condemned2bfree Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Jun 18 2012, 09:24 PM) QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Jun 18 2012, 03:15 PM) On a serious note, I started analyzing the waveform, listening to the first part backwards and comparing it to the ending played normally... The beginning is just the chanting and ambient sound + some of the following lyrics backwards + the end of the beginning is the beginning backwards... here are the bits of lyrics you can make out, taken straight from the song and sang the same way: Globes of light float in mid-air Higher still, against the night Clockwork angels bathed in light I was having some fun digging and then had to take a hard stop, discovered a hidden message from the Watchmaker right at the very end of the song. He warns us, foreboding.. Wouldn't do that...... If you don't believe me, crank the music fairly loudly at the end, right around the 7:27 mark and listen... I don't know about you guys but I'm not f**king around with this ANY more! Are you nuts? that's the Pedlar asking "What Do You Lack?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Jun 18 2012, 04:24 PM) Are you nuts? that's the Pedlar asking "What Do You Lack?" Haha! Or maybe it COULD be that too. It's so frigging subliminally quiet... almost inaudible. Who would notice it except for obsessed fans scouring the beginning and end for hidden messages? Would be a funny Easter Egg or maybe your less insane but also more boring explanation is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DistantEarlyRushFan Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 ITT everyone thinks they are a comedian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 QUOTE (DistantEarlyRushFan @ Jun 18 2012, 04:34 PM) ITT everyone thinks they are a comedian And an acronym expert. What does ITT mean? "In This Thread"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Jun 18 2012, 03:35 PM) QUOTE (DistantEarlyRushFan @ Jun 18 2012, 04:34 PM) ITT everyone thinks they are a comedian And an acronym expert. What does ITT mean? "In This Thread"? I think it means "jokes make me cry" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Jun 18 2012, 04:42 PM) QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Jun 18 2012, 03:35 PM) QUOTE (DistantEarlyRushFan @ Jun 18 2012, 04:34 PM) ITT everyone thinks they are a comedian And an acronym expert. What does ITT mean? "In This Thread"? I think it means "jokes make me cry" Yeah I get impulses to break that wagging little finger, then I remember it's just an icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Jun 18 2012, 01:24 PM) QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Jun 18 2012, 03:15 PM) On a serious note, I started analyzing the waveform, listening to the first part backwards and comparing it to the ending played normally... The beginning is just the chanting and ambient sound + some of the following lyrics backwards + the end of the beginning is the beginning backwards... here are the bits of lyrics you can make out, taken straight from the song and sang the same way: Globes of light float in mid-air Higher still, against the night Clockwork angels bathed in light I was having some fun digging and then had to take a hard stop, discovered a hidden message from the Watchmaker right at the very end of the song. He warns us, foreboding.. Wouldn't do that...... If you don't believe me, crank the music fairly loudly at the end, right around the 7:27 mark and listen... I don't know about you guys but I'm not f**king around with this ANY more! Are you nuts? that's the Pedlar asking "What Do You Lack?" Exactly! It's one of them (Neil, I think) saying "What do you lack?" It's in the liner notes, gang..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUPower Windows Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (Snaked @ Jun 18 2012, 11:36 AM) "Paul is dead" Pure gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hardy Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (HowItIs @ Jun 19 2012, 02:55 AM)QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Jun 18 2012, 01:24 PM) QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Jun 18 2012, 03:15 PM) On a serious note, I started analyzing the waveform, listening to the first part backwards and comparing it to the ending played normally... The beginning is just the chanting and ambient sound + some of the following lyrics backwards + the end of the beginning is the beginning backwards... here are the bits of lyrics you can make out, taken straight from the song and sang the same way: Globes of light float in mid-air Higher still, against the night Clockwork angels bathed in light I was having some fun digging and then had to take a hard stop, discovered a hidden message from the Watchmaker right at the very end of the song. He warns us, foreboding.. Wouldn't do that...... If you don't believe me, crank the music fairly loudly at the end, right around the 7:27 mark and listen... I don't know about you guys but I'm not f**king around with this ANY more! Are you nuts? that's the Pedlar asking "What Do You Lack?" Exactly! It's one of them (Neil, I think) saying "What do you lack?" It's in the liner notes, gang..... I don't have the album in front of me so can only go by the lyrics shown on the Cygnus-X1 site but I don't see "what do you lack" printed before the opening lyrincs to CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew28 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 It's only a matter of time before someone in this group isolates the chanting, runs it through Pro Tools and reverses it to figure out what he's saying. We are Rush fans after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (Owen Hardy @ Jun 18 2012, 02:54 PM) QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Jun 18 2012, 02:32 PM)I would be very interested in your finding though. I don't know if it's backwards, it sound like choral chanting to me... Aren't there audio programs you can play stuff backwards in without needing the vinyl? It sounds like chanting for most of the early part, but from about :18 to :25 I feel like I'm hearing words. It starts with what you're calling "chanting," a sort of monks-in-a-monastery thing, and then I think it evolves into a sampled section of the song to come, albeit altered by audio effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hardy Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jun 19 2012, 11:53 AM) QUOTE (Owen Hardy @ Jun 18 2012, 02:54 PM) QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Jun 18 2012, 02:32 PM)I would be very interested in your finding though. I don't know if it's backwards, it sound like choral chanting to me... Aren't there audio programs you can play stuff backwards in without needing the vinyl? It sounds like chanting for most of the early part, but from about :18 to :25 I feel like I'm hearing words. It starts with what you're calling "chanting," a sort of monks-in-a-monastery thing, and then I think it evolves into a sampled section of the song to come, albeit altered by audio effects. agreed, just wish I could figure out what's being said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightAntennae Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Geddy is asking for more cowbell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hardy Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (BrightAntennae @ Jun 19 2012, 12:10 PM) Geddy is asking for more cowbell. LOL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (BrightAntennae @ Jun 19 2012, 12:10 PM) Geddy is asking for more cowbell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (andrew28 @ Jun 19 2012, 10:43 AM) It's only a matter of time before someone in this group isolates the chanting, runs it through Pro Tools and reverses it to figure out what he's saying. We are Rush fans after all. I already did that. RTFT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 All silliness aside, this track just seethes atmosphere and general badass-ness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW84 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 It's Geddy reading the baseball scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Jun 19 2012, 12:55 PM)QUOTE (andrew28 @ Jun 19 2012, 10:43 AM) It's only a matter of time before someone in this group isolates the chanting, runs it through Pro Tools and reverses it to figure out what he's saying. We are Rush fans after all. I already did that. RTFT. Yes. Nailed it. I really like that the very beginning of the song, the first 7 seconds or so is Geddy singing to the angels high above. Reversed. If this violates copyright feel free to delete mods but it's just the first few seconds reversed. ortni slegnA krowkcolC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Hardy Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (hunter @ Jun 19 2012, 04:53 PM) QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Jun 19 2012, 12:55 PM)QUOTE (andrew28 @ Jun 19 2012, 10:43 AM) It's only a matter of time before someone in this group isolates the chanting, runs it through Pro Tools and reverses it to figure out what he's saying. We are Rush fans after all. I already did that. RTFT. Yes. Nailed it. I really like that the very beginning of the song, the first 7 seconds or so is Geddy singing to the angels high above. Reversed. If this violates copyright feel free to delete mods but it's just the first few seconds reversed. ortni slegnA krowkcolC Thanks for this although I'll admit, I'm still not sure what he's saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) It's the opening verse and "to the angels high aboooooove." Oh and the very end of the song, before What do you lack, Geddy's chant is "Spiritual machinery." Reversed of course. Edited June 19, 2012 by hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EveryNerveAware Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Backward masking on Rush?!? They must be satanic. http://www.stickergiant.com/Merchant2/imgs/450/s4645r_450.jpeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus The God Of Balance Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I ripped the song into Adobe Audition to try to figure it out. It's hard to make everything out, because of the music behind it. I will put it up for everyone to listen to to try to figure out what it is, unless someone already has done it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 QUOTE (Cygnus The God Of Balance @ Jun 19 2012, 05:26 PM) I ripped the song into Adobe Audition to try to figure it out. It's hard to make everything out, because of the music behind it. I will put it up for everyone to listen to to try to figure out what it is, unless someone already has done it... 4 posts above yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc4gd Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 QUOTE (Owen Hardy @ Jun 19 2012, 02:57 PM) QUOTE (hunter @ Jun 19 2012, 04:53 PM) QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Jun 19 2012, 12:55 PM)QUOTE (andrew28 @ Jun 19 2012, 10:43 AM) It's only a matter of time before someone in this group isolates the chanting, runs it through Pro Tools and reverses it to figure out what he's saying. We are Rush fans after all. I already did that. RTFT. Yes. Nailed it. I really like that the very beginning of the song, the first 7 seconds or so is Geddy singing to the angels high above. Reversed. If this violates copyright feel free to delete mods but it's just the first few seconds reversed. ortni slegnA krowkcolC Thanks for this although I'll admit, I'm still not sure what he's saying. My guess is that it is the inaudible voice(s) of the Clockwork Angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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