Staggering how good they were. This is 1994 Earl's Court in London, England. They used to run three fleets of trucks. One for the venue they were playing, one they just played, and one for the next stadium. In addition, the sound went all the way around the venue. So there were speakers everywhere. And at various times there were different sections bathed in light, inflatable giant pigs, and airplanes crashing and exploding. There was no substitute for a live Floyd show back in their heyday.
I was in Udine Italy 1995! I ran away from home,I was 16 & it has still been best concert of my life! Second is Manu Chao & RadioBemba in Pula Croatia (my country),third place are Pearl Jam in Chicago & biggest disappointment were Rolling Stones & Prodigy (they were playing less than hour☝️🤕 & tickets were expensive af!!!)
@John van floyd ♥️ I was there on the third night. This was filmed over the 14 shows. Not all on the same night. It was a 15 night run , but the first show was canceled when lighting fell on the stage just before show time.
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.
I saw them on the previous tour with basically the same setup - had the same disco ball - It was incredible when it lit up - it was like a mini-sun was in the arena (Rupp Arena, Lexington KY). So cool and what a performance. 😮😅🔥🥁🎼🎸🤘🏼🙌🏼😀
My 19yr old self was there at Earls Court in 94. A truly life changing experience. 29yrs later and I still get goosebumps watching this. David Gilmour is the GOAT. As many others have said before, he doesn't just hook his guitar up to an amp, he plugs it directly into his soul."👌🔥✨🌠🎸
I got to see this tour at the Silverdome in Detroit. Great show. The video doesn't give a 1/10th of the effect of that ball throwing reflections all over the inside of the dome. It was mesmerizing, right along with the music.
Some musicians hide inferior skills behind special effects, and light shows. Pink Floyd's musicianship overwhelmed the light shows. Never will this be duplicated. Bravo.
Oh! you mean like how the two hosts of this video try to always connect Pink Floyd to hip Hop but hip hop is nothing but a bunch of so-called artists hiding behind special-effects like the drum machines they use to get repetitive robotic redundant beats and sequencers that are pre-recorded simulated sounds and/or sampling the music they like from the artist who made it themselves in other words plagiarizing that artist? These two hosts of this video crack me up they're always trying to connect the garbage they like with greatness and it can't happen no matter how much they try.
@@JaquelineGoodspeed Robotic redundant repetitive beats coming from sequencers, scratching albums with a stylus on a turntable and pressing buttons on a drum machine is like listening to a clock tick because repetition is an excellent form of mind control that will dumb you down and give you a very short attention span, that's a proven fact and is the reason why the government who is supposed censor what we see and hear puts it on the mainstream media airwaves to control the mass population so the very few ruling class who have all the money can continue to control the narrative in the mainstream media that they own and control. Among many other topics they use to control and seperate everyone like religious intolerance, race hatred, sexual orientation, social status, jobs, income, education, national and ethnic backgrounds and they use fear to control us too. And they love to use the illusion of choice in the political arena through the Democrats and Republicans to separate the poor and middle class to keep us fighting with each other so the very few ruling class who have all the money can keep going to the bank. It's called control divide and conquer by keeping the sheeple in fear, dumb, fed and entertained.🐑🐑🐑😂🤣
I was there that night at Earls Court in London. I was 45 at the time and I don't mind admitting that I had tears rolling down my face for most of the concert. The girl next to me collapsed under the weight of emotion and I had to help her friend pick her up and put her in her seat. I honestly don't think they'll ever be another like it. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
im turning 50 next year!sadly I dont live near my big bro near Sjaelland who have been to most if not all their concerts since the late 80s!they tell how amazing the songs and you get mega inversed in every long song they play!
Really wished I'd gone to that concert. I was 22 in 1994 and loved Pink Floyd since hearing Dark Side of the Moon as a kid but a good friend of mine who also liked the old PF albums said basically they were nothing after Roger Waters left and I should move on to likes of Oasis, Blur & Radiohead.
@@geoffclarke3796 me thinks your friend was telling little fibs. Their music evolved over the years. Any band that doesn't move with the times doesn't last. Just like oasis and blur.
I too was there. Though this video is great, it simply does not compare to it live. Everyone left drained. Me and my friends hardly spoke on the way home as we were so 'numbed' by the show.
I was at this gig as well. I’ve seen a lot of the top bands and nothing comes remotely close to what I experienced that night. The best concert I was ever at. Awesome!
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
Thank you for sharing your incredible story. I'm so envious!!! Not only do I agree he is a legend and one of the best guitarists EVER...I'm a girl so I've honestly had a crush on him since I was a child in the '70s and saw a rare photo my Dad had. 😍 I say rare photo of Mr. Gilmour because I don't believe the band was photographed much back then. Maybe that was just my recollection but I think they were very enigmatic that way. But again, thank you for taking the time to tell us your story. He sounds like a humble guy who enjoys his fans. And I'm sure you'll be forever grateful to your wife for making that call!
Talk about a coincidence. I had a similar thing happen in 1980. I won 3rd row tickets to The Wall on Feb 10th at the LA Sports Arena. Except, I won mine on KLOS (still have the rainbow bumper sticker with "Pink Floyd" in the middle). I can remember just about every minute of it to this day. Back then, when you got backstage it was always after the show. Problem was, after playing two hours no one wanted to be bothered. Plus, they were a mess internally. We got to talk to Gilmour and Mason for about five minutes. Waters was supposed to stay but disappeared immediately after the show. Wright was contractually forbidden from meeting with anyone because he wasn't technically a member of the band, he was a contracted session player. Its funny you mention Cynthia Fox. She was the MC for The Wall shows. When she came out after the intermission she was hammered. She could barely walk. Someone threw a beach ball that bounced off a monitor and hit her in the head. You want to see mesmerized. The Wall was that and then some. Its not like now, where people basically know what The Wall was. Back then, we had no clue what was going on. All we knew is that, somehow, there were two Pink Floyds on stage and for half the show the roadies were taking down a wall and rebuilding it in front of them. For the other half of the show, we couldn't see anyone except through little holes here and there. This song was the first time you really saw anyone after the break. I saw Gilmour play this song on an even more iconic guitar. The original. The Black Strat :). I get sick every time I see Jim Irsay play it.
As for the production: nobody has pulled off anything comparable ever since, the Pulse Tour has been unmatched. They had three complete stage sets (one was taken apart from the previous concert, while they were playing the concert on the second and the third was being assembled fro the next concert. The lights at the bottom of the center stage were airport runway lights, because nothing else was powerful enough. And this was the first show in history, we’re the Lightshow was synchronized with the music by computers. This was so ahead of it’s time back then, that something like this has not been recreated ever since. This whole concert was epic and has set a benchmark for decades to come and has thus reserved its place in music history. And the 6 min second solo of Comfortably Numb is allegedly the best guitar solo ever played on this planet!
Yes it did. I was lucky enough to see them on this tour at the old Texas Stadium in Dallas and it was the best show I've ever been to. Won't be a better one.
David Gilmore is a poet with his guitar. His note placement is perfection. His solos add continuity to the song, holds it together, instead of breaking the song up like other solos do.
The guitar solo is well known as one of the best of all time. I saw Pink Floyd 11 times on the Pulse tour and each night the solo was different. The structure was basically similar but there were nuances that made each night different. I wouldn't trade those 11 nights for anything.
"Comfortably Numb" is definitely one of the best songs of all time, unique unto itself. The lyrics and guitar solo put you in a place where you can remove yourself from despair, pain, sorrow, and madness. Great job guys as always.
I read in a guitar magazine years ago that David Gilmour was deemed the Undisputed Dean of the Compound Bend and has practically perfect note placement. He admits that he never was a fast guitarist but what lacks there, he sure can make a guitar sing... And gratulations to you two for NOT pausing during a David Gilmour guitar solo. 😂
I was 16 when I first heard PF on the underground FM station living with my folks in the SF Bay Area in 1968.. and I looked the same as you. We Floydies just get older but our respect and awe to have been a part of the PF 'LIVE' generation will never leave... Welcome to the best music ever made.
You made my day when you said "Echoes" part 1 live at Pompeii is scheduled for review on your channel. 10+ min version from 1972 is a musical masterpiece.
@@AirplayBeats Good Reaction Guys ESPECIALLY the Guy on the right who ignored a few attempts to stop the recording and maintain the flow, rhythm, and momentum as, at one point, our friend wanted to chat about the nobs on the guitar mid-song 😀 This was in London in 1994 and the lighting cost was phenomenal.
The year was 1994, the venue was Earls Court in London. It has an 80,000 capacity, but they didn't just fill it for that one night - they filled it FOURTEEN NIGHTS IN A ROW. I first saw them in 1968. I also saw them in 1974, also at Earls Court, when they released 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
Mate I went to three of those 14 concerts and I can tell you it does not hold 80,000. 15,000 at best all 3 nights. It's not Wembley it's an indoor arena
This was at Earls Court London as some of the other commenters have stated and it was sold out 15 nights in a row! Thought you might want to know that too!! I read where it cost them $800,000 a day to put this show on and that was back in 1994 you could probably double that today at least!! Every song Pink Floyd does in this concert is at least equivalent to almost any other groups finale! I've seen these guys four times in three different decades and I've also seen about 100 concerts in my lifetime from AC DC to Led Zeppelin and everyone in between alphabetically and never seen a better show than Floyd puts on!!!! Last comment if you want to see a FULL-SIZE AIRPLANE" crash into the stage and explode during this same concert do the song "On the Run" from their Dark Side of the Moon album. It's an instrumental song representing a nightmare at an airport!
That's Pink Floyd own stage, they owned all of it, the stage, the rigs, the lights, the audio, the giant disco ball that opened up, the production, everything you see and hear, they owned!! And they owned 3 of those,... three of those stages, rigs, lights, audio, disco ball! All of it, Three! Pink Floyd had these 3 identical stages and rigs built,... including the huge quadrophonic speaker systems, for the North American Tour,... The stages and equipment leapfrogged from venue to venue, all across North American continent in 1994. They needed three stages and rigs because of the time it took to "load in" (set up), and "load out" (teardown), the stage, the rigs, all the equipment, everything! It took 3 full days to setup, (load in),... and two and a half days to tear it all down, (load out)! So they absolutely had to have more than one stage to do all the tour dates. The 1994 Pulse Concert/Division Bell World Tour was the largest world tour at the time. Approximately 700 tons of steel, 53 trailer trucks to transport the equipment, 161 crew members. Each stage was 180 feet long, and 130 feet high, resembling the Hollywood Bowl, the running costs alone just to stage this tour was $29 million! The Division Bell Tour played to almost 6 million people in 68 cities, averaging 45,000 people per each event. The tour grossed $250 million worldwide. As massive as this tour was, The Wall Tour was even more complex and much more challenging. So much so that they had to limit the number of performances, the Division Bell Tour had 58 dates in the U.S., The Wall Tour had only 12 dates in the U.S. in 1980.
Nothing will beat the giant pig flying across the arena on the Delicate Sounds of Thunder tour. Now *THAT* was freaky ;) This song has such beautiful melodies, fantastic harmonies from the girls and Richard and the boys playing their hearts out. David's voice sounded like liquid gold. Best live performance, ever.
I once played this song to a girlfriend that I once HAD. Yes, had. I'll get to that in a few seconds. But as we were driving to a luxurious restaurant and after listening to it, she turned to me with a bewildered look and asked, "You actually like that song?" That is when I took a deep breath and let out a sigh. I slowly pulled over the car and came to a stop on the side of the road. I gently grabbed my door handle and opened my door. I got out and calmly made my way over to her side of the vehicle. I then gently grabbed her door handle and kindly opened her door for her and nicely said, "Peace Out Girl!!!"
earls court london. how fast do you normally get bored when watching a guitar-solo? 15 seconds? half a minute? !!! you just watched a 5 minute solo !!! i´ve seen this solo countless times in the last 20 years. never got bored a second.
Tee shirt, blue jeans, and absolutely no auto tune. Just pure talent and skill. We were there for the music back in the great days of the greatest music, musicians, ever. It was all about the music. And they delivered. Edited to say, The light shows are a nice extra, but they didn't need it. No bands ever had light shows back in the great days of music, it really was all about the music.
That lighting production was from 1994. It was recorded at Earls Court in London. The lighting fixtures that they used are called Vari Lights, the sound system was Turbosounf Flashlight and Floodlight series speakers. The touring production of this had two full set ups that were leapfrog around the world, and it took a crew of 200 people working around the clock for two weeks straight to set up each production. The stadiums that they were playing did not have enough power to run their own light show so they had to bring their own generator trucks with them to run the shows. I am a professional concert Sound Engineer for the last 39 years and read everything I could find on this tour when it was happening.
David Gilmour's TWO guitar solos in this one performance are considered among the best in rock history our to the raw felelings expressed- especially the tonality of the second
I remember the first time I saw this video back in 1995 after I'd returned from a tour of duty. To say it was life changing is putting it politely. I cant even begin to imagine what it must have been like to have been there on the night. I've been lucky enough to see Gilmour's band play it in 2006 at the Albert Hall, but this footage... man, this was something else.
I was there and it was the best concert ever. No stereo is able to do it justice though as they played their music through a stadium sized quadraphonic sound system which just blows you away. This was Earl's Court, London.
The "spaceship" was actually the "World's Largest Disco Ball". It was supposed to open up on the top too, and cast stripes of light around the arena. The one during this show malfunctioned... but it worked right when I saw them. 👍
I saw them on this tour in DC. Hard to describe how overwhelming an experience it was. One thing the video can’t convey is the quality of the concert sound. Crystal clear sound at concert volumes in an open air stadium … absolutely mind-blowing
Was at that one as well. You'd look down at your clothes, and they were pulsating to the sound. You didn't just see and hear the show, you felt it vibrating thru your body.
The band was named in homage of two old black blues musicians from North Carolina, PINK Anderson and FLOYD Council. At first they called themselves; "The Pink Floyd Sound", later shortening it to just Pink Floyd. A band like no other, a genre' unto themselves! The cerebral band of Rock & Roll.
I'm your newest subscriber. Great reaction to a spectacular show that I saw live. NOW, you really want to blow your minds and your subscribers you want to see this....4 black brothers with a white drummer created this ICONIC Masterpiece from the 60’s Psychedelic Era Trust me…. You do not want your life to end without hearing this song. “TIME HAS COME TODAY“- The Chambers Brothers - Album Long version, then Live. PLEASE and Thank You. 1,595,600+ views so far. YOU will like it too
My Dad requested that one too. We actually know about that song but I’ve never actually seen the band. So that might be a good one to look into. Thank you!!
@@AirplayBeats You will be so glad you heard that masterpiece. Imagine being 13 years old, buy the album, with three friends in my room light two joints and a bong, listen to this song change our lives forever.
This was all over. I saw this in Cleveland in 94. 110,100 on the first bite and 115,000 on the second note. Unforgettable. It was silent during this song, everyone stood there with their mouths open.
I've seen Pink Floyd live 3 times, Once in JFK Stadium in Philadelphia and twice in Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia in 1988, I think they played 3 nights in a row at the Vet, phenomenal shows, unreal lights, flying pigs, planes crashing into the stage, the production was incredible.
Pink Floyd created their own Genre. I consider their music a journey, a Rollercoaster of emotion that gives you a journey of life and after life . This band is just unique and the content is smart and imaginative. Thanks for covering Pink Floyd, you guys do a wonderful job!
Usually guitars have the strings fixed at the bottom end (the bridge) and they are tuned at the top (the machine head) by turning the pegs to tighten or relax them as required. A few guitars, like that one, have the reverse arrangement with their strings fixed at the machine head and tuned at the bridge.
@@jamesrowe3606 Right, but generally the Bass gets such little love, I try to shout it out whenever possible. And in my experience, you see more headless basses being played than guitars. And not much of either these days. (this was 1994). They were pretty popular in the '80s and early '90s.. -From a loving Steinberger owner. 😁🤘🏼
Floyd was in a league of their own, arguably the greatest of all the Prog rock bands. I saw them only once but that has provided me with a lifetime of memories. David Gilmour’s guitar solo is flat out legendary. Great reaction and thanks for representing Tiki Barber too. 🏈
The production cost for the 92 shows they held in The Pulse Tour was $98 million dollars. But they made close to $300 million in profit from the tour. This show was held at Earls Court in London in 1994, I was there. And when I returned to Australia, I saw the Pulse concert again in Melbourne. Now, apparently in every show, David Gilmore the guitarist played a slightly different rendition of the solo in comfortably numb in every show. That was true because in Melbourne he played a slightly different version of the solo. The Earl’s Court version was the best out of the 2 I saw in 2 different shows. The best concerts I’ve ever been too in my life.
When you talk about the cost of production for that tour, keep in mind that just about all of the effects, lighting, and technology in this show were the absolute cutting-edge at the time (1994). They even customized the setup of the sound system for each venue, with speakers providing 360-degree surround sound! 😳🤯 It was beyond epic! 🤘😎
The concert takes place in 1994 and would end up being Pink Floyd'ps last World tour. Though David Gilmour lead singer and guitarist, has toured several times since then as a solo artist performing many of Pink Floyd classics with his own more than capable band. He last toured in 2016 at age 70. Btw, totally get what you're saying about comparisons to Parliament Funkadelic. I saw their shows live back in the 70s when the spaceship landed and the comparison is legit... as it is with some of their extended instrumentals as well. Though they had nothing near the light show Pink Floyd are known for. Check out "Echoes" by Floyd to get a good taste of some of that early 70s funk. But don't get comfortable, it doesn't end up there. 😏
This was at Earls Court, London. The band was formed in 1964/65. Their early stuff, with Syd Barrett, is very experimental sounding. David Gilmour, who joined the band in '68, (singer/guitarist) is very emotive in his playing as you can hear. This Pulse show (at Earls Court in London, 1994) was actually the last show Pink Floyd played together. Other suggestions: "Money" live at Pulse I think you would enjoy. Also "Echoes" live at Pompeii, 1972 shows them in the early days. It's a wonderful show, no audience at a Roman amphitheater in Pompeii, Italy, a city that was destroyed by a volcano in 79 A.D.
@Rohnny Jotten No worries, man. Just wanted to put it out there so they don't get confused if they react to it. Both from Dark Side anyway, so it's an easy typo. Cheers!
This recording was done at Earls Court in London, but P.F. had 31 tractor trailers to haul the 4 stages they used, around the world. I saw them in D.C. that tour, and the production value was through the roof! The band even stated that they knew they were losing money, but the show was for the fans, not their wallets. I mean, they had the entire stadium encircled in speakers, and the show was put on in full surround sound. The technology used, for 94, was the tops. Some stuff was so new, like the gold lasers, only they were licensed to use them
Pink Anderson and Floyd Council are the root of the bands name. Both were 1920’s blues musicians. Suggestion for a song, listen to Suppers Ready by Genesis when Peter Gabriel was still the original front man. There are many videos from the early 70s of the group playing live. Great commentary!
Because of all of the visuals & lighting, Pink Floyd barely broke even on this tour. But they'd already made their dough by then !! It was all about the performance & the show. And they did their thing !!
Saw 2 gigs at Earl's court on this tour, part of a 14 night residency. So many memories! On the sing Sorrow (which you should definitely review!!!) you could see & feel the walls shake when the big power chords hit. Floyd play loud, very loud. But always crystal clear The presentation of the gigs was unsurpassed and remains so to this day.. The sound was quadrophonic, so you had different sounds coming at you from all angles. Other tracks from this concert I'd love to see your reactions to: Sorrow High Hopes Keep Talking One of these days Run Like Hell. (although every song in the concert is a winner!) Good stuff guys!
The stage/equipment for this tour was so massive and took so long to set up and take down that they actually had 3 complete stage setups that would leapfrog around the world… play a show on stage A while stage B is already being set up in the next city and stage C is on the way to the city after that… 700 tons of steel, 2 million dollars to buy, and 25 million to set up, operate, and ship around the world. 😮
"Three stages leap-frogged around North America and Europe, each 180 feet (55 m) long and featuring a 130-foot (40 m) arch resembling the Hollywood Bowl venue. All in all, the tour required 700 tons of steel carried by 53 articulated trucks, a crew of 161 people and an initial investment of US$4 million plus US$25 million of running costs just to stage." "This tour played to 5.5 million people in 68 cities; each concert gathered an average 45,000 audience. At the end of the year, the Division Bell Tour was announced as the biggest tour ever, with worldwide gross of over £150 million (about US$250 million)." Crazy to put this much effort into realizing your vision. 700 tons of steel! I saw this show in Toronto, it was like seeing God, it was truly mind-blowing. To me this is the definitive Floyd experience. No other Floyd album or concert is worth hearing over this show. Start at the beginning and watch it all, it's their greatest achievement, and a true work of art.
Great reaction! You guys solved a puzzle for me. Yesterday I heard "We Got The Funk" and I couldn't call the band to mind. But as soon as you said, "Parliament Funkadelic", I remembered it was Parliament. Thanks!
1994, this was the 5th and final time I saw them live. Was fortunate enough to sit front row center in the New Orleans Superdome for Pulse. I remember having to turn around from the stage to watch the disco ball open up at the end. ( which in the moment seemed counterintuitive to take my eyes off the stage for a second) There’s been no concert experience like this one, before or since.
You have TOTALLY gotta make your way through this entire “PULSE” concert - 2.5 hours of pure out-of-body sublime majesty, from Pink Floyd and the greatest live production ever captured for posterity. 🤯🤯🤯
I've been a Pink Floyd fan for over 50 years and it is wonderful that they still have the power to capture new audiences. This is the best version of this song with David Gilmour's solo being probably the best ever. The whole show is just mindblowing. The venue was Earl's Court, London, 1994.
It's good to see young people reacting to Pink Floyd, i got into them in 72. i flew from Australia just for this concert, a life changing experience. Dave Gilmour can make a guitar, talk sing and cry all at the same time, he is the KING of feel on the guitar. This concert was in Earls Court London England.
Saw this in 1993 in New Orleans , In the Superdome, and i have been to many many concerts, its STILL TILL THIS DAY THE BEST CONCERT I HAVE EVER BEEN TOO
When you watch Echoes part 1 live from Pompeii you will see them in the early 70s and see Gilmour's guitar genius, Water's bass, and drummer Nick Mason have been top tier at their instruments from the 60s through now. RIP keyboardist Richard Wright
Hi coming from England when I was in my Teens I grew up Listening to PINK FLOYD All the album's ARE Awesome Now Aged 66 still chilling out to PINK FLOYD🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍
I saw them in '88 too, in Australia. Margaret Taylor, Rachel Fury and, Durga McBroom sang their hearts out that night. It was as though angels were singing. The band never sounded better and it was sublime being there. Unforgettable life experience, for sure.
I saw this tour at Yankee Stadium, They had speakers in the centerfield bleachers and scattered throughoout the seats so there was some sound coming from behind you (ie the speaking voices on DSOTM) and bird or plane sounds moving from the front of the stadium to the back of the stadium so it seemed like they were flying overhead. Their conrtrol of sound is unparallelled. Btw saw your hat GO Giants
This whole concert has a futuristic vibe, given the light show quality --and this show took place in 1994! I saw David Gilmour (the singer/guitarist) on a solo tour he did in 2016. He still played a lot of Pink Floyd classics like this and still had a light show. If you want to check out a more recent performance by David Gilmour, I suggest this same song, 'Comfortably Numb', David Gilmour, Live in Pompeii, 2016.' He was 70 years old that year and still sounded great! As for the Pulse concert, I suggest checking out 'Sorrow'.
The scream David generates from his guitar while the mirror ball is opening sounds like its from another planet. I'm in my 50's and still doing air guitar when I hear this one. So incredibly emotional, and timeless
I’m old enough to have bought Pink Floyd’s debut album. They’re a progressive rock band that produced absolute master works that have stood the test of time. Their music is just as amazing and relevant today as it was back in the early seventies. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Rush were at the top of my list of being my most favorite bands of that era. No other rock band I know of has the colossal stage production that Pink Floyd had. I’ve been to three Genesis concerts and they had an elaborate light, sound and stage show. However, even their great stage show didn’t equal Pink Floyd’s.
I've been a huge fan of Pink Floyd since first hearing them back in the '70s. They are timeless, and there will never be another band that is their equal. Every time I pick up my bass, "Comfortably Numb" is my warm-up song. Every time. Thanks for this reaction, guys.
Guys, u have to watch the whole show!! I saw them 3x in Toronto and truly experiences I'll remember for rest of my life. Amazing sound and visuals like nothing else.
I saw the "Pink Floyd Pulse" concert live in 1994 in Cleveland Municipal Stadium (old Cleveland Browns stadium). It was the same set up / production as this one. To this day, it's the greatest concert I've ever been to.
Hey guys, went to this, before it started the MC announced they were recording that evening. Saw Richard, David and nick pulling out a side road after the show in a white limo. They waved, I guess we had “just been to a good concert faces” as they knew where we’d been. It was as good as it looked. Amazing experience as I’ve only been to half a dozen concerts, I’m 52 now.
At the end of David’s greatest solo of all time, the petal ball descends and opens up. In the middle is a diamond. The group was paying homage to Syd Barrett. They continued to show him respect with the song, “Shinevon You Crazy Diamond.”
Staggering how good they were. This is 1994 Earl's Court in London, England. They used to run three fleets of trucks. One for the venue they were playing, one they just played, and one for the next stadium. In addition, the sound went all the way around the venue. So there were speakers everywhere. And at various times there were different sections bathed in light, inflatable giant pigs, and airplanes crashing and exploding. There was no substitute for a live Floyd show back in their heyday.
Pink Floyd puts more production into one song than most bands put into an entire concert
53 trucks per.
And I was there one of 14 nights 🌙 best night 🌙 of my life...
I was in Udine Italy 1995! I ran away from home,I was 16 & it has still been best concert of my life! Second is Manu Chao & RadioBemba in Pula Croatia (my country),third place are Pearl Jam in Chicago & biggest disappointment were Rolling Stones & Prodigy (they were playing less than hour☝️🤕 & tickets were expensive af!!!)
@John van floyd ♥️ I was there on the third night. This was filmed over the 14 shows. Not all on the same night. It was a 15 night run , but the first show was canceled when lighting fell on the stage just before show time.
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.
I saw them on the previous tour with basically the same setup - had the same disco ball - It was incredible when it lit up - it was like a mini-sun was in the arena (Rupp Arena, Lexington KY). So cool and what a performance. 😮😅🔥🥁🎼🎸🤘🏼🙌🏼😀
My 19yr old self was there at Earls Court in 94. A truly life changing experience. 29yrs later and I still get goosebumps watching this. David Gilmour is the GOAT. As many others have said before, he doesn't just hook his guitar up to an amp, he plugs it directly into his soul."👌🔥✨🌠🎸
Caught them 2 times in Ohio OSU stadium. In 94 and I think it was 88 both great shows Dave always brings his A game. Rock on PF.
Was at the Dome show too! And also Chapel Hill! Amazing
I got to see this tour at the Silverdome in Detroit. Great show. The video doesn't give a 1/10th of the effect of that ball throwing reflections all over the inside of the dome. It was mesmerizing, right along with the music.
Some musicians hide inferior skills behind special effects, and light shows.
Pink Floyd's musicianship overwhelmed the light shows. Never will this be duplicated. Bravo.
Well stated.
Oh! you mean like how the two hosts of this video try to always connect Pink Floyd to hip Hop but hip hop is nothing but a bunch of so-called artists hiding behind special-effects like the drum machines they use to get repetitive robotic redundant beats and sequencers that are pre-recorded simulated sounds and/or sampling the music they like from the artist who made it themselves in other words plagiarizing that artist?
These two hosts of this video crack me up they're always trying to connect the garbage they like with greatness and it can't happen no matter how much they try.
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Old hip hop is as great as this.
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Robotic redundant repetitive beats coming from sequencers, scratching albums with a stylus on a turntable and pressing buttons on a drum machine is like listening to a clock tick because repetition is an excellent form of mind control that will dumb you down and give you a very short attention span, that's a proven fact and is the reason why the government who is supposed censor what we see and hear puts it on the mainstream media airwaves to control the mass population so the very few ruling class who have all the money can continue to control the narrative in the mainstream media that they own and control. Among many other topics they use to control and seperate everyone like religious intolerance, race hatred, sexual orientation, social status, jobs, income, education, national and ethnic backgrounds and they use fear to control us too.
And they love to use the illusion of choice in the political arena through the Democrats and Republicans to separate the poor and middle class to keep us fighting with each other so the very few ruling class who have all the money can keep going to the bank. It's called control divide and conquer by keeping the sheeple in fear, dumb, fed and entertained.🐑🐑🐑😂🤣
@@LewDanLascivious8276old skool hip hop is badass you shut your ass
I was there that night at Earls Court in London. I was 45 at the time and I don't mind admitting that I had tears rolling down my face for most of the concert. The girl next to me collapsed under the weight of emotion and I had to help her friend pick her up and put her in her seat. I honestly don't think they'll ever be another like it. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
im turning 50 next year!sadly I dont live near my big bro near Sjaelland who have been to most if not all their concerts since the late 80s!they tell how amazing the songs and you get mega inversed in every long song they play!
Really wished I'd gone to that concert. I was 22 in 1994 and loved Pink Floyd since hearing Dark Side of the Moon as a kid but a good friend of mine who also liked the old PF albums said basically they were nothing after Roger Waters left and I should move on to likes of Oasis, Blur & Radiohead.
@@geoffclarke3796 me thinks your friend was telling little fibs.
Their music evolved over the years.
Any band that doesn't move with the times doesn't last.
Just like oasis and blur.
I too was there. Though this video is great, it simply does not compare to it live. Everyone left drained. Me and my friends hardly spoke on the way home as we were so 'numbed' by the show.
I was at this gig as well.
I’ve seen a lot of the top bands and nothing comes remotely close to what I experienced that night.
The best concert I was ever at. Awesome!
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
Fantastic pal, would of loved that myself
Kismet- so lucky!❤
Oh, what a wonderful story! David sounds like the English gentleman I have always imagined him to be. My favorite musical artist of all time to boot!
Thank you for sharing your incredible story. I'm so envious!!! Not only do I agree he is a legend and one of the best guitarists EVER...I'm a girl so I've honestly had a crush on him since I was a child in the '70s and saw a rare photo my Dad had. 😍 I say rare photo of Mr. Gilmour because I don't believe the band was photographed much back then. Maybe that was just my recollection but I think they were very enigmatic that way. But again, thank you for taking the time to tell us your story. He sounds like a humble guy who enjoys his fans. And I'm sure you'll be forever grateful to your wife for making that call!
Talk about a coincidence. I had a similar thing happen in 1980. I won 3rd row tickets to The Wall on Feb 10th at the LA Sports Arena. Except, I won mine on KLOS (still have the rainbow bumper sticker with "Pink Floyd" in the middle). I can remember just about every minute of it to this day. Back then, when you got backstage it was always after the show. Problem was, after playing two hours no one wanted to be bothered. Plus, they were a mess internally. We got to talk to Gilmour and Mason for about five minutes. Waters was supposed to stay but disappeared immediately after the show. Wright was contractually forbidden from meeting with anyone because he wasn't technically a member of the band, he was a contracted session player. Its funny you mention Cynthia Fox. She was the MC for The Wall shows. When she came out after the intermission she was hammered. She could barely walk. Someone threw a beach ball that bounced off a monitor and hit her in the head. You want to see mesmerized. The Wall was that and then some. Its not like now, where people basically know what The Wall was. Back then, we had no clue what was going on. All we knew is that, somehow, there were two Pink Floyds on stage and for half the show the roadies were taking down a wall and rebuilding it in front of them. For the other half of the show, we couldn't see anyone except through little holes here and there. This song was the first time you really saw anyone after the break. I saw Gilmour play this song on an even more iconic guitar. The original. The Black Strat :). I get sick every time I see Jim Irsay play it.
Pink Floyd was made up of musical geniuses: Lyrically and instrumentally. This is real music at its finest.
Total audio nerds as well.
As for the production: nobody has pulled off anything comparable ever since, the Pulse Tour has been unmatched. They had three complete stage sets (one was taken apart from the previous concert, while they were playing the concert on the second and the third was being assembled fro the next concert. The lights at the bottom of the center stage were airport runway lights, because nothing else was powerful enough. And this was the first show in history, we’re the Lightshow was synchronized with the music by computers. This was so ahead of it’s time back then, that something like this has not been recreated ever since. This whole concert was epic and has set a benchmark for decades to come and has thus reserved its place in music history. And the 6 min second solo of Comfortably Numb is allegedly the best guitar solo ever played on this planet!
The concert has many more mind blowing hits. Also, this Pulse concert performs the album Dark side of the Moon in its entirety ! Best concert ever !
Yes it did. I was lucky enough to see them on this tour at the old Texas Stadium in Dallas and it was the best show I've ever been to. Won't be a better one.
One doesn't merely listen to Pink Floyd. One experiences Pink Floyd. Welcome aboard.
David Gilmore is a poet with his guitar. His note placement is perfection. His solos add continuity to the song, holds it together, instead of breaking the song up like other solos do.
G I L M O U R
The guitar solo is well known as one of the best of all time. I saw Pink Floyd 11 times on the Pulse tour and each night the solo was different. The structure was basically similar but there were nuances that made each night different. I wouldn't trade those 11 nights for anything.
Gilmore is the TRUTH, the whole truth an nothing but the TRUTH!!!!!!!
Wow. I wish I could have seen it once........
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No, Jesus is the TRUTH!!!
@@LewDanLascivious8276 Oh please ... boooo ... go away.
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Why?
"Comfortably Numb" is definitely one of the best songs of all time, unique unto itself. The lyrics and guitar solo put you in a place where you can remove yourself from despair, pain, sorrow, and madness. Great job guys as always.
I painted many paintings to this album and this particular song. As a musician I can hear the notes in my mind, and this song has always dazzled me
I read in a guitar magazine years ago that David Gilmour was deemed the Undisputed Dean of the Compound Bend and has practically perfect note placement. He admits that he never was a fast guitarist but what lacks there, he sure can make a guitar sing... And gratulations to you two for NOT pausing during a David Gilmour guitar solo. 😂
I was 16 when I first heard PF on the underground FM station living with my folks in the SF Bay Area in 1968.. and I looked the same as you. We Floydies just get older but our respect and awe to have been a part of the PF 'LIVE' generation will never leave... Welcome to the best music ever made.
"Guitar without the knobs." Tuning mechanism switched. Anchored end of strings at neck.
Parliament is the Funk version of Pink Floyd.
Welcome to the best solo ever recorded 👍♥️
Perfection at its finest!!!!! They ARE Pink Floyd!!!
You made my day when you said "Echoes" part 1 live at Pompeii is scheduled for review on your channel. 10+ min version from 1972 is a musical masterpiece.
Gotta do the full 24 minute song. I'll link it in my next post to this thread so it doesn;t get buried.
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Great song however, The wall is another concept album needed to listen to in its entirety to put it into context - thanks for your awesome content !!
We are doing ‘Wish You Were Here’ next. Just wanted to do some live performances before we jump into the next album. Thanks for watching!!
@@AirplayBeats Good Reaction Guys ESPECIALLY the Guy on the right who ignored a few attempts to stop the recording and maintain the flow, rhythm, and momentum as, at one point, our friend wanted to chat about the nobs on the guitar mid-song 😀
This was in London in 1994 and the lighting cost was phenomenal.
Pink Floyd were renown for the massive productions they put on for their concerts.
Pink Floyd always has an incredible light show at their concerts. It helps with my high 😉
The year was 1994, the venue was Earls Court in London. It has an 80,000 capacity, but they didn't just fill it for that one night - they filled it FOURTEEN NIGHTS IN A ROW. I first saw them in 1968. I also saw them in 1974, also at Earls Court, when they released 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
Mate I went to three of those 14 concerts and I can tell you it does not hold 80,000. 15,000 at best all 3 nights. It's not Wembley it's an indoor arena
This was at Earls Court London as some of the other commenters have stated and it was sold out 15 nights in a row! Thought you might want to know that too!! I read where it cost them $800,000 a day to put this show on and that was back in 1994 you could probably double that today at least!!
Every song Pink Floyd does in this concert is at least equivalent to almost any other groups finale! I've seen these guys four times in three different decades and I've also seen about 100 concerts in my lifetime from AC DC to Led Zeppelin and everyone in between alphabetically and never seen a better show than Floyd puts on!!!!
Last comment if you want to see a FULL-SIZE AIRPLANE" crash into the stage and explode during this same concert do the song "On the Run" from their Dark Side of the Moon album. It's an instrumental song representing a nightmare at an airport!
I saw their debut tour of DSOM in 1973 at Earls Court and ticket price ? £1 pr $1.34 ..lol
That's Pink Floyd own stage, they owned all of it, the stage, the rigs, the lights, the audio, the giant disco ball that opened up, the production, everything you see and hear, they owned!!
And they owned 3 of those,... three of those stages, rigs, lights, audio, disco ball!
All of it, Three!
Pink Floyd had these 3 identical stages and rigs built,... including the huge quadrophonic speaker systems, for the North American Tour,... The stages and equipment leapfrogged from venue to venue, all across North American continent in 1994.
They needed three stages and rigs because of the time it took to "load in" (set up), and "load out" (teardown), the stage, the rigs, all the equipment, everything!
It took 3 full days to setup, (load in),... and two and a half days to tear it all down, (load out)! So they absolutely had to have more than one stage to do all the tour dates.
The 1994 Pulse Concert/Division Bell World Tour was the largest world tour at the time. Approximately 700 tons of steel, 53 trailer trucks to transport the equipment, 161 crew members. Each stage was 180 feet long, and 130 feet high, resembling the Hollywood Bowl, the running costs alone just to stage this tour was $29 million!
The Division Bell Tour played to almost 6 million people in 68 cities, averaging 45,000 people per each event. The tour grossed $250 million worldwide.
As massive as this tour was, The Wall Tour was even more complex and much more challenging. So much so that they had to limit the number of performances, the Division Bell Tour had 58 dates in the U.S., The Wall Tour had only 12 dates in the U.S. in 1980.
Nothing will beat the giant pig flying across the arena on the Delicate Sounds of Thunder tour. Now *THAT* was freaky ;)
This song has such beautiful melodies, fantastic harmonies from the girls and Richard and the boys playing their hearts out.
David's voice sounded like liquid gold. Best live performance, ever.
I once played this song to a girlfriend that I once HAD. Yes, had. I'll get to that in a few seconds. But as we were driving to a luxurious restaurant and after listening to it, she turned to me with a bewildered look and asked, "You actually like that song?" That is when I took a deep breath and let out a sigh. I slowly pulled over the car and came to a stop on the side of the road. I gently grabbed my door handle and opened my door. I got out and calmly made my way over to her side of the vehicle. I then gently grabbed her door handle and kindly opened her door for her and nicely said, "Peace Out Girl!!!"
Cool reaction Bro: She really deserved that!!!
earls court london. how fast do you normally get bored when watching a guitar-solo? 15 seconds? half a minute? !!! you just watched a 5 minute solo !!! i´ve seen this solo countless times in the last 20 years. never got bored a second.
Tee shirt, blue jeans, and absolutely no auto tune. Just pure talent and skill. We were there for the music back in the great days of the greatest music, musicians, ever. It was all about the music. And they delivered.
Edited to say, The light shows are a nice extra, but they didn't need it. No bands ever had light shows back in the great days of music, it really was all about the music.
That lighting production was from 1994. It was recorded at Earls Court in London. The lighting fixtures that they used are called Vari Lights, the sound system was Turbosounf Flashlight and Floodlight series speakers. The touring production of this had two full set ups that were leapfrog around the world, and it took a crew of 200 people working around the clock for two weeks straight to set up each production. The stadiums that they were playing did not have enough power to run their own light show so they had to bring their own generator trucks with them to run the shows. I am a professional concert Sound Engineer for the last 39 years and read everything I could find on this tour when it was happening.
David Gilmour's TWO guitar solos in this one performance are considered among the best in rock history our to the raw felelings expressed- especially the tonality of the second
I remember the first time I saw this video back in 1995 after I'd returned from a tour of duty. To say it was life changing is putting it politely. I cant even begin to imagine what it must have been like to have been there on the night. I've been lucky enough to see Gilmour's band play it in 2006 at the Albert Hall, but this footage... man, this was something else.
I was there and it was the best concert ever. No stereo is able to do it justice though as they played their music through a stadium sized quadraphonic sound system which just blows you away.
This was Earl's Court, London.
Gentlemen, we never stop a Pink Floyd song during the guitar solo. :)
The "spaceship" was actually the "World's Largest Disco Ball".
It was supposed to open up on the top too, and cast stripes of light around the arena.
The one during this show malfunctioned... but it worked right when I saw them. 👍
I saw that concert, the most amazing one in my life. Love from France 🇫🇷😘
I saw them on this tour in DC. Hard to describe how overwhelming an experience it was. One thing the video can’t convey is the quality of the concert sound. Crystal clear sound at concert volumes in an open air stadium … absolutely mind-blowing
I was there too! No argument from me!
Was at that one as well. You'd look down at your clothes, and they were pulsating to the sound. You didn't just see and hear the show, you felt it vibrating thru your body.
This version of Comfortably Numb is widely thought to be the very best version of this song ever recorder by Pink Floyd.
The band was named in homage of two old black blues musicians from North Carolina, PINK Anderson and FLOYD Council. At first they called themselves; "The Pink Floyd Sound", later shortening it to just Pink Floyd. A band like no other, a genre' unto themselves! The cerebral band of Rock & Roll.
I'm your newest subscriber. Great reaction to a spectacular show that I saw live. NOW, you really want to blow your minds and your subscribers you want to see this....4 black brothers with a white drummer created this ICONIC Masterpiece from the 60’s Psychedelic Era Trust me…. You do not want your life to end without hearing this song.
“TIME HAS COME TODAY“- The Chambers Brothers - Album Long version, then Live. PLEASE and Thank You. 1,595,600+ views
so far. YOU will like it too
My Dad requested that one too. We actually know about that song but I’ve never actually seen the band. So that might be a good one to look into. Thank you!!
@@AirplayBeats You will be so glad you heard that masterpiece. Imagine being 13 years old, buy the album, with three friends in my room light two joints and a bong, listen to this song change our lives forever.
This was 1994 and to this day no one has surpassed this show. I saw this tour in DC at RFK stadium. Best show ever.
Floyd is the only concert ive ever been to where the audience makes no sound until the end of a song. Totaly captivating
This was all over. I saw this in Cleveland in 94. 110,100 on the first bite and 115,000 on the second note. Unforgettable. It was silent during this song, everyone stood there with their mouths open.
I've seen Pink Floyd live 3 times, Once in JFK Stadium in Philadelphia and twice in Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia in 1988, I think they played 3 nights in a row at the Vet, phenomenal shows, unreal lights, flying pigs, planes crashing into the stage, the production was incredible.
Pink Floyd created their own Genre. I consider their music a journey, a Rollercoaster of emotion that gives you a journey of life and after life . This band is just unique and the content is smart and imaginative. Thanks for covering Pink Floyd, you guys do a wonderful job!
Imagine the feeling of being the guy putting all of those people in a trance like that
One of the best bands ever. Been on since 1965. And the guitar solo is, in my opinion, the best. 😀 Greetings from Norway.
This is my favorite band of all time…this guitar solo hits in a different way…Absolute Masterpiece!! ✌🏻☀️
Usually guitars have the strings fixed at the bottom end (the bridge) and they are tuned at the top (the machine head) by turning the pegs to tighten or relax them as required. A few guitars, like that one, have the reverse arrangement with their strings fixed at the machine head and tuned at the bridge.
And it's a Bass. 😁🤘🏼
@@BigEBass same difference, in this case.
@@jamesrowe3606 Right, but generally the Bass gets such little love, I try to shout it out whenever possible. And in my experience, you see more headless basses being played than guitars. And not much of either these days. (this was 1994). They were pretty popular in the '80s and early '90s..
-From a loving Steinberger owner. 😁🤘🏼
@@BigEBass I'm all about the bass. Especially if it's played by Jack Bruce, John Paul Jones, or Carol Kaye.
Floyd was in a league of their own, arguably the greatest of all the Prog rock bands. I saw them only once but that has provided me with a lifetime of memories. David Gilmour’s guitar solo is flat out legendary. Great reaction and thanks for representing Tiki Barber too. 🏈
Been waiting for you guys to react to this, thankyou so much, The greatest gig ever 🇬🇧 ❤️
Me too! ✌🏻☀️
I was lucky enough to get to Earls Court in '94 for this concert. Greatest live band ever! Greatest live show ever!
Glad you liked the show! I worked on the stage crew for the Pulse show.
well done my friend. saw them twice in bay area in CA and once in Denver.
The whole production with sound, light, film was analog. Even the recorded soundtrack was analog. All lights was special build for the show.
The production cost for the 92 shows they held in The Pulse Tour was $98 million dollars. But they made close to $300 million in profit from the tour.
This show was held at Earls Court in London in 1994, I was there.
And when I returned to Australia, I saw the Pulse concert again in Melbourne.
Now, apparently in every show, David Gilmore the guitarist played a slightly different rendition of the solo in comfortably numb in every show. That was true because in Melbourne he played a slightly different version of the solo. The Earl’s Court version was the best out of the 2 I saw in 2 different shows.
The best concerts I’ve ever been too in my life.
When you talk about the cost of production for that tour, keep in mind that just about all of the effects, lighting, and technology in this show were the absolute cutting-edge at the time (1994).
They even customized the setup of the sound system for each venue, with speakers providing 360-degree surround sound! 😳🤯
It was beyond epic! 🤘😎
The concert takes place in 1994 and would end up being Pink Floyd'ps last World tour. Though David Gilmour lead singer and guitarist, has toured several times since then as a solo artist performing many of Pink Floyd classics with his own more than capable band. He last toured in 2016 at age 70. Btw, totally get what you're saying about comparisons to Parliament Funkadelic. I saw their shows live back in the 70s when the spaceship landed and the comparison is legit... as it is with some of their extended instrumentals as well. Though they had nothing near the light show Pink Floyd are known for. Check out "Echoes" by Floyd to get a good taste of some of that early 70s funk. But don't get comfortable, it doesn't end up there. 😏
This was at Earls Court, London. The band was formed in 1964/65. Their early stuff, with Syd Barrett, is very experimental sounding. David Gilmour, who joined the band in '68, (singer/guitarist) is very emotive in his playing as you can hear. This Pulse show (at Earls Court in London, 1994) was actually the last show Pink Floyd played together. Other suggestions: "Money" live at Pulse I think you would enjoy. Also "Echoes" live at Pompeii, 1972 shows them in the early days. It's a wonderful show, no audience at a Roman amphitheater in Pompeii, Italy, a city that was destroyed by a volcano in 79 A.D.
They reformed with Roger for the live 8 concert in 2005 and played, Money, Time, Comfortably Numb and Wish you were here.
*Played the Breathe suite, Money, Wish You Were Here, and Comfortably Numb. They didn't play Time.
@@rohnnyjotten3985 true, they played w/Roger one last time
@@ianfortier6796 Ah ! thats right, how could i forget that..
@Rohnny Jotten No worries, man. Just wanted to put it out there so they don't get confused if they react to it. Both from Dark Side anyway, so it's an easy typo. Cheers!
Finally someone recognized the second part of the presentation - the amazing staging
The "guitar without the knobs" is a fretless bass, played by Guy Pratt (who replaced Roger Waters when he left the band).
This recording was done at Earls Court in London, but P.F. had 31 tractor trailers to haul the 4 stages they used, around the world. I saw them in D.C. that tour, and the production value was through the roof! The band even stated that they knew they were losing money, but the show was for the fans, not their wallets. I mean, they had the entire stadium encircled in speakers, and the show was put on in full surround sound. The technology used, for 94, was the tops. Some stuff was so new, like the gold lasers, only they were licensed to use them
Pink Anderson and Floyd Council are the root of the bands name. Both were 1920’s blues musicians. Suggestion for a song, listen to Suppers Ready by Genesis when Peter Gabriel was still the original front man. There are many videos from the early 70s of the group playing live. Great commentary!
Because of all of the visuals & lighting, Pink Floyd barely broke even on this tour. But they'd already made their dough by then !! It was all about the performance & the show. And they did their thing !!
I had the privilege of seeing them in Raleigh, NC during this tour - as usually, they sounded amazing, and they ALWAYS put on a great show!
Hey guys, Amazing and Fantastic isn't it !! 👍
That's Classic Prog always best Live !!! 🎵🎸🎹🥁🎻🎛🎤🎶🎼✌
Pink Floyd’s music is totally different than what I imagined it to be. I am totally digging this!
Saw 2 gigs at Earl's court on this tour, part of a 14 night residency. So many memories!
On the sing Sorrow (which you should definitely review!!!) you could see & feel the walls shake when the big power chords hit. Floyd play loud, very loud. But always crystal clear The presentation of the gigs was unsurpassed and remains so to this day.. The sound was quadrophonic, so you had different sounds coming at you from all angles.
Other tracks from this concert I'd love to see your reactions to:
Sorrow High Hopes Keep Talking One of these days Run Like Hell. (although every song in the concert is a winner!)
Good stuff guys!
The stage/equipment for this tour was so massive and took so long to set up and take down that they actually had 3 complete stage setups that would leapfrog around the world… play a show on stage A while stage B is already being set up in the next city and stage C is on the way to the city after that… 700 tons of steel, 2 million dollars to buy, and 25 million to set up, operate, and ship around the world. 😮
"Three stages leap-frogged around North America and Europe, each 180 feet (55 m) long and featuring a 130-foot (40 m) arch resembling the Hollywood Bowl venue. All in all, the tour required 700 tons of steel carried by 53 articulated trucks, a crew of 161 people and an initial investment of US$4 million plus US$25 million of running costs just to stage."
"This tour played to 5.5 million people in 68 cities; each concert gathered an average 45,000 audience. At the end of the year, the Division Bell Tour was announced as the biggest tour ever, with worldwide gross of over £150 million (about US$250 million)."
Crazy to put this much effort into realizing your vision. 700 tons of steel! I saw this show in Toronto, it was like seeing God, it was truly mind-blowing. To me this is the definitive Floyd experience. No other Floyd album or concert is worth hearing over this show. Start at the beginning and watch it all, it's their greatest achievement, and a true work of art.
The entire concert was just amazing. Goosebumps. Pink Floyd is the master of psychedelic rock.. leaves you just memorized..
Great reaction! You guys solved a puzzle for me. Yesterday I heard "We Got The Funk" and I couldn't call the band to mind. But as soon as you said, "Parliament Funkadelic", I remembered it was Parliament. Thanks!
1994, this was the 5th and final time I saw them live. Was fortunate enough to sit front row center in the New Orleans Superdome for Pulse. I remember having to turn around from the stage to watch the disco ball open up at the end. ( which in the moment seemed counterintuitive to take my eyes off the stage for a second) There’s been no concert experience like this one, before or since.
You have TOTALLY gotta make your way through this entire “PULSE” concert - 2.5 hours of pure out-of-body sublime majesty, from Pink Floyd and the greatest live production ever captured for posterity.
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I've been a Pink Floyd fan for over 50 years and it is wonderful that they still have the power to capture new audiences. This is the best version of this song with David Gilmour's solo being probably the best ever. The whole show is just mindblowing. The venue was Earl's Court, London, 1994.
It's good to see young people reacting to Pink Floyd, i got into them in 72. i flew from Australia just for this concert, a life changing experience. Dave Gilmour can make a guitar, talk sing and cry all at the same time, he is the KING of feel on the guitar. This concert was in Earls Court London England.
PF was doing surround sound and crazy light shows with lasers when I first saw them in the mid seventies.. Great work guys, keep them coming.
Saw this in 1993 in New Orleans ,
In the Superdome, and i have been to many many concerts, its STILL TILL THIS DAY THE BEST CONCERT I HAVE EVER BEEN TOO
Best guitar solo in rock history along with free bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd and stairway to heaven by Jimmy page
Bros, this is a masterpiece of music.
And one of the best ever rock guitar solos.
When you watch Echoes part 1 live from Pompeii you will see them in the early 70s and see Gilmour's guitar genius, Water's bass, and drummer Nick Mason have been top tier at their instruments from the 60s through now. RIP keyboardist Richard Wright
I saw this show at the superdome in new orleans. There really aren't any words to describe it. Fellas this is one night on a tour.
Hi coming from England when I was in my Teens I grew up
Listening to PINK FLOYD All the album's ARE Awesome Now Aged 66 still chilling out to PINK FLOYD🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍
I was fortunate enough to see them live in 1988 when I was 19yo. Fantastic concert!
I saw them in '88 too, in Australia. Margaret Taylor, Rachel Fury and, Durga McBroom sang their hearts out that night.
It was as though angels were singing. The band never sounded better and it was sublime being there. Unforgettable life experience, for sure.
This whole concert is fire. Please listen to Sorrow, Talk To Me, High Hopes, all from this show. I've seen the concert and it still blows my mind.
What song is Talk to me?
I'm sure they mean "Keep Talking"
@@ianfortier6796 ah that explains it, I should have got that
@JobyJonesJnr lol, no worries, that happens. Just thought I'd pipe in.
Sorrow at Earls Court was epic. You didn't just hear it but felt it
I saw this tour at Yankee Stadium, They had speakers in the centerfield bleachers and scattered throughoout the seats so there was some sound coming from behind you (ie the speaking voices on DSOTM) and bird or plane sounds moving from the front of the stadium to the back of the stadium so it seemed like they were flying overhead. Their conrtrol of sound is unparallelled. Btw saw your hat GO Giants
This whole concert has a futuristic vibe, given the light show quality --and this show took place in 1994! I saw David Gilmour (the singer/guitarist) on a solo tour he did in 2016. He still played a lot of Pink Floyd classics like this and still had a light show. If you want to check out a more recent performance by David Gilmour, I suggest this same song, 'Comfortably Numb', David Gilmour, Live in Pompeii, 2016.' He was 70 years old that year and still sounded great! As for the Pulse concert, I suggest checking out 'Sorrow'.
The scream David generates from his guitar while the mirror ball is opening sounds like its from another planet. I'm in my 50's and still doing air guitar when I hear this one. So incredibly emotional, and timeless
Search the Animals album, there's a part where he does a similar riff that's supposed to emulate the air raid sirens over London, in WWII...
Why are you doing air guitar!? Get one and learn to play instead of pretending. Disturbing!
I’m old enough to have bought Pink Floyd’s debut album. They’re a progressive rock band that produced absolute master works that have stood the test of time. Their music is just as amazing and relevant today as it was back in the early seventies. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Rush were at the top of my list of being my most favorite bands of that era.
No other rock band I know of has the colossal stage production that Pink Floyd had. I’ve been to three Genesis concerts and they had an elaborate light, sound and stage show. However, even their great stage show didn’t equal Pink Floyd’s.
I truly enjoy your guys reactions on music. You gentleman really k ow your stuff about music.
God Bless.
I've been a huge fan of Pink Floyd since first hearing them back in the '70s. They are timeless, and there will never be another band that is their equal. Every time I pick up my bass, "Comfortably Numb" is my warm-up song. Every time. Thanks for this reaction, guys.
Guys,
u have to watch the whole show!!
I saw them 3x in Toronto and truly experiences I'll remember for rest of my life. Amazing sound and visuals like nothing else.
So glad you got to this video. Definitely among my top 5 favorite videos.
David Gilmour doesn’t plug his guitar into an amp, he plugs it into your soul.
I saw Pink Floyd live 1974 Madison Coliseum, one of the first bands to use smoke and lights! And I’m 68, I was 18.
I saw the "Pink Floyd Pulse" concert live in 1994 in Cleveland Municipal Stadium (old Cleveland Browns stadium). It was the same set up / production as this one. To this day, it's the greatest concert I've ever been to.
Hey guys, went to this, before it started the MC announced they were recording that evening. Saw Richard, David and nick pulling out a side road after the show in a white limo. They waved, I guess we had “just been to a good concert faces” as they knew where we’d been. It was as good as it looked. Amazing experience as I’ve only been to half a dozen concerts, I’m 52 now.
One of the greatest bands of all time.
That solo is just one of the best ever everytime I know it’s cliche but it is what it is SRV vibez when it comes to being one w the guitar
To see ALL the lights , watch "run like hell" from this concert , it has to be the greatest ending to any concert by anyone ever .
The song High Hopes from this same Concert is outstanding.
At the end of David’s greatest solo of all time, the petal ball descends and opens up. In the middle is a diamond. The group was paying homage to Syd Barrett. They continued to show him respect with the song, “Shinevon You Crazy Diamond.”