Dark Side of the Moon is 50. It still rips.
Summary
TLDRThis video celebrates the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's iconic album 'Dark Side of the Moon', discussing its enduring impact on music and culture. The creator reflects on the album's significance, its influence on modern music, and its status as a rite of passage for young music fans. The video also touches on the album's unique sound, its iconic cover art, and its fascinating place in stoner culture, including the 'Dark Side of the Rainbow' phenomenon. The creator's passion for Pink Floyd is evident, and they invite viewers to explore more through their in-depth series on Nebula.
Takeaways
- 🎵 The script celebrates the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon', highlighting its enduring impact on music.
- 🔗 The narrator encourages viewers to support their channel by signing up to Nebula, offering exclusive content including a full video series on 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
- 📅 The album's release date is marked as a significant milestone in music history, with the narrator reflecting on its legacy over the past five decades.
- 🎸 The script mentions how 'Dark Side of the Moon' influenced other artists, including a recent psychedelic rock album by rapper Lil Yachty.
- 🌀 The album is described as a rite of passage for young music fans, with the narrator sharing a personal memory of being deeply affected by the album.
- 🎶 'Dark Side of the Moon' is praised for its concept album structure, where individual songs contribute to a larger thematic whole.
- 🌐 The script discusses the album's influence on subsequent music, including its role in inspiring other ambitious concept albums.
- 🎭 The unique sound of Pink Floyd is noted, with the script stating that despite its influence, no other band has been able to replicate it.
- 🌿 The album's place in stoner culture is highlighted, with mentions of the 'Dark Side of the Rainbow' phenomenon and its iconic album cover.
- 🎉 The script concludes by emphasizing the album's continued relevance and the narrator's personal admiration for 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
Q & A
What is the significance of the date mentioned in the script?
-The date mentioned in the script is significant because it marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's album 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
What does the speaker suggest is the best way to support their channel?
-The speaker suggests that the best way to support their channel is by signing up to Nebula using the link provided in the description.
What is included in the speaker's full 'Dark Side of the Moon' project on Nebula?
-The speaker's full 'Dark Side of the Moon' project on Nebula includes a single hour-long video version of their series taking on the album track by track.
Why does the speaker believe 'Dark Side of the Moon' is still relevant today?
-The speaker believes 'Dark Side of the Moon' is still relevant today because it perfectly describes the modern condition, which has only accelerated and become more complex since the album's release.
What is the connection between 'Dark Side of the Moon' and Lil Yachty's album mentioned in the script?
-Lil Yachty's album 'Let's Start Here' is influenced by 'Dark Side of the Moon' and Pink Floyd, featuring David Gilmour-inspired guitar work and a vocal climax reminiscent of 'The Great Gig in the Sky'.
What is the significance of the album cover design for 'Dark Side of the Moon'?
-The album cover design for 'Dark Side of the Moon' is significant because it is a piece of minimalist art that has become one of the most recognizable album covers of all time.
What is the 'Dark Side of the Rainbow' phenomenon mentioned in the script?
-The 'Dark Side of the Rainbow' phenomenon refers to the experience of watching 'The Wizard of Oz' while listening to 'Dark Side of the Moon', which has been described as a quintessential Stoner experience.
Why does the speaker think that no other album can quite sound like Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'?
-The speaker believes that no other album can quite sound like 'Dark Side of the Moon' because of its unique and effortless flow and arrangement, which has not been replicated by other artists.
What is the significance of the album 'Dark Side of the Moon' in the context of Stoner culture?
-In Stoner culture, 'Dark Side of the Moon' holds significance due to its high concept and wide open sound, making it a favorite for listening sessions in smoky basements.
How does the speaker describe the impact of 'Dark Side of the Moon' on the concept album genre?
-The speaker describes 'Dark Side of the Moon' as a perfect execution of the concept album, where individual songs stand up on their own but become greater when woven together, influencing many subsequent albums.
Outlines
🎵 Celebrating 50 Years of Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'
The speaker expresses gratitude for support and encourages subscribing to Nebula for exclusive content. They reflect on the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon', discussing its impact on music and its enduring relevance. The speaker mentions their previous series analyzing the album and how it influenced future concept albums. They also touch on the album's influence on modern artists like Lil Yachty and its iconic status in stoner culture, including the 'Dark Side of the Rainbow' phenomenon.
🌈 The Timeless Legacy and Cultural Impact of 'Dark Side of the Moon'
This paragraph delves into the album's cultural significance, highlighting its iconic cover art and its role in the 1970s rock scene. The speaker argues that 'Dark Side of the Moon' was a perfect storm of talent, timing, and audience readiness for high-art rock music. They assert that the album's exploration of modernity's complexities makes it as relevant today as it was upon release. The speaker concludes by reiterating the album's greatness and encourages viewers to experience it, also promoting their Nebula content for further exploration.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Nebula
💡Dark Side of the Moon
💡Concept Album
💡Lil Yachty
💡Stoner Culture
💡The Wizard of Oz
💡Iconography
💡Influence
💡Covers and Remakes
💡Polyphonic Magazine
Highlights
The best way to support the channel is by signing up to Nebula through the provided link.
Access to the full Dark Side of the Moon project on Nebula.
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was released 50 years ago and became their most acclaimed release.
The video discusses the album's impact on music over the past 50 years and its continued relevance.
Lil Yachty's recent psychedelic rock album is influenced by Dark Side of the Moon.
Becoming obsessed with Dark Side of the Moon is seen as a rite of passage for young music fans.
The album is a perfect execution of the concept album, where songs stand individually but become greater as a whole.
Without Dark Side of the Moon, albums like OK Computer and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots might not exist.
The album's sound and arrangement are unique, making it difficult for other artists to replicate.
Various artists have covered Dark Side of the Moon, including The Flaming Lips and an All-Star cast in 2006.
The album is a staple in Stoner culture and has been sync'd with The Wizard of Oz in a phenomenon called 'Dark Side of the Rainbow'.
The album's iconic cover design is a piece of minimalism and is widely recognized.
The success of Dark Side of the Moon is attributed to its perfect timing, collaboration, and audience reception.
The album's exploration of modernity's condition remains relevant even 50 years after its release.
The video encourages viewers to listen to Dark Side of the Moon to appreciate its continued relevance.
The speaker's Dark Side of the Moon project is available on Nebula in a single hour-long video.
A year of Nebula can be obtained for a discounted rate through the link in the description, supporting the channel.
Transcripts
hey if you like what I do and you want
to help support my channel the absolute
best way to do that is by signing up to
nebula if you sign up with the link in
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supporting my channel and you'll get
access to a bunch of cool stuff
including my full Dark Side of the Moon
project which you can now watch as a
single hour-long video
50 years ago today Pink Floyd released
Dark Side of the Moon almost immediately
it became their most acclaimed release
and okay look I was gonna write like a
whole Spiel here about dark side of the
moon's many many accomplishments but I
was up till like 3 30 last night I'm
exhausted and let's be honest here it's
dark side of the moon you know you
already know if you've ever had a stoner
friend stepped foot into a college dorm
or spoken with somebody over the age of
50 chances are if you've already had
someone extol the virtues of Dark Side
of the Moon to you help I did an entire
series taking on Dark Side of the Moon
track by track and by the way I've
uploaded a full single video version of
that series on nebula if you want to
watch it to Mark the occasion the
stories of dark side of the moon's
making have been told and retold and
there's not really any point in me
telling them again for the thousandth
time today but still I think today is a
pretty auspicious occasion in music
history and let's be honest I love
talking about Pink Floyd and most of you
love it when I talk about Pink Floyd so
today I just want to take a moment and
look back at the last 50 years to see
how dark side of the moon has impacted
music over that stretch and why it's
still relevant today so let's drop that
title card I guess
[Music]
[Music]
weirdly enough what really got me
thinking about making this video was Lil
yachty about a month ago out of the blue
Mumble rapper Lil yachty dropped a
psychedelic Rock album while there's a
number of influences present on let's
start here Dark Side of the Moon and
Pink Floyd are some of the biggest ones
the black Seminole seems to be built
around David Gilmore inspired guitar and
ends on a Transcendent vocal climax that
calls to mind the Great Gig in the sky
there's a lot of people divided over
this album but honestly I love it
because I think it speaks to the unique
staying power of Dark Side of the Moon
there's a lot of great albums from that
era and there's a lot of great Pink
Floyd albums these days I don't even
know if Dark Side of the Moon is my
personal favorite I've been fixating
hard on wish you were here ever since I
did my series on that album but there's
something different about Dark Side of
the Moon I feel like becoming obsessed
with it is almost a rite of passage for
young music fans one of my formative
memories is shutting all the lights off
and Blasting Dark Side of the Moon
through my dad's stereo system one night
when I was home alone at 16 years old I
don't know if that was the first time
I'd heard that album but it was the
first time I'd properly listened to it
and I kind of think it took me like a
decade to recover from that Dark Side of
the Moon opened my mind up I know for me
it was one of the first albums that
truly showed me with the album as a
medium was capable of and it really is
the perfect execution of the concept
album a collection of songs that each
stand up individually but when woven
together become greater than the sum of
their parts it wasn't the first concept
album but I do think it was the first of
a certain type of concept album one
built around open Vibes and existential
questions without Dark Side of the Moon
you certainly never get something like
Okay computer you definitely don't get
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and
don't even get me started on Porcupine
Tree yet for something so influential
nobody else has been able to quite sound
like Pink Floyd when you look up similar
albums online you get recommendations
for other massive ambitious concept
albums and while the ideas might have
the same scope I don't think any of them
have the same sort of effortless flow
and arrangement of Dark Side of the Moon
that might be why there's been so many
artists that cover the album as a way of
breaking it apart and seeing what makes
it work some of the covers over the
years have included live versions by
fish a 2009 track by track remake by The
Flaming Lips and a 2006 remake that
featured an All-Star cast of guest
musicians from across the prog World
apparently Roger Waters is even taking a
page out of Taylor Swift's book and
recording his own cover version of the
album right now and then of course
there's 2002's Dub Side of the Moon a
reggae and dub track by track cover by
the Easy All-Stars that album gets to
another key aspect of Dark Side of the
Moon its place within Stoner culture the
album's high concept and wide open sound
make it a favorite of smoky basements
everywhere the liner notes of Dubs Side
of the Moon even include instructions
for one of the quintessential Stoner
experiences syncing the album up to The
Wizard of Oz the experience of watching
The Wizard of Oz while listening to Dark
Side of the Moon is sometimes called
Dark Side of the rainbow and it's one of
the greatest inventions of early
internet culture born out of 90s web
news groups the scope of the myth ranges
from noting the two Works happen to
match up well all the way to believing
that Pink Floyd secretly created the
album as a soundtrack to the movie and
for the record the dark side of the
rainbow effect has a lot more to do with
the human mind's ability to spot
patterns than it does with any
conspiracy about Pink Floyd's secretly
scoring this movie but still it's fun as
hell and you should do it sometime if
you haven't part of what makes Dark Side
of the Moon so sticky as a cultural
artifact is the iconography around it
hypnosis's cover design is a marvelous
piece of minimalism it's probably the
single most recognizable album cover of
all time and it looks incredible on
t-shirt shirts posters and really just
about anything
I think this gets to the core of dark
side of the moon's success it was just
this moment where everything happened to
come together in the perfect way Pink
Floyd were at the perfect time in their
career and collaborated with the perfect
engineer and the perfect package
designers it was released at a moment
where Rock was entering its third decade
of existence and was looking to reinvent
itself and really establish itself as
high art and it dropped to an audience
thirsty for albums that were beautiful
visual artifacts and stimulating
intellectual experiences but above all I
think dark side of the moon has the
Legacy it does because it's really
friggin good seriously it's a good album
I know it's a sort of boring trite take
I know it tops lists all the time but
Dark Side of the Moon [ __ ] rules it's
a musical and lyrical exploration of the
condition that is modernity and in the
50 years since its release that
condition has only accelerated and
become more inscrutable more absurd Dark
Side of the Moon is still important
today because even 50 years later it
perfectly describes how it feels to live
in our world and yeah it might be an
uninspired take to say dark side of the
moon is great and yeah even just talking
about in this video is probably
contributing to a glut of you know
pseudo-intellectual music [ __ ] like
me who wax poetic about Dark Side of the
Moon all the time but if we can't
celebrate this album I don't know like
what can we celebrate because like I
said it's great I don't know I'm just
rambling at this point there's no script
in front of me there's a blank page I
don't even know if I'm gonna keep this
audio go listen to Dark Side of the Moon
it's been 50 years it's still relevant
and you know what 50 years from now when
I'm aging and my mind is fading and dark
side of the moon is a hundred years old
it'll still be relevant because it rules
and that's it if this video has you
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the Moon you should check out my Dark
Side of the Moon project on on nebula
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thank you
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