@@joellebrowne5714 ditto. I remember having an expensive pair of headphones in 1980 because it was one of the first pair to come out with a long cord. Every night, at 15, I'd plug in the headphones and stack every Pink Floyd album I had on my record player in my console stereo.
@@joellebrowne5714 started listening to pink Floyd for real just a half year ago, it's amazing to find so many great songs for the first time. Time and Comfortably Numb is definitely my favorites so far
I was a heroin addict for 20 years. Whenever I heard this, the words were the heroin talking to me. "...I hear you're feeling...down....well I can ease your pain, get you on your feet again" which you believe it can do for you when you're broken. "OK...just a little pin prick....there'll be no more "AHHHH-AHH-AHH", and you may feel a little sick". The perfect description of a hit and what you think it will do for you (wiping out the pain inside). The whole song is like a conversation between me in the semi conscious state you are in after a hit, and the drug that's coursing through you.....telling you how it's good for you and yet mocking you. A little deep maybe but that was what the song was to me. When I hear it now after 10 years clean, i'm right back there. Makes me cry every time because of how it takes me right into those moments and reminds me of the way it talks you into thinking it's helping you.
@@dougmurphy1777 "....and then one day you find....20 years have got behind you". For sure.😊 So many lines of theirs resonated. Thanks for the kind words. Will do.
I'm 32, my dad's 76. He used to play Pink Floyd as I grew up and now I'll sit there and play it blaring when we go on drives together. Pink Floyd isn't just one of the greatest bands to ever walk the earth, they're generationally transcendent, they were ahead of their time because they're timeless. That second solo, you don't hear it, you feel it.
The thing with Pink Floyd is…. You really have to listen to the whole album to grasp what the songs mean. I mean they make sense alone, but together it paints the complexity and the message better.
Oh my goodness I’ve never heard a more accurate comment. When I first heard this song I thought it was alright but then I tried listening to the whole album and oh my lord it was amazing
I've listened to this song maybe 1000 times, and it still gets me, I still get emotional, and it feels like my heart skips a beat every time I hear that solo at the end. That's all that really needs to be said!
Love how he keeps looking over to his friend leading up to that final solo like "you dont even know whats about to happen". Wish i could go back and hear floyd for the first time again.
This is from The Wall, which was actually made into a movie. You should watch that movie, even if you don't do it on the channel. It puts the album into context. The album cover with the prism is The Dark Side Of The Moon which doesn't have this song on it, but it is still an iconic album.
This was my theme song at a very difficult time in my life. Now I cry in relief, that thank God , my life is no longer like that.I have a good life, and a peaceful home.
A rock star who has built a wall of drugs and isolation between himself and the world is given "medication" to help him get on stage, and he has moments of calm seeing himself from the outside. It's part of a story through the whole album
Not Dark Side of the Moon, this is from The Wall, but regardless, epic epic albums. Thanks for sharing with your friend. So great for you young dudes to dive into the life-changing world of Pink Floyd.
That’s why you are such a good reaction channel, Jovaughn. There is nothing between you and the music and the subscribers. You have no walls up, your reactions are pure and you are totally present for the artists’ work. You’ve given your subscribers a chance to experience all these great songs again, as if for the first time. Super cool.
You said it so well. Exactly why I love Jovaughn and his channel. He's so thoughtful and genuinely into the music. I've heard these songs many times but I'm hearing them new again and listening so much more closely. How cool to be with friends listening to music.
The dream being the main character wanting to be a famous musician. Also his mother overly protected him. His dad died in ww2' his teacher beats him, his mom hates his wife. He has emotional break downs. It's a beautiful album that if anyone who suffers from depression, isolation, fear of opening up, many others. Should listen to. Because the idea of the wall is the main character building a mental wall so he won't get hurt anymore.
Most Floyd albums are concept albums, and they make more sense when listened to uninterrupted. That said, Comfortably Numb has what is probably the best guitar solo ever.
His restrained but sustained use of pinch harmonics is just ONE of the masterful things he does in it. Melodic runs, vibrato, subtle runs. Gilmour is one of the Guitar Gods
Life changes when you hear that second solo, that solo will make you emotional, especially as a guitar player, that second solo is just an ongoing project for me, some day I will pull it off perfectly I hope.
Keep practicing. This mf of tricky. A requirement for any guitarist. Actually in the process of teaching it to my young brother in law so we use this video for him as a crutch. Slowed down just enough to practice but not so slow that it doesn't sound like the song. Good version. ruclips.net/video/E_zUdhx5Ibk/видео.html
I love your reactions. The entire Wall album is a descriptor of the journey through childhood trauma from parents and teachers resulting in a self medicated adult struggling to cope.
This is why I shake my head at Boomers that still believe ridiculous things like "spare the rod spoil the child" and joke about beating their children. Complaining kids these days are raised "soft" Maybe you all traumatized your own children so much they want better for their children. Maybe how kids these days are raised isn't perfect but it's worlds better than how barbaric it used to be. Even Pink Floyd was singing about how bad it was back in the 70's and 80's.
@@Mojo_3.14 Most people whose parents gave them a kick in the ass when they asked for it will tell you as adults they're glad they did because it made them better people. If you actually watched the wall it wasn't because his mother hit him, it's the opposite, she over protected him from the world. Plus he didn't have a Father because he was killed in WW2. She didn't let Pink grow up. She treated him like you seem to be treating your children.
@@Mojo_3.14 I have never heard anyone laugh about beating their children. The Instruction “spare the rod spoil the child” comes directly from the Bible. When people live in accordance with the teachings of God, and I mean actually do it the right way, their children grow up to be good, decent people. People who actually care about right and wrong, unlike so many younger people nowadays who seem to have the moral values of Attila the Hun. Stealing, burning, destroying the belongings of others and committing murder all as if they have a right to do so comes from being raised with no moral compass. In other words, not having been raised properly in accordance with the Word of God. About fifty years ago many people decided to turn their backs on God and it is abundantly clear what a huge mistake that was. My parents raised me and my siblings in accordance to the Word of God and we were never beaten or abused in any way. We grew up to be decent, law abiding citizens who love God and our fellow man. Pink Floyd may have made some good music but I certainly wouldn’t look to them, or any musical group, as a barometer of right and wrong. Please understand I am Not saying you do. Also, being spanked is not anything at all like being beaten. Those two things are as different as night and day and bring completely different results. Above all, we must abide in love for one another. The Bible never instructs parents to be mean to their children or to anyone.
i listened to this at 13 years old when my mum played it when she was drunk but so sad, it was amazing and i can’t explain how much the song effected me
I heard Pink Floyd all through my adolescence. I couldn’t understand tabs why my parents were so attached to the music. I just always enjoyed singing along bc it was fun. I now realize it was bc they were processing their own traumas with abuse and drug usage. At age 35 and processing the lyrics myself, I totally get why they played it religiously. It’s therapeutic...
This song turns you into the rock star ODing on the hotel room floor. His agent has kicked in the door, pulled in a doctor, and basically said "We don't have time for this mess, we need you on stage. So here, have some more drugs"
@@fishhookism Yes, you’re the only commenter that I’ve seen got this correct. Except, Roger Waters had a stomach virus & got a shot from a doctor that made him “comfortably numb.” Not sure about the other drugs referred to, but could be true.
I cant listen to this song without tearing up. I suffer from chronic depression and anxiety which has made me isolate from society more and more over the years..and thats exactly how im feeling these days..comfortably numb. As dead as one can be while still alive.
I must be getting so old when I hear young dude's saying 'not heard of the band' that I grew up with, but sit up with pride to how much they love the music that in my day we just took for granted....x
This song is only part of the story. The entire album is a Rock Opera that tells the story of one man's tragic life. In other words every song on the album is related to every other song...each telling part of the story. This album "The Wall" was turned into a movie (with amazing animations mixed into the film). It is a politically charged anti war film and a absolute masterpiece. You should definitely take the time to watch it.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JAY!!!!!!!!!!! This is the song that got me hooked on floyd back in the day .... my best friend got me hooked on them and now i listen to this song just one time outta the year to pay respect to my friend that past away 2 years ago ..its a song that is very close to my heart
As we get older there are alot of tracks that can remind us of friends and family who have passed, I know that feeling bud, 🙏... not always sad... sometime joy of the time you had with them... bless ya 🙏
This is one of the most breathtaking scores of the legendary Pink Floyd! So full of feelings both in lyrics and in instrumentals, especially in ending solo guitar part!
@@lilyraiyne9225 I wonder why you reacted that way? Do your parents listen to a lot of Baptist hymns or something? My parents are boomers, so I grew up listening to this music and assumed that most people from my parent's age and younger did as well.
@@celinahatton2653 Not sure why my reaction was pointed out... What I meant was, I thought it was cool that I could connect with my family through music, regardless the gaps between our Generations and that Pink Floyd's sound still is something to resonate with in today's age as it was for them. And no my parents never listened to hymns. My Dad likes Country and my Mom always liked soul and R&B. Hope this helps your questions and curiosity. Have a great day.🙂
@@lilyraiyne9225 sorry if my question sounded rude- I did not mean it as such. I was just surprised that you said you 'couldn't believe' that your parents and grandparents listened to PF, whereas in my experience it would be extremely odd if they did not, given that PF is their generation.
Damn, I consider myself a fairly average level guitar player, at least of the people I've played with, and have only known one person to be able to pull off that second solo. I'm working on it, got the first down. Hopefully soon.
I was 22 in 1979 when this song came out. I had an apartment on the beach with a coquina fireplace ( it was an old building) and I used to love watching the fire at night with this album playing. Talk about chilling - it was perfect. That was the time of the guitar hero and David Gilmour was the King. Great choice Jayvee!!
Your friend is a quick learner. He said kick back close your eyes and relax. When I was a teenager I knew to do that too. Thank you Jay for passing on our great music.
So I was in college when this album was released. Seriously we would all sit around in an apartment, get high and just listen to the different elements of their music. And with albums, you couldn’t skip to the next song, so you listened to the entire album. Great music and great times!!
This is my favorite Pink Floyd song. He's describing the feeling of being high. And the part where he says .. When I was a child I had a fever. My hands felt like two balloons... That really did happen to him as a child. He really did have a dangerously high fever and it caused his hands to feel swollen like balloons. Great pick 🔥🤘😍
@@sourgir-wh6xd Damn!!!! You nailed girl!!!! Outstanding!!!! This is the song that got me hooked on floyd thru a childhood friend that has since past .. now i listen to it 1 time outta the year outta respect to my friend
You are introducing real music with emotion, depth and universal meaning to a generation that has been inculcated with sugar pop and crap rap. God-bless you.
This song is a perfect of example of "the minor fall and the major lift" referred to in Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." The verse is in a slightly spooky minor key; in the bridge, the key shifts to major, giving that first guitar solo a euphoric, soaring quality.
In an interview released in the 80s, Waters said that much of the song comes from something that really happened one evening when, in order to allow him to perform in Philadelphia, the doctor gave him a sedative for a severe stomach ache, which had probably caused by nerves. On the stage, his hands were numb and his vision blurred, but none of this derailed the crowd, who continued to dance and sing. And it was out of this that one of the main themes of The Wall came about: the disconnect between the public and the band.
I remember taking naps on the couch with my dad when I was little and we’d fall asleep to this cd. I think one of the things that my dad gave me that I really cherish is my taste in music. He had me listening to everything when I was growing up and I really appreciate that. Because of him I listen to just about everything. He fostered that in me and once I was old enough to start finding my own interests in music I was able to show them to him and have him appreciate them with me even if it wasn’t something that he’d ever listen to. God I miss him so fucking much. RIP Dad🧡
"Hands felt just like two balloons" - being so ill you've become delirious and detached from reality, Roger Waters once explained this in an interview that he had the experience as a child with a very high fever. However here, the main character/singer is being injected with drugs, and feels a similar detachment and delirium. Comfortably numb.
They changed the concept of this song for the movie, but the true meaning of this song stems from an incident Roger had two years prior while playing at the Spectrum in Philadelphia....and it has nothing to do with heroin.
@@toddpeucker9905 “just a little pin prick” seems like it has to do with drugs to me even if the og concept was different they changed it so it’s no longer the concept
@@craighodges6356 The song on the album is the retelling of a true incident that happened two years before the album and subsequent film. The song in the film has its own fictional meaning to fit the film's narrative....so two meanings, for two mediums of entertainment...truth for album, changed depiction for film.
When I was 9, my parents almost divorced because my father took me to see Pink Floyd. Best light show in the world! But what these guys got wrong 1. The Wall was the first concept album. There is a definite story, and the album takes you on this journey where every hurt. Every pain that he suffers is another brick. In concert, the made this massive wall, and they tore it down at the end. It was epic! 2. This song is about drugs. Specifically, heroin. It is the introduction, the happy phase, and then the dark addiction. “Ok, just a little pin prick,you may feel a little sick… that’ll keep you going”. Comfortably numb is the tell tale nod of heroin. You don’t feel anything. You just stop and relax, comfortably numb. And eventually, that’s your life. You cease to participate in life. This band was infamous for drug abuse, doing shows just for acid trips, and Sid Barrett actually went crazy from all the drugs. Apparently he spent a month high on acid without a break and went bats-t crazy. The song “wish you were here”. Is about him. And wishing he was even present in his mind.
@@elpuko7968 yes but here on RUclips most songs from various Floyd albums are associated with the album cover those songs are from. Except this one which is associated with the wrong album cover.
@@flubblert yeah, I watched that video, the guy who made it says that he knows it's not from dark side of the moon, but it simply is the most iconic pink floyd representation, so he went with it
"just nod if you can hear me. .." Both of you guys are bobbing your heads to the beat. Love it. Great analysis, by the way. I never considered what you said.
in the context of the album and movie, you are witnessing a guy overdose on drugs. this song in particular is when the doctor comes in and injects him with a drug that counteracts the drug he's overdosing on. however he is hallucinating and is at peace with what he thinks is his death.
Such a great song...of course I say the same thing about every Pink Floyd song! It takes me back to my partying teen years! Getting stoned makes it 10 times better Lol!
I was a bit younger than my brothers. I remember my oldest had this on record. He used to work at a record bar. I wanted to understand it as a kid, BUT, I loved it none the less. I also like very weird animation.
The look on Jovaughn's face when he's watching his friend appreciating it is the same looks thousands of us have online watching him appreciating something or the first time!
You know what guys...i so appreciate the way you sample and evaluate what you're listening to. That song was about a band member who died of drug overdose. You were never disrespectful even when you didn't truly understand. You are doing a great service to bring us all together...
PF knew exactly how to arrange their songs. Even in a song like this, there are moments when you expect to hear something more but PF knew the value of those quiet moments within their songs.
Wow!!! Stairway To Heaven, and this classic in one night! 😮 Talk about pushing the boat out! I'm almost jealous of people who haven't heard all this wonderful music, l imagine hearing it again for the first time. Amazing.
Also got to see them perform this song in Cleveland in 87. Was 10 rows back directly in front of Gilmore standing in a rain storm and VERY comfortably numb. I still have dreams after all these years about that night!!!
I'm 59 and they were the best band to smoke a blunt to and chill to. I still love them today. Thanks for the reaction and loved seeing your friends reaction
In my humble opinion, the greatest song ever made. Although I prefer the Pulse version, where the guitar solo is about 6 minutes long and the song is complete.
This song is currently making me cry! I LOVE this song and have for years .... I'm mid 40's and so I know Pink Floyd and Comfortably Numb is one of my favorite songs of all time. But my emotional response listening to this right now is actually, possibly for the first time ever, MOVING ME. I am actually sitting here tearing up and singing along to this. I don't know exactly why but this is an experience for sure!
There is no pain you are receding A distant ship smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
The thing with Pink Floyd is that you may not even relate with the music but it'll put you in a different state of mind than what you started listening to it with.
"Comfortably Numb" is the definitive song for testing whether a First Reaction poster is really hearing it for the first time or is faking it. The tell is that people who haven't heard it before understand David Gilmour's lyrics, but not Roger Waters's. Most of them don't seem to recognize that there are two vocalists, and thus two different characters. It dramatically changes the understanding of the song. You don't necessarily pick up on the menace of the Waters character (a mashup of the childhood doctor and Pink's manager, played by Bob Hoskins in the movie).
As a 45 year old black man who was introduced to Pink Floyd while being heavily into hiphop, a few actual joints later, I fell completely in love. No I wasn't running around my hood bumping this but when in the mood, The Wall, and especially this specific song deserves rotation. 1994, Sitting in a dark room with your friends no one talking just absorbing the sounds. To me comfortably numb was being "high" and chilling. It was my introduction to classic rock. It's not my go to music but it opened me to Led Zeppelin. the Beatles and Rolling Stones and at the time the current rock music of Smashing pumpkins, Bush, Nirvana, Green day, Radio head and more. Don't sleep, there is so much to those groups. Classic for a reason!
"To me comfortably numb was being "high" and chilling." Exactly, my man. I started tripping out in dark rooms with The Wall and Dark Side around 1986 and to this day they are two of my favorite albums of all time. Chillin like Bob Dylan.
@@agentsmith110111 yep. Dosing, laying on your back with the lights out, maybe a dark light or strobes, just you and the rolling thoughts and completely comfortably numb.
I'm jealous of people who listen to Pink Floyd for the first time.
Me too. But I’m also very happy I’ve been blessed to listen to it for so many years and still love it.
Same. But really it's just as good as the first time everytime
@@joellebrowne5714 ditto. I remember having an expensive pair of headphones in 1980 because it was one of the first pair to come out with a long cord. Every night, at 15, I'd plug in the headphones and stack every Pink Floyd album I had on my record player in my console stereo.
@@joellebrowne5714 started listening to pink Floyd for real just a half year ago, it's amazing to find so many great songs for the first time. Time and Comfortably Numb is definitely my favorites so far
Same, lmao
I was a heroin addict for 20 years. Whenever I heard this, the words were the heroin talking to me. "...I hear you're feeling...down....well I can ease your pain, get you on your feet again" which you believe it can do for you when you're broken. "OK...just a little pin prick....there'll be no more "AHHHH-AHH-AHH", and you may feel a little sick". The perfect description of a hit and what you think it will do for you (wiping out the pain inside). The whole song is like a conversation between me in the semi conscious state you are in after a hit, and the drug that's coursing through you.....telling you how it's good for you and yet mocking you. A little deep maybe but that was what the song was to me. When I hear it now after 10 years clean, i'm right back there. Makes me cry every time because of how it takes me right into those moments and reminds me of the way it talks you into thinking it's helping you.
I feel ya!!❤️
Congratulations Marc for being clean for 10 years. 👍👍
@@letitbesummer6536 thanks. I realised after it's actually 11 lol. Time's flying too fast these days.
@@MarkSiosal I guess the PF song Time is also pretty relevant. Good job keeping off the smack for so long - stay strong, brother!
@@dougmurphy1777 "....and then one day you find....20 years have got behind you". For sure.😊 So many lines of theirs resonated. Thanks for the kind words. Will do.
The second solo is one of mankind's greatest achievements. Cry in its wonder
Prefer first one tbh
One in every crowd, apparently 3.@@Shagyamum
David Gilmore. That is all.
"I feel like I can hear what his guitar is saying even though it's not talking!" YES!!
gilmour just spilt all his emotions into a solo and its perfect
Master of tone that man.
One of very few guitarists that can ACTUALLY make a guitar sing and cry.
I love that!☮️
His guitar does talk
All us old school floyd fans are SCREAMIN.... Comfortably Numb is on the Wall. NOT DARK SIDE.
Thats right. 😁
They're also saying "it is a movie soundtrack!" 🙂
That's right I seen the movie in 1981 or 1982 when it came out and i was not sober. It was the craziest movie
It's not jays fault though - he didn't upload that dark side artwork
😂
When your friend closed his eyes when Gilmour's guitar solo began - that was everything.
Waters just the cherry on top.
Love that guitar solo
You know it hits when the eyes close!
Gilmore is everything!!!
Definitely, Gilmore makes his guitar sing like the angels and weep like the broken hearted. 👌✌️🤘💯
The best song ever. No song has ever drawn such raw emotion .. I lost my son at 16, and this takes me to him - always. For that I’m eternally grateful
So sorry for your loss
I'm 32, my dad's 76. He used to play Pink Floyd as I grew up and now I'll sit there and play it blaring when we go on drives together. Pink Floyd isn't just one of the greatest bands to ever walk the earth, they're generationally transcendent, they were ahead of their time because they're timeless. That second solo, you don't hear it, you feel it.
According to my highschool psychology teacher this song is a ridiculously accurate depiction of depression
According to my life experience, this is a ridiculously accurate depiction of depression!
@@jpotter2086 Godspeed to you and your's
@@jpotter2086 can concur.
@@jpotter2086 sometimes....you feel so bad about yourself, you grow to crave it
It is. Like @JPotter I struggle with depression as well
The thing with Pink Floyd is…. You really have to listen to the whole album to grasp what the songs mean. I mean they make sense alone, but together it paints the complexity and the message better.
Watch the movie!! F’en Amazing!!! It makes a whole lot more sense. Crank up the music as you watch.
Watch The Wall you will get the whole story...🙏
Exactly! Listening to One song is like reading only one page of the book.
Oh my goodness I’ve never heard a more accurate comment. When I first heard this song I thought it was alright but then I tried listening to the whole album and oh my lord it was amazing
very true. The songs makes up parts of a story. The whole album tells the whole story.
I've listened to this song maybe 1000 times, and it still gets me, I still get emotional, and it feels like my heart skips a beat every time I hear that solo at the end. That's all that really needs to be said!
I always have cold chills throughout the whole song. Awesome.
I prefer first solo but yea deffo a goosebumps song
Love how he keeps looking over to his friend leading up to that final solo like "you dont even know whats about to happen". Wish i could go back and hear floyd for the first time again.
This is from The Wall, which was actually made into a movie. You should watch that movie, even if you don't do it on the channel. It puts the album into context. The album cover with the prism is The Dark Side Of The Moon which doesn't have this song on it, but it is still an iconic album.
Never watch The Wall when you are really tired. I tried that once. I think I fried my brain.
100 agree. A must watch movie 🤟🤟🤟
@@heididietrich9800 should have done some shrooms.
@@cynthiacole6140 some, but not a lot :p
@@that44rdv4rk just enough XD
This was my theme song at a very difficult time in my life. Now I cry in relief, that thank God , my life is no longer like that.I have a good life, and a peaceful home.
Hugs.
Respect.
I'm so happy for you. You are very strong.
You are loved
This song has its own language ... David Gilmour is one of the most underrated guitar players out there.
Most people rate this guitar solo as the best guitar solo there ever was.
But, yeah, still, that's underrating it.
Gilmour is rated Rated # 1 First Class numero uno 🖤 🇬🇧
The best imo
He’s not underrated. He’s phenomenal and lots of people would argue he’s on the all time list top 20 or so
He’s not underrated at all. He’s ranked in the top ten guitarists of all time.
A rock star who has built a wall of drugs and isolation between himself and the world is given "medication" to help him get on stage, and he has moments of calm seeing himself from the outside. It's part of a story through the whole album
... the child has grown, the dream is gone... so moving and profound
I'm grown and still dream on.
That line gets me every time.
To me, it basically represents childhood innocence lost.
Jay nailed it. The fleeting glimpse is of Roger's need to capture his adult dream.
Part always make me cry
Unfortunately correct.
That's not an 'Electric guitar', bro, HE's David Gilmour. The legend.
"...When all is one and one is all"✌🏻👏❤
WRONG ALBUM COVER.
This is THE WALL.
@@nyde5472 except that’s a Led Zep lyric from ‘Stairway’
@@nyde5472 but great sentiment nonetheless 👍👍🤘🤘
That is an electric guitar.
Just found y’all. I’m a surviving military Wife and this song is very personal to me and many. I’m so thankful y’all understand it. God Bless 🇺🇸💜🇺🇸
Not Dark Side of the Moon, this is from The Wall, but regardless, epic epic albums. Thanks for sharing with your friend. So great for you young dudes to dive into the life-changing world of Pink Floyd.
That’s why you are such a good reaction channel, Jovaughn. There is nothing between you and the music and the subscribers. You have no walls up, your reactions are pure and you are totally present for the artists’ work. You’ve given your subscribers a chance to experience all these great songs again, as if for the first time. Super cool.
Yes all over again...through the eyes of a younger generation....love it!!!
You said it so well. Exactly why I love Jovaughn and his channel. He's so thoughtful and genuinely into the music. I've heard these songs many times but I'm hearing them new again and listening so much more closely. How cool to be with friends listening to music.
Agreed 💯
Gotta love these two guys
@@LicMegags nah the friend doesn’t get it.
"The child is grown, the dream is gone...." - I think this is the whole point of the song...
those are the lyrics that get me every time. saddest thing in life is when we lose our innocence
There is no more freedom except in realm of his mind. He is part of the machine.
That line breaks down my life between 19 and now. Some decisions will change and haunt you
@@kindofabigdeal7284 You’re married too?
The dream being the main character wanting to be a famous musician. Also his mother overly protected him. His dad died in ww2' his teacher beats him, his mom hates his wife. He has emotional break downs. It's a beautiful album that if anyone who suffers from depression, isolation, fear of opening up, many others. Should listen to. Because the idea of the wall is the main character building a mental wall so he won't get hurt anymore.
How lucky can you be to listen to this masterpiece solo for the first time..
11:24 that smile tells me everything guys. Big love from Poland and huge Floyd fan :D
Most Floyd albums are concept albums, and they make more sense when listened to uninterrupted.
That said, Comfortably Numb has what is probably the best guitar solo ever.
Yeah, the guitar solo is what caught my attention. Then, after listening to it again, realized how freaking amazing this song is through and through.
Agreed 💯 percent
two of them even 😄
The live version on Pulse is certainly the greatest guitar solo ever captured on film. I'll fight anyone who disagrees.
His restrained but sustained use of pinch harmonics is just ONE of the masterful things he does in it. Melodic runs, vibrato, subtle runs. Gilmour is one of the Guitar Gods
Smoke a bowl , put this song on and lay back with your eyes closed, that’s how this song was meant to be experienced ❤️
cliche or not, it's still true
Very true.
Spot on
That’s me right now 😉
... and in quadraphonic!
Life changes when you hear that second solo, that solo will make you emotional, especially as a guitar player, that second solo is just an ongoing project for me, some day I will pull it off perfectly I hope.
Keep practicing. This mf of tricky. A requirement for any guitarist. Actually in the process of teaching it to my young brother in law so we use this video for him as a crutch. Slowed down just enough to practice but not so slow that it doesn't sound like the song. Good version.
ruclips.net/video/E_zUdhx5Ibk/видео.html
Me too currently learning it
Another great guitar intro is “Wish you were here!” David Gilmour is an AMAZING GUITARIST!
I love your reactions.
The entire Wall album is a descriptor of the journey through childhood trauma from parents and teachers resulting in a self medicated adult struggling to cope.
Yes! Thank you. Such an accurate explanation.
One of the best summaries of The Wall I've heard. Well done sir.
This is why I shake my head at Boomers that still believe ridiculous things like "spare the rod spoil the child" and joke about beating their children. Complaining kids these days are raised "soft" Maybe you all traumatized your own children so much they want better for their children. Maybe how kids these days are raised isn't perfect but it's worlds better than how barbaric it used to be. Even Pink Floyd was singing about how bad it was back in the 70's and 80's.
@@Mojo_3.14 Most people whose parents gave them a kick in the ass when they asked for it will tell you as adults they're glad they did because it made them better people.
If you actually watched the wall it wasn't because his mother hit him, it's the opposite, she over protected him from the world. Plus he didn't have a Father because he was killed in WW2.
She didn't let Pink grow up. She treated him like you seem to be treating your children.
@@Mojo_3.14 I have never heard anyone laugh about beating their children. The Instruction “spare the rod spoil the child” comes directly from the Bible. When people live in accordance with the teachings of God, and I mean actually do it the right way, their children grow up to be good, decent people. People who actually care about right and wrong, unlike so many younger people nowadays who seem to have the moral values of Attila the Hun. Stealing, burning, destroying the belongings of others and committing murder all as if they have a right to do so comes from being raised with no moral compass. In other words, not having been raised properly in accordance with the Word of God. About fifty years ago many people decided to turn their backs on God and it is abundantly clear what a huge mistake that was. My parents raised me and my siblings in accordance to the Word of God and we were never beaten or abused in any way. We grew up to be decent, law abiding citizens who love God and our fellow man. Pink Floyd may have made some good music but I certainly wouldn’t look to them, or any musical group, as a barometer of right and wrong. Please understand I am Not saying you do. Also, being spanked is not anything at all like being beaten. Those two things are as different as night and day and bring completely different results. Above all, we must abide in love for one another. The Bible never instructs parents to be mean to their children or to anyone.
I luv the fact that you rewind the music 10 seconds after you've paused it, respect !
i listened to this at 13 years old when my mum played it when she was drunk but so sad, it was amazing and i can’t explain how much the song effected me
I heard Pink Floyd all through my adolescence. I couldn’t understand tabs why my parents were so attached to the music. I just always enjoyed singing along bc it was fun. I now realize it was bc they were processing their own traumas with abuse and drug usage. At age 35 and processing the lyrics myself, I totally get why they played it religiously. It’s therapeutic...
Hey Buddy: we were always so buzzed out back then, we just sat back and chilled listening to this amazing music. Cheers Friend.
This song turns you into the rock star ODing on the hotel room floor. His agent has kicked in the door, pulled in a doctor, and basically said "We don't have time for this mess, we need you on stage. So here, have some more drugs"
Waters said it was about a doctor giving him a shot before a show when he was ill
@@fishhookism To this day I picture Bob Hoskins frantically running around while Bob Geldof drools in a chair with freshly missing eyebrows.
@@fishhookism Yes, you’re the only commenter that I’ve seen got this correct. Except, Roger Waters had a stomach virus & got a shot from a doctor that made him “comfortably numb.” Not sure about the other drugs referred to, but could be true.
Thousands of people in Thousands of places, at different times are all bobbing their heads with you.
Brilliant
Love that! 😊
Ahaha bro I'm laying in bed bobbing my head, I should be sleeping but having a Floyd binge.
I cant listen to this song without tearing up. I suffer from chronic depression and anxiety which has made me isolate from society more and more over the years..and thats exactly how im feeling these days..comfortably numb. As dead as one can be while still alive.
The solo was voted the best "solo ever"
No argument here.
David Gilmour - every guitar's wet dream.
Jimmy page and Dave Gilmore, every girls fantasy
♥️
@@meganstewart6318 yoo!! Those 2 guitarist were literally my favorite and change the way i looked at my guitar
I can't imagine my life without them
And Eric Clapton!!
I must be getting so old when I hear young dude's saying 'not heard of the band' that I grew up with, but sit up with pride to how much they love the music that in my day we just took for granted....x
You guys need to watch the movie Pink Floyd “The Wall” and discuss it 😂😂
This song is only part of the story. The entire album is a Rock Opera that tells the story of one man's tragic life. In other words every song on the album is related to every other song...each telling part of the story.
This album "The Wall" was turned into a movie (with amazing animations mixed into the film). It is a politically charged anti war film and a absolute masterpiece. You should definitely take the time to watch it.
Quite. The clip from the movie gives meaning to the words... ruclips.net/video/oIZUJ4Msv7U/видео.html
This song has so many meanings. Each one personal to each person who is listening.
I feel like that is every Pink Floyd song
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JAY!!!!!!!!!!! This is the song that got me hooked on floyd back in the day .... my best friend got me hooked on them and now i listen to this song just one time outta the year to pay respect to my friend that past away 2 years ago ..its a song that is very close to my heart
As we get older there are alot of tracks that can remind us of friends and family who have passed, I know that feeling bud, 🙏... not always sad... sometime joy of the time you had with them... bless ya 🙏
RIP to your friend, Steve. ☮️
This is one of the most breathtaking scores of the legendary Pink Floyd! So full of feelings both in lyrics and in instrumentals, especially in ending solo guitar part!
"There's emotion in that."
That IS emotion.
Loved watching you two here. X
This song is so chill! I can't believe my parents and Grandparents listened to them also!
I can't imagine my grandfather listening to this but then he was born in 1918. I think.
@@heididietrich9800 lol, you never know. Pink Floyd has a way with all ages. When they introduced me to it I was like "You listened to this?!" lol
@@lilyraiyne9225 I wonder why you reacted that way? Do your parents listen to a lot of Baptist hymns or something? My parents are boomers, so I grew up listening to this music and assumed that most people from my parent's age and younger did as well.
@@celinahatton2653 Not sure why my reaction was pointed out... What I meant was, I thought it was cool that I could connect with my family through music, regardless the gaps between our Generations and that Pink Floyd's sound still is something to resonate with in today's age as it was for them. And no my parents never listened to hymns. My Dad likes Country and my Mom always liked soul and R&B. Hope this helps your questions and curiosity. Have a great day.🙂
@@lilyraiyne9225 sorry if my question sounded rude- I did not mean it as such. I was just surprised that you said you 'couldn't believe' that your parents and grandparents listened to PF, whereas in my experience it would be extremely odd if they did not, given that PF is their generation.
The album is "The Wall," not "Dark Side of the Moon."
I had to go way too far down in the comments to find this.
Whoops .....
Whoever uploaded what they reacted to is the one that didnt put "the wall"s art
Also bout shooting up making urself numb
David Gilmour is the greatest guitarist of all time. He literally makes his guitar sing.
I love hearing your own interpretation of this song.
That second Guitar Solo is one of the most Iconic Leads in rock.. Most guitar players learn it some point in their life...
Damn, I consider myself a fairly average level guitar player, at least of the people I've played with, and have only known one person to be able to pull off that second solo. I'm working on it, got the first down. Hopefully soon.
Iron Maiden’s been ripping that tone off for years
I have the first down. The second is a work in progress.
The glance across knowing the second solo is about to start. Brilliant 😁
I was 22 in 1979 when this song came out. I had an apartment on the beach with a coquina fireplace ( it was an old building) and I used to love watching the fire at night with this album playing. Talk about chilling - it was perfect. That was the time of the guitar hero and David Gilmour was the King. Great choice Jayvee!!
Hello from the beach
good but never the king during that time frame. this is not a difficult song to play
Your friend is a quick learner. He said kick back close your eyes and relax. When I was a teenager I knew to do that too. Thank you Jay for passing on our great music.
I've been listening to this song for 30 years. Why do the solos still give me chills?
The emotion is too real to deny, you can feel Roger Waters’ pain. The last guitar solo gets me everytime
I love that you are listening to different Genres. The bands of the 70’s were the best time for music. All music is therapeutic.
So I was in college when this album was released. Seriously we would all sit around in an apartment, get high and just listen to the different elements of their music. And with albums, you couldn’t skip to the next song, so you listened to the entire album. Great music and great times!!
that sounds awesome! I'm 46 so I'm no kid, but it sounds like I should have been born a tad earlier.
We did the same thing as a 16 year olds in 1990. We thought we'd discovered something new and spectacular.
This is my favorite Pink Floyd song. He's describing the feeling of being high. And the part where he says .. When I was a child I had a fever. My hands felt like two balloons... That really did happen to him as a child. He really did have a dangerously high fever and it caused his hands to feel swollen like balloons. Great pick 🔥🤘😍
Yes ..I forgot who it was but one of the band members got sick before a concert... and thats what inspired this song ... You got it right Shawna!
@@stevepence229 if I remember correctly I believe it was bassist Roger Waters. But I could be wrong
@@sourgir-wh6xd Damn!!!! You nailed girl!!!! Outstanding!!!! This is the song that got me hooked on floyd thru a childhood friend that has since past .. now i listen to it 1 time outta the year outta respect to my friend
Saw them do Dark Side in its entirety in LA when it was released. Had amazing time with blotter acid.
@@stevepence229 thank you. And so sorry about your friend 😥. This is the song that hooked me as well 💜
now imagine them living through WW2 and then listen to the song again.
You are introducing real music with emotion, depth and universal meaning to a generation that has been inculcated with sugar pop and crap rap. God-bless you.
This song is a perfect of example of "the minor fall and the major lift" referred to in Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." The verse is in a slightly spooky minor key; in the bridge, the key shifts to major, giving that first guitar solo a euphoric, soaring quality.
In an interview released in the 80s, Waters said that much of the song comes from something that really happened one evening when, in order to allow him to perform in Philadelphia, the doctor gave him a sedative for a severe stomach ache, which had probably caused by nerves. On the stage, his hands were numb and his vision blurred, but none of this derailed the crowd, who continued to dance and sing. And it was out of this that one of the main themes of The Wall came about: the disconnect between the public and the band.
This is one of the greatest songs of all time. Goosebumps every time!
Everyone that listens to Pink Floyd closes their eyes at some point. It's not you, it's the song. It touches your soul.
I remember taking naps on the couch with my dad when I was little and we’d fall asleep to this cd.
I think one of the things that my dad gave me that I really cherish is my taste in music. He had me listening to everything when I was growing up and I really appreciate that. Because of him I listen to just about everything. He fostered that in me and once I was old enough to start finding my own interests in music I was able to show them to him and have him appreciate them with me even if it wasn’t something that he’d ever listen to.
God I miss him so fucking much. RIP Dad🧡
"Hands felt just like two balloons" - being so ill you've become delirious and detached from reality, Roger Waters once explained this in an interview that he had the experience as a child with a very high fever. However here, the main character/singer is being injected with drugs, and feels a similar detachment and delirium. Comfortably numb.
They changed the concept of this song for the movie, but the true meaning of this song stems from an incident Roger had two years prior while playing at the Spectrum in Philadelphia....and it has nothing to do with heroin.
@@toddpeucker9905 “just a little pin prick” seems like it has to do with drugs to me even if the og concept was different they changed it so it’s no longer the concept
@@craighodges6356 The song on the album is the retelling of a true incident that happened two years before the album and subsequent film. The song in the film has its own fictional meaning to fit the film's narrative....so two meanings, for two mediums of entertainment...truth for album, changed depiction for film.
Was like when I had Scarlet Fever as a kid.
I don't know who your buddy is but he needs to hear more Pink Floyd.
When I was 9, my parents almost divorced because my father took me to see Pink Floyd. Best light show in the world!
But what these guys got wrong 1. The Wall was the first concept album. There is a definite story, and the album takes you on this journey where every hurt. Every pain that he suffers is another brick. In concert, the made this massive wall, and they tore it down at the end. It was epic!
2. This song is about drugs. Specifically, heroin. It is the introduction, the happy phase, and then the dark addiction. “Ok, just a little pin prick,you may feel a little sick… that’ll keep you going”. Comfortably numb is the tell tale nod of heroin. You don’t feel anything. You just stop and relax, comfortably numb. And eventually, that’s your life. You cease to participate in life.
This band was infamous for drug abuse, doing shows just for acid trips, and Sid Barrett actually went crazy from all the drugs. Apparently he spent a month high on acid without a break and went bats-t crazy. The song “wish you were here”. Is about him. And wishing he was even present in his mind.
If have never heard pink floyd or don't listen to this type of music this would be something else lol
You have to listen to the Pulse live version, it’s going to blow your mind
THIS
Absolutely 100% …. It was fantastic to see it live in 1994!
Indeeeeeed
I can just picture Jay’s jaw dropping now
Longest guitar solo in history :)
Song is from 'The Wall' album. Honest mistake since the cover of Dark Side of the Moon is used as the backdrop for it here.
The prism has been associated with pf since DSOTM
@@elpuko7968 yes but here on RUclips most songs from various Floyd albums are associated with the album cover those songs are from. Except this one which is associated with the wrong album cover.
@@flubblert yeah, I watched that video, the guy who made it says that he knows it's not from dark side of the moon, but it simply is the most iconic pink floyd representation, so he went with it
"just nod if you can hear me.
.." Both of you guys are bobbing your heads to the beat. Love it.
Great analysis, by the way. I never considered what you said.
in the context of the album and movie, you are witnessing a guy overdose on drugs. this song in particular is when the doctor comes in and injects him with a drug that counteracts the drug he's overdosing on. however he is hallucinating and is at peace with what he thinks is his death.
Such a great song...of course I say the same thing about every Pink Floyd song! It takes me back to my partying teen years! Getting stoned makes it 10 times better Lol!
I was a bit younger than my brothers. I remember my oldest had this on record. He used to work at a record bar. I wanted to understand it as a kid, BUT, I loved it none the less.
I also like very weird animation.
Smoke em if you got em🤗..lol
@HAWK80 every once in awhile I still do!
The look on Jovaughn's face when he's watching his friend appreciating it is the same looks thousands of us have online watching him appreciating something or the first time!
You know what guys...i so appreciate the way you sample and evaluate what you're listening to. That song was about a band member who died of drug overdose. You were never disrespectful even when you didn't truly understand. You are doing a great service to bring us all together...
PF knew exactly how to arrange their songs. Even in a song like this, there are moments when you expect to hear something more but PF knew the value of those quiet moments within their songs.
Now you need to introduce him to The Great Gig in the Sky!💞🎵🎶
Great reactions today!
I love that song too
That was the fastest convert ever. "I'm gonna check this out on my own!"
ahhhh...music with space enough for it to breath! Pink Floyd were masters of letting the space between the chords create atmosphere.
Man I dig how you just appreciate good music. Such a great quality for a young dude! Love your reviews. You really get it!!
You have to listen to the "Pulse" live version of this, best guitar solo EVER
Absolutely. Emotion on the second solo is a million times more.
The version with David Bowie is excellent also. There is also a fan edit featuring Eddie Vedder .
Best live performance of any song ever I reckon
FACTS!
Watch the live show from Earls Court London 1994 and experience the whole Pink Floyd legend. Enjoy!
Wow!!! Stairway To Heaven, and this classic in one night! 😮 Talk about pushing the boat out! I'm almost jealous of people who haven't heard all this wonderful music, l imagine hearing it again for the first time. Amazing.
Also got to see them perform this song in Cleveland in 87. Was 10 rows back directly in front of Gilmore standing in a rain storm and VERY comfortably numb. I still have dreams after all these years about that night!!!
I'm 59 and they were the best band to smoke a blunt to and chill to. I still love them today. Thanks for the reaction and loved seeing your friends reaction
The simple smile at 11:21 when the guitar jumps up is priceless and perfectly content!
The Reactor is reacting to his friend’s reaction!
That’s the circle of life, I suppose!
Makes me kind of proud, like watching my grandchildren.
@@raenellefisher8514 ikr
Listen Simba, all the music you can hear will be yours. When it’s your turn, you too will add music to the symphony of life.
I love reactors that do classic rock reactions! I love you're diversity and willingness to listen!
Time goes fast I was 16 years old when the album came out and listen to it every day
It has a hint of tragedy to it, doesn't it? And David Gilmore's guitar really expresses it.
No it's when you do acid in the 70's gets pretty deep actually all there music is like that
@@sherrithompson1360 I do acid in the 20s and still get so emotional when I listen to this album.
In my humble opinion, the greatest song ever made. Although I prefer the Pulse version, where the guitar solo is about 6 minutes long and the song is complete.
BLASPHEMOUS!
I'm 65 now this is the most accomplished band ever..
Every song with meaning to everyone in its own way
This song is currently making me cry! I LOVE this song and have for years .... I'm mid 40's and so I know Pink Floyd and Comfortably Numb is one of my favorite songs of all time.
But my emotional response listening to this right now is actually, possibly for the first time ever, MOVING ME. I am actually sitting here tearing up and singing along to this. I don't know exactly why but this is an experience for sure!
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
Ah man, you so need to watch the Pulse version. It will blow your mind.
Stop. The full delicate sound of thunder version is 100x better.
Completely agree he has to do comfortably numb pulse live
Absolutely agree
Bro I'm 36, probably have heard this song 500 times and I still cry every time.
Thx for the memories, pops 🙏🙌
The thing with Pink Floyd is that you may not even relate with the music but it'll put you in a different state of mind than what you started listening to it with.
Need to watch the live version of this the solo is something else
Absolutely. I always get goosebumps and chills every time I hear it.
That's for sure!!!! 👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯
Yes Earl’s Court 1994
"Comfortably Numb" is the definitive song for testing whether a First Reaction poster is really hearing it for the first time or is faking it. The tell is that people who haven't heard it before understand David Gilmour's lyrics, but not Roger Waters's. Most of them don't seem to recognize that there are two vocalists, and thus two different characters. It dramatically changes the understanding of the song. You don't necessarily pick up on the menace of the Waters character (a mashup of the childhood doctor and Pink's manager, played by Bob Hoskins in the movie).
It's fascinating to watch Jayvee's eye movements as he listens to the song. Clocking memory, emotion.
Pausing Floyd is always wrong, but my man pauses at the best possible times. Good job!!
The memories associated with this song, to be able to go back for one day.
With what we know now.
I'll meet you there. For now I have to settle with closing my eyes.
I love how hyped you feel about Floyd Jay. You'll NEVER regret it!
As a 45 year old black man who was introduced to Pink Floyd while being heavily into hiphop, a few actual joints later, I fell completely in love. No I wasn't running around my hood bumping this but when in the mood, The Wall, and especially this specific song deserves rotation. 1994, Sitting in a dark room with your friends no one talking just absorbing the sounds. To me comfortably numb was being "high" and chilling. It was my introduction to classic rock. It's not my go to music but it opened me to Led Zeppelin. the Beatles and Rolling Stones and at the time the current rock music of Smashing pumpkins, Bush, Nirvana, Green day, Radio head and more. Don't sleep, there is so much to those groups. Classic for a reason!
"To me comfortably numb was being "high" and chilling."
Exactly, my man. I started tripping out in dark rooms with The Wall and Dark Side around 1986 and to this day they are two of my favorite albums of all time. Chillin like Bob Dylan.
@@agentsmith110111 yep. Dosing, laying on your back with the lights out, maybe a dark light or strobes, just you and the rolling thoughts and completely comfortably numb.
People often think they just don’t get something but a good friend will get you there.