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PINK FLOYD & SAINT TROPEZ

The crazy story between Pink Floyd and Saint Tropez began in that year. It's a story known to the few insiders and locals who were already in Saint Tropez at that time: David Gilmour, the band's guitarist, and Sid Barett, co-founder of the PF, descended on the Côte d'Azur in the summer of 1965, attracted by the unique energy that emanated there at the time.

1965, PINK FLOYD STREET ARTISTS IN SAINT TROPEZ

Staying at a nearby campsite and eating lunch in the backseat of their car, they headed to Saint-Tropez every day in the hope of making a little money. From Rue Gambetta to Place des Lices, passing by the Port, the two future legends transformed into street artists, performing hits by the Beatles in particular. The effect was immediate, according to those lucky enough to remember it; passersby were so cheerful that the police soon chased them out of the village for disturbing the peace.

"SAN TROPEZ" 1971, MEDDLE

Released in 1971, Floyd's sixth album, Meddle, features a track that pays tribute to this idyllic getaway. The melancholic song evokes themes of loneliness, love, and the band's then-fame.

Through the verses, they recount the flamboyance and excess that punctuate their vacations in the village. Filled with psychedelia, this album, and Pink Floyd's work more broadly, colored the imagination of Erevan with its madness, as much as the unique style each of its members displayed.