Backmasking in The Mars Volta songs(read description)

[marsvolta977]

and if its was a subliminal message why would they say they multiply??? if theres a subliminal message it needs to make sense atleast if you think this is true give it a like (y)

[jmehl77]

FUCKIN'A GR8 STUFF DO IT SOME MORE, IT'S LIKE ANGEL DUST ON MY FINGER, VERY GOOD TO TAKE'N

[lovesmrreid]

wow. TheReid. I wish I knew you . If one day we could meet I know we would get to know each other and we would fall in love. You are amazing. I love all your videos and I think about you every minute of every day. I wish I could see you in person

[namrakjr]

In drunkship of lanterns I always thought he was saying "and I was walking...and i was walking...and i was walking..." It really gave me a sense of endless wandering in the comatorium...i'm kinda let down..

[canthinkverywell]

i'm scared haha creepy sounds. obviously they're just fuckin with us tho, like bruckster said, funny people. what convinced me these messages exist is that there's an at the drive-in song with part of the vocals sung backwards. if i remember right, the instuments played backwards for a bit too.

[TheReid]

@canthinkverywell 300 mhz, cool song

[TheReid]

@IsaacTVoriginal That's the backwards part, it isn't suppose to be understandable.

[DieselInTheCup]

In that part at 0:46 it sings "Itzzy Bitsy Spider" just pay attention n.n it's very clear n.n

[Zachcs6]

Hidden lyrics scare the hell out of me!

[Kraized]

Lol. "The Itsy Bitsy Spider, went up the water spout..." That shit was both scary and hilarious. Those guys crack me up sometimes. I hope I have nightmares tonight!!! hahahaha Nightmares are the best!!!! You get to fight things and run away and the whole adrenaline thing. Its just awesome, like the Mars Volta... gonna go listen to octahedron now. Peace!

[kaitywhite]

well the volta is known for doing things like this, its just a form of art really. some people are like " oh its the devil" and yes they did use a wigi board to write a few of their songs, but I'm pretty sure this is just another one of their art forms.

its very "volta-ish" of them to do this. well hell, they are the volta. but I must admit, the first one scared the shit out of me

[primussux]

I would like to know what he says behind im defected in cicatraz esp at the very end i can't make it out it sounds like "drag your vessel, put your cock in," lol but that doesnt make sense

[TheReid]

@primussux I'm pretty sure that is what he's saying, since when do tmv lyrics make sense lol

[taylorbortnerathing]

@primussux "drag your vessel, punch your clock in"

in an old version of cicatriz he said that in every chorus and yelled it like he was in atdi (except there were a million effects on his voice)

[Souledgex1]

@primussux PUNCH your CLOCK in 

[themarsvoltafan1215]

2:35 while it may make sence 2 you it still doesnt make any sence to me

[themarsvoltafan1215]

i thought the enuch provecator kinda freaked me a little just souns like something out of a crazy horor movie

[OneOfTheFire]

zomg.

i thought the part where cedric says they multiply backwards sounded like he said 'everybody now' i didn't even notice it was reversed

[oggo94]

@delmonte

Deloused is about Julio Venegas who killed himself in 1997

[chickensoupz376]

not about him. it's about a character who is based on him ; )

just sayin...

[TheReid]

@oggo94 the song Ebroglio is about julio venegas' suicide also, that song was on acrobatic tenement which was realesed in 96, so Venegas must have killed himself earlier.

[skylightanubis]

Awesome job :) i dont have access to anything so i can listen to these backwards :( love the Volta!

[DelMonteOnSteroids]

@skylightanubis audacity. it's free.

[clipcalhoon]

hilarious

[SuperClint]

In Drunkship, the words "They Multiply" aren't exactly correct. It's literally "-ly Multiply". This sample was taken from the pre-chorus when Cedric says "These craft only multiply". Take another listen and you'll hear it now.

[Omegalineuxweapon]

everyone knows that the mars volta uses this kind of messages in their songs, the prefect example was "itzy bitzy spider" in eunuch provocateur.

[yankeegmen90]

subliminal messages are complete and utter bullshit. try recording anything with the worst possible lyrics and you're bound to find at least one subliminal message when you reverse whatever you make

[casiokilltoy]

this is awesome

[17marci]

RIGHT!!

[SolgoodOne]

if you seek evil you shall find it..

[emilamirian]

rofl its cool how they do that stuff on purpose to mess with people haha

[mishamagistermagi]

This scares me

[dropboys1]

it doesnt scare me, it just creeps me out to no end to know that people are telling me stuff and i cant even figure it out until i hear it backwards... subliminal messages are freakin crazy.. goosebumps all over and there is nothing scary in this vid lol

[grindthedrum666]

sooo are these hidden mesages or whatevere u cal them real?? or are they just by accident

[DelMonteOnSteroids]

@grindthedrum666 um... neither. They're not hidden messages. Omar would have been like "oooh, lets put some backwards shit in there for shits and giggles" he does that stuff for the hell of it

[TheFreeshooter]

yeah everyone know the whole "did mommy or daddy had to spank you" and the itsy bitsy spider thing...thats old news mate

el curevro its the lyrics recorded back words in the back.

ambultez the lyrics were recorded backwords, they're just doing it backwords...its TMV lol

[ilikepie11111]

everything is straightforward in ambuletz. i dunno the verses they sound like gibberish, but at the end, the part you covered, it's saying "you'd better drag your vessel, you'd better hush your voices". the drag your vessel thing was already in cicatriz.

[redvelcro]

I love enuic provocator. They don't even try to hide the back masking

[oggo94]

The lyrics are like that because Omar Rodriguez and Cedric Bixler, along with the late Jeremy Michael Ward, their sound manipulator, were heroin users, HEAVY heroin users, probably strung out when they did that and Drunkship of Lanterns is because of the damn story of Cerpin Taxt, the whole album De-Loused in the Comatorium, how it's like an ominous point of the journey while in his coma. If you listen to the record, you'll get the story...

[DelMonteOnSteroids]

@oggo94 how the hell could Jeremy Michael Ward work on an album that was made about his death?

[stratocastermaster2]

They Multiply

They Multiply

They Multiply

They Multiply

They Multiply

They Multiply

They Multiply

They Multiply

They Multiply

They Multiply

[bruckster15]

Its obvious they are doing this just to fuck with us

they r supposed to be funny ppl in real life

[h879xx]

@bruckster15 haha that's fucking funny

[Lachy101]

the eunich thing is spot on. Its even mentioned in wikipedia article lol the spider

[filter420]

i didn't read any other comments but but what if The Mars Volta just but this in there music to make us think? Nothing sinister just thoughts about how you thought

[chrisjeffsmusic]

ah wait sorry read the next bit, ignore me please.

[chrisjeffsmusic]

um... the bit at 2:58 - you say it's backwards... but it's playing the correct way like it is on the record? Those lyrics aren't any secret message

[MacDresGhostises]

you can do this by yourself, all you need is a mic, record the song and play it backwards on ur comp.

i broke my mic tho, cuz i suck.

[bobbyi]

nice work

[Abbabaxauacs]

Eunuch scared me before, and now I think it's worse. The "Has mommy or daddy ever" thing just weirds me right out. As does the Itsy Bitsy Spider. Cool though.

[piller04]

Has anyone ever tried this on his/her own?

[cadavears]

the mars volta es ley en todo el mundo es dios!! pendejo kristiano

[pinkkzebraa]

el pendejo ignorante eres tu....

hasta ellos creen en

Dios.

[daviepike]

....open for interpretation? I'm pretty sure it's obvious what the message is, nothing! The itsy Bitsy Spider was cause they had the record of it, and decided to play it backwards, and all the other things are just the songs lyrics backwards, so it's being interesting. What's the point of this, there's no, oh that's weird or subliminal. it's a song, plus it's scientifically proven that subliminal messages do not work. So what ever. Waste of your time in my opinion. :-.) have a nice life.

[arsia00alex]

subliminal messages have no job. except to add to the song. you are thinking of the power of suggestion to the human mind. that in fact works. and it has been proven. certain frequencies affect the mind.

[TheMacAttack2012]

Lmao at "itsy-bitsy spider"

[luchothejoker]

hehehehhehehehehehehehhhehe you fuckin stupid the mars volta does that on purpose haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa stupid

[TheReid]

wtf, I knew they did it on purpose.

[nicobike]

Forewards or backwards they sound cool to me =P

[sgtr9969]

man i love the mars volta what ever they do if its subliminal ill listen to it too.. man "fuck ill even listen to all their songs backwars" THE MARS VOLTA = the best

[typhoonmeari]

When I heard them the first time I kind of figured those were reverse messages.

But despite the fact that most are already a part of the lyrics, hearing them in reverse still scares me...

[Dat4]

They do that on purpose Because it sounds cool

[theheroinfairy]

The last minute of El Ciero Vulnerado is just the chorus played backwards,I could tell the first time i heard it. They do the same thing at the end of This Apparatus..., only its sped up as well

[TheReid]

I know, I stated that in the video.

[freeintimeandspace]

no se hubiera molestado..

[mrfudgeyhead]

these songs sent chills down my spine when i first heardtem foreward now though....fuckin terrifying backwards

[VoltaGhost]

From the son Drunkship of Lanterns the backwards part he says "They Multiply"...this is just a sample of the lyric he sang in the previous verse "These Craft Only Multiply" it sounds almost identical as for all the rest...it's all part of what they are trying to do....make kickass original music..sry gotta lay off the decaf i think heh

[luked1629]

ok you people are just dumbasses

the mars volta told us directly that that's what they did in eunuch provocateur and everything else

they take lines and play them in reverse

no subliminal messages

just things they tell us they did

wow.

[TheReid]

What are you on about? A subliminal message is just something you normaly wouldn't be able to notice, that is hidden within something else. And backmasking would fall into that category.

[shadyjimbo]

subliminal messages are there to influence people subconsciously. People are affected without knowing it. these were just for the hell of it. there is nothing subliminal about it

[TheReid]

A subliminal message is a signal or message embedded in another medium, designed to pass below the normal limits of perception. These messages are unrecognizable by the conscious mind, but in certain situations can affect the subconscious or deeper mind and later actions or attitudes.

[wolfrock669]

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[davrencho]

i like them even more

[ravndark]

who cares evil makes things good. ie sound good taste good and feel good. like fast food all music and liquor and such even sex!

[stealthneo]

In The Bedlam in Goliath i can hear at the end in the background screams, 6:55 it says something like "ME VAN A MATAR" which means translate to english "they're going to kill me"

That is what I heard, i could be wrong.

[VacantPsalm]

Wow, I had no idea that it was the itsy bitsy spider song at the end. That's awesome. I knew about the El Ciervo Vulnerado thing though, I think that one's a bit obvious.

You should do 300 Mhz. (yes I know it's by ATDI, same difference.)

[jose397]

i can honestly say that those messages in their music was put there on purpose for people like you to find....april fools lol

[akeginudono]

wow that was creepy i had no idea the itsy bitsy spider song was backwards on eunuch provocateur

[elcipeace]

OMG!

i think i get it!

ont the deloused album cover is that guys head supposed to be the guy that died?

and like the person standing way back there someone like finding him dead?

don't get all poed just tell me if you think that sounds right.

[TheReid]

I think that Julio Venegas(Cerpin Taxt)is the guy in the background crying because he can't live on this Earth. He is awaiting heaven which is sybolized by the light emanating from the golden head. The golden head is one of the characters he encountered while in his coma. They show him the light and they only way he can follow it is to commit suicide. Or maybe The band just thought the picture looked cool=o

[ghazmannasty]

i got diarhea while watching this, bestfriend why do you know so much cool shit

[bloodyfinger21]

None of these are really that subliminal but they are weird. Awesome video though. Good finds.

[amarezero]

While they are 'hidden lyrics' I'd hardly call these 'subliminal messages'. Bit drastic sounding.

Apart from the "they multiply" bit, i thought all these were common knowledge...

[TheReid]

Sublinal messages and hidden messages are pretty much the same thing. And I wouldn't say this is common knowledge, I don't think most people buy albums and instantly think to play them reversed.

[amarezero]

Huh, well, although any hidden message fits the criteria for 'subliminal', i think 'hidden' may be more apt, because most people have connotations of suggestive, influential messages when they hear 'subliminal'. In fact, the messages in these songs seem to be used just for the sake of having something to play back. The words themselves have no real, deep meaning.

[nanasbuschparty]

It's Not Hard To Do This Anyone, Reverse A Track, In A Free Downloaded Program if You Wanted. I'd Almost Think The Only Types Of People To Listen To The Mars Volta And Anything This Experimental Would Have To Be Musicians....It's nothing Special People Do It All The Time, But The Volta Did It As An Art, Being That It Was The Same Backwards As Forward, Nothing Subliminal About It.

[TurboDSM90]

BAN!!

[tinyvoices19]

itsy bitsy spider and the spanking one are from some old vinyl they just found around the studio and felt like putting in the song.

i don't think there's a deep meaning.

[damarsvolta]

it's eunuch provocateur!

they came from hell!!!!!!lol

[Jumpinjahosafa]

Well it wouldve been cool if you didnt try to make it seem all creepy...

And do some off Amputechture.

[TheReid]

I didn't intentionally try to make it creepy, the nature of the music makes it that way. And what are you talking about, I did a song from amputechture.

[2bongs421]

who cares if there are subliminal messages its the mars volta what did you expect

[headlightsunderwater]

very cool man, glad you posted this

[sdfgshjg]

Oh my god, I had to take my headphones off. This is fucking CREEPY. I hate hearing warped vocals.

[SirZeke]

haha i know what you mean

[goodapollo4321]

wow the backwards lyrics in el ciervo vulnerado are the same forward lyrics in vicarious atonement. interesting. riverrun.

[iLoVeHiEi25]

Idiot.

The lyrics aren't the same from Vicarious Atonement.

Christ.

[goodapollo4321]

sorry. they're from earlier in the song. my bad.

[elcispunkyoxo]

great video i always wondered wtf they were saying. really creepy.

[Amputecht1]

very very interesting video

i have to say... a bit creepy too...

but its awesome

it is my favorite band

[GuillotineCancer]

*Provocateur.

And lmfao, every Volta fan knows this already. No need to tell us for the millionth time, thanks.

There is no "subliminal message" quality to this; much less the Eunuch Provocateur one-- they were having fun, and possibly doing it so that people who have the equipment and no life can rewind them and be like "ZOMG LULZ WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?! HIDDEN MESSAGESSSS!!! THEY WANT ME TO BOYCOTT GRAPES ON 4/20!"

But, nice effort; you organized the video nicely. :]

[TheReid]

Well not everyone is a hardcore volta fan. I'm sure that the provocateur(and I know it's spelled wrong)one was just for fun. But I felt that a video like this was neccesary after that crap on the "Subliminal messages 2:Mars Volta" video.

[ViceraEyes1]

Ambuletz..most badass intro to a song ever. That guitar part..amazing

[csrunnerx]

I remember something about this because they had used an old record or something to record on. I am not sure though.

[SaintFern]

you just discovered that? lol... thats old, they even mentioned it in a interview. incoherences in the lyrics are not meant to be abstract lyrics.. just in case all of you art fag,pseudo-intellectual/artist­s obsessed over their cryptic lyrics. cedric sings in gibberish to find a math for the song while omar writes it, later he finds words that sound similar to the gibberish in order to create the song. I do love the mars volta though!

[TheReid]

I know, I saw that interview too, but what does that have to do with the reverse lyrics in their songs?

[g1370]

owned

[ummtucker]

nicely done. i wonder why they would do that though

[TheReid]

Well, the "they multiply" one makes a little sense in the context of the song/story. And putting reverse words at the end of a song makes it seem as if it is being undone. Maybe symbolizing something in the story. But the Eunuch provactuer one makes no sense to me.

[Beatlefan8]

just old vinyls they had.

[TheReid]

The first one is but the rest aren't.