SYNCHING ALBUMS and MOVIES

I just recently watched The Wizard of Oz while listening to the Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, check out this link for an overview. Basically the music from Dark Side of the Moon syncs up surprisingly well with the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz (not that creepy version made in 1920 or whatever). So being that I have lots of free time, I began digging through my CD and DVD collections to see what other films and albums might match up. The results were staggering...

1.) Slayer's Reign in Blood and the Disney classic Bambi.

*Most shocking audio/video sync: Bambi's mother is killed right when the lines "Spilling the pure virgin blood, satan's slaughter, ceremonial death" are sung. Coincidence??? I think not.

2.) 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' and the opposite-of-hilarious The Flintstones from 1994.

*The exact moment the chorus to 50 Cent's hit "In Da Club" begins, Bam Bam pulls out his infamous club for the first time. (coincidently this is the exact moment in the film and album that I wanted to club myself in the head and lose consciousness.)

3.) Clay Aiken's Measure of a Man and Stanley Kubrick's classic The Shining.

*At the very moment Jack Nicholson sticks his head through the ax chopped door, Clay belts out, "If I was invisible, then I could just watch you in your room, if I was invisible, I'd make you mine tonight." Pretty haunting. The only problem is, in order to get to this part in the film you would need to have listened through Clay's album 2 and a half times. Yeah, I'd just take my word for it too.

4.) Bruce Springsteen's classic Born To Run and 2004's Soul Plane.

*At first glance, this classic album and shameful waste of film might not appear to have anything in common. But upon further inspection several shocking similarities can be found. Springsteen's lyric "The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive" coincides with a bunch of black people getting on a plane. And later in that same song, "I'll love you with all the madness in my soul." Madness in my soul?? I mean the movie is called Soul Plane, how much more evidence do you really need?? Still more? Well okay, the last track on Born To Run is called "Jungleland," though I'm not sure if this is relevant.

5.) David Hasselhoff's 1984 album Don't Hassel the Hoff and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Jingle All The Way.

*Thinking back on it these didn't sync up all that well. But the experience of these two mega-stars at their respective peaks simultaneously overloaded my senses and is forever burned in my memory. This is a deadly combination. Ears and eyes...BEWARE!!!