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Post by 80sat40fan on Aug 17, 2019 13:07:01 GMT -5
We've had a thread on the most memorable beginnings or intros to AT40 songs but what about the most memorable endings to AT40 songs... or your favorite endings?
Two of my favorite endings to Top 40 songs are on this weekend's shows... "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by Marvin Gaye (8/21/71), and "Take It Away" by Paul McCartney (8/21/82). I love the operatic feel in the closing of Marvin's tune, and the combo of harmonies and horns absolutely makes McCartney's ending a gem.
I'm a sucker for instrumental endings so those can make an ending memorable for me. It can be cool guitar work like "Hotel California" by The Eagles or "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin. It can be awesome horns like McCartney's "Take It Away" or Stevie Wonder's "I Wish". Sometimes a piano ending like "99" by Toto or "The Valley Road" by Bruce Hornsby is great to hear. An orchestral ending can really make the tune as well like "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO.
I recently heard "Hummingbird" by Seals & Crofts, and that's a way cool ending to a song with the vocals fading out. On the other hand, ending with nothing but a cappella vocals such as "Shining Star" by Earth Wind & Fire can make the ending memorable. And then there can be the odd instrument to end a song and make it memorable such as the gong on "Bomhemian Rhapsody". Those are just a few examples. What are some other songs where the ending is the most memorable part of the song?
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Post by mga707 on Aug 17, 2019 16:15:57 GMT -5
What are some other songs where the ending is the most memorable part of the song? "Dialogue" by Chicago, 1972: "...we can make it happen, yeah, we can make it happen, we can make it hap" (abrupt cutoff).
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Post by pb on Aug 17, 2019 16:52:00 GMT -5
I recently heard "Hummingbird" by Seals & Crofts, and that's a way cool ending to a song with the vocals fading out. "Hummingbird" had a great ending. For humorous endings I remember Casey chuckling about "Check Out Your Mind" by the Impressions in one of the first 1970 AT40s. In 1986 or thereabouts Pete Townshend had a song with an abrupt stop where Casey said "yes, that's how it ends" afterwards.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 17, 2019 17:01:40 GMT -5
I recently heard "Hummingbird" by Seals & Crofts, and that's a way cool ending to a song with the vocals fading out. "Hummingbird" had a great ending. For humorous endings I remember Casey chuckling about "Check Out Your Mind" by the Impressions in one of the first 1970 AT40s. In 1986 or thereabouts Pete Townshend had a song with an abrupt stop where Casey said "yes, that's how it ends" afterwards. "Face the Face", which peaked at #26 in January of '86.
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Post by slf on Aug 17, 2019 17:20:00 GMT -5
What are some other songs where the ending is the most memorable part of the song? "Dialogue" by Chicago, 1972: "...we can make it happen, yeah, we can make it happen, we can make it hap" (abrupt cutoff). Speaking of Chicago, the high-octane, rave-up ending to "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" ranks up there with my favorite song endings.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Aug 17, 2019 17:32:05 GMT -5
As a DJ, I recall many of the stations I worked at had the intros (how long it was) and outros (how a song ended) indicated until we became familiar with the song. Once music was available digitally (compact discs or downloads) it certainly became easier to time out your talk segments. There were analog clocks at some stations, to help you time out your talk breaks but I preferred not to use them just getting into the flow of the music.
I always appreciated the early AT40 shows--when Casey essentially did the show live (for the first two years or so)--you can tell when the talk segments matched the mood of the music better than when they went to pre-recording the talk segments.
And speaking of memorable song endings, I always enjoyed most of Dave Clark 5's songs from the 1960's as they ended on on great drum downbeats. Also, the Beatles early songs were the same (Twist & Shout, Please Please Me, She Loves You).
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Post by giannirubino on Aug 17, 2019 17:46:57 GMT -5
At first I thought you meant the AT40 bumper/theme music. I adore the C Major 7th chord on the piano at the very end of "Shuckatoom."
The last eight notes of Chicago's "Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away" where it builds to the last four: Ab, A, Bb, B.
Is the Robert Palmer song with the cold ending "Bad Case Of Lovin' You?" I liked how it had such a wimpy/gentle percussive ending. Come to think of it ... ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down," with the little percussive ending can be mentioned.
While I don't live for the song, I did like the ending of Xanadu. And, I mean, besides being glad the song was over. =op
Have to mention the 7'' version of Donna Summer's "On The Radio."
In general, any pop song that does NOT end with a 'repeat & fade' gets a thumbs up from me.
Not sure if this counts ... for me, Expose's "Seasons Change" become special when Jeanette Jurado sings that high A at almost the very end. Same for Sheena Easton's perfectly executed glissandos on Sugar Walls, again, almost the very end.
Back to something that probably better qualifies ... SE's "For Your Eyes Only" ... I love the ending (and beginning) with the sonar sounds.
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Post by giannirubino on Aug 17, 2019 17:54:28 GMT -5
Let me add here: My Sharona by The Knack. It's such a fun cold ending, so manic, to nothing, so quickly. Same for Donna Summer's version of MacArthur Park.
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Post by retrodaddy on Aug 17, 2019 18:03:05 GMT -5
Prince's guitar solo at the end of Let's Go Crazy.
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Post by retrodaddy on Aug 17, 2019 18:14:45 GMT -5
Good call on The Valley Road. The long instrumental part at the end is awesome.
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Post by pb on Aug 17, 2019 18:55:02 GMT -5
What are some other songs where the ending is the most memorable part of the song? "Dialogue" by Chicago, 1972: "...we can make it happen, yeah, we can make it happen, we can make it hap" (abrupt cutoff). There's a strange promo video for "Dialogue" with an early mix of the song with a more ordinary ending. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qrIJzXpjCU
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Post by at40petebattistini on Aug 17, 2019 20:21:10 GMT -5
Here are a few other examples: *one song we’ll hear next weekend, the ending bass vocal to Elvis Presley’s “Way Down” (“way on down”) *Captain & Tennille’s “Love Will Keep Us Together” (“Sedaka’s back”) *Jerry Reed’s “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” (the story continues into the fade) *Hot Butter’s “Popcorn” (ends with a cold pop) EDIT: Unless Premiere uses "Way Down" as an extra, it won't be heard in next weekend's program -- it didn't return to the Top 40 until Sept 3. Sorry.
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Post by trekkielo on Aug 17, 2019 21:38:53 GMT -5
"Hold On Tight" - ELO
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Post by albe on Aug 17, 2019 21:50:22 GMT -5
Another one bites the dust - Queen
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock n' Roll Is King
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Post by seminolefan on Aug 18, 2019 11:56:40 GMT -5
I Like It - DeBarge (El DeBarge's high note at the end)
Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones ("You make a dead man come")
The Rain - Oran "Juice" Jones (The last 2 minutes when he's telling off this woman is a riot, especially toward the end: "This is my world, you're just a squirrel tryin' to get a nut!")
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