You may have noticed that the lead vocalist Dave Gilmour's voice was being gosted throughout by one of the backing singers. Not harmonising, or counter melody, but just expertly thickening the lead singers voice. Her name is Samantha Brown, who was well known herself at the time, but on this occasion took a very modest, professional and quite perfect supporting role for the main singer. All the backing singers get the opportunity to shine in another part of the concert, so it's all good. Thank you for putting this up. Experienced geniuses indeed.
The people at Earls Court that night got a performance of the ages. Absolutely flawless concert. One to remember until the day you pass on. Total perfection
bujin1977 ,,I agree but they will include Roger Waters for his brilliant writing, he wrote epic music. PF is what makes a great band, every single person in that band is a master of their craft.
That closing guitar solo has repeatedly been voted the greatest guitar solo of all time. And I'm more than delighted that you chose this performance to react to, largely because I believe it to be the best. Many of the greatest guitarists in the world pick up their instruments, plug them into their pedalboard and amplifiers, and produce outstanding, brilliant music. Some great dexterity, virtuosity, immense talent and years of dedicated and even obsessional practice all contribute to this ability. But there are a handful who reach another plane. They plug their guitars not just into pedalboards and amps, but directly into your heart, and let the instrument channel the feelings and emotions direct from their own heart to yours. David is undoubtedly one of that handful. I could mention others, but won't, because firstly I may leave someone out, and secondly, it isn't about being best at anything but being themselves, and they are all the best at that. Also, it may well be that some style of playing reaches right into sombody else's heart, but not mine. The other reason I'm so delighted you chose this performance is because I was there. I've looked hard, and know exactly where I was sitting (well, standing by about the 2nd minute of the gig [so before a note had been played], although I'm no longer able to do so), but have never been able to see myself. Right side of the stage, and back just level with the mirror-ball above the middle of the arena, a few rows back in the 2nd tier. But I was there, and the video only captures the tip of the iceberg. I didn't leave on my feet, I swear I floated. I was walking on air for days. The best single band concert I have ever attended, or expect to.
the french, who are good at saying things sometimes. called it the ''creme de la creme'' . simply the best of the best. and yes, they stand among the very best of the best.
I had the pleasure of seeing Pink Floyd live in 1988 (Momentary Lapse of Reason tour). Even Roger Waters-less, it was one.of the best concerts I'd ever expeeienced.
There is no denying the talent of all the members of Pink Floyd, but at the same time the one time i saw them in concert, in the summer, in a large stadium on the East Coast of the U.S., It was one of the coldest, most remote experiences I've ever had at a concert. It was like they were saying "Don't try to interact or have any impact on the show, just sit there and be amazed." The only outburst from the crowd was when the lasers went off, no musical crescendo responses. It could have been a CD playing it back, we wouldn't know the difference. But the playing was fine, no surprises, just what you'd expect from pros like Floyd.
I envy you for having your first reaction to this incredible song and soul-grabbing solo. I first hear this when I was a steward at Wembley Stadium during The Wall tour in 1988. I was remonstrating with a guy who was blocking the evacuation root, so I didn't really hear most of this song, but when that iconic solo started, my jaw just dropped and I stared in disbelief, frozen until the last echoing chord faded into oblivion. I was and am a heavy metal devotee and musician, but this song is an absolute masterpiece played by maestros.
I love that you two love Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Those two bands are two of my very favorite bands/artists to listen to. So professional. All members in both bands are as good as you will find. I have to say, I believe you two lovely people have great taste in music. God Bless! More Pink Floyd and more Led Zeppelin!
This is widely considered one of the best guitar solos of all time. The guitarist is David Gilmour and he is one of the greatest. He can make one note sound more beautiful than a thousand notes from some of the speed guys. Much respect and love for these guys.
Problem when you check in Hotel California, is it's like living on the fast lane. And some strange dudes party all night with knives and champagne just for you not being able to leave... I'd rather be comfortably numb.
The greatest solo of the 20th century,........bar none,......never gets old ,.....never will.David Gilmour is far better the he is ranked.He comes in somewhere on rolling stones list like 15,...yet Eric Clapton is like 4 or 5.You have to be kidding me.Gilmour shows you don't have to play fast to be great.And he is the master of feeling and emotion through his guitar work.He is in the top 5 in my book ,...next to page and hendrix.Great reaction my friends,.....Thank you!!!!!
Namaste, I’m a new subscriber and I’m so impressed by your reactions to this song, In my opinion You don’t just hear Pink Floyd you experience them, Thank you for a great reaction.
Namaste Kirti and Savio, It’s refreshing to see a reaction video by two such thoughtful, insightful and articulate people. Pink Floyd created the soundtrack of my life, and I enjoy seeing how their music reaches people from other generations and cultures. But disappointingly, so many ‘reactors’, while they clearly appreciate the music and are even deeply moved by it, when they’ve finished listening can do little more than spout a few exclamations and half-finished sentences. As you’ve come to this piece for the first time, I’m impressed by the depth of insight you’ve brought to it. I’ve listened to Floyd’s music for over 45 years, and I’m still discovering new depth and nuances in it. Your analysis hit many nails on the head, and gave me some new perspectives. You described their playing as ‘tactful’. Beautiful! And ‘restrained’, yes, most certainly. Part of the power of Floyd was that their power was reined in, hidden under a bushel, like the power of a great martial artist. Floyd were British, and as individuals they all to some extent suffered from that great British malady of Reserve; yet ironically, they turned that Reserve into one of their greatest strengths. The Waters-Gilmour-Wright-Mason line-up comprised four outstanding geniuses whose collective work surpassed the sum of its parts. (There’s a voice that says as much on their final album, The Endless River.) Sid Barrett, in his own odd way, was also a genius, but that’s another long story! Each of them, in their own unique way, made contributions of outstanding beauty and power. Wright’s deceptively simple chord sequences and soundscapes are unsurpassed. Gilmour, as someone once commented, can wring more feeling from a single note than most guitarists can get out of the whole fretboard. Together, Gilmour and Wright shared a strange kind of musical empathy and telepathy; just listen to their duet in the closing minutes of ‘Echoes’ on the album 'Live in Gdansk'. Waters’ lyrics had a depth that often derived from their double or even triple levels of meaning. So many of his songs, including ‘Comfortably numb’ have a universal message. ‘Remember when you were young: you shone like the sun…’ I’ll end by echoing the recommendations that many have already suggested: listen to the entirety of ‘Shine on you crazy diamond’; ‘Time’; ‘Great gig in the sky’; and above all, ‘Echoes’ (from the album ‘Meddle’). Start with the studio versions of all of them. There’s much, much more, but this is the crème de la crème. Thank you and take care.
I must add a few words about Nick Mason, whose precision and understated fire were integral to Floyd’s power. You can get a taste of this at around 7:26, when the rhythm stumbles into a kind of dislocated syncopation, letting you know the trip is far from over yet. It’s Mason who’s driving it, totally in command. Listen to the savage insolence of the drum entry on ‘Thin Ice’, or the fascistic brutality of ‘Run Like Hell’. Compare the sunlit sea-splash of the cymbals on Echoes with their funerial menace in ‘Comfortably numb’. All bear the hallmarks of Mason’s touch. Mason was largely AWOL during the making of the post-Waters ‘Momentary Lapse', one of the many reasons it lacked the power of their earlier albums. A question that has always fascinated me is where did Floyd’s music come from? Out of what freakish breach in the cosmic continuum? I think part of the answer lies in a review I read of their ‘Early Years’ box set, which commented on the huge range of musical genres that they’d experimented with, particularly after Syd Barrett’s departure. In a weird way, the loss of their front man and chief songwriter was a gift to Floyd, because it sent them on a frenzied search for a new way forward. They tried everything from blues and jazz to classical and avant garde. Shades of Middle Eastern melody in ‘Astronomy Domine’, of Highland fling in ‘Echoes’. Here’s the thing - somehow they managed to meld all these disparate parts into a coherent whole that was nothing quite like what had gone before. That’s the real wonder of it. Their music has universal appeal because it tapped into currents that run through every continent.
You both explain this experience perfectly. Pointing out the efforts of the musicians. Others miss this. Thank you for your time. Pink Floyd is the summit, everything else is below. Period.
Many British rock musicians in London and Liverpool lived through the German bombings of those cities during World War II when they were small children (including members of The Beatles and members of Pink Floyd). This left emotional scars. Roger Waters, who wrote this song and the rest of the songs on the album The Wall, was one of those children. His father was killed in the war.
Pink Floyd live were like nothing else. By a long shot. The sound quality, the visuals and lights (actually in time with the music), the sheer volume, the size of the stage and props, and the mastery of their instruments. Just a total mesmerising, emersive experience. This was done over 25 years ago, and nothing has topped it since.
Ford Prefect I can only admire a band who are as good of better live than in the studio. Floyd are near the head of that line for me, who are so much better live than the recorded versions.
The only guy who does as good a job of dealing out emotions with the guitar is Jerry Garcia. Infact those two are probably the only guitarists of international Fame to be able to sooth the heart and break it all in one song.
Pink Floyd's music represents "life" showing you that there's something amazingly powerful and wonderful waiting for you out there. You can't find it at the bottom of a test tube, but you CAN feel it within you! Experiencing "Comfortably Numb" is like taking a peek behind that metaphysical curtain.
"This is Artistry." "This is genius." That's Floyd and Gilmour and this performance in particular summed up pretty much in a nutshell. Great reaction. Namaste!
I first heard Pink Floyd back in 1975. 44 years later......and a HUGE fan. 'Animals' is probably my favorite of their albums.....but I've gone back & forth over the decades. The thing about their music is.....depending on where you're at in your own life experience....the lyrics can take on whole new meaning. I think they're from another galaxy.
I first heard Pink Floyd, for sure somewhere in '76, because that's when I was born, and my father had Dark Side, and More... I became addicted when I really listen to DSOTM, I might have been 12 or something... 1988. Had the chance to see them on the 94 tour in Bordeaux (I couldn't hope to see them at that time, and I still can't believe that I saw them...). I LOVE everything from early singles to the Wall, DSOTM is my best album in the space time, the magical part starts with Meddle / Atom Heart Mother, I dunno, those where already starting to get huge... Of course from DSTOM to The Wall, those 4 albums are fantastic, yes DSOTM is my personal fav. but I don't really like to classify them, they exist both on themselves and as a kind of chronological suite. I don't just listen to one album straight, I always do an exhaustive chronological play when I get to the Floyd. The shortest sequence I do is Meddle - The Wall. Sometimes I start at Piper... Rarely I listen to post the wall, although the final cut is not bad in itself, it's just not as "Pink Floyd" as I like, it's more Waters work for me. And post Waters is just... FM pop-rock... nice but insipid. Anyway sorry for the length, but the thing is, Pink Floyd did out of time albums, where people can rely on, think about, travel with, completely moved by the music. I'm kind of happy to have the chance to be able to live a time where I could listen to them AND even see them (or what was left) live.
Fantastic reaction. I can not stress enough how much you need to react to Shine on you crazy diamond from Pink Floyd. It has the soul you look for from start to end.
Howie Sverdrup yes and they should listen to the same album as this one, the live Pulse album is the best live album ever made, every performance is perfection IMO.
beautiful. remember, there is no such thing as good music, or bad music. there is only music that touches YOUR brain in a good or bad way! if you enjoy this ( like me ) then it can be almost spiritual! but if your taste is different, then this could leave you without any shivers. sorry if i lecture ;p big love to all people :)
Listening to Comfortably Numb for the first time should be experienced by the album first and then you can appreciate the live version. The reason those people were there was because of the album
I was earlier... during the tour... When they were in Bordeaux, France.. My first concert, and best and biggest one. I couldn't dream to see them, when I heard they toured, and were going close to my place I was happy. The rolling Stones did a huge tour that same years, friends of mine went to that one... I was alone at the concert, my father was waiting for me outside. I mean alone, in the crowd :).
Saw them live in Toronto in the 80's... very intense live show... brain was an emotional pile of mush by the end. You need to be well rested and fed to see Floyd live.
A direct shout out to Enoma... (a brief history of PF and more) Syd Barrett (founder; guitar) was the originator and the quirky eccentric; inevitably the consequential muse. Roger Water (bass) was the cultivator (seed sower), the lyrically conceptual prodigy and co-maestro of songwriting David Gilmour (guitar) was the placidity, guitar virtuoso, the voice and co-maestro; the equilibrium Richard Wright (keyboards) was the essential underlying symmetry; musical nurturer Nick Mason (drums) was the heartbeat, structure and foundation; the sole member involved from the emergence of PF to the last recording. To experience Pink Floyd in their total glory is to hear and see them live!! However sadly that time has probably passed other than an older Concert. There is a way to cheat time with Pink Floyd's Greatest "Touring Fans" they're called "Brit Floyd" (an offshoot of The Australian Pink Floyd Show; formed in 1988) which is a story for another time. * a tribute band that PF members have embraced and become friends with... bringing the "Live Show" front and center as I type. Disclaimer: these guys bring total respect and tribute to their influential mentors (playing songs EXACTLY like the albums)... Amazing!! ** I know without a doubt you will want to put this on full screen... this show is some of the best Floyd songs... 2 hours and 14 minutes of pure bliss (live) = ruclips.net/video/Z_yibRal4mI/видео.html - ** Pink Floyd History: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd .
Epic..Gilmore has probably played this a ka-zillion times; so he's just having fun jamming for the folks! Like your honesty Kirti - that's how I feel about most of today's music;)
I really enjoyed your review and comments from both of you. Because you seem to really enjoy the soul and talent in David Gilmour's guitar playing, the lyrics and the band's interaction/singing, I highly recommend Shine on You Crazy Diamond, from the Pulse concert. Take care!
THE SOLO FROM COMFORTABLY NUMB BY DAVID GILMOUR AND THE SOLO FROM STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN BY JIMMY PAGE ARE THE TWO GREATEST GUITAR SOLOS EVER BY THE TWO GREATEST ROCK GUITARIST EVER.. AND NO SLOUCH AND SOME ONE ELSE YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT IS ERIC CLAPTON LIVE FROM HYDE PARK 1996-97 ISH TEARING US APART.
Listen to the studio version of this song. It carries a much more succinct feel for the song and meaning. It is very strange, but when I was a kid, I had a high fever. And LITERALLY my hands felt like two balloons that expanded to include the entire universe in terms of internal understanding. I think Gilmore was alluding to the feelings of connectedness I felt while under a high fever as well. Love your close understanding of an obscure set of lyrics.
I love Dave Gilmour’s guitar solos. It is interesting that you hear Carlos Santana in his playing. I have felt that way and you are the first reviewers to mention it! Thank you.
The guitar is just an inanimate object until someone plays it... the result can be anything from painful all the way up through amazing and beautiful to unbelievable...then someone handed a Mr Gilmour one and the rest is history...there is no better.. .
New subscriber here! You are a beautiful couple and I love this reaction video. I love Pink Floyd and I love when people appreciate them. Pink Floyd are great musicially, but when you understand and appreciate what they do, it becomes more like an experience. Like a journey. You don't just listen to Pink Floyd.... you experience Pink Floyd. No other band or artist can get in your head like they can. Beautifully complex. Love and respect to you both. Take care.
Hard to believe that Gilmour is selling 120 of his guitars, including the black fender which he used to play most of the guitar parts of Pink Floyd's 70's albums. The same guitar he used to play the opening notes on Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and of course that same black fender he used to play the guitar solos on the studio version of Comfortably Numb. Just crazy!!
One does not merely listen to Pink Floyd, one experiences them. When I put them on, it is like watching a movie, or reading a book. It is never just background music! I could see Gilmour's guitar's crying reaching into your soul - how he plays, with so much emotion, has never been equaled. There are technically 'better' players, but none of them can touch Gilmour for emotion. He is an incredibly reserved, quiet man, all his emotion is in his music, and it just flows out of him in the most epically beautiful way. Welcome to the machine!
So true! I cannot remember back in the 70’s when I listened to Pink Floyd and didn’t play the entire record. Bringing home a new record was like a ritual. put on the record and get in the right “mood”, put the headphones on and listened to the whole record. They were made to be listened to in total. Not like that anymore. It is an experience and since vinyl has returned I wish the concept of an album would as well.
I've loved Pink Floyd for more than 40 years now and seen this video dozens of times and it never gets old. One thing that bothers me about nearly all reaction videos is the lack of comment on the light show! The music is everything obviously but holy crap, whoever choreographed/arranged/designed the lights and the ball just killed it. The majesty of the lights matches the majesty of the song and Mr. Gilmour's solos.
they are VERY good LIVE....I saw them 2 times LIVE mainly the dark side of the moon ......they got that light show BOOM !!! FANTASTIC.......GREAT TALENT.....WHO YAH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pink Floyd are always worth a listen with your eyes shut and let the music take over. Mike Oldfield does the same would love you to review Tubular Bells or Ommadawn. Very underrated these days. Love your reviews.
I worked on that tour in Europe! The biggest tour i even worked on ! 50 trucks 400 crew members to build the stage ! 1994. We needed 3 days to build the stage.
Wow I've heard this song before Evan this concert but I guess it was edited because the guitar solo wasn't that long. Definitely the best version I heard so far.
saw them do dark side of the moon shortly after it's release. animals shortly after it's. i fell for them the first time '69-'70. the solo from comfortably numb is quite possibly the best guitar solo ever performed on stage. they were all great, gilmore is unbelievable on that guitar.
good observation, this was toward the end of their career. they lost members, as all old folks do. (i know, being one myself). but you're right, they are masters of their craft and living legends by this time. but these guys also were talents of biblical proportions. i am confidant they will be played for hundreds of years, as were the old masters.
I've watched multiple reactions to this song and you are only one of two that have reviewed the whole song when most have reacted to the edited version of this masterpiece, kudos to you. Would love you to react to the song Mother by Pink Floyd, much love from New Zealand.
I've watched a lot of reactions to this these last few days, and I think this is the first time I've seen this 'extended' cut. I didn't recognise the roughly 60 second part from 8:39 onwards.
If you're looking to fall asleep to, something sublime and mellow, cannot tell you how many times I dosed off listening to Echoes(Pink Floyd), well worth a reaction, that and Shine On You Crazy Diamond .
Glad you did Pink Floyd. Great reactions!! Next up for Pink Floyd: David GILMOUR “High Hopes” but one version only ... LIVE AT DJANSK”. Exceptional live performance that is very soothing and melodic with great slide guitar and acoustic guitar near the end. Keep up the good work!
You may have noticed that the lead vocalist Dave Gilmour's voice was being gosted throughout by one of the backing singers. Not harmonising, or counter melody, but just expertly thickening the lead singers voice. Her name is Samantha Brown, who was well known herself at the time, but on this occasion took a very modest, professional and quite perfect supporting role for the main singer. All the backing singers get the opportunity to shine in another part of the concert, so it's all good. Thank you for putting this up. Experienced geniuses indeed.
The people at Earls Court that night got a performance of the ages. Absolutely flawless concert. One to remember until the day you pass on. Total perfection
I from Gravataí Rio grande do Sul Brazil.
For me this is a perfection in music.
Beautiful.
In 200 years time, they'll be talking about David Gilmour in the same way that we talk about Ludwig van Beethoven today.
bujin1977 ,,I agree but they will include Roger Waters for his brilliant writing, he wrote epic music. PF is what makes a great band, every single person in that band is a master of their craft.
@@0okamino agree!
They already do.
@@user-sb1vz9pv5y Maybe, but that kinda misses the point.
And Frank Zappa
That closing guitar solo has repeatedly been voted the greatest guitar solo of all time.
And I'm more than delighted that you chose this performance to react to, largely because I believe it to be the best.
Many of the greatest guitarists in the world pick up their instruments, plug them into their pedalboard and amplifiers, and produce outstanding, brilliant music. Some great dexterity, virtuosity, immense talent and years of dedicated and even obsessional practice all contribute to this ability.
But there are a handful who reach another plane.
They plug their guitars not just into pedalboards and amps, but directly into your heart, and let the instrument channel the feelings and emotions direct from their own heart to yours.
David is undoubtedly one of that handful.
I could mention others, but won't, because firstly I may leave someone out, and secondly, it isn't about being best at anything but being themselves, and they are all the best at that.
Also, it may well be that some style of playing reaches right into sombody else's heart, but not mine.
The other reason I'm so delighted you chose this performance is because I was there.
I've looked hard, and know exactly where I was sitting (well, standing by about the 2nd minute of the gig [so before a note had been played], although I'm no longer able to do so), but have never been able to see myself. Right side of the stage, and back just level with the mirror-ball above the middle of the arena, a few rows back in the 2nd tier. But I was there, and the video only captures the tip of the iceberg. I didn't leave on my feet, I swear I floated. I was walking on air for days.
The best single band concert I have ever attended, or expect to.
the french, who are good at saying things sometimes. called it the ''creme de la creme'' . simply the best of the best. and yes, they stand among the very best of the best.
Your reaction, emotional and powerful, was pure bliss, especially your salute to David Gilmour's guitar solo!
ART + MAGIC = PINK FLOYD
One of the best songs ever written by Pink Floyd.....I listen to this song quite a bit,absolutely love it,these guys are extremely talented😍😍😍😍
goosebumps
I had the pleasure of seeing Pink Floyd live in 1988 (Momentary Lapse of Reason tour). Even Roger Waters-less, it was one.of the best concerts I'd ever expeeienced.
There is no denying the talent of all the members of Pink Floyd, but at the same time the one time i saw them in concert, in the summer, in a large stadium on the East Coast of the U.S., It was one of the coldest, most remote experiences I've ever had at a concert. It was like they were saying "Don't try to interact or have any impact on the show, just sit there and be amazed." The only outburst from the crowd was when the lasers went off, no musical crescendo responses. It could have been a CD playing it back, we wouldn't know the difference. But the playing was fine, no surprises, just what you'd expect from pros like Floyd.
Namaste dunno how I ended up on your channel but I like it keep it up! From NY...Pink Floyd is a different level of awesomeness
I envy you for having your first reaction to this incredible song and soul-grabbing solo. I first hear this when I was a steward at Wembley Stadium during The Wall tour in 1988. I was remonstrating with a guy who was blocking the evacuation root, so I didn't really hear most of this song, but when that iconic solo started, my jaw just dropped and I stared in disbelief, frozen until the last echoing chord faded into oblivion.
I was and am a heavy metal devotee and musician, but this song is an absolute masterpiece played by maestros.
I once head a professional guitarist say that this solo "Breaks reality" I can't think of a greater compliment.
I love that you two love Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Those two bands are two of my very favorite bands/artists to listen to. So professional. All members in both bands are as good as you will find. I have to say, I believe you two lovely people have great taste in music. God Bless! More Pink Floyd and more Led Zeppelin!
David Gilmore plays the notes you didn't know you needed to hear.
Gilmour.
Really well put!
You've nailed it with that comment.
Outstanding comment 🙇🏽🙇🏽
that is so true haha... wow.. hmmm.. he's a genius
This is widely considered one of the best guitar solos of all time. The guitarist is David Gilmour and he is one of the greatest. He can make one note sound more beautiful than a thousand notes from some of the speed guys. Much respect and love for these guys.
yeahh, for me its next to hotel california
Problem when you check in Hotel California, is it's like living on the fast lane. And some strange dudes party all night with knives and champagne just for you not being able to leave... I'd rather be comfortably numb.
The greatest solo of the 20th century,........bar none,......never gets old ,.....never will.David Gilmour is far better the he is ranked.He comes in somewhere on rolling stones list like 15,...yet Eric Clapton is like 4 or 5.You have to be kidding me.Gilmour shows you don't have to play fast to be great.And he is the master of feeling and emotion through his guitar work.He is in the top 5 in my book ,...next to page and hendrix.Great reaction my friends,.....Thank you!!!!!
He's speaking a language with his guitar that every human could understand, no matter the language.
Namaste, I’m a new subscriber and I’m so impressed by your reactions to this song, In my opinion You don’t just hear Pink Floyd you experience them, Thank you for a great reaction.
This was my Patreon request !
Gilmour solos in that masterpiece was voted as an 1st and 2nd best solo ever (solos from different pat of song.) Nothing esle could be spoken
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Love you both. Honestly reaction
The greatest most soulful gutiar solo of all time.
Gilmour plugs that guitar directly into his soul.
Namaste Kirti and Savio,
It’s refreshing to see a reaction video by two such thoughtful, insightful and articulate people. Pink Floyd created the soundtrack of my life, and I enjoy seeing how their music reaches people from other generations and cultures. But disappointingly, so many ‘reactors’, while they clearly appreciate the music and are even deeply moved by it, when they’ve finished listening can do little more than spout a few exclamations and half-finished sentences.
As you’ve come to this piece for the first time, I’m impressed by the depth of insight you’ve brought to it. I’ve listened to Floyd’s music for over 45 years, and I’m still discovering new depth and nuances in it. Your analysis hit many nails on the head, and gave me some new perspectives. You described their playing as ‘tactful’. Beautiful! And ‘restrained’, yes, most certainly. Part of the power of Floyd was that their power was reined in, hidden under a bushel, like the power of a great martial artist. Floyd were British, and as individuals they all to some extent suffered from that great British malady of Reserve; yet ironically, they turned that Reserve into one of their greatest strengths.
The Waters-Gilmour-Wright-Mason line-up comprised four outstanding geniuses whose collective work surpassed the sum of its parts. (There’s a voice that says as much on their final album, The Endless River.) Sid Barrett, in his own odd way, was also a genius, but that’s another long story! Each of them, in their own unique way, made contributions of outstanding beauty and power. Wright’s deceptively simple chord sequences and soundscapes are unsurpassed. Gilmour, as someone once commented, can wring more feeling from a single note than most guitarists can get out of the whole fretboard. Together, Gilmour and Wright shared a strange kind of musical empathy and telepathy; just listen to their duet in the closing minutes of ‘Echoes’ on the album 'Live in Gdansk'.
Waters’ lyrics had a depth that often derived from their double or even triple levels of meaning. So many of his songs, including ‘Comfortably numb’ have a universal message. ‘Remember when you were young: you shone like the sun…’
I’ll end by echoing the recommendations that many have already suggested: listen to the entirety of ‘Shine on you crazy diamond’; ‘Time’; ‘Great gig in the sky’; and above all, ‘Echoes’ (from the album ‘Meddle’). Start with the studio versions of all of them. There’s much, much more, but this is the crème de la crème. Thank you and take care.
I must add a few words about Nick Mason, whose precision and understated fire were integral to Floyd’s power. You can get a taste of this at around 7:26, when the rhythm stumbles into a kind of dislocated syncopation, letting you know the trip is far from over yet. It’s Mason who’s driving it, totally in command. Listen to the savage insolence of the drum entry on ‘Thin Ice’, or the fascistic brutality of ‘Run Like Hell’. Compare the sunlit sea-splash of the cymbals on Echoes with their funerial menace in ‘Comfortably numb’. All bear the hallmarks of Mason’s touch. Mason was largely AWOL during the making of the post-Waters ‘Momentary Lapse', one of the many reasons it lacked the power of their earlier albums.
A question that has always fascinated me is where did Floyd’s music come from? Out of what freakish breach in the cosmic continuum? I think part of the answer lies in a review I read of their ‘Early Years’ box set, which commented on the huge range of musical genres that they’d experimented with, particularly after Syd Barrett’s departure. In a weird way, the loss of their front man and chief songwriter was a gift to Floyd, because it sent them on a frenzied search for a new way forward. They tried everything from blues and jazz to classical and avant garde. Shades of Middle Eastern melody in ‘Astronomy Domine’, of Highland fling in ‘Echoes’.
Here’s the thing - somehow they managed to meld all these disparate parts into a coherent whole that was nothing quite like what had gone before. That’s the real wonder of it. Their music has universal appeal because it tapped into currents that run through every continent.
These two are a joy to watch. Their reactions never disappoint (unlike so many others...sorry)
You both explain this experience perfectly. Pointing out the efforts of the musicians. Others miss this. Thank you for your time. Pink Floyd is the summit, everything else is below. Period.
A great reaction!! The more you listen to this, the more you will love it!!
Masterpiece! That’s the only word I have. I get goosebumps EVERYTIME I hear it. 😍😍😍
When this song plays angels stop to listen👍✌
Many British rock musicians in London and Liverpool lived through the German bombings of those cities during World War II when they were small children (including members of The Beatles and members of Pink Floyd). This left emotional scars. Roger Waters, who wrote this song and the rest of the songs on the album The Wall, was one of those children. His father was killed in the war.
Pink Floyd live were like nothing else. By a long shot. The sound quality, the visuals and lights (actually in time with the music), the sheer volume, the size of the stage and props, and the mastery of their instruments. Just a total mesmerising, emersive experience.
This was done over 25 years ago, and nothing has topped it since.
Ford Prefect I can only admire a band who are as good of better live than in the studio. Floyd are near the head of that line for me, who are so much better live than the recorded versions.
Best version of Gilmour's solo of this song, anyone who has listened to it comes away awestruck.
heaven to me is a place where that guitar solo of Gilmour's goes on for all time
Nobody conveys emotion through their guitar playing like David does.
The only guy who does as good a job of dealing out emotions with the guitar is Jerry Garcia. Infact those two are probably the only guitarists of international Fame to be able to sooth the heart and break it all in one song.
David Gilmour string bending. Nothing like it.
Steve Rothery of Marillion does too.
Take the time to watch the whole PULSE concert. You love every second of it A MASTERPIECE!!!!!
Not only is Gilmour one of the greatest rock music artists of all time, he is also a great soul.
Aww you did the uncut version, awesome!
Great choice for a reaction! Comfortably numb is a masterpiece of a song. Welcome to the world of Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd's music represents "life" showing you that there's something amazingly powerful and wonderful waiting for you out there. You can't find it at the bottom of a test tube, but you CAN feel it within you! Experiencing "Comfortably Numb" is like taking a peek behind that metaphysical curtain.
"This is Artistry." "This is genius." That's Floyd and Gilmour and this performance in particular summed up pretty much in a nutshell. Great reaction. Namaste!
I first heard Pink Floyd back in 1975. 44 years later......and a HUGE fan. 'Animals' is probably my favorite of their albums.....but I've gone back & forth over the decades. The thing about their music is.....depending on where you're at in your own life experience....the lyrics can take on whole new meaning. I think they're from another galaxy.
I first heard Pink Floyd, for sure somewhere in '76, because that's when I was born, and my father had Dark Side, and More... I became addicted when I really listen to DSOTM, I might have been 12 or something... 1988. Had the chance to see them on the 94 tour in Bordeaux (I couldn't hope to see them at that time, and I still can't believe that I saw them...).
I LOVE everything from early singles to the Wall, DSOTM is my best album in the space time, the magical part starts with Meddle / Atom Heart Mother, I dunno, those where already starting to get huge... Of course from DSTOM to The Wall, those 4 albums are fantastic, yes DSOTM is my personal fav. but I don't really like to classify them, they exist both on themselves and as a kind of chronological suite. I don't just listen to one album straight, I always do an exhaustive chronological play when I get to the Floyd. The shortest sequence I do is Meddle - The Wall. Sometimes I start at Piper... Rarely I listen to post the wall, although the final cut is not bad in itself, it's just not as "Pink Floyd" as I like, it's more Waters work for me. And post Waters is just... FM pop-rock... nice but insipid.
Anyway sorry for the length, but the thing is, Pink Floyd did out of time albums, where people can rely on, think about, travel with, completely moved by the music. I'm kind of happy to have the chance to be able to live a time where I could listen to them AND even see them (or what was left) live.
Brilliant !!
Pink Floyd is one of those bands where you put on your headphones/earbuds and kick back and relax.
I searched. And no. Nothing beats this solo.
"Comfortably Sublime" perfect way to sum it all up.
WOW ...RUSH , NIGHTWISH ,,NOW PINK FLOYD ..You are hearing the Elite of the musical world now ...keep it up !!!
Music has NO borders
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Fantastic reaction. I can not stress enough how much you need to react to Shine on you crazy diamond from Pink Floyd. It has the soul you look for from start to end.
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Agree 1000%
Howie Sverdrup yes and they should listen to the same album as this one, the live Pulse album is the best live album ever made, every performance is perfection IMO.
Brilliant - love your response!!! Peace..
I have seen pink floyd concerts 2times in germany they were VERY good....way back in 1972/73....sound was like stereo all around....
beautiful. remember, there is no such thing as good music, or bad music. there is only music that touches YOUR brain in a good or bad way! if you enjoy this ( like me ) then it can be almost spiritual! but if your taste is different, then this could leave you without any shivers. sorry if i lecture ;p big love to all people :)
My hair stands up or tears well up when I hear DG kick in with this.
Listening to Comfortably Numb for the first time should be experienced by the album first and then you can appreciate the live version. The reason those people were there was because of the album
This is the kind of music you simply DON'T want to stop!
Well done! A proper reaction, not just the usual 2/3 minute reaction of other youtubers.
I love you two Great Reaction.
Love to see when people first react to PFhe doesn't play the guitar he bears his soul for every one to experience.
I was there. Ive been to many gigs in my 50+ yrs :) and this sits at the top of the pile
I was there, left side 4 rows up from the floor.
I was earlier... during the tour... When they were in Bordeaux, France.. My first concert, and best and biggest one.
I couldn't dream to see them, when I heard they toured, and were going close to my place I was happy. The rolling Stones did a huge tour that same years, friends of mine went to that one... I was alone at the concert, my father was waiting for me outside. I mean alone, in the crowd :).
Finally someone reacted to the uncut version
Yeeeeeesssssssss!
I'm used to the cut, so the uncut kind of sounds incoherent to me...
AGREED!
The cut version is better because Gilmour goes a little off track in the omitted section.
You guys! I love your interpretation of the song. Rock on you two.
Saw them live in Toronto in the 80's... very intense live show... brain was an emotional pile of mush by the end. You need to be well rested and fed to see Floyd live.
A direct shout out to Enoma... (a brief history of PF and more)
Syd Barrett (founder; guitar) was the originator and the quirky eccentric; inevitably the consequential muse.
Roger Water (bass) was the cultivator (seed sower), the lyrically conceptual prodigy and co-maestro of songwriting
David Gilmour (guitar) was the placidity, guitar virtuoso, the voice and co-maestro; the equilibrium
Richard Wright (keyboards) was the essential underlying symmetry; musical nurturer
Nick Mason (drums) was the heartbeat, structure and foundation; the sole member involved from the emergence of PF to the last recording.
To experience Pink Floyd in their total glory is to hear and see them live!! However sadly that time has probably passed other than an older Concert. There is a way to cheat time with Pink Floyd's Greatest "Touring Fans" they're called "Brit Floyd" (an offshoot of The Australian Pink Floyd Show; formed in 1988) which is a story for another time. * a tribute band that PF members have embraced and become friends with... bringing the "Live Show" front and center as I type.
Disclaimer: these guys bring total respect and tribute to their influential mentors (playing songs EXACTLY like the albums)... Amazing!! ** I know without a doubt you will want to put this on full screen... this show is some of the best Floyd songs... 2 hours and 14 minutes of pure bliss (live) = ruclips.net/video/Z_yibRal4mI/видео.html
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** Pink Floyd History: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd
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Epic..Gilmore has probably played this a ka-zillion times; so he's just having fun jamming for the folks! Like your honesty Kirti - that's how I feel about most of today's music;)
best band of all times 🎸🎶😎👍
I really enjoyed your review and comments from both of you. Because you seem to really enjoy the soul and talent in David Gilmour's guitar playing, the lyrics and the band's interaction/singing, I highly recommend Shine on You Crazy Diamond, from the Pulse concert. Take care!
THE SOLO FROM COMFORTABLY NUMB BY DAVID GILMOUR AND THE SOLO FROM STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN BY JIMMY PAGE ARE THE TWO GREATEST GUITAR SOLOS EVER BY THE TWO GREATEST ROCK GUITARIST EVER.. AND NO SLOUCH AND SOME ONE ELSE YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT IS ERIC CLAPTON LIVE FROM HYDE PARK 1996-97 ISH TEARING US APART.
Listen to the studio version of this song. It carries a much more succinct feel for the song and meaning. It is very strange, but when I was a kid, I had a high fever. And LITERALLY my hands felt like two balloons that expanded to include the entire universe in terms of internal understanding. I think Gilmore was alluding to the feelings of connectedness I felt while under a high fever as well. Love your close understanding of an obscure set of lyrics.
Sometimes all I need in life is David Gilmour and his guitar.
I love Dave Gilmour’s guitar solos. It is interesting that you hear Carlos Santana in his playing. I have felt that way and you are the first reviewers to mention it! Thank you.
6:01 is were your soul starts to melt.
By the Way Rocky Mountain National Park Here This song fits the majestic Rockies.
🎸The solos are the icing 🤗 Thanks for your great reaction to this terrific masterpiece from 1980 🎧
The guitar is just an inanimate object until someone plays it... the result can be anything from painful all the way up through amazing and beautiful to unbelievable...then someone handed a Mr Gilmour one and the rest is history...there is no better..
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You are a beautiful couple and I love this reaction video. I love Pink Floyd and I love when people appreciate them.
Pink Floyd are great musicially, but when you understand and appreciate what they do, it becomes more like an experience. Like a journey.
You don't just listen to Pink Floyd.... you experience Pink Floyd. No other band or artist can get in your head like they can.
Beautifully complex.
Love and respect to you both. Take care.
Hard to believe that Gilmour is selling 120 of his guitars, including the black fender which he used to play most of the guitar parts of Pink Floyd's 70's albums. The same guitar he used to play the opening notes on Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and of course that same black fender he used to play the guitar solos on the studio version of Comfortably Numb. Just crazy!!
One does not merely listen to Pink Floyd, one experiences them. When I put them on, it is like watching a movie, or reading a book. It is never just background music! I could see Gilmour's guitar's crying reaching into your soul - how he plays, with so much emotion, has never been equaled. There are technically 'better' players, but none of them can touch Gilmour for emotion. He is an incredibly reserved, quiet man, all his emotion is in his music, and it just flows out of him in the most epically beautiful way. Welcome to the machine!
So true! I cannot remember back in the 70’s when I listened to Pink Floyd and didn’t play the entire record. Bringing home a new record was like a ritual. put on the record and get in the right “mood”, put the headphones on and listened to the whole record. They were made to be listened to in total. Not like that anymore. It is an experience and since vinyl has returned I wish the concept of an album would as well.
I've loved Pink Floyd for more than 40 years now and seen this video dozens of times and it never gets old.
One thing that bothers me about nearly all reaction videos is the lack of comment on the light show!
The music is everything obviously but holy crap, whoever choreographed/arranged/designed the lights and the ball just killed it.
The majesty of the lights matches the majesty of the song and Mr. Gilmour's solos.
they are VERY good LIVE....I saw them 2 times LIVE mainly the dark side of the moon ......they got that light show BOOM !!! FANTASTIC.......GREAT TALENT.....WHO YAH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pink Floyd are always worth a listen with your eyes shut and let the music take over. Mike Oldfield does the same would love you to review Tubular Bells or Ommadawn. Very underrated these days. Love your reviews.
I love Pink Floyd. This comment is not meant as a judgment...but this particular song is about shooting heroin.
Something you will learn as you review more Pink Floyd. You don't listen to Pink Floyd; you experience Pink Floyd. Enjoy and namaste'!
Perfect 10. Best concert I've ever seen in person.
Pink Floyd is a trip across the universe!
I worked on that tour in Europe! The biggest tour i even worked on ! 50 trucks 400 crew members to build the stage ! 1994. We needed 3 days to build the stage.
Wow I've heard this song before Evan this concert but I guess it was edited because the guitar solo wasn't that long. Definitely the best version I heard so far.
You will love "Mother" by Pink Floyd.. Have never heard anyone react to "Mother"
saw them do dark side of the moon shortly after it's release. animals shortly after it's. i fell for them the first time '69-'70. the solo from comfortably numb is quite possibly the best guitar solo ever performed on stage. they were all great, gilmore is unbelievable on that guitar.
good observation, this was toward the end of their career. they lost members, as all old folks do. (i know, being one myself). but you're right, they are masters of their craft and living legends by this time. but these guys also were talents of biblical proportions. i am confidant they will be played for hundreds of years, as were the old masters.
I've watched multiple reactions to this song and you are only one of two that have reviewed the whole song when most have reacted to the edited version of this masterpiece, kudos to you. Would love you to react to the song Mother by Pink Floyd, much love from New Zealand.
I've watched a lot of reactions to this these last few days, and I think this is the first time I've seen this 'extended' cut. I didn't recognise the roughly 60 second part from 8:39 onwards.
Keep Taking was my favorite song at the Pulse tour still the best show I have seen .
'Touches the Soul' ... enough said. Nice reaction!
Love your Reaction's and I love this song to Rock & Roll Enoma :)
what an amazing statement from such a lovely couple
If not the best,one of the best riffs in a song ever...The version of this they did in Pompeii will rival this one,too.
Thank you so much, You were very succinct in your analysis. Love!
Thank you! Great reaction!
Pink Floyd. Do Shine on You Crazy Diamond.... All parts... Not just the first few.
If you're looking to fall asleep to, something sublime and mellow, cannot tell you how many times I dosed off listening to Echoes(Pink Floyd), well worth a reaction, that and Shine On You Crazy Diamond .
Less talking more listening .
Glad you did Pink Floyd. Great reactions!! Next up for Pink Floyd: David GILMOUR “High Hopes” but one version only ... LIVE AT DJANSK”. Exceptional live performance that is very soothing and melodic with great slide guitar and acoustic guitar near the end. Keep up the good work!
Nightwish also has a cover of "High Hopes" in case you're enjoying it (live of course).
"Live At Gdansk".
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