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2.9 "Secret" messages/sounds

Sometimes you can hear weird noises that probably shouldn't be there, or people
talking in the studio.  Sometimes they're obvious, sometimes you have to strain
to hear them with headphones on.

NOTE: This isn't meant to be a complete listing of every time you hear a
strange noise, but it's a list of the most interesting and notable noises &
extra words you can find.

Bodies 
words spoken in background of second "Love is suicide" chorus- destroy /
despise / distrust / disobey / destroy / distrust / disloyal / disarm /
destroy / despise / dissect / deny / destroy / despise / distrust 

Bury Me 
song opens with Billy saying "Over you, like an angel", taken from the pre-Gish
song "Over You"

Cherry 
studio talk at beginning: "Listen- wanna just start it?" "Ready, Flood?"  
"Yeah." "1, 2, 3, 4..." 

Dancing in the Moonlight 
Billy talks at the end about choking in the middle of the song 

Daydream 
click of bow hitting cello at 1:10.5, jingly noises around 1:20-21 

Galapogos 
incomprehensible muttering from 3:16-27 

Glynis 
opens with synthesized "Hello", allegedly from a Red Red Meat song 

Hello Kitty Kat 
ends with Billy saying "Song's over" 

Honey Spider I 
Billy laughs at end & says "Aha!  That's everything..." 

La Dolly Vita 
strange, cartoonish "Ooh!" noise at 3:33; cuckoo at 3:44 

Marquis in Spades 
studio talk at beginning: "Rolling..." "I was just on another planet for a 
sec." "Run it back, Mole" (amp on) "Fucker." 

Quiet
strange, very quiet (ha ha) voices at the end of the song.  Try it with
headphones.
  
Silverfuck 
ends with BC saying "Alright, this take, don't give a fuck" & playing a few 
notes 

Siva (Peel Session) 
at 4:09, D'Arcy says she stepped on something; BC counts to 4 for re-entry 

Soma 
ends with TV evangelist clip: "and you need to resist the devil so that he will
flee"

Soothe 
"you can hear the 7am buses slithering by" at 2:18-21 (PI liner notes)

Spaceboy 
ends with TV talk show clip: "Now it's, uh, kind of strange, and, uh, kinda 
hard for me to talk about, but I thought maybe you could help- um, when we 
start getting physical, rather than having intercourse, he ends up just 
masturbating himself, and I end up feeling very alienated and unsatisfied, and 
it's  really come between us-".  Some versions include the clip as the
beginning of the Silverfuck track. 

Starla 
"listen for the police car go by" at 5:27-30 (PI liner notes) 

Transformer 
starts with 4 drum clicks & Billy saying "Hit it" 

Where Boys Fear to Tread 
DOOM explosion mentioned in liner notes: 1:20, 1:55, 2:29, 3:01, 3:44


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