Congratulations, you've successfully passed the first rule of Pink Floyd.... Not interrupting a David Gilmour guitar solo (which is a punishable offence). Kudos!
As probably somebody has already pointed out in the comments, the song is not about an „acid trip“ it is about a real life experience by former band member Roger Waters, who became severely ill before a concert. The verse is the doctor trying to help him („Can you show me where it hurts?“) The Chorus is the patient („your lips move, but I can‘t hear what you‘re saying“). The doctor then gives him a medical drug („just a little pin prick“), so that he is fit enough to play the concert. („that‘l keep you going through the show“). Waters said that he felt „comfortably numb“ throughout the concert and it reminded him of the state when he was a child and had a severe fever. So it‘s about a kind of trip, but rather from an illness and not from drug abuse.
Almost anyone who doesn't know the "basic facts" (to borrow a line from the song) almost always gets the meaning wrong. Just because the song is so trippy, much like this ignorant fellow, they think it's about an acid trip, but it shows that they are NOT listening and understanding the lyrics. I could write a master's thesis on what this song means to me, but I will spare the keystrokes here.
Waters may have written the lyrics but you can thank Gilmore for the end product and the sound because Waters vision of the song sounded so different, They had so many busy ups over comfortably numb .
Lots of specialist on here folks, obviously part of the band as a few different versions about it? Best to listen and enjoy and maybe keep the ins and outs for the playground guys. I'm sure there's an official version of the facts that can be found that don't include stick wagging at people. Don't be put off by people's self importance! Love the channel guys. 👍🏻🇬🇧🇺🇲
Sorry about your Dad man. I have told my daughters I want Carry on My Wayward Son for mine. Hope you are well and know your father will always be with you in your heart. It will be painful for awhile but someday you will think of him and realize your are smiling and it actually feels good.
.I'm sorry about your dad, I lost mine this year too. But it's funny because I always talk to my sons and tell them I want them to play the whole 'Dark side of the moon' at my funeral.
Welcome to one of the greatest songs ever written and quite possibly the best Pink Floyd song Waters and Gilmour put together, not to mention one of the most beautiful, powerful and moving guitar solos in music history. I was too young to see them when they were playing Dark Side Of The Moon but went to the best concert in my life in 1988 when they toured Australia. Even after listening to numerous versions of this song it still sends shivers up my spine.
Well yeh, but apart from The Moody Blues, The Beatles, Status Quo, The Bee Gees, Blur, Queen, Dire Straits, The Cure, The Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Erasure, Mott The Hoople, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Motorhead, Madness, Slade, The Sex Pistols, The Kinks, UB40, Black Sabbath, The Stranglers, Herman's Hermits, The Rolling Stones, Depeche Mode, Culture Club, Simple Minds, Radiohead, Pulp, Def Leppard, T Rex, Stereophonics, Mumford and Sons, The Sweet, The Animals, The Move, Cream, Gerry and The Pacemakers, ELO, New Order, Massive Attack, The Tremeloes, Dave Clark Five, Fleetwood Mac, ABC, The Stone Roses, The Rubettes, Wings, Joy Division, The Shadows, Procol Harum, Ultravox, Mungo Jerry, The Real Thing, Wizard, Kasabian, Roxy Music, Mud, Showaddywaddy, Tears For Fears, Spandau Ballet, Take That, Mike and The Mechanics, Oasis, The Proclaimers, Cockney Rebel, Squeeze, The Verve, The Stranglers, The Searchers, Yes, Bay City Rollers, The Smiths, Genesis, Travis, Snow Patrol, The Yardbirds, Hot Chocolate, The Police, The Tornado's, Iron Maiden, OMD, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Manfred Mann, Supertramp, Deep Purple, James, The Jam, Coldplay, Simply Red, The Eurythmics, 10CC, and a load of others, they haven't really had many good groups.
One of the greatest guitar solos ever, in my opinion. You will get people belittling it, blaa, blaa, blaa. It always gives me chills. Cheers from Australia.
I've been playing guitar for 35 years, and anyone who belittles this guitar solo has obviously never picked up a guitar in their life. It's insanely good!
I was going to say the same thing, lol, if you need drugs to listen to Pink Floyd, you ain’t listening to Pink Floyd, no drugs needed, they are the drug, it’s a natural drug, being addicted to music isn’t going to kill you are mess your mental health up, drugs will, so it’s a no brainer
@@Penddraig7 not true.. if you have a joint or two and then recline on your chair with headphones on , every effect and sounds whistles through your body making it tingle
There is much truth in your observation. With that said, there are a few other solos that rank up there with this from Gilmore: Page and Stairway to Heaven; Clapton and the live Filmore version of Crossroads; Hendrix and All Along the Watchtower; Felder and Walsh and Hotel California. I am surely missing others, but those are a good start.
I have problems with that statement but then I have problems with just about every best of list ever created as they are all way to subjective. Music is art and subjective things should not be ranked in my opinion. I know just as many people who fall asleep in this solo as love it! I fall into the love it category personally but there are plenty of other solos that I also love.
Same concert...Sorrow, Run Like Hell, High Hopes, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Coming Back To Life. Also, On The Turning Away...live.
I saw this tour when I was living in Atlanta. The best description of the concert was when it ended my friend looked at me and she said "I'll never be able to explain this to anybody".
That is the truth. This was one of the very first computerized concerts, at a time when most folks didn’t know what a computer was, or what it could do. It was - LITERALLY - indescribable.
And then refuse to listen to them cos you're not into heavy metal drug music :D . David Gilmour has said that he'd love to hear DSotM for the first time and the thing is, you can with hypnotism. I saw Devin Brown do a show where they taught a girl to play piano to a concert level in no time at all. At the end it turned out she was a classically trained pianist who'd lost her passion and he'd hypnotised her into forgetting that she could do it. It reignited her love for it through the excitement of getting that good from "nowhere", it was all fresh to her again even though he'd given her her memories back.
At this point - Pulse 1994 - Pink Floyd were already 30 years going. You might wanna see „Echoes : Live in Pompeii 1971/72“ … that being said, believe it or not, singer and guitarist David Gilmour, 78 years old, brought out a new album a couple weeks ago and today Sep 27th 2024 he starts his new tour (in Rome).
No phones, just a crowd taking in the amazing spectacle. The lady in the crowd about 10 seconds from the end just turning around and taking in the whole experience. Brilliant.
I am 65 years old , and I was there at a Pink Floyd concert . All I can say is, it was just like a massive loud beautiful Dream . No reality.. what.. so.. ever . They took me down a path that I still vividly remember even to this very day , and all you can do , is just follow and enjoy . Your sprit is just drawn in. Much, Much more than just Music .
I was lucky enough to be at that concert and it was truly amazing, scarily it was over 30 years ago, and the venue isn't even there anymore. Glad you liked it, and now watch the rest.
There weren't many people tripping there in 1994. I was there! It was more like coffee and popcorn and lots of mums and dad's. You must be thinking about 60s and 70s. Anyway it was the best thing ever!
"Pulse 1994" 14 days in a row sold out, also their last concert. 200,000 watts of power. ( 3 power trucks outside) 128 wireless speakers, outside shows needed FAA clearance for the gold lasers, 3 stages be moved around bu 53 semis. saw times. recommend any song at Pulse " sorrow"" Run like Hell' High Hopes" second half they played DSOTM from start to finish
Comfortably numb is one of the best live performances from a band that were at their best when doing live shows. They always put on great light, laser and imagery shows. I went to see Floyd at earls court, London. It was the pulse tour concert and was blown away, even though I'd listen to Floyd since I was a child. The guitar solo by David Gilmore I think, is on of the greatest guitar solo's of all time. Thanks for the reaction and hope you do some more Floyd reactions
Which night? I was at the same venue,second night,the night after the circle seating collapsed. We all floated out and on to the tube,stunned by what we’d all just witnessed.
Yes, but far better to watch the film (The Wall, 1982) - the album was cut down from that. And the Gerald Scarfe animations are off this world (though not on this particular track).
Great reaction, Jess and Mike! When I was younger, I would put on a set of headphones, lie my head back and let the soundscape wash over me. There was no acid involved, just Pink Floyd!
I graduated high school in 1968. I feel very fortunate to have grown up and experienced the best music and times of the 60's and 70's. I saw Pink Floyd in concert in the early 70's in a national guard armory building before they became the GOAT's. Great concert and memories from a generation I wouldn't trade for anything.
This is from 'The Wall' album, an autobiographical journey by Roger Waters. The film is incredible too. Floyd was my 1st gig, way back in 1977, so every gig since has been compared to it!
Pink Floyd are one of the greatest bands ever. Groundbreaking Innovative and Extraordinary ❤️ Amazing singer/ song writers and musicians, Dark Side of The Moon, The Wall, so many incredible albums. Dave Gilmore recently posted ahead of the tour the beautiful Between Two Points with Romany Gilmore ❤
The gods that are Pink Floyd. I have been a Floydian for over 50 yrs. They will be played FOREVER. They will be played at my funeral.❤🙏 This is the best live concert ever
You are definitely picking some of the best music to react to, Jess and Mike. And you both become SO " in touch " with the whole experience, it's a pleasure to watch your reactions.
The child is grown, the dream is gone. This song has had the greatest impact on my life, of any song I've ever heard. Still get goosebumps after hearing it for over a thousand times.
Yes I was there. 1st night the stand collapsed and we fell about 30 ft ..... they had to stop the concert, but got to see them once they rescheduled. Was lucky enough to see them on two of their tours. Stiil one of the best gigs I ever saw.
It's about a rock star (the protagonist in the story of "The Wall") about to go on stage being given drugs to get him through the show as his life falls apart after building an emotional wall around himself. Their lyrics always have meaning.
Thanks for playing this and for your comments. Your joint “wow” pretty well sums it up. You made me laugh because that’s everyone’s first reaction 😂 I first saw Pink Floyd in the 70s on their Wish You Were Here promo tour in Coventry, UK. They played the new album, then a load of tracks from Meddle and earlier. After the interval they played Dark Side of the Moon from start to finish. It was an experience more than a concert, one that I cherish to this day.
Masterpiece not only of Pink Floyd, but of all rock and roll ever. Transcendent and important, Pink Floyd's footprint marked the path for the aspiration to be better. Like the greatest works in any art, time makes them grow, they are ageless, they become essential. 1000 years will pass and it will sound better with each passing day.
And like myself, a Rush lover too! Another amazing band. Both Pink Floyd & Rush are in a league of their own. Queen of course the third band we add to the greatest band list. More recently, i also think Muse are amazing. 👍🇬🇧
I would definitely have tried to get tickets for London this time if I wasn't already booked in to a holiday in Iceland. David forgot to check in with me when he booked those dates! 😁 Luckily I have been to three of his concerts (all at the RAH) in 2006, 2015 and 2016, so I haven't missed out completely! But I would have liked to have seen this one too.
I’m 64 and grew up in the 70’s when Pink Floyd and Zeppelin were at their very best. Saw both bands and all the other greats in Madison Square Garden through the 70’s. Was a magical time
It is so much fun listening to young people react so well to what my generation cherished! I must have played The Wall album a hundred times, but Comfortably Numb, a thousand. Even better, as a teacher, I love hearing how much my students love the 70s rock icons; Zeppelin, Who, Floyd, Stones..and The Beatles. When I was 20 I did not care about music that was popular 50 years in the past. But the music revolution started by these groups resonates with the young and will survive! I remember one of my friend's father offering him $100 back in 1971 if Led Zeplin was still popular in 5 years. I hope he collected.
I saw this performance in Vancouver, BC in 1994. This song was already my favorite song, but when this performance happened I was blown away. I was in the 7th row from the stage, mesmerized by watching Gilmour play, but when I realized that there was a huge disco ball behind me getting lit up - and then the guitar solo went off into an ethereal new level of intensity - it was a mind blowing experience. I don't even have the words. I watch folks like you reacting to it, not knowing what it was like to be there, and it takes me back to one of the best moments in my life. I am so happy, and grateful, that I got to experience this first hand.
Agree, you don’t need drugs to love Pink Floyd. Their music is timeless just as are the classics like Bach, Beethoven, etc. as long as this earth is still spinning Pink Floyd will still be listened to.
When you can play guitar like that, who needs fancy clothing? Gilmour could've been lying in bed for the whole solo and he'd still have entranced the entire audience.
Pink Floyd from their inception were an audio/visual group live , their use of lights and imagery are part of the groups DNA , live they were always a multi sensory experience
Very well reacted folks. You didn’t pause in the solos, you looked like you coulda cried and we’re all for it. Pink Floyd is so supremely talented and they’re not songs, they are experiences. I could hear that second solo every day for 50 years and I’d never ever get bored of it. It’s so emotional, so emotive and yet every listen you find another avenue of the solo and get lost in another world corner of the music.
It was a world tour then. ,,Division Bell´´, Pulse. It is now 30 years ago-October 94, I was there in Prague, Czech Republic. A huge stadium, an open arena, the same show and 140,000 fans. No one wanted to go home and not sleep at all. A lifetime experience, no band has surpassed it.
After seeing some great bands live in my life including Iron Maiden, Rush & The Rolling Stones, this was the greatest concert i ever did see. Although being the Worlds No1 Pink Floyd fan, i would think that! 😉🇬🇧🇺🇸
Greatest Guitar Solo I've ever heard. David Gilmour is the ultimate anti-shredder guitarist, focusing on just playing all the right notes (rather than ALL the notes).
There are plenty that can do both. I love David’s guitar work, but if you think that he’s the best then you need to fish in a bigger pond. I don’t like “Best Whatever” lists. I prefer tiers. I have probably 25 or more guitarists in my top tier. I have a physical album collection of +|- 6,000 albums going back to around 1960. So I have listened to a lot of music and a lot of guitarists throughout the years.
It's about dealing with mental anguish and anxiety. Waters (the bassist) lost his father, a pilot, during the 2nd WW. His mother brought him up and was over protective. Due to his background he suffered with anxiety and depression.
This was phenomenal but also check out anything from the 1973 Led Zeppelin concert at Maddison Square Gardens. Since I've been loving you, Stairway to Heaven in particular.
Hi, it's good to see young people react to Pink Floyd, i have been a Floyd'y for over 50 yr's now, i flew from Australia just for the Pulse concert. Best thing i ever did !!!!!!!! And Pink Floyd music has nothing to do with drugs
We actually reacted to both of these the same day about a month ago. They've been fighting copyrights for the past month. Sultans of Swing will be up tomorrow.
@@RNTV great, hopefully we will be able to watch you react to it, marks an amazing guitar player with a unique playing style, which i hope you noticed?
Shine on you crazy diamond is a great song.I still have the Lp with Embryo on it. (from Harvest Records sampler ‘Picnic’)"Embryo" (sometimes called "The Embryo") is a song by Pink Floyd. It was recorded in 1968.The sound of things to come.Please check out the great band YES.Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968.No drugs for me or my friends but some alcohol was consumed.🤣If you have the time check out Roundabout a song by Yes. This will give you a good taste of the band.Cheers both.
Listening to Dark Side of the Moon, the album, is a journey. Don't listen to it in bits..... I tripped on it without the acid.... When it came out, I was in high school in a country town in Australia. Every Friday we gathered at someone's house and hung out listening to music. So, I heard Dark Side then but I think I was too young to "get it". I was more into Cat Stevens, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Joe Cocker and some Australian bands. Funnily enough, around the same time I got into Blues and a lot of black blues legends like Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters. Not totally unsophisticated tho, because Jethro Tull struck a massive chord with me when I heard Aqualung.
Literally about taking pain killers to get through the performance Metaphorically about emerging as an adult into the world (caught a fleeting glimpse) Just my take
I was at that concert, i was 23 and on my " Big OE " ( Overseas Experience ) and to this day, this concert, or show i should say, because Pink Floyd dont just give you a concert, they give you an experience, is the best show ive ever been to. The whole show was sooooo good. And when that ball dropped and opened was other worldly. And its great i get to relive this through you, love it!
These were the last PF concerts I went to. I i did 6 of the 13 night run. The first PF gig I went to was in 67, tickets were aprrox 1 dollar. Your dad maybe interested to know they were supporting a guy called Jimi Hendrix
Thank you so much for reacting to this. I was in high school here in North Carolina when this song first came out in 1980. I remember it well. My girlfriend at the time and I loved attending concerts. It was one of the things we loved doing together. My wife did the same thing during that time period as well. There were a huge number of wonderful groups at the time and concerts were not very expensive to attend. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Boston, Journey, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Triumph, 38 Special, Foreigner, and many others. I cannot describe to you what a wonderful time it was to be young then compared to today. We were happier, relationships were closer, life was more carefree, and the music was spectacular. Our 4 adult children (29-33) love 70’s/80’s music just as we do. My heart just aches that young people will not get to experience life as we did as teenagers in the 70’s/80’s. Again, thank you so much for posting this video. It was a wonderful treat.
Never listened to 'Dark Side all the way through?' Do yourselves a favour my friends. Promise me? While I'm at it... 'Firth of Fifth' by Genesis is a magical must do. How's the cricket going?
It's much more than a guide to an acid trip. The key line (for me) is "The child has grown, the dream is gone...and I have become comfortably numb.", mourning the loss of innocence and all the associated hopes of youth.
In the 70's in my town in Iowa, there was a concert every weekend. I seen everybody from Deep Purple to ELP. And back then it was only $4.50, I've seen Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Winter, Foghat, Peter Framton, and on, and on, and on. But: by far, Pink Floyd pulse concert was the best mind blowing concert I ever went to. I'll never forget it, center stage, 3rd row. I didn't want it to end. Love, love, love Pink Floyd. ❤❤❤❤
Congratulations, you've successfully passed the first rule of Pink Floyd.... Not interrupting a David Gilmour guitar solo (which is a punishable offence). Kudos!
I was ready to throw something if they interrupted it! Lol
Which explains why I cursed when an ad broke into the solo!
What he said!👆😊
It carries the death penalty.
Absolutely
As probably somebody has already pointed out in the comments, the song is not about an „acid trip“ it is about a real life experience by former band member Roger Waters, who became severely ill before a concert. The verse is the doctor trying to help him („Can you show me where it hurts?“) The Chorus is the patient („your lips move, but I can‘t hear what you‘re saying“). The doctor then gives him a medical drug („just a little pin prick“), so that he is fit enough to play the concert. („that‘l keep you going through the show“). Waters said that he felt „comfortably numb“ throughout the concert and it reminded him of the state when he was a child and had a severe fever. So it‘s about a kind of trip, but rather from an illness and not from drug abuse.
Almost anyone who doesn't know the "basic facts" (to borrow a line from the song) almost always gets the meaning wrong. Just because the song is so trippy, much like this ignorant fellow, they think it's about an acid trip, but it shows that they are NOT listening and understanding the lyrics. I could write a master's thesis on what this song means to me, but I will spare the keystrokes here.
Waters may have written the lyrics but you can thank Gilmore for the end product and the sound because Waters vision of the song sounded so different, They had so many busy ups over comfortably numb .
@@jamiezaman His surname's spelt "Gilmour".
Lots of specialist on here folks, obviously part of the band as a few different versions about it? Best to listen and enjoy and maybe keep the ins and outs for the playground guys. I'm sure there's an official version of the facts that can be found that don't include stick wagging at people. Don't be put off by people's self importance! Love the channel guys. 👍🏻🇬🇧🇺🇲
I was told the song was about Syd Barret
You have just witnessed the greatest guitar solo ever!
Right. Sends chills down my spine.
Mark Knopfler's "Sultan's of Swing" Alchemy solo is a close competitor.
@@ClandOp Yeah, definitely close, but no cigar!
Right. It doesn't get any better than this. In other words: It's all just downhill from here. 😜
@@thomask8345 🤣🤣
Been a Floyd fan 50 years and never touched drugs, not everybody had to be high to listen to pink Floyd...
Oooh … you missed out big time. lol
@@Jespa_007 na i dont need artificial stimulants to enjoy music....
A lot of artificial stimulants helped to make the music around then though lol
It helped though! 😁😂👍
@@daicullinan9970 to each his own I didn't want/need it.....
Played this at my father's funeral a few weeks ago. Just such a beautiful track. 😢
*Your father would of been super proud that you played this at his farewell Andrew. God Bless my friend.*
Sorry about your Dad man. I have told my daughters I want Carry on My Wayward Son for mine. Hope you are well and know your father will always be with you in your heart. It will be painful for awhile but someday you will think of him and realize your are smiling and it actually feels good.
.I'm sorry about your dad, I lost mine this year too. But it's funny because I always talk to my sons and tell them I want them to play the whole 'Dark side of the moon' at my funeral.
It's in my will to play this song at my funeral because one day we all hope to be "comfortably numb" in the end
Welcome to one of the greatest songs ever written and quite possibly the best Pink Floyd song Waters and Gilmour put together, not to mention one of the most beautiful, powerful and moving guitar solos in music history. I was too young to see them when they were playing Dark Side Of The Moon but went to the best concert in my life in 1988 when they toured Australia. Even after listening to numerous versions of this song it still sends shivers up my spine.
Just another legendary band from a tiny island off Europe!!!!
Well yeh, but apart from The Moody Blues, The Beatles, Status Quo, The Bee Gees, Blur, Queen, Dire Straits, The Cure, The Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Erasure, Mott The Hoople, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Motorhead, Madness, Slade, The Sex Pistols, The Kinks, UB40, Black Sabbath, The Stranglers, Herman's Hermits, The Rolling Stones, Depeche Mode, Culture Club, Simple Minds, Radiohead, Pulp, Def Leppard, T Rex, Stereophonics, Mumford and Sons, The Sweet, The Animals, The Move, Cream, Gerry and The Pacemakers, ELO, New Order, Massive Attack, The Tremeloes, Dave Clark Five, Fleetwood Mac, ABC, The Stone Roses, The Rubettes, Wings, Joy Division, The Shadows, Procol Harum, Ultravox, Mungo Jerry, The Real Thing, Wizard, Kasabian, Roxy Music, Mud, Showaddywaddy, Tears For Fears, Spandau Ballet, Take That, Mike and The Mechanics, Oasis, The Proclaimers, Cockney Rebel, Squeeze, The Verve, The Stranglers, The Searchers, Yes, Bay City Rollers, The Smiths, Genesis, Travis, Snow Patrol, The Yardbirds, Hot Chocolate, The Police, The Tornado's, Iron Maiden, OMD, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Manfred Mann, Supertramp, Deep Purple, James, The Jam, Coldplay, Simply Red, The Eurythmics, 10CC, and a load of others, they haven't really had many good groups.
@@Lilly8Listens Now there's a list for them to listen to😀
@@TheStellalegs72 Guilty as charged, apart from James and Pulp
@@TheStellalegs72 Nothing wrong with Shirley Bassey, love her.
you forgot adam and the ants lol
One of the greatest guitar solos ever, in my opinion. You will get people belittling it, blaa, blaa, blaa. It always gives me chills. Cheers from Australia.
Have you seen Australian Pink Floyd?
I've been playing guitar for 35 years, and anyone who belittles this guitar solo has obviously never picked up a guitar in their life. It's insanely good!
Who's been belittling it and what time are their visiting hours ? Lol
Some of Jazz, Fusion, Prog elitist corners unfortunately
No doubt.
You don't need drugs for Pink Floyd...they ARE the drug!
drugs just make a good thing better
I was going to say the same thing, lol, if you need drugs to listen to Pink Floyd, you ain’t listening to Pink Floyd, no drugs needed, they are the drug, it’s a natural drug, being addicted to music isn’t going to kill you are mess your mental health up, drugs will, so it’s a no brainer
@@Penddraig7 not true.. if you have a joint or two and then recline on your chair with headphones on , every effect and sounds whistles through your body making it tingle
Doesn't hurt. 😁
Yeah, but drugs enhance it. The first time most of us older folks heard this, we were on the nod or just stoned.🏴🇬🇧⚒️
It's been said, but worth repeating: You've just listened to what is largely considered the best guitar solo in Rock history.
There is much truth in your observation. With that said, there are a few other solos that rank up there with this from Gilmore: Page and Stairway to Heaven; Clapton and the live Filmore version of Crossroads; Hendrix and All Along the Watchtower; Felder and Walsh and Hotel California. I am surely missing others, but those are a good start.
Possibly. But watch Stevie Ray Vaughan texas flood live at the El Mocambo. That is if you're in to blues / rock.
Pink Floyd is heavy in the light shows
I have problems with that statement but then I have problems with just about every best of list ever created as they are all way to subjective. Music is art and subjective things should not be ranked in my opinion. I know just as many people who fall asleep in this solo as love it! I fall into the love it category personally but there are plenty of other solos that I also love.
Well, it's the best edited solo, this solo is taken from different sections from different dates of the tour.
Same concert...Sorrow, Run Like Hell, High Hopes, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Coming Back To Life. Also, On The Turning Away...live.
That show closer,Run Like Hell,I was there and the explosion at the end made EVERYONE jump.
What a gig,best I’ve ever seen.
I spent hours listening to Link Floyd in my bedroom as a teenager in Cornwall
England
Yes what they say!
I think Sorrow is an even better performance than Comfortably Numb.
@@roadkill7314 I agree but partly because I had heard CN so many times. Sorrow solo is epic!
I saw this tour when I was living in Atlanta. The best description of the concert was when it ended my friend looked at me and she said "I'll never be able to explain this to anybody".
Your friend nailed it.
That is the truth. This was one of the very first computerized concerts, at a time when most folks didn’t know what a computer was, or what it could do. It was - LITERALLY - indescribable.
I saw the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour at the Omni, and this tour at Vanderbilt
This brings tears to my eyes watching people watching this for the first time.
This was and is still the greatest concert ever that I have ever seen bar none
Someone once said that they'd like to erase all traces of Pink Floyd from thier memory just for the shear joy of discovering them again!!!
And then refuse to listen to them cos you're not into heavy metal drug music :D . David Gilmour has said that he'd love to hear DSotM for the first time and the thing is, you can with hypnotism. I saw Devin Brown do a show where they taught a girl to play piano to a concert level in no time at all. At the end it turned out she was a classically trained pianist who'd lost her passion and he'd hypnotised her into forgetting that she could do it. It reignited her love for it through the excitement of getting that good from "nowhere", it was all fresh to her again even though he'd given her her memories back.
At this point - Pulse 1994 - Pink Floyd were already 30 years going. You might wanna see „Echoes : Live in Pompeii 1971/72“ … that being said, believe it or not, singer and guitarist David Gilmour, 78 years old, brought out a new album a couple weeks ago and today Sep 27th 2024 he starts his new tour (in Rome).
And this performance is also now 30 years old!
👍👍
Such memories of growing up in Northern England in the 70's.
You've just witnessed one of the greatest guitar solos ever played
No phones, just a crowd taking in the amazing spectacle. The lady in the crowd about 10 seconds from the end just turning around and taking in the whole experience. Brilliant.
This is because in 1994 we didn't have camera phones.
I am 65 years old , and I was there at a Pink Floyd concert . All I can say is, it was just like a massive loud beautiful Dream . No reality.. what.. so.. ever . They took me down a path that I still vividly remember even to this very day , and all you can do , is just follow and enjoy . Your sprit is just drawn in. Much, Much more than just Music .
Brilliant, no other words
I was lucky enough to be at that concert and it was truly amazing, scarily it was over 30 years ago, and the venue isn't even there anymore. Glad you liked it, and now watch the rest.
Happy Memories of this night..My first and only experience of seeing them live ..What a night
There weren't many people tripping there in 1994. I was there! It was more like coffee and popcorn and lots of mums and dad's. You must be thinking about 60s and 70s. Anyway it was the best thing ever!
Same here. The best thing not there-mobile bloody phones lol
And over priced bottles of Carlsberg
Yes, no psychedelics at the 87 or 94 shows but 75 was blotter acid and 77 was mushrooms. Those were the days!
david gilmours solo still makes me cry
"Pulse 1994" 14 days in a row sold out, also their last concert. 200,000 watts of power. ( 3 power trucks outside) 128 wireless speakers, outside shows needed FAA clearance for the gold lasers, 3 stages be moved around bu 53 semis. saw times. recommend any song at Pulse " sorrow"" Run like Hell' High Hopes" second half they played DSOTM from start to finish
Omg that was a guitar solo from heaven,thank you god❤️
Haven't even watched your reaction yet but I'm saying YEEEEESSS THANK YOU.
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Hands down the most amazing shot in concert history! Barely anyone is moving, just mesmerised!!!
Comfortably numb is one of the best live performances from a band that were at their best when doing live shows. They always put on great light, laser and imagery shows. I went to see Floyd at earls court, London. It was the pulse tour concert and was blown away, even though I'd listen to Floyd since I was a child. The guitar solo by David Gilmore I think, is on of the greatest guitar solo's of all time. Thanks for the reaction and hope you do some more Floyd reactions
Which night?
I was at the same venue,second night,the night after the circle seating collapsed.
We all floated out and on to the tube,stunned by what we’d all just witnessed.
@@TheCornishCockney same night, second night. I travelled from Manchester. Been to several concerts but pink Floyd will always be my favourite memory.
@@caitlyn9391 mine too,we might have bumped into each other at the bar!
I was there on the Saturday night, best night out ever.
To understand it you must listen to the whole album. It's part of the journey. THE WALL
Yes, but far better to watch the film (The Wall, 1982) - the album was cut down from that. And the Gerald Scarfe animations are off this world (though not on this particular track).
Great reaction, Jess and Mike! When I was younger, I would put on a set of headphones, lie my head back and let the soundscape wash over me. There was no acid involved, just Pink Floyd!
One of the greatest guitar solos ever, thanks for the reaction.
This concert is amazing !
The fact you could resist commenting during one of the most awesome songs with amazing music. Good on you. All the best in the future.
Thank you so much friend! We greatly appreciate this 💚💜
I graduated high school in 1968. I feel very fortunate to have grown up and experienced the best music and times of the 60's and 70's. I saw Pink Floyd in concert in the early 70's in a national guard armory building before they became the GOAT's. Great concert and memories from a generation I wouldn't trade for anything.
This is from 'The Wall' album, an autobiographical journey by Roger Waters. The film is incredible too.
Floyd was my 1st gig, way back in 1977, so every gig since has been compared to it!
Pink Floyd are one of the greatest bands ever. Groundbreaking Innovative and Extraordinary ❤️
Amazing singer/ song writers and musicians, Dark Side of The Moon, The Wall, so many incredible albums.
Dave Gilmore recently posted ahead of the tour the beautiful Between Two Points with Romany Gilmore ❤
Its "Gilmour" - pay attention!
The gods that are Pink Floyd.
I have been a Floydian for over 50 yrs.
They will be played FOREVER.
They will be played at my funeral.❤🙏
This is the best live concert ever
You are definitely picking some of the best music to react to, Jess and Mike.
And you both become SO " in touch " with the whole experience, it's a pleasure to watch your reactions.
The child is grown, the dream is gone. This song has had the greatest impact on my life, of any song I've ever heard. Still get goosebumps after hearing it for over a thousand times.
One doesn't merely Listen to Pink Floyd, One experiences them. Welcome to rabbit hole we all call Pink Floyd.
Yes I was there. 1st night the stand collapsed and we fell about 30 ft ..... they had to stop the concert, but got to see them once they rescheduled. Was lucky enough to see them on two of their tours. Stiil one of the best gigs I ever saw.
It's about a rock star (the protagonist in the story of "The Wall") about to go on stage being given drugs to get him through the show as his life falls apart after building an emotional wall around himself. Their lyrics always have meaning.
I was at this concert and it’s by far the best concert I’ve ever been to.
I’m 70 now and listen to great gig in the sky . Literally I fill up every time after 40 years
The greatest solo of all time and you never interrupted it well done
Congratulations you have just experienced the best and second best guitar solo’s on the planet.
Thanks for playing this and for your comments. Your joint “wow” pretty well sums it up. You made me laugh because that’s everyone’s first reaction 😂 I first saw Pink Floyd in the 70s on their Wish You Were Here promo tour in Coventry, UK. They played the new album, then a load of tracks from Meddle and earlier. After the interval they played Dark Side of the Moon from start to finish. It was an experience more than a concert, one that I cherish to this day.
ditto - I was there as well. great night.
Try and watch Echoes live in Pompey when they were young, it's a must watch.
Masterpiece not only of Pink Floyd, but of all rock and roll ever. Transcendent and important, Pink Floyd's footprint marked the path for the aspiration to be better. Like the greatest works in any art, time makes them grow, they are ageless, they become essential. 1000 years will pass and it will sound better with each passing day.
i was there, both nights. It changed me. Try Sorrow, from the same gig
I was there too. Loved the energy of "Run Like Hell" . Never forget that night !!
12 nights straight, sold out, I was there for 1 and a friend was there for 5 ( lucky so and so) absolutely amazing.
I was there the night this was recorded. Earls Court in 1994. Spectacular show!
I went to two of these shows in October 1994, 30 years later I have tickets for Davids shows at the Royal Albert Hall this October.
And like myself, a Rush lover too! Another amazing band. Both Pink Floyd & Rush are in a league of their own. Queen of course the third band we add to the greatest band list. More recently, i also think Muse are amazing. 👍🇬🇧
I would definitely have tried to get tickets for London this time if I wasn't already booked in to a holiday in Iceland. David forgot to check in with me when he booked those dates! 😁 Luckily I have been to three of his concerts (all at the RAH) in 2006, 2015 and 2016, so I haven't missed out completely! But I would have liked to have seen this one too.
@@Paul-hl8yg The Warning as well!
I’m 64 and grew up in the 70’s when Pink Floyd and Zeppelin were at their very best. Saw both bands and all the other greats in Madison Square Garden through the 70’s. Was a magical time
It is so much fun listening to young people react so well to what my generation cherished! I must have played The Wall album a hundred times, but Comfortably Numb, a thousand. Even better, as a teacher, I love hearing how much my students love the 70s rock icons; Zeppelin, Who, Floyd, Stones..and The Beatles. When I was 20 I did not care about music that was popular 50 years in the past. But the music revolution started by these groups resonates with the young and will survive! I remember one of my friend's father offering him $100 back in 1971 if Led Zeplin was still popular in 5 years. I hope he collected.
I saw this performance in Vancouver, BC in 1994. This song was already my favorite song, but when this performance happened I was blown away. I was in the 7th row from the stage, mesmerized by watching Gilmour play, but when I realized that there was a huge disco ball behind me getting lit up - and then the guitar solo went off into an ethereal new level of intensity - it was a mind blowing experience. I don't even have the words. I watch folks like you reacting to it, not knowing what it was like to be there, and it takes me back to one of the best moments in my life. I am so happy, and grateful, that I got to experience this first hand.
I seen this tour it was insane best and I mean best concert I ever went to and I've been alot
How can people of your age not have heard this song? This is a lost era of guitar solos. No aurotune. Pure talent.
Agree, you don’t need drugs to love Pink Floyd. Their music is timeless just as are the classics like Bach, Beethoven, etc. as long as this earth is still spinning Pink Floyd will still be listened to.
I would get home after partying all night. No lights just blaring pink floyd album. What a flight 😊
Thank you for taking me back to my youth. You wanted to know what I was doing at this time, so would I 😂
First time here. Loved it! More Pink Floyd please!
Have you noticed that Dave Gilmour ( guitar and silky voice) looks like he's come to unblock your toilet, and yet he is an amazing performer?
When you can play guitar like that, who needs fancy clothing? Gilmour could've been lying in bed for the whole solo and he'd still have entranced the entire audience.
I was extremely lucky to be at that show at Earls Court in London in 1994. Amazing memories.👌❤️
Pink Floyd from their inception were an audio/visual group live , their use of lights and imagery are part of the groups DNA , live they were always a multi sensory experience
Very well reacted folks. You didn’t pause in the solos, you looked like you coulda cried and we’re all for it. Pink Floyd is so supremely talented and they’re not songs, they are experiences. I could hear that second solo every day for 50 years and I’d never ever get bored of it. It’s so emotional, so emotive and yet every listen you find another avenue of the solo and get lost in another world corner of the music.
What a super solo guitar by David Gilmour, a really masterpiece!
It was a world tour then. ,,Division Bell´´, Pulse. It is now 30 years ago-October 94, I was there in Prague, Czech Republic. A huge stadium, an open arena, the same show and 140,000 fans. No one wanted to go home and not sleep at all. A lifetime experience, no band has surpassed it.
After seeing some great bands live in my life including Iron Maiden, Rush & The Rolling Stones, this was the greatest concert i ever did see. Although being the Worlds No1 Pink Floyd fan, i would think that! 😉🇬🇧🇺🇸
Run like hell....from the same concert. Excellent.
Greatest Guitar Solo I've ever heard. David Gilmour is the ultimate anti-shredder guitarist, focusing on just playing all the right notes (rather than ALL the notes).
There are plenty that can do both. I love David’s guitar work, but if you think that he’s the best then you need to fish in a bigger pond. I don’t like “Best Whatever” lists. I prefer tiers. I have probably 25 or more guitarists in my top tier. I have a physical album collection of +|- 6,000 albums going back to around 1960. So I have listened to a lot of music and a lot of guitarists throughout the years.
@@stevenewcomer8837 No-one ever said he was the best. He does't need to be. He just got it right and found a legendary solo.
Saw this concert '94 in Munich, Germany. Best concert ever, never to be topped.
It's about dealing with mental anguish and anxiety. Waters (the bassist) lost his father, a pilot, during the 2nd WW. His mother brought him up and was over protective. Due to his background he suffered with anxiety and depression.
Hi. The music is the drug, it's the only music that can bring me to tears.😪
From the same PULSE collection, check out SORROW, and also RUN LIKE HELL.
Best guitar solo ever! Great reaction. Just got another subscriber.
Watch the whole PULSE concert start to finish even on your own time. Will change your life forever!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
Echoes live in Pompeii is amazing by Pink Floyd you can't beat a bit of Pink Floyd awesome band 🇬🇧
This was phenomenal but also check out anything from the 1973 Led Zeppelin concert at Maddison Square Gardens. Since I've been loving you, Stairway to Heaven in particular.
Hi, it's good to see young people react to Pink Floyd, i have been a Floyd'y for over 50 yr's now, i flew from Australia just for the Pulse concert. Best thing i ever did !!!!!!!! And Pink Floyd music has nothing to do with drugs
now you've done comfortably numb, you have to do SULTANS OF SWING from dire straits, from the alchemy concert in 1983. amazing guitar playing.
We actually reacted to both of these the same day about a month ago. They've been fighting copyrights for the past month. Sultans of Swing will be up tomorrow.
@@RNTV great, hopefully we will be able to watch you react to it, marks an amazing guitar player with a unique playing style, which i hope you noticed?
The entire list of songs with the pulse live concert is off the chart fantastic and excellent musicians and talent at their best jiving together
Shine on you crazy diamond is a great song.I still have the Lp with Embryo on it. (from Harvest Records sampler ‘Picnic’)"Embryo" (sometimes called "The Embryo") is a song by Pink Floyd. It was recorded in 1968.The sound of things to come.Please check out the great band YES.Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968.No drugs for me or my friends but some alcohol was consumed.🤣If you have the time check out Roundabout a song by Yes.
This will give you a good taste of the band.Cheers both.
Listen to the entire Pulse concert. Very enjoyable!👍❤️
Listening to Dark Side of the Moon, the album, is a journey. Don't listen to it in bits..... I tripped on it without the acid....
When it came out, I was in high school in a country town in Australia. Every Friday we gathered at someone's house and hung out listening to music. So, I heard Dark Side then but I think I was too young to "get it". I was more into Cat Stevens, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Joe Cocker and some Australian bands. Funnily enough, around the same time I got into Blues and a lot of black blues legends like Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters.
Not totally unsophisticated tho, because Jethro Tull struck a massive chord with me when I heard Aqualung.
Pink Floyd is an experience
How David Gilmour wasn't cooked under those spot lights i'll never know :)
A light technician asked Gilmour just before the concert: "How much light do you want?" Gilmour just answered: Ÿes....."
I was at 3 pink floyd concerts and nothing then or now is anywhere close to the live shows. And the party outside the venues was crazy fun !😮🎉🎉🎉
Literally about taking pain killers to get through the performance
Metaphorically about emerging as an adult into the world (caught a fleeting glimpse)
Just my take
I was at that concert, i was 23 and on my " Big OE " ( Overseas Experience ) and to this day, this concert, or show i should say, because Pink Floyd dont just give you a concert, they give you an experience, is the best show ive ever been to. The whole show was sooooo good. And when that ball dropped and opened was other worldly. And its great i get to relive this through you, love it!
These were the last PF concerts I went to. I i did 6 of the 13 night run. The first PF gig I went to was in 67, tickets were aprrox 1 dollar. Your dad maybe interested to know they were supporting a guy called Jimi Hendrix
Thank you so much for reacting to this. I was in high school here in North Carolina when this song first came out in 1980. I remember it well. My girlfriend at the time and I loved attending concerts. It was one of the things we loved doing together. My wife did the same thing during that time period as well. There were a huge number of wonderful groups at the time and concerts were not very expensive to attend. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Boston, Journey, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Triumph, 38 Special, Foreigner, and many others. I cannot describe to you what a wonderful time it was to be young then compared to today. We were happier, relationships were closer, life was more carefree, and the music was spectacular. Our 4 adult children (29-33) love 70’s/80’s music just as we do. My heart just aches that young people will not get to experience life as we did as teenagers in the 70’s/80’s. Again, thank you so much for posting this video. It was a wonderful treat.
The greatest guitar solo ever
I can still feel the heat from the lights and the power from the speakers went right through you absolutely awesome.....so glad I was there
Never listened to 'Dark Side all the way through?' Do yourselves a favour my friends. Promise me?
While I'm at it... 'Firth of Fifth' by Genesis is a magical must do. How's the cricket going?
Was super cool watching your reaction to this!
It's much more than a guide to an acid trip. The key line (for me) is "The child has grown, the dream is gone...and I have become comfortably numb.", mourning the loss of innocence and all the associated hopes of youth.
You may want to check the lyrics to this , a Floyd fan will explain them 👍👍
In the 70's in my town in Iowa, there was a concert every weekend. I seen everybody from Deep Purple to ELP. And back then it was only $4.50, I've seen Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Winter, Foghat, Peter Framton, and on, and on, and on. But: by far, Pink Floyd pulse concert was the best mind blowing concert I ever went to. I'll never forget it, center stage, 3rd row. I didn't want it to end. Love, love, love Pink Floyd. ❤❤❤❤
Saw floyd Dark Side 1973 earls court mock plane crash and all.
But in all honest, this Pulse show was Gilmour at his best
Try on the run from this concert, they did the entire Dark Side in the second half.