"What David Gilmour can do with one note, other guitar players can't do with the whole fret board" - Dave Mustaine.

Rule number 1: Never pause Pink Floyd! Rule number 2: Respect rule number 1!

Honestly, David Gilmour is one of the most talented guitarists in the world... He is a genius!

When I was 14, my dad told me "lay on your bed, turn off the lights and put Darkside of the moon. You can thank me later". And maaaan, I didn't need any drugs to feel every little thing that record has. If you can, do it, it feels amazing. Not only Darkside, all the Pink floyd's records are amazing. It's like a therapy for me, anytime I need to calm my mind I turn off the lights and I just listen all their music.

You don't need drugs to enjoy Pink Floyd, they are the drug.

Heard this song so many time but that guitar gives me chills every time

This song still gives me the chills after all these years.

If you're not sure which "Another Brick" you've heard.... you've heard part 2.

‘Shine on you crazy diamond’ is a masterpiece

I love how people ( especially the youngsters) all have the same experience when listening to Pink Floyds Comfortly Numb, and everyone does the same head gestures and movements when David Gilmour starts the heavy showering of guitar notes and riffs on that last solo. I was not the first one to say this but I totally agree with it... "Leo Fender created the Stratocaster... and ... God created David Gilmour to play it." Amen to that...

For me what makes this reaction, is his face at 4:38, when the first note of the first solo from Gilmour soars. That look of surprise. Pure, undiluted, music discovered. I watch PF reactions looking for that expression. Reliving my first exposure to PF in their faces. You at 4:38, me too brother, me too.

I remember when this came out. 4 friends and I got real stoned and listened to the entire 1st side sat for a few moments in silence. sparked up again and journeyed into side 2. LOL there were 4 sides great afternoon. Oh to be a teenager again.

David Gilmour is in my opinion one of three guitarists who can play thirty seconds and you know who it is. Genius.

If you listen to Pink Floyd as intended...use headphones...in a totally dark room, a whole album from beginning to end. No distractions...it will almost take you to a different place. Almost an out of body experience, especially if slightly buzzed.

I get goosebumps whenever I hear their music, its so freaking good!!

It’s the reaction at 8:07 that never gets old when watching these videos. That’s the moment you know your life will never be the same now that you have discovered the experience that is Pink Floyd

Thats the wrong Album cover... this song was on The Wall... not Dark Side

The guitar solo live “Pulse “ is one of the best ever.

What I would give to hear this song for the first time again...

Never. Stop. The. Music. You. Must. Go. With. The. Flow. And. Just. Feel. The. Music.

The look on your face when Gilmour came in on that solo was priceless brah.

One of the greatest guitar solos of all-time.

"nod your head if you can hear me" alex: continues to nod head

My husband's saw these guys and concert in 1981. He said they blew the whole audience away. We still love Pink Floyd. We listen to them all the time. I'm glad to see someone else a lot younger than myself enjoying for the first time.

"That is dope." No, son, that is perhaps the finest arrangement of electric guitar notes in the history of mankind.

"Just nod if you can hear me...." *Alex nods to the music*

Have you ever watched Pink Floyd’s entire movie “ The Wall”? They made the entire album like a rock opera. Every scene in the movie corresponds with one of the songs from the album perfectly. I’d like to see you react to the entire movie/album so you understand the context. I’d like to know what you think of it in the entirety including the visuals of the movie.

You don’t listen to Pink Floyd, you experience Pink Floyd

Ok, here's the deal with pink Floyd. I think a lot of Floyd fans would agree with this statement. Their music wasn't meant to be listened to one song at a time. They are meant to be listened to one album at a time. The Wall, Dark Side of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, they're best when you listen to the whole album through first. Almost every song flows into the next song flawlessly. Tho I will say when listening to The Wall it's best to watch the movie The Wall since all the songs are on the movie and its put together better that way.

2nd guitar break.. "Oh Shiiit!" Welcome to David Gilmore young squire!!!

Alex, repeat after me, "I shall never, ever interrupt a Pink Floyd song ever again", and write it 1,000 times so you won't forget.

I owe a debt of gratitude to this song for getting me through my late teens early 20's and the untimely death of my father. Such a good song.

I like that he instantly recognized David Gilmour's greatness on those guitar leads.

Alex you probably do not know, but there are hundreds of thousands of guitarists out there that for 40 years would hav given their lef testicle to have that guitar sound. It is so relevant and perfect even now. Masterpiece.

Gilmour's solo from "Delicate Sound of Thunder" is hands down the greatest guitar solo ever recorded.

I am a GIANT PINK FLOYD FAN the best way to truly appreciate this song is to actually WATCH the entire album start to finish. The entire album tells a story.

How have you got this far in life without Pink Floyd???? Inconceivable!

ah Pink Floyd... personally probably one of the best Bands of all time. you are reacting to a song that is close to 40 years old and its still a Timeless masterpiece. Pink has quite a few of those. If you want to treat yourself, when ever you want to react to another Floyd song, which I highly suggest you do, see if there is a live version from the Pulse Tour. EDIT after watching: I could write an entire essay commenting on your reaction, but let me make it short. Pink Floyd is a very emotional Band and David Gilmour, the lead guitarist/Singer, is a multi-instrumental God. Just lay back, close your eyes and chill to those tunes man.

This song is actually a part of The Wall which was a concept album so each song is a part of a bigger story. This song is the point that "Pink" [the name being given to the performer] has become so depressed that he shuts down totally but the band doctor is trying to get him in shape to get on stage and so he pumps him full of who knows what to get him up and functioning after a fashion. The whole album is about the pressures of everything driving a performer into a mental breakdown and how society and the people who "discovered" the band and have a financial stake in them are driving the whole process. It also takes a deep look at prejudice and hate and how that burdens us, etc. I have the whole album on my phone and when I am going out to run errands and will be out for several hours I often listen to it [I do have other playlists for when I'm in other moods] so I have heard the whole album more times than I can count.

I came in to this hoping your reaction to the second solo would be colorful, as I find the solo so badass and beautiful. You definitely didn't disappoint.

For the record, while this is an amazing song, Pink Floyd never really wrote SONGS. They wrote ALBUMS. So if you really want to dig into Pink Floyd, do an album reaction. The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon are classics, but their two best albums are Wish You Were Here and Animals. Check them out!

High Hopes is an incredible song if you're interested.

I envy anyone that hears this song for the first time.

"welcome to the machine" is my favorite pink floyd song

While a reaction to the full Wall album is a major commitment, you really need to listen to the album as a whole to fully appreciate Comfortably Numb.

Pink floyds ‘high hopes’ is incredible! Super nostalgia hit! 🌄

I've always imagined this song to be telling the story of a person who has dealt with so much pain in his life, he's become numb to it. And that's not a good thing...

Pink Floyd is the definition of an experience! The solo in this song is the greatest masterpiece in the history of music ever!

Dude, Never Interrupt The Music!!! This is Pink Floyd, not Justin Bieber!!

TIME TIME TIME!!!! The next song should definitely be TIME!!!! It's gonna rock your world.... especially if you pay attention to the lyrics..... and a guitar solo that to some is second only to Comfortably numb.... although i think it's even better.

His face when Dave starts the first solo... priceless

I was obsessed with Pink Floyd as a teenager thanks to my dad. Even knowing the back story for the song back then... it always resonated with me about mental health. at least back then... it was a lot of getting you on meds to make you less of a problem to be around rather than actually treating mental illness or talking about it even. And Comfortably Numb is always how I describe what depression feels like for me, most of the time it isn't sorrow or even sadness... it's just nothing. it's being comfortably numb. You know you are fading away but you don't care enough to do anything about it.

Great reaction. Your face when Gilmour's first solo started.....priceless.

This is one of the best Solos in the history, fyi

Dude! ~ Loved this reaction! One of the best of any I've seen. Awesome.

The solo in this song is considered a top 3 guitar solo of all time.

YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE LIVE PULSE VERSION

I see you have ascended. Welcome.

So nice see your reaction, i love how you describe your feelings on the song keep going!!🙌🏼

Someone else cry or almost cry with the solo everytime? So fuckin beautiful!!!!

I might be a metalhead, but Pink Floyd is hands down my favorite band! 'Time' is my all...time... favorite song! Also check out 'Have a Big Cigar' and 'Money'. Something to know about Pink Floyd is that a lot of their work is in concept albums, so you have to listen to an entire album to fully understand an individual song

Electric guitar was made to play these two solos. Epic.

I fell in love with this album when it first came out and over 40 years later I still love it

Gilmore is a walking masterpiece

That guitar is like human soul crystallised. I haven't listened to Floyd for like a decade and I'm going through their albums again. Incredible what a handle they had on the human pulse.

best review ever bro! Pink floyd - HIGH HOPES please you wont regret it. I promise you

The guitar at the end of this song will always be one of the best I've ever heard. Goosebumps baby!

Lol! the joy on your face when that second solo hits

Man you should really listen to the live version of this at PULSE. It's exhilarating. I can swear that God himself descended from the heavens to witness David Gilmour play that solo

Listen to the Pulse concert version. David Gilmour doesn't plug his guitar into an amp--he plugs it into your soul.

Alex, I have watched many reactions to Comfortably Numb, but I think I enjoyed yours the most!

I love to see the surprise, then acceptance then pure enjoyment in your eyes.

Pink Floyd is not just a band... Pink Floyd is an experience...

Loved LOVED your reaction.

Just subscribed, love watching people try to understand the meaning from songs we used to get high to and cruise Cali back roads👍

Being 51 years old, I remember hearing this as a young lad and was AMAZED and still am. David Gilmore does not plug his guitar in an amp, he plugs in directly to his soul. Now, go back and listen to Dark Side of the Moon...and do not stop or pause it. Floyd music us designed to listen to all at once, it is an experience. You now have now witnessed the greatest group of all times.

To give you the full story here: Pink Floyd were touring to support their "Animals" album when during one show Bass player Roger Waters spat at a fan and shocked by his own behavior an idea began to form in his head. So after the tour ended and the band came together to discuss concepts for their next album, Waters presented them with two ideas: the first "The Pros and cons of Hitchhiking" and the second "Bricks in the wall" which was about how rock stars end up completely isolated from normal everyday life as if there was this huge wall between the band and the audience. The others of the band, who all felt the same way about the music business and identified with their bass player's feelings went with the second concept and they started developing it to include an actual wall being built on the stage to hide the band from view. In the story of "The Wall" the song "Comfortably numb" is about our rock star being found in a cardiac arrest, in his hotel room by his manager. Which is a problem: the show has been booked and the Rock Star HAS to play the show, cardiac arrest or not. There is so much money at stake that cancelling the show would be a no-go. So the verses of "Hello, is there anybody in there?" is the doctor who brings him back from the brink of death. But this doctor is not a good Samaritan, he too is part of the music industry who's paycheck relies on the Rock Star's ability to play the show. So after administering him the adrenaline that brings him back the doctor goes "can you stand up? I do believe it's working, good, that will keep you going for the show, come on it's time to go!" The chorus of "There is no pain you are receding." is our rock star in near death state, tranquil, he sees his life flashing by, being reminded of his childhood, looking back into he truly is but as he is brought back, he once again has the wall closing in around him. So no matter what people tell you about this song being about shooting up and getting high, nope it's not about that at all, it actually is way darker.

Comfortably Numb is one of the songs my grandparents want on their funerals. I decided to tattoo the first line "hello, is there anybody in there" on my chest, above my heart. If they pass away, they'll still be in my heart. The question "hello, is there anybody in there" could be answered

Awesome reaction. Thank you!

Sooooo much yes to this!! I absolutely LOVE this band and song. Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands!

You make me so glad that I was a teenager in the 70s

The middle solo breaks your heart and the second just blows your head off.

Laying in the summer grass watching the stars listening to "PINK FLOYD".

Pink Floyd must listens; Shine on you Crazy Diamond, Wish You Were Here, Welcome to the Machine.

This song always gives me goosebumps, and it always makes me feel like I'm floating lmao

Nicely done kid! Such a thrill to see a young person hear Pink Floyd, and in particular this song for the first time. Thanks for sharing!

Just became a subscriber love the reactions I've got a million suggestions for you

Hearing *music* for the 1st time ;)

If you want a song to drive you into an existential crisis, react to *"Time"* by Pink Floyd and pay attention to the lyrics. In all seriousness, I wasn't the same person after I heard that.

the second solo is just pure eargasm. top 5 best solos ever.

So my cat had cancer, I had her on all kinds of painkillers. One night she woke me up by meowing loudly, with all her strength & fell over. It was like 3am & I was like omg I think this is the end. I didn't know how long the process was going to take. So I had to decide whether to try to dive over to the emergency vet 25km away but I didn't want her to die in the car so I decided to just wrap us up in a blanket as it was freezing cold & lay with dim lights on in the quiet & I have sung other cats to the afterlife so this one I did as I gave her the morphine she had & she was kneading on me as her breathing went shallow then stopped. I felt her heart stop. It's taken me 2 months even to listen to this so I'm here in tears appreciating the reaction. You got me through it Alex. Thank you

A Perfect Circle - Judith

Well brotha. You just heard what many consider the greatest guitar solo of all time. (2nd solo) 👍🏽

All the pain in his life to this point.....he is going through a mental break.....he is finally becoming Comfortably Numb......his emotional pain cant reach him anymore.

I often watch your reactions, you like and you feel music... Thanks

One word... Timeless.

Those guitar solos are eargasm guaranteed! Guitarporn at is finest😍

i was a teen when this came out lite up and tune into pink floyd i am 60 now still do it to al this awesome rock n roll

I love pink floyd my dad got me into these guys when I was young hearing the guitar riff and solo just sends me back to the days watching my dad work on cars and playing pink floyd on the car stereo

Man I love seeing someone hearing these two solos for the first time.