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Aug 06
What Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon Cover Would Actually Look Like…
If it was actually on the Dark Side Of The Moon.
However, having been to the moon, and more importantly having spoken to people who know something about the moon (FT’s own science teacher Alan), I can confirm that there isn’t actually a dark side of the Moon at all. Whilst it is true that, being in geosynchronous orbit, one side of the Moon always faces the Earth, that doesn’t mean that the other side doesn’t get a fair bit of sunlight too. The stupid idiots in Pink Floyd, despite making music that only scientists would like, misunderstand science themselves. One can only assume that the Floyd were talking about the Far Side Of The Moon: and so here is an artists impressions of what the album would look like from Earth, if it was on the far side of the Moon.
As you can see, thankfully the moon would be in the way, obscuring the pretentious and poorly drawn prism art on the original. Indeed, if on the Far Side of the moon, not only would it be inaccessible to play, but there might be some hilarious joke regarding talking animals juxtaposed with a mundane human task. Gee that Gary Larson is funny.
Further discussion did point out though that while Pink Floyd are clearly stupid and wrong for asserting the existence of a Dark Side Of The Moon, they are also, unfortunately, very rich due to other even stupider people (including scientists) buying their records. So rich in fact that it is more than possible that, in the face of such criticism, they would try to prove me wrong. And thus invent some sort of technologically superior Moon Rover*, with a copy of Dark Side Of The Moon stuck to the back of it with some sort of high tech adhesive, which would endlessly circle the Moon remaining in the dark spot.
This is what that would look like.
(Hmm, not sure if I should make this a regular feature after all.)
*Better than the Mars Rover in that it would not only work but would not play a Blur song as it puttered uselessly around the planet.
i really think that u are taking artwork too literally.
u must not understand art because there’s this thing called poetic license. its where an artist can be gramatically incorrect or have a fact wrong in order to present their art the way they would like.
if u look past the fact that the whole band was on drugs at the time when they created this album and look past the fact that there is no dark side of the moon, u might b able to realize that “Dark Side of the Moon” is a metaphor or u might realize that “hey! i kinda like this album!” btw i wouldnt call people that i dont know idiots, i mean they are pretty rich and they didn’t get that way sitting around criticizing and judging other people on their stupid little website.
comment of the week?
If the band you’re in starts playing different tunes, I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon. Your Big Trak is awesome, but it was not invented or available by the final Apollo mission to the moon, therefore, it could not have been on the moon. After Dark Sides’s 724 weeks on the US charts, perhaps your judgment is in the minority, or obscured by clouds. It may surprise you that Pink Floyd’s “Learning to Fly” was played aboard subsequent US space endeavors and some original Apollo communicae was sampled in their early “Astronomy Domine.” I guess this is my throwing open the windows wide and calling to you across the sky; aspire a little higher.
By definition of you hating music, your opinion on any individual band has no validity.
:-)
There is no way you could possibly be serious lady. This is by far the most ridiculous website I have ever seen in my life. Music is a form of art and creativity. By that very fact music can’t be restricted to being based on factual evidence. If all music was realistic the world would be extremely boring, and listening to music would be something similar to reading the idiotic observations that you have made on this website: very painful. If you hate music so much, why do you take so much time to analyze it? In reference to this Pink Floyd article, you should be ashamed of yourself for disrespecting some of the greatest musical geniuses of all time. You may not like them, but they are far from stupid lady. You hate music? That might be because you don’t know what music is.
Speak to me. Just Breathe. Don’t give yourself Brain Damage. Its just Us and Them. This site isn’t about the Money. Its about the Great Gig in the Sky. No need to be On the Run.. it can be Any Color you Like.
~Eclipse
PS: hahahah… morons.
Not very good analysis/journalism on your part…
If you’d check the linear notes, or listen closely to the album, one of the ambient backround voices states that there really is no dark side of the moon.
It’s a terrible piece; almost as bad as people who post about “not very good analysis/journalism” and then go on about “linear notes” and “backround voices.”
Oh come on it’s got a picture of a bigtrak and you can’t say that about most posts.
Perhaps the bigtrak was insufficiently melodic.
Brian on September the 18th is my personal favourite in a long line of f#ckwits who have left comments and for some reason obviously don’t seem to get it
you are an idiot.
“There is no Darkside of the moon really , As a matter of fact , it’s all Dark” the last line on the album. critics of Pink Floyd never actually listen to the music or the albums.
Have you listened to the album?
“The stupid idiots in Pink Floyd”
Listen to the end of the album properly and then post a new story that is titled “The stupid idiot Tany Headon”
Thinking the entire moon is dark is surely even more idiotic than thinking just one side of it is.
Has anyone thoughtthat ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ may be just a metaphor?
After all, the album is based solely on the journey of Human life.
Ignorance is hatred. Critics of music rarely try to listen to what they are talking about, much less actually understand the work. DSOTM is a concept album about humanity and empathy — the “Us and Them” dichotemy. In making critical remarks about an album which you have not made the slightest attempt to analyze properly, you merely display your own ignorance and refusal to look at the issues in the proper contextual light. I hope that in future articles you will try to create humor that is tasteful and relevant to the music you are criticizing, and not ill-informed and foolish hatred-mongering lies.
I wonder how much better DSOTM would have been if Ted Hughes had done the lyrics?
I hope that in future articles you will try to create humor that is tasteful and relevant to the music you are criticizing, and not ill-informed and foolish hatred-mongering lies.
bwahahahahahahaha, he don’t know us vewy well, do he?
On your “Bike”!
Funny that you call them stupid while they are being artistic, and you completely botch the whole “geosynchronous orbit” thing. Our telecommunications satellites are located at “geo” which is roughly 22,300 miles (35,786 km) above the surface of the earth. The moon is just a little farther than that at roughly 238,885 miles (384,400 km). Tidal forces keep one side of the moon facing the earth.
If you are going to call someone else stupid, perhaps you should have a clue yourself.
By the way, they have made more money being “stupid” than you will ever see.
hehe i actually laughed out loud at my computer when i imagined a person actually writing all this about a song… it’s not the audio book for an encyclopedia!! Do you take all songs literally? And judging these people by this is even more ridiculous… hehe things like reading this make my day, makes me feel so useful…
It’s an overrated album, in my opinion. Sure, Pink Floyd were super-influential and everything… but I don’t like them.
Ga klap uw thong door een canvas van sulfaat u oranje raap shagger overschatte!
you know for a moment there, fellow floydians ;], i actually believed tanya was being intentionally literal, purely for comic effect. but then i thought…NAH. lets hunt the blasphemous bitch down and force her to listen to THE WALL…in its entirety…on a loop…for 3 weeks. thatll learn her! the sarky twat!
Mr. Pink wasn’t actually talking about the physical moon at all, but rather the moon was representative of the mind. “The dark side of the moon” refers to the mental state of Gilmour and former member syd barrett. “I’ll see you on the darkside of the moon” simply means that he knows he will eventually go crazy from the stardom as well.
P/S: There is no mars rover, it is a government conspiracy – this means the moon rover sucks, because it is not any more advanced than anything because the rover doesn’t exist.
muahaha.
“There is no dark side of the moon. As a matter of fact, it’s all dark”
-closing line to the album
Are you serious lady? Just the sheer fact that you call the members of Pink Floyd “stupid idiots” shows your complete ignorance of music. Almost none of the words in any of their songs are meant to be taken literally, word for word, without interpretation. Their music is founded on metaphors, and symbolism, that is obviously far beyond your comprehension. These “stupid idiots” are pioneers of rock and roll and some of the greatest musical minds this world has ever seen. Oh and by the way, these “stupid idiots” could buy your life and piss on it just for kicks and giggles.
The best bands are the ones with vast wealth that they can use to crush the lives of others. Elton John is good because he is capable of destroying those whose opinions I disagree with using his incredible fortune.
Personally, I thought it wasn’t funny. However, floyd post-sid are rubbish and the people defending dsotm as if a religious cult are hilarious.
i have no idea howsomeone like you has a pubic space such a this page… now that i think about it i dont know what am I doing looking at this. but anyway, while I’m at it let me tell you something: you don’t seem to be intelligent at all, so it doesn’t matter what you think of Pink Floyd (or anything else for that matter).
and why is it that you dont replay the comments? you are also rude besides very dumb. good luck with this site, though, it’s probaby the only thing you can succeed on.
best regards;
I think Tanya replays the comments on a very regular basis. I certainly do.
You are such a f***ing asshole!!!
Have you heard the record?
Do you know what is it about?
its about the things that make a man go crazy
-time, death, money-
the original name was ‘eclipse(a piece for assorted lunatics)’
they arent talking about the moon
its a metaphor
(I bet you dont know what that is so http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor )
and
you say the cover would be all black
if it were about the dark side of the moon
just tell me
what the fuck does the prism has to do with the moon?
the moon(phyisically) never appears on the record
just in brain damage (which you seriously have)
that says “I’ll see you onthe dark side of the moon”
they dont mean the dark side of the moon physically
the last line of the album its
There is no dark side of the moon really, matter of fact its all dark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon
and next time think with your brain, not your ass
cos all you said its bullshit
ROFL, You’re just too funny you know.
I’ll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon ;)
Wow! Your knowledge is fantastic. I’m impressed.
LOL… I can’t believe people get such crazy ideas and put up a page to discuss that :D
that appears just like a spam comment, but is missing the not-so-hidden link to medz, pr0n etc. someone trying out a new spam script i guess.
it’s nice that we get 1000s of complimentary comments every week “wow, such a fresh design, everything easy to find, well done” and so on. it’s a shame i read them in a sarcastic voice to myself. fortunately akismet ‘reads’ 99% of them for me.
hum… poor poor commentaries. Why did you publish it again? Yeah… they are stupid idiots, but they made the second most successful album in history. And you? Hum.. a little page in England that some people like me unfortunatly found on Google when googling THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.. so pleease stop your work because it’s not funny and it truly stinks.
I’m sad for you, Tanya. I wish you could feel their magic.
Anyway, they are certainly NOT idiots. Why can’t you accept people who think different from you?
“…I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon…”
WHY YOU TAKE PRINCESS GODDESS NAME IN VAIN DI WILL LIVE FOREVER NOT LIKE MURDER NAZI BASTARD ROYAL FAMILYS HELL WILL COME AND YOU WILL BE GASHED> IN SHAME!!!!
DI FOREVER, are you talking with me? If not, I apologize for misunderstanding. If you wrote such things about me, I want you to know that I didn’t want to offend anyone. Diana is my real name, is just a coincidence and it has nothing to do with princess Diana. She was a beautiful and kind person and I admire and deeply regret her.
I think you got me wrong, I’m a big Pink Floyd fan and I was revolted of what Tanya wrote about them, so I decided to wrote here, just to defend my favourite band. I think I shouldn’t waste my time.
Anyway, at least for me, Pink Floyd is the best band ever! Greetings to all real Pink Floyd fans!
LMAO Tanya refers to one of the top 5 (I’d actually narrow it down to top 2) lyricists in rock as a “stupid idiot”. Darlin, you don’t just hate music, you hate life.
Obviously DementedAvenger is correct, the top 5 lyricists in rock are:
1. Terry Colby, out of The Serious Jury
2. the guy who wrote the songs of Pink Floyd, out of Pink Floyd
3. Mark E. Warrington, out of Pickled Onion Space Raider
4. Albion Chote, out of Illicit Compromise
5. Rebecca Quailen, out of Snaggerfoal (pre-1978 though, Kids On Stilts was a rubbish album)
Anyone who does not agree with this list hates life!!!!! GREETINGS TO ALL SERIOUS JURY FANS!!!!
man this just made my day! first off, these no one named “pink floyd” its jsut a band name, second off… you are WAY too literal… seriously get a life, get a bong, and actually BUY the album, click ‘Play’ light up, serve HIGH, and enjoy
“pioneers of rock and roll and some of the greatest musical minds this world has ever seen”
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Pink Fuckin Floyd wouldn’t know rock’n’roll if it came and bit their sorry overpriveleged public school arses, and are NONE of the greatest musical minds this world has ever seen.
Oh, and Sid Barrett was just an acid-frazzled waster with a persecution complex.
Everything this band has ever done is shit.
Except split up, and the greedy fuckers can’t even do that properly.
It seems they’ve never screwed quite enough cash out of their slavish devotees.
Wise up, suckers. They’ve been fleecing you for decades. When ya gonna git them back for it?
u are so smart woman..no dark side of the moon haha…i guess we shud sue pink floyd rite? get the repo men to collect all the albums…sue waters for slanderous behavior against the moon? if u hate music so much why the fuck are u commenting on album artwork?:S it is because ur too thich skulled to rite ‘exposes’ targeted towards ACTUAL songs…hmm…really makes one think
ps.. oh and murdock/dick obviously theres something ok with floyd seeing as they have albums on the rock and roll hall of fame’s definitive 200 albums list..(dark side is 3rd on it)…hmm yea u can really tell a band is shit and rock&roll…the best proof is their album being on the list of the best r&r albums..fucktard..geez..and as fae as ‘screwing cash out of their slavish devotees’ is concerned..no one forced anyone to listen or buy floyd…i am a ‘slavish devotee’ of floyd but i havent spent a cent on them..music and life in general is more about money my frend..but i guess ppl like u who dont get any sexual action are bound to think of things in terms of cents and dollars
incidently…and as mentioned earlier (i think) the name of the album refers to the phenomenon known as the eclipse (u know tht thing when the moon and sun are positioned in the exact same direction in terms of the earth)…the event gives the appearance that the moon/sun is totally dark..if anything, the name of the album refers to this phenomenon (the final song titled IS titled eclipse) and not the actual physical state of the moon
Who gives fuck about the rock and roll hall of fame?
“i havent spent a cent on them..music and life in general is more about money my frend” No shit, Sherlock.
Sometimes it’s about spelling, sometimes it’s about frothing-at-the-mouth name-calling and other times it’s about realising that my opinion of Pink Floyd won’t change. At other times, it’s about falling off my chair laughing at how uptight some people get over defending a bunch of grasping, soulless and pretentious pop stars.
Go out and buy a Bad Religion cd.
Learn something.
You have become the one you tried to warn us about.
thanks for the yoda-ish comment al ewing that must go up on the wall dont u think..i can so cleary see that ole murdock just got a tiny orgasm coz i missed out a word in that sentence..haha…easy mate ur snatch hasnt seen activity in years..wat i meant was tht music and life in general is more THAN just about money, watson. and if im pathetic because i defend ‘soulless and pretentious pop stars’ than u my frend are pathetic because u spend much more time making and updating websites to slander such pretentious and soulless pop stars.
yea not a lot of people give a flying fuck abt the r&r hall of fame. but who in the name of the holy spirit gives a fuck about u mate?
seriously…if u hate floyd..if u hate music…then just…now this is going to sound revolutionary but bear with me…just…if u hate music and/or pink floyd all u have..to…do…is…STOP LISTENING TO IT! there? now isnt that so very easy to comprehend…count sheep, blow bubbles, eat ice cream..watever..just dont listen to music if it pisses u off so much..believe me there are better causes to fight for..how abt aids prevention, peace in middle east, famine in africa, gun violence..why music??:S live and let live guys
The comment so good he made it twice! I especially love the way he implies that Tanya could cure AIDS if she only used her powers for good.
there we go again with the old simple minded…2-bit and 2D thinking…seriously wat are u? a rural farmer in kentucky? yes i do believe if people dont waste time making and maintaining such silly little websites about the things they hate, they cud actually do something meaninful in life. yes the point indeed is a good one, and i thank u kindly for pointing that out.
ewing even ur rural sensibilities shud agree with the fact that it is rather stupid to slander a band about the cover of their album or the name of their album…incedently the moon IS dark…something that pink floyd acknowledge at the end of the album (“there is no dark side of the moon really…matter of fact its all dark”)…if u think that the moon is a flourescent old light bulb than u do indeed live in a parallel universe.
I live in the parallel universe where ‘u’ is spelled Y-O-U.
hahaah oh i just about busted a gut to that..haha..probably ur rural sensibilities got pissed of coz i taught u when to use the word ‘aforementioned’..aww is wittle ewing pissed now..is he gonna beat the crap out of me now…heres some great advise..when u dont know how to reply to something, its better to just shut the fuck up rather than embaress urself
more rope plz
oy tanya, What do increased sales of Dark Side of The Moon tell us? – a waiting world wants to know :-)
“its better to just shut the fuck up rather than embaress urself”
ewing i understand u took my ‘rural’ depiction of u pretty hard…im sorry dude…i know its hard to face facts…ok ok i’ll make it up to u…heres a…big…fat…SUBSIDY for ur crop! pink floyd have, and will always rule u dickhead…
See above.
ewing just jack off dude…its the only solution to ur many social problems
diminishing returns :-(
Al Ewing, you are my kind of guy (in a non-sexual way, I mean. Ahem.) Tanya, great post, great pics. What a brilliant thread! I haven’t laughed so much in ages.
Actually, I think Pink Floyd are pretty good — until Roger Waters opens his mouth to sing. It’s not his voice, which has a certain musicality and world-weary expressiveness, but the laughable doggerel in which he clothes his sixth-form philosophy. Wish you were here? No, wish you’d shut up. Meant to buy David Gilmour’s debut solo album in 1978 but never got around to it. Any good?
oms, what’s wrong inside that head of yours? You love Pink Floyd, I hate them. Get over it. It doesn’t really matter. Unless you want one of the “better causes to fight” to be you, you birdbrained little bundle of venom.
its a matter of principle murdick..i just dont think bigots who cudnt strum a single chord shud be allowed to act as if their king of the hill or something
the bigots who can strum a single chord – they form Pink Floyd tribute bands.
ahaha…are u implying pink floyd werent musically talented? i guess ur mother performed the guitar solo to comfortably numb then
oms, are you an ill-natured spotty adolescent with a fixation on shit old bands or an actual sociopath?
no im just someone who feels making fun of a band’s album cover is not constructive critisism…watever u think or say abt floyd..they dont deserve such disrespect..no one does.
it’s undeniable that r.waters, were he to google himself and pop by, would find the shattering pain caused by tanya’s disrespect (she HATES ALL MUSIC therefore she HATES PINK FLOYD — how unjust can you get?) more than mollified by the high-quality comment of his defenders! he might even revise his opinion of fan-thinking, and rewrite the relevant bits of the wall!
i detect a little sand in someone’s vagina. i understand the fact that this woman (who it seems does not even have something which may resemble a life) tanya doesnt like music. but if her reason for not liking music is the album art of bands than its pretty clear that she is a retard. i have issues with retards belittling a good band
well done you — so few courageous enough to have issues these days
haha…thats almost as funny as there being no dark side of the moon..haha…maybe tanya and all u “F”uck”T”ards can find the dark side of the moon in that part of your bodies where the sun dont shine
boring
oms, it’s about time someone told you to fuck off, you odious little gargoyle.
So.
Fuck off.
murdick..temper temper..i wont go away this easily:p actually guys i have an internship with the world bank going on so i’ve had little time to belittle u lately…but ive finally succeeded in pissing murdick off so i mite aswell stay for a bit longer
for a bunch of turds that claim to hate pink floyd so much, you sure do spend a lot of time thinking about them.
… get a life.
Wow! Mine is the first comment written in year 2 of this thread.
Tanya, *brilliant* tongue-in-cheek humor.
I registered with this site just to tell you that. My first log-in will probably be followed quickly by my last logout.
Regards.
I’m with vaiz on feb 18th…
congrat’s tanya, you’ve gotten quite a lot of traffic just by opening pie hole and puking up your moronic drivel so incoherently that you almost make a point you’ve not likely thought of, (or even comprehend) purely by chance ( or moronic coincidence) which is the apalling notion that so many otherwise intelligent and obviously cultured adults took your sexually frustrated, intellectually “challenged” and artistically retarted excrecions seriously!
I really hate to say it, but shit for brains gotcha, floyd fans, and gotcha good – cum on, “the dullest album ever” ? and you thought “she” (if she’s even really a she, probly just a she/he pole polisher) matters enough to even reply to, let alone get so riled about! The jizztoilet’s booze blasted brainlet can’t even read without mouthing the words, let alone understand the vast majority of what your schooling her on, no wonder she’s so pissed off… she’s just barely bright enough to maybe, in a moment of clarity, (okay, that’s a stretch.) catch just enough of a glimpse of reality to know that no matter how much money she banks off this seeping puss oozer (no, I’m talking about the stupid spoiled cunt’s website, not her seeping puss ozzing fuck hole!) she’ll never have quite enough working capital to finance herself a fucking CLUE!
Howya like me now, be-yotch ?
I didn’t tell you to stop suckin… open it up and guzzle like good little stupid fuck junkie or get the fuck out, skankya!
wtf, stupid dpoiled slut can’t even do the only thing she’s qualified for propper, she’s so drunk.
and oh, yes I failed to spellcheck, so there ya’ go, freebies for ya’
don’t even have to think to “get me”
hahahhahahahhahah
yes, tongueya, you have permission to swallow….
[para copy/pasted from The Music of Pink Floyd deleted – ed]
[entire copy/paste content of Characteristics of the Pink Floyd Sound deleted – ed.]
[3 separate paras copy/pasted from Debates raised by the Pink Floyd Sound deleted – ed]
Arrrr, now ye must be a-translatin’ all that into pirate lingo, lest ye be made to walk ye plank, ye landlubber.
The site allen is quoting from is a MUST READ: http://www.pchs1.com/ecourses/pinkfloyd/mainpage.htm
we should delete and link to the original page instead. if Allen isn’t associated with that site, it’s poor etiquette to copy and paste so much. if he is, it’s an opportunity for traffic missed.
While looking for the original I discovered that Allen is a serial copy/paster, dropping big gobbets of PF writ into any debate that dares disagree w/him.
Well done Tom. You’re very smart!!
They actually mention there being no dark side at the end, you lonely, obese, bitter girl.
If your intention is to make yourself unpopular with a large section of Society, then calling Pink Floyd fans stupid is the way to go, I also don’t understand, if you hate music as you profess to do, then how can you judge it on quality, seems to me like you’re talking out of your ass
OK, i like pink floyd but its cool with me that some others dont
but seriously
give REAL REASONS
yeah theres no dark side of the moon
but music .. i dont think its supposed to be taken so literally n scientifically
u dont like floyd? criticize their music n not their album covers or whatever..
It’s funny how the contributors here, who say you can’t criticise music if you cannot play any..
are writing here but clearly can’t spell. Or write legible sentences. But criticise our Tanya anyway.
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I’m sure Richard Wright would have welcomed that touching yet concise tribute.
You assume that they were speaking of Earth’s moon, and that is of course your downfall.
if you really hate music, why then you have this obsession with it?! let it be…
POST ONE HUNDRED!!!
who the fuck do you think that you are to say that if you dont understand the lyrics of the cd you will not understand ok first the lyrics of the album talks about the problems or situacions that make the people get crazy and second they are not saying that theres a dark side of the moon the use that to refer about that when your crazy you are in the dark side of the moon and the art of the album it was choose to repersent that theres no light in the dark side of the moon so fuck you shit face for the next time listen and shup up because you dont know the real meaning of the lyrics fuk you!!!!!
Stupid fucking moron-go listen to your Britney albums and die in a puddle of your own piss.
FUNNIEST. THREAD. EVER.
Mybe it wasn’t suppopsed to make sense. you’ll never know- after all, you won’t listen to the fucking lyrics!
I wouldn’t be so offended by this stuff if it were just unbiased criticism, but I, like the “stupid idiots in Pink Floyd,” am offended by the way you do nothing but take a shit on artisan-ship.
All that you troll
All that you flame
All that you post
All you “like”
All that you click
All that you scroll
All you refresh
All you blog
All that you search
All that you code
All that you copy
Preview or download
All you update
All you install
All that you play
All that you buy
All that you tweet
And spam that you delete
All your bitcoin
And every chat you join
All the dot orgs
All the dot govs
All the dot coms
and everything under the sun is online
But it’s all just a waste of your time