Mike McGee yeah but if he did then so what? It’s a reaction video. Watch the he original if you’re so weird and precious. In a reaction video expect people to react you clown.
I dunno, that's rather limited. I was thinking in the history of the Universe. Maybe a bit grandiose of me, but I kinda like these guys. For about four decades now.
I agree, generally. But I think this version is not so good. The way the verses are sung ruins it for me. BUT Gilmour's part both vocally and on the guitar are as good as ever.
Gilmour is so good because he keeps it simple. He doesn’t go for extra complex solos but just plays what people want to hear. When your listening to a Gilmour solo for the first time you imagine what notes you want to hear next and that’s what he play.
He really pushes and pulls with emotion and voicing. He is an absolute master of TASTE. His guitar is crying, laughing, screaming, sobbing, singing, talking all at once.
I don't think he does it for the people. I think he does it because he feels it that way. Quite the opposite, actually. At the time they wrote that song, it was common that people wanted to see high skilled musicians live. But Guilmour went for what it came out of his guts.
I think I got your point. He plays what your mind knows will be the perfect note to be heard next. It makes sense independently from your conscious thinking. It's the natural sound, it' how it should be. And he gets it right every freakin time.
I noticed that his solo kind of left you speechless at the end. You were in for the ride and stayed in till the end. I love your appreciation for good music and how you think of others feel when they listen as well. You are truly a bright spot in a dark world. Keep it going Jamel! We appreciate you too!!!
I'm 72 yrs. old and have been digging the Floyd for almost 50 yrs.. I never get tired of hearing their amazing music, and it sounds as good today as it ever did. Love watching Jamel's reactions.
we are the same age and I think how can we ever forget. These people who don't know about our music are missing out on so much. when they do discover it they are in cultural shock. you have to love it. I'm listening right now with a killer set of headphones.
If they only new. If only! But how could they? To truly understand and comprehend they would of have had to have been there. To witness music as it happened, to actually be seeing and hearing The Allman Brothers when their double live at the Fillmore East album was recorded, to be there on New Year's eve to witness Hendrix and a Band of Gypsies, to see Derek and the Dominos perform live, or Peter Frampton, the raw energy of Santana, the power of Cream, Mountian, Cactus or The James Gang, the performance of Grand Funk Railroad or Humble Pie, an early small setting Led Zeppilin, Rod Stewart and Small Faces, Jeff Beck, Savoy Brown or Ten Years After. But the pinnacle of performance might just have to go to Pink Floyd at the Fillmore East playing their Ummagumma album! Be careful with that axe Eugene!!! Now that was experiencing a live musical event. You lived it felt it and heard it and you walked away stunned.such a GREAT time to be growing up, at least for the music!!! If they only new!
I remember when Dark Side Of The Moon came out. It was breath taking. All you could do is kick back fire one up and go somewhere else. And it never changed.
I remember telling my mom during a quiet drive home that this song described how I felt as it played on the radio. I always struggled to make her understand my mental illness. Pink Floyd made it just a little easier for me. ❤
@@andrewthompson5728 I know you probably meant your comment to be motivational, but it's borderline victim shaming. Being succumbed by mental illness doesn't mean one has "given in to one's demons." Willpower can only take me so far against my chemical imbalance. Finding comfort in art and music because it mirrors the way I'm feeling is a coping skill. Feeling those emotions is not a weakness. It takes a strong person to live with mental illness, in whatever way they can.
The thing about that guitar solo is that it's 4 1/2 minutes long but never gets boring. It fits in beautifully with the other instruments. There are amazing drum fills, bass and keyboard riffs in there. David is sharing the stage with his fellow musicians and giving them a chance to shine even as he makes his guitar cry like a baby. It's the greatest 4 1/2 minutes of guitar playing ever performed on stage.
Absolutely agree. The light show was also spectacular and made the visual effects amazing but with David’s solo the band and the light show this was just magnificent! David’s solo was just mesmerizing and beautiful. It was like his guitar was singing to your soul. An experience no one will ever forget.
Gilmour's solos are not just showing off, look how fast I can shred the strings, they are storytelling, soul speaking, involving a listener into a conversation. I've been listening to this for almost 20 years soon, and I'm not quite sure anything will ever be able to stand next to it.
I saw Pink Floyd twice in concert: The Wall & Momentary Lack of Reason Tour. This was an experience like no other . They take your soul on a journey & bring you to places that you'd never imagined! Transformative may be a word to describe what you just witnessed . When you listen to The Wall album you'll hear spoken softly at the beginning..."where we came in " - At the end you hear"..."Isn't this"...😎
I saw Pink Floyd and I can say honestly this was no concert it was an experience that blew every one of your senses wide open. The greatest thing I've ever seen.
I was fortunate enough to see Pink Floyd live in 1977 when they played Milwaukee County Stadium. It was the "Animals" tour. Two years before "The Wall" was released. Yes, it was an experience. They played the entirety of the Animals album, took a 30 minute break, and returned to play Wish You Were Here from start to finish, in the order it was recorded!!!! 💜💜💜
It’s too old for that. New music makes more sense, not that Katy Perry is good music. But also who cares what’s played at the Super Bowl? It’s just a few songs and it’s over. You could literally just mute it and play whatever you want.
Being a guitar player, I think I can speak for a lot of us. We can only dream of being able to express that kind of emotion and feeling in our own playing!
Yeah, I learned to play this (well the album version), and I can play the notes in the right order, it isn't that technically difficult, but getting it to be expressive and meaniful takes a hell of a lot more work.
My dear friends, that was the most perfect, the most beautiful, the most melodic, the most epic and the most sublime 4 1/2 minutes of guitar playing ever heard by human ears.
David Gilmore plays the guitar so nonchalantly. Ive seen Floyd 2 times, live in the 1980's. I Personally feel Gilmore is the fiinest guitarist that ever lived.
That stuck out to me as well; it was no big deal playing those solos for him. I notice that with Page as well, watching him rip Since I’ve Been Loving You in the live performance. These are once in a lifetime musicians, no doubt.
Very Good, mon ami. For one nano-second I thought you were serious! Have you ever been to a Concert or any event which is not particularly visual? Why do you think at The Concert Hall or Cinema or Theatre they turn out the lights to create an atmosphere so that all attention is on the performance? This would especially apply to a Classical Music Concert, for example. Try closing your eyes and then cupping your hands over them to gain an extra layer of darkness and isolation. There is a difference.
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST GUITAR 🎸 SOLO EVER!!! Thanks for doing that Live Pulse version. That last 5 min of the song is practically a spiritual experience. LOVE Pink Floyd!!! ♥️
Pulse is on my top 5 live albums list together with Iron Maidens Live after Death, Guns n Roses Banzai, Bruce Springsteen Live 75-85 and The Rolling Stones (any live album).
I was there at Earl's Court in London for the filming of this, sat right at the back. There will not be a guitar solo + visual experience like this ever again. It was life changing.
I have never had the pleasure of seeing Pink Floyd live but from all I have ever seen in clips from concerts it would appear to be as much an EVENT as a music concert. When you get to see a true craftsman plying his trade it is a memorable time.
I call Gilmour's playing "the triumph of simplicity." You won't hear the kind of technical knockouts that make your fingers ache just listening to them...you get the emotional knockouts that makes the core of you ache instead. In that respect, to me, Gilmour is right up there with Stevie Ray Vaughan...both very different musicians, both very different genres, both very different technical-wise, but both are equals.
My dad was there! I was born 1994 and mum stayed at home with me and he was like a school kid speaking to my mum! So, can I, maybe, still go to the gig? yessss you go my mum said. Years later he tells me he’s never smoked weed but in the crowd it was like a cloud from everyone else aha. This being his favourite all time piece you can imagine how he was feeling in this moment. Also the first Pink Floyd I learnt on piano for him.
That journey thing is no joke. I love Led Zeppelin because they seem to call from far-off places, maybe a far-off time. Pink Floyd -- and this song in particular -- is actually the opposite, it's like you hear them calling from within you. "Comfortably Numb" with headphones in a dark room is something you physically feel as it seems to drop you right into your own subconscious. I've never been one for taking psychedelics, but I imagine the experience is rather like this.
The shot from behind the audience at the start of Gilmour's second solo was of a crowd of husks whose consciousness was in another location altogether. I saw this tour in San Antonio and can tell you that is exactly what happened.
I saw this concert when they came through my city. I remember that huge disco ball and the huge pigs... Best concert I have ever been to, damn so long ago!
Everything in this song is simple, beautiful and emotional. The lyrics of the music, the melody, everything connects perfectly and the result is a real journey that takes us further ... for me, Comfortably Numb is simply the best Pink Floyd music and an irreplaceable piece of musical art. The solo is the high peak of an impressive piece of art ... inexplicable!
What an incredible pleasure to see your emotions play out for the first time hearing this. Makes it so easy to remember, taking me back to my childhood when I first heard it. I was stunned for the rest of the day and life was a bit different after that. What really got me was seeing your head bang up and down like a true rocker. You totally get it even though you grew up on hip hop. Ah, man. I miss those days... treasures
I saw 11 concerts in 1994. This was one band I loved to be entertained by!! I live in South Carolina. The summer of 1994, this concert was performed at the stadium in Clemson. Those laser lights were the reason the show started after 9pm. It had to be pitch dark. Also airports alerted pilots about the laser show because pilots could see them, as they to up that high into the sky. This was a real rock concert. I loved every performance!!! I bought the DVD of the concert off Amazon so I can turn it up and relive it!!!!!
I had two tickets to the Pink Floyd 'Division Bell' concert in Birmingham in 1994. I was so excited to see them, then had to (sadly) give them up due to a scheduling conflict. I've never seen Pink Floyd in concert, but thoroughly enjoy their videos, broadcasts, and online music - it's an experience! Thank you @Jamel_AKA_Jamal for sharing your Reaction with us! Here's the setlist of the concert that I missed: www.setlist.fm/setlist/pink-floyd/1994/legion-field-birmingham-al-33d764dd.html
A guitar solo that did not gently weep, it screamed dripping in emotional tears! Probably the greatest emotionally powerful rock guitar solo of all time.
I agree, but must politely point out that Van Halen should not even be uttered in the same breath. And Jimmy Page is so overrated, such a sloppy guitarist, especially live. But Gilmore.... Top notch all the way.
@@bobgarr6246, I like that you want to praise your favourite guitarist; that's cool. However, his name is 'Gilmour'. At least correctly spell the name of the one who is "Top notch all the way." He's obviously not so 'Top notch' that you can be bothered to write his name.
There are levels of guitar play. Knowing them and putting them into perspective is a key. Beginner Intermediate Advanced Talented - Page Gifted - Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Master - Clapton Virtuoso Guitar God Then there is David Gilmour to top that list.
@@bobgarr6246 lol Van Halen is as good as anyone around give your head a shake. This is totally different type of music to who you menationed played, this is in a class of its own
I remember hearing an interview with David Gilmore where he said that he may not be as quick as some on the guitar but who else can make a guitar sound like this....as he goes on to give a demonstration.....Damn straight!!!...No One!! 👏
I used to blast Pink Floyd all the time in my bedroom back in the '70s in high school and I never knew why my mom never came in and told me to turn it down until she was about 65 years old, when she told me she loved it. It's also the greatest music you can listen to with headphones. And the laser light shows at the planetarium weren't too shabby either.
The album :Dark side of the moon" was my initiation into the world of Pink Floyd when I was 8 yrs old thanks to my older brother and I have never looked back.
What everybody should see at least once in their lives, is a Pink Floyd light show. Every tour had a different light show. They're every bit as legendary as the music
I've been playing for 22 years both amateurly and professionally and it took me a long, long time to appreciate David's style of playing but now I sit here and I can tell you, without a doubt, that David Gilmour's phrasing was unparalleled. He is the quintessential example of how you don't have to play 24 notes per second to achieve true mastery level on guitar. His phrasing is etched into my soul and I am deeply appreciative for having the opportunity to have played with him and learned from him. It will forever be the most memorable time of my life.
I could remember when these albums were coming out back in the day. A set of good headphones a little puff puff puff and off we’d go. It was a simpler time and it was a time when the best music ever recorded was brand new.
Saw this in Vancouver '94. Sat next to soundboard (to see the entire impressive show). The mirror ball was nearly right above me. And then it unfolded. Holy crap. I've been to well over 600 concerts in my 62 years... my first was Zep '73, (I was 14 in Seattle).... but this is in my Top 5. Absolutely. And Zeppelin (Physical Graffiti).., and Pink Floyd. Snowy White. ;-)
I saw Floyd during the Wall Tour in 1981 at the Westfalenhallen "stadium" in Dortmund, Germany. The band was then at the point of breaking up and I will never forget seeing the original members playing together. The show was mind-blowing!! You never knew what was going to be flying or opening over your head or taking place by the crew just out of sight back stage. Such genius!!
I get that reaction from the video, imagine being there... I'm not sure I wouldn't fall to the floor blubbering... out of all the music I listen to, nothing affects me like Floyd...
All the rock gurus/experts/historians all agree that this is the absolutely greatest guitar solo ever bar none and DG stated in an interview that he personally felt this was his best performance ever. I can never hear this enough.
Last time I saw Pink Floyd a live concert it was 1994 at old Giant stadium Meadowlands in New Jersey. 100,000 +/- fan and for 2 and half hours I had tears dropping out of joy.
I want to thank you for allowing this masterpiece to play through in its entirety before you began your commentary. What you witnessed was the Absolute Power of the Consummate Masters at Their Craft. You also witnessed the lament of their founder, Roger "Syd" Barrett. He was many decades, perhaps even a century ahead of his time. Now the members; *shown in the live event Rest In Peace Syd Barrett (Founding Member, Founding Principal, Lead Guitarist, Lead Vocals) *Richard Wright (Founding Member, Founding Principal, Principal Writer, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Effects, Vocals) Members of the Event Still Living *David Gilmour CBE (Lead Guitars, Steel Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Pedals and Effects Lead Vocals Principal Writer) ^Guy Pratt (Bass Guitars, Effects, Vocals) ^Nick Mason CBE (Founding Member, Founding Principal, Drums, Percussion, Effects)*Jon Carron (Keyboards, Synthesizers, Chimes, Effects, Vocals)*Tim Renwick (Backing Guitars, Vocals)*Gary Wallis (Drums, Percussion)*Dick Parry (Saxophones, Woodwinds) The Mistresses of the Night*Durga McBroom (Backing Vocals)*Sam Brown (Backing Vocals)*Claudia Fontaine (Backing Vocals) Honorable Mentions Roger Waters (Founding Member, Founding Principal, Principal Writer, Bass Guitars, Guitars, Vocals)Bob Close (Guitars, Vocals)Bob Ezrin (Principal Arranger)Polly Samson (Wife of David Gilmour, Principal Lyricist, Poet, Creative Writer, Author) This was filmed at Earls Courts Exposition Hall, London United Kingdom on October 20, 1994 Comfortably Numb was written for The Wall album 1979
Saw Pink Floyd perform The Wall at The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in 1980. Roger Waters, wearing a doctor's smock, was singing his parts onstage, and when David Gilmour's turn came up, he stood alone, atop the wall singing and playing these solos about 20' above the stage--it was glorious! The audience rose out of their seats as one--awestruck!
I was at Giants Stadium in New Jersey for this tour and when that disco ball came out on the 50 yard line during that solo it was amazing. When it opened into a flower the whole stadium, which was already on their feet, exploded even more. It was an event I will never ever forget. The whole show, front to back was such a wonderful experience.
Oh yeah !!!!! PINK FLOYD the most talented and consummate professional musicians you could hope to find. Absolutely incredible. Every one of them have few peers. True musical craftsmanship. I can recall listening to the Wall when it first came out and being totally blown away, just as I was a five years earlier with Dark Side Of The Moon and nearly a decade before that with Ummagumma. They have never failed to disappoint or let me down. Simply amazing!!!
There were always two brilliant lyricist in Pink Floyd. Rodger Waters was one. David Gilmour's guitar was the other. That guitar speaks a language and expresses feelings where even the finest poet would fall short.
flubblert I agree that he was not PF. But without him, neither were they. He and David were the heart. This band’s new stuff sounded half hearted. The music on this sounded awesome.
@@brendanc.8019 You may not appreciate where they went conceptually after Waters left, but to say they're not even Pink Floyd anymore is just nuts. Those are in fact the people who gave us that amazing music.
I saw this tour in '88 at the Astrodome in Houston. They ended the show with this song and David played that solo for what felt like an eternity,but a good eternity! I didn't want it to end. It was one of the most sublime moments in my life.
Even live 45 years after originally performed they sound fresh. Truly epic. Reminds me getting high at one my high school friends house. Really sounds better on vinyl with a tube amplifier.
DGs solos are as much about what he isn’t playing as what he is. He is so good at giving his playing space to breathe. He kicks the ass of any shredder out there.
It’s been said many times before, most guitarists plug their guitars into amps. David Gilmour plugs his into his soul. Not bad eh? Try Brain Damage & Eclipse next 👍
![Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb [Pulse Live] (REACTION)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OvodeP-QC7w/mqdefault.jpg)
Thank you for not interrupting the greatest guitar solo ever recorded
to be fair this guy barely interrupts anything ever
Sticking pauses in Pink Floyd reviews is total blasphemy
Mike McGee 🤘
It IS the greatest guitar solo ever. Beyond words.
Mike McGee yeah but if he did then so what? It’s a reaction video. Watch the he original if you’re so weird and precious. In a reaction video expect people to react you clown.
I can't explain the joy I get seeing someone discover what I've known for 40 years
Amen to that. I was saying that to my Missus the other day.
Yes so cool all these youngins are coming around
You know then.
It's a real heart gift, this small connection we share
That man and his guitar: God tier. When he plays the guitar he's not playing with notes but with emotions.
Deep emotions.when music was made with instruments. not computer sound effects
True dat
Well said
Exactly.
Crazy, it’s all minor pentatonic scale, but he uses it in a way that noone else can
My dad said this to me:
"Playing any modern "artist" after this, would be like cursing in church. "
-Juha Wilkman
Amen!
Amen to your dad..
And also with you.
I believe the term for that is "blasphemy"?
Hallelujah
Absolutely one of the best song ever recorded in the history of the world. In my book.
I dunno, that's rather limited. I was thinking in the history of the Universe. Maybe a bit grandiose of me, but I kinda like these guys. For about four decades now.
Chip Tapp
Yeah, not my favourite band, but this is one of the best ever recorded - no doubt.
Hate to limit all the great music but this is def one of my personal favorites.
hell yeah
I agree, generally. But I think this version is not so good. The way the verses are sung ruins it for me. BUT Gilmour's part both vocally and on the guitar are as good as ever.
THIS SONG IS SO SACRED, and you knew this, that you did not interrupt. How wonderful it is that you realized this. A rare mind you have.
Talk like Yoda you do!
The child is grown, the dream is gone... Still chills after all these years.
To express so much in so few words. Exactly how I feel... “I can’t explain you would not understand” Grips me every time..
It means even more as you get older.
Lyrics by Roger Waters.
Me too
I caught a glimpse.... Yes
Gilmour is so good because he keeps it simple. He doesn’t go for extra complex solos but just plays what people want to hear. When your listening to a Gilmour solo for the first time you imagine what notes you want to hear next and that’s what he play.
In music the notes you don’t play are just as important as the ones you do.
He really pushes and pulls with emotion and voicing. He is an absolute master of TASTE. His guitar is crying, laughing, screaming, sobbing, singing, talking all at once.
I don't think he does it for the people. I think he does it because he feels it that way. Quite the opposite, actually. At the time they wrote that song, it was common that people wanted to see high skilled musicians live. But Guilmour went for what it came out of his guts.
I think I got your point. He plays what your mind knows will be the perfect note to be heard next. It makes sense independently from your conscious thinking. It's the natural sound, it' how it should be. And he gets it right every freakin time.
You have just heard what a human soul sounds like.
2nd block,ground floor,Earls Court,'94.
My soul left my body and floated.
I've never been the same since.
Best description I have heard for the sound of Floyd.
If humans had souls lol.
Old Goat amen
shit.. 63 and I probably love this more than when I was 16--- yeah, timeless is timeless
64 here .... loved it when I was 16 .... but I appreciate it more now, as the years have escaped me.
Good post junior. ☮️
I love it more and more as time goes by. It helps having owned the movie, and knowing what "Pinky" is going through.
@Doug Kirk Your right.... I guess we were all comfortably numb .....lol.
63 still listen takes you away from the problems of the world
I noticed that his solo kind of left you speechless at the end. You were in for the ride and stayed in till the end. I love your appreciation for good music and how you think of others feel when they listen as well. You are truly a bright spot in a dark world. Keep it going Jamel! We appreciate you too!!!
cant say it enough in todays world, Jamel simply the best ...
I'm 72 yrs. old and have been digging the Floyd for almost 50 yrs.. I never get tired of hearing their amazing music, and it sounds as good today as it ever did. Love watching Jamel's reactions.
we are the same age and I think how can we ever forget. These people who don't know about our music are missing out on so much. when they do discover it they are in cultural shock. you have to love it. I'm listening right now with a killer set of headphones.
If they only new. If only! But how could they? To truly understand and comprehend they would of have had to have been there. To witness music as it happened, to actually be seeing and hearing The Allman Brothers when their double live at the Fillmore East album was recorded, to be there on New Year's eve to witness Hendrix and a Band of Gypsies, to see Derek and the Dominos perform live, or Peter Frampton, the raw energy of Santana, the power of Cream, Mountian, Cactus or The James Gang, the performance of Grand Funk Railroad or Humble Pie, an early small setting Led Zeppilin, Rod Stewart and Small Faces, Jeff Beck, Savoy Brown or Ten Years After. But the pinnacle of performance might just have to go to Pink Floyd at the Fillmore East playing their Ummagumma album! Be careful with that axe Eugene!!! Now that was experiencing a live musical event. You lived it felt it and heard it and you walked away stunned.such a GREAT time to be growing up, at least for the music!!! If they only new!
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I love watching people hearing pink floyd for the first time
Where on this planet do they live if they hear PF first at age of 20+?
I converted a young girl at work, lol. She loves them now.
I remember when Dark Side Of The Moon came out. It was breath taking. All you could do is kick back fire one up and go somewhere else. And it never changed.
I remember telling my mom during a quiet drive home that this song described how I felt as it played on the radio. I always struggled to make her understand my mental illness. Pink Floyd made it just a little easier for me. ❤
PF have helped me through some very dark times. I'm sure there are plenty of us out there.
🤟🥃here with you @ Meghan Helmich
The Demons only win of you give in to them.
@@andrewthompson5728 I know you probably meant your comment to be motivational, but it's borderline victim shaming. Being succumbed by mental illness doesn't mean one has "given in to one's demons." Willpower can only take me so far against my chemical imbalance. Finding comfort in art and music because it mirrors the way I'm feeling is a coping skill. Feeling those emotions is not a weakness. It takes a strong person to live with mental illness, in whatever way they can.
@@meghanmonroe Flat lined twice my friend. Irony in the fact the paramedics from your own shift bring you in.
40 years now this song has been giving me goosebumps. Got them again today.
Same here... 40 years and still goosebumps
From NZ
Same here Scot,is and always will be my favourite guitar solo,must be the neighbours fav as well by now😀
The thing about that guitar solo is that it's 4 1/2 minutes long but never gets boring. It fits in beautifully with the other instruments. There are amazing drum fills, bass and keyboard riffs in there. David is sharing the stage with his fellow musicians and giving them a chance to shine even as he makes his guitar cry like a baby. It's the greatest 4 1/2 minutes of guitar playing ever performed on stage.
Agreed
Absolutely agree. The light show was also spectacular and made the visual effects amazing but with David’s solo the band and the light show this was just magnificent! David’s solo was just mesmerizing and beautiful. It was like his guitar was singing to your soul. An experience no one will ever forget.
Gilmour's solos are not just showing off, look how fast I can shred the strings, they are storytelling, soul speaking, involving a listener into a conversation.
I've been listening to this for almost 20 years soon, and I'm not quite sure anything will ever be able to stand next to it.
He does plug his guitar into an amp.. he plugs it into his soul
He's always been my all time favorite guitarist.
@@jayrayhoossongsilivedby5444 Throw Frank Zappa in there too
ua-cam.com/video/rWotr1UVrRg/v-deo.html Listen to this version.
It's not how many notes you play it's how well you play them. David's playing hits you right in the chest
Pink Floyd takes you places like no other band can. They are legends for a reason
You absolutely right about that
I saw Pink Floyd twice in concert: The Wall & Momentary Lack of Reason Tour. This was an experience like no other . They take your soul on a journey & bring you to places that you'd never imagined! Transformative may be a word to describe what you just witnessed . When you listen to The Wall album you'll hear spoken softly at the beginning..."where we came in " - At the end you hear"..."Isn't this"...😎
They took me 2 the Dark Side of the Moon a few times..with some help from some good 4way window pane or some purple microdot..back in the 70'
THE Good man I’m listening now💃
@@tammybrennan2040 Good aint it...??
You don't listen to pink floyd, you experience them. Greatest band ever.
Pink Floyd is like a trip without drugs.
You're going places when lisstening to them.
The mother ship has landed.
@@33melissaj Take me home Pink Floyd..
@@kathleenmcquillan3895 Right there with you!
Gilmour plays the purest of notes. Every single time.
I saw Pink Floyd and I can say honestly this was no
concert it was an experience that blew every one of
your senses wide open.
The greatest thing I've ever seen.
I saw it also and you are absolutely correct.
Total agreement from me.
Saw them in 75,88,and 98.
I was fortunate enough to see Pink Floyd live in 1977 when they played Milwaukee County Stadium. It was the "Animals" tour. Two years before "The Wall" was released. Yes, it was an experience. They played the entirety of the Animals album, took a 30 minute break, and returned to play Wish You Were Here from start to finish, in the order it was recorded!!!! 💜💜💜
Second show - Toronto 1994. Blew my mind.
Pink Floyd is Timeless!Some of the best music ever made. Past, present, and future. I don't care who you are.
This is the kind of stuff that should be played at Superbowls. Not Katy Perry or Gaga
It’s too old for that. New music makes more sense, not that Katy Perry is good music. But also who cares what’s played at the Super Bowl? It’s just a few songs and it’s over. You could literally just mute it and play whatever you want.
@@seanmatthewking 50 cent is old😏
"The man was goin in!" Best comment on a Gilmour solo ever!
Being a guitar player, I think I can speak for a lot of us. We can only dream of being able to express that kind of emotion and feeling in our own playing!
Yeah, I learned to play this (well the album version), and I can play the notes in the right order, it isn't that technically difficult, but getting it to be expressive and meaniful takes a hell of a lot more work.
You can't even imagine how they were live in concert. Breathtaking.
If I saw this live I would be a sobbing trembling weeping mess lmao
They were AMAZING live. All 4 times I was lucky enough to see them.
Thrilling!
My dear friends, that was the most perfect, the most beautiful, the most melodic, the most epic and the most sublime 4 1/2 minutes of guitar playing ever heard by human ears.
...or maybe by any ears... peace be upon you, sir.
Rock on...
5:50 : the face of someone who isn't ready for what's coming.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
David Gilmore plays the guitar so nonchalantly. Ive seen Floyd 2 times, live in the 1980's. I Personally feel Gilmore is the fiinest guitarist that ever lived.
That stuck out to me as well; it was no big deal playing those solos for him.
I notice that with Page as well, watching him rip Since I’ve Been Loving You in the live performance.
These are once in a lifetime musicians, no doubt.
I prefer David Gilmour meself.
Cockney Red Yes, I agree. David Gilmore is definitely a good guitarist but I personally believe that David Gilmour is the best
Yet you don't know his name?
@@Chris-er5uj #RealTalent that comes from the LORD...
After you to listen to ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ from start to finish with headphones & eyes closed, put on ‘The Wall’ and do the same!
DSOM: Eyes closed, Headphones, in the dark and in solitude....
There's "Wish You Were Here" & "Animals" in between.
Ummagumma. GrantChester Meadows with the bee straight after.
@@Isleofskye If your eyes are closed what's the difference if you listen to it at noon or at midnight if your eyes are closed?
Very Good, mon ami. For one nano-second I thought you were serious! Have you ever been to a Concert or any event which is not particularly visual? Why do you think at The Concert Hall or Cinema or Theatre they turn out the lights to create an atmosphere so that all attention is on the performance? This would especially apply to a Classical Music Concert, for example.
Try closing your eyes and then cupping your hands over them to gain an extra layer of darkness and isolation. There is a difference.
Chill out, people, I can confirm: You have just witnessed THE GREATEST GUITAR SOLO IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE!!!
yes; nobody freak out! remain calm... or as you were. I too can confirm.
peace.
I put this in a group of top solos, but it's like trying to pick your favorite child. It's impossible. I'd put Layla in that conversation too.
@@pmar27 Also, Hendrix, All Along the Watch Tower
Agreed!!
Among the best ever. Hendrix “Somewhere”
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST GUITAR 🎸 SOLO EVER!!! Thanks for doing that Live Pulse version. That last 5 min of the song is practically a spiritual experience. LOVE Pink Floyd!!! ♥️
Amen.
Gwen you hit the nail on the head.
Pulse is on my top 5 live albums list together with Iron Maidens Live after Death, Guns n Roses Banzai, Bruce Springsteen Live 75-85 and The Rolling Stones (any live album).
I was there at Earl's Court in London for the filming of this, sat right at the back. There will not be a guitar solo + visual experience like this ever again. It was life changing.
dingbat19 , and me......wonderful!
I have never had the pleasure of seeing Pink Floyd live but from all I have ever seen in clips from concerts it would appear to be as much an EVENT as a music concert. When you get to see a true craftsman plying his trade it is a memorable time.
61 and the tears are just flowing. Jamal I am so proud of you for recognizing the music that formed more than a generation, but a entire movement
I call Gilmour's playing "the triumph of simplicity." You won't hear the kind of technical knockouts that make your fingers ache just listening to them...you get the emotional knockouts that makes the core of you ache instead. In that respect, to me, Gilmour is right up there with Stevie Ray Vaughan...both very different musicians, both very different genres, both very different technical-wise, but both are equals.
Love the way David Gilmore can paint a mood with the guitar... true art.
My dad was there! I was born 1994 and mum stayed at home with me and he was like a school kid speaking to my mum! So, can I, maybe, still go to the gig? yessss you go my mum said. Years later he tells me he’s never smoked weed but in the crowd it was like a cloud from everyone else aha. This being his favourite all time piece you can imagine how he was feeling in this moment. Also the first Pink Floyd I learnt on piano for him.
greatest guitar solo in the history of music
Without a doubt.
Gilmore does more with two bends than shredders do with a hundred notes.
Mr05chuck yes, David Gilmour is definitely a bend and vibrato master. Not many players can bend up 1 1/2 to 2 steps consistently
So true! Nobody cranks more soul from their guitar than Gilmour. Roy Buchanan was in the same mold, to some extent. Most others can't even approach.
Most shredders will use 1000 notes to tell a story in a 30 second solo. David Gilmour will take 8 notes and write you a 500 page novel.
@@MarkLindsayCNC that mark is an awesome discription
It's not how many notes a great player can hit it's the, right notes. Quality over quantity
I have to say that I’m very impressed with you on this one, you knew to just be quiet and let the music do the talking. Well done!
He knew but just couldn’t. I heard two really quiet oohs.
Yes indeed. That is our youth and how lucky are we.
One does not simply _listen_ to Pink Floyd. One *_EXPERIENCES_* Pink Floyd.
If that guitar solo doesn't give you feels there's something wrong with you.
Truth. First time I've seen jamel struck mute in a reaction.
I always cry with that solo.
That very first note, about a second long, at the start of the solo is like a scream and its ice cold, it goes right into you.
@@ericwilliams2317 I still feel that very first note the same way I did first time I heard this song. It will never change.
@@FabianGarcia-ok8nv for real. when gilmour does the bend on the 24th fret at the end of the second solo, shit makes me tear up
The real treat is when Gilmour "Sings" on his Guitar...
Leddy Gee right?? The way he makes it just sing and weep.... Takes me on a heavy emotional journey.
one of the most epic endings to a song I have EVER heard. Stellar!
That guitar solo at the end is other worldly level of bliss. Got chills watching this. Bring this kind of music back in 2020.
Welcome to the machine, brother.
Well said.
One of the most iconic songs ever, by one of the best bands ever. Pink Floyd rocks, and takes the listener on a journey of musical bliss. 🎸☮️
That journey thing is no joke. I love Led Zeppelin because they seem to call from far-off places, maybe a far-off time. Pink Floyd -- and this song in particular -- is actually the opposite, it's like you hear them calling from within you. "Comfortably Numb" with headphones in a dark room is something you physically feel as it seems to drop you right into your own subconscious. I've never been one for taking psychedelics, but I imagine the experience is rather like this.
@@oregonchick76 to really grasp the concept of the this song you have to listen to the wall ALBUM. Because it's in response to HAY YOU behind the Wall
Let me say something, Pink Floyd is not a band, Pink Floyd is, was and surely being an experience.
Comfortably Numb Live at Pulse Concert - Great reaction to one of the best live performances ever.
The shot from behind the audience at the start of Gilmour's second solo was of a crowd of husks whose consciousness was in another location altogether. I saw this tour in San Antonio and can tell you that is exactly what happened.
Yep, me too (Tampa 5-06-94)
It was a spiritual moment I've never had since
When I watched that disco ball opened on the Astrodome .. I lost my mind that night in 89
🤘😎👍
It actually looks like the same disco ball that opened up for Madonna on her ‘Confessions Tour’, 2006.
it was 87
Right?!!!
I saw them for their Division Bell tour. Forgot which year that was. LOLs.
@@timothyweston6087 1994-1995
The best version of the second solo. EVER.
I like Gilmour's 2016 version better.
Check out the live in Venedig version or remember that night with David Bowie
I saw this concert when they came through my city. I remember that huge disco ball and the huge pigs...
Best concert I have ever been to, damn so long ago!
Everything in this song is simple, beautiful and emotional. The lyrics of the music, the melody, everything connects perfectly and the result is a real journey that takes us further ... for me, Comfortably Numb is simply the best Pink Floyd music and an irreplaceable piece of musical art. The solo is the high peak of an impressive piece of art ... inexplicable!
How cannot this be one of rocks greatest performances of all time!
This version always brings tears to my eyes... truly emotional.... 😮😮😮😮😮😮
What an incredible pleasure to see your emotions play out for the first time hearing this. Makes it so easy to remember, taking me back to my childhood when I first heard it. I was stunned for the rest of the day and life was a bit different after that. What really got me was seeing your head bang up and down like a true rocker. You totally get it even though you grew up on hip hop. Ah, man. I miss those days... treasures
I saw 11 concerts in 1994. This was one band I loved to be entertained by!! I live in South Carolina. The summer of 1994, this concert was performed at the stadium in Clemson. Those laser lights were the reason the show started after 9pm. It had to be pitch dark. Also airports alerted pilots about the laser show because pilots could see them, as they to up that high into the sky. This was a real rock concert. I loved every performance!!! I bought the DVD of the concert off Amazon so I can turn it up and relive it!!!!!
I had two tickets to the Pink Floyd 'Division Bell' concert in Birmingham in 1994. I was so excited to see them, then had to (sadly) give them up due to a scheduling conflict. I've never seen Pink Floyd in concert, but thoroughly enjoy their videos, broadcasts, and online music - it's an experience! Thank you @Jamel_AKA_Jamal for sharing your Reaction with us! Here's the setlist of the concert that I missed: www.setlist.fm/setlist/pink-floyd/1994/legion-field-birmingham-al-33d764dd.html
A guitar solo that did not gently weep,
it screamed dripping in emotional tears!
Probably the greatest emotionally powerful rock guitar solo of all time.
David Gilmour was never considered up there with Hendrix, Clapton, Vaughn, Van Halen or Paige, but this solo tops them all.
I agree, but must politely point out that Van Halen should not even be uttered in the same breath. And Jimmy Page is so overrated, such a sloppy guitarist, especially live. But Gilmore.... Top notch all the way.
@@bobgarr6246, I like that you want to praise your favourite guitarist; that's cool. However, his name is 'Gilmour'. At least correctly spell the name of the one who is "Top notch all the way." He's obviously not so 'Top notch' that you can be bothered to write his name.
There are levels of guitar play. Knowing them and putting them into perspective is a key.
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Talented - Page
Gifted - Eddie Van Halen, Jimi
Master - Clapton
Virtuoso
Guitar God
Then there is David Gilmour to top that list.
@@bobgarr6246 lol Van Halen is as good as anyone around give your head a shake. This is totally different type of music to who you menationed played, this is in a class of its own
I remember hearing an interview with David Gilmore where he said that he may not be as quick as some on the guitar but who else can make a guitar sound like this....as he goes on to give a demonstration.....Damn straight!!!...No One!! 👏
I used to blast Pink Floyd all the time in my bedroom back in the '70s in high school and I never knew why my mom never came in and told me to turn it down until she was about 65 years old, when she told me she loved it. It's also the greatest music you can listen to with headphones. And the laser light shows at the planetarium weren't too shabby either.
Gilmour may well be may favorite ever. He creates a "feel" that's unmatched... EXCELLENCE!
IMAGINE BEING THERE....HIGH....LOUD MUSIC....& THOSE BLINDING LIGHT DISPLAYS.....WHAT A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE!
The album :Dark side of the moon" was my initiation into the world of Pink Floyd when I was 8 yrs old thanks to my older brother and I have never looked back.
yeah me too, the older brother... Same album too.
peace...
Laughing my arse off at you being blissed-out to the solo - love the reaction, man.
What everybody should see at least once in their lives, is a Pink Floyd light show. Every tour had a different light show. They're every bit as legendary as the music
I've been playing for 22 years both amateurly and professionally and it took me a long, long time to appreciate David's style of playing but now I sit here and I can tell you, without a doubt, that David Gilmour's phrasing was unparalleled. He is the quintessential example of how you don't have to play 24 notes per second to achieve true mastery level on guitar. His phrasing is etched into my soul and I am deeply appreciative for having the opportunity to have played with him and learned from him. It will forever be the most memorable time of my life.
I could remember when these albums were coming out back in the day. A set of good headphones a little puff puff puff and off we’d go. It was a simpler time and it was a time when the best music ever recorded was brand new.
There were concerts, and then there were Pink Floyd Concerts. The energy was about 100X what the video captured.
Saw this in Vancouver '94. Sat next to soundboard (to see the entire impressive show).
The mirror ball was nearly right above me. And then it unfolded. Holy crap.
I've been to well over 600 concerts in my 62 years... my first was Zep '73, (I was 14 in Seattle).... but this is in my Top 5. Absolutely.
And Zeppelin (Physical Graffiti).., and Pink Floyd. Snowy White. ;-)
I saw Floyd during the Wall Tour in 1981 at the Westfalenhallen "stadium" in Dortmund, Germany. The band was then at the point of breaking up and I will never forget seeing the original members playing together. The show was mind-blowing!! You never knew what was going to be flying or opening over your head or taking place by the crew just out of sight back stage. Such genius!!
I get that reaction from the video, imagine being there... I'm not sure I wouldn't fall to the floor blubbering... out of all the music I listen to, nothing affects me like Floyd...
I was there (Tampa '94) it was the closest thing to a spiritual awakening I've ever had
I agree 100 %. I like a lot of different music but when I comes to pink Floyd I just wanna sit back, close my eyes and get totally lost.
The amount of weed I've smoked to this song is not weighed in grams that's for sure.
Lmfao!! What do you guess? Dump trucks full? Olympic swimming pool(s)? Cargo freighters perhaps? Hmmm, makes me wonder now.
I know I've burned 100's of joints to the Floyd.
Hell yeah I'm toking one right now bro right on
Everything in America is measured in olympic swimming pools, school buses, football fields or Empire State Buildings.
@@Republic3D Michael Phelps measured his weed intake in gold medals in an Olympic swimming pool
Laying back and listening to Pink Floyd, preferably stoned, and close you're eyes you feel like you just took a trip out of our atmosphere!!!!!
All the rock gurus/experts/historians all agree that this is the absolutely greatest guitar solo ever bar none and DG stated in an interview that he personally felt this was his best performance ever. I can never hear this enough.
I LOVE when Gilmour goes full tilt god mode. 🥰
Omg I love this song so much. Haven't heard it in the longest time. Such a classic.
Last time I saw Pink Floyd a live concert it was 1994 at old Giant stadium Meadowlands in New Jersey.
100,000 +/- fan and for 2 and half hours I had tears dropping out of joy.
Wow nice to see younger generations appreciate music legends that take you on a journey
1st reaction I’ve seen where the epic solo wasn’t interrupted 🙌
I've seen 6 now and none have but like J aka J they ARE really good reviewers..
He is a great reviewer he enjoys the experience
I want to thank you for allowing this masterpiece to play through in its entirety before you began your commentary. What you witnessed was the Absolute Power of the Consummate Masters at Their Craft. You also witnessed the lament of their founder, Roger "Syd" Barrett. He was many decades, perhaps even a century ahead of his time. Now the members;
*shown in the live event
Rest In Peace
Syd Barrett (Founding Member, Founding Principal, Lead Guitarist, Lead Vocals) *Richard Wright (Founding Member, Founding Principal, Principal Writer, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Effects, Vocals)
Members of the Event Still Living *David Gilmour CBE (Lead Guitars, Steel Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Pedals and Effects Lead Vocals Principal Writer) ^Guy Pratt (Bass Guitars, Effects, Vocals) ^Nick Mason CBE (Founding Member, Founding Principal, Drums, Percussion, Effects)*Jon Carron (Keyboards, Synthesizers, Chimes, Effects, Vocals)*Tim Renwick (Backing Guitars, Vocals)*Gary Wallis (Drums, Percussion)*Dick Parry (Saxophones, Woodwinds)
The Mistresses of the Night*Durga McBroom (Backing Vocals)*Sam Brown (Backing Vocals)*Claudia Fontaine (Backing Vocals)
Honorable Mentions Roger Waters (Founding Member, Founding Principal, Principal Writer, Bass Guitars, Guitars, Vocals)Bob Close (Guitars, Vocals)Bob Ezrin (Principal Arranger)Polly Samson (Wife of David Gilmour, Principal Lyricist, Poet, Creative Writer, Author)
This was filmed at Earls Courts Exposition Hall, London United Kingdom on October 20, 1994
Comfortably Numb was written for The Wall album 1979
Saw Pink Floyd perform The Wall at The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in 1980. Roger Waters, wearing a doctor's smock, was singing his parts onstage, and when David Gilmour's turn came up, he stood alone, atop the wall singing and playing these solos about 20' above the stage--it was glorious! The audience rose out of their seats as one--awestruck!
I was at Giants Stadium in New Jersey for this tour and when that disco ball came out on the 50 yard line during that solo it was amazing.
When it opened into a flower the whole stadium, which was already on their feet, exploded even more.
It was an event I will never ever forget. The whole show, front to back was such a wonderful experience.
No one can milk an emotion from a note like David Jon Gilmour.
Greatest guitar solo ever recorded live. One of the best ever recorded... period!
Saw Pink Floyd in Milwaukee @73. They had semi loads of speakers stacked around the stadium. Our ears rang for days but we loved every minute of it!
Oh yeah !!!!! PINK FLOYD the most talented and consummate professional musicians you could hope to find. Absolutely incredible. Every one of them have few peers. True musical craftsmanship. I can recall listening to the Wall when it first came out and being totally blown away, just as I was a five years earlier with Dark Side Of The Moon and nearly a decade before that with Ummagumma. They have never failed to disappoint or let me down. Simply amazing!!!
There were always two brilliant lyricist in Pink Floyd. Rodger Waters was one. David Gilmour's guitar was the other. That guitar speaks a language and expresses feelings where even the finest poet would fall short.
flubblert true. And Roger was missing sadly. This was Fake Floyd.
@@brendanc.8019 Got to disagree... These are the guys who sing and play the music. Rodger Waters by himself is certainly not Pink Floyd.
flubblert I agree that he was not PF. But without him, neither were they. He and David were the heart. This band’s new stuff sounded half hearted. The music on this sounded awesome.
@@brendanc.8019 You may not appreciate where they went conceptually after Waters left, but to say they're not even Pink Floyd anymore is just nuts. Those are in fact the people who gave us that amazing music.
flubblert Still sound great. Without Waters it is more of a cover band.
Seeing them live is a whole other experience! I was lucky enough to see them in Los Angeles in the late 80s!
I saw this tour in '88 at the Astrodome in Houston. They ended the show with this song and David played that solo for what felt like an eternity,but a good eternity! I didn't want it to end. It was one of the most sublime moments in my life.
Pink Floyd... just OMG... and nothing else compares....OMG....
Even live 45 years after originally performed they sound fresh. Truly epic. Reminds me getting high at one my high school friends house. Really sounds better on vinyl with a tube amplifier.
Released in 1979
One of the best ever live performances and arguably best guitar solo ever
This song is like looking into the face of God and having him smile back and say, "You are my greatest creation"
DGs solos are as much about what he isn’t playing as what he is. He is so good at giving his playing space to breathe. He kicks the ass of any shredder out there.
It’s been said many times before, most guitarists plug their guitars into amps. David Gilmour plugs his into his soul.
Not bad eh? Try Brain Damage & Eclipse next 👍
Time.
And that is why David Gilmour is in my top 3 of the Greatest guitarists of all time!!
One of my favorite songs, I had the privilege to see the Wall in concert, 7th show in LA. Best concert ever!!!
I have been with this band r since 1968 and have never left them . God bless their souls and Syd Barret too .