Backwards Singing
December 29th, 2007During a segment of The Hour (one in which I was very lucky to be a part of) they showed a backwards clip of a man singing Stairway to Heaven in reverse. Here is some guy doing the same thing, but with a more patriotic song. All the activities he preforms are to add a little spice to the reverse section of the piece.
I don’t know if this would count as truly backmasking, but it’s close enough that some of you may find it interesting.
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December 30th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Become apparent in the middle? The balloons gave it away right at the beginning.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:49 am
You’re more astute than me… I didn’t get it until the middle. Also I might have given too good of a hint by saying it is a “patriotic” song.
January 6th, 2008 at 8:39 am
This is like an homage to The Beatles song “I’m So Tired”. Say the “backwards phrase” forward, and you will find it translates exactly into the whole “Paul is a dead man. Miss him….”, or at least if you look for it. I think Lennon might’ve liked the whole “Paul is dead” rumor ad wanted to play along. This might be his attempt at recording a backwards message by speaking backwards.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Must have taken some practising before he could nail that one. Pretty impressive but shouldn’t it be called forward masking? :-)
January 8th, 2008 at 9:11 am
You make a very compelling point Patrik.