The great gig in the sky - clare torry

[@brbroberts1]

Simply one of the most amazing vocal tracks ever laid down for an album. Now that I'm 62 years old, it brings tears to my eyes to hear it, and no other song does that. I wish there was a way to tag her in this comment so she could know what an impact her performance has, half a century later.

[@markaspiazu]

I completely agree. To quote myself on another comment: I always get a tear when listening to this. I feel it's so important to hear it alone in a quiet place. I imagine a woman dealing with death- maybe of a child? And I go through all of the anger and extreme sadness with her on this ride. And then it ends as quietly as it begins.

[@barbaragalliera9846]

I’m 77 and can’t get enough of her and needless to say Pink Floyd. I saw them once in New York in 1970 or 71. I day in my life I’ll never forget I relieve often.

[@miguelvilo3530]

With Claire Torry voice this album was, is and will be a complete masterpiece forever...

[@edgar6532]

They told you nothing. You vocalised the 5 stages of grief. You made history.

[@markaspiazu]

I always get a tear when listening to this. I feel it's so important to hear it alone in a quiet place. I imagine a woman dealing with death- maybe of a child? And I go through all of the anger and extreme sadness with her on this ride. And then it ends as quietly as it begins. Anyway, your comment hit the nail on the head with a thought I didn't think anyone else thought of. Thanks!

[@edgar6532]

Thank you so much, Mark. @@markaspiazu

[@dawnhasbroken6304]

5 stages of dying. The grief is for those you left.

[@edgar6532]

@@dawnhasbroken6304 I believe it is shared between the living and the dying

[@electrickflame353]

I have listened to this song for over 40 years and it still brings me to tears

[@tomassmith4061]

Donald Shipp Yes it does. Words cannot explain or describe this recorded feeling/emotion. Calling it a “song” is almost denigration of more than a masterpiece.

[@MrPlooky]

yeah me too

[@abstract1dea]

It is fresh every time too. Every time.

[@angelacosta9512]

Me too

[@falconbluesky1]

The sound track of my youth...

[@alejandraperez3034]

This girl is from another planet!!!! One of the most unbelievable voices that i heard in my whole life 😍😍😍

[@pacificmermaid43]

She's from Planet Clare

[@billlaspin1277]

One of the greatest vocal performances ever and not one word is uttered.

[@christofour217]

I wish they filmed Claire singing this in the studio.

[@seanwalker4868]

I do too, but imagine that might have changed the dynamic and we wouldn't have had such immaculate vocal for the track. She was experimenting and self-consciousness may well have resulted if she felt observed as she stepped out on a limb.

[@livre_pensador1371]

ME TOO BRO...ME TOO

[@195511SM]

That would be like finding the Holy Grail.....if some footage of that session existed, wouldn't it?

[@TheLafeeb]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3q6aKuQiNGNpa8

[@bellsibub9951]

Here she is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJaUe6KKbp1sbdU

[@mikeszymanski4893]

I watched 30 different versions of this and said "wow, some of these people nailed it".....my 24 year old son said " nobody did it like Clare". then I watched this...….he's right.

[@fernandoc.campos8842]

Best comment

[@CastleCritters]

Clare did this job on Spect , and never got any Royalities , but it is beyound Priceless

[@usandthemakakelly2535]

I think you raised your son right.

[@danyellefabi4380]

It's real!!! 👍👍👍

[@michaelheese6344]

This song is the one that got me listening to Pink Floyd back in the day and at 66 I still listen to them. They are my favorite band of all time.

[@FastGuy5]

One of the most emotionally moving vocal performances in all history. Just heart wrenching and uplifting and everything in between. Amazing and miraculous.

[@usandthemakakelly2535]

Perfect...

[@timothymarazita4725]

Fifty plus years later. This has got to be one of the most incredible vocal tracks. it still gives me the chills when I listen to it. I never grow tired of this album, and this track is a shining star amid a galaxy of gems.

[@sultanofthesands1]

44 years come on man don't make me older than i am lol

[@timothymarazita4725]

I should have used a calculator. But in a few years my math will be correct and my feelings will stand as true then, as they do now.

[@timothyarcher7611]

I remember as a little boy thinking what the F*** was that it has burned into my memory from 1973 until now! 46 years later and I still stand still and my heart breathes heavy and the goosebumps are there as I turn 50.

[@alreadydoingit8591]

Talk Callas or Caruso, or if you are culturally bankrupt you'll talk Pavarotti, all you want: Clare Torry vocally triangulates to the extent humanly possible. Second to none is Linda Rondstadt. And by "second to none," hell yeah Rondstadt can do ANYthing, make no mistake; it's just that Clare Torry did it first when she did The Great Gig In the Sky. Could Callas or Caruso do what Torry did? That's a trick question: back in the days of Callas and Caruso, the human race had not yet been introduced to the likes of Pink Floyd. How unfortunate. Could Rondstadt have done what Torry did? Again, another trick Q: of course Rondstadt could have pulled that off - it's just that she wasn't in that particular circle at that given moment. When it comes to vocals, there are only 2 humans worth discussing: Rondstadt and Torry; Callas and Caruso couldn't pull off what Torry and Rondstadt have accomplished, yet that reality may be only because the human race had not - in the time of Callas and Caruso - yet found the potential for arts & sciences that Pink Floyd helped the human race to understand. When it comes to 50+ yrs later, I get you 9 ways to Sunday - and therein lay the beauty of a galaxy of gems.

[@Equinox1.5]

Me too. Half my body is covered in goose bumps as I'm listening right now. By far the best version of this song.

[@maleneconlong3002]

Let's please not forget the creativity that Torry put into this. Apart from her voice, which is obviously amazing, she also had to improvise and was not given much input apart from just the background music presumably and on that basis she went onto create this. So there is a difference in just being given a song with a prescribed melody and some prewritten lyrics. Here she had neither. That is what is amazing.

[@user-ci9wo6es4l]

Creo que solo le dijeron PENSÁ QUE TE ESTÁS MURIENDO!!!!!!!!!

[@user-ci9wo6es4l]

Asi es...!! pura improvisaciòn con base de acordes, una sola indicación...! Hacé lo que quieras ..., ! imaginate que te estás muriendo!..Este solo quedará de por vida!

[@johntomasik1555]

Crazy how she sang with so much emotion while improvising.

[@isamm5579]

I love this woman for doing that. Whenever I feel it's hard to have faith in humanity, I remember that one day, Clare Torry did use her voice to record that. There has never been something like that, even close to that, in the history of music. This is one of a kind. Nothing is similar to that. Thank you.

[@usandthemakakelly2535]

Damn. 🤙

[@dalefill1976]

I had the privilege of seeing Pink Floyd perform this live in 1976 at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. I'm 72 & remember it like it was yesterday. When the concert started I was leaning on the barrier that separated the crowd from the stage. MESMERIZING!!!

[@Suri-o7w]

Its such a great feeling to hear the writer of the song sing the song the way she wrote it ❤❤❤thanks songstress Miss Clare Torry ❤❤❤what an amazing songs number #1❤❤❤

[@hectoralvarorojas1918]

This is the principal masterpiece of the whole masterpiece called Dark Side of The Mon. For me, this is not really a song.This is a piece of art. This is magic!

[@leslieking9657]

And you know “There really isn’t a dark side” yes that stunned me too.

[@RDeckardN6]

Man, I totally agree with you.

[@tarzannalee5080]

It literally made its success! And should have been acknowledged gratefully and generously immediately.

[@fernandoc.campos8842]

Totally agree.

[@glyph68]

This is past "Breathe."... Appropriate.

[@karinapaiva1226]

Pink Floyd put other singers to perform this song, but NOTHING COMPARES TO CLARE!!!! Thank you, my dear!!

[@whippz75]

who else is addicted to pink floyd???

[@lorrainedarcy531]

Me

[@rud_sure]

me me me

[@michaelserby7697]

Love♥️ Pink Floyd ... ...

[@dennisjansson9068]

Me to

[@zeerealdeal]

Funny you should ask. The older I get (and I'm damn old - this debuted when I was a freshman in high schrule) the more I appreciate "The Floyd". I tought they were great then - but I also liked lots of top forties bands. This stuff, however, is more amazing-er the more I hear it; and Claire Torrie... OMG! By the way: She was a black chick until about 2010 or so when I saw an interview of her online. Imagine my surprise!

[@michaela8849]

this is the most beautiful vocal I've ever heard in my life, and still playing over and over 40 years later

[@inconnu4961]

You havent listened to very much music! Listen the singers Yanni has, especially 'Deliverance', listen to Loreena Mckennitt's vocals such as the intro to 'The Mystic's dream' to name only one. Listen to Sheila Chandra. Im sure there are countless more! I am happy this tune has touched you so deeply, so irrevocably, and I dont wish to take that away. But you, just like myself, have only scratched the surface of all the wonderful music ever made! Its depth & breadth we couldnt imagine!

[@mariaseiblitz9337]

The best voice. Original. Beautiful. Forever, Clare Torry! Thank you very much! 💎❤

[@MJWVI]

Not to forget the late great Richard Wright on the keyboard.

[@seedogreed]

Never ! He was part of my life and my dreams ! Thanks, Rick !

[@carlosaraujo9037]

Marty W.. R. I. P. Mr Wright....

[@timothymarazita4725]

Probably the most overlooked rock musician of all time. Highly important element of the Pink Floyd sound.

[@loricrockett-owens5117]

Marty W ❤

[@ktee3333]

Quintessentially working class English. Solid, down to Earth and loyal

[@johndurham1618]

God I miss the 70’s

[@ernesthill2681]

The 70`s was a terrible decade in so many ways, but thankfully we were blessed with some great movies and music

[@johnvermeer5706]

Hope Clair knows what affect her voice had on our lives.

[@tarzannalee5080]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@Mutch820]

She knows

[@inconnu4961]

@@Mutch820 Her bank account CERTAINLY knows! LOL

[@icicicles]

Too think clare torry sang this for pink floyd on the fly without any rehearsals is astonishing to say the least. This just floated out of her like from heaven.

[@banjomarla4091]

Inspiration is a great thing.

[@icicicles]

***** I read a similar expression in Wikipedia---I think.

[@warvandal3443]

This was said of the legendary "Kind Of Blue" album by Miles Davis. I equate the two. Both iconic albums of the 20thCentury. Rick Wright was also influenced by Bill Evans (piano) on that record, so we have parallels there. When you are entering the realms of bliss the choice is easy - these two records. You need nothing else......

[@69middleman]

icicicles thank you Middleman

[@salamanca1954]

She was a professional session singer, and I think that those singers need to be not only extremely talented, but extremely flexible and imaginative, to not only sing for a variety of styles, but to put themselves creatively into them, and make it believable. She said she started out backing the number with a lot of standard "... baby, baby" lyrics, and they said no, so she decided to treat her voice solely as an instrument, and this is what we got. Incredible.

[@mikestubbington5535]

this song gives me chills everytime love it

[@Paulco67]

My number one song of all time. Unreal…….

[@RDeckardN6]

Dear Clare Torry, without YOU the album "The Dark Side of the Moon" would never have been the PERFECTION it is. God bless You !

[@echoecho3108]

Thank you, Clare, for sharing your gift with us unworthies, for in doing so, you lost it forever. I'm glad you have a new gig of your own. And forever glad you shared The Great Gig in the Sky. Your voice is in my will, in my final setlist. Thank you, so so so much, dear lady. Blessed be.

[@porscheag2220]

Clare Torry, there's no equal

[@bilbobaggins4710]

Nope...

[@richardposna3223]

Always thought it was a black woman. can’t believe it !

[@backfire311]

Its SOOOOO hard to be happily sad, but this one gets you where you need to be

[@davidmccarter9479]

She is bloody brilliant.

[@gracielabruera9559]

Escuchándola otra vez hoy , a 7 meses que murió mi hija , todo toma otro sentido. De pronto pude darle los gritos de Claire a mí dolor , me dí cuenta que así estaba en mi interior , y cada último momento vivido con ella con mi hija , tuvo cada nota de la voz y el grito de ésta maravillosa mujer 💔😖🤦🤦🤦

[@RDeckardN6]

Tu hija te mira cada dia desde el cielo. No hay duda en esto.

[@donvasquez1791]

Her singing IS the last throes of life before the Spirit leaves the body. She captured it beautifully. My Condolences and Prayers to you and your Family. It has be 30 years since our Baby daughter Passed away at 6 1/2. I do understand and feel, even when it is hard to feel. The Love is Always with us. May they find peace in heaven ❤

[@Lisa-wn3rh]

❤

[@kimmaguder2012]

This gets right to your soul. It sounds like she is fighting death then near the end she surrenders to the bliss of it. So magical!

[@j.i.s.imay8527]

Clare Torry is clearly the best vocal to do the Gig isi

[@renecarcamo9096]

In this crazy 2020 in the middle of this pandemic, who else still listen to this masterpiece?

[@dhtm3577]

Almost daily. Nothing compares! 🙏

[@adelaideferreira5607]

i am a singer and i have to say this is the most magical and great vocal moment of all times.Makes me fly over the mountains, makes fly into the infinit, makes me feal full of strengh and hope an hapynes. Makes me feal full of LOVE inside my soul. Thanks to Pink Floyd the best band ever an Clare Torry, the soul of the souls i believe there is a place for us in the universe.

[@mariajosefragoso8874]

Sorry my dear bus you are way more than just a singer! Thank you for putting so much emotion in writing. You're so right about Clare Torry! Take care

[@srexano7]

Thanks for ur opinion...

[@hectoralvarorojas1918]

I am not a Singer and not a musician, but I think this creation is a piece of art. I just feel almost the same way as you feel whenever I listen to it.

[@GianMarcoTavazzani]

Oh... do you allow me to add that she sings out all the tragedy of this world too? The pain, the pity for any genocide, for any kid died in the arms of his parents... of any bitterly broken heart too? She helps me to remember what counts in life... its a cry full of empathy.

[@hectoralvarorojas1918]

I am not a musician but, I understand and respect the fact that musical creations are interpreted differently by those who listen to them. Especially, the great creations. In my case, my interpretation of "The great gig in the sky" is more close to beauty and joy in the world than to pain. Then, I do more to the interpretation that delivers first Adelaide Ferreira. However, I also understand that joy and pain are closely linked concepts and the conception of one justifies the existence of the other. For me, this is part of the content of this work of art called "The great gig in the sky". Joy and pain in the same source of creation. A genius played brilliantly by "Clare Torry". As time goes by, I think that even “Clare” seem to doesn’t realize herself about the amazing beauty she was involved in. Her performance is just awesome!

[@scottbohe7047]

Certainly one of the most emotional songs ever made.

[@Vlasko60]

Feels like emotions that have been trapped for a long time and are finally getting released. Cathartic.

[@1e1oom29]

741 weeks on the billboard charts from 1973 through 1988................ estimated 45 million copies sold .

[@johnharris237]

best album ever

[@johnharris237]

best album ever

[@rud_sure]

how about Meddle? For me the are still fighting for nr1

[@oftenontheroad]

yeah I bought it about 6 times myself ...S

[@kiwigonz]

The greatest album of the 20th Century

[@motokev]

the most beautiful song ever written

[@vazmo14850]

or actually, not written. which makes it even better

[@timothyarcher7611]

I remember as a little boy thinking what the F*** was that it has burned into my memory from 1973 until now! 46 years later and I still stand still and my heart breathes heavy and the goosebumps are there as I turn 50.

[@estebanbecerra8625]

Clare Torry had the magic!

[@DebraSalamone]

Clare Torry is one of the gods of the universe

[@nouvalari]

I played this a few days ago in the background of my restaurant by mistake.Old and young just went quiet until it finished,by then it was full tilt.6 French ,3 English,a Dutch guy, 2 Japanese,2 women from Italy and 2 Aussie couples sat there transfixed until the end.Some asked what it was and by whom and some went back to their youth straight away.Whatever it stirred in their hearts,it overcame every prejudice,every language and all sense of being alone.Only great music can do that!

[@webbs3061]

A true religious experience closing your eyes and taking the journey with her voice. It’s always hit me hard and takes me away

[@kriespo810]

Thank you, Clare, for this beautiful song.

[@BudA29]

Best ever... no one can ever copy

[@rigonchristophe292]

Clare is the best pink floyd's voice of all Time !!

[@donnamckenzie8071]

I play this song atleast 10 times a day for years.

[@homeofcreation]

In my head for more than 40 years.

[@usandthemakakelly2535]

I wish everyone felt the way I am feeling now. This is pure love.

[@isabelomarcos1391]

Nothing like the original, bravo Clare.

[@dawnr5428]

Pink floyd members told her to go in the studio and sing like death just hit her in the worst way. She did on the first take. They said thankyou but we're not interested. Later on, the album comes out and low and behold, claire hears her voice on their album!!!! Can you imagine??? I think she let it go for years and then she finally decided to get the royalties that she rightfully deserved!!! Way to go Claire!!!!!! You are a beautiful woman with an angelic voice that will go down in history!!

[@-AlbertEinstein-]

this song brings fromsorrow to emotional tears of happiness, gratitude for being Clean, thank you pink floyd and claire

[@sootchh4055]

The one and only Clare Torry! Nobody is better than her for this song.

[@kalzangdorjee9981]

Perhaps we don't get to hear such a great vocal again.

[@nyg1954]

the original and the best.

[@user-xp5sw8cf3h]

Clare is the best !! This is magic!

[@SailingTeamTallyHo]

I remember the moment I heard this the first time. I can tell you what day of the week...what time it was, what I had for dinner that day,...I guess it made an impression!

[@abdullahalibutler4703]

Perfect... There's no one who will ever do it better

[@SDsailor7]

Listen to Eva Avila of Britt Floyd she is phenomenal closest one yet!

[@freddythesixpack7710]

only that song is allowed to play at my funeral

[@rachelmakinen3360]

Freddy The Sixpack my brothers and I are currently planning my Dad's funeral. I'm very distraught. He was incredibly open-minded, educated in, and moved by, just about any genre of music... so I been agonizing over the thousands of volumes of music to choose from. But for some reason but somehow tonight that came to my mind that I should play this song -at the funeral. it was just meant to be.

[@gilbertjimenez4173]

Freddy The Sixpack right on man

[@davidtfoster8016]

Gilbert Jimenez This is what I will have played at my final party along with "Stairway to Heaven".

[@FreeMarkyMark]

Freddy sixpack. Yeah me too and its gotta be sung live by a good soul singer. cant beat Calre Torry though

[@SaucyTreasures]

This is the PERFECT EULOGY. I think of pure, primal, unbridled bliss in the form of a whole body orgasm when I hear this. I live my life with passion, so this would be an ideal sendoff.

[@jerryj4985]

I think it is the best vocal ever recorded in history . If this does not put a lump in your throat nothing will. Simply amazing and that’s an under statement

[@Akashfrfr]

This is truly one of the best songs ever made. It transcends me everytime I listen to this.

[@sarifahschweizer7354]

Absolutely stunning beyond this world.... what .master piece !❤

[@dongorham2893]

The beauty of it all is that we are compelled to imagine our own story to this music.

[@aljames7082]

The most beautiful majestic song in Rock n Roll history! PERIOD.

[@krazymotors]

No one has done this better than Clare. She is the best and worth them all that tried.

[@SteveYourFLRealtor]

Clare Torry tapped into something ancient and powerful that spoke through her. The most awe-inspiring excruciatingly soul-bending beautiful sound, transcending time and space as it hits your ears. 🙌🏻

[@dianwilson4840]

Big love to Clare Torry for singing this passage that held me through some rough times.

[@elena-elenats.5929]

Самые любимые!!! Космические!!! Бесконечно люблю!!!!

[@RM-mm9sr]

The best “symphony “ of Pink Floyd, with the most wonderful voice ever heard.

[@bobby21560]

Une femme dans toute sa splendeur de voix parmi une idée psychotechnique d'un groupe immense.......Une exception notable

[@user-pw4bl6il3x]

Был, есть и будет Самый любимый концерт... В частности эта вещь. НА ВЕКА!

[@joyce89881]

my god claire every time i hear this track, iam in heaven, thank you so much claire.

[@RDeckardN6]

You're not alone there, plenty of us, man

[@filippocorbetta936]

The one and only. Others sang this well, but she is the one!

[@ricogo2447]

1973 ... 47 years later ( 2020 today ) and it is still as good as the very first day ...

[@dhfernandes2009]

no words to express my feeling... deeping dive...

[@golf231971]

First time I heard this song I played it again and again . For one brief moment in the day I was taking away from my troubles and worries of everyday life . I was caught in a sea of bliss that I didn't want to come off . My vision becomes blurry and my mind is full of wonderful thoughts. This is truly an angel singing .

[@agnesminerva3381]

just a wonderful amazing gift

[@hectoralvarorojas1918]

I feel something very similar as you do.

[@peterbetts858]

This performance i first heard , probably in 1973--74 . I Always thought highly of it .It will be with me for Life .

[@cslloyd1]

I was 12 in 1973. Of course, Money was being played on the radio and my older sister got this album. I heard this song and thought how weird and kind of wanted to skip it for more traditional tracks like Money. After a few listens, I began to hear the magic of these vocals, abstract and so haunting. It wasn't long before I was putting on this album just to hear this track, one... more... time. Wow, just wow.

[@NativelyBornAmerican]

This has always been one of my all-time favorite Pink Floyd tunes. Clare’s “screaming in tune” is simply nothing short of phenomenal. NONE after her have ever come anywhere close to matching her.

[@trainsontuesday]

Such utter perfection, I hope I get to hear this when I'm on my death bed.

[@barbaragalliera9846]

Claire your the absolute BEST nobody can copy you nobody. Your a once in a lifetime.

[@SDsailor7]

Eva Avila is getting very very close.

[@gemstonerman]

One of the all time greatest vocals/voices ever. Don’t tell me otherwise! I never tire of it.

[@sandramorales7439]

Im so in love with this song! I cant stop listening to it 😍😍

[@robertocota3656]

X2

[@rajeshkaran7800]

sandra morales me too I'm soo in Love with her voice Makes me shiver just the voice all over😍❤️💋👍

[@hectoralvarorojas1918]

Me too!

[@MrMultiSx]

Вот же судьба: не сказать ни слова и прославиться навсегда!

[@ericcook5315]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT MEMORIES , CLARA.

[@arindomchakraborty7896]

She is beautiful! :)

[@avedoncarol4280]

This never fails to bring me to tears. Breathtaking.

[@paulcastleman5110]

Clare such a voice. Gives me so much happy memories when bought this album

[@sergerobillard3956]

always her the best who sing this,,,wow she's the voice of this great song by a legendary band

[@fly1327]

I love Claire came in cold, only David Gilmore talking to her, him not wanting her singing any words and asking if she wanted to see the chord progression, she saying no, roll it and let's go. 2 full takes and here we have it. This song often haunts me while hiking, now nearly 50 years later. Damn you, David Gilmore!

[@dalehenderson2364]

There have been so many magical, genius female vocalists, but this transcends them all. This may be the greatest female vocal performance ever recorded. The greatest part? She improvised all of that!!

[@WestcoastTony49]

Fifty years later she still gives me goosebumps!

[@Box18A]

- - this thing is just so absolutely positively totally beyond normal daylight !!

[@Joe3307]

Encapsulates a lifetime in just a few minutes...beautiful but hard to listen to...I cry every time I hear it as I think about love one's who have passed...

[@markrymanowski8400]

3.03 to 3.07. Vocalised crying. Does me in everytime.

[@CawsiDhanbhoora]

Can never get enough of this. Just want it to go on and on.... thank you Pink Floyd & Clare Torry.

[@thomasmyers3245]

could be the greatest song of all time!! Wow

[@ifihadahammer7856]

Clare will always be fabulous.