And when he grabbed the microphone, he explained that he hadn't done that since he was sixteen. He climbed off the stage, up on the first row (all standing) and crowd surfed clear to the back of the house where he was turned around and sent back to the stage (he never dipped once, not even a little). Toward the end of the night, Justin asked the crowd, 'If you had to, could you support my weight?' The deafening response was YES! I'm sure you're thinking Mozart rocked the house, or the Beatles at Shea was more impressive (and unlike The Stones at Altamont, nobody got stabbed), but I'm telling you anyone that saw Blue October that night in Houston will swear it was the greatest show ever. It was, without a doubt, the most amazing live performance in the history of music. Then he said, 'Y'all give me a reason to live.' He said that one night he had gone to the bow of the ship and contemplated what would happen if he were to jump? Would anyone even notice? Then he said, 'Y'all would notice.' The crowd screamed so loud you'd think the walls would fall in. Flotsam is the debris left over after a shipwreck (Maybe he can salvage a piece of this mess and save himself?) and Jetsam is everything that was thrown off of a ship while trying to keep it afloat (In this case, he was jettisoned along with the rest and now it's all gone and only he is left).Īt a Blue October show in Houston, Justin introduced this song with a story about taking a cruise. The use (correct use, I might point out) of flotsam and jetsam shows you just how much goes into one of Justin's songs. Then at the beginning of the second verse they should be: Into the ocean (goodbye), end it all (goodbye) Let the rain of what I feel right now, come down Since then, the song reached critical acclaim with listeners of the digital radio station Planet Rock voting it the greatest guitar solo of all time and Guitar World rating it the fourth-best guitar solo of all time.Sometimes it feels just like I'm falling in the ocean In 2005, it was the last song ever performed by Waters, Gilmour, keyboardist Richard Wright, and drummer Nick Mason together. Waters was placed in a state where he was “Comfortably Numb.” He was heavy and sleepy-everything felt similar to the lines Hello? (Hello, hello, hello). He said “That was the longest two hours of my life, trying to do a show when you can hardly lift your arm.” At a show that year in Philadelphia, a sleazy doctor injected him with a tranquilizer before a show. In 1977, Waters suffered from hepatitis, which can cause tiredness, abdominal pain, and vomiting. Waters told Rolling Stone in a December 2004 interview that the meaning behind “Comfortably Numb” was based on personal experience. He is … “Comfortably Numb.” Roger Waters’ Personal Experience He says My hands felt just like two balloons / Now I’ve got that feeling once again entailing that he is floating in his state of drug-filled peace. When the doctor asks how he feels, Pink compares his peaceful state to his childhood when he had a fever. They make the doctor feel as distant as a ship. He completely exists in a state of mind-numbing peace from the drugs. The doctor believes that he is in pain, but Pink tells him it’s exactly the opposite. Your lips move, but I can’t hear what you’re saying The parentheticals emphasize Pink’s drug state as he is not hearing the doctor properly as though everything is moving in slow-motion and vibrating.įinally, Pink is able to respond to the doctor, which David Gilmour sings:

The doctor speaks to Pink asking for any response whatsoever. The first verse reflects the doctor coming to Pink in his drug-induced state.

The song begins with Roger Water’s singing: The drug counteracts his already drug-induced state to ensure that Pink can perform at a concert later in the evening. Along with Pink’s management is a doctor, who suddenly, injects Pink with a drug. But, his journey is interrupted when his management breaks into his hotel room. Within the wall, he embarks on an emotional journey into the past. Pink builds a metaphorical wall around himself when his father died in World War II. The storyline follows the protagonist, Pink, based on Syd Barrett and Roger Waters. Pink Floyd’s The Wall is a concept album, or as they considered it, a rock opera. Along with its legendary solo, the song provides airy and eerie lyrics by Roger Waters.īut what is the meaning behind Pink Floyd’s most well-known songs? What does it mean to be “Comfortably Numb?” Let’s discuss. Pink Floyd released “Comfortably Numb,” featured on their eleventh studio album The Wall, in 1979 and again in 1980 as a B-side single to “Hey You.” The six-minute song is one of Pink Floyd’s most well-known, boasting one of the most legendary guitar solos of all time.

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