100 songs with beautiful codas

Name them here.

1. Patrick Wolf - Bluebells
2. Kanye West - Heard 'Em Say
3. House of Blondes - It's a Blast
4. The Stone Roses - Where Angels Play

oh man

Electric Light Orchestra - Shangri-La (although it's more of an unrelated song fragment than an actual coda, I like it better than the song itself)

Pixies - The Happening

Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror

Bruce Springsteen - "Racing in the Street"

new pornographers - mass romantic/to wild homes and many many more

10. The Smiths - Pretty Girls Make Graves
11. The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
12. The Smiths - Unloveable

what about something by The Smiths?

I don't actually know what sort of song to put here, so I'll keep it to tracks whose codas emerge as completely unexpected 11th-hour plot-twists, which somehow make perfect sense in light of the preceding song.

Will start with a bit of a cheat, because in a 7-minute song, this coda takes up about 4:30. But fuck me, it's the greatest coda ever recorded.

13. The Monsoon Bassoon - Commando

Will continue with the first one to spring to mind.

14. Beck - Milk & Honey

Mamas and Papas - I Saw Her Again
Van Morrison - Madame George

17. Black Sabbath - "Symptom of the Universe"

18. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

19. The Cure - All Cats are Grey

20. A Guy Called Gerald - "So Many Dreams"

"Lucy" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

that would be 21. sorry.

22. ELO: "Mr. Blue Sky"
23. Paul Simon: "The Late Great Johnny Ace"

24. Coldplay, "Lovers In Japan/Reign Of Love" (or is this two songs? Anyway, the second part is lovely)

The Coldplay songs off that album with two titles are two different songs, aren't they? Martin said something about them essentially being BOGOF MP3s.

The codas don't have to be "beautiful", I guess, just good, or cool, or interesting. 20 I'll say...

24. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand

They don't necessarily have to be unrelated to the main song body either, just... different. The Patrick Wolf and Kanye West ones above are both just kind of minimalist grooves that continue on from the song itself.

Silver Jews "Federal Dust" with the bonus of being led in by "here comes the coda" line

22. NIN .: Closer

the meat puppets - plateau

kindly ignore that i just used an article there

Replacements - Bastards Of Young

Derek and the Dominos - Layla

Old ILX would have kept the numbers correct and also have streamed past 100 by now. I am sad.

"7 & 7 Is" - Love

32. "Outside" - Dead c.

33. "Future/Now" - MC5

34. "Strawberry Letter #23" - Shuggie Otis
35. "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'?" - Rolling Stones

So this is just a general "coda" list? OK, then: Guns 'n' Roses: "Locomotive.

i never realized the thing in Goodfellas was the coda the Layla becuase radio only plays the 3 minute single version. I had no idea that song had a coda at all

37. The first three Suede singles. They only get one number because it's the same idea three times, but it's yet another example of them being leagues ahead of their peers.

38. No. 13 Baby - Pixies

I was going to say Planxty - Raggle Taggle Gypsy but then i realised that the 'coda' is actually a whole other song so...
39.

i never realized the thing in Goodfellas was the coda the Layla becuase radio only plays the 3 minute single version. I had no idea that song had a coda at all

Yeah they play it on 104.3 in NYC every day at 3:43 pm and 10:31 am.

Talk Talk -- Myrrhman is absolutely lovely

and to remain in a similar style of coda (albeit a less great band)

Shiva Burlesque -- My Sick Friend

it's ironic that Cub Koda never recorded a song with a beautiful coda...

can I plz pwn thread now?

42. Orbital - Out There Somewhere? Part 2

zap.

the coda to The-Dream's "Mr. Yeah" is so jaw-droppingly beautiful. it's like jumping into a swimming pool after a productive day and just floating there and enjoying the summer air.

43. Levitation - Arcs Of Light & Dew

44. Harmonia, Kekse

45. Galaxie 500 - Ceremony

46. Butthole Surfers - Jimi

47 - New Order - Regret

48. the-dream - mr. yeah

It is 4:52 - 5:31 of THKW. I guess I could see your point if it were more "is this a coda to THKW, an intro to When You Sleep, or is it just supposed to exist as an unclassified interlude?" I can see how referring to it as a "coda," specifically, could be controversial b/c of the nature of the album, tho it is attached to the end of THKW & I don't think that Kev would let those sort of details go to chance. But the making it difficult to determine where one element begins/ends, especially on that song argument is moot b/c if you listen to that sequence, the segment I am referring to is distinctly its own thing.

(the surprise in my 1st post was not over this being objectively self-evident, but was mostly due to this coda/interlude having been referenced before on ILM, tallied alongside the general fanfare for MBV which has been known to surface around these parts)

It is 4:52 - 5:31 of THKW.

Oh that part! I was about to write "I was concentrating on the song itself" or "the song proper" which I suppose means that I don't take that chunk to be a coda or even part of the song. Then again, I've never really thought about it until now. I guess I'd call it an interlude. But I'm more than kewl with it being listed here.

And yes, now that you say it, I assume this has been beaten to death already on ILM. Sorry if I came off bitchy.

78. Red House Painters - "Katy Song"

Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!! Katy Song is an incredible example. My favorite off of that album.

I don't care that it never ends either.

79. Guns n Roses - Rocket Queen

beulah's "emma blowgun's last stand" has a nice coda except that i think it's the actual song, so ???

Goddamnit Steppenwolf, if only you hadn't come back in at the end of "Magic Carpet Ride" with those pointless extra 10 seconds of chorus, we could've gotten you on this thread.

79. Guns n Roses - Rocket Queen

and Sweet Child o' Mine!

80. Black Sabbath-Sabbra Caddabra

79. Guns n Roses - Rocket Queen

dopest of all time imo

81. Nine Inch Nails - We're In This Together

82. Jude Sill - Ridge Rider

83. Swans - Helpless Child

84. trail of dead - source tags and codes

Agreed.

85. Luna - 23 Minutes in Brussels

Bumpity bump.

86. Oh No Ono - Internet Warrior
87. Boredoms - 7 (Boriginal)
88. Pattern is Movement - Bird

89. My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power

This is the winner. Nothing comes close.

^^truth

90. Standing Here - the Stone Roses

91. Pixies - Motorway to Roswell

The playlist right now;

Good Vibrations The Beach Boys Good Vibrations
I Want You (She's So Heavy) The Beatles Abbey Road
A Hard Day's Night The Beatles A Hard Day's Night
Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
Hello Goodbye The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
Rain The Beatles Past Masters, Vol. 2
Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles Revolver
A Day In The Life The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lovely Rita The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Chain Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Rocket Queen Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
It's A Blast House Of Blondes House Of Blondes
Teach Me How To Fight Junior Boys Last Exit
Heard 'Em Say Kanye West Late Registration
Laughing Stock Love Forever Changes
7 And 7 Is Love Nuggets From Nuggets
Galang M.I.A. Arular
Thriller Michael Jackson Thriller
To Here Knows When My Bloody Valentine Loveless
Honey Power My Bloody Valentine Tremolo
Bluebells Patrick Wolf The Magic Position
No. 13 Baby Pixies Doolittle
The National Anthem Radiohead Kid A
Karma Police Radiohead OK Computer
Strawberry Letter 23 Shuggie Otis Inspiration Information
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone Stand!
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others The Smiths The Very Best Of The Smiths
Where Angels Play The Stone Roses I Wanna be Adored
Standing Here The Stone Roses She Bangs The Drums
I Am The Resurrection The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
Richard III Supergrass In It For the Money
Such A Shame Talk Talk It's My Life
Baba O'Riley The Who Who's Next
We're An American Band Yo La Tengo I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

92. Tarwater, "Imperator Victus"

"My Aim is True" by Elvis Costello. Maybe it's a little too short to be a coda proper? sure is pretty tho

whoops i mean the song "Allison"

"Alison"

Lilys - Gravity Free Atmosphere of Msa

94. Morrissey - Piccadilly Palare has a lovely swooning coda

95. Wilco - At Least That's What You Said. Great Cline/Tweedy guitar interplay. Better than the song proper, frankly.

POP-ROCK:
Pozzoli S. - Around My Dream
Elton J. - Town of Plenty
Springsteen B. - Working On the Highway
Carnes K. - Don't Pick Up the Phone
Buckingham L. - Countdown, Turn It On
Parton D. - Drive Me Crazy
COUNTRY-WESTERN, FOLK:
Denver J. - Love Is Everywhere
Cohen L. - The Captain
Stewart J. - Runaway Train
Parton D. - Applejack, Mountain Angel
Rush T. - Panama Limited

Bump.

Cardiacs - Dirty Boy should take it!!!

need to add My Bloody Valentine - "Only Tomorrow" to the list

85. Luna - 23 Minutes in Brussels

― Squash weather (Eazy), Friday, September 18, 2009 4:29 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No memory of writing this, but it's still my vote.

Portishead - Machine Gun

Autechre - Silverside

Moby Grape - "Someday"

pavement - stop breathin'

Juana Molina - Salvese Quien Pueda

"Lost Verses" by Sun Kil Moon

frogbs have you heard that monsoon bassoon one? up your street maybe

Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Dead Flag Blues
Charles Mingus - Open Letter to Duke
Richard and Linda Thompson - Dimming of the Day/Dargai

"A street scene" by Bark Psychosis.

Does "Neon lights" by Kraftwerk count? OK, it's probably longer than the 'song' itself but it's beautiful.

The Roots, "Break You Off"
Janet Jackson, "Come Back To Me"

"Lost Verses" by Sun Kil Moon

― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Tuesday, March 5, 2013 5:33 PM (Yesterday)

Ha, as soon as I saw this thread revival I immediately thought of

Sun Kil Moon - "Young Love"

I think that is my song of the year for 2012.

i've heard of the Monsoon Bassoon but I haven't heard a full album. solid tune though. i always meant to pick it up.

"Neon Lights" is probably the best answer to this thread by the way. In my opinion. I knew the tune through this collection of 7" mixes I had when the only KW albums I had were TEE and Computer World. Hearing the full version with the loooong-ass jam at the end of it was one of those real stunning moments in life that you're lucky to get every so often. I think it's my iTunes most played track because of it. Datarock's "I Used to Dance With My Daddy" has a similar coda that's also really great. Also on my top 25.

Foetus.

http://youtu.be/OnY63APl_6c