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It won't be missed. It especially sucks when the band sounded like they were doing something interesting before the fade-out. The ending to the song "Demon Cle

It won't be missed. It especially sucks when the band sounded like they were doing something interesting before the fade-out. The ending to the song "Demon Cleaner" by Kyuss is midway through an amazing solo when the fade-out occurs.

walterstucco 8y ago
That record is completely ruined by the very bad recording
eponeponepon 8y ago
On the other hand, this is often enough cover for not knowing where to go. Listen to the original recording of "How Could I" by Cynic - it fades just as an absolute shredfest gets going. Then listen to the remaster from 2008(?) - the fade is removed, revealing that actually the band just kept on going until they gradually gave up one by one...
throwaway0255 8y ago
Yeah, I’ve always had the same thought. Another musical pet peeve of mine is when, usually during the intro, a song doubles the number of bars for a sequence, basically repeating itself for no good reason. My ear is ready for the song to kick in, but at that moment it just repeats the previous 8 bars. Every time I think “really, we need to do this 8 more times? Can’t we just get on with it?” It’s like the musical equivalent of waiting in line.
- ssttoo 8y ago
  Sometimes extended intro repetition puts you in trance. Enter Sandman for example.
- dylan604 8y ago
  Not sure about pop music, but in the EDM world, I've always considered this as an artist actively considering how the DJ will use this track. For DJs that simply fade in/out of one track to the the next, they wouldn't care. However, for the DJs that actually beat match and mix tracks together, this added phrase at the head of the track allows for a much more seamless mix before the song "kicks in".
ssttoo 8y ago
What about Sultan of Swing? I always want this solo to go on. But that’s probably true only for guitar players:)
- baddox 8y ago
  Leave it to guitar players to get nearly 6 minutes chock-full of great guitar licks and solos and still complain that Mark didn't give us more. :)
PeanutNore 8y ago
It's almost definitely an on the spot improvised solo and the fade is probably covering up a sudden and abrupt end to it.
boyce 8y ago
To be fair I'd take that (and similar fades on DS1/2) over Homme's obsession with false endings from Sky Valley onwards

walterstucco 8y ago

That record is completely ruined by the very bad recording

eponeponepon 8y ago

On the other hand, this is often enough cover for not knowing where to go. Listen to the original recording of "How Could I" by Cynic - it fades just as an absolute shredfest gets going. Then listen to the remaster from 2008(?) - the fade is removed, revealing that actually the band just kept on going until they gradually gave up one by one...

throwaway0255 8y ago

Yeah, I’ve always had the same thought. Another musical pet peeve of mine is when, usually during the intro, a song doubles the number of bars for a sequence, basically repeating itself for no good reason. My ear is ready for the song to kick in, but at that moment it just repeats the previous 8 bars. Every time I think “really, we need to do this 8 more times? Can’t we just get on with it?” It’s like the musical equivalent of waiting in line.

ssttoo 8y ago
Sometimes extended intro repetition puts you in trance. Enter Sandman for example.
dylan604 8y ago
Not sure about pop music, but in the EDM world, I've always considered this as an artist actively considering how the DJ will use this track. For DJs that simply fade in/out of one track to the the next, they wouldn't care. However, for the DJs that actually beat match and mix tracks together, this added phrase at the head of the track allows for a much more seamless mix before the song "kicks in".

ssttoo 8y ago

What about Sultan of Swing? I always want this solo to go on. But that’s probably true only for guitar players:)

baddox 8y ago
Leave it to guitar players to get nearly 6 minutes chock-full of great guitar licks and solos and still complain that Mark didn't give us more. :)

PeanutNore 8y ago

It's almost definitely an on the spot improvised solo and the fade is probably covering up a sudden and abrupt end to it.

boyce 8y ago

To be fair I'd take that (and similar fades on DS1/2) over Homme's obsession with false endings from Sky Valley onwards