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darkchiefy Since: Jul, 2015

29th Sep, 2023 02:51:14 PM

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Songs where the music stops when the Singer says "stop" Music

As this Todd in the Shadows supercut (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I1OaNrphk0) shows, where the singer will sing "stop" and then the music will stop for a beat or two before it resumes.

Given the number of the songs that used this technique, has there been a trope posted here that describes when these occurrences?

Edited by darkchiefy

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IronAnimation Since: Jan, 2012

29th Sep, 2023 03:14:31 PM

The official term is word painting. Kind of surprised if it's not a trope already.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_painting

Edited by IronAnimation

eroock Since: Sep, 2012

29th Sep, 2023 04:24:57 PM

Stop and Go. Someone already linked Todd's video there.