Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb" REACTION Video | Pulse live first time hearing this song
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You two are great, as always, but I wanted to compliment you Baby Gap on your excellent ability to dissect lyrics and come up with their meanings. You really shined on this one, and were not that far off either, but what you got wrong well, that's not your fault. They specifically wrote this in a vague way, because it reflects the state that the person was in when they wrote it. They did a lot of concept albums (i.e. where all the songs fit together to tell a story), and this song is no different. It came from their album, The Wall, and they used this to describe the main character at 1 point in the movie that they subsequently made from it.
However, like I said, the song refers to an actual experience that bassist Roger Waters had, where he had to go on one night but was unable to, due to stomach cramps, so they had a doctor inject him with tranquilizers to get him through the show, just as he said. So, you are correct about the drugs. He said it was the longest 2 hours of his life, and that he could hardly lift his arms.
However, later in the song, he's trying to explain the feelings he had a bit further and drew an analogy between that experience and another one. When he was a child, he had a high fever and was delirious, and specifically remembers that his hands feeling all puffy and looking like balloons. While he was in that state, he imagined seeing something out of the corner of his eye, but when he actually tried to turn his head to focus on it, whatever it was ... wasn't there, or had just disappeared. All-in-all, he is just describing how the first topic made him remember the similarities between the 2 experiences ... and ...
I think the word(s) you were searching for might have possibly been ... catatonic, hopeless, subdued (not "Sub Dude, the Magnificent Underwater Maniac" ... oops, sorry ... warped out for a moment but, I'm back now🤣) and maybe dreary, leery or weary.
BTW, the opening lines were from the doctor, asking:
Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
He was attempting to evaluate his "patient's condition", as doctors will do.
Thank you Steve! It all makes much more sense with your explanation of the song and lyrics. We will definitely have to listen to the full album to understand and appreciate it. Thank you for taking the time to educate us!
@@generationgapreacts The Wall was actually made into a movie....be prepared though if you decide to watch, it changes the whole concept of the music and deepens it to another level
And just my luck, the night that Roger had to be injected was the night I first saw Pink Floyd on the Animals tour in Philly. I thought at the time it was the best show I ever saw and made me a huge fan until this disappointing mess came out in 79. This is really the only good song on a double album of mostly filler. Glad Dave took the helm and got them back on track.
@@generationgapreacts Happy to make a difference😊👍♥.
@@generationgapreacts Hi I want ask you do you maybe be in Poland or you know somebody from Poland ?
As far as I'm concerned the best verse ever written in a song: "When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse, out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look, but it was gone. I cannot put my finger on it now - the child is grown, the dream is gone."
Extremely well written. Would have made more sense if I caught the word “dream” - for some reason that didn’t register but I think I got the main point down!
Yeah it's one of my favourites too. I also love, from Us And Them, "Forward", he cried, from the rear, and the front rank died.
From Sheep... Wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerfully out of obscurity into a dream.
Agree and so true as well.
If I had to choose among the pearls of lyrics that Roger Waters wrote, I would have a hard time choosing the most beautiful.
But there are three that certainly take place on the three steps of the podium.
3- "We're just two lost souls - Swimming in a fish bowl, - Year after year",
2- "And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. - No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun".
1- "You raise the blade, you make the change - You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane".
OMG!!! Never, never pause a guitar solo until it’s done. The number one rule of reactions 😂
While I agree with the sentiment, this is not realistic given the hoops that reactors have to jump through to prevent getting copyright strikes and to comply with the fair use tenants.
@@Erfedwe I don’t know about that. I subscribe to a half a dozen reactors and I have subscribed to a half a dozen more in the past and they have all adopted this policy. Just a friendly suggestion.
@@unclephil7650 It really comes down to the artist and their label. Many reactors are afraid to get strikes, because if they get 3, they lose their channel. With that in mind, many will just play it safe.
She rewound it so stop whinging.
That's a mortal sin! 🙂
The universe loves you for not pausing that solo. David feeds his soul straight into yours through his guitar and so glad you didn't miss out on that overwhelming build during the greatest guitar solo ever recorded.
@@theawesome1rjc And then they restarted back at the beginning of the solo and let it run. I'm fine with that.
True words spoken
Yes. This song in general but specially that solo takes you somewhere else
For me, David Gilmour has always been the highlight of Pink Floyd. I mean, they are amazing as a band, and they are all geniuses in their own right, but David Gilmour's style with the guitar is mesmerising to me, and his voice is absolutely my favourite.
in 1990 i hired some lights out to pink floyd which were used on the berlin wall!! honestly!!!
David Gilmour's guitar playing has that effect on the soul, he never misses.
Pink Floyd probably didn’t say this song can only mean one thing. I’ve seen grown men and grown women cry, I’ve seen people become speechless, but most people that really listen to the song are moved . Everything about this song puts you in a dream like state, then near the end of the song you realize that your heart rate has doubled, every muscle in your body has tightened up, the whole drum set is shaking and the guitar is passionately crying out in beautiful anguish. What a song can do to your heart!
Roger wrote lyrics inspired from an experience of being injected with tranquilizers for stomach cramps before a 1977 performance in Philadelphia on the In the Flesh Tour. "That was the longest two hours of my life," Waters said, "trying to do a show when you can hardly lift your arm."
A recording is fine, but you really should hear it live. There's no comparison. I've been fortunate to see them live..... twice, a life altering experience. The first show my wife couldn't attend with me and I was so moved that I called her from a pay phone and held it out toward the stage. She went with me the next time. BTW just shut up and enjoy it. Don't overanalize it, it was meant to be enjoyed not picked apart. I will never listen to you two again. You just don't get it.
"Guitar passionately crying in beautiful anguish"- That Nails It!💯
Earls Court,London,October,1994.
I was there.
I’m still recovering!
Same here
This was part of the encore. It started with "Wish You Were Here", which fed straight in to "Comfortably Numb", and finally "Run Like Hell" to wrap up the show. If you thought the lights were good in Comfortably Numb, wait into you've seen "Run Like Hell". This was a ground breaking show. PF liked what Marc Brickman had done as an assistant lighting director at a previous gig when he stepped in to resolve a problem, and asked him to design the lighting for the Pulse Tour. When he asked about the budget, he was told there wasn't one, just see what you can come up with, and this is what happens when you give a talented lighting designer a brief with no budgetary constraints. The show used a new experimental laser, and they had the whole world's entire supply, with no spares. The band went to extraordinary lengths to get superb sound quality at high volume. I'm told your whole rib cage resonated with the base, but with no hint of distortion. That's what you get from a 220,000 watt surround sound system. They had 3 rigs. One in use, one being dismantled from the previous venue, and another being assembled at the next one. That was too big a drain on the local electricity supply grid, so they had 4 industrial generators running behind the show venue. Altogether they had 700 tons of gear on 33 huge trucks. Everyone left in silence, unable to comprehend what they had just experienced. If they ever invent time travel, that's the first gig I'm going back to experience!
I can tell you it was worth every penny. Wife and I were there, left side about 6 rows up from the floor.
Everyone left deaf and blind too, but worth every penny! Wish I had seen them live!
I was at the same gig! Second time I'd seen them. But this was even more incredible than the first time I'd seen them in Berlin in '88.
What you just witnessed is arguably one of the greatest solo performances of all time. Thank You both for reacting to this.
Delicate sounds was better.
@@arnoldlayne1424 Listened to both back to back and the 1994 impulse rendition was better as well as the lightshow.
For a solo performance, I'd put this second only to Texas Flood by SRV, Live at El Mocambo
This album was 1 of many that I spent sprawled on my bedroom floor listening with headphones and eyes closed. The soundscape is always so rich.
Overall, Pink Floyd are one of the best bands ever, no other band can do what they do, and no other band can come close to the vibe they produce
The Beatles are better The Rolling Stones are better AC/DC is better Led Zeppelin is better and queen is better even though I don’t like queen Pink Floyd is the 6th best band ever
I've seen The stones, AC/DC, Floyd, Zep and Queen live. The top two were Floyd and Queen followed by the others. Never saw the beatles live but as an experiance they wouldn't come close to Floyd
@@turdcurd9082 The Beatles, give me a break, they can't hold Pink Floyd's jock straps, or the Stones's or Led Zep's either. The Beatles are the biggest musical frauds of all time.
@@jamesbrown5600 what a moron
When Gilmour starts his 2nd solo, a far away shot shows the audience and the stage. Notice NO cameras are flickering, NO arms are waving in the air, NOBODY is dancing. Everybody stands still in awe. That's captivation.
I am proud to say that I was in the audience that night when this was filmed for the pulse dvd and other than watching my 2 children being born this was the greatest night of my life , the whole concert was on another level to anything I had ever seen or heard at a live concert... pure adrenaline rush from start to finish...
Pink Floyd Forever... 👍
Ladies, you should keep reacting to other songs from this great Pulse concert----all of them are stunning!
No one can play guitar like David Gilmour. He plays the strings of our hearts. I have been a fan of Pink Floyd since 1967. The greatest rock band in this galaxy.
I have to disagree with your claim that Dave is the best bar none. You're a PF fan so you would say that. Davie G has had maybe almost 30 years to perfect this song with effect pedals. I know other bands that are equal to his talent and they started out at the same time but only use reverb. Then there's the bands that started out in the 90's that can get the same sound with effects. Practice. I'm not trying to pick an argument I'm just saying
@@lastfirst5689 I have no problem with you disagreeing with me. My own opinions are always fluid, in keeping with reality and I found your comment intellectually stimulating. Perhaps you could share a few names.
@@patrickquinlan3056 George Harrison better
@@patrickquinlan3056 Pink Floyd is not number 1 band ever it is number 6 behind The Beatles at number 1 The Rolling Stones at number 2 queen at number 3 even though I hate queen 4 is Led Zeppelin 5 is AC/DC and Pink Floyd is 6
Angus Young and Chuck Berry and Keith Richards and Jimmy page and Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are definitely better
OMG!!! Never, never pause a guitar solo until it’s done. The number one rule of reactions
I was one of the lucky ones that had the pleasure of being at this concert and i can honestly say it was the best night of my life
Me too. The night I went a seating stand collapsed and the show was cancelled. We returned a few nights later.
Me too. Left side 6 rows up from the floor. Greatest concert I ever saw.
This song is so beautiful, loved your reactions. Most of their songs have guitar solos. One song that is like this is the live version of "On the Turning Away. It's lyrics are socially relevant even today.
All the songs in that concert "Delicate Sound of Thunder" are TOP 100%!!. Run Like Hell and Sorrow highly recommended for them to react to.
@@squaaaaak3178 you are right I should of said some not most. Sorry bout that
I never fail to have the same reaction of just... uncontrollable emotion as soon as that white light blasts over the crowd for the solo. It's just so other worldly... Outside of reality, there's a strange sadness that it all carries very beautifully. That whole section of this song always makes me think about a person's final moments. Maybe comfortably numb, maybe acceptance, something so unexplainable and abstract, a heavenly state. I don't know exactly what it is, but i think i can see it in this show and it makes me watery-eyed but with a smile. Great reaction :)
I think l can help you. I've been a huge Pink Floyd fan since the early 70's. Now keep in mind I've been listening to their music for 50 years and still every time l listen l hear something new that l didn't hear the thousands of times l listen to a song. Pink Floyd is magic.
As usual, you nailed it. The guitar solo is not just tacked on to the end of the song. The whole vibe of the solo resonates with the meaning of the song: lost innocence, childhood, and sadness.
I saw two shows from this tour at the Rose Bowl with around 100k people each night, both were awesome! The lasers went way beyond the stadium, which blew my mind. I saw the Wall concert in 1980 and that was epic!!!👌✌️😁
You hit the nail on the head there with saying the emotions come out in the music. No one can express emotions by just playing a guitar better than David Gilmour and this is why the solo in this masterpiece is considered one of the best ever.
The concert was like an out of body experience. Absolutely beautiful!
I saw Pink Floyd in Germany in 1988 in Stuttgart. It was their Momentary Lapse of Reason tour. To this day 36 years later it is the best concert I have ever been to. Been a fan since the mid 70s. They wring your soul and make you look at things and listen to things differently. Gilmore doesn’t play the guitar. He makes it come to life and it has its own voice
Saw the Momentary Lapse tour in Sydney. I’ve loved Floyd since I was about 12…I’m 60 in a couple of weeks. DSOTM was the second album I ever bought, WYWH was the 4th. Bought “The Wall” the day it came out, but it took me a while to get to love it! Comfortably Numb was always my favourite track off the album, though. I’ve seen two Roger Waters concerts since, which were also amazing, but nothing has matched that Sydney concert! I paid $5 for 3 tickets, because my Aunt was a publicist with special access. I took 2 lovely Swedish girls I’d met on Manly Beach a few days earlier, who barely knew who Pink Floyd were, but I was waaay too distracted to pay them much attention!
Imagine being comfortably numb watching this live along with 60,000 of your closest friends! I'm blessed to have had the experience. Cheers....
This song is part of a story told throughout the album "The Wall". It's the story of a fictional rock star (Named Pink), who tries to escape the trials of life, (by isolating himself behind a wall that he erects around himself). But it's also greatly inspired by the real-life experience from the author of the lyrics, Roger Waters. Here he describes an experience he had in Philadelphia before going on stage for a show. He suffered from severe stomach cramps, and a doctor injected him with a tranquilizer so that he could perform on stage. Quote from Roger Waters; "He gave me this tranquilizer, it was in Philadelphia, and boy that was the longest two hours of my life. Trying to do a show when you can hardly lift your arm". "My hands felt just like two balloons."
PF purists understand that this album should be played from the beginning all the way through the last song. Like you said, it's a unique journey that takes you thru a roller coaster of emotions and thoughts. That's why on the album that track seems to abruptly begin just as Bring The Boys Back Home is ending. THere really is no defined break or complete silence. FM overplayed this song and you can hear how it begins as if the needle was dropped on the vinyl, but I digress. It is what it is.
And to add to this… listening to this song without the context of the many preceding songs is like opening a novel to the middle of the book to begin reading it. It is hard to appreciate the power of this song when you’ve not been led to it through the course of the full album. Great song, but even better when reached in the context of the full album. My favorite in the Pink Floyd catalog (maybe one of my two favorites; can’t ignore Dark Side of the Moon).
@@gsparkman Amen Brother. Very well articulated. I blame FM radio for starting this. Like you said, The Wall is an epic album that was recorded and engineered to be played from beginning to end just like Dark Side. Listening to Comfortably Numb by itself in a vacuum will not give you the same emotions as if you heard it in context as part of the entire album. That's why David Gilmour and Roger Waters are considered musical and storytelling geniuses.
I love how the young lady’s mouth dropped open in disbelief over what she was experiencing.
I was there, still getting over the emotions !!! 🤘👍
I am in awe of David Gilmour everytime I watch this. His guitar playing is just INCREDIBLE!
Pink Floyd known for their light shows. When I first saw them in concert was mid 70’s. They didn’t have all the laser show like in the 90’s but the music was all we needed.😎
The song is very emotional and it's soul gripping. It's okay if it makes you cry many people do.
That passage that you mentioned: "When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimps out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look but it was gone, I can not put my finger on it now, THE CHILD IS GROWN, THE DREAM IS GONE!" When I was a child all things seemed possible. All dreams seemed possible. Becoming an adult changed my perception. When I was a child, I thought like a child. As an adult I put away childish things.
When I first heard the song, that was the verse that really resonated with me. All the hope and optimism a lot of us had in the 60s evaporated as we got older.
@@thewalrus6833 Yes, me too.
When I hear that part I always thought when he was young he caught a glimpse of what he perceived as a UFO, being an object that when he turned was gone and that represented the possibility of an incredible future but since he hasn't been able to recapture that feeling of anything being possible
A good start with Pink Floyd is Dark Side of the Moon. This album was in the top 100 for 14 years. It is an absolute masterpiece.
The album is 50yrs old on the 23rd March 2023 ...
50 YEARS OLD !!!
Every guitar wants a David Gilmour for Christmas. You really should check out more songs from this concert. Sorrow, One of These Days, Coming Back to Life (very underrated and uplifting), Shine On etc.
I was one of the lucky people to be at this show, the moment that ball lights-up is incredible. No-one new it was there as it is kept covered, then the house lights were out and the stage lights bright so you don't notice it being uncovered, then those spots come on! It's actually a huge mirror-ball which is also revolving so everything inside the hall is covered by millions of small moving points of light, brilliant.
Your facial expressions made me smile, the lyrics to this song are basically how you made it to be, this concert tour was pink floyd on the top of their showmanship, these are great musicians who have created many great pieces of audio heaven, I had the privilege of seeing them in 89 on their delicate sound of thunder tour, I have that evening etched into my memory, I went with 3 other friends, on the way home few words were spoken, we just couldn't believe what we saw and heard
This song brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. Unfortunately it's because I became comfortably numb year's ago. I usually feel nothing but sadness most of the time. I was always a happy go lucky guy up until a few years ago. I have no idea how I got this way, but, sadly I am here.
I'm old so I can say I was lucky enough to be at Earls Court for this tour in 94, you're right when that giant glitter ball lit up it was without doubt the best live performance feeling I've ever had, pure overload of the senses. That song is part of a story about a rock star on the Wall album, well worth listening to the whole album.
It does my old heart good to see young people enjoying the music of my generation. Because one doesn't merely listen to Pink Floyd. One EXPERIENCES Pink Floyd.
I actually went to that gig, we thought the mothership was going to take us away
The "dreamy, darkness" effect you described is due to their genius in composing this in a minor key (I say this as an experienced guitarist who knows this track). They transition into a major key at a recognizable point, then back to the minor. 😇😁🎸
12.41 Forget the words look at that beautiful image. He is just starting his epic solo and the lights hit the crowd. Hardly anyone one is moving. They are just stood there staring and listening to this amazing sound. Floyd did that, they did it to me Main Road Manchester 1988 I think it was. Just jaw dropping reproduction of some of the best music ever recorded.
Brilliant.
Nice? Nice? You call a supreme piece of art, a guitar solo like that, NICE? You win the 'understatement of the year' contest.
OMG your the first reactor i have seen that actually got the song with out listing to the Wall album! that is so great!
Davis Gilmores guitar solos can be very emotional. The man makes his guitar an extension of himself. When that ball opens up and drops down I tell people that is indeed Davids space ship coming to take him home because he plays like he is from another planet. The music, the lights, the props, is like no other group. You leave a show in utter amazement.. Like what the Hell did I just experience.. A feeling like no other after a concert.
Thanks for the reaction. The song works on it's own but it's really meant as part of an album "The Wall". After a life time of pain and hurt a rock star just "Checks Out" mentally before a show. He's not high, he's just gone. The money people call in a feel good Dr. who is asking him questions (scary voice) and rock star responding (soft voice). Instead of helping him he injects something into him and they push him on stage. That's when the next song in the album starts. It's a tough question as to how songs like this should be done. You really can't react to the whole album. But to really get the impact they wanted you to have you'd have to. You should do the rest of the album "The Wall". But I would go by the track list so you could follow the story line. Thanks again girls - Hope your holidays are filled with magic.
ONE DOESN'T MERELY LISTEN TO PINK FLOYD, ONE EXPERIENCES THEM!
your killing it!!! both Nightwish and Pink floyd in 1 day
The effectiveness of this song isn't just because of the lights, the music or how they perform it. Listen to each line and you will recognize it is peppered with trigger words. Sick, balloons, fever, child, relax, information, hurts, hello, home, down, pain, ship, smoke, horizon, waves, lips...
They are all words that a therapist might communicate to you during a session, or present on flash cards to you to find out what they make you think of.
It is somewhat ironic that you did both Nightwish GLS and Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb almost back to back. I have seen both bands live (along with hundreds of other concerts) and Nightwish closing their concert with Ghost Love Score followed by The Greatest Show on Earth, and Pink Floyd closing their show with Comfortably Numb followed by Run Like Hell, are the two most epic finishes to concerts that I have ever seen. It is no coincidence that these are two of the best live bands period.
I have listened to Pink Floyd while being comfortably numb many time in my life. That was the best way of listening to this song, at least it was back years ago.
After this, you should check out "Run Like Hell", which was the encore that closed the show. You will think, how could they possibly follow this? Once you see it you will understand this was the perfect song to bring the audience out of the music coma they were in after this one. Probably enabled everyone to function and get home. You can't go wrong with Pink Floyd. The song is about a time when Roger Waters had an illness before a show and had to be given a sedative to function and it reminded him of a time when he was sick as a child.
I saw them 5 times on this tour, and in each case, I was still in complete awe by the overwhelming audio and video experience of Run Like Hell. I mean, they showcase a lot of the lighting effects throughout the show (and the rest of the show is straight up amazing), but it is not until the finale when they kick everything on, that you realize how visually stunning this is.
Many people consider this to be the finest live rock guitar solo of all time. As good as this performance is there's another one from this same concert that I like even better (maybe because I've seen this one so many times). Check out Sorrow from this same Pulse concert. Overall one of the finest live rock concerts ever caught on video.
It was the beginning of the 80s and it was time to get comfortable and numb. Hang on!!!
The daughter's interpretation of the lyrics is spot on.
Headphones or earbuds to get the whole effect.
so glad you did the live Pulse version, it's the best, and you've now heard the greatest version of the greatest guitar solo of all time 🎸
I personally prefer the version from the delicate sound of thunder live concert.
Both his vocal and guitar solo parts where better.
Closer to the original also.
I can tell by the look on her face that baby gap was touched by the song and it gripped her heart.
Syd barrett was a founding member of pink floyd, he had mental issues and totally loved by the band, alot of pink floyd songs deal with inner emotions, and time is a must listen he song, the song money is about greed, great gig in the sky is about the emotions of death, no words, just a beautiful vocal solo,
Rule #1: You never, ever, for ANY reason, interrupt a David Gilmour guitar solo!!
You don't just listen to Pink Floyd,
you experience Pink Floyd. Their show is overwhelming by design.
It's a massive sensory overload, thus the "experience"
You came thru', as always, Ladies but after 5 early pauses,I WAS getting a little concerned that the flow was being interrupted too much because I knew the second half would mesmerize you both and I was worried you were going to pause further but you didn't and we got the benefit of that wondrous guitar solo and accompanying Light Show.🤞
I was really impressed by the fact that you are the first all Female Reactors to, openly, have totally diverse opinions and that is so refreshing to see and hear and, instantly, both move on, which was great.. I was one of the multitudes who recommended this and you still have the following LIVE performances to be amazed by:0
1/ GARY MOORE- Firstly at Montreux playing "Parisienne Walkways"(there's a surprise in that one !) and, Secondly "I've Still Got The Blues For You" in Paris.
2/ Led Zeppelin: "Stairway To Heaven" at Madison Square Garden
3/ Lynyrd Skynard- Freebird @ Oakland 1977".....ENJOY
Thank you Isle! Or should I say Skye! That was a very nice comment. Yes, we do pause frequently but once that light show and guitar solo started we were very mesmerized! Great thing about us is we interpret music differently and that works for us. We will definitely write down the other songs you suggested
Then add "The Eagles-Hotel California" LIVE @ Capitol Centre😀
@@generationgapreacts Thanks.
I will bid you a fond farewell as it is 4.20am here on the very edge of South East London and Kent and time for my 4 hours of sleep.😀
Also, "The bluest blues" by Alvin Lee.
Wow, you two are in for some real entertainment going down this road.
Just fantastic! Dave Gilmour is a supreme guitarist, and the rest of the band are terrific musicians also.
It was a truly wonderful concert. I have seen them many times over the last 50 years and in my humble opinion this was them at their best.
How you can do this without earphones is beyond me. Makes a HUGE difference.
I have seen Pink Floyd Live 4 times… I saw this same show 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.
The word you two are fishing for is ethereal...that describes the dreamy state this song puts you in.
I saw it all with a group of friends and it was the most brilliant thing I've ever seen...I swear we didn't blink from the start. The sound was absolutely huge, but as clear as a bell. It took you over and for 2.5 hours you went 'Somewhere else"...I'll never forget that experience as long as i live and it's awesome to watch young peoples reactions when they experience the very best of the best..Make some time to watch the whole "Pulse" concert...One of the girls with us discribed the whole concert as 'Orgasmic'...A very special night it was...
I love the fact that many years on PINK FLOYD who were the landscape of my youth are inspiring a whole new generation across the board. Rap fans especially seem to get this band!
You don't listen to Pink Floyd, you experience them!
Hi there, Rik here from the Netherlands.. In 1994 I was, together with 60000 other fan in Rotterdam to whithess this epic concert... Still by far the best I've ever been to. Goosebumps all over... I still know I was emotional during the guitarsolo.. David Gilmour is one of the few guitarists who (I don't know exactly to describe) plays with feeling and emotion...
Talking during a great guitar solo like this is like drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa
Once you go down the rabbit hole that is “Pink Floyd” your life will change. All of their music makes you think and will take you on a journey.
Enjoy ladies.
lol,,you didnt have a moment,,you became comfortably numb
I was lucky enough, as a young lad, to be there and watch it in person. By far the best concert I've ever been to.
You just want to close your eyes and live the experience. Nice reactions ladies
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.
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
"THE CHILD HAS GROWN, THE FEELING'S GONE"....... HE HAS GROWN OUT OF HIS HABIT.
It was awesome to see in person! May 25th, 1994 Cleveland Browns Stadium. Almost 30 years ago. Every concert after this was substandard.
I've watched a dozen reactions to this song in the past day. And you can pinpoint the exact moment in every person when the brain loses thought and transitions to feeling. Young, old, black, white, hip hop to opera, everyone checks into that moment and it's crazy to see how universal it is. It's a guitar solo that talks to everyone
Saw this live at the docklands arena London it was an experience of a lifetime that's for sure
Was there to, my first live experience of Pink Floyd, was amazing
I was in the crowd that night, the most mind blowing gig I've ever seen.
I was fortunate to have seen the Pulse tour in London and it was quite an experience. An assault on the senses. An array of emotions. And I think I actually was comfortably numb.
I was fortunate enough to watch The Pulse concert in 1995. No other concert I've attended since then has not even been close.
Stand by Mom, get that dreamy feeling every time. That guitar will never be fleeting.
Pink Floyd's albums are ment to be listened to in its entirety each separate song flowing into the next,This is realy evident with Dark side of the Moon & to me the greatest experience is the song by Clare Torrey done in one take with NO WORDS It's Truly an Experiance!!
it was awesome I was there april 26 1994 el paso texas/ the live show was just as you see it
I was at the gig, it was incredible to be there. When you see the disco ball during the solo, that part doesn`t quite come across on video, when you actually see it, it`s jaw dropping and the room was darker than this shows.
Such an entertaining song and solo.
One of the great things with Pink Floyd songs are if you listen to the song and relax, you will feel like you're on a journey, and the fact that their songs are interpreted by each person in various ways. You can be comfortably numb if you've been in a long term unloving feeling etc. One of their songs is called Wish You were here. The band can't play this song without thinking about one of the founding members, Sydney Barrett, but when the song was written, it was during a bad time in the band which ended up where they went their separate ways. Wish you were here is a reference to the member not working together and were off doing other things.
HERITICS !!!!...One does NOT INTERRUPT the PINK!
I went to see this show in Foxboro MA in 1994..... The video does not do the actual show justice. It is incredible that in 2023 this show is still being discovered and making people have the reactions it invokes. The entrance we entered into the stadium was behind the stage and we all stopped and was like,,,,, What Is That!!!!!!! Even from the back the stage looked wild. It was and will be the most intense concert I'll ever see. I remember walking out after the show with my uncle and friends and we were kinda quiet walking back to the car still in utter amazement. We get into the car and a friend says,,,,, What in the actual F*** did we just see!!!!!!! That is the reaction we all had.
You don’t listen to Pink Floyd; you experience it.
Pink Floyd is one of classic rock's greatest bands from the 1970's. "Comfortably Numb" is one of their best songs which came from their massively successful album The Wall. Both Pink Floyd's The Wall and Dark Side Of The Moon are must listen albums from start to finish. They really pushed the creative envelope and gave us incredible songs.
I was there the night this was recorded, there are no words to explain what the music and the lights made me feel and react. It was such a mind-blowing experience. I read a comment somewhere that all guitars want for Christmas is David Gilmour and its true, his guitar isn't. plugged into and amp but plugged into your soul
People often say that Pink Floyd is alien, other-worldly. I get that, especially with the visuals. But for me, it’s more like this is tapping into your inner soul. Lyrics, poetry, literature, all can tap into that deep part of your soul. But you need to pay attention, get the references, think on it. David Gilmour’s guitar, on the other hand, just takes you there instantly. His guitar somehow says more than any words could ever say.
You just got floyded. This song is dark, depressing, soothing, etc. All their songs elicit many emotions because that’s what life is. I saw this tour in Florida and I still get emotional hearing every song from Pulse. Regarding DG’s guitar playing, he doesn’t plug his guitar into an amp he plugs it into our souls.
What's missing when your watching the video as compared to being there is that when your there not only are you seeing and hearing it, your feeling it. You can feel the bass in your chest and you can feel the vibrations from the sound waves. Your absolutely right, being there brings it to a whole other level and adds a whole other sense to the mix. I have had the chance to experience it twice and was never disappointed. Pink Floyd's music is so different from any other music out there, they are a genre all their own.
Edit: And yes when I refer to Pink Floyd that includes Roger Waters and Sid Barret.
This was P.F. last concert playing 14 days in a row sold out ! "1994" 200 ton stage 51 semis to move , 200,000 watts of power, 128 wireless speakers. outdoors needed FAA clearance for lasers. Watch any song at this concert is amazing " Sorrow"***** " High Hopes"**** " keep talking" ( intro from Stephen Hawkings) Final " Run Like Hell"
I was there and you have no idea how good it was, mind-blowing.
This group is reasently new to me,but when I heard this 1 and the second solo I just broke down.... SO EMOTIONAL...
Comfortably Numb is a chapter in the middle of the book. Start The Wall from the beginning to understand the whole story. Pink has quite the journey.