PINK FLOYD - Comfortably Numb || Reaction (First Listen) 

You can be totally sober when this song starts, ingest nothing, and fail a piss test when it's over.

David Gilmour's guitar playing make's grown men cry and has done for 50 years.

I travelled four thousand miles across the world and spent over a thousand pounds to hear David Gilmour perform this song, and I would do it again. I will die happy now.

Gilmore doesn’t plug his guitar into an amp, he plugs it directly into your soul.

The child has grown, the dream is gone. Every time I hear that, the tears run down my cheeks. Every time. I guess that's an old man thing. I'm not ashamed.

"I don't want this song to be over" is every sane and thoughtful human being's reaction to this tune's power and beauty.

The child is grown, the dream is gone. Wow. This line hits me in the gut every time.

"I am stunned. I gotta hear that again". Exactly my thought when I first heard it in 1979.

"I don't want this song to end"...My friend, the album IS one song.

Few things are as satisfying to watch than watching someone experience Pink Floyd for the first time

"I don't want the song to be over" Neither do we dude...Long Live Pink Floyd

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 The most haunting lyrics ever put to music.

Isn't it so beautiful to have the privilege to watch someone discover such soul moving music. Watching makes me feel it all over again and its a gorgeous feeling.

If aliens ever come to earth and say “why should we spare humanity”, I’m playing them this song.

It’s not just a song, it’s an experience.

Back in the day everyone would say, ‘let’s get high and listen to Pink Floyd’! I’m in my 50’s now, and I listen to Pink Floyd to GET high. I’m thrill to watch this guy learn the same lesson.

“No I don’t want this song to be over” Words spoken by anyone who hears Comfortably Numb

One of the greatest songs ever written. At 77 I still can't get thru it with tears. David Gilmore is one of the all time great guitar artists.

David Gilmour is the most amazing guitar player I've ever heard. He can take one note, placed at the right time and completely change your world.

There might be guitar solos that are longer, faster.....more “technical”, but I defy anyone to listen to a solo that is more emotional, beautiful and devastating than Gilmour’s performance here. A complete masterwork.

Well my young friend, you've just taken your first steps into a larger world... 😉

There’d be a lot less wars in the world if we all listened to Pink Floyd.

This song is 42 years old. That blows my mind, it's like a precious diamond that is just as beautiful today as the first day you saw it.

Zeppelin and floyd. The two greatest of their era

I'm always amazed and jealous when i see people hearing this for the 1st time.

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

These reaction videos have people listening to music they probably would have never listened to or known about. Same for some of the people watching too. Songs like these never die. Never go out of style. Always timeless no matter where you live or how old you are

Pink Floyd is not just music, it’s an experience.

Im a 68 year old Brit, welcome to my generation, I remember buying the album when it was first released all those years ago! Had several copies since and still listen to it on vinyl at least once a month. Really pleased that you felt so passionate about the music.

One doesn't merely listen to Pink Floyd. One EXPERIENCES Pink Floyd. Welcome aboard.

The mix is incredible. Even more so when you realize it was all done on analog equipment.

“Comfortably Numb” should be the theme song of 2020

I think you just experienced your 1st eargasm lol

That is the beauty of Pink Floyd. You don't even need any drugs to take a trip. They take you to places you've never been, times all over the centuries and emotions you've never experienced before. And THIS is the beauty of music. Music was never meant to become an industry. It always was and forever will be....a gift. So nice to see the reactions of you younger people to the music I grew up with. Keep searching and listening.

This entire album is best experienced from start to end all the way through. It's an experience of its own.

The last year since my moms death I’ve listened to this song EVERY day in my car. The best band of all time in my opinion!

Watch the live PULSE version of this song. David Gilmour goes GOD MODE on the second solo. :)

The Wall. Examining each song. Each lyric. Paying attention to when Rogers or Gilmour are singing… the arrangements, the orchestra and the underrated bass and drumming. Then Waters on the acoustic Gilmour on those otherworldly electric guitar solos… the cyclical “story” the Wall conveys…. Is there any doubt this is the #1 concept album of all time?

I LOVE how PF transported you in less than a minute. Enjoy the ride!

You don't listen to Pink Floyd...you EXPERIENCE them. Listen to The Dark Side Of The Moon album from beginning to end. It will change your life.

I love watching people hearing Floyd for the first time and seeing their reaction! Believe me we all felt the same thing back in the late 7O’s and 80’s laying on our bedroom floors with our headphones on blasting in our ears. It sounds just as phenomenal today. Pink Floyd is LEGENDARY!!!

It is always amazing seeing newer generations getting hooked on the old classics! Pink Floyd were musical geniuses, and it's great to see them break genre barriers!

Music is one thing that unites all people. I love seing the reaction of people hearing this song for the first time. It speaks to something deep in the soul

Pink Floyd stands alone, There is nothing else like them. Their music takes you on a trip in your mind.

“I gotta hear that again” I’ve been saying that for 30 years. This is the only band that gets my blood pumping with just the instruments, then the lyrics blow my mind. The best band ever for me. Nice seeing others discovering them.

When you hear this in its proper placement in The Wall it is perfect.

My Dad played pink floyd everyday. This is what music is and should be. Perfection

This is an example of why some musicians will be remembered for ever and some won't.

I only feel bad for this guy because he's only just now finding music that helped to define and shape my childhood and overall outlook on life. Just wait until he gets to "shine on you crazy diamond" or "brain damage".

you're one of the few people I've seen on youtube that seems to genuinely, *really* dig the music. you are so into it dude lol

Those goosebumps... There's just no way one can't feel this song...

Imagine how I felt in 1975 coming in from school, listening to Dark Side of the Moon full blast through headphones in the pitch black lying on my bed.

So there is a hidden rule among Pink Floyd fans that you never interrupt a Gilmore guitar solo, I am a firm believer in this theory, and I was wondering that now you're familiar with the band, do you agree with this unspoken rule?

This music speaks straight into your soul

"This music takes you somewhere else". What a perfect description. Thank you for this!

The best guitar solo ever, in my opinion.

Pink Floyd is an "ALBUM" band. Lay back, close ur eyes, jam it from star to finish!

That guitar solo alone grabs a hold of your heart strings and doesn't let go. Absolute masterpiece

Voted world's best guitar solo ❤❤❤ listen to the whole album with no pausing. My mom used to play this while we cleaned the house. I'm almost 40 and always will be my favorite band 🎉

The greatest guitar solo ever by the greatest guitarist to ever live. David gilmour is an absolute legend. 👌👌👌👌👌

Welcome to the world young man, you’ve finally been reborn.

I bought this album when it was first released in 1979. To this day, Comfortably Numb still sends me into another world just like it did over 40 years ago. David Gilmour's second guitar solo leaves me crying every time. Mr. Montgomery, you have ascended the mountain and are in good company.

It does my heart so much good to see you young guys discovering the music of the 1960’s!

David Gilmore’s 2nd solo in the song is IMHO the greatest rock guitar solo ever. Watch it on his Live from Pompeii 2016 video. Magical

all teens should be required to listen to these albums to help you understand what good music can do to you. i think a lot of this is lost in modern music. the emotion.

To get the full effect and the true experience of pink floyd, you have to listen to the albums start to finish. They were never a single driven band They made concept albums. Wish you were here is amazing. Listen to that from start to finish then watch the making of the album documentary.

the two solos in this song are legendary

This album was meant to be played/heard in one continuous sitting. One song connects to the next. Headphones are a must. Close your eyes and let this album massage your brain.

I remember the first time I heard it too. I already loved Floyd but somehow didn’t have an awareness of this song. It was extra dramatic and magical because I was driving alone, very late at night, past midnight, and there was no one on the road. Only me, the song, and the streetlights. I’ll never forget the way it made me feel.

I have been listening it to again and again for over 40 years... welcome to the Pink Floyd appreciation society.

This album went platinum in the US 23 times. Was #1 on US album charts as well. Now their older album Dark Side of the Moon has the distinction of having been listed on the Billboard 200 for 950 weeks. That's over 18 years total.

When David Gilmours vocals kick in the whole song just goes to another reality. Still amazes me after all these years.

Glad to hear that Pink Floyd has been discovered by the younger generation. I saw them live in the late 70s and later in the 90s. There will be never be another band like them. This is music to enjoy sitting in a darkened room by yourself and smoking a joint. It will blow your mind. It will give you a idea of what rock was like in like in the late 60s and early 70s.

Makes me so emotional& cry after 50 yrs, it still does this, David Gilmour is a god ❤️🙏🙆‍♀️

Isn’t that just one of the best sounds! Absolutely stunning, lovely to see you bopping to it 👍👍

I can’t even tell you the amount of times I’ve heard this song, the second guitar solo will forever be one of the GREATEST solos of all time in my book. I have never NOT gotten chills while listening.

Comfortably Numb has one of the most bad ass sounding guitar solos ever played by David Gilmour!!!

It always warms my heart when I encounter someone much younger then I that is discovering Pink Floyd. This band is no joke. They are capable of drawing you in and suspending you in an alternate, dreamlike reality, for as long as you can handle it. I discovered them in 1975 when I first heard the Dark Side of the Moon album. I attended their Pulse and Delicate Sound of Thunder concerts. And that, my fine young friend is another experience altogether. The sounds surround you from every direction in the stadium, the video and lights are spectacular, and the flying pig is awesome.

I fist heard Pink Floyd when I was 14. It still brings me to tears 30 years later. So glad you have found this divine music.

born in 93 with an old soul, and this song brings me to tears every time.

Leo Fender gave us the Stratocaster, the guitar God's gave us David Gilmour.

Every Floyd album takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions. Each ride is different.

I love watching someone discover truly amazing music for the first time.

"I don't want this song to be over". Try Echoes, it's over 20 minutes

I love watching your reaction to this music. As a 58 year old very "open-minded" musician - one thing I can say is lots of music from the 60s, 70s and 80s had a far greater musical "palate" than lots of today's music. They really had their shit together - especially with regards to production and general musical craftsmanship - without being pretentious - you're listening to a great piece of Art. Enjoy - my friend.

We can argue all day about “the ten best guitar solos of all time” but can we all agree that two of them are in this masterpiece?

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 can not put my finger on it now, the child has grown the dream has gone" BEST lyrics ever! Sung in thee most beautiful way 🤩

All the people who don't understand why people turn into headbangers, look of the motion of this mans head by the time it got to the last solo, thus the headbanger was born. lol

This is possibly the greatest song ever created.

This is my father's favorite song of all time... Also one of mine, of course, second only to Bowie's 'Life on Mars'.. My Dad used to lay in the pitch black, completely still and flat on his back, with his football team in a little circle and blast this song before every game. He drove me to school every morning and played this without fail - first song of the day, every day - does the spirit good. : ) We maaaybbeee actually have an entire choreographed, liiike... goofy-ass hand dance to it, and still MUST perform it, in its entirety -- maniacal air shredding of that insaaaane guitar solo of course included -- 20 years later. I remember the Live 8 concert being televised way back when, and I scrambled down the stairs hollering for him to turn on the TV -- They were just starting the song and he stood slump-shouldered like a little boy just inches from the tv, hugging himself and weeping. He still tells me that was the greatest present I've ever given him. I very much enjoyed watching your reaction and can't wait to delight him tomorrow when I show him. ... I think now that I have perhaps over-shared a bit much.. Dammit, Bourbon.. Sorry for the rambling! I typically don't comment on shit, and just watch from the wings, but you made me so happy! Much appreciation for this, and thank you lots 'n lots.. It has made the long grey of this yuck day lighten at the edges for a while, and it definitely made me grin. I'm sure my pops'll feel the same. Mk, bye!

Of all the reactions i've seen on this song,this was the realest.I can tell you dig this song for real.Keep up,bro!

Gotta love watching someone experience this for the first time. The best band of all time, and I think it will stay like that for me until I’m gone. Nothing will ever rival PF, nothing could. Their music was ethereal. I’m only 25 as well but my dad brought me up listening to proper music like this. Thank you Dad.

Pink Floyd is like a shot of morphine. It's a pleasure you wasn't expecting 😎

Exactly how I feel every time I hear it. That guitar cuts a path to your soul. And that bass...good God it doesn't get any better then that.

This song brings back memories from the depths of my soul. To remember those feelings I just listen to this. Ah, to be comfortably numb again ...

"This is an amazing song" Dude this is probably the greatest song ever recorded by any band, with the greatest guitar solo in rock history. That my friend is the genius of Dave Gilmore. Welcome to the family.

Yup. What more needs to be said? I LOVE how we are seeing people, like this gentlemen, 'reaching across the isle' to try something different that may not have been typical of his musical repertoire. This dude really enjoyed the music, music from a bunch of white Englishmen from the '70's lol. We can all learn something from something as simple as this. One simple lesson would be that in general, we are all the same, and can relate and enjoy something as simple as an old song with the same passion that we share, regardless of our colors. Music can bridge a lot of gaps within people. I for one, love ALL music. Some days I drive to work listening to Vivaldi, while other days I may be listening to NWA, classic 70's rock, blues, bluegrass...all of it. Music can bring us all together and ease our reservations that we may have with people who are different than us. D. Mont The Genius, you just picked up another subscriber my man. Keep it up!!

This song is just wonderfully perfect. The lyrics, the chords, the solos, it's all pretty standard but when it's played by Pink Floyd...oh my god there is some music voodoo going on

David Gilmore says more with less than any guitarist ever has. Great reaction!

Ah man I genuinely nearly cried on that second solo man, the goose bumps are always so overwhelming. Thanks for letting me experience the song like it was the first time again 🙏🏽❤️