I was trying to figure out the writing on the first panel before I went to the next. Couldn’t do it. To me, this is the genius of Samson! Another great strip.
When I was a kid my father bought a Toshiba cassette player. For some reason, I still don’t understand why it had a function to record backward via a mic. So with some friends, we recorded our backward speaking and then listened to see if we could make it sound “natural.” We found that the task was impossible.
Both retrograde (as here) and inversion have been used to construct intricate musical puzzles in which one voice meshes with another playing the same thing— Bach being just one of the great minds to accomplish it well.
BasilBruce 5 months ago
That was a close one; he might have slid back into 2023.
Imagine 5 months ago
Putting the headphones on backwards can really mess you up.
in-dubio-pro-rainbow 5 months ago
And just when he thought it’s the return of psychedelic music it turned out to be phony headphones…
eromlig 5 months ago
Hey, Victor Borge used to try to play sheet music that was upside down.
pat sandy creator 5 months ago
if Horace listens closely in pan 1, it says, ‘turn me on dead man’…
Hugh B. Hayve 5 months ago
“Paul is dead….”
walstib Premium Member 5 months ago
“ Love is good hash”.
nancyb creator 5 months ago
Could you possibly rewind to 1987?
Dobie Premium Member 5 months ago
Thanks Horace! … now I know what that “L” and “R” on each side is for!
I always thought it was for “Loopy” and “Reverse”
InTraining 5 months ago
so then…“Happy New Ear Horace”…!
Egrayjames 5 months ago
I was trying to figure out the writing on the first panel before I went to the next. Couldn’t do it. To me, this is the genius of Samson! Another great strip.
JoshHere 5 months ago
He is Backmasking, listening to hidden messages in songs when you play them backwards
Chris 5 months ago
whoops, put the headphones on backwards. :D
mistercatworks 5 months ago
I thought it was a Russian folk song. :)
Mike Baldwin creator 5 months ago
! ynnuf yreV
Doug K 5 months ago
If you don’t have the right one on the right ear, even the left one won’t sound right.
StephenRice 5 months ago
Total fake! Nothing about drugs and devil worship! I’m heading over to Back to B.C. to get a sign from Wiley.
davewhamond creator 5 months ago
Just don’t try that with Stairway to Heaven, Horace!
dbrucepm 5 months ago
why didn’t he just turn around?
davidob 5 months ago
Nothing like a sound idea.
BlueFin Premium Member 5 months ago
When I was a kid my father bought a Toshiba cassette player. For some reason, I still don’t understand why it had a function to record backward via a mic. So with some friends, we recorded our backward speaking and then listened to see if we could make it sound “natural.” We found that the task was impossible.
Frank Burns Eats Worms 5 months ago
Horace thought he might have a staff infection.
Ron Bauerle 5 months ago
You know what happens if you play country music backwards?
Your wife comes home, your truck starts running, and your dog comes back to life…
Also: https://www.youtube.COM/watch?v=lzmeKHv5k3o&t=2s
JH&Cats 5 months ago
Both retrograde (as here) and inversion have been used to construct intricate musical puzzles in which one voice meshes with another playing the same thing— Bach being just one of the great minds to accomplish it well.