let's talk about endings

[shmo]

i don't really know how fun this will be, but let's try it....

there are several ways to end a song, and how you end it might affect how people remember it... so give the ending's style a good name, and then describe it too. and if you have a song (or several) that use that style name them, and a link to it if you want to really get into it.

one of my favorites is the " stomp" ending. i named it that because it makes me feel like you put your foot down. the song is over. done. next. applaud.

the "stomp" ending is usually at end of a chorus. where the last chord, symbol, (and word) of the song are all at the same time, then muted immediately.

the example i have stuck in my head is "fell in love with a girl" by the white stripes. the funny part is i had a hard time finding an example of them doing the this way live, so here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27BfBkRHbs

[G. Wood]

One of my songs, "Bird of North America," uses the stomp ending. But I have this big track of bird screams that starts up a little bit before the stomp, and continues after it. http://undercoverbonobos.bandcamp.com/

Most songs just hit the key chord and fade, I guess. Then there's the double-time fade, the big scream, instrumental coda fade...er... there must be more...

[THEE DIRTYBEATS]

Wow so many cool ways to end a song.

We always loved the shimmering fade-to-reverb ending of The Monkees' "Pleasant Valley Sunday" -- so much so, that we used it on our version of "See My Friends", an extended psychedelic workout of the Kinks classic with which THEE DIRTYBEATS traditionally closes its sets. 

This track eventually became the hidden bonus track of THEE DIRTYBEATS' debut ep.

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[shmo]

yeah i would not have thought of that one. i'm checking out your tunes right now. i jumped ahead to" see my friends", to check out the ending. it's a cool one. good job noticing it in "pleasant valley sunday". i'm not judging you one tiny little bit for emulating it, at all. (dead serious, had you not pointed it out i would not have been able to place it.

THEE DIRTYBEATS said:

Wow so many cool ways to end a song.

We always loved the shimmering fade-to-reverb ending of The Monkees' "Pleasant Valley Sunday" -- so much so, that we used it on our version of "See My Friends", an extended psychedelic workout of the Kinks classic with which THEE DIRTYBEATS traditionally closes its sets. 

This track eventually became the hidden bonus track of THEE DIRTYBEATS' debut ep.

THEE DIRTYBEATS 100% pure maximum garage
FREE EP DOWNLOAD http://theedirtybeats.bandcamp.com

[shmo]

ah... was that a "not going home yet" ending on "fire engine"? i am looking  to hear some other names for that ending, but let's try to be nice to the hair metal, and cock rock bands out there. we all still use this ending, cheezy as it may be.

but does it have an official name?

we used a version of it here...

http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_13735604?utm_campaign=ope...

or did we? i guess that's one was a little different. but i assure you i have done the full blown "hostage" ending. (??? eh? holding the audience hostage?)

[THEE DIRTYBEATS]

Nothing exceeds like excess!