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The Pause

The Pause

Sometimes my favourite part of a song is the silence.  Well, not the silence exactly, but the silent pause followed by a return of the tune.

You know what I'm talking about, right?  The song is clicking along fine when suddenly it stops.  There is a period of about three seconds of complete silence before the song kicks back in with a vengeance.  I love the anticipation of the song's return and the re emergence of the song you're rocking out to.

Two songs I've been listening to a lot lately utilize this tactic and I love the effect in both.  I'm referring to "Drain The Blood" by The Distillers and "You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire" by Queens of the Stone Age.  They're both great tunes, but that pause makes them even better.  I love the pause.

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