oooooooooooooooooh STOP

September 30, 2023 2:05 AM

Todd in the Shadows uploads a 33 minute 'DELUXE' of his Songs That Stop on the Word "Stop" Supercut compilation (original compilation he posted back in 2015) (previously)
posted by Pachylad (18 comments total)

We're gonna need the list so we can point outbe outraged about the ones he missed.
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice at 5:13 AM on September 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

Thank $Deity the Stop from Dr Horrible was in there 'cause the description immediately put that "Stop" into my mind as an earworm without context of the source and I was afraid I'd spend the whole day with a nameless "Stop" swirling around in my brain.
posted by Mitheral at 5:29 AM on September 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

I’m definitely judging these artists by their commitment to the stop.
posted by meinvt at 5:54 AM on September 30, 2023 [3 favorites]

Don't stop! Come a little closer. [beckons you near, leans over to whisper in your ear] Don't stop believing

also the stop/continue in the studio version of Improper Dancing is far superior to the wishy-washy live cut here
posted by phooky at 6:00 AM on September 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

We're gonna need the list so we can point outbe outraged about the ones he missed.

A comment suggests Todd filled out the list by claiming on Xitter that no song did this and baiting people into correcting him
posted by Merus at 6:12 AM on September 30, 2023 [5 favorites]

Having a DJ Earworm mashup in there is a nicely meta touch.
posted by eponym at 6:45 AM on September 30, 2023

When bugs bunny showed up I lost it.
posted by waving at 6:50 AM on September 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

I’ve never considered what an overused trope this is. Seeing them all together like this makes me want nobody to ever do it again. But on the other hand, at a live show, with a good band, that kind of moment is always a crowd-pleaser. So, I’m sure it’s never going away.
posted by wabbittwax at 7:27 AM on September 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

A comment suggests Todd filled out the list by claiming on Xitter that no song did this and baiting people into correcting him


The actual timeline was:

On 2 Sep, TITS rants about songs that annoyingly don't stop on the word 'stop', and then pondering about updating his original 2015 compilation, asking for suggestions.

In between then until 29 Sep, he would be updating about such 'Stop' songs, such as asking for decisions on cases like Fleetwood Mac's "Stop"

Less than 24 hours before making the updated compilation live on YT is when he does do his trolling, though unlikely he'd be really canvassing for options at that point.
posted by Pachylad at 7:55 AM on September 30, 2023

…claiming on Xitter that no song…

Aha! I knew I couldn't be the only one doing this!
It is of course pronounced "shitter."
posted by los pantalones del muerte at 8:00 AM on September 30, 2023 [3 favorites]

Three Britney Spears songs followed by an Eminem song, that was fun.
posted by box at 8:47 AM on September 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

You can’t beat the song called Stop that stops and ends on the word “stop.”
posted by gottabefunky at 10:02 AM on September 30, 2023

A quick fun party question I've used for years was "okay, STOP..."*

A) In the name of love
B) Hammer time
C) Collaborate and listen

Given that all 3 examples are short and instructional, I'm unsure how many more I can add to that list from this video. While I admire Todd's videos broadly - and his dedication to this bit specifically - if anyone wants to report back after this 33 minute video with more examples that would also be short and instructional (and, perhaps crucially, also instantly recognizable by folks 30+ years old) I'd appreciate it.

*Also, of course, the answer is A.
posted by revmitcz at 12:57 PM on September 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

Yoda in Bad Lip Reading
posted by MtDewd at 1:35 PM on September 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

Aha! I knew I couldn't be the only one doing this!

I go back and forth on calling it "Xitter", "eX-Twitter", and "it's called X now and Twitter is never coming back", which intentionally does not flow in sentences but does encourage people to let go emotionally
posted by Merus at 9:37 PM on September 30, 2023

I watched the fist, maybe, minutes of this - noted that he had included every song I could think of in the category, thought “bravo” and then noted I was only a small fraction of the way through.

The meticulous research extends to everything he does- and I would particularly recommend his “one hit wonder” posts - each of which starts with him trying to pick out the tune on a piano and ends with a 10 second sample of his band(?) doing a full cover
posted by rongorongo at 5:30 AM on October 1, 2023

Frosty the Snowman. Elvis, twice. Roy Orbison. And the Muppets, just because.
posted by TrishaU at 11:03 PM on October 1, 2023

I ran out of steam before the halfway mark while watching the video, and a full list seems not to have manifested in the comments on the video, and there's now a "perpetually updating" paywalled version on Nebula, so I'll let other people figure out if Nerves by Bauhaus or Les Femmes by Yelle were included.
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice at 1:57 AM on October 12, 2023