![]() ![]() Thanks to Gary Bates, who discovered this implicit backward message. ![]() ![]() See the Iron Maiden FAQ for more details on the possible origins of this message. This essentially means: "What ho said the monster with the three heads, don't meddle with things you don't understand." The message is mainly intended for the religious bigots who had condemned the band as devil worshippers. The message is actually Nicko McBrain speaking in a thick accent (actually doing his impression of Idi Amin Dada) and saying:ĭon't meddle wid t'ings you don't understand. Even if you reverse it, it still remains mostly unintelligible, as you can see from these Real Audio samples: Perhaps the most common question by Maiden fans is the meaning of the backwards message just before "Still Life" begins. This song appears on the Piece Of Mind album. These are the only backward messages that I am aware of in Maiden's music. ![]() The explicit message in "Still Life" is known by every fan, but there may be a few others that are less well-known. There are actually very few backward messages to be found in Iron Maiden's music. But in any case, this type of message is never intended by the artists – it would take a huge amount of time and energy to identify suitable phrases that worked in both directions, and I cannot believe that the musicians actually do this. Most of the time one cannot hear the message until they already know what it is supposed to say, although when they do hear it, it becomes uncanilly clear. In my opinion, the vast majority of these are a result of wishful thinking on the part of the listener. Implicit or phonetic backward messages occur through random chance when regular forward lyrics are reversed. But in all cases, the message is intentionally added by the artists, and can usually be heard in the normal direction as something backward-sounding. Occasionally a vocalist will memorize the sound of a phrase backwards so that it can be sung or shouted live. Often they consist of a separate track which is recorded normally and then reversed before being mixed into the song. Check out the following links for more information on backward-masking.īackward messages in music fall into two general categories, explicit/ engineered and implicit/ phonetic, which can be defined as follows:Įxplicit or engineered backward messages are intended to be there, and are unintelligible when played in the normal direction. This led to a wave of backward-masking hysteria in the 70s and 80s, which included several high-profile and ultimately unsuccessful lawsuits against various heavy metal bands. Some psychologists believe that it is possible for the human subconscious to decode and understand backward messages, and that such messages are particularly suggestive. Nowadays, the easiest way to reverse a song is to sample it digitally into a computer and use sound-editing software to reverse it. This was usually done by spinning the turntable backwards, although it is possible to reverse a cassette by playing the back side of the tape. It is necessary to reverse the song in order to understand the message. In general, a backward message is some message in a song which is heard backward when the song is played normally. | The Iron Maiden Commentary | Backward Messages | ![]()
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