# Favorite ending to a song.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694 "2009-01-23T19:49:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694/21 "2009-01-24T13:32:37Z")
While a bit obscure, I always think the ending to ‘Revolt Into Style’ by Bill Nelson’s Red Noise is as powerful an ending to any song since ‘Substitute’ by the Who (I love the end of Supper’s Ready too) ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694/22 "2009-01-24T14:20:11Z")
“The Ten Commandments of Love” by the Moonglows. But beware, the version I found on YouTube cuts the cool ending off. And no mention of The Beatles “Her Majesty” yet? ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694/23 "2009-01-24T14:30:51Z")
I’ve always liked how The Beatles “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” just… stops. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694/24 "2009-01-24T15:05:54Z")
The last two verses of **Nellie McKay** ’s [Identity Theft](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JR7xeUE92w) is a perfectly biting and witty way to end the song. The end to **Andrew Bird** ’s excellent [Fake Palindromes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV-IDVdDx78) finishes the weird train of thought with style. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694/25 "2009-01-24T16:00:52Z")
The ending to [One Day More](http://www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/l/lesmiserableslyrics/onedaymorelyrics.html) from _Les Miserables_. If you’ve seen the show, you know what I am talking about. Tomorrow we’ll discover What our God in Heaven has in store! One more dawn One more day One day more! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694/26 "2009-01-24T19:22:59Z")
Queen’s breakdown at the end of ‘‘The Prophet’s Song.’’ _And still I fear and still I dare not laugh at the madman!_ ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694/27 "2009-01-24T21:14:17Z")
I opened the thread to drop off a Beatles song too - specifically the ending to “The Ballad of John & Yoko” but I agree that the closing to “Happiness is a Warm Gun” is a belter too. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694/28 "2009-01-24T21:42:47Z")
The end of “The Rain” by Oran “Juice” Jones has one of the funniest monologues ever. The gist of the song is that he caught his girlfriend cheating on him. “My first impulse was to run up on you – and do a Rambo. I was about to jam you and flat-blast both of you, but I didn’t wanna mess with this $3700 lynx coat. So instead I chilled. That’s right, chilled.” I gets better after that. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694/29 "2009-01-24T22:49:23Z")
The final line of “A man is in love” by “The Waterboys”. Very cute. Great final fiddle segment too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ending-to-a-song/482694.md?page=1)