Backward Masking Online
I’m speaking on rock music tonight. Thought I better check out what people are still saying about backward masking. It’s a lot easier to check it out now that we can just play our mp3 files backwards in Audacity or Soundforge. Means we don’t have to ruin the stylus on the record player!
Anyway I found Jeff Milner’s Backward Masking Page – a selection of reversed mp3 clips. I’ve marked my opinions on the interpretations of these songs backwards. The ones I’ve marked Bogus would need the gift of interpretation of tongues to get the suggested lyrics. :>)
Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven (BOGUS)
John Lennon: Imagine (BOGUS)
Beatles: I’m So Tired (BOGUS)
Yoko Ono: Kiss Kiss Kiss (BOGUS)
Eminem: My Name Is (MAYBE)
Pokemon Rap (BOGUS)
Pink Floyd: Empty Spaces (YES DEFINITELY)
Queen: Another one bites the dust (BOGUS)
Britney Spears: Hit Me One More Time (BOGUS)
Weird Al Yankovich: Nature Trail to Hell (YES DEFINITELY)
Eagles: Hotel California (BOGUS)
Postkiwi Duncan Macleod posts on life, faith and culture in Australia, drawing from his involvement in the creative industry, the Uniting Church, the blogosphere, generational research, the emerging church and life on the Gold Coast.
Duncan is the editor of The Inspiration Room, a site showcasing advertising, design and other work produced by the global creative community.
One Response to “Backward Masking Online”
By Matt Stone on Sep 18, 2005 | Reply
Duncan, Iron Maiden did some genuine backward masking in the song “Still Life” on their “Piece of Mind” album. Reversed it went, “What ho said the monster with the three heads, don’t meddle with things you don’t understand” and if I recall correctly from my teenage days there was a belch at the end. Basically it was a satirical stab at fundamentalists and a bit of an in joke for the fans.