Line #8 NightmareFuel/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon


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2	'''''The Dark Side of the Moon''''' \| ''NightmareFuel/Animals1977'' \| ''NightmareFuel/TheWall''-]]]]]
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10	->''"There is no Dark Side of the Moon, really. Matter of fact, it's ''all'' dark."''
11	-->-- '''Gerry O'Driscoll''', "Eclipse"
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13	Considering the entirety of ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' is about stuff that can drive you insane, it's not surprising that it has plenty of NightmareFuel.
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15	* "Speak to Me" serves as a fitting overture, with its juxtaposition of a heartbeat, a ticking clock, a cash register, [[LaughingMad manic laughter]], and some unsettling SpokenWordInMusic.
16	-->'''Chris Adamson''': [[HearingVoices I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years. I've been over the edge for yonks. Been working with bands so long, I think "crikey".]]\
17	'''Gerry O'Driscoll''': [[HumanityIsInsane I've always been mad – I know I've been mad, like the most of us are.]] [[TalkativeLoon Very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad.]]
18	** While the interlocking sounds of "Speak to Me" lie within the bounds of ParanoiaFuel, it gets truly scary [[LastNoteNightmare as it ends]], with a sample of Clare Torry's screams from "The Great Gig in the Sky".
19	* "On the Run" is almost ''otherworldly'', what with the high-tempo synthesizer sound, helicopter noises, and echoed laughter that borders on EvilLaugh territory.
20	** There's also the crash at the end. Since the track is about traveling (mainly through airplanes), someone can easily have the events of 9/11 come in their head.
21	* "Time" sounds like an upbeat track at first, but [[LyricalDissonance the lyrics]] note how life seems to go by faster as you get older. Relative to this theme of time sneaking up on you, the first half a minute also features softly ticking clocks that give way to a loud alarm clock [[JumpScare that can catch first-time listeners off-guard]].
22	-->''The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older\
23	Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death''
24	** Also, walking around at night to the intro (especially the beginning where the song tortures you with the constant ringing of alarm clocks) is very unsettling.
25	* "The Great Gig in the Sky". Their goal was to create a track that simulates the feeling of dying -- [[TearJerker they succeeded]].
26	** "I never said I was frightened of dying."
27	* [[SanitySlippageSong "Brain Damage"]]. ''Especially'' this part:
28	-->''The lunatic is in my head\
29	[[MadnessMantra The lunatic is in my head]]\
30	[[{{Lobotomy}} You raise the blade, you make the change\
31	You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane]]\
32	You lock the door, and throw away the key\
33	[[SplitPersonality There's someone in my head, but it's not me.]]''
34	* There's an urban legend that the album was meticulously designed to serve as the unofficial score to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', with many of the lyrics reflecting the events of the movie when synced properly. The band has [[WordOfGod denied this]] repeatedly, but actually playing ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' over the muted movie, whether it produces the intended results or not, creates a creepy SoundtrackDissonance, juxtaposing the album's bleak subject matter against the film's colorful, innocent visuals.

Context NightmareFuel / TheDarkSideOfTheMoon