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Pink Floyd & Wizard of Oz - 43m 10s
Matching a movie to an unrelated album is know as synchronicity. For whatever reason,
Pink Floyds' Dark side of the moon and Wizard of Oz has gotten a great deal of press lately.
So I decided to see if i can find a video where the audio and video are already overdubbed.
Whether or not it was intentional this video is pretty nicely synched.
It helps to watch it from beginning
to end I find but you may notice the observations made below regardless.
If you wish to read more about synchronicities, I suggest you visit The Synchronicity Arkive
Setup
- There are several ideas as to when to start the album. All revolve around the famous MGM lion.
You may start the album during the first roar, second roar, third roar, or as the lion fades to black, but the things listed
below are based on starting the album on the third roar. - Use the following item to make sure you have synched the album correctly:
- The credit for the producer Mervyn LeRoy appears right as the transition from 'Speak to Me' to 'Breathe' takes place.
- DSotM isn't long enough to play through the entire movie, so several ideas have been put forward:
- Put DSotM on repeat (will play about 1 1/2 times)
- Start Animals right after DSotM and then Meddle (tracks 2 - 5) right after Animals ends
Support For This Theory
- The lyric 'Balanced on the biggest wave' coincides with Dorothy's balancing act on the fence
- 'On the Run' starts as Dorothy falls off the fence
- Chimes and Bells start ringing as the Wicked Witch appears riding her bicycle.
- During the 'Time' guitar solo, the fortune teller's sign is shown with the words "Past Present and Future"
- The Great Gig in the Sky has many incidents:
- The tornado is shown in the background as the words 'I'm am not frightened of dying' are said
- The drums start right as the wind really picks up and blows the trees from their roots.
- The singer calms down right as Dorothy is knocked unconsious by the window
- 'Great Gig in the Sky' is still playing as the house flies in the tornado
- Side 1 of the album (vinyl) is exactly as long as the black & white portion of the film
- The cash register in Money is heard right as color is seen in Oz (money = color)
- Incidents in 'Us and Them':
- The ballerinas enter on 'Us, us, us, us'
- One ballerina seems to lip sync 'ordinary men'
- Three men enter on 'Me, me, me'
- One kid's jerking motions are in sync with the music
- 'Forward he cried' is sung as Dorothy looks turns to face forward
- The Wicked Witch appears on 'Black, black'
- On 'Blue, blue, blue,' the camera switches to Dorothy (in her blue dress)
- 'And who knows which is which and who is who' is sung right when the Wicked Witch of the West
looks at the recently killed Wicked Witch of the East. Note the play on words "Which is Which" vs "Witch is Witch" - The Witch is up a the platform on 'Up, up' and then walks down on 'Down, down, down'
- As 'And in the End' is sung, the Wicked Witch of the East disappears
- On 'Out, out, out,' the good Witch of the North leaves
- 'Brain Damage' plays as the Scarecrow sings 'If I Only Had a Brain'
- Heartbeat heard at the end of the album is heard as Dorothy listens at the Tin Man's chest.