...and the best/most apppopriate closing track to a great post-Elvis rock/pop/soul/folk/country album is...???
Discuss.
Attentive readers will recall that two weeks ago we did the (as it were) flip side of this, i.e. best opening track, and as previously, there are no arbitrary rules for this one either. Hey -- if you want to pick something as silly as Abbey Road's "Her Majesty..." go for it. We won't sit anywhere near you, of course, but still -- knock yourself out!!!
In any case, my nominee -- which I suspect some of you will have seen coming down Queens Boulevard -- is this truly astounding piece of gorgeosity.
Ah, "Moonlight Mile." I should add that it's particularly noteworthy for a couple of reasons, starting with the fact that the album it's from opens with "Brown Sugar," which is surely a Top 5 contender for best lead-off song ever. I should also add that it's the only great Stones track on which Keith Richards does not play guitar (yup, it's all Mick Taylor), and that the orchestral arrangement, which to my ears channels Ralph Vaughan-Williams magnificently, is as beautiful as it is unexpected. Damn, that Paul Buckmaster really was a freaking genius.
Plus Jagger's vocal is non pareil. I mean, the melisma is truly melismatic, if you catch my drift. 😎
Alrighty then -- what would YOUR choices be?
And have a great weekend, everybody!!!
22 comments:
Just One Victory A Wizard True Star Cleveland Jeff
Love, Reign O'er Me - The Who - Quadrophenia
- Paul in DK
Okay, I don't want to beat you over the head with the obvious but for me it's got to be "A Day in the Life". Almost a religious experience sometimes.
Captain Al
Can't argue that one. 😎
Captain Obvious here with The End/ Her Majesty to close out the song medley on side two of Beatles Abbey Road and of course The End closing out the Door's debut album.
rs
Tried not to over-think this; just going with the first thing that pops into my head:
"No End" from Sandy Denny's "Like an Old Fashioned Waltz." Melancholy, beautiful. First heard it days after she died. Gets to me every time.
I haven't thought of that one in years, but yeah. 😎
I second "Just One Victory" by Todd Rundgren.
"Waterloo Sunset" - The Kinks
When the Levee Breaks is one that comes to mind...
As previously mentioned, iTunes and shuffle has kinda wrecked my sense of album order. But thinking about it, came up with a final song that was meant to be one, and turned out to be more than it was meant to be.
Phil Ochs Greatest Hits - No More Songs
for those not familiar, Greatest Hits was all new songs, and turned out to be Phil's last studio album.
I can't argue, either, with 'A Day in the Life,' or 'Waterloo Sunset.'
As for the Stones, I'm more in the sleazy Rockist camp and will never turn off 'Star Star.'
And, for signing off with thundering strings, it's hard to top Mick Ronson's work on MTH's 'Sea Diver.'
Decades on Joy Division's Closer
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan
Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead
That dylan/dead comment was me .
. Obviously.
And speaking of dylan-
Sad eyed lady of the lowlands
Also:
Nostradamus - Al Stewart
3 for me -
Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Little Feat
California, Blue album, Joni Mitchell
Show Biz Kids - Countdown to Ecstasy
Steely Dan
Great choices above, and Moonlight Mile is what first came to my mind.
"Better Be Home Soon" from Temple of Low Men by Crowded House
Tomorrow Never Knows - Revolver
Brain Damage/Eclipse - Dark.Side
In Your Eyes - So
I can’t believe I didn’t think of “Tomorrow….”😎
"So It Goes" - Jesus of Cool
Nick Lowe
In two weeks: The best track that should have been on a specific album but wasn't!
Let's keep this good thing going!
Captain Al :-)
Best run out track at the end of an album!
Captain Al
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