The child has grown, the dream is gone. Every time I hear that, the tears run down my cheeks. Every time. I guess that's an old man thing. I'm not ashamed.
That line holds a very special meaning for me. I completely understand. BTW I'm over 70 and listened to these songs as they were released back in the 60's & 70's.
I travelled four thousand miles across the world and spent over a thousand pounds to hear David Gilmour perform this song, and I would do it again. I will die happy now.
And back in the 70's I could have travelled just 18 miles to see them in Birmingham, England but didn't. I had a ticket for the concert and swapped it for an album that was by then deleted. "Five Bridges" by The Nice. The album was great but the concert was apparently unbelievable. I still kick myself now.
Isn't it so beautiful to have the privilege to watch someone discover such soul moving music. Watching makes me feel it all over again and its a gorgeous feeling.
When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown The dream is gone The most haunting lyrics ever put to music.
To me the last 2 phrases. The child is grown and the Dream is gone may be the most relatable and sad lyrics in history of any genre of any music. It speaks to loss and regret so strongly.
Back in the day everyone would say, ‘let’s get high and listen to Pink Floyd’! I’m in my 50’s now, and I listen to Pink Floyd to GET high. I’m thrill to watch this guy learn the same lesson.
There might be guitar solos that are longer, faster.....more “technical”, but I defy anyone to listen to a solo that is more emotional, beautiful and devastating than Gilmour’s performance here. A complete masterwork.
A buddy of mine in college (this was in the late 1980s) told me he felt that Gilmour was maybe the most tasteful guitarist in the world. That always stuck with me.
I must have listened to this song well over 1k times since the album was released and the good Lord willing, I'll get another 1k listens in before I check out. 👍👍
Nah dude, sadly not. Here in Brazil most people say that Pink Floyd songs make you sleepy (means the songs are boring), I have friends that when they start listening to Pink Floyd on Spotify they move on to the next song. Actually I'm the only in my friends network who listen to Pink Floyd. I don't go a day without listening to some Pink Floyd music.
Im a 68 year old Brit, welcome to my generation, I remember buying the album when it was first released all those years ago! Had several copies since and still listen to it on vinyl at least once a month. Really pleased that you felt so passionate about the music.
I'm 63, and we used to sit around on the living room floor, stoned beyond reason, with the speakers at full blast, on a Techniques turntable. Worst part was someone had to get up and turn the album over. I love seeing the reaction of these young people discovering the music of our generation.
@@terrihancock7237 I’m 18 going on 19 and this is the only music I’ve ever known. I know so many songs and bands from your generation. I wish I could’ve been apart of such a legacy. All of the pop music today just doesn’t have the soul and passion in them like Rock music does. Rock on 🤘🏻
You are so lucky. I would love to know how the feeling was back then...what were people saying in the week when this was released. I wish I had a time machine.
Folks I am 57 from Egypt it was 1979 when I heard about The wall release and had to wait few month till the album sale in my country and I remember the day of first play this album in my room , woo I kept listening for more than 18 hours over and over again , Pink Floyd is an experience .. they shaped my mind and soul till now 🤟🏽
It makes me SO happy. These reaction videos have people listening to music they probably would have never listened to or known about. Same for some of the people watching too. Songs like these never die. Never go out of style. Always timeless no matter where you live or how old you are.❤
Watching someone discover it for the first time gets me just as excited it feels like I’m hearing it for the first time again anyways, like giving someone their first joint
I remember trying to listen to it when I was about 12 and my mums friend told me to turn it off because it was “drug music “. It took me another 8 years to finally listen to the whole album. It certainly did change my perspective on music.
The whole album is 2020 mostly the title track the wall it is the covid and lock downs and people going crazy because of the wall building up between people. Sad
@@mac11380 don't you know orgasms happen in the brain? So do eargasms. It's not about the short lived squirt, it's about the full body orgasm that lasts an eternity.
So there is a hidden rule among Pink Floyd fans that you never interrupt a Gilmore guitar solo, I am a firm believer in this theory, and I was wondering that now you're familiar with the band, do you agree with this unspoken rule?
I love watching people hearing Floyd for the first time and seeing their reaction! Believe me we all felt the same thing back in the late 7O’s and 80’s laying on our bedroom floors with our headphones on blasting in our ears. It sounds just as phenomenal today. Pink Floyd is LEGENDARY!!!
@@psychmike1717, I am sorry that you have that hearing condition. I too have that condition in my right ear but it is not from music. It is from a 4th of July fireworks display in 1978 done by Salt Lake City Utah.
I only feel bad for this guy because he's only just now finding music that helped to define and shape my childhood and overall outlook on life. Just wait until he gets to "shine on you crazy diamond" or "brain damage".
Some feel bad, I get jealous. The feeling of listening to floyd for the first time, I'm still searching for that from another band. The closest I get to that feeling is watching the react videos
These reaction videos have people listening to music they probably would have never listened to or known about. Same for some of the people watching too. Songs like these never die. Never go out of style. Always timeless no matter where you live or how old you are
This album was meant to be played/heard in one continuous sitting. One song connects to the next. Headphones are a must. Close your eyes and let this album massage your brain.
Music is one thing that unites all people. I love seing the reaction of people hearing this song for the first time. It speaks to something deep in the soul
I agree as well. This song is but one scene in a movie about a fictional rock star’s life, and a dark scene at that. I strongly suggest listening to the whole album in one sitting. Once you do, you’ll wanna see the movie. Enjoy!
“I gotta hear that again” I’ve been saying that for 30 years. This is the only band that gets my blood pumping with just the instruments, then the lyrics blow my mind. The best band ever for me. Nice seeing others discovering them.
The Wall. Examining each song. Each lyric. Paying attention to when Rogers or Gilmour are singing… the arrangements, the orchestra and the underrated bass and drumming. Then Waters on the acoustic Gilmour on those otherworldly electric guitar solos… the cyclical “story” the Wall conveys…. Is there any doubt this is the #1 concept album of all time?
all teens should be required to listen to these albums to help you understand what good music can do to you. i think a lot of this is lost in modern music. the emotion.
Definitely I fully discovered floyd in junior year of high school and it literally saved my life and maybe it could help even more young people through life like it did for me
I remember the first time I heard it too. I already loved Floyd but somehow didn’t have an awareness of this song. It was extra dramatic and magical because I was driving alone, very late at night, past midnight, and there was no one on the road. Only me, the song, and the streetlights. I’ll never forget the way it made me feel.
Glad to hear that Pink Floyd has been discovered by the younger generation. I saw them live in the late 70s and later in the 90s. There will be never be another band like them. This is music to enjoy sitting in a darkened room by yourself and smoking a joint. It will blow your mind. It will give you a idea of what rock was like in like in the late 60s and early 70s.
That is the beauty of Pink Floyd. You don't even need any drugs to take a trip. They take you to places you've never been, times all over the centuries and emotions you've never experienced before. And THIS is the beauty of music. Music was never meant to become an industry. It always was and forever will be....a gift. So nice to see the reactions of you younger people to the music I grew up with. Keep searching and listening.
I love watching your reaction to this music. As a 58 year old very "open-minded" musician - one thing I can say is lots of music from the 60s, 70s and 80s had a far greater musical "palate" than lots of today's music. They really had their shit together - especially with regards to production and general musical craftsmanship - without being pretentious - you're listening to a great piece of Art. Enjoy - my friend.
It is always amazing seeing newer generations getting hooked on the old classics! Pink Floyd were musical geniuses, and it's great to see them break genre barriers!
I saw Alice In Chains a few years ago. About halfway through a 4 hour set (that’s right, 4 consecutive hours of AIC!) Jerry Cantrell played a riff in Drop C tuning and... I wish I would’ve recorded it. It was like he was channeling David Gilmour. It was simply beautiful yet brooding.
Not the most technical, not the most virtuoso, but the one that make guitars talk _or cry_ by themselves and make you feel through them. Yes, the greatest guitarist.
@@bradleyroe6801 Exactly. He is great great guitarist. Definitely he is one of the greates guitar composer, which is another thing. Usually, David's solos are not that difficult but so epicly composed. Eargasm.
To get the full effect and the true experience of pink floyd, you have to listen to the albums start to finish. They were never a single driven band They made concept albums. Wish you were here is amazing. Listen to that from start to finish then watch the making of the album documentary.
Yup. What more needs to be said? I LOVE how we are seeing people, like this gentlemen, 'reaching across the isle' to try something different that may not have been typical of his musical repertoire. This dude really enjoyed the music, music from a bunch of white Englishmen from the '70's lol. We can all learn something from something as simple as this. One simple lesson would be that in general, we are all the same, and can relate and enjoy something as simple as an old song with the same passion that we share, regardless of our colors. Music can bridge a lot of gaps within people. I for one, love ALL music. Some days I drive to work listening to Vivaldi, while other days I may be listening to NWA, classic 70's rock, blues, bluegrass...all of it. Music can bring us all together and ease our reservations that we may have with people who are different than us. D. Mont The Genius, you just picked up another subscriber my man. Keep it up!!
Same and Pink Floyd has gained another AA/Black listener 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 the Guitar Solo's sealed the deal for me. *leaving to download all their albums* God Bless and Be safe✌🏽😎
I can’t even tell you the amount of times I’ve heard this song, the second guitar solo will forever be one of the GREATEST solos of all time in my book. I have never NOT gotten chills while listening.
I saw this comment almost immediately after writing out the exact same thing. That second guitar solo is just otherworldly. It's almost jarring in a way because you're not expecting it the first time around, it's so vastly different from the first one
Good luck with the rest of the very long journey to experience the bibliografie of PF. If you like this song, try the live version from the Pulse concert 1994. The solo from David Gilmour is extra terrestial. Don't forget to watch the fabulous lightshow on the same time.
Gotta love watching someone experience this for the first time. The best band of all time, and I think it will stay like that for me until I’m gone. Nothing will ever rival PF, nothing could. Their music was ethereal. I’m only 25 as well but my dad brought me up listening to proper music like this. Thank you Dad.
It always warms my heart when I encounter someone much younger then I that is discovering Pink Floyd. This band is no joke. They are capable of drawing you in and suspending you in an alternate, dreamlike reality, for as long as you can handle it. I discovered them in 1975 when I first heard the Dark Side of the Moon album. I attended their Pulse and Delicate Sound of Thunder concerts. And that, my fine young friend is another experience altogether. The sounds surround you from every direction in the stadium, the video and lights are spectacular, and the flying pig is awesome.
Ah man I genuinely nearly cried on that second solo man, the goose bumps are always so overwhelming. Thanks for letting me experience the song like it was the first time again 🙏🏽❤️
So much to hear, so much to learn....if you let it.. Welcome to Pink Floyd. I encourage you to listen to albums ...as a whole, for that is how the majority of Pink Floyd albums are meant to be listened to. Be safe, this is a a perfect time in our short lives to take this in. Peace ☮ 😀
@@ehess1492 well The Wall movie gives you a good idea. But I think it's adrenaline. It's actually baste on the Animals tour. When waters was struggling with exhaustion.
@@ehess1492 I was thinking the same thing you can say that’s not what it’s about or do you want to but does sound like you’re high as hell still a good song though
Even though they have claimed it's not about Opiate injection, one that has had them can't deny the "hands felt just like 2 balloons" line being one of the key feelings one gets from opiate usage.
If that’s how you feel about the song, then you need to watch the movie The Wall. When the song comes on in the movie then you can be blown away again.
@@BlueDragon755 I would hate to think how many times I watched it as a very young teen, luckily I had other gems to watch like Bob Marley and The Rocky Horror to set the balance
Happened to me back in 1990 First time to be introduced to PF watching the Wall movie and immediately I was transferred to another world and a status of soul orgasm if I can describe it that way ! Really undiscribable feeling
"This is an amazing song" Dude this is probably the greatest song ever recorded by any band, with the greatest guitar solo in rock history. That my friend is the genius of Dave Gilmore. Welcome to the family.
All the people who don't understand why people turn into headbangers, look of the motion of this mans head by the time it got to the last solo, thus the headbanger was born. lol
I bought this album when it was first released in 1979. To this day, Comfortably Numb still sends me into another world just like it did over 40 years ago. David Gilmour's second guitar solo leaves me crying every time. Mr. Montgomery, you have ascended the mountain and are in good company.
Great reaction dude, but this was 1979, you need to go back to 1973 and the album Dark Side of the Moon in track order. It's a concept album where tracks transition straight into each other so best done in track order. I guarantee it will be a revelation! And you'll get real peek into just how deep the Floyd rabbit hole goes!
This song is an example of something we don’t hear much anymore: a bunch of great musicians who can PLAY instruments. The power in that is so much deeper than electronic instruments snapped to a grid in Pro Tools. It’s humans doing this. That is why it moves is so much. It seems with popular music today no one wants to really feel anything uncomfortable. The emotions here are an example of what I would like to hear more of today.
I was 18, my friend had a cassette of The Wall I put it on and holy cow I never heard music with such pain, beauty depth and power! I found myself floating away into the sea of my mind with Floyd as my tour guide. My life changed that day!
The second solo tears your heart out it's an emotional punch. It's like he's hinting at what he wants to say throughout the song but then all the emotion comes out at the end in the guitar. Absolutely beautiful.
Voted world's best guitar solo ❤❤❤ listen to the whole album with no pausing. My mom used to play this while we cleaned the house. I'm almost 40 and always will be my favorite band 🎉
It is always a joy (though tinged with sadness) to hear this song and it was also a joy to watch your reaction. The Wall is an absolute masterpiece. I saw Pink Floyd perform it live many years ago and I came out of Earl's Court on a natural high. Listen to the entire album, start to finish, no interruptions if you can avoid them and it will blow your mind!
You were at Earl's Court to hear Pulse in 95? I am jealous. I told my wife that if I could change anything about my past, it would be 2 things. One: date her in highschool and get married (we graduated together, but met after we each divorced) and Two: take her to Earl's Court and hear that show live.
You are right, of course... I can only assume that to make the UA-cam vid, this track was probably taken from a greatest hits album and the Prism cover was used by default.
I think what is SO effing great about these videos, is that it feels so nice to see people enjoying things on an individual basis rather than placing some kind of group label on a the kind person creating or enjoying any kind of art. Art is art and it's means something different to every individual. We shouldn't enjoy or not enjoy anything because the group one may associate with the art's creator or appreciator. Just be yourself and enjoy, well, yourself. Do it despite the groups our corporate overlords use to control us and our social/spending habits.
This is real music. When someone says music is this and that it’s nothing like what it used to be. Pink Floyd is and always will be real music. Amazing. Lots of feeling. Lots of depth in the songs. My older brother used to wake us up to Pink Floyd blasting over the stereo before school. He was in his 20’s when I was 9
David Gilmour's guitar playing make's grown men cry and has done for 50 years.
This song has reduced me to tears for a similar number of years :D
Facts
face melting solo - no matter how often I hear it
"Mother" does this to me as well as "wish you were here"
Soul melting guitar 🎸🎸🎸
"I am stunned. I gotta hear that again". Exactly my thought when I first heard it in 1979.
Wow thats a lot of time! This song must be a lot for u
this is my favorite song of all time what a masterpiece
I was literally Stoned out when I heard and picked the 'pinprick' sound🔥❣️
@@Morssmordre Not just that song. The entire album is epic.
That’s seriously amazing.
the fact I just sat here for ten minutes watching this guy bob his head is a testimony to how good Pink Floyd is
Ikr...I did the same thing. Still love this song today.
Exactly!
😆😆💯
Top 10 classic
You weren't kidding🤣🤣
The child has grown, the dream is gone. Every time I hear that, the tears run down my cheeks. Every time. I guess that's an old man thing. I'm not ashamed.
That line holds a very special meaning for me. I completely understand. BTW I'm over 70 and listened to these songs as they were released back in the 60's & 70's.
Same thing happens to me . 61 .
I understand. It’s such a deep emotion that you feel no one would understand.
Nor should you be..we ALL feel it.
Same for me, but I'm 28...
You can be totally sober when this song starts, ingest nothing, and fail a piss test when it's over.
Best comment ever!
Most accurate comment!!!!
This song is a drug alone like fucking wow 👏
😂👊🏼😂
Love this , and you ✌️💕
I travelled four thousand miles across the world and spent over a thousand pounds to hear David Gilmour perform this song, and I would do it again. I will die happy now.
And back in the 70's I could have travelled just 18 miles to see them in Birmingham, England but didn't. I had a ticket for the concert and swapped it for an album that was by then deleted. "Five Bridges" by The Nice. The album was great but the concert was apparently unbelievable. I still kick myself now.
50 miles to oaland coliseum Delicate Sound of thunder tour. Love pink floyd
Jealous
I have instructed my daughter to put headphones on me with this song playing if I ever end up in hospice.
Money and time well spent
Gilmore doesn’t plug his guitar into an amp, he plugs it directly into your soul.
Honey you got that Right!! Right into your Soul.... I Love that Concept!!
Yes he does! Perfectly said.
You really can feel the emotion in every cord.
Chuck Norris was once a roadie for Pink Floyd
Amen.
Isn't it so beautiful to have the privilege to watch someone discover such soul moving music. Watching makes me feel it all over again and its a gorgeous feeling.
Feel same way... interesting to see how young people react to what you thought & still think to be great ✌️♥️
AMEN
It is!
I wish i could hear it again for the first time. Not sure i appreciated enough the first time around.
I couldn’t agree MORE!!! I had chills watching him discover the insanity of this song for the first time.
The child is grown, the dream is gone. Wow. This line hits me in the gut every time.
I can’t explain… you would not understand… this is not how I am.
This type of music takes you back to a mysterious place you had been before but you don't remember a thing about it anymore..
"I don't want this song to end"...My friend, the album IS one song.
People are not ready for that information. It might blow their mind. Lol
I love Spotify for the 0 second delay from song to song so literally its one long song.
YES most beautiful seamless transitions between songs ever
@@TLGEyes try it on vinyl man the 3 breaks for flipping records feels like it was built in
2 songs actually but close enough lol
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
The most haunting lyrics ever put to music.
Poetry...
Nothing compared then, nor afterwards. Even today.
To me the last 2 phrases. The child is grown and the Dream is gone may be the most relatable and sad lyrics in history of any genre of any music. It speaks to loss and regret so strongly.
devastating...
Agreed
"I don't want this song to be over" is every sane and thoughtful human being's reaction to this tune's power and beauty.
64 years old, can still play/sing every note to this, may be top song fav of all time....
Back in the day everyone would say, ‘let’s get high and listen to Pink Floyd’! I’m in my 50’s now, and I listen to Pink Floyd to GET high. I’m thrill to watch this guy learn the same lesson.
Fantastic comment 🤙🏼🖤
I´m now 65 but still get high listen to this music without alcohol and without smoking or drugs - this music is the drug
I feel u dude
I'm only 40 , but grew up with pink floyd
@@NorthernNorway same story here👌
There might be guitar solos that are longer, faster.....more “technical”, but I defy anyone to listen to a solo that is more emotional, beautiful and devastating than Gilmour’s performance here. A complete masterwork.
One of the all time greats for a solo
it's the best guitar solo of all time, and always will be
@@TJMiton The only thing that’s better than this is the final solo for the same song but live in Pompeii.
@@robertemerson1087 Totally true bro, Gilmour did his solo better than the original version. that was epic
A buddy of mine in college (this was in the late 1980s) told me he felt that Gilmour was maybe the most tasteful guitarist in the world. That always stuck with me.
One of the greatest songs ever written. At 77 I still can't get thru it with tears. David Gilmore is one of the all time great guitar artists.
I'm a young 54 and I'm with you on the tears... this song gives me goosebumps and tears, every.single.time.
DAVID GILMOUR
I must have listened to this song well over 1k times since the album was released and the good Lord willing, I'll get another 1k listens in before I check out. 👍👍
64 here and also tears up every time
“No I don’t want this song to be over” Words spoken by anyone who hears Comfortably Numb
He does it on Delicate Sound of Thunder as well.
Everyone I know feel the same; this song is too short, like every Pink Floyd songs...
“No I don’t want this song to be over” The same as "On the Turning Away"
Nah dude, sadly not. Here in Brazil most people say that Pink Floyd songs make you sleepy (means the songs are boring), I have friends that when they start listening to Pink Floyd on Spotify they move on to the next song. Actually I'm the only in my friends network who listen to Pink Floyd. I don't go a day without listening to some Pink Floyd music.
Love the MJK callout
Im a 68 year old Brit, welcome to my generation, I remember buying the album when it was first released all those years ago! Had several copies since and still listen to it on vinyl at least once a month. Really pleased that you felt so passionate about the music.
I'm 63, and we used to sit around on the living room floor, stoned beyond reason, with the speakers at full blast, on a Techniques turntable. Worst part was someone had to get up and turn the album over. I love seeing the reaction of these young people discovering the music of our generation.
@@terrihancock7237 I’m 18 going on 19 and this is the only music I’ve ever known. I know so many songs and bands from your generation. I wish I could’ve been apart of such a legacy. All of the pop music today just doesn’t have the soul and passion in them like Rock music does. Rock on 🤘🏻
You are so lucky. I would love to know how the feeling was back then...what were people saying in the week when this was released. I wish I had a time machine.
Folks I am 57 from Egypt it was 1979 when I heard about The wall release and had to wait few month till the album sale in my country and I remember the day of first play this album in my room , woo I kept listening for more than 18 hours over and over again , Pink Floyd is an experience .. they shaped my mind and soul till now 🤟🏽
@@mohamedfarouk824 Good to know. This music is forever amazing
"I don't want the song to be over"
Neither do we dude...Long Live Pink Floyd
I'm always amazed and jealous when i see people hearing this for the 1st time.
It makes me SO happy. These reaction videos have people listening to music they probably would have never listened to or known about. Same for some of the people watching too. Songs like these never die. Never go out of style. Always timeless no matter where you live or how old you are.❤
Watching someone discover it for the first time gets me just as excited it feels like I’m hearing it for the first time again anyways, like giving someone their first joint
I discovered Nightwish in a reaction.
Exactly!!
@@raoiii8352 Lol i liked the joint metaphor. I feel the same when i watch these videos and i'm high af too right now :D
Zeppelin and floyd. The two greatest of their era
What there are others😂😂😂 who cares I'll stick with those two.
I agree,rolling stones as well
@@angelaeverett5529 The Who
@@tsbjelland i agree with that also
Rush!!!
If aliens ever come to earth and say “why should we spare humanity”, I’m playing them this song.
Apparently they are fond of classical music. (I reckon this counts)
It's one of their favorites.
Play them Wish You here, Animals, & dark Side first, OK?
"SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!"
*Pink Floyd Preforms*
"HMMM.. I LIKE IT! GOOD JOB!!!"
Then we will have thousands of stoned aliens or acid tripping
Watch the live PULSE version of this song. David Gilmour goes GOD MODE on the second solo. :)
i agree 😎👍🎸🎶
@@gerryweed7697 Everyone does :D
David gilmour doesn't goes god mode, god goes david gilmour mode
Gilmour magic... As we used to call it... But I do like the God bit....✌
Saw them live in the Superdome in 95. Has to be the best live concert and show production in history!
Well my young friend, you've just taken your first steps into a larger world... 😉
Come on here, dear boy, have a "cigar"...
Making the world a better place. Welcome to the machine.
How shroud you are...
Echoes
It’s not just a song, it’s an experience.
I never saw the movie until I KNEW the album. Frickin head almost exploded.
You don't listen to Pink Floyd...you EXPERIENCE them. Listen to The Dark Side Of The Moon album from beginning to end. It will change your life.
One of few albums that can be listened to from start to finish and by the end of it all you can say is “Damn i need to listen to it again”
I remember trying to listen to it when I was about 12 and my mums friend told me to turn it off because it was “drug music “. It took me another 8 years to finally listen to the whole album. It certainly did change my perspective on music.
@@darthbrayder6846 that's the album you save if the house is on fire.
It did mine 1977 was when I first heard it, been with me ever since.
this is a story... each song is a piece.
Pink Floyd is not just music, it’s an experience.
David Gilmour is the most amazing guitar player I've ever heard. He can take one note, placed at the right time and completely change your world.
“Comfortably Numb” should be the theme song of 2020
@@sparrowivyemail why be full of rage, when you can be conformably numb
You think 2020 was bad? 2021says: "Hold my beer."
Nope it is staying alive
Covidably Numb
The whole album is 2020 mostly the title track the wall it is the covid and lock downs and people going crazy because of the wall building up between people. Sad
I think you just experienced your 1st eargasm lol
🤣😂🤣😂
Everyone does!!
🤣🤣🤣😂
Does anything squirt out your ears during this?
@@mac11380 don't you know orgasms happen in the brain? So do eargasms. It's not about the short lived squirt, it's about the full body orgasm that lasts an eternity.
There’d be a lot less wars in the world if we all listened to Pink Floyd.
So there is a hidden rule among Pink Floyd fans that you never interrupt a Gilmore guitar solo, I am a firm believer in this theory, and I was wondering that now you're familiar with the band, do you agree with this unspoken rule?
well i totally agree.
Absolutely.
Couldn’t agree more
Oh my god. Not even debatable.
I waited until the second solo was over before typing my reply.
I love watching people hearing Floyd for the first time and seeing their reaction! Believe me we all felt the same thing back in the late 7O’s and 80’s laying on our bedroom floors with our headphones on blasting in our ears. It sounds just as phenomenal today. Pink Floyd is LEGENDARY!!!
Yes they are legendary.
I have tinnitus from listening to Floyd. Not sorry.
@@psychmike1717, I am sorry that you have that hearing condition. I too have that condition in my right ear but it is not from music. It is from a 4th of July fireworks display in 1978 done by Salt Lake City Utah.
Ha ha yup higher than a kite hope mom and dad dont hear me😂😂😂
Those were the days. 🍄 and Cid and Floyd.
This song is 42 years old. That blows my mind, it's like a precious diamond that is just as beautiful today as the first day you saw it.
Man... I feel the same way, it's straight out of the divine..
The last year since my moms death I’ve listened to this song EVERY day in my car. The best band of all time in my opinion!
Jebediah: Feet touch the ground...
Sorry for your loss, RIP
I'm sorry so much about your mom. I think only this band touch feellings like them.
I only feel bad for this guy because he's only just now finding music that helped to define and shape my childhood and overall outlook on life. Just wait until he gets to "shine on you crazy diamond" or "brain damage".
Some feel bad, I get jealous. The feeling of listening to floyd for the first time, I'm still searching for that from another band. The closest I get to that feeling is watching the react videos
Or learning to fly
Amen! There’s never been a time before or since this era. So proud to be a part of that history.
Defined my life too brilliant band
Don't feel bad, he's finding it at just the right time.
These reaction videos have people listening to music they probably would have never listened to or known about. Same for some of the people watching too. Songs like these never die. Never go out of style. Always timeless no matter where you live or how old you are
David Gilmore’s 2nd solo in the song is IMHO the greatest rock guitar solo ever. Watch it on his Live from Pompeii 2016 video. Magical
I'm a huge fan of melodic solos they speak to my soul and I'd put comfortably numb #1 everyday and twice on sunday
Absolutely agree, I never get tired of listening to it.
Watch live at pulse 1994
@@sidneygrossman4060 watch it? I was there!
Gdańsk
This album was meant to be played/heard in one continuous sitting. One song connects to the next. Headphones are a must. Close your eyes and let this album massage your brain.
Do they make 12inch sub woofers in a head phone ?
Did exactly that more than once. It's a rude awakening afterwards.
what I say is that everyone should listen to Dark side of the moon once every week.
Yes this!!!
Listen to the whole album with the repeat all setting on the last song connects back to the first in an endless loop
Music is one thing that unites all people. I love seing the reaction of people hearing this song for the first time. It speaks to something deep in the soul
Pink Floyd is an "ALBUM" band. Lay back, close ur eyes, jam it from star to finish!
...preferably through earphones!
Of course, he’s wearing some already....sorry got distracted by something
Yup an amazing song🎶🖤
I agree as well. This song is but one scene in a movie about a fictional rock star’s life, and a dark scene at that. I strongly suggest listening to the whole album in one sitting. Once you do, you’ll wanna see the movie. Enjoy!
“I gotta hear that again”
I’ve been saying that for 30 years. This is the only band that gets my blood pumping with just the instruments, then the lyrics blow my mind. The best band ever for me. Nice seeing others discovering them.
The Wall. Examining each song. Each lyric. Paying attention to when Rogers or Gilmour are singing… the arrangements, the orchestra and the underrated bass and drumming. Then Waters on the acoustic Gilmour on those otherworldly electric guitar solos… the cyclical “story” the Wall conveys…. Is there any doubt this is the #1 concept album of all time?
Pink Floyd stands alone, There is nothing else like them. Their music takes you on a trip in your mind.
Tool is a very close second
@@swinks2527 🤮
Imagine how I felt in 1975 coming in from school, listening to Dark Side of the Moon full blast through headphones in the pitch black lying on my bed.
Yes! Animals in its entirety too...
Amen
Been there done that too!
One of great albums of early 70's..when released it was monumental - total surprise and joy ✌️♥️
Try doing the exact same thing, on 5 grams of mushrooms🤯🤯🤯
This entire album is best experienced from start to end all the way through. It's an experience of its own.
The greatest guitar solo ever by the greatest guitarist to ever live. David gilmour is an absolute legend. 👌👌👌👌👌
Totally agree!
all teens should be required to listen to these albums to help you understand what good music can do to you. i think a lot of this is lost in modern music. the emotion.
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Definitely I fully discovered floyd in junior year of high school and it literally saved my life and maybe it could help even more young people through life like it did for me
The mix is incredible. Even more so when you realize it was all done on analog equipment.
This is an example of why some musicians will be remembered for ever and some won't.
Truth
The best guitar solo ever, in my opinion.
EVER!!!!
No opinion, just facts
I still think "Time" has the best solo.
@@caesar_44 same
Which one?
The best song ever. No song has ever drawn such raw emotion .. I lost my son at 16, and this takes me to him - always. For that I’m eternally grateful
I remember the first time I heard it too. I already loved Floyd but somehow didn’t have an awareness of this song. It was extra dramatic and magical because I was driving alone, very late at night, past midnight, and there was no one on the road. Only me, the song, and the streetlights. I’ll never forget the way it made me feel.
Changed my life. Music really does have a way to the soul
Welcome to the world young man, you’ve finally been reborn.
When you hear this in its proper placement in The Wall it is perfect.
Glad to hear that Pink Floyd has been discovered by the younger generation. I saw them live in the late 70s and later in the 90s. There will be never be another band like them. This is music to enjoy sitting in a darkened room by yourself and smoking a joint. It will blow your mind. It will give you a idea of what rock was like in like in the late 60s and early 70s.
I still do that even after 40 + years of listening to it. :-)
I’m grateful for my father introducing me to this band. He’s the main reason I’m into rock n roll. Pink Floyd is his favorite band and it’s mines too😂
Planetarium in toronto laser show high of course
When David Gilmours vocals kick in the whole song just goes to another reality. Still amazes me after all these years.
I LOVE how PF transported you in less than a minute. Enjoy the ride!
Comfortably Numb has one of the most bad ass sounding guitar solos ever played by David Gilmour!!!
*two
and most badass bass line!!! from r.waters
Listen to DIO "holy diver" guitar solo, its the best solo EVER!
One of the best but I really like Wish You Were Here. Probably the best guitar solo EVER.
@@jessegifford7913 beat me to it :)
"I don't want this song to be over". Try Echoes, it's over 20 minutes
John Small still short :)
Try Atom Heart Mother ! It's way better !
(and longer)
I have to agree to both of these requests--Echoes/Atom Heart Mother... yes please
That is the beauty of Pink Floyd. You don't even need any drugs to take a trip. They take you to places you've never been, times all over the centuries and emotions you've never experienced before. And THIS is the beauty of music. Music was never meant to become an industry. It always was and forever will be....a gift.
So nice to see the reactions of you younger people to the music I grew up with. Keep searching and listening.
born in 93 with an old soul, and this song brings me to tears every time.
I love watching your reaction to this music. As a 58 year old very "open-minded" musician - one thing I can say is lots of music from the 60s, 70s and 80s had a far greater musical "palate" than lots of today's music. They really had their shit together - especially with regards to production and general musical craftsmanship - without being pretentious - you're listening to a great piece of Art. Enjoy - my friend.
It is always amazing seeing newer generations getting hooked on the old classics! Pink Floyd were musical geniuses, and it's great to see them break genre barriers!
Leo Fender gave us the Stratocaster, the guitar God's gave us David Gilmour.
I saw Alice In Chains a few years ago. About halfway through a 4 hour set (that’s right, 4 consecutive hours of AIC!) Jerry Cantrell played a riff in Drop C tuning and... I wish I would’ve recorded it. It was like he was channeling David Gilmour. It was simply beautiful yet brooding.
David Gilmour is the greatest guitarist of all time IMO
Hands down.
I wouldn't go that far.
Not the most technical, not the most virtuoso, but the one that make guitars talk _or cry_ by themselves and make you feel through them.
Yes, the greatest guitarist.
@@bradleyroe6801 Exactly. He is great great guitarist. Definitely he is one of the greates guitar composer, which is another thing. Usually, David's solos are not that difficult but so epicly composed. Eargasm.
And you would be right.
To get the full effect and the true experience of pink floyd, you have to listen to the albums start to finish. They were never a single driven band They made concept albums. Wish you were here is amazing. Listen to that from start to finish then watch the making of the album documentary.
Yup. What more needs to be said? I LOVE how we are seeing people, like this gentlemen, 'reaching across the isle' to try something different that may not have been typical of his musical repertoire. This dude really enjoyed the music, music from a bunch of white Englishmen from the '70's lol. We can all learn something from something as simple as this. One simple lesson would be that in general, we are all the same, and can relate and enjoy something as simple as an old song with the same passion that we share, regardless of our colors. Music can bridge a lot of gaps within people. I for one, love ALL music. Some days I drive to work listening to Vivaldi, while other days I may be listening to NWA, classic 70's rock, blues, bluegrass...all of it. Music can bring us all together and ease our reservations that we may have with people who are different than us. D. Mont The Genius, you just picked up another subscriber my man. Keep it up!!
Same and Pink Floyd has gained another AA/Black listener 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 the Guitar Solo's sealed the deal for me. *leaving to download all their albums* God Bless and Be safe✌🏽😎
I can’t even tell you the amount of times I’ve heard this song, the second guitar solo will forever be one of the GREATEST solos of all time in my book. I have never NOT gotten chills while listening.
I saw this comment almost immediately after writing out the exact same thing. That second guitar solo is just otherworldly. It's almost jarring in a way because you're not expecting it the first time around, it's so vastly different from the first one
After my husband passed, I put this on loop and listened to it for hours.
you're one of the few people I've seen on youtube that seems to genuinely, *really* dig the music. you are so into it dude lol
Good luck with the rest of the very long journey to experience the bibliografie of PF. If you like this song, try the live version from the Pulse concert 1994. The solo from David Gilmour is extra terrestial. Don't forget to watch the fabulous lightshow on the same time.
Gotta love watching someone experience this for the first time. The best band of all time, and I think it will stay like that for me until I’m gone. Nothing will ever rival PF, nothing could. Their music was ethereal.
I’m only 25 as well but my dad brought me up listening to proper music like this. Thank you Dad.
It always warms my heart when I encounter someone much younger then I that is discovering Pink Floyd. This band is no joke. They are capable of drawing you in and suspending you in an alternate, dreamlike reality, for as long as you can handle it. I discovered them in 1975 when I first heard the Dark Side of the Moon album. I attended their Pulse and Delicate Sound of Thunder concerts. And that, my fine young friend is another experience altogether. The sounds surround you from every direction in the stadium, the video and lights are spectacular, and the flying pig is awesome.
Ah man I genuinely nearly cried on that second solo man, the goose bumps are always so overwhelming. Thanks for letting me experience the song like it was the first time again 🙏🏽❤️
So much to hear, so much to learn....if you let it..
Welcome to Pink Floyd.
I encourage you to listen to albums ...as a whole, for that is how the majority of Pink Floyd albums are meant to be listened to.
Be safe, this is a a perfect time in our short lives to take this in.
Peace ☮ 😀
Isn’t that just one of the best sounds! Absolutely stunning, lovely to see you bopping to it 👍👍
Pink Floyd is like a shot of morphine. It's a pleasure you wasn't expecting 😎
Though Waters denies it, the prevailing belief is that this song is about Morphine.
@@ehess1492 well The Wall movie gives you a good idea. But I think it's adrenaline. It's actually baste on the Animals tour. When waters was struggling with exhaustion.
@@ehess1492 I was thinking the same thing you can say that’s not what it’s about or do you want to but does sound like you’re high as hell still a good song though
Even though they have claimed it's not about Opiate injection, one that has had them can't deny the "hands felt just like 2 balloons" line being one of the key feelings one gets from opiate usage.
I've been listening to this for decades and I still get chills during that second guitar solo.
When I’m feeling a bit low I watch your video reactions to see how you feel the music. You warm my soul just by the way it almost moves you to tears.
If that’s how you feel about the song, then you need to watch the movie The Wall. When the song comes on in the movie then you can be blown away again.
The music video is very dark. I recomend not watching it...this album only.
It does indeed add another level.
The wall is a different level of floyd
@@BlueDragon755 I would hate to think how many times I watched it as a very young teen, luckily I had other gems to watch like Bob Marley and The Rocky Horror to set the balance
Happened to me back in 1990
First time to be introduced to PF watching the Wall movie and immediately I was transferred to another world and a status of soul orgasm if I can describe it that way ! Really undiscribable feeling
"This is an amazing song" Dude this is probably the greatest song ever recorded by any band, with the greatest guitar solo in rock history. That my friend is the genius of Dave Gilmore. Welcome to the family.
What about the heart breaking lyrics y Roger Waters? I am more impressed by that and I am a professional guitar player.
Hate to nitpick; but his surname is spelled 'Gilmour'.
Animals the dogs howling still give me goosebumps
My Dad played pink floyd everyday. This is what music is and should be. Perfection
All the people who don't understand why people turn into headbangers, look of the motion of this mans head by the time it got to the last solo, thus the headbanger was born. lol
❤️🤘
Well said!
Brother,
You go down the Pink Floyd rabbit hole your life and appreciation of music is going to change!
(For the better)
I bought this album when it was first released in 1979. To this day, Comfortably Numb still sends me into another world just like it did over 40 years ago. David Gilmour's second guitar solo leaves me crying every time. Mr. Montgomery, you have ascended the mountain and are in good company.
This song can make me cry it's amazing along with everything else they did ,glad I'm not the only one
Great reaction dude, but this was 1979, you need to go back to 1973 and the album Dark Side of the Moon in track order. It's a concept album where tracks transition straight into each other so best done in track order.
I guarantee it will be a revelation! And you'll get real peek into just how deep the Floyd rabbit hole goes!
Track order in one sitting.
66 year old black woman here : what about Be Careful With That Axe, Eugene?
Please do this.
Then follow it up with Animals and Wish You Were Here. Three fantastic albums!
This song is an example of something we don’t hear much anymore: a bunch of great musicians who can PLAY instruments. The power in that is so much deeper than electronic instruments snapped to a grid in Pro Tools. It’s humans doing this. That is why it moves is so much. It seems with popular music today no one wants to really feel anything uncomfortable. The emotions here are an example of what I would like to hear more of today.
"This music takes you somewhere else". What a perfect description. Thank you for this!
One of the greatest guitar solos ever courtesy of David Gilmour.
No, two of the best guitar solos ever! :)
I was 18, my friend had a cassette of The Wall I put it on and holy cow I never heard music with such pain, beauty depth and power! I found myself floating away into the sea of my mind with Floyd as my tour guide. My life changed that day!
Those goosebumps... There's just no way one can't feel this song...
The second solo tears your heart out it's an emotional punch. It's like he's hinting at what he wants to say throughout the song but then all the emotion comes out at the end in the guitar. Absolutely beautiful.
"I turned to look but it was gone, I cannot put my finger on it now, the child is grown, the dream is gone" powerful words there
It makes me cry. So much regret in those lyrics
Voted world's best guitar solo ❤❤❤ listen to the whole album with no pausing. My mom used to play this while we cleaned the house. I'm almost 40 and always will be my favorite band 🎉
It is always a joy (though tinged with sadness) to hear this song and it was also a joy to watch your reaction. The Wall is an absolute masterpiece. I saw Pink Floyd perform it live many years ago and I came out of Earl's Court on a natural high. Listen to the entire album, start to finish, no interruptions if you can avoid them and it will blow your mind!
You were at Earl's Court to hear Pulse in 95? I am jealous. I told my wife that if I could change anything about my past, it would be 2 things. One: date her in highschool and get married (we graduated together, but met after we each divorced) and Two: take her to Earl's Court and hear that show live.
Comfortably Numb is from The Wall. Your picture shows Dark Side Of The Moon.
It's a cooler image anyway hahaha
pretty sure that’s the video’s thumbnail throughout the video. it’s the first thing that pops up when you search the song up on UA-cam
that pyramid became like the logo of pink floyd
It has become over time the flag for every Pink Floyd. Lazy but understandable so eyecatching.
You are right, of course...
I can only assume that to make the UA-cam vid, this track was probably taken from a greatest hits album and the Prism cover was used by default.
This music speaks straight into your soul
"is there anybody in there? just nod if you can hear me."
You're nodding af...
I think what is SO effing great about these videos, is that it feels so nice to see people enjoying things on an individual basis rather than placing some kind of group label on a the kind person creating or enjoying any kind of art.
Art is art and it's means something different to every individual. We shouldn't enjoy or not enjoy anything because the group one may associate with the art's creator or appreciator. Just be yourself and enjoy, well, yourself. Do it despite the groups our corporate overlords use to control us and our social/spending habits.
It does my heart so much good to see you young guys discovering the music of the 1960’s!
This is real music. When someone says music is this and that it’s nothing like what it used to be. Pink Floyd is and always will be real music. Amazing. Lots of feeling. Lots of depth in the songs. My older brother used to wake us up to Pink Floyd blasting over the stereo before school. He was in his 20’s when I was 9