Teen Opera Singer Reacts To Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb 

Great reaction, I'm so glad you enjoyed this piece. It is also great that you didn't pause in the Dave Gilmour guitar solo. nice one.

She did not pause Gilmore during his solo, so it is an A+ from me.

Gives me hope in humanity when a young person appreciates this song that much.

The second guitar solo is one of mankind’s greatest creations. Great video, GREAT REACTION! Keep enjoying the classics!

I saw Pink Floyd live in Rotterdam in '88 with my parents (I was 15) and I will never, ever forget this concert. True music never dies.

I saw this tour in Atlanta, GA. It was an amazing show. When they got to the, "There'll be no more, AHH!" part, 50,000 people in the audience sang along with the AHHH!!. It was one of the best moments I ever experienced at a concert.

I love the solo at the end, especially because it conveys how almost desperate he is, fighting against the numbness, whether medically induced, or numbness to the things we see in our lives as we age, he sounds as though he's trying to break out, and it's such an emotionally moving and evocative performance.

As someone with chronic neuromuscular pain, this is the one PF that means the most to me personally. In many ways just listening to their music can be a form of pain relief. The abdominal pain Roger Waters had was later diagnosed as Hepatitis. The guitar solo by David Gilmour is considered as one of his finest, and one of the greatest ever. To really get the full impact watch the movie "The Wall", or at least the video clip from it.

Gilmore turned Comfortably Numb into a tribute to Roger Waters, not that Roger ever appreciated it. Suffice it to say, you just listened to the most masterful live guitar solo ever recorded. There are many amazing live guitar solos (I can give you 10 from Frank Zappa alone), but this solo is so well calculated and executed it deserves its own place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It's a masterwork. Thanks for your insight on the lyrics. Not many reactors go into such depths. You rock!

Love your reaction to Pink Floyd....such an Important Band

As an opera performer I advice you to hear "Great Gig In the Sky" 1973 Original track from Dark Side of the Moon ...Without any interruption... Pleeaaeeaase 😅😅😅 You'll find some of you in it my daughter 😊

btw you may want to react to John Farnham pick anything, you will see how much range he has 'touch of paradise' is a nice 1

This is one of those rare songs where the instruments, vocals, atmosphere and lighting portray the meaning of the song so perfectly it’s just mesmerizing. The entire Pulse concert is IMO one of the best concerts ever performed. Right up there with the Nightwish 2013 Wacken concert. 🔥🔥🔥

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Your awesome!!You showe me y this song is so great !!Thank you young lady !!!Keep kicking ass

A very enjoyable reaction. You have a beautiful smile, and your face lit up through the whole performance. I enjoy watching others when they really like something that has been special to me for so long. Well done.

No song on earth can touch your soul like this one!

It does my old heart good to see young people enjoying the music of my generation.

That solo....so much feeling; not the fastest/most notes but damn it gives me chills every time.

One of the best songs ever.

This is considered to be one of, if not the greatest, guitar solos of all time, particular this live version.

You should watch your own face back in the last 5 mins through the solo....tell me...are there any expressions you didnt use....how good is that. Damn...I wish I could watch/hear that again for the first time. Thanks. Maybe Led Zeppelin...since I been lovin you...might be a good one to do next and imagine these two bands were both around at the same tme !! When Gods walked the Earth.

Welcome to the Pink Floyd experience. It's ALL this good.

How wonderful it is to see a lovely young lady of 19 learning Opera, I'd like to wish you all the best in achieving all your dreams! Pink Floyd is Legendary, they are on another level all together! The band was formed in London in 1964, they've sold hundreds of millions of albums worldwide! One of the true GOATS of rock music, (Progressive Rock is their sub-genre). Pink Floyds' lead vocalist and guitarist. David Gilmour, is an absolute legend, his is known for his emotion filled, incredibly moving guitar solos! Like the band, Gilmour is one of the GOATS Rock guitarist. He not flashy either, he doesn't jump up and down, and run around the stage like some Rock guitarist, and he doesn't wear crazy outfits when performing. As you can see here, he's wearing jeans and a T shirt! LOL!

Gorgeous, not only the song but you are

Awesome reaction 👍 im really glad you decided to do another pink Floyd reaction. 🎉💖 stay Beautiful and awesome.

I see you were WARNED. NEVER EVER pause during a Gilmore solo! Good Girl!😂😂👍👍

You should watch Pink Floyd's "Gig in the Sky" from the Pulse concert...

As a singer you will probably enjoy reacting to The Carpenters. Songs like 'We've Only Just Begun', 'Superstar' and Solitaire. Also - I would recommend you listen to Queen. (Yes, all you boomers reading this comment - of course I'd recommend Queen). Not just Queen's well known songs, but also lesser known like Love of My Life, Brighton Rock, Who Wants To Live Forever and The Show Must Go On. Read the back story to that last one.

Great reaction! It’s beautiful to watch artist appreciate art. Thank you for sharing. Aaliyah, Stay Gold

Hello Aaliyah, I would like your reaction to Creep by Radiohead. I think you would like their live performance (it’s labeled as Best live performance). Thx in advance.

Thank you so much for reacting to this. I was in high school when this song first came out in 1979. I remember it well. My friends and I loved attending concerts. It was one of the things we loved doing together. There were a huge number of wonderful groups at the time and concerts were not very expensive to attend. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Boston, Journey, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Triumph, 38 Special, Foreigner, and many others. I cannot describe to you what a wonderful time it was to be young then. We were happier, relationships were closer, life was more carefree, and the music was spectacular. Our 4 adult children (28-33) love 70’s/80’s music just as we do. My heart just aches that young people will not get to experience life as we did as teenagers in the 70’s/80’s. Again, thank you so much for posting this video. It was a wonderful treat.

Spine tingling guitar solo. David Gilmour at his best. Comfortably Numb is about a burnt out rock star whose given drugs to get him through the show. The opening "Hello! Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me!" is the doctor talking to him. It was rumoured that it was a reference to founder member Syd Barrett? Chilling stuff. The person that the song Wish You Were Here is about. You should listen to Pink Floyd's Epic song Echoes on the 1971 album Meddle. Echoes takes up half of the albums length, at just over 23 minutes.

Hit the remastered version of the DSOT On The Turning Away and you got my subscription.

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9:03 You nailed it. When it comes to selling 100k tickets the pressure ramps up immeasurably though.

Comfortably numb, but the guitar certainly speaks!

Brilliant song and a great show (I was there 🙂). Now you must revisit the Pulse version of Great Gig In The Sky.

You should know that the idea for the vocal harmonies derived from Gilmour's admiration of the Beach Boys and specifically Brian Wilson as a songwriter

Even though the guys sing the song really well, the most beautiful voice of all has David's Stratocaster.

The song is so much more than just Roger Waters' experience of being doped up before a performance. The second chorus gives it away. The song is about the weariness of life - as a child we catch a fleeting glimpse of dreams, love, happiness, ambition, our own potential - we turn to look at it and it is gone. We grow into adults, life wears us down, the child is gone the dream is past. And to survive we must become comfortably numb. Maybe at 19, you're still to find this out. But it happens to us all no matter how successful or unsuccessful we are. Life is tiresome. The guitar solo is emblematic of that struggle.

Comfortably Numb is a great song, but, like all songs from The Wall, it's best understood within the context of the album. If you haven't done it yet, I encourage you to listen to the full album in one sitting. And then, if you can, watch theovie.

I also suggest Hey You Original track only And the film It'll take to another atmosphere

David Gilmour is one of those guys that just seems to be able to effortlessly keep his voice in good shape, he's sounded exactly the same for the last 40 years pretty much and it seems to come very naturally to him or he may just be very aware of which keys are comfortable for him and that's what he tends to write in an ultimately it is giving him a longevity. Someone else is probably mentioned it here but that same quality happens to live in his guitar playing as well it is lyrical and seemingly effortless. He just picks up the guitar and sings Through It. One thing many people don't know is that he sort of helped discover Kate Bush when she was about 17 he produced her first album

You should check out a country singer called Gary Morris, he used to be an opera singer, and then he switched to country and he is awesome

I suggest to hear the original track 1980 Then see the film if this song It reflects totally another scene

You have such a healthy hair, can’t stop looking and appreciate that 🧐

This more than a music.Or How being one with song and guitar.

These harmonies are amazing. This blows the studio track away.

The Great Gig in the Sky would be perfect for you.

it just warms my soul seeing the new generation of musicians enjoying the same music my dad showed me and made me want to become a musician, i remember the first time, keep it up glad to have found you

Great reaction. I love seeing the younger generations experiencing this for the first time. I saw this toor live in Giants Stadium in NJ and still remember how I felt watching that solo in person. Cool to see you dig it.

That closing instrumental is possibly the best recorded performance of what many consider to be the best guitar solo in all of rock music.

Saw them 4 times, twice with Waters in 75 & 77 and then after he left, in 87 & 94. They were equally as good and mind blowing, but with a different, incredible set each time. In 75 the 1st set was stuff they were working on for Wish You Were Here and Animals, the standout was an early Shine On. The 2nd set was all of Dark Side of the Moon, followed by an encore of Echoes. First time for Floyd was the best trip I ever had! 😏 In 77 they opened with all of Animals with David Gilmour ripping on a telecaster guitar. The second set was Wish You Were Here in its entirety. They encored with a medley from Dark Side... Both Boston Garden shows have audio evidence available on You Tube and well worth checking out. 87 saw Gilmour firmly in charge, doing a set mainly of the new Momentary Lapse of Reason which really brought that album to life with great visuals, then a 2nd set that was a mix of familiar Floyd classic tunes. They were back and seemed they needed to prove it was still them, mission accomplished. Lastly in 1994, it was the tour you just got a glimpse of them at their peak on the Pulse Tour, a fine mix of new and old for the first set, followed by the entire Dark Side of the Moon. They finished with a similar scene to what you just saw and lastly did You'd Better Run. Fantastic show in Foxboro MA. I also saw David Gilmour for 2 Saturday nights in a row in the mid 1980s for a solo tour he did with Mick Ralphs from Bad Company on 2nd guitar. Fantastic show, he did his fine song, Murder, then Comfortably Numb as the encore, you can see that tour on You Tube as well. Lastly, saw Roger Waters 4 times solo, first time he went out with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, was way cool hearing Eric take a swing at old Floyd classics, this was the Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking tour which was the 2nd set. I also saw him do a greatest hits tour, another tour centered on a great take of Dark Side of the Moon and last time was when he brought The Wall out for a massive tour, one of the highest grossing of all time. We were in a large arena and the stage was gigantic, they had new, modern visuals projected onto the Wall once it was fully built, you can see video of that tour and it is very much a must see. Pink Floyd has been a lifelong love affair for me, I first heard them on the experimental Ummagumma in 1969 and have been hooked ever since. Not many artists have multiple, large tribute bands touring the globe as everyone still wants to hear their music. As I say, if you are not a Pink Floyd fan, you will be if you listen to any of their 70s classic albums. Glad to see you starting your Pink Floyd journey, it truly is any color you like. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶

Ok, now you've done it. You've gone down the rabbit hole that is the Pink Floyd pulse concert. As a vocalists you will really enjoy this one...."the great gig in the sky" from the same concert. This is where the backing vocalists take the lead and really let rip. This will blow your mind. A quick synopsis on the song that has no words. Originally sung by Claire Tory who was only 19 at the time and only told the subject of the music and to go in and just improvise. She did it in one take. In the concert version the vocalist take turns singing the parts which to me gives it 3 different textures. It's about a woman who is dying and the different emotions she goes through. Fear, anger, acceptance and peace. I was at this concert when I was 45 years old and this broke me. Floods of tears and had to pick the girl next to me off the floor because she was overcome with emotion. A truly unforgettable experience, and that's what Floyd is. It's not a concert, it's an awakening of spirit and mind that stimulates all the senses to the point of overload. Enjoy.

This song has two of the most iconic guitar solos in the history of rock music. David Gilmour is a legendary guitarist and vocalist, he sings through his guitar and says so much with just a few notes. You should check out their song "Echoes" from their album Meddle, it's epic and has the same relaxed feel but gets really, really trippy too. Another great reaction, keep up the great work!

See? I told you guitars can talk.

Ronnie Dio and the Red caps - An Angel is Missing (1961). See what Dio sang when he first started.

great reaction, why not try a track from Floyd's more experimental side (Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict..) it is one of their more 'out there' tracks but demonstrates their more progressive experimental side, very different sound all together👍

I would love to see your reaction to ' The Great Gig in the Sky ' from their darkside of the moon album , also there are many good live recordings and videos of this song. But being that you are an opera singer I would think it would be of interest to you.

Great reaction think you should listen to the great gig in the sky same concert I think you will appreciate the singing in it

I saw the original Pink Floyd in1977 in Anaheim stadium…. but today I listen to Morresette , GiGi , Ez mil, KZ T., and a slew of other Filipino karaoke singers!

My favorite David Gilmore

Just out of this world. Great reaction young lady. Can't go roung with Pink Floyd. Hugs from 🇮🇹🇧🇪🇪🇺💯

Seen them live 3 times and they always put on a fantastic show, Memories being much younger.

there music is like yours a work of art

If you ever would like to explore the world of Punk Music, here is a link to the Godmother of Punk, Patti Smith. Hall of Famer, many musicians of the recent past respect her for her significant contributions to rock and roll music, when rock was floundering in commercial dullness. Patti was simply brilliant, and a trailblazer - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T86BKZ4eRGY.html Again, this is a bit more polished for her (google Patti Smith Gloria - Germany for her true raw genius) but you will understand from Horses and the incredible transition into "Hey Joe".

The unpretended joy seen in your smile throughout the song shows how moving this piece is. Well done!

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

Meus parabéns , você interrompeu o vídeo algumas vezes, mas não cometeu um dos maiores erros para nós roqueiros , que é, NUNCA MAS NUNCA EM HIPÓTESE ALGUMA INTERROMPA UM SOLO DE GUITARRA 🎸 , AINDA MAIS DE DAVID GILMOUR , fiquei até o final do vídeo , e vc não cometeu esse erro 👏👏 , estou fazendo esse comentário, hoje dia 13/07/24 , dia mundial do rock

💕👏💕👏💕👏Also bravo to you Aaliyah for a most excellent reaction and song selection from the Pulse concert!!!

All that I can say is that you are a very open minded woman, who wants to explore other facets of genre. I’ve been playing guitar for a very long time and was in a couple of bands, but nothing big. I am an archaeologist, living here in Rome, Italy And a lot of times I go to UK because I teach students how to do the basics of excavating, but many of my students are about your age and they listen to the music of my generation and not theirs. I take my guitar with me and with others after work and cleaning ourselves, we will usually jam out for the students and mainly for ourselves to relax. I know you will have an excellent career because you are open-minded. Please stay that way.

Hi Aaliyah. A great reaction to an amazing song. If you like Hearts, as seems, I would recomend you check out the song Wild Child. It's like....I don't kow....like the equivalent to Barracudas, but years layer. Greetings from Spain

Nice to see you enjoy this song so much. You can feel the emotion in the solo's which is what took me so long to get it right. great reaction as always Aaliyah!!

You will be blown away by Jeff Healey. He plays the guitar and sings. Theres a surprise I will leave out have you find. Angel Eyes is a good song to start with.

As much as I like this live performance when the singers were getting older, I still think the original album version is the best way to hear this song. IMHO.

this is the classical music which will be played in a hundred years time!!

During this song towards the end during the guitar solo, there were so many people around me and we all had tears in our eyes just totally getting into the song and the performance. You should check out Echoes, Atom Heart Mother & Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Just subscribed. You really know good music 🙂

I was at the Kansas City version of the concert, in Arrowhead Stadium. My family and I drove 4 hours across the state to get there. Wonderful concert, and this song in particular was the high point of the evening, and one of the top moments in my life. And for the rest of the 90's, I could give myself goosebumps at will by thinking of this song.

Would you agree that a lot of Pink Floyd's music is the classical music of their era? I don't hear it as pop or rock or another genre.

This 1994 live performance is amazing, even if Roger Waters (bass & vocals) who wrote the lyrics and sang on the studio version was not on stage (Roger Waters left Pink Floyd in 1984 following an acrimonious split w/ guitarist/ vocalist David Gilmour) David Gilmour reformed Pink Floyd for 2 more studio albums in 1986 w/ Richard Wright (keyboards & vocals) and Nick Mason (drums) and tour (The rest were session musicians) ... Roger Waters actually sued Gilmour and Pink Floyd, but lost in court.

Aaliyah… A great reaction…Just found your channel, I would love to see you react to Pink Floyd’s , “The Great Gig in the Sky”…studio album version from their 1973 album “Dark Side of the Moon” (IMHO, the best version)…I can guarantee you as a musical artist, have never heard another song like it, as it was 100% adlibbed by a very talented soulful singer. Good Luck Jjh

DG is the only musician who can make a guitar cry . Long live PF ❤️

Where were you when i was 18? Lol Probably not at dead concerts which is where i was. Fun to watch!

Your analysis is better than 95% of the ones I see here on youtube.

Now you are ready for Echoes live in Pompeii from 1971. The first performance at the original Roman ampitheatre for over 2,000 years...... and without an audience.

Pink Floyd is an amazing band, and David Gilmore "Sings" through his guitar as well as he does through the microphone. His phrasing in his solos, literally sings to you. I was fortunate enough to get to see this tour in 1994 and I can easily say that it was the best sound of any concert I have ever been to. I am glad to see it touched you and that you enjoyed it so much. I highly recommend listening to the entire "Wish You Were Here" album with headphones on, while relaxing in your bed. I think you will find it an un-comparably relaxing experience.

This was the culmination of Pink Floyd's "Division Bell" tour when they sold out the Earl's Court arena (capacity 10,750) for fourteen nights between the 13th and 29th of October (the original first night [12th October] was repeated on what was to have been a rest day [17th October] due to a seating collapse on the 12th). I may be a little biased because I attended the same college as David Gilmour and was in attendance that night, the 20th October - I took a half-day off work as I missed out on weekend tickets and had to go on the second Thursday, which turned out to be the one they filmed for the PULSE DD release (2nd tier, a few rows back, stage right facing the sound and lighting desk) but the closing solo is the greatest guitar solo of all time. There are many great guitarists who can walk on stage, plug their guitar into a pedal board and amplifier, and deliver an excellent performance, be it on the high speed or great tone of their playing. But David Gilmour walks on stage, plugs his guitar into his heart and your soul, and feeds emotion right from one to the other. At the time it was the highest-grossing tour ever. Only four of the hundred and twelve performances were not totally sold out, and even those weren't far short. I have no idea how many people they played for in the entire tour, but just those fourteen nights at Earl's Court totalled over 273 thousand, and other venues included several Olympic stadia and other huge sports venues more used to Major League Baseball, international soccer matches and NFL games, so probably ten million plus. That huge circular lighting truss that moved right over the heads of the performers weighed fourteen tonnes and carried over 25kw of power. Seeing the whole thing tip over from a back projection screen (which it had been through most of the show) to create that crown over the band was just awesome, and then the glitter ball lit up with 25 super troupers focused on it and our heads almost exploded - and all perfectly choreographed to the music to enhance it and not steal the show. To be honest, the last encore song (This was the second), "Run Like Hell" was an anticlimax, but probably designed that way to let us down gradually from the peak. I was walking on air for weeks!

Great reaction! I love that you pulled up the lyrics and didn't pause during one of the greatest live solos in recorded history. When you get to On the Turning Away, be sure to have the lyrics up from the beginning. They're... not bad.

I like the way you reacting and understanding the lyric, I came here because I saw those of you my age reacting to Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb is one of their masterpieces like what you reacting before ( The Great Gig In The Sky), keep it up and I recommend to listening Shine On You Crazy Diamonds

The original recorded version is WAY better.

Aaliyah Hello! Classic,Original Pink Floyd Roger Waters And David Gilmor! Thank You Very Much!

Love the reaction ,whilst a lot of drummers wear headphones during song `nick Mason refuses to do so on this track because he wants to enjoy the genius of Dave Gilmour , and the amazing talents of Richard Wright on keyboards (RIP) as others have said , please do ‘ the great gig in the sky ‘ as a singer you’ll appreciate he difficulty of it .

I think I'm in love,

I have Subscribed as I really like you though I was getting concerned that you were pausing too much and the continuity and momentum of this epic song was being fragmented but you more than redeemed yourself by allowing the whole second part to build up to that glorious finale. Good Luck@_

I'm really glad to hear the actual story about it; All these years I had heard it was about heroin use!

This video you watched is actually the shorter version; the solo goes on a bit longer in the full length one. Watching it on a screen and listening to it on headphones is great, however, having been in the audience watching them perform this was an astonishing experience; it wasn't just an audio and video experience but physical, visceral, as well, my whole body was affected.

Here we go. I was there at that tour.....7th row dead center. It was a spiritual experience. Good to see appreciation for this direct connection to the universe....that we call Pink FLoyd.

I believe the circle lighting behind the stage explains the feeling on the one in need of a fix by the doctor. Lighting dull, then afterwards light up bright etc etc. thank you for such an awesome review 💕