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Join us in our first time listening to this album, and please don't let our reaction shock you.

Hey everyone!

We decided to continue down the Pink Floyd journey and record their second studio album for a reaction. Our reaction may not be what you expected, but curious to hear your thoughts!

Please excuse all the interruptions during the recording, but as we explained, we were in a snowstorm at the time and the connection was very poor. We were luckily able to stay home and be warm. We appreciate you and your support!!

Lots of love and warmth,Alexia, Nick and Marley

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Rod

Like many, I discovered Pink Floyd in 1973 with Dark Side of the Moon. I liked everything they did from that time up to and including The Wall. Then I started going back and checking out their earlier albums. Except for Meddle and Obscured by Clouds, and a couple songs on Ummagumma, the pre-1973 stuff just doesn't do it for me. I think the reasons Nick and Alexia gave for not being too thrilled by A Saucerful of Secrets matches mine pretty closely.

Stephen Caruso

when I was a teen back in the early 70'on PBS in 1970 or so I saw a Pink Floyd movie for the 1st time which got me hooked on them then I saw this theatrical release after Dark Side of the Moon made them famous this came out and blew me awayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHOza45c57w

Stephen Caruso

set the controls is one of my favorite songs all time

Stephen Caruso

my all time favorite Pink Floyd song is ECHOES from MEDDLE

Scott Anderson

Can’t wait to dig in when work lightens up. What an awesome treat. 👏👏👏👏

Ian Bolton

The slide guitar part on "Remember a Day" was by Syd Barrett.

Timo Braack

360p? Seriously :D Or am I missing something?

NicknLex

This was uploaded in 720p so definitely should be showing that option! We wish we could upload in 1080 or 4K but with the weekly upload limits we can’t. Hope you get it higher than 360 and thanks for joining us!

Gary Lewis

Not only was this recorded with a listener's altered state of consciousness in mind, the "difficult" experimental parts were part of their live act and the contrast to the more "listenable" portions heightens their effect of relief. I agree that it's a rare moment indeed when I get the itch to sit down to play the LP in it's entirety, but it's appreciated for being a necessary step in what Pink Floyd became and created...

Ian Bolton

I think you guys might like the album More, a lot more than this one. Not as much weirdness, and there are guitar solos on More.

Doug Fenske

I feel the same way about the title track as you two do. What I find interesting about it, and what helps me enjoy it a little bit, is to think about it in comparison to the rest of their future work. It seems to me like this was their first attempt at creating a piece of a certain type. In later attempts they got progressively better at it (and, hopefully, they were also nailing down more of what THEY liked to do - or achieving what they were after.) The type, in my mind, is sort of "the prog epic". They made some more attempts again on Ummagumma that I think are pretty meh. Then they made "Atom Heart Mother Suite", which I think works better than any earlier ones. Then they nailed it with "Echoes". And I feel that the culmination is with "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". That's my favorite Pink Floyd piece. (Actually, the whole album is really my favorite piece, listened to in one fell swoop.) I also think Dogs, Pigs Three Different Ones, and Sheep pretty much fall into this "prog epic" category, too. And they are also, in my mind, fabulous pieces of this type that I think they started out attempting to make way back here on their 2nd album. So, I can really enjoy this in light of all that. It's so fun to me to explore their roots and their development over the years. Thank you two for doing this video and sharing your thoughts and insights! I would watch a "More" reaction video with you! I have the album and have listened to it a few times. If you're not completists, then you may want to focus on their other albums that are generally rated higher. But, again, if you were to make a video, I'd watch it. I listened to this album, ASOS, several times and it seems like it has grown on me along the way. This time I really noticed that I like See-Saw and Jugband Blues more than I had previously noticed. Thank you two for doing this video and sharing your thoughts and insights!

Kristine Doggett

This was only their second album. The band was still growing and trying to find their own way which was made more difficult by Syd's mental health and departure. I agree, this is not their best effort. LET THERE BE LIGHT, SET THE CONTROLS and REMEMBER A DAY are the highlights. I did like Syd's contribution on the album. Syd made a couple of solo albums before leaving his music behind him. If you guys don't know the story of how Syd walked into the studio while Pink Floyd were recording the album "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", you got to Wikipedia it or something. The first ⅔ of SAUCER is too creepy. From this point on they will give a mix of strong pieces of music (and more solos) with some experimental pieces but they do progress. I really like the soundtrack albums (not seen the films) although they're not really Pink Floyd albums. It's easy to see back then why filmmakers would want Pink Floyd music in their films. Love MEDDLE the best from the period.

Timo Braack

When I want to change the quality it's either 240p or 360p. Doesn't matter if it's on phone or pc. But well I can handle this.

Scott Anderson

Finally got enough time to listen to the full reaction. Brought back a lot of memories but for me it’s not that memorable of an album. Set the controls is my favorite by far. It is obviously a pivotal album where they edited and sharpened their musical ideas. I saw the Pink Floyd Pompei performance when I was a kid. I have been to Pompei a few times and the last visit in 2017 there was a video and photography exhibition of that Pink Floyd performance in the coliseum at Pompei. It was very cool. Great reaction.

Richard Dobson

The album that got me into Pink Floyd was Meddle. I loved 'One of These Days' and 'Echoes' particularly and then I saw Live At Pompei in the cinema and that just blew me away. It made me go out and buy the double album Ummagumma as the first LP had live recordings of tracks like 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun'. In 1968 I was listening to The Moody Blues, Beatles, Cream and Fleetwood Mac and much preferred them to Syd Barrett 's music. But it was early days for the Floyd and they were really popular with the Underground crowd. I don't want to tell you what to listen to Nick and Alexia, but for me Meddle is when they became important to me.

NicknLex

I love Meddle! There was a time when I was in high school that I would listen to Meddle every night before bed. Nick hasn’t heard it yet though!! CANT WAIT!!