The End or the End? Brave New World or The Doors

Hi,

It's hard to not enjoy the original, which is so different and so out there in nowhere land, and a shocking experience in its emotion, something that most bands have a hard time with, other than being loud and noisy, and not even capable of interpreting the lyrics and their important message, which one could say that THE DOORS had most of the time, and made use of really well, with material that is still ... glorious ... and beautiful to appreciate.

This new group's version is interesting and worth the listen, however, I am not sure that it stands up to the original very well, but that's based on one listen, and ... maybe ... just maybe ... if the original was not as well known to me, this one might stick a bit better. At least they did not try to duplicate the singing or the words ... I think that Patti Smith had this song in her and it was in a couple of bootlegs, but I don't think she ever put it down for what I would say obvious reasons. But the reviews and comparisons in the early days considered her a female Jim Morrison.

The way it was used in the film APOCALYPSE NOW is a bit of a ... weird one for me. I had been already doing reviews at that time, privately in my diaries, and that song there did not feel right for me, but the impact was good for the film. And, of course, the director was not, necessarily, a good one for the use of this kind of music, like some others were at the time, like Nicolas Roeg, and David lean, for example, and for me, I am not sure that it made the film better, but it added a haunting feeling to it, that was sort of crazy, and completely out of control, something that I did not feel that THE DOORS were, even if Jim Morrison became a well known crazy on stage ... but the band played on and often got him back, though towards the end, it usually ended the show ... but I think this was Jim's way of saying ... screw the top ten, I want to do poetry and some other things, and for all intents and purposes, he couldn't, or the audience would get visibly upset, which happened a couple of times.

An important piece of music, for the history of rock music ... but a sad one at the same time. But it really made the point, that we were doomed in those days of psychedelia and experimental this and that, including music ... that in many ways the "parents" would win, and the son would come off as crazy and out of it ... stoned immaculate, which the media used to kill this whole art scene for the next 10 years!

Poll Question: Which "The End" do you prefer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Brave New World - "The End"	3	[21.43%]
The Doors - "The End"	11	[78.57%]
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