- Putting subliminal messages in music backwards serial#
- Putting subliminal messages in music backwards trial#
Putting subliminal messages in music backwards trial#
In a documentary about the trial Halford said that telling fans to commit suicide would not be a good way to build a fanbase and if they could insert subliminal messages it would be “Buy more of our records.” He ruled that any subliminal messages, should they actually exist, were not responsible for the death of the two young men. But the families of the victims claimed that “try suicide,” “do it” and “let’s be dead” could be heard when the song ‘Better By You, Better Than Me’ was played backwards. Frontman Rob Halford told the court that the supposed backmasked messages were just the sound of him exhaling during the song.
In 1990 British heavy-metal band Judas Priest were taken to court after the death of two young fans who cited their music as the reason they killed themselves. We’d call an album ‘Highway to Hell’, there it was right in front of them.” Guitarist Angus Young responded to these ridiculous acquisitions of hiding Satanic messages by saying “You didn’t need to play backwards, because we never hid. This was according to reverse speech advocate David John Oates. It has been reported that “I am the law,” “my name is Lucifer” and “she belongs in hell” are hidden on the album. Specifically, the album ‘Highway to Hell’, claiming it had inspired him to commit murder.
Putting subliminal messages in music backwards serial#
When serial killer Richard Ramirez was on trial, he spoke about the music of AC/DC. Such were the persistence of the allegations about the song’s connections to the Devil that Swan Song Records were forced into releasing a statement saying “Our turntables only play in one direction – forwards.” The band still deny putting any subliminal messages in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ but it’s hard to know who to trust, ‘cause you know sometimes words have two meanings. Supposedly when played backwards you can hear “Here’s to my sweet Satan” and “He will give those with him 666.” While it does sound like those phrases are hidden in the song you can only really make out the words once someone has told you what they think it says, it really is just a muffled sound and you could easily be told it said anything. One of the most famous examples of alleged satanic messages in music can be found on ‘Stairway to Heaven’ by rock legends Led Zeppelin. Paul McCartney (or somebody that looks a lot like him) turned 77 this year. Both the band and their record label categorically denied the rumours of Paul’s demise. ‘Revolution 9’ is a weird song to listen to when played forward but when played backwards you can hear the words “Turn me on, dead man,” which people claim was proof that Paul McCartney had died and was replaced by a lookalike. The Beatles first used backmasking on their 1965 album ‘Rubber Soul’ but it was a song on ‘The White Album’ that really got people talking and led to one the biggest urban legends in music. These words and phrases could also simply just be examples of unintentional phonetic reversal. The Barney & Friends theme tune played backwards sounds like it contains the words “then we slay a Christian while you look so fat,” and I find it hard to believe that the friendly purple dinosaur is acting as an agent for the dark lord. If you look hard enough you can find examples of this in any song played backwards. Rock’s association with rebellion and the Devil meant that those who opposed it were looking for words, patterns and phrases that simply weren’t there. Sometimes these ‘satanic’ messages were simply just a case of pareidolia, when your brain tries to make sense of meaningless patterns and data. This is a very deliberate approach to leaving a hidden message on a song and was popularised by The Beatles in the 1960’s. The first is a technique called “backmasking,” which is a recording technique that involves recoding sound or words backwards onto a track that is meant to be played forward.
There are a few reasons you might be able to hear a hidden message in a song when it is played backwards. With the resurgence in the sales of vinyl records, could we see a return of the controversy that surrounded hidden messages in music? These controversies continued into the 1990’s and only really died down with the introduction of cassette tapes and cd’s. So, when people starting finding messages when playing records backwards, they came to their own conclusions, these must be subliminal messages from Satan himself. This was according to overly concerned parents, fundamentalist Christian groups and people with no taste in music. It was music from the Devil, corrupting their minds. From its infancy, rock music was considered a bad influence on children, teens and young adults. The controversy started in the 1960’s with the growing popularity of rock music and the increase in sales of vinyl records. “Our turntables only play in one direction”- The Truth About Hidden Messages in Music
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