I have an explanation for why David's solos spoke to you. When I was learning to play guitar and I was learning scales and how to do solos, my guitar teacher told me that David's solos have a sentence-structure to them. The sentences in his lyrics communicate with your brain, and the sentences in his solos communicate in another language with your heart. As a writer you're intuitively picking up on the structure of the sentences in his solo, but your cognitive-mind is being so overwhelmed by the emotions being communicated in the solo's sentences that cognitive recognition of the sentence-structure becomes slippery in your mind. Listen to the second solo again and you'll hear the sentence-patterns in his playing, making his guitar actually talk to you like his voice does when he sings the song's lyrics. When I listened to it after my teacher explained what David does, it blew my mind and I realized just how masterful David is with his two-level communication in sentences using his voice and his guitar.
This is arguably the best live lyrical guitar solos in rock history. Not blazingly fast, not shredding, no fancy tapping techniques, just pure musicality in an extended thematically cohesive expression of lyricism and power. Great reaction!
TBF to everyone who isn't a rock god, Gilmour does actually use quite a few advanced techniques, on a very regular basis. He has an expressive, old style blues sort of sound, which might make someone think he can't shred. But it is not easy to play his songs, from a technical standpoint.
The GOAT guitar solo from any song in history. Many say the Stairway To Heaven solo but what Dave Gilmour did in this solo is unmatched. 30 years on this concert will live on forever.
Back in O.C. Calif when I was 30 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a David Gilmour 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. Hard to explain how awesome that moment was in my life. 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. All of us fortunate enough to have seen this show live were in a TRANCE.... MESMERIZED the entire show... as you can imagine. We walked out saying.... What did we just witness? That was out of this world incredible. The Red Fender Stratocaster he used for this concert in the Guitar Collector World is ....PRICELESS
WOW. You're a lucky man. I never got the privilege to see my favorite band of all. Saw many of the greats, but NOBODY touches MY soul with a guitar like this man. Even his voice is almost like from another place. It's ok tho...I've accepted it. When I'm in THAT mood.......my neighbors know it too....😏
His black Strat sold at auction for over $3M. David Gilmour is definitely a legend! I was at the KC, MO show on this tour with VIP floor seats. I also saw them in Pittsburgh in 1988. My favorite band of all time. RIP Richard Wright 🌈⃤. 🌈⃤. 🌈⃤. 🌈⃤.
What a wonderful recollection. I could say I was envious and wish I had had that experience, but in reality, I'd probably have been speechless and you handled things way better than I could ever have done. I'm so glad that such a living world treasure had such a lovely interaction with a true fan.
I've seen lots of reactors cry to this. Music that invokes emotion like that is classic. This is an all time best song of my generation and it is getting passed right down as it never gets old.
I CANNOT watch this performance without tears. It is literally a spiritual experience. To me, the greatest guitar solo of all time. Absolute perfection.
I bought my first Pink Floyd album in 1969 (Ummagumma) and saw them live in 1971 and 4 more times after that. For me This is the BEST band of all times. Now I'm 71 years old and still listen to them everyday. The best guitar solo of Gilmour is always the last one we listened. There are so many best solo of David!
Welcome to the magical world of Pink Floyd's 1994 Pulse concert, the greatest rock concert in history, imho. You should react to more songs from this sublime concert. Any song will do------they're all fantastic. But some have that extra glow: High Hopes, Keep Talking, Wish You Were Here, Sorrow, and Run Like Hell. Hope you can get to one or all of these soon.
David Gilmour is the only Guitarist who can make his guitar sing. Other shred or play fast or whatever, but Gilmour excels at creating emotions with his guitar.
David, much like Jerry Garcia shows up in jeans and a black t shirt looking like he’s come to fix your toilet then proceeds to melt your face with his guitar.
I was at the Earl’s Court concert in the UK, It was the most unique experience ever, I had been a regular concert goer and seen many bands play their hits. But this was the first time I had seen a concert where they played the whole album live. The unique thing was that the band were hidden behind a wall they built as the concert went on. This was on a whole new level, things flew over the wall, things came through the wall, and the projected onto the wall. When it was time for this song, Roger came out and sang , and interacted with the wall, when it was time for David guitar solos here appeared on top of the wall. It was enough to blow your mind. If you watch Roger Walters live 02 gig David gilmour song, that is how I remember it.
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Legendary band, legendary music. I saw them in '94' in Oakland at the Coliseum. Laser's were going everywhere, then they locked on that 8' disco ball during this lead solo and turned everyone to jelly. I started recognizing my Goosebumps because I had them for almost 3 hours. I'm 67 and still "Rockin". Shedmen
I feel so privileged to actually have been in this audience at earls court London 1994 with my big sis, the whole concert was awsome. I'm 67yrs old now and it still seems like yesterday and i still play this concert often on dvd, and I've seen Floyd six times in my life from 1975 to 1994 five of which they played comfortably numb, i so lucky Thank you Pink Floyd for being a big part of my life.
@@peteelliott9373no this is 1994 at Earls Court in London. It was remastered and this was uploaded in 2009. I would think that the above guy would know when it was. Plus there are no phones, if you look.
I think everyone that listens to their music needs to watch the movie once in their lifetime . Music , film and beautiful animation come together and form a fantastic piece of art .❤
This song both is and isn't about drugs. The writer, Roger Waters is speaking about two events in his life. The first as a child with a high fever, the second while he was touring on the "Animals" album when he was suffering from Hepatitis and a doctor injected him with a heavy tranquillizer. Waters has stated that he could barely lift his arms during the performance.
Just pure artistry ❤ I think a lot of younger people dont realize that these British bands were all born in the 40s and grew up in the aftermath of ww2. It is like an undertone in there music i think. Just my opinion but its deffinitly there. 😊
Isn't incredible to listen to the greatest guitar solo ever created. And while I wasn't there for that particular concert, I've seen them a couple of times. Being there to hear Comfortably Numb LIVE is an experience that I will never forget. The whole concert from music to the "show" with the laser lights show and that disco ball thing, a giant bed that was on fire and flew from the ceiling down across the audience and exploded behind the stage. The giant twenty foot high "PINK" and "MOTHER" were sitting on either side of the stage! That huge circle of lights on the state was a giant video screen that they showed video's to match each song...was mind blowing! Banks of speakers that went from floor to the ceiling! My ears rang for a week afterwards! LOL They are Gods. I remember that after the end of that final song, it took all the people there at least 30 seconds before they were able to break out of the spell he had created. We all just sat there, mouths open, not able to make a sound, not moving...and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop on the other side of the auditorium! Then when everybody came out of it, the sound of everybody clapping and yelling and whistling...it was like THUNDER!
I’m a lucky person who saw them in concert . The light show is an experience along with the music. You don’t want it to end but you know it will forever be a special moment in your lifetime !
I saw the Pulse Tour when they came to Sydney i was a night I will never forget, I had fantastic seats in the centre just above eye level with the stage, it was perfect. They started the show with their song Time.
i saw Pink Floyd LIVE in Washington DC at RFK Stadium around the date of this concert and I was in the 15th Row from the stage! One of the best concerts i have EVER seen!
One of the best albums ever made. This concert also was tremendous with light show accenting the music and the size of venue and huge audience. Never to be repeated.
I'm so glad you didn't pause the second, long guitar solo...It has to be listened to all the way through..Famous solo that and very emotional..Enjoy your Pink Floyd journey..
This is such an amazing performance! David Gilmour is one of my favorite musicians. I was fortunate to see him in concert on his solo tour in 2016 when it came through Chicago. He performed this song and other Pink Floyd classics, as well as his solo music. At 70 years old that year, he still sounded amazing! If you ever want to check out a more recent performance of 'Comfortably Numb', I suggest checking out David Gilmour's livel performance of it from his 2016 solo tour, specifically, Live in Pompeii. Otherwise, another great song from the 1994 Pink Floyd Pulse concert I suggest is 'Sorrow'.
This has to be my favorite of all their songs. I saw them in 1985 at the Rosemont Horizon, Illinois. Near Chicago. Their light show was phenomenal and their music is so thought provoking and deep. One of my dearest memories. Thank you for your thoughtful reaction.
An iconic song, from an iconic album, played live at an iconic concert. The Trifecta of perfection. To understand Comfortably Numb, you have to understand the concept of the album The Wall. There's this guy (Pink) sitting in a hotel room. He's a famous rock star, and he has a concert that evening. But now he's just sitting and reminiscing, about his life and all the trauma he experienced. And the more you learn about him, the more you understand, he's messed up, like really messed up. Everything in his life went belly up (except his music, his fans love him). And then the maid comes around, to clean up the room. She knocks but Pink doesn't answer, Pink is actually overdosing at this point, he's "Comfortably Numb". The maid calls his agent, who gets a doctor ("is there anybody in there") who comes and saves Pink, making him "going through the show". The hands that feel like 2 balloons happened to Roger when he was a kid, because he had a high fever. And the shot given by a doctor just before a show happened also. He was sick but the show "must go on". For the life of me, I cannot imagine what Comfortably Numb would have in common with the Sopranos.
Aquele que assistiu esse show ao vivo , nunca mais saiu de casa para ver nenhum outro show.Se recolheu e se emociona a décadas.Foram privilegiados como poucos !!!!
Wow, Du Hast - Paris and Comfortably Numb - Pulse in the same day. It must be Iconic Video Sunday! That is widely considered one of the greatest guitar solos ever (including by guitarists), and this is such a great version, especially combined with that insane production. David Gilmour is my guy, and I think he might have even better ones ("Time" and "Dogs"), but any ranking doesn't really matter. I think you'd absolutely love "High Hopes" from the same Pulse concert. Great lyrics (which you'll appreciate), and another absolutely insane performance.
I have always had a lot of music that has been favorites over the years. But always come back to this one as my favorite. Enjoyed your reaction. Greetings from Norway. 😀
I would love to see you do more Pink Floyd because of your insight. I would love for you to do “time” “wish you were here” and “money” just to name a few.
Now it's time to go back to 1973 to one of the greatest albums of all time - The Dark Side of the Moon. Like most Pink Floyd albums, it is a concept album, but the song "Time" will touch anyone who has ever thought about how time is passing faster and faster. And "The Great Gig in the Sky" is from another world. And if you want to look deep inside a human being - where you can certainly find yourself - then of course the whole album "The Wall", from which Comfortably Numb also comes. But really from front to back, so that you understand the meaning of the wonderful lyrics. If there was no music other than Pink Floyd, the musical universe would still not be dark
I was at this concert in Earl's court London, 5 rows in front of the sound desk where the sound is the best. I was 34 at the time and I had tears running down my face for most of the gig. It made this Englishman lose his "stiff upper lip". I too am a composer, mainly instrumental, so I'm easily moved to emotions by music. 🖖🏽❤🇬🇧
I too was one of the lucky few, I was about level with you but on the right-side, got the fright of my life to look up and see the pig flying out of the wall straight at me! I was truly lucky, phoned for tickets, sold out, tried again about a week later and they had just opened a small section on the right and I got two tickets, eternally grateful. I'm sure you'll agree that it's impossible to get the real effect from a video, for me I'll always remember the heat from the flares, the impact of the music hitting me (it was a lot louder than the video suggests) and the sparkles from the mirror-ball flowing and covering everything in the building. A truly magical night.
@@ianbrooke6342 luckily I was in the music business at the time and knew someone who knew someone, so I got the tickets easily. It was a life changing and spiritual experience. Live long and prosper brother. 🖖🏽
When this tour was going on I heard they would average 48-50 tractor trailers for equipment and about 200 crew members 2 days to setup their stage show!
Pink Floyd... Their music takes you to another place, another World which is so deep, an emotional journey which takes me into to a place, and my tears just start to flow, I have no control.... ❤xx
An amazing performance by Pink Floyd as always the song is part of the concept album 'The Wall' which explores isolation fear & abandonment a double album 15wks no1 in USA top 100 for over 3Yrs, this track is Dr reviving an OD that will keep him going through the show,a standout track alone but in context it's genius work, thanks for your vids enjoy from Glasgow Scotland.
I looked it up: th-cam.com/video/hKS2tKQiU-M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=InESTIVss1NmOiqq&t=2944 Dany tells Allison Hagendorf how this show, and this song changed her life.
Thank you for geniuniely listening to the lyrics! Pink Floyd is way more than lasers and solos. Have they ever written a song about "boy meets girl and it hurts when they breake up"? And no, 'Wish You were Here' is all about another kind of love.
I have seen Pink Floyd Live 4 times… I saw this same show Syracuse Carrier Dome in N.Y. 1994. The concert brochure said the stage is 120 feet wide. It takes a crew of 60 technicians three days to set up the entire lights and all. The concert schedule required that there had to be three entire crews to keep up. They leap froged each other for 92 shows with 20 Trucks per crew and a total staff of 195. The tour cost the promoters $98.MILLION to put on, but the total profit was $260 MILLION. Nick Mason’s drumming is incredible and matches Gilmour’s guitar emotions while Richard Wright takes us on a Magic Carpet Ride of tones that form the foundation of it all. When the “Disco Ball’ was uncovered and the lights hit it….. WHAT IS HAPPENING was what I said….The entire crowd was held in a trace and our minds totally blown by what we witnessed. I sparked up my pipe for this reaction, as I do to all Pink Floyd songs. Thanks This is about a Pink Floyd Live show…..The man saying “Time To Go”….. represents the “Stage Manager” telling the band it’s time to go to the stage, they are up next. Roger Waters was not feeling well. This is the story of that event
I've been blessed with the opportunity to watch David in 2016 and Roger In 2018. And this here, in Brazil, don't happen easily. I was born in the wrong time.... But grateful for a lot...
I first heard Pink Floyd when I was just 8 years old and saw them live with an older brother who took me to see them perform The Dark Side of the Moon album way back in 1973.
It's funny that you mention hearing bits of the song in a couple of movies because you love movies, but yet (maybe) you haven't realised that Pink Floyd's "The Wall" album also served as the soundtrack to the movie "The Wall', directed by Alan Parker (Parker also directed Evita, Mississpi Burning, Midnight Express, Angel Heart and more). It was an awesome movie (I saw it about 6 times in the year of its release when I was a teenager). 🙂 I loved it, all the members of my band loved it (and we covered Another brick in the wall), all my friends loved it. It was a HUGE alum all over the world (we were in France). That's where this song came from. And the Pulse version is probably the best of all in terms of the epic guitar solo, with Live in Pompei not far behind. I love watching your reaction, I see the emotions all over your face. It serves to remind me why we make music, beyond all the learning, the technical exercises, the practice, the dealings with the technology and so on, not to mention the sore fingers and arthritis when we get old. In the end it's all about these magical moments. Thank you, thumb up and subscribed.❤
Definitely a film i need to watch. Such an amazing song and incredible performance! Awesome you are musician too! Music is definitely the closest we come to true magic! Thanks so much for watching and subscribing.
You also need to check out "Wish You Were Here," that and Comfortably Numb are 2 of my favorites. Oh and yes Comfortably Numb is about drugs, one of the band members almost ODd before a show and he "got a little pin prick...to keep you going through the show" as they say in the lyrics.
This is one song from the 1979 double album The Wall...also made into a full length movie in 1982. Talk about going on a journey of visuals & music. I highly recommend it to get the full story. I hope this is just the start of your Pink Floyd journey. True masters of storytelling and way ahead of their time...very much in the same realm as Rush.
I attended this legendary concert, in Montreal, at the Olympic Stadium, in May 1994! And, THE musical piece that I wanted to hear with my own ears was this one with this magnificent and incomparable guitar solo by David Gilmour... And I can tell you that I was not disappointed. Experience a historic musical moment!!! What a special and precious moment! 😉🥰🎶🎸
@@SaeedReacts. My pleasure! As a serious fan of The Warning (since 2021) and A-HA (since 1985) 🥰, I will continu to follow your excellent and thoughful reactions!!! Hi from Montreal, Canada! 😁🎶⚡️
I was an immigrant to Canada from England as a 10 year old boy. I would wonder around the ship alone as my Mother and younger sister were in the cabin. On our way from South Hampton to Montreal I would spend time on deck looking at the gray sky and where it would meet the grey heaving sea. One day I saw a distant ship smoke on the horizon. It was a wow moment for me. The line in this song captured my feeling. It was 1965, and I’m 69, and it’s still like yesterday for me
Then he says: "Now I have that same feeling again, you cannot understand. This is not who I am". It's about depersonalization and feeling disconnected from yourself. It could be drugs, anesthesia, medications, or anything that makes you distant. It can reduce pain, anxiety etc, but also the notion of being alive and present.
A really nice and thoughtful comment! Your absolutely right. That is just how truly amazing lyrics are. The meaning is deeper and wider than the actual words in themselves. Thank you 🙏@@taccamine8312
Putting aside the story of what the song was based on and the movie, here is what the song is about in the context of the album, The Wall. It opens with a doctor talking to a barely conscious musician who needs to play a show. Then the musician has an inner dialog where he thinks back to a childhood illness where he felt similarly. Then we have the short "happy" guitar solo. After that we're back to the doctor, who gives the musician a shot so he can go on stage and play the show. Again the musician thinks back to an experience when he was young. What follows is the dark "angry" guitar solo, which is extended in the live version.
I have an explanation for why David's solos spoke to you. When I was learning to play guitar and I was learning scales and how to do solos, my guitar teacher told me that David's solos have a sentence-structure to them. The sentences in his lyrics communicate with your brain, and the sentences in his solos communicate in another language with your heart. As a writer you're intuitively picking up on the structure of the sentences in his solo, but your cognitive-mind is being so overwhelmed by the emotions being communicated in the solo's sentences that cognitive recognition of the sentence-structure becomes slippery in your mind. Listen to the second solo again and you'll hear the sentence-patterns in his playing, making his guitar actually talk to you like his voice does when he sings the song's lyrics. When I listened to it after my teacher explained what David does, it blew my mind and I realized just how masterful David is with his two-level communication in sentences using his voice and his guitar.
Wow, this makes so much sense. Thanks! (Novelist and musician here!)
What you experienced was: Gilmour's guitar sings to your soul.
This is arguably the best live lyrical guitar solos in rock history. Not blazingly fast, not shredding, no fancy tapping techniques, just pure musicality in an extended thematically cohesive expression of lyricism and power. Great reaction!
Beautifully described. Epic performance. Thanks so much for watching.
It sounds like the guitar in David Gilmour hands is singing its own story, you don't just listen to it, you feel, you let it through yourself
Without a doubt. And I've heard many.
TBF to everyone who isn't a rock god, Gilmour does actually use quite a few advanced techniques, on a very regular basis. He has an expressive, old style blues sort of sound, which might make someone think he can't shred. But it is not easy to play his songs, from a technical standpoint.
I agree 100%.
Pink Floyd is THE greatest band ever. No matter what the style, genre or era
I rate The Beatles as No 1 with Pink Floyd at 2. and Queen at 3.
But Rolling Stone magazine often say that Kendrick Lamar Is better... Okey, Okey.
💯 agree!!!
@@jareczek1980 he not like us, he not like us...lol
Personally I consider Pink Floyd’s genre as Music. Or genre-less if you will. Pink Floyd will live on forever in music legend
The GOAT guitar solo from any song in history. Many say the Stairway To Heaven solo but what Dave Gilmour did in this solo is unmatched. 30 years on this concert will live on forever.
And this is a shortened version!
Stairway is a great song but not in this league.
The single greatest guitar solo of all time. It will probably never be matched, not even close
never
Back in O.C. Calif when I was 30 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a David Gilmour 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. Hard to explain how awesome that moment was in my life. 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. All of us fortunate enough to have seen this show live were in a TRANCE.... MESMERIZED the entire show... as you can imagine. We walked out saying.... What did we just witness? That was out of this world incredible. The Red Fender Stratocaster he used for this concert in the Guitar Collector World is ....PRICELESS
WOW. You're a lucky man. I never got the privilege to see my favorite band of all. Saw many of the greats, but NOBODY touches MY soul with a guitar like this man. Even his voice is almost like from another place. It's ok tho...I've accepted it. When I'm in THAT mood.......my neighbors know it too....😏
His black Strat sold at auction for over $3M. David Gilmour is definitely a legend! I was at the KC, MO show on this tour with VIP floor seats. I also saw them in Pittsburgh in 1988. My favorite band of all time. RIP Richard Wright 🌈⃤. 🌈⃤. 🌈⃤. 🌈⃤.
@@marktrullinger3765 I live in the country with 15" JBL Speakers outside for when I hit the switch and the entire valley ROCKS P.F.
No way! What a story! That is amazing. Thanks for sharing!
What a wonderful recollection.
I could say I was envious and wish I had had that experience, but in reality, I'd probably have been speechless and you handled things way better than I could ever have done.
I'm so glad that such a living world treasure had such a lovely interaction with a true fan.
I am 73 and saw them in 1973. Welcome to your Pink Floyd experience.
Awesome! Amazing track and performance.
I've seen lots of reactors cry to this. Music that invokes emotion like that is classic. This is an all time best song of my generation and it is getting passed right down as it never gets old.
Very powerful and moving performance. Looking forward to discover more.
I've just discovered your channel and I have to say, I really like your style. This reaction is so beautiful and heartfelt. Thank you!
Hey! Thanks so much for the kind words! Much appreciated!
PinkFloyd the greatest band ever, Thank you.
Looking forward to check out more of their music. Thanks for watching.
💯 agree!!!
I CANNOT watch this performance without tears. It is literally a spiritual experience. To me, the greatest guitar solo of all time. Absolute perfection.
Epic performance! Beautiful solo.
Pink Floyd can really give you the feels
I bought my first Pink Floyd album in 1969 (Ummagumma) and saw them live in 1971 and 4 more times after that. For me This is the BEST band of all times. Now I'm 71 years old and still listen to them everyday.
The best guitar solo of Gilmour is always the last one we listened. There are so many best solo of David!
Best band of all time period no arguments!
A truly seminal moment in Rock history.
Been a part of PF for over 50 yrs, they will be played at my funeral. They are in my blood 🥰❤️
@@norahdenovan8658 me too. My son knows that this is the version that I want played at mine.
Welcome to the magical world of Pink Floyd's 1994 Pulse concert, the greatest rock concert in history, imho. You should react to more songs from this sublime concert. Any song will do------they're all fantastic. But some have that extra glow: High Hopes, Keep Talking, Wish You Were Here, Sorrow, and Run Like Hell. Hope you can get to one or all of these soon.
Thanks so much for watching and the recommendations!
Don't forget "the great gig in the sky"
@@balthazartrumpi6808 I was there. Ruined every other concert for me. 👌
David Gilmour is the only Guitarist who can make his guitar sing. Other shred or play fast or whatever, but Gilmour excels at creating emotions with his guitar.
David is one of the very few who can speak through his guitar!
He and Mark Knopfler ❤
David, much like Jerry Garcia shows up in jeans and a black t shirt looking like he’s come to fix your toilet then proceeds to melt your face with his guitar.
Many Pink Floyd songs bring me to tears - I am not even sure why. But this one does every time.
Beautiful song.
I think it's because it's so beautiful and sad and emotional all at the same time. I often find myself crying when I hear amazing music.
One of the greatest songs ever and this is one of the greatest performances ever.
I was at the Earl’s Court concert in the UK, It was the most unique experience ever, I had been a regular concert goer and seen many bands play their hits. But this was the first time I had seen a concert where they played the whole album live. The unique thing was that the band were hidden behind a wall they built as the concert went on. This was on a whole new level, things flew over the wall, things came through the wall, and the projected onto the wall. When it was time for this song, Roger came out and sang , and interacted with the wall, when it was time for David guitar solos here appeared on top of the wall. It was enough to blow your mind. If you watch Roger Walters live 02 gig David gilmour song, that is how I remember it.
Legendary band, legendary music. I saw them in '94' in Oakland at the Coliseum. Laser's were going everywhere, then they locked on that 8' disco ball during this lead solo and turned everyone to jelly. I started recognizing my Goosebumps because I had them for almost 3 hours. I'm 67 and still "Rockin". Shedmen
I feel so privileged to actually have been in this audience at earls court London 1994 with my big sis, the whole concert was awsome. I'm 67yrs old now and it still seems like yesterday and i still play this concert often on dvd, and I've seen Floyd six times in my life from 1975 to 1994 five of which they played comfortably numb, i so lucky Thank you Pink Floyd for being a big part of my life.
This is 2009 ish
@@peteelliott9373no this is 1994 at Earls Court in London. It was remastered and this was uploaded in 2009. I would think that the above guy would know when it was. Plus there are no phones, if you look.
Another amazing band of great depth and intelligence ❤
I think everyone that listens to their music needs to watch the movie once in their lifetime . Music , film and beautiful animation come together and form a fantastic piece of art .❤
Definitely want to watch that film at some point.
That was a journey! OMG! Take me back to the 70's. ❤
This song both is and isn't about drugs. The writer, Roger Waters is speaking about two events in his life. The first as a child with a high fever, the second while he was touring on the "Animals" album when he was suffering from Hepatitis and a doctor injected him with a heavy tranquillizer. Waters has stated that he could barely lift his arms during the performance.
Thanks so much for sharing that! Appreciate it.
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Dude! I was there! And it was freaking awesome! This is a rabbit hole that will blow your mind and it is as good as Rush!
Wow! You were there? That is amazing!
Wowie!! What a solo. Magic!
Thanks for that reaction, brother. 👊
Epic performance! Thanks for watching.
Just pure artistry ❤
I think a lot of younger people dont realize that these British bands were all born in the 40s and grew up in the aftermath of ww2. It is like an undertone in there music i think.
Just my opinion but its deffinitly there. 😊
Isn't incredible to listen to the greatest guitar solo ever created. And while I wasn't there for that particular concert, I've seen them a couple of times. Being there to hear Comfortably Numb LIVE is an experience that I will never forget. The whole concert from music to the "show" with the laser lights show and that disco ball thing, a giant bed that was on fire and flew from the ceiling down across the audience and exploded behind the stage. The giant twenty foot high "PINK" and "MOTHER" were sitting on either side of the stage! That huge circle of lights on the state was a giant video screen that they showed video's to match each song...was mind blowing! Banks of speakers that went from floor to the ceiling! My ears rang for a week afterwards! LOL They are Gods. I remember that after the end of that final song, it took all the people there at least 30 seconds before they were able to break out of the spell he had created. We all just sat there, mouths open, not able to make a sound, not moving...and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop on the other side of the auditorium! Then when everybody came out of it, the sound of everybody clapping and yelling and whistling...it was like THUNDER!
I’m a lucky person who saw them in concert . The light show is an experience along with the music. You don’t want it to end but you know it will forever be a special moment in your lifetime !
That's amazing! Something to cherish.
I can’t believe as a movie buff and former “ party favor indulger “ that you have never seen The Wall…. Pretty iconic movie
Its a short film, right. I heard about it here and there through the years, but never saw it.
It’s an hour and a half or so…1982 I think?
@@SaeedReacts. It's about an hour and a half. Definitely a must-see! I'm pretty sure you'd love it.
But first the better is to listen studio album entirely.
Definitely agree he should listen to the album first, then the movie, then the live album from the 1980-81 tour.
I saw the Pulse Tour when they came to Sydney i was a night I will never forget, I had fantastic seats in the centre just above eye level with the stage, it was perfect. They started the show with their song Time.
i saw Pink Floyd LIVE in Washington DC at RFK Stadium around the date of this concert and I was in the 15th Row from the stage! One of the best concerts i have EVER seen!
I listen to them for hours at a time and get lost in the experience every single time. Great reaction ❤
I just recorded another reaction and had that feeling! Amazing music.
One of the best albums ever made. This concert also was tremendous with light show accenting the music and the size of venue and huge audience. Never to be repeated.
I'm so glad you didn't pause the second, long guitar solo...It has to be listened to all the way through..Famous solo that and very emotional..Enjoy your Pink Floyd journey..
Epic solo. Excited to continue the journey. Thanks for watching.
One doesn't listen to Pink Floyd , one experiences the band.
This is such an amazing performance! David Gilmour is one of my favorite musicians. I was fortunate to see him in concert on his solo tour in 2016 when it came through Chicago. He performed this song and other Pink Floyd classics, as well as his solo music. At 70 years old that year, he still sounded amazing! If you ever want to check out a more recent performance of 'Comfortably Numb', I suggest checking out David Gilmour's livel performance of it from his 2016 solo tour, specifically, Live in Pompeii. Otherwise, another great song from the 1994 Pink Floyd Pulse concert I suggest is 'Sorrow'.
Glad you got to see him live.
Looking forward to more of Pink Floyd.
Aw this is me and my dad's song. We have a dance routine🙃 (mostly goofy hand-motions, as we created it when he drove me to school)
Amazing song! Epic performance.
This has to be my favorite of all their songs. I saw them in 1985 at the Rosemont Horizon, Illinois. Near Chicago. Their light show was phenomenal and their music is so thought provoking and deep. One of my dearest memories. Thank you for your thoughtful reaction.
What an epic song and performance. So cool you saw them live. Thanks for watching.
An iconic song, from an iconic album, played live at an iconic concert. The Trifecta of perfection.
To understand Comfortably Numb, you have to understand the concept of the album The Wall. There's this guy (Pink) sitting in a hotel room. He's a famous rock star, and he has a concert that evening. But now he's just sitting and reminiscing, about his life and all the trauma he experienced. And the more you learn about him, the more you understand, he's messed up, like really messed up. Everything in his life went belly up (except his music, his fans love him). And then the maid comes around, to clean up the room. She knocks but Pink doesn't answer, Pink is actually overdosing at this point, he's "Comfortably Numb". The maid calls his agent, who gets a doctor ("is there anybody in there") who comes and saves Pink, making him "going through the show".
The hands that feel like 2 balloons happened to Roger when he was a kid, because he had a high fever. And the shot given by a doctor just before a show happened also. He was sick but the show "must go on".
For the life of me, I cannot imagine what Comfortably Numb would have in common with the Sopranos.
There was a version of this song during a pivotal scene in the show.
Aquele que assistiu esse show ao vivo , nunca mais saiu de casa para ver nenhum outro show.Se recolheu e se emociona a décadas.Foram privilegiados como poucos !!!!
Good amount of stuff from Pink Floyd for you to do… great writing… you will enjoy….( wish you were here in my favorite song of theirs)
Looking forward to get to know their music.
Wow, Du Hast - Paris and Comfortably Numb - Pulse in the same day. It must be Iconic Video Sunday!
That is widely considered one of the greatest guitar solos ever (including by guitarists), and this is such a great version, especially combined with that insane production. David Gilmour is my guy, and I think he might have even better ones ("Time" and "Dogs"), but any ranking doesn't really matter.
I think you'd absolutely love "High Hopes" from the same Pulse concert. Great lyrics (which you'll appreciate), and another absolutely insane performance.
Iconic video Sunday, great idea for a series 😅
Amazing solo! Very moving.
Definitely checking out more!
I have always had a lot of music that has been favorites over the years. But always come back to this one as my favorite. Enjoyed your reaction. Greetings from Norway. 😀
Amazing song and epic performance. Thanks for watching. Greetings from Belgium.
You can hear his soul!
I would love to see you do more Pink Floyd because of your insight. I would love for you to do “time” “wish you were here” and “money” just to name a few.
Definitely will explore more. Thanks for watching and the recommendations.
Now it's time to go back to 1973 to one of the greatest albums of all time - The Dark Side of the Moon. Like most Pink Floyd albums, it is a concept album, but the song "Time" will touch anyone who has ever thought about how time is passing faster and faster. And "The Great Gig in the Sky" is from another world.
And if you want to look deep inside a human being - where you can certainly find yourself - then of course the whole album "The Wall", from which Comfortably Numb also comes. But really from front to back, so that you understand the meaning of the wonderful lyrics.
If there was no music other than Pink Floyd, the musical universe would still not be dark
Been going to Floyd concerts from 1970 and theyve always been this spectacular!!!! Always !!!!
Thats awesome!
I can listen to that second guitar solo on repeat all day 🔥🔥
i have seen them many times. always amazing.
This was my all time favourite Pink Floyd titel!
Thanks for reacting to it.
Amazing song! Thanks for watching.
Hey Saeed!
Thank you for the heart, as always it is appreciated!
I was at this concert in Earl's court London, 5 rows in front of the sound desk where the sound is the best.
I was 34 at the time and I had tears running down my face for most of the gig.
It made this Englishman lose his "stiff upper lip".
I too am a composer, mainly instrumental, so I'm easily moved to emotions by music.
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Thanks for sharing your experience! 🙏🏽❤️
I too was one of the lucky few, I was about level with you but on the right-side, got the fright of my life to look up and see the pig flying out of the wall straight at me! I was truly lucky, phoned for tickets, sold out, tried again about a week later and they had just opened a small section on the right and I got two tickets, eternally grateful. I'm sure you'll agree that it's impossible to get the real effect from a video, for me I'll always remember the heat from the flares, the impact of the music hitting me (it was a lot louder than the video suggests) and the sparkles from the mirror-ball flowing and covering everything in the building. A truly magical night.
@@ianbrooke6342 luckily I was in the music business at the time and knew someone who knew someone, so I got the tickets easily.
It was a life changing and spiritual experience.
Live long and prosper brother.
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When this tour was going on I heard they would average 48-50 tractor trailers for equipment and about 200 crew members 2 days to setup their stage show!
Pink Floyd... Their music takes you to another place, another World which is so deep, an emotional journey which takes me into to a place, and my tears just start to flow, I have no control.... ❤xx
It definitely does!
An amazing performance by Pink Floyd as always the song is part of the concept album 'The Wall' which explores isolation fear & abandonment a double album 15wks no1 in USA top 100 for over 3Yrs, this track is Dr reviving an OD that will keep him going through the show,a standout track alone but in context it's genius work, thanks for your vids enjoy from Glasgow Scotland.
Great to watch your reaction! I was there and it was life changing
I take it as that you like it? LOL, It left you speechless!
Magnificent song and epic performance!
Saw them on this tour in Oakland CA back in 96. AWESOME Night!!! Gonna see him at the Hollywood Bowl in Oct!!!!!!
Absolutely insanely brilliant 💜💜💜
Epic performance!
🎼🎼⭐️ .. I knew this live version would get to you Saeed. It is one that will be in a time capsule, for future beings to unravel. ..⭐️🎼🎼
Legendary! Thanks for watching.
As noted below, I read a story where his wife said he might not be able to tell you how he feels but give him a guitar and he could do so.
Top 3 Bands of all time:
1. The Beatles
2. Pink Floyd
3. Queen
Always love seeing younger generations enjoying and respecting the music I was raised on, Pink Floyd definitely one of the best
Amazing song and performance!
And this is what you call awesome!! and why we love pink Floyd, great reaction
Amazing performance! Thanks for watching.
In a completely unrelated note: Dany from The Warning cites this performance as a major influence!
I looked it up: th-cam.com/video/hKS2tKQiU-M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=InESTIVss1NmOiqq&t=2944
Dany tells Allison Hagendorf how this show, and this song changed her life.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
@@SaeedReacts. honestly, you should watch the whole interview. React to it, or just watch it on your own, but watch it. Thank me later... 😉🔥⚡🔥
"Keep Talking" from the same concert will appeal to your "Broca's area" or render you speechless, one or the other..
Thanks for that recommendation!
Thank you for geniuniely listening to the lyrics! Pink Floyd is way more than lasers and solos.
Have they ever written a song about "boy meets girl and it hurts when they breake up"?
And no, 'Wish You were Here' is all about another kind of love.
Incredible writing and epic performance. Looking forward to more of their music. Thanks so much for watching and have a great day.
Welcome to your journey down the rabbit hole of Pink Floyd ! You have over fifty years of music to forward to !!
Thanks so much for joining me on this journey!
Look up Tina S who has both comfortably numb solos down to tee absolutely amazing she is.
Oh wow, just scrolled through her page. A lot of cool stuff there. Thanks for letting me know.
Fabulous reaction, brother. One of the best I’ve seen. Thanks! Subbed.
Thanks so much for subscribing and the kind words!
Thanks for your empathy
Thanks so much for watching! Have a wonderful day.
I have seen Pink Floyd Live 4 times… I saw this same show Syracuse Carrier Dome in N.Y. 1994. The concert brochure said the stage is 120 feet wide. It takes a crew of 60 technicians three days to set up the entire lights and all. The concert schedule required that there had to be three entire crews to keep up. They leap froged each other for 92 shows with 20 Trucks per crew and a total staff of 195. The tour cost the promoters $98.MILLION to put on, but the total profit was $260 MILLION. Nick Mason’s drumming is incredible and matches Gilmour’s guitar emotions while Richard Wright takes us on a Magic Carpet Ride of tones that form the foundation of it all. When the “Disco Ball’ was uncovered and the lights hit it….. WHAT IS HAPPENING was what I said….The entire crowd was held in a trace and our minds totally blown by what we witnessed.
I sparked up my pipe for this reaction, as I do to all Pink Floyd songs. Thanks
This is about a Pink Floyd Live show…..The man saying “Time To Go”….. represents the “Stage Manager” telling the band it’s time to go to the stage, they are up next. Roger Waters was not feeling well. This is the story of that event
Incredible concert. What a production. Thanks so muu for sharing your experience!
It's about the numbness in your comfortable life
It was absolutely amazing at the live performance
I've been blessed with the opportunity to watch David in 2016 and Roger In 2018. And this here, in Brazil, don't happen easily. I was born in the wrong time.... But grateful for a lot...
Awesome you got to see them them!
I first heard Pink Floyd when I was just 8 years old and saw them live with an older brother who took me to see them perform The Dark Side of the Moon album way back in 1973.
Thanks Saeed! I saw them live in the 70s... I was "slightly" altered so the memories are fuzzy, but their music was always cerebral for me... ☮
Truly an amazing song and epic performance. Awesome you saw them. Even if it is a bit hazy 😄
Rightfully so, everyone loves this version. My favorite is Sorrow from this same show. It's nearly perfect.
WELCOME TO THE MACHINE!
I hope your new adventure with Pink Floyd will be as brilliant as it has been for many millions of others.
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Thanks! Looking forward to more! Recorded a reaction to Keep Talking from this concert. Hope to get it up soon.
I can happily say I was in the crowd for this performance. Unquestionably the best show I've ever seen. It was stunning.
That is awesome! You are part of a historic night!
The best solo of the all times
their music captured me at 20 years old. The music just the music..but then there are the lyrics oh and the stage show 14 times for me
It's funny that you mention hearing bits of the song in a couple of movies because you love movies, but yet (maybe) you haven't realised that Pink Floyd's "The Wall" album also served as the soundtrack to the movie "The Wall', directed by Alan Parker (Parker also directed Evita, Mississpi Burning, Midnight Express, Angel Heart and more). It was an awesome movie (I saw it about 6 times in the year of its release when I was a teenager). 🙂 I loved it, all the members of my band loved it (and we covered Another brick in the wall), all my friends loved it. It was a HUGE alum all over the world (we were in France). That's where this song came from. And the Pulse version is probably the best of all in terms of the epic guitar solo, with Live in Pompei not far behind. I love watching your reaction, I see the emotions all over your face. It serves to remind me why we make music, beyond all the learning, the technical exercises, the practice, the dealings with the technology and so on, not to mention the sore fingers and arthritis when we get old. In the end it's all about these magical moments. Thank you, thumb up and subscribed.❤
Definitely a film i need to watch.
Such an amazing song and incredible performance!
Awesome you are musician too! Music is definitely the closest we come to true magic!
Thanks so much for watching and subscribing.
You also need to check out "Wish You Were Here," that and Comfortably Numb are 2 of my favorites. Oh and yes Comfortably Numb is about drugs, one of the band members almost ODd before a show and he "got a little pin prick...to keep you going through the show" as they say in the lyrics.
Definitely need to check that one out!
This is one song from the 1979 double album The Wall...also made into a full length movie in 1982. Talk about going on a journey of visuals & music. I highly recommend it to get the full story. I hope this is just the start of your Pink Floyd journey. True masters of storytelling and way ahead of their time...very much in the same realm as Rush.
Will look up that film. Definitely want to watch it. And will explore more of their music as well.
I attended this legendary concert, in Montreal, at the Olympic Stadium, in May 1994! And, THE musical piece that I wanted to hear with my own ears was this one with this magnificent and incomparable guitar solo by David Gilmour... And I can tell you that I was not disappointed. Experience a historic musical moment!!! What a special and precious moment! 😉🥰🎶🎸
Awesome! You got to witness greatness and be a part of history! Thanks for sharing ❤️
@@SaeedReacts. My pleasure! As a serious fan of The Warning (since 2021) and A-HA (since 1985) 🥰, I will continu to follow your excellent and thoughful reactions!!! Hi from Montreal, Canada! 😁🎶⚡️
From the same Pulse collection, please check out SORROW, and also RUN LIKE HELL.
I was an immigrant to Canada from England as a 10 year old boy. I would wonder around the ship alone as my Mother and younger sister were in the cabin. On our way from South Hampton to Montreal I would spend time on deck looking at the gray sky and where it would meet the grey heaving sea. One day I saw a distant ship smoke on the horizon. It was a wow moment for me. The line in this song captured my feeling. It was 1965, and I’m 69, and it’s still like yesterday for me
Oh wow, thanks so much for sharing your experience. That is definitely a thing that stays with you for life.
legendary through and through
What a performance!
Eu vi isso ao vivo na grade do show aqui em Porto Alegre still is the best night of my life.
That is so cool!
Chills! Every. Damn. Time.
History was made!
@@SaeedReacts. indeed. I got to experience this show in 94 when it came through my hometown. Amazing to see live!
If you listen to the lyrics he says "when I was a child I had a fever, my hands felt just like two balloons", so it wasn't about taking drugs.
Then he says: "Now I have that same feeling again, you cannot understand. This is not who I am".
It's about depersonalization and feeling disconnected from yourself. It could be drugs, anesthesia, medications, or anything that makes you distant. It can reduce pain, anxiety etc, but also the notion of being alive and present.
A really nice and thoughtful comment! Your absolutely right. That is just how truly amazing lyrics are. The meaning is deeper and wider than the actual words in themselves. Thank you 🙏@@taccamine8312
Putting aside the story of what the song was based on and the movie, here is what the song is about in the context of the album, The Wall. It opens with a doctor talking to a barely conscious musician who needs to play a show. Then the musician has an inner dialog where he thinks back to a childhood illness where he felt similarly. Then we have the short "happy" guitar solo. After that we're back to the doctor, who gives the musician a shot so he can go on stage and play the show. Again the musician thinks back to an experience when he was young. What follows is the dark "angry" guitar solo, which is extended in the live version.
Th1nks for sharing that!
Great interpretation, you nailed it!!
Thanks so much!