Someone once said "When words will not do, there is always Clare Torry." I bought that album when it first came out. I was a young teenager. That song brought tears to my eyes then and it still does now that I am in my 60's.

Happy 50th to all us Floyd fans who wore this album out. And this day we found 50 yrs got behind us, WE WERE THE STARTING GUN.

One of the single greatest vocal performances ever caught on tape. Blessings.

Clare Torry's vocals are to represent the 5 stages of grief mourning: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. She improvised the entire vocal portion and she basically just let it rip. Also, Claire Torry's vocal is astonishing, but the chord progressions that Rick Wright plays (and wrote) on piano are unique. He was the soul of Pink Floyd.

One thing likely missed by young folk is the placement in the album. It ends side one on the vinyl version, so if you're laying on the floor between your speakers when this ends, you can just lay there coming to terms with your mortality for a bit before you get up and play it again or flip it over. If you're listening to the cd or streaming it, you don't get to do that because you're immediately hit in the head by Money.

This song is about death. The realization, fear, resistance and finally acceptance of dying - a masterpiece.

Clare Torry's vocals gave me an outlet after my husband died suddenly at 48. I wailed along with her many times over many months. It was a powerful release.

Pink Floyd sonically plays with your emotions, space, and time. It reaches in and touches you from the inside.

As everyone else will say, this album is really one long composition that tells the arc of a life (and acceptance of death) from beginning to end. Taking one song out of context is never quite as awesome as hearing it in its place in the arc. This song captures a big piece of that arc, working through all the stages of mourning via the immaculate, never to be matched vocals of Claire Torry -- all without words.

The keyboards and her voice is the best duet in rock history. I've been listening to rock sense the dawn of my life, I'm now 68 yrs young. Keep digging into progressive rock you will not be sorry.✌️

Surely the most expressive song without lurics EVER! The band was speechless after Clare Torry's performance: in 1972, she received 30 pounds as a studio vocalist, but settled with the band & EMI in 2005 for a undisclosed amount for co-authoring the song w/ Wright. Totally deserved!!!

Most of Floyd’s albums should be listened to start to finish. But in particular each of the four consecutive albums of Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall are cohesive works in their entirety and should be listened to as one work in many parts. A quiet, dark room with good headphones and no interruptions is best.

It is 100% worth listening to the whole album in one go. That's how Pink Floyd intended and 'The Great Gig in The Sky' doe follow 'Time' in the album progression like you suspected.

All RIGHT, young lady!! As an "OG" listener to this album, watching someone in this generation carrying on the tradition... is heartwarming. Nice reaction!

"There's also a big Pink Floyd community" is truly an understatement even in light of the great British tradition of 'understatement'. If you're doing Pink Floyd Fridays, then I'll be here for it every single time. In this song, they convey emotion so clearly, using nothing but harmony and melody. It's absolutely stunning, and is a level of artistry we almost don't see anymore in music.

I always love how Claire “ Grabs them every time”. Great band Greatest album EVER MADE! 13 YEARS IN THE TOP TEN, STILL IN THE TOP 100.

The gentleman talking about not being afraid of dying and you have to go sometime was a gentleman named Jerry O'Driscoll the doorman at Abbey Road studios. Rodger Waters the Pink Floyd Lyricist went around interviewing people with several questions like where you violent recently? were you in the right ? Those two questions were asked and you hear the response at the end of the song Money. For Great Gig in the sky he asked are you afraid of dying? The people who are talking throughout Dark Side of The Moon are people such as Roadies, doorman Jerry O'Driscoll and other people not associated with the band. Roger Waters even asked Paul McCartney and his wife Linda questions but they didn't get on the album because they wanted to perform instead of just giving normal answers which is what Rodger actually wanted!!!

As somebody who bought this Album with his pocket money when it was first released and has listened to it too many times to remember, it always amazes me when people tell me they've never heard it, but it makes me smile when I watch first time reactions to this critically acclaimed Album that a new generation of listeners are picking up the torch from us oldies and appreciating this masterpiece

This is also one of the the songs that prominently features Richard Wright on piano, who is greatly underrated on keyboards and piano.

I start crying about 1 minute into it, and can really not stop till the end

Claire expressed the entire emotional gamut from Joy to Despair without a single word. I'm not aware of many people who can do that. Incredible.

Quite simply one of the finest songs in modern music history.

Yes, it's a song about dying. It goes through all the emotions; denial, fear, possibly pain, rejection, finally acceptance, probably a calm, finally a demise and your soul ascends ... and probably a couple I left out. This chokes me up every time, one of the most emotional songs ever sung, without a single word - universal amongst all language. And what I wouldn't give to meet Clare Torry, just for 1 minute, give her a huge hug!

Pink Floyd has everything you will ever need in music.

I remember a documentary saying that when she came out of the vocal booth, she was very apologetic, and embarrassed about her performance like she had screwed up and wasted everyone's time.. But the band absolutely loved it. Also, the whole album is only 40 mins long. More people need to hear it

Pink Floyd is not just music it is an entire Experience.... must listen to full albums as songs bleed into eachother.

Looking forward to this, when my daughter was at Performing Arts college she sang the vocal part on this for the end of term concert, the whole thing was the whole album; it was really good!

And, for all you younger viewers out there, this is not `auto-tuned`. It`s a real person. Using her own voice.

We grew up with this ❤😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 She's fighting death in the beginning & then welcomes it. She was paid 30.00 dollars at first, but received millions later in her lawsuit with Floyd. She asked the guys if her performance was "okay", imagine that!!!

Most of us have seen the Clare Torry video interview where she talks about this song , but I remember an interview she gave long before KZfaq ,Google etc.(Possibly in The NME) where she specifically says that Dave Gilmour took her to one side and asked her if she could improvise her singing to envisage how she would imagine what dying would feel like. After the recording was finished, she also said how completely embarrassed she felt when she realised how far she'd let herself go. Clare only sang on this one song. .(P.S.The other 4 females on the rest of TDSOTM were all session singers and the one who has the most prominent voice on the tracks "Time, Brain Damage/Eclipse was a lady called Doris Troy who was born in The Bronx).

My favorite band. Period. They changed my life and opened my mind to new music. Ms. Torry has a gorgeous voice. Art evokes emotion, if it is good art.

Dark side of the Moon, fifty years this year - 2023 and still brilliant!! Growing up with this beautiful music was great and special.

I usually do Pink Floyd Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, but I will gladly join you Pink Floyd Friday's. No band transport you away like the Floyd does. And feeling a bit sad is right on since this song is about the stages of death.

There is music, then there is music, then there is Pink Floyd.

As someone has already mentioned, the song is about Death or grieving/mourning and Clare takes you through the different stages. Does Death make me sad? Almost without exception but I can think of a couple people I'd like to see bugger off. LOVELY you found the original studio version 🙏! "Watching" someone turned on to Pink Floyd is one of my life's little pleasures so I'll see you every Friday 🍄🎉☮️👍!

How many times can you hear it and still get chills? 65 tomorrow, still get them every time.

This song is about the stages of grief , The whole album is about life and death and money and madness. Pink Floyd do what they do best in every song, And that's making you feel. Lovely reaction can't wait for more! :) x

Great reaction! Yes, I think everyone feels sad when they listen to this. It is basically the 5 stages of grief when someone dies (In the song "Time" it ends with the death of the main character). The GGITS is that feeling of the dying soul from anger to acceptance. Beautiful :)

Pink Floyd with vocalist Clare Torry just awesome! The Dark Side of the Moon album is just an absolute Masterpiece. But absolutely should check out a track from just before Dark Side Check out Pink Floyd "Echoes" (Part 1) live at Pompeii 1972 No Audience, No Lights, No Pyrotechnics and a Dave Gilmour with No Shirt!

Rick Wright on keys, David Gilmour on steel guitar, and Clare Torry blowing your mind.

The Great Gig in the sky one more timeless pink floyd song a classic. No words only emotions and feelings and flying in space and time.

React to their album ANIMALS. It's a MASTERPIECE, and it's only 5 songs. 🤞✌️

Love the idea of Pink Floyd Fridays. The depth of music is amazing. Must listen from start to finish to really appreciate.

ohh I'm subscribing for Pink Floyd Fridays...

Lisa Gerard is another amazing singer who basically vocalizes and in her music and sends emotion to you.If you ever have seen the film Gladiator she is the one singing in the end moments of the film.

66 years old,and still in love with this absolute classic, hits where the heart is...

Clare Torry was approached to lay down some vocals for PF. She had never heard of the band and had no idea what they wanted. She thought that she was laying down a background vocal and sang all this "baby baby" stuff and PF said, "Not that. Have another go." She had another go; and when that was done she said she'd like to try again. So she started again but was interrupted by the band saying, "I think we got it last time". So there you have it. This outstanding, emotionally moving vocal delivery captured in the second take! It has gone on to become one of the iconic tracks of the era. The entire Dark Side album is a journey from birth to death and is well worth your time listening to the whole album from start to finish. peace from Australia.

What a song. The first part of the singing part reminded me of someone fighting tragedy or death with anger, then the second part of the singing was after the tragedy and/or death, sadness, then acceptance. Just my personal feelings and interpretations. So much with very few words.

Tonalities create emotions that can lead you where the artist wants you to go. Minor chords tend toward sadness and major chords bring you back up with brightness and joy. Watch the tonals and you will see them asking questions with the minors and answering them with the majors. Pink Floyd were masters of this.

It is actually three different women doing the ooohs and aaaahs. I saw them in concert back in 1996 or so for the Pulse Concert. The music and the light/stage show blew me away!

I get emotional and also goose bumps EVERY time I listen to this song. Clare Torry was paid 40 pounds for 2.5 takes and she totally improvised the vocals. She did 2 takes, then stopped on the 3rd take thinking it was the same as the others. I believe Pink Floyd used parts of all 3 takes, but the 2nd take was used the most. She didn't know if her cut was going to be on the album, until the album was released and she saw her name on the album in a store.

This is the best recording of a human singing as a saxophone ever!

A small vivacious English lady with a cut-glass accent. Some say it is the 2nd best vocal performance in rock. They are out by 1.

That's the sound of your soul with unimaginable grief and sorrow

Yes, sadness, fear, resignation, anger...death's emotions all without words.

Your already in love with them after the first song your just now realizing it, and you only fall deeper and deeper after each song, life will never be the same in music from here on out for you. Welcome to the greatest gift in music for humanity , Pink Floyd

The great Clare Torry. Watch a video on how she did this. She was given almost no direction and did this in basically two takes. And was only paid 30 pounds. Best vocalization ever.

How great it must be to hear Clare for the first time. i don't really remember but she still breaks my heart after zillions of times

It's really an amazing story. Clare was hired for 30 pounds to go into the studio and riff as a place holder for someone else who they hadn't yet hired. She did 2 1\2 takes and left. She had no idea that they used her takes until she saw the album in a store and saw her name on the jacket. This remains one of the most amazing and powerful vocals that literally penetrates the soul.

This is rock music's answer to "the professional mourner"...I want this played at my funeral.

You can play a solo on a guitar, a keyboard, a sax, trumpet, violin, piano, even a drumkit or whatever. Now this is one of the very rare moments where a voice is the solo instrument. And it is done in only two takes, on the spot. Do something here, they said. She thought she was mediocre at best, so apologized to the musicians in Pink Floyd. They were just awestruck. Years later, she got a writing credit. About the spoken words: when they were making the album The Dark Side Of The Moon (which is considered a MASTERpiece, as you will understand when you listened to the whole 42 minutes of it) they gave pieces of paper to a lot of friends, asking questions like: when was the last time you were mad and were you in the right, are you afraid of death, etc. They then used the answers as background pieces throughout the album. Before they recorded the album, they already toured and played it in its original form. Some parts were still missing or differently arranged, other parts were quite different, like this one. It was originally called The Mortality Sequence. Played on a hammond organ with voices of tv-preachers. Spooky and weird. Later they used a piano and it slowly changed into this. But the vocal by Clare Torry was only introduced in the studio, live, right there. In the morning they had no idea, a few hours later this was the result. Oh, by the way, if you are going to listen to Pink Floyd on a regular basis, like you said, you are embarking on a journey that will go so deep... There will be tears here and there. But you will fall in love with this forever. Keep listening!

This is my favorite song ever. It's simply perfect IMO.

Great Gig in the Sky.....your final gig in heaven, the harrowing journey there and final realisation that death is not the end and life eternal is peaceful. Well that's my interpretation. I bought this album the ysar of it's release. Blew my mind and made me a lifetime fan of Pink Floyd. Please find the time to lusten to it all in one go.

A radio station (now defunct) had a program called psychedelic Saturday. I think you can have psychedelic Fridays as you make your way through the Pink Floyd catalog ❤ Then on to other singers and bands

The voices you hear in the background are answers to questions like " Are you afraid of dying? ' or 'when was the last time you were violent?' and " do you think you were in the right"

Please check out the LIVE version of Great Gig In The Sky from the PULSE CONCERT.

Listening to Pink Floyd makes you more intelligent. I grew up on this stuff, all of their albums.

When i first heard this, i didnt know why i had tears falling. I was a teenager then, and it still does shed me tears in my 40s....and i still dont know why i shed tears 🥹😭

Let's not forget that most of us oldies were young when we first heard PF. I was 12 when I first heard this and it had a massive impact too.

Pink Floyd Fridays NEEDS a full album listen of any of Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, or The Wall. Or all 4 ;) Loved this reaction as usual!

This song is such a part of me, it stuns me when I find someone who's never heard it.

Pink Floyd is an emotional state of mind. It has been said that David Gilmour's wife Polly Sampson who wrote a lot of the lyrics said that David expresses his emotions best through his guitar. Gilmour has a unique talent that can illicit emotions across a wide spectrum in one piece of music. The music is not listened to it is felt, it is absorbed like oxygen for the soul. It's of another dimension within. You live Pink Floyd, you don't listen to it.

Tears. Every single damn time. And that is how it should be.

No lyrics needed for this song, its obvious what its about. The photography in the video is superb.

14 years on the billboard charts that's YEARS

You have selected a wonderful band to fall in love with.... AND a very, very special song!!!!! I had to venture off to find this version, the song is the same .but the video is different ---- David plays a lap Steel guitar. My favorite portion of this masterpiece comes at approx. 4:44 when David stops playing that beautiful guitar. And just watches the ladies finish their solos.. I think he was as impressed as we were.. Some folks say this is about death. I would rather believe it is about the celebration of life.!!!!!! I think it is GREAT!!!!!!!!

I'm looking forward to "Pink Floyd Friday"! Loved the reaction video. Shall definitely check the others.

This is my favourite album of all time and the only one I’ve owned on vinyl, tape, cd and digital.

Great reaction to a great song. As someone mentioned below, the second quote at about 3:32 (around 5:32 of your reaction video) is often misheard: The actual spoken portion is "I never said I was frightened of dying." Some think it says something about if you're hearing a whisper you're dying, or words to that effect, but the actual words, imho, are much more profound in their simplicity. In any case, I'm so pleased you're going to be doing Pink Floyd Fridays, and I will be here for the ride! Thank you again for the time you put into this and the sensitivity to the music; we fans really appreciate it!

The voice of Clare Torry is what I imagine the angel of death would sing whether to welcome you to Heaven or mourn the loss of your soul to the underworld. Her voice takes you on a journey of emotions; joy, sorrow, anger, forgiveness, sadness, love, loss.

A bunch of us were fresh out of high school when this album dropped in 1973, would get together on Friday nights, get stoned, turn out the lights, and Crank it up and jam out to the killer bands of that Era. Saw practically all of them live. Those were the days. Great reaction, glad to see you passing the tourch. 😁😌

I used to play this on piano with my violist friend playing the vocal improv. Was heaps of fun. The piece is very moody and intense.

This is not just my favourite Pink Floyd track, it is my favourite piece of music of all time.

I feel moved when I listen to this and several other songs of pink floyd like us and them, brain damage/eclipse, two suns in the sunset (after I learnt the concept behind it) and others. In Roger Water's concert in a a few of these songs I was close to crying. Pink floyd music has often this effect. I would suggest you listen the whole Dark side of the moon at some point, it's a powerful experience.

Her voice is almost orgasmic! Like a melodic guitar solo, with a lot of SOUL!!!

I'm 50, and have heard this song many times, everytime I listen to it I cry......I've heard this played at a funeral and there wasn't a dry eye in the house...welcome to real music. Great channel. 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

By the by, your eyes really emote well. You are timeless and your appreciation of real music before the companies took contro is appreciated.

Claire Torry finally got shared songwriting credits as "vocal composition" for this back in 2004/5.

in interviews she did years after the record came out - Clare Torry had thought her bit might not be used on the record - she did not know it was used until she saw the record for sale in a shop - at the time she performed it in studio she was paid a standard fee of £30 - she later sued the band and their record label EMI for royalties & a song writing credit on the track - the court awarded her a half-share of copyright ownership and a 50 percent share - probably worth millions - of past and future income.

The song is about grasping the fact and accepting that eventually death is where all will end. The spoken voices were recorded at the studio by people working there

A song about facing our own mortality. Stages of dealing with it. Denial and anger and finally acceptance.

This album was in the Billboard Top 100 for ten years! Then came Wish You Were Here, Animals, and the Wall, and it was still in the charts.

Interesting fact this is the only Pink Floyd track to be featured in an advert, it was in 2 firstly for Dole Fruit and 2nd was for Nurofen painkillers. It was only allowed because it was written by Rick Wright and he gave permission at a time when he was out of the band he later returned to the band once Roger Waters left.

The Great Gig in the Sky IS about death, acceptance of death maybe with the voiceover ... because when a musician dies, they go to "the great gig in the sky" ... Claire Torry did that vocal without much instruction, she was just told to improvise and so she did. When she'd finished she didn't think much of it, didn't think she done a very good job ... it was just another session gig ... but the band and producer loved it and it's become a classic in it's own right, one of their highest regarded tracks.

"The Great Gig in the Sky" is just a Euphemism for death and her song is an expression of the souls journey to the great beyond.

The beauty and simplicity of the piano, mixed with the pedal steel guitar makes for an amazing intro to the organ and Clare's improvisation. I honestly feel that the quite parts of this song, at the beginning and end, showcasing Richard Wright's incredibly tasteful piano. I realize I said this in another of your videos, but if you get a chance, PLEASE check out the song "Echoes" from the concert video, "David Gilmour, Live at Gdansk." The interplay between David Gilmour's guitar and Richard Wright's organ is so amazing.

Your reaction to this version of this song is the same as everyone else...disbelief in what you are hearing!

Literally got tears in my eyes!!!!!!! (Again) , i do get goosebumps every time i hear her singing this song, and I'm an auld guy off 71.

To truly understand and appreciate this, you HAVE to listen to the album from front to back in one go.. it brings everything together in their concept

Roger interviewed and recorded the question “ are you afraid of death?” From cleaners to security staff in Abby road while they were recording the album, and that’s were the statements came from ❤