# great codas in rock and roll **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662 "2020-02-09T02:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662/21 "2020-02-09T19:56:05Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Are you sure you’re not thinking of the violin coda on Baba O’Riley? “Won’t Get Fooled Again” ends with a scream, “Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss” and a few windmill chords which fit in with the body of the song. Maybe he’s thinking of the “coda” from the [Shepperton version](https://youtu.be/UDfAdHBtK_Q?t=508). 😃 ---
**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 10, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662/22 "2020-02-10T00:08:15Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > [November Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE), Guns N’ Roses. Still cheesy as hell, still awesome. I actually thought of that one, but I’d go with the coda/outro from [Paradise City](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbm6GXllBiw) myself, if it counts. I always get irritated when this one radio station (94.7 WLS in Chicago) plays the song and cuts the outro. That’s the best part of the song! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662/23 "2020-02-10T00:52:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Are you sure you’re not thinking of the violin coda on Baba O’Riley? “Won’t Get Fooled Again” ends with a scream, “Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss” and a few windmill chords which fit in with the body of the song. I would define the coda of WGFA as everything after “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” (I didn’t read the OT carefully, sounds like I should have.) Edit: I read it, looks like “coda” has similar but different meanings. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662/24 "2020-02-10T00:55:42Z")
Mr. Blue Sky by ELO Rocket Queen by Guns N’ Roses Sent from my hand-held telephonic communication device using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662/25 "2020-02-10T07:27:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I actually thought of that one, but I’d go with the coda/outro from [Paradise City](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbm6GXllBiw) myself, if it counts. I always get irritated when this one radio station (94.7 WLS in Chicago) plays the song and cuts the outro. That’s the best part of the song! GNR have a bunch of good codas. I think my favorite is the one from [Patience](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErvgV4P6Fzc). ---
**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662/26 "2020-02-10T07:53:36Z")
[Sunrise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiN-CFw3iac) - Pulp [I Am The Resurrection](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BfnXX7EvhM) - Stone Roses (ignore Ian’s “singing”) The live versions of these are good ways to end the song and the concert. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662/27 "2020-02-10T09:18:17Z")
[Will You?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou96vLl--e4)- Hazel O’Connor. Probably the finest of all 80s saxophone codas. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662/28 "2020-02-10T14:30:54Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > “Soon oh soon the light” at the end of “The Gates of Delirium” by Yes. It even has its own coda (well, a few chords). “Soon” is unusual for becoming a hit on its own even though it’s part of a longer song. The one at the end of Starship Troopers blows it completely out of the water. I have my songs on random shuffle, and it had already been playing when I got to this thread. The coda started up when I read the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662/29 "2020-02-12T04:22:05Z")
Only in Dreams by Weezer. Number one seed. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662/30 "2020-02-12T05:20:46Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > The one at the end of Starship Troopers blows it completely out of the water. > > I have my songs on random shuffle, and it had already been playing when I got to this thread. The coda started up when I read the OP. That is beyond 🆒 ! Almost as 🆒 as when I stopped at a food truck a couple years ago and the radio was playing “Yours Is No Disgrace” and I had the “Yes Album” CD in my car and listened to it again as I drove on home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662.md?page=1)