Anoche, día 11 de noviembre de 2015, Pearl Jam han ofrecido uno de los conciertos de su larga gira musical por Sudamérica, delante del público de Porto Alegre en Brasil.
Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament y Matt Cameron ha sorprendido todos cuando, en la parte final de la exhibición, han interpretado una versión del grande clásico ‘Comfortably Numb’ de Pink Floyd.
Se trata de la primera vez que Pearl Jam versionan este éxito de los genios de “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”, aunque en realidad en ocasión del concierto en Nueva York en favor de las victimas del huracán Sandy, el mismo Roger Waters invitó Eddie Vedder a subir al escenario para cantar este single entre los más importantes del repertorio de la banda británica de rock progresivo.
‘Comfortably Numb’, incluido en el legendario disco ‘The Wall’, fue publicado como single el 23 de junio de 1980 con la producción de Bob Ezrin y es famoso por los solos de guitarra presentes en la mitad de la canción.
La letra de ‘Comfortably Numb’
Hello,
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on now
I hear you’re feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again
Relax
I’ll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I’ve got that feeling once again
I can’t explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
I have become comfortably numb
O.K.
Just a little pin prick
There’ll be no more aaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it’s working, good
That’ll keep you going through the show
Come on, it’s time to go.
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb.
