Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb REACTION (FIRST TIME) 

She cried. And with that, she's been Floyded. Welcome, Sweetie. There is no leaving this place.

When David Gilmour plays he plugs his guitar into your soul!!!

David Gilmour and that black Strat together are the closest thing to heaven on this Earth

The only song I’ve heard a million times and still to this day when I hear it it’s like hearing it for the first time again.

I'm 65 years old now, but I still cry snot and water when I hear Comfortably Numb, Time and Wish You Were Here.

I love it when the younger crowd gets excited about what us "older" crowd grew up with!!

Why can't my generation (i'm 18) have musicians like this. I find myself absorbed in bands like Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Clapton, and the Eagles, that were well before my time. The level of talent and thought that goes into those songs is unbelievable. I'm not saying today's music isn't good, but it is absolutely no rival to what music was in the 70s and 80s.

I was 20 when I first heard this song. That was 41 years ago. I could see the moment that you were moved by David. I cried with you. Peace

Arguably, the best guitar solo ever: Gilmour defining the solo.

No one makes a guitar cry like David Gilmour. A poet of bending strings.

Young folks: "Old people don't know how to rock out". David Gilmour: "Hold my beer".

I'm almost 50 and been listening to Floyd since 1980 and watching your reaction to this, gotta' admit, made me emotional. Glad you enjoyed it!

There's never a bad version of this, but in my mind the Pulse version is just the ultimate version.

Girl, you just heard the greatest and most beautiful guitar solo ever. The world is a great and beautiful place when music can bring humanity together. Rock on!

First solo brings you to tears, the second picks you up off the floor.

You know you're doing something right when all 40,000 people at your show know the lyrics, and sing along.

Pink Floyd echoes, shine on you crazy diamond, entire dark side of the moon, wish you were here, animals, and the wall albums. Anything Pink Floyd. Life changing music.

I wish I could hear Pink Floyd for the first time again.

This is the best rendition of this song I've ever heard! A true MASTERPIECE!!

That has to be the most honest reaction I have ever seen. You felt it in your soul Shannon, as it should be with Pink Floyd. Welcome to the club.

I attended this concert and it was probably the greatest day of my life. I hope David Gilmour lives forever!

Tears coming down your face... there's no other reaction to this masterpiece. I love it! Live forever David!!!

I hope you won't mind my saying this: The expressions on your face as you encountered this masterpiece were just beautiful, a fitting reflection of the sublimity and emotional impact of the music. It blessed me to see someone so young so clearly touched, moved, swept away by one of the classics of my high school days: Watters and Gilmour and the phenomenon that is Pink Floyd. Gilmour in particular goes to the heart with the unique, soulful quality of his voice and his approach on the electric guitar. There have been and are many fantastic soloists on that instrument in rock and jazz. But no other guitarist I've ever heard--no one--can tell a story that tears my heart out like David Gilmour can.

You don't listen to Pink Floyd, you experience it. Greatest band ever.

David's guitars solo on this is considered one of he best solos. Dam this makes me feel young again We boomers had a great life.

I love how happy the drummer always appears. Every song and every concert. YOU can tell that he's got the Best job in the world.

I know this is old but David Gilmore's solo is incredible.

the tears say it all........ still makes me cry after a thousand times listening..

That guitar he’s playing just sold for four million dollars for charity. The guitar strap he’s using used to belong to Jimi Hendrix. Gilmour’s wife bought the strap for his sixtieth birthday.

That epiphany... When you listen to Pink Floyd* for the first time. *Glimour and Co.😂

They can’t produce groups like this today .Pink Floyd are in a class of their own an icon of the sixties and one of the most successful bands of our time this is pure gold .

Wow... Feels so good to see someone of a younger generation experience Pink Floyd. You don't listen to Pink Floyd, you experience it. You feel it. That solo, and every rendition of it over the years has become not only the greatest guitar solo in the history of mankind, but also one of, if not - the - greatest pieces of music that has ever been penned. I hope you continue your journey with Pink Floyd. Each album is an unforgettable experience that everyone that has ever drawn breath should enjoy at least once. There are millions of good musicians. There are thousands of amazing bands and artists. There are hundreds of Hall of Fame worthy talents, but there is only one Pink Floyd. This is as close as you are going to get to dining with the Gods and partaking in their ambrosia. Happy New Year!

I think David Gilmour was 70 when this was recorded... and I don't think he's ever been better. What a lifetime of practice can do... And I like the look on his face at the end, like, "Yeah, that turned out ok". :)

Oh man your reaction was so genuine, I could read all the emotions right off your face! Welcome to Pink Floyd :D!

In the 1994 Pulse concert, David Gilmour's solo of this song caused 7 women and 2 men to spontaneously become pregnant.

Listen to the crowd when David turns up his guitar and steps up to solo. Epic.

It’s impossible for David Gilmour to play a bad note, ever.

Fender made the Stratocaster. David Gilmour said, hold my beer

I just found another reason to shed some tears while watching you watch this song. It was 100 millionth time I saw this song and still not over it.

It’s hard to believe that this song is already 40 years old. I remember it when it was released and I was a senior in high school. Pink Floyd has always been one of my favorite bands, primarily because they had such a unique way of writing and performing their songs. It was musical genius. The Animals, Dark Side of the Moon, and Wish You Were Here albums are forever engrained in my memory, but The Wall album produced arguably one of the best songs in my lifetime in Comfortably Numb and David Gilmour’s solo still hits me every time I hear it. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it, Shannon.

You have opened the Pink Floyd box now, your life will never be the same! 🙂

Shannon, I am moved beyond words by your reaction. I can only imagine what was going through your mind during this masterpiece. By seeing your facial reactions, I see something powerful moving inside of you. I can definitely relate, for every time I hear this, the same happens to me. Memories, dreams, longings, sorrows, happiness, all condensed in 9 minutes. Thank you for this amazing video!!

Absolutely no words for this, probably the greatest song written, breaks my heart every time I hear, even after 30 years hearing it. David gilmour when his bass player taps his back gets me so emotional, so glad to have been alive to hear something so beautiful played

I could listen to this song over and over again! Best solo ever performed...the magic of David Gilmour!!!

it was so touching and adorable to see your feelings evolve at the first solo.thanks for sharing this

IT'S SO NICE THAT YOU HAVE FOUND THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD. Welcome

And this is how we know there is God, Heaven, and Angels... On the 8th day, He created Pink Floyd

THE best solo of all time, David Gilmour

I’m still yet to find someone who reacts to this song and doesn’t just stare at the screen without words. I imagine that’s exactly what Pink Floyd wanted when they created this inhuman piece of soul-penetrating magic. I’m 25, and I’m upset to be born not in this time. I would give years of my life to be at a PF concert.

Plug in your headphones and let Gilmour play music straight to your soal. RIP Syd, the man that inspired the best music ever written, shine on.

This is my own personal favourite performance of ‘Comfortably Numb’. David Gilmour is 70 on this performance. Sensational. The Pulse performance is awesome too. But this is my own favourite. 🎶🎸❤️🎸🎶

Sad, inspirational and timeless masterpiece.

David Gilmour is one of the few guitarists that makes you feel it to your soul. A true master.

I first heard this song as a kid in the early 80’s while sitting in the garage watching my Dad work on his Bike. I had tears in my eyes too.. Even at that age, I knew. I was Floyded early LOL

I am 53 years old and I was lucky and honored to grow up in the age of PF. That era is not over yet and I hope it will never be and that PF will continue to resonate over time and impact the lives of the young people who are coming. PF is like a warm blanket that I often come back to when I need comfort, a safe home, a crutch that helps me when I'm broken ...

Brings back memories I’m 63 now but I member those back in a day kickback smoke a joint and just really get into the music

I have become a Gilmour disciple, no one evokes emotion from a guitar like he does I would take out a second mortgage to watch Pink Floyd in concert. I have listened to Comfortably numb over a 100 times and I still get goose bumps.

I have had the privilege of seeing Pink Floyd live. I have seen a rather large amount of concerts...Pink Floyd is a spiritual experience.

Ms. Hemmings, here's an interesting fact about what you just watched. This was filmed LIVE in Pompeii. Pink Floyd was the first band to perform LIVE in front of an audience in over 2000 years.

WOW...This is the best reaction vid I've seen so far.....It sure helps that this is my favourite song of all time....but......When it hits you fully 04:58 that reaction there..... I've listened to this song countless times & it hits me too, just there, every single time. That, at 04:58 was a beautiful youtube moment, one that I'll remember. When a piece of music hits somebody like that, it builds all kinds of bridges. I'm a white bloke in the UK but, right at that moment, we connected in a weird & wonderful youtube way. Different backgrounds, very different ages, different continents, different skin colours, different genders and yet. a 'shared' moment, all because of a piece of music. Maybe I'm just a wee bit stoned......But the world needs more of this right now... It's a great metaphor for fighting back against this horrific political climate, that we find ourselves in right now. YNWA.

I’ve listened to that song a thousand times and that was the first time I’ve heard that version. I enjoyed digitally sharing it with you. That’s what unites us, people. Hop on board. Nicely done, lady.

I feel your sincerity. I love Pink Floyd and it's easy to cry in amazement...

Just before the 5 minute mark, it’s quite visible where you made the emotional connection in a big way. Feels awesome, doesn’t it? Not many groups can do this with a great deal of their music. Pink Floyd is one of those groups and I can confidently say that there will probably never be another group that will come together with such otherworldly musical chemistry. That first solo grabs people that are hearing Pink Floyd for first time right by the heart strings. David didn’t just play the guitar. Rather, he communicated the specific emotion he wanted you to feel and that communication is simply undeniable. Amazing actually. When you match the extraordinary composition with the lyrical poetry these folks assembled, then listen to that spiritual sounding guitar solo, it sends that emotional arrow deep every time. There is a very good reason solo #1 and #2 in this song are known to be 2 of the best of all time primarily for the reason that they elicit such an emotional response. 👍🏻😎👍🏻

I saw lots of people reacting on this song and you are the only one to apparently understand this music. Your real tears proove it ! You had 4 reactions : first when you heard the beginning atmosphere, second when you heard violins, third when you heard the first guitar solo and fourth when you heard the scream. I think this song talk to you like it talk to me 💚💚💚

Hearing this again after a long break, it's so apparent that neither Gilmour nor Waters ever reached these heights again, once their collaborations ended. Such an emotional song can only come from the tearing synergy between these two ideologically and spiritually opposed creative minds. This song is a perfect example of what comes from such an antagonistic synergy. The dark lyrics combined with the soaring anger and defiance of the chorus and the guitar solo - well, this will probably never be equalled.

It was a thing of beauty watching you being drawn into this amazing song. This band will go down in history as the most profound group of all time. Their music history dates from the late '60s to the present. I bought one of the first Darkside of the Moon albums sold in the US. Just before I was drafted during the Viet Nam war, and they are still with me.

David Gimour top 5 guitarists of all time. So cool to see peoples reactions to his unique style. Literally 3rd person today brought to tears listening to Gilmours beautiful solos and voice. Truly a raw talent.

Hey Girl! Just found you and had to say I too was blown away by this version of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" video. I never listened to them when I was young, but now, here I am approaching 73 years and have fallen in love with their sound and showmanship! I just can't get enough of this wonderful group!

That back Strat! The man is a genius.

I've been listening to this song since 1980 and it still does to me what it just did to you,and be prepared because there's many Floyd tracks that will bring your emotions out,stay blessed 🇬🇧

Such warmth and dignity in your reaction. When I hear his guitar cry, I cry like a baby.

Hi- just came across this video, and it made my heart feel good to see tears running down your face. The history and depth of the Floyd/Gilmour performances cannot be overstated. I've seen this video, heard the various Comfortably Numb versions/solos hundreds (thousands?) of times, and it still, STILL, makes me feel weepy and emotional. Thank you for sharing this moment!

You should do the Pulse concert performance of this song it is just class.

Floyd transcend time and space. Close your eyes and enjoy the ride

45plus years later, this song still brings chills and usually tears. You MUST listen to the original album cut...as well as the whole album. Over the years their performance of this song has changed..to appease time and audiences..also David Gilmore has lived a lifetime now, and his playing reflects that emotion. But the original raw uncommercialized version is so different than all the others.. All my love..heres to a peaceful new year.

My neighbor's listen to Pink Floyd in the middle of the night turned up loud. I think they will tonight too !!!

Remembered my first time ...1973!!! I still listen to “Dark Side of the Moon” to crash to. Get the best headphones you can buy and jump into the Floyd rabbit hole. Their influence has saved my life and helped make me into the man i have become.....you MUST listen to these dudes by listening to the whole album song by song it tells you the full story....well enjoy the ride. 😎🎧🤘🏻🇺🇸✌🏻 Rock On

Saw your reaction to this and had to subscribe. You seem like a very genuine and beautiful person. And I kind of envy you...you get to go on a journey of discovering the musical genius of bands such as Pink Floyd. Enjoy the ride 😀

David Gilmore is 74 years young. What a titan! He was 69 years old at that show. Aren't you glad you did this?! I can't tell you how many people's lives have been changed by way of the same experience. It's millions. It was so fun to watch you melt away, I gotta yell ya

A friend who died some years ago had this great song played at his funeral as they carried his coffin out of the church.....RIP Jody.. may you always be Comfortably Numb.

The audience singing along with David Gilmore gave me goose bumps.

The next one to do is Pink Floyd Time. Try to read the lyrics as you listen. then do The Great Gig in the Sky. Those are the usual first steps. Then you just have fifty more years to catch up on.

Just stumbled across this. Of all the reactions I have watched, this is my favourite. It’s so good watching someone getting the feeling that I have had for years watching pink floyd. I recently played pink floyd (high hopes) at my mothers funeral. So moving. !!

"In another life I would have been a drummer".. me too.. and I played drums for 40 years. To get the best reaction for yourself.. watch the "Pulse" 2007 concert of Pink Floyd. You will cry.. I do every time!

What a lovely woman it was a pleasure to watch you enjoy this masterpiece,your expressions are adorable.

David Gilmore could elicit so much emotion and soul from his guitar that it leaves his audience in breathless amazement. Pink Floyd is a life altering experience. The vast majority of reactors have the same reaction that you did to Pink Floyd. I highly recommend that you listen to “The Great Gig In the Sky” from the Dark Side Of the Moon album. Actually that album is one continuous rock opera that tells the story of one of the founding members of the band, Sid Barrett. Sid suffered from a total psychological melt down and went insane.

Every Gilmore solo is timeless, it does not matter how many times you listen to them the next time you hear it it still grabs hold of your soul and takes you to a beautiful place

I love the way he keeps stepping upward, and upward in his solo. Then hitting the climax, like a grand musical orgasm of sound and symphonic resonance.

It’s always great to see someone have a genuinely heartfelt reaction to a great piece of music.

Just let me tell you something: you are one of us.

I'm hitting this one late. This performance, from 2016, was performed in the ancient arena of Pompeii outside of Naples. Pink Floyd played there back in the early 70s but no audience. Was just filmed. But this performance had a crowd. First time in over 2000 years there was an event in this arena in front of a live crowd. Mind blowing and a mind blowing concert. As David's performances always are. I love your reaction. If I had to pick one song for the rest of my life, this one would be it. NO matter how many times I hear it I get chills...

You have just begun down the road to Pink Floyd appreciation. I am 53 now snd it does my heart good to see someone as young as you appreciate quality music when they hear it. Thank you for having an open mind enough to try something new to you.

Beautiful reaction :) You really seem like the nicest person in the world 😀 and beautiful to boot😍, thanks.

I think it's great that it's still heard by young people. My first time with PF was in 1978

Your reaction is so wholesome, thank you for not being afraid to share yourself when vulnerable, really nice to see

I have listening to this song hundreds, if not thousands of times, but it still affects me. And your single tear near the start of the second solo, can tell that was a genuine reaction, mirrors me every single time I hear this song!! And this is such an amazing version too.

gives me chills everytime i hear that solo and this song, best ever

I'm so pleased to see how much an effect this had on you. I still remember how I felt when I heard it back in '79..... And it was exactly the same. Just mind blowing and so powerful

Love watching the joy of people reacting to Pink Floyd. I’m lucky ,I’m 70yrs old and Had the pleasure of musically inspired genius most of my life

I still have tears well up to this song every time and ive been listening to it for years. Glad you enjoyed