Blues and School

I was wandering around today thinking like it was my last day on Earth.  The way you feel when you get really stressed out about something that is happening or going to happen.  Like interviews or getting into a tough class surrounded by people who could actually be teaching it.  Anyways you grab hold of your time and say to yourself: "What have I not asked the universe (or Web) yet?".

I remembered listening to a song by a group called 10cc back in my childhood.  I had this record called "Deceptive Bends" on which resided a 3 part song called "Won't Feel the Benefits".  The song is magnificent.  It starts off slow and mellow and at the end it has picked up and there is an amazing guitar Solo to the finish of the song (3rd part)  nearly 12 minutes later.   What is cool about this song?  What is so unique about it?  The ending.
The riff from this song has spent the last 12 minutes getting into the very meat of your mind and massaging it in with a sweet guitar solo.

So what happens at the end of this amazingly unique song?

Does it fade out like someone is turning down the volume?  no

Does it end with a universally played power chord over many different instruments?  no

Does it end with a Descendo to a monologue or soft song sung accapella?   Nice try ... but no

IT JUST .....................................stops

So you are probably sitting there thinking well WTF James???   How could that possibly be exciting?
Well...a 12 minute song doesn't just stop.  The musicians and singers can stop but the actual music will continue on in your head well afterwards....and that is a really cool effect.   Ofcourse if you hate the song, this might not be a very desirable effect.

Sadly...10cc changed the ending in later performances.  The ending now sounds like a pole vaulting albatross complete with sprint and landing.