
Tonight: Subculture in Reverse. Music with phonetic reversals, backmasking and reverse tape effects! Music from Eurythmics, Kate Bush, Four Tet, Boards of Canada, Robert Fripp and more!
This show was inspired by Annie Lennox’s exhibit, “Now I Let You Go” at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA. When entering the exhibit, you hear a song that sounds familiar but perhaps that it’s being played in reverse. Sure enough, it’s the Eurthymics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” played backwards… and it sounds amazing! (We’ll play it tonight along with a slew of other reverse sound, voice and instrument effects.)
HOUR ONE:
- ENIGMA – ODYSSEY OF THE MIND
- ENIGMA – ODYSSEY OF THE MIND (REVERSED)
- RADIOHEAD – LIKE SPINNING PLATES
- BOARDS OF CANADA – ROYGBIV
- BOARDS OF CANADA – ROYGBIV (REVERSED)
- EURTHYMICS – SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) (REVERSED)
- EURTHYMICS – SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)
- EURTHYMICS – THIS CITY NEVER SLEEPS (+ENDING REVERSED)
- KATE BUSH – WATCHING YOU WITHOUT ME
- SIOBHAN DONAGHY – GHOSTS
- PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION – DARLING NIKKI (+ENDING REVERSED)
- THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR – THE MOLE FROM THE MINISTRY (+ENDING REVERSED)
- L7 – BOYS IN BLACK
- FRANZ FERDINAND – MICHAEL
- CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN – CIRCLES
- PALMARIELLO – IT’S NEVER ENOUGH
HOUR TWO:
- B-52’S – DETOUR THU YOUR MIND (+ENDING REVERSED)
- WHITE STRIPES – WALKING WITH A GHOST
- KATE BUSH – LEAVE IT OPEN (+ENDING REVERSED)
- FOUR TET – YOU COULD RUIN MY DAY
- BOARDS OF CANADA – YOU COULD FEEL THE SKY
- SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES (JOHN CALE) – GUNS
- THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – WHICH DESCRIBES HOW YOU FEEL
- T.REX – DEBORAROBED
- PINK FLOYD – EMPTY SPACES (FORWARD THEN REVERSED)
- ELO – FIRE ON HIGH (EXCERPT FORWARD THEN REVERSED)
- TEARS FOR FEARS – PALE SHELTER (ORIGINAL 1982 DEMO) (+BEGINNING REVERSED)
- OINGO BOINGO – CRY OF THE VATOS (+ENDING REVERSED)
- THE ART OF NOISE – THE FLASH FORWARD
- ROBERT FRIPP – HAADEN TWO
- NOMEANSNO – RICH GUNS
Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture