# Songs that end too soon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814 "2006-08-22T22:02:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/21 "2006-08-23T06:36:20Z")
The theme song to the animated Fox cartoon, The Critic. But then, the theme as played on the show always sounds like it’s been cut, so maybe it is longer. If it is, I sure haven’t been able to find it, and it’s not like I haven’t searched high and low. I would love to listen to this song while walking through a large city on a warm and sunny morning. The Coen Brother’s movie The Man Who Wasn’t There has a fantastic theme called “I Met Dorris Blind”. It lasts around 45 seconds. It should have at least three minutes to call its own. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/22 "2006-08-23T06:43:50Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I actually came _this_ close to mentioning it. It doesn’t actually end too soon, but I always thought they could have written some more words to it. [/QUOTE] I was talking about the way the song just stops as opposed to fading out or finishing. ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/23 "2006-08-23T08:17:28Z")
“Wake Up,” by The Arcade Fire. The song shifts into a higher tempo at the end. The guitar riff resembles Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life.” I could go for maybe another minute of that. ---
**Author:** ![Jean\_Poutine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a5b964/32.png) [@Jean\_Poutine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jean_Poutine)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/24 "2006-08-23T14:38:04Z")
For some reason I always thought “Just a Song Before I Go” by CSN was just getting good when it ends abruptly. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/25 "2006-08-23T14:45:09Z")
[QUOTE=Jean Poutine] For some reason I always thought “Just a Song Before I Go” by CSN was just getting good when it ends abruptly. [/QUOTE] Mine’s Crosby, Stills Nash & YOung too – _Find The Cost Of Freedom_. What, that’s IT? ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/26 "2006-08-23T14:48:49Z")
The first song on The La’s first (and only!) record is “Son of a Gun”, running time 1:56. I think it could stand another verse, and I love that song. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/27 "2006-08-23T16:26:08Z")
It’s kind of a joke song, but I’d like to see “Braineaters” by the Misfits expanded a bit. ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/28 "2006-08-23T16:49:11Z")
“Alive and Amplified” by the Moony Suzuki (that’s the song that’s in the Suzuki XTerra commercial where the guy paraglides from his front porch) and “Get Stoned” by Hinder both seem like there needed to be more said; the songs themselves aren’t short (I think each one’s just a bit over two, two and a half minutes), but it seems like the story being told wasn’t really concluded. To me, at least. ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/29 "2006-08-23T17:04:48Z")
Del Shannon’s song “Hats Off To Larry”, I always felt should be longer. It’s an unusual theme for one of those teen-type songs of the late 50s/early 60s: “Well, you left me for another guy, and he dumped your ass. Kudos to the other guy for treating you like dirt, the way you treated me!” Sadly, it’s not even two minutes long. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/30 "2006-08-23T17:09:17Z")
I have repeated often to my wife that Tenacious D’s “Karate” is entirely too short. It is so ridiculously catchy, and who can argue with a theme like that? But we barely get one measly half-verse and two choruses. I demand more! Do I hear “extended remix”? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/31 "2006-08-23T17:18:12Z")
_Seven Bridges Road_ (as done by The Eagles) Tom Waits’ _Ol’ 55_ Much to short for all it’s goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/32 "2006-08-23T17:34:13Z")
Since the OP was inspired by the “other thread,” I’ll recast one of my answers from over there for this one: “Hey Jude” couldn’t be long enough when I was 17. Homecoming and all, don’cha know. The DJ played it twice, early in the evening and again as the last dance. Before that dance she was just a cute cheerleader; afterward, she was my first true love. She broke my heart before Christmas, and we never danced like that again. That song was just too short. ---
**Author:** ![Jean\_Poutine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a5b964/32.png) [@Jean\_Poutine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jean_Poutine)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/33 "2006-08-23T18:10:44Z")
I also though “Tin Man” could’ve used a second verse- I mean, how many songs have only _one_ verse? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/34 "2006-08-23T18:41:16Z")
[QUOTE=Hey you!] I was talking about the way the song just stops as opposed to fading out or finishing. [/QUOTE] I knew what you meant, but I think that might be the coolest thing about the song. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/35 "2006-08-23T19:38:05Z")
“I Burn for You” by the Police could really use more lyrics. Instrumental, not so much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/36 "2006-08-23T19:41:34Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] “Pressed Rat and Warthog” by Cream. Coulda used a nice jam. Also, if the lyrics were rewritten by someone who wasn’t taking lots and lots of drugs, that would help. [/QUOTE] You’re someone who thinks Cream jam are too short? Put 'er there, pal! 😃 I might be the only person who was happy they made Toad longer in the boxed set, and was unhappy the addition was in the intro, not the solo. But Pressed Rat might have been better if it was song by someone not on drugs - like Ginger’s daughter, as originally planned. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/37 "2006-08-23T19:43:08Z")
[QUOTE=Wolfian] [Beatles Geek]That’s because that song wasn’t supposed to be on the final cut off the album. “Her Majesty” was supposed to come between “Mean Mr. Mustard” and “Polythene Pam,” they decided to cut it for whatever reason. Somehow the cut out bit got attached to the very end of the album and the rest is history. I like it though.[/BG] [/QUOTE] It doesn’t start either. I read that it got put on the tape by accident, and it was cut in the middle of the opening chord. The first part can be found at the end of another song, I forget which. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814/38 "2006-08-23T19:44:51Z")
**All Along the Watchtower**. Actually, it ends in the middle and the middle is the end. The last lines > [@Dylan](#): > > Two riders were approaching > And the wind began to howl clearly refer to the Joker and the Thief who we meet in the first verse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-end-too-soon/369814.md?page=1)