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Er, the title, I meant Pauses...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 04:59:23 AM EST
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Listening to the Garbage track, I remembered Butch Vig was the drummer--Nirvana, I wondered if they'd done any stop-starts, but on a re-listen they did more soft-LOUD as the break.  Then I thought PJ Harvey (getting Butch Vig confused with Steve Albini!)....but I was thinking, hmmm, that Garbage sound...for me comes from the early nineties--ah, The Breeders!  Cannonball, from The Last Splash (1993).  This is the track I remember full of stops and starts.  In particular at 00:19, 00:25, (sort of another as everyone but the drummer stops at 00:37), 00:57....(whole song is 3:33)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RiJMZQXa2o

....thinking of Polly Harvey got me thinking to Patti Smith--did she use any important pauses?  I'm not sure, but this next is worth hearing because it has a memorable intro (start) (and because I like the song! ;) (3:10):

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0brHGJ6xqbk

Okay, a last piece, Polly Harvey, I'm going to suggest the first 11 seconds (on an embedding disabled version  it lasts 32 seconds) are a long pause--you can hear a crackle, so the track has started; when will the instruments or her voice enter the soundspace?  Great pause at 00:32 to introduce her voice, the song builds, up with the volume, then down (soft LOUD soft), then a build again, then a drop, and a sudden stop on the guitar at 3:02, bass stop at 3:08, voice stop at 3:24.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ZE6XK89YA

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 05:42:25 AM EST
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Ah, The Breeders! Definitely a connection in sound, though Garbage's musical roots are in grunge and My Bloody Valntine.

I missed The Breeders when it was new. Maybe because it was a time I thought "alternative" stands for "wants to differ from the mainstream but doesn't have the foggiest idea what to do instead", based mainly on the attitude and music of some Budapest student acts; though I believe part of it is that my hearing developed since...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 10:53:23 AM EST
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DoDo!  I offer you....(8:09)



Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 07:43:02 PM EST
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Ah, the change to another theme at 1:51, considering the build up....Excellent!

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.
by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 07:53:45 PM EST
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Speaking of changeovers, a parting shot:

Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, 2nd movement (10:01):

The piece has constant changeovers between orchestra and acoustic guitar, but the peak is the lead-up to and the abrupt changeover at 07:50. (Despite ample choice, hard to find a good interpretation on YouTube, BTW)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 05:20:51 PM EST
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