just a YCBTO vote

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Shame we can't place multiple votes really.
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James Blast wrote:they'd ruin them just like they did with The Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb :urff: :cry:
Ah, well, there I'd have to differ. I really liked what they did with Numb.
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57 : 42 8)

re: Comfortably Numb, i kinda likes what they did there too ~ morphing into SKOS, but always a poor choice to open a show with methinks...
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James Blast wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Then imagine them doing a cover version of both ARFs "Lilith" and FGGs "Rush Hour"
they'd ruin them just like they did with The Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb :urff: :cry:
I dunno, that's not such a bad version until :von: hits the end of the chorus...

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markfiend wrote:
James Blast wrote:they'd ruin them just like they did with The Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb :urff: :cry:
Ah, well, there I'd have to differ. I really liked what they did with Numb.
'Ruin' Comfortably Numb???? There's wax in your ears Blasty.
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I wasn't a massive fan of the original, so I can't really say it was ruined for me. But then, my Floyd tastes revolve around the Pompeii DVD, Wish You Were Here, and the strummy/acoustic stuff like Grantchester Meadows.
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What? What?? :eek: :?
Comfortably Numb sounds as if it had been meant for The Sisters :!:
As a Pink Floyd song it sounds flat, lifeless, pale and cold, I can listen to it and prepare dinner without even noticing that the music's on.
I know that tastes should not be discussed, and so on, but this is one of the issues that are too important for me to remain quiet, and I will defend my point of view like a lion. :von: :P
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56% pro, 43% contra (with 1% lost in the mix?).

Not bad... for a Sisters song that is not great, but definately one of their funniest! When I first heard this song years ago, I had no interest... actually, when I first ever heard the Sisters in the 'More' video, I had no interest.

Things change and even a listen to YCBTO can be refreshing... especially after 15 years with no new album! :x

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EDIT: As a Pink Floyd fan of all their various phases... a feel that 'Comfortably Numb' is one of their best songs and the greatest expression of the disassociative effects of drugs and the rock-n-roll lifestyle. Their thunderous live version is even more impressive. When I first heard the Sisters cover this on the 'Out In The Dark' 1992 recording, I was surprised and pleased that :von: chose to perform it. Although I will admit that it is certainly an in the mood song ... ;D
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Episkopos wrote:
James Blast wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Then imagine them doing a cover version of both ARFs "Lilith" and FGGs "Rush Hour"
they'd ruin them just like they did with The Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb :urff: :cry:
I dunno, that's not such a bad version until :von: hits the end of the chorus...

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH... am in dire need of a Strepsil..."

I luuuuuurved "Comfortably Numb/SKOS" at their '99 show here in Chi...but yeah, ol' :von: *did* sound a bit like a cat being skinned alive, at the end... :lol:
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SINsister wrote:ol' :von: *did* sound a bit like a cat being skinned alive, at the end... :lol:
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which kinda proves my point. :P
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it's s**t :innocent:
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Well I just happen to LIKE IT - So There ;-)
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Ok, bottom line: where's the "I don't give a sh1t!" voting option here, hmm? :twisted: :lol: :P :kiss:
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