Backwardigans
Posted: 16 Nov 2009, 04:50
Ok – it may be a dead duck… but, either because of insomnia, or, perhaps, as part of a bad abstinence crisis of (how many?) years without a new album…. either/or… I decided to hear the ones I’ve got - in vinyl and backwards!
It all “backwardly� started with “Under the gun�: in the very end of the song, no matter how hard I tried, I could not understand a f**** word sung… excused the fact that I’m not a native speaker, nor Mr Eldritch’s pronunciation the clearest (as I used to think), neither is his (wonderful) deep voice a good helper of sorts… But, backwards, if hallucination didn’t take over, I’ve heard “I don’t love you� – quite clearly… Proceeding with the song, while Nunn is singing, it sounded to me like “live William�
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I remembered a thread, about a year ago, where it was discussed the inlay messages and that “Porky prime cut� from early records (checked on Anaconda and Alice). It seems to me that, by that time, an important point in Beatles’ mythology was missed (or I don’t remember its mention): the (in)famous so called devilish messages from the songs when played backwards….
So, there I went to check on some of the records I’ve got and I found pieces of sentences, such as:
In “Flood I�: “walk across the water� (under the chorus); “it’s true�(?), “which you come�, “is home� (?) (under the first three sentences of the song);
In “This corrosion�: “you used the name the lowest� (can’t remember where… sorry!)
I tried the process with the Cds, but they proved to be not as effective – I don’t know why (maybe it’s my “sound forge’s� illiteracy giving away…). So, I ordered a vinyl copy of FALAA…I started the process today and, again, as a non native, it’s really hard. But… in “Possession�, speeding it (speeeeeeed), words kind of merged together… and I’m not really sure about what I’ve heard…. At times, there was, under the chorus again, something like “jealousy�, at others, with more speed, a whole sentence finished by “expecting that much� (under the first verse).
Is there any information about this in the forum? Has anyone else been that much unoccupied to find out more about the subject?
It all “backwardly� started with “Under the gun�: in the very end of the song, no matter how hard I tried, I could not understand a f**** word sung… excused the fact that I’m not a native speaker, nor Mr Eldritch’s pronunciation the clearest (as I used to think), neither is his (wonderful) deep voice a good helper of sorts… But, backwards, if hallucination didn’t take over, I’ve heard “I don’t love you� – quite clearly… Proceeding with the song, while Nunn is singing, it sounded to me like “live William�
… I remembered a thread, about a year ago, where it was discussed the inlay messages and that “Porky prime cut� from early records (checked on Anaconda and Alice). It seems to me that, by that time, an important point in Beatles’ mythology was missed (or I don’t remember its mention): the (in)famous so called devilish messages from the songs when played backwards….
So, there I went to check on some of the records I’ve got and I found pieces of sentences, such as:
In “Flood I�: “walk across the water� (under the chorus); “it’s true�(?), “which you come�, “is home� (?) (under the first three sentences of the song);
In “This corrosion�: “you used the name the lowest� (can’t remember where… sorry!)
I tried the process with the Cds, but they proved to be not as effective – I don’t know why (maybe it’s my “sound forge’s� illiteracy giving away…). So, I ordered a vinyl copy of FALAA…I started the process today and, again, as a non native, it’s really hard. But… in “Possession�, speeding it (speeeeeeed), words kind of merged together… and I’m not really sure about what I’ve heard…. At times, there was, under the chorus again, something like “jealousy�, at others, with more speed, a whole sentence finished by “expecting that much� (under the first verse).
Is there any information about this in the forum? Has anyone else been that much unoccupied to find out more about the subject?
Oh yes, that one too! 
like so no, I won't try it either.
