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>The Simpsons

'' The Simpsons '' has made many references to Pink Floyd.
  • '' The Dark Side Of The Moon '' - Consistently a poster in Homer's room in his flashbacks; in "Homer Goes to College," there is a poster of the album in the dean's office at Springfield University. And in The episode "Stark Raving Dad" Homer wears a "pink" shirt to work and ends up in a lunatic asylum. Then he is introduced to his cell mate by the name of Floyd.

  • '' Wish You Were Here '' - in "Old Man and the Lisa," Mr. Burns tells a Hippie recycler, "Shine on, you crazy diamond." In another episode where Bart starts selling T-shirts, one says "Wish You Were Beer", a pun off the album name.


  • '' Animals '' - In the "Hullabalooza" episode, Homer sets off a cannon and the Pink Floyd Pig is fired out. Peter Frampton states, "You're damn right, I'm gonna be pissed off; I bought that pig at Pink Floyd's yard sale!"

  • In an episode where the Simpsons had a cookout, a pig that homer was roasting is blasted into the air and flies over the nuclear power plant owned by Mr''. ''Burns.'' ''This is a direct reference to the Animals album cover.''

  • '' shop. In another episode Homer tells Bart "You can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat" In an English Wartime Teacher accent which can be heard at the album version of the song Another Brick in The Wall Part 2.



It was also rumoured that Pink Floyd were set to appear as guests on the show due to a drawing of them, autographed by Matt Groening being distributed online. As of yet, they have not.

>Grounded For Life
In the episode where Sean Finnerty has flashbacks to his misfortunes in a casino, we hear an instrumental version of "Money".

>South Park

In the '' South Park '' episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die", Eric Cartman taunts the eponymous Radiohead -listening bully Scott Tenorman, saying, "Haha, charade you are," which is a reference to the song "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" from ''Animals''. He also tells this to Stan 's sister Shelly, in another episode after snapping a picture of her with her 22-year-old boyfriend while she was supposed to babysit him, as well as to his original fourth grade teacher, just before attempting to travel back in time to the third grade.

>That '70s Show

In '' That '70s Show '', Hyde is often seen wearing a '' Dark Side Of The Moon '' t-Shirt. The show is approaching the release date of '' The Wall '' near the end of 1979 .

In the season 3 episode "Jackie moves out", Kelso is seen handling the ''Animals'' album and jokingly asks the others, "Guess what part of my body I nicknamed Pink Floyd."

In another episode, Kitty is having a dinner party and forces the boys to come to it. Eric says several times that he wants to go see "Laser Floyd," in reference to a Pink Floyd laser light show.

In an episode in which the gang finds themselves with a load of drugs, Fez comments that they had more then than at the Pink Floyd concert. Kelso then comments that without the music the drugs are just a waste.

>Family Guy

In the Family Guy episode "The Story on Page 1", as Peter enters his house he says to Luke Perry, "I'm telling you, Dark Side of the Moon totally synchs up with the Wizard of Oz!" In "Stuck Together, Torn Apart", neighbor Mort Goldman mentions that he and his wife have been trying to see if any movies sync up with The Eagles ' '' Hotel California ''.

>Friends

In the Friends episode "The One with the Sonogram at the End", Chandler makes a statement about foreplay being like, "a stand up comedian you have to put up with before Pink Floyd comes out."

>Futurama

In the '' Futurama '' episode "The Series Has Landed", when Fry and Leela are running from the mad moon farmer, they notice that the dark side of the moon is approaching them. Fry says, "Cool! Dark side of the moon!" and a music clip similar to the song "Breathe" from '' The Dark Side Of The Moon '' plays.

Also, in the episode entitled "30% Iron Chef" we see Bender and two hobos leap off the space tracks (which are rainbow colored) just before reaching a light reflecting prism. This is an homage to the album cover for Pink Floyd's 1973 album " The Dark Side Of The Moon ".

>Seinfeld

In the '' Seinfeld '' episode "The Puerto Rican Day," Kramer remarks "Pump up the Floyd! It's a George laserium!" when George is being stalked by someone with a handheld laser pointer. This is a reference to Pink Floyd themed Laserium shows often held at Planetariums .

>'''The Young Ones

In the '' Young Ones '' episode "Interesting", Dr. Jim Morrison smokes a cigarrette. Neil's friend Neil falls out of the fridge and Dr. Morrison turns to one of the girls and says "Wow, what is this stuff? Tobacco or... Pink Floyd?"

>I'm Alan Partridge

In the episode "The Colour Of Alan," Alan asks his P.A if he can get a "condensed Pink Floyd concert for £500."

>Buffy The Vampire Slayer

In the episode "Hush" , Giles says that in his younger days, he was telling the truth about monsters existing, but was lying when he said he was one of the original members of Pink Floyd.

>Out Cold Movie (2001)

Zach Galifianakis (Luke) is seen wearing a Pink Floyd The Wall t-shirt.

>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

In the pilot episode of , the Wizard Of Oz-Dark Side Of The Moon Synchronicity is mentioned in a dialogue between Gil Grissom and Gina Harmon :

::Gil Grissom: OK, so Pink Floyd isn't your thing.
::Gina Harmon: I'm wearing cowboy boots and I go to work in a lab. What makes you think that ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' synched to the ''Wizard of Oz'' is gonna warm my barn?
::Gil Grissom: I just thought it'd be different.
::Gina Harmon: If you wanna be different why don't you pin me against a wall and Lay One On Me like you mean it?

>Frasier

Episode 22 in Season 7 is called Dark Side Of The Moon; after the Pink Floyd album of the same name. The episode showed Daphne Moon getting therapy for a psychological problem; which reflects the fact that the album dealt with mental illness.


Other references


> School Of Rock

A '' Dark Side Of The Moon '' CD is handed out to one of the vocalists in the band as Jack Black 's character Dewey tells her to, "pay attention to the vocal solo on ' The Great Gig In The Sky '" '

> Almost Famous

In the movie Almost Famous , a reflection of the cover of ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' can be seen in the windshield while Penny Lane is driving William.

> The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Douglas Adams was a fan of Pink Floyd, as well as a personal friend of David Gilmour. He chose the title for '' The Division Bell '' and made a guest appearance on guitar at one of their concerts for his 42nd birthday.

In the original radio series, as Arthur Dent, Trillian, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin the Paranoid Android step out onto the lost planet of Magrathea, atmospheric music from ''Wish You Were Here'' (Shine on you Crazy Diamond part I of IX) plays. Arthur asks, "Did you know that robot can hum like Pink Floyd?" Marvin replies that the robot can also play Rock And Roll and then switches to some Beatles music. Note that this segment was cut from the released CDs for copyright reasons.

The band Disaster Area (the loudest band and the loudest noise in the universe) were inspired by Pink Floyd. Their stage show involved crashing a spaceship into a sun. This could be inspired by Pink Floyd's crashing an aeroplane into the stage at some of their shows, and also by the song ''Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun''.

> Friday Night Lights

In the movie '' Friday Night Lights '', one of the characters is seen wearing a t-shirt with the ''Dark Side of the Moon'' album cover on it.

> Crystal Voyager

The last section of ''Crystal Voyager]'', a 1975 Documentary Film about surfer George Greenough {Link without Title} , consists of Greenough's distinctive surf camerawork, showing a surfer's-eye viewpoint of the waves whilst ''Echoes'' by Pink Floyd plays.

> Bubsy 2 (SNES Game)

In the Super Nintendo game Bubsy 2, one of the first levels in the game, named "Dark Side Of The Tomb," is a reference to the ''Dark Side Of The Moon'' album.

>The Doors (film)

When the band is reheasing/practising their song "Break On Through (to the Other Side)", after Pam Morrison ( Meg Ryan ) states that their song is "hot", the guitarist plays a riff that sounds exactly like the beginning of the song ''Wish You Were Here''.

> Franz Ferdinand

In their music video, " Do You Want To ", it shows a man shaking hands with a mannequin who is on fire. This is a clear reference to the album cover of ''Wish You Were Here''.

> The Fairly Oddparents

In an episode where Timmy finds a genie at his hippie teacher's yard sale, he learns of a mystical power called The Smoof, similar to that of Star Wars ' The Force. While browsing through his teacher's belongings, he sees many Smoof-related items. He comes across an album that he calls "Dark Side of the Smoof" which has a cover identical to that of ''The Dark Side of the Moon'', except that it has a square prism instead of a triangular one.

> The Squid And The Whale

Jesse Eisenberg's character Walt Berkman plagiarized '' Hey You '' as his own.

> Dazed And Confused

Jason London's character is Randall "Pink" Floyd.

> American Beauty

When Lester buys pot off of Ricky, he (Lester) is amazed to find out that Ricky likes Pink Floyd.

> Beautiful Girls (1996)

Marty: What we've been doing lately is smoking massive amounts of drugs, binging on Entemmann's and listening to old Pink Floyd CD's.

> Octavarium

The phrase "Isn't this where we came in" as said by Mike Portnoy can be heard 14:00 minutes into the title track of Octavarium.

N

One of the levels in the freeware game ''N'' is entitled ''"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"''.

Revolver

Jason Staham quotes ''"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"''.


FILM SYNCHRONICITIES


>''The Wizard of Oz''

When the album '' The Dark Side Of The Moon '' is played simultaneously with the 1939 film '' The Wizard Of Oz '', the images of the movie often appear to be synchronized with the music and lyrics. Many fans have explored this phenomenon, which band members deny was intentional. See Wizard Of Oz-Dark Side Of The Moon Synchronicity

>''2001: A Space Odyssey''

Another interesting synchronization occurs between the song "'', titled "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite." Although the relationships are less literal than those of the synch for ''The Wizard of Oz'', they flow together well in a way that suggests that Pink Floyd intended the synchronization. When the two are played at the same time, there are periods where they are so similar that it is not discernable whether the sounds are from the song or the movie. The synch is started by aligning the first note of "Echoes" (the high pitched "ping") with the appearance of the title "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite." this version of the song runs for 23 minutes and finishes as the credits begin to roll.

There is a second version of the song recorded for the album "Atom Heart Mother (goes on the road)". This edition is 26 mins long and longer than the original by 3 minutes. It is interesting to note that the credit sequence for 2001 runs for 3 minutes and fades out at exactly at the same time as the music. When you try to sync this version of the song with 2001, you'll notice that everything is synced as was before right up until the end of the stargate sequence when Bowman exits the vehicle. From this point on there are several diffrences:
-The song continues into the credits and the sonar sound comes on and fades out over the "the end" title.
- The lyrics begin as soon as the credits start to roll.
- The scary seagull sound comes on as Bowman looks around his empty room.
- when bowman sees the old man the music mellows and becomes very "twilight zone esq." as he points at the monolith.
- when old bowman sees the star child the music becomes very much like the original soundtrack with heavy guitar and very climax like feel to it.

It has been suggested that Kubrick may have at one point contacted Pink Floyd to score the film using existing and new material ("Echoes" could have had its genesis there, as Pink Floyd rarely completely abandoned a composition). A Clockwork Orange and other Kubrick films may also have been considered for similar treatment in varying degrees.

>''Alice In Wonderland''

One other interesting synchronization occurs when '' The Wall '' and the Disney version of '' Alice In Wonderland '' are played simultaneously. Certain songs, such as " The Thin Ice ", " Mother ", and " Run Like Hell ", seem to fit the images on the screen extremely well. Interestingly, " Comfortably Numb " must be skipped in order for the synchronicity to work; there is actually a minus sign next to the song time on the back cover of the remastered CD edition of ''The Wall''.

>''Apocalypse Now''

Another synchronization occurs when the Kurtz/Caribou killing scene in '' Apocalypse Now '' is played along with the song " One Of These Days " from ''Meddle'' {Link without Title} . The beginning of the song is about 1 minute of soft wind blowing and is included. The song is begun at the same time as chapter 34 from the ''Apocalypse Now Redux'' DVD, entitled "Caribou Sacrifice".
  • The Montagnards appear to dance to the bass beat of the song.

  • As Willard enters the temple to kill Kurtz with an axe, the only lyrics of the song occurs - "One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces".

  • The song finishes and segues into wind as Kurtz mutters "The Horror".



STOCK MARKET SYNCHRONICITIES


The release of new albums by Pink Floyd has presaged economic disaster 12 times in the past 30 years. Two albums were followed by the greatest financial collapses in modern times.

The bizarre link between Pink Floyd albums and bear markets began in June 1968 with the release of '''' came out in October 1969. The market, which had been enjoying a mild recovery, instantly dived 12 per cent and remained low for a year.

When '' The Dark Side Of The Moon '' hit record stores in March 1973, its subject matter of mental illness was matched by an economic depression of nightmare proportions that developed at the same time. As the album rocketed to the top of the charts, the Dow plunged to a 12-year low. With one brief exception, world markets remained in the dumps for the next 21 months, with the Dow 44 per cent below its peak. The album’s lengthy term on album charts for years coincided with the darkest days of the decade as the world struggled with fuel shortages triggered by an OPEC oil embargo, and the Watergate scandal kept US politics in turmoil.

It may have been sheer coincidence that in 1976 Pink Floyd released nothing and share prices made impressive gains. But the prosperous mood evaporated in January 1977 as the gloom-laden '' Animals '' was released. Over the next 13 months the Dow slid a massive 25 per cent. The market made a tentative recovery -- but all it took to stall it was the release in November 1979 of '' The Wall ''.

Though '''''s release in March 1994 coincided with a global bond market meltdown.

The pattern recurred yet again when EMI released '' Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 '' in Britain on March 27, 2000. The NASDAQ index was already in a slide, and its 27 per cent plummet in the space of four weeks decisively signaled the end of the Tech Boom .

Overall, the band has notched up a scorecard in which three out of four albums have been attended by savage bear markets on world stock exchanges.


CYCLES


Pink Floyd is known for including cycles or bookends in their albums. Some cycles include:
  • The heartbeat in '' The Dark Side Of The Moon ''. The album starts and ends with a heartbeat.

  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond in Wish You Were Here

  • Pigs on the Wing in '' Animals ''

  • "...we came in?" "Isn't this where..." in '' The Wall ''. The first sound you hear in the album (faintly) is Roger Waters stating "...we came in?" at the first second of "In the Flesh?". The last song on the album (Outside the Wall) ends with "Isn't this where..." Putting the two together (syncing them up is common among current day CD players and MP3's) obviously says, "Isnt' this where we came in?" Waters making a reference to the start and end of the album, intending that the album be ever lasting.

  • The radio news in '' The Final Cut ''

  • The wind in '' Meddle ''

  • The dripping on the track "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" can be heard at the beginning and it will continue to play even when the song ends unless the record is taken off (Note: this works for vinyl only).

  • In the section "Funky Dung" of Atom Heart Mother, a distorted voice can be heard saying "And now, a loud announcement"

  • In the section "Mind Your Throats Please" of Atom Heart Mother, the same voice can be heard saying "Silence in the studio!"



LENGTHY RECORDINGS


Pink Floyd are known for their lengthy recordings:



MISCELLANEOUS


  • The 1988 live album '' Delicate Sound Of Thunder '' is allegedly the first rock music to be played outside of Planet Earth. Cosmonaut s of Soyuz TM-7 took an advance cassette (the album not being released until shortly afterwards) with them aboard their 1988 space mission. Pink Floyd were present at the launch {Link without Title} .


  • The giant inflatable pig that was to be used on the Animals album cover (floating over the Battersea Power Station ) reportedly slipped its moorings and floated off, being spotted by airline pilots at 40,000 feet. It has been suggested that this was actually a deliberate publicity stunt {Link without Title} .


  • The original inflatable pig used in the Animals and Wall tours was designated intellectual property of Roger Waters that could not be used in the reformed (Gilmour, Mason and Wright) Floyd tours. They got around this by changing the sex of the pig, adding Testicles .


  • Following the September 11, 2001 Attacks , a list of 150 songs circulated on the internet purportedly sent out by Radio conglomerate Clear Channel Communications that were recommended to be pulled from airplay (it was later determined that the original list was the work of a few program directors working independently, and that the list changed and grew as it was circulated). Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell" and "Mother" were on the list.


  • On the song " Wish You Were Here ", in the 43rd second, a small cough can be heard, followed by an even quieter sniff at the 49th second. There are reports that this cough was what led David Gilmour to quitting smoking during the recording of the album, but some think the cough could just as easily be just to add to the 'person listening to WYWH coming onto the radio' effect.


  • '' Meddle '', released in 1971 and considered Pink Floyd's turning-point album, received mixed reviews upon its release. Michael Watts of Melody Maker passed off the album as "So much sound and fury signifying nothing". Drummer Nick Mason responded to Watts' review by sending him a gift box containing a boxing glove mounted on a spring.



  • In "Have A Cigar" from Wish You Were Here , the line "by the way, which one's Pink?" was reportedly said by one of the execs that signed them.


  • The album '' The Dark Side Of The Moon '' ends with a quote said very quietly "there is no dark side of the Moon really... as a matter of fact it's all dark" Also afterwards, there is thought to be a nearly inaudible clip of music playing. There have been several theories on what the song may be, one of which says it is '' The Beatles '' song ''Day Tripper'' playing somewhere else in the studio, unknowingly being recorded by the microphones.

  • :The Beatles and Pink Floyd were both well-known patrons of EMI's Abbey Road Studios ; however, ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' was recorded well after The Beatles' breakup. Other theories is that the song was an orchestral version of The Beatles' "Ticket To Ride."


  • In June of 2002, Bill Clinton replaced his previous dog, the late Buddy , with a chocolate Labrador retriever puppy he named "Seamus." (The album '' Meddle '' contains the song " Seamus ," about a dog of the same name.)



TRIBUTES


Notable tribute bands


A multitude of Tribute Band s for Pink Floyd appeared in the 1990s . They include, alphabetically:



  • Pink Floyd Online maintains a schedule of Pink Floyd tribute band shows worldwide {Link without Title}


>Covers, remixes tributes by notable artists

  • In the mid-1990s, several unknown people released Pirate Trance Remixes of ''More'', ''Atom Heart Mother'', ''Meddle'', ''Obscured By Clouds'', ''The Dark Side of the Moon'', ''Wish You Were Here'' (which was later reissued), ''Animals'', ''The Wall'', ''A Collection of Great Dance Songs'', ''The Final Cut'', ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'', and ''The Division Bell''.




  • Jam Band Phish performed ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' in its entirety during a November 2, 1998 concert in Utah.




  • Eminem sampled "Another Brick in the Wall" in D12 's "Revelation". Also Eminem's "Brain Damage" is the same length as Pink Floyd's song of the same name


  • A tribute album by the name of ''An All Star Lineup Performing the Works of Pink Floyd'' features artists such as Dweezil Zappa as well as former members of Yes , King Crimson , Styx , KISS , etc. The album has cover versions of some of the best known Pink Floyd songs, most cut in length (the longest being "Welcome to the Machine" at 7:51).


  • A tribute album by the name of ''A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd'' features artists such as former Frank Zappa/Steve Vai guitarist/keyboardist Mike Keneally Band, British pub rocker Graham Parker and Pink Floyd tribute band Which One's Pink? {Link without Title} .


  • In October 2005, a group of artists including former members of Yes , Jethro Tull , Deep Purple and King Crimson released a cover album of ''The Wall'' called ''Back Against The Wall''.



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>Original tributes by notable artists

  • Electronic musicians Klaus Schulze and Pete Namlook recorded a series of ten collaborations albums entitled ''The Dark Side of the Moog'' (1994-2005, completed) {Link without Title} . Those ambient and dark ambient albums were loosely inspired by the moodiest electronic parts of Pink Floyd (such as on ''Echoes'' and ''Wish You Were Here''). They feature ten playful tracks names such as "A Saucerful Of Ambience", "Obscured by Klaus", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Mother", etc.


  • Pink Floyd Online maintains forum devoted to cover versions of Pink Floyd songs {Link without Title}