Revolution 9
Turn Me On, Dead Man |
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Revolution 9 is a sound collage, and
The Beatles CDography and
Steve's Beatles Page provide transcriptions of the intelligible dialog in the "Revolution 9". Early in the track two men are heard talking "I know all about it George. I'm sorry. Will you forgive me? Yes." Supposedly this short recording was John talking with George Martin about the placing of clues on the records. Several parts of Revolution 9 contain audio clues to Paul's death--the most noteworthy of these was from the repeated phrase "Number 9"
. When this is played backwards, it sounds like "turn me on, dead man,"
which darkly recalls the line "I'd love to turn you on" from "A Day in the Life". In the sound collage of "Revolution 9" are the sounds of Paul's fatal accident. At one point you hear car horns, then a car crash, followed by a fire burning. When played backwards you can hear "Let me out! There were two. There are none now." When played normally you can clearly hear the following lines: "he hit a pole. We better get him to see a surgeon. So anyhow he went to a dentist instead. The gave him a pair of teeth that weren't any good at all. So my wings are broken and so is my hair. I'm not in the mood for words. Find the night watchman. A fine natural imbalance. He must have got it in the shoulder blades. Take this brother, may it serve you well" The final line marking Paul's passing of the torch to William Campbell.