"Comfortably Numb" solo - David Gilmour, Royal Albert Hall

From the "Remember That Night: Live at the Royal Albert Hall" concert DVD.
Recorded in May 2006, as part of the "On an Island" tour.
In the words of pinkclimax, "Buy the DVD, it's out of this world!"

[@lancecunningham4152]

This is why being musical is better than just shredding.

[@naveedalikhan108]

so true

[@messi1010ramirez]

Definitely man!

[@markcanino7164]

agreed!!!!

[@ManfredElsingBielefeld]

wouldnt say this so;there are much more coloures

[@ChainNonSmoker]

Why not have both then?

[@soyakirem98]

I WOULD GIVE MY EVERYTHING TO BE THERE AND LISTEN THIS SOLO LIVE

[@ssmith968]

ME TOO

[@alexandraforrai7390]

I don't even know if I could handle it...

[@bujin1977]

Believe it or not, I was there on the night they filmed this. And if Gilmour's half time break hadn't overrun by about 20 minutes, I'd have actually seen this! Unfortunately, I had to leave just before David Bowie took to the stage. :( Not to worry though, cos I finally got to see Comfortably Numb live at the same venue in 2015 and 2016. The 2016 one was absolutely phenomenal. I was one of those hated people who recorded it on my phone, but I don't care what people think, because it means I've been able to enjoy it dozens of times since, as well as enjoying it on the night.

[@jeromedavies2408]

I heard Pink Floyd live twice. (Just after Roger waters left) they don't disappoint. And yes Comfortably numb live is awesome.

[@perrin6]

Many of the so called great guitar solos are technically good but lack the emotional power and maturity of Gilmours.

[@eatfriesandotherassortedid433]

+perrin6 so happy you said many and not all, otherwise i'd have contridict you with so many solo's

[@troysmithfr]

peace sells has some too

[@rickyellison9103]

Melody and emotional

[@User-xw6kd]

The size of the crowd and the silence of respect.

[@FocusReborn44]

Hendrix was looking down with a smile that night.

[@celexa9325]

FocusReborn yes, yes he was

[@invulnerabledr]

Best solo ever to exist. Truly primo

[@bluefire251]

Highway Star by Deep Purple

[@cfwild1ify]

+bluefire251 He has his own opinion, and you have yours.

[@nickpastorino5370]

+Namkyu Lee Yeah but invulnerabledr's opinion is better :)

[@cfwild1ify]

+Nick Pastorino That is true

[@VeritableSmorgasbord]

The Tropics by Jeff the Brotherhood :]

[@andreaa11488]

the best solo in the history. God mine!

[@fpvera]

Mini Miuu sure...que du bonheur

[@callumbarton7259]

Although this is the best solo for sad times for me the best solo is ride the lightning by kirk hammet listen to it you won't regret it

[@darthvader421]

For sure the only solo that matches this is stairway to heaven

[@dquaidman]

La Villa Strangiato ranks up there for me

[@johnp.smithasimpleman7281]

Guitar Archives Don’t forget Buckethead

[@SyahidTheLoveGuru]

I dont know man. My tears were going down listening to David's solo. I can't imagine how the audiences felt.

[@dylanperkins168]

this is what every guitar solo should sound like. It should make you feel like you're floating through outer space

[@yuneecfranken676]

yes.yes.yeeeees!!!!

[@sethabdou7607]

Dylan Perkins or fighting a dragon

[@Caaarrl94]

2:15 Stone cold steve austin feeling the solo

[@putin2918]

Lol

[@Evanmedti]

also sill stone cold Dancing 2:30

[@eblb1ful2]

Evanmedti {Still}

[@dwsimmy2599]

m0ments-have-you But can he smell what the Rock is cooking?

[@junii741]

Daddy Dana im just happy he didnt deliver a stunner to the whole of the row ..

[@BudzYOOO]

The level of emotion he puts into this piece when they perform live never fails to leave me awestruck. Long live Pink Floyd and long live Gilmour

[@aarusty51]

He was on fire that night. That was just one of those rare moments in time where heaven touches earth.

[@robhatton685]

Without a doubt, one of the greatest guitar players of this century.

[@alannunez879]

Say what you want about the guy dancin, he's feelin it. Pink floyd baby!

[@IanLeoMusic]

I was learning this solo and then watched this video and put my guitar down and was like fuck it lol. Gilmour makes me loose hope😂😂 he is fucking fantastic

[@calebbartlett367]

NEVER Give up my friend if he can do it so can you just have faith :)

[@jackieg1518]

Don't give up brother....keep at it. That's the beautiful thing about guitar, we can always learn and improve. You can do it, Aloha!!!

[@ReverendDawson]

take it one step at a time, check out the solo tab and the corresponding scale, there's a good degree of improv and "feel" in gilmours technique, you'll get there, learn a little bit at a time that's the way :)

[@messi1010ramirez]

Yeah definitely also you can always improvise ! It has a great chord progression

[@sethabdou7607]

He would want you to learn it!

[@TheBafli]

Everytime I listen to this solo I experience a music orgasm. I can't describe how beautiful and how majestic is this solo... Thank you, David, for such a marvelous piece of art.

[@langdontm]

This is by far my favorite solo guitar version of this song - gives me goosebumps every time I hear it....

[@kozmo617]

It's gonna be a sad day when David Gilmore passes. He is a rock god.

[@return2earthvideochannel]

Without doubt the finest recorded performance of this solo by Master David! Something almost spiritual with a powerful undercurrent and great chord changes. There is only one David Gilmour... there will never be another Pink Floyd.

[@dukeon]

The greatest thing about this solo is that every time it sounds like it's about to wrap up, he just takes it to another level and keeps going... even more so in the "PULSE" version and some bootlegs I've heard than here, but this one is very, very nice as well for some of the little variations he does. Definitely my favorite solo, and there are a LOT of great ones!

[@King4sshole89]

David Gilmour, instant antidepressant

[@Battlemarine12]

Howcome the youth doesn't play awesome music like this anymore? I'm 23 years old but which I was 42 just to hear him play during the 70's... I love DnB, dub, core but nothing beats awesome guitarsolo's :o

[@diamondfzx]

still so fucking strong solo, lives forever!

[@bothrops9]

This solo should just go on and on and on and on - I could listen to this forever

[@kevincarpenter3428]

Now that's emotion.the guitar poured its heart out.

[@ssmith968]

Yesss indeed! ♡♡♡

[@darrin81128112]

Who else was expecting David to just spread his wings and fly away on that last Solo part 😁 David Gilmour all-time greatest guitar player of all time for me sorry everyone just had to say it

[@johnfrades]

2:15 the only person who understand the solo

[@gilmcgauley]

i would be doing the exact same thing and more if I witnessed this

[@antmanfersil]

I actually disagree. I think this solo is more appreciated in the confort of a fireplace with a very old scotch. Why? Because this is funcking art! Just close your eyes and open your mind.

[@jackplaysguitar8293]

I have to agree with you there ;)

[@musstazza]

António Silva I think that everyone has a way to enjoy the solo :)

[@junii741]

Some say he was a ghost ..

[@XxAnubis360xX]

This is one of the most beautiful things my ears ever heard and the likes outweigh the dislikes stop complaining

[@jetakin7196]

If I was there, I would be doing the exact same kind of dances as the man at 2:14

[@demamdq2346]

hell yeah, the only with the real "soul", whats wrong with the others, not even a smile!!!!!!!!!!! haha !!!

[@RTWUROTTS]

There is no way i would sit to this , On your feet folks ,show respect to one of the great musical performances !

[@chiefshep5885]

Too good for this guilty world

[@wytwido]

this guy demonstrate how trippy a guitar solo can be with calm, serenity and an awesome touch ! gretings from France !!

[@illratethisvideo]

I seriously wish more of my generation would realize that this is music, not dubstep and rap

[@PretentiousGit]

+Dalvito Productions I seriously wish people like you would realize the definition of music isn't "what I like"

[@liquor8396]

you need filthyfrank in your life

[@xandersaban-smith5752]

yes...agree. dubstep and rap has no emotion or music style

[@User-xw6kd]

Try some Eminem.Raw emotion in his amazing lyrics and delivery.

[@telephonic]

Lol..that guy killed hip hop...90's hiphop was the golden era then a white boy came out and then shite like wiz khalifa 50 cent drake and lil wayne followed him and it's just been awful the last 15 years.

[@johnyboytown]

gilmour is as good as it gets. don't kid yourself that it's easy to play. the subtle harmonics, the bends and vibrato all things that make him what he is. I've never heard anybody play a gillmour solo quite like him. Every time i go in the guitar shop, all i hear are the kids dying to be Mr shreddy McShred playing 'may i help you' riffs. the feeling gilmour puts in and the tone he gets are amazing. long live david gilmour.

[@cafi1999217]

eargasm!!

[@Voiderify]

oh that one moment when he hits that one note you could never imagine, and all your hair sticks up, and you get goosebumps all over...

[@Nilanjan88]

why, why, why....I mean why on earth wud sumbdy dislike.......... Gilmour is GOD..... goosebumps every fucking time.... \m/

[@zachariahlloyd6043]

Almost a *Hundred* dislikes too.... I just don't get it, they must be deaf or something!!

[@fernandocavalcanti9415]

Gilmour never repeats this solo, and this is its best version

[@gpah58]

2:16 it's lit

[@sixstringfretter]

Every now and then, you have an experience that changes your outlook on life. I saw this concert when it came to Indy a few years ago. I spent $1200 for two tickets. The best seats in the house.

[@RR-ir6ss]

Now I feel like a complete idiot. Hey, can you blame me? After a solo like that, it takes a while to get back to the real world.

[@YooMaTTo]

LOL I was just thinking this, how does one make a guitar cry like that?! Unearthly

[@RR-ir6ss]

I never thought someone could make a guitar sing.

[@buckethead0levani]

Raul Ruiz de Velasco u guys try buckethead . :P

[@MrOrion92]

Witnessing such beauty has to be the highlight of a lifetime.

[@nicksanford5807]

Gilmour is god, God is Gilmour

[@FuoriDiTestaChannel]

Potremo ascoltarla tutti i giorni, 24 ore su 24, fino alla morte non stuferà mai! c'è ne potremo solo innamorare ancora di più, Fantastico Gilmour tra i migliori CHITARRISTI DI TUTTI I TEMPI, pochi sanno interpretare i suoi assoli o forsde nessuno, il suo modo di EMOZIONARE è UNICO!!!!!

[@khan1dumvip]

this is drug

[@thedutchman601]

Me watching this = me being at my most vulnerable state......I cry everytime I hear David play this. It doesn't get more divine than this.

[@frizon3298]

my fucking god this is aewsome

[@mund3ncharles]

Cannot believe the place did not explode, honestly. So much power.

[@Lukeor]

This is like watching Beethoven play the ivorys.

[@thanujsingaravelan9891]

+Lukeor Beethoven can't play blues LOL XD XD......

[@User-xw6kd]

+thanuj singaravelan 😂😂😂

[@gcro]

Three minutes and forty eight seconds of the chills. Best concert ever.

[@thejack01]

67 people are uncomfortably numb....

[@jeffpowers83]

One of the absolute greatest guitarists to ever live.

[@passionror]

60 people should not reproduce!

[@TheRavenGaming97]

61... poor world, their ears aren't growth enough :)

[@dwftube]

Neither should the three guys 'dancing' at 01:00 !!

[@thegreatACh]

66, satanic...

[@amirbinomar]

its 99 now. stop breeding.

[@KilleRossettoBR]

Dude, the heart is the tab for ''that'', no words to explain what this guy does with a simply guitar

[@CJW0056]

2:14 lmao

[@JustificationofJoe]

+Charley Wise XD

[@jeremynelson5311]

Dude was into it lol

[@The_darkside_of]

DAVID GILMOUR, U ARE MUSIC.. U R WHAT MUSIC SHOULD BE, AND WHAT A MUSICIAN SHOULD BE.. GOD GAVE U TALENT WITH A GUITAR LIKE HE GAVE NO ONE ELSE. WE ALL LOVE U. LONG LIVE PINK FLOYD

[@LandingNow]

It's sad to see that the Audience is full with middle aged people, i wish more teenagers and young people would listen Pf

[@slyfox3333]

+Hashed Prod. They were probably the only people who could afford to go.

[@LandingNow]

slyfox3333 Is it more expensive than a Justin Beiber, One Direction, and all the other mainstream artists?

[@LandingNow]

CraftDivision You're very lucky, there's like 2 or 3 out of 1000 that listens to such bands in my school

[@NickVillecco]

I'm 15 and love pink Floyd

[@hiimmegs7449]

I'm 14 and I love Pink Floyd!!

[@andyjim01]

Attention one direction fans. THIS IS MUSIC, THIS IS TALENT.

[@TheGuyFromHolland1]

nah more like a huge amount of practice and dedication, something 1d can never begin to understand.

[@passionror]

what the hell is wrong with that man hehehehehhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@vinterterroristen]

I dont know, but much is right

[@willmorris12345]

He's got it right. What the hell is wrong with the rest of the audience.

[@soyakirem98]

Will Morris They don't have the ''real'' soul.

[@masajhn]

Don't take wrong but I think that if I heard that guitar playing I'll like to stay calm and numb...

[@kevinpusateri5848]

@2:22 look at the 3-4 pissed off ppl behind him lol

[@WhoRulesAnimated]

Astounding. How does someone attain such a high level of mastery of Anything? This can't just be talent and decades of practice. It's a heart and head that are better able to plug into the universe than mere mortals. What a genius.

[@Subash0069]

this has to be one of the best solo in the world... it has got everything....

[@GormadokAege]

even after hundreds of listenings its shivering my spine. i just listened D.G live at Gdansk from 2006. it was only 5 years ago. unfortunately i discovered P.F then or so and i didnt realize that that show could be one of last chance to see them live :/

[@Oface9701]

My eyes tear up whenever I watch this. He is my idol and when god does decide to take him from us I will be calling out of work that day cause he just means that much to me. Besides that physically challenged dude dancing this video is amazing.

[@poopjobs124]

I could not sit down and watch this. I would stand for the whole concert!

[@razrX]

how could anyone dislike this!!!?? amazing piece of art...

[@bergjasper]

Now that's what I call a guitar solo! Awesome, in my opinion the best guitar solo ever!

[@benjaminbernard3292]

One of the greatest solo of all time by one of the greatest guitarist ...

[@riverboatsong]

One of the most underrated guitarists ever. This shows how great Gilmour is man. Just awesome!!

[@fernandoc.campos8842]

best guitar player ever

[@Umadeabadmistake]

See your doctor and have him increase your meds. good yes, without a doubt, the best, far from it.

[@fernandoc.campos8842]

A good musician is someone who makes music. A good guitarist is someone who makes music with his instrument. A guitarist who plays 20 notes per second is not a musician, is a circus show, a circus attraction. Much more talented guitarist is who plays a single note for 20 seconds and extract music from it, as Duane Allman. Each Gilmour guitar solo is pure music through guitar like no one else can do. And for this simple reason Gilmour is the greatest guitarist of all time. (PS: I'm a guitarist, I understand this issue well, and know what you think, which is the same as everybody thinks - and you are all wrong).

[@SSSSBBBB81]

Clapton can do better, Knopfler can do better, Allman could do better, I love David Gilmour and he's one of the greatest but he's overrated. He's a musical genius and a great influential composer but as far as guitarists go, he's overrated just a bit.

[@fernandoc.campos8842]

Pierre Belliveau All guitarrists you mentioned are considered by all great guitarrists. But not David Gilmour, which is a terrible injustice. IMO, he's underrated, since he's the best guitarrist ever.

[@christophermorrone4388]

You want underrated? Try Brian May.

[@simpleminds7301]

Belleza...

[@dgmarlea]

David Gilmore. Is probably one of the most under rated guitarist in history. Look at everything this man has done. He rates right up there with "Slow Hand"

[@markparsons7934]

Stirs the emotions like no other guitar solo I know - fantastic!

[@Xpl0ad3r]

Mesmerizing solo! One can NOT simply have enough...

[@kammhron]

Has to be one of the best, if not the best, guitar solo of all time. I actually left the planet for a brief moment.

[@tonyhq1992]

amazing how he speaks with his guitar and mesmerizes the audience

[@whodatis2]

There will never be another guitarist that compares to David Gilmour....EVER

[@swebonny]

The position of that light is freaking brilliant.

[@ishmamnaveel2020]

my heart just melted into a billion pieces ...i have no words

[@hedgehogtitan]

I get goose bumps everytime I listen to this...LOVE IT!!!

[@SweetSourMiss]

I get chill bumps all over - every single time - when I listen to this solo!

[@TheKyvin]

It is simply impressive how one person can hold such a Huge audience without breath!

[@antoniomusura1963]

Ultimate guitar solo by the ultimate guitar master. Wish I had been there.

[@hasannoyan]

heaven is the place where comfortably numb's second solo never ends.

[@suryaxps]

Thank you Sir David Gilmour for this.. You are the reason I choose to learn guitar ..

[@gsmark455]

This is arguably the best guitar solo ever. It's way more about the emotion than the speed of it, anyway. And the bald guy dancing is definitely into it. Gilmour is a master, no doubt

[@DoctorVock]

I've been playing this clip every day now for ages. Goosebumps every time! Amazing. Sir David of Gilmour - we salute you.

[@StevieMuso]

Pure feeling. He wrings the soul out of every note. It's up there with the greatest solos of all time, with Stairway to Heaven, Crossroads, All along the Watchtower, Highway Star etc.

[@return2earthvideochannel]

The ultimate testament to Master Gilmour, a musician who truly reached the heavens during this memorable performance playing his favourite black Strat - best heard through headphones.

[@mavrick0ck]

the bald dancer is now my new hero! he doesnt care and is going for it like its his last day to live! i salute you sir!

[@Thanatiphoros]

This is my favorite Guitar solo of all time..... Its pureness is just unmatched..... I usually listen to Metal, but this blows my mind..... Hail David Gilmour and his Strat.....

[@buddy39914]

it's amazing how it gives me massive chills, only when the solo comes. no other song can do that.

[@Cook9698]

One of the best solos of all time!!

[@MrNarkolaj]

This solo wakes emotions in me that i didn't even know i had. This is one of these solos just can't describe with words or learn to play. It's one you gotta feel when you play it !

[@rolfiflo]

This is the best solo ever I heard! VIVE LES PINK FLOYD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Nightwing690]

I swear to this, I have seen Pink Floyd about 3 times in my life, and every single time David solos to comfortably Numb, I can't but start crying because I can feel the emotion and soul in the playing of that sexy guitar and it makes me very emotional

[@vejes88]

man getting stoned and listening to david gilmour play the strings, just makes me feel like im out of this universe, long live to david gilmour!!!!

[@saiqulhaq]

the best guitar solo and guitarist ever

[@capnbill99]

That is an epic solo. No two ways about it, but I love, love, love the one from the Robert Wyatt Meltdown show. The Black Strat is a badass guitar, but the way he makes the Gretsch scream is even more impressive.

[@idum01]

it doesn't matter if he is average or what else, if you can create such a masterpiece that's the real achievement

[@TheSantiayo]

I could listen this solo all the day and i will still love it!!! David Gilmour Forever!!!