# I just heard the worst version of 'Comfortably Numb" which has ever been recorded. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417 "2004-12-12T05:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/1 "2004-12-12T05:46:38Z")
Some band on SNL is doing a horrifying, falsetto, disco rendition of Pink Floyd’s immortal classic. Won’t somebody please make them stop. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/2 "2004-12-12T05:48:12Z")
Without having seen it it’s gotta be Scissor Sisters. Every other song I’ve heard of theirs is pretty good but Comfortably Numb was just a bad, bad decision by all involved. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/3 "2004-12-12T05:51:39Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Without having seen it it’s gotta be Scissor Sisters. Every other song I’ve heard of theirs is pretty good but Comfortably Numb was just a bad, bad decision by all involved. Scissor Sisters. That’s them. Their first song wasn’t that bad but this one just made me want to cry. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/4 "2004-12-12T05:53:32Z")
That was never my favorite Floyd song, but that sounds painful. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/5 "2004-12-12T05:56:02Z")
I checked out the clip on [AllMusic.com](http://AllMusic.com). _LORD_ was that awful… it’s like what would happen if the Bee Gees did the song. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/6 "2004-12-12T06:00:09Z")
It’s a horrible time to be a Pink Floyd fan… I have a thread further down in the forum complaining about Korn’s butchery of “Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2” and now I see this thread. If someone covers “Hey You” any time in the near future, I’m going to kill. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/7 "2004-12-12T06:08:25Z")
I was just about to open a thread on this very subject, but someone beat me to it. My frickin’ ears are bleeding. That song was an abomination. So was that guy’s outfit. It was a blue polyester sleeveless jumpsuit that tied around the neck! Who thought that was _ever_ a good idea? I don’t care HOW good Scissor Sisters might be. I hate them now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/8 "2004-12-12T06:09:45Z")
While we’re at it, I saw Particle do an instrumental, double-time version of Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 a few years ago. Wasn’t awful, but it got uninteresting fairly rapidly, as bad jamming tends to do. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/9 "2004-12-12T06:15:05Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > I don’t care HOW good Scissor Sisters might be. I hate them now. They aren’t. At all. While I admit to being a bit late in finally starting to appreciate 80’s music and thus might not “get them”, I think they outright suck. The Darkness too. I don’t care if they are a tribute to 80’s bands… even as camp, they suck. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/10 "2004-12-12T06:16:07Z")
I didn’t see SNL tonight, but I _cough_ like that version of _Comfortably Numb._ Don’t get me wrong, I don’t _prefer_ it to the original by any stretch of the imagination; the first time I heard it, it took a minute to register what the song was and then, OMGWTF, but…it’s SO campy, and SO far off the original mood of the song, and with those two elements in place, SO well-executed in a “if you’re going to do it bad, you might as well do it really GOOD bad” way that it kinda grew on me. Heh. Next thing you know, I’ll be defending _Showgirls_ so fiercely I get banned. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/11 "2004-12-12T06:25:43Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I don’t care if they are a tribute to 80’s bands… even as camp, they suck. Who decided we needed a tribute to 80s bands anyway? Can I get a vote on this committee? If something sucks the first time around, it doesn’t automatically get good when the trend recycles. ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/12 "2004-12-12T06:31:48Z")
I don’t mind it so much as far as disco goes… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/13 "2004-12-12T06:34:25Z")
There’s a Pit [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5599365#post5599365) on the subject if you feel more strongly than the Cafe allows. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/14 "2004-12-12T06:47:26Z")
What was the other song they did on the show? “Mary” is a good song, as is “Filthy/Gorgeous.” Horrifyingly, “Comfortably Numb” has been nominated for a Grammy for best dance recording. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/15 "2004-12-12T06:55:54Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > There’s a Pit [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5599365#post5599365) on the subject if you feel more strongly than the Cafe allows. Yeah, sorry about that. I didn’t bother looking in CS because I didn’t think a Floyd fan could keep it clean enough. > [@](#): > > Horrifyingly, “Comfortably Numb” has been nominated for a Grammy for best dance recording. Oh, the humanity! ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/16 "2004-12-12T07:15:59Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > If someone covers “Hey You” any time in the near future, I’m going to kill. So the techno-dance version I’m working on is a bad idea then? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/17 "2004-12-12T07:35:03Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Horrifyingly, “Comfortably Numb” has been nominated for a Grammy for best dance recording. I didn’t even know they had a Grammy for that. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/18 "2004-12-12T08:08:29Z")
I just saw the first song, and I must say, these guys have talent. That first song was pretty darned impressive. I just wanted to record that impression before it gets obliterated when I hear _Comfortably Numb_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/19 "2004-12-12T08:10:56Z")
I just heard the first song, too. Not bad. I think I’ll pass on Comfortably Numb. There oughta be a law against masacreing a PF song. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417/20 "2004-12-12T08:21:21Z")
Dear God… first Korn’s “Another Brick in the Wall Pt. II” and now this? A dark day for Floydians. If you will excuse me, I’m going to play “Goodbye Cruel World”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-the-worst-version-of-comfortably-numb-which-has-ever-been-recorded/279417.md?page=2)