Do you have a favourite pause in music?

Stato

Well-known member

Dec 21, 2011

6,583

• Jun 30, 2015

• #1

Having just watched Gary Moore's tribute to Phil Lynott on SkyArts I realised how much I love the couple of second's pause between 'The Cowboy's life' and 'Is the life for me'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5-rZay-Tdw

Comes at 5:08, but you have to watch the whole thing (and probably have to have grown up with 'Live and Dangerous') for it to work.

Any other suggestions?

 

Skaville

Well-known member

Jun 10, 2004

10,100

Queens Park

• Jun 30, 2015

• #2

There is a pause in Upside Down by Diana Ross that for some reason I find just so damn sexy. 2:08 in I think.

 

G

Gwylan

Well-known member

Jul 5, 2003

31,336

Uffern

• Jun 30, 2015

• #3

Captain Beefheart's Moonlight on Vermont. There's a drum roll: you think it's stopped and it comes back even more raucous than before. If I were ever on Desert Island Discs, it would be my opening song

[yt]G7RNU8qFD0g[/yt]

 

Acker79

Well-known member

NSC Patron

Nov 15, 2008

31,855

Brighton

• Jun 30, 2015

• #4

I think the iconic one is from sweet transvestite in The Rocky Horror Show



I see you shiver with antici..... pation.


I have hazy memories of quite a few pauses I like, but can't quite put my finger on any of them.

 

G

Gwylan

Well-known member

Jul 5, 2003

31,336

Uffern

• Jun 30, 2015

• #5

Acker79 said:

I have hazy memories of quite a few pauses I like, but can't quite put my finger on any of them.

Click to expand...

Yeah, same for me. There's one in a Bach cantata that I love but I can't remember which one

 

Pavilionaire

Well-known member

Jul 7, 2003

30,567

• Jun 30, 2015

• #6

"Can't stop...Hammer Time!"

 

Prince Monolulu

Everything in Moderation

Oct 2, 2013

10,201

The Race Hill

• Jun 30, 2015

• #7

For me, one of the greatest songs ever written, and about 2.19 or so the pause is so fitting.

 

Buzzer

Languidly Clinical

Oct 1, 2006

26,121

• Jun 30, 2015

• #8

Barry White - First, last my everything has a superb pause. Quite brilliant

 

hart's shirt

Well-known member

Jul 8, 2003

10,170

Kitbag in Dubai

• Jun 30, 2015

• #9

Prince - Purple Rain
Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
Aerosmith - Living On The Edge
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
B52s - Love Shack

 

Stato

Well-known member

Dec 21, 2011

6,583

• Jun 30, 2015

• Thread starter
• #10

There's another in Up The Junction. Its just for a heartbeat at 9 seconds before Lavis's roll kicks into the song, but it adds so much for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQciegmLPAo

 

Prince Monolulu

Everything in Moderation

Oct 2, 2013

10,201

The Race Hill

• Jun 30, 2015

• #11

23 secs in

 

vegster

Sanity Clause

May 5, 2008

27,892

• Jun 30, 2015

• #12

Prince Monolulu said:

23 secs in

Click to expand...

Pity, he looked much more up for it than Kanye...

 

Albumen

Don't wait for me!

Jan 19, 2010

11,495

Brighton - In your face

• Jun 30, 2015

• #13

Come up and see me ....

 

Mellotron

I've asked for soup

Jul 2, 2008

31,841

Brighton

• Jun 30, 2015

• #14

[yt]7r4MNcOVOQM[/yt]

1.43 in. Live they can leave it for up to 5 seconds, and always nail the unusually timed re-intro.

 

sully

Dunscouting

Jul 7, 2003

7,831

Worthing

• Jun 30, 2015

• #15

Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz

 

Algernon

Well-known member

Sep 9, 2012

2,963

Newmarket.

• Jun 30, 2015

• #16

At 0:20 and again at 3:08.

 

OvingdeanSeagull

Well-known member

Jul 8, 2012

747

Ovingdean

• Jun 30, 2015

• #17

3:00

 

The Orange Seagull

Time Traveller

Jul 8, 2004

799

Stuck in the 80's

• Jul 1, 2015

• #18

UB40 - Tyler

 

T

The Upper Library

New member

May 23, 2013

675

• Jul 1, 2015

• #19

Come up and see me

The musical term for a pause is "tacet".

 

Titanic

Super Moderator

Helpful Moderator

Jul 5, 2003

39,068

West Sussex

• Jul 1, 2015

• #20

The Upper Library said:

Come up and see me

The musical term for a pause is "tacet".

Click to expand...

Or perhaps more accurately... "fermata".