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"Comfortably Numb" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on their eleventh studio album, The Wall (1979). It was released as a single in 1980, with " Hey You " as the B-side . The music was composed by the band's guitarist, David Gilmour ; the lyrics were written by the bassist, Roger Waters , who recalled his experience of ...
The Wall Tour was a concert tour by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd throughout 1980–1981 in support of their concept album The Wall. [1]The tour was relatively small compared to previous tours for a major release, with only 31 shows performed across four venues.
The Wall Live 1980–81 is a live album released by Pink Floyd in 2000. It is a live rendition of The Wall , produced and engineered by James Guthrie , with tracks selected from the August 1980 and June 1981 performances at Earls Court in London .
(Waters confirmed this on the VH1's Legends: Pink Floyd episode). After the 22 December show, the rest of the band put out the word that they needed another guitarist. Jeff Beck and Davy O'list were considered. David Gilmour was brought in to augment Barrett during live shows, and for the first four UK shows of 1968 Pink Floyd was a five-man ...
A 12" single of "Run Like Hell," "Don't Leave Me Now" and "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" peaked at #57 on the Disco Top 100 chart in the U.S. [3] To date, it is the last original composition written by both Gilmour and Waters, the last of such under the Pink Floyd banner, and the last composition recorded by all four members of the 1970s ...
Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-81752-6. Blake, Mark (2011) [2007]. Pigs Might Fly : The Inside Story of Pink Floyd. Arum Press. ISBN 978-1-781-31519-4. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021; Fitch, Vernon (2005). The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (Third ed.). Collector's Guide Publishing.
Ice-T's heavy metal band Body Count surprisingly got approval to sample Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" hit: "Haven't agreed on anything in 20 years."
This performance had several differences from Pink Floyd's original production of The Wall show. Both "Mother" and "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" (like in the 1980/81 concerts) were extended with solos by various instruments and the latter had a cold ending.