Fred Coulter
Collector of ancient keyboards
A local group of musicians recreated The Wall concert at a local theater. My main complaint was that much of the band (including the keyboard player) was hidden behind the ever growing wall. But the concert was good, and while there were differences between the actual concert from 1977 - yes, I saw it at the Long Island Coliseum - they still did a nice job. The couldn't get huge puppets and planes crashing on the stage, but they had dancers from a local school that my daughter has taught at. (There's a very bad video of the original concert on YouTube. Technology from the '70s really couldn't result in a good bootleg video. But you might want to search it out.)
The crossed hammers were everywhere at the local show.
They also didn't even try to teach the audience the marching choreography from the movie.
I'm not sure I'd describe it as a metaphorical symbol of Pink power. The plot of the album has the lead singer going crazy, and in his head creating a neo-fascist movement with massive racist, heteronormative, and (to a lessor extent) sexist components. The symbol for the movement was the crossed hammers, but it wasn't something to emulate. I can't help it if the audience now completely separates the symbol from the original meaning.
The crossed hammers were everywhere at the local show.
They also didn't even try to teach the audience the marching choreography from the movie.
I'm not sure I'd describe it as a metaphorical symbol of Pink power. The plot of the album has the lead singer going crazy, and in his head creating a neo-fascist movement with massive racist, heteronormative, and (to a lessor extent) sexist components. The symbol for the movement was the crossed hammers, but it wasn't something to emulate. I can't help it if the audience now completely separates the symbol from the original meaning.
