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Songs that fade off in the end

Lanegan7Lanegan7 Posts: 124
edited October 2008 in The Porch
Hi everyone I feel that sometimes it works in songs like Wishlist and Black, but it can also ruin a song and the perfect example is In Hiding. With a proper ending it would have been a perfect song, but everytime I hear the end it irks me a bit.
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    Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Life Wasted. Shittiest fadeout ever.
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    NoCode_inMTNoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    OK.

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    mjbmjb Posts: 1,315
    JWBusher wrote:
    Life Wasted. Shittiest fadeout ever.

    Agreed. Don't like fadeouts. Never have. Never will. Interesting topic for a first post. welcome to the Pit.
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    not for me?not for me? Posts: 501
    I HATE fade outs! It will almost completely ruin a song for me. Especially in mid guitar solo. It is like the song never finishes and I'm always left wanting more. *cough*all or none*cough*
    Nathan
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    stevieraveonstevieraveon Posts: 413
    Fade-out = too lazy to come up with a proper ending
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,203
    love the fade in, hate the fade out. i love abrupt endings.
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,203
    not for me? wrote:
    I HATE fade outs! It will almost completely ruin a song for me. Especially in mid guitar solo. It is like the song never finishes and I'm always left wanting more. *cough*all or none*cough*


    you should listen to the instrumental version of all or none on the showbox DVD. freaking awesome.
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    giventofly0812giventofly0812 Posts: 218
    fade outs flat out suck
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    GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    I think it's a good idea to have one or two or three on a full length record

    Rats is one that comes to mind as tastefully done.

    Life Wasted isn't
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
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    JammalamboJammalambo Posts: 1,321
    Yeah, I hate fade outs too.. In the ten rough mixes of black, garden and deep there's no fade out and it's a much better ending.. The worst fade out of a pearl jam song, in my opinion, is army reserve.. Damn, I'd wish that the mike solo at the end continue at least for other three minutes
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    PJ & BomptonPJ & Bompton Posts: 92
    it's better to burn out...than to fade away...
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    DPrival78DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,259
    you guys are all nuts. i loooove a good fade out.
    i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam
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    washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    JWBusher wrote:
    Life Wasted. Shittiest fadeout ever.
    i agree with you 100%. the ending on guitar hero is better, horrifying to say.
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    washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    Gardenparty wrote:
    I think it's a good idea to have one or two or three on a full length record

    Rats is one that comes to mind as tastefully done.

    Life Wasted isn't
    rats fade out is excellent
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    igotid88igotid88 Posts: 27,558
    JWBusher wrote:
    Life Wasted. Shittiest fadeout ever.

    life wasted was longer but it was cut.
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    not for me?not for me? Posts: 501
    igotid88 wrote:
    life wasted was longer but it was cut.
    Is this leaked somewhere?
    Also is there an mp3 of 'all or none' on the show box dvd. I don't have enough money to buy it, or really anything, right now.
    Nathan
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    3sheets3sheets Posts: 284
    robcascie wrote:
    Yeah, I hate fade outs too.. In the ten rough mixes of black, garden and deep there's no fade out and it's a much better ending.. The worst fade out of a pearl jam song, in my opinion, is army reserve.. Damn, I'd wish that the mike solo at the end continue at least for other three minutes


    I agree with you 100% on Army Reserve. I want to hear all of Mike's solo at the end. It's great because when it kicks in, it gives different scope and dimension to an interesting song and keeps it going. but then the damn song just fades out, and i'm always left wondering what killer solo could have been to accentuate the song. and since i haven't heard it live, i don't know if Mike just takes the solo and runs with it or whatnot.

    Speaking of fade outs, I can't stand when a song fades out just to fade in for 15 or 30 seconds which does absolutely nothing but detract from the song. Can't remember the title, but that one AIC song from Dirt comes to mind. Plenty of others are out there.
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    eyesnoeyeseyesnoeyes Posts: 50
    3sheets wrote:
    I agree with you 100% on Army Reserve. I want to hear all of Mike's solo at the end. It's great because when it kicks in, it gives different scope and dimension to an interesting song and keeps it going. but then the damn song just fades out, and i'm always left wondering what killer solo could have been to accentuate the song. and since i haven't heard it live, i don't know if Mike just takes the solo and runs with it or whatnot.

    Speaking of fade outs, I can't stand when a song fades out just to fade in for 15 or 30 seconds which does absolutely nothing but detract from the song. Can't remember the title, but that one AIC song from Dirt comes to mind. Plenty of others are out there.

    Weird - that song randomly came up this morning on my ipod and I thought the same thing: 'Rain When I die'. Also, in the same mix, Soundgarden's 'Searching with my good eye closed' came on - another that fades out and then back in... This must be international 'Fade out/In day'... in addition to being Halloween.
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    skinnylegsskinnylegs Posts: 112
    I HATE fade outs. The worst fade out ever? Small Town. Soooo cheesy!
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    zacman13245zacman13245 Posts: 294
    I hate when they fade out during an ending solo, or really during anything for that matter. I mean Life Wasted live is far better than on the recording. Clearly, they dont fade out at the end, and its sounds tons better. Just my opinion.
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    dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    In The Moonlight has always been a fade out that has just irritated the hell out of me....it's right in the middle of Mike wailing and it's just a flat out tease.
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    dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    2-feign-reluctance wrote:
    love the fade in, hate the fade out. i love abrupt endings.

    You should listen to Type O Negative....tons of abrupt and unexpected endings.
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    cippociappocippociappo Posts: 692
    Well...

    I think in the end it depends on the fade out... some are well done, some are not. But I have to say (and it hurts) that Pearl Jam is not really good in making fade outs...

    Maybe it's not entirely their fault, but they have ears and should fix things when someone messes up!

    One for all... The fade out in Wishlist.... can't stand it!!!
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    Dylan StoneDylan Stone Posts: 1,145
    skinnylegs wrote:
    I HATE fade outs. The worst fade out ever? Small Town. Soooo cheesy!

    Are you calling Small Town cheesy?? :confused:

    :eek:
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    Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    2-feign-reluctance wrote:
    love the fade in, hate the fade out. i love abrupt endings.
    Most People Are DJ's by The Hold Steady. Check it out - it's the most teasing abrupt ending ever. :D
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    skinnylegsskinnylegs Posts: 112
    GTFLYGIRL wrote:
    Are you calling Small Town cheesy?? :confused:

    :eek:

    Not the song, just the fade out. Yes, cheesy.
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    guitar_daveyguitar_davey Posts: 111
    cippociappo wrote:
    Well...
    One for all... The fade out in Wishlist.... can't stand it!!!


    I kinda see what people are talking about with the fadeouts, but I feel personally that this is one of the better artistic uses of the fadeout. The entire song is about how unsatisfied and wanting we are as a society and it ends in what could be interpreted as a neverending list of wishes............

    Very appropriate to this song I think!

    My biggest disappointment with PJ fading out has to be Life Wasted, if only because I heard the leak first before the album came out and the mess at the end of it is super cool!

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    i shit and i stinki shit and i stink Posts: 1,122
    Fade out and come back stronger again.

    Suspicious Minds by Elvis rocks the way it comes back even better than before. You think that a great song is over then suddenly you've got just a bit more to enjoy.

    Television 'Marquee Moon' being the quintessential example, although technically no fade out in the middle - the note just lingers and then there is silence... silence... silence... rolling bass guitar. Wow!
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    Dylan StoneDylan Stone Posts: 1,145
    skinnylegs wrote:
    Not the song, just the fade out. Yes, cheesy.

    OK then....


    I THOUGHT for a quick minute i may have read something else... I agree, btw...

    I just like never ever listen to studio anymore... but i seem to recall!!!:)
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    i shit and i stinki shit and i stink Posts: 1,122
    DPrival78 wrote:
    you guys are all nuts. i loooove a good fade out.

    Best fade out ever, Belle and Sebastian's 'Boy With The Arab Strap'.

    I'm always straining to hear what he is singing at the end as the sound just dies away. I make it as far as "You're constantly updating your hit parade of you ten biggest wan*s, she's a waitress and she's got stars" and I think there is another line but I just can't make it out.
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