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scarred:
"City Hall" by Tenacious D.

/pow

Christophe:
Friday, talked to the wife on the phone,
Said I'm not allowed near the home
If I climb the fence like last time, she'll call the dame law.
Her whining is so annoying
when she can't be trusted with the children,
I remember the lawyer with his grinning skull

But Friday night is sacred,
It's not time to be wasted.
With doom on call, you know
Friday they can't use it

My half of the settlement will be invested to return a mint
Go toward hiring an agent who will be paid not to pry
And once I'm armed with this new hauteur
I'll still be just the agent's tool--
Sometimes you gotta sell out
If you plan to buy.

But Friday night is sacred,
It's not time to be wasted
With doom on call, you know
Friday they can't use it

FUCKING GUITAR SOLO

The settlement's all divided now,
Got myself an apartment downtown
Tell you not to make plans,
We'll go out this Friday night.
Don't think about that recidivist wife,
or that lawyer acting so contrite--
I try to relax every Friday,
Put it out of my mind.

But Friday night is sacred,
It's not time to be wasted
With doom on call, you know
Friday they can't use it

Jimor:
Maybe an odd choice, but back in the early/mid 80s, Chris DeBurgh had a trio of albums after his early folkish work and before he got completely mushy with all-ballad albums, where he rocked enough to be interesting. Each of these 3 albums had awesome closers.

On The Getaway, 1982, the last song was a 3-movement piece that had 3 titles on the album, but blended seamlessly into a longer story that capped the overall album's semi-concept feel fairly well. Revolution/Light A Fire/Liberty carried over a kind of troubled tropical paradise theme from some of the other songs, and closed with a longing for simpler peaceful times.

Man On The Line, 1984, was a straight up "rock" album with no particular theme or story, but many of the songs did have his trademark storyteller feel to them. The closer, Transmission Ends, is one of my favorite songs ever, and really shows that DeBurgh has an awesome knack for romantic songs that were far better than Lady In Red that made him famous. The way it ends with the lonely beep of a satellite passing overhead...

With Into the Light, 1986, DeBurgh returned to the format of The Getaway, a loose concept that some of the songs fell into to give the impression of a larger story, but again, nothing overt or obvious. Again, he ended with a tripart song of The Leader/The Vision/What About Me? that acted as a perfect close to the feel of the rest of the album.

look out! Ninjas!:

--- Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 19 Apr 2009, 20:18 ---The closer off the new MONO album is terrific in a 'This Is The Last Song Of The Album!' kind of way.

--- End quote ---
The final track off You Are There is probably my favourite song from the whole genre of post rock, and works brilliantly as a closer to that album.

pwhodges:
A Day in the Life.

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