Led Zeppelin II #6 Living Loving Maid (backward lyrics in red)

2 months ago
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The line "Alimony, alimony paying your bills" backward at 1:55 should read "Only one ..." or "All we won ...", "... To hear they love our Rock and Roll Go Rock". It's one of the hardest to decode it's ridiculously fast. Regardless of the variations, what's really cool technically about it, is how 5 words forward don't always equate to 5 words backward. Typically though, the number of syllables is equal forward and backward. In this case they made 12 or 13 words from all the syllables in the 5 forward words. Additionally, Plant crammed that into a 3 second sound bite. Going forward, 5 words isn't bad to hear in 3 seconds, however backwards it can't be heard properly without help from the lyrics, or doing the work yourself. This is the complexity I've been speaking of, that most people can't fathom and they criticize they wouldn't 'get it' without the lyrics ... well duh!!!

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