SO OBSCURE! First Time Reaction to Pink Floyd - "Atom Heart Mother"

[@yarsheets4572]

Richard Wright, who passed away several years ago, was their keyboardist, and in many ways I think he was the heart and soul of Pink Floyd.

[@FuzzyJohn]

Rick was the secret sauce that blended together the talents of David and Roger.

[@reiner9838]

And Nick Mason was the engine fueled by the three of them. All legends.

[@PinkFloydsfan]

Couldn't agree more 😢

[@robinbolton6064]

Animals! Richard Wright’s Magnum Opus

[@RSimoes10]

I might be the only one here able to say this: I was fortunate enough to see David Gilmour playing this piece live in a theatre in London, maybe in 2007, alongside Ron Geesin conducting a small orchestra and a choir, plus a Pink Floyd tribute band. It was the only time Gilmour played AHM live since the early 1970s, and there were only 1,000 people in the audience. If I had died that day, I would have died a very happy man.

[@janemmanuelbestac7310]

Saw them at Shepton Mallet.

[@sebastianocangini3834]

😂😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@shineon1982]

It was june 15, 2008, at the Chelsea Festival, and he played with the Italian band Mun Floyd. Yeah, I was there too, from Italy.

[@pascalmizac8233]

You're so lucky😊!!!

[@theproof8457]

Ok. Not a fan of this piece.

[@NPCRR]

OMG!!! I'm soooooo happy someone finally reacted to this PF masterpiece!!! And I'm equally happy it was you Stacey!!! A true Floyd fangirl!!! AHM has been, and remains, one of my favorite Floyd songs. Terrific song for long-distance driving, or for chilling out after work or any stressful day. Keep them coming, and I'll keep watching.

[@J-_-]

If you care, I just recently discovered another person that does reactions and he has a whole PF playlist. It's particularly interesting because he's a classical music composer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5PQc5WBe7uFsJY&pp=iAQB

[@heinv.frohnau505]

Daily Doug did it too. Also a very interesting reaction...

[@countzero1136]

@@heinv.frohnau505 Yeah Doug's reactions are great for breaking it down musically, going into the techniques and chord progressions which is fascinating to us musicians, but Stacey's reactions are pure emotion and absolutely wonderful to see and experience

[@nealamesbury7953]

Or to fall asleep to. I agree.

[@countzero1136]

So glad you reacted to this one Stacey - this has always been one of my favourite Pink Floyd albums (and Pink Floyd is my favourite band of all time - I've been listening to them for over 50 years now and their music never gets old). Kudos to you for doing this one as it's a tough listen even for many PF fans, but it's so incredibly rewarding once you get into it - Now you're a real fan :) )

[@johnimhof6568]

You have reached the center of the rabbit hole. Love your musical courage.

[@jongoffinet8511]

Well put!!

[@elektrovert]

I dunno... What about "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"?

[@JaydenMereles3]

AHM is not one for the common fan right...its deep inside!

[@nealamesbury7953]

Ha ha- well said. ! My favorite. !

[@ThomasKnip]

When I was 16, my music teacher played that piece in full length in class. I just sat there, my mind blown away. Until then I never knew music could be something like this. Atom Heart Mother was my passage into the rabbit hole of a whole new dimension of music...

[@janistan]

Me too! Our teacher told us to close our eyes and watch the music with our ears. It worked wery well, and I've been a floydian since...

[@marcogoncalopintovalerio4098]

wow...what a teacher!!!!!

[@HansGrob]

I was at same age, but it was a class mate who was allowed to play it from a cassette recorder during a drawing lesson. It was not only about drawing and painting, rather being creative like the music.

[@flochepakoi]

This song is such a monument, who would dream writing such a masterpiece, at any time in modern history.

[@JaydenMereles3]

Only PF right

[@ianollerenshaw2269]

Yet another pink Floyd concert I had the privilege of seeing live back in 1972 ! At age 13…. It was performed with a full quire and orchestra 😁👌

[@mickb4255]

13 ?. So lucky, I was about 20 before I heard this.

This is truly deep into the Pink Floy soul. I love how Pink Floy build tension. E.g. using disharmonics. But also drums and melodies, change of themes, repeats. And then one or more fantastic releases.

[@AlanCook-x5z]

This album represents the first albumn where Pink Floyd were evolving from a psychedelic rock band to a prog rock band, they were experimenting. The evolution continued in the next album, Meddle, and then was completed in Dark Side of the Moon. If you listen carefully to this album you can hear echoes of what is to come. This was the first album I bought in 1971 when I was 14 and it completely sold me on Pink Floyd. I distincly remember the cows on the album cover.

[@garryiglesias4074]

«echoes of what is to come» I see what you did here... Careful with that axe Eugene...

[@MrBDB001]

Ok Stacey you have made my day again. This time one of my favorites and not just because at 16 this was the first Pink Floyd I ever heard. There is a constant buildup and release throughout this composition. I, like you, did not know what was going to happen, where this tune would go. It all culminated as that choir started the chanting section Trying to figure what they were chanting. It started building mystery and tension and then that voice rising out of the pulsing chant, I can't explain how that voice and the return to the original melody made me feel so free and blissful. Then we really go Pink Floyd and in the last sections you will hear sounds they will use in the next twenty years of their music. A virtuoso of coming joy for us fans. 1970 seems so long ago now but the impact remains unsullied by time. Thank you so much I am so pleased you found Pink Floyd and have allowed us to join you reliving our feelings listening to the greatest band ever to try to put the human experience into music. wow I am really rambling just like I was after hearing Atom Heart Mother. Thanks once again, fantastic job.

[@TheDirge69]

you have nailed my experience there buddy...thanks..

[@MrBDB001]

@@TheDirge69 Listening to this changed my whole 16 year old idea and way I heard music. It literally changed my life for the good and forever.

[@richardkingshott3929]

This is such a beautiful piece of music. When the choir start, it is transformational.

[@deanjarva1373]

"911 what's your emergency?" "I just listened to a Pink Floyd song...."

[@garryiglesias4074]

"Quick ! Bring some adrenaline !"

[@gabrielangeles1216]

911, call the fire fighters please!!

[@glensmith9072]

Hahaha luv it

[@th.a]

The song 'Atom Heart Mother' was a collaboration with avantgarde musician Ronald Geesin, hence the unusual and orchestral instumentation

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

There's a song on this album called Fat Old Sun. It's completely written and recorded by David Gilmour, he played every instrument and still performs it with his band live on most of his solo tours

[@robm9999]

Great song! If you can find live recordings of Fat Old Sun, especially from the 1970-72 BBC recordings, they are amazing. Almost 15 mins long with great offsetting solos from David and Rick Wright, absolutely amazing stuff!

[@jongoffinet8511]

Yes, yes!! Magical……

[@Itssomeoneinmyheadbutitsnotme.]

@@robm9999 If? i wanna listen to that is it bootlegs that i need look for?

[@robm9999]

@@Itssomeoneinmyheadbutitsnotme. for the BBC recordings you can find them if you just search on KZbin “BBC Archives Fat Old Sun Live”. Should be pretty easy to find. They are the recordings introduced by John Peel. Also some bootleg recordings of concerts in 1970-71 in France and Switzerland also have some awesome versions.

[@thundernels]

If you so Fat Old Sun, choose from any number of live recordings. Dave found this song over time live.

[@gerhardahrenslucbonell2661]

Als überzeugter Follower freue ich mich, dass Du Dich mit dieser unkonventionellen Musik auseinander setzt. Diese Musik darf man nicht nur hören. Man muss sie genießen. Am besten in absoluter Ruhe, gerne nach Sonnenuntergang, mit geschlossenen Augen, Handy auf lautlos und anwesende Freunde zum Schweigen verdammt. Dann - und erst dann - hört man dieses Stück nicht nur, sondern fühlt es auch!

[@angharaddenby3389]

That cow is named "Lulubelle III" and was just a random cow the photographer happened across. The photo was not staged - it was just spontaneous.

[@1luarluar1]

Open Secrets: America's Secret Establishment the Order of Skull & Bones kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2m5aKJ3j9hmrK8

[@Silber7]

The most otherworldly space music needed the most down to earth cover image 😊

[@johnwarren6211]

I saw Floyd play this live at the Free Trade Hall. Manchester, back in 1970. I well remember when they started the second set (Side 2 of the Album) Nick Mason was on stage doing Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, with huge bowl of Rice Krispies and 2 Pints of Milk ("Snap, crackle pop") and a hotplate cooking bacon in an enormous frying pan. The smell permeated all around the auditorium!! And Fat Old Sun, what a song. After which the played several of their earlier songs - Astronomy Domine, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, See Emily Play etc. A fantastic evening, never to be forgotten!

[@J-_-]

That's incredible considering they only ever played APB two or three times live! I have all the live (bootleg) recordings of it that exist.

[@pwblackmore]

Yup... me too. I was at art college in '70, and a bus-load of us went to Exeter - bugger the line-up, we just went straight in and and got the first 2 rows. If you recall, Floyd thought they'd be out of financial range of students, so they told their manager this... and we paid 10/- each! Now, I didn't know anything about the band, but went anyway - and was disappointed! Scruffy individuals (worse than art students) mashing cereal in a bowl. Their encore was a straight blues number, which was neat - but a kind of "That's yer lot" feel. Might have been better if I'd dropped acid, but never was into that. But I bought AHM anyway - and it changed my whole attitude... and life. Amazing piece - and Floyd hated it. Never had much taste, those guys!

[@th.a]

Nick Mason, the drummer, has included it to his setlist of his tour with his band 'Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets' in stripped down rock arrangement. By the way Nick is touring. The perfect chance to experience early Pink Floyd songs live.

[@kentclark6420]

The first song on side 2 is really ethereal, too. It takes me back to a past life. It's simply called, 'If'.

[@garryiglesias4074]

If is a very beautiful "simple" song... I love it.

[@jongoffinet8511]

Yes!!! Fat Old Sun also!!

[@bookhouseboy280]

@@jongoffinet8511 The live versions... Wow

[@user-vv9it9ye4g]

Loved your reaction! 90% of all the reactioners hearing any kind of keyboard: "That's an organ!" You, hearing the most organ-y sound I've ever heard: "That's not an organ."

[@fargonate1]

This era of Pink Floyd (1968-70) is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. After Syd Barrett (their first singer, songwriter, & lead guitarist) was replaced by David Gilmour, they spent several years trying out different things, and it wasn't clear yet what kind of band they were going to become. They worked on some movie soundtracks and came up with the crazy stuff you find on the albums Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast and Biding My Time would be two more interesting songs from this time to check out. I think my initial reaction to all of it was "wow, that's different."

[@IFHorus]

She's right on. The working title of the main theme with its plodding, heroic quality, was Theme From an Imaginary Western. Floyd wrote this piece which was later augmented with the horns, stings, and choir by Ron Geesin. In my opinion, Geesin's efforts really made the track what it is. The Floyd found performing AHM on tour with the orchestra and choir very difficult. The ever-changing acoustics of different venues made for uneven sound and in some cases, inaudible instruments. In the days before click tracks and stage monitors, it was difficult for the orchestra and choir to stay in sync with the band. However, the studio version really pushed the extreme of studio technology at the time, using only 8 track machines, I believe. The Floyd ended up hating AHM, but that won't spoil our fun.

[@lucianosereno]

This song has been performed by several symphony orchestras, it says a lot about the creativity and complexity of Pink Floyd. who don't care about making easily commercial music.

[@garryiglesias4074]

They were not the kind of band to make a 7up commercial, indeed...

[@DavidTownsend-b3i]

Stacey-I have been a fan of Floyd for 55 years now and never get tired of them. I have really enjoyed your reviews and critique-you really appreciate arguably the best ever prog rock band, and it's good to see the younger generations being captivated as I was all those years ago. I have a request.. Please Please Please review my all time favourite song from the Pulse concert.. US AND THEM.. Truly beautiful anti war song with incredible keyboards and saxophone. The track finishes and melts into an instrumental "Any Colour You Like" an often overlooked piece from DSOM album so if you could tag that on too I would be forever grateful. Keep up the good work! Dave - Southport UK.

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

Splendid...My Favorite PINK FLOYD Record & Track...

[@nealamesbury7953]

I have to agree.ive played this more than any other - this is my favorite song/ music. Just agreeing with ya.

[@adammckone3318]

This track should be included into every music students curriculum to demonstrate how music can convey so much power and emotion both mentally and physically. not only does your mind race and heart beat fluctuates but your head sways and your imagination takes you on a wild roller-coaster of a journey. Nobody demonstrates the true power and emotion of music better then Pink Floyd 😘😘

[@d4mdcykey]

Exactly, and beautifully said.

[@hazmania]

Ps: you’re very brave to take on this album, not knowing what to expect, Cos it’s not your average “music track”! Love & respect from Annie, in Cornwall, UK🙂🌸

[@th.a]

When Pink Floyd created the song 'Atom Heart Mother' a story was circulating in the press that a woman with a heart pacemaker had given birth to a child. A quite new technology at this time. Hence they decided to name the album and the song this way.

[@NewBritainStation]

Sort of. They were playing the piece on the BBC and didn’t have a name for it yet. Somebody pointed out the article in the paper lying in the studio and the name was born. Prior to that onstage they were usually calling it The Amazing Pudding.

[@lilaelsi5766]

One of the working titles of that piece of art was “A Soundtrack for a Non Existing Western” 😊

[@Robert-hk3gf]

I was 15 years old the first time i listened to this LP. I'm 61 now and Love Pink Floyd 💗

[@eduardogarate5396]

Excelente reacción querida Stacey... Este tema de los Pink Floyd es muy ecléctico... incluso tiene un pasaje de ' música concreta ', que es un tipo de composición musical que utiliza sonidos grabados como materia prima. Los sonidos a menudo se modifican mediante la aplicación de técnicas de procesamiento de señales de audio y música en cinta, puediendo ensamblarse en una forma de collage de sonido. Esta fue la parte que te causó temor, Stacey. Este uno de los trabajos más interesantes de los Pink y, según mi punto de vista, fue un gran desafío por la complejidad de reunir los distintos instrumentos del equipo de apoyo más los de los muchachos. Tu reacción ha sido muy honesta. Admiro tu sensibilidad y forma de expresar el cómo te impactan los sonidos musicales de los Pink.

[@dud0r]

i love that sound you make when david drops in with his guitar.... its like you just melt away for a sec

[@54fighting5]

Man, I haven't heard this song in ages. Thanks for making my brain dig thru the cobwebs. Besides the amazing strings, vocals and keyboards I was struck by how orchestral Nick Mason's drum style is! Of course it shows up in many of their later, more popular songs but in this setting he shows just how much he can affect the feeling and emotion of the music. It was great watching your honest reactions to this "song". I need to revisit AHM. Its been 40-50 years for me.

[@JohnLedger-g4i]

The late great Richard Wright heavily to the forefront here. RIP you genius!!!!!!

[@williambenner701]

Shine On You Crazy Diamon!❤

[@dannymulder1319]

what an incredibly special piece of music from Pink Floyd! Here you can clearly hear how creative they were! There was an intro, and then a story and if I heard correctly, an express train suddenly passed by and it was quiet for a while. And then that special completion that they are always so good at👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@scifimonkey3]

From the book ‘Their Mortal remains’ some background to the song ‘In October 1970, Pink Floyd welcomed the new decade with an album that bemused the critics and record company, but which became their biggost hit so far. The sounds on Atom Heart Mother were created by Pink Floyd, a choir, a brass ensemble, dripping taps, frying bacon and whistling kettles. And they were sold to the world with a photograph of a cow in a field. Throughout 1969, Pink Floyd performances such as The Massed Gadgets of Auximines at London's Royal Festival Hall had pushed the boundaries of what constituted a rock concert. The group brought a similar sense of adventure to the studio for Atom Heart Mother. The album's roots can be traced to a recording session in Rome in November 1969. Pink Floyd had been approached by the Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni (of Blow-Up fame) to provide the soundtrack to his forthcoming counter-culture drama Zabriskie Point. But Antonioni was dissatisfied with most of the music they produced and the band returned home. Among the rejected pieces was a guitar figure, redolent of a cinematic Spaghetti-Western theme, which would become the starting point for Atom Heart Mother's side-long suite. This untitled 20-minute piece, with the working title 'Epic', was performed live before the group decided to add classical elements. At the time, Roger Waters and the Scottish-born composer and performer Ron Geesin were working on a parallel project. This was the soundtrack for a documentary film, The Body, for which they were creating music with conventional instruments and 'human noises' including breathing, talking and a beating heart. Atom Heart Mother would use a similar mix of conventional and unconventional sounds. Geesin's background in jazz and classical music made him an obvious choice to compose Pink Floyd's orchestral score. However, the recording session with the EMI Pops Orchestra, a group of seasoned, hard-bitten Abbey Road session musicians, was problematic. It was eventually decided that choral scholar John Alldis would take over to conduct both the brass and his own choir, which contributed the suite's celestial, wordless vocals. With its brass overture, solo cello, choral voices and special effects, including the sound of gunshots and whinnying horses, there was a cinematic quaity to Pink Floyd's new composition. The piece, still referred to as 'Epic' and, later, The Amazing Pudding', was performed live that year at the Bath Festival of Progressive Music. Its final title only came after Roger Waters spotted a headline in the london Evening Standard above a story about a woman fitted with a plutonium pacemaker.

[@tomroome4118]

Excellent history, thank you!

[@deepermind4884]

So would you say this composition is as much Ron Geesin's as it is Waters' or anyone else in the Floyd?

[@scifimonkey3]

Not my words - simply lifted from Mark Blake’s review of Floyds albums in the book which accompanied the ‘Their Mortal Remains’ Exhibition. Highly recommended if you can find a copy!

[@koncaswatch8726]

This was the first PF album I bought. I had to listen to it two/three times to start to appreciate it. I remember thinking "Who are these guys?" I'm glad I stayed the course. Pink Floyd is my all time favorite band.

[@GabrielCalderon-r4i]

This was my second, first I bought was Pulse❤

[@d4mdcykey]

This album, Obscured By Clouds, Animals, and More are the ones over the decades I always go back to the most and find new and wondrous sounds or meanings, even after countless listening. In my mind this band was wholly unique, the craftsmanship, the creativity, the visceral impact, Pink Floyd is their own genre.

[@joegillam1497]

Obscured by Clouds is so underrated.

[@CathyMacLellan-r1o]

I very rarely comment on KZbin videos. I've been watching your videos for several months now and I've loved every minute of it. I was born in 1992 and grew up listening to my parent's music. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Heart, Everything you're discovering now and more. I'm typing this before I've actually watched your reaction so there's a chance you didn't like this piece, but I just want to say that this is one of my favourite pieces of music ever made. It's an incredibly important piece of music for me personally and I can only hope it means as much to you as it does to me.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

You just have to sit and listen and let Pink Floyd happen. You cannot rush Floyd

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

Indeed...All 23+ Epic Minutes...

[@DahmerJ17]

Don't rush any music is my advice..

[@ronwilcox7716]

@@DahmerJ17Great advice rises to the top!

[@1luarluar1]

Open Secrets: America's Secret Establishment the Order of Skull & Bones kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2m5aKJ3j9hmrK8

[@Ashleykeithdavidharper]

I’m officially announcing that Stacey is my favourite content creator I’m so happy that I clicked on her first floyd video

[@Branditsch]

I love her emotions ❤

[@mrwomby5007]

This is a Marmite album for fans, you either love it or hate it. It’s one of my favourites.

[@peterfhere9461]

To explain to Stacey, Marmite is a yeast extract spread in the UK, and is very polarising - you either love it (like I do) or hate it (as the rest of my family does). Marnite ran a highly successful advertising campaign based on the the love it/hate it reaction a few years ago!

[@nealamesbury7953]

Favorite. ! This song. !

[@tapdapy]

How can it be... not to love ATM... 😮

[@jonahhex8178]

IDK, I'm kinda middle of the road on it. It's truly ground breaking, but when they hit their stride with DSOTM they really had me hooked!

[@EchoesDaBear]

Great reaction Stacey!! I've watched this twice in a row...such an epic song! This was the perfect precursor to Echoes! Glad you enjoyed and were able to digest one of Floyd's deeper (but amazing) cuts... aren't they an amazing group?! Cheers!

[@Mezamesasu]

As a Floyd fan in my mid-40's it brings me so much joy to see young 'uns experience this and enjoy it for the first time. I was fortunate enough to see Floyd live in the mid '90s, it was an epic experience I will carry in my heart to the grave. 🙂

[@stenn1971]

Nick Mason the Pink Floyd drummer has a band called Saucerful of Secrets and they tour playing all the early Pink Floyd stuff. Going to see them in Cardiff in June. Can't wait...

[@dbrooks76]

Seeing them in Gateshead. 2md time, saw them in York couple years back. Brilliant.

[@Nrgheal]

I’ve seen SFOS twice & it’s the real deal ~ see them ASAP!

[@troyquinlan]

This is a masterpiece of transitions blended with sharps, flats, and key changes that skillfully move the listener along a complex journey.

[@chrisbree3467]

Thanks for that one Stacey, it’s always been one of my favourites since I first heard it in the mid seventies ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@alanroden-c4d]

There is an excellent tribute band 'Brit Floyd' which always packs out venues throughout the world. They tour the US a lot and if they play a concert in your area it is well worth going to.

[@trevorsanders5303]

Funky Dung is one of the best instrumental pieces pink Floyd ever wrote.

[@VisionMediaCom]

As you can tell, these musical journeys were just that- a journey to be traversed upon with eyes closed - let your mind take you where the music leads you…

[@richardmckee5729]

So glad you're looking into some of their early works! They were an innovative band that used recorded sounds, voices, instruments to fill their music. They stayed true to their music style and eventually we found them and they didn't disappoint! Music that moves your soul, heart and mind. Life is a trip....

[@robm9999]

Stacey, really enjoying your journey through the Pink Floyd catalogue! Such an amazing band and very brave in their musical direction and choices over their history. Glad to see your enjoying them as well! Obviously I’m a little bias, but I’ve been a full PF disciple for decades and I love their early stuff so much! Loved your reaction and looking forward to many more!

[@EricGoldstein2112]

It is really fun watching you discover Pink Floyd. The band that I listen to every day and regard as the greatest rock band ever!! It’s one thing to listen to Time and Money and Run Like Hell and Mother. It’s quite another to take on Atom Heart Mother!!!! The experimental nature of this song is the backbone for so many songs and albums that came after. You’re a REAL fan now, Stacey!!! So much more out there. Keep going!!!

[@RonnieMcNairney]

What a magnificent reaction. Loved it so much. Floyd are a journey. Keep Rocking Love from SCOTLAND Ronnie x

[@Zentrix-24]

PF is a very versatile band that has the imagination and talent to turn thought into very creative music. So creative it's reacted to 60 yrs or so later. Timeless!!!!!

[@simonjones8111]

When I heard this in 1970, my head exploded, there was nothing like this before, or since. It does show the limitations of recording technology of the time, but Echoes was only a year later and shows significant development of multi-track recording. Still love the melodic quality of this, beautiful ❤

[@ronfeyo493]

I love that you're diving in to the lesser known, often overlooked Pink Floyd albums. Every studio production is masterpiece in it's own right. They all warrant your attention. Obscured By Clouds is one of the best, and virtually ignored by the mainstream.

[@perennial72]

One of earliest memories of my childhood is me and my father listening this record of 1970. My parents still keep it in their home. I was such a lucky boy!!! Thank you Stacy. You are wonderful

[@gabe1302]

Pink floyd is legit a muscle relaxer

[@siango1.LeoAlm]

"Summer 68"

[@jongoffinet8511]

Can’t forget “Fat Old Sun”!

[@andrewdavidson665]

There's not a lot to like on that album. But Summer 68 for the contrast of blissy verse and madhouse choruses is just excellent. Absolutely cracking Rick Wright effort.

[@TheDirge69]

if i was a train, I'd be late...

[@marcelopessoa4911]

"Fat old sun" & "If". 👍

[@kevhanson1262]

Stacey try Allen's Psychedelic breakfast. I know it's one of the bands least favourite albums I used to have it on Cassette I played it once and couldn't get into it once you've heard there classic albums

[@MDElam]

I'm commenting over the course of the reaction, and you haven't started the reaction yet, but I'm very surprised (and cautiously pleased) that you're going down this particular path. "Atom Heart Mother" is not their most accessible piece from this album (side 2 is much less demanding, but very good though--Richard Wright's "Summer '68" is a standout track in my mind). I admit I'm also nervous to see what you think. This track took a number of years for me to "get." I was in my teens when I first heard it and I really didn't get it, but I think you're a more mature listener than I was at that point. After your first pause, and in spite of positive comments up to about a third of the way through your reaction, I'm still nervous. This song (the whole album, really) is probably their first big step toward what would eventually be The Dark Side of the Moon (Meddle was the final step, even though Obscured by Clouds was released right before TDSotM). Over the years, this album has risen in my estimation as one of PF's greatest (I usually have it in my top 5). Halfway through and I wonder if this is the song that will stop reactors from loving PF, but I'm still cautiously optimistic about your thoughts, which I think are very perceptive. You're in complete control of your viewers at this point (me at least), and I'm hanging on your reaction as the song reaches its most psychedelic phase (and I realize you've reacted to "Echoes," so this isn't your first rodeo), and two-thirds of the way through you are pointing to things that show the importance of PF's compositional/arranging skills. Approaching the finish, and though I'm still a bit nervous, I realize that the song speaks volumes for itself, and you are wise enough to be fair to it, however it may interact with your tastes. I really appreciate your taking a chance with this song, from one of PF's most important milestones. Thank you very much!

[@raymondjohnson6256]

I take my hat of to you Stacey listening to the early stuff 😊 loved it when you got the angel bit right with your hands spot on plus the hey bit was priceless 😊

[@1234tori]

in the many years that I have listened to this suite I always cry at the end - great reaction stacey

[@MrFrikkenfrakken]

I love Piper, Saucerful and 'More' but the run of Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother and Meddle is consistently my favorite Floyd. Enjoy it all but this is where its at imo.

[@stephendando-j4n]

I would love to see Stacey react to Grantchester meadows leading in to Several species of furry animals gathered together in a cave & grooving with a pict from Ummagumma YES?

[@VisionMediaCom]

You would definitely enjoy “Strawberry Fields Forever” by The Beatles. Also another classic is “Come Together” by the Beatles. ❤

[@AlexKhForester]

Yes, early Pink Floyd is pure psychedelia.

[@BruceTimberlake]

There are big hints from this song in Echoes part 1... I often thought this song (or parts of it at least) was an early version of that song, with the back-and-forth between Gilmour and Wright. One of the more obscure songs to most of KZbin I think. Glad to see the reaction!

[@markolney-lf1ec]

This was their era when they were doing soundtracks for movies

[@KiltedHammer]

Ooh, that reminds me, a reaction to Heartbeat Pig Meat from the Zabriskie Point soundtrack would be spot on following that thought line.

[@grassrootsflshp]

Thank you for this excursion into one of the pioneering masterpieces of epic sympho-prog rock! My fave Floyd 'long' song.

[@EricGoldstein2112]

I’d also like to add that you are not the only one who gets tears in their eyes listening to Pink Floyd. I’ve been listening to them for 40 years and STILL tear up often. I am not a religious man, but if I were, Gilmour would be my God!!! His work drags you through every emotion and grabs your soul like no other musician I have ever heard! 😊

[@WilliamHaffenden]

Hi Stacey. Bill here. Another classic. I haven't heard this song since I was young...wow. wat a blast from the past ty for this. I was head jamming right along with you. Cheers

[@NattSkuggan]

Great reaction again Stacey, to Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother". The album was made in 1970, and became their first UK number 1 hit and later Gold. You were right, it is an Organ, a "Hammond M102" that Rick Wright uses on the album and later also on stage. Despite the record's success, neither David Gilmour nor Roger Waters liked the album very much. The album was recorded at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London. The ending reminds a little of the music from Ennio Morricone, which is heard in many Westerns from the 60s and 70s with Clint Eastwood. 🙂Good job, keep going. 😉❤

[@67chango]

"Morning glory" el mas hermoso tema de ese disco ,tambien "summer 68"y "fat old sun"❤ Gracias por comentar estos discos

[@brendan3307]

Wow - impressed you did this one. I will admit i gotta listen to it every few years - just so different (in a good way). I really like the names of the 6 sub-sections : I. "Father's Shout" (2:50) II. "Breast Milky" (2:33) III. "Mother Fore" (4:50) IV. "Funky Dung" (5:15) V. "Mind Your Throats Please" (2:28) VI. "Remergence" (5:48)

[@Rich_N_1]

This album was notable for many reasons. It was one of the first "Rock Band with Orchestra" albums, predated by a few months by Deep Purple's "Concerto for Group and Orchestra". The album sleeve, by Hipgnosis, was the first ever not to feature the band name and title or any track listings, there was only the famous cow on the cover and other cows on the back cover. It was the first album to have someone from outside the band recieve a songwriting credit, Scottish avant garde composer Ron Geesin who put together and arranged the Suite. Clare Torry eventually also got a songwriting credit for "The Great Gig in the Sky" a good few years after the release of "Dark Side...", but that's another story. The band have been highly dismissive of this album over the years, but it was their first No 1 album in the UK, as well as in other countries, so clearly many people, myself included, don't subscribe to that view. Obviously the Suite is the main reason people bought the album, Side 2 being more hit and miss with another of Roger's "pastoral" compositions "If" being the highlight, IMO, whereas "Alan's Psychelelic Breakfast" was more of a "filler". Your comment about it sounding like a movie score was interesting, as Stanley Kubrick approached the band wanting to use the music in his film "A Clockwork Orange". A request the band refused but the album cover does put in an appearance in a scene filmed in a record shop.

[@rds060184]

You rock glad I found this page. Pink Floyd are incredible

[@doomhippie6673]

Goosebumps all over.... what a piece of music. So many good and trippy memories... An interpretation? Maybe a voyage to your inner self? Maybe just to be. To feel the majesty and awe that is music? I can so relate when you said you teared up a bit at one time. Me too. It's like we are about to be shown something great and wonderful and we feel the insignificance that are we in the face of cosmic harmony? This song gives me the same feeling that Allen Ginsberg had when he tried acid for the first time: it's like you know and understand THE secret of existence and found the final answer - sadly it slips away again and leaves you with a feeling of hope and melancholic happiness. A masterpiece. I honestly never understood why people like Dark Side of the Moon when they could just listen to this song for the rest of their lives.....

[@deacongarygrant]

Pink Floyd is a unique band in that it expresses life through music. You have to remember that this comes after a time where acid(LSD) had flown through consciousness and brought a unity to music expression. Sound is a primary aspect to our very well being and our life in general. It has a direct connection with our emotional state as does our sight. As this is one of their earlier albums you can hear the creation of later works through its perfection. This comes from the time when the music used to literally speak to people and could take you on a trip without really any spoken words. It really was great to be tripping while Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and others carried you through your journey.

[@pip3124]

I saw them play this with the full orchestra. Thanks for bringing it all back to me.

[@jongoffinet8511]

Always loved this gem of an album. Great to fall asleep to. Animals and Meddle are less known albums that should be up there with “Dark side of the moon” and “The Wall”…..check out “ Echoes” live at Pompeii. Life changing.

[@elektrovert]

Meddle was always one of my favourites, as is "A Saucerful of Secrets"

[@VisionMediaCom]

This touches on the avant guard, experimental music that was early Pink Floyd.

[@mullerss1]

sSo many memories with this tune

[@WWEcrazyfan69]

Eu tenho toda a coleção em vinil do Pink Floyd, em cd também, e esse LP Atôm. Heart mother é o que mais ouço, adoro! aqui no Brazil, Rio Grande Do Sul, Era a Banda mais cultuada nos anos 60,70,80.

[@robertsimmons9423]

Your expression is priceless! Atom Heart is for a true Pink Floyd fan! Me personally, love it! Keep up the good work!

[@PhilFromCanada]

Wow Stacey. You are really Deep Diving into Pink Floyd!! Kudos for your commitment to seriously delve into each of the Artists you react to. Pink Floyd and your reactions to them are my favourite. Billy Joel is a close second. Always fun to watch your vids!!❤ from Canada

[@J-_-]

We have similar tastes.

[@DaddyDoom]

That eerie and crrepy segment could easily fit in a Kubrick film and yes, this totally plays like a film score. The whole piece does a fantastic work transitioning from relaxing sections that slowly flow into dissonance, and when you start to feel at ease it makes a U-turn and leaves you in an unsettling and weird place. These guys never cease to amaze me and we hhe old geezers love that you love it. Keep at it, pretty girl.

[@adrianfernandonoya5196]

Starting in 1960 to 1970 with THE BEATLES (all the songs are great hits) And in the next years we have bands like Kc And The Sunshine Band ,10cc, Earth Wind And Fire , Kool And The Gang , Toto , Electric Light Orchestra , Yes , Pink Floyd , Deep Purple , Chicago , Abba , Bee Gees , Kiss , The Who , The Rolling Stones , AC DC , Scorpions , The Police , Inxs , Aha , Dire Straits , The Cars , Journey , Kansas , Eagles , Led Zeppelin, Europe , Alan Parsons , The Doobie Brothers , Creedence Clearwater Revival , Queen , Elton John , Paul Mc Cartney and Wings , Peter Frampton , Boston , Fleetwood Mac , Tom Jones , Duran Duran , Foreigner , Hearth Wind And Fire, Rod Stewart , Michael Jackson , Prince , Emerson Lake and Palmer , and Reo Speedwagon BUT the list is HUGE and mybe i left someone behind by mistake. 1971 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Led Zeppelin In 1972 SMOKE ON THE WATER DEEP PURPLE IN 1973 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD IN 1974 DEEP PURPLE Burn and Pilot Magic IN 1975 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen and I'm Not in Love 10cc 1976 MUSIC JOHN MILES and Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry 1977 Player - Baby Come Back , The Load Out / Stay by Jackson Browne and Hotel California by Eagles 1978 to 1979 Last Train To London ELO 1979 Ride like the Wind Christopher Cross and the list goes on and on and on at least till 1990. Wayne Casey from KC and the sunshine band is a white man that have the soul and the music of black people living down deep inside on her BIG heart GOD BLESS YOU WAYNE CASEY. I was born in the golden era of music 1960 and today i am a happy young man on my 64 yrs old. And the only good band we have now is POETS OF THE FALL because they are still playing today.

[@michaelsandar]

It's funny you said this reminded you of a western. It was originally titled "Theme From An Imaginary Western" by Gilmour before the band changed it

[@J-_-]

Another working title it was introduced as was "The Amazing Pudding".

[@rmyikzelf5604]

The first working title was 'Epic'.

[@Rolling_Ronnie]

I just SO love this piece of music!!

[@Sandkasten36]

Didn't think you'd listen to such a track :D Last video I said: "Don't listen to Octavarium". Now I can confidently say: "Listen to Octavarium" The intro reminds you of Shine on you crazy diamond, the outro of welcome to the machine and one line of the lyrics are "careful with that axe eugene", another song of Pink Floyd. This is Dream Theaters masterpiece and it's definitely a journey and experience.

[@kenlansdowne7963]

I would agree. Unlike some other reactors you don't shy away from the longer tracks, and for many groups their longer songs are amongst their best. Octavarium is a longer song with many different moods throughout and one of the best in Dream Theater's catalogue. I think you would enjoy it.

[@martinkasper197]

For me just best DT is Under a Glass Moon... Incredible timing changes and an insane guitar solo...🎸🤘👍❤️

[@countzero1136]

@@kenlansdowne7963 Agreed 100%. For me, Octavarium is Dream Theater's magnum opus - by far and away the best thing they've ever done. I know a lot of DT fans don't agree with me on this and that's fine but IMHO it's their absolute masterpiece, but Stacey, you really need to react to the live version from the 2006 Score tour - specifically the gig in New York - That's by a long way the best performance of Octavarium and kicks all kinds of ass that the studio version (incredibly good as it is) just cannot match.

[@RykDavid]

Syd Barrett and the Piper at the Gates of Dawn may still be a few more songs away for you after this, but I think you are now ready for the "Live at Pompeii" version of Saucerful of Secrets.

[@1970PMD]

I first listened to this record in 1973. My older brother played it, I was all of 6 years old and I was impressed to say the least. Stayed with me to this day. I still get the same chills I did when I was 6 and now 57...

[@benjaminreece1799]

Ah The guitar solo in this song incredible

[@JacobHolda]

First time I heard this I was like what the hell, barely got through it. Now I put it on from time to time and really enjoy AHM. I appreciate that you so open minded. Greetings from Poland

[@QuentinRichardson-supersnail]

Love the reaction. Atom Heart Mother (1970) is my favourite Pink Floyd album. Back in the day they were called THE PINK FLOYD. The definite article got dropped. Saw them a couple of times in the early 70s. A quick recommendation: Renaissance is the band Ocean Gypsy the song (or for a longer track from the same album, Song Of Scheherazade).

[@marcelopessoa4911]

I agree with some comments: you just sit, hear Pink Floyd and let time fly away! You don't have to be so worried about the meaning of a song like this - you just hear and feel it! I've heard it for the first time some decades ago and so far all I know is that it is such a wonderful composition and one of the tracks of Pink Floyd's "cow album", as we say here in my country! Deal with it! 😅 But I'm glad that, in your PF's journey, you are curious about the earlier years of their career. So, if you want any suggestions of their old hits, here you are: "Summer 68"; "If"; "Fat old sun". Nice journey for you, and remember: get ready to always be surprised!

[@theironherder]

This was the 1st album (vinyl) that I bought (late 70 or early 71), & I soon wore it into vinyl dust. Thanks for giving this a listen.

[@richardmckee5729]

My first was the soundtrack from MORE! Still have that LP, 1971.....

[@user-kn5vp2qq6d]

Wow Stacey, congratulations. You get to know PF from the first period, how they learned new sounds and explored their unique way of expression and mutual musical cooperation within the band. And the main driving force behind the ideas and colorful expression of this period was Syd. Here you can see where they came from, where they went you already know. Some songs from that time you can see live in movie Live in Pompeii.

[@kentclark6420]

This album was after Syd.

[@KevinJames-yg9eu]

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the ONLY album that is mostly Syd, and then he got credit for one song on A Saucerful of Secrets. This is the 3rd album after Syd was completely gone.

[@kennethoconnell8476]

To think, I was only 16 when I first heard this back in 1970. It’s nice that young people appreciate the music that us old people grew up with. Thanks.

[@gabrielangeles1216]

Went tru some of the comments down here, some very very interesting even for Floyd geeks 😊, cheers guys, cheers Stacy (hope u manage to read us, some useful info), nice one. U earned the title of Floyd fan 😅