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" Comfortably Numb " ( working title " The Doctor ") is a song by the English rock band ___MASK77___ Floyd , which first appears on the 1979 double album " The Wall ". It was also released as a single in 1980 with " Hey You " as the B - side . It is one of only three songs on the album for which writing credits are shared between guitarist David Gilmour and bassist ___MASK39___ . The chorus melody was written by Gilmour while Waters contributed the lyrics and the music for the verses . An early version of the song was included under the working title on the " Immersion Box Set " of " The Wall ", released in 2012 . A double album ( or double record ) is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold , typically records and compact discs . A double album is usually though not always released as such , because the recording is longer than the capacity of the medium . Recording artists often think of double albums as comprising a single piece artistically ; however , there are exceptions such as ___MASK19___ ' s " Some Time in New York City " and Pink Floyd ' s " Ummagumma " ( both examples of one studio record and one live album packaged together ) and OutKast ' s " Speakerboxxx / The Love Below " ( effectively two solo albums , one by each member of the duo ). A classic example of this idea is Works ( Volume One ) by Emerson Lake and Palmer , where side one was Keith Emerson , two Greg Lake , three Carl Palmer while side four was by the entire group . The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band ___MASK77___ Floyd , released as a double album on 30 November 1979 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and by Columbia Records in the United States . Considered one of the most famous concept albums by any artist , " The Wall " features the band ' s only single to top various charts , " Another Brick in the Wall , Part 2 ", followed with " Run Like Hell " and " Comfortably Numb ". In 1982 , the album was adapted into a feature film : " ___MASK77___ Floyd  The Wall ". Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music , including both liturgical ( religious ) and secular music . While a more accurate term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 ( the Classical period ), this article is about the broad span of time from roughly the 11th century to the present day , which includes the Classical period and various other periods . The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900 , which is known as the ___MASK96___ - practice period . The major time divisions of Western art music are as follows : European art music is largely distinguished from many other non - European and some popular musical forms by its system of staff notation , in use since about the 16th century . Western staff notation is used by composers to indicate to the performer the pitches ( e . g ., melodies , basslines , chords ), tempo , meter and rhythms for a piece of music . This can leave less room for practices such as improvisation and " ad libitum " ornamentation , which are frequently heard in non - European art music and in popular - music styles such as jazz and blues . Another difference is that whereas most popular styles adopt the song ( strophic ) form , classical music has been noted for its development of highly sophisticated forms of instrumental music such as the concerto , symphony , sonata , and mixed vocal and instrumental styles such as opera which , since they are written down , can sustain larger forms and attain a high level of complexity . `` One of the Few '' is a song by the British progressive rock band ___MASK77___ Floyd . It was released as the third track on The Final Cut album in 1983 . The song is 1 minute and 12 seconds long . It features a ticking clock in the background and a steady drumbeat . The melody features most of the D minor scale . The lyrics describe a war veteran ' s return from the battlefield to pursue teaching . The ticking clock continues to the next track , `` The Hero ' s Return '' , which is sung from the veteran ' s perspective . This is one of the rejected songs from The Wall and its working title was `` Teach '' . The lyrics `` Make ' em laugh , Make ' em cry '' in the third and final verse of the song is reprised in the third verse of `` Not Now John '' which is the twelfth track of the album The Final Cut . ___MASK77___ Floyd  The Wall is a 1982 British live - action / animated musical drama film directed by Alan Parker with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe , and is based on the 1979 ___MASK77___ Floyd album of the same name . The film centers around a confined rocker named ___MASK77___ , who , after being driven into insanity by the death of his father and many depressive moments during his lifetime , constructs a metaphorical ( and sometimes physical ) wall to be protected from the world and emotional situations around him . When this coping mechanism backfires he puts himself on trial and sets himself free . The screenplay was written by ___MASK77___ Floyd vocalist and bassist ___MASK39___ . " Run Like Hell " is a song by the English progressive rock band ___MASK77___ Floyd , written by David Gilmour and ___MASK39___ . It appears on the album The Wall . It was released as a single in 1980 , reaching # 15 in the Canadian singles chart as well as # 18 in Sweden . Jazz is a music genre that originated amongst African Americans in New Orleans , United States , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Since the 1920s jazz age , jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression . It emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles , all linked by the ___MASK96___ bonds of African American and European American musical parentage with a performance orientation . Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes , call and response vocals , polyrhythms and improvisation . Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression , and in African - American music traditions including blues and ragtime , as well as European military band music . Although the foundation of jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience of the United States , different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well . Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as " one of America ' s original art forms ". Progressive rock ( shortened as " prog "; sometimes " art rock ", " classical rock " or " symphonic rock ") is a broad subgenre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s . Initially termed " progressive pop ", the style was an outgrowth of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz , folk or classical music . Additional elements contributed to its " progressive " label : lyrics were more poetic , technology was harnessed for new sounds , music approached the condition of " art ", and the studio , rather than the stage , became the focus of musical activity , which often involved creating music for listening , not dancing . Psychedelic music ( sometimes psychedelia ) covers a range of popular music styles and genres influenced by the 1960s psychedelic culture , a subculture of ___MASK2___ who used psychedelic drugs such as LSD , psilocybin mushrooms , mescaline and DMT to experience visual and auditory hallucinations , synesthesia and altered states of consciousness . Psychedelic music attempted to replicate the hallucinogenic experience of using these drugs or enhance the experience of using them . Psychedelic music emerged during the mid - 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in the United States and Britain . ___MASK77___ Floyd were an English rock band formed in London . They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music . Distinguished by their use of philosophical lyrics , sonic experimentation , extended compositions and elaborate live shows , they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in the history of popular music .