My girlfriend ALWAYS helped people! Especially homeless! One of the many things I loved about her!!! She passed suddenly 9/21/23. She always thought about others before herself!❤
Love this song, totally under-rated in the Pink Floyd pantheon. So meaningful too, the last few lines are just perfect. No more turning away From the weak and the weary No more turning away From the coldness inside Just a world that we all must share It's not enough just to stand and stare Is it only a dream that there'll be No more turning away?
Nothing, EVER about ANY PF song has EVER been underrated!!! The term that those of us not living in a 5th grade intellectual and emotional cocoon would properly use is "underappreciated".
@@Wolverines77 That was profoundly judgmental...semantics. You DO understand the intention behind the statement. Seems you missed the essence in this song. Clearly all humans do not have the same vocabulary and an intellectual knows this and doesn't need to point it out to make themselves feel bigger.
I hate when people make idiotic comments. It was a platinum selling album, and the song was all over MTV and VH1. It won many awards as well. So no the song wasn't "under-rated".
The person claimed the song was "under-rated" even though it won many awards, and was played almost non stop in rotation on VH1 and MTV. Obviously the person who made the comment was clueless, and the 77 people who liked it as well. All I ask is that people know what they're talking about before they comment. Is that too much to ask?
I didn’t fully understand this song until I got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Now at 48 and walking long distances is a thing of the past and year by year I feel it getting worse no matter how I much I work out. I understand now. Sometimes life puts you somewhere you never expected. People tend to disappear when things change. It’s easy to turn away from what we don’t understand. I did too.
Very sorry to hear you have multiple sclerosis. I hope you read Dr Gundry's books. He has helped people with that diagnosis and many other kinds as well. I wish you the best, Michael.
One of the few pros to being old for people who capitalized on it,was being able to attend concerts....when the very best to ever do it,were all out at the same time,at the top of their game and doing their best work.We had an abundance of treasures,that we really couldn't explain even if we told you about it.While it's nice to have a record of, it's another thing entirely to be there live to witness it.... unobstructed by trying to get a crappy recording on a cell phone,and paying attention instead.At our end, it's only our experiences that we can take with us.I feel sorry for those who spent their youth playing video games and staring into phones...living a vicarious life.Is that enough to base a movie on? Would people want to see it?
@@pastorofmuppets22 …I played video games when I was young..”Pong”. It got boring after a half hour. So I put my base ball glove on the handle bars of my bike and rode around looking for others to play with, we played until it was dark.We used to buy an album for 1 song, but ended up listening to and enjoying the whole album.. I enjoy getting older in ways, I know things, I’ve lived things. I grew up in a better time, there were only 2 sexes, and no one ever heard the word” gender”. I have trouble adjusting to the world as it is, and there isn’t much good music either..Do you see another “Pink Floyd” on the horizon?
This song did affect me deeply. I can't turn away anymore. I donate to the homeless shelter and help serve meals when I can. I know it's not much but it does help. Something for everyone to think about because any of those people could be you.
This song is still so relatable to today. After all the lessons that should have been learnt over history we still find it easier to turn away… It still makes me super emotional because we are no closer to a hate free world.
The root of the problem isn't hate as such. It's indifference, and helplessness. When feel that there's an endless black hole of need that can never be met.... it's... easier to just shut yourself off from it. It's a human, all-too-human coping mechanism.
You're right, it was once acceptable to openly hate and degrade black people... and now its acceptable to openly hate and degrade white people. Neither should be acceptable but hate was and will always be a part of human nature. Maybe we should stop learning from history and start living in the present and the hate could be minimized.
Real musicians, great vocals, profound lyrics. Nothing better than classic rock for the last 50 years. Glad it's still alive for a new generation to appreciate.
My mum heard this when she was about 80.and asked that this be played at her funeral..all of it...she died at 91 ..funeral was in an an old, big, high wooden church with a P.A. system that truly did it justice.. ☺
I’m so glad you are doing this song. The live version is better, because it’s a bit longer and I don’t ever want it to end. And it’s great to see the performers. Thanks for the reaction.
saw Floyd perfom this at Wembley in 88 and the tears were flowing and the solo at the end oh my fucking god One of the greatest things I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing and nearly 30 odd years later it still hits home Absolute Genius.
Nice, a great tune from the post Roger Waters era and the sentiment in this song is timeless. For more Floyd awesomeness, time you guys did Echoes, both the original studio and the unique Live at Pompeii version. Lex will freak out! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎹🎶
I've always enjoyed the David Gilmour songs much more than the Roger Water's songs....less quirky, more heart felt. David easily belongs in the top 20 guitar players of all time...and he's a pretty damn good singer also. For some funny reason...I always got an "Irish Folk Song" vibe from this song....Love it.
@@Skulllywag For me, after seeing David 4 times with Floyd (75, 77, 87 & 94) and twice solo in the mid 80s, he ranks #2 only to Jimi Hendrix. No one touches what David and Jimi and Jimmy Page do to me!
@@timmcgrath676 Roger has said in the past that Pink as he made him to be, was a cross between Syd and his own characature of what a rock star in the corrupt music industry was. Brilliant concept and album.
Back in O.C. Calif when I was 30 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a P.F. show coming up. Knowing I am a Floyd fan she called the radio station (KMET - LA, “The Mighty Met”) to get information on the concert, The DJ on live radio Cynthia Fox…. said...."Congratulations, YOU are caller number 10, YOU just won tickets to the show and the Sound Check Party before the show"... I met David Gilmour back stage. He gave us both a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I told him his music will stand the test of time with anything from Beethoven or Mozart. He smiled even bigger. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shook both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well, better than any other guitarist I know. . I told him in my eyes he’s a “Legend“. He thanked me and said “Enjoy the show”…. during the concert after the song “Money” he looked right at me and said…. “On saxophone, another Legend, Mr. Raphael Ravenscroft” … acknowledging my comment to him. It is my favorite moment in over 300 shows I’ve seen. I asked David…. How do you create those awesome solos?… he said….. I sit on a stool and listen to what Roger, Nick and Rick put down and play along. I listen to what I played and pick out what I like, then I put the pieces together into one piece then learn to play it as one. Our fans are fanatics for our shows to sound like the albums so I must play it correctly each time in a show. I have the concert Brochure and album on the wall with David’s picture centerfold.
If only we could make this happen. There's plenty on this planet for everyone. It's all we have. I got out of homelessness when I met my girl who gave me a helping hand. It's hard to get out of when you have nothing. We've been together 25 years and now own our own house and have car. I am forever grateful for her and love her dearly. Thank you babe love ya.👍👍👍👍🤟
I'm finished my first week working in emergency services this week ( 12 hour shifts but my weekend begins now) y'all have become my " wind down" each day. Great tunes and commentary ( and Lex's spirit) after days of taking calls about illness, accidents, shootings and stabbings this song is hitting my soul!
Such a beautiful and powerful song with a great message! Gets me emotional every time. And then of course there's David's immaculate guitar playing. I don't think anyone can make it sing like he does.
This song affects me so deeply everytime I hear it... what a joy it was to watch two of my favorite reactors hear it for the first time. Be kind to one another, and do what you can to help. After all, it's a world we all must share ❤️
Ima proud to have watched you two become pretty groovy the last few months / thanks guys / now that you have it /keep it going forward / or its lost (analog auditory art./ rock era)
Now you should try the live version from 'Delicate Sound of Thunder' concert. Dave Gilmour (Guitar God) will blow your head off with the extended guitar solos!
agreed !! last concert I was able to attend in the Kingdome at that time and it was agggghhhhhhhmazing !!!! Terminal Frost is my favorite off this album but the entire album is incredible !!
I think you were right, 1988. That was the one and only time seeing them live. Such a shame. I've seen Roger Waters a handful of times on his own. Enjoyed those shows immensely as well. If I was even 10 years older I may have been able to see Pink Floyd in all their glory.
One of the most emotional songs that tells of such a sad story of being left behind. Sad too ignore your brothers and sisters who have been forgotten and left forgotten.
Great point, Brad. There are some things that we, as individuals, can help deal with. A neighbour that needs help with food to get by until payday is an excellent example. Solving the problem of "food deserts" and overall hunger in America? That's going to take a lot more money, and a lot more resources than individuals could reasonably provide.
I had this album when it was first released ( I had all Pink Floyd). Back then I could see exactly what was happening...see the words of this song. I am 67 now, and this song just makes me weep for my grandkids, and our planet.
This song so resonates with the way our world is today as much as it did when this song came out!!! Pink Floyd was definitely ahead of their time and that's why they are an amazing iconic band.
Turning away is what compassionate people do when they perceive the need for help is endless. They have big hearts and would give all they have to help someone in need, but they fear that some problems are so big that they would be completely drained if they got involved. Turning away is a defense mechanism. I grew up in a small town where people would do anything to help a neighbor. Then I moved to a bigger city and there was more of everything. More successful people, more people struggling, more life on display all around. The challenge for each of us, and humanity in general is to find a way to continue helping our neighbors without either exhausting ourselves or turning away. Humans didn't evolve in groups of a hundred thousand, or more. We naturally operate on a family level or a tribal level. But we are in the modern world now and there's no going back. We'll have to stay engaged and find ways to channel the power of these huge societies we live in to give everyone a better chance for happiness and prosperity.
The Pulse concert, best performance and show, just amazing, one of the greatest concerts epic, Sorrow, comfortably numb even though you've done it, you really have to see it 😀
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. You should also watch the live 2019 remastered performance which has a much longer guitar solo at the end. Pink Floyd has the best live performances of almost any band you can find.
If emotions have a sound they sound like Dave Gilmour's guitar. So eloquent without words. edit: It IS government's responsibility to PREVENT mental illness and try to repair the damage THEIR rules/regime/policies/wars/society has created! Government of the people, FOR the people BY the people!
I love Pink Floyd. Always had. Live....this was the most powerful song they ever did. All songs built to this. It left you drained. Knowing that you just were a part of something way bigger
Fan videos can glue eyes to a screen more than ears to a sound. And a mind to what is seen. That last guitar solo was lost here to the fan video. Just my silly two cents worth. Much love to y'all.
David can relate to the weak and the weary because he once was one. I recall reading once that when he was young he was a street musician in Paris who was not doing well physically and was diagnosed as suffering from malnutrition.
Yes, Pink Floyd. Their "Dark Side of The Moon" Lp is a Masterpiece & Sound Painting Ahead of its Time. It had the Longest Stay on the Top Selling Charts, David Gilmour Favors The Fender Stratocaster Guitar and his Solo on "Time" from this LP is Revered by Guitarists. I have their "Animals" Lp, Their "Wish you were Here" Lp is also Great, I like jamming "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" in Key of Gmin. Their 80s Release "The Wall" was a Hit. David Gilmours Guitar Solo on "Another Brick in The Wall & Comfortably Numb" are loved by Guitarists and Musicians. I have their "Pulse; The Wall, & Delicate Sound of Thunder Concerts on DVD! Thank You for giving Pink Floyd a listen. Awesome Band & Musicians!
The story behind this legendary album is that lines up perfectly with Star Wars when you start playing it at the point of Darth Vader entering the rebel ship.
Brad is ex- military, Army guy I'm thinking. Lol. Lex is a free minded and free spirit person, sorta rolls with the flow. Brad, you are ridged, tempered, smart and a deep thinker. Great couple! Check out GWAR and Uriah Heep for fun
Pink Floyd received a lot of flack for this first album, post Roger Waters, but it was a solid album and every song on this album was exceptional. The only thing missing was Water's concept lyrics that usually told a story thru all the songs.
This album 'Momentary lapse of reason' in 1987 was a big comeback for Pink Floyd without founding bassist/ vocalist Roger Waters... David Gilmour, Richard Wright & Nick Mason put a new record together w/ session musicians & producers, and it turned out to be a bigger success than anything Roger Waters had put out (the album has sold over 4 million copies in the US)... Floyd had not toured since 1980 (?) and they were welcomed back by their legions of fans w/ massive shows... a double live album "Delicate sound of thunder' was released and is one of the greatest live records in music history 🔥🔥🎸🎸
And Waters was predictably bitchy about it. He is a genius, but kinda insufferable with it. Did he ever recognise that Pink Floyd was more than the sum of its parts?
When I was there, during this song because it was a venue with an open roof...they shown the laser lights into the clouds and lit them up purple.It was really cool!
I was listening to this on my way to work yesterday & thought "damn. I think Brad & Lex would really love this. They should do a reaction." & then pulled up ur channel today & saw this :)
Ooh, nice to see you delving a little deeper into Floyd's later stuff. I'd also recommend any track from the Division Bell album - particularly Poles Apart, A Great Day for Freedom & High Hopes
Floyd's music is like psychedelic gospel music. The 60's had that element to it a lot of times like Joplin, Mamas and Papas, or Jefferson Airplane. Deep stuff.
My great uncle Buford Jones worked on this album. As well as the live album they recorded after this album called delicate sound of thunder. He's a world famous sound engineer he's considered a legend in the music industry. I asked him a few years ago who he was with May of 86 when I was born. He had to think about it he told me he started working with Pink Floyd March of 86.....I was like that's badass!!
From A momentary lapse of reason, great album, saw them live at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, great show, the lights, props, and music, amazing experience
Pink Floyd is amazing. I saw them on this tour in Austin. The best concert I have ever been to. David Gilmour is the best guitarist. His solos are awesome!
Thank you. Loved your response especially Lex feeling David's guitar!! Such a great song. You would love the version of this in claymation. This guy animated some of the local homeless people and put it to this song. It is so well done. Visually stunning and perfect for this song. love n peace
If you do any further Pink Floyd, I highly recommend you do live versions from Pulse Concert. In fact you should do a live show on the entire Pulse Concert.
All I can say very relevant thru all walks of life past, present and future!! I hope one day to witness us all coming together and quit turning away from reality and embrace and HELP each other. Video crimes instead of helping.. like put the phones down and just be a GOOD human
Lex got meaning of this song to me when she said it got us talking about the issue. By discussing the problems you guys aren’t turning away from it. So now it’s what you guys take away from your conversation and will you do something to help. It can be as simple as talking to someone that is down and out. Who knows? You may have the ability to help someone. It can be as simple as making a phone call for this person? You will never know unless you ask. So don’t turn away from these issues. ✌🏻
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My girlfriend ALWAYS helped people! Especially homeless! One of the many things I loved about her!!!
She passed suddenly 9/21/23. She always thought about others before herself!❤
Sorry for your loss.
Love this song, totally under-rated in the Pink Floyd pantheon. So meaningful too, the last few lines are just perfect.
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?
Well said.
Nothing, EVER about ANY PF song has EVER been underrated!!! The term that those of us not living in a 5th grade intellectual and emotional cocoon would properly use is "underappreciated".
@@Wolverines77 That was profoundly judgmental...semantics. You DO understand the intention behind the statement. Seems you missed the essence in this song. Clearly all humans do not have the same vocabulary and an intellectual knows this and doesn't need to point it out to make themselves feel bigger.
I hate when people make idiotic comments. It was a platinum selling album, and the song was all over MTV and VH1. It won many awards as well. So no the song wasn't "under-rated".
The person claimed the song was "under-rated" even though it won many awards, and was played almost non stop in rotation on VH1 and MTV. Obviously the person who made the comment was clueless, and the 77 people who liked it as well. All I ask is that people know what they're talking about before they comment. Is that too much to ask?
You honestly need to see the live version of the turning away it will blow your mind much more than the version you just watched.👍
Totally!
This.
Concur
absolutely.
Yes!
I didn’t fully understand this song until I got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Now at 48 and walking long distances is a thing of the past and year by year I feel it getting worse no matter how I much I work out. I understand now. Sometimes life puts you somewhere you never expected. People tend to disappear when things change. It’s easy to turn away from what we don’t understand. I did too.
..That sucks Michael. Keep fighting it Brother...I'll say a prayer
Very sorry to hear you have multiple sclerosis. I hope you read Dr Gundry's books. He has helped people with that diagnosis and many other kinds as well. I wish you the best, Michael.
Good luck with your journey my friend
One of the few pros to being old for people who capitalized on it,was being able to attend concerts....when the very best to ever do it,were all out at the same time,at the top of their game and doing their best work.We had an abundance of treasures,that we really couldn't explain even if we told you about it.While it's nice to have a record of, it's another thing entirely to be there live to witness it.... unobstructed by trying to get a crappy recording on a cell phone,and paying attention instead.At our end, it's only our experiences that we can take with us.I feel sorry for those who spent their youth playing video games and staring into phones...living a vicarious life.Is that enough to base a movie on? Would people want to see it?
@@pastorofmuppets22 …I played video games when I was young..”Pong”. It got boring after a half hour. So I put my base ball glove on the handle bars of my bike and rode around looking for others to play with, we played until it was dark.We used to buy an album for 1 song, but ended up listening to and enjoying the whole album.. I enjoy getting older in ways, I know things, I’ve lived things. I grew up in a better time, there were only 2 sexes, and no one ever heard the word” gender”. I have trouble adjusting to the world as it is, and there isn’t much good music either..Do you see another “Pink Floyd” on the horizon?
This song did affect me deeply. I can't turn away anymore. I donate to the homeless shelter and help serve meals when I can. I know it's not much but it does help. Something for everyone to think about because any of those people could be you.
Bless you.
Right on!
That is fantastic Kesley ! Thanks for everything you do !
The poor can not be saved from themselves, when you give them money it's like giving a drunk a drink....
@@pulsarlights2825 A meal isn't money.
This song has one of the most heartfelt guitar solos ever, in my opinion.
That guitar solo brings on a variety of scenes of the greedy and the needy in my mind and the tears just flow.
the song is the guitar solo
2 words... Comfortably Numb
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The song is the message in the lyrics.
Only Gilmour can play those solos... no one else...
This song is still so relatable to today. After all the lessons that should have been learnt over history we still find it easier to turn away… It still makes me super emotional because we are no closer to a hate free world.
The root of the problem isn't hate as such. It's indifference, and helplessness. When feel that there's an endless black hole of need that can never be met.... it's... easier to just shut yourself off from it. It's a human, all-too-human coping mechanism.
You're right, it was once acceptable to openly hate and degrade black people... and now its acceptable to openly hate and degrade white people. Neither should be acceptable but hate was and will always be a part of human nature. Maybe we should stop learning from history and start living in the present and the hate could be minimized.
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.
Real musicians, great vocals, profound lyrics. Nothing better than classic rock for the last 50 years. Glad it's still alive for a new generation to appreciate.
My mum heard this when she was about 80.and asked that this be played at her funeral..all of it...she died at 91 ..funeral was in an an old, big, high wooden church with a P.A. system that truly did it justice.. ☺
I’m so glad you are doing this song. The live version is better, because it’s a bit longer and I don’t ever want it to end. And it’s great to see the performers. Thanks for the reaction.
Gilmour's solo is great!
@@paulrollings5291 exactly! One thing that sets his solos apart is how they make me feel. My emotions go for a ride. And I LOVE it.
Definitely! Better solo than in the studio version, in my opinion. And, of course, background singer Margret Taylor!
glad you listened to it. one of my favorite songs by Pink Floyd.
saw Floyd perfom this at Wembley in 88 and the tears were flowing and the solo at the end oh my fucking god One of the greatest things I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing and nearly 30 odd years later it still hits home Absolute Genius.
You guys should react to…
Pink Floyd - Echoes (Live at Pompeii, 1972)
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I saw Pink Floyd on this album's tour in 1988. Best concert I've ever been to.
Lucky!
I did too, in Toronto. The music and the stage show was spectacular.
Me too! Saw it in Texas Stadium in Dallas. Best show I've seen as well!
I saw Pink Floyd's Pulse concert in Anaheim '95. I was 11, thanks dad!😋👍
Saw them in '87 and '94. Unfortunately we did too many...uh...funguses in '87, got lost in Cleveland, and missed the entire first set. 😐
I've asked my family to play this at my funeral. This song had dug deep into my soul.
Me too!☮️❤️
Thanks for sharing.
Nice, a great tune from the post Roger Waters era and the sentiment in this song is timeless. For more Floyd awesomeness, time you guys did Echoes, both the original studio and the unique Live at Pompeii version. Lex will freak out! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎹🎶
I've always enjoyed the David Gilmour songs much more than the Roger Water's songs....less quirky, more heart felt. David easily belongs in the top 20 guitar players of all time...and he's a pretty damn good singer also. For some funny reason...I always got an "Irish Folk Song" vibe from this song....Love it.
@@Skulllywag For me, after seeing David 4 times with Floyd (75, 77, 87 & 94) and twice solo in the mid 80s, he ranks #2 only to Jimi Hendrix. No one touches what David and Jimi and Jimmy Page do to me!
Syd Barrett is pink
@@timmcgrath676 Roger has said in the past that Pink as he made him to be, was a cross between Syd and his own characature of what a rock star in the corrupt music industry was. Brilliant concept and album.
Back in O.C. Calif when I was 30 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a P.F. show coming up. Knowing I am a Floyd fan she called the radio station (KMET - LA, “The Mighty Met”) to get information on the concert, The DJ on live radio Cynthia Fox…. said...."Congratulations, YOU are caller number 10, YOU just won tickets to the show and the Sound Check Party before the show"...
I met David Gilmour back stage. He gave us both a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I told him his music will stand the test of time with anything from Beethoven or Mozart. He smiled even bigger. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shook both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well, better than any other guitarist I know. . I told him in my eyes he’s a “Legend“. He thanked me and said “Enjoy the show”…. during the concert after the song “Money” he looked right at me and said…. “On saxophone, another Legend, Mr. Raphael Ravenscroft” … acknowledging my comment to him. It is my favorite moment in over 300 shows I’ve seen.
I asked David…. How do you create those awesome solos?… he said….. I sit on a stool and listen to what Roger, Nick and Rick put down and play along. I listen to what I played and pick out what I like, then I put the pieces together into one piece then learn to play it as one. Our fans are fanatics for our shows to sound like the albums so I must play it correctly each time in a show. I have the concert Brochure and album on the wall with David’s picture centerfold.
If only we could make this happen. There's plenty on this planet for everyone. It's all we have. I got out of homelessness when I met my girl who gave me a helping hand. It's hard to get out of when you have nothing. We've been together 25 years and now own our own house and have car. I am forever grateful for her and love her dearly. Thank you babe love ya.👍👍👍👍🤟
One of the best songs I've heard performed live. Great, great backup vocals by Rachel Fury and the women, Dallas 1987.
I was there too dude!! 👊 Drove up from San Antonio for it! Unbelievable show!!
@@brettkenschaft4239 were you one of the people jumping up and hitting the pig in the nuts? lol
It was an unbelievable show.
@@randybaker6042 No, I was WAY too stoned to do anything that required any kind of coordination like that 🥴
Love this song...it says it all!! We all must come together and help each other!!!
One of all time favorite Floyd tunes... 🤘
Brad & Lex, You're 17th Pink Floyd song, and a very important song in their catalog
Wonderful song. A timeless beauty.
One of their best and most meaningful songs. Thanks y'all.
I'm finished my first week working in emergency services this week ( 12 hour shifts but my weekend begins now) y'all have become my " wind down" each day. Great tunes and commentary ( and Lex's spirit) after days of taking calls about illness, accidents, shootings and stabbings this song is hitting my soul!
God bless u and others who care like u. Ur pay will never reflect ur worth to society but know that some of us love people of ur nature immensely.
Such a beautiful and powerful song with a great message! Gets me emotional every time. And then of course there's David's immaculate guitar playing. I don't think anyone can make it sing like he does.
Such a soft peaceful beginning ends with one of the most powerful guitar solos of all time. Classic David Gilmour- Pink Floyd.
This song affects me so deeply everytime I hear it... what a joy it was to watch two of my favorite reactors hear it for the first time. Be kind to one another, and do what you can to help. After all, it's a world we all must share ❤️
You're silly if you think they've never heard it before.
Ima proud to have watched you two become pretty groovy the last few months / thanks guys / now that you have it /keep it going forward / or its lost (analog auditory art./ rock era)
You must react to the live version is so much better 👍🏽
need to see the live version of the turning away it will blow your mind
so glad y'all got this one in. Poles Apart is an absolute MUST.
When things are awful in the world, the reflex of SO MANY PEOPLE is to turn away. They just refuse to look at it or think about it.
Now you should try the live version from 'Delicate Sound of Thunder' concert. Dave Gilmour (Guitar God) will blow your head off with the extended guitar solos!
Love this song, so much... Obviously later, and Gilmour... Listened all the time through a semi-lonely year, my first at college...
Oh, I LOVE that sole base in the middle of that transition…. Classic Floyd.
Great conversation you two, we need to help when and where we can.
Another one of the greatest guitar solos EVER...
Can that message resonates today. This is my favorite band of all time! You just feel the music
David can certainly make a guitar speak like no other. Beautiful.
One of Pink Floyds best songs. It was really easy to understand. What a fabulous group!!!!!!!!
Nile song reaction
They always take you on a journey, even while trying to make you aware!
The solo in the live version is sooooooooooooooooooooooo good
80's Floyd definitely had gems like this. Great song with a great message
Saw them live on this tour in '88, I think. No Roger Waters, but this album was fantastic as was the show.
agreed !! last concert I was able to attend in the Kingdome at that time and it was agggghhhhhhhmazing !!!! Terminal Frost is my favorite off this album but the entire album is incredible !!
Seen them in 78 Animals tour then again in 89 l think. Both shows was unbelievable.
I think you were right, 1988. That was the one and only time seeing them live. Such a shame. I've seen Roger Waters a handful of times on his own. Enjoyed those shows immensely as well. If I was even 10 years older I may have been able to see Pink Floyd in all their glory.
One of my favorite Pink Floyd songs.Learning To Fly is another one.
My best song of the whole catalog of Pink Floyd. Beautiful and powerful ballad 👌 Tx
I love this song - great reaction!
One of the most emotional songs that tells of such a sad story of being left behind. Sad too ignore your brothers and sisters who have been forgotten and left forgotten.
Top 3 song from Pink Floyd for me. I admit im not as huge a Floyd fan as others but i do dig them. This song is in my personal Top 3.
The 2019 Remix of this album "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" sounds amazing. Great song!!
Great point, Brad. There are some things that we, as individuals, can help deal with. A neighbour that needs help with food to get by until payday is an excellent example. Solving the problem of "food deserts" and overall hunger in America? That's going to take a lot more money, and a lot more resources than individuals could reasonably provide.
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I’ve thrown it out in comments several times,
And have been waiting for this!!!
I had this album when it was first released ( I had all Pink Floyd). Back then I could see exactly what was happening...see the words of this song. I am 67 now, and this song just makes me weep for my grandkids, and our planet.
This song so resonates with the way our world is today as much as it did when this song came out!!! Pink Floyd was definitely ahead of their time and that's why they are an amazing iconic band.
Turning away is what compassionate people do when they perceive the need for help is endless. They have big hearts and would give all they have to help someone in need, but they fear that some problems are so big that they would be completely drained if they got involved. Turning away is a defense mechanism.
I grew up in a small town where people would do anything to help a neighbor. Then I moved to a bigger city and there was more of everything. More successful people, more people struggling, more life on display all around. The challenge for each of us, and humanity in general is to find a way to continue helping our neighbors without either exhausting ourselves or turning away.
Humans didn't evolve in groups of a hundred thousand, or more. We naturally operate on a family level or a tribal level. But we are in the modern world now and there's no going back. We'll have to stay engaged and find ways to channel the power of these huge societies we live in to give everyone a better chance for happiness and prosperity.
I know others probably mentioned already but you need to watch the live version. The solo at the end is 😳
You had to hear this in a pink floyd concert. I did not know about this song until that June night at Yankee Stadium.
I like how you two compliment each other with your opinions...it makes for an outstanding review!
The Pulse concert, best performance and show, just amazing, one of the greatest concerts epic, Sorrow, comfortably numb even though you've done it, you really have to see it 😀
Delicate Sound of Thunder version Live is the place to be
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. You should also watch the live 2019 remastered performance which has a much longer guitar solo at the end. Pink Floyd has the best live performances of almost any band you can find.
Inspiring and deeply meaningful lyrics. Gives me hope for humanity.
This song is so much more relevant today than it was when it was released because times are so much darker now on so many levels.
If emotions have a sound they sound like Dave Gilmour's guitar. So eloquent without words. edit: It IS government's responsibility to PREVENT mental illness and try to repair the damage THEIR rules/regime/policies/wars/society has created! Government of the people, FOR the people BY the people!
A deep song. Very DEEP ! AND IT'S REALITY.. THIS SONG IS RELATIVE EVEN TODAY ! A TIMELESS CLASSIC !
I love Pink Floyd. Always had. Live....this was the most powerful song they ever did. All songs built to this. It left you drained. Knowing that you just were a part of something way bigger
There is organ, synth, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and that cool bass guitar dip at the end of the first solo
Fan videos can glue eyes to a screen more than ears to a sound. And a mind to what is seen. That last guitar solo was lost here to the fan video. Just my silly two cents worth. Much love to y'all.
Well said. I feel the same way about that video for Black Sabbath's War Pigs.
You can see the moment when the music hits the poetry, and Lexi starts swaying. Great reaction, and perspectives on the song and music.
From the most emotionally powerful guitar and voice to ever walk a stage.
David can relate to the weak and the weary because he once was one. I recall reading once that when he was young he was a street musician in Paris who was not doing well physically and was diagnosed as suffering from malnutrition.
Yes, Pink Floyd. Their "Dark Side of The Moon" Lp is a Masterpiece & Sound Painting Ahead of its Time. It had the Longest Stay on the Top Selling Charts, David Gilmour Favors The Fender Stratocaster Guitar and his Solo on "Time" from this LP is Revered by Guitarists. I have their "Animals" Lp, Their "Wish you were Here" Lp is also Great, I like jamming "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" in Key of Gmin. Their 80s Release "The Wall" was a Hit. David Gilmours Guitar Solo on "Another Brick in The Wall & Comfortably Numb" are loved by Guitarists and Musicians. I have their "Pulse; The Wall, & Delicate Sound of Thunder Concerts on DVD! Thank You for giving Pink Floyd a listen. Awesome Band & Musicians!
This is one of the best songs ever written, period.
The story behind this legendary album is that lines up perfectly with Star Wars when you start playing it at the point of Darth Vader entering the rebel ship.
“Money, it’s a hit, don’t give me that do goody-good bullshit” - also Pink Floyd 😘
First time I heard this 87 it touched my soul. It still does today.
Brad is ex- military, Army guy I'm thinking. Lol. Lex is a free minded and free spirit person, sorta rolls with the flow. Brad, you are ridged, tempered, smart and a deep thinker. Great couple! Check out GWAR and Uriah Heep for fun
Pink Floyd received a lot of flack for this first album, post Roger Waters, but it was a solid album and every song on this album was exceptional. The only thing missing was Water's concept lyrics that usually told a story thru all the songs.
This album 'Momentary lapse of reason' in 1987 was a big comeback for Pink Floyd without founding bassist/ vocalist Roger Waters... David Gilmour, Richard Wright & Nick Mason put a new record together w/ session musicians & producers, and it turned out to be a bigger success than anything Roger Waters had put out (the album has sold over 4 million copies in the US)... Floyd had not toured since 1980 (?) and they were welcomed back by their legions of fans w/ massive shows... a double live album "Delicate sound of thunder' was released and is one of the greatest live records in music history 🔥🔥🎸🎸
And Waters was predictably bitchy about it. He is a genius, but kinda insufferable with it. Did he ever recognise that Pink Floyd was more than the sum of its parts?
I LOVED that album. Probably my favorite after Animals.
When I was there, during this song because it was a venue with an open roof...they shown the laser lights into the clouds and lit them up purple.It was really cool!
Pink Floyd was David Gilmore.
@@jeremyjames1659 Pink Floyd was bigger than any 1 member... none of them had a solo record as big as a Floyd album.
I was listening to this on my way to work yesterday & thought "damn. I think Brad & Lex would really love this. They should do a reaction." & then pulled up ur channel today & saw this :)
Ooh, nice to see you delving a little deeper into Floyd's later stuff. I'd also recommend any track from the Division Bell album - particularly Poles Apart, A Great Day for Freedom & High Hopes
'open the conversation' YES! The answers are not always apparent, but it is possible we can find the way if we try. If we don't try, there is no way.
Floyd's music is like psychedelic gospel music. The 60's had that element to it a lot of times like Joplin, Mamas and Papas, or Jefferson Airplane. Deep stuff.
This song isn't psychedelic. Only their first two albums were. When Barrett was kicked out it ended that phase.
@@jeremyjames1659 Then what is it?
My great uncle Buford Jones worked on this album. As well as the live album they recorded after this album called delicate sound of thunder. He's a world famous sound engineer he's considered a legend in the music industry. I asked him a few years ago who he was with May of 86 when I was born. He had to think about it he told me he started working with Pink Floyd March of 86.....I was like that's badass!!
Watch pulse from pink Floyd
Check out coming back to life
And sorrow
From A momentary lapse of reason, great album, saw them live at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, great show, the lights, props, and music, amazing experience
Simply beautiful from a band so inspiring 💖
Brilliant PF composition, so typical of their orchestral familiarity, yet keeping an Irish ballad undertone. They were so good.
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Pink Floyd is amazing. I saw them on this tour in Austin. The best concert I have ever been to. David Gilmour is the best guitarist. His solos are awesome!
Thank you. Loved your response especially Lex feeling David's guitar!! Such a great song. You would love the version of this in claymation. This guy animated some of the local homeless people and put it to this song. It is so well done. Visually stunning and perfect for this song. love n peace
u guys keep choosing awesome songs! This one of my fav guitar solos ever absolutely epic
I knew the way Brad likes to read the lyrics that this one would affect him. Great choice of a great song by a great band.
Kudos to whoever put together that video! Good song, but everything by Pink Floyd is a work of art.
If you do any further Pink Floyd, I highly recommend you do live versions from Pulse Concert. In fact you should do a live show on the entire Pulse Concert.
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I wish they had done On The Turning Away on Pulse.
Once again both you guys nailed it. Keep up the good work. 👍
All I can say very relevant thru all walks of life past, present and future!! I hope one day to witness us all coming together and quit turning away from reality and embrace and HELP each other. Video crimes instead of helping.. like put the phones down and just be a GOOD human
Lex got meaning of this song to me when she said it got us talking about the issue. By discussing the problems you guys aren’t turning away from it. So now it’s what you guys take away from your conversation and will you do something to help. It can be as simple as talking to someone that is down and out. Who knows? You may have the ability to help someone. It can be as simple as making a phone call for this person? You will never know unless you ask. So don’t turn away from these issues. ✌🏻
This is fitting for you guys. Turning Away is what you guys are best at.
One of the best songs ever made