Behind-the-scenes History of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

Many consider it Pink Floyd's masterpiece and one of rock music's most influential albums, but 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon is legendary for more than musical reasons. It has a rumored connection to The Wizard of Oz and features the groundbreaking use of segues comprising audio recordings. There's much to Dark Side unknown to the majority of listeners, but the surprising facts add intrigue to the beloved album.
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[@jmccoomber1659]

This narrator is OK, but the regular guy's voice is exponentially more expressive and friendly, I like him A LOT better :-)

[@kittyroxs]

I have nothing against this guy but i dont listen to this channel for weird history i listen to this video bc the guy. 😢

[@Sorchia56]

Every Pink Floyd concert I’d gone to was beyond phenomenal! Absolute gold is what they put out!

[@USLethal]

*Me who's never had the opportunity to see Floyd live* Did you say "every" ?

[@K-a-n-d-i-s]

That is awesome ! I bet you have the best memories

[@rockcadet92]

I stopped the video as soon as they said this…..

[@babyl.3475]

i’m jealous !!!! 😭😭😭🤞

[@Sorchia56]

@@USLethal Yes! I’m a Pink Floyd junkie. I have dual citizenship. If I was in the states and they were performing, I was seeing them. If in the UK or neighbouring country, I saw them. I still look young but I’m in my fifties, too well into them! I never did drugs but the second hand high was wicked vile! I’d take something before the concerts to be sure no gripping headache was in store for me! 🤣🤣

[@kirkc9643]

Everyone needs to listen to the full DSOTM album uninterrupted and in the original quadraphonic sound. It is incredible.

[@KattMurr]

I did the Wizard of Oz thing. It completely syncs up for the first half hour of the movie. Being stoned is essential for the experience...

[@ColbyEasterling]

The change in narrator voice about scared the crap out of me 😂.

[@hdn4nd]

Yeah

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

It's not a double album. It is a single LP in a gatefold sleeve.

[@waylonbryant7170]

If they’re going to get this simple fact wrong, I’m not interested in watching the rest of the video.

[@Ok_Thanks]

pedantry

[@dk50b]

Looks like Wierd History needs some education

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

@@Ok_Thanks I troll pedant's lol

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

@@dk50b occasionally they make rookie errors but mostly good stuff

[@batticusmanacleas510]

David Gilmour is the reason I first picked up a guitar. I have him to thank for 25 years with the most rewarding hobby I have. Those guys made a brilliant attempt at getting down to the fundamentals of reality its self and did it with some fantastic sounds. Imho truly the pinnacle of the art form.

[@joeyd7728]

Back in HS, me and 7 of my friends dropped acid and went to a Pink Floyd 3d laser light show. One of the wildest things I’ve ever done in my life. Mind blowing 🤯

[@craigfazekas3923]

Was that at the Franklin Institute in Philly ? If so, I went as well- and in the same condition as to what was injested before the show.... 🚬😎

[@joeyd7728]

@@craigfazekas3923 I’m in Rochester NY, a place called The Planetarium!

[@lzak3865]

I’m also from Rochester. I went to the laser show in 88 or 89.

[@craigfazekas3923]

@@joeyd7728 an Amerks fan ? I have an Amerks jersey from ages ago, #6 Red Armstrong. I love the AHL & am going to a Hershey Bears game next month. I gotta get up to Rochester.... Went thru it on an Amtrak a coupla times, that's it. I went to Buffalo in late Oct.-early Nov. in 1990 & saw a Sabres game vs. the Bruins at the old Aud. A 3-3 tie with Clint Malarchuk & Reggie Lemelin in the nets that night. Yeah, gotta get to an Amerks game.... Sorry for the ramble. 🚬😎

[@joeyd7728]

@@craigfazekas3923 YESSSS! I grew up playing hockey, went to countless Amerks games!

[@jenniferstump3783]

Is our favorite narrator okay? I think we all miss him!❤

[@ridureyu]

He’s busy trying to synq it up to The Wizard of Oz.

[@gdubya83]

probably just taking a break

[@PGar58]

Tom Blank is the lead announcer. I think the plan is to split this series up into categories and give them each their own signature voices, with Blank being the voice of the flagship channel.

[@Leppymusic]

​@@PGar58 that sounds reasonable. Ppl diss the female narrator but I like her and she's improving her pacing and tone shifts in each newer video. Of course the main narrator is the one that delivers it best but now that they have another channel like weird history foods it's understandably hard for him to carry everything on his shoulders.

[@shmpooch]

Same ! I had to double check to see what the heck I was watching??

[@alanholck7995]

Syd provided a lot of inspiration for The Floyd. Shine on You crazy Diamond

[@Gdfsandoz]

He made the band. Was the original pioneer of acid rock.

[@ep2653]

Absolutely LOVE Floyd. Wish I could've seen them live.

[@chandler6351]

Roger still tours, although his “this is not a drill tour” is almost over

[@brentfrench752]

I only had an opportunity to see them once during their “The Wall” tour in 1980, and they were amazing! However, I was fortunate to see a lot of bands during my teen years throughout the 70’s when ticket prices were between $5 - $10. Then to my pleasant surprise, in the smaller city where I have lived for 15 years, every summer the city would hire a lot of bands who were huge back in the 70’s - 90’s, with a few far more current bands. There would be free music shows once a week in the park during a couple months every summer. Because of this, I’ve been very fortunate to see bands I saw when I was young, along with many bands I never had a chance to see, but most of them were bands I grew up with. Unfortunately, a few years back, after the city offices were raided by the FBI, it was found that 43 million had been stolen from the city, and squandered by the prior city council. That ended the great bands here in the city. Now it’s just the cover bands they hire, as is done in many cities around the country. Good times!

[@GreenHotDogz]

Crazy that this album is turning 50 this year 😌🫨

[@Sorchia56]

Makes one feel rather aged, doesn’t it!

[@brisman1963]

@@Sorchia56 I prefer 'widely experienced' ...... 🙂

[@hazieschu]

:( missing our usual narrator. Hope all is ok!

[@dannysdailys]

I'd like to hear about Frampton Comes Alive.

[@sarah82ish]

I love this album. My whole family love Pink Floyd. We actually asked people to wear Pink Floyd T-shirts to Dad’s funeral. Amazing band. Put on an amazing show. I’m planning on getting a dark side of the moon tattoo in my Dad’s memory as it was his favourite album

[@jay5608]

I'm guessing you live somewhere in the south eastern part of the U.S. If not, you really should consider moving there. I believe you'd feel right at home. They're much more understanding about Floyd themed funerals. Did you get a Kiss casket too?

[@kirkc9643]

Have you listened to the whole album, uninterrupted, it in original quadraphonic surround? If not then you you will be in for an incredible surprise when you do.

[@stephmckean13]

my dad and I got matching dark side of the moon tats 🥺 his fav too!

[@sarah82ish]

@@jay5608 no from Wales. Was his wish to have Pink Floyd tees or welsh rugby shirts with a Welsh flag over the coffin. If he was being buried and they did Pink Floyd coffins I’m sure he would have wanted one of them

[@sarah82ish]

@@kirkc9643 yeah I have. Took some getting used to. But incredible. They don’t make them like that anymore

[@jimmyjim2428]

I hope we get our original narrator back! Hopefully he is just taking a vacation and will be back.

[@kyliepechler]

I hope he's ok, his brilliant narration makes this channel what it is, it's just not the same without him.

[@jimmyjim2428]

@@kyliepechler agreed

[@williamromine5715]

@@jimmyjim2428 Same here. I have this gut feeling he is on his way out for some reason. Hope I'm wrong, and it's just the spicy chili I had for supper. The main appeal of this channel is his narration. Without him, it's just another mediocre channel.

[@jimmyjim2428]

@@williamromine5715 I feel like if he was just taking a week off they would mention it. The fact they did address it makes me feel they could be trying to not address it because he is not coming back.

[@SpeedOfThought1111]

Nobody ever talks about their REAL synchronization with film which is the final sequence of 2001: A Space Odyssey paired with their song Echoes. It goes together PERFECTLY, and surely must be intentional and directly inspired.

[@jewelramsey1491]

Clare Torrey On Great Gig In The Sky Takes My Breath Away Each Time I Hear It! I Want It Played My At Celebration Of Life!❤

[@QueenetBowie]

Just got done watching Echoes live in Pompeii and see Weird History has a Dark Side of the Moon video…. Talk about serendipity

[@jacksunstone8771]

I'm old enough to have purchased Dark Side of the Moon as vinyl in 1973. I'm pretty sure it was not a double album. Wish I still had it. And then I bought the 8track at least twice, the casette countless times, probably 5 or 6. Then the CD at least twice. And now, it and everything else is almost free on KZbin Music. I love the 21st century, and I count myself lucky to have been a teen in the 70s.

[@Echo81Rumple83]

my father was obsessed with this album. he was listening to it on the radio when he was working on a thesis for his PhD degree (coincided with his nervous breakdown due to the stress of writing said thesis). as far as he was concerned, that was the beginning and the end of his infatuation with Pink Floyd. i dug deeper when a mix-artist i followed during the DIFM days back in the oughts and early 2010s, "Helix", did a 2-hour compilation mix of Pink Floyd's songs, including Gilmore's solo materials, bringing about the new soundscape experience that essentially led me to listening to all the original albums for additional experience. i love Momentary Lapse of Reason for its darksynth-like influences, i love Animals for how it represents the current trials and tribulations of world politics that seems to go on an endless waltz at this rate, and i love The Wall for essentially personifying what a Rock Opera could be like, but i think my go to album would be Wish You Were Here. i listened to that in its entirety and sing aloud to the album title's song whenever i lost someone important in my life: my cat, Marshmellow, our family friend and house mate, T-Bone, and recently, my father. i even found a cover album of Wish You Were Here thru KZbin. it keeps me grounded to reality, in case i might ever suffer a nervous breakdown myself.

[@LivinMyJeffLife]

It absolutely does line up with "The Wizard of OZ"...it's kinda freaky in an awesome way...It also lines up with "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" 😭

[@spamviking]

Blart side of the Mall

[@isabellind1292]

LOL! Same w/The Pretenders "Back on the Chain Gang". I used to play "The Streets of Laredo" on the piano in sync w/the part of the song that it fits perfectly in sync with. It's very cool because I don't think they even knew. I love "THE PRETENDERS"! And PF! And all those incredibly talented artists.

[@elizabethramsey9295]

Years ago my brother respectfully addressed Alan Parsons as Mr Parsons at a NAMM convention.

[@btetschner]

A+ video, just amazing. It has so many different aspects of it, including the artwork and the tie-ins to other famous people, that are significant too.

[@spiritualalchemist2574]

I was most surprised by Their production support of Monte Python and the Holy Grail.

[@williamthompson5504]

Still the best concert I have ever seen. I feel sorry for people who never got a chance to see the mighty Pink Floyd live. Dark Side isn't a double album unless you have a 45 RPM copy. It's always been a single record. Meddle is a better album imo. It has Echoes on it. The greatest Floyd song ever recorded besides On The Turning Away.

[@tuathde1529]

Agree, Meddle is the best, but the the worst of Floyd is better than 9/10ths of anyone else.

[@fancypretzel2610]

My mind would be blown being able to see the whole band live. I was lucky enough to see Roger Waters 'Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety in Indy. It was awesome

[@donpeters9849]

I was fortunate enough to see "The Floyd" on the Animals tour, Soldiers Field Chicago...Wow!

[@PGar58]

This also lines up with the 4th quarter of Super Bowl XLIX. Drop the needle when Seattle punts it back to the Patriots in the 4th quarter down with the Pats down 24-21. Very cool.

[@robvallee]

I had Dark Side of the Moon on 8-track!

[@ChadwickTheChad]

Reflected through a prism - nice.

[@resurrectionwaiting9294]

Go Claire!!! I listen to the soundtrack of the Wizard of OZ while watching The Wall. Somewhere Over The Rainbow will blow your mind! 😆

[@lynetttsosie5989]

Where’s the voice of weird history?!😭

[@joeb2]

I played the Wizard of Oz and Dark Side together and it’s pretty crazy. So many things line up so well it’s uncanny.

[@TheSteveBoyd]

DSOM is flawless. It has withstood the test of time, and it stands alone as the perfect record, from the first heartbeat to the last. Not even The Beatles ever came close to this immaculate masterpiece.

[@kirkc9643]

When I first listened to it in it's original quadraphonic (surround) sound, uninterrupted from start to finish, I was blown away. It it is truly a work of art.

[@soleilray86]

Not to interrupt, great album, but where is the normal weird history narrator guy?

[@tmn5647382910]

There's a whole weird history music series that would be arranged !! Everything to classical to dub step. Id love it !!

[@DeathMetalDerf]

Allan Parsons was a mad genius in his own right. That dude was way out there. We've tried the Wizard of Oz thingy so many times back in high school. It doesn't work.

[@jeshkam]

Was? He's still alive.

[@littlewing7813]

Need to start the album on the 3rd mgm lion roar. There's versions on KZbin already synced

[@SidewalkCitizenLA]

The Planetarium at SF Academy of Sciences used to have an awesome midnight lazer show to this album way back in the day....

[@NomenLuni1975]

I never knew about the Ticket To Ride snippet. I will have to give it a listen later and see if I can spot it.

[@jewelramsey1491]

My Very Favorite Album Of All Time!!!❤❤❤

[@artistwithouttalent]

So glad y'all dropped this today. Your timing is impeccable.

[@davidgerow]

There will never be albums made like Dark Side of the Moon again.

[@WeChallenge]

There may never be another Dark Side of the Moon album created, but if you think about it, why should there be, it's impossible to improve on perfection.

[@uprebel5150]

Van Halen's first album and Led Zeppelin's fourth album are also perfect albums to highlight on this channel.

[@simplyalli199]

Who’s this narrator? I like the original guy!

[@tjbogoje233]

The original title was "In Celebration Of The Comet" which was announced by the band themselves when took they concept piece on the road before actually recording it. This bootleg LP is one of most sought after pieces in Pink Floyd Memorabilia Today.

[@bluesyfunkysoul6491]

For more landmark albums you guys should take a look at, I recommend Electric Ladyland, At Filmore East & Songs in the Key of Life

[@AJ72281]

Electric Ladyland is my absolute favorite Hendrix album.

[@oneshotme]

The album Master Of Puppets That was record of the year with out any radio time what so ever is what I'd like to hear what you have to say about it!!! All these years later the public is re discovering it Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@GVCbeanzie]

The best recorded album of all time. All analog recording. ❤. Ohh you used a clip of Ann Wilson from 1977 on the video

[@MomCatMeows]

It's never been my kind of music, but the history was interesting!

[@CmdrTomalak]

9:57... Who the hell is George Hardie? I thought I knew all that could be known about this album and always thought it was Storm Thorgerson who designed the cover.

[@jeffphillips8820]

I bought the wizard of Oz just so I could sync it up with dark side of the moon. It's crazy how things go together.

[@RoyFr]

I am sorry I am just used to Tom Blank narrating , I wish someone would fill us in maybe what is going down like other channels would ..if he is busy or taking a break I would feel much better than if he is being squeezed out because he is top-shelf compared to bottom shelf replacements...sorry if I offended anyone, don't care ,it's the internet people 😆👍

[@littlewing7813]

Pink floyd is my favorite band of all time!

[@gregjo5141]

I turned 16 in 1978 I my car was a 64 Impala I put in an 8-Track quadraphonic stereo with 4 volume controls and 200w equalizer and 8 speakers. All pretty badass in 78 but my first tape was The Dark Side of The Moon. My second tape Boston Don't Look Back.

[@maureentrant5588]

Dark Side came out the year I graduated from HS…. Good times, great drugs. Love Alan Parsons,too🥳🤯😱GREAT GIG IN THE SKY=OBG🏆💛📀🔔

[@randofromiowa]

Where is the other voice person???

[@tmamone83]

One disc. It's a one-disc album. The Wall is the double album.

[@lp-xl9ld]

When light goes through a prism it's REFRACTED not REFLECTED. Otherwise (apart from the double album thing) pretty good.

[@mabvsfd]

That double album thing irritated me way more than it should have 😂

[@ministerofdarkness]

Pure Masterpiece!! PLAY LOUD

[@michaellockett9960]

You immediately sacrifice any illusion of informed analysis when you introduce it as a double album

[@paulnolan4971]

Yup

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

Dark side of the moon was 2 singles and a 33 1/3 album as far as I know, not a double album.

[@TheBlindPhotographer]

Yay! New upload 😍 Deus benedicat tibi🙏🏻

[@jtmichaelson]

I think Alan Parsons (on the Professor of Rock KZbin channel) and Nick and David (on In he Studio with Redbeard radio show) have all agreed the album has nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz and they all say the same thing, they didn't have the technology, time or money to sync the movie and album up. But it was Nick Mason that said the movie also syncs up to Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Clockwork Orange if you really want it to.

[@mikea.1803]

The Clare Torry vocalist story is much more interesting than you let on. She didn't know much about the band ahead of time, didn't know what was wanted from her, did it in one take, thought she failed, they gave no impression they liked it, left with a beer for payment, didn't even know it was used until she picked up the record in the store! Check out youtube interview of her about it =- Pink Floyd Clare Torry "The Great Gig in the Sky" interview.

[@monkeygraborange]

Fast forward 50 years and look at the state of the music world.

[@TheKoffeeisCalling]

What happened to the previous narrator ?

[@Mahyarhdri]

Amazing brother !!!

[@williamyou2584]

Let’s cut the new narrator some slack, he’s doing a great job. 👍

[@nova2512]

*Everyone always talks about DSOTM and wizard of oz but no one talks about how echoes syncs up to the Jupiter and beyond section of 2001 a space odyssey. And there is something to that theory. Stanley Kubrick asked them to do the music for the film. They declined, but publicly stated that after seeing the film they wish they did do the music for it. And I forget which member said it, but one of them went a bit farther and said that he wished they could because the visuals of the Jupiter and beyond section was breathtaking*

[@matthewwelsh294]

I love you in the Wizard of Oz ~Tom Hanks

[@yurdp]

Intentional or not intentional, playing DSOTM and WOO together is a fun time!

[@markdodd1152]

I did not know of the orher dark side of the moon album . I knew Alan Parsons was the engineer, didn't know the falling out. Knew Claire Torrey story . My favorite song that will be played at my funeral

[@NASCARFAN93100]

I don't mind this narrator But I miss the OG narrator

[@salt-emoji]

What happened to the Dwight sounding dude :(

[@charlestucker7955]

Raise your hand if you like the main weird history guy better 👋🏽😆

[@ChainsGoldMask]

Polyphonic just did a huge video on this album.

[@aaronwoodard1749]

They can say whatever, but it lines up perfectly with the Wizard of Oz. If I recall, you have to start playing it on the third roar of the MGM lion... and it helps to be really stoned. 😂

[@jeffreyrogers8151]

The editor, narrator and uploader of this video is not aware that Dark Side of Moon is not a double album? That tells me that they don't even know or care about the Dark Side of the Moon...just going through the motions to make a video.

[@paulnolan4971]

Agreed

[@AndreideLosSantos]

The best of all for sure

[@kevingriffith598]

Hand's down. Greatest album of all time.

[@blc28x]

I have the a 1st pressing of this vinyl that was my fathers. Its in a frame now and i listen to a more recent copy. Also anyone out there try reading “Saucer full of secrets” the Floyd story.

[@gunteer]

Where is my fav narrator at??? 😭😭😭 I like this one but i hope the classic weird history narrator comes back soon

[@m.f.richardson1602]

Interesting. Love that song. Thank you Peace 💕🇺🇲

[@perroblanco4]

1986 - Fall - Kent State University. I had the cassette tape in my pocket, and our freshman english professor let me play this during our final exam 'essay'. I'm sure we all wrote garbage, but what a memory. an anchoring mood for writing I guess. maybe my other classmates were annoyed. I dunno. probably no writer's block?

[@lemcad3755]

Nice content. Narrator sounds like the voice from 'How It's Made'

[@SweetLilWren]

oh hell no! Who TF is this person

[@btetschner]

I have a shirt of this album that I wore the other day, it is the only shirt with an album theme that I have.

[@mcpxciv]

Why did you change the narrator??? I only watch bc of him😭😭

[@alaatabeeb7981]

yes, i will unsubscribe if they removed the old one, this new one sound sleepy

[@bettysmith4641]

Bye 👋

[@mancebo7]

That's NOT Clare Torry at 6:43 - it's Ann Wilson, methinks...

[@fintanbochra]

All that you touch And all that you see All that you taste All you feel

[@WE5T51DE]

the lemp family owned the limp brewery and the lemp mansion in st. louis mo very famous family the mansion was built in 1890.. it would be awesome to see a weird history video about it and something historic in my city

[@chuckmiller6390]

I do like the album. Fun and crazy, I have to admit, LSD sure made it really fun to listen to also.

[@queenofscots839]

Where the guy?? No offense..

[@TowManDave00]

Killer Album!!!!!!!

[@johnhilder]

This narrator should be named "Diet Narrator." He's very similar to the regular narrator but somehow leaves you feeling less full.

[@andrewswift2727]

Dark Side of the Moon ISN'T a double album. I really enjoy your videos, thanks.

[@fintanbochra]

It is if you listen to it twice…

[@paulwolffart1251]

I'm guessing they meant it had a gatefold album cover.

[@kirkc9643]

How could you fail to mention the most significant feature of this album?! It was recorded in quadraphonic sound and to be truly appreciated it should be listened to as such and uninterrupted from start to finish.

[@Raherin]

It's not the same without the regular narrator! (no offence!)

[@jayjdietrich]

Hey! Where is our original commentator?

[@travissmalley4349]

They can dispute it as much as they want but the album sync ups perfectly with the movie. And that's not just the drugs I was on. I did it sober same results