Tagged: Cover Versions

Body Count Comfortably Numb

David Gilmour plays on Body Count’s Comfortably Numb Cover

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...

The Surrogate Floyd By Andy Gibbons

The Surrogate Floyd By Andy Gibbons

2004’s return of a Pink Floyd song to the British singles charts via The Scissor Sisters was a prime example of the way that the band’s song catalogue is being taken up by other artists. Whilst the group itself seems to have receded over the horizon following the live reunion, musicians are showing a renewed interest in the band as a creative force. In the New Year DJ Eric Prydz issues a single using samples...