# Best song outros? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290 "2003-12-27T19:23:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Stover9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Stover9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stover9)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/41 "2003-12-29T21:53:00Z")
Shine On You Crazy Diamond pt 6-10 is my favorite outro of all-time (although one could argue its “Power”) ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/42 "2003-12-29T23:02:58Z")
Doors - Touch Me Beatles - Strawberry Fields ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/43 "2003-12-29T23:54:49Z")
_Starship Trooper_ from The Yes Album. Most awsome guitar solo ever! * * * Go 'SC! Beat the Wolverines! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/44 "2003-12-30T00:23:02Z")
Ah, now I perceive why **NoCoolUserName** didn’t need to put any effort in username selection. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/45 "2003-12-30T03:59:37Z")
I really like how Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On” degenerates into chaos, and if you’re going to nominate “Layla”, then you should also throw in a nomination for “White Room”. IIRC, the last song on Pearl Jam’s _Ten_ looped back into the first song, making the whole album its own intro/outro. I don’t have her albums onhand, but I know Tori Amos has done the massive explosive outro you’re envisioning, as well as the quieter, all-piano outro similar to Phish’s live cut of “Squirming Coil”. Their “Run Like An Antelope” is also stunning. David Bowie, “Space Oddity”. The Who, “Won’t Get Fooled Again”. ---
**Author:** ![PsychoTrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@PsychoTrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PsychoTrain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/46 "2003-12-30T13:31:41Z")
Two by Guns n’ Roses, the first is Rocket Queen when the song transforms from a cocky, in your face attitude to a heartfelt, emotional plea of love. The second song is Coma, Slash’s guitar emulates the tone of a heart rate machine as it flatlines, an awesome song that always sends chills down my spine. Finally, the ending to Courdoroy by Pearl Jam. The mood it envokes is one of powerful melancholy as ones deepest feelings are realized. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/47 "2003-12-30T14:38:38Z")
Again displaying how old I am: **Pilgrims Progress** by Procol Harum. Amazing drumming and percussion, added layer by layer. **Accidents** by Thunderclap Newman. What can I say? You’ve just gotta hear this! (“Life’s just a game/you fly a paper plane/there is no end”) Peter Green’s blistering solo on the outro to **Black Magic Woman** (yes, the original 1969 Fleetwood Mac version). ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/48 "2003-12-30T16:02:42Z")
I always liked the way **Heartbreaker** went right into **Living Loving Maid** on Zep II. The radio stations just said the hell with it, it’s all one song. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/49 "2003-12-30T17:24:59Z")
The Beatles **Carry that Weight.** The second time the chorus starts (Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight, carry that weight a long time…) I always feel the need to crank up the volume. Also the end of **Get Back**. That’s the main problem I have with **Let it Be Naked**. The ending line is missing. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/50 "2004-01-01T00:33:04Z")
**Jimi Hendrix Experience** “Bold As Love” ---
**Author:** ![kurtz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@kurtz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurtz)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/51 "2015-08-18T17:22:23Z")
Not only some of my favourite outros but also on my favourite final tracks on of some of my favourite albums. In no particular order 1 Lonely Planet - Last track on the album Dusk by The The 2 Street Spirit - Last track on the album The Bends by Radiohead 3 I Am The Resurrection - Last track on the album The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses 4 You Can’t Always Get What You Want - Last track on the album Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones 5 Anywhere I lay my head - Last Track on the album Raindogs by Tom Waits 6 Still Life - Last track on the album Dog Man Star by Suede 7 Lord Can You Hear Me - Last track on the album Let It Come Down by Spiritualised 8 We Float - Last track on the album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey 9 All Apologies - Last track on the album In Utero by Nirvana 10 Why D,Ya Do It - Last track on the album Broken English by Marianne Faithful ---
**Author:** ![groovie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d6d6ee/32.png) [@groovie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groovie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/52 "2015-08-19T09:31:48Z")
The first thing that popped into my head was the end of Epic by Faith No More. The end of the Source Tags And Codes title track by Trail Of Dead is also beautiful. The Dream’s Dream outro by Television has a delicious “eerieness” about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/53 "2015-08-19T16:01:20Z")
“Stronger Than Dirt.” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/54 "2015-08-19T16:28:11Z")
[Blotto - Metalhead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKqMEjsWYmQ) is the best outro in rock music, ever, IMO. It’s a great song, but that ending just kicks all kinds of ass. 😃 ETA: BTW, that’s Buck Dharma playing the guitar solo! ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/55 "2015-08-19T18:50:44Z")
The ending of Genesis’ “The Musical Box” always gives me chills. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/56 "2015-08-21T20:35:08Z")
_She’s not There_ by The Zombies? I guess that doesn’t really have an outro. A while ago I made a thread about the best fade out guitar solos in songs. I think the top two are from Steely Dan. _Kid Charlemagne_ (Larry Carlton on guitar) and _My Old School_ (Skunk Baxter on guitar). ETA: My old [thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=646092) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/57 "2015-08-21T21:30:18Z")
Megadeth: [Five Magics](https://youtu.be/rIRWEFxdNmU?t=4m44s). Pure, metal reckless abandon. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/58 "2015-08-21T22:37:43Z")
-Prince and the guitar solo at the end of “Let’s Go Crazy”. -The epic drum fill at the very end of Judas Priest’s “Sinner”. -Dire Straits “Down to the Waterline” with the last run of guitar over a nice drum fill. -AC/DC “Kissin’ Dynamite” with that fall-apart drum solo. I don’t recall ever hearing any other song that ended like that. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/59 "2015-08-21T22:51:26Z")
ELO’s “Mister Blue Sky” has a nice outro that didn’t get played much on the radio. In addition, it’s the outro for that entire side of that LP–“Concerto For A Rainy Day,” from, “Out of the Blue.” ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290/60 "2015-08-22T04:45:19Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I have never liked the outro to “Layla.” It’s pretty cool for the first eight hours, but then it gets boring. Yes sir. Yes, indeed. At any rate my nomination is “_Long Red_”, by Mountain on their "_Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On"_ album. I’ve got a few more in my brain, but, I can only recall this one, right now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-outros/221290.md?page=4)