Posted on 05/01/2008 1:30:58 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
A giant inflatable pig that went missing from a Southern California music festival at the weekend has been found in tatters in a desert town.
The pig, which has been a signature Pink Floyd stage prop since its appearance on the 1977 cover of "Animals" and the song "Pigs on Wings," broke away from its tethers on Sunday night at Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.
The festival organizers offered a $10,000 reward for the two-story inflatable pig belonging to ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters.
Two couples said on Wednesday they had found the shredded plastic remains of the pig outside their homes.
The pig, bearing political slogans and the word "Obama" next to a ticked ballot box for U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, was used by Waters during his set at the festival in the desert east of Los Angeles.
Steve Stoltz found a big pile of shredded plastic in his La Quinta, California, driveway early on Monday morning when he went to get his newspaper.
"We didn't even know what it was then, but that's all I hear about now," his wife Susan Stoltz told Reuters.
Her neighbor, Judy Rimmer, found an even bigger pile in her driveway. Since then the neighbors have shared several pork jokes, she said.
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lol she converted to Islam? Or she’s a former Muslim converted to sanity?
Never got much into the early stuff. Still think the best I’ve heard is Wishin You Were Here.
But it’s funny, because I got the King Crimson 30 40 50 year anniversary edition of “The Court of the Crimson King”
In the liner notes it shows the Billboard ratings for that week, King Crimson shows up like #7 and Abbey Road shows up at the top.
Hardly ever meet anybody who was around when Abbey Road came out. Once in a while, I see McCartney on the tube, but he’s boring and old...
I’m sure you’ve heard all the early YES, Close to the Edge, Topographic Oceans, Relayer...
Mohammadan converted to Catholic. She had to escape her family (namely, her father).
That’s awesome! Good for her.
Careful with ax, Eugene.
Careful with *that* ax, Eugene.
****sigh****
Pink Floyd’s missing giant pig in a pants suit (piaps) has landed (Bad Omen for Obama)
I was seated at the left field end of the Anaheim Stadium horseshoe, nose bleed section, for the Pink Floyd Animals concert back in the seventies, the PINK PIG exploded in a huge fireball behind the stage as it was being attached to it’s guide wire. There were two pigs then, however, so the GREEN PIG with the glowing yellow eyes was flying solo over the crowd. What a wild night that was, and for me it was a very long night...
It looks like villagers with pitchforks took care of it!
This is such a shame.
I saw this show in Indiana last year (Roger Waters doing Dark Side of the Moon). It was likely the best show I’ve seen in my life. The pig was there, and it also flew away and was lost. I had to put aside my political stance so I could enjoy the show. I’m seriously disappointed in RW, but let me tell you, the show was phenomenal... very moving experience (and for the record, I was sober, ok?)
During the ca. 1994 Division Bell tour, PF (the Gilmour, not the Waters faction) had two giant inflatable pigs high up on either side of the set. Just the front halves, projecting from the proscenium.
You didn’t notice them until, late in the concert, at a particular point in a song I don’t recall, they inflated and their eyes lit up, along with appropriate smoke and pyrotechnics.
I was at that same show. It was an excellent show but it wasn’t the best I’d seen. The best I seen was Pink Floyd at Indy in 1995.
“There should be some big fines to pay. That thing would have been a HUGE hazard to aircraft”
I think some local authorities have warned Waters not to release the pig, but it keeps happening. There have been many pigs that have floated away over the past couple of years on the Darkside tour (the latest isn’t the original pig by any means). In those cases it was stated that the ropes holding the pig ‘accidentally’ broke.
In spite of Water’s anti-capitalist stance, tickets to his shows are really expensive. Given that he plays to huge crowds, the loss of an inflatable pig is a pretty minor expense compared to the huge payout he gets from each show. He does put on a great show by the way, and it’s not just due to the special effects, the backing band is made up of world class musicians.
Hey, Roger...
Give the money back, you Capitalist Pig.
Stop being a hypocrite and fork it over to the government and live up to your Socialist demands.
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