Monday, April 27, 2009

Requiem of Judy Garland DSOTM Syncs 2

Judy Garland was a huge supporter of the gay community. After the funeral, which many homosexuals attended, it was said that all the homosexuals met at The Stonewall Inn ,which at the time was an illegal after hours gay bar. The same night the police decided to raid the Stonewall Inn. On any other night the patrons of the bar would run when raided, but this night they decided to fight back. The riot lasted for several day. The Stonewall Inn riots are said to have started the gay rights movement . Could Judy Garlands death be what triggered gay pride around the world. The rainbow, the symbol of gay pride, is said to have gone back to Judy Garland and the Oz. The Song “Us and Them” is supposed to represent this. As the song begins we see a munchkin holding a death certificate (Judy Garlands?) and organ music playing in the background. “Us, and them, And after all we're only ordinary men” This is what is being sung as we see three ballerinas, ultimately refereeing to the homosexual community. “Me, and you, God only knows it's not what we would choose to do.” This could be saying that their orientation is not their choice. And just before the wicked witch tells Dorothy Ill get your pretty we hear: “Listen son, said the man with the gun, There's room for you inside.” This could be the words of an officer telling a homosexual there is room for you inside the paddy wagon. During the song the munchkins still appear to be moving to the music. There is a scene where we see both the good and the bad witch and in the song we hear “which is which” (witch is witch ) The song proceeds to say “Down Down Down” as we see the house has fallen down upon one of the bad witches. As the good witch floats up and dissapears the song is saying
“Out, Out, Out.” The scene changes at the end of the song.

As the movie is now in color the next song is called “Any Colour You Like as long as it's black.” Dorothy walks along the yellow brick road at the start of the song as we hear Any path you want to take.

During the song “Brain Damage” is the scene where the Scarecrow sings If I only Had a Brain. “The lunatic is on the grass. - ( scarecrow jumps down onto the grass )
The lunatic is on the grass.
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs.
Got to keep the loonies on the path.”
The dictionary defines daisy chain as a garland!
“You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane.” This sounds like its talking about Judy Garlands many suicide attempts while in psychiatric stay. She even attempted suicide by slitting her own throat once!
“And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.” This could be a reference to Judy Garlands live performances in the last years of her life where she slurred words and forgot lyrics ([playing different tunes)

At the end of the sing Eclipse we see Dorothy trying to listen for a heartbeat in the Tin Man which we indeed hear a heart beating at the end of the song.

Another interesting fact is that the album cover for the Dark Side of the Moon has a prism with a Rainbow over it. The Wizard of Oz was the first film to use technicolor technology which involved the use of a prism inside the video camera. Even though Pink Floyd has denied making any link of The Darkside oF the Moon with The Wizard of Oz they encourage their fans to see the sync and judge for themselves.

2 comments:

  1. very interesting facts. So much homophobia icons out there in the media.

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  2. There are many people out there who are unable to accept homosexuality. Personally I feel that it's people choice what they want to be and we the people have no right to judge others. If god has no problem then why should we? Great job on providing facts on this topic. Overall excellent job!

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