# Greatest Outro **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442 "2001-09-29T02:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/21 "2001-10-10T19:08:19Z")
I agree with notcynical ! And “Lucky Man” by Emerson, Lake and Palmer. ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/22 "2001-10-10T22:59:20Z")
I don’t know if it fits the OP, but all I can think of is Prince’s **Let’s Go Crazy**. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/23 "2001-10-10T23:17:07Z")
ALSO agree with notcynical~~!!! although a lot of good ones are listed here it seems like the Beatles were masters at the outro, don’t forget the DOG WHISTLE does that even count? was it an outro? ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/24 "2001-10-10T23:28:29Z")
The song White Trash Heroes by Archers Of Loaf. Ends with most of the instruments faded away, except for three guitars playing a beautiful harmonic refrain. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/25 "2001-10-10T23:49:15Z")
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/26 "2001-10-11T04:36:04Z")
“Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”–Fifth Dimension I like the outro of “Hello Goodbye” by the Beatles more than the actual song. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/27 "2001-10-11T16:36:51Z")
“Loan Me a Dime” by Boz Scaggs. The first half of the song (the part where Boz sings) is done in 3/4 time, then the song shifts to 4/4 time and fades out in a glorious blast of horns and Duane Allman guitar. Duane’s guitar in the first half of the song isn’t shabby either. In the same vein, Wilson Pickett’s cover of “Hey Jude” also features some of Duane’s best session work, and the Wicked Pickett’s screaming on the outro always gives me shivers! ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/28 "2001-10-11T17:34:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Laughing Lagomorph \* > \*\*3. I taped the Live Aid concerts (I think) off the radio way back when, and Dire Straits did a kick-ass version of “Sultans of Swing” that ended with a bridge to a long, slow saxophone solo. Then the sax started to pick up, and it and the guitar (Mark Knopfler) were trading riffs back and forth for a good 3-4 minutes. Much better than the studio version, or any other live versions of the song I had ever heard. \*\* hmmmmm… The way you talk it sounds just like he went from Sultans to Going Home which has that slow Sax part then picks up in the middle of the song. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/29 "2001-10-11T17:52:01Z")
Jackson Browne’s _The Load Out/Stay_ deserves mention. As does Pink Floyd’s _Young Lust_, if it fits the OP – being that _The Wall_ is really like one long song. I heartily second Sweet’s _Love is like Oxygen_, whcih IMHO is one of the greatest songs of the rock era. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/30 "2001-10-11T18:07:53Z")
Anything and everything by Wagner. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/31 "2001-10-14T03:49:34Z")
Tomorrow Never Knows. Strangely, not the Beatles’ version, but the Mission (UK) version. Cool guitar, like you’re drifting downstream or something… ---
**Author:** ![Diesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Diesel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diesel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/32 "2001-10-14T06:29:30Z")
“Undone- The Sweater Song” by Weezer. It’s like the shrooms have come for me and they have big teeth. Somebody probably already mentioned this, but “Layla” by Derek and the Dominos. Wasn’t that song about Clapton being in love with Ringo Starr’s wife? And the award for terrible outro that almost ruins a good song goes to “Glycerine,” by Bush. ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2001, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/33 "2001-10-14T07:26:08Z")
“We’re not gonna take it” from The Who’s Tommy (last cut). Wipe your mind clear of the Ken Russell abortion that was the movie, get the original recording, listen to the last minute, minute and a half, and try not to choke up… I dare ya. ---
**Author:** ![saudade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@saudade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saudade)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2001, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/34 "2001-10-14T07:33:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diesel \* > \*\* > Somebody probably already mentioned this, but “Layla” by Derek and the Dominos. Wasn’t that song about Clapton being in love with Ringo Starr’s wife? > \*\* Good outro, the song was about Patty Boyd, George Harrison’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![Elvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Elvis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elvis)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/35 "2001-10-14T17:45:42Z")
My vote is for “I Am the Walrus” with those interwoven layers of sound spiraling higher and higher until you don’t even know what you’re listening to, but it seems like it can reach the sky… ---
**Author:** ![ScriptAnalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@ScriptAnalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScriptAnalyst)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/36 "2001-10-15T18:27:53Z")
“Cry If You Want,” the last song on the last studio album by The Who – Pete Townshend’s guitar crashes and slashes one last time before the band calls it quits (as a recording entity, anyway) Oh, and the ending of “Pure and Easy,” another Who song, is pretty good too. Steve Biodrowski [http://www.thescriptanalyst.com](http://www.thescriptanalyst.com) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/37 "2001-10-15T18:41:36Z")
Yes, I looked in Webster and Yahoo. Pardon my ig but what’s an outro? Is it kinds like a little song within a song? If that’s it then my vote goes to Joe Walsh & The Jame’s Gang’s **The Bomber**. ---
**Author:** ![Azargoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Azargoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azargoth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/38 "2001-10-15T19:48:00Z")
Sepeltura’s cover of “War” by Bob Marley, Just an insane song with a bunch of vocal tracks overlaid. It goes out with a tribal drum beat that speeds up and makes you think some insane heavy riff is coming and it just stops. Black Sabbath’s “Symptom Of The Universe” some really funky guitar at the end of a crushing song. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/39 "2001-10-15T20:13:27Z")
Since no one seems to have mentioned it yet, I’ve got to throw in with my favorite Stones song of all time, “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”. Starting off as an altered blues, after the last verse the song seamlessly shifts into an extended jazz workout with a wonderful, liquid bass line and a brilliant sax solo (BTW, who’s credited with that part?) ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/40 "2001-10-16T01:58:08Z")
I second the motion on Sweet’s “Love is Like Oxygen.” Since they’re one of my favorite bands, I have several CDs of theirs, including “Level Headed” which contains that song. However, a friend bought me a “Greatest Hits” sort of thing from Sweet and they just butchered that song. I never knew there was a shortened version until I popped in that CD and, “Hey! Where’s the rest of the song?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442.md?page=3)