The Beatles Revolution 9 Backwards. By now, the story of the Beatles' experimental years has been rehashed many times over: sitars, Moogs and Leslie speakers, guitar tracks sped up and slowed down and played backwards. Written by John Lennon, it is credited to "Lennon – McCartney", but Paul McCartney is not credited as performing on the song.

I first heard that term today and Google seems to think it's legit. When most rock and roll songs had three chords, theirs had upwards of twelve, some of them finger-crushers Take away the concept of revolution and the song can take the listener on many journeys, backwards or forward. The final six minutes of the recording formed an Extracts from a symphony orchestral performance, edited and rearranged, and played backwards.
The final six minutes of the recording formed an Extracts from a symphony orchestral performance, edited and rearranged, and played backwards.
Subtitles at the bottom showing the words and phrases heard.
By now, the story of the Beatles' experimental years has been rehashed many times over: sitars, Moogs and Leslie speakers, guitar tracks sped up and slowed down and played backwards. The sound collage, credited to Lennon-McCartney, was created primarily by John Lennon with assistance from George Harrison and Yoko Ono. I first heard that term today and Google seems to think it's legit.








