Does the ending on Pitty & Fear (track #10) seem really sudden to you?

I got the album at Starbucks today and thought it was broken because of the ending to that track. So I traded it in for a new one, but the ending is the same on the new album.

Also, the track times in at 4:21 on my album. & in iTunes. Sooo, it seems like the ending hasn't been cut off (time wise atleast).

How is the ending suppose to be???


love, peace & sunshine. katy.

That's the way it's supposed to end.

it really ends like that, bummer, always get a jolt when I listen to the whole album and reach the end of that track haha.

I think they did this because of the guitar riff at the end is kind of repetitive and leave a buzz in your head and they want the listener to be awake for the next track, because the lyrics and song is amazing haha, just speculating

Nick said that the tape broke and they liked the way it sounded and kept it.
I don't care much though, it's the only song on the new album I don't listen to. I don't know why they'd think that sounded good though.

I dig the track actually. The ending is what it is. Not quite sure how I feel about it, though I am not as opposed as some people seem to be. It has some artistic significance to the album, only I am not sure what. Perhaps just to set up the next song as even more sparse, or just to get your attention for it or something.

By the way, the title is actually "Pity and Fear."

It's the ol' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" ending. The difference is that Lennon picked where Emerick should cut the tape, whereas here the tape decided to end itself.

I'm cool with the abrupt ending but I wish it didn't get really loud when it did that.

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Originally posted by interface:
I'm cool with the abrupt ending but I wish it didn't get really loud when it did that.

Exactly. After I learned the story behind the ending, I liked it. I just can't listen to it because it's so loud.

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Originally posted by fadedmagic:
I dig the track actually. The ending is what it is. Not quite sure how I feel about it, though I am not as opposed as some people seem to be. It has some artistic significance to the album, only I am not sure what. Perhaps just to set up the next song as even more sparse, or just to get your attention for it or something.

By the way, the title is actually "Pity and Fear."

my thoughts exactly...

you know they actually stole that ending from a beatles song.

Someone mentioned that four posts up.

yeah except the idea wasn't stolen, it just ended that way on its own which seems even cooler

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Originally posted by I laugh indoors:
yeah except the idea wasn't stolen, it just ended that way on its own which seems even cooler

yep. the tape broke.

change the goddamn title. to "i'm an idiot who can't spell for shit."

You traded it in for a new one? Haha

And, yeah, it's "Pity."

I know that message boards are harsh by nature, but you're just asking for it.