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The Dark Side of the Rainbow – also known as Dark Side of Oz or The Wizard of Floyd – is the pairing of the 1973 Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon with the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. This produces numerous moments of apparent synchronicity where the film and the album appear to correspond. Members of Pink Floyd and the Dark Side of the Moon engineer Alan Parsons denied any intent to connect the album to the film.

History

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.^[1] 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."^[1] 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.^[2]

Commonly noted instances of synchronicity include Clare Torry's howls on "The Great Gig in the Sky" during the film's tornado scene, and the album's final fading heartbeat while Dorothy listens to the Tin Woodman's non-existent heart.^[2] Fans created websites about the experience and catalogued moments of synchronicity. In April 1997, the DJ George Taylor Morris discussed "Dark Side of the Rainbow" on Boston radio.^[3] In July 2000, Turner Classic Movies aired The Wizard of Oz with the option of synchronising the broadcast to the album using the SAP audio channel.^[4]^[5] Numerous venues have staged Dark Side of the Rainbow shows, where the film is projected while either a recording of the album is played or else a jam band or Pink Floyd tribute act covers it live;^[6] for example moe.'s 2000 New Year's Eve show at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.^[7]

Response

Members of Pink Floyd have denied any connection between the album and the film. The guitarist, David Gilmour, dismissed it as the product of "some guy with too much time on his hands".^[8] The bassist, Roger Waters, said it was "bullshit" and that it had "nothing to do" with anyone who worked on the album.^[9] The drummer, Nick Mason, said: "It's absolute nonsense. It has nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz. It was all based on The Sound of Music."^[10] The Dark Side of the Moon engineer, Alan Parsons, also denied any connection, saying the band had no means of playing video tapes in the studio at the time of recording.^[3] He said he was disappointed by the results when he tried watching the film while listening to the album, and that "if you play any record with the sound turned down on the TV, you will find things that work".^[11]

Detractors argue that the phenomenon is the result of the mind's tendency to find patterns by discarding data that does not fit.^[12] The film critic Richard Roeper published his assessment of the phenomenon, which he referred to as "Dark Side of Oz". Roeper concluded that while Pink Floyd may have had the resources and technical abilities to produce an alternative film soundtrack, undergoing such an endeavour would have been impractical. Roeper also noted that The Dark Side of the Moon is approximately an hour shorter than The Wizard of Oz.^[13]

Variations

The fame of Dark Side of the Rainbow has prompted some to search for synchronicities among other albums by other bands and films by other directors. The lengthy Pink Floyd song "Echoes" from the 1971 album Meddle has been paired with "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite", the fourth act in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Both the track and the sequence are approximately 23 minutes.^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b Savage, Charles (August 1, 1995). "The Dark Side of the Rainbow". The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007 – via rbsavage.
^ ^a ^b Savage, Charlie (21 June 2023). "Pink Floyd, 'The Wizard of Oz' and Me". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "The Pink Floyd / Wizard Of Oz Connection". MTV News. May 30, 1997. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
^ "Dark Side of Oz". Chicago Sun-Times. July 3, 2000. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
^ Iverson, Jon (June 18, 2000). "Dark Side of the Rainbow?". Audiophile. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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- Ventura, Leslie (10 December 2014). "Dark Side of the Rainbow gets the live treatment at the Bunkhouse". Las Vegas Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- Slocum, Jack (1 October 2023). ""Dark Side of the Rainbow" Performance to Return to the BAC". tapinto Belmar/Lake Como. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- Seet, Mingli (10 October 2023). "The Band 'Welcome to the Machine' will perform at The Projector to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's famed album". Time Out Singapore. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^
- "moe., Switchfoot to play on campus". The Dominion Post. Morgantown, West Virginia. January 13, 2005. p. 7-C – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- "The Loop: Halloween News: 1999-2006". Jambands. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ "David Gilmour interview". Archived from the original on May 5, 2006. Retrieved November 19, 2005.
^ Kielty, Martin (9 October 2022). "Roger Waters Shares His Favorite 'Dark Side of the Rainbow' Rumor". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "The Pink Floyd/Wizard Of Oz Connection". MTV. May 30, 1997. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
^ Harris, John (March 12, 2003). ""Dark Side" at 30: Alan Parsons: Pink Floyd". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
^ "Does the music in Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon coincide with the action of The Wizard of Oz?". The Straight Dope. May 5, 2000. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2005.
^ Richard Roeper (1999). Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths that are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True!. Career Press. ISBN 978-1-56414-418-8. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
^ Shaffner, Nicholas (1991). Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey. Harmony Books. p. 142. ISBN 0-517-57608-2.

[:0-1] Savage, Charles (August 1, 1995). "The Dark Side of the Rainbow". The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007 – via rbsavage.

[Savage2023-2] Savage, Charlie (21 June 2023). "Pink Floyd, 'The Wizard of Oz' and Me". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[:1-3] "The Pink Floyd / Wizard Of Oz Connection". MTV News. May 30, 1997. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-09.

[4] "Dark Side of Oz". Chicago Sun-Times. July 3, 2000. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

[5] Iverson, Jon (June 18, 2000). "Dark Side of the Rainbow?". Audiophile. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.

[6] 
Ventura, Leslie (10 December 2014). "Dark Side of the Rainbow gets the live treatment at the Bunkhouse". Las Vegas Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
Slocum, Jack (1 October 2023). ""Dark Side of the Rainbow" Performance to Return to the BAC". tapinto Belmar/Lake Como. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
Seet, Mingli (10 October 2023). "The Band 'Welcome to the Machine' will perform at The Projector to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's famed album". Time Out Singapore. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[7] Ventura, Leslie (10 December 2014). "Dark Side of the Rainbow gets the live treatment at the Bunkhouse". Las Vegas Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[8] Slocum, Jack (1 October 2023). ""Dark Side of the Rainbow" Performance to Return to the BAC". tapinto Belmar/Lake Como. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[9] Seet, Mingli (10 October 2023). "The Band 'Welcome to the Machine' will perform at The Projector to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's famed album". Time Out Singapore. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[7] 
"moe., Switchfoot to play on campus". The Dominion Post. Morgantown, West Virginia. January 13, 2005. p. 7-C – via NewspaperArchive.com.
"The Loop: Halloween News: 1999-2006". Jambands. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

[11] "moe., Switchfoot to play on campus". The Dominion Post. Morgantown, West Virginia. January 13, 2005. p. 7-C – via NewspaperArchive.com.

[12] "The Loop: Halloween News: 1999-2006". Jambands. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

[response-8] "David Gilmour interview". Archived from the original on May 5, 2006. Retrieved November 19, 2005.

[9] Kielty, Martin (9 October 2022). "Roger Waters Shares His Favorite 'Dark Side of the Rainbow' Rumor". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2022-10-15.

[10] "The Pink Floyd/Wizard Of Oz Connection". MTV. May 30, 1997. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2011.

[11] Harris, John (March 12, 2003). ""Dark Side" at 30: Alan Parsons: Pink Floyd". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2008.

[12] "Does the music in Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon coincide with the action of The Wizard of Oz?". The Straight Dope. May 5, 2000. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2005.

[Roeper1999-13] Richard Roeper (1999). Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths that are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True!. Career Press. ISBN 978-1-56414-418-8. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2020-12-10.

[Shaffner-14] Shaffner, Nicholas (1991). Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey. Harmony Books. p. 142. ISBN 0-517-57608-2.

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 {{Short description|Pairing of Pink Floyd and The Wizard of Oz}}
-'''Dark Side of the Rainbow''' – also known as '''Dark Side of Oz''' or '''The Wizard of Floyd''' – is the pairing of the 1973 [[Pink Floyd]] album ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' with the 1939 film ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]].'' This produces moments of apparent [[synchronicity]] where the film and the album appear to correspond. Members of Pink Floyd and the ''Dark Side of the Moon'' engineer [[Alan Parsons]] denied any intent to connect the album to the film.
+'''The Dark Side of the Rainbow''' – also known as '''Dark Side of Oz''' or '''The Wizard of Floyd''' – is the pairing of the 1973 [[Pink Floyd]] album ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' with the 1939 film ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]].'' This produces numerous moments of apparent [[synchronicity]] where the film and the album appear to correspond. Members of Pink Floyd and the ''Dark Side of the Moon'' engineer [[Alan Parsons]] denied any intent to connect the album to the film.
 == History ==
-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 (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]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Savage, Charles|author-link=Charlie Savage (author)|date=August 1, 1995|title=The Dark Side of the Rainbow|newspaper=[[The Journal Gazette|The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette]]|url=http://members.aol.com/rbsavage/floydwizard.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013213037/http://members.aol.com/rbsavage/floydwizard.html|archive-date=October 13, 2007|via=rbsavage}}</ref> According to Savage, if you start the album as the MGM lion roars for the first time 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."<ref name=":0" />
+In August 1995, the ''[[Fort Wayne Journal Gazette]]'' published an article by [[Charlie Savage (author)|Charles Savage]] suggesting that readers watch the 1939 film ''[[The Wizard of Oz (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]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Savage, Charles|author-link=Charlie Savage (author)|date=August 1, 1995|title=The Dark Side of the Rainbow|newspaper=[[The Journal Gazette|The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette]]|url=http://members.aol.com/rbsavage/floydwizard.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013213037/http://members.aol.com/rbsavage/floydwizard.html|archive-date=October 13, 2007|via=rbsavage}}</ref> 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."<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name="Savage2023">{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Charlie |title=Pink Floyd, 'The Wizard of Oz' and Me |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/21/magazine/dark-side-of-the-rainbow-pink-floyd-wizard-of-oz.html |access-date=18 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702094233/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/21/magazine/dark-side-of-the-rainbow-pink-floyd-wizard-of-oz.html?unlocked_article_code=NFXCfoBYzhspFIH5uHGVsbGJl6zz9hVL8ESPUrVZpzx3zqlNXRbFy9RrDlhii1VHNO8yzJZiegf0alcR9pcSObSOLcSOYE2T9xtpkHMnnk5h3qsA_brIRlQZSYeGsj_ueBnyHifKw515hNTcBBy0Mok9QRHjetxIyGd6w3GdXI18bn2_2SxXC0Gkor1YBzH5sqnvKx9ZSl2fPsI43RhSlz53y0CtwNSYBV_JVMmTfoV8HsG1_f2L5F5-7jUBPIjLskmNIfoYHQ1c9rPKAPPZNAZgwl0oow1DHBg6l70dlZb29goi44t2dMn7WOxdDNh2XFpczTXmg8dZtLIqApr7bByJalI2Rhuj8KroTljv2f0pVKHqRTi_IM3X77rwaY0zGKBKMDBNXNOe97zv |archive-date=2 July 2023 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
-Fans created websites about the experience and catalogued moments of synchronicity. In April 1997, the DJ [[George Taylor Morris]] discussed "Dark Side of the Rainbow" on Boston radio.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=May 30, 1997 |title=The Pink Floyd / Wizard Of Oz Connection |language=en |work=[[MTV News]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1433194/the-pink-floydwizard-of-oz-connection/ |url-status=live |access-date=2018-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162230/http://www.mtv.com/news/1433194/the-pink-floydwizard-of-oz-connection/ |archive-date=2018-06-12}}</ref> In July 2000, [[Turner Classic Movies]] aired ''The Wizard of Oz'' with the option of synchronising the broadcast to the album using the [[Second audio program|SAP]] audio channel.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=%28dark%20side%20of%20oz%29%20AND%20date%287/2/2000%20to%207/4/2000%29&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=7/2/2000%20to%207/4/2000%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22dark%20side%20of%20oz%22%29Êl_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:DÊl_useweights=no |title=Dark Side of Oz |date=July 3, 2000 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819010432/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=%28dark%20side%20of%20oz%29%20AND%20date%287%2F2%2F2000%20to%207%2F4%2F2000%29&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0=7%2F2%2F2000%20to%207%2F4%2F2000%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22dark%20side%20of%20oz%22%29%C3%8Al_numdocs%3D20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date%3AD%C3%8Al_useweights%3Dno |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereophile.com/news/10772/index.html |title=Dark Side of the Rainbow? |last=Iverson |first=Jon |date=June 18, 2000 |website=Audiophile |access-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421165046/https://www.stereophile.com/news/10772/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
+Commonly noted instances of [[synchronicity]] include [[Clare Torry]]'s howls on "[[The Great Gig in the Sky]]" during the film's tornado scene, and the album's [[Eclipse (Pink Floyd song)|final fading heartbeat]] while [[Dorothy Gale|Dorothy]] listens to the [[Tin Woodman]]'s non-existent heart.<ref name="Savage2023"/> Fans created websites about the experience and catalogued moments of synchronicity. In April 1997, the DJ [[George Taylor Morris]] discussed "Dark Side of the Rainbow" on Boston radio.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=May 30, 1997 |title=The Pink Floyd / Wizard Of Oz Connection |language=en |work=[[MTV News]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1433194/the-pink-floydwizard-of-oz-connection/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2018-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162230/http://www.mtv.com/news/1433194/the-pink-floydwizard-of-oz-connection/ |archive-date=2018-06-12}}</ref> In July 2000, [[Turner Classic Movies]] aired ''The Wizard of Oz'' with the option of synchronising the broadcast to the album using the [[Second audio program|SAP]] audio channel.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=%28dark%20side%20of%20oz%29%20AND%20date%287/2/2000%20to%207/4/2000%29&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=7/2/2000%20to%207/4/2000%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22dark%20side%20of%20oz%22%29Êl_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:DÊl_useweights=no |title=Dark Side of Oz |date=July 3, 2000 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819010432/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=%28dark%20side%20of%20oz%29%20AND%20date%287%2F2%2F2000%20to%207%2F4%2F2000%29&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&p_text_date-0=7%2F2%2F2000%20to%207%2F4%2F2000%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22dark%20side%20of%20oz%22%29%C3%8Al_numdocs%3D20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date%3AD%C3%8Al_useweights%3Dno |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereophile.com/news/10772/index.html |title=Dark Side of the Rainbow? |last=Iverson |first=Jon |date=June 18, 2000 |website=Audiophile |access-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421165046/https://www.stereophile.com/news/10772/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Numerous venues have staged ''Dark Side of the Rainbow'' shows, where the film is projected while either a recording of the album is played or else a [[jam band]] or Pink Floyd [[tribute act]] covers it live;<ref>{{multiref|
+{{cite web |last1=Ventura |first1=Leslie |title=Dark Side of the Rainbow gets the live treatment at the Bunkhouse |url=https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2014/dec/10/dark-side-rainbow-gets-live-treatment-bunkhouse/ |website=Las Vegas Weekly |access-date=18 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424175646/https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2014/dec/10/dark-side-rainbow-gets-live-treatment-bunkhouse/ |archive-date=24 April 2015|url-status=dead |date=10 December 2014}}|
+{{cite web |last1=Slocum |first1=Jack |title="Dark Side of the Rainbow" Performance to Return to the BAC |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/belmar-slash-lake-como/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/dark-side-of-the-rainbow-performance-to-return-to-the-bac |website=tapinto Belmar/Lake Como |access-date=18 May 2024 |date=1 October 2023}}|
+{{cite web |last1=Seet |first1=Mingli |title=The Band 'Welcome to the Machine' will perform at The Projector to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's famed album |url=https://www.timeout.com/singapore/music/wttm-x-the-projector-presents-the-dark-side-of-the-rainbow |website=Time Out Singapore |access-date=18 May 2024 |date=10 October 2023}}|
+}}</ref> for example [[Moe (band)|moe.]]'s 2000 New Year's Eve show at the [[Tower Theater (Pennsylvania)|Tower Theater]] in [[Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Darby, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{multiref|
+{{cite news |title=moe., Switchfoot to play on campus |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/west-virginia/morgantown/morgantown-dominion-post/2005/01-13/page-23 |via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]] |url-access=subscription |work=[[The Dominion Post (Morgantown)|The Dominion Post]] |location=Morgantown, West Virginia  |date=January 13, 2005 |page=7-C}}|
+{{cite web |title=The Loop: Halloween News: 1999-2006 |url=https://jambands.com/the-loop/2007/10/31/halloween-news-1999-2006/ |website=Jambands |access-date=17 May 2024 |date=31 October 2007}}
+}}</ref>
 == Response ==
-Members of Pink Floyd have denied any connection between the album and the film. The guitarist, [[David Gilmour]], dismissed it as the product of "some guy with too much time on his hands".<ref name="response">{{cite web|title=David Gilmour interview|url=http://members.cox.net/stegokitty4/sounds/dv_dsotmwo-oz.mp3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505004534/http://members.cox.net/stegokitty4/sounds/dv_dsotmwo-oz.mp3|archive-date=May 5, 2006|access-date=November 19, 2005}}</ref> The bassist, [[Roger Waters]], said it was "bullshit" and that had "nothing to do" with anyone who worked on the album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kielty |first=Martin |date=9 October 2022 |title=Roger Waters Shares His Favorite 'Dark Side of the Rainbow' Rumor |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-of-the-rainbow-wizard-of-oz/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref> The drummer, [[Nick Mason]], said, "It's absolute nonsense. It has nothing to do with ''The Wizard of Oz''. It was all based on [[The Sound of Music (film)|''The Sound of Music'']]."<ref>{{cite web|date=May 30, 1997|title=The Pink Floyd/Wizard Of Oz Connection|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1433194/pink-floydwizard-oz-connection.jhtml|access-date=September 20, 2011|work=MTV|archive-date=September 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913155418/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1433194/pink-floydwizard-oz-connection.jhtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Dark Side of the Moon'' engineer [[Alan Parsons]] also denied any connection, saying the band had no means of playing video tapes in the studio at the time of recording.<ref name=":1" /> He said he was disappointed by the results when he tried watching the film while listening to the album, and said that "if you play any record with the sound turned down on the TV, you will find things that work".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Harris |first=John |date=March 12, 2003 |title="Dark Side" at 30: Alan Parsons: Pink Floyd |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pinkfloyd/articles/story/5937469/dark_side_at_30_alan_parsons |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114112644/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pinkfloyd/articles/story/5937469/dark_side_at_30_alan_parsons |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=November 29, 2008}}</ref>
+Members of Pink Floyd have denied any connection between the album and the film. The guitarist, [[David Gilmour]], dismissed it as the product of "some guy with too much time on his hands".<ref name="response">{{cite web|title=David Gilmour interview|url=http://members.cox.net/stegokitty4/sounds/dv_dsotmwo-oz.mp3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505004534/http://members.cox.net/stegokitty4/sounds/dv_dsotmwo-oz.mp3|archive-date=May 5, 2006|access-date=November 19, 2005}}</ref> The bassist, [[Roger Waters]], said it was "bullshit" and that it had "nothing to do" with anyone who worked on the album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kielty |first=Martin |date=9 October 2022 |title=Roger Waters Shares His Favorite 'Dark Side of the Rainbow' Rumor |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-of-the-rainbow-wizard-of-oz/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref> The drummer, [[Nick Mason]], said: "It's absolute nonsense. It has nothing to do with ''The Wizard of Oz''. It was all based on [[The Sound of Music (film)|''The Sound of Music'']]."<ref>{{cite web|date=May 30, 1997|title=The Pink Floyd/Wizard Of Oz Connection|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1433194/pink-floydwizard-oz-connection.jhtml|access-date=September 20, 2011|work=MTV|archive-date=September 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913155418/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1433194/pink-floydwizard-oz-connection.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Dark Side of the Moon'' engineer, [[Alan Parsons]], also denied any connection, saying the band had no means of playing video tapes in the studio at the time of recording.<ref name=":1" /> He said he was disappointed by the results when he tried watching the film while listening to the album, and that "if you play any record with the sound turned down on the TV, you will find things that work".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Harris |first=John |date=March 12, 2003 |title="Dark Side" at 30: Alan Parsons: Pink Floyd |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pinkfloyd/articles/story/5937469/dark_side_at_30_alan_parsons |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114112644/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pinkfloyd/articles/story/5937469/dark_side_at_30_alan_parsons |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=November 29, 2008}}</ref>
-Detractors argue that the phenomenon is the result of the mind's tendency to find patterns by discarding data that does not fit.<ref>{{cite web|date=May 5, 2000|title=Does the music in Pink Floyd's ''Dark Side of the Moon'' coincide with the action of ''The Wizard of Oz''?|url=http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdarkside.html|work=The Straight Dope|access-date=November 22, 2005|archive-date=July 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720004303/http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdarkside.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film critic [[Richard Roeper]] published his assessment of the phenomenon, which he referred to as "Dark Side of Oz". Roeper concluded that while Pink Floyd may have had the resources and technical abilities to produce an alternative film soundtrack, undergoing such an endeavour would have been impractical. Roeper also noted that ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' is approximately an hour shorter than ''The Wizard of Oz''.<ref name="Roeper1999">{{cite book|author=Richard Roeper|title=Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths that are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True!|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kPiAAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Career Press|isbn=978-1-56414-418-8|access-date=2020-12-10|archive-date=2022-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109203702/https://books.google.com/books?id=kPiAAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Detractors argue that the phenomenon is the result of [[Pattern recognition (psychology)|the mind's tendency to find patterns]] by discarding data that does not fit.<ref>{{cite web|date=May 5, 2000|title=Does the music in Pink Floyd's ''Dark Side of the Moon'' coincide with the action of ''The Wizard of Oz''?|url=http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdarkside.html|work=The Straight Dope|access-date=November 22, 2005|archive-date=July 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720004303/http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdarkside.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film critic [[Richard Roeper]] published his assessment of the phenomenon, which he referred to as "Dark Side of Oz". Roeper concluded that while Pink Floyd may have had the resources and technical abilities to produce an alternative film soundtrack, undergoing such an endeavour would have been impractical. Roeper also noted that ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' is approximately an hour shorter than ''The Wizard of Oz''.<ref name="Roeper1999">{{cite book|author=Richard Roeper|title=Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths that are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True!|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kPiAAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Career Press|isbn=978-1-56414-418-8|access-date=2020-12-10|archive-date=2022-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109203702/https://books.google.com/books?id=kPiAAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
 == Variations ==
-The fame of Dark Side of the Rainbow has prompted some to search for synchronicities among other albums by other bands and films by other directors.  The lengthy Pink Floyd song "[[Echoes (Pink Floyd song)|Echoes]]" from the 1971 album ''[[Meddle]]'' has been paired with "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite", the fourth act in the 1968 film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]].'' Both the track and the sequence are approximately 23 minutes.<ref name="Shaffner">{{cite book | last = Shaffner | first = Nicholas | title = Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey | publisher = [[Harmony Books]] | year = 1991 | page = 142 | isbn = 0-517-57608-2 }}</ref> Comedian Matt Herzau claims that the [[Pixar]] film ''[[WALL-E]]'' syncs up with Pink Floyd's rock opera ''[[The Wall]]'', which he has called "Another Brick in the WALL-E", after the album's three-part song "[[Another Brick in the Wall]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/jul/22/dark-side-moon-and-wall-e-sync-fans-claim/ |title= Another Brick in the Wall-E? Pixar Meets Pink Floyd |work= [[Daily Camera]]/[[Colorado Daily]] |date=July 22, 2009 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120730220447/http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2009/jul/22/dark-side-moon-and-wall-e-sync-fans-claim/ |archive-date=July 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://io9.com/5320543/another-brick-in-the-wall+e-pixar-meets-pink-floyd |title=Another Brick in the Wall-E? Pixar Meets Pink Floyd |first=Lauren |last=Davis |work=[[io9]] |date=July 22, 2009 |access-date=July 24, 2009 |archive-date=July 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725094753/http://io9.com/5320543/another-brick-in-the-wall+e-pixar-meets-pink-floyd |url-status=live }}</ref>
+The fame of Dark Side of the Rainbow has prompted some to search for synchronicities among other albums by other bands and films by other directors.  The lengthy Pink Floyd song "[[Echoes (Pink Floyd song)|Echoes]]" from the 1971 album ''[[Meddle]]'' has been paired with "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite", the fourth act in the 1968 film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]].'' Both the track and the sequence are approximately 23 minutes.<ref name="Shaffner">{{cite book | last = Shaffner | first = Nicholas | title = Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey | publisher = [[Harmony Books]] | year = 1991 | page = 142 | isbn = 0-517-57608-2 }}</ref>
-Furthermore, Dark Side of the Rainbow has also prompted some to search for synchronicities among other movies and titles using the same album. Recently, In 2015, upon the release of the Comedy/Action film ''[[Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2]],'' the pairing project gained attention through the podcast 'Til Death Do Us Blart,' where the hosts annually review the 2015 movie, known for its low Rotten Tomato score of 5%. In one of their episodes, they discussed the concept of syncing the film with the album at first as a joke. During the playing of both the movie and album, the hosts intriguing endeavor showcases the surprising synergy between the two distinct works during multiple points in the film. Many shots in the movie have plot elements and on-screen cues that harmonize in contrast with the songs that play during the viewing. In one instance, the song "''[[Money (Pink Floyd song)|Money]]''" was playing during a scene involving a tech showcase at an in-mall store. Another instance of synchronization occurred during a fight scene involving Paul Blart (played by Kevin James) and a peacock. The powerful correspondence between the visuals and the music reached its peak when the song "''[[Brain Damage (song)|Brain Damage]]''" played during a climactic moment where Blart faced the attacking bird. The scene boded well as a connect between the lyrics "'''''the lunatic is on the grass...'''''" as Blart rests at a grassy seating area; and another connect audially when the instrumentals and vocals hit a climax during the actual altercation with the bird. Many more instances were noted throughout the film as being remarkably consistent, including the tracks "''[[The Great Gig in the Sky|Great Gig in the Sky]]''" and "[[Eclipse (Pink Floyd song)|''Eclipse'']]". Although the concept was an in-joke to a podcast, the noteworthy conformity of such instances were compared to that of the Wizard of Floyd phenomenon.
 == See also ==
-*[[Apophenia]]
+*{{annotated link|Apophenia}}
 *[[Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences urban legend]]
-*[[Pareidolia]]
+*{{annotated link|Pareidolia}}
-*[[Synchronicity]]
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Based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Elements	"Surrender Dorothy" Ruby slippers Gingham dress of Judy Garland
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Versions, sequels, and adaptations	1942 stage musical 1987 stage musical 2011 stage musical The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True On television Was Apocalypse Oz Off to See the Wizard Journey Back to Oz The Wizard of Oz (TV series) Return to Oz Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz The Wicked Years Oz the Great and Powerful Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (episodes)
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