Radiohead - Idioteque (backwards/reversed)

[Intercharismatic]

its an 8 bar palindrome

[Intercharismatic]

at around 3:10 in the actual song so at 1:56 in the video they actually put the drum beat backwards for 4 bars so you can hear it as the normal song

[DannyGomez666]

This is super weird!!! especially if you look at the little scrollbar on the video, it moves forward while the song goes backward and also the heavy bass of the drums isn't really "happening" backwards

[MartinezTheGreat14]

Idioteque sounds backwards in the first place lol

[itsachickenwiththing]

Why does the beginning sound like "Morning Bell"?

[jakeadamsonmusic]

@itsachickenwiththing because radiohead uses alot of tape effects like reverse especially on kid a. at the end of motion picture sound track if u wait for the 2 and half minute silence its reverses for a bit

[itsachickenwiththing]

@jakeadamsonmusic Well actually I realized upon further listening that (and common sense) that it's just because Idioteque comes before Morning Bell on the album

[UndisclosedUsername]

@itsachickenwiththing because it segues into that track.

[MaryPoppinsRapedMe]

@itsachickenwiththing because in the original, ending sounds like morning bell which is the next track :/

[grinningmoon90]

@itsachickenwiththing cause the end of idioteque is the begining of morning bell

[itsachickenwiththing]

@grinningmoon90 Thank you, thank you! I cannot thank you enough! This question has been haunting me for over a year. I haven't been able to sleep, I hardly eat. I spent nearly every waking second listening to Radiohead trying to figure it out. But alas, if only I had ever listened to Kid A cover to cover.

Or maybe this is all sarcasm and you should have just read all of the comments or noticed where it says "1 year ago" under mine. Tschuss!

[yasseford]

@itsachickenwiththing Because that's the track after "Idioteque" on Kid A.

[Manulion1er]

2:35 Thom is saying "it's not real" xD !

[AmazingPurpleCat]

@Manulion1er It's not a keyboard melody, it's a sample from "Mild und Leise" by Paul Lansky.

You can watch it on youtube, the sample is at 44 seconds

[MicahBuzan]

oh man that keyboard melody is just as catchy backwards. thanks for sharing this.