{"id":30407,"date":"2024-09-20T18:02:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/pink-floyds-david-gilmour-appears-on-body-counts-cover-of-comfortably-numb\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T18:02:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:02:33","slug":"pink-floyds-david-gilmour-appears-on-body-counts-cover-of-comfortably-numb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/pink-floyds-david-gilmour-appears-on-body-counts-cover-of-comfortably-numb\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Floyd\u2019s David Gilmour appears on Body Count\u2019s cover of \u201cComfortably Numb\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-09-20\/Getty_DavidGilmour_092024.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Matthew Eisman\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Pink Floyd<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>David Gilmour<\/strong> has contributed guitar to a new take of the band\u2019s classic tune \u201cComfortably Numb,\u201d from <strong>Ice T<\/strong>\u2019s heavy metal group <strong>Body Count<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBody Count&#8217;s version of &#8216;Comfortably Numb&#8217; is quite radical, but the words really struck me,\u201d Gilmour shares. \u201cIt astonishes me that a tune I wrote almost 50 years ago is back with this great new approach. They&#8217;ve made it relevant again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He adds, \u201cThe initial contact from Ice T was for permission to use the song, but I thought I might offer to play on it as well. I like the new lyrics, they&#8217;re talking about the world we\u2019re living in now, which is quite scary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ice T adds, \u201cFor me &#8216;Comfortably Numb&#8217; is an introspective song\u2014it&#8217;s me acknowledging that I&#8217;m older now. I&#8217;m telling the younger generation, you&#8217;ve got two choices: you can keep the fire burning or you can give up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pl8zhYA0BHU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Comfortably Numb<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">\u201d is available now via <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bodycount.lnk.to\/ComfortablyNumbSingle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>digital outlets<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">. The song will appear on Body County\u2019s new album, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Merciless<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, which drops Nov. 22.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>(Video includes uncensored profanity.)<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pl8zhYA0BHU\" title=\"BODY COUNT - Comfortably Numb (VISUALIZER VIDEO)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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