Nick Mason Talks About The Pink Floyd Exhibition in Montreal

Hello Mr. Mason, welcome to Montreal. Thank you so much. The store where he is playing since early Pink Floyd. I think tell me why you wanted to have this precise tour and concept to bring to the tour. Well, it's quite curious the way it developed. partly because of the

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that we're going to talk about because when we were working on it I really enjoyed working with all the different people involved, but the only thing that was missing was playing music and that's why the idea of ​​uh playing early in Pink Floyd was that we would revisit the spirit of the band as it was when it started, so it's much freer, the music is much freer than what worked afterwards because we always say that Pink Floyd is the soundtrack of our lives, but it's the soundtrack of your life, so it's important that you absolutely continue to explore and, like I say, I think it's when you have

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s and you reflect on what we've done and how we did it, then you start to think yeah, but the really cool thing was playing the music, so let's talk about this exhibition that is coming to Montreal and we are very happy about that.

I guess in every band there has to be an archivist or someone who actually keeps things. put things together who it is in your case, well let me see, I think it's probably me, I'm probably not a big archivist, I'm not some kind of Bill Wyman where you collect absolutely everything, but I probably ended up with more bits. and pieces that nobody, but I have to say what was extraordinary when we started working on this whole project, how many things people found in the back of that closet or in the attic or whatever and Rick, Roger and David actually found extraordinary. things to display yes, the question is on everyone's lips: will the flying pig be available once the exhibition is in Montreal?

The answer is I really don't know. We keep an eye out for floating pigs, but we are never sure. whether or not they are going to appear with the exhibition yourself as you approached what are the things that, uh, the artifacts that really surprise you and that brought you a lot of emotions when you saw them well, there are different things, so there are for For example, there's the way we did it, how we recorded some things and how we used tape loops and some of the original recording mechanics that are out there that are really old-fashioned now, but at the time they were cutting edge, the strangest thing by far. doubts. it's the cane that was used for punishment, I think Roger and Storm Michael, but when they were in high school together, it was actually a period where they still had corporal punishment and someone managed to find the cane that the principal used. and the punishment book with the crimes they committed, of course, every city wants to feel that they have a special place in the heart of Pink Floyd in the life of Pink Floyd, but we in Montreal have a special relationship with the band, of course , and you are aware of what it means to you to bring this exhibition to Montreal precisely.

I think, first of all, it's the French influence, you know, which for France was for us a place where I won't say we had a home there, but in a They kept Pink Floyd long before the British really appreciated what we were doing, so that's one thing and the other, of course, is that playing here in 1977 was the point at which Roger really came up with the whole idea and concept of the wall, of course, long-time fans Those who are familiar with the band will be eager to see all of these artifacts and pieces of the show they have seen over the years.

What about young people? Would you say it's a good way? discovering and understanding Pink Floyd, yeah, I mean, I think one of the ideas we felt when we did the original version of this was to try to show what really goes into making this music with the idea that it might interest a younger audience. not just in the music itself, but in the things that they might end up with, there is a lot more to music than long-headed idiots on stage and in fact, there are designers, there are engineers, there are many other aspects of music now and it is hoped that this exhibition will show people a little. more than what is available thank you very much thank you very much Mr.

Mason welcome back to Montreal thank you oh