In high school, me and my smoking buddy would fire up and watch old TV shows with the sound off, while blasting music. It was amazing how often the music would synch up.
It helps to be stoned to the gills if you want to experience how it sorta matches up with the movie. What I noticed here was... the witch being dressed in black and Dorothy being dressed in blue when the line "Black and blue hits" and Glenda turning to a ball of energy and floating away when down and "out" lyric hits. "The lolipop gang" dance moves are all in perfect time with the beat too. Otherwise it's mostly the mood of the music syncing with the mood of the movie in certain places. Not all the time, but sometimes if you are really looking for it.
Really is a gorgeous piece of music. Funny to think it started life as a piano piece, written by Rick, and titled The Violent Sequence. It was written for the movie. Zabriskie Point.
I first heard this album 50 years ago and have never associated it with The Wizard of Oz !! So glad that you are on the Pink Floyd journey ..Welcome aboard !!
Apparently a journalist suggested this in 1995 But i am so here for the Pink Floyd journey. So far everything i have heard was amazing. Have a great day.
This is one of my favorites from PF. I think it’s the genius use of opposing concepts (us/them, with/without, etc.) in the lyrics along with their amazing music to convey the dialectic nature of human conflict. The music has an epic, ominous and foreboding feeling capturing the feeling of endless wars and propaganda perfectly.
As another musician/writer I find sometimes Ideas songs and stories can "float" between multiple people and minds as if deliberately choosing who will become their creative "parent" who will give the art life... I think that's why sometimes similar ideas all pop up at once. Or perhaps its the human race's unconscious response to cultural influences coming thru till the idea gets born. Edit: he said - "I'm not even gonna K-- ya. Right? It begins with a sharp, short shock...." Then I lose whatever he's saying in that accent XD
This song is meant to be seen in your head. Meaning.....the lyrics and musicality of it evoke the images to one's mind. It takes you deeper without video in my opinion. Not hating....just an observation. Great reaction!
This suite of 4 songs is, in my opinion, the most beautiful lyrics ever written in the history of music. "Us and Them" precedes the song "Any Color You Like" which, by its title, alludes to the so-called free will that men claim to possess. Then comes "Brain Damage" which explains where all this madness comes from, and finally "Eclipse", sums up the reality of human life, in all its limitations.
'Dark Side of the Moon' is an album that is well worth listening to at some point from beginning to end. It's transcendent, but be careful not to have an existential crisis🤞🏼
The synch works in parts. As the movie starts, a 5-bar gate is seen through a hanging musical triangle - making the album cover. That makes me shiver every time. It is so very apparent and obvious. Coincidence? Reality loves them ❤ The song is about equality and inequality and injustice in all spheres of life and to all people. The album really tells universal truths in quite simple and resonant language. That is what makes it timeless for all generations. The music is totally iconic and instantly recognizable, too, of course ❤❤ I’ve heard it said that Roger Waters’ architectural education helped, in part and with the help of the others, design these measured and spacious landscapes. Makes sense 😎 The movie is spellbinding. So very good.
Yea ... the second half of the movie , when the album is restarted ; the coincidences of the music and film fade , I discovered after seeing it in cinema several times ( with pink floyd playing ) THANKS for adding your thoughts !
Greetings from Canada. That was me... the word was CALM. You're welcome. For this one: not only the war, but the massive unemployment and dislocation that follows every war. btw you cut off before the end and missed the killer line: "For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died." (slice= toast). Peace, love and bellbottoms.
Urban legend claims that if you play Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon while watching “The Wizard of Oz,” there’s an incredible synchronicity that could only come about had the band literally planned the entire album around the movie. Pink Floyd has denied the rumor outright for years, with Floyd drummer Nick Mason giving one of our favorite answers to MTV in 1997: “It’s absolute nonsense. It has nothing to do with ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ It was all based on ‘The Sound of Music.’”
There light have been mind altering substances involved when this person discovered this connection. Im sober, but i would have tried it a few years ago. Who knows what i might have found
As a writer too, i recomend u listen to an amazing song… Echoes by Pink Floyd, but not the Pompeii version, u must listen to the Gdansk version. You will enjoy it sooo much.
Pak een stoel op een mooie avond, lichten uit en oortjes in. En dan start je Dark Side Of The Moon. Geen stops, niet praten maar genieten. Een van de hoogtepunten uit de muziekgeschiedenis.
@@SaeedReacts. En terecht. Maar soms zijn dingen te mooi om ze op een kanaal te delen: het echte leven gaat voor. Als je ooit de lore van Taylor wil begrijpen wil ik je wel van de ins en outs voorzien. Lekker doorgaan met je kanaal, je zit standaard in mijn dagelijkse rotatie.
@@SaeedReacts. Fantastic! ... What a loser...🙄I can't see the point, really. Wouldn't it be nicer just to lay back with a nice glass of red or a bottle of Johnny Walker blue whiskey with your eyes closed and your headphones on in a soft leather chair and listen to the song intended?
Every person is doing themselves a disservice if they don't take the time to experience this entire album, beginning to end, in one sitting. Plug in, put on your best headphones, push play, close your eyes, and let the music take you away.
Don’t bother. Let your mind drift and create your own visualizations while listening to Pink Floyd.The Wizard of Oz is an amazing movie with its own acting and music. It stands alone too
Great song and heavy message. The album will stand the test of time. The novelty of a few instances of coincidence with the pairing of Wizard of Oz and DSOTM will eventually and rightfully be forgotten. It was interesting to do that pairing to see if the profundity lived up to the hype. There were a few interesting coincidences, but I was instantly skeptical that it was something deliberate, especially knowing the ego of Roger Waters. Lol
I enjoyed your reaction. I love Pink Floyd and I enjoyed The Wizard of Oz when I was young but to say they sync up? I don't see it. Still, I love listening to you. Thanks.
Apparently the album should be started at the third roar of the MGM lion in the movie. A journalist wrote about this in 1995 Thanks so much for watching.
OH YEAHHHHH SAEED, YOU GOTTA DO THE ALBUM FOR SURE ( DARK SIDE OF THE MOON ) 💯😊IT'S A STORY / CONCEPT ALBUM AS IS MOST OF FLOYD 👍 WISH YOU WERE HERE, ANIMALS, THE WALL, ALLLLLLL CONCEPT ALBUMS SAEED!
Richard Wright rarely gets any recognition but he did write this song with lyrics by Rodger Waters Be careful what you read on the internet it's often misleading. Been a fan of Pink Floyd's 68. What's fortunate enough to attend five of their concerts. Although one was a Encore concert following night. Have everything they recorded on vinyl. I did that with no other group or artists. So.....
It's my fault ; I left it out on the request page for space ... Patient Zero : In August 1995, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette published an article by CHARLES SAVAGE suggesting that readers watch the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz while listening to the 1973 Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon. Savage said the idea was first shared on an online Pink Floyd newsgroup According to Savage, if you start the album as the MGM lion roars onscreen, “The result is astonishing. It's as if the movie were one long art-film music video for the album. Song lyrics and titles match the action and plot. The music swells and falls with character's movements ... expect to see enough firm coincidences to make you wonder whether the whole thing was planned. In his 1995 article, Savage favoured starting at the lion's first roar, but he acknowledged in 2023 that the third roar had by then become the usual start point.
@@SaeedReacts. I remember doing this when I was in college in 1994. We weren't tripping, but it still worked. Of course, I had already been a fan of PF and this album since I was a toddler.
I don't know who first started "The Dark Side Of The Moon" album and The Wizard Of Oz film combination, but it doesn't work, Not at all, None of it, it's ridiculous. It just takes away from the PF listening experience because our brain focuses on sight predominately before hearing.
Amazing song, it's a shame your first exposure to it was this way distracted by this silliness. The lame connections between some songs and the movie are a huge stretch at best. Probably a hundred other songs you can do the same thing with and get better results. Total waste of time imo.
There is no sync with these scenes from the Wizard of Oz. The theme being portrayed in these scenes have absolutely nothing to do with the lyrics or the music of Us And Them. Claims that there is a correlation are hogwash or gibberish.
This is a lot off rubbish any music can be synced to anything if your clever enough and frankly it takes away from the whole concept of the song and the album the film clip isn't even in sync with the music the lyrics and the music say it all so many people out there with weird conspiracy theories the lights are on but nobody's home. Maybe I should sync the carpenter's music to a clockwork orange a brilliant movie.
The wizard of OZ connection is nonsense, I have never heard of that before 🤔 I have been a PF fan for over 50 yrs& this has always been in my top 5 fav’s ❤️🙏
