So I was looking at these comparisions between They Might Be Giants tracks ,"Thunderbird" and "On Earth My Nina". To create "On Earth", John Linnell reversed parts of "T-bird", wote what he heard lyrically, and then (of course) rewrote the lyrics to sound a bit more coherent with the English language. 
So my idea is- why not do THAT! I was listening to some tracks of my own reversed, and I am sure I could squeeze some amazing concept from some them!
 
Any other bands do experiments like this?

My first ever attempt to write a song was to play House of the Rising Sun backward and copy its melody and chord progression. Lyrics, however, did not work out too well. It's hard to work "Nus" into a lyric.

Check out "Don't Stop" by The Stone Roses, which is a similar technique. They reversed their song "She's A Waterfall" and put new lyrics to it according to what the backwards lyrics sounded like. It's actually a great piece of music.

In some documentary they were interviewing one of the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team and he talked about having to come up with a follow-up to the Four Tops' #1 hit "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch". So they sat down at the piano with a fifth of whiskey and started playing it backward. As an in-joke, they titled it "It's the Same Old Song". It was a hit, too. Went from composition to recording to mixing to mastering and finally to pressing in 24 hours' time.

Wow!  Those 2 songs are genius to my ears; I never thought of reversing melodies/chords to get creative ... let alone make 2 solid hits so quickly.

I tried this technique on a George Straight country song, but it sounded the same in both directions.

bitflipper
I tried this technique on a George Straight country song, but it sounded the same in both directions.

LOL

I remember in college being taught the solfage method of modern composition. In one example, a bug was dipped in ink and then let to run over manuscript paper. Then, the notes were played based on the random spots.

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I remember in college being taught the solfage method of modern composition. In one example, a bug was dipped in ink and then let to run over manuscript paper. Then, the notes were played based on the random spots.

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That technique is more widely used today than ever. Except instead of an insect we use an arpeggiator.

bitflipper

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I remember in college being taught the solfage method of modern composition. In one example, a bug was dipped in ink and then let to run over manuscript paper. Then, the notes were played based on the random spots.

Rimshot

That technique is more widely used today than ever. Except instead of an insect we use an arpeggiator.

Modern music has notes?
 
I thought it wuz just rhythm?
 
(Long live rock!)