Backward Masking Unmasked [Paperback]

Jacob Aranza (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 115 pages
• Publisher: Vital Issues Pr (July 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0910311048
• ISBN-13: 978-0910311045
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,524,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of disingenousness and ignorance, August 13, 2002

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Matthew T. Mason (Buffalo, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backward Masking Unmasked (Paperback)

This book, more or less, carries some facts in them. However, what makes this book fodder for the trash can is the several errors that run throughout the book, both grammatical (he refers to Alice Cooper as a "transvestite in women's clothing", e.g.) to factual.

(Case in point: Aranza refers to the infamous "Paul is dead" rumor as a publicity stunt orchestrated by the Beatles, with the placing of the "clues" deliberate. As anyone who has actually taken the time to take a closer look at this would know, the rumor was precipitated with false impressions, silly notions, and outright lies, none of which were on the part of the Beatles. Also, the whole thing hangs on the absolutely ridiculous premise that the Beatles would be able to cover up the death of a member, replace him with a lookalike, and inform the public by way of hints sprinkled in their music and album covers. But I digress.)

If by chance you see this book, or its companion volume here, or at a secondhand bookstore, give it a pass. You can find more serious and objective studies into backward masking on the Internet.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A religious fanatic's campy classic, January 5, 2002

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Bryan A. (Hoosier Heartland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backward Masking Unmasked (Paperback)

Rock music is spooky and leading our children to hell with its "subliminal messages." Or so the author would have you believe... This book is very, very funny, and deadly earnest. A bonus: some really great decadent rock quotes, used to bolster Aranza's view that rock music is Satan's tool. Of course, Janis Joplin didn't help matters by telling a journalist about her goals in life: [approx.]"to smoke dope, eat dope, sniff dope, and lick dope." Talk about giving ammo to the enemy! A comedy classic.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the good ol' days, May 16, 2002

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Sinistar (Canton, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backward Masking Unmasked (Paperback)

Yep, those were the days when it was fun to be a rock fan. The urban legends that where oozing from certain religious denominations could make young kids skin crawl!! Maybe since rock music has lost its cultural power is the reason why we don't get fun stuff like this anymore. Collectors may file this one with Dan and Steve Peters "Why Knock Rock?" and the assorted works of Bob Larson. Relics of a by-gone era indeed!!