Sometimes my favourite part of a song is the silence. Well, not the silence exactly, but the silent pause followed by a return of the tune.
You know what I'm talking about, right? The song is clicking along fine when suddenly it stops. There is a period of about three seconds of complete silence before the song kicks back in with a vengeance. I love the anticipation of the song's return and the re emergence of the song you're rocking out to.
Two songs I've been listening to a lot lately utilize this tactic and I love the effect in both. I'm referring to "Drain The Blood" by The Distillers and "You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire" by Queens of the Stone Age. They're both great tunes, but that pause makes them even better. I love the pause.
