Dark Side of the Rainbow

**Burns** · 10-26-2007 03:47 PM

Universal Mind, my hubby and I tried this out on the Dark Side of the Moon album and a rented VHS tape of Wizard of Oz many moons ago. It was AWESOME!! You have to start the music on the third roar of the lion in the MGM thing at the beginning of the movie. From then on, the music completely matched the movie. It gave me the chills the whole way through - it was so trippy! DEFINITELY recommend trying it for those who love the album and grew up with Wizard of Oz.

I'm not sure if the timing is the same on the DVD though, I always heard to use the VHS tape when doing it. Has anyone tried it with the DVD?

**Universal Mind** · 10-26-2007 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Burns

Universal Mind, my hubby and I tried this out on the Dark Side of the Moon album and a rented VHS tape of Wizard of Oz many moons ago. It was AWESOME!! You have to start the music on the third roar of the lion in the MGM thing at the beginning of the movie. From then on, the music completely matched the movie. It gave me the chills the whole way through - it was so trippy! DEFINITELY recommend trying it for those who love the album and grew up with Wizard of Oz.

I'm not sure if the timing is the same on the DVD though, I always heard to use the VHS tape when doing it. Has anyone tried it with the DVD?

Yeah, that's how I always watched it on VHS, except one time when a friend played a DVD he somehow had mixed with the album. I've never tried playing the DVD while playing the album separately. When I taught school, I told my students about it one day, and I think I might have sounded a little too excited about it because they thought I sounded like the biggest stoner.

It is important that people start the CD and immediately push pause so they can push play when the time is right and the CD will start at exactly the right moment. Otherwise, the CD will screw around for a second or two before it actually starts playing. Timing has to be on the dot. The CD has to be started (from pause) at the exact moment the MGM lion officially finishes its third roar. Then everything is where it needs to be. And it is so cool.

**Moonbeam** · 10-26-2007 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by Burns

You have to start the music on the third roar of the lion in the MGM thing at the beginning of the movie. From then on, the music completely matched the movie. It gave me the chills the whole way through - it was so trippy! DEFINITELY recommend trying it for those who love the album and grew up with Wizard of Oz.

That 3rd lion roar seems like critical info; I was wondering about that. Ok, I'll try it out next weekend. I got the movie just to have it on DVD a while back and haven't even opened it.

Thanks for reminding me about this, UM. Actually I kind of thought about it a while back and then forgot it; must be the time of year. Is this when they usually used to play Wizard of Oz on TV?

Oh, I'll also have to look for the midget that hangs himself in the background while all the other are singing abou the yellow brick road.

**Michael** · 10-26-2007 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Oh, I'll also have to look for the midget that hangs himself in the background while all the other are singing abou the yellow brick road.

There's no way anyone can make out that it is indeed a midget hanging himself (well maybe with zooming in technology, I dunno). You have to look closely to even see it. To me it looks like a giant bird moving around for a few seconds, then you see a little thing swing from left to right. It's probably a stork or something (even though its all a fake scene and the trees etc. look fake... maybe a fake stork/crane? lol), but I have no idea what the little thing that swings next to it is... I see where they could think it is a midget though. Maybe it is... nah.

Yes, you have to start the album on the third lion roar. I've done this on VHS and I dunno... It's convincing at some points, but at others it doesn't seem like it was intentional. Actually, for the most part, it seems like it was unintentional.

I admit it is very trippy though, if you're not sober.