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What's the best concert closing song?
- Thread starter EvilChameleon
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I loved the little Hello Kitty head jumping from lyric to lyric. Ugh that was the best concert I've ever been to.
Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter, Rockin in the Free World - Pearl Jam
Everything in it's Right Place - Radiohead
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Sex Type Thing - Stone Temple Pilots
Hurt - NIN
Everything in it's Right Place - Radiohead
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Sex Type Thing - Stone Temple Pilots
Hurt - NIN
Demon Days is an incredible album closer and is even more incredible when closing out a concert.
It's this.
Not in my top tier of favorite bands, and I've liked other live shows better overall, but this is the correct answer.
Ya'll gonna mock me for this but by far the best closing I've seen is when Hans Zimmer came back out and played his Inception medley and ended with those final bits of the Piano as the lights closed in on him.
But then his whole show was much better than almost all live bands I've seen so I should've expected a flawless finish, the way the huge number of performers got to shine in the spotlight of each new track/medley/whatever was amazing.
But then his whole show was much better than almost all live bands I've seen so I should've expected a flawless finish, the way the huge number of performers got to shine in the spotlight of each new track/medley/whatever was amazing.
Cool, thanks! I missed them when they were in Raleigh last year (on vacation) and this year I'm just getting back from vacation (Saturday) and they'll be in town Tuesday. So psyched. I hope Re-education (Through Labor) is on the set list, but that might be a pipe dream given all the new stuff they'll be playing. They're my favorite band so I'm pretty excited about seeing them live.
Edit - actually, doing a quick look at the setlists on this current tour, looks like Re-education is on there. Now gotta cross my fingers there aren't thunderstorms in Raleigh on Tues.
My favorite song for a band to come out to after the crowd is chanting "One more song!"? My favorite live song of all time?
The mother fucking Odyssey.
Encore!
The mother fucking Odyssey.
Encore!
Jack White / White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
RTJ - A Message to the Shareholders (and Kill Your Masters when they add that on)
I'd add NIN - Hurt but I've seen NIN so many times it's lost some impact. When they've closed with In This Twilight it was a really cool change.
RTJ - A Message to the Shareholders (and Kill Your Masters when they add that on)
I'd add NIN - Hurt but I've seen NIN so many times it's lost some impact. When they've closed with In This Twilight it was a really cool change.
When I saw NIN and Bowie tour together back in 96 or so, NIN started it off. They did a duet section in the middle to end Trent's show, and ended that with a duet of Hurt. Perfection.gif.
Speaking of that, I'd say that Terrible Lie is the GOAT concert opener. He just runs out on stage singing it. Amazing.
Speaking of that, I'd say that Terrible Lie is the GOAT concert opener. He just runs out on stage singing it. Amazing.
This was a great one. Lately they have been closing with 'running up that hill' which I'm not a massive fan of. They once closed with Bitter End and the place erupted.
Super Furry Animals have been closing their shows for years with a crazy, extended version of The Man Don't Give a Fuck, that always gets the crowd pumped:
Its a cracking song and they cover it well but I rather like it when they close with Yellow Ledbetter
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First time I saw Radiohead they ended with "Idioteque" and that was a class end to the gig, just let it loop for a while after going off stage.
Muse and "Knights of Cydonia" is class too.
Muse and "Knights of Cydonia" is class too.
The two I've personally seen that I enjoyed the most were Push the Sky Away by Nick Cave and All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem
I went to a Reel Big Fish concert the night of my high school graduation. They left and came back for two separate encores. The last song they did was their cover of Take On Me. The mosh pit was probably about 200 people skanking and singing along, and it was probably the best way to end any concert. My friends and I were in the pit all night and when we got out we were all soaked in sweat. If you get a chance to go to a ska concert with a large crowd, do it.
My favorites I've seen are holy wars the punishment due and raining blood absolute bangers to end the show on a high note
This is definitely up there, and I'll add Paranoid by Sabbath and Rock n Roll all Nite by KISS to the list as well.
Fucking love that song, especially live. My personal favourite would have to be Home is for the heartless by Parkway Drive.
Seconded! Seen him twice (for now) and he gets better and better \m/
It's a fantastic song live, but do they ever close with it? I've never seen them do that.
Pretty sure this closed the berlin show in the video.
I dont know why they dont close with it. Its bloody epic.
While he doesnt close the concerts with this song, this is usually the last song before a multiple song encore.
House lights on, band giving it all, fans belting out the lyrics and jumping for joy. Always a highlight...
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Born to Run
House lights on, band giving it all, fans belting out the lyrics and jumping for joy. Always a highlight...
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Born to Run
It's Bohemian Rhapsody.
I went to RTJ a few years ago, awesome show, super excellent, everyone was hype from beginning to end. Double encore, finally time to go, lights go up, people start to head to the bar to close tabs...and the sound man does the one thing they should never do...play Bohemian Rhapsody over the PA. No one left. Everyone just started swaying and singing along. The bouncers were getting upset but no one wanted to budge. No one was going anywhere until that song was over.
It's Bohemian Rhapsody.
I haven't seen them in a long time, but they always used that at the concerts I attended, and its my pick for this thread. I like how he usually plays something slow before this, then goes all out when thrashing to Head Like a Hole. Great times.
Saw Slayer on Sunday, when they dropped the Hanneman banner and the song started....oh my cawd
Great choice OP but I've seen Roger Waters twice now and he's closed with Comfortably Numb both times. That's a perfect closer.
Valhalla by Blind Guardian. Last few times I've gone to one of their shows they've ended on a different song, left the stage for about three or four minutes as the lights came back on, then the lights suddenly shut off again and they all ran back out on to stage to play it as the actual final song; with the audience participation bit at the end being a bit of a competition between crowds to see which city could keep it going the longest.