The "Roadrunner"/"Radio Radio" big climactic ending - where did it come from?

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You know:
DAAAAH, DAAH DAAH DAAAAH, DAAH DAAH DAAAAH, DAH DAH DAH DAAAAAAAAAAAH
or variations on that theme.
I've always assumed Costello was paying homage to "Roadrunner" by doing it at the end of "Radio Radio," but is "Roadrunner" the origin of this? Or did it come from something else?

na (NA), Thursday, 16 November 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link

the Richman "Roadrunner" obviously

na (NA), Thursday, 16 November 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link

1812 Overture?

voodoo chili, Thursday, 16 November 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link

yeah, it sort of strikes me as a classical flourish ... not sure if i can think of a song offhand, but did the Who do something like this?

tylerw, Thursday, 16 November 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link

Yeah, something similar at the end of "Much Too Much"

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 16 November 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link

Sort of like a ... cadenza?

Anyway, every single song should end exactly like this.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 November 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link

The end of "A Quick One"? I can definitely hear the Who doing this in my head.

Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 November 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link

just kind of an elongated false ending isn't it?

campreverb, Friday, 17 November 2017 01:55 (six years ago) link


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