ETH 12 minute gag

**AckZel** · 28th December 05, 12:28 PM

Most of you have probably notived that there is about 10 minutes of silence at the end of Mexican Scotchman at the album Let the wind blow high. That is of course to piss off the rippers... but. Rewind the position to about 11:50 and start listening... "Parental advisory - Explicit lyrics - Rated M"

**Sherry** · 28th December 05, 02:28 PM

This reminds of the days when "backwards masking" was a popular myth. For instance, if you played The Beatle's "Revolution" song backwards on the old LP's, you were supposed to hear "Paul is dead" repeated over & over.

I wonder how many needles & LP's were worn out from all that backwards playing.

**AckZel** · 28th December 05, 03:50 PM

Yeah, but the melons are true!

**Eujeankilt** · 28th December 05, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by Sherry

This reminds of the days when "backwards masking" was a popular myth. For instance, if you played The Beatle's "Revolution" song backwards on the old LP's, you were supposed to hear "Paul is dead" repeated over & over.

I wonder how many needles & LP's were worn out from all that backwards playing.

Actually, this wasn't a myth. A friend and I tried it. During a certain section, it seemed to say "turn me on dead man" over and over. Also, in Strawberry Fields Forever, you could hear towards the end "I buried Paul". As you can tell I got caught up in the mystery as a youth!

Dale

**GMan** · 28th December 05, 06:49 PM

Whether these tales are true or not, they do tend to give a great image on those cold winter nights, when the electricity goes off.

**Sherry** · 28th December 05, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by Mowgli

Actually, this wasn't a myth. A friend and I tried it. During a certain section, it seemed to say "turn me on dead man" over and over. Also, in Strawberry Fields Forever, you could hear towards the end "I buried Paul". As you can tell I got caught up in the mystery as a youth!

Dale

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And to get back to Ackwell: what melons?

**AckZel** · 28th December 05, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by Sherry

And to get back to Ackwell: what melons?

Listen to Mexican Scotsman after time 11:58 and you'll see ;)

**MacSimoin** · 29th December 05, 05:28 PM

The last backwards masking stunt I can recall was Ozzy Osbourne (go figure) and his song "No More Tears", where a line from "The Exorcist" can be heard ("...I am no one, no one is here...") in the song. Silly Ozzy.