I enjoy it while I’m at the show… I guess the energy and seeing Trey into it with his eye closed. Not into it on playback…I just want to hear the next part.
The pause is loong but at a show everyone just keeps grooving but in a car you reallly notice how long the pause is.
sometimes i like the suspense of waiting for it while driving. but it really depends on the traffic flow and what kind of mood i’m in.
but that goes for lots of stuff too.
have you ever tried to dip into a “Dark Star” during rush hour? it doesn’t work so well.
I like the pause…it gives them a chance to let the tension build from zero…I prefer it on Soundboards just so I’m not bombarded by idiots yelling and ruining the silence, but I believe that silence is as integral a part of music as the notes themselves are.
I think it would’ve been hilarious for them at one time to have opened with Divided Sky, get to the pause, then say “good night” and walk off the stage.
(Of course it would totally suck if they didn’t come back.)
one word…“GLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE” just fuckin sing it allready and play the next song please!
I think the pause is the best part of the song.
Great post.
The pause is alright in my book. It is unique.
The pause hits me like a tired joke, honestly. It was awesome the first time.
After that it’s like, “I get it. You’re gonna play that A or whatever note it is and it’s gonna be real dramatic since there was a long pause connecting it to the rest of the phrase, and everyone’s gonna cheer.”
It seems very un-spontaneous. Not that everything needs to be spontaneous, but that seems like a spontaneous-type of move, doesn’t it?
I dunno, maybe it’s me. I’m kinda crotchety when it comes to subtle changes in material on stage. For example, it makes me nuts that Fish has to clunk the cowbell to count in the a capella section of Split Open & Melt. Sounds elementary in the midst of an otherwise musically impressive bit of music, doesn’t it? The studio album goes atonal fugue>a capella bridge. Live they go atonal fugue>kindergarten>a capella bridge.
/crotchety rant
^damn, that sure was crotchety.
I thought the pause was cool on 12.29.03, since it was first divided sky and the crowd was so damn loud, but I can do without it.
I always fast forward when I’m listening to it on cd.
12/29/03 was not the first Divided Sky Hank. What are you smoking today?
It was my first Divided Sky. My bad.
I never really noticed they didn’t have the countoff in the studio version. I don’t really think anything of it when they do it live, either. Huh. I dunno. No big deal to me, I suppose.
Someone else mentioned this somewhere else, probably more than once, but I HATE it when the audience starts clapping in unison during a slowish-type jam. Prime example - 7/22/97…I think either in the “Disease” or “Mike’s” jam. GAWD!
^same with the Stash audience hand claps. The audience totally stole Fish’s part! haha!