Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - Extended Play Lounge (Ep. 17)
Added 2022-04-02 16:37:51 +0000 UTCFor our early April edition of the Extended Play Lounge, I'm FINALLY listening to Dark Side of the Moon. As hard as it is to believe, this will be my very first time listening to this album from start to finish. And, it was a profound experience. I hope you enjoy!
Unlisted Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/695196926/8f98a75b8b
Comments
My first of many many many versions of Dark Side was a cassette of the whole album recorded off the radio in the mid-to-late 70s. A couple years ago my wife bought me the 6-disc Immersion box set. I’ve never grown tired of it. Sadly, I never saw Roger and Dave perform the entire ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ together. Yet, I enjoyed both Roger and Dave perform it with their own bands. I’ve often wondered if Carl Sagan was inspired by ‘Eclipse’ when he made his famous ‘pale blue dot’ speech: https://youtu.be/tgQ1PtkZvGU?si=7MqOc2_qWQvnQ7Pt
James Geckle
2025-12-06 15:43:26 +0000 UTCI wish I could time travel back to the first time I heard this album. I know it so well now that it is a part of my soul. It does carry a lot more weight listening to it end to end. This album is beyond classic and will be listened to for eternity.
Deepwater
2025-06-19 03:44:26 +0000 UTCSurely you've heard this before, so count me among the ones that consider this as one of the greatest compositions of all time.
Gary Raub
2025-06-12 00:53:34 +0000 UTCMy second favorite album of all time, time is probably my favorite song on this one and then any color you like.
Wolverale12
2024-02-25 04:08:31 +0000 UTCIf you are as fascinated as it seemed with "On the Run", then you MUST please your ears by music From Tangerine Dream, captained until his untimely death by Edgar Froese, THE pioneer of this kind of music. Put "Phaedra" on, the earliest Album (their 5th) that started their typical style. Rubycon, Stratosfear, Cyclone, Force Majeur as a start, all from the early to mid-70s. Explore how these titles sound nowadays, especially live versions. Fascinating!
Anderson Davies
2023-06-01 23:05:49 +0000 UTCA splendid recording technically and not without considerable high points, but for me it was Santana's Caravanserai that year, released at about the same time.
George Davis-Stewart
2023-03-15 18:51:22 +0000 UTC"And the heartbeat fades out..." It's a circular album... it ends and begins with a heartbeat. Other Pink Floyd albums follow a similar pattern- Wish You Were Here begins and ends with chords of Shine On You Crazy Diamond. The Wall, if you turn it up very loud, begins with very faint "...we came in?" It ends with "Isn't this where..." the precursor to the beginning.
Paul Halicki
2022-06-18 02:42:41 +0000 UTCFurther reading: "Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd" by Mark Blake. It's a memior of the band.
Paul Halicki
2022-06-18 02:36:22 +0000 UTCThe distorted guitars in Any Colour You Like are amazing. That said, I spent years thinking my speakers were no good because I thought they were distorting the sound! :-D
Paul Halicki
2022-06-18 02:30:29 +0000 UTC"Notice how much space they give their lyrics to live." This is part of the brilliance of the best Pink Floyd. They knew how to "unfold" the music so that the best parts of a song were extended. If I had to say what makes Floyd different from other bands, it's their use of space in time. This sense of time, and time well spent, is what makes David Gilmour such a brilliant guitarist. Eddie Van Halen played 50 times the number notes that Gilmour did, but Guilmour is, to my ear, much more brilliant. It's sense of technical brilliance (in Van Halen's case) versus a more intellectual brilliance in Gilmour's case.
Paul Halicki
2022-06-18 02:29:28 +0000 UTCYes Doug - 1973 - the year I graduated from HS. Also, another of my favorite albums, Sir Elton's, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, came out the same year. Dark Side is definitely a CLASSIC!! Roger's lyrics are deep!! You just have to take the time to absorb them. Forgot to mention that there is a DVD on Amazon showing you how they made the album if you're interested. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=making+of+dark+side+of+the+moon+dvd&crid=PXW88OD68K9X&sprefix=the+making+of+the+dark+side%2Caps%2C710&ref=nb_sb_ss_mission-aware-v1_3_27
Frederick Witcher
2022-06-18 00:47:55 +0000 UTCGreat reaction! I am sorry you didn't get the experience until a bit later in life, but I am so honored that I could be here to share this with you. Indeed this album has a lot to teach people. I am glad it is still so popular and new generations get to hear it.
Craig
2022-06-17 21:20:56 +0000 UTCThere is a doc on this album in which all members talk about each of the songs, including who were the voices (the woman was Linda McCartney, because the Wings were recording next door). https://www.amazon.com/Pink-Floyd-Making-Classic-Album/dp/B07RDMXDR2
Marcela Hofman-Mourao
2022-05-20 09:29:56 +0000 UTCDon't mind me, I'm just crying because my pretend friend on the internet just experienced something breathtaking.
Adam Miles
2022-04-27 21:00:25 +0000 UTCAt some point, consider the album that Allan Parson did shortly after this one "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" Like its title suggests its a collection of songs based on Edgar Allan Poe's stories. It really was a project, that has many interesting vocalists and as you can imagine top of the line production.
Eduardo Alejandro del Corral Lira
2022-04-14 00:59:01 +0000 UTCThank you for your reaction and analysis. Really enjoyed it.
Les Mable
2022-04-13 10:03:07 +0000 UTChere's the interview with Clare Torry about her DSotM experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIW7xZSlZoM And for comparison here's Brit Floyd using one of their background vocalists on GGitS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd9-wiT1dJQ And for additional comparison, here's Aussie Floyd on the same track, only they split the solo 3 ways among their trio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvfRNIaTn4M
Great Scott
2022-04-06 07:40:44 +0000 UTCThis album truly is THE number one creative gift to us all.
Paul Hoyle
2022-04-05 14:47:45 +0000 UTCThe way you are speaking about The Great Gig in the Sky reminds me how Annie Haslam provides a scat solo over the end of the live version of Renaissance's Ashes are Burning in place of Andy Powell's guest guitar solo on the studio version. You really need to do Ashes are Burning from the Carnegie Hall album. It will knock you flat.
Dave Cohen
2022-04-05 14:03:12 +0000 UTCBUT YOU REALLY MUST DO THE WALL ( THE WHOLE ALBUM) ON HERE
Rick Hite
2022-04-05 13:58:49 +0000 UTCMY FAVORITE ALBUM ALL TIME
Rick Hite
2022-04-05 13:57:24 +0000 UTCGREAT REACTION
Rick Hite
2022-04-05 13:57:09 +0000 UTCThat was the best reaction you ever did Doug! Thank U!
Adam Borowa
2022-04-05 12:26:26 +0000 UTCI first listened to DSOTM when I was 7 and heard it so many times I don't have a clue. My dad and my uncles always had Floyd WYWH and DSOTM or Supertramp BIA or COTC on non stop. The wedge between Gilmour and Waters was tough but artistical differences come into play when so many are talented in so many ways. Mason is a solid drummer but I think my favorite is Richard Wright. I think the Endless River album brings it all full circle. I also hope you listen to Careful With That Axe Eugene and Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun... 420 old school stuff there Doug.
Bryan Tursk
2022-04-05 00:03:15 +0000 UTCMagic happens when you get a group of professional musicians, engineers with talent and imagination, classic album. Enjoyed this play lounge as much as ELP, Genesis, keep the quality coming, been lacking to be honest until ELP broke the rut. Thanks Doug for your analysis, never looked at the album from this perspective before
Itsfun2listen
2022-04-04 19:33:57 +0000 UTCI'll definitely get to The Wall at some point.
R. Douglas Helvering
2022-04-04 17:47:42 +0000 UTCI'll definitely be scheduling some personal listening with this one.
R. Douglas Helvering
2022-04-04 17:46:28 +0000 UTCTruly a timeless masterpiece! I first heard this during my middle school years. I've had copies in 8-track, cassette, LP, CD and digital wave file. Watch the documentary Pink Floyd Live at Pomeii. There are clips of this album being recorded in it.
BrianTheJeepGuy
2022-04-03 21:05:21 +0000 UTCMe again sorry. I listen to these records far more intently than ever before watching and waiting for Doug to react to what we have heard so many times since we were in our teens.. I literally say “:wait for this” etc and most times Doug reacts like I did and still do. Love these longer episodes.
Richard Mason
2022-04-03 20:52:48 +0000 UTCInterestingly most fans had heard the whole of this before it was released. There are some fab live versions knocking around.
Richard Mason
2022-04-03 20:48:15 +0000 UTCI’m guessing Animals is your fave? Or, is Amused to Death the best Floyd album? Theres a thought!
Richard Mason
2022-04-03 20:46:42 +0000 UTCFor years I thought Claire Tory was black. How can a white woman sing like that?! There’s no other album like this and it still sounds like it was recorded yesterday! Epic and glad you liked it! You will be telling us next you’ve never heard Breakfast in America
Richard Mason
2022-04-03 20:44:09 +0000 UTCThis for me has the classic moments where Mother banged her broom on the garage ceiling ( my bedrooms floor) when Claire Tory took off only to be followed by my Father sneaking in 2 tracks later to listen to my and his favourite song, Us and Them.
Richard Mason
2022-04-03 20:41:09 +0000 UTCThe maturity of these kids was immense and Roger was and is Pink Floyd.
Richard Mason
2022-04-03 20:39:05 +0000 UTCDavid Gilmour once said he was feeling envious of people that were to listen to the album from start to finish for the very first time... He said he will never have the chance to do that and he certainly would have liked that. This one is just a terrific album!!! Just as you said at the end: I have listened to it sooooo many times, and it never ceases to delight and surprise me. It was so worth it to spend my Sunday in this time-travel episode. Thank you Doug!
Hector Solana
2022-04-03 20:30:40 +0000 UTCUndeniably, a classic of classics. But I have to admit I wasn't very eagre for Doug to go through this particular Pink Floyd album, as it's been so massively over-celebrated over decades, and is not even their best in my quirky opinion. Still, it's fun to listen with you, Doug :-)
Murdock Moriarty
2022-04-03 12:13:19 +0000 UTCThank you. Pink Floyd was a guide in life when I didn't have one. I could be honest with myself and their music hit everything. I appreciate you sharing this listen. I hope you listen to the wall in its entirety... but If you do, please make it the live "is there anybody out there" version If you do. I love both this and the studio versions and they both hit a little different. Anywho, good luck to you.
Dominick Pearce
2022-04-03 07:46:38 +0000 UTCAs one of those people who heard this thing more or less when it came out, when I was 11...and pretty much have the whole thing embedded in my DNA by this point, I was *slightly* amused during "Money" when you said you hadn't heard an extended Gilmour solo...because, in fact, you had...and it's only one of his most famous ones! His solo in "Time" is justly praised...I'm sure you'll remember it when you go back and listen again, but he's such a fine, passionate yet precise, melodic yet powerful player, whose solos often have a real compositional sense of evolving time and space. The moment when he comes out of "Time"'s main three chords to the second part (the descending (from the VI to V to IV: that part) is brilliant: suddenly he spins out this arching melody in quarter-note triplets, when you thought the solo was ending...
Jeff Norman
2022-04-03 05:11:57 +0000 UTCDoug Bravo! I‘ve listen to this album more times then I’d care to count. My teenage self to my middle age and now into my 60’s I do feel a bit of a different vibe from this as I aged. It truly is a masterpiece. It also sounds a hell of a lot better now then it did over an 8 track 40+ yeas ago!
David McCardell
2022-04-03 04:01:51 +0000 UTCI'll mention that back in the 1970's, almost every time any FM radio station played any song on this album, they would end up playing all the rest of the songs on that side. The songs flow into each other so smoothly and excellently that no one wanted to pick up the needle at the end of a song.
Garance A Drosehn
2022-04-03 03:11:26 +0000 UTCReally cool moment during Eclipse when you shifted focus from the music to the lyrics. Your face changed visibly. Awesome post-album thoughts, too.
Jay
2022-04-03 02:59:37 +0000 UTCSo much could be written about this album. So many pieces came together to make this a great album. I'm confident this album caused the purchase of many millions of dollars of stereo equipment.
Garance A Drosehn
2022-04-03 02:55:28 +0000 UTCDoug, thanks for this! I have been listening to this masterpiece since 1973, and there is always new mental imagery and emotions that are provoked by the notes that they play and sing - and you know what? I have never heard this under any kind of influence...! But please, allow yourself to hear it from start to finish without any interruption, I assure you it will give you a much more profound experience. Regards from Brazil!
Nelson Br
2022-04-03 01:26:40 +0000 UTCDark Side of the Rainbow, yes please!
Illume Eltanin
2022-04-03 01:20:40 +0000 UTCNow how about "Ceremony" an Album by Pierre Henry and Spooky Tooth. Something to get your teeth into Doug. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpQ4I5DE0OI
John Gamesby
2022-04-03 00:12:06 +0000 UTCA singular piece of music, out of time.
Stop Propaganda
2022-04-02 23:37:55 +0000 UTCYou and Roger talk a lot of sense my friend
Michael Brown
2022-04-02 19:38:52 +0000 UTCOn the Run: The sounds you hear on an extremely high dose of mushrooms....
Christopher Rapier
2022-04-02 19:31:14 +0000 UTCI've always enjoyed this album, but I think Waters can be a bit pretentious in his ideas/lyrics. Yet, his insight (and what you gathered) about the "Dark Side" of human nature has been known for centuries; it's basically the foundation point for Christianity (Waters seems to agree that there's "nothing new under the sun" but I think he's fairly anti-religious).
Allen
2022-04-02 19:29:38 +0000 UTCThank you Doug. This is why I pay for Patreon. I have listened to this album for 40 years and it's still one of my favorites along with other three PF mainstream albums. Only one of them still misses here; The Wall. I'm sure you are going to react that too, otherwise the album list is not perfect.
Harri Hietajärvi
2022-04-02 19:17:34 +0000 UTCI look forward to sharing this with you. In "high" school, a karass of knuckleheads would pile into the travelling motel (JT's fully carpeted and musically wired van) and drive across town where we had been bused and listen to this and Ziggy Stardust mostly, feeding the head for better musical appreciation. I'm gonna imagine you in that van as I listen. GIT IN THE VAN! :)
MrWondrous David Beckwith
2022-04-02 19:02:24 +0000 UTCDoug thank you for this. During your reaction of the songs, you are like a companion helping us through these mental states being explored on the album, and you provide lyrical input creating clarity on these somber subjects, yet it's reassuring that there is a mutual re/discovery happening between you and us. With each song passing and our own mortality being exposed, here I am sitting down tearing up thinking about my life and is it going the way I want, particularly through Side B, and Roger's poetic and profound paragraphs really resonated with me than ever before through this extended listen. Your lyrical analysis made me understand the songs more deeply than my first listens as a child; I hadn't revisited it in its entirety since. Thanks.
James Mitchell
2022-04-02 19:00:00 +0000 UTCI feel kind of bad that Doug has to experience the whole of it for the first time while having to provide a running commentary for the audience. Hopefully there will time for a truly submersive listen - it's really like a river flowing over you and is best experienced without thought or pause...
Steve MacArthur
2022-04-02 18:08:03 +0000 UTCit's just stunning. all the elements are sublime and put together to a degree of perfection that never ceases to astound me. The very definition of a masterpiece
Pat Cecil
2022-04-02 17:56:28 +0000 UTCGreat! Now for May, let's listen to it again while watching Wizard of Oz.
Greg Goddu
2022-04-02 17:50:02 +0000 UTCCan't wait to watch. There were some initial dis comments after the poll. People entitled to their opinion but it's a flawless album and so much of rock wouldn't exist without it.
Robert Steinman
2022-04-02 17:22:31 +0000 UTCToday this LP is as good as it was when I listened to it 50 years ago.
Herr Lefe
2022-04-02 17:18:32 +0000 UTCThis is why I’m a Patreon supporter haha. Love Pink Floyd.
Ricky
2022-04-02 16:57:46 +0000 UTC
