The first is the power of suggestion – people that pushed the backmasking phenomenon could always coax a message out of the gibberish before they announced their discovery to the public. The second is nothing more than studio trickery, with the artist deliberately recording a lyric and adding it to the recording so it plays backwards when you play the record forward, especially once it began to rustle jimmies. Of course, this hasn’t stopped the accusations from coming, as the following list demonstrates. Some of the artists mentioned here have been targets since the backmasking craze began over forty years ago, while others are new entries into the dubious category. The Craziest Backmasking Songs & Their Messages All are kind of fun to explore, in a “you’ve got to be kidding me” kind of way. Here is a list of the six (seemed like an appropriate number) most iconic examples, old and new, showing just how far some people will reach to invent evil to be oppressed by when there's a short supply and a high demand. Like so many other things, The Beatles came up with the notion of deliberately putting backward lyrics into their records. The “Paul is dead” rumors are in full-force, and those looking for clues that Paul indeed blew his mind out in a car turn to the White Album for clues – specifically, the lengthy weird track “Revolution 9.” Word starts spreading that if you reverse the experimental tune’s signature bit of a voice repeatedly uttering “number 9,” you get the phrase: According to John Lennon, he came home after a night of revelry in 1966, accidentally played a take of their song “Rain” the wrong way, and was so enamored by its sound, he put a reversed version of the song’s opening line on the song’s fadeout.įast forward to 1969. Some people actually buy into the myth while just enjoy the info-tainment. While the bit isn’t Satanic per se, it’s nonetheless used by fear mongers as a prime example of backmasking a gateway to far more sinister stuff like cloning, dopplegangers, and other fun occult topics.
Truly, the Beatles influence seemingly has no bounds. Want proof that backmasking is still being purported as a tool of the devil? Look no further than this iconic Canadian pop star. Let me in, let me in, let me in, yay war.” The culprit can be traced to the song's chorus, which primarily consists of the cooing words "baby, baby, baby, oh.” Purportedly, when the chorus is reversed, you get: While parents of teenage girls may contend that Bieber is evil incarnate as it is, some contend that his true dark power is found when you spin his breakthrough hit “Baby” backwards.
Not only is Bieber allegedly pledging allegiance to the Prince of Darkness, but he also seems to be giving props to the New World Order / Illuminati.