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  • @byWasim
    @byWasim Pƙed 2 lety +2349

    "the way they create a theater in your head without giving you the pictures." in my 30 years of listening to these guys, this might be the most ridiculously perfect description of pink floyd as a band i've ever heard. the greatest part is, everyone may see a different movie, but will all still have the same feeling. love you guys! you two are as real as it gets.

    • @Frostrazor
      @Frostrazor Pƙed 2 lety +19

      absolutely. Its about feeling.

    • @ivanreis17
      @ivanreis17 Pƙed 2 lety +18

      love the way which they can feel like passionate folks, passionate for the artistic expression of the song

    • @danielglenn915
      @danielglenn915 Pƙed 2 lety +12

      I've said that about Any Colour You Like for a long time. Their instrumentals are astounding.

    • @jamescameron1337
      @jamescameron1337 Pƙed 2 lety +35

      'Theater in Your Head' is now officially the title of my first album. Coming soon.

    • @HandleTakenlol
      @HandleTakenlol Pƙed 2 lety +9

      I concur

  • @mikemaginnis7312
    @mikemaginnis7312 Pƙed 2 lety +910

    Holy shit...Lex's interpretation of the two guitars in the beginning with one being close and the other distant being a past relationship blew my mind! That makes so much sense with the song being about Syd and I've never thought about it that way before over the hundreds of times I've heard this song. Thank you for that, Lex! Your interpretations are always so profound!

    • @robmongar1414
      @robmongar1414 Pƙed 2 lety +28

      ... she's usually spot on 🙂

    • @mikemaginnis7312
      @mikemaginnis7312 Pƙed 2 lety +33

      @@robmongar1414 I've noticed that after watching so many of their videos in the past week. She really has a natural feel for music.

    • @forrestwalker2416
      @forrestwalker2416 Pƙed 2 lety +11

      Great chemistry you two absolutely love the energy and breakdown from lex she just puts you in a good mood, like she says everything I'm thinking.. seems like super positive fun girl

    • @forrestwalker2416
      @forrestwalker2416 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      Absolutely agree she's awasome

    • @isaacasimov3846
      @isaacasimov3846 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      This song was not written about Syd Barret. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is the Syd Barret tribute song

  • @TucBroder
    @TucBroder Pƙed rokem +29

    "A walk on part in the war to a lead role in a cage"... always gets me

  • @Chefmike7545
    @Chefmike7545 Pƙed 2 lety +48

    My pops died when I was 17. This song came on after a sleepless night after finding out he passed and it rocked me to the core of my soul. I had never related with anything more. The music is trancing. The lyrics felt like I was singing them to my father. He was my best friend and always will be. I will never know another man as awesome.

  • @pauljansen1137
    @pauljansen1137 Pƙed 2 lety +511

    A tribute to Syd Barrett!!! next: "Shine on you crazy diamond"!!!

    • @jainelson8840
      @jainelson8840 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Syd showed up at the studio while they were recording this album about him. He asked if he could do some background vocals, and they didn’t let him. I love Pink Floyd, but they are passive aggressive dicks lol.

    • @Hippie459MN
      @Hippie459MN Pƙed 2 lety +10

      @@jainelson8840, that is not actually true. They never asked him to sing on it. In fact in 72 I think it was, he signed a deal saying he would no longer have any part of any future doing with pink floyd. Mostly for royalties of future music. The story goes... "Barrett visited the members of Pink Floyd in 1975 during the recording sessions for their ninth album, Wish You Were Here. He attended the Abbey Road session unannounced, and watched the band working on the final mix of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" - a song about him. By that time, Barrett, then 29, had become overweight and had shaved off all of his hair (including his eyebrows), and his former bandmates did not initially recognise him. Barrett spent part of the session brushing his teeth. Waters asked him what he thought of the song and he said that it "sounds a bit old". He briefly attended the reception for Gilmour's wedding to Ginger that immediately followed the recording sessions but left early without exchanging goodbyes with the newlyweds."

    • @masterofsparkshwy6974
      @masterofsparkshwy6974 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      The band actually said the only song that had anything to do with Syd was Shine On You Crazy Diamond. The rest may sound so, but aren't.

    • @jainelson8840
      @jainelson8840 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@Hippie459MN thanks. I guess I just remembered it wrong. I read Nick Mason’s book back in ‘06 or ‘07 I think, and I thought that was what happened, but I’m probably conflating it with the story of when they stopped picking him up for practice.

    • @anthonyv6962
      @anthonyv6962 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      Roger Waters has said the only song directly related to Syd is "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," I also read / heard Waters say this song deals with the duality of his character specifically greed and ambition battling with compassion and idealism.

  • @voidwraithprime8521
    @voidwraithprime8521 Pƙed 2 lety +338

    “Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?” --- one of my favorite lyrics...ever?

    • @roygoss7556
      @roygoss7556 Pƙed 2 lety +29

      Powerful lyric. I’m partial to “The child is grown, the dream is gone”.

    • @edwardcoit9748
      @edwardcoit9748 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      It is a great lyric. I used to think it said “ for a leaf alone in a cage.”

    • @Sandman60077
      @Sandman60077 Pƙed 2 lety +16

      Referring to people that were thrown in prison for dodging the draft.

    • @garri5108
      @garri5108 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I love Pf, but it's funny how Pink Floyd fans overrate their fav band, it's just funny. In 70s there was like hundreds better albums than Pink Floyd's DSOTM, WYWH, Animals and The Wall.

    • @pulsarlights2825
      @pulsarlights2825 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      @@Sandman60077 That's not true, you made that shit up

  • @edwardrutledge2765
    @edwardrutledge2765 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    The finest rock band
ever.

  • @rogerwelsh2335
    @rogerwelsh2335 Pƙed 2 lety +209

    Lex, you are of the charts intuitive to music and artistic expression. It’s uncanny how you put music into words. Just keep working on Brad, he’ll get there one day, lol

    • @radicaladz
      @radicaladz Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I'll admit, even when Lex isn't right on the money with the literal/intended meaning, she definitely has a knack for interpreting tone and mood.

    • @Sheik_yerbouti83
      @Sheik_yerbouti83 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      1 million percent

  • @richard_n
    @richard_n Pƙed 2 lety +268

    Pink Floyd is some of the most intelligent music ever made. They were geniuses in every sense of the word.

    • @Tully_23_32
      @Tully_23_32 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Comfortably Numb is my song, i have bipolar, depression & severe anxiety aswell as a fractured spine, a spinal bone disease & suffer with sciatica which all 3 is excruciating, chronic pain 24/7 & when I'm down & in pain i put Comfortably Numb on repeat. It really does speak to me & can calm me down into a better & more happy feeling.

    • @johndoh5182
      @johndoh5182 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I'd say more artistic than anything else.

    • @LordEagle
      @LordEagle Pƙed 2 lety +2

      PF is for the ADVANCED music listener. 😎

    • @denystull355
      @denystull355 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      But The Moody Blues were considered by some as the change the world needed, thus the song "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock'n'Roll Band".

  • @TD_JR
    @TD_JR Pƙed 2 lety +482

    Lex might be the most intuitive person I've seen on these musical reaction channels who, listening to music they've never heard before outside their own element, is able to wrap her head around the message of the song ... or at least get a brief understanding with just a first listen. She's good and getting in touch with the feel of things and that's a soft skill that's hard for most people to master.

    • @louieb5651
      @louieb5651 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      I completely agree. Quite frankly (sorry Brad) but Lex is the only reason I watch their videos. She is so intense while Brad is simply dense.

    • @LordEagle
      @LordEagle Pƙed 2 lety +14

      @@louieb5651 you're wrong. Brad just likes the softer stuff. He's actually quite intuitive.

    • @LordEagle
      @LordEagle Pƙed 2 lety +5

      Lex is FANTASTIC,,,,đŸ€Ș

    • @deborahfollowscornell9007
      @deborahfollowscornell9007 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Very good intuition, I'm too dumb to look for the meanings.

    • @forrestaddis7772
      @forrestaddis7772 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I can’t believe they missed the first couple seconds of the song where the TVs flipping through channels and lex still correlated the radio sounding Guitar to the clean guitar like it was transporting us into the present of his living room and he could be reflecting on his life
      I think the song try’s to get you into the mind of the main character he’s mindlessly flipping through channels not really paying attention then the distorted melody comes on and it makes him stop and reflect and the clean guitar is him getting lost in the tunnel of his thoughts his depression because of his fame and what he had to give up and lose to achieve his fame how he believed that his music had meaning and a statement and a message that he believed in fighting for but he gave everything he cared about away for fame and money he’s now being controlled and caged by a corporate entity that tells him what to do say sing and what he can’t “ did you exchange a walk on part of the war (he wasn’t forced to fight he chose to )for a lead role in a cage”( he’s famous but owned by someone else )

  • @raiden6156
    @raiden6156 Pƙed rokem +23

    Lex's ability to instantaneously grasp the meaning behind the music is astonishing.

  • @StevenLeeStudios
    @StevenLeeStudios Pƙed 2 lety +241

    Lex is a F'in beast. My favorite band of all time, and she killed it with the analysis. They missed their partner who was apart of their band. He fell into drug addiction, doing LSD and hard experimental drugs, ultimately turning into a zombie and shell of himself. His name was Syd Barrett and he was the main man of the band. The band carried on without him, but there was a point where the band would be playing, and Syd would just be staring into nothing just frozen. Or walking in a room with him frozen in place with a cigarette lit but never smoked or moved so that the ash was still in tact from the initial lighting. When someone hit thes joint for too long and the ash is too long, ill point out that they are Floyding it lol. Anyway, love this band, love you guys. You guys are killing it lately. Been here since 20k subs

    • @loyalistu.y.m
      @loyalistu.y.m Pƙed 2 lety +10

      SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND was about Syd as wel

    • @johnmboon
      @johnmboon Pƙed 2 lety +8

      It was even weirder, the long lost drug affected band member actually showed up uninvited by chance at the studio and someone let him in whilst they were recoding this song about missing him, he was not specifically introduced to them and just hung around in the background and he was so altered in appearance and demeanour that they did not click as to who the weird stranger was.

    • @davidwavidshmavider
      @davidwavidshmavider Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@loyalistu.y.m I think Syd showed up when they were recording it, like the guy above mentioned, but it was while they were recording the song about him, and they didn’t even know it was him. Then Syd said “I’m ready” or something similar, then they said “Is that Syd?” Then obviously realizing it was him. He’d shaved his head and his eyebrows, and gained weight.

    • @ianbritton5735
      @ianbritton5735 Pƙed rokem +9

      Just to add a little, Barrett's drug abuse was most likely an attempt to self medicate his struggle with schizophrenia

    • @grelch
      @grelch Pƙed rokem +1

      Yeah, she even basically got the opening of the song right. In fact I might like Alex’s version better. Older player soloing against his younger self playing rhythm on the radio. This song connected with Lexi.

  • @THEOLYMPIAGUY360
    @THEOLYMPIAGUY360 Pƙed 2 lety +622

    This song is about the original singer song writer and founder syd
    Barrett, who lost his mind from using to many psychedelics. Which triggered schizophrenia, The band loved him and never stopped paying homage to him. Sad story!!

    • @chscelebrity8325
      @chscelebrity8325 Pƙed 2 lety +12

      I don’t think Rogers wants it interpreted that way though. He’s trying to reach out to anybody who lost a loved one or something. Though it is a good hidden meaning.

    • @chscelebrity8325
      @chscelebrity8325 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      @@THEOLYMPIAGUY360 well of course it’s about Syd. Always has been. But if they would’ve intended that, he would’ve flat out said Syd in the lyrics. You know what I mean?

    • @chscelebrity8325
      @chscelebrity8325 Pƙed 2 lety +8

      @@THEOLYMPIAGUY360 But a casual first time listener to Pink Floyd isn’t going to look at documentaries, interviews, etc. That’s what my reasoning is about. It’s the same for a lot of Pink Floyd songs, hidden meaning but they want to interpret something else.

    • @Mikkall
      @Mikkall Pƙed 2 lety +9

      @@chscelebrity8325 The song, doesn't have to mean one particular thing... it's relatable to a lot of things.

    • @chscelebrity8325
      @chscelebrity8325 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      @@Mikkall why are you tagging me? That’s exactly my point.

  • @stephaniewashburn7700
    @stephaniewashburn7700 Pƙed 2 lety +128

    My favorite Pink Floyd song - we’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year- that line HITS ME HARD

    • @danirons1853
      @danirons1853 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      ♄ for sure

    • @henry1395
      @henry1395 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Epic indeed!!!...#unforgettable

    • @BensSoZen
      @BensSoZen Pƙed 2 lety

      That hit my friends hard too. For me, just a nicely visual line.

    • @d4mdcykey
      @d4mdcykey Pƙed 2 lety +1

      One of the most poignant lines ever written in music, indeed.

    • @dougkydur9841
      @dougkydur9841 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I thought the fishbowl would be the place Lex was going to "get transported to" but she never quite made it. There's a lot to unravel in this song (musically and lyrically) and I don't think it can be fully absorbed in one listen.

  • @donnanorton4092
    @donnanorton4092 Pƙed 2 lety +19

    My son's Dad was a big fan of this band. We lost him last year and a few days later this song came on the radio . I cried my eyes out because it reminds me of him ❀

  • @jflinn2010
    @jflinn2010 Pƙed 2 lety +81

    The two guitars, "transporting" you to "a past relationship" -- God damn, Lex, you NAILED IT!! Without even KNOWING!! This song is a tribute to their former bandmate, Syd Barrett, who was instrumental in their creation, but lost his mind ... "Wish You Were Here" is a trib to Syd, of them reflecting back on their beginnings (your "guitar on the radio" sound) with their current booming sound. Great observation, without knowing of Syd and the Floyd. Wow. I am IMPRESSED.

  • @sumonjamal1653
    @sumonjamal1653 Pƙed 2 lety +312

    The song (and the entire album) from 1975 'Wish you were here' was about Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett... he suffered from mental health problems and was out of Floyd by 1968 after just 1 album.
    Syd Barret was a close friend before he disappeared completely around 1970. Surprisingly, he showed up during this album's session in London... bald & out of his mind. He disappeared again soon after...
    The classic Pink Floyd reunited to honor Syd Barrett in 2005 for a charity Live8 show.
    Syd Barret spent the rest of his life in Cambridge, either in mental homes or his mom's home... he died in 2006 after yrs of health problems.
    Keyboardist Richard Wright played the electric organ, which were the "French horns" 😂 Wright passed away in 2008đŸ˜Ș

    • @GeneOh
      @GeneOh Pƙed 2 lety +15

      I always thought Sid got that way from some bad acid, or too much of it at once.

    • @frightenedsoul
      @frightenedsoul Pƙed 2 lety +14

      @@GeneOh he had mental health problems before and most certainly had schizophrenia. The acid may have led to a much quicker onset of the schizophrenia but it’s a bit misleading to say he went mental from acid.

    • @psbarrow
      @psbarrow Pƙed 2 lety +6

      No, it's not about Barrett, and I've posted quotes from Waters and Gilmour to show it's not in this thread.

    • @steveboyes2090
      @steveboyes2090 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      Shine on crazy diamond was about syd and what they were recording when he popped in abbey road studios at 2 am.

    • @krkhns
      @krkhns Pƙed 2 lety +10

      @@psbarrow Like a lot of what Water says, its going to depend on when he said it. It has changed over time. If you go by the interviews in the documentary "The Story of Wish You Were Here", Waters says the song is about his inner reflection over the conflict between his idealism and the materialism that comes with fame. But, I just went to the "Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains" exhibit curated by Nick Mason. In the Wish You Were Here section, there is a December 1975 interview where Waters' explanation is more in line with Gilmour's - its not specifically about Syd, but how what happened to him is not unique. Its about the price some people are willing to pay for fame and how that gets exploited by record executives. And how the preconceived notion that once you get famous you have more control over your work is wrong. The chorus is about him and his wife (two lost souls) and how they thought that the success of Dark Side of the Moon would mean less pressure on their personal lives, but it didn't. The pressure to put out a hit album was still there (Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fear.) The interview is part of the "Pink Floyd: Reflections and Echoes" documentary.

  • @sleepbananas
    @sleepbananas Pƙed 2 lety +43

    This song 😭 made grown men cry and will forever make me think of every loved one I've ever lost.

    • @tylerwoods9954
      @tylerwoods9954 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I am one of those grown men that have been brought to tears by this song. An absolute masterpiece.

    • @boxsurf
      @boxsurf Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Fact

  • @jakehamilton5502
    @jakehamilton5502 Pƙed 2 lety +91

    I've listened to this song hundreds of times and it never occurred to me that within the story of the song the man playing the intro lead could be playing against a past recording of himself as a metaphor for reflecting back over his life. Thanks Lex!

  • @countloco5362
    @countloco5362 Pƙed rokem +17

    Lex has such a beautiful soul, especially the way she interprets music ! I'd love to just chill with her and play all kinds of good music and see how she feels about it ! She's definitely a deep person and has some of the greatest introspective takes on song meanings !

  • @mikeelko8527
    @mikeelko8527 Pƙed 2 lety +188

    The type of song everyone can relate to. That’s the reason this song is a hit.

  • @Hopey__88
    @Hopey__88 Pƙed 2 lety +49

    Apparently David Gilmore couldn’t hold in the cough due to his heavy smoking. They kept it in the song. When he listened back to it, it encouraged him to stop smoking.

    • @ThomasTallant
      @ThomasTallant Pƙed 2 lety +5

      I've learned sunbathing today... Just saw the typo and refuse to change it. 😂

    • @steveboyes2090
      @steveboyes2090 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      No. That was Richard Wright and they left the cough in, which reportedly embarrassed him and prompted him to quit smoking.

    • @telephonic
      @telephonic Pƙed 2 lety

      @@ThomasTallant Hahaha.

    • @scottchapin2323
      @scottchapin2323 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@steveboyes2090 correct

  • @troyace1116
    @troyace1116 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Every Pink Floyd song is meant to transport you somewhere

  • @gertrudelaronge6864
    @gertrudelaronge6864 Pƙed 2 lety +36

    "Scientists of art." Yes.
    That is now my all time favorite 3 word description of this band!"
    Brad, you've the soul of a poet.
    And Lex, you speak the language of the 3 muses- melody, harmony, and rhythm. The two of you complement eachother perfectly.

  • @lisaray9944
    @lisaray9944 Pƙed 2 lety +38

    We had this played at my sons funeral. He used to play this on the guitar while we sat outside by the fire pit . This song was always one of our favorites . Now this song holds a very special place for my husband and I .

    • @snakeinthegrass7443
      @snakeinthegrass7443 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      OMG that is so sad and sweet at the same time. So very sorry for your loss. I can't imagine the pain and emptiness. God bless you all with peace and serenity

    • @lisaray9944
      @lisaray9944 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@snakeinthegrass7443 thank you

    • @WhizzingFish12
      @WhizzingFish12 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Blessings on you. Such a beautiful and melancholy song. I wish you peace and to see your boy again one day.

    • @commonsense571
      @commonsense571 Pƙed 2 lety

      đŸŒč✹đŸŒč

    • @Mottleydude1
      @Mottleydude1 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@commonsense571 God bless you and may this song bring a blessing upon you and in some way assuage your grief.

  • @ginoaragon3835
    @ginoaragon3835 Pƙed 2 lety +181

    As everyone had pointed out it is about Syd Barret, the original singer for the band. He did an Acid trip and basically never came back. He didn't die but his mind was not there. So wish you were here has so many levels of meaning for the band and their friend.

    • @jeremylarson6267
      @jeremylarson6267 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      I like to think of it as no one went on the trip with Syd rather than he never came back

    • @noelennon420
      @noelennon420 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Het thought he was an orange for a few years there...

    • @JahanMisra
      @JahanMisra Pƙed 2 lety +7

      this is the theory for what happened but it’s not confirmed really. his family still denies it as far as i know

    • @MikeB12800
      @MikeB12800 Pƙed 2 lety +29

      It wasn’t one acid trip!! He had mental issues before he did A LOT of acid. He had mental issues after he stopped doing acid. The acid story makes a good story, but it isn’t the whole story!

    • @Rock_Snob
      @Rock_Snob Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Actually Syd did many acid trips and fried his brain.

  • @mikewatts867
    @mikewatts867 Pƙed rokem +9

    This song is so unique for Pink Floyd because of its simplicity. That simplicity somehow makes it more powerful. I’m sure many others have already mentioned this being about Syd. But on another level, the theme of this album is basically about “absence.” This song for me is about a relationship where one of the people is not present. Yes you could say they have died or left, but for me if feels like they are still there. They just aren’t present in the relationship like they once were. Somehow that makes it even sadder and more profound.

  • @kylebakke594
    @kylebakke594 Pƙed 2 lety +32

    Wow, Lex! How freaking insightful when you picked up on the symbolism of the radio guitar juxtaposed with the live guitar. Loved this reaction!

  • @mctrashpedal
    @mctrashpedal Pƙed 2 lety +138

    Lex nails it! It was supposed to be playing along with the radio in the beginning. Nice job!

    • @roberttaylor5997
      @roberttaylor5997 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Not exactly, I think. The lead-in to this track is part of the ending of the previous one. If you listen to both together, I think it's clear what they are doing. (Trying to avoid giving a spoiler here.) I mean, Lex's and your interpretation makes sense too, but mine is slightly different.

    • @mctrashpedal
      @mctrashpedal Pƙed 2 lety +6

      @@roberttaylor5997 I'm referring to what the band has publicly said about the start of the track?

    • @roberttaylor5997
      @roberttaylor5997 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@mctrashpedal I can't argue with that. My idea was that after "tuning out" of the previous track and across a few other stations, they were then "tuning in" to this track. So according to my interpretation this track started with PF badly tuned followed by PF properly tuned, rather than some random band on the radio and then PF playing along.

    • @footckeyball
      @footckeyball Pƙed 2 lety

      @@mctrashpedal where did they say that?

  • @indignorant7684
    @indignorant7684 Pƙed 2 lety +186

    The whole album is gold. But like most Pink Floyd albums, they're a journey and need to be listened to in sequence.

    • @AppalachiaRRlover
      @AppalachiaRRlover Pƙed 2 lety +5

      I told them this exactly on their video of Time! The song needs to be heard in the context of the whole album

    • @ChronosWar
      @ChronosWar Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Couldn't agree more. Wish You Were Here is damn near my favorite album. The tracks all stand up on their own, but the album works even better as one big entity

    • @heatnationwpb
      @heatnationwpb Pƙed 2 lety +6

      Agreed 1000%. That's often the problem with reaction videos - back when artists made complete albums (vs a collection of singles), a song's placement on the album was often just as important as the song itself. Something just gets lost when you pull it out of the context of the album as a whole.

    • @stefan85300
      @stefan85300 Pƙed 2 lety

      Or the rock police will get ya

  • @mikedicarlis6654
    @mikedicarlis6654 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    this song has deep meaning. My best friend died when he was 19. I am now 52. Not a day goes by that I wished he was here.

    • @TomFurr-uc1hj
      @TomFurr-uc1hj Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

      Something about that didn't sound right but I know what you meant

  • @mattw3190
    @mattw3190 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    As we get older and we lose a loved one close to us these Pink Floyd songs have the most powerful meaning that will make tears run down your cheeks every time you hear them

  • @artsilva
    @artsilva Pƙed 2 lety +124

    Lex got it at 3:00
    The wind at the very end leads into the next song... PF albums are usually full compositions and it are basically one big story with chapters. Each song blends into the next same as story elements chronologically follow others.

    • @MordicusEgg
      @MordicusEgg Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Building off of what Art wrote, Brad and Lex, most of PF albums during this period are what were known in the Progressive Rock genre of the time as "concept albums". Art said it, above: Each album is a complete story, or at least an exploration of a theme (or themes). Regarding this era of Pink Floyd, each album should be listened to in its entirety to get the overarching experience.

    • @danielstewart7163
      @danielstewart7163 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@MordicusEgg exactly. The Floyd are to be experienced. Drop the needle, sit down and take your journey. And no 2 journeys are the same.

    • @chupasaurus
      @chupasaurus Pƙed 2 lety

      @@danielstewart7163 I'd say it started with the back of Meddle (I know you know what I mean) and ended on Wall.

  • @maureenwagg5305
    @maureenwagg5305 Pƙed 2 lety +207

    When this song plays, everyone knows every word. My kids know it, my dad knows it, my aunt knows it, my friends know it. It's universal. We all love it.

    • @MH1000a
      @MH1000a Pƙed 2 lety +4

      My 16 year daughters favorite song teacher her it on guitar

    • @mikeb2586
      @mikeb2586 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      My wife and I saw Floyd for the "Mission Bell" tour. The audience was the most eclectic I've ever seen! Every age from 11 or 12 to 70! One of the highlights of the concert for me was that when they played "Wish You Were Here" the whole audience sang along with every word.

    • @chscelebrity8325
      @chscelebrity8325 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Most this generation don’t even know this exists sadly.

    • @dizastro5437
      @dizastro5437 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Add me to the family?

    • @mikeb2586
      @mikeb2586 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      @@chscelebrity8325 I don't know. I like to think Pink Floyd is like Mozart - people will still be listening to this music in 300 years! Not everybody, of course, but the people who know good music will.

  • @doomguydemonkiller
    @doomguydemonkiller Pƙed rokem +6

    1:18 That acoustic in the beginning always has me going. It’s so good!

  • @larryfroot
    @larryfroot Pƙed rokem +2

    My older brother fell victim to Schizoprenia in his late teens. He was the best of us. His talent, wit and looks left us all in the dust. He was also fearless. And schizophrenia robbed him of his glorious, unbounded and gifted self. Oh Ron, how I wish you were here.

  • @unmemorablehero
    @unmemorablehero Pƙed 2 lety +22

    My best friend LOVED Pink Floyd. After he committed suicide, they played this at his funeral with photos of him. This song hits me so differently now. Wish you were still here, but I’m glad you finally got peace.

  • @duanem.5738
    @duanem.5738 Pƙed 2 lety +56

    This song was vital in my recovery and I am forever in debt to Pink Floyd for making such a thought provoking song. I used to imagine that this song was an internal conversation of my sober self talking to me in addiction.

  • @mlyten67
    @mlyten67 Pƙed 2 lety +22

    Damn Lex, you are so insightful. I love the way you articulate yourself in terms of the emotional expression within music and it’s effect on you.
    Brad, you are as literal as a mathematical equation. As an engineer, I greatly respect that too.
    You both are a great dichotomy and I love your reactions. Keep it going.

  • @zap7378
    @zap7378 Pƙed 28 dny

    Probably the best song ever written, given the context, the music, the lyrics

  • @Adversital
    @Adversital Pƙed 2 lety +45

    We need Comfortably Numb live at Pulse next!!

    • @musgysfallout
      @musgysfallout Pƙed 2 lety +5

      Yes please, one of their best performances and well worth a watch

    • @lordofthehornets3238
      @lordofthehornets3238 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      So much this!

    • @brandonscott4904
      @brandonscott4904 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Yes! Agreed

    • @andyallan2909
      @andyallan2909 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Definitely the best guitar solo of all time, or to more accurate, the best two guitar solos of all time are in that Live 'Pulse' performance of the song. So I agree, do the "Comfortably Numb" from Pulse, it'll blow Lex away.

  • @petermorgan5303
    @petermorgan5303 Pƙed 2 lety +61

    When you listen to Pink Floyd, you just feel different at the end of the song vs the beginning. Lyrics and music change your perspective, and thats good music. Band is just freakin EPIC

  • @frankmcmahon5820
    @frankmcmahon5820 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +2

    This song makes me long for the past

  • @ronmartin7421
    @ronmartin7421 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    The way Lex analyzes the music is outstanding. It's beautiful the way she picks up on things I never noticed or thought from songs I've been listening to for years.

  • @calliemorrow8829
    @calliemorrow8829 Pƙed 2 lety +124

    Brad, you should love this band because they are a "thinking" band. Lex, you should love the very interesting sound they have to put people in their "thinking place". :-) Love you guys, be glad when I can see again so I can join y'all back in discord

    • @neillenet291
      @neillenet291 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      And not to mention Lex will love David Gilmour's guitar solos

    • @brandonhinrichs4393
      @brandonhinrichs4393 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Thats the same reason I love Tool

  • @styleyriley
    @styleyriley Pƙed 2 lety +103

    "They're so good with the extra sounds" Lex is a damn treasure!

  • @exerciseforidiots2296
    @exerciseforidiots2296 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    My Dad was a huge fan and I became one through him. Miss you Dad❀

  • @karsonwood3081
    @karsonwood3081 Pƙed 2 lety

    "Creating a theater in your head..." is the most basic perfect way to say that. Perfect.

  • @yslandbaggett8981
    @yslandbaggett8981 Pƙed 2 lety +70

    Pink Floyd isn't just music. They are an experience

  • @rdhudon7469
    @rdhudon7469 Pƙed 2 lety +21

    The older you get the emotions invoked become more intense . I was in High school when this came out and I have a completely different perspective on it now compared to then . David Gilmore is a guitar genius, a virtuoso of emotional expression .

    • @David-ng7cr
      @David-ng7cr Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Know what you mean.

    • @reanimated
      @reanimated Pƙed 2 lety +1

      That's how I feel about Pearl Jam, who came out when I was in 8th damn grade. And it just gets realer and realer.

    • @redrick8900
      @redrick8900 Pƙed 2 lety

      He's okay. Most guitar players sound great playing Pink Floyd.

  • @vickirecord5534
    @vickirecord5534 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    "Just two lost souls swimmin' in a fish bowl year after year" Such a wonderful lyric and so true of so many.IMO.

  • @morrisheinersz2005
    @morrisheinersz2005 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    what a beautiful song. I have been loving this song for almost fifty years

  • @LordEriolTolkien
    @LordEriolTolkien Pƙed 2 lety +4

    This is about Syd Barret, their original Lead Singer and Guitarist. Lost his mind to LSD. Famously he walked into a recording session, years after leaving the band, and was physically unrecognisable.

    • @EarthlyEden1
      @EarthlyEden1 Pƙed 2 lety

      True, he walked into the studio during the recording of this album about him.

    • @TubetakerBHV
      @TubetakerBHV Pƙed 2 lety

      Not any recording session but exacty this recording session. ;)

    • @redrick8900
      @redrick8900 Pƙed 2 lety

      That's a myth. He did visit the studio and someone did ask who he was but his back was turned. They still recognized his face.

    • @EarthlyEden1
      @EarthlyEden1 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@redrick8900 they didn't straight away. If you watch the making of wish you were here the band say they did not recognise him.

  • @tomlanganrealtor-yourhomei4153
    @tomlanganrealtor-yourhomei4153 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    I’ve heard this song a hundred times and I still get goosebumps

  • @mikewood6071
    @mikewood6071 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    David Gilmour wrote this song for Syd Barret (the original singer) who had a mental breakdown and dropped out of the band. As was “Shine on you crazy diamond”
    A loving tribute to a good friend.
    Gilmour was said to have started crying after the recording of this song in the studio.
    The whole “Wish You Were Here” album was dedicated to Syd and all the songs were related to Pink Floyd’s rise to success

  • @danielcunningham3418
    @danielcunningham3418 Pƙed 2 lety +73

    My favorite band, by far. Different musical styles, sounds, spoken word, singers, in-depth lyrics all mixed into one end product that evokes emotional, mental, and spiritual contemplation and awakening. Total body & mind experience. To me it's Mozart in the current. Genius.

  • @sammichael6139
    @sammichael6139 Pƙed 2 lety +119

    Oh man, I'm so impressed with Lex's spot on understanding of the opener. He is literally playing to himself when he's older ON THE RADIO and thats exactly what he wrote it for. Lex is lowkey flexing throughout this video tbh. 'the way they create a theater in your head without giving you the pictures'. They've literally created movies to go along with their albums in the past. Lex is defo down with the Floyd!!!

    • @LordEagle
      @LordEagle Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Lex is FANTASTIC,,,,đŸ€Ș

  • @theawesomeone1844
    @theawesomeone1844 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    If I was stuck on a desert island and could only have one album for the rest of my life "Wish You Were Here" is the album I'd chose. Not just because it's my favorite album, but over the last 35 years I've listened to it, I still hear new things and pick out new meaning. It's a brilliant album! "Welcome to the Machine" (off this album) and "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd are two of the most powerful songs I've ever heard.

  • @macsarcule
    @macsarcule Pƙed rokem +14

    If you haven’t, you guys gotta try the whole album at once in a quiet setting, each on your own. Not for us, for you. Dark Side of the Moon has some great songs, but it’s constructed as an album to be heard complete, at least a side at a time. It’s a wonderful 43 minute gift to yourself. Give it a try at least once 🙂

    • @mikepierce3801
      @mikepierce3801 Pƙed rokem +2

      This isn't Dark Side of the Moon - it's the title track from Wish You Were Here

  • @dawn6320
    @dawn6320 Pƙed 2 lety +75

    I'm a Nurse an I play this quietly at work to deal with everything we have to deal with.

  • @steveparker8065
    @steveparker8065 Pƙed 2 lety +14

    The bit at the beginning with the echo on the guitar, then coming with a fresh guitar on top was apparently to give the impression of listening to a song on the radio. So yes to transport you.

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Pƙed 2 lety +4

      AM radio to be more specific. That's what that high pitched whine is, interference on a weak, distant signal.

    • @krkhns
      @krkhns Pƙed 2 lety +1

      It actually is a radio. They recorded the intro, then fed the signal through the AM radio they pulled out of Gilmour's car. The concept was to simulate a guy sitting at home listening to the song on the radio and playing the lead over it.

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Pƙed 2 lety

      @@krkhns I don't know about that, it would be TOO easy to re-record the original with the treble up and bass down, with maybe an effect or two, then add static from a portable AM radio IN the studio without going through the trouble of removing a radio from the car.

  • @darrelllewis209
    @darrelllewis209 Pƙed rokem +1

    I love your channel, you give the most honest reactions and I am addicted to Lex's smile.
    Keep it up, I'm a fan.

  • @g8eo3
    @g8eo3 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    I love how it looks like Lex smiles and enjoys the music, while Brad looks so focused and analyzing the music. Then yall have cool takes on songs. I'm really enjoying y'all's content!

  • @LieutenantBonk
    @LieutenantBonk Pƙed 2 lety +69

    "Theater in your head". Nailed it! Watching Lex react to these songs takes me back to when I first heard them. So glad you guys are enjoying and appreciating Pink Floyd

  • @michaelkulis6008
    @michaelkulis6008 Pƙed 2 lety +54

    Brad would probably really appreciate the lyrics of all the songs in the Animals album.

    • @lopeden
      @lopeden Pƙed 2 lety

      If they try to listen to animals in pieces for the first time, I dunno if ill be thrilled they found it or sad theyre gonna be confused

    • @CorwinPatrick
      @CorwinPatrick Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@lopeden It's definitely a Story Arc.

    • @sourisvoleur4854
      @sourisvoleur4854 Pƙed 2 lety

      I want to see him puzzle out what "the stone" is.

  • @libr1711
    @libr1711 Pƙed 2 lety

    To be able to produce something so universal so beautifully is so rare

  • @oiltile7183
    @oiltile7183 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    This was the song that played while my uncles casket walked into the church, this song has a lot of emotional connections to me and is very important

  • @mellowliam5498
    @mellowliam5498 Pƙed 2 lety +30

    Nailed it, Lex. This comment from a looooog time Floyd fan. I salute you.

  • @LordEriolTolkien
    @LordEriolTolkien Pƙed 2 lety +38

    I can't reiterate enough just how vital it is to listen to a Pink Floyd album in entirety. You only fully appreciate it when you experience it as it was intended. Particularly the first decades worth of recordings.

    • @Dannydarko27
      @Dannydarko27 Pƙed 2 lety

      Yeah some journeys are meant to be taken, and this is one of them

  • @robertmurdock7922
    @robertmurdock7922 Pƙed rokem

    We played this song at my brother’s funeral
 it has & always rip out my heart

  • @Mike_Daddy
    @Mike_Daddy Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Every Pink Floyd song is an effort to transport you somewhere.

  • @rubentullenaar2934
    @rubentullenaar2934 Pƙed 2 lety +13

    Oh you guys
.now you have to do the entire album
for real!!! Shine On you Crazy Diamond 1-5 and 6-9 , Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar are EPIC.

    • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
      @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself Pƙed 2 lety

      Especially those songs. They are very good on their own, but in their right place in album order, hits so much harder.

  • @ClifHaley
    @ClifHaley Pƙed 2 lety +43

    "Did you exchange a walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?" That's the first line in a song I ever heard that stopped me in my tracks.

  • @samurai215
    @samurai215 Pƙed rokem

    Pink Floyd and Tool are my all time favorite bands. Wish You Were Here is my all time favorite song. Dig deeper into Pink Floyd. They are amazing.

  • @jamiegault2956
    @jamiegault2956 Pƙed 2 lety

    Love pink floyd. Love even more people hearing it for the first time. Listen when you are stoned .

  • @zachlee7945
    @zachlee7945 Pƙed 2 lety +42

    They wrote it for Syd Barrett, the band's orignal guitarist who suffered from Schizophrenia due to heavy LSD use, it got to the point he couldn't be a part of the band anymore so he left, they then wrote this song

    • @frankiek2269
      @frankiek2269 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      He went to a mental hospital fir a while. He got out a David helped him produce his own album, “The Madcap Laughs”. But it was horrendous. Syd’s mind was gone and it reflected in the album. Seriously, the songs are like listening to the ramblings of a madman set to music. Very sad story.

    • @underdawg2743
      @underdawg2743 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I think so too. Syd is like a close friend of mine who totally lost his mind doing drugs. He was so clever and talented too.

    • @guido5355
      @guido5355 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Not necessarily to much LSD, could have been the onset of Schizophrenia but the idea of too many drugs was always always suspected.

    • @Sherdelune
      @Sherdelune Pƙed rokem

      @@frankiek2269 I enjoyed both "Barrett" and "The Madcap Laughs."

  • @majormung8304
    @majormung8304 Pƙed 2 lety +23

    Honestly they should do the whole rest of the album its so good and so deep. Shine of you crazy diamond is such a vibe.

    • @MikeB12800
      @MikeB12800 Pƙed 2 lety

      Have a Cigar is amazing also!!

  • @neilevans6229
    @neilevans6229 Pƙed rokem

    This was played at my friend's funeral we were best mates for over 50 years I think of him every time I hear it R.I.P Adam

  • @warpedmind24x7
    @warpedmind24x7 Pƙed 2 lety

    Creating a theater in your head without giving you pictures, nice analogy Lex

  • @unholydriver4987
    @unholydriver4987 Pƙed 2 lety +8

    On the few occasions I've ever met someone who said they didn't like Pink Floyd, my first thought was, "I wonder what causes that to happen to someone's brain."

  • @melissawilcox5285
    @melissawilcox5285 Pƙed 2 lety +25

    My personal favorite by them.

  • @paulcole5244
    @paulcole5244 Pƙed rokem

    At the beginning he was in the car inventing the riff. Totally raw and uncut. Awesome they included it.

  • @matthewmitchell7221
    @matthewmitchell7221 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Universal, timeless, classic. 100 years from now this will still resonate.

  • @micht6888
    @micht6888 Pƙed 2 lety +15

    I hope you two have watched the official Live at Pompeii. Probably too long to do a reaction but worth it to watch on your own time and catch the real vibe of the band.

  • @liefde1911
    @liefde1911 Pƙed 2 lety +13

    Lucky me. I raised up with the most talented musicians ever lived. The sixties and seventies

. I’m happy young people still love it! Thanks!

  • @transponderful
    @transponderful Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I love watching you guys for the first time,hearing these songs , takes me zooming back to 1978 when i was 14 and my big brothers album collection, hearing these, i never looked back.still hooked on the floyd.cheers

  • @juliobarreiro7345
    @juliobarreiro7345 Pƙed rokem +1

    I listening this song remember my father so emotionally

  • @bethhowton2719
    @bethhowton2719 Pƙed 2 lety +12

    This whole album is a tribute to band mate Sid Barret. Enjoy

  • @LostInSpice
    @LostInSpice Pƙed 2 lety +17

    This album **has to be** experienced from beginning to end. The story this album tells is heartbreaking and beautiful.

    • @whatupmyg
      @whatupmyg Pƙed 2 lety +1

      This is the best answer

  • @maxbrazil3712
    @maxbrazil3712 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

    This song is why I started playing the guitar, and the first song I learned start-to-finish.

  • @dangriffith8966
    @dangriffith8966 Pƙed 2 lety

    I wish you could have heard this for the first time on a warm spring night driving a back country road with the top down. Makes perfection even better. Brings all your lost friends and relatives back for a minute or two.

  • @jimidave6281
    @jimidave6281 Pƙed 2 lety +17

    "They're so good with their extra sounds" - perfect. It's the details and intricacies that make Pink Floyd brilliant.

  • @sentinelmortgagecorp4291
    @sentinelmortgagecorp4291 Pƙed 2 lety +18

    You need to do every song on this album. One of the greatest of all time. It’s a masterpiece. It still makes me feel some kind of way 40+ years after I first heard it


  • @juliefrisk211
    @juliefrisk211 Pƙed rokem

    Lexi is a genuis and Brad is like "I'm Confused." It's all the honesty for me.

  • @d-2793
    @d-2793 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    This reminds me of my brother Billy. He introduced me to Pink Floyd as an older brother. I lost my brother in 2016. Rock music really is a life’s background music that invokes so many feelings. ♄

  • @markkeller7291
    @markkeller7291 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    In the beginning, it’s supposed to sound like a person (the one who coughs) listening to the song on the radio, then playing along with the song on his guitar.

    • @georgelynch6139
      @georgelynch6139 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      The “ throat clearing” was Richard Wright, he said he gave up cigarettes after he heard that and they left it in the track

  • @LordEriolTolkien
    @LordEriolTolkien Pƙed 2 lety +42

    This is the real version, again part of a concept album, the songs bleed one into the next. As with all Floyd, you need to listen to the entire album

    • @redrick8900
      @redrick8900 Pƙed 2 lety

      nah. Pipers is a buffet and More is just bad.

  • @The304Podcast
    @The304Podcast Pƙed rokem +1

    If the lyric "Were Just Two Lost Souls Swimming in a Fish Bowl" don't hit you in the feels.....gets me every single time.

  • @Schwarzgeist89
    @Schwarzgeist89 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    This song came on radio when my Ex-wife took my son out of the house for 6 weeks and wouldn’t let me see him or anything at the beginning of last year
.I was in the car alone when this song hit
.I had to pull over cause it hit me so hard during this time cause I missed my boy so much I broke down and cried
so when this song plays I get emotional cause of the pain I still feel


  • @derekdecker555
    @derekdecker555 Pƙed 2 lety +31

    I feel like we’re beginning to hone in on what brad likes lol. Well written lyrics, tells a story, nothing too extreme as far as sounds go, no camera shots of Robert Plants junk 😂😂

    • @TANTRUMGASM
      @TANTRUMGASM Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @Butt Whole just like grandma ... "none of that ear piercing rock n roll" lol

    • @jokes881
      @jokes881 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @Butt Whole exactly, Lex is more open minded and possesses a much more diverse appreciation for all music.

    • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
      @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself Pƙed 2 lety

      No The Doors live then.. Brad will see more man than he'd rather.

    • @sarahzentexas
      @sarahzentexas Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I can happily live out my days without ever seeing Plant’s junk again. Just
no.