(urth) Collusion

maru marudubshinki at gmail.com
Wed Jan 26 13:33:06 PST 2005


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So Dark side o' the moon synches with 2001 *and* The Wizard of Oz?

~Maru
Those bands! So talented!

Nathan Spears wrote:

>Interesting.  I'd heard that you can play Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon with
>2001: A Space Odyssey (the film) simultaneously, and that the band timed the music
>that way.  Let me reiterate that I am not making that claim here about Radiohead and
>those parallels to BotNS.
>
>I also wanted to say that I should have dictionaried 'collusion' before I used it as
>my subject.  I didn't intend it in the sense of 'connivance' but merely in the sense
>of 'hidden colloboration', which it might not even have.
>
>Nate
>
>--- Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hunh.
>>
>>It would not be the first time rock bands have based their work on 
>>SF classics. Aside from the umpty-million tributes. Genesis' song 
>>"Watcher of the Skies," for example, is supposedly a tribute to 
>>_Childhood's End_ (by way of Keats). Bowie's album "Diamond
>>Dogs" is a take on _Nineteen Eighty-Four_, as is _Listen Now_,
>>by 801 (a side project of Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera). Rush's
>>album _2112_ is loosely based on Ayn Rand's _Anthem_. Etc.
>>
>>--Dan'l
>>
>>-- 
>>"We're going to sit on Scorsese's head"
>>     -- The Goodfeathers
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