Musician Reacts To Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in The Sky

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[torstenlaumen]

This song is intended to describe the five stages of the dying process. Richard Wright, the keyboardist of the. During his lifetime, Richard Wright, the band's keyboardist, asked Durga Mc Broom, one of the backing singers on the Pink Floyd tour, to sing this song at his funeral. I have personal contact with her.But according to unconfirmed information, she was accompanied on the piano by none other than John Lord from Deep Purple.

[curtadams]

I've watched numerous reactions to Great Gig (why wouldn't anyone?), you came up with some thoughts and comments that no one has. Nice that you looked up Clare and included part of her interview in the video, that was a great idea.

[lubos]

You have to remember that Clare Torry was a hired studio backing singer. She was a student at the time, singing to pay for her studies. Her fee was £30 (normally £20 but she was paid extra for Sundays!) Later the band paid her a fee in arrears for co-writing this song and she still receives production fees as a co-writer. She was recommended to record this album by Alan Parsons - the main sound engineer for this project. Incidentally, it is he who is credited with the way the album turned out and the sound it ultimately had. He had many great technical ideas that Pink Floyd applied.
As Clare talks about the three singers in the interview, Pink Floyd later did that on Pulse (1994) and I think that's worth a listen too. It's different of course but very good and interesting. There are three ladies here, Sam Brown, Durga McBroom and Claudia Fontaine. Check it out (by the way, the whole Pulse concert is one of the best live performances ever - it's another of rock music's gems!)

[jonathansmith]

It the greatest female vocal piece of all time. She was just kickin around in her home town waiting for someone to show her the way. Then incredible greatness.

[gilbertc.]

Claire was suggested by Alan Parsons. He was the studio engineer for the album. She was 25.

[victorjohnson]

Richard Wright was the keyboard/piano player. Unfortunately he passed away in 2008.

PS: the mixing engineer on this album was a musical genius named Alan Parsons...

[trevmb]

Absolutely love you did Clare's interview

[dougking]

The music via headphones is great, but in concert with the video/laser show was INCREDIBLE.

[jeffreywolff]

Claire Torey did this in one take they did 2 others but this is the one they used. One evening

[tonic]

So glad to hear you're reacting to the Clare Torrey version, as good as the live version is it can't compare to this, she killed it. What really gets me is that she was briefed to express the stages of grief without words and did it in three takes.

[Dan-zbks]

I am convinced that voice in that song doubled the sales of that album.

[rosemauer]

I've let my kids know that I want TIME followed by this at my funeral. Been listening for 50+yrs and it never gets old. I'm 79 now and it's relevant and as in TIME, I'm shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

[christophertupper]

100% serendipity. Lightning captured in a bottle. Unique one-off event. Never to be repeated. Thank you, Clare. Thanks too, Jacob for juxtaposing Rick Wright' work and Clare's commentary. Great !

[MrGadfly]

This song really struck me when I was a mere teen back in the 70s. As I got older I figured out what it was all about. It's about truth. In the beginning we get the little lie we tell ourselves about dying, that it's no big deal, but then Clare Torry comes on and just sings here guts out giving us the truth of the moment. It's so profound.

[mikewatts]

I don’t think she ever performed this live with them apart from one time, Knebworth in 1989 or 1990. I have lived the live versions with the three backing singers, including David’s 2016 tour with a male singing the main part, because they are all so different from each other. But how the studio version came to be, Clare’s original improvisation, is just amazing.

[agegroot]

The most unusual song in their catalog of masterpieces, 100% timeless, could have been created yesterday.

[gregoznowich]

Thank you for appreciating the purity of this track.

[doubleubee]

It was good to hear a reaction where a person talks about how different recording was back in the 1970s. I think there was something that improved the music when you had to work around the limitations of the equipment.
There is a video on YouTube, where the members talk about making this album, and the different tricks they used to get the sound. One example, I think it was Money, they looped the tape from the tape deck around a microphone stand.

[robynhurley]

I started listening to this in 1983 on cassette and havent stopped since

[salsonny]

Represents the stages of dying, from anger to acceptance