Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky - Highwood School of Rock

The students of the Highwood School of Rock performing Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" at their Progressive Rock show at Durty Nellie's in Palatine, IL on May 31st, 2014.

[MidWestConcertVideo]

The singer's name is Talullah Ruff. She is pursuing a career in music, and has her own YouTube channel.

[stevemar]

I don’t think people can understand how incredibly difficult this song is to sing .... good to hear youth doing a song from one of the greatest bands

[johnalden]

When the vocalist opened up, I literally got chills. Wow.

[harmannuslouwes]

This song was my mother´s song, which we played at her funeral 2015 at her special request. Many thanks kids for this beautiful performance

[uncle-epicurus]

Whoa!
When the girl started singing, I was blown away! Never thought a kid could pull off the vocals on this track, but I stand corrected!

[BIGeSTRING]

This girl needs some real good musicians, she's really amazing. Unbelievable, what a voice.

[jimcollinson]

I am a 300 pound rough and ugly biker and want you to know this performance brought a tear to my cheek. I have loved this song for many years and also want you to know you really did it justice. I'm also a musician. I refer to ALL the people involved in this production when I say, your are to be commended. Great job.

[peteguard]

It's great to see kids today listening to and performing Pink Floyd. There may yet be hope for western civilization.

[nickcal]

This is better then most guest singers that have attempted it over the years at Floyd concerts. Awesome job!

[bakerj]

She has the range to hit all the notes perfectly, and so much more - heart, passion, soul, that brings it to life, makes it her own. Tough song to cover, she nailed it and then some.

[Ceruleannn]

Jesus Christ, I instantly got tears in my eyes when she started singing, can't believe how good she is.

[makalania_bdo]

Holy shit, that girl has a mind blowing voice on her. I actually teared up when she started singing! Fantastic job!

[enargins]

Her voice has a nice depth and clarity -- unlike most professional singers I've heard try this, who just sound strained and raspy and I can't even listen to it. This is very smooth and beautiful. She has a great voice! And so young. I'm sure she has a bright future in singing.

[philrobertshaw]

Good grief! I mean seriously. The thought of trying this on stage, live. Absolutely nailed it. Thrilling voice.

[brcarter]

This song is cursed. Absolutely mastered by Clare Torry in like 2 takes on Pink Floyd's classic album "The Dark Side of the Moon". This is one of the best vocal covers I've heard of this song, and it takes serious guts to even attempt it. INCREDIBLE JOB GUYS!!!

[willsrestorations]

THE LEVEL OF TALENT IN THIS YOUNG LADY IS AMAZING, BLESS YOU KID

[johnbyrne]

I never make comment on YouTube but have been a fan of the Floyd for over 45 years (am 58years young) and play a bit of piano. This performance is truly remarkable - Great Gig in the Sky is a seminal piece of music and nothingness off a seminal album. Clare Torry, Roger, Richard, Nick and the Flioyd crew would have to be speechless by this performance. Amazing talent guys and what a voice - NEVER give it up, love it, nurture it and live music forever - old school, new school, opera, death metal, country, rap, muliticultural - all of it
Highwood School of Rock you are amazing - from aApua New Guinea

[ricardofixman]

The second best singer of TGGiTS I had opportunity to hear in the last 43 years!! Cheers!!!!

[davidmarks]

This is amazing! They all crushed it! I’m 65 and it thrills me to know classic rock is long loved! Blessings

[GeorgeRoot]

Anyone commenting here know how difficult it is to play slide if you have never played it before? Let me answer for you, at any age it is extremely difficult. I have been playing in Pink Floyd tributes for well over a decade now and I still wrestle with the slide parts. Too many people think that Pink Floyd music is real simple to play. Floyd has a feel and if all of the musicians are not in sync, it can get away from them. Whenever people listen to Great Gig they always listen for the singer. Why? Because most of the Great Gig videos here have either Floyd themselves playing the music or an accomplished tribute band. These kids tackled what is in reality a very difficult song for every instrument involved. The dynamics in this song are incredibly difficult, so give these kids a break. They picked a song that people always take for granted, but very few people can actually play.