I've just read about this - I hadn't heard about it before although no doubt it's old news to some of you.


This is a simple legend to verify; first, buy Dark Side of the Moon. Its been suggested that you use the digitally remastered and repackaged Dark Side of the Moon with the solid prism / triangle on the cover rather than the hollow prism / triangle from the original cover of the album. Then, get The Wizard of Oz. Again, Its been suggested that you make sure to use the digitally remastered THX® 50th Anniversary edition.

Put the two together, and mush them all around, out comes an eerie relationship between the monumentous album and classic film.

Transitions between scenes are often perfectly timed with musical changes.

Turn the sound of the film all the way down, and turn the sound of the album up as high as you can stand.

It will probably take you a few tries to get the sync lined up just right so be patient.

First load the Dark Side of the Moon CD into your CD player and hit PLAY (>) and then immediately hit PAUSE (II) so it is cued up and ready to roll. Be sure also to set your CD player to continuous replay. This in most CD players is done by hitting the "REPEAT" button twice. Hitting it once will usually repeat only the presently playing track so hit the button two (2) times and it will replay the CD over and over. The CD will play roughly two and a quarter times through the entire length of the movie.

Now start the video and fast forward past all the preview junk (about five minutes worth on the THX version) at the beginning and watch for the THX Digital logo to pop up. Now get the tape to the very beginning where the BLACK & WHITE MGM lion roars. After the BLACK & WHITE MGM Lion roars for the THIRD (3rd) time IMMEDIATELY hit the play button on the CD player.

The credits begin to roll, and the ambient noise that opens the album begins. You know the synchronicity will work if the music kicks in just as Produced by Mervyn Leroy pops up.

Now, we would suggest you stop reading here and experience it first. It is much more fun to watch it without knowing, ahead of time, what you are going to see. Otherwise, from here, we are going to take you on a step by step tour of the scenes and music as they occur.
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The coincidence eeirily begins when the album says, "... Look around ..." which prompts Dorothy to look around.

As the line "balanced on the biggest wave" from Breathe is uttered, Dorothy teeters on the rail of the pig-sty.

She then breaks into a trot just as the line "No one told you when to run" from Time is heard.

The chimes in Time go off at the appearance of Mrs Gulch (Wicked Witch of the West) on the bicycle and the chimes stop when she gets off the bike. "I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It's got a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good ..."

"... Home, home again ..." as Professor Marvel tells Dorothy that she needs to go back home.

The Great Gig in the Sky begins as the tornado appears and lasts exactly the length of the storm. On the record, this song is the end of the first side of the album and ironically, as Dorothy slowly pushes open the door, the black and white portion of the film ends, Oz appears in brash color, and "cha-ching," Money begins exactly on cue.
The munchkins begin to dance to the tempo of Money.

Before the Wicked Witch appears in a cloud of smoke, dressed in her black dress, just as the word "Black" is uttered in Us and Them.

Then the scene changes as Dorothy leaves Munchkin Land at the same time that "Us and Them" changes to "Any Colour You Like" The Scarecrow starts dancing just as "The lunatic is on the grass" is heard.

"... And everyone you meet..." is uttered as Dorothy meets the Tin Woodsman.
And the album ends with a slowly beating heartbeat, which comes just as Dorothy bangs on the Tin Man's chest to see if he's got a heart.

Now, if you've set up your CD player to repeat, the coincidences continue from here. Unfortunately, due to replay speeds, it is more difficult to match the album to the movie. But here are a few of the scenes you might catch!

When "... and high you fly ..." is spoken during Breathe, the Wicked Witch stands on top of the house with her flying broom.

On the Run then presents "... Shorter of breath and one day closer to death..." as Dorothy and Cowardly Lion appear to be dead.

This time, Money plays while they are in the Emerald City - "Cha-Ching" is heard as the Wicked Witch writes "Surrender Dorothy" in the sky.

"... Down and out ..." has the flying monkeys swoop down to capture Dorothy, and then fly out of the woods with her in their hands.

Believe it or not, the CD replays for a 3rd time (about half way through) and the coincidences continue! But we'll stop here for now to let you find the rest on your own!


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Cloudbuster said:

There are backwards messages on Led Zeppelin songs too.



AND when they released Abbey Road, the Beatles left small hints about the fact that Paul had in fact passed away.




Marilyn Manson played one of the main characters in The Wonder Years, too

rocknrolldave said:

you mean hes a singing corpse

rocknrolldave said:

omg

Reincarnate said:

You can also buy a Dark Side of Oz DVD where the DSOTM soundtrack is already overlayed for you, so all you need to do is play it.

The last time this was discussed on here I went looking for info on it and found a couple of websites selling it. I'd look for it again and post the link but I'm a bit busy today (actually doing some work for a change), but you should be able to find it easily enough, if you're interested. As I remember it's quite expensive (probably about the same price as buying DSOTM and TWOO separately) but it does save you the trouble of having to match the two up.

EarthAirFireWater said:

Have you gone down there to take a peek yet ?

You should go down there with some other orgers and/or normal people and get yourself photographed doing the famous walk across the pedestrian crossing picture. Seeing as you're in the area.

EarthAirFireWater said:

As cool as can be.

Here's another fun one. Buy the Blondie Greatest Hits DVD. Watch it sober, and notice how Debbie Harry misses practically every word while she tries to lipsynch in the videos. Then knock off a bottle of your favorite hard liquor, and watch is again, like magic she's right on cue!

Tom said:

Debbie Harry in her prime










ahem...as you were!

serious dude ... we've had adult sleep overs and done exactly this






it's kinda weird

Mach said:

You mean...YOU have a thing for Debbie Harry too? Cool!

rocknrolldave said:

AsylumUtopia said:

Thanks Asylum - I thought it had probably been discussed before. I'll look out for the DVD on Ebay!

Did U just score some ectacy?

Imago777 said:

rocknrolldave said:

Hell, Debbie then, Debbie now

jerseykrs said:

[b] If you could cheer me up, I could learn to love you [/b- - JerseyKRS

rocknrolldave said:

that wasn't him. it's just an urban legend.

Oz is the Dark Side folks, do some more homework.

rocknrolldave said:

That last one isn't true he wasn't Paul, they just look a lot alike.

I went to The Pink Floyd Laser Light Show a while back when it was at the Beacon and they played the movie with Darkside playing.... too fucking funny!

Sweeny79 said:

I saw the same "Dark Side of Oz" show when it came to my town. It's awesome, and we've synched the two up many times.

I've read alot about this, and there are other synchs, one of which is supposedly on purpose. Floyd wanted to do the soundtrack to Kubrik's "The Shining" but Kubrik turned them down at the last minute. Pink Floyd's "Meddle" is supposed to be the discarded soundtrack, and the "Shining/Meddle" synch is creepy as hell. In the first song, if you listen closely you can hear someone (Jack Nicholson?) say "One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces" or something like that. It gets really creepy the 3rd time through the disc, when the song "Echoes" is the backdrop for Jack's rampage in the film.