Is there a more perfect song out there than "Comfortably Numb"

[LynneSin]

Seriously, I could listen to this song 24x7 and still not grow tired of it (and that's alot coming from a gal who says her favorite band is Led Zeppelin.

I hearby nominate Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" as the worlds most perfect song.


And even if you don't agree with me, at least it's a pleasant earworm I just gave you!

Hello.
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone home?

Come on, now.
I hear youre feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain,
Get you on your feet again.

Relax.
I need some information first.
Just the basic facts:
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ships smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I cant hear what youre sayin.
When I was a child I had a fever.
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I got that feeling once again.
I cant explain, you would not understand.
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.

Ok.
Just a little pinprick.
Therell be no more --aaaaaahhhhh!
But you may feel a little sick.

Can you stand up?
I do believe its working. good.
Thatll keep you going for the show.
Come on its time to go.

There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ships smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I cant hear what youre sayin.
When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse,
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone.
I cannot put my finger on it now.
The child is grown, the dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. I love that song.

:thumbsup:

[displacedtexan]

2. No. (eom)

[mainegreen]

3. The wall is one of the only rock albums I like.

First time I heard it I was four. That was the first time I really was aware of 'music'.
Still love that album.

Of course now I prefer my music a bit more.... aggressive. But hey, old Pink is still great.

[RetroLounge]

4. No, there is not.

Have you heard any covers of this?

Dar Williams does an interesting version.

RL

[Aristus]

5. It has the greatest guitar fade-out in rock history.

n/t

[LynneSin]

6. Actually there is one other song that rivals CN for perfection

Kashmir, but the Page-Plant verison of it from the mid 90's "Unledded" tour

[XemaSab]

7. Duh...need you ask?

Of course not!

[NewWaveChick1981]

8. That song is one of PInk Floyd's finest.

:) It's just a perfect song.

[qnr]

9. Funny, I was listening to that not 20 minutes ago n/t

[crim son]

10. It's been my personal theme song/prayer for the past six

months. Yes it's one of the best.

[Richard Steele]

11. "Wish you were here", for starters.

:hide:

[MissMillie]

13. A far superior album to The Wall

Shine on You Crazy Diamond (all parts) blows me away.

[LynneSin]

15. Not talking about the perfect album - just perfect song

:D

[XNASA]

12. Hundreds.

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[Richardo]

25. ...if not thousands.

:eyes:

[kwassa]

28. Aren't all songs better than "Comfortably Numb"?

Floyd does have value, though, as a soporific.

[reyd reid reed]

14. I've gotta admit

That's one of my favorites; one of those that gets the car radio turned up a little bit when it comes on.

Thank you.

[sundog]

16. yes, the scissor sisters cover of it

a lot more fun than the original for sure

[Benfea]

17. Other than almost everything? Not much.

Only country and western is worse.

[datasuspect]

18. thousands of better songs

taste though is one of those particular things. everyone is different.

[southpaw]

19. I'm partial to it...

I sampled the middle guitar solo (not the fade out solo) and made it my ringtone.

[taterguy]

20. Is more perfect like being one better?

Ya know, like those amps that go up to 11?

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. There's something about that song

I've never been able to nail it down, but it resonates very deeply within me. I don't know if I have some gifted insight as to what Waters really meant or if I'm just a drama king, but there's no other song that makes me feel what "Comfortably Numb" does.

[Dukkha]

22. I saw Sisters of Mercy perform it live

a strange Goth rock version.

the WORST version ever was the Berlin wall performance! Van Morrison was just shrilling bad. Apparently he felt he didn't need to rehearse it.

Once of the greatest songs ever for sure. I have so many live recordings of this. The first time I saw it performed live in 1987 blew me away!

It's also the song Waters and Gilmour fought the most over, to the point where the multi track tape of the sessions were cut & spliced down the middle to accommodate both of them. I can imagine how frustrated Bob Ezrin must have felt.

[RevolutionaryActs]

23. Yes.. Wish You Were Here.

:silly:

[idgiehkt]

26. I agree

that would be my choice

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

30. There's a major flaw with Wish You Were Here.

It's too short.

[AngryAmish]

24. Walk This Way by Run-DMC

[Rude Horner]

27. I'm with you, LynneSin

There are lots of songs out there that are right up towards the top of my list, but Comfortably Numb is perfect. If it's on the radio, I cannot turn it off. And if some DJ talks over the ending guitar solo of Gilmour's, I feel the need to dive into the radio to gut him/her like a fish. Awesome awesome song, with a haunting guitar solo.

[Richardo]

29. As always, I'd start with Austin Lounge Lizards' bluegrass 'Brain Damage'

Best cover EVER!

[ScreamingMeemie]

31. Man...that brings back memories...

...of a time when I lost something important to me...or not, apparently. :hi: ;)