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Happy 46th Anniversary to: The Concert That Built The Wall!*
PINK FLOYD LIVE - Wed. July 6, 1977 - Olympic Stadium, Montreal
78,322 is the official attendance - a record that stands as of this typing.
*This event caused Roger Waters to decide that the next time Pink Floyd toured, it would be from behind a wall.
At 19, I traveled in a charter bus from Peterborough to Montreal to see this show. I was studying photography in college so I took my camera - a 1971 Pentax SP-1000. I ran down onto the field and claimed my spot - right in front of David Gilmour. Join me as I describe:
The Top 7 Crazy Things I Saw at Pink Floyd LIVE in Montreal, 1977
In the order they happened:
1. The Crush - of the crowd as it pushed me and everyone near me into the steel barriers when the intro of "Sheep" began;
2. Roger's Meltdown (Soft song + rowdy crowd + fireworks = bad mix.);
3. The Spitting Incident - When, why, and how it happened - during which song;
4. The Giggles: Roger Waters gets laughing and can't stop;
5. The Wrath of David: The usually placid David Gilmour was not amused when the house lights were slow to go off for the first encore ("Money");
6. Roger's Confession: Roger tries to calm the crowd but it doesn't work. He even tries sharing some private thoughts;
7. The (Sad, Sad,) End: As the roadies tear down the stage around them, Roger leads them (all but David) through one final blues jam. One by one, the players leave the stage. Roger, with Nick (on a snare and hi-hat), ends the concert with a perfunctory: "Good-bye!"
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