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The Great Gig In The Sky
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Katherine Scorzo joins me on a cover of Richard Wright's 1973 classic.
collaboration cover charts topper
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a unique fusion of genres
The music of Michael Duran includes; "Collaborations" Projects with my Soundclick friends that I have had the honor to work with; "Homespun" Solo projects & Covers done at my home. live band recordings; 2000-2004 "The Shop" Heartbreak Highway 3 piece collab/studio recordings with; Steve Layman; Piano & Synth Steve Torok; Drums Michael Duran; Guitar, Synth, and Bass 1990's "The Knapps Cutoff Band" As Is Studio "open mic" and live recordings with; Marty Nicklin; Bass Steve Layman; Piano & Synth Steve Torok; Drums Michael Duran; Guitar & Synth Thanks to Nathan Bankston, Ray Garcia, and Chris Kenard for their fine vocals. 1980's "B'wana" salvaged tape recordings from my 80s club band. Dan Buck; Drums & Vocals Michael Duran; Guitar synth & Vocals Ron Olson; Bass & Vocals Bill Kramer; Lead Guitar
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Cover Songs
Charts
Peak #2
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Richard Wright
Rights
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Uploaded
April 20, 2021
Track Files
MP3
MP3 10.4 MB • 320 kbps • 4:33
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Vocals
Female
Character
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Story behind the song
"The Great Gig in the Sky" is the fifth track on The Dark Side of the Moon, the 1973 album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. The song features music by Richard Wright and non-lexical vocals by Clare Torry. On this cover recording. All instruments played by Michael Duran All vocals performed by Katherine Scorzo.
Lyrics
"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." Rick Wright A note on Clare Torry's vocals, As the band began casting around for a singer, album engineer Alan Parsons suggested Clare Torry, a 25-year-old songwriter and session vocalist. Parsons had previously worked with Torry, and had liked her voice on a compilation album of covers. At first, Torry struggled to divine what the band wanted, but then she was inspired to pretend that she herself was an instrument. She performed two complete takes, the second one more emotional than the first. David Gilmour asked for a third take, but halfway through Torry stopped, feeling she was getting repetitive and had already done the best she could. The final album track was assembled from all three takes. The members of the band were deeply impressed by Torry's performance, but were so reserved in their outward response that she left under the impression that her vocals would never make the final cut. She only became aware they were used when she saw the album at a local record store, spotted her name in the credits and purchased it.
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GeeS1
Jul 25, 2024
great track guys, everything sounding so good and Kath's vocals otherworldly - great mix and music Michael
Lyric4him1
Dec 01, 2022
Ok Pink fl;oyd fan big time this was suprisng Kathy did a very good job on one of the greatest Vocals of all time. damn wow welcome to the machine next
davidabriggs
May 10, 2021
Please excuse me but...bloody hell, this is such a performance...Katherine, you've really pulled something special out of the bag here.
soundsbyramolly
May 08, 2021
Wow , first for me, Kath killed it, this is way way over the top.
digitalskull
May 03, 2021
Yall sound great together on this.
JoeHillMusic
May 03, 2021
You two have proven yourselves to be a DYNAMIC DUO! BRAVO!
d.bill
May 02, 2021
A daunting undertaking handled brilliantly. Fantastic vocal performance and interpretation by Kath! That piano... amazing all around.
jameydarnold
May 02, 2021
I'm speechless, slide and singer elegantly performed!
steveweyman
May 02, 2021
Awesome ! Amazing vocal performance and atmospheric piano . I dont know the original but this could be it for me !
inacage
May 01, 2021
wow, just wow
inacage
May 01, 2021
phenomenal version. Huge props to Katherine for a vocal performance that rivals the classic Clare Torry vocal on the original!!!! This is very ambitious to cover this tune. exceptional!!
DRUMNJON
Feb 28, 2019
Still the most amazing vocal performance I have ever heard here on Soundclick!!!! A m a z I n g !!! :):):):):):)
David Rutter
Apr 24, 2018
Katherine - Michael. What a great cover! I love the way you went off script here and there. I often wished we had been able to experiment with this track but our job was to basically replicate the original. Katherine you have a set of pipes on ya gal - whoo! You gave Claire Tory a run for her money there :) Great job Michael - Listening to your tracks whilst typing this is kinda like having a juke box full of my fav tracks the way I would play them, in my head lol - Awsome! I'll be back - he he
ALPHA ONE OMEGA
Jan 08, 2017
I remember awhile back tellin Kath, she should do this, it's so her, & wow just look at this now. The playing/prod. now completely spot on & w/Katherine brilliantly covering the early spoken parts only to be followed by one Screamin great HQ vocal performance. Outstanding Teamwork by 2 of the v.best around * 5 * S*C * 5 *
Musan Dera
Nov 16, 2016
Very well covered, Michael and Katherine. In fact it's not so very different from the Pink Floyd original. Enjoyed it, nice to hear back this golden oldie.
Morten Gjermundsen
Oct 22, 2016
:) This is a great song! :) Ok, so im not familiar with the original or the band Pink Floyd... Ha! Just kidding of course. ;) But wow this sounds huge!! Really nice piano and lap steel work! and i have to say Katherine sounds amazing!! Just Wow!!! Flawless performance and production!! Great collab Michael and Katherine! :D
Falken
Oct 22, 2016
I got the chills hearing this! Love the vocalwork and the lapsteel. Fantastic singing all the way. Superb cover!
Michael Bennett
Oct 20, 2016
I'm just spinning this now because I thought I had heard this before. Top shelf in all areas. Great sounding collab!
DOOMTRAINmusic
Oct 15, 2016
This is a very fine piece of music, being an avid Floyd fan I have to compliment you both for this gorgeous cover of one of my fav tracks. EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!
Bob Forbes
Oct 13, 2016
Nicely done Michael and Katherine - loved that lap steel ;)