THE DOORS The End Reaction | Lyrics Analysis

[@ilovecatweazle]

Few songs capture despair of the 'human condition' like this one does. I always thought he was talking to an earlier, more happy younger self. A relationship has gone bad and a drug fuled depression has taken control. You are right to say this is not for the faint of heart. Its frighteningly too close to how some people feel at times. however depressing anyone thinks this song is its poetry, harsh realism, but beautifully written. And the music surrounding the words is amazing.

[@re1840]

You're comment really hit me. God bless

[@HXERkYJclMcKLAWwQW]

Jim Morrison's dad was rear admiral in the U.S. Navy while the Vietnam war was just kicking off . The blue bus was often used to transport draftees from the selective service office to the airport where you were sworn in and sent off to basic . If you were 19 , and being sent overseas you thought it was the end . And the 7- mile snake is San Francisco which is 7x7 ; during the 60's everyone was going to San Francisco " the west is the best , just get here and will do the rest ".

[@martinkingston1498]

Very interesting info which gives more insight into the lyrics, thanks.

[@geobrah1957]

Great reaction, and thanks for not pausing to critique- a song can never be truly experienced if it is paused and not taken in its entirety. The lyrics of many Doors songs are filled with imagery and open to various interpretations, and combined with the music can put you into a spell or trance.

[@justinscrivner5457]

Yeah. It's like a hypnotist drawing me closer to something with no turning back.

[@reesezpeasuz1506]

Jim had a real fascination with serial killers, specifically the hitchhiker. He was a poetic voyeur.

[@johnnyjohnny3117]

The killer story is based on the Greek myth of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother. This is also where the name of Sigmund Freud's "Oedipus Complex" comes from. Freud theorized that every child goes through a stage in their psychosexual development where they desire their opposite sex parent and are jealous of their same sex parent.

[@chrisgibson1934]

Hi wow i did not know thankyou for the info in to the back story to the song.

[@lynnarthur-stillalive2025]

Francis Ford Coppola used The End for the film Apocalypse Now. One of the most memorable moments in film history. FYI...Jim Morrison attended UCLA film school and considered himself to be a more of a poet, than singer or musician. Hense...some of the figurative messages in his lyrics.

[@justinscrivner5457]

"A Doors concert is a call to a public meeting to discuss the derangement of the senses " Jim Morrison.

[@chadlee914]

Good quote. I know a little about Morrison but that sounds exactly like h

[@chadlee914]

Really? No breaks. That's cool. Knew I liked you. I might evenil keep you. Space bar sucks in the west. Duh Why?

[@davidballard4896]

Love both of your reactions. This Song gave me the creeps when I first heard it when I was a Teenager many years ago. Very talented band. Love your Channel 😁❤️

[@marisolmanzano2041]

..."The instrumentation is meant to be like an Indian raga. The guitar imitates a sitar, with seemingly unrhythmic pluckings of diatonic notes. The drum beat is designed to sound like a tabla, and the keyboard is supposed to provide the humming support of a tambura" At the beginning this song was a farewell love song for Jim first girlfriend and then developed live and the Doors would improvise over Jim lyrics or whatever his mood was!!!

[@p.b.palaciosalmafuerte3463]

Diablossss!!señorita!! 😲

[@kiprushton9916]

Faded love

[@samson9535]

"Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain, and all the children are insane" was an indictment of the hippie generation at the time the song was written. This was according to Morrison after seeing what the Height-Ashbury was like at the time. After the '67 Summer of love it degenerated into drug addiction, crime, rape and destitution.

[@garyluciani370]

Definitely the music is inspired by Indian raga. A lot of bands in the 1960s first became aware of Indian music and experimented with this type of music. The father I want kill you , mother I want to××××, comes from a theory of the psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, that all young boys go through an unconscious desire to negate the father in order to have the mother all to themselves. This was called the Oedipus complex drawn from an ancient Greek play Oedipus Rex. Nice commentaries by the way.

[@slinkie59]

Are you sure everything I have read about Morrison states he hated his parents, long before his popularity with the Doors, fuck they even disowned him when this album was released in the Summer of 67.

[@hollywoodpotato5289]

Legendary song. Legendary reaction. Enoma’s the best.

[@Yousless1]

The day John Lennon was shot I hadn't heard the news till later that night. After I heard about it the radio station played this song.

[@stevenfritchie7529]

There are a few references in this song about the group: 1) The Blue Bus is a bus line that runs through Venice Beach where the Doors first lived, 2) The Oedipal complex in reference to "killing his father" points to Morrison's father who was an officer in the Army during the Vietnam War, and 3) when The Doors did this song in a nightclub, they were banned for using the f-word.

[@stevenfritchie7529]

@@757optim Thank you for the correction. I forgot which branch, but I know he was in the military.

[@jeffmurray1681]

I've always considered this song to be a poetic take on Western civilization, specifically America, in the 60's. The dark side of the drug culture, the Vietnam War that turned children into killers. And finally, Jim's wish to take that Door to the other side.

[@byrnez2755]

I don;t think the Doors and Jim Morrison get enough respect (but they already do get a LOT of respect). Great musicians and showmen but I think the lyrics are so "deep", they were more appreciated in the 60's-70's (a more philosophical time) than in later years like the 80's and 2000's (a more philosophically shallow era). Their music varied across styles at time; Such as The End versus Roadhouse Blues.

[@simeb98]

One of the best reaction channels,you don't say anything till the songs are done. Thank You.

[@frschaddelee]

Yes! I've been hoping for a reaction to this song for a long time. This song actually started out as a short one but it evolved when they played it live and Jim improvised the entire mid section. When they started to record their first album, they decided to keep the song that way. You're right Jim kind of goes with the wind, but his lyrics always made sense in some way. His poetry is very impressionistic and abstract though, and he may be talking about multiple things at the same time. Here are some requests for more Doors songs: Riders On The Storm - One of their masterpieces, the last song Jim recorded and a great track to relax to. LA Woman - From the same album, also a musical master piece and very different. When The Music's Over - In the same vein as The End and The Soft Parade, except it has a clearer point and I would love to hear your take on this. Roadhouse Blues - A great groovy track if you just want something shorter that's also a musical masterpiece.

[@mrsullyrox]

Thank GOD for the Doors...love your channel.

[@michaelhaase6722]

The "Blue Bus " took you to the marine depot San Diego!!

[@kelvinkloud]

A breakup song that becomes a contemplative ode on western culture.... Jim is drawing the line in the sand with the conventions both personally and culturally.... in the end is a declaration of brave freedom found thru severe price. Address your pain, stare it n the eye and move forward.

[@mikec6733]

Your interpretations were very excellent, imo.

[@dynjarren7523]

The End is a Trip! We are all on the Trip leading to the End only we don’t want to think about it consciously because it’s too scary a thought. Jim wanted to explore it and what it all means. Life! Why are we here and where are we going? He also said “Before I sink into the Big Sleep, I want to hear the Scream of the Butterfly! So he was poetic and he didn’t necessarily have any answers but he asked questions. Like did you have a good world when you died? Enough to base a Movie on? And this song fit the End scene of Apocalypse Now perfectly almost like it was written for it! And yes, it is based on Indian Raga music which the Doors tried to simulate. The guitar sounds like a Sitar! So hopefully you can relate to it. It’s the Eastern influence!

[@burnout_2017]

"thumbnail"......classic. You guys are great. May there never be an end to ENOMA. Great song and an even better reaction video....✌💗🎵

[@michaelmoore5220]

Jim left Florida (the east) and went to Los Angeles (the west), leaving his girlfriend behind, because he was from a military family and they had to move. And she could not follow him there. It seemed like there was a revolution in music going on at that time (1960s). So ..."the west is the best" for making his music?

[@dyhockane7506]

Lost in a roman wilderness of pain. Greetings from italy, you are beautiful❤

[@julienbinette9365]

I know it’s not a popular opinion, but personally I’ve always preferred When The Music’s Over which is kind of the twin sister song from the second album (The End is on the Doors first album). I haven’t listen to it recently, but I seem to recall that the message is more positive, the lyrics certainly easier to follow yet it remain in that cool trippy style. I hope you will listen to it some day. I will, myself, do just that immediately, I think.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Don't know if it's more positive but the experience is intense!!! Scared top 40 people away to their later wimpier stuff

[@dennisrlecker6650]

I love both of you. Thank you.

[@HendrixJHE]

I always smoke a big fat hash joint when I listen to The Doors. And this song in particular. I don't know if you indulge in the frangrances and varities of hashish available in India, but if you do, great tune to spark up a fat doob and trip out! LOLOL But to be serious, there are so many words that can describe the song, the feelings and thoughts it evokes etc. I am sure there are a 100 different adjectives posted by other commenters below to describe either the group, Jim, their music, or this song. Incredible will be my word to describe The End and The Doors. Given both of you have a great amount of education yourselves, you might be interested to know that Jim was reported to have a genius IQ. I cant remember positively the number attributed to him that I read many years ago, but something in the back of my brain says it was 135? Someone can correct me if I am wrong. He was a well-read individual; and was heavily into philosophy and other seminal literary works. His lyrics are quite evocative as a result, combined with his persona and attitude. Like a perfect blend. Highly intelligent and well-reasoned, but had a wild side and mysteriousness aura about him. Very fascinating person, and given all we have that he left behind with his words, music, poetry etc., was from a man who died at 27. What more could he have given? Great reaction, nice to see you do a song of this magnitude and with the deep and thought-provoking lyrics. The music brings it all together and accompanies the lyrics in such a great way. I would recommend you check out the Celebration of the Lizard song. That is about 17 minutes, but is another song that is music married to Jim's poetry. There is a live version, but a recent anniversary release of the Waiting for the Sun has a studio version. If you can find that one, I'd recommend you give it a listen. If not, the live version will do.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

This is a very intense song by The Doors.

[@DunwrightTaxi]

Morrison was very much concerned with death, maddness, sexuality, mysticism the interrelationship of those

[@johnstorton]

I believe "the snake", in Jim's mind, was a reference to a stretch of highway leading to L.A.

[@baudelaire2169]

John Storton i have always think about the snake as satan or the concept of him Pd: sorry for my english

[@jeffmurray1681]

I can't believe y'all tackled this song. lol

[@astrogoodvibes6164]

Jim was breaking up with his girlfriend at the time he started writing it and it just evolved after later live performances.

[@johnstorton]

That's right. The song consisted of the "This is the end" verse at the start and at the end, and in the middle was the "Can you picture" verse, a smidgen of instrumental, and that's it. Jim kept improvising, the Doors kept improvising, and the song grew. They never played it quite the same twice.

[@astrogoodvibes6164]

@@johnstorton ...Thanks for that John.

[@Tracks777]

awesome video

[@johnstorton]

THUMBS UP, DEFINITELY! I love how you analyze and respond to the music, as well as the lyrics! Please, try Maggie M'Gill by The Doors. It's an upbeat (sorta) blues with that unique Doors twist. The lyrics are cool, but don't mean much. This song is about the groove, the beat. … that's it.... not the words. Another good Doors song to try is The Spy. The music reminds you of a 1940's spy or detective movie, and the lyrics are a little scary, in a personal way. Both of those songs, IMO, represent some of their best, in many ways. They are neither too radical for your kids to hear, nor are they attempts to appeal to the pop crowd. It's a more mature form of music, but no less "Doors."

[@Blinkerson55]

Very psychedelic This was a song about a sociopath. The chaos builds and one of the children is him. He is describing a ritual killing of his family. Singer was very disturbed asking girlfriend to kill him, testing her. He got in trouble in Florida for lewd performance and fled to Paris and died of drug overdose at age 27. Many famous rock stars died at this age. Cheers, Chicago Ray

[@Thomasj234]

Kirti you're so beautiful ! Savio you're so talented ! 😅

[@ricky6144]

I love this song

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Just thought I’d stop by & say hi. I’m off to see the family...😉

[@ajaykiran973]

Legendary song used for Legendary Movie. Great!!!

[@spiritscar]

Loved your guys reaction. Please please please react to The Doors song “Not to Touch the Earth”!

[@20thanasi]

Finally they react to THE END! Next, WHEN THE MUSICS OVER!

[@dq1043]

If you’re in a bad state of mind listen to “Road House Blues”

[@allensaunders449]

An experience

[@MerlinOpeth]

This is the end.

[@dirtypunk7185]

You guys need to react L.A Woman by the doors..

[@Tracks777]

lovely stuff

[@DavidChavez-jv7xo]

I heard a interview with Ray Manzarek who said it about a breakup.

[@s.baldrick870]

The Doors #1

[@mikenaykki2173]

Love the Doors.👍👍😎

[@shineon7641]

Yea, well I have a sneaking suspicion that the world is a safer place without Twisted Jim in it?! Musically this is a Masterpiece, but that'e where my Praise ENDS. Spiritual? Perhaps. I would suggest that This attempt to shock most of us rational human beings, goes further than it needs to simply get our attention. At times I actually wanted to laugh. gut my senses kept reminding me of the KILLER, and then I would lose my smile. Controversial, certainly. FUN? At times. I suppose that if I keep it in perspective... It just doesn't matter. Later & Keep Smiling...

[@vovindequasahi]

It was an experience this song no?

[@TUTU2235]

Great song!!

[@hosehead58]

can't agree with you more: BAN the PAUSE!! HAHAHA!!

[@stuarthastie6374]

I cant listen to this. I had a suicidal friend who played this over and over. It akes me sad.

[@Nobody-br1rq]

Five To One the Doors

[@michaelhaase6722]

Next stop VIETNAM !!!

[@jonthomson8392]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😃

[@jmpmusva]

Always thought this was a Charles Manson-like killing spree of his family and girlfriend.

[@cesarroberto7276]

Greek tragedy!

[@christinajensen8058]

I see nusrat fathi ali can,..ravi shankar