The B-52s, ‘Detour Through Your Mind’ — Best Backwards Messages In Music History
Athens, Georgia’s finest have been knocking out their endearingly quirky party rock for decades, and on 1986’s ‘Bouncing Off The Satellites,’ they decided to sneak in a little reverse message for eagle-eared listeners. At the end of “Detour Through Your Mind,” singer Fred Schneider reverse-speaks “I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh no, you're playing the record backwards. Watch out, you might ruin your needle.”