query: where was dark side of the moon recorded

pos: The Dark Side of the Moon months before recording began. New material was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at Abbey Road Studios in London. The group used advanced recording techniques at the time, including multitrack recording and tape loops; analogue synthesizers are prominent, and snippets from interviews with Pink Floyd's road crew and others provide philosophical quotations. Engineer Alan Parsons was responsible for many sonic aspects and the recruitment of singer Clare Torry, who appears on "The Great Gig in the Sky". The iconic sleeve was designed by Storm Thorgerson; following keyboardist Richard Wright's request for a "simple and bold" design, it depicts

neg: Return to the Dark Side of the Moon Return to the Dark Side of the Moon "Not to be confused with the covermount album of the same name with Mojo magazine in 2011" Return to the Dark Side of the Moon is a tribute album organised by Billy Sherwood, and released in 2006 on Purple Pyramid. It is a re-creation of Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon", and a sequel to Sherwood's "Back Against the Wall", itself a re-creation of Pink Floyd's "The Wall". "Return to the Dark Side of the Moon", in addition includes an original piece composed by Sherwood (and recorded with Tony Kaye

neg: Zabriskie Point (film) into a new song known as "Us and Them", which was released on their album "The Dark Side of the Moon" in 1973. "The Violent Sequence" remained unreleased until it was included on a 2011 boxed set of "Dark Side of the Moon", where it was named "Us and them (Richard Wright Demo)". Other discarded pieces recorded for the film, by Pink Floyd, were released on a bonus disc with the 1997 CD re-release of the soundtrack album, along with pieces by Jerry Garcia. John Fahey was flown to Rome to record some music for the film, but that was

neg: Dark Side of the Moon (film) had been sold to NASA, and the tenth one is at the German Movie Museum in Frankfurt. There is no evidence that NASA ever lent one of their own lenses to Kubrick. Dark Side of the Moon (film) Dark Side of the Moon is a French mockumentary by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The basic premise for the film is the theory that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and recorded in a studio by the CIA with help from director Stanley Kubrick. It features

neg: Dark Side of the Moon (film) Dark Side of the Moon (film) Dark Side of the Moon is a French mockumentary by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The basic premise for the film is the theory that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and recorded in a studio by the CIA with help from director Stanley Kubrick. It features some surprising guest appearances, most notably by Donald Rumsfeld, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, Vernon Walters, Buzz Aldrin and Stanley Kubrick's widow, Christiane Kubrick. The first part tells in an apparently neutral

neg: Zabriskie Point (album) "Fingal's Cave" and another called "Oenone" were recorded but did not appear on the finished album. Pink Floyd also recorded other unreleased material during the same sessions. Most notable is a lengthy composition which at that time was known as "The Violent Sequence" (later released on Dark Side of the Moon Immersion Box Set). This was later reworked, as "Us and Them" from "The Dark Side of the Moon". Zabriskie Point (album) Zabriskie Point is a soundtrack album to the Michelangelo Antonioni film of the same name. It was originally released in March 1970 and comprises songs from various artists.

neg: Dark Side of the Moon Tour Dark Side of the Moon Tour The Dark Side of the Moon Tour was a concert tour by British rock band Pink Floyd in 1972 and 1973 in support of their album "The Dark Side of the Moon". There were two separate legs promoting "Dark Side of the Moon", one in 1972 before the album's release and another in 1973 after its release. Playing 93 shows in 1972, the most until 1994, Pink Floyd debuted the live performance before its release not of a song but a whole album. The original title was "Eclipse", then "Dark Side of the Moon

neg: Lunar phase is convex with respect to the half-circle, then the shape will be gibbous (bulging outwards), whereas if the half-ellipse is concave with respect to the half-circle, then the shape will be a crescent. When a crescent moon occurs, the phenomenon of earthshine may be apparent, where the night side of the Moon dimly reflects indirect sunlight reflected from Earth. In the Northern Hemisphere, if the left (east) side of the Moon is dark, then the bright part is thickening, and the Moon is described as waxing (shifting toward full moon). If the right (west) side of the Moon is dark,

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon sexual antics while on tour, Pink Floyd looked inward, toward "overcoming your own hang-ups" and seemed so sedate and boring that, Hyden commented, the scene in "Live at Pompeii" where they take a lunch break at the studio might well have been the most interesting part of recording "The Dark Side of the Moon". "The Dark Side of the Moon" has frequently appeared on rankings of the greatest albums of all-time. In 1987, "Rolling Stone" listed the record 35th on its "Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years", and sixteen years later, in 2003 the album polled in 43rd

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Pink Floyd live performances Clouds", "When You're In" and "Echoes". An early 1973 set list (until mid-March) included: First Set: Second Set:
 "The Dark Side of the Moon" entire album
 Encore: For remainder of 1973 (except 4 November), the set list included: First Set: Second Set:
 "The Dark Side of the Moon" entire album
 Encore: In 1973, the band moved "Dark Side of the Moon" to the second set (where it would reside through 1975), and played the album version of the piece, notably the revamped versions of "On the Run" and "The Great Gig in the Sky." 1973 saw Pink Floyd go

neg: October Project recorded "From the Dark Side of the Moon" for V2 Records. The album, produced by Mark Doyle and David Werner, is an interpretation of Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon". Following the restructuring of V2, the album was put in storage for several years. It was released independently by Fahl in late 2011. In late 2013, Fahl released her latest full-length album, "Love and Gravity". In late 2014 came the 2CD "Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House", and in 2016 "Four Songs", a collection of Italian Arias, available only through her website. The band's self-titled major-label debut

neg: Dark Moon (song) Dark Moon (song) "Dark Moon" is a song written by Ned Miller, which was popularized in several different musical formats after its composition. The most popular versions of the song were recorded by Bonnie Guitar and Gale Storm. The original version of "Dark Moon" was recorded by American country music artist, Bonnie Guitar, in 1957. Guitar's producer, Fabor Robison, originally intended for rock and roll singer, Dorsey Burnette, to record the song, but was dissatisfied with the finished product. Instead, Guitar offered to record "Dark Moon", giving up her royalties to record the song, stating, "I told him I’d give

neg: From the Dark Side of the Moon From the Dark Side of the Moon From the Dark Side of the Moon is a 2011 album released by singer/songwriter Mary Fahl. The album is a song-by-song "re-imagining" of Pink Floyd's classic 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon". As of September 2006 Fahl completed the recording of "Mary Fahl: From the Dark Side of the Moon," produced by Mark Doyle and David Werner and mixed by Bob Clearmountain. Doyle also provided nearly all of the instrumentation. The album remained unreleased for several years, and Fahl released it independently on May 10, 2011. Publication "Nippertown" referred to the

neg: Pink Floyd live backing musicians Bell" and "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" plus "Astronomy Domine" and "One of These Days". The second half made up of various Pink Floyd material from "The Dark Side of the Moon", "Wish You Were Here", "The Wall" and "The Division Bell". On shows where all of "Dark Side" was played in the second set, the first half of the setlist consisted of material from "The Division Bell", "A Momentary Lapse", "The Wall", "Wish You Were Here" and "Meddle" with the second half being "The Dark Side of the Moon" with encores of "Wish You Were Here", "Comfortably Numb", and

neg: From the Dark Side of the Moon album as "mindblowing," while "The Morton Report" called it "brilliant" and "a worthy re-interpretation not to be missed." From the Dark Side of the Moon From the Dark Side of the Moon is a 2011 album released by singer/songwriter Mary Fahl. The album is a song-by-song "re-imagining" of Pink Floyd's classic 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon". As of September 2006 Fahl completed the recording of "Mary Fahl: From the Dark Side of the Moon," produced by Mark Doyle and David Werner and mixed by Bob Clearmountain. Doyle also provided nearly all of the instrumentation. The album remained

neg: The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon Bros. released 5000 copies of "The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon" on 12" seafoam green vinyl as part of Record Store Day. Upon release the record was released on both seafoam green and clear vinyl with a CD copy of the album included. The recording's existence was revealed by The Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne before a special promotional concert at the Ricardo Montalbán Theater in Hollywood. The album was recorded with the band Stardeath and White Dwarfs, and features singer Henry Rollins recreating the original

neg: Far side of the Moon Far side of the Moon The far side of the Moon (archaic dark side of the Moon -- with "dark" meaning "hidden" rather than unilluminated) is the hemisphere of the Moon that always faces away from Earth. The far side's terrain is rugged with a multitude of impact craters and relatively few flat lunar maria. It has one of the largest craters in the Solar System, the South Pole–Aitken basin. Both sides of the Moon experience two weeks of sunlight followed by two weeks of night; the far side is sometimes called the "dark side of the Moon," meaning unseen

neg: Live at the Empire Pool can be found in the "Experience" 2-CD and "Immersion" box set editions of "The Dark Side of the Moon": The following track can be found in "" of "The Early Years 1965–1972" box set: Pink Floyd with Live at the Empire Pool Live at the Empire Pool is a live album by the progressive rock band, Pink Floyd, recorded by BBC Radio 1. The album has not been released as a standalone album but has been released in parts as part of other Pink Floyd releases; namely the "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here" immersion box

neg: Pink Floyd discography the group in 1985. The band recorded several albums, achieving worldwide success with "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973), "Wish You Were Here" (1975), "Animals" (1977), and "The Wall" (1979); all except "Animals" reached number one in the US. "The Dark Side of the Moon" is one of the best-selling albums in the world and "The Wall" is the highest-certified multiple-disc album by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 1986, Waters declared Pink Floyd "a spent force" and sued to dissolve their partnership and retire the name Pink Floyd, but the remaining members, led by Gilmour, continued recording

neg: Dark Side of the Rainbow film in the studio at the time they recorded the album. "Dark Side of the Moon" audio engineer Alan Parsons in 2003 dismissed the supposed effect: Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason told MTV in 1997, "It's absolute nonsense. It has nothing to do with "The Wizard of Oz". It was all based on "The Sound of Music"." Film critic Richard Roeper published his assessment of the phenomenon, which he referred to as "Dark Side of Oz." Roeper concluded that while the band may have had the resources and technical know-how to produce an alternative film soundtrack, undergoing such an endeavor

neg: Dark Side of the Moon Tour for Gilli Smyth of Gong and Lady June on 1 June, Wyatt fell from a fourth story bathroom window, breaking his back and leaving him paraplegic. The concerts raised a reported £10,000 for Wyatt. On 22 June 1973, in Buffalo, New York, USA, during the performance, a spectator fell off the upper level deck seating killing the person that they landed on. Set One: "The Dark Side of the Moon" Set Two: Set One: Set Two: Encore: Additional musicians Works cited Dark Side of the Moon Tour The Dark Side of the Moon Tour was a concert tour by British

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon (TV series) The Dark Side of the Moon (TV series) Dark Side of the Moon (Обратная сторона Луны, or "Obratnaya storona Luny") is a Russian detective television series, based on the BBC series "Life on Mars". The show is produced by Sreda for broadcast on Channel One Russia. "Dark Side of the Moon" was renewed for a second season. In 2011, Mikhail Soloviev Jr. is a Moscow police captain. He is hit by a car while trying to arrest a violent maniac, and wakes up in the body of his father, Moscow militia lieutenant Mikhail Soloviev Sr., in 1979. Mikhail is not

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon (1990 film) The Dark Side of the Moon (1990 film) The Dark Side of the Moon is a 1990 direct-to-video science fiction horror film. It was directed by D. J. Webster from the screenplay by brothers Chad and Carey Hayes. In the near future, a maintenance vehicle is orbiting the Earth on a mission to repair nuclear-armed satellites. Suddenly, the crew experiences a mysterious, inexplicable power failure that cannot be accounted for. As the ship grows colder, they find themselves drifting toward the dark side of the Moon. An old NASA shuttle, the "Discovery", drifts toward them, although NASA has not been

neg: Dark Moon (song) success, British pop artist, Tony Brent covered the song. An official single version was released in 1957 and reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1957. Dark Moon (song) "Dark Moon" is a song written by Ned Miller, which was popularized in several different musical formats after its composition. The most popular versions of the song were recorded by Bonnie Guitar and Gale Storm. The original version of "Dark Moon" was recorded by American country music artist, Bonnie Guitar, in 1957. Guitar's producer, Fabor Robison, originally intended for rock and roll singer, Dorsey Burnette, to record the song,

neg: The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon is a collaborative studio album by the psychedelic rock group The Flaming Lips. The album is a complete track-for-track reimagining of Pink Floyd's seminal 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon". The album was released through the iTunes Store on December 22, 2009, and was released on other digital music retailers a week later. On April 17, 2010, Warner

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon "Rhythm" voted it the seventh most influential progressive drumming album. One of the more notable covers of "The Dark Side of the Moon" is "Return to the Dark Side of the Moon: A Tribute to Pink Floyd". Released in 2006, the album is a progressive rock tribute featuring artists such as Adrian Belew, Tommy Shaw, Dweezil Zappa, and Rick Wakeman. In 2000, The Squirrels released "The Not So Bright Side of the Moon", which features a cover of the entire album. The New York dub collective Easy Star All-Stars released "Dub Side of the Moon" in 2003 and "Dubber Side

neg: Return to the Dark Side of the Moon and Robby Krieger) in the style of the original album. The album features guests mostly from the world of progressive rock, including former Yes members Peter Banks, Geoff Downes, Rick Wakeman, Kaye and Sherwood himself. Return to the Dark Side of the Moon "Not to be confused with the covermount album of the same name with Mojo magazine in 2011" Return to the Dark Side of the Moon is a tribute album organised by Billy Sherwood, and released in 2006 on Purple Pyramid. It is a re-creation of Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon", and a sequel to

neg: Far side of the Moon total, 59 percent of the Moon's surface is visible from Earth at one time or another. Useful observation of the parts of the far side of the Moon occasionally visible from Earth is difficult because of the low viewing angle from Earth (they cannot be observed "full on"). The phrase "dark side of the Moon" does not refer to "dark" as in the absence of light, but rather "dark" as in unknown: until humans were able to send spacecraft around the Moon, this area had never been seen. While many misconstrue this to think that the "dark side" receives little

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon The Dark Side of the Moon The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Harvest Records. It built on ideas explored in Pink Floyd's earlier recordings and performances, but without the extended instrumentals that characterised their earlier work. A concept album, its themes explore conflict, greed, time, and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by the deteriorating health of founding member Syd Barrett, who left in 1968. Developed during live performances, Pink Floyd premiered an early version of "The Dark Side of the Moon" several

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon of the Moon" in 2010. The group Voices on the Dark Side released the album "Dark Side of the Moon a Cappella", a complete a cappella version of the album. The bluegrass band Poor Man's Whiskey frequently play the album in bluegrass style, calling the suite "Dark Side of the Moonshine". A string quartet version of the album was released in 2004. In 2009, The Flaming Lips released a track-by-track remake of the album in collaboration with Stardeath and White Dwarfs, and featuring Henry Rollins and Peaches as guest musicians. Several notable acts have covered the album live in its

neg: Moonbase Alpha (Space: 1999) side of the Moon on 9 September. It was also referred to as "the far side" by the character Ouma during the episode. The far side of the Moon, while always away from Earth, will still be illuminated by the sun, thus there is no area of the Moon that is permanently dark. This error was noted by Isaac Asimov, who wrote two articles on the scientific inaccuracies of the show. Unfortunately there was a new moon on 9 September 1999 so the far side was illuminated and the near side was the "dark side" on that date. (This can

neg: Sorrowful Angels by Metal Hammer GR, to record a cover of Pink Floyd's "Time" from The Dark Side Of The Moon. The track was part of "Landing on the Dark Side of the Moon" album, essentially a tribute to The Dark Side of the Moon. On 15 November, Sorrowful Angels opened for Diary of Dreams in Athens. This was the last live performance of drummer Chris Stratigos with the band. A few weeks later, the band used footage from that show combined with new audio recordings and released an official videoclip called "Suicidal Manners (Revisited)". This was the first single under their

neg: Moon always keeping nearly the same face turned towards Earth. However, because of the effect of libration, about 59% of the Moon's surface can actually be seen from Earth. The side of the Moon that faces Earth is called the near side, and the opposite the far side. The far side is often inaccurately called the "dark side", but it is in fact illuminated as often as the near side: once every 29.5 Earth days. During new moon, the near side is dark. The Moon had once rotated at a faster rate, but early in its history, its rotation slowed and

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon Live Granada, Spain, 9 May. On 26 February, what are supposed to be the last dates of the tour as confirmed by Roger Waters' manager, was announced, two concerts in England, 15 May in Liverpool and 18 May in London. Finally, on 5 March a second London show was announced. The final show of the tour took place on 6 June at the Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia during White Nights. The Dark Side of the Moon Live The Dark Side of the Moon Live was a worldwide concert tour by Roger Waters. Waters and his band performed the titular

neg: Bhaskar Menon had blocked the release of singles. Menon pushed for the songs, "Us and Them" and "Time" to be edited and released as singles for American radio. To date, "The Dark Side of the Moon" has spent 741 weeks on the USA-based "Billboard" 200 album chart, the longest duration of any album in history. It is also the fourth highest selling album globally of all time, selling more than forty million units. Menon was featured in the documentary , "The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon." Menon’s contributions to the "Dark Side of the Moon" album’s success were recognized

neg: Moonbase Alpha (Space: 1999) arms specialists. Defense teams are deployed during red alerts to strategic areas throughout the complex and usually consist of two to four guards. Tony Verdeschi is head of Security, although he does not appear until Year Two of the series. The far side of the Moon is often improperly called the "dark side of the Moon". The first scene of the show had a caption stating the location of the nuclear waste disposal storage being on the "dark side of the Moon," although the caption also stated it was 9 September 1999, so the caption meant it was the dark

neg: Dark moon popular usage, so that calendars will typically indicate the date of the "new moon" rather than the "dark moon". However, the term "new moon" originally referred to the crescent phase on the first night it is visible, one or two days after conjunction. Maritime records from the 19th century distinguish the dark moon (the time when only earthlight illuminates the near side of the Moon) from the new moon and waning moon. The "Oxford English Dictionary" defines the new moon as "the first visible crescent of the Moon, after conjunction with the Sun". "Dark moon" is a term used for

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon (1990 film) May 30, 1990. German black metal band Nargaroth uses samples of spoken word (albeit dubbed in German) of the film in their homonymous track of the 2004 album "Prosatanica Shooting Angels". Swedish death metal band Crypt of Kerberos utilizes samples from the film in their 1991 track "Devastator." The film is a reference to the 1973 Pink Floyd album of the same name. The Dark Side of the Moon (1990 film) The Dark Side of the Moon is a 1990 direct-to-video science fiction horror film. It was directed by D. J. Webster from the screenplay by brothers Chad and Carey

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon Live The Dark Side of the Moon Live The Dark Side of the Moon Live was a worldwide concert tour by Roger Waters. Waters and his band performed the titular album in its entirety at each show, beginning at the Rock in Rio festival on 2 June 2006. The tour featured elaborate stage design by Mark Fisher (the architect of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" shows), including giant puppets, large video screen displays and a 360° quadraphonic sound system. The performances were divided into two sets: the first being a collection of Pink Floyd material along with songs from Roger's solo career,

neg: Roger Waters until his departure in 1985. He wrote most of the lyrics to the five Pink Floyd albums preceding his departure, starting with "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973) and ending with "The Final Cut" (1983), while exerting progressively more creative control over the band and its music. Every Waters studio album since "The Dark Side of the Moon" has been a concept album. With lyrics written entirely by Waters, "The Dark Side of the Moon" was one of the most commercially successful rock albums ever. It spent 736 straight weeks on the "Billboard" 200 chart—until July 1988—and sold over

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon during "Time", and Dorothy balancing on a tightrope fence during the line "balanced on the biggest wave" in "Breathe". David Gilmour and Nick Mason have both denied a connection between the two works, and Roger Waters has described the rumours as "amusing". Alan Parsons has stated that the film was not mentioned during production of the album. Pink Floyd Additional musicians Production Design Informational notes Citations Bibliography The Dark Side of the Moon The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Harvest Records. It built

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon make continual improvements to the scale and quality of their performances. Work on the album was interrupted in late February when the band travelled to France and recorded music for French director Barbet Schroeder's film "La Vallée". They then performed in Japan and returned to France in March to complete work on the film. After a series of dates in North America, the band flew to London to begin recording, from 24 May to 25 June. More concerts in Europe and North America followed before the band returned on 9 January 1973 to complete the album. "The Dark Side of

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon Bunch on "Music for the People". In 2018 American rock band Of Mine & Men covered the song "Money" for their fifth studio album Defy. Dark Side of the Rainbow and Dark Side of Oz are two names commonly used in reference to rumours (circulated on the Internet since at least 1994) that "The Dark Side of the Moon" was written as a soundtrack for the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz". Observers playing the film and the album simultaneously have reported apparent synchronicities, such as Dorothy beginning to jog at the lyric "no one told you when to run"

neg: Dark Side (video game) then followed by "3D Construction Kit II". The ZX Spectrum version of "Dark Side" was awarded 9/10 by Sinclair User. Dark Side (video game) Dark Side is a 1988 computer game for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, PC, ZX Spectrum, and Sharp MZ-800 computers. The game is a sequel to "Driller", set in the Evath system but this time on Evath's second moon Tricuspid. It can also be considered an early example of a first-person shooter. The game is set on the alien moon Tricuspid orbiting the planet Evath. Terrorists (the Ketars, the villains of the first

neg: Far side of the Moon to no sunlight, in reality, both the near and far sides receive (on average) almost equal amounts of light directly from the Sun. However, the near side also receives sunlight reflected from the Earth, known as earthshine. Earthshine does not reach the area of the far side that cannot be seen from Earth. Only during a full Moon (as viewed from Earth) is the whole far side of the Moon dark. The word "dark" has expanded to refer also to the fact that communication with spacecraft can be blocked while the spacecraft is on the far side of the Moon,

neg: The Squirrels Squirrels album is "The Not-So-Bright Side of the Moon" (2000), a song-by-song cover of the Pink Floyd album "The Dark Side of the Moon", described by Jim DeRogatis, of the "Chicago Sun-Times" as a "…brilliant through-the-looking-glass reimagining of Pink Floyd's classic…" The best recorded evidence of the Squirrels recombinant approach can be found on their Christmas recordings, such as "Smoke on the Housetop" (combining Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" with B.R. Hanby's "Up on the Housetop"), "Peaceful Easy Town of Bethlehem" (combining The Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling" with "O Little Town of Bethlehem"), or the lyrics of the carol

neg: Pink Floyd live performances (A Piece for Assorted Lunatics)", then "The Dark Side of the Moon - A Piece for Assorted Lunatics", the name under which it made its press debut in February 1972 at London's Rainbow Theatre. The title changed for the first part of the US tour to "Eclipse (A Piece for Assorted Lunatics)" during April and May before reverting to "Dark Side of the Moon - A Piece for Assorted Lunatics" in September for the second part of the US tour and finally released in 1973 under the title of "Dark Side of the Moon". One of the two shows at

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon Live and the second "The Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety, plus encores. Pink Floyd's iconic pig has been used extensively during the "Dark Side of the Moon tour", introduced on 6 September 2006, the opening night of the US leg, and since appearing at almost every venue. During the tour, the pig has often carried messages critical of the American government, Waters' socialist views, and the support of repressed Latin American populations, including indictments of discrimination and calls for the further prosecution of former dictators. A partial list of the pigs and messages featured at each show can

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon the legacy of "The Dark Side of the Moon" is in its influence on modern music, the musicians who have performed cover versions of its songs, and even in modern urban myths. Its release is often seen as a pivotal point in the history of rock music, and comparisons are sometimes drawn between Pink Floyd and Radiohead – specifically their 1997 album "OK Computer" – which has been called "The Dark Side of the Moon" of the 1990s, owing to the fact that both albums share themes relating to the loss of a creative individual's ability to function in the

neg: Dark Side of the Moon Tour – A Piece for Assorted Lunatics", the name under which it made its press debut in February 1972 at London's Rainbow Theatre. The title changed for the first part of the US tour to "Eclipse (A Piece for Assorted Lunatics)" during April and May before reverting to "Dark Side of the Moon – A Piece for Assorted Lunatics" in September for the second part of the US tour and finally released in 1973 under the title of "The Dark Side of the Moon". Remarkably, at its first full live performance at Guildhall, Portsmouth, England on 21 January 1972, most of

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon entirety, and a range of performers have used samples from "The Dark Side of the Moon" in their own material. Jam-rock band Phish performed a semi-improvised version of the entire album as part their show on 2 November 1998 in West Valley City, Utah. Progressive metal band Dream Theater have twice covered the album in their live shows, and in May 2011 Mary Fahl released "From the Dark Side of the Moon", a song-by-song "re-imagining" of the album. Milli Vanilli used the tape loops from Pink Floyd's "Money" to open their track "Money", followed by Marky Mark and the Funky

neg: Pink Floyd calling the album "a soundtrack to a non-existent movie", and shrugging off Pink Floyd as "so much sound and fury, signifying nothing". "Meddle" is a transitional album between the Barrett-influenced group of the late 1960s and the emerging Pink Floyd. The LP peaked at number 3, spending 82 weeks on the UK chart. Pink Floyd recorded "The Dark Side of the Moon" between May 1972 and January 1973, with EMI staff engineer Alan Parsons at Abbey Road. The title is an allusion to lunacy rather than astronomy. The band had composed and refined the material on "Dark Side" while touring

neg: Charlie Savage Law School, where he was a Knight Foundation journalism fellow. Savage is believed to have written the first mainstream media story about the Dark Side of the Rainbow, the practice of listening to Pink Floyd's album "The Dark Side of the Moon" while watching the film "The Wizard of Oz", in August 1995, while working as a college intern at "The Journal Gazette" in Fort Wayne. He went on in 1999 to work as a staff writer for the "Miami Herald", where, under the byline "Charles Savage", he covered local and state government and occasionally reviewed movies. He changed his

neg: Dark Side (video game) Dark Side (video game) Dark Side is a 1988 computer game for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, PC, ZX Spectrum, and Sharp MZ-800 computers. The game is a sequel to "Driller", set in the Evath system but this time on Evath's second moon Tricuspid. It can also be considered an early example of a first-person shooter. The game is set on the alien moon Tricuspid orbiting the planet Evath. Terrorists (the Ketars, the villains of the first game Driller) hijacked the moon's facilities and built Zephyr One, an immense beam weapon on the moon's dark side with

neg: Empty Glass while "Empty Glass" had been recorded during sessions for "Who Are You" in 1978; a version featuring Keith Moon on drums and John Entwistle on bass appeared on the 1996 reissue of that album. This version is notable for suicidal undertones in the lyrics that were changed for "Empty Glass": the line "Killing each other, then we jump off the ledge" became "Killing each other by driving a wedge". The album was coproduced by Chris Thomas, whose credits included Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" and The Pretenders' debut album. "For a long time," Townshend said, "I wanted

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon any great lyrical point to it. And this one was clear and concise. The cover was also right. I think it's become like a benevolent noose hanging behind us. Throughout our entire career, people have said we would never top the "Dark Side" record and tour. But "The Wall" earned more in dollar terms." In 1979, "The Dark Side of the Moon" was released as a remastered LP by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, and in April 1988 on their "Ultradisc" gold CD format. The album was released by EMI on the then-new compact disc format in 1984, and in 1992

neg: The Tide Is Turning song. After he had recorded the "Radio KAOS" album, which ended with a simulated nuclear attack in the song "Four Minutes," his record company informed him that the album was too bleak and needed a more upbeat ending. Waters then recorded and added "The Tide Is Turning" to give the album a more optimistic finish. It was released as a CD single that included a live version of the Pink Floyd song "Money", written by Waters for their highly successful 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon". It was recorded during Waters' "Radio K.A.O.S." Tour, in which he toured

neg: Near side of the Moon Near side of the Moon The near side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that is permanently turned towards Earth, whereas the opposite side is the far side. Only one side of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that the Moon orbits the Earth – a situation known as synchronous rotation, or tidal locking. The Moon is directly illuminated by the Sun, and the cyclically varying viewing conditions cause the lunar phases. Sometimes the dark portion of the Moon is faintly visible due to earthshine, which is indirect

neg: The Flaming Lips the Moon", a track-for-track cover of Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon", which was recorded with Stardeath and White Dwarfs and features guest appearances from Henry Rollins and Peaches. The album was released physically on vinyl and CD in 2010. In January 2011, the Lips announced their intention of releasing a new song every month of the year. In February, they released the first track titled "Two Blobs Fucking". The song exists as 12 separate pieces on YouTube and must be played simultaneously to be heard as intended. In March 2011, the Lips released the EP "The Flaming

neg: How High the Moon How High the Moon "How High the Moon" is a jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue "Two for the Show", where it was sung by Alfred Drake and Frances Comstock. In "Two for the Show", this was a rare serious moment in an otherwise humorous revue. The earliest recorded hit version was by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra. It was recorded on February 7, 1940, and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 35391, with the flip side "Fable of the Rose". The Les Paul

neg: Eclipse (song) listener, "and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon." Waters explained the meaning of these words as well as the entire song by asserting: The doorman of Abbey Road Studios, Gerry O'Driscoll, is heard speaking at 1:37, answering the question: "What is 'the dark side of the moon'?" with: "There is no dark side in the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the sun." A section of an orchestral version of the Beatles song "Ticket to Ride" can be heard faintly

neg: Dark Side of the Rainbow would have been highly impractical. Roeper also noted the technical issue of the roughly 43-minute "Dark Side of the Moon" being short compared to the 101-minute "The Wizard of Oz". In the book "", Nick Mason noted that the band was becoming proficient at creating movie soundtracks by the time they started the recording of "The Dark Side of the Moon", and that they even interrupted their work on the album so they could score yet another film. He explained the technical process that Pink Floyd used to score movies when he wrote about the recording of the 1972 "Obscured

neg: Henry McCullough be heard on the Pink Floyd album "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973), at the end of the song "Money". He was recalling a fight he had the night before with his wife. In 1975 McCullough joined The Frankie Miller Band with bassist Chris Stewart, keyboard player Mick Weaver and drummer Stu Perry. They recorded the album, The Rock with Miller. The song "Ain't Got No Money" taken from this album, inspired Bob Seger to write and record "The Fire Down Below". Later the same year McCullough released "Mind Your Own Business" on George Harrison's Dark Horse label. McCullough

neg: Dark Moon (song) was Guitar's first major hit as a musical artist. The second version of "Dark Moon" was recorded by American pop artist, Gale Storm, with orchestra and chorus directed by Billy Vaughn. At the release of Bonnie Guitar's original version of "Dark Moon", Storm was recording for Dot Records as well. Storm's manager insisted on her to record the song as well. Gale Storm's version was released shortly after the original version's release in 1957. The single peaked at #4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in late 1957. The song became Storm's last chart record in "Billboard Magazine". Shortly after Storm's

neg: Bugsted Bugsted Bugsted is a transmedia entertainment brand created by Vodka Capital, Televisa Consumer Products and Ánima Estudios. The property includes mini-series of videos (13 episodes), video games and related toys. Bugsted was an ordinary bug that was accidentally taken to the moon with the Apollo 11 mission, and then left behind when the astronauts left. Hidden away on the dark side of the moon, Bugsted developed a unique survival mechanism: spontaneous cloning. Each new challenge Bugsted faced resulted in a new clone to handle the situation. Before long, the dark side of the moon was inhabited by a whole community

neg: Far side of the Moon weapon on the Moon as part of the experiment Project A119. The project was created not only to help in answering some of the mysteries in planetary astronomy and astrogeology, but also as a show of force intended to boost domestic confidence in the astro-capabilities of the United States, a boost that was thought to be needed after the Soviet Union took an early lead in the Space Race and who were thought by some to be working on a similar project. Far side of the Moon The far side of the Moon (archaic dark side of the Moon --

neg: Ned Miller He later joined the United States Marine Corps, from which he was later discharged. In 1956, both Gale Storm and Bonnie Guitar had Top Five hits with different versions of the song "Dark Moon", which Miller co-wrote. Another song he wrote "A Fallen Star", was a country hit for Jimmy C. Newman. Very notable is also his uptempo song "Cave In", which in 1960 was the flip side of Warren Smith's, No. 5 country hit "I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today" recorded for the Liberty records label. He also wrote and recorded a song called "From a Jack

neg: Dubber Side of the Moon the re-mixers ideas to take flight." - Angus Taylor, BBC Music "A highly desirable set of beatmakers and dub masters are handling the remixes here..." - David Jeffries, All Music Dubber Side of the Moon Dubber Side of the Moon is the second dub reggae tribute to the Pink Floyd album, "The Dark Side of the Moon", by New York-based band Easy Star All-Stars. The album features bass-heavy dub remixes by prominent dub producers of its predecessor, Easy Star Records' 2003 release "Dub Side of the Moon". "Dubber Side of the Moon" debuted at #2 on the Billboard Reggae charts.

neg: Dub Side of the Moon Dub Side of the Moon Dub Side of the Moon is a dub reggae tribute to the 1973 Pink Floyd album, "The Dark Side of the Moon", co-produced by Easy Star All-Stars founders Michael G (Michael Goldwasser) and Ticklah (Victor Axelrod). "Dub Side of the Moon" has remained on the Billboard Reggae Charts since its release in 2003. Easy Star All Stars released "Dub Side of the Moon: Special Anniversary Edition", on CD and vinyl, on September 16, 2014. Included with the liner notes are instructions on how to synchronize the album with the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz"

neg: Dubber Side of the Moon Dubber Side of the Moon Dubber Side of the Moon is the second dub reggae tribute to the Pink Floyd album, "The Dark Side of the Moon", by New York-based band Easy Star All-Stars. The album features bass-heavy dub remixes by prominent dub producers of its predecessor, Easy Star Records' 2003 release "Dub Side of the Moon". "Dubber Side of the Moon" debuted at #2 on the Billboard Reggae charts. "Great effort. Great remixes. Great album." - Music News "This second re-imagining rightly uses its predecessor as a launch pad while keeping the Floyd's uniquely ambivalent overall mood, but allows

neg: Dub Side of the Moon bonus tracks. Dub Side of the Moon Dub Side of the Moon is a dub reggae tribute to the 1973 Pink Floyd album, "The Dark Side of the Moon", co-produced by Easy Star All-Stars founders Michael G (Michael Goldwasser) and Ticklah (Victor Axelrod). "Dub Side of the Moon" has remained on the Billboard Reggae Charts since its release in 2003. Easy Star All Stars released "Dub Side of the Moon: Special Anniversary Edition", on CD and vinyl, on September 16, 2014. Included with the liner notes are instructions on how to synchronize the album with the 1939 film "The Wizard

neg: Planetshine Planetshine Planetshine is the dim illumination, by sunlight reflected from a planet, of all or part of the otherwise dark side of any moon orbiting the body. Planetlight is the diffuse reflection of sunlight from a planet, whose albedo can be measured. The most observed and familiar example of planetshine is earthshine on the Moon, which is most visible from the night side of Earth when the lunar phase is crescent or nearly new, without the atmospheric brightness of the daytime sky. Typically, this results in the dark side of the Moon being bathed in a faint light. Planetshine has

neg: Sleeping at Last On May 18, the subscribers of "Atlas: Year Two" were able to listen to the first two songs, "Overture II" and "Life". It was released on iTunes on May 26. On June 13, O'Neal recorded an OST for the new upcoming movie "Many Beautiful Things" that was available on Spotify. On August 13, the group's song, "Countdowns" was the feature song at the end of the next to last episode of "The Astronauts Wives Club - The Dark Side". It played as the wives held their breath for Apollo 8 going around the back side of the moon and as

neg: Moon Island (Massachusetts) to the Neponset River. In Colonial times, Moon Island was recorded as having of land mass that was used as pasture. This land was connected at very low tides by two sand bars. The proper approach to this island in the late 19th century was from the Quincy Bay side. There was a hill on the northerly side. Early inhabitants called the island, "Munning's Moone," or "Mennen's Moon," and is also recorded as "Moon Island" and "Moon Head". Today, Moon Island consists of and is connected to Squantum by a two-lane roadway over the causeway. Moon Island is owned by

neg: Dub Side of the Moon and produce a variation of the perceived "Dark Side of the Rainbow" effect. The album has sold over 85,000 copies thus far and Easy Star All-Stars have been regularly touring in support of the album. A DVD of a live performance of "Dub Side of the Moon" was released by the Easy Star label in July 2006. In 2010 the album was remixed in a bass-heavy dub style and reissued as "Dubber Side of the Moon" Easy Star All Stars released "Dub Side of the Moon: Special Anniversary Edition" on September 16, 2014. The original vinyl LP album omitted the

neg: Moon impact between Earth and a Mars-sized body called Theia. The Moon is in synchronous rotation with Earth, and thus always shows the same side to Earth, the near side. The near side is marked by dark volcanic maria that fill the spaces between the bright ancient crustal highlands and the prominent impact craters. After the Sun, the Moon is the second-brightest regularly visible celestial object in Earth's sky. Its surface is actually dark, although compared to the night sky it appears very bright, with a reflectance just slightly higher than that of worn asphalt. Its gravitational influence produces the ocean

neg: Lunar observation along the "terminator", the dividing line between the illuminated (day side) and dark (night side) of the Moon. Generally, the Moon can be viewed even with the naked eye, however it may be more enjoyable with optical instruments. The primary lunar surface features detectable to the naked eye are the lunar maria or "seas", large basaltic plains which form imaginary figures as the traditional "Moon Rabbit" or familiar "Man in the Moon". The maria cover about 35% of the surface. The contrast between the less reflective dark gray maria and the more reflective gray/white lunar highlands is easily visible without

neg: Dune (band) France. Both singles failed commercially, leading to the album "5", planned for release in August 1998, being canceled. Another classical album, "Forever and Ever", recorded together with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and former singer Tina Lacebal, was released on November 23, 1998 but flopped commercially. At the end of 1999, the group reunited with Verena von Strenge and released the single "Dark Side Of The Moon", which reached 49 on the German charts. The group began recording songs for an album titled "Reunion". Dune recorded "Heaven", a cover version of A7's 1999 hit "Piece of Heaven", under the (false) impression

neg: George Taylor Morris George Taylor Morris George Taylor Morris (May 10, 1947 – August 1, 2009) was an American disc jockey and radio personality who grew up with and on the radio. Initially working on AM Radio, then switching to the FM Radio format, Morris' career evolved to where he became a "founding father of satellite radio at Sirius XM", according to the station. After working at a number of radio stations, he received media attention in the late 1990s when he popularized the "Dark Side of the Rainbow" phenomenon, in which the 1973 Pink Floyd album "The Dark Side of the Moon"

neg: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets The band made their live debut in May 2018 in front of an invited audience at Dingwalls in London, playing a selection of Pink Floyd material released before their 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon". This was followed by three small shows at The Half Moon, Putney and European tour in September 2018. In 2016, Mason curated the Pink Floyd boxset, "The Early Years 1965-1972," which documents the pre-"Dark Side of the Moon" (1973) era of psychedelia and experimentation and the band replacing guitarist and frontman, Syd Barrett with David Gilmour. The boxset contains much live material from

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon to work on material recorded up to that point. Gilmour has, however, disputed this claim; in an interview in 2003 he said: "We would sometimes watch them but when we were on a roll, we would get on." Returning from the US in January 1973, they recorded "Brain Damage", "Eclipse", "Any Colour You Like" and "On the Run", while fine-tuning the work they had already laid down in the previous sessions. A foursome of female vocalists was assembled to sing on "Brain Damage", "Eclipse" and "Time", and saxophonist Dick Parry was booked to play on "Us and Them" and "Money".

neg: Carolina Moon (song) Carolina Moon (song) "Carolina Moon" is a popular song, written by Joe Burke and Benny Davis. Written in 1924, the song was first recorded in 1928 by American crooner Gene Austin whose version charted for 14 weeks, seven of them at #1. A version of "Carolina Moon" was recorded by Connie Francis in June 1958: as with her breakthrough hit "Who's Sorry Now?", "Carolina Moon" was recommended to Francis by her father. The B-side of Francis's international hit "Stupid Cupid" "Carolina Moon" became a double A-side hit with "Stupid Cupid" which began a six-week tenure at #1 on the UK

neg: Dark Side of the Rainbow several thematic, rhythmic, and lyrical synchronicities. McElroy described the viewing as "a religious experience." In the Angry Video Game Nerd's 2008 episode on the video game adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz", all the episode's events are deliberately synced up to Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" if one plays the first four songs of the album in sync to this episode. In the 2012 film "Fun Size", the main character (Victoria Justice) decides to dress as Dorothy for a high school Halloween party after listening to "The Dark Side of the Moon". The film briefly includes a

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon the air, the band rocked and rolled, and then gushed and tripped away into the night." Steve Peacock of "Sounds" wrote: "I don't care if you've never heard a note of the Pink Floyd's music in your life, I'd unreservedly recommend everyone to "The Dark Side of the Moon"". In his 1973 review for "Rolling Stone" magazine, Loyd Grossman declared "Dark Side" "a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement". In "Rock Albums of the Seventies" (1981), Robert Christgau found its lyrical ideas clichéd and its music pretentious, but called it a

neg: Dark Side of the Rainbow visual clip of the album in its record form. In a 2014 Drum Corps International show, performed by the Colts, Dark Side of the Rainbow is portrayed as a world in which the Scarecrow rules Oz after Dorothy has left. Dark Side of the Rainbow Dark Side of the Rainbow – also known as Dark Side of Oz or The Wizard of Floyd – refers to the pairing of the 1973 Pink Floyd album "The Dark Side of the Moon" with the visual portion of the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz." In August 1995, the "Fort Wayne (Indiana) Journal

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon on Columbia Records. "The Dark Side of the Moon" was the last album that Pink Floyd were obliged to release before formally signing a new contract. Menon's enthusiasm for the new album was such that he began a huge promotional advertising campaign, which included radio-friendly truncated versions of "Us and Them" and "Time". In some countries – notably the UK – Pink Floyd had not released a single since 1968's "Point Me at the Sky", and unusually "Money" was released as a single on 7 May, with "Any Colour You Like" on the B-side. It reached number 13 on the

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon which offered a greater degree of flexibility than the eight- or four-track mixes they had previously used, although the band often used so many tracks that to make more space available second-generation copies were made. Beginning on 1 June, the first track to be recorded was "Us and Them", followed six days later by "Money". Waters had created effects loops from recordings of various money-related objects, including coins thrown into a food-mixing bowl taken from his wife's pottery studio, and these were later re-recorded to take advantage of the band's decision to record a quadraphonic mix of the album (Parsons

neg: Live at the Empire Pool Live at the Empire Pool Live at the Empire Pool is a live album by the progressive rock band, Pink Floyd, recorded by BBC Radio 1. The album has not been released as a standalone album but has been released in parts as part of other Pink Floyd releases; namely the "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here" immersion box sets (2011) and "The Early Years 1965-1972" box set (2016). The album was recorded during the British Winter Tour, 1974 at the Empire Pool, Wembley, England. The shows are notable for showcasing an early version of "Shine

neg: The World from the Side of the Moon whole album is representing where I am." The producer of the album was Gregg Wattenberg. The album was recorded in three weeks at the Quad Studios in New York after the "Idol" tour had finished. He had originally planned to released his album early 2013, but later the date of the album release was rescheduled to November 19, 2012. On November 19, 2013, an expanded version of his "Moon" album was released. It included three live recordings, including "Gone, Gone, Gone," "Where We Came From," and "Man on the Moon." Those three tracks was also be on "Phillip Phillips Live

neg: Dark Side of the Rainbow instances where the film and the album do not correspond. Pink Floyd band members have repeatedly said that the reputed phenomenon is coincidence. In an interview for the 25th anniversary of the album, guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour denied the album was intentionally written to be synchronized with the film, saying "Some guy with too much time on his hands had this idea of combining "Wizard of Oz" with "Dark Side of the Moon"." On an MTV special about Pink Floyd in 2002, the band dismissed any relationship between the album and the movie, saying there were no means of reproducing the

neg: Lunar phase then the bright part is thinning, and the Moon is described as waning (past full and shifting toward new moon). Assuming that the viewer is in the Northern Hemisphere, the right side of the Moon is the part that is always waxing. (That is, if the right side is dark, the Moon is becoming darker; if the right side is lit, the Moon is getting brighter.) In the Southern Hemisphere, the Moon is observed from a perspective inverted, or rotated 180°, to that of the Northern and to all of the images in this article, so that the opposite sides

neg: On the Dark Side spent five weeks at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. The song was used as the theme song to the 1983 teen film "Eddie and the Cruisers", where it gained major popularity. It was later used in the film "Dumb & Dumber To" (2014), and in an episode of "The Simpsons" titled "Midnight Towboy" in 2007. On the Dark Side "On the Dark Side" is a song by American rock band John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, though they were credited as Eddie & the Cruisers. The song was written and recorded for the 1983 film "Eddie and the

neg: The Dark Side (DarkSun album) The Dark Side (DarkSun album) The Dark Side is the third studio album by power metal band DarkSun, which is the English version of "El Lado Oscuro", the album was released in September 2007. "The Dark Side" and was released in September 2007 through FC Metal Recordings. The critics were as good as the Spanish version, like "the album can be defined with one word: brilliant!". The band collaborated on Rage's album "Speak of the Dead", with a Spanish version of the song "Full Moon" entitled "La Luna Reine," which appeared as a bonus track. Just after the release of

neg: Full moon Full moon The full moon is the lunar phase when the Moon appears fully illuminated from Earth's perspective. This occurs when Earth is located between the Sun and the Moon (more exactly, when the ecliptic longitudes of the Sun and Moon differ by 180°). This means that the lunar hemisphere facing Earth – the near side – is completely sunlit and appears as a circular disk, while the far side is dark. The full moon occurs once roughly every month. When the Moon moves into Earth's shadow, a lunar eclipse occurs, during which all or part of the Moon's face

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon the Moon" built upon experiments Pink Floyd had attempted in their previous live shows and recordings, but lacks the extended instrumental excursions which, according to critic David Fricke, had become characteristic of the band after founding member Syd Barrett left in 1968. Gilmour, Barrett's replacement, later referred to those instrumentals as "that psychedelic noodling stuff", and with Waters cited 1971's "Meddle" as a turning-point towards what would be realised on the album. "The Dark Side of the Moon"s lyrical themes include conflict, greed, the passage of time, death, and insanity, the latter inspired in part by Barrett's deteriorating mental state.

neg: On the Run (instrumental) the album was released), it went under the title "The Travel Sequence" and was, instead of a complex electronic instrumental, a more simple guitar jam, without the use of synthesizers and other electronic instruments. A short clip of this is played on the DVD "Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon" and can also be heard on all performances of Pink Floyd playing the album live in that year. In a contemporary review for "The Dark Side of the Moon", Lloyd Grossman of "Rolling Stone" described "On the Run" as a "standout with

neg: Eclipse (song) the earth from a balloon launched at the beginning of the ceremony. In "The Sopranos" episode "Mergers and Acquisitions", the song finishes when Tony Soprano wakes up from listening to all of "The Dark Side of the Moon". with: Eclipse (song) "Eclipse" is the tenth and final track from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, "The Dark Side of the Moon". It was sung by Roger Waters, with harmonies by David Gilmour and Rick Wright. After Waters left the band, Gilmour sang the lead when performing live. This song was one of several to be considered for the

neg: Dark Side of the Rainbow Dark Side of the Rainbow Dark Side of the Rainbow – also known as Dark Side of Oz or The Wizard of Floyd – refers to the pairing of the 1973 Pink Floyd album "The Dark Side of the Moon" with the visual portion of the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz." In August 1995, the "Fort Wayne (Indiana) Journal Gazette" published the first mainstream media article about the "synchronicity", citing the Usenet discussion group alt.music.pink-floyd. Soon afterward, several fans began creating websites in which they touted the experience and tried to comprehensively catalogue the corresponding moments. A second wave

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon on 20 January 1972, and after the commercial failure of Medicine Head's album the title was changed back to the band's original preference. "Dark Side of the Moon: A Piece for Assorted Lunatics", as it was then known, was performed in the presence of an assembled press on 17 February 1972 – more than a year before its release – at the Rainbow Theatre, and was critically acclaimed. Michael Wale of "The Times" described the piece as "bringing tears to the eyes. It was so completely understanding and musically questioning." Derek Jewell of "The Sunday Times" wrote "The ambition of

neg: The Dark Side of the Moon frightened of dying" heard halfway through "The Great Gig in the Sky". Perhaps the most notable responses "I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do: I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it – you've got to go sometime" and closing words "there is no dark side in the moon, really. As a matter of fact it's all dark" came from the studios' Irish doorman, Gerry O'Driscoll. Paul and Linda McCartney were also interviewed, but their answers were judged to be "trying too hard to be funny", and were not included

neg: The Dark Side of the Moo The Dark Side of the Moo The Dark Side of the Moo is an early bootleg recording of the English progressive rock group Pink Floyd, featuring recordings not available on albums released in the US. Unlike other bootlegs containing previously unheard material, the album is made up of recordings that had at least one commercial release. The name is an obvious pun on "The Dark Side of the Moon", the band's most commercially successful album, and the front cover of "Atom Heart Mother", which featured a cow. The album was created by an anonymous label known as "Trixie Records" by