Some of you may know about the backmasking at the beginning of ELO's "Fire On High". But that's backmasking, not reverse lyrics.
During the backmasking hype era, I decided to playback ELO's "Time" album in reverse. Bad idea in retrospect since that process ruined the disk. However, I did find some interesting reverse lyrics. The first sound that caught my ear was the phrase "Up past Galizur". What the...? "Galizur" sounded familiar for some reason. One day in the school library I came across a Dictionary of Angels. I thought, "What the heck." and looked up Galizur. Sure enough it was the name of an angel!! I was hooked. What else is there in these songs?
SONG: Rain is Falling, Time, ELO
(in reverse)
Up past Galizur
Ya know what I think
Oh, their earth is all wax
And there's no washing
You don't believe it
(normal)
Early in the morning, the sun was up and the sky was very blue
Without a warning, as I looked up my thoughts...
(in reverse)
I'm sorry
(normal)
...here I stay..
(the whole song in reverse)
SONG: The Lights Go Down, Time, ELO
(in reverse)
If I want to know
The light goes down
I am in evolution
The light goes down
I am in evolution
The light goes down
(normal)
The lights go down
Watch it baby
The lights go down
Can't you baby
The lights go down
And there's no one around
(in reverse)
He's the one
Oh, Whoa
He hails the master
He ___________
He _________ I said I would
Who am I?
(normal)
I know
You're waiting so close to me
But how will you ever see
As time rolls away
Whoa, Oh
Lonely...