Songs That Stop on the Word "Stop!" Supercut

January 22, 2022 7:56 AM

What it says on the tin (SLYT)
posted by clawsoon (28 comments total)

But they don't stop, they just pause briefly.
posted by wigner3j at 8:02 AM on January 22, 2022 [5 favorites]

But they don't stop, they just pause briefly.

Unless you count the Journey song as used in the "Sopranos" finale, which represents the ultimate STOP.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 8:18 AM on January 22, 2022 [2 favorites]

Think about it
posted by gwint at 8:22 AM on January 22, 2022 [2 favorites]

No Pixies?? Where are their minds?
posted by sjswitzer at 8:24 AM on January 22, 2022 [14 favorites]

But they don't stop, they just pause briefly.

This video of Electric Six has them stop on the word 'stop', play a different song, and then call out 'continue' and finish the previous song. I hope this satisfies your criteria.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acjRGTXDHXc
posted by Merus at 8:24 AM on January 22, 2022 [3 favorites]

I was hoping this would be songs that had been recut to finish with the word. The Supremes’ “Stop! In the Name of Love” begins with the chorus, so after a brief instrumental swell, it would be a one-word sing, ending at about the two-second mark.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:28 AM on January 22, 2022 [6 favorites]

Click Click by the English Beat stops with "stop." But I don't think there was ever a video for it.
posted by rednikki at 8:31 AM on January 22, 2022 [2 favorites]

Yer kiddin' me, no Percy Sledge?

Sudden Stop (1968):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAcuWP5-s3o

Though I am partial to Kelly Hogan's amazing cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq3hxgdNUsU
posted by thecincinnatikid at 10:03 AM on January 22, 2022 [3 favorites]

No Pixies?? Where are their minds?

Wasn't that the very first sound clip?
posted by dsword at 10:50 AM on January 22, 2022 [7 favorites]

Phoebe Bridgers really does stop in Punishers.
posted by Bee'sWing at 11:18 AM on January 22, 2022 [1 favorite]

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posted by Horace Rumpole at 11:27 AM on January 22, 2022 [1 favorite]

I was hoping this would be songs that had been recut to finish with the word. The Supremes’ “Stop! In the Name of Love” begins with the chorus, so after a brief instrumental swell, it would be a one-word sing, ending at about the two-second mark.

That's what I was hoping for, too, down to the awesome Supremes song.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:30 AM on January 22, 2022

I just wanna STOP …. and thank you baby.

I guess I don’t understand this concept of stopping on “stop.” Or is the point they don’t stop on stop? I’m so confused.
posted by MorgansAmoebas at 12:12 PM on January 22, 2022

Click Click by the English Beat stops with "stop."
It was in there briefly - but here is Rankin Full stop from 1979 live. - notable for multiple deployments in a single song.
posted by rongorongo at 12:40 PM on January 22, 2022 [1 favorite]

Does not do what it says on the tin. I feel betrayed.
posted by McNulty at 12:52 PM on January 22, 2022 [1 favorite]

On the 'pause-not-stop' criterion this qualifies: Fields Of The Nephilim - Preacher Man
posted by googly at 3:34 PM on January 22, 2022

...so after a brief instrumental swell,

I dig that funny little Hammond Organ surge at the beginning of The Supremes track.
posted by ovvl at 3:53 PM on January 22, 2022

It's from Todd in the Shadows, a music critic who does a series called "One Hit Wonderland" (e.g. Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm).
posted by Monday, stony Monday at 5:07 PM on January 22, 2022

And King Crimson does King Crimson things with this idea... When I Say Stop, Continue

Lyrics: https://genius.com/King-crimson-when-i-say-stop-continue-lyrics
posted by alikins at 5:58 PM on January 22, 2022

They stop on stop, they don’t end.
posted by dumbland at 6:26 PM on January 22, 2022 [1 favorite]

This brought me almost as much joy as Weezer's Album Discography, but only when they say "come" supercut.
posted by BeesLikeMe at 8:11 PM on January 22, 2022 [1 favorite]

No Pixies?? Where are their minds?

Wasn't that the very first sound clip?

You know, this was so subtle that I totally missed it. A+.
posted by sjswitzer at 10:56 PM on January 22, 2022

. When I Say Stop, Continue yt

to be more on the nose -- needs more continue
posted by philip-random at 7:59 AM on January 23, 2022

Now I'm wondering what songs should do if, instead of a lyrical stop sign, there's a lyrical yield sign. Check for other traffic approaching the intersection, I guess?
posted by clawsoon at 9:24 AM on January 23, 2022

Previously on MetaFilter

Also, there is a stop in Quiet Life by the underrated '80s synth band, Japan.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 10:33 PM on January 23, 2022

EDGAR by the Butthole Surfers actually ends on "stop". The song is their version of shoegaze.
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:30 AM on January 24, 2022

For Beginners Only by the Loud Family too. It's fun to play on guitar too, with so many chord changes in 2:40 seconds.
posted by The_Vegetables at 11:48 AM on January 24, 2022

Erasure are crying themselves to sleep after watching this.
posted by the bricabrac man at 5:41 PM on January 24, 2022