Best "Outro" of a Song?

Bellycaster · November 2013

Inspired by listening to this ( for the 10000000000000th time)

Good idea for a thread though.

I think this is hard to top, from 2:20.

Tough topic though, as the rest of whatever song you choose has the ultimate bearing on the Outro, but some interesting results may come of it.

chrisj1602 · November 2013

I Am The Resurrection

Handsome_Chris · November 2013

Starship Trooper - Yes.

It just goes off on one.

StageStruck · November 2013

Black Sabbath - War Pigs. Nice wee jam before the speeded up conclusion of the song.

suspiciousminds · November 2013

Elvis - suspicious minds - a simple fade out and then fades back in, simple but effective - love it!!

viz · November 2013

Rainbow - catch the rainbow. Also 16th century greensleeves.

redrighthand · November 2013

Layla surely. It's completely different and better song.

Deadman · November 2013

Has to be RHCP - Sir psycho sexy

bigjon · November 2013

Prince - Purple Rain

Phil_aka_Pip · November 2013

wows awarded for Catch the Rainbow & Layla.

I'd say any of those Deep Purple recordings where Ritchie Blackmore goes apeshit while they're fading him out. The earliest one I can think of is April (on the eponymous EllPee with the Heironymus Bosch cover) and the most obvious one is Demons Eye (on Fireball). The Blackmore's Night recording of Road To Mandalay also does quite well in this respect. In all of them I wish they hadn't faded him out so quickly.

mudslide73 · November 2013

I very much like the end of Tumbling Dice.

ICBM · November 2013

+1 for Layla.

Eagles - Hotel California

Dire Straits - Private Investigations

Crowded House - Together Alone

ddlooping · November 2013

Dark Side of the Moon - "...and every thing under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon".

4string · November 2013

Mr Blue Sky by ELO. Jeff Lynne gives you 80 seconds of what could have been another song. It's as if he has too many good ideas so he is going to use ALL of them, just a couple of bars at a time.

bigjon · November 2013

Another contender - Rosanna by Toto

Bellycaster · November 2013

Some good uns here.

But, maybe rather controversially, I absolutely cannot bear the Outro to Layla, I have to turn the radio down or run for cover. It seems to have the same effect on me as a bad dream I can't awaken from.

Please play the Single Edit ;-)

Fair play to people who like it, but I find it torturous.

Panama_Jack666 · November 2013

Freebird! Especially combined with the end to The Devils Rejects!

scrumhalf · November 2013

Thin Lizzy's Don't Believe a Word.

Pictures of Home - Deep Purple.

axisus · November 2013

Marillion - Forgotten sons

John Cale - 4'33" (almost as good as the intro)

johnnyurq · November 2013

ddlooping;72815" said:
Dark Side of the Moon - "...and every thing under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon".

That would have been my choice too.

Add the reprise to breathe after Time too for my tastes.

@axisus

Forgotten Sons oh yes and a fair few other Marillion songs besides, they did outros and codas just lovely

Stranglers related I still love the outro to Peaches among others of theirs.

HAL9000 · November 2013

Another Brick in the Wall

equalsql · November 2013

Steely Dan-Kid Charlemagne

Larry Carlton's outro solo pure magic.. starts at 3.55

streethawk · November 2013

Starts at 1.19 ends at 2.55. Is that technically an outro?

viz · November 2013

The end of six degrees of inner turbulence - over a minute of a single chord decaying

GENIUSES!

Bellycaster · November 2013

equalsql said:

Steely Dan-Kid Charlemagne
Larry Carlton's outro solo pure magic.. starts at 3.55

Now we're talking!

Great Choice

PolarityMan · November 2013

Oooh tough one, but given that it's scientifically proven to have the best intro in the world already I'm gonna go with the alternating time sig bit at the end of davidian.

I rip off that idea pretty much constantly

Bellycaster · November 2013

streethawk said:

Starts at 1.19 ends at 2.55. Is that technically an outro?

Go on then ;-)

Then I can have this one.

from 3:00 ish

Kebabkid · November 2013

Good calls on Kid Charlemagne and the Journey one (there are others of theirs too BC, and Giant )

And while we're on Steely Dan, "Haitian Divorce" at 4.43 - same chord change as on the Eagle's outro for "I can't tell you why" and Fleetwood Mac's "Mystified"

Jellyfish's "New Mistake" - the build up from 2.54 and how each bit is added at every turn. In fact, have a listen to the whole song for a perfectly crafted pop toon! Great guitars too

daveww · November 2013

Probably not alternative enough for you guys, and certainly not the best, but what about RHCP Under The Bridge very simple but nice (from 4.03)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDn7jfzvcv4

equalsql · November 2013

Kebabkid said:

Jellyfish's "New Mistake" - the build up from 2.54 and how each bit is added at every turn. In fact, have a listen to the whole song for a perfectly crafted pop toon! Great guitars too.

Very nice that! Never heard of this band before but will definitely be checking more of their stuff out. Have a wisdom on me for the heads up

Deadman · November 2013

daveww said:

Probably not alternative enough for you guys, and certainly not the best, but what about RHCP Under The Bridge very simple but nice (from 4.03)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDn7jfzvcv4

Nice but not a patch on SPS Dave.

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