Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (Reaction)

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[@lanemimnaugh7486]

I sent peace and love to you for the burdens you carry and also to those that read this message. ✌🏼

[@anthonymichel4660]

And the same to you as well. Have a brilliant holiday everyone, I'm looking forward to seeing more Pink floyd reactions. ✌.

[@lanemimnaugh7486]

@@anthonymichel4660 👍

[@scottastbury7335]

Right back at you 😊

[@anthonymichel4660]

Now if everyone could just open their minds, and If I may quote Pink floyd together we stand, Divided we fall.. 🐖.

[@chrisgardiner2215]

@@anthonymichel4660 .... well they did use that line... but it was Christ that said it originally : )

[@gentoolive]

Random crying while listening to Floyd, Perfectly normal.

[@brianwilson4756]

I’m crying watching her cry!

[@wwestern99]

Still makes me cry after 40 or so years.

[@luminisms]

@@brianwilson4756 I'm not crying, you're crying!

[@MrFrendan]

I’m crying

[@fixer1140]

Completely normal phenomenon

[@nfbuckeye]

Gilmour’s second solo is one of mankind’s greatest achievements.

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

No one can make a guitar weep like him.

[@paulb8471]

The 2nd solo at the Live8 concert may be the greatest ever - makes every nerve ending in me light up and then my eyes just rain tears...

[@heidimclean3644]

Amen to that.

[@terrancesmith5389]

Very well put.

[@guscunningham]

it was sung by Roger Waters Dave Gillmore was keyboard on 'Darkside of the moon'

[@christschool]

This is truly the key to this song: “The child has grown, the dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb.” You don't have to be a heroin addict to understand this lyric and empathize with it. In my opinion, the song is about loosing faith in childhood dreams, childhood expectations for the possible and the realization that most of us are mediocre and average, despite the endless possibilities we believe were there for us as children. We go to work, we pay the bills, we are trapped and just not realizing it that we've become comfortably numb and accepting our station in life despite our soul's depression.

[@davidmiller9485]

Nope, Waters gave an interview where talks about this song specifically. He was ill and the company "doctor" gave him a shot of something to allow him to keep the concert on tract. This song is about that experience.

[@kmiller1341]

@@davidmiller9485 the song is actually about any way the listener envisions it. That’s the beauty of music. He always explains his songs simply leaving it open. But like all Pink Floyd songs there is a very deep meaning about the mechanics in life and the powers at the helm.

[@davidmiller9485]

@@kmiller1341 nice theory but he's already pointed out the meaning behind the song in an vid on KZbin.

[@kmiller1341]

@@davidmiller9485 cool. I know what he said. Some have an ability to read between the lines.

[@cmshort21]

@@davidmiller9485 Roger never writes with one straightforward meaning. His lyrics are written in a brilliant way that are completely open to interpretation.

[@godnnat]

Heard this song a million times .. still brought tears to my eyes

[@stephanierarick2358]

Every damn time!

[@minivan903]

You don't listen to Pink Floyd. You experience Pink Floyd.

[@docamosroxie8686]

Marry me now....your perfect!😜

[@TheHonestView]

Yes yes, very much so.

[@ilovebutterstuff]

And she didn't even get into "You Cannot Reach Me Now" territory.

[@ballajurassic9601]

Pink Floyd IS!

[@prubly68]

You put into words what I was thinking! Yes! Exactly about Pink Floyd!

[@briancourtice2858]

"Did you guys suddenly start feeling happier?" Ninety seconds later she's wiping tears from her eyes. Welcome to the experience that is Pink Floyd.

[@johnharrisbey5270]

HEY FRIEND WHAT YOUR. F E E L I N G I FELT 30 YEARS AGO . HEY YOUR GOOD . THE TRIP IS SAFE. SHINE SOME LIGHT ON THE DARK SIDE. THEY WERE AHEAD IF THERE TIME. WITH. A DEEP MESSAGE. MUSIC IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE LISTEN. TO THE UNIVERSE SPEAKING TO YOU THRU POSITIVE MUSIC AND BECOME COMFORTABLE IN THESE TIMES OF HARDSHIP . PEACE MY FRIEND.

[@jeffburnham6611]

And most of the people that experienced Pink Floyd back in the 60's were experiencing something else: LSD.

[@rastapineda2306]

"Well Said".,,

[@Bluenosegrows]

happy memories .. but sad stories

[@frankholmes4175]

Im sure she knows that the meaning of the song is sadness and the "pin prick" is instant happiness!

[@ed4564]

Ya, the reason you get "happier" is that the song shifts from Bminor (the "hello" part) to Dmajor ("there is no pain"). This song does this a few times. Brilliant.

[@privatename3621]

And if you want to delve deeper, the reason the music is structure this way is because it is parallels the high or rush you get when taking drugs that make you feel a brief ecstasy, only to be dropped down again in dispair. They do it quite effectively in this song. This is why Pink Floyd's music goes way deeper than many people realize.

[@martinjohnson9316]

I'm 67 and this still brings me to tears. Soul searching mixed with extreme musical pleasure.

[@whiskeyricard]

Me too

[@PhotonBread]

You don’t just listen to Pink Floyd. You experience Pink Floyd. “The child has grown, the dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb.”

[@thomasjeffries9608]

I can relate to those sentences in more than anyone knows.

[@gunkmasterflex942]

She did right by listening to the song with headphones

[@davman115]

That made me smile, in a good way.

[@justthinking526]

How about " no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"

[@justthinking526]

@@thomasjeffries9608 yeah Honey.

[@whitneygracelyn5504]

I’m a recovering addict. This song is the epitome of opiate addiction. I was constantly seeking oblivion. “Hello..is there anybody in there. Just nod if you can hear me..” what happens during an opiate overdose. As addicts we were seeking that comfortable, numb, feeling. We weren't raised this way. We are ashamed of our addiction, yet we continue to self sabotage. Such a sad, lonely, misunderstood place to be. At the lowest points in my addiction I had just come to terms with the fact that I was hopeless, helpless and on death’s door. I had made peace with it. The more I used, the more closed off and numb I became. I isolated myself, so I could die in peace and away from everyone who loved me. I was sick and tired, of being sick and tired. I was a horrible disappointment to all of them but I had no self control. “I had become comfortable numb” Grateful to be alive today. 10 years of sobriety. I have a daughter, a spouse and so much to live for. Every time I hear this song, tears stream down my face. It’s a reminder of how life used to be and how lucky I am to have escaped addiction’s filthy grip ❤️

[@JabariMarshallCreations]

I’m so glad to hear that for you I hope nothing but abundance and peace for many more years to come. If you don’t mind me asking how did you overcome something you just couldn’t seem to get away from, I’m trying something like that myself and I keep relapsing.

[@FullyF]

Alcoholic...still drinking... can't see a way out yet. Ya'll keep fighting the good fight

[@Krullmatic]

One Day at A Time my friend! I've been in recovery from the demon of heroin among other drugs, but H is what really took hold, for 2 years. I was as low as a person could get. I'm in sober living and doing better now, but being an adult sober is so challenging as hell! Keep up the good work just for today, and God Bless!🙏

[@thesoupdragon112]

🙏 so happy you made it out

[@brittany9414]

Been fighting opiate addiction all my adult life.. actually I'm sick today waiting while I'm waiting on the pill man. Thank u for the hope!

[@JVR_Funwithdesign]

Imagine this being first time you heard this song. When you've listened to this your whole life you forget that there are millions of people that haven't experienced this and millions of people in the future who will experience this for the first time and on and on...long after I'm gone, forever.

[@tommyk6719]

Legend says that David Gilmour doesn’t use an amplifier, he plugs his guitar directly into his soul. 🤘🏼🎸

[@blakeh8582]

My favorite guitar player.

[@jimmyroos1677]

He'll yeh

[@masitaatisam3679]

Brilliant comment

[@RhinoDan253]

This is what the birth of a Pink Floyd fan looks like.

[@chrishvs]

Fantastically said, the birth of a Pink Floyd fan. Emotional to watch. Helps me go deep into my soul and see where it needs tender care.

[@HardRockMaster7577]

PF has birthed a lot of fans over the decades . . .

[@macgbr1973]

Done the same to me the first time, and ever other time I've listened to this over the decades

[@jcsimms4362]

Beat reaction video ever. Soulful

[@MatthewHarrold]

I'm 49, on the precipice of 50. My dad facilitated an awesome "music room" extension to our house when I was a teenager. He bought really expensive HiFi equipment that made listening to well-produced albums amazing. I came home after exhausting exams and assignments and melted into this album. I fell asleep ... awoke to this music ad infinitum (oh ... look ... Latin!!!). Damn this album was profound and life altering.

[@digitalchris6681]

There is not one note on this track that could be improved upon. It is perfection. It will never age.

[@russellhudson4558]

That could be said for most of that album, in my opinion.

[@TheMerlin672]

And that is why Chris, I have listened to this album at least 5 times a week ever since it was released in the UK. Never, ever will I tire of it.

[@waynebeck919]

Gilmour's solos on this track are friggin awesome. This is by far one of my favorite songs and I regret not getting to see Pink Floyd in my youth.

[@johntaylor8066]

You are right 1000,000,000 %

[@patricksochor8743]

Gilmore actually did improve on it twice. The audio recording of the Pulse live album and the companion video of this song from a separate Pulse tour concert take this song to greater heights.

[@PBPotter]

I envy you your first time hearing this piece of brilliance. Watching you respond had me bawling. God, those guitar solos are absolutely soul-wrenching masterpieces.

[@ingridclark9506]

Best guitar solo, Ever.

[@stephenhearn4582]

David got the talent and genius in the genes I got hair.

[@chinelo1048]

Stairway to heaven

[@STE_FAN999]

@@chinelo1048 nope

[@chinelo1048]

@@STE_FAN999 yes

[@STE_FAN999]

@@chinelo1048 this is the best, there's no doubt.

[@johnjackson9767]

"The child is grown - the dream is gone." That one gets me now as I'm getting older.

[@wildbill5670]

Its the truth for all but the few of us.

[@mitchellpawlina586]

The child may have grown, but remember, he is still there.

[@RSparrow3936]

Yup. Its got dark in my brain

[@aleksilic79]

Y, try listening to Time now when you're older. Scarry stuff

[@janmartenhoogebeen4980]

@@aleksilic79 So true...!

[@timphilpotsr8329]

I think seeing someone moved to tears through music is one of the most beautiful things in this life.

[@argyledevil8686]

Indeed.

[@lyndacorrigan1346]

100% music is thee absolute best thing in this world. Without one single doubt

[@danieladams8085]

Nirvana man who sold the world the violen makes you cry

[@argyledevil8686]

@@danieladams8085 what makes that song better is that David Bowie wrote it.

[@ChrisB-cv9dt]

Yep. I cry EVERY. SINGLE. TIME I watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnfbgJR6mq-gjs0

[@benaziz5465]

"All of a sudden, I had thoughts about my life and things that have happened...." Welcome to Pink Floyd

[@chrisros6511]

"Did you guys just get instantly happier?" - it could be an intentional rollercoaster... the verses are in Bm which can be considered a "dark" key, leading to a very up-lifting chorus that happens to be in D major, a much more "positive" key... The orchestra and harmonies definitely add to it, making you feel as if you're floating. The choruses are played on something called a high strung guitar which includes an open 9th - so very happy sounding... behind it all you have the orchestra playing these descending "scales" in different octaves, that add motion. Beautiful song

[@JFullerUCSB]

I'm sure you know this, but for other people reading, D major is also the relative major of B minor (both keys use all the same notes and chords), so it's a seamless transition between moods.

[@mayuva]

Sorry but there are no « happy »or « sad » keys, the emotion is set by the chord progression, the tension and solo

[@fighthypocrites7036]

It's absolutely intentional. He's jonesing and then he's high. Major and minor keys are used with such skill in this song that even what's presented straight up to us is given with such nuance that we get that "Aaaaahhh" moment.

[@shlinbotz1567]

Ive never seen sombody explain that in words before,,, always been curious about the magic of this song and godly combinations of keys and pitches

[@exiliate17]

@@mayuva well there is, that is if you’re talking judging by how pretty much everyone finds major chords happy and minor chords sad. I would say that the chord progression is more important to why something feels happier, but the key is also a huge factor

[@coconutpie6649]

my 14 year old is listening to Pink Floyd and I have never been prouder. I am a 70's kid, we had the best music ever!

[@landarchconcepts420]

I was there too: Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Simon and Garfunkel, John Lennon - so much genius in that era. My daughter plays me music and I say, you think that is music?

[@danielnicholas983]

HAH brilliant!! my 5 yr old first watch of the day currently is Adam Ant - stand and deliver, Tenpole tudor and Madness Our house

[@tomaszwalenciak]

Guess you know how I felt when a 14-year-old student of mine said her favourite guitarist of all time was David Gilmour.

[@kimberlywarren1183]

I say it all the time, I am so glad I raised my kids to listen to and appreciate all genre's of music.

[@christeenasaunders4018]

@@landarchconcepts420 There's still great music being made today. Your daughter just listens to garbage.

[@August377]

I've never understood how Pink Floyd could put into music what most of us can't put into words. They truly are masters of the craft!

[@Je1imanek]

My father had an illegal copies (becaus of communism) of many rock bands. But he was proud of his PinkFloyd tapes. He did not understand a single word but He cried everytime when he listened them. He always told me, they are not musicans, they are an artists and try to tell something to us. He passed away 3y ago, and he was damn right. They are special.

[@danbax72]

this is one of the best comment i've ever read about Pink Floyd, greatt!!!!!

[@bailechuind6194]

@@Je1imanek fuck yea great story man, he out live communism in his country then?

[@Je1imanek]

@@bailechuind6194 nope..30years of freedom:) communism is coming back from west :/

[@bailechuind6194]

@@Je1imanek i know but we know the game now at least and the east wont fall into the bullshit again i hope.

[@stephenphillips4609]

I always get goosebumps when I hear this. Beautiful song from an extraordinary album

[@paulgolding3240]

One of the best songs ever created from a group that there is no parallel. Nothing sounds like Floyd, nothing ever will. Music perfection.

[@pyropug0188]

There isn’t a speaker on this damn planet that can play the song loud enough

[@erko1575]

bang olufsen

[@mnomadvfx]

There is if you want to be able to hear anything else afterwards. Until we can induce sound directly to our auditory nerves it will always be a bad idea to 'enjoy' music by blasting it as loud as possible.

[@joeystratman]

Standing in front, at close proximity, to a PA system's loudspeakers at concert levels might make you rethink about hearing anything "loud enough" lol. But i guess you just said that as an expression, not in a literal sense. :)

[@dustywelchcraneman6614]

I have a 1500watt samsung system in my house and when I enjoy pink floyd so do my neighbors. It I like it because it does play it "loud" but it really gives it a sonic magnitude that you feel inside your chest and the center of your skull just as much as hear it audibly.

[@davidsmith2152]

Watching you listen to that song for the first time was magic. You felt what we all felt when we heard it for the first time 40 years ago.

[@Andrewltfanai]

Genie: You have 1 wish left Me: I wish to hear Comfortably Numb for the first time again

[@kiwisaraphim6622]

Genie: Cool wish dude you have one more wish

[@timothybaxter7392]

@@kiwisaraphim6622 Repeat pls!

[@christopherevans6437]

I wish I could hear the album from start to end again for the first time

[@hydradominatus3641]

I'd ask for young Stevie Nicks in love with me. Yeah.

[@xxthecount48xxvoncount62]

Andrew Fanai That’s phenomenal. If only...

[@davedavem]

When you said, "did you guys just get instantly happier?" At that moment I got shivvers and goosebumps all over. So powerful.

[@Sams911]

brought tears to my eyes watching her be moved by this song... it hits home to anyone who's experienced depression.

[@lightnin273]

The very best thing about that song is, That feeling you get listening to it, NEVER GOES AWAY.

[@nikkisantos9530]

❤❤❤

[@ildiavoloinildiavolo8680]

@@nikkisantos9530 looking on KZbin at PRIESTS REACT TO PINK FLOYD

[@Thor1364]

Amen brother!!

[@nocturnalduk2242]

THIS

[@kainable8769]

This is a really ironic statement, the song is about drug use and the band’s struggle with it. There are metaphors for cocaine, heroine, and more.

[@Isaacjuarezz]

I get the chills every time i listen to this song. “Pink Floyd was for people who use psychedelics but you don’t have to be on psychedelics to feel their music”

[@gilbertdimas9415]

🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🤤😜☺️😂🤣😁😜

[@0rtega719]

You don't need drugs to enjoy Pink Floyd, you need Pink Floyd to enjoy drugs.

[@kristinwright6632]

Just a bit of cannabis is lovely listening to the entire Dark Side of the Moon sitting either alone or with friends in the dark and on a good sound system. Transcendental.

[@jacksugar7220]

Not in this song. Just a little pin prick (Heroin). Which made him a little sick, yet comfortably numb.

[@plother4242]

I was a teenager in the 70's and we would listen to Pink Floyd along with others like Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull etc at parties on Friday and Saturday nights with SNL on the tv with the sound off, all smoking weed, which was the norm in the 60's and 70's. It was very relaxing and fun with all your friends there chatting with the music so loud that you could barely hear each other but you could feel the music clear through your bones and it was amazing. Unfortunately, we all have to grow up and those days have been gone for me since I graduated in 1976. I still do enjoy their music very much.

[@redpillinvestor8571]

That makes you cry? Try Comfortably Numb, Live in Pompeii. The guitar solo lasts 10 mins and is transcendent.

[@Yllod]

For me, the best one is from the "Pulse" concert. The phrasing, where it goes high, the nuances... haven't found anything better out there.

[@hollowdroid28]

Every concert they do is a banger. They are the epitome of greatness.

[@ginjamutha]

I appreciate that many find Pulse to be the best version, and it is magnificent, but there is something about the Pompeii version that really gets to me. That guitar solo speaks to my very soul. Transcendent is the perfect word

[@DonNormac]

Thank you for the referral, don't know how I hadn't found this version, awesome!

[@echo6558]

Pulse: Hold my beer…

[@redbilly5972]

Baby girl the wall is a mixed emotion album. The razor sharp of David Gilmore's blues is so intense. I have studied this L P for years.

[@slimvillan]

the last time I saw my Dad, he was on his death bed and dying of cancer, he whispered something to me, and I had to move nearer to hear, "your lips move but I cant hear what you're saying "...He said God bless you son....Im comfortably numb with that

[@prarguello5755]

made my eyes sweat

[@mmulvill]

Lost my Dad to Cancer a few years ago...And this song reminds me of the final days with the high dosages of Morphine. Also the first time I heard this song was with him...he was a huge fan.

[@Steampunk_demigod]

My dad just passed away from cancer so this one hits close to home for me

[@toons124]

I feel your pain. I too lost my dad. It was COVID related. My last image of him, besides his viewing, was in a room with about 4 or 5 doctors frantically working on him. They worked on him for hours that day. Finally, after he had coded 5 times, they finally let him go. It was about a month after that I finally felt this comfortable numbness. It’s so hard... even today. But I have a sense of acceptance that makes it easier. I miss you dad ...

[@mmulvill]

@@toons124 So sorry for your loss.

[@RaetacRages]

Pink Flyod is as relevant today as they were back in the 70's. I still find meaning in their music, 40 years and counting

[@RobertMJohnson]

let's face it: it's an objective truth that this is one of the greatest rock bands all time. it's not up for debate.

[@dallasbagley]

That is VERY true. Been listening to Pink Floyd for most of my life now, and it never gets dated.

[@dukethotness]

Pink floyd is eternal and timeless. In the future it will become one of the greatest achievements of mankind, not over-exaggerating

[@jacksugar7220]

Classics are in deed timeless.

[@michaelwainscott2633]

The song is about doing Heroin before a performance.

[@stoner762x51]

Check out Rick Beato's breakdown of this song, he isolates some of the individual tracks of this song. It's really amazing! ✌🏼

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Rick is a god, love his reviews

[@ASD128London]

Yes, Rick's great at explaining what went into it musically and how it works.

[@obladi2375]

Yes that was definitely bad ass

[@DavesCoverSongs]

Absolutely agree!

[@impulsivepuppy]

I just watched it today, just watching Rick's expressions listening to it made my day

[@carterwebster5866]

I love how this song can strongly connect with a lot of ppl going through different situations

[@tarantinah]

Thats my feeling about that song. I ve experienced some R Waters concerts and even one of the PF and it was amazing to see and feel how people "get in" that emotion of the song being their history song and/or their emotional story !

[@ThomasTallant]

I think she also just heard the greatest guitar solo of all time.

[@pennpal62]

Without a doubt

[@kenmills1611]

False. The solo from “Mother” is superior. Simple and beautiful.

[@ThomasTallant]

@@kenmills1611 oh hell man, maybe can't fight ya

[@ThomasTallant]

I guess my point is I like prog metal, Steve Vai complicatiom, and Floyd is up there

[@OrlandoNative01]

Quite possibly. I cant disagree.

[@matthewblack7206]

Don't *EVER* be afraid of emotion while listening to music. Pink Floyd can *LITERALLY* make grown and Hard men cry...

[@FeastTheStoic]

Facts

[@deansnombers9523]

very true

[@Dr.Jellyfingers]

Yeah I know!

[@freewayrick1]

it does indeed

[@tantrus99]

Totally agree, I have the same reaction with Dream Theater. "The Spirit Carries On" is a classic example. I am a drummer, I have played in various flavors of metal bands throughout my life, I have MANY influences, including Rush, Yes, Dream Theater, Genesis, Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Black Sabbath/Ozzy, and of course Pink Floyd., and the list could go on and on. I always value something that I hear, that touches my heart and soul in a meaningful way. Sometimes I hear a song, and read the lyrics and wonder, why didn't I write that? I tend to be the one that writes lyrics in whatever band I might find myself in. Not so much these days, 66 years old, looking to move to Central America to escape the American political insanity, perhaps rejoin a musical community on the other end. Maybe a bit of a "reboot" of my life. I don't really feel all that "old", just matured like a vintage wine, maybe ready to be enjoyed again.

[@justinjuk]

I've heard this song a million times. It's my favorite all time guitar solo. But watching this with you, with your facial expressions and eyes watering up, was like experiencing it for the first time all over again. Still magical. Love your insight into the meaning. Peace!

[@robintrehaeven6800]

Agreed. I feel privileged that she was willing to share her immediate empathetic and very insightful response to this all time classic.

[@jcpadmore]

"There is no pain, you are receding; a distant ship's smoke on the horizon" ❤️😭

[@josephamato8234]

Years of heroin abuse and the pain that can't be put in to words. Clean 6 years now!! This is one of the songs I can feel in my soul!! It reminds me, I can feel again.

[@paddycowhey3406]

Fuck yeah bro. I got 19 months ✊✊

[@JesseCase]

Hells yeah!! March 21st 2021 will be my 5 year mark!

[@amo5743]

nothin in this world makes me happier than ppl celebrating overcoming addiction blessings guys probably the only time i feel something for someone

[@Bodeesafa]

Stay strong bro 💪

[@gbaumessr.8435]

Congratulations, I'm glad you're still here to listen to this masterpiece

[@matthewhetzler4912]

Gilmour’s first guitar solo is an exquisite beauty, and his second solo is a straight-up face melter.

[@UndisputedDelta267]

That's the start of the bad trip in "The Wall".

[@joeyklondyke4430]

Amen

[@dartt51]

Listen to Dave Gilmour's comfortably numb live in pompeii it will blow your mind.

[@dustdevl3404]

It's quite possibly the greatest guitar solo in rock history. Live in Pompeii is incredible.

[@krusig7467]

You got that right. One of the best.

[@penny4612]

I love that the music moved you. You should really listen to all of The Wall in order, it's a story.

[@ralphpeed3596]

And the story is for all to see in. The Wall movie.

[@michaelkuhlman883]

The music alternates between melancholy and euphoria. I love it!

[@jimmyroos1677]

Wish u were here......

[@l.e.g2229]

My grandpa loved this song, and it was the last song he ever listened to, we played it for him and he smiled as the light left. This song means a lot to me and my family, it always brings me to tears and humbles me. We all have that one song, the song that takes it away, the stress and pain of life, and allows you to become, comfortably numb

[@guillermomiranda8199]

Wow..... 🥺🙏🤙

[@cindyhodges994]

my best friend loved this band, this song as well. great, moving music...

[@henrikw377]

I can't think of a better way to go. Sorry for your loss.

[@michaelwainscott2633]

WTH? Do you even know what this song is about? It's about doing heroin before a performance. This brings you to tears with your family?

[@sapguy100]

@@michaelwainscott2633 its all interpitation

[@MrPatrickRey]

It is so touching to see a great song still being appreciated and understood.

[@KMS_80]

Facts!

[@jacobdueholm9855]

A hundred years from now, people will still listen to Pink Floyd!

[@johnwillis4706]

Young lady, you have a habit of playing songs from my youth. I played piano for Pink Floyd on this and other arrangements starting in about 1972 when I was a concert pianist with the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra. This one brought the entire concert back in my mind. Thanks.

[@frankishsid2692]

TALL order!!

[@Thomas..Anderson]

On the list of 10 greatest guitar solos ever this song has two of them.

[@markellis2675]

I was a young Marine in the early 80s. I thought I was unloved and unlovable. I would listen to this song in bed with headphones. Made it through the night and started another day. Sometimes being comfortably numb helps get through dark seasons in life. But strive to get back on your feet and live to the fullest.

[@christopheraleman4959]

Im a somewhat young Marine now, just signed for my second enlistment! Pink floyd has helped me through some seriously tough times in my 26 years of living. Semper Fi my brother, and happy belated 245th 🇺🇸

[@billskelley6895]

No one is unlovable. You are beautiful. Thank you for your service Brother.

[@rickycoleman8841]

Thank you for your service.

[@rickycoleman8841]

@@christopheraleman4959 thank you for your bravery .

[@jessmarks2214]

With you Mate

[@paulthompson6873]

This band has taken millions of people on journeys inside their own minds and souls. I am glad you enjoyed it. BTW they have an amazing catalog of music.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

Best listened to, lying in the dark with headphones on. Especially the album Dark Side of the moon.

[@Eliath1984]

@@Gort-Marvin0Martian I'm not really into smoking but add a joint or 2 and you just blasted off into the 6th dimension. Pink Floyd is an experience that most of us wish we could experience for the first time again..

[@jaybuzz4071]

Yeah and I had a 16-year-old kid tell me a while back in 30 years you wouldn't even hear about Pink Floyd I beg to differ!

[@jaybuzz4071]

Give shine on You crazy diamond to try next!

[@Eliath1984]

@@jaybuzz4071 that kid was an idiot... Pink Floyd is one of the few bands I'd say will probably stick around for centuries.. as long as the human condition exists.. there will be someone crying while listening to Wish you Were Here.. or The Great Gig in the Sky.. no words to that song but they just.... plugged the auxiliary directly into your emotions... can make a grown man cry..

[@michaelkuhlman883]

A loss has made me comfortably numb, the loss of my brother, to cancer...and this song reopens the wound!

[@forsuresullivan]

I lost my beautiful husband after 18 years he was this smooth hippy & he loved this music (his era) I lay on our bed in the middle of the night having cried till I could cry no more praying to become comfortably numb till the pain got bearable

[@FrancisNortonLondon]

I'm sorry for your unbearable loss. I hope you have good people to talk with, who won't mind you having a cry down the phone. With those tears you are filling the footprints of love.

[@ulrikreimann652]

This girl has a heart - and it was touched by an iconic masterpiece.

[@TerryGrancho]

lol

[@Rex-dk1rx]

A piece about a drug overdose and and on the verge of dying

[@busylivingnotdying]

@@Rex-dk1rx Well, a doctor gave a drug to make him "perform" even though he mourned a breakdown of a relationship... He was despondent, still the show HAD TO go on... so (here is something to "get you through the show") ... it ended up just being another brick in the wall Some people are too sensitive for the harshness of life...

[@ravenbeast8639]

It's amazing how these younger generations are just now discovering this timeless music.

[@bryceford6379]

Especially with how easy it is to have any album in your hands instantly

[@scotthowe6324]

It's brilliant to watch wish I could hear all these songs for the first time again to remember how good it felt

[@elizabethvojnovic9402]

26 years old... and Pink Floyd is one of my all time favorite bands.

[@CHETLER]

Makes me feel so luck my dad introduced me to pink floyd at an early age, im 21 now and the the music I've discovered since pink floyd is amazing. Floyd will always rock my world.

[@ravenbeast8639]

@@CHETLER Also listen to Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple: "Unholy trinity" of 70s & 80s. There's no better music.

[@Randy4thQuarter]

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

[@mikeyspikey1861]

I' ve been listening to this track for 30 years. Your reaction is priceless. It dug deep into your soul like it has ours for two generations. We love you Too Sushi. Greetings from England .xxx

[@Concatenate]

The song itself is a masterpiece but sometimes all you need is for David Gilmour's guitar to take you for an incredible ride.

[@jarvisfamily3837]

@John James But admit it - you'd kill to be able to play so "weak".

[@nathan516]

@John James I get where you're going...Richard Wright created the atmosphere/environment for everyone else to play in...but come on man! :)

[@SmashTactics]

VERY few can make the guitar sing like he can

[@waddyathink5714]

Goose bumps-were it...

[@duke7678]

I love seeing how music effects people. One lyric may mean nothing to one person but trigger something very deep in another person. It’s the beauty of music!!

[@anjaa2044]

Exactly

[@dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289]

Indeed!

[@mrbreede]

This is so true this reminded me of a review for the book pet semetary from Stephen king. According to the author it was his most horrifying book every written and didn't even want to publish it. So the review said that its book will not affect people that have not lost someone or something they loved very much or was very close to them but will deeply scare or cause an emotion to those who did.

[@steveraleigh100]

5 years ago I was in hospital after major surgery. On strong painkillers, listening to the wall at 3am, I feel I finally understood this song.

[@grommeuleur1648]

Many years ago, I drove my car behind a hearse to accompany a childhood friend to his last home. Pink Floyd music filled the cabin. Impossible not to smile and cry at the same time. Their music is so inspiring, beyond all pain. If I had to believe in a God, I'm pretty sure Pink Floyd would be his spokesperson on this Earth.

[@hanif13]

What an incredibly heartwarming video you have posted my lovely Toosushi2 to one of my favourite songs. Going through incredibly dark times (like everyone else 2020/2021) but you made me smile. Thank you 🙏❤🙏

[@simonayers550]

And that is exactly how everyone should react to this piece of genius.

[@jasonsuter13]

Absolutely ❤️

[@lucasmarier1092]

Piece of glory*

[@Scorchio-El]

“The child is grown, the dream is gone” I remember hearing that line for the first time when I was about 12 and it breaking my heart. It still does to this day.

[@tommills9631]

The lyrics hit you at your core. Undeniable.

[@alfiepilla8677]

I'm 15 and these lyrics motivate me not to give up on my dream. Being a youtuber 😌

[@stevencharter1803]

@@alfiepilla8677 you have my sub...guys get this dude to 1000 subs!

[@UrbanwarriorTheSOV]

Same. I was 12. I'm crying even now. Still chills me to the bones.

[@frankjones4357]

As does "The time has gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say..." Which I've instructed, shall be my epitaph.

[@patrickmulvaney7262]

I'm 50 years old. Been hearing this song since it came out. Still brings tears to my eyes. I guess what brought on that feeling was a realization that I, alone, can do nothing to change this. And there aren't enough people who are willing to put in the effort.

[@MrChristopherThomsen]

What still amazes and touches me about this song is the absolute and truly emotional effect that it continues to have on me and every person that I watch, listening to it for their very first time. From the initial and flowing sense of euphoria when you feel and hear, "there is no pain, you are receiving me" to the more intimate and personal, "when I was a child I had a fever" and "this is not who I am" and then the shift to the darker and more painful "I have become comfortably numb." The range of emotions and expressions are all over the place, but when David Gilmour slips into that haunting solo, following the word "numb" it clicks and the expressions are universal, the tears fill our eyes. I do not know why, but it touches every single one of us in so many deep and different ways. Thank you for letting us watch you listen to and experience an incredibly beautiful song...

[@amcc9678]

She’s now on her pink floyd journey😎❤️

[@grg150svr2009]

Beautiful

[@Exxeron-ob3tv]

Blessings of chance purchased with good karma.

[@steaklover505]

Lmao

[@Mustafiz1972]

Gilmour's second solo is the greatest couple of moments in recorded music history.

[@chfr927]

His guitar speaks to the soul, while the lyrics speak to the heart and mind. It's why it is so hard to talk coherently about this song, it touches something beyond language.

[@nelly4809]

The story this entire album tells is a landmark in artistic history.

[@eldubya7972]

Agree. Some of the live performances from Gilmour in the last 15-20 years have been even more transcendent.

[@paulbutler2118]

David's guitar solo on this song has been ranked as #4 on All Time Guitar solos list by Rolling Stone magazine. Such creative musician-ship. Wish I had seen him live. :(

[@MrZendog13]

I saw Roger Waters present The Wall in Los Angeles a number of years ago. Felt so sorry for the guitarist who was relegated to attempting to recreate Gilmour's magic. Tough gig.

[@Colby_914]

Loved this reaction video. I lost my first child when he was 5 1/2 months old. This was over 30 years ago. I wouldn’t call it “comfortably”, but numb is how I, pretty much, move through the world. Music was, and is, the best way I had to deal with it. Looking for him in every song.

[@edithdriver2094]

He’s right there in your heart 😪

[@ct70fan94]

She gets it and now understands what we all know. Lady has great taste! I still get chills after 41 years hearing this song.

[@edwardodson2867]

The child has grown, the dream is gone. That line chokes me up. Every time. I have tears on my cheeks.

[@TheTrabueTube]

I hear you loud and clear. It's cool. Big hugs my friend.

[@themartykus]

my friend, you're not alone, happens to me too and it happened when I read your comment....all the best, bro

[@drummer4justus]

You and me both, my friend. Every single time.

[@assyrianamerican4872]

Same❤️😔

[@rowtheboat5870]

🤔??? ---Yeah yeah yeah...that's Fine and dandy Edward..but where's the 20 bucks you owe me ? It's your neighbor from down the street. 😠My 20 bucks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????

[@ryanmarshall3487]

The second I heard, “Did you guys just kind of get happier?”, my first thought was, “Well, sadly that’s not gonna last with this song”.

[@denali_coug6955]

Yeah, not really a happy song.

[@gfox9295]

@@denali_coug6955 yeah, but... very soaring passages at times, which is what she was responding to at first.

[@toddy9141]

C’mon we all knew the emotional roller coaster that PF was gonna take her on.

[@kerrymartin7557]

But so perceptive...it was just a fleeting glimpse...

[@adamwalkeraw]

Yeah her crying before she hits the 2nd verse, ohhhh jeeeezzzz

[@freefallin6871]

I haven't found too many songs that have hit me on an elemental level. Hearing a sad song after a break up can make you weep, but hearing a song about internal chaos and resignation can shake you to your core and trigger so many emotions at once. Whether you're battling your own personal demons or reflecting on the society that we have become, this song applies. May you find peaceful resolve.

[@DesertPackrat]

What makes Pink Floyd great is truth put to words with no note or sentence wasted. It is neither flowery or pompous; it is simple and elegant poetry.

[@tomedelinski9234]

“Did you guys just get happier?” she said. I said, wait til the guitar solo starts, you'll be weeping. It did, and she was. Thank you for posting this video.

[@jjd1799]

Same... I was saying to myself... “wait for it.... wait for it” god i wish i could listen to this masterpiece for the first time again 💫👌🏽

[@carlosm.devasconcelllos3939]

I watched this movie 38 years ago. I shiver inside with this solo til these days bro

[@baddaboomb]

@@carlosm.devasconcelllos3939 that solo speaks to my SOUL man.

[@petterhermoza]

That's one of the best guitar solos of rock history. So much feeling. But, when you ser it live, Gilmour and his Strato deliverying so much energy and feelings on stage, you just fly.

[@americansback]

If this lady's reaction is real this song changed the way she looks at life. That is beautiful.

[@danaoneal5987]

I heard he wrote this song for a friend with mental problems.

[@ThurstonThorntonIII]

@@danaoneal5987 yeah, Syd Barrett their friend and original frontman.

[@danaoneal5987]

@@ThurstonThorntonIII thank you , i thought that was it but wasn't sure!

Music has a way of doing that

[@lastwhtknight3002]

she has no idea this song is about heroin addiction. Pure and simple.

[@kbnikto6056]

The guitar solos are considered sublime by all players. Can’t get any better. Makes us all humble. Gilmour is a master.

[@privatename3621]

The reason the high/low, happy/sad emotional roller coaster this song takes you on is so effective is because it parallels the high or rush you get when taking drugs that may give you a brief feeling of ecstasy, only to be dropped down again into despair, looking for your next fix. It also parallels the lyrics of the song, and the fact that the pusher is trying to get the musician back on his feet with a quick injection ("that'll keep ya going for the show, c'mon it's time to go). Pink Floyd does this type of thing quite effectively in this song and in their music in general. That is why their music goes way deeper than many people realize.

[@iagorincon]

“Did you guys just went instantly happy, or is it just me?” Give it a bit. You’re about to get really sad when it hits.

[@GranFelicia]

indeed!!

[@serpentinoeel4154]

Exactly :). Actually, if you watch the movie associated to "The Wall", it's about suicide. But Sushi feels it's real depth just a few seconds later, I believe... and it hits her with full strength.

[@serpentinoeel4154]

*its

[@andrewvincent7299]

Kinda like what the song is about lol.

[@MrBacchus18]

right

[@kenmadritsch6207]

You know it a badass song when the guitar solo can bring tears.

[@willbond]

you got that right

[@peghead]

We 'BOOMERS" had the BEST music compared to the last 20+ years.

[@patrickf6117]

Pink Floyds guitar strings resonate with my heart strings

[@Augustbeauty69]

Back when music was music. Damn straight.

[@billypilgrim5329]

I was intently watching her emotional ride, from a brief happy place and then seeing her, as the musical darkness descended, wiping a tear from her eye, transfixed and deeply moved without consciously grasping why, my eyes began leaking and i only wiped my face after it was over, so enthralled i was. The most moving song reaction i have witnessed.

[@85MasterV]

@Toosushi Your reaction was pretty much everyone’s reaction to hearing this song the first time. It reaches deep inside you and pulls something out. It’s actually cathartic to see a real actual first reaction, thanks for sharing.

[@projectg408]

If you haven’t listened to this song (especially the guitar solos) stones out of your mind, you haven’t lived.

[@eloibossu607]

All pink floyd's fan getting sweat when they see dark side logo for comfortably numb

[@1bls]

Yes we do. Glad you said it.

[@gioachinolorelli5138]

😱😱😱😱😳😳😳😳😨😨😨🤒🤒🤒

[@avitachi17]

🤘🤘

[@Meine.Postma]

Yep

[@wardippy226]

YESS

[@craigblyth783]

the point of this song is to connect with everybody who has encountered shit in their lives but found the strength to pull through

[@williammartin5569]

I thought it was about shooting dope and escaping pain.

[@michaelinlofi]

@@williammartin5569 Honestly as far as I'm concerned both things can be true. In the context of the album, sure it's about drugs, but if it's helped people find strength to keep going, who are we to argue?

[@JimPark-63]

@@williammartin5569 not at all. The entire album is about the walls that we build around ourselves to prevent us from being hurt, mentally or physically. In the song, the Dr.'s administer the numbing pain meds to get the character, Pink through his performance.. He is utterly along in his mind.

[@JTheTeach]

i don't feel that. I see it as his attempt to express how he has dealt with his pain by numbing with drugs, and his pain is rooted in a sense of lost hope, and now he is comfortable only in his numbness.

[@robr135]

@@JimPark-63 I love that your the only one who had the right explanation and everybody else just made their own assumptions that had nothing to do with the character Pink, and the wall built around him. You need more likes haha

[@juliamclane2786]

This song will run you through the emotional gamut. Every feel in your soul that words can't express is wrung out and hung in the sun.

[@gonzaleo]

Correct

[@sharonyoung2680]

To all those people out there that have been abused and that are comfortably numb, not from drugs but from neglect by humanity on this planet Earth this song is for us 💓💓

[@nadiafountain3745]

This is what's missing from the music of today when the instrumentals can take you to a place the lyrics can not! It gives you a feeling that you can't put to words.

[@prolificseeker4778]

Very well said, Greetings from Mexico.

[@gabrielguerrero7296]

Hey look up "Gravity" by john mayer. The man can solo very well and it makes you feel things.

[@prolificseeker4778]

@@gabrielguerrero7296 Thank you for this Masterpiece, Greetings from Latin America...

[@maryjohnb.824]

Kendrick Lamar makes me feel like that. He's today.

[@emgonecrazy7527]

Truth

[@edcliffe2988]

This is the blanket that we the depressed like to wrap ourselves in when we start to hit bottom.

[@Unclesmokey314]

shhh... don't tell our secrets.. though it does keep you from hitting all the way down, don't it? The Floyd Barrier between you and all out "fuck it'?

[@BlueBrainz666]

Exactly! It's the hug that's always waiting for you to call it.

[@B20C0]

For me it is Songs: Ohia - Lioness. I really recommend that song (and Jason Molina in general) but don't listen to it when you are depressed, it's a downward spiral.

[@mundi352]

To see you discover these treasures for the first time is just as much of a gift to me as the one you are receiving.. Truly beautiful to see another person experience and enjoy all the overwhelming emotions of powerful music like the amazing songs you always choose.. thank you for the experience.. to be so vulnerable makes you more beautiful than you already are..

[@stevep5819]

I've just watched this for the first time and I wish I could go back and hear this classic for the first time just like you did. It's from "The Wall" which is inspired by the life of Roger Waters. His paternal grandfather was killed in WW1 without his son ever knowing him, that son was killed in WW2 without his son (Roger) ever knowing him. The emotion in this song comes from there. Best song ever created!

[@emune1111]

this song reminds me of my battle with depression, not being able to get out of this infinite void of numbness.

[@MrYatesj1]

That is actually where the song comes from. Sid Barrett original member of PF had a breakdown and never returned. Many of PF’s songs are about mental anguish or depression.

[@Scriven42]

You're not alone.

[@Cissablack708]

Thays exactly what it is. Its him drugging himself to escape his pain. Using chemicals to run away from everything he feels so strongly. Hes running away from his depression and his fears.

[@jimklette580]

heroin/lsd/mental

[@briane173]

I do think about that now, in my later years. I was filled with fear and regret most of my life, and this song was a bit of a salve for those feelings all these years -- until I was diagnosed with GAD. And got at least some pharmaceutical treatment for it. Then I was able to put it all together. All my life I knew I suffered from anxiety, but not depression -- not until I was placed on Zoloft and it cleared my head. Now I realized that I'd been suffering from depression almost my entire life, and now "Comfortably Numb" has become especially poignant. My only remaining regret is that I didn't know about this sooner in life, otherwise it might have turned out substantially more fulfilling. Alas, "The child is grown, the dream is gone;" but I'm in a good place now and trying to make the best of my remaining years on earth. All in all, it has been a good life, and I can look to the future now with a clear head. Now when I listen to "Comfortably Numb" I can just ride the emotion throughout the entire piece and come out the other end just going "Wow." Pink Floyd is perhaps the best prog rock band to come out of the 70s.

[@fisherat5856]

Pink Floyd is like being in church when you think the pastor is talking to you

[@grahamvarey1144]

Fisherat58 that was deep

[@alansmith7626]

...and you realize is God talking....lol, maybe I did a lil stretch there but is pretty close !

[@fisherat5856]

Him too

[@connieb4372]

But I always thought he was talking to ME? LOL.

[@sonnyrosedeville9521]

Great analogy! 🙏

[@watchmakingman9342]

The entire song is satire on how a numb person can't feel truely happy. When you asked if anyone else felt happy this is the genius of the song the guitar is upbeat but you feel like something is amiss with it. Then the chorus explains that what you feel isn't happiness it's just the comfort of being numb.

[@loissegal5909]

The orchestration in the background almost goes unnoticed but provides this queasy/unsteady foundation that always makes me feel a bit like I've just been through an earthquake and I can't quite tell if the ground is still moving or if it's my imagination. Everything layers on top of that foundation so perfectly. The first time I heard it, the album had just been released and the radio stations were playing it like mad; I saved my school lunch money to buy it. It's almost as if it was yesterday, a little girl holding on to the album at the record store...all those decades ago, every time I hear it.

[@dennyhostasa2928]

One of the greatest songs of all time with the greatest guitar solo of all time. David Gilmour and Roger Waters set the bar unreachably high with this song. Nothing more to say. Full stop.

[@russelladams8492]

so wonderfuly put .......much love

[@martinlitt1737]

Gilmour had to really fight to get this song onto the album cos he wrote it and Roger wanted complete lyrical control.

[@aryastark772]

Just some peoples opinion though

[@bjmcmahon722]

Agreed.... David & Roger at 100

[@CD-so7qu]

Absolutely..Agree..

[@michaelkirby2266]

Theres something beyond beautiful about watching another human experiencing Floyd for the first time and really getting it!

[@christopherrobin361]

Indeed, there is.

[@markgibbins4143]

Indeed

[@martindavis4632]

Everyone should have this album and play it until they understand each song. A true classic. This was released in 1973 and so new today

[@MikeOfPlano]

from The Wall 1979

[@radd696]

The first time i heard this song was about 30 years ago, and, to this day, it has the same effect on me as it did the first time I heard it, the same effect that it had on you in this video. This song is eternal, and it was nice to see someone hear it for the first time. Thank you.

[@mitchh30]

If you don't feel emotion listening to Comfortably Numb, you are emotionally numb :) One of my all time favorites.

[@newreflectionsproductions]

David Gilmour 2nd solo is his soul expressing itself. You can feel that it is almost a tortured soul, you can feel the pain, but amazingly, you can feel the liberation. There is simply nothing deeper in the human experience, that is why it makes everybody cry.

[@markellis2675]

You got that right. I have no words to add.

[@colesherrill7472]

I'd add that it greatly expresses the power of liberation through all the pain and torture. It's such a powerful solo. No other solo can tell a story like that one.

[@cookingdude1237]

when pink floyd makes you cry, that means its working.

[@shillstradameus4164]

I do believe it’s working...goood