Some musicians supposedly insinuate macabre behaviors and pacts, and as a way of signaling this to the public, they hide secret messages in their songs.
In a world where there are around 6500 languages, music is universal and intensely subliminal. The melody draws attention, but it’s the coded elements (lyrically and visually) that really connect the composition with the audience — and, in its purest form, talks to the pains and heartaches of each listener.
There are many processes involved in making a record, but some fans believe that some of these alleged hidden messages in songs are ‘satanic’ or conspiratorial, while others are harmless. Thinking about it, the Cheat Sheet listed three rock bands that supposedly hint at something beyond songwriting.
check out 4 bands accused of putting obscure messages in their songs:
The Beatles
John Lennon sparked conspiracy theories when he admitted putting a backwards message in a song.
“At the end of ‘Rain’you hear me singing in reverse”, he told Rolling Stone in 1968. “We had done the main thing at EMI and the habit was to take the songs home and see what you thought a little… extra trick or what the piece would be guitar.”
From then on, fans began poring over the band’s lyrics in search of other hidden messages. In the excerpt “Turn me on, dead man”, from the single “Revolution 9”fans believed it was a hint that Paul McCartney had died and the band replaced him with a stunt double.
Led Zeppelin
“Stairway to Heaven”one of the best known songs of the Led Zeppelinmay reference heaven, but some have thought it included satanic messages.
As informed by Rolling Stone in 2019, televangelist Paul Crouch stated that the song included the hidden message: “Here is my sweet Satan/He whose little way would make me sad, whose power is Satan/He will give those with him 666/There was a small storehouse of tools where he made us suffer, sad Satan”.
For the magazine, Robert Plant called the allegations ‘frustrating’ – for being just a bizarre coincidence. “Who on Earth would have thought of doing that? You have to have a lot of time on your hands to even consider that people would do that.”
Already for the Musician Magazine in 1983, lead singer of Led Zeppelin said that ‘Stairway to Heaven’ it was written with the best of intentions, and as far as reversing and putting messages at the end, that’s not my idea of making music.”
Queen
The classic song of Queen, “Another One Bites the Dust”, left some listeners convinced that the band was using a hidden message to encourage recreational drug use. However, compared to the satanic and conspiratorial messages other bands are accused of, the last message here seems pretty tame.
“The musical group Queen has a message for you,” said Christian radio host Michael Mills of Radio X. “In the album A Night At The Opera (1975), they sing ‘Beelzebub has a devil in store for me.’ in your hit ‘Another One Bites The Dust’its hidden message – in reverse – is ‘Some of us smoke weed’”.
Linkin Park
In “Announcement Service Public”the lyrics are not only ineligible, but also give the feeling of Chester Bennington be singing in another language. Listening to it backwards, however, you can understand that he keeps repeating “you should brush your teeth and you should wash your hands”. The title of the song is reversed (Public Service Announcement would be correct) in reference to this joke.
Source: Rollingstone
Earl Johnson is a music writer at Gossipify, known for his in-depth analysis and unique perspective on the industry. A graduate of USC with a degree in Music, he brings years of experience and passion to his writing. He covers the latest releases and trends, always on the lookout for the next big thing in music.
