What If "Comfortably Numb" Came Out Today? /w Special Guest

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In today's episode I discuss what would happen if Pink Floyd did not exist and "Comfortably Numb" came out today.
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  • @paulmenard6219

    @paulmenard6219

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @Levi-xg1fz

    @Levi-xg1fz

    Жыл бұрын

    Rick, we need a My Bloody Valentine breakdown from Loveless. Please and thank you!

  • @jvanderveen
    @jvanderveen2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Tim, for pointing out something I've been telling people for years. People don't listen to music like they used to. It's on our phones and we carry it in our pockets and ... it's all around us. When we listened to records we went to "the room where the music lives". We sat on the couch or bed in front of big speakers and listened to an album. We went TO the music and now the music is a satellite to our everything else. When I finally put a turntable back in my basement about ten years ago with some big cabinets pushing the music at me, I remember sitting on the sofa and just crying for no reason other than the music was beautiful and I was in it. Probably part nostalgia, but I was in MY basement surrounded by MY guitars and stuff, and listening to music was the thing I was doing. Not cooking, not cleaning, not driving ... when you can close out everything else and focus on the music it's what music should be. Does that make sense?

  • @maxxschneider5534

    @maxxschneider5534

    2 жыл бұрын

    You gotta have the concrete walls and candles. I highly recommend AC/DCs "If you want blood" live album with a candle in the dark. Cranked.

  • @randyolscamp4871

    @randyolscamp4871

    Жыл бұрын

    Some of us still have music rooms where we play our records

  • @kikovazquez7277

    @kikovazquez7277

    Жыл бұрын

    It absolutely makes sense except you left out one gigantic NOT - that being, not dancing. Music now is reduced to "beats" and the kids may also say "groove" - but really, it's about dance rhythm with everything other than angry sad heartbroken revengeful redeemed pop ballads. Nobody dancing to "Comfortably Numb" . Music to sit down and listen to is lost when da beats ain't da basis.

  • @richardeells3655

    @richardeells3655

    Жыл бұрын

    It's called "active listening". People often call it the "background music of (my) our lives." It really was front and center, not background. NOW music is just background noise.

  • @lavenderbee3611

    @lavenderbee3611

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe this to be true, music used to be a sacred ritual and it had a physicality to it, it was beautiful and changed our lives. It's true as a young person, I spent many hours just listening to music without multi-tasking.

  • @jeffbrowne6655
    @jeffbrowne66552 жыл бұрын

    One of the components that you don’t mention is the fact that this song had context to the album. The album was a concept. Also, the guitar solo is more of a composition than just a guitar solo. The solo accentuates the disconnection of the chorus singer’s experience/mood from the verse singer’s urging. The whole album was an experience.

  • @bassplayaman1

    @bassplayaman1

    2 жыл бұрын

    This ☝️

  • @rockanne

    @rockanne

    2 жыл бұрын

    They do mention it in speaking of the album as "long form content."

  • @Reinshark

    @Reinshark

    2 жыл бұрын

    Something can be composed and still be a solo; while solos are often an opportunity for improvisation, not all solos are necessarily improvised. "DB-MUSIC" above suggested that this may well have been improvised anyway, but that's not what makes a solo in any case.

  • @petejr7583

    @petejr7583

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree that this album is an experience as a whole, but I disagree if the point you are making, is that this song doesn’t stand on its own. I never had Floyd albums as a kid and teen, but the singles radio play was very powerful, at least to me.

  • @tomcook5813

    @tomcook5813

    2 жыл бұрын

    The songs were all scenes in an audio movie..

  • @prateekbhardwaj9943
    @prateekbhardwaj9943 Жыл бұрын

    i think pink floyd will never been forgotten and people will still listening after 100 years

  • @wowzers1069

    @wowzers1069

    3 ай бұрын

    Absolutely agree. PF is modern classical music and much like (old) classical music it will be listened to for 100's of years.

  • @lisabruneau3801

    @lisabruneau3801

    2 ай бұрын

    Think anyone will be listening to Taylor Swift or rap crap in 100 years, doubt it.

  • @fredriordan5660

    @fredriordan5660

    Ай бұрын

    Couldn’t agree more!!!❤️

  • @profbawbag6604

    @profbawbag6604

    8 күн бұрын

    A very interesting conversation. Imo, they're disregarding us old people, and focusing too much on the listening habits of the young ones. Would PF be as massive today as they are? Probably not, but i think they would still command a decent fanbase. Also remember, PF were never interested in being in the charts, having number 1 singles. They were heavily focused on albums, and playing the music contained within those albums to a live audience. I think a group that would struggle would be Dire Straits to an extent because they were the MTV/chart focused band. So Mark's solos would probably get lost. But yeah, as an old person, I still find a good modern day band from time to time. Manchester Orchestra being just one. Plus over the years, i also enjoyed the likes of Muse, The Killers etc. So us oldes do play a part too.

  • @biraz9689
    @biraz9689 Жыл бұрын

    Well, I still can listen the Pink Floyd’s Echoes(25 mins), Dogs(17 mins), Pigs(11 mins), Shine on you crazy diamond(23 mins), and so many other 6-7 mins songs Equally loving it more than ever.. Gilmour Guitar can make anyone cry..

  • @stegokitty
    @stegokitty2 жыл бұрын

    I once heard someone say "Pink Floyd are the Ents of Rock music. Anything worth saying, is worth saying slowly". I'm so thankful for those long, slow stories delivered with music via the talents of Waters, Gilmour, Wright, and Mason.

  • @chriskline5159

    @chriskline5159

    2 жыл бұрын

    😁

  • @louise_rose

    @louise_rose

    2 жыл бұрын

    Films today are much less prone to "taking their time" with a story, or indeed to indulging in subplots and character studies,. Almost no movies today run for close to three hours or even more - reasonably common in the 1970s-80s. For instance, "Dances With Wolves" and "2001" are both of them really slow by today's standards, not to mention "Zabriskie Point" where the Floyd were involved. It was a different age, the span of attention in many people was far wider and there were much fewer "fast-wind" options when listening to songs or watching tv or movies.

  • @thefevertalking

    @thefevertalking

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love that description.

  • @michaelparker3709

    @michaelparker3709

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Anything worth saying, is worth saying slowly." What a great sentence. 👏

  • @feanorian21maglor38

    @feanorian21maglor38

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great quote, very appropriate, must remember it.

  • @Fastlane05
    @Fastlane05 Жыл бұрын

    I've also noticed a trend. When we are sitting around and having a few drinks with friends and listening to music, people can't even finish a song completely before they want to jump to the next song. So not only it is faster, and the music tempo is much faster, people don't even have the attention span to listen to a full song. When I listen to Pick Floyd, I hear and "FEEL" every last note. They are by far my favorite band and David Gilmore is my inspiration on guitar.

  • @stuarthancock571

    @stuarthancock571

    Жыл бұрын

    Nothing worse than drunk people messing around with music at a party. Because EVERYONE has THEIR song that EVERYONE ELSE has to listen to.

  • @thecount1001

    @thecount1001

    5 ай бұрын

    and even if they do, they hit shuffle, and are constantly changing styles. there is no interest in the record or album as an artistic expression of themes and moods over the course of an hour.

  • @jimmerriman6920
    @jimmerriman6920 Жыл бұрын

    Pink Floyd is timeless, and the music will be "relevant" and listened to 50 years from now, because it is soooo different. These guys were so good at their craft together. There are people on both sides of the David Gilmour, Roger Water controversy. But you really ought to mention Richard Wright and Nick Mason, they too had just as much to do with what made Floyd successful.

  • @joepregiato1987

    @joepregiato1987

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes and fortunately 50 years from now his politics will be totally forgotten

  • @RogerBarraud

    @RogerBarraud

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joepregiato1987 And yours. And probably sooner.

  • @pablokaufervinent8012

    @pablokaufervinent8012

    Жыл бұрын

    You never know. Classical which has been around more time has had time to forget and resuscitate arguably the greatest composer who ever lived. If it could happen to Bach it can happen to anyone.

  • @philbergen1567

    @philbergen1567

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed 110% Sadly wright and Mason had very little musical input for the Wall, and it shows. For all the bombast, kinda flat album musically. Formulaic. At least comfortably has this epic guitar solo.

  • @jamessweet5341

    @jamessweet5341

    10 ай бұрын

    True and you can't forget some of the part time players they brought in for specific songs. Clare Torry, Dick Perry and no few others. All superb.

  • @jdoedoenet
    @jdoedoenet2 жыл бұрын

    This song has never failed to tear at something in my guts for over 40 years now....and I know I'm not alone in that, every time I listen to it again.

  • @Mistressofthegroove

    @Mistressofthegroove

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too!

  • @frankphillips7436

    @frankphillips7436

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely every time!

  • @wald3287

    @wald3287

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah…heard this song for the 1st time right now. Listened with the lyrics going on Spotify. Teared up, not really knowing why?

  • @jdoedoenet

    @jdoedoenet

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wald3287 Because it hits something deep...maybe too deep to even put into words. Seems to me that same thing, whatever the hell it is, is in so many of us...

  • @lisalisabowbisa

    @lisalisabowbisa

    Жыл бұрын

    Same!!!!!

  • @williambill5172
    @williambill51722 жыл бұрын

    David Gilmour and John Lennon both had voices no voice teacher would call perfect, but few throughout history are more memorable.

  • @jjjvvv123

    @jjjvvv123

    2 жыл бұрын

    No voice teacher would call any voice perfect

  • @ak47dragunov

    @ak47dragunov

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kevtop351 As does Gilmour for that matter

  • @brianadams5088

    @brianadams5088

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kevtop351 no he did not, Reed thin and nasal, that's why he doubled tracked all his vocals

  • @em7dim9

    @em7dim9

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brianadams5088 I agree. It's what he did with his voice and the fact it had a unique sound that counts.

  • @martinwilliams3595

    @martinwilliams3595

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brianadams5088 I agree, JL's voice was not smooth, it just grates.

  • @AliasMark69
    @AliasMark692 жыл бұрын

    Back in O.C. Calif when I was 30 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a P.F. show coming up. Knowing I am a Floyd fan she called the radio station (KMET - LA, “The Mighty Met”) to get information on the concert, The DJ on live radio Cynthia Fox…. said...."Congratulations, YOU are caller number 10, YOU just won tickets to the show and the Sound Check Party before the show"... I met David Gilmour back stage. He gave us both a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I told him his music will stand the test of time with anything from Beethoven or Mozart. He smiled even bigger. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shook both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well, better than any other guitarist I know. . I told him in my eyes he’s a “Legend“. He thanked me and said “Enjoy the show”…. during the concert after the song “Money” he looked right at me and said…. “On saxophone, another Legend, Mr. Raphael Ravenscroft” … acknowledging my comment to him. It is my favorite moment in over 300 shows I’ve seen. I asked David…. How do you create those awesome solos?… he said….. I sit on a stool and listen to what Roger, Nick and Rick put down and play along. I listen to what I played and pick out what I like, then I put the pieces together into one piece then learn to play it as one. Our fans are fanatics for our shows to sound like the albums so I must play it correctly each time in a show. I have the concert Brochure and album on the wall with David’s picture centerfold.

  • @krkhns

    @krkhns

    2 жыл бұрын

    HOLY CRAP! I won tickets to the Sunday February 10th show and backstage party afterwards on KLOS! I was 17 and lived in Garden Grove. Because you had to be 18 to win, I told them I was my dad. He had to take a day off so he could drive to the KLOS studios to pick up the tickets. He wasn't real happy. I still have the Pink Floyd rainbow bumper sticker they would give out at every concert. We didn't get to spend too much time with anyone. Waters went straight to his trailer. Didn't say a word to anyone. Cynthia Fox was the MC at our show. She almost got hit by a big beach ball when she came out after the intermission. I remember the big billboard KLOS had on Hollywood Blvd that did the countdown to the first show. It started out plain white. Each day they would paste a new piece up. By February 7th it looked like the album gatefold.

  • @arturocostantino623

    @arturocostantino623

    2 жыл бұрын

    A great memory

  • @50gary

    @50gary

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, a life experience. Congratulations.

  • @AliasMark69

    @AliasMark69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@krkhns Pink Floyd Live memories are awesome.

  • @lequ1152

    @lequ1152

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the great story

  • @garycitro1674
    @garycitro1674 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Mr. Pierce. Amused to Death is unquestionably one of the greatest works Roger has completed.

  • @karlshuler1011

    @karlshuler1011

    Жыл бұрын

    It truly is, if it was a Pink Floyd album you and I both know it would have sold millions of units. It's an outstanding album.

  • @spinmaxdave5812
    @spinmaxdave5812 Жыл бұрын

    All I can say is that I am glad I was a teen in the 1970s. Musicianship at its best. Pink Floyd is my favorite band. Their hypnotic style was one of a kind.

  • @wayneriley7367
    @wayneriley73672 жыл бұрын

    Layla is so lucky to have this exposure so early. I wish I could come back in 50 years and hear her memories of the songs her dad played for her. Glad to have Rick in my life even if it is on the ‘tube’

  • @JamesHartnell

    @JamesHartnell

    2 жыл бұрын

    Was with an old friend recently, both of us musos to varying degrees - his teenage son loves his music and yet even having all his dad's stuff around him, he'd never heard 'Gimme Shelter'. It was so amazing to watch te kid hear it for the first time, was envious but also so proud. As expected, it rocked his world.

  • @wayneriley7367

    @wayneriley7367

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JamesHartnell I wish I had that, but I’m sure my kid would be a disappointment. A joke, I wouldn’t know, but I’ve taught some Chinese teens who want to know rock and roll

  • @Caperhere

    @Caperhere

    2 жыл бұрын

    Guess she’s way too young to realize rap came long after The Wall.

  • @rw4273
    @rw42732 жыл бұрын

    When I listen to David Gilmour's solos I could not imagine any other solo (in any song).....so perfect

  • @evrgreen_69

    @evrgreen_69

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great point..A less is more thing with me..So many technically amazing players out there but they tend to lack feel imho..✌️

  • @bojangles6444

    @bojangles6444

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@evrgreen_69 well- most rock guitarists don’t really improvise much. I would say the same of all the good guitarists. I wouldn’t change what I recognize. It’s part of the song just like the vocal melody.

  • @67marlins

    @67marlins

    2 жыл бұрын

    Whoever, 'Layla' is...she has a lot to learn.

  • @ekstradycja

    @ekstradycja

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bojangles6444 well, true perhaps but luckily there are some of them who like improvising e.g. Mark Knopfler, EC or John Mayer

  • @michelleper5065

    @michelleper5065

    2 жыл бұрын

    LOL @coming out today, you have no more music who could write such a masterpiece today? roland orzabal is too old now and already wrote his pieces, sting also too old already done it, david bowie, freddie, george michael all in much better place, so who? kate bush? she already gave her ok for her masterpiece to be played on stranger things, and she quit the scene because she saw what was coming SO who? david gilmour? he is also old dont you see there is no replacement for that generation of real pop/rock? that was real music..

  • @SurfMurph
    @SurfMurph Жыл бұрын

    I like Tim's comment about guitar sales being up during the pandemic. I actually bought my first guitar 3 weeks ago and have begun beginner lessons. (I'm 61 - better late than never, huh? lol)

  • @andersa3448

    @andersa3448

    Жыл бұрын

    Go for it! 👍

  • @PhotoTrekr

    @PhotoTrekr

    Жыл бұрын

    I've been meaning to learn guitar for at least 10 years. Every Winter I fool around with it and every Spring I find other things to do. Hope you have better luck than me. I'm 69 btw.

  • @jmb92555

    @jmb92555

    Жыл бұрын

    How are your fingertips feeling ;)

  • @SurfMurph

    @SurfMurph

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jmb92555 lol. not as sore as when I started.

  • @jmb92555

    @jmb92555

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SurfMurph that's great. You might be reaching the point where they go sort of numb. And then they will feel normal and your good to go. I'm going through it for the second time (soreness atm) and I can't say if knowing what's coming is a good thing or not ;) Keep at it. You're past the point where quitters quit.

  • @SteinerFab1357
    @SteinerFab13572 жыл бұрын

    Pink Floyd IS ART. Like no other band and the art revolves around Gilmour's guitar solo's and Waters story lines with video.

  • @pinkzeppelin5343

    @pinkzeppelin5343

    Жыл бұрын

    Not to forget The Syd Barrett pyshedelic Sound that is the soul of Floyd. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @andyallan2909

    @andyallan2909

    Жыл бұрын

    Art in music? You have to include Kate Bush.

  • @pinkzeppelin5343

    @pinkzeppelin5343

    Жыл бұрын

    @@andyallan2909 Who ?? What !!!!??? 🤡 Blasphemy to even include a group, let alone any individual, with the Timeless Priceless Masterpieces from The Maestros that is Pink Floyd. 🤦🏽‍♂️ DSOTM - 14 years on Billboard. Path-setting Cult Epic Concerts. Can't put No Bush or Cavemen with The Kings of Rock. 😤

  • @redrick8900

    @redrick8900

    Жыл бұрын

    That's like saying the cake revolves around the icing. Guitar solo's are less than 5% of Floyd.

  • @josephdebenedictis3884

    @josephdebenedictis3884

    Жыл бұрын

    You can't dismiss Richard Wright and his contributions to the music on many, many albums that helped make Pink Floyd with their distinctive sound

  • @johnsilver8059
    @johnsilver80592 жыл бұрын

    I heard The Wall while I was in Navy boot camp in 1980. One of the guys in my company was a huge Floyd fan. We had pooled our money to buy a boom box (1980s, right?) and that guy bought a cassette of The Wall at the small, tiny Exchange available to recruits on occasion. 4 or 5 of us stayed up late and sat in the head and listened to the whole album together. It was like church.

  • @goobfilmcast4239

    @goobfilmcast4239

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was in Orlando RTC when John Lennon was shot, Dec 1980....Just 10 years after the breakup of The Beatles so they were still very culturally relevant.... I loved them....just went to the head and cried. I had never before or since cried for the passing of a public figure

  • @botch3936

    @botch3936

    2 жыл бұрын

    My last year at Iowa State. After finishing my homework (sometimes not), I'd lay out on the sofa or floor or bed, headphones in place, and listen to The Wall from start to finish. All year long.

  • @recoveringsoul755

    @recoveringsoul755

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was in college and one guy in the dorms went to the concert for The Wall. He talked about what an impact it made in him. I never saw them in concert, missed out there

  • @kris2k

    @kris2k

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pink Floyd: in 76 I was in Canada, the boy had Dark Side and he pull the cover of the speaker and I could see how heart beat was moving the membrane...

  • @gsmith207

    @gsmith207

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now that’s freaking cool! I grew up in the same time in the 80s and your memory is way better than mine! Ha ha! rock on

  • @theju3939
    @theju39392 жыл бұрын

    A great guitar solo is a solo which suits the song perfectly, blends into its ambience and shows the song's emotions.

  • @johnlindblom1430

    @johnlindblom1430

    2 жыл бұрын

    "On the turning away" is a good example of that. That guitar solo brings on the tears for me with even more intensity than the lyrics.

  • @scottmcgregor4829

    @scottmcgregor4829

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love the Solo in Comfortably Numb. However, my favorite David Gilmore solo is on his first solo album on No Way Out of Here.

  • @67marlins

    @67marlins

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thejus - well said....good examples being David Gilmour and the Cars' Elliott Easton.

  • @Anna_Nimmitty

    @Anna_Nimmitty

    2 жыл бұрын

    True, and JMHO here, but only a few are as good as David Gilmore when it comes to producing such that fit as perfectly well as ALL of David's do!!

  • @67marlins

    @67marlins

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Anna_Nimmitty Like the forlorn and achingly painful feeling you may get listening to his solo for, 'Time'.

  • @fletches4084
    @fletches40842 жыл бұрын

    They played "Us and Them" on the UK's largest national radio station yesterday and you could feel an entire country go "WTF was that???" You have a generation of people for whom a "song" is a one line lyric beaten into the skull through endless repetition and suddenly being presented with something requiring and also allowing thought must have come as shock to many of them.

  • @charleswindsor1184

    @charleswindsor1184

    Жыл бұрын

    Bloody well said mate!

  • @cindyhalik3620

    @cindyhalik3620

    Жыл бұрын

    Watch the US millennial rappers reaction to first time hearing PF. They are in ecstacy during Gilmore's guitar solo & speechless at the end.

  • @TheBatugan77

    @TheBatugan77

    23 күн бұрын

    As a former sax player, I could listen to Us And Them for hours. Indeed I have.

  • @andrecormier8822
    @andrecormier88222 жыл бұрын

    Note the bass drum work on the chorus. The strategic omissions is really what makes this chorus suspend and float even more that it does. Absolutely stunning.

  • @lordcustard-smythe-smith9153
    @lordcustard-smythe-smith91532 жыл бұрын

    The thing is that Pink Floyd were never a singles band. The popular culture was disco in the 70's, and synth music in the 80's. At no point was their music the 'in genre'. They had a massive fan base that they built over many years, who couldn't care less what was supposed to be popular .The same is true now. I don't give a flying fig what anyone listening to singles thinks about Pink Floyd then or now.

  • @BitcoinWillFixEverything

    @BitcoinWillFixEverything

    2 жыл бұрын

    Very true. I was into the smiths, Depeche mode, The cure, new order, etc in the '80s. But of course Pink Floyd, Led zeppelin, Beatles, are beyond any time period.

  • @squaaaaak3178

    @squaaaaak3178

    2 жыл бұрын

    Much like classical, or anything else that requires talent, effort, and passion to create.

  • @PetePerforming

    @PetePerforming

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sales in such large quantities - and selling out such large venues consistently - is the definition of “pop”, or popular. It’s a conceit to hold onto Floyd as “niche”.

  • @jamesnolan4412

    @jamesnolan4412

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BitcoinWillFixEverything beyond any time period? What does that even mean? Every band logically has a sound that dates them including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles.. and as for The Cure, they have been going for nearly fifty years, still giving concerts that are 3hrs plus long...Robert ignores genres , they have a loyal huge fan base...you could say not unlike Pink Floyd ...very similar really!

  • @PaulJonesy

    @PaulJonesy

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, “Comfortably Numb” was just another track on the album, it wasn’t pushed as a song.

  • @questfortruth665
    @questfortruth6652 жыл бұрын

    Since the day this was released in 1980, this has been my favorite song and guitar solos of all time! To this day I still get chills hearing it! Eternal!!

  • @tmackie1694

    @tmackie1694

    2 жыл бұрын

    “Eternal” is the perfect descriptive.

  • @michelleper5065

    @michelleper5065

    2 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't only the wall or this song, it was the all 70's and 80's, i mean listen to edge of heaven by wham, within 30 seconds you will understand why so many who understand music come to the conclusion george michael was probably the best of all, but it is all this last quarter of 20th century, the peak of pop/rock music.

  • @BeesWaxMinder

    @BeesWaxMinder

    2 жыл бұрын

    I long loved this song, especially, obviously, the solo but the non-video, album version of ‘The Delicate Sound of Thunder’ is my fave

  • @timoromeo7663

    @timoromeo7663

    2 жыл бұрын

    1979 not 80

  • @bobdylan3013

    @bobdylan3013

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@timoromeo7663 as teenagers we drove from Cleveland,Oh10 to Nassau Coli for the Wall show. Caught the 2nd of 5 nights they played there. I'm thinking it was Feb 8th?9th? of 1980. The LP coming out the previous yr of course. What a trip! Much Love Brother. ✌

  • @clive1294
    @clive12942 жыл бұрын

    Something that you are probably aware of, but not everyone out there will know, is that in those days not many recordings (neither classical nor modern) were very well engineered. The majority were average at best. Pink floyd always stood out - most of their tracks were very good. Some were (for the day) spectacular in terms of recording and engineering - comfortably numb was one of them. I can still remember at the time (late 70's) hearing it played on a friend's high end system (mine was pretty good but his was phenomenal, koetsu cartridge and all) and I was just mesmerized by the whole thing - the music, the sound, it was absolutely magic. I can still put myself back there in Dan's audio room, and hear comfortably numb on his system in my mind. Just amazing. Dan died many years ago, but my memories of shared moments with music - many of them with pink floyd - live on in me.

  • @sonus289

    @sonus289

    2 жыл бұрын

    Id agree. The engineering and production is very cut and paste . Not alot of experimenting to see what really works. Everything today is so HOT and way over compressed. I think fidelity Is not something really considerd in todays music. If it sounds bad, replace it with software....

  • @robertdowell9493

    @robertdowell9493

    2 жыл бұрын

    Shhh! Don’t tell the vinyl audiophiles! They’ll be so upset to discover that their $15,000 stylus and $75,000 turntable are a complete waste of money!

  • @billviola7884

    @billviola7884

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am sure George Martin and Glyns John would totally agree with you...uh huh.

  • @darryldouglas6004

    @darryldouglas6004

    2 жыл бұрын

    You should hear it on a reel-to reel. One of the good early ones before they divided the heads up. 😃

  • @RadioReprised
    @RadioReprised Жыл бұрын

    When I heard the line about the ''Hands felt like two balloons'' I was amazed because it happened to ME as a child and I thought it was my unique experience. I realized it was actually something others had felt and I wasn't alone in it!

  • @ingridd3672

    @ingridd3672

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @greendragonreprised6885
    @greendragonreprised68852 жыл бұрын

    If you haven't heard it yet, look on KZread for the version from David Gilmour playing at Pompeii in 2016, the outro solo is extended and it's incredible.

  • @WERC-lawyer

    @WERC-lawyer

    2 жыл бұрын

    ... also on YouBube, search for Gabriella Quevedo's rendition ... a person in her early 20s playing PFloyd at its original pace....

  • @tomcook5813

    @tomcook5813

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s my favorite version too 👍🏻

  • @lesleylesley5821

    @lesleylesley5821

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's another one with Eddie Vedder singing the lyrics that the best I've seen, I think it's in the UK.

  • @tonyk3725

    @tonyk3725

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gilmour's concert "Remember That Night" David Bowie sings the verses and turns it magically into a Bowie song. Amazing.

  • @phillipbarnes4091

    @phillipbarnes4091

    2 жыл бұрын

    David did that when I saw them in 95. At one point it felt like the song would never end. It was amazing.

  • @aaronmccormack1215
    @aaronmccormack12152 жыл бұрын

    The live recording of comfortably numb on delicate sounds of thunder is just amazing.

  • @travissennett1026

    @travissennett1026

    2 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love that album. It was nearly always in my CD player in high school.

  • @travissennett1026

    @travissennett1026

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's funny because I was just talking to a friend of mine about pink floyed. We're in our thirties and I've always been a huge pink floyd fan. He's been putting off listening to their discography forever. He just started getting into it and he's like, "Why the hell did wait so long!?" I literally just yesterday told him about The Delicate Sound of Thunder, and how it was nearly constantly in my CD player in highschool. I'm having one of those moments where you think, "I must be exactly where I'm supposed to be because these things are all coming together right now." You know what I mean?

  • @howardlittell

    @howardlittell

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was at the taping of that concert. It was great.

  • @john-evanbear8783

    @john-evanbear8783

    2 жыл бұрын

    2019 version of DSOT is my favourite.

  • @Tyrannosaurine

    @Tyrannosaurine

    2 жыл бұрын

    Best live performances of Comfortably Numb from a serious Pink Floyd live show collector: 1. Pink Floyd New Orleans 1994 2. Pink Floyd Roma 1994 3. David Gilmour Columbia Volcano Relief Concert 1986 (an otherwise cringe-worthy attempt to “modernize” the song in the 80s. Way over played, but the solo is searing and uncharacteristically fiery for Gilmour). 4. Pink Floyd Oslo 1994

  • @chrisstout8451
    @chrisstout8451 Жыл бұрын

    I listened to David Gilmour’s first solo album today while working out and Atom Heart Mother while mowing. I’m glad I was born in an era that could appreciate music that has length, breadth and depth. I hadn’t listened to Atom Heart Mother for many years but you can hear little bits of future albums like Meddle being hinted at. Gilmour has the perfect voice for the music he wrote and played on.

  • @user-wb4um9en6n
    @user-wb4um9en6n Жыл бұрын

    I’m glad I’ve seen them live! It’s still the best concert I’ve seen

  • @Robanza
    @Robanza2 жыл бұрын

    The 2nd solo on Comfortably Numb is the greatest rock solo ever recorded. Tone, feel, space, phrasing, et al.

  • @Knome-Ansland

    @Knome-Ansland

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've always loved the 1st. When I think of Gilmore solos, In a general sense, this one is one of my personal favorites. So soulful and clean, like an angel singing.

  • @MikkaShrednik

    @MikkaShrednik

    2 жыл бұрын

    My favourite rendition is on "Delicate Sound of Thunder" where David finally got to crank up his guitar and let loose his tone... so good.

  • @Robanza

    @Robanza

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Knome-Ansland I would agree the first solo is just so tasteful, unreal.

  • @wirelesmike73
    @wirelesmike732 жыл бұрын

    Pink Floyd is fine art. Pulse Live-1994 is a masterpiece of visual and sonic expression. I doubt there will ever be another live performance to compare.

  • @kaliensmashingatoms
    @kaliensmashingatoms2 жыл бұрын

    Comfortably numb transcends time. Everything about that song is freaking awesome. I woke up watching this video this morning and immediately got out of bed and played comfortably numb. Amazing tune

  • @melodygrim471
    @melodygrim471 Жыл бұрын

    One of the things I love is these young people on reaction channels who are discovering our music - and loving it! I follow a couple young guys here who are musicians who are in love with this music, and I recently stumbled across a couple brothers from the Country of Georgia, one of the guys is 26, and I believe the other is younger. They appear to be musicians and they say they were born at the wrong time! There are a lot of kids doing reaction videos today who are discovering the quality of our music. They all love it! And they're passing it on to their friends! And a lot of them are REALLY getting into prog! Also, I love the ones who are rap or.hip-hop fans doing reactions to our music and absolutely LOVING it!

  • @TallicaMan1986
    @TallicaMan19862 жыл бұрын

    The last solo will always hit people in the feels.

  • @travisjoyner5927

    @travisjoyner5927

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s always been the first solo that gets me the most, I must be in the minority on that.

  • @Redeye-x-
    @Redeye-x- Жыл бұрын

    This song never fails to give me goose bumps.

  • @loismiller2830
    @loismiller2830 Жыл бұрын

    I always really enjoy it when you and Tim have a conversation.

  • @petejr7583
    @petejr75832 жыл бұрын

    This song has always caused at least a tear since the first time I heard it as a kid back in the ‘70’s, and initially right at that point Rick hits on; the chorus to first guitar solo. I’m not an emotional guy, but this brings the pain to the surface some of us experienced as a child, but then leaves you uplifted, a survivor.

  • @shazbot10
    @shazbot102 жыл бұрын

    It’s funny how we’ve all listened to this thousands of times but we’re still amazed every time we hear it

  • @hgoruiz
    @hgoruiz2 жыл бұрын

    The Live 8 version is amazing. The way in which the bass, drums, guitar, keys interacts in the final solo, one instrument gets in, the guitar holding a note, the bass the makes a fill in, then pass to the next and guitar continues, then the drums fill ins together with keys and guitar.. They lead the song to a place where only master players can. I don't think modern musicians are allowed the time and space to do this in modern songs anymore.

  • @billplaney2585

    @billplaney2585

    Жыл бұрын

    As I watched the Live 8 performance I realized that it was the FIRST time Waters actually ever played bass on this song while publicly performed. In the past he would wear the doctor's coat and only sing and someone else would play bass.

  • @perrymason4707
    @perrymason47072 жыл бұрын

    I was 21 when The Wall was released. I just becoming my Bi-polar I self and this song touched me soooo deeply. It expressed both sides of the person I was to become. I was finally diagnosed at age 34 and this song took on an even deeper meaning. It was like staring at myself in the mirror.

  • @razorsedge1
    @razorsedge12 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed this conversation between you two! Congrats Rick on 3 million subs!👍

  • @hampusnaeselius
    @hampusnaeselius2 жыл бұрын

    So happy to see this video Rick. Gilmour and Floyd started my whole artist career. "Sorrow" for me was the game-changer and made me work with music for a living.

  • @billmurphy9921

    @billmurphy9921

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorrow is one of my favorites! I used to crank the the opening chord just to hear the walls and window resonate!

  • @christianstorm8854
    @christianstorm88542 жыл бұрын

    I love these discussions for many reasons. One is the thought of what if this Song was released today etc… I’ve thought of a variety of bands in the same way. Great job Rick!🔥🔥🔥

  • @larryharshmanjr5634
    @larryharshmanjr56342 жыл бұрын

    It’s a very hypnotic song, it has stood the test of time and will continue to do so. The music from this era is so much better than some of today’s mostly due to the fact of the technology. Today’s music is all massaged by modern technology to achieve the results that were obtained by pure talent back in the day.

  • @kannonmcafee
    @kannonmcafee2 жыл бұрын

    More than ever I am astonished at the quality of lyrics and musicality of the great artists of the 1960s to 1980-ish period. I agree with whoever made the comparison to fine art. Comfortably Numb and other pieces by Pink Floyd and the great bands are truly pieces of fine art.

  • @garyb.4187
    @garyb.41872 жыл бұрын

    If I made a list of what I think are the greatest Rock singers, David Gilmour would be top ten. Totally underrated.

  • @EricGranata

    @EricGranata

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always preferred Gilmour’s singing and his affinity for backup singers. Also, The Division Bell is a good album.

  • @MarceloKatayama

    @MarceloKatayama

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@EricGranata yes, it is. My favourite of all of the Floyd's records

  • @redrick8900

    @redrick8900

    Жыл бұрын

    He's the guy Pink Floyd had sing if they didn't want the song to have any character.

  • @steveburke4609
    @steveburke46092 жыл бұрын

    One thing that took me years to nail down what I was missing was the switch back and forth from Waters to Gilmour singing. Pure genius.

  • @dedrxbbit7549
    @dedrxbbit7549 Жыл бұрын

    I know for sure I’ve said it before on one of your videos, but I am 23 years of age and Comfortably Numb is my all time favorite song by Pink Floyd and probably is my favorite classic rock song of all time. I don’t care if your daughter thinks it’s too slow! To me, it’s the perfect speed. It’s supposed to be slow so it’s relaxing for him. David is the one experiencing the pain and this is his song to help remedy the pain. Echo is still very relevant whether or not people want to admit it! As an EDM music producer, I can admit that echo and delay are used to make a sound sound fluttery. It’s not so much an effect as it is an experience now. In Comfortably Numb, the echo effect on his voice is used to signify that David is in a removed state. He doesn’t fully know what’s going on except for the pain and the fact that he needs to get back to playing music for the show. His head is spinning, his stomach is clenched, and his eyes are out of focus. That can all be relayed through a simple delay. I don’t care WHO you are, but those solos can’t go ANYWHERE! Even if it was made today, i think maybe the solo would be cut off much sooner like they do on the radio, and maybe the first solo would be condensed, but there is so much emotion that is packed in those two beautiful moments. Every time the song starts ramping up from the second chorus and you hear that sharp pinch harmonic, I IMMEDIATELY start crying. Every time! You can feel that he is in pain with every note he plays. It’s almost like the guitar is crying for him. It’s such a beautiful moment and it’s honestly what makes the song for me.

  • @lisalisabowbisa

    @lisalisabowbisa

    Жыл бұрын

    So beautifully said! I agree 100% with ALL OF IT!

  • @SG-js2qn
    @SG-js2qn2 жыл бұрын

    Music in the old days was like a movie. Today, music is like a commercial.

  • @Misses-Hippy
    @Misses-Hippy2 жыл бұрын

    One of the most jaw-dropping verses I have ever heard, "The paper holds their folded faces to the floor, and everyday, the paperboy brings more." I am reminded of T.S. Eliot's, I have measured out my life in coffee spoons." EPIC.

  • @dakotaslim

    @dakotaslim

    2 жыл бұрын

    First Prufrock reference on a rock music channel. :)

  • @tezfestival4009

    @tezfestival4009

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dakotaslim I grow old, I grow old - I shall wear my trousers rolled :)

  • @Misses-Hippy

    @Misses-Hippy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dakotaslim I have held that notion since the 70's.

  • @normagrimstad8869

    @normagrimstad8869

    2 жыл бұрын

    I also think of it as poetry. Comfortably Numb makes me think of the transcendental poets like Wadsworth.

  • @dakotaslim

    @dakotaslim

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tezfestival4009 Even as a 20 something that line was pretty devastating to me. Allowing the young man a glimpse of old age. Still resonates.

  • @pedrgloria
    @pedrgloria Жыл бұрын

    Above all amazing bands out there, these guys where my teachers. So many hours listening to every detail over and over and over again.

  • @richardanderson8627
    @richardanderson8627 Жыл бұрын

    Love seeing both Tim and you . Pink Floyd was awesome back in our youth !

  • @christopherkent6512
    @christopherkent65122 жыл бұрын

    I can’t imagine any other track as well constructed as this. Everything in its place, not over done and not under done. Simply stunning in every respect, makes the hair on my neck stand.

  • @SyntagmaStation
    @SyntagmaStation2 жыл бұрын

    Tim made an amazing observation I’ve never thought about: back in the day, you had to stay in one place to listen to music (except for radio). All kinds of interesting implications to that. More focus, paying attention to it, thinking about it, appreciating it. Hmm . . .

  • @zeusapollo8688

    @zeusapollo8688

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just flipping the album or cassette

  • @Ryan-mw1ry

    @Ryan-mw1ry

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well yes, but also being able to walk could allow you to appreciate the music. Also music has been portable since 'back in thr day'. Walkmans were probably around in the 80s which was like 40 years ago now.

  • @prspastor

    @prspastor

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ryan-mw1ry There were Walkmans from what I remember in the early 80’s. In 1982, I remember my cousin had a Walkman FM radio (in stereo and Dolby NR!) and it was the coolest. I don’t remember how much they cost, but I remember the cassette players were fairly expensive, at least for my family. It’s interesting to think about how much has changed.

  • @prspastor

    @prspastor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, Tim’s observation caught me as well. Really interesting.

  • @ejRecording

    @ejRecording

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ryan-mw1ry I was born in 83 and we cherished our walkmans in the early 90s til portable CD players came out a few years later

  • @BigTwinRiver
    @BigTwinRiver2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve brought up this exact question to family and friends for years and they never understand really why I ask it. I say it’s a smash hit today, there is a great appreciation for talented musicians by many younger listeners.

  • @cybermanne
    @cybermanne Жыл бұрын

    There is just nothing to improve upon in this song. Just awesome.

  • @musiclistsareus1029
    @musiclistsareus10292 жыл бұрын

    In modern classical music there is a term "sprechgesang" and another called " sprechstimme" both refer to something between singing and speaking. Dylan, Cohen, Dire Straits, etc.--a lot of people use this

  • @seanbeadles7421

    @seanbeadles7421

    2 жыл бұрын

    Conceptually sure, but sprechstimme is performed very differently

  • @svyt

    @svyt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fred Schneider...

  • @musiclistsareus1029

    @musiclistsareus1029

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@seanbeadles7421 I know it doesn't sound the same, but the concept of mixing singing with speech has a long history, that was my point.

  • @SamRoads

    @SamRoads

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@musiclistsareus1029 I think sprechgesang when listening to this. It isn't just speaking, as Layla and Rick said. Kurt Weill (Mack the Knife), Weimar Berlin 1930s, if memory serves.

  • @MBMelchior888
    @MBMelchior8882 жыл бұрын

    Leila is a 9 yo girl and I was a 14 yo girl when this came out … and it definitely wasn’t my thing until MUCH later. I think it’s great that you ask her, but music is gendered in many ways and probably even more so now. I think if you had asked a 9yo girl in 1979 if she liked Comfortably Numb her response would’ve been much the same as your daughter’s.

  • @serrielu8025

    @serrielu8025

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree.

  • @etiennedegaulle3817

    @etiennedegaulle3817

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree also. I didn't "get" Pink Floyd until I was in my mid 20s.

  • @priyamshome7005

    @priyamshome7005

    2 жыл бұрын

    I discovered Pink Floyd when I was 7 and I already liked them Although it's worth mentioning that I only used to listen to Another Brick in the Wall Pt2 and Money Unfortunately, my friends told me my taste was very old which hurt my ego and I stopped listening to Pink Floyd for years

  • @fiddlestix3025

    @fiddlestix3025

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting and valid point, MarieBeth… I also think that the age of the listener, and the development. stage they’re in, plays a huge role. I was a teenager back then, sitting up all night with friends, smoking and flipping these record over, forth and back, all night long… a very different mind-and mood-set to that of a 6-year old was the backdrop for us back then ;)

  • @yes_head

    @yes_head

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed.

  • @ronjcav
    @ronjcav Жыл бұрын

    Great job! Keep doing these spontaneous interviews analyzing classic rock songs.

  • @chesterludlowjr.9004
    @chesterludlowjr.90042 жыл бұрын

    The chorus is so uplifting and beautiful especially because its set against the dark Stark desperate quality of the verse same with both the souls it's the contrast between both parts that makes this song so great... And shows why gilmore and waters were such a great team when they worked together

  • @randallfisher3167
    @randallfisher31672 жыл бұрын

    Look at all the 80's bands that are coming back on the scene today. Doing huge shows! I thank it's great. Tim's guitar work on countless albums is another show Rick lol. But Runaway is my favorite song by JOVI. Tim was a massive guitar influencer to me before I knew who Tim was. I hope all the old bands put everything aside and Rock.

  • @chrisgeo1642
    @chrisgeo16422 жыл бұрын

    This song was a mainstay cover song that I have been playing for most of my time as a musician 20 years plus. Not every show or performance but always available. As a cover band player the first solo is what people expect to hear note for note and it moves them. The second solo is fantastic and David played it amazing but it can be improvised and can be molded without taking away from the song. The first one however needs to as is and it’s brilliant.

  • @craigwillms61

    @craigwillms61

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are so correct. The first solo is my fav. It has to be note for note, thank you.

  • @sonador777

    @sonador777

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agree! I really love the attention to detail that Brit Floyd pays to the song when they cover it.

  • @adrianjones4837
    @adrianjones4837 Жыл бұрын

    Watching two virtuosos completely immersed and enraptured in this music is a joyous thing to see! 😁👏👏

  • @stevelaferney3579
    @stevelaferney35792 жыл бұрын

    Rick, don’t forget David Gilmour is still creating his music and still mesmerizing us with his guitar today!

  • @Jreb1865

    @Jreb1865

    2 жыл бұрын

    He doesn't need them...He has 3 times that many recordings out...lol

  • @janinecarson8380

    @janinecarson8380

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RatelHBadger You really think his success is dependent on TikTok? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Jreb1865

    @Jreb1865

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RatelHBadger Very doubtful... The dross that is created today all sounds the same, and will become nothing more than music history's bird cage liner...

  • @Jreb1865

    @Jreb1865

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RatelHBadger I get the point you were making. Every 12 year old with Garageband thinks they are making music for the ages...lol There's no doubt the internet changed music, if it was for the better is still in the air.

  • @michael_zandt_coversongs
    @michael_zandt_coversongs2 жыл бұрын

    It’s the best guitar solo ever, the pulse version much better than the studio version.

  • @richardpinsonnault3934

    @richardpinsonnault3934

    2 жыл бұрын

    Try the 1980 version live from the Wall…the laser/ liquid guitar tone is mind blowing

  • @StormbringerMM

    @StormbringerMM

    2 жыл бұрын

    Totally

  • @pinkled4429

    @pinkled4429

    2 жыл бұрын

    The 2016 Pompeii version is the best

  • @isitunlimited

    @isitunlimited

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's a version from a Pulse era bootleg called the Bell Gets Louder. It's here on YT and about 12 minutes long and hands down the most ripping version I've ever heard Dave do.

  • @drx2671
    @drx26712 жыл бұрын

    Love the discussion, love the music and love Tim and Rick, there is good in the world and they remind us.

  • @Horon7777
    @Horon77772 жыл бұрын

    You guys hit the nail on the head. Current culture behavior engenders short attention span models. Primarily social media as the catalyst. Everything from our information intake, to how we bank and even date is instantaneous and web related. In comparison, when one buys an album and takes the time to listen while perusing the cover art and credits is like meditation. Yet, there seems to be a strong desire, amongst some, to pursue that old school notion of taking the time to slow ourselves down to actually experience the moment. Rick and Tim, great segment. Thank you.

  • @mercyrn35

    @mercyrn35

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember reading every word on an album and falling into a trance while inspecting every stroke of the cover art while listening to every sound. I would listen to the lyrics, then the guitar, the drums, and so on. It’s why music was so interesting back then.

  • @suesmith4949
    @suesmith49492 жыл бұрын

    I love having these “conversations” with music guys my age who “get it” and look at modern culture in wonder. This song is my life song! 🤟🏼❤️

  • @MethodicalMaker
    @MethodicalMaker2 жыл бұрын

    amused to death is SUCH an amazing album, with amazing dynamic range. The thunder claps make you feel like your in a field facing natures fury. They released the album on SACD, and have a blu-ray release now. If you have a 5.1+ system I highly recommend seeking it out! the multi channel mastering is awe inspiring, and will make you question why more music isn't released in multi channel!

  • @freddykabulaschnitza2475

    @freddykabulaschnitza2475

    Жыл бұрын

    Totally agree, well pointed out.

  • @the_katman2181

    @the_katman2181

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel the same way about Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. There's so much going on in there - I would turn out the lights, turn up the volume and get lost in the album.

  • @soupedenuit

    @soupedenuit

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I bought the cassette version of the album when it came out in 1992 and it was engineered with QSound audio technology. Amazing quality!

  • @geofflupton1254
    @geofflupton1254 Жыл бұрын

    Fun topic, always love to see Tim!

  • @shawncolemusic
    @shawncolemusic2 жыл бұрын

    Loved the discussion. IMHO the guitar and great melody is central to every great song I've ever loved.

  • @alexziggyful
    @alexziggyful2 жыл бұрын

    I love these spontaneous chats! I missed it, but this was so great!

  • @WERC-lawyer

    @WERC-lawyer

    2 жыл бұрын

    ... reminds me of the wonderful conversations I had at my college radio station....

  • @MatrixRoland
    @MatrixRoland2 жыл бұрын

    For me, the long spoken words build up the tension which the long chorus releases so well. Such a very soothing and satisfying song.

  • @davemarsh411
    @davemarsh4112 жыл бұрын

    "Comfortably Numb" features arguably The Greatest guitar solo in all of Rock and Roll .. and the most impressive feature of both solos in the song is the PASSION. I am sure there are many solos that might come close, but the closest I do know is the heartbreaking instrumental at the end of Frank Zappa's 3 volume Joe's Garage .. "Watermelon In Easter Hay" .. which I can't listen to without sobbing by the end .. the beautiful passionate "Last Imaginary Guitar Solo" by a young man who had decided to give up on his dreams. The Wall is an opera. It's not a neat collection of snappy dance tunes for happy shallow kids to get down to ... It is a deep voyage for anyone seeking meaning in their life .. struggling with loneliness .. pain .. isolation .. anger .. fear .. the NEED for human contact .. and the fear of opening up. TikTok is a place for haikus. This isn't one.

  • @bhagen40

    @bhagen40

    Жыл бұрын

    Great take!

  • @derekl19781
    @derekl197812 жыл бұрын

    I can honestly listen to you two talk music all day.

  • @SixStringHarmonies
    @SixStringHarmonies2 жыл бұрын

    What you're saying about the speed of modern everything is absolutely spot on. It's anecdotal, but our 12 year old can not watch films. He can hardly sit still long enough to listen to a 4 minute song. Some of that is age, for sure. Yet a lot of that is the jump-cut KZread style and reality TV editing he's accustomed to. YT has done a number on kids who grew up watching it. It really is a shame but we have to take 5 or 6 intermissions just to get through an 80 minute film. He's not alone either. It is generational to a massive degree. We see it in most kids his age.

  • @laportama

    @laportama

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ruined by Sesame Steeet.

  • @jkfreese44
    @jkfreese442 жыл бұрын

    Yes, speaking of story coming first- this one song is part of that larger story told in and by this album. It’s, to me, one act of an important musical play. An important one, having merits on its own accord; but also connected tightly to a theme of marginalization, isolation, sadness and a bit of anger. The album was highly important to the generation in which it emerged, who were born in that historical, post war era-the war in which our parents served and from which many never returned. I can’t count how many times my friends and I would sit and listen to it from beginning to end, all four sides. We saw the movie in theaters more than once.

  • @gregoryolsen4509
    @gregoryolsen45092 жыл бұрын

    My band, The Fallible Popes, recently added Another Brick in the Wall/Comfortably Numb to our songlist. It's brilliant. I never liked Pink Floyd as a teenager. Now, aged 65, I really appreciate their work. 🙂

  • @admarhermans1
    @admarhermans1 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Rick, Well, that’s just a great painting there of you by your son, man! You should be so proud! A little bit more as music is, being able to paint is a psychological thing, like ‘Knowing me, knowing you’ by ABBA... Your son got you on canvas one hundred %! That’s art right there. Great. 🙏

  • @kcrossleKMC
    @kcrossleKMC2 жыл бұрын

    Thinking of "long form" - not just a long collection but of one long song. "Love Chronicles" held me captive for the whole, what, 18 minutes. As did Mcdonald & Giles "Birdman" - a whole side. Great stuff.

  • @russelljackman1413
    @russelljackman14132 жыл бұрын

    I totally agree with your opinion of this song, Rick! It is wonderful! Thank you for another GREAT video--you're the best! Thank you, for your eternal optimism, your thirst for knowledge and your joyful desire to freely share your knowledge. God bless you, Rick. Long live you! P.S. Songwriters: David Jon Gilmour / Roger Waters

  • @Illinois-Wildlife-Encounters
    @Illinois-Wildlife-Encounters2 жыл бұрын

    what a Kick ass painting your son did on you...what an amazing gift for father's day. LOVE IT...

  • @maxkolbe8893
    @maxkolbe88932 жыл бұрын

    'Rock around the Clock' didn't hang about either and that was 65 years ago! Totally Tick-tockable!

  • @mariod8863
    @mariod88632 жыл бұрын

    one of their best to this day, great solo...

  • @adrianwilliamson6861
    @adrianwilliamson68612 жыл бұрын

    The conversation about slow and length was interesting. Maybe in the 70s and 80s the writers were closer and familiar to symphonic music. For example some of Mahler's symphonies went for an hour or more in order to develop and explore a theme.

  • @lindamortensen7835

    @lindamortensen7835

    Жыл бұрын

    Leonard Bernstein made a similar remark about Mahler and 20th century music.

  • @fiddlestix3025
    @fiddlestix30252 жыл бұрын

    Interesting discussion and so many good points-. For me, it always was about the context of growing up in the musical world of these years. The context of the song within the whole album, the context of that album within the preceding Pink Floyd albums, the general musical landscape at that time, and the fact that everyone had a treasured collection of beautifully designed LPs at home (later tapes and CDs) that could be compared, traded and swapped… I’ll always think back with great nostalgia to my record collection… Sitting with friends up all night and putting on Pink Floyd and other LPs was a thing of reverence. So was listening to their music. The beauty and heaviness of PFs music, and how it transported you-. And as others have said, a 9 year old back then would’ve likely not dug it that much, either. When I got into it I was a teenager, with big time hormones cruising around my body ;) I also think that sometimes you have to listen to an album, a song or any piece of music, many many times before getting to really know and love it. And we did listen to the same albums again and again… Yeah, everything has speeded up a tad these days…

  • @daved9665
    @daved96652 жыл бұрын

    Story first, as you say👍. The music supports the lyric perfectly. It is exactly what the music arrangement does, it serves the lyric. The numbness of the anesthetic taking affect over time as you are pulled into the mood they are creating. It is an amazing example of song writing of the time. It is not a light snack to be consumed as songs even in their day were.

  • @JBCavern
    @JBCavern2 жыл бұрын

    Re: "It's too slow". My impression of modern pop is that it's about finding a hook in the song ASAP to get the consumers singing it constantly once it's stuck in their heads. Songs seem to be more about that than about a message or creating a really good piece of music with soul and feeling. What do you all feel about this?

  • @blackwater009

    @blackwater009

    2 жыл бұрын

    A qualifier statement like that barely deserves a response. I mean, there are bits of music that are fast, slow, loud, less loud, staccato, legato, rubato, improvised and a thousand things more, and when you put all that together, you get a complex mix of emotions, logics, spirit, just like the human mind is. I mean, any Adagio of classical music may otherwise be qualified as "too slow". This is especially true about concept albums like DSOTM. People just don't seem to have the patience to listen to an album format. Classical music isn't mainstream either. That doesn't mean rick or AOR are dead - there's just parallel audiences.

  • @monteself6826

    @monteself6826

    2 жыл бұрын

    For Reals .... like Who where's short shorts ?

  • @kevinhegwood615

    @kevinhegwood615

    Жыл бұрын

    Even in the 50's and 60's there was a philosophy of getting to the hook quickly. It was bands like Pink Floyd (among others) and the late 60's/early 70's counter culture of looking at an album as a singular piece of art (in the face of radio singles and greedy-trying to cash in-record execs) that allowed a song to breathe, to become more than a flash in the pan earworm. Sadly, in today's streaming/downloading culture, we are unlikely to have a song like this capture the public's attention.

  • @marcrchz

    @marcrchz

    Жыл бұрын

    That is what it is. These producers use these music psychology tricks, and in the end it's only for money.

  • @ronsterm7076

    @ronsterm7076

    Жыл бұрын

    JBCavern nailed it.

  • @timmaertens1583
    @timmaertens15832 жыл бұрын

    The last guitar solo is absolutely one of the greatest of all time.

  • @toddacheson7803
    @toddacheson7803 Жыл бұрын

    Let's not forget, The Wall was a series of songs all set to a theme/story. The various tempos for the songs were probably meant to strike an emotional chord as each song was played in sequence on the album. That's why I think this is a slower rock song...think back to the movie and the scenes paired with the songs. After 50 years, still my favorite rock band of all time. Gilmour is an absolute genius.

  • @lordraven2264
    @lordraven2264 Жыл бұрын

    I'm 52, Pink Floyd is easily my favorite band. I love many like Iron Maiden, Metallica, Eagles, Beatles...but none can touch Pink Floyd. So do my kids, who are currently 19 and 25.

  • @plumeria66

    @plumeria66

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember back in the day Stairway to Heaven was the biggest hit and nothing could top it. Who knew Comfortably Numb would completely surpass it over the decades as more beloved by all generations.

  • @redrick8900

    @redrick8900

    Жыл бұрын

    @@plumeria66 It hasn't.

  • @edwardforster8905
    @edwardforster89052 жыл бұрын

    Rick - You should play Run Like Hell for her!! 😀 Great tempo!! Yes... guitars, lyrics, melodies, and harmonies ... all the things that *truly matter* in my humble opinion. That's why most new music isn't very good - it's missing most of those attributes!

  • @regaul4248
    @regaul42482 жыл бұрын

    counterargument: modern indie rock is relatively popular (as far as indie gets) without the help of TikTok (Black Road New Country, Glass Beach, Car Seat Headrest, black midi, etc.), and their main audience are young adults and teens (speaking as one). These bands got popularity by sharing music with friends and word spreading around online communities. I'm guessing Comfortably Numb would go through that same effect

  • @Vikdeb25502

    @Vikdeb25502

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great point. But it's a boomer territory so everyone gonna ignore them.

  • @regaul4248

    @regaul4248

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Vikdeb25502 lmfao fair

  • @VArsovski10

    @VArsovski10

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have to watch by production, not as much by popularity The "Papa Roach" style songs dominate really big on almost everything that's not Pop songs, and sadly pop songs are just a template 1 - Inflated with supertones (second tone in the octave) 2 - Same rhythm Down-Up-Down-Down-Up, and 3 - Same song structure (2xV, 1xC, 2xV, 1xC, 1xB, 1xC) all the time There's some slight, really new/fresh but still super SLIGHT gain of popularity of "Led Zeppelin" type songs but hastened a bit (Maneskin, GVF, Arctic Monkeys)

  • @uremawifenowdave

    @uremawifenowdave

    2 жыл бұрын

    @liamplays1 Black Country New Roads 12” single “Sunglasses” is a work of genius. Such a well written song, both lyrically and musically. The album version of the song lost its ‘teeth’ due to some ill-advised lyric changes. black midi’s “Schlagenheim” album is just fucking incredible. The first song “953” takes off and just doesn’t stop building with its jagged guitars and syncopated drums; again incredible writing. Both bands are phenomenal live!

  • @bojangles6444

    @bojangles6444

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@uremawifenowdave these titles sound like 90’s indie spoof bands? Shlogenheim???? This is Amurican? Whose next the Bootie Grease Boys?

  • @Aokitadamitsu
    @Aokitadamitsu2 жыл бұрын

    Love it when you two do video's together.

  • @ffz8262
    @ffz82622 жыл бұрын

    I still remember vividly when I discovered this song, which of course happened when I heard the first guitar solo: on a bus, on a walkman, a metal cassete (copy of a cd), 1995. I don't remember this kind of detail for any other song that I know. It's just magic.

  • @2manybooks2littletime25
    @2manybooks2littletime252 жыл бұрын

    Comfortably Numb is even more relevant today than it was in 1980. We hear about wars, shootings, and other tragedies like tsunamis and earthquakes on a daily basis. Unless a tragedy happens to you or a loved one, we send our thoughts and prayers, then go on with our lives. 😔

  • @alangil40

    @alangil40

    2 жыл бұрын

    They did a song for that too..."On the Turning Away"

  • @2manybooks2littletime25

    @2manybooks2littletime25

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alangil40 I don't know if I've ever heard the song. I've listened to a lot of their songs! Just the title gave me some chills. Thank you for sharing it with me! I'll look through the albums of theirs to see if I have it. 😊

  • @stacypollock6429
    @stacypollock64292 жыл бұрын

    Like life... music is just a series of crescendos and decrescendos. Rogers is a master of it. Tom Scholz, possibly Mercury, are some I'd equally applaud.

  • @stephenanthonythomas3533
    @stephenanthonythomas35332 жыл бұрын

    This was great! I'm a drummer in a Pink Floyd tribute band and gotta say there is a lot to be said for musicians who can play an entire show of slow songs (avg 60bpm). I have incredible respect for Nick Mason!

  • @louise_rose

    @louise_rose

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nick Mason is on record saying he felt frustrated during the sessions for The Wall: "at lots of points I would think '"ah. here is a good spot for a major drum fill" and then I was told expressly not to".The drumming is really simplified on many tracks, like here and of course the massive hit single, On an album like Meddle it's much easier to hear what a good drummer he is.

  • @stephenanthonythomas3533

    @stephenanthonythomas3533

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@louise_rose yes! You're spot on!

  • @mattwestwood8967

    @mattwestwood8967

    Жыл бұрын

    Marillion are another band whose music is 100% slow and lush.

  • @norahdenovan8658
    @norahdenovan8658 Жыл бұрын

    Oh give me the days of the 70’s& 80’s& vinyl, you could not wait to get into your bedroom& take the LP out of the bag, not only to listen to great music but to study the works of art that were the covers… priceless times, cannot be beaten , I am so blessed that I grew up with all this genius.❤ Today, well no comment 😫

  • @danacoleman4007
    @danacoleman40072 жыл бұрын

    I never really cared for Pink Floyd at all until I was in my early to mid-20s. It just hit me like a ton of bricks one day. They are so unbelievably talented. And to think about how young they were to be writing such beautiful music with such profound lyrics is really mind-boggling.

  • @alangil40

    @alangil40

    2 жыл бұрын

    "ton of bricks".... nice Wall pun, intended or otherwise

  • @danacoleman4007

    @danacoleman4007

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alangil40 lol. Not intended but good catch!!!

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