FIRST TIME HEARING Pink Floyd- "Poles Apart" (Reaction)

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A powerful journey through David's thoughts and dreams, recalling his former friends/bandmates...A journey from sorrow and regret to strength and resolution... Thanks for watching! 🥰

[@PopIcons-q6s]

That must be why I get so thoroughly uplifted by the last stanza; the empathetic link to someone who is putting regret and anger behind him and resolutely facing a brighter future. "I thought of you, and the years and all the sadness fell away from me" is not groundbreaking lyric writing, but knowing David and Syd's childhood escapades together, it is beautifully said. Brilliant observation B.

[@JimboHarris-d3x]

Division Bell. ❤.

[@ajwalou-nack2343]

I say that to my wife when she is depressed. I say to her " don't ever lose the light in your 👀 " after the loss of her brother aged 47 last year she has been unable to stop the tears . I love this album so much I must have six CDs and endless downloads on my phone and in car play . 👍

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Hello. Thanks so much for sharing. I hope she finds much peace and comfort as the years go on. Sounds like she has a great rock in you. This is sure 1 special album, and a perfect way to end an epic career with an emotional bang...Thanks.

[@isaciocardozo4147]

Sublime.

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For sure! Thanks for tuning in..

[@codyjonesjr1614]

This is one of the most important profound songs not only for Pink Floyd but humanity and the way we look at society and the individuals consumed by narcissism, or insanity

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Thanks for watching!

[@lynnhoffman247]

“Cluster One” is another great instrumental from this album. My favorite song is Marooned followed by Wearing the Inside Out (because it’s Rick 😂)

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Cool, almost picked that one today. I don't get why hardly any reactors choose these great songs from this album?..

[@lynnhoffman247]

@@retroreactions.... 🤔Your guess is as good as mine. They’re missing out!

[@reneelyons6836]

Got to get the Floyd Friday Fix. Wonderful music. : )

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The funnest fix in town! Hello 😎

[@Tomanot9Juanma]

Oh, I remember the first time I heard this song: I was paralysed. The intro found its way right inside my heart. Feelings of dejà-vu nostalgia, couldn´t exactly tell, I wanted more of the song but at the same time I was wishing some parts would last forever, and they did in a way at the "madness part"! What a trip of a song. Sure one of Pink Floyd´s favourites of mine, for sure.

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Ah, nice. I had a similar experience maybe to a lesser degree. I could listen to much more of this song too...12 minutes would be nice! Thanks for watching and sharing 🙂

[@Dwarfman01]

I had no idea this song was about Barret and Waters. This revelation brings a completely different perspective to the song. The animosity between Gilmour and Waters is well documented and it's always been alluded that Gilmour always felt bad for replacing his friend in the very band he was the leader in. This wasn't one of my favourite songs off the album, but this new knowledge has me viewing this song in a new light. Thank you very much for sharing.

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Awesome, glad I could help shed new light on this one for ya! Thanks for watching my friend....

[@garymoore4909]

Another great track and the guitar solo at the end is incredible! My two favourite tracks on this album are Take It Back and Coming Back to Life and the transition between them is unbelievable!

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Hello. Glad you love this album....Cool, I'm excited to discover Take it Back. Thanks for stopping by!

[@keyrat1753]

What a FANTASTIC musical journey! Great reaction, Brandon!

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Completely!! They always deliver so much to my soul....Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a beautiful weekend 😊

[@keyrat1753]

@@retroreactions.... It never ceases to amaze me at many really good songs Pink Floyd made. And to my knowledge, they never did a cover for anyone else’s music…they only sang songs created by Pink Floyd, which includes Barrett and Waters).

[@michaelbaucom4019]

The guitar outro conveyed the sentiment of the lyrics better than the lyrics, IMHO. Superb as usual

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David definitely a GOAT at speaking through his guitar playing...Happy weekend!

[@yvesblues560]

Just mesmerizing, the right medicine for this morning, brought tears of joy in my eyes and heart 😢😇

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[@SpaceOdditiesLive]

I have always thought that the "dream section" reflected Syd's songs of English whimsy - circus clowns, fairgrounds, Lewis Carroll. Interestingly, the string synth plays a melody in 3/4, sounding like a fairground carousel - and the fairground itself perhaps invoking Syd's child-like innocence - but it's in a minor key, lacing the section with sombre sadness. Gilmour's final statement of the song, saying he never thought Syd would lose the light in his eyes, recalls Waters' line in "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" about Syd's eyes being "black holes in the skies". While recollections vary among the band about exactly what happened to Syd and when, the light disappearing from Syd's eyes apparently occurred when he had gone missing for a weekend and came back a different person. "Something's happened to Syd", the band were told. Gilmour remembers how the person looking out of Syd's eyes was no longer Syd (presaging "There's someone in my head, but it's not me" from "Brain Damage") It's assumed he had spent the weekend somewhere ingesting huge quantities of LSD which had literally fried his brain, and the light had gone out of his eyes. Syd never came back. It's a heart-wrenching story, and even to this day the band feel guilty because they think they could have, and should have, done more to help him. I think David Gilmour feels this guilt more than the others, because Syd's condition led to Gilmour's success, as reflected upon in the first two lines of "Poles Apart". There will always be debate about how much of Syd's demise was due to drugs, and how much to mental illness, or if the heavy drug use caused mental illness. I think I'm right in saying that Mason and Gilmour are pretty sure it was all down to LSD, whereas Waters believes it was a mixture of the drugs and mental illness. I guess we'll never know: I'm sure Syd's medical diagnosis will forever be kept secret by his family. Please keep up the fantastic reactions you do. I enjoy them so much. You are extremely perceptive about music, noticing things that many other reactors do not. You also have an extremely relaxing and calm way of presenting your reactions, which truly is much appreciated. Thank you so much. While I am here I would like to recommend Dutch band Focus to you. They were really big in the early seventies in Europe - especially in the UK, where I'm from - but I don't know if they if they ever cracked the US. They were phenomenal musicians, highly original - there was nobody like them - and their music was just so interesting. In particular, I would like to recommend the title track and "La Cathedrale de Strasbourg" from their 1974 album "Hamburger Concerto", although the whole album is wonderful. "Moving Waves" is another classic album. "Sylvia", "House of the King" and the bizarre "Hocus Pocus" were their UK top 20 hits and their most commercial recordings. The rest of their work was beautiful, brilliant, atmospheric prog! I just *know* you will love Focus! All the best.🎉

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Hi there! Yes, I had a feeling the dream section was referencing Syd in some way, as is most of the song. What a sad story his ended up being. Thank you so much for those amazing compliments. It's very special to hear that kind of feedback, especially when the inevitable feelings of self doubt creep up, something I think many KZbinrs face from time to time... Much peace and blessings to ya! ☺

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I have used the same "Through the Looking Glass" comparison for that wonderful breakdown that evokes, however reservedly, their early sonic experimentation days. I hear less whimsy and more foreboding, having dubbed it Syd's Wicked Circus. Great commentary!

[@flubblert]

What happened to Syd happened to so many people in the 60s and 70s. Took a trip and never came back. Scary scary shit.

[@SpaceOdditiesLive]

@@flubblert indeed. Just say no, kids. Seriously.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

I think that Hocus Pocus was their only US hit. It’s certainly the only one I know. I think allot of people think they were a one-hit wonder. Sounds like it was a very different story over there…..

[@alanpeterson4939]

I’ve been listening to these guys for fifty years. This, in my opinion, is David’s happiest guitar solo.

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Thanks for watching Alan!

[@yvesblues560]

Cluster one, Marooned, a great day fot freedom (live in Gdansk ),Coming back to life (Pompeii), high hopes (Gdansk ) and poles apart are diamonds... Cluster one is maybe my most played Floyd song, followed by echoes and marooned, set the Controls, grantchester meadows and narrow way: all so chilling Poles apart I listen to when meditating over friendship, change and loss: medicine

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Hi there! Nice to see ya. Thanks for sharing and for watching.. have a great night/day!

[@steveboyes2090]

Great reaction to this song and increased my knowledge of it.

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Thank you Steve!

[@littlestevey4172]

Another deep cut great song from this wonderful album!! This song gives me the chills at times!Always loved this album! Reminds me of High school times with friends too.

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Such a brilliant, special and powerful album. Epic memories for you. Thanks for stopping by!!

[@littlestevey4172]

@@retroreactions.... Yes indeed! I remember my friend showing the new album to me during Marching Band practice back in 1995. Great memories !

[@PopIcons-q6s]

this album came out in the States on my 18th birthday, the day I moved into my first apartment, in the last coasting, carefree month of my senior year. It goes without saying, tDB is tied irrevocably to fond memories of high school for me as well!

[@angelagraves865]

This is my favorite song on this album. ❤

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Nice! Thanks

[@drmagic60]

I do love Pink Floyd Friday! This is another great track from a masterpiece of an album! I wish I’d seen this tour more than once….although I’m not complaining. Any big surprises for tomorrow? My mind’s always open to whatever you give us!

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Hi. Such an album!! And I have a few more to go still. Hmmm, well it's a new artist and a bit left field....the only real question is, how many times did you see them live! 😂😂😂

[@65alef]

Perfetta riflessione reale e profonda su questo bel brano molto autobiografico

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Grazie, mi è davvero piaciuto! Buongiorno!

[@65alef]

@@retroreactions.... buongiorno a te...qui è sabato mattina sono le 7,30 e dopo aver appena fatto la prima colazione mi preparo ad affrontare la giornata. Buon fine settimana Brandon !😘

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[@sagitt1856]

PINK FLOYD. What comment to add to excellence without the risk of sounding silly? I think only a silence of satisfaction is in order. Either way, you said it all and said it well. Thanks.

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You're welcome and thanks again for watching!

[@StephaneSmarties]

Thanks for this great music reaction. Poles Apart is probably my favorite song though it’s difficult to say as PF gratified us with so many amazing songs, but it gives me goosebumps every time. Surprisingly, there are very few reaction videos about this song. I think it’s underrated. But you give a brillant analysis of this mind blowing masterpiece 👍🏻

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Hello and you're welcome! Glad you love this song. Thanks for watching and for the compliments!

[@deanmacreavy2135]

Nice one Brandon. Those flowing arpeggios are very similar to Steve Hackett's track Narnia. Another great tune worth adding to your ever growing list 🤓

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Done! Thanks bud

[@grahamharley4895]

Thanks for reminding me. Another one I really loved but didn't recognise it from the song title. So smooth!

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You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@yanceynitzsche5115]

This one is dear to me. It tends to get a little overlooked, perhaps because on first blush it just seems like a...hate to use this term in relation to Floyd..."normal", uncomplicated rock ballad with a fairly boilerplate Gilmour solo, but I have to say this song stuck out to me on first listen among all the greats of tDB as just wonderfully alluring in every way. Melodically of course because Gilmour can't create a bad melody to save his life, but also thematically and atmospherically. It resonated it's meaning on an emotional level so clearly that I "understood" what the song was about, even before knowing the Syd and Roger backstories. And like you pointed out, SO many layers if you listen close. Glad you got to this one, great episode! :-)

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Hello my Floyd guru friend! Yes very overlooked, virtually no reactions to it on YT! Clearly you have great ears and a keen sense for musical emotion, intention and expression. Happy for each new Floyd discovery, especially the platinum ones that hit me hard! Thanks for stopping by today, have a great weekend! ✌

[@yanceynitzsche5115]

​@@retroreactions.... I am excited for you to get the full, uninterrupted album experience once you've wrapped up the episodes. As you astutely noted, all the songs crossfade beautifully and the whole "miscommunication" concept is very consistent across the whole project, so I argue that it's as satisfying an album experience as their legendary 70's output. For proof, when my gf and I are hanging out listening to music, she has imposed the unbreakable rule that once Division Bell starts, it finishes lol Great weekend to you as well & as always!

[@TheAlbumReviewchannel]

Hey Brandon. Fabulous reaction for this one. You really nailed it with excellent observations. The very last track on this album is my all time favourite Pink Floyd song ever. High Hopes. Hope you do it as it will be nice to get your relaxed take on it. All the best Brandon. Dave from the Album Review Channel ✅✅

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Thank you so much! Good news, I have reacted to HH already, studio and Pulse concert version! Here are the links: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYucoJeOfpeSjqc

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[@alanpeterson4939]

You have yet to do anything from the Pink Floyd album, The Final Cut. Try: When the Tigers Broke Free The Gunner’s Dream The Final Cut Do a lyrics version of each of them.

[@randyjohnson6960]

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Great stuff! Thanks for tuning in Randy..

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

There’s a short part…..right at the end of the instrumental part….before David comes in again, where the melody sounds like a nod to The theme from the movie Charade. Can you hear it?

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Hmm, don't know that song or movie. Listening to it now, really nice! Who is singing? Sounds a bit like Andy Williams...

[@lynnhoffman247]

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[@lynnhoffman247]

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Happy weekend!!

[@gbsailing9436]

I've always hated that 'dream' section given the noises they have been able to do in other songs elsewhere, and thought they could have daily dropped that and lengthened the ending for a more melodious song... Well never mind it'll never happen. Such a great song. The ending guitar work so SO good!!!! Thank you for playing one of my favs from them. I just have to say...where does David get these beautiful melodies from for his solos? SO GOOD.

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Glad you enjoy it for the most part. Gilmour's guitar solo surprises never seem to end! Thanks for watching!