Pink Floyd Reaction Dad & Son 1st Time Hearing The Piper at The Gates of Dawn Full Album Review!

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[@LeChaunce]

I've often said that '80s alternative was pretty much a synthesis of this album and the Beatles' Revolver. Oh, gee, two of my all-time favorite albums. What are the odds? :D

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Great observation. Thanks for watching!

[@olaf1191]

This is my favourite Pink Floyd album together with Meddle

[@psychedelicpiper999]

Same!

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Thanks for watching!

[@brgreg8725]

Such a strange strange album!! It’s nothing like anything else by Floyd yet it sets the template

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Yes on all points! Thanks for watching!

[@rockingbirdey]

I like this album a lot. It's not my favourite PF album but it's a very interesting album and a great debut. It's definitely more their psychedelic sound than their progressive rock sound that they'd master in the 70s. I'd personally give it a 8.50/10. Tragedy what happened to Barrett. He was a one of a kind.

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Tragedy indeed. Thanks for watching!!

[@robertosolito1276]

The very best ALBUM of PINK FLOYD

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Thanks for Watching!

[@Waterloosunset2]

It's my favorite of theirs simply because there was nothing like it when it came out. If you weren't "there" it's difficult to explain the WTF factor this album gave.

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That is what I (Shawn) figured! I figured it is a big time, time and place album. Thanks for sharing and watching Mitch!

[@farrellmcnulty909]

I had WTF when I stumbled upon it in 1987. I had no idea who Syd was, but he clicked with me so quickly, i found out very soon. 32 years later, I still love this record.

[@leethomas2155]

You've got some great albums ahead before Dark Side... Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Obscured By Clouds. Can't wait to hear what you make of Ummagumma disc 2 though, lol.

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Thanks for watching Lee and now you have peaked our curiosity on Ummagumma haha

[@leethomas2155]

@@ReactionsToTheClassics To say it's bizarre is an understatement. Disc 1 is a phycodelic live album featuring 4 well known tracks... Disc 2 is studio recordings of experiments... weird ones for the most part. Happy listening lol.

[@sunfucker2213]

Ummagumma is a great album.

[@leethomas2155]

@@sunfucker2213 ya ya ya ya ya... weep ummm woooooo, weep ummm wooooooo... duggg duggg dugdugdug...

[@charlierobbins598]

My favorite Pink Floyd album

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Thanks for watching Charlie Robbins!

[@BigRevKev82]

It's a fantastic album. Purity. Selfless beauty. Perfection

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Thanks for watching Kevin!

[@BigRevKev82]

@@ReactionsToTheClassics not a worry at all 😎🤙

[@BigRevKev82]

@@ReactionsToTheClassics thanks for uploading the video. I appreciate it

[@farrellmcnulty909]

I give it 10/10. Perfect album.

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Thanks for watching Farrell!

[@psychedelicpiper999]

Agreed. Even Waters’ song somehow works with the album, given that most of it is an instrumental jam that highlights Syd’s guitarwork and Rick’s organwork. And that ending: “real eyes, realize, real lies”. I must have heard the entire album thousands of times. It’s by far the most played album of my life. It’s been a while since I’ve heard it, since I’m taking a break after overplaying it, but I can’t wait to get back into it again after I move out and start a new life. And most definitely when I can afford better audio equipment to truly soak up every sonic detail. Can’t express enough how much of a huge impact this album’s had on me. Be sure to check out the mono mix, if you haven’t. It’s 10 times better. The panning is gone, but you get more psychedelic effects and overdubs, and a solid heavier sound to make up for it. Perhaps the greatest mono mix of all time.

[@someonesomewhere3902]

Nice review. I know this album isn't as good as the ones of the 70s. But is one of my favorites because I love that late 60s sound of psychedelic rock. And this album was very influential in that regard. Also I feel that the early albums were more emotional(?)...maybe... Matilda mother is probably my favorite track.

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Thanks for the comment and for watching!

[@petermachare5711]

Thanks for this. I remember hearing Interstellar Overdrive on late night FM in NYC in 1967. Blew my 13 year old mind.

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I bet it did Peter! Thanks for watching!

[@xdarkdragonfire3773]

Nice video, nice review! Thanks for it!

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Thanks for watching!

[@psychedelicpiper999]

Psychedelic rock is the music of the future. In the 2000’s-2010’s, there was a brief revival with bands like Animal Collective and MGMT releasing more accessible as well as more extremely experimental psychedelic albums. And then artists like Tame Impala, Grizzly Bear, Morgan Delt, and others entering into the picture, generating a lot of fans and interest from indie music critics. I feel like innovation in the genre is currently at a standstill, but it’s still the genre most likely to generate innovation. It borrows a lot from jazz and avant-garde, in its improvisation and desire to stray completely from the norm. To me, structural innovation is a necessity in music, and there is no genre in rock where that is more present than psychedelic rock, in my honest opinion, with progressive rock coming in a close second.

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Thanks for the insight and for watching!

[@shineetaemin007]

Chapter 24 is “forgettable” let me just forget you said that....

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haha guessing you don't agree Alyssa? Appreciate you watching!

[@duckface524]

well, there is a difference of opinion in the world. personally I don't think it's forgettable but don't think it's one of the highlights either. strange isn't it

[@AnthonyMinsky]

Meddle is a personal favorite of mine

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Thanks for watching Tony!

[@vovindequasahi]

syd was hardly 'long gone' with Interstellar Overdrive. He made that song.

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ok

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I used to dislike the Syd-era songs but now I love them.

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Thanks for watching!

[@lukeszklarz9674]

glad Trey likes The Bike

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Thanks for watching Luke!

[@anuragdeshpande6918]

The Piper at the gates of dawn started meddling with the atom heart mother then the moon showed it's dark side. Wish he were here

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Not bad lol Thanks for watching

[@SoundlabStudios63]

I hear the gates of dawn is the best way to get through the wall

[@PeKe999]

Hi. A solid review. It took quite a while for me to get into this album. But I had to play a lot of their albums several times to get into, except Animals and The Wall. Both are my favorite Pink Floyd albums. Now I consider Piper the best of the early Pink Floyd era up till 1971. Pow R. Toc. H. Is in my opinion the most difficult song of this album to get into. Bike, I think, is the best. I sometimes wonder how Pink Floyd would have developped if Syd Barrett had stayed. Did you try and listen to Syd's solo albums The Madcap Laughs and Barrett? Give them a listen. You won't regret it.

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Haven't listened to Syd's solo stuff yet we will get to it. I think if Syd has stayed we would have never got the style of the later stuff but who knows. As always appreciate your insight Pe Ke!

[@psychedelicpiper999]

“Pow R. Toc H.” is greatly improved in the mono mix. The piano solo appears in both speakers instead of one, the editing is more solid and has better timing with the instruments and vocals, and we get more vocal effects from Syd and Waters. And yes, Syd’s solo albums are a must.

[@PeKe999]

@@psychedelicpiper999 Especially The Madcap Laughs. And after watching this video I am playing the MONO right now and indeed it sounds better. I am talking about the RSD 2018 LP release.

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@@PeKe999 I don’t even own a turntable yet, because I can’t afford one, but I do have a copy of the 2018 Record Store Day mono remaster, along with a digitized vinyl rip someone did. If I wasn’t worried about copyright, I’d upload it to my channel. Definitely the best the album has ever sounded. The one on KZbin is the 2007 CD remaster, which was my fav for years.

[@murdockreviews]

Unique album. Top psychedelic release.

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Thanks for checking it out Murdock!

[@danielceo4694]

Yes, the late comer strikes again! I'm going through a Floyd phase as of late. I really quite enjoyed this review . Yes, yes, yes, I agree with pretty much everything you guys just said. And I also agree that Pow R Toc H and Take Up Thy Stethoscope... are the weaker moments on the album, that having been said, I think almost the whole album is quite fun to listen to... even if listened to alongside the relevant singles that they released at the time (Arnold Layne, See Emily Play and Apples And Oranges). I would also recommend checking out their other late sixties records, like A Saucerful of Secrets (transitional, but important if only for Syd's last couple of contributions and their first actual, linear, longform musical piece in the title track foreshadowing their future steps into artistic and conceptual styles), More and Ummagumma (I feel these to be lesser, meandering works but interesting in that these records show the individual band members experimenting with their composing skills, especially the emerging talents of Roger Waters and the newly recruited talents of David Gilmour, O.B.E.)

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Trey actually went through their whole discography and doing a vid soon on ranking them. Thanks Daniel!

[@Ryolsen123gaming]

I have never taken drugs before ... but I think this album gave me a good idea of what it would be like 😂😂

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haha pretty good point Ryan!

[@deechatterton5828]

As much of a fan I am of Pink Floyd, I have never listened to this because all my friends told me it was not very good. From what you're saying, I think I'd really like this since I am a big fan of psychedelic music. Especially the Grateful Dead. That'll teach me to listen to my friends...

[@psychedelicpiper999]

Word of advice, get new friends. “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” is often considered the quintessential magnum opus of the psychedelic rock genre. It’s like one of the first albums people who are really into the genre hear. Your friends are missing out. It’s by far my favorite Pink Floyd album, and changed my understanding of music forever.

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haha hopefully we lead you the right direction and it doesn't disappoint! Thanks for watching Dee!

[@deechatterton5828]

Thanks for the tip. That's what I have always said about Anthem of the Sun by the Dead. Now, maybe I'll have another such experience. Thanks.

[@sunfucker2213]

It's a GREAT album.

[@rbu83145]

It would be very interesting to see what your cerebral minds would make of Close To The Edge by Yes... particularly the first song on the album.

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Well now we are going to have to listen to that 1st song haha. Thanks for watching!

[@billdemudd6697]

Toc h lamps were cement lamps,aoutside seamans digs in uk,hence the term,thick as a toc h lamp!

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Thanks for the insight Dan! And for watching!

[@psychedelicpiper999]

I always interpreted it as “power tokage”, a stoner reference.

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That is another take on the song

[@SoundlabStudios63]

Been listening to Pink Floyd lately and wanted to see what you thought of this album. I honestly didn’t like it very much (contrast that to my thoughts on Dark Side and The Wall). Not big on early Floyd.

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I, Shawn, am not huge on it either!

[@hungfao]

This is one of their albums that is better with repeated listening. It's very crisp and treble - somewhat like LSD. If you can get by the production values, the melodies that are there are very catchy and original. 'See Emily Play' was the first I ever heard from this period was not happy with it, but I couldn't get it out of my head. After repeated listening - ah, I get it. Nice tune.

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Thanks for the insight and for watching hungfao!

[@williamabbott9848]

See Emily Play

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Thanks for watching William!

[@evandavid2816]

It's been a while since I heard this album, and I remember 'Bike' for one being pretty interesting to boot...but 'Astronony Domine'...!!! Man, what an epic, game-changing piece of music that one must have seemed back then, yes? (And still is, of course...nevertheless, take a look at this clip at kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4XJdYivitCJj6c taken from a BBC arts programme discussing the Floyd in 1967, and which includes said track in full, to see what I mean...the poor interviewer didn't really know what had hit him, yes?!). Also, this live version of 'Astronomy Domine' at kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIDRlqOspZyEbrs taken from Floyd's 1995 farewell album, namely Pulse, is pretty darn groovy too; in fact, I know you guys don't really cover live albums - or at least, you haven't so far - but that one might well be worth making an exception for, yes...?

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I actually watched that clip in my research, yes interviewer was stunned haha. That live clip is good and we are going to get into some live albums next year, maybe run a little series of them. As always you bring top-notch stuff to us and we really appreciate it!

[@sunfucker2213]

10/10 album. WAYYYYY Better than Sgt pepper

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We will have to agree to disagree BUT that is the beauty of music! Thanks for watching!

[@psychedelicpiper999]

​@@ReactionsToTheClassics You will find this view a lot in the psychedelic community. “Sgt. Pepper’s” is considered by many to be psychedelia-lite, a mainstream Trojan horse for people who normally don’t like psychedelic music. An album that is a collection of different genres of music, with only some songs strictly fitting into psychedelic rock, while essentially every song on “Piper” is psychedelic. A huge thing missing from “Sgt. Pepper’s” is the Swinging London sound, and the element of jazz-influenced improvisation that characterizes much of psychedelic rock, which was previously only strictly song-oriented. Apart from Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and The Yardbirds to some extent, it was mainly American bands who started that trend, such as The Paul Butterfield Blues Band’s “East-West”, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, and all the San Francisco groups. The latter Pink Floyd never heard, as they weren’t able to get a hold of the records, but they did read the descriptions about those bands in the press. Interestingly enough, I find the Rolling Stones’ psychedelic album “Their Satanic Majesties Request” shares more in common with Pink Floyd than it does with The Beatles. That album features a couple long improvisations, and a grittier sound than The Beatles at the time.

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@@psychedelicpiper999 I love Sgt Pepper but IMO i think that Piper is way better

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@@sunfucker2213 Oh don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore “Sgt. Pepper’s”, even moreso since the 2017 stereo remix. It had a specific purpose to fulfill by reaching the most amount of people possible, and it succeeded with flying colors. But yeah, I agree, I love “Piper” far more, and as a psychedelic rock album, “Piper” is better and more authentic.

[@charlierobbins598]

Agree Sgt Pepper is the most overrated album ever.

[@keithalcorn9102]

I love Pink Floyd, but the Gilmour version. The Barret Floyd is completely unrelatable and uninteresting to me. Thanks for the research! I always enjoy your weekly visits! You're the best!

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Thanks Keith!