@@dingbat19 Agree - Earls Court was mind-blowing, still, the greatest concert I have seen in my life from the greatest band and I'm now 60. It's a universal spiritual journey in sound and light from IMHO the finest guitarist to play ever, Yes there are other greats but PF is the GOAT. As I saw in another post, his wife said that Gilmour has trouble with words, but put a guitar in his hands and you will get pure mastery and storytelling.
I saw them live in 87 and 94. Incredible. What you can't tell from the video (look at the ceiling and you get an idea) is how insanely bright that mirror ball is. It was like they used aircraft landing lights on it. Looking around, you got the feeling that the entire stadium was spinning, and it felt like you were soaring through space on a sonic flying saucer. I'll remember it vividly until the day I die.
I just came here to make the same comment. I saw Pink Floyd the exact same years as you, and that disco (mirror) ball caught me so off guard, I almost lost my balance. It was insanely beautiful! By far one of the best concerts I have ever been to. I could feel the music just vibrating through my body. I’ll never forget that experience!
I’m 53. My mother took me to the film when I was in 4th grade because my brother told her it was a cartoon. Hahah . It really touched my psyche. I’ve been a fan ever since. And wow there are people who do not know of Pink Floyd’s greatness. Makes me weep
And THIS is a good example why so many of us of a certain age cannot identify with most of today's "music". We're kinda spoiled with this level of mastery! Love your reactions! 🥰
I'm almost 62 years old now, I've been listening to Pink Floyd since my youth, so for ~50 years now, but this song is one of my TOP FAV since it was released in 1979. best band ever
I am only 36 and I can still say that music is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE in 2024. The biggest artist is Taylor Swift and one of her most popular songs are about "not wanting to cook or clean".. How the fuck can music like THAT be at the top of the list?! Music the past 20 years have been 99% garbage and you don't need to have lived through the 70's to understand that, you just need ears.
@@OriginalPurohey buddy, to say today's music is absolute garbage is so very wrong ! Chart music has always been garbage but the likes of Floyd, Zepp, Sabs, Purple, Hawkwind etc etc were never chart bands in their day, they were always outside the box or alternative. There is some terrific new music out there, but as it was 50 years ago you have go out and find it, it doesn't come you. Ime 67 now, and i am still going to concerts (albeit by myself but I don't give a shit) and still loving it. Because you don't like modern music doesn't make it crap, it just means you don't like it. Sounds to me your just stuck in particular era and that's a shame, you've missed out of so much
I saw this in the states at Soldier Field in Chicago. It was pretty much like this, but about a thousand times better. The sound of the guitar goes THROUGH you. The lighting at times blinds you. It is a full out attack on the senses. Pink Floyd live is an experience you never forget.
So I know there's a few different mixes and different versions of this performance, and I was at Earls court to witness this live and it was immense. I've watched this song hundreds of times and watched most of the reactions. Run Like Hell matches, if not betters Comfortably Numb. But I'd like to know how and why the Chicago show was a thousand times better. Or do you just mean because it was live and you were there ?
@@martinleach3196 I was referring to the overall experience of a live show versus watching it on video. Not trying to compare individual concerts. My goodness I hope that's not what people inferred. 🙄
@@flubblert oh right. Maybe it's just me. I just wondered what you meant. Yes the experience of it live was amazing. The lights from the mirror ball, sparkling in your eyes. It was like you were in a trance. Although there may have been other reasons for that ! People have since wondered why the crowd wasn't absolutely going crazy. But in that moment, having that experience for the first ever time, we were transfixed by it all.
I was at the same show '94. Life changing. Did you notice if you stared at the reflections of the mirror ball the whole stadium looked like it was spinning..?
I had the privilege of being at this live show at Earls Court in London. I wept through a lot of it as it was pure sensory overload. The lighting was awesome and there are just no words to convey the sheer magnificence of the performance. It has had a lasting and profound effect on me and I wish everyone could have the opportunity to experience Pink Floyd live. Unforgettable and an impossible act to follow.
That solo gets everyone stunned the first time they see this, I love that watching their face when it comes. The guitar is an extension of this man’s soul. It’s another voice. It’s divinity. Religious.
The whole Pulse Concert was so ahead of its time. What they pulled off in terms of light show synchronized with the music was cutting edge and has probably even remained unmatched ever since! Bear in mind, this was 1993 and the best computer back then was an early Pentium or something! And of course: David Gilmore is a guitar God! And some say that the second solo of comfortably numb played by DG on the pulse tour is probably the best guitar solo ever played on this planet. The Stage-Show definitely is! It’s just jaw-dropping - as you perfectly proved! :-) Other „musts“ from the pulse concert imho: „high hopes“ and „Shine on you crazy diamond“!
I've seen Pink Floyd four times in three different decades once in 74 for Dark Side of the Moon and 77 for their In the Flesh tour when Roger Waters was still with them and that may have been their best concert Believe it or not! I saw them in 87 for momentary laps of reason tour and I saw this Pulse concert in 94! I've seen around 100 concerts from AC/DC to Zeppelin and everyone in between alphabetically and never seen a better concert than Floyd!! Those other groups, some of them were phenomenal concerts but I'm sorry Pink Floyd concerts are a step above! Every song in this 94 Pulse concert is equal to most other groups finale. Comfortably Numb wasn't even the finale song "Run Like Hell" is! You should check that one out too!! I really do think the guys in Pink Floyd are from another planet!?! Last comment, "Marc Brickman" was the lighting engineer for this concert tour and the guys in Floyd basically gave him a blank check and said "see what you can do"! And he saw what he could do and so did you!!
Ooh, I'll have to check that out. Run Like Hell has always been one of my favorites, and gets left out of the Floyd conversation when their music is brought up.
I was there the night this was recorded at Earls Court about a 3rd of the way back. I can't put into words the effect this solo had on me, Gilmour's guitar was plugged into my soul, I heard and felt every note. About a quarter of the way into the solo I had tears running down my face but I wasn't crying. This IS the greatest guitar solo of all time.
I was at this concert, mesmerising is one word that comes to mind. this whole concert was so special. Watching this brings back such good memories, and i still get goose bumps. great reaction :)
@@GOTGames Yep I was there too with two mates at the back and when it was booked they said to me it was the best place for the whole experience - true or not, it was a fantastic night anyway.
Ahhh yes.... the obligatory "I was at this concert" that we see on every Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin video. At last count, at least half a million people on UA-cam have claimed they were at this Pulse concert. Who knew Earl's Court was that big?
NEVER interrupt a guitar solo with David Gilmour! Especially not twice!! Now that that's out of the way, check out "Sorrow" from same concert. Saw this concert twice and there is no bad song. You may want to watch the whole concert. I'm an old lady and seen many, many of the greats but nobody has ever topped this concert!
You know the rules , when Gilmore starts a solo stop the video and rewind a tad then talk a bit then play it but never ever stop playing it , but as for stopping it before the end is sin full and as said below doing it bleeding twice is really bad , hell fire even Americans say sorry for doing it and they never do it again .
Saw them in Vancouver... and the ball was right above me. And then holy crap... the ball drops, and then and drops down. And then ball rises again ! And it spins. ;-)
You are very correct. I've seen a few reactions to this, and no one else is as aware of the effort that was put in to this. No other concert could compare. But when you are performing the greatest guitar solo ever, you may as well make it the best visual also. This is just legendary and such a combination will never be replicated.
Being a boomer, I think everyone has heard Floyd...but clearly not. Until now, you lucky man! Lucky coz you've got a whole new Pandora's Box to look through with Floyd's back catalogue. This is one of their epic songs and Dave Gilmour is one of the world's best guitarists so a great place to start exploring one of the greatest Rock bands ever.
I have indeed heard of Pink Floyd my friend, I did say at the beginning but I have never seen this live show! This was amazing!! Just amazing! You are right though I need to learn so much more about this incredible band!
Saw this show in San Diego. Best concert - hands down. The audio was the perfect volume (full and not to where you couldn’t enjoy it. It was also the best mixed concert I’ve ever been to. Every voice and instrument and effect heard clearly. And as you mentioned - the visuals were beyond anything I had seen. When the lights hit the disco ball the place went crazy/er! Great vid! TY!
After watching and listening to your reaction to this classic, all I can say is, YES! 1000% YES! For the complete ride, you really do need to watch the whole Pulse concert.
This band is a living LEGAND! I have so many precious memories of their music due to my father when I was young. We would sit and chill in the living room with the lights turned down low and just chill ax to this song. When we would go on road trips he would put on one of their CD’s and we would jam together. My favorite album by them is Dark Side Of The Moon. They have so many phenomenal hits it’s always so hard to choose one favorite. Im so glad my dad was such a huge influence on my musical taste. Music like this is hard to come by now.
I've been a Pink Floyd fan since the release of their "Dark Side of the Moon" album in 1973, I was 17 years old. I've seen them twice, one time was The Wall world tour in 1980, that was the most incredible, phenomenal, Show or Performance I've ever seen! It was a complete Experience. Pink Floyed was formed in London in 1964, they have sold over 400 million albums worldwide. "Dark Side of the Moon" album sold over 55 million copies and went 14X Platinum, it was on Billboards Top 100 Albums of all-time list for 962 weeks, that's over 18 years on the list! More than double the 2nd place album.
I was fortunate enough to have been at the Pulse concert in May of 1994 which was the last time Pink Floyd performed as a group in the USA. As a musician myself, I must say that this concert was the best I have ever seen. Throughout the entire concert I along with the 70k plus audience in attendance were totally mesmerized by the sound, video and lighting. It was an ethereal experience never to be forgotten! Cheers, Dave from Connecticut, USA. Fun fact: Pink Floyd had 3 identical stage set-ups including lighting each costing $5 million dollars. While they playing a venue, the other 2 stage set-up were on the move and being set up at future locations.
It's called a "rolling rig". Floyd were probably the first to do it, but many others have followed since, Stones, Maiden etc. It's expensive, but it keeps spaces between dates at a minimum, which is easier on band and crew.
I was there, 10 rows from the front, just left of centre. The greatest musical experience of my life! I live near to where this concert was performed, Earls Court, London which is sadly no longer there, every time I pass I think of that night. An absolute masterpiece of sight and sound that will never be repeated!
It doesn’t matter how many times I watch this, it still gives me goosebumps. Congratulations you have just seen the greatest guitar solo ever. If you are so inclined, you can’t do wrong by reacting to ANY of The Pulse performances. My personal faves (aside from Comfortably Numb) are High Hopes, Sorrow, Keep Talking and Run Like Hell.If you don’t plan on reacting to any more then do yourself a huge favour and watch the show in its entirety. I guarantee your mind will be blown. Unfortunately I was so close to going to this but personal circumstances prevented me. Biggest regret of my life!
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I 1st heard Pink Floyd in '74' up at Humboldt State Univ. "The Dark Side of The Moon" album is still at #28 on the list of the greatest albums of all time. I've been a fan for 50 years and I'll be a fan until I die. I saw them live in '94' in Oakland Cal. at the Oakland Coliseum. This song was the last song they played that night. That 8' disco ball that came down was more like a UFO that was opening up to check out this band. The lasers shot off of that ball and it turned the entire Coliseum into a moving liquid plasma. I had goosebumps for the next 2 hours. Out of 28 concerts from 1975 - 2008, this was by far my #1. Shedmen
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David's solos called the Aliens, they arrived and they opened up their craft to listen to the show. Shedmen
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You can see the while light beam coming down to circle Gilmore. "Beam me up Scotty"
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At times during the show you could look around see the entire crowd, silent and staring at the stage in awe. Shedmen
Yes, I was there - at the Chicago stop of this show anyway. Gilmour can project emotions through his guitar like nobody .... ever. And yes, their special effects are 2nd to none because they have more money than God. You should have seen the last two Roger Waters solo gigs. Holy crap. Pink Floyd is and always is my favorite band, because they transport you to heaven.
I wish more people would react to mother from the Wall concert 1980/81. This gives a much more accurate picture of the real Pink Floyd when they were performing all the songs that Roger wrote.
especially in the Roger Waters show," US and Them," the factory that grows over the audience and in Amsterdam no less, beyond normal imagination. And there is nothing normal about this band's imagination. Pink Floyd did do a lot of psychedelic drugs. Most of us did as well and the audience was as high as the band. Was so much fun.
"That doesn't even feel real," is the best summary of this performance I've ever heard. It's the greatest musical performance in recorded history, period.
The wailing with the flower opening, starting at 11:44, is the most powerful musical experience I know. Have experienced it thousands of times and it still gives me goosebumps and tears in my soul - every. single. time. Thank you, David and the light technician! And thank you for a great reaction, G.O.T. Subbed, of course.
@@jasonward2681 Close 2nds: the drums building as from 16:43 + David's & Richard's echoing as from 21:12 in this fantastic performance: ua-cam.com/video/zrProK5R7ms/v-deo.html. All bring up some very ancient feelings/emotions in me, from _way_ before words were invented.
I´m 60 years old and have followed rockmusic eversince i was 12. Here´s the shortest possible list of my absolutely favorite live performances: * pink floyd: comfortably numb, live pulse 1994 * queen: somebody to love, live montreal 1981 * focus: hocuspocus, live midnight special 1973 * rammstein: du hast, live in paris official * heart: stairway to heaven, kennedy center honors 2012 I could name a lot more, but this is the essence of what i want to rewatch any time. PLEEEEEEEEEEEAAAASE DO FOCUS, please 😎
I’ve heard this song this a thousand times, including live (I was a steward for three nights when Floyd played The Wall at Wembley). It still blows my mind.
100% agree.I really appreciate and like your genuine lively reaction .Nothing else more to say.That’s why I just subscribed to your channel .I am 68 and I have been blessed to be part of the Pink Floyd generation.Thank you kindly
Glad you asked,, yes,, I was there in 1994 at Earl’s Court which has sadly been knocked down,, I’ve got to say,, blew my mind and was in tears at time. The lighting,, the whole sound was immense ,, seen then a few times now but that was the best performance ever , period. 🙏🎶 🎸, I’m 56 and been a fan of there’s since I was 16,, awesome band. 👌
I was there just seems like yesturday , but i was 22 yrs old. It was cold but once they started playing. We were in magic land. All those lights .the band everyone was happy. People throwing mushrooms in the air . Handing out acid. When it was over . I FELT LIKE I SEEN IT ALL . If i die now my life is now complete. Thats what it was like.
When I saw them, it wasn't even the last song, Run Like Hell was. I remember walking out of the concert stunned. Like I had been ubducted for a few hours and then spewed back out to the real world.
I really enjoyed your reaction to this video. It allowed me to re-experience the memory of when I saw this live (Pulse Tour, 1993). The entire show was beyond anything I could have imagined. You need to remember that this was happening live, in person, THIRTY YEARS AGO! It was so far ahead of the times that it is still, today, ridiculously impressive. There are no studio, computer generated, visual effects, added to this video. Everything was really there, in real time, in the flesh. The atmosphere that existed in that stadium, that evening was truly supernatural. Comfortably Numb was already my favorite "Headphone Escape". That evening, the entire show up to that point had already created for me, an alternate state of mind. When this song started, a "Next Level" experience began. I became entranced. There were so many things happening visually and sonically. My attention was constantly jumping around, I didn't want to miss anything. It was a powerful, experience, on a spiritual level. The friend I had gone with later told me that I stood the entire song, with my eyes and mouth wide open. My head darting all around, and upwards at the light show. Tears streaming from my unblinking eyes. I remember it as, crying in the presence of perfection. Witnessing the impossible become a reality. Yeah, it was that powerful an experience for me. No other show, before or since, has come close to that level of engaging my consciousness. By the way, you mentioned "light houses turning" or something similar. I think you were referring to the revolving speakers that were onstage. They are called "Leslies" (after the inventor). These were (are still) the largest Leslies I have ever seen. Their effect was absolutely apparent during the show. Especially during the featured keyboard/organ parts. Search; 'Leslie Speakers', Wiki has a brief but informative article on them as well. You have become my favorite "reactor" to watch. It is always a fun time. Keep doing what you're doing.
Ooh, this is a big one! I was raised on pink floyd, my folks were huge fans! This was a great show next to the delicate sound of thunder. If you ever wanted to analyze anything, 'dark side of the moon' deserves some time and energy. Love these retro-reactions!
I was there. It was the most incredible concert I have ever been to. The music, the lights, all of it was off the charts crazy big and over the top. Plus, what you got at the show, that you can't get watching the video, was that you could feel the music in your body as well. David's solo in this song was so good that it brought me to tears. I have NEVER seen another concert that comes close to what I saw that night.
If you are impressed by the lighting the PLEASE react to "run like hell" from the same concert. It was the closing track and they truly pulled out all the stops. Another great one from this concert is "sorrow".
YES! To answer your question I had the once in a lifetime privilege to see Pink Floyd on that tour. April 30, 1994 in Birmingham Alabama, Legion Field Stadium. There were over 70,000 in attendance. This show was beyond anything I had, and would ever see again. It was life changing. I was 27 then. Now as a 55 year old man I find myself taken back and I have to say the emotions, the power, the euphoria is still there from that show. Thank you for sharing and bringing up those priceless memories.
I was at pulse in Miami orange bowl. The sound was insane, that wrapped the stadium with surround sound and since there is no roof the giant silver ball came out of the ground and went up to the air. Being in Florida we had a crazy tropical rain storm which only enhanced the light show, with the rain drops passing through the lasers, incredible!☮️❤️
Great reaction, now try SORROW from the same concert. I like the solo in SORROW just a bit more than the one you just watched. And the lights on SORROW are dialed up another notch. Incredible!
Thanks for this great video! This brought back a lot of good memories! I've seen Pink Floyd live twice and was there for PULSE LIVE. "Comfortably Numb" was always played last as an encore. I love Pink Floyd and will never forget this experience!
I was lucky to see that show live. In the tape/DVD is good, but, live is Amazing. The light show it still in my eyes after 40 years. Pink Floyd concert is a full body experience.
A few years earlier, when David still had long hair, they did a live version of "On the Turning Away." It was so like this one. And the beautiful trio of back-up girls really reach down deep. And another epic David Gilmour guitar solo. Check it out. It's on UA-cam.
I love to see your reaction and am so glad you younger people can still appreciate music from my era. I’m s 65 years old and I was lucky enough to see them twice in my life. You ask what was it like to experience them live and all I can say it was so profound and in my case spiritual. I mean that solo little rips the emotion out of your soul and stays with you all your life. I’m so glad you appreciate this kind of music still to this day. I’m afraid the likes of David Gilmore are few and far between. Rock on and keep it up. Mark Texas
I am 70 years old and have played in bands all my life. This is the best lights, best show, best performance, best guitar solo ever. I played with some incredible players and I’ve also seen many guitar players who are technically superior to Dave Gilmore, but…..no one has his combination of skill, taste, and ability to make you “feel” every note he plays. The band as a whole is impeccable. For me….the only band I’ve seen live (twice) that can compare to Pink Floyd is Supertramp…..they are my #1 & #2 ….all time bands. Number 3 would be Steely Dan or, The Doobie Brothers. Loved your honest reaction. The first time I saw this I was in shock for hours.
I'd say Gilmour is exceptional not for HOW he plays (although he's still among the very best), but WHAT he plays. He manages to tell complex stories without words with his solos. And these stories evolve from show to show. The only other guitarist with similar ability I know is Bryan May.
I was lucky enough to see Pink Floyd during The Wall tour n The Division Bell tour and these videos are awesome, NOTHING is like seeing them live!!! The music reaches into ur soul and hits a chord that u NEVER EVER forget!!! The upcoming August 20 I’m seeing The Australian Pink Floyd and from wat I’ve seen, it shud be amazing!
"Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits Alchemy LIVE is good as a unique performance. Maybe not such big by stage effects because there is nothing compared to Pulse Concert, but musically is really unique.
When I saw them perform this in Hamburg in 1989, I was literally stunned ! I just couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing - that stage was about three stories high! - and the music penetrated your soul, it was the most spiritual thing in a non- religious way that I have ever experienced! It was literally mind blowing, the lights lit up the entire city and even 35 years later I get emotional just thinking about it.
I have seen both Pink Floyd (on this same tour) perform Comfortably Numb live and have also see Nightwish live. It is a toss-up as to which was the better live show. PF gets the nod for overall sound quality and their light show. Floor gets the nod for vocal ability and overall stage presence. I think they tie for complete epicness! Both shows were must see and beyond fantastic.
I saw Pink Floyd 5 times between the Momentary Lapse of Reason and Pulse tours, and have seen over 150 concerts in total. I always thought nothing would come close to PF closing with Comfortably Numb followed by Run Like Hell. It was simply the most intense audio visual experience of all time. Nightwish on their recent tour closed with Ghost Love Score, followed by The Greatest Show on Earth. And while they did not have the overwhelming visuals that PF had, they put themselves squarely in the conversation for best ending to a concert ever.
I am now 63😕and have been to hundreds of gigs,I was there at that concert, gilmours solo on comfortably numb, was incredible,the emotion, the sheer volume,the atmosphere there was electric,it honestly brought tears to my eyes, feel so privaliged to have been there, and to think I nearly didn't get there, but that's another story🤗♥️
"That doesn't even feel real!" I know the feeling of walking out of a show and just being speechless as your ears begin the ringing which will echo off your pillow later on. Jah bless live music and the awesome musicians who feed us. ✌️
Hi, I was lucky enough to attend a Pink Floyd concert with my son, I think in 2019 (before the pandemic) at the Arena di Verona... the structure of the show was exactly the same: The immense circle that sometimes surrounds itself with lights, other times is used to project images or videos. An incredibly WONDERFUL show. Lights and colors alternating continuously, nothing falling from the sky, of course, but we had the full moon in front of us.... I, who have been familiar with PF's work since I was a girl, occasionally clutched my son's knee tightly to keep from screaming with immense joy. The band was the same as in "PULSE," and of course David G. was wearing his legendary black T-Shirt. Iconic Love and Thanks Teresa from ITALY
Back in O.C. Calif when I was 30 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a P.F. show coming up. Knowing I am a Floyd fan she called the radio station (KMET - LA, “The Mighty Met”) to get information on the concert, The DJ on live radio Cynthia Fox…. said...."Congratulations, YOU are caller number 10, YOU just won tickets to the show and the Sound Check Party before the show"... I met David Gilmour back stage. He gave us both a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I told him his music will stand the test of time with anything from Beethoven or Mozart. He smiled even bigger. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shook both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well, better than any other guitarist I know. . I told him in my eyes he’s a “Legend“. He thanked me and said “Enjoy the show”…. during the concert after the song “Money” he looked right at me and said…. “On saxophone, another Legend, Mr. Raphael Ravenscroft” … acknowledging my comment to him. It is my favorite moment in over 300 shows I’ve seen. I asked David…. How do you create those awesome solos?… he said….. I sit on a stool and listen to what Roger, Nick and Rick put down and play along. I listen to what I played and pick out what I like, then I put the pieces together into one piece then learn to play it as one. Our fans are fanatics for our shows to sound like the albums so I must play it correctly each time in a show. I have the concert Brochure and album on the wall with David’s picture centerfold. All of us fortunate enough to have seen this show live were in a TRANCE.... MESMERIZED the entire show... as you can imagine. We walked out saying.... What did we just witness? That was out of this world incredible. The Red Fender Stratocaster he used for this concert in the Guitar Collector World is ....PRICELESS
I saw Pink Floyd’s pulse concert on May 1 1994 in Birmingham Alabama USA. For me it was the best concert that I have ever seen,felt and experienced! The experience of the show was absolutely amazing and mind blowing! David Gilmour is an absolute outstanding guitarist hands down!!
I went to their concert when they came to Australia. It was a mind blowing experience. The guitar solos of David Gilmour were unbelievably magical. It was one of the best concerts I've ever been to and a memory to keep forever. Also my ears were numb for several days. If you magnify your reaction by 300 percent to real life that was how good it was. Love your enthusiastic reactions by the way.
I was on one of the conserts they had in Oslo in 1994 on Pulse-tour. Still today almost 30 years later, I'm thinking of that consert. It is by far the best consert I've been on. And the best thing about it. There was no smartphone with cameras that disturbed the show. 40 000 people could have focus on the music and breathtaking lightshow. If there is one band I wish I could go back to watch once more live, it would be Pink Floyd.
I know ya done this reaction 2 years ago .. 30 years ago I took my 16 year old daughter as her last wish to go to a concert with her dad, I chose to go see Floyd Pulse concert at Earls Court 1994 was the year best decision of my life .. I still to this day find it hard to put it into words how the concert was for me or my daughter and the 10's of thousands of other Floydian's there .. watching how my daughter just cried an sang her heart out throughout every song was so emotional sadly she passed away a few days after but I'm a very proud dad that she got to experience this ONCE in a lifetime event .. this concert was subliminal / emotional / out of this world IMMENSE from start to finish .. how David made his guitar touch our souls his solo's was not of this world ! 200,000 watts and one of thee best visual moments you could ever experience in a concert ( for 1994 this was not heard of or ever seen in any other concert of that time .. nothing has come close even to this day ! ) .. the crowd was INSANE singing along respect to everyone there, the backing singers just smashed it they was immense ! And you are correct .. that WAS thee CENSORED best solo guitar .. Ever ! As Gilmour made his guitar sing to you and then cry at the end .. wow just WOW ! 30 years on and I'm still sitting there with my daughter in spirit experiencing our souls being lifted to another dimension ! PULSE for life .. ! All the very best ..
Hi, I saw this tour. This video shot at Earl's Court in London, I saw it in Denver. Life changing to be sure. I'm so jazzed to see other generations finding this music and these performances. Now you understand why people who were there are so passionate about this music. Cheers, keep em coming ❤
Absolutely brilliant I was there and watched it live and even though the video is stunning being there was unbeatable. The whole audience remained completely silent until the music ended and did so throughout the entire concert. We were about 35 rows back in the centre and its the best experience I will ever have.
I saw it two nights in Foxboro Massachusetts, one was totally clear, the other cloudy and foggy. The two shows had such different vibes because of the lighting effected by the weather. The foggy night had this weird diffused look while the other show it was extremely bright a completely different experience. The music for both shows was unbelievable. I can still picture the ball rising up off the field and opening up, again the effects of the lighting for this was so different each night. It was a very memorable experience.
I am very proud to say I saw Pink Floyd 5 times in the late 80s and 3 times in the early 90s including this tour. Never again will there be a concert production like they always did. They never needed an opening act because they were the only thing you needed to make your night. I get shivers remembering how I felt every time. I definitely consider myself very lucky to have lived during this time to experience such musical greatness.
When I was younger I listen to Pink Floyd but really didn't appreciate their music until I got older. And now I love to just close my eyes and listen to the music. My two older brothers got to see Pink Floyd twice and I'm so jealous that they got to see them, and both of them said the laser light show was better in person.
Glad that you liked the video,I cannot see this video too many times,it still blows my mind ever since.I saw them live at this concert all those years ago,and it still gives me the same thrill each time!
I was there back in '94 and in '89. Everytime when I watch this life performence, it gives me goosebumps all over and tears in my eyes. What you say... that does not even feel reel. But it was real...
I still have a tear now, after hearing this so many times - because I still remember hearing this live. Sydney January 1988. And you're right. At the end, of the song, even in the nosebleed section of the Entertainment Centre, it was like being in a trance. And I'll be crying again next month. I'm flying to Rome to see a particular event at the Circus Maximus.
First concert my wife had ever been to - recently got married and started to share things about ourselves, and she was impressed..... just to see your reaction to things that were during a time you may not have been alive during both warms my soul and feeds my passion for Pink Floyd.
I saw this show in Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium. The energy, sound, and lights were beyond anything a video can show. You had to be there to truly experience the brilliance. I also saw their Delicate Sound of Thunder tour in Chicago. Equally as amazing.
I didn't see this exact taping, but I did see Pink Floyd (PULSE LIVE) on 7/18/1994 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. It was definitively the most EPIC concert I've been to in my life. Thanks so much for sharing this so I could re-live this incredible memory!
Feeling like you just woke up from a dream, was always the way with Pink Floyd. I think they KNEW how to tap into the part of your brain that is working in your sleep.
I was there, side of the stage right above the keyboard player, Rick Wright, and because of the light show, it didn't matter where you were in the room, you were included. It was f*****g awesome: the sound the lights, the atmosphere, the company I was with. It still remains the best gig I ever went to.
I have seen Pink Floyd live, and i have seen every Pink Floyd tribute show here in Norway ❤️ i love Pink Floyd. Brit Floyd is commin to a town near me, and im goin 😃😃😃
Comfortably Numb, I wish you were here, Just a brick on the wall are some of the greatest songs of the world. Pink Floyd knew (knows?) how to do big and unforgetable concerts. I lost my chance to go to one, after I returned to Brazil, they performed in Milan, Italy, one of my friends, a musician, went there... Even older, they are perfect! Roger Waters seems to feel like he was young... Thanks, dear Luke! You made an old soul happy!!!
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I cried when I saw this live, because I knew I would never see nor hear anything as good again in my life.
Yes exactly me too after seeing the tour at Earls Court in London
Amen. It’s a religious experience
I was there too, never forget that night
Saw them in Tampa on this tour. If you saw this live, you were privileged to witness the most incredible guitar solo ever…
@@dingbat19 Agree - Earls Court was mind-blowing, still, the greatest concert I have seen in my life from the greatest band and I'm now 60. It's a universal spiritual journey in sound and light from IMHO the finest guitarist to play ever, Yes there are other greats but PF is the GOAT. As I saw in another post, his wife said that Gilmour has trouble with words, but put a guitar in his hands and you will get pure mastery and storytelling.
I saw them live in 87 and 94. Incredible. What you can't tell from the video (look at the ceiling and you get an idea) is how insanely bright that mirror ball is. It was like they used aircraft landing lights on it. Looking around, you got the feeling that the entire stadium was spinning, and it felt like you were soaring through space on a sonic flying saucer. I'll remember it vividly until the day I die.
I just came here to make the same comment. I saw Pink Floyd the exact same years as you, and that disco (mirror) ball caught me so off guard, I almost lost my balance. It was insanely beautiful! By far one of the best concerts I have ever been to. I could feel the music just vibrating through my body. I’ll never forget that experience!
"Comfortably Numb" is the greatest song ever written. I'm 80 years old and have followed "Pink Floyd" since "Saucerful of Secrets". 😊
I salute you! Cheers from France
km... I'm only a mere youngster of 59 years, but I agree with you 101% !
For me, it's tied with Time from DSOTM. Cheers!
My respect to you sir. You're spot on right.👍
I’m 53. My mother took me to the film when I was in 4th grade because my brother told her it was a cartoon. Hahah . It really touched my psyche. I’ve been a fan ever since. And wow there are people who do not know of Pink Floyd’s greatness. Makes me weep
And THIS is a good example why so many of us of a certain age cannot identify with most of today's "music". We're kinda spoiled with this level of mastery! Love your reactions! 🥰
Exactly i remember this and musics done nothing but go worse id go as far as too say today its aall shit ,people have become lazy
Happy to be a Baby Boomer, we had the very best of music. The tail end of the 1940's up to say 2010!!????😁🍻
I'm almost 62 years old now, I've been listening to Pink Floyd since my youth, so for ~50 years now, but this song is one of my TOP FAV since it was released in 1979.
best band ever
I am only 36 and I can still say that music is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE in 2024.
The biggest artist is Taylor Swift and one of her most popular songs are about "not wanting to cook or clean"..
How the fuck can music like THAT be at the top of the list?!
Music the past 20 years have been 99% garbage and you don't need to have lived through the 70's to understand that, you just need ears.
@@OriginalPurohey buddy, to say today's music is absolute garbage is so very wrong ! Chart music has always been garbage but the likes of Floyd, Zepp, Sabs, Purple, Hawkwind etc etc were never chart bands in their day, they were always outside the box or alternative. There is some terrific new music out there, but as it was 50 years ago you have go out and find it, it doesn't come you. Ime 67 now, and i am still going to concerts (albeit by myself but I don't give a shit) and still loving it. Because you don't like modern music doesn't make it crap, it just means you don't like it. Sounds to me your just stuck in particular era and that's a shame, you've missed out of so much
Best thing of having seen that live is that Gilmour's solos NEVER got interrupted… as it should ever, ever be.
Saw them on this tour in Vancouver BC. Pink Floyd puts on the best live show of all time, PERIOD
Wow. We saw them on this tour in Vancouver, too....
I saw this in the states at Soldier Field in Chicago. It was pretty much like this, but about a thousand times better. The sound of the guitar goes THROUGH you. The lighting at times blinds you. It is a full out attack on the senses. Pink Floyd live is an experience you never forget.
Amen to that. They take you on a ride you just can’t forget and never want to.
So I know there's a few different mixes and different versions of this performance, and I was at Earls court to witness this live and it was immense. I've watched this song hundreds of times and watched most of the reactions. Run Like Hell matches, if not betters Comfortably Numb. But I'd like to know how and why the Chicago show was a thousand times better. Or do you just mean because it was live and you were there ?
@@martinleach3196 I was referring to the overall experience of a live show versus watching it on video. Not trying to compare individual concerts. My goodness I hope that's not what people inferred. 🙄
@@flubblert oh right. Maybe it's just me. I just wondered what you meant. Yes the experience of it live was amazing. The lights from the mirror ball, sparkling in your eyes. It was like you were in a trance. Although there may have been other reasons for that ! People have since wondered why the crowd wasn't absolutely going crazy. But in that moment, having that experience for the first ever time, we were transfixed by it all.
I was at the same show '94. Life changing. Did you notice if you stared at the reflections of the mirror ball the whole stadium looked like it was spinning..?
I had the privilege of being at this live show at Earls Court in London. I wept through a lot of it as it was pure sensory overload. The lighting was awesome and there are just no words to convey the sheer magnificence of the performance. It has had a lasting and profound effect on me and I wish everyone could have the opportunity to experience Pink Floyd live. Unforgettable and an impossible act to follow.
Saw the Pulse show in Columbus, Ohio on the Pulse tour 75,000 people. Comfortably Numb was surreal, wanted the guitar solo to go on forever!
I was there, and it’s one of the greatest things I’ve ever experienced, gives me goosebumps on my goosebumps 30 years later
That solo... thats what happens when the guitar receives its commands directly from the soul
That solo gets everyone stunned the first time they see this, I love that watching their face when it comes. The guitar is an extension of this man’s soul. It’s another voice. It’s divinity. Religious.
The whole Pulse Concert was so ahead of its time. What they pulled off in terms of light show synchronized with the music was cutting edge and has probably even remained unmatched ever since! Bear in mind, this was 1993 and the best computer back then was an early Pentium or something! And of course: David Gilmore is a guitar God! And some say that the second solo of comfortably numb played by DG on the pulse tour is probably the best guitar solo ever played on this planet. The Stage-Show definitely is! It’s just jaw-dropping - as you perfectly proved! :-) Other „musts“ from the pulse concert imho: „high hopes“ and „Shine on you crazy diamond“!
Agreed, but personally I'd add Great Gig In The Sky to that list! Cheers!
Happy to check those out as well definitely!
This was one of the most impressive and wonderful live shows I have ever seen!!
To this day this show and their stage presentation hasn't been surpassed.
They were doing this kind of thing long before Pulse. I saw them in the 80s and it was just as impressive.
@@squaaaaak3178: They were doing this in the 70's. I saw them in Lexington in 75'. But absolutely, it's always been amazing,
Saw this actual performance. Total sensual overload. The most amazing concert EVER. 75 years old now and still brings me to tears.
I've seen Pink Floyd four times in three different decades once in 74 for Dark Side of the Moon and 77 for their In the Flesh tour when Roger Waters was still with them and that may have been their best concert Believe it or not! I saw them in 87 for momentary laps of reason tour and I saw this Pulse concert in 94! I've seen around 100 concerts from AC/DC to Zeppelin and everyone in between alphabetically and never seen a better concert than Floyd!! Those other groups, some of them were phenomenal concerts but I'm sorry Pink Floyd concerts are a step above! Every song in this 94 Pulse concert is equal to most other groups finale. Comfortably Numb wasn't even the finale song "Run Like Hell" is! You should check that one out too!! I really do think the guys in Pink Floyd are from another planet!?!
Last comment, "Marc Brickman" was the lighting engineer for this concert tour and the guys in Floyd basically gave him a blank check and said "see what you can do"! And he saw what he could do and so did you!!
Ah my friend you confirmed what I thought, this live show just from this was insane and I can't imagine what it must be like to be there in person! ❤️
Saw the Pulse tour in Gothenburg it was a life changing experience.
@@MangeSoderling Dude I watched this on my couch and it was a life changing. I can not for the life of even fathom what it was like in person.
exactly, the whole show is like a never ending trip. When it's over you can hardly move or speak.
Ooh, I'll have to check that out. Run Like Hell has always been one of my favorites, and gets left out of the Floyd conversation when their music is brought up.
I was there the night this was recorded at Earls Court about a 3rd of the way back. I can't put into words the effect this solo had on me, Gilmour's guitar was plugged into my soul, I heard and felt every note. About a quarter of the way into the solo I had tears running down my face but I wasn't crying.
This IS the greatest guitar solo of all time.
Absolutely!!!
Steve Rothery ( Marillion guitarist ) also agrees with you…he’s stated it’s his favourite solo.
I was at this concert, mesmerising is one word that comes to mind. this whole concert was so special. Watching this brings back such good memories, and i still get goose bumps. great reaction :)
You were? Ah my friend that's awesome! Can imagine it's an experience like no other to see them live ❤️
@@GOTGames Yep I was there too with two mates at the back and when it was booked they said to me it was the best place for the whole experience - true or not, it was a fantastic night anyway.
Ahhh yes.... the obligatory "I was at this concert" that we see on every Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin video. At last count, at least half a million people on UA-cam have claimed they were at this Pulse concert. Who knew Earl's Court was that big?
I don't care how much you paid, you got your money's worth and then some
@@GOTGamesreact to motionless in white songs and def Leopard hysteria
You don't listen to Pink Floyd, you experience Pink Floyd.
NEVER interrupt a guitar solo with David Gilmour! Especially not twice!! Now that that's out of the way, check out "Sorrow" from same concert. Saw this concert twice and there is no bad song. You may want to watch the whole concert. I'm an old lady and seen many, many of the greats but nobody has ever topped this concert!
This old lady agrees 🤯
Exactly!!! One pause is one too many but twice, really, twice WTF! 😆
You know the rules , when Gilmore starts a solo stop the video and rewind a tad then talk a bit then play it but never ever stop playing it , but as for stopping it before the end is sin full and as said below doing it bleeding twice is really bad , hell fire even Americans say sorry for doing it and they never do it again .
Detroit Lady is spitting facts
What!? He actually interrupted…….🤦🏻
Saw them in Vancouver... and the ball was right above me.
And then holy crap... the ball drops, and then and drops down.
And then ball rises again ! And it spins. ;-)
There are few greater pleasures in life than watching folks see this performance for the first time 🎸
You are very correct. I've seen a few reactions to this, and no one else is as aware of the effort that was put in to this. No other concert could compare. But when you are performing the greatest guitar solo ever, you may as well make it the best visual also. This is just legendary and such a combination will never be replicated.
Being a boomer, I think everyone has heard Floyd...but clearly not. Until now, you lucky man! Lucky coz you've got a whole new Pandora's Box to look through with Floyd's back catalogue. This is one of their epic songs and Dave Gilmour is one of the world's best guitarists so a great place to start exploring one of the greatest Rock bands ever.
I have indeed heard of Pink Floyd my friend, I did say at the beginning but I have never seen this live show! This was amazing!! Just amazing! You are right though I need to learn so much more about this incredible band!
@@GOTGames They sure know how to put on a live show! Saw them at Wembley in 89 and hearing Comfortably Numb live was definitely a highlight.
of course he has heard of them, that or hes a moron fishing for likes on youtube, ill leave you to guess which...
Please watch some of these songs performed live with the actual band including the writer Roger Waters.
@@squaaaaak3178 I've been watching and listening to Floyd since 73 and saw them live in 75 and 89. But thanks for the advice, kid!
Saw this show in San Diego. Best concert - hands down. The audio was the perfect volume (full and not to where you couldn’t enjoy it. It was also the best mixed concert I’ve ever been to. Every voice and instrument and effect heard clearly. And as you mentioned - the visuals were beyond anything I had seen. When the lights hit the disco ball the place went crazy/er! Great vid! TY!
After watching and listening to your reaction to this classic, all I can say is, YES! 1000% YES! For the complete ride, you really do need to watch the whole Pulse concert.
I was at the live show in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. It was the most amazing experience of my life. And watching your reaction has me crying. Thank you.
This band is a living LEGAND! I have so many precious memories of their music due to my father when I was young. We would sit and chill in the living room with the lights turned down low and just chill ax to this song. When we would go on road trips he would put on one of their CD’s and we would jam together. My favorite album by them is Dark Side Of The Moon. They have so many phenomenal hits it’s always so hard to choose one favorite. Im so glad my dad was such a huge influence on my musical taste. Music like this is hard to come by now.
They put you in a trance, and bring you to a whole new planet in a galaxy never heard of
I've been a Pink Floyd fan since the release of their "Dark Side of the Moon" album in 1973, I was 17 years old. I've seen them twice, one time was The Wall world tour in 1980, that was the most incredible, phenomenal, Show or Performance I've ever seen!
It was a complete Experience.
Pink Floyed was formed in London in 1964, they have sold over 400 million albums worldwide. "Dark Side of the Moon" album sold over 55 million copies and went 14X Platinum, it was on Billboards Top 100 Albums of all-time list for 962 weeks, that's over 18 years on the list! More than double the 2nd place album.
...and with the kind of music being produced today, it is certain that this record will never be broken!
They are just something else, the amount of you that have seen them is so amazing! I would have loved to have seen this show!
@@GOTGamesdo a live video streaming of you play original i spy spooky mansion nonstop and play all I spy pc games play nonstop treadown
I was fortunate enough to have been at the Pulse concert in May of 1994 which was the last time Pink Floyd performed as a group in the USA. As a musician myself, I must say that this concert was the best I have ever seen. Throughout the entire concert I along with the 70k plus audience in attendance were totally mesmerized by the sound, video and lighting. It was an ethereal experience never to be forgotten! Cheers, Dave from Connecticut, USA. Fun fact: Pink Floyd had 3 identical stage set-ups including lighting each costing $5 million dollars. While they playing a venue, the other 2 stage set-up were on the move and being set up at future locations.
It's called a "rolling rig". Floyd were probably the first to do it, but many others have followed since, Stones, Maiden etc.
It's expensive, but it keeps spaces between dates at a minimum, which is easier on band and crew.
The whole concert is amazing! I suggest checking out the song 'Sorrow' from the Pulse concert next.
I was there, 10 rows from the front, just left of centre. The greatest musical experience of my life! I live near to where this concert was performed, Earls Court, London which is sadly no longer there, every time I pass I think of that night. An absolute masterpiece of sight and sound that will never be repeated!
It doesn’t matter how many times I watch this, it still gives me goosebumps. Congratulations you have just seen the greatest guitar solo ever. If you are so inclined, you can’t do wrong by reacting to ANY of The Pulse performances. My personal faves (aside from Comfortably Numb) are High Hopes, Sorrow, Keep Talking and Run Like Hell.If you don’t plan on reacting to any more then do yourself a huge favour and watch the show in its entirety. I guarantee your mind will be blown. Unfortunately I was so close to going to this but personal circumstances prevented me. Biggest regret of my life!
I 1st heard Pink Floyd in '74' up at Humboldt State Univ. "The Dark Side of The Moon" album is still at #28 on the list of the greatest albums of all time. I've been a fan for 50 years and I'll be a fan until I die. I saw them live in '94' in Oakland Cal. at the Oakland Coliseum. This song was the last song they played that night. That 8' disco ball that came down was more like a UFO that was opening up to check out this band. The lasers shot off of that ball and it turned the entire Coliseum into a moving liquid plasma. I had goosebumps for the next 2 hours. Out of 28 concerts from 1975 - 2008, this was by far my #1. Shedmen
David's solos called the Aliens, they arrived and they opened up their craft to listen to the show. Shedmen
You can see the while light beam coming down to circle Gilmore. "Beam me up Scotty"
At times during the show you could look around see the entire crowd, silent and staring at the stage in awe. Shedmen
Yes, I was there - at the Chicago stop of this show anyway. Gilmour can project emotions through his guitar like nobody .... ever. And yes, their special effects are 2nd to none because they have more money than God. You should have seen the last two Roger Waters solo gigs. Holy crap. Pink Floyd is and always is my favorite band, because they transport you to heaven.
I wish more people would react to mother from the Wall concert 1980/81. This gives a much more accurate picture of the real Pink Floyd when they were performing all the songs that Roger wrote.
especially in the Roger Waters show," US and Them," the factory that grows over the audience and in Amsterdam no less, beyond normal imagination. And there is nothing normal about this band's imagination. Pink Floyd did do a lot of psychedelic drugs. Most of us did as well and the audience was as high as the band. Was so much fun.
"That doesn't even feel real," is the best summary of this performance I've ever heard. It's the greatest musical performance in recorded history, period.
The wailing with the flower opening, starting at 11:44, is the most powerful musical experience I know. Have experienced it thousands of times and it still gives me goosebumps and tears in my soul - every. single. time.
Thank you, David and the light technician!
And thank you for a great reaction, G.O.T. Subbed, of course.
Absolutely! Right with you on this...
@@jasonward2681 Thanks!
@@jasonward2681 Close 2nds: the drums building as from 16:43 + David's & Richard's echoing as from 21:12 in this fantastic performance: ua-cam.com/video/zrProK5R7ms/v-deo.html.
All bring up some very ancient feelings/emotions in me, from _way_ before words were invented.
I've seen Floyd 5 times over my 67 years and each time got better and better. The Wall performance in Los Angeles was awesome
Saw this live at Earle's court twice, fucking amazing, the best band in the world by a mile, still gives me goosebumps.
I´m 60 years old and have followed rockmusic eversince i was 12. Here´s the shortest possible list of my absolutely favorite live performances:
* pink floyd: comfortably numb, live pulse 1994
* queen: somebody to love, live montreal 1981
* focus: hocuspocus, live midnight special 1973
* rammstein: du hast, live in paris official
* heart: stairway to heaven, kennedy center honors 2012
I could name a lot more, but this is the essence of what i want to rewatch any time.
PLEEEEEEEEEEEAAAASE DO FOCUS, please 😎
Best live guitar solo ever.
The whole Pulse concert is epic.
Pink Floyd has always been about sound AND vision.
Pink Floyd steals your soul and assaults your senses.
Forty years on and I still get shivers.
Took me weeks to come down to earth after being there...
I’ve heard this song this a thousand times, including live (I was a steward for three nights when Floyd played The Wall at Wembley). It still blows my mind.
100% agree.I really appreciate and like your genuine lively reaction .Nothing else more to say.That’s why I just subscribed to your channel .I am 68 and I have been blessed to be part of the Pink Floyd generation.Thank you kindly
One doesn't merely listen to Pink Floyd, One experiences them!
Glad you asked,, yes,, I was there in 1994 at Earl’s Court which has sadly been knocked down,,
I’ve got to say,, blew my mind and was in tears at time. The lighting,, the whole sound was immense ,, seen then a few times now but that was the best performance ever , period. 🙏🎶 🎸, I’m 56 and been a fan of there’s since I was 16,, awesome band. 👌
The entire DVD is a masterpiece.
Getting it 💯
I was there just seems like yesturday , but i was 22 yrs old. It was cold but once they started playing. We were in magic land. All those lights .the band everyone was happy. People throwing mushrooms in the air . Handing out acid. When it was over . I FELT LIKE I SEEN IT ALL . If i die now my life is now complete. Thats what it was like.
One of the best guitar solos of all time! David Gilmour has magic hands that makes the guitar sing 😊. The song High Hopes is awesome also.
Incredible musician Sir Gilmour!!!!!!!!!❤❤
SEEING them live takes it to another level...
I can watch and listen to Pink Floyd all day. Absolutely my favorite band of all time. Saw them live on April 21st 1994 at the Oakland Colosseum.
When I saw them, it wasn't even the last song, Run Like Hell was. I remember walking out of the concert stunned. Like I had been ubducted for a few hours and then spewed back out to the real world.
I’m 70 and to this day this song brings tears to my eyes.
I really enjoyed your reaction to this video. It allowed me to re-experience the memory of when I saw this live (Pulse Tour, 1993).
The entire show was beyond anything I could have imagined. You need to remember that this was happening live, in person, THIRTY YEARS AGO! It was so far ahead of the times that it is still, today, ridiculously impressive. There are no studio, computer generated, visual effects, added to this video. Everything was really there, in real time, in the flesh. The atmosphere that existed in that stadium, that evening was truly supernatural. Comfortably Numb was already my favorite "Headphone Escape". That evening, the entire show up to that point had already created for me, an alternate state of mind.
When this song started, a "Next Level" experience began. I became entranced. There were so many things happening visually and sonically. My attention was constantly jumping around, I didn't want to miss anything.
It was a powerful, experience, on a spiritual level.
The friend I had gone with later told me that I stood the entire song, with my eyes and mouth wide open. My head darting all around, and upwards at the light show. Tears streaming from my unblinking eyes.
I remember it as, crying in the presence of perfection. Witnessing the impossible become a reality. Yeah, it was that powerful an experience for me. No other show, before or since, has come close to that level of engaging my consciousness.
By the way, you mentioned "light houses turning" or something similar. I think you were referring to the revolving speakers that were onstage. They are called "Leslies" (after the inventor). These were (are still) the largest Leslies I have ever seen. Their effect was absolutely apparent during the show. Especially during the featured keyboard/organ parts. Search; 'Leslie Speakers', Wiki has a brief but informative article on them as well.
You have become my favorite "reactor" to watch. It is always a fun time. Keep doing what you're doing.
BRILLIANT my friend
You have just described divinity
Allow me to introduce this young reactor - she cried too
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Brilliant reaction, young man! I appreciate your honesty and appreciation for this performance. Cheers!
Ooh, this is a big one! I was raised on pink floyd, my folks were huge fans! This was a great show next to the delicate sound of thunder. If you ever wanted to analyze anything, 'dark side of the moon' deserves some time and energy. Love these retro-reactions!
Think more to come definitely!
I was there. It was the most incredible concert I have ever been to. The music, the lights, all of it was off the charts crazy big and over the top. Plus, what you got at the show, that you can't get watching the video, was that you could feel the music in your body as well. David's solo in this song was so good that it brought me to tears. I have NEVER seen another concert that comes close to what I saw that night.
If you are impressed by the lighting the PLEASE react to "run like hell" from the same concert. It was the closing track and they truly pulled out all the stops. Another great one from this concert is "sorrow".
Oh yeah? Ah excited to hear and see that!!!
Every song , Run Like Hell is the end
I absolutely agree with both. Great requests.❤️✌️🌼
@@jamesbondbond8388 AGREED
YES! To answer your question I had the once in a lifetime privilege to see Pink Floyd on that tour. April 30, 1994 in Birmingham Alabama, Legion Field Stadium. There were over 70,000 in attendance. This show was beyond anything I had, and would ever see again. It was life changing. I was 27 then. Now as a 55 year old man I find myself taken back and I have to say the emotions, the power, the euphoria is still there from that show. Thank you for sharing and bringing up those priceless memories.
This song is a gem and Gilmour is amazing ✨
I was at pulse in Miami orange bowl. The sound was insane, that wrapped the stadium with surround sound and since there is no roof the giant silver ball came out of the ground and went up to the air. Being in Florida we had a crazy tropical rain storm which only enhanced the light show, with the rain drops passing through the lasers, incredible!☮️❤️
Great reaction, now try SORROW from the same concert. I like the solo in SORROW just a bit more than the one you just watched. And the lights on SORROW are dialed up another notch. Incredible!
Thanks for this great video! This brought back a lot of good memories! I've seen Pink Floyd live twice and was there for PULSE LIVE. "Comfortably Numb" was always played last as an encore. I love Pink Floyd and will never forget this experience!
Get ready for prison. It's illegal to pause a Gilmour solo... 😅
I was lucky to see that show live.
In the tape/DVD is good, but, live is Amazing. The light show it still in my eyes after 40 years. Pink Floyd concert is a full body experience.
A few years earlier, when David still had long hair, they did a live version of "On the Turning Away." It was so like this one. And the beautiful trio of back-up girls really reach down deep. And another epic David Gilmour guitar solo. Check it out. It's on UA-cam.
I love to see your reaction and am so glad you younger people can still appreciate music from my era. I’m s 65 years old and I was lucky enough to see them twice in my life. You ask what was it like to experience them live and all I can say it was so profound and in my case spiritual. I mean that solo little rips the emotion out of your soul and stays with you all your life. I’m so glad you appreciate this kind of music still to this day. I’m afraid the likes of David Gilmore are few and far between.
Rock on and keep it up.
Mark
Texas
I am 70 years old and have played in bands all my life. This is the best lights, best show, best performance, best guitar solo ever. I played with some incredible players and I’ve also seen many guitar players who are technically superior to Dave Gilmore, but…..no one has his combination of skill, taste, and ability to make you “feel” every note he plays. The band as a whole is impeccable. For me….the only band I’ve seen live (twice) that can compare to Pink Floyd is Supertramp…..they are my #1 & #2 ….all time bands. Number 3 would be Steely Dan or, The Doobie Brothers.
Loved your honest reaction. The first time I saw this I was in shock for hours.
I'd say Gilmour is exceptional not for HOW he plays (although he's still among the very best), but WHAT he plays. He manages to tell complex stories without words with his solos. And these stories evolve from show to show. The only other guitarist with similar ability I know is Bryan May.
@@leorimkus Don't forget Gary Moore ;-)
I was lucky enough to see Pink Floyd during The Wall tour n The Division Bell tour and these videos are awesome, NOTHING is like seeing them live!!! The music reaches into ur soul and hits a chord that u NEVER EVER forget!!! The upcoming August 20 I’m seeing The Australian Pink Floyd and from wat I’ve seen, it shud be amazing!
"Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits Alchemy LIVE is good as a unique performance. Maybe not such big by stage effects because there is nothing compared to Pulse Concert, but musically is really unique.
I checked it out on the channel my friend ❤️
When I saw them perform this in Hamburg in 1989, I was literally stunned !
I just couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing - that stage was about three stories high! - and the music penetrated your soul, it was the most spiritual thing in a non- religious way that I have ever experienced! It was literally mind blowing, the lights lit up the entire city and even 35 years later I get emotional just thinking about it.
I have seen both Pink Floyd (on this same tour) perform Comfortably Numb live and have also see Nightwish live. It is a toss-up as to which was the better live show. PF gets the nod for overall sound quality and their light show. Floor gets the nod for vocal ability and overall stage presence. I think they tie for complete epicness! Both shows were must see and beyond fantastic.
I saw Pink Floyd 5 times between the Momentary Lapse of Reason and Pulse tours, and have seen over 150 concerts in total. I always thought nothing would come close to PF closing with Comfortably Numb followed by Run Like Hell. It was simply the most intense audio visual experience of all time. Nightwish on their recent tour closed with Ghost Love Score, followed by The Greatest Show on Earth. And while they did not have the overwhelming visuals that PF had, they put themselves squarely in the conversation for best ending to a concert ever.
I am now 63😕and have been to hundreds of gigs,I was there at that concert, gilmours solo on comfortably numb, was incredible,the emotion, the sheer volume,the atmosphere there was electric,it honestly brought tears to my eyes, feel so privaliged to have been there, and to think I nearly didn't get there, but that's another story🤗♥️
"That doesn't even feel real!" I know the feeling of walking out of a show and just being speechless as your ears begin the ringing which will echo off your pillow later on. Jah bless live music and the awesome musicians who feed us. ✌️
Hi, I was lucky enough to attend a Pink Floyd concert with my son, I think in 2019 (before the pandemic) at the Arena di Verona... the structure of the show was exactly the same: The immense circle that sometimes surrounds itself with lights, other times is used to project images or videos. An incredibly WONDERFUL show.
Lights and colors alternating continuously, nothing falling from the sky, of course, but we had the full moon in front of us.... I, who have been familiar with PF's work since I was a girl, occasionally clutched my son's knee tightly to keep from screaming with immense joy.
The band was the same as in "PULSE," and of course David G. was wearing his legendary black T-Shirt.
Iconic
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Teresa from ITALY
Back in O.C. Calif when I was 30 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a P.F. show coming up. Knowing I am a Floyd fan she called the radio station (KMET - LA, “The Mighty Met”) to get information on the concert, The DJ on live radio Cynthia Fox…. said...."Congratulations, YOU are caller number 10, YOU just won tickets to the show and the Sound Check Party before the show"...
I met David Gilmour back stage. He gave us both a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I told him his music will stand the test of time with anything from Beethoven or Mozart. He smiled even bigger. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shook both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well, better than any other guitarist I know. . I told him in my eyes he’s a “Legend“. He thanked me and said “Enjoy the show”…. during the concert after the song “Money” he looked right at me and said…. “On saxophone, another Legend, Mr. Raphael Ravenscroft” … acknowledging my comment to him. It is my favorite moment in over 300 shows I’ve seen.
I asked David…. How do you create those awesome solos?… he said….. I sit on a stool and listen to what Roger, Nick and Rick put down and play along. I listen to what I played and pick out what I like, then I put the pieces together into one piece then learn to play it as one. Our fans are fanatics for our shows to sound like the albums so I must play it correctly each time in a show. I have the concert Brochure and album on the wall with David’s picture centerfold.
All of us fortunate enough to have seen this show live were in a TRANCE.... MESMERIZED the entire show... as you can imagine. We walked out saying.... What did we just witness? That was out of this world incredible. The Red Fender Stratocaster he used for this concert in the Guitar Collector World is ....PRICELESS
I saw Pink Floyd’s pulse concert on May 1 1994 in Birmingham Alabama USA. For me it was the best concert that I have ever seen,felt and experienced! The experience of the show was absolutely amazing and mind blowing! David Gilmour is an absolute outstanding guitarist hands down!!
I went to their concert when they came to Australia. It was a mind blowing experience. The guitar solos of David Gilmour were unbelievably magical. It was one of the best concerts I've ever been to and a memory to keep forever. Also my ears were numb for several days. If you magnify your reaction by 300 percent to real life that was how good it was. Love your enthusiastic reactions by the way.
I was on one of the conserts they had in Oslo in 1994 on Pulse-tour. Still today almost 30 years later, I'm thinking of that consert. It is by far the best consert I've been on. And the best thing about it. There was no smartphone with cameras that disturbed the show. 40 000 people could have focus on the music and breathtaking lightshow. If there is one band I wish I could go back to watch once more live, it would be Pink Floyd.
I know ya done this reaction 2 years ago .. 30 years ago I took my 16 year old daughter as her last wish to go to a concert with her dad, I chose to go see Floyd Pulse concert at Earls Court 1994 was the year best decision of my life .. I still to this day find it hard to put it into words how the concert was for me or my daughter and the 10's of thousands of other Floydian's there .. watching how my daughter just cried an sang her heart out throughout every song was so emotional sadly she passed away a few days after but I'm a very proud dad that she got to experience this ONCE in a lifetime event .. this concert was subliminal / emotional / out of this world IMMENSE from start to finish .. how David made his guitar touch our souls his solo's was not of this world ! 200,000 watts and one of thee best visual moments you could ever experience in a concert ( for 1994 this was not heard of or ever seen in any other concert of that time .. nothing has come close even to this day ! ) .. the crowd was INSANE singing along respect to everyone there, the backing singers just smashed it they was immense ! And you are correct .. that WAS thee CENSORED best solo guitar .. Ever ! As Gilmour made his guitar sing to you and then cry at the end .. wow just WOW ! 30 years on and I'm still sitting there with my daughter in spirit experiencing our souls being lifted to another dimension ! PULSE for life .. ! All the very best ..
Hi, I saw this tour. This video shot at Earl's Court in London, I saw it in Denver. Life changing to be sure. I'm so jazzed to see other generations finding this music and these performances. Now you understand why people who were there are so passionate about this music. Cheers, keep em coming ❤
Absolutely brilliant I was there and watched it live and even though the video is stunning being there was unbeatable. The whole audience remained completely silent until the music ended and did so throughout the entire concert. We were about 35 rows back in the centre and its the best experience I will ever have.
I saw it two nights in Foxboro Massachusetts, one was totally clear, the other cloudy and foggy. The two shows had such different vibes because of the lighting effected by the weather. The foggy night had this weird diffused look while the other show it was extremely bright a completely different experience. The music for both shows was unbelievable. I can still picture the ball rising up off the field and opening up, again the effects of the lighting for this was so different each night. It was a very memorable experience.
I am very proud to say I saw Pink Floyd 5 times in the late 80s and 3 times in the early 90s including this tour. Never again will there be a concert production like they always did. They never needed an opening act because they were the only thing you needed to make your night. I get shivers remembering how I felt every time. I definitely consider myself very lucky to have lived during this time to experience such musical greatness.
When I was younger I listen to Pink Floyd but really didn't appreciate their music until I got older. And now I love to just close my eyes and listen to the music. My two older brothers got to see Pink Floyd twice and I'm so jealous that they got to see them, and both of them said the laser light show was better in person.
Glad that you liked the video,I cannot see this video too many times,it still blows my mind ever since.I saw them live at this concert all those years ago,and it still gives me the same thrill each time!
I was there back in '94 and in '89. Everytime when I watch this life performence, it gives me goosebumps all over and tears in my eyes. What you say... that does not even feel reel. But it was real...
I still have a tear now, after hearing this so many times - because I still remember hearing this live. Sydney January 1988. And you're right. At the end, of the song, even in the nosebleed section of the Entertainment Centre, it was like being in a trance.
And I'll be crying again next month. I'm flying to Rome to see a particular event at the Circus Maximus.
First concert my wife had ever been to - recently got married and started to share things about ourselves, and she was impressed..... just to see your reaction to things that were during a time you may not have been alive during both warms my soul and feeds my passion for Pink Floyd.
I am so glad I got to see them live. That is as close as you will ever get to being there and seeing them.
I saw this show in Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium. The energy, sound, and lights were beyond anything a video can show. You had to be there to truly experience the brilliance. I also saw their Delicate Sound of Thunder tour in Chicago. Equally as amazing.
I didn't see this exact taping, but I did see Pink Floyd (PULSE LIVE) on 7/18/1994 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. It was definitively the most EPIC concert I've been to in my life. Thanks so much for sharing this so I could re-live this incredible memory!
Yep I was fortunate enough to be at that gig. It was a show I'll never forget, completely awesome!!
LOVE IT WHEN SOMEONE IS INTRODUCED TO PINK FLOYD 🥰 welcome xx close your eyes, relax and enjoy the ride!
Feeling like you just woke up from a dream, was always the way with Pink Floyd. I think they KNEW how to tap into the part of your brain that is working in your sleep.
I was there, side of the stage right above the keyboard player, Rick Wright, and because of the light show, it didn't matter where you were in the room, you were included. It was f*****g awesome: the sound the lights, the atmosphere, the company I was with. It still remains the best gig I ever went to.
I have seen Pink Floyd live, and i have seen every Pink Floyd tribute show here in Norway ❤️ i love Pink Floyd. Brit Floyd is commin to a town near me, and im goin 😃😃😃
I was there. You have no idea what this was like. It was fucking insane. The whole place erupted at the end. What a guitar solo.
Comfortably Numb, I wish you were here, Just a brick on the wall are some of the greatest songs of the world. Pink Floyd knew (knows?) how to do big and unforgetable concerts. I lost my chance to go to one, after I returned to Brazil, they performed in Milan, Italy, one of my friends, a musician, went there... Even older, they are perfect! Roger Waters seems to feel like he was young... Thanks, dear Luke! You made an old soul happy!!!