What ur not getting is the story and why he's singing this way. This is about shooting up {drugs} at 1 of their shows. His dream-like voice he is using is to help simulate the atmosphere. Its clear u have no background with this and I think that's GREAT! So as u learn more about this maybe think of it as him being an actor and this is the accent the roll is calling for it. If that makes any sense.
It's time you went back to Echoes Live in Pompeii 1972 you will actually hear the origins of Phantom of the Opera. It's all innovative & quite brilliant Parts 1 & 2.
I seen them on this tour Division bell 94, in Rotterdam Holland. They played the Dark side of the Moon in it’s entirety and played for like 2 and a half hours great show
The spoken word parts are meant to be that way. It's from the wall, a concept album. Those parts originally sang by waters are supposed to be a doctor speaking to Pink trying to revive him. The chorus sang by Gilmour, is Pink answering. The fade out at the end I think is intentional designed to allow for extended soloing while playing live .Also, I think the tempo slowing down at the concert is to give the fans a longer experience. This song is like the magnum opus of Floyd. People wait their whole life to hear this live so they probably wanted to make it as epic is possible.
The "fade out" at the end is just part of an incomplete recording of Comfortable Numb. It really is just that. I have no idea where this recording was obtained but one half of the 2nd guitar solo is missing from the recording. I sent a different link to Isaac so he can hear the entire song. In case you missed where I sent It, it is again to. ruclips.net/video/_fDhiLnyFoo/видео.html
Agree - You have to listen to the whole album in context. It's a complete story and in this song, he's basically being given uppers/downers to manage depression, substance abuse and still get him out there on stage. See the movie too if you can!!
I saw this tour when I was living in Atlanta. The the concert ended, my friend looked at me and she said, I'll never be able to explain this to anybody. That was the best description of that concert.
OK, there’s no such thing as lazy vocals on this song. That vocal part is part of a story. You gotta listen to the whole album. It’s one of the greatest songs ever written. There’s nothing that you do or anybody else has done after that that will beat that song. You’re wondering about the fade out of the original version and where it would go where the live version is where it goes and it’s the greatest solo of all time. It’s fucking phenomenal.
I'm not sure you understand just yet how huge Pink Floyd was, and still is. An extremely creative, artistic band occupying there own space in music history. One thing I learned being a musician myself is that there is a difference between actual listening and thinking about it. Sometimes I get the sense you aren't really listening very well. I understand though, as you have two things going on...listening and having to come up with things to say. I enjoyed your little educational digression about cymbal brands. I also enjoy that you are knowledgeable about music and music tech. Pink Floyd and The Beatles and all those bands back then created those albums without computers, unlimited tracks, and auto-tuning. The musicians, producers, and engineers had to be really inventive and creative to pull it all off. Imagine, The Beatles used two 4-tracks and bouncing to record Sgt. Peppers. Keep going Isaac. Overall, I like your what your doing. You bring an intelligent perspective. Thinksound + Yours Is No Disgrace (Yes)
I was up on the 2nd balcony tripping. That ball was the whole universe exploding, I was at eye level with it lol. Those little dots on the wall you see in the video were 2 feet across in reality. One of the most mental experiences of my life! lol
@@BassistInATutu*"I was up on the 2nd balcony tripping."* ...I saw them in 1987 at Rupp Arena in Kentucky. The giant disco ball was there, but not the epic "warning siren" part of Gilmour's solo at the end. They even impressed my "new wave / punk" girlfriend who didn't listen to very much rock. Like you, we were both in "altered states" at the time.
There are two characters in the song. One is a depressed rock star (Pink) and the other is his nameless manager trying to get him ready for a show by giving him drugs. The “spoken” part is the manager. The vocal style reflects the disingenuousness and manipulation behind the manager’s words. He claims to care for the rock star, but he just wants the show to go on for the money. Meanwhile, the chorus is Pink singing to himself (maybe dreaming) as he slips into a drug induced haze. He remembers being sick as a child and feeling the same sense of detachment as the people and world around him fades like “distant ship smoke on the horizon”. The Wall is a concept album that follows the life of Pink as he struggles with increasing isolation of rock star fame. It is a deeply psychological exploration that dives into his childhood, his relationship to his mother, who dominates him, and the absence of his father, who was killed in the war. But the real sparks fly when he falls into such an identity crisis that he begins to fantasize about becoming a new person - a fascistic cult leader that incites his concert audience into a violent frenzy. Ultimately, the only way out is to put himself on trial, which is a truly mind blowing scene. For those who haven’t seen the film or heard the entire album end-to-end in this context, I’ve already shared too much. You need to experience it yourself. Peace.
You obviously don't get it. I mean you SPECTACULARLY don't get it. And your cheap shot about them being "high out of their minds" is an insulting stereotype.
It's good to remember this is a cut from a concept album. The lyrics and music for the whole album relate throughout it and you are hearing a snippet out of context. "Pink" is sick or drugged, and a doctor trying to get him together to go on stage sounds slow and blurred.
You need to listen through the complete album to understand why Roger sings the verses so dark and David does the “answering” in a brighter tone. The conflicting feelings within Pink. (The character)
What you are missing big time is that these are not "Songs" but "Stories"... Pink Floyd Loves conceptual Albums, that means they are going to tell you a story... And you seem to be thinking Britney Spears is your role model here... 🤔
A Pink Floyd song, by its own, is generaly very hard to fully comprehend. To get a good understanding, you really have to listen to the full album, from begining to end. Your analyses are good but you'd be blown by the "whole album concept". A Pink Floyd song is not so much about «melody», nor rimes, as much as about emotions (normally dark emotions like despair, sadness, lonlyness, etc). David's guitare is expressing those universals emotions like no one else!
The big disco ball is highly symbolic. First of all, it wasn't seen until the lights spotted it. It was simply not there! Hidden in a box in the ceilling. So when it got lit, you can understand why the audience went wild. And then, when it opened up and showed the shining diamond that's inside, a direct reference to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (which refer to Syd Barrett), the fans understood! Genius! What's more? This is one of the 3 songs they in the « encore ».
To answer quickly your question about doubling the vocals you have to go back to the era of the beginnings of Rock n' Roll, Buddy Holly, Les Paul and engineer Ken Townsend in Abby Road Studios, those were the pioneers of double tracking, Now later on a fella by the name Phil Spector went creative with double tracking and what he called The Wall of Sound. A good Recording Engineer will know those terms by heart.
The smile on my face after the first guitar solo when I can’t wait to see his reaction to the second solo…… David Gilmour is a phrasing genius but when he cuts loose on the second solo in a live setting, there’s nothing off limits. Bluesy bends, tremolo bar work, pinch harmonics, and epic melodic tension and release. Genius
Yep, just discovered this channel. Now it has to be blocked. True "actual music " fans have to stick together and not put up with disrespecting the legends of the greatest era in music history. Take your computer generated sounds and auto tune junk, and leave us children of the 80s alone.
Have been to hundreds of concerts. Pink Floyd was not my favorite band, but I saw them live in 1986 at the New Haven coliseum. They fkng blew my mind. By far, the best concert I ever saw.
I saw Floyd at the Rose Bowl in 94'. I grew up on punk and metal and only went bc I was chasing a girl. I have to say it's one of the best concerts I have been to. 90,000 Floyd fans packed into one venue was insane.
cant believe it was 30 years ago, was at that concert series at Earls Court and it was truly awesome. Listen to the whole concert because it is sublime and wonderful.
Nice to see you listening to more Pink Floyd. You will receive many suggestions for more. Mine is Echoes Live at Pompeii. „thinksound“ + Shine on you crazy diamond (the studio versions I-V and VI-IX). PS: I‘ve been on the pulse concert in Berlin. It was the best of my life.
Back in O.C. Calif when I was 30 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a P.F. show coming up. Knowing I am a Floyd fan she called the radio station (KMET - LA, “The Mighty Met”) to get information on the concert, The DJ on live radio Cynthia Fox…. said...."Congratulations, YOU are caller number 10, YOU just won tickets to the show and the Sound Check Party before the show"... I met David Gilmour back stage. He gave us both a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I told him his music will stand the test of time with anything from Beethoven or Mozart. He smiled even bigger. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shook both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. Hard to explain how awesome that moment was in my life. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well, better than any other guitarist I know. . I told him in my eyes he’s a “Legend“. He thanked me and said “Enjoy the show”…. during the concert after the song “Money” he looked right at me and said…. “On saxophone, another Legend, Mr. Raphael Ravenscroft” … acknowledging my comment to him. It is my favorite moment in over 300 shows I’ve seen. I asked David…. How do you create those awesome solos?… he said….. I sit on a stool and listen to what Roger, Nick and Rick put down and play along. I listen to what I played and pick out what I like, then I put the pieces together into one piece then learn to play it as one. Our fans are fanatics for our shows to sound like the albums so I must play it correctly each time in a show. I have the concert Brochure and album on the wall with David’s picture centerfold. All of us fortunate enough to have seen this show live were in a TRANCE.... MESMERIZED the entire show... as you can imagine. We walked out saying.... What did we just witness? That was out of this world incredible. The Red Fender Stratocaster he used for this concert in the Guitar Collector World is ....PRICELESS
You gave your honest opinion, Comfortably Numb, is from The Concept Album The Wall, and by most, probably one of the best guitar solos ever recorded/written. The entire album was originally a Concept Of Rodger Waters, personal experience of the horrors of Stardom, and his personal experience of being given a medical injection to perform a concert, in which he became so numb, he couldn’t feel his hands, and how the experience of touring had not only become unbearable for himself as well as some of the members of the group as well. The Album also combined his personal views on WWII on how he grew up with an overprotective mother, after the loss of his father during the war, (whom his father lost his father (Rodger’s Grandfather) during WWI fighting in the trenches), this is his existential connection between all three, this was the follow up to Animals, Floyd’s musical masterpiece to the book 1984. The Wall not my favorite Floyd Record (it’s in my top 3) after Wish You Were Hear, and Dark Side of the Moon. Anyway, this is masterpiece of art, and not necessarily a piece of pop music.
I have seen Pink Floyd Live 4 times… I saw this same show Syracuse Carrier Dome in N.Y. 1994. The concert brochure said the stage is 120 feet wide. It takes a crew of 60 technicians three days to set up the entire lights and all. The concert schedule required that there had to be three entire crews to keep up. They leap froged each other for 92 shows with 20 Trucks per crew and a total staff of 195. The tour cost the promoters $98.MILLION to put on, but the total profit was $260 MILLION. Nick Mason’s drumming is incredible and matches Gilmour’s guitar emotions while Richard Wright takes us on a Magic Carpet Ride of tones that form the foundation of it all. When the “Disco Ball’ was uncovered and the lights hit it….. WHAT IS HAPPENING was what I said….The entire crowd was held in a trace and our minds totally blown by what we witnessed.
"Comfortably Numb" wasn't even the finale/encore. Watch anything from the Pulse Concert (High Hopes?) and you will see how everyone on stage played their part in this monumentle concert.
Yes it was - it was the second encore of three:- Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell . . . . then house lights on and bugger off home.
They weren't a drug fuelled band, their founder went mad with acid early in the bands history and all the others did was a bit of weed and even then it wasn't a big thing with them. Now people who listen to Floyd.......
Great idea to watch the studio and live performances back to back. I've never done that before. This has been a favourite for many years. I was actually at the Pulse concert this was filmed at. Most amazing thing ever, I can't even explain! The volume was immense, and perfect! You can't imagine anything like it! Nice reaction fella. I subscribed. Oh, and Thinksound Favourite all time song. The Jefferson Airplane Experience - White Rabbit.
I wasn't at that exact venue, but I did see them live on the same Pulse tour, in the open air at a chateau in Chantilly (France) one of the most amazing experiences in my life.
Have you ever listed to the band Archive ? Try to listen to Again ( long version), finding it so hard etc.... They are usually compared to pink floyd etc... like a mix of pink floyd, depeche mode, bowie etc....
One of the greatest live performances of all time. The lighting engineer asked David Gilmour which lights he wanted them to use, to which Gilmour replied, "All of them."
They use that giant gong in the song High Hopes during this concert! You definitely should check out the live version of High Hopes if you want to see great production!!!
Issac you can just not understand the intensity of this band without seeing them live. David Gilmour is a master of string instruments. I grew up with these guys. I was at the final Pink Floyd concert at Giant Stadium July 18th 1994. That was the Pulse tour you showed. I was also at the last David Gilmour concert in the US on November 10th 2024 which was coincidentally my birthday and that concert, Luck and Strange was even better if you can imagine that. David Gilmour just keeps going. Thank you Dave for all the fabulous music.
🎯 It’s all about contrast!!! Led Zep is great at it, also. Slow down; lull you in; SMASH YOUR FACE IN. Speak soft, low, distorted; come in clear and inviting. It’s elementary. Push, pull; up, down; in, out. The problem is: Your generation is expecting one-beat simplicity and the 60’s & 70’s were experimenting with contrast and sophistication. You can’t compare an “elementary” education with “graduate” school. Glad to see you decided to enroll in Grad. School!!!
Fun facts. There were a little under 20k in Earls Court London for each of 14 nights, they used 233000 watts of power to run their kit, ( that would run a small town) and it cost $98,000,000 to have three complete stage setups. The lighting techies asked was there a lighting budget and the reply was yes.
I think this song is the perfect description of someone's descent into schizophrenia (as did their original band member, Syd Barrett). The first guitar solo is in a major key, and very hopeful. The final solo is in a minor key, and very anguished. He wasn't really so comfortable after all. Comfortably numb means withdrawn from reality to avoid the pain, and that's what the song conveys to me. It is part of the story of The Wall, but I believe it goes beyond that. One of the most beautiful yet disturbing songs ever written/performed.
A lot of the music from the 70s was the evolution of the blues of the 20s-40s. That’s literally who birthed rock and roll. Oh, you need, nay, you are required to watch this entire concert. That’s only a slice of the brilliance of Pink Floyd. And Nick and the percussionist work so well together.
I apologize for this ahead of time, but you cannot possibly call yourself a music producer and not know this stuff. What were you listening to when you were 15? How can anyone possibly be in this business without understanding the history? First, you cannot listen to a Pink Floyd "song". With very few exceptions, their albums are meant to be listened to straight through. You mentioned you don't like the fade out. Then listen to the album. Pink Floyd didn't invent the concept album, but they did perfect it. It doesn't matter if you're GenZ. You should be able to talk about Bach and Mozart with as much authority as anyone from today. Music is music. Spend some time on Rick Beato's channel. Learn your craft.
It's quite famously a song about an actual anxiety attack prior to a show. But, given that it is Pink Floyd, the metaphor is as important. External control, giving up, false emotions, etc. Read into it what you will. This is a masterpiece for a reason... it's deeper than just the words. Then Gilmour's solo gives flight to a comforted soul - it works together, not as bits and pieces.
the gong and bell r both for the song “High Hopes”… this concert was 2 1/2 hours of amazing music and amazing laser lights… to this day i still cannot believe how perfect and amazing this entire concert was.. EVERY song “Sorrow” and “High Hopes”.. “Run Like Hell (which was the finale”.. react to those songs and others from this concert… it will blow u away to remember ALL of this is the same damn concert
This Show, (Earls Court, London), was near the end of Pink Floyds massive 1994 The Division Bell world tour. The stage here, as well as all the lighting, sound system, gear, rigs, etc., was 1 of 3 that the band designed and had built. The stages were designed after The Hollywood Bowl, with a 130 ft. arch. They needed 3 of stages, as well as most everything else for the North American leg of the tour because of the time it took to load-in setup, (3 days), and the load-out, 2.5 days). the stages leaped-frogged across North America so there was always a venue ready for performances. It was the largest tour ever at the time. Btw, they use that gong in the song High Hopes from this same 1994 Pulse Concert.
I feel sorry for the people who never got to see Pink Floyd live. It changed my life as a musician and a person. Out of the thousand or so shows I've seen, PF is still the best live experience by far.
You need to listen through the complete album to understand why Roger sings the verses so dark and David does the “answering” in a brighter tone. The conflicting feelings within Pink. (The character) Thinksound Comfortably numb This is, hands down, my absolute favourite song of all!
Something to keep in mind when listening to older usual is the cop et if the album. Very often the songs are written to be played together. Even if they’re not they are almost always arranged in the album in an intentional order. It’s not just a collection of independent, randomly ordered songs very often.
Hey Issac Good job on the PF video. Just a quick note. I was at the Pulse concert Way back. Yes it was awesome. When giant disco ball first came out and started spinning the effect of the lights on the concert hall made it appear as if the entire place was spinning. We noticed there were people closing their eyes so as not to get sick. Just a little info for ya.
Thank you for listening to this, people who react to music which is deemed out of the norm often are opened up to the best music. As many comments are saying Pink Floyd has some of the most complicated band history. Break ups, fights, touring rivalries, therefore this is reflected in many of their songs.
The film is a must see for anyone who has any connection to any war in any way at all. It is mostly to do with WWII, but it's also Pink Floyd, so there is much more to unpack than just the facade.
You'll get the spoken word thing when you hear the song in the context of the album. The Wall (like many Pink Floyd albums) is best taken as a whole. And oh, Thinksound.
you asked when vocal doubling recording were first used, it was in the 40's and 50's when it started. -- Early pioneers Les Paul and Buddy Holly were early pioneers of vocal doubling, experimenting with overdubbing techniques in the 1940s and 1950s. Their 1951 song "How High the Moon" was one of the first recorded pieces to include doubled vocals. Magnetic tape
Roger Waters’ vocals (verses and bass) is all over The Wall with brief welcome respites from David Gilmour (chorus and guitar). Part of what makes the song is the contrast.
5:33 - That first solo seems like it's the kind of thing that inspired the heck out of Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction) and Slash (Guns N' Roses). In a way I think Gilmour primed a lot of what came in the 80's as far as guitar aesthetics, particularly this kind of jaded and beautiful 'Lucifer fallen soloing on a rooftop' kind of vibe.
This song was originally written by Gilmour on an acoustic guitar for a solo album. Dave brought it to Roger for the wall. Roger wrote the lyrics. THe Wall mostly Roger is about isolation that people and govt do by building walls. No horns on this song. You just listen to the studio version which was shorten to get radio play. "Pulse 1994" is the one to listen to.
If you watch the movie "The Wall" it will explain all the talking.. look it up.. maybe the wiki will explain it or try to..I have seen that pulse video a gazilion times.. got two copied of the movie and the concert...the movie is a story...that little tinkle you heard was Pink getting a shot. A little pin prick. oh and "thinksound" and my fav song you just played in the second half of the video..
Thinksound headphones, and this is one of my favorite songs of all time but if I have to pick another one it would be, atom heart mother- Pink Floyd. If you haven’t heard it please hear it you will love it from a producer standpoint.
Hi! Just bought the thinksound headphones two weeks ago. Had them shipped from Burlington, Ontario all the way to The Netherlands. They are very lightweight and they sound excellent!!
There are many great guitar solos by David Gilmour, who, with no exaggeration is one of the best guitarists ever. He can shred but Pink Floyd fans don't judge playing ability by playing speed. There's a reason that Pink Floyd sold more Albums in the UK than any other UK band ever has. Stop and think about that for a moment! It's a huge number.
The guitar is one of the most famous guitars in history & sold a few years ago to Jim Irsay for just under $4 million. Google the history of it. It’s so famous that they sell multiple versions of it (the different ways David Gilmour set it up), even “beat up, played -looking,” versions of it. The “black strat” is all you have to say, & everyone in music knows what you are referring to.
So glad you are listening to more PF. I think from your perspective, it is a group that it is going to be always interesting because of their production values on both their music and their shows. A Momentary Lapse of Reason is still one of the CDs with the best sound I have, just because of how clear and precise the mixing is.
The gong was used when they played "High Hopes," and the live version from the Pulse concert is stellar. I'd love to watch you react to that. In fact, you could march through their whole catalog and I'd not be bored!
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What ur not getting is the story and why he's singing this way. This is about shooting up {drugs} at 1 of their shows. His dream-like voice he is using is to help simulate the atmosphere. Its clear u have no background with this and I think that's GREAT! So as u learn more about this maybe think of it as him being an actor and this is the accent the roll is calling for it. If that makes any sense.
It's time you went back to Echoes Live in Pompeii 1972 you will actually hear the origins of Phantom of the Opera. It's all innovative & quite brilliant Parts 1 & 2.
I seen them on this tour Division bell 94, in Rotterdam Holland. They played the Dark side of the Moon in it’s entirety and played for like 2 and a half hours great show
Please stop making videos. You're awful.
Your videos are awful and your reactions are absurdly ignorant.
The spoken word parts are meant to be that way. It's from the wall, a concept album. Those parts originally sang by waters are supposed to be a doctor speaking to Pink trying to revive him. The chorus sang by Gilmour, is Pink answering. The fade out at the end I think is intentional designed to allow for extended soloing while playing live .Also, I think the tempo slowing down at the concert is to give the fans a longer experience. This song is like the magnum opus of Floyd. People wait their whole life to hear this live so they probably wanted to make it as epic is possible.
The "fade out" at the end is just part of an incomplete recording of Comfortable Numb. It really is just that. I have no idea where this recording was obtained but one half of the 2nd guitar solo is missing from the recording. I sent a different link to Isaac so he can hear the entire song. In case you missed where I sent It, it is again to. ruclips.net/video/_fDhiLnyFoo/видео.html
Agreed… This went an entire galaxy over his head 🙈🙈🙈
@@MatthijsTempels yah, he's too eager to be pedantic.
Agree - You have to listen to the whole album in context. It's a complete story and in this song, he's basically being given uppers/downers to manage depression, substance abuse and still get him out there on stage. See the movie too if you can!!
Properly right
All Stratocasters wants for christmas is a David Guilmor!!
Lol.that is a great one.
I saw this tour when I was living in Atlanta. The the concert ended, my friend looked at me and she said, I'll never be able to explain this to anybody. That was the best description of that concert.
OK, there’s no such thing as lazy vocals on this song. That vocal part is part of a story. You gotta listen to the whole album. It’s one of the greatest songs ever written. There’s nothing that you do or anybody else has done after that that will beat that song.
You’re wondering about the fade out of the original version and where it would go where the live version is where it goes and it’s the greatest solo of all time. It’s fucking phenomenal.
I'm not sure you understand just yet how huge Pink Floyd was, and still is. An extremely creative, artistic band occupying there own space in music history. One thing I learned being a musician myself is that there is a difference between actual listening and thinking about it. Sometimes I get the sense you aren't really listening very well. I understand though, as you have two things going on...listening and having to come up with things to say. I enjoyed your little educational digression about cymbal brands. I also enjoy that you are knowledgeable about music and music tech. Pink Floyd and The Beatles and all those bands back then created those albums without computers, unlimited tracks, and auto-tuning. The musicians, producers, and engineers had to be really inventive and creative to pull it all off. Imagine, The Beatles used two 4-tracks and bouncing to record Sgt. Peppers. Keep going Isaac. Overall, I like your what your doing. You bring an intelligent perspective. Thinksound + Yours Is No Disgrace (Yes)
Spot on!
And keep in mind that this is his 1st listen. It's hard to go too DEEP on a 1st listen.
(19:20) *"Is that a giant disco ball?"* ... To every stoner in the audience, it was the eye of God coming down to check out Gilmour's guitar solo.
I was up on the 2nd balcony tripping. That ball was the whole universe exploding, I was at eye level with it lol. Those little dots on the wall you see in the video were 2 feet across in reality. One of the most mental experiences of my life! lol
@@BassistInATutu*"I was up on the 2nd balcony tripping."*
...I saw them in 1987 at Rupp Arena in Kentucky. The giant disco ball was there, but not the epic "warning siren" part of Gilmour's solo at the end. They even impressed my "new wave / punk" girlfriend who didn't listen to very much rock.
Like you, we were both in "altered states" at the time.
@@0-by-1_Publishing_LLC Imagine if the first time you ever heard Shine On was in an altered state at the pulse concert....... My wife. Seriously! lol
There are two characters in the song. One is a depressed rock star (Pink) and the other is his nameless manager trying to get him ready for a show by giving him drugs.
The “spoken” part is the manager. The vocal style reflects the disingenuousness and manipulation behind the manager’s words. He claims to care for the rock star, but he just wants the show to go on for the money.
Meanwhile, the chorus is Pink singing to himself (maybe dreaming) as he slips into a drug induced haze. He remembers being sick as a child and feeling the same sense of detachment as the people and world around him fades like “distant ship smoke on the horizon”.
The Wall is a concept album that follows the life of Pink as he struggles with increasing isolation of rock star fame. It is a deeply psychological exploration that dives into his childhood, his relationship to his mother, who dominates him, and the absence of his father, who was killed in the war.
But the real sparks fly when he falls into such an identity crisis that he begins to fantasize about becoming a new person - a fascistic cult leader that incites his concert audience into a violent frenzy. Ultimately, the only way out is to put himself on trial, which is a truly mind blowing scene.
For those who haven’t seen the film or heard the entire album end-to-end in this context, I’ve already shared too much. You need to experience it yourself.
Peace.
David Gilmour is such a humble man and a guitar master.
You obviously don't get it. I mean you SPECTACULARLY don't get it. And your cheap shot about them being "high out of their minds" is an insulting stereotype.
I agree. Insulting. 😠
It's good to remember this is a cut from a concept album. The lyrics and music for the whole album relate throughout it and you are hearing a snippet out of context. "Pink" is sick or drugged, and a doctor trying to get him together to go on stage sounds slow and blurred.
100%
One of the greatest moments of my life was being at that concert with my best friend.. A memory that will live with me till the day I die..
You need to listen through the complete album to understand why Roger sings the verses so dark and David does the “answering” in a brighter tone.
The conflicting feelings within Pink. (The character)
My FIRST gig was Pink Floyd at Wembley Stadium in 1987 (I was 17). That’s a tough act to follow!
What you are missing big time is that these are not "Songs" but "Stories"... Pink Floyd Loves conceptual Albums, that means they are going to tell you a story... And you seem to be thinking Britney Spears is your role model here... 🤔
There's a quote in the ether "Leo Fender invented the Stratocaster and God created David Gilmour to teach the world how to play it". 😊❤
A Pink Floyd song, by its own, is generaly very hard to fully comprehend. To get a good understanding, you really have to listen to the full album, from begining to end.
Your analyses are good but you'd be blown by the "whole album concept".
A Pink Floyd song is not so much about «melody», nor rimes, as much as about emotions (normally dark emotions like despair, sadness, lonlyness, etc). David's guitare is expressing those universals emotions like no one else!
Do you ever just “feel” music? Or is it all about the random technical crap? Sorry, just imho.
If you really want to listen to musical creativity then “DOGS” is a must
The big disco ball is highly symbolic.
First of all, it wasn't seen until the lights spotted it. It was simply not there! Hidden in a box in the ceilling. So when it got lit, you can understand why the audience went wild.
And then, when it opened up and showed the shining diamond that's inside, a direct reference to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (which refer to Syd Barrett), the fans understood!
Genius!
What's more? This is one of the 3 songs they in the « encore ».
To answer quickly your question about doubling the vocals you have to go back to the era of the beginnings of Rock n' Roll, Buddy Holly, Les Paul and engineer Ken Townsend in Abby Road Studios, those were the pioneers of double tracking, Now later on a fella by the name Phil Spector went creative with double tracking and what he called The Wall of Sound. A good Recording Engineer will know those terms by heart.
It's a call and response
The smile on my face after the first guitar solo when I can’t wait to see his reaction to the second solo…… David Gilmour is a phrasing genius but when he cuts loose on the second solo in a live setting, there’s nothing off limits. Bluesy bends, tremolo bar work, pinch harmonics, and epic melodic tension and release. Genius
I had the honor to watch David G at MSG this past month. What an incredible experience!
I was there on Saturday the 9th. Second to the last show on the tour. Will never EVER forget it!
Talking over probably one of the greatest solos in history...bye now and probably forever!
Yep, just discovered this channel. Now it has to be blocked.
True "actual music " fans have to stick together and not put up with disrespecting the legends of the greatest era in music history.
Take your computer generated sounds and auto tune junk, and leave us children of the 80s alone.
Have been to hundreds of concerts. Pink Floyd was not my favorite band, but I saw them live in 1986 at the New Haven coliseum. They fkng blew my mind. By far, the best concert I ever saw.
I saw Floyd at the Rose Bowl in 94'. I grew up on punk and metal and only went bc I was chasing a girl. I have to say it's one of the best concerts I have been to. 90,000 Floyd fans packed into one venue was insane.
cant believe it was 30 years ago, was at that concert series at Earls Court and it was truly awesome. Listen to the whole concert because it is sublime and wonderful.
Nice to see you listening to more Pink Floyd.
You will receive many suggestions for more. Mine is Echoes Live at Pompeii.
„thinksound“ + Shine on you crazy diamond (the studio versions I-V and VI-IX).
PS: I‘ve been on the pulse concert in Berlin. It was the best of my life.
Back in O.C. Calif when I was 30 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a P.F. show coming up. Knowing I am a Floyd fan she called the radio station (KMET - LA, “The Mighty Met”) to get information on the concert, The DJ on live radio Cynthia Fox…. said...."Congratulations, YOU are caller number 10, YOU just won tickets to the show and the Sound Check Party before the show"...
I met David Gilmour back stage. He gave us both a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I told him his music will stand the test of time with anything from Beethoven or Mozart. He smiled even bigger. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shook both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. Hard to explain how awesome that moment was in my life. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well, better than any other guitarist I know. . I told him in my eyes he’s a “Legend“. He thanked me and said “Enjoy the show”…. during the concert after the song “Money” he looked right at me and said…. “On saxophone, another Legend, Mr. Raphael Ravenscroft” … acknowledging my comment to him. It is my favorite moment in over 300 shows I’ve seen.
I asked David…. How do you create those awesome solos?… he said….. I sit on a stool and listen to what Roger, Nick and Rick put down and play along. I listen to what I played and pick out what I like, then I put the pieces together into one piece then learn to play it as one. Our fans are fanatics for our shows to sound like the albums so I must play it correctly each time in a show. I have the concert Brochure and album on the wall with David’s picture centerfold.
All of us fortunate enough to have seen this show live were in a TRANCE.... MESMERIZED the entire show... as you can imagine. We walked out saying.... What did we just witness? That was out of this world incredible. The Red Fender Stratocaster he used for this concert in the Guitar Collector World is ....PRICELESS
You gave your honest opinion, Comfortably Numb, is from The Concept Album The Wall, and by most, probably one of the best guitar solos ever recorded/written. The entire album was originally a Concept Of Rodger Waters, personal experience of the horrors of Stardom, and his personal experience of being given a medical injection to perform a concert, in which he became so numb, he couldn’t feel his hands, and how the experience of touring had not only become unbearable for himself as well as some of the members of the group as well. The Album also combined his personal views on WWII on how he grew up with an overprotective mother, after the loss of his father during the war, (whom his father lost his father (Rodger’s Grandfather) during WWI fighting in the trenches), this is his existential connection between all three, this was the follow up to Animals, Floyd’s musical masterpiece to the book 1984. The Wall not my favorite Floyd Record (it’s in my top 3) after Wish You Were Hear, and Dark Side of the Moon. Anyway, this is masterpiece of art, and not necessarily a piece of pop music.
If you want to see them in their younger (more experimental) days, I urge you to check out the Echoes performance live in Pompeii. Out of this world.
Forgot to mention that they split the 24 minute song into two parts, check out both!
1971 version.
David went back in 2016, so make sure it’s the 1971 original.
I have seen Pink Floyd Live 4 times… I saw this same show Syracuse Carrier Dome in N.Y. 1994. The concert brochure said the stage is 120 feet wide. It takes a crew of 60 technicians three days to set up the entire lights and all. The concert schedule required that there had to be three entire crews to keep up. They leap froged each other for 92 shows with 20 Trucks per crew and a total staff of 195. The tour cost the promoters $98.MILLION to put on, but the total profit was $260 MILLION. Nick Mason’s drumming is incredible and matches Gilmour’s guitar emotions while Richard Wright takes us on a Magic Carpet Ride of tones that form the foundation of it all. When the “Disco Ball’ was uncovered and the lights hit it….. WHAT IS HAPPENING was what I said….The entire crowd was held in a trace and our minds totally blown by what we witnessed.
"Comfortably Numb" wasn't even the finale/encore. Watch anything from the Pulse Concert (High Hopes?) and you will see how everyone on stage played their part in this monumentle concert.
Yes it was - it was the second encore of three:- Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell . . . . then house lights on and bugger off home.
They weren't a drug fuelled band, their founder went mad with acid early in the bands history and all the others did was a bit of weed and even then it wasn't a big thing with them. Now people who listen to Floyd.......
Great idea to watch the studio and live performances back to back. I've never done that before. This has been a favourite for many years. I was actually at the Pulse concert this was filmed at. Most amazing thing ever, I can't even explain! The volume was immense, and perfect! You can't imagine anything like it!
Nice reaction fella. I subscribed.
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Thinksound
Favourite all time song. The Jefferson Airplane Experience - White Rabbit.
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I was there two nights later, right in the middle in front of the sound and light desk. We got the only indoor shows in the world too.
I wasn't at that exact venue, but I did see them live on the same Pulse tour, in the open air at a chateau in Chantilly (France) one of the most amazing experiences in my life.
The gong is used in High Hopes…to amazing effect. You should put that one on your list.
Have you ever listed to the band Archive ? Try to listen to Again ( long version), finding it so hard etc.... They are usually compared to pink floyd etc... like a mix of pink floyd, depeche mode, bowie etc....
One of the greatest live performances of all time. The lighting engineer asked David Gilmour which lights he wanted them to use, to which Gilmour replied, "All of them."
Thank you for watching the PULSE concert. Pink Floyd is a VISUAL band
They use that giant gong in the song High Hopes during this concert! You definitely should check out the live version of High Hopes if you want to see great production!!!
Issac you can just not understand the intensity of this band without seeing them live. David Gilmour is a master of string instruments. I grew up with these guys. I was at the final Pink Floyd concert at Giant Stadium July 18th 1994. That was the Pulse tour you showed. I was also at the last David Gilmour concert in the US on November 10th 2024 which was coincidentally my birthday and that concert, Luck and Strange was even better if you can imagine that. David Gilmour just keeps going. Thank you Dave for all the fabulous music.
🎯 It’s all about contrast!!! Led Zep is great at it, also. Slow down; lull you in; SMASH YOUR FACE IN. Speak soft, low, distorted; come in clear and inviting. It’s elementary. Push, pull; up, down; in, out. The problem is: Your generation is expecting one-beat simplicity and the 60’s & 70’s were experimenting with contrast and sophistication. You can’t compare an “elementary” education with “graduate” school.
Glad to see you decided to enroll in Grad. School!!!
Fun facts. There were a little under 20k in Earls Court London for each of 14 nights, they used 233000 watts of power to run their kit, ( that would run a small town) and it cost $98,000,000 to have three complete stage setups. The lighting techies asked was there a lighting budget and the reply was yes.
thinksound +Wishing You Were Here. I'm glad to see you covering this and showing some reverence that seems to be missing from many reactions.
I think this song is the perfect description of someone's descent into schizophrenia (as did their original band member, Syd Barrett). The first guitar solo is in a major key, and very hopeful. The final solo is in a minor key, and very anguished. He wasn't really so comfortable after all. Comfortably numb means withdrawn from reality to avoid the pain, and that's what the song conveys to me. It is part of the story of The Wall, but I believe it goes beyond that. One of the most beautiful yet disturbing songs ever written/performed.
A lot of the music from the 70s was the evolution of the blues of the 20s-40s. That’s literally who birthed rock and roll.
Oh, you need, nay, you are required to watch this entire concert. That’s only a slice of the brilliance of Pink Floyd. And Nick and the percussionist work so well together.
I apologize for this ahead of time, but you cannot possibly call yourself a music producer and not know this stuff. What were you listening to when you were 15? How can anyone possibly be in this business without understanding the history?
First, you cannot listen to a Pink Floyd "song". With very few exceptions, their albums are meant to be listened to straight through. You mentioned you don't like the fade out. Then listen to the album. Pink Floyd didn't invent the concept album, but they did perfect it.
It doesn't matter if you're GenZ. You should be able to talk about Bach and Mozart with as much authority as anyone from today. Music is music.
Spend some time on Rick Beato's channel. Learn your craft.
It's quite famously a song about an actual anxiety attack prior to a show. But, given that it is Pink Floyd, the metaphor is as important. External control, giving up, false emotions, etc. Read into it what you will. This is a masterpiece for a reason... it's deeper than just the words. Then Gilmour's solo gives flight to a comforted soul - it works together, not as bits and pieces.
This live version is far superior than the studio version, IMHO.
the gong and bell r both for the song “High Hopes”… this concert was 2 1/2 hours of amazing music and amazing laser lights… to this day i still cannot believe how perfect and amazing this entire concert was.. EVERY song “Sorrow” and “High Hopes”.. “Run Like Hell (which was the finale”.. react to those songs and others from this concert… it will blow u away to remember ALL of this is the same damn concert
This Show, (Earls Court, London), was near the end of Pink Floyds massive 1994 The Division Bell world tour. The stage here, as well as all the lighting, sound system, gear, rigs, etc., was 1 of 3 that the band designed and had built. The stages were designed after The Hollywood Bowl, with a 130 ft. arch.
They needed 3 of stages, as well as most everything else for the North American leg of the tour because of the time it took to load-in setup, (3 days), and the load-out, 2.5 days). the stages leaped-frogged across North America so there was always a venue ready for performances.
It was the largest tour ever at the time.
Btw, they use that gong in the song High Hopes from this same 1994 Pulse Concert.
Definitely check out Echoes Live At Pompeii, one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded
I feel sorry for the people who never got to see Pink Floyd live. It changed my life as a musician and a person. Out of the thousand or so shows I've seen, PF is still the best live experience by far.
Typical gen z thirty seconds attention span. Shame is real music by talented musicians takes a little longer than that
When that tour came to our town they filled a stadium for 2 or 3 nights over 40k each night
Caught the 94 tour 5 days before I turned 18
UNFORGETTABLE is an understatement
You need to listen through the complete album to understand why Roger sings the verses so dark and David does the “answering” in a brighter tone.
The conflicting feelings within Pink. (The character)
Thinksound
Comfortably numb
This is, hands down, my absolute favourite song of all!
thinksound , "The great gig in the sky" ( Pulse concert Pink Floyd ) 🤩👍💯💥
One of the reasons for the disco ball was as a subtle dig at a critic who once opined that Pink Floyd was not dance music.
The whole pulse concert is like that. The gong is High Hopes. Try from pulse: SORROW. I will leave you speechless
One drummer, one percussionist
This song is part of a larger story. On its own, the lyrics don’t stand out, but as part of the larger narrative, it’s fits perfectly.
Something to keep in mind when listening to older usual is the cop et if the album. Very often the songs are written to be played together. Even if they’re not they are almost always arranged in the album in an intentional order. It’s not just a collection of independent, randomly ordered songs very often.
Hey Issac
Good job on the PF video. Just a quick note. I was at the Pulse concert Way back. Yes it was awesome. When giant disco ball first came out and started spinning the effect of the lights on the concert hall made it appear as if the entire place was spinning. We noticed there were people closing their eyes so as not to get sick. Just a little info for ya.
Thank you for listening to this, people who react to music which is deemed out of the norm often are opened up to the best music. As many comments are saying Pink Floyd has some of the most complicated band history. Break ups, fights, touring rivalries, therefore this is reflected in many of their songs.
Overdubbing vocals was also a Buddy Holly trick.
I don't know when "overdubbing" started but that was something Buddy Holly was known for back in the 50s.
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man the whole video im like this dude doesnt know what hes about to witness!
Sorrow from this Pulse concert is also awesome!
Oh yeh, l was there and it was 'ckin' amazing!
The film is a must see for anyone who has any connection to any war in any way at all. It is mostly to do with WWII, but it's also Pink Floyd, so there is much more to unpack than just the facade.
You'll get the spoken word thing when you hear the song in the context of the album. The Wall (like many Pink Floyd albums) is best taken as a whole.
And oh, Thinksound.
you asked when vocal doubling recording were first used, it was in the 40's and 50's when it started. -- Early pioneers
Les Paul and Buddy Holly were early pioneers of vocal doubling, experimenting with overdubbing techniques in the 1940s and 1950s. Their 1951 song "How High the Moon" was one of the first recorded pieces to include doubled vocals.
Magnetic tape
The headphones battery literally lasts forever? So you never ever need to charge them?! That’s incredible! 🎧
Roger Waters’ vocals (verses and bass) is all over The Wall with brief welcome respites from David Gilmour (chorus and guitar). Part of what makes the song is the contrast.
Nice video… I enjoy watching your style! Thanks buddy.
5:33 - That first solo seems like it's the kind of thing that inspired the heck out of Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction) and Slash (Guns N' Roses). In a way I think Gilmour primed a lot of what came in the 80's as far as guitar aesthetics, particularly this kind of jaded and beautiful 'Lucifer fallen soloing on a rooftop' kind of vibe.
Thinksound, In my darkest hour Megadeth
"thinksound" + Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
4:38 overdubbing, delays, and multi-tracking I believe was something that was heavily developed and maybe invented by Les Paul back in the 40s and 50s
Echoes Live in Pompeii 1971
Probably my favorite performance.
Thinksound , High Hopes-Pink Floyd
This song was originally written by Gilmour on an acoustic guitar for a solo album. Dave brought it to Roger for the wall. Roger wrote the lyrics. THe Wall mostly Roger is about isolation that people and govt do by building walls. No horns on this song. You just listen to the studio version which was shorten to get radio play. "Pulse 1994" is the one to listen to.
There is a good reason for the "spoken part" as you said. This is a concept album to the degree of they made a movie called "The Wall."
If you watch the movie "The Wall" it will explain all the talking.. look it up.. maybe the wiki will explain it or try to..I have seen that pulse video a gazilion times.. got two copied of the movie and the concert...the movie is a story...that little tinkle you heard was Pink getting a shot. A little pin prick. oh and "thinksound" and my fav song you just played in the second half of the video..
That is Mr. David
Gilmour!!!!!!
Show only respect.
Thinksound headphones, and this is one of my favorite songs of all time but if I have to pick another one it would be, atom heart mother- Pink Floyd. If you haven’t heard it please hear it you will love it from a producer standpoint.
I and a few friends get together to watch that concert live, but on tv from the other side of the ocean, in Brazil.
Maybe you were expecting a song... this is an odyssey.
Good, I do believe it's working and you are starting to realize that, like the rest of us, you are becoming....comfortably numb.
Thinksound - this... This is my favorite song of all time. Bought this album when it came out and played it until the needle wore out.
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@@becauseisaac Sounds like he's pretty happy with them!
Listen to 'Echoes' live at Pompeii 1972. Thats essential Pink Floyd then listen to "Shine on YOU Crazy Diamond" from the "wish you were here" album
There are many great guitar solos by David Gilmour, who, with no exaggeration is one of the best guitarists ever. He can shred but Pink Floyd fans don't judge playing ability by playing speed. There's a reason that Pink Floyd sold more Albums in the UK than any other UK band ever has. Stop and think about that for a moment! It's a huge number.
Great reaction! Nice insight into the production, too. "Two drummers?!" Man, do yourself a favor and watch the whole Pulse concert. It's bonkers.
The guitar is one of the most famous guitars in history & sold a few years ago to Jim Irsay for just under $4 million.
Google the history of it. It’s so famous that they sell multiple versions of it (the different ways David Gilmour set it up), even “beat up, played -looking,” versions of it. The “black strat” is all you have to say, & everyone in music knows what you are referring to.
So glad you are listening to more PF. I think from your perspective, it is a group that it is going to be always interesting because of their production values on both their music and their shows. A Momentary Lapse of Reason is still one of the CDs with the best sound I have, just because of how clear and precise the mixing is.
The gong was used when they played "High Hopes," and the live version from the Pulse concert is stellar. I'd love to watch you react to that. In fact, you could march through their whole catalog and I'd not be bored!