Silly Boys
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"Silly Boys" is a song by the Canadian band Klaatu, which appeared on their third album, Sir Army Suit
. "Silly Boys" was composed primarily of a backmasked version of Klaatu's early song, "Anus Of Uranus", as well as a brief backmasked fragment of the instrumental ending of "Little Neutrino".
over approximately half of the vocals, leaving every other verse, being sung backwards, unedited. When the track is backmasked, one hears the lyrics of an earlier Klaatu song, "Anus of Uranus", as well as a fragment of the instrumental conclusion of "Little Neutrino". Both tracks are sourced from the group's earlier album, "3:47 EST
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Sir Army Suit
Sir Army Suit is the third and antepenultimate album recorded by the Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu. It was different from their two previous albums, 3:47 EST and Hope, adopting more of a pop feel...
. "Silly Boys" was composed primarily of a backmasked version of Klaatu's early song, "Anus Of Uranus", as well as a brief backmasked fragment of the instrumental ending of "Little Neutrino".
The actual lyrics
Klaatu placed a robot-sounding vocoderVocoder
A vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, mostly used for speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder...
over approximately half of the vocals, leaving every other verse, being sung backwards, unedited. When the track is backmasked, one hears the lyrics of an earlier Klaatu song, "Anus of Uranus", as well as a fragment of the instrumental conclusion of "Little Neutrino". Both tracks are sourced from the group's earlier album, "3:47 EST
3:47 EST
The album ends with a mouse squeak.-Origin of the title:In the 1951 science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still, the alien emissary Klaatu arrives in Washington, D.C. at 3:47 in the afternoon Eastern Standard Time...
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