I'm sure some of you older guys have done this, but if you don't know what I'm talking about by the title, the story is something like this. A Radio DJ on the east coast mentioned something about playing Dark Side of the Moon along with Wizard of Oz and that they line up with each other. People started experimenting and album sales soared. I guess if you've seen it you don't need to read this part.
Now this is very entertaining to do. Even if you don't love Pink Floyd, you won't mind this. DSotM is pretty neutral, I mean it's not the type of Pink Floyd heard on Animals, or an album like that, which is a little more eccentric.
Same goes for if you hate the damn movie, you don't hear anyone talk, no munchkins are squaking... half the time you are paying more attention to the words of the music and the music itself than whats happening in the movie, and its not like you are trying to figure out the plot and such.
If you haven't done this before I urge you to try this out. You want the Wizard of Oz on DVD, and you want Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (I've heard its better to use the newer remastered album, not the old original, don't know why)
Queue up DSotM on your Home Stereo, I usually play track one and hit pause right away. Then start the Wizard of Oz and the beginning of the movie is the MGM Lion roaring. You want the album to start right after the third roar. (Others say 2nd, others say during the 3rd roar. Im a dork and I've done it with almost every lion-roaring possibility and after the 3rd works the best!)
Theres a quick test to see if you are lined up. You will have about a minute out of track 1 until you hear sort of a crescendo of noise and then it will resolve, and right as it resolves the movie has the words "Produced by Melvin Wyrock" or something like that (I know its Melvin) fade onto the screen...and you will see it line up. Thats the first spooky "coincidence".
There are quite a few things to look for, I wont list them all, but other parts that line up should be:
The clocks ticking on the song "Time" should start right as the scene switches to the Witch riding up on her bicycle.
"Money" and the coin machines and registers and those money sound effects will start right after Dorothy opens up the door and everything is in color.
The words "Black...black...black" will be said right as the Witch appears out of smoke in her black robe.
The song "The Great Gig in the Sky" is the vocal/piano solo and it fits perfectly with the storm scene, the song climaxes and dies down with the tornado, its crazy.
Those are a few, there are quite more, but eventually you get looking too hard for the smallest thing to call a possibility.
Ah last one, as the album ends, you hear a heartbeat, this is happening right as Dorothy has her ear on the Tin Man to listen for a heartbeat...
Anyways its fun, makes a good friday night, and you dont need illegal drugs to have fun with it. Btw there is no tie between this two, its completely coincidence. Thats the conclusion Ive come to after reading dozens of inputs on the topic and such. Debate it if you want but Im pretty sure of myself.
BTW if you dont already own Dark Side of the Moon, I dunno what you are doing, but dear god go buy it. As Kiki wrote in the SQ songs reccomendation, the album is amazing for SQ, it has awesome bass, incredible guitar solos, psychadelic sounds, a lot of left speaker/right speaker...dont know how to describe it, but if you have good imaging it sounds awesome. And track four (the vocal/piano solo song) sounds awesome. Blah just get a hold of it.
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