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Backmasking is a recording technique in which a message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward. [1] It is a deliberate process, whereas a message found through phonetic reversal may be unintentional. Artists have used backmasking for artistic, comedic and satiric effect, on both analogue and digital recordings.
Contains many backwards and hidden messages, both visual and auditory. [34] It was a further response to the Satanic backmasking controversy. [31] The British release contains a parody warning label about the backward messages, but this was deleted by CBS Records for the United States version. [33] Missy Elliott "Work It"
[1] [2] In 1878, Edison noted that, when played backwards, "the song is still melodious in many cases, and some of the strains are sweet and novel, but altogether different from the song reproduced in the right way". [3] Reverse effects were regarded largely as a curiosity and were little used until the 1950s.
The Beatles' well-known use of reversed tapes led to rumours of backwards messages, including many that fueled the Paul is Dead urban myth. However, only "Rain" and " Free as a Bird " include intentional reversed vocals in Beatles songs.
The Beatles' pioneering studio effects on Revolver proved highly influential on other contemporary artists. [25] Musicologist Walter Everett cites the inclusion of backwards guitar parts on Crosby, Stills & Nash 's 1969 song "Pre-Road Downs" as an apparent "homage" to "I'm Only Sleeping".
The song's recording contains a slowed-down rhythm track, a droning bass line and backwards vocals. Its release marked one of the first times that reversed sounds appeared in a pop song, although the Beatles used the same technique on the Revolver track "Tomorrow Never Knows", recorded days earlier. [4]
Backmasking is a deliberate process, whereas a message found through phonetic reversal may be unintentional. Backmasking was popularized by The Beatles, who used backward vocals and instrumentation on their 1966 album Revolver. Artists have since used backmasking for artistic, comedic, and satiric effect, on both analog and digital recordings.
I'm deleting them both but leaving the ones for "Rain" and "Free as a Bird" since those songs are examples of actual deliberate backmasking used by The Beatles.219.89.227.73 00:20, 30 September 2012 (UTC)