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“The End” is a song by The Beatles composed by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) for the album Abbey Road. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four of The Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that dominates side two of the LP version of the album.
McCartney said, “I wanted to end with a little meaningful couplet, so I followed the Bard and wrote a couplet. “In his 1980 interview with Playboy, John Lennon acknowledged McCartney’s authorship by saying, “That’s Paul again … He had a line in it, ‘And in the end, the love you get is equal to the love you give,’ which is a very cosmic, philosophical line. Which again proves that if he wants to, he can think.” Lennon misquoted the line slightly; the actual words are, “And, in the end, the love you take/ Is equal to the love you make.”
All four Beatles have a solo in “The End”, including Ringo Starr’s only drum solo for The Beatles. Starr disliked solos; he preferred to cater drumwork to whoever sang in a particular performance. The take in which he performed the solo originally had guitar and tambourine accompaniment, but other instruments were muted during mixing giving the effect of a drum solo. The additional instruments were restored for a remix on the Anthology 3 compilation album. The drum solo was also later used at the beginning of “Get Back” on the 2006 album Love.
McCartney said, “I wanted to end with a little meaningful couplet, so I followed the Bard and wrote a couplet. “In his 1980 interview with Playboy, John Lennon acknowledged McCartney’s authorship by saying, “That’s Paul again … He had a line in it, ‘And in the end, the love you get is equal to the love you give,’ which is a very cosmic, philosophical line. Which again proves that if he wants to, he can think.” Lennon misquoted the line slightly; the actual words are, “And, in the end, the love you take/ Is equal to the love you make.”
All four Beatles have a solo in “The End”, including Ringo Starr’s only drum solo for The Beatles. Starr disliked solos; he preferred to cater drumwork to whoever sang in a particular performance. The take in which he performed the solo originally had guitar and tambourine accompaniment, but other instruments were muted during mixing giving the effect of a drum solo. The additional instruments were restored for a remix on the Anthology 3 compilation album. The drum solo was also later used at the beginning of “Get Back” on the 2006 album Love.
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sweet_kenny wrote:
some really great solos on here, I had no idea Paul could shred like that
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lmbj wrote:
go ringo
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jenisx wrote:
rs
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cumgum wrote:
abbey road is monumental, and this song is a beautiful way to close it.
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queendork56 wrote:
Never stops being awesome.
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davosmavo wrote:
Lennon got Spector to do Let It Be. Paul didn't like his remix.
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WiJoCo wrote:
Yes I see. I suppose it's about each own's perception. The way I see Let It Be, I don't really see it as an official album. I almost see it as a "lost session tapes" kind of thing, that the band didn't really want released but McCartney got Phil Spector to remix into album form. So it's a bit ironic that the Get Back album was renamed as "Let It Be". I get what you're saying though.
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tine-x wrote:
WiJoCo: I know Abbey Road technically is their last album, but discography-way, it isn't, which is a little sad.
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godonnygo wrote:
I love this album (and this medley) to the point where I'm afraid of overdosing on it. :) The Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End section is just magic.
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Lempea wrote:
I'm so frustrated that the battery solo is so short and that's it's the only one in their career...
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WiJoCo wrote:
You Never Give Me Your Money/Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came in Through the Bathroom Window/Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End - I really consider these to all be part of one song. Of course that was their intention anyway - The Abbey Road Medley. Her Majesty was originally set between Polythene Pam and 'Bathroom window', but they didn't like how it flowed.
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WiJoCo wrote:
"Wish they'd never made Let It Be so that this was their final album song ". No. Most Beatles fans know Let it Be was recorded before Abbey Road. They just weren't too thrilled, at first, to release it. That's why it came out later. Abbey Road IS their final album. Let it Be is actually a great album as well. It just wasn't produced as well - mainly because George Martin wasn't involved with that one.
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tine-x wrote:
Wish they'd never made Let It Be so that this was their final album song [2]
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Bastard1 wrote:
Wish they'd never made Let It Be so that this was their final album song (aside from Her Majesty of course >.>)
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LordOfSuffering wrote:
No matter how much I listen to this the end of the song sends chills down my spine every time. SInce more than ten years. wonderful.
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wHoamax wrote:
Love this song
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intoXicated0 wrote:
and for a band with nothing but masterpieces
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Puscifer83 wrote:
And in the end... The love you take... Is equal to the love... You makeee ♪ Oh my God! Perfect ending for a masterpiece ♥ ♥ ♥
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besodeplata wrote:
esto es geniaaaaaaaaaaal! la batería y las guitarras y las coristas y la letra y los solos y todoooooo!
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jules_vine wrote:
The Best Song To close Their Carrer on that years
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