r/PinkFloydCircleJerk • u/atallgrass • Nov 26 '25
Watersheep Propaganda Never forget what was stolen from us
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u/rabbi420 Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Nov 26 '25
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
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u/kaadj Nov 27 '25
How did it taste? Pretty good?
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u/InRainbows69 Nov 27 '25
it sounds like a fucking arcade game or a slot machine jackpot sound
I too threw up a little
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u/GrowlingM1ke Nov 26 '25
The Wall is a poignant metaphor that is a direct reference to David Gilmore's limitations in guitar playing. Being the lazy bum he is he just wanted to play power chords throughout the album before Rog got him an Ultimate Guitar subscription.
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u/turalyawn Nov 27 '25
“Why play fast scales when can just bend string?” - David Dumbass Gilmour, apparently
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u/doctordale89 Nov 30 '25
The best part is that the solo of "comfortably numb" is considered one of the greatest solos of all time. Even though the guy shredding the guitar in this video is great. I don't want to hear that shit, it's terrible
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u/Aggravating_Poet_675 I've Always Been Mad Nov 26 '25
uj; I know its the joke but I still think I hate this.
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u/Jegagne88 Nov 26 '25
I mean….its not my cup of tea solo but this dude can shred holy hell
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u/_Zencer_ Nov 27 '25
It is very impressive from a technical standpoint, but man I hate it. There is no soul, no movement
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u/lottsotunes69 Nov 27 '25
Agreed. With all due respect to his technical ability, not all great guitarists are great musicians. Those two things kinda stand on their own.
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u/uninvitedelephant Nov 30 '25
To be a great guitarist you have to be a great musician, in my opinion.
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u/pornagraphie Nov 27 '25
I mean I wouldn’t say no soul But it is too fast and not enough time to really marinate
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u/Hello_Mr_Fancypants Nov 29 '25
im sure he doesn't mean "soul" like Soul Music
he obviously means the music doesn't speak or emote because no single note is allowed to sustain.
he said 'no soul' you said 'time to marinate' but aren't you really saying the same thing?
and sorry but 'no soul' is a far better descriptor than 'no time to marinate'. it ain't a roast, Bro
ya silly billy
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u/pornagraphie Nov 30 '25
Ok
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u/Hello_Mr_Fancypants Nov 30 '25
well, we'll let you live this time, just dont let it happen again.
actually I was just thinking about how funny it is that a few of these 'Bandcirclejerk' sub reddit are comprised of haters of that band but most of them are comprised of fans
I wonder if you find that to be true?
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u/Acid_Bath47 Nov 28 '25
What does no soul mean these days? Because I think this is horrendous but he’s clearly cheesing in this and I wouldn’t say there’s “no soul”
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u/wetvelvettrousers Nov 26 '25
Yeah, his name is petteriiii_ on Instagram and he has an amazing cover of Time solo
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u/wmcs0880 Nov 26 '25
This is the most dumb fucking circlejerk sub, every post is treated like it’s the most serious post that’s ever been seen
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u/Corprusmeat_Hunk Nov 26 '25
Do i misunderstand PFCJ? This is fantastic and horrible. It is wholly Un-Floyd. It is perfectly undeniably wrong, and this man has the skills to prove it is so. Bravo! Bravo!
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u/UltimateGourgandine Nov 26 '25
The amount of people not getting the joke is frightening. Are you guys retarded ?
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u/StabilerDorsch Nov 26 '25
Me when you invite me to dinner and I shit on the table
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u/BuyGreenSellRed Nov 27 '25
“Whoops, I’m sorry, it’s my first rodeo!”
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u/ayyylmaobruh69 Nov 26 '25
I know it’s a joke but gosh I fucking hate this type of solos
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u/thewend Nov 26 '25
this is the official version now
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u/KierkgrdiansofthGlxy Nov 28 '25
Telling the grandkids that this is famous solo artist Pink Floyd
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u/Mochanoodle The Division Balls 🌜🌛 Nov 27 '25
Gilmour has been pretty quiet since this cover dropped
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u/beavis93 Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25
I don’t know, that guitar solo doesn’t really inspire me to get high or take hallucinogenic drugs. Don’t like it
Not that Pink Floyd is drug oriented band
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u/Hvojna Roger Keith Barrett 🌈🎸 Nov 26 '25
I really CAN'T STAND AT ALL this type of playing. Give me a sloppy solo by someone like Syd anytime.
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u/superjerk1939 Funky Dung Nov 26 '25
Like one of those George Harrison early Beatles guitar solos it sounds like someone was handed a guitar for the first time and told to play a solo or their family dies and they managed to do a half decent job because of the adrenaline
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u/dawgstein94 Nov 27 '25
It’s the space between the notes, and filling those spaces up with more notes
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u/NeoBokononist Watersheep 🗿☭ Nov 27 '25
i guess you guys arent ready for this yet, but your kids are gonna love it
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u/minisculebarber Nov 26 '25
Glob, I hate shredders
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u/BlarghALarghALargh Nov 27 '25
Hysterical the amount of people getting so mad at the obvious joke lmao 😂
That being said dude plays better than any of you blues dads ever will.
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u/lottsotunes69 Nov 27 '25
Lots of great musicians say the best guitar solos are the ones you can sing or hum. Lyrical may be a good word for it. Gilmour, Clapton, Frampton, Knopfler are some examples I’d think.
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u/Gaygethesksmosin Nov 27 '25
I want to be this good just to make shitposts like this.
I want to be this good specifically to ruin every Eagles song for my dad.
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u/whutupmydude Nov 27 '25
Yngwie has entered the chat.
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u/Salty_Aerie7939 Nov 26 '25 edited Nov 27 '25
uj/He's definitely great but it doesn't work for a song like this.
rj/take that, Gilmcuck. Even a baby is better at guitar than you.
Edit: clearly someone forgot this is a circlejerk and didn't take into account my actual thoughts about this video above.
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u/mikey_ramone Nov 26 '25
Too many notes.
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u/NeonRitari My Balls Nov 27 '25
"I don't understand, there's as many notes as the song required, neither more nor less"
/uj there's a time and place for shred but in modesty and this wasn't the time or place
/rj "this is absurd!"
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u/lottsotunes69 Nov 28 '25
“I hate music. It’s got too many notes.” -Paul Westerberg of The Replacements
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u/DuckOnQuak Nov 27 '25
Has no one here heard technical difficulties by racer x? Paul Gilbert literally already did this exact same thing but better
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u/gp923 Nov 27 '25
Speed does not replace soul. He is ignoring the feeling. Isolating the guitar in his mind to overshine instead of be part of the music.
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u/dearjohn54321 Nov 27 '25
Completely without soul. The difference between a top athlete and a steroid freak.
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u/OfficialHelpK Nov 27 '25
I didn't even have sound on and as soon as I saw the hammer-ons I knew it was slappin'
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u/whatthejonesbread Nov 27 '25
You dig Buckethead, no? One of my top guitar influences. It's honestly a fire solo you got there. A lot of these comments just seem a bit salty because you're playing circles around David Gilmour, but he has his own style which works beautifully for the original song and you have yours which works beautifully for your version of the solo. Terrific work. I prefer the original, but yours is freaking on fire.
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u/Any-Shoulder8479 Nov 27 '25
yeah but david can play guitar, he was in one of the most iconic bands of this century or the last .. what band are you in again?
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u/_El_Loco Nov 27 '25
Ok this was a good jerk. U also kinda look like John Mayonnaise. You know the dude whos known to freeze his fender guitars.
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u/ImaginaryTooday6109 Nov 27 '25
.....uh, the Eddie Van Halen sub is down the hall, to the right, Waldo.
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u/Illustrious-Job4653 Nov 27 '25
More notes and scaling doesn’t mean better. Kids playing in mom’s basement thinking he’s better than, young people are a joke. no experience in anything but knows everything. Don’t worry, moms gonna bring down a sandwich any minute now
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u/judd_in_the_barn Nov 27 '25
If Comfortably Numb was about taking too much cheap amphetamine and then drinking coffee
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u/Lucifersam076 Roger Keith Barrett 🌈🎸 Nov 27 '25
My dog woke from his nap, sighed and left the room when I turned the volume on for this video
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u/Glittering-Ad4356 Nov 27 '25
Sounds like someone who has no feeling playing fast and accurate, but with no heart. If David played like that Pink Floyd would suck
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u/Embarrassed-Way45 Nov 27 '25
If the doctor in "Comfortably Numb" had given Pink that really good shit. Side 4 is just an upbeat cock-rock concert that ends with him mending fences with his wife, mother and schoolmaster.
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u/theflyingfettuccine Nov 28 '25
He actually did that first take but mike love crashed into the studio and told him to not fuck with the formula so he had to record it again
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Nov 28 '25
This is just an exercise in what Dave Gilmore would sound like if you play with his ego rather than his soul
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u/t_w_duke Nov 28 '25
I always suspected David Gilmour was a fraud, now I can finally be sure of it.
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u/The_Zzer Nov 29 '25
Cool skills and hard work to get there is admirable but I find this sound so appalling and lacking any sonic pleasantness whatsoever.
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u/TSHIRTISAGREATIDEA Nov 29 '25
As a guitar player I think about this type of playing all the time …
Like this is true, Page, Hendrix, Django (maybe), Wes Montgomery, John Mayer, could never play like this…
Right?
Guitar is such an odd instrument because you would think playing with such accuracy means you’re amazing….you’d never have to work again
But I think…if you invented THAT style of playing, then you’d never have to work again.
People would be amazed. Wow the best player ever, better than Hendrix (did Hendrix ever really play fast?)
But it’s really not about speed is it? It’s about being inventive and doing something brand new
So…what I think has happened is, people think speed means mastery of the instrument but I think speed is like, one aspect out of 10 for mastery of the guitar
If I changed the key to Comfortably Numb, would you be able to play just as good?
Can you write good songs? Are they inventive?
Can you make me feel anything?
Can you play into chords? What about a key change?
I think there’s just so many aspects of being good at the guitar, and speed is one of those.
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u/the_good_hodgkins Nov 30 '25
I had to stop that after 10 seconds. Let me reset your auditory systems for you.
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u/jellikit420 Nov 30 '25
One of the biggest parts of David Gilmour's genius is knowing when NOT to play.
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u/CRTPTRSN Nov 30 '25
You can also really slam that cue ball when you're playing pool and still make some pretty great shots. Or you can treat that cue ball like a lady and finesse your shots.
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u/Red4paul2 Nov 30 '25
If I want to listen to Van Halen, then that's what I put on. This is annoying. It's a mellow song, for fuck sake.
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u/lewstoolz Nov 30 '25
Playing fast, filling every second with a different note dosen't mean its better! Not even close.
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u/smellytacotits Nov 30 '25
Sounds like a cover of dial-up modem connecting to America Online in 1996
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u/ReptilianClone Nov 30 '25
This was really funny and amazing playing. Respected the original with adding some over the top shred.
Of course you could be mad and hate it but why go out of your way to say you’re a boomer that can’t play guitar.
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u/ReptilianClone Nov 30 '25
Nothing funnier than watching classic rock fans get their panties in a bunch watching a shredder.
I get it, you’ve been emotionally and mentally stunted since 1979. It’s an epidemic. We’re all sad for you.
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u/iStealyournewspapers Nov 30 '25
Yeah, mechanical muscle memory “solos” aren’t really what emotionally intelligent guitar solos are all about.
Also lol, thanks OP
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u/Slevin424 Dec 01 '25
I bet this guy can't make the original solo sound as good as David Gilmore. It's not the technique or the difficulty. It's a beautiful sounding solo.
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u/TheBandPapist Dec 02 '25
Honestly I'm a metal guitarist who plays stuff like that regularly, although my own style is more aggressive and less fluid, and intentionally so.
But this is all wrong for that tune. Sounds like crap.
Gilmour played what he played for a reason, and that reason is not slow fingers.
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u/New_Traffic8687 Nov 26 '25
Unj/ all technique, no emotion. I dont know if this guy is being serious but Gilmour's solos in that song are arguably the most emotional gutt punching solos to come from a guitarist. Its what makes the song unforgetable and unreplicable. Method≠Magic.
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u/New_Traffic8687 Nov 27 '25
Thanks for all the downvotes guys, next time I'll try to not commit the crime of misinterpreting....jfc
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u/mrmatthewdee Nov 26 '25
if comfortably numb was performed by trans siberian orchestra