Comfortably Numb
Rocktober 25th!
For the month of October, we celebrate Rock Music!
Today our song is: Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd
Wikipedia tells us this about the song:
"Comfortably Numb" originated in a wordless demo recorded by the guitarist, David Gilmour, while he was working on his debut solo album in 1978. He did not use the composition for that album, but kept it for future work. Gilmour originally wrote the verses in the key of E minor, which Waters changed to B minor. Gilmour also added bars for the “I have become comfortably numb" line. Waters' lyrics were inspired by his experience of being injected with tranquilizers for stomach cramps before a performance in 1977 during Pink Floyd's In the Flesh Tour. He said, "That was the longest two hours of my life, trying to do a show when you can hardly lift your arm." The song's working title was "The Doctor". Producer Bob Ezrin looked at the completed lyrics and said they "just gave me goosebumps".
Thank you for supporting me during this month-long music fest!
Back in the day, I owned PF's 'The Wall' album and saw the movie, too. I thought it was all just too depressing overall. So, I eventually sold my LP to a used record store.
ReplyDeleteBut I always did like 'Comfortably Numb' and 'Another Brick In The Wall'. There's that Sept. 21, 1985 cassette tape I made by recording random songs and DJ chatter, which I have often mentioned is one of my all-time favorite possessions. Side A of that tape ('Me, Lynth & The Beach Report') concluded with 'Comfortably Numb'. I dig that Gilmour guitar solo!
~ D-FensDogG
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DeleteI also dig... being comfortably numb.
~ D'DogG