Saturday, September 24, 2005

Archive of the Most Famous 'Backwards Messages' in Songs

They allege that these messages can be understood subconsciously when a song is played normally and influence the listeners' behavior and opinons, or even incite them to acts of violence or self-harm.

They even included this famous one from The B-52's also parodied backward masking in the song "Detour Through Your Mind" on the album Bouncing Off the Satellites (1986). One of a few songs poking fun at psychedelia, the end contains some backwards words that when run forward say,

"I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh no, you're playing the record backwards. Watch out, you might ruin your needle.

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