"Clare needs a lifetime Grammy for this." YES! YES! YES!

Clare needs a lifetime Grammy for this.

Hard to believe someone that young can enter a studio, and be told we don't know what we want from you, other than no words to the song. But sing. Lol. And she improvises and does that, the culmination of two full takes, and a third which she stopped at midpoint exhausted, and told them she had given all she could and they should be able to work with what she did. And left thinking they would never use my singing effort. But they did as we all marvel at. Later explaining she figured I would just use my voice as if I were an instrument. Quite frankly brilliant. All singer's voices are instruments, but she meant literally. Lol. And it showed. And the rest is as they say...History. Legendary history. I'm glad she finally got some serious compensation (albeit via a lawsuit) in the later years rather than the thirty British Pounds she received for that work (Judas received thirty pieces of Silver for his work...hmm). FYI in 1973, 30 GBP = 2,518 USD. She had no choice. No one was rolling up to her door with wheel barrels of cash voluntarily. They should have. Lol. Anyway, nothing against the guys. Young. Still finding their way. Manager(s) really should have initiated something once the evidence was in so to speak. Business back then was fractional. No real established way to compensate those who came in and left other than hourly, doing a part here and there. But THIS? This was special. It was a game-changer. It all ended well. What a masterpiece.

This is not a vocal that you simply "hear" , this is a vocal that you feel, and my god , what a feeling

She vocalizes every single solitary human emotion.. without saying a word ❤

No words but probably one of the most powerful masterpieces ever sung.

One of the greatest pieces of vocalization ever performed or recorded. Still gives me chills to this day.

Clare Torry did what no one else ever gets to say they did. She vocalized perfection. In studio or live no one will ever upstage Clare Torry. This is simply the greatest song there has ever been. Period.

A man I was seeing many years ago, he came to my house, knocked, I had this on LOUD, I opened the door, he looked at me & said, Clare Torry. I then knew he was the one lol

So emotional and the older you become the greater the feeling. Sublime

I am fifty years old and I never did drugs. I think I 'll never will. But every time I listen to this song, I enter a kind of psychedelic journey akin to what people describe they feel when they are high.

I listen and listen to this song since released when I was 10 years old...and still can't put into words what it does to me...but I love whatever it does.

Pink Floyd has a documentary about making "Dark Side of the Moon". The whole album was a culmination of so many factors beyond just the groups talent and imagination. Having Clare there at that time in her life, with whatever motivated every nuance in her thoughts and voice... The album is an example of a whole being greater than the sum of its parts. It would not have been the album it is, without every part and Clare Torry was key in what this album has become. Thank you Pink Floyd... and thank you Clare Torry for a performance that has touched so many lives in such beautiful ways.

They asked her to just compose, just invent and she came up with this masterpiece. Y'know what? She came out of the booth and apologised but Flloyd were blown away and the rest of us have been ever since. Claire, you're a darlin'

Thanks Alan Parsons for suggesting Claire!!!

This is pure and non adultered beauty. Never ever in my entire life I have listened to a better version than this one.

Her voice still brings me to tears after all these years still amazing as hell

I’m 60 now but when I was younger we’d hangout in the alley just a few steps from my house. One by one they would arrive. The lighted pole was ours. We got high, listened to the radio, and sometimes we even made bbq. We drank cheap beer. I first heard the Great Gig in The Sky Clare’s version. Everyone got quite and listen including myself. Each one in their own world. When the song finished everyone said “a-la-va” meaning whoa in Spanish. Yesterday I happened to run into this song randomly it brought tears. And a feeling that I haven’t felt in a longtime. It was not Pink Floyd but a band called Atom, she had the same voice as Clare. I grew up with Pink Floyd and likes this it’s awesome to hear these songs again and brings back memories long ago. To Atom and the lady that sang this cover!

Still get goosebumps.

Overdue Lifetime Vocalist Grammy award for Clare Torry. Very few songs transcend but this one nearly fifty years on still delivers and sears ones soul😎👌

I'm 56 still listen to this music and still brings joy and tears. I will never stop

Still amazing after 50 years

Every time I hear it, this brings a tear to my eye. I’ve listened to this from the beginning. Wow, what a beautiful voice. Thank you so much for this song.

Clare Torry has the voice of angel

Timelessly brilliant

J'ai écouté ce morceau pour la première fois en 1974 alors que j'étais teenager et j'ai été totalement et immédiatement subjugué par la justesse et la puissance de la voix. Depuis ce jour, à chaque fois qu'il m'est donné de réentendre ce morceau, je ressens les mêmes frissons que ceux éprouvés lors de la première écoute... Merveilleuse Clare Torry...

The voice of an angel.

I'm always covered head to toe is goosebumps upon listening to this. I get choked up, mesmerised, silent.

Did she realise she sung the most beautiful song in the world?

CLARE TORY IS A GENIUS.....!!!!!

The emotional expression of dying and ascending to heaven without saying a word. This was more than just music.

A little bit of heaven brought to earth for us to listen to ... emotionally amazing ...

Thank you Pink Floyd and Clair.

What a masterpiece. I have a 7 month old granddaughter who absolutely loves to hear this. She's already into music thanks to her daddy. Hopefully this will be her singing this. Such a shame Clare didn't get the attention that was so well deserved for this song.

This song has such deep meaning when you are diagnosed with cancer that has taken relatives all around you. I have reached remission but this song will forever be a reminder of a dark time that i came through ok Nobody conveys the emotion of this song better than her 🩷✌️💎

Absolutely wonderful !!

Claires scatting will live forever! What a voice! Damn she was young. Gilmour suggested she scat. Cut to your soul!

Simply a genius, Clare. How have you been able to express so well and with no lyrics what you were asked to do by the leaders of Pink Floyd and Alan Parsons...THANK YOU SO MUCH

people, i think this is a one and only performance of a life time . i haven't heard any other vocalist catch what she did here and i doubt whether she could do repeat this one off ever again,. did they get her to do any live versions of this and if so where they ever as good ? man they caught some unique magic that day. what a gift to the world .i hope this is around as long as mankind is. for people of the future to gasp in awe. 4 odd minutes and you've catapulted yourself into history and left an indelible legacy for mankind . it's nearly a glimpse into the most exposed heart you can get of a human .nearly the most sacred music i've ever heard .or am i going overboard and getting weird ? another point as a believer ,if we could pray with this conviction, fervour and passion and all our heart, we'd get some things moving. if anybody wants to throw some prayers my way to help ,i want to be able to pray with the unrestrainedness (fully exposed no brakes on or holding back ) she brings to this . thanks .

The real thing, no imitations accepted... So awesome... Thanks

jeeze. the intro. so simple but you can sense where it's leading then ....that voice. ka pow! and there's no turning back

Прожив 62 роки. Вперше почув у 14 років. З тих пір нічого кращого не чув.

CLARE TORRY WHAT A GREAT VOICE ON THE PINK FLOYD ALBUM A LIVING LEGEND 50 YEARS GONE..

Clare was in the dark about how to make the most of this classic song. It exhausted her midway through… but in the end she made something that is beyond beautiful… it’s priceless and will forever remain in Fans hearts

At my funeral, I want this to be played, otherwise I'm not going,

Merci pour elle. Clare Torry a IMPROVISE ce magnifique morceau dans un enregistrement où elle a dû marier colère, douleur et apaisement en moins de 4 mn sans un seul mot. J'en suis fou ! Si je la rencontrais je lui dirait que je l'aime.

Clare Torry é eterna!

Their are many versions of this song but this is the definitive one.

I always thought that the woman was black because of the kind of singing associated with black singers in the U.S. where I live. The Beatles composed some great songs but Pink Floyd went above and beyond anything the Beatles did. They seem to be almost shouting warnings to us humans to avoid shallow, harmful living associated with materialism, tyranny and other negative characteristics/traits. The ending of this song where the song's tempo is slightly and quickly sped up is subtle yet so meaningful. There's so much that I can interpret just from that slight technique, and I believe Pink Floyd purposefully employed that. To me it echoes the mysterious, powerful and haunting theme about time and the meaning of life. The entire album is especially meaningful to me because a few months later after it was released, my mother's sister died on xmas day of 1973--the day she was scheduled to be released after a long bout with depression and other related problems. We were all awaiting that day but that morning forever shattered the peace and happiness of life most kids only know about life at that age. She brought a lot of those things on herself and she probably committed suicide. But I was 7 at that time and confused about why anyone would die especially on a day I used to anticipate and associate with joy and excitement. My mother's parents, one of her cousins, and my father's mother would also die almost in succession during the following 3 years---also around xmas. I was scared and confused after also watching my mother grieve during those same years. Life didn't make sense to me if loved ones were dying so quickly and in succession, at least to a child's immature and undeveloped mind. Memories of 1973-1976 are like a dark, depressing cloud to me. One of the few hopefuls things about those years is the great music that was produced like Pink Floyd's. Years later during the beginning of this century I purchased almost every single Pink Floyd album on CD. I couldn't get enough of their songs and messages. Their Animals album really helped me to avoid becoming like the dreaded characters that Pink Floyd sang about on that album. I would carefully listen to those songs and other Pink Floyd's songs on my iPod as I got off from one bus to another, struggling to get to my jobs on time. There are few philosophy rockers that equal Pink Floyd. They're not only progressive but very philosophical as well. Sometimes words aren't needed to communicate deep meanings and feelings like in this song. Their music is timeless and always applicable, probably more so today than ever.

Personne n'est arrivé à égaler ou même approcher Clare Torry dans cette interprétation-création magistrale même si beaucoup s'y s'ont essayées depuis ! Et dire qu'il aura fallu 30 ans pour que ses droits d'autrice lui soit enfin accordés (en passant la présentation de la vidéo enfreint la loi en ne mettant que Wright comme auteur puisque les tribunaux ont reconnu la co-composition). On a pu assister là à "The dark side of Pink Floyd" qui ont refusé de lui accorder ses droits en l'arnaquant purement et simplement ! C'est sans doute un des plus grands scandale en matière de droits d'auteurs surtout que l'album a généré, et génère encore, des millions de $. Clare Torry vous êtes une grande Dame : respects !

This truly is a song that can appeal to anyone,anywhere,it transcends language and makes those differences completely irrelevant.

She is for ever the standard reference of this song... Just touched by grace😇

Her voice is never to be forgotten.

Dark Side of the Moon caught me when I was youngster visiting a HiFi store in town and ever since the "Great Gig in the Sky" is the part on this album I'm waiting for when listening to this masterpiece of musical art by Pink Floyd. When I heard it for the first time I immediately realized that it will be here to stay forever and today, almost 50 years later, I know I got it right.

One of the most musical composition I have ever heard. DSOTM was my first album at age 15. It NEVER gets old! I am now 60 and love it even more!

Want this song, at my funeral. Norm. Saw, floyd, with, this great, woman in 1975. ❤

When you see this played now it is with two singers, speaks volumes as to Clare’s incredible performance.

Goosebumps, chilling , haunting, amazing … that is all

Thousands of singers try to sing this, but no one can.

Perhaps the greatest rock vocal of the 1970s, or maybe all time.

I was 15 years old. My father played PINK FLOYD...since...I am sold.

Single greatest musical performance in history. A song we all feel at a cellular level. No song is better….

Masterpiece

My belief in God is borne out by this rendition of vocal excellence and talent. Only God could release this. Listen again, people of Earth. 🙏✝️❤️

Life, death, comforting, bold, stillness, and the creation of sparks in the way.

Best wish from peter sandstedt in sweden and have a great time and evening best from peter 🤔🤔🤔♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏🌐🌐😀

This tore my soul to pieces...oh my this is out of this world. Tears are streaming.

Most emotional song I ever heard.

simply the very best, no challenge, many thanks Clare for this moment of pure happiness.

She got Everything singing this Song...Everything

Clare Torry Respect ❤

24 yes old when she did this...

I've heard many covers of this song - a couple of ladies came close to nailing the vocal - but Clare Torrey is the ultimate. Nobody can touch her

I can't imagine another single voice in history that has ever touched so many souls ... without uttering a single word!

The ONE AND ONLY CLARE TORRY BEAUTIFUL !! FLINT MI

Gracias a Clare. Nadie ha podido igualar su voz en esta interpretación. Verdaderamente magistral.

simply the most moving voice I've ever heard.

Masterpiece! Only she could pull this off like that. I heard some later interpretations from concerts, but no one can repeat it.

Truly one of the greatest moments in rock history. Bow to Jimmy.

I always go back to the original!!! Wow what a gal ❤

Happiness,sadness,death Resurrection,life,all in 1 tune with no words. Everyone can relate to this . To me it’s like your life flashing by on a projector screen

50 years and it still stirs me to the core.

I Pink Floyd, negli innumerevoli concerti fatti in tutto il mondo, hanno suonato questo pezzo con tante brave cantanti diverse, ma non c’è dubbio, che questa versione , cantata da Clare Torry e la più bella! Peraltro, ascoltandola, pare quasi che la stia cantando senza il minimo sforzo!

Always love this song..Back then,,,Now And Forever.....Her vocals ring like a choir.....❤❤

In 73 my High School GF (16) & I (17) lost our virginity to the new Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon full album and came together during the song The Great Gig in the Sky where the female vocalist is screaming. It was the EPIC Blissful first time experience! I CAN'T HEAR THIS WITHOUT BEING REMINDED OF THAT LIFE ALTERING AFTERNOON OF PLAYING HOOKIE FROM SCHOOL

Siempre pensé que era una negra quién cantaba de esa manera. Que voz Dios mío.

Inspirational this is the best music composition ever and it belongs to Clare alone no one else unsurpassed. 🌹👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Rolling Stone had this song on their list of Greatest Vocal Performances of All Time, it ranked 2nd only behind Bohemian Rhapsody

After all these years her singing is still so hauntingly beautiful ❤ I've listened to this hundreds of times over the passing decades 😊

I was 10 when I heard it for the first time and was speechless. Now I'm in my 60s and I'm still mute every time I hear it.

una voce , un opera d'arte.

This to me represents the passion of the Christ in music.

Her Name is " Clare Torry " ?....Heheheh .Wow...One of my 1st Loves...Its great to have a Name....Clare Torry....sweet voice

Claire Torry. Thank you. I first heard this masterpiece in 1972. I was lying on the floor in a hippy style house high on Mary - Jane, what wonderful days they were. It was in the middle of a rainy day in London, and I was overjoyed back the with this piece as I was 50 years ago....

When I died, I hope I'll hear this beautifull voice and the song.

What a master piece all natural right of the top off her head no rehearsal!!!!

one of the most beautiful song ever...

I heard this song was done in one take . The angels were using Clare as conduit.

Play this at my funeral, please.

Thank you Clare for so much you did for my youth.