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Though I don't know morse code (beyond S-O-S), I know of morse code and roughly what it ought to sound like. I really wish the article had started out with the
by biot 12y ago
Though I don't know morse code (beyond S-O-S), I know of morse code and roughly what it ought to sound like. I really wish the article had started out with the SoundCloud player, saying "Listen to this first... notice anything peculiar about the song?" since because I knew it contains morse code, I instantly recognized it in the chorus. I wonder if I would have been as oblivious to its inclusion as the FARC members had I not been made aware beforehand.
It reminds me of Evanescence's "My Immortal" song where people have speculated there's a hidden message in it. Take a listen and see if you can hear it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5anLPw0Efmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5anLPw0Efmo
- joshschreuder 12y agoIf you're listening to the Evanescence song, the supposed morse code is right at the end of the song. I did a bit of reading and one of the band's co-founders said it isn't morse code but rather a preset synth effect on the keyboard they were using (see here: http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/news_article.php?id=6106 http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/news_article.php?id=610...)
- biot 12y agoIt's also in one other place that I can detect, though you may need to play it with sufficient volume to hear it. That you only heard it at the end lends credibility to the effectiveness of hiding morse code in a song.
- jacalata 12y agoI wouldn't have heard a thing, I had trouble picking it out when I knew exactly where it started.
- hetman 12y agoIf you had been trained in sending and receiving Morse code, as some of these soldiers had been (rather than just knowing about it conceptually), your brain would probably catch on to the patterns much more naturally.