Customer Reviews

Comfortably Numb

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After a few listens I've really taken to this track! I'd never heard of the band before so this was an awesome track to be introduced to them by.

The dance track has a real seventies sound to it, with Bee Gee like vocals (think Stayin' Alive!). The music is infectious with its electric beats and ongoing introduction of new sounds really drawing you into the track. You are so taken in by the music that you hardly even take notice of the lyrics; simply the song as a whole!

The remix of the track isn't too far from the original and is only thirty seconds longer but is still worth a play, especially if you're feeling like a boogie!

Track three, "Rock my spot" sounds at first like a live track but I realised it is just the effective use of sound effects being used to create a live sound. "Rock my spot" is lyrically fun and does have a catchy beat to it but "Comfortably Numb" is too memorable. I just want to skip back to track one and experience it all over again!

Comftorably Numb is a great song and you would be hard pressed to find someone who denies this, so I understand (and agree) that there is a certain expectation whenever anyone attempts to work with this song. But just as the original is great/classic music, so is this remix by the Scissor Sisters(though, to be fair it's only great music and not classic like the original). So don't listen to all these elitest fans who look down their nose at anything remotly different than the original.

I always thought that Pink Floyd was one of those bands that no one should touch. Their legendary music should remain theirs and their alone. However, once in a while, someone comes along and makes a great Floyd cover. Dirty Vegas did it with "Another Brick In The Wall", and now Scissor Sisters do it with "Comfortably Numb". Sure, it's not traditional, and hardcore Floyd fans will want to run over this CD with a tractor, but this track is not about authenticity. The Scissor Sisters knew nothing they could do would come close to the original version, so they made it a fun romp of a song! The Bee-Gees-style vocals fit perfectly with this song, and the disco beat is intoxicating. They took this classic track and made it their own. As much as I didn't want to like this song, I can't help but sing along. Check out their full-length, self-titled debut album also. No other track is like "Comfortably Numb", but it's also great.

This track is not the best on Scissor Sistors' debut album (but then what a killer debut album!) but it is an enjoyable song. The discofication of such a depressing Floyd tune brings a smile to my face every time. For those bent out of shape that the Scissor Sistors cover somehow makes a mockery of or insults Pink Floyd or in anyway diminishes the original version you should relax a bit. If you dislike songs that are not classic rock, then just listen to classic rock radio and keep away from top 40 or disco. If you think that the original has somehow been tarnished, dust off your copy, and give it a listen. I am betting it sounds just like it did before the Scissor Sisters covered it. :)

I only just heard this track on Saturday Night Live tonight, like a previous reviewer, but I am in love with it. Everyone here has picked up on the Bee Gees vibe, but nobody has mentioned the huge nod to Cerrone's "Supernature" in the beginning of the song. Does nobody pick up on the sheer, blissful irony of this song? Everyone seems to be missing the mark here, or maybe I am just interpreting it differently than everyone else here so far. Pink Floyd are undoubtedly one of the best bands ever, but that doesn't mean they should be this sacred cow never to be touched, either, and I actually consider myself a huge fan of everything from Syd Barrett's early material through to the later Floyd.

To put it bluntly, Pink Floyd's original version of Comfortably Numb is a track I can't listen to unless I'm in a certain frame of mind, because it is sure to depress me to no end, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It's a classic and nobody denies this. However, the fact that this cover can make such a well-known, depressing song a danceable bit of retro disco fluff I actually want to play over and over again... it really blows my mind. The fact that they were even able to conceive of meshing the lyrics of Pink Floyd with Cerrone's "Supernature" and the sound of the Bee Gees is simply amazing to me. Anyone who covers "Comfortably Numb" is knowingly putting themselves up for ridicule by the legions of fans of the original song. It's one of those classics that is so sacred to Pink Floyd fans that I honestly doubt anyone could do it justice in their eyes without keeping predictably close to the original.

Count me in as a fan of this cover. They really brought something entirely different to the table with this single, not just another warmed over, boring, safe rehash. This single took brass ones to make, that's for sure.

I was really surprised by this track and wound up loving it. It's a great, complex track and a lot of fun. The falsetto voices and camped-up music so perfectly done are an incredible counter to overly-dramatic Roger Waters lyrics. I never thought these depressive lyrics could ever be played with anything other than methadone-soaked guitar work.

Pink Floyd purists aren't going to like this track, but as a recovering Pink Floyd fan, I think it's pretty excellent. If only somebody could do something with Dark Side of the Moon...

Fun and infectious! Perfect for parties and for mother!

well believe it or not, i had never heard the original version of comfortably numb by Pink Floyd, so i wasnt biased.(didnt grow up listening to that sort of music)

i personally love this BeeGees/Blondie tinged disco track. its all about the fun.

if you can divorce yourself that its a cover version, its a pretty great track on its own.

I really like Scissor Sister's self titled album. Songs like "Take Your Mama" and "Mary" and their respective remixes will have me coming back.

That said, this utter piece of trash is bad enough by itself, but the fact that it's a cover is an insult to all that is Floyd. It's like Scissor Sisters sat down and tested out different annoying voices until they found one sufficiently annoying and grating enough to knock Syd Barrett into an even deeper level of insanity.

For a great cover that does PF right, check out Easy Star All Star's Dub Side of the Moon.

I'm a fan of many different styles of music from different eras, but I do have a discriminating taste. I like good music, this is bad... real bad. A half-a$$ disco tune with horrible vocals. It sounds like a couple of tone deaf 14 year old girls singing along with "Staying Alive", while managing to butcher one of the most well respected classic rock anthems of all time. "Comfortably Numb" should have never been twisted into this hideous beast of trite rythm and harmony, a clumsy regurgitation of what was once good. It makes me sick thinking of the people who bought this twaddle and made it a best selling single. Shameful.