Comfortably Numb je skladba angleške rock skupine Pink Floyd in je ena izmed njihovih najbolj prepoznavnih skladb. Izdana je bila leta 1979 na dvojnem albumu The Wall.

Skladba Comfortably Numb govori o Pinku, ki je glavna oseba na albumu. Pink, ki se čuti popolnoma izoliranega od družbe, se kot rock zvezda težko sooča z bremeni in pritiski. Tako pred nekim koncertom doživi kolaps in Pink se zgrudi v hotelski sobi pred pričetkom koncerta. V sobo je poslan zdravnik, da mu le-ta da injekcijo, ki mu bo dala energijo za nastop. Besedilo je napisano kot pogovor med zdravnikom in Pinkom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1htZFVGsBMw


Skupina:

- David Gilmour - kitare, bas kitara, Prophet-5 sintetizator, vokali
- Roger Waters -vokali, bas kitara
- Nick Mason -bobni
- Richard Wright - orgle
- Lee Ritenour - akustična kitara
- Newyorški orkester

Filmska verzija

Skupina ljudi, vključno s Pinkovim menedžerjem, hotelskim direktorjem in zdravnikoma, vdre v Pinkovo hotelsko sobo, kjer najdejo sedečega Pinka v nezavesti. Hotelski direktor ob dejstvu, da je hotelska soba popolnoma uničena, ponori, medtem ko menedžer Pinka zagovarja z dejstvom, da je umetnik. Po injekciji, ki jo Pink dobi v roko, ga odvlečejo iz hotelske sobe v limuzino. Med potjo začne Pink halucinirati, da njegovo telo razpada. V limuzini si Pink raztrga bolezenski oklep, tako da razkrije nacistično uniformo.

Pink halucinira otroštvo. Kot otrok je Pink na polju našel podgano in jo nesel domov, da bi jo pokazal meteri. Mati ga sprejme z neodobravanjem in Pink nese podgano v bližnjo barako. Pink kasneje dobi vročino, tako da je primoran ostati v postelji do naslednjega jutra. Naslednji dan se vrne v barako in najde mrtvo podgano, ki jo nato vrže v reko.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQWszrZHBPI

Koncertne verzije

CN v izvedbi Pink Floyd leta 1980 na Earls Courtu s turneje The Wall (1980-81):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv9wXMCvNHk

David Gilmour nastopa kot Pink, Roger Waters kot zdravnik.

Takratna zasedba: David Gilmour, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Nick Mason.

CN v izvedbi Pink Floyd leta 1994 na Earls Courtu s turneje Division Bell (1994):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWnapx502uQ

Takratna zasedba: David Gilmour, Rick Wright, Nick Mason.

Zadnja Pink Floyd izvedba CN-ja v živo leta 2005 v Hyde Parku s koncerta Live 8 (2005):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wtiNzci1Wc

Takratna zasedba: David Gilmour, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Nick Mason.

CN v izvedbi Davida Gilmourja leta 2006 v Royal Albert Hallu z On an Island turneje (2006-07):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mysWLpzZutk

David Gilmour nastopa kot Pink, David Bowie kot zdravnik.

CN v izvedbi Rogerja Watersa leta 2008 na Coachella festivalu v Kaliforniji s turneje The Dark Side Of the Moon (2006-08):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ec_jEnvvoA

Besedilo

Hello.
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone home?

Come on, now.
I hear youre feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain,
Get you on your feet again.

Relax.
I need some information first.
Just the basic facts:
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ships smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I cant hear what youre sayin.
When I was a child I had a fever.
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I got that feeling once again.
I cant explain, you would not understand.
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.

Ok.
Just a little pinprick. [ping]
Therell be no more --aaaaaahhhhh!
But you may feel a little sick.

Can you stand up?
I do believe its working. good.
Thatll keep you going for the show.
Come on its time to go.

There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ships smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I cant hear what youre sayin.
When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse,
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone.
I cannot put my finger on it now.
The child is grown, the dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.