@@flankerjr Hendrix was a man on his own - Gilmour is the epitome of the lyrical, melodic player. Hendrix could make the his guitar scream, shout and cry with pure exitement and/or agony...Gilmour makes his sing, cry, cajole and insist. let's be grateful we have had two such great but different players.
@manny_nuff / Phil Osopher There are atheists, there are the religious & then there are the religious nuts. Which one do you think you are, manny_nuff / Phil Osopher?
I know someone that saw it live (Pulse) for the very first time, and didnt get to the solo part. He said it was trash. I presume the Devil is laughing so hard, thinking how he is gonna punishing him what he arrives there.
First heard this on the tail end of an acid trip that taught me a lot about myself, in a very true and eye opening way. It wasn't pleasant to learn, but it helped me try to find the motivation to find a way to get out of where I am. I am still trying, but it isn't easy. This song brings me to tears every time I hear it, especially the solo.
In order to fully understand the song, you need to listen to the entire album. The Wall is a concept album. EVERY song is integral to fully understand the story. No single track should be interpreted on its own. Yes, Pink Floyd is deep. Every album tells a story. In fact, every song blends into the next and was meant to be listened on the original LP. It’s unfortunate that in the digital age, the album songs have a noticeable break between songs. There WERE NEVER any breaks between songs. The best example of an album of continuous music with no breaks is Dark Side of the Moon. Dark Side of the Moon (one of the greatest albums of all time) turned The Floyd from a “psychedelic” band into something much greater. BTW...watch the Pulse concert video of Comfortably Numb. It will change your life.
You can always use crossfade, an option that most programs I've used have, so you can get rid of that break between songs. It's not perfect, no, but it's a lot better than the jarring break.
Oh yeah. This is my favorite song and I've heard over a dozen different live versions. The solo on Pulse is truly the best. Although the arrangement on Echoes has the most strings and is a great version too.
Exactly. Like in their album Animals. David Gilmore makes his guitar sound like a pig. You can feel this vibe of a pig slopping through mud. I love Pink Floyd!
You hit it girl. About when you were depressed. Getting stoned and listening to Pink Floyd was the best and still is the best therapy when I'm going through my depression state
Not this time. This song is crystal clear. And beautifully tragic. Too bad they got the printed lyrics totally wrong in a new key places, but at least the main gyst was preserved.
I think it’s interesting because I used to look at this song analytically like vin and then I started to feel the song, and I started seeing it a different way.
Sori hit it 100%! First thing she did was close her eyes and just went with it.. That's what you are suppose to do with all Pink Floyd's songs.. Them and The Doors. Just sit back and enjoy and let the music take you on a trip...
Sori, that's exactly how you get into this song, as well as most PF songs: Just close your eyes and let the music take you away, especially with David Gilmore's emotional guitar solos.
manny_ nuff dude there it’s no heaven nor hell we just go back to spirit realm why would god be man if the universe it’s big with other life we were born with dmt then ones we got hook up by machine and medicine they took it away cause the government wants to brain wash us so they can have control but we still have some dmt in our brain that’s why we dream and Pink Floyd music it’s more understanding when your trippin on shrooms,lsd or high on weed.
John Kevin shrooms are portals to spirit realm or it can take you to a difference universe where ever it takes you it’s a spiritual thing that must be taken with respect and knowing how much you take. If you take ten grams people have seen or met god, it took me back to my childhood when I took 1.5. You can watch videos and understand more about it. shroom grow on ground it’s god made religion it’s man made there’s no prove in what they teach.
manny_ nuff wait i was talking about psychedelic not science Shrooms are mushroom that you eat and open your third eye and make you see the reality and know what next in the after life I’m not talking about planets on how they line up. So I’m not sure you know what shrooms are
"This guy's a very smart writer.." YES, Roger Waters is! You definitely need to hear ALL of Pink Floyd's The Wall, you get a better picture of this song that way. Pink Floyd writes albums, not songs. If they were heavier, they would be Tool. The song is written in two voices - major key for Pink, minor key for the doctor. Pink overdosed from self-pity, self-loathing, and the news his wife had been cheating on him, had injured himself, and drank and took too much. He barricaded himself in his hotel room, and his staff broke down the door, administered drugs to get him back on stage. This is not unusual in the music industry, especially back in the 70's when this was written. Doctors were hired by the record company to keep the band up when they needed to be. Colonel Tom Parker, who managed Elvis, was notorious for giving Elvis drugs to get him up or down. Pink is reminiscing during this, because he has lost contact with reality, becoming a consummate rock star/fascist on stage, while his psyche is trapped behind the wall he's build for himself, screaming to get out. Fear builds walls.
I agree, they need to do the entire album of the Wall, they also need to do the entire album of Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, both are amazing albums when albums were meant to be listened to in their entirety
Or Flat (sigh) Earthers. Here's how you know Roger wrote most of the lyrics and a great big chunk of their music: He talked about growing up without a dad and the war that robbed him of a father a lot. Gilmour still had two parents when he joined Pink Floyd. You can't write about that kind of loss without having gone through it - it wouldn't even occur to you to try. Plus, Roger's still writing stuff - his best was Amused To Death which is still relevant (unfortunately) almost 30 years later. I didn't care for his new album, mostly because it doesn't seem to have a connective thread, and feels hastily assembled. I liked what he was trying to do, but the way he went about it seems off. And I don't agree with Israel on it's policies. They're committing genocide on the Palestinians like the Nazis did to them. They're keeping the cycle of violence alive - an eye for an eye makes the world blind. We shouldn't be financing a country (at all!) that wants to commit genocide. Roger is against violence, against war - no matter who starts it.
I'm so disappointed that I've only now watched this. Pink Floyd were absolute music geniuses. As an atheist, this is as close to a religious experience that I can envision. If there is indeed a God, then we were truly blessed by the talent that they were given. Sori felt it.
Medium doze of LSD and MDMA combined, then a lot of trust in the surroundings to completely let go. That is about what religious experience is at best. But you can't get there without committing to a higher power and that is kind of an obstacle. It is a high, lots of dopamine and serotonin combined with one can only be said to be a mild stroke. With drugs, the physical experience is much stronger. Not worth it. Spiritual experiences are different and come in all shapes, those you have already had. The difference is the non existence of omnipotent God as a character, as depicted in religious texts. Marveling the miracles of nature in person is spiritual experience and it has a huge therapeutic value.
Tobyy Haha, the irony of (presumably) religious people complaining about people bringing up their lack of belief is definitely going to be lost on you. Atheists wouldn’t ever, ever talk about it if we didn’t have religion rammed down our throats from all angles.
I wanna say to them “ you’re doing it wrong”! Floyd fans know about a few minutes in it goes from listening to the journey. She’s at that point. I just started this video but, you know when the transition happens. I mean no ill will. I just think when they listen to the album in its entirety privately because we know showing that infringes on copyrights its mind blowing. I really want them to journey together.
You can see it at 4' into this video -- she flips into 'receiving' mode while he's still trying to analyze what it means. With the Floyd, the meaning comes after you absorb it, not before.
Hi guys , You need to watch the movie The Wall and it will answer alot of your questions and you will understand Comfortable Numb fits into the story. Its a great movie and it was way ahead of its time when it was filmed . Not to mention it has an awesome sound track played by some of the best musicians in the industry , Bob Geldof plays the lead roll of Pink and it has alot on animation through the movie which is absolutely unbelievable. So why don't you check it out .😊
Kylie Wilson Kylie when I first heard Pink Floyd the 70s I was a teen I was 14 years old in 1974 their music just blew me away and yes Pink Floyd and their music was ahead of their time back then awesome band
When the movie came out, I've seen it in the theater , I was young and didn't understand it back than. Movie was a flop after came out, only hardcore PF fans went to see it! Music of PF what all ways captured me. I think, should re-watch it again, being much older maybe I'll get it now?
The second I saw Sori react to Floyd by closing her eyes, I knew she got it! Never saw you guys before but I think I'll take a look at your channel. Old Floyd Guy here and there is nothing else that even remotely come close to them IMO. You do yourself a great disservice by not listening to the whole album in its entirety. A great musical journey.
yes agree #1 ... but how about Supertramp ......live in paris ..... ? quite the journey there as well . For me it's hard to decide #1 / #2 . peace . ( link supertramp ) ua-cam.com/video/fovqE1d0v3M/v-deo.html
Pink Floyd sets quite the atmosphere with their music. Even if it isn't your type of music it is hard to hate on it. Enjoy the reaction as always. Keep it up!
I'm really late to the party but it's gonna bother me if I don't write this. Don't mind me! Roger Waters, who basically wrote this album, has stated that Comfortably Numb is not about drugs (as in being numb from them). The Wall is a huge concept album about Pink (a rock star) who begins to build an emotional "wall" (the album name) around him out of all the bad stuff that has happened to him: his father being killed in war, an overprotective mother, bullying teachers, falling relationships etc. He describes them as bricks in the wall (Another Brick in the Wall, Parts 1-3) At this point in the album Pink has finished the wall inside him and he falls into this catatonic state of not caring about anything and basically just being inside his own thought without any interaction to the world outside. He is sitting in the dressing room and the manager brings a doctor in to give him a fix in order to get him out of this state so he can perform. This changes Pinks personality drastically which brings the album to the "Show" part of the album. This is my favourite album of all time which has themes about mental illness, the record industry, isolation and facing your fears, among other things. I highly recommend this album to everyone.
I am so tired of people thinking this song is about drugs, drug use. These people have only heard Pink Floyd when they happen to be playing on the radio. You can’t pluck a single off a PF album and try to understand it.
Roger Waters also said that it was about a similarity between when he was sick as a child and the way he felt then with the way he felt after he got sick on tour. In order to perform, the backstage doctor gave him a really strong drug that made him feel the same way as when he was a kid. In a way, it's about drugs, in a way, it's not.
Ummm....... this song was written after a show in Philly in 1977 during the Animals tour. Waters was too sick to go on stage, when they brought in a doctor who gave him something to "get him through the show"....... please.....at least look at the interviews done before commenting.
@manny_ nuff God the almighty cannot work through such people? I thought your imaginary friend was all powerful and stuff. He does have limitations apparently. Very godly like indeed.
I'm not surprised Sori liked this song. Just like Tool , Pink Floyd is music that you experience and not just listen to.
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Sori's reaction at the end is everyones reaction listening to this song. Its such a relaxing and triping song. I once listened to the whole The Wall album on the beach at night and I took a trip with myself. And thats the whole point of Pink Floyd. This sing is about a fever he had once that he allucinated. Some people say it was because of a drup trip but I believe he wouldve said so if it was. The live video is something else. Its really a show, the psychedelic use of the lights substitute the use of drugs for those who don't use it lol Great reaction guys.
When Roger Waters was a child, he spent many hours looking at the sea. He waited in vain for his father to return from the Second World War. His father had died in 1944 in Italy, when Roger was only a few months old. For that reason the song says: "A distant ship's smoke on the horizon." You are only coming through in. Your lips move but I can not hear what you're saying " Because Roger thought that every ship on the horizon was the ship his father would come to.
WATCH THE MOVIE THE WALL. ANSWERS ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. The part of Pink is played by Bob Geldof, the singer of the band Boomtown Rats. But he is the man respoasible for the Live Aid concert in 85.
Watch "The Wall" the movie if you want to know what happen to Pink. 1 of my favorite movie and the best soundtracks ever. Watch the "Pulse" concert if you want to be even more comfortably numb, too bad I will never see them live, probably the worst regret of my life.
Wils 25 I know, David Gilmour isn't retired either and I prefer him. They both have great shows but I won't be totally happy because Pink Floyd is dead, unfairly. I had high hopes about a reformation a few years ago but even now it won't be the same without Wright. Maybe it's time to work through my grief for the band so I will see at least 1 legend live.
meshug gagah Yep, saw The Wall and the Animals tours back in the day. Pink Floyd took you on a audio-visual journey. Especially with the Animals concert. They opened by doing the Wish You Were Here, start to finish, small break and then Animals start to finish and the encore was three from The Dark Side of the Moon.The stadium sound at night was mesmerizing.
I loved seeing her whole demeanor change when the journey hit. Wouldn’t trade that for anything. Because we know and seeing it is worth more than gold.
I almost never comment on videos but an exception had to be made in this case. This is the first video I've seen from you guys and it was thoroughly enjoyable. In my opinion, you can't go wrong with Pink Floyd.
Same here...My first video from Vin&Sory...I'm glad it was this one....You guys are a lot of fun to watch...and to hear....Your analysis, views and appreciations are more intuitive and educated than most I've seen in other channels of this nature...I gotta lot to catch up with..
I loved Sori's reaction, during the playing watching her beautiful face become calm and relaxed, then after the song - a true epic masterpiece - was over, what she said - that is exactly how I feel when listening to this beautiful piece of music. Thank you both, it was pure pleasure watching you listen to this classic Pink Floyd track without interruptions, just pure pleasure ! 😘
You need to watch the film to understand it. At this point, Pink's demons have peaked and he has trashed his hotel room and got so wasted that he is almost totally unresponsive. He's so wasted he can't make it to the concert. So his manager gets the medic to give him something to get him back on his feet again so that he can do the gig. The whole film is about fame and insecurity,and the way the music industry treats its stars as commodities until they self destruct. The great thing about the film is that there is minimal speaking by the actors and the story is almost totally told with music. Overall The Wall tells the story of a child becoming a man and a famous rock star and how all his life experiences have slowly F**ked him up and to protect himself mentally and emotionally, he has been gradually cutting himself off from the world by building The Wall around himself.
Love the idea for the album listening session as well! Especially since "the Wall" is a concept album, so all the songs are connected and tell a larger story!
While this is a great Pink Floyd song, the album is operatic. You get much more out of it when you play it with all the other songs on the album. Much like Tool's Lateralus or Green Day's American Idiot.
Pink Floyd's originality and complexity in their music arrangements and lyrics are beyond legendary. David Gilmour's mastery of the guitar and hypnotic vocals in my opinion, makes them one of the most influential bands in history.
You both need to see the movie "The Wall" which was made a few years later after the album was released. The movie was built around the album and features the album heavily in the movie as the soundtrack.
It's interesting that you guys said "The show must go on" because that is the very next lyric on the album. Pink Floyd more than any band I know are album artists, much of the context for each song comes from the songs before and after it on the album.
Exactly! Other than a few random hits like "Money" or "Another Brick in the Wall"...Pink Floyd albums were meant to be listened to as a whole. For example, The Dark Side of the Moon begins and ends in the same place and takes you on a sonic journey. To analyze individual songs lyrics without taking the rest of the album in to account is ludicrous. The reviews should have focused on the music, not the lyrics, if they aren't going to listen to the whole album. Because it they did, they would be having a different conversation.
This is awesome, but the movie is very powerful and sad and I think it will help take it to another level. I feel they're is a reason when you think of music and a movie combined, Pink Floyd is at the top of the list! Love your videos!
You can't possibly try to understand or analyze the lyrics without knowing the backstory.This song does not come from a traditional album. In fact it comes from a movie soundtrack. For the song to make sense you have to understand the story. Is the semi-autobiographical (Roger Waters), semi-biographical (Syd Barrett) story of a fictitious star's (Pink) journey. Go watch the movie and understand the story first. Only then can the songs make sense.
Sori is a beautiful woman and human being. I love seeing couples who are happy together. I love the natural chemistry between you two. Best wishes and good luck!
You guys are a tripp! Just started looking through "music reaction" videos today, so have seen a few different people. But you two dive DEEP - i love it! This is a song i discovered just a few years ago myself, and instantly was enchanted by it. As soon as Sori closed her eyes, I knew she was feeling the magic. Vin - i couldn't tell...until you started talking about it. It's fascinating hearing your take because you see a lot of the same things in the song that i did, but a lot of different things too. You REALLY analyzed the performer/doctor/show component more than i ever have. And the idea that the balloon-hands and the "I can't put my finger on it" line might be related - never occured to me. Thx for that! I always felt the whole doctor/patient/drug episode was a metaphor. That the whole song was just build-up to the lines "...the child is grown, the dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb." And I was glad that y'all did discuss that a little bit. To me, those lines and the song as a whole are about becoming jaded, disconnected, and lost in the insignificant minutiae of the day-to-day, and losing sight of the incredible gift that life is. [Interestingly there is a song by Tool ( ua-cam.com/video/OQf2w2n9db4/v-deo.html ) that in a different way has a very similar message - i thought it was interesting that you mentioned them here!]. As the child, he remembered seeing it once - and recognizing the richness and beauty of life and the world (and maybe even his own purpose in it) - when he was a child. But then, "life" happened. And he forgot about that vision when the child grew up and started living in a rat-race stupor. That's what the "doctor" is trying to remedy. To wake him up so he can start living his life again and stop squandering the incredible gift by letting it slip by. The specific setting of the musician before the show is just a device to illustrate that (that's what i figured, at least.). And the fact that after the remedy, he may feel a little sick - makes perfect sense, because if you have been neglecting what really matters in your life for a long time -- and suddenly come to realize that, that could be sort of a rude awakening. But still that rude awakening back into reality is far better than continuing to let life pass you by simply going about every day comfortably numb. So not to confuse things even more, but that's why i ultimately believe that Pink Floyd (the singers) are the actual doctors, the song is the medicine, and we (the listeners) are the patients needing to be awakened (reminded to think back to the way we looked at life, people, the world, and ourselves when we were children). Thanks so much for doing this review! I feel like it gave me an excuse to pay a long over-due visit to an old friend. I will have to check out more of your postings!
Sori nailed it on this - it's about the way the music industry pushed drugs at musicians to keep them performing, irrespective of the long term outcome. When she closed her eyes to submerge herself in the music, I could see it. She felt the emotion and the brilliance. From the time Pink Floyd lost founder member Syd Barrett to madness brought on through drug abuse and the pressure imposed by the relentless schedule imposed by constant touring and recording, madness and industry pressure was a recurring theme in Pink Floyd's music. They never really gave up that theme, or finished mourning the loss of their friend, and blaming themselves, in part, for being a part of that pressure and eventually, giving in to the pressure to go and play without Syd. David Gilmour in particular, who took Syd's place as lead singer and guitarist, having been introduced BY Syd to the band, felt it particularly hard. Syd and David both studied at the same college I attended, and probably first played together there. You should listen to "Dark Side of The Moon" as a whole album (as you should really listen to most of Pink Floyd's music). Listening to a Pink Floyd album is a commitment - you set up with any drinks or snacks you may need, turn off the phone, settle down to listen, and keep listening, submerging yourself in the music, until the album has finished. Then you will REALLY appreciate the genius of Pink Floyd. Or maybe even better, get a copy of the DVD "Pulse", which has a live recording of the whole album as well as considerable additional material. And remember how long ago that stuff was first recorded - they really were breaking new ground in both music and live shows. It was Pink Floyd who were asked by the BBC to provide live improvised background music to their live coverage of the first moon landing, just to give a time reference.
I have been with pink Floyd since 1968. I have seen them 3 times and their music is absolutely genius. You must sit down and watch "PULSE" a live concert from 1994. It is the best live concert ever recorded. By the way, you two do a great job. Keep it going!!!
I was at that gig in Earl's Court. The gig got pulled at the very beginning as the intro to SOYCD was just starting as there had been a partial seat collapse ( thankfully no deaths and only a few injuries). But we all came back a week or two later. What a gig!! Best I've ever been to. The Freddie Mercury Tribute gig at Wembley in 1992 came close, but two distinctly different occasions so unrealistic to compare musically and setting- wise. This was epic and Floyd live with Gilmour's virtuoso, feel and improvisation takes the album versions to another epic level if that was even possible to imagine beforehand!!). I'll never, ever forget it, what an experience!
"Comfortably numb" is a term describing an emotional and psychological state of mind, which happens when you no longer want to suffer, it is a stage before suicide... to understand you should watch the movie (few times). Usually people who understand Pink Floyd, listen to the entire record from the first to the last note... Personally if it's Pink Floyd, then tracks do not exist for me (I listen to the whole shit).
I've been a die-hard PF fan since i was a kid in the late 70's. Without spoilers, The Wall is a theatrical rock opera about a fictional character named Pink, who carries the combined, life-altering experiences of the band members (youth of the psychedelic era) including one influential, founding member (Syd Barrett) who became strung out on drugs, lost interest and walked away when the group was headed to commercial fame. Hence, the song Comfortably Numb and the lyric ".. caught a fleeting glimpse...the child has grown the dream is gone..." The Wall is an amazing display of talent, skill and ability of true artists, and seeing it live is absolutely spellbinding. The two cinematic versions of The Wall (1982 and 2014) puts vision to the music. I recommend watching them both. Maybe twice to absorb the full complexity of it. I enjoyed your review. It took me back to my youth when this masterpiece was dropped on the public with no explanation, leaving us all in a euphoric, yet rebellious, confused daze, rising against conformity, with thousands of fans inputting their half-baked, theories. Ha! Great times.
Ok, Sori is so dead on with the feel for this song! I was watching Sori and just waiting just as a hypnotist would for her to finally succumb and close her eyes. When she did, it was over and the journey began. Some may not like this but I tell peeps all the time, that Tool is the Pink Floyd of this generation, for me anyway! Both Pink Floyd and Tool have a way through their compositions to take you on a journey. Growing up listening to Pink Floyd albums made loving Tool easy when they came out in the 90s. Great review once again! Now go do the entire Wall album, its soooo good!
Tool uses a lot more discordance and unusual time signatures in their music, but I get that many people feel that Tool is like a heavy metal Pink Floyd.
Sori's interpretation was amazing! Adorable! She is super cute and Vin also felt the magnitude and impact of the true musicianship and artistry of this masterpiece! Love it!
As soon as she closed her eyes and let the song take her i had to smile. well done Sori.
Neil Brown you know she was feeling it for real , there is no proper response, except astonishment.
That's what I'm talking about.
Siri, listen to the LP in it's entirety.
You liked the song, you'll LOVE the whole thing. In the dark with your ear buds
That's the only way to listen to this song. Just close your eyes and let the song flow through you.
You beat me to it!! She zoned out!!
Leo Fender created the Stratocaster. Then God created David Gilmore to play it.
DAMN STRAIGHT
Gilmour IS god
Sorry but God had already done it with Jimi Hendrix
@@flankerjr agreed
@@flankerjr Hendrix was a man on his own - Gilmour is the epitome of the lyrical, melodic player. Hendrix could make the his guitar scream, shout and cry with pure exitement and/or agony...Gilmour makes his sing, cry, cajole and insist. let's be grateful we have had two such great but different players.
Gilmour is one of the greatest emotional guitarists to ever live. He can pull feelings you didn't even know existed out of a guitar.
Joshua Manson and in so few notes. It’s crazy
He's uncanny. The best IMO.
So true
He is, and he can! Only other I feel can do similar is Steve Rothery from Marillion
Agreed, and Comfortably Numb is considered to be one of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded in Rock.
That Girl, feel the song, feel the Gilmore's Guitar. She feel Pink Floyd. That's was good
@manny_ nuff wtf
@manny_ nuff Shit dude. l think you need to read a different book and chill out
@manny_nuff / Phil Osopher There are atheists, there are the religious & then there are the religious nuts. Which one do you think you are, manny_nuff / Phil Osopher?
@manny_nuff / Phil Osopher Wrong answer.
manny_nuff / Phil Osopher Idiot.
I wish I could hear comfortably numb for the first time again
Who doesn’t? It’s such an amazing feeling, every part of this song is like a heroin rush , it’s so perfectly executed.
I wish I could see it for the first time again!
Every time is a first time for all Floyd songs, it never gets old .
I know someone that saw it live (Pulse) for the very first time, and didnt get to the solo part. He said it was trash. I presume the Devil is laughing so hard, thinking how he is gonna punishing him what he arrives there.
First heard this on the tail end of an acid trip that taught me a lot about myself, in a very true and eye opening way. It wasn't pleasant to learn, but it helped me try to find the motivation to find a way to get out of where I am. I am still trying, but it isn't easy. This song brings me to tears every time I hear it, especially the solo.
In order to fully understand the song, you need to listen to the entire album.
The Wall is a concept album. EVERY song is integral to fully understand the story. No single track should be interpreted on its own.
Yes, Pink Floyd is deep. Every album tells a story. In fact, every song blends into the next and was meant to be listened on the original LP. It’s unfortunate that in the digital age, the album songs have a noticeable break between songs. There WERE NEVER any breaks between songs. The best example of an album of continuous music with no breaks is Dark Side of the Moon.
Dark Side of the Moon (one of the greatest albums of all time) turned The Floyd from a “psychedelic” band into something much greater.
BTW...watch the Pulse concert video of Comfortably Numb. It will change your life.
txmoney Thank you for posting that ...it really does SUM it all up....love pink floyd
You can always use crossfade, an option that most programs I've used have, so you can get rid of that break between songs. It's not perfect, no, but it's a lot better than the jarring break.
Oh yeah. This is my favorite song and I've heard over a dozen different live versions. The solo on Pulse is truly the best. Although the arrangement on Echoes has the most strings and is a great version too.
well there is the conceptional story that roger wrote. But the meaning of a song is also subjective to every human being.
Nymeria73
Haha, true.
He is listening to it. She is feeling it.
You gotta feel it to really appreciate it.
Def! -Sori✌🏻
Garth Haycock amen!
Garth Haycock this song really makes me feel kinda stoned
Exactly. Like in their album Animals. David Gilmore makes his guitar sound like a pig. You can feel this vibe of a pig slopping through mud. I love Pink Floyd!
Vin =Brain , Sori =Heart. Of course that doesnt mean Vin is heartless, or that Sori is brainless. LOL
You hit it girl. About when you were depressed. Getting stoned and listening to Pink Floyd was the best and still is the best therapy when I'm going through my depression state
Eat shrooms you’ll understand and it will cure your depression and anxiety
@@chrisse7612 >eats shrooms once
Yes lol I’ve been playing the wall album for like a month straight
She gets it. Floyd is like good poetry. It can mean a thousand different things to a thousand different people.
kilian111 this is so true
kilian111 So true. ❤️
It can, but interesting to know the original intentions,
ye she definitely got it.. this song was made to be like in the background, theres no flashy words or sounds... its just... well, numbing!
Not this time. This song is crystal clear. And beautifully tragic. Too bad they got the printed lyrics totally wrong in a new key places, but at least the main gyst was preserved.
Sori listened to that one the right way.
kelly hh yep.
Was going to post this very comment
Yup, gotta close your eyes and let it wash over you
She's heard it before C'mon
one of the best guitar solo's in classic rock
Green Dreams Progressive Rock.
She shut her eyes, and the song took her to a place HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND :)
lol
thats the wall i used to listen to the wall feeling depressed at 2 or 3 o clock in the morning
I think it’s interesting because I used to look at this song analytically like vin and then I started to feel the song, and I started seeing it a different way.
The look on her face at the end of the song is a classic PINK FLOYD look ha ha.
Sori hit it 100%! First thing she did was close her eyes and just went with it.. That's what you are suppose to do with all Pink Floyd's songs.. Them and The Doors. Just sit back and enjoy and let the music take you on a trip...
Yes
Sori, that's exactly how you get into this song, as well as most PF songs: Just close your eyes and let the music take you away, especially with David Gilmore's emotional guitar solos.
GILMOUR
Yes yes yes and yes
centuryrox exactly that😏👌
Damn right. Gilmore's phrasing can't be beat.
Ffs... “gilmour”
saddest lyric ever, "the child has grown, the dream is gone"
manny_ nuff dude there it’s no heaven nor hell we just go back to spirit realm why would god be man if the universe it’s big with other life we were born with dmt then ones we got hook up by machine and medicine they took it away cause the government wants to brain wash us so they can have control but we still have some dmt in our brain that’s why we dream and Pink Floyd music it’s more understanding when your trippin on shrooms,lsd or high on weed.
@@chrisse7612 Prove it!
John Kevin shrooms are portals to spirit realm or it can take you to a difference universe where ever it takes you it’s a spiritual thing that must be taken with respect and knowing how much you take. If you take ten grams people have seen or met god, it took me back to my childhood when I took 1.5. You can watch videos and understand more about it. shroom grow on ground it’s god made religion it’s man made there’s no prove in what they teach.
manny_ nuff wait i was talking about psychedelic not science Shrooms are mushroom that you eat and open your third eye and make you see the reality and know what next in the after life I’m not talking about planets on how they line up. So I’m not sure you know what shrooms are
@manny_ nuffSorry, but you're delusional af
"This guy's a very smart writer.." YES, Roger Waters is!
You definitely need to hear ALL of Pink Floyd's The Wall, you get a better picture of this song that way. Pink Floyd writes albums, not songs. If they were heavier, they would be Tool.
The song is written in two voices - major key for Pink, minor key for the doctor.
Pink overdosed from self-pity, self-loathing, and the news his wife had been cheating on him, had injured himself, and drank and took too much. He barricaded himself in his hotel room, and his staff broke down the door, administered drugs to get him back on stage.
This is not unusual in the music industry, especially back in the 70's when this was written. Doctors were hired by the record company to keep the band up when they needed to be. Colonel Tom Parker, who managed Elvis, was notorious for giving Elvis drugs to get him up or down.
Pink is reminiscing during this, because he has lost contact with reality, becoming a consummate rock star/fascist on stage, while his psyche is trapped behind the wall he's build for himself, screaming to get out.
Fear builds walls.
I agree, they need to do the entire album of the Wall, they also need to do the entire album of Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, both are amazing albums when albums were meant to be listened to in their entirety
Watching the movie would answer a lot of this discussion
I would start with DSOTM, WYWH or Animals. The Wall is looooong and in my opinion has some filler in it
Or Flat (sigh) Earthers.
Here's how you know Roger wrote most of the lyrics and a great big chunk of their music: He talked about growing up without a dad and the war that robbed him of a father a lot. Gilmour still had two parents when he joined Pink Floyd. You can't write about that kind of loss without having gone through it - it wouldn't even occur to you to try.
Plus, Roger's still writing stuff - his best was Amused To Death which is still relevant (unfortunately) almost 30 years later. I didn't care for his new album, mostly because it doesn't seem to have a connective thread, and feels hastily assembled. I liked what he was trying to do, but the way he went about it seems off.
And I don't agree with Israel on it's policies. They're committing genocide on the Palestinians like the Nazis did to them. They're keeping the cycle of violence alive - an eye for an eye makes the world blind. We shouldn't be financing a country (at all!) that wants to commit genocide.
Roger is against violence, against war - no matter who starts it.
S Toy sorry to say your worng but this song was actually written by Gilmore for a solo album and Waters asked him to use it on the Wall
Watching Sori's reaction took me back 30 years; brought tears to my eyes.
Rick Martin you too✊
Rick Martin- Me too! Wow!
Ditto. I've had the same feeling from 'Floyd also, especially this song.
I thought she was going to
Pink Floyd would be the perfect band to do an entire album reaction. Either the wall or Dark side of the moon
Which one ? Btw we’re doing a tool reacting tommrrow
Lateralus full album
Dark side of the moon for me personally but the wall is great too
pipers at the gates of dawn with Syd Barrett!
Maybe because The Wall is a double album DSOTM is a good one.
I'm so disappointed that I've only now watched this.
Pink Floyd were absolute music geniuses.
As an atheist, this is as close to a religious experience that I can envision.
If there is indeed a God, then we were truly blessed by the talent that they were given.
Sori felt it.
Tobyy ikr
Medium doze of LSD and MDMA combined, then a lot of trust in the surroundings to completely let go. That is about what religious experience is at best. But you can't get there without committing to a higher power and that is kind of an obstacle. It is a high, lots of dopamine and serotonin combined with one can only be said to be a mild stroke. With drugs, the physical experience is much stronger.
Not worth it. Spiritual experiences are different and come in all shapes, those you have already had. The difference is the non existence of omnipotent God as a character, as depicted in religious texts. Marveling the miracles of nature in person is spiritual experience and it has a huge therapeutic value.
Music and religion have always gone hand in had.
Tobyy
Haha, the irony of (presumably) religious people complaining about people bringing up their lack of belief is definitely going to be lost on you.
Atheists wouldn’t ever, ever talk about it if we didn’t have religion rammed down our throats from all angles.
@@squidcaps4308 YOU DO KNOW BRO!!
The woman gets it. Don't analyze The Floyd, just get on, close your eyes and experience the ride.
exactly
True :-)
I wanna say to them “ you’re doing it wrong”! Floyd fans know about a few minutes in it goes from listening to the journey. She’s at that point.
I just started this video but, you know when the transition happens.
I mean no ill will. I just think when they listen to the album in its entirety privately because we know showing that infringes on copyrights its mind blowing. I really want them to journey together.
You can see it at 4' into this video -- she flips into 'receiving' mode while he's still trying to analyze what it means. With the Floyd, the meaning comes after you absorb it, not before.
Yep. That's the way.
David Gilmour’s guitar playing is incredible.
That feeling when you hear one of the greatest guitar solos (if not The greatest) ever written
I've never seen someone fall into a piece of music quite like Sori. It's wonderful to watch.
She's heard it before...c'mon....don't be obtuse
She totally gets it.
9:31 Yeah.
She (Sori) was *feeling* that whole song. Pink Floyd touches something inside of you. It's relaxing but something inside of you wakes up. Beautiful.
Hi guys , You need to watch the movie The Wall and it will answer alot of your questions and you will understand Comfortable Numb fits into the story. Its a great movie and it was way ahead of its time when it was filmed . Not to mention it has an awesome sound track played by some of the best musicians in the industry , Bob Geldof plays the lead roll of Pink and it has alot on animation through the movie which is absolutely unbelievable. So why don't you check it out .😊
Kylie Wilson Kylie when I first heard Pink Floyd the 70s I was a teen I was 14 years old in 1974 their music just blew me away and yes Pink Floyd and their music was ahead of their time back then awesome band
When the movie came out, I've seen it in the theater , I was young and didn't understand it back than.
Movie was a flop after came out, only hardcore PF fans went to see it!
Music of PF what all ways captured me.
I think, should re-watch it again, being much older maybe I'll get it now?
Kylie Wilson or just listen to the of tha album.
Kylie Wilson
I agree. The Wall is a STORY not just one song. If you see the movie you will understand what the words mean.
The reviewers needed context, but they worked most of it out
You can literally see the moment where she gets hooked.. This is a great channel.
Quality reaction, she totally got it. Welcome to the Floyd.
The second I saw Sori react to Floyd by closing her eyes, I knew she got it! Never saw you guys before but I think I'll take a look at your channel. Old Floyd Guy here and there is nothing else that even remotely come close to them IMO. You do yourself a great disservice by not listening to the whole album in its entirety. A great musical journey.
yes agree #1 ... but how about Supertramp ......live in paris ..... ? quite the journey there as well . For me it's hard to decide #1 / #2 . peace . ( link supertramp ) ua-cam.com/video/fovqE1d0v3M/v-deo.html
Pink Floyd sets quite the atmosphere with their music. Even if it isn't your type of music it is hard to hate on it. Enjoy the reaction as always. Keep it up!
7:30 is the time where she got gilmoured!!
I'm really late to the party but it's gonna bother me if I don't write this. Don't mind me!
Roger Waters, who basically wrote this album, has stated that Comfortably Numb is not about drugs (as in being numb from them). The Wall is a huge concept album about Pink (a rock star) who begins to build an emotional "wall" (the album name) around him out of all the bad stuff that has happened to him: his father being killed in war, an overprotective mother, bullying teachers, falling relationships etc. He describes them as bricks in the wall (Another Brick in the Wall, Parts 1-3)
At this point in the album Pink has finished the wall inside him and he falls into this catatonic state of not caring about anything and basically just being inside his own thought without any interaction to the world outside. He is sitting in the dressing room and the manager brings a doctor in to give him a fix in order to get him out of this state so he can perform. This changes Pinks personality drastically which brings the album to the "Show" part of the album.
This is my favourite album of all time which has themes about mental illness, the record industry, isolation and facing your fears, among other things. I highly recommend this album to everyone.
Thank you!
I am so tired of people thinking this song is about drugs, drug use. These people have only heard Pink Floyd when they happen to be playing on the radio. You can’t pluck a single off a PF album and try to understand it.
Roger Waters also said that it was about a similarity between when he was sick as a child and the way he felt then with the way he felt after he got sick on tour. In order to perform, the backstage doctor gave him a really strong drug that made him feel the same way as when he was a kid. In a way, it's about drugs, in a way, it's not.
Ummm....... this song was written after a show in Philly in 1977 during the Animals tour. Waters was too sick to go on stage, when they brought in a doctor who gave him something to "get him through the show"....... please.....at least look at the interviews done before commenting.
The Wall pertained to audiences
The Wall is a huge concept album. To understand it all it must be listened to in its entirety. You guys have the right idea.
A sentiment I've often heard expressed about Pink Floyd's music is that you haven't really heard the song until you've heard the album.
Pink Floyd has some of the best guitar solos!
THE best
@manny_ nuff ahahahah the religious kook had to step in with the theories. If the book says it, it has to be true, right?
@manny_ nuff God the almighty cannot work through such people? I thought your imaginary friend was all powerful and stuff. He does have limitations apparently. Very godly like indeed.
They sing about the truth and that effects everyone deeply.
Sori is definetily welcome to the machine :D
I'm not surprised Sori liked this song. Just like Tool , Pink Floyd is music that you experience and not just listen to.
Sori's reaction at the end is everyones reaction listening to this song. Its such a relaxing and triping song.
I once listened to the whole The Wall album on the beach at night and I took a trip with myself.
And thats the whole point of Pink Floyd.
This sing is about a fever he had once that he allucinated. Some people say it was because of a drup trip but I believe he wouldve said so if it was.
The live video is something else. Its really a show, the psychedelic use of the lights substitute the use of drugs for those who don't use it lol
Great reaction guys.
When Roger Waters was a child, he spent many hours looking at the sea. He waited in vain for his father to return from the Second World War. His father had died in 1944 in Italy, when Roger was only a few months old.
For that reason the song says: "A distant ship's smoke on the horizon." You are only coming through in. Your lips move but I can not hear what you're saying "
Because Roger thought that every ship on the horizon was the ship his father would come to.
Y'all should listen to Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
kosmosyche for sure
All 23min of it!
kosmosyche sorry, but great gig in the sky blows it out of the water
animals is another good one
Dogs in particular.
WATCH THE MOVIE THE WALL. ANSWERS ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. The part of Pink is played by Bob Geldof, the singer of the band Boomtown Rats. But he is the man respoasible for the Live Aid concert in 85.
And Live 8 in 2005. Geldof was THE reason we got the reunion.
The greatest guitar solo from THE greatest band ever.......
i wouldnt say its THE best solo but god damn is it up there with some of the best ive ever heard
The solo at the end of their song ON THE TURNING AWAY was decent.
David Gilmore is the one of the top guitarists for a reason, you should here the extended concert version ua-cam.com/video/J8fFVOoqepc/v-deo.html
Arguably the greatest guitar solo of all time!!!
Solos. 🙂
@@esrAsnataS nah the solo
Watch "The Wall" the movie if you want to know what happen to Pink. 1 of my favorite movie and the best soundtracks ever.
Watch the "Pulse" concert if you want to be even more comfortably numb, too bad I will never see them live, probably the worst regret of my life.
Featuring Bob Geldoff of Live AId fame as 'Pink'
Not seeing them live when I had the chance for the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour is my single greatest regret in life.
Waters is still touring, still a chance to see him. Puts on a great show, seen him twice.
Wils 25 I know, David Gilmour isn't retired either and I prefer him. They both have great shows but I won't be totally happy because Pink Floyd is dead, unfairly. I had high hopes about a reformation a few years ago but even now it won't be the same without Wright. Maybe it's time to work through my grief for the band so I will see at least 1 legend live.
meshug gagah Yep, saw The Wall and the Animals tours back in the day. Pink Floyd took you on a audio-visual journey. Especially with the Animals concert. They opened by doing the Wish You Were Here, start to finish, small break and then Animals start to finish and the encore was three from The Dark Side of the Moon.The stadium sound at night was mesmerizing.
At 1:28 did she actually say "I've never heard of Pink Floyd"??...And then she shows us this...REACTION?
That's Pink Floyd for you, baby! 😀😎
I loved seeing her whole demeanor change when the journey hit. Wouldn’t trade that for anything. Because we know and seeing it is worth more than gold.
Straight up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daaaass riiighht
New to the channel.
Sori got floyd perfectly and i love the way vin goes everywhere but its cool that he tries to figure it all out.
Vin is the analytical mind, Sori is the emotional. It works well.
GOD Pink Floyd is the best! David Gilmour is the most underrated guitar player ever!
Underrated ? What ?
He defo isnt underated!!
Hes not underated at all. He is rated perfectly fine
Actually I think he is a bit underrated due to the current thought process that "shredding" equals talent.
He's underrated when it comes to "guitarists who shred" hes not really known for that isnt he? Hes more about feel
I almost never comment on videos but an exception had to be made in this case. This is the first video I've seen from you guys and it was thoroughly enjoyable. In my opinion, you can't go wrong with Pink Floyd.
Same here...My first video from Vin&Sory...I'm glad it was this one....You guys are a lot of fun to watch...and to hear....Your analysis, views and appreciations are more intuitive and educated than most I've seen in other channels of this nature...I gotta lot to catch up with..
She's floating and he's puzzled. LMFAO!!!
The hairs in my arms spring into action when I here this masterpiece. Love Floyd till I die. God bless
ross mrmojorisin also wish you were here.
You should listen to the whole record, it's a masterpiece.
Another great reaction and breakdown! I hope you can do Pink Floyd - Time!
Listed!
The full solo version please
The full solo version please /2
or the whole Dark Side f the Moon album.
full Dark Side of the Moon album, I promese you won't regreted and a lot of people will see your video because of that
Try Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Amazing song
UKEYsPOWER yeaaaaahhhh
Great song for Syd
My favourite song of all time. Most of the versions on youtube have their pitch altered though so I wouldn't recommend to listen to it on here
The next Pink Floyd should be the entire "Dark Side of the Moon" album.
But if you only do one song from the album, do "Time".
Would like to see a reaction from the earlier stuff like Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun or Echoes as well. Love that stuff the most.
So many good songs and albums but if I had to choose only 1, Echoes definitely.
Pink Floyd have a stellar catalogue. It's hard to go wrong with any of it.
Echoes is great, but imagine how long the review would be.
I loved Sori's reaction, during the playing watching her beautiful face become calm and relaxed, then after the song - a true epic masterpiece - was over, what she said - that is exactly how I feel when listening to this beautiful piece of music. Thank you both, it was pure pleasure watching you listen to this classic Pink Floyd track without interruptions, just pure pleasure ! 😘
You need to watch the film to understand it. At this point, Pink's demons have peaked and he has trashed his hotel room and got so wasted that he is almost totally unresponsive. He's so wasted he can't make it to the concert. So his manager gets the medic to give him something to get him back on his feet again so that he can do the gig. The whole film is about fame and insecurity,and the way the music industry treats its stars as commodities until they self destruct. The great thing about the film is that there is minimal speaking by the actors and the story is almost totally told with music. Overall The Wall tells the story of a child becoming a man and a famous rock star and how all his life experiences have slowly F**ked him up and to protect himself mentally and emotionally, he has been gradually cutting himself off from the world by building The Wall around himself.
Live stream suggestion... Let's all watch the movie, "The Wall".
So basically the life story of syd barret
Or you could just listen to the entire album.
Love the idea for the album listening session as well! Especially since "the Wall" is a concept album, so all the songs are connected and tell a larger story!
While this is a great Pink Floyd song, the album is operatic. You get much more out of it when you play it with all the other songs on the album. Much like Tool's Lateralus or Green Day's American Idiot.
... And in order as it tells the story of Pink's descent into madness. And the movie fleshes it out masterfully too. Worth a few hours. Seriously.
Pink Floyd's originality and complexity in their music arrangements and lyrics are beyond legendary. David Gilmour's mastery of the guitar and hypnotic vocals in my opinion, makes them one of the most influential bands in history.
You both need to see the movie "The Wall" which was made a few years later after the album was released. The movie was built around the album and features the album heavily in the movie as the soundtrack.
They've seen it
She GETS it! , You don't listen to PF, you experience it!
This is first time i saw in your reactions that Sori understand song better,so keep listening to FLOYD
These albums were made to be heard all the way through, sit down and take them in non stop.... what a journey.
SORI!!!! Yes!!! Flipped them script on this one! Vin as always, open minded! But sori NAILS it.
Thx!! -Sori🤟🏻
For sure, you require much more recognition for nailing the whole feeling of the song so accurately.
It's interesting that you guys said "The show must go on" because that is the very next lyric on the album. Pink Floyd more than any band I know are album artists, much of the context for each song comes from the songs before and after it on the album.
next song not lyric - my memory was a little off. My reccomendations for other tracks would be "Marooned" and "Shine on you crazy diamond"
the next lyrics are:
oooh ma,
oooh pa,
must the show go on?
you were very close.
did you chance to read the comment above the one you wrote where I corrected myself?
ya, I was just saying you were close though. it is almost the lyric that comes next.
Exactly! Other than a few random hits like "Money" or "Another Brick in the Wall"...Pink Floyd albums were meant to be listened to as a whole. For example, The Dark Side of the Moon begins and ends in the same place and takes you on a sonic journey. To analyze individual songs lyrics without taking the rest of the album in to account is ludicrous. The reviews should have focused on the music, not the lyrics, if they aren't going to listen to the whole album. Because it they did, they would be having a different conversation.
i love her face as david gilmour starts to sing, that voice. has that effect on most people, so so smooth. then he starts his epic solo... :)
Actually it is Roger singing the song. David sing's them on the live albums after Roger left the band.
well no. roger "sings", then david comes in with his voice on the chorus. on every version.
I love the point where Sori just closed her eyes and let the music take her away. This is what Pink Floyd is all about.
This song is about how Rodger waters felt when he was sick as a child. The guitarist is David gilmour. Don’t sleep on this band
You said to warn you when a song is from a concept album. The Wall is a concept album.
This.^
Please watch the movie The Wall it puts the whole album in perspective
This is awesome, but the movie is very powerful and sad and I think it will help take it to another level. I feel they're is a reason when you think of music and a movie combined, Pink Floyd is at the top of the list! Love your videos!
Can't disagree !
The awesome thing about the movie is all the addition music and the different versions of the songs from The Wall. A must watch.
That movie is a masterpiece. The animated sequences are stunning.
You can't possibly try to understand or analyze the lyrics without knowing the backstory.This song does not come from a traditional album. In fact it comes from a movie soundtrack. For the song to make sense you have to understand the story. Is the semi-autobiographical (Roger Waters), semi-biographical (Syd Barrett) story of a fictitious star's (Pink) journey. Go watch the movie and understand the story first. Only then can the songs make sense.
Sori is a beautiful woman and human being. I love seeing couples who are happy together. I love the natural chemistry between you two. Best wishes and good luck!
Yes! Love Pink Floyd, this album and "Dark side of the moon" are both excellent and I would love to see some more reviews of some of those songs :)
TheDude4576 the wall is kinda wierd thought
Great reaction she really feelin it! subscribed
Great profile pic
Dominic u r damn right
Haha yes, I loved the part where you could tell Sori was starting to feel it. Such a good song
This is the best song ever written and I’m not even a major pink Floyd fan. Goosebumps all the way through
"Maybe he's in the dressing room"... BINGO! ;)
You should watch The Wall movie... High lol
When i saw Sori close her eyes, i knew she was so lost into!
Darth Merovingian she was so hooked! Once they were closed they never opened again until it was over.
Yes, it is a deep song. Pink Floyd is deep...
You guys are a tripp! Just started looking through "music reaction" videos today, so have seen a few different people. But you two dive DEEP - i love it! This is a song i discovered just a few years ago myself, and instantly was enchanted by it. As soon as Sori closed her eyes, I knew she was feeling the magic. Vin - i couldn't tell...until you started talking about it. It's fascinating hearing your take because you see a lot of the same things in the song that i did, but a lot of different things too. You REALLY analyzed the performer/doctor/show component more than i ever have. And the idea that the balloon-hands and the "I can't put my finger on it" line might be related - never occured to me. Thx for that!
I always felt the whole doctor/patient/drug episode was a metaphor. That the whole song was just build-up to the lines "...the child is grown, the dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb." And I was glad that y'all did discuss that a little bit.
To me, those lines and the song as a whole are about becoming jaded, disconnected, and lost in the insignificant minutiae of the day-to-day, and losing sight of the incredible gift that life is.
[Interestingly there is a song by Tool ( ua-cam.com/video/OQf2w2n9db4/v-deo.html ) that in a different way has a very similar message - i thought it was interesting that you mentioned them here!].
As the child, he remembered seeing it once - and recognizing the richness and beauty of life and the world (and maybe even his own purpose in it) - when he was a child. But then, "life" happened. And he forgot about that vision when the child grew up and started living in a rat-race stupor. That's what the "doctor" is trying to remedy. To wake him up so he can start living his life again and stop squandering the incredible gift by letting it slip by.
The specific setting of the musician before the show is just a device to illustrate that (that's what i figured, at least.). And the fact that after the remedy, he may feel a little sick - makes perfect sense, because if you have been neglecting what really matters in your life for a long time -- and suddenly come to realize that, that could be sort of a rude awakening. But still that rude awakening back into reality is far better than continuing to let life pass you by simply going about every day comfortably numb.
So not to confuse things even more, but that's why i ultimately believe that Pink Floyd (the singers) are the actual doctors, the song is the medicine, and we (the listeners) are the patients needing to be awakened (reminded to think back to the way we looked at life, people, the world, and ourselves when we were children).
Thanks so much for doing this review! I feel like it gave me an excuse to pay a long over-due visit to an old friend. I will have to check out more of your postings!
drewga403 Watch the movie The Wall because SPOILER ALERT: Roger Waters remembered being rushed out of the room right after his grandmother died.
There's a movie for this album The Wall, if you watch that then you'll understand what he's talking about.
They already know...who TF doesn't?
she totally get its, completely in the zone, watch the live version, pulse
Soris face listening. Totally into it. Loved that
Sori nailed it on this - it's about the way the music industry pushed drugs at musicians to keep them performing, irrespective of the long term outcome.
When she closed her eyes to submerge herself in the music, I could see it. She felt the emotion and the brilliance.
From the time Pink Floyd lost founder member Syd Barrett to madness brought on through drug abuse and the pressure imposed by the relentless schedule imposed by constant touring and recording, madness and industry pressure was a recurring theme in Pink Floyd's music.
They never really gave up that theme, or finished mourning the loss of their friend, and blaming themselves, in part, for being a part of that pressure and eventually, giving in to the pressure to go and play without Syd. David Gilmour in particular, who took Syd's place as lead singer and guitarist, having been introduced BY Syd to the band, felt it particularly hard. Syd and David both studied at the same college I attended, and probably first played together there.
You should listen to "Dark Side of The Moon" as a whole album (as you should really listen to most of Pink Floyd's music).
Listening to a Pink Floyd album is a commitment - you set up with any drinks or snacks you may need, turn off the phone, settle down to listen, and keep listening, submerging yourself in the music, until the album has finished. Then you will REALLY appreciate the genius of Pink Floyd.
Or maybe even better, get a copy of the DVD "Pulse", which has a live recording of the whole album as well as considerable additional material.
And remember how long ago that stuff was first recorded - they really were breaking new ground in both music and live shows.
It was Pink Floyd who were asked by the BBC to provide live improvised background music to their live coverage of the first moon landing, just to give a time reference.
I have been with pink Floyd since 1968. I have seen them 3 times and their music is absolutely genius. You must sit down and watch "PULSE" a live concert from 1994. It is the best live concert ever recorded. By the way, you two do a great job. Keep it going!!!
I was at that gig in Earl's Court. The gig got pulled at the very beginning as the intro to SOYCD was just starting as there had been a partial seat collapse ( thankfully no deaths and only a few injuries). But we all came back a week or two later.
What a gig!! Best I've ever been to. The Freddie Mercury Tribute gig at Wembley in 1992 came close, but two distinctly different occasions so unrealistic to compare musically and setting- wise.
This was epic and Floyd live with Gilmour's virtuoso, feel and improvisation takes the album versions to another epic level if that was even possible to imagine beforehand!!).
I'll never, ever forget it, what an experience!
Every time I here any Pink Floyd song I feel comfortably calm
Thank you for doing Pink Floyd. Now if you do Shine On You Crazy Diamond, my life will be complete.
dustbin one of their best! About Syd Barrett, I believe.
"Comfortably numb" is a term describing an emotional and psychological state of mind, which happens when you no longer want to suffer, it is a stage before suicide... to understand you should watch the movie (few times).
Usually people who understand Pink Floyd, listen to the entire record from the first to the last note... Personally if it's Pink Floyd, then tracks do not exist for me (I listen to the whole shit).
Yep its what waters got before a gig he seem he could not perform so he wtote this song
Also it's in comparison to his childhood when he became seriously ill and almost died.
ah this song is great at calming me down when im mad or upset. great pick
I totally agree!!! -Sori
You guys get a lot deeper than people who watch and say goodbye.
Oh yeah...major kudos to you guys for not yapping during the song.
Appreciate that!
Linda L
Yes. And they played it in its full glory.
looking on UA-cam at PRIESTS REACT TO PINK FLOYD
I've been a die-hard PF fan since i was a kid in the late 70's. Without spoilers, The Wall is a theatrical rock opera about a fictional character named Pink, who carries the combined, life-altering experiences of the band members (youth of the psychedelic era) including one influential, founding member (Syd Barrett) who became strung out on drugs, lost interest and walked away when the group was headed to commercial fame. Hence, the song Comfortably Numb and the lyric ".. caught a fleeting glimpse...the child has grown the dream is gone..."
The Wall is an amazing display of talent, skill and ability of true artists, and seeing it live is absolutely spellbinding. The two cinematic versions of The Wall (1982 and 2014) puts vision to the music. I recommend watching them both. Maybe twice to absorb the full complexity of it.
I enjoyed your review. It took me back to my youth when this masterpiece was dropped on the public with no explanation, leaving us all in a euphoric, yet rebellious, confused daze, rising against conformity, with thousands of fans inputting their half-baked, theories. Ha! Great times.
She gets it. Lol. Close eyes and go with the flow
"Is there anybody out there?" is a good song by them. Same album. Pretty cool album. Interesting contrast.
Ok, Sori is so dead on with the feel for this song! I was watching Sori and just waiting just as a hypnotist would for her to finally succumb and close her eyes. When she did, it was over and the journey began. Some may not like this but I tell peeps all the time, that Tool is the Pink Floyd of this generation, for me anyway! Both Pink Floyd and Tool have a way through their compositions to take you on a journey. Growing up listening to Pink Floyd albums made loving Tool easy when they came out in the 90s. Great review once again! Now go do the entire Wall album, its soooo good!
Tool uses a lot more discordance and unusual time signatures in their music, but I get that many people feel that Tool is like a heavy metal Pink Floyd.
420since1974 very true though I will say Dark Side of the moon used some unusual time signatures especially for that time frame in music.
best guitar solo ever written
This is my gateway video with you guys....what a breath of fresh air you two. I got the same reaction that you did. Love you two ....thanks
Sori reacts like most Pink Floyd fans, eyes closed taking in the beautiful melody. Vin reacts like my wife does when I tell her no.
If you're going to do another full album reaction, I implore you to listen to either Dark Side of the Moon or Wish You Were Here
I just love to watch pink floyd reactions. Never have I yet to come across someone who dislikes them. Its amazing.
Class rises to the top. I've seen metalheads/hiphop fans/stoners/rockers...etc who are blown away and converted by merely one visit to 'Floydland'.
Hey girl, you are so deep in thought I can hear you thinking. Enjoy😪
Sori's interpretation was amazing! Adorable! She is super cute and Vin also felt the magnitude and impact of the true musicianship and artistry of this masterpiece! Love it!