During recording, the band asked studio employees questions like "are you scared to die", "when was the last time you were violent", etc, and recorded their answers. Bits and pieces found their way onto the album.

My brother became schizophrenic when he was 18 many years ago -- he told us when he became more stable that he started using LSD to cover up that he was experiencing audio and visual hallucinations -- He said it was easier to blame it on drug use and not on falling into a deep mental illness -- Its been many many years he has and still battles this terrible illness -- He was a very smart and funny and creative child and it stole everything from him -- so sad

I've always thought that opening section comprised of Speak to Me and Breathe was capturing the moment of birth and consciousness, respectively.

I'm thrilled that someone is finally taking a real in-depth interest in this album! As a really loyal fan of this band, I applaud it and give it a thumbs up! "Speak to me" is actually kind of an abbreviated taste of what's to come. It's a mixture of short snippets of songs that will follow on the TDSOM album. You can hear a helicopter (On the Run), coins jingling (Money), laughter (Brain Damage), a clock ticking (Time), a woman's voice screaming (The Great Gig in the Sky), etc. Well edited and perfectly atmospheric. I dare say it's these little things that make this the best rock (and maybe music) album ever. Famous! I've listened to it probably a hundred thousand times and every time I'm thrilled and moved... By the way - this album is not primarily about Syd Barrett's life. It's a philosophical look at the ordinary things that happen in a person's life and what troubles them. You can take a lesson from every lyric you hear on this album, or at least reflect on it. I thank God for giving birth to this work and for gifting Barrett, Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason with such talent. I wouldn't change a note or a word. It is an absolutely perfect work. I look forward to hearing more reactions... Please excuse my English. I'm from the Czech Republic and I'm helping myself to a translator...

I saw this album live by them in Boston in 1975, after that set they did Echoes for the encore. The experience for 4 hippies tripping out on their amazing vibe and incredible 5 channel PA was overwhelming. Best band I ever saw live, they are the pinnacle of music experience for me. 🎵

I think that it (Dark Side of the Rainbow) is one of the greatest coincidences of all time. So glad you're doing the entire album; you'll understand why it should be listened to in full.

You will love doing the whole album. Imagine hearing it for the first time as an 18 year old in 1973. It changed my entire view of music.

You couldn'rt know this by Speak To Me was all the songs on the album mashed together. That unique guitar sound is Gilmour on a lap steel guitar

I love Gilmour’s voice!! I’ve always thought he sounded genuine, and he annunciates his words very clearly and speaks his words with truth and wisdom!

My first introduction to DSOTM, I was about 12 years old on an extended school field trip and became terribly motion sick on the bus. It was late and dark. One of the chaperones gave me a can of coke to settle my stomach and a Walkman with Darkside in it to help me relax. I had no idea what it was at the time, but the moment was indelible. It was about 3 years and an exposure to The Wall later that I became enthralled with Floyd and rediscovered Darkside of the Moon. That was 35 years ago, and I'm just as enthralled today.

Your brilliant analysis has made me see the 'Dark Side of the Moon' in a different light! (Pun intended). I'd love to see you dive into other great '70s Progressive Rock bands, such as Genesis, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, etc.

Gilmour's guitar on the left is picking chords, and fed through a 'Flanger' effect which creates an up and down sweeping sound to the notes. The lead part is a lap steel guitar, which lays with the fretboard facing upwards, and, as the name suggests, you sit with it across your lap, or sometimes on a small stand. The style of playing creates a dreamy glide between notes and chords. The instrument is mostly associated with Hawaiian and country music, but David Gilmour has used one on many of Pink Floyd's album tracks from their very earliest days onwards to create a beautiful ethereal atmosphere.

The greatest / most awesome album of all time. The cool sustained guitar notes are from Gilmour's steel guitar (pedal steel / lap guitar), you can see him play one at Pulse concert video for "High Hopes" -

"And you'll never hear surf music again." - Jimi Hendrix, 'Third Stone....." It's easy to hear why Roger would hand off some vocal duties to Dave. I love Gilmour's pedal-steel playing too! The volume swells are a great go-with, device.

the album stayed on the top bill board 100 albums on earth.....for 10 years.....

Handsome pink shirt while reacting to Pink Floyd. Good job!!

Dark Side of the Rainbow is just coincidence but trippy and fun. Looking forward to that reaction 🙂

Breathe is a parent to their child - setting up the whole life journey that this side of the album explores.

Congratulations on 3k!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

I've always thought the intro track sounded like climbing while on a rollercoaster! The chains and gears and stuff! I love your reactions! I love how thoughtful and present you are in them! Good on you, sir :) And thank you for the content!

Wonderful heart felt comment

Great Gig in the Sky is going to blow his mind!

BTW thank you, thank you, thank you for not trying to pick individual tracks. In the 70s we took the beautiful black vinyl disc out of the stunning sleeve, put it on the turntable and didn't move until you heard the click click click .... Which meant (close open mouth, return to the real world), flip the disc and repeat.

Here's another band that you may find intriguing "The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post (9/23/1970)" Duane & Gregg Allman are the brothers in the band. Duane Allman is renowned for his slide guitar 🎸 he was killed in a motorcycle accident at the tender age of 24yrs. old. Gregg Allman played the organ/keyboard, vocalist, and songwriter, Dickey Betts another founding member lead guitarist, vocals, and songwriter. Butch Trucks drummer and founding member and Renaissance man Jaimoe (John Lee Johnson) founding member Drums, and percussionist. This is blues rock at its best, and I suggested this particular song to illustrate Duane's spectacular slide playing. RIP: Duane Allman U R Missed💔💔🔥🤘🎸🎹🤗

The last couple of songs relate to Syd. But the theme of the album as stated by Roger Waters is the pressures that life brings to bear on all of us. Money, madness, work, politics and war, time slipping away and getting old, the inequalities between the classes. Its about life basically.

So happy to see you reacting to this classic LP, Syed, that was in the top 100 albums on Billboard for over fifteen years straight, and then many more weeks after that! WHEN, not if, you get around to reacting to Queen and Supertramp I am going to suggest that to get the most enjoyment from learning about each bands music it is best to start early (Queen I,II, Sheer Heart Attack, etc.) and Supertramp from "Crime of the Century" album through "Breakfast In America" rather than just picking out later hits and then working your way back. Looking forward to the rest of your Dark Side reactions!

Rough place to cut it. Great analysis reaction.

Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin IV, AIC Dirt and Black Sabbath Paranoid, IMO, are albums that must be listened to in their entirety. I Love you insight and reaction, as always.

Breathe is one of my favs of the album. Best way to listen to the entire album; Headphones, dark room, laying on a bed and just enter the music in your mind. No drugs required!

The guitar sound is produces by a steel guitar played slide style. So it looks like a small table, with guitar strings stretched over it. Gilmour then slides a metal rod up and down the frets producing the sliiiiiiiding sound. I love it when Pink Floyd break this stuff out its such a cool sound

Speak To Me - the sound that a child can hear in the womb? Its mother's heartbeat? Followed by the scream heralding birth and entry into the world, followed by the first commandment of life; "Breathe!"

some of the sound effects and speaking voices were contributed by the producer alan parsons who also had a long career releasing his own albums

Got lightly "baked" (like back in the day) 😏 and ready to watch all 4 parts. Looking forward to a nice ride.

Brilliant analysis. Enjoy watching reactions by thinkers.

The guitar sounds are from a lap steel. It’s played like a slide held in your lap, thus it’s name. Used a great deal in music from Hawaii.

00:38 Any wink winks in Amsterdam ;o) Syd gets blames for a lot of LSD use for his illness but I have seen in interviews with the band where they blamed it on a different drug. That drug was Mandrake root, which is a class of drugs called deliriants, along with Tree Datura, Belladonna, and Henbane. The main psychoactive alkaloid being Scopolamine. Nice Shirt Mate :-)

This album is Pre-MTV (1973) can't hide behind some stupid Video to distract from Pink Floyd's sound.InThere live performances David Gilmour comes on stag in a black t-shirt and jeans and the audience is mesmerized.

The original lead singer, Syd Barrett, went crazy and left the band. "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" and "Wish You Were Here" about written directly to and about him. He actually turned up one day at the studio while they were recording Dark Side of the Moon and they had no idea who it was. Note: It is actually highly improbable that he went insane from LSD - even the massive amounts in each dose in the 1960's. He himself talked about feeling like his sanity was "slipping" or "loose" for years. Another commenter here mentioned that her brother used LSD to hide from others and himself that he was losing his sanity. Very likely what happened to Syd.

Recorded in Abbey Road studios in 1972 just a few years after the Beatles broke up

For this one you really have to listen to the entire album.This recording used to a a standard in high end audio stores. People really loved the acoustics. Suggestion: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) by Kate Bush. Now number one again! Amazing song. BTW it features David Gilmour.

Actually "Wish You Were Here" is the album that more closely talks about and is about Syd Barrett's life! Dark Side of the Moon is more of a biography of someone from birth to death not necessarily any of the band members. In other words "Breathe" is the first breath someone takes. And the last song "Eclipse" is kind of goodbye. The more you listen to Dark Side of the Moon you'll realize this.

I saw them on the tour for this LP back in the day. Still in my All Time Top 5 Concerts.

Loving the in depth reactions mate, refreshingly knowledgeable taste

Pink Floyd were the masters of space .. they let the music breathe ( pun intended) it’s what makes them uniquely special. Alan parson’s brilliance is also on display in the production.

Excellent point regarding historical perspective. I always find this song to offer the choices we have in life and the consequences thereof.

Very much enjoying your reactions ! Nice mix of thorough breakdowns with authentic intuitive response. The Floyd, Zeppelin and a smattering of Fleetwood Mac were the deafening soundtrack in my mates Ford Capri on weekend blasts to the Lakes

Id do more whole album reactions It puts the tracks into context

Great video! In fact, on speak to me there is a little part of every song of the album

Shortly before the first mixing began, Pink Floyd’s bassist Roger Waters had the idea of putting a series of questions on flash cards and approaching and recording various people who were around at Abbey Road Studios to give their first reactions to some questions. Starting with a few banal ones like, “What’s your favourite colour?” and “Why do you think a lot of bands split up?”, before then getting into deeper questions. Roger Waters then choose the most interesting replies, and added snippets of these interviews to a selection of the tracks. Track: SPEAK TO ME Question card: “Do you think you’re going mad, if so, why? "I've been mad for f***ing years, absolutely years. I've been over the edge for yonks. Working with bands so long, I think, …crikey." Chris Adamson (Pink Floyd’s roadie) "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, … like the most of us are. It's very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you were not mad." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) Track: ON THE RUN Question card: “Are you afraid of dying? "Live for today, gone tomorrow. That's me. Ha, ha, ha!" Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager) Track: THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY Question card: “Are you afraid of dying? "...And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? I see no reason for it. You've got to go sometime!" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) "...I aren’t frightened of dying at all, ‘cause when you gotta go, you gotta go!” Question: “Why are you frightened of dying” "I never said I was frightened of dying." Patricia (Puddie) Watts (Wife of Pink Floyd’s road manager) Track: MONEY "If I participate in this f***ing effort I hope I …I'm gonna get my gold disc at the end of it. Imagine that!” Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager) Question card: “When was the last time you thumped someone? Why did you do it? Did you think you were in the right? Do you still think you were in the right?” "Yeah! (ha-ha!) I was in the right. “ Henry McCullough (Guitarist for Paul McCartney’s band, ‘Wings’) “Yes, absolutely in the right!" (Unknown) "I certainly was in the right." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) "I was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising." Puddie Watts (Pink Floyd’s road manager’s wife) "Why does anyone do anything?" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) "I don't know …I was really drunk at the time!" Henry McCullough (Guitarist for Paul McCartney’s band, ‘Wings’) "After he just told me he was plugged into number 2, he was asking why it wasn't coming up on fader eleven. So, after yelling and screaming and telling him why it wasn't coming up on fader eleven…it came to a heavy blow, which sorted the matter out." Chris Adamson (Roadie for Pink Floyd) Track: US AND THEM "You’re not getting past me!" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) Question card: “What does the phrase 'The Dark Side of the Moon' mean to you?” "There is no dark side in the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the Sun" Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman) Question card: “When was the last time you thumped someone? Why did you do it? Did you think you were in the right? Do you still think you were in the right?” "I’m not gonna kill ya, so like …if you give 'em a quick, short, sharp, shock, they don't do it again. Dig it? I mean he got off light, 'cause I could've given him a thrashing. I only hit him once. It’s only a difference of right and wrong, innit? I mean, good manners don't cost nothing, do they, …eh?" Roger Manifold (Pink Floyd's road manager) Track: BRAIN DAMAGE Question card: (Unknown) "I can't think of anything to say except... I think it's marvellous!" Peter Watts (Pink Floyd's road manager) Track: ECLIPSE Question card: “What does the phrase 'The Dark Side of the Moon' mean to you?” "There is no dark side in the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark." Gerry O'Driscoll (Abbey Road Studios’ Doorman "I once reached a stage in my life where I was completely convinced that I'd gone over the brink, or that's what I cared to call it"! Roger "The Hat" Manifold ( Pink Floyd's road manager)

Real good analysis of the song, first heard this in 1977, some songs and albums back then were like mini-Motion Pictures.

Didn't realize I wasn't subscribed..My bad I am now👍

335th like with 3.820 views and 3.27K subs thanks well done

Not a coincidence. Pay attention. No drugs required. Just a nice musical/theatrical trick done with a heavy head. Like I said last week the best "gotcha" in music history. To say it's a coincidence just says you don't know what you're paying attention to. And no the band didn't admit it. Like the pledge the turn and The prestige a magician doesn't tell his secrets. Duh.

I like your intellectual approach to analyzing and understanding music. This is especially necessary in the case of Pink Floyd, who, in addition to top musicians, were also educated. And not taking into account the intellectual side of their work would be missing a big part of understanding their music. Well done. I am waiting for the next responses of the album.

Maybe you could do their live at Pompeii when there were young. So f’n good ✌️❤️ Oh btw thanks for taking in the album in a way it should be, with end of the song moving into the next. Fun fact I just watched the professor of rock (?) he was talking to Alan Parsons… who produced this album. Dark side of Oz is an urban myth. One that I have actually watched…it’s interesting. He also touched on other facts about album.

good reaction so far, just so you know, when I watch these reactions I'm mostly looking at the reactor's facial expressions......the analysis of the lyrics, is not as important but if yoiu want to do it fine.......just be aware that with Pink Floyd, there are different ways to interpret the album.......your best bet here is to mostly listen.

Get ready for a ride 🙂🔥👌😎

I heard first heard this album just over 40 years ago BUT recently I've watched a whole bunch of ”first reaction videos". Those 40 years are completely irrelevant! Every reactor today expresses the same "wow!", no-one says it's dated, or not relevant today. In fact both the audio experience and the intellectual commentary hit younger people today in just the way. Maybe one day, when we've all been uploaded to the world wide AI it will become a reflection of the past, but while we're still air breathing squishy lumps I think Dark Side of the Moon will continue to wow!

The album cover! Black and White to color. Wizard of Oz...black and white to color. Recognize the first color production...you could say they got rich! Coincidence that the song "Money" starts at the same time the color starts. Yeah right!

Your perspective on appreciating a pf album in its entirety is 100% on target.

It's good that you're changing your approach to Dark Side and listening to the work as a whole. I'm not sure how you began with Time (or just released it first) but you may want to check the track listing and re-listen to Time in it's proper order.

This sounds very similar to the song "Time" that you listened to not so long ago. Is seems like this song is the first phase of "Time", but like it's the prebirth to birth phase?

It is the DARK side of the moon, after all.

You should also do a livestream to watch The wall movie.

Oz doesn’t really fit the album. A Pothead just thought it fit but it doesn’t really. He was high and made it fit in his mind. There may be parts that match but it’s just a coinkidink! Good analysis on the album. Gilmours voice is sad and mournful as good as it is. You are right. And he’s saying life is a painful journey which it is. It can be joyful at times also but there’s far more pain in life than joy.

talk about bass. the two songs submitted here are from the same album with really nice bass lines blue oyster cult Divine Wind ***** blue oyster cult Deadline ***** great bass line

Nice 👍🏼, also sometime when you get back you should check out inquisitor, by Phideaux they are a progressive rock band

Most bands write and record songs. Pink Floyd creates soundscapes.

PLEASE DO "THE WALL" by PINK FLOYD....the best track to track concept album ever! 🇨🇦🇨🇦

Wink, Wink...LOL

I'm sure it isn't true but lyrically, it's as if Roger Waters never had a happy thought.

The production on this album is amazing. It does not sound like an early 70s album to me. I guess it had to stay on the billboard charts for 17 years just so the rest of the music world could catch up.

It's not the "voice of god"; it's a guy recognizing that another guy is wasting his life laboring manually while never considering cerebral issues.

Love your channel and I think you are the most insightful person doing these reaction videos, but one little thing bugs me. "Listen of". "Reaction of". Sounds weird Listen to? Reaction to?

god of this realm is saturn/satan. the Moon is the Iron Bell

Uh, the world still requires a shitload of manual labor man.

Roger will say many times he’s not a very skilled musician, Gilmour , wright , and Mason were far superior musicians . Roger was the main lyricist and was great at putting things together.. he has a great ear for what sounds right

Waters strength actually wasn't his bass playing. He frequently had others play the bass because frankly it wasn't always up to snuff. Like it's been said that Ringo Starr wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles, Waters probably wasn't even the best bass player in Pink Floyd. But Waters genius was found in so many other areas.

Actually, quite a lot of the bass work in the band was done by David - Roger not being the greatest bassist in the world!

FYI your hash tags are a bit off for this one

Please don't overlook the producer: Alan Parson.

The OZ thing is nonsense.

IMO Dark Side of the Rainbow is nonsense, I wouldn't waste time on it. Just get stoned, listen to one, watch the other.

Deja de pausar tanto a Pink Floyd! Que te corta la onda y solo vengo a escuchar Pink Floyd para despues escuchar tu analisis pero termino entrando al navegador cada vez que pausas para saltarte. Deja de decir "Lo siento voy a pausar rapidamente aqui", no es rapidamente, te extiendes minutos, y me molesta hasta que pauses 5 segundos. Analiza al final

not impressed by darkside of the rainbow. for a real trip try "fear and loathing on the darkside of the moon"

Bro you talk too much..

SHSHSHS, stop talking, sit back close your eyes and stop interferring with the journey.

you talk WAY too much. You should stop it once and then speak at the end. PASS