Best "outros" in songs?

[XYlophonetreeZ]

Whatta gay term.

But anyway, we had one of these threads for the best intros in songs a while back, so I thought it made sense to do this one.

First, the only 3 that matter:

The Beatles- Hey Jude
Simon & Garfunkel- The Boxer
The Cooper Temple Clause- Into My Arms

Now, the rest, in no order except the order I think of them.

Minus the Bear- Pachuca Sunrise
AFI- Affliction
Foo Fighters- On the Mend
Jimi Hendrix- Angel
The Books- There is No There
Midtown- Give it Up
Nifewaste- Married to a Robot
Sponge- Molly
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Wet Sand
Phoenix- Victim of the Crime
System of the Down- Toxicity

Hmm, actually this was a lot harder than the intros because so many bands pussyfoot around having to write an ending that's actually good. Usually by either fading out or letting the last chord ring and going "DRUMROLL! DRUMROLL! ABRUPT REPETITION OF FINAL POWERCHORD!"

[Nineteen Seventy Nine]

"Otherside"- Red Hot Chili Peppers is my all-time favorite. I love the back-up vocals and how they go from the solo back to the chorus.

"I Was A Teenage Hand Model"- Queens of the Stone Age: The simplicity in the end of the song makes it memorable.

"Zero"- Smashing Pumpkins: By the end of the song, I just can't help but think, wow.

"Cut The Curtains"- Billy Talent: They fade away the singing making it sound like the song's over, and then explodes with a louder, improved chorus.

[0r4ng3]

Working Class Whore by Pulley has a good outro. It has a nice, calm feeling to it.

Devil in a Midnight Mass by Billy Talent is good, too. I love that whole "whisper whisper" part at the end.

Exsanguination by AFI is another good one. For the first two choruses, it's just vocals and drumming, but in the very last one, they add guitar, which gives it this neat effect.

Edit:
Oh, and Mass Nerder by the Descendents has a great one.

We must read!
We must read!
We must read!
We must read!
Somebody get me a book!

[Retard]

the only one i can think of is Hopeless by Goldfinger.

great hardcore/metal breakdown until it fades away.

[0r4ng3]

According to the song playing on my iTunes, Million Miles Away has a cool outro. Y'know, with the four vocal tracks, the increased cymbaling of the drums, that whole thing is just powerful at the end.

[All About Eve]

Yeah, that's the only reason I ever listen to Million Miles away.

Octavarium's is good, because it completes the circle by ending with the same intro as track one.

Some Apocalyptica songs have good "outros" too.

[ilovellamas]

BEGINNINGS- CHICAGO

hands down.

[Marco]

-Million Miles Away - The Offspring
-mOBSCENE - Marilyn Manson
-Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
-I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
-Still Waiting - Sum 41
-any Queen live song
-Wore Out the Soles of My Party Boots - NOFX
-Thank You for the Venom - My Chemical Romance
-The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
-Punk Rock 101 - Bowling for Soup

[Retard]

Operation MOVE by Leftover Crack has a really great outro, gives me chills almost everytime i listen to it.

and again thats all i can really think of.

[bd007h]

My favorite is New Way Home by the Foo Fighters. The song has the perfect outro to end the album.

[coke_a_holic]

The Stray Cat Strut by the Stray Cats has the greatest outro ever. Similarly, Harold of the Rocks by Primus has a great outro, too.

[Yatesy]

When Foo Fighters perform My Hero live, the ending is just perfect. they sort of have a slow corus then they go into some really funky guitar riff. I love it.

Knights of Cydonia by Muse also ends on a high, the riff alone is just brilliant, great way to end the album.

I'll add more when I can think of more.

[bd007h]

Just remembered two more. Undone (The Sweater Song) and Only In Dreams by Weezer

[Mooose]

2 best are Seek and Destroy by Metallica and Eyes of a Criminal by Chimaira

[BREAK]

The Beatles- Hey Jude


You said it. What's the point?

[Retard]

i hate Hey Jude's Outro way to fucking long.

[XYlophonetreeZ]

You continue to live up to your name.

[0r4ng3]

Don't we all, XYlophonetreeZ?

[Thomas]

I agree with Million Miles Away.

As far as The Offspring go, I love Pay The Man's, I'll Be Waiting's (now let me close my eyes because I don't wanna see anything anymore...), and Hypodermic's endings were my favorites.

I actually like Hey Jude's outtro, even though it is a bit long. Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll (also Led Zeppelin), and, however cheesy it may be, Rush's 2112 Overture has also been one of my favorite outtros ever.

EDIT: Faith no More's "Epic" is awesome, too.

[Come out and smash'em up!]

Nirvana rape me and Terretorial pissing
System of a down - soil

[Living in Chaos]

With The Offspring, I really liked the ending of Way Down the Line.

[Harnum]

Dimension - Wolfmother
Where Eagles Have Been - Wolfmother

...

...

Ok, I like them a lot!

[BREAK]

In all seriousness, I present to you Jake's top 10 rock codas:

10. The Appleseed Cast - Steps and Numbers

Just a lovely, repetitive guitar figure with a bunch of moodilicious organs and noises droning in the background. Heavenly.

9. U2 - Gloria

Overdubbed guitars, overdubbed voices, and probably overdubbed drums make up this bombastic outro, creating the effect of a choir singing a hymn or an army of Bonos saying "Gloooooria! Gloriiiiia!" over and over again. This is what all Christian rock should be like.

8. Faith No More - A Small Victory

After plowing through a variety of great hooks both musical and vocal, this song finally peters out with Mike Patton intoning "If I speak at one constant volume/at one constant pitch/at one constant rhythm/right into your ear/you still won't hear." Anthemic!

7. Botch - C. Thomas Howell as The 'Soul Man'

This outro actually constitutes the entire second half of the song, when it loses it thrashing speed and technical chaos and suddenly becomes a lumbering, three-note pattern with all kinds of ridiculous/impressive doubled guitars on top and just when you think it's over, it jolts back to life for the finale. Wicked-ass!

6. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Monsoon

Pseudo-classical musical crescendo with strings and crap. Sweeping, majestic, triumphant end to a song that builds up to nothing.

5. Converge - Jane Doe

A massive, 11-minute Zeppelin-esque monstrosity, this epic moves through several sections of pounding, screaming, guitar wailing and even some actual melody incorporated along the way before slamming headlong into its abusive finish, a huge buildup that just fades out without seeming to lose any of its power.

4. Settlefish - We Please The Night, Drama

Another big buildup, this one occurs at the end of a rather understated song, gradually taking on a shape of its own, gaining new intensity and becoming a payoff in itself.

3. At The Drive-In

YEAAAAAH. YEAAAAH. YEAAAAH. YEAAAAAH. Let's just say this song wouldn't be nearly half as good without the ending.

2. Mission of Burma - Red

Oooooo-ooo-OOOO-oooo. Ooooooo-ooo-OOOO-oooo. Then the squealing tape loop sort of scratches deep marks into your head.

1. Fugazi - Epic Problem

One of those beautiful choruses that come out of nowhere, following a tremendously asskicking guitar section that just lays waste to the entire first part of the song (which is good by itself). No wonder they saved it for the end. The best song from the best band ever.

[BREAK]

With The Offspring, I really liked the ending of Way Down the Line.

Didn't someone once say it was a rip off of "D'yer Mak'r"?

[I Make SweetLove 2Nirvana]

Nirvana rape me and Terretorial pissing

ya!! me 2!!

[opivy21]

California Uber Alles.

[Jakebert]

Sonic Youth- Total Trash.

[Retard]

the ending to the last song on AFI's new album is a good way to end both the song and the cd.

and even though u all wont agree i think the way Instant Crassic on Wolves in Wolves Clothing is pretty good, since it goes along with the way Crass would end their songs.

Goodnight, by the beatles has a better outro than fucking hey jude.

[BREAK]

Botch - C. Thomas Howell as The 'Soul Man'


This one has really been haunting me lately, so I felt the need to re-emphasize how much I love it. I should've made it number one. It's difficult to put into words exactly what visceral feeling I get from this song (sure did a shitty job describing it in my original post), but imagine something like an insanely heavy barrage of guitars, drums and screaming that suddenly gives way to a psuedo-psychedelic midtempo doubled guitar part that moves and grooves until everything drops out except for the 3-note bassline. But then the screaming and the guitars and drums reenter in an monolithic, thundering crash and take on an entirely new dimension, like the feeling of the destructive force of a thousand destroying angels coming to burn all the proud and strong on this earth, finally pouding to its close, leaving a ponderous, evil little guitar riff to sweep up the wreckage. Truly this is a sonic dead end, as any band even attempting to approximate the sheer power and brutality of this tune can only come off sounding ridiculous. Botch somehow made it work. The Dillinger Escape Plan and Converge sound like little kids compared to this.

[pretty fly 88]

When I saw Weezer play "Photograph" live, they added part of Blur's "Song 2" at the end. I thought that was an awesome outro.

[SaiKYoU]

LOCOMOTIVE - Guns n' Roses