@@PanPilgrim I don't think that's an exagerration, it's quite literally the best guitar solo of all time...we kind of alll agree on this - which is a rare thing.
@@epicjourneyman2145 I could listen to David's solo non- stop for hours on end ! Truly the most fantastic guitar solo of all time - mind blowing and out of this world !!!😂
While I do agree with your statement and this is my favorite solo ever, I think if was less inclined towards blues then Randy Rhodes Mr Crowley might overtake it. Very close to this one is Gilmour's On the Turning Away solo. Gilmour is my favorite guitarist along with Iommi and Clapton just for their blues work.
@@flaggkort im with ya on that one ,,,,,gilmour cant be beaten in iconic solo status, but clapton had something else...nothing less than gilmour, just a tad more "twang bang" with clapton while DG is more "long flow short note" solo style. its a great feeling for a intemediate guitarist to play some floyd songs and get it right even just once out of 100 times....still worth it.
BBC radio 2 voted, the solo in numb, the greatest solo ever.. And I'm pretty certain radio 2 has way over 10 million listeners daily. It's a big call, but I can't argue against. Maybe Mr page would. And some others.. But yeah...it's a bit special.
I don’t know who you are but that is the greatest truth I have ever heard. David Gilmour and Jimmy Page are the reasons I started playing guitar a long time before you were born.
@@jackiepaper6464 I'm 52 nearly.. You must be proper old..😆😆 I have to be honest I'm more in the Jimmy page camp for a solo, but I don't think anyone can this or that is the best solo ever. There are some metal bands I love like the greatest,. Metallica. James hetfield and Kirk Hammett are two of the greatest guitar players of all time. But because not everyone is into Metallica it or they get over looked. Just listen to fade to black and tell me I'm wrong..🤘
@@antonytheolddog8626 I’m also 52 but I grew up with hippie brothers and sisters. My two older sister were at Woodstock. We grew up in Brooklyn but I met a southern girl and moved to Louisiana. Anyway I grew up on Zep and Pink Floyd so Gilmour and Page had huge influence on me and my guitar playing. I know Metallica but not a huge fan. I respect Kirk very much. I can’t play some of stuff to this day. I’ve tried. I will listen to Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan in the same day. I had a huge rage of music at my will when I was a kid. I will listen to anything and try to play it. Godspeed sir!
@@descendantoffools9767 My gods, Pompeii, to see the ancient amphitheater once more come alive with music surrounded by the ghosts of the dead city so entombed there. It is transcendent
It just goes to prove that a slower melodic solo can be much more appealing then shredders trying to hit a thousands notes per minute, which to me is boring and unimpressive! I’m older though and started rock n’ roll in the mid 60’s
@@razeru3386when I play that song on guitar, I always cry at that part and I can't sing it cuz it's so true when you grow up and are stuck in the society we are.
Leo Fender invented the Fender Stratocaster to show the world how good a guitar could be. God invented Dave Gilmour to show the world how it should be played.
@@susancastillo2167 Do you honestly believe that? It's sung from the perspective of the fictional character who is telling his story in "The Wall", never intended to suggest we do anything to ourselves. The surviving members of Pink Floyd knew full well how their beloved former partner Syd Barrett lost his sanity to drug induced psychosis, they were hardly encouraging their audience to do anything stupid. 😇✌️🕊️
I was 23 years old, sat in this crowd, on my own, surrounded by strangers. And every single one of us was crying like newborns to this. Totally amazing.
I was 28 years young in 1994 as I went to see Pink Floyd in Yankee stadium and few weeks later in Meadowlands Old Giant Jet Stadium, and tears could not stop.
I am 67 years old now, and this song still gives me chills. If tears don't come to your eyes or you don't get the chills, then you are only listening to the song; you are not experiencing it.
(Almost) 61 and right by you - everytime I've listened (or see) this song (or Pink Floyd in general) it gives me goosebumbs and (sometimes) teras too. best regads from Nothern Saxony / Germany
I’m not gonna lie: I cried, too. Not just because of the song (which has been in my world for 40 years) but because of the joy I got in seeing someone else hear Pink Floyd and David Gilmour the way I did the first time. This tune goes right to the feels! There’s little I love more than introducing someone to music they might never hear. I’m so glad someone is doing this for you!
That's the idea behind reaction videos. Low quality in creativity. Easy to make. No creativity really but the appeal lies on the perceived emotions through facial expressions and such.
Is that so, C Hendrix? Did you also pause the song several times like a god damn fool? Or did you perhaps enjoy it at the speed of uninterrupted time? We could have had a genuine reaction with real emotions, instead we god this stunted non growth. What a waste. Narcissists are awful at reaction videos. Any positive feedback only programs their brain to continue being wrong.
@@solarplexus9782 I’m actually writing a piece about “Reaction” videos. I’ve been asked to do one, but I can’t. Primarily because I can’t stop a song mix-flow to react to it. I need to hear the entire tune in its proper context. We didn’t have that 10-second rewind 50 years ago.
"I don't know why I'm crying" Girl, you crying because Pink Floyd created one of the most epic soundscapes of all time that deeply touches people. It isn't just the guitar, it's the entire band laying down that beat and making it feel extremely emotional.
Lover, You Should’ve Come Over - Jeff Buckley Same Old Story - Stevie Wonder She’s Leaving Home - The Beatles Forget Her - Jeff Buckley The Place Where He Inserted The Blade - Black Country, New Road Those usually get me in a mood
Gilmore and the Pink Floyd live is a transcendental experience. I got $200 tickets, had buyers' remorse...until David's Strat played through his double HiWatt amp, then, everything blanked out and i experienced Heaven on Earth for the next two hours of my life. Thank you David, Nick, Rick, Roger..and Syd!
It's very emotional for me to read what you wrote. And you were there on that magical night of October 20, 1994. You said it changed and saved your life and obviously that's personal information that you're not going to share but I'd like to know. For me, this song and especially this Gilmour solo is the most beautiful page in the History of Rock. No one has ever done anything that even comes close, not even Gilmour himself, before or since, has been so mesmerizing. Thank you for his words that brought me to tears. God bless you man! Oh, I think there's a question you can answer for me. When we watch the video we see people standing still, just staring at the stage. Were they all like that, as if hypnotized? It wouldn't surprise me. Thank you!
Thank you. Your were not alone in your tears. I am an old man and I have heard this many times and every time I feel the same emotions you were expressing. The music especially Gilmore's guitar is soaring in an ever increasing feeling of ascencion. It sounds like the music I hope to hear when my soul makes it's final departure from this earth and my body. It's the sound of Angels drawing my soul ever higher into the mystic. If death is anywhere as good as this, I'm looking frward to it. You courage to be vulnerable and authentic has made me a subscriber. Good job.
I love seeing the younger generation get as excited as you did, during this song, about the music my generation grew up with. There's more to come, you're in for a treat!!
Yeah I'm 67 and this was weekly with us. So glad these kids will listen and learn what music is suppose to sound like! Thank you young lady, you are beautiful.
I’m 47 years old and I’m a heavy metal fan and I’ve just listened to this song in full very first time. This is unbelievable. That guitar solo is epic. I wish I had listened to this properly Years ago. I have regrets.
No worries, Carl! It’s never too late to become one of us. 😁 With that being said, if this song filled you with regrets then I feel I must warn you: have the box of tissues and the Geritol handy before you listen to “Time”, from Dark Side of the Moon.
Better late than never. I'm a little older than you but have been listening to Pink Floyd for over 30 years. I even had the good fortune to see them live. In my opinion, Gilmour is considered one of the greatest because of the notes that he doesn't play as the ones he does. He creates atmosphere with the spaces between the notes and doesn't feel the necessity to every second with sound.
@@ivanjulian2532 I was at this concert but at veterans stadium in philadelphia in the summer of 1994. It was the last concert Pink Floyd ever played there.
This is probably the best version of THE solo that he does, and he plays them differently each time.. I think this really is the best guitar solo in rock music.
Totally agree. I bought this album and did the same with it I did all my albums, played it once to make sure it wasn't scratched and then put it on a cassette. Then i put it back in it's sleeve and never played it again, unless I needed to make a new copy. Soon after that we got divorced and it wouldn't surprise me if some jackal she dated after me got a virtually brand new Wall album.
David Gilmour is one of the only people on the planet who can, not just speak, but speak profoundly through a guitar. The emotion that second solo evokes is unparalleled.
David Gilmore is one of the greatest guitar masters of all time! The emotions this song brings out is amazing, as a 71 year old man I still feel those emotions evoked by this song!
Ah forgive me all mighty music god, sorry my spell check corrected to a common spelling and I missed it. I promise to kill myself as soon as I get a moment, how could auto correct do this to me and my old brain is no longer functioning. I must be punished and put to death. Quit taking everything you see on line so seriously!
Age 69...welcome to the world of David Gilmore, Roger Waters, Roger Wright and Nic Mason...In my opinion...Gilmore has to be one of the best ever...and there are several greats - but Pink Floyd - uber alles...
It's absolutely cool for you to cry, I am 55 years old and I have been crying every time I have heard this song since it first came out when I was a young boy! I have been fortunate enough to see them live several times, and it's noting that I can even begin to describe to you, you just have to be there and experience it! By the way, the Lead singer, and co_founder of the band and Lead guitar players name is David Gilmour.
I am lucky, I’m 65, I lived through one of the greatest music times in history. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Stones, ELP, Super Tramp, AC DC, all these bands and more from that era, their music will be listened to for hundreds of years to come. And Rxyce, the emotions you experience listening to music is wonderful to watch. I made sure that my sons and there friends listened to these artist and they passed it onto there friends, a wonder to watch happen. People still flock to the cover bands of these groups for a reason. They created truly memorable music
I'm right there with you. I just turned 64 and I know I lived through the best music eras EVER. I am so happy when the younger generation listens to and enjoys "our" music. I'm hoping they will keep it alive for future generations. Lead guitarist is David Gilmore. One of the best ever to pick up a guitar.
Me too...I think of myself as old now, but I have to remind myself that I was privileged indeed to have lived in the times of the most amazing and innovative music ever. I may have never seen Pink Floyd live, but I'm living it up now through these You Tube live performances..
As a 67 y.o. who has been a Floyd fan since the 1960s, I'm moved by the fact that young people can actually emotionally "get" what a masterpiece this song is. Kudos to RougueRyce.
I'm a similar age, and the UA-cam algorithm keep throwing these "first time hearing Comfortably Numb" videos at me - and I must say it fills me with joy to see whole new generations discovering this band and their music - maybe the human race is not totally lost...
Cheers, Philip … just here to say that this song, and ESPECIALLY this performance, will span generations. Gilmour still moves me to tears, and this rendition of “Numb” is the icing on top. I showed this to my 7 year old daughter tonight, and was moved beyond words to glance over her direction during the final solo to see her siestas back in the sofa, eyes closed, experiencing her first exposure to Gilmour the right way, FEELING it.
37 myself and this is one of the greatest songs ever made. My 5 and 2 year olds are getting the proper education cause this is all they will listen to when they are with me
@@markpearson3490 I love them too, but one of the ones I loved best was a young black guy listening to Judas Priest - Painkiller for the first time. He was blown away by the fast drumming, and screaming guitar work along with Rob Halford's piercing vocals.
David Gilmour makes guitars cry so don't feel bad. The dude is one of the single greatest guitarists to have ever played. No one has his sound. The subtlety of his musicianship belies the actual complexity of what he's doing. He so dang good that it comes across as effortless.
As a devout Pink Floyd fan. I saw that show in Syracuse NY '94. I can't believe it's been 30yrs. Honestly I'm very happy I can remember it. That was the bucket list show for me even at 22. I knew it would likely be the last time they toured with 3 of the original mbrs. The encore was approximately 45 minutes culminating with a near 15 min. rendition of Comfortably Numb as seen in your video. No one but no one can massage a guitar into another voice like David Gilmour. No one can make you REALLY and actually FEEL the music like he can. The second solo in Numb is the quintessential solo of multiple generations. Even greats like Eddie Van Halen, Clapton, and Vaughn said DAMN that was great. Unfortunately 2 of them have passed on. Their approval while unnecessary is I'm sure very satisfying.
Agreed. First time I saw them in concert, the girl next to me I didn’t know; on mushrooms btw; buried her head in my lap and bawled her eyes out during the outro solo. I’ll never forget it.
You cried in reaction to what is considered by many to be the greatest guitar solo of all time, so it's totally understandable! Great music evokes strong emotions.
That's because this solo is propelling the music and not just screaming.Plus it continues to ascend to an even higher emotional level near the end that always give me goosebumps and tears.
I'll see this and raise you Strange kind of woman solo from Made in Japan. Nonetheless David is an excellent emotional guitarist true master of his craft.
@@neverlandxx73 As much as I love Deep Purple and Pink Floyd I think the Randy Rhoads solo in suicide solution from the Ozzy Osbourne - Tribute to Randy Rhoads album deserves a mention, pure fire.
What's amazing about it is that it's not by any means a technically difficult or complex solo and yet it's so perfect and intense. This is rock and roll as high art
@@swinetrek Omg i found someone who would write this...That solo is the greatest fucking solo ever played by a human being.The emotion on his fingers runs like a flood
i always start balling my eyes out every time i listen to this song. It`s like the notes are hitting frequensies that touches my core in some weird phenomal way, it`s absolutaly ridiculous. I`d say these sounds like something divine.
I think that’s exactly what happens mate, there’s nothing else like it. I was at that concert in ‘94 at Earls Court in London. I walked out of there a different person.
“David Gilmour can do more with one note than most other guitar players can do with the whole fretboard.” - Dave Mustaine (Metallica; Megadeth guitarist)
David Gilmour is top 3 guitarists of all time for me. The guy just knows how to make his guitar sing like you never heard before. The absolute chills and the feelings you feel from him pouring his heart out, simply amazing. God given gift
Pink Floyd are deeper than the Mariana trench, cooler than an iceberg in a river of liquid nitrogen and more zen than 1,000 Buddhist monasteries. They have a huge back catalogue and every album is a winner. May I suggest 'Time' and 'The great gig in the sky' to continue your journey. Take care!
In light of the current, prolonged plight all around us, I also recommend Pigs 🐖 (Three Different Ones), Fearless, and, of course Happiest Days of Our Lives and Another Brick Pt II. Have a Cigar is specifically the state of the music industry at any point in time.
You my man should write lyrics. 👍🏻"more zen that a 1,000 Buddhist monasteries" Brilliant.
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When I saw them in '94' the laser light show was epic. That ring of lights that starts moving around is like the UFO Mother ship. It shoots those light beams down on David Gilmour during his lead to check him out, then the 10' Disco ball opens up to give them a Front Row Seat to the music. "Beam me up Scotty" Shedmen
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When they shot the lasers at the Disco Ball (UFO) the entire Coliseum looked like it was in motion. Nothing looked stationary. Luckily we had assigned folding chairs about 25 rows from the stage. I sat down for a bit. Each chair had a Black- Pink Floyd 20" X 20" Seat cushion that came with the $50.00 ticket price.
Never, ever, ever pause in a David Gilmour guitar solo, particularly THIS one. The greatest guitar solo ever in the history of the universe, since the beginning of time.
@@shaungold In my opinion the greatest guitar solo is Gary Moore still got the blues Way better than eruption The end solo is the most emotional solo I've ever heard
@theobserver86 have you heard the 12 minute live version? Love GM however EVH wins imo. But it's very subjective bcos of mood and genre. Mark Knopfler is up there too. But for sheer quantity of quality JP wins. So much even b4 LZ.
David Gilmour is a guitarist that doesn't try to impress, beat you up with riffs, he plays from the heart and that is rare. Their music is unique and it is sad that so many people have forgotten progressive rock. Bless you for having an open heart to take this in.
You can tell the way he zones into what he is doing completely. Almost like he's forgotten about everything but the guitar. Doesn't care about presentation, or doing an act etc. End result is something profound.
Forget all the modern Ed Sheeran etc.. this stuff broke all the boundaries, this took it all to another level, still unmatched, still unrivalled, pure genuine musical genius. It’s to music what Picasso was to art.
That Picasso thing is such a bad reference. People that can't paint come up with some crazy ideas and other people fall for it. It's like that kid's story "the king has no clothes". If you said Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Ingres, Vermeer, Raphael, Caravaggio, Jacques-Louis David, Goya, Velazquez, Grant Wood, just to name a few, I just might agree with you. But never Picasso, or Kandinsky, Mondrian, Pollock, just to name a few
ed who ? .... oh the annoying random ginger, so much samey shit around today .... my idea of torture is to be locked in a room with radio 1 playing constantly !
@@philipjosefarmer5740 Picasso could paint photographic like realism from a very young age. As a child he did a drawing of a pigeon, so beautifully perfect, that his artist father quit painting the instant he saw his son’s work. I get you and agree with your point on talentless bullshit artists, but Picasso certainly does not fit that category.
I was at this gig, sat on stage left. My most vivid memories are during this song being completely out with the fairies and when I went home with 4 friends. We said nothing for about 4 hours, just sat there with a blank expression...................then a friend piped up and said in a very quiet voice "what the hell did we just see?" :)
I was there as well, you knew you had seen something very special. The silver ball above the audience gradually opened into petals. Absolutely fabulous.
I was sat on left of stage, about half way up in the seating at Wembley stadium. I wonder if this was the same show. I used to smoke resin back in the day, but for this show I chose top remain straight and focused, and just as well, I needed nothing, just to hear that beautiful guitar. I was nearly in tears! not a common thing for me.
@@peteryoung8462 I am a Boomer too and I like hip-hop and rap but I LOVE this music because it first hit me when I was young. I don't think we have to feel SUPERIOR.
So much fun to watch people get into Pink Floyd. Music today could never rise to this level. This music, this song, is nearly 50 years old and still it resonates. I cried right along with you. No compression No auto-tune Pure music.
I literally want this song to be the last thing I hear in this world. When my time finally comes, I want to drift out of this life as the second solo fades out.
As a 58 year old that grew up with “The Wall” I’ve always loved Gilmore’s guitar. But Comfortably Numb, while awesome, needs to be experienced in the context of The Wall to be fully understood. If you don’t know that story, you are missing out. Go watch.
Well, I agree. Except, I'd say go listen instead of go watch. I like the movie and all. But the record to me has more of an emotional impact and honestly, the music is just better. The movie was a wild ride no doubt but if you're not a Floyd fan, I could see wondering what all this is about and being a little put off. It's an hour and a half of dark; with no comic relief, no break to end up dark. It begins dark, then there's that dark part in the middle but the end was very dark. Lol. Y'know?
That’s true. Wether just listening to the album or watching the movie the song is the turning point of the whole story (not towards a happy ending, mind you). Everything before builds up towards it. It is an enormous emotional and musical pay-off.
I have been playing guitar for 40yrs and David Gilmour can still make it sing with such grace and emotion, don’t feel bad it has brought me to tears a time or two also.
It's okay, I'm crying too. We all are, because we're watching one of the greatest guitarists who ever lived pour out a powerhouse extended performance of one of the most iconic guitar solos ever recorded.
Comfortably Numb is majestic, beautiful, bittersweet and above all profound. To be moved by it, especially for those who have lived through hard times, is no surprise at all.
Been a Floyd fan since mid 70s. And yes….. was standing about 50ft away watching this band play at The Shoe. The Ohio State stadium in the late 80s. Greatest concert I’ve ever been at. And I have been to a lot of concerts!
And is this a "first reaction" to them?????? With repeatedly closed eyes and a permanent stupid smile???? Don't you know that we NEVER interrupt David Gilmour's guitar?????? I forgive you. You must have been born today. OMG..
"Can you stop?" No. No, he can't. Because he is David Gilmour, the guitar god other guitar gods bow to. And this is what he does. He pours every part of his heart and soul into every single performance, and we fortunate enough to be listening are made better because of it.
Ohhhhhh my sweet lady, nothing makes my heart swell more than watching the birth of a Pink Floyd fan. I was introduced to them by my mother when I was five (1973), and over time, they’ve become a part of my DNA. The Floyd’s concerts were not something you watched - you experienced it in every cell of your body. Your reaction is an absolute treasure. Enjoy your journey with them, my dear.
I’ve heard this song literally hundreds of times and watched the videos and The reactions to them as well. My eyes swell with tears every single time. Nothing else has this effect on me. I’ve always been touched by David Gilmour’s guitar but as time passes but I must admit that my emotions have grown as I have come to lament the loss of creativity in music and entertainment in general. I must also confess that every time I hear this masterpiece I’ve become disgusted by the crap they’ve been putting out in music for the last 20 or more years. Sometimes I get angry and realize that my only hope is that more people get this kind of music into the ears of those who have never heard it.
I am so totally with you. I miss real music. I can't stand the music today, all the sameness, all the dancing, all the bad language....why oh why can't we get back to more innovative, more instruments and originality....listening to bands really sing and play instruments...thank goodness I was at least around for the 60's,70's to live thru the real deal
I am tempted to suggest a new field of discovery... so I will. Check out Nightwish, whose main composer of their music is called the Metal Mozart for a reason. Tuomas Holopainen is his name and their concert @ Wacken '13 is legendary, introducing their new singer Floor Jansen (aka 'Valkyrie' or simply 'Goddess'). ua-cam.com/video/q9eKLPCciWw/v-deo.html
My Dad used to pick me up once a month, the drive home took 2 hours and this song would often come on. During the solo we would both sit in silence. He died in 2017, I cry every single time I hear it as it just reminds me of those drives, I have him to thank for introducing me to some amazing music
I was one of the lucky people to be in that venue live watching that. It was my first concert, seen hundreds of bands since then but none of them have compared to this ...and I have never shut up about it.
Talk about setting the bar high right out of the box. :) I had the great fortune of seeing them thrice; 1st when Dark Side of the Moon was released, and it was simply otherworldly. Although there was some "window pane" 'cid involved, but that just made it all that more indelible. :)
@@perniciousprogressive8333 - Wow seeing the original 'Dark Side of the Moon' tour with the classic line-up must have been hard to beat. I got to see Roger Waters 'The Wall' tour twice in 2011 & 2013 i think it was.
My first concert was also on this tour, and it was an incredible night. Our show got a light rain during the first set that really enhanced the mood -- that turned into a torrential downpour in the second set that forced them to cut it short. We never got Comfortably Numb, and it broke my heart the first time I heard this version and realized that THIS is what that storm made me miss.
Gilmour has an INCREDIBLE ability to translate all of his emotion into a solo. I can't think of a single other guitarist who can play like he can. A lot of guitarists are under the impression that the more notes you can fit into a solo, the more impressive it makes them look. Wish more people would spend the time to sit down and appreciate music, like you are. Might help to keep music like Pink Floyd alive.
The ability to build a solo that long, with continuous excitement, and stay interesting is a rare thing. David Gilmour is well known…but STILL underrated in my opinion. When he goes, it will be like Van Halen passing away for me. No other rock guitarist can generate the emotional response that Gilmour can.
There are many guitarists who everybody agrees are “good” or “talented.” But Gilmour is the only one around who everybody, anybody, agrees that his guitar speaks straight to their emotions. That is something incredibly special.
Comfortably Numb is one of the most extraordinary pieces of music ever composed. I always felt that towards the end, it became the funeral march of a lost and tormented soul. All of the anguish and regret of something glimpsed and lost is distilled and channeled into one extended searing cry. This never gets old. Ever. It speaks to something that we all know and cannot be expressed in any other way. Music - real music is a language all its own. Extraordinary musicians like David Gilmour can communicate their inner experiences as few can today. Gilmour’s guitar appears be connected directly to his soul. Some truly inspired and talented musicians can manage that for a few moments. For Gilmour, it’s his natural state of being. It is unmistakable and cannot be faked.
NOW you understand the magic of David Gilmour. There are fast guitarists, there are musically accurate guitarists but there are few who can use the instrument to wring every erg of emotion out of you as you listen - Gilmour is one of those few. Congratulations on your graduation into the first steps of understanding progressive rock. I could recommend more, but doubtlessly many others will have done so before me. Great vid.
My blind son was introduced to Pink Floyd 14 years ago, when he was 7 and he never looked back. Also a huge Queen fan. I raised him on bands I loved, and he loves it just as much.
Gota be honest, I've not really been to too many concerts, BUT, I was extremely privileged to have been at THAT VERY concert THAT VERY night. The lighting rig , even to this day, was extraordinarily phenomenal. Electronically choreographed- every lamp - to the melodic landscape, culminating in the giant glitter ball towards the end. Quite extraordinary!! What followed was the even more spectacular Run Like Hell. My goodness, it still brings a tear even now.
@@markwade2530 It was, you're right there. The other thing that struck me was the perfectly balanced soundstage. You simply couldn't tell from which direction all the sound was coming from. It really was a phenomenal concert wasn't it 👍👍
I had the pleasure to be at the concert in 94. At the 02 arena London UK. It's was the most emotional night of my life even more than my wedding day. Pink Floyd are a British sensation. David gilmore solo best in history.
Did you really? So you saw Pink Floyd in 1994 at the O2 arena? The venue that opened as the Millenium Dome in 2000 and became the O2 arena in 2005. Aren’t you a clever boy. 🤡🤡🤡
But if that person keeps interrupting the solo, t's unsubscibe time for me. Love how much the music moves her, but sometimes you just gotta be quiet and let the man play his guitar!
@@fd1930 oh but come on, she apologized.. Don't be an arse. Besides, you're not here to watch the original performance, you're here for her reaction. If you want an unpaused solo, go watch the original video.
@@Metallnsanity87 Didn't see the apology but fair enough. And yes, we view for the reaction....which we're entitled to comment on. I thought my comment was clearly a follow-on to the one I replied to, there's no venom intended.
@@fd1930 of course we can comment. Bt commenting and hating are 2 different things. She was clearly overwhelmed, this performance is ALOT to take in on the first view.
@@Metallnsanity87 there was no hating from me A little bit of frustration maybe, and a response to the comment above mine No one got harmed in the making of these comments
he's just the best isnt he? I love his solos. Underrated singer too. Everytime the chorus to this song starts and you hear his voice, I get chills. The best solos aren't the fastest or whatever, they are the ones like this. Epic, timeless and with feeling. Like Harrison's solo in Something or Angus Young's bluesy solo in Ride on.
2:03 . . . big smile, the "guitar strings are taking me on some wave" . . . 4:23 "as we age, we get used to the feeling of pain" 9:02 crying. Welcome to the experience that is The Pink Floyd.
@@scottlynch4370 i intoduced my daughters boyfriend to pink floyed i warned him it will change his life, he got a double whammy floyd on vinyl, lets just say he now has a vinyl collection with pink floyd orig pres albums
I have their 1st album, I can remember listening in amazement to the bees that they recorded on one song ,I think it was called OOMA GOOMA .I was also smoking the Maui Waui at the time ! I think this was 1970 ?
This live version sends me chills down the spine every single time. I can’t avoid getting wet eyes every time David plays the dark solo. It’s just perfect. Legend says his guitars smoke a cigarrette after he plays it.
As a man who is a bit older? I've learned one thing. Bands in the 70's and early 80's took the time to write things that meant something. Words that will be remembered forever. Very few young people pay attention to what these bands were trying to say. The stories, the inuendos, the heart, meaning of what it's like to be alive. Very few people today get it and it makes me glad to have grown up in that time. For I know nothing holds a candle to what this band and others of that era did. All the best young lady. Listen to what they are telling you....it will change your life!
Being a bit older myself (I saw them twice in 87 and 88 when I was in college), I agree with you about the artistic effort the artist put into each song. But they weren't working for the singles. Yes, they wanted singles that would get radio airplay, but these folks would carry notebooks around with them, and write down ideas or a lot of poetry. And they wrote what they could play without any electric enhancements. I was talking with a friend the other day about radio. In the 1970's, most teens and younger were still listening to AM Top 40 radio. FM was where you found the Progressive Rock Stations, Classical, and Jazz stations--not Top 40. This is because you couldn't give away an FM license in the 1960s. Now...Good luck. My thought was that the AM station I listened to when I was young played just about everything. You'd hear the Bee Gees next to The Eagles next to Queen next to Donna Summer next to Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. You got a bit of everything. Now stations are so homogenized, the only place you really find a blend of music is on UA-cam. Weird, that.
This shows he does not listen to The HU is all because it depends who you ask and what exactly you are listening to because you can find great music you just need to know where to look is all. There are quite a few actually that are well worth listening to not everything is the best just because it is old or from the 1970's.
In fairness, very few people got it back then either. Pink Floyd is considered extraordinary today because they did in the 1970's what very few can do today. But very few could do it in the 1970's either. They would be extraordinary in any era. The typical commercial song in the 1970's was trash, just as is the typical commercial song today. But even today, there are a few, a very few, who have that same intelligence and touch. I won't name names. You need to explore, and filter through the dregs, as we've always had to do.
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The guitar solo in Comfortably Numb you never want to end. It's absolutely the greatest ever. Brilliant!! Great reaction video. Thank you.
nailed it
@@PanPilgrim I don't think that's an exagerration, it's quite literally the best guitar solo of all time...we kind of alll agree on this - which is a rare thing.
@@epicjourneyman2145
I could listen to David's solo non- stop for hours on end ! Truly the most fantastic guitar solo of all time - mind blowing and out of this world !!!😂
The second guitar solo is mankind's greatest achievement.
The greatest rock solo that was ever written will go down in the annals of history.
You are not even joking brother.
While I do agree with your statement and this is my favorite solo ever, I think if was less inclined towards blues then Randy Rhodes Mr Crowley might overtake it. Very close to this one is Gilmour's On the Turning Away solo. Gilmour is my favorite guitarist along with Iommi and Clapton just for their blues work.
@@flaggkort im with ya on that one ,,,,,gilmour cant be beaten in iconic solo status, but clapton had something else...nothing less than gilmour, just a tad more "twang bang" with clapton while DG is more "long flow short note" solo style. its a great feeling for a intemediate guitarist to play some floyd songs and get it right even just once out of 100 times....still worth it.
SOMEONE GIVE THIS MAN HIS 100TH LIKE!
Legend has it, all guitars dream of getting Dave Gilmour for Christmas.
To play endless pentatonic scales on them?
BBC radio 2 voted, the solo in numb, the greatest solo ever..
And I'm pretty certain radio 2 has way over 10 million listeners daily.
It's a big call, but I can't argue against.
Maybe Mr page would.
And some others..
But yeah...it's a bit special.
I don’t know who you are but that is the greatest truth I have ever heard. David Gilmour and Jimmy Page are the reasons I started playing guitar a long time before you were born.
@@jackiepaper6464 I'm 52 nearly..
You must be proper old..😆😆
I have to be honest I'm more in the Jimmy page camp for a solo, but I don't think anyone can this or that is the best solo ever.
There are some metal bands I love like the greatest,. Metallica.
James hetfield and Kirk Hammett are two of the greatest guitar players of all time.
But because not everyone is into Metallica it or they get over looked.
Just listen to fade to black and tell me I'm wrong..🤘
@@antonytheolddog8626 I’m also 52 but I grew up with hippie brothers and sisters. My two older sister were at Woodstock. We grew up in Brooklyn but I met a southern girl and moved to Louisiana. Anyway I grew up on Zep and Pink Floyd so Gilmour and Page had huge influence on me and my guitar playing. I know Metallica but not a huge fan. I respect Kirk very much. I can’t play some of stuff to this day. I’ve tried. I will listen to Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan in the same day. I had a huge rage of music at my will when I was a kid. I will listen to anything and try to play it. Godspeed sir!
Generally regarded as the greatest live guitar solo of all time 😎😎
I saw him in Los Angeles at the Forum in 12016 and it was pretty close to this. :)
Prince at the George Harrison Tribute says "Hold My Beer."
@@erewhon751 it was great.
His solo in On the Turning Away is an absolute gem as well!
@@erewhon751 Each amazing in their own way but this edges it.
Here’s a fun fact that few realise. David doesn’t use an amp, he plugs his guitar into your soul.
And then turns up the volume.
Well said.
Correct. He uses four Hiwatt DR-103 heads into various cabinets.
😂👍🏻
He doesn't just turn up the volume, he obliterates it - it cuts right through like a hot knife through butter.
The guitar solo is regarded as one of the best rock guitar solos ever.
I think it's one of the best I've ever heard! 🙌🏽
@@RogueRxyce you would enjoy the version of this song live from Pompeii, they spend more time focusing on David Gilmour's playing.
@@descendantoffools9767 My gods, Pompeii, to see the ancient amphitheater once more come alive with music surrounded by the ghosts of the dead city so entombed there. It is transcendent
It is the best solo. Nothing compares to this solo.
It just goes to prove that a slower melodic solo can be much more appealing then shredders trying to hit a thousands notes per minute, which to me is boring and unimpressive! I’m older though and started rock n’ roll in the mid 60’s
Saddest lines ever written: "The child is grown, the dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb."
That and “did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a leading role in a cage” in wish you were here
@@razeru3386when I play that song on guitar, I always cry at that part and I can't sing it cuz it's so true when you grow up and are stuck in the society we are.
I know right 😢
“And then one day you find ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun” is incredibly powerful as well
Thank you Roger Waters for those beautiful words!
They put you in a stage of mind incredible is music for your soul
Leo Fender invented the Fender Stratocaster to show the world how good a guitar could be.
God invented Dave Gilmour to show the world how it should be played.
Agree, unfortunately, his BIO states he is an Atheist. Sad.
@@RushandUFO Why sad?
Well put
couldent agree more, the man is a legend will live on forever in the music
@@RushandUFO
Nothing to be sad about. He is a NATURAL guitarist, no god needed!
You're crying because every note in that solo carries sadness and frustration like no words could ever deliver. It pierces right through your soul.
David Gilmour - On Any Tongue.
That song let alone the solo always tears me apart
Love this analysis
It is about numbing ourselves, with drug
It is pink knowing it is over, his mind is gone,he slips from sanity into insanity, no way back
@@susancastillo2167 Do you honestly believe that? It's sung from the perspective of the fictional character who is telling his story in "The Wall", never intended to suggest we do anything to ourselves. The surviving members of Pink Floyd knew full well how their beloved former partner Syd Barrett lost his sanity to drug induced psychosis, they were hardly encouraging their audience to do anything stupid. 😇✌️🕊️
I was 23 years old, sat in this crowd, on my own, surrounded by strangers. And every single one of us was crying like newborns to this. Totally amazing.
I was 18 and same thing... Everyone
I was 28 years young in 1994 as I went to see Pink Floyd in Yankee stadium and few weeks later in Meadowlands Old Giant Jet Stadium, and tears could not stop.
Amazing!!!
I'd love to stay there and cry too, but at age of 11 ... well, probably wouldn't understand the universe, that happened there
Lucky!!!
I am 67 years old now, and this song still gives me chills. If tears don't come to your eyes or you don't get the chills, then you are only listening to the song; you are not experiencing it.
Well said... I'm 61 and feel the same every single time I hear it! 😊
64 and right there with you
Amen it touches your soul everytime
Fully agree
(Almost) 61 and right by you - everytime I've listened (or see) this song (or Pink Floyd in general) it gives me goosebumbs and (sometimes) teras too.
best regads from Nothern Saxony / Germany
One doesn't merely listen to Pink Floyd. One experiences Pink Floyd.
Welcome aboard.
So f'ing true.
Welcome to the machine..
You said it, brother.
"...or you can take the Pink pill, and hit the bottom of the rabbit hole so hard, you'll remember your past life AS the rabbit."
Lovely comment
I’m not gonna lie: I cried, too. Not just because of the song (which has been in my world for 40 years) but because of the joy I got in seeing someone else hear Pink Floyd and David Gilmour the way I did the first time. This tune goes right to the feels! There’s little I love more than introducing someone to music they might never hear. I’m so glad someone is doing this for you!
That what l said, RC
You need to review Peter Gabriel -in Your Eyes (Secret World Live)
That's the idea behind reaction videos. Low quality in creativity. Easy to make. No creativity really but the appeal lies on the perceived emotions through facial expressions and such.
Is that so, C Hendrix? Did you also pause the song several times like a god damn fool? Or did you perhaps enjoy it at the speed of uninterrupted time?
We could have had a genuine reaction with real emotions, instead we god this stunted non growth. What a waste.
Narcissists are awful at reaction videos. Any positive feedback only programs their brain to continue being wrong.
@@solarplexus9782 I’m actually writing a piece about “Reaction” videos. I’ve been asked to do one, but I can’t. Primarily because I can’t stop a song mix-flow to react to it. I need to hear the entire tune in its proper context. We didn’t have that 10-second rewind 50 years ago.
"I don't know why I'm crying"
Girl, you crying because Pink Floyd created one of the most epic soundscapes of all time that deeply touches people. It isn't just the guitar, it's the entire band laying down that beat and making it feel extremely emotional.
Agreed, Richard Wright contributes just as much to the sound and the feel and I have always appreciated Nick Mason's beat
@@patrickwebb7388 Nick mason is underated as a musical drummer
I so so so agree with that statement!
Mas o solo do Gilmour se destaca
I cry like baby every time I hear it.
The only song that literally makes me emotional every. damn. time.
Lover, You Should’ve Come Over - Jeff Buckley
Same Old Story - Stevie Wonder
She’s Leaving Home - The Beatles
Forget Her - Jeff Buckley
The Place Where He Inserted The Blade - Black Country, New Road
Those usually get me in a mood
It isn't a guitar solo. It is THE guitar solo. Nothing else has ever come close to Comfortably Numb at Pulse.
Amen
Nothing else is even close…
The guitar solo in Prince's Purple Rain had to be not only inspired, but was directly informed, by this solo.
Don't worry, 25 years listening to this version at least once a week and still haven't managed to go through without dropping a tear
100 % agree!
And it's so rewarding to watch young people discover the band.
OK, so I’m not the only one….😮
if god had created a band it would have been pink floyd!!!
Amen!!!
I was in the audience that night it changed my life....
I have never been the same since
Floyd saved my life
David Gilmore is a guitar god
I was centre front row ! Bought ticket outside from tout for £100…..
You are very lucky indeed.
Gilmore and the Pink Floyd live is a transcendental experience. I got $200 tickets, had buyers' remorse...until David's Strat played through his double HiWatt amp, then, everything blanked out and i experienced Heaven on Earth for the next two hours of my life. Thank you David, Nick, Rick, Roger..and Syd!
Gilmour
It's very emotional for me to read what you wrote. And you were there on that magical night of October 20, 1994. You said it changed and saved your life and obviously that's personal information that you're not going to share but I'd like to know. For me, this song and especially this Gilmour solo is the most beautiful page in the History of Rock. No one has ever done anything that even comes close, not even Gilmour himself, before or since, has been so mesmerizing. Thank you for his words that brought me to tears. God bless you man! Oh, I think there's a question you can answer for me. When we watch the video we see people standing still, just staring at the stage. Were they all like that, as if hypnotized? It wouldn't surprise me. Thank you!
Thank you. Your were not alone in your tears. I am an old man and I have heard this many times and every time I feel the same emotions you were expressing. The music especially Gilmore's guitar is soaring in an ever increasing feeling of ascencion. It sounds like the music I hope to hear when my soul makes it's final departure from this earth and my body. It's the sound of Angels drawing my soul ever higher into the mystic. If death is anywhere as good as this, I'm looking frward to it. You courage to be vulnerable and authentic has made me a subscriber. Good job.
David Gilmour doesn't plug his guitar into an amp, he plugs it into his soul.
Or rather, he plugs it into _your_ soul.
Facts!
Well said
Gostei da frase😎👍
Truth!
I love seeing the younger generation get as excited as you did, during this song, about the music my generation grew up with. There's more to come, you're in for a treat!!
Yeah I'm 67 and this was weekly with us. So glad these kids will listen and learn what music is suppose to sound like! Thank you young lady, you are beautiful.
I grew listening to Pink Floyd my father was always jaming in the house and his car
I’m 47 years old and I’m a heavy metal fan and I’ve just listened to this song in full very first time. This is unbelievable. That guitar solo is epic. I wish I had listened to this properly Years ago. I have regrets.
No worries, Carl! It’s never too late to become one of us. 😁
With that being said, if this song filled you with regrets then I feel I must warn you: have the box of tissues and the Geritol handy before you listen to “Time”, from Dark Side of the Moon.
Better late than never. I'm a little older than you but have been listening to Pink Floyd for over 30 years. I even had the good fortune to see them live. In my opinion, Gilmour is considered one of the greatest because of the notes that he doesn't play as the ones he does. He creates atmosphere with the spaces between the notes and doesn't feel the necessity to every second with sound.
Welcome, sir. Explore ALL of it. And for god’s sake, listen to Echoes (don’t be afraid to skip the weird whale noises from 11-15 minutes).
Watch this whole concert especially the DSOTM bit, Sorrow and great gig in the sky
I wonder what you'd make of "The Great Gig In The Sky"? Who needs a guitar?!?!?!!!
" The child is grown, the dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb. "
This line stabs me every time.
Yes.
"When You Grow Up Your Heart Dies" by Gunship...check it out.
Every damn time!
The greatest guitar solo of all time and I was blessed enough to experience it live.
Me too Earls Court in 1994
lucky bastard
At last count no less than 427,000 individual people on UA-cam have now claimed they were at this concert.
@@ivanjulian2532 I was at this concert but at veterans stadium in philadelphia in the summer of 1994. It was the last concert Pink Floyd ever played there.
I also saw it live, Mexico City, open venue, about 80,000 people in trance and communion. The best ever.
It's a seriously masterful piece of music. Raw emotion, they are some of the best musicians there ever will be.
I’d bet I’ve heard this song over 2000 times and it still gives me goosebumps
Played out in the car, now on my 16th CD
MR. president to you.
Well said Fred. The emotions are strong listening and watching this number.
Big same. I’ll hear it 2000more times and nothing will change.
Amen to that...it simply NEVER gets old!
This beautiful young woman's soul has been Gilmourized!
Dude lol. Stop hahaha it hurts my side lol. 😭
@@jessep500ify ... You're on the wrong page dude, you won't find Justin Bieber here.
@@rp7326 I believe your misunderstanding about me. I am not a beibert fan. I'm a fan of your comment and Pink Floyd, but whatever it's cool.
@@jessep500ify .... my bad bro, I did misunderstand. My apologies.
@@rp7326 ain't misinterpretation a bitch! Jesse was agreeing and liking
This is probably the best version of THE solo that he does, and he plays them differently each time.. I think this really is the best guitar solo in rock music.
Debatable
@@bobhook336 which is why I said "I think"
its legend i m with you
Totally agree. I bought this album and did the same with it I did all my albums, played it once to make sure it wasn't scratched and then put it on a cassette. Then i put it back in it's sleeve and never played it again, unless I needed to make a new copy. Soon after that we got divorced and it wouldn't surprise me if some jackal she dated after me got a virtually brand new Wall album.
Take a look ar the solo with David Bowie, for me the best of all Conf Numb ever!
David Gilmour is one of the only people on the planet who can, not just speak, but speak profoundly through a guitar. The emotion that second solo evokes is unparalleled.
Can I use this statement for a project of mine?
Kind regards
Barry
@@FloydGuy1980 buddy you go right ahead!
David Gilmour isnt responsible for this song, Roger Waters is
@jacobdaniel8239 Thanks, that is very much appreciated.
Kind regards
Barry
@@RonnieSpam brother if that's where your focus is you are not hearing the song for what it's worth.
David Gilmore is one of the greatest guitar masters of all time! The emotions this song brings out is amazing, as a 71 year old man I still feel those emotions evoked by this song!
"The greatest guitar masters of all time"? Really? So learn how to spell his name, son.
Ah forgive me all mighty music god, sorry my spell check corrected to a common spelling and I missed it. I promise to kill myself as soon as I get a moment, how could auto correct do this to me and my old brain is no longer functioning. I must be punished and put to death. Quit taking everything you see on line so seriously!
@@jakubklimek717 You're like, a downer gramps
my mantra age 60
Age 69...welcome to the world of David Gilmore, Roger Waters, Roger Wright and Nic Mason...In my opinion...Gilmore has to be one of the best ever...and there are several greats - but Pink Floyd - uber alles...
This song has the greatest guitar solo in history. Ranked.
Easily
Undisputed
It's absolutely cool for you to cry, I am 55 years old and I have been crying every time I have heard this song since it first came out when I was a young boy! I have been fortunate enough to see them live several times, and it's noting that I can even begin to describe to you, you just have to be there and experience it! By the way, the Lead singer, and co_founder of the band and Lead guitar players name is David Gilmour.
I am lucky, I’m 65, I lived through one of the greatest music times in history. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Stones, ELP, Super Tramp, AC DC, all these bands and more from that era, their music will be listened to for hundreds of years to come. And Rxyce, the emotions you experience listening to music is wonderful to watch. I made sure that my sons and there friends listened to these artist and they passed it onto there friends, a wonder to watch happen. People still flock to the cover bands of these groups for a reason. They created truly memorable music
Add Yes and I'm in!
Old and proud, these moooooodern kids have nothing but boring repeats.
You are lucky. That era will never happen again. I know you enjoyed it.
I'm right there with you. I just turned 64 and I know I lived through the best music eras EVER. I am so happy when the younger generation listens to and enjoys "our" music. I'm hoping they will keep it alive for future generations. Lead guitarist is David Gilmore. One of the best ever to pick up a guitar.
Me too...I think of myself as old now, but I have to remind myself that I was privileged indeed to have lived in the times of the most amazing and innovative music ever. I may have never seen Pink Floyd live, but I'm living it up now through these You Tube live performances..
As a 67 y.o. who has been a Floyd fan since the 1960s, I'm moved by the fact that young people can actually emotionally "get" what a masterpiece this song is. Kudos to RougueRyce.
and lets remember you don't need pot to love this music.
I'm a similar age, and the UA-cam algorithm keep throwing these "first time hearing Comfortably Numb" videos at me - and I must say it fills me with joy to see whole new generations discovering this band and their music - maybe the human race is not totally lost...
Cheers, Philip … just here to say that this song, and ESPECIALLY this performance, will span generations. Gilmour still moves me to tears, and this rendition of “Numb” is the icing on top. I showed this to my 7 year old daughter tonight, and was moved beyond words to glance over her direction during the final solo to see her siestas back in the sofa, eyes closed, experiencing her first exposure to Gilmour the right way, FEELING it.
37 myself and this is one of the greatest songs ever made. My 5 and 2 year olds are getting the proper education cause this is all they will listen to when they are with me
@@markpearson3490 I love them too, but one of the ones I loved best was a young black guy listening to Judas Priest - Painkiller for the first time. He was blown away by the fast drumming, and screaming guitar work along with Rob Halford's piercing vocals.
David Gilmour makes guitars cry so don't feel bad. The dude is one of the single greatest guitarists to have ever played. No one has his sound. The subtlety of his musicianship belies the actual complexity of what he's doing. He so dang good that it comes across as effortless.
He can make it sing like nobody else. That's why this solo is one of the greatest you'll ever hear. Nobody else could do it
Well said
Ss
As a devout Pink Floyd fan. I saw that show in Syracuse NY '94. I can't believe it's been 30yrs. Honestly I'm very happy I can remember it. That was the bucket list show for me even at 22. I knew it would likely be the last time they toured with 3 of the original mbrs. The encore was approximately 45 minutes culminating with a near 15 min. rendition of Comfortably Numb as seen in your video. No one but no one can massage a guitar into another voice like David Gilmour. No one can make you REALLY and actually FEEL the music like he can. The second solo in Numb is the quintessential solo of multiple generations. Even greats like Eddie Van Halen, Clapton, and Vaughn said DAMN that was great. Unfortunately 2 of them have passed on. Their approval while unnecessary is I'm sure very satisfying.
EVERYONE gets emotional when David Gilmour plays his guitar.
True story!!!
Because he doesn’t plug the guitar into an amp, he plugs it into your soul.
Agreed. First time I saw them in concert, the girl next to me I didn’t know; on mushrooms btw; buried her head in my lap and bawled her eyes out during the outro solo. I’ll never forget it.
Universal truths
Pretty sure it's been scientifically proven that David Gilmour's guitars directly stimulate the tear ducts.
I’ve heard this song probably ~ 80,000 times and the solo almost always brings me to tears
me too
You cried in reaction to what is considered by many to be the greatest guitar solo of all time, so it's totally understandable! Great music evokes strong emotions.
That's because this solo is propelling the music and not just screaming.Plus it continues to ascend to an even higher emotional level near the end that always give me goosebumps and tears.
Girl
You Just heard the most powerful band ever! I’m turning 70 and it sweetens my heart that you are listening to real rock! ❤️
Maybe the greatest guitar solos in rock history here. good reason to cry.
I'll see this and raise you Strange kind of woman solo from Made in Japan. Nonetheless David is an excellent emotional guitarist true master of his craft.
@@neverlandxx73 As much as I love Deep Purple and Pink Floyd I think the Randy Rhoads solo in suicide solution from the Ozzy Osbourne
- Tribute to Randy Rhoads album deserves a mention, pure fire.
What's amazing about it is that it's not by any means a technically difficult or complex solo and yet it's so perfect and intense. This is rock and roll as high art
the 1st solo has always been my favorite
Lol I've heard the song a million times and I still get emotional. Gilmore is the smoothest soloist ever ❤
I've never heard a guitarist that could bring out as much emotion in a solo as David Gilmour does.
Try Andrew Latimer (Camel) and the live version of Ice
Gary Moore;" Parisienne Walkways"...
@@swinetrek Omg i found someone who would write this...That solo is the greatest fucking solo ever played by a human being.The emotion on his fingers runs like a flood
If it's true that music is about picking exactly the right notes at the right time, nobody does it better than DG.
And then there is God's sympathetic vibration named Phil Keaggy. The greatest players know the name.
"I don't know why I cry"
That's what great music does to you - it supercharges your emotions
True I got a whole list of songs I can’t even listen to in public
Music is the best medicine
Is not the purpose of Art to evoke an emotional response?
I believe this applies.
i always start balling my eyes out every time i listen to this song. It`s like the notes are hitting frequensies that touches my core in some weird phenomal way, it`s absolutaly ridiculous. I`d say these sounds like something divine.
I think that’s exactly what happens mate, there’s nothing else like it. I was at that concert in ‘94 at Earls Court in London. I walked out of there a different person.
@@markmiller6402 oh man i wish i got to experience that
“David Gilmour can do more with one note than most other guitar players can do with the whole fretboard.” - Dave Mustaine (Metallica; Megadeth guitarist)
Says everything...
David Gilmour is top 3 guitarists of all time for me. The guy just knows how to make his guitar sing like you never heard before. The absolute chills and the feelings you feel from him pouring his heart out, simply amazing. God given gift
The amps and the guitar, the effets he uses, the technique, and mainly the timing timing... all this make him sound so unique!
He's a superhero and Rock God!
I live my life in dread of the day Dave Gilmour dies
Who ?
@@guiltseeker Wot?
Pink Floyd are deeper than the Mariana trench, cooler than an iceberg in a river of liquid nitrogen and more zen than 1,000 Buddhist monasteries. They have a huge back catalogue and every album is a winner. May I suggest 'Time' and 'The great gig in the sky' to continue your journey. Take care!
the whole DARK SIDE OF THE MOON album should best be consumed in one go 🙂
@@geraldherrmann787 to include no lights, lava lamp perhaps, headphones for sure and mood enhancement of choice!
In light of the current, prolonged plight all around us, I also recommend Pigs 🐖 (Three Different Ones), Fearless, and, of course Happiest Days of Our Lives and Another Brick Pt II.
Have a Cigar is specifically the state of the music industry at any point in time.
Stated Perfectly! It took me 30 years to really appreciate how Great this band is!!
You my man should write lyrics. 👍🏻"more zen that a 1,000 Buddhist monasteries" Brilliant.
When I saw them in '94' the laser light show was epic. That ring of lights that starts moving around is like the UFO Mother ship. It shoots those light beams down on David Gilmour during his lead to check him out, then the 10' Disco ball opens up to give them a Front Row Seat to the music. "Beam me up Scotty" Shedmen
When they shot the lasers at the Disco Ball (UFO) the entire Coliseum looked like it was in motion. Nothing looked stationary. Luckily we had assigned folding chairs about 25 rows from the stage. I sat down for a bit. Each chair had a Black- Pink Floyd 20" X 20" Seat cushion that came with the $50.00 ticket price.
I'm 68 years old and I've been listening to Floyd most of my life and Gilmours playing still brings out all the emotions including tears
I'm 61, but everything else is the same for me.
IDavid Gilmour's first solo album is ambrosia. You owe me big if you are just learning this ole timer.(I'm 66)
I'm right with you Bozzmann. Look at how long we have listened to their works! Never gets old, just gets better with every play.
Never, ever, ever pause in a David Gilmour guitar solo, particularly THIS one. The greatest guitar solo ever in the history of the universe, since the beginning of time.
I disagree
Not up on the level yet…..
So EVH eruption isn't even in the same class? Or many JP solos? What about Prince on WMGGW?
@@shaungold In my opinion the greatest guitar solo is Gary Moore still got the blues
Way better than eruption
The end solo is the most emotional solo I've ever heard
@theobserver86 have you heard the 12 minute live version? Love GM however EVH wins imo. But it's very subjective bcos of mood and genre. Mark Knopfler is up there too. But for sheer quantity of quality JP wins. So much even b4 LZ.
David Gilmour is a guitarist that doesn't try to impress, beat you up with riffs, he plays from the heart and that is rare. Their music is unique and it is sad that so many people have forgotten progressive rock. Bless you for having an open heart to take this in.
You're spot on! It's not how many notes you play it's how well you play them.
progressive rock is alive, maybe not where you live but iis ON Forever !
Gilmour and also Frusciante are playing in another league, they‘re real heart players 🍻
You can tell the way he zones into what he is doing completely. Almost like he's forgotten about everything but the guitar. Doesn't care about presentation, or doing an act etc. End result is something profound.
This is music for your soul, this is gold, diamonds, something else... Beyond words
Forget all the modern Ed Sheeran etc.. this stuff broke all the boundaries, this took it all to another level, still unmatched, still unrivalled, pure genuine musical genius. It’s to music what Picasso was to art.
That Picasso thing is such a bad reference. People that can't paint come up with some crazy ideas and other people fall for it. It's like that kid's story "the king has no clothes". If you said Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Ingres, Vermeer, Raphael, Caravaggio, Jacques-Louis David, Goya, Velazquez, Grant Wood, just to name a few, I just might agree with you. But never Picasso, or Kandinsky, Mondrian, Pollock, just to name a few
@@philipjosefarmer5740 It was the highest compliment he could give in his eyes. You have your own adulation, he has his.
ed who ? .... oh the annoying random ginger, so much samey shit around today .... my idea of torture is to be locked in a room with radio 1 playing constantly !
I don’t think a refence to Ed Sheeran is relevant. Totally different genre.
@@philipjosefarmer5740 Picasso could paint photographic like realism from a very young age. As a child he did a drawing of a pigeon, so beautifully perfect, that his artist father quit painting the instant he saw his son’s work.
I get you and agree with your point on talentless bullshit artists, but Picasso certainly does not fit that category.
I was at this gig, sat on stage left. My most vivid memories are during this song being completely out with the fairies and when I went home with 4 friends. We said nothing for about 4 hours, just sat there with a blank expression...................then a friend piped up and said in a very quiet voice "what the hell did we just see?" :)
That’s the most awesome, beautiful response I’ve read. You right, these guys are joust WOW 🤩
I was there as well, you knew you had seen something very special. The silver ball above the audience gradually opened into petals. Absolutely fabulous.
Lucky you!
I was sat on left of stage, about half way up in the seating at Wembley stadium. I wonder if this was the same show. I used to smoke resin back in the day, but for this show I chose top remain straight and focused, and just as well, I needed nothing, just to hear that beautiful guitar. I was nearly in tears! not a common thing for me.
I'm sooo frickin' jealous you say these guys live. Man what I wouldn't give to see this band live just once.
You asked “what is this?” This, is what we grew up with. Real musicians, real singers, all REAL. I was born in 1950 and our music is so phenomenal. ✨✨
Yep. Another smug Boomer here. When I'm asked why I don't like rap or other "modern" music, I just say Pink Floyd And Alan Parsons Project.
I'm from 59 and feeling the same pain....
@@peteryoung8462 I am a Boomer too and I like hip-hop and rap but I LOVE this music because it first hit me when I was young. I don't think we have to feel SUPERIOR.
Damn right Renee. I have been checking out Yes live. Steve Howe is without a doubt one of the best guitarists ever.
@@peteryoung8462 cope and seethe, rap sucks
Floyd always touches my soul when I hear it.....back in the 80/90's, and still today!
One does not just listen to Pink Floyd...
You EXPERIENCE Pink Floyd!
So much fun to watch people get into Pink Floyd. Music today could never rise to this level. This music, this song, is nearly 50 years old and still it resonates. I cried right along with you.
No compression
No auto-tune
Pure music.
Been trying to play this solo for over 40 yrs! Still haven't got it right once! Will keep try till die!❤️
Im 38 year old hardcore construction worker and i still tear up if I listen to this too early in the morning. Its a emotional masterpiece!!!!!
I’m 77 years old and I’ve been listening to this song for 50 years. It never gets old to me.
You tell me what's wrong with a Guy tearing up any man that says they don't tear up Is A Liar
to be fair, you are the target demographic for that
If you want an encore to this, check out the Pulse version of 'Run Like Hell'!
I'm so jealous of people that have heard Pink Floyd for the first time. They bring me to my knees Everytime.
Same here.
They say in Heaven, the second solo from Comfortably Numb never ends.
I literally want this song to be the last thing I hear in this world. When my time finally comes, I want to drift out of this life as the second solo fades out.
Please let that be true, please.please please
@@sdownin72 Oh my heaven, would that not be the best way ever to go out. I think that I will put that in my instructions for my death.
Caramba! 😮 gostei😎👍 pena que eu não vou para o céu, para ouvir esse solo divino😶
The lyrics pull the strings the music don’t. It’s all brilliantly emotional.
As a 58 year old that grew up with “The Wall” I’ve always loved Gilmore’s guitar. But Comfortably Numb, while awesome, needs to be experienced in the context of The Wall to be fully understood. If you don’t know that story, you are missing out. Go watch.
Saw “Roger Water’s The Wall” twice when he was touring. Brilliant.
Well, I agree. Except, I'd say go listen instead of go watch. I like the movie and all. But the record to me has more of an emotional impact and honestly, the music is just better. The movie was a wild ride no doubt but if you're not a Floyd fan, I could see wondering what all this is about and being a little put off. It's an hour and a half of dark; with no comic relief, no break to end up dark. It begins dark, then there's that dark part in the middle but the end was very dark. Lol. Y'know?
@@gregswartz8924 You did say "Go watch." but I mean, it's cool man. Whatever.
Greatest album!
That’s true. Wether just listening to the album or watching the movie the song is the turning point of the whole story (not towards a happy ending, mind you). Everything before builds up towards it. It is an enormous emotional and musical pay-off.
I have been playing guitar for 40yrs and David Gilmour can still make it sing with such grace and emotion, don’t feel bad it has brought me to tears a time or two also.
It's okay, I'm crying too. We all are, because we're watching one of the greatest guitarists who ever lived pour out a powerhouse extended performance of one of the most iconic guitar solos ever recorded.
Comfortably Numb is majestic, beautiful, bittersweet and above all profound. To be moved by it, especially for those who have lived through hard times, is no surprise at all.
Your 2nd sentence is one of the most insightful descriptions of this amazing song I've read. Respect to you Sir.
Arguably the best guitar solo ever. David Gilmour is a legend.
My absolute favorite
Split between this and Jimmy Page Stairways to Heaven.
There is no argument. This is the single greatest guitar solo ever recorded in the history of mankind.
@@deadordreadfist343 Lol. You said there is no argument. Ehehe.
And with none of the flash expected from the young guitarists of today. Soul, my friends.
Been a Floyd fan since mid 70s. And yes….. was standing about 50ft away watching this band play at The Shoe. The Ohio State stadium in the late 80s. Greatest concert I’ve ever been at. And I have been to a lot of concerts!
Never ever stop a guitar solo from this genius..
It should be against the law to interrupt this musical masterpiece.
She is new to this. I have listened a zillion times. Never stopped it 😊
So you knew nothing about Pink Floyd?????? Is this a joke?????????
And is this a "first reaction" to them?????? With repeatedly closed eyes and a permanent stupid smile???? Don't you know that we NEVER interrupt David Gilmour's guitar?????? I forgive you. You must have been born today. OMG..
Came here to say this. Never interupt David Gilmour.
I’ve been listening to Pink Floyd for 40 years. Some of their music still moves me to tears.
50 years since my dad subjected me to dsotm in the dark - bastard
Almost 60 for me! David G is still the best guitarist alive.
Wait till she listens to Animals lol.
Some? Everything 🙏
"Can you stop?"
No. No, he can't. Because he is David Gilmour, the guitar god other guitar gods bow to. And this is what he does. He pours every part of his heart and soul into every single performance, and we fortunate enough to be listening are made better because of it.
been listening since before you were born and it still gives me goosebumps
I was there, I got goose bumps then, and I still get them now. 27yrs later.
I wish I could have been there myself with you!!! My all time favorite rock band!!!
I saw them in 1988
I was there in 94, too
@@lynnhoffmann247 I trust you were not sitting where the seating collapsed?
@@MrJonah53 No, I was at the Clemson, SC show…just meant I saw them, too, in 1994. Never heard about that - hope no one was hurt too badly.
Ohhhhhh my sweet lady, nothing makes my heart swell more than watching the birth of a Pink Floyd fan.
I was introduced to them by my mother when I was five (1973), and over time, they’ve become a part of my DNA. The Floyd’s concerts were not something you watched - you experienced it in every cell of your body. Your reaction is an absolute treasure. Enjoy your journey with them, my dear.
I’ve heard this song literally hundreds of times and watched the videos and The reactions to them as well. My eyes swell with tears every single time. Nothing else has this effect on me. I’ve always been touched by David Gilmour’s guitar but as time passes but I must admit that my emotions have grown as I have come to lament the loss of creativity in music and entertainment in general. I must also confess that every time I hear this masterpiece I’ve become disgusted by the crap they’ve been putting out in music for the last 20 or more years. Sometimes I get angry and realize that my only hope is that more people get this kind of music into the ears of those who have never heard it.
Reckon I could second that Knott... education is a great thing mind you
Gotta agree, this crap rock they call it sucks.
I am so totally with you. I miss real music. I can't stand the music today, all the sameness, all the dancing, all the bad language....why oh why can't we get back to more innovative, more instruments and originality....listening to bands really sing and play instruments...thank goodness I was at least around for the 60's,70's to live thru the real deal
I am tempted to suggest a new field of discovery... so I will. Check out Nightwish, whose main composer of their music is called the Metal Mozart for a reason. Tuomas Holopainen is his name and their concert @ Wacken '13 is legendary, introducing their new singer Floor Jansen (aka 'Valkyrie' or simply 'Goddess').
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I seen Pink Floyd in 1973 (Another Brick In The Wall) tour. I knew then, they were ahead of their time.
saw that show san antonio texas alamo dome 4/13/1994 easter sunday AMAZING
My Dad used to pick me up once a month, the drive home took 2 hours and this song would often come on. During the solo we would both sit in silence.
He died in 2017, I cry every single time I hear it as it just reminds me of those drives, I have him to thank for introducing me to some amazing music
Mate you got my back.
The best memories. Treasure them ❤
I was one of the lucky people to be in that venue live watching that. It was my first concert, seen hundreds of bands since then but none of them have compared to this ...and I have never shut up about it.
Talk about setting the bar high right out of the box. :)
I had the great fortune of seeing them thrice; 1st when Dark Side of the Moon was released, and it was simply otherworldly. Although there was some "window pane" 'cid involved, but that just made it all that more indelible. :)
@@perniciousprogressive8333 - Wow seeing the original 'Dark Side of the Moon' tour with the classic line-up must have been hard to beat. I got to see Roger Waters 'The Wall' tour twice in 2011 & 2013 i think it was.
My first concert was also on this tour, and it was an incredible night. Our show got a light rain during the first set that really enhanced the mood -- that turned into a torrential downpour in the second set that forced them to cut it short. We never got Comfortably Numb, and it broke my heart the first time I heard this version and realized that THIS is what that storm made me miss.
You were so fortunate! Eternally jealous
Gilmour has an INCREDIBLE ability to translate all of his emotion into a solo. I can't think of a single other guitarist who can play like he can. A lot of guitarists are under the impression that the more notes you can fit into a solo, the more impressive it makes them look. Wish more people would spend the time to sit down and appreciate music, like you are. Might help to keep music like Pink Floyd alive.
I have heard other guitar players come very close... When they played David Gilmour's exact solos that is. ;-)
The ability to build a solo that long, with continuous excitement, and stay interesting is a rare thing. David Gilmour is well known…but STILL underrated in my opinion. When he goes, it will be like Van Halen passing away for me. No other rock guitarist can generate the emotional response that Gilmour can.
There are many guitarists who everybody agrees are “good” or “talented.”
But Gilmour is the only one around who everybody, anybody, agrees that his guitar speaks straight to their emotions. That is something incredibly special.
I reckon Brian May gets close.
Agree 100%. Well said
A masterful demonstration of feeling, creativity and dexterity by a human being, utterly spellbinding guitar.
Comfortably Numb is one of the most extraordinary pieces of music ever composed. I always felt that towards the end, it became the funeral march of a lost and tormented soul. All of the anguish and regret of something glimpsed and lost is distilled and channeled into one extended searing cry. This never gets old. Ever. It speaks to something that we all know and cannot be expressed in any other way. Music - real music is a language all its own. Extraordinary musicians like David Gilmour can communicate their inner experiences as few can today. Gilmour’s guitar appears be connected directly to his soul. Some truly inspired and talented musicians can manage that for a few moments. For Gilmour, it’s his natural state of being. It is unmistakable and cannot be faked.
NOW you understand the magic of David Gilmour. There are fast guitarists, there are musically accurate guitarists but there are few who can use the instrument to wring every erg of emotion out of you as you listen - Gilmour is one of those few. Congratulations on your graduation into the first steps of understanding progressive rock. I could recommend more, but doubtlessly many others will have done so before me. Great vid.
To me there are two Gods among great guitarists. Gilmour and Knofler.
I got cold chills just anticipating hearing the solos again. That's staying power with music!
And, importantly, each of the musicians plays WITH each other. One instrument doesn't drown out or dominate their songs.
@@bruun1974 yup and sonny landreth in there too
@@bruun1974I’d also add Roy Buchanan. His version of Hey Joe in Austin, TX is also sublime.
My blind son was introduced to Pink Floyd 14 years ago, when he was 7 and he never looked back. Also a huge Queen fan. I raised him on bands I loved, and he loves it just as much.
Cudos to you for getting him into 2 of the best bands ever.
Try Queesryche, Iron Maiden and Runrig next!
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Give him the Lamb Lies down on broadway to listen to :-)
you are an amazing parent - tip of the hat to you
@@stevehughes6627 whooo... Runrig... that's nice and obscure!! Nice to see you're exposing the Scottish!
Gota be honest, I've not really been to too many concerts, BUT, I was extremely privileged to have been at THAT VERY concert THAT VERY night. The lighting rig , even to this day, was extraordinarily phenomenal. Electronically choreographed- every lamp - to the melodic landscape, culminating in the giant glitter ball towards the end. Quite extraordinary!! What followed was the even more spectacular Run Like Hell. My goodness, it still brings a tear even now.
Yes! The version of Run Like Hell is a masterpiece here! Perfect.
I was there a few days before... it was like being on another planet.
Always wanted to meet someone from that concert and just tell them, "You lucky, lucky.. B'stard!"
@@markwade2530 It was, you're right there. The other thing that struck me was the perfectly balanced soundstage. You simply couldn't tell from which direction all the sound was coming from. It really was a phenomenal concert wasn't it 👍👍
@@Boweevel 😁😁 yes, my middle name's Alan ... Alan B'stard at your service 👍👍
I had the pleasure to be at the concert in 94. At the 02 arena London UK. It's was the most emotional night of my life even more than my wedding day. Pink Floyd are a British sensation. David gilmore solo best in history.
It was Earls Court, not 02. I was there too. Never recovered from that night I was there.
Did you really?
So you saw Pink Floyd in 1994 at the O2 arena?
The venue that opened as the Millenium Dome in 2000 and became the O2 arena in 2005.
Aren’t you a clever boy. 🤡🤡🤡
Any person that cries during a Pink Floyd solo instantly gets subscribed 😂
But if that person keeps interrupting the solo, t's unsubscibe time for me. Love how much the music moves her, but sometimes you just gotta be quiet and let the man play his guitar!
@@fd1930 oh but come on, she apologized.. Don't be an arse. Besides, you're not here to watch the original performance, you're here for her reaction. If you want an unpaused solo, go watch the original video.
@@Metallnsanity87 Didn't see the apology but fair enough. And yes, we view for the reaction....which we're entitled to comment on. I thought my comment was clearly a follow-on to the one I replied to, there's no venom intended.
@@fd1930 of course we can comment. Bt commenting and hating are 2 different things. She was clearly overwhelmed, this performance is ALOT to take in on the first view.
@@Metallnsanity87 there was no hating from me
A little bit of frustration maybe, and a response to the comment above mine
No one got harmed in the making of these comments
It’s made me still cry for 45 years the solo cuts deep into your soul
Welcome to the best theatrical rock band the world will ever see .....Pink Floyd . Now, you'll be hooked for life.
I am 51 years old. Every time I hear David Gilmore's solo, I feel my soul cry out and I can't stop the tears from flowing.
he's just the best isnt he? I love his solos. Underrated singer too. Everytime the chorus to this song starts and you hear his voice, I get chills. The best solos aren't the fastest or whatever, they are the ones like this. Epic, timeless and with feeling. Like Harrison's solo in Something or Angus Young's bluesy solo in Ride on.
* Gilmour , not Gilmore .
1969 here, same.
September 1970 here! Mad love from Oklahoma!
MayDay 1961 here from Nashville, Tn!
2:03 . . . big smile, the "guitar strings are taking me on some wave" . . . 4:23 "as we age, we get used to the feeling of pain" 9:02 crying. Welcome to the experience that is The Pink Floyd.
I'm 61 years old now...and my 22 year old son has every Pink Floyd song on his okay list....just goes to show their music is timeless....
@@scottlynch4370 i intoduced my daughters boyfriend to pink floyed i warned him it will change his life, he got a double whammy floyd on vinyl, lets just say he now has a vinyl collection with pink floyd orig pres albums
Such a pleasure to watch a younger generation appreciate us older generation’s music. Beautiful girl, beautiful reaction.
I have their 1st album, I can remember listening in amazement to the bees that they recorded on one song ,I think it was called OOMA GOOMA .I was also smoking the Maui Waui at the time ! I think this was 1970 ?
This live version sends me chills down the spine every single time. I can’t avoid getting wet eyes every time David plays the dark solo. It’s just perfect. Legend says his guitars smoke a cigarrette after he plays it.
I would give anything to be able to hear this song for the first time again!. Such a masterpiece.
How about a time machine to travel back and attend every concert that they ever performed?!!!
Totally agree
LSD, not the same feeling, but equaly awesome
As a man who is a bit older? I've learned one thing. Bands in the 70's and early 80's took the time to write things that meant something. Words that will be remembered forever. Very few young people pay attention to what these bands were trying to say. The stories, the inuendos, the heart, meaning of what it's like to be alive.
Very few people today get it and it makes me glad to have grown up in that time. For I know nothing holds a candle to what this band and others of that era did.
All the best young lady. Listen to what they are telling you....it will change your life!
Being a bit older myself (I saw them twice in 87 and 88 when I was in college), I agree with you about the artistic effort the artist put into each song. But they weren't working for the singles. Yes, they wanted singles that would get radio airplay, but these folks would carry notebooks around with them, and write down ideas or a lot of poetry. And they wrote what they could play without any electric enhancements. I was talking with a friend the other day about radio. In the 1970's, most teens and younger were still listening to AM Top 40 radio. FM was where you found the Progressive Rock Stations, Classical, and Jazz stations--not Top 40. This is because you couldn't give away an FM license in the 1960s. Now...Good luck.
My thought was that the AM station I listened to when I was young played just about everything. You'd hear the Bee Gees next to The Eagles next to Queen next to Donna Summer next to Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. You got a bit of everything. Now stations are so homogenized, the only place you really find a blend of music is on UA-cam. Weird, that.
Amen!
Nonsense. Some great music now and bad. Same as there was great music then And bad. It’s just your age talking. Sorry. Haha.
This shows he does not listen to The HU is all because it depends who you ask and what exactly you are listening to because you can find great music you just need to know where to look is all. There are quite a few actually that are well worth listening to not everything is the best just because it is old or from the 1970's.
In fairness, very few people got it back then either. Pink Floyd is considered extraordinary today because they did in the 1970's what very few can do today. But very few could do it in the 1970's either. They would be extraordinary in any era. The typical commercial song in the 1970's was trash, just as is the typical commercial song today. But even today, there are a few, a very few, who have that same intelligence and touch. I won't name names. You need to explore, and filter through the dregs, as we've always had to do.
A master at his craft
"I don't know why I'm crying..." It's because the music reached down deep inside you and touched your very soul!