@@ryanhighberg4662 Jimmy page is a legend too of course but David is different man. The psychedelic vibe, how every solo is a story, every note is a feeling . Nobody can replicate that.
@@stylerod I was a teen in the 70s and while I was not really into drugs I was into the music and art of the times. That is what I enjoyed, and it made me more aware of what I was listening to and looking at.
If you listen to Pink Floyd as intended...use headphones...in a totally dark room, a whole album from beginning to end. No distractions...it will almost take you to a different place. Almost an out of body experience, especially if slightly buzzed.
Absolutely do this. Even if you don't want to use drugs; they are not necessary. Have a couple of beers or do it stone sober; either way, this is the best way to listen to Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, or The Wall as whole albums straight through. Just make sure you are relaxed and have no distractions... your mind will notice things in many of the songs you just don't pick up otherwise. Most of their songs contain far more than the melody and beat that are easy to hear and follow.
Exactly Sarge, Dark side was released when i was 17, everyone laid on the floor with 2 giant speakers on each of their heads, only the lava light on and a Marley in their hands. Just as amazing today as it was then.
When I was 14, my dad told me "lay on your bed, turn off the lights and put Darkside of the moon. You can thank me later". And maaaan, I didn't need any drugs to feel every little thing that record has. If you can, do it, it feels amazing. Not only Darkside, all the Pink floyd's records are amazing. It's like a therapy for me, anytime I need to calm my mind I turn off the lights and I just listen all their music.
@@jameskostov9353 she never stated that, you need to read better! She's sharing her experience, specifically related to her listening to that album as per her dad's recommendation.
I remember sitting in the passenger seat of my best-friends Buick Regal baked out of my mind as the bells and alarms and all the other racket came on before the song Time. It seemed like it went on for an hour and it nearly drove me psychotic. I remember forcing myself forward to turn down the volume because it was causing me physical pain.
I love how people ( especially the youngsters) all have the same experience when listening to Pink Floyds Comfortly Numb, and everyone does the same head gestures and movements when David Gilmour starts the heavy showering of guitar notes and riffs on that last solo. I was not the first one to say this but I totally agree with it... "Leo Fender created the Stratocaster... and ... God created David Gilmour to play it." Amen to that...
@@jubeeoftd trust me our generation has a lot of talent and uniqueness to show and craft, but they're just too focused on pop, r&b and "rap" which became a garbage music genre nowdays because of mumblers and untalented pricks, maybe if a new rock band in the near future makes good music the rock genre will comeback, nobody knows.
For the record, while this is an amazing song, Pink Floyd never really wrote SONGS. They wrote ALBUMS. So if you really want to dig into Pink Floyd, do an album reaction. The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon are classics, but their two best albums are Wish You Were Here and Animals. Check them out!
Honestly, all five are perfect and which one is 'actually the best' mostly comes down to personal preference. WYWH is my personal favorite, for example.
For me what makes this reaction, is his face at 4:38, when the first note of the first solo from Gilmour soars. That look of surprise. Pure, undiluted, music discovered. I watch PF reactions looking for that expression. Reliving my first exposure to PF in their faces. You at 4:38, me too brother, me too.
Ok, here's the deal with pink Floyd. I think a lot of Floyd fans would agree with this statement. Their music wasn't meant to be listened to one song at a time. They are meant to be listened to one album at a time. The Wall, Dark Side of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, they're best when you listen to the whole album through first. Almost every song flows into the next song flawlessly. Tho I will say when listening to The Wall it's best to watch the movie The Wall since all the songs are on the movie and its put together better that way.
Couldn't agree more. To this day, I have never found an album with more perfect flow from one song to another than DSotM. Pink Floyd were absolute masters of album structure and I genuinely can't think of anyone who topped them in that regard. There's a reason some people call them the greatest rock band ever.
The solo in the last reunion in Live 8 is pretty intense as well. Those four old men, Rick, Nick, Roger, and Dave, became a nuclear reactor during that solo. Nick dropped his headphones to boost the power, and Roger and Rick were completely carried away by Dave's guitar. Awesome.
I remember when this came out. 4 friends and I got real stoned and listened to the entire 1st side sat for a few moments in silence. sparked up again and journeyed into side 2. LOL there were 4 sides great afternoon. Oh to be a teenager again.
To give you the full story here: Pink Floyd were touring to support their "Animals" album when during one show Bass player Roger Waters spat at a fan and shocked by his own behavior an idea began to form in his head. So after the tour ended and the band came together to discuss concepts for their next album, Waters presented them with two ideas: the first "The Pros and cons of Hitchhiking" and the second "Bricks in the wall" which was about how rock stars end up completely isolated from normal everyday life as if there was this huge wall between the band and the audience. The others of the band, who all felt the same way about the music business and identified with their bass player's feelings went with the second concept and they started developing it to include an actual wall being built on the stage to hide the band from view. In the story of "The Wall" the song "Comfortably numb" is about our rock star being found in a cardiac arrest, in his hotel room by his manager. Which is a problem: the show has been booked and the Rock Star HAS to play the show, cardiac arrest or not. There is so much money at stake that cancelling the show would be a no-go. So the verses of "Hello, is there anybody in there?" is the doctor who brings him back from the brink of death. But this doctor is not a good Samaritan, he too is part of the music industry who's paycheck relies on the Rock Star's ability to play the show. So after administering him the adrenaline that brings him back the doctor goes "can you stand up? I do believe it's working, good, that will keep you going for the show, come on it's time to go!" The chorus of "There is no pain you are receding." is our rock star in near death state, tranquil, he sees his life flashing by, being reminded of his childhood, looking back into he truly is but as he is brought back, he once again has the wall closing in around him. So no matter what people tell you about this song being about shooting up and getting high, nope it's not about that at all, it actually is way darker.
ah Pink Floyd... personally probably one of the best Bands of all time. you are reacting to a song that is close to 40 years old and its still a Timeless masterpiece. Pink has quite a few of those. If you want to treat yourself, when ever you want to react to another Floyd song, which I highly suggest you do, see if there is a live version from the Pulse Tour. EDIT after watching: I could write an entire essay commenting on your reaction, but let me make it short. Pink Floyd is a very emotional Band and David Gilmour, the lead guitarist/Singer, is a multi-instrumental God. Just lay back, close your eyes and chill to those tunes man.
TIME TIME TIME!!!! The next song should definitely be TIME!!!! It's gonna rock your world.... especially if you pay attention to the lyrics..... and a guitar solo that to some is second only to Comfortably numb.... although i think it's even better.
@@TJMiton That sounds reasonable to me... it's definitely not how radio stations have played it around here, but it's closer to how I'd play it.... though how I usually play it is the whole album or movie all in one sitting with someone else looking at me like I'm a madman.
@@TechnicalHotDog yes, they play the happiest days of our lives and abitw pt2 together. I think they should play abitw pt1 happiest days and pt2 all together. They're one song just broke up
Alex you probably do not know, but there are hundreds of thousands of guitarists out there that for 40 years would hav given their lef testicle to have that guitar sound. It is so relevant and perfect even now. Masterpiece.
I might be a metalhead, but Pink Floyd is hands down my favorite band! 'Time' is my all...time... favorite song! Also check out 'Have a Big Cigar' and 'Money'. Something to know about Pink Floyd is that a lot of their work is in concept albums, so you have to listen to an entire album to fully understand an individual song
Time is my favorite song of all time. Everyone has their own favorite song, and people could easily pick many other songs by Pink Floyd as their favorite, but Time is THE master piece from what is a great album from a great band.
It’s the reaction at 8:07 that never gets old when watching these videos. That’s the moment you know your life will never be the same now that you have discovered the experience that is Pink Floyd
I know right! I couldn't stop smiling! How rare is it that you can actually share THE moment when someone else gets to experience one of THE most iconic solos in the history of rock! Just awesome!
Have you ever watched Pink Floyd’s entire movie “ The Wall”? They made the entire album like a rock opera. Every scene in the movie corresponds with one of the songs from the album perfectly. I’d like to see you react to the entire movie/album so you understand the context. I’d like to know what you think of it in the entirety including the visuals of the movie.
Man you should really listen to the live version of this at PULSE. It's exhilarating. I can swear that God himself descended from the heavens to witness David Gilmour play that solo
That guitar is like human soul crystallised. I haven't listened to Floyd for like a decade and I'm going through their albums again. Incredible what a handle they had on the human pulse.
Nightwish did a cover of this song live at the End of an Era concert. I am not saying this one is better. I just think it is a different take on the song. But it still has Pink Floyd elements in it. If you listen to it, would you mind letting me know what you think? Thanks! :-)
HIs guitar solo isn't "nasty". Van Halen is nasty. Steve Clark is nasty. Gilmour is GOAT. When Gilmour plays a guitar all other guitarists hang their heads and bow.
Great reaction. Goodbye Blue Sky, Hey You and Mother are classics also.The Wall is one of the best album of all time. It's a concept album about a man who's life is unraveling partially due to a tough childhood. This album is timeless and will always remain a classic along with Dark Side of the Moon.
This song is actually a part of The Wall which was a concept album so each song is a part of a bigger story. This song is the point that "Pink" [the name being given to the performer] has become so depressed that he shuts down totally but the band doctor is trying to get him in shape to get on stage and so he pumps him full of who knows what to get him up and functioning after a fashion. The whole album is about the pressures of everything driving a performer into a mental breakdown and how society and the people who "discovered" the band and have a financial stake in them are driving the whole process. It also takes a deep look at prejudice and hate and how that burdens us, etc. I have the whole album on my phone and when I am going out to run errands and will be out for several hours I often listen to it [I do have other playlists for when I'm in other moods] so I have heard the whole album more times than I can count.
If you want a song to drive you into an existential crisis, react to *"Time"* by Pink Floyd and pay attention to the lyrics. In all seriousness, I wasn't the same person after I heard that.
Time is my favorite PF song. The song does make you take a look at yourself and reflect the time you spend being productive and the time you spend wasting it.
Being 51 years old, I remember hearing this as a young lad and was AMAZED and still am. David Gilmore does not plug his guitar in an amp, he plugs in directly to his soul. Now, go back and listen to Dark Side of the Moon...and do not stop or pause it. Floyd music us designed to listen to all at once, it is an experience. You now have now witnessed the greatest group of all times.
Hrithik Ravi be honest with you, I’d have to pick ‘Heartbreaker’ or ‘Dazed n Confused’ if we’re taking Page’s best solos. Stairway’s always felt a little lacking to me.
My husband's saw these guys and concert in 1981. He said they blew the whole audience away. We still love Pink Floyd. We listen to them all the time. I'm glad to see someone else a lot younger than myself enjoying for the first time.
Alex, you need to watch the live Pulse version of this song asap. It is the ultimate version with a super extended solo and you get to really experience their amazing light show.
I am a GIANT PINK FLOYD FAN the best way to truly appreciate this song is to actually WATCH the entire album start to finish. The entire album tells a story.
I've carried this song as one of my favorites throughout my life. When I was 13 I had meningitis and nearly died from it. The fever was high enough to start killing brain cells and led to permanent brain damage and it really screws more with my emotions. I also end up hearing shit randomly that's not there. Anyway, I remember laying in the hospital bed just accepting death and injected with so many different drugs and painkillers that I myself became "comfortably numb". The room was huge and I was tiny, the room was tiny and I was huge, the weirdest in and outs I can remember just laying there helpless and hopeless to stop any of what was happening. I'm so glad i've survived and now i'm 26 and enjoying myself. I still hear this song and I can't help but to cry a little knowing what I went through.
Whoah, I'm really glad you survived because I knew a guy who died from meningitis. Music can do a lot for people and even has proven to be effective against dementia. Every person finds a song somewhere in their life that makes them tear up every time even though they don't want to. I hope you're alright and that you won't encounter such shitty things like meningitis was for you. :)
I'm teenager now... And it's kinda hard :D I'm ,,the weirdo" or ,,the artist". I dress myself in 60's-70's fashion, I'm listening to Floyds, Bowie, Stones, Beatles, Velvet underground,... And I wish so baddly i was teenager in 70's... Wisit some concerts... See Bowie in 73' yeah... :D
@@sarlotakoucka2873 I've literally been to several hundred concerts, back in the 70s tickets were usually under $10 & so were the t-shirts. I paid $12.50 to see Pink Floyd on their Animals tour & that was more than I had ever paid at the time. THE best concert I ever saw. 💪🏼
That Guitar Solo at the end is why you should watch the Live Pulse version Gilmour pours his soul into it...... And another one/three to listen to Dog's of war........... On the turning away.......... One slip.......... Those 3 songs should give you an all round feel for what and who Pink Floyd are
Yes, watch the pulse live version while the studio version is fresh with you. Draws even more emotion plus you can really see their or his talent. I think pulse is a great suggestion. Same sing but not!
I've always imagined this song to be telling the story of a person who has dealt with so much pain in his life, he's become numb to it. And that's not a good thing...
I came in to this hoping your reaction to the second solo would be colorful, as I find the solo so badass and beautiful. You definitely didn't disappoint.
Whenever alex does do this song, i hope he will do a compilation of all the times this song has been recommended in the comments. That would just be half of the video honestly.
Treat yourself to the Video of "Comfortably Numb "...from the DVD "Pulse"....your Mind will never be the same..Welcome to the World of Pink Floyd..and the Ultimate Guitar Master..David Gilmour
I was obsessed with Pink Floyd as a teenager thanks to my dad. Even knowing the back story for the song back then... it always resonated with me about mental health. at least back then... it was a lot of getting you on meds to make you less of a problem to be around rather than actually treating mental illness or talking about it even. And Comfortably Numb is always how I describe what depression feels like for me, most of the time it isn't sorrow or even sadness... it's just nothing. it's being comfortably numb. You know you are fading away but you don't care enough to do anything about it.
Sorry Lee, Comfortably Numb is widely regarded as having the best guitar solo(s) ever written, Gilmour being the guitar god he is just makes it difficult to pick one as the "best".
The Delicate Sounds of Thunder live version of Great Gig in the Sky with the voices of Margret Taylot, Durga McBroom and Rachel Fury was pretty decent... best I've heard live... P.S. I was at the Earls Court Gig when they played for their second set the entire album Dark Side of the Moon start to finish... it blew my tiny little mind...
I've been listening to Floyd since 1973 and I'm not gonna lie, Great Gig in the Sky still brings tears to my eyes sometimes. I don't think that happens, because the song is about dying. I think I've always vaguely understood that the entire album is about the human condition and what it means to be a human being. It's about birth, fear, love, hate, greed, joy, loneliness, beauty, ugliness, sadness, happiness, madness, life and death. I understand that death is an inevitable part of life. So, it's not the thought of dying that gets to me. I think Great Gig occasionally brings tears to my eyes, because it's so beautiful and Clare Torry sang it with such passion. The fact that the vocals are wordless, goes well with the theme of the album, which is universal to all of us, because we all live and we will all die someday. No words are needed to convey the passion of life as it passes into the void of death and the universal struggle to hold onto life as long as we can. It's something that we will all experience, no matter what native tongue we speak. It's hard to imagine someone not connecting with the emotion of the song, once they understand that the song is about all that we have ever been in the past, all that we have become in the present and everything we will never be again, after we are gone. And the song says all of that, without anyone uttering a single word. It's pretty amazing.
Also, the only ”real” way to really get into Pink Floyd is to listen to a complete album on vinyl in really good speakers or headphones (stereo/surround sound of course) and just drift away in the weird and trippy, yet beautifully arranged music. I would recommend The Wall, Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here (in that order!) to start with!🤘🏻
I was nervous that nobody else noticed...just glad I’m not the only one who saw this. funny too that he even referenced The Wall via Another Brick pts 1, 2 & 3...
This song is when Pinky finds out his wife is seeing another man. He was on tour in America while she stayed in London, he calls a man answers and hangs up, he falls to the floor in pain. This act was the final brick that made him put up the wall. The wall is what we all put up to protect ourselves a defense mechanism, Comfortably numb is when he ODs and their trying to revive him. He's so fuked up, he comfortably numb. Great movie. When you understand what the Wall is? You see in his life how it was made and who helped build it.
I'm so happy you did Pink Floyd! I'm a metal head through and through, but Pink Floyd is one of the all time greats.. and yeah, nobody can put feeling through a guitar like David Gilmore.
Alex, listen to Dark Side of The Moon, whole album. It still has the record for Billboard 200, being #1 and charted at other spots for 917 weeks, 1973 to 1988.
That Tow Truck Guy Only if he is stoned. The first time I watched it I was sober and I was like "What is this bullshit?" The second time I was stoned and was like "I understand everything...."
Rule number 1: Never pause Pink Floyd!
Rule number 2: Respect rule number 1!
He has to for copyright reasons
Exception: Only pause to hear the solo again
Amen brother.
Cheers, well said!!
Stone
"What David Gilmour can do with one note, other guitar players can't do with the whole fret board" - Dave Mustaine.
I knew Dave Mustaine was a genius
@@felpawgaming8767 a legend knows another legend
Jimmy Page said hold my beer
@@ryanhighberg4662 Jimmy page is a legend too of course but David is different man. The psychedelic vibe, how every solo is a story, every note is a feeling . Nobody can replicate that.
@Archie E most might not agree on that but I personally do buddy.
You don't need drugs to enjoy Pink Floyd, they are the drug.
Spot on
Very true. But in the 70's, high, and listening to PF. It was an awesome, awesome experience.....
@@stylerod I was a teen in the 70s and while I was not really into drugs I was into the music and art of the times. That is what I enjoyed, and it made me more aware of what I was listening to and looking at.
I hear you, but drugs take to a new level.
You don’t need drugs to enjoy pink Floyd, you need pink Floyd to enjoy drugs.
Honestly, David Gilmour is one of the most talented guitarists in the world... He is a genius!
Amen 😎
Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix, Brian May, Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen and so on...
His voice is wonderful - tears every time he starts singing here
Word.
@@leonwns610 Eddie Van halen🙄
Heard this song so many time but that guitar gives me chills every time
Same here.
My dad listened at home when I was a kid.
Obviusly, I love my dad.
My dad told me the first time he saw me(as a baby) dance/sway/move to the music it was this guitar solo. Knowing myself, i don't doubt it lol
Thats the wrong Album cover... this song was on The Wall... not Dark Side
Ray Barker it’s just the yt vids thumbnail
really
"OH MAN, it is WET out here!"
"Ima slap you wit mah fin"
The vid he was playing had the wrong pic, nothing to do with him.
The prism is the identity of the band at this point.
If you listen to Pink Floyd as intended...use headphones...in a totally dark room, a whole album from beginning to end. No distractions...it will almost take you to a different place. Almost an out of body experience, especially if slightly buzzed.
Absolutely do this. Even if you don't want to use drugs; they are not necessary. Have a couple of beers or do it stone sober; either way, this is the best way to listen to Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, or The Wall as whole albums straight through. Just make sure you are relaxed and have no distractions... your mind will notice things in many of the songs you just don't pick up otherwise. Most of their songs contain far more than the melody and beat that are easy to hear and follow.
@@missingnola3823 The Wall, with a little goodie in a sigarette, is an experience that I`ll never forget
Exactly Sarge, Dark side was released when i was 17, everyone laid on the floor with 2 giant speakers on each of their heads, only the lava light on and a Marley in their hands. Just as amazing today as it was then.
That's the only way to listen The Wall. I just can't listen it other way.
Ma man speaks the truth
When I was 14, my dad told me "lay on your bed, turn off the lights and put Darkside of the moon. You can thank me later". And maaaan, I didn't need any drugs to feel every little thing that record has. If you can, do it, it feels amazing. Not only Darkside, all the Pink floyd's records are amazing. It's like a therapy for me, anytime I need to calm my mind I turn off the lights and I just listen all their music.
Comfortably numb is not on the dark side of the moon
@@jameskostov9353 she never stated that, you need to read better! She's sharing her experience, specifically related to her listening to that album as per her dad's recommendation.
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I remember sitting in the passenger seat of my best-friends Buick Regal baked out of my mind as the bells and alarms and all the other racket came on before the song Time. It seemed like it went on for an hour and it nearly drove me psychotic. I remember forcing myself forward to turn down the volume because it was causing me physical pain.
omg yes I would listen to marooned as I was going to bed and just leave my body, just travel to space in my head, and trip out with no drugs.
I love how people ( especially the youngsters) all have the same experience when listening to Pink Floyds Comfortly Numb, and everyone does the same head gestures and movements when David Gilmour starts the heavy showering of guitar notes and riffs on that last solo. I was not the first one to say this but I totally agree with it... "Leo Fender created the Stratocaster... and ... God created David Gilmour to play it." Amen to that...
Ask a guitar what it wants for Christmas, it'll say David Gilmour.
Music will never be like that again. It is sad to know this.
@@jubeeoftd trust me our generation has a lot of talent and uniqueness to show and craft, but they're just too focused on pop, r&b and "rap" which became a garbage music genre nowdays because of mumblers and untalented pricks, maybe if a new rock band in the near future makes good music the rock genre will comeback, nobody knows.
Preach
For the record, while this is an amazing song, Pink Floyd never really wrote SONGS. They wrote ALBUMS.
So if you really want to dig into Pink Floyd, do an album reaction.
The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon are classics, but their two best albums are Wish You Were Here and Animals.
Check them out!
This.
True
Very good album you mention but the best according to me is Atom Heart Mother.
Honestly, all five are perfect and which one is 'actually the best' mostly comes down to personal preference. WYWH is my personal favorite, for example.
my suggest!!!!! tks man!
David Gilmour is in my opinion one of three guitarists who can play thirty seconds and you know who it is. Genius.
I feel that way about Clapton.
You don’t need 30 seconds man!
my 3 guitarists that i could recognize if they played one note: Mark Knopfler, Buckethead and of course David Gilmour
my favorits are
1 Brian May
2 David Gilmour
3 John Deacon
Maybe thirty are too much
For me what makes this reaction, is his face at 4:38, when the first note of the first solo from Gilmour soars. That look of surprise. Pure, undiluted, music discovered. I watch PF reactions looking for that expression. Reliving my first exposure to PF in their faces.
You at 4:38, me too brother, me too.
One of the greatest guitar solos of all-time.
the best
Which one?
The second one obviously. The first is great but the second never fails to give me chills.
If not the greatest of all time
Two of the greatest guitar solos of all-time.
FTFY
"That is dope."
No, son, that is perhaps the finest arrangement of electric guitar notes in the history of mankind.
But I think he finally gets it. If he stops interrupting 👾👽 🌙💖🎶🎶🎵💙🌙 awesome song as aiways
Agree
For him, everything is "dope" and he needs to expand his vocabulary.
In my opinion tool is better
Have you heard Death - Voice of the Soul? I think the arrangement and layering from that is waaaay better and amazing
Ok, here's the deal with pink Floyd. I think a lot of Floyd fans would agree with this statement. Their music wasn't meant to be listened to one song at a time. They are meant to be listened to one album at a time. The Wall, Dark Side of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, they're best when you listen to the whole album through first. Almost every song flows into the next song flawlessly. Tho I will say when listening to The Wall it's best to watch the movie The Wall since all the songs are on the movie and its put together better that way.
Couldn't agree more. To this day, I have never found an album with more perfect flow from one song to another than DSotM. Pink Floyd were absolute masters of album structure and I genuinely can't think of anyone who topped them in that regard. There's a reason some people call them the greatest rock band ever.
While I agree with you, it should be noted that not all the songs are in the movie. "Hey you" and "The show must go on" are not in the movie.
Did not see your post but totally agree.
Yep! Each album has a story in its entirety.
That’s because they’re a PROGRESSIVE ROCK band.
This song still gives me the chills after all these years.
Dude, Never Interrupt The Music!!! This is Pink Floyd, not Justin Bieber!!
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Your K key stutters.@@amarcos
Jonathan Bartron - best comment ever dude!
@@jonathanbartron3658 It's a Brazilian thing. It means laughter.
@@bernardonascimento8556 Education never stops.
‘Shine on you crazy diamond’ is a masterpiece
absolutely! iove it!
All 30 minutes are absolute bliss
Pink Floyd is a masterpiece
BrainDamage/eclipse is my favorit.
The lyrics, the sax solo, the synths, the guitars. 30 minutes of pure fucking godliness.
The guitar solo live “Pulse “ is one of the best ever.
helllll yeah
The version from "Live at Pompeii" (2016) is also great. And Gilmour was 68 when he played there!
True story. Amazing solo. Best ever recorded
And the stage lighting and light displays are spectacular.
The solo in the last reunion in Live 8 is pretty intense as well. Those four old men, Rick, Nick, Roger, and Dave, became a nuclear reactor during that solo. Nick dropped his headphones to boost the power, and Roger and Rick were completely carried away by Dave's guitar. Awesome.
I remember when this came out. 4 friends and I got real stoned and listened to the entire 1st side sat for a few moments in silence. sparked up again and journeyed into side 2. LOL there were 4 sides great afternoon. Oh to be a teenager again.
To give you the full story here: Pink Floyd were touring to support their "Animals" album when during one show Bass player Roger Waters spat at a fan and shocked by his own behavior an idea began to form in his head.
So after the tour ended and the band came together to discuss concepts for their next album, Waters presented them with two ideas: the first "The Pros and cons of Hitchhiking" and the second "Bricks in the wall" which was about how rock stars end up completely isolated from normal everyday life as if there was this huge wall between the band and the audience.
The others of the band, who all felt the same way about the music business and identified with their bass player's feelings went with the second concept and they started developing it to include an actual wall being built on the stage to hide the band from view.
In the story of "The Wall" the song "Comfortably numb" is about our rock star being found in a cardiac arrest, in his hotel room by his manager. Which is a problem: the show has been booked and the Rock Star HAS to play the show, cardiac arrest or not. There is so much money at stake that cancelling the show would be a no-go.
So the verses of "Hello, is there anybody in there?" is the doctor who brings him back from the brink of death. But this doctor is not a good Samaritan, he too is part of the music industry who's paycheck relies on the Rock Star's ability to play the show. So after administering him the adrenaline that brings him back the doctor goes "can you stand up? I do believe it's working, good, that will keep you going for the show, come on it's time to go!"
The chorus of "There is no pain you are receding." is our rock star in near death state, tranquil, he sees his life flashing by, being reminded of his childhood, looking back into he truly is but as he is brought back, he once again has the wall closing in around him.
So no matter what people tell you about this song being about shooting up and getting high, nope it's not about that at all, it actually is way darker.
I believe that fans who know the movie understand exactly what Comfortably Numb is all about
He remembers the feeling he got when he was sick as a child
Thank you for that !!! Very interesting
Hell, I thought you where writing a book there doe a second lol.
True that
ah Pink Floyd... personally probably one of the best Bands of all time. you are reacting to a song that is close to 40 years old and its still a Timeless masterpiece. Pink has quite a few of those. If you want to treat yourself, when ever you want to react to another Floyd song, which I highly suggest you do, see if there is a live version from the Pulse Tour.
EDIT after watching: I could write an entire essay commenting on your reaction, but let me make it short. Pink Floyd is a very emotional Band and David Gilmour, the lead guitarist/Singer, is a multi-instrumental God. Just lay back, close your eyes and chill to those tunes man.
Yes! The Pulse concert is amazing and the visuals are beyond epic! Comfortably Numb on that concert is breathtaking!
I would so love a reaction video to that version of shine on you crazy diamond!
I went to a pink floyd lazer show and that thing was fucking crazy but so amazing
David Gilmour isn't the lead singer, Roger Water's is
TIME TIME TIME!!!! The next song should definitely be TIME!!!! It's gonna rock your world.... especially if you pay attention to the lyrics..... and a guitar solo that to some is second only to Comfortably numb.... although i think it's even better.
YES! and Have a cigar.
yeah time should be the next video
On The Turning Away and Learning To Fly have some great solos too
Time is my fave song
@Terry Fernandez
Mine too. Since I first heard it when I was 15. But my favourite solo is from Money.
If you're not sure which "Another Brick" you've heard.... you've heard part 2.
realistically probably parts 1 and 2 since theyre very frequently played together
@@TJMiton That sounds reasonable to me... it's definitely not how radio stations have played it around here, but it's closer to how I'd play it.... though how I usually play it is the whole album or movie all in one sitting with someone else looking at me like I'm a madman.
@@TJMiton I think it's more common that they play The Happiest Days of our Lives before part 2, in my experience at least
@@TechnicalHotDog yes, they play the happiest days of our lives and abitw pt2 together. I think they should play abitw pt1 happiest days and pt2 all together. They're one song just broke up
High Hopes is an incredible song if you're interested.
Nikolai, excellent choice! Here's a twofer, High Hopes covered by Nightwish! Ahh, Marco you sexy dude! Peace.
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This live-version is the best
i love the AOL version more :)
Yes! Been requesting High Hopes to all these reactors that do Floyd. No takers yet.
I know you will be disappointed in me, but I kidna like Caliban version of High Hopes :)
The look on your face when Gilmour came in on that solo was priceless brah.
Alex you probably do not know, but there are hundreds of thousands of guitarists out there that for 40 years would hav given their lef testicle to have that guitar sound. It is so relevant and perfect even now. Masterpiece.
i fucking love it.
Anyone would give their left testicle to sound like that
@@conormurphy4328 I'd rather give the right one 😂
I get goosebumps whenever I hear their music, its so freaking good!!
2nd guitar break.. "Oh Shiiit!" Welcome to David Gilmore young squire!!!
David plays it longer and even better in the Live 'Pompeii' concert here: ua-cam.com/video/LTseTg48568/v-deo.html 👍
I might be a metalhead, but Pink Floyd is hands down my favorite band! 'Time' is my all...time... favorite song! Also check out 'Have a Big Cigar' and 'Money'. Something to know about Pink Floyd is that a lot of their work is in concept albums, so you have to listen to an entire album to fully understand an individual song
Not to forget Echoes, that song never bores me when i put it on. But yeah, every metalhead has/should have a big respect and love Pink Floyd.
Seconding Time. Also the combo of Brain Damage/Eclipse is incredible
Time is my favorite song of all time. Everyone has their own favorite song, and people could easily pick many other songs by Pink Floyd as their favorite, but Time is THE master piece from what is a great album from a great band.
While a reaction to the full Wall album is a major commitment, you really need to listen to the album as a whole to fully appreciate Comfortably Numb.
Incredible album, absolutely no bad song on the entire album.
Or watch the movie.
all album had something special
Chris G hell yeah! And watch the movie too
facts
It’s the reaction at 8:07 that never gets old when watching these videos. That’s the moment you know your life will never be the same now that you have discovered the experience that is Pink Floyd
Listen to the Pulse concert version. David Gilmour doesn't plug his guitar into an amp--he plugs it into your soul.
Pulse best version ever👌
Nope is this ua-cam.com/video/LTseTg48568/v-deo.html
I like that he instantly recognized David Gilmour's greatness on those guitar leads.
Great reaction. Your face when Gilmour's first solo started.....priceless.
I know right! I couldn't stop smiling! How rare is it that you can actually share THE moment when someone else gets to experience one of THE most iconic solos in the history of rock! Just awesome!
who can hide whit that solo?
Have you ever watched Pink Floyd’s entire movie “ The Wall”? They made the entire album like a rock opera. Every scene in the movie corresponds with one of the songs from the album perfectly. I’d like to see you react to the entire movie/album so you understand the context. I’d like to know what you think of it in the entirety including the visuals of the movie.
He obviously hasn’t or would react differently
How have you got this far in life without Pink Floyd???? Inconceivable!
PageMonster “I do not think means what you think it means” I hope I got the quote right
You got the drugs part wrong. You need Pink Floyd to appreciate Drugs, not the other way around :)
François Tarrida Dude. So true.
François Tarrida lol that's what so wrong with kids these days, they got it the other way around!
Dude...you nailed it
Word.
Amen
Man you should really listen to the live version of this at PULSE. It's exhilarating.
I can swear that God himself descended from the heavens to witness David Gilmour play that solo
The one at Gdansk was even better
Can confirm.
David Gilmour is god
do it!
@@reoayoutube3779 yes yes yes !!!! Live in Gdańsk has the best live version !!!!!
Never. Stop. The. Music.
You. Must. Go. With. The. Flow.
And. Just. Feel. The. Music.
What the fck is the reaction for, then?
You can't expect a guy called "mango" to understand copyright
@@markupton1417 lol
That guitar is like human soul crystallised. I haven't listened to Floyd for like a decade and I'm going through their albums again. Incredible what a handle they had on the human pulse.
Half Alligator ... GREAT COMMENT!!! 👏
A decade without listening to Pink Floyd?? Were you trapped in a cave or something?
Gilmour tone!! whew, nothing better
Pink floyds ‘high hopes’ is incredible! Super nostalgia hit! 🌄
Nightwish did a cover of this song live at the End of an Era concert. I am not saying this one is better. I just think it is a different take on the song. But it still has Pink Floyd elements in it. If you listen to it, would you mind letting me know what you think? Thanks! :-)
HIs guitar solo isn't "nasty". Van Halen is nasty. Steve Clark is nasty. Gilmour is GOAT. When Gilmour plays a guitar all other guitarists hang their heads and bow.
John Jacobs Schmantics
He is the master
Halen is better than him sorry
Waffe Godiator you’re gonna start a war
@@中嶋茉莉花 well he is. What's considered this guy's best solo? And compare that to eruption
What I would give to hear this song for the first time again...
Sooooo much yes to this!! I absolutely LOVE this band and song. Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands!
Electric guitar was made to play these two solos. Epic.
Great reaction. Goodbye Blue Sky, Hey You and Mother are classics also.The Wall is one of the best album of all time. It's a concept album about a man who's life is unraveling partially due to a tough childhood. This album is timeless and will always remain a classic along with Dark Side of the Moon.
This song is actually a part of The Wall which was a concept album so each song is a part of a bigger story. This song is the point that "Pink" [the name being given to the performer] has become so depressed that he shuts down totally but the band doctor is trying to get him in shape to get on stage and so he pumps him full of who knows what to get him up and functioning after a fashion.
The whole album is about the pressures of everything driving a performer into a mental breakdown and how society and the people who "discovered" the band and have a financial stake in them are driving the whole process. It also takes a deep look at prejudice and hate and how that burdens us, etc.
I have the whole album on my phone and when I am going out to run errands and will be out for several hours I often listen to it [I do have other playlists for when I'm in other moods] so I have heard the whole album more times than I can count.
If you want a song to drive you into an existential crisis, react to *"Time"* by Pink Floyd and pay attention to the lyrics.
In all seriousness, I wasn't the same person after I heard that.
Time is my favorite PF song. The song does make you take a look at yourself and reflect the time you spend being productive and the time you spend wasting it.
That song is textbook Carpe Diem.
"Just nod if you can hear me...."
*Alex nods to the music*
Hahahaha, I was giggling at that too :)
best review ever bro! Pink floyd - HIGH HOPES please you wont regret it. I promise you
Agree... that solo...
Just listened to it for the first time. Thank you so much for helping me discover a damn good song!
From the 'Remember That Night' dvd, the extra acoustic solo at the end of the song makes it the best version of the song by far!
In a world of magnets and miracles....
Good idea
I owe a debt of gratitude to this song for getting me through my late teens early 20's and the untimely death of my father. Such a good song.
Pink Floyd is not just a band...
Pink Floyd is an experience...
Being 51 years old, I remember hearing this as a young lad and was AMAZED and still am. David Gilmore does not plug his guitar in an amp, he plugs in directly to his soul. Now, go back and listen to Dark Side of the Moon...and do not stop or pause it. Floyd music us designed to listen to all at once, it is an experience. You now have now witnessed the greatest group of all times.
This this this this
Well brotha. You just heard what many consider the greatest guitar solo of all time. (2nd solo) 👍🏽
The song "Time" and this one. Best solo ever.
Hrithik Ravi be honest with you, I’d have to pick ‘Heartbreaker’ or ‘Dazed n Confused’ if we’re taking Page’s best solos. Stairway’s always felt a little lacking to me.
The extended Pulse version slams
I assume you're talking about the second solo.
Mephilis 78 actually, I’m talking about the 3 second fill after the bridge. Lol, yes the 2nd solo.
Gilmour's solo from "Delicate Sound of Thunder" is hands down the greatest guitar solo ever recorded.
Amen...don't know why everyone goes for the Pulse version
I see you have ascended. Welcome.
Haha this tickled me.
Pink Floyd - Time
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky
Pink Floyd - US And Them
Pink FLoyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Thank me later.
Chicken The Great Gig In The Sky will always be one of my favourite pieces of music, ever!
Run like Hell
Hey you??
Great gig in the sky is a masterpiece
and the sky gig one ShoulD be off the album. the rest can come from pulse.
My husband's saw these guys and concert in 1981.
He said they blew the whole audience away.
We still love Pink Floyd. We listen to them all the time. I'm glad to see someone else a lot younger than myself enjoying for the first time.
This is one of the best Solos in the history, fyi
I see what you did there....
nberedim what did he/she do? It’s up there with Eruption, Stairway and Voodoo Child
I kept thinking a hair was on my screen 😒
First of all, relax...
Second, Do you really want me to spell it out for you?
nberedim I’m not ranting. But if you wanna spell it out for me go ahead cause I must be missing something.
Pink Floyd must listens; Shine on you Crazy Diamond, Wish You Were Here, Welcome to the Machine.
just add Have a Cigar and say listen to the album lol
Alex, you need to watch the live Pulse version of this song asap. It is the ultimate version with a super extended solo and you get to really experience their amazing light show.
Fuck yeah ! The best guitar solo !
Agreed.. I have that show on Blueray and have watched it soo many times.
THIS! If not on video, at least do it at the home! It's simply a MUST!!
The rendition from Gilmour in Pompeii in 2016 is also outstanding
Yes all of the yesses!!
I am a GIANT PINK FLOYD FAN the best way to truly appreciate this song is to actually WATCH the entire album start to finish. The entire album tells a story.
I've carried this song as one of my favorites throughout my life. When I was 13 I had meningitis and nearly died from it. The fever was high enough to start killing brain cells and led to permanent brain damage and it really screws more with my emotions. I also end up hearing shit randomly that's not there. Anyway, I remember laying in the hospital bed just accepting death and injected with so many different drugs and painkillers that I myself became "comfortably numb". The room was huge and I was tiny, the room was tiny and I was huge, the weirdest in and outs I can remember just laying there helpless and hopeless to stop any of what was happening. I'm so glad i've survived and now i'm 26 and enjoying myself. I still hear this song and I can't help but to cry a little knowing what I went through.
Whoah, I'm really glad you survived because I knew a guy who died from meningitis.
Music can do a lot for people and even has proven to be effective against dementia. Every person finds a song somewhere in their life that makes them tear up every time even though they don't want to.
I hope you're alright and that you won't encounter such shitty things like meningitis was for you. :)
i died aged 10 and later became an OAP sounds great eh ?
Glad you're ok and hope life is good now.
Glad you made it, mate 🤗
vliegendegieter so glad you still with us my friend happy listening..
David Gilmour is quite possibly my favorite guitarist ever. Also, it's been a while, so I'll ask again for Steve Vai - Tender Surrender.
Hearing *music* for the 1st time ;)
Brahhh!
Hahaha
Music, made flesh.
Alright tip if you show your friends never pause this song
Alex, repeat after me, "I shall never, ever interrupt a Pink Floyd song ever again", and write it 1,000 times so you won't forget.
And then write out 2,000 times; "Why am I watching a reaction video and expecting [Edit]Demanding[/Edit] no reaction to it?"
Just like Bart Simpson.
React to TIME by Pink Floyd. Be prepared to trip...
W.I. Zolman oh fuck yeah
The lyrics are made for all ages at any time in your life you can relate ..
YES.
Godsmack actually did a cover of that a few years back.
So there's a second version of it.
@Scott Allen That one makes me cry in awe.
You make me so glad that I was a teenager in the 70s
You got that right! 1970 I was 13...sooo much great music and all bands had their own sound. I listen to almost everything because of that
Im a 90's kid so to speak ('96) remember long car rides, my parents were rockers in the 80's so a mix of 70's 80's and 90' rock is about all I know.
I'm teenager now... And it's kinda hard :D I'm ,,the weirdo" or ,,the artist". I dress myself in 60's-70's fashion, I'm listening to Floyds, Bowie, Stones, Beatles, Velvet underground,... And I wish so baddly i was teenager in 70's... Wisit some concerts... See Bowie in 73' yeah... :D
@@sarlotakoucka2873 I've literally been to several hundred concerts, back in the 70s tickets were usually under $10 & so were the t-shirts. I paid $12.50 to see Pink Floyd on their Animals tour & that was more than I had ever paid at the time. THE best concert I ever saw. 💪🏼
@@BoltRM i'm jealous xd
That Guitar Solo at the end is why you should watch the Live Pulse version Gilmour pours his soul into it......
And another one/three to listen to
Dog's of war...........
On the turning away..........
One slip..........
Those 3 songs should give you an all round feel for what and who Pink Floyd are
Yes, watch the pulse live version while the studio version is fresh with you. Draws even more emotion plus you can really see their or his talent. I think pulse is a great suggestion. Same sing but not!
For a nice guitarsolo ending: "Delicate Sound Of Thunder HD" version
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Pick any post Meddel and pre Division Bell album, put headphones on and just listen. thats how you get a feel for
pink Floyd.
Live8 2005
I say Run Like Hell from Pulse...that video is amazing. Plus it's a total kick ass song!!
I've always imagined this song to be telling the story of a person who has dealt with so much pain in his life, he's become numb to it. And that's not a good thing...
Same here.
David Gilmour is the man. Awesome guitarist, singer, songwriter, the whole deal.
And a proper gentleman ive met him several times.
@@howey935 yeah
Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond -
Live Pulse 1994
I highly recomend you watch Pink floyd the wall the movie.
This outro solo is one of the best solos of all time.
I would say the same thing. The movie give us another perspective and mood.
I came in to this hoping your reaction to the second solo would be colorful, as I find the solo so badass and beautiful. You definitely didn't disappoint.
Wintersun - Sons of Winter and Stars Live at Sonic Pump Studios
Whenever alex does do this song, i hope he will do a compilation of all the times this song has been recommended in the comments. That would just be half of the video honestly.
Treat yourself to the Video of "Comfortably Numb "...from the DVD "Pulse"....your Mind will never be the same..Welcome to the World of Pink Floyd..and the Ultimate Guitar Master..David Gilmour
You had heard the best solo ever created in history
Carlos Casillas looking on UA-cam at how priests react to Pink Floyd
That's really not quite it - the two solos, by themselves, are great - but combined - a sort of "call and response" - is what makes it so bloody epic.
@ Yup, two solos in one song. Gives me chills every time.
High Hopes. But this is #2
I think Stairway to Heaven its probably the first one
"nod your head if you can hear me"
alex: continues to nod head
gilmour's solos put ecstatic smile on his face
Listening to Floyd means you have reached a higher plane of existence. The ending guitar solo is top 5 solos ever.
This song always gives me goosebumps, and it always makes me feel like I'm floating lmao
Esta hablando del faaaaaasooooo!!!
I was obsessed with Pink Floyd as a teenager thanks to my dad. Even knowing the back story for the song back then... it always resonated with me about mental health. at least back then... it was a lot of getting you on meds to make you less of a problem to be around rather than actually treating mental illness or talking about it even. And Comfortably Numb is always how I describe what depression feels like for me, most of the time it isn't sorrow or even sadness... it's just nothing. it's being comfortably numb. You know you are fading away but you don't care enough to do anything about it.
the best guitar solo ever created. David Gilmour is just a god
Levin Atak I prefer the Money solo..
Lee, you are wrong.
Sorry Lee, Comfortably Numb is widely regarded as having the best guitar solo(s) ever written, Gilmour being the guitar god he is just makes it difficult to pick one as the "best".
THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY!!! Studio album version. You definitely have to listen to that next. 😁😁😁
This!
Co-sign on this.
The Delicate Sounds of Thunder live version of Great Gig in the Sky with the voices of Margret Taylot, Durga McBroom and Rachel Fury was pretty decent... best I've heard live...
P.S. I was at the Earls Court Gig when they played for their second set the entire album Dark Side of the Moon start to finish... it blew my tiny little mind...
I was going to suggest that song. Just amazing
I've been listening to Floyd since 1973 and I'm not gonna lie, Great Gig in the Sky still brings tears to my eyes sometimes. I don't think that happens, because the song is about dying. I think I've always vaguely understood that the entire album is about the human condition and what it means to be a human being. It's about birth, fear, love, hate, greed, joy, loneliness, beauty, ugliness, sadness, happiness, madness, life and death. I understand that death is an inevitable part of life. So, it's not the thought of dying that gets to me. I think Great Gig occasionally brings tears to my eyes, because it's so beautiful and Clare Torry sang it with such passion. The fact that the vocals are wordless, goes well with the theme of the album, which is universal to all of us, because we all live and we will all die someday. No words are needed to convey the passion of life as it passes into the void of death and the universal struggle to hold onto life as long as we can. It's something that we will all experience, no matter what native tongue we speak. It's hard to imagine someone not connecting with the emotion of the song, once they understand that the song is about all that we have ever been in the past, all that we have become in the present and everything we will never be again, after we are gone. And the song says all of that, without anyone uttering a single word. It's pretty amazing.
One word... Timeless.
amen bro
Pink Floyd is the definition of an experience! The solo in this song is the greatest masterpiece in the history of music ever!
Man I love seeing someone hearing these two solos for the first time.
Those guitar solos are eargasm guaranteed! Guitarporn at is finest😍
Also, the only ”real” way to really get into Pink Floyd is to listen to a complete album on vinyl in really good speakers or headphones (stereo/surround sound of course) and just drift away in the weird and trippy, yet beautifully arranged music. I would recommend The Wall, Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here (in that order!) to start with!🤘🏻
I know, the second solo brings me to tears every time I hear it. 👍😥
Does it drive anyone else crazy...seeing the wrong album art with these songs? No? Just me? Ok. ;)
I was nervous that nobody else noticed...just glad I’m not the only one who saw this. funny too that he even referenced The Wall via Another Brick pts 1, 2 & 3...
I didn’t even realize it, either because I was more focused on the audio or his reaction, but now that you mention it...
Yesitdrives me cast your not theobke one maybe he should watch the wall
It absolutely drives me crazy.
Thank you.
This song is when Pinky finds out his wife is seeing another man. He was on tour in America while she stayed in London, he calls a man answers and hangs up, he falls to the floor in pain. This act was the final brick that made him put up the wall. The wall is what we all put up to protect ourselves a defense mechanism, Comfortably numb is when he ODs and their trying to revive him. He's so fuked up, he comfortably numb. Great movie. When you understand what the Wall is? You see in his life how it was made and who helped build it.
A Perfect Circle - Judith
YESSSSS!
I'm so happy you did Pink Floyd! I'm a metal head through and through, but Pink Floyd is one of the all time greats.. and yeah, nobody can put feeling through a guitar like David Gilmore.
Gilmour*
Nick Daley haven’t met many metal heads that aren’t into Pink Floyd. They’re so awesome that they transcend genres.
Basically,you just stole my word...
Jimi Hendrix!
Mark Knopfler can actually
Alex, listen to Dark Side of The Moon, whole album. It still has the record for Billboard 200, being #1 and charted at other spots for 917 weeks, 1973 to 1988.
The solo in this song is considered a top 3 guitar solo of all time.
Guns n roses - November rain. long time no check on gunses
Has he really not done that one, yet?! :O
For real. That and sweet child o mine would be great. So many other great songs though.
Surprised he hasn't yet
Can you react to Brothers in Arms or Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits ? Mark Knopfler is an amazing guitarist and very good songwriter
brothers in arms has the most beautiful guitar work i've ever heard, nothing invokes emotion more than this song mark knopfler is a god
Yesss... dire straits are amazing .. mark knopfler guitar sounds really cool.. they are the best ever
Yes please! Just amazing!
This needs to happen
@@liamransley1655 Private investigations ain't bad either.
faith no more - epic
Mathias Kangashaka Awesome request!!!!
This is a definite must do!!
And then Zombie Eaters
@@chazhowell6 AGREED!!!!!!
Why the hell hasn’t he listened to FNM yet?
Pink Flloyd concerts had the best light shows.... hands down !
Alex i think you should go watch The Wall from Pink Floyd to fully understand Pink Floyd
I absolutely agree with you my friend
I was thinking the same thing, especially when he started trying to figure out the meaning.
That Tow Truck Guy Only if he is stoned. The first time I watched it I was sober and I was like "What is this bullshit?" The second time I was stoned and was like "I understand everything...."
If you don't watch it, you absolutely need to listen to the whole album non stop. I did it with one of my kids a while back. He loved. it.