Changes: Evolution Number Ten

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The_Rutles_Backwards_Message — The Rutles Backwards Message

The opening to "Evolution Number Ten," first forwards and then backwards, revealing the supposed hidden message.

Evolution Number Ten is a recorded composition that appeared on the Rutles' Triangular Album. The song, unusual for the band's work, was Nasty's tribute to the Theory of Evolution, and the idea of something coming from nothing. The song features a calm voice describing the dawn of life on Earth, of those on "jelly limbs" crawling from the sea, before evolution again pushes them further and further to both survival and development. At the end of the piece, the speaker claims that the globe "...rang with their cleverness" and that "with each turn, [it] gave them meaning."

Throughout the song, animal sounds, wind, and light instruments alongside the noise of Nasty repeating the phrase "Number Ten" over and over again. Supposedly, if one plays this intro in reverse, they can hear Nasty yell "NEXT Dirk-man!" This is thought to be him at an audition for a Dirk replacement, according to the Dirk Is Deaf conspiracy theory.

The song was re-released on The Wheat Album in 2018.

Reception

Evolution Number Ten has left Rutles fans with a wide range of opinions. Some like it, thinking it was a creative concept, while others hated it and thought it was a complete waste of time.

Dirk, famously, was upset that Nasty was given the full-credit of attempting to create "unlistenable" music in the band, as he had created the unreleased "Carnival of Shite" sometime before.

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-'''Evolution Number Ten''' is a recorded composition that appeared on [[the Rutles]]' ''[[Triangular Album]]''. The sound collage, credited to [[Nasty-McQuickly]], was created primarily by [[Ron Nasty]] with assistance from [[Stig O'Hara]] and [[Chastity Hitler|Chastity]]. Nasty said he was trying to paint a picture of the theory of evolution using sound. It features numerous overdubbed vocals, speech, sound effects, and short tape loops of speech and musical performances, some of which were reversed. These were further manipulated with echo, distortion, stereo panning, and fading.
+[[File:The Rutles Backwards Message|thumb|300px|The opening to "Evolution Number Ten," first forwards and then backwards, revealing the supposed hidden message.]]'''Evolution Number Ten''' is a recorded composition that appeared on [[the Rutles]]' ''[[Triangular Album]]''. The song, unusual for the band's work, was Nasty's tribute to the Theory of Evolution, and the idea of something coming from nothing. The song features a calm voice describing the dawn of life on Earth, of those on "jelly limbs" crawling from the sea, before evolution again pushes them further and further to both survival and development. At the end of the piece, the speaker claims that the globe "...rang with their cleverness" and that "with each turn, [it] gave them meaning."
+Throughout the song, animal sounds, wind, and light instruments alongside the noise of Nasty repeating the phrase "Number Ten" over and over again. Supposedly, if one plays this intro in reverse, they can hear Nasty yell "NEXT Dirk-man!" This is thought to be him at an audition for a Dirk replacement, according to the [[Dirk Is Deaf]] conspiracy theory.
-The song was later re-released on ''[[The Wheat Album]]'' in 2018.
+The song was re-released on ''[[The Wheat Album]]'' in 2018.
 == Reception ==
 Evolution Number Ten has left [[The Rutles|Rutles]] fans with a wide range of opinions. Some like it, thinking it was a creative concept, while others hated it and thought it was a complete waste of time.