Pink Floyd won a lawsuit against Apple Music because they were selling the songs individually. That's how much this album should be treated as one piece of art.

It’s past time Richard Wright’s genius is recognized.

"The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older" is gem of a line.

"Breath" has my single favorite lyrical line in any song - "All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be"

Richard wright is so underrated its criminal. he underpins everything in Floyd

Time is one of the most incredible songs ever written, both lyrically and musically on one of the greatest albums ever.

I was NOT prepared for that pipe to come out in time lmao, you’re a whole groove of your own, man!

Roger = brains David = heart Nick = muscle Richard = soul Syd = spirit

This album is best played and appreciated as 1 single continuous piece of music, while wearing headphones to feel all the Alan Parsons effects in their full glory. So many genius contributions on this. It will never be topped IMO.

The Great Gig In The Sky has one of the most incredible vocals ever recorded. The album, start to finish is astounding.

Clare Torry's haunting vocal made 'The Great Gig In The Sky' truly a timeless classic of all time. Justice is restored when they made Clare a major contributor to this song and rewarded her accordingly.

When Claire Torry put down her improvisation of the vocal the band were believed to have said nothing to her on completion when she left the studio . They were overwhelmed and in shock at the raw humanity that she belted out . The album remains a bulwalk of why we engage with the musical form ...a masterpiece .

Fun fact - the talking voices you hear throughout the album are voices of the studio crew and various random people. Roger wrote a bunch of questions such as "when's the last time you had a fight?" and "are your frightened of dying?", gave them to these people, and recorded the answers. Those answers ended up being sprinkled throughout the album. A related fun fact - reportedly Paul McCartney was interviewed too, but didn't end up in the album, supposedly because he was trying too hard, instead of giving a genuine, raw answer.

Dark Side of the Moon is one of those albums that I ration myself with. I played it 500 times when I was a kid, but realised I didn't want to ever get bored of it. So now I listen just once in a while, and I have to say, Great Gig in the Sky can bring me to tears still. A unique, and uniquely powerful piece of music.

"And you run and run to catch up with the Sun but it's sinking - racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older - shorter of breath, and one day closer to death." Gets me every time - such deep lyrics.

When you listen to the sound effects, specially on On The Run, you have to remember that this was 1973. We hear those kind of sounds every day, but that was new, highly technological and unaccessible. For most listeners there, it was mind blowing, I can't even imagine how much!

I've listened to this album literally thousands of times and it still gives me goosebumps to this day. it's a stunning piece of music from start to finish.

What makes this so worth it is that Doug is exactly the kind of guy who understands and appreciates music like this yet has never heard it. It's like we put him in a time capsule when the album was released and we just opened it. The rest of us have been listening to and reading and learning about the album, and Doug just walks up and makes it fresh again.

The Great Gig In the Sky...few songs have so vividly conveyed the agony and ecstasy of life and death...and without a single word...incredible

This album is a *masterclass* in pure genius and perfection of musicianship and songwriting.

let's be honest, GOAT album. It's an album that can easily make you cry due to its brilliance or messages.

I love how Speak to Me samples all of the songs on the album...a bit of a preview of things to come.

My first album, bought in 1973 at the age of 13, still not tired of listening to it. And I still have the original record, real heavy duty vinyl!

It's really crazy that I am still listening to Dark Side of the Moon 49 years later, still loving it since 1973

To really appreciate this, you need to do what we all did at the time. Turn the lights out, lay on the floor and put it on, loud enough so that you bathe in it, and just listen! Came home from work once to find my youngest daughter (12 at the time) doing just that. I was encouraged that the next generation would be OK!

"The Great Gig In The Sky" always gets me emotional. So beautiful!!

I had a 4 speaker setup in my room growing up. Listening to this, high as a kite, melted my brain:)

I love how Doug is totally flabbergasted after The Great Gig and needs a moment to come back to Earth. That’s a man appreciating real music

The lyrics in Time are some of the most profound in all of music. The race metaphor of life and missing the starting gun is just perfect. I saw this performed live in 1994. During the into, Nick Mason's drumsticks would change color with each hit of the bass.

Just my fav album of all time. So excited to watch this

Timestamps for the Side 1 songs and its analysis : 4:03 - Speak To Me 5:11 - Comments 5:52 - Breathe (In The Air) 8:41 - Comments 9:17 - On The Run 13:03 - Comments 13:30 - Time (Which no one wants to miss) 20:23 - Comments 24:29 - The Great Gig In The Sky 30:15 - Comments

The line "Every year is getting shorter" used to sound like nonsense to me when I was young, but I've realized that when you think of the length of a year, you compare it to the length of your life up to the moment of comparison, and every year will seem shorter because what you're comparing it to is always growing.

Every time I listen to Dark Side I am astonished at how good it is, I have been listening to this album for 45 years and it just feels like coming home.

I’ve lost track of how many thousand times I’ve listened to this album but even after almost half a century of listening (I first heard it in its entirety in early 1974) I still listen to it and get emotionally moved by it. Not many pieces of music can do that to me.

No question, this is the greatest album ever made by any artist from any genre. I could listen to this on repeat for years and never get tired of it.

One MUST remember that there was no digital recording qeuipment or sampling available at the time this was recorded. This is the most amazing and best recorded music EVER CREATED !! PERIOD !!!!

The reason why the album was able to sell so well with such experimental content was that the single cut of "MONEY" was released as a song that easily resonated with the masses, it had a soundscape that young people who enjoy psychedelic space wanted, it had a literary value that critics and literary intellectuals could consider, it had a message that resonated with the masses who were becoming increasingly anxious about society, the seamless nature of the entire album was innovative in the field of songwriting, and the new music found on "On the Run" was innovative. In retrospect, it is easy to see how "The Dark Side of the Moon" was an album that fit the times and the people. It could not have been made without the literary talent of Roger, the soul-stirring Gilmour, Richard and Mason who created the space for the two to expand their sound and message, and above all, Pink Floyd, who carried a sad past.

I was listening to an alternative radio station in 1973 and they played a song that I was blown away by. I found the number of the radio station and asked the DJ about the song. He said it was a song called "Us And Them' on a new album by a group called Pink Floyd. I told my parents that I had to go downtown to the record store. I wore out my first copy and had to buy another one.

Great Gig in the Sky is undoubtedly my absolute all time number one favourite piece of singing I have ever heard in my entire life by a million miles. True dat! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Great Gig in the Sky will be played at my end of life celebration. There is not another song made that I connect with more. This song is my life's soundtrack. Un-ironically I think that is exactly what Richard was going for. Such a moving piece. I loved the analysis of the vocal and how Doug spoke about healing and then reality hits you and brings out strong emotion again. That struggle cycles until it eventually dissipates. I always heard it in The song but never could put in words that sensation in the song.

As a 63 year old former radio dj, and a Army vet, I must say, I thoroughly enjoy your channel...and your enlightening commentary, thank you for what you do for music that I and my generation enjoyed and mostly on vinyl...thank you again, kind sir...Rock ON!!

Gilmour’s tone in the Time solo gets me every time - just sears straight into your brain.

It was a wonderful time to be young, interested in music and going to gigs. Floyd, Bowie, Steely Dan, Free, Queen, all in their prime. Such wonderful memories.

I mean, it's definitely one of my favorite albums of all time, but I've also been saying for years that I think this is the most well-produced - from a technical standpoint - the most well-produced album of all time. Everything - the base recordings themselves, the mixing of the different sound sources, the various instruments and sound effects and random voices, the levelling of those various sounds all together as the sonic palette - the final mixing and mastering - it's all absolutely impeccably done.

the dark side of the moon is practically a 50 minute song divided into parts, so it is necessary to listen to it in one go

Love this album. When I bought this album as a young teen, the first time I played it and all the clocks went off, my mother came running into the room yelling at me because we had a grandfather clock and she thought I was doing something to it! Never have forgotten that. Always have a little laugh when I hear it.

The Great Gig in the Sky is all about emotion. Such an eclectic piece.

Time is my favorite Floyd song, can't even try to describe how it makes me feel.

This album. I can’t remember not knowing it. It’s like the taste of coffee. How can you not feel it not a part of you when it was a part of you before you were born. It’s like red, or sun or laugh. It’s timeless and part of me

In 1973 (aged 17) I considered myself a "veteran" of prog and hard rock, and I was already familiar with some of Floyd's earlier offerings which I enjoyed. When my friend bought this on it's release we congregated with other mates to give it a listen. We were completely blown away, not only by the compositions but also the production, which seemed to us to be on another level (for that time). Needless to say I soon bought my own copy, which I still have and play on my vintage Sony turntable...bliss :) Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this with us Doug. All the best, from bonnie Scotland.

To REALLY FEEL the vibe you can't stop in between tracks. Smoke a bowl, put the headphones on and just let it roll from the first heartbeat to the last.

The Great Gig In The Sky just always gives me goosebumps!

Such a masterpiece of an album

My favorite album of all time, it is perfect music with a concept perfectly pulled together. I can distinctly remember where I was and what I was doing the first time I heard this, and it literally changed my life.

Time is my favourite Floyd track and my favourite gilmore solo. 1 of the best solos ever recorded!!

For 1973, the sound fidelity is absolutely amazing. Just listen to how crisp those clock bells are. Also Alan Parsons made heavy use of Abby Road’s 4 EMT140 plate reverbs for setting the wide sound stage, especially on the roto toms, snare drum, and solo piano. And Claire.

Wow. Doug, it's a treat to watch people who have no idea about this album. I've known about it for 40 years, was a fan while it was still on the charts in the 80s. When you do side 2, consider not stopping between tracks! :) Well done.

Just astounding that decades later this album still sounds phenomenal and fresh.

If I had to take only one record with me, then it would be this one. I say this as a life long metalhead. Endlessly re-listenable.

one of my all time top 10 albums. I bought it after hearing it played in a quadrophonic sound booth, not long after release. I saw them perform it live in London. The whole thing was a magical experience. I will never tire of it's brilliance.

My favourite album of all time. Never forget when I first heard this album was just blown away

Gilmour's solo on 'Time' is my favorite guitar solo ever.

I discovered this masterpiece over 30 years ago when I was a teenager. Every year, the lyrics become more impactful while the music retains its power. In my opinion, this is one of the top 3 albums of all time. 1973 was truly a great year for prog, with Tubular Bells being released the same year. Fantastic analysis, as always. I'm always keen to hear your take on an album I love, being schooled in music theory as well.

i was ten when this album came out, my dad played it at full volume for years ........ even then i realised i was privi to something timeless and magic and knew then i'd be listening to this for my life, i'm now 58 ..., nice to know i was 'right' when i was ten!. go figure... ?!

Truly the pinnacle of art in a musical form. Please hollow out my rotten core and years of regret with all that heartache then fill me up with the beauty and majesty of this masterpiece! It makes the hairs on my neck and arms always stand on end every listen, and it is all I can do to withhold the tears of year gone by, as every moments slips away on one grain at a time!!!

Imagine how we felt hearing for the first time.. in the early 1970s.

No one else has been able to match Claire’s vocals on The Great Gig in The Sky. The 3 ladies on the Delicate Sound of Thunder version did a wonderful job but…there were three of them.

I gruppi di oggi se lo sognano di fare musica così. Grazie anni 70 vi amo.

Over 45 million people have bought this album and countless more have listened to it. So how come feels is so personal to me? It always feels like my own little secret pleasure. First heard it nigh on 50 years ago. Still gives me goosebumps and moves me to tears. Greetings from Wales.

The story is that Wright played "Gig" so much the same every time that, while they were doing multiple takes, they once put a playback of a prior take in his headphones instead of his live performance, and he didn't even know.

I've had mental illness for 30 years this album is a blanket ..beautiful thank you floyd 🙏 😘 💙 ❤️

I've had the absolute pleasure of hearing The Dark Side of the Moon for the first time being incredibly high for one of the first time with myself. Sitting in a dark room in the middle of the night with my headphones on looking on youtube for psychedelic music where I found the album. I was blown away. That was 15 years ago. Up until now it's still my favorite album by far.

Probably the best album of its kind in the world and one that never seems to date and it's wonderful to have you give such an in-depth verdict of it

"And that's pretty." Welcome to David Gilmour's guitar :) He says more with fewer notes than any other guitar player.

This album and much of their later music is so timeless. It's hard to believe we're less than 10 months away from this album's 50th anniversary! I still kick back a few times a year and listen to the entirety of this through my HPM-1100's & JBL 4312's.

The solo in «Time», is probably my favorite guitar solo of all time.

I went to see Pink Floyd at Earl’s Court in London on the Division Bell tour in 1994. Through the interval they played the heartbeat through the sound system. I thought it was just an effect to keep us all in the zone but when the second half started it became obvious they were playing the entire album live. Blew me away how good they were. The entire night was fantastic. The Pulse DVD can only scratch the surface of that tour!

One of the most brilliant albums ever. Masterpiece! Thanks for sharing your reaction Doug!

This is, in my humble opinion, the most exquisite piece of music and vocals ever recorded. Imagine folks' reaction on first listen to this being the close of side one back when we listened to entire albums on vinyl. I always love to hear that last piano note fade-out with that ever so subtle pitch warble, which they likely did with manipulating the tape. So good.

Time, probably my favorite and most impactful track for me by Floyd. “Then one day you’ll find, ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.” Genius.

Watch Pink Floyd perform Dark side on my 19th birthday. 3/18/73 Waterbury Palace. One of my top 5 shows. I remember a roadie came out and told us to be patient. "We're going to give you the best show you ever seen." He was absolutely right. 4 channel sound system and hell of a lot of haze. Good times. P.S. First time seeing lazers in alive concert.

The Synth used in On the Run was an EMS Synthesizer A which David Gilmour demonstrated by playing 4 or 5 notes on the keys and then using the synth generator to record those key strokes and then use the on board generator to speed up and alter the sound loop. Also, in The Great Gig in the Sky, Clare Torry was unaware that Pink Floyd used her track and many months after recording it, she saw the album in the record store and bought it it only to find out that they did use her track. She was never told before hand.

You owe it to yourself to listen to it as we all did in the 70’s, both sides one after the other, either headphones or proper hi-fi - loud. The sound stage they created was mindboggling and like nothing else before (and precious little after!). They talk about perfect albums, Pink Floyd made at least 2, at least DSOTM and Wish you were here, and consecutively to boot - magnificent in every respect ✊

Sad to say I only decided to actively discover Pink Floyd when the U.K. went into covid ‘lockdown’ a year ago. Wonderful. It really is

Clare Torrey attempted to make her voice sound like an instrument. Stunning.

I was 16 in 1973 and i remember where i am the first time i hear it , a album of a generation , there will never be an album like this again

Bought this album the year it came out on vinyl. It is a masterpiece from start to finish. Powerful and profound.

I've been listening to the song "The Gig in the Sky" for over three decades. Every time I hear it, I cry at a specific passage because I have this mental image of a woman standing in a war zone, wailing as she sees all the dead bodies lying around her. I began to give meaning to those dead bodies as I grew older and gained perspective as a woman. They represent hopes, disappointments, lies, pain, and heartbreak for me. This song demonstrates, for sure, that we don't need words to feel music.

One of the high points of western civilisation in my opinion. Clare and Richard together is an emotional gut punch.

This was the album that started me on my musical journey along with Yes, AC/DC, RUSH, Queen and my dad's live Grateful Dead cassettes.

My most favorite Album of all time - it speaks to us all on so many levels

Great gig always makes me shed an emotional tear...gets me every time ....

In the “Delicate Sound of Thunder” concert video Rachel Fury does an outstanding job with “The Great Gig in the Sky”.

I brought this album to my high school when it came out because one of my teachers wanted to hear it. It blew everyone away including a few teachers. My memories are so tied to music it's quite amazing.

I bought this CD in the 90's when it was still on Billboards' top 100 - An amazing piece of art!! I am quite enjoying watching you appreciate the different Albums. Saw Pink Floyd in 94 Toronto... it was my first Concert. To say it was amazing would be a considerable understatement.

“‘Not much in terms of solo” Time: “hold my beer”

Un álbum prodigio en la historia de la música, suena tan pulcro, bien hecho y adelantado a su época que se distancia en sonido de todos los que salieron. Esa claridad y limpieza de sonido junto a la producción, portada, música, concepto… es una obra de arte adelantada a su época

I always like to listen to Dark Side of the Moon, one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums. I must have listened to it 1000 times. Fan since 1974! Speaking of Songwrighter credits for Nick Mason and interesting recording thechnique on the drums: I was at Nick Mason's concert "Echoes Tour" here in Berlin, Germany last Monday. The early Pink Floyd songs (between 1967 and 1971) were played. It was incredible!!!

DSOTM is one of those albums that everybody needs to hear, it is very experimental and shows what a lot of creative thinking can produce. I think it was the second PF album I ever listened to straight through

Saw the original Dark Side tour performance the Spectrum Theater in Philadelphia. The visual effects employed by Floyd are, in my opinion, an integral part of what makes their concerts so powerful. At one point, from a totally dark stage, a kleig light on a crane turned on just inches above Gilmour's head as he sat on a small chair and slowly rose up into the air as he wailed on his lap steel. The effect was dazzling, and Gilmour had a towel draped over the back of his neck to block the intense heat from the light.