Last Pink Floyd Reunion Live 8 2005 | Rock Reaction!!

[@Whistlewalk]

I purchased my first Pink Floyd album (yup a real album) when I was in my first year of university. I bought more. I'm 75 now. And they are still an amazing sound. Will never get tired of listening to them. We were spoiled with so, so much phenominal music in the day.

[@Donagal1]

Vinyl is the only way to listen to Pink Floyd!

[@NancyAntczak-wm9jy]

1974 or 75 Milwaukee County Stadium saw Pink Floyd for $12.50. I will never forget it, now I'm 65. Love Pink Floyd!!

[@mattec5694]

Polo-man. Don't let traffic stop you from the live Rock experience! I'm in LA and despise traffic and parking. Here's what I do when I'm forced to drive to a big show: 1. Make sure your afternoon and following mornings are clear. 2. A couple hours before doors open, Drive to a spot with about a 20 minute walk to the venue. (Avoiding all traffic) 3. Take a nice 20 minute walk to the venue (or a nearby restaurant/bar/park etc) 4. If you can't/don't wanna walk, grab a cheap uber/cab. 5. Get to the venue early and people watch 6. Melt your mind with the power of live communal rocknroll. 7. Take your time leaving, you're in no rush. 8. Wave at everybody in line to exit the parking lot as you head straight to the street. 9. Walk a safe distance from the venue to get a cab/car service - OR with all the rocknroll energy - just walk back to your car. 10. Drive home without ever having to sit thru concert traffic.

[@davidcarroll1168]

The fact that they were on the same stage for this long was a small miracle. Roger Waters (bass, backing vocals & primary lyricist) is famously prickly and opinionated. David Gilmour fought him hard to get the music equal time with the words. Rick Wright (keyboards & vocals) has since died, and Waters is at war with the world. There will never be another PF reunion, but this was pretty cool. Happy that you liked it.

[@jdog6620]

facts!! surprised no fights.

[@girs666]

Huge miracle

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

Waters was the backbone and engine after the flops after Barret , He saved and drove the thing . Best material then , Yes a taskmaster and often not liked, fr it .

[@sebastianblack6506]

@@kevanbodsworth9868 Undoubtedly a lyrical genius. Floyd was at its best when the other three made contributions to the music. The Final Cut is what happens when the other members were cut from the creative process. I know some people enjoy it, but not me.

[@LuizCarlos-uq5iy]

O mundo é espinhoso. Waters é um gênio e faz da sua arte instrumento de luta e resistência contra a violência. Pink Floyd reunido é muito mais que a soma de suas partes.

[@Boots_McScoots]

I was living in Boston when this concert happened, watching a live feed with the glow from Fenway Park illuminating the night sky. The civility between Gilmour and Waters was short-lived, but thank fuck it happened before Rick died.

[@nickkleiber8636]

These old dinosaurs can and could still play!!! Greatest band of all time!!

[@ProfessorMystery77]

When I saw this in 2005 I literally could not believe that Gilmour and Waters had gotten on the same stage together again. But it was GLORIOUS.

[@scott3744]

Some of the very best music ever written or performed... absolutely timeless... 👍

[@lyvmyk9988]

My wife and I were driving back home from Chicago and we knew what station on our car radio was carrying Live Aid. We heard Pink Floyd being announced and we pulled over onto an off ramp and we listened to the concert. We had tears in our eyes as the last notes of "Comfortably Numb" faded. We were also lucky enough to see the Pulse concert in Indy. My favorite band.

[@lindawilliams2211]

Lucky you...

[@lindawilliams2211]

I use to think no one could make their guitar sing with them like David Gilmore, until I heard Chris Stapleton. It sings with him too. Lol 😊❤🎉 But, David wins. STILL... Always.❤

[@utmaggie07]

Their music is transcendental. They are poets

[@EileenParise]

Been a Floyd fan since the 60s , I’m 70 now, there will never be another band to come close to

[@utubehound69]

Nick Mason is a great drummer I love his style.

[@yosshy4774]

He was a beast behind those drums, but he had to play in the direction the other guys were going

[@HughCorbyCruick]

He knew how to complement the other musicians without needing any spotlight.

[@MikeGuerr]

I went to a Pink Floyd concert in June 1975 and it is by far the best concert I’ve ever been to. In those days PF would open the show playing songs that had not been released yet, and then play the music from their latest release. At this concert they opened with a couple songs that would later be released on their Animals album (Sheep and Dogs), then Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Have A Cigar from their soon to be released Wish You Were Here album. Finally they played the entire Dark Side Of The Moon from start to finish, and the encore was Echoes from their Meddle album. What a phenomenal concert and show!!!

[@lindaallison9271]

David Gilmour... that voice is unparalleled and combine that with his guitar playing... it is life altering. ❤

[@SM-ri2df]

Between the albums Meddle , Dark Side Of The Moon , Wish You Were Here and Animals I got to see Pink Floyd 7 times.. Amazing Times The 70's .

[@farrenrohana]

You are so lucky! I saw them in 94 in Vancouver and was absolutely thrilled I got to see them just once, my #1 favorite band! I'm 61 now and always wished I had been born about 10 yrs earlier. I would have hitch hiked to California and stayed there to watch all my amazing bands come into being! I'm still waiting for Polo to get to The Eagles especially Hotel California and the documentary!

[@lindawilliams2211]

😊I am so jealous. ❤

[@perlaintveen]

I was in my bedroom in Concepción, Chile, I cried the whole time watching this, just like now I'm crying in Santiago de Chile. Everytime i see this little show I cry, I can´t help it

[@grelch]

25 years since Roger and the other 3 had played together. 11 years since David, Nick and rick had played together. Not only had Roger and the other 3 not played together but they had spent a lot of time in court suing each other, and even more time spitting venom at each other in the press. No one, not one Pink Floyd fan in existence had any hope that they'd ever play together again. 25 years, and in the first 3 notes.... there it was. There was the sound that had been dormant for decades. I won't say that any of the versions they played this night were the best they'd ever done it. Pretty middle of the road, tbh. But for people who hadn't played together in decades it was a remarkable, emotional display. I'm not ashamed to say that I cried like a baby. Alright, maybe a little ashamed. But I'd waited a long, long time.

[@foust71]

Top notch comment. Absolutely nailed it, and I feel so much the same.

[@anahatatutu]

I find this last true Floyd concert to be better than the band that carried on without Roger, or the band Roger put together, for that matter.

[@GayleKazanis]

Still keeping this grandma good company Polo ❤ your good Rx for me! Thanks !

[@VickiS-7080]

I only saw them once.... but the best concert I have seen. Dark Side of the Moon tour.

[@shecaso]

21:32 Nick takes his headphones to listen to the best guitar solo ever.

[@Cherokeelion]

Exactly what he did! Ripped them right off

[@chrisnealis4270]

He was fully in the moment and taking it all in. I think they all knew that it would be the last time they would all share a stage together, and what a massive and beautiful stage it was. I my mind this still feels like it just happened yesterday.

[@dorothybrown4376]

Did we not have the best music back in the seventies? We may be old now, but we had it going back then. I love your show😊

[@return2earthvideochannel]

My band (The Greatest Show On Earth) like the Floyd, recorded on the EMI Harvest label, and we often shared a stage with Pink Floyd - late 60's, early 70's. David Gilmour does something with his Fender Strat. that gives me chills every time I hear his solos. Beyond Thunderdome - as Tina Turner might say!

[@ernestpacheco8148]

It's great that somebody finally reacted to this show. 👍👍👍

[@dingbat19]

Last ever live performance by the Floyd and it was epic - great to see Roger on stage again with the boys, and sad to see how things have soured so badly over he last few years. RIP Rick 😞

[@thembones1895]

So check this man, this gig was the first time the complete Floyd played together since 1981! Think about it.

[@joaopaulolopes1952]

And the last.

[@ly055sco]

I was at this, right down the front in the Golden Circle. What a day. I'd never been a Pink Floyd fan..seemed to be for stoners and older folk. But...that day and still to this day. It was the greatest live music sound I've ever heard. Out of this world.

[@anXiaryMusic]

12:41 indeed. I love that David to this day has lots of strength in his hands and lots of attack. the one thing I fear to loose with age as a guitarist. my favourite guitarist of all time.

[@mtnvalley9298]

Broke my neck in '96, started playing guitar for hand strength. One '64 D28 and an '12 045 later....hand is still weak but now I can play 'em lol. 60 in April and it's a will finds a way thing for the rest of my days I figure.

[@anXiaryMusic]

@@mtnvalley9298 oh man, thanks for sharing. 39 in may this year, just barely recovered from CTS in both hands. I didn't know if I wanted to keep living without playing at all, but it's the mindset. it's, without even being spiritual about it, indeed an infinite universe with infinite possibilities. what most people don't know, scientifically speaking, is that infinite is way more than we can imagine. all grains of sand on this earth aren't even close to INfinite. it means all things we could do, we do. "somewhere". and we do it an infinite amount of times in all the slightest variations, failing and succeeding at an infinite amount of tasks. what's also scientifically true and actually a pretty recent trending thing in science, is that time is a fake perception of ours, because we experience in sequence. a light beam is instantly were it's pointed, we see it travel though (light speed). so even though it sounds impossible, apparently all things, this concert, and the day you might as well be the one self of yours that starts playing really well (because one of you has to due to the infinite possibilities) are happening in what we, for lack of a better word, call "now". and another you wouldn't think it's possible to move on from stuff like that, but it seems everything not only is, but must be. all the best, man :) what an inspiring story you have, thanks again :)

[@Kristina-jf4hd]

Agreed! David is definitely my favorite guitarist of all time.

[@anXiaryMusic]

@@mtnvalley9298 all the best :)

[@anXiaryMusic]

@@Kristina-jf4hd nice :D

[@Joshualuv13]

This music is just so nostalgic for me and many others growing up with it ,I think I was 10 when I was first introduced to pink Floyd by my older sisters.. though now 61 . It just transports you back in time.

[@phoebeandtilly]

When I was a teenager, we used to go to the Planetarium in Bradenton and get high, watch the stars and listen to Pink Floyd.

[@johnkellis8456]

Polo, thanks for reviewing this amazing reunion. If only they could have done it for an album and tour. Alas.....

[@jonathansmith3742]

When I saw this in 2005 I was almost in tears. Pink Floyd together again. I had seen The Wall in 1980 and was bummed when they broke up. Decades later here they are jammin it up. Dick Parry on saxophone. What these guys did as a team was "Louder Than Words." The last Pink Floyd song. Thanks Polo

[@andrewskivington6453]

I was there! So many people were leaving to get the last trains home as the concert was already overrunning by the time Pink Floyd came on... basically meant I could get closer and closer to the front 🙂 Had to make a run for it myself when they had finished, missed the end with Paul McCartney - but super happy I got to see a four piece PF play on stage in my lifetime.

[@skylarv10]

I was blessed to be there. Never thought I would ever see them live and am sad no one will have the chance to see the magic that is Pink Floyd live again. I’d give anything for one more time!

[@andrea-v2s]

What was the atmosphere like in the audience when they arrived on stage and started playing?

[@braeserl]

My first hearing of Pink Floyd was in 1967.....my, 10 years older Brother, played it for me.....i was age 7 at this time and became an instantly fan, what i've being 'till today and further on....

[@Rolow6969]

Gilmour is one of the smoothest Axe players in the music industry and he just has this amazing ability to put you in a trance and even when he is hitting the really high notes it gives me some kind of feeling of weightlessness that is hard to explain but God does it feel good!!!❤❤❤❤

[@quintondees4501]

I saw them live in the late eighties while stationed in Europe.....best ever!!!!! Their music is timeless

[@ronpickens2396]

They are on another level.

[@thabudmaster]

amazing day....LIVE8, Pink Floyd reunion & many other great performances.

[@wendyb5528]

@POLO REACTS welcome aboard the Pink Floyd trip. Hang on,,,, its going to be a ride you will never ever regret. To think of the music they wrote way back and on and on, is so overwhelming to me. They , in my opinion, are the faces you would see if you looked up "Timeless" in the dictionary. Absolutely Timeless!!! If you haven't yet checked out "Learning to Fly" do yourself a huge favour and listen to it!!! It is one of my favourite songs from Pink FLoyd. Such a beautiful song and with David's singing, it takes me away somewhere just not sure where. lol I would say that among the group, David Gilmour has the best voice. Incredible that a band can get into your soul and leave you shedding tears from its beauty.

[@chrisautry9479]

I remember running over to my friend Patrick's place to watch this whole live show. It was so special watching the whole band perform again.

[@UrbanTaxi99]

This is quintessentially a British sound, and artistry. I am not usually that patriotic, yet there is no denying the very best of the art form does emanate from those little islands.

[@paulauvray1962]

My Band since 1967 and up to the end for me 😍😍😍

[@colrhodes377]

I remember watching this live on TV. This was the highlight of the whole gig. The very next day, Pink Floyd sales grew massively and anything that was over the year on year expected sales was given to the Live 8 charity. That was a hell of a lot of money.

[@GayleKazanis]

Memory of a beanbag chair ❤ good sound system ❤ Young ❤ peace Polo ✌️...

[@SleepSoundsAndBabyLullabies]

This is nothing short of therapy! It's compulsory chill, it's just NOT possible to be anything other than chill watching and hearing this, and what a bass sound...Always had THE best back up too...THIS!

[@dillwack]

God that was hard for David and Nick but they did it 😂 be the bigger man ✊🏼

[@brent4209]

Saw them on the pulse your in 94 , when they announced the lineup for Live8 my soul rejoiced in pure joy because I knew what a highlight this would be in so many lives.

[@jean-yvesmartin6934]

There will NEVER be a band like them again.

[@wendymcinnis5937]

All the amazing rockers still doing their thing! They were young back in the day, but rock is their life, and they gotta roll. Great music lasts forever! what band out there today can even come close?!

[@joannefrancia5940]

At 24:11, and also at the end of that song that’s David’s wife Polly and one of their sons waving along to the music.

[@davidanon1568]

The Dark Side of the Moon is such a classic 70s album. The band members are so much older here than when they did the album, like 30 years older, but they still had it. Great reaction !

[@madelineanabella6400]

To see Pink Floyd live. To actually be there is truly an unforgettable, out of this world experience 🚀💕

[@chrisjenkins6120]

🎼My hair stands up when I hear David Gilmour play his guitar. Pink Floyd has and always will be a musical institution.🎼❤️

[@martinmorris5997]

It was just amazing how the passion of Bob Geldof got this band back together for 20odd minutes of magic. How he did it we just don’t know, but since then Gilmore and Walters are still having their little wars, although they have appeared on each others shows occasionally to confuse the issue somewhat. Very complex, and in the midst of it is their joint love for Syd, their one time leader and songwriter who has always been at the centre of the bands ethos and beating heart.

[@deniseelliott5632]

Polo, I've had the good fortune of seeing a ton of concerts in the 80's and 90's, so many great bands, but it will always be....I saw Pink Floyd twice, and then every other show. They are in their own category live, noone comes close!!!

[@joannefrancia5940]

David Gilmour once said that when he sings “Wish You Were Here” he’s absolutely always thinking about Syd. This song is about Syd. RIP Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett.

[@Kristina-jf4hd]

Saw them twice; 1988 & 1995 (Pulse tour with VIP floor seats). Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time.; Gilmour is my favorite guitarist of all time; and Comfortably Numb is my favorite song of all time. 💕

[@stuartwatts3388]

Comfortably Numb is one of my favorite ever songs. Makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. Amazing solo, but it’s more than just that

[@cjr1324]

This is in my top 5 best live performances ever. And it is arguably the most important historically. One thing about this set that makes me smile is when Nick Mason rips off his headset right before the first solo in Comfortably Numb. This happens at 21:30 in your video Polo. Nick was as excited to hear David play as anyone in the crowd. From that point until the end of the song, every time they flash to Nick, he's smiling. He knew then that he would most likely never be on stage with the rest of the guys watching and hearing David play these solos.

[@allsorts9909]

Was outside Hyde park when this was on. Lots of people trying to climb over the plywood wall

[@deanbrydges2434]

This was the music we grew up with. Every album competing with the last. Saw them live twice and each one was not a concert it was an event. I feel sorry for today's musicians as they can't overcome the tracks that were laid down years before or even embrace the majesty of creating this sound. Wow!

[@se9f282]

Thanks for this Polo. I did not know it existed. Chills and awe. There once was an FM radio station in Florida that only played Led Zeppelin. The owners complained. So they added Pink Floyd. Period.

[@moosehose]

I remember watching this live, it was the coolest thing ever to have all four on the same stage again!

[@DianeGraham-od7ow]

After a concert you’re usually floating along on a cloud and don’t notice the journey home 😊

[@ozzyzak]

I tear up every time I watch this one.

[@sherryherrick6567]

That band is outstanding!

[@homesteadjeff1419]

I'm ALWAYS so happy to see the younger generations finding REAL music. Yes, REAL music existed even before this was produced by many decades. However, the new generations of music pale in comparison to the artistic ingenuity and soul-filling passion. THANK YOU Polo for bringing this music upon more deaf ears. It is truly an honor to witness your joy in Pink Floyd's music. God Bless

[@andymccracken4046]

Great to see that again, remember watching it on TV when it happened.

[@stevecowder4774]

Most definitely a rare spectacle to witness Waters and Gilmour on the same stage, in more recent times. I’ve been a Floyd fan since the early ‘80s when “ The Wall “ had really hit it’s stride. But no matter how old these guys are getting, I’ll never grow tired of watching them in concert. And I agree that the studio version of “ Money “ is the more pleasurable version. No band could ever combine the elements of jazz and the blues better than Pink Floyd. Glad you enjoyed the video !

[@stratguy1784]

This was a big one. I remember sitting and watching MTV all day to see them play.

[@jack-1955]

Same here, and that idiotic MTV host started talking right in the middle of David's second guitar solo during Comfortably Numb. Needless to say, I was cussing up a storm, calling him every name in the book, and a few that haven't been invented yet. I'll never forget that.

[@SuperNetSpyder]

Polo, it's been a while since I've hit your vids - thanks for reminding me why you're the best at this...

[@fidizila]

I watched this show live, 19 years ago! One of the best performance of "Confortably Numb"! The solo is mesmerizing! See the band reunited after years still gives me goosebumps.

[@anXiaryMusic]

wow,.unexpected. I remember being 19 and staying awake all night to play wish you were here with David. so much about this short set is remarkable and you watching it makes me really happy for some reason. much love from Hamburg in Germany :) edit: 5:30 am, gonna be performing instrumental guitar music in the streets again like every week-day, and two staples are "goodbye, blue sky" and "is there anybody ouy there?" by this great band.

[@kevinwagoner9488]

I was fortunate enough to see 2 tours, one in late 80s and one in mid 90s. Still my favorite concerts. BTW I highly recommend the tribute band Brit Floyd, the do a great job covering.

[@thecrazyhouse8861]

I was there that day. It was quite literally amazing. Words can't even describe how it felt standing in front of that stage and hearing them live. I still talk about it today and bore my own kids with it 😂

[@steveboyes2090]

Love it Nick wants to hear that solo, who needs the headphones. That’s Davids wife and kids at the 24:13 and 26:28 marks as well. Great stuff.

[@farrenrohana]

Pink Floyd is my #1 favorite band of all time. In the 90's I had collected every cassette tape I could find of theirs including some bootleg tapes, (tapes made illegally which is so hilarious these days but I was so proud to have them, lol!) They were geniuses, their music so unique and thought provoking, I know every single note, every word! I love their early stuff too especially Obscured by Clouds. I went to tons of concerts in Vancouver BC throughout the 80's and 90's and it was always my dream to see Pink Floyd. I finally saw them in '94, I think it was, and I couldn't believe I got to see them live, it was an incredible show! It was the last concert I ever went to and a perfect ending to that chapter of my life! ❤❤❤❤

[@rvggersn]

Obscured is awesome. If you can ever somehow find a copy or viewing of La Vallee’ DO IT.!

[@patrickkeenan8109]

Sit back, relax and listen to the whole Darkside of the Moon album start to finish, you won’t be disappointed. I was brought up listening to albums as they told a story.

[@Papabob1957]

That was an amazing show

[@toddmichelfelder3417]

I saw Pink Floyd a few times and I remember watching this! All 4 of these guys are/ were immensely talented and the music they made simply took over the hearts and minds of millions!!!

[@johnconway8334]

The last guitar solo by Gilmour is almost a religious experience! Are there sadder lyrics than "the child has grown, the dream is gone"

[@SuperPuddingcat]

It was 1976 and my 13 year old self saw a friends sister wearing a Pink Floyd t-shirt. “Who‘s Pink Floyd?” I asked, “step into my room and let me blow your mind” she replied, and proceeded to put Dark Side of the Moon on the turntable.

[@pamb.7753]

Love their music. Thanks for this glimpse.

[@lisafayepranger8561]

always always chills to the start of Dark Side and Breathe.

[@alansmith7626]

they are such a force together...

[@algraham5695]

Good review. They hadnt played together for 25 years. Had 1 x 3 hour rehearsal and you got that.....best band on the planet....do Echoes at Gdansk, last ever performance of the song before Richard passed. It will put you in touch with your ancestors.......🙂

[@gingerjoygreco9869]

TRUE THAT!!...ECHOES at Gdansk!!!💖⚡️🙋🏻‍♀️⚡️💖

[@fyve4321]

I was v lucky to be there.

[@RaZcal911]

Gilmour is an absolute wizard on the guitar.

[@simonmetcalfe5926]

There are issues within that band, that will never be resolved. Them coming together for Live 8, was almost miraculous!

[@JohnLennon99791]

a..MAZING!!!

[@WilliamHomer-o3i]

Saw them at Knebworth Park England 1985

[@Mellelllen]

This music is so much a part of me that I feel Im sharing something quite intimate watching you experience it for a first time. I really can't explain it any other way. Its very personal... I have had a traumatic beginning , this and other music you have shared, got me through. Thanks for having the courage to share your experience with us.

[@eleonorclark2623]

Freaking Amazing!!! I loved this right here. They’ve been around so long, I’m 51😜

[@awakeforever]

Man being live at a great concert is Life changing i think its worththe traffic I have been to see radiohead, ben harper, tori amos , tom petty van Morrison , mum,

[@Meine.Postma]

Together they were the best

[@deadcell47]

Traffic jams, yeah, haha. I went to a concert about an hour away from where I live, it took me 3 hours after the concert ended before I could start my car to leave the parking area. Then when I saw Dead and Co. last year I heard stories of it taking people 6+ hours to get into the camping spots. Some missed the first night. But, I still love seeing live music and a bit of traffic is worth it to me.

[@NBKenC]

I, like many others, was watching this when it happened. And I'm eternally grateful for Bob Geldof and whoever else made it happen: because such a reunion had seemed improbable.

[@NessyNess182]

I remember getting tears seeing this, never thought it would happen. You could see it in the faces out there.. it was powerful for us PF fans...

[@patbutler6702]

Enjoyed listening to them again. Very different sitting in your living room and listening. Being there with so many in the night air. Takes you to a different place.

[@19HurdyGurdyMan46]

Thanks Polo, really enjoyed this. Peace be with you. You might also like some of the things Roger Waters has been doing over the last few years, during 'lockdown' and onwards

[@marlakay]

David & Roger 2 rock gods🎉🎉🎉🎉