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Kashmir vs Comfortably Numb
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Jake T
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recgord27
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Very difficult to chose which is best. Love both of these songs in different ways. I'm going to go with Kashmir because overall Zep's Physical Grafitti is a far superior album when compared with The Wall.
Mistral Wind
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with no doubts, I say "Kashmir"... to me it's outstanding...while the one by Pink Floyd is quite good...
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Both are great. However, here in the UK, talent shows such as the X Factor tend to overplay Kashmir, so, due to this overexposure, I'd have to pick 'Comfortably Numb'. Its better when taken within the greater context of 'The Wall', or so I believe.
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"Kashmir" just sounds too long and bloated to me. Pink Floyd all the way.
Jonny Come Lately
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It's got to be Comfortably Numb for me, which is not only IMO the finest song on The Wall but also a fantastic example of the music Waters and Gilmour could produce when they were working together. As great as the song is as a whole, the second guitar solo is my personal highlight and one of my absolute favourites. It's also the first Pink Floyd song I ever heard in full, which gives me a little extra fondness for it.
I was underwhelmed with Kashmir on first listen, it's grown on me a fair bit since although it's definitely not one of my favourites by Led Zeppelin - I think it was an interesting idea, it's got a good heavy sound and starts very well but I find it becomes a bit tiresome towards the end and after listening to it I usually want to put on one of their more straightforward rock songs like Black Dog or Good Times Bad Times.
I agree about the overexposure of Kashmir, the first time I heard it I found myself thinking 'heard this before' (can't quite remember where from though, I don't watch the X Factor or any shows like that), by contrast when I first heard, say, Dazed and Confused or When The Levee Breaks they sounded new to me.
Comfortably Numb does work even better as part of the album I find, after several tracks dominated by Roger Waters it's great to hear David Gilmour's vocals on the chorus and then hear the first guitar solo - and that's before getting to the seminal final guitar solo, which also signifies Pink's descent into total madness which leads on to the events of side four.
I was underwhelmed with Kashmir on first listen, it's grown on me a fair bit since although it's definitely not one of my favourites by Led Zeppelin - I think it was an interesting idea, it's got a good heavy sound and starts very well but I find it becomes a bit tiresome towards the end and after listening to it I usually want to put on one of their more straightforward rock songs like Black Dog or Good Times Bad Times.
I agree about the overexposure of Kashmir, the first time I heard it I found myself thinking 'heard this before' (can't quite remember where from though, I don't watch the X Factor or any shows like that), by contrast when I first heard, say, Dazed and Confused or When The Levee Breaks they sounded new to me.
Comfortably Numb does work even better as part of the album I find, after several tracks dominated by Roger Waters it's great to hear David Gilmour's vocals on the chorus and then hear the first guitar solo - and that's before getting to the seminal final guitar solo, which also signifies Pink's descent into total madness which leads on to the events of side four.
