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zeb · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:33 am **Posts:** 17101

I want to make a nice little mix of the twelve or so best songs to feature backmasking of vocals, guitars, whatever.

Please enter suggestions below.

MF · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:41 pm

Radiohead - Like Spinning Plates

Oh, Jimmy · **Joined:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:46 am **Posts:** 616

Are You Experienced
I'm Only Sleeping
Animal Bar

Inside Job and Severed Hand have it, but there are at least 12 songs better.

MF · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:17 pm

At the Drive-In - 300Mhz

Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_backmasked_messages

windedsailor · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:27 pm

Pepper - Butthole Surfers

Mecca · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:09 pm

My Wave - Soundgarden

Riot Actor 25 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:44 pm

Tomorrow Never Knows or Rain by the Beatles. Kind of obvious, but isn't that where it all started?

Farmer John · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:45 pm

Wasn't Rain the first time the technique was used? Or am I mistaken?

edit: I didn't notice you mentioned Rain in the post above me.

corduroy_blazer · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:47 pm

isn't there an elliott smith song that uses backwards guitar? little one, maybe?

EastHastings · **Joined:** Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:08 am **Posts:** 6583

Niandra Lades for an entire half of a cd has backwards guitars lol. New Frus has a bit too.

Oh, Jimmy · **Joined:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:46 am **Posts:** 616

Farmer John wrote:

Wasn't Rain the first time the technique was used? Or am I mistaken?

edit: I didn't notice you mentioned Rain in the post above me.

Mistaken. The first major pop group to use it was on a recording of the the novelty song "10 Little Indians" by the Yardbirds. Jimmy Page had seen a producer/engineer do it in earlier sessions and was trying to save the horrid song. This led to an argument between him and one of Johns'(Glyn or Andy) brothers, when they were in the studio for Zep's first album.

denverapolis · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:55 pm

paul revere?

punkdavid · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:00 pm

Are You Experienced?

The "secret song" on Blind Melon's Soup. The cool thing about that one is that you can play it forwards (for normal music and backwards vocals), or backwards.

windedsailor · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:10 pm

corduroy_blazer wrote:

isn't there an elliott smith song that uses backwards guitar? little one, maybe?

"little one", "junk bond trader"

also, silverchair - anthem for the year 2000, has backwards piano in the beginning.

Garden of Stone · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:36 pm

The Stone Roses - Don't Stop

A backwards version of Waterfall with new lyrics

washing machine · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:10 pm

corduroy_blazer wrote:

isn't there an elliott smith song that uses backwards guitar? little one, maybe?

viewtopic.php?p=2320744#p2320744

Though zeb's thread is far more coherent.

zeb · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:33 am **Posts:** 17101

I don't think there's anything backwards in Junk Bond Trader.

adamdude · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:52 pm

Syd Barrett - Dominoes

windedsailor · **Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:03 pm

zeb wrote:

I don't think there's anything backwards in Junk Bond Trader.

it's clearest at 19 seconds in. It's subtle.

That first guitar lick in the song at 13 seconds is clearly backwards.

zeb · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:33 am **Posts:** 17101

I think you might be right, wsindedsailor.

Backwards vocals, instrumentation, etc.

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