Reversing some tracks brings interesting results
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:24 am
First off, I DID NOT come up with this. A fellow by the name of Aaron Adel did on the BoC Yahoo Forum, and since I have never seen his name on this board, I thought I would post some of the stuff he came up with. I found it very interesting, and I can't wait to listen to these tracks backwards now. Some of this may be old news, but it was new to me...
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I'm sure many of you knew that the music in Dandelion was something played backwards the first time you heard it. I have always wondered if it takes a "trained ear" to tell if something has been reversed. Many people I have asked cannot tell if something is reversed, where as I seem to pick it up quite well. Is this really a talent?
Try these other reversals if you haven't already:
- Macquarie Ridge: when the track is reversed a forwards drum track becomes evident throughout
- Oscar See Through Red Eye is very intriguing when reversed. The events noted are at the times on the *reversed track*:
From 3:32 to 3:45 a melody is clearly "forwards" You can tell because of the way the instrument resonates at the end of each note. Needless to say, the melody during that small time span is beautiful.
From 3:57 to 4:00 a "forwards" twanging noise can be heard. Sounds like a string being tapped repeatedly.
From 4:54 to 5:07, which is the real beginning of the song, a wobbly instrument can be heard and resonates as though it is forwards. Play the beginning of the song forwards, on the other hand, and it is barely audible.
Chromakey Dreamcoat...ah yes, the song with everyone's favourite guitar twang! Sounded so "normal" right from the get-go that we forgot to look for other hidden beauties. Reverse the track and note the following:
From 1:53 to 2:05 a doorbell-like chiming melody is present. Now listen to the clip in normal direction. See??
Hey Saturday Sun: There are two main melodies which alternate. The one that isn't the guitar one, is a reversed synth melody. Reverse the entire track and you can spot one of the sections between 1:36 and 2:05.
You can tell its backwards by again noting the resonation of the notes.
Also the very beginning of the song, 4:40 to 4:56 on the reversed version, i could swear it's forwards when reversed, but its debatable
Alpha and Omega: When reversed, from 0:23 onward, the main "melody" (if you can call it that) is actually forwards.
That's all I could take for now. When I reverse stuff and listen to it, particularly when there are voices involved, I sometimes get an extremely strange feeling. I get intense goosebumps and my tearducts well up like geysers. This happened with A&O so I had to stop. I felt like something really creepy was happening, but couldn't explain what.
It's likely my imagination. Kind of like when you check all the closets for monsters after watching a horror movie. I have never been able to figure this reaction out. Can anyone relate?
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I'm sure many of you knew that the music in Dandelion was something played backwards the first time you heard it. I have always wondered if it takes a "trained ear" to tell if something has been reversed. Many people I have asked cannot tell if something is reversed, where as I seem to pick it up quite well. Is this really a talent?
Try these other reversals if you haven't already:
- Macquarie Ridge: when the track is reversed a forwards drum track becomes evident throughout
- Oscar See Through Red Eye is very intriguing when reversed. The events noted are at the times on the *reversed track*:
From 3:32 to 3:45 a melody is clearly "forwards" You can tell because of the way the instrument resonates at the end of each note. Needless to say, the melody during that small time span is beautiful.
From 3:57 to 4:00 a "forwards" twanging noise can be heard. Sounds like a string being tapped repeatedly.
From 4:54 to 5:07, which is the real beginning of the song, a wobbly instrument can be heard and resonates as though it is forwards. Play the beginning of the song forwards, on the other hand, and it is barely audible.
Chromakey Dreamcoat...ah yes, the song with everyone's favourite guitar twang! Sounded so "normal" right from the get-go that we forgot to look for other hidden beauties. Reverse the track and note the following:
From 1:53 to 2:05 a doorbell-like chiming melody is present. Now listen to the clip in normal direction. See??
Hey Saturday Sun: There are two main melodies which alternate. The one that isn't the guitar one, is a reversed synth melody. Reverse the entire track and you can spot one of the sections between 1:36 and 2:05.
You can tell its backwards by again noting the resonation of the notes.
Also the very beginning of the song, 4:40 to 4:56 on the reversed version, i could swear it's forwards when reversed, but its debatable
Alpha and Omega: When reversed, from 0:23 onward, the main "melody" (if you can call it that) is actually forwards.
That's all I could take for now. When I reverse stuff and listen to it, particularly when there are voices involved, I sometimes get an extremely strange feeling. I get intense goosebumps and my tearducts well up like geysers. This happened with A&O so I had to stop. I felt like something really creepy was happening, but couldn't explain what.
It's likely my imagination. Kind of like when you check all the closets for monsters after watching a horror movie. I have never been able to figure this reaction out. Can anyone relate?
