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For non UK readers, Battersea Power Station is the building on the cover of Pink Floyd's album Animals
by TylerE 4y ago
For non UK readers, Battersea Power Station is the building on the cover of Pink Floyd's album Animals
- implements 4y agoAlso features as a government museum building in “Children of Men” (run by the protagonist’s cousin): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDEFgX-uFZc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDEFgX-uFZc The floating pig makes a couple of appearances.
- Rodeoclash 4y agoHere's a better quality video :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJO0n6kvPRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJO0n6kvPRU
- brandall10 4y agoFunny thing, this is the only reason I'm aware of this building, as a non-UK reader.
- InCityDreams 4y ago...an awful lot of non-London people aren't aware/ still don't care. The discussions on gentrification resound throughout the country, though. Andcthe world, too, it would appear.
- dtgriscom 4y ago... minus the pig.
- unpythonic 4y agoAfter all, they're pigs on the wing. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/79160/time-pink-floyds-giant-inflatable-pig-floated-away https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/79160/time-pink-floyds-g...
- csmattryder 4y agoThe new remix (that was due this month...) has the updated graphic of Battersea with cranes positioned around it as it was being redeveloped into flats and the like, including the OPs redevelopment of the control room. https://www.pinkfloydz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/animals-new.webp https://www.pinkfloydz.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/animal...