Roger Waters & David Gilmour Collaborated Perfectly on this Pink Floyd Standard | Professor of Rock
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2021
- One of music’s most mercurial heroes, Roger Waters wrote lyrics for a progressive rock masterpiece with music by David Gilmour inspired by a tranquilizer shot back stage- big enough for an elephant to provide relief from painful stomach cramps brought on by a serious virus the artist DIDN’T EVEN KNOW HE HAD. The compelling story of the all time Pink Floyd classic Comfortably Numb NEXT on Professor of Rock.
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Hey music junkies Professor of Rock always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time for the music community and vinyl community. If music runs though your veins, subscribe below do you never miss an episode of our daily features. and check our Patreon link to be a part of curating this history. Here is my Comfortably Numb reaction to the history and masterwork of this song.
The hurricane of Roger Waters, clashing against the cyclone of David Gilmour. These two forces roared to their peak intensity during the making of the grand saga from The Wall titled “Comfortably Numb.” Like most of the tracks on The Wall,
To many, “Comfortably Numb” brings back painful memories of
their childhood, while others have found solace in the lyrics to help them with bouts of depression, or mourning the loss of a loved one. I can say unequivocally that Comfortably Numb has been a song for me when I’ve been in the darkest recesses of despair. More on that later,
David Gilmour believes “Comfortably Numb” can be divided into two parts; the “dark” section & the "light” section.
“Comfortably Numb" begins in "the dark", with Roger Waters singing “Hello, Is there anybody in there,” while the light is undraped in the 2nd verse with Gilmour singing “There is no pain you are receding. The lyrics convey how Roger Waters felt as a child, when he was sick with a fever: “When I was a child- I had a fever. My hands felt just like two balloons.” That line is Roger recounting the time when a flu-like illness shot his body temperature to 105, and brought on a state of delirium to the lad.
When Roger became an adult, he experienced that delirious “feeling once again” and became detached from reality.
The pain was so debilitating that Waters thought he would be unable to perform.
"OK, OK…. Just a little pinprick They’ll be no more (AHHHH)
But you may feel a little sick Can you stand up?
I do believe it’s working- good That’ll keep you going through the show C’mon it’s time to go.”
While the lyrics are from Water’s experience it’s a part of the overall floydian manner, touching strongly on the ghost of Syd Barrett, precisely on his withdrawal prior to July 1967’s international love in at Alexandra Palace, even down to the voice calling time to go at the knocking door. but the aura of mystery, the not quite as it seems, is pure post barrett floyd.
One of coolest production touches on the recording of “Comfortably Numb” is the subtle chime after the Waters sings “just a little pinprick” The chime effect was actually produced by a soft pecking on a key of a xylophone. Nowadays the chiming ring on "Comfortably Numb” sounds more like a cellphone alert.
The music track for “Comfortably Numb” came from a demo that David Gilmour recorded for a solo record in ’78. He created the essence of the song’s melodic structure by rhythmically humming the feel of the track over a high strung guitar. Thank you for watching my pink floyd reaction. 
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I know I've commented on here a few times about what a brilliant researcher and interviewer you are. But what I probably love most is how vulnerable and open you are about how personal these songs are for you. I definitely empathize with how this song is so relatable to depression sufferers and I so appreciate you saying that. As always, thank you Professor 🙏
Thank you so much!
@@ProfessorofRock A wonderful comment! It's what makes your channel different.
Very well said, Allison, and I could not agree more! That was what I was trying to say, but you said it much more eloquently.
Professor Adam is one of the best things I've experienced in 2020, and I feel so fortunate to have found this channel. Not just Adam, but his fans are wonderfully positive and full of light and love for this great music we enjoy. We are his happy students! I could NEVER get tired of hearing his insights and experiences.
I love how his comment sections are full of fans of music, and not back-biters and haters. If I want to read a bunch of political sniping and racist comments (and I DON'T), then I could watch CNN or FOX. No thank you!
Agreed...There's Professor of Rock and then there's all the rest. Total quality!
@@michaelr.m.3785 Yes! Agreed! 👏🏿
My mumble rap loving nephew (16yrs old) came to visit for the summer. We had no internet, only an old vinyl collection. He found "The Wall." Holy shit, what's this? he asked. We ended up playing it the whole summer and talking about it for days and days. I told him about Syd and Roger and Dave and the UFO and recording techniques and rock and on and on and on. He became a rocker. Gave me hope for the future of mankind.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 goofiest shit I've read
@@danielospitia3277 What's it like, being a turd in the punch bowl of life? 🤣
David Gilmour recorded 5 of the top 10 greatest guitar solos in the history of rock.
Two of them are in this song.
I read in an interview with Gilmour that Floyd starting into prominence as incredible guitar virtuosos were really laying down the face melting guitar and solos. He admitted, he does not have that kind of skill to play like that. So he had to focus on making the solos very melodic with sustain and etc. And he follows the chord progression in every solo. Very few will follow the chord progression in a solo so precisely. There are a few that do it right. Randy Rhodes and Don Felder come to mind. No surprise to me that Gilmour's are timeless. They weren't just laid down and were good enough. He put a lot of emotion in them. I'm a huge fan of Eddie Van Halen but his solos are kind of emotionless. Rythym ajd groove is where EVH really shines.
Gilmore's guitar finale on McCartney's "No More Lonely Nights" has always evoked my emotions. I hope it's one of those five
@@mindeloman The others that come to mind where their guitars "speak" are Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler.
@@williamosborne6866 Lindsey Buckingham is great and underrated
The first solo on this track is my favourite ever! The way it segues in from the singing and just as timely segues out for the second verse is too damn epic!
Pink Floyd has been my favorite band since I was a kid. Now that I'm a middle-aged man, their song "Time" speaks to my soul. "And then one day you'll find, ten years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun".
So true it hurts.
The fact You feel You had to "run" shows You are still lost .....
@@stevenattanasso2003 You have no clue what the lyrics mean. You’re the lost one. Run along now….
@@rubicon-oh9km I wasn't talking about the lyrics , I was talking about You !
You don't remember Me ?
Look at My name ..... ( Clownboy! )
I can't help but to understand more and more lyrics the older and more jaded I grow. Not even just pink floyd, many other artists too. I feel music so much differently after years of wisdom bestowed upon my soul, and many more to come. I love reminiscing on how I felt on the song 10-15 years prior and what it meant at that time.
Same here. I'm 69. Floyd's music has always sustained and inspired my interest in all music.
200 yrs or so after their deaths, Mozart and Bethoven are still regarded at musical geniuses. I'm convinced that 200 yrs from now, the members of Pink Floyd will be regarded in that same way.
They better be!
I hope so
I’ll let you know.
@@rkadowns hahahaha love that comment
When I played it for my dad, he said the same thing
I bow at the altar of Pink Floyd. The single most important band ever to me
Me also sir,Gilmour is the god I worship.
Yeah same with me man. Definitely the band that has most impacted me in life
Pink Floyd was an all time elite band. They shaped my youth in so many ways. But I bow down to the throne of the the almighty God and His son. I highly recommend that brother.
Peace!
If I could only listen to one band and one band only for the rest of my life, the choice would without question be Pink Floyd.
100% Agreed.
Same for me.
I absolutely LOVE Pink Floyd.
There is no better, then and now.
One of the greatest songs ever written. Lyrically and musically brilliant, and universally relatable.
too good for the charts
[sounds like all my songs]
@@commentfreely5443 👍
Amen
I was always into classic rock and my gf was always into the new pop songs on the radio. Hated classic rock. I told her let me show you 1 song that’ll change your mind. Showed her this song. Solo comes on and she’s hopping out of her chair dancing and loving it. Now one of her favorite songs. You don’t even have to like rock and roll to know what masterpiece sounds like
@@tyman2168 I think every now and then, songs come along that transcends genre or even generation. No mattter if you are 70 or 17, this song has the ability to touch you.
Pink Floyd is the best. David Gilmour's guitar makes love to my ears,
Funny you say that. Today I was listening to "Money" and I said those exact words to myself.
One of the greatest musicians to EVER live.
Comfortably Numb is the number one song ever for me. The guitar solo by DG always gives me the chills to this day. I literally cannot articulate what this song means to me. Bravo POR.
If I had 20 minutes left to live, I'd ask the nurse to play "Echoes."
such an original comment
@@metuphys5611 Knocking people down a notch.....such a unique skill. I'll bet you're lots of fun to hang out with.
@@metuphys5611 such an original retort too!!!
@@barques95 I did not interpret his comment as a criticism but as a compliment. Why the negativity?
@@itomba haha imagine this guy's confusion not having unlocked sarcasm yet
"Comfortably Numb" has been there for me throughout the years. It has served me as a pastor as much as it did when I was a teen ... especially with all the funerals of congregants that became close friends and the chaos of life shared with me by many of our youth. Floyd in general has always been my go-to when I need to destress. Many nights, I go to sleep listening to the Dark Side of the Moon album or "Echoes." It is amazing how powerful music can be!
I don't know why "Echoes" isn't more popular than it is, it sounds like nothing else I'd ever heard, absolutely brilliant. I had that album on 8-track tape! Cool thing about that was I inherited my Dad's old car, a 1970 4-door Oldsmobile that was square and un-hip, except Daddy was an audiophile who loved classical music. He bought the best stereo and sound system for that car he could get, and it was quadrophonic and awesome. That album sounded so good, with that speaker system it sounded like guitars were flying all around the car and jamming!
My friends who laughed at my "granny car" changed their minds when they heard the stereo, and often decided, "Let's take Suzanne's car! You know, because it's huge and fits 8 people". I know it was really because of that stereo, and that I had TWO Floyd 8-track tapes along with some Zappa, early Springsteen, and the Woodstock album. I mean, really, what else did one need to listen to in the mid 1970s?
You aren't much of a pastor if godless music written by atheists influence you. Christ said to hate the things of the world (anything that doesn't exalt Christ). You're unqualified for ministry.
@@TheJpep2424 Who died and made YOU God? You might want to do something about that huge plank in your eye before pointing out specks in other's.
Matthew 7:1-5
1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
@@TheJpep2424 And exactly how do you know it is godless music? Even atheists (if Floyd are atheists) can be inspired by the Holy Spirit to write Godly music which serves a purpose. Personally I find PF lyrics and music shows the futility of living without Christ and that listening to PF might just lead some people to search for a higher calling in life. I think you J Pep are just a typical religious hypocrite and you know what Jesus thought of them.
@@TheJpep2424 Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD, for those who are called according to his purpose. So Mr. Pep, remember that of all the devil's names "SATAN" means "the accuser." So keep mindlessly accusing and ignoring the word itself. "For those who love God, ALL THINGS (especially Pink Floyd) work together for good. BTW I am an athiest because of Satanists (accusers) such as we see here.
That reunion in 2005 was pure magic. What a gift they gave the world...
Beautiful song. Product of real genius. Thanks Roger and Dave. Wish you were here.
I was lucky enough to see this performed live on Roger Waters magnificent tour of "The Wall". I was so overwhelmed, I cried, especially when Roger hit the wall and it shattered into pieces and the glorious colors broke through. If you have never seen that, look it up. It's amazing.
Agree it’s a magical journey into musical grandness and visual ecstasy
finally someone with something positive to say about the guy who WROTE ALL OF THIS MUSIC
@@peteytwofinger oh we love Roggie
I remember when “ Another Brick In The Wall “ was a huge hit, it hit me like a ton of bricks even though I was only 10 years old when it hit # 1. I loved the song so much that when my grandma’s best friends daughter Patricia asked me what I wanted for my 14th birthday for the new record player I got for my bedroom, I told her that I wanted “ The Wall “ even though I only wanted it for the one song. Patricia bought me the double cassette not knowing what I had, not being totally familiar with Pink Floyd’s songs or their history. The second I heard this and the absolute blistering guitar solo, I thought I died and went to heaven. Never before did an entire album just blow me away like this did. I can remember rushing upstairs to my bedroom the first few nights after I received the gift of just playing this song over and over. Fast forward to May 20, 1988 and I saw the David Gilmour led Pink Floyd live at Foxboro Stadium. It was an eye opener in that my parents dropped me off on the side of Rte 1 and I walked to the stadium from there. From there, me being this straight laced nerd, I think I saw more drugs than most third world countries and my parents were so offended because even though I didn’t partake in those drugs, my clothes absorbed the smell of them as if I had. We got home after the concert where I took a shower and not only went to bed, but I remember lifting my head off the pillow around 10:00 the following morning, only to fall back asleep and not wake up until after 1:00. My parents were pissed, but I had an absolutely amazing night.
Dark Side of the Moon changed me forever.
I think we've ALL been "there" Adam. The English really have no claim to hanging on in quiet desperation!
"Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain"
Love Dark Side. Always makes me think of the Laser Light show at the Hayden Planetarium in NYC!
I still listen to today
You're right. "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." Was written by Henry David Thoreau in his book Walden.
A Pink Floyd song that is perfect in every way. It's just one of many beautiful songs on an album that is yet another masterpiece from the best band ever.
Greatest moment in live performance was the pulse encore version on this song... Gilmour is the Arch-Angel of the guitar. There's none better IMO
❤️
Agreed....best guitar solo ever!
I was eighteen when my sister called me in 1982 on an early June morning to inform me of my mother's suicide. My soul was ripped into pieces, and Comfortably Numb resonated within me more than Pink Floyd members will ever know.
When Gilmour appeared on top of the wall as a surprice guest at Waters show in 2013 for Comfortably numb.......it is one of the greatest moments in rock history
Please tell
Me there’s a video
@@bornbrit777 yes there is
@@moonvals I found it . Amazing
@@bornbrit777 i know. I think someone was chopping some onion around me when i first saw it 😭
@@moonvals same here, especially when the crowd went wild when David appeared and then sang “I’ve become comfortably numb”
I had back surgery and the drugs they gave me were powerful. My wife asked me how I was feeling and I, without thinking, said "comfortably numb". I quickly realized that my statement was a Pink Floyd song and quipped to my wife "that was a Floydian slip".....she didn't get the joke! I thought it was funny. Her, not so much!
Great story!
@@ProfessorofRock Thank you Professor!
ONE SLIP.... and down the Floydian hole you go ;-)
@@Tacsmoker ;-)
@@Tacsmoker NICE! It's a true Pink Floyd fan that works in another great Floyd song in a response!
"...One slip and down the hole we fall
It seems to take no time at all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for a life
A small regret, you won't forget
There'll be no sleep in here tonight..."
Pink Floyd is one of the all time greats in rock, no doubt. Both are fantastic songwriters!
Well, I'm sitting in 'Winterland' San Francisco 1971, front row, waiting for Floyd to hit the Stage. Within 7-minutes 75% of All Their Echo-Units and Other Electronic Gizmos Died, Burned-Out. They Came and Went in 7-minutes. Show was Canceled. (They Can't Play Jack, without Ten Tons of Echo Units) Later.
@@ErikHeller-sg8sw hahahahaha He said "later"...
"bro, they needed electricity to play in '71, they still need it to play today... clearly they're still the same shitty band they always were" : DDDD
“Us and them” from Darkside of the moon is always their GOAT....The vocals are so ethereal and the music so dramatic it brings the hairs on your arm up. To me that is my favorite of theirs, although young lust is my second favorite song of theirs
yup...us and them is my fave. I think that song through the Brain damage/ eclipse is one of my favorite album sections of all time
They’ve got a bunch of great songs, but Us and Them is definitely high on my favorites list.
I love listening to it on a nice set of speakers or high quality headphones.
When I thought what song he was talking about, I thought it was going to be Us and Them. Excellent song backed up with an equally great song Any Colour You Like.
That is one of my faves.
Well that could be up for debate, but you are right Us and Them is a great song. They have so many great songs it is hard to say which one is the GOAT. Time has part of a song that is a REAL GUT PUNCHER, that has one of the best Solo's by Gilmour. ECHOS, DOGS SHEEP, Wish you were here, etc some of the best songs.. Hard to pinpoint any one song of Pink Floyd as the GOAT.
I'm a truck driver, and several years ago, I sneezed so violently, I blew out my right shoulder. One of the things they gave me to deal with the pain was a muscle relaxant. About a half hour after I took my first dose, I mellowed out like never before. That experience made me think of this song.
oh man. i took a sneezing fit years ago and tore some muscle away from a rib.
Probably covid
@@southerncharity7928 only if we died from sneezing would it be a covid death ;)
Bless U
“Professor of Rock”...Man, you aint kidding. Your insightful knowledge, story telling ability, and presentation style are all in a class of their own. This is only the second time that I’ve come across a RUclips channel that made me think, “Damn! This is too good for RUclips”. 👏
I have been trying to write this comment for the last 5 minutes. I just can’t put into words how Your commentary made me feel so much comfort and acceptance. I always thought I was feeling too consumed by this song, but it was depression and various things in my childhood I experienced. I felt alone, but it seems like now that watching this vulnerability wave over all of us, that was ushered in with this pandemic, seems to take that loneliness away, and show that doesn’t matter what group you belong to.. emotions are the same.....same imperfections, same insecurities. Thank you
Easily my favorite song. Gilmour’s solo here is, in my opinion, the greatest ever recorded. Thanks for covering it!
I love comfortably numb, but your comment makes me wonder if you've ever listened to much of Gilmour's other works??
My Favorite album of all time. Got me thru a bad time. Thank you to all involved.
You always pick the best bands and songs to profile. I have been a huge Pink Floyd fan for my entire adult life. I agree that "Comfortably Numb" is one the best songs that Pink Floyd ever created and is definitely the best song on "The Wall". I know a lot of people don't think much of the albums that were made after Waters left the band, but I think that the remaining members were able to show that there was much more to Pink Floyd than just Roger's lyrics as iconic as those lyrics were and still are today.
I really love A Momentary Lapse of Reason and Division Bell.
@@ProfessorofRock Both of those albums are great. Gilmour showed he could write lyrics that were worthy of being called Pink Floyd and moved the band into a direction that was considerably different from Water's obsession with his father's death and it's impact on his life
I love how some songs are wrote in 10 minutes in a drunken haze. Yet, others take a lifetime of experience and pain, to pen.
I cannot hear this song without thinking of my brother Randy(rip). He loved the song and the album and we listened to it over and over right after it came out. He passed about 9 years ago and thankfully he is now truly comfortably numb and no long in pain from cancer!
For me this song is arguably the greatest rock song ever. If aliens ever came to earth, I would play them this song to understand what rick music is. Also this song has what I feel is the purest sounding electric guitar ever. Just a all around perfect song.
My Father died during this era (1979) and music was just taking hold in my life. Thank you for sharing your struggle.
I have always believed that Comfortably Numb was the greatest song of the entire rock era. It eclipsed A Day in the Life. I was 16 when that album was released, and I bought it for "Another Brick" but instantly fell in love with CN. It's not just the perfection of the song itself, it's the placement in the overall story that the album is telling. Even the clip in the movie was absolutely perfect... the child caring for a rat and his mother doesn't understand.
The range of emotion in one song has never been done before or since, and the bedrock steady pace holding it all together is just incredible.
one of the greatest guitar solo's in rock history the original recording -- and the live recording and outro solo on Delicate Sound of Thunder takes you to another place in time lost in the music ...............
@je 2021: Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out!
Agree, 100%.
Proves completely that solos don’t have to always be blazing fast to be incredibly good. Melodic ecstasy is what I’m feeling!👊🏾🤘🏾👌🏾
Agreed, absolutely..
And what an overwhelming version that is from delicate sound of thunder, epic, deep just awesome
I'm not sure if I'm in the minority or not, but I prefer the outro solo from the original Delicate Sound Of Thunder over the 2019 re-edit. That being said, PULSE imo overshadows both but that original DSOT version is so very close.
I was 17 years old when I was introduced to Pink Floyd. I joined friends in a dark room huddled around a television on which a movie was playing. I was immediately mesmerized by the film that had music in place of dialogue. It was like nothing I had seen before. I had to ask several times what I was seeing until a friend finally pulled themselves away and said, “The Wall by Pink Floyd.” I remember those songs echoing in my mind for days until I bought the double cassette at Tower Records. It was the beginning of my love and appreciation of Pink Floyd. What a marvelous masterpiece we have in The Wall.
Staring at the comment box for 10 minutes now, pushing back tears, I realize I have no words to describe what this song means to me.
Heavy.
That's what music should be.
Emotional, good or badd.
I was already a huge PF fan when "The Wall" was released. So much so, that when I heard my favorite station had an advanced copy that they would be playing uninterrupted, in entirety starting at midnight that day, I invited my best friend over to spend the night so we could listen together. This song was a stand-out at first listen, but the whole thing is just a masterpiece!
Agree with you, and I cry many times while listening specially at the live concerts when I have the opportunity.
Get your T levels checked if your crying.
While preparing for knee surgery, the anesthesiologist asked if I would like to hear stairway to heaven. I told him him to just make me Comfortably Numb. He laughed, found the right album (cassette) and complied.
This video shows how much David Gilmour was important, contrary to some fans' belief that Roger Waters was the sole Creator in the band and did it all by himself.
Gilmour is the composer of "Comfortably Numb" every bit as Roger Waters. The Waters/Gilmour credit is no mistake!
@Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. Roger Waters was 1/4 of Pink Floyd. Deal with it.
That song is nothing without Gilmour's guitar work.
@@MajahDancer His guitar work, his vocals and his songwriting.
Fantastic history of a historical song and a legendary band. Comfortably numb is absolutely one of greatest rock songs of all time.
This is my favorite band of all time. Your retrospective brought tears to my eyes, especially in light of the recent news that Gilmour considers any Pink Floyd reunion a dead issue.
Just goes to show that beauty can be born from chaos. So thankful for these men coming together to bless us all with their masterpiece.
9:06 and particularly the "has to be expressed" part.
Did you ever notice the squeal in the first two notes of the outro solo?
THAT is a voice that has been repressed for so long that it comes out as a broken scream.
An initial "Oh God", or any other two words.
Everybody is praising Gilmours phrasing and this solo shows why.
Because essentially, the guitar is the third character in the song's story. The one that finally "has to be expressed".
Starts with the first two broken words. Then mutters short phrases. "What's happenning" "How could this be" and starts to devolve into longer more frantic phrases as more and more feelings come rushing through the broken levy.
My mom died of Covid last day of May after fighting for a month and a half. This song was the thing that finally helped me cry.
And that's how I came to realize its full haunting brilliance after 20 years of listening to it.
Man I love your storytelling. I appreciate the personal stories like this and the first kiss story because your pacing and inflections really make it relatable and you don't over explain or make the vid about you. Just how you connect with the music like we all do. It's more than reading a script and not over inflated like you're trying to sell me something. So kudos to you and keep it up.
I was blessed to be old enough to remember this album’s release and spending all four years in high school trying to figure it out with my high school friends. Great times
The distinctly different moods of the two guitar solos is absolute genius
As always, so nice to find out more background about the tunes, and artists, I've enjoyed for so long. Thank you, Prof.
Pure genius. So glad I grew up with this music. Never Knew how good I had it.
"Time" is their greatest song IMHO, followed by "Dogs."
"Time" the song that hooked me. The most universally true, and powerful lyrics, the best solo, IMHO
undoubtedly good sir
Echoes and Us and Them for me
This is why I don't have favorites, so many good songs but I like your picks
Echoes is the greatest song ever written. Full stop.
My humble opinion of course 😉
Adam, you are truly on another level! Not only do you give in depth background to a great song- with excellence, but then you take it even higher with a vulnerability that you don’t even owe us! Thank you for all the work you put into these excellent song stories, and for sharing the very personal stories of your life! I’m a fan!!!
I saw them perform at Soldier Field in Chicago in 1994 on the Division Bells tour. We were sitting at approximately 30 yard line. They played this song, with laser lights, a light rain coming down and inflated pigs coming out of the towers on each side of the stage while Gilmore played on and on and made that guitar cry. It was the greatest concert moment I've experienced. I will always remember that moment. Comfortably numb and time from the dark side are two of my all time favorite songs.
It's truly one of those songs with which you can't actually overestimate the importance of it in the Pink floyd canon, but also how important it is to us fans. Prof, this video is simply a testament to that. Thank you
‘Isn’t it where....we came in’ l just love this album
I was there the first ever “The Wall” was played live. It was in Los Angeles. When David showed up on top of the “Wall” it mind blowing. Floyd is my favorite band. I saw Dark Side of the Moon as well in 75. Best concert ever.
I found the Professor just tonight. This guy really covers the music in an easy manner and I like what he says. He really knows his stuff.
All of my friends, knowing me for being a "metal head" since a teenager are always surprised when I say that the greatest album of all times is The Wall, that the greatest song of all times is Comfortably numb and that the greatest solo is the second solo in the song. And that's all without mentioning the lyrics. No book, no movie, no real life scene can shake me and make my eyes wet as this song can do. That Stratocaster sound is the most epic, most iconic definition of emotions outbreak from strings. That song is a heritage of this civilization for the future ones.
That's why I love Pink Floyd so much, it's not just music, it's an experience. They make you feel emotions, and when you are in the bad times it's a shoulder to cry on. It's sad that most of young people these days are losing this magical part of music.
Btw first video, but I subbed
The single failed because everyone had the album already.
Very touching and insightful. I have a huge amount of time for The Professor. Thanks!
Very insightful and a beautiful and relatable story at the end. Thanks for sharing your experience! 🤘🏻❤️
Another great show. I’ve always loved the song. I also had a very similar relationship to it as you my friend. It became my therapeutic theme song at the end of my first marriage. I had two very young children that I could no longer come home to every day. I did see them quite often and they were with me on weekends but it was difficult to not come home to them every day. Then there was also the feeling of failure that you spoke of. Then shortly after, my dad passed away at only 49. That was over 40 years ago but it remains a favorite song of one of my favorite bands. Thank you. 🙏🏼🎶
Those moments stay with you through the long hall. It's the music that gets us through it. Thank your for sharing.
What can I say....musically and lyrically....one of the best songs ever!!
Great video, thank you. Saw them live twice and both times this song was the pinnacle of their outstanding performances, especially David Gilmour haunting guitar solos. This song has stayed with me since I bought the original album on vinyl on the day of release in UK shops. It always will.
My favorite all time song, from my favorite all time band. Pure masterpiece from musical genius.
My marriage was on the verge of falling apart. My husband brought home "The
Wall", the movie. I cried the first several times we watched it, not knowing I was crying for that looming loss, but it made the eventual break up somehow bearable, since I'd already, unconsciously, done some of the grieving.
Seriously, I see a video from Professor of Rock, I give it a thumbs up before I even watch it.
Thank you by friend!
@@ProfessorofRock You are welcome, brother! You and your team continue to bring top-notch content.
I have finally mastered these two solos on my guitar, almost note for note. Being able to not only listen to, but also play, Gilmour's masterful solos has been a dream come true. Now I just need to get out there so others can hear me echo it to them. Even as I play the solos on the strat given to me by my father, I still get the chills. And yes, it makes me even feel comfortably numb. Such melodic brilliance, that can only be described by the music itself.
Another great episode Professor! I absolutely love Pink Floyd, thank you for this review!
My cousin left me his tape collection when he left to go on a church mission. For 2 years I had Dark Side of the Moon sitting in a box on top of my dresser. As my family drove to Utah, to see him again and give back those tapes, I put Dark Side in my walkman. My taste in music changed that day. A few years later the song TIme changed my life.
@Anna Trail I used to have a neighbor who cranked up "Dark Side of The Moon" every Sunday around noon on his big outdoor speakers. Only time I actually looked forward to hearing a neighbor blast loud music!
I don't know a soul who doesn't like that album, and frankly, I wouldn't care to know a person who couldn't enjoy that music. I would feel sorry for them, and pray that their broken soul has a healing.
@Anna Trail 5150 is a great album! Funny, I didn't know what 5150 meant until I moved to California 20 years ago. Then 3 years ago, I had one! But I'm much better now. I was going to kill myself after my husband of 15 years left, but I came to realize that he did me a favor.
Early PF recordings often had a sound that seemed to move from one side of the room to the other that was trippy, and did sound weird in headphones. I like "Echoes" for its trippyness!
@Anna Trail Yes! I'm still in California and I LOVE it here! I spent my first 40 years in Dallas, TX and I'll never go back. I always hated living in the city.
Everyone talks about how expensive it is here, but they are talking about cities and areas I don't want to live in anyway.
In 2003, I bought 20 acres up on Mt. San Jacinto. 4 years later, we were living on it! Only good thing about that marriage. He had mechanic/electrician skills, so he installed a 9Kw solar electric system that has powered my home for 15 years now. That's 15 years of NO electric bills!
My mortgage is less than $1200 a month for a 3 bdrm, 2 bath 1600 sq. ft house. I realized quickly we wouldn't be able to keep up with brush clearance we needed to do to be fire safe, so I started adopting goats. Now I have 15 of the darlings and they do a great job.
I've managed to live pretty well on about $2000 a month, and I live in a gorgeous place with no neighbors within a mile! I can earn money just selling the yucca stalks that grow here, and I have. Parrots LOVE those things, and they grow huge on this mountain. I can grow just about anything here, great soil and weather. We could be self-sufficient if I wasn't so lazy, lol.
My ex left because his side chick let him move in, and it was too far to the liquor store from here, I suppose!
He hated it here after a couple of years. Narcissists need attention, and he wasn't getting it out here.
He married his 5th wife immediately after our divorce, and after he dumped his very long-time girlfriend. He used her as a doormat for over 30 years, but somehow she wasn't good enough to marry because she wasn't "pretty". I hope that woman knows she dodged a bullet, even if she is probably the only woman who really loved him! I feel only concern and compassion for any woman who lets him in their lives.
I love the lack of excitement living in peace and quiet. I never thought I'd live in such a beautiful place! The banner photo on my channel is the view from my front porch. I have videos of my beloved goats in case you want to see cute baby goats frolicking!
Sorry, I tend to blather on way too much!
It is always interesting to hear how these great songs come about.
I saw The Wall (twice) in 1980 at the Nassau Coliseum - and I remember the Comfortably Numb performance with David on the lift on the top of the wall. The spotlight behind him projected a huge 100-foot plus shadow-silhouette on the back wall of the Coliseum of him playing the leads. Unforgettable!
This song has resonated with me for 30 years. Will never forget seeing Gilmour perform it in LA on the On an Island tour. Pink Floyd always takes me back to the highs and lows of my life in the early-mid 1990s in college and grad school
I listened to this album religiously as a teen. It certainly gave a voice to some of the emotions I was feeling and hell, still feel to this day! Loved the video and can't wait for the next installment!
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Same. It was THE album of my senior year in high school. So many memories of high school angst from that time.
Pink Floyd : "Together we stand,
Divided we fall."
We fall.. we fall ... we fall .. fall...fall
Why is this the best music channel? I think it is because the host is a true fan of music first. Humble and knowledgeable. Enthusiastic and positive.
This is my all-time favorite Pink Floyd track! Having been an RN for a very long time, I feel a very strong connection with this tune. I hated it when my patients were in pain, and it's a blessing to be able to be there to relieve that type of pain for someone!
The chime after "pin prick" is not from a ZYLOPHONE, is an instrument called a 'TRIANGLE'. Usually played by supernerds.
I disagree. I feel the triangle is played by a normal kid with no talent who wants to sleep with one of the supernerd girls in band.
Yes, we used to cover "Numb" back in the mid '80s and the drummer always did the triangle, details make it.
@@50gary With Floyd more than anyone else every detail mattered.
My favorite Pink Floyd song has long been Dogs. I grew up with these songs because my dad is a Pink Floyd fan, but they never resonated so much with me until I became an adult
Excellent song! It accurately reflects scratching for survival on the streets.
I've been walking around a bit UNcomfortably numb lately (my dad passed away from Covid 5 months ago, and I have yet to shed a tear) - thanks for sharing your tender feelings and experience so beautifully, from the heart - you really reached me. And bless you for all that you do to honor these talented artists. ❤❤❤
This song changed my outlook on life the first time i heard it many moons ago when i was just 17.
The staying power of Comfortably Numb is just incredible that even now in my forties this song resonates with me whether i'm feeling depressed and trying to pick myself up, or when i'm feeling elated and need to ground myself and get a handle on the moment.
Comfortably Numb is a powerhouse of a Rock anthem, fans love it, neutrals enjoy it, and even haters admit that it just oozes class.
Great video bro, looking forward to more of your Pink Floyd videos 👍
On another note, this video reminds me that there will never be another Pink Floyd. Their music, their lyricism, it seems otherworldly in some sense (and I know they are not religious, although I am).
Touched by the hand of God. It's undeniable. You're right.
@@ProfessorofRock I so agree! And I know that, at least, Gilmour and Waters are atheists.
I am also an atheist here. If I had a religion it would be 'Pink Floyd' and David Gilmour would be my God.
Wow, never knew about the compromise, I am glad Gilmour won out on the solo, that is one of the best in any recording, in my humble opinion. Great episode. By the way if you want to see a great version of this song look up David Gilmour live in Pompeii.
Professor, you really nailed the description of this episode. Pink Floyd's The Wall is a true masterpiece, and I must have owned 5 different copies over the course of my life (LP, cassette, CD, DVD, digital audio). Just an amazing album, really.
Thanks for this, very much appreciated. Keep up the amazing work!!
I received the Pink Floyd album as a birthday present from my cousin, who lives in Sweden, in 1980. It was my first album of this group. I was born in 1965 in Czechoslovakia and "western music" was not officially released in our country. Until then, we were looking for recordings from various sources. I knew Pink Floyd from cassette tapes from friends (Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon, Animals ...). But The Wall was something incredible to me! And after the single "Another Brick in the Wall", which I bought from a friend, it was my real first PF album. I've played it about a million times and I still have it. Although he's damaged by playing, he'll never leave me! He will go to the grave with me.
Thanks for the video and I'll keep watching!
Lordy! How I LOVE this man and his fantastic channel! If only MTV had programs near the quality that Adam gives us on a regular basis, they would still be wildly popular today, I think.
Thank you Adam, for sharing your SOUL with us. I wish more men could learn to speak more openly about their pain and loss like you have. You are a beautiful mensch, and I love you just a little more with every one of your videos I watch. Your knowledge and passion for the music I love would be enough, but you are so much more than that!
Okay, who else, when Adam first mentioned that big needle, began singing at the top of your lungs, "IIIIIIIIIII have become! Comfortably NUUUUUUMB!"
Umm, just me, then?
First time I heard this song, I was 18 and I wondered how Waters knew my life so well. I was a sickly child who had several close calls. I remember the doctor making a house call after dark, when it turned out I had meningitis and my parents were afraid I was dying because I couldn't walk or move my legs and had a crazy high fever. I think it was the very strong antibiotic I was given that ruined my teeth and turned them grey but it saved my life. When people ask me now about my ugly teeth, I say, "Yeah, but at least I'm still here to answer your rude questions!" lol.
As a teen, I started having "seizures" and was put on anticonvulsants. I don't believe I ever had epilepsy, and neither did Mom. She recognized these episodes only happened when I was stressed, so she started slipping me a Valium when I started having an episode. That worked, and stopped it becoming full-blown, but I spent much of my teens feeling "Comfortably Numb".
Now I know what Mom knew, I was having extreme panic attacks that made me feel like I was going to die. She knew, because she lived with them too. She learned to cope, and so have I. Sometimes it takes medication, but today I use cannabis to calm my fear and panic instead of addictive and dangerous benzos.
"Another Brick in the Wall" has a Disco Beat. People can dance to it so that might be a reason why it charted so high.
It was catchiness plus controversy
Ok I realize I comment on pretty much every video but 1. I absolutely love and live for the music I grew up on in The 70’s and 80’s 2. I am a proud Patreon Supporter of this channel and 3. My wife loves Pink Floyd! I mean LOVES ❤️ Pink Floyd! We’ve been collecting Vinyl for a few years now and lately she’s been working on building their entire catalog. Right now we’re waiting on Pipers at the Gates of Dawn and Animals to arrive! So I don’t say this lightly “Thank You”! This episode was very much appreciated!
My cousin and I memorized the Wall - every lyric from every song - the summer I was 11 years old. Good days.
One of my all-time favorite lyrics is from this: "The child is grown, The dream is gone"
Since you mentioned its appearance in "The Departed", now I want to watch the movie again. Great flick.
Mine too!
Awful movie, but not as bad as other times Scorsese directed DiCaprio. Shudder island wins out as the WOAT.
I recently revisited The Wall from start to finish. Again it just mesmerized me. Like the boy in the movie, I too lost my father as a child. This whole double album is pure genius. It is, in my opinion, nothing short of a masterpiece.
By the way Adam, we love you brother. I appreciate your honesty and opening up about very private feelings. Be well my man.
Great Review. This is one of my favorites that you have done. Love your channel.. Keep On Keeping them coming.
Cheers.
Hey that’s a great story you told. I’m really never going to stop loving this song and it’s actually great seeing people react to this song for the first time on youtube
They played this during the second set of their 1994 Division Bell tour the third night in Montreal at Olympic Stadium. It was not a concert, it was an event
wasn't every Pink Floyd show an event though?? lolz
I saw them on that tour at the Sun Bowl stadium in El Paso, TX. The full moon rose mid-show. Ethereal moment.
@@alfonsomunoz4424 Wow, that must have been incredible.
During that same tour I saw them play at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. I sat for the whole concert but when this song came on we all stood. The killjoys behind us yelled at us to sit down. We replied, "Stand up!."
@@briang70 There were the two HUGE boar heads coming out of large cans on the stage. CRAZY. Then the sparkling ball that descended from the roof and opened up into a sparkling flower. All those lighters during "Wish You Were Here"
Comfortably numb was originally gonna be on David's first solo album, just try to imagine how different the song would have been
It wasn't a completed song, he just had sone of the riffs , and those amazing solos came from messing with a strangely tuned guitar,
David talks about this in an old interview from the early to mid 80s if ya can find it
Thank you. Always my absolute favourite. ❤
One of your best video essays! Thank you.
I was never a big fan of The Wall overall but there’s no denial on how good this song is.
Pink Floyd, especially Gilmore’s version, is beyond music. Like nothing else.
Well....
comfortably numb got me through being teenager.... it is the very best song ever written... the solo gives the full emotive idea of the lyrics . Comfortably numb is the only guitar solo that frees me and releases me from the pain of life .
I’ve always loved this song, especially Gilmour’s superb guitar work. Those solos make me cry and I think about my dear cousin that I lost years ago.