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"Comfortably Numb" is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd , which was released on the 1979 double album '' The Wall ''. It was also released as a Single in the same year, with " Hey You " as the B-side. It is one of only three songs on the album for which writing credits are shared between Roger Waters and David Gilmour – most of the music on "Comfortably Numb" was written by Gilmour, while Waters contributed the lyrics and some additional notes. "Comfortably Numb" is one of the most famous Pink Floyd songs, and is known especially for its Guitar Solo s. In 2004, the song was ranked #314 on Rolling Stone 's list of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time . HISTORY While most songs on ''The Wall'' were written by Waters alone, most of the music for "Comfortably Numb" was written by David Gilmour , who originally recorded it for his First Solo Album . Gilmour later decided not to use it for his album, and instead brought his demo of it to ''The Wall'' sessions. The song is one of two tracks on ''The Wall'' which are completely freestanding and do not fade into or out of an adjacent track. (The other freestanding song is " Mother .") This is because on the original LP there was a break on the music as side three of the album finished. (However, for the CD release of earlier Pink Floyd records, such as '' The Dark Side Of The Moon '' and '' Wish You Were Here '', Crossfades were added to link the two sides of the respective albums.) According to '' Rolling Stone '' the lyrics came from Roger Waters' experience when he was injected with tranquillizers for Hepatitis by a doctor prior to playing a Pink Floyd show in Philadelphia on the band's 1977 tour for the '' Animals '' album.1 "That was the longest two hours of my life," Waters said. "Trying to do a show when you can hardly lift your arm." The experience gave him the idea which became the lyrics to this song. Waters and Gilmour disagreed about how to record the song as Gilmour preferred a more grungy approach to the verses. In the end, Waters' preferred opening to the song and Gilmour's final solo were used on the album. Gilmour would later say, "We argued over 'Comfortably Numb' like mad. Really had a big fight, went on for ages." Compact Disc'' magazine, September 1992 PLOT Like the rest of the songs on the album, "Comfortably Numb" tells a part of the story of Pink, the album's protagonist. Pink, feeling completely isolated from society, cannot stand the pressures of life as a rock star and collapses in his hotel room before leaving for his concert. A doctor is sent into the room and gives Pink an injection that gives him the energy he needs to perform. The lyrics are written as a conversation, with Waters voicing the doctor and Gilmour voicing Pink. Film version A large group consisting of Pink's manager (played by Bob Hoskins ), the hotel manager (played by '' Crash Bandicoot '' 's Michael Ensign ), paramedics, and groupies burst into Pink's hotel room to find an unconscious Pink sitting in a sofa. The hotel manager does not take kindly to Pink's untidyness, but Pink's manager insists that "he's an artist". After injecting a drug into Pink's arm, the paramedics drag Pink out of the hotel and to his limousine. During this time, the drug causes Pink to hallucinate that his body is decaying. Upon being inserted into the limousine, Pink tears off his diseased shell to reveal a Nazi-esque attire. Flashbacks of Pink's childhood are intercut into the scene. In the flashback, a young Pink finds a wild field rat and shows it to his overprotective mother. Her negative reaction towards the rodent causes Pink to hide the rat in a nearby shed. Pink later catches a fever that keeps him bed-ridden until the next morning. The next day, Pink returns to the shed, only to find that the field rat has died in his absence, forcing Pink to dump the body into the nearby river. GUITAR SOLOS This song features two Guitar Solo s by David Gilmour, and is a particular favourite with Pink Floyd fans. The final solo ( Outro , Coda , or Fade Out ), is widely revered by fans and Air-guitarists worldwide as one of Gilmour's best, and is an '' Archetypal '' rock Guitar Solo . In 1989 the readers of the Pink Floyd fanzine '''' magazine, in a reader poll. It was named the Greatest Guitar Solo of All Time by DigitalDreamDoor, just ahead of " Stairway To Heaven ". And in August 2006 , Gilmour's solo on "Comfortably Numb" was voted the greatest guitar solo of all time {Link without Title} in a poll by viewers of TV music channel Planet Rock. Live performances During the 1980–81 ''The Wall'' tour, where a giant wall was constructed across the stage during the performance, the song was performed with Roger Waters dressed as a doctor at the bottom of the wall, and David Gilmour singing and playing guitar from the top of the wall on a raised platform with spotlights shining from behind him. According to David Gilmour the final solo was one of the few opportunities during those concerts that he could be free to improvise completely. In December of 1988, a video of the live performance from '' Delicate Sound Of Thunder '' reached #11 on MTV's Top 20 Video Countdown. The video was two minutes shorter than the album version and the video clip had some different camera angles as opposed to the released home video version.
To perform the song without Waters (whether solo or with the post-Waters Floyd), Gilmour adapted the verse vocals for harmonies, rather than attempt to imitate Waters's voice. When Waters performs the song in concert, the ending solo is adapted for two guitarists trading solos. COVER VERSIONS
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