The Beatles - Revolution 9 (vinyl LP - first 40 seconds backwards)

[Metaknight1063]

Turn me on dead man

[KevinGTheBassPlayer]

It doesn't say anything! People who believe this nonsense are the type who see the image of Jesus on a piece of toast. Don't get me wrong, you can believe whatever you like, just please stay away from me you weirdos.

[HoursWereSpentOnThis]

Batman turns ME on...

[Hybridat0msk]

That's so wierd. I have the mp3 and I'm playing it backwards, but I don't hear what you're hearing. I think my boyfriend has the record. I really want to hear this for myself.

[effinecko]

It refers to lennon's death. even the sgt peppers cover, Revolver, abbey road, rubber soul, and revolution 9, im the walrus was connected to his death. I read a book about the clues. The book said that John made pact with the devil for 20 years. It's convincing. He sold his soul to the devil. It's John not Paul.

[666ipwn]

@effinecko it's PID Paul is Dead

[5786Dan]

@effinecko That's ridiculous. There's no such thing as the devil.

[redarmyofdeath1243]

it says turn me on dead man it is refering to paul

[Zynyster]

Just playing it forward is creepy enough. When I heard this in my younger years, I was so creeped out by this song, and the way it says, "number nine" over and over plus the haunting music gives me chills.

[rtuckerivey]

turn me on dead man...

[SuperBshady]

Everyone calm down he's just asking batman to turn him on if that makes any sense

[melonheadzed]

It's actually just 'number 9' played backwards

[tjrxk7]

@melonheadzed No melon head it's not just "number 9 played backwards". You try to record those words into a tape recorder and then play it backwards and you get pure gibberish.(I tried it myself)...It's the exact tone of Johns' voice when he says "Number 9...Number 9...Number 9..." that makes audible the words "Turn me on Dead Man...Turn me on Dead Man..." and THAT is what's so outrageous about it. 

[RayL1983]

Is it "turn me on dead man" or "turn me on demon"?

[busterabcat]

40 seconds is usually how long I can tolerate this track anyway - and I am a massive Beatles fan. Fascinating stuff though, great to finally hear this bit backwards (been much too lazy to even bother doing this myself!!!)

[AvishaySrugo]

turn me underman* :)

[boxingkid97]

Did anyone search up Turn Me On Dead Man?

[aronandBjarki1234]

turn me on batman

[arceus775]

tun me on ded man tun me on ded man tun me on ded man tun me on ded man on and on and on

[JakeAnnetts]

That track used to scare the crap out of me when I was 9 or 10 or whatever I was.

It was released in 1969 wasn't it? Might have been 1970 come to think about it.

[johannesABC]

sounds better in reverse...

[virgil592]

Must...kill...Lincoln

[MasterProgRock]

anybody else fine with paul dead, he didn't make the sgt. pepper on.  then again pauls not really dead :P

[copeland45]

Turn me on dead man!

It was a reference to Paul, who died in a car wreck three years before and was replaced by a lookalike

[rockerforlife2001]

@copeland45 I've also heard it's actually a reference to Brain Epstein (their manager), who died before the album was recorded.

[Chiki594]

@copeland45 If you repeat that, I will kill YOU ¬¬ shut up stupid, Paul's not dead!

[cundinyo]

Get me on, goodman

[bobscoodles]

i heard enin rebmun

[234930]

I've heard there's hidden messages in these, apparently you're supposed to hear "turn me on dead man" here, before I viewed the comments though I heard "I'm John Lennon", now that "turn me on dead man" is out there I can hear it too. I think you can hear pretty much whatever you want if you play records backwards.

[narni101]

Turn me on, Desmond. 

[MrGeno502]

@narni101

Must be a clue from Lost!

[MichaelHansenFUN]

i need one of those turntables

later in the song is backwards bass playing

[MichaelHansenFUN]

there is also some backward bass playing.

[aquaiotti]

illuminaty fuck the beatles

[OldSkoolBBoyEd]

NICE VIDS

[stonedhero100]

turn me on turn me mr.dead man yeah!!!!!!!!! i want it i need i need to make a ,millon yeaaah oh rock star!!!! lol

[MrFloydianSlip]

LOL...Turn me on dead man

[1worriedman]

I heard "turn me on,rebmun"

[ManaBrooks]

Wicked i get the same deck w/reverse platter

all the best, MaNa

[twinflame93]

I remember back in the 90's i think some religious person thought this was referring to jesus.

I believe it was deliberate like all the other backmasking and PID clues. The beatles were just

having fun.

[PenelopeAdriane]

SOOO CREEPY !! Really!

I Heard the turn me on dead man, too!

[supercrevolution]

Rest in Peace Paul the Octopus :(

[mclearyb]

the Beatles were first to use backwards music in their rock songs and the final chorus of "Rain" (1965) is all backward.......

[davide1979UK]

@mclearyb Rain was recorded in 1966.

[DarkEviscerator]

The start of the song backwards actually sounded pretty catchy.

[chumon1992]

its funny backwards it barely sounds like john.

Also WHY they paul is dead myth is really so flimsy to me. I hear fifty thousand different stories every day about it. First I was told that it happened very early in their careers so they could hide it more. then I heard it was in 66 which makes no sense because they have "clues" dating back to Help! and before which would be 65 and before. Also even though it is always a car crash, he supposedly burnt his face broke every limb and was beheaded

[davide1979UK]

@chumon1992 It isn't John saying "Number 9".

[chumon1992]

@davide1979UK it sounds like in in the forward version.

[MrManonthemoon69]

I thought he said Let me on Batman.

[ustolemybeer]

"turn me on, betmen" I think Betmen=Batman

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

You could imagine some greasy hippies lying around rolling joints and listening to this song, saying 'the music of the future, man...' *takes another puff*

[k3304]

you assholes read too much into this shit

[larshmno]

Turn me on dead man' is what's it's saying I watched a documentary..

[lowaces]

he blew his mind out in a car

[HelloNewYorkCity]

thats what i used to do all day when i was 8. i would go to CSUN and go to the library and take a bunch of records and play them backwards. i was one audio freak

[ReturnToNilbog]

hermian bedmen. Thats what i heard

[nyckelmannen]

how did you make the record go the other way?

[rjciccone]

@nyckelmannen The turntable has a reverse button - it is meant for DJs to cue the record, but also can play the record backwards like in this clip.

[bLokexOner]

Turn me on Batman

[MysticalSelah]

@bLokexOner LOL

[Izayoiaki24]

Eh, subliminal messaging is a load of crap.

[Jake199415]

i here let me out of here or turn me on deadman

[julieandshanee]

turrnn me on deaadd mman.?

[jimmyp73]

thats a nice turntable, wish i had one like that

[PauIsAlive]

I wonder if the backmasking on Revolution 9 was intentional. I mean, how many EMI examination tapes did they hav to go through, playing them all backwards, till they found someone saying something that, played backwards, sounds like "turn me on dead man", or at least till they found something that sounded anything at all like something to do with a dead person, and at the same time, sounding completely inconspicuous when played forward? It wouldve taken a lot of effort Lol. Think about it.

[PSUtotheBCS]

Turn me on dead man

[bsorr5600]

I heard something about a deadman.

[pm41224]

There was no damage to the vinyl

[NOTPimpinmasterDX]

New meme to make the Earth a better place.

Beiber is DEAD!

[a19993680]

Very scary and weird at the same time...thank you very much for the upload!

[dano3564]

Funny thing is that Paul is one of the two still alive today.

[xxxownage2]

Does it say turn me on bam bam

[csomo580]

PAUL IS DEAD!!! I KNEW IT!!!! Lol.

[jimmy47202]

i heard this on the radio the DJ spun the record backwards you could also hear a car crash and after that a man screaming let me out

[naisreni]

Is that piano passage really "as it already sounded"? because the technique sounds quite unusual for any kind of piano style, and difficult to play. to me it just sounds like ... a piano passage backwards.

[rjciccone]

@naisreni Actually, I have to clarify that ... if you check out from 0:10 to 0:19, that is the piano part that when the LP is played backwards then sounds normal -- not the very beginning piano where "number nine ... number nine..." is being recited.

[naisreni]

It wasn't intended by anyone, the "number nine" bit was taken from a cassette John found in the library, some kind of study programme cassette or something. all that stuff was NOT on purpose. plus, I don't even think it sounds like it too much...

[giggitygiggitybam]

turn me on deadman..haha giggity 8p

[CamiLoveMarchingBand]

I collect records! I just started recently so I only have 12.

[dontspillthequiche]

their saying turn me on dead man. its true. they did it as a publicity hoax but they wanted people to think paul was dead.

[PhantomOfPoison]

Ew the guy saying "Turn me on Dead Man" Has a Fetish for Dead People :{

[giggitygiggitybam]

@PhantomOfPoison that guy is john lennon and they didn't make it sound like that, it just did...

[PhantomOfPoison]

I know that I'm saying he has a Fetish if he want's dead people to turn him on.

[theones77]

turn me on dead man

[H0RnsH1GH]

another reason y i download music

[cartoonfan1920s]

I think downloading takes the fun out of collecting music. I am strictly a record collector myself. Sure downloading is convenient, but is it art?

[Beatleboy62]

High five for record collecting!

[Superdiggy]

Many audio programs allow you to revers tracks so what was your point in saying this?

[twilightluver6297]

my science teacher was talking about this today and i wanted to hear it and he told us what he said and now i dont remember what he said and i cant understand this!

[stupidcrapcanyonlake]

@twilightluver6297 this is something about the whole "paul is dead" hoax

[twilightluver6297]

ok?

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

i have known about the backwards music in a flanger, piano, and this for years but no books mention it all...also what type of turntable is that? also play backwards the end of BUNGALOW BILL before WHILE MY GUITAR...also play backwards the mumbling before 'blackbird' and you will hear PAUL IS DEAD MAN MISS HIM

[Patriot1776]

You were using a spherical stylus right? That's the ONLY stylus you should use for trying to play any record backward, and please tell me that was a re-press of some kind and not a fine original copy.

Pretty freaky to hear. I'd been wondering how that really sounded.

[rjciccone]

Not sure if stylus spherical or not, it is what came with the Stanton turntable ... and no this not a re-press but indeed an original Apple LP from 1968, complete with the Capitol Records reference at the bottom of the label. I only played this 40-second bit backwards once to do this clip and never before or since - I did want to feature the original pressing to give it some degree of authenticity.

[Patriot1776]

Hmm...judging by the tonearm being fully straight, including the headshell, the stylus probably was spherical. An elliptical or line-contact stylus would have caused damage to the grooves when used with that kind arm since they wouldn't be aligned in the grooves well at all at any point on the record with that style of tonearm.

[rjciccone]

I did a bit of research about styluses after you posted your comment yesterday, I think it is spherical ... just thinking about the geometry aspect, a sphere is a ball and be that the case I would figure the groove of the vinyl running under the needle in either direction wouldn't make a difference to the record - any other shape then I can see the damage potentially caused by running the vinyl backwards - does this make sense?

[Patriot1776]

Yes, very much. Elliptical and Micro-Ridge styli are supposed ride perpendicular to the the grooves as much as possible which is why for a turntable set up for dedicated hi-fi playback, S-shaped tonearm is mostly used and lots of time is spent on cartridge alignment and geometry, all to get the finer styli used for hi-fi playing to ride as level and perpendicular to the grooves as possible, no matter which song is being played on albums.

[Patriot1776]

When I say perpendicular I mean they're supposed to ride in the grooves as close to perpendicular to the grooves as can be maintained over the entire tracking arc of the cartridge during playback.

[Beatleboy62]

My brain exploded trying to comprehend what you two were saying.

[giggitygiggitybam]

what the....?? how could number nine sound like turn me on dead man???????? i just don't know......

[EleanorRigby211]

I have this record...if only I had something to play it on then I would try this

[Theykilledkenny19]

thats a very nice record player

[pablotabloz]

Curious question, did you play the record backward? Or did you reverse the video recording? Thanks!

[rjciccone]

The record is indeed playing backwards -- the turntable you see in the video has the capability of playing records in reverse.

[segilloful]

Turn Me On Dead Man!!!

[rhythm2007mc]

@segilloful yea but also sounds like turn be on redman

[johannesABC]

@segilloful necrophilia?

[nihon8bits]

@segilloful Let Me on Bat Man!

[realmofblood]

That almost sounded like Jay Z Lucifer when I herd the Piano was playing backwards. Funny Turn me on Deadman must be talking about Paul.

[armygirl258789]

i heard turn me on dead man

[FaultYesteryear]

vinyl white album: i'm envious.

[MattHatter]

You mean ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING vinyl "White Album." Ha ha ha. You might know this already, or you might not, but the first pressing Apple labels have that text you see at the bottom underneath the apple half.

[rjciccone]

Yes, first original 1968 "White Album" pressings under the Apple label had the 'manufactured by Capitol Records' text.

[MattHatter]

Hey have you heard the almost 11 minute "Revolution 1" that's posted here on You Tube? It's Take 20, basically Take 18 that was recorded May 30, 1968 with overdubs (including Paul and George doing their high register "Ma-ma, da-da, ma-ma, da-da" backup vocals). You'll hear a lot of John's vocal track that was eventually shaved off to form a chunk of "Revolution 9."

[rjciccone]

Thanks for letting me know .. I read about this in the book about the Beatles' studio sessions - will check it out.

[rockerforlife2001]

I recently read somewhere this message was not referring to Paul McCartney, but to Brian Epstein (their manager), who died before this album was recorded.

[Pandemonium44]

that kinda makes more sense.

[KeithThePunk]

ya it is

[rockerforlife2001]

This isn't quite as bizarre as the clue found on the inner groove of the "Sgt. Peppers" album.

[rjciccone]

I think sitting through "Revolution 9" is still a particularly bizarre listening experience not usually found on a multi-million selling album

[kokakolakidd]

Ahh..DJ tables. They always come in handy, don't they?

Thanks dude for taking the time to dispell any misconceptions about these subliminal messages. Studio engineers went absolutely berserk with reel-to-reel tape back in the late '60s & '70s. The possibilities were endless.

[MattHatter]

It is so true kokakolakidd! Some people just don't WANT to understand that when you had to deal with tape machines, you were FORCED to create. The question always was, "I want something to sound like this, now how do we go about getting it to sound that way?" People love digital because it's quick and easy but the use of analog equipment in the '60s and '70s fueled creativity....and it sounded so good.

[HORRORFAN214]

Do you really believe it says this this when reversed?

[Moronman7777]

well it appears to sound so.

[kierraraee]

i don't think any of it is on purpose.

[rjciccone]

I never thought any of the PID clues were deliberate - that they were all just crazed fans interpreting meaning out of things like the recurring open palm over Paul's head (Sgt Pepper's, and Y Submarine covers) and all the Abbey Road clues - that all of it could just be one very big coincidence. However if the thing about black carnations is true, their scarcity, and for MMT they so happened to stumble upon one and so happens it was Paul who wore it) then I start to think they planned this.

[jconifer7]

I always wonder how this is going to be remembered if Paul ends up being the last surviving living member of the group. Then again, he probably already is since Ringo had declared himself no longer a Beatle.

[rjciccone]

Whether Paul or Ringo becomes the last Beatle standing, I think the whole "Paul is dead" rumor with all the clues from the albums will be remembered as one of the greatest hoaxes ever - it is still being discussed today (exhibit A, right here). I don't suppose either Paul or Ringo would ever come forth and admit to the fans that the Beatles did this deliberately, even some of the clues - there are so many clues for the PID hoax to be totally coincidental .. who knows

[aldiakaroofus]

You gotta put up "Paul is dead now, miss him, miss him", as heard between I'm So Tired and Blackbird! That one gives me goosebumps!!

[rjciccone]

good idea -- one other reason to hit the reverse function on this turntable!

[RickenbackerBeatles]

Yep. I always wondered why anyone (other than DJs) would need a backwards function, but now after seeing this, it's good for "backmasking" LOL