*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Moon8-Great-Gig-in-the-Sky-8bit-Pink-Floyd-Cover

there's some interesting backstory around what was going on in the studio at the time Dark Side was being recorded and these "interviews" were being held... they apparently got Paul and Linda McCartney (among others) to participate (since the Beatles were down the hall at Abbey Road recording an album), but they were unable to use any of their responses because, by then, they were already celebrities and giving guarded answers -- not the kind of raw reactions they ended up using for the final version of "Great Gig in the Sky"

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http://videosift.com/video/the-best-rendition-of-great-gig-in-the-sky-since-clare-torry
i thought this was amazing.

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What version of Great Gig in the Sky was that?

^ I actually meant in fragments

http://www.videosift.com/video/Making-of-The-Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-Us-and-Them
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Making-Of-The-Great-Gig-In-The-Sky
http://www.videosift.com/video/Pink-Floyd-members-discuss-recording-Money
http://www.videosift.com/video/On-The-Run-How-Pink-Floyd-made-this-awesome-track

From the same documentary as http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Making-Of-The-Great-Gig-In-The-Sky.

Awesome documentary. I think it's almost fully sifted now.

>> ^griefer_queafer:
"Think about death, think about horror, whatever... and just go in and sing."
I love it!!!


If you know the album, or at least this track, there's a man at the start saying "I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying, there's no reason for it".

The story is (as told in this documentary) that the band went through the studio (Abbey Road Studio) and simply asked random people what they think of death, dying and such. They recorded the answers and mixed them into several songs in the album.

So the direction they gave Clare Torry with this song was quite on-track with their general concept

>> ^dmaze:
Just for the sake of completeness, the song title is "The Great Gig In The Sky."


Right On thanks...

Just for the sake of completeness, the song title is "The Great Gig In The Sky."

This tour was my only live PF experience, and still one of my best concert memories overall. Many big moments, but the greatest for me was when Sam Brown did the unthinkable and topped the "Delicate sound of thunder" version of "Great gig in the sky". Simply amazing.

Language is used as a method of communication of specific ideas. Music can communicate, but not specific concepts, so it is not a language. I think her communication is closer to music than English. It's more like a jazz musician feeling the moment and doing some scat singing, or Clare Torry's amazing vocals in "Great Gig in the Sky." That said, I accept her argument that she is being judged unfairly by most people in society at large because they simply don't understand her. People look at her and think she's just crazy, making strange random noises and movements, and that she's incapable of processing thoughts in what we consider a rational way. Now I know better.