Pink Floyd achieved the pinnacle of music. Created 4 masterpiece albums in a row and none of them sounded like the others. Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall... The Wall being a double album with an accompanying incredible movie. No-one has come close to these masterpieces

This whole album is a masterpiece. Humans truly are "Animals".

This was written in 1977, and the message it sends is still true today. Some things never change.

I really love David Gilmour's solo's. He doesn't have to shred, he gets every emotion out of that guitar!

In "Animals" you have stumbled across one of the greatest works of art ever produced congratulations brother

They were DEFINITELY way ahead of their times back in the 70's...

“...The hell was that?!” is my single favorite moment from any of your reactions!

Most Pink Floyd albums are meant to be listen to as a whole. So you put the album on and listen to it beginning to end. Albums like Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall. No bad songs. Just listen straight through.

The whole album is based on George Orwell's brilliant allegorical fable 'Animal Farm'.

Pink Floyd is one of the best bands of all times, musicly genius and profound.

Picture old Cleveland Stadium, with a crowd of 80,000... During this song, they had a giant pig with glowing red eyes hanging on a cable. As it slowly moved across the stadium, many in the crowd shot bottle rockets at it...otherworldly.

"What the hell was that? . . . What was that?" Lol. Said many a time when listening to Floyd.

The most tasteful guitar player that has ever lived.

In my opinion this is one of the best album ever, so goooooood

I've been listening to Pink Floyd for a long time, but David Gilmour's solos are still emotional for me

I believe this is close to their best concept album. A masterpiece

I saw Pink Floyd when this album came out. They had a giant floating pig with red eyes that flew out over the audience! Of course l was stoned out of my mind!! It was a great show.

Music is subjective, and the Floyd has many many great tunes, but IMO, this is the "coolest" Floyd tune.... Animals is my favorite Floyd album.....

Talk about timeless relevance: these lyrics are so relevant today...and I mean TODAY!

This album was my introduction to headphones only music. I was 15 and recently initiated into the stoner culture. At 55 this still has the same effect on me. My favorite Pink Floyd album by far

I have been listening to this tune for 30 years and never looked up the lyrics - realized now I've been singing along using the wrong words all these years, haha!

When god was handing out talent, David Gilmore got most of it.

My absolute favorite Pink Floyd album. A masterpiece

I love watching Jamel react to Pink Floyd. I am in my late 40's and reintroducing myself to Floyd as Jamel hears them for the first time. Though I loved them as a kid and young adult, I am appreciating them even more, now.

The guitar solo that David Gilmore lays out at the end is such a bad ass example of how to rock.

That sound you are wondering about is a 'talk box' that directs the output from the guitar to their mouth. Most famous use of a talk box is by Peter Frampton on Do You Feel Like We Do, but others also used it.

These guys were the true masters of their craft and this high caliber of music will never come our way again!

I love listening to Floyd through headphones; all the nuances take you on a journey. They'll never be another band like them. Alternative jazz-rock, with a touch of psychedelic, and all wonderfully orchestrated.

Random note: Bassist Roger Waters plays rhythm guitar on this and guitarist David Gilmour plays lead guitar and the fretless bass, so the bass solos are also all David.

When he sings about Whitehouse. He's not talking about the USA even though it's applicable. He's singing about Mary Whitehouse. A British citizen who talked out against liberalism on TV.

The greatest "WOO" in music history IMO

I saw them perform this on tour at Cleveland Stadium. We had second row center in the upper deck. In the beginning they told everyone to be quit, maybe 80,0000 fans, so they could play pink noise. A hiss slowly got louder then a passenger jet buzzed the stadium. I was trippin on mescaline. BEST SHOW EVER

Roger Waters is my all time favorite lyricist.

Great reaction! Your facial expressions are downright fantastic! " What the hell was that?" I'm dying!

The most amazing thing is that one of the best bass tracks of rock was also recorded by David Gilmour

There's no chronology to Pink Floyd. I picked up Animals way before their other work. They are timeless. It's all good.

You have got to love the way they weave a story through their whole albums.

My favorite album they ever released, bar none. By the way, during an interview last year Roger Waters announced there is soon to be a 5.1 Surround Sound Remix of Animals. If it sounds this incredible now, just think what it will be like then; I predict a rift in Time&Space will open up and instantaneously propel earth into the next dimension.

david gilmours guitar rips right into your soul.

They used a voice box in this tune to mimic the pig sounds.

Just close your eyes with all of their sounds they produce they are a cinema in your mind....... Sober or not I suggest not

Mary Whitehouse was the Uk's version of Tipper Gore in the 70's

Such a great album that so many have either forgotten or never heard. Should have gotten more notoriety, but due to the long tracks it didn’t receive airtime or proper reviews from critics. Just an amazing piece of art.

I am always amazed by the sound Pink Floyd got on their albums when everything was still done on tape.

Experiencing this music for the first time is a stand out moment in life.

60`S AN 70`S RULED MUSIC...TO THIS DAY...

First time I heard this album I was on lsd and painting on a large canvas... It was a wonderful experience

This channel has brought so much joy this week. Rediscovering old favorites and finding new ones! All the while really loving your love for the music.

Streaming services ended buying CDs but I still find myself replacing pink floyd albums every few years ..and the moment my son became a teenage they all seemed to disappear into his car .(.made me proud ) and I got an all new set for myself..Haha

I can see my friends and I laying down in my friends room, with the lights out, black lights on, lava lamps on, and the room full of smoke, going on the PF ride...Awww, Good Times, Good Times..Thankyou Jamal for giving me a Flashback Saturday...😎

We use to have a saying Back In The Day most of the time we were listening to Pink Floyd. Take a Trip and never leave the farm. And you can still take that trip just listen woo.

My favorite song on this album I literally wore it out from playing it over and over for a month when it was released.

When I first heard this album, I thought I understood the lyrics. I'm much older now and I understand them differently through the lense of time.

I bought this 8 trach when it came out, I think in 1977. It's just as relevant today as it was then! It's my second favorite PF album after DSOTM. Things never change!

Damn, I need to get that album out and listen to it in it's entirety again, preferably in a darkened room with no interruption. And you're right... "They're God damn geniuses."

I saw this tour at Cleveland stadium with 80,000 friends. During this song, a large pig with glowing red eyes slowly glided on a cable across the stadium above the crowd. It was near the 4th of July, and a lot of people had bottle rockets, which they shot at the pig...the entire show was hallucinogenic...the best concert I ever attended.

A masterpiece about the evils of the 1%.

Yes sir! Pink Floyd is the real deal. So glad that you are getting to experience this stuff in your life. It really is, life changing stuff. Can't wait to see more! Great reaction as always...

Those rolling harmonies in the intro and that come back later are so haunting. One of the most memorable pieces of music I've ever heard.

Welcome to the incredible guitar playing and ingenuity of Mr David Gilmour!!

My favorite prog-rock diss track.

One of my favorite Floyd Songs

If there’s one word I can use to describe this song, it’s anger-and not the kind based off of fear, but rather the kind based off of almost pure disgust, resentment, and contempt. This is especially expressed in the overall music, the lyrics, the vocal delivery, and the final guitar solo, the last of which is one of the most blistering, searing, bitter, and vindictive ever recorded. The entire song itself is one of the most perfect distillations of (not-so) silent anger and contempt that I have ever heard in any song from any band, and it does so in a far superior and more effective manner than any punk rock band ever could. And I absolutely love Pink Floyd for making it, even though I don’t entirely agree with the lyrical content of it (which is the song’s only weakness for me, as with the two other main songs on the album, but it’s actually so small and not significant enough that at the end of the day, it’s not enough to significantly or meaningfully reduce the strength of any of them).

All pink floyd songs have deep meanings and animals is one of their angry and brilliant albums

“More cowbell!”

Everyone out there, check out Roger Waters' performances of this in 2016. The stage, the performance and the relevance to modern times are all (still) incredible--not to mention the climax. The Mexico City pro job is amazing--especially considering the audience. There's also a good center smart phone video from Desert Trip that shows the whole stage and the climax the way it should be seen.

Had to hitchhike to Ohio to see this show. They had huge blow up animals floating in the air and the light show was crazy! Just about everyone was tripping which just intensified everything. They did the whole Animals album. Holy shit. I can still close my eyes and feel the experience!

It's called a talk box. You'll develop after a few listens of this album Jamal

last "State of the Union" I turned off audio and looped this... epic.

u hit the nail right on the head, bro! these guys were goddamn geniuses! amen!

Yes, Pink Floyd is a unique band. It does not have the characteristics of fashionable or not fashionable. This is the music of all generations. Very high quality and professional. I am glad that she continues to win the hearts of young people.

Listen to the entire albums! Each one has a theme! The songs in and of themselves are great, but an entire album is a true experience!

Pink Floyd is simply the BEST....

if Orwell's political satire book Animal Farm had a literally interpreted soundtrack. Love your energy Jamel.

I fell in love with Floyd when they started back 50+ years ago. In the late 60's and early 70's they were not alone since prog rock was just getting started, but they were the best. I am privileged to have grown up when I did.

It’s just simply a musical and lyrical masterpiece. Probably the most underrated song of all time.

My favorite from this album. Masterpiece.

Great to see a genuine reaction rather than a contrived one that seems to be the order of the day on many reaction videos. Keep it going. There is so much wonderful music to explore.

Dude, that song is absolutely EPIC! And Gilmore on the talk box is genius!

I absolutely ADORE your reactions... You truly feel the music, the lyrics and all the energy it bestows upon it's audience. Thank you.

As others have pointed out, when Roger sings about Mary, he's referring to Mary Whitehouse, the British contemporary social critic and opposer of social liberalism and fun in 70's and 80's Britain (PORN!!!). And I do like the "pig trumpet". It's like "snout blues" or something.

I think this song needs more cowbell.

I listened to this song on Acid so much, that is never has sounded the same ever since. LOL

Thanks for your reaction. I love how you are so smart about listening to the lyrics. Please don’t ever change your style of listening. Love you brother.

The "haunting" sound of the synthesizer parts, are what first attracted me to this song.

My friend, I have news for you; when you ain't seen NOTHING yet! I love watching you discover this band.Keep going. When you said these guys are geniuses you were right, but you have yet to see how deep they can go. Think about this; This was created decades ago and could not be more relevant than it is right now.

Watching you listen to them brings me back to my first time hearing them and I get to relive the experience :)

Animals is so often overlooked but it’s truly a masterpiece. The lyrics, the music, everything about it is amazing. People talk about Dark Side Of The Moon or The Wall all the time but Animals is superior in quality and workmanship in my opinion

Animals is a MASTERPIECE and indeed they are geniuses....

Animals is such a great album!

Hands down the best Floyd album. Dark Side and Wish You Were Here are close but this is the best. Just incredible music and writing. Timeless band.

If you're looking for a great relaxing trip set in a completely dark room after smoking a good joint and listen to this complete album. Oh man nothing better. Peace

Without a doubt you are my favorite reactionist, if that’s a word? Keep up with the Floyd reactions you have a love for Floyd and your reactions are perfect 👌🏽

The more you listen to it the more infectious it becomes. One of my favorite PF songs (and album).. Simply genius.

The music gods: yes, but can you write the most epic line in history? Pink floyd: you radiate cold shafts of broken glass The gods: holy shit

Growing up listening to my parent's lps, this was my favorite album. An old silver-face Pioneer system and a solid pair of over-the-ear headphones - This album was (and IS) amazing! Songs are still relevant.

Sheep next please after 44 years never gets old

Love watching you listen to Floyd and Zep. This Album is so good. I like the beginning of Sheep...

The best way to appreciate Floyd is to start at side one of each album, and listen to it in it's entirety. Animals is an outstanding piece of art, using the title critter as the lead vocalist.

Pink Floyd songs go in sequence. I love seeing you appreciate the real music of the past and understand why we older people don't like the new music. You're great Jamal and loved!