Playing songs backwards, or backmasking, has been around since the Beatles famously made the song ' Revolution 9' on the 'White album' collection. If you have a copy of this rare record, and are stupid enough to destroy the vynal by playing it in reverse, you can uncover true backmasking. The man saying 'Number nine' over and over actually says 'Turn me on, dead man' when the track is reversed. Before the album was released in November 22,1968, Beatles member Paul McCartney was believed to be dead by hardcore fans, and the sound engineer working on the recording manufactured this unique technic into the song. This is nothing new of course. Electric light orchestra backmask's at the beginning of the 1975 album 'Face the music'. Missy Elliott backmasks in her song 'work it', were she sings the chorus backward. These examples are very obvious. Some people though, religious types mostly, are afraid backmasking is being used for planting subliminal messages.

These people reckon songs such as Queen's 'Another one bites the dust' backmarks subliminally a message to smoke marijuana. Or Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to heaven', where when played backwards its suppose to say 'I sing because i live with satan'. After not hearing any of these, reporters decided to investigate how many songs have backmasking involved. Surprisingly, many singers use this technic in there recordings. Reporters for insane urine soaked man on park bench news found that Madonnas new album 'Confessions on a dance floor' has a track when where backmasks she sings 'Married to Guy Richie so im English now'. Australians Kasey Chambers new album, Carnival, also has backmasking involved. One of the tracks, when played backwards says 'I cant sing country for shite'. Newspapers now warn us to avoid any country music at all cost.