Re: Pre-Flight CD/backwards Stairway

["Williams, Chris (RSCH)" <Chris_Williams@xxxxxx>]

Gentle people(!):

Someone wrote:

	>Also, what can anyone tell me about playing Stairway backwards?
Supposedly if
	>you play the part "There's still time to change the road you're
on" backwards,
	>then it says "Here's to my sweet Satan"...I've never played it
backwards, but
	>supposedly I heard it on a net page that had it for about 8
different versions
	>of the song from different recording dates.  Someone please
explain???      

Darwin wrote:

	As to the backmasking of "Stairway", I personally do not believe
that was an
	intentional move, but of course the first thing I did when I got
the vinyl
	was play it backwards to see what was up with all the rumors,
and
	reguardless of what is believed by people, it is there and you
can hear the
	words "Here's to my sweet Satan."  

For me, the definitive proof that no "backwards masking" exists in
"Stairway" is that you can hear the same string of words, whatever the
hell it is, when you any of the live versions backwards. This strongly
suggests that it's just an accident, an unintentional effect produced by
stringing together some words. Obviously it cannot be considered a
studio trick.

What's more interesting, however, is the fact that people continue to
believe in the band's link with Satan, both on the religious right and
right here.

Regards,

Chris Williams
chris_williams@xxxxxx