She tells the story of life and death without a single word.

@juliemanarin4127

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@James_Loveless

4 жыл бұрын

Clare Torry did whisper " I never said I was frightened of dying "

@sukie584

4 жыл бұрын

@@James_Loveless Patricia Watts, the wife of their road manager says that.

@zhanki_8064

4 жыл бұрын

One word: ahhhhhh

@johndrotar8346

4 жыл бұрын

dam right

The piano and organ parts are written by Richard Wright r.i.p. Now ,on to the incredible Clare Torry vocal performance. The whole vocal arrangement was IMPROVISED ,in one masterful take. The bassist,vocalist,lyricist atmosphericist and arranger,was sitting in the control room behind the board,when Clare began to sing some improvised words.Roger Waters, the genius behind the architecture of Pink Floyd sound,ABRUPTLY stopped the music.He jumped out from behind the mixing console,and burst into the vocal booth.He told Clare , that there must be NO WORDS and only VOCAL SOUNDS.He then told her that he would assist her by CONDUCTING her vocal,and he put on a set of headphones with his "conductor cue sheet"in hand ,and motioned to producer Alan Parsons to begin recording.Over the next 5 minutes,according to Clare ,Roger was an animated"wild Englishman with arms flailing about and emotional facial expressions, the next ,during the quiet parts,finger to his lips and the soulful eyes reaching deeply into her own soul;with the both of them in a tender moment of tearful eyes and a heartfelt embrace.Roger helps Clare ,out of the booth and they walk silently to the control room and as they enter,Alan cues the start of the track;one of the most iconic moments in music history,is alive. Thank U4 your valuable time.Hope U enjoyed the history.🌚🌝✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨

Clare Torry what a beautiful voice! I was 16 and had a part time job in 1976, I saved my money for a cheap 8 track $100.00 stereo. I bought this album in 8 track and I still have the 8 track recording! I loved listening to this late at night in the dark with just the glow of my stereo!

Quite possibly the most beautiful song ever written, and from what I hear , the vocal part wasn't even WRITTEN, it was improvised. Amazing.

@chipurBillWhite

4 жыл бұрын

CL8ON J Years later she sued for writing credit - and she won.

@movietimeateds69

4 жыл бұрын

I took 7g of shrooms and met God while listening to this song.

After 45 plus years it still gets to me

@armadillotoe

4 жыл бұрын

I was 21 when this came out. Now I am approaching 68, and I haven't gotten tired of it yet.

@dominiquelacroix8148

4 жыл бұрын

@@armadillotoe same with 61 for me.... always tears in my eyes when listening to that masterpiece. Cheers from France.

@louisgoff7971

4 жыл бұрын

@@armadillotoe Same here and I'm 67.

@Andre-je6om

4 жыл бұрын

@@dominiquelacroix8148 Same here 61 too....always... greetings from Portugal

Dark Side Of The Moon.....one of the greatest musical masterpieces ever created.

@kathleenkarsten5739

4 жыл бұрын

Cosmic86x Indeed it is! 😍

@Lee-70ish

4 жыл бұрын

Saw them Earls Court in 74 Darksides first outing Stunning

@robertrobertson2117

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lee-70ish was Claire touring with them at that point?

@martycech5844

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@nikospikos68

3 жыл бұрын

After "Animals" of course....

If they don't play this by my deathbed, I'm not going !

@ssshadowwolf6762

4 жыл бұрын

StinkFingerr Lol!

@spacemunky53

4 жыл бұрын

I want... my old mans a dustman!

@Andre-je6om

4 жыл бұрын

ah ah ah well said

@kathleenkarsten5739

4 жыл бұрын

StinkFingerr Hahaha! Crack me up! 🤣🤣🤣 I’m with YOU!

@sentientmlem727

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Her voice reflects anger, denial, mourning and then acceptance without a word spoken.

@TheClonemenot

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I wanted to explain it but you did it perfectly with few words.

@7475bluesman

4 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said.

@scatton61

4 жыл бұрын

She gets right into ones soul.

@silviodante6792

3 жыл бұрын

The 3 ladies that sing on the Pulse live album all sound beautiful as well. Floyd always did a great job of finding great talent to accompany them on tour.

Clare Torry...she was paid 30 British Pounds for the studio session. She won a settlement from Pink Floyd in 2005 and all subsequent releases of Dark Side of the Moon give her a vocal credit.

@direnova6284

4 жыл бұрын

She always had vocal credit, she won co-writers credit because it was improvised. Thereby getting royalties.

@dtennow

4 жыл бұрын

Her current net worth is 10 million. So, I'm sure she did pretty well off that settlement.

@direnova6284

4 жыл бұрын

@@dtennow Not bad for a morning's work. Session musicians get to work with bands or artists that have popular careers and they use that exposure to advance their own career. Alan parsons was an engineer on that album and using his own creativity used it as a springboard for a successful career of his own. That's the deal, I don't remember Parsons suing Floyd cos he came up with the idea of recording all those clocks at the beginning of Time. Many session musicians improvise their parts but would never expect writers credit, Floyd must have caved real easy for her to win that case.

@CensoredByYouTube.

4 жыл бұрын

@Direnova Parson's recording of the clocks was reportedly done apart from his work with Pink Floyd, as an experiment he was doing with the then-trendy new quadraphonic surround sound format. It was simply a happy accident that it came to be used for _Time_ . And no, Parsons didn't sue, but in later interviews it was apparent that he sure wasn't happy that the Floyd had pretty much taken all of the creative credit for _DSOTM_ for themselves, when his efforts and genius were as integral to the "sound" of that album as George Martin's were to the Beatles.

@aryansigrid

4 жыл бұрын

She also got a large glass of Guiness as part of her payment.

One of these days you have to listen to this album top to bottom nonstop🤟🏽☮️

@MrDiddyDee

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, this is one of those albums that needs to be heard from start to finish, that's the full journey. The tracks segue into one another, it's like a classical piece of music with some recurring lyrical and musical themes.

@davidjames7106

4 жыл бұрын

One of these days, is a good song too

@nick260682

4 жыл бұрын

Tony Mazzoni FUCKING YES I know it’s cliche but you have to listen to the whole album.

@user-hj1ds7yp3b

4 жыл бұрын

With the headphones on

@IPODEWARRIOR17

4 жыл бұрын

Its truly a experience

My mother passed away a year ago after a long fought illness. This song.... damn....

@briganfree3656

4 жыл бұрын

Telynn S Yes my mother an opera fan suddenly took to listening to this frequently after my father died. She had me get the album for her too. When she was coming out of her grief a couple of years later she suddenly stopped listening to it and in fact could not bare to hear it anymore.

@legatobluesummers4290

4 жыл бұрын

My father passed away in 2017. He introduced me to Pink Floyd. His favorite album was The Wall. After he passed away, I listened to this song. It hit me so hard. God..... life is so short.

Ah, you’re here! I have played this for friends who could not tell Pink Floyd apart from the Pink Panther...and they all love this one... And Claire Torry will be the first person you hear in Heaven...

Clare Torry. Short, little, white, British girl.

@s1d299

4 жыл бұрын

and posh, to boot what a baller

@stevious7278

4 жыл бұрын

And did it in two takes!! She's on you tube talking about it.

@ddriveddrive4986

4 жыл бұрын

Rudy Toot a real tory that one

@smyffmawzz

4 жыл бұрын

So you keep telling us Alan !

@marvinc999

4 жыл бұрын

@@smyffmawzz "So you keep telling us" And so he bloody well should ! Clare's voice had ME fooled for decades................................................

Claire Torry is her name.... Peace. :)

This is just the most exceptional musical expression of grief, pain, loss and want that I have ever heard. Clare Torry, we will never forget you...

The stages of death: Shock, disbelief, anger, denial, acceptance, peace.

RIP Richard Wright.

You don't need to pause Pink Floyd. They're more relaxed than many others about copyright. They even allow whole album reviews. :)

@SvenTviking

4 жыл бұрын

They’ve made their money.😆

The last few minutes of this song always nearly makes me cry. 😢 Just overwhelmed by the beauty of it, I think.

Pink floyd - Echoes, Live im Pompeii 1972. Just watch and listen.

@grantdumas4076

4 жыл бұрын

I would do the studio version. The live version is broken into two parts which ruins the flow of the song.

@viniciusnascimento1993

4 жыл бұрын

@@grantdumas4076 No way, the studio version is not even lose of how iconic it's the live version. And she listend only studio versions so far, and Pompeii 1992 is considered for many the best show of the band. i would be ok with only part 1.

@bigneon_glitter

4 жыл бұрын

The Pompeii version is the first listen. Meddle doesn't compare.

I am so glad Clare Torry finally got her credit and compensation for this masterpiece.

@another3997

2 жыл бұрын

Whilst Clare Torry deserves (and always got) credit for her performance, the fact that is she was a session singer. She came in to do some vocals, and was paid the going rate for her time and use of her voice. It's easy to say she should have been paid more etc, but session singers and musicians contribute something to many very successful musical artists. They don't get huge recognition or vast sums of money. If they want those, they need to forge their own musical careers.

@blackdiamond6077

2 жыл бұрын

@@another3997 I don't know what she made. I hope she got paid well. I feel her contribution to the song is heavy.

@AldousHuxleysCat

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackdiamond6077 think she was awarded composition credit and back royalties. She created this vocal, she wasn't singing from a prewritten chart

@oahuhawaii2141

Жыл бұрын

I've read she was paid £30 for her hour of session work. She didn't even know if Pink Floyd would use her work on the album because they didn't say anything to her about it. Sometime later, she passed a record store with a Pink Floyd ad, so she stopped to look at the album. She saw her name for vocal credits, and bought the album.

@michaelsangster2354

5 ай бұрын

​@another3997 a session singer comes in and sings a written lyrics and leaves with their session fee. Clare Torry came in and was told roughly what they were looking for. At that point she basically composed that solo. If she recorded that today she would have walked out with a writers credit. But it was a different music industry back then. So yes she finally got a writers credit for the song and made millions.

Richard Wright on the keyboards. One of the great composers of our time. He had this written and didn't know what to do with it. Amazing what was done with it, no? Floyd always surprises.

@FloridaRocks

4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. 😔

@bettybarton3832

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, Richard Wright composed the chord sequence and Clare Torry composed the top line melody.

Sound engineering back in those days was incredible ! Listen to that ! Perfect

During live concerts, there are usually 3 to 4 backup singers doing Clare's singing.

@williamjust

4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, the album has too much Pink Floyd and not enough Clare Torry. Live performances (e.g. P.U.L.S.E) get a better balance.

@baskoning9896

4 жыл бұрын

Who do a great job, but nothing can copy Clare perfectly. Her trip is.. insane.

Claire Torry. She was a session singer who got called in the middle of the night and arrived at the studio in pjs and dressing gown with curlers in her hair and did this mega masterpiece in ONE TAKE! It’s a journey Birth to Death...This is why we oldies have trouble dealing with your generations music!😁

She got this all in just two takes. And they needed three women to do the live version

@Andre-je6om

4 жыл бұрын

And yet there are some levels below Clare. greetings from Portugal

@sopwithpuppy

4 жыл бұрын

Pink Floyd need to use three backup singers to perform this live. There are not many that can perform all three parts, even in a studio, even with auto-tune. The Australian Pink Floyd show performed this live with one singer, Amy Smith, and she completely NAILS IT! Do yourself a favor and check this out. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nqiowbuMk9yphso.html

@Andre-je6om

4 жыл бұрын

@@sopwithpuppy It's true, you're right I didn't know this version there's no doubt Amy Smith is fantastic. Greetings from Portugal

This song is about facing death

@HarryGuit

4 жыл бұрын

Damo Paul I rather think it is about mourning. This fabulous singer goes through all the stages of mourning. Her name is Clare Torry.

Greatest, recorded, vocal solo of all time? Has to be in the conversation.

Greatest rock vocal performance without using actual words.....

@deltaex2621

4 жыл бұрын

It is a guitar solo, but vocally. The performance is technically great, but is inspired by Gilmor's solos; that is where the art is derived. The soul comes from his playing/inspiration..

Yes, damn right, Pink Floyd definitely take you on a journey. To go on the whole journey though, you need to experience the album in one go, just as the band intended. All the tracks musically flow non-stop into one another. Each track telling it's own part of the full message.

@user-kn5vp2qq6d

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, for Pink Floyd album is like a book and songs are chapters in it. It starts in the beginning goes through different stages and ends at the end when everything comes together and gets sense, stands firmly as a rock. Still you are making a great job here. I love to watch you how hear songs for the first time and how they effect you. And for that I guess it does not matter in which order you are listening to songs, a lot of us know them already. While for your understanding when reacting to Pink Floyd is best to later hear whole album, maybe in private not public time so you get answers for a lot of questions that you come across while reacting to songs. But so far you get the point each time because you are listening with your heart.

Your reaction was exactly what the composer was hoping for. Perfect.

It's like somebody's sadness put to life in a song but instead of lyrics There's crying and wailing because of all the sorrow and then when she slows down in the middle it's kind of like when you cry yourself out and you just can't cry no more and then it starts up again and then just kind of Fades out

You can find a concert from 1990 where Clare Torry-the session singer who laid down this masterpiece got out on stage and played with them. After all that time she could STILL rock it... Glad you dig this stuff! Your eclectic taste shows you don't settle for staying in lanes or paying attention to boundaries, cheers ma'am!

Without saying a word the female vocal tells a whole story. I can feel the heartbreak, the wanting, the love & the pain.

you are so lucky to have stumbled upon rock's TOP 5 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.....THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL INCREDIBLE MOMENTS IN ROCK HISTORY.......all this song needs is a hammock , a joint , and a beer....remember.....you don't listen to pink floyd.........you experience them.......act accordingly......

Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts 6-9. The studio version is amazing. It will take you on an amazing, unpredictable ride

Pink Floyd isn't something you just listen to. It's something you 'experience". Glad you got to experience this. :)

About bloody time lass! Much anticipated indeed. Glad you liked it (good analysis btw). Keep up the good work...

Claire Tory. Began listening to this album when I was 15 in 1973. I always thought this was a black woman singing. Never crossed my mind it was a little British girl. Blew me away

And she sang perectly the same way time and time again.. she was amazing

People often overlook it because the vocals, piano and organ are so overpowering but the bass guitar is sublime in this song!

Clare Torrey such a most brilliant singer I heard was paid $40 U.S to do this pick up gig. And because of this we have music like the world will never forget. Bless Clare and bless Floyd

That song is a musical journey!!!

The musicianship and her voice are staggering but pay attention to the composition and construction of this masterpiece. I believe they are musical geniuses. Makes me proud to be English.

love seeing peoples reaction to when they listen to the great Pink Floyd for the 1st time

The song is about death and the piano is the human heart. It fades out.

That was the sound of someone not wanting to let go of life and then coming to grips with it in the end...

I grew up with all this stuff, pink floyd, led zep, black sabbath, judas priest. Seen most of them live at various venues in london, so i'm really into this. I luv watchin your face when you listen to it, makes me smile!!!

So Nice to hear someone giving Richard Wright the credit he deserves on this great song, Tori teared it with her fabulous voice but this couldn't be possible without Mr wright.

I hit like right when I saw you were reacting to GGITS I knew you'd be blown away. Peace.

This singer ( Clare Torry ) did this song in ONE take. (1) and if that wasnt enough.... This lady never heard this song before she did it. The pushed play at the recording studio and as it was playing for her to hear she just started in and did the whole thing. The did other takes but it was that first one they used. It felt just right.

This song is right up your alley, in so many ways.

Thanks ScribeCash - an old man wishes he could come and have you take him to your church

You are a beautiful soul to let this stunning piece of music into your heart

More Pink Floyd, subscribed! Dinged the bell.

The journey is her dying, her first fear and the journey of acceptance to her end. That is what I got from this song when I first heard it in 1973.

Pink Floyd...the entire album is like one song and is meant to be listened to in its entirety. They did this in one take!

@GrandManor

4 жыл бұрын

Julie Manarin according to Clare Torry she sang 2 takes. They asked for a 3rd, and she told them no, they had what they needed.

Saw Pink Floyd in the 70's and again in the 80's, amazing musicians and creators. Nothing like a Floyd concert.

@mikesimonian484

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, they made concerts an experience to remember. Saw walls and Animals.

She isn't a singer in this IMHO she's another instrument in the band it's a conceptual thing ...

@tomlongland1469

3 жыл бұрын

I believe she won her case for the argument that her "wailing style" actually created the lyrical side of the song in 2004. She now is credited on all DSM albums , as she should be . IMHO

All that screaming were the words.. she sang that whole,part in a scream so beautiful, an art long lost I might say!!! Singing in tone with the other instraments!!!

Thanks for reacting to one of my favorite songs!!!

Process of dying: denying/struggling then phase of acceptance then relief/blessings/finding Peace "Musical eargasm" confirmed 😇

Pink Floyd keyboard player Rick Wright wrote this song, which is about life, gradually descending into death. Hence the angrier and more intense first half with a dying person refusing to "go gently into that good night." The second half is gentler, as the dying person gives into the inevitable and fades away.

Dogs, Pigs and Sheep are Pink Floyd must listens. Especially Dogs, which might be their best song, imo.

@mikesimonian484

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely there with Shine on You Crazy Diamond

The first part is anger at death. The second part is acceptance of death and lastly the third part is moving on.

Joy, Passion and Pain a story in those vocals

This song is about after you die, and what you think about before you die. The great gig in the sky means heaven, and how even when you die, you still have music to play.

I believe she was a session singer in London. You said it, Pink Floyd IS a musical journey.

@sopwithpuppy

4 жыл бұрын

Clare Torrey walked into the studio as a mere session backup singer. She walked out a little while later unsure whether Pink Floyd would use her work. When Alan Parsons performed the magic that became Dark Side Of The Moon, she became a goddess.

@marymargaretmoore9034

4 жыл бұрын

@@sopwithpuppy Didn't know she did any vocals besides GGITS.

you are right about Pink Floyd music being a journey - Dark Side of the Moon is a concept album that tells a story, and each song segues smoothly into the next - it a great experience to take the full journey and listen to the entire album in one sitting

Pink Floyd,,,the most inovated band in the world

Clare Tory still gives me chills in 2020

You're right about taking us on a journey, and you describe it eloquently, but I think Pink Floyd speaks to that silent scream inside and gives us all license to set it free...

Guaranteed goosebumps every damn time.

As someone who came up in the 70's and 80's,I was privileged to experience a lot of great music. If I may suggest,listen to Jefferson Starship's "Miracles" from the 1975 album "Red Octopus". It was arguably the best song of their career. When you listen to it,you'll understand why.....trust me.

If you listen carefully to all of their albums it is a real musical journey, from one song to the next and one album to the next.

Fear, death, mourning....ACCEPTANCE. Perfection.

I knew Scribe's head was going to explode when she heard that beautiful woman singing. Heavenly.

Girl lets it all out....love, joy, fear, pain, anger, confusion...

This album is the greatest selling album since Thriller, and it was recorded in ONE take, these guys had no idea what they were going to do that day, the singer was hired by word and she came in and did her thing, she came out the studio crying thinking she had made a mess of it, the producer must of had the best day of his life absolutely. Pink Floyd aren't a T shirt they are one of the greatest music ever.

Who are the 4 fools disliking the BEST VOCAL EVER on a Rock album......

@gaius_enceladus

3 жыл бұрын

It's possible they were reacting to this woman **stopping** the music in the middle of a song.

@sarahdaw6648

3 жыл бұрын

@@gaius_enceladus They have to because it will be blocked by the Record Company/artist.

@sarahdaw6648

3 жыл бұрын

@@gaius_enceladus If she doesn't it will get copyright strike and blocked.

Part of what really makes the emotion kick through is the fact that she not only isn't doing words, she's not even doing any consonants. It's all vowels and that's where the primal emotion lies. Even with the same notes it wouldn't have been as powerful if she was doing the usual scat singing like "Ba dee bop sha bamalamb ba doo doop".

I'm glad I found your channel!!!! Loving your reactions

Clare Torrey was given two instructions for this song. 1.) Sing as if it was the last song you would ever sing. and 2.) Use no words.

love your vlog goodluck from scotland love this song

I heard this song over 40 years ago for the first time and have been mesmerized by it since then. Watching your reaction brings back the feelings from back then. Thank you for sharing your musical expertise and your emotions.

You really need to check out the Pulse concert! Epic :-)

@vladimirglezos

4 жыл бұрын

Pulse version of Comfortably numb is another level of human experience.

@MyHumanizer

4 жыл бұрын

I remember listening to that recording the first time. When the first singer hits that screaming high note I instantly, compulsively started sobbing. It just nailed through my heart.

Great review! Been listening to this song since the 70’s and you picked up on things I never considered relevant.

One of the most iconic Pink Floyd songs ever. Just gives me chills still after decades of listening to it.

And youve just been pinked welcome to pink floyd

Great reaction girl!!!

i knew you would love this

I understood what the guy at the beginning of song since I first listened to this in the 70s. Bit it was today I understand the whisper near the end of the song. "If the can hear this whisper, you are dying. "

Still makes me cry...thank god.

clare torry invented at least 3 new octives in this ...no autotune no rehearsal just stepped up to the mic and freaking killed it

It's a great mark of artists when they allow themselves to be upstaged by a guest singer on their own album. They knew they had nothing to prove, so they got the best, to give the best.

Yea, Clare Torry, "Mama" Cass Elliot, Ella Fitzgerald, Grace Slick, those girls could all belt out tunes that really moved your soul, NO AutoTune required...

This one will stay with you the rest of your life.

Guess i now should listen to YOUR music. Your appreciation if music i grew up on, is, awesome.

In those days people made ('concept') albums that were musical journeys as you say of this song. DSOTM is probably the best example ever made. I first heard the whole album lying in bed in a pitch dark room on holiday on a hillside in Provence, France in 1974. I was never the same after that.

1973,,no computer crap,,,just raw talent