La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "A Big Finish for a Moderately Big Week" Edition

And with that bit of vaguely onanistic tooting of my own horn (as it were) out of the way, we proceed directly and inexorably to the subject of today's business. To wit:

...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!!!