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illusion dog
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 Posted - 10/13/2004 : 05:08:50
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cute link for ppl: http://www3.telus.net/jefmil/stairwaybackwards.htm
Frank seems to like cryptic things. Is there any backmasking going on with Frank or the Pixies' albums? Has anyone bothered to listen to them backwards?
Of course if you want to argue that the Pixies had to be in league with God herself, I won't argue.
hmmm, Pixies are little pagan creatures, right? 
[Edit: i can't type..or spell..or proof-read] |
Edited by - illusion dog on 10/13/2004 08:41:12 |
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apl4eris
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Posted - 10/15/2004 : 13:16:58
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Interesting thought.
Haven't listened to them backwards myself. My suspicion is that he takes a more academically-mischievous route to his puzzles, but I wouldn't put it past him to backmask at all.
hmmm. Might have to run though a few songs -any suggestions for the most likely candidates?
RIP Rest In Peace Jacques Derrida. rasta. ruowa. freedom from activity. a brief pause in reading. a rhythmic silence in music. |
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illusion dog
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Posted - 10/16/2004 : 03:25:33
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I'd thought of starting with his solo albums. I'm thinking of the deliberate "Congratulations you have found the secret message" type of thing rather than satanic voices, so the two-track albums are unlikely candidates. Which of his aren't two-track?
The only solo one I have is "The Cult of Ray". After that, Trompe, Bossanova and Doolittle are worth a look. Let me know which ones you go through, I'll start with TCOR then Trompe. |
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illusion dog
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Posted - 10/16/2004 : 05:37:54
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I've gone through TCOR, Franks rocks in reverse too btw ;) Only one hit and it's a stretch.
Dance War: When reversed the lyrics "Slamming in this pit" sound vaguely like "There isn't any message." 
Have a listen. |
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Posted - 10/16/2004 : 08:34:47
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woah
I was actually quite ready to discount that, but it really does
you are so pretty
when you're on your knees
disenfected
eager to please
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 10/16/2004 : 09:06:44
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I'm sure the Queen thing is a real hidden message
but some other things don't sound on purpose to me
 "I joined the Cult of Serge/'Cause he invented indierock before Frank did" |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 10/16/2004 : 09:09:33
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fuck! I do hear
there isn't any message
I doubt if it's a hidden message
but It's a frank thing to do
"I joined the Cult of Serge/'Cause he invented indierock before Frank did" |
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hec
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Posted - 10/16/2004 : 09:22:53
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quote:
Originally posted by billgoodman
I'm sure the Queen thing is a real hidden message
but some other things don't sound on purpose to me
"I joined the Cult of Serge/'Cause he invented indierock before Frank did"
the pink floyd one is meant and is pretty famous
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billgoodman
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Posted - 10/16/2004 : 10:24:48
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Well hec,
That was one I believe in
I mean it's too obvious
especially because what you hear when you play it normally
is jibberish.
I don't believe in the John Lennon and Yoko Ono though
I Shot John Lennon seems too farfetched
"I joined the Cult of Serge/'Cause he invented indierock before Frank did" |
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apl4eris
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Posted - 10/16/2004 : 15:25:35
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quote:
Originally posted by illusion dog
I've gone through TCOR, Franks rocks in reverse too btw ;) Only one hit and it's a stretch.
Dance War: When reversed the lyrics "Slamming in this pit" sound vaguely like "There isn't any message."
Have a listen.
That's hilarious!
Sometime this weekend I'm on the hunt. How many songs did you go through before finding this? Did you sift through and pick promising ones, or did you just play the whole album backwards?
RIP Rest In Peace Jacques Derrida. rasta. ruowa. freedom from activity. a brief pause in reading. a rhythmic silence in music. |
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Levitated
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 10/16/2004 : 16:52:50
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| Thanks for the link!!! I always get scared with that stuff. Maybe it's because when I was a little kid I was fan of this brazilian tv show called ''el show de xuxa'' xuxa was a girl (a very hot girl) who sang for the kids but if you put her tape on backwards you could heard this: ''el diablo es magnifico'' (the devil is wonderful) and I really did hear it!!! it was very scary since I was just 7-8 years old. Oh yeah I agree about the Queen one, it sounds pretty clear. |
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ObfuscateByWill
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Posted - 10/17/2004 : 00:29:33
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This has been posted on the board before.
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Am I the only one who likes the satanic version of 'Stairway..' a bit more?
 Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
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illusion dog
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Posted - 10/17/2004 : 01:00:52
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Hey ObfuscateByWill, you just mean the link right? Not the audio? Have people here searched the pixies/frank/catholics already?
It was the first song I did apl4eris, D for Dance, so the first song in the folder. I went through the whole album. I'll do Trompe today.
The stairway one weirds me out. *where's my safety light* |
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illusion dog
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 12:21:11
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Trompe has two but they're figments of my imagination I'm sure, and stupid. If people want to I'll post the audio. Anyway, they are:
Distance equals rate times time: "We got no atmosphere" = "I was stung by one like you."
Lovely Day: "They got one leaving today" = "Send the wheel to the wagon." wtf? |
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apl4eris
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 13:10:36
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I'd love to hear them!
I haven't had a chance to try finding them yet. I have access to the software I need on my hubby's pc now, so I'm going to see what I can find. What software are you using illusion dog?
RIP Rest In Peace Jacques Derrida. rasta. ruowa. freedom from activity. a brief pause in reading. a rhythmic silence in music. |
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illusion dog
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floop
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 14:57:38
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hate to be a buzzkill but don't you think these are just coincidences?
i mean, send the wheel to the wagon?
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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illusion dog
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 15:12:05
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
hate to be a buzzkill but don't you think these are just coincidences?
i mean, send the wheel to the wagon?
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
You think? I've been waiting for Frank to appear and explain the back-story for each one since I started the thread. I sure hope you didn't scare him off. Let us now ponder the meaning of the wheel... the wagon also. |
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floop
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 15:18:27
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why would i have scared him off?
it's just my opinion that i don't think he'd go that far out of his way to achieve that for a backwards lyric.
i also think the Stairway To Heaven one is silly.
"there was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad satan"
which toolshed?
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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illusion dog
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 15:31:08
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hmm i guess certain smilies are needed round here.. *runs with it instead*
It's so obviously deliberate. Singing backwards and forwards with meaning is even taught at Julliard. You know Frank could do that sort of thing in real time if he wanted. |
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apl4eris
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 17:09:28
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
i also think the Stairway To Heaven one is silly.
"there was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad satan"
which toolshed?
The little one, of course. ( )
I don't really hear the "wheel to the wagon" one at all, but "I was stung by one like you" sounds pretty clear.
It also follows with his song lyrics lexicon of bees and stinging (Jainism- from Jaina Blues and a link in his own profile at one time/Honey/Bees/Honeycomb).
Definitely interesting.
RIP Rest In Peace Jacques Derrida. rasta. ruowa. freedom from activity. a brief pause in reading. a rhythmic silence in music. |
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floop
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 17:20:13
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quote:
Originally posted by illusion dog
hmm i guess certain smilies are needed round here.. *runs with it instead*
It's so obviously deliberate. Singing backwards and forwards with meaning is even taught at Julliard. You know Frank could do that sort of thing in real time if he wanted.
if it's obviously deliberate then why are there differing opinions?
"everyone has an opinion, but only some have information" - jon tivenheheheheheheehehee! |
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illusion dog
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 18:02:02
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Because your powers of deduction are flawed.
I believe it was the great Ms. Kim Deal who once said, "Floop's powers of deduction are flawed. Flawed." The she screamed something about Boise. |
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floop
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 18:53:31
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quote:
Originally posted by illusion dog
Because your powers of deduction are flawed.
I believe it was the great Ms. Kim Deal who once said, "Floop's powers of deduction are flawed. Flawed." The she screamed something about Boise.
i'm not ruling out the possibility that you are correct about that.
"everyone has an opinion, but only some have information" - jon tiven |
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 19:00:10
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oooh I buy the stung by... one too, oooh
how very frightening
Frank Black ate my hamster |
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illusion dog
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Posted - 10/19/2004 : 19:32:19
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I'm just messing with you floop. My last three posts were tongue-in-cheek. I'm was hoping to find the type of message that gets added in a music studio, like Prince did, reversed audio camouflaged as distortion. I'm not taking these "satanic voices" things serious, they're fun though.
I first heard "There isn't any message" as "Here's an inny message", maybe Franks belly-button writes his songs, I dunno. Anyway the important bit seems to be that the last few words are clear. The start of the line only needs to vaguely match. I think it's just the power of suggestion. However the length of the Stairway one is hard to explain.
[Edit: devil man required] |
Edited by - illusion dog on 10/19/2004 19:34:05 |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 10/20/2004 : 09:35:01
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hey floop, illusion dog was joking man!
I love his posts btw
"I joined the Cult of Serge/'Cause he invented indierock before Frank did" |
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floop
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Posted - 10/20/2004 : 10:16:58
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i figued out he was joking... i thought i posted that but i guess i forgot.
it's all good in the hood
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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billgoodman
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Posted - 10/20/2004 : 14:19:30
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cool floop
you know
the current situation on this forum
seems a bit
unpleasant
so I'm trying to make it a happy place again
"I joined the Jon Tiven/Bye!" |
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VoVat
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Posted - 10/20/2004 : 16:38:04
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Distance equals rate times time: "We got no atmosphere" = "I was stung by one like you."
That was back when he and Jane were making bumblebee love.
"Signature quotes are so lame." --Nathan |
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illusion dog
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Posted - 10/20/2004 : 17:31:58
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I did Doolittle. There's two. The first is a stupid/funny one:
Crackity Jones: "La muneca." = "I'm a zulu."
... which is especially lame when you put it next to this one.
Dead: "I can't think of nothing." = "They've come to get me."
I don't know what to say...martians, holy-crap, what else? |
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an erotic vulture
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Posted - 10/31/2004 : 11:46:29
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Aah, run Frank run!
The second one is really clear though... scary.
[stage direction: suspenseful point] |
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TRANSMARINE
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Posted - 10/31/2004 : 12:31:18
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The walrus was really Joey, too. And Kim is dead, replaced by actress Katherine Keener.
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
-bRIAN |
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illusion dog
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Posted - 11/03/2004 : 00:36:30
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I heard different. Kim was still smoking when the assassination attempt was made. Her super-stoner-hearing allowed her to impale Kath on a mic stand in a last second act of self defense. It's actually Kim who replaced Keener. I can't believe you thought Kath could kick Kim's ass. I thought Kim was great in the movie Simone by the way.
I fully expected to hear that last clip as distortion when I reversed it back to normal. It was clear on the first hearing. The lines kinda superfluous too. It's the only one that has the potential to be deliberate I think. *puts on my tin-foil hat... with tin-foil thor-pixie wings* |
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