Bob Dylan Greatest Hits Volume McPhee

Film: Nanny McPhee

Album: Bob Dylan Greatest Hits Volume 3
Superior track order 1,2,3,5,4,6,7,9,8,11,12,13,14,1,2,3,4...

And less constant, but still very good...

Album: Blood On The Tracks (Bob Dylan)

Album: Blonde On Blonde (Bob Dylan)
Omit track 4. When album ends start again from track 4 and omit track 7.

The Greatest Hits album was fantastic. The alternative and superior track order is plainly shown in the film. At the exact moment there is a change in track order swapping two tracks around Nanny McPhee bangs her cane on the floor and reality changes, but then goes back to normal afterwards. The point when track 10 'Gotta serve somebody' is missed out completely is when the servant is taken away to become a lady - so NO 'Gotta serve somebody' any more.

The animation at the end of the film is brilliant with the song 'Hurricane', then as the screen goes completely black and the final credits come up the lyrics say "If you're black..." so it synchronises completely from start to finish. Like most synchronicities the more familiar you are with the story the more coincidence you will see beyond what is happening at that moment on screen.

The synchronicity is quite precise throughout as well, eg. at the line
"Take the motherless children off the street and put them at the feet of a harlot"
the father of the motherless children, who are going to be thrown out onto the street if he does not marry finally decides to marry the harlot.

Or "The groom's still waiting at the altar"
The guy who was stood at the altar, whose bride ran away is still waiting there as a second bride joins him.

Not surprising with Blonde On Blonde the track which is missed out then played later is called 'One of us must know (sooner or later)'. Thus the 'sooner or later' in brackets means it can either synchronise now or later instead. The same thing happened when it synchronised with an episode of Lost. Note this indicated missing out track 4 produces a track order 1235, and the first track on the album is called 'Rainy day women nos. 12 & 35'.

Blood On The Tracks begins with the same song as the Greatest Hits album 'Tangled up in blue', though they seem to be a fraction of a second different, but it doesn't really make much difference in experiencing them.

I strongly suspect this film will synchronise brilliantly with more albums, or with those already listed with the tracks in an even better order. Though the Greatest Hits album is brilliant as it is. Even if you don't reverse the tracks when Nanny McPhee bangs her stick they still synchronise a little. The important thing is to miss out track 10.

Overall excellent, highly entertaining synchronicity.