I love how Floyd gives you great lyrics "And then one day you find ten years have gone behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun". THEN immediately comes an emotional guitar solo that gives you the opportunity to introspect on those lyrics. Genius. I love you deep analysis of both the instruments and the lyrics.

The dude gets it. So satisfying seeing someone listen to DSOM and enjoying not just its tunes, but its experience. Loving your work man. Will go join your Twitch.

On the Run to me is the 10 years that got behind you with music

SyeBhal: 'Unusual for a bass player to be the star of the show or shine so brightly' Geddy Lee: 'Hold my beer'

Topics in life that can result in insanity: running through life instead of walking, time, money, death, fighting amongst ourselves. A timeless album indeed. Great reviews, sir.

I had turned 10 in 1973 when my brother purchased this album … I was hooked ! And have been ever since … I listen to it often it brings me such peace It’s a feast for the ears & the soul

Soundscapes also made pF hugely popular in the concert scene. Placing speakers all around the stadium. An Experience refined into perfection by 94 Pulse live. Gilmores guitar tone was exceptional, the lights and the production. Sorrow, Comf Numb, Run like Hell, Gig Sky are epic listens on Pulse.

one of the beautiful things about this album is even when you've heard it a thousand times you can still find new things in it and relate to it in new ways. this is high art. this is the Sistine chapel. this is the pyramids.

The intent of On the run is to represent the frenetic pace of modern society in the jet age and how taxing it becomes for the average person, much less rock stars who travelled the globe. Roger Waters hated the travel and had a fear of flying. As such, it is the perfect lead-in to Time, which represents that point everyone reaches in their life when they are no longer a child constantly preparing for "the future." They aren't elderly doing nothing but looking back either. They are at the point where they need to actually DO something with their life but nothing prior to that point has told them how to make that change from PREPARING for life to LIVING life.

I'm glad you are doing this in this way. Dark Side of the Moon is something that must be done as an entire musical piece with each song being part of the whole. I used to put this album on in my early teens with the headphones on and listen to each side.

This came out when I was 17 yrs. old. I've been listening to this album my entire life and it just never gets old. It grabs me the same way it did back then. EPIC!

Real good analysis once again, as a teen in the late 70s, one thing about this type of music back then, were the people 30s and older thought us kids were crazy and wasting our time listening to this type of music, it was quite frustrating.

EVERYONE is just waiting for you to hit Great Gig In The Sky. We get to watch a mind being blown in real time!

I was 4 and a half in 1973 when my dad bought this album and let me listen to it through big canister headphones.

I was at a Pink Floyd concert in the early 70s and while this song was playing someone in the front row yelled “I was hit with shrapnel!”. I was vey high and thought that was a perfect response.

I don’t know as Roger Waters has ever been truly happy. From what I’ve heard in interviews with Gilmore, When Roger left, even though he is a tremendously talented artist, the was a palpable sense of relief…like a rain cloud had departed. But I’m sure glad that this lineup gifted us with such fantastic music before it was broken…

I'm sure Pink Floyd along with Alan Parsons were one of the first big groups to introduce quadraphonic sound into their music. That's why headphones are so important especially for this album. For me it's one of the best pieces of art ever created by humans , time capsule stuff . I'm very biased though

On the run synth work is off the charts. There's a great documentary on Prime Video, The Making of Dark Side of the Moon.

3 big rips from the bong and buckle up and get ready for the ride!!👍🏻✌

Alan Parsons was the engineer for this album, along with some of the Beatles. Check out I Robot from his band, The Alan Parsons Project.

Ho conosciuto i Pink Floyd nel giorno del mio 13° compleanno (1978) quando mio padre mi portò a comprare il mio primo stereo . Il sound check dell'impianto veniva fatto dal venditore con " On the run " . Un'esplosione nella mia testa e nella mia anima. Pink Floyd forever and ever ! 😍

It is fantastic the first time, but even better the second! Even better the 300th or 3000th time. So much fun to watch you get it!

I was that teenager in 72...still recovering... Best analysis/appreciation out of hundreds watched 1st time vids... Well done.

This album is constructed like a classical piece of music, one continuous experience and journey with movements and recurring motifs and themes. 'On the run' ends with a plane crash and maniacal laughter, which I would interpret as a metaphor for a total mental breakdown, or coming down too hard after a massive high. Even after this traumatic experience the running footsteps are still heard and life goes on around you just as before, and there's no way to run away from yourself. Drugs, money, travel, fame, fighting aren't the answer, at some point you have to face up to who and what you are at your core, the rest is all trappings at the end of the day. Being in a huge touring band, rushed from one concert to another, is such an unnatural way of life, and for Pink Floyd, by this point, life was becoming more and more hectic, and, after this album, would become stratospheric. Roger Waters lyrics touch on a lot of his preoccupations, with madness, the pressures of modern life, death, the futility of war, and the vacuousness of wealth and fame. Syed, you mentioned the pessimistic nature of the album, which is true, but there is great joy and comfort in the music itself which ultimately transcends it all, like the album cover there is a full range of rainbow colours cutting through the darkness. As an over arching theme of the album, I think it's concerned with the challenges of life and those who don't cope too well with it's pressures. The album continues to resonate with each new generation of listeners and seems set to remain a cultural milestone for many more to come. Losing his father as a casualty of WW2 when Roger was only five months old, and also the mental decline of his friend Syd Barrett, cast a big shadow over Roger's life. The Moon has culturally been associated with effecting moods and personalities, and the word 'lunatic' derives from Luna the Latin name for the Moon. The themes of the album reflect Roger Waters own dark side.

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix released in 1968 was a notable album to extend the possibilities of stereo prior to this, particularly on sides 3 and 4.

The starting gun line is so true. Really satisfying watching you get it the second time on listening in context of the whole album.

Just going back to the guitar solo in Time. What's so cool is the way it starts off bright and young and then slides into a far more melancholic middle age that perfectly mirrors the lyrics 😉

Heartbeats, footsteps, and the falling ot the sands of time happen together, generally speaking.

Some people think guitar solos are silly, show-off unnecessaries. I just refer to mr Gilmour and "Time". A silver starship on the way to Mars. Perfectly crafted, still retaining all possible emotions. BTW, the somewhat weird dissonance between ending "Time", in the transition to "Breathe", is interesting. I never understood what happened before reading that Waters stayed on B and did not move to F with the rest of the band, before entering Em and "Breathe". Not that advanced, but Floyd was basically a blues band and never really about complicated harmonics. I guess this was Waters‘s choice. And very fitting. So, thumbs up for you giving the second best bass player in the band some well earned credit!

I was 13 in 1973 and already a fan for years, Floyd, Yes, ELP, all shaped my development they have been ghosts in my head for 50 years and served me well in life.

THAT EPIC GUITAR SOLO!! WHENEVER I HEAR IT I HAVE TO PICK UP THE NEAREST STICK, BROOM, GOLF CLUB...ANYTHING I CAN PLAY AIR GUITAR ON!!!😝😝😁😁😮😎

A Breath of fresh air, a review, an interpretation, a emotive response which genuinely, for me, echoes my own 'mind being blown' and 'what' back in the mid 70's

I just ran into your reaction channel tonight, and I'm loving it so far. I've got a list of about 20 reaction channels I love and will visit regularly, and at the moment you are seriously zooming up the list. I'd say you are easily in my Top 5, and I'm just getting to know you. What I love about you is your thoughtful analysis of music not only for the time it came out, but for what it means today. Thank you for all of that.

alan parsons was the engineer

"TIME" is a great song to play when you feel your life is in a rut....existential motivation? CHEERS from 🇨🇦🇨🇦

Syed... You're so correct. Difficult to explain how overpowering they are in a 80,000 seat stadium concert live

When it comes to the Sound Engineering on this album the honors go to Allens Person. Was in college when this album came out. And it was mind-blowing. Nothing we weren't already used to from the band. They already did their meddl album and Echoes live at Pompeii. For that matter the double album Uma Guma. 🚜🤠🐂

I like the way you started the song by backing it up a bit. We were able to hear how the band made a seamless transition.

I've commented before on the album being about the great issues/events/pressures of life. Originally, On The Run was "the travel section". The explosion at the end could be a crash or arrival. It's the weakest "song" on the album (or Speak To Me?), but it is sooooo far ahead of its time. Put a four on the floor bass drum through it and you have an EDM classic you could drop in any Ibiza club this weekend

I enjoy watching your authentic reactions and thoughtful analysis. I have listened to many people react to all types of song and I always return to yours. Great job. You have a true talent and aptitude for this. Thank you for taking “Time” (irony intended) to analyze.

I've been listening to this for 40 years, but I am learning about as if it were the first time. Thanks. Never thought of this as a story. A theme, yes. I hope you correct my thinking. "Animals" is definitely a story. Work your interpretive magic brother!

In High School, late 70's, we had a 'rite of passage' involving this album and a tab of LSD. Your comment imagining this music hitting our young minds shook that loose. llo!

I’m really enjoying your Time reaction. It is wonderful to have a follow up listen and start to appreciate the subtleties in the album!

Alan Parsons engineered this album, as well as Abby Road for the Beatles. An absolute MASTER of this craft and a legend in the studio back in the day.

Dark Side of the Rainbow is definitely one of the most amazing coincidences of all time. I’m sure plenty of certain albums sync up well with plenty of movies, but how often to people listen to an album while watching a movie? Those stoners just stumbled across one of the craziest coincidences of all time.

Dark Side is simple really. It is about life and important aspects of it: Air, Time, Money, Madness, Death, but all so beautifully wrapped up.

This album is the Mona Lisa of rock music.

"One of these days, I'm gonna blow your mind into little pieces."

"no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun" - resonated hard with the singer in the band of my youth, even for an early 20-somethin. Years later he took his life; old before his time.

proper music lover, you know your stuff man, my fave track of ALL TIME

Listening to the song ..and then hearing as part of the album is so different..the moment you leaned back ..it had you .. the album about life and mortality ..and it speaks to you differently everytime you listen to it

Bang on about the engineering. Bearing in mind this was recorded onto tape! Imagine doing the transitions that way. No computers or digital trickery involved. It's an actual miracle. The engineer was Alan Parsons (look him up) who later had a career of his own in music.

The older I get the more relevant this track becomes

Talking about the production, this was recorded in SOTA extended range 4-channel quad. Relatively few have been able to hear the full sonics of the production. That you will not hear off KZfaq, much less a full-fidelity stereo rendition. Steve Wilson considers this to be the most perfect record ever made. He is not alone.

Welcome to the rabbit hole. Looking forward to your reaction to Great Gig in the Sky. The singer on that is Clare Tory (hope I didn't misspell. that).

Your reactions and analyses are so informative and heartfelt. Great work bro, looking forward to more

Alan Parsons was the sound engineer for this album.

Engineer/Percussion microphone master Alan Parsons and his little portable tape recorder scurrying through London clock shops, Alan was also the one who brought in a unknown session singer he once heard named Clare👍 a can of Heineken, one take, goodbye ;

l souscribed to your channel....you are a brilliant young man.....Super that you are on Led Zep and Pink Floyd.....l was a teenager when one music bomb exploded after another....great great years of music.......May l suggest you also the Moody Blues (start with a threshold of a dream or Question ,and then don't miss Marillion (Script for a Jester's tear ,well the 3 first albums with Fish,also music operas like Pink Floyd or Moody Blues) YOU WILL BE AMAZED...

Their live concerts were quadraphonic!

It's an album that'll never get old, and u got it. Ull keep playing it now

16:25 "Kinda wanting to hear that guitar solo again." So complaints there sir, no complaints at all.

I like watching you watching “time” and you have this large wrist watch on. Classic.

Speaking of the sound effects on this album, it's good to remember the brilliant work of Alan Parsons, Abbey Road's chief sound engineer. Without him, this work would probably be very different, and God knows if it would be this good...

Speaking of how advanced they were, they released a quadraphonic LP album, for listening to 4 speakers back in the analog era, when the vast majority couldn’t afford them and hadn’t even heard of it.

Oh, you went to Amsterdam! I wonder why? Wink wink! To get some new experiences if you know what I mean! Some green ones. I heard life is kind is kind of Cushy there. 😂 I collect Art. I’m currently trying to collect as many portraits of Benjamin’s as possible! 😂

You are doing awesome reactions!! Love the breakdown and your perspective. Keep it up!!!

Most impressive guitar solo ever.

Can I just point out that this is a shared vocal, not all Dave Gilmour. The bridge parts are sung by the late Richard Wright, the keyboard player. He doubles with Gilmour throughout the album, their harmonies were a unique combination. However he does sing lead occasionally, as he does here.

Great reaction. I've got 4 copies on vinyl, one from 73, worn out. Probably the best album ever, apologise to sergeant pepper, dark side gets my vote

I think our friend may be ready for the Pulse Concert experience...

Saw them live at the" Dark Side of the Moon" tour in 1973. I've neve been the same since. It was an out of body experience Love your channel. Brings back good memories. ✌🌻🌻

Watching you smile, it's like hearing it for the first time all over again. thank you

When you get adventurous trip on to The Wall ( movie and albums)...

The starting gun is firing every moment, forever. It's up to you to start moving forward and not wait for someone or something to show you the way.

I understand the need to listen on headphones for reaction videos but I hope you listen to this through some good speakers sometime. Your entire body reacts to the music, your skin, your hair, your internal organs all react to the vibrations and give you an even fuller reaction to what you are listening to.

NOW YOU ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS SOOOOOO MUCH BETTER WITH HEADPHONES!!! YEA, I WAS 16 THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS L.P.!! I WAS INSTANTLY A FAN!!! THAT WAS 1974!!

Believe it or not, Roger is not a great bass player. There were plenty of times where David not only tuned Roger's bass for him, but played some of the parts as well. One thing you can't deny though, is that Roger is an absolute genius. Not only because of his lyrical output and the concepts that he developed, but his vision was an incredible part of the sound and subsequent success of the band.

You speak of Roger’s bass playing, and rightly so, but jus as important I think are the lyrics he wrote. Dark Side of the Moon was the first Pink Floyd album to feature Roger Waters as its sole lyricist. IMO the lyrics are what brought such gravitas to this album.

Can't wait to hear you do THE WALL

I always interpreted the end of Breathe as reflecting that religion often becomes more important as you get old(er). This thought transistions into the experience of Death (Great Gig In The Sky). As you will read in the comments you will be listening to this track for decades, and the significance only grows with repetition.

Although you may have heard time already now you are hearing it in the content of the L.P which will give you a different experience.

People listen. It's called 'On the Run' hence the running footsteps. Most folks don't even mention this fact. I understand that there is more to it than just that but it's called that for a reason. Titles are just as important as the song 😮

Syed, you are quickly becoming one of the very best music reactors here on YT! I hope that by experiencing all of "Dark Side" before moving on to more PF songs will convince you that it may be worth your while to try to experience new bands' music by listening to earlier songs then moving on to later ones, so that you can grow and progress along with the band as you react to them! From here I would suggest following the rest of the bands LP's in order. And WHEN you get to Queen start with at least some tracks from Queen I, then all of Queen II, most of Sheer Heart Attack and so on, rather than the later better known hits first as most reactors do. Peace.

I cannot wait until you hit the most tragic, sad and wonderful experience that is "The great gig in the sky" that is coming up. Absolutely moving.

Alen Parsons.... Genius

Good in depth analysis! I personally think the guy is laughing because he’s flying high and his plane is about to crash. You can hear a crash noise at the end of the track. So he laughs not because he’s mad but because he’s about to die. Anyway, that’s my take on it. I could be wrong though. Your right about the album saying theres no one to guide you through life. You have to figure it out for yourself. And that’s scary. Floyd doesn’t sugarcoat anything.

It's really hard for me to remember a time when I did not know this album was intimately from beginning to end! I first heard it somewhere around 1982-83 when I was in high school, then when I was in college, I had an "HD" (😂) cassette tape with "Dark Side of the Moon" on one side and "Wish You Were Here" and I used to listen to it over and over and over and over and over again. So watching listen to it for the first time is really cool!!!

Man, after 50 yrs of listening to this album, something just struck me for the first time when you replayed Gilmores guitar solo in 'Time' just how freakishly similar the whole song is in tempo, instrumental and feel to the funky second section of 'Echoes' from their 1971 album Meddle.

I think the final 4 lines refer to the hypnotic effects of religion.

I think there is a video (somewhere) showing Waters or Gilmour (?) setting up the analog sequencer / synth for this song

Since I first heard this as a teenager in 1973 Pink Floyd has been my favorite band, DSOTM my favorite album, Time my favorite song and the solo in Time my favorite album solo.

great for acid trips even weed and or anytime really

Amsterdam is a good place to listen to Dark Side of the Moon. Please check out the band Nektar. Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test on KZfaq. The first trippy album from 1970, to the last album in 2020.

A sympathetic but fatalistic poem to the working class.

I believe on the run was his experience as a child during the Blitz, or the bombing of civilian areas by the Germans during WW2. Families would hear the bomb raid sirens then run to the tube, subways or tunnels until they heard the all clear. I imagine that would traumatize the hell out of any kid Also, because his father was killed in the war, there's an obvious absence in " no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"

This is probably my favorite album ever made. I love many other bands, and many other albums, but this album is beyond any of them. I played high dollar to get this entire album played live. What an incredible story told, in music. Nobody does this now. They are all too afraid to be experimental.

Test question, which wizard of Oz character has a pistol? "You missed the starting gun"

brilliant react

I can't wait for you to review "great gig in the sky' it's about a meteor heading towards Earth it takes you through the impact and devastation.