The funny thing is, as your time gets shorter, your memories get sculpted by that little artist in your head, and your life holds a meaning that you couldn't have imagined as a child... It's a shame that it has to go away someday. Write it down. Record it. Leave it here for the children to learn from. That is what this is all about.
I used to listen to this song in the car with my mum when I was around 4 or 5 years old, being 24 now the "10 years have got behind you" lyrics hits so hard. I realise I'm not that old yet but even so it feels like I was 14 not that long ago.
The beginning is before birth. The bells are when your clock starts ticking. The lyrics are a journey through life, ending with the tolling of the iron bells that await us all, which represent a funeral ritual. An absolute masterpiece. If you notice after the initial lyrics, they start out frantic and striving, and then settle down to the routine and a more mellow. It's a song that you can appreciate more as you go through life.
Ehhh, kinda. If thats how you interpreted it then by all means, music is subjective. But, the dark side of the moon is the entire journey of life, and per the band this specific song is the part in life you realize that “wow, time flew bye... uh oh”. The first song breathe is about life starting, then The song great gig in the sky is about the fear of death, and money is about the hayday of young 20-30’s making money, us & them is a country going to war and ur drafted into it, any color u like is about preparing for ur funeral (picking out ur coffin color), brain damage is getting old to senile and then eclipse- the cycle continues.
Roger Waters was only 30 when he wrote these lyrics. To think that he was so competently able to convey such a primal emotion is insane. The dude's a genius.
alieneater9000 Don't get me wrong, I love David Gilmour, but the formula was there before he joined the band. He refined it to no end, sure, but I'd say the heart and soul of Pink Floyd was Roger Waters. I mean, WYWH and The Wall were stories that Gilmour never would have told. They're all great, though. Every one of them were masterful musicians. Gilmour is an amazing writer. Roger Waters, in my mind, is a lyrical ninja on par with someone like Ray Davies or Pete Townshend.
@@StacheBigote I agree totally. All you have to do is look at A Momentary Laps of Reason and The Division Bell to know Roger was the ideas man who brought all those songs to life. There wouldn't be much of a Pink Floyd without Roger Waters.
10:38 You are only 25 and are freaked out at how fast the last ten years were?? I am 73 and you haven't even started to speed. It gets faster and faster. Be prepared.
Yeah right! I'm 37 and I still think how ridiculous it is hearing people in their 20s saying they feel 'old'. It's like listening to skinny blonds saying they feel 'fat'. They don't know what old is and neither do I, but I don't pretend to.
@@johnnyparsnips7641 59 here, oh what I'd give to be sweet 23 again! But then again, I enjoyed growing up with Pink Floyd and the great music of my time, so it all works out just fine.
it's worth repeating. ... The Dark Side of th Moon should be heard from beginning to end to get it fully. . I'm not kidding BTW I'm now 66. and this song has been getting an emotional reaction from me for more than 45 years. the next song. The Great Gig in the Sky hits even harder. .. it needs to be heard after Time
Yeah the whole album, like most of Pink Floyds albums are really one long song broken into pieces.. Lots of deep metaphorical meaning.. Best listened to as a full album with some good headphones and eyes closed when your in a mood to chill and think about life and the world we live in.
I agree. The entire album as a single experience is the best way to go. Get yourself a beverage of choice, dim the lights, lean back and let them take you on a journey you'll never forget.
@Matthew Allen This song (and Great Gig in the Sky that followed) almost hurt me (in the ultimate way) when I was 21 and stupidly decided to put on "Dark Side of the Moon" when I got home after a night of partying, while on Sensimilla. Let's just say I'm glad I didn't own a gun at the time, as the combination of the two songs and Sensimilla hit me BIIIIG time, emotionally, and I'm normally a VERY pro-life/anti-suicide type of guy. Just one of those isolated incidents in my life, and I didn't listen to "Dark Side" again for a few years, as that night scared the shit outta me. I still love Floyd, but like I've always said about the band, "it's scary how good Pink Floyd can be."
At 13 time was flew by.. At 33 time was a commodity that you traded for "stuff". At 63 time slows down and it seems you have too much left and too little to show for what you spent. I think by 83, you will trade everything you have for a few more years.
Greetings from India. I listen to pink Floyd everyday. They are more than songs. They have helped me fight my biggest fears and dark times. They have become part of my life ..
Me too Dude! I'm 55 and those lyrics have a whole new meaning than the did when I first bought the album (which I still have along with the poster that's inside the cover) in 76.
It's one of those few artworks that ages well and remains interesting through a lifetime. I've listened to it since Highschool and it still resonates, but from a different perspective. Very mature and impressive for a young rock band.
Time is slow when you wait, fast when you are late, short when you are happy, long when you are bored, endless when you are in pain, and deadly when you are sad, Every Time, time is determined by our feelings and our psychological conditions, not by clocks, so Always remember to have a nice Time...
‘This is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life…absolute masterpiece.’ Insanely satisfying to hear that - respect for knowing you’re listening to something very very special.
What you said! I'm 85, heard Pink Floyd in my late 40s for the first time. Decided finally to listen again. AND WHAT YOU SAID about that is so true. Thanks. Enjoyed your reactions and comments.
Yeah, people catch onto certain bands and songs at different times in their lives. There's no particular order of exposure. It's not like before where the decades and the music was given to more people at the same time period. The Internet has kind of blended every decade together from 2000 onward.
@@koslim until 3 months ago i never heard of pink floyd, david bowie and never listened to those and the bealtes and more. i just didn't listen to those bands
@@meetu_ if you have never listen the name pink floyd before bro then something is really wrong with the place you live.. We are talking about the biggest band ever lived and you had no idea? You should be worried.. I am not a fan of Madonna but i know she is a singer.
@@koslim I just caught on to pop music and didnt want to listen to other types of music cause i thought it was unecessary. happens to a lot of people actually
Probably my favourite song ever. Classic in every sense. When you go back to it, no matter how long you leave it, the lyrics highlight your place in time, literally. You recall the first time you heard it and your brain fills in the space between. “The sun is the same in the relative way but you’re older...” One to put in a box and get back out for special occasions I reckon.
The whole album is timeless it could have been made yesterday, I'm 74 and heard it when it first came out in 73 and I still listen to it more than any other album
Dude! Your interpretation of this song COMPLETELY blew my mind. I AM that 54 year old guy.... all these years later; looking back at my 1st experience with this song through YOU. It was 1975 on my sister's 8track (google it..) stereo. I remember hearing and feeling just what you were talking about. Don't trip. Life works out. I promise. Just be a good human and do all the things we learned in Kindergarten: smile, be friendly, share your toys, and treat others the way you want to be treated. Do that, and the universe will reward you. Thanks for the video!
Young or old, black or white, male or female, English speaking or not, it does not matter. TIME is a song that just hits everyone. Everybody knows exactly what this song is about. Everybody relates. This song is so human it should have a body. This song is us. Absolute Masterpiece.
Gavin Jones when I was a child I always thought of pink Floyd as an entity rather than a group of people and I was kind of frightened of the thought of that
One of the most profound examples of writing, in any form, ever written! I remember hearing this at 20, and thinking "cool song' if a bit heavy!" At 70, it has much more meaning than I would ever have thought. After stage 3 lymphoma, a severe blood clot and viral pneumonia, my view has changed: now every day is to be cherished, things that once seemed inconsequential now matter! I look up at the night sky, listen to the wind, cherish my children like it's the last thing I might do, and realize how lucky I am to have had the time!
Kourtney Kane Everhone reaches a moment where they start to listen to ‘great music’ I was only 19 when I did. I mean listen to what you like but there is no denying Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Stones, Beatles did something bands don’t do these days.
I'm an island boy that was in high school in the 70's. I had friends that went to School In England and Ireland. I looked forward to the summer vacations when they'd come home and bring albums from Zepplin, The Who, and Jethro Tull, but this album blew me away and remains my favorite to this day. I finally got to visit England for the first time when movie for 'The Wall' was released. Mind blown again.
I just “experienced” this song again thru you Jacob. Thank you so much for posting. On this early morning of my 64 birthday I’m sitting quietly at my kitchen table drinking a favorite morning beverage with tears rolling down my face. If I may submit... the greatest thing is just to love and be loved in return. Keep it real my friend.
David Gilmour said in the video making of Dark Side of the Moon, that he wished he could sit down and hear the whole album for the first time. It's like that with me.
You my friend just got introduced to THE most loved and cherished progressive rock song in history. I'm 57 years old and I heard this song for the first time when I was 14, 43 years ago. I think that every person that's heard this song for the first few times has a personal emotional experience, it's something you'll always remember. Your reaction is probably not much different than mine, from 43 years ago, glad you enjoyed and shared this one, brings back my own memories.....
The beginning represents the womb and when the alarm bells ring it represents birth and the time before the lyrics start represents birth, childhood and then becoming a young adult. Then it's "ticking away the moments that make up a dull day."
Spinning Back Kick Then the transition to the rat race: “running to catch up with the sun, only to have it come up behind you again”. Then retirement: “Good to warm my bones beside the fire”. Then the tolling bell of the funeral service at the church to hear the “softly spoken magic spell”.
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun." These lyrics are timeless (no pun intended); they are as relevant today as when they were first released.
I’m 17 years old and Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time (along with zeppelin) and I’ve been raised with this music. I bought Dark Side of the Moon on vinyl when I was about 15 and I remember not being able to stop crying. I’m glad that floyd applies to all ages. You’re never too old to appreciate the art that is Pink Floyd.
I heard this song all my life but I never sat down to thoroughly listen to it until about a year ago. I remember nearly crying listening to this beautiful symphony of reality bending emotional quarrels. A true masterpiece.
First heard this at 12 years old. It made me realize how quickly childhood had went by...at years did seem shorter. I am 57 now, and this song does bring up same emotions now as it did then.
I was 17 when I first heard this fantastic track, I loved it then and I love it more now. You are 25 and your reaction was great, you appreciated it. Listen to it over the years, it only gets better. I’m now 62. Time indeed.
I'm 17 now and just discovered lots of Pink Floyd's masterpieces. Glad I did sooner than later considering I graduate from high school and start my life in 2020. Great way to end the old decade, listen to Pink Floyd.
I'm 63. Pink Floyd were my hero's. Remember listening to a pre release of Meddle on a late night show. Echoes amazing. then DSOM. But we also had Yes and ELP in those days. What a privilege to grow up with it all.
I listened to this song on my first lsd trip alone when I was like 14 and it literally changed my life. It was on some loud ass speakers during a thunder storm. And I sat there with the garage door wide open smoking a blunt and a cig and it was the best experience of my life
First heard the song, when we imported the album from England in 1974. A group of friends met at our house and we all got high and turned the speakers up full volume and put the album on the turntable. I have never ever forgotten it. It totally blew my mind, and every note was imbedded in my memory. Now 66 and still listening and loving Pink Floyd 45 years later and that moment of sound is still like an epiphany for me.
1973 ! Now listening 46 yrs later. I was 23, but not no more! 😁 I'm hearing it June 2019 BTW Time flies, and at almost 70, thought I'd have accomplished more. But it's okay!
I'm 48 years old listening to this video in July 2020. I've enjoyed watching this reaction to a masterful song by on of my beloved favourite bands. Dark Side of the Moon is a work of art.
I'm envious. I've been listening to Floyd for more than 40 years and I can't imagine how amazing it would be to hear this for the first time. I've forgotten :-)
I’m 17 and I didn’t take it in for a while, it washed over me because I always listen to music while doing other things so it’s always a background thing. But when it hits, it HITS. With the surround sound car speakers is perfect
I am 66. I heard this when it first came out and remember exactly what I was doing. It turns out that I knew exactly when and what I was doing the first time I heard five different Pink Floyd albums. I don't have that experience with any other band.
@@tobortine I don't know if my memory is better. It is just that Pink Floyd moves me. My older sister got the album Ummagumma on Christmas 1969. My parents had no idea what it was. Actually, none of us did. My mom just wanted to get my sister something from the contemporary music scene and Pink Floyd was new. I'm sure she would have picked something from the Beatles if she could find it. And maybe my mom was influenced by the song titled Careful with That Axe, Eugene because my brother is named Eugene. Or more likely the album cover with all those instruments laid out had an effect. Even though it was Christmas, Ummagumma wasn't background music. We listened to it like we were watching a TV show. Eventually, I recorded the album onto a reel to reel tape so I could have my own copy. As for my memory, I have no idea what I got that Christmas. I have equally detailed memories of first time hearing Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall. Now that I reflect on it, when you hear an album that is not pop music it is usually because one of your friends owns the album and wants to share the experience with you. That is enough to devote some focus to the music and enjoy the moment in good company.
The principal Lyricist of the band, Rodger Waters, wrote this song because when he was a young boy his parents always told him you have to prepare for the future, you have to prepare for the future. He then realized later on in life that real life experiences were going by him as he stockpiled time and other things for future events. In other words, life was happening while he was making plans. Genius song and so glad you enjoyed it
My absolute favorite song. There are many great bands, many great songs. It’s hard to pick a favorite because many make me feel the same way this song does, but in the end, this is it. My favorite song. It’s perfection.
I listened to the entire album of Dark Side Of The Moon when I was 14 years old, and I was blown away and an instant lifelong fan. That was 42 years ago, and their music gets deeper every time I hear it. Watching you hear it for the first time really brought back memories. Something to consider for your personal enjoyment is that virtually all of their albums are an entire story well above and beyond the individual songs. Take the time, if you will, to listen to their albums with the songs in order and in their entirety without interruption if possible. The ride for each is truly amazing, unique, and soul awakening beyond belief. I was fortunate enough to see them live several times, and those were unforgettable experiences that put all other concerts I've ever seen to shame. I wish you could have been there, young man. Welcome to the Machine that is Pink Floyd.
Tbh I find the same. I’ve been listening all my life tbh but every time im listening I hear more and more in the music. PF truly are a piece of art we can never replicate
I bought DSOTM when I was 15 only because I read a good criticism . At this period I listend mainly to Cure, U2, Clash etc. and I didn't really knew about much about Pink Floyd. I remember that I thought: "Hm, this album is ok.. and maybe I will like it more in the future." This was a good sign because not any of my favourite bands or albums get me immadetly. Probaly a half year or a year later I listen to it again, and someday It began to catch me... I can't count how many times I listend to It.
You are now hooked forever. Pink Floyd is timeless. Never gets old, always relevent and musically masterful. Nothing compares. Loved your reaction, you took me back
I work in a funeral home, and I'm the designated sound guy because I'm younger than everyone else there. This would be such a wonderful change from "Go Rest High on that Mountain" and I'd probably even bring in my own copy of DSotM to play it off of.
Everyone has their favorite Gilmour solos. Time has always been my favorite. It is musical perfection. I could not imagine Bach, or Beethoven, or Mozart hearing it and not being blown away like the rest of us.
Ok, I have watched 20 reactions to this song now. How come nobody. Nobody! Gets the intro with the alarm bells. Hello! How about : this is your wakeup call! Its time to wake up!
A wake up call indeed! Also, people seem to miss the fact that the song illustrates the time line of a persons life. The bells/clocks in the beginning represents the birth, the confusion of a new born child with ringing in the ears, eyes blinded by the light etc... The long intro that follows are representing childhood and early adulthood, which is meant to some what annoy people and make them go "when will the song start?", just like we're waiting for LIFE to start, but it actually started way back... Stop waiting, you're in it as we speak. The song is amazing on so many levels.
@Blue collar Gold pockets I've been meaning to really sit down and listen to Pet Sounds. Books I've read and a class I took regarded Pet Sounds as being the psychedelic precursor to both Sgt. Pepper's and Their Satanic Majesties Request. After hearing everything we've all heard now it might still not seem to be that psychedelic of an album, but it was still the beginning of doing things differently sonically. Apparently the Beach Boys were pretty influential for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in furthering their own sounds. I'm not an expert on the matter, but this is generally how it has been explained to me, and from what I've read on my own seems to make sense.
Pink Floyd will change your life. So many Floyd fans will tell you how profoundly they were affected, and it looks like they have gotten to you. Keep listening to them and expand your mind.
I'd say from birth on, so kids get it in their heads what MUSIC is suppose to sound like. I did that for mine and now grown adults, still listening with their kids now. Beautiful sight to see.👍🎸🎸🎤😎
That was the age i started listening to them 42 years ago. They stayed my alltime favorit band since. Pink Floyd does not play music.... They create art.
To me, one of the best guitar solos ever. It's not full of fingers flying all over the fretboard, but it so fits the message of the song, it always gets me here.
The secret of the Time solo is that it is double-tracked. Meaning; there are two almost identical guitar tracks recorded and mixed together in the final product. Results in basically doubling the sound and helping to increase the impact of one of Gilmour's very best efforts.
When I was a kid my father introduced me to some amazing compositions by many great artists. Pink Floyd is my generations genius classical music that has been introduced to my children and they as adults enjoy it still.
You can't listen to this song on it's own, it has to be experienced as a whole album the first time you hear it. It has to come after Breath and On The Run to be fully appreciated. That's how it was meant to be heard.
Agreed. This song is a masterpiece on its own, but it's a sad, otherworld epiphany in context of the album. Especially with the gospel singer reprise on some of the other track.
i'm really happy to see all you young guys getting into pink floyd. i'm 63 and i first heard this when i was 17. music like this has been my normal all my life. this song is especially meaningful to me as i'm now terminally ill. pink floyd's lyrics are always intelligent and meaningful, but some are better than others. 'coming back to life' has great lyrics. in fact, the whole album, called 'division bell' is my favourite of theirs. keep up the good work
rob allen my dad was born in england but he moved to the states in his mid 20’s or so and he practically raised me to love pink floyd which i’m very glad he did. my 2 favorite bands/groups of rock are queen and pink floyd because of how unique they are.
I've been listening to Pink Floyd for going on 45 years now. Actually TDSOTM holds a record for contunious weeks on the top 100. I helped put it there used up at least 6 8-track tapes and vinyl records. A few years ago I found a 8-track tape at a yard sale. I even rolled a car with Pink Floyd playing in the background, when car is upside down it's hard to figure out how to shut stuff off.
My science fiction/ creative writing teacher let me do a "book report" on the movie! Seriously though it was a couple pages long study into the psychological damage that a lifetime of extremes can have on a person.
I love watching reaction to this song. I find young people hear it as a warning and older people hear it with regret. I was fortunate enough to hear this at a young age. It’s scared the hell out of me and motivated me to move out of my small town and experience as much life as I can. I’m 54 now, I’ve done a lot in my life, no regrets. I now listen to this song with thankful appreciation.
Listening to this exact song fade into Great Gig in the Sky brings me to tears almost every time...even after listening to it thousands of times over the decades. If the guy in this video had kept listening and heard those beautiful womens' voices after hearing Time for the first time I guarantee he'd be balling like a baby.
@@bushpilot223 There's ONE singer on "Great Gig in the Sky," who was NOT one of the backup singers from "Time," and her name is ? Torrey (?), a jazz, studio, (mostly) vocalist, and a white, unassuming-looking English woman. What a magnificent, emotional, & mind blowing performance she gave, too. Sadly, she had to sue Pink Floyd/Roger Waters to be paid some royalties, years after the long-term, international smash the album had become, for HER original, overwhelmingly distinct & outstanding contribution to the tune. She FINALLY won a settlement over 30,+ or so, years AFTER the release of DSotM.
Roger Waters wrote the timeless prophetic lyrics, Dave Gilmour composed the masterful guitar work (the ‘eargasm’), Richard Wright on the keyboards and Nick Mason keeping time on percussion. The album is an unquestionable timeless MASTERPIECE!
This is exactly how I feel. I'm glad to have come across this song and this video. Anyone in my life that has contributed to it I'm forever grateful. I hope all of you have a great life! :-)
Same for me. I heard something beyond what my brother heard...a little of the meaning and the real sound. The music of Pink Floyd still has that effect 40 years later
"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way". I don't know if I love this lyric because I'm English, or just because it's arguably one of the best lines in any song, ever!
I'm 62 and have been listening to this music for a very long time. I have started buying albums getting them framed and giving them to my grandchildren as they come along. I think it important to start them off with real music and classic sounds. Oh yes. I will include a USB stick with the tracks. Great to see people discovering amazing music. Keep up the great Vid's
I "missed the starting gun" 54 years ago-Still chasing that sun. I remember listing to this as a teenager and thinking, how will I relate to this song when I become an old man. Now as an old man I can relate to it even more. Been lapped by that damn sun a few times! Life doe not always go as planned and starting over sucks. Time comes so fast now compared to my youth and I curse wasting time yet still prefer to sit home and waste it. I predict in 40 years the REPRISE will mean more to me as I sit and wait for the bell to toll for thee (me).
Hey man, I think you nearly got it! I'm 56 now, been listening to Floyd for over 40 years but still get surprised and emotional listening to their stuff.
When I say "Think you nearly got it" that wasn't meant to be derogatory BTW, just that there's so many different layers to Floyd that the music and lyrics mean different things every time you hear it, so we never really get it all at one sitting.
10:38 _"I'm only 25"_ I was only 25 just 5 minutes ago (& I still am in my head), but that was some 25 years ago. There really isn't a moment to waste in life, not one minute.
“You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today and then one day you find, ten years have got behind, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.” The most powerful words Pink Floyd has ever written.
The lunatics are in my hall. The paper holds their folded faces to the floor. And everyday the paperboy brings more. I always found that funny and to the point.
Bro I'm 35 now I don't know how I went from 25 to 35 it sure didn't take ten years I barely have any memories for ten years it's really sad ! This song is so true
in 1978 we were on our way to a Bob Seger Concert ....in the big town of Kansas City.....My boyfriend's best friend borrowed his Dad's Lincoln Continental....it had a telephone!!!!!!!(we weren't allowed to use it)....but it also had quadrophonic speaker system....we listened to the Dark Side of the Moon on the way to the concert....Bob Seger was excellent....but I'll never forget the time I really experienced Pink Floyd in surround sound...LOL
Hey Bridget, did the ride includes a custom 4 hose hookah water pipe...with some really good wine instead of water .....complimented with either some tasty Red Bud or Blonde Lebanese hash ? ......or good ole Kansas home grown......... that would have been awesome ...........best way to experience Dark side of the Moon............. i remember those days
@@bridgetlaw1484 mmmmmmmmmmm tai sticks...... makes the ole eyes red just thinking about it.....of course those days, ..cough eehmm, hack cough cough are surely behind cough cough me :(
@@arielcost92 I agree, studio version first. There are many great live versions as Gilmour extends and changes his outro solo near every tour. The 1995 P.U.L.S.E. version is great, but it is no better than Gilmour's 2008 "Live In Gdansk" and 2016 "Live At Pompeii" versions.
I agree, problem is thry actually edited out about 2 minutes of Gilmour's solo.....how dare they? There is a full length version here on youtube though.
iv'e watched quite a few reaction videos to this song but come back to yours as my favourite . it harnesses the emotions of the song perfectly. thanks.
Now imagine you are 12 years old and this is the first day the album is available, and you and your older brother go get a copy to play on a 400 Watt 4 Channel Yamaha Receiver with some Bose Speakers cranked up, the Solo comes in on Time and almost disassociated my body at the molecular level, Pink Floyd on a nice stereo with good acoustics is a whole other experience Pink Floyd was engineered to be Flawless cranked up, with solid Bass.level. Now go crank this up on your car stereo.
Great description Michael. I was 12 when I heard this too. My friends sister was a lot older and bought all the cool new albums. This IS the most complete album I have ever heard!
I'm 79years YOUNG I've heard this song hundreds of times, and I still get emotional, the Album stayed in USA.Charts for at least 2years. Big seller even now in 2019......😎😎😎😎 FROM AUSTRALIA....
I wish I could hear this song again for the first time
thats why we watch reaction videos, to experience others go thru what we did, and get a glimpse of hearing it for the first tiime again
Honestly, I don't even watch reaction videos much, maybe here and there, but I can't get enough of people reacting to Time.
Buy you cant because of TIME
I remember exactly where I was.....who I was with....the first time I heard this. What a lasting impression.❤️
Absolutely! I sort of feel the same way about three or four chapters of 'The Lord of the Rings'.
The irony is the older you get the more this song has meaning. Everyone has regrets in life and this is about that.
The funny thing is, as your time gets shorter, your memories get sculpted by that little artist in your head, and your life holds a meaning that you couldn't have imagined as a child... It's a shame that it has to go away someday. Write it down. Record it. Leave it here for the children to learn from. That is what this is all about.
@@timhallas4275 damnit dude. You're incredibly inciteful. I couldn't think of a better metaphor.
@@zaoisgood Thanks. I am a metaphor machine. or just confused. I don't know which.
I used to listen to this song in the car with my mum when I was around 4 or 5 years old, being 24 now the "10 years have got behind you" lyrics hits so hard. I realise I'm not that old yet but even so it feels like I was 14 not that long ago.
That's so true!
The beginning is before birth. The bells are when your clock starts ticking. The lyrics are a journey through life, ending with the tolling of the iron bells that await us all, which represent a funeral ritual. An absolute masterpiece.
If you notice after the initial lyrics, they start out frantic and striving, and then settle down to the routine and a more mellow. It's a song that you can appreciate more as you go through life.
Ehhh, kinda. If thats how you interpreted it then by all means, music is subjective. But, the dark side of the moon is the entire journey of life, and per the band this specific song is the part in life you realize that “wow, time flew bye... uh oh”. The first song breathe is about life starting, then The song great gig in the sky is about the fear of death, and money is about the hayday of young 20-30’s making money, us & them is a country going to war and ur drafted into it, any color u like is about preparing for ur funeral (picking out ur coffin color), brain damage is getting old to senile and then eclipse- the cycle continues.
It’s a magic spell 😉
I love this interpretation. Very different from my own. Great stuff
I love your interpretation...you got it very well
Bullshit songs about Trump getting the election stolen in 2020
When David Gilmour plugs his Strat' into his amp , it's like he plugs directly into your soul .
Possibly the most expressive guitarist of all time .
best guitarist ever
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agreed, this solo pulls on our heart strings
Roger Waters was only 30 when he wrote these lyrics. To think that he was so competently able to convey such a primal emotion is insane. The dude's a genius.
All of the members had huge influence in the whole album, especially David Gilmore who is pink floyd
alieneater9000 Don't get me wrong, I love David Gilmour, but the formula was there before he joined the band. He refined it to no end, sure, but I'd say the heart and soul of Pink Floyd was Roger Waters. I mean, WYWH and The Wall were stories that Gilmour never would have told. They're all great, though. Every one of them were masterful musicians. Gilmour is an amazing writer. Roger Waters, in my mind, is a lyrical ninja on par with someone like Ray Davies or Pete Townshend.
@@StacheBigote I agree totally. All you have to do is look at A Momentary Laps of Reason and The Division Bell to know Roger was the ideas man who brought all those songs to life. There wouldn't be much of a Pink Floyd without Roger Waters.
@@cygnusfloyd or you could say there would be no PF without Syd!
Los 30... la edad en que todos tomamos una nueva perspectiva de la vida ...
Dark side of the moon should be a subject in elementary school, period.
I think you are forgetting "we don't need no education"
The Wall was way better
@@removeyourclothing9799 nahhhhhhhhhhh
I agree
Cats12000 in 6th grade my history teacher actually did a whole unit on Pink Floyd and their dark side of the moon album
10:38 You are only 25 and are freaked out at how fast the last ten years were?? I am 73 and you haven't even started to speed. It gets faster and faster. Be prepared.
I hope you still live your life to the fullest
Yeah right! I'm 37 and I still think how ridiculous it is hearing people in their 20s saying they feel 'old'. It's like listening to skinny blonds saying they feel 'fat'. They don't know what old is and neither do I, but I don't pretend to.
Spoiler!
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It certainly does. I am 74 now.
@@johnnyparsnips7641 59 here, oh what I'd give to be sweet 23 again! But then again, I enjoyed growing up with Pink Floyd and the great music of my time, so it all works out just fine.
Dude, wait until you realize 50 years have got behind you.
time is all relative under the sun...we come and we go just like dust in the wind and stars in the sky. the cycle continues...
That's where I'm at
Only gets worse
64 i hear that !😒🇨🇦
aye :(
it's worth repeating. ... The Dark Side of th Moon should be heard from beginning to end to get it fully. .
I'm not kidding
BTW I'm now 66. and this song has been getting an emotional reaction from me for more than 45 years. the next song. The Great Gig in the Sky hits even harder. .. it needs to be heard after Time
Indeed, quite a few reactors have covered the whole album, and their subscription numbers have only gone up as a result.
Yeah the whole album, like most of Pink Floyds albums are really one long song broken into pieces.. Lots of deep metaphorical meaning.. Best listened to as a full album with some good headphones and eyes closed when your in a mood to chill and think about life and the world we live in.
TRUE. it is not a song by song album.
Mathiasfruh I just did 😌
I agree. The entire album as a single experience is the best way to go. Get yourself a beverage of choice, dim the lights, lean back and let them take you on a journey you'll never forget.
This track hurts me almost physically. It is a true masterpiece.
That's how the song High Hopes gets me!
@Matthew Allen This song (and Great Gig in the Sky that followed) almost hurt me (in the ultimate way) when I was 21 and stupidly decided to put on "Dark Side of the Moon" when I got home after a night of partying, while on Sensimilla. Let's just say I'm glad I didn't own a gun at the time, as the combination of the two songs and Sensimilla hit me BIIIIG time, emotionally, and I'm normally a VERY pro-life/anti-suicide type of guy.
Just one of those isolated incidents in my life, and I didn't listen to "Dark Side" again for a few years, as that night scared the shit outta me. I still love Floyd, but like I've always said about the band, "it's scary how good Pink Floyd can be."
At 13 time was flew by.. At 33 time was a commodity that you traded for "stuff". At 63 time slows down and it seems you have too much left and too little to show for what you spent. I think by 83, you will trade everything you have for a few more years.
Exactly
@@SkorLord Me too, @Jack Public.
Greetings from India. I listen to pink Floyd everyday. They are more than songs. They have helped me fight my biggest fears and dark times. They have become part of my life ..
Nizi B a day Without listening to some Pink Floyd , is a day “Nearer to death” , and a Waste
You have got company
Me too...
Me too brother cheers from the US
Keep fighting and good luck
Listen to the whole album, in one hit, back to back, on headphones, with a big fat joint, then tell us what you think lol.
Great review btw
Two tabs of clean blotter was always my favorite...
Jesse Gifford im planning on doing the same with 2 gel tabs
It's better without drugs lmao
@@TheRealGetochi nono trust me its better with a joint AHAH try it
Turn the lights off also
you really can't argue with calling the guitar solo an "eargasm"
Agree
Absolute agree, epic
You can fail a drug test listening to this.
Hahaha you made it worth reading everyone comments, but you are so right on. Thanks for the laugh👍😁
You can fail a drug test listening to almost every Floyd song.
You won't care though ;)
actually, most psychedelics don't appear on drug tests ;)
Ha! Totally dude!!
I’m 42 now. Hearing this song now has a whole new meaning.
Me too Dude! I'm 55 and those lyrics have a whole new meaning than the did when I first bought the album (which I still have along with the poster that's inside the cover) in 76.
I'm 41,I got into Floyd 24 years ago.yup.
Yes at 41 this song just hits me like never before.
Gregorio Davila that swap hit me at 39
It's one of those few artworks that ages well and remains interesting through a lifetime. I've listened to it since Highschool and it still resonates, but from a different perspective. Very mature and impressive for a young rock band.
Gilmour is the only guitar player that makes me cry with happiness.
Herman Singh Yes! I believe because one senses pure beauty.
Listen to little wing by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Thank me later
Fuck yeah...
True
It's bittersweet to me, I feel happiness and sadness at the same time.
Time is slow when you wait, fast when you are late, short when you are happy, long when you are bored, endless when you are in pain, and deadly when you are sad, Every Time, time is determined by our feelings and our psychological conditions, not by clocks, so Always remember to have a nice Time...
shane hargis thanks homie
Damn bro, I’m taking screenshot of this
@@abigarcia9588 I did it as well!!😄
shane hargis 🙏🏼
In merory of all red dead players who choose to be good with Arthur makin his redemption at the end of the game.
You've entered the PF rabbit hole. Just sit back and enjoy the ride!
and a deep deep hole it is!
Run Rabbit run, dig that hole.... Lol
But isn't it great to find a newbie?!!
Go find some more Pink Floyd, you won't regret it.
With acid is a plus!
‘This is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life…absolute masterpiece.’ Insanely satisfying to hear that - respect for knowing you’re listening to something very very special.
What you said! I'm 85, heard Pink Floyd in my late 40s for the first time. Decided finally to listen again. AND WHAT YOU SAID about that is so true. Thanks. Enjoyed your reactions and comments.
Rock on, Sylvia! 😀
Rock on Sylvia and God bless.
Wow. I’m 14 and I love sharing the same passion as other people from varying ages
Unbelievable that people ‘into music’ have not heard this album??
Yeah, people catch onto certain bands and songs at different times in their lives. There's no particular order of exposure. It's not like before where the decades and the music was given to more people at the same time period. The Internet has kind of blended every decade together from 2000 onward.
99% of these reaction videos are fake bro.. No way in hell a musican never heard bands this big..
@@koslim until 3 months ago i never heard of pink floyd, david bowie and never listened to those and the bealtes and more. i just didn't listen to those bands
@@meetu_ if you have never listen the name pink floyd before bro then something is really wrong with the place you live.. We are talking about the biggest band ever lived and you had no idea? You should be worried.. I am not a fan of Madonna but i know she is a singer.
@@koslim I just caught on to pop music and didnt want to listen to other types of music cause i thought it was unecessary. happens to a lot of people actually
There is no band like Pink Floyd, the deepest music ever made
its so timeless and ethereal
If you want to hear something really deep check Raphaella Smits playing Chaconne.
as far as deep bands go, I feel compelled to mention La Dispute
@mjwholesales Are you trging to say Pink Floyd are flat earthers?
BEST BAND EVER....
Probably my favourite song ever. Classic in every sense. When you go back to it, no matter how long you leave it, the lyrics highlight your place in time, literally. You recall the first time you heard it and your brain fills in the space between. “The sun is the same in the relative way but you’re older...” One to put in a box and get back out for special occasions I reckon.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older is my favourite one line lyric of all time.
The whole album is timeless it could have been made yesterday, I'm 74 and heard it when it first came out in 73 and I still listen to it more than any other album
Dude! Your interpretation of this song COMPLETELY blew my mind. I AM that 54 year old guy.... all these years later; looking back at my 1st experience with this song through YOU. It was 1975 on my sister's 8track (google it..) stereo. I remember hearing and feeling just what you were talking about. Don't trip. Life works out. I promise. Just be a good human and do all the things we learned in Kindergarten: smile, be friendly, share your toys, and treat others the way you want to be treated. Do that, and the universe will reward you. Thanks for the video!
Watching your reaction to Pink Floyd is the closest I will come to unhearing their music so I can hear it for the first time again. Thanks.
Love watching these videos of people being introduced the the Floyd .. i feel the same as you !!!
Agreed
I wish I could hear it for the first time again.
Exactly what I was thinking. Funny how empathy works this way.
That was my exact emotion. Like listening to it the first time
One of THE greatest albums in the history of music.
Need to check if it’s still in the album charts. I know it was there for donkey’s years.
19BB60 Correct, The Dark side of the Moon was on Billboard 200 for....hold on...741 weeks!!! It is for more than 14 years, dude!
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
@@michaeltaylor8835 Rumours is good but this is straight lightning in a bottle.
Young or old, black or white, male or female, English speaking or not, it does not matter. TIME is a song that just hits everyone. Everybody knows exactly what this song is about. Everybody relates. This song is so human it should have a body. This song is us. Absolute Masterpiece.
If this song does not fill you up, then there is something wrong with you.....it is a masterpiece!
I've listened for 44years and I still get goosebumps I'm 63 😊
Far out sister!
My first concert was Pink Floyd Animals Tour in Anaheim, i have yet seen anything that comes close!They are a genre all by themselves.
Pink Floyd - the greatest band of all time.
Close second to Zeppelin. Brothers of the craft.
It’s actually a tie for me.
Gavin Jones when I was a child I always thought of pink Floyd as an entity rather than a group of people and I was kind of frightened of the thought of that
1) The Beatles
2) Led Zeppelin
3) Pink Floyd
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For me it would be
1) Queen
2) The Beatles
3) Pink Floyd / Led Zeppelin
One of the most profound examples of writing, in any form, ever written! I remember hearing this at 20, and thinking "cool song' if a bit heavy!" At 70, it has much more meaning than I would ever have thought. After stage 3 lymphoma, a severe blood clot and viral pneumonia, my view has changed: now every day is to be cherished, things that once seemed inconsequential now matter! I look up at the night sky, listen to the wind, cherish my children like it's the last thing I might do, and realize how lucky I am to have had the time!
Pink Floyd is some deep music. Makes you feel emotions you didn't know you had
I love seeing people expand their musical horizons
Kourtney Kane Everhone reaches a moment where they start to listen to ‘great music’ I was only 19 when I did. I mean listen to what you like but there is no denying Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Stones, Beatles did something bands don’t do these days.
We follow each other on Twitter, what are the odds.:o
I do everytime since I was a kid, I love music, now I'm 17, i don't understand so much the lyrics because I'm argentinian, but I will translate it
Try Radiohead
Elliot Belliss i love all those bands a lottt. So with similar taste, I recommend Radiohead
PF don't sell music... they sell emotion.
Well said
No one gets more emotion out of their guitar than David Gilmour. Sooooo much passion!
The best comment ever!
@@ivans1308 Found the Redditor
Very true
I’m a 33 year old mf, and I almost cry every time I listen this song.
Every.Single. Time.
From a 55yr old.
It's just perfect.
Same age and totally same feeling about it.
35, and totally.
Dark side of the Moon is a masterpiece, and you have to hear the entire album because every song is significant
I'm an island boy that was in high school in the 70's. I had friends that went to School In England and Ireland. I looked forward to the summer vacations when they'd come home and bring albums from Zepplin, The Who, and Jethro Tull, but this album blew me away and remains my favorite to this day. I finally got to visit England for the first time when movie for 'The Wall' was released. Mind blown again.
I just “experienced” this song again thru you Jacob. Thank you so much for posting. On this early morning of my 64 birthday I’m sitting quietly at my kitchen table drinking a favorite morning beverage with tears rolling down my face. If I may submit... the greatest thing is just to love and be loved in return. Keep it real my friend.
@Lucky Luke Why? Nothing can out do the original.
David Gilmour said in the video making of Dark Side of the Moon, that he wished he could sit down and hear the whole album for the first time. It's like that with me.
I still remember the shivers and goose bumps it gave me.
"This is one of the best songs I've heard in my life." Yes it is. Me too. 40+ yrs
You my friend just got introduced to THE most loved and cherished progressive rock song in history. I'm 57 years old and I heard this song for the first time when I was 14, 43 years ago. I think that every person that's heard this song for the first few times has a personal emotional experience, it's something you'll always remember. Your reaction is probably not much different than mine, from 43 years ago, glad you enjoyed and shared this one, brings back my own memories.....
Always liked this song, but as I get older, it gets better and more meaningful every time.
The beginning represents the womb and when the alarm bells ring it represents birth and the time before the lyrics start represents birth, childhood and then becoming a young adult. Then it's "ticking away the moments that make up a dull day."
Spinning Back Kick Then the transition to the rat race: “running to catch up with the sun, only to have it come up behind you again”. Then retirement: “Good to warm my bones beside the fire”. Then the tolling bell of the funeral service at the church to hear the “softly spoken magic spell”.
John McCullough and then the great gig in the sky...
I also like to sit beside the fire and warm my bones.....welcome to planet Floyd.
Cockney Red Home again. I like to be when I can.
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun."
These lyrics are timeless (no pun intended); they are as relevant today as when they were first released.
I love this song. The whole thing is moving and speaks truth and timeless relevance
This moment when you realize that this fucking song called time never gets old! 😱
I’m 17 years old and Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time (along with zeppelin) and I’ve been raised with this music. I bought Dark Side of the Moon on vinyl when I was about 15 and I remember not being able to stop crying. I’m glad that floyd applies to all ages. You’re never too old to appreciate the art that is Pink Floyd.
I heard this song all my life but I never sat down to thoroughly listen to it until about a year ago. I remember nearly crying listening to this beautiful symphony of reality bending emotional quarrels. A true masterpiece.
A five year old could listen to this and be depressed their toddler years are behind them.
First heard this at 12 years old. It made me realize how quickly childhood had went by...at years did seem shorter. I am 57 now, and this song does bring up same emotions now as it did then.
gold
I used to think about how if I went back to 3rd grade I'd do things differently and my problems would be solved. I was in 4th grade.
😂👍🏻😂👍🏻
🎵And then 10 weeks have got behind you.
No one told you when to walk.
You can barely talk. 🎶
I was 17 when I first heard this fantastic track, I loved it then and I love it more now. You are 25 and your reaction was great, you appreciated it. Listen to it over the years, it only gets better. I’m now 62. Time indeed.
I'm 17 now and just discovered lots of Pink Floyd's masterpieces. Glad I did sooner than later considering I graduate from high school and start my life in 2020. Great way to end the old decade, listen to Pink Floyd.
I'm 63. Pink Floyd were my hero's. Remember listening to a pre release of Meddle on a late night show. Echoes amazing. then DSOM. But we also had Yes and ELP in those days. What a privilege to grow up with it all.
I listened to this song on my first lsd trip alone when I was like 14 and it literally changed my life. It was on some loud ass speakers during a thunder storm. And I sat there with the garage door wide open smoking a blunt and a cig and it was the best experience of my life
First heard the song, when we imported the album from England in 1974. A group of friends met at our house and we all got high and turned the speakers up full volume and put the album on the turntable. I have never ever forgotten it. It totally blew my mind, and every note was imbedded in my memory. Now 66 and still listening and loving Pink Floyd 45 years later and that moment of sound is still like an epiphany for me.
1973 ! Now listening 46 yrs later. I was 23, but not no more! 😁 I'm hearing it June 2019 BTW Time flies, and at almost 70, thought I'd have accomplished more. But it's okay!
"thought I'd have accomplished more" the final thoughts of every great person that ever lived
I'm 48 years old listening to this video in July 2020. I've enjoyed watching this reaction to a masterful song by on of my beloved favourite bands. Dark Side of the Moon is a work of art.
That cheered me. But thats ok....
I'm envious. I've been listening to Floyd for more than 40 years and I can't imagine how amazing it would be to hear this for the first time. I've forgotten :-)
I’m 17 and I didn’t take it in for a while, it washed over me because I always listen to music while doing other things so it’s always a background thing. But when it hits, it HITS. With the surround sound car speakers is perfect
I am 66. I heard this when it first came out and remember exactly what I was doing. It turns out that I knew exactly when and what I was doing the first time I heard five different Pink Floyd albums. I don't have that experience with any other band.
@@RBCharger You have better memory than me and I'm still in my 50s :-)
@@tobortine I don't know if my memory is better. It is just that Pink Floyd moves me. My older sister got the album Ummagumma on Christmas 1969. My parents had no idea what it was. Actually, none of us did. My mom just wanted to get my sister something from the contemporary music scene and Pink Floyd was new. I'm sure she would have picked something from the Beatles if she could find it. And maybe my mom was influenced by the song titled Careful with That Axe, Eugene because my brother is named Eugene. Or more likely the album cover with all those instruments laid out had an effect. Even though it was Christmas, Ummagumma wasn't background music. We listened to it like we were watching a TV show. Eventually, I recorded the album onto a reel to reel tape so I could have my own copy. As for my memory, I have no idea what I got that Christmas.
I have equally detailed memories of first time hearing Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall. Now that I reflect on it, when you hear an album that is not pop music it is usually because one of your friends owns the album and wants to share the experience with you. That is enough to devote some focus to the music and enjoy the moment in good company.
Oh, to hear that heartbeat with fresh ears....
The principal Lyricist of the band, Rodger Waters, wrote this song because when he was a young boy his parents always told him you have to prepare for the future, you have to prepare for the future. He then realized later on in life that real life experiences were going by him as he stockpiled time and other things for future events. In other words, life was happening while he was making plans. Genius song and so glad you enjoyed it
My absolute favorite song. There are many great bands, many great songs. It’s hard to pick a favorite because many make me feel the same way this song does, but in the end, this is it. My favorite song. It’s perfection.
I listened to the entire album of Dark Side Of The Moon when I was 14 years old, and I was blown away and an instant lifelong fan. That was 42 years ago, and their music gets deeper every time I hear it. Watching you hear it for the first time really brought back memories.
Something to consider for your personal enjoyment is that virtually all of their albums are an entire story well above and beyond the individual songs. Take the time, if you will, to listen to their albums with the songs in order and in their entirety without interruption if possible. The ride for each is truly amazing, unique, and soul awakening beyond belief.
I was fortunate enough to see them live several times, and those were unforgettable experiences that put all other concerts I've ever seen to shame. I wish you could have been there, young man. Welcome to the Machine that is Pink Floyd.
Tbh I find the same. I’ve been listening all my life tbh but every time im listening I hear more and more in the music. PF truly are a piece of art we can never replicate
I bought DSOTM when I was 15 only because I read a good criticism . At this period I listend mainly to Cure, U2, Clash etc. and I didn't really knew about much about Pink Floyd. I remember that I thought: "Hm, this album is ok.. and maybe I will like it more in the future." This was a good sign because not any of my favourite bands or albums get me immadetly. Probaly a half year or a year later I listen to it again, and someday It began to catch me... I can't count how many times I listend to It.
Pink Floyd is one of the greatest bands of all time. Poetic, inspirational, insightful, relatable, simply genius.
Pink Floyd is one of the best bands of all time. Poetic, inspirational, insightful, relatable.
Pure genius!!
You are now hooked forever. Pink Floyd is timeless. Never gets old, always relevent and musically masterful. Nothing compares. Loved your reaction, you took me back
And he never listened to pink floyd ever again....Sorry james.
James Faulkner I’m 64 and I’ve been listening to Pink Floyd since I was 16 or 17 years old I agree with your statement
These lyrics are a perfect expression of that elusive combination of something personal & universal.
Well said.
Can't stop coming back to this reaction video. Makes me feel all kinds of emotions. With love from the UK❤️
"Time" - it will be played on my funeral. It's a part of my Last Will. Best guitar solo of all time.
i choose comfortably numb
I work in a funeral home, and I'm the designated sound guy because I'm younger than everyone else there. This would be such a wonderful change from "Go Rest High on that Mountain" and I'd probably even bring in my own copy of DSotM to play it off of.
yeh pretty much the best solo of all time
Everyone has their favorite Gilmour solos.
Time has always been my favorite.
It is musical perfection. I could not imagine Bach, or Beethoven, or Mozart hearing it and not being blown away like the rest of us.
Shine on for me
I listened to this song when I was 18 and it hit me hard.....it hit's me even harder at 58. Love it.
Copy that
I heard this for the first time just this month. Im 18
Ok, I have watched 20 reactions to this song now. How come nobody. Nobody! Gets the intro with the alarm bells. Hello! How about : this is your wakeup call! Its time to wake up!
Wow! I was a rookie back then but this is great! - Alan Watts Voice: "Time to wake up!" Overthinker by INZO
A wake up call indeed! Also, people seem to miss the fact that the song illustrates the time line of a persons life. The bells/clocks in the beginning represents the birth, the confusion of a new born child with ringing in the ears, eyes blinded by the light etc... The long intro that follows are representing childhood and early adulthood, which is meant to some what annoy people and make them go "when will the song start?", just like we're waiting for LIFE to start, but it actually started way back... Stop waiting, you're in it as we speak. The song is amazing on so many levels.
I noticed when he said "home, home again, I like to be here when I can" it looks like you almost cried. It hits me too
“Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown, waiting for someone or something to show you the way”
Humbled
Best album in the world .. to date
@Blue collar Gold pockets I've been meaning to really sit down and listen to Pet Sounds. Books I've read and a class I took regarded Pet Sounds as being the psychedelic precursor to both Sgt. Pepper's and Their Satanic Majesties Request. After hearing everything we've all heard now it might still not seem to be that psychedelic of an album, but it was still the beginning of doing things differently sonically. Apparently the Beach Boys were pretty influential for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in furthering their own sounds. I'm not an expert on the matter, but this is generally how it has been explained to me, and from what I've read on my own seems to make sense.
This album is an emotional rollercoaster, but Meddle is probably one of the top albums in my opinion
Blue collar Gold pockets. Hahaha hilarious! This douche-bag talking about the Beach Boys
Yeah they're great but better than Dark Side Of The Moon. Nope
Dark side. Bar none. Things get close, not discredit anyone but. Nope. Nothing else matters. Lol.
It’s so good. I’ll bet I’ve listened to this album 5,000 times.
Pink Floyd will change your life. So many Floyd fans will tell you how profoundly they were affected, and it looks like they have gotten to you. Keep listening to them and expand your mind.
Every 13 year old should listen to Dark Side of the Moon
i was twelve when i first heard it, 46 years ago- mind still blown xD
Everyone should listen to Dark Side of the Moon.
while watching the OG Alice in wonderland.
I'd say from birth on, so kids get it in their heads what MUSIC is suppose to sound like. I did that for mine and now grown adults, still listening with their kids now. Beautiful sight to see.👍🎸🎸🎤😎
That was the age i started listening to them 42 years ago. They stayed my alltime favorit band since. Pink Floyd does not play music.... They create art.
To me, one of the best guitar solos ever. It's not full of fingers flying all over the fretboard, but it so fits the message of the song, it always gets me here.
Agreed. It's one of the best ever recorded for sure
The secret of the Time solo is that it is double-tracked. Meaning; there are two almost identical guitar tracks recorded and mixed together in the final product. Results in basically doubling the sound and helping to increase the impact of one of Gilmour's very best efforts.
Gilmour had a way of taking Waters' lyrics and finishing them with pure and simple notes. They were a truly astounding band.
That guitar solo does something to my soul bruh goosebumps every time
I agree. But up there with that is Billy Gibbons' two solos in ZZ Top's "I need you tonight". Check it out! Truly stunning stuff!
When I was a kid my father introduced me to some amazing compositions by many great artists.
Pink Floyd is my generations genius classical music that has been introduced to my children and they as adults enjoy it still.
You can't listen to this song on it's own, it has to be experienced as a whole album the first time you hear it. It has to come after Breath and On The Run to be fully appreciated. That's how it was meant to be heard.
Agreed. This song is a masterpiece on its own, but it's a sad, otherworld epiphany in context of the album. Especially with the gospel singer reprise on some of the other track.
i'm really happy to see all you young guys getting into pink floyd. i'm 63 and i first heard this when i was 17. music like this has been my normal all my life. this song is especially meaningful to me as i'm now terminally ill. pink floyd's lyrics are always intelligent and meaningful, but some are better than others. 'coming back to life' has great lyrics. in fact, the whole album, called 'division bell' is my favourite of theirs. keep up the good work
rob allen I’m 31 and I first listened to Pink Floyd when I was 21 😍
Be well and fine Rob - and yes you're right division bell is super especially high hopes👍
rob allen my dad was born in england but he moved to the states in his mid 20’s or so and he practically raised me to love pink floyd which i’m very glad he did. my 2 favorite bands/groups of rock are queen and pink floyd because of how unique they are.
I've been listening to Pink Floyd for going on 45 years now. Actually TDSOTM holds a record for contunious weeks on the top 100.
I helped put it there used up at least 6 8-track tapes and vinyl records. A few years ago I found a 8-track tape at a yard sale. I even rolled a car with Pink Floyd playing in the background, when car is upside down it's hard to figure out how to shut stuff off.
rob allen : Peace. You're heard. I found Floyd in my teens too. How lucky were we, to come of age in this Epoch?
I had a British Lit teacher who made 3 weeks of his curriculum Pink Floyd’s the wall. The poetry was the point. I’ve been a lifelong fan since.
So did I!
That's awesome
Sorry I missed that class!
My science fiction/ creative writing teacher let me do a "book report" on the movie! Seriously though it was a couple pages long study into the psychological damage that a lifetime of extremes can have on a person.
You have to bookmark this and get back to this 10 years later.
I love watching reaction to this song.
I find young people hear it as a warning and older people hear it with regret.
I was fortunate enough to hear this at a young age.
It’s scared the hell out of me and motivated me to move out of my small town and experience as much life as I can.
I’m 54 now, I’ve done a lot in my life, no regrets.
I now listen to this song with thankful appreciation.
Another emotional hit - The Great Gig in the Sky.
Unfortunately, there is no sound on his reaction to "The Great Gig In The Sky".
Different album, but another emotional track is 'On the turning away' , especially the Live in Venice version.
@@DieyoungDiefast that song is.... Wow... For me one of the best PF songs of all time
Listening to this exact song fade into Great Gig in the Sky brings me to tears almost every time...even after listening to it thousands of times over the decades. If the guy in this video had kept listening and heard those beautiful womens' voices after hearing Time for the first time I guarantee he'd be balling like a baby.
@@bushpilot223 There's ONE singer on "Great Gig in the Sky," who was NOT one of the backup singers from "Time," and her name is ? Torrey (?), a jazz, studio, (mostly) vocalist, and a white, unassuming-looking English woman. What a magnificent, emotional, & mind blowing performance she gave, too. Sadly, she had to sue Pink Floyd/Roger Waters to be paid some royalties, years after the long-term, international smash the album had become, for HER original, overwhelmingly distinct & outstanding contribution to the tune. She FINALLY won a settlement over 30,+ or so, years AFTER the release of DSotM.
Think about it. Someone wrote and composed this. Geniuses!
Really? Wow that’s fascinating!
What's even more fascinating is that you replied to my 'fascinating' comment lol,.....Jewel!
Gods . living gods
Roger Waters wrote the timeless prophetic lyrics, Dave Gilmour composed the masterful guitar work (the ‘eargasm’), Richard Wright on the keyboards and Nick Mason keeping time on percussion. The album is an unquestionable timeless MASTERPIECE!
that's what gets me too Mr Gretzky - these guys came up with the tune, the lyrics, the arrangements - that is true creative genius.
This is exactly how I feel. I'm glad to have come across this song and this video. Anyone in my life that has contributed to it I'm forever grateful. I hope all of you have a great life! :-)
I have heard this song a hundred times and it moves me every time. Great reaction, btw.
I love my brother for exposing me to pinkfloyd, I was 5, I'm 52 now and can't thank him enough, ❤️☮️😁 XXX
Same for me. I heard something beyond what my brother heard...a little of the meaning and the real sound. The music of Pink Floyd still has that effect 40 years later
Damn, me too! This was the first album that I bought (44 years ago) and my brother was the one who recommended it.
"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way". I don't know if I love this lyric because I'm English, or just because it's arguably one of the best lines in any song, ever!
Love when you close your eyes and just go with it. Classic Floyd reaction!
I'm 62 and have been listening to this music for a very long time. I have started buying albums getting them framed and giving them to my grandchildren as they come along. I think it important to start them off with real music and classic sounds. Oh yes. I will include a USB stick with the tracks. Great to see people discovering amazing music. Keep up the great Vid's
I "missed the starting gun" 54 years ago-Still chasing that sun. I remember listing to this as a teenager and thinking, how will I relate to this song when I become an old man. Now as an old man I can relate to it even more. Been lapped by that damn sun a few times! Life doe not always go as planned and starting over sucks. Time comes so fast now compared to my youth and I curse wasting time yet still prefer to sit home and waste it. I predict in 40 years the REPRISE will mean more to me as I sit and wait for the bell to toll for thee (me).
I’m chasing my starting gun at 57. Back in school when my friends are thinking of retiring. I can’t wait for this ride!!!!!!
Jim Wind amen brother
@@bridget1008 Same. Not only when but where to run....
I am nearly 71 and still love this like I did when it was first released.
Hey man, I think you nearly got it!
I'm 56 now, been listening to Floyd for over 40 years but still get surprised and emotional listening to their stuff.
When I say "Think you nearly got it" that wasn't meant to be derogatory BTW, just that there's so many different layers to Floyd that the music and lyrics mean different things every time you hear it, so we never really get it all at one sitting.
"The tolling of the iron bell cause the faithful to their knees to hear the softly spoken magic spell" is religion.
Pink Floyd's albums are concept albums meant to be played in their entirety... check out Animals.
That's my favorite
And dont jumping around
Ah animals were would i be without that album
In my own personal opinion, The Final Cut is one of the top albums to listen to in its entirety
@@morgangreenwood7270 very dark and powerful. Stunning album . And the wall. I saw them do it live in 1980 it blew me away.
10:38 _"I'm only 25"_
I was only 25 just 5 minutes ago (& I still am in my head), but that was some 25 years ago. There really isn't a moment to waste in life, not one minute.
Old Seadog I think that everyday. I’m 45. Getting old is fucking weird as shit. I’m the same guy in a different body and with a different life.
I just turned 25
I heard this lovely music for the the first time in 1975. 16 years old, now Im 60 and still love the music.
There is a REASON why Dark Side of the Moon has been so high on the music charts to this day, and why it was at the top for as long as it was.
“You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today and then one day you find, ten years have got behind, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.”
The most powerful words Pink Floyd has ever written.
The lunatics are in my hall.
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor.
And everyday the paperboy brings more.
I always found that funny and to the point.
Bro I'm 35 now I don't know how I went from 25 to 35 it sure didn't take ten years I barely have any memories for ten years it's really sad ! This song is so true
@@Warrenwalker30 dude im about to turn 28 and i feel the same, wtf happened to the time
@@Warrenwalker30 Man I feel you, I turned 35 March 2019 and I'm like where the hell did my 20's go?!?
I would submit "Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?" is just as powerful.
in 1978 we were on our way to a Bob Seger Concert ....in the big town of Kansas City.....My boyfriend's best friend borrowed his Dad's Lincoln Continental....it had a telephone!!!!!!!(we weren't allowed to use it)....but it also had quadrophonic speaker system....we listened to the Dark Side of the Moon on the way to the concert....Bob Seger was excellent....but I'll never forget the time I really experienced Pink Floyd in surround sound...LOL
I had one of those. The big ol' house phone lookin thing didn't work but it was a cruiser
Damn! now i need a Lincoln Continental with that Quadrophonic system!
Hey Bridget, did the ride includes a custom 4 hose hookah water pipe...with some really good wine instead of water .....complimented with either some tasty Red Bud or Blonde Lebanese hash ? ......or good ole Kansas home grown......... that would have been awesome ...........best way to experience Dark side of the Moon............. i remember those days
@@davidstansell7571 oh yeah...we were had the tai sticks I think .... the whole venue was blue smoke...and not from the fog generators
@@bridgetlaw1484 mmmmmmmmmmm tai sticks...... makes the ole eyes red just thinking about it.....of course those days, ..cough eehmm, hack cough cough are surely behind cough cough me :(
Makes most of us emotional! I'm 55 and I heard it in the 70's!
The "trippy lyrics at the end".................
The tolling of the iron bell is calling the mourners to your funeral
Comfortably numb by pink floyd but the live version from the Pulse album 1994,just incredible
Dont listen to him! First do the album version, then you evolve into the live version!
@@arielcost92 fair point!
@@arielcost92 I agree, studio version first. There are many great live versions as Gilmour extends and changes his outro solo near every tour. The 1995 P.U.L.S.E. version is great, but it is no better than Gilmour's 2008 "Live In Gdansk" and 2016 "Live At Pompeii" versions.
I agree, problem is thry actually edited out about 2 minutes of Gilmour's solo.....how dare they? There is a full length version here on youtube though.
Pulse version is amazing. I have goose bumps every time I listen.
Keep going with Pink Floyd. Roger’s lyrics and David’s guitars have brought me joy for almost fifty years. Welcome to the club.
Imagine it 47 years have slipped by since I first heard it...
iv'e watched quite a few reaction videos to this song but come back to yours as my favourite . it harnesses the emotions of the song perfectly. thanks.
Now imagine you are 12 years old and this is the first day the album is available, and you and your older brother go get a copy to play on a 400 Watt 4 Channel Yamaha Receiver with
some Bose Speakers cranked up, the Solo comes in on Time and almost disassociated my body at the molecular level, Pink Floyd on a nice stereo with good acoustics is a whole
other experience Pink Floyd was engineered to be Flawless cranked up, with solid Bass.level. Now go crank this up on your car stereo.
Yep ! I concur
Great description Michael. I was 12 when I heard this too. My friends sister was a lot older and bought all the cool new albums. This IS the most complete album I have ever heard!
Beautiful description Mr. York. I First heard it at 16 with just cheap headphones and feeling the same way!
Yeaaaaa man
michael york Shut up, you sack of shit.
this song is at least 11 out of 10
Sven CoverTV At least
Nah...13 or 14.
Nice on Jacob. Pink Floyd is a band that has always moved our souls
I'm 79years YOUNG I've heard this song hundreds of times, and I still get emotional, the Album stayed in USA.Charts for at least 2years. Big seller even now in 2019......😎😎😎😎 FROM AUSTRALIA....