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About "The End"
From the original Beatles Album "Abbey Road" (1969)
JOHN 1980: "That's Paul again, the unfinished song, right? Just a piece at the end. He had a line in it, (sings) 'And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make,' which is a very cosmic, philosophical line-- which again proves that if he wants to, he can think."
PAUL 1988: "Ringo would never do drum solos. He hated drummers who did lengthy drum solos. We all did. And when he joined the Beatles we said, 'Ah, what about drum solos then?' and he said, 'I hate 'em!' We said, 'Great! We love you!' And so he would never do them. But because of this medley I said, 'Well, a token solo?' and he really dug his heels in and didn't want to do it. But after a little bit of gentle persuasion I said, '...it wouldn't be Buddy Rich gone mad,' because I think that's what he didn't want to do. ... anyway we came to this compromise, it was a kind of a solo. I don't think he's done one since."
PAUL 1994: "We were looking for the end to an album, and 'In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make' just came into my head. I just recognized that would be a good end to an album. And it's a good little thing to say-- now and for all time, I think. I can't think of anything much better as a philosophy, because all you need IS love. It still is what you need. There aint nothin' better. So, you know, I'm very proud to be in the band that did that song, and that thought those thoughts, and encouraged other people to think them to help them get through little problems here and there. So uhh... We done good!!"
That's when I started listening to Abbey Road, the Here Comes the Sun side. I would play it over and over through the nite sobbing sometimes, thinking how much the lyrics and songs on that side were a parallel of my life.
Think about it - "Beacuse", "You Never Give Me Tour Money", "Sun King", Golden Slumbers", and, maybe the toughest one, "Boy, You're Gonna Carry That Weight." All tragic love songs, in my state of mind.
I even had dreams where I would ask Paul what inspired that record and what made them record it. But I never got an answer, and the whole aura nearly haunted me.
Then, one nite I dreamed that dream again and he gave me the only answer that was possible.
He said "It means whatever you want it to mean!"
I got my answer, never had that dream again. I wore out two copies of Abbey Road in the process.
I still can't listen to it without remembering what I went through during those years, and with that album, and still having a remiscent tear.