I'm 77 and without a doubt, hands down, no one can come close to that guitar. My late husband's all time favorite song. I wish he could have heard this uncut verson. Maybe in heaven.💕
I'm 58 and I saw them in Atlanta back in 1994 and they were INCREDIBLE 🤘🤘🤘 I've been to over 750 concerts in my life and the "Pulse" concert is in my top-3 visual and sonically concerts
David Gilmour's Comfortable Numb solo, especially as performed on the Pulse tour, is right up there with the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo's David, the Mona Lisa, Starry Night, The Pietà, Venus de Milo, The Thinker, etc. A true work of art. Incredible.
@brunonumerouno - Do you know what this song is actually about? Have you ever watched the MOVIE that this song belongs to? It’s regarding drug use during The Holocaust.
I am 70, in a couple of weeks, and I was lucky enough to get tickets for my daughter and I to go to this concert tour at Earls Court. Unfortunately it was the night one part of the seating collapsed at the very start of the show ( Shine on you crazy… and it was very close to us - very scary) and so we came back to the re-scheduled show and that was absolutely awesome and comfortably numb was one of the absolute highlights of the show. The lasers and that globe was awesome. Even beat The Wall version I saw in 1979. David Gilmore’s solos are just extraordinary.
I'm in my 40s and I think this just really goes to show how such a timeless band, can bring such an immortal feelings in our soul, when it comes to music!
Lots of guitarists can rip up and down the neck and have crowds of people screaming after them, but NOBODY can make a guitar sing like David Gilmour can. Nobody.
Kids of today will never understand just how great rock n roll is when hearing this because they wont hear solos like Mr. Gilmour's solo ever again!!!!!
Agree! saw them 50 yrs ago and still mesmerized at 74. It will never be that good again!!!. Sorry generations that you missed it...the beginning but never the end....
Firefox has a great ad blocker I've yet to see an ad while watching Pink Floyd or any other song. Ads are irrelevant and pointless and Firefox proves that with their ad locker 😁
Surprised, they had 10 minutes they could have put an ad in each one of David’s solos. UA-cam is beginning to suck with the ads and I will not pay for ad free. We built you up and this is how you repay us.
You know a guitar solo is good when people are still talking about it almost 30 years later and consider it the best guitar solo of all time, and the best performance of that solo of all time. Absolutely legendary - I remember having the double CD special edition that had the blinking pulse light on the case
Vancouver BC June 25th, 1994. I just graduated High-school a few weeks prior. An 18 year old kid from a small town in rural Oregon. I could have taken anyone of my friends and travel to BC for Pink Floyd's stop at BC Place. I decided to ask my dad if he wanted to go. He was in his 50s at the time and had no idea who Pink Floyd even was back then. Even though he lived through the 60-70s. He said yes and off we went. No question the most special concert of my life bcuz he was there. He absolutely had the time of his life. Now over 30 years later he is 86 now and lives with me as I am his care giver. So grateful he is still here with me and so much gratitude for posting this and bringing back special memories of my life.
My wife the other day asked me what concert would I like to go to again I didn't even have to think about it. She said that was quick, no it wasn't I replied. Ididnt realize how good they were until later.
Yup I feel the same I saw them in Syracuse, NY 1994..been to a few since most country, just to go with the wife. I agree this was greatest show of my lifetime. No other can compare. Mr. Gilmour is truly a genius, no one can make a guitar sound and feel like it's another voice, telling a story of its own. I was truly in awe, for this as it was part of the 30 minute encore.
I would wish for it too, I was born the year they performed Pulse. But I have fond memories, my parents are huge Pink Floyd fans and they bought the Pulse album as soon as it was available to buy in India, as a 6-7 year old I remember the CD cover, the purple cover with that iconic artwork. I'm so glad mum and dad introducing me to prog rock!
@@doubts It's the one that moves me the most, emotionally. The finest piece of music, for me. I've never tired of it in the 45 years I've been listening to it. This song, along with "Wish you were here" brings tears of joy, of sadness, of melancholy,, of memories....... every single time I hear it.
I don't know how, but I just watched the entire video with no interruptions. No ad blocker. I never got to see Pink Floyd. Had an opportunity when I was younger. Stupidity got the best of me and I didn't go. My loss.😢
@@joepatriot6431 - Do you know what this song is actually about? Have you ever watched the MOVIE that this song belongs to? It’s about drug use during The Holocaust.
Yesterday I also had wet eyes as watched the documentation "Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd“. Sad story. A lot of stuff I didn't know.
In August 1971, when Pink Floyd were simply the best progressive/psychedelic rock band in the world (8 years before The Wall), they toured Australia. They played a single Friday night gig in Melbourne, then another single (open-air) gig in Sydney on the Sunday afternoon. There was no light show, nothing visual at all. Just them. I saw the Friday night show in Melbourne, then dropped everything and hitchhiked the 600 miles to Sydney next day to see them play again on the Sunday. They were that good.
@@ianboyle1026 I am 56, watched them tear down the wall in Berlin in '90. Yet I envy your experience. I wish things were the way they were in my youth, or even better, a little earlier in yours....one thing is certain, my friend - we will never pass this way again
@@derekhargest5630 when you're in a Pink Floyd concert and you're experiencing a gilmour solo of this magnitude, you get in a state of shock and you have nothing else to do but to have an eargasm from this, this is why everyone is just sitting down, its smth they only hear live once in a lifetime.
So sorry for you r loss, I know how trivial that sounds. My mother passed a few weeks ago, I had looked after her for the last 9 years of her life, she was a few days short of her 95th birthday. I have lost loves in different ways through life. May God bless you.
I'm sorry for your loss also. And I can't even relate. I hear this song and I relate to being lonely all these years. I'm sincerely sorry for your loss...
Sorry for your loss been there and more . When that feeling surfaced awkolege you feelings they are valid. You have purpose I know you feel you don't on occasions. Sending hugs love to you always
In my 62 years on planet earth I've been to 100's of gigs but this one tops them all my beautiful wife got me the tickets for my 34th birthday and this gig just blew us away whenever we hear or see this it still gives us goosebumps still thrills us such wonderful memories come flooding back thank you for posting
@MrGriff305 I know I am pal and if it hadn't been for my amazing beautiful wife I probably wouldn't have. I tried several times unsuccessfully to obtain tickets for this gig, then on my 34th birthday my wife surprised me with 2 tickets which she'd placed inside the birthday card she gave me.
65 here, worked backstage in Austin, saw maybe 300 shows, this was/is the best live show ever, nothing else ever even got close. Perfection. We will never live to see anything else as a musical event that gets near this; we were so lucky. Peace.
@@jimmyshirley3055 None taken pal and I do count myself very fortunate to have a wife who loves live music in fact she as I did myself once upon a time play in local bands although not the same one. She plays keyboards and I play bass and rhythm guitar, it was at a local gig that we first met.
Advertisers should say to UA-cam: "if you ever place our advert midway through a David Gilmour guitar solo we will sue your ass for reputational damage!"
I am 71 and have loved Pink Floyd since 1969, heard all their CD's. It is so cool when this band goes to South America, Africa or Europe and the fans are lipsyncing along with the band in English. Gilmour has always been awesome and like Jimi Hendrix, David brings out pure emotion in his guitar that can bring one to tears. GOAT
I was at Earls Court in 94 and to this day it has been the most spectacular event I've ever witnessed. Pink Floyd were the best band ever in my opinion.
I 100% concur. Pink Floyd was truly the best band ever. RIP Richard Write… Likewise, I was at Soldier’s Field in Chicago in 1994 and witnessed the best concert I have ever seen. I remember the crowd went nuts during Gilmour’s performance!
I envy every single person who was there to experience this. I would have walked out in tears if I was there. This was a once in a lifetime performance. Everything about it was just right. So good.
I saw David in Chicago a few years ago and I was moved to tears when he played this. This song is the reason I started playing guitar when I was 13. 37 years later still can’t touch this pure emotion.
I was there, aged 16, wasn’t even a big Floyd fan, yet when I left the concert I absolutely understood to the core of my soul that I’d witnessed something amazing. The real gift was getting the Pulse DVD around 15 years later - that brought it all flooding back
Prague, September 7, 1994, Strahov stadium, which was not a regular sports stadium, but a stadium for mass exercises, so the area of the stadium is as big as 10 football fields. There were 130,000 spectators at the concert and tens of thousands more around the stadium. To be able to sound the huge stadium, speakers were placed all over the stadium and when the first sounds were heard, I saw how the quality of the sound and its power stunned people. There was about 10 seconds of silence after Comfortably Numb and then a storm of enthusiasm erupted that didn't let up throughout Run Like Hell. The next day, a friend sold his only possession - a Skoda car - so that he could go to the next Pulse concert in Spain. You can't forget that concert.
One does not merely listen to David Gilmour play the guitar............. One experiences David Gilmour making his guitar sing stories. It gets you right in the feels!!!
I agree @user-iq6wz4wv4u David Gilmour playing is a total experience. As an audience, you immerse yourself in the music. It is too precious to squander.
I'm just another old guy that sees this man/band still kicking ass and is so very thankful that I got to come of age with music like this. Makes me sad for young folks today... music that has no depth, no sense, no passion, little effort, and not much true talent. Shallow technique to only tickle the interest. No substance to feed the soul. Just sad.
No matter how many times I see this performance it just astounds me. In my opinion Pink Floyd raised the bar on all future concerts after the Pulse tour
The Royal, Albert Hall, concert version of comfortably numb, while different than this one, is every bit as masterfully done. David Gilmour’s sense of timing and melody is genius and second to none.
Dear Hearts, it has been an honor and a privilege to be able to see and/or listen to such magnificent music over the decades. This is one of those times. All Love
El todopoderoso sonido de Pink Floyd. Sin mas palabras para argumentar. Solo queda este testimonio para las nuevas generaciones y puedan ver y escuchar.
I was there in 1994 Soldiers Field in Chicago. By far the best concert I’ve ever seen. When Gilmour did his guitar solo, it was as you said, “Magical”!!
No, I won’t ever forget it. Yankee Stadium, 1994, my GF and I were so close we could almost touch him. One of the peak concert experiences of my life. Shine on forever David Gilmour. You are a master. ❤
Idid, at 3rivers in Pittsburgh. I called my wife, who couldn't attend do to work. I called her from a pay phone on the wall, this was before cell phones kiddies, and said listen Linda. I wanted her tohere the best music ever. She did, the quality was poor but she got it . And still talks about over 30 years later. It must suck to listen to most music now. I saw it live and it wasn't taylor swift.
This solo, this whole show is out of this world. It comes very close to perfection. And I think that's exactly what it is. It's not perfect, it's close but not perfect. It's rough and raw. You need 3 things for a good show. A good band, a cool light show and David Gilmour on guitar.
These guy's and other great groups are why the 70s and early 80s was the greatest era of rock music ever, glad I was there to enjoy it for the first time ever.
Still gives me shivers all these years later. I was at this exact concert and the emotions running through me and everyone during this solo was indescribable - nothing but nothing has come close.
I've watched a lot of YT videos of Comfortably Numb performances by Gilmour, but the first time seeing this version. It's the best version of the second solo I've heard. Even better than Pompeii.
lucky me - got to see these guys twice - there will NEVER be another band that will hold a candle to them ! Thank you David and the band for your musical mastery -
I was there, will never ever forget. Still can't forget the experience till this day. Head blown now that's an understatement. Tears of total awe and wonder lol
I remember seeing them around 1994 at Clemson Death Valley stadium. It was this same tour. One of the most amazing things I’ve ever experienced. I was around 22 or 23 years old, I’m 50 now. Time goes by too fast people. This concert was yesterday for me. It was a religious experience.
I saw the Pulse Tour in the New Orleans Superdome in '94. THE most amazing thing I have ever seen. For those that didn't get to see that ball open (9:22) in person, don't know what they missed.
Saw it in Philly 94, when the crystal ball was lit and those lights were spinning around; the entire stadium transported to another dimension. I just got back yesterday...what'd I miss?
I was there in Death Valley! Greatest concert that I have ever seen OR will ever see. When the crowd singing Wish You Were Here actually drowned out the PA system and Gilmour quit singing for a verse to just let us take it... it was truly magical and breathtaking. I was just slightly right of dead center of the field, 10 rows in front of the mirror ball.
Damn, I didn't even know the Pulse solo was cut lol. I don't know why though, as I'm pretty sure the extra minute of the guitar solo wasn't enough to be warranted to be cut. Maybe pacing? I don't know, I do like that part they cut. I'm glad that it exists, as an extra minute of that guitar solo just makes it even better than it already is.
It's generally thought it got cut because as much as Gilmour is a god when it comes to the guitar, if you listen carefully he does seem to drop a note or two at 8:00 minutes. Me personally I think this version is still awesome and in 4k is simply stunning!
@@secondchance6603 This was 1994 when VHS ruled the world. I was thinking maybe it was some editing done so the entire concert would fit on a single VHS tape. I do love this version though. You can see so much better the dazzling effect the giant "disco ball" has. If the experts say Gilmour drops a note at 8:00, I'll take your word for it, but you couldn't prove it by me. To me, every single note he plays is just ever so slightly this side of Heaven.
Ero presente ai concerti a Roma nel 1988 stadio Flaminio, e nel 1994 a Cinecittà, conservo un indelebile ricordo di tale emozione, adrenalina allo stato puro. Le stesse emozioni provo ha rivederle sulo schermo. Pink Floyd for ever❤
I saw this show live. David's performance was at its peak. It brought tears to my eyes, raised the hairs on my neck, and gave me goosebumps the size of peas. So grateful that I got to see it. And - I'm not making this up - during the song, fog started blowing above the Oakland Coliseum. The laser light show lit it up. It was as if Pink Floyd was making the weather part of their show. Or maybe something larger than them, who also loved their show, was giving all of us a gift. Of course, neither was true. It was an amazing coincidence. But my brain went "uhhhhhhhhhh how?!?!?!?". I hadn't drunk any booze or taken any drugs, but it felt like I was in the middle of a full-on acid trip. No other concert I've seen came close, and I've seen a lot of concerts.
even though Roger Waters wrote this song, David Gilmour owns it with his vocal and guitar performance. his voice pierces through with such clarity and depth and we all grew up with it. Rick Wright singing the Waters parts is pretty amazing. I can't help but wonder what they're all thinking as they perform this. So much back story.
I heard this song was originally on a Gilmour solo album so not sure how it would've been written by Waters. It seems Waters agreed to include it on The Wall. Sorry, Gilmour is the guy on this one
After seeing most of the premier bands live numerous times in the 70’s/80’s, this guitar solo is is one of the best of all time. Let’s be honest the best guitarists of all time came from this era.
I have been very fortunate , in my life, to attend two Floyd concerts. One at the Free Trade Hall, in Manchester and one at Maine Road Manchester ( 1988). Absolutely Magnificent. Music and visual perfection. Thankyou Pink Floyd.
Saw this show in Atlanta at Bobby Dodd Stadium. All the lights playing off the surrounding buildings was epic. To this day, this show remains as the best I’ve ever seen.
@@Marcin-vt8ql no wonder why this is longer and there is a part in the solo I never heard of. I’m not sure if I should be impressed or sad about the edited version because it feels seamless, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the cut part
This is a very good question. One thing I've heard is that it was edited for VHS tape length consideration. Remember this was 1994, and VHS ruled the world. Another is that David Gilmour wanted it edited. There were some parts in the portion that was cut he wasn't happy with. Personally, and I imagine you feel the same way, I think every note he plays is just slightly this side of heaven, whether he's happy with it or not.
The version would be unique if it really were. I'm a guitarist and can see from Gilmour's finger on the guitar neck that it doesn't match. Sorry folks but that's the way it is.
Absolutely the BEST of the best - Nothing to compare - Guitar solos are incredible - thank you so much for sharing with us! Its hard to find the words for this music!
Putting any commercial during this is A Mortal Sin
Shure
@@paulogoncalves6760😅
True. You never interrupt a pink floyd song escp one with a guitar solo like this one.
Ad block, dude.
I didn't get any ads when I listened - it varies from person to person.
I'm 77 and without a doubt, hands down, no one can come close to that guitar. My late husband's all time favorite song. I wish he could have heard this uncut verson. Maybe in heaven.💕
I'm sure he hears it. ❤
@annenewsom8843 So very kind of you!
I'm 68yrs old and I'm a man but between you and Mr gimour I have tears in my eyes -it doesn't get any better than this!!!!
I'm 58 and I saw them in Atlanta back in 1994 and they were INCREDIBLE 🤘🤘🤘
I've been to over 750 concerts in my life and the "Pulse" concert is in my top-3 visual and sonically concerts
He's hearing it from above my love
David Gilmour's Comfortable Numb solo, especially as performed on the Pulse tour, is right up there with the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo's David, the Mona Lisa, Starry Night, The Pietà, Venus de Milo, The Thinker, etc. A true work of art. Incredible.
Totalmente de acuerdo es Celestial
@@antoniosalgueiro9991 I totally agree, it's heavenly. Nice one there. Thanks. The perfect thought.
Indeed
Very true. A timeless classic...
@brunonumerouno - Do you know what this song is actually about?
Have you ever watched the MOVIE that this song belongs to?
It’s regarding drug use during The Holocaust.
I'm 73 now and this still sends shivers up my spine during the solo.... god bless you Mr Gilmour
Beat you by 1 year! Saw PF at the Albert Hall, Ummagumma.
And it also happens at 81. 👍 to Mr. Gilmour.
I am 70, in a couple of weeks, and I was lucky enough to get tickets for my daughter and I to go to this concert tour at Earls Court. Unfortunately it was the night one part of the seating collapsed at the very start of the show ( Shine on you crazy… and it was very close to us - very scary) and so we came back to the re-scheduled show and that was absolutely awesome and comfortably numb was one of the absolute highlights of the show. The lasers and that globe was awesome. Even beat The Wall version I saw in 1979. David Gilmore’s solos are just extraordinary.
63 and I get goosebumps in both my arms and legs, never happens to me except when I listen to this masterpiece!
I'm in my 40s and I think this just really goes to show how such a timeless band, can bring such an immortal feelings in our soul, when it comes to music!
Lots of guitarists can rip up and down the neck and have crowds of people screaming after them, but NOBODY can make a guitar sing like David Gilmour can. Nobody.
Prince was close. Listen to Prince play Gently Weeps - you can find it right here on UA-cam.
@@thegreypath1777 ...its was great and so was prince... but this was effortless and pulled every emotion out of you.
what a beautiful comment !!! true
In '1978 ' I was 8 I bought Dark Side Of The Moon Record at a yard sale that moment changed my life forever to this day David Gilmour is the best
I can, lol
Kids of today will never understand just how great rock n roll is when hearing this because they wont hear solos like Mr. Gilmour's solo ever again!!!!!
+1❤❤❤❤❤❤
Agree! saw them 50 yrs ago and still mesmerized at 74. It will never be that good again!!!. Sorry generations that you missed it...the beginning but never the end....
@@pattisorrell3258 there is the beauty of recording's no matter where you look.
So True
My son is 10 years old. We were together with my dad at the Concert in Rom on Oct. 3rd.
3 gerneratios who know what good music is. ❤
This is arguably the best guitar solo ever and youtube put an ad in the middle of it WTF
No Ad for moi... I do not pay for my YT...
@@BertSmithLondon adblocker for youtube is a must
Firefox has a great ad blocker I've yet to see an ad while watching Pink Floyd or any other song.
Ads are irrelevant and pointless and Firefox proves that with their ad locker 😁
Totally agree, that ad in the solo was bs
and arguably one of the best songs ever written.
Truly, the greatest solo guitar of all times ! Thank you isn't enough, Mr. Gilmour.
Surprised, they had 10 minutes they could have put an ad in each one of David’s solos. UA-cam is beginning to suck with the ads and I will not pay for ad free. We built you up and this is how you repay us.
@@thomprasol1767 Couldn,t have said it better! FJB and FYTube Jeff Dusti
Agreed
You know a guitar solo is good when people are still talking about it almost 30 years later and consider it the best guitar solo of all time, and the best performance of that solo of all time. Absolutely legendary - I remember having the double CD special edition that had the blinking pulse light on the case
I still have mine and it still blinks. I've been changing batteries every 6 months for 30 years now.
I remember too. The famous light.
The 2CD SET OF PULSE AND MOVE “ wall”
Are the best of best.
I still have it. And it still blinks
Yep, still have that double CD case and its still blinking.
I'm 72 years old ,I've seen guitarists , all the best, this man is the GOAT. None better and IMO ,never will be.
May be Gary Moore one of them, Loads I can name, good in there own right 👍
Tommy Emmanuel from Australia iis also a r8 Guitaristt!😋
❤😮
Steve ray don’t forget
I'll see your 72 and raise you 5 more and I AGREE!
Watch this 3 times. 1st eyes closed. 2nd watch the entire video. 3rd eyes closed again. Completely magical.
Eyes closed , incredible.
With the cans on… your eyes may be shut, but they certainly respond. ✌️
Only to listen it this song is eye closed.
THE ONE EYED MONSTER!
I thought I was alone in this thinking. Thank you.
Vancouver BC June 25th, 1994. I just graduated High-school a few weeks prior. An 18 year old kid from a small town in rural Oregon. I could have taken anyone of my friends and travel to BC for Pink Floyd's stop at BC Place. I decided to ask my dad if he wanted to go. He was in his 50s at the time and had no idea who Pink Floyd even was back then. Even though he lived through the 60-70s. He said yes and off we went. No question the most special concert of my life bcuz he was there. He absolutely had the time of his life. Now over 30 years later he is 86 now and lives with me as I am his care giver. So grateful he is still here with me and so much gratitude for posting this and bringing back special memories of my life.
You are so blessed to have a or both parents still alive. God bless you
Great son...great dad.
Rock on forever 🎉.
Merci pour votre texte, un témoignage qui fait chaud au cœur. Un admirateur français ❤🇫🇷
❤😀🇨🇦🍷
Boys and girls we grew up in the best of times!! Can’t get any better than this!!! 👍👍👍
My wife the other day asked me what concert would I like to go to again I didn't even have to think about it. She said that was quick, no it wasn't I replied. Ididnt realize how good they were until later.
We certainly did. The Wall was the best concert I've ever attended, and I've been to a few....
Look this live one at pompei👍
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Ya lo creo, no existe mayor profundidad de sonido y sentimiento que en esta canción hasta hoy,saludos desde Argentina
If time travel ever becomes possible, I'm going back to see this show.
It was a great show indeed. I was there, second row left side. 😁.
@@saltaire I trade 5 rows back for seats farther back as I know you don't want to sit up close. Saw this 5 times.
No one understands why I don't care for concerts anymore. I told them I saw Floyd during the Pulse tour at RFK stadium. Done.
Yup I feel the same I saw them in Syracuse, NY 1994..been to a few since most country, just to go with the wife. I agree this was greatest show of my lifetime. No other can compare. Mr. Gilmour is truly a genius, no one can make a guitar sound and feel like it's another voice, telling a story of its own. I was truly in awe, for this as it was part of the 30 minute encore.
I would wish for it too, I was born the year they performed Pulse. But I have fond memories, my parents are huge Pink Floyd fans and they bought the Pulse album as soon as it was available to buy in India, as a 6-7 year old I remember the CD cover, the purple cover with that iconic artwork. I'm so glad mum and dad introducing me to prog rock!
5:00 Ladies and gentleman, here is the best solo guitar in human history... enjoy.
Not really and he'd never claim it to be. Really nice player though . Huge respect
@@doubts It's the one that moves me the most, emotionally. The finest piece of music, for me. I've never tired of it in the 45 years I've been listening to it. This song, along with "Wish you were here" brings tears of joy, of sadness, of melancholy,, of memories....... every single time I hear it.
I don't know how, but I just watched the entire video with no interruptions. No ad blocker.
I never got to see Pink Floyd. Had an opportunity when I was younger. Stupidity got the best of me and I didn't go. My loss.😢
Brother you missed out. Think of the best concert you went to. Pink Floyd is 10 times better. I saw them in Atl. was totally amazed. Awesome.
@jayangle20 I know. I tell myself all the time that I was a fool. Most definitely my loss!
Most of the time, young men think with the wrong head.
@@floyd6545 Have a good day.
So sorry for your loss.😭
The only solo that can make me cry. Just incredible.
Every time.
@@joepatriot6431 - Do you know what this song is actually about?
Have you ever watched the MOVIE that this song belongs to?
It’s about drug use during The Holocaust.
You are damn right. My eyes are wet each time.
I cried too. Glad to hear I'm not the only one.
Yesterday I also had wet eyes as watched the documentation "Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd“. Sad story. A lot of stuff I didn't know.
You just don't want it to end.
Best guitar solo ever.
Yes indeed, and I would love to hear him and Mark Knopfler play together !!
At the least its a long song over 10 mins.
In August 1971, when Pink Floyd were simply the best progressive/psychedelic rock band in the world (8 years before The Wall), they toured Australia. They played a single Friday night gig in Melbourne, then another single (open-air) gig in Sydney on the Sunday afternoon.
There was no light show, nothing visual at all. Just them.
I saw the Friday night show in Melbourne, then dropped everything and hitchhiked the 600 miles to Sydney next day to see them play again on the Sunday.
They were that good.
Man i can't tell how i'm jealosing you right now..
Hitchhiking 600 miles for the Floyd, exactly something I would have done back in the day. Hats off to you mate 👏
@@CKNnewjerseyAnd to you, mate!
@@ianboyle1026 I am 56, watched them tear down the wall in Berlin in '90. Yet I envy your experience. I wish things were the way they were in my youth, or even better, a little earlier in yours....one thing is certain, my friend - we will never pass this way again
@@indigatorveritatis5298Amen. We'll certainly never see the like of Gilmour again.
the roar of approval from the crowd at the end gets me every time.
5:13 What a crowd!!! No jumping, screaming or dancing. Just being one with pure Music/God
take a look to this crowd ua-cam.com/video/4Ln-mqqIQUM/v-deo.html
No Cameras Thank God.
HOW IS NO ONE MOVING?!?!?
@@derekhargest5630 when you're in a Pink Floyd concert and you're experiencing a gilmour solo of this magnitude, you get in a state of shock and you have nothing else to do but to have an eargasm from this, this is why everyone is just sitting down, its smth they only hear live once in a lifetime.
Let God out of this
My beloved wife passed last year and i have been in a dark sad existence
This song allows myself to weep in silence 😢
So sorry for you r loss, I know how trivial that sounds. My mother passed a few weeks ago, I had looked after her for the last 9 years of her life, she was a few days short of her 95th birthday. I have lost loves in different ways through life. May God bless you.
I'm sorry for your loss also. And I can't even relate. I hear this song and I relate to being lonely all these years. I'm sincerely sorry for your loss...
I hear you. Same for me. Sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss been there and more . When that feeling surfaced awkolege you feelings they are valid. You have purpose I know you feel you don't on occasions. Sending hugs love to you always
Heartfelt condolences, friend. Blessings.
In my 62 years on planet earth I've been to 100's of gigs but this one tops them all my beautiful wife got me the tickets for my 34th birthday and this gig just blew us away whenever we hear or see this it still gives us goosebumps still thrills us such wonderful memories come flooding back thank you for posting
63, and stood in the rain in Houston in 1994 and wouldn't trade that experience for just about anything.
@MrGriff305 I know I am pal and if it hadn't been for my amazing beautiful wife I probably wouldn't have. I tried several times unsuccessfully to obtain tickets for this gig, then on my 34th birthday my wife surprised me with 2 tickets which she'd placed inside the birthday card she gave me.
65 here, worked backstage in Austin, saw maybe 300 shows, this was/is the best live show ever, nothing else ever even got close. Perfection. We will never live to see anything else as a musical event that gets near this; we were so lucky. Peace.
No offense, but I wish my wife was like yours.
It would never occur to her to go to a rock concert.
PERIOD.
@@jimmyshirley3055 None taken pal and I do count myself very fortunate to have a wife who loves live music in fact she as I did myself once upon a time play in local bands although not the same one. She plays keyboards and I play bass and rhythm guitar, it was at a local gig that we first met.
I'm still rockin' this at 70... Damn. We had the music....
Me Too ❤
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Me three at 78…
We’ve still got it.
I am ten years younger and still this song comfortably numb my soul as it knows no age
Me too (I'm 70)
There will never be another band like Pink floyd
We are 65 and 54 still here in 2024 . Still gives me goose bumps..❤
Lucky you. You’re just reaching the prime of your lives 👍
Hi i see the pink floyd in UK in 1994 and for me is the best.❤
A 15 days ago i so the Birth pink floyd in Malta and there are very good❤
Im 72 lived those times..same bumps...such a feeling!
Advertisers should say to UA-cam: "if you ever place our advert midway through a David Gilmour guitar solo we will sue your ass for reputational damage!"
what about emotional damage to the listener??!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍💯
The best guitar solo ever written and performed in human history, hands down!
What an experience!
I am 71 and have loved Pink Floyd since 1969, heard all their CD's. It is so cool when this band goes to South America, Africa or Europe and the fans are lipsyncing along with the band in English. Gilmour has always been awesome and like Jimi Hendrix, David brings out pure emotion in his guitar that can bring one to tears. GOAT
I was at Earls Court in 94 and to this day it has been the most spectacular event I've ever witnessed. Pink Floyd were the best band ever in my opinion.
I 100% concur. Pink Floyd was truly the best band ever. RIP Richard Write…
Likewise, I was at Soldier’s Field in Chicago in 1994 and witnessed the best concert I have ever seen. I remember the crowd went nuts during Gilmour’s performance!
Utterly stunning and not a phone in sight...
Well, Pulse was before everyone had a phone in their pocket, soooooo
ahhh the goood old days!!!🍻😎🇺🇸
October 1994, Earl’s court, London
Nobody ever never can do what Pink Floyd makes in music. Pure art. ❤
I envy every single person who was there to experience this. I would have walked out in tears if I was there. This was a once in a lifetime performance. Everything about it was just right. So good.
I walked out in tears from that concert.
I was at this concert the night the video was made. On the balcony just above stage left.
I saw David in Chicago a few years ago and I was moved to tears when he played this. This song is the reason I started playing guitar when I was 13. 37 years later still can’t touch this pure emotion.
I was there, aged 16, wasn’t even a big Floyd fan, yet when I left the concert I absolutely understood to the core of my soul that I’d witnessed something amazing. The real gift was getting the Pulse DVD around 15 years later - that brought it all flooding back
I was there 7th row center stage. Incredible
Prague, September 7, 1994, Strahov stadium, which was not a regular sports stadium, but a stadium for mass exercises, so the area of the stadium is as big as 10 football fields. There were 130,000 spectators at the concert and tens of thousands more around the stadium. To be able to sound the huge stadium, speakers were placed all over the stadium and when the first sounds were heard, I saw how the quality of the sound and its power stunned people.
There was about 10 seconds of silence after Comfortably Numb and then a storm of enthusiasm erupted that didn't let up throughout Run Like Hell.
The next day, a friend sold his only possession - a Skoda car - so that he could go to the next Pulse concert in Spain.
You can't forget that concert.
This solo makes me cry every time...The best solo guitar ever!!!
One does not merely listen to David Gilmour play the guitar.............
One experiences David Gilmour making his guitar sing stories. It gets you right in the feels!!!
I agree @user-iq6wz4wv4u David Gilmour playing is a total experience. As an audience, you immerse yourself in the music. It is too precious to squander.
I intend to have this playing at my funeral as they wheel away the casket, from 4.55 to the end…6 minutes of heaven 😊
I was thinking the same.....
That is so so coolio !!!!
No human can play that good. Blown away!
The best solo guitar ever. Masterpiece. ❤
You should check out David Gilmour live at Pompeii, High Hopes. The slide table guitar solo on that performance is phenomenal
This song itself it's pure poetry and the guitar solo...it's from another universe.
I'm just another old guy that sees this man/band still kicking ass and is so very thankful that I got to come of age with music like this. Makes me sad for young folks today... music that has no depth, no sense, no passion, little effort, and not much true talent. Shallow technique to only tickle the interest. No substance to feed the soul. Just sad.
There are moments when I need a dose of Pink Floyd for my body, mind, and soul. I have had a terrible addiction to them for the past 28 years.
❤
No matter how many times I see this performance it just astounds me. In my opinion Pink Floyd raised the bar on all future concerts after the Pulse tour
The Royal, Albert Hall, concert version of comfortably numb, while different than this one, is every bit as masterfully done. David Gilmour’s sense of timing and melody is genius and second to none.
Dear Hearts, it has been an honor and a privilege to be able to see and/or listen to such magnificent music over the decades. This is one of those times. All Love
El todopoderoso sonido de Pink Floyd.
Sin mas palabras para argumentar.
Solo queda este testimonio para las nuevas generaciones y puedan ver y escuchar.
Uncut. Unedited. Unbelievable. Unequaled.
I believe that whoever lived this magical moment will never forget it
I was there in 1994 Soldiers Field in Chicago. By far the best concert I’ve ever seen. When Gilmour did his guitar solo, it was as you said, “Magical”!!
AMEN!
Amen. 1994, Vet Stadium, Philadelphia.
No, I won’t ever forget it. Yankee Stadium, 1994, my GF and I were so close we could almost touch him. One of the peak concert experiences of my life. Shine on forever David Gilmour. You are a master. ❤
Idid, at 3rivers in Pittsburgh. I called my wife, who couldn't attend do to work. I called her from a pay phone on the wall, this was before cell phones kiddies, and said listen Linda. I wanted her tohere the best music ever. She did, the quality was poor but she got it . And still talks about over 30 years later. It must suck to listen to most music now. I saw it live and it wasn't taylor swift.
This solo, this whole show is out of this world.
It comes very close to perfection.
And I think that's exactly what it is. It's not perfect, it's close but not perfect. It's rough and raw.
You need 3 things for a good show.
A good band, a cool light show and David Gilmour on guitar.
These guy's and other great groups are why the 70s and early 80s was the greatest era of rock music ever, glad I was there to enjoy it for the first time ever.
Impossible to recover from the effect of this masterpiece… Great Solo ever
Jeeez, been listening to this song since it came out in 79, and it Still brings tears to my eyes, not for any sentimental reason, it's just that good!
Been to 100s of concerts and to me pink floyd is the best group ever
Wow! David Gilmour smokes on lead-guitar 🔥🎸👍🤘 one of the best guitar solos of all time.
Thanks for posting.👍
Still gives me shivers all these years later. I was at this exact concert and the emotions running through me and everyone during this solo was indescribable - nothing but nothing has come close.
Best guitar solo ever! I was so lucky to be around when this music was created.
His soul is crying out from a broken heart. His pain brings tears to my eyes so many years later.
It’s not even a hard guitar solo. However, it just makes you close your eyes, throw your head back and just float along. Awesome!
There show is not an event. It’s an experience. I feel lucky I had the chance to see them live. Unforgettable.
Yes, i agree, saw them twice.
1973 was my senior year in HS, and now age 69, this song takes me back..
David Gilmore: I composed the best guitar solo of the history of rock. Let me do the best version of the best guitar solo.
I've watched a lot of YT videos of Comfortably Numb performances by Gilmour, but the first time seeing this version. It's the best version of the second solo I've heard. Even better than Pompeii.
This is a rare collection. Never knew that there was a uncut version as well.
ME EITHER !!!
lucky me - got to see these guys twice - there will NEVER be another band that will hold a candle to them ! Thank you David and the band for your musical mastery -
Just a bunch of people experiencing something none of us ever will.
i was there ! (sorry).. x x x
It's sad mate..
I did. Wish everyone could have.
I was there, will never ever forget. Still can't forget the experience till this day. Head blown now that's an understatement. Tears of total awe and wonder lol
I'm 72 and l took MANY trips with PINK FLOYD
Ohh ya!! Me too … a frequent flyer!! 💜💜💜💜💜😀😁
I remember seeing them around 1994 at Clemson Death Valley stadium. It was this same tour. One of the most amazing things I’ve ever experienced. I was around 22 or 23 years old, I’m 50 now. Time goes by too fast people. This concert was yesterday for me. It was a religious experience.
Yes
I saw the Pulse Tour in the New Orleans Superdome in '94. THE most amazing thing I have ever seen. For those that didn't get to see that ball open (9:22) in person, don't know what they missed.
Saw it in Philly 94, when the crystal ball was lit and those lights were spinning around; the entire stadium transported to another dimension. I just got back yesterday...what'd I miss?
I was there in Death Valley! Greatest concert that I have ever seen OR will ever see. When the crowd singing Wish You Were Here actually drowned out the PA system and Gilmour quit singing for a verse to just let us take it... it was truly magical and breathtaking. I was just slightly right of dead center of the field, 10 rows in front of the mirror ball.
This must have been the Division Bell tour. That would be the right timing.
Amazing concert, the light show was astounding, thanks for this guys and RIP Richard.
Tens of thousands just in awe playing air guitar. Mesmerizing.
That particular solo was off the scales!! I have heard that song for 50 years to many to count. That was my favorite.
Damn, I didn't even know the Pulse solo was cut lol. I don't know why though, as I'm pretty sure the extra minute of the guitar solo wasn't enough to be warranted to be cut. Maybe pacing? I don't know, I do like that part they cut. I'm glad that it exists, as an extra minute of that guitar solo just makes it even better than it already is.
It's generally thought it got cut because as much as Gilmour is a god when it comes to the guitar, if you listen carefully he does seem to drop a note or two at 8:00 minutes. Me personally I think this version is still awesome and in 4k is simply stunning!
@@secondchance6603 This was 1994 when VHS ruled the world. I was thinking maybe it was some editing done so the entire concert would fit on a single VHS tape. I do love this version though. You can see so much better the dazzling effect the giant "disco ball" has. If the experts say Gilmour drops a note at 8:00, I'll take your word for it, but you couldn't prove it by me. To me, every single note he plays is just ever so slightly this side of Heaven.
@@b1blancer1 Correct I have the video and if my memory is correct there was a song on it that wasn't on the DVD version.
Indeed, Mr Gilmour decided to edit the solo part because of the bum notes from 8.03 to 8.04. But I do prefer the uncut one of course!
I saw this tour, 1994 Texas stadium there is no cut
40th row at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, 1994, I will never forget. The biggest and best concert I have ever been fortunate enough to attend.
I was there, unbelievable night, went on the 20th and 23rd of October. Best gig I’ve ever seen..❤️🤘
O único solo de guitarra que me faz chorar todas as vezes que ouço. Maravilhoso!!!!
Ero presente ai concerti a Roma nel 1988 stadio Flaminio, e nel 1994 a Cinecittà, conservo un indelebile ricordo di tale emozione, adrenalina allo stato puro.
Le stesse emozioni provo ha rivederle sulo schermo.
Pink Floyd for ever❤
Was Google da mit der Werbeunterbrechung mitten im Solo anstellt ist schon Kunstfrevel
The best version and complete of Comfortably numb of Pink Floyd, thank to all team of this great band, incredible and inolvidables!
This is great. However, I prefer the "the delicate sound of thunder" version.
thank you for that , i am 71, and i grew up with your great music , bm !!
One of the best guitar solo's ever!!!!
For sure the best ever
I saw this show live. David's performance was at its peak. It brought tears to my eyes, raised the hairs on my neck, and gave me goosebumps the size of peas. So grateful that I got to see it.
And - I'm not making this up - during the song, fog started blowing above the Oakland Coliseum. The laser light show lit it up. It was as if Pink Floyd was making the weather part of their show. Or maybe something larger than them, who also loved their show, was giving all of us a gift.
Of course, neither was true. It was an amazing coincidence. But my brain went "uhhhhhhhhhh how?!?!?!?". I hadn't drunk any booze or taken any drugs, but it felt like I was in the middle of a full-on acid trip.
No other concert I've seen came close, and I've seen a lot of concerts.
Little did the patrons know, they were about to witness history.
The best performance of this masterpiece ever. Thank you David, Richard, Nick, and Guy, and everyone else involved.
even though Roger Waters wrote this song, David Gilmour owns it with his vocal and guitar performance. his voice pierces through with such clarity and depth and we all grew up with it. Rick Wright singing the Waters parts is pretty amazing. I can't help but wonder what they're all thinking as they perform this. So much back story.
I heard this song was originally on a Gilmour solo album so not sure how it would've been written by Waters. It seems Waters agreed to include it on The Wall. Sorry, Gilmour is the guy on this one
@@peterenault4743 The lyrics were written by Roger and the music was written by Gilmour. I should have been more clear.
I'm 9 million years old and I remember Keith Richards paddling towards the ark.
😂
Who ever got to live Any live moment from Pink Floyd will never forget
After seeing most of the premier bands live numerous times in the 70’s/80’s, this guitar solo is is one of the best of all time. Let’s be honest the best guitarists of all time came from this era.
Never gets old..BEAUTIFUL
I have been very fortunate , in my life, to attend two Floyd concerts. One at the Free Trade Hall, in Manchester and one at Maine Road Manchester
( 1988). Absolutely Magnificent.
Music and visual perfection.
Thankyou Pink Floyd.
The best guitar solo of all time, it’s beautiful🥲
In the history of the universe, only 2 events were unique: the big bang and this guitar solo. Not even Gilmour will be able to repeat that.
a 5 minute guitar solo. amazing
5:42
1994 in Prag im Strahov Stadion - ich war live dabei. Das beste Konzert meines Lebens. Bei dieser Nummer bekomme ich mit 60 immer noch Gänsehaut.
Quite simply some of the best music you will ever hear!
This song was in my head during my recent loss of a loved one. Brings such memories.
I Pink Floyd sono una parte della mia vita, quella parte meravigliosa e felice, che ti fa sognare cose bellissime...... Grazie 😊
Saw this show in Atlanta at Bobby Dodd Stadium. All the lights playing off the surrounding buildings was epic. To this day, this show remains as the best I’ve ever seen.
Omg why was this version not on the blu ray? This is the complete solo how it should be!
Cause Gilmour made mistake, and they decided to cut whole 1:20 long extra solo which is not in released version :(
@@Marcin-vt8ql no wonder why this is longer and there is a part in the solo I never heard of. I’m not sure if I should be impressed or sad about the edited version because it feels seamless, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the cut part
This is a very good question. One thing I've heard is that it was edited for VHS tape length consideration. Remember this was 1994, and VHS ruled the world. Another is that David Gilmour wanted it edited. There were some parts in the portion that was cut he wasn't happy with. Personally, and I imagine you feel the same way, I think every note he plays is just slightly this side of heaven, whether he's happy with it or not.
The version would be unique if it really were. I'm a guitarist and can see from Gilmour's finger on the guitar neck that it doesn't match. Sorry folks but that's the way it is.
@@Mattiroxx Jealousy is really not a good look for you. Buh-bye.
I experience this at least once a week. Almost a 'sacrament' for me - regenerative in body, mind, and spirit.
Pink Floyd,esta banda é de outro planeta 😊😊❤. Obrigado David Gilmour pelos teus solos, espetaculares!
Absolutely the BEST of the best - Nothing to compare - Guitar solos are incredible - thank you so much for sharing with us!
Its hard to find the words for this music!