Dark Side of the Rainbow / Oz

[squiggle]

Some people may know of the old rumour that if you play Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon whilst watching the The Wizard of Oz, the music is synched to the film (if you start them at the right point).

What does anybody who has actually tried this think? Load of old rubbish, happy coincidence, or completely intentional?.

I know there's lots of theories on various websites, but I'm interested to hear from some ABers - particularly Andy Hughes, but anyone is welcome to answer.

[gary baldy]

Silly Hippy nonsense! Trust me - if you take enough acid and smoke enough weed you can make The Tweenies Party album sychronise with Citizen Kane - i know, ive tried it.

[WaldoMcFroog]

It's a total coincidence - the band deny it utterly, and there simply wasn't the technology to do it when they wrote DSOTM and moreover, it syncs with the video which runs at a different speed than the original movie would have but it is nevertheless great fun. There are some strange coincidences with the music, but that's all they are - coincidence. As Gary says above, you can sync lots of other things up and get strange things happen that might appear to be deliberate but which aren't.

Acid and weed are not required to enjoy it despite what Gaz says above!

[andy-hughes]

Thank you squiggle, Im flattered!

As my esteemed collague Mr McFroog avers, it is entirely coincidence, and the band are amuse to hear that people think they had anything to do with it.

I confess I've never tried the experiment, but then again, I've never ruined a stylus and album spinning backwards to look for reasons to murder tax inspectors either!

[gary baldy]

Right at the end of a Day in the Life (The beatles dummy!) there is an unintelligable little noise which if you have the technology you can slow right down and it tells you who really shot kennedy (or something).
Steps did something similar on their euro smash 2,3,4,5.

[squiggle]

Thanks all. I actually tried it the other day (without the use of acid or weed, although that could have been interesting, Gary).

Hearing The Great Gig In The Sky alongside the tornado scene blew me away (no pun intended), and a lots of other things just fit too perfectly. Deep down, knowing the technical impossibilities, I know it's got to be coincidence, but my silly hippy side wants it to be true, because it's so amazing to watch.

Andy - I've never looked for reasons to murder tax inspectors either. The fact that they're tax inspectors is enough!

[Sooper]

I have to agree with all you other good people that it is just a coincidence , however it is extremely odd just how many weird and wonderful things fit together so well! As you probably know there are web sites (below) dediacted to this and they give you a full listing of everything that happens along with counter times and there is some weird stuff, i have tried it! Its just a bit of harmless fun i guess but there is some weird stuff that just cant seem to be explained!

http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/DSotR/List.html