Hidden Message in "Imagine" as performed by A Perfect Circle

[lj3fpe3]

How do you explain "Staiway to Heaven" the entire song is encoded in reverse using echo to cover the reverse lyrics in the forward diection.

[RedCurlyHead]

too much marijuana dude ;]

[chill3n456]

I heard "will people understand me"

[dimebuckerpickups]

sounds like u people wont understand me

[magicmuffinburgler]

I expected a screamer

[MisterBlack215]

@andcbwk I heard that too!

[andcbwk]

"People die because of me"

[aronp74]

eat the lunch and wait? i think he is talking about going swimming. lol

[nothadnotbad]

oishnadoot not wow

[kelleywazhere]

cool! i dont care if its his or her imagination, i heard it!

[kelleywazhere]

cool! i dont care if its his or her imagination, i heard it! :)

[kelleywazhere]

cool! i dont care if its his or her imagination, i heard it! :)

[FluffersTheFirst]

Dude there's no fucking hidden messages, it's all your imagination. I doubt that a rock band would take the time to hide hidden messages like 'the people don't understand me'

[deathwing107]

@FluffersTheFirst Pink Floyd did XD. Course it was a secret message saying "You found the secret message."

But yes, it is my imagination. I never said that this message was intentional. I just told you what I found and what it sounds like it's saying.

[FluffersTheFirst]

@deathwing107 haha I see :)

[endthefed1776paul12]

@FluffersTheFirst alot of the older 'hidden messages' are bogus. like people doing entire beatles songs backwards, half the shit the put in don't even sound like it and literally make no sense. but the scary thing is modern day there is hidden messages. some that are just so clear, but they don't run through out the entire song, its usually in the corus, like hit me baby one more time "sleep with me i'm not to young" or even btis blantant, if you seek amy. F-U-C-K me. pretty fucked up.

[imhavinfunrj]

Its not a good song u can tell in the beginning it says imagine theres no heaven, no heaven=no God

[djlocman3]

@imhavinfunrj then its telling the truth

[dianamccartny]

why do people always have to take a song that is trying to spread a good message and turn it into a dark bad song...

[inthepurelight]

he's saying you'll fuck up the needle

[supernorsu123]

that is so creepy :__:

[sandi739]

these guys made this song to dark :C

[riffraffteddyboy]

absolute rubbish!



[Warzol]

seem like "no evil understands it."

[orion1954]

Its the power of suggestion. Sure, it sounds like it, if youre told to listen to it, and give you words. If you dont tell at all, it sounds like nothing. Our minds fill in the blanks. Im sure John Lennon didnt mean to write it. Its no secret message. Especially with a good song forwards.

[EliseosChannel]

I heard " THE PEOPLE WAR BESIDE ME" ?

[Crikull]

cool

[TheMrcrazy711]

listen to revolution 9 backwards, it will be wierd

[dav8d777]

I mean no disrespect, but I'm a little skeptical of this one because I don't hear the word "won't". I'm glad you're doing this work... you can't get out on the leading edge of a subject without meeting some criticism or even contempt. You're making a great contribution to this subject and I hope you'll keep it up.

[Crawlingsurface]

thats not what Maynard is saying. Listen carfully ..."YOU WONT NEED NO UNDERSTANDING"The question lies in what we wont need to understand. do u know. I do!

[TheLeo4th]

i heard "the evil one beside me"

thumb up if u agree

[XWHITEoKNIGHTX19]

Imagine peace.

[MrKmartdog]

LOL...i did the same reverse thing to jhon lenons version of the song but crappy copy, if u listen carefully u can swear in the chorus he is wondering who shot him if anyone can check that out for me on a good copy of the song i would appreciate it cause it creaps me out

[chii1808]

@MrKmartdog  Did he?!?! how?? cpuld you plese explain me?

[AstralPossibilities]

Ever wondered why this idea works? I think I know. They say time is an illusion. Well to your soul it is not. It is one of the many automatic ways you can get your emotions out for your soul. Kind of like hand gestures only we have far less control over this of course. Who agrees with me?

[vnslykrx]

All I hear is harshasgfbhjdins. It wasn't meant to have a meaning played backwards, or else it would be played backwards. I do give you credit for listening to a song backwards. I would have to punch someone if I had to do that.

[MrDrewTa2]

Unintentional or not I LOVE BACKMASKING ,)

I believe that unintentionaly done it is your soul speeking.

Or your subconcious mind speeking ,)

[w137bms]

Hear "hold me unstand me" lol

[mrrossjonathan]

I heard the exact same thing you did. First time. Wow. That usually doesn't happen.

[bittenpickles]

Reversing music always twists my stomach a bit, but regardless, it's pretty interesting. You could take it anyway really, so long as it sounds like it. Nice.

[Thatguybehindthebush]

i hear old pepole understand me

[Maffibabby]

U wrong , Imagine all the ppl --> the ppl war beside me ...

[deathwing107]

@Maffibabby If you hear that in this song I wouldn't be surprised... but the consensus is that people normally hear that in the original version by John Lennon.

[Maffibabby]

@deathwing107

yea , i hear same as u , that 'The ppl won't understand me '.

but sometime i heard that is 'the ppl war beside me'

o.O

[FassinTaak]

Make me a bacon sandwich!

[LastStand2010]

I hear him saying "Don't pee on poor old Stanley".

[NavySealWannabe67]

@LastStand2010 XD XD XD XD

[kckatt]

I think I hear "The Evil Won't Understand Me." But im not sure. I got my dad to listen to this, and he says he heres "The Ethna (like a name or something, xD IDK!) Won't Understand Me." But I can definatly hear SOMETHING!! ^^

[F3n1X94]

maynard is a genius Hahahhaha

[Tiyannii]

w/e ya'll can believe in yo supposedly devil shit from the greatest bads ever, hell, they cant write songs and play em backwards and expect and fuckin subliminal messages there, fuck ya'll

[readytolose30]

wow very cool :), this song is about peace and these ppl leaving dumb comments should chill!

[evejed27]

genius..

[aechstan]

i dont care how many ppl comment and tell me im wrong.. ive been doing some research on backmasking and IN JESUS NAME i know this is how the Devil gets to people. He was the angel of music and he knows wordly music is an easy way!

[deathwing107]

@aechstan I only approved this comment for the lulz.

[tonkpilSXIII]

@deathwing107

I <3 you for this reply

[NavySealWannabe67]

@deathwing107 XD

[blackkakari]

@aechstan if God is supposed to be omnipitent than why does he allow the the Devil to fuck with his creation? That would seem to suggest that he just lets Satan fuck with people for fun. Now put down that crack pipe, read a book and try to exercise the few remaining brain cells you have left.

[GrejtBlekStena]

@blackkakari

Free will. You must improve your grammar.

[VeniVediVeci00]

@aechstan Thats true, look up Aleister Crowley. He influenced a lot of bands into putting "Do What Thou Wilt" in their albums which was a rule based on a satanic religion. Only for the weak-minded if you ask me. If your listening to it backwards than your asking for it.

[p8a8o8l8o]

@aechstan you understand me.

[p8a8o8l8o]

@p8a8o8l8o you will need no understanding.

[FontanaCinemas]

@aechstan Maybe YOU'RE the Devil. Yeah, I've been doing a lot of research on YOU, and YOU are the Devil. I don't care how many people tell me I'm wrong.

[Blindside453]

@aechstan watch?v=OLV-CEZa1Pk&feature=fe­edrec_grec_index

[drrobertoboogie97]

@aechstan Imagine no religion..

[k0stil]

i can find a reverse message in any song.

i can even find "paul i love you,sorry" in "how do you sleep" by john lennon

[C3NT3NIAL]

I think its pretty badass that one of my favorite songs has a hidden message... idk what you other people are thinkin but whatever.

[hideyourloveaway128]

Ok, but this doesn't apply to John Lennon. They sing it differently than he does, so it's not going to come out the same as it would if you played John's singing voice differently. Reverse the real "Imagine."

[TheSlenderman]

jhon i understand you.

[KlaussTheOne]

I hear all people understand me

[YumeSuicidoll]

God people love to find things to complain about, don't they? Well. Amusing idea, kinda vaguely heard what you meant. Either way, thanks for helping me kill a minute before passing out.

[namelesservant]

you should reverse the full song or the chorus..

[shushangs]

that was cool either way ya look at it

[y0minin0666]

chinga tu madre puto

[PhantomOfPoison]

I thought it was Imagine By John Lennon lol

[GuiTArBoY1372]

me to lol

[HarnesX]

there's also one at the end of darling nikki

[jr11596]

no it says the people war beside me

[mantlepicture]

Yeah, there's nothing there. I listened to it without reading your suggestion, and I heard a word that vaguely sounds like understand, but the rest... I didn't hear it. In fact, whenever someone suggests a hidden message, always listen first without the suggestion; you'll almost never hear the same thing. If you want a REAL hidden message, play Intension by Tool backwards. Not only is it real and very clear, it's also hilarious.

[mantlepicture]

There is no hidden message. It's like an ink blot test; your mind is just filling in holes. If you want a real hidden message, reverse Intension by Tool. Not only is there a REAL hidden message, it's fucking hilarious too.

[CrazyAthiestEmo]

@M0N60 - Ain't that the truth.

I think it might be saying, "Oh, the Lord, he won't understand me." Or something in that nature.

[Linzoid1995]

i think hes saying "hold me my lord, understand me"

[M0N60]

he doesn't believe in god.

he is intelligent.

[metallicagsh69]

So do you just listen to a whole bunch of songs backwards and try to make something out of it?

[deathwing107]

@metallicagsh69 I haven't listened to a lot. Just whatever was on a site I found that already did all the findings. This one, though, I did to see if this part had any similar message that the original version had, and it did in a way.

[Jtrip2133]

@metallicagsh69 Maybe....someone has to for us to feel like givin a damn to listen.

[xozazzie]

It sounds like "No He won't understand me." He being God probably.

[lukkbox]

images reach your brain the wrong way up. your brain reverses what you see so you may interpret it correctly, the subconscious does this feat

if you listen to a baby mimic what its hearing, it does so in reverse at first, before its brain sreverses it so it can say it as it was said

our subconscious minds rule, and they talk in reverse and reveal our innermost secrets

listen to some of the great speaches of the last century in reverse if you can, heck listen to anything , youll be surprised

[RFOSSIL]

WOW... UR SMART!

really how many trips have u had?

inspirational shroom talk.

[Unknown360DD]

Look at all the lonely people, where do they all come from? If no one can understand "Nothing" then you yourself are as ignorant as anyone else. All he was saying is, what if there was NOTHING created by our minds, none of these invisible barriers, but we could be as ONE not ruled by any government, and live a free way of life.

[BigKenVideoFreedom]

that is exactly right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ashado7]

the song itself is inspirational..for those that look deep into science and the genesis of the first religion...the pieces of the puzzle fall into place and mankind will realize that the work of the unknown manifests ityself around us..as for the song and hidden meaning .. I think it might be coincedence or intentional..either way its neat..

[alienshinobi84]

What I heard was "won't people understand me"

[angel666x]

without any god suicide bombers would not have a reason to blow themselves up, without countrys we wouldnt fight, so show some respect. fuck your DoG

[Se7enElement]

John Lennon is a Luceferian...I imagine most of you know this. Obviously how can one live in peace if your next to someone who believes the contrary. Makes no sense...so we went to war with iraq but its man...were gonna be a world as one. Sounds fukin retarded to me.

[hercules101]

HAHA, john lennon, what a fool, in the sence of Telling People that its easy not to believe in Heaven or Hell, and to LIVE AS ONE in that state, IDIOTIC mentality because its CAOTIC consequenses if the people (all) did not have GOd, with out God we are NOTHING and john lennon invited US to "JOIN THEM"...I DON"T THINK SO....God love you bretheren

[EliLNZ]

Part1: Do you have even an understanding of how many wars are fought over because of religion? Christians would kill people back in the day for saying the world wasnt flat, or that things wouldnt fall at the same speed, all that did was slow down the process of mankind. Thats why John Lennon wrote this song, to show all you ignorant followers that, without god, we would all "live for today" not waiting to die for some magical place that has only been told to you in a book.

[EliLNZ]

Part2: People can have beliefs, but be humble about it. Its when they start preaching and insisting that there fairy tale book is real and that your doomed if you dont believe in it that things get out of hand. John Lennon made millions off his views because he wasnt an idiot and knew what the world would be like if we werent held back, so for you to come onto this page and preach that hes a fool just proves who the real fool is.

[pisces22294]

sorry to burst your bubble, but many people now dont believe in 'Him' because there's no use or cause to

many people now believe in science

and we actually have proof for science

[BulletwasBANNED]

I say believe in nothing, and worry about shit like that when you DIE... instead of crying over it while you are alive, either way is wasting your time

[zacil1234]

john lennon is my hero and you are a shit.

john is dead buy he lives in my heart today and 4 ever.

john lennon is a hero 4 me and 4 lots of poopole he die 4 the pace and you plz stop saying this.

ur a shit!!!!

john was a hero

[jose13137]

Actually, with out god, we're better off as species.

We don't need a silly "father" or creator

[ACSPatriot2013]

people war beside me or people dont understand me

[RIPcaseycalvert911]

in the orignial song reverse i here "the people were beside me"

idk : /

[PERKJERK1]

any1 who says its ALL fake is a tool. u think with all our damn technology that we couldnt record something backwards on a song?? dont be stupid. auto tune??? hmmmmmm........

[PERKJERK1]

hey man at least ur tryin. not all of everybodys shit is gonna be right for various reasons, but we aint gonna learn nothin by NOT investigating shit. Theres enough out there for me to know that people INTENTIONALLY recording backwards is a reality. any1 who says its ALL fake is a tool who probably lives in redenckville. with allllll our technology, u think phuckin people cant record sum shit backwards on an album??? u gotta be effin crazee. its happening people, wake up. AUTOTUNE?i smell a rat

[JohnLennonFan22]

u made a mochery of a great john lennon song

[deathwing107]

Not even my song so I don't even know what the hell the point of this comment was.

[IWONDERABOUTPEOPLE]

@JohnLennonFan22 mockey

[buckerm]

this is so retarded, if you play enough songs backwards you may find one that says you are a retard some where. Keep looking I'll be waiting for an up date.

[deathwing107]

And I'm sure your opinion matters to someone. I won't be waiting for that though. I actually have a life.

[NWOKilluminati911]

@deathwing107 lol

[NWOKilluminati911]

@buckerm There is a song buy The Clash that if you play it backwards it says "If your playing this backwards your a CUNT!" So theres the update, but i'm not taking a sides hear. Do as you will.

[lifedeath567]

Look for girlfriend,

[deathwing107]

take your own advice, kid.

[Shpangledash]

To be honest i kind of heard the word "understand", but didnt pick out anything else until the text afterwards was there.. which kind of forcefeeds what you wanted us to hear. Same thing happens when you listen to screaming / growling lyrics. A lot of the time you can't make any of it out at all until you read a written out version, be it the actual lyrics or someones interpretation.

[deathwing107]

Quite the intelligent post, and you do bring up a good point, although it was never my intention to "forcefeed" what I wanted people to hear. I simply gave people my own opinion of what I believe he is saying. If you notice, people have been actually leaving comments about what they are really hearing, and it isn't always the same as what I have said in the video.

Again; however, you brought up a good point, even if that wasn't my intention.

[IWONDERABOUTPEOPLE]

@Shpangledash I hear "people understand me"

[Tokiovalentine]

scary..

[RomanianGuitarRock]

He doesn't say that, he doesn't say something intelligible

[deathwing107]

I take it you must have the annotations off, because I already fucking know that and say it.

[vivalaawesomness]

theres one in another one bites the dust, check it out

[juliaF13]

I think it's cool....it sounded just like it! Come on, people........

[josie0515]

you have to much time on your hands buddy, it merely sounds like something being played backwards. What an idiot.

[deathwing107]

Hope you feel better now that you got that outta your system. Enjoy life alone with that attitude.

[ezikual55]

agreed

[Stewerrvideos]

It sounds more like "Well people wont understand me" or "oh people wont understand me"

[jarak42]

"people need more understanding"

obviously unintentional to you halfwits below, i call it an omen. how else can two messages fit together like so?

[dragons2k100]

sounds more like your pepole wont understand me, good find !!!

[wmmpictures]

backmask the origonal

it says the people war beside me

[blackdecayingwillow]

that was neat :)

[TacomaPaul]

I believe he says, "You're playing this backwards you stupid fuck."

[anticrap1976]

witchcraft & rock n roll

r like peas n carrots

tools to own ur mind

[markpmcd]

i think he actually said "dont watch this video"

[PhilyDilly]

thats stupid why play thAT SHIT????

[chetthehoss]

You can't always get a chihuahua

[archangell1]

Oh you fucks.. he says nothing, you hear what you want to hear. its just a song played in reverse. nothing more, nothing less.

[Rlgsps]

he says ." pee on this cd if you understand me".

[TragicHate]

lol thats kool

[ninefootnails]

lol a perfect cricle could realy done this becaus theyr king of............special

[IamAsi94]

he says "people war beside me"

but on this version he says "people dont understand me"

[theoxiiii]

Ohima understands it!

[remboy3000]

lol i was reading the last bit to the music cus i thought that it was part of the music lol...

[uldsweater]

Nope you're all wrong...he is singing: "Eat marijuana Stanley"

[crimsontearz24]

This isn't Queen :)

[Frogster7]

LOL

[tehbackmaskr]

@uldsweater

damn.

Your sub-conscious nailed that one.

[maellou91]

C'est n'importe quoi, ces histoires de messages cachés sont pour ceux qui n'ont rien à faire de leur temps.

[theeternalsinner]

Hahahahaha. Nice video. Hahhaah

[stickman540360]

i heard keep on the wisdom

[Jillianfilms]

"Thanks for Watching...Er...Listening" Nice. haha

[bobette721]

thats not what he said in reverse

the real one is

"the people war beside me"

[OkamiWave]

i think that's just pure coincidence, you can find some "hidden message" in almost every song ever made if you play it backwards, just find something better to do with your time.

[cornerstone111]

You wont need no one to understand..is what I heard

[carnalusband]

there is no hidden message. some songs blatantly have hidden messages and this isn't one of them. lots of bands did it in the 1960s as part of their black-magic-songwriting nonsense, but this isn't one of them. play "the empty spaces" by pink floyd backwards- that is an example of a blatantly-hidden message!

[deathwing107]

I know that. You pretty much just stated the obvious.

[Dialceus]

and stairway to heaven (when played in reverse i call it stairway to hell)

[ValidateMyself122]

I think i heard "Oh evil Understand me"

[foxerman1]

I heard that too o.o

[jodaisgod]

same here dude

[LakytheGreate]

Lol..Beckwards are imposible! For example:

Oh evil one stand me,

The people war beside me,

The people won`t understand me...

LOL!!!

[MAChatham]

"Understand" can be clearly heard... though I think the last word in the phrase might be it... "The people won't it" but it could be the word "me"...

Either way, to me the hidden message really relates to how the message of 'Imagine' must have first been interpreted by the masses...

No people won't get it or understand 'me' (John Lennon)... because there is really heavy concepts that are beyond the norm of American culture...

[nataliaboroday]

Sounds like All Evils understand The or Me... i unno or O evil one understands me

[dhspam]

"if you are playing records backwards to find hidden messages...you are satan" Bill Hicks

[retortme]

I thought it said, "Some people just have too much time on their hands!"

[heartsofcheese]

i guess you're right, why the hell would he say "the people dont understand me"? what the hell does that mean?

[halflifepi3]

I only seem to find these videos at night so then I get creeped out.

[XXXCashFlowXXX]

It sounds like "oh evil one stand me".

[ash10692]

This video is stupid. It sounds nothing like 'People Don't Understand me'

[deathwing107]

You're entitled to your opinion, since this is just what I think it sounds like, it ain't definitively what he is saying.

Do you have a thought about what it sounds like he is saying, if anything at all? I'm very curious.

[ash10692]

No I don't hear anything when there are no words displayed on the screen.

[deathwing107]

Thank you for answering. I appreciate it.

[BEATLElover14]

This kind of stuff i dont find that suprising in this world...