PASS THE PIGS Giant Dice Game

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Chloe from St. Louis, Monice metaphor, trey from mt. god, people, dont try to make this about specific people- 'this one's bush, this one's mccain,' yada yada yada. the Pigs are just supposed to be The Man. plain and simple. The pig made another appearance before the release of Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd, when Capitol Records flew a replica of the original pig from Animals over the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, California. [ citation needed] Waters’ trademark use of inflatable pigs during his sets is inspired by Pink Floyd’s 1977 album “Animals”, which itself is loosely based on the George Orwell novel “Animal Farm”, in which pigs are in charge. The “Animals” album cover art includes a porcine balloon ( pinkfloyd.lnk.to/Animals) and the animal features in three of the album’s five song names, with pigs representing wealth, authority and destruction, as the musician explained in a Sept. 2019 interview with Rolling Stone magazine ( here). We were all happy to give it a go,” says Gilmour. For the first time since 1968, Pink Floyd had passed over Hipgnosis’s ideas for one of their own. Thorgerson was furious: “I thought Roger’s pig was a tad silly, not to mention low on mystery and meaning,” he grumbled.

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The following morning, Algie flew again, with a marksman on standby. Rob Brimson was sent up in the Jet Ranger to photograph the pig directly above the power station. “They had taken the doors off the helicopter,” he recalled, “and I had to sit on the edge with my feet on the skids and a harness connecting me so I didn’t fall out.” Eran from Tel Aviv, Israel"Pigs" is definatly my favorite pink floyd song of them all , I still do not know to whom the first pig reffers to , but it is pretty obvious the second one is reffering to Margaret Thatcher , or to some other woman , as Waters saying " You (deleted) up old hag " , meaning a Witch ... 3rd one is definatly reffering To Mary whitehouse , and ive seen Waters preforms half a year ago and was praying that he would sing this song .. but i suppose that since Whitehouse is no longer alive he will never preform it ever again ...Tom from Norman, OkHmm, surprised no one has mentioned this yet. Pig #2 is supposed to be Margaret Thatcher, whose politics Waters obviously did not agree with. At all. "Good fun with a handgun" is basically saying he wants to shoot her. Waters has said as much many times. The first pig is, in this view, some producer or manager that use the band to make money, as a gold mine. The same concept threated also in Have a cigar and Welcome to the machine of the previous album (two songs, sheep and dogs, were to be included in Wish you were here). A replica of Algie was tethered above Battersea Power Station on 26 September 2011 to promote the Why Pink Floyd...? campaign, involving the reissue of the band's first 14 studio albums.

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During the November pogrom, the Festhalle became a prison-like place for about 3,000 Jews,” Heike Drummer, curator for contemporary history at Frankfurt’s Jewish Museum, explained to POLITICO. From the Festhalle, Jews were sent to concentration camps where they faced horrific conditions and often death. Everybody thought we’d let it go on purpose, as a publicity stunt, and I sometimes think we should have,” said Thorgerson. “Either way, it was the best publicity the Floyd could have had for any new album.” Jeanette from Irvine, Cai can see where part of it might be inspired by "animal farm" but it's not exactly the same message so it's certainly not based on it. thats what i think anyway.Brendan from Mt. Airy, Mdand oldpink.....Waters wasn't using sarcasm there,(even though I know he is a fan of sarcasm), but the lyrics really read "Mary you're nearly a treat" Flying pigs have been a part of Pink Floyd’s (and Waters’) image for more than 40 years, first appearing on the sleeve of the 1977 “Animals” album. In past Waters shows, the inflatable pig has worn the Star of David; this time, when the giant pig balloon floated through the concert hall, it was emblazoned with the logo of the Israeli arms company “Elbit Systems.” See also: Animals (Pink Floyd album) Algie replica flying over the Battersea Power Station on 26 September 2011 The police notified air traffic control and sent a helicopter pilot up to pursue the pig. In the meantime, Wolff had given chase in his Jet Ranger. “Air traffic controllers tend to be very dry,” he says. “So it was hilarious having to tell them an inflatable pink pig was rising into their airspace.” Roger Waters solo tours [ edit ] An inflatable pig released at the Roger Waters show on June, 2007.

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Mitchell from Redding, CaAfter reading the book, Animal Farm, I instantly knew that this Pink Floyd song (actually the whole album "Animals"0 was based on the themes of George Orwell's powerful book. For example, the pigs are greedy, control-hungry dictators who take advantage of their power. This is expressed in the song, and it's is a glimpse of what happens in a society where dictators take over. This song is awesome and very powerful.

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Daniel from Perth, AustraliaMan, I love this song. Probably the best on the album and one of Waters' overall best. The first lines of each verse (...Ha ha, charade you were) are brilliant.