ABSTRACT
The origins of the theory can be traced to the mid-1990s, when 'various Pink Floyd fan websites started getting excited about the synchronicities that happen when you watch the movie and listen to the album simultaneously'. The claimed associations between The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz constitute an example of an 'urban myth' or 'urban legend'. It has been suggested that they 'belong to the subclass of folk narratives, legends believed, or at least believable'. Significantly, it has been noted that 'whatever the origins of urban legends, their dissemination is no mystery. Groups of age-mates, especially adolescents, are one important American legend channel, but other paths of transmission are among office workers and club members, as well as among religious, recreational, and regional groups'. Popular music is by no means the only, or even the principal, area of contemporary social life in which such urban myths have taken root and flourished.
