Pink Floyd - "Comfortably Numb" (from: The Wall) - (Sax Cover by James E. Green)
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd (1979)
James E. Green - alto saxophone
SUCH an amazing, yet sad song ... that almost makes you cry. This lyric is so moving:
"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"
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I found this description of the song and I tend to agree:
"The meaning of this song becomes clear if you think of it in context: Picture man who has been becoming steadily more alone and isolated all his life, and who some how ended up becoming a rock star. Now imagine that one day right before a gig he becomes incapacitated, so the manager has to send for a doctor. The doctor doesn't care about the rock star, he doesn't want to CURE him, he just wants him to last through the show. The song is made up of the things the doctor says, and the rock star's internal response. Being "Comfortably Numb" is not a drug reference, it's a description of what all these years of detachment have done to this man, "Comfortable" doesn't mean pleasurable, it just means not immediately painful. At the end of the last chorus, the recollection from his childhood shows a deep, innermost longing for the time before all the pain, before he had to be numb. The whole album is the story of this person, that is an undisputed fact. Whether of not it is also about members of the band on some level is debatable (Though Probably true), but this is obviously how it fits in with the story line. Listen to the song with this in mind and you'll see."
This song sounds so perfect with saxophone! Wow!!!
Thanks so much Alisa! I agree ... it really fit the sax well.
Hello! Is there anybody in there?
You've made me shed many tears. Thank you for this performance.
Marc Duperron :-) Thanks so much Marc ... I do hope that it is happy tears. Cheers to you!
ART !!
Al mighty I appreciate it!
Beautiful! Respect from Italy and long live music!
Thanks!!!
Excelente som parabéns 👏👏👏👏
Absolutely great, respect.
Batuhan Mutlu Thanks so much!
@@JamesEGreen 1
M a g n i f i c o !!!
Great, with sence and emotion. Actually, I've got tears at one moment...Great.
Absolutely mesmerisingly great! I keep replaying this over and over. Great song made even better by your thoughtful, sensitive rendition... and those harmonies! 😍 Kudos man! You’ve given me something to strive for on my sax 🎷
Thanks so much for the kind words
Push the Golden Buzzer, Instantly!
Jo James. My love to you for this great and exceptional performance. You send a great good feeling all over the world.
Maui Vi thanks so much 🙏
Jo James. You know Aria from Herbie Mann ? I think this is also a Music that could be a sensational perfomance with great feelings and good vibes that fits perfect with a sax.
This perfect cover brother. 👍
Vine buscando plata y encontré ORO. Qué excelente 🎷. Saludos desde 🇵🇪
Emocionante, parabéns 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Um brasileiro que ama boa música rs
❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏Wow!
Ooh James, that is a very powerful song. Brought back many memories of my childhood. Not always good ones but nevertheless fantastically played. Also reminds me of my late Father. Lovely to hear it on Sax. Very atmospheric. Beautiful.
Thanks south Essex!! It is a very powerful tune. I wasn't sure I could pull it off. A good friend (also a sax player and dancer) asked for anything Pink Floyd. This is my favorite Floyd so I gave it a go. Not perfect, but I had fun ... Thanks for listening :-)
Beautiful!!!!!
Mohammad Aghyani Thanks
Perfect! Please, put this on Spotify!
That was sick!
Randi Unbalanced thanks so much
Lovely solo man
Excelente interprete !!! .Felicitaciones desde Buenos Aires
Just picked my sax up after 3 years out of action, i decided if i dont start again soon i never will and it will be too hard to relearn. I have been playing guitar for the last year and its so nice to have two instruments that are so different yet so fucking awesome. I was playing comfortably numb (worse than you) earlier and i had the brainwave to habe the guitar round my neck and switch for the solos. Worked surprisingly well
Awesome melody. Sad melody at parts. Great job on the Sax
I agree 100%!! Thanks my friend!
congratulations! AMAZING SONG, And you've got the feeling!!!!
+André V. Lima Thanks so much!!
Wow.... so great. Well done.
Thanks man, that's great! Love that you included Gilmour's guitar work and especially the solo. Much appreciated.
Steve Cochran Thanks for listening
Gracias por seguir estando compartiendo tanto de tí...
Absolute class
needs more views
I very much agree its a beautiful cover
superb sax. Salute.
So beautiful 💜💜✌🏻✌🏻
Fantastic!
top skill man hats off to u bro............
AMAZING
GREAT !
atsekjoker Thanks so much!
me encanta el sonido del saxo,muy bueno
Very Very Good !!
Amazing! Thank you for this wonderful interpretation ;) that's really the universality of music able to awaken the emotions and senses in its maximum potential.
Excelente !!! Saludos desde Argentina !!
Amazing!
amazing! heart touching bro. love your works and your efforts! salute.
Absolutely amazing, great job my man. Amazing cover right there, could fall asleep on the soft tone.
Thanks so much for the kinds words ... glad you found it pleasing to your ear
James E. Green keep on doing what you're at man its absolutely crazy how I find the tones of many of your songs soothing. But this right here was one of my favourite songs and now a saxophone cover? Amazing.
thanks so much for the kind words! SO glad you find the sounds pleasing to your ear
Master¡!!
another fantastic effort, brilliant
this video made me comfortably numb :)
Awesome stuff
I am currently in the 6th grade school band, and I am a huge Pink Floyd fan. My goal is to learn to play this. Awesome video.
Edit- (I play sax in band, lol. I didn’t mention that earlier.)
miumerica Were you able to learn? (I know it’s 2 years later but still)
I hope you were able to learn this and you are still playing the sax
ground breaking
Thanks!
Damn that's good
Wonderful, man !! Loved it.
Nice
well done!! mate awesome
Nice one.
amazing!!
thanks!!
you are great!!!
Thanks Mario
James E. Green
hallo please can you may send me the score for alto sax and base midi of this wonderful song?
my email is : dentista.mg@libero.it
James E. Green hallo please can you may send me the partitura for alto sax and music track of this wonderful song?
my email is : dentista.mg@libero.it
Oh, Por DIOS!!!!!!!!!! QUE HERMOSoo!!!!! #meenamorédelsaxo
magestuoso
This is awesome! Could you please share your tab for this song?
Good call on the reverb and harmonization of the sax! I wondered if anyone could pull this off and sax -- and I think I you did it! The guitar solo (played on sax, of course) sounded a bit out of tune in spots. Touch it up a bit and I think this would be worthy of itunes....
Brent Ward Thanks :-)
Really like it James! Do you have the sheet music for this arrangement or did you do this by ear?
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This sounds awesome! congratulations man, you did a really good work here. I wonder, could you upload the music sheet? i'd really like to try out this version of yours of the song.
Hi love this tune and it sounds great on sax well done, i hears two saxophones in some parts what effect peddle did you use it sounds nice and warm ? cheers
What effect did you use the harmonize the sax? Or was it a backing track?
No effects to create the harmony ... I simply played all the parts. Fyi, I am a composer, music editor and work with lots of choral music. :-)
Ciao sei bravissimo. Hai per caso lo spartito? Mi piacerebbe suonarla con il mio sax tenor ,
Awesome! What key is this in if you don't mind me asking?
+Aaron Coffey Thanks!! It is D Major Concert (B Major for the Alto Sax )
It sounds like a keychange at 0.57....
The solo part is B minor
Is there any chance this could be written as sheet music because I suck at learning by ear... Even, this is really good. You have such a nice sound on your sax. Aaah!
Does anyone have the sheet music for this Wonderful song?
Hello this nummer is so beatiful, have you the sheet music ???
I think this is so awesome, I would love to try this, I never thought of it, where did you get the instrumental?
Extremely good. You have set a goal for my playing now. Where can I find the backingmusic?
Thanks so much for taking the time to lend an ear. If I remember correctly, I purchased the backing track from iTunes.
+James E. Green Why thank so very much. I will look that up.
+BiggusHansin my pleasure ... be sure that when you search the title, add karaoke to that and it should come up. Have fun with it!
+James E. Green May I ask for a cover of Everybody hurts. It is next on my list. Thanks
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Amazing! I'm guessing you learnt it by ear but can you write out your pieces?
How did you augment the sound ??
I aspire to play with your passion.
***** I'm sure your passion is great!!
can you make a tutorial for biginers
Your sax sings my Friend
Thanks ... I really try to play so that you almost hear the words. :-)
True, but how to pull that off?
Get to know the melody and sing it in your head as you play it. Also living very closely to the accompaniment and filling the spaces as a singer would.
Cool I'm starting to Humm the melodi e s I want to play that seems to help
good sound James can you send me the music thanks
bob
what the link to the sheet
hi share sheet ?, thanzs
Steely Dan’s version of Comfortably Numb
Getting Dick Parry vibes
If only they got him to play in that song
good very very good but im not inglish
beautiful execution! Could you send me the score by e-mail?
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My friend... I love your sax covers. I'm an author from Melbourne, Australia, currently working on my 4-book memoir series. I'd love to have an accompanying soundtrack to go with the four books and would love you to somehow contribute to that. Please PM me or hit me up on Facebook if you like - Scott Michael Heath.
Sure Scott ... I'd love to be a part of this. I just sent you a friend request on Facebook ;-) Thanks for listening!
good work! but i think that this song is better with tenor :-).
Is das klasse?
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what the link to the sheet