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“The End” served as the finale for many of The Doors’ most notable concerts. The lyrics are a combination of different variations sung during jam-style performances over several months at the Whiskey A Go Go nightclub in Los Angeles in 1966.
The song was famously used in the iconic opening scene of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film Apocalypse Now, with images of the Vietnam War to the cinematic battle towards the end of the movie between Willard (Martin Sheen’s character) and Kurtz (Marlon Brando’s character).
In a 1969 interview with Rolling Stone, Morrison said the song means something different every time he listened to it:
It started out as a simple good-bye song… Probably just to a girl, but I see how it could be a goodbye to a kind of childhood. I really don’t know. I think it’s sufficiently complex and universal in its imagery that it could be almost anything you want it to be.
Several musical influences are apparent in Robby Krieger’s composition of this song, including Chopin’s “Funeral March.”
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What have the artists said about the song?
Sometimes the pain is too much to examine, or even tolerate… That doesn’t make it evil, though – or necessarily dangerous. But people fear death even more than pain. It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah – I guess it is a friend…
Jim Morrison
He was giving voice in a rock ‘n’ roll setting to the Oedipus complex, at the time a widely discussed tendency in Freudian psychology. He wasn’t saying he wanted to do that to his own mom and dad. He was re-enacting a bit of Greek drama. It was theatre!
Ray Manzarek
What does the line «Lost in a roman wilderness of pain» mean?
A “Roman wilderness of pain” is a metaphor to describe situations that one struggles to overcome, or a bad experience that has to be dealt with. Morrison was heavily influenced by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who argued that over coming difficulty and dealing with struggles makes a person stronger and better.
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Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Release Date
January 4, 1967
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The end
Конец
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end.
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I’ll never look into your eyes again.
Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need of some stranger’s hand
In a desperate land.
Lost in a roman, wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah.
There’s danger on the edge of town
Ride the kings highway, baby
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby.
Ride the snake, ride the snake
To the lake, the ancient lake, baby
The snake is long, seven miles
Ride the snake…he is old, and his skin is cold.
The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here, and we’ll do the rest.
The blue bus is callin us
The blue bus is callin us
Driver, where you taken us.
The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived, and then he
Paid a visit to his brother, and then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door…and he looked inside
Father,
yes son,
I want to kill you
Mother, I want to fuck you.
Cmon baby, take a chance with us
Cmon baby, take a chance with us
Cmon baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin a blue rock
On a blue bus
Doin a blue rock
Cmon, yeah.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill.
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end.
It hurts to set you free
But youll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die.
This is the end.
Это конец,
Любезный друг
Это конец.
Мой единственный друг, конец.
Нашим продуманным планам — конец,
Всему, что существует — конец,
Нет безопасности или неожиданности — конец,
Я никогда не посмотрю в твои глаза снова.
Можешь ли ты представить, что будет?
Такие неограниченные и свободные,
Отчаянно нуждаемся в помощи незнакомца
В безысходной стране.
Затерялся в романе, бесконечность боли,
И все дети — душевнобольные,
Все дети — безумные,
Ожидают летнего дождя, да!
Опасность на краю городка,
Прокатись по шоссе королей, детка,
Таинственные сцены в золотом прииске,
Прокатись по шоссе на запад, детка.
Прокатись верхом на змее, прокатись верхом на змее
К озеру, древнему озеру, детка,
Змей — длинный, 7 миль,
Прокатись верхом на змее, он стар, а его кожа холодна.
На западе лучше,
На западе лучше,
Доберись туда, а мы справимся с остальным.
Голубой автобус приглашает нас,
Голубой автобус приглашает нас,
Водитель, куда ты привезешь нас?
Убийца пробуждается до рассвета, он надевает свои ботинки
Он взял маску из древней галереи,
И он шел по коридору
Он зашел в комнату, где его сестра жила, и затем он
Нанес визит своему брату, и затем
Он шел по коридору,
И он подошел к двери, заглянул внутрь
«Отец»,
«Да, сын?»,
«Я хочу убить тебя»
«Мать, я хочу трахнуть тебя».
Давай, детка, лови этот шанс вместе с нами,
Давай, детка, лови этот шанс вместе с нами,
Давай, детка, лови этот шанс вместе с нами,
И встретимся на заднем сиденье голубого автобуса,
Вдарим рок «под кайфом»,
На голубом автобусе
Вдарим рок «под кайфом»
О да.
Убивай, убивай, убивай, убивай, убивай, убивай…
Это конец,
Любезный друг
Это конец.
Мой единственный друг, конец.
Больно отпускать тебя,
Но ты никогда не последуешь за мной
Конец смеху и сладкой лжи
Конец ночам, когда мы пытались умереть.
Это конец.
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It should be noted that The Doors’ “The End” was composed while the iconic Jim Morrison (1943-1971), who sings and co-wrote “The End”, was highly intoxicated. Thus it is a bit incoherent, as in being centered on a number of diverse topics, as well as utilizing terminology which we have to conclude was part of the writers’ personal lingo. Even Morrison himself stated that that ‘every time he hears the song, it means something else to him”. Indeed it deals with so many different subject matters that a listener can discover new meanings embedded in the track that he may not have picked up on before.
Morrison also stated that when originally conceptualized,
“The End” served as “a simple goodbye song”, as in a breakup track. This is the narrative which
the chorus and the first two verses in particular seem to be focused on – the
singer abruptly disassociating himself from his closest “friend” and
in the process anticipating that person will face a troubled future (the latter
in reference in the second verse).
The succeeding verses are heavily-symbolic and once again are
open to interpretation. In other words, trying to make too much sense out
of them may prove to be a fool’s errand. Indeed “The End” has
attracted scholastic attention in
terms of its meaning like few songs in American history. Yet there still
has not been a consensus on what it is saying.
However, there are some general themes which can be derived from the latter part of the song. For instance, it has an ominous tone, with the singer referring to “children [who] are insane”, “danger on the edge of town”, “weird scenes” and even recounts the tale of some dude who seemingly murders his own family. So it can be concluded that the singer finds himself in a challenging environment and is dealing with mental issues. It can also be theorized that what he is actually doing in these passages is negatively critiquing American/Western society, i.e. the lines “the west is the best”, which is obviously (within the overall context of the fourth verse) sarcastic in nature as well as the statement “lost in a Roman pain of wilderness”, which is the line that kicks off the third verse.
Theme of Death
It is also arguable that despite the various directions this song takes the listener in, its main theme is actually death. This theory is based on an interview which Morrison gave in 1969 in which he insinuates that the term “the end” is synonymous with death and also “is a friend” (the singer refers to “the end” as “beautiful friend” and his “only friend” in the chorus of the song). And while he was led into making that statement, it is obvious in the latter stages of the track that death is one of its major themes.
Conclusively, there are many different elements embedded in “The End”. Morrison also stated that he “could see how it could be goodbye to a kind of childhood”, which again likely alludes more to its latter sections. But he concluded by saying that he thinks the song is “sufficiently complex and universal in its imagery” and “that it could be almost anything you want it to be”. Or looking at this statement from another angle, the song is intentionally vague. And trying to derive a specific, concrete meaning from it may take away from it its ideal function of serving as an exercise in creative thinking.
Famous Live Performance of “The End”
The Doors performed “The End” live at California’s iconic Hollywood Bowl in 1968. Many regard that performance as one of the most remarkable live performances of the song.
One of Rock Music’s Greatest Songs
“The End” is one of
the most-celebrated tracks in the history of rock music. For instance, Rolling Stone placed it on its list of
“The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”, ranking it at 336. Guitar World also gave it the
distinction of being one of the “100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time”, where
in that regard they placed it at number 93.
Accordingly the track has been used extensively in pop
culture, most-notably by Francis Ford Coppola in classic war film Apocalypse Now (1979).
Another Version of “The End” Exists
There is another version of this song where Jim Morrison
concludes the last verse by stating “mother, I
want to [expletive] you”. This alludes to a Freudian concept
called “the Oedipus complex”,
which influences this particular section of the song, where an individual hates
his father and has abnormal desires for his mother (or vice versa).
The Creation of “The End”
The Doors developed “The End” over a period of months while
performing it live at a bar in Los Angeles called “Whisky a Go
Go”. But ultimately, the song proved so controversial (specifically
in reference to the aforementioned Oedipal section) that it got them fired from
the gig. This occurred on 21 August 1966,
after they had been playing there for approximately three months.
The members of The Doors – Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John
Densmore and Robby Krieger – are credited with writing this song.
And “The End” was produced by their regular
collaborator, Paul A. Rothchild.