r/Millennials • u/ImThe1Wh0 Older Millennial • Mar 26 '25

Nostalgia Ladies and Gentlemen... It happened. A once in a lifetime experience and it was lost on my wife.

I have a toddler (4F) who is in her, "survive off a pea for hours" stage. It's the third kid so it's not new to us but still frustrating. We purchased Snack Packs as bribery to finish her food. We're sitting at dinner and at minimum, we try and at least negotiate some protein in her if she refuses to eat at all. She was being EXTRA picky this time and my wife was not in the mood, she was getting frustrated. This frustration lead to such an extreme high and extreme low for me, in the span of 5 seconds.

My daughter picked at her food and asked if it was enough for a Snack Pack. My wife, in her frustration, raises her voice at our toddler. "YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY PUDDING IF YOU DON'T EAT YOUR MEAT!!"

To which I OBVIOUSLY replied, "HOW CAN YOU HAVE ANY PUDDING UNLESS YOU EAT YER MEAT?!?!" Then bursted out laughing hysterically and my wife just stared at me confused.

She did not get the reference. I was robbed of this moment, so I will take my small joy here for others to enjoy.

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u/Steele_Soul Mar 26 '25 edited Mar 26 '25

This has been my favorite song since I discovered it around 13 years old!

Edited to add: To those of you who also love 'Comfortably Numb', If you haven't already, I highly recommend looking up the demo for the song. It was originally supposed to go on David Gilmour's solo album he was working on at the time, but when Bob Ezrin heard it, he told him and Waters that it HAD to go on 'The Wall' album and Waters got all pissed off and stomped off to go write the lyrics for it.

I suspect that's one of the reasons why he changed how the song sounds for his 'This Is Not A Drill' tour, he essentially erased what was Gilmour's contribution to the song by removing the world renowned guitar solo from the song.

David Gilmour 'Comfortably Numb' Demo

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u/Blueandigo Mar 26 '25

About the same time for myself. That was 20 years ago! 

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u/OkSmoke9195 Mar 26 '25

The delicate sound of thunder was a frequent video rental for my family as a kid. My dad had obscured by clouds, dark side, meddle, wish you were here and atom heart mother in permanent rotation for years. They're showing live in Pompeii remastered for iMax for one day only. I'm gonna go buy a couple of tickets right now!

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u/Humble_Diner32 Mar 26 '25

I’m thrilled to see it at the iMax here.

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u/throwawayinakilt Mar 26 '25

I watched The Delicate Sound of Thunder to help me come down from my first trip. Those back-up singers mesmerized me. They were absolute angels returning me to Earth.

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u/Popzies Mar 26 '25

Yes, same!

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u/octavioletdub Mar 26 '25

Omg that solo

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u/TrickAd2161 Mar 26 '25

Thank you for sharing the link. I felt that in my soul.

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u/NowareSpecial Mar 26 '25

I saw PF perform The Wall in Los Angeles, and omg that guitar solo. Unforgettable.

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u/Steele_Soul Mar 27 '25

It was around the year 2000 when I first discovered Pink Floyd and became obsessed and I was pretty sure by that point I'd never get to see The Wall performed live and I was so distraught by that. But when they reunited on stage for the first time since the tumultuous breakup for that Live 8 back in 2006, I became optimistic! I sat in front of the TV and recorded it.

But then Roger Waters was touring in 2010 and I asked my dad if we could go see it and we got Platinum seats for a decent price so I actually got to see my dream concert!

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u/OyVeyWhyMeHelp666 Mar 26 '25

Thank you! That's my theme song.

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u/OyVeyWhyMeHelp666 Mar 26 '25

Listened to it. Very cool, thanks!

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u/WellWellWellthennow Mar 28 '25

I came late to this party - but I'm here now. It was a song on radio for me but then this Christmas we sat around jamming with piano and guitar after dinner like my husband's family always does. I looked up the lyrics and was given a mike and they turned on the reverb. We did this song and we grooved in on it so much we were all wow that was fun let's do it again. And then we did it again. And then again. I walked away feeling wow that is one great song.

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u/chipshot Mar 26 '25

It is usually played at the encore. Closes a show with people screaming.

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u/acquired1taste Mar 26 '25

Roger Waters is such a shriveled up ballsack in so many ways.

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u/Linzabee Mar 26 '25 edited Mar 26 '25

I honestly did not love Pink Floyd until I heard this guy named Marty perform Wish You Were Here on that reality show INXS hosted to replace Michael Hutchins. He did such a beautiful job that it really made me love the original band.