You will love this song more as you get older. These lyrics just melt this 54 yr old. I was 24 about 20 minutes ago. Such profound lyrics.

Pink Floyd: Expanding human consciousness for over 50 years. Timeless music.

Dark Side of The Moon has the record of staying on the Billboard 200 for 917 weeks, 1973-1988, and spent 1 week at number 1. It is one of the most influential albums ever made.

I was born and raised in 502, graduated from Atherton High then U of L.I wasted my early years due to shyness. This song speaks directly to me. I am staring at 70 and it is incomprehensible where the time went. Mr. Coleman, you interpreted this song to perfection.

Roger Waters said he had just turned 29 and was wondering what he had really done with his life. That's how he came up with thevidea for the song. His lyrics, his bass are brilliant.

I'm 33 y.o. Russian guy. But even at that ages I feel exactly the same that they are singing about. It is amazing how accurately and subtly they described these feelings of the flow of time, of growing up, of connection with the past and a current view opposite younger times

I always equated the ticking, not only of a clock , but the heart beat.

Best album ever, period, end of, simple. Love 💘to America from England 🇬🇧

Rodger Waters wrote this song after a conversation with his mother. She was telling him, "you better get a good job and prepare for life", so she was telling him to prepare for this life sometime in the future when he suddenly realized he'd already been living life! He was right in the middle of life already, thus the main theme for this whole song! Also when you say that song sounded like something you'd hear in a bar each songs like a daily part of life and if you listen to Dark Side of the Moon from beginning to end it's kind of like the soundtrack for life it's a 43-minute song with each song leading into the next. Many people will tell you to listen to the whole album in order cuz it's the way it was meant to be heard.

This song is the main reason I try to pause and observe the sunset every single day possible. It's my way of catching the sun and measuring the days, one at a time.

The older you guys get the more impact this song has! What you'll find about Pink Floyd is they don't sing about girls or how fast my car is or any of those narcissistic things. They sing about life and about behavior of people they don't even pin their albums down to a Time by singing about current historical events or anything like that. Their songs always seem relevant to current events! Additionally, when you think you've pinned them down as to what you think they'll sound like the next song will surprise you every time in a good way! Watch their 1994 pulse concert rendition of "Comfortably Numb" if you want to see how gigantic their shows were and how well performed they are! Rodger Waters wrote Time & David Gilmour plays the guitar!! And he really plays the guitar! You like guitar solos?.. you probably should listen to the studio version of Comfortably Numb first and then see one of the greatest guitar solos in history with the live version of Comfortably Numb in the 94 Pulse concert...

Many of these British musicians from the famous musical groups of the 1960s and 1970s were young children growing up in England during World War Two. And so "Hanging On In Quiet Desperation Is The English Way" was literally what they were doing there physically and how they were living there mentally, while suffering and trying to survive through the horrors of the Nazi Blitzkrieg, like omg wow.

When you guys get a chance, after you've reacted from enough songs on it, you should listen to "Dark Side of the Moon" from beginning to end. That album is a masterpiece. A work of art.

The song is a warning about letting life pass you by whilst you are occupied chasing the sun (in later life) or kicking around (in youth).

Back in the day, nearly every planetarium had on Friday and Saturday evening, the Pink Floyd laser light show. And most everyone would go there totally stoned (since they didn’t allow smoking on the premises). We’d time it so we’d peak when the show started. They played the whole Dark Side of the Moon album with a laser light show in time with the music. Picture it, in the planetarium is pitch black and on the dome ceiling is a laser light show: you can fill the music (planetariums had a great sound system), hear the music, and watch laser lights dance around.

When you guys do more PF reactions you will notice how their use of backing vocals is nothing short of brilliant, never intrusive, but enough to embellish the song in a positive way. Many others have said it before but I will say as well. Rick Wright's contributions on keyboards is beyond brilliant. Please react to Shine on You Crazy Diamond. IF YOU THINK time was brilliant you ain't seen nothing yet.

My growing up sons introduced me into Pink Floyd and Dire Straits. For a large chunk of my life, I must have been on another planet.

The bells becoming more modern as the song progresses, l never thought after hearing it 10 ×10 cubed times

You guys did an amazingly great job of dissecting the deep meanings of the lyrics of this most epic song. I am old, really old now, 78 actually. So my musical memories go back to artists like Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and of course, early Elvis. After an early wasted life, I did marry a younger woman who grew up with the incredible music of bands like Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues & Led Zeppelin, and later, The Eagles... which she introduced me to, thank God. I will admit that we did often experience it together back then, in a "smoky fog," to be tactful, but I surely can't regret it, because we've been together over 42 years now. And we still listen to this era of music, but now appreciating it even more in our straighter memories of those early days together. The music back then was simply great, written and performed by creative extremely talented musicians, not sound engineers, producing synthesized notes of meaningless beats without a deeper meaning... in my opinion. I really enjoy watching young music lovers like you guys, who show respectful appreciation of the genre's of old music that we have loved for more decades than you have been alive. Subscribed. Thank you guys.

That Guitar solo Gentleman is what you call CLEAN..

When David Gilmore played the end solo of Comfortably Numb at Earls Court in 94, angels folded their wings and with the gods, sat with their heads in their hands and wept. They had nothing better to offer.

so when you realize that they had 27 years old when they created the best album of rock... and, for many people, music

When I turned 40 I almost panicked. Where did my 30's go?! Dude the years start to fly by. I turned 60 this past year, and it seems like no time at all since I hit 40. Make the best of your youth. One thing is for sure, we all leave this world by death. Life really is short and the older you get the more that hits home. This is my favorite song by Pink Floyd. Thank you for taking the TIME to stop and appreciate the lyrics.

Shine on You crazy diamond is BEAUTIFUL. Listen to it, please.

That guitar is absolutely telling a story. It's phenomenal musicianship. You're speaking my language.

Absolutely shattering lyrics, words everyone should live and learn, before it's too late...

You don't listen to Pink Floyd, you experience it.

Nick Mason on those drums during the intro is just so sublime...

MY GOD. I have heard this song "TIME" all of my life....and you (especially Nick) LITERALLY explained the meaning of this song in such a simplistic way (and incredibly relevant to me at my age 62 today). It's such a human thing to sort of wait for stuff to happen when we are younger, and depending upon your personal availability of fee time it can still be relevant. I have recently discovered your channel and have binge-watched more than a dozen videos. Like your analytical approaches and the midwestern vibe (native/current resident just north of Indpls) and eager to continue enjoying your content.

I’ve attended 3PF concerts & it never fails that everyone’s head is bobbing exactly like you just demonstrated. Fun reaction !

Good breakdown. Enjoyed it. This is what you get when you combine one of the best lyricist in rock, with one of the greatest guitarists of all time, iconic vocals and imaginative keyboard/synthesizers that run the gambit in creative sound and atmosphere. You get a sound and production like no other. Pink Floyd are a genre all their own. Nothing else quite sounds like it in popular music. And always thoughtful. Check out "Great Gig in the Sky" the next song on this classic timeless album.

I was very fortunate to learn from a group of great mentors as I started my journey in the education field. One of the coolest things that I observed was a high school English teacher who would stop whatever was happening in his class with 10 minutes to go. He had his own stereo system with speakers all throughout his classroom. He would put on "Dark Side of the Moon" just loud enough so you could hear it in the background and the students would silently write in their class journals for the entire 10 minutes until class was over. It was almost as if the music could "flip a switch" and completely change the atmosphere amongst a bunch of 17 and 18 year olds, whether they were being rambunctious in the class (for good or bad reasons) or not. It was incredible stuff.

I can't believe it, but I showed this video to my best friend. Not the original video, specifically yours. He said he wanted to have a drink with you, immerse himself in nostalgia and philosophical reflections on age.

one of the best bands of all time.

If you liked the background vocal near the end, you GOTTA play the next song that flows off of this one - Great Gig In The Sky, because that VOICE is featured and AMAZING, you will get chills!!

Fellaz… it’s been a year since your one and only Pink Floyd reaction. Don’t you think it’s about time you did another? My recommendation for your next Pink Floyd song: “Comfortably Numb” (studio/audio version) There are two epic guitar solos in that song. The first is a teaser and the second will blow your mind.

The words become more profound as a person grows older. This is very true for me as I see the years flying by and suddenly, I'm no longer that young adult anymore.

The heartbeat continues throughout the album being heard in the quietest moments.

4021 years from now they will be someone sitting on mars and listening to DSOTM

This album was many years the only reference for testing the quality of your sound equipment. You totally hear every single ping on it with a good audio equipment. Thats one of the Reasons why it was so long in billboard charts (in germany over 1000 weeks in top 200 in a row!)

Absolute Masterpiece. Seen this tour live in 74 Denver. Best concert I ever went to.

It's just criminal to not go straight to the next track. You listened to life, only fair to give death a listen.

I’m English. We do hang on with quiet desperation. We’re not quitters, we’re tenacious, determined, stiff upper lip. We never give up and we never stop trying. Floyd are magnificent. We have so many talented English and British bands, but Floyd are right there at the top ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

When I listened to this time suite 50 years ago, it was an awakening and gave me chills and chills and chills and still does today at 78 yo...

" Hanging on in quiet desperation..." being the English way refers to the 'keep a stiff upper lip' attitude no matter what happens, so much a part of the British character. The expression ' Keep Calm and Carry On ' may also be credited to the English who were being bombed nightly by the Luftwaffe pilots from Nazi Germany during World War II. Signs with this on them were plastered around the ruins of bombed out sections of London. Knowing this history helps to make sense of those lyrics in the song.

I agree brother time is precious...something that cannot be gotten back...use it wisely...Live everyday as if it were your last!

the single greatest album ever recorded.

I’ve been listening to that song for 40 years and every decade or so it has taken on new meaning. Excellent breakdown.

This song, like most Pink Floyd song, is like a movie score. The music (and few lyrics) guides you through your own life's experiences and the movie occurs in your head. It's for you alone!

Oh no! I'm 51 and have no idea where this time went. I'll never regret what I did and have learned from it, I wish there would be more. Gilmour's solo is one of the classic ones.

Pink Floyd is an entire vibe. The entire _Dark Side Of The Moon_ album is a masterpiece.

1978 to 1983 I listen to this album every Sunday evening after dinner and my neighbors knew all the lyrics

Absolutely loved this reaction! I'm staying tuned in...

Underneath the ticking clock you can hear a heartbeat. Every beat of your heart brings you one step closer to death. I think that is what Roger was trying to convey early in the song, before it is more literally conveyed.

I heard this and other Floyd songs in my high school days. Enjoyed going to the the laserium in SF for amazing shows. This song was supremely influential to me when I was Was 19. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. When I focused on the lyrics “and then you find 10 years have got behind you no one told you when to run you missed the starting gun” I understood I needed to make a life change and make something happen. Thank you Pink Floyd! I’m now 54 and enjoying this video. 😅

Guys Guys Guys!! The first time in my life ,,73 yrs ,, finally someone analyzed this Master piece the right way. Maybe because you all 3 have picked in a different way. See this record came out in 73 and I managed to be a life, and reach 73. Hey keep up analyzing, wish all three of you a long life!!!

Pink Floyd is an experience. You guys need to listen to this album from start to finish. Try the albums Animals next. My favorite band of all time. And dont pause.

The whole album is a journey and a story . Listen to it in its entirety and you get the whole picture . Once you go down the Pink Floyd rabbit hole there's no going back . It's the same with their album The Wall .... its a story all the way through . The feature film of The Wall gives a great perspective on what the album is all about . If you want to hear a guitar solo watch the video of their " Pulse " concert with the song Comfortably Numb . It will blow your mind . You really , really need to see them live .

I'll just say it right here: Pink Floyd is the greatest band of all-time. I saw them at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford NJ On the division Bell Tour in the Summer of 1994. Absolutely the greatest show I've ever seen in my life. Pink Floyd fucking rules and always will. LOVE this band.

Musical geniuses. Pink Floyd has always been in my top 5 of all bands.

A work of art

As everyone else has noted, this is a concept album -- one long work of genius, with each song merging into the next as the theme of birth, life, and death plays out. It's possible to take some of the cuts out of context and treat them as songs, but it's not really possible to appreciate them fully that way. The same goes for their album Wish You Were Here. BTW: this is the album I would take to stereo stores when buying speakers -- I'd use the alarm clocks at the opening of Time to test the treble response.

For me the greatest of them all ... Seen them live three times and each time I was blown away !

enjoyed your reaction, guys. i became a fan of theirs when this album first came out. firstly, their music is definitely mood music. they use a lot of sound effects, so headphones are a must, as you said. Gilmour's solos are truly amazing. made for their emotional and lyrical effect, none of it is fast, or showy. no ego, just music to take you on a ride to places you don't want to come back from. as for this song, i'm now 65 and have a terminal illness, so it means something to me, that is beyond most other people, but you're all old enough to appreciate it. lastly, this is one band that are even better live than in the studio. their concert, PULSE, is considered, by fans, to be the greatest live concert ever, by any band. also, the last solo in the song, Comfortably Numb, is regarded by many, not just fans, to be the best guitar solo of all time. so that song HAS to be listened to live, in that concert

It's brilliant and seriously the best of all time! A 1 Masterpiece! ;)

The first time I ever heard the name Pink Floyd was when 'Another Brick in The Wall Pt 2' first came out. I remember thinking: Who is this guy, Pink Floyd?? I like Him!

This should not be heard without hearing the softly spoken magic spell of Great gig in the sky.

When you hear what's happening between your ears it blows your mind!

Next one from Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb ( live to Pulse concert 1994 ) = best live guitar solo .. or Run like hell ( Pulse 1994 ) = how to end a concert 😎👍

Thank you to the guy on the right with a winter hat on. Yes, their logo is called a prism. Young and smart! Thank you!!!!

Nick Mason gives a master class on tasteful restraint in this one. Simple and elegant. 🥁🤘

One of the greatest albums through a good set of headphones

I study calendars, so I think a lot about time, what it is, and how it affects everything. I believe I've figured out why time seems to speed up as you get older. When you are five years old. One year is one fifth of your life. But when you are 50, a year is one fiftieth of your life. So, the time doesn't move faster, it's your prospective that changes.

Alan Parson was nominated for a Grammy for his work on this album. He also was chief engineer on their albums Wish you were here and Animals

Great reaction guys, but if that blew your socks off, Time transitions straight in to The Great Gig in the Sky Where Time makes you think about life, The Great Gig in the Sky has perhaps the deepest meaning of all. If you really want to get your head around each track, you can really only get the full impact by listening to the entire masterpiece that is The Dark Side of the Moon.

The band was presented with seven layouts for the cover from George Hardie and design group Hypgnosis. Hardie's prism design was reportedly a very quick and unanimous decision. Like, all four band members pointed, and said in unison: "That one." The Dark Side of the Moon set a record that may go unbroken. The album spent fourteen straight years in the Top 200 chart from March of 1973 to July of 1988. 736 continuous weeks. 957 weeks in total now. It gets a bump every Christmas. Very popular song/album for making speaker sales and selling stereo equipment in general.

FYI 1.2, the reprise I’d the “Home, home again” part. The song transitions into Great Gig In The Sky. Another incredible song!!! Clare Torey sing with no words!

Saw them 1975 Knebworth (England). Out of this world. They had a huge impact on a naive 20year old ✌

The line "quiet desperation" comes from the 20th century English poet T.S.Eliot (from his poem "The Waste Land",I believe.)

Hi watching from England UK 🇬🇧 Pink Floyd the best ever Rock band ever 🤘🏻 Legends 🎸👌🏻 you have to listen to the whole album to appreciate their music I have Darkside of the moon on CD and listen to it on a Sunday afternoon while I'm chilling, it's better listening to Pink Floyd with your eyes closed it sends you into hypnosis 😔

Henry David Thoreau's quote “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation”

I set this as my alarm clock

You probably already know this. This album is a masterpiece and should be listened to in its fullness.

In concert....during the intro. THe part where he is hitting the toms.....room was PITCH BLACK...and the drum sticks were Neon.....it was otherworldly.

You guys have no idea the rabbit hole you're about to go down.. Sooo many great songs. Btw, if you love guitar solos, listen to Comfortably Numb first and then the live PULSE version afterwards. Also listen to the entire Dark Side of the Moon album in order.. you won't regret it. Welcome to the machine 😉

I think you guys see too much optimism and hope in this. Heard this song when I was 12 and it literally changed my concept on life..... but at the end of the day, it's not about how much you do, how many experiences you seek out and attain. It's the fact that we don't see time pass, whether sitting at home watching the rain or climbing the highest mountain, time always creeps up on you, no matter how full your life has been.! How many times have you said to yourself, 'That was 10 years ago?' Time passes and we just don't see it go by

There are multiple levels to PF you go deeper with every listen

It's a humbling song. The majority of us will lead a superficial life and it is up to ourselves either to accept it or act on it if we don't. It also shows how meaningful we as individuals can become, when we realize the truth. This song or at least its lyrics should be discussed with growing up children to make them aware of the opportunities they have to create by themselves to be able to live life to the fullest. I remember the first time really hearing these lyrics at age 27... it had a profound influence on the way I had approached time or life up until then. It did turn out well in the end, but then I already was in my early 40's. And yes, every decade in your life seems to last half the amount of time of the one before, I can say at age 58.

752 weeks on the Billboard Top 100 albums .. 15 years !!!!!

When your young like we were you relate to the beginning. Now older I relate to the end.

What a great reaction guys .total respect .👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

The most creative and artistically comprehensive band in rock history imho. My bet is that, as the decades and centuries roll on, it's Floyd's work that will be held up as the "Beethoven symphanies" of rock and this entire era. Like good classical music, ypu have to be in the right mood, a purely intent listening mood , to fully appreciate it. And when you are, it's depth + compmexity + greatness really hits.home.

That logo was never in a science textbook. It was a piece of art commissioned by Pink Floyd.

I've viewed several reaction videos regarding Floyd's "Time", as well as for the rest of the DSOTM album. IMHO this one from The 502 is, by far, the best.👍🏼🏆 After cutting my teeth on their previous album "Meddle", I became a lifelong PF superfan when Dark Side came out a few months before my 20th birthday in "73. Just as how many commentators (including yourselves) have pointed out how Time's meaning changes as you age, it's your point about seizing the day that rings so true. I totally agree with all the comments I have read (so far), and I feel awesome that Pink Floyd continues to draw new fans. Please, all of you, enjoy these times, and seize the day.

Excellent job. You should do more Pink Floyd, Nick Coleman. Your explanation of Time is on point... brilliant.

You NAILED IT Nick!!!!!

The first time I heard this song I was 8 years old and my older brother took me to see Pink Floyd so The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973.

Blazing up always makes Pink Floyd way better. Not that they're not good without it, but it really takes it to a new level.

Music for eternity! And maybe the best guitar solo of all time!

10th video, and 4th today....love it!!!!! Love seeing you guys react to the soundtrack of my life!!!