that entire album is one mind bending soul soothing manic presentation of life and death and the beyond

great gig in the sky is awesomeness
the people talking on the track are geniuses, they were given questions to answer the most iconic statements came from the irish doorman
Apparently Paul McCartney's bandmate Henry McCullough contributed the famous line "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time." (Apparently in answer to the question "Why does anyone do anything?", which immediately preceded it.)

i adore this answer
great gig in the sky is supposed to be about death
its the most fantastic song in the universe