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“The End” is a song by The Doors. Originally a song Jim Morrison wrote about breaking up with a long time girlfriend, it evolved through months of performances at Los Angeles’ Whisky a Go Go into a nearly 12-minute opus on their self-titled album. The band would perform the song to close their last set. It was first released in January 1967.
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Robby Krieger’s slinky, haunting guitar lines over D drone in DADGAD tuning using a harmonic minor scale recall Indian drone and raga-based music, as has often been noted, and the rolling and dramatic crescendoes of John Densmore’s drums recall Indian tabla rhythms. The music as a whole, though, does not sound entirely or even particularly “Indian”. The sharp, ringing edge of the guitar recalls the 50s rock and roll style, while the fingerpicking attack may derive equally from the flamenco guitar style Krieger had studied as a youth and from folk music. Ray Manzarek’s organ is used sparingly to provide an inconspicuous bass line (I-V-I-V-I-V…) and fills. One may find a strong similarity to Chopin’s “Funeral March” theme and also to Sandy Bull’s guitar instrumental “Blend” - but this may be more to do with the quality of the melodic minor scale than with any specific influence.
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Robby Krieger’s slinky, haunting guitar lines over D drone in DADGAD tuning using a harmonic minor scale recall Indian drone and raga-based music, as has often been noted, and the rolling and dramatic crescendoes of John Densmore’s drums recall Indian tabla rhythms. The music as a whole, though, does not sound entirely or even particularly “Indian”. The sharp, ringing edge of the guitar recalls the 50s rock and roll style, while the fingerpicking attack may derive equally from the flamenco guitar style Krieger had studied as a youth and from folk music. Ray Manzarek’s organ is used sparingly to provide an inconspicuous bass line (I-V-I-V-I-V…) and fills. One may find a strong similarity to Chopin’s “Funeral March” theme and also to Sandy Bull’s guitar instrumental “Blend” - but this may be more to do with the quality of the melodic minor scale than with any specific influence.
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thrashdeth wrote:
this has to be the best song ever made
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dotcom1967 wrote:
"He took a face from the ancient gallery".......................
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DavMon420 wrote:
my only friend, the end...
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jayakiran wrote:
This songs grabs your attention, and takes you through the most intense 12 minutes of your life. No, it does not get old; but you do. Every single time it hypnotizes you. When you listen to it, you feel it's hold, tight and severe. But when it ends, you feel empty, for the moment has passed, and the memory of it is only a whisper compared to the roaring experience. The best song ever. End of.
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eLeCtRoDeLiC wrote:
even when this comes up in my librarys radio,i never skip it,even though i must've heard it too many times,but the doors was one of my first fave bands and they still take me "there"...
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OzymandiasD wrote:
They should issue a CD with this song on it to every man and woman in uniform along with their rifle and fatigues... Keep on fighting brothers and sisters.
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ImpelDown wrote:
father?
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AngharadJ wrote:
How long is this song?! Brilliant song though.
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Braveshell wrote:
I wonder if Coppola had this in mind before he shot the opening scenes to Apocalypse Now or was it just a piece of music that fits like a glove. I only have to hear the song and that opening scene with the helicopters and the napalm plays in my head. Over 40 years old and still captivating.
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OzymandiasD wrote:
There is no end.
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ManiacDancer wrote:
It catches the whole atmosphere of the word apocalypse itself
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metallicorphan wrote:
Apocalypse Now wouldn't be the film it is if this song wasn't in it
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stfuslifer wrote:
Probably one of the best song ever written.
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MazeBot wrote:
Blender is a magazine for self-proclaimed music experts, for those guys which bands never made it, and for elitist fat jobs. The worst kind. Honestly, if you care about that opinion, they even put the beatles on their worst artists. They just want attention. Market thing, there's a lot of music magazines, why not buy the one that shits about every good musician? The answer, buy blender.
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stipeeee wrote:
the best song ever!
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stuart888 wrote:
my only friend the ...................\m/
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Untro wrote:
Just realized that this song is playing during the intro to Apocalypse Now.
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MystileArmor wrote:
@Jojowas: When you type things like "LOLLLLLLLLLLLL" it invalidates any opinion you might have expressed before it. If you don't like the song, that's cool and all, but to spew a bunch of garbage in a commentbox makes you come off like an idiot.
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vinask wrote:
Apocalyptic song... Amazing!
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vitaoma wrote:
too good to be true... *-*
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