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== Hidden Voices & Samples ==
YouTube user previously known as Haivas Knud (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsW7fYiWZY15QTUOgy4yOMw) wrote about the voices in the background of the instrumental, comments on The Mind Electric's Instrumental (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs&t=147s&ab_channel=tallyall) further detail the possible meaning or origin of these excerpts.
YouTube user previously known as Haivas Knud (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsW7fYiWZY15QTUOgy4yOMw) wrote about the voices in the background of the instrumental, comments on The Mind Electric's Instrumental (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs&t=147s&ab_channel=tallyall) further detail the possible meaning or origin of these excerpts.


* 1:03<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=63</ref> -- “I too”
* 0:34<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=sU2fGHvzGx9njpou&t=34</ref> -- "ollopA fo eugnot eht htiw skaeps ohW" (Reversed: "Who speaks with the tongue of Apollo")<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ErCKuY4eyE&t=967s</ref>
* 1:05<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=65</ref> -- “________ now”
* 1:03<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=63</ref> -- “And I too. Why, to get a peep at the shy thing, I'd clamber up to the tip-top of Taygetus.”<ref> </ref>
* 1:03<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=63</ref> -- “Parafin is dead himself, but his brother who is in court will confirm the truth of what I am saying.”<ref>https://youtu.be/tl2ePo3OVmY?si=s7zImCfrc_Hjg_RJ&t=781</ref>
* 1:05<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=65</ref> -- “If Mr holiday wishes to be ashore before tonight, he'd better start rowing now.”<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=8jh7riof0GVuSfCV&t=651</ref>
* 1:05<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=65</ref> -- “Besides, you think I’m man enough to t-t-”  
* 1:05<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=65</ref> -- “Besides, you think I’m man enough to t-t-”  
* 1:08<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=68</ref> -- “IHATETHIS”
* 1:08<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=68</ref> -- “IHATETHIS”
* 1:11<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=71</ref> -- “Then I'll expose my mighty mystery.”<ref>https://youtu.be/EujTPP6XHDI?si=QpjmrWMQi_VNTMyi&t=426</ref>
* 1:11<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=fHvN5qRTsboCs4As&t=71</ref> -- “Why do I mention this? Because I am going to explain to you why I have such a-”<ref>https://youtu.be/tl2ePo3OVmY?si=s7zImCfrc_Hjg_RJ&t=781</ref>
* 1:23<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=CEd0Y4q6uZ5ioY14&t=83</ref> -- “Operate”
* 1:33<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=ezUiDR0xD0NgU062&t=93</ref> -- “-wisdom, small or great. What then can he mean when he says that I am the wisest of men? And yet he is a God cannot lie”<ref>https://youtu.be/tl2ePo3OVmY?si=XTsccAYHflc0VQA2&t=811</ref>
* 1:42<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=5MuqfHvf0JJvjW9L&t=102</ref> -- "Recent studies discovered, studies have shown that most cases/species of neurotransmitters are still being discovered, aiding/dating in the slow-"
* 2:02<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=122</ref> -- “They hopefully need no power for my mind-”
* 2:02<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=122</ref> -- “They hopefully need no power for my mind-”
* 2:06<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=126</ref> -- “You ought to be ashamed of yourself”
* 2:02<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=-1XEC-8L0Tl67ZcI&t=122</ref> -- "I wonder if those two are making eyes at one another"<ref>https://youtu.be/n1uJy-v0LDI?si=5gSi5RWqsl0vfCi8&t=2761</ref>
* 2:07<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=127</ref> -- slow demonic voice “Y O U  O U G H T  T O  B E”
* 2:03<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=GmxG5KRqd5wkre0Q&t=123</ref> -- “Here is a man who is wiser than I am but you said that I was the wisest”<ref> </ref>
* 2:17<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=137</ref> -- "Oh, Suzy."
* 2:06<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=126</ref> -- “You ought to be ashamed of yourself”<ref>https://youtu.be/n1uJy-v0LDI?si=g-vbPoUzn6boTmqk&t=2764</ref>
* 2:19<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=139</ref> -- "Yes, a sloop! And then they sail off and dump you on the beach at Timbuktu!"
* 2:07<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=127</ref> -- “Y O U  O U G H T  T O  B E” (Slowed Down)<ref>https://youtu.be/n1uJy-v0LDI?si=g-vbPoUzn6boTmqk&t=2764</ref>
* 2:23<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=143</ref> -- "They couldn't sail off and dump me on the beach at Timbuktu."
* 2:17<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=_5yE8S3I8a1SvUTS&t=137</ref> -- "Oh, Suzy."<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=vSBcS6G8j1EyrxXG&t=155</ref>
* 2:26<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=146</ref> -- "Why not?"
* 2:18<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=IQQRk9wt5439U78L&t=138</ref> -- “[UNKNOWN LANGUAGE]”
* 2:27<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=147</ref> -- "Timbuktu happens to be in the middle of the Sahara Desert."
* 2:19<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=IQQRk9wt5439U78L&t=138</ref> -- "Yes, a sloop! And then they sail off and dump you on the beach at Timbuktu!"<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=fVBKwJ7vj0wZz50H&t=156</ref>
* 2:30<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=150</ref> -- "...Oh."
* 2:22<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=qvqjcLrCPy2qZtks&t=142</ref> -- "They couldn't sail off and dump me on the beach at Timbuktu."<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=NX2f9qe7mp5tEfQm&t=160</ref>
* 2:31<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=161</ref> -- "Yes, 'oh'. And please tie an anchor to that imagination of yours."
* 2:25<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=3XlfFQzm0Ajw0-RE&t=145</ref> -- "Why not?"<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=Z4jyJna5iUNzk6NO&t=163</ref>
* 2:34<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=63</ref> -- "But by a sort of genius and inspiration; they are like diviners or soothsayers who also say many fine things, but do not understand the meaning of them." (*many* thanks to using this for comments (username) for pointing out that this was an excerpt from Apology by Plato and sharing the full line)
* 2:27<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=7LNEGACJZOpvlaB9&t=147</ref> -- "Timbuktu happens to be in the middle of the Sahara Desert."<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=iTM6nfiWgVPm0enk&t=164</ref>
* 2:36<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=166</ref> -- "Okay, Mr. Holiday; but if you wind up on the other side of the world, please don't write me a letter about your voyage."
* 2:29<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=DCOp7lgXfa91VUyz&t=149</ref> “Then I knew that not by wisdom did poets write poetry”<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl2ePo3OVmY&t=1042s</ref>
* 2:42<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=162</ref> -- "No?"
* 2:30<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=wXSYTwbPhGUsTFR-&t=150</ref> -- "...Oh."<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=wp11QUifJeV12Phd&t=168</ref>
* 2:43<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=63</ref> -- "No. Just reading about the ocean makes me seasick." (endless thanks to Zero the Jackal for sharing the entire sample and source through 2:18-2:43!! You can listen to the original source here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpEwYJ5GQIM (Alan Ladd in Box 13 (Box Thirteen): Shanghaied (1948 Old-time Radio)) and skip to 2:34 of the video to listen to the snippet)
* 2:31<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=HytdPKmyBdkia9Ay&t=151</ref> -- "Yes, 'oh'. And please tie an anchor to that imagination of yours."<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=mkORxTJ94pUOCukg&t=169</ref>
* 2:34<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=6ftM0TmiOFEPOEKC&t=154</ref> -- "But by a sort of genius and inspiration…”<ref>https://youtu.be/tl2ePo3OVmY?si=5tkt6z7R8oqgTRB8&t=1048</ref>
* 2:36<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=q28dEU8tO-BLnVjI&t=156</ref> -- "Okay, Mr. Holiday; but if you wind up on the other side of the world, please don't write me a letter about your voyage."<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=Ej64fC6CUtRWEhaD&t=173</ref>
* 2:37<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=609DW-DR9qqs-o6m&t=157</ref> -- "They are like diviners and soothsayers…”<ref>https://youtu.be/tl2ePo3OVmY?si=d9oYXSTBSQhdKptb&t=1051</ref>
* 2:40<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=NEDCnMIna52JQzUd&t=160</ref> -- "Who also say many fine things..."<ref>https://youtu.be/tl2ePo3OVmY?si=kDxcAARTkqztXWZ2&t=1054</ref>
* 2:42<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=9pD_XwLKwAiXSveA&t=162</ref> -- "No?"<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=xqdTb0Ol-4aBgu32&t=179</ref>
* 2:43<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=qsQPkLVgkRhybl9B&t=163</ref> -- "No. Just reading about the ocean makes me seasick."<ref>https://youtu.be/bpEwYJ5GQIM?si=SSMvVAXD_hFbZznU&t=180</ref>
* 2:44<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=IZe8XBd6JMedlWyL&t=164</ref> -- "But do not understand the meaning of them."<ref>https://youtu.be/tl2ePo3OVmY?si=62KRu6RsQEKpY10N&t=1056</ref>
* 2:45<ref>https://youtu.be/2GPoTFFfChs?si=XWGZb4xGTn7wtwDG&t=165</ref> -- “owT” (Reversed: "Two")


For those who want it, here's a broken down version of 2:34 since it's hard to hear:
* 2:34<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=154</ref> -- "But by a sort of genius and inspiration...
* 2:37<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=157</ref> -- "They are like diviners and soothsayers...
* 2:40<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=160</ref> -- "Who also say many fine things..."
* 2:44<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GPoTFFfChs?t=163</ref> -- "But do not understand the meaning of them." (you can hear the st in understand at 2:44) (this entire segment only plays on the left earbud/headphone, so it's helpful to take out your right one when listening closely to it)


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