Pink Floyd is the best! Comfortably Numb was supposedly the result of Waters having a severe stomache ache, and the sedative made him numb.
I didn't know that and I thought I knew everything about the band....He (Waters) was also heavily influenced by the progressive deterioration of the mind of Sid Barrett and his father's death in WW2.
Yes, very sad. LSD usage was so rampant then and has and does have a serious impact on the lives of so many great artists.
He was overdoing it a bit too and he was already suffering from mental illness...Of course I know it's Comfortably numb and not Comfortable lol  it was a typo.
No problem. Musicians as a whole are at a greater risk of depression, according to some studies. 
I didn't know that either....It might look like the life, but nothing is easy..I shine those long tours and playing the same songs over and over, the many practices to keep up the skill can wear on a person though.
What other classic rock groups of that era are you also a fan of? Rolling Stones, Led Zeppellin?
Oh yeah, all of the above...and I wonder why the music was so much better then than now...I guess it's a combination of reasons. in that era there was more of a "hunt" for talent by the record companies, and it turned out to be everywhere, but also I think many took more time to learn an instrument then than now, the 60s hippy era certainly helped allow for that.
Certainly. The artists seemed to want to make a statement with each line of their song. Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody blows my mind.
you ain't lying...at first the record company didn't wanna base advertisement and push that song because it was so long....but it was a masterpiece. I still have Freddie Mercury in the top 3 frontmen of all time.
I have to say that watching the movie Bohemian Rhapsody, 2018, filled me with a whole new appreciation for the struggle of Freddie.
Me too! It was a great movie and I bet almost everyone went back and watched Queens performance on YouTube at Live aid. I know I did! What a show! He was a nice guy, fame and money made him wilder than he would have been and he also didn't know who he was for a long time and he was hard on himself.
So true. He was just searching for his place in life and trying to make his music a part of it.
Yes, and he struggled with his sexuality. I don't think he accepted the fact that he was a homo sexual for a while. Partly because if his father and because of his public image. But that caused more damage than it helped....I could talk with you for hours but I have to end it here. I gotta say it was enjoyable though and I went on longer than I had planned. You take care :)