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best : music radio : PINK FLOYD / WIZARD OF OZ DEBATE

[+] ballot by RunsWithScissors
created Fri Sep 29, 06
*There are a striking number of coincidences between events in the movie and musical cues (and lyrics) on the 1973 Pink Floyd album, "Dark Side of the Moon".
It is highly improbable that the band had a print of the movie with them at Abbey Road, and few attempt to claim it to have been deliberate ('David Gilmour' dismisses it as nonsense), but the coincidences are remarkable nonetheless.
If you begin the album on the third roar of the MGM lion (using the NTSC version of the movie, not the 25 fps PAL version which runs a little over 4% faster) the coincidences include (but are not limited to):

**The line "balanced on the biggest wave" comes as Dorothy balances on the fence.
**The song "On the Run" starts as Dorothy falls off the fence.
**"The Great Gig in the Sky" begins when the tornado first appears.
**The song "Us and Them" is played when Dorothy meets the Wicked Witch of the West.
**The line "black and blue" is repeated when they are talking to one another (Dorothy in her blue outfit, the Wicked Witch in black).
**The line "the lunatic is on the grass..." coincides with Dorothy meeting the Scarecrow.
**When we first see Miss Gulch on her bicycle, the song "Time" starts with its bells and alarms.
**Dorothy asks Professor Marvel what else he sees in his crystal ball as the line "thought I'd something more to say" comes along in the song "Time".
**As the Scarecrow sings "If I Only Had a Brain", Pink Floyd sing "Brain Damage".
**Side 1 of the original vinyl album (up to the end of "The Great Gig in the Sky") is exactly as long as the black and white portion of the film.
**As Dorothy listens to the Tin Man's chest, the album ends with the famous heartbeat sound effect.

Do you believe that Pink Floyd made this Album to purposely go along with The Wizard of Oz?

Pink Floyd did this purposely
Coincidence
I don't know

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COMMENTS:
Voted : Coincidence
Wow! I just tried synching up Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Lou Reed’s Metal Machine music and for a few seconds the beeps of one of the layers of feedback matched the rhythm of the candy factory dancers! OMFG THEY TOTALLY MATCH UP!!!! Honestly, people! :-p I think this movie matching stuff is mostly in peoples minds, including DSOTM with Pink Floyd. It’s a phenomenon called the Law of Universal Synch, and it works with almost anything. I tried it, and started it in the correct place. Saw a few things match up, but wasn’t too impressed. Try it with some other albums, you'll get similar results.

by Angry_Kid on Fri Sep 29, 06 5:50pm [+]

Sorry to disappoint y'all, but DTSOM never did, does not, and never will have anything to do with The Wizard of Oz.

by Angry_Kid on Fri Sep 29, 06 5:51pm [+]

Or DSOTM even.

by Angry_Kid on Fri Sep 29, 06 5:51pm [+]

What are the odds the person that "discovered" this was on drugs?

by ClosetIguana on Fri Sep 29, 06 6:05pm [+]

I just tried it with Leonard Cohen's 'sisters of mercy' and 'gone with the wind' and came up with the conclusion that they're both crap!

by Guest User from [82.42.205.153] on Fri Sep 29, 06 6:34pm [+]

David Gilmour dismisses it as pure BS, no doubt embarrassed that his sublime meisterwork is being juxtaposed with a children's fairytale, so Amen to that.

by Ken_from_Dublin on Fri Sep 29, 06 6:48pm [+]

Lol, I just tried it with Leonard Cohen's 'sisters of mercy' and 'gone with the wind' and came up with the conclusion that they're both crap!

by IC on Fri Sep 29, 06 6:52pm [+]

Tim Leary discovered it so I'd have to say "yes" the person that discovered it was likely on drugs.

by RobinGaylord on Sat Sep 30, 06 3:16am [+]

Even if Pink Floyd didn't do this purposely, I'd still love to watch the movie and listen to the music at the same time, just for the fun of it!

by RunsWithScissors on Sat Sep 30, 06 7:07am [+]

Voted : Pink Floyd did this purposely
As I understand it, contrary to popular belief, Pink Floyd wasn't as drug-influenced a band as is believed. In fact, if memory serves, they kicked out Sid Barrett out of the band for just that. Given that, I'd be inclined to believe that it was done on purpose. Can't say it for certain, because I've never seen the movie. Whenever it comes on, I change the channel. Don't ask me why.

by Truthseeker013 on Sat Sep 30, 06 9:42am [+]

Voted : Coincidence
There are apparently some strange coincidences, but that's all I think they are. I guess it doesn't really matter when you're frying though. wink

by Applerod on Sat Sep 30, 06 10:12am [+]

Truthseeker01

Actually Sid was kick out because his schizophrenia was distractin gthe band too much. Side point though.

by ClosetIguana on Sat Sep 30, 06 11:56am [+]

I don't know. But I have a feeling that if it was done intentionally, Gilmour would never admit it. He definitely wouldnt be the first artists to leave people wondering about his work. To admit connections would take away the mystique.

by Grumpy_Person on Sat Sep 30, 06 12:50pm [+]

I can't say, but I do know that if you play "Barry Manilow's Greatest Hits" along with "It's a Wonderful Life" you're blood sugar will go up 40 points.

by cranky on Sat Sep 30, 06 9:30pm [+]

Play Harry Chaplin's "Cat's in the Cradle" while watching the WB's "Feed the kitty". Start the track when you first see the cat's eyes in the dark.

by Andrew_Anorak on Fri Aug 01, 08 10:36am [+]

Voted : Coincidence
I doubt Gilmour would lie about this. The movie is longer than the album. Nobody ever told me when to restart it, sometimes after the heartbeat ending/dorothy listening to the tin chest of the tinman.

by UncleMax on Tue Sep 23, 08 2:20pm [+]

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