Can be from any genre. Mine is when an acoustic guitar comes in towards the end of a song and totally changes or reframes the mood/energy (see “Money” by Widowspeak)

  • Bye@lemmy.world
    191·
    2 years ago

    Siren noises and airhorns and generally post-ironic soundboard noises. Like remember DJs in the early 2000s? When the radio sounded like

    (Tires screeching) Husky overly excited voice: you’re listening (Siren blaring) To the one and only (Red tailed hawk screech) (Machine gun noises) 97.4 (Dog barking) (mgm lion roar) KZRL “Krazy” FM (Choir sings hallelujah) Your one-stop-shop for hits from the 70s and 80s (Chorus from “don’t you forget about me” plays) (Guitar solo from Panama)

    All those stupid noises are great when they get shoved into mid 2010s dubstep music, and when they are put into SoundCloud mashups.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
    191·
    2 years ago

    I like it when the vocalist announces what’s coming next, like yelling “GUITAR!” right before a guitar solo or “bring back the horns” right before the brass section kicks in or “sing it, girls” right before the female backups echo the refrain.

    • everett@lemmy.ml
      7·
      2 years ago

      Even better when the singer “requests” it from their bandmate by name. (e.g. Honey Don’t by The Beatles)

    • funktion@lemm.ee
      6·
      2 years ago

      I really like this one for certain genres like Funk or RnB that are generally more energetic and spontaneous when performed live. Helps the recorded material feel a little more alive.

  • AverageCakeSlice@sh.itjust.works
    17·
    2 years ago

    I love when the track goes completely silent for a single rest after some buildup and then punches back into the full chorus. If that “gap” in noise is part of the melody itself it’s even cooler. It makes the following sound so much more impactful, even if the actual volume hasn’t increased by much.

  • Mojo@ttrpg.network
    14·
    2 years ago

    I love that train track or horse gallop chugging rhythm some songs have.
    Gives me feelings of movement forward, travel or progression.
    Great car songs!

    Muse - Knights of Cydonia, Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night is probably a good examples of this.

  • alokir@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 years ago

    Mixing metal with other genres or introducing instruments or elements that you otherwise wouldn’t expect in metal.

    By now most of these are considered to be subgenres of metal but for me it blew my mind when I first encountered them.

    Bands like Ayreon, Avantasia, Subscribe, Therion, Haggard, Nightwish, Ostura, just to name a few.

  • EliteCaster@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 years ago

    Not sure if this is a trope per se, but I love when sounds don’t sound “perfect” - the producer kept in a little vocal waver, or the snare isn’t hit with the exact same intensity every time. The little imperfections make it feel/sound like real humans are playing the music!

    • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
      3·
      2 years ago

      I think that can be said about pretty much any creative work. Those little imperfections are what make it real, and I love it.
      Hollywood using old vintage lenses for their design flaws, CG artists deliberately putting scratches and dust spots on their models, and so many more examples.

      To come back to music, I believe no robot will ever be able to play Clair de Lune with the gentle delicacy and softness that a human who just lets themselves flow with the sound can produce.

      That’s what it’s all about.

    • anti@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 years ago

      Check out Since I’ve Been Loving You by Led Zeppelin. The kick drum pedal squeaks all the way through, and they left it in.

  • LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 years ago

    Music that is REALLY stereo. I recently-ish got a pair of open back planar magnetic headphones, which sound bloody brilliant. So wide, so open, so crisp! It’s almost like VR for your ears with certain tracks and albums.

    So ye! Songs that really lean hard on having fun with stereo, or just really well engineered music in general. I was FLOORED when I listened to Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral for the first time with those things, so much fine detail and incredible audio engineering in that album. I’d honestly consider it one of the best engineered albums I’ve ever listened to, and I’m saying this as a huge Steely Dan fan.

    Another go to for me is Pond’s Man, It Really Feels Like Space Again. Psychedelic music just hits so incredibly well when I use those headphones, and this album in particular just really takes me through a friggen journey when listening to it.

    • stoicshrubbery@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      Lucid Dreams by Frans Ferdinand was one song that stood out to me, at least it was the first one that did after I got my first pairs of nice headphones. It’s the 7:55 minute version, and the part starts to build around 4:38

  • AstralWeekends@lemm.ee
    7·
    2 years ago

    I like it when a chorus gets built up more on each repetition, either with the addition of more instrumental parts, new harmonies or background vocals, or a beat change that brings up the intensity.

    Similarly, I like when that same effect happens within 2 halves of a chorus. Example of one I heard recently is the chorus of the song “Breathing” by ELLEGARDEN. The 2nd half adds a higher vocal harmony + a picked lead guitar line that open up the sound a bit and just give it a nice little emotional boost.

    • RGB3x3@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Untitled 8 by Sigur Ros does this sort of thing.

      It’s fairly slow towards the beginning, but then they go into the best buildup-drop-buildup-drop-final climax thing I’ve ever heard.