Apologies for the cuts guys! It pains me to do so. I had some copyright issues with this so I had reduce video size/volume and add in a couple of cuts. Don't hate me. :)
A real Floyd fan will forgive you. This was part of a year long, world tour. Everything you are seeing here has been done every night. Earls Court (this arena) was actually the smallest place they played on this tour... But they did 14 nights here! Breaking the record. Thank you for such a great reaction. Shine on ! And when the Mirror Ball opnes up, It's about reality opening up (from the story of the Wall). Welcome to Floyd !
My dad was at this concert he died this year during first wave of the pandemic he got me into pink floyd and I miss him terribly but I get a sense of happiness knowing he was there and had the time of his life. David Gilmour was his favourite musician and comfortably numb was his favourite song and this version always left him speechless.
I was there aswell mate, ,your dad witnessed the 8th wonder of the world, quadraphonic sound,,,a lighting show you just couldn't believe, ,,I'm so sorry for your loss ! The grieving takes 2 /3 years before a little acceptance sets in but never leaves you ,Peace !.
So sorry for your loss Marty, I’m glad you find some happiness when you watch this just knowing your father was there for this masterpiece of the ages.
As a 72-year old American, it is SO gratifying to see younger enthusiasts totally enjoy this great, great band and for you to appreciate what a virtuoso Gilmour is. Teach your peers AND your children of the beauty and brilliance of this band, this man and this piece of music. Nice review.
It wasn't 5 minutes of Gilmour's guitar crying. It was 5 minutes (and 26 years) of millions of other guitars crying that they'll never get played like that.
@@ThomFoolery1 Pulse is the name of the live album that this concert was recorded from. It's all mislabeled on youtube for some reason. This was the Davidson-Bell concert and this was the Pompeii concert.
Are U aware that David auctioned off his black Stratocaster Guitar, $4 million dollars, most $$.paid for a rock star's guitar. Played it for 50yrs. plus.
I could listen to this solo a million times and my reaction will always be the same! my soul is transported out of my body, time stops flowing for 5 minutes, nothing exists around me, it's an indescribable feeling! this is probably the best concert solo and live performance of all time! the way gilmour makes his guitar scream...it's just amazing...
When I saw this show in Tampa, by time the last note rang out my girlfriend and I were slack jawed and speechless. We shuffled out of the stadium, got in the car, still dumbfounded and disoriented, and drove for nearly a half hour before we said a word to each other.
Most guitarists go on stage, plug their guitar into a pedalboard and amp, and play to the audience. David Gilmour walked on stage, plugged his guitar into his heart and yours, and channelled the emotion right from his soul to yours. He can get more out of one note than most musicians can from several bars. The only competition for "best guitar solo of all time" is his other rendition of the same song at Pompei, but I have only experienced that on video. The Earl's Court performance was the greatest concert of my life. 2nd tier, just facing the mixing desk, stage right. You can almost hear the gasp on the recording when the lighting rig starts moving (it had the projection screen in the middle of it (this being the days before video walls), and again when all the super-troupers lit up that ball - it was like a star going supernova over the centre of the arena! Their lasers were awesome - I heard afterwards they were prototypes, and there were no spares n existence of the same power. And I can re-live it by putting the DVDs in. And yeah, the place was rammed, and I walked on air for several days afterwards. The setlist included the whole of Dark Side Of The Moon, which is still my favourite album of all time. You do a pretty good job with it, especially considering you aren't playing a strat 🎸👍
Hey Phil! Wow, "plugged his guitar into his heart and yours" that's beautiful mate, wish I said that in the video haha. So true, he has a transcendent ability to transport you elsewhere with the music that is so rare. I think the Pompei performance might've been the one a saw a clip off a long time ago, I need to check that out too. I am so envious that you were at that concert. It's incredible alone on video which means it must've been out of this world in person. Thanks for sharing that experience. Thanks mate! :D
My uncle and cousin got me into pink Floyd at 13/14yo and once I was in the army I weirdly got lots of people into it 😂, just by playing it in my room then I’d hear others start to play it after asking who it was.. 38 now and still get goosebumps when others first hear it 😊... P.S well done for not interrupting a Gilmour solo
For me the best live guitar solo ever witnessed. The album version solo is up there with hotel California, stairway to heaven etc etc but this blows all of them out of the water. Cool reaction
@@ThomFoolery1 I just found your reaction to this song. I love the way you can listen remember and then do a pretty good go at the 1st solo. Love the channel ❤ I recommend "sorrow" same concert it will floor you.....
Regarding the Pulse title: it is the title of the DVD set this is taken from, all recorded at Earls Court in London. Not much extra lighting added for these shows, this was actually how they toured. Regarding the tour: they actually had three identical stages on this tour. Because it was so massive they had to have three of them nr. 2 was the stage that was being played on (usually several nights in a row) while stage 1 (which was in the city they played before stage 2) was being torn down and stage 3 was being built in the city where they would play after stage 2. Stage after being torn down moves to the city after stage 3 basically every stage when torn down leapfrogs over the other two stages. Huge operation.
I believe Pink Floyd lost a huge amount of ££ss on the live shows. I saw the 1st Wall live concert and they built a wall onstage during the show. At the end you couldn’t see the band and a plane came down over the audience and smashed through the wall. WOW
they always had mad light shows because they thought they were dead boring to watch on stage, they wanted their audience to have something else to look at! personally, I'd die happy just listening to Gilmour in a dark room, for ever!
Saw this tour in Vancouver. There are no words. I was row 55 on the floor right beside the giant disco ball. One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I feel sorry for any Floyd fans that will never get to experience this. And let me tell you, watching it like this never gets old either. I must have seen this video a thousand times and it still gives me chills.
Saw them in the Pulse tour also, I was 18. Side seats of the stadium (Foro Sol, Mexico City), first rows in the tribune, just between the stage and the disco ball (in this case it emerged from ground level). I can also clearly remember the pristine quadraphonic PA mix. It’s a tragedy new generations will never experience something like that. Btw, sweet guitar, man. You can never go wrong with a PRS.
I was at their show in Oslo. Truly an experience for life, never to be forgotten, never to be equalled. I feel sorry for those who missed this tour. There will never be anything like this ever again.
I would regard this outro solo as perhaps the most moving in history, followed closely by the lap steel outro of "High Hopes" - a must see - from the same tour. If your eyes don't tear up a little, your soul is dead. "High Hopes" is the consummate closing cut of their studio album, it is the perfect ending to their careers in the studio and a monument to Syd Barrett.
Never...fails...to...amaze...and yeah the section he plays right as the ball opens up is almost the first section I go to when seeing reactions...its usually priceless...
I was at this concert in 94, in Toronto, which was an outdoor venue (3 nights). When the screen tilts forward during the solo, you don't notice the crew uncovering the disco ball (rises from the ground of course for an outdoor show, unlike Earl's Court). And, unlike the concert film from the 1988 tour, the disco ball opening up was another spectacular detail. I'll never forget that night.
@@ThomFoolery1 the ball was initially covered with a black cloth cover. At the right point in the solo, imagine the crew pulling the cover and the ball was elevated by a powered telescopic pole. Then the lights hit the ball and reflect around the entire stadium. I still get goosebumps from the whole thing.
As soon as the lights hit the "disco ball" all stage lights turn of, except one that lights up Gilmour. When it opens up the stage lights come back on.
C'est un héritage magnifique que nous laissera Pink Floyd. Somptueux concert, l'mage le son, et la technique tout y est....Merci encore, j'ai 67 ans et suis toujours aussi fan !!!
I concur with Sorrow and throw in ‘On the turning away’ for some amazing guitar playing. The live version on Delicate Sound of Thunder album is stellar.
This performance succeeded in doing two things: 1. Reminding me just how good Pink Floyd are, 2. Make Nightwish's cover/tribute of High Hopes even more impressive because of 1.
I’m 61 years old now and still get chills when I hear this song. David Gilmore has always been my favorite guitar player. The way he stretches those strings he puts every ounce of heart and soul into his music. There will be no other and there’s nobody out there in my eyes that will ever compare with him.
Great reaction!!! Okay, a couple of things to mention. Pink Floyd always, ALWAYS paid as much attention to detail for their concert tours, as they did when producing albums. They pretty much invented the idea of lights at a live show being more than just steady spotlights on the band members. I have seen old videos (1960's) where they projected lava lamp effects and colours on the stage while performing. And I have also been to 2 Pink Floyd concerts, minus Roger Waters. Light show and special effercts were out of this world, and they did something actually illegal. For their last encore, they finished without actual fireworks in a closed stadium! They exploded just under the roof, and knowing the group fairly well, I watched them and not the fireworks for long, and saw all of them hop into waiting limos behind the stage, and they were off to the hotel or whatever. So when the crowd stated yelling for another encore, I told my friends let's head for the exits and we beat the crowd out of the stadium by a mile. I have also seen David Gilmour solo AND Roger Waters solo, within a month of each other. Another thing I would like to mention, is that everybody seems oblivious to the fact that this is actually an editted version of this performance. There are a couple of 'dodgy' notes, according to some, and thus it was editted. The problem I have with that is that in order to cut out a couple of dodgy notes, 67 seconds got cut. And that, to me, seems like 'Oh I have a wart on my finger, I think I will cut off my arm.' A couple of notes is what, 2 seconds? To cut over a minute extra seems excessive. And all you have to do to see for yourself is to type in UNCUT at the end of the rest of it, and there it will be.
Hey there, thanks for sharing the information and your thoughts. Really is amazing what they put into these shows. Someone else mentioned that this was an edit which is crazy to me. I definitely agree with you, would much rather see the full thing and hear a couple off notes. I'll have to check out the uncut version. Thanks 🙂
This was billed their last world tour. So this production was at all of their shows. I remember going to the Pasadena, CA. Show both night and somehow ended up in Arizona for their next show a few days later. The light and the production in this show was a amazing thing to be their. That light towards I remember staring at it as it went from A pillar to a mushroom to a Lotus flower, it was amazing.
I’m not a guitar player but I love to listen to guitar, and I came across this Pink Floyd live performance just a few weeks ago having never really been a fan as such. Since first hearing it, I can’t get the song out of my head and that entire performance is just epic! I’ve watched a few reaction videos and enjoyed the one from “The Charismatic Voice” but yours is equally enjoyable because you are clearly a talented guitar player and it was very interesting to see your reaction as someone who can appreciate what it takes to create that amazing solo. I’m 50 years old so way too late to become a good guitar player starting from scratch but I would love to be able to create even a few sounds from some of my favourite tracks. We have a couple of guitars in the attic so maybe I should take one to a music shop and get a new set of strings installed and tuned and start learning. Crazy idea?
Finally someone who understands the beauty of this masterpiece! This song has ruined all music for me. There will never be a song as beautiful! That ball was built by Stagecraft Inc. and is one of the largest in the world at 16 feet in diameter. The mirror ball splits open to a height of 24 feet revealing a powerful 12 kilowatt Phoebus HMI lamp inside.
Great review. Love your analysis of how various effects are achieved. There are NO bad tracks on the Pulse Tour. Try Time, Sorrow, Shine on you Crazy Diamond, One of these Days and the finale to the gig - Run Like Hell. I remember in an interview David was talking about how "Shine On" was developed, and he said that he was just experimenting one day and those classic 4 notes that mark the tempo change "just fell out of the guitar". No one does gigs like this anymore!
The best part of amazing simplicity is the slide down at the very before they go out. Perfect distorted tone and perfect time. I've never hear a slow slide down on a low E that was so amazing. 13:05
Your reaction to the ' disco ball ' was priceless , I was fortunate to have seen Pink Floyd live , check out Run Like Hell from the same concert , it will blow you away !
One of the greatest guitar solos. Sat...no, laid down actually...in many a smoky and darkened room on many an evening back in 1979 listening to The Wall and waiting for this track to come on, on the fourth side of the vinyl. Saw them in Wembley (the old stadium) in 1989, on the tour before this one - epicAF, obviously! The CD of Pulse was a double album and had a red LED built into the spine, which flashed about once a minute...forever! Most people had covered it up or ripped it out within a few weeks - or maybe that was just me! Nice analysis and great appreciation of what Dave is doing.
Thanks very much Tony! Haha I can imagine those days. I think I was born about 20 years too late! So interesting about the LED albums, that's so fantastic. Cheers! :)
David Gilmour is not human; he is a god! If you've not seen Pink Floyd live - especially back in the 70's and early 80's - you've not truly lived. I was at the Wall concert at the LA Forum way back in the day and it was surely a milestone in my life. I'm 60 now but still have my ticket stub and tour t-shirt framed and on the wall in my cave.
I am 64 and introduced my guitar-playing 21-year-old college son to vinyl and my music when he was in high school. He came away thinking Floyd was better than the Beatles and he loves the Beatles. It still amazes me how many people from our generation did not "get" Pink Floyd!
I have been lucky to have seen pink floyd in concert a couple of times but to be at this concert Earl's court 94 I have to say apart from the birth of my son was the best experience of my life 🎸
I was very lucky to have seen them in 1987 at London Docklands Arena. I was only just getting into their music but to this day, it was by far the most impressive concert I've ever experienced with this song being the absolute icing on the cake. The place was fully seated & throughout the concert, everyone in front kept standing up & could only see the special effects above such as the bed & inflatable pig with huge balls flying across the arena, all lit my the lasers. However, when this song came on, I simply sat down & melted into the seat to let the sounds flow over me. To this day, listening to any rendition by Mr Gilmore pretty much makes me stop what I'm doing & immerse myself into it.
The spinning thing there is a speaker.. Meant to give a spacey feel to the tunes. They went all out on the show for the pulse tour. Hasn't been a better live show before or since. If anyone is gonna disagree, you better post a link to the "better" here in the comments. As we all know, pics or it didn't happen lol
I was at this tour when they played in Canada in 94. This was the epic ending but the show wasn't over yet...they came back and played Wish You Were Here and Run Like Hell for the encore!
They always had great stage design. Mind-blowing. During The Wall concerts they built a whole goddamn wall and a plane that used to crash into it and the end of "In the Flesh?". It was so expensive that they lost money of the tour.
For that wailing riff at the end he's holding the 17th fret on the high e string and the 19th fret on the b string while dive bombing with the tremolo. I've seen other videos of this song where they show him doing that more clearly.
I saw Floyd twice on their extended tour for the "Momentary Lapse of Reason" album, first at Cleveland stadium on Sept. 17th 1987, and then again near the end of their tour, at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh in May 1988. Their light shows and props were basically the same during this tour as they were for the later Pulse album shows. They brought out the "Animals" Pig dirigible, and the Teacher balloon from "The Wall" tour, as well as the crashing German warplane that flew across the stadium on cables and disappeared behind curtains off to the side of the stage in a flashpot "explosion". THe huge "disco ball" was just that, a huge mirrored globe. When it opened, the lower half had like fronds that opened downward, and the top half, the fronds lifted upward. The fronds were also mirrored inside and lights were inside, so it caused new and different light effects to rain on the crowd. It was almost like you were in the midst of all the universe's stars, as they spun around you. To answer your questions, the whammy-bar shrieking guitar was almost indescribable, but I'll try... the volume of the music was probably around 120 decibels and it echoed around the stadium. The vibrating whammy-shaking sound caused your neck (presumably through your eustachian tubes) to vibrate quite violently, while at the same time, the high pitched wail made your brain tingle and feel like it was blowing up like a balloon. If you have ever been near a top fuel dragster or nitro funny car and were not wearing ear protection or covering your ears when the driver punched the gas pedal, THAT SOUND AND YOUR BODY REACTIONS to the sounds is very similar. I had to grab both sides of my neck to restrain my vibrating neck! It was actually rather scary, but it was also just too awesome, because you knew that it was just the music. I don't recall that David played the whammy wailing at the Cleveland Stadium, but he did in Pittsburgh. The solos were significantly different at the different performances, and the Cleveland stadium solo was not nearly as good as the Pgh Stadium solo. Actually, neither were as awesome as the "Pulse solo" because they weren't as polished and the buildup to the crescendo wasn't as cleanly and artistically pleasing in it's structuring as it was in Pulse Live. However, the Pittsburgh solo was definitely much more similar and you get the sense that some of his ad-libs used in the Pgh solo were appealing enough to David that he incorporated them into his later renditions. Also, Dave's hands were magically, extra on fire that night in Pgh, and his finger speed and picking were at his best. I suggest that everybody seek out his Comfortably Numb performance from that night and give it a listen. The audience went nuts after he did that brief 20 seconds of shredding in his solo, because it was probably the fastest, smoothest speed notes he's ever done. See here: ua-cam.com/video/aKNkQkZNSEg/v-deo.html to listen to the full Pittsburgh concert. Comfortably Numb starts around the 2:00 hour mark. Also, we had great seats at the Pgh concert... 5th row from the stage, on the ground, a little to the right side. At an unusually quiet crowd moment, I stood up on my chair and yelled at David and got his attention and waved to him and he waved back. I don't recall where in the concert that I did this, but if you listen through the entire thing, you might even hear my loud-ass voice yelling out "HEYYYYY DAVVVVVVE!" lol
When you said you may have already seen this, I'm thinking, "Oh, you would DEFINITELY remember this if you had seen it before." I've seen quite a few reactors do this video, but most don't seem as thrilled with the visuals as you were...and as someone who had the same reaction as you, I'm glad I'm not alone. Those who were able to be there in person must have been overwhelmed...I know I sure would have been.
Hi Gloria! Yes, you're right I would have remembered this. I think I maybe watched their performance a clip from Live 8 concert or something. This was on another planet though. Yeah the music is amazing on it's own but the visuals really elevate into something hypnotic and magical. :)
Iam 65 and heard this a hundred times and still get chills. I was blessed to see them two times and it was like a religous experience to feel that music. Best in history.
Thanks for doing this, the guitar analysis is great to see. I was at one of those Earls Court shows in ‘94, I was sitting just in front and to the left of the central mixing desk. The mirror ball was just behind me, over my right shoulder. A great show.
Saw them in 1975 in Hamilton, ON Canada and 1993 in Toronto, ON. Saw Waters as well a couple of years ago in Toronto as well. Awesome shows all of them!
The concert was part of the Division Bell Tour. The video is in connection with the Live album released the following year which was called P.U.L.S.E. The inspiration for the song is in part Roger's personal experience but the meaning within the context of The Wall album is completely different. The thing with the Floyd in concert is that they have always stayed at the forefront of light show technology from their earliest days. The album cover of Dark Side is a testament to that. Both Nick and Roger with their training as architects certainly gave them an advantage in staging a superb concert.
Best reaction I’ve seen to this video! I went thru the same things! “Is that thing moving”? One thing about a Pink Floyd concert no matter where you are sitting you are in the middle of the show. You actually feel like you have to go to another one because you likely missed something really good. They are unique in all they do. Great job!
Thanks very much Mark! Haha that's a great point and I can imagine that. Many people have commented below saying that they've seen them multiple times so it makes sense. :)
I was at this concert in Clemson SC. That was the best show I've ever saw! I saw them in the 70s do dark side of the moon which was unreal also but lighting got much better over the years. The best for sure!
I don't know how much tickets cost for this tour, but it looks like they put almost all of it back into the show. Between the sound system and the lights (no LEDs in '94) there must have been enough wattage on that stage to power a small city. All that on top of the flawless playing...I don't play guitar, but I've heard a saying - something like "control your effects, don't let them control you." Yeah, Gilmour gets an exemption. His control is amazing
I watch all of the reactions I can find to this. Reactions to the first solo are always great and I’m like “you need to strap in for the second one then matey!”
I've been living & breathing the PULSE concert, and especially this solo, since I bought the CD & VHS of the show back in the late 1990's. I've noticed a flourish of reaction vids from people watching this live version from PULSE lately and it's been amazing to watch people go bonkers over the solo and stage show that I've desperately tried to get everyone I know to experience. I feel vindicated! HAH!
One of the best reactions i have seen on UA-cam of this same song. You felt everything the should be felt... You saw the stage the lights the music the croud.... Will wait for more content of yours. Subscribed.
saw this 7 times: 200,000 watts of power 4 sets of 32 speakers. disco ball is a slap at music critics said P.F. doesn't play 4 beat 4 minute dance songs got little radio play. When the ball comes out you are suppose to get up and dance but the only thing that dances is Gilmours fingers
There're a lot of videos of peoples reacting to the song but a reaction video by a guitarist is the best! You know the musical theory, you can react and explain what is played on stage! You feel the performance and I can have a better understanding of the magic of the tune I listen for so many years!! Nice PRS BTW!
Pulse was Pink Floyd's final tour for Division Bell and the band as a whole. If I remember it was a total of 112 shows done in 2 legs. It was my first concert. My father took me to see this show I had just turned 13 and have never again had such an amazing concert experience.
Woohoo nice surprise :) 15th September 1994 is one of those dates in my life cause that day I've attended Pink Floyd concert on this Division Bell tour in Udine, Italy! Man oh man, I was 18 years old then and it was clear that was the best concert of my life! Nothing ever surpassed it and nothing will, it was out of body experience. As time passes it's significance will grow even more. I think this was the greatest tour in history of music!
had a ticket for this venue (earls court) , midway back on the left, simply an incredible experience (they had played DSOTM in full just before this track as well). Crowd reaction at the end was something you had to experience. On the way out of the venue my partner gave me an envelope - inside was two tickets for the following night!! and not just any tickets - 2 ROWS FROM THE FRONT AND BANG IN FRONT OF GILMOUR. We were so close! and with the light show it actually felt like we were inside the whole thing - and surrounded by grown men crying and singing their hearts out to Wish You Were Here. Two simply incredible nights.
I don't know what it actually means and all but that flower blooming as the guitar starts wailing always make my eyes water for some reason. I can't explain the meaning and reason but it just hits me hard. Gilmour is the reason why I picked up the guitar and his tone probably the tone I base my lead sounds around.
that concert is the best in sound, engineering, vocals...just everything! that is the best ive ever heard floyd play and when gilmore plays, his guitar seems to disappear and the sound just eminates from his body...that is truly magical!
Pink Floyd grows on you. I grew up with it, for me, starting with "the wall" as a kid. I thought it was very rebellious, telling teachers to go away. As I matured, the music evolved in my head, getting the meaning of the songs, more understanding of the emotions. Now, it helps me dealing with a loss, almost a year ago. My neighbor and good friend took her own life, couldn't cope with her mental illness anymore. I was the one who found her (had the key to her house). It was difficult in the first few days, then I realized she trusted me so much, to let me find her, instead of her mother, to take the right actions and to do that with respect and compassion. That thought helped me to deal with the loss. I now think of her as a crazy diamond (again Pink Floyd) who shines on.
I was at that gig and was blown away by the atmosphere, the sound, the lights and the sheer talent of everyone that contributed to the performance. David Gilmour is amazing. It's like he has been transported back in time, to show us how emotion can be emanated through sound. What a fantastic talent he, Richard Wright (R.I.P), Nick Mason, Roger Walters and not forgetting Syd Barret (R.I.P) had. Love your reaction and also enjoyed your piece of playing. Keep on rocking.
You must see more of this live. Definitely show end run like hell. The first half one of the greatest guitar solo and the second the most unreal finish. Exploded the stage.
If you think that stage setup, you should see the actual Wall set up where they progressively build an at least 40 foot tall wall over the first half at the show and literally tear it down at the end.
You did a fabulous description of David's style, and you had a great reaction to this fabulous live piece. Thank you! Great job on replicating David's work, too. You had it dead on!
Now watch "SORROW" from the same concert. NOT to be missed!!! The intro and outro sections are an incredible lesson on how to manage feed back at 100+ decibels! Not to mention the incredible solo within the song.
WoW! Your upload this and remembered me about my old days This upload reach my old days PINK FLOYED was absolute my period that nobody' will "understand", but I listen this Stoned, so with a joint! Pink Floyed was my music after a joint. You brought me back to the old days! because today I have my life a little better than at that period but it was fun!
Yes pink floyd are awesome indeed. Had the pleasure of watching their soundcheck from the middle of stadium fucking awesome . Started off with wish you were here. And then improv all the way . Darkside of the moon. All laughed back to their ride to hotel....🤣
I drove to Vancouver B.C. to see this show in 1994 because Seattle did not have an arena with a 100’ ceiling. I’m sure even without the acid it still would have been the most magnificent event I ever attended before or since.
AFAIK that tour was the most expensive done till that date. Imo it was 2mil for each concert. They had 2 stages. One they played during the show and one was moved/set up to play on next concert. Keeping in mind this was mid 90s its even more stunning.
I was lucky enough to see them 5 times since 1977, and was at one of these gigs on the Division Bell tour in October 1994 (2Oth Oct for me) at Earls Court in London where the Pulse film was recorded over the 14 night UK final leg of the tour. Just phenomenal. Esp in that Floyd gigs were in Quadrophonic not stereo.
I saw this concert in 1994 in Cologne's soccer stadium, together with 75,000 fans. With my 58 years now I have been to dozens of partly very big concert events but what I was able to experience in Cologne has beaten everything. At that time a good friend of mine lived about 500m as the crow flies and could see the arena directly from his balcony. He later told me that as the block of additions with: Wish you where here, Comfortably Numb and specifically Run like hell -ua-cam.com/video/iro-IzZVsSw/v-deo.html - went out, the whole the stadium looked from the outside like the landing of the colorful glittering starship at the end from Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind " because the light show could of course be seen from the outside through the distances between lower, middle and upper stand. Until then, Genesis were the absolute specialists for composed light shows for me. After 2 hours of watching with my jaw down, it was clear to me - there is probably no more or better. And of course the overall experience of light and sound is inextricably linked. In the preannouncement of the concert it was promised that, regardless of where one´s position in the stadium is, listen to at least stereo if not even quatro. They implemented this advertising promise in such a comprehensive and impressive way that I will never forget this bombastic sound experience together with this indescribable light show. And to this day, when I hear this piece, especially during the guitar solo i get goose bumps all over my body and it leads me to another dimension ! EVERYTIME ❗️❗️❗️👍
Yeah! I think that you have the first reaction, that I have heard, that mentioned that there is an element of Blues in the music . . . more than just because of the prevalence of the D and G chords. Nicely done. Loved the reaction.
I saw this show in Montréal, in May 1994. Gr4eatest show ever. Although it's a blur since I was overwhelmed, just being there, watching one of my favorite bands. I have watched the DVD I don't know how many times and gives me goosebumps every time, even makes my eyes watery. This has got to be the most beautiful and moving guitar solos of all time. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) was right when he said: "David Gilmour Could Do More With One Note Than Today's Shredders Can Do With a Dozen". "When you live, breathe, and feel the song that you're writing..."
This musical arrangement was a left over from David's solo album released the year before The Wall came out. Story goes they needed another song to complete the album, David brought in the music and Roger along with someone else (can't remember his name) wrote the lyrics. Gilmour's solo album was awesome and then the following year came The Wall, was an awesome time to be alive!
Apologies for the cuts guys! It pains me to do so. I had some copyright issues with this so I had reduce video size/volume and add in a couple of cuts. Don't hate me. :)
A real Floyd fan will forgive you. This was part of a year long, world tour. Everything you are seeing here has been done every night. Earls Court (this arena) was actually the smallest place they played on this tour... But they did 14 nights here! Breaking the record. Thank you for such a great reaction. Shine on !
And when the Mirror Ball opnes up, It's about reality opening up (from the story of the Wall). Welcome to Floyd !
If you want to know the meaning of that song (and the album it came from), watch the movie The Wall.
Fancy giving Steve Vai Tender Surrender a reaction to? Been viewed over 37 million times.
All the best from the far north of New Zealand!
All good. Nice video, keep them coming.
Never hate an awesome sweetheart like you ⭐️
My dad was at this concert he died this year during first wave of the pandemic he got me into pink floyd and I miss him terribly but I get a sense of happiness knowing he was there and had the time of his life. David Gilmour was his favourite musician and comfortably numb was his favourite song and this version always left him speechless.
I'm so sorry for your loss man. I know how hard that is. I'm glad he was able to experience this concert and pass on the band to you. 🙂
I was there aswell mate, ,your dad witnessed the 8th wonder of the world, quadraphonic sound,,,a lighting show you just couldn't believe, ,,I'm so sorry for your loss ! The grieving takes 2 /3 years before a little acceptance sets in but never leaves you ,Peace !.
So sorry for your loss Marty, I’m glad you find some happiness when you watch this just knowing your father was there for this masterpiece of the ages.
I was at the Indianapolis show and absolutely the best concert I've ever seen. I am glad your dad was able to see this one. Very sorry for your loss!
Love Floyd and lost my Dad to Covid 6 weeks ago so I feel your pain. Stay strong.
As a 72-year old American, it is SO gratifying to see younger enthusiasts totally enjoy this great, great band and for you to appreciate what a virtuoso Gilmour is. Teach your peers AND your children of the beauty and brilliance of this band, this man and this piece of music. Nice review.
It wasn't 5 minutes of Gilmour's guitar crying. It was 5 minutes (and 26 years) of millions of other guitars crying that they'll never get played like that.
Hhahahaha! So true, I should put my guitar in the other room next I watch this. :D
The only other guitar not crying is Eddie Van Halen's
@@ThomFoolery1 Pulse is the name of the live album that this concert was recorded from. It's all mislabeled on youtube for some reason. This was the Davidson-Bell concert and this was the Pompeii concert.
Are U aware that David auctioned off his black Stratocaster Guitar, $4 million dollars, most $$.paid for a rock star's guitar. Played it for 50yrs. plus.
Exactly.
Having heard this song hundreds of times i still get chills from the guitar solos. Absolutely unbelieveable
same here, especially that note at 11:00 -- 11:01
I could listen to this solo a million times and my reaction will always be the same! my soul is transported out of my body, time stops flowing for 5 minutes, nothing exists around me, it's an indescribable feeling! this is probably the best concert solo and live performance of all time! the way gilmour makes his guitar scream...it's just amazing...
When I saw this show in Tampa, by time the last note rang out my girlfriend and I were slack jawed and speechless. We shuffled out of the stadium, got in the car, still dumbfounded and disoriented, and drove for nearly a half hour before we said a word to each other.
No one puts on a specticle like Floyd. I don't think anyone will ever rival their show.
Feeling lasted for weeks! Saw it twice, once not enough!
all guitars want David Gilmour for Christmas 😎👍🎸
Well put indeed!
Most guitarists go on stage, plug their guitar into a pedalboard and amp, and play to the audience.
David Gilmour walked on stage, plugged his guitar into his heart and yours, and channelled the emotion right from his soul to yours.
He can get more out of one note than most musicians can from several bars.
The only competition for "best guitar solo of all time" is his other rendition of the same song at Pompei, but I have only experienced that on video.
The Earl's Court performance was the greatest concert of my life. 2nd tier, just facing the mixing desk, stage right.
You can almost hear the gasp on the recording when the lighting rig starts moving (it had the projection screen in the middle of it (this being the days before video walls), and again when all the super-troupers lit up that ball - it was like a star going supernova over the centre of the arena! Their lasers were awesome - I heard afterwards they were prototypes, and there were no spares n existence of the same power.
And I can re-live it by putting the DVDs in.
And yeah, the place was rammed, and I walked on air for several days afterwards. The setlist included the whole of Dark Side Of The Moon, which is still my favourite album of all time.
You do a pretty good job with it, especially considering you aren't playing a strat 🎸👍
Hey Phil! Wow, "plugged his guitar into his heart and yours" that's beautiful mate, wish I said that in the video haha. So true, he has a transcendent ability to transport you elsewhere with the music that is so rare.
I think the Pompei performance might've been the one a saw a clip off a long time ago, I need to check that out too.
I am so envious that you were at that concert. It's incredible alone on video which means it must've been out of this world in person. Thanks for sharing that experience.
Thanks mate! :D
@@Nemo67577 SRV
@@Nemo67577 Stevie Ray Vaughan; he is one guitarist that is as good, if not better both technically & in his ability to emote with a guitar.
@@thisguy8916 Love SRV but nuh. David Gilmour is the most emotive guitarist of all time as far as I'm concerned.
My uncle and cousin got me into pink Floyd at 13/14yo and once I was in the army I weirdly got lots of people into it 😂, just by playing it in my room then I’d hear others start to play it after asking who it was.. 38 now and still get goosebumps when others first hear it 😊... P.S well done for not interrupting a Gilmour solo
For me the best live guitar solo ever witnessed. The album version solo is up there with hotel California, stairway to heaven etc etc but this blows all of them out of the water.
Cool reaction
Absolutely, I agree. Thanks Paul! :)
I don't even listen to the studio version anymore. It's Pulse or nothing.
@@ThomFoolery1 I just found your reaction to this song. I love the way you can listen remember and then do a pretty good go at the 1st solo. Love the channel ❤
I recommend "sorrow" same concert it will floor you.....
Every time he hits that bit with the repetitive bending, my soul leaves my body for a bit
haha totally!
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Regarding the Pulse title: it is the title of the DVD set this is taken from, all recorded at Earls Court in London. Not much extra lighting added for these shows, this was actually how they toured.
Regarding the tour: they actually had three identical stages on this tour. Because it was so massive they had to have three of them nr. 2 was the stage that was being played on (usually several nights in a row) while stage 1 (which was in the city they played before stage 2) was being torn down and stage 3 was being built in the city where they would play after stage 2. Stage after being torn down moves to the city after stage 3 basically every stage when torn down leapfrogs over the other two stages. Huge operation.
When the aliens land, the first thing they’ll say: “Take us to Pink Floyd...”
Lol 👍🔥🎸🎼💥🚀⚡🙏
Effects guy: “What’s the budget and what can we do?”
Floyd: “Yes”
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I believe Pink Floyd lost a huge amount of ££ss on the live shows. I saw the 1st Wall live concert and they built a wall onstage during the show. At the end you couldn’t see the band and a plane came down over the audience and smashed through the wall. WOW
@@barrysullivan59 all the Floyd members lost money from that tour except Rick Wright lol
they always had mad light shows because they thought they were dead boring to watch on stage, they wanted their audience to have something else to look at! personally, I'd die happy just listening to Gilmour in a dark room, for ever!
Haha I know what you mean!
Saw this tour in Vancouver. There are no words. I was row 55 on the floor right beside the giant disco ball. One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I feel sorry for any Floyd fans that will never get to experience this. And let me tell you, watching it like this never gets old either. I must have seen this video a thousand times and it still gives me chills.
Hey Adam! That's so awesome. I actually live in Vancouver. Which venue did they play at?
Saw them in the Pulse tour also, I was 18. Side seats of the stadium (Foro Sol, Mexico City), first rows in the tribune, just between the stage and the disco ball (in this case it emerged from ground level). I can also clearly remember the pristine quadraphonic PA mix. It’s a tragedy new generations will never experience something like that.
Btw, sweet guitar, man. You can never go wrong with a PRS.
@@ThomFoolery1 They did two shows June 25 & 26th '94 BC Place stadium
This is the concert of a lifetime there are no words for its perfection. Remember this is just one track.
I was at their show in Oslo. Truly an experience for life, never to be forgotten, never to be equalled. I feel sorry for those who missed this tour. There will never be anything like this ever again.
I see this and ask myself "why wasn't I there?" What was I doing in '94 that was stopping me? Kicking myself forever is all I can say now!
Don't fret, I saw it twice. 2 nights in a row in Cleveland. 3rd and 4th time I saw the band.
I would regard this outro solo as perhaps the most moving in history, followed closely by the lap steel outro of "High Hopes" - a must see - from the same tour. If your eyes don't tear up a little, your soul is dead. "High Hopes" is the consummate closing cut of their studio album, it is the perfect ending to their careers in the studio and a monument to Syd Barrett.
Another vote for high hopes the outro solo is incredibly beautiful
Never...fails...to...amaze...and yeah the section he plays right as the ball opens up is almost the first section I go to when seeing reactions...its usually priceless...
Haha that's understandable. Such a cool moment. :)
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David Gilmour does not simply play the guitar. He tells a story with it.
I was at this concert in 94, in Toronto, which was an outdoor venue (3 nights). When the screen tilts forward during the solo, you don't notice the crew uncovering the disco ball (rises from the ground of course for an outdoor show, unlike Earl's Court). And, unlike the concert film from the 1988 tour, the disco ball opening up was another spectacular detail. I'll never forget that night.
Woah, rising from the ground! That must've been so crazy.
@@ThomFoolery1 the ball was initially covered with a black cloth cover. At the right point in the solo, imagine the crew pulling the cover and the ball was elevated by a powered telescopic pole. Then the lights hit the ball and reflect around the entire stadium. I still get goosebumps from the whole thing.
Any Guitarist would state, "This is one of the best live performances EVER!!"
I was there
As soon as the lights hit the "disco ball" all stage lights turn of, except one that lights up Gilmour. When it opens up the stage lights come back on.
Absolute goosebumps. I've re-watched that moment so many times already. :)
C'est un héritage magnifique que nous laissera Pink Floyd. Somptueux concert, l'mage le son, et la technique tout y est....Merci encore, j'ai 67 ans et suis toujours aussi fan !!!
Great reaction Thomas! Gilmour also delivers an epic improvised guitar solo on 'Sorrow' from this same P.U.L.S.E tour.
Obrigado my friend! I'll have to check that out. :D
@@ThomFoolery1 Yes, Sorrow. Very underrated. Great freaking solo.
I concur with Sorrow and throw in ‘On the turning away’ for some amazing guitar playing. The live version on Delicate Sound of Thunder album is stellar.
@@eldubya7972 You got that right. The DST version of On the turning away has a fabulous solo too, but it's the lyrics that get me every time.
And the intro for Run like hell......
This performance succeeded in doing two things:
1. Reminding me just how good Pink Floyd are,
2. Make Nightwish's cover/tribute of High Hopes even more impressive because of 1.
One of the greatest live performances to ever be captured on video imho.
Speachless pretty much sums up everyone who hears this master play this masterpiece of music.
I have watched numerous reactions to this footage and you are the only one that seems to have noticed the ring of lights descending.
Really!? It was so impressive! 🙂
I’m 61 years old now and still get chills when I hear this song. David Gilmore has always been my favorite guitar player. The way he stretches those strings he puts every ounce of heart and soul into his music. There will be no other and there’s nobody out there in my eyes that will ever compare with him.
Great reaction!!! Okay, a couple of things to mention. Pink Floyd always, ALWAYS paid as much attention to detail for their concert tours, as they did when producing albums. They pretty much invented the idea of lights at a live show being more than just steady spotlights on the band members. I have seen old videos (1960's) where they projected lava lamp effects and colours on the stage while performing. And I have also been to 2 Pink Floyd concerts, minus Roger Waters. Light show and special effercts were out of this world, and they did something actually illegal. For their last encore, they finished without actual fireworks in a closed stadium! They exploded just under the roof, and knowing the group fairly well, I watched them and not the fireworks for long, and saw all of them hop into waiting limos behind the stage, and they were off to the hotel or whatever. So when the crowd stated yelling for another encore, I told my friends let's head for the exits and we beat the crowd out of the stadium by a mile. I have also seen David Gilmour solo AND Roger Waters solo, within a month of each other.
Another thing I would like to mention, is that everybody seems oblivious to the fact that this is actually an editted version of this performance. There are a couple of 'dodgy' notes, according to some, and thus it was editted. The problem I have with that is that in order to cut out a couple of dodgy notes, 67 seconds got cut. And that, to me, seems like 'Oh I have a wart on my finger, I think I will cut off my arm.' A couple of notes is what, 2 seconds? To cut over a minute extra seems excessive. And all you have to do to see for yourself is to type in UNCUT at the end of the rest of it, and there it will be.
Hey there, thanks for sharing the information and your thoughts. Really is amazing what they put into these shows.
Someone else mentioned that this was an edit which is crazy to me. I definitely agree with you, would much rather see the full thing and hear a couple off notes. I'll have to check out the uncut version. Thanks 🙂
Those spinning lights are really Leslie speakers.
This was billed their last world tour. So this production was at all of their shows. I remember going to the Pasadena, CA. Show both night and somehow ended up in Arizona for their next show a few days later. The light and the production in this show was a amazing thing to be their. That light towards I remember staring at it as it went from A pillar to a mushroom to a Lotus flower, it was amazing.
Oh my goodness, I can only imagine how amazing that was.
@@ThomFoolery1 One of my all time favorite concerts that's for sure.
I’m not a guitar player but I love to listen to guitar, and I came across this Pink Floyd live performance just a few weeks ago having never really been a fan as such. Since first hearing it, I can’t get the song out of my head and that entire performance is just epic!
I’ve watched a few reaction videos and enjoyed the one from “The Charismatic Voice” but yours is equally enjoyable because you are clearly a talented guitar player and it was very interesting to see your reaction as someone who can appreciate what it takes to create that amazing solo.
I’m 50 years old so way too late to become a good guitar player starting from scratch but I would love to be able to create even a few sounds from some of my favourite tracks. We have a couple of guitars in the attic so maybe I should take one to a music shop and get a new set of strings installed and tuned and start learning. Crazy idea?
Finally someone who understands the beauty of this masterpiece! This song has ruined all music for me. There will never be a song as beautiful! That ball was built by Stagecraft Inc. and is one of the largest in the world at 16 feet in diameter. The mirror ball splits open to a height of 24 feet revealing a powerful 12 kilowatt Phoebus HMI lamp inside.
Great review. Love your analysis of how various effects are achieved. There are NO bad tracks on the Pulse Tour. Try Time, Sorrow, Shine on you Crazy Diamond, One of these Days and the finale to the gig - Run Like Hell. I remember in an interview David was talking about how "Shine On" was developed, and he said that he was just experimenting one day and those classic 4 notes that mark the tempo change "just fell out of the guitar". No one does gigs like this anymore!
Thanks very much, glad you liked it! Definitely keen to hear more, they are on another level. Cheers. :D
The best part of amazing simplicity is the slide down at the very before they go out. Perfect distorted tone and perfect time. I've never hear a slow slide down on a low E that was so amazing. 13:05
Good point Sean! It's so simple yet effective after that mind melting solo.
Your reaction to the ' disco ball ' was priceless , I was fortunate to have seen Pink Floyd live , check out Run Like Hell from the same concert , it will blow you away !
One of the greatest guitar solos. Sat...no, laid down actually...in many a smoky and darkened room on many an evening back in 1979 listening to The Wall and waiting for this track to come on, on the fourth side of the vinyl. Saw them in Wembley (the old stadium) in 1989, on the tour before this one - epicAF, obviously! The CD of Pulse was a double album and had a red LED built into the spine, which flashed about once a minute...forever! Most people had covered it up or ripped it out within a few weeks - or maybe that was just me! Nice analysis and great appreciation of what Dave is doing.
Thanks very much Tony! Haha I can imagine those days. I think I was born about 20 years too late! So interesting about the LED albums, that's so fantastic. Cheers! :)
Mine lasted about 2yrs
David Gilmour is not human; he is a god! If you've not seen Pink Floyd live - especially back in the 70's and early 80's - you've not truly lived. I was at the Wall concert at the LA Forum way back in the day and it was surely a milestone in my life. I'm 60 now but still have my ticket stub and tour t-shirt framed and on the wall in my cave.
Thanks for sharing! Must've been life changing. I guess I'll never truly live then...haha
I am 64 and introduced my guitar-playing 21-year-old college son to vinyl and my music when he was in high school. He came away thinking Floyd was better than the Beatles and he loves the Beatles. It still amazes me how many people from our generation did not "get" Pink Floyd!
I have been lucky to have seen pink floyd in concert a couple of times but to be at this concert Earl's court 94 I have to say apart from the birth of my son was the best experience of my life 🎸
I was very lucky to have seen them in 1987 at London Docklands Arena. I was only just getting into their music but to this day, it was by far the most impressive concert I've ever experienced with this song being the absolute icing on the cake.
The place was fully seated & throughout the concert, everyone in front kept standing up & could only see the special effects above such as the bed & inflatable pig with huge balls flying across the arena, all lit my the lasers.
However, when this song came on, I simply sat down & melted into the seat to let the sounds flow over me. To this day, listening to any rendition by Mr Gilmore pretty much makes me stop what I'm doing & immerse myself into it.
And not a single camera phone in sight...there`s a lot to be said for life before AD2000 :)
I agree
The spinning thing there is a speaker.. Meant to give a spacey feel to the tunes. They went all out on the show for the pulse tour. Hasn't been a better live show before or since. If anyone is gonna disagree, you better post a link to the "better" here in the comments. As we all know, pics or it didn't happen lol
I was at this tour when they played in Canada in 94. This was the epic ending but the show wasn't over yet...they came back and played Wish You Were Here and Run Like Hell for the encore!
They always had great stage design. Mind-blowing. During The Wall concerts they built a whole goddamn wall and a plane that used to crash into it and the end of "In the Flesh?". It was so expensive that they lost money of the tour.
For that wailing riff at the end he's holding the 17th fret on the high e string and the 19th fret on the b string while dive bombing with the tremolo. I've seen other videos of this song where they show him doing that more clearly.
I saw Floyd twice on their extended tour for the "Momentary Lapse of Reason" album, first at Cleveland stadium on Sept. 17th 1987, and then again near the end of their tour, at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh in May 1988. Their light shows and props were basically the same during this tour as they were for the later Pulse album shows. They brought out the "Animals" Pig dirigible, and the Teacher balloon from "The Wall" tour, as well as the crashing German warplane that flew across the stadium on cables and disappeared behind curtains off to the side of the stage in a flashpot "explosion". THe huge "disco ball" was just that, a huge mirrored globe. When it opened, the lower half had like fronds that opened downward, and the top half, the fronds lifted upward. The fronds were also mirrored inside and lights were inside, so it caused new and different light effects to rain on the crowd. It was almost like you were in the midst of all the universe's stars, as they spun around you.
To answer your questions, the whammy-bar shrieking guitar was almost indescribable, but I'll try... the volume of the music was probably around 120 decibels and it echoed around the stadium. The vibrating whammy-shaking sound caused your neck (presumably through your eustachian tubes) to vibrate quite violently, while at the same time, the high pitched wail made your brain tingle and feel like it was blowing up like a balloon. If you have ever been near a top fuel dragster or nitro funny car and were not wearing ear protection or covering your ears when the driver punched the gas pedal, THAT SOUND AND YOUR BODY REACTIONS to the sounds is very similar. I had to grab both sides of my neck to restrain my vibrating neck! It was actually rather scary, but it was also just too awesome, because you knew that it was just the music. I don't recall that David played the whammy wailing at the Cleveland Stadium, but he did in Pittsburgh. The solos were significantly different at the different performances, and the Cleveland stadium solo was not nearly as good as the Pgh Stadium solo. Actually, neither were as awesome as the "Pulse solo" because they weren't as polished and the buildup to the crescendo wasn't as cleanly and artistically pleasing in it's structuring as it was in Pulse Live. However, the Pittsburgh solo was definitely much more similar and you get the sense that some of his ad-libs used in the Pgh solo were appealing enough to David that he incorporated them into his later renditions. Also, Dave's hands were magically, extra on fire that night in Pgh, and his finger speed and picking were at his best. I suggest that everybody seek out his Comfortably Numb performance from that night and give it a listen. The audience went nuts after he did that brief 20 seconds of shredding in his solo, because it was probably the fastest, smoothest speed notes he's ever done.
See here: ua-cam.com/video/aKNkQkZNSEg/v-deo.html to listen to the full Pittsburgh concert. Comfortably Numb starts around the 2:00 hour mark. Also, we had great seats at the Pgh concert... 5th row from the stage, on the ground, a little to the right side. At an unusually quiet crowd moment, I stood up on my chair and yelled at David and got his attention and waved to him and he waved back. I don't recall where in the concert that I did this, but if you listen through the entire thing, you might even hear my loud-ass voice yelling out "HEYYYYY DAVVVVVVE!" lol
very bold move bringing out a guitar when you react to gilmour, hehe....
Yeh OK but if you want dazzle, Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell - same Pulse Concert 🤣🤣🤣
A lesson in how to end a show!
I was in the Pink Floyd concerts 1987 and1994 when the light bold open makes kind of cosmo stars on the air. my best concert in my life
Also in " Marooned" the David Gilmour 's guitar cries ..very emotional !
When you said you may have already seen this, I'm thinking, "Oh, you would DEFINITELY remember this if you had seen it before." I've seen quite a few reactors do this video, but most don't seem as thrilled with the visuals as you were...and as someone who had the same reaction as you, I'm glad I'm not alone. Those who were able to be there in person must have been overwhelmed...I know I sure would have been.
Hi Gloria! Yes, you're right I would have remembered this. I think I maybe watched their performance a clip from Live 8 concert or something. This was on another planet though. Yeah the music is amazing on it's own but the visuals really elevate into something hypnotic and magical. :)
Iam 65 and heard this a hundred times and still get chills. I was blessed to see them two times and it was like a religous experience to feel that music. Best in history.
Whenever I hear the phrase "soulful guitar", this is what I hear. That guitar is telling a story, all by itself.
Thanks for doing this, the guitar analysis is great to see. I was at one of those Earls Court shows in ‘94, I was sitting just in front and to the left of the central mixing desk. The mirror ball was just behind me, over my right shoulder. A great show.
Thanks very much! Oh wow, I'm jealous you got to be there!
Saw them in 1975 in Hamilton, ON Canada and 1993 in Toronto, ON. Saw Waters as well a couple of years ago in Toronto as well. Awesome shows all of them!
The concert was part of the Division Bell Tour. The video is in connection with the Live album released the following year which was called P.U.L.S.E. The inspiration for the song is in part Roger's personal experience but the meaning within the context of The Wall album is completely different. The thing with the Floyd in concert is that they have always stayed at the forefront of light show technology from their earliest days. The album cover of Dark Side is a testament to that. Both Nick and Roger with their training as architects certainly gave them an advantage in staging a superb concert.
Thanks for the info Jim! :)
Best reaction I’ve seen to this video! I went thru the same things! “Is that thing moving”? One thing about a Pink Floyd concert no matter where you are sitting you are in the middle of the show. You actually feel like you have to go to another one because you likely missed something really good. They are unique in all they do. Great job!
Thanks very much Mark! Haha that's a great point and I can imagine that. Many people have commented below saying that they've seen them multiple times so it makes sense. :)
I was at this concert in Clemson SC. That was the best show I've ever saw! I saw them in the 70s do dark side of the moon which was unreal also but lighting got much better over the years. The best for sure!
I don't know how much tickets cost for this tour, but it looks like they put almost all of it back into the show. Between the sound system and the lights (no LEDs in '94) there must have been enough wattage on that stage to power a small city. All that on top of the flawless playing...I don't play guitar, but I've heard a saying - something like "control your effects, don't let them control you." Yeah, Gilmour gets an exemption. His control is amazing
I watch all of the reactions I can find to this. Reactions to the first solo are always great and I’m like “you need to strap in for the second one then matey!”
I've been living & breathing the PULSE concert, and especially this solo, since I bought the CD & VHS of the show back in the late 1990's. I've noticed a flourish of reaction vids from people watching this live version from PULSE lately and it's been amazing to watch people go bonkers over the solo and stage show that I've desperately tried to get everyone I know to experience. I feel vindicated! HAH!
Haha! Funny how that can happen sometimes. Great to see that people are still flocking to this amazing performance.
One of the best reactions i have seen on UA-cam of this same song. You felt everything the should be felt... You saw the stage the lights the music the croud.... Will wait for more content of yours. Subscribed.
Thanks very much, I appreciate it and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Cheers 😀
saw this 7 times: 200,000 watts of power 4 sets of 32 speakers. disco ball is a slap at music critics said P.F. doesn't play 4 beat 4 minute dance songs got little radio play. When the ball comes out you are suppose to get up and dance but the only thing that dances is Gilmours fingers
There're a lot of videos of peoples reacting to the song but a reaction video by a guitarist is the best! You know the musical theory, you can react and explain what is played on stage! You feel the performance and I can have a better understanding of the magic of the tune I listen for so many years!! Nice PRS BTW!
To See The Greatest Finale To Any Concert By Anyone , Watch "Run Like Hell" from this Concert , It Will Blow Your Mind !
Pulse was Pink Floyd's final tour for Division Bell and the band as a whole. If I remember it was a total of 112 shows done in 2 legs. It was my first concert. My father took me to see this show I had just turned 13 and have never again had such an amazing concert experience.
Woohoo nice surprise :) 15th September 1994 is one of those dates in my life cause that day I've attended Pink Floyd concert on this Division Bell tour in Udine, Italy! Man oh man, I was 18 years old then and it was clear that was the best concert of my life! Nothing ever surpassed it and nothing will, it was out of body experience. As time passes it's significance will grow even more. I think this was the greatest tour in history of music!
Wow, that's huge. Well said man! :)
had a ticket for this venue (earls court) , midway back on the left, simply an incredible experience (they had played DSOTM in full just before this track as well). Crowd reaction at the end was something you had to experience. On the way out of the venue my partner gave me an envelope - inside was two tickets for the following night!! and not just any tickets - 2 ROWS FROM THE FRONT AND BANG IN FRONT OF GILMOUR. We were so close! and with the light show it actually felt like we were inside the whole thing - and surrounded by grown men crying and singing their hearts out to Wish You Were Here. Two simply incredible nights.
I don't know what it actually means and all but that flower blooming as the guitar starts wailing always make my eyes water for some reason. I can't explain the meaning and reason but it just hits me hard. Gilmour is the reason why I picked up the guitar and his tone probably the tone I base my lead sounds around.
that concert is the best in sound, engineering, vocals...just everything! that is the best ive ever heard floyd play and when gilmore plays, his guitar seems to disappear and the sound just eminates from his body...that is truly magical!
Exactly what I'd hoped to find in my 'guitarist reacts' search. Thanks.
The second solo is truly incredible! "I wish I was there".
Pink Floyd grows on you. I grew up with it, for me, starting with "the wall" as a kid. I thought it was very rebellious, telling teachers to go away. As I matured, the music evolved in my head, getting the meaning of the songs, more understanding of the emotions. Now, it helps me dealing with a loss, almost a year ago. My neighbor and good friend took her own life, couldn't cope with her mental illness anymore. I was the one who found her (had the key to her house). It was difficult in the first few days, then I realized she trusted me so much, to let me find her, instead of her mother, to take the right actions and to do that with respect and compassion. That thought helped me to deal with the loss. I now think of her as a crazy diamond (again Pink Floyd) who shines on.
I strongly suggest you do this to On the turning away, from Pink Floyd... one of the most emotive guitar solos in Gilmour's vast repertoire
I was at that gig and was blown away by the atmosphere, the sound, the lights and the sheer talent of everyone that contributed to the performance. David Gilmour is amazing. It's like he has been transported back in time, to show us how emotion can be emanated through sound. What a fantastic talent he, Richard Wright (R.I.P), Nick Mason, Roger Walters and not forgetting Syd Barret (R.I.P) had. Love your reaction and also enjoyed your piece of playing. Keep on rocking.
Hi Richard, thank you for your kind words and sharing your experience. Can only imagine how much more intense this was in person.
PINK FLOYED is next level from the past in music.
You must see more of this live. Definitely show end run like hell. The first half one of the greatest guitar solo and the second the most unreal finish. Exploded the stage.
that stank face you made is the biggest compliment a guitar player can receive! Gilmour is a genius!
Saw this live twice including the first date of the tour on a rainy night in Miami and can testify it was totally awesome.
If you think that stage setup, you should see the actual Wall set up where they progressively build an at least 40 foot tall wall over the first half at the show and literally tear it down at the end.
You did a fabulous description of David's style, and you had a great reaction to this fabulous live piece. Thank you! Great job on replicating David's work, too. You had it dead on!
Thanks very much Kenny! I really appreciate that. :)
Now watch "SORROW" from the same concert. NOT to be missed!!! The intro and outro sections are an incredible lesson on how to manage feed back at 100+ decibels! Not to mention the incredible solo within the song.
The « giant disco ball » was used during « shine on you crazy diamonds » on the previous tour.
WoW! Your upload this and remembered me about my old days This upload reach my old days PINK FLOYED was absolute my period that nobody' will "understand", but I listen this Stoned, so with a joint! Pink Floyed was my music after a joint. You brought me back to the old days! because today I have my life a little better than at that period but it was fun!
Yes pink floyd are awesome indeed. Had the pleasure of watching their soundcheck from the middle of stadium fucking awesome . Started off with wish you were here. And then improv all the way . Darkside of the moon. All laughed back to their ride to hotel....🤣
Holy crap dude, that must have been out of this world!
I drove to Vancouver B.C. to see this show in 1994 because Seattle did not have an arena with a 100’ ceiling. I’m sure even without the acid it still would have been the most magnificent event I ever attended before or since.
Haha that's amazing! Can only imagine.
I saw this concert in 1994 at 3 Rivers Satium in Pittsburgh PA. awesoe!
AFAIK that tour was the most expensive done till that date. Imo it was 2mil for each concert. They had 2 stages. One they played during the show and one was moved/set up to play on next concert. Keeping in mind this was mid 90s its even more stunning.
I was lucky enough to see them 5 times since 1977, and was at one of these gigs on the Division Bell tour in October 1994 (2Oth Oct for me) at Earls Court in London where the Pulse film was recorded over the 14 night UK final leg of the tour. Just phenomenal. Esp in that Floyd gigs were in Quadrophonic not stereo.
I saw this concert in 1994 in Cologne's soccer stadium, together with 75,000 fans. With my 58 years now I have been to dozens of partly very big concert events but what I was able to experience in Cologne has beaten everything.
At that time a good friend of mine lived about 500m as the crow flies and could see the arena directly from his balcony.
He later told me that as the block of additions with: Wish you where here, Comfortably Numb and specifically Run like hell -ua-cam.com/video/iro-IzZVsSw/v-deo.html - went out, the whole the stadium looked from the outside like the landing of the colorful glittering starship at the end from Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind " because the light show could of course be seen from the outside through the distances between lower, middle and upper stand.
Until then, Genesis were the absolute specialists for composed light shows for me.
After 2 hours of watching with my jaw down, it was clear to me - there is probably no more or better.
And of course the overall experience of light and sound is inextricably linked. In the preannouncement of the concert it was promised that, regardless of where one´s position in the stadium is, listen to at least stereo if not even quatro.
They implemented this advertising promise in such a comprehensive and impressive way that I will never forget this bombastic sound experience together with this indescribable light show.
And to this day, when I hear this piece, especially during the guitar solo i get goose bumps all over my body and it leads me to another dimension ! EVERYTIME ❗️❗️❗️👍
Yeah! I think that you have the first reaction, that I have heard, that mentioned that there is an element of Blues in the music . . . more than just because of the prevalence of the D and G chords. Nicely done. Loved the reaction.
Pulse - A live concert was performed in Rock and Roll Valhalla & earthly humans were invited to attend.
That`s the Pink Floyd show, been like that for decades mate. And the guitar solo was actually cut short for the DVD, it was quite a bit longer.
Fun reaction , watching you kind of geek out . Very good one !
Thanks Kris! :)
I saw this show in Montréal, in May 1994. Gr4eatest show ever. Although it's a blur since I was overwhelmed, just being there, watching one of my favorite bands. I have watched the DVD I don't know how many times and gives me goosebumps every time, even makes my eyes watery. This has got to be the most beautiful and moving guitar solos of all time.
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) was right when he said:
"David Gilmour Could Do More With One Note Than Today's Shredders Can Do With a Dozen". "When you live, breathe, and feel the song that you're writing..."
This musical arrangement was a left over from David's solo album released the year before The Wall came out. Story goes they needed another song to complete the album, David brought in the music and Roger along with someone else (can't remember his name) wrote the lyrics. Gilmour's solo album was awesome and then the following year came The Wall, was an awesome time to be alive!