Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 5:48 am
That still amazes me that he sang that part backwards. And he walked backwards while doing it! It looks pretty cool! WTG, Al!
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 7:41 am
That scene is one of the few references I got all by myself. It's an homage to the backwards scene in Top Secret. Brilliant stuff. If you haven't seen it, go rent it. Go ahead, I'll wait...
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 5:58 pm
I do remember the movie Top Secret I thought that movie was hilarous. But how do you sing backwards? I have been trying to firgure that out all night and still don't get it. But it amazes me that Al was able to do that. 
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 6:24 pm
Al is a very talented man! It is amazing that he could do that, but at the same time, it doesn't amaze me because Al is so talented.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 7:46 pm
Wow, I never knew about the Top Secret homage! I knew Al liked that movie, but didn't know there was a backwards scene in it. I have yet to see the movie. Maybe I'll look for it. Thanks, Bobbi!
Patti
Patti
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 8:15 pm
Top Secret staring Val Kilmer, right? I remember seeing some of that. What I saw was funny. I need to find that movie and watch the whole thing. Heh...
"Do you speak German?"
"I know a little German. He's over there."
*she points to a short German person that waves*
"Do you speak German?"
"I know a little German. He's over there."
*she points to a short German person that waves*
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 9:01 pm
I have no idea, but my theory (Huh, I thought I posted this last night) is that he filmed himself singing it forward, then played that footage backward over and over and taught himself how to lip-sync backward.weirdstef @ Jan 1 2004, 01:58 PM wrote: But how do you sing backwards? I have been trying to firgure that out all night and still don't get it.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 9:56 pm
Well, I may have stated that a little more authoritatively than I should have. I don't KNOW for sure that that's what Al had in mind, but I've always assumed since it is his favorite movie, and since that scene is so brilliant that he decided to parody it. But as I say, I couldn't prove it. I don't know that he has said that anywhere.algonacchick @ Jan 1 2004, 09:46 AM wrote: Wow, I never knew about the Top Secret homage! I knew Al liked that movie, but didn't know there was a backwards scene in it. I have yet to see the movie. Maybe I'll look for it. Thanks, Bobbi!
Patti
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 10:45 pm
Ask Al?scottidog @ Jan 1 2004, 11:56 AM wrote:Well, I may have stated that a little more authoritatively than I should have. I don't KNOW for sure that that's what Al had in mind, but I've always assumed since it is his favorite movie, and since that scene is so brilliant that he decided to parody it. But as I say, I couldn't prove it. I don't know that he has said that anywhere.algonacchick @ Jan 1 2004, 09:46 AM wrote: Wow, I never knew about the Top Secret homage! I knew Al liked that movie, but didn't know there was a backwards scene in it. I have yet to see the movie. Maybe I'll look for it. Thanks, Bobbi!
Patti
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 11:15 pm
Is it in Ask Al? You know I have read that thing multiple times, but I don't remember it there. Then again, I could be wrong.