biz. Grab a nice glass of bourbon and maybe smoke a little something and put the headphones on.

The 5 stages of death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

@psbarrow

6 ай бұрын

There is no evidence Clare knew anything about such stages, or used them in her singing as she said: “They didn’t know what they wanted, just said it was a birth and death concept. I looked suitably baffled and just sang something off the top of my head ..."

@capetowntrikeman

6 ай бұрын

@@psbarrow You are probably quite correct but that is the way I interpret the track. No matter what, it is still a stunning song that speaks to the soul. Have a great day!

@psbarrow

6 ай бұрын

@@capetowntrikeman I think the way she sings it does indeed resonate with the stages of death, which is quite remarkable, given she didn't know about (or apply to the song) Kübler-Ross's theory. Cheers.

SECOND TAKE, NO INSTRUCTIONS, SHE IS WHITE! I THINK ONE OF THE BEST PIECES OF MUSIC, THANKS FOR THE ORINGINAL!

It's a cycle of death.

Great gig in the Sky is death..

She sounds like an angel to me

Which one is Pink??

Ya'll got the shlyrics? There's only one.😁

😢I was unsubbed from you 2 times and it was a couple of weeks apart. I thought it was KZread the first time , I know it's KZread this time. Maybe you should be telling everyone check that they are still subscribed. I think it's funny how they pick and choose when to strike different channels for the same song

Have you checked out Rush 2112 yet if you want to listen to a whole album that's the one