Bodycount covert Pink Floyd met David Gilmour

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Hoe kun je nou beter een eerbetoon brengen aan Pink Floyd moet Body Count hebben gedacht. Eén van de meest iconische tracks uit het oeuvre van die band, heeft de band van Ice-T geheel naar eigen hand gezet. Dat resultaat mag er zijn.

‘Comfortably Numb’ is die track waarmee Body Count Pink Floyd dus eert. Of dat al niet genoeg is, komt David Gilmour, de gitarist van Pink Floyd, mee doen. Daardoor ontstaat er een mooie synthese van Body Count en Pink Floyd. Het is dan ook geen standaard cover geworden. Check it out.

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Ice T ver deze track: ” For me “Comfortably Numb” is an introspective song—it’s me acknowledging that I’m older now. I’m telling the younger generation, you’ve got two choices: you can keep the fire burning or you can give up. It’s me trying to make sense of what’s happening, but also pointing out that we’re all in a place where we don’t have to face reality. We’ve got flat-screen TVs and popcorn, and we can just sit back and watch the chaos of the world like it’s a TV show. It doesn’t feel real until it shows up at your door. I’m a little numb, too—we all are.”

David Gilmour over deze track: “Body Count’s version of Comfortably Numb is quite radical, but the words really struck me. It astonishes me that a tune I wrote almost 50 years ago is back with this great new approach. They’ve made it relevant again. The 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’re talking about the world we’re living in now, which is quite scary. Ice-T and Body Count played in London recently, sadly I couldn’t make it, but if another opportunity came up to play with them, I’d jump at it.”