Comfortably Numb Kate Bush- Pink Floyd 2002 + Lyrics

(C) Warner Chappell

A note to people who know nothing about this particular performance:
-there is NO OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR THIS although the material exists but will never be released because KATE BUSH said so
-there is a video of it made by a fan but the quality is very low (use youtube search and good luck)
-the performance was a surprise (together with the other two) so no one knew Kate was going to sing. Shame about that, really.

Info on the show from Guy Smith:
"The whole show was superb -- very relaxed and with a great atmosphere. After performing Wish You Were Here with Rick Wright on piano someone in the audience shouted something along the lines of 'do something from '68′. (John clarifies:- what was shouted out was "Play Summer 68″.This is a Floyd song written by Rick from the album Atom Heart Mother. A song that they used to play a lot live in the early 70′s.) Gilmour chuckled to himself before saying 'no we won't do that -- we're going to do Comfortably Numb next'. As the crowd began to cheer he added 'and to sing it please welcome Kate Bush!' Kate looked happy and relaxed wearing a simple black outfit. She received a standing ovation as she walked on stage and another at the end of Comfortably Numb as she hugged David Gilmour. Also in the audience that night were Storm Thorgeson (not sure of the spelling) who designed many of the Floyd's album covers. Also of note was Dave's pianist -- Michael Kamen who has worked with Kate before, scoring and conducting orchestras on The Sensual World (and possibly other albums). And as a final footnote.... David Baddiel and family were sitting at the back of the hall. A great night....."

Friday 18th January 2002 at the Royal Festival Hall, London.

http://www.kate-bush-archives.org

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• 2002
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• lyrics

[MademoiselleSmets]

My fav song from Pink Floyd (+ Us and them)!

[Sharmilka]

@MademoiselleSmets Mine too, although I'm not really into PF that much :) xxx

[Citylight74]

Watching and hearing this makes me even more sad, that she is not touring live (on the stages of the world) - the world would lie to her feets and so would I do.

Thumps up and ten stars of ten for your really good debut Isa! Go on making those videos, pls!

[Sharmilka]

@Citylight74 Aw, thank you, D.

I regret she's not doing live anymore too. This gig was amazing. AMAZING.

[Undertheivy27]

Oh !!!! Thank you !!!

[Sharmilka]

@Undertheivy27 You are welcome! :) xxx

[TotalDouchebaggery]

Love Pink Floyd.....Kate should have done her take on this classic song. good though, but dosnt give you a iota of what this lady can do..

[buzzrap]

Kate Bush yessss, Gilmour/Floyd yessss, together ..... nnnnnnooooooooooooooo

[sadieshatterly]

Thanks for the background Shamika, it`s nice to have context :)

[marcdruten]

Marvellous!

[MrTarryhoot]

Kate Bush,

Beautiful then,

Beautiful still.

Oh yeah, the song,yeah, not a bad version.

[sidh05]

Great



[LIFEIZTOOLTOOLIZLIFE]

such a treat "Thank You" for ~sharing~ !

~Peace~

[Sharmilka]

@pcheeto These are the only available photos of it and they are very rare.There is no official footage (before the release, Bush said NO to the DVD). I love this duet, too. I wish they recorded more songs together, not only Kate Bush with David Gilmour as it was on her 2 albums.