Topic: songs with amazing endings (Read 15495 times)

Mikendher · « **on:** 05 Feb 2006, 09:59 »

I love it when a song has a ridiculous ending. It gives you something to look forward to. Examples:

Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
Explosions in the Sky - The Only Moment We Were Alone
The Arcade Fire - Crown of Love
Bright Eyes - Poison Oak
Elliott Smith - Can't Make A Sound
Wolf Parade - We Built Another World

Merkava · « **Reply #1 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 10:02 »

The Dismemberment Plan - Memory Machine
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Is This Love?

Merkava · « **Reply #2 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 10:05 »

The Dismemberment Plan - Memory Machine
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Is This Love?

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #3 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 10:11 »

Is this about Amazing endings (as per the title) or about Ridiculous ones.
I'll assume it's about Amazing ones.

Echo and The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Arcade Fire - In the Back Seat
Spiritualized - Stop Your Crying
The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (the full version)
Lou Reed - Satellite of Love
Ash - Meltdown
Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
Radiohead - The Tourist (just one bell and the album ends)

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #4 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 10:23 »

Will I be lynched if I say November Rain?

If so, lynch me.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #5 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 10:33 »

The ending of Nick Cave & Bad Seeds' Stagger Lee is pretty amazing as well as Hallelujah which ends with the lines:

The tears are welling in my eyes again
I need twenty big buckets to catch them in
Twenty pretty girls to carry them down
Twenty deep holes to bury them in

sung by two women, classic ending if you ask me

sandocho · « **Reply #6 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 11:18 »

Tom Waits - Anywhere I Lay My Head

It's mostly acapella with absolutely incredible vocals--but once you thinks it's finished there's this amazing New Orleans-esque brass band reprise.

Well, I see that the world is upside-down
Seems that my pockets were filled up with gold
And now the clouds, well they’ve covered over
And the wind is blowing cold
Well, I don’t need anybody, because I learned, I learned to be alone
Well, I said anywhere, anywhere, anywhere I lay my head, boys
I'm gonna call my home

nescience · « **Reply #7 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 11:42 »

Mansun - Being a Girl
Trans Am - The Dark Gift
Christian Death - Electra Descending
M83 - Cyborg
David Bowie - Station to Station
Cody - Simple

Thrillho · « **Reply #8 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 12:13 »

Quote from: Praeserpium Machinarum

The ending of Nick Cave & Bad Seeds' Stagger Lee is pretty amazing as well as Hallelujah which ends with the lines:

The tears are welling in my eyes again
I need twenty big buckets to catch them in
Twenty pretty girls to carry them down
Twenty deep holes to bury them in

sung by two women, classic ending if you ask me

I love you. Stagger Lee's hilarious violin solo at the end - so great. Even better live when he's beating the hell out of a piano as well.

Another Nick Cave song with a great ending is 15ft Of Pure White Snow, because that's got the big 'Oh My Lord' crescendo part with about three diffrent vocal parts going on at once.

Other songs with great sex-like climaxes:

Weezer - Only In Dreams
Wilco - Muzzle Of bees
Wilco - At Least That's What You Said
Wilco - Misunderstood (NOTHING! NOTHING! NOTHING!)
Beatles - A Day In The Life
Beatles - I've Got A Feeling
Stellastarr - My Coco
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
Robbie Williams - Radio

Signum_Tenebrae · « **Reply #9 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 12:31 »

Leviathan - Vexed and Vomit Hexed
Deathspell Omega - Carnal Malefactor

Kai · « **Reply #10 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 16:34 »

Quote from: sandocho

Tom Waits - Anywhere I Lay My Head

It's mostly acapella with absolutely incredible vocals--but once you thinks it's finished there's this amazing New Orleans-esque brass band reprise.

Well, I see that the world is upside-down
Seems that my pockets were filled up with gold
And now the clouds, well they’ve covered over
And the wind is blowing cold
Well, I don’t need anybody, because I learned, I learned to be alone
Well, I said anywhere, anywhere, anywhere I lay my head, boys
I'm gonna call my home

You're like, my favorite new user ever.

Black Sabbath - Snowblind; Great solo fadeout, and it's probably the 3rd best song about cocaine ever, next to the song Cocaine (which I don't actually think is about Cocaine), and Johnny Cash's Cocaine Blues.

StrikeThePostman · « **Reply #11 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 16:55 »

Every song on Built to Spill's Perfect From Now On. Those songs build like an athlete on steroids.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #12 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 18:13 »

Arcturus - Alone

"And the cloud that took the form,
When the rest of heaven...was bluuuuue,
Of a demon in my view, OF A DEMON IN MY VIEEW!"

Garm is just such an amazing vocalist.

Immortal - Damned in Black

That relentless, blizzard like riff slowly fading off into silence...

Sabbat - The Church Bizarre

Song fades into an endless 'Jesus wants me for a sunbeam' style of people clapping and singing 'Hallelujah!' over and over for about ten seconds, before the unmistakable sound of Satan laughing drowns them out.

Ewigkeit - Strange Volk

Disintegrates into glitch techno and ends with a sample of the ceremony master at the Restaurant At The End of the Universe from the original h2g2 radio series

"After this there is...void...emptiness...oooo-blivion...ab-so-lute nothing!"

Sol Invictus - Kneel to the Cross

"And it's ever so wrong...to dare to be strong...
'for summer is a-coming in, arise! Arise!
Summer is a-coming in, arise! Arise!
Summer is a-coming in, arise! Arise!
Summer is a-coming in, arise! Arise!
Summer is a-coming in, arise! Arise!
Summer is a-coming in, arise! Arise!
Summer is a-coming in, arise! Arise!
Summer is a-coming in, arise! Arise!
Summer is a-coming in, arise! Arise!
Summer is a-coming in, arise! Arise! ARISE!"

Sol Invictus - Sheath and Knife

Total breakdown of the emotional crescendo allows the full power to soak in.

"And a sound...goes over...the woods..."

Kai · « **Reply #13 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 18:45 »

Inkubus Sukkubus - Vampire Punk Rockers From Hell

Gets me worked up. It's just so awesome.

cyshine · « **Reply #14 on:** 05 Feb 2006, 18:54 »

Amazing endings... I go with

Faith No More - Just A Man (the whole song is amazing, but the ending is absolutely fantastic)
Pavement - Stop Breathing (beautiful guitar interplay)
Pavement - Father To A Sister Of Thought (nice change of pace)
R.E.M. - Find The River (nice lyrics)
B-52's - 6060-842 (nice guitar work)
Legião Urbana - Perfeição (you probably don't know this Brazilian song/band but I do love the way the song changes from listing things to a shimmering of hope...)
Roy Orbison - It's Over (hey, I like Roy Orbison!)

ayePod · « **Reply #15 on:** 06 Feb 2006, 01:49 »

Any song the Arcade Fire have ever played live.
Polaroid Intamacy - The Ocean Fracture

almost thursday · « **Reply #16 on:** 06 Feb 2006, 08:15 »

jane doe by converge. the songs this angry discordant ball of rage and then it suddenyl erupts into the kinda gorgeous instrumental post rock epicness i absolutely live for. sublime.

four star daydream · « **Reply #17 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 01:23 »

okay heres my picks!

i agree with those who mentioned wolf parade - i'll believe in anything
another would be
robert pollard - tight globes.. man that solo is totally bad ass
new pornographers - bleeding heart show. i cant believe no one has mentioned this ... have people not heard this song?
the beatles - happiness is a warm gun so many changes in less than 2 minutes!
cursive - staying alive. do do do do do do the worst is over.
of montreal - nicki coco alseep in the invisible tree.
i think thats all i need to state for now.

TheFoolOnTheHill · « **Reply #18 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 04:17 »

David Bowie-Rock & Roll Suicide
The Beatles-A Day In The Life

Meh...it's early. I'll think of more later.

Shaft · « **Reply #19 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 04:21 »

Oceansize - Ornament/Last Wrongs

It made me cry on first listen, and still makes me shiver.

amok · « **Reply #20 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 04:29 »

Iron Maiden- Hallowed Be Thy Name \m/

Spartan Pho3nix · « **Reply #21 on:** 09 Feb 2006, 00:40 »

Mogwai - Yes! I am a long way from home.

Amazing ending. It just swells and swells with perfect beauty. First song of the first mogwai LP? Best mogwai song. Thank god Mr. Beast is returning to this sort of glory.

eternie · « **Reply #22 on:** 09 Feb 2006, 04:35 »

Elbow - Powder Blue. Just the sound of cracking glass. Awesome.

Cap'n Derk · « **Reply #23 on:** 09 Feb 2006, 10:16 »

Faith No More - Epic
Ween - I Don't Want It
Neutral Milk Hotel - Communist Daughter
Morphine - In Spite Of Me

...the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Ficus · « **Reply #24 on:** 09 Feb 2006, 14:53 »

Quote from: Cap'n Derk

Faith No More - Epic

Greatest one ever
The music video makes it even better when the piano blows up

also
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Faith No More - Land of Sunshine
Weezer - Say it Ain't So

On Say it Ain't So, I like how it goes from the emotional last chorus, then back to the simple main riff.

TheFoolOnTheHill · « **Reply #25 on:** 09 Feb 2006, 14:58 »

Iron Man has quite a delicious ending.

Merkava · « **Reply #26 on:** 09 Feb 2006, 16:35 »

I've gotta say that Cursive's Staying Alive is one of the most beautiful endings to a song and an album.

Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
Frog Eyes - One in Six Children Will Flee in Boats
Interpol - The New
Interpol - Leif Erickson

Kai · « **Reply #27 on:** 09 Feb 2006, 18:14 »

mc chris - The Tussin

Thrillho · « **Reply #28 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 09:20 »

Wilco - Radio Cure

Thrillho · « **Reply #29 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 09:21 »

Quote from: Cap'n Derk

Faith No More - Epic
Ween - I Don't Want It
Neutral Milk Hotel - Communist Daughter
Morphine - In Spite Of Me

...the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

You REALLY need to make your avatar smaller.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #30 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 11:44 »

I totally forgot how good the ending of Zion by Lauryn Hill is.
Santana is sort doodling away on his geetar and then a choir begins:

marching, marching, marching, marching, to Zion, marching, marching, marching!

And Lauryn Hill goes slightly bonkers and blow those pipes up!

So good it hurts

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #31 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 11:58 »

Quote from: TrueNeutral

Will I be lynched if I say November Rain?

If so, lynch me.

You won't get lynched because November Rain does have an amazing ending.

I'd say my favorite ending is Dave Holland Quintet with "Prime Directive" on their Extended Play: Live at Birdland album.

blood_and_thunder · « **Reply #32 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 13:15 »

Frank Zappa - Don't eat the yellow snow

It has a pretty bizarre ending, just kind of stops unexpectedly and then this weird little tune plays for about 3 seconds, makes me giggle every time I hear it

Kai · « **Reply #33 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 15:57 »

Aye aye to that.

NANOOK RUBS IT

TheFoolOnTheHill · « **Reply #34 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 16:02 »

"The End"-The Beatles

Fucking delicious guiatr solo ends with the softly palying piano and orchestra, and the immortal words "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."

Amazing.

BillyxRansom · « **Reply #35 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 17:21 »

"the willing well i: fuel for the feeding end" - coheed and cambria

could this be that hard for me
to configure a new love in hate
to my new entity, or banish it home to the grave
i will not save
your world

BillyxRansom · « **Reply #36 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 17:26 »

"and you're wondering how a top floor could replace heaven" by city of caterpillar

if it was airtight, i know you'd choke....

poorly, yet very VERY emotionally sung over amazing guitars.. can't even explain it..

Merkava · « **Reply #37 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 18:52 »

The Dismemberment Plan - The City

All of a sudden, the one-chord guitars blast a stop-start rythm, then Travis, exploding with all of the pain and loss contained in the song belts out "ALL...I...EVER...SAY...NOW...IS...GOOD...BYYYYYYYYE!" bringing back the awesome droney keyboard line and Joe Eiseley's crazy beat with more power as Travis continues to shout "BYYYYYYYYYYYE!"

Beautiful.

BillyxRansom · « **Reply #38 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 19:28 »

Quote from: almost thursday

jane doe by converge. the songs this angry discordant ball of rage and then it suddenyl erupts into the kinda gorgeous instrumental post rock epicness i absolutely live for. sublime.

YES
YES
FUCKING
YES

Luke · « **Reply #39 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 19:46 »

Coldplay - Twisted Logic
Dr. Dre - The Message
Ben Folds Five - Fair
Guns N' Roses - The Garden; Estranged
Lostprophets - Start Something; Sway
Pink Floyd - On the Turning Away

I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

Radiowar · « **Reply #40 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 20:57 »

I always loved the ending of Morning Bell/Amnesiac by Radiohead. The beginning sounds so dissonant and awkward that the ending sounds ten times more beautiful than it should.

somechocolates · « **Reply #41 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 21:19 »

radiohead - karma police
ted leo and the pharmacists - me and mia

somechocolates · « **Reply #42 on:** 10 Feb 2006, 21:23 »

radiohead - karma police
ted leo and the pharmacists - me and mia

narutard · « **Reply #43 on:** 12 Feb 2006, 07:30 »

Quote from: Kai

Quote from: sandocho
Tom Waits - Anywhere I Lay My Head

It's mostly acapella with absolutely incredible vocals--but once you thinks it's finished there's this amazing New Orleans-esque brass band reprise.

Well, I see that the world is upside-down
Seems that my pockets were filled up with gold
And now the clouds, well they’ve covered over
And the wind is blowing cold
Well, I don’t need anybody, because I learned, I learned to be alone
Well, I said anywhere, anywhere, anywhere I lay my head, boys
I'm gonna call my home

You're like, my favorite new user ever.

Black Sabbath - Snowblind; Great solo fadeout, and it's probably the 3rd best song about cocaine ever, next to the song Cocaine (which I don't actually think is about Cocaine), and Johnny Cash's Cocaine Blues.

I just registered just to tell you how much I agree with that. Those are the three greatest songs ever written on the topic of cocaine. And now that I think of such a list, I'm supprised to say that there isn't a Red Hot Chilli Peppers song there o_O.

Eh, It's late and I'm probaly going to forget I registered tomorrow.

IronOxide · « **Reply #44 on:** 12 Feb 2006, 07:36 »

"My Girlfriend (Who Lives in Canada)" from Avenue Q. You just don't see that coming.

Merkava · « **Reply #45 on:** 12 Feb 2006, 10:40 »

Modest Mouse - Broke

"WUH-OH-WUH-OH...WUH OH-OH-AH-OH-OH!"

Coupled with a nice and simple guitar riff.

Technetium · « **Reply #46 on:** 12 Feb 2006, 20:09 »

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Opeth - Leper Affinity
Opeth - When
Dream Theater - Octavarium
The Flower Kings - Devil's Playground

zumpiez · « **Reply #47 on:** 12 Feb 2006, 23:40 »

Opeth - The Funeral Portrait
Sage Francis - Garden Gnomes
and (please don't hit me for this one)
Mars Volta - Cassandra Gemini: Multiple Spouse Wounds

Cernach · « **Reply #48 on:** 13 Feb 2006, 04:41 »

Aight, might as well throw this out there:

R.E.M. - Swan Swan H:

Long low time ago, people talk to me
A pistol hot cup of rhyme
The whiskey is water, the water is wine.

Technically it's the chorus as well, but the way Stipe sings it always trips something in my head that forces me to belt that sucker.

Tom Waits - Wrong Side of the Road:

With my double-barrel shotgun
An' a whole box of shells
Celebrate the fourth of July
We'll do a hundred miles an hour
Spendin' someone else's dough
Drive all the way to Reno
on the wrong side of the road

Classic Waits. Thus endeth the justification.

And of course, because I'm hopelessly enamored with Dave King...
Flogging Molly - Black Friday Rule:

The next time you see me, don't ask for my name
For I am the king, and long shall I reign.

Rawk.

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Mikendher

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Merkava

TrueNeutral

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sandocho

nescience

Signum_Tenebrae

StrikeThePostman

cyshine

ayePod

almost thursday

four star daydream

TheFoolOnTheHill

Spartan Pho3nix

eternie

Cap'n Derk

Ficus

TheFoolOnTheHill

Merkava

Praeserpium Machinarum

TheFoolOnTheHill

Merkava

Luke

somechocolates

somechocolates

narutard

Merkava

zumpiez

Cernach