# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/41 "2001-10-16T02:41:33Z")
As a deejay in my college days, I used to have to count the measures of the guitar riff at the end, and have the next song “cued up” and ready to go when the song ended “cold”. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/42 "2001-10-16T03:03:11Z")
el kabong, thats bobbyy keyes. i vote for ‘strawberry fields forever.’ ---
**Author:** ![ScriptAnalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@ScriptAnalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScriptAnalyst)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/43 "2001-10-16T16:25:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > **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?** It’s the opposite of an Intro. I suppose the proper term would be “coda,” which is a final passage that brings a composition to a close. I supposed that, to be considered an “Outro,” the passage really should be distinct from the rest of the song, not just a repetition of a verse or chorus. Steve Biodrowski [http://www.thescriptanalyst.com](http://www.thescriptanalyst.com) ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/44 "2001-10-17T02:12:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Edward The Head \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*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. \*\* I’m afraid I don’t know that song (Going Home). The outro/2nd song was entirely instrumental, no words. It really sounded to me like just riffing on the “Sultans” chords, but I am not enough of a musician to be sure. I could hum it for you but, well,…I probably have the tape somewhere but I have literally moved about 10 times since then, so laying hands on stuff like that is a project. ---
**Author:** ![octothorpe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b77776/32.png) [@octothorpe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octothorpe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/45 "2001-10-17T07:09:07Z")
For all you old ‘Beaker Street’ fans: In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (from 4-Way Street) - CSN&Y Broken Arrow - Neil Young I agree that the Beatles pretty much had this mastered, but Pink Floyd, on Dark Side of the Moon, did a jam-up (no pun intended) job of it also. * * * Dislike him? I wouldn’t piss down his throat if his heart were on fire! # ---
**Author:** ![Amidar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Amidar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amidar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442/46 "2001-10-17T16:32:45Z")
First post! Hmmm, so many great ouros to choose from… But if I had to pick just one, it might be the outro to “I Believe (When I Fall In Love With You It Will Be Forever)” by Stevie Wonder. He caps off maybe the best ballad he ever did by suddenly turning on some hard Clavinet funk. Coincidentally, the song also closes the album “Talking Book,” which I suppose makes it my vote for best album closer as well… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-outro/84442.md?page=2)