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Comfortably Numb Harmonica Solo

Comfortably Numb Harmonica Solo

David Gilmour’s guitar solo in Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb is something special. Musician Will Wilde performed the same part on harmonica and blew us away with his expressiveness. His 4-minute-long Freebird solo is amazing too.

Dark Side of the Clown

Dark Side of the Clown

Puddles Pity Party takes on two prog rock classics from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. The sad clown’s back-to-back covers of Brain Damage / Eclipse are dark, brooding, and every bit as intense as we hoped they would be. Credits to James Beaton for the arrangement and piano, Tim Delaney on the bass and drums, and Derek Ennis on guitar.

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Rock Solos on Harmonica

Rock Solos on Harmonica

Musician Will Wilde is an incredibly talented harmonica player. He’s especially adept at interpreting vocal and guitar solos from rock songs, including this jam from Pink Floyd’s The Great Gig in the Sky. His harmonica solos from Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven and Guns N’ Roses Sweet Child o’ Mine are equally compelling.

The Main Squeeze: Comfortably Numb

The Main Squeeze: Comfortably Numb

The members of The Main Squeeze and their guest musicians present a stellar performance of the Pink Floyd classic Comfortably Numb. They captured the mood and emotion of the original while adding a soulful new dimension, thanks to the fantastic lead vocals by Corey Frye and killer guitar work of Maximillian Newman.

If Pink Floyd Was Nirvana

If Pink Floyd Was Nirvana

Musician Steve Welsh likes to reinterpret songs in different styles. Here, he explores what it might have been like if Pink Floyd possessed the bodies of Nirvana, and they were the ones who wrote the 1991 track Endless, Nameless. Welsh’s dreamy prog-rock version is significantly more eardrum friendly than the cacophonous original.

Another Brick in the Wall: Cyberpunk Edition

Another Brick in the Wall: Cyberpunk Edition

The Melodicka Bros. are back with another cool cyberpunk/synthwave cover version of a classic tune. Their synth-heavy cover of Pink Floyd’s Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) pays tribute to their supporters, who took on the part of the prep school chorus.

The Simpsons x Futurama x Pink Floyd

The Simpsons x Futurama x Pink Floyd

R3DUX Studios and xystvyry Productions carefully selected footage from The Simpsons and Futurama that perfectly illustrate the lyrics from Pink Floyd’s Brain Damage, a song that befits Homer Simpson more than any other character. They’ve created animated music videos for Time and High Hopes too.

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The Great Electronic Gig in the Sky

The Great Electronic Gig in the Sky

French musician Grégoire Blanc brings his own unique flair to the 1973 Pink Floyd classic “The Great Gig in the Sky” with a soul-stirring cover performed on the highly-expressive Haken Continuum, a vintage Elektor Formant modular synth, grand piano, and a theremin taking on Clare Torry’s famous vocals.

Kent Nishimura: Time

Kent Nishimura: Time

Pink Floyd’s Time is one of the all-time great concept rock tracks. Crank up the volume and let the musical waves wash over you as Kent Nishimura performs an awesome cover arrangement of the Dark Side of the Moon track on his acoustic guitar, using the guitar’s hollow body to create the clock ticking effect.

Wish You Were Here: Korean Edition

Wish You Were Here: Korean Edition

We always enjoy the twangy sounds of the Korean instrument known as the gayageum. Musician Luna Lee once again demonstrates her skills on the strings with a great multi-track cover version of Pink Floyd’s 1975 classic Wish You Were Here.

Roger Waters: Mother

Roger Waters: Mother

Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters misses performing live with his bandmates, so he assembled them remotely for a “work from home” performance of the classic track Mother from the 1980 album The Wall. We still hope that he and Dave Gilmour will mend fences and play together someday.

Wish You Were Here on Ukulele

Wish You Were Here on Ukulele

During an appearance at Paste Magazine’s NYC studio, the talented Jake Shimabukuro performed a soulful rendition of Pink Floyd’s classic, eking crazy amounts of emotion out of his little ukulele. While there he also played Bohemian Rhapsody, his original When The Masks Come Down, and Hawaiian folk song Wai’ alae.

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The Simpsons: Comfortably Numb

The Simpsons: Comfortably Numb

Caio Rossi of R3DUX Studios cut together this great mashup of clips from The Simpsons, set to Pink Floyd’s 1979 classic Comfortably Numb. The Portuguese subtitles somehow make it feel even more like a depressing foreign film. His Simpsons x Futurama version of the band’s Time is also worth a watch.

Comfortably Numb Poster

Comfortably Numb Poster
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Fans of Pink Floyd will recognize the profoundly depressing lyrics on this print from Todd Alcott Graphics. It features the words from Comfortably Numb, cleverly worked into the layout for a 1960s-style magazine advertisement for pain relief pills. The print is available in a variety of sizes. Check out the artist’s shop for more.

Comfortably Numb: Piano Cover

Comfortably Numb: Piano Cover

We know Melbourne, Australia pianist Josh Cohen from his fantastic Radiohead and David Bowie piano covers. His emotional cover of Pink Floyd’s 1979 classic is just as captivating, and will have you feeling anything but numb.

The Main Squeeze: Have a Cigar

The Main Squeeze: Have a Cigar

A stellar cover of Pink Floyd’s Have a Cigar, with fantastic guitar work by Max Newman, smooth and soulful vocals by Corey Frey, and great keys and rhythms by Smiley, Rob Skywalker, and Reuben Gingrich of The Main Squeeze. Their Allman Bros. ain’t too shabby either.

Wish You Were Here Harpejji

Wish You Were Here Harpejji

Mathieu Terrade performs a wonderful cover of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here on a pair of unusual string instruments, the Marcodi Harpejji G16 and K24. His performances of Bohemian Rhapsody and While My Guitar Gently Weeps are worth a listen too.

Pink Floyd: Korean Style

Pink Floyd: Korean Style

Musician Luna Lee rocks out another awesome cover version on her classic Korean string instrument, this time taking on Pink Floyd’s 1979 classic Another Brick in the Wall. While Lee is from the South, the tune seems especially apropos of North Korea’s confomist society.

Wish You Were Here in Jerusalem

Wish You Were Here in Jerusalem

Brothers Aryeh and Gil Gat turn in an excellent cover version of Pink Floyd’s 1975 classic on the streets of Jerusalem. If this isn’t hard proof that you can’t judge a book by its cover, we don’t know what is. More here.

David Gilmour: Here, There…

David Gilmour: Here, There…

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour covered The Beatles’ Here, There and Everywhere for the bonus compilation CD of Mojo magazine’s October issue. Gilmour also contributed to five other tracks in the compilation.

RGYDK: 8-Bit Albums

RGYDK: 8-Bit Albums

Chiptuner RGYDK has not just created 8-bit covers of a few tunes here and there, he’s replicated entire albums by Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Nirvana and even Jethro Tull. Sadly, the lawyers yanked down his Led Zeppelin album.

Darkside: Deluxe CD

Darkside: Deluxe CD

Originally broadcast in August 2013, Darkside is a radio play that incorporates Pink Floyd’s magnum opus The Dark Side of the Moon. A luxury package that includes the play on CD and an insert of the script comes out on 11/25.

Dark Side of the Aardman

Dark Side of the Aardman

Aardman Animation director Darren Dubicki created this surreal video to promote BBC Radio 2’s tribute to Pink Floyd’s classic Dark Side of the Moon, by playwright Tom Stoppard. Listen to the entire play here (starts at 4:12).

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