Slotbadger’s entertaining thread on songs with great endings naturally lead me to this…songs which let themselves down at the last minute.
Here’s Seconds by the Human League which is by far their best song until…
Musings on the byways of popular culture
minibreakfast says
There’s been much hilarity on Twitter during TOTP 1984 these past two weeks as seemingly every single viewer tweets “cha-cha-cha” in unison at the finale of Stevie Wonder’s IJCTSILY.
Moose the Mooche says
“….and I mean it from the heart of my bottom”.
Junior school humour… never fades away.
see also “Golden brown / Texture like shit”
PS) Are they still showing that weird video of I Just Called that features a huge floating piece of toast?
minibreakfast says
“I drove all niiiii-i-i-ight, crapped in your room…”
P.S. Yes. Yes they are.
DrJ says
God bless Limmy…
minibreakfast says
Freddy, you seem to have inadvertently posted Mirror Man instead of Seconds.
Freddy Steady says
Oh . Er.
Weird. When I click on a version of Seconds it seems to come up with anything but.
Anyway, it’s a great song with a terrible ending. If you know it, you’ll know it.
Freddy Steady says
Right, here’s a live version. Which I’ve not listened to so it or might not have a crap ending.
Great thread eh?
How’s the Suffolk coast Mini?
minibreakfast says
Still there last time I checked, thanks! I’ll be breakfasting by the sea tomorrow. A mini one, naturally.
Moose the Mooche says
The Harder They Come! A justly celebrated record, but you can see Jimmy listening to the 45 at home for the first time and saying “Bastards! They said they were going to fade it!”
Tahir W says
Talking of fades, I always thought the fade at the end of the studio version of Jumping Jack Flash was a letdown.
slotbadger says
Big Yellow Taxi. Joni’s toe-tapping ode to controversial car parking solutions totally ruined by the hyena cackle of laughter at the end
Moose the Mooche says
Oh god. That’s it. Close the thread.
minibreakfast says
But how do we close it? With a terribly forced laugh of course.
Moose the Mooche says
I’ve been killing brilliant threads with crap jokes for years. I am the Joni of the Afterword.
minibreakfast says
Put that B&H out!
Moose the Mooche says
*peers through thick cloud*
Who said that?
Sewer Robot says
Save All Your Kisses For Me (oh! what a jolly tune)
Save All Your Kisses For Me (and such nice young family-friendly entertainers)
Save All Your Kisses For Me (this really is delightful – even this cynic thaws a little)
Even Though You’re Only Three 😳😳😳😱💩
Black Celebration says
Yes – there’s no need for it. The song is fine* as it is without those last two lines.
Let’s assume it’s his three year old daughter and all is well in Yew Tree Lane.
Even so:
“I’ve got to work each day
And that’s why I go away
But I count the seconds till I’m home with You
I love you it’s true
You’re so cute honey, gee
Won’t you save them up for me…”
It’s a bit of a worry isn’t it? Is he also three?
I would take a bullet for any of my children, but I don’t “miss” them when I’m at work. I’d give someone like this a wide berth.
Dave Ross says
I love much of Gilbert O’ Sullivans work but the frankly creepy Claire suffers a similar fate at the end. For the life of me I can’t remember if it’s a laugh or an age reference can someone posted it for me?
Colin H says
Johnny Kidd & the Pirates had a perpetual problem: they write and release killer British rock songs at a time when all else was pap, and yet the engineer/producer just can’t seem to wait to get the bloody session over. Barely seconds after the last word of the song – and ‘Shakin’ All Over’ is a great example – with a great groove established, the guitar willing to stretch out, and plenty of space left on the 45, the fader is hauled downwards. Idiots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI3DJQXI_Uw
‘A Shot of Rhythm & Blues’ didn’t even make it as far as the 2 minute mark – a fast 5 second fade after the last vocal bit:
chiz says
Joe Jackson’s Happy Loving Couples off Look Sharp ends with a few cries of ‘You ain’t no friends of mine’ and then a ‘right, that’s enough” and a swift cut.
DrJ says
Something that annoys me is the end of Fleetwood Mac’s Second Hand News. On the original it fades out really quickly after just four bars at the end just as Lindsey starts to solo. On every remaster this side of 2000 they loop those four bars then fade out, which stick out like a sore thumb to me. Lose-lose.
H.P. Saucecraft says
Hey Jude.
To be fair, though, it’s a crap song all the way through, but that interminable, moronic ner-ner-ner-nernerner-ner fade gets the Crap Ending gold medal anyway.
Inky Fingers says
Strawberry Fields Forever. It just doesn’t need that coda.
slotbadger says
I buried Paul
Rigid Digit says
He actually says
E burres paulinho
(Have you a water buffalo who can also play in midfield for Barcelona)
Pessoa says
‘Won’t get fooled again’ ; the jolting, pseudo-classical riff at the very end is supposed to sign off the song with a flourish, but it sounds pompous and pleased with itself.
Neela says
“Pompous and pleased with itself”? Well, it WAS written by Pete Townshend.
fentonsteve says
Tom Petty’s American Girl, which fades out just as it gets going.
H.P. Saucecraft says
This comment of mine is a sorry and disappointing way to end a great thread; no joke, no relevance, no Bangles clip. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a dud. It’s a du-
Tony Japanese says
I’ve often insisted that ‘Cast Away’ should’ve ended with the cargo ship passing by a weary Tom Hanks.