That guitar solo may not go on for an eternity BUT the live version in the Pulse Live Concert from their 1994 tour goes on an extended journey, complete with one of their best light shows and laser displays ever, it is a face melting performance and never gets old. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
@@kenford4798 Especially when you remember there were 15 years between the studio version and the Pulse Concert. And that 2nd solo will NEVER be beaten.
The Pink Floyd will always be relevant. The guitar solo in this masterpiece is the most soulful display of emotion that I've ever heard pulled from an instrument.
Absolutely agree. The Pulse concert live version of this song takes the entire experience up several notches and leaves you immensely satisfied yet wistfully yearning for more. And the best part is that David Gilmour's second guitar solo is extended in the Pulse performance... not to mention sheer perfection.
Everyone always hypes up the Pulse version...and its great and all, but any version of Comfortably Numb absent Waters vocals as the "Doctor" is a lesser version. The lads try, but the breathy, weak version of the "Doctor" character just doesn't have the emotional content of Waters' original. So yeah, the Pulse version is great and Gilmour's guitar solo is epic, but its a good thing she listened to the studio version, so she knows what the proper song sounds like.
You have to give this song a 2nd go live Pulse I believe 1994, David Gilmours live guitar solo to this has been widely considered the greatest single guitar solo ever caught on video
The Wall is a concept album meaning the entire album tells a story (in this case semi-autobiographical). The solo or set of solos is considered by many to be one of the greatest ever. David Gilmour has a wonderful ability to relay the emotion of a song thru his guitar.
As far as concept albums are concerned..imo the best one is "Animals". Unlike "The Wall", "DSotM" or "Wish you were here" , it's impossible to play just one song from it.
You should definitely watch the live version from the pulse concert, your guitar solo requirement will be beyond anything you could ever imagine…..believe me 😁😁
It’s the reaction at 7:42 that never gets old and watching the reaction videos to this song. That’s the moment you realize your life will never be the same now that you have experienced Pink Floyd
Brain Damage. I'll never forget listening to Dark Side of the Moon at my friend's house for the first time. I was kinda new to smoking and I was real emotional at the end of it. Love this band forever
I love in the reaction videos, how people close their eyes and really get into it. That is when you know they are hooked. By all means, whenever listening to Floyd, sit back in your chair and let it immerse you
As you may know, Waters and Gilmour each cut a bass track for this song, and disagreed on which worked better, so the version heard on the album fades between each throughout. The version heard in the Wall movie was remixed by Waters, and has his whole take.
One does not just listen to Pink Floyd - it's is a full body experience. The good news is that the live (Pulse Live '94) version of this song has an even greater and longer version of this guitar solo. In fact - it's one of (if not THE) the greatest live performances of a rock song ever recorded. Do yourself a favor, (and all of us) and check that one out. I assure you - it's worth it. Greatest ever! I was lucky enough to score tickets in 94 to see them on that tour in Oakland, CA and was one of the greatest nights of my life - as close to a religious experience as I've ever had. I heard it said best that Pink Floyd (and especially this song) is a mood enhancer. If your feeling happy, their music will make you more happy. If you're feeling blue, it will make you more sad. If you feeling nostalgic, or in love or euphoric, yah their music will make you feel those things even more greatly. It transcends just the ears, and moves you all the way to the soul.
I'll second every word of this. Personally, I was lucky enough to see them record this very show at Earls Court, London. I get emotional just thinking about it.
Yeah, Pink Floyd takes you to a different place you just close your eyes and let it take you there as you listen to it it takes you to a different place
I got to see them back in 1994 RFK Stadium in Washington DC. We had a little bit a school acid a lot of weed few drinks a light mist coming across the stadium with the lasers hitting it in 3-D glasses. It was the best concert I’ve ever seen and I’ve been over 300 and some shoes seen virtually anybody and everybody.
Syd Barrett liked to bake his cake too. Syd Barrett is considered to be the spark that launched Pink Floyd into orbit. He was the principal songwriter behind the band’s debut - 1967 masterpiece The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - and a handful of strong early singles that helped define the psychedelic age. His creative genius was derailed by a drug-fueled psychological collapse, forcing his 1968 removal from the group he helped form. Though Barrett helmed Pink Floyd for barely two years out of their three-decade career, his specter haunted the band for the remainder of their existence and his presence is felt in some of their finest work. To some, he’s a guitar-wielding Icarus: a cautionary tale of fame, drugs and excess. To others, he’s the ultimate romantic ideal of a reclusive artist. Syd Barrett, the rock icon, died long before pancreatic cancer claimed his physical body on July 7th, 2006. He too liked to bake his cake. Loved your reaction: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
What a good surprise. Welcome to the beginning of the Classic Progressive Rock rabbit hole. Love David Gilmour guitar solos, sweet tone. This song is part of a conceptual doble album called The Wall (1979) who have a movie with the whole album played and visualized. Lilly I recommend you to also try other songs like "Time", "The Great Gig in the Sky", "Money", "Shine On You Crazy Diamonds (Parts I-V)", "Have a Cigar", "Wish You Were Here", "Dogs", "Sheep (Three Different Ones)", "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive". There are other very good and essential Classic Progressive Rock bands from the 1970's, up to now as good and eclectic as Pink Floyd, like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Camel, Curved Air, Rush, Gong, Eloy, Van Der Graaf Generator, Can, Amon Düül I & II, Neu, Kansas, Styx, Supertramp, Electric Light Orchestra, Marillion, Saga, IQ, Pallas, Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Magellan, Shadow Gallery, Enchant, Anglagard, Echolyn, Pain Of Salvation, Porcupine Tree, etc, etc. Also some Art Pop artists who incorporates some Prog Rock elements in their music, like Peter Gabriel (ex Genesis), Kate Bush, David Sylvian (ex Japan), etc.
The reason you had to wait patiently for the interlude to end before the song started is that there isn't a clear break between songs. Pink Floyd's albums were each meant to be listened to in their entirety instead of one song at a time. You should try it. It's a life changing experience.
David Gilmore is the most emotional guitarist ever. He wife once said... "David struggles expressing himself emotionally. But stick a guitar in his hands and he will make you feel everything..." I feel so blessed to live in the time of some of the greatest guitarists and musicians in history. We are all truly blessed 🙏
You would absolutely love the live version of this song. Another Pink Floyd song you would love is "Coming back to life", the live pulse version. It is an incredible song performed perfectly. For some reason, people seem to overlook the song. It is a song that makes you stomp your feet in time with the music and nod your head in time as well. Please react to it.
My 3 favorite PF songs are, MONEY, Shine on You Crazy Diamond and Dogs- After those 3, there are still another 50? Amazing songs. You may not find yours until the 22nd song from them you hear. They totally are a vibe but also so much more.
I believe Dark Side of the Moon is the highest selling album of all time. You cant go wrong with Pink Floyd. I love "Time" young people should listen to it, since alot of them think they have all the time in the world when they are young
It never stops selling and re-enters the charts whenever they release a new version or an anniversary for it arrives, they will be listening to this for Milleniums to come.
Back in my day it was a dimly lit room, a cushy bean bag, some good buds, and a very essential set of head phones with Pink Floyd playing. Many of their albums are intended to be listened to from beginning to end. This one is no exception. There is a story behind each song which by itself may not quite convey the story, but there is a movie, 'Pink Floyd's The Wall'. Seeing this will put it into context and its quite a trippy movie as well. Gilmour has a gift for great guitar solos, this one arguably one of the top 10 of all time.
Definitely watch the live version of this one on the "pulse" video. Much longer and better solo. Once you dive into pink Floyd, you'll be amazed, and hooked for life. They are in a class all of their own.
You should try watching the Wizard of Oz on mute while playing Dark side of the Moon on loop. Start the Pink Floyd on the third lion roar at the beginning of the movie. Will absolutely blow your mind 🤯
You can find it on TH-cam. It’s not amazing at at all, and all those remarkable sync coincidences are just stoner nonsense. And I got nothing against stoner nonsense in general.
Pink Floyd's "Animals" is EPIC! Would love to see you react to the entire album, Lil. Wishing you did "Dark Side" as a whole album, but will take these pieces of gold as they come.
Hard to pick a fave Pink Floyd song... this one had one of David Gilmour's most iconic guitar solos... 🔥🔥🤘🤘 'High hopes'... 'On the turning away'... "Another brick in the wall Pt.1/ Pt.2/ Pt.3/ Happiest days of our lives" (all in 1) ... "Wish you were here"... "Shine on you crazy diamond"... 'Hey you'... 'Run like hell'... 'See Emily play'... 'Jugband blues'... 'Pigs (3 different ones)'...
Thank you for reacting to "Comfortably Numb"; it's one of my favs. And I'll echo everyone else's call - you must -MUST- react (or at least listen) to the live Pulse concert version. Believe it or not, as good as the studio version is...the live version is better. The song is from their double album "The Wall", which tells the story of a fictional young man named Pink Floyd, who wants to grow up and be a famous rock star. Over the course of the four sides he achieves this goal, but at a cost. Starting in childhood, he began putting up walls, to protect himself (Hence, the title). By this point in the album, he's now famous and successful. But he's put up so many walls, the only people around him now are hangers-on and sycophants, whispering in his ear and using him. He has come to hate his life, and with no other way to escape, he turns to drugs. The interpretation I've always been most comfortable with is, the song is set one night before a concert. Pink is in his dressing room wasted, too wasted to perform. We hear a groupie asking him "Are you feeling okay?", and his manager knocking on the dressing room door, telling him it's "Time to go-o!" Seeing Pink's condition, the manager calls in a local doctor. It's him we hear first, trying to assess Pink's condition prior to giving him anything, asking him "I'll need some information first. Just the basic facts~can you tell me where it hurts?" Pink responds as he can, saying that he's having a hard time focusing on the doctor ("You are only coming through in waves") and trying to explain that he's nicely numb. The first guitar solo is while Pink is still high, and it is the embodiment of 'comfortably numb'. It's brief, and blissful, and beautiful. But Pink's manager, like everyone else surrounding Pink, is only interested in using him - getting him in some kind of shape to go out on stage so the manager can make his cut for the night. So he tells the doctor to give him a shot of something that will get him up and out on stage. We hear the doc giving him this little cocktail injection ("Just a little pinprick") and telling him "That'll keep you going for the show". The shot takes effect while Pink is on stage, and it sobers him up quickly. He's forced to face his hated life, his misery, his self-loathing, and guitarist David Gilmour brilliantly captures Pink's pain in his second solo. Again, you really do need to watch the Pulse live version. It was their last tour as a band, in support of their last studio album, "The Division Bell". They were all in their 50's at that point, and may have sensed this tour was going to be their last hurrah. The stage is MASSIVE, the lights are brain-melting, three days to set it up, two more to break it down, 50-some trucks to haul it, and three of these stage set-ups playing tag around the world. It's been called one of the best live performances ever recorded, and it's got my vote.
According to an interview with Roger Waters this song was based on an actual experience he had where he was suffering from a severe stomachache before a big gig so the doctor gave him a powerful sedative. To quote the man himself, “That was the longest two hours of my life, trying to do a show when you can hardly lift your arm.” In spite of that the crowd still loved them, singing and dancing along. It was also inspired from a terrible fever he suffered as a child where his temperature rose to as high as 105 degrees F and he was delirious.
"The Wall" was released the year I was born. And this particular song has been with me my entire life. It's euphoric. It's introspective. It's haunting. All while being calming at the same time. "Comfortably Numb", "On The Turning Away" and "High Hopes" are my go to songs from Pink Floyd.
Nice reaction.. If you watch the live version of Pulse from 1994 (Restored & Re-edited if possible, because it's much cleaner and the visuals are better chosen) you can hear one of the leanest yet and most spectacular guitar solos ever. And yes, it's almost endlessly long (Floydians call it Eargasm.)
Love the dark side of the moon album also can't go wrong with the wall album but if you decide to do the wall you must listen too the whole album other wise it just won't make any since it's a rock opera also check tommy by the who it another rock opera and they made a movie out of both the wall and Tommy
Loved watching your reaction to one of my all-time favorite Pink Floyd masterpieces! Wishing you happy days and... 🎶 "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" ✨🔛🫵😜💎 😉
Most organic reaction to this song I’ve ever seen. Second guitar solo, just follow the facial expressions, think about the stuff your own face does when actually listening to Gilmore, and that’s all you need to know. You can hear the intensity build every time he finishes a phrase.
i was 12 years old when this album was released, on holiday in GREAT Yarmouth and listening to it through somebody's window and with my jaw on the floor amazing
It's been said before, but the "Pulse Live Concert" version of this song (as a matter of fact, that WHOLE concert) is a MUST SEE!! Thank you for sharing your reaction with us. Additionally, b/c you asked... "Time" from the iconic "Dark Side of the Moon" album (yes, I'm old enough to have owned the album...still do, in fact) is also an absolute "must listen to..." Thanks again, and I look forward to THAT video.
Great reaction! Every note that emanates from David Gilmour’s guitar has but a singular purpose, and that purpose is to touch your soul. There are countless Pink Floyd tracks worthy of a reaction, but here are a few of my favorite: Echoes part 1 (Live Pompeii), Time (studio version), Careful With That Axe, Eugene (Live at the Brighton Dome), Comfortably Numb Live (Pulse Tour), High Hopes (Pulse tour), On the Turning Away (Delicate Sound of Thunder tour). Now that you have experienced Pink Floyd, your world has instantly become a whole lot bigger.
You do remind me of my oldest granddaughter. She has loved listening to grandpa's albums since she was young. Now she is older she is starting to understand the music. She is amazed with Pink Floyd just like l still am. There will never be another band like them.
not to forget , it s 50 years old ...pure music pure feelings ..i m so proud to live that as a teenager in the 70ties...that album contains the great gig in the sky my music for my funeral...i wish it ..
I love your positive outlook on this song, it's timelessly and eerily beautiful The way I see this song is that it's about essentially giving up and letting substances and emptiness take over; and being okay with that hence 'comfortably numb'
No it isn't. Roger wrote it about having a gut infection before a concert while on tour and how he felt after the doctor gave him an injection so he could go on stage and perform.
@@liandren I know it's not actually about that, that's just how I see it now I've been through a few too many traumatic events linked to this song to see it how it's actually supposed to be
You should listen to the entire album in order, the way it was released. It's an entire story, each song a part of the whole. Great reaction, this song is transcendent.
Played this album in Germany back in the 70's in a night club in Herzogenaurach for our guests to listen to. It is still classic to listen to. Brings back so many memories of those days.
I absolutely LOVE how much you appreciate and FEEL David Gilmour's guitar solos! His is one of my all-time favorites, and this solo has been voted by many as the best guitar solo of all-time.
My favorite Pink Floyd song is probably a sleeper for most people; "Learning to Fly" from their 1987 album "A Momentary Lapse of Reason". I could listen to that on repeat all day long.
That guitar solo may not go on for an eternity BUT the live version in the Pulse Live Concert from their 1994 tour goes on an extended journey, complete with one of their best light shows and laser displays ever, it is a face melting performance and never gets old. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
I second the Pulse Recommendation.
Me 3
Yes the Pulse version is amazing. Extra long guitar solo and a big dramatic ending!!!!!
@@kenford4798 Especially when you remember there were 15 years between the studio version and the Pulse Concert. And that 2nd solo will NEVER be beaten.
Yes, you just have to see the 1994 Pulse version!
That was not only a _great_ guitar solo, it's the best guitar solo _EVER!!!_
Truth. It's holy Grail of guitar solos
The drums are great also
Hardcore agreed. I used to be able to play it but I'm out of practice. Also the tone and vibrato is HARD to capture
The Pink Floyd will always be relevant. The guitar solo in this masterpiece is the most soulful display of emotion that I've ever heard pulled from an instrument.
Couldn't say it better!
It's NOT " The Pink Floyd " ,lol
It's just PINK FLOYD
Do you also say The Batman, The Superman, The Iron Man, and The Spider-Man?
@@kiillabytez No, 😂 It's a throwback to the early days when they were known as The Pink Floyd. Cheers!
@@wickedPrints3256 Lol, they've NEVER been known as THE Pink Floyd.
You should revisit this again and watch\listen to the live version. Can't go wrong with any version, but the Pulse live performance is tops!
PS: you can thank me later, the incredible solo at the end is never ending!😎👍💪😈🍷🚬
Absolutely agree. The Pulse concert live version of this song takes the entire experience up several notches and leaves you immensely satisfied yet wistfully yearning for more. And the best part is that David Gilmour's second guitar solo is extended in the Pulse performance... not to mention sheer perfection.
@@soundguy78 Thanks for spoiling the surprise...
Everyone always hypes up the Pulse version...and its great and all, but any version of Comfortably Numb absent Waters vocals as the "Doctor" is a lesser version. The lads try, but the breathy, weak version of the "Doctor" character just doesn't have the emotional content of Waters' original.
So yeah, the Pulse version is great and Gilmour's guitar solo is epic, but its a good thing she listened to the studio version, so she knows what the proper song sounds like.
@@preciousroihomeshoppingnet7908 .............and THEN listens and admires one of the greatest musical and visual combinations ever seen on a Stage:)
You have to give this song a 2nd go live Pulse I believe 1994, David Gilmours live guitar solo to this has been widely considered the greatest single guitar solo ever caught on video
Gilmour's.
@@psbarrow G'ilm''ou'r's
I concur.
The solo was almost as long as most songs whole lengths today :P
The Wall is a concept album meaning the entire album tells a story (in this case semi-autobiographical). The solo or set of solos is considered by many to be one of the greatest ever. David Gilmour has a wonderful ability to relay the emotion of a song thru his guitar.
Another wonderful song is Time
As far as concept albums are concerned..imo the best one is "Animals". Unlike "The Wall", "DSotM" or "Wish you were here" , it's impossible to play just one song from it.
No music has ever made me feel as euphoric as Pink Floyd's. Those notes really take your soul high.
Do their "Dark Side of the Moon" record all the way through baked as a cake. It's life changing, Lily! Promise!
Amen brother!
You should definitely watch the live version from the pulse concert, your guitar solo requirement will be beyond anything you could ever imagine…..believe me 😁😁
Pink Floyd creates CONCEPT ALBUMS. Segues and Interludes. Each track blends into the next. Listen to ENTIRE ALBUMS to get the FULL EXPERIENCE. 🤞✌️
Been listening to this song for over 40 years and still brings a tear to my eyes!
It’s the reaction at 7:42 that never gets old and watching the reaction videos to this song. That’s the moment you realize your life will never be the same now that you have experienced Pink Floyd
Can't go wrong with Pink Floyd. Really difficult to single out a single song, "The wall" Is one that is worth a listen!
In my most humble opinion the Wall is Pink Floyd's Best album.
Can't go wrong? Matilda Mother😈
I actually cried watching this. This song is off-the-charts good.
I personally didn't completely understand the Wall story until I saw the movie. REALLY RELAXED.
Brain Damage. I'll never forget listening to Dark Side of the Moon at my friend's house for the first time. I was kinda new to smoking and I was real emotional at the end of it. Love this band forever
That, followed by Eclipse (and the sentence at the end "there is no dark-------" ) was Pink Floyds best final track on any of their albums.
This track came off of their album THE WALL. It's a ROCK OPERA. Two vynl records back in my day. 🤞✌️
I love in the reaction videos, how people close their eyes and really get into it. That is when you know they are hooked. By all means, whenever listening to Floyd, sit back in your chair and let it immerse you
David Gilmore is one of the GREATEST GUITARIST of all time. 🤯
Gilmour.
Agreed, without debate.
One of my favourite Floyd tracks. The bass works so well on this.
All the things work so well on this :) So much mellow awesome!
As you may know, Waters and Gilmour each cut a bass track for this song, and disagreed on which worked better, so the version heard on the album fades between each throughout. The version heard in the Wall movie was remixed by Waters, and has his whole take.
Amazing song
@@lapelcelery42 Thanks for telling; didn't know that.
One does not just listen to Pink Floyd - it's is a full body experience.
The good news is that the live (Pulse Live '94) version of this song has an even greater and longer version of this guitar solo.
In fact - it's one of (if not THE) the greatest live performances of a rock song ever recorded. Do yourself a favor, (and all of us) and check that one out. I assure you - it's worth it. Greatest ever! I was lucky enough to score tickets in 94 to see them on that tour in Oakland, CA and was one of the greatest nights of my life - as close to a religious experience as I've ever had.
I heard it said best that Pink Floyd (and especially this song) is a mood enhancer. If your feeling happy, their music will make you more happy. If you're feeling blue, it will make you more sad. If you feeling nostalgic, or in love or euphoric, yah their music will make you feel those things even more greatly. It transcends just the ears, and moves you all the way to the soul.
I'll second every word of this.
Personally, I was lucky enough to see them record this very show at Earls Court, London. I get emotional just thinking about it.
I was at the Oakland show as well. INCREDIBLE start to finish
I can't count how many times I put this album on turned off the lights and just chilled on the couch. Listened to the whole album. Sometimes twice.
One doesn't merely listen to Pink Floyd. One experiences Pink Floyd.
Yeah, Pink Floyd takes you to a different place you just close your eyes and let it take you there as you listen to it it takes you to a different place
watch this live, watching them do this song is amazing. The stage show...
On The Turning Away...live. Simply mind blowing guitar solo.
I got to see them back in 1994 RFK Stadium in Washington DC. We had a little bit a school acid a lot of weed few drinks a light mist coming across the stadium with the lasers hitting it in 3-D glasses. It was the best concert I’ve ever seen and I’ve been over 300 and some shoes seen virtually anybody and everybody.
Syd Barrett liked to bake his cake too. Syd Barrett is considered to be the spark that launched Pink Floyd into orbit. He was the principal songwriter behind the band’s debut - 1967 masterpiece The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - and a handful of strong early singles that helped define the psychedelic age. His creative genius was derailed by a drug-fueled psychological collapse, forcing his 1968 removal from the group he helped form. Though Barrett helmed Pink Floyd for barely two years out of their three-decade career, his specter haunted the band for the remainder of their existence and his presence is felt in some of their finest work.
To some, he’s a guitar-wielding Icarus: a cautionary tale of fame, drugs and excess. To others, he’s the ultimate romantic ideal of a reclusive artist. Syd Barrett, the rock icon, died long before pancreatic cancer claimed his physical body on July 7th, 2006. He too liked to bake his cake.
Loved your reaction:
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When you want to get your mellow on, its good to get Comfortably Numb.
Song is from The Wall, the graphic showing is from Dark Side of the Moon. Both great albums but very different things.
Pink Floyd paints pictures with sound.
What a good surprise. Welcome to the beginning of the Classic Progressive Rock rabbit hole. Love David Gilmour guitar solos, sweet tone. This song is part of a conceptual doble album called The Wall (1979) who have a movie with the whole album played and visualized. Lilly I recommend you to also try other songs like "Time", "The Great Gig in the Sky", "Money", "Shine On You Crazy Diamonds (Parts I-V)", "Have a Cigar", "Wish You Were Here", "Dogs", "Sheep (Three Different Ones)", "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive".
There are other very good and essential Classic Progressive Rock bands from the 1970's, up to now as good and eclectic as Pink Floyd, like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Camel, Curved Air, Rush, Gong, Eloy, Van Der Graaf Generator, Can, Amon Düül I & II, Neu, Kansas, Styx, Supertramp, Electric Light Orchestra, Marillion, Saga, IQ, Pallas, Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Magellan, Shadow Gallery, Enchant, Anglagard, Echolyn, Pain Of Salvation, Porcupine Tree, etc, etc. Also some Art Pop artists who incorporates some Prog Rock elements in their music, like Peter Gabriel (ex Genesis), Kate Bush, David Sylvian (ex Japan), etc.
Highly recommend watching the Pulse Live Concert version of this song, the guitar solo is extended and takes you on a journey you will never forget.
One of my all time favorites. Thanks!
You have got to watch this song live pulse concert 1994. The guitar solo at the end is extended and AMAZING
My favorite Pink Floyd song is „high hopes“ from the Pulse Tour concert (live)!
Pulse Dvd version lives on forever. The solo is extended and it s usually regarded as the greatest guitar solo ever.
I think my favorite PF moment is when he sings "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year" in Wish You Were Here. Braingasm!
You should listen to the live Pulse version of this song. The guitar solo, at the end, goes on for a lot longer.
These guitar solos hit you like ways like tsunamis they're so powerful and they just take you to places that you never thought possible
The reason you had to wait patiently for the interlude to end before the song started is that there isn't a clear break between songs. Pink Floyd's albums were each meant to be listened to in their entirety instead of one song at a time. You should try it. It's a life changing experience.
I've probably listened to this song hundreds of times over the course of 4 decades and it never gets old
David Gilmore is the most emotional guitarist ever.
He wife once said...
"David struggles expressing himself emotionally. But stick a guitar in his hands and he will make you feel everything..."
I feel so blessed to live in the time of some of the greatest guitarists and musicians in history.
We are all truly blessed 🙏
Gilmour you clown.
You would absolutely love the live version of this song. Another Pink Floyd song you would love is "Coming back to life", the live pulse version. It is an incredible song performed perfectly. For some reason, people seem to overlook the song. It is a song that makes you stomp your feet in time with the music and nod your head in time as well. Please react to it.
My 3 favorite PF songs are, MONEY, Shine on You Crazy Diamond and Dogs- After those 3, there are still another 50? Amazing songs. You may not find yours until the 22nd song from them you hear. They totally are a vibe but also so much more.
I believe Dark Side of the Moon is the highest selling album of all time. You cant go wrong with Pink Floyd. I love "Time" young people should listen to it, since alot of them think they have all the time in the world when they are young
It never stops selling and re-enters the charts whenever they release a new version or an anniversary for it arrives, they will be listening to this for Milleniums to come.
I think King Perv Michael Jackson’s Thriller holds that record but Floyd are by far the best rock band in history!
@@dougm659 Check back later this century, Jackson does not sell like he once did, Floyd sells no matter what, I know young people who love them.
Anything Floyd is unsurpassed and unequalled in the musical journey you experience. A never-ending rabbits hole for the soul.
High....ur on the right track listening to some Floyd....the whole dark side of the moon album for that matter....nice choice lilly😁😁👍👍
Back in my day it was a dimly lit room, a cushy bean bag, some good buds, and a very essential set of head phones with Pink Floyd playing. Many of their albums are intended to be listened to from beginning to end. This one is no exception. There is a story behind each song which by itself may not quite convey the story, but there is a movie, 'Pink Floyd's The Wall'. Seeing this will put it into context and its quite a trippy movie as well.
Gilmour has a gift for great guitar solos, this one arguably one of the top 10 of all time.
Definitely watch the live version of this one on the "pulse" video. Much longer and better solo. Once you dive into pink Floyd, you'll be amazed, and hooked for life. They are in a class all of their own.
It has everything.. EVERYTHING
You should try watching the Wizard of Oz on mute while playing Dark side of the Moon on loop. Start the Pink Floyd on the third lion roar at the beginning of the movie. Will absolutely blow your mind 🤯
Isnt that an urban myth lol
@@swfcocs1 not a myth. try it
@@tommywalker3746 I thought it was like the backwards zeppelin records, or was that sabbath lol
@@swfcocs1 try it out
You can find it on TH-cam. It’s not amazing at at all, and all those remarkable sync coincidences are just stoner nonsense. And I got nothing against stoner nonsense in general.
Back in the 70's this used to be the go to song to listen too when you were toasted. 😵💫
I know because I lived the 70's 😊
Pink Floyd's "Animals" is EPIC! Would love to see you react to the entire album, Lil. Wishing you did "Dark Side" as a whole album, but will take these pieces of gold as they come.
I love her so much she really gets this song.
Hard to pick a fave Pink Floyd song... this one had one of David Gilmour's most iconic guitar solos... 🔥🔥🤘🤘
'High hopes'... 'On the turning away'... "Another brick in the wall Pt.1/ Pt.2/ Pt.3/ Happiest days of our lives" (all in 1) ... "Wish you were here"... "Shine on you crazy diamond"... 'Hey you'... 'Run like hell'... 'See Emily play'... 'Jugband blues'... 'Pigs (3 different ones)'...
Yesss. this song could go on forever!!!!!! great tune.
Thank you for reacting to "Comfortably Numb"; it's one of my favs. And I'll echo everyone else's call - you must -MUST- react (or at least listen) to the live Pulse concert version. Believe it or not, as good as the studio version is...the live version is better.
The song is from their double album "The Wall", which tells the story of a fictional young man named Pink Floyd, who wants to grow up and be a famous rock star. Over the course of the four sides he achieves this goal, but at a cost. Starting in childhood, he began putting up walls, to protect himself (Hence, the title). By this point in the album, he's now famous and successful. But he's put up so many walls, the only people around him now are hangers-on and sycophants, whispering in his ear and using him. He has come to hate his life, and with no other way to escape, he turns to drugs.
The interpretation I've always been most comfortable with is, the song is set one night before a concert. Pink is in his dressing room wasted, too wasted to perform. We hear a groupie asking him "Are you feeling okay?", and his manager knocking on the dressing room door, telling him it's "Time to go-o!" Seeing Pink's condition, the manager calls in a local doctor. It's him we hear first, trying to assess Pink's condition prior to giving him anything, asking him "I'll need some information first. Just the basic facts~can you tell me where it hurts?" Pink responds as he can, saying that he's having a hard time focusing on the doctor ("You are only coming through in waves") and trying to explain that he's nicely numb.
The first guitar solo is while Pink is still high, and it is the embodiment of 'comfortably numb'. It's brief, and blissful, and beautiful. But Pink's manager, like everyone else surrounding Pink, is only interested in using him - getting him in some kind of shape to go out on stage so the manager can make his cut for the night. So he tells the doctor to give him a shot of something that will get him up and out on stage. We hear the doc giving him this little cocktail injection ("Just a little pinprick") and telling him "That'll keep you going for the show". The shot takes effect while Pink is on stage, and it sobers him up quickly. He's forced to face his hated life, his misery, his self-loathing, and guitarist David Gilmour brilliantly captures Pink's pain in his second solo.
Again, you really do need to watch the Pulse live version. It was their last tour as a band, in support of their last studio album, "The Division Bell". They were all in their 50's at that point, and may have sensed this tour was going to be their last hurrah. The stage is MASSIVE, the lights are brain-melting, three days to set it up, two more to break it down, 50-some trucks to haul it, and three of these stage set-ups playing tag around the world. It's been called one of the best live performances ever recorded, and it's got my vote.
Brilliant analysis. And yes, the 2nd guitar solo on Pulse is a mind melter, always makes me emotional. 8:24
This song gets a chef’s kiss
Pink Floyd must be seen live to truly appreciate. Check this song out from their PULSE concert. A cosmic experience.
According to an interview with Roger Waters this song was based on an actual experience he had where he was suffering from a severe stomachache before a big gig so the doctor gave him a powerful sedative. To quote the man himself, “That was the longest two hours of my life, trying to do a show when you can hardly lift your arm.” In spite of that the crowd still loved them, singing and dancing along. It was also inspired from a terrible fever he suffered as a child where his temperature rose to as high as 105 degrees F and he was delirious.
I could hear this song over and over and never get tired of it !!!
Please watch the live PULSE version of this and many other PF songs. The light show adds an extra bonus to their music. You won't be disappointed!
"The Wall" was released the year I was born.
And this particular song has been with me my entire life.
It's euphoric.
It's introspective.
It's haunting.
All while being calming at the same time.
"Comfortably Numb", "On The Turning Away" and "High Hopes" are my go to songs from Pink Floyd.
Nice reaction.. If you watch the live version of Pulse from 1994 (Restored & Re-edited if possible, because it's much cleaner and the visuals are better chosen) you can hear one of the leanest yet and most spectacular guitar solos ever. And yes, it's almost endlessly long (Floydians call it Eargasm.)
Love the dark side of the moon album also can't go wrong with the wall album but if you decide to do the wall you must listen too the whole album other wise it just won't make any since it's a rock opera also check tommy by the who it another rock opera and they made a movie out of both the wall and Tommy
she also has to check out the wall movie
I saw them in 94 in Foxboro, Ma, they're my favorite band and the show was absolutely incredible
Learning to Fly, On the Turning Away, Welcome to the Machine. Pink Floyd has too many good songs to pick from.
One of my favorite Pink Floyd tracks. Used to sing it all of the time.
Definetly upload you reacting to live verison at PULSE arena,you wont regret it!
This is a song. Pulse live is an experience of a lifetime!
Watch the LIVE version. 🤯
Loved watching your reaction to one of my all-time favorite Pink Floyd masterpieces! Wishing you happy days and... 🎶 "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" ✨🔛🫵😜💎
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You gotta do the live 1994 version. It's phenomenal
Most organic reaction to this song I’ve ever seen. Second guitar solo, just follow the facial expressions, think about the stuff your own face does when actually listening to Gilmore, and that’s all you need to know. You can hear the intensity build every time he finishes a phrase.
Shine on you crazy diamond, another amazing Pink Floyd song
Fantastic song. Everytime i listen to it i wish the guitar solo would last a lot longer
Then why haven't you seen the Pulse version of this incredible song? ♥️
@@zcdat because......i havent. Like i said this is a fantastic song
Simply one of the most tasteful and awesome solo's ever.
I'm glad you went down the rabbit hole that is Pink Floyd ! Welcome !!! My favorite Floyd song is On The Turning Away , And Learning To Fly
i was 12 years old when this album was released, on holiday in GREAT Yarmouth and listening to it through somebody's window and with my jaw on the floor amazing
It's been said before, but the "Pulse Live Concert" version of this song (as a matter of fact, that WHOLE concert) is a MUST SEE!! Thank you for sharing your reaction with us. Additionally, b/c you asked... "Time" from the iconic "Dark Side of the Moon" album (yes, I'm old enough to have owned the album...still do, in fact) is also an absolute "must listen to..." Thanks again, and I look forward to THAT video.
The version in delicate sound of thunder is AMAZING!
Time is my favorite Pink Floyd track. Then Echoes.
Great reaction! Every note that emanates from David Gilmour’s guitar has but a singular purpose, and that purpose is to touch your soul. There are countless Pink Floyd tracks worthy of a reaction, but here are a few of my favorite: Echoes part 1 (Live Pompeii), Time (studio version), Careful With That Axe, Eugene (Live at the Brighton Dome), Comfortably Numb Live (Pulse Tour), High Hopes (Pulse tour), On the Turning Away (Delicate Sound of Thunder tour). Now that you have experienced Pink Floyd, your world has instantly become a whole lot bigger.
The second solo is considered by many as THE BEST guitar solo ever.
You do remind me of my oldest granddaughter. She has loved listening to grandpa's albums since she was young. Now she is older she is starting to understand the music. She is amazed with Pink Floyd just like l still am. There will never be another band like them.
Such a emotional song even after all these years.
(High hopes) is my favorite Floyd song! Great video by the way!💚
A great song by an awesome band, being born 1970, I'm glad I grew up with this music! Great reaction!
not to forget , it s 50 years old ...pure music pure feelings ..i m so proud to live that as a teenager in the 70ties...that album contains the great gig in the sky my music for my funeral...i wish it ..
Yeah. That's right. You're feeling it!
I love that guitar solo at the end.
I can relate to this song. As i have grown older I have grown colder in my heart
I love your positive outlook on this song, it's timelessly and eerily beautiful
The way I see this song is that it's about essentially giving up and letting substances and emptiness take over; and being okay with that hence 'comfortably numb'
No it isn't. Roger wrote it about having a gut infection before a concert while on tour and how he felt after the doctor gave him an injection so he could go on stage and perform.
@@liandren I know it's not actually about that, that's just how I see it now
I've been through a few too many traumatic events linked to this song to see it how it's actually supposed to be
You should listen to the entire album in order, the way it was released. It's an entire story, each song a part of the whole. Great reaction, this song is transcendent.
Played this album in Germany back in the 70's in a night club in Herzogenaurach for our guests to listen to. It is still classic to listen to. Brings back so many memories of those days.
Comfortably numb pulse. Best solo ever
I absolutely LOVE how much you appreciate and FEEL David Gilmour's guitar solos! His is one of my all-time favorites, and this solo has been voted by many as the best guitar solo of all-time.
Dark room, smoke of your choice, a good friend, and Pink Floyd. Makes for one hell of a night.
Roger Water's bass is simply hypnotic.
I love the live version of this...wow
My favorite Pink Floyd song is probably a sleeper for most people; "Learning to Fly" from their 1987 album "A Momentary Lapse of Reason". I could listen to that on repeat all day long.