Your half-century dose of Waters and Gilmour agreeing on anything:

September 26, 2024 6:56 PM

Body Count - "Comfortably Numb" feat. David Gilmour | The situation changed once Ice-T’s team circumvented the publishers and took the proposed track directly to Waters and Gilmour via their managers. “Once we got to David, he was like, ‘Fuck, yeah. I love this song. I approve it,'” says Ice-T. “And then Roger listened to it and his only comment was, ‘Who’s singing?’ When he heard it was Ice-T, he approved it.’ To have two people who sit on two opposite sides of the fence agree on a song, that means it must be good.” (Via Mojo Magazine & a Rolling Stone article)
posted by not_on_display (4 comments total)

I sort of hate who Waters has become these days with his proto-fascist imagery and his insisting his way is the only right way. But I can support this track for existing. I'm glad for Ice-T for having worked to make it happen.

Thanks for posting; I never would have heard this track otherwise.
posted by hippybear at 7:02 PM on September 26

I grew up on prog and discovered Body Count kind of late - 2017, I think, with Black Hoodie - and this was such a nice combination. I kind of faintly knew there might be a new album soon but I'm awful with keeping up with music news, so pretty psyched now.
posted by cobaltnine at 7:57 PM on September 26

I just put this on Spotify and my jaw dropped. For a second, I was like, "Holy shit, Body Count's guitarist leveled the fuck up!!" I'm not sure I've heard Body Count since the '90s, but to be honest, they...didn't sound like that. Then I saw that David Gilmour played guitar on this. I'm actually kind of more impressed now. He's 78! If Roger Waters weren't crazy, he'd be trying to record new stuff with him.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 8:19 PM on September 26 [1 favorite]

He's 78! If Roger Waters weren't crazy, he'd be trying to record new stuff with him.

Instead he's been busy recording new stuff without Waters.
posted by Dysk at 1:09 AM on September 27