What's up guys. If you are interested in seeing the Pulse performance reaction, it's on my channel now. It was awesome so thanks for the recommendations 🙏✌️

If you thought the second guitar solo was stupendous in the studio version, if you watch the live performance of this song at Pulse, the second guitar solo was absolutely breathtaking, and has been rated by Rick Beato as the best guitar solo *ever*. You can thank me later. 🙂

Gilmour's Black Strat is jacked into his soul.

When Gilmour plays its like you can feel his emotions. There is so much pain in that solo.

I've always thought of this song as being about depression / the brain's reaction to trauma. That the brain is taking on the role of a doctor proposing sedation to take the dangerously painful emotions away. And once you've been like that for long enough you can become comfortable in your numbness but lament that you don't feel the same excitement for life you did when you were younger. Lamenting that the child has grown and the dream is gone.

This song hits like a truck on an emotional level. One of my all time favorite tracks with perhaps only Shine on You Crazy Diamond being above it in my eyes. The song also eludes to lost childhood dreams that is haunting.

Yes indeed, one of Floyd's very best songs and that solo is classic here and even better live. See his best stab at it in the Live Pulse video for Comfortably Numb, many say it is as good a guitar solo as any other, Gilmour is the anti shredder, where fast has it place and dynamics abound, dripping with emotion and musical excellence from a God of Rock. As others will say, to best understand Floyd songs from many of their albums, your best bet is on the full context of within listening to the entire album. If not reacting as the sessions are long, do it on your own time, relax and enjoy the immersive experience, it is how we absorbed this stuff back in the day. No other generation had better music to listen to from 1964 - 1994, we were utterly spoiled for 30 years before popular music started going down hill. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶

During that second solo usually even my body hair have their own goosebumps. Incredible.

"...the child is grown, the dream is gone..." The saddest line ever written.

I always felt the sense of alienation in this number. And Gilmour's solo is probably the best ever, and in a way enhances that feeling of searching for something in ones life. The live show from Pulse is a must see, the guitar solo is about 3 minutes long, epic.

That's not military drumming at the beginning. It's someone knocking on his dressing room door, backstage, telling him it's time to go onstage to start the show.

A lot of the fullness and atmosphere of Floyd comes from Rick Wright's keyboard work. Truly one of the great unsung heroes of rock and roll. I'd check out Wearing The Inside Out if you want to know what the songs he wrote for Floyd sounded like.

"I think thats what you hear when you go and meet God " ..one of the best lines ive heard in a long time 👍🎶

Top 5 guitar solos of all time. #masterpiece

this one is an all time classic peep this song live at pulse

Hearing 40,000 people sing the lyrics to this song, somehow miraculously in harmony, is one of the highlights of my life.

“There is no pain you are receding, a distant ship smoke on the horizon, you are only coming through in waves” I think this provides context to the point of being “comfortable”. The recognition that there is help in the distance, but the road to get there will require patience and understanding. Thanks for reviewing my favourite song.

A lot of folks react firs to the live version, but the original version is the must listen to for this song. This was the version that we grew up with, that represented creative, progressive rock at its absolute best.

Makes me smile to hear you say this was the best guitar solo you've ever heard, could you imagine making up a solo like that lol? Gives me chills man everytime I hear this song, especially the solos

Saw the Wall concert in 1980. Gilmour did the solo on top of a Wall built across the arena during the show. No social media so we had no idea it was coming. An arena of people suddenly drawn to him by a spotlight and then amazement.

This guitar solo goes with a masterfully crafted lightshow. Watch the PULSE live version to truly go and meet god. When you have done that and want more, go explore a post-Waters song. High Hopes will take you away and make you crave for a second listening.

Keep exploring, keep asking questions, keep giving us your perspective. Makes these old tunes come alive again! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

That moment when you’re watching a reaction video to Pink Floyd and you can tell that the reactor totally gets it. Bravo, man, Bravo. Great reaction.

Check out the album Animals!! It'll blow your mind

" Shine on you crazy diamond" is a work of the Gods Echoes also brilliant.... wish you were here....also a must Hey you - great lyrics and guitar

I thoroughly enjoy the detailed research you put into the bands you are reacting to.

I always see this song as the difference between exterior vs interior and then at every chorus David plays giving us a sound to represent that interior sensation. The way David's voice comes in clear and warm and so expressive gets me every time I hear it. One of my favorites.

This group could possibly b the greatest rock band ever!!!!!!!!!

You will love the Pulse live version of this! IMO the best live solo!

I am excited for when you listen to the first song off of "Led Zeppelin 2", such a masterpiece. I would call it personally Psychedelic Metal

Well…..Syed…..I’ll guess I’ll join the chorus and say say that you truly MUST watch the live version from the Pulse tour. Gilmore’s second solo is extended and has become one of the most iconic guitar solos in rock. That is, unless you’ve already seen it….

I don't know if you will see this, I'm late to the party. I've been going through your older reactions. Nice to see someone who feels and understands the music. I was 13 in 1970. Started piano at 7, drums at 12 (which ended,parents didn't want a kit in the house) and ended up a singer. There are so many phenominal bands that decade. I listened to most of it from James Taylor to Zeppelin to Return To Forever and more. Steely Dan is a must listen. Geniuses in the studio. Great reactions subscribed

another insightful reaction Syed, loved it!

Great reaction man, really enjoyed it. Thank you! Subscribed

Superb in-depth reaction as usual..Bravo my friend..

I've probably heard this song 33,000 times... That second Solo gets me everytime

As always, context is massively relevant and one track leads into another....

"This is not how I am." That line always gave me goosebumps.

This song never gets old to me, and your reaction was one of the best, most thoughtful reactions to this iconic song. Also, I totally agree with what you said about creative dissonance at the end. I've often thought about that with respect to the Beatles and Pink Floyd. Once they broke up and went their separate ways, the sum of the parts was less than the whole.

The Pulse version, along with it's great music is equally a triumph of stagecraft. Watch for the ending when what looks like a crystal ball above the crowd opens like a butterfly emerging from crysalis. A magical moment.

Fantastic take on this!

When I listen to this song I think “oh man this is the greatest song ever” and then I listen to Time and I think “oh man this is the other greatest song ever.”

Live at Earls Court version has another guitar solo and the performance 👏 2nd to none

You're right in one aspect if "Gilmore" and "Waters" could have gotten along, but since they didn't we probably got robbed of another "Dark Side of the Moon or another "Animals" album! This song came from David Gilmour who had written the music and different words for this song, Roger Waters heard Gilmour's demo and suggested his lyrics from his childhood and Philadelphia concert memories to Gilmore's music and they came up with this brilliant song together! Too bad they couldn't get along for just a few more albums! I really believe they are the Mozart / Beethoven of the 20th century! There are some people that say no way to that because Mozart and Beethoven wrote way more music! The thing about that is is in their lifetime and in the time they lived in there was nothing else to do but write music they didn't have all the distractions that we do from the middle of the 20th century on! Keep up the hard work and your subscriber number will grow quickly you're doing very interesting and very good job!

Listen to the whole album. Then watch the movie. Then watch a video of the stage show. The album, movie and stage show were planned as a trilogy presentation from the beginning.

You guessed very right! Pink (Gilmour) is now desperate, lonely and devastated by the break-up with his partner (the song begins with a failed phone conversation, when Pink wanted to call his wife but couldn't reach her). He is frustrated and has taken many drugs. A doctor - Waters (who is also manager/producer Bob Hoskins in the film) - arrives on the set and tries to revive Pink by injecting him with a drug so he can perform. There are actually three things that inspired Waters to write this song: 1/ memories of his childhood when he had a fever and was very sick, 2/ his experience at a concert in Philadelphia in 1977, when he had a bout of hepatitis before the concert and the doctor gave him a sedative and he was really sick afterwards and doesn't remember much of the performance (just the hands like two balloons) and the third thing related to that, and that is the perennial problem with the behaviour of producers who are oblivious to the artist's possible ailments and just ruthlessly demand results and "go over dead bodies". This is a recurring theme throughout Pink Floyd's history (e.g. the photograph on the cover of Wish You Were Here and the track "Have A Cigar" on the same album).

Luv ya work Syed, you're like a stop-watch that gets started when the deep stuff kicks in. Luv it. Yes this is a classic result from all concerned in the Pink Floyd composer group. I am a seasoned guitarist myself and Dave Gilmour has been my hero for about 50 years now. And one of the best things I learned about him and his approach to creating whirlwind solos is this; he would use the 16 track recorder (in those days) and record about 7 or 8 totally improvised solos to the song in question, and then go through each one of those (bar by bar) and give a big tick to the best parts of that particular track, He would do this to all improvised tracks, and when finished he would write a score which comprised the best parts of each improvised solo, tagged together in a sort of wonderful map of excellent ideas. It did him extremely well I think.. Long live PINK FLOYD MUSIC!!

You are sharp. You get it!

One of the greatest songs in the pantheon of rock. Absoluely brilliant in every way.

A great job at giving us the history behind songs and some of the best lyric analysis out there. Keep it up. Pink Floyd's writing was on a different level than most bands. Check out Another Brick in the Wall - a shot at how our schools churn out our kids to march thru life like minions, just doing as their told (so true today).

Hey man, you're doing such a great job analyzing PF songs, you'd be in heaven (and your viewers too :P) going through the whole The Wall album! Don't make us wait for it long, please!

Whenever Gilmour plays this solo live its just a different feeling, in my opinion the greatest guitarist off all time, no one can make so much emotion out of so little notes.

Great reaction man. Since you’re a guy that likes analyzing things, reacting to the entire The Wall album would certainly be up your alley.

Excellent reaction

If you liked David's solos here I recommend watching videos of him playing them live, like at the Pulse tour concert and the Pompeii concert.

New viewer... Lovin your work my friend 👌👍💚

I must have been 12 or 13 when I first heard it. It was and still is the best guitar solo I’ve ever heard. It captured an emotion I was struggling with and helped me process it. No words could have done what this piece of music did for me: it transcended my sorrow. And even now, decades later, I still have chills whenever I hear it.

Just like Dark Side of the Moon, this album really needs to be heard in its entirety. And you should see the film Waters made, "Pink Floyd The Wall". If it weren't for copyright I would suggest hosting a viewing onstream....

You might find this hard to believe but dhe solo from fhe live Pulse version from 1994 is so much better even than this, it is truly staggering

Not only do you get it. But I've been listening to them for 50 years and you make me think of things I haven't thought of before. The 2nd solo is my #1 of all time. The first one is top 10. Very rare for one song. Masterpiece! Great job. 👍

Pulse Live....best live solo!!!!!

Syed is brilliant. He totally gets it and then expounds upon the theme🤗✌️

Another great analysis and reaction Syed...to one of the best songs ever written...if you liked Gilmore in this..."Pulse" you will never forget...I'm really looking forward to it...keep doing what you are doing...and don't forget to "TURN IT UP" 🎧🎶☝️

It’s the moment at 11:16 that never gets old when watching these reaction videos. That’s the moment you realize your life will never be the same now that you have experienced Pink Floyd

Emotionally, it feels like a resignation to one's failure to overcome an addiction and all the failed dreams that that entails.

And then they did it LIVE😉

Would love to see you react to echoes live in Pompeii part 1 and part 2. Not enough reactors come back for the second part but it's great!

the depth of the music on most of the tracks is what pulls you in and got me like everyone else. I grew up listening to them from my father. and the main reason with Gilmour being so great is that he himself is the style that makes it all come together

Chills every time. Pink Floyd😘

I'm really surprised at the lack of reactions to High Hopes on KZfaq. It's generally considered one of their best tracks and is my personal favourite.

Only seen Floyd twice, and Rodger with his Radio Chaos tour. Everyone spectacular!

Loving your reactions Syed. I saw Dave Gilmour solo in the early 80s. Pretty awesome. Never saw PF sadly. One of my musical regrets, not having seen them.

COMFORTABLY NUMB - PULSE CONCERT 94' BEST VESION/SOLO EVER.🇨🇦🇨🇦

YOU'RE perfectly right about your explanation, on the "distant ship"! It's about the total loneliness too! In fact, a lot of peoples forget, too often, that THE WALL, IS A MOVIE AT THE BEGINNING! THE ALBUM, IS THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE MOVIE, AND, THE TOUR WHERE THEY WERE BUILDING THE WALL ON STAGE, WAS THE EXTENTION AND, THE THEATER SCENES OF THE MOVIE! SO, in the movie, which was censored in USA, until 1989,the scene you get on the song "COMFORTABLY NUMB", IS THE SCENE OF THE OVERDOSE! JUST, AFTER, THE GUY LOST THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE! SO, YES, HE FELT THAT TOTAL SADNESS, LONELINESS, FOR SURE! GOOD ANALYSIS BRO..... PEACE FROM FRANCE 😂👍✌️🇫🇷🎸

COMING BACK TO LIFE or WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME from the division bell album are both awesome. check them out.

Most people talk about the Solo, which is, obviously, one of the best of all time, but, they over look the rest of the music. It all synthesizer, but the layering of all the other instruments. Strings, horns, woodwinds...… magnificent. No one who reacts to this song ever talks about it. You did, which is rare. I would love to hear a track of the studio version without the vocals

1. The sounds your hear at the beginning make more sense in the context when you listen to the album in its totality. 2. The genesis story you related is not wrong, but in the context of The Wall this song relates to a different storyline. The illness is mental, not physical. 3. When Gilmour’s guitar cries, so do I. 4. You REALLY must listen to the complete album start to finish. My favorite PF album.

Also, THANK YOU for listening to the studio version, and not the live one that many other people go for!

You are now ready to Watch/hear this song on Pulse Live concert from 1994. Gilmour was spectacular. You’ll certainly enjoy.

Pulse,pulse,pulse pretty please,soooo goood and the second solo is an extended version

"I caught a fleeting glimpse, out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look, but it was gone" I loved that line so much I nicked it and included it in a school essay :)

Would love to see you watch the whole Wall movie. That's the best way to experience this album.

Syed, please please please for the love of God, please do this song but the live version from Pulse. It will change your life! One of the best moments in music history absolutely mind-blowing!

I’m old enough to remember when this album came out. It’s so unbelievably satisfying for me to watch someone enjoy this song for the very first time. I can still get emotional hearing this even though I’ve heard it 1000 or more times.

great to hear a hip hop fan expanding his musical tastes, have you heard much australian music, try john farnham singing the beatles hit help with the melbourne symphony orchestra, and katie noonan doing a cover of sia's chandelier at the bridge

Pink Floyd is Legendary dude, no band like them. "Comfortably Numb" is a masterpiece, the way the song goes from a lovely, dreamy, orchestral, arrangement,... to a searing hard Rock rhythm section under a blistering David Gilmour solo. Quite possibly the GOAT Rock song in history. If you'd like to see (and hear), David Gilmours' killer live rendition of the second solo in Comfortably Numb, check out the song at Pink Floyds' 1994 Pulse Concert at Earls Court London. What an incredible song ending solo, abso;utely off the charts! I've been a Pink Floyd fan since 1973, when they released their iconic "Dark Side of the Moon" album, I was 17 years old. I've seen them twice live, one time was the incredible, phenomenal, astounding The Wall Concert in 1980! (As you can tell, The Wall Concert had quite an impact on me, Lol). Their "Dark Side of the moon" album also could be the GOAT Rock album. It has sold over 55 million copies to date, and it was on Billboards Top 100 Albums of all Time list for 962 weeks, that's over 18 years on the list, more than double the 2nd place album.

You nailed it comparing Pink Floyd to classical music. 100 years from now people will be listening to Pink Floyd like they once listened to Mozart.

I was in the emergency room once and they gave me dilauded. I was in my 30’s and I really could relate to part of what they were singing about. You feel totally disconnected, everything is far far away. Like a dream

The live version is amazing.

Gotta checkout the Pulse concert version of this song. Amazing solo,Gilmour out does himself.

As with most PF albums, The Wall is a story, not a collection of songs. Comfortably Numb is on side 3 of 4 sides, so there is a lot of story told before we get to this song. The concept album was big in the 70s, you kind of have to hear the whole to understand the parts

Excellent reaction. I have to say you are just about the best reactor out there, how you articulate yourself is superb. I’d love for you to react to a little known song that happens to be great. It’s called When I Go by an American band called Over The Rhine. I’d be fascinated to see and hear your reaction. Forget the number of views, it’s all about the music.

Watch the live performance of this during their Pulse tour, it's freaking amazing

Excellent insight

Music is what feelings sound like.

Pulse 94 is a must

Please tackle the entire album, a masterpiece in a single sitting.....magic.🇨🇦🇨🇦

this album and the accompanying movie are truly something else and something special. I've never been a rock star so that part doesn't resonate with me but the isolation, the loneliness, and madness all strike an intense cord with me. wonderful album and will always be at the top of my list.

Liking your reactions, you've got some real insight. Rare these days.

The look on your face at the end of the Master Piece said it all. Like Holy Crap.