Bros I’m that 62yr old black man who discovered this about 73 74. I’ve seen them twice!! It truly warms my heart to see young brothers learn this music. Me and my brothers were talked about back then cuzz our people didn’t understand. I love our R&B but the world is so much more! Yes, you see a movie in your head becoz that’s wat happens wen ur floyded!!! All their music is diff.Dark side didn’t sound like this and Animals which is next doesn’t sound like this. Lyrics mean a lot, a whole lot with Floyd! So start trying to understand. This album is about their band mate who started it and mentally lost it. And Animals is about society. Thank you for giving this a chance, and listen…..🙏🏿🙏🏿

We called this music “head music” back in the day. You would put the record on in your room or living room and close your eyes and it would take you somewhere else. Pink Floyd are definitely their own genre.

Floyd sound is unique, there’s no band quite like them, they’re in a genre by themselves, fact🙏👍

This album is so great partly because of Richard Wright's keyboard and David Gilmour's guitar, impeccable!

Shine on you crazy diamond is a tribute to band co-founder Syd Barrett who basically took LSD every day for a couple of years and wound up becoming mentally ill from the drug use- some believe it was schizpherenia. Syd was doing laser shows, essentially "raves" in small clubs for Pink Floyd's early live tours in the 60s, trippy lyrics etc as the singer and song writer, Guitarist David Gilimour joined when Syd couldn't function anymore to take over guitar and singing. Syd did release a solo album later but died basically a recluse who was cared for by family members

I graduated high school in 1975. Can’t tell you how important this music was to us. Life changing. Thanks for listening to it with me.

This album is an absolute MASTERPIECE.

“Way ahead of their time”, you say. True, in a “time” that was full of bands ahead of their time! Yes, King Crimson, Tull, Zeppelin, Zappa, Grateful Dead, Emerson/Lake/Palmer, and on and on! It’s the very reason so many of us older heads have trouble relating to a lot of “music” today! The sixties and seventies were heady times indeed!

That’s how you do a Pink Floyd reaction. All the way through, on vinyl. Kudos gentlemen.

What an album. We called it head music back then. :)

I used to have WELCOME TO THE MACHINE as my greeting on my answering machine, lol.

No band in this world is like Pink Floyd, period. All of humanity needs to have the pleasure of listening to these men bring humanity together.

Why y’all haven’t already at least reached 100k subscribers is beyond me this channel is the real deal absolutely nothing fake about you guys it’s obvious you know music not only from a just a listener’s viewpoint but your technical knowledge and production knowledge is outstanding y’all know what your doing and you for real “get it “

I saw this tour in 1977 at Madison Square Garden and they played the complete album and it blew us away! Oh and then they played the complete Animals album also. BTW the ticket cost $10.50. Yes that's right ( ten dollars and fifty cents ) The encore was Money and Us and Them. I may be old but I saw the best bands. Enjoy side 2.

"Where have you been? It's alright, we know where you've been. What did you dream? It's alright, we told you what to dream"

I remember the first time I heard the outro of Welcome To The Machine. I never knew bitterness could be conveyed through a synthesizer. The dark disgust and bitterness of that song is so beautifully expressed through both the vocal delivery and instruments. It still blows my mind after all these years. It’s music that truly stands the test of time.

"The instruments are talking" Hell yeah

I knew once that sax dropped in Shine On You Crazy Diamond it was over. That shit still hits so hard no matter how many times I hear it and it was genuinely amazing to see how much of an impact it made. You guys are awesome.

My favorite album of all time. It’s best turning the lights off and laying back.

I'm riding with the brothers again! Your selections have been absolutely tremendous lately!!!! Zeppelin, the Dan and now Pink Floyd, no reason to even change the channel!!

Ahead of their time yes but their musicality will never ever be questioned or beaten period ❤❤❤

This was the opening number to their shows I saw in 1987 and 1988 at RFK Stadium in DC. The build-up was intense. Gilmour described his riff as a "lament" which is what it was: a sad tribute to their former bandmate who went insane after excessive LSD use back in the sixties. Dick Parry played baritone and tenor on this number, and also featured on Dark Side.

I've been a PF listener for 45 yrs and their evolution in this period is so interesting and great. I feel the band was much better after syd barrett and when Roger took creative control of the band and its concepts and writing but so much of Roger's writing and concepts are inspired by Syd or just flat out about him like this one. It's such a cool dynamic. The early syd floyd albums are a little too psycho trippy for me but there are some nice gems in there but the 70's is the gold.

Pink Floyd always took their time. That's one of the things I love most about them ... they were never in a hurry to get anywhere. If they were going to blow your fucking mind, they were going to do it right.

Don’t you wonder if they even knew how great they were when they were creating this?❤

Recently saw Roger Waters (bassist and other singer of Pink Floyd) a few months ago. Best concert I’ve ever been too hands down. I wasn’t alive when the whole band was together so this was the next best thing and it still didn’t disappoint one bit. He performed songs from almost all their records and you’re absolutely right, this music is made to be performed in stadiums.

When you guys do Part 2, pay attention to how it transitions from Welcome to the Machine into Have a Cigar. Think of `Shine On You Crazy Diamond,` as bookends to the album. First part at the beginning and the last part at the end. It's kind of like a prologue and an epilogue with the story in the middle. You'll get more out of it.

The intro is why I started playing the guitar, and this was the first song I learned to play start-to-finish.

The Division Bell is an absolute Masterpiece...! "A Great Day For Freedom", "Wearing The Inside Out", "High Hopes", "Lost for Words"

Yes, same sax player, Dick Parry. Shine On part 1 at beginning of album, part 2 at end. David Gilmour on harmony vocal and lead guitar. And they sounded just as good live as they did on their albums. Amazing album.

Stadium music indeed. Saw them at Soldier Field in Chicago in 1994. With Pink Floyd the entire stadium is wired for sound. Speakers literally 360° around the stadium. So all the music, sound effects, spoken voices, are all reproduced live as it is on the albums and it comes at you from all directions. I don't think the albums were recorded with stadiums in mind so much as they were for a full rich sonic experience through your speakers and headphones. I've also seen them at an indoor arena. Same deal. These guys are perfectionists in every sense of the word when it comes to music. I've never heard of anyone who attended a Floyd concert complaining about the sound. Looking forward to side 2.

I witnessed Pink Floyd in 1977 at Soldier Field in Chicago. I was 17 and to this day have NEVER seen or heard anything comparable. The sound was just piercingly clear. The visuals were just awesome, it was the Animals tour. Yes stadium music, but yet enjoy them so much at home on my own system. I also saw Zeppelin in 77, nothing like Floyd tho

Watching you guys is now part of my daily routine. Your reactions are so genuine and expressive. Makes me think back how I felt when I first heard this album I suspect you will enjoy side 2 as much or more.

See how u guys were HOOKED? No words no lyrics..? 7 min in..still hooked.. That's the best..

Rick Wright (RIP) in many ways is the star of this album with his sweeping cinematic keyboard playing and sounds.

Shine on Syd you crazy diamond 🙏 ✨️ 💖

One thing can be said: this music is packed to the brim with a duality of extreme restraint and unraveling abandon, but they never let it get away from them, yet it’s never in a cage…

As with Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, and The Wall, this album starts and ends on the same song and note so you could play continuously and seamlessly.

Now imagine this with 50 thousand of your closest friends in Rice Stadium in Houston Texas 1994 with lights and lasers everywhere and it starts raining. It was absolutely the best concert of my life even though it ended early because most all of the instruments shorted out.

The sax actually starts with a baritone and then switches to a tenor..same player as dark side of the moon.....great job guys. Doing amazing work.

Floyd is a humungous vibe. You don't just listen, you get taken away, kidnapped by magicians who take you on a trek who won't return control of your senses until they're good and done with you 20, 30, 40 minutes down the musical highway. Second to none. Singular and epic. Floyd.

"That may have been the best sound I've ever heard." Oh man, that was amazing! I'm new to your podcast, and enjoying you guys. Nice to see the appreciation go deep and musical.

As I listen I'm sitting on the front porch, it's drizzling rain and I'm enjoying a king size home grown blend with my best buddy laying at my feet. I can honestly say I live the life of a king.

Thanks for hearing the guitars talking. Ive been saying that fo 40 plus years from the very first time I heard. Gilmore is a genius when it comes to drawing emotion out of his playing.

Floyd will teach you a whole new way to listen to music. Seeing y’all laughing in disbelief of just how good it was really made my day.

Just can't get enough Floyd, thankyou 🙏 this album is really about watching their friend and band member detatch from reality, when is part 2 ? 😆 🇬🇧 ❤️

21:52. "That might be the best thing i have EVER heard" hahahahaha. i have said that 1000 times with Floyd over the years.

I'm so glad the younger generation appreciate Floyd, they where as you say, way ahead of their time..fun fact...🙄 as a young teen when they "came out" my parents generation where still listening to Sinatra 😳 they where HORRIFIED when they heard Floyd 🤣🤣🤣🤣 quote.."ya can get that shite off right now" was often heard when we tried to put our albums on the deck...🤣🤣🤣👍

Best reaction channel out there, nicely done! "Animals" is a must play through. You won't regret it...ask anyone.

Welcome to the machine is about the record industry in the late 60s and early 70s that would chew up and spit out artists....and Have A Cigar finishes the thought

Back in the day, my friends/neighborhood would go and see Pink Floyd laser shows at the Hayden Planetarium in NYC. You can only imagine how great it was!

Actually, that’s a baritone sax Dick Parry starts with, (on Shine On) when the tempo changes mid solo, he switches to a tenor sax. Watch the video of this song from the Pulse concert and you’ll see him with BOTH hanging from his shoulders, and then the switch occurs. Sat right in front of him for Pulse, and it still blows me away. Good to see young men enjoying what we grooved on back in the day. Until you hear it for yourself, no words can capture the experience. Enjoying your reactions, even with the seldom miss, (just like the rest of us) your knowledge of the era’s music is right on track. Regards 🤘😎

Man, Pink Floyd is just different. So much creativity and imagination.....and they took huge risks. To me, the greatest rock band of all-time. Doesn't mean they rocked harder than Zeppelin or others, but the unique creativity is unmatched.

My ultimate favorite track. Evokes so many emotions.

I heard someone say of “ Shine on you crazy diamond” that the whole universe is contained within this song”

You know it's gonna be a good day when you start it off with a little with you were here and watching you guys enjoying the experience. Thank you

You guys hit the nail on the head. They created their own genre. The artistry, the ability to weave sounds and effects into their music, they way they created a concept is just peerless in the music world. Loved your reaction to side 1. It's easy to tell you guys are diggin' what Pink Floyd laid down. Looking forward to side 2 dropping. Keep up the great work.

Pre digital heaven

~17:00. “Dropping’ all that butter” and “Cookin’ with fish grease”…..that made my day. I better double up on my Lipitor tonight. All the best guys.

Richard Wright made this album his own❤ brilliance

Ahh the classics. So happy it entered your lived it will not be the same. You heard it now!!!! Music be the food of luv...play On... Momma has always said.... floyd is musical story telling! Now imagine if you didn't wait what you would have missed. Can't judge a song by the intro!!!🤣🤣 Cheers

Loving your passion and adventure into the music of my youth and early twenties. I am 71 and it warms my heart the respect you are giving some of the all time great music of our time. Great music never dates or ages. Thank you guys Geoff

Ohh you guys the excitement of waiting for a new album....you only got to hear songs on the radio. No videos. We had midnight special on Friday nights. Saturday night was Don Kirchner rock concert 73-81. You crack that seal ... the art work... on all 4 side of cover... some sleeves had songs on them. 🤣🤣 The cheech and chong album had a massive rollin paper in the center... My old man ... set up our living room kitchen first. Speakers had to be so far apart. 6 " maple turntable, he picked the arm stylis. His amp and preamp. Monster cables gold tip connections. Tweeked it all the time. Then seating....🤣🤣 That rich live sound. (Our neiubours loved it too) Cheers

I saw them in Cleveland in 77 animals tour 2 days before I went to the Army I was still recovering in ft sill.

Pink Floyd is from Cambridge, England, the famous old university town, and their families were involved in education, etc. As Gilmour said, “We could all speak proper English.” Basically, everyone they knew was educated, so when they decided they needed someone to try to get Syd straightened out and help him out on stage they thought “What about David Gilmour? He trusts him, and he can play guitar.” When they decided to put saxophone on ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’, Gilmour said “What about Dick Parry? He plays saxophone.” Same for Hipgnosis, who designed their album covers. They were all friends from Cambridge who they’d known most of their lives. Roger Waters was still picking up Syd at his mom’s house to take him to doctor’s appointments toward the end of his life, 30 years after he left the band. And you’re right: at the concert the music is the main part, but only part of the show. There is the band, music, lights, lasers, film, objects moving around over your head, on the stage, etc. The music is the soundtrack.

Love watching your facial reactions, I was the same back in the day, Wish and Dark Side just blow you away, cos you’re never quite sure what’s coming next. By the way Dark Side is 50 this year and we’ve been together all of them, and ATM Wish is on in the car.

This is why the music of the 60s and especially the 70s was just different than anything today. You can listen to music today and see that they took from the 70s in the 60s. You can hear it like you said EDM. But with this stuff came out, there was nobody before than that they were copying. It just came out of the air came out of. Their imagination, came out of their inspiration nowadays I personally don’t hear anything like that everything is just rehashed it might be creatively put together in a different way, but everything is rehash from what came before. Where is the brand new sounds in the brand new vision? It was a magical time in music.

Wow, you're doing one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE ALBUMS.... no joke, truly a feast for your ears 🎉

Gentlemen. Wish You Were Here was the ninth PF studio album, following Dark Side of the Moon by two years. One might ask how do you possibly follow up a total masterpiece like Dark Side of the Moon? Well, Wish You were Here is how you follow it up. Also, you have to imagine the very last song moving seamlessly into "Have a Cigar" starting the other side.

I found you guys yesterday & have been binge watching. You guys are great at this, keep it going. Love your reactions as guys with music backgrounds and knowledge. Loved all these bands.

“So this is an instrumental…?” This is Pink Floyd! Head music just flows and takes you on a patient journey. Oh the sites you’ll see, hear, and feel. Enjoy the ride!

After Dark Side of the Moon. They were pressed to get another album out. They turned up to the studio with nothing and this is what they produced. Can’t wait to see you react to side 2.

Pink Floyd had all of those sounds available, because those early synthesizers, like the Mini-Moog that they used in this cut, are capable of creating virtually any sound from wind, to machine sounds, to music, but they were extremely difficult to set up. It involved patch cords and multiple switches and rheostats for each channel. All of those sweeps and hisses and electronic songs all came from the synthesizer. I think you would have a very difficult time recreating this song today with one of the modern keyboards That's one guy playing both the tenor sax and the alto that came after, he has both on slings and as soon as he finishes the tenor solo, he throws the tenor sax behind his back and pulls the alto around from the other side...quite a little stunt.

I saw them in concert 1971 he just dropped a new album. They play Echo for the first time live. The concert was at the University of Toledo Fieldhouse Halloween. If memory serves me correct tickets were $2.50. Piece✌️🤘🎶

The "Pulse" concert in London, England from 1994 is the stadium experience you require. It don't need no hype.

“With Random Precision”; what a lyric. This music transports you.

Once you finish side 2, you really should go back to the album before Dark Side Of The Moon. It was called Meddle, listen to side 2. It is a 23 minute sound explosion called Echoes. You'll get a good idea of where all these long psychedelic excursions got their start. You won't be sorry. I saw these guys do this album live. It was an incredible show.

You can think of this album as a Progressive Rock opera; it's telling a story. The theme of the story is how the music industry abuses the artists and how that tragically affected the band's co-founder, Syd Barrett. He is the "crazy diamond". This band mastered creating a "theater of the mind" on vinyl. The sound you hear at the end of "Welcome to the Machine" is the doors of an express elevator closing, the elevator accelerating to the penthouse, then the doors opening to a record company executive's party. This will make sense to you when you hear the next track. I love that KZfaq is acting as a bridge between generations so that the younger generation is able to discover & keep this great music alive.

Class of 77 ! Wore this 8- track out!

Takes me back to 1986, cruising around & listening to this album late at night......

Sad bit about Syd for sure…I think of him every time I hear this song, but never tire of the music

Love you guys and look forward to your morning video here on the east coast. Shine on is my favorite song. Thanks!

" What did you dream? It's alright, we told what to dream! " This is cruising music y'all.

Their music puts you in a trance and puts you in the place where they are especially when you've got a nice "buzz" on

Longtime Pink Floyd fan who attended multiple Pulse shows here. As you now deeply appreciate, this is transformative music. Truly one of the greatest joys is when other people discover and understand what is unfolding. They made music on humanistic themes that is relevant every year since it came out. For at least a couple years I have been dropping in here to watch batches of new people discovering it, and I have to rank your reaction right at the very top. You are two highly intelligent reviewers and this was a joy to watch with you. Thank you.

Thank you for doing this album. As others have said, shine on you crazy diamond is respects for founding member Sid Barrett. Tragic story. If you ever look into Sid's life the lyrics are so powerful. Much appreciation to Pink Floyd for the awesome love they gave Sid.

Pink Floyd should always be listened to with your eyes closed!

Richard Wright on keys and all those effects. Brilliant!

It was 1977 and I saw these guys in concert play the entire "Wish You Were Here" album the entire "Animals" album and half of the "Dark Side of the Moon" for their encore!! As my girlfriend and I who later became my wife were walking up the walkway into the madhouse on McDowell which is where the Phoenix Suns used to play two girls were giggling and said they were going to hear money and they had just taken some acid. I asked them "do you know who these guys are"? They said yeah we're going to hear money! I just rolled my eyes! When "Welcome to the Machine" came on the atmosphere was already so intense with lights, a movie playing behind them on a giant circular screen and the sound completely engulfing you because they had speakers all the way around the top of the Colosseum, when they hit that note in welcome to the machine where your head went back I saw out of my peripheral vision people in front of me disappear! It was those two girls and one of them was in a fetal position on the floor the other was swinging at things that weren't there!! I saw at least a dozen people having to be hauled out including those 2 by either paramedics or security cuz the atmosphere was so intense at that concert!!!! I still hope and wish they would have filmed that concert because they were in their Prime and that concert was phenomenal. I've seen them four times in three different decades and no one's ever put on a better live show and I've seen about 100 concerts with just about anyone you could name!!

I've heard it on the original stadium setup. Speakers all the way around the stadium and timed so that sonic effects swirled around the arena. Unbelievable! MIND BLOWING!!!! I was about 20 then. I'm old now and have finally managed to put together a sound system that can almost come close to recreating that effect. almost.

With pink Floyd you hear every note, the music is so precise and clear. the lyrics are a story but then the music after makes you think what the meaning of the story. Thinking music

Pink Floyd are brilliantly different.

I just happened upon your channel a few days ago. I love your reactions. You both seem to not only appreciate music, but you understand it and I'm assuming you have some education in music based on your comments. I really enjoy watching and listening to you. It's the closest I can get to hearing all these songs that I grew up hearing for the first time again. I'm 60 years old. Thank you for making me smile. I will show your channel to my grandson. He will be 17 yrs old in March. He loves old classic rock. We can sit and watch KZfaq music together for hours at a time. He is an aspiring guitar player and loves music like I do.

Aside from us true blue Floydians, I dont think Ive met 2 people that appreciated this band for what they are, thank you for that. Theres still some albums you need to check out. Umma Gumma, Obscurred by Clouds, Saucerful of Secrets, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and many more lol keep doing the full albums

For some reason it makes me happy people less than half my age like this.

saw them at a football stadium in Barcelona 1989, for mi this song was the absolute highlight of the show I'm getting retrospective goosebumps as I write this

I was really looking forward to this. My favorite Pink Floyd album, though I pretty much love them all. I put this one on and play all the way through quite often! As a drummer myself, I love your guy's musician takes on your reviews.

Gilmour has that tone no one can touch

Remember, they had to make these sounds. No programs to pull from 🤘🤘

I was grateful to have seen them in 75 and it was like no other concert I have ever seen.