David Gilmour performing 'Comfortably Numb' along with his friend Benedict Cumberbatch.
Originally the song was performed by Roger Waters and Gilmour. Roger used to perform the verses and when it comes to the chorus, Gilmour would take the lead.
As Roger Waters left the Pink Floyd, David Gilmour always loved bringing another great musician or someone else who can perform the song such as David Bowie.
Here in this live performance, David invited Benedict Cumberbatch who is a British actor and mostly known with his role in Sherlock Holmes.
I really loved the harmony between them. He would be a great performer. Please enjoy.
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The Italian volcano Etna has started erupting smoke rings
This phenomenon is rare, as smoke rings are formed only with a specific crater shape and geometry.
I withdrew less that $10,000 from the Commonwealth Bank today.
I was asked what I need it for?
I said to the teller, " aren't you supposed to ask this only if I withdraw $10,000+?"
She said, "Oh no now it's anything over $1,000 & even if you want to deposit $1,000, we ask you where you got the money from.
So I said to her, as she was being polite this time, that I withdrew the money to pay cash for all my purchases as the banks are closing down & closing ATM's. I also said that I no longer trust the bank with my money & that I think it's intrusive that the govt. wants to know this information.
She said that it is to prevent money laundering to which I replied that the govt. is the biggest money launderer there is.
She just laughed & gave me my money.
A little history for those wanting to 'restore Palestine'.
1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.
2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state.
3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state.
4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state.
5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state.
6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state.
7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.
8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state.
9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.
10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state.
11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state.
12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state.
13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state.
14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state.
15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state.
16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state.
17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.
(The Kingdom of David - historic map for those wondering how the region looked over 2000 years ago, and how deep the roots of the Jewish people run in these lands)