Fun Friday

According to Wikipedia:

Dark Side of the Rainbow (also known as Dark Side of Oz or The Wizard of Floyd) is a name used to refer to the act of listening to the 1973 Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon while watching the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz for moments where the film and the album appear to correspond with each other. The title of the music video-like experience comes from a combination of the album title and the film's song "Over the Rainbow". It is also a reference to the rainbow from a prism design on the cover of the Pink Floyd album.

Watching Dark Side of the Rainbow is an annual event for me and my hubby, typically reserved for winter months, but always welcomed as a way to unwind. In order to watch Dark Side of the Rainbow you will need the following:

Audio: Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
1973, Capital RecordsVideo: The Wizard of Oz
1939, MGM Studios,
based on the book by Frank L. Baum











STARTING POINT
There are a variety of different ways to start the synchronicity between Dark Side of the Moon and Wizard of Oz. Conventional wisdom - and first hand knowledge - seems to hold that the famed Third Roar Theory is the best of the bunch.

Third Roar Theory
This is the best known variation of the Dark Side of the Rainbow synchronicity is the Third Roar Theory. It's certainly the first variation I myself discovered. It works very well and is relatively easy to set up. First put in CD, tape, or record of Dark Side of the Moon that you're going to use; generally this is easiest with CD, but it can be done with other medias.

Pause Dark Side of the Moon on track one.

Put in The Wizard Of Oz and wait for the MGM lion logo to appear.
The MGM Lion
When the MGM lion roars for THE THIRD TIME, unpause Dark Side of the Moon.





You'll know you've got it right when the credit for Mervyn LeRoy fades in along with a wonderful sudden transition in Dark Side of the Moon. The album should end with Dorothy putting her ear to the Tin Man's chest, to the tune of the ending heartbeat on the album.

SO, WHAT COMES NEXT??
As you may have noticed, Dark Side of the Moon is not as long as The Wizard Of Oz. This has given rise to a number of theories to what should be played after the album is finished.

This is where the fun and experimentation is really just wide open; feel free to experiment with this part. However, one of the big favorites of the Dark Side of the Rainbow fans seems to be The Repeat Theory, which holds that the best thing to do when Dark Side of the Moon ends is simply to REPEAT THE ALBUM. The advantage to this is, if you own a CD player with repeat, you don't have to get up during the film.. The album will repeat approximately one and a half times after the first run.

There are dozens of different versions of Dark Side of the Rainbow, just Google Dark Side and see. This is always a fun movie to play at parties where there can be audience participation.