Mesmerized by Pink Floyd! First time hearing "Comfortably Numb" LIVE 

You captured the vibe better than I could. Doesn't he just look like everybody's dad out there, somehow casually reaching into another dimension with his guitar. Amazing.

And the drummer has to get home and help his son with his homework. Lol

When you have the chops .... you don't NEED fancy clothes .... that Stratacaster says everything we need to hear!

Don't need flashy clothes, if you have awesome talent.

Nick Mason looks like has come straight from his job at the bank to do the gig . No need for stage clothes or hair dye for these huge talents !

Which one. Both solos are equally beautiful in their own right. The first solo does more for me than the second. In terms of technicality, the second is more impressive but for base emotion, the first solo has always spoke more to me.

Rick Beato does an excellent analysis of the guitar solos

Fat Old Sun live in Gdańsk is even better in my opinion.

Me Too!

@@HarmanatorNYCBeato is a wanker. Sorry, had to say it.

I find it hard to believe this is even genuine. How the hell can anyone work in the music business, unless you're a kid, claim to have never heard this song in any capacity? It's like working in the music industry and claiming you've yet to hear "Bad" by MJ. It's just one of those songs. If anyone has any musical depth to them, they just know these songs. Even most people with little or no interest know these songs if you're past a certain age. I mean, i can't stand classical music, yet still know music from Mozart if i heard it. Nor can i stand Nirvana, yet would still recognise "smells like teen spirit".

I remember an episode of The Daily Show where Jon Stewart stated, "Pink Floyd is the greatest rock band of all time!" . . . . . . . . . "is an opinion". I could not help but feel that it was also his personal opinion. As for this video, it's nice that she is hearing this song for the first time and I find it to be somewhat fascinating - as in, I wonder how big the rock was that she was living under - this video does not in any way require her commentary. I can't wait until she discovers "Echoes", or "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". I'm not going to actually listen to her making a bunch of comments about it.

@@BrianR.-nu1srsuch elitist boomer mentality. Get over yourself.

Every time.

It is not a song, it is part of a story.

Always

It's even more amazing whilst coming up on a massive consumption of mushrooms 🍄

Every single time!

Mr. Gilmour*

I'm 35 and I believe when I'm 68 I still will be getting emotional with that solo. At least, for the last 10-15 years it's been working this way.

@@karabardin :) 67 everytime :)

Same age, same reaction, same Bravo Mr Gilmore. 😄

I'm 55 and it's the same for me. Just watching the music taking over is so awesome!

as is the reactor!

Well, they're striving for clicks by pretending to like these old songs. It's all a bit of a scam.

@@EdDunklemost are yes, this lady is genuine tho.

@kgunitkeese17: That''s what I registered... that she did not stop while David Gilmour solo... she couldn't because she was spellbound.

Spot on… I was thinking, if she pauses this …I’ve lost faith in the future generations

I think there are laws in place for that sort of thing - if not there should be

Gilmour gets more emotion in one note than other guitarists get out of a whole minute of shredding. Deep respect.

Damn Skippy!!!

well, he did practice them for hours - so hardly spontaneous

Try Eric Clapton's solo on Spoonful from Wheels of Fire. My #1 solo ever

Texas flood - El mocambo - Stevie Ray Vaughaun.

Two beat solos actually

Try Guthrie Govan's solo in Steven Wilson's song Drive Home. Similar but even more goosebumps for me. This song is definitely a classic however!

Same here.

As a teardrop falls gently to the floor a new Pink Floyd fan is born.

So very glad to hear that I am not the only one :chuckles:

You aren't the only one!

I think it’s also what every guitarist inspires to be able to play

Musicianship trumps fretboard gymnastics!

You are more correct than you'll ever know.

These two guitar solos, you mean? Both are outstanding in their own right.

I honestly think it is harder to play a solo like this than it is to just shred out a ton of notes. Playing a solo with so much feeling and smoothness takes a LOT more skill than just being able to move your fingers fast. Gilmour is the master of this kind of solo.

And the tone he gets! Exceptional.

You can always recognize Gilmour’s guitar sound! No one plays like him. Just unbelievable.

Not really knowing Pink Floyd is like not realising that the earth isn’t flat

@TBeatles67 I hear David's influence in Adam Jones' (TOOL) guitar playing. Adam was in high school when "The Wall" was released.

I agree absolutely!

Me too. My first concert. I have goosebumps just typing this. They are awesome

First concert here too@@bostonbri1299

Joint number one with my first Queen gig for me, but very different experiences . Both at Wembley Stadium.

Gilmour.... the man can do more with one chord than most other guitarists can do with the whole fretboard... His expression is unparralelled even today!

Good on you. My dad wouldn't lian me the $10 I needed to afford a ticket in 1989; I was working 2 great jobs and had a 3.5 GPA in high-school at the time.

Love this one but prefer A Delicate Sound Of Thunder more, better 2nd half of the solo for me! 😉

@@GodlikeLFC97 Thank you! I do think DSOT is better than PULSE. Although I think Is There Anybody Out There is the best version.

Seen them live in Rotterdam 1994 😉👌👍🙏🏻 just seen roger waters in London 7th June This year , 🫡👍happy days🙏🏻

I feel like Comfortably Numb's solo is super overrated

same here bro!@@GodlikeLFC97

i still have the pulse box set. the one with the pulsing red light on the spine

I have one too but my light went out years ago. But it was so cool. So Floyd like. Cheers ! @@tested123

Most people don't know it but you can actually pull the unit from the back of the box and change the battery.@@jameswormington9978

You lucky bugger!

Same feeling cruising the back roads drinking a beer and burning one. The car floats along..

Best Regards Sir! Keep going...way to live

The 70s were awesome ❤

Shut up dude your just too young to know

Underrated, what, Gilmore and especially this solo are considered the best of all time.

haha....underrated....good joke.

No way underrated, everyone not living under a rock knows he's at the least top 20 guitarist on the planet

Not underrated and definitely not overrated. Nobody ever has or ever will play like David.

I was there too. We were on the field, probably around the 30 yard to the stage. I turned around and saw the ball rising up. Couldn't stop staring at it.

I experienced the same concert in Edmonton Canada. Pink Floyd has been my favourite band since I was 12. 57 now and Comfortably Numb is still the best song ever written. But that amazing mirror ball was everything!

NewOrleans version, same feelings

I understand your emotions, i have see a concert of the same tour, Turin (Italy) Delle Alpi stadium, simply magical and unforgettable.

I was there as well that night - was buzzing all the way home o the South Coast on the bus

I was lucky enough to get tickets through a mental health charity I was working for at the time. The band gave us tickets for the first 10 rows. I will remember that night for the rest of my life. Cried my eyes out also!

Maaan🥲❤ Whish I was there...

I agree🤘🏼💙My husband and i saw David Gilmore on a solo tour in Upstate NY in the late. Eighties. My husband of 32 yrs 😪passed away in my arms, i listen to this and remember we felt very lucky we were to see this awesome show🫠 David Gilmore pure God given talent. It is mesmerizing💥

This definitely one of the best live solo’s. Up there with SRV live version of Little Wing. Only problem with both is there not long enough.

I was there, too in San Antonio. What a great show that was

He will admit himself, his fingers are too fat for all that. That's why you get more heart and soul from him and not a bunch of tricks 😉

I wonder if he ever gets hyper self aware moments in the middle of playing, like "Oh shit! If I stop now and just stand there like Syd used to, what'll happen?"

Too right. David Gilmour doesn't need to blast up and down the neck to show his prowess. His strength is making his guitar sing for us, to tell a story, to bring out our emotions. He is THE expert at doing that.

“David Gilmour can do more with one note than most other guitar players can do with the whole fretboard” - Dave Mustaine

She feels it too. She’s beautiful

Don't we all?

Pink Floyd IS a mind-altering substance ;)

@@terraphonyou’re right! 😂

Same

I saw Pink Floyd in 1967...

@@edeledeledel5490 I thought I was old !😎

What a lucky person you are. I envied.

I never got to see Pink Floyd, proper. But I feel fortunate to have seen Roger and David both play. Saw Roger play 'The Wall' at Wrigley Field in 2012. Absolutely amazing. Saw David play in Chicago, as well, a couple years later.

5 times for me starting in 77 for animals ! life changing for sure !

*Gilmour

Really? Cold, lifeless boring music in my opinion.

@@JesusVazquez-jz2qmYou couldn’t be more wrong

@@JesusVazquez-jz2qm then go somewhere else … the last thing this channel needs are trolls 🧌

You, my friend, must be dead inside.

@@mikeducas66Dead? Not so much. I'm a musician, songwriter and musicologist and I think I inow what I say. I forgot to add that P. Floyd is an empty music that just goes nowhere. I guess is the perfect group for the pretentiousness of some people to be shown. Sorry for my english.

Is this Pulse in 4K

Sorry, that answers itself. Have it on DVD but may upgrade after watching this 👌🔥🎸

​@@donhanlon7121it was originally recorded on Digital Betacam at 4:3 aspect ratio. It's been upscaled and cropped to 16:9, but there's only so much you can do with video tape. Gilmour said he regrets not using film.

We were...😊

Too many reactors are not aware that this uncut version is out there i think this is second reaction ive seen to the full solo. Love it

I would say the best version was the 2005 Live 8 concert where Roger Waters reunited with the rest of the band and we go to hear Roger and David play off of eachother like they did when The Wall came out. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P_4uEaZQ2Kg.html

Personally I like the Pompeji version even better.

@@deeteenw very good! 🤣

@@deeteenw nothing beats this version … only if Roger was on bass could it be better!

so jealous. I suspect it was a religious experience

@MrJonah53 I was there as well. Pink Floyd finished the Pulse tour with 12 nights in Earls Court, and I was there for 3 of the 12 concerts, including the night they filmed the shown concert. One of the highlights of my 6 month stay (work project) in London.

@@danroth3514 3 nights.wow, I was there with my very soon to be ex wife, and there was no way that was going to happen 3 times. Lol.

I was there the night they recorded this too. I was 19. Blew my mind.

Yes, it's pretty hard to understand this song without the understanding that it was written as part of a concept album for a movie. Pink Floyd have been playing this track since 1979 (!!!), often at huge live concerts, and it shows. And if you want something a little different - check out the cover by the Scissor Sisters. At first I hated it -- but now I love them both.

Definitely up there with Jimi and Jerry g to me

One of the best , no doubt. But maybe not the best.

listen to Maggot Brain

Never heard of man called Jimmy Page? Lauded by many as the greatest lead guitarist & riff creator above all.

Jimmy Page is a different genre of music than David Gilmour. He is a great guitarist but I put Gilmore above him. Just my opinion.

Beautifully said! Awe is the right word...

This is a good reply here, if you haven't you should give the entire album a listen, and possibly even watch the actual DVD - it's kind of got it's shocking moments but it does really give this song a lot more meaning.

No, the ultimate experience of hearing Comfortably Numb is in a live performance of The Wall. The second best experience was hearing it live in these shows.

One of these pieces where it's simply impossible for me to listen just to one song. The Wall is not just a collection of songs, it's one track.

I was one of the people with tears in my eyes after watching this live at Earls Court in 94.

I would have been, as well and I enter my 8th decade in London next year. I saw PF debut DSOM @ Earls Court with 18,000 others in 1973. It has suddenly occurred to me that I have seen "PULSE" endless times but where was this? Earls Court?

I adore Pink Floyd, but some - myself included - would say that an ideal live performance is not just a reproduction of what is on the record, but is instead wildly different from the record, full of improvisation. I mean, if you want to just hear the record, who needs the band? Just put the record on, start the lights flashing , and let the band stay home with the wife and kids. I mean, absolutely no offence to Pink Floyd or their music when I say this; David Gilmour is one of my top three guitar heroes. However, it’s not because he sounds exactly like he does on the record - quite the opposite. I love the improvisation in his solos. Now that he’s a solo artist, he does much more improvisation, and, in my opinion, is much more enjoyable to hear and watch. Greatest live band ever: Blue Öyster Cult. No guitar solo is ever the same. No keyboard solo is ever the same. The drum patterns are different at every show- particularly in their golden years, between 1973 and 1981. Rock ‘n’ roll is not meant to be as Symphony Orchestra, in which each musician consistently adheres to the sheet music every night; it’s meant to be an emotionally charged, of-the-moment phenomena.

Yep, I was there the night this was recorded and can confirm this is 100% true.

You are absolutely right!

As a prog rock fan, mostly old Genesis, I feel like I SHOULD like Pink Floyd more than I do. I love Wish You Were Here, but Comfortably Numb, at least for me, overshadows every other song of theirs. Heck, almost every other song on the planet. It almost feels like a waste of time to listen to any other song of theirs!

You might have said it many times but this is only your opinion and it is worth just as much as anybody else's. That's reality.

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@@fitless Of course I shared my opinion. Who else’s opinion would I have shared?

Yes, the light shows at Pink Floyd concerts are spectacles in themselves.

You also mentioned the soothing mood set by the song. This is related to the subject revealed by the lyrics; a first person narrative of a performer encountering a "Dr. Feelgood" ("that'll get you through the show"), and the addictive better living through chemistry trip that follows ("there is no pain; you are receding"). The combination of musical and lighting genius capture this perfectly for anyone who has been treated with modern general anesthetics. Of course the subtext reaches well beyond into escapism of all flavors and the related detachment from humanity.

They had lasers not seen outside labs. The most amazing live experience ever. A 70mm projector. And a band that never stagnated

They had 2 full lighting/sound rigs and crews for this tour, it took over a week to assemble and set up, so whilst they were playing one venue, the other rig and crew would be travelling ahead to set up the next venue.

If you haven't yet, check out; "The Great Gig in the Sky" from the same concert or the original from Dark Side of th Moon album. The vocals are insane.