A TRIP!| FIRST TIME HEARING Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine REACTION

[@Fakeaorta]

LOVE LOVE that you got some early Floyd! 'See Emily Play' is one you might want to check out from their very early days!

[@CristianAlsina-bh3hy]

Guys, that was a going back right to the very beginning of Pink Floyd! That was 1967, age of the Beatles. The psychedelic sound the Floyds were doing always had that spacy and Sci-Fi elements, even with those old equipment and effects (remember the sinthesizers came later!). Still, they just KNEW how they wanted to sound, and they did achive that since day one. Great reaction guys!!!❤

[@sixbladeknife44]

The voice at the beginning is Peter Jenner, Floyd’s manager at the time. I met him years ago when he was managing and touring with Billy Bragg, I spent an hour talking with him about Syd. He adored Syd and told me some very cool stories, something I will never forget. Syd really was a bonafide genius, just a shame that his rise and fall happened so quickly.

[@kellypedersen6590]

This is the earliest incarnation of Pink Floyd, back when they were part of the late 60s Swingin' London psychedelic scene. This features their original singer/ guitarist/ songwriter, the late Syd Barrett; it was under his tutelage that the band jumped head-first into psychedelic creativity. Their debut album, 1967's "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", is an undisputed classic of early British psych. After he left the band, Barrett made 2 albums of rawly gorgeous folk-pop, usually collaborating with, ironically enough, the guy who replaced him in Pink Floyd, David Gilmour.

[@Kuesel68]

It was actually not their first incarnation. They toured already as Sigma 6, the Meggadeaths, the Screaming Abdabs, and the Tea Set with different members coming and leaving, most notably guitarist Bob Klose and Rick's wife Juliette Gale on vocals. Only in late 65 the four essential members (minus Gilmour who had his own band though he was a close childhood friend of Syd's) were settling down as Pink Floyd - so if you go by name, you are right, but in development they already started a couple of years earlier but only mad it big in the London Clubs and Charts from 66 on.

[@BGNOLA]

I remember hearing Syd's solo material on college radio in the mid 80s and thinking "what the hell is this?"

[@SuperNifter]

You guys really absolutely MUST check out Pink Floyd Echoes, Live At Pompeii (1971). You're doing yourself a disservice if you don't. It's guaranteed to blow your minds!

[@krisdoggett483]

I couldn't agree more. I have suggested it a couple of times 🤞

[@jerryward3311]

Both parts tho!

[@andyo3689]

It's great because of visuals, but the version on Meddle is superior in sound.

[@marksudworth9769]

Agreed!!!

[@linodinardo4798]

ive been playing it constantly on my new headphones.. grab a pair of Heavy's headphones if you can. the best live albums of that era, there is a doc on the making of it and the sound engineering they used with the ancient auditorium....

[@Jude_196]

This LP was heavily SYD! A different, earlier Floyd....SO GOOD, yet SO DIFFERENT that some Floyd fans do not even recognize their earlier stuff.... SO COOL!!!

[@healthhealingandhappinessw6060]

1st generation Floyd!

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

True Floyd fans love this. This is where they started and they went from there. 😀

[@crazyfingers19]

If you compare this to much later Floyd, it IS so different. But, if you look at it in the context of their work in chronological order, this album (and the 2 earlier singles) were the first step in an unreal journey. Many of the aspects of this album inform later work all the way through The Wall. For me, the one glaring constant through the years was Richard’s vocal harmonies and expansive keyboard soundscapes.

[@johnkonertz8042]

Syd was a musical genius in his own right. Without Syd and this version of Flyod, there would never of been the Pink Floyd that millions of us Love

[@edkrause7848]

I think the Rob Squad is ready for "Echoes".

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

Syd Barret was primary writer of this version of Floyd. The others only began writing after Sid flipped out and left the band. That is the Floyd most know today. This has 60's psychedelic all over it. Trippy! Try their "Set the controls for the heart of the sun" or "Be careful with that axe Eugene" Interestingly Pink Floyds later work was often about Syd (Shine on you crazy diamond} Very empathetic of you Amber feeling uncomfortable with this song. It was written by a man slowly going mad.

[@rlwetz4317]

I wonder sometimes.... Yes, acid and onset schizophrenia is bad juju. Imagine, though: The pioneer Piper is extracted from the basement London clubs' all-night raves, ripped away from his own sweaty psychonaut peers, and made to lip-sync and pantomime pop hits for tween girls. Welcome to the machine, right? What exactly is a dream? What exactly is a joke?

[@alleykeosheyan4779]

@@rlwetz4317 And 1960's LSD was a cr@pshoot! I know people who got permanently messed up by a single "bad trip" back in those days.

[@rlwetz4317]

@@alleykeosheyan4779 I've read accounts that described probably the most irresponsible psychedelic practices possible involving Syd---mixing substances, stealth dosing, etc.---however.... ...I've also read accounts of The Floyd ganging up to foist the "pop superstars" agenda upon him then becoming cool, cruel, and unforgiving when he didn't perform. Is it crazy for an art student to crack under The Machine's enormous pressure? How many have cracked WITHOUT being the Pied Piper of the Psychedelic Underground? Many.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I remember at one point when I was around 18 I got my hands on his double album that he released after being kicked out of Pink Floyd called and the madcap laughs. And the thing is actually really prescient of more modern music and so much of it is just beautiful.

[@kevinsetzer279]

Exactly 💯

[@bazzer124]

Thanks for hitting some older Floyd. Would love to see your reaction to "Echoes" or "One of These Days" off the Meddle album. Cheers....

[@michaelmueller8772]

I'd love them to react to Gilmour's (and Wright's) version of Echoes from the Gdansk concert. Peerless. Definitive.

[@gfakruddinahmad8316]

I would suggest to listen to Embryo as well ! Superb composition and very unknown number, never came in any studio album.

[@kengiorlando7119]

And maybe Fearless.

[@alleykeosheyan4779]

YESSSS I want to see a "One of These Days" reaction!

[@davidthrower1553]

Meddle and Echoes….Floyd at their very best…even better than The Wall and DSOTM!!!!

[@djl9919]

Pink Floyd, next should be "Echoes" from live at Pompeii or "One of these days" also from Live at Pompeii.

[@norberthandermann9365]

I recognize the moment between 2:10 and 2:20 ! It had been used as intro music for a political magazine at a German Public Broadcaster in the 70ies and later! I just forgot which one? Auslandsjournal?

[@GaryVannostrand]

The song is just one piece of a amazing album titled Pipers at the Gate it's all Syd Barrets influence .their best album

[@nj1639]

"See Emily Play", another Syd classic from the early days.

[@klipkultur3680]

This might the most challenging ever for Jay and Amber. Thank you Syd!!!

[@gotham61]

This was a very different era for Pink Floyd compared to your prior reactions, when the band was led by Syd Barrett. He was pushed out of the band in early 1968 due to mental illness caused by a bad LSD reaction. The band's sound was much trippier and more psychedelic when he was there. Check out the instrumental track Interstellar Overdrive to really hear the peak of the spacey Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd.

[@richardcampbell2261]

Absolutely! "Interstellar Overdrive" A HELL of a Song! Syd Barrett is an absolute genius.

[@O_Towne_Bear]

@@richardcampbell2261 look up "Syd's Boogie" another instrumental.

[@sharonsnail2954]

Another vote for "Interstellar Overdrive"

[@okantichrist]

Was he pushed out or did he drop out 🤔.My understanding is he had an LSD provoked psychotic breakdown and was no longer capable of being a band member

[@richardcampbell2261]

@@okantichrist He was pushed out after he did not show up for many shows.

[@BGNOLA]

Song with their original leader Syd Barrett, who was an early LSD casualty; "See Emily Play" is another good one from that line up, and Syd's solo stuff is wild

[@randomanton]

casualty?

[@joebrown5120]

It wasn’t the acid that

[@IisDeeps]

Schizophrenia

[@kellypedersen6590]

"See Emily Play" is a psych-pop masterpiece; as is "Arnold Layne".

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

"LSD," casualty is a Roger Waters lie.

[@JayCross]

As others have noted, this is not the Pink Floyd you're familiar with. This is Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd.

[@danielpattison3422]

Another early favorite Floyd space travel classic is "Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun". You'll love the bass hypnotic groove and ambient soundscapes. "Echoes" is another legendary song in the same vein.

[@neilherring]

The first Floyd album, pre Dave Gilmour, written by the genius Syd Barrett, full on British Psych.

[@77tml]

Check out Careful with that axe Eugene off the Umma Gumma album. The scream is terrifying.

[@markstevener6794]

Please please do the live version of Comfortably Numb from the 94 Pulse tour. It leaves you in awe from the music to the stage show. It's an experience you'll never forget.

[@petermontalbano3910]

A 'Must Do' 😮

[@farrahlynne7121]

Yes, it is so incredible, trippy, live, & so cool!!! The whole Pulse concert is Amazing, as is PF themselves!

[@bazzer124]

Saw that tour in DC. Unreal, as usual. "Had to be there" comes to mind. It was called The Division Bell tour back in '94. Cheers....

[@farrahlynne7121]

​@@bazzer124 That's so cool you were there in person! I've known that seeing it thru a tv or nowadays, thru a phone screen, that it couldn't ever do it justice or have the same effect as experiencing it and being there firsthand & in the moment, I can only imagine how great it must have been, but The Pulse concert was part of the Division Bell Tour tho wasn't it? Recorded in 94 and released in 95?? Is that correct?

[@vicprovost2561]

They did both versions of that classic quite a while ago...

[@AnyangU]

Yeah, this is early, experimental, neo-jazz the Pink Floyd, when Syd Barret was still the front man and creative influence. I like the rawer, more youthful sound of Astronomy Domine.

[@cazgerald9471]

This is from their first album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Google "1967 albums" to see all the psychedelic music released that year.

[@myownchannel247]

This was so different because it was from the Syd Barrett era, before guitarist/ singer extraordinaire David Gilmour joined and Syd’s sad departure ✨

[@jonathanlocke6404]

The two must listens from the Barrett era are "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play"...While still plenty trippy, these are more in a three minute single format, and both charted in the Top 20 in England...

[@PaulWilliams-ko5fu]

You should check out footage of the band playing this live on a sunday night BBC 1 arts programme called Look of the Week in 1967,then being interviewed by a classical musician.

[@BigDaddy-dr8gf]

One of the weirdest Pink Floyd instrumental songs is "One Of These Days'. In the middle of the song a detached demonic voice states "one of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces'. That's some unexpected lyrics, in a Floyd song, for ya.

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

Just imagine hearing this live in the UFO club in the 60's!

[@TheDm1961]

The Pink Floyd I saw them May 13 1994 in Nashville, TN This was the first song they played it was great!!!! I do like the older Floyd. Great Concert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@leekrick6051]

This was from their first album, and their sound was just developing under the leadership of Syd Barrett. David Gilmour wasn’t in the group then. Try Careful With That Axe next from their album Ummagumma.

[@michaelwebster8389]

Their first album, largely written by Syd Barrett before Gilmoure joined as his replacement. One of the most creative and different albums of the 1960s, up against some amazing competition.

[@barriehull7076]

Nice mashup of David's name. Gilmour/Gilmore.

[@michaelwebster8389]

@@barriehull7076 Couldn't remember...

[@crazyfingers19]

Now you know why Floyd wrote the Wish You Were Here album for/about Syd Barret. He was the real deal as far as psychedelia is concerned.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I like everything about this and I'm a huge fan of the early Syd Barrett era of Pink Floyd as well as the later stuff, but wow there was something at this last pause that really struck me out of the blue. It was when J describe the fact that he felt like he was floating in outer space like a Spaceman and then Amber responds by saying really? I felt like I was falling the whole time. You basically just summed up one of the hugest insights that Albert Einstein had after he struggled on this idea for general relativity for at least 10 years. And one day he was watching a window washer on a high-rise building across from him and the ropes gave way and he fell for a little while, and no one knows whether this actually happened or whether it was yet another of his many thought experiments, but for some reason that afternoon, it just all clicked for him. Floating turns out to be exactly the same as falling at least if you are falling in a consistently exponential way, as in under the force of gravity which is the way we normally think about falling. It's exactly the same feeling because it's exactly the same thing, it's just about frame of reference. And this led to his formulation of general relativity in 1915 that essentially replaced Newton's fear of gravity from 400 years before, which had replaced Galileo's theory of gravity from hundreds of years before that. It was so revolutionary and groundbreaking. It just blew everybody's minds and a lot of people just couldn't believe it at first but even within a few years they started doing experiments that proved it. It has been the foundation of modern physics now since that time.

[@kenjordan5750]

This from their early, sound experimental days. One of my favorites is from Ummagumma called Grantchester Meadows.

[@johnherrera509]

You should check out their best songs ever “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict” Edit: I would like to mention that it is a bit avant-garde

[@t.lee.p9182]

I was just thinking the same thing lol but I think they should check it out on their time, I don't know if it would make a good reaction video lol but I looove that track

[@will-x9c]

Greatest song title of all time. Yes, that one will blow your mind to pieces

[@rintrah40]

Yep, I was going to suggest it as well

[@vicprovost2561]

Another classic off Ummagumma is David Gilmour's Narrow Way, nasty guitar on that one.

[@krisdoggett483]

That one may be a bit much for them 😅

[@GypsyReg]

This song was an early attempt to get their heads around this new electronic machine called a synthesizer. The Moog synth wasn't invented until 1963. They went from the lyrical story songs (that I love) to the tapestry of sound and never looked back!

[@ed-cl7gx]

Ohh Syd!! He was from another dimension. A proper one off.

[@jimmyrea9512]

Your mention of them taking LSD is pretty spot on! I sent yall a message on Instagram. Love you guys!

[@leftcoaster67]

Here's the Lyrics: Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten Blinding signs flap Flicker, flicker, flicker blam, pow Stairway scare Dan dare who's there Lime and limpid green, the sounds around The icy waters under Lime and limpid green, the sounds around The icy waters underground

[@horrorshow-wu5po]

Thanks. So Dan Dare was a British comic book hero: Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future. I've heard him referenced in more then a few songs.

[@jpsewell2987]

The answer to your question is Syd Barratt. He was only there for a short while, but the spirit of Syd never went away.

[@andymageen5308]

This is early PF, way before DSOTM, led by Syd Barrett’s psycho mania and excess drug use this was truly revolutionary when we first heard it. Certainly a headphone trip. ✌️

[@Jovin4273]

Just a little backstory. This album came out in 1967. This is the very first Pink Floyd song I ever heard. However I did not hear it when it came out. It wasn't until 1969 that I heard it. It was the live version from UmmaGumma. I was 19 at the time. I am now 73 and I still listen to Pink Floyd. UmmaGumma was a 2 record album. The first record was live and record 2 was studio. Here is the first 4 songs I heard, Astronomy Domini, Careful with that axe Eugene, Set the controls for the heart of the Sun, and A Saucerful of Secrets. BTW, on the studio record there is a song you have to hear. It has the longest title of any song ever. "Several Species of Small Furry Animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a Pict." I guarantee you have never heard anything like this one.

[@vicprovost2561]

Same here, Ummagumma was my first Floyd album and the live version on this song blew my mind!

[@rickwheeler5496]

That is the first song I that I thought of when I saw that they were delving into early Floyd

[@ianpark1805]

The ‘Ummagumma’ live version features Gilmour on guitar and it’s a touch more aggressive. As are his more recent renditions on solo tours with Phil Manzanera also on guitar unless I miss my guess. I think I prefer Gilmour’s ‘beefier’ take on this track over the original. As for ‘Several species….’ I think I’ve seen one reaction to that track with the expected bafflement you might expect!

[@balkanarchist]

Set The Controls is so underrated for no apparent reason.

[@colibri1]

Finally, some early, truly psychedelic Pink Floyd, from 1967, the same year the Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper" debuted. You can hear that 1967 sound in this.

[@kevinsattler6603]

If you listen to pink Floyd's albums from the start You'll hear their progression and where they got their sound That finally made them famous with echoes. Just listen to a few songs off of each album and you will hear their progression

[@estoy1001]

Astronomy Domine is meant to rhyme (a-STRON-a-me DOM-in-ee, basically Astronomy Lord). Check out 'Lucifer Sam' & 'Bike' on the same album.

[@petoasaurus]

I had to chuckle when you said you had a new Pink Floyd song. Being the first song on their first album (Piper at the Gates of Dawn), it couldn't be older. Anyhoo, they were still finding their sound at that point. Do "Echoes" from their "Meddle" album. Much more in line with the other songs you've done by them.

[@krisdoggett483]

They probably won't react to a 20min song.

[@jimmuratori7458]

But they should. Heck they did Diamonds, what's another 7 minutes.

[@jonwilley9548]

Hi Rob and Amber. I know you have reacted to Pink Floyd “Comfortably Numb” studio version. Can you PLEASE watch the live version from the “Pulse” tour? So much better and mind blowing guitar solo from David Gilmore. Love from the Pacific NW. ❤

[@jamesgreenhow108]

My bet is IF... They ever do watch "Comfortably Numb" Pulse 1994. AMBER CRIES !!! If you click on "Comfortably Numb" Emotional Reactions and cry with them😂😂

[@BOO66IOU]

I agree the fact they've only done the studio version is borderline criminal! Pulse concert is something else!

[@jamesmadden6434]

Yessss! If you remember comparing "In The Air Tonight" live vs. the studio, this live version is even more incredible plus a mind-blowing light show.

[@tylerhaas14]

It sounds so cool when Syd’s like, “Oberon, Miranda, and Titania.” Uranus moons

[@fredmcveigh9877]

The multi coloured shoots of Pink Floyd started here on their 1st album, "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" . It took a drug induced, blown out mind and the introduction of a more stable mind to introduce the more popular Floyd that most people know now. Syd Barrett bless his soul was the main driving force behind the group until he experienced mental problems which left the rest with no choice but to leave him out of the line up. Dave Gilmore took over and soon became their main song writer along with Roger Waters.

[@johnreilly3315]

Set the controls to the heart of the sun....you're welcome 🙏

[@SP-ui8bk]

I saw David Gilmour on his 'Rattle That Lock' tour in 2016, and he performed this song right after intermission - yes, intermission. As in 2 sets of Gilmour at his best and the crowd went wild when this song started. A nice flashback to early Floyd, and a reminder of how awesome Syd Barrett was. I was hoping he'd play, 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene,' but that's being nit-picky.

[@travis4863]

Domine is an obsolete term for "lord" btw. Thanks for the reaction. "Careful with that axe Eugene" is also pretty incredible

[@rickashworth7304]

Funny story : I was a teenager in early 70's and at my cousins house on a sunny summer afternoon, listening to this album , windows open, and sound pretty loud... then the cops show up!!! The neighbor heard the scream from "Careful With That Axe Eugene" and thought there was a fight in the house, so she called the cops! We had to replay the album so that the cops realize what it was. We had a good laugh afterwards! You have to do "Echoes" in Pompeii next, please.

[@stuarthouse-w6o]

every track off their first two albums are something special.

[@Ron-pe8zt]

I'm so proud of you guys.. it's like my babies are growing up. Love y'all ❤️

[@Nicksterino]

This song was from their early "formative" days and is wayyy out there. Hope you like it!

[@jamesdamiano8894]

Since you did this one then you need to do “Interstellar Overdrive”. One of the early glimpses of what they would become musically. The singles of this time are cool but different. I don’t think you would enjoy solo Syd. It’s eclectic for sure. If do “See Emily Play” m, which you should. Then check out David Bowie’s version from David’s album “Pin Ups” where he does covers of other famous groups.

[@krisdoggett483]

I think they could get into some solo Barrett material. "Baby Lemonade", "Gigolo Aunt", "Terrapin" and "Octopus" are good tracks. "Interstellar Overdrive" may be too much for them.

[@kengiorlando7119]

See Emily Play is a true classic -

[@enchantedwooddesigns3462]

That song and Julia Dream always draw me in so much that I always put them on repeat until I have to tell myself to stop and go to another song ) @@kengiorlando7119

[@jamesdamiano8894]

@@krisdoggett483 I just don’t see Jordan in particular liking it very much but Baby Lemonade is the one song I would recommend.

[@gte1961]

I was never too keen on this particular song of theirs. You could try See Emily Play (which is another earlier one and much more melodic) or try Sheep (from the album Animals).

[@kgadigital6234]

Good Times Are Out To Get You - Infectious Grooves

[@jrusso4753]

You have to listen to this now in the proper context. This was 1967. Other hit songs that year were things like I'm A Believer/Monkees, Light my Fire/Doors, All You Need Is Love/Beatles, etc. Now compare just those tunes to this Floyd song. The general feeling from me and a lot of others was WTF??? Syd and the boys were on an entirely different level (or planet.) Pink Floyd certainly woke me up to a whole new world of music composition. Became an instant fan and still admire their work to this day. Jay/Amber, you always bring joy to me when I watch you two react to these things that blew me away back then. Thank you both. Much love to you and the family. Peace and happiness to my extended family here. God bless you all!

[@evanputterill8286]

You guys need to check out "Aladdin Sane" by David Bowie.

[@bryanblack526]

I believe those fellows have potential

[@nj1639]

The live version from the LP Ummagumma is otherworldly. Saw them perform at the Electric Factory in Philly when they were touring that LP, a very small venue. Good times.

[@thebigwool]

From their first album, recorded in the same studio as The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper - at the same time! The two bands paid close attention to what each were doing.

[@jimbrentar]

Y'all should do "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" just so I can watch Jay's facial expressions and body language

[@goonbelly5841]

Another good one is "Careful With That Axe, Eugene".

[@O_Towne_Bear]

Pink Floyd were heroes of London's psychedelia scene, this album was so inspirational. Syd is shining here.

[@farrahlynne7121]

You guys should really watch The Wall movie, and the complete Pulse concert, at least the live version of the song Comfortably Numb from that concert in 94. Other songs that come to mind in no order are _See Emily Play _Welcome to the Machine _Money _Brain Damage _Dirty Woman _Run Like Hell _Us & Them _High Hopes _Breathe

[@vicprovost2561]

Now you are talking! Early Floyd is quite the trip, psychedelic is just what they were, to say the least! This song is from the beginning, with original guitarist/vocalist Syd Barrett at the forefront. This song is also amazing live, I saw it on the Pulse tour, but the best version I have ever heard is on the Ummagumma live disc, that entire live disc from 1969 is worth a reaction, utterly classic Floyd. Lastly, the pinnacle of that whole era before Dark Side of the Moon is their amazing concert movie, Live at Pompeii. Again, the entire film is worth a reaction but especially Echoes, it is in 2 parts because it opened and closed the movie and is arguably their best song and performance, watch it and you will see/hear what I mean. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶

[@i.marchand4655]

I agree that Ummagumma has the best live track of this. What I am wondering, though, now that I'm thinking of that album, is whether our reactor couple are ready for the Roger Waters studio tracks from Ummagumma. I think they might like Grantchester Meadows alright, but what about when it bleeds into Several Species of Small, Furry Animals, Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict?

[@barrymuller5131]

I’d like to hear you react to “Arnold Layne” or “See Emily Play” from the Syd era that were more musical and less spacey

[@richardromney9205]

j was a kid in junior high when i first heard this. tripped me out. never looked back. the stars still shine bright. so do you.

[@davidhuggan6315]

I love Amber's comments about falling through space and everything going wrong. I get the same feeling - the feeling that things are getting worse and worse, and I am far away from my spaceship now!!

[@gregmanko3241]

Poor Syd Barrett. Brilliant creative mind that took too much acid and never came back. Though the Floyd would go on to achieve great success it was Syd who put the band together. "See Emily Play" is my favorite. Please also check out "Free Four" a very early Waters song after Gilmour joined.

[@surlechapeau]

Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Young Lust"!! "Young Lust" was used in their movie 'The Wall'!!

[@flyonthewindshield3653]

Virtually every song on the album was in the movie.

[@surlechapeau]

@@flyonthewindshield3653 it was a hint for them to watch the movie on their movie channel.

[@moyesboy1]

Hello people, if you want to listen to something really crazy by Pink Floyd: the "Atom Heart Mother Suite" from the album of the same name, 1970. Pink Floyd with a symphony orchestra. A not so well-known piece, but almost my favorite of theirs. is also only 24 minutes long. Atom Heart Mother was the band's first album to reach number one in the British charts Greetings from Germany

[@Napup]

This song was included at the beginning of PF's legendary live show/album/film "Pulse" mentioned elsewhere here. When I saw the concert it opened the show. I'd say a definite tribute to the Barrett era of the band. My fave, in fact, from that time.

[@davidthrower1553]

This is great that you are listening to early Pink Floyd. There is a great live version of this on their album “Umma Gumma” that you must here. However my favourite Floyd track of all time comes from the album “Meddle” (and there is also the wonderful “Live At Pompeii” version too) and that track is called ‘ECHOES’…..’echoes’……..’echoes’…….’echoes’. That track is a 20 minute mind trip of amazing music (AMBER….you will be in heaven!!!) and IMHO Floyd has never bettered it for sheer quality and length. Check it out guys you will be amazed…..as I have been ever since it was released in 1971 ……and I am STILL listening to it regularly and I am still amazed at how good it is!!!

[@okantichrist]

The best Pink Floyd

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

This was Pink Floyd's first album, 'The Piper at The Gates of Dawn', and is a bit different from their later stuff, it's more along with the Psychedelic sound.

[@TobyDoak]

Welcome to the psychedelic 60's kids! The late 60's saw even the Beatles and the Stones experimenting with psychedelia. And yes Jay, LSD had a whole lot to do with it. In fact The Doors took their name from a book titled The Doors Of Perception by Dr. Timothy Leary who encouraged people to "tune in, turn on, and drop out ", by dropping acid. That is also why the O's In The Doors name look like pills. If you think we all be trippin' we're not. BVut we used to!😵‍💫

[@rrailguitar2211]

Pink Floyd started a mini genre of rock, "space rock." There was another Brit group called Hawkwind that also did the space thing, but I think Pink Floyd was there first. My first listen to Pink Floyd was the live part of their double disc Ummagumma album. "Astronomy Domine" "Careful With That Axe Eugene' "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" and "A Saucerful Of Secrets." Don't those titles say it all? Pink Floyd was discovered and signed by Norman Smith who was the Beatles' engineer at Abbey Road. He had to chose between continuing to engineer the Beatles or being Pink Floyd's producer and he chose the latter. "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" was the only album put out by the Syd Barrett-led version of Pink Floyd. "Pow R. Toc H." and "Interstellar Overdrive" are two instrumental freak outs from that album...again don't the titles say it all? However I'll also recommend "Lucifer Sam" which Barrett wrote about his cat.

[@auntieprimrose4138]

I think Floyds "trip" into space rock was short lived and coincidental, where as Hawkwind took it by the scruff of the neck and wrang it out for over 50 years. Hawkwind were and still are pioneers of so many different genres of music , from trance to rave, to ambient, to grunge, as well as out and out space rock.

[@kathyrizzi8754]

Pink Floyd is from another planet, LoL! I love their sound. What can I say…they capture your mind away! 🪐🌍🌓🌚☄️👍🩵🩵

[@robbielux8353]

My favorite Pink Floyd album by far..came out in 1967..was their first album and the band leader/singer/vocalist was Syd Barrett at the time.

[@brandonio_granger]

My favorite track from this album is "Lucifer Sam"

[@syd_andre1520]

Have you guys done "One of These Days"by Pink Floyd yet? Jay will love the bass in this song.

[@farrahlynne7121]

Syd Barrett, the original founder, & lead, EARLY PF! So much to know about him, but also so little...he lost his mind when he was in his 20s, walked off the stage and never returned, according to the band, he became a hermit and s recluse, paranoid and barely knew who he was, due to years of avid acid and hallucinogens & mental illness (not sure if it was before or after his use of them), i find it sad but so funny that Jay mentioned the LSD use, according to a documentary/interviews with the band soley on Syd Barrett, he kind of started out his sound bc he liked to get on a trip and play with lights to instrumental sounds and maybe just sounds, and he came up with some really cool and trippy music, their music was a little different when he was in the band than what it eventually became, which is the PF that most ppl know. Songs like Shine On You Crazy Diamond was about him or inspired them.

[@michaeldowson6988]

Psychedelia was the result of a nexus point, where a number of conditions came together. New guitar tech and recording tech, better musicianship and recording technicians, using found sound recordings, writing songs on topics other than falling in/out of love and partying, the Vietnam War, and ...hallucinogens. Then it morphed into hard rock and prog rock/fusion.

[@randyallaben9900]

ECHOES! Jay will groove it! Amber, you will be jettisoned into an amazing dimension.

[@brandonx7215]

They weren't ready for Syd...

[@RabbiSteve]

Thank you for this great reaction to one of the earliest Pink Floyd pieces, but one of the few from that early period that they continued to play into the early 70’s and even beyond. I first heard the live version on UMMA GUMMA, which was a double album, where the first disc was a live show from that period (a few years before DARK SIDE), and the second disc had a piece from each of the band members. If you want to react to what I think is their greatest piece and are willing to do a *long* song, try “Echoes” from the album MEDDLE, and you have, I think reacted to at least one, maybe two, other pieces from that album. That’s my favorite Pink Floyd piece from my favorite album. I think you will have a really good time with that piece.

[@danielglenn915]

Need to hear the Ummagumma live version of this. Gilmour's addition really took the song further than what Syd did in the studio.

[@vrvaughn]

You’re listening to this in 2023… you have no idea what it was like when this came out in 1967…

[@vicprovost2561]

Yep, they like Hendrix, arrived from another dimension, freaking out planet earth.

[@guscarlson7021]

You need to hear "Echoes" from the Meddle album. (Studio version) The whole album is top level vintage Floyd.

[@elegantirony78]

Absolutely! Everyone recommends the live at Pompeii version but it doesn't have the humpback whale part that the studio version has.

[@steviesellers]

Floyd in the 60s played live in Amsterdam during the day , then in London in the evening . Lennon was at one of "the happening" in Londons Alley Palais short for Alexandra Palace , he said they did this track just as the sun was rising and the sun was reflecting off Syd,s guitar like laser beams

[@Mike-rk8px]

You two need to listen to the entire first Pink Floyd album “Piper At The Gates Of Dawn” from August of 1967. It’s extremely psychedelic, and it’s mostly a ride inside of Syd Barrett’s mind.

[@AlAndValOffGrid]

Another awesome Prog Rock band from the same era is Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP). Try "From The Beginning", "Still... You Turn Me On", Karn Evil 9, Fanfare for the Common Man or any others! This trio knew how to rock it and put you away just like PinkFloyd.

[@vicprovost2561]

Tarkus

[@ndlouder]

Gilmourless Pink Floyd or Pink Floyd before Gilmour. This is the Syd Barret led Pink Floyd. This album was recorded at one of Abbey Road's studios at the exact time as The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper in another. Astonishing to think really. Two masterpieces from two gigantic bands in the same year 1967, out of the same building. I just realized how British this record is. Uniquely so, as probably only The Kinks and The Who were, but even more. "Flaming" is the prettiest track on the album and the ending of "Bike " is downright scary. The mind of someone descending into madness, literally!

[@bobdam4478]

LOL astronomy and astrology are totally diff things.

[@tyronesportello9949]

You should check out ‘Echoes - Part 1’ live from Pompeii 😊 It’s one of their best ever songs - an absolute masterpiece - and this version is epic, not least because you get a glimpse of what they were like as a live band in the 70s. I might go watch it now actually…! 🤔