Songs That Start Out Strong But Fizzle Out

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bobbyb5 wrote:
The End... by The Doors. It's twice as long as it needs to be. About halfway through I always wish it ended.


Yikes, thankfully they knew better to keep it the way it is, as if lost in an endless Dali-esque, surrealistic dream, winding through suspended time, lost in "the other side" -- an alternate, metaphysical reality before the volcanic eruption of overwhelming violence and cataclysm.
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DJENNY wrote:
bobbyb5 wrote:
There's one that I think works the opposite way.
Hotel California Fizzles out at the beginning and gets better at the end. heh heh



I would agree that song works better as it goes along.


Except for the intro
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I love the intro for 'Killing in the Name Of' - RATM, verse is cool, but the chorus then drops the ball..

Another example: 'Beds Are Burning' - Midnight Oil: killer intro/verse, love that bassline, but then such a bland chorus..
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The recording method to fade out a song.

I used to didn't care.

Sometimes now I'm like, well how do they end it? That's kinda cheap to just fade out.

Sometimes it makes sense, but most of the time it is frustrating... especially on a 2 minute motown song or something. But sometimes that's what makes it great, right, the mystery and shortness.
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Achilles Last Stand by Led Zeppelin. That song drags out way too long.
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sethmadsen wrote:
The recording method to fade out a song.

I used to didn't care.

Sometimes now I'm like, well how do they end it? That's kinda cheap to just fade out.

Sometimes it makes sense, but most of the time it is frustrating... especially on a 2 minute motown song or something. But sometimes that's what makes it great, right, the mystery and shortness.


any examples in mind ?
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wooolf wrote:

Another example: 'Beds Are Burning' - Midnight Oil: killer intro/verse, love that bassline, but then such a bland chorus..

I find both lyrics and melody of this chorus great Surprised
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wooolf wrote:
I love the intro for 'Killing in the Name Of' - RATM, verse is cool, but the chorus then drops the ball..

Another example: 'Beds Are Burning' - Midnight Oil: killer intro/verse, love that bassline, but then such a bland chorus..


I actually really like the hook on Beds Are Burning. It might repeat itself a bit too much as the song goes on, however I've always liked it and how their singer delivers it.

Haven't listened to that song in a long time though, thanks for the earworm haha.
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Yann wrote:
sethmadsen wrote:
The recording method to fade out a song.

I used to didn't care.

Sometimes now I'm like, well how do they end it? That's kinda cheap to just fade out.

Sometimes it makes sense, but most of the time it is frustrating... especially on a 2 minute motown song or something. But sometimes that's what makes it great, right, the mystery and shortness.


any examples in mind ?



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I realize, like I said earlier, sometimes this creates mystery, keeps your on your toes, but I feel like the song explodes in the last 30 seconds, but then just fades. On one hand I love the structure, and on another, it's really hard to not want to know where it goes.
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sethmadsen wrote:
Yann wrote:
sethmadsen wrote:
The recording method to fade out a song.

I used to didn't care.

Sometimes now I'm like, well how do they end it? That's kinda cheap to just fade out.

Sometimes it makes sense, but most of the time it is frustrating... especially on a 2 minute motown song or something. But sometimes that's what makes it great, right, the mystery and shortness.


any examples in mind ?



Link


I realize, like I said earlier, sometimes this creates mystery, keeps your on your toes, but I feel like the song explodes in the last 30 seconds, but then just fades. On one hand I love the structure, and on another, it's really hard to not want to know where it goes.


Yes fade out often seem a bit lazy. I don't think it's much used anymore
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