David Gilmour feat. David Bowie - Comfortably Numb (Live Royal Albert Hall, London May 29, 2006 4K)

If you enjoyed the video, please, give it a like and subscribe, and turn on notifications, so you'll know when I post a new video. I'd also very much appreciate you leaving me a comment and sharing the video with your friends. Thanks! 🙏❤ Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/@musicfromthe... Band members at this concert: David Gilmour - Lead and backing vocals, Guitars, Console steel guitar, Acoustic lap steel guitar, Cümbüs, Alto saxophone on "Red Sky at Night" Richard Wright - Lead and backing vocals, Hammond organ, Farfisa organ, Piano Dick Parry - Baritone & alto saxophones, Electronic organ Phil Manzanera - Guitars, Backing vocals Guy Pratt - Bass guitar, Double bass, Backing vocals, Guitar on "Then I Close My Eyes" Jon Carin - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Lap steel guitar, Backing vocals, Co-lead vocals on "Breathe", "The Blue", "Take A Breath" and "Echoes" Steve DiStanislao - Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals "Comfortably Numb" describes a state of delirium; a feeling of being detached from reality. Many assumed it's about drugs, but that's not so, according to Pink Floyd bass player Roger Waters, who wrote the lyrics and came up with the concept of the album The Wall, where the song appears. The lyrics describe how Waters felt as a child when he was sick with a fever. As an adult, he got that feeling again sometimes under different circumstances. He told Mojo magazine (December 2009) that the lines, "When I was a child I had a fever/My hands felt just like two balloons" were autobiographical. He explained: "I remember having the flu or something, an infection with a temperature of 105 and being delirious. It wasn't like the hands looked like balloons, but they looked way too big, frightening. A lot of people think those lines are about masturbation. God knows why." In a radio interview around 1980 with Jim Ladd from KLOS in Los Angeles, Waters said part of the song is about the time he got hepatitis but didn't know it. Pink Floyd had to do a show that night in Philadelphia, and the doctor Roger saw gave him a sedative to help the pain, thinking it was a stomach disorder. At the show, Roger's hands were numb "like two toy balloons." He was unable to focus, but also realized the fans didn't care because they were so busy screaming, hence "comfortably" numb. He said most of The Wall is about alienation between the audience and band. Roger Waters is the voice of the doctor, who asks in the opening line, "Hello, is there anybody in there?" Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour takes the voice of Pink, trying to make sense of it all ("Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying"). The doctor injects him ("just a little pinprick") and Pink goes comfortably numb. This ended up being the last song Waters and Gilmour wrote together. In 1985, Waters left the band and was shocked that they kept it going without him. Even worse, when they toured without Waters they played some songs from The Wall, including this one. Gilmour has also played it at his solo shows, including on his 2006 tour where he was joined by Pink Floyd keyboard player Rick Wright. [Verse 1: David Bowie] Hello? (Hello, hello, hello) Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone home? Come on (Come on, come on), now I hear you're feeling down Well, I can ease your pain And get you on your feet again Relax (Relax, relax, relax) I'll need some information first Just the basic facts Can you show me where it hurts? [Pre-Chorus 1: David Gilmour] There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship, smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child, I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain, you would not understand This is not how I am [Chorus: David Gilmour] I have become comfortably numb [Guitar Solo 1] [Chorus: David Gilmour] I have become comfortably numb [Verse 2: David Bowie] Okay (Okay, okay, okay) Just a little pinprick There'll be no more But you may feel a little sick Can you stand up? (Stand up, stand up) I do believe it's working, good That'll keep you going through the show Come on, it's time to go [Pre-Chorus 2: David Gilmour] There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship, smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying 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 [Chorus: David Gilmour] I have become comfortably numb [Guitar Solo 2] #davidgilmour #comfortablynumb #rememberthatnight #thewall #royalalberthall #pinkfloyd #davidbowie #richardwright #progressiverock