<P> After leaving Pink Floyd , Waters first performed `` Comfortably Numb '' at the 1990 concert staging of The Wall -- Live in Berlin on 21 July 1990 . The event 's purpose was to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall . Roger Waters sang lead , Van Morrison sang Gilmour 's vocal parts backed by Rick Danko and Levon Helm of The Band , with guitar solos by Rick Di Fonzo and Snowy White , and backup by the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir . This version was used in the Academy Award - winning 2006 film The Departed , directed by Martin Scorsese . It is also heard in the TV show episode of The Sopranos , titled `` Kennedy and Heidi '' , when Christopher Moltisanti plays The Departed soundtrack on his car stereo before a serious accident . Van Morrison 's 2007 compilation album , Van Morrison at the Movies -- Soundtrack Hits includes this version . </P>
<P> After leaving Pink Floyd , Waters first performed `` Comfortably Numb '' at the 1990 concert staging of The Wall -- Live in Berlin on 21 July 1990 . The event 's purpose was to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall . Roger Waters sang lead , Van Morrison sang Gilmour 's vocal parts backed by Rick Danko and Levon Helm of The Band , with guitar solos by Rick Di Fonzo and Snowy White , and backup by the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir . This version was used in the Academy Award - winning 2006 film The Departed , directed by Martin Scorsese . It is also heard in the TV show episode of The Sopranos , titled `` Kennedy and Heidi '' , when Christopher Moltisanti plays The Departed soundtrack on his car stereo before a serious accident . Van Morrison 's 2007 compilation album , Van Morrison at the Movies -- Soundtrack Hits includes this version . </P>
who sang comfortably numb in the movie the departed
who sang comfortably numb in the movie the departed
Roger Waters
Roger Waters