NO.2

Pink Floyd ，搖滾樂史上最經典的迷幻搖滾、前衛搖滾樂團，但在我心目中的地位，永遠超越披頭四、滾石樂團。
《 The Dark Side of the Moon 》這張專輯在有名的倫敦 Abbey Road 錄音室完成，更是經典中的經典，甚至已經成為一張發燒名盤，單曲中出現的收銀機聲、鐘聲等 「環境音效」應該都是劃時代的創意表現， 其中 錄音師 Alan Parsons 最功不可沒，除了成為搖滾史上著名的錄音工程師外，自己後來也組了一個樂團叫做 ”The Alan Parsons Project”。
"The Great Gig in the Sky" 是專輯中的第五首曲目，一首沒有歌詞的女聲演出 (by Clare Torry ) ，從低聲吟唱到高亢刺耳、歇斯底里的高音表現，以及這中間如泣如訴的百轉千迴，就這樣瞬間綁架並且征服我的聽覺。
這是一首對於死亡無懼的謳歌！


The Great Gig in the Sky
(Wright) 4:44
"And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I
don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime."
"If you can hear this whispering you are dying."
"I never said I was frightened of dying."
(Instrumental)

網路資料：
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gig_in_the_Sky
The Great Gig in the Sky
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Dark Side of the Moon
Released 1973-03-17
Recorded June 1972 - January 1973; 21 January 1973 (vocals)
Genre Rock, Progressive rock, Gospel music
Length 4:47
Writer Richard Wright and Clare Torry
"The Great Gig in the Sky" is the fifth track from English progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. It features voice instrumental music by Clare Torry. The song was called either "The Religion Song" or "The Mortality Sequence" during recording.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd , released in March 1973. The concept album built on ideas explored by the band in their live shows and earlier recordings, but it lacks the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their work following the departure in 1968 of founding member, principal composer and lyricist Syd Barrett . The Dark Side of the Moon's themes include conflict, greed, the passage of time and mental illness , the latter partly inspired by Barrett's deteriorating mental state.
The album was developed as part of a forthcoming tour of live performances, and was premiered several months before studio recording began. The new material was further refined during the tour and was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at Abbey Road Studios in London. The group used some of the most advanced recording techniques of the time, including multitrack recording and tape loops . Analogue synthesisers were given prominence in several tracks, and a series of recorded interviews with staff and band personnel provided the source material for a range of philosophical quotations used throughout. Engineer Alan Parsons was directly responsible for some of the most notable sonic aspects of the album, including the non-lexical performance of Clare Torry . The album's iconic sleeve features a prism that represents the band's stage lighting, the record's lyrics, and the request for a "simple and bold" design.
The Dark Side of the Moon was an immediate success, topping the Billboard 200 for one week. It subsequently remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history. With an estimated 45 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide . It has twice been remastered and re-released, and has been covered by several other acts. It spawned two singles, " Money " and " Us and Them ". In addition to its commercial success, The Dark Side of the Moon is one of Pink Floyd's most popular albums among fans and critics, and is frequently ranked as one of the greatest rock albums of all time.