FIRST TIME REACTION To Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

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Komentáře • 230

  • @angelagraves865
    @angelagraves865 Před měsícem +28

    Pink Floyd is legitimately one of the greatest bands that's ever been. They've influenced every genre of music that's come after them, in fact, they're their own genre. I hope you listen to more Pink Floyd because every song is more beautiful than the last. Pink Floyd takes you on a journey every time. 💗🖖🏽

  • @aaronb.4830
    @aaronb.4830 Před měsícem +129

    Oh man, you two have to do the 1994 Pulse live version. It's probably the best guitar solo of all time.

    • @yiddos1971
      @yiddos1971 Před měsícem +7

      Puts the studio version in its place the live version and the studio version is outstanding

    • @ChristbaitRising
      @ChristbaitRising Před měsícem +2

      ​@@yiddos1971You beat me to it,I love both versions. I was at Earl's Court in '94 and £25 was a lot of money for me then!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @rcairnut
      @rcairnut Před měsícem +2

      exactly! the power and talent of David Gilmore is unleashed to make the best music of all time.

    • @raulhuseynli4026
      @raulhuseynli4026 Před měsícem +1

      Exactly

    • @scottnorvell2955
      @scottnorvell2955 Před měsícem +2

      Yes indeed. Pulse version is over the top!

  • @RoadDoug
    @RoadDoug Před měsícem +51

    It wasn’t about drug abuse. He had food poisoning before a show. It reminded him of when he was young. Dr. Came in and gave him a shot to make him feel good enough to continue.
    Drug abuse destroyed their friend and founder of Pink Floyd. AKA the album Wish You Were Here.
    They most assuredly were not druggies.

    • @ianfortier5534
      @ianfortier5534 Před měsícem +3

      I believe it was appendicitis or something along those lines, not food poisoning. Regardless, your 100% right in emphasizing that the band was, for the most part, not on drugs. Aside from Syd and Rick's short lived dip into cocaine during the break up of his marriage.

    • @darylabbott2032
      @darylabbott2032 Před měsícem +2

      Exactly

    • @johnr8095
      @johnr8095 Před měsícem +6

      Food poisoning may have been the actual story that influenced the lyrics. But the song is definitely about a rock star who is hooked on drugs and needs a fix to be able to perform.
      It’s not autobiographical. It’s semi autobiographical.

    • @whome1299
      @whome1299 Před měsícem +3

      Oh, they weren't Boy Scouts by their own admission.

    • @Raphael_Slowik
      @Raphael_Slowik Před měsícem +2

      Allegedly Dave did quit smoking after hearing himself in the beginning of Wish you were here. CN is all about Rogers experience during the tour but also describes Pinks thoughts being a drug addicted Rockstar who is caved in behind a wall.

  • @DeanCapaul
    @DeanCapaul Před měsícem +55

    The song is not about drugs. It’s about being ill and being treated by a doctor. You’ll figure it out as more people comment. In any case, welcome to Pink Floyd. You will not be sorry that you stopped by to listen to the greatest band in history.

    • @j.f.almeida9081
      @j.f.almeida9081 Před měsícem +5

      They just jumped right in the wrong conclusion 😂

    • @fbiagent6294
      @fbiagent6294 Před měsícem +5

      @@j.f.almeida9081
      everyone seems to. It's been the stereotype since this band started. Haters been hating on them from day 1. Pure jealously.

    • @glenthompson8353
      @glenthompson8353 Před měsícem

      Listen to a 1016 now now 2023

    • @glenthompson8353
      @glenthompson8353 Před měsícem +1

      Mental health mother

    • @harold3165
      @harold3165 Před měsícem

      Even Dave Gilmour disagrees that Floyd is the best band in history. He has said that The Beatles are better. He called them "a miracle."

  • @jonhenke1504
    @jonhenke1504 Před měsícem +26

    Okay the movie the wall that picks one thing but the true story behind the lyrics are as follows:
    In 1977 in Philadelphia Rodger Waters (the bass player and main lyricist for Pink Floyd) was suffering from hepatitis just before a Pink Floyd concert and the doctor gave him a muscle relaxant / painkiller. He went out on stage and couldn't hardly move his arms and said it was the longest 3 hours of his life. He thought how terrible he was playing but the audience was going crazy and loving the music anyway so he became Comfortably Numb!! Back in Rodger Waters childhood he was incredibly sick with a fever of 105 and he was about 7 or 8 years old. He was talking to people he thought but it was like nobody was listening to him and he said his hands felt like balloons. David Gilmour the guitarist and lead singer came up with the music Rodger Waters came up with the lyrics thinking back on those two things that happened in his life which was the catalyst for the lyrics for this song! So the actual song is not about heroin but the way it was depicted in the movie The Wall it kind of looks like heroin!b

    • @gregorysimmers
      @gregorysimmers Před měsícem

      EXACTLY TRUE STORY!! YOU GOT THE STORY CORRECT!!

  • @LisafromFl
    @LisafromFl Před měsícem +30

    You have to watch the pulse 94 live version.There's nothing like pink floyd live!!

  • @jimangela4589
    @jimangela4589 Před měsícem +16

    The storyline at this point in the album is that Pink, the main character, has completely checked out on the daily slings and arrows of life. He is sequestered in a hotel room intent on hiding from society and responsibility; just being comfortably numb. But he is a troubled and disillusioned rock star and he has obligations. His manager with a medical doctor in tow breaks in to his room. It's the Doctor's voice we hear first followed by Pink's response. The doctor gives him an upper to get him up and going so he can make his next show.
    Of course the song and the album are deeper than the surface storyline. Addressing as it does with issues of self-actualization and motivation and the difficulties in life that can get in the way of living life to one's fullest potential.

    • @annettetraci484
      @annettetraci484 Před měsícem +1

      Thank you, the actual correct interpretation of this song!

  • @se777en73120
    @se777en73120 Před měsícem +15

    Religion is just another drug to fill a void. It may be less toxic. But sometimes, depending on the individual or the flavor of religion, it can be even worse.

    • @user-mv4be1tc2u
      @user-mv4be1tc2u Před měsícem

      You're so confused.

    • @sammypitts7851
      @sammypitts7851 Před měsícem +2

      They are not confused, I happen to agree with them. Although I admire these 2 people for their faith and their dedication to their faith, the person is not confused. I've been a practicing pagan and witch for 30 years and I am just as committed to my faith. So shove it.

  • @kyleanspach3457
    @kyleanspach3457 Před měsícem +9

    If you really listen,you realize that there are two people in this exchange: a doctor & patient. The patent is already 'Comfortably Numb' before the doctor gives him a shot to bring him out of his malaise. It's not about drugs. It's about isolation.

  • @christophersmith3625
    @christophersmith3625 Před měsícem +3

    There's a great deal of context lost when you listen to the song by itself. It's like standing at the end of a pier, examining a scoop of water in your hand, and thinking you now understand the ocean.

  • @hardwire99cdj30
    @hardwire99cdj30 Před měsícem +4

    The entire album is about his mental stability. It starts with building the wall his time in the wall and his mental state and the eventual bringing down his mental barriers.

    • @ashtonbowers1122
      @ashtonbowers1122 Před měsícem

      Definitely can't understand the song without understanding the album as a whole. It's just one segment of a larger story. It's all about The Wall.

  • @cindyv1401
    @cindyv1401 Před měsícem +7

    Pink Floyd is always THE EXPERIENCE 🤗❣️🤗

  • @franktrig
    @franktrig Před měsícem +6

    As has been said, the live Pulse version is an absolute must.

  • @carlbeasley1780
    @carlbeasley1780 Před měsícem +3

    On Oct 20th 1994 pink Floyd performed at earls court London England. This was the pulse concert. I was at this concert. You must react to comfortably numb live at pulse. It will absolutely blow your mind . Best guitar solo of all time. Welcome to the world of pink Floyd.

  • @mickem4322
    @mickem4322 Před měsícem +6

    Now you gotta do the ''Pulse -94 Live" version... That for sure is like a Religious experience.. it`s what Pink Floyd is doing to you !! Legends...!! :D (and the Lyrics are important too I`d say.., they can help you empathise for/with older and people with illness... ) ... This song is Timeless...Go in Peace and prepare for the Live version !!!! :D :D

  • @SIXX2772
    @SIXX2772 Před měsícem +6

    Ooooh First for the Floyd..

  • @Isleofskye
    @Isleofskye Před měsícem +6

    Thanks Guys but you have just missed one of THE GREATEST combinations EVER of Music and Lights by not seeing this LIVE AT PULSE.....

  • @danielbenincasa770
    @danielbenincasa770 Před měsícem +2

    During the 70's you had to see the best bands and I saw Floyd. If you scored tics you were the man. They were great live. Oh also, with pink you had to be tripping on some good acid. It's a must back then. i was in my teen years all through the 70's. best decade ever.

  • @goatslunch6991
    @goatslunch6991 Před měsícem +1

    Burnt out detached Rock Star being medicated by a doctor prior to taking stage for a concert.
    This is from “’The Wall” album. You will understand the context of this track if you listen to the whole record from start to end, a general rule for most Floyd albums. Pink Floyd is a very deep hole to explore. Enjoy the trip.

  • @scuppernog1
    @scuppernog1 Před měsícem +2

    I have bought this album 5 or 6 times through the years. It is the reason I bought a high quality turntable again a couple of years ago. For my money it is in my top five albums of all time.
    I like your content folks. Cheers and a sub coming from me here in West Texas! 🇨🇱🔥🤘🏻😎

  • @keyrat1753
    @keyrat1753 Před měsícem +4

    Please check out the PULSE live version of Comfortably Numb. The extended guitar solo and spectacular light show combine for an unforgettable performance.

  • @MDElam
    @MDElam Před měsícem +2

    As others have pointed out, the song is a mix of the personal story of Roger Waters (bassist and lyricist) and the character, Pink, from the album The Wall. You're right to point out that they have a Beatles vibe, though Pink Floyd is more in the progressive-rock camp, and are really their own genre. Their songs tend to touch on universal themes, and their composition tends to start dramatically and sort of pull the listener into another world. David Gilmour is considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, and Roger Waters is probably one of the best lyricists around. The band's "secret sauce," though, is Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals and Nick Mason on drums and percussion. Check out the live version of this song, which features what many believe to be one of the greatest live guitar solos ever, and also check out "Time" for more of their powerful universal, immersive songs!

  • @user-uh3nn9sm1j
    @user-uh3nn9sm1j Před měsícem +1

    You have just opened the door to the best rabbit hole of music you could jump into! I agree about checking out the Pulse concert.... also the Rio concert. Welcome and enjoy the journey!!!

  • @RaymondXuereb-qi2fb
    @RaymondXuereb-qi2fb Před měsícem +2

    Good to see today's generation going back to the big rock bands of the past. Pink Floyd is probably the greatest rock band of all time or one of the top anyway. But if you really want to get to know this band the ideal place would be their 1994 "Pulse" live concert video. It is just incredible. Their live concerts are as good if not better then their studio recordings. and the lights are out of this world. You will not regret it.

  • @yiddos1971
    @yiddos1971 Před měsícem +17

    Please please please do the live version… pulse comfortably numb.. you won’t regret it

  • @raymondmanderville505
    @raymondmanderville505 Před měsícem

    It’s funny that you mentioned the Beatles . This album & The Beatles Abbey Road album were both recorded at the Abbey Road studio . They both were worked on by the same sound engineer , Alan Parson , Parson was also producing his own album in which he plays all the instruments , The Alan Parsons Project “.

  • @RoadDoug
    @RoadDoug Před měsícem +4

    More Floyd please!

  • @sdownin72
    @sdownin72 Před měsícem +2

    Comfortably Numb is a single song off their album The Wall.
    The Wall is a concept album, a rock opera of sorts, that tells a cohesive story though the music. Taking a single song out of context, while you can definitely enjoy the music, you lose the contextual place and meaning for the song in the first place.
    You genuinely owe it to yourselves to listen to the entire album in a single sitting. Don’t try to do a reaction video. Don’t keep stopping the music to talk about it. Let the music play, and LISTEN. Not just with your ears or your mind, but listen with your soul.
    You may or may not be able to put it into words, but the story it tells your soul is a profound one with incredibly deep emotions. It’s something that will stay with you for the rest of your lives.

    • @sdownin72
      @sdownin72 Před měsícem

      Then you need to also do the same thing for Dark Side of the Moon. That album is the true seminal Pink Floyd experience. And it truly is a gift from God through Messers Waters, Gilmour, Mason, Wright, and Parsons along with Ms. Torrey.

  • @seanhaywood4597
    @seanhaywood4597 Před měsícem +3

    great reaction, you really should try the live pulse concert version, you definetly wont regret it

  • @philshorten3221
    @philshorten3221 Před měsícem +3

    Pink Floyd, don't just write music for their instruments they write "lyrics" for each instrument to sing it's own song

  • @markgoodison302
    @markgoodison302 Před měsícem +2

    You need to watch "the wall" it will all be explained,,, pulse concert is a must along with "echoes" live in Gdansk, the Floyd rabbit hole is long winding and full of excellent music, enjoy

  • @tommythompson9565
    @tommythompson9565 Před měsícem +1

    Much respect for your boldness in regard to Jesus Christ .
    He who has The Son has life.
    He who has not The Son has not life.
    The Bible
    Enjoyed the "Pink Floyd Reaction" expression on
    Christian's face while listening to the 2nd solo.
    That is the completely involuntary look of someone who is 100 % tuned in to the music.

  • @emcsquared8681
    @emcsquared8681 Před 6 dny

    It’s only sort of about drugs but not in the way you think.
    In the story the wall, he’s slipping into depression, he’s a rock star and his manager (which only cares about him doing the show) has a doctor give him something (against his will) so he’ll do the concert.
    It’s just one small part of an entire story.

  • @angelskunk2206
    @angelskunk2206 Před měsícem +1

    You are correct with the description.
    I saw them live in ‘94 and they are an incredible band to watch live.

  • @SeaLifeCro
    @SeaLifeCro Před měsícem +2

    Pink Floyd studio versions are fine but to really experience Pink Floyd you have to watch it live. They are visual experience as well as musical. And live versions are all much better except a few songs.

  • @markp1oh
    @markp1oh Před měsícem +2

    You picked a great song, but to understand the one song you must listen to the whole album, The wall is one continuing song or opera, separated into individual partner songs, it isn't so much the beautiful music, but a lot of the songs lyrics go hand in hand, with other songs lyrics on the album. Welcome to Pink Floyd, as you explore more of their music, you'll get the gist. Good Video.

  • @scottnorvell2955
    @scottnorvell2955 Před měsícem

    Ya gotta do the 1994 Pulse concert live version. In fact, EVERY song from that concert is mental!

  • @terrysitzjr5878
    @terrysitzjr5878 Před měsícem +2

    94 pulse greatest of all time

  • @brianito7779
    @brianito7779 Před měsícem +3

    Wrong graphic, "Comfortably Numb" is on their album THE WALL, not THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.

  • @user-iq5oj5pt7o
    @user-iq5oj5pt7o Před měsícem +3

    This old vet grew up on it.

  • @srt8rocketship241
    @srt8rocketship241 Před měsícem +1

    On The Turning Away live from A Delicate Sound Of Thunder show. Amazing to see them perform.

  • @lukedub9670
    @lukedub9670 Před 27 dny

    Comfortably Numb is not about drugs, although the lyrics of the song are based on a particular incident where a member of the band was ill before a concert and was medicated by a doctor or aide with the primary intent being that the gig not be disrupted, rather than for his own well being. But that is just the singular moment that gave a narrative to something that radically transformed the lives of the band members and is as reality altering and addictive as the most notorious drugs... it's being catapulted to worldwide fame at a level that Dark Side of Moon, one of the biggest albums in history and an omnipresent musical juggernaut of the 70's took them to. The song is about a deep severing of normal communication with their previous lives, the people all around them who no longer viewed them at a fundamental human to human level, and who the band couldn't verbalise the experience of what it was really like. A reality shift too profound. A communication disconnection too far... and it seeped into this band of musical brothers. In some ways, the emotional guitar solo at the end IS the best verbalization of how they felt as the band broke apart, and they could see it happening

  • @kesa39
    @kesa39 Před měsícem

    That’s the Dark Side of the Moon album cover but Comfortably Numb is from The Wall album. A bit pedantic of me, admittedly, but I’d hate for anyone to be confused.

  • @patrickbateman7369
    @patrickbateman7369 Před měsícem +1

    WHO SUGGESTED THIS VERSION!!!????

  • @reinhardbach4313
    @reinhardbach4313 Před měsícem

    Super,dass die jungen Leute gute Musik hören,mit der 7ch aufgewachsen bin.

  • @vernondoray8816
    @vernondoray8816 Před měsícem +2

    Drugs use destructed thier band member. This song is so deep, sublime and it takes you on a ride. Pulse live 1994. Reaction to that is worth another try.

  • @user-el2ix5vw7w
    @user-el2ix5vw7w Před měsícem +2

    as already said you should try the pulse live version

  • @darylabbott2032
    @darylabbott2032 Před měsícem +3

    No the bass player had to get a shot before a concert and it made him Comfortably Numb but only for something that happened to him nothing like your thinking. Look into something before you think you know what it is. Bad call!

  • @mrb702
    @mrb702 Před 7 dny

    I don't remember the specifics, but it had to do with one of the band members being treated by a Dr. Whatever the treatment was, it made his hands feel like 2 ballons (in the lyrics). He then had to go play a show feeling this way.

  • @christinaseela6690
    @christinaseela6690 Před měsícem +1

    Like other people comment, this song has nothing to do with drugs, but the album Dark side of the Moon came out in 1973 so I can see where people would get that from. To me when I listen to Pink Floyd it like a soothing experience, I like to close my eyes and just listen to the music and helps me to relax.

  • @justmedalton
    @justmedalton Před měsícem +2

    I donated over a month ago for a request and was wondering if there is a certain amount for a request you need to do the song.

  • @m.ericwatson968
    @m.ericwatson968 Před měsícem

    Must see it performed live, Pulse concert...sublime

  • @CaptainKarate
    @CaptainKarate Před měsícem

    Actually from "The Wall" album; the image you have displayed is "The Dark Side of the Moon" album - pre-dates "The Wall". The song has nothing to do with drugs😜It is about Pinks (The Character of the Rock Star in "The Wall") gradual process of disassociation from himself, those close to him and ultimately the world around him due to childhood trauma and a dysfunctional relationship with his Mother

  • @oskarobit
    @oskarobit Před 24 dny

    First things first, the image of the video is the cover art from "The Dark Side Of The Moon" and this song is in the album "The Wall".
    Second, a copy&paste: The song is conceived as a dialogue between a patient, afflicted by a deep and intolerable pain, and a doctor, who offers him an anaesthetic to soothe his inner suffering.
    Roger Waters: "I remember having the flu or something, an infection with a temperature of 105 and being delirious. It wasn't like the hands looked like balloons, but they looked way too big, frightening. A lot of people think those lines are about masturbation. God knows why."
    Nice reaction anyway. It's good to see how people have their own interpretation of a certain lyrics. Curiously I did drugs too in my youth (now I smoke before I go to sleep so I can sleep a little better) but I've never joint those dots about recreational drugs in this song in particular.
    Greetings from the Basque Country, between Spain and France.

  • @LoneStar-pg4rc
    @LoneStar-pg4rc Před měsícem

    God bless you both and may you always be in Jesus' embrace.

  •  Před měsícem

    Love you Guys! Awesome to see The Holy Spirit in both of you.

  • @bill3118
    @bill3118 Před měsícem +3

    The child has grown. The dream is gone.

  • @christianesterline
    @christianesterline Před měsícem

    This is a good song, the live performance is epic. Maybe the best ever caught on film.

  • @Will-nc7lp
    @Will-nc7lp Před měsícem

    Comfortably Numb is off The Wall. The backdrop is Dark Side of the Moon, a different Album lol

  • @seankeltie5679
    @seankeltie5679 Před měsícem

    Watch the pulse gigs and you'll get this live!!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @riff8114
    @riff8114 Před měsícem +2

    All the stories you hear, this was a song about being ill b4 a show, and learning it was Hepatitis after...btw, the live version is farrr better

  • @jackwilliams5505
    @jackwilliams5505 Před měsícem

    The song relates to the main character of the concept album The Wall, Pink, and his increasing feelings of alienation and isolation. You need to listen to the entire album or, better yet, watch the movie.

  • @irish14500
    @irish14500 Před měsícem

    It comes from the Album The Wall, a concept album turned into a movie. “Pink” is the main character going through a buttload of life circumstances AND he’s the leader of the fictional band in the movie. He’s broke down so low, they shoot him up to be able to perform. Critics say this experience is what an Original band member, Sid from the real band Pink Floyd went through before going crazy.

  • @m.ericwatson968
    @m.ericwatson968 Před měsícem

    This song is about whatever people think it's about

  • @prudentilla
    @prudentilla Před měsícem

    @prudentilla
    0 seconds ago
    it is about drugs in a way . The song is about Syd Barret one of the founders of the Band. He was one of those geniuses that crossed the line between genius and madness with the help of things like, LSD, Peyote syd died in 2014 after a long battle with mental illness. The entire album is dedicated too and about syd barret . A work of love

    • @rmyikzelf5604
      @rmyikzelf5604 Před měsícem

      No. Really. Not EVERY Pink Floyd song is about Syd Barrett. This song is about an episode in young Pink's life (where he had a fever) and in his older life (unable to perform due to mental and physical exhaustion).

  • @beaux2585
    @beaux2585 Před měsícem

    Not about drugs, as several have mentioned. However LSD and Pink Floyd go together very well.

  • @johnhall42
    @johnhall42 Před měsícem

    Coincidentally I came into this video immediately after listening to a podcast called Mega and the link seamless. It might as well be all one show.

  • @philshorten3221
    @philshorten3221 Před měsícem +1

    If you want to see the main band line-up playing live in an ancient Roman Amphitheatre with No Audience, No Lights, No Pyrotechnics just Gods playing to the Gods
    Pink Floyd "Echoes (Part 1)" live at Pompeii 1972
    A little song about how we are all related and should be better human beings.
    "strangers passing in the street, by chance two separate glances meet, and I am you and what I see is me"

  • @mikewatts867
    @mikewatts867 Před měsícem

    Ywou’re not exactly wrong. The song is part of the story, The Wall album. This song in earlier forms was called “The Doctor”. So yes the character in the song is getting an injection to help him perform. For many of us who have never “shot up”, like I don’t think any members of Pink Floyd ever did either, this dong had different layers that hit us no matter hoe many times we’ve heard it

  • @misterb6416
    @misterb6416 Před měsícem +1

    Wow, Pink Floyd, "who are they".

  • @christopherglock7239
    @christopherglock7239 Před měsícem

    Time the song
    will make you Cry
    Makes everyone Think ohhhhh crap
    Where did it go
    What have I done😮

  • @yelnikigwawa1845
    @yelnikigwawa1845 Před měsícem

    Excellent choice for a reaction. This is from Pink Floyd’s double concept album, “The Wall”, which is the story of the fictional young lad, Pink, who wants to grow up and become a rock star. Over the first three sides, he achieves his dream, but at a high personal cost. As he grew up, he found he had to put up walls to protect himself from people who hurt him - his over-bearing mother, his teachers, his girlfriend; hence, the album title.
    Pink has come to hate the life he’s built, filled with leeches and sycophants who are just using him, and nobody left who cares about him. He’s alone. To cope with his despair, he turns to drugs to numb his pain, and allow him to gain temporary relief by becoming comfortably numb.
    As the song begins, it’s one night before a concert, and Pink is too stoned to perform. Here on the album cut, you can hear the people around him - a groupie, asking if he’s feeling okay, the promoter knocking on the door, telling him it’s “time to go-o!” But all Pink can think of is, is there anybody out there who cares?
    The first voice we hear is a random local doctor. The promoter, terrified that he might have to give refunds, called the doc to try and get Pink into some kind of shape to perform. The doctor is trying to assess Pink's condition, and guess what drugs Pink may have taken. The chorus is Pink, trying to answer as best he can (“You are only coming thru in waves. Your lips move, but I can’t hear what you’re saying…”) The doc mixes up his best ‘sober up’ drug cocktail, injects it into Pink (“Just a little pin-prick…” chime) and sends him out on stage.
    The first guitar solo is while Pink is still stoned. It’s beautiful, it soars and dives, and is the musical personification of ‘Comfortably Numb’. But the second solo is after the shot has taken effect. Pink has to face the life he hates, and David Gilmour’s magnificent second solo is filled with Pink's aching loneliness, his self-loathing, his rage, his pain, and Gilmour makes us feel it all.
    The song was based on an actual incident that happened to bassist and songwriter Roger Waters when the band was touring in '77. In that case, Waters was diagnosed with hepatitis, not recreational drug use. (Waters does NOT recall the situation fondly.)
    And finally, a request, perhaps an unusual one: I want to react to this same song again, but a live version. In 1994, Roger Waters had left the band nearly ten years previously, and Pink Floyd had just released what would turn out to be their last studio album, “The Division Bell”. The band was nearly 30 years old, the band members were middle-aged, and they may have decided this would be their last concert tour. So they created the most expensive tour in history to that time. They built a MASSIVE stage that dominated American football stadiums - three days to set it up, two more to take it down, and three of these stages hopscotching each other around the world. They recorded the European leg of the tour and released it on CD, and later on DVD & Blu-ray as the PULSE Concert (so named because the CD had a red LED in the spine that flashed, or 'pulsed'.)
    It was a LEGENDARY concert. Every song was spectacular, not only from a technical audio side, but also because of the absolutely incredible light show. Pink Floyd brought their own reality, and for three hours, they let us visit them there. I had the privilege of seeing this tour with 65,000 friends, and it blew every single one of us away. And the song that brought down the house that night was “Comfortably Numb”. It’s been called ~arguably~ the greatest concert performance ever recorded. So I’m asking you to consider reacting to it. It’s the kind of performance that, when it’s over, reactors just sit back with wide eyes, and go “WOW…”
    God pour out blessings on you both, and may one of those blessings be success. Keep the faith.

  • @robertcurtis-cn5fw
    @robertcurtis-cn5fw Před měsícem +1

    Talk at the end of the song

  • @robertthole695
    @robertthole695 Před 25 dny

    i also was on drugs, then i filled the GOD sized hole i had in me and i been clean and sober for more than 32 years now

  • @user-oq9mv8pc2g
    @user-oq9mv8pc2g Před měsícem

    Great ending melodic masterpiece.

  • @daroat
    @daroat Před měsícem

    Great song! I suggest you guys to check both Dark side of the moon and Pulse live show, you won't regret it. Probably one of the best albums and live shows ever. Cheers!

  • @Hstnman49
    @Hstnman49 Před měsícem +1

    There are 'better' guitar players than David Gilmore but absolutely nobody brings the guitar more life and soul.

  • @strange4you
    @strange4you Před 9 dny

    Best music ever......

  • @RCXDZz
    @RCXDZz Před měsícem

    You should react to the live performance at Pompeii, widely renowned as the best ever guitar solo 👍

  • @milanck6469
    @milanck6469 Před měsícem

    if you wrote every Rock song on a piece of paper and put them in a bucket, you have only found 4 of more then 2000 songs that are considered the Best rock songs of all time, the 4 being this one in the video, November rain, more then a feeling, and Thunderstruck.

    • @milanck6469
      @milanck6469 Před měsícem

      all im saying is, dig hard in that bucket, because theres a lot of songs that will prove that Rock is the greatest genre of all time, im talking Rock N Roll, Metal, Hard Rock, not genres like Rap rock, Country Rock, or Pop Rock

  • @my1_ball615
    @my1_ball615 Před měsícem

    It's obviously about waking and realizing you've lost everything

  • @user-zh2ey5og9e
    @user-zh2ey5og9e Před měsícem

    BEST SONG EVER

  • @burb92
    @burb92 Před měsícem +1

    check out this song on the live pulse concert. 100 times better

  •  Před měsícem

    The Holy Spirit is my Comforter

  • @zebedeedoodaah6454
    @zebedeedoodaah6454 Před měsícem

    The art of the pause!.
    Nuff said.

  • @kristenheaslip8668
    @kristenheaslip8668 Před měsícem

    Yes it’s about drugs but not the illegal kind, one of the members was suffering with anxiety and was given some drugs from a dr to help.

  • @davidmullens7565
    @davidmullens7565 Před měsícem

    Should have done the live version

  • @victoriapowell6318
    @victoriapowell6318 Před měsícem

    Regardless of whatever deeper meaning people say it has; all of it is the same as "drugs" and the mindset that gets you to that point.

  • @outernothingness1177
    @outernothingness1177 Před 22 dny

    I'd love to see you react to XTC's "Dear God". And I'm not saying that to be provocative. I'm a firm believer, but I love to hear what other firm believers make of it.

  • @srt8rocketship241
    @srt8rocketship241 Před měsícem

    Each song on this Album was made to be played from song 1 in order to the end. Then you may find the meaning. Then there will be no speculating. The movie The Wall would help more even.

  • @davehadley3567
    @davehadley3567 Před měsícem

    A/ check out the pulse concert live version 1994 best guitar solo ever! B/ it’s not about drugs.

  • @PaulMartin-zc9oj
    @PaulMartin-zc9oj Před měsícem

    Floyd is more than music, it must be experienced. Their music is very political and exposes many truths in our falling society. It takes a while. Headphones for sure.

  • @mitchellbeston1033
    @mitchellbeston1033 Před měsícem +2

    Not necessarily heroin but yes the song is about how a person feels when on certain drugs. Not all drugs make you feel "comfortably numb". Other commentators will explain the inspiration for why the song was written but yeah, its about a feeling caused by drugs. Pink Floyd are their own genre.

  • @user-vn9yy4pr4b
    @user-vn9yy4pr4b Před 24 dny

    Roger water calapsed on stage so the Dr gave him something to keep him going though the show that what this song is about

  • @cassandracurse7065
    @cassandracurse7065 Před 16 dny

    This is a sad story about Sid Barrat who was a member of Floyd but the drugs got to him...very sad

  • @stephenfilliez8341
    @stephenfilliez8341 Před měsícem

    Delicate sound of thunder remastered 2019 is the best

  • @barbaracollins385
    @barbaracollins385 Před měsícem

    You should do Time on the PF Dark Side of the Moon album
    It perfectly describes birth to death

  • @dennisdemars9939
    @dennisdemars9939 Před měsícem

    If you truly want to understand this song and the rest of the Pink Floyd Experience then I suggest that you watch the Movie "The Wall" and you will get it

  • @ptdoria88
    @ptdoria88 Před měsícem

    This image is from other album , this music is from album the wall , white , with too many bricks

  • @danquerry3436
    @danquerry3436 Před měsícem

    Beautiful! They ARE describing drugs. Specifically, a performer and his physician doctoring him up for another performance. The comfortable numbness is part pharmaceuticals part breakdown. (My interpretation, anyway.)