# Disappointing song endings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 9, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770 "2025-01-09T20:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/121 "2025-01-29T16:57:07Z")
See the post right above yours. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/122 "2025-01-29T17:01:02Z")
I was making a joke about a joke about a reference to misheard Hendrix lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/123 "2025-01-29T17:01:51Z")
Got it. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/124 "2025-02-01T05:28:06Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > Speaking of which, Pink Floyd’s _The Wall_ had the full lyrics for “Empty Spaces” though they cut the latter half of the song for the record. The full version was used in the movie, though. Not quite. Originally, the song before “Young Lust” was supposed to be “What Shall We Do Now”, which was supposed to be reprised as “Empty Spaces” just before “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3”. For some reason (the oft cited reason is time, but there’s plenty of time on side 2 for both songs, so it’s probably the better transition into Young Lust) What Shall We Do Know was cut and Empty Spaces moved into its place. The lyric sheet had apparently already gone to the printers. The movie only used What Shall We Do Now. But they’re two separate sons. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/125 "2025-02-01T06:24:56Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I was making a joke about a joke about a reference to misheard Hendrix lyrics. There is a fun site dedicated to misheard lyrics with the wonderfully appropriate name [www.kissthisguy.com](http://www.kissthisguy.com) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/126 "2025-02-01T13:19:49Z")
It really really bugs me that they don’t say “Silent Lucidity” one more time at the end of “Silent Lucidity”. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/127 "2025-02-01T19:58:52Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I can’t think of them right now, but there’s a whole bunch of songs that don’t end on the tonic. It’s a common enough compositional technique. Funny enough, this 5-month-old video just came up in my feed: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ElEZEJWWZdc/maxresdefault.jpg "Songs that don't resolve at the end") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElEZEJWWZdc) ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/128 "2025-02-02T23:27:39Z")
Journey has a great example of disappointment with their end to _Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’_. Great lyrics full of the pain of betrayal and the promise of payback. And then? _Na, na, na, na, na_ for a couple of minutes, and that’s it. It’s almost like they decided that writing lyrics was too hard, and just gave up on it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/129 "2025-02-03T00:56:52Z")
> [@Deanna\_D](#): > > Great lyrics full of the pain of betrayal and the promise of payback. And then? _Na, na, na, na, na_ for a couple of minutes, and that’s it. They decided there’s no way to write an ending that won’t piss off 50% of the audience. Better to _Na, na, na, na, na_ and let everyone mentally write their own ending of vindication, re-uniting, or revenge as they prefer. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/130 "2025-02-03T01:59:19Z")
With _Hey Jude,_ the Beatles kicked off a brief craze of long repetitive codas: Simon & Garfunkel _The_ _Boxer_, Donovan _Atlantis_, Chicago _Feelin_’ _Stronger_ _Every_ _Day_… ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/131 "2025-02-03T11:54:47Z")
My favorite Savage Garden song is Santa Monica. It wasn’t released as a single (except for Japan). The song talks about talking on the phone, so they put in phone sound effects in the middle and at the very end. So, it’s a pretty song with an annoying (to me - and also my wife) noise at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770/132 "2025-02-06T23:07:42Z")
“Let it Rain” kinda fizzles out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-song-endings/1012770.md?page=6)