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Alpha And Omega

2013-06-20T04:53:18Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Alpha And Omega
| runtime=7:02
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

'''Alpha And Omega''' is track number 14 on the [[Geogaddi]] album. As well as constituting the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and omega is also an appellation of God in the book of Revelation.

==Samples/Lyrics==

* A large group of people conversing in a room. A young woman's laugh is heard prominently at the very beginning of the track and is repeatedly throughout the track in the background.

* A voice is thought to be saying "Alpha and Omega" over a loudspeaker at the beginning and end of the track. The pitch slows down sharply. (0:07)

* Vocals over a telephone or walkie talkie which have been sliced and rearranged in the style of [[Telephasic Workshop]] (2:30, 5:38)
**[Reversed, 01:21] The radio banter seems to say "Retract... [incoherent], or possibly "buy corporate, napster (reversed)"... we have two divers" followed by a British voice (1:32): "Yeah... California... You can do what you want... [incoherent; if you don't want two labels?]" followed by two children: "one forty, nine hundred and nine pounds (£ 140909)... okay, is that cash?" (reversed, 1:48)

* A shrill sound reminiscent of a pig squeal, followed by very faint children's voices (3:33)

* A young woman gasping (4:15, 4:25, 4:35, 4:45, 4:55, 5:05, 5:43)

* A woman's voice is heard saying "Yellow!" (4:17)

* Panned slightly to the right, a thin, whispery sound existing in the high treble frequencies seems to be saying "that's the one" (repeatedly from 4:44 until 5:43)<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1581</ref>

* Indistinct speech (5:10)

* Ascending metallophone-like notes, allegedly sampled from the video 'Spider Engineers' (6:03, 6:17; not confirmed)<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4382</ref>

* A man's back masked voice saying "I'm a God-darned Satanist, and, if I wanted, I'd be in this business too." (6:30)

* Reversed male vocals with room ambience (6:39)

== Comments ==
* [[Alpha And Omega]] are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet.
* The following Bible refs, by [DC]:
** ''"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."'' - Rev 1:8
** ''"He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End."'' - Rev 21:6
** ''"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End - Rev 22:13."''
* The super-bomb in the film [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065462/ Beneath the Planet of the Apes]], guarded by a strange cult that worships the bomb, is described as a "doomsday weapon", and it has capital Greek letters Alpha and Omega inscribed on one of its fins (this is specifically mentioned in the film). [DC]

About the woman's voice heard saying "Yellow!" at 4:17. It happens to be roughly at the golden ratio of the entire album (66:06 => 3966 sec x 0,618 = 2451 sec => 40:51 of play time)

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Geogaddi tracks]]

Alpha And Omega

2013-06-19T22:27:26Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Alpha And Omega
| runtime=7:02
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

'''Alpha And Omega''' is track number 14 on the [[Geogaddi]] album. As well as constituting the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and omega is also an appellation of God in the book of Revelation.

==Samples/Lyrics==

* A large group of people conversing in a room. A young woman's laugh is heard prominently at the very beginning of the track and is repeatedly throughout the track in the background.

* A voice is thought to be saying "Alpha and Omega" over a loudspeaker at the beginning and end of the track. The pitch slows down sharply. (0:07)

* Vocals over a telephone or walkie talkie which have been sliced and rearranged in the style of [[Telephasic Workshop]] (2:30, 5:38)
**[Reversed, 01:21] The radio banter seems to say "Retract... [incoherent], or possibly "buy corporate, napster (reversed)"... we have two divers" followed by a British voice (1:32): "Yeah... California... You can do what you want... [incoherent; if you don't want two labels?]" followed by two children: "one forty, nine hundred and nine pounds (£ 140909)... okay, is that cash?" (reversed, 1:48)

* A shrill sound reminiscent of a pig squeal, followed by very faint children's voices (3:33)

* A young woman gasping (4:15, 4:25, 4:35, 4:45, 4:55, 5:05, 5:43)

* A woman's voice is heard saying "Yellow!" (4:17)

* Panned slightly to the right, a thin, whispery sound existing in the high treble frequencies seems to be saying "that's the one" (repeatedly from 4:44 until 5:43)<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1581</ref>

* Indistinct speech (5:10)

* Ascending metallophone-like notes, allegedly sampled from the video 'Spider Engineers' (6:03, 6:17; not confirmed)<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4382</ref>

* A man's back masked voice saying "I'm a God-darned Satanist, and, if I wanted, I'd be in this business too." (6:30)

* Reversed male vocals with room ambience (6:39)

== Comments ==
* [[Alpha And Omega]] are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet.
* The following Bible refs, by [DC]:
** ''"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."'' - Rev 1:8
** ''"He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End."'' - Rev 21:6
** ''"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End - Rev 22:13."''
* The super-bomb in the film [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065462/ Beneath the Planet of the Apes]], guarded by a strange cult that worships the bomb, is described as a "doomsday weapon", and it has capital Greek letters Alpha and Omega inscribed on one of its fins (this is specifically mentioned in the film). [DC]

About the woman's voice heard saying "Yellow!" at 4:17. It happens to be roughly at the golden ratio of the entire album.

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Geogaddi tracks]]