Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (Pulse Concert) [FIRST TIME REACTION]

[@keyrat1753]

Pink Floyd were absolute masters of the live performance. They are meticulous musicians who want their fans to feel like they got their money’s worth at a Pink Floyd concert.

[@Cashcrop54]

Nothing more true than that. I love how they include the crowd in the light show. Your word meticulous is spot on.

[@tracywardfilms4221]

facts

[@2110jacko]

I was lucky enough to be in the crowd for this performance. The most mind-blowing gig I ever went to

[@katapult9999]

I bought my first Pink Floyd album in 1969 (Ummagumma) and saw them live in 1971 and 4 more times after that. For me This is the BEST band of all times. Now I'm 71 years old and still listen to them everyday.

[@paulmorrissey8078]

Best reaction I've viewed.

[@balthazartrumpi6808]

Welcome to the heavenly realm of Pink Floyd's Pulse concert. Every song shines here, quite literally (the light show!). Every song will leave you spellbound. So please react to more of them. They will give you a much deeper insight into what Pink Floyd is all about.

[@marklunn41]

I’ve been to more concerts than I can remember - quite literally. This PULSE concert left them all in the dust.

[@ElizabethFenna]

first time 1974

[@KittyGotSued]

same for me, seen 100's, but with this tour the music and the show were so perfectly combined. A lot of LED is used today in combination with screens and live human performances, but how overwhelming it can be, it misses the dynamics and pure art.

[@therealjaalyn]

I wasn't at Earl's Court but I saw them on this Pulse tour. It was one of the greatest things I've ever experienced. I love seeing people discover Pink Floyd and what incredible musicians they were, as well as what insanely wonderful shows they put on. No one can make a guitar sing like David Gilmour. You don't listen to Pink Floyd, you experience them. 😀

[@tucorameriz3538]

High Hopes and Sorrow from the same concert (Pulse).

[@ronnie241259]

High Hopes at the Royal Albert Hall is more impressive, with the acoustic endsolo.

[@toddbintz9868]

I agree..these two were my favorite from that concert even though they aren’t my two favorite Floyd tunes in general The renditions of these two are so damn flawless for a live session, it’s crazy

[@SuHo-bp1iy]

And Keep Talking ... And Run Like Hell ... And Great Gig In The Sky from the same show. And High Hopes and Sorrow as well as Faces Of Stone and In Any Tongue from Gilmour's Pompeii Show

[@SuHo-bp1iy]

@@ronnie241259 Royal Festival Hall? The Meltdown Concert? Coming Back To Life was great there too. But the lead in to Shine On always brings a tear to my eye.

[@lovejetfuel4071]

You cant get better than Pink Floyd

[@jonhenke1504]

I always love it when a new reactor is impressed by the light show during the first guitar solo! They usually don't realize that by the end of the second guitar solo it's going to look a lot like the aliens landing in close encounters of the third kind at the end of that movie!!! A simple term for how Pink Floyd makes you feel and makes most people feel is that they are hypnotic! Their music puts you in a trance and you feel like you're floating is I believe a description of how most people feel! You know one last thing bobbing your head back and forth is cool I guess and if you like keeping time with the music but if you look into the audience during a Pink Floyd concert NOBODY IS MOVING! The entire audience is usually transfixed on the light show the music and sits still in amazement just watching!

[@3Dmusicguy]

I hear you there Pink Floyd Live is what I'd consider a major highlight of my entire life... You cannot listen to David live without coming out the other side changed in some wonderful way...

[@PatrickORourke-yz3xn]

I couldn't have assessed it better, Sohum! PF does all those things to me, too. I'm 59 and a big PF fan, but I didn't know about this recording until KZbin. I sent it to my daughter (23) and she said it made her cry. Mission accomplished!

[@CWJL1111]

Ethereal.. that’s exactly the word to describe the experience!!❤

[@marke8323]

I saw this Tour and still have my Ticket Stub! You are very talented, not many people can watch a video with their eyes closed...

[@showmoke]

Keep hold of it - we might see you on the BBC's 'Antiques Road Show' getting it evaluated! Might be worth something to a collector.

[@tomhaywiser282]

I seen them about 5 months earlier than this show in Pittsburgh and the show ended with this song. I looked at my wife beside me and saw tears running down her face. When I asked what was wrong she just said I don't want this show to end.

[@Sohum]

what an experience you two had together, wow

[@ritagryphon222]

A wonderful reaction.. Love to watch someone hear The Big Solo for the first time

[@riveralph3687]

David Gilmour achieved the greatest performance ever of the perfect solo here. It makes you feel EVERY note. Such a maestro! Brings me to tears every time I hear it. Totally immersive as you have indicated.

[@turkeyman1599]

I saw this concert three nights in a row in Philly it was absolutely the most amazing thing I've ever seen

[@conradcoleby]

Gilmore, Gilmore, Gilmore. Sheer genius. Who else gets so much emotion out of the guitar. He is the guitar and the guitar is him. One.

[@marie-v2j]

'A river of notes' love that!

[@kevenbridges9433]

There you go. The greatest solo ever played.

[@echoesyt]

30 years ago today, I was at the Pulse Concert in Houston Texas. The rain going through the lasers and the lightning on the down beats. Unfortunately the rain shorted out the stage and we didn’t get to see this song this night. But I had 13 more chances through the summer on 1994.

[@raeanneisenreich7378]

I was at that concert. The best concert ever. David Gilmour is incredible!! Blew me away.

[@GaiaNative]

Fantastic reaction to a sublime song from this truly amazing band. Thank you, all the way from New Zealand.

[@roltyd22]

Its not music its an experience

[@calibrax]

That concert is a visual masterpiece and you spent most of it with your eyes closed.

[@patrickwouters6568]

I'm sure he will look it again...and again

[@3Dmusicguy]

I think he was entranced by the guitar and he obviously loved what he was hearing... I bet he will watch it again very soon...

[@norahdenovan8658]

They were genius, end off. They will live forever. ❤️🙏

[@chrisnelson143]

The best live guitar solo ever recorded.

[@smithpm81]

best band best song best version

[@gbsailing9436]

Now you're ready for SORROW from this same concert!!!

[@loredanagaeni1778]

I saw them in Rome more than 30 years ago....unforgettable❤

[@Sohum]

amazing!

[@WALKINGPHONE]

Greatest band ever, greatest solo ever, most powerful guitar player ever

[@johnkochen7264]

Each time I hear this I am mesmerized by the second guitar solo and how David Gilmour and Nick Mason’s drums are in perfect synch with each other all the while having the keyboards and bass accentuate the emotions it elicits.

[@AtmosphericSoundArt]

Best solo ever !

[@LunarGodess]

💜 this! I was at their concert in Minneapolis way back then! Who else has their original Pulse CD with the blinking light on the side?? Please do Learning to Fly... It's about the flight of Icarus. One of my favs!

[@psychoween]

I saw this tour at the OSU Stadium. It was incredible! Nothing compares to seeing them live.

[@johnstroup3868]

"River of notes." Excellent characterization. Nice analysis.

[@melvisroberts3715]

Pink floyd made a wall of sound and when you're at a concert you hear the music, you see the music in the vibration of the lights, and you feel it in the vibration of the room

[@robscott9414]

I felt it in the vibration of my spleen.

[@keyrat1753]

From the same Pulse collection of songs, please check out SORROW, and also RUN LIKE HELL.

[@carlakane3313]

I hope that you are a writer. You use the best words. This performance provides the same high every single listen. Great reaction.

[@Cashcrop54]

I feel the reason David's guitar is so good beyond the obvious is he restrains himself from muddying the water with too many notes. I have heard him playing fast but there is not a flood of unnecessary notes. They are clear and smooth. This solo is actually the edited short version. I have seen the longer version on YT and it is just as amazing. Loved your reaction. Have to subscribe! Look forward to more Pink Floyd and other videos!

[@glenchapman3899]

Gilmore is not famous for what he plays, it is for what he does not play. As you mention zero clutter, just pure playing

[@brucedickinson12]

Mesmerising solos

[@detroitlady7201]

The Pulse concert was so good, I had to see it twice! I'm a longtime 50+ years fan. No better band or concert seen, and I've been to many! Love David Gilmour's guitar playing! It comes from his soul! Sitting in the audience was like sitting in huge headphones! Speakers in every direction! Felt it for days! Seriously! We didn't know 30 yrs. later we could watch it again anytime! Still get chills!

[@edpowers443]

I was at this show in New Orleans. Awesome! Also listen to The Wall and read the lyrics. The song is not about how the listener feels but how Pink was feeling. You will not regret understanding the songs.

[@davehadley3567]

Imagine being there for the whole concert …this track was the second of three they played as the oncore the whole concert went on for best part of 3 hours the audience was totally enthralled …completely absorbed …

[@steveboyes2090]

You nailed it- they are all expert masters. The whole Pulse concert is off the charts perfection, pick any and all songs. Considering this was 1994, and so far ahead of their time.

[@toniyoung5131]

The song is from 1979.

[@steveboyes2090]

@@toniyoung5131 yeh for sure, I meant the concert production and engineering and talent on stage 👍🔥

[@JimFlickinger]

It always gives me a feeling of introspective peace and swaddles my soul!

[@romanjohnston]

I was there at that tour. 7th row, center stage. Floyd is one of the rare bands that their live stuff is better than their studio work (and their studio work is genius) . It is a spiritual experience that sticks with you your entire life.

[@luisutil9070]

No sir... Pink Floyd does not sound better live than in their studio performances... especially "A delicate sound of thunder" and "Pulse" ... this track is definitely great... and "One of these days" from the delicate shows... but damn, songs like shine on, time, another brick, sound pretty bad in comparison... you were just too mesmerized by the visuals...

[@bertybasilbennett3040]

I must have watched this video so many times and I still get goosebumps every time

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

That is why I love guitar and that is why I love David Gilmour!

[@randymcswain]

" Great Gig in The Sky"................ same concert. Magical.

[@stusacks2220]

This is the music I grew up with and it gratifies me so much to see that it can still be appreciated by today's generation..

[@Pomdownuder]

Something special going on here, Damn right Here comes the Floyd gasm, 😅close your eyes and let it flow through you. It took 54 semi trailers to leapfrog the 3 stage sets around the world. 2 Boeing jumbo cargo jets and an antanov military heavy lift freight aircraft shifting the greatest tonnage ever for a touring band

[@annjohnson994]

You'll love all the songs from that concert.

[@3Dmusicguy]

I was fortunate enough to catch this tour live... I really enjoyed watching you listening to this... It is so reaffirming to know that this song from the 80's still hits hard in 2024... I'd love to see you do a reaction video listening to the whole Pink Floyd, Dark Side Of The Moon album... Fortunately, the entirety of the Pulse concert is on KZbin as one video and the second half of the concert is The Dark Side Of The Moon followed by the encore songs from the tour... It is an experience I'd really enjoy watching... You really appreciate what you are listening to and it is very refreshing... Subscribed!

[@arclight545]

First rule: You never take your eyes off of the show. Pink Floyd is as much a visual show as a musical one. Every Time you close your eyes or look away you defeat the purpose. Especially with the Pulse concert. You want to close your eyes, look away react to the studio recordings. Most people who watch Pink Floyd reaction videos want to the see the reaction of the Reactor when the lights hit. When the reality that the lights are moving with the music. When the lights are magnifying the emotions they are feeling. Basically you wasted 10 min of our time and your own.

[@showmoke]

100% agree with you. I think in many cases, the reviewer doesn't have a monitor in front of them so is not watching the video of the performance at the time of recording. I'm not sure if that is the case here, but with some other reviewers it's very obvious that they are not watching a screen probably because there is no screen in the room at the time. One can see that their head and eyes are moving around everywhere and it's clear that they are not focussed on any monitor.

[@darylabbott2032]

Pretty sure they spent around 100 million on the light show alone out of 298 million total. They always wanted you to experience the show along with their music. Saw them in 94 at Clemson Stadium may 12th

[@teresawingbermuehle4212]

There IS NO OTHER Band like them Then or Now

[@geraldherrmann787]

You should explore the whole concert.

[@jurgenschober5280]

I love Pink Floyd, saw them live in 1989✊️

[@angharaddenby3389]

That was the second encore. By the time they started this, they had already been playing for 2 and a quarter hours!

[@harrye9509]

Epic, epic, epic stuff. From decades ago. Still on the top. Recommend On the turning away from the dedicate sound live album. Great moment, when Gilmour takes Lady Margrets famous tone to lead his (also epic) solo to the end

[@richnimchuk3672]

I first got my taste of Pink Floyd at the age of just 8 years old when an older brother took me to see The Dark Side of the Moon back in 1973. I have listened to them ever since and my 18 year old son loves them as much as I do.

[@zombie2592]

Great language. You have an excellent descriptive turn of phrase.

[@marilynshaw7434]

Brilliant analysis dude

[@Sohum]

thanks!

[@richardturk7162]

Back before you were born were bands with members that were real artists/ musicians that were just that good. The 60s and 70s were a magical time for music I am grateful I was growing up during that time and got to experience live shows like Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles and 100s of others.

[@botlus4727]

This never gets old! Love it, love it!!! Liked your reaction as well👍👍 Cheers from Berlin 👍🍀😎

[@davidfranklin4789]

I was at that very performance. Awesome

[@magnolia7277]

Great reaction to a masterpiece.

[@ruperterskin2117]

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@GryLi]

Open your eyes, its better with visuals ;) , Pink floyd are masters of the show

[@roymeryman8098]

May wanna try “Sorrow” and “Great gig in the Sky” and “Run like hell” from the Pulse concert. Look for the re-edited version on KZbin in 4k (picture’s better).

[@DavideDurand-g7q]

Very good reaction. Next song "Sorrow" from the same concert. Vidéo screen is a bit cut on the edges

[@tracywardfilms4221]

high hopes is great, along side "time" and pretty much every other pink floyd song known to man

[@toddbintz9868]

Now try High Hopes and Sorrow from the pulse concert. These two renditions were absolutely flawless and awe inspiring. Best of the best imo

[@starrroberts-n9h]

Enjoyed your reaction to entering the Pink Floyd rabbit hole, as others have said, the entire Pulse concert is Awesome, I Hope that you continue seeing how far the rabbit hole goes from here, after the entire Pulse concert, you have started on a long journey that your Heart, Spirit and Soul will be most greatful to have taken my Friend, 🙂

[@allanwalsh4199]

Loved your reaction bro 😆😆👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Sohum]

Thank you 😁

[@recabitejehonadab2654]

Great reaction! Can’t wait for your reaction to High Hopes and Sorrow same pulse concert 😊.

[@deanfranklin4054]

I got to see this tour, hard to believe 30 years in May. You said this was 3 years before you were born, my daughter can technically say she was at the concert as well as her mother was 4 months pregnant. The solo is actually about 3 minutes longer, been edited for time I suppose. Been in the haze you speak of since the 70s.

[@bobjacava]

DUDE_Really??? U Spoke So Eloquently, I Mean UR Choice of Words were Magic in Themselves U-Spoke what I Imagined. Dude Thanx, Thanx Peace Bob

[@jim1125-cv6yg]

200,000 watts of power, 128 wireless speakers, 3 outside power trucks. FAA clearance needed for lasers. Disco Ball is a Big FU to music critics said the will nor sell. They don;t play 4 min. 4 beat dance music ( why not a lot of radio play) check out 1985 album cover "Pink Floyd collection of dance songs. this is their last concert with 14 days in a row sold out. saw this 5 times. Dave wrote for a solo on a acoustic guitar,.Gave to Roger who wrote the lyrics.

[@j.k.1963]

Music that again and again and again does what is it made for. 😶‍🌫️🤧.......🤯🥳

[@brianlipskey8440]

if you really want to see the "supporting singers" flex, listen to Great Gig in the Sky from this Pulse concert.....its off the charts....

[@stevecollette6831]

Another band with an insane live version of a great song: Rush-YYZ from their R30 in Rio tour. You know you love them, but then are elevated to another plane when they get the chance to do it live.

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

I was there smoking loads of spliffs!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@miamicool666]

Thanks for the arrow, I hadn't noticed the ball above the audience.

[@Christopher51now]

Just watch the whole show from the start. ✌️

[@philipkudrna5643]

Next: „High hopes“ and „Keep Talking“ of the same concert! The pulse concert was a „once in a lifetime“ event. People who were lucky enough to see them live will still tell their grandchildren about it. It was an all senses experience, and they did not save money on anything. The computerized Lightshow was the first of its kind (because before that computers simply weren‘t powerful enough!) And it was so ahead of its time that it puts you in awe even 30 years later!

[@anthonymalovrh2912]

Get the lyrics, read them for a deeper understanding. Most everyone on the stage is singing along at various points in the performance. As you get older, comfortably numb may have a deeper meaning.

[@r.awilliams9815]

"The child is grown, the dream is gone."

[@showmoke]

@@r.awilliams9815 - the most heart wrenching lyrics ever written for ANY song!

[@murrannlehovitch6204]

When you said you were in a haze about 1/2 through, I couldn’t wait for you to hear the rest. When this CD came out I bought it and played it in my car CD player. It caused me a haze. Bad thing as a driver… fortunately I pulled myself out of it. Listen to Sorrow from the same album if you didn’t already.

[@grantmiller6570]

Great react man, peace out!

[@donaldsperring5055]

This an all time great but almost equally good is the rest of this concert. Sorrow. High Hopes. Great gig in the sky One of these days Run Like Hell. One of the greatest concerts ever !!! Still unmatched by anyone in my opinion.

[@shawnlawson1773]

Check out Run Like Hell from the same concert. It follows CN, and you'll see why it's the finale. Enjoy.

[@gjh9299]

watch The Wall if you can find it, this song is on it, its an album and film so moving

[@markgoodison302]

If you really want breaking try watching"echoes"live in Gdansk,18 minutes of pure musical heaven for the ears, enjoy,

[@yelnikigwawa1845]

The PULSE concert is a LEGENDARY performance. EVERY SONG is an incredible version. It ended up being Floyd’s last tour, the most expensive tour in history to that point, and one of the greatest concert performances ever recorded. The stage took 3 days to set up, two more to break it all down again, and 50+ trucks to haul it around. 180 feet wide, a 120-foot tall arch, and a brain-melting light show. The show was actually better than the video can display (PF put speakers around the perimeter of the venue, so sound could come at you from anywhere.) Do yourself a favor; when time permits, watch the whole 2+ hour concert. It’s worth it.

[@tnichlsn]

heroine trip.

[@dereklonewolf9011]

I've seen them many times young fella, but I like to put my headphones on still when watching The Wall in my living room. 74+ 🍁 hunter Yorkshire expat. Roger Waters has done some great gigs in my hometown 🇨🇦 this is a classic. He also brings vets backstage at intermission time 👍🇬🇧 ps: my Canadian born son's were stunned watching it live

[@ikshields]

Sorcerers of the sublime. Nobody but Pink Floyd could make one of the largest live productions in popular music history feel like it was the inside of someone’s dreams.

[@nancydavis604]

Welcome to the universe that is Pink Floyd my friend, enjoy!

[@cletushouse906]

Anything from PULSE is good. You just can’t go wrong.