What I am about to present today really needs a few words it is an absolute masterpiece of pop music.
"Comfortably Numb" is an excerpt from "The Wall" in 1979, one of the masterpieces of all time Pink Floyd.
Composed by guitarist David Gilmour and Roger Waters, this song has caused a heated argument between the two authors, with Gilmour that he wanted to write a more rock and Waters, winner of the dispute, with the preferred arrangement, which then made it famous worldwide. In fact the song should have found place in the guitarist's first solo album but then he preferred to work the original demo with the remaining members of the group. Waters also said the text that tells a part of the story of Pink, the protagonist of the film inspired the band's own album of Cambridge, who can not handle the pressure of the rock star life and is taken ill in his room hotel, just before going on stage for a performance. Comfortably Numb thus assumes the features of a genuine dialogue between the doctor (played by Waters in the song) and Pink (Gilmour). This story seems to have taken inspiration from an incident really happened to Roger Waters during the previous tour of Animals in '77.
As always, I leave you now to listen to the piece and what has been called by many the most beautiful guitar solo in the entire history of rock.
"Comfortably Numb" is an excerpt from "The Wall" in 1979, one of the masterpieces of all time Pink Floyd.
Composed by guitarist David Gilmour and Roger Waters, this song has caused a heated argument between the two authors, with Gilmour that he wanted to write a more rock and Waters, winner of the dispute, with the preferred arrangement, which then made it famous worldwide. In fact the song should have found place in the guitarist's first solo album but then he preferred to work the original demo with the remaining members of the group. Waters also said the text that tells a part of the story of Pink, the protagonist of the film inspired the band's own album of Cambridge, who can not handle the pressure of the rock star life and is taken ill in his room hotel, just before going on stage for a performance. Comfortably Numb thus assumes the features of a genuine dialogue between the doctor (played by Waters in the song) and Pink (Gilmour). This story seems to have taken inspiration from an incident really happened to Roger Waters during the previous tour of Animals in '77.
As always, I leave you now to listen to the piece and what has been called by many the most beautiful guitar solo in the entire history of rock.
Luca Praino
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