Incredibly Long Note: Difference between revisions

* Somewhat done by Wayne Brady and Brad Sherwood in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9cOmf1D3BI this playing] of "Greatest Hits" from [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]], but implied by Colin Mochrie that "they held that 'oooh' for 15 minutes".

* The Israeli band Kaveret's mock-tango "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7_7HPjY3BA Sugar in the Tea]" includes several instances of this. In the album version, another band member interjects the main instance with a sarcastic "In case of a genuine alarm..." - and then the singer goes on for a while more.

 

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* "The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side" by The Magnetic Fields ends in a series of "ride"s of increasingly long duration. They go up in pitch as well.

* In ''[[Vampire Musicals|Dance of the Vampires]]'', Michael Crawford held a note at the end of Act I for a very long time, as he was escorting his bride across the drawbridge into his castle. (Though it was pre-recorded, not actually performed live).

* The [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] series has a [[Goldfinger|long]], ''[[Thunderball|long]]'', '''[[Tomorrow Never Dies|long]]''' love affair with this trope. See exhibits [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MagCoUYvIXE A], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTaLhbNQ34o B], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyMH6q5Fq4w C] for more details.

* "Dim All the Lights" by [[Donna Summer]] once held (and may still?) the record for the longest note held in an American Top 40 pop hit.

* The song "Kiss of the Spider Woman", in the version presented in the revue ''And the World Goes Round'' has two instances of a note scored to last over eight measures. The first, coming at the end of the first chorus, is often cut short for choreography or stylistic reasons, but the final note (a high G#) is an excellent opportunity for a strong male vocalist to hold one of these.

* "Come Alive (War of the Roses)" by [[Janelle Monae]] has this, notable for not only its length (twentyish seconds) but its incredibly high pitch.

** [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]] has some incredibly long notes too, especially in Prince Ali ''and'' the [[Dark Reprise]].

* "I Want Out" by Helloween. After the solo, Michael Kiske sings "leave me aloooooooooooooooooone" for about 20 seconds, overdubbed over the chorus. Immediately after the note is over, Kiske's overdubbed chorus voice sings "to leave my life and to be freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ohhhhhhh" for the last 13 seconds or so.

** And then he cranks it [[Up to Eleven]] with Break The Vase, which contains THREE incredibly long notes in the ending.

* [[Counting Crows]] did this in the song "Sullivan Street."

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cKjIo80mKE Especially so when played live].

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