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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Jun 30, 2004 20:48:56 GMT -5
www2.memlane.com/jmilner/stairwaybackwards.htm I don't know how common these are, but this is pretty interesting stuff. My favorite of these is the message in Pink Floyd's Empty Spaces. Anybody else have any links to similar-reverse-messages material?
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Post by Hucklebubba on Jul 1, 2004 0:44:10 GMT -5
I contend that any song played backwards becomes creepy and upsetting. That goes double for reverse drumbeats; Quite possibly the most unnatural and soul-wrenching sound known to man. Or at least me.
I think recordings of reverse drumbeats should be used for cracking captured terrorists.
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Post by Magill on Jul 1, 2004 9:55:01 GMT -5
Do you honestly believe that artists go through the trouble of coming up with "evil" messages, record them, play them backwards, make up lyrics to match the backward-recorded "evil" messages, and record those lyrics forward, just so they can have "evil" messages in their songs if you play them backwards?  That site picked 5 songs and supposedly found incriminating snippits. A few things--first, the human mind is great at picking up patterns, even if the true data is just noise. Looking at what the supposed backward lyrics were, it seems to be quite a stretch. Second, I'm sure one could search through songs and find ones that if you played them backward sounded like "God is awesome," "down with Satan," "don't have sex until you're married, kids," or "Man, Magill sounds like she's really taking this WAY too seriously." But that doesn't mean they were intentionally recorded so the backwards playback would say that. Okay--just listened to the Pink Floyd one. That was intentional. If you want more legitimate ones like that, maybe check www.eeggs.com? |
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Post by Lissa on Jul 1, 2004 10:17:46 GMT -5
There's the lentil soup recipe when you play "Maybe I'm Amazed" backwards...  |
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Jul 1, 2004 11:45:12 GMT -5
Do you honestly believe that artists go through the trouble of coming up with "evil" messages, record them, play them backwards, make up lyrics to match the backward-recorded "evil" messages, and record those lyrics forward, just so they can have "evil" messages in their songs if you play them backwards? That site picked 5 songs and supposedly found incriminating snippits. A few things--first, the human mind is great at picking up patterns, even if the true data is just noise. Looking at what the supposed backward lyrics were, it seems to be quite a stretch. Second, I'm sure one could search through songs and find ones that if you played them backward sounded like "God is awesome," "down with Satan," "don't have sex until you're married, kids," or "Man, Magill sounds like she's really taking this WAY too seriously." But that doesn't mean they were intentionally recorded so the backwards playback would say that. Okay--just listened to the Pink Floyd one. That was intentional. If you want more legitimate ones like that, maybe check www.eeggs.com?For me, it's not a question of whether it is intentional or not. Just the fact that these things happen in many songs is enough to have me interested. And second, those snippets weren't THAT big a stretch. It does sound like the reverse lyrics. But of course it will sound somewhat distorted and mangled, because it has to fit into the original song normally (and if it is not intentional, then it would fit all the more) |
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Post by Magill on Jul 1, 2004 13:00:16 GMT -5
I'm sorry I'm being so hard on you, but I don't believe:
-Stairway to Heaven was designed to be an ode to Satan when played backwards. I'll admit that a couple times I could hear something that sounded like "Satan", but the rest of the supposed backward lyrics are ridiculous. Robert Plant read a bit too much Tolkein and did a few too many psychedelic drugs, hence the reason Stairway doesn't make a whole lot of sense when played forward.
-Another One Bites the Dust is an ode to marijuana smoking. I'm a bit puzzled as to the veracity of the supposed lyrics. There's no "f" sound in the forward lyrics, so how can the word "fun" appear in the backwards one? Just looking at the forward lyrics, I can't see how those sounds can produce the supposed backwards lyrics when played backwards.
-We already know that "Hit Me Baby One More Time" is an ode to teenage sex, why would the multiple songwriters stick in a lyric that produces "Sleep with me, I'm not too young" when played backwards? It also has the least convincing translation.
-The whole Paul is dead thing was ridiculous. I'm So Tired had jibberish forwards and backwards. End of story.
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Jul 1, 2004 13:16:45 GMT -5
You don't have to believe anything. You are obviously taking this way more seriously than I am. I am taking these simply for entertainment purposes. Reversed messages in music have been proven to be ineffective as subliminal advertising, so it doesn't even matter if the musicians in question were trying to convey a deeper/hidden message.
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Post by randum man on Nov 24, 2004 6:27:15 GMT -5
i hav no idea how i found this forums but ill just point out to magill that it is impossible for the human tongue to pronounce backwards words. like if i say: "say cup backwards" u will think oh easy puc and i think if u record it and reverse it that is true. but take the letter "H" it is pronounced aich. so backwards it will sound like hcia. which is pretty [bleeping] hard to say. my point is... Lol... that alot of it can be coincedince but sum smartass (similar to me) will spend alot of wasted time finding out what music or sounds can be played backwards without being noticed forwards. www.reversespeech.com/music_reversals.htm go there and check out the britney spears song... it defintly says 'sleep with me im not too young' |
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Post by FiveMileSmile on Nov 25, 2004 7:12:25 GMT -5
My favourite funny man Bill Hicks (RIP Bill) does a long tract on this in his Relentless show (those who haven't heard Bill Hicks and aren't easily offended should check it out immediately).
His take is that the only thing Satanic in 'backwards messages' is that is destroys the needle on your record plater.
"I am Satan, Ruiner of Needles, Destroyer of Stereo Equipment!"
The rest is naught but bunk and nonsense.
- Rich
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Post by Al on Nov 25, 2004 12:37:10 GMT -5
I was going to post the George Carlin version of that joke he made on "FM & AM," but you beat me to it. Rats. It was gonna be funny, too.
Al
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Post by siegeshot on Dec 9, 2004 16:33:25 GMT -5
so im like do de do reading forums. and realize that fivemiles post count is 666 talking about satan destroyer of record players.
o.O
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Post by loulabelle on Dec 28, 2004 5:35:25 GMT -5
Didn't notice this topic until now, and yet I have a backwards message story: My school had the best Film and TV program in the world, where I learned about operating a camera, rule of thirds in shots, and how the man who invented tupperware hated communists. Anyway, we got into the topic of subliminal messages in film and advertising. One of the teachers played "Sweet Home Alabama" backwards right at the end of the chorus, and we heard something that sounded suspiciously like "Looooose to Satan." Try it if you're bored.  |
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Post by DARTHMADLER on Dec 31, 2004 2:10:55 GMT -5
This reminds of the Bloom County comic where one of the characters plays a recored backward and it says: "Go to church and say your prayers".
Otherwise has anyone else here seen Haiku Tunnel and recall the funny reference to this stuff in it?
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Post by coolio foolio on Feb 2, 2005 11:07:43 GMT -5
pubs ;D ;D
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Post by Buttercup on Feb 7, 2005 1:26:40 GMT -5
Never heard of Haiku Tunnel. I assume it is Japanese?
My favorite bit of backwards recording is entirely intentional, and actually is backwards in the song; it's the beginning of KISS's "Within." Creepy as heck...and really cool. I have no idea what it means.......
But whenever I hear it, I get a sudden urge to cover myself in smashed bananas and sing La Traviatta in the middle of the road with a Leghorn chicken on my head.
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