# Songs that should end before they do **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814 "2019-01-15T19:11:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/21 "2019-01-16T16:42:53Z")
“Every song by Black Crowes” is one correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/22 "2019-01-16T17:06:23Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “Free Bird.” The first part is is pretty good song, but the guitar solo in the second half is junk. I LOVE hard/heavy rock, and a good guitar solo…and I agree with you on your point. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/23 "2019-01-16T17:12:36Z")
I’ve been listening to some of my albums from the ‘classic rock’ era lately, and ISTM that having a ridiculously extended fadeout was normative for the period. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/24 "2019-01-16T17:35:34Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > _Riders on the Storm_ could stand to have some cropping. > > **And _Layla_ really should be two separate songs.** That was going to be my nominee. It’s like a four minute song, and a seven minute guitar solo, LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/25 "2019-01-16T17:45:09Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Sending out an S.O.S., sending out an S.O.S., sending out an S.O.S., sending out an S.O.S… I counted these when I was listening to this song the other day. 24 iterations, which is a tad much. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/26 "2019-01-16T17:45:16Z")
Light My Fire is about four minutes too long. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/27 "2019-01-16T17:45:37Z")
_Roundabout_! It’s shrill and annoying and way too long anyway, and then it gets to the part where it gets all soft and hymn-like and one hopes it’s about over, but no! It goes on for seemingly another three minutes! aarrrgh! It’s a definite station changer whenever it comes on the car radio! ---
**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:** [January 16, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/28 "2019-01-16T17:46:24Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Light My Fire is about four minutes too long. Switch your radio to AM, and you’ll be happier. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/29 "2019-01-16T18:24:12Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > (It didn’t work for the Beatles’ “I Want You (She’s So Heavy),” either.) The song worked wonderfully on a record, but not on a CD or a media player. The repetition (and I usually hate repetition) is brilliant. The first time, you notice the abrupt ending. One a record, the side ends and you hear nothing until you flip the record over. In other media, the next song starts up at once, ruining the effect. When you listen to it for the second time, you keep anticipation the abruptness ending, and it just keeps going one. It become an cycle of anticipation, until it finally does reach the end and all goes silent. The end of a side of a record was often used as a way to emphasize things. That’s been lost with CDs. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/30 "2019-01-16T18:38:57Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The end of a side of a record was often used as a way to emphasize things. That’s been lost with CDs. I agree, but now you have the added opportunity to have songs that enhance each other across the gap of the side switch, where if you listen to them on vinyl the transition is lost. In particular, I’m thinking of _A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out_ by Panic! at the Disco. I eagerly anticipated the vinyl reissue and couldn’t wait to spin it because it’s a great album as they are all great tracks. However, _Intermission_ ends side one on a big buildup of tension which is then suddenly released by the beginning of _But It’s Better If You Do_, and having to stop and change the platter removes the tension. ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/31 "2019-01-16T19:26:12Z")
I will put a half-hearted vote for the Rolling Stones “Can’t you hear me knocking”, a nice little rocking tune followed by a long jazz-like jam. Half-hearted because sometimes I like to listen to the whole jam, but generally I just like the opening rock section. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/32 "2019-01-16T19:51:55Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > That was going to be my nominee. It’s like a four minute song, and a seven minute guitar solo, LOL. Same here. That’s the one that always comes to mind in these types of threads. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/33 "2019-01-16T19:58:53Z")
Journey — Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LntQvMZuwEk) How long does the “_na na na naah na na, na na na naah na na_” at the end have to go on? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/34 "2019-01-16T20:10:02Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The song worked wonderfully on a record, but not on a CD or a media player. > > The repetition (and I usually hate repetition) is brilliant. The first time, you notice the abrupt ending. One a record, the side ends and you hear nothing until you flip the record over. In other media, the next song starts up at once, ruining the effect. > > When you listen to it for the second time, you keep anticipation the abruptness ending, and it just keeps going one. It become an cycle of anticipation, until it finally does reach the end and all goes silent. > > The end of a side of a record was often used as a way to emphasize things. That’s been lost with CDs. True. In fact, I don’t mind the song (The Beatles’ “I Want You”) in either format. The extended coda kind of underscores John’s theme of obsessive love. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/35 "2019-01-16T20:11:17Z")
> [@SirRay](#): > > I will put a half-hearted vote for the Rolling Stones “Can’t you hear me knocking”, a nice little rocking tune followed by a long jazz-like jam. Half-hearted because sometimes I like to listen to the whole jam, but generally I just like the opening rock section. Hey, let Charlie have his moment. If he had his druthers, pretty much all he’d play would be jazz! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/36 "2019-01-16T20:33:44Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Journey — Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ > > [https://goo.gl/3F4ZGz](https://goo.gl/3F4ZGz) > > How long does the > > “_na na na naah na na, > na na na naah na na_” > > at the end have to go on? My favorite is when people do that song at karaoke, and you can see in their eyes the moment when they realize the "na na na"s go on for like 4 times longer than they realized. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/37 "2019-01-16T20:50:36Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > My favorite is when people do that song at karaoke, and you can see in their eyes the moment when they realize the "na na na"s go on for like 4 times longer than they realized. When I do a song like that (say, Pearl Jam’s _Jeremy_), I just put the mic on the stand and leave the stage, and let the DJ fade it out. My contribution: _Sympathy for the Devil_. This one was on the stream at work one day, and up until then I had never thought about how “too long” the fadeout is. But on this occasion, being under the exhaust fan with it’s noise and all the other noise in a kitchen, most of the sound from the song was getting “canceled out” … except for that “hoo-hoo … hoo-hoo… hoo-hoo…” for twenty-seven and a half minutes. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/38 "2019-01-17T05:01:32Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > … except for that “hoo-hoo … hoo-hoo… hoo-hoo…” for twenty-seven and a half minutes. A group of friends went to an airing of a documentary of that recording session. We finally just walked out during the “hoo-hoo’s” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/39 "2019-01-17T05:10:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Same here. That’s the one that always comes to mind in these types of threads. Me too. I remember the first time I had to sit through Layla, and really pay attention to how long it was: College, I was getting ready to go to Florida for spring break, so I hit the tanning bed. Put the headphones on and turned the house radio to the classic rock station. Two-thirds of my time in the bed was spent thinking “When will this fucking song end already??” ---
**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:** [January 17, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814/40 "2019-01-17T12:39:17Z")
> [@digs](#): > > A group of friends went to an airing of a documentary of that recording session. > > We finally just walked out during the “hoo-hoo’s” The avant-garde anarcho-Marxist outdoor-couple interludes bored you even less?! (Assuming the film was Godard’s “One Plus One”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814.md?page=3)