Backwards

I just discovered a new tool on my PC: how to play music backwards.

So: could you name some pieces of music in which there's a "backwards message" or something like that.

Interesting site.  However, they missed the best one.  I believe it is between "Piggies" and "Blackbird" on the White Album.  Here, there is no question that the message was deliberately recorded backwards, because it is complete gibberish when played forwards.  When played forwards, it sounds like John is saying, "mzzmzzmzzm."  When played backwards, the unmistakable line is "Paul is dead, miss him, miss him, miss him."

By the way, regarding many of the ones on the site, it is, of course, entirely possible that some, if not most, of these are complete accidents; i.e., the power of suggestion, mixed with "sound chains."  After all, I seriously doubt that George Harrison sat there before writing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and said, "Gee, I'd like to have the line 'pass the gun now, it kills the love, the love is cold' come out backwards when I record the song.  What would I have to say to make that happen?  Oh, yes, all I have to do is say, "while my guitar gently weeps."

Please!

Peace.

I think Pink Floyd has a few of those.  For instance, on Empty Spaces.. the backwards message is ..

"Congratulations, you have found the secret message, send your reply care of Old Pink at the funny farm, Chamflont......Roger, Caroline is on the phone. "

When I was at school we had this lecture about reversed words in songs. Somebody played us a tape with lots of examples like Queen's "Another one bites the dust" which sounds like "Start to smoke mariuhana".

I seriously believe some artists experimented with this reverse technique. It was all the rage at some time. But I don't think anyone was influenced by these messages.

This is also called Backmasking. Here are quite a few to chase down;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_message

Good luck, let us know what you find out!

maani wrote: Interesting site.  However, they missed the best one.  I believe it is between "Piggies" and "Blackbird" on the White Album.  Here, there is no question that the message was deliberately recorded backwards, because it is complete gibberish when played forwards.  When played forwards, it sounds like John is saying, "mzzmzzmzzm."  When played backwards, the unmistakable line is "Paul is dead, miss him, miss him, miss him." By the way, regarding many of the ones on the site, it is, of course, entirely possible that some, if not most, of these are complete accidents; i.e., the power of suggestion, mixed with "sound chains."  After all, I seriously doubt that George Harrison sat there before writing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and said, "Gee, I'd like to have the line 'pass the gun now, it kills the love, the love is cold' come out backwards when I record the song.  What would I have to say to make that happen?  Oh, yes, all I have to do is say, "while my guitar gently weeps." Please! Peace.

Are you referring to the track Revolution 9? I don't think Piggies and Blackbird have backward tracked sections.

ivan_2068 wrote: If you listen to the track, you will hear a noice that can't be understood, but if you play it backwards they say "Annuit Coeptis - Novus Ordo Seclorum" , some fundamentalist groups used this back recording to accuse the band again, but they never took the time to check the one dollar bill, this phrase appears surrounding the pyramid in the back: Something that kids learn at school. Iván

I never learned about that!

The empty spaces one is hillarious, as is the Britney Spears one.