Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb 23rd August 1988.wmv

[Abujamra2]

Like Tony Montana would say... Fucking fuck!

[TheJunMan]

Wow, on my birthday! This would've a great birthday present for me at the time...however as a 3-year, I probably wouldn't realised what was going on haha.

Anyway, I do like this (Delicate Sound of Thunder) version out of all his live performances of this solo the best...the ones that have been released as a CD that is. I never had the honour of seeing them in the flesh.

[BatmanDrivesaFord]

Wow. Such a different sound from the same song. Amazingly well done. But who would expect anything less from Pink Floyd?

[peppe7119]

this is David Gilmur!!!!

[FreedomLover1973]

9:43-10:07. The most haunting, unsettling lick I've ever heard! David Gilmour says more with one note than ANY guitarist today can say with a thousand! I'll stand by that till the day I die!

[manero170869]

I think that the version definitely epic is the one contained in the double album "The Delicate Sound of Thunder", also the final solo is the most successful, most dramatic, there is a tension in that solo that makes me move every time . It 'absolutely the perfect song with the perfect solo, they have done well to cut it in the album, this one I don't like at all

[Duke1839]

Does anybody else prefer the Wright/Pratt/Carin rendition of Waters' part? Waters sings it so plainly and boringly while in this version their part sounds more melodic and intense.

[Jcm9991]

@Duke1839 I prefer it too. In fact, I think this version of Comfortably Numb is much better than the album version.

[MrKoiking1]

never knew they cut 2 mins off the recorded version. this is epic! wish i was there. well i wasn't born then so no way. my dad was. i think i can hear him in the shouting behind you maybe. might just be my mind

[manero170869]

@MrKoiking1 I was nineteen and when the tour arrived in Italy in 1989, I have been to two concerts: in Venice and Monza ...... simply astonishing !!!!

[misterCepe]

Raaaaaah the beeests =D <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[hellswinter]

the part of the solo they cut to make the CD is between 6:14 and 7:11, and much of the solo between 7:30 and 9:00 are completely different. So, I guess the CD has a few parts from a different concert edited in. I have memorized the cd solo, so this version is what sounds weird and edited to me, while the CD feels more natural. Guess I gotta get used to this one.

[hellswinter]

@hellswinter Actually, now that I think about it, It seems like they cut the solo from this night at 6:14, then edited in the 2nd part of the solo from a completely different night (one with a shorter second half) starting from the note that appears on this version at 7:11.

[musicofthen]

@hellswinter No, I strongly disagree. I doubt that there is another night where he would play that exact bit from 7:11 again. All the solos that Gilmour plays are different, especially in the 1988 tour. He likes improvising.

You were right in your first comment. They just simply cut that middle part out.

[hellswinter]

@musicofthen Yea, every solo is played differently; they follow the same melodic contour, same chord progression, but the exact notes, the timbre, how he attacks the notes, etc is qualitatively distinct. You're right (and I was right at first), this is just edited. I guess I assumed they just made one clear cut rather then several. Now, let's pay closer attention... Okay, it's cut between 6:14 and 7:11, and then 8:03 till 8:58. I'm confident about this. Lengths match: 2 cuts, 2 mins shorter

[nipplebrush]

@hellswinter I have this album on vinyl & I'm guessing it was edited to fit.

[hellswinter]

@nipplebrush

Yea, it is. I guess you didn't catch my more recent post. There are two cuts (this is why I was confused at first); one between 6:14 and 7:11, and one between 8:03 and 8:58. 2 mins of the solo cut down (altogether). I mistook these cut parts for being alternates rather than merely omissions. PS: I actually prefer the cut down CD/Vinyl version, probably mainly because I'm more familiar with it.

[nipplebrush]

@hellswinter It's my favourite version too. Gilmour plays it differently every time, but his guitar playing is always a joy to listen to.

[Colddeed]

The "Official" version sounds dull and flat compared to this. This makes you feel like you're at the concert. Something the CD and VHS completely fail to do.

[UnWantedProduction]

Win

[mbatl0907]

MY GOD!!!  WHY DID THEY CUT THIS??? I've been wanting to hear the unedited version of this for a long time. Thanks for uploading man!

[chris01837]

This is very cool stuff Aaron, cheers for uploading it..!

[Silber7]

wow.. epic.. no words..

Maybe it would have been too disturbing for the casual listener if they put it on the album in that lenght :>

Btw, since you compared this, maybe can you tell what nights the tracks from the live album really come from? Are they edited, or maybe, did they use this (23) night only?? In the film, they mixed at least some open air footage from France into it, so this is heavily edited... I don't have boots from these shows to compare note by note like I would like to do ^^

[aburrows2008]

@Silber7

Money is also from this night

[hektikal]

@Silber7

I don't know whey they edited it so much.. i read once David overdubbed the guitar solo and also some harmonies were replaced by studio re-takes

Even the Laserdisc i have got a different tracklist then the album.. Signs of live is on that Canadian dvd that floats around.. I guess at that time they hadn't enough space on a dvd so they cut and pasted till it fitted.. shame really!!! Wonder if the full still exists. Would love to see that ;)

[musicofthen]

Whoever edited this did a great injustice to Gilmour.