Every now and then we see something that makes us scratch our heads and question our existence, and then feel the need to share it with you. Now people are mad Pink Floyd‘s new social media logo, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of The dark side of the moon, because it has a rainbow in it.
Spoiler alert — the cover of The dark side of the moon, which came out in 1973, also has a rainbow on it.
Pink Floyd officially confirmed a 50th anniversary box set The dark side of the moon yesterday, which will be available March 24 (see more details here). Thus, the banner on their Facebook page has been updated with a quote that reads: “50 years in a heartbeat” and next to it is a renewed logo for the album.
The original album artwork features a prism with a beam of light entering through the left side and spreading the light out as a rainbow to the right, although it lacks the indigo color included in a traditional ROYGBIV rainbow. It is one of the most recognizable album covers in music history.
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The cover art was designed by Storm Thorgerson, who also worked on several other Pink Floyd album covers. In an interview with Rolling stonesThorgerson explained that the light and prism were meant to represent the light show that was part of Pink Floyd’s concerts.
“They hadn’t really celebrated their light show. That was one thing. The other thing was the triangle. I think the triangle, which is a symbol of thought and ambition, was very much a subject for Roger [Waters]lyrics. So the triangle was a very useful – as we know, obviously – was a very useful icon to implement and make it the prism – you know, the prism belonged to Floyd,” he said.
The 50th anniversary logo features the band’s name above a prism that has the number 50 in the center, and the 0 in 50 has the same indigo-less rainbow within it, with The dark side of the moon written below. The prism with the rainbow 50 is now the band’s logo on all their socials – which is just a symbol of the legendary album’s anniversary.
Pink Floyd ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Anniversary Banner on Facebook
But of course people always have to find something to be mad about so they yell at Pink Floyd for having a rainbow in their logo because they think it has some kind of underlying social message behind it – the rainbow flag is a symbol of LGBTQ -community.
“Yeah, because I always hear Pink Floyd fans say ‘I wish Pink Floyd was gayer,'” one person commented on the Facebook photo.
“After seeing this logo I won’t buy the reissue,” said another.
However, we need not say how we feel about these remarks. Enough people have sarcastically stated our opinion in the comments section.
“Good job Pink. You just lost another fan,” said one. “I’ve been listening to this album for the past 50 years since I picked it up at my local record store for 50 cents. I just happened to never look at the album cover.”
“Oh my God… Pink Floyd are triggering the homophobes without doing it on purpose (or maybe they are?) and it’s GORGEOUS,” wrote another.
Even though Pink Floyd had an underlying message behind the rainbow in the new logo… have you ever listened to their lyrics? It’s like when people were mad when members of Rage against the machine made political statements online.
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