Subscribe for new episodes every Thursday: http://bit.ly/thisexists Watch my video about fake languages in music: http://bit.ly/1k1ERTZ As we all know, rock and roll is made by Satanists intent on hiding subversive messages in their devil music. Keep us alive on Patreon: http://patreon.com/thisexists Twitter: https://twitter.com/samsthrlnd Snapchat: samsthrlnd Instagram: http://instagram.com/samsthrlnd Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whoathisexists Facebook II: https://www.facebook.com/sam.sutherland Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/whoathisexists/ Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1O7UgA1 --------- SCRIPT As we all know, rock and roll is made by Satanists intent on hiding subversive messages in their devil music. But what if I told you that all musicians are, in fact, colossal nerds, and those messages are all in Morse code? Morse code was first developed in 1836, the creation of numerous minds beyond just namesake and cool haircut Samuel Morse. It cemented its value as a critical method of radio communication during the second World War, and remained the maritime distress standard until 1999. SOS -- which to be clear is a meaningless string of letters, not an acronym -- is the most recognizable snippet of the code, which mixes dots an dashes that can easily be understood audibly or visually. Like when Katy Perry uses it to announce a new record from the top of the Capitol Records building. Since its completion in 1956, the light at the top of LA's iconic Capitol Records building has been blinking out "Hollywood." But a month before the official announcement of Katy Perry's Prism, it started communicating the album's name and release date instead. No one noticed. And this led Carson Daly to call Katy Perry a "sneaky genius." The Killers pulled a similar stunt to promote their recent greatest hits collection, using Morse code in a tweet to spell out their upcoming single, "Shot at the Night." Less committed than Katy Perry. And w