Little moments in showtunes that sound great when played backwards

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 10:57pm

Whenever I rewind a song in a cast recording of mine to a certain part, I always discover that a little moment of a song can sound great when played backwards. I sometimes find myself playing a particular moment in a cast recording just so I can rewind it and listen to it backwards.

Some examples:

"But I'll only have one life, not two" from Aspects of Love sounds great backwards.

Numerous little moments on Les Miz make me want to cry when played backwards.

What are some of yours, if any?

[Holly Therese]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 10:58pm

I don't think I've ever played anything backwards, but now I'm curious!

[Yero]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 10:59pm

I listened to Over the Moon backwards.. it's REALLY freaky. It sounds like a satanic chant.

Updated On: 7/24/06 at 10:59 PM

[shiksa_goddess]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 11:00pm

Most of my friends think it is insane that I mess around with my recordings like that, but one song that I really enjoy backwards is "Role of a Lifetime" from Bare. Also, if you take it down two keys, Michael Arden sounds like Josh Groban.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 11:02pm

How does one play something backwards?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 11:06pm

I knew a girl who played her "Lennon" bootleg backwards and it said "I buried Paul."

And then she died.

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 11:07pm

yankeefan007: How I do it is that I put in a CD in my CD player. When I get to a moment, I press the button that lets you skip from song to song. I play my CDs backwards by holding the backwards button down. Then, you can play something backwards. I hope that helps.

[cturtle]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 11:39pm

the beatles' REVOLUTION is awesome backwards.

[I<3bway]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 11:43pm

I played Today 4 U in slow mow, and angel sounds like he's about to raise hell.

[sisterberthe]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 11:47pm

Yero, you want to hear something really freaky? "Play The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" backwards...

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 12:49pm

Well there is that segment in teh first act finale of STEEL PIER when the hero reverses time and the orchestra literally plays a few bars backwards. (On the OCR it does dound like they are playing a tape backwards.)

Years ago there were rumours of satanic messages back-tracked into rock albums. I think its more the power of suggestion. A friend insisted that if you played "Another one bites the dust" backwards they were saying "It's fun to smoke marijuana." Well, I was in a radio station then and we played it backwards and it said: "tsud eht setib eno rehtonA."

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 2:09pm

I remember playing the title song of Phantom backwards a long time ago...it was kind of exciting actually. Haven't tried anything else, though.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 2:15pm

The title theme to POTO backwards sounds like the music from Defying Gravity when she's rising.

WHY do I know this?

Updated On: 7/25/06 at 02:15 PM

[rocky2428]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 4:09pm

"I knew a girl who played her "Lennon" bootleg backwards and it said "I buried Paul."

And then she died."

That's damn funny!

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 4:13pm

"I Dreamed a Dream" sounds really cool backwards.