I know it's been a while but I have had to put aside becoming an internet celebrity for a little while and behave like a regular jack off.
On my way home yesterday listening to our local crap radio station, I was quite delighted when they announced the next song to be played was going to Comfortably Numb (which was very surprising as said radio station never plays anything thats not on a top 20 list somewhere). I am by no means an avid Floyd groupie but i do from time to time enjoy a bit of the Wall, dark Side and of course Wish you were here. Comfortaby Numb brings back so many memories of being a kid, getting stoned and watching the Wall at a mates house on some pirated VHS cassette that was taped from Channel 4 in the UK and slipped through customs by your mates big brother when he went overseas to find himself or something, but I digress.
Imagine my surprise when I did not hear Roger Waters nor the epic guitar work of Mr Dave Gilmour, I heard the high falsetto screeching of openly gay and worshippers of tribadism disco quartet the Scissor Sisters. My mood went from complacent to dare I say it uncomfortably numb.
How could someone even as gimicky and unimportant as the scissor sisters have the gaul to cover this classic? More importantly who gave them permission to do so? I mean surely Pink Floyd owns the rights to their own songs, why would they allow this? Unless of course waters is broke and hasn't got any material for a new solo album.
Just have to get this off my chest FUCK YOU SCISSOR SISTERS! that was way offside.
Is'nt disco supposed to be about dancing wearing shiny pants and being flamboyant? Comfortably numb is about the pressures of being a rock star and feeling isolated and well ...being numb I guess.
I think this is how the formula works:
1. Do horrible disco rendition of a classic song
2. Give radio station Manager hand job to play record over and over again
3. Get song on Top 20
4. ??????
5. PROFIT!
I think rock bands should be more vigilant and police who gets to cover their songs, especially classics (unless your band really sucks then someone else covering it might make your crap songs sound a bit better).
I'm going to sign off as I might start ranting about another issue that seriously disturbs my every waking thought (the why Coldpaly won song of the year and rock album of the yeareven though the song is totally stolen debacle.)
Until next time, don't go changing fuckers.
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