Exciter (song)

"Exciter"
Song by Judas Priest from the album Stained Class
Released 10 February 1978
Recorded October–November 1977, Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire
Genre Heavy metal, Speed metal
Length 5:34
Label CBS, Inc. (UK)
Columbia Records (US)
Writer(s) Rob Halford
Glenn Tipton
Producer(s) Dennis MacKay, Judas Priest
Stained Class track listing
  1. "Exciter"
  2. "White Heat, Red Hot"
  3. "Better By You, Better Than Me"
  4. "Stained Class"
  5. "Invader"
  6. "Saints In Hell"
  7. "Savage"
  8. "Beyond the Realms of Death"
  9. "Heroes End"

"Exciter" is a song by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, from their 1978 album Stained Class. It is the opening track and is an early example of speed metal.

1990 trial

During the 1990 civil action brought against the band, "Exciter" was played backwards to the court. Lead vocalist Rob Halford demonstrated, when played in reverse, that the song appeared to contain the phrase: "I asked for a peppermint, I asked for her to get one." [1] This action showed that by playing any song in reverse, phrases could be formed by the human brain. The same point applied to "Better By You, Better Than Me", which had a sound that could be interpreted as "do it".

References

  1. ↑ Townshend, Tom (2009-10-06). "Judas Priest Cause Suicide - Debunking music's biggest myths". Entertainment.ca.msn.com. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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