{"id":205456,"date":"2024-12-07T10:20:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T09:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=205456"},"modified":"2024-12-06T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:34:03","slug":"ice-t-on-getting-pink-floyds-approval-for-comfortably-numb-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/ice-t-on-getting-pink-floyds-approval-for-comfortably-numb-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice-T On Getting Pink Floyd&#8217;s Approval For \u2018Comfortably Numb\u2019 Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UcRY6y4fb_I?si=6NJCFVO63IUk9_qN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Body Count performed their cover of Pink Floyd\u2019s Comfortably Numb on The Tonight Show, with Ice-T revealing how he secured approval from Roger Waters and David Gilmour despite their long-standing feud.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4IKSzwDAbMw?si=l0_A3ahOXLYRW9G7\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nReleased in September, the rap-metal rendition features reworked lyrics and a contribution from Gilmour. Ice-T told Jimmy Fallon he was inspired by Waters\u2019 bass line while looking for songs to sample but initially faced rejection from Pink Floyd&#8217;s publishers.<\/p>\n<p>The breakthrough came when Gilmour, impressed by the new lyrics addressing modern fears, gave his approval. Waters followed suit after hearing Ice-T\u2019s performance. \u201cIt felt good to have both sides agree\u2014it meant the song was honest and real,\u201d Ice-T said.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"205457\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/ice-t-on-getting-pink-floyds-approval-for-comfortably-numb-cover\/ice-t-pink-floyd-696x442\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ice-t-pink-floyd-696x442-1.webp?fit=696%2C442&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"696,442\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ice-t-pink-floyd-696&amp;#215;442\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ice-t-pink-floyd-696x442-1.webp?fit=640%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ice-t-pink-floyd-696x442-1.webp?resize=540%2C343&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"343\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-205457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ice-t-pink-floyd-696x442-1.webp?resize=540%2C343&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ice-t-pink-floyd-696x442-1.webp?w=696&amp;ssl=1 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Body Count performed their cover of Pink Floyd\u2019s Comfortably Numb on The Tonight Show, with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-RrO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}