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Judy Garland was a huge supporter of the gay community. After Garland’s 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. That 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 days. The Stonewall Inn riots are said to have started the gay rights movement. In all her efforts while alive could it be Judy Garland’s death that triggered gay pride around the world. The rainbow, the symbol of gay pride, is said to have gone back to Judy Garland and her part in “The Wizard of Oz”. So it is no wonder that the Song “Us and Them” is supposed to represent this. As the song begins we see a munchkin holding a death certificate, which could represent Judy’s own death, 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 male ballerinas dressed in pink. “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 we would hear the wicked witch tell Dorothy “Ill get you 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 on the bad witch. The good witch floats up and disappears as we hear“Out, Out, Out.” The scene changes as the song ends.As the movie is now in color the next song is called “Any Colour You Like.” Dorothy walks along the yellow brick road in this song.This leads us into the song “Brain Damage.” Here is the scene where the Scarecrow sings “If I only Had a Brain”. “The lunatic is on the grass” is sung as Dorothy walks onto the grass and the scarecrow jumps down onto it. This line refers to the mental condition of Judy Garland.The next set of lines that follow are: “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 line sounds like it’s talking about Judy Garlands many suicide attempts. Judy even attempted suicide by slitting her own throat once! The last lines of this song say: “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. As Dorothy and the Scarecrow make their way down the path they come across the Tin man and the next song “Eclipse.” Dorothy grabs the Tin Mans arm as we ear “All that you touch.” Dorothy and Tin man notice an oil can as we hear “All that you see” While listening to Pink Floyd repeat each phrase with “all” as a prefix it sounds like oil. The same thing the Tin man needs to be able to move again. The song ends with Dorothy trying to listen for a heartbeat in the Tin man’s chest. The song “Eclipse” is the last song on the album and has a heart beating on it. Listening to the “The Dark Side of the Moon” on repeat we would hear a heart beating again as the Tin Man sung “If I only had a brain.” There is much sync through the second and third play through, however; only one playback is necessary to see the requiem for Judy Garland.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 between “The Dark Side of the Moon” and “The Wizard of Oz” they encourage their fans to see the sync and judge for themselves. The “Dark Side of the Moon” album was also released two years after Judy Garland’s death.

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The Dark Side of the Moon synchronization with The Wizard of Oz begins with screaming as we see the Director and Producers names. The screaming possibly reffering to the abuse of Judy Garland at the hands of these two men. The first track is “Speak to Me.” In here we hear “I've been over the edge for yonks… I've always been mad, I know I've been mad.” A possible reference to Judy Garlands mental state? Other than that the track is virtually unspoken. It leads into the next track called “Breathe.” When looking at these tracks next to each other you see Speak to Me, Breathe! Almost as if that’s what you would say to someone you found overdosing. In “Breathe” we hear “look around and choose your own ground.” This could be a reference to the fact that it took over a year before Judy Garland had a proper burial. Garlands body was kept in a temporary crypt until the story broke. Arrangements were made quickly after so the family could avoid anymore shame and embarrassment. When he track ends we come into “On The Run.” The whole song in unspoken, however we can still draw that “On The Run” plays while Dorothy is singing the famous song, from the Wizard Of Oz, “Over The Rainbow.” Both of these songs have the same abbreviation: “OTR.” “On The Run” ends with the camera pointing to a cloudy sky while we hear thunder foreshadowing a storm. The soon to be “wicked witch” enters to the sound of bells in “Time.” Moments later, inside the house, Dorothy exchanges looks with her mother and the witch on cue with the guitar picks for the most part. After this confrontation Dorothy runs away and into a sign that seems to refer to time: “Past, Present and Future.” When Dorothy begins to have her fortune told to her she has a look of concern on her face. Dorothy begins to listen hard when we hear the lyrics ““Home, home again, I like to be here when I can”.”
Now as “The Great Gig in the Sky” begins, the tornado is approaching the home that Dorothy is running back to. The camera angles start changing to the cue of the music as the singer stresses to the panic of Dorothy. As Dorothy is hit in the head, drops on her bed, and goes unconscious the singing, by Clare Torry, drops its stress and becomes dream like. The singing fades in and out, screeching high when images of the witch appear and low again when she fades out. Could this “Great Gig in the Sky” refer to the house or tornado, or maybe even the combination of both in the sky? The house finally lands and there is now silence. Dorothy walks to the front door and as she opens it we hear cash registers and chimes as well as see color for the first time! The first three lines of the song are: “Money, get away – Get a good job with a good pay and you're okay – Money, it’s a gag.” Seeing as the first three lines of this song spell out MGM, perhaps this is a shot at MGM. MGM , who began giving Garland drugs at the age of 16, never paid Garland a cent after the movie was released. While MGM continues to make money off of The Wizard of Oz, Garland never received one cent royalty after her pay for making the movie. Judy was penniless for the rest of her life. The IRS seized most of Judy’s property and possessions due to back taxes she could not pay. Other than the blame of MGM in the song there are numerous syncs. There are rumors that the munchkins, who marched out of step but could dance on beat to the guitar solo, were drunk. So at the end of the song “Money” we hear someone say: ““I don't know, I was really drunk at the time.”

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Have you ever experienced a religious miracle? Or maybe you’ve been at the foot of a paranormal event. If this is the case some psychologist may diagnose you with apophenia. Apophenia is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data. This term, coined by Klaus Conrad in 1958, has come to describe this distortion of reality in healthy individuals without implying any mental illness. While Conrad would tell you these patterns do not exist, psychologist Carl Jung would offer his argument of Synchronicity. Jung described Synchronicity as a “meaningful coincidence.” Synchronicity is an underlying pattern which includes, but is larger than, the system that displays it. English psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd has been accused of purposefully synchronizing their albums with movies. The most famous of these Pink Floyd synchronizations, is a mix of their album “The Dark Side of the Moon” and famous MGM movie “The Wizard of Oz” and is called “The Dark Side of the Rainbow.” After watching the movie there can be three possible responses. The first response being that there are no connections at all and those who see patterns must suffer from apophenia. The second response would be from someone who sees an underlying pattern in which the movie and album connect through synchronicity. The third way you can view this film is as a purposeful synchronization, by Pink Floyd, of film and movie to create a requiem for Judy Garland.

Judy Garland, who lived only forty seven years, worked for forty five years. Judy Garland’s works include thirty two feature films, half a dozen short subjects, star of thirty of her own television shows (gust appearance on at least thirty more), over 100 recorded singles, over a dozen record albums, and between 1951 and 1969 fulfillment of over eleven hundred theatre, nightclub and concert performances. Even with all this success Judy could not find happiness in her life. Judy Garland had faced clinical depression and substance abuse throughout her life. Judy had many nervous breakdown and even suicide attempts. In 1950 Judy cut her own throat with a piece of glass, many argue whether this was a suicide attempt or a cry for help. On the set of Judy Garlands most famous film, The Wizard of Oz, producer Melvin Leroy and director Victor Flemming were said to have abused Judy Garland. While filming the scene with the Cowardly Lion, it has been said that Judy Garland giggled and for that, director Victor Flemming took her aside, lectured her and proceeded to slap her in the face. The slap in the face was said to “cure” her of her laughing. During filming of The Wizard of Oz MGM was concerned about Garlands weight. Producer and Director of the project gave pills to Garland to keep her weight down and boost her energy to finish filming on time. It is no wonder how Judy Garland became addicted to drugs, which ultimately lead to her demise at the age of 47 from an accidental overdose on barbiturates.

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My draft is still extremely rough, I believe I was asked in a comment if it was a brainstorm and thats how I mostly see it. My ideas were scattered around and hard to understand unless you were me. I needed to gather all the information I could speak of before I started arranging, deleting, and adding flare into it. I want to write the article in a form that even if you haven't seen The Dark Side of the Rainbow you could understand what I'm speaking about. I'd like to even influence readers who have never seen it to try out the sync. When I first started this project I wasn't sure where It would take me. Never thought I would stumble onto evidence that makes it seem as though The Dark Side of The Rainbow is a requiem for Judy Garland. I've decided to revolve around the requiem as a main theme and only incorporate the ideas of synchronicity and apophenia as possibilities. There are a ton of other movies by Pink Floyd that also supposedly synchronize but Wizard of Oz seems to be the best. I plan to make the target of this piece to be film and music fans. Someone made a comment of homophobia icons in the media? But I don't think it has anything to do with homophobia. I believe that Pink Floyd might have even been giving praise to J. Garland for what she did. To speak of Judy Garland and not mention that which was also a big part of her life would be a half assed project. OR perhaps that would have been homophobia to leave it out.