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During the "Isles of Wonder" short film shot by Danny Boyle and shown as part of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the camera zooms down the length of the Thames River, from a small spring in the countryside all the way to the Olympic venue. During the fly-by, a pig can be seen floating above the Battersea Power Station. [14] The original Pink Floyd pig, a 12-metre (40ft), helium-filled balloon, was designed by Roger Waters and built in December 1976 by the artist Jeffrey Shaw with help of design team Hipgnosis, [2] in preparation for shooting the cover of the Animals album. Plans were made to fly it over Battersea Power Station for a three-day photo-shoot, with a marksman standing by to shoot the pig down if it broke free. On the first day, poor weather and delays meant the pig was not launched, and the marksman was told he was not needed. [3] [4]
So, when Roger Waters sat down with Aubrey Powell and came up with the idea to send Algie the inflatable pig up above London landmark Battersea Power Station, people really took them seriously. “I’d always loved Battersea Power Station, just as a piece of architecture,” Waters later told Rolling Stone of the album’s conceptual artwork. The building rests in a previously undeveloped area of the capital, though now it has been given a billion-pound makeover. But for Waters, the building resonated with what he and the group were trying to achieve: “I thought it had some good symbolic connections with Pink Floyd as it was at that point,” he said. “One, I thought it was a power station, that’s pretty obvious. And two, that it had four legs. If you inverted it, it was like a table. And there were four bits to it, representing the four members of the band.” For an extra bonus prize you could even ask your guests when is Peppa Pigs birthday or what is Peppa Pigs size? Why not ask your guests and make a game of it whilst you serve up the party food on Peppa Pig plates on your Peppa Pig tablecover! You could even treat them with Peppa Pig animal face masks to wear as a special treat. Secondly, if you are looking for something a bit bigger, and sometimes bigger is better, you could use some Peppa Pig latex balloons and combine them with colour balloons to make a Peppa Pig balloon arch. Why not dot some Peppa Pig foil balloons across your Peppa Pig balloon arch or attach a Giant Peppa Pig balloon or a Peppa Pig head shape balloon at the top? A Peppa Pig balloon arch won’t be for everyone, but it certainly looks great at the entrance of a venue for your guest to walk below when they arrive!The Album Covers of Pink Floyd", By Storm Thorgerson, Hipgnosis Design, London". superseventies.com . Retrieved 21 May 2009.
So whether you are looking for a decoration with Peppa Pig face on, the family car or some of Peppa Pigs friends, you are spoilt for choice. Our Peppa Pig decorations include some great Peppa Pig birthday banner options and Peppa Pig bunting. Perfect Peppa Pig room décor is at your finger tips! See also: Animals (Pink Floyd album) Algie replica flying over the Battersea Power Station on 26 September 2011 During the 1994 tour, two warthog-like pigs with protruding tongues were shown at the top of the stage side's speaker towers, sometimes just deflated, sometimes dropped on the ground after " One of These Days". This was also during Pulse, but for the VHS, Laserdisc, DVD and Blu-Ray releases, footage of the pigs falling was edited out. [ citation needed] During their Live 8 reunion with Waters, footage of Algie, over Battersea Power Station, was shown on a giant video screen behind the band.At Argentina tour dates in 2007, the pig had the "Nunca Más" (Never again) inscription on its chest, referring to the famous slogan with which the Argentine people referred to the 1976-1983 military dictatorship during which 30,000 people were forcibly disappeared and later assassinated. a b c Rex Thomson (3 December 2021). "Pink Floyd's Inflatable Pig Breaks Loose And Terrorizes London, On This Day In 1976". Live for Live Music . Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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