Do yourself a favor, listen to the whole album. There is a reason it spent more than 900 weeks on the charts. You will thank me later.

the five stages of death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, and Clare hits every one without saying a word. people will still be listening to this in 1000 years. it's timeless.

I'm old, and death is not too far in my future. A couple of decades ago I made one of the best decisions of my life. I decided that one of the worst things you can have in your life is regret, so I made it my mission to die with as little regret as I can. And when you boil it all down, there are two types of regret, one for things that you didn't do and wish that you had, and one for things that you did and wish you hadn't. As long as you're still sucking air you can still do many things that you wish you had and haven't yet done. It's the things that you did and wish you hadn't that are the hardest to reconcile because you can't undo or do-over those times, and sometimes the best you can hope to do is to apologize.

Now you know why Floyd is renowned

If you're into music and psychology, then Pink Floyd is right up your alley: it's literally all about music and psychology. 😄

Your comments about time are very fitting. The song that precedes this on the album is called Time and explicitly explores those exact same topics about life and time. In fact the two songs listened together make even more sense. The whole album is an exploration of a journey through life.

One thing you will notice with Pink Floyd's music is that much of it is beyond magnificent and unlike anything, anyone else was doing. Plus none of their songs sound the same but all sound great and some are so legendary that they will be played as long as humans listen to music. This song is even better in the context of the album it comes from, Dark Side of the Moon. Do yourself a huge favor sometime and listen to the entire album, 40+ minutes, in a single sitting. You will be forever affected by this great album and those grand themes they examine are right up your alley. They have a great catalog, enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶🔥

The album The Dark Side of the Moon is a study of the human experience of modern life, pressure, conflict, wealth, poverty and loss either through death or insanity

Session vocalist Clare Torry’s haunting scat vocals added so much to this masterpiece that she eventually got partial songwriting credit ✨

I asked my wife to play this at my funeral. Clare Tory recorded this in one or two takes, way before auto tune existed! The stages of death, no lyrics!

Music truly is the universal language

please do more Floyd , i would love to hear your thoughts on many of their songs, you will become a fan. start with the song " Time"

I tell this story every time I see GGITS reacted to. I I was listening to this with my girlfriend, and she started crying, and I was astounded. Nowadays, I cry every time I hear it.

Could see when this touched your soul. So many words without saying a word. An amazing song ❤

This is the original creation. All other performances are imitations, this song didn't exist before she sang it. It was roughed out with the instrumentals, but the vocals are her creation and the vocals are what make it great.

If they don't play this at my funeral, I ain't going. Only song that makes me cry.

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon went fourteen times platinum in the UK and was on the Billboard charts for 990 weeks. That speaks for itself, geniuses.

The singer, Claire Torrie, did not know the band when she was called to sing this. She first came in the studio and was singing words like "baby, baby" but she was told no words, and she realized they wanted her voice to be an instrument. She was given the notes and told the studio to record her first take because in her experience it is usually the best take. And it was. They were asking her to do more takes and she said no you got it. She declined more takes and just walked out the door. She didn't even know if it was liked. She didn't expect it to be used at all, and then one day she saw the album in the window of a store and that is when she learned they used her work. It was a great interview.

I've been listening to this album for over 50 years. No other album has this timeless sense, and ability to evoke this feeling.

Wonderful! Plus you and Lolli Wren was pure joy❤️ This whole album breaks down the whole of humanity . Been listening to to it since it came out. No tricks or novelty pure sight of being human.

Clare sings the stages of death. It's been 50 years now and very time I hear this, still to today, I die a little inside. That's called acceptance.

Nobody who has sung this since Claire Torrie sung it has gotten anywhere near the subtle nuances of her voice, even when they have had three singers in to do it! She got paid a pittance for this, which was a disgrace! It’s special to me because when my daughter was at Art college (music) she sang the part of Claire on her own when they performed the whole album for an end of the course performance. She got a standing ovation for her performance and I have to admit that I was in tears! I enjoyed your breakdown and analysis of the song and its performance, it made me realise some of the things about it that I’d never thought about.

My dad just passed away this past week and I believe this song expresses the process of grief from the first cries of anger, desperation, and pain on into the eventual acceptance and moving on with life. The cry is not of the one dying but of the one who must continue living without them.

You're in it now... this is one of the truly great ones 👍😎

To truly listen and experience Pink Floyd you need to listen to the whole album’s. Each album has an entire story from track one to the end.

Clare brought her date to the studio with her the day of this recording & said she wanted to impress him by letting it all out. And so the world then changed for the better.

This song is so haunting , and moves me to well up every time ! The power of music ! Even after the song finishes it's still with me long after . It's all about the feeling of the music !

Clare Torry is a vocal assassin, just killed it.

They have one called "Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave Grooving With A Pict" that is worth hearing.

New prescriber because ya'll are listing to Pink Floyd

Wow! I never heard a description of the Album Cover before...the way you interpreted the single beam going through the prism and coming out the other side in colors gave it credence. I intend to watch all future Pink Floyd reactions that you may do just to see what you pull out of it. I'm impressed! Please dig into this band, they're worth while!

Be sure to listen in a big room on good speakers so you can have a full body immersion.

So much wisdom from this lady, get out of my head ha!. also i love pink floyd from the beginning

Rosalie, I love how you fearlessly connect with the deepest, scariest, brightest, and most beautiful thoughts and mental images that inspired these timeless pieces of music. This is why these songs have resonated for so long and will continue to, and yet most people don't like to stare straight into the fire to see the depth of the inspiration with all of the peace and horror,,, but ultimately acceptance.

I had a bean bag seat and mood lights in my room with a nice stereo I bought from Arnold and Morgan music store in Garland, Texas. Professional Musicians bought there equipment there. I lived with my parents close by and my older brother had an older wood frame house about 8 blocks away. One day he dropped off this black album with a prism with rainbow colors shooting out if it and told me to listen to it. I took it to my room and carefully pulled the vinyl from the sleeve. Then sat it down onto my hifi turntable, shut my curtains and turned on my mood lights as my big brother suggested. I turned the power on and the arm lifted up and set the stylus down on the groves of the black vinyl. I sat down on my bean bag and relaxed. Two hours later I showed up at my brother's house and handed him back the album as he opened his door. He said, "No, no you can keep it for a couple of weeks if you like it! Don't you like it?" A tear came to my eye as I said to my brother in his early 20s already, "I have already bought one for my own." As soon as I heard the first side I had ran through my neighborhood to a strip mall and ran into the Skillerns Drug Store. They sold a little bit of everything including popular albums. I had money from working in construction for my dad every summer and holidays. I was 14 and my parents didn't have to buy me anything. I bought two new vinyl Darkside of the Moon albums a couple of years ago. I still have the original album, eight track, cassette and cd versions. It is the only album I did that with. Pink Floyd and my brother changed the way I see life. Thank You James Roscoe and God Bless You All

I find more and more recordings of the piece "Atom heart Mother", performed by choirs and orchestra's. Those haunting dissonants and syncopic rhythms being sung, sometimes even with a ballet in the foreground. The music of Pink Floyd slowly rising to renowned and challenging classic.

I never thought that I would be thinking back to my college theology studies while watching a Pink Floyd reaction. I have to recommend Paul Tillich’s The Courage To Be for anyone looking for a deeper dive into ontology. For a deeper dive into Floyd, I have to recommend the Classic Albums documentary about the making of the Dark Side of the Moon.

Thank you. You put that in such a beautiful wine. I will reflect on that often.

The best reaction to this incredible song I've heard yet, and so on point. Thank you Rosalie 🎼 I wish you would listen the Album beginning to end the way it is meant to be heard. I think you would enjoy it very much.🎶

... I sit here in 30°C...goosebumps are running all over my body as soon as she starts to sing/cry all my pain out...and this happens every time I hear it, since the first year this album came out... Thank you Rosalie... 🤗💞💪

This special song emulates the experience of facing your own death emotionally and beautifully. The flame of the human spirit flickering to black. Just want to compliment you Rosalie. Your analysis and ability to articulate thoughts clearly and as a unified whole is a real talent. You are fabulous and unique yourself.

Darkside of the moon and Wish you were here.... Two albums for lying down in a darkend room and just letting the music and sounds wash over you and pass through you... You come out the other side drained but calmed.

that sound you heard at the end was from the sound engineer putting his finger on the tape reel which slowed it down not many reactors have heard it right in the middle you can also hear Claire Tory say " if you can hear this you are dying "

The dark side of the Moon album is about the human experience from birth to death and everything in-between like money, wars and mental health. Treat yourself to more and always pull up the lyrics 👍👌✌️

I find listening to this album and Pink Floyd over time has opened me to many concepts. Life Death Addiction Kindness. I have spent the last 24 years just trying to do the next right thing. Kindness is my new drug of choice. Sometimes i achieve it. Some days i just sit and learn to be still.

"and you run and you 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 your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death."

I was at boarding school. Everybody had a stereo in their study, and a collection of LPs. You would walk from the door to the House and all the way to the library to half a dozen different accompaniments. If you wanted to borrow an LP, usually it would just be a matter of popping your head around the study door and asking. But the 2 or 3 guys who had DSotM would NEVER lend it out. Unless you could afford to buy your own copy (which meant 90% of the time waiting until the end of term) the only way you could listen to it was to to into someone else's study and surreptitiously hang around while it was being played.

Absolutely no words needed!!

Im in love with that Hammond B3 Organ w Leslie rotation. I WANT

What a beautiful song about death! It features music by keyboard player Richard Wright and improvised, wordless vocals by session singer 25-year-old Clare Torry. In 1973, Torry was brought to Abbey Road Studios near the end of the Dark Side of the Moon sessions to help them finish the song. Many have performed this song over the years, but not one comes close to her. Listening to you talk about this song reminds me you must listen to Pink Floyd's song Time. And Money.

at the audition for singing this masterpiece, when she asked for a text...they told her...there is no text just sing!!! Best

This brings out so many emotions…without saying a single word…genius

"Dark Side... " is a concept album . So "The Great Gig" is a sucession of "Time". After all, the "Great Gig in the Sky..." So maybe listen to "Time" too?

I love that you talked about the album cover image! Not very many folks stop to appreciate this icon of transformation. Thank you! Oh, and I always cry with this one, even when I was a teen.

Beautiful. The only song on this album my parents loved too. I think they were closet hippies. They used to dance at the world famous whiskey a go go in california in the mid sixties.

Happy you re-uploaded this classic! Claire is legend! ❤

The album is called Dark Side Of The Moon and it is a concept album where each song conteplates a differnt aspect of the human experience. Never has there been another album more warented of psycologcal analysis. The song "Time" is a masterpiece and some of your commets form your reaction to this song alread touched on the concept of time.

One of the greatest vocal performances, ever.

The utter feeling of grief, has never been better put, into musical form. This album is a work of art beyond compare.

The live version of this from the Pulse album is worth a re-watch. It features a trio of younger ladies, who absolutely crush it, taking turns.

Sidenote: Claire was paid out with 30$ for the studio work and did not know what will happen to her take. After the record was released she by accident found out at a record store that she was mentioned as singer of this song and was surprised. After years she got a fair share in a court decision. Also interesting: This song was not created on purpose, as none of the musicians of Pink Floyd had any plan on what she should sing. So in the first they just tried out what to do. After some fails she (Claire) herself decided to just sing as if her voice was an instrument. So she did two takes and during the third she just said it would not get better anyway and that was it. Great reaction as always Rosalie, Greetings from Germany

You should do a song from their Pulse live concert. I recommend „High hopes“ or „comfortably numb“!

I liked this discussion, thanks. I've always thought that this song was about the acceptance of death.

The live version of this song should be heard, seen and reacting to.

If you want another lyric less performance that conveys so much raw emotion with a guitar, listen to “Maggot Brain” by Funkadelic. Long story short George Clinton (band leader) told the guitarist (Eddie Hazel) to play the song as if he has just heard his mom had died. The playing is so emotional, I shed a few tears at first listen, before ever knowing the back story.

I pretty much like this story, not sure if it is true and who actually was it who told it : “The Great Gig In The Sky” - Pink Floyd The vocals were done by a petite British lady studio singer brought in by the Producer Allan Parsons named Claire Torrie. She did not know what they wanted her to sing. David Gilmour suggested she use her voice like a Saxophone… it worked great. I met David Gilmour back stage at a concert in California 1984. I asked him about the meaning - reason for “Great Gig In The Sky”…. David’s answer was something like…. .I was asked if Pink Floyd would ever do a song about Religion like some others have… so I said, You are referring to the great gig in the sky they call god. What words could be used to describe all the pain and suffering caused by religious beliefs. All the crying and wailing from mothers who lost their husbands or sons in a war fought over religious differences. The only vocals should be just the sound of a mothers crying with pain and suffering. The speaking at the start was recorded at Apple records with various employees answering a list of questions next to a small recording machine. The question was…“Are You afraid Of Dying? This one was an elderly gentleman who was a janitor in the place. Roger thought it would fit in the song at the beginning so there it is. We didn’t want to make that public so as to avoid any religious boycott like what happened to the Beatles after Lennon made his comment about Jesus. Clare Torry, The Great Gig In The Sky kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pL2KZ9yetNzKnIE.html

I don't know if I'm typical or unusual, but my death anxiety has changed over the decades of my life. When I was young if there was any anxiety it was just about my life ending. Then in my 30s it was more about how much of the future history I would miss seeing. In my 40s this "missing" feeling became more personal as I realised how my father missed seeing his grandchildren, as had his father before him, and I worried about all the future generations I'd miss. Now in my 60s my main anxiety is how my family will cope without me.

IMO, hands down combines THE most saddest, powerful and hauntingly beautiful elements wrapped up in one song unlike any other in music history. And as you correctly mentioned about the wailing of the GREAT Claire Torrey being the wail of trying to simultaneously accept/fight against pending death (e.g. maybe after learning about a terminal diagnosis, etc.). And then the wailing subsides, as the person eventually accepts his/her pending death. But after hearing this song MANY times over the years, my eyes still well up with emotion from listening to this masterpiece. As usual, great analysis by you, and glad you finally got to experience one of Floyd's vintage classics.

Chills. Every time.

That up bend on the keyboard at the very end is something a lot people miss. But I’ve always felt it symbolized the final step of her spirit drifting into the ether at the exact moment of her death. It’s subtle but it’s right after her voice drifts away into complete acceptance of her leaving this earth and her body. Anyone else get that?

Pink Floyd does concept albums. This song follows a song called Time and in the song Time is a reprise from the song Breathe. Time would definitely be good for you to do.

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

If you haven't already, listen to comfortably numb. Listen to the album version first and then the live pulse version. It is truly amazing.

Many of todays pop stars do not have the talent, range or feel that Claire exhibits on this song

Clare Torry had such a haunting, Voice

Beautiful synopsis of life and death The fear that most have. Most won't allow themselves to even think about it. At my age (67) and not the best health I've had to come to grips that the end isn't all that far away. I just find comfort in looking back at all the great times and beautiful places I met and visited in my life. Very few regrets (and really no use in having those). Wonderful topic.....

Intentionally and appropriately, the song immediately preceding this one on the album is Time.

An amazing piece of music and well reacted to by you. Each section is perfectly designed and was implemented by Claire Torry perfectly. Fear, Acceptance and Peace Just before the last section you can hear a whisper it says "if you can hear this you are dying". This whisper is something that after listening to the songs for 30 years I have never really noticed before, now I can't not hear it. Great reaction to an absolute masterpiece.

Gotta watch the Pulse concert live performance

Beautiful song, great band! When you get a chance, check out “Echoes” from their album Meddle, released in 71. It’s a little over 23 min in length. There’s nothing else like it. Many layers & parts to this masterpiece with a haunting vibe. Love to hear your take on it. Enjoy! ✌️

You opened this up to a perfect Segway. React to Time from the very same album (Dark Side of the Moon). Pink Floyd was know more as a psychedelic rock band and their albums are best appreciated by listening to them from start to finish as they are theme based and tell a story.

Going through the stages of death with no words. Just incredible and I saw them live and this song stole my heart. Peace out ✌️ ☮️

Excellent breakdown of this track. The track "Time" on this album links nicely with The Great Gig in the Sky. It explores misspent youth, ageing and regret.

Always deeply moving to me...for your 'particular set of skills' I'd recommend Floyd's 'Dogs' from the Animals album - a more conventional masterwork with a strong psychological message

Yes, you really should listen to the album in its entirety, but in particular, you should listen to this song along with the song that precedes it, Time. Time is about the progression of life and the time passing you by as it progresses, through stages of youth, the rat race of middle age and career, retirement and dying. Right as it hits the part about dying, it melds into The Great Gig in the Sky - the song about death and stages of grief. These two songs are really two parts of one song - which are part of an entire concept album.

Everything youre mentioning here is discussed in the lyrics of the song Time from the same album. Some of the greatest writing in all of music.

Interesting what you bring up with our anxiety with time ticking and death coming because on the album the song just before transitionning into great gig int the sky is called Time. It talks about that. Listen to it, it is one of their biggest masterpieces. Anyway, as others will tell you, you can listen to the whole album at once because it was meant to be heard as a whole piece of art.

The Great Gig in the Sky. In essence, the Dark Side of the Moon album deals with death. "The Great Gig in the Sky," in particular, and in the different verses, touches on each stage of grief and how we as free willed human beings deal with Death. An event that all of humanity is destined to experience at one point in time or another, be it in the realization of our own impending doom, or the death of a loved one. Depending on each individual's level of compassion and acceptance of death, persistent, traumatic grief can cause us to cycle (to some people quickly, to others slowly) through the 5 stages of grief: *denial, *anger, *bargaining, *depression, *acceptance. These stages are our minds attempt to process the change brought along by the loss of a loved one, or the acceptance of our own mortality and to protect our sanity while we adapt to our new reality. Pink Floyd's Great Gig in the Sky is about such a journey. The opening lyrics start with denial, and the closing lyrics end with acceptance. Listen carefully and you can spot each stage in the song.

Ahaaaaaa, Ahaaaaaa Ohoooo what a great reaction 🎼

Yes, today was a “deep” day. Great analysis by you, by the way. If you stick with Floyd, you will have many such “deep days”. This band provides one of the most philosophical, existential experiences you can have from popular music. You say you haven’t listened to them much. I would urge you to change that…..This album should be listened to in its entirety. It makes quite a profound statement about life.

"Time" is usually the song that gets people.

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light" Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

I was 13 when this came out Remember laying on the floor in the living room with big bulky headphones … eyes closed … feeling the music and her voice Art affects everyone in a different way, for me it felt like three stages The first was fear and pain ( of dying) Second felt like what some people say … “floating above your own body” trying to make sense of it The third and last felt more like an acceptance Thank you for your reaction!!! Love your channel ❤️🙏

You’re going to love the song Time great reaction to the great gig in the sky 👍

The change at the very end of the song represents Ascension.

Not sure if you have read this book but Irvin Yalom's Hour of the Heart is another powerful book. Once again great reaction and analysis.

You've really got to listen to the track that leads into "the great gig in the sky", called "Time". Then listen to "Brain Damage" then "Eclipse" which reflects on rationalism and lunacy. Then listen to the rest of the album.

You got it! But (most) PF albums were created to be listened to as a whole, from the start to the end. They are not a collection of songs, but a singular work of art. This one especially so. Keep Reacting!

Good, but the WHOLE album needs to be listened to in its entirety to see how it all hangs together. Fwiw, my most favourite lyrics amongst many favourite lyrics on this album are from Brain Damage: "The lunatic is in the hall The lunatics are in my hall The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more" Brilliant evocation!

Comfortably Numb pulse concert is awesome! Great reaction!