Here’s a collaboration we certainly weren’t expecting to see this morning: Body Count has dropped an industrial cover of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb – which was recorded with electric guitar legend, David Gilmour.
Body Count did tease that their upcoming record would have a guest star that would “blow everyone away” back in June, but we can't imagine anyone saw this particular partnership happening.
What’s perhaps more surprising about this release, though, is the fact it was actually Gilmour who proposed the collaboration.
“The initial contact from Ice-T was for permission to use the song,” the Stratocaster master says, “but I thought I might offer to play on it as well. I like the new lyrics, they're talking about the world we’re living in now, which is quite scary.
“Body Count's version of Comfortably Numb is quite radical, but the words really struck me,” he continues of the fresh version. “It astonishes me that a tune I wrote almost 50 years ago is back with this great new approach. They've made it relevant again.”
"For me, Comfortably Numb, is an introspective song,” Ice-T adds. “It's me acknowledging that I'm older now. I'm telling the younger generation, you've got two choices: you can keep the fire burning or you can give up.
“It's me trying to make sense of what's happening, but also pointing out that we're all in a place where we don’t have to face reality.”
Body Count’s upcoming album Merciless is set to drop on November 22.
