To commemorate Pink Floyd’s 50th anniversary The dark side of the moon we bring you this: a busker fittingly playing “Time” nearly 2,000 years ago through the Pantheon in Rome. The police trying to break up the show doesn’t matter. Busker continues and returns on subsequent days to perform “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” and “Comfortably Numb”. If you’re a Pink Floyd fan, this scene might remind you Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, a documentary about a 1972 concert in which the band played eight songs amid the ruins of Pompeii. A rock among rocks. You can explore this scene here.
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