I hope this goes straight to number one.

that's some a yer more twisted Satanic shit right therere....(father of all that is from of the realm of the unholy, make it stop....)

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Fantastic. 2 minutes of this is worth around 5 seasons of Friends. Die Hollywood.

Did anyone guess it before it was played backwards, um forwards or whatever? I didn't, I thought it was a christmas song.

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jimnms: Thought it was "O' Christmas Tree" at first, but I had correctly identified it by the time he picks up the clock.

most impressive.

I really hope that the guy actually has a Russian accent when speaking English normally. That makes it doubly fantastic.

This is what it ended up sounding like:

o say can you see by the dawn's early lightsh o so proudly we ent tat otilit so sleeming. who sro SARS and bite stripes tho the perilous fight or the ramparts we wash r so gallandly sleeming. and the rocket's red glare babombs bursting in air gave proof through danight dat our flag wash still there. o say doesh that shar spangled banner yesh waahave or the laaand of the free and the home of the baaaaaave


The only reason it sounds intelligible is because you already know the lyrics to "Star Spangled Banner" and you're using top-down processing.

^Thanks for the psychology lesson. It's still frickin' awesome!

I guessed it based on the balloon's colors alone. AM I a badass or what?

Did any of the Brits mistake it for The Anacreontic Song?

I recognized it in the first few seconds, the balloons were a big tip.

JAPR, yer so smart...and kingsblood...."Bad Ass!!!"

I guessed correctly at about 0:30. The balloons should have tipped me off.

What would you call this technique?... Front-un-masking? David Lynch would be proud.

You got your wish, MG (1st comment). Though I obviously liked this enough to post it, I didn't think it would get more than 15 or 20 votes. I thought it would be no more than another sifted oddity at best. Goes to show how much I know. The Sift will really surprise you some times.

Thanks for the votes, everyone. And Merry Christmas!

I REJECT YOU VIDEO!

Everyone involved in the production, support or viewing of this clip has entirely too much time on his/her hands.

I played this for Charms just for the fun value of the 2nd half, but mere seconds into the video she just looked at me and said "Isn't that the national anthem?" That totally shocked me because I ignored the "what song is this?" bit completely. She's one bright cookie.

Of course you reject this video, you KOMMIE BASTARD!

This must be so f#cking hard to do!!!! its great!

Since childhood, anything seen or heard backwards scares the hell outta me. Damn you Baptists!

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