Songs with favorite endings/outros?

[King Postwhore]

For long and great guitar solos at the end of the song, I'll add Dire Straits

Telegraph Road
Tunnel Of Love
Brothers In Arms
Sultans Of Swing

I love the ending to Skateaway.

[Stadler]

For long and great guitar solos at the end of the song, I'll add Dire Straits

Telegraph Road
Tunnel Of Love
Brothers In Arms
Sultans Of Swing

Good call!

[T-ski]

Thought of another good one:

Tom Petty - It’s Good to be King.

Yes. I love this outro.

[Grappler]

Metallica - The Outlaw Torn
Pantera - Domination
Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno
Megadeth - Rust in Peace...Polaris 

[Chino]

Only in Dreams by Weezer is excellent.

[pg1067]

Can't believe I'm the first to say this, but the last 1.5 minutes of The Mirror/Lie! I don't think anything in DT's catalog can top that outdo/ending!

What does this mean?  Isn't the last 1.5 minutes of The Mirror/Lie simply the last 1.5 minutes of Lie?

[HOF]

Can't believe I'm the first to say this, but the last 1.5 minutes of The Mirror/Lie! I don't think anything in DT's catalog can top that outdo/ending!

What does this mean?  Isn't the last 1.5 minutes of The Mirror/Lie simply the last 1.5 minutes of Lie?

I’m assuming he’s referring to how the ending of Lie reprises the opening riff and middle section from The Mirror before the closing solo. That is a pretty awesome outro.

[LudwigVan]

UFO

Long Gone -outro leading into:
The Wild the Willing and the Innocent -intro and outro leading into:
It’s Killing Me -intro

[TAC]

UFO

Long Gone -outro leading into:
The Wild the Willing and the Innocent -intro and outro leading into:
It’s Killing Me -intro

YES!!

I think Michael Schenker is an absolute Outro Master, especially in MSG, but Paul Chapman had some great outros, especially when paired with Neil Carter.

[El Barto]

UFO

Long Gone -outro leading into:
The Wild the Willing and the Innocent -intro and outro leading into:
It’s Killing Me -intro

YES!!

I think Michael Schenker is an absolute Outro Master, especially in MSG, but Paul Chapman had some great outros, especially when paired with Neil Carter.

The outro solo to Lights Out on SitN is pretty much as good as it gets.

[El Barto]

Megadeth - Rust in Peace...Polaris 

Overrated song from an overrated album, but as far as outros go that is a fine one.

[jingle.boy]

UFO

Long Gone -outro leading into:
The Wild the Willing and the Innocent -intro and outro leading into:
It’s Killing Me -intro

YES!!

I think Michael Schenker is an absolute Outro Master, especially in MSG, but Paul Chapman had some great outros, especially when paired with Neil Carter.

While I did follow the UFO discog discussion, I do remember the songs I enjoyed the most usually had a killer outro.

[dparrott]

Intro:
DT- ITPOE 1
Pantera - Great Southern Trendkill

Outro:
DT - Fatal Tragedy

[nick_z]

Many excellent outros so far...here's one that I don't think I've seen yet

U2 - With or without you

The reprise at the end with The Edge's guitar(s) and the bassline underneath gives me goosebumps every. single. time, no matter how many times I've heard it.

[King Postwhore]

Many excellent outros so far...here's one that I don't think I've seen yet

U2 - With or without you

The reprise at the end with The Edge's guitar(s) and the bassline underneath gives me goosebumps every. single. time, no matter how many times I've heard it.

I always loved the title track, The Unforgettable Fire's outro.

[ReaperKK]

Floods by Pantera springs to mind

One of my favorites and as other have mentioned Telegraph Road is fantastic.

I'll toss "The Canyon Behind Her" by dredg in the mix, such a fantastic climax and outro not only to the song but to the album as well.

[nick_z]

Floods by Pantera springs to mind

One of my favorites and as other have mentioned Telegraph Road is fantastic.

I'll toss "The Canyon Behind Her" by dredg in the mix, such a fantastic climax and outro not only to the song but to the album as well.

Oh, yes, that's a great one. And I would agree with Floods as well. Pretty unique.

[Kwyjibo]

Toto has some good outros, mainly Rosanna but also I'll Supply The Love and Never Enough.

[TAC]

UFO

Long Gone -outro leading into:
The Wild the Willing and the Innocent -intro and outro leading into:
It’s Killing Me -intro

YES!!

I think Michael Schenker is an absolute Outro Master, especially in MSG, but Paul Chapman had some great outros, especially when paired with Neil Carter.

The outro solo to Lights Out on SitN is pretty much as good as it gets.

Oh definitely, and while where talking Strangers, the Love To Love outro is amazing as well.

Other Schenker UFO outros I love..

Dreaming Of Summer (quirky as hell but fits the song perfectly)
Martian Landscape
Pack It Up (And Go)
One More For The Rodeo

[King Postwhore]

Toto has some good outros, mainly Rosanna but also I'll Supply The Love and Never Enough.

Home of the Brave.

[pg1067]

Can't believe I'm the first to say this, but the last 1.5 minutes of The Mirror/Lie! I don't think anything in DT's catalog can top that outdo/ending!

What does this mean?  Isn't the last 1.5 minutes of The Mirror/Lie simply the last 1.5 minutes of Lie?

I’m assuming he’s referring to how the ending of Lie reprises the opening riff and middle section from The Mirror before the closing solo. That is a pretty awesome outro.

Maybe.  Lie is pedestrian at best, but it's better than The Mirror (one of only handful of DT songs I actively dislike).  The end of Lie is probably the worst part (shredding for shredding's sake doesn't do anything for me).

[KevShmev]

I will take the ending of The Mirror over the ending of Lie.  The ending of The Mirror showed DT's ability to have a killer ending without feeling the need to solo or overplay (which is why it's not nearly as good now when played live since Rudess throws a wanky solo in it, which feels totally unnecessary), but the ending of Lie, which reprises The Mirror, is pretty great as well.

In the annals of great DT endings, it is hard to top Learning to Live, Metropolis, Scarred or A Change of Seasons, but The Mirror ending (of the proper Mirror song, not the reprise in Lie) would be in the next tier for me.

[jammindude]

I will take the ending of The Mirror over the ending of Lie.  The ending of The Mirror showed DT's ability to have a killer ending without feeling the need to solo or overplay (which is why it's not nearly as good now when played live since Rudess throws a wanky solo in it, which feels totally unnecessary), but the ending of Lie, which reprises The Mirror, is pretty great as well.

In the annals of great DT endings, it is hard to top Learning to Live, Metropolis, Scarred or A Change of Seasons, but The Mirror ending (of the proper Mirror song, not the reprise in Lie) would be in the next tier for me.

This makes no sense to me. The Mirror doesn’t really have an outro at all. If you put the The Mirror as a stand-alone, it just cuts off awkwardly.

EDIT - in fact, for this reason, I have a homemade splice that I put together with Audacity that essentially re-creates a studio version of the LSFNY version of The Mirror with its proper outro and omits Lie altogether. It’s about 8 1/2 minutes long and it’s perfect.

I love The Mirror…Lie is the only album from Awake I actively don’t like.

[KevShmev]

I will take the ending of The Mirror over the ending of Lie.  The ending of The Mirror showed DT's ability to have a killer ending without feeling the need to solo or overplay (which is why it's not nearly as good now when played live since Rudess throws a wanky solo in it, which feels totally unnecessary), but the ending of Lie, which reprises The Mirror, is pretty great as well.

In the annals of great DT endings, it is hard to top Learning to Live, Metropolis, Scarred or A Change of Seasons, but The Mirror ending (of the proper Mirror song, not the reprise in Lie) would be in the next tier for me.

This makes no sense to me. The Mirror doesn’t really have an outro at all. If you put the The Mirror as a stand-alone, it just cuts off awkwardly.

EDIT - in fact, for this reason, I have a homemade splice that I put together with Audacity that essentially re-creates a studio version of the LSFNY version of The Mirror with its proper outro and omits Lie altogether. It’s about 8 1/2 minutes long and it’s perfect.

I love The Mirror…Lie is the only album from Awake I actively don’t like.

Note that I referred to it as the ending of The Mirror (not an outro), and of course it has an ending.  Every song has a beginning and an end, even if it is connected to songs before and/or after it.

[dparrott]

Finally Free with all of those drum fills!

[Ben_Jamin]

My favorite type of Outro's are those that gradually build into a big climax.

This is a big reason why I prefer the Live Scenes version of Finally Free that adds the extended ending. It makes the ending riff build and build and then gets released with that reprise of One Last Time. Those Tubular Bells add a lot to that section as well.

The live versions of Pink Floyds High Hopes. This surpasses Comfortably Numb for me. This also has to do the with lyrics which, for me, makes that ending impact harder.

One more I can think of right now is Ayreon Day 20: Confrontation. It's fantastic how it just builds and at the end you get all his emotions leaving the stage as "ME" fully awakens belting out "I'm Alive, and I won't look back." Then we get the true purpose of the album.   

[pg1067]

In the annals of great DT endings, it is hard to top Learning to Live, Metropolis, Scarred or A Change of Seasons

I the the ending/outro of LTL on I&W is kinda meh.  Just four bars repeated with a fade out.  The live version they did in the '90s (this is definitely on the 3/4/93 NYC show, and I think it's also on LSFNY), with each instrument taking a solo and then reprising the odd time bit from the middle of the song as the ending, is amazing.

[HOF]

In the annals of great DT endings, it is hard to top Learning to Live, Metropolis, Scarred or A Change of Seasons

I the the ending/outro of LTL on I&W is kinda meh.  Just four bars repeated with a fade out.  The live version they did in the '90s (this is definitely on the 3/4/93 NYC show, and I think it's also on LSFNY), with each instrument taking a solo and then reprising the odd time bit from the middle of the song as the ending, is amazing.

My favorite version of the LTL ending is on Once in a LiveTime when they transition directly into The Crimson Sunset. That’s two great DT ending rolled into one.

[Architeuthis]

Dream Theater - A New Beginning.

They could rename that song and call it "A New Beginning With A Killer Ending".

[Phoenix87x]

Iron maiden- outro to The Prophecy. LOVE it

[KevShmev]

In the annals of great DT endings, it is hard to top Learning to Live, Metropolis, Scarred or A Change of Seasons

I the the ending/outro of LTL on I&W is kinda meh.  Just four bars repeated with a fade out.  The live version they did in the '90s (this is definitely on the 3/4/93 NYC show, and I think it's also on LSFNY), with each instrument taking a solo and then reprising the odd time bit from the middle of the song as the ending, is amazing.

My favorite version of the LTL ending is on Once in a LiveTime when they transition directly into The Crimson Sunset. That’s two great DT ending rolled into one.

I will always prefer the studio version, as none of the live versions ever have the vocal harmonies, but that Once... version is pretty sweet, since the crowd does the harmonies. That moment where James holds out the mic to the crowd and you hear that brief clip of the crowd singing wash over the band as they transition into the ACOS finale is a bad ass moment.

[ReaperKK]

My favorite type of Outro's are those that gradually build into a big climax.

This is a big reason why I prefer the Live Scenes version of Finally Free that adds the extended ending. It makes the ending riff build and build and then gets released with that reprise of One Last Time. Those Tubular Bells add a lot to that section as well.

The live versions of Pink Floyds High Hopes. This surpasses Comfortably Numb for me. This also has to do the with lyrics which, for me, makes that ending impact harder.

Completely agree with you on Finally Free and High Hopes. Great picks.

[King Postwhore]

I didn't see Fight The Good Fight by Triumph. 

[Architeuthis]

I didn't see Fight The Good Fight by Triumph.

Such a great song that I could never get bored of.. 

[romdrums]

Some of my favorites:

Marillion - King, This Strange Engine, The Great Escape, The Space
Genesis - Supper's Ready, The Cinema Show
Yes - Siberian Khatru, The Gates of Delirium, And You And I
Queensryche - One and Only
sleepmakeswaves - Hailstones
Karnivool - Goliath, Deadman