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Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb Audio CD

A fair review of the Scissor Sisters "Comfortably Numb" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Scissor Sisters reviews here, or go back to the Scissor Sisters tabs.

Scissor Sisters Band: Scissor Sisters
Title: Comfortably Numb
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Release Date: 2004-03-16
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Comfortably Numb 2: Comfortably Numb [Fatboy Extended Mix] 3: Rock My Spot [Cervice Canyon] 4: Comfortably Numb [Video CD-ROM Track]

I dig the camp disco that is Comfortably Numb
The discofication of such a depressing Floyd tune brings a smile to my face every time. This track is not the best on Scissor Sistors' debut album (but then what a killer debut album!) but it is an enjoyable song. For those bent out of shape that the Scissor Sistors cover somehow makes a mockery of or insults Pink Floyd or in anyway diminishes the original version you should relax a bit. If you dislike songs that are not classic rock, then just listen to classic rock radio and keep away from top 40 or disco. If you think that the original has somehow been tarnished, dust off your copy, and give it a listen. I am betting it sounds just like it did before the Scissor Sisters covered it. :).


1337est Fans=teh suck
But just as the original is great/classic music, so is this remix by the Scissor Sisters(though, to be fair it's only great music and not classic like the original). Comftorably Numb is a great song and you would be hard pressed to find someone who denies this, so I understand (and agree) that there is a certain expectation whenever anyone attempts to work with this song. So don't listen to all these elitest fans who look down their nose at anything remotly different than the original.


put away the pink floyd bias
(didnt grow up listening to that sort of music)

i personally love this BeeGees/Blondie tinged disco track. well believe it or not, i had never heard the original version of comfortably numb by Pink Floyd, so i wasnt biased. its all about the fun.

if you can divorce yourself that its a cover version, its a pretty great track on its own.


Makes me want to stab my ear drums out with an ice pick.
Songs like "Take Your Mama" and "Mary" and their respective remixes will have me coming back. I really like Scissor Sister's self titled album.

That said, this utter piece of trash is bad enough by itself, but the fact that it's a cover is an insult to all that is Floyd. It's like Scissor Sisters sat down and tested out different annoying voices until they found one sufficiently annoying and grating enough to knock Syd Barrett into an even deeper level of insanity.

For a great cover that does PF right, check out Easy Star All Star's Dub Side of the Moon.


Irony at its finest!
Everyone here has picked up on the Bee Gees vibe, but nobody has mentioned the huge nod to Cerrone's "Supernature" in the beginning of the song. I only just heard this track on Saturday Night Live tonight, like a previous reviewer, but I am in love with it. Does nobody pick up on the sheer, blissful irony of this song? Everyone seems to be missing the mark here, or maybe I am just interpreting it differently than everyone else here so far. Pink Floyd are undoubtedly one of the best bands ever, but that doesn't mean they should be this sacred cow never to be touched, either, and I actually consider myself a huge fan of everything from Syd Barrett's early material through to the later Floyd.

To put it bluntly, Pink Floyd's original version of Comfortably Numb is a track I can't listen to unless I'm in a certain frame of mind, because it is sure to depress me to no end, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It's a classic and nobody denies this. However, the fact that this cover can make such a well-known, depressing song a danceable bit of retro disco fluff I actually want to play over and over again. . . it really blows my mind. The fact that they were even able to conceive of meshing the lyrics of Pink Floyd with Cerrone's "Supernature" and the sound of the Bee Gees is simply amazing to me. Anyone who covers "Comfortably Numb" is knowingly putting themselves up for ridicule by the legions of fans of the original song. It's one of those classics that is so sacred to Pink Floyd fans that I honestly doubt anyone could do it justice in their eyes without keeping predictably close to the original.

Count me in as a fan of this cover. They really brought something entirely different to the table with this single, not just another warmed over, boring, safe rehash. This single took brass ones to make, that's for sure.


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