'Comfortably Numb' vs. 'The Spirit Carries On'

Comfortably Numb.

CN

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Comfortably Numb.

"Clipside of the pinkeye flight
I'm not the percent you think survives
I need sanctuary in the pages of this book."

Son Et Lumiere - The Mars Volta

octopus-4 wrote:

Comfortably Numb versus what ?

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thwok wrote:

'The Spirit Carries On' is one of my favorites, and that seems to be the general consensus among Dream Theater fans. DT may not receive the general adoration that Pink Floyd does, but I think they're definitely a more consistently good band.

You seem to have nailed just the oposite to my opinions about this bands and songs. I do love Dream Theater, but this particular song is rather forgettable for me. And even though there are many songs indeed that I love from DT, they just have not been able to do such a whole masterpiece album such as Pink Floyd have done at least 4 times (to my taste, at lest), plus most of their other albums are really good and they have very few songs that I would say I really dislike (which is not something I could say from DT). Of course, if DT kept their album shorter, leaving out the sub-par songs, they could just as well almost have a full discography of masterpieces, but then again, how to choose the best songs. Someone's favourite songs may just as well be another's forgettable ones.

Comfortably Numb versus what ?

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silverpot wrote:

I had never heard the DT song so I checked it out and was astonished by how much the intro sounds like PF's Coming Back to Life and when the singing starts it's like they're trying to emulate something out of The Final Cut.

Another vote for CNumb.

Yeah, sort of. It sounds like a track that might have been off The Wall, bit like One of My Turns (without the zany portion) or Nobody Home. Ruddess even plays an organ-like tone.

Voted for Numb. In this case, the lyrics (and also Gilmour's singing vis a vis La Brie) seal the issue. The lyrics for Numb are simple but poignant, Waters tapping into his ability to come up with associations that everyone can relate to in some way or the other. DT's...well, would rather not comment. As such, Floyd just perform gently and steadily to make a haunting impression while DT make an impressive attempt to build up a crescendo but it doesn't touch me.

I had never heard the DT song so I checked it out and was astonished by how much the intro sounds like PF's Coming Back to Life and when the singing starts it's like they're trying to emulate something out of The Final Cut.

Another vote for CNumb.

I find The Spirit Carries On to be really annoying

Comfortably Numb on the other hand is an amazing song

for me anyways :)

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Poll Question: Which of these songs do you prefer more?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Comfortably Numb	53	[89.83%]
The Spirit Carries On	6	[10.17%]
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