Siobhan Donaghy-Ghosts-Played Backwards

[phookka]

So fucking cool. Damn. Wtfing right now. She is incredible.

[chloboshoka]

it makes more sense backwards than it does forward. 

[chrisrys]

I dont understand the backward thing with the texts. i do understand that if u play it backwards, u hear the real text. But if u write down the words from original text and read it backwards it does not make any sense and it doesnt sound like the "normal" text. does anyone know how they did it?

[Squirrelunderabus]

@chrisrys

I suppose they recorded the original lyrics, "she wears all your dresses, carry on etc." and then changed it backwards and listened to what words the backwards noises resembled, and then recorded the "Full mug my friends certainly familiar, phwooaar so spirit" -lyrics on top of it. Thus, it can be played both ways.

[ngr3gorius]

@chrisrys I believe its called back masking?

[ZohaCoala]

Siobhan was the best member of Sugababes. It's Keisha's fault...

[SIGMAR777]

Incredible. I like both versions of the song. That is wicked.

[anthonymezzapelle]

i hear something that sounds like backwards, i like the beat

[challywang]

It means, she's dead inside a coffin. FFS

[jprp83]

weird thing is that I still enjoy the music backwards lol

[Myloveispink94]

this is sooo clever

[Mahoney8T7]

from 0:50 she says it!

[jwd666]

In the beginning it sounds like Daddy Knows.. :S

[jeonjon]

@jwd666 lmao what

[Squirrelunderabus]

I hear "She's all your dresses" - perhaps "she has all your dresses"...?

[CGholy]

This is clever!

[jlenoconel]

Yeah it sounds like she has done this intentionally.

[MiiYgamer]

is it possible that she sings, Carry on, those times shes not singing a whole sentence? cus imo, it sounds like shes singing, Carry ooooon Carry oooon. ^_^

[HankStafford]

" Fingers still feel the cold " I hear

[chezkimo]

wierdly, it sounds quite good backwards. and the words she says what you've put up are wierdly very clear to hear.

before "she can't carry on" i heard summit like "she's born in dresses" or atleast the word "dresses"

[CrystalNeptune]

I hear, "She wears all your dresses, she can't carry on, but her nimble fingers still feel the cold..."

But that's just me. xD

[shinigamijesi]

@chezkimo They are very weirdly clear to hear because the vocals are being played the right way. They are backwards in the normal song...

[Kelpwoud]

I was looking for the backmasked track! Thank you!

[Xfirenova2]

how do you make it go backwards? what program?

[zombiehammer1]

download a free program called audacity, its cool, have fun.

[Gavdave77]

Wow, sounds great forwards as well as backwards!

[Defanni]

I love the normal 1..wat is she sayin do??i s she de 1 wo left de sugababes??

[hotties3v3n]

yep

[ThomasEGodshalk]

I really want the lyrics to this. The ones to the final version of Ghosts are just nonsense!

[MeridianRetroFuture]

You I LOVE

[CrystalNeptune]

Interesting. xD

[CrystalNeptune]

Weird...

[teajunkie]

yeah its reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine's stuff alright, i'd say she's well sick of being compared to Cocteau Twins!

[sledgemcpeak]

great stuff - reminds me of some alternative eighties tracks - wasnt it my bloody valentine who experimented with playing sounds backward on loveless...

[Bath29]

She is a huge fan of Kate Bush i rember her saying it in a tv interview.

[gyqz]

still loving this one!!!!!!!! pretty thought out, but non-commercial....you gotta love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gyqz]

Witty!!! played forwards it sounds like The Cocteau Twins...played backwards it sounds like Kate Bush....:-)

[fragilism]

this song is actually meant to be heard backwards. she said it in an interview i found in youtube.the lyrics of the original song have no sense at all(she said that too).besides in some tracks of the album you can hear the word ghost(example halcyon days)backwards

[topcatrox]

This song sounds just as good played backwards.

[imjusthere12]

That's a mind fuck right there! Love it Siobhan!

[freako20]

I want it on mp3...someone have it? :P

[shankxthexskank]

me too!

[clumpsyplumpsy]

me too!

[SPICEITUP08]

me too

[gyqz]

check frostwire or thepiratebay

[fudge1monkey]

amen brother

[visitjessiechan]

You are all right - some of the words are backward and some are not. Pretty cool

[DebzLixa]

ingenious!! i luv her voice...and this song is so powerful!! luv siobhan!! =)

[Survivor2002]

Backwards masking is not a new idea at all (go and read up on the Beatles and this subject) but this is a pretty creative way to use it. The song sounds just as eerie played "backwards" and works even better with the "real" lyrics.

[altgrumen]

..of course it's not backwards

aishakibwana,however a pig just flew by my window and that was fun!

[aishakibwana]

no i listened to the original whiel looking at the lyrics and teh song is not backwards becuase what she was saying matched the lyrics

[altgrumen]

it's not a foreign language..listen..."and the fingers,still feel good cold..."something like that.

[AmelleBerrabah1]

I like it, even backwards! It dosen't lose its ghostly touch.

[SaintAndee]

I listened to the original version of the song, which is played backwards, so you might think it's sung in some foreign language. Anyway, great idea posting the song in backwards version (which, in this case, is the proper, forward way). Anyway, i've noticed that some other artists started adding some bits/mixes sung backwards on their tracks. Jeez, can't they come up with their own stuff.

[bunniesfrightenme]

awesome!!! siobhan rocks!!!!

[nzxt666]

What program to make it play backwards

[MafiaVirusAlias]

audacity

[nzxt666]

i have tot get this

lol

[palazew]

A HIDDEN MESSAGE! FUCKING AWESOME!

[bladiblablah]

omg fuckin' awesome!

[channelShannon]

i love ghosts

[shankxthexskank]

Even when it's played backwards, it's still absolutely AMAZING!

[cheekysausage1]

Siobhan is very talented. Anyone who likes this should listen to Hounds of Love by Kate Bush, especially the song "Watching you without me" where similar backwards techniques are used. It's beautiful, believe me.

[leeoskar]

the funny thing is that they could have had the same song as the b-side on the single!? parlophone need to give this album more backing!!

[Pfoffie]

now it's official: I LOVE THAT WOMAN... gosh Siobhan Donaghy is really one of the best artists i've ever heard... i overly adore her! :D

haha i hope she carries on :D hehe

[durkshady]

I really don't understand this song :)

[clumpsyplumpsy]

I see..

That's why this song named "Ghosts"..

[trancebabyxx]

dis song is wkd but a bit creepy! its kl thou...xx

[mooncowboy]

hey thirtyninesteps- how did u find the lyrics?!? theyre not the ones on the album sleave- genuis tho

[SouthAmericanGuy]

I'm confused =/

do you mean that it's the music itself except from the voice that's being played end to beggining? or every single sound in its place but backwards?

[funkydominique]

I knew it!! I knew it should be played backwards.

[JoeyMLewis]

Wow!thats scary, amazing and lush but scary!!

[thirtyninesteps]

The rest:

The scandal is to mine rest in peace still it is nice

Oil chances she can't carry on with her nimble fingers she still feel the cold

[thirtyninesteps]

Backwards: Sworn under an oath to the air Ah yeah the air Ah yeah the air Oh ghosts Old dresses she can't carry on but her nimble fingers she still feel the cold Hey your Hey your Ghosts Hey this is maybe the smoke in the southern stamps through the floors Oy scarfulls she can't carry on The dreamer comes so they feel so small Hey your Hey your Your ghosts Do you feel the cold?

[nintram]

@thirtyninesteps

Man, what have you been smoking?

(I WANT IT)

[Marten1986]

Sworn under an oath to war

Sworn under an oath to war

Phwoar so spirit smother me in

Ah, hear that glitch fought and ought

Fuel full fat her glass of milk

Warm sitting here, sitting in bed

[Marten1986]

Full mug my friends certainly familiar

Ah, hear that glitch say search the orbs

Tree-ann said it his seize the circus

Ram's wool that cause way a cricus

Full mug my friends certainly familiar

Warmy funny Anna say say maluska

[nintram]

@Marten1986

This killed my mind. (after the original being one of my favouritest songs)

*searching the orbs*

[AytaD]

it's good that polish word is in lyrics ;]

and we write it: 'maluśka' ;)

[AtlantistoInterzone]

Why is this still equally as good?! Really beautiful.

[tishitashi]

i still like the original!

[gaudio1981]

Hey, no la conocía en solitario, es muy buena, hasta al revés está canción está que te cagas :)

Hey, I didn't know her as a solo singer, she's very talented, even backwards this song sounds great :)

Hey, je la connaissais pas en solitaire, elle est très douée, même à l'envers, cette chanson-ci est superbe :)

[Zarkodnis]

oh wow, didnt know this existed lol

[musicdude0409]

wow, the song is almost better backwards. lol

[mooncowboy]

u should hear her sing this live- pretty much incredible- totally in love with her style of music from the begining!

can't wait till the albums out this month!

[ZdPhoenix]

Is it nonsensical? I've always thought that Siobhan was a bit of a poet...and a damn good one.

[seaniedee]

the fact that the lyrics are kinda nonsensical makes it a bit less... i dunno.. good like ..i'd figured it all had some intense secret meaning but i guess not,,, still love it though

[BooMondays]

It's amazing the conceit of having the lyrics playing backwards, almost like ghosts are trying to contact us with their otherworld language - coolest thing ever!

[bloodshy87]

maluska means 'a tiny one' in polish :)

[kawaiikunrocks]

I talked to her a few times through MySpace... Once I asked her about the lyrics of this song, and she told me: ~It's a mixture of backwards and forwards word and some I made up....like Maluska.....I'd love to know if it's a word in another lanuage!!

I'll give you a hint...the lyrics in the chorus are

"sworn under an oath to war"

and it starts with nonsense like this

"full mug my friends

certainly familiar

hear that glitach

say search the orbs"

:-) ~ lol ^^

[AstroStart2]

She sings: White dresses, she can't carry oonnnn. but her nimble fingers still feel the cold.

[ruinedbluerabbit]

How does she sing this live???

[monkeything]

I think she just sings the random words of the original. Although they make no sense backwards, she can still make those singy songy ethmeral noises.

[monkeything]

and does anybody know what she says in the chorus??

[monkeything]

wow, thank you for posting. Loved the original so much, I think I love this version just as much.

[mdo10]

i think having listened to both versions that they both have elements of a song playing forwards and one playing backwords! the difference is that you catch different snippets of lyrics in each version! genius!

[mdo10]

i think this is amazing! where can you get it from?

[Frenchgirl]

but her fingers are still so cold.. how this can be backwards when I hear more lyrics than in normal version?

[Fafalacious]

The original featured her vocals played backwards, the purpose of this is to hear the lyrics forwards.

[jiminynickitt]

genious! great post! still cant exactly make out what shes saying hmm, something about cold fingers? lol

[14joey06]

it makes a bit more sence now lol thanks for putting this on here