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Post by 40oz on Oct 31, 2017 9:09:13 GMT -5
Some albums have what I can only describe as a "secret song" where the second to last song in an album will have an extended period of silence before the next song. I guess this is supposed to convince the listener that the second to last song is the final song in the album, and then surprising the listener with some sort of encore 10 minutes later.
I guess in this age of digital music, and music players that handle entire albums differently, this doesn't always have the intended effect. For example, the cD player in every car I've ever owned will automatically replay albums immediately after it reaches the end. When I reach this final song, there's an unfortunate period of unwanted silence before getting to the final song. Sometimes the secret song is in the same track as the second to last song, so if you hit the skip button, you'll miss the last song.
Cool novelty or dumb nuisance?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2017 9:36:49 GMT -5
The idea is really fun but the old format obviously doesn't work well now that most players show the length of the song. People should start searching for other ways to hide music. In Memento Mori 2 you could find two bonus levels by taking the instructions file and changing its extension to WAD. Something similar can be done with cover art image, for example.
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Post by 40oz on Oct 31, 2017 10:24:00 GMT -5
wtf i didn't know that ?? (puke)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2017 18:36:04 GMT -5
This seems to be a predominantly 90s thing beginning with the widespread accessibility of CDs where the gimmick shines. On Undertow by Tool there are skip tracks after the “last” song. When you are watching your CD player it ticks over like 17, 18, 19 etc until it reaches 69, or 99 depending on the version, and then plays the carrot holocaust song.
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Post by deathevokation on Oct 31, 2017 20:33:22 GMT -5
Nah it's also an early 2000's thing with pop punk/ pop rock bands adding in an extra song that doesn't fit the rest of the album... anyway, often it's not a good song haha.. death metal bands did it in the 90's as well for "joke songs" that don't fit the tone of rest of the album, so I guess to that effect it might be the best approach to take.
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Post by joe-ilya on Nov 3, 2017 14:27:07 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2017 15:23:56 GMT -5
Okaaay, that was really funny.
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Post by 40oz on Nov 3, 2017 15:57:41 GMT -5
Haha yeah that's really good
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Post by Ex Oblivione on Nov 3, 2017 21:44:04 GMT -5
It's definitely a cool novelty from back in the day, lots of albums I owned had hidden songs on them. It was always great to hear them.
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Post by TOS on Nov 9, 2017 20:07:11 GMT -5
Korn did this often. I think it is an outdated practice. Cool when innovative, boring when imitated.
Korn did a cover of the song Cheech and Chong performed in "Up In Smoke" one time and presented it as a hidden track, and also a deathmetal version of jingle bells on another album.
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