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  • @roaddog1973
    @roaddog1973 Pƙed 2 lety +459

    I love how Lex nails it, and Brad's still wondering what brand of washing machine that was in the beginning. 😂

    • @tradeladder146
      @tradeladder146 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      Exactly, toooo Funny.

    • @peterbarclay2472
      @peterbarclay2472 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      đŸ€Ł

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Love these two but they're mics are set wayyyy too loud.

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina Pƙed 2 lety +8

      The under-acclaimed brilliance of Richard Wright is ALL over this!!

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina Pƙed 2 lety +2

      The under-acclaimed brilliance of Richard Wright is ALL over this!!

  • @Rings-of-Saturn2
    @Rings-of-Saturn2 Pƙed 2 lety +769

    This song is not nearly as complicated as some people seem to think, which is a common trend with Pink Floyd reactions. Welcome to the machine refers to the music industry and how heartless and cruel such a world can be, a world that saw the Floyd band members forced to witness the destruction of their friend Syd Barret. This is one of the themes that is present throughout the Wish You Were Here album. Pink Floyd albums are one song with many pieces and are meant to be listened to all the way through. Things will be much more clear once you do that.

    • @HMan2828
      @HMan2828 Pƙed 2 lety +43

      Yeah, Have a Cigar right after this song is a dead give away...

    • @OleShagDawg
      @OleShagDawg Pƙed 2 lety +21

      I totally agree, every album of theirs is a story from the first to the last track on it. I also agree this whole album is about how the music industry swallowed Syd Barrett

    • @rayberke2836
      @rayberke2836 Pƙed 2 lety +34

      @@OleShagDawg Although I agree with the interpretation of the album, I don’t think one can fully blame the music industry on SB’s drug use and possible schizophrenia. I think he was a tortured soul as many great artists are.

    • @charlesduncan6529
      @charlesduncan6529 Pƙed 2 lety +20

      Syd did it to Syd all by himself, the man took way to much LSD and fried his brain!! Stop blaming everyone and everything else, plenty of people have gone through the same situation and came away just fine!!!

    • @nealm6764
      @nealm6764 Pƙed 2 lety +11

      Syd Barrett was the original lead singer and founder of Pink Floyd, but now his role is reduced to just "a friend"?
      Too much drugs fried his brain.

  • @DJMaul1031
    @DJMaul1031 Pƙed 2 lety +56

    How does Lex always manage to grasp a song meaning so well so quick? Totally nailed it first try.

  • @mikejohnson-dl7vt
    @mikejohnson-dl7vt Pƙed 2 lety +47

    "Where have you been? It's ok, we know where you've been..."(words to remember,folks-sign of the times,stay alert!)đŸ’ȘđŸ€šđŸ˜Ÿ

  • @detroitpolak9904
    @detroitpolak9904 Pƙed 2 lety +14

    My Buddy Brian always said “ If I’m ever rich enough to own a pro sports team, I would name the stadium “The Machine” and play this pre-game.” Only time in his life he was cool.

  • @michaeljustice124
    @michaeljustice124 Pƙed 2 lety +39

    Smoke a joint, wait a few minutes for the buzz to fully kick in and listen to the entire Wish You Were Here album. That’s a fucken ride right there!

    • @thechad1760
      @thechad1760 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      Momentary lapse of reason as well...
      đŸ€˜ what a ride.

    • @da_blade5040
      @da_blade5040 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Hellz Yeah!! 🎾

    • @justdone1068
      @justdone1068 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      😜

    • @lovejetfuel4071
      @lovejetfuel4071 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@thechad1760 Yeah, tripping out on Pink floyd, things move as slow as honey on a cold day

    • @davebeach2343
      @davebeach2343 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@lovejetfuel4071 you're right about the time dilation, I've always been surprised at how much time can disappear while listening to music.

  • @roballen5718
    @roballen5718 Pƙed 2 lety +15

    great reaction. John Lennon once said that when a teacher once asked him what he wanted to be, when he grew up, he answered, "happy". the teacher told him that he didn't understand the question. Lennon replied that the teacher didn't understand life. brilliant

    • @OlafoWaffle
      @OlafoWaffle Pƙed rokem +2

      To be fair "happy" and being English don't usually go together.

  • @chrino21
    @chrino21 Pƙed 2 lety +154

    “This was all... a setup” Wow, that really is so Pink Floyd.
    You guys re-instill my faith in humanity!

    • @alansmith7626
      @alansmith7626 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      well said! I feel the same

    • @willasacco9898
      @willasacco9898 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      As usual, Lex gets it off the rip.👍

    • @robbob5302
      @robbob5302 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      That was a great summary.

    • @Dariology
      @Dariology Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Queen! Nailed It!

    • @Pandemonis
      @Pandemonis Pƙed 2 lety

      Its always great to listen to the Floyds, but to see some people discovering it is always an extra treat :3 And they nailed it

  • @mikeevans1625
    @mikeevans1625 Pƙed 2 lety +328

    As others have mentioned, you're basically listening to a single chapter in a book. This is about getting caught up and trapped in the music industry, which molds and manufactures stars from a young age.
    HAVE A CIGAR is the next song on the album, and a direct follow-up. The story of this chapter is that the band is being lauded and paraded around as an industry success-story, but it's clear they care nothing for them personally.
    You haven't tried anything off the ANIMALS album, and that's another that has a narrative that continues across the album. It's loosely based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
    DOGS is a particular stand-out here, but they are all amazing tracks!

    • @pathatfield2543
      @pathatfield2543 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      I just want to second the suggestion that you listen to Animals.You could(and,I think,should) do a reaction for every song.

    • @paullohrisch257
      @paullohrisch257 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I'm glad you mentioned "have a cigar" and how both songs refer to the music industry 👍

    • @antemorph66
      @antemorph66 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      I'd love them to listen to Animals too but the songs aren't reaction friendly as far as length goes. At least Brad said so when he saw the length of Dogs lol

    • @pathatfield2543
      @pathatfield2543 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@antemorph66 others on CZcams have reacted to all the songs on the album,why not them?I guess we need a lot of people to request it in the comments.

    • @antemorph66
      @antemorph66 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@pathatfield2543 hey I'd love it personally, I just remember Brad about to add it to a poll but after seeing it was 17+ minutes he took it off and said no way. They played Have a a Cigar instead 🙄

  • @richardthresh3587
    @richardthresh3587 Pƙed 2 lety +15

    'The Machine' is the music industry

    • @707Berto
      @707Berto Pƙed 2 lety

      Or maybe also the coming Metaverse.

  • @jxchamb
    @jxchamb Pƙed 2 lety +114

    "You're a cog in the wheel". You perfectly nailed the meaning of the song. This is why I was obsessed with Pink Floyd while I was in college and why I still am now that I am 44 and I still just feel like I'm part of the machine.

    • @peterolsen9131
      @peterolsen9131 Pƙed 2 lety

      pink floyd planted the seeds for the rebellion to come?

  • @steveelson2999
    @steveelson2999 Pƙed 2 lety +24

    Gilmore, Waters, Wright, & Mason are absolute musical geniuses!!

    • @pdbordelon
      @pdbordelon Pƙed rokem +3

      All 4 of the pistons of the creative engine were pumping for sure!

  • @jamesburnett6247
    @jamesburnett6247 Pƙed 2 lety +74

    While ‘Dark Side’ was about every man’s psychosis at a macro level, ‘Wish’ was specifically about the impact that Sid’s demise had on the band.

    • @georgerudisill8008
      @georgerudisill8008 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      Actually, Syd was alive at the time this album was created. However, he had succumbed to mental illness years before and it was almost like he had died. At least it was until he showed up at the studio while the were recording this album about him and no one recognized him for a long time as he sat in the studio listening to them record

    • @NBrixH
      @NBrixH Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@georgerudisill8008 Yeah, I think that was the point they were trying to make. He wasn’t dead, but still gone.

    • @kennethv5250
      @kennethv5250 Pƙed 2 lety

      a LOT of their songs touch on Syd and how much they miss him

    • @craighill4709
      @craighill4709 Pƙed 2 lety

      The only track about Syd on this album is shine on

    • @NBrixH
      @NBrixH Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@craighill4709 no. The entire album is dedicated to him. It’s called “Wish you were here” for a reason.

  • @jrtilley
    @jrtilley Pƙed 2 lety +16

    Pink Floyd is top 5... Now : Shine On You Crazy Diamond

  • @robbie.j7639
    @robbie.j7639 Pƙed 2 lety +96

    Please do Shine on you Crazy Diamond or have a Cigar, such great stories to them

    • @NBrixH
      @NBrixH Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Didn’t they already do Have A Cigar?

  • @kevinpriest161
    @kevinpriest161 Pƙed 2 lety +13

    You don't just listen to Pink Floyd. You experience it.

  • @deborahstrickland9845
    @deborahstrickland9845 Pƙed 2 lety +83

    Pink Floyd, my all time favorite band. You can't fully appreciate them unless you kick back and listen to the complete albums the way they were meant to be heard.

    • @t.lee.p9182
      @t.lee.p9182 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      I couldn't agree more! There's so so much to explore with Pink Floyd. Also my all time favourite 💕💕

    • @morbidsnails1913
      @morbidsnails1913 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      I couldn't agree more.

    • @dundeeguy
      @dundeeguy Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Stoned ? đŸ€€

    • @kragger1985
      @kragger1985 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@dundeeguy no. While getting bummed

    • @matthewfoster5898
      @matthewfoster5898 Pƙed rokem

      After you smoke a nice big fat joint

  • @BalbazaktheGreat
    @BalbazaktheGreat Pƙed 2 lety +50

    Floyd is timeless; unquestionably the best progrock has to offer.

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina Pƙed 2 lety

      Love these two but they're mics are set wayyyy too loud.

  • @MrYahboo
    @MrYahboo Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Wow. That comment about leaving college and realising it's all a set-up was so spot on. So perceptive.

  • @grelch
    @grelch Pƙed 2 lety +65

    It's another song about how the music industry "the machine" and how it controls musicians. The sounds at the end with laughter are supposed to represent the artist going up to the company penthouse in an elevator, stepping into a cocktail party where all of the fake and insincere company "suits" laugh at each others jokes and congratulate each other insincerely. Pink Floyd were a little annoyed with their record label at the time. The song Have a Cigar from this album is another slight on the industry.

  • @markroberts8864
    @markroberts8864 Pƙed 2 lety +30

    Lex nailed it...!

  • @willblood7082
    @willblood7082 Pƙed 2 lety +43

    The “machine” is a metaphor for the seedy, greedy business side of the music industry.

    • @richardlaswell463
      @richardlaswell463 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Yes, but to say that is all that the song is about does Roger Waters writing a big disservice.

  • @pdbordelon
    @pdbordelon Pƙed rokem +6

    Lex totally gets it right away! :) I can't imagine our world without Pink Floyd. Makes you wonder what other genius music could have existed if the musician hadn't died in birth, been killed young, or never realized they had the talent or worst realized it but were denied the opportunity to build upon it due to environmental circumstances.

    • @derekmaynard5619
      @derekmaynard5619 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

      I often to wonder this. Like the way you think lol

  • @StoryOracle
    @StoryOracle Pƙed 2 lety +96

    I love Lex's interpretation. Music, like all art, should speak to you where you are. Once an artist releases their art (music, painting, writing, etc), it becomes its own thing and it becomes *more* than it was when it was created as it reaches the audience, grows and morphs inside the minds and souls of the people it resonates with.

    • @tenchraven
      @tenchraven Pƙed 2 lety +1

      No respect intended, as a creator I have to say you're full of crap. When I make something, I means what it I intend, it my expression. No one elses. It is my thing, for all time, for it is my creation. I may not always mean much by it other than, say, "I like pretty sunsets- they make the world less ugly, despite the colors being a sign of pollution." Sometimes it's to get the nightmares out of my head and trap them. Maybe your art means nothing to you other than what some other person applies to it, but in that case you make art for others. Probably for money. But most people who think they can claim another's art create nothing by methane and carbon dioxide.

    • @killboybands1
      @killboybands1 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @@tenchraven Full of crap? Interpretation is not entirely under your control. A piece of art can mean entirely different things to different people. Even a title can shift the interpretation with ease. Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima was originally titled 8'37 which gives it an extremely different interpretation for the listener. Not everyone creates or thinks like you which is vital for art to flourish and grow in the first place.
      "For I consider that music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all, whether a feeling, an attitude of mind, a psychological mood, a phenomenon of nature, etc. Expression has never been an inherent property of music. That is by no means the purpose of its existence. If, as is nearly always the case, music appears to express something, this is only an illusion and not a reality. It is simply an additional attribute which, by tacit and inveterate agreement, we have lent it, thrust upon it, as a label, a convention - in short, an aspect which, unconsciously or by force of habit, we have come to confuse with its essential being.”
      -Igor Stravinsky (1936)

    • @Stormeyworld
      @Stormeyworld Pƙed 2 lety

      @@tenchraven Then you shouldn't show your "Art" to anyone! People like you think you are so special because you created a piece of "art" and so what? Millions of people have created art too. Some really famous artists are okay with people interpreting their work differently than what was intended by the artist. Especially when it comes to a song or a piece of music. They don't care. They know what they wrote and what it meant for them. And they are not a snob about it like you are!

  • @robertherring9277
    @robertherring9277 Pƙed 2 lety +32

    That should always be followed by "Have a Cigar." I mean every Floyd album has a point told through a musical story. To me, you have to hear those 2 parts together.

  • @larrymcneil1426
    @larrymcneil1426 Pƙed 2 lety +62

    You need to do Pink Floyd live in Pompeii, the song echoes, you will not regret it

    • @asaskald
      @asaskald Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I wholeheartedly agree, but that's a pretty long video.

    • @larrymcneil1426
      @larrymcneil1426 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@asaskald two parts

    • @SirHilaryManfat
      @SirHilaryManfat Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Disagree. The album version needs to be heard first, then the live version.

    • @larrymcneil1426
      @larrymcneil1426 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@SirHilaryManfat Pompeii blows it away, You can actually see them play and the audio is great

    • @SirHilaryManfat
      @SirHilaryManfat Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@larrymcneil1426 I disagree on a personal level, but agree about it being amazing. It is an awesome performance, but I just think the original needs to be heard first to get the original interpretation before dipping into the Pompeii one. Either way, it's an experience.

  • @davidmazon7516
    @davidmazon7516 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Lex, what you said about just getting out of college. That just blew my mind. I had that same feeling when I got out into the world on my own.

  • @adamkilroe9840
    @adamkilroe9840 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Best thing to do with all Pink Floyd albums is to lie down in a darkened room, with the volume up loud but not exclusively so, and close your eyes and just immerse yourself in the entire album without interruption.

  • @joegaffey7609
    @joegaffey7609 Pƙed 2 lety +18

    Floyd is a band that comes along once in a lifetime. Saw them 2x and have seen Roger Waters a bunch. Best shows I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen tons ☘✌

  • @corvuslight
    @corvuslight Pƙed 2 lety +13

    It's alright, we told you what to dream...
    This song was the anthem, for me, of my senior year in high school.

  • @honorsilverthorne7227
    @honorsilverthorne7227 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    ⭐💜🌈 Thank you for listening to my beloved Pink Floyd 🌈💜⭐

  • @mattscouten714
    @mattscouten714 Pƙed rokem +1

    I'll still never understand how guys so young could make such powerful and influential music...

  • @diereinewahrheitichschwore6450

    It's interesting watching young people first time listening Pink Floyd. I'm grown up with and still a fan. Pink Floyd is timeless. Greets from Germany

  • @danielsitzmann8592
    @danielsitzmann8592 Pƙed 2 lety +15

    Omgosh...Lex... you nailed it. The darkness of the instrumental drives that feeling. It is so nice to watch young people take a deep listen to the music of my generation. Your minds have just expanded. đŸ„°đŸ„°đŸ„°

  • @Angela-sq1jz
    @Angela-sq1jz Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Pink Floyd is beautiful. In my top 3 best bands ever list.

    • @saturdayplayer2492
      @saturdayplayer2492 Pƙed rokem

      Agree. Zeppelin and Yes my other 2. Early Genesis a cloe run 4th.

  • @alabamaisyourdaddy6137
    @alabamaisyourdaddy6137 Pƙed 2 lety +94

    As a longtime Pink Floyd fan, I feel like some people who react to this band are too obsessed with the meanings of specific sounds and lyrics rather than just being in the moment and enjoying the incredible music. Its fine to want to know the inspiration behind the songs but not everything needs to be a dissection of the song at the exclusion of just enjoying things and feeling the mood Floyd wants to set.

    • @hwollemann82
      @hwollemann82 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Well said!!!

    • @hwollemann82
      @hwollemann82 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      Just enjoy the sound

    • @garryiglesias4074
      @garryiglesias4074 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Moreover the "meanings" are meaningless while you don't listen to the full album ANYWAY... And it's even better to have some "back story" culture too...
      More than 30 years in being a "fan", and I still discover new things.
      But, to be fair «some people who react to this band are too obsessed with the meanings of specific sounds and lyrics» this must be induced by hoards of brutal fans, who want the noobs to know "everything" before even thinking about listening to PF.... The brutal fans can really be a burdens with that...
      It's almost the same for "full album listening"... Of course it's better, and it's how it's supposed to be listen to... BUT... Most of us have discovered PF with ONE song here and there, and THEN, someday, we realized that there were "songs in between" and that the album must be listen to "at once"...
      Brutal PF fans (or from other bands) tend to break the happy and innocent approach of a "noob"...

    • @yashicafr
      @yashicafr Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Yup correct im 61 and bought this album as a teenager none of us even thought of overanalysing the music!! We just smoked pot, drank a lot of booze!! And loved the greatest album every made!!!!!

    • @ricn5494
      @ricn5494 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      While I agree with you that the music incredible. I believe understanding what's behind the song gives it hat much more meaning and emotion making it even more incredible. Comfortably Numb is a perfect example of that.

  • @tortillajackson2342
    @tortillajackson2342 Pƙed 2 lety +20

    Thank y'all for doing this song!!!! Y'all 2 are awesome!

  • @cooperstonebadge2228
    @cooperstonebadge2228 Pƙed 2 lety +70

    i get that the song is about a particular thing and that there is a story here. ive listened to the album hundreds of times. however everyone's personal interpretation of ANY song is valid. personally i think Lex hit the nail on the head with her description and had similar feelings the first time i heard this song. that we are cogs in a machine and we have been tricked.

    • @crazyfingers19
      @crazyfingers19 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Well said.

    • @izzonj
      @izzonj Pƙed 2 lety +6

      I was going to say something similar. The song may be about a particular thing but because people find their own way to relate to it and the emotions of the music is what gives it such lasting appeal

    • @floydianepic3259
      @floydianepic3259 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Agree. However It is good to know the actual meaning of the song as you will miss out on the brilliance of the construct. That being said your own interpretation is also important as it invokes your own thought and feelings. Let's just say that their are two meanings to most of pink Floyd's music.

    • @Tricknologyinc
      @Tricknologyinc Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Even knowing we are cogs in a machine... We are STILL cogs in a machine... Often more so...

    • @theawesomeone1844
      @theawesomeone1844 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      There is one interpretation, many applications. When I got my first real job my pop's sat me down and had the man talk... "work sucks, they don't give a turd about you, you're just a cog in their money making machine, embrace the suck, provide for your family, and don't let them brake you". The song was written about the corruption of the music industry, but it applies to many situations.

  • @woolfman9394
    @woolfman9394 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Floyd let you allways Fligh to the whole Universe and back,with all good and Bad Things!Love them for ever!

  • @JeromeDukes
    @JeromeDukes Pƙed 2 lety +11

    We grow up for the most part innocent, wide eyed and sheltered from the realities of the world. I believe this song is about the music industry but also applies to all other industries. Lex mentioned getting out of college and it all being a set up. Check out Rush's "Subdivisions and Analog Kid". Both songs are based on pre-adulthood.

  • @wickedmirage
    @wickedmirage Pƙed 2 lety +7

    Lex, "So many jobs you never hear about growing up".
    Oh my God yes - a thousand time yes. Growing up I danced and did gymnastics. It was not until I was in my 30's that I found out there was a Circus school/university! If I had known about it, I would have gone and then gotten a job with Cirque du Soleil. The things people don't tell you when you are young. (sigh)

  • @mikeg.4211
    @mikeg.4211 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    A great old classic. The machine in this metaphor is the music industry.

  • @o0o-jd-o0o95
    @o0o-jd-o0o95 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    this song is f--- awesome .... i love the intro. this song creates heavy emotion to me. the machine is the world we live in

  • @jimjohnson9512
    @jimjohnson9512 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Awesome to see your reaction great band you can't help love pink floyd

  • @blakebond211
    @blakebond211 Pƙed 2 lety +20

    Lex was right on point with that felling when she finished college. Welcome to them machine Lex.

  • @MikeInMD1961
    @MikeInMD1961 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    As I've mentioned before, it never hurts to be in the 'proper frame of mind' while listening to Floyd. They'll take you to places no other band can.

    • @jackfrost2146
      @jackfrost2146 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Way back, a friend and I stopped at a red light when the synth solo came on. We simultaneously looked at each other and said "I feel like I'm stoned." Apparently it bought us back to when we were in the "proper frame of mind."

  • @danielmorris9193
    @danielmorris9193 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    The thing that blows my mind about this song is...no drums or percussion at all..it's just guitar and keyboard. Masterpiece!

  • @longfootbuddy
    @longfootbuddy Pƙed 2 lety +1

    theres a lot of occupations of time.. the most worthwhile being observing things, thinking about things, creating things, and enjoying things.. which is why artists and philosophers are the way they are

  • @magicpowers
    @magicpowers Pƙed 2 lety +8

    They also used this track on a TV show about AI called "Person of Intrest ". Was one of the best tv shows ever.

    • @NoProb4Rob
      @NoProb4Rob Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I forgot about that moment on the show. I used to wait every week for the next episode. Sad it had to come to an end.

    • @Koldobika8A
      @Koldobika8A Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Loved that series âœŒđŸœ

  • @michaelflores2040
    @michaelflores2040 Pƙed 2 lety +18

    Just wanted to remind y’all that are so entertaining to me and I love y’all both. Y’all cover a variety of my favorite genres and you guys never seem to get boring. Lex is soo cute and brad always keeps it real. Lex to me has an extremely good passion and ear for music, especially with a lot of my favorite genres. #1 reaction channel imo. Stay rocking and grooving! ❀ love y’all.

    • @BradAndLex
      @BradAndLex  Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Thank you â€ïžđŸ™đŸœđŸ™Œ

  • @mikelundquist4596
    @mikelundquist4596 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Listening to one song at a time, out of order, is like reading a chapter of a book, or like watching just one episode of a miniseries. You cannot get the whole picture the way the artist intended. You should listen to the whole album start to finish.

  • @retiredfirelt586
    @retiredfirelt586 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Yes, more Pink Floyd please!

  • @nigel7092
    @nigel7092 Pƙed 2 lety +19

    The next song on the album is "Have a Cigar", which explains the feelings of Roger Waters towards the music industries' treatment of Pink Floyd. As bonus, the track has a really good Dave Gilmour guitar solo.

  • @christian7951
    @christian7951 Pƙed 2 lety +17

    Pink Floyd always makes you reflect on Life, Check out Echoes in Pompeii đŸ”„đŸ”„đŸ”„

  • @RoadLessTraveledMedia
    @RoadLessTraveledMedia Pƙed 2 lety +7

    I just need you to know that I was watching the live stream last night on my tv, and made a point to come back for a second run at this! You two are awesome :) keep it up

  • @Caseydog3
    @Caseydog3 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    For me this is the best synthesized song ever!

  • @chrissiegle1065
    @chrissiegle1065 Pƙed 2 lety +11

    I love the way lex can get right into the meaning of songs just by feeling them. This was my first introduction to a "matrix" kind of possibility... That we aren't in control of our lives.. ya, it's about the music industry, but it's also about life... it's all a machine lol..I was in my teens when I first heard this. Thank you. 😊 great reaction.

  • @styleonrepeat
    @styleonrepeat Pƙed 2 lety +5

    I was 8 when this came out and my mom bought the record. I used to play this all the time and I'd lay on the living room floor (on shag carpet no less) with my head between the speakers so I could hear the "machine sounds" bounce back and forth between the speakers. 😉

  • @crazydiamond347
    @crazydiamond347 Pƙed měsĂ­cem +1

    Exactly. You are now part of the machine.

  • @ericadelhoch2477
    @ericadelhoch2477 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    The slideshow still has bits n' pieces from the music video which was animated by Gerald Scarfe, who also lead the animation for Pink Floyd's The Wall movie in 1982 and he was later Art Director for Disney's Hercules oddly enough.

  • @armadillotoe
    @armadillotoe Pƙed 2 lety +7

    The Machine is life, industrial life in which you are just a cog in the machine. I think they may be talking specifically about the music industry machine, but it applies to most jobs.
    I enjoy telling new graduates "Welcome to the machine."

  • @unholydriver4987
    @unholydriver4987 Pƙed 2 lety +19

    I think Brad would dig the lyrics to "Have a Cigar"...and it's not quite as "spacey" as this one. (though Pink Floyd has yet to make a song I'd turn off)

  • @cesarnarro6013
    @cesarnarro6013 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I'm so glad i was alive on earth, the same time as Pink Floyd !!!

  • @DanAnkers
    @DanAnkers Pƙed 2 lety +1

    These guys we're using electronic instruments successfully, and making art out of it, before anyone else ever even had that thought. I'm sure others did it, somewhere around that time, but nobody do it like Pink Floyd.

  • @mostlyharmless1
    @mostlyharmless1 Pƙed 2 lety +11

    Great reaction guys! I love Lex's "when you graduated college" analogy! That exactly it! If you graduated college and went into some high end corporation. Like another person said, this is about finally "making" it in the music business and realizing that you're now working for the Devil. You guys rule :D

  • @colinrattray816
    @colinrattray816 Pƙed 2 lety +8

    Loving your reactions as always, if Brad thinks that’s a washing machine, Lex you need to get that man to do some more laundry! Haha, busted!

  • @lakelanddentalarts
    @lakelanddentalarts Pƙed 2 lety +1

    The thing about many of Pink Floyd songs is that they are designed with a particular message, but are also created to be open to multiple interpretations that are applicable in life.

  • @misha-jz4yx
    @misha-jz4yx Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Amazing reactions - loved the way you cut through straight to the heart of it. Looking forward to more

  • @tommack9395
    @tommack9395 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    I can't listen to this without Have A Cigar after. :)
    Wish You Were Here is my favorite Pink Floyd Album... I think after hitting the success they had with Dark Side of The Moon they really felt the weight and of course missed Syd Barrett. btw... Shine On You Crazy Diamond as some of Gilmour's tastiest guitar playing ever...

  • @Codex7777
    @Codex7777 Pƙed 2 lety +9

    People will tell you this is about the music. They're partially right, of course but, as with any Floyd song there's more than one meaning. The specific meaning is a commentary on the music industry. The more general meaning is to do with life/work/ society and refers to the experience of the 'everyman'. The widest meaning of all, consists of all the myriad of personal interpretations of the individual listeners.

  • @terrancebrown87
    @terrancebrown87 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Any Pink Floyd reaction is always top from you two 👍

  • @alsingrezels
    @alsingrezels Pƙed rokem

    Lex you are always so insightful and appreciative of the music.

  • @DocRobert
    @DocRobert Pƙed 2 lety +5

    “What kind of machine?”
    “It’s a washing machine.”

    • @kpmcdonnell3633
      @kpmcdonnell3633 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Roger Waters was venting about a shitty washing machine he bought.

    • @DocRobert
      @DocRobert Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@kpmcdonnell3633 “Welcome, my sock. Welcome
 to the machine
”

  • @Hippie459MN
    @Hippie459MN Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Yes! More Floyd! One of my absolute favorite bands ever.

  • @markchampagne9231
    @markchampagne9231 Pƙed 2 lety

    It's so much fun listening to you two and hearing your perspective on these songs many of us older types have grown up with. Keep up the great work

  • @toddshaw843
    @toddshaw843 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Y'all have barely scratch the surface of there music experience, I would give anything to be able to sit down and experience all their music for the first time again. Iam jealous, lol

  • @s.mcpherson6354
    @s.mcpherson6354 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    With Floyd, you guys should consider doing more of these by watching them perform live. They sound even better than the albums in most cases.
    And BTW, in your discussion about the meaning and what it meant, you basically described the plot of The Matrix, where human beings just sit still, watching what appear to be other lives, watching other lives, all while our economic value is extracted by the energy in our attention. :-) We watch big TV's to be convinced we need bigger TV's.

  • @markfeggeler3479
    @markfeggeler3479 Pƙed 2 lety +8

    A great song off their best album. You should also try some old Genesis from the early 1970s. A good starter song is Carpet Crawlers off The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

    • @gj8683
      @gj8683 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      With Peter Gabriel, from the "studio" recording. (I use quotes because the "studio" was Headley Grange.)

    • @crazyfingers19
      @crazyfingers19 Pƙed 2 lety

      Absolutely!

    • @briankrames8481
      @briankrames8481 Pƙed 2 lety

      Yes, "Wish You Were Here" is a great album, no doubt, but my favorite album is "Obscured By Clouds", which came out in 1972, the year before "Dark Side........"

  • @Jjoker74
    @Jjoker74 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I love the look of interest and anticipation you guys have throughout. There are dozens of Pink Floyd songs I could recommend but like it's been said many times, the songs are chapters of a story which is an entire album. Please do more Floyd songs!

  • @jeffconners7325
    @jeffconners7325 Pƙed 2 lety

    Love you guys! Your reactions are the best!

  • @Webrider357
    @Webrider357 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Industry is industry, we are designed to be a cog in the machine where ever and what ever you do end up as a cog at some level or another.

  • @seanf4433
    @seanf4433 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    ⛔⛔PLEASE DO GUNNERS DREAM BY PINK FLOYD OFF FINAL CUT ALBUM ⛔⛔👍

  • @therealtorsteph22
    @therealtorsteph22 Pƙed 2 lety

    Lex. My grandmother used to say, Stephanie, you have an "old soul". YOU girl, have an "old soul" and I LOVE IT!!!

  • @roccaclassico9028
    @roccaclassico9028 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Floyd songs never fail to make you think, right? I believe that sound at the end is intended to sound like an elevator going up to the penthouse, and the doors opening up to a bigwig party. Welcome to the fool's gold of the music industry "machine".

  • @arleco12
    @arleco12 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Really HATE when people dare to put images to Pink Floyd songs. The idea is for you to create your own images, not to be conducted by other's. They just kill the whole experience.

    • @robbob5302
      @robbob5302 Pƙed 2 lety

      Yes and no.
      I mean, I enjoy seeing other people interpretations of the song. But in a reaction video, I am kinda interested to hear Lexs interpretation too. With visual guides.
      If you haven't, watch her reaction to Light my Fire. By The Doors.
      She was TRIPPING.

  • @johnsaldana8667
    @johnsaldana8667 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    LEX IS WAY COOLER THAN BRAD !!! Lex understands music as theatre of the mind !

    • @millspaysbills5146
      @millspaysbills5146 Pƙed 2 lety

      Yeah I got to be honest Lex is somebody I would definitely enjoy hanging out with, eating some shrooms and jamming out to some tunes..Brad seems like a nice enough guy but he just doesn't seem like he'd be very fun to hang out with

    • @johnsaldana8667
      @johnsaldana8667 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@millspaysbills5146 I agree, Brad would have to stay home ... Lololol

    • @millspaysbills5146
      @millspaysbills5146 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@johnsaldana8667 Brad can be the sober driver while we party

  • @SidewaysEightSix
    @SidewaysEightSix Pƙed 2 lety +1

    “The Machine” is the music industry. Signing on young talent, taking advantage of them, milking them dry, and tossing them out. THE MACHINE.
    All of Pink Floyd’s albums are meant to be listened to all the way through from beginning to end. It gives way more context

  • @steveboyes2090
    @steveboyes2090 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Live pulse. Sorrow. And Shine on you crazy diamond.

  • @MrIronhorse1
    @MrIronhorse1 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    HA! It's great watching Lex bounce and groove to the keyboards while Brad gently sways to the rhythm of the strumming guitar.

  • @wen-nz3sk
    @wen-nz3sk Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Gotta listen to Floyd albums as a whole, back to back, and it'll connect.
    Love this mastery here.
    â€đŸ‘đŸœ

  • @rigjockey67
    @rigjockey67 Pƙed 2 lety

    You two seem like an excellent couple, best friends n all!
    Nice to see these days!
    Great vid, I am now a subscriber ... Even hit the notification bell!!

  • @65crazyh
    @65crazyh Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I love your channel - you both are awesome - thank you!

  • @brandimodrak461
    @brandimodrak461 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    My favorite song by them thank you for sharing. I love you guys.

  • @jackbackband7733
    @jackbackband7733 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I'm 70 and still loving this stuff!
    When this band arrived on the scene in the 60's in England we were once again blown away by something entirely new.
    To me this was the orchestral music of the space age.
    I escaped the machine for some time but it kept dragging me back and I'd escape again and make fleeting appearances in the world of respectable but would soon be off again.
    I've been back in the machine for over thirty years now but that's a whole other story!

  • @reddirtrelichunter6001
    @reddirtrelichunter6001 Pƙed 2 lety

    I love your channel, but don't normally comment. Lex really has a keen sense for the feel of a song. Brad, I love your need to find the meaning of a song. Glad ya'll are taking the time to do this channel. I appreciate you.

  • @jasondzija4915
    @jasondzija4915 Pƙed 2 lety

    Love you guys. Great commentary. Much better vocabulary than me. Keep up the good e. Merry Christmas

  • @kesleycottrell1416
    @kesleycottrell1416 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Richard Wright did some amazing keyboard work on this song. Very experimental for its time.

  • @tpaulalex724
    @tpaulalex724 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Back in the day (I am the same age as Maynard James Keenan and grew up listening to the same music as he and the rest of Tool), I read every single bit of information I could get on this band. One thing I found interesting about this song is that they actually recorded David's voice and then re-recorded it slowed down. They felt that his voice needed something extra to really drive the song. Also, Waters said that when they began working on Wish You Were Here, they had booked the studio and just went in there "with rubber bands and shit to see what they could come up with." Amazing talent!

  • @nickxkore
    @nickxkore Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Anybody remember when they used this song in that show “Person of Interest “? No other song could have worked for that specific scene!

  • @robertwilson7301
    @robertwilson7301 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I'm glad you chose this song to react to because for some stupid reason, I totally forgot about it. Great song with great meaning!!