anybody else notice the flying pig at the very beginning of Olympics?

[sightseer]

At the very beginning of the Olympics opening ceremonies in London, there was a 'fly by' of sorts and in one shot there was Pink Floyds flying pig. Anyone else see that? I thought it was cool.

Today on the radio, 'In the Studio' had some random interviews with musicians whose music was used in the Olympics opening and Gilmour,Waters and Mason were among them.

[Iain Emms]

No i missed this but here we go.

cheers

Iain

[Matthew Kane]

A nice homage to Pink Floyd...

I am guessing they will have Elton John for the closing ceromonies.

[Iain Emms]

Dont know but there is talk of a Floyd closing ceromonie.

cheers

Iain

[Matthew Kane]

Pink Floyd would be awesome for the closing ceromonies.

[Iain Emms]

Sure would be good i have seen them a good few times live back in the day as my daughter says and they allways blew my socks off.

cheers

Iain

[SGunard]

Mmmm . . . Pink Floyd or Elton John? A no-brainer surely!!

[Foxtrot789]

That's most definitely directly from the cover of Pink Floyd's album Animals. The clock's 'ticking' sound was also from Floyd (Time, Dark Side Of The Moon). And yes, they ended with Eclipse - a perfect ending for the ceremony (if you ask me.)

[Smurf]

Roger Waters put it there as a promo before the start of his current tour.

Real quiet like, had people talking, then he announced the tour, nice touch I thought.

Well, at least that's what I heard on the internets. The day you hear a true story on the internets,

pigs might fly

[Indy511]

The Floyd at the closing ceremony? I'll be looking forward to this. Nevermind, They're denying plans of a reunion at the ceremonies. http://www.contactmusic.com/news/pink-floyd-deny-plans-to-perform-at-olympics-closing-ceremony_1382599

[rockliffe]

Yup, I saw the pig too!

[Matthew Kane]

Well, at least that's what I heard on the internets. The day you hear a true story on the internets,

pigs might fly

But Pigs can fly......I saw an article not long ago and it said Swine Flu

:D

[Iain Emms]

:D

[Matthew Kane]

I missed the closing ceromonies however I heard The Who played....I was always and forever a Who fan. I saw them live in concert in 1989 at the opening night of there 25th anniversary tour.....AND listened to them live outside of the stadium for the final concert in 1982 in Toronto that was supposed to be the last time ever that they were to play. Good to see they still play.

Ladies and Gentlemen....The Who:

[media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKUBTX9kKEo

EDIT: I was listening to this video and my Girlfriend 5.0 just walked into the room and asked me why I was listening to CSI....LOL