FIRST TIME HEARING PINK FLOYD 🎵 Comfortably Numb Reaction
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The second guitar solo in this song is one of mankind's greatest achievements.
To put it mildly.
Up there with setting foot on the moon, sequencing DNA, discovering antibiotics. Not sure what order I'd put the four, to be honest.
@@missingnola3823 Oh man, that's a tough one.
Particularly the live version from Pulse.
That solo still gives me chills after all these years!
I wish I could go back and hear Pink Floyd for the first time. Life changing.
I saw the animal's tour. Floating pig,, best show I have seen to date
Saw them first in 1972, which I can still vividly remember unlike most of what has happened since, well except for the other times I saw Pink Floyd. Stay safe.
Damn, you've hit the nail on the head, thats why we're here, respect from England, skol!
Oh fully agree with this!
Even when I was 11, I never call it "odd"
"When I was a child, I caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look but it was gone. I cannot put my finger on it now. the child has grown. the dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb."
Those are some of the best lyrics ever written.
Made sublime by Gilmour’s voice.
I could go down the comments and write “yes” to everyone. Yes you are more than correct.
So beatiful 🥲
I've had this feeling, and I can't explain it either, but this song comes the closest to putting it into words. Even the first time I heard it, I shouted YES! several times during the lyrics.
It's like a person is sick, and he's trying to get him better, fx a little pin prink, or your feeling better now
It does my old heart good to see a young couple enjoying my generations music. Because one doesn't merely listen to Pink Floyd. One EXPERIENCES Pink Floyd.
Well said.
Exactly - you take it in, and you are taken in by it.
and you become comfortably numb
Pink Floyd is responsible for a lot of the rock sounds we have today.
most of them
Not just rock, 5hey influenced a lot of edm artists, most cite them as the band that made them fall in love with music. Another one that has the same type of deal is the clash, u2 said the greatest influence to them was the clash, completely different type of music, but I'm saying that pink floyd has way more impact than just rock, which is amazing.
@@thegreatmrt dare I say Coldplay is a derivative of U2 and Pink Floyd? I know I’m gonna get blasted but a rush of blood is a solid album. Parachutes as well. Very U2, and classic rock meets alternative to me.
Roger Waters would disagree with you, he said the Beatles
@@timsoom7027 i don't care a damn what Waters thinks.....i think with my head
I’m so jealous watching people discover some of best music ever made for the first time. And it’s ok to close your eyes and just vibe.
for sure. i would do anything to hear this for the first time again
Pink Floyd the best
We who were around when this was new, get to re-live this great experience and see the
faces and reactions we were lucky enough to have long ago!
I remember all of this like it was yesterday. Watching The Wall at the theater. Can't remember if it was the drive in bcos I was tripping, so it wss an experience on those little purple dots 😳🤣😂🤣😂 Just like: Heavy Metal a few year's before that 💯
@@megarouge61 Those are facts. Floyd, Zeppelin, Sabbath, The Eagles, Queen, Skynyrd (the last being the only 1 I missed) 🤘🎤🎸👀
Seeing Lex lost in the guitar solo is a beautiful thing… We could all tell you were really feeling it. Pink Floyd is as much a feeling as it is a sound.
Pink Floyd is talking about shooting up heroin
I can't feel my legs!!
NOBODY squeezes more raw emotion out of a guitar than David Gilmour.
Gary Moore would be close.
But DAVID GILMORE ABSOLUTE DON 💯 👌 🔥 😍
Thank you David Gilmour for the one of the most beautiful guitar solos ever.
Two of the most beautiful guitar solos ever.
TWO of them in the same song.
Gilmore's brilliance is knowing when not to play. There are a lot of amazing guitarists, but to me, Gilmore's mastery of the time between notes is unsurpassed.
He only gets better with age, too. Best ever single performance of this track, everyone?
It’s a fine whine!
I've probably heard this song 500 times in my life and I still get chills when Gilmour hits those high notes in the second solo.
I get them every time Gilmour steps in on vocals as they change from the minor key to the major key like clouds opening in the sky and then my soul takes off. When the guitar solos peak, I am free.
only 500?
Nahhhh 5 million
and yet Brad hears it for the first time and barely raises an eyebrow... lel... the dude has no soul!
500....ohh you just begun I see.. 😁😉
Since you try and interpret lyrics, I’d recommend “Time”, incredible lyrics and song.
Damnit. Came to write this exactly. Do time next. Incredible message. Shouldnt break up Pink floyd songs, rather listen to whole albums, but makes sense for your content.
exactly!! there were no songs that touched me as much as these 2 songs
Oh Hell yeah.
I’m definitely on board with a “Time” reaction!!
Greatest song ever!!
They should react to Time now and again 10 years hence, we all know it will hit differently each time XD
Pink Floyd were a band that made 'concept albums'. you can take one song and enjoy it. but the whole of each album is what ties it all together.
There are two singers on this song. The speaking/sounding verses are bass player Roger Waters, and the chorus bits are sung by David Gilmour. One of the greatest works of art in the 20th century. This song transcends time. It’s 42 years old, and still sounds current.
Just for fun...Matt, nothing current sounds like this.
@@ag6424 true, but that’s not really the point I was making. 😬
@@ag6424 he means it doesn't sound dated.
let me correct you dude.....one of the greatest works of art EVER
@@nicebluejay I know what he meant, that's why I said ' just for fun'. 😁
Lex just gets it. She feels the music the way it is supposed to be.
I really like your comment (and I feel it’s true too)
Well, Brad & Lex don't seem to realize that this song is part of a larger narrative that is The Wall. The lyrics don't make sense until you get the entire context. Do yourself a favor, react to the entire Wall album, with the lyrics in front of you.
Yeah it's a heroin song
@@bobshiemalloway It has nothing to do with illegal drugs. Roger Waters has been very explicit about the circumstances described in the song
On the contrary I think she's bobbing like 2-4x too fast
The first voice is the emergency responder trying to get a reaction from the musician, Pink, who has OD'd and isn't capable of performing. The second voice in the chorus is Pink experiencing the euphoria (or hallucinations) of finally escaping his suffering, retreating to the comfort and innocence of his childhood.
Yep
Exactly
@@CJK55 Uhhh...hmm. Okay, I won't even start. :D
Less of a "First Responder" than a back alley Doctor...
@@vanhattfield8292 Yup, agreed. Poor choice of words. :)
Context is everything. This song is off the album "The Wall," the main character is a rock star whose world is coming down all around him. He's partyed, done all the drugs, had his share of women, his wife is cheating as well, and leaving him. He's got to perform the next day and they are trying to get him ready, but he just sits trapped in his head. Sid Barrett was the original singer/guitarist/songwriter before David Gilmore joined Pink Floyd. Towards the late 1960s LSD was everywhere, which the band enjoyed rather frequently. Sid on the other hand loved it so much he took so much that his mind went, and never came back. The band tried to keep him in the band, but it wasn't possible so in comes Gilmore. This song speaks of Sid but doesn't out right say his name. The album is a constant theme that they made a cult classic movie which never shows any of the actual band. With live action and animation it's a great movie. It's on youtube called "The Wall."
This song is from the concept album 'The Wall', where each song tells a story which leads into the next song. So the lyrics might seem disjointed but unless you know the context from the other songs, you will feel lost. In this song, the main character is a performer who can not perform for the next show so the doctor is injecting him with a substance to "get him back on his feet again". Pink Floyd is an experience. Check out 'Another Brick In The Wall (part II), you might have heard of that one.
That album was just pure art. I grew up listening to Pink Flyod was I was just weeee lil thing. :) I was in love even when I couldn't understand music.
The whole album is based loosely on the story of Pink Floyd's first singer Syd Barrett and his descent into insanity (that may or may not have been triggered by a combination of drug use and beating his head against the music industry).
@@Zundfolge I knew it was something a long those lines but I didn't have an actual name. Thanks for that.
@@Zundfolge this was about Waters not Barrett...
@@PrincessGamer lol me too, my brother took me to a Pink Floyd concert in 87 I was just 11. It was awesome 👍🏼
13;16 "I thought I was getting baptized'. Damn,. that's an old soul in a beautiful young woman! It's amazing how she feels the music. Like if Brad wasn't there to keep her tethered to Earth; she would fly away to space on the wings of every guitar solo. Beautiful.
NOBODY has as much emotion and expressiveness in their guitar playing as David! Truly one of the all time greats and on my Mount Rushmore!
I'd say there is someone who at least did get _very_ close, and it's fairly easy to compare since it's an homage to "High Hopes" - ruclips.net/video/4oEDnVeYYyM/видео.html
(it's of course been ages, but David Gilmour actually posted a link on his facebook account back then and commented that he liked it 🥰)
Agreed but another one whose guitar speaks to me is Tony Iommi
Interestingm that Mount Rushmore. I would have Hendrix, David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, and I'd have to think about the fourth.
SRV
@@Ninja-Dev Mine is Gilmour, Hendrix, SRV, and EVH. Runner up Jimmy Page. Quite a few others that I really like but not enough room on the mountain 😖!
One of the most epic guitar songs of all-time. Gilmour is a master of creating phenomenal compositions and giving just enough for what the song needs without going too far which is difficult for exceptional guitarists.
It’s also just an epic song, period.
The orchestral arrangement in this is highly overlooked. It really brings everything together.
Yes Michael Kamen was on point with his orchestral arrangement.
Absolute masterpiece.
This song live pulse, arguably one of the best solos of the rock history
I think it sounds better, I love the longer solo and the visuals are stunning.
Gilmore played those strings like they were our nerves.
The audience reaction is just joy and love.
(I think I'll add that concert to my list "What to do if get hold of a time machine")
I couldn't disagree more. What Gilmour created in this song was perfection, and any other copy, despite it's length or setting is merely an imperfect imitation of that truly perfect thing. Live versions are always flawed versions, despite their value to it's audience. To me, any live version, is similar to a band trotting out a new vocalist to imitate the previous singer. Never as good as the real thing.
@@Mike_Daddy You have a point, but not enough to change my opinion regarding this. Also, sorry for expressing my opinion as fact. I've changed that now.
At least we can agree that Gilmour is fantastic and the world is a better place because of him.
@@donkfail1 Oh I wasn't trying to change anyone's opinion. These things are purely subjective so trying to convince anyone their personal preference is wrong is silly. My view is as a musician. Performing live, you notice any mistakes, even tiny ones but the audiences remain relatively unaware of your mistake. They are just enjoying themselves. It's like the artist seeing all his tiny mistakes within the painting, while the crowd only sees a masterpiece.
@@Mike_Daddy - The solo wasnt perfect, it even gets cut off because it was running too long lol
During the solo at the end, I'm going "She gets it, she gets it... oh my god, she gets it!"
good lord that second solo...i've been a fan of floyd ever since high school, have listened to every rendition of this solo and still, at this very moment i cant get enough of this.
David Gilmore can get more out of one note than any other guitar player on the planet …
This is true. Possibly the only guitar player who doesn't have to haul ass in his solos and still gets respect from guitar players who know what's up.
@Wilmer Waarbroek
Wouldn't surprise me. Probably a bunch of people who have thought that
Ever heard his solo song, The Blue.. Awesome song
Uh.. Santana. :-)
The Blue is SUBLIME!!!!
If you watch the movie “The wall” you’ll realize this is a rock star who’s zoned out and has a show to perform, the man saying just a little pin prick is a doctor giving him a hit of what he needs (maybe heroin or amphetamines) being on drugs you become comfortably numb.
Exactly..kinda hard to get the meaning unless you watch the movie clips with song.
That's the changed meaning for the narrative of the film. For the real meaning concerning the incident at the Spectrum in Philadelphia 1977, see my reply to Dirk Diggler's comment in the thread.
You don't need the movie. This is a concept album, so the entire album is one story. Listening to all of the songs in order gives you the context required to understand what's going on. The album itself is an audio movie.
This entire album is inspired by what happened to the founding vocalist and guitarist of Pink Floyd, Syd Barret, who took so much LSD his mind snapped, and he could no longer distinguish reality from fantasy. He was on a trip that lasted many years, and he just withered away until his mind was gone. Many other songs are also inspired by, or dedicated to him such as "Shine On, You Crazy Diamond", "Wish You Were Here", and "Dark Side of the Moon". In the song "Dark Side of the Moon", the lyric, "And when the band you're in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" is a reference to an event where Syd was tripping on stage, and while the band started the next song on the set list, Syd started singing and playing a completely different song.
@@johnnyparsnips7641 Syd Barrett the lead singer of the original Floyd
I didn't see your comment. I basically said the same thing. Although I did suggest watching it after imbibing psychedelics 😜🤷
Lex is beautiful, spiritual, and tuned in. Brad thinks too much.
Agreed!!
He's the practical and tactical type. He'll win you a war, while Lex will give your civilization culture. A great duo they are. They complete each other.
@@hmpz36911 that's such a cool observation 😌
Maybe overanalyzing and missing the music.
Let go and enjoy the ride.
In context, I love what the solo represents; the narrator of the song crying out to feel ANYTHING. Just this big burst of emotion.
"Hey You" is another classic from this album that you should check out. The entire album is great, though, and I'll second what others have already commented and recommend you listen to the entire thing.
As good of a song as it is, it’s kinda strange Hey You isn’t in the movie.
Hey you and On the tuning away get me to tear up the most though Comfortably Numb is my favorite.
This song is meant to be listened to in context with the rest of the album. It makes more sense, as the whole album is a story. And a movie. The whole thing is meant to be listened to in one go from beginning to end, just like Dark Side Of the Moon. ... A lot of Pink Floyd is that way really
And yeah. It's about depression. Burnout. Drug addiction. Emotionally numb, and comfortable with that cuz he doesn't care. ... But other people are trying to get him to get up and do the show -- literally a concert. He's a superstar. They're using him. They want to give him -- even force -- drugs to get him up and moving. That's why he screams after the pin prick.
exactly
...and Syd Barrett
You need to hear the whole album. It’s on “The Wall”; but for Pink Floyd album beginners...I’d suggest start with “Dark Side of the Moon”
Definitely DSOTM
@@Mxxx1x DSOTM is a phenomenal album but my favorite is Wish You Were Here ...
Definitely Wish You Were Here!
That and wish you were here
Watch the movie
The song is about a drug overdose before a show. Its played out in the movie The Wall. Soft part is the person overdosing, the other is the person trying to resusitate him. The pin prick is the medication used to resuscitate. Comfortably numb is overdosed and close to death.
Gilmours second guitar solo is one of music's greatest gifts..
I like the first one too.
This beautiful Lex, a true classic rock girl, is such a sweetheart. A keeper! Rock on, y'all!
"When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb" gets me every time
This song in Comfortably Numb is part of “The Wall” album -the songs start from him as near-infant -up to present insanity. The last lyric line, “mother did it need to be so high” , refers to the earlier song “Mother” which Lex reviewed later and cried during the review - where in THAT song, his mother helped him build a wall between himself and the rest of humanity.
My tears start at the first solo. I remember listening to this song on my Walkman in December 1990 while resting on my bunk at Ft. Dix, NJ. I'd just gotten activated for Desert Shield and I was trying to figure out wtf I'd gotten myself into. I bought the cassette a week earlier when my boyfriend and I went to see The Wall laser light show at a planetarium for my 25th birthday. It was awesome, of course!
This song told me what I needed to do with my emotions for the next 6 months, but now I'm a puddle whenever I hear it.
The solo makes me feel the same way, i just close my eyes and let the emotions go haywire.
Thanks for sharing your story!
Thank you for your service.
Hi Heidi, I’m ex-U.K. military and had my ‘baptism of fire’ a couple of years earlier, but I can totally relate. The Dire Straits song ‘Going Home’ was patched through as our helicopter took off homeward bound, and after I was back and reflecting then their song ‘Brothers in Arms’ would move me to tears, then later David Gray’s ‘The One I Love’ came out in 2005 and I’d be taken back to what had happened to me and the wonderful girl I’d been dating then who sent me beautiful perfumed and loving letters every day I was away. Just playing it again now made the tears flow just when I believed I’d no more tears to cry. We lived a different experience, and occasionally just sometimes others reach inside us and get it. Be kind to yourself and know you aren’t alone.
I saw the Pink Floyd Laserium show in the late 80's and in San Diego & it was awesome.
ahhh yes Laser Floyd at the Hayden planetarium.... good times!
This album is a classic, please listen to this album from start to finish, it will not disappoint.
I’ve always dug Pink Floyd!! “Another Brick In The Wall” was super prophetic to how the schools are now
It wasn’t actually prophetic; it is a description of what was happening then; it is also a description of what is happening now; but the song was written about when this happened the last time.
true, and the fact that some students took that song and turned its meaning to tell the people that they want to go back to school with that specific song is surreal xDDD
True, it seemed appropriate in the 90s when I was in high school and more so now with the Way they want every one to think the same.... we could at least have a discussion back then, now if you disagree with the narrative your an ____-ist
Schools teach students to be good worker bees in a capitalist system. What else would the owners want?
@@jonm7888 ironic since now kids are taught to hate capitalism and how “socialism will work here” 🤦🏼♂️
You never stop a Pink Floyd song...
They have to, to avoid copyright infringement issues.
I’ve kinda binge watched a lot of y’all’s videos, Lex’s emotional intelligence is off the chain, she’s got the best introspective takes on the songs meanings. Cheers
She somehow finds the words to express what we feel. Glad there's a woman listening to help us with that.
Lex is way ahead of the game....
Lex is plugged in!!! She’s an soul that understands great music. I love watching her reaction to all great music. As this masterpiece states, you live your life as a young inspiring persons with no worries or concepts of reality. Everything in front of you is your play land. Then the tribulations on growing old and wiser to what actually life brings hits. You become Comfortably Numb to escape this issues of life. Yes this song is about drug use and getting through it by others means. But you don’t need drug to become Comfortable Numb to the world.
"A distant ships smoke on the horizon" is probably the greatest psychedelic lyric every written
For me it's the Fleeting Glimpse section
@@StickHits Agreed, those lyrics are evocative. The lyrical sections sung by Gilmour are brilliant.
What he's saying is that in his numbness and mental fog he can see hope or at least someone trying to help him in the distance.
Dark butly
Ultimately it was redemption...dark song... " the child has grown, the dream is gone " ❤ 🌙🌙🌙 ❤🌙🌙🌙
The guitar playing is as good as it gets. Nobody does it like Gilmour.
The reason it’s hard to understand is that this song is part of a greater story that is the album the song is from. So trying to understand it as it is, is like starting a movie in the middle of it.
Facts
bam!! @Brad & Lex The Wall is intended to be listened to from start to finish as one continuous story split into chapters that are referred to as songs
Pink Floyd "The Great Gig in the Sky" vocals will blow Lex's mind!🙂
Definitely, she’d like the guitar solo in Time too 😉
This was 78. Most guitarists plug into an amp... David Gilmore plugs his guitar into his SOUL...
Very deep song. Listen to it again in 20 years. You will understand completely.
I still feel like I’m high when I hear their music 40 years after the first time I listened to them.
Brad looks hypnotized and Lex is just grooving.✌️😊
Please react to the entire "the wall" movie in a live stream. That would be dope! Watching the movie will give much more context to the meaning of the song. The entire wall album is a great story.
One of my teachers literally played it the day before Christmas break in high school very cool
totally agree with you
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME! They would get a much better understanding of Pink Floyd then too.
This was going to be my comment as well. You can't know the meaning of any of the songs without the others to accompany it. An epic album indeed and a very strange movie that's also a bit captivating.
I'd say the whole album first then the movie to put it all together
Pink Floyd has been and will always be my favorite group of musicians.
David Gilmour can make a guitar speak like no one else. He never moves to a different fret when you can bend to the note instead. It's all in the subtleties.
A true master.
Rock has many “concept albums”, and albums that are developed as a single cohesive piece. These albums are best listened as a complete piece. The Wall, or Kid A by Radiohead are concept albums where the story flows through all of the songs, beginning to end; in order to understand the lyrics you’ll need to experience them in sequence.
The music is great stand alone; but since Brad in particular is such a lyric fiend, I suggest doing those albums in sequence.
A live show where you do an entire album would be amazingly fun.
🤞(do Kid A)
☝️ This.
Queen of the Murder scene by The Warning
Yeah, you won't get the wall unless you listen to the whole album. Even then lots of layers and depth to it.
Probably my favorite two bands Floyd and Radiohead OK Computer or Dark Side of the Moon both of these bands make albums not singles both records front to back would be perfect.
This song is responsible for both of the greatest guitar solos in history. Thank you David Gilmour!!!!!!
The song is part of a bigger story. The Wall was a concept album, an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. Musically, the song can be appreciated on its own, but if you're looking for meaning in the words, they needs to be heard in the context of the story within the concept album. That's one of the reasons the album was turned into a movie.
Do “Great Gig in the Sky”, chills all over and the song “Time”.
Yes back to back
Yeah, I want to hear Brad's analysis of the lyrics to Great Gig in the Sky :)
Studio versions.
@@Zundfolge bet they are insightful
"Time" first, then "Great Gig".. that's how they're supposed to be listened to. :)
I can't wait til you two watch the live version of this song, from the "Pulse" tour in '94 and you get to see the light show to add more artistic texture, you will be impressed.
The song is from two alternating perspectives. The first being a doctor attempting to assess the condition of the second man, an inebriated/withdrawing performer back stage, who after being medicated is now comfortably numb and ready to perform
The two parts are sang by two different members of the band, Roger Waters & David Gilmour(chorus & guitar solo)
Alot of their songs a e about their original singer of pink Floyd ,. So with that ,, I'm assuming this song is also about him ,,,, if you don't know who the original singer of pink Floyd check him out. The wall was all about him
It's really about drugs...
And more than just drugs...but... That's what brings him comfortably numb!
this is exactly correct , its about a doctor bringing him back from either intoxication or something keeping him from performing.
@@adamcurrie2436 I thought Roger Walters said it was about when he had scarlet fever?
This song has the 2nd best guitar solo of all time, and then 2 minutes later it has the best guitar solo of all time. Just close your eyes and relax. Pink Floyd is a journey. The greatest band ever.
Trying to interpret the lyrics of any song from The Wall (Pink Floyd) is difficult without listening to the entire album for context, and even then it takes several times through to really get some meaning. Many Pink Floyd albums are "themed" with the songs relating to each other that provide an overall context, but the songs on The Wall album are not just related, they're chapters to a bigger story.
I agree with others about the solo, and it's some of David Gilmour's greatest work.
They should react to the movie.
Of course smoking a joint beforehand helps
They really do need to be listened to as a whole. But they do perfect on there own
This song is about heroin addiction
I found good LSD makes for an interesting ride.
As a drummer, this song was always fun to play. Just sink into the groove and let the guitar take you on an incredible journey.
As a bass player, I appreciate the opportunity to offer a second, different option for your journey. It’s almost two different songs that come together for the choruses.
Being a bass player, I totally get thet!
Nick Mason is criminally underrated as a drummer… he is only triply appreciated in a live setting (I love jazz guys who can meld jazz into rock)
Absolutely may be the best guitar solo I've ever heard. In my whole life. Beautiful.
I am an old man, and I love watching you young folk discover the music from my times, and actually appreciate it.
love your reaction, this song is about mental illness and the relationship between patient and doctor. from a life long pink floyd fan, allot of their songs can be very confusing until you know the true meaning, then it turns from confusing to pure genius!!
The song is about doctor feel good giving the rock star drugs.
From what I have heard Roger Waters say. it is about heroine addiction.
agreed Bam Bam , group meets Tuesday
@@horrorbizness2043 That's funny because I have read he wrote much of the lyrics based on the feeling he had when he was suffering from very bad stomach cramps before a concert and a doctor gave him a sedative to enable him to perform. The feeling was similar to when he was sick with a fever as a child.
I appreciate you for not pausing in the middle of the solo
They have to do pauses to keep you tube from banning them.
Lex should be an author. She has a great way of conveying things. She pictures things and communicates them well.
I TOTALLY agree! Fantastic way of expressing herself doesn't hold back isn't self conscious and open honest and a pure joy to watch and listen to her interpretation of the music lyrics and relating how that makes her feel! Really is a gift the way Lex conveys that I subscribed after watching their first reaction video and I don't normally go in for reaction videos but this is also ALL my favourite bands growing up that they're covering so it's great to hear the songs again see someone else hear them for teh first time try to see if they have the same impact they had on me the first time I listened to them and it's just great to watch.. Brilliant stuff! 👍😎🎸🏴
anyone who thinks this song could possibly be about HIV should definitely not become an author.
This is my favorite song of all time…amazing in concert!
This band writes the whole album as a single song, then break it down into chapters to fit air time on the radio. The whole album has this feel with subtle variation as it progresses through the story being told.
It falls into the category of music for all the senses. It's not just for the ears. And it's best experienced with the whole album in a single playthrough, sitting in the middle of your surround sound tower speakers. Just kick back, relax, and let the music take you away.
Rolling a joint never hurts. :-p
That last part is one of the many ways, that Floyd and TOOL are in the same category of masters all but all to their own. These are not mere songs the most of them. They are beautiful compositions and masterpieces of music, that never fail to bring goosebumps, the occasional tear and peace in controlled chaos.
Roger Waters wrote the best stuff that Pink Floyd ever did. He was Pink.
I love your explanation
I swear I start weeping when I see someone experience experience the first chorus and solo the way Lex does here. She completely understands.
Dark side of the moon was on the Billboard top one hundred selling album charts for more than a decade
But, to be clear to somebody who might not know them well, this song is from The Wall.
Another Brick in the wall Came out in 1979 as well ,
The "Pulse Concert" version of this song will change your life!
I love how you guys get right in to it. 16 seconds in and the music is going.
"The Great gig In the Sky" MUST be on your Floyd list! Maybe the greatest vocals EVER recorded!
Thats one of my best concert memories...
I consider David Gilmore as one of the smoothest soloists ever!! The live version is even better
I appreciate that you guys are honest about not having heard a song before which makes you stand out as well.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us
I've heard this song a million times and those solos always travels down to my heart and just gets me. Just so beautiful!!!
Not to be weird. I'm happily married. But your wife is adorable when a good guitar solo comes on.
God I love you guys. Short intro, straight into the song and honest appreciation for music regardless of genre. Well done guys, keep doing what you're doing!
Guitar solos don’t get any better than Pink Floyd. They just have a groove that makes me feel like it stimulates my mind.
And yet another wonderful reaction to watch. Brad, it looks like your mind never shuts down. Analyzing each and every word or sound. And then watching Lex drift off into depths of an amazing guitar solo is priceless. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.
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The 2nd guitar solo is the only guitar solo I know of that can bring me to tears. Such longing in it, such regret, such passion. I can't handle it sometimes! 😮💨
Pink floyd is a band that rewards you diving into the story behind the songs, they hit so much harder when you know what they are singing about
The song is actually pretty straightforward. Roger Waters wrote the lyrics after severe abdominal pain before a show nearly had him unable to perform. A doctor came backstage and gave him an injection of pain killer to get him through the set. On stage he was left in a numb state as he performed and it reminded him of how he felt as a child when a dangerously high fever took him.
"The child is grown, the dream is gone, I have become comfortably numb"
A little more than a doctor's apoointment, this is Roger Waters you're talking about.
Not that straightforward. It's part of the Wall STORY-- he may have used the abdominal illness for inspiration. But, he's so unhappy, so unhealthy mentally . . . ready to give up. The doctor doesn't care about him as a person at all-- just concerned he complete his scheduled performance. He lives in pain, but the doctor and the drugs keep him numb and functional. Brad and Lex need to watch the movie, because the song is one part of the whole, which is the album (as illustrated in the film).
Right? Sure wish they took "time" to respond and❤
The next song is they’re going to perform and he will the band Dobbs Nazi persona so I agree with whoever said it’s not a straightforward is that.
Every Floyd album is a concept album, the fact that some songs became hits because Pink Floyd just want the greatest bands to ever exist on earth and they were highly into drugs. The first singer whose name is Syd, but I got where he was so high on acid he couldn’t perform really so that’s one David Gilmour who worked with the group kind of took over as Sid went solo because the music company thought he would do something in the music company left Pink Floyd just die it wasn’t to be.
@@ricellisfrost620 Wrong again he mixed different messages but it’s about an overdose he had before going on stage “ The show must go on “ watch the movie
No joke. When I was a kid in San Antonio I had a high fever, and that "two balloons" line really sounds accurate in describing the feeling.
You MUST watch the live "Pulse" version. The second guitar solo is THE most emotional experience. Dave Gilmour has a depth to his guitar playing that very few have. I can't play guitar, but if I had the chance to just play one solo it would be this one.
I had the great fortune to be sitting front row center stage to the opening show for the Division Bell tour. Nothing has, nor ever will compare to watching this band live. Pulse is about the closest anyone can get now, unfortunately.
@@Wulf677 I took my oldest son to see David Gilmour at Madison Square Garden a few years ago during his Rattle That Lock tour. His playing Comfortably Numb was just as powerful then as the Pulse version. The man definitely is the most emotional guitar player out there without a doubt.
It's GILMOUR.
Imho the wall live version is way better than pulse or DSOT.
@@BobbyGeneric145 You preferred that version. Thats great. I didn't
Oh man…me as a teen playing Pink Floyd over and over. A bad time in my life. I was lost. I’m so emotional and thankful life is so different now.
Tick, tick, tick and tick. I truly believe that Pink Floyd saved me.
Check out ‘money’ for a more up tempo Floyd song.
Pink Floyd’s live “ Pulse Concert” and the ending featuring Comfortably Numb, is absolutely epic.
Hey you guys, glad to see you getting into Floyd. This album is 40 years old. Another classic.
Likely one of the best songs mankind has offered. Thank you for fresh thoughts
I recommend the live "pulse concert" version of Comfortably Numb. For me, this is an ok song but its the guitar solo and Gilmour's guitar feel that really qualifies this as a Top 10 Records of all time. Pulse Concert > Gilmour at his best.
Yes! The Pulse live concert brings it to the next level!
One word "This" ☝️☝️☝️
@@tomb4425 I agree.. Dave performs one of the greatest solos of all time in that performance..
Gilmour's solo in the pulse version is certainly longer, but no greater and has no more soul than this original studio version, and certainly no less either. However, me, and some guy in Finland may be the only ones who prefer the studio version over the much lauded pulse version. I also have to shake my head when anyone says this is "an ok song." 🤔
The Pulse version is brilliant, but the the whole concert is brilliant.
You just gotta see them LIVE!!! Anything from the 1994 PULSE concert is magical.
you gotta do the live-version of this from the concert PULSE 1994. gotta.
I went to Earls Court for that and best gig of my life! 🏴
This one
Roger Waters can be creepy and menacing at times, while David Gilmour is smooth and haunting. This song shows the contrast so beautifully. They're playing different people, the doctor/dealer and the patient/star. I hope Brad and Lex see film at some point. The Wall is pretty amazing.
I’ve been to many many rock concerts. Pink Floyd hands down is my all time favorite. Absolutely love their music. Headphones and full albums are a must. It’s truly an experience not just listening.
"Do you know what's going on?"
"No."
Welcome to Floyd!
Much love from the far North of New Zealand.
I'm also on the North island of New Zealand. I'm just on the lower part
And then a little further south ya will find me ✌️🇳🇿
I love you guys! My favorite reactors by far! Brad's logical breakdown of the lyrics and Lex's intuitive interpretation of the music...you always seem to get to the core of the song. Keep it coming...I can't get enough!!!
That second guitar solo, sends me into full body chills!!