Some lunacy on Holi-day

It’s Holi! Which means colours. Which, in turn, means that iconic cover--designed by art studio Hipgnosis and George Hardie--of Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic ‘Newtonian’ album, The Dark Side of the Moon, depicting white light refracted into the colours of the rainbow through a prism. This episode of the podcast Discord & Rhyme takes on arguably rock’s most mythic album.

Hosts John McFerrin, Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, and Amanda Rodgers dissect the record track by track, weaving together musical analysis, historical context, and the philosophical weight behind Roger Waters’ themes of time, money, madness, and mortality. And a bit of rock socialism double standards.

Bhang-ed up, you can enjoy this over-an-hour-long episode as they highlight how, among other things, the album’s name was briefly changed to ‘Eclipse’, and why the cash machine sound in the track ‘Money’ may not be familiar to millennials more attuned to UPI’s ‘woosh’ sound.


What makes this podcast perfect for a Holi-day listen is its obsessive dive into the nitty-gritty. On a day that’s full-blown on the spectral scale, this podcast offers a vibrant kaleidoscope of sound, thoughts, and facts. 'And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too,’ see you on the dark side of tonight’s full moon. Holi hai!