@@michaelcraig9449son i was there at both and 99 was better. Nothing compares to how ‘blind’ got us going. Alright you caught me i watched it all on youtube and netflix. Still i make a valid point.
I've seen them close with that at an outdoor concert, the pyrotechniques were amazing, better than they can do indoors. Ironically, from the title, it should be an opening song.
@@grattonland I know you know this, but for those who don't...in Rock 'n Roll music the word "rock" is often code for a certain other four letter word...hence the song being their closing song. Meant for all those lucky enough to bring that special someone to the concert.
Muse - Knights of Cydonia. Absolute killer track, crazy show closer. It's got everything, slow burn intro, super sticky hook, massive chorus that gets the whole stadium singing, and monster guitar solo outro. Would love to see a little more Muse love.
For Those About to Rock definitely my all time favorite closing song at a concert, the build up, the energy. the power, the cannons, everyone yelling "Fire" and "We Salute You". Definitely one of the great ones.
I saw them in 2001 on the Stiff Upper Lip tour and hearing those guns go off was epic but then they closed it with Shot Down in Flames as a second encore one of the only times they didn't end it with For Those About to Rock
Agreed, too bad the kid isn't old enough to have seen real Rock and Roll shows. This list is somewhat lame and mild. Floyd rocked Yankee Stadium when I saw them as did Roger Waters and ZZ Top, Ronnie James Dio... Too many to mention.
@@jimmurphy6095 I've seen all of those except Floyd I was only 8 in 94 when they stopped playing. I've seen DG and RW shows separately but it's not the same. What year did you see them at Yankee Stadium?
@@RMHutchings I got to see the Division Bell Tour. '94? I still have the shirt from that night. They played the whole Dark Side album for the second half. First time in decades they had played it. Amazing show.
True Story. I sat next to Rickey Medlocke on a flight. Lynard Skynard was flying back from Summer Fest in Milwaukee. I specifically asked him what it's like to be expected to play Free Bird every night for the encore. His answer kind of surprised me... he said its pretty awesome because the crowd is loosing their minds, but that the guitar solos are actually really hard to nail... particularly when all three leads are raging together. He also said, they have tried to play it at other parts of the show, they even tried to open with it, and it just kinda flops. Basically, people need to be drunk enough to be ready for Free Bird! LOL
I was sitting here tearing up and literally got goosebumps up the back of my neck when you played Freddy Mercury singing with the audience!!! I don't even know how to describe the feeling of being in a huge crowd like that and everybody's singing together...it's just...one of the coolest experiences you could ever have!!!! I don't even think we realized how totally blessed and/or lucky we were to be at concerts like that back in the late 70's and through 90's. Great topic!!!
Too much to say that Live Aid was struggling but Queen appeared and in 20 glorious minutes transformed the Wembley crowd. Special band. Special frontman. RIP Freddie.
@@RustyManisduckman you are incorrect according to Geldofs autobiography they were bang on time unlike many of the other bands they had rehearsed their set down to the second.
As a professional musician who has been fortunate enough to share the stage with some of the greats, you my friend never fail to capture the passionate breakdowns of what makes each song iconic in its own right. You have a gift for explaining "that feeling" . Keep it up brother, much love!💙🎹🎸
How can you forget Pink Floyd closing with Numb and Run like Hell. Man when that disco ball drops and opens up while Gilmour is making that guitar sing is a beautiful sight
OMG I love your passion for music. I am not artistic, I cannot hold a tune to sing. But I love music, especially Rock N Roll. I'm old they say, listen to country they say. I say I will listen to whatever the hell I want to listen to. Always have, always will. I'm 64 but I still love Rock N Roll. And I have found a channel that I can listen too and enjoy the music coming at me as well as the words being said to me by a man named Michael Palmisano. Your passion, I love it!
I miss "Run like Hell - Pink Floyd". The Pulse tour (1994). It's a matter of taste, but for me, the Pulse tour from Pink Floyd was the best tour of all time. Everything was perfect. Great songs, perfect guitar solos from guitar god David Gilmour (specially Comfortably Numb) and a wonderful light and/or laser show. Perfect!!!
Grateful Dead closing with Not Fade Away. Near the end the crowd chants you know our love will not fade away and continues until the band comes back out for the encode. Every time no matter where in the country without fail.
I have too disagree with you on this. I got on the bus in 1979 & I've heard a lot of different closers. Although in the 90s-10s I did notice NFA being brought out quite often. I could live without it actually because of the "clappers" idk why but sometimes it really gets under my skin. But I guess I'm old lol In the 80s they would play a certain gaggle of encoures throughout tour, which I could've done w/out (Day Job, Touch of Gray, When Push Comes to Shove, Miracle etc...) but I was just a wee lass
@@billycramer8066 that's the great think about music. What it does for you. I think you missed the point. The crowd didn't interfere with the band. The band and crowd were one and it was tangible. I agree with you on the Donna comment though.
Run Like Hell from the Pulse concert is my favourite concert closer. Every light, laser and strobe all going off , fireworks and the stage being 'blown up' at the end . Glad you at least mentioned it
My all time favorite was U2 for The Unforgettable Fire tour: Last song was "40" - Bono had the crowd serenading back "how long to sing this song", then as he left the stage the crowd still continued. The Edge then took off the guitar, waved and left the stage, then Adam, leaving Larry to continue the beat while the crowd still sang... Then Larry left the stage and while they waited a minute or more to turn the house lights on, the crowd still sung the line over and over again. I remember walking through the concourse and parking garage and people were still singing... it was epic!
Saw ‘em on that tour and War in ‘83, and 40 was the last song then too. We kept singing it as we exited the arena and kept it going in the streets for quite a while. Also on ‘87’s JT tour. Parking lot full of singers after the show.
For me, the greatest closer I've ever seen was The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again." Talk about a crowd going crazy and singing along with a really crazy energy!
It is a cold, dead heart that is not moved by "We are the Champions". I love many songs for many different reasons, but it is my favourite song of all time. That switch from Cm to Eb major as the lyrics get more positive, then up to F major for the chorus is genius. I have had the honour of being in the crowd twice for Queen + Adam Lambert, and the feeling of being among thousands singing along to especially this song is beyond description.
I saw the Queen performance broadcast live when I was kid and it's one of those things like the Beatles on Ed Sullivan that it doesn't matter how many times I've seen it since it rockets me back to that day at my childhood home.
I appreciate your fervor for music, the insight you steep into all of your videos. And your apparent honed sensibility, as a musician and as a teacher! Keep the great videos rolling...
For me it's For Those About To Rock by AC/DC. First saw this live on the tour of that album at Wembley Arena. I had seen a concert on TV earlyier that year and they didn't have real canons then but boy when those cannons appeared.. Spectactular. Also Motorhead with Overkill...just brilliant. Lastly and though not the ending the show but ending the main set, in 1981 on the Moving Pictures tour I saw Rush bookend the main set, opening with 2112 Overture and closing with 2112 Grand Finale.... "Attention all planets of the Solar Federation............. We have assumed control".
I don’t know if Rush Live in Rio YYZ was an opening song or closing song but regardless of when they did it in the concert- it’s a song that has ZERO lyrics, yet the crowd as soon as they heard Neil Peart tapping the symbols, the crowd instantaneous was on alert and ready to vocalize their pleasure. They were 1000% involved in the song- so much so that they sang the different riffs throughout the entire song. Has to be the single most iconic rock anthem EVER!
I went to many concerts when I was much younger and the one that will always stick in my head is Dire Straits - 1985, the last song of the concert was "Going Home" - from Local Hero... the entire crowd screaming along with the saxophone while Mark Knopfler wails counterpoint to the final double beat. Then the crowd went fully ape-sh!t. In my brain forever.
The chord progression change in freebird from going from F-C-G to G-Bb-C is like grabbing 3rd from overdrive and just letting the big dog eat. Hold on to your tail, we’re about to take off.
Great analysis and thoughts enjoyed listening to you. I remember watching live aid as a kid in the 80s and everyone was blown away by queen at the time.
I'm not a musician but the rest of my family is. You are mesmerizing. After watching you, I feel like I could play... Sent to my son who is a guitarist and song writer.💗
Queen saved Live Aid! The 20 best minutes in concert history! Freddie at 60 percent was still better than most frontmen at 100 percent! Remarkable that he was so sick here!
Recently stumbled across Your channel and I love it. I'm one of those "non-musicians" that You talk about. Tried learning the guitar as a kid in the 70's but never got the hang of it. 👊👍😎
WHITESNAKE STILL OF THE NIGHT!!! A thousands thanks for your hospitality. It's nice to be in a company of friends! Be safe, be happy, and don't let anybody make you afraid! God bless you! YEEAH!
Chris Squire and Steve Howe growing the Wurm riff from a 3 chord strum to a swaggering no-holes-barred crunching power-packed stomp that left you on a massive high and humming that riff for years. Well worth covering ..
Anyone remember the Outlaws???...I saw them close their concert in the late seventies with the song/anthem "Green Grass and High Tides Forever." Epic!!!
Anyone remember the four horsemen!!!?? Not Metallica brand ones!! Actual band that released an album called nobody said it was easy in the early nineties i think. Had the title track and another called rocking is my business, and wanted man!! They had that driving guitar like AC/DC and a killer grimy voice and sound and were a little grimy themselves!! I loved it. Anyone check it out it’ll be worth it
I can think of two closing songs that are just incredible, but they're both probably what you were talking about with copywrite hassles. KISS - Rock N Roll All Night, and Alice Cooper - School's Out
While I appreciate your list but I think the inclusion of "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd should have been a no-brainer! David Gilmour's solo at the end of the track lifts the audience up and leaves them there emotionally choked up and stunned!! My two bits.
Roger Waters finished with Numb at Wembley, the night I was there Gilmour came onto the top of the Wall they build during the gig and played the solo, blew us all away..!
I saw Steve Miller once in Memphis playing in a rain storm, steam rising from the amps, his band quit playing but he stood on the edge of the stage big smile on his face and just played away
Great list! So many others could be in there! To quote Raine Wilson’s character in the movie “RockStar,” the Freebird solo section builds like a “…TANK FLYING DOWN THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN!!!” 🤙🏻🎸🎸🎸
I happened to see Springsteen the night after Lennon was shot. He closed the show with a 20 minute version of Twist and Shout with the house lights on. Hard to top that as a show closer.
I saw him the night Lennon was shot . . he was unaware of it at the time but the band knew and they were flat. A real bummer of a night when we got in the car and headed up 95 and turned on Philly FM radio and heard the news. Haven't seen Bruce since.
I was at Hyde park when he played “I saw her standing there” with McCartney, then had the plug pulled during the encore. There was a lot of rock history on stage that night.
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (running into Run Like Hell depending on the concert). Pulse BluRay has a superb version with restored video and remastered audio. Perfect!
Saw U2 many times “back in the day” when Bono could still walk through a doorway without his head getting stuck. The Edge and Adam would swap guitars and they’d always close with “40”. One by one they’d leave the stage as the audience just sang the refrain “ How long to sing this song”… great times.
Just found this channel, love it! Great insights and appreciate your passion as a music fan. Dig the obscure Umphree's McGee shirt too. My fave show closers: Dream On Aint talkin bout love Livin after Midnight To Hell with the Devil
I saw the Allmans end a show with "Whipping Post". The crowd absolutely ate it up- we were singing "Tied to the Whipping Post" and "Good Lord I Feel Like I'm Dyin'" even louder than Gregg was thru the PA. The whole show was incredible- still my number 1 after all these years. Haven't actually seen him live (which totally SUCKS!), but I'm sure George Thorogood can burn the barn down as good as anyone. He's another of those one of a kind showmen that come to PLAY. (I know- not a stadium act, but Jesus, does he BRING IT live!!) Run Like Hell and Green Grass and High Tides Forever are solid choices, too. I own both Floyd's Pulse and Hittin the Road (again) Live by The Outlaws and both of those were absolute crowd killers.
Allman Brothers, 3 hour show, with whipping post in the kettle moraine of alpine valley with the fog rolling in just amazing. Oncore, Jessica ! Big Hammond B3 sound, never forget it.
@@a.barker7792 Yep- they were definitely an act that needed to be seen outdoors! That sound was way too big for an inside venue, lol- and it just sounds better outdoors, on a sunny summer afternoon with your best friends- and a huge crowd of the coolest most chill fans ever! (blazed to the gills)
Dude this was awesome. So many songs could fit this narrative. I really like your list. Some of my list includes Molly Hatche-Flirtn With Disaster. The Outlaws-Green Grass and High Tides. There are so so many others. Good video.
Molly Hatchet! Love it. Saw them with The Outlaws @ Springfield CC around 1979-80 like a week or so after my first show (Dead). Lots of sick young teens partying just a little too much lol
Biko - Peter Gabriel tour in the late 80's. The band leaves the stage one at a time, while the crowd sings BIKO, BIKO, BIKO.... until it is only a drum and Peter...
Michael at certain gigs, in certain times, the planets align where the collective energy of the music, band and crowd connect as one. It is awesome to be there, everything is alive with 'electricity', goosebumps, hair standing on end. It is a wonderous thing to be part of. That RATM moment was one them and obviously Queen. The strange thing is Queens performance jumped the bridge and arrived in your home - truly a remarkable moment in time. Love your work, love the things you point out - I've never seen Prince knock over the mic. My moment was in Dublin many decades ago watching AC/DC. BJ held the mic out at the start of The Jack and the crowd sang the first lines perfectly. He pulled the mic back, missed his lyrics and we all noticed. He held up his hands in apology switched off the mic stuck it in his pocket, sat on the drum riser encouraging us to complete the job. The crowd sang the whole song perfectly start to finish. Yes it's easy but to be part of 10,000 doing so was simply awesome. Brian walked to the front, applauded and simply said in that Geordie accent "Jaysus, that was something!" It was epic and we nearly lifted the roof off the building. The feedback a band get from these situations must be off the charts. Saw Queen in Dublin too, outstandingly good start to finish.
So lonely by The Police, Atlanta 1983. Surely in the top 5. For the generation who missed '77. Andy Summers' succinct epic solo, his harmonics, Steward Copeland's sharp drums driving an ecstatic crowd. And thank you! Other pretenders: 40 by U2 and I'm the Resurrection by the Stone Roses
I can watch you for hours😁 I play guitar for years not because I m good at it but because I love it.I don t have much music theory knowledge and will never have.When I her your comments , your explaining of details I listen and wonder how I manage to understand it and then suddenly I know why I understand It s because of what you say with your Eyes, Face reactions that is what all of us who love music have inside us.I cannot explain it in music theory words but what you feel while listening and the little Mimic reactions are more explaining of the magic of music than anthing else. Keep on rocking BR
Knights of cydonia is absolutely the best closing song I have ever heard, the epic outro, the slow starting intro, the section that makes it the best has to be the “no one’s gonna take me alive” section as it just gets the crowd screaming it.
I think it's both to do with your personal connection to a band and their music (because it's down to personal preference). And it's also to do with your really good points about build up and the way to end a set. Normally when you see a band it's very rare that you remember anything in particular during the set. Mainly you remember the begining and end very vividly which is why bands structure set lists this way. Normally if a bands album sounds like it's got a super strong intro and outro, you know that album has been written with playing live in mind. Really good videos dude! I've been a guitarist since I was around 9 years old and I'm 31 now. I understand your expression and the musical messages you get from hearing music and riffs. When teaching a kid guitar I always look at their first impressions when they pick up the guitar. If it's the magical awe that I knew I felt, then I know they will stick with it for years. I see the same in you as an adult sir. Great channel and great insights aswell as educational!
I know you can’t show it on here because they block videos, but Pink Floyd “Run Like Hell” from the Pulse concert is amazing! Not to mention their second set was Dark Side beginning to end followed by “Wish You Here”, “Comfortably Numb”, and “Run Like Hell” to close.
FNA! Now that sounds like a very cool show! I never synced up with them while touring. I saw Roger Waters @ Hartford CC in the 80s or 90s lol (too little time)'Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking' A good friend a stage hand then & now explained to me that the band had a quadrophonic sound system so even when in the side nose bleeds you got the sound that was intended, but seemingly always only available near the soundboard. Not sold out so a friend & I went the next & got scalper tix for $15... kind of pricey back then lol
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Nothing from Woodstock 99? Korn blind Metallica one limp bizkuit break stuff RHCP fire
@@MusicMan3 REAL Woodstock 1969 was way better.. JIMI!
@@michaelcraig9449son i was there at both and 99 was better. Nothing compares to how ‘blind’ got us going.
Alright you caught me i watched it all on youtube and netflix. Still i make a valid point.
FREDDIE MERCURY IS A TRUE LEGEND AND OBVIOUSLY THE WHOLE GROUP ie QUEEN!!!
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For Those About to Rock. Gives me goosebumps every time i hear it. I nearly cried tears of joy the first time i got to see AC/DC perform it live.
I'm with you. That's my top closing song of all time! FIRE! 😅😅😅
First song I thought of.
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I've seen them close with that at an outdoor concert, the pyrotechniques were amazing, better than they can do indoors.
Ironically, from the title, it should be an opening song.
@@grattonland I know you know this, but for those who don't...in Rock 'n Roll music the word "rock" is often code for a certain other four letter word...hence the song being their closing song. Meant for all those lucky enough to bring that special someone to the concert.
Muse - Knights of Cydonia. Absolute killer track, crazy show closer. It's got everything, slow burn intro, super sticky hook, massive chorus that gets the whole stadium singing, and monster guitar solo outro. Would love to see a little more Muse love.
Came here to say exactly this. Best end to a concert you will ever experience in my opinion
You stole my post! ;-)
yes, sir...yes!
Ditto
I've seen a bunch of Muse shows. Knights of Cydonia is an epic closer. There is only one Muse song topping this: Stockholm Syndrome!
For Those About to Rock definitely my all time favorite closing song at a concert, the build up, the energy. the power, the cannons, everyone yelling "Fire" and "We Salute You". Definitely one of the great ones.
Rock N Roll All Nite, always brings down the house! After being bludgeoned for 2 hours, what a fun way to stop.
Yep, like the band or not, it was always an epic finish.
Yeah agreed...this should easily be in the top 5...so iconic 👍🤘
i love kiss because of this song
It NEVER gets better than Queen and Freddie!
Rush Working Man Live in Cleveland is a phenomenal performance to wrap up a 2 hour and 40 min show.
in '08 AC/DC closing with "For Those About To Rock" with the cannons was beyond epic.
I saw them in 2001 on the Stiff Upper Lip tour and hearing those guns go off was epic but then they closed it with Shot Down in Flames as a second encore one of the only times they didn't end it with For Those About to Rock
I have the Pulse live album from Pink Floyd and I gotta say that Run Like Hell as the closing song is pretty epic.
Great shout, no one does it quite like Pink Floyd.
Agreed, too bad the kid isn't old enough to have seen real Rock and Roll shows. This list is somewhat lame and mild. Floyd rocked Yankee Stadium when I saw them as did Roger Waters and ZZ Top, Ronnie James Dio... Too many to mention.
My Pulse live album closes on Brain Damage and Eclipse and that is truly legendary.
@@jimmurphy6095 I've seen all of those except Floyd I was only 8 in 94 when they stopped playing. I've seen DG and RW shows separately but it's not the same. What year did you see them at Yankee Stadium?
@@RMHutchings I got to see the Division Bell Tour. '94? I still have the shirt from that night.
They played the whole Dark Side album for the second half. First time in decades they had played it. Amazing show.
True Story. I sat next to Rickey Medlocke on a flight. Lynard Skynard was flying back from Summer Fest in Milwaukee. I specifically asked him what it's like to be expected to play Free Bird every night for the encore. His answer kind of surprised me... he said its pretty awesome because the crowd is loosing their minds, but that the guitar solos are actually really hard to nail... particularly when all three leads are raging together. He also said, they have tried to play it at other parts of the show, they even tried to open with it, and it just kinda flops. Basically, people need to be drunk enough to be ready for Free Bird! LOL
Awesome story, Medlocke is one of my faves right back in his blackfoot days
Awesome story - Thanks!
Summer Fest was awesome back then.
I was planning a trip to FL bc I had tickets to the show after the one they missed. 😭
I think the fans wanted & expected to hear it last. What else is a better close?
It's even better when the fans tighten their mind.
Spectacular!!! Haha thanks for that
"Won't Get Fooled Again" the Who. Pitch dark... bump, bump, bump... KABOOOOM!!!!! Lights, power,... majesty!!!
I can relate to that.
I was sitting here tearing up and literally got goosebumps up the back of my neck when you played Freddy Mercury singing with the audience!!! I don't even know how to describe the feeling of being in a huge crowd like that and everybody's singing together...it's just...one of the coolest experiences you could ever have!!!! I don't even think we realized how totally blessed and/or lucky we were to be at concerts like that back in the late 70's and through 90's. Great topic!!!
Aerosmith "Train kept a rollin" was incredible all 7 times I went through that ending...
Too much to say that Live Aid was struggling but Queen appeared and in 20 glorious minutes transformed the Wembley crowd. Special band. Special frontman. RIP Freddie.
Queen was so good they went over their time limit and pissed off every band to play after them.
@@RustyManisduckman you are incorrect according to Geldofs autobiography they were bang on time unlike many of the other bands they had rehearsed their set down to the second.
Rusty, that is not true. They were perfectly timed and didn’t upset anyone.
They just stole Live Aid completely
Freddy was the best
Queen at Wembley gives me goosebumps, remember the day.
As a professional musician who has been fortunate enough to share the stage with some of the greats, you my friend never fail to capture the passionate breakdowns of what makes each song iconic in its own right. You have a gift for explaining "that feeling" . Keep it up brother, much love!💙🎹🎸
My thoughts exactly. His way of explaining why it's epic is in it's own right..epic.
agreed
Mine was SRV Live in 1990... his encore / last song was Voodoo Chile (slight return). I still get chills thinking about that song.
How can you forget Pink Floyd closing with Numb and Run like Hell. Man when that disco ball drops and opens up while Gilmour is making that guitar sing is a beautiful sight
Peter Frampton’s “Do You Fee Like We Do” is a hell of a way to close a show.
Very good suggestion I love him also....
The greatest show closer of all time is “For those about to rock”. I don’t even have to name the band cause you already know. ⚡️
Prince and Freddie wow. Miss them so much. Music that was epic. Good choices. Thx
OMG I love your passion for music. I am not artistic, I cannot hold a tune to sing. But I love music, especially Rock N Roll. I'm old they say, listen to country they say. I say I will listen to whatever the hell I want to listen to. Always have, always will. I'm 64 but I still love Rock N Roll. And I have found a channel that I can listen too and enjoy the music coming at me as well as the words being said to me by a man named Michael Palmisano. Your passion, I love it!
I miss "Run like Hell - Pink Floyd". The Pulse tour (1994). It's a matter of taste, but for me, the Pulse tour from Pink Floyd was the best tour of all time. Everything was perfect. Great songs, perfect guitar solos from guitar god David Gilmour (specially Comfortably Numb) and a wonderful light and/or laser show. Perfect!!!
Run Like Hell is from The Wall, 1981. They just still used it into the 90’s and 00’s.
You are exactly correct
SR Castic I think he's saying the pulse tour was in 94
Grateful Dead closing with Not Fade Away. Near the end the crowd chants you know our love will not fade away and continues until the band comes back out for the encode. Every time no matter where in the country without fail.
I have too disagree with you on this. I got on the bus in 1979 & I've heard a lot of different closers. Although in the 90s-10s I did notice NFA being brought out quite often. I could live without it actually because of the "clappers" idk why but sometimes it really gets under my skin. But I guess I'm old lol In the 80s they would play a certain gaggle of encoures throughout tour, which I could've done w/out (Day Job, Touch of Gray, When Push Comes to Shove, Miracle etc...) but I was just a wee lass
I don't like when the crowd interferes with the band. Sorry east coast Dead fans. You have ruined many songs. So has Donna's voice. Lol
@@billycramer8066 that's the great think about music. What it does for you. I think you missed the point. The crowd didn't interfere with the band. The band and crowd were one and it was tangible. I agree with you on the Donna comment though.
@@catinvt we are everywhere. ha 'clappers' forever and a day. epic . That unbroken chain was pretty sick too
US Blues was probably my favorite GD show closer. A good rockin song, crowd dancin and singin along . Wave that flag, wave it wide and high!
Run Like Hell from the Pulse concert is my favourite concert closer. Every light, laser and strobe all going off , fireworks and the stage being 'blown up' at the end . Glad you at least mentioned it
My all time favorite was U2 for The Unforgettable Fire tour: Last song was "40" - Bono had the crowd serenading back "how long to sing this song", then as he left the stage the crowd still continued. The Edge then took off the guitar, waved and left the stage, then Adam, leaving Larry to continue the beat while the crowd still sang... Then Larry left the stage and while they waited a minute or more to turn the house lights on, the crowd still sung the line over and over again. I remember walking through the concourse and parking garage and people were still singing... it was epic!
Saw ‘em on that tour and War in ‘83, and 40 was the last song then too. We kept singing it as we exited the arena and kept it going in the streets for quite a while. Also on ‘87’s JT tour. Parking lot full of singers after the show.
Another great job as always Michael. Love your enthusiasm for rock music.
For me, the greatest closer I've ever seen was The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again." Talk about a crowd going crazy and singing along with a really crazy energy!
Absolutely 😊
It is a cold, dead heart that is not moved by "We are the Champions". I love many songs for many different reasons, but it is my favourite song of all time. That switch from Cm to Eb major as the lyrics get more positive, then up to F major for the chorus is genius. I have had the honour of being in the crowd twice for Queen + Adam Lambert, and the feeling of being among thousands singing along to especially this song is beyond description.
Won't Get Fooled Again. I'm not even a huge Who fan but that's about as solid as closers come.
damn right.
Unfortunately notorious blockers, so no one heard it. Come on Pete, it will sell songs buddy.
Always thought Jackson Browne closing with 'The Load Out / Stay' was a really cool way to finish out a show.
The Load Out / Stay is amazing. Perfect way to end a show.
I absolutely agree. 👍👍
Agreed, that was very special and quite literally the best closing of all time.
It’s a classic finale that was genius branding. Gave a hook for everyone to stay till the end and all share an experience.
VERY solid choice! There's a reason it still gets airplay all these years later.
Another great list. Purple Rain is my fave closer. Formal, social, concern. Incredible.
For me it is Los Endos by Genesis(Seconds Out). It nicely bookends the album and even better than on Trick of the Tail.
I saw the Queen performance broadcast live when I was kid and it's one of those things like the Beatles on Ed Sullivan that it doesn't matter how many times I've seen it since it rockets me back to that day at my childhood home.
Queen did the best ever 20 min live set. Love them or hate them for it. They were technically and musically perfect.
I appreciate your fervor for music, the insight you steep into all of your videos. And your apparent honed sensibility, as a musician and as a teacher!
Keep the great videos rolling...
Amazing job on this video. Loved the picks and loved even more how you made me appreciate songs I already love even more!
For me it's For Those About To Rock by AC/DC. First saw this live on the tour of that album at Wembley Arena. I had seen a concert on TV earlyier that year and they didn't have real canons then but boy when those cannons appeared.. Spectactular.
Also Motorhead with Overkill...just brilliant.
Lastly and though not the ending the show but ending the main set, in 1981 on the Moving Pictures tour I saw Rush bookend the main set, opening with 2112 Overture and closing with 2112 Grand Finale.... "Attention all planets of the Solar Federation............. We have assumed control".
I don’t know if Rush Live in Rio YYZ was an opening song or closing song but regardless of when they did it in the concert- it’s a song that has ZERO lyrics, yet the crowd as soon as they heard Neil Peart tapping the symbols, the crowd instantaneous was on alert and ready to vocalize their pleasure. They were 1000% involved in the song- so much so that they sang the different riffs throughout the entire song. Has to be the single most iconic rock anthem EVER!
wasn’t either. it was in the middle. closing song was working man and that was amazing and it works super well. opening was tom sawyer
i just found your site and I finally found someone who notices the littlest thing about a song. especially when its different than the recording. thx
I went to many concerts when I was much younger and the one that will always stick in my head is Dire Straits - 1985, the last song of the concert was "Going Home" - from Local Hero... the entire crowd screaming along with the saxophone while Mark Knopfler wails counterpoint to the final double beat. Then the crowd went fully ape-sh!t. In my brain forever.
The chord progression change in freebird from going from F-C-G to G-Bb-C is like grabbing 3rd from overdrive and just letting the big dog eat. Hold on to your tail, we’re about to take off.
Wonderful musical insights. Loved these songs and breaking them down as well as you do makes them even better - much appreciated!!!!
For those about to rock..we salute you!!!
Cannons firing and all that stuff!
One of the greatest show Enders!
Great analysis and thoughts enjoyed listening to you. I remember watching live aid as a kid in the 80s and everyone was blown away by queen at the time.
i absolutely love your enthusiasm...for music especially when it looks like you want to join in
I'm not a musician but the rest of my family is. You are mesmerizing. After watching you, I feel like I could play... Sent to my son who is a guitarist and song writer.💗
I LOVE your enthusiasm! I know nothing about actually making music, but you make me feel smarter just by watching.
Queen saved Live Aid! The 20 best minutes in concert history! Freddie at 60 percent was still better than most frontmen at 100 percent! Remarkable that he was so sick here!
He wasn't sick until later
@@donovanemery597 He was diagnosed with bronchitis before the concert and the doctor advised he not perform
Absolutely 💯
Loving this series keep it up!!
Recently stumbled across Your channel and I love it. I'm one of those "non-musicians" that You talk about. Tried learning the guitar as a kid in the 70's but never got the hang of it. 👊👍😎
WHITESNAKE STILL OF THE NIGHT!!!
A thousands thanks for your hospitality. It's nice to be in a company of friends! Be safe, be happy, and don't let anybody make you afraid! God bless you! YEEAH!
I remember Yes finishing with Starship Trooper. Pretty epic
Chris Squire and Steve Howe growing the Wurm riff from a 3 chord strum to a swaggering no-holes-barred crunching power-packed stomp that left you on a massive high and humming that riff for years. Well worth covering ..
@@timwestcott361 Completely!!
Anyone remember the Outlaws???...I saw them close their concert in the late seventies with the song/anthem "Green Grass and High Tides Forever." Epic!!!
Yes!!!! I still have that album and every song on it is good!!!
Anyone remember the four horsemen!!!?? Not Metallica brand ones!! Actual band that released an album called nobody said it was easy in the early nineties i think. Had the title track and another called rocking is my business, and wanted man!! They had that driving guitar like AC/DC and a killer grimy voice and sound and were a little grimy themselves!! I loved it. Anyone check it out it’ll be worth it
For Those About To Rock.....now that is the way you end a concert! Long Live AC/DC.
What a wonderful world we live in that we have all this high-quality recordings of great songs performed live.
Steve Perry was such an awesome singer. I'm more of a heavy metal guy, but you just gotta love Journey .. they made some awesome music.
Steve Perry was so good....
@@amandabooth7399 - Indeed .. fabulous voice
I can think of two closing songs that are just incredible, but they're both probably what you were talking about with copywrite hassles. KISS - Rock N Roll All Night, and Alice Cooper - School's Out
Love your rock passion and musical knowledge; thanks for sharing! I loved the deathly silence and somberness after the Ode to the Last Whale, CSN
Great White, 1987 live at the Ritz... " Rock Me,"
just kicks ass
Muse - Knights of Cydonia was the best ender on a live show I've been to (so far)
Great stuff Mr. Palmisano.
Loving how much you are digging these tunes 🤘
I think your picks are spot on!!! Thank you and love your channel!
While I appreciate your list but I think the inclusion of "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd should have been a no-brainer! David Gilmour's solo at the end of the track lifts the audience up and leaves them there emotionally choked up and stunned!! My two bits.
If you are talking about the Pulse concert , Run Like Hell is the closing track. Comfortably numb was breathtaking though
@@pauldocmusic2411 I was referring to David Gilmour concerts - " Remember That Night" Live at the Royal Albert Hall, "Live in GDańsk".
@@pradipchaudhuri9240 fair enough mate , those are brilliant too
Roger Waters finished with Numb at Wembley, the night I was there Gilmour came onto the top of the Wall they build during the gig and played the solo, blew us all away..!
PF / Gilmour usually closed with run like hell.
Brokedown Palace agreed! Standing on the Moon with a uber sincere "I'd rather be with you!" , another closing great.
I saw Steve Miller once in Memphis playing in a rain storm, steam rising from the amps, his band quit playing but he stood on the edge of the stage big smile on his face and just played away
I freakin' love this channel!!!!!
Bravo Prince. Can't have magic happen when your lip-syching or playing recorded instruments. Real music played by real musicians!!
For Those About to Rock is the loudest damn thing I ever heard and I was in marching band.
I agree completely 21 years after experiencing that live and I still have a slight ringing in my ears from those guns
Love to witness your passion !!! Thank you!
Goosebumps every time I hear the live aid set
Great list! So many others could be in there! To quote Raine Wilson’s character in the movie “RockStar,” the Freebird solo section builds like a “…TANK FLYING DOWN THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN!!!” 🤙🏻🎸🎸🎸
The best closing song ever saw them in 1977 , I almost took the guy’s head next to me off I was so pumped!!!!!
Genesis. Dance on a volcano transitioning to Los Endos. Truly magical!
I was at that show in 99. Ill always remember it for being a great moment in time.
Status Quo….Caroline ..Milton Keynes bowl 1984. 🇬🇧 Absolute classic boogie rock 0 - 100 in 5 seconds 🎸
I happened to see Springsteen the night after Lennon was shot. He closed the show with a 20 minute version of Twist and Shout with the house lights on. Hard to top that as a show closer.
I saw him the night Lennon was shot . . he was unaware of it at the time but the band knew and they were flat. A real bummer of a night when we got in the car and headed up 95 and turned on Philly FM radio and heard the news. Haven't seen Bruce since.
I was at Hyde park when he played “I saw her standing there” with McCartney, then had the plug pulled during the encore. There was a lot of rock history on stage that night.
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (running into Run Like Hell depending on the concert). Pulse BluRay has a superb version with restored video and remastered audio. Perfect!
so great to see someone tak so enthusiastically about even the slightest detail ... the man LIVES music. thank you.
Saw U2 many times “back in the day” when Bono could still walk through a doorway without his head getting stuck. The Edge and Adam would swap guitars and they’d always close with “40”. One by one they’d leave the stage as the audience just sang the refrain “ How long to sing this song”… great times.
This was my first thought when I saw this video. Amazing way to close a show.
Bono was superhuman live
I remember them closing with that in Los Angeles and we, the audience, kept singing as we left. Some of us were still singing in the parking lot.
I was fortunate to participate in the sing along during the War tour at a sold out show of 4,800 people in 83.
Saw them at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on the Unforgettable Fire tour and everyone was filing out after the concert still singing “40”
AC/DC "For Those About to Rock, We Salute You." Lead guitar intro, cannon ending. 'Nuff said.
Correct
Just found this channel, love it! Great insights and appreciate your passion as a music fan. Dig the obscure Umphree's McGee shirt too.
My fave show closers:
Dream On
Aint talkin bout love
Livin after Midnight
To Hell with the Devil
I enjoy your video... Your so into all the details that make these songs. rock on
I saw the Allmans end a show with "Whipping Post". The crowd absolutely ate it up- we were singing "Tied to the Whipping Post" and "Good Lord I Feel Like I'm Dyin'" even louder than Gregg was thru the PA. The whole show was incredible- still my number 1 after all these years.
Haven't actually seen him live (which totally SUCKS!), but I'm sure George Thorogood can burn the barn down as good as anyone. He's another of those one of a kind showmen that come to PLAY. (I know- not a stadium act, but Jesus, does he BRING IT live!!)
Run Like Hell and Green Grass and High Tides Forever are solid choices, too. I own both Floyd's Pulse and Hittin the Road (again) Live by The Outlaws and both of those were absolute crowd killers.
Allman Brothers, 3 hour show, with whipping post in the kettle moraine of alpine valley with the fog rolling in just amazing. Oncore, Jessica !
Big Hammond B3 sound, never forget it.
@@a.barker7792 Yep- they were definitely an act that needed to be seen outdoors! That sound was way too big for an inside venue, lol- and it just sounds better outdoors, on a sunny summer afternoon with your best friends- and a huge crowd of the coolest most chill fans ever! (blazed to the gills)
I've seen GeorgeThorogood live. The man was so good at creating a PARTY in the audience,
Dude this was awesome. So many songs could fit this narrative. I really like your list. Some of my list includes Molly Hatche-Flirtn With Disaster. The Outlaws-Green Grass and High Tides. There are so so many others. Good video.
Molly Hatchet! Love it. Saw them with The Outlaws @ Springfield CC around 1979-80 like a week or so after my first show (Dead). Lots of sick young teens partying just a little too much lol
Dude I have been a drummer for 57 years and you are the bomb. Don't stop keep it going
I'm way late to this Mikey P. This list is truly killer. Not one I would have thought to pick and each deserves to be on the list...I'm watching dude.
AC/DC For those About to Rock, and Springsteen Born to Run....great perennial closing songs.
Dude i just love your passion..keep it coming my good friend
Biko - Peter Gabriel tour in the late 80's. The band leaves the stage one at a time, while the crowd sings BIKO, BIKO, BIKO.... until it is only a drum and Peter...
Michael at certain gigs, in certain times, the planets align where the collective energy of the music, band and crowd connect as one. It is awesome to be there, everything is alive with 'electricity', goosebumps, hair standing on end. It is a wonderous thing to be part of. That RATM moment was one them and obviously Queen. The strange thing is Queens performance jumped the bridge and arrived in your home - truly a remarkable moment in time. Love your work, love the things you point out - I've never seen Prince knock over the mic. My moment was in Dublin many decades ago watching AC/DC. BJ held the mic out at the start of The Jack and the crowd sang the first lines perfectly. He pulled the mic back, missed his lyrics and we all noticed. He held up his hands in apology switched off the mic stuck it in his pocket, sat on the drum riser encouraging us to complete the job. The crowd sang the whole song perfectly start to finish. Yes it's easy but to be part of 10,000 doing so was simply awesome. Brian walked to the front, applauded and simply said in that Geordie accent "Jaysus, that was something!" It was epic and we nearly lifted the roof off the building. The feedback a band get from these situations must be off the charts. Saw Queen in Dublin too, outstandingly good start to finish.
If you don’t love music as much as this dude does, you’re not listening right.
So lonely by The Police, Atlanta 1983. Surely in the top 5. For the generation who missed '77. Andy Summers' succinct epic solo, his harmonics, Steward Copeland's sharp drums driving an ecstatic crowd. And thank you! Other pretenders: 40 by U2 and I'm the Resurrection by the Stone Roses
I saw that concert!
Mr Palmisano, I never, ever expected to find RATM in there. It's made my day
I can watch you for hours😁
I play guitar for years not because I m good at it but because I love it.I don t have much music theory knowledge and will never have.When I her your comments , your explaining of details I listen and wonder how I manage to understand it and then suddenly I know why I understand
It s because of what you say with your Eyes, Face reactions that is what all of us who love music have inside us.I cannot explain it in music theory words but what you feel while listening and the little Mimic reactions are more explaining of the magic of music than anthing else.
Keep on rocking
BR
How you cannot include Rock and Roll All Nite is crazy!
Knights of cydonia is absolutely the best closing song I have ever heard, the epic outro, the slow starting intro, the section that makes it the best has to be the “no one’s gonna take me alive” section as it just gets the crowd screaming it.
I think it's both to do with your personal connection to a band and their music (because it's down to personal preference). And it's also to do with your really good points about build up and the way to end a set. Normally when you see a band it's very rare that you remember anything in particular during the set. Mainly you remember the begining and end very vividly which is why bands structure set lists this way. Normally if a bands album sounds like it's got a super strong intro and outro, you know that album has been written with playing live in mind.
Really good videos dude! I've been a guitarist since I was around 9 years old and I'm 31 now. I understand your expression and the musical messages you get from hearing music and riffs. When teaching a kid guitar I always look at their first impressions when they pick up the guitar. If it's the magical awe that I knew I felt, then I know they will stick with it for years. I see the same in you as an adult sir. Great channel and great insights aswell as educational!
That list you put together is EPIC.
I know you can’t show it on here because they block videos, but Pink Floyd “Run Like Hell” from the Pulse concert is amazing! Not to mention their second set was Dark Side beginning to end followed by “Wish You Here”, “Comfortably Numb”, and “Run Like Hell” to close.
FNA! Now that sounds like a very cool show! I never synced up with them while touring. I saw Roger Waters @ Hartford CC in the 80s or 90s lol (too little time)'Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking' A good friend a stage hand then & now explained to me that the band had a quadrophonic sound system so even when in the side nose bleeds you got the sound that was intended, but seemingly always only available near the soundboard. Not sold out so a friend & I went the next & got scalper tix for $15... kind of pricey back then lol
Oops forgot the topic of thread...can't remember either way 😃