Watch Pink Floyd's THE DARK SIDE OF THE RAINBOW
For years we've heard about how awesome it is watching the classic movie The Wizard of OZ synched up with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. I remember doing this in high school, but wasn't really impressed. Sure, there were a few moments that worked with the sync up, but in the end it didn't deliver entertainment value I was expecting. I imagine you'd have to be high out of your mind for this to work like it's supposed to. Not only has it been The Dark Side of the Rainbow called but it's also known as The Dark Side of OZ,
According to Wikipedia, "In August 1995, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette published the first mainstream media article about the "synchronicity", citing the Usenet discussion group. Soon afterward, several fans began creating websites in which they touted the experience and tried to comprehensively catalogue the corresponding moments. A second wave of awareness began in April 1997 when Boston radio DJ George Taylor Morris discussed Dark Side of the Rainbow on the air, leading to further mainstream media articles and a segment on MTV news." You can read more about this here.
You can watch the whole thing below! Check it out, and let us know if it is as cool as you'd thought it would be!
Synchronization:
There are various approaches regarding when to start synchronizing The Dark Side of the Moon audio with the film. Several involve the MGM lion as the cue: most suggesting the third roar, while some prefer the second or the first; finally, others suggest starting the album not immediately after the lion's roar, but after the lion fades to black—exactly when the film begins. Viewing recommendations include reducing the film's audio and relying on captions or subtitles to follow the dialogue and plot.
Fans have compiled over a hundred moments of observed interplay between the film and album, including links that are perceived if the Pink Floyd soundtrack is repeated through the end of the movie. The iconic dispersive prism of the album's cover purportedly reflects the movie's transition from black-and-white Kansas toTechnicolor Oz; further examples include music changes at dramatic moments, and thematic alignments such as the scarecrow dance during "Brain Damage". This synergy effect has been described as an example of synchronicity, defined by the psychologist Carl Jung as a phenomenon in which coincidental events "seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality." Detractors argue that the phenomenon is the result of the mind's tendency to think it recognizes patterns amid disorder by discarding data that does not fit. Psychologists refer to this tendency as apophenia. Under this theory, a Dark Side of the Rainbow enthusiast will focus on matching moments while ignoring the greater number of instances where the film and the album do not correspond. Another theory suggests the correspondence may have been assisted by the synaesthetic effects of psychoactive drugs taken by those who then chose to enjoy the album and the film together.