Songs that use backwards or reversed audio
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Backmasking is when audio is reversed. It is something that is really quite easy to do nowadays but for decades involved tape machine trickery and some clever thinking! It's been used over the years for everything from finding new and creative sounds to hiding secret messages in songs.
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Blecha, Peter (2004). Taboo Tunes: A History of Banned Bands and Censored Songs
Vokey, John R.; Read, J. Don (November 1985). "Subliminal messages: Between the devil and the media". American Psychologist.
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Mate I love your channel. Can you please make a video about Frank Zappa and Velvet Underground?
How is this done the back masking
Do you have a separate video that's the non-backmasked version of the final track?
"Oasis were seemingly inspired by the Beatles"
Bit of an understatement
No shit.
Oasis drew from many artists. Noel Gallagher continues to do so. If I remember correctly, he even admitted that everything he writes is a nod to something else.
And I think maybe Greta van Fleet have just little Led Zep influence. I could be wrong though.
Liam practically sings exactly like John
So much so that in the Yesterday film, Oasis didn't exist due to the Beatles not existing.
The reversed piano chord used in the opening of Yes' Roundabout is another great example!
I was thinking of this one!
Yes! One an amazing production!
First one I thought about. I get why he didn't mention it here (it's only that one note, after all), but it's still a definite part of why Roundabout sounds like it does. They did it that way because they liked how it sounds like the note is rushing at you.
The build up to "Breath" on Dark Side of The Moon is another reversed Piano chord - in fact the more you listen you realise reversed instruments are far more common...
That's so great, just a plain C chord. I'd only heard it referred to as a Reverse Swell, never heard of backmasking!
I read some where that George had the solo for "I'm Only Sleeping" planned out in the normal way. But when they decided to backmask it George had to relearn it in reverse order to record it, thus keeping the melody intact.
...well, yeah.
How else would you do it?
That's absurd. He recorded it playing it as he normally would and they simply reversed the tape.
@@mtp4430 ...that would make the solo backwards though.
Obvious solution is to write a solo, record it, reverse the tape, learn that version of the solo, record than, then reverse that recording.
@@nuberiffic You don't have to learn the solo backwards. You play it forward then you reverse the tape and record a track with the solo playing backwards. At the end of I'm so tired when John said Paul is a dead man, miss him miss him miss him. Do you think he said it backwards? Or on the song Rain on the fade out is John singing when the rain comes they run and hide their heads, just like he did in the first verse. However they played the tape backwards and put it on as an overdub. Have you ever been in a recording studio in your life? These are no brainers. You record them as you normally would, and you overdub them playing in reverse. Who the fuck in the world would learn how to speak backwards and play the guitar backwards? You can't be serious?
@@mtp4430 ...dude.
Read what you wrote again.
"You play it forward, then reverse the tape"
Yes, that means what he actually played in the studio would be the solo we hear, but backwards. That means he learned the solo backwards, as in the reverse of what it appears on the album.
If you did it just as you say, sure it might work, but you would essentially have to guess at if the solo would work or not. My way makes sure it does, and takes only a tiny bit more effort.
Just look at the Weird Al song "Amish Paradise". For the video, he did actually learn to sing part of the song backwards, so when they reversed the footage, he would be singing forwards while the rest of the scene was backwards.
Rob Scallion has a video where he learned all the parts of "Enter Sandman" backwards.
Yes, I have been in a recording studio.
I've personally recorded and released nearly 20 albums.
I've taught recording at schools.
I was literally in the studio yesterday.
I'm right.
This might not be how the Beatles did it (I never said it was) it's just an easy way it could be done.
I love how the beatles are an example for everything.
80s’ Christian Rock band Petra put a backwards message at the beginning of their song “Judas’ Kiss” that played forwards says “Why are you looking for the Devil when you ought to be looking for the Lord?”
Another Christian band, Daniel Amos, released an album called Doppelganger in 1982 on which the first track, Hollow Man, was a re-edited version of the final track on their previous album, Alarma! (Ghost Of The Heart) played backwards, with forward vocals superimposed over it. On the sleeve it says "Hollow Man adapted from traeH ehT fO tsohG".
This reminds me of the Bloom County comic strip. Milo and Binkley are playing records backwards, looking for demonic messages, and are disappointed when what they hear is "Go to school.... Say your prayers..."
My first band had a whole song in reverse. We called it "My Name: a Foot" because that's what it sounded like I was singing when it was reversed. We learned the backwards version and performed it live.
Out of curiosity, what did the lyrics originally say?
that’s super awesome, props to you all
@@carloscifuentes5656 "tooF a :emaN yM"
Camper van beethoven did the same thing
Did y'all record it? Is it online?
Ogre Battle by Queen has some the most ingenious backmasking I've ever heard. The intro is the outro reversed, but it fades so naturally into the rest of the song that it's hard to tell which parts are backmasked, just that there is something generally odd going on.
Very clever band, actually Underrated IMO
Love that early stuff - then they churned out some terrible shit in the 80s
Also Flick Of The Wrist, with Bri's lead licks and solo alternating between being played forwards and backwards.
Hope there are some in depth analysis of this and other Queen songs in this channel
Radiohead did the same thing on ‘Nude’
Two examples come to mind:
-Blackened by Metallica
-Somewhere I Belong by Linkin Park
I came to the comments to make sure Blackened was mentioned.
When he started playing his song on piano I thought he was gonna start talking about Damage Inc. 😭
LP is gahy
The Blackened intro is gorgeous both backward and forward.
@@rileycirone3320 Thank you!
For me, Hendrix was the king of "backmasking". He was using it on the first Experience album and throughout his career. Some of his solos sounded amazing, and they were actually backwards. The solo on Are You Experienced in particular was superb.
You're absolutely correct. I always think of Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, and John Frusciante.
The beatles were the kings of backmasking. Are you kidding? They were the pioneers and their songs sound a lot better
@@videntedevidrio That pretty subjective, as far as the Beatles and Hendrix go. We're dealing with top-shelf liquor here both ways. Whiskey or brandy. Pick your poison. You'll be right either way. Hendrix and the Beatles admired the fuck out of each other!
@@ignatiusjackson235 could be, but they are not on the same level. The beatles revolutionized music and had some of the best albums in history. I don't mean to be rude, but I think Jimi is pretty overrated for playing fast the guitar and being an "American" guy.
Another example of
Lyrics back masking: Work it by Missy Elliot says “put my thing down flip it and reverse it” then does just that to her vocals for that line
Instrumental backmasking: The iconic bass riff towards the end of “You can Call me Al” by Paul Simon is played normally then it’s reversed
There's a backward message on an ELO album (Fire on High from Face The Music) that goes "The music is reversible, the time is not! Turn back! Turn back!"
Yup. Discovered that as a college radio dj. Funniest backward vocal ever.
There was an Australian band called The Missing Links who beat the Beatles to the punch with a completely backwards song on their debut (and only) LP. They had done a cover of Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut and as the tape was being rewound they found they liked the way it sounded. It was even released as a single split over two sides of the disc.
“Flawless” by Studio Killers is a song I really like that has reversed vocals. The singer says “How can you be so flawless?” twice while the reversed vocals have a different message: “How could you be so heartless? How could you be so thoughtless?” I found a reversed version of the full song, and both versions slap.
Edit: forgot to add the artist’s name
*“Waterfall” and “Don’t Stop” by The Stone Roses!!! the ultimate backmasked tracks.* “Don’t Stop” is the music from “Waterfall” played in reverse with a “forwards” lyric which is the lyric of “Waterfall” sung in reverse. *AND both songs are also incredible.* Genius. Another stunning triumph by one of the great British bands.
I don’t know what one could do to take backmasking further than that...
Yes!!
Here for this
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One of my favorite songs of all time, The Mind Electric by Miracle musical cuts the entire song in half, with the first half being entirely reversed, lyrics and all, while the latter unwinds it all like mirror. It’s truly a treat to listen to every time.
agree, mind electric is such a good song and the fact that the reverse part fits into the story of the album makes it even better. the writer joe hawley also released his solo album completely backwards and in a couple tally hall songs like ruler of everything they also used it.
Another great ELO example would have been Fire On High, the creepy intro has a reversed voice that says "The music is reversible, but time is not! Turn Back!" This was done in direct response to the hysteria over Eldorado. Lynne would continue to hide little Secret Messages on various tracks, with the song/album secret messages being a little wink and nod in acknowledgement
Sorry. I made the same observation before reading your comment. You were first! :)
On the album Time, there is a snippet of melody which links some of the tracks (such as Twilight into Yours Truly 2095) which is the tune of 21st Century Man played backwards.
Also the song Bluebird is dead has a sick Backwards guitar solo
Also also in the ELO album secret messages there are many cool diddies on The title track, the intro of buildings have eyes, danger ahead and Time after time.
Not sure if anyone else mentioned it already, but the incredible "The Stone Roses" (who predate blur and oasis and the reason for both of those bands' existence) have "Don't Stop" which is the previous song "Waterfall" reversed with the reversed melody line reworked with forward lyrics. The brain-breaking part is that they can play the fucking song live...
Here's them playing it: th-cam.com/video/xQXS1G1nk6s/w-d-xo.html
and here's the record version which just uses "Waterfall" reversed in it's entirety.
Good one! The stone roses are legendary
As I watched this video I couldn't stop wondering if the Roses would get a mention.
The use of back masking here isn't just clever, it is beautiful.
Came here to mention Don't Stop
yes, this was in my head the whole way through the video too!
@@donach9 Same!
Ogre Battle by Queen is a good example of backmasking used in a creative way, I think - there's obvious backmasking used in the intro, but it's used in a way that blends into the song in a way that feels natural, and I find it hard to tell where the backmasking ends. And another track that uses backmasking in a very different way is Prince's Darling Nikki, with a backmasked coda that doesn't really have anything to do with the rest of the song. Sounds cool, though.
Joe Hawley is pretty well known for doing backmasking. Most famousley 'The Mind Electric' starts with a backwards version of the rest of the song before reversing and playing normally. Also 'Aristotle's Denial' and 'Weird Bed &/or Yes Please' have seperate reversed versions ('ΔΙAΨΕYΣH TOU APIΣTOTEΛH' and 'Yes Please &/or Weird Bed')
The 'unfamiliarity of George Harrison's guitar solo on "I'm Only Sleeping" may be the result of him writing the solo forwards, working out the composed solo backwards, reversing the tape, and then playing the (pre-planned) solo. The result is surprisingly musical.
The Stone Roses got to the full reversal first with Waterfall/Don't Stop.
I just commented this too! Worth noting it has mostly forward vocals, so not 100% backwards. But they did do at least 2 fully backward tracks: Simone and Full Fathom Five.
You beat me to this too.
@@slidenaway Not exactly correct: they played Waterfall completely backwards and added forward vocals that sounded like the backwards vocals from Waterfall, complete with the strange swoops and vocal bends you get from backwards singing.
@@ranica47 ah fair play, thanks. I admit some of the vocals sound so backwards I just assumed they actually WERE backwards, but I'll buy what you're selling!
How could you forget the best example of backmasking: "Nature Trail to Hell"
SATAN EATS CHEESE WHIZ!
I wish you had mentioned that the ELO album after Eldorado, Face the Music, started with Fire on High, and it contained the backward masked, "The music is reversible, but time is not, turn back, turn back, turn back" seemly as a way to mock those who had accused him earlier.
How spooky it was to hear those words after flipping the tape head upside down to be able to listen that ELO cassette backwards! It was late seventies.
I think you're getting a lot better at thumbnails! Love the collage with the monochrome heads facing opposite directions, neat how that works out.
Yes, and the font is especially attractive, i immediately clicked knowing what it would be
For complete reversed tracks, the textbook example would be the Stone Roses' Waterfalls/Don't Stop from their debut album. The first track is the straightforward song then it goes into the second one which is the same one, but reversed and with additional vocals and percussion. Trippy!
You didn’t mention it so I expect you never heard it, but on The Stone Roses’ self titled debut album that had a song called “Don’t Stop” that was another song from the same album played backwards with certain overdubs and new vocals.
The vocals however work both ways, so one song played backwards has almost the same lyrics as the other played normally.
The other song is called Waterfall and it plays right before it on the album.
The Jam and The Smiths used backmasking a fair bit too. The Jam’s “In The Crowd” and “The Dreams of Children” spring to mind.
Congratulations on 600 thousand!
Cheap Trick included "The Lord's Prayer" backward on their song "How Are You." The novelty song "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha" from 1966 played the song entirely reversed on the B-side.
I can't believe you didn't include the guitar solo from Yes's classic song Roundabout. It also has backwards piano in it also. Great video
...... but the guitar solo isn't reversed, it is only the opening piano chord and a couple of other piano notes during the guitar solo.
Well, Yes sucks.
@@boomshankah1123 yes it is. 6:49 in the track
@@TheBoy-cu8hd I think you are referring to the "violin effect" ; that is simply rolling back the volume when you pluck the string, either with the volume knob on the guitar or a volume pedal, then immediately turning it back up to fade in the rest of the note without the initial attack. Jeff Beck for one uses this technique frequently.
I'm kinda surprised Missy Elliott's track Work It isn't on here considering she literally put her thing down flipped it and reversed it
David! I know you had to use a Radiohead example, but when you got to that one and started by talking about a whole song being reversed, I REALLY hoped you were gonna mention the Stone Roses. C'mon, you're British!! They definitely did it wayyyyyy before Radiohead lol. There's actually multiple examples, from Full Fathom Five and Simone (full reversed tracks) to Don't Stop from their debut record, which has mostly forward vocals, but the music is Waterfall reversed. And for extra fun, Don't Stop follows Waterfall in the track listing!
A great video, David, as always. But one small point: the Paul is Dead myth began with Sgt. Pepper's reversed portrait of him on the inside of the sleeve and a supposedly hidden message on the play out groove.
Oh, and of course, Paul's bass-guitar 'grave' on the front cover.
the paul is dead started long before the pepper album.
@@hifijohn I don't know how old you are, but I was certainly around; Sgt. Pepper's... came out in 1967; the pathetic "Paul is..." rumor was inflicted on the world in 1969.
Or perhaps, the phrasing of your assertion implies that you give creedence to this adolescent b.s.
The rumor began in 1969; then fans looked back into the previous years to find more "proof."
That's right, the Ontario Provincial Police badge on Paul's shoulder depicted with the letters "OPP" was twisted in such a way to appear as "OPD" which in England means "Officially Pronounced Dead."
The small Bass solo in Paul Simon's "You can call me Al" is reversed audio and it makes it slap even more.
At the end of the Beatles recording of Free As A Bird, you can hear John saying something backwards. It sounds like he's saying "made by John Lennon" but if flipped, he's saying George Formby's catchphrase "turned out nice again".
T. Rex’s “Deboraarobed” for an early example. Also ELO’s “Fire On High” and Styx’s “Heavy Metal Poisoning” for deliberate spoken-word backmasking.
Nice pick on including Leisure by Blur. It’s such an underrated album especially here in the US but it’s something I put on quite often.
As a kid in the late '80's, I used to open up my cassette tapes, flip the spools and put the cassette back together again. It was a mesmerising experience, and I used to listen to my favourite music playing backwards for hours on end!
Kate Bush (who is a huge Beatles fan) did some very effective backmasking on a couple of tracks. The part on “Leave It Open” is pretty terrifying. The one on “Watching You Without Me” is gorgeous.
A great example of a popular song that uses backmasking is Tally Hall's "Ruler of Everything", which contains reversed vocals and tambourine throughout, as well as various other reversed bits. The writer of the song, Joe Hawley, would also use backmasking in more of his songs, most notably in "The Mind Electric", where not only is the entire song in reverse before playing forward, there are parts of the song that are reversed throughout the whole thing, such as the bass drum. There are also examples of sampling during the forward section, with a backwards sample of an orchestra and choir, or when parts of the piano instrumental are reversed then played forward again independent of the rest of the song
My favorite song that uses backmastering is the song "New Terrain" by Mew. A fantastic alt rock song in it's own right, but when you play it backwards you get an entirely new song, "Nervous". Both have different sets of lyrics and tunes, it's incredible how they created two songs in one.
I was going to mention that, but, darn it, you beat me to it.
John Adams used a backmasking effect in his symphony 'Naive and Sentimental Music'; the second movement called 'Mother to the Man' has a section where the string players play each note soft to loud, simulating the reversed decay of a backmasked recording.
My absolute favorite backmasking is at the end of the B-52's song "Detour Through Your Mind"
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Your videos are very interesting and well spoken! They cover the topics in an informative and engaging way. I really appreciate the tie-ins at the end, where you create something musically that pertains to the subject of the video. Another cool topic David! 😀🤙🎶
"D'You Know What I Mean?" also features backmasked vocals from both brothers in its original 1997 release. I'm surprised you never mentioned that.
Oasis shouldn't be mentioned in a video that talks of Beatles
@@simpego81 Because Oasis sound more like Slade than The Beatles and the comparison is lazy, I agree.
In the 90's Danelectro released the Back Talk, a reverse delay pedal. It is wild and decades later many multi delay pedals include the reverse delay effect among others. There is also the reverse reverb that actually play a huge part in the shoegaze sound.
Oooh, I like that composition you shared with us at the end there very much. Really hit the spot for me. Thank you!
I'm surprised you talked about backmasking in Britpop and didn't mention The Stone Roses' "Don't Stop".
The Stone Roses are considered more Madchester than Britpop if I'm not mistaken.
@@reillywalker195 eh. You're technically right, but they're also usually considered the first Britpop band, before Britpop was a thing. So it's not really wrong to call them Britpop :)
If you play a country record backwards. He gets his truck back, his dog back and wins the lottery
There's also The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical, whose first half is a different take of the back half played in reverse.
To this day I think the best use of backmasking has to be Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN album. Not only does it tie into the themes of the album, but it’s also two albums in one when you play the tracklist in reverse.
Totally agree
How do you play the tracklist in reverse?
@@musamusashi Look up DAMN Collector’s Edition. It’s on Spotify. And then while you’re at it, go listen to Dissect Podcast Season 5. Cole will explain everything you need to know.
@@str1ve305 thanks.
The intros to "Blackened" and "Damage Inc" by Metallica uses backmasking perfectly
An incredibly prominent example is in Missy Elliot's "Work it," wherein she sings "I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it," then... well... reverses it.
Awesome video! Always wanted to hear some of these clips! Thanks!
I was expecting Everything In Its Right Place to be mentioned for the backmasked vocal effects! Great video, loved the piece at the end and the demonstration of I Will/Like Spinning Plates!
I began listening to backwards music back in the 60s when I discovered I could twist the tape on a reel-to-reel machine and play the music through the back of the tape. My favourites were and are Fire Brigade by the Move and Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan. I now record my own stuff and did a pseudo-live track, with public, where each instrument reverses, one after the other, towards the end of the piece. It's an amazing way to make creative sounds.
There are now effects pedals that enable you to play reverse instruments live. I have two.
It's not really in this channel's normal wheelhouse, but Ludwig Göransson's Golden Globe-nominated score for _Tenet_ includes some great uses of backmasking to match the film's time-reversing plot.
Whoa! What is amazing to me, is the Hendrix track you include as an example is so recognizable, I can get it right away in reverse! Nobody played like that before or since. Facinating video!
Prince's "Darling Nikki" has my favourite example of this: The reversed segment at the end of the track. Goosebumps, every time.
From my understanding, all of the "messages" that are heard from reversed lyrics are actually our brains trying to make sense out of something it cannot. It's natural for us to seek out familiarity and patters in things. However, I have found something called the phantom word illusion. They noticed that depending on how a person was feeling at the time, that it would influence what they heard. Also their religious background as well. The instruments can also change how it sounds to us, creating false consonants, thus the illusion of words.
For myself, all I heard on the "stairway to Heaven" (on the first listen) was "Nori. Oh yes she is my coy sleigh tin. No one was in a bad mood. Take my sand pools an hour in sight. Give. Give the lore, hero. Safe. Safe. Safe." However, it could say something completely different on a different day. Or if I were to keep listening to it, the "lyrics" would change.
The "Number 9" in reverse to me sounds more like "From me in yander land". Listening to it again when I am tired or have just woken up, I might hear something more like "Here, yawn in bed".
Eldorado sounds to me more like "Here's to pass the wand, like you're turn on. We're way outside. We're in dirt, man!"
Yes, that is what is at play in most instances. But not all, backmasking is a real technique. You can tell the difference. When backmasking is used, the messages are clear. Whereas, when your brain is reconstructing meaning, the sounds are muddy and clipped.
There's another famous example: Boards of Canada's track Happy Cycling features backmasking at the very end: it's a reversed interview by Electric Light Orchestra where they talk about their own backmasking :)
Boards of Canada, Geogaddi - full of this style stuff and it's awesome. Love your ending piano piece!
Again, absolutely loving the outro pieces. This one has vibes reminiscent of what Metallica did on the Master record. As well as Pyramid Song.
I think you're referring to the song Damage Inc. That intro was actually recorded on bass guitar.
great video :) surprised you didn't mention don't stop by stone roses.. also i'm sure you've heard it .. but ELO's album Secret Messages is a masterclass in backmasking.
One that immediately comes to mind is What's The Frequency, Kenneth
Great example is the mind electric by miracle musical. The whole song is first played reversed and then forwards. Joe Hawley (the writer) has been using reversed audio since the break it down days.
I literally just hit Ctrl+F just to find "Mind Electric" in the comments and there it is! One of my favorite songs as well.
Love that album
Simon Whistler did a video on satanic messages in songs using back masking the other day and now you show me this. I never new what the technique was called. Very interesting. Thanks for going deep into it.
Klaatu's 'Silly Boys' song is entirely composed of backmasked parts from one of their other songs.
They Might Be Giants did this a lot. And I think Barenaked Ladies did some too.
I really love how in EDEN's "Falling In Reverse," the piano part in the beginning and end is backmasked. Really interesting stuff!
Wow...I love your backwards piano. Really deep.
For 1999, Prince recited along with a backward tape, then reversed that tape, so we hear real words sounding backwards.
“Don’t worry. I won’t hurt you. I only want you to have some fun.”
I like all of this guy's videos but especially enjoyed this one.
I love the way you make your videos
Really good video. I think the jam were very fond of backmasking, with reversed guitars on In The Crowd, reversed cymbals on Burning Sky and Going Underground, and some past songs being reversed and put on other songs! Examples of this are The Dreams of Children where parts of Thick as Thieves are backmasked and put in and an alternate version of Boy About Town is backmasked and put on the beginning of Dreamtime.
Great document! congratulations.
love whenever ELO gets mentioned
For those who are wondering, "Number nine" is from a tape at EMI which began, "This is EMI test tape number nine."
Roundabout by Yes and Fire on High by ELO are the two that immediately come to mind for me. One instrumental and the other vocal.
"Pornography", the title track from the Cure's album "Pornography" opens with a bunch of backmasking. in the 80s my brother and i broke open the cassette and flipped it to play backwards....its a recording from a BBC news presenter
There was also Mindless Self-Indugence who had the lampshade of a track "Backmaskwarning!" Near the end, they had about thirty seconds of wholesome messages deliberately added in.
There are countless examples of backmasked sections in popular music, from pretty much every instrument.
One that always capture my attention is backmasked drum snares. Sometimes it's used in combination with snare played "normally" to create a "stop and go" feeling to the rhythm.
The track "Snowblind" by Styx (off Paradise Theatre) is also pretty spooky played backwards.
We think we're hearing "watch now, watch now, watch now... Satan move in our voices..." & the "oooohooo" vocals make perfect sense in reverse.
absolutely love Like Spinning Plates. its eerie and mysterious
You could have said more about 'like spinning plates', in particular that Thom Yorke listened to his singing in reverse then imitated that sound so when it was reversed again the lyrics would be (sort of) discernable.
On The Stone Roses’ debut album, the song Don’t Stop is the track before it, Waterfall, completely reversed with new improvised lyrics.
Your outro song is so good!!
This dude's voice is such a therapy 💕
I'm surprised you didn't include Blackened and its its backwards guitar intro by Metallica. By far my favorite...except for maybe your new Onaip Sdrawkcab....that is amazing.
I'd love to see more videos like this since it's a little difficult for me to understand the music theories 😅
In 2008, Gnarls Barkley (Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo Green) published for free downlad "Elpuoc Ddo Eht", their complete album "The Odd Couple" played backward.
Very interesting, David, thank you.
Thanks 😊
In Manic Street Preachers' song S.Y.M.M, the drums are played normally and in reverse, so you get the fade-out (or whatever the term is) before and after each drum is hit
The opening to "Deam lantern" is my favorite use of backmasking
reversing and changing speed is a great way to force content owners to manually id the content i.e youtube's content id algorithm wont recognize the content.
Floop's a mad man, help us, save us
Great video, The Stone Roses used the full song back masking trick long before Radiohead, Don’t Stop is Waterfall reversed with different lyrics and melody
He used ELO in a video! That's my favourite band, theire so underrated!
Klaatu's 1973 single "Anus of Uranus" was reversed and became an entirely new song call "Silly Boys" on their 1978 album 'Sir Army Suit'. There are videos on TH-cam showing the reversal and transition ("Silly Boys" has new lyrics sung over top of the reversed ones).