Prog songs that end abruptly - Progressive Rock Music Forum

The.Crimson.King wrote:

Jeffro wrote:

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

The Beatles- I want you/she's so heavy(yes it's prog)

This is an interesting one because although it does end abruptly, there is a big drawn out wind up to that abruptness. I don't consider it anti-climactic but I can see why others would.

I love the ending 'cause they're just pounding away and all of the sudden...silence. I got Abbey Road the Christmas after it was released and I'd never heard I Want You/She's So Heavy on the radio. When the song just stopped I was wondering what went wrong with my trusty Radio Shack record player LOL

Type O Negative did a fantastic Beatles medley on their '99 World Coming Down album. It starts with Day Tripper, morphs into If I Needed Someone then the last 4 minutes are the ending from She's So Heavy. What they do different though is gradually keep slowing down over 4 minutes until the end just crawls at about 1/4 normal speed then it cuts off. Type O had such a great sense of humor...love those guys Wink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1pcjpJROkA

I know Type O Negative. I don't think they are on this website though. They did the soundtrack to the version of the classic horror movie "Nosferatu" that I own. Speaking of metal bands though Black Sabbath(who are on here)have a couple of songs that end abruptly. One is on their 13 album if I'm not mistaken and the other is "hole in the sky" from Sabotage.

Pretty much all the tracks on King Crimson's "Discipline".

Death Trap by Hawkwind, literally ends very abruptly, although I wuldn't say it leaves me unsatisfied, and it gives way to the very contrasting Jack of Shadows on the PXR5 album, which overall works very well.

Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!

I think a lot of Blackfield songs scream for instrumental development, especially "Cloudy Now." It ends just when it should explode.

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Jeffro wrote:

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

The Beatles- I want you/she's so heavy(yes it's prog)

This is an interesting one because although it does end abruptly, there is a big drawn out wind up to that abruptness. I don't consider it anti-climactic but I can see why others would.

I love the ending 'cause they're just pounding away and all of the sudden...silence. I got Abbey Road the Christmas after it was released and I'd never heard I Want You/She's So Heavy on the radio. When the song just stopped I was wondering what went wrong with my trusty Radio Shack record player LOL

Type O Negative did a fantastic Beatles medley on their '99 World Coming Down album. It starts with Day Tripper, morphs into If I Needed Someone then the last 4 minutes are the ending from She's So Heavy. What they do different though is gradually keep slowing down over 4 minutes until the end just crawls at about 1/4 normal speed then it cuts off. Type O had such a great sense of humor...love those guys Wink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1pcjpJROkA

Edited by The.Crimson.King - July 16 2018 at 12:05

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AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

The Beatles- I want you/she's so heavy(yes it's prog)

This is an interesting one because although it does end abruptly, there is a big drawn out wind up to that abruptness. I don't consider it anti-climactic but I can see why others would.

Cheer-Accident have a fair few which end on a sudden sharp cut, though the only one with a disappointing result of these is "Driving a Nail With a Clock". I might be missing some too:

"Fat Dog's Gonna Hatch" from Dumb Ask

"Ignorance Moving Sideways" from Babies Shouldn't Smoke

"Driving a Nail With a Clock" from The Why Album

"Grow II" from Not a Food

"Track 29" from Introducing Lemon

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AreYouHuman wrote:

Flash – There No More. It has one of my favorite extended codas which comes to a halt as abruptly as the aforementioned Beatles tune.

King Crimson – The Mincer. Apparently the tape simply ran out, which led me to think something was wrong with the record the first I played it.

I was going to mention the Mincer but it's more of a case of the tape running out like you say. I think this issue was sort of fixed on the reissues but not sure since it's been a while since I heard it.

Discipline - When She Dreams She Dreams in Color

TCat wrote:

Just finished listening to one, in fact. Godspeed You! Black Emperor's "Motherf*cker=Redeemer (Part II)". After listening to Part I which was over 21 minutes and is quite awesome, and then Part II never hits the climax, even after it's 15 minute run time. It has a sudden quick crescendo and then ends abruptly. Talk about disappointing. I guess you could see that as a statement to their sudden hiatus, and it makes sense in that aspect, but I'm so happy they are back again.

Another one that more people would be familiar with is Yes "Hearts", the last track on "90125". You expect a huge close to their comeback album, and it just ends. I couldn't believe it was over the first time I heard it. I kept expecting a final big guitar solo or something. Most of Blue Oyster Cult's albums seem to end with a mediocre song too.

Ahh mate, I think Hearts is a lovely song with an almost perfect ending - I say almost because it's always grated on me a bit how in the production the reverb was removed from Andersons voice just on the very last line.

"Pull me under" is the ultimate bad ending for me - well, perhaps not necessarily bad but just a bit disappointing in it's abruptness.

Edited by flyingveepixie - July 16 2018 at 00:52