# Songs that seemingly never end **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231 "2012-11-16T19:59:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/41 "2012-11-17T03:06:24Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > “November Rain” by Guns 'N Roses ends sometime in mid-December. Followed by “A Long December” by Counting Crows which continues for the rest of the month and part of January. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/42 "2012-11-17T03:30:01Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > It’s heresy, but: > > Na na na nanana na, nanana na, hey juuude > Na na na nanana na, nanana na, hey juuude > Na na na nanana na, nanana na, hey juuude > Na na na nanana na, nanana na, hey juuude > Na na na nanana na, nanana na, hey juuude > Na na na nanana na, nanana na, hey juuude > Na na na nanana na, nanana na, hey juuude > Na na na nanana na, nanana na, hey juuude > _(one more time!)_ > Na na na… It’s not heresy. It’s not a very good song. AND IT REPEATS ITSELF ONE HUNDRED BILLION TIMES. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/43 "2012-11-17T03:36:14Z")
Prince’s _I would die for you_ ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/44 "2012-11-17T03:56:08Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Can’t stand that damn tag at the end that sounds like a completely different song grafted onto a great rocker. It basically is a different song. Clapton wrote and recorded the first part but felt like it sounded unfinished. He overheard another member of the band playing a piano piece they were working on, and Clapton decided to put that at the end. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/45 "2012-11-17T04:28:24Z")
Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” never one of my S&G faves anyway, but the extended coda seems even longer than it is. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/46 "2012-11-17T04:41:05Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > It’s not heresy. It’s not a very good song. AND IT REPEATS ITSELF ONE HUNDRED BILLION TIMES. Damn those Beatles for doing something out of the ordinary that hadn’t been done before. I really wish they would have just stuck to the ordinary and never pushed the limits on rock-and-roll. What a terrible concept to push the envelope and take chances. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/47 "2012-11-17T04:51:19Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Sometimes, the DJ, needs to drop a deuce. OK? Dave Barry said something similar about excessively long songs, that their major purpose is to give radio DJs time to go to the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/48 "2012-11-17T05:47:40Z")
The original MTV theme song uses a clever chord sequence to give it an “endless loop” feel. I to flat VII, repeat, then modulate up a whole tone, so the flat VII of the new key is the same as the I of the old key. The transition that closes the loop at the “end” is smoothed out by the riff of the last measure (played twice) ending on the first note of the first measure. And the “endless forward movement” feel is helped by the measure just before the modulation being a half-measure. Way to go, Jonathan Elias and John Petersen! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/49 "2012-11-17T05:58:36Z")
Dishonorable mentions for: – We Are The Champions – Delta Dawn ---
**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:** [November 17, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/50 "2012-11-17T06:11:43Z")
“Going Home” by the Stones, in which you hear Jagger frantically trying to think of something to kind of sing while the band goes on and on and on and on. And in the recording studio, “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” went on slightly longer than the backing musicians, in Nashville, thought it would - though not too long for me. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/51 "2012-11-17T08:30:28Z")
Many Grateful Dead songs. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![KellyCriterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/52 "2012-11-17T08:59:06Z")
At 5:25 of Michael Jackson’s [Black or White](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0), cue a 53 second outro consisting of a looping: _It’s black, it’s white. It’s… (something) Yeah yeah yeah._ At least the music video provides some pretty cool visual effects during that sequence, but it doesn’t help those who are only listening to it. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/53 "2012-11-17T09:16:38Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Layla is the one that bugs me. In a similar vein, there’s [El Camino Doloroso](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJJLx7fC9Ho) by Mott the Hoople. I love both songs though. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/54 "2012-11-17T09:53:51Z")
Well, if Beatles classics are allowed, surely “I Want you (She’s so Heavy)” qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/55 "2012-11-17T10:26:03Z")
You guys aren’t helping by constantly quoting the _Hey Jude_ post! There was a song in the 80s that always sounded to me like it began partway through, and didn’t end. Ashford and Simpson, [Solid As A Rock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3PoTnkLfxE). Wow, that’s quite a hairstyle he’s got there. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/56 "2012-11-17T10:39:39Z")
Da Da Da by Trio ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/57 "2012-11-17T11:49:03Z")
[Longplayer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longplayer) has been going for nearly thirteen years with nine hundred and eighty seven’ish to go. Back in the real world… The Velvet’s ‘What Goes On’ from the live ‘1969’ album. Until it suddenly stops. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/58 "2012-11-17T13:20:22Z")
Most of Beethoven is a two note motif followed by several hours of cadence. Allow Dudley Moore to demonstrate, barely escaping with his life: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GazlqD4mLvw/hqdefault.jpg "Dudley Moore Beethoven Sonata Parody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GazlqD4mLvw) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/59 "2012-11-17T13:51:05Z")
Woodstock movie - Alvin Lee, “I’m Going Home”. Went on and on and on, but it was all buildup and worth every note! My favorite performance in the Woodstock movie! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231/60 "2012-11-17T14:09:24Z")
There’s a reason “Roxanne” has its own drinking game, where half the room drinks when they say “Roxanne” and the other half when they say “Red light.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-seemingly-never-end/641231.md?page=4)