This is The End...... The End was written by Jim Morrison, released in January 1967. It is ranked 336 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and 93 in Guitar Wolds Greatest Guitar solos of all time. It is found on the self titled album The Doors. It was prominently featured in the film Apocalypse Now. On the album, the song is nearly 12 minutes long, but was shortened for the film. It has been used numerous times in other films and shows.
Apocalypse Now...The End.....
Full version performed live ...Hollywood
"Everytime I hear that song, it means something else to me. 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."~ Jim Morrison
Jim was in love with Pam Courson and was with her the entire course of the fame and follies..though he regularly had sex with groupies, she remained by his side.
In March of 1971 Jim and Pam flew to Paris and took an apartment
..he was often seen taking walks, he seemed to be improving himself, shaving his full beard, losing some of the extra pounds he had gained. Below some photos of Jim in Paris.
Jim passed away in his Paris apartment on July 3rd, 1971.He was 27. He was found in his bathtub. Because he was in France and laws differ...there was NEVER an autopsy, the medical examiner did say there was no evidence of foul play...but still, his death at 27, remains a mystery. His girlfriend, Pam died 4 years later...heroin overdose...
Jim is buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris...
The first arrest was on September 28, 1963. Jim was in Florida State (in Tallahassee.) From what I read, Jim was drunk during a football game and was making fun of the football players and some of the people attending; he was getting rowdy. Apparently, he then stole an umbrella and a officer's helmet from a police car. I have read that he resisted arrest and was being difficult for the officers that arrested him. Later on the charges were dropped and he only had to pay a small fine.
The next "major" arrest was on December 9, 1967. The Doors were scheduled to perform at New Haven, CT. Jim went out to dinner prior to the concert and then arrived at the venue. In his dressing/prep room he met a girl. He wanted more privacy with the girl so he went into a shower stall area (the venue also served for sporting events.) Jim has said that while in the room he was just talking to the girl and a cop came in the room. He rudely told Jim and the girl that they had to leave. Jim told him that he was in the band and told him to go away. The cop got pushy with Jim and Jim tried to push him away. Then the cop maced him. The police wanted to arrest Jim then but were afraid that the large crowd would start a riot. By this time the other band members and crew heard and told the cop that Jim was the lead singer of the band. After identifying Jim the cop apologized about the incident. During their last song, Backdoor Man, Jim told a story about what happened backstage. The cops shut them down and came directly onstage to arrest him (this was the first arrest like this in music history.) He was charged with breach of peace, resisting arrest and indecent or immoral exhibition and something dumb like inciting a riot. After his arrest he was taken to the station; it seems that he was beaten up pretty badly. All charges were dropped the next day.
Jim's next arrest was at about midnight on January 28, 1968 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jim was arrested at the Pussycat a' Go Go for public drunkenness and vagrancy. Apparently, Jim was beat up by the bouncers because he was smoking a cigarette like it was a joint. One of the bouncers hit Jim over the head with a billyclub which caused Jim's head to bleed. Chaos ensued and the cops arrived and Jim was arrested. On the ride to the station and while being booked, Jim was livid and incited the cops who threatened to beat him up after their shift ended.
On March 1, 1969 Jim performed with The Doors at the Dinner Key Auditorium in Miami. Jim was extremely drunk and said some indecent things (not worthy of arrest in my opinion.) Trying to recreate the atmosphere of a Living Theater show he saw in the previous week he said he was going to expose himself. There is absolutely no proof of him exposing himself. After the concert the band sat with the cops and talked and drank. A cop was paid for his hat that Jim threw into the crowd. Everyone was having fun and there was no conflict. The Doors then went on their planned vacation. A politician heard of this concert later on and got an arrest for him and the whole ordeal started. He was charged with a felony and five misdemeanors, the felony was lewd and lascivious behavior two misdemeanors for public profanity, two of public exposure and one of public drunkenness.
Jim's next arrest was on November 9, 1969. Morrison was booked into city jail for drunk and disorderly conduct on a flight and interference with a flight crew and attendants. Jim and friend Thomas Baker flew on Continental Airlines to Phoenix, Arizona to see The Rolling Stones who were to play at Veterens Memorial Coliseum on November 11, 1969. Morrison and Baker were accused of using vulgar language and throwing glasses inside the Continental Airlines aircraft while it was in flight.
Before his Arizona arrest, Arizona state officials "Blacklisted" The Doors from every playing in Phoenix again after accusing Jim Morrison of almost causing a riot during a concert on February 17, 1968 with alleged obscene remarks and gestures.
Jim's next and final arrest was on August 4, 1970 in Los Angeles, California for suspicion of drunkenness. He was found asleep on the front porch of the West Hollywood home of Elenor Brough at 7:00AM in the morning. She discovered Jim when she opened the door to get her morning paper. Jim was released on $25 bail and was scheduled for court in Beverly Hills.
Jim completed his degree at UCLA's film school within the Theater arts department of the college of fine arts in 1965. He refused to attend the graduation ceremony. He became very closely associated with the underground newspaper: The Los Angeles Free Press, living there in Venice Beach. He conducted interviews with Bob Chorush and Andy Kent. Jim was still working for the Free Press at the time of his death.
During this time Jim joined the band Rick & the Ravens...this was future Doors band mate,RayManzerek's band. Together they recorded 6 songs that would later become Doors songs.
After attending highschool in Alameda, California, Jim moved back to Florida for Junior College,after completion he then moved back to Cali and attended UCLA. His aspiration to be a film maker. He made several short films at UCLA.
Below is his film HWY( in 8 parts), made in 1969.....
He was born James Douglas Morrison...on the eighth day of December in the year 1943...it was in Melbourne Florida,USA. The son of Rear Admiral George Stephen Morrison and mother Clara...they were a military family who moved throughout the country, living in in New Mexico, California among others. He was of Scottish and Irish descent.
The Wolf, Who lives under the rock has invited me to drink of his cool Wate Not to splash or bathe But leave the sun & know the dead desert night & the cold men who play there.
At age 4 he witnessed a horrific car accident, which stayed with him forever...the incident inspired many of his works...Dawn's Highway, Peace Frog and Ghost Song
