David Gilmour plays on Body Count’s Comfortably Numb Cover

by Keith J · September 21, 2024

David Gilmour has recorded guitar on a new cover version of Comfortably Numb. The new song is recorded by heavy rock rap group Body Count which was formed in 1990 by rapper and actor Ice-T. Pink Floyd’s publishers said he couldn’t record it but Roger and David thought otherwise! Body Count Comfortably Numb can be heard below.

David Gilmour and Roger Waters Agree on Something!

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Ice-T said “When we originally contacted their publisher, they said ‘no,’” Ice-T tells Rolling Stone via Zoom from his home in New Jersey during a day off from shooting Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. “It was not a diss, but kind of like ‘Pink Floyd doesn’t do samples. They don’t do ads, either.’ We were fu***d. I wasn’t going to take the lyrics and put it on another track. I was just going to burn it.”

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.”

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Listen to Body’s Count’s Comfortably Numb with David Gilmour

Listen to Body Count’s Comfortably Numb Cover

Lyrics for Body Count’s Comfortably Numb Cover

How did i get here?
Sitting on this spinning sphere
When will I leave here
We know death is always near
I try to understand but answers don’t come easily
Friends always deceiving me
Is this what life’s supposed to be?
Human animals
We roam the earth in search of blood
Hope for humanity?
I don’t think there ever was
We’re in perpetual war, and that’s the only law
Can I change it? I doubt it
So I write songs about it
I was young once but now I’ve grown old
Right in front of your еyes you’ve seen my life unfold
I had no choicе as I became the underdog’s voice
A young black kid… look what the fuck I did!
When I’m gone there’ll be someone to carry on
We can give in, give up, or we can stay strong
How accepting of the bullshit we’ve all become
This whole world is… comfortably numb

Hello… is anybody out there?
Can anybody hear me?
Hello… is anybody out there?
Can anybody hear me?

You’ve got a TV, a computer, so you don’t care
A roof, some clothes, some food
That’s right, it’s all there
Lock yourself in your house, try to forget about
The millions dyin’ from wars, starvation and drought
You’ve got your own problems – yes, we all do
Nobody is free from stress, not him, or me, or you
But still we judge each other, we want to pick a fight
In the streets we kill each other, each and every weeknight
I don’t want no drama but I carry a gun
I don’t want no problems but they’ll probably come
So we get high to wash away the pain
Self-medication, but that shit is all done in vain
We think that we can hide away from the misery
You can close your eyes but still can plainly see
There’s nowhere to run…
You’re just comfortably numb

Hello… is anybody out there?
Can anybody hear me?
Hello… is anybody out there?
Can anybody hear me?
I spent half my life just trying to survive
And the other half trying to keep you all alive
For some reason I still care
I’ve done my dirt
It’s amazing that i’m still here
There’s true evil out there, I’ve been trying to warn you
You could meet the devil himself, then what you gonna do?
No time to pray, no chance to run
Listen… ’cause I’ve been on both sides of the gun
As you stand before me we’re all here as one

We gotta come together or our chances are none
Maybe I’m just a dreamer, too many obstacles
The though of humans coexisting, that’s impossible
Better to stay numb, live in denial
We’re all going to hell and we did it to ourselves
Too much religious beef, too much racist shit
And if there is a God we probably make him sick

Hello… is anybody out there?
Can anybody hear me?
Hello… is anybody out there?
Can anybody hear me?
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More about Ice-T and Body Count

Ice-T, whose real name is Tracy Lauren Marrow, was born on February 16, 1958, in Newark, New Jersey. He is an American rapper, actor, and producer known for his contributions to both hip hop and heavy metal music.

Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, releasing his debut album Rhyme Pays. He founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate Records in 1988 and released several successful albums, including Power (1988), The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech… Just Watch What You Say! (1989), and O.G. Original Gangster (1991). He also co-founded the heavy metal band Body Count in 1990.

Ice-T has had a successful acting career, starring in films such as New Jack City (1991) and Surviving the Game (1994). Since 2000, he has portrayed NYPD detective/sergeant Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, making him the longest-running male series actor in history.

Ice-T’s personal life includes his marriage to Coco Austin in 2002 and his previous partnership with Darlene Ortiz. He has three children. Ice-T continues to be active in both music and acting, with his latest album with Body Count being Carnivore (2020).