Subliminal messages in songs3/24/2024 ![]() British metal band Judas Priest’s cover put the members in court in 1990, when the parents of two young fans of the band who attempted suicide in 1985 sued them in a civil case, alleging the song included the subliminal command “Do it.” The case was dismissed, with the judge ruling that any subliminal messages in the song, if they existed, were not culpable for the deaths.īackwards message: “Start to smoke marijuana” “Better by You, Better than Me” was originally recorded by the band Spooky Tooth in 1969. Judas Priest, “Better by You, Better than Me” By the 1980s, backmasking had become controversial, with some Christian groups claiming the “subliminal” messages in many rock records were Satanic, censorship bills and mandated warning labels popping up in some states, and of course, the infamous trial of Judas Priest - which leads us to the first of five famous backwards messages: ![]() (One such message appears in “Rain”: “When the rain comes, they run and hide their heads.”)ĬDs, personal computers and portable audio players limited the ability to listen to tracks in reverse, and fewer people have record collections today than in the 1960s, when it was the dominant medium for music. So the band began recording messages in Revolver that could only be deciphered when the record was played backwards. John Lennon said one night while smoking pot, he mistakenly played the tapes for the song “Rain” in reverse and liked the sound. ![]() “Backmasking” started with The Beatles’ 1966 album Revolver. ![]()
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