Stuff and junk ... and stuff.
This is how it all started ... at least for me. Back in early 1996, whilst
looking up Pink Floyd websites, I
stumbled across a website with the above artwork on it (you may click on the image
for a larger view). The site had a set up, the same "third roar" setup
that I use, and a short
list of about 10 things to look for in the sync.
Well I, like most PF fans, became
really excited about it after seeing it, and being the kind of meticulous guy that I am, I published my own website, listing everything I'd
observed.
It's grown from
that to what it is today.
However, sadly, I cannot remember the address nor the name of the webmaster of the original website. My
humblest apologies to whomever it was, who made the original website and
the above original artwork, which I shamelessly pirated, for
not giving him (or her) the credit for it nor even asked permission to use it, from the beginning.
If it's you who happens to see this apology, please feel free (actually I implore you)
to write to me. In order to identify if it is really you (as there are probably some
nincompoops who may attempt to claim credit) I'll ask a couple of particular
questions of you concerning your original site, that only you will know.
On July 3rd, 2000, Turner Classic Movies simulcast The Wizard of Oz with The Dark Side of the Moon (utilizing the SAP, often used for Spanish translation, for the alternate soundtrack) and repeated the sync the following year of the same week. I don't know for sure if they will do it again this year or anytime after, but I'll keep it posted here just in case. Besides that, TCM had a link to my website so I guess I'm a little partial to that and can't quite help but want to post it for vanity's sake.
This year (2002) they didn't do the sync and instead opted for a Wizard of Oz Sing-along <raspberry>. Nevertheless they did include a link to my site again, as well as the Ultimate Pink Floyd Synchronicities website maintained by Baker B. Click the image below to get to a page with the imagery used by TCM.
It's not quite as dramatic as the one from the year 2000, but
the recognition is still appreciated.
Thanks TCM, and Mike Tandecki in particular, for including a link to my site in
the article.
Answers.com ... toward the bottom of the page, in External Links
Wikipedia ... toward the bottom of the page, in External Links
MYSTERY MUSIC??? Chris Hart informed me of the fact that there is music at the end of DSOTM CD. After you hear "There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact it's all dark ..." you can faintly hear some music playing. Strangely enough it's an orchestral version of The Beatles' Ticket to Ride. Both Pink Floyd and The Beatles recorded at Abbey Roads Studios, and at times, contributed to each other in one fashion or another. According to at least one interview that I've seen, George Martin, the recording director or engineer for the Beatles said that quite often the studio tapes used by either group would have been erased and reused. With that in mind, it's entirely possible (though maybe not probable) to find a faint remnant of Floyd music stuck somewhere on a Beatles album. The thing I can't figure out is, just for what reason an orchestral rendition of Ticket to Ride (though it sounds more like MUZAK, elevator music to me) would even be recorded -- unless there is a portion of a Beatles film that contains this music. Does anyone have a clue as the to true use of this music? If so it'd be nice to know. Meanwhile, for your convenience, ol' Chris recorded the mystery music so you don't have to mess around with reducing the bass on your stereo, to avoid blowing your speakers from the heavy "bottom" of the heartbeats. Click here to Listen To The Music (MP3 Format).
DOROTHY'S TICKET TO RIDE?
Now, this is not the official reason as for what reason the music was made (which
was the question that I'd asked above), but for purely entertainment reasons -- a
reason suitable for The Definitive List -- and one which helps to add to the
whole mystique, we have one that comes from Daniel Benke (danielb at cits.br)
who suggests that Ticket to Ride alludes to Dorothy's ticket to ride back
to Kansas from Oz -- namely her Ruby Slippers.
And while that's a fun answer, the truth be known concerning other Oz
stories, Dorothy would have a "ticket to ride" back and forth between
Kansas and Oz, as she would have many other adventures in the Land of Oz novels
written by L. Frank
Baum, as well as many subsequent fan-authors, even to this very day.
NEW LIGHT ON MYSTERY MUSIC!
Col (mpaudio3 at yahoo.co.uk) wrote
recently concerning the Mystery Music:
I've just been browsing the Uncle Henry site and
read about the "mystery music" at the end of the CD. Like you say, it
is "Ticket To Ride" but you wonder why anyone would want to record a
muzak version.
The answer is here and completes the Beatles/Abbey Rd link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help!_(George_Martin_album)
George Martin recorded 3 instrumental albums of Beatles tracks. I can't
definitely state that this is "the" version as I don't have the
"Help" album but it explains why instrumental versions were made.
It certainly sounds reasonable. I looked around on the AMG site (which is supposedly from whence the information came) but found nothing about the album. I was hoping for an MP3. And while this information is good for clarification as to why the music was made in the first place, the mystery remains as to why it lurks behind the heartbeats at the end of DSOTM.
Click the images below for a larger view.
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1. Original cover to DSOTM CD (vinyl LP
was the same, minus the circle with words in top, right corner).
2. The original release of DSOTM on CD with Speak to
Me and Breathe as parts A and B of track 1, but instead of it
being Breathe, it is labeled as Breathe in the Air.
3. Vinyl LP label of side 1 of DSOTM.
4. Stickers that were included in the DSTOM vinyl LP.
Click the images below for a larger view.
The Orb 
Those of us who've had opportunity to see Pink Floyd in concert know of the orb from the Gerald Scarfe cartoon played during WTTM (Welcome to the Machine). Notice the similarity between this orb and the bubble that Glinda rides around in in TWoOz. Of course, WTTM is from WYWH and not from DSOTM but it's still interesting. The images above are reduced from the larger images found at Jim's website, which also contains some other Pink Floyd concert images Check out his web page .
John Nesbitt informed me of a really neat DSOTM "cover" CD, made with enough respect to the integrity of the music, that it still works with TWoOz! It's a Reggae version (believe it or not) by the Easy Star All-Stars. They've re-titled it Dub Side of the Moon (whatever that means). Check it out!
Dub
Side of the Moon by the Easy Star All-Stars
A rather Floydian looking ad
Pink & Floyd ... Get it? Come on, it's funny -- don't you think? Okay then, here's another ...
This is Floyd, one of The Muppets. He's pink!
Remember Hurricane
Floyd in 1999?
These are two un-retouched pictures, taken by the National Weather Bureau, of the
storm.
Notice that both are PINK. Notice also that the
image on the left slightly resembles a pig (in a nose-dive) and the image on the right resembles an eye
(similar to the Eye of Sirius of Egyptian mythology) both being familiar icons
of PF.
