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Post by ladedadedaa on Apr 23, 2020 1:15:25 GMT
Just for fun:
The intro to Ogre Battle has a backwards guitar riff and "ah ah ah"s, followed by the forwards version of the same thing. (I knew it sounded funny but didn't realize that's what was happening until someone pointed it out, and then I could hear it)
I am pretty certain the outro to Headlong has them singing "gnoldeah" a few times. (This one I actually recognized)
Are there any other instances of this?
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Post by pokemaniacjunk on Apr 23, 2020 11:28:28 GMT
I'm pretty sure some instruments on Another One Bites the Dust are reversed
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Apr 23, 2020 11:36:14 GMT
I'm pretty sure some instruments on Another One Bites the Dust are reversed and (unrelated) does the vocal when played backwards say something about smoking Marijuana? or is that just an urban myth? |
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Post by Golden Salmon on Apr 23, 2020 11:45:38 GMT
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Post by ThomasQuinn on Apr 23, 2020 11:46:50 GMT
I'm pretty sure some instruments on Another One Bites the Dust are reversed and (unrelated) does the vocal when played backwards say something about smoking Marijuana? or is that just an urban myth?
It's probably an auditory illusion (we humans have a tendency to find familiar patterns where there are none - see the 'face of Mars' or, my favorite, the Badlands Guardian), but it really, really does sound like "'s fun t'smoke mar'huana". |
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Post by moonie on Apr 23, 2020 11:48:46 GMT
I'm pretty sure some instruments on Another One Bites the Dust are reversed and (unrelated) does the vocal when played backwards say something about smoking Marijuana? or is that just an urban myth? I remember seeing this on some tv documentary years ago. It was played backwards and I suppose you could say it vaguely sounded like Freddie was saying 'It's fun to smoke Marijuana' after the suggestion had been made. He could just as well have been saying 'I'll get the number 63 Bus to Middlesbrough' I suppose these things can be interpreted into whatever people want them to be. Maiden stuck one on their Piece Of Mind LP to take the piss out of the religious zealots in the US who had been burning Albums because of supposedly satanic backwards messages contained within. Nonsense. |
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Post by The Fairy King on Apr 23, 2020 11:50:23 GMT
The intro and outro to ADATR (guitar orchestra) was also in reverse right?
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Post by Lord Fickle on Apr 23, 2020 11:57:50 GMT
Some of Brian's guitar bits are played 'in reverse', such as in Flick Of The Wrist, and probably some others which don't spring to mind at the moment.
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Post by Bohardy on Apr 23, 2020 12:07:56 GMT
The intro guitar in My Fairy King is all reversed.
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Post by Mooghead on Apr 23, 2020 13:55:43 GMT
Theres plenty of backwards stuff in A Kind of Magic and the parts of the intro to Play the Game backwards sounds like someone tapping a cymbal.
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Post by Mooghead on Apr 23, 2020 14:07:21 GMT
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Apr 23, 2020 14:30:10 GMT
and (of the Queen) beaten track - I spotted an Ozzy one decades ago - that no one ever mentioned. i need to dig it out again
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Post by ladedadedaa on Apr 23, 2020 14:43:14 GMT
and (unrelated) does the vocal when played backwards say something about smoking Marijuana? or is that just an urban myth? This is supposed to be the non-conspiracy theory version!  |
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Post by ladedadedaa on Apr 23, 2020 14:44:52 GMT
Wooooah, that's great  Thanks! |
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Post by Steve on Apr 23, 2020 15:15:14 GMT
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Post by staysweet on Apr 23, 2020 15:46:21 GMT
How do you guys know about the backwards sections in the songs? Just by listening, or has it been disclosed somewhere? I’ve not heard this before, other than AOBTD and Headlong.
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Post by Steve on Apr 23, 2020 15:49:18 GMT
How do you guys know about the backwards sections in the songs? Just by listening, or has it been disclosed somewhere? I’ve not heard this before, other than AOBTD and Headlong. I saw it discussed on QZ many years ago. There are lots of examples of backwards songs. |
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Post by staysweet on Apr 23, 2020 16:05:13 GMT
I’ll have to go back and listen to these more closely now!😊
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Post by georg on Apr 23, 2020 16:53:42 GMT
I'm pretty sure some instruments on Another One Bites the Dust are reversed and (unrelated) does the vocal when played backwards say something about smoking Marijuana? or is that just an urban myth? Either way, they're not wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
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Post by Mooghead on Apr 23, 2020 17:03:53 GMT
It's supposed to sound like 'Its fun to smoke marijuana', listen to the podcast I linked to above at 22m 30s (and it sort of does)
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Post by angusscrimm on Apr 23, 2020 17:50:56 GMT
Not entirely related, but you might find it fun - backwards music quiz, Queen special  |
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Post by jeroeng on Apr 24, 2020 7:24:21 GMT
Weren't the guitars at the end of Son And Daughter recorded backwards as well?
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Post by Bohardy on Apr 24, 2020 8:29:00 GMT
Weren't the guitars at the end of Son And Daughter recorded backwards as well? This distinctive sound, which Brian utilised a few times in the early days, was achieved through manipulating the tape speed. When recording the guitar parts, the tape speed was slowed down, to usually 50% I think, and Bri played his parts normally. Then when the recorded parts were played at 100% speed, they'd sound, in this case an octave higher, and have a more shimmery tone, due to the vibrato being twice as fast. The same technique is on the high harmony guitars in Keep Yourself Alive, and I think a few other places on the debut album. I think it's been confirmed that it was also used for the high guitar notes in the "Just a new man, cause you made me live again" in Now I'm Here. There are other examples throughout the catalogue, not just on guitar, and it wasn't always slowing down the tape to create higher pitches. |
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Post by DasTarD on Apr 24, 2020 13:04:53 GMT
The intro of Oggre Battle is reversed until somewhere around the 0:47
And how to make a stand alone version of this song, is taken the reversed cymbal at the beginning, flip it, and put it in the back after the last "aaahhhh"
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Post by Mooghead on Apr 24, 2020 18:42:11 GMT
I hate the start of Ogre Battle, I always skip past it, the hard intro on the other versions is so much better.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 25, 2020 0:12:29 GMT
I'm pretty sure some instruments on Another One Bites the Dust are reversed and (unrelated) does the vocal when played backwards say something about smoking Marijuana? or is that just an urban myth? Yeah, it was conspiracy nonsense from the PMRC crowd who hated rock (and particularly metal) music in the 80s as they thought it was driving kids towards suicide.
Zappa eventually handed their asses to them on a silver platter.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 25, 2020 0:20:09 GMT
Some of Brian's guitar bits are played 'in reverse', such as in Flick Of The Wrist And that's the BBC version. |
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 25, 2020 0:21:08 GMT
How do you guys know about the backwards sections in the songs? Just by listening, or has it been disclosed somewhere? A bit of both. Some are more obvious to the ear than others - especially to people who are seasoned musicians or have worked in sound design.
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Apr 25, 2020 6:10:09 GMT
How do you guys know about the backwards sections in the songs? Just by listening, or has it been disclosed somewhere? A bit of both. Some are more obvious to the ear than others - especially to people who are seasoned musicians or have worked in sound design. i'm still trying to find the Ozzy one (sorry, i know this isn't Queen- but it's on subject (in general)). it's never been discussed anywhere. i know it's somewhere on the first two LPs, but not playing two LPs backwards - that's be too much for the ears. one thing about the bits i've listened to: Randy Rhoads' guitar backwards is almost as incredible as forwards. there must be a symmetry to his playing. |
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Post by Bohardy on Apr 25, 2020 6:46:45 GMT
Some of Brian's guitar bits are played 'in reverse', such as in Flick Of The Wrist And that's the BBC version. From memory, the whole solo on the BBC version is reversed, yeah, but the studio version definitely has various fills in reverse, and the solo has sections both in reverse and forwards. It's cleverly and fairly seemlessly constructed. |
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