Back in the day, I loved the backwards tune on the Purple Rain soundtrack.

Hello...how are U
I'm fine cuz I know that the Lord is comin' soon
Comin coming soon.

Anybody know of any other backwards or hidden messages in any other Prince projects?

Umm just the ones that've been mentioned a million times before:

The backwards messages in Girl
On the 1999 album cover
The message in Le Grind that's so low you barely even notice it's there.

Turn over the cover of the single "Purple Medley". It's creepy.

npgmaverick said:

No sir, I don't get it.

BTW, have you guys heard what is said on the original "Around the World in a Day"...the extended part. There's a guy talking in the background, not prince, and he says something, but it's backwards. Has anyone heard this?

Forgot one:

The backwards crap on Baby, I'm a Star

There's a hidden message in the Alphabet St. video.

bigwillpreacher said:

Yeah, after '...to Tennessee' 'Don't buy the black album, I'm sorry'



There was a MTV (England) thing back in the 90ies and in it, they had a small part of hidden messages in Prince songs.
The VJ said 'creepy, isn't it?' , but I don't know which hidden messages they found. Anyone?

Don't know if this was intentional, but if you listen to the part in Kiss, "I think I wanna dance". When you play it backward it sounds like "Satan won't live forever".

1nonly said:

Upside down it says "Help me"

In All My Dreams there is a part that's slowed down to half-speed and Prince tells you to "play my record double speed" to hear the song within a song.



(sorry I didn't articulate very well--someone else feel free to explain it better)

FruitToAttractBears said:

Can you please explain the messages for all us newbs...?

TRC has loads of hidden 'messages'.

Hidden lyrics / backward masks / different languages etc:

Darling Nikki (backward lyrics at end of recording on album)

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com...html#nikki


Baby, I'm A Star (backwards message at beginning and end of song)

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com....html#star


All My Dreams (outtake - slowed down voice)

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com...5.html#all


Girl (12" version - backwards message)

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com....html#girl


Le Grind (opening lines to The Black Album)

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com...html#grind


The Gold Experience album (P. Control introductory message in different language)

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com...d.html#top


However Much U Want (backwards message on Mayte album)

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com....html#want


Get Wild (non-English comments)

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com....html#wild


What Do U Want Me 2 Do? (Message at end of album recording)

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com....html#what



There are more

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langebleu said:

That's lengthy and i never had a clue, considering how many times i've played that album i find that quite bizarre.

Thanks, but you've freaked me out!

jacknapier said:

The 1999 album cover:
Turn the album upside down,...now the title 1999 becomes 666 (pointing down to Prince's name). The name Prince becomes the word evil spelled backwards.

bigwillpreacher said:

"The One" video

bigwillpreacher said:

NOOOOO!

It's not fun anymore. I want my mommy

man, I've ran a fe threads on here regarding this. P is one of the masters at backward masking. It's hard as hell to do. It takes a lot of time as well. Especially to get it to sound good. P is up there with Zeppelin and The Beatles when it comes to this. Two of the best backward mask I have ever heard from P is the intro to Let's Go Crazy. Get to the part where P says "There's something else...The Afterworld." Play that in reverse. But the spookiest shit, seriously, is the backward mask on The Time's second album, What Time Is It? Go to the end of the last track on the album "onedayi'mgonnabesomebody". When u get to the end when "We Don't Like New Wave" is shouted and u hear a bunch of laughter, reverse that and then be prepared.

bigwillpreacher said:

Man, it's soooo much shit on that cover that's on a satanic vibe. From 81-84, P used a LOT of backward masking and occultish overtones. Ya'll don't even want to know what folks in the occult says the words "Purple Rain" REALLY stands for.
P definately went through a stage where many of his overtones had a certain slant to it. The film that him and Madonna were going to do, BEFORE UTCM was "The Prince of Darkness and The Morning Star." Just in the title alone, it reeks of occult meanings.

ElCapitan said:

lol... That's funny.

Edit: Does anybody have a clip of any of the songs backwards? I would like to hear it...
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FruitToAttractBears said:

You want a "hidden" message? Hold your Lovesexy Cassette up to the light and check the "yes" tattoo on his thigh. Then check the credits. Then check the lyrics to "Lovesexy"

Discovered by accident in 1988.



Check his thigh and look for this:

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The graphics fits too perfectly to be an accident. "It leave my Name Upon My Thigh" indeed.
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blackguitaristz said:

icouldn't hear anything from "Let's Go Crazy" sounded like gibberish

onedayi'mgonnabesomebody: are they saying "Yeah, we're coming for you"?

langebleu said:

oh.....my.....God.That I did not know.
Awesome. I have always wonder what the hell was being said. mm mm mm. that makes me very happy.

herb4 said:

That is very cool!

ElCapitan said:

good lord.

all i meant was hold it up to a mirror and you can read the "and the Revolution" part

jone70 said:

I've posted it before, but until tonight I mistakenly believed it applied to the CD also, which might explain why it was never acknowledged on the boards. I even went searching for the cassette to show my wife but couldn't find it. Not even sure how I noticed it in the first place. Trust me, I spent as little time as possible looking at that album cover.

Freaky, huh?

herb4 said:

It would be awesome if the CD was like that too (and the LP--but that would be super hard to do). I pulled out my cassette and it *had* to have been planned. Makes me love Lovesexy even more.