Making of The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd – Part 4/5
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The most phenomenal recording in rock & roll history: The Dark Side of the Moon. The Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece remained on bestseller charts for nearly 14 years, and its enduring importance is honored here by all four members of Pink Floyd and key personnel (engineer Alan Parsons, mixing supervisor Chris Thomas, sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson, and others) who played essential roles in the landmark album’s creation. Produced for the Classic Albums series that originally aired on VH-1, this thorough and thought-provoking study highlights a track-by-track dissection of the LP’s master tapes (including the spoken-word passages that bookend the album), superbly interlaced with archival footage, early demo tapes, concert animations, and latter-day acoustic performances by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright to demonstrate each track’s contribution to the final mix–a sonic exploration that extends to the illuminating bonus features. Informative interviews abound (including Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke), and much-deserved credit is given to saxophonist Dick Parry, solo vocalist Clare Torry, and former Capitol Records chairman Bhaskar Menon, who fostered the album’s US commercial success.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Dark side of the Moon sure has that Alan Parson sound. Incredible quality for the early 70’s.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:34 am
David Gilmour still as beautiful as he was decades ago. He’s so sexy….those eyes…
July 16th, 2010 at 11:25 am
I love old stuff like this – especially playing for a Floyd tribute.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:28 am
@feverspell
Let’s agree to disagree on Money then. For one thing, it was added at the request of the label, who wanted a hit sog for the radio. The rest of the album flows beautifully.
I’ll have to check out The Trael Sequence, thanks for the tip feverspell.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:32 am
i always thought money was 7/4 time signature but im not gonna disagree with one of the men who wrote it! but it does sound like it has the same beat as soundgarden ‘outshined’, which i know for sure is 7/4…
July 16th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Totally agree.
July 16th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
I don’t agree. I love Money, and only really came to appreciate it after NOT hearing it on the radio for a few years. I think the reason most people, not necessarily you, dislike the song is because it’s overplayed, which I agree with. Some of the live performances of the song that I’ve heard, whether from official live releases or bootlegs, made me warm up to it in a way I hadn’t before.
I think On The Run is actually quite weak, and much prefer The Travel Sequence, from 1972.
July 16th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
“Money” is the one glaring weak spot on the album.
July 16th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
@floydfreak73 i’m not too sure about Eclipse but Any Colour You Like is much older than any other song in Dark Side Of The Moon track.
July 16th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
I love the explanation of how simple, soft, and exact Pink Floyd’s music is. It’s what makes it so beautiful and touching
also, Roger Waters = hilarious, David Gilmoure= HOT
July 16th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
7:36, haha Roger is so funny
July 16th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
ugh…i love this album/band/emotions i feel from it…
July 16th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
the myth with the dark side of the moon and the wizard of oz is cool. I’ve been listening to metallica all the time and i’ve missed Pink floyd. I need to start listening to them now
July 16th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
I think that the release of money as there single was a necessary evil. It was way to popular and still is even today but, they needed that single to promote the greatest album of all time…Dark Side of the Moon.
July 16th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Is wonderful but its a-too sad, it makes me think of chruch. Lol Roger Waters has a great sense of humor!
I would have to agree with floydfreak, those two songs are some of the best on the album!
July 16th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
why don’t they talk about any colour you like or eclipse??
July 16th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
7:38 LOL
July 16th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
the cambridge mafia!
July 16th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Hello berlogea
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I am sure there is many others who also feel the same about your videos.
Mark McCulloch
July 16th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
depends on how fast you consider your 1/8’s to be…
July 16th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Us and Them is soo moving,, and sad but beautiful I love at the end when it changes to Any Color you like,,it really gives me the creeps behind my back…I dont understand why they didnt talk about Any color you like on this doc..For me its the best song from Pink Floyd..love dark side
July 16th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
pm me
July 16th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
you a Church fan? They’re my favorite band in the world!
July 16th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Us and Them….favorite Pink Floyd song of all time
July 16th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Echoes