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just came across your channel....love it due to you listening to some of these bands for the first time and seeing your reaction...if you get the opportunity to sit and listen to an entire record, listen to PF 'Dark Side of the Moon from start to finish....your head will thank you if it doesn't explode....I also suggest Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (Live at the El Mocambo)
Excellent evaluation and reaction. I've been a musician for 50 years. Older brother taught guitar for several decades and another brother was singer-songwriter who recorded two albums and wrote dozens of songs. Keep up the good work. I would like to recommend you do a reaction to the song "Question" by The Moody Blues and the song the "Story in Your Eyes" same group. Another song you might enjoy reacting to is: " I Put A Spell On You" by CCR.
Gary Moore....guitar, vocals, was with Thin Lizzy early but has fabulous rocking blues. his guitar can cry, scream, whisper, oh ya....he has got it goin on
I too she’d a tear when I hear this song. Floyd is my favorite band and the song reminds me of my dad and friends who have passed. It reminds me of the good old times.
I'm 72 and still listen to Floyd along with my Christian music they both keep me young 72 and don't feel it still feel and act like I'm in my thirties.
Dude, you gotta check out the recorded performance of this song at Pulse '94. The whole show is a transcendent experience. Now, Pink Floyd is incapable of having a bad show, but, I just believe that one is extra.✌
@@Trucker231610 How quickly people forget about the "Delicate Sound of Thunder" concert version from 1988! I say that one is right up there with the "Pulse" version.
I may be in the minority but I really love the solo on this performance fron 2016. I saw this live in 94 (not this particular show), and also saw this live in 2016 (again not this particular show). I agree how the Pulse version is just such a spectacle. But maybe it’s because I’m older and more “weather” now, I like how this solo is a little dirtier, less clean than the Pulse version. That’s just a personal preference, and maybe it’s just because I’ve listened to and/or watched the Pulse version hundreds of times. This Pompeii performance does it fir me right now. I’ve said this on other reactions of this, it sounds more raw and organic somehow.
It's so awesome to see the younger generation listening and enjoying the music that we old guys grew up with. Listening to Pink Floyd is a whole body experience. I'm 61 and still listen to them all the time.
THE most patient guitar soloist in rock music! Gilmore lets every single note take their proper time and place. He's no speed demon trying to cram as many notes into a solo as possible. His music soars through space twisting and arching with ease. It's haunting....
“Note bender”, he doesn’t progress through….he bends the shit out of that string, until it cries the note he wants it to cry, for as long as he wants it to cry! Lol!
This has been my favorite band and song since I was a little kid in the '70s. If you want the full effect of this song, watch The Wall movie. You will be blown away. The guitar solo has been on the top 5 all-time best solos on almost every list.
I remember after Prince died, I recall Pink Floyd shone purple light on the stage during their next concert playing this song and David Gilmour even broke into a short Prince guitar riff. Respect for another great artist.
David Gilmour has said he developed his style partly because he didn't ever have "fast fingers". He naturally tended to hold notes a bit longer than most players and used a lot of vibrato . He is a legend. 😊
@@poloreacts27 You're beginning a journey that will be with you forever POLO 😌🤯. This entire album was designed/written for each song to play into the next song, like a story is being told. Just a suggestion, maybe listen to the entire album after you've discover more songs from this album?? Here's a link to a 1 min video of another great reaction channel Jamel_aka_Jamal talking about this album. th-cam.com/video/nxClIhNDW-U/w-d-xo.html
Hey I graduated in 1983 and thought Pink Floyd was a local dude I went to high school with! Then I got remarried, and I'm 59 and just discovering all their music through my husband who plays Pink Floyd!! 🎉
Pink Floyd invented the light show aspect of a concert and always has been the best at it. Their concerts are a fully immersive religious experience. This song still gives me chills after 50 years of listening to it.
They used to shine lights thru lava lamps on to bed sheets no one was doing anything like that at the time and they built from there get bigger and more imaginative, love Floyd see them back in the day and later after Roger left. Absolutely amazing band life changing 💯
While it's true that Gilmour is absolutely without peers, Pink Floyd is much more. David could not have produced those mesmerizing solos without Wright producing those amazing soundscapes on keyboards and synth. This is per Dave himself. And a major part of PF is the profound lyrics that also reach into your soul. Which is Waters. Finally, if you listen to the drums they are innovative and perfectly matched to the spaces they played in. "Time" is a lovely example. We have the universe to thank for these four coming together at the time they did.
I love it when people hear a Dave Gilmore solo for the first time they just shake there head in sheer awe . Our brains don’t understand what our ears have just absorbed ❤
Thanks Polo! This was my late husbands band.. David Gilmour one of THE GREAT GUITARISTS When my husband was so ill with cancer I would play Dark Side of the Moon for him every night. He went to heaven in 1996 and this brought tears to my eyes. Love you doing this, Thanks from Australia. .
Comfortably Numb's solo was voted best guitar solo of all time. David Gilmour(the guy playing it)was voted by Fender(the guitar company)as the best guitar player of all time. It's no wonder Comfortably Numb is so good(and happens to be my favorite song ever)
First- thank you for not pausing middle of Gilmore's immaculate solo. That is a cardinal sin. Widely considered the greatest guitar outro of all time. Second - would you believe it if I told you this wasn't even the best recording of this live performance. The "Pulse Live" concert form 1994 is nearly unanimously lauded by Floyd fans everywhere as the best - and one could argue the greatest live performance ever of any of their songs - and among the greatest of all time across all bands. One does not simply hear Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd is an experience. Their music is a masterpiece with sensory overload for your ears. It is honestly best heard in a dim space eyes closed and headphones - there are so many intricate sounds in every song so masterfully produced. No other band existed or exists like them. It is my favorite song not just by Pink Floyd - it is my #1 fav song of all time. I saw them live in 94. 2.5 hours concert and no one sat down for the entire 2.5 hours. It was phenomenal. One important thing to note is this song is like a chapter in a book. The album it appeared on "The Wall" was a story - a concept album with each song continuing the chapter. While the song on it's own is truly amazing, the overall concept is not overly apparent (nor are any of the other songs) without the context of the whole story from start to finish - it's like pulling a chapter out of the middle of a book and reading it and expecting to fully understand the story and plot. In this case, it's a conversation between a patient and therapist. The patient (the chorus) is told from the protagonists point of view (Roger Waters) who grew up in a very overly protective household and sheltered his whole life, and once exposed to the real world suffered from fear and anxiety as he realizes how cruel the world can be, and he struggled with this to become a performer, but while he was about to get on stage his childhood anxiety flooded him again and he needed someone and something to numb him so he could go on with the show. The album's story is a somewhat of an auto-biography.
I agree, you should watch the movie 'The Wall' to get the full effect of the song. one warning, though, the movie starts during WW2, and the song after this one "In the Flesh" is kind of a drug induced, Nazi-based racist rant, so be prepared.
Polo, you reacted like everyone else when they hear David Gilmore play. I’m 57 years old and every time it brings tears to my eyes. Some music and musicians are amazing. Pink Floyd is one of those bands. Thanks for the reaction.
@@Anthony-kp7sf I do believe so too. Their albums are not just rock albums, they’re symphonies, with names of songs yes, but it is more like a story from beginning to end. I appreciate them.
The child has grown, the dream is gone. Every time, every single time I hear that line, I feel my chest tighten, and tears run down my cheeks. Gilmore sings through his guitar. The lyrics enter our brain like an unlocking code. A key that is unique for every person. Nobody ever hears the solos in this masterpiece without being deeply moved.
As someone who has struggled with heroin and benzos, this song is exactly what I did. Numb myself so I don’t need to feel anything , especially after losing my brother, best friend, ex, cousin, uncle, and countless others. They all ODed. I have multiple times and when brought back was angry. That was after being on pain management because a drunk caused my car to flip and I was ejected onto the highway. Also, aspirated into my lungs needing a vent to breathe and has clots in my blood. How could I not struggle with why I keep getting another chance and so many others didn’t. But they call me “lucky” and that “God” is “looking out” for me. I consider it a curse.
Comfortably Numb is from the 1979 double album The Wall. All songs are part of a story of a band member growing up loosing his father in the war, joining a band, but loosing his mind along the way. Most Pink Floyd albums should be listened to as a whole, with the exception of a few songs. The 1973 Dark Side of the Moon is a MUST DO as a whole. It's a religious experience to listen to uninterrupted. PS:: This performance is from Live in Pompeii. I love the drummer's expression realizing he's playing to one of the greatest solo's ever! Many believe their 1994 Pulse performance is better. I can't decide....
The versions of that song that I've heard might be counted in dozends. But I would subscribe for the most powerful solo to be played in the show on the Grand Canal, Venice, mid of July 1989, the penultimate concert of the _"Another Lapse Tour"._ The complete show was transmitted live via satellite to more than 150 public-service broadcasting stations all over Europe.
You must listen to the entire original The Wall LP start to finish. All Pink Floyd records are written based on a theme that connects each song. Each record is a story with a beginning, middle and end. When you hear Comfortably Numb in the flow of the full recording, it is even more riveting. Also, the album that followed the Wall is a continuation of the same theme (all the songs on both were written as a group). It is called the Final Cut and is incredible as a separate piece of work. Thanks for highlighting this song and Pink Floyd. You are exposing a whole lot of music fans to rock royalty.
when The Wall was released, my middle school Science teacher had a phonograph on his desk when we walked in...had us put our books away and with no explanation, played 1/2 the album...next class he played the other 1/2. After that he never mentioned it again and continued to be the toughest teacher we had....gave nothing away...you had to WORK for everything in his class! he was a prick with the grades. haha but a prince with the music! NEVER forgot him or that!
@@mja4wpI was a sophomore, our math teacher loved everything about the album except "we don't need no education" 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤ he was the one who let us play music during class.
I'm glad I read you reply before posting. I was going to say the same thing. This is a great stand alone song as are many but it's a part of a larger production. The full album is just as glorious as the stand alone songs. Been a fan since buying Dark Side of the Moon when it was first released. I think that Division Bell came after Final Cut and It is another of my favorites but needs the full album experience. I don't even know if it is segmented into individual songs.
@@michaeleastham3868 Incomparable to the particular clip that as shown in this video. There is depth and nuance to the studio version that the live versions can't seem to capture.
The "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" album cannot be translated into live performance! The whole album is just one ingenious unit comprised of several sections!
Nothing wrong with getting goosebumbs when Gilmour's doing a solo. They are always tight and most are pretty haunting. His solo's also capture the vibe of the song as some soloists go completely off the rails and it becomes disconnected.
You have just discovered the greatest guitarist of all time. No speed, no flair, no showoff. Just good notes with every emotion he can muster into every pluck of the string! He's the only guitarist who can play JUST 4 NOTES and make them sound like nothing else before or since - that's Shine On You Crazy Diamond I'm talking about.
That guitar cries...wails...it is my favorite song. It is also my sister's favorite song. We both use the music to get lost in painful moments. She listened to it during chemotherapy. And me during dentist. My sister passed June 14, 2023. We played this at her memorial service. There is an hour long loop and I just listen over and over.
This song was the anthem of our youth. With mental illness being such a taboo in my younger years, no one dared to admit anything like depression was going on. This song pretty well represented our pain and the music lifted us out of the dark and into the light of joy.
Man, I just found your channel. I've got to say, I'm loving you get blown away by the soundtrack of this 61 year old white dude's life. So impressed by your authenticity, and the respect you're giving to these artists. Frankly, what guys like me need is a similar curated tour through the music that's moved you and your generation.
This is a very deep rabbit hole you are entering. I have been going down it for 50 years. This is by far the greatest band to make music. This is something to think about. Dark Side of the Moon was on the charts for 17 years. I seen them in 77 and it really was unbelievable.
i grew up with Pink Floyd.. And after all these many years I still love this music so much. When the music starts I still get palpitations and goosebumps. I feel happy, peaceful. It makes me feel like the world is a good place. I love Pink Floyd
Agreed! This band and their music are almost like meditation to me now. We are so lucky to have been born in a time that fated us to hearing this band and their music as it was happening. I love that Polo is open to exploring Pink Floyd and it's interesting to me that he picks out all the little nuisances that we knew (40 years ago) gave this music staying power! ❤❤
I disagree. The Wall 1981 tour was the best overall. However the Pulse solo was probably the best. Pulse was unfortunately marred by the absence of Roger Waters. They were better together.
Brings back so many memories! As a teenager, I listened to this song over and over. It’s really great to see someone from a younger generation enjoy the experience as well!
They have always been my favorite band. I was 15 when this album came out. I remember the radio station in Boston playing the whole album when it came out (all 4 sides).
Polo, I have watched dozens of reactions videos to this song. I'm 70 & have been blessed to hear a lot of great music. This is my favorite song. I have to say, watching your face through that second solo was a pure pleasure. Your face registered the shock that we mortals feel when we realize that we are in the presence of genius. I loved that you respected the solo enough not to interrupt it. Your appreciation made this so much fun to watch. Thank you.
The inspiration of this song , and the album "The Wall"was Syd Barrett, one of the founding members, who developed a deep psychosis from overdosing on LSD. This is another band that effected me deeply in the 70s. I will say it again my friend, dig into Pink Floyd, modern music can't touch what was produced in the 70s. Namaste
No, as was stated in the reaction, the song is inspired by Roger Water's personal experience of being injected with medication before a show. "The Wall" is also inspired by Water's life - some even accused him of having an inflated ego because of this. And there is no actual support for the claim that one can develop "deep psychosis" from "overdosing" on LSD. In fact, modern studies suggest that LSD (as well as other related compounds such as psilocybin in "magic mushrooms") can have a tremendous potential when it comes to _healing_ (not merely treating) mental issues such as major depressive disorder, PTSD - and even schizophrenia! That there is no recorded case of an LSD overdose causing "deep psychosis" doesn't necessarily mean that something like that hasn't ever happened, but that's no reason for portraying it as fact.
Attended one of their concerts in Madison, WI in the 90's with a guy I was so totally infatuated with hoping to impress him with my Pink Floyd expertise. Once the light show and music began, I almost forgot he was there. INCREDIBLE
Mr. Gilmore trims all the fat off his solos. There's nothing extra, and they are some of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. He's an absolute hit making machine. I could listen to him play that solo if it lasted a week. It's so powerful.
Pink Floyd was my first true love. Way back in 1980, little 8-year-old me heard "Another Brick in the Wall" on the radio and I was never the same. "The Wall" (the album this song appears on) is a concept album that follows an individual and essentially examines all the ways the world breaks him. Each trauma is "another brick in the wall". The entire album is deep, haunting, and humanly, horribly, beautifully sad. I highly recommend turning down the lights, putting on your headphones, kicking back, closing your eyes and listening to the whole album straight through. It's absolutely brilliant. Edited for clarity.
I went to Catholic school and in eighth grade a new nun from Ireland came to teach our class for the year. One day in class, she played a few Pink Floyd songs and told us what they were about. It was pretty cool!
@@barryfeatherstone1616 One of those movie who are so powerful, that even if it's HARD to watch it, and unpleasant emotionally, psychologically violent... But you love it and wanna rewatch it... Waters is so good that he transformed difficult experiences with beautiful artistic told story. I mean, while he was with the band :).
If you consider the long term issues the guitarist has had with his hands, to have written this song and needed such strong intervention, it's a miracle to hear him still play like that at his age.
Pink Floyd is as influential as the greatest bands to have ever existed. Their album dark side of the moon was in the charts for 15 years! The Wall is a movie that plays like a feature length music video this song is from that movie. It’s a movie that should be on every movie buffs checklist.
Dude unbelievable!! That solo is as good as anything you will ever experience!! I do not say this lightly because I’m not really a Pink Floyd fan, but I truly appreciate everything they have brought to the music they have!!! They’re something else for sure
This video is not of Pink Floyd. This is David Gilmour, who was the lead guitarist for Pink Floyd. Check out Comfortably Numb live at the PULSE CONCERT to see Pink Floyd. It is a spectacular live performance.
Well I would say that's not Pink Floyd either. It hasn't been Pink Floyd since 1983. Since then it's been David Gilmour and company doing live tribute cover versions of Roger Waters epic songs from the 70s plus some of DG's solo stuff that was wrongly imho released as "Pink Floyd"
@@robotcitizen101 I disagree.Waters deserves profound credit and acknowledgement for his contribution to Pink Floyd’s success. No question about it. But the music rights belong to Pink Floyd, the band. Waters quit Pink Floyd; Pink Floyd did not quit on Waters. Besides, Waters can still sing his songs whenever he wants to. I am a huge fan of Waters - he is absolutely brilliant and I wish he never left Pink Floyd. Since his departure, the listening public has made it very clear which band (Waters’ band or the remaining members of Pink Floyd) they prefer to listen to.
Shine on you crazy diamond, wish you were here, Another brick in the wall. These are all Pink Floyd songs that you need to hear. Such an important group in the history of popular music. It’s like a cave full of musical history has opened up before you; and it’s all worth hearing. All of it.
Ecoes, Careful with that Axe Eugene, Great Gig in the Sky - thanx Clare Torrey - Eclipse, Run Like Hell, Shine on You Crazy Diamond (for Syd Barret, right?), Pigs on the Wing…the songs just keep tickling my brain, wanting to be heard and felt again.
Thank you for leaving such an outstanding review. The Floyd will always be my go-to band. I'm lucky enough to have discovered them in the late 60's and can tell you they have a been a part of my life since. I still get goosebumps and teary-eyed listening to this song.
I find that the words behind Pink Floyd's songs are often sad, deep and moody, while the music itself is incredibly up lifting. They are true contradictions within themselves. Masterful!🔥
Greatest Guitar Solo of All Time!!!! Imagine growing up on music like this! I was born the week the Beatles first played on the Ed Sullivan Show and have never looked back! From a music perspective I was born and lived at a blessed time in music history.
1966 here, we enjoyed it at the time but looking back we had no idea that we were living in the greatest era of music ever. Even the bands I wasn't really into at the time I listen to them now and realize what absolute masters they were. We had it good.
Songs like this that can resonate with you when you're feeling depressed, but brings such beauty with it is the reason to me why you can feel better from listening to them. They're not just sad spirling down.
As a guitar player myself for many years I gotta write that David Gilmour may not have top of the notch technique (he can't play fast arpeggios, tapping etc) but his soulful playing is what makes him stand out. His sound and emotional arrangements became iconic when it comes to rock music. I like the studio version more, when he was younger and had a little more "edge" but he's still a legend.
1977 Montreal Olympic Stadium - the older boys playing in this video still have great voices. I will say that 1977 Pink Floyd was the ultimate best concert I've ever seen. PIGS flying!!! Check it out. Thanks for sharing this one Polo!
Hey, I was there that night. Tons of wineskin sharing and everyone was stoned. We moved around the field. Way too loud near those massive speakers eh? It was their first " light show" with the massive screen behind them. Nice to see someone here who was there too in that time 😊
I'm from the generation of Pink Floyd. Seeing and hearing the "younger" generation absorb and appreciate the musical genius that is Pink Floyd, makes me happy. Keep an open mind and open ears. You may find something transcending. :)
Their 1975 album Dark Side of the Moon stayed in the Billboard top 200 albums for more than two decades. Lots to love about this band. Their album and film The Wall synthesized many of their great themes, but yes, they had a ton of amazing songs.
Pink Floyd took stage lighting/production to heights never seen before and has inspired every lighting director since. And then there's the music, some of the finest that there's ever been
There is no way to have a "favorite" Pink Floyd song. With that said their song "On the turning away" had the most powerful message of any other song out there
There's loads of great guitarist in the world, but to me, David Gilmore is on another level. Those solos are spine tingling and mesmerising, there's no over the top shredding for the sake of it, it just flows so effortlessly and hits the perfect balance. I first listened to Pink Floyd in my mid teens and it blew me away, more than 30 years later it still has the same effect.
I agree, you need to listen to The Pulse concert. Their original keyboardist was still alive and he starts the song off. Of course, any version of Gilmore on that black Strad is perfect; never misses.
If you listen to the album version (1978?), then Delicate Sound of Thunder (Live) version (1990), then Pulse (Live) version (1995), then listen to this one Live in Pompei again. He has been continuing to write new parts of that solo, and rearrange the original solo for a unique artistry that makes these landmark versions different from each other. In other words, he kept putting more of himself into this song and this solo over the years. A big catalyst was how powerful, beautiful and thunderous the 1990 live version was. It opened people's eyes and ears to hear this magnificent song in a different way. And he just kept working on it. It's as if he's having the same guitar conversation with you, but he has many years more wisdom in addition to his endless talent. Pink Floyd is a band that is (to my knowledge) ALWAYS better live. And the studio albums are incredible. They added backing singers when they did the live versions, and that has also changed. I think there were about 5 backing vocalists that harmonized with Dave on this one. In 1990 and 1995 I think it was 3 each, but they had them arranged in different ways. Imagine if a great artist made something groundbreaking and beautiful. Then continued to present different versions of that masterpiece over 35 years, by constantly recreating it. Dave did that with this guitar solo. He put so much into the practicing and writing/re-writing of it. If he just played the studio solo, and the same one every time - he would sound amazing - like an 11 on a 10 scale. But when you listen to Pink Floyd you know it's a journey and you might take some beautiful new detours. I counted at least 10 parts of the second solo that he created some new transitions and added beutiful new patterns. He knows that most of their true fans have heard all of his different versions of the solos over the years. If they want a certain version, they just play that concert. That's what I do. And all are as amazing as the other versions. However, I believe that if you survey your audience you will find that Pulse (1995) is the most recommended version. I saw them on both tours - 1990 and 1995 at the Ohio State Buckeye stadium. Absolutely overwhelming. Great job with your reaction on this. I got goose bumps too, but I've seen this and the other versions over 100 times. It never gets old for me. Or for him apparently. He loves this song so much that he continues to work on it and put his heart into it. :) I've been subscribed for a while and I really appreciate what you do. You are very sincere and open-minded. I like that you do research for a first listen to a band. That probably magnified your enjoyment, by knowing what was going on in the overall story of the song. Keep at it! Stay awesome.
This song belongs to the album The wall, there's a movie with the same name, you should watch it to understand the deep meaning behind this. The whole album revolves around the personal history of Roger Waters, one of the singers. It's a piece of art.
The Wall is one of the first rock operas. It’s a story. You need to listen the whole studio album, then watch the movie. And if you get a chance to catch the live performance (David Gilmour’s The Wall) on tour, a live reproduction of the movie with at one point a 3-story puppet, it is absolutely worth it. An amazing show, it will blow your mind.
"Comfortably Numb" is from Pink Floyd's double album "The Wall". The album presents the story of the fictional character Pink Floyd, who at the start of the album wants to grow up and become a famous rock star. Over the course of the two records he does eventually achieve that goal, but along the way he keeps walling people away to separate himself from the people who care about him (hence the title, "The Wall"). This song represents a pivotal point in the story. At the start of the song, Pink has realized that he's lonely and very unhappy, and surrounded by people who only want to use him, they don't care about him. He has turned to drugs to wall himself off from the pain, and become comfortably numb with his miserable fame & fortune. The song is set prior to a concert one night, but Pink is in his dressing room, too drugged out to perform. We hear his manager banging on the door, telling him it's "Time to go!", but Pink is too out of it to respond. So the manager, caring nothing for Pink and only concerned that Pink go out and do the night's show so the manager can collect his cut, calls in a doctor. We hear the doctor trying to assess Pink ("Can you show me where it hurts?") before giving him a shot of something ("That'll keep you going thru the show") and sending him out on-stage. The shot doesn't affect Pink right away, and his first guitar solo is beautiful, pure drugged-out bliss. But by the time of the second solo, the shot has sobered him up, he has to face the life he now hates, and his second solo is filled with emotion ~ pain and anguish and self-loathing, and David Gilmour's magnificent guitar work reflects this. The lyrics are based on two RL events in bassist/songwriter Roger Waters' life. The first was when he became ill as a child, and his hands swelled up. The second refers to an incident in 1977, when the band was touring and happened to be in Philadelphia. Waters' came down with something (some have said hepatitis) and a doctor was summoned to give him a shot to get him thru the show that night. But while these two events did occur, they aren't what the song is about. Finally, I respectfully suggest that that you watch/review the Pulse Concert version of this song. The Pulse Concert was actually the band's last tour, in support of the Division Bell album, also their last studio album. (The concert was so named because when the CD of the show was released, it had a flashing or 'pulsing' red LED light in the CD spine.) At this point Roger Waters had long since left the band over 'creative differences', and the band, having begun in the mid-60's, was getting a little long in the tooth, and knew this was going to be their last hurrah. So they decided to go out on top, and spent who-knows-how-much to build one of the largest and most impressive touring stages ever conceived. 180-foot wide stage, 130-foot arch, 700 tons of steel, 50+ trucks to move it, three and a half days to set it up, another two to break it back down, and three of these stages leap-frogging each other around the world. Oh, and a DAZZLING light show. It was truly a magnificent show, you can pick any Pulse Concert song and it will be a great version. But the song that brought the house down was "Comfortably Numb". The Pulse Concert version has been called arguably one of the greatest concert performances ever recorded. It's that good. David Gilmour's second solo is more than six minutes long, but you won't want him to stop. It's an incredible performance, and you really do need to at least watch it, if you choose not to react to it.
I don’t know why this comment got so few likes. Thank you for this information. It was all new to me and the many other recommendations of The Pulse show never explained any of this. You are a great fan.
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just came across your channel....love it due to you listening to some of these bands for the first time and seeing your reaction...if you get the opportunity to sit and listen to an entire record, listen to PF 'Dark Side of the Moon from start to finish....your head will thank you if it doesn't explode....I also suggest Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (Live at the El Mocambo)
This is my go to depression song
Watch Pink Floyd the Wall. They are trying to make a statement about the hatred of the world and how it effects life around it.
Excellent evaluation and reaction. I've been a musician for 50 years. Older brother taught guitar for several decades and another brother was singer-songwriter who recorded two albums and wrote dozens of songs. Keep up the good work. I would like to recommend you do a reaction to the song "Question" by The Moody Blues and the song the "Story in Your Eyes" same group.
Another song you might enjoy reacting to is:
" I Put A Spell On You"
by CCR.
Gary Moore....guitar, vocals, was with Thin Lizzy early but has fabulous rocking blues. his guitar can cry, scream, whisper, oh ya....he has got it goin on
You don't listen to pink Floyd you feel it you understand it ❤
Most definitely. Every ounce of you is Emersed by the experience of listening to all that is pinkfloyd.
high with headphones on. Ha.
I bought this album when it was released. I’m 70 years old now and it still brings me to tears after all these years.
Same here 😎
Yes I too am 70 yo and bought the music new. It still gives me shivers to hear that solo. Gilmour is my favourite guitarist, he is exceptional!
I too she’d a tear when I hear this song. Floyd is my favorite band and the song reminds me of my dad and friends who have passed. It reminds me of the good old times.
I'm 72 and still listen to Floyd along with my Christian music they both keep me young 72 and don't feel it still feel and act like I'm in my thirties.
I'm 70. Learn youngsters. We had the greatest music.
Dude, you gotta check out the recorded performance of this song at Pulse '94. The whole show is a transcendent experience. Now, Pink Floyd is incapable of having a bad show, but, I just believe that one is extra.✌
Do yourself a favor and find this and Mother From the Wall tour 1981. Both songs are way better with both Gilmour and Waters.
Yeah The Pulse Concert is exceptional. Maybe one of the best solos ever recorded!!
@@Trucker231610 How quickly people forget about the "Delicate Sound of Thunder" concert version from 1988! I say that one is right up there with the "Pulse" version.
I may be in the minority but I really love the solo on this performance fron 2016. I saw this live in 94 (not this particular show), and also saw this live in 2016 (again not this particular show). I agree how the Pulse version is just such a spectacle. But maybe it’s because I’m older and more “weather” now, I like how this solo is a little dirtier, less clean than the Pulse version. That’s just a personal preference, and maybe it’s just because I’ve listened to and/or watched the Pulse version hundreds of times. This Pompeii performance does it fir me right now. I’ve said this on other reactions of this, it sounds more raw and organic somehow.
Saw the 94 tour at Iowa State University...Greatest night EVER!
It's so awesome to see the younger generation listening and enjoying the music that we old guys grew up with. Listening to Pink Floyd is a whole body experience. I'm 61 and still listen to them all the time.
Right with you at 61! Pink Floyd will always be #1
70 Years old, and still on track 🎸
It really was as good as we remember.
I will be 80 in May, obviously still listening. I win (haha).
@@vics8873 😀
THE most patient guitar soloist in rock music! Gilmore lets every single note take their proper time and place. He's no speed demon trying to cram as many notes into a solo as possible. His music soars through space twisting and arching with ease. It's haunting....
I so agree with you!
That's what I've always felt. He. makes every note have meaning.
“Note bender”, he doesn’t progress through….he bends the shit out of that string, until it cries the note he wants it to cry, for as long as he wants it to cry! Lol!
Exactly! It's a vibe not a race😎
My personal Gilmour solos are:
1 The Division Bell
2 Comfortably Numb
3 The Final Cut
4 Sorrow
5 Run Like Hell (Pulse)
With Pink Floyd’s music you don’t just get a song, you get an experience.
That is true to me as well.
i’ve been hooked on dark side of the mood for a year lol
@@thomasbreaugh9951 You'll be over the moon.....
This has been my favorite band and song since I was a little kid in the '70s. If you want the full effect of this song, watch The Wall movie. You will be blown away.
The guitar solo has been on the top 5 all-time best solos on almost every list.
The music matters but the lyrics do just as much!
I remember after Prince died, I recall Pink Floyd shone purple light on the stage during their next concert playing this song and David Gilmour even broke into a short Prince guitar riff. Respect for another great artist.
Aww Man ..i was there !! 2016 Royal Albert Hall. A night to remember :-)
Yes, Purple Rain during the Comfortably Numb solo.
That's so cool, I never knew that.
That must have been astounding
I WAS BLESSED TO BEEN LIVING IN THIS MUSIC ERA! WE HAD FANTASTIC REAL MUSICIANS
David Gilmour has said he developed his style partly because he didn't ever have "fast fingers". He naturally tended to hold notes a bit longer than most players and used a lot of vibrato . He is a legend. 😊
Hi can I use this quote for a film on Roger Waters?
Kind regards
Barry
@@FloydGuy1980 Of course!
@@spaceghost8995 thanks. Much appreciated. I will credit you if it is used.
Kind regards
Barry
every note counts
He has been asked about how he makes music, and his response was "I just grab a note and bend it."
Really? 2022 and you hear Pink Floyd for the 1st time?!!??
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WILL BE BETTER NOW.
I'm new to the entire genre for the most part. I was a hip-hop and R&B guy which means I don't know 99% of this genre lol.
@@poloreacts27 You're beginning a journey that will be with you forever POLO 😌🤯. This entire album was designed/written for each song to play into the next song, like a story is being told. Just a suggestion, maybe listen to the entire album after you've discover more songs from this album??
Here's a link to a 1 min video of another great reaction channel Jamel_aka_Jamal talking about this album.
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Hey I graduated in 1983 and thought Pink Floyd was a local dude I went to high school with! Then I got remarried, and I'm 59 and just discovering all their music through my husband who plays Pink Floyd!! 🎉
@@lisakline2743 No.
There is no way no one told you that PF was a band in all that time.
or more mellow...
I want to remind everyone that sir David Gilmour is nearly 71 years old playing this brilliant solo. 🎸🎸
76 years old 😎
That is not David Gilmore.
@@lcb9807 what yes it was
@@jx6564 i thought the comment was about the vocals. My bad. Yes, Gilmore was on the guitar!
@@lcb9807 David Gilmour sang too, he's the one that can sing, his vocals are almost as beautiful as his guitar playing.
Pink Floyd invented the light show aspect of a concert and always has been the best at it. Their concerts are a fully immersive religious experience. This song still gives me chills after 50 years of listening to it.
Confirmed. Saw them 3 times live. It's an immersive show. Acid will affect your experience.
The lasers in the first Alien movie were borrowed from Pink Floyd!!!
1970’s. Love pink Floyd
My youth…graduated in 73’
They used to shine lights thru lava lamps on to bed sheets no one was doing anything like that at the time and they built from there get bigger and more imaginative, love Floyd see them back in the day and later after Roger left. Absolutely amazing band life changing 💯
Gilmoure's guitar solos will bring you to tears. He is playing to our soul, not our ears.
It can and often does for me.
The man plays to the soul... ans=d somehow makes it sound so easy...
Hi, can I use this quote for a film on Roger Waters
Kind regards
Barry
My favorite song and it’s my favorite part.
His solos are a slow burn. Like anger welling up and pouring out, not just exploding. Controlled aggression. Amazing skill...
what makes Pink Floyd so good is David Gilmour treats every note in his solos like they are each their own song, Pink Floyd's music is haunting.
While it's true that Gilmour is absolutely without peers, Pink Floyd is much more. David could not have produced those mesmerizing solos without Wright producing those amazing soundscapes on keyboards and synth. This is per Dave himself. And a major part of PF is the profound lyrics that also reach into your soul. Which is Waters. Finally, if you listen to the drums they are innovative and perfectly matched to the spaces they played in. "Time" is a lovely example.
We have the universe to thank for these four coming together at the time they did.
Just reread this, and I have to say your description of every note being its own song is really nice.
I love it when people hear a Dave Gilmore solo for the first time they just shake there head in sheer awe . Our brains don’t understand what our ears have just absorbed ❤
I'm jealous. Sometimes I wish I could hear floyd fir the first time again.
New to me .Was great.
OR... maybe our brains DO understand and are blown away by the sheer human awesomeness of it EVEN MORE!!!!!!!
Its not something to be understood,its somenthing to be felt....deep from the core of your soul.
he is the best guitarist ever.
Thanks Polo! This was my late husbands band.. David Gilmour one of THE GREAT GUITARISTS
When my husband was so ill with cancer I would play Dark Side of the Moon for him every night.
He went to heaven in 1996 and this brought tears to my eyes. Love you doing this, Thanks
from Australia.
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This is both sad and lovely. Much like Pink Floyd themselves.
I've heard this song a thousand times, but that second solo is so good it feels like the first time each time.
Hi. Can I use this quote for a film on Roger Waters?
Kind Regards
Barry
Definitely
Absolutely, 100%
Five decades in now...I think it's time for another session on my back in the dark.
Comfortably Numb's solo was voted best guitar solo of all time. David Gilmour(the guy playing it)was voted by Fender(the guitar company)as the best guitar player of all time. It's no wonder Comfortably Numb is so good(and happens to be my favorite song ever)
First- thank you for not pausing middle of Gilmore's immaculate solo. That is a cardinal sin.
Widely considered the greatest guitar outro of all time.
Second - would you believe it if I told you this wasn't even the best recording of this live performance. The "Pulse Live" concert form 1994 is nearly unanimously lauded by Floyd fans everywhere as the best - and one could argue the greatest live performance ever of any of their songs - and among the greatest of all time across all bands.
One does not simply hear Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd is an experience. Their music is a masterpiece with sensory overload for your ears. It is honestly best heard in a dim space eyes closed and headphones - there are so many intricate sounds in every song so masterfully produced. No other band existed or exists like them.
It is my favorite song not just by Pink Floyd - it is my #1 fav song of all time.
I saw them live in 94. 2.5 hours concert and no one sat down for the entire 2.5 hours. It was phenomenal.
One important thing to note is this song is like a chapter in a book. The album it appeared on "The Wall" was a story - a concept album with each song continuing the chapter. While the song on it's own is truly amazing, the overall concept is not overly apparent (nor are any of the other songs) without the context of the whole story from start to finish - it's like pulling a chapter out of the middle of a book and reading it and expecting to fully understand the story and plot. In this case, it's a conversation between a patient and therapist. The patient (the chorus) is told from the protagonists point of view (Roger Waters) who grew up in a very overly protective household and sheltered his whole life, and once exposed to the real world suffered from fear and anxiety as he realizes how cruel the world can be, and he struggled with this to become a performer, but while he was about to get on stage his childhood anxiety flooded him again and he needed someone and something to numb him so he could go on with the show.
The album's story is a somewhat of an auto-biography.
Couldn't agree more. My Parents got me into Floyd when i was small. Pulse live was (and still is) phenomenal
I agree, you should watch the movie 'The Wall' to get the full effect of the song. one warning, though, the movie starts during WW2, and the song after this one "In the Flesh" is kind of a drug induced, Nazi-based racist rant, so be prepared.
yeah, what Frostrazor said!
Aye , what he said :)
Always preferred Delicate Sound of thunder version personally
Polo, you reacted like everyone else when they hear David Gilmore play. I’m 57 years old and every time it brings tears to my eyes. Some music and musicians are amazing. Pink Floyd is one of those bands. Thanks for the reaction.
It makes me happy that these old school bands from my day are once again being appreciated because I felt music had lost its way. There is hope.
I know. Dark Side is the best album.
you have no idea how appreciated this particular guitarist is appreciated - this music is going to be remembered forever i'd bet my fingers on it
@@Anthony-kp7sf I do believe so too. Their albums are not just rock albums, they’re symphonies, with names of songs yes, but it is more like a story from beginning to end. I appreciate them.
These guys changed rock and roll for ever. What a thought pattern. Sounds, lyrics, instrumentals. Brought up a generation.
@@danwesterhouse6627 yes. I was brought up by the Wall and Dark Side of the Moon. My best friend’s brother had it on constantly.
The child has grown, the dream is gone.
Every time, every single time I hear that line, I feel my chest tighten, and tears run down my cheeks.
Gilmore sings through his guitar. The lyrics enter our brain like an unlocking code. A key that is unique for every person.
Nobody ever hears the solos in this masterpiece without being deeply moved.
Same here my friend ❤️
As someone who has struggled with heroin and benzos, this song is exactly what I did. Numb myself so I don’t need to feel anything , especially after losing my brother, best friend, ex, cousin, uncle, and countless others. They all ODed. I have multiple times and when brought back was angry. That was after being on pain management because a drunk caused my car to flip and I was ejected onto the highway. Also, aspirated into my lungs needing a vent to breathe and has clots in my blood.
How could I not struggle with why I keep getting another chance and so many others didn’t. But they call me “lucky” and that “God” is “looking out” for me. I consider it a curse.
Amen!!!
Nudie Bottom Odson
Dude I thought I was the only one who cried with those lyrics 💟
Comfortably Numb is from the 1979 double album The Wall. All songs are part of a story of a band member growing up loosing his father in the war, joining a band, but loosing his mind along the way. Most Pink Floyd albums should be listened to as a whole, with the exception of a few songs. The 1973 Dark Side of the Moon is a MUST DO as a whole. It's a religious experience to listen to uninterrupted. PS:: This performance is from Live in Pompeii. I love the drummer's expression realizing he's playing to one of the greatest solo's ever! Many believe their 1994 Pulse performance is better. I can't decide....
The versions of that song that I've heard might be counted in dozends. But I would subscribe for the most powerful solo to be played in the show on the Grand Canal, Venice, mid of July 1989, the penultimate concert of the _"Another Lapse Tour"._ The complete show was transmitted live via satellite to more than 150 public-service broadcasting stations all over Europe.
Losing
Pulse, definitely..
Definitely recommend watching the movie The Wall by Pink Floyd
They didn’t work so well for me after Roger, Amused To Death is a pretty good solo album.
Pink Floyd could make a 12 hours concert, and people would wish for more, when it ended thats how brilliant they are ❤️
You must listen to the entire original The Wall LP start to finish. All Pink Floyd records are written based on a theme that connects each song. Each record is a story with a beginning, middle and end. When you hear Comfortably Numb in the flow of the full recording, it is even more riveting. Also, the album that followed the Wall is a continuation of the same theme (all the songs on both were written as a group). It is called the Final Cut and is incredible as a separate piece of work. Thanks for highlighting this song and Pink Floyd. You are exposing a whole lot of music fans to rock royalty.
when The Wall was released, my middle school Science teacher had a phonograph on his desk when we walked in...had us put our books away and with no explanation, played 1/2 the album...next class he played the other 1/2. After that he never mentioned it again and continued to be the toughest teacher we had....gave nothing away...you had to WORK for everything in his class! he was a prick with the grades. haha but a prince with the music! NEVER forgot him or that!
The movie is super depressing but i LOVE IT
🤘❤️🤘
@@mja4wpI was a sophomore, our math teacher loved everything about the album except "we don't need no education" 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤ he was the one who let us play music during class.
And that is the Floyd experience 👍
I'm glad I read you reply before posting. I was going to say the same thing. This is a great stand alone song as are many but it's a part of a larger production. The full album is just as glorious as the stand alone songs. Been a fan since buying Dark Side of the Moon when it was first released. I think that Division Bell came after Final Cut and It is another of my favorites but needs the full album experience. I don't even know if it is segmented into individual songs.
The studio version speaks to me on levels no other song can touch
Studio version ? Your kidding ,right ?
@@MinneapolisSkip yep and rogers re-recorded no guitar version is better than this shit.
Yes, the studio version. It's incomparable.
@@samsmom1491
Incomparable to which exactly?
@@michaeleastham3868 Incomparable to the particular clip that as shown in this video. There is depth and nuance to the studio version that the live versions can't seem to capture.
The "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" album cannot be translated into live performance! The whole album is just one ingenious unit comprised of several sections!
My favorite Floyd album.
Nothing wrong with getting goosebumbs when Gilmour's doing a solo. They are always tight and most are pretty haunting. His solo's also capture the vibe of the song as some soloists go completely off the rails and it becomes disconnected.
I got them right now.
You have just discovered the greatest guitarist of all time. No speed, no flair, no showoff. Just good notes with every emotion he can muster into every pluck of the string!
He's the only guitarist who can play JUST 4 NOTES and make them sound like nothing else before or since - that's Shine On You Crazy Diamond I'm talking about.
Marooned is the greatest instrumental of all time for me probably but the average person knows nothing of it. True shame. Just amazing what he can do.
God stepped back and smiled when he heard this song.
That guitar cries...wails...it is my favorite song. It is also my sister's favorite song. We both use the music to get lost in painful moments. She listened to it during chemotherapy. And me during dentist. My sister passed June 14, 2023. We played this at her memorial service. There is an hour long loop and I just listen over and over.
So sorry for your loss
Me too, right after Echoes.
So sorry. My sister and I attended Dark Side together! Unforgettable.
Let it wash over your soul during the difficult moments.
This song was the anthem of our youth. With mental illness being such a taboo in my younger years, no one dared to admit anything like depression was going on. This song pretty well represented our pain and the music lifted us out of the dark and into the light of joy.
So very well said. I agree
Pink Floys are musical geniuses! Period
Man, I just found your channel. I've got to say, I'm loving you get blown away by the soundtrack of this 61 year old white dude's life. So impressed by your authenticity, and the respect you're giving to these artists. Frankly, what guys like me need is a similar curated tour through the music that's moved you and your generation.
This is a very deep rabbit hole you are entering. I have been going down it for 50 years. This is by far the greatest band to make music. This is something to think about. Dark Side of the Moon was on the charts for 17 years. I seen them in 77 and it really was unbelievable.
I saw them at earls court for the wall tour 1980 best gig ever.massive floyd and syd fan.
There are many stories in Pink Floyd tunes
Me too….
i grew up with Pink Floyd.. And after all these many years I still love this music so much. When the music starts I still get palpitations and goosebumps. I feel happy, peaceful. It makes me feel like the world is a good place. I love Pink Floyd
Agreed! This band and their music are almost like meditation to me now. We are so lucky to have been born in a time that fated us to hearing this band and their music as it was happening. I love that Polo is open to exploring Pink Floyd and it's interesting to me that he picks out all the little nuisances that we knew (40 years ago) gave this music staying power! ❤❤
The Pulse concert was the best version
I disagree. The Wall 1981 tour was the best overall. However the Pulse solo was probably the best. Pulse was unfortunately marred by the absence of Roger Waters. They were better together.
You need to see Mother from the 81 Wall tour. It's on TH-cam. Not only does Roger sound great, but David's lead solo is twice as long as the original.
Live 8 for me
Gotta review that one
Live 8 version is badass
Brings back so many memories!
As a teenager, I listened to this song over and over.
It’s really great to see someone from a younger generation enjoy the experience as well!
Watch Pink Floyd The Wall. It takes you through the whole journey. You will enjoy it.
They have always been my favorite band. I was 15 when this album came out. I remember the radio station in Boston playing the whole album when it came out (all 4 sides).
Congrats to u my friend that u didnt interrupt a solo from the solo god all time❤
Watch the wall. It's amazing
Polo, I have watched dozens of reactions videos to this song. I'm 70 & have been blessed to hear a lot of great music. This is my favorite song. I have to say, watching your face through that second solo was a pure pleasure. Your face registered the shock that we mortals feel when we realize that we are in the presence of genius. I loved that you respected the solo enough not to interrupt it. Your appreciation made this so much fun to watch. Thank you.
So true!, Polo always appreciates. This song is definitely from God❤
Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" 💖 💯 legendary.
The inspiration of this song , and the album "The Wall"was Syd Barrett, one of the founding members, who developed a deep psychosis from overdosing on LSD. This is another band that effected me deeply in the 70s. I will say it again my friend, dig into Pink Floyd, modern music can't touch what was produced in the 70s. Namaste
It's crazy how unique they are, even after all this time.
That's the truth. No one can touch this music
No, as was stated in the reaction, the song is inspired by Roger Water's personal experience of being injected with medication before a show. "The Wall" is also inspired by Water's life - some even accused him of having an inflated ego because of this. And there is no actual support for the claim that one can develop "deep psychosis" from "overdosing" on LSD. In fact, modern studies suggest that LSD (as well as other related compounds such as psilocybin in "magic mushrooms") can have a tremendous potential when it comes to _healing_ (not merely treating) mental issues such as major depressive disorder, PTSD - and even schizophrenia! That there is no recorded case of an LSD overdose causing "deep psychosis" doesn't necessarily mean that something like that hasn't ever happened, but that's no reason for portraying it as fact.
Attended one of their concerts in Madison, WI in the 90's with a guy I was so totally infatuated with hoping to impress him with my Pink Floyd expertise. Once the light show and music began, I almost forgot he was there. INCREDIBLE
Favorite band..... ever. Been a musician for 30 years. Nothing beats pink floyd
There's nothing better than Pink Floyd live !
This is the most powerful and beautiful solo ever. It brings tears to my eyes every time. Thank you Polo.
Mr. Gilmore trims all the fat off his solos. There's nothing extra, and they are some of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. He's an absolute hit making machine. I could listen to him play that solo if it lasted a week. It's so powerful.
Simply said , the Brit’s have graced the world with their incredible bands and talent ….Thank you !
One of the greatest, most beautiful, most emotional guitar solos ever!!!!! You can feel the emotion coming through the guitar. Love love love it!!!!
Pink Floyd was my first true love. Way back in 1980, little 8-year-old me heard "Another Brick in the Wall" on the radio and I was never the same.
"The Wall" (the album this song appears on) is a concept album that follows an individual and essentially examines all the ways the world breaks him. Each trauma is "another brick in the wall". The entire album is deep, haunting, and humanly, horribly, beautifully sad.
I highly recommend turning down the lights, putting on your headphones, kicking back, closing your eyes and listening to the whole album straight through. It's absolutely brilliant.
Edited for clarity.
I was 11 in 1980 and my teacher let us bring records to class on Fridays and someone brought The Wall every week and I was forever hooked.
I went to Catholic school and in eighth grade a new nun from Ireland came to teach our class for the year. One day in class, she played a few Pink Floyd songs and told us what they were about. It was pretty cool!
Yes, follow the above instructions, hear the whole album straight thru!
Watch the movie..... very few jokes. Brilliant but heavy...
@@barryfeatherstone1616 One of those movie who are so powerful, that even if it's HARD to watch it, and unpleasant emotionally, psychologically violent... But you love it and wanna rewatch it... Waters is so good that he transformed difficult experiences with beautiful artistic told story. I mean, while he was with the band :).
His voice has really stood the test of time!
If you consider the long term issues the guitarist has had with his hands, to have written this song and needed such strong intervention, it's a miracle to hear him still play like that at his age.
Legendary Band, Legendary Song 💪
This is David Guilmore . Comfortably Numb , Not Pink Floyd
This is the hands down best performance of this song. David Gilmour's solo leaves you absolutely breathless.
Pink Floyd is as influential as the greatest bands to have ever existed. Their album dark side of the moon was in the charts for 15 years! The Wall is a movie that plays like a feature length music video this song is from that movie. It’s a movie that should be on every movie buffs checklist.
Dude unbelievable!! That solo is as good as anything you will ever experience!! I do not say this lightly because I’m not really a Pink Floyd fan, but I truly appreciate everything they have brought to the music they have!!! They’re something else for sure
This video is not of Pink Floyd. This is David Gilmour, who was the lead guitarist for Pink Floyd. Check out Comfortably Numb live at the PULSE CONCERT to see Pink Floyd. It is a spectacular live performance.
Agree. The Pulse concert of Pink Floyd is the best.
Well I would say that's not Pink Floyd either. It hasn't been Pink Floyd since 1983. Since then it's been David Gilmour and company doing live tribute cover versions of Roger Waters epic songs from the 70s plus some of DG's solo stuff that was wrongly imho released as "Pink Floyd"
@@robotcitizen101 I disagree.Waters deserves profound credit and acknowledgement for his contribution to Pink Floyd’s success. No question about it. But the music rights belong to Pink Floyd, the band. Waters quit Pink Floyd; Pink Floyd did not quit on Waters. Besides, Waters can still sing his songs whenever he wants to. I am a huge fan of Waters - he is absolutely brilliant and I wish he never left Pink Floyd. Since his departure, the listening public has made it very clear which band (Waters’ band or the remaining members of Pink Floyd) they prefer to listen to.
If you listen to Pink Floyd’s The Wall album,in it’s entirety, you’ll really be able to “feel” how this song is part of a huge sad story
Shine on you crazy diamond, wish you were here, Another brick in the wall. These are all Pink Floyd songs that you need to hear. Such an important group in the history of popular music. It’s like a cave full of musical history has opened up before you; and it’s all worth hearing. All of it.
Ecoes, Careful with that Axe Eugene, Great Gig in the Sky - thanx
Clare Torrey - Eclipse, Run Like Hell, Shine on You Crazy Diamond (for Syd Barret, right?), Pigs on the Wing…the songs just keep tickling my brain, wanting to be heard and felt again.
Thank you for leaving such an outstanding review. The Floyd will always be my go-to band. I'm lucky enough to have discovered them in the late 60's and can tell you they have a been a part of my life since. I still get goosebumps and teary-eyed listening to this song.
I find that the words behind Pink Floyd's songs are often sad, deep and moody, while the music itself is incredibly up lifting. They are true contradictions within themselves. Masterful!🔥
Greatest Guitar Solo of All Time!!!! Imagine growing up on music like this! I was born the week the Beatles first played on the Ed Sullivan Show and have never looked back! From a music perspective I was born and lived at a blessed time in music history.
Me too brother. Born in 1954.
1966 here, we enjoyed it at the time but looking back we had no idea that we were living in the greatest era of music ever. Even the bands I wasn't really into at the time I listen to them now and realize what absolute masters they were. We had it good.
Born in 72…but was raised on this. You might be old brother but at least you got to see all the great bands !
Songs like this that can resonate with you when you're feeling depressed, but brings such beauty with it is the reason to me why you can feel better from listening to them. They're not just sad spirling down.
This is one my most favorite songs.
As a guitar player myself for many years I gotta write that David Gilmour may not have top of the notch technique (he can't play fast arpeggios, tapping etc) but his soulful playing is what makes him stand out. His sound and emotional arrangements became iconic when it comes to rock music. I like the studio version more, when he was younger and had a little more "edge" but he's still a legend.
1977 Montreal Olympic Stadium - the older boys playing in this video still have great voices. I will say that 1977 Pink Floyd was the ultimate best concert I've ever seen. PIGS flying!!! Check it out. Thanks for sharing this one Polo!
Hey, I was there that night. Tons of wineskin sharing and everyone was stoned. We moved around the field. Way too loud near those massive speakers eh? It was their first " light show" with the massive screen behind them. Nice to see someone here who was there too in that time 😊
Moi aussi j y etais ......
Second guitar solo is considered one of the best ever written. Thank you Dave…
This song, and this performance of it is a masterpiece.
Seeing them live was mind blowing
I'm from the generation of Pink Floyd. Seeing and hearing the "younger" generation absorb and appreciate the musical genius that is Pink Floyd, makes me happy. Keep an open mind and open ears. You may find something transcending. :)
Not sure how a guitar solo can bring a tear to your eye, but this one live definitely does
The studio version is MAGICAL! Live performances are always special, but the studio track of this is I-C-O-N-I-C!
The studio version is immaculate. Love your reaction Polo 🙂
Their 1975 album Dark Side of the Moon stayed in the Billboard top 200 albums for more than two decades. Lots to love about this band. Their album and film The Wall synthesized many of their great themes, but yes, they had a ton of amazing songs.
1973... Dark side is 73... Wish You Were Here is from 1975...
@@garryiglesias4074 This is what I get for relying on memory at 3am. I was probably listening to Wish you were here when I made the comment. Thanks!
Pink Floyd took stage lighting/production to heights never seen before and has inspired every lighting director since. And then there's the music, some of the finest that there's ever been
The drummers grin gives the whole thing away. Priceless.
There is no way to have a "favorite" Pink Floyd song. With that said their song "On the turning away" had the most powerful message of any other song out there
One of their BEST. The whole album is top notch!
15:06 “I feel guilty for being paid to listen to that.”
A wonderful compliment.
There truly isn’t anything better than a live Pink Floyd song. It’s visceral and takes you to another realm.
Greatest solo of all time. Hands-down. No matter how many times I listen to that I still get the goosebumps.
There's loads of great guitarist in the world, but to me, David Gilmore is on another level. Those solos are spine tingling and mesmerising, there's no over the top shredding for the sake of it, it just flows so effortlessly and hits the perfect balance. I first listened to Pink Floyd in my mid teens and it blew me away, more than 30 years later it still has the same effect.
That is a lesson in how to play the guitar. Got to be the best solo ever
Check out that full concert and notice he changes the solos every time yet keeps the main parts of it ❤🙌🏽
I agree, you need to listen to The Pulse concert. Their original keyboardist was still alive and he starts the song off. Of course, any version of Gilmore on that black Strad is perfect; never misses.
Only Pink Floyd and SRV give me goosebumps when playing the guitar. They are channeling the music through themselves and out to us :)
If you listen to the album version (1978?), then Delicate Sound of Thunder (Live) version (1990), then Pulse (Live) version (1995), then listen to this one Live in Pompei again. He has been continuing to write new parts of that solo, and rearrange the original solo for a unique artistry that makes these landmark versions different from each other. In other words, he kept putting more of himself into this song and this solo over the years. A big catalyst was how powerful, beautiful and thunderous the 1990 live version was. It opened people's eyes and ears to hear this magnificent song in a different way. And he just kept working on it. It's as if he's having the same guitar conversation with you, but he has many years more wisdom in addition to his endless talent. Pink Floyd is a band that is (to my knowledge) ALWAYS better live. And the studio albums are incredible. They added backing singers when they did the live versions, and that has also changed. I think there were about 5 backing vocalists that harmonized with Dave on this one. In 1990 and 1995 I think it was 3 each, but they had them arranged in different ways. Imagine if a great artist made something groundbreaking and beautiful. Then continued to present different versions of that masterpiece over 35 years, by constantly recreating it. Dave did that with this guitar solo. He put so much into the practicing and writing/re-writing of it. If he just played the studio solo, and the same one every time - he would sound amazing - like an 11 on a 10 scale. But when you listen to Pink Floyd you know it's a journey and you might take some beautiful new detours. I counted at least 10 parts of the second solo that he created some new transitions and added beutiful new patterns. He knows that most of their true fans have heard all of his different versions of the solos over the years. If they want a certain version, they just play that concert. That's what I do. And all are as amazing as the other versions. However, I believe that if you survey your audience you will find that Pulse (1995) is the most recommended version. I saw them on both tours - 1990 and 1995 at the Ohio State Buckeye stadium. Absolutely overwhelming. Great job with your reaction on this. I got goose bumps too, but I've seen this and the other versions over 100 times. It never gets old for me. Or for him apparently. He loves this song so much that he continues to work on it and put his heart into it. :) I've been subscribed for a while and I really appreciate what you do. You are very sincere and open-minded. I like that you do research for a first listen to a band. That probably magnified your enjoyment, by knowing what was going on in the overall story of the song. Keep at it! Stay awesome.
I like 1988 best
@@rmyikzelf5604 I have a crush for the movie version, screaming + imagery are so well together with the solo fade out as a transition...
I saw Pink Floyd in Philly forever ago and all I can say is for those couple of hours I was transported to another world ❤
Live version of 'On The Turning Away ' almost brings me to tears, and that's before David G's solo, which just wipes me out.
Beautiful song.
My all time favorite band... Floyd isn't just simply music, its an experience....
This song always gives me goosebumps. Since I first heard it 35 years, ago
Same
I love the trick of the first short solo, then comes the second one, the real one, the amazing performance
The absolute greatest solo bar none!
This song belongs to the album The wall, there's a movie with the same name, you should watch it to understand the deep meaning behind this. The whole album revolves around the personal history of Roger Waters, one of the singers. It's a piece of art.
ABSOLUTELY!!!! GOOD CALL....
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“Pulse” is and always will be considered David’s masterpiece of comfortably numb’s guitar solo.
Exactly
The Wall is one of the first rock operas. It’s a story. You need to listen the whole studio album, then watch the movie. And if you get a chance to catch the live performance (David Gilmour’s The Wall) on tour, a live reproduction of the movie with at one point a 3-story puppet, it is absolutely worth it. An amazing show, it will blow your mind.
He is expressing thru music the pain almost every recovering addict has felt. You can feel it coming thru. Legendary track.
Polo listening to sad music while being depressed makes you feel like you’re not alone.
"Comfortably Numb" is from Pink Floyd's double album "The Wall". The album presents the story of the fictional character Pink Floyd, who at the start of the album wants to grow up and become a famous rock star. Over the course of the two records he does eventually achieve that goal, but along the way he keeps walling people away to separate himself from the people who care about him (hence the title, "The Wall"). This song represents a pivotal point in the story.
At the start of the song, Pink has realized that he's lonely and very unhappy, and surrounded by people who only want to use him, they don't care about him. He has turned to drugs to wall himself off from the pain, and become comfortably numb with his miserable fame & fortune. The song is set prior to a concert one night, but Pink is in his dressing room, too drugged out to perform. We hear his manager banging on the door, telling him it's "Time to go!", but Pink is too out of it to respond. So the manager, caring nothing for Pink and only concerned that Pink go out and do the night's show so the manager can collect his cut, calls in a doctor. We hear the doctor trying to assess Pink ("Can you show me where it hurts?") before giving him a shot of something ("That'll keep you going thru the show") and sending him out on-stage. The shot doesn't affect Pink right away, and his first guitar solo is beautiful, pure drugged-out bliss. But by the time of the second solo, the shot has sobered him up, he has to face the life he now hates, and his second solo is filled with emotion ~ pain and anguish and self-loathing, and David Gilmour's magnificent guitar work reflects this.
The lyrics are based on two RL events in bassist/songwriter Roger Waters' life. The first was when he became ill as a child, and his hands swelled up. The second refers to an incident in 1977, when the band was touring and happened to be in Philadelphia. Waters' came down with something (some have said hepatitis) and a doctor was summoned to give him a shot to get him thru the show that night. But while these two events did occur, they aren't what the song is about.
Finally, I respectfully suggest that that you watch/review the Pulse Concert version of this song. The Pulse Concert was actually the band's last tour, in support of the Division Bell album, also their last studio album. (The concert was so named because when the CD of the show was released, it had a flashing or 'pulsing' red LED light in the CD spine.) At this point Roger Waters had long since left the band over 'creative differences', and the band, having begun in the mid-60's, was getting a little long in the tooth, and knew this was going to be their last hurrah. So they decided to go out on top, and spent who-knows-how-much to build one of the largest and most impressive touring stages ever conceived. 180-foot wide stage, 130-foot arch, 700 tons of steel, 50+ trucks to move it, three and a half days to set it up, another two to break it back down, and three of these stages leap-frogging each other around the world. Oh, and a DAZZLING light show. It was truly a magnificent show, you can pick any Pulse Concert song and it will be a great version. But the song that brought the house down was "Comfortably Numb". The Pulse Concert version has been called arguably one of the greatest concert performances ever recorded. It's that good. David Gilmour's second solo is more than six minutes long, but you won't want him to stop. It's an incredible performance, and you really do need to at least watch it, if you choose not to react to it.
I don’t know why this comment got so few likes. Thank you for this information. It was all new to me and the many other recommendations of The Pulse show never explained any of this. You are a great fan.