The Dark Side of Oz

It's the 45th anniversary of the release of the Pink Floyd album, "The Dark Side of the Moon," which went on to top the Billboard chart for a record 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. And it's been 20 years since the phenomenon of synching the album to the movie "The Wizard of Oz" was widely reported in the media. The Lyric played the 35mm movie along with the CD album in January 1999. Now Lyric Theatre Late Night presents the classic album and classic movie together again.

We'll have a program of synchronicities to watch for during the entire movie as the album plays 2.5 times. Examples include Dorothy balancing on a fence as the line "balanced on the biggest wave" in "Breathe," is sung, "which is which and who is who" from "Us and Them" as the witches bicker in Munchkinland, "lunatic is on the grass" from "Brain Damage" as the Scarecrow dances on the grass next to the Yellow Brick Road, and the heartbeat at the end of "Eclipse" sound as Dorothy listens to the Tinman's chest.

Some of the best syncs occur as it appear Dorothy watches planes fly overhead during "Over the Rainbow" as the sound of planes occurs during "On The Run," and Clare Torry wails during "Great Gig in the Sky" as the tornado streaks across the Kansas sky.

Sit back and enjoy these two classics, "You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today."