The End.

Jeremys Spoken
Jeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
edited March 2011 in The Porch
I never speak about Backspacer, in fact.. rarely listen to it ;)

but.. now i'm sitting here listening to "The End" and it really is a beautiful song. The strings sound perfect.
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  • GotMeABigWave
    GotMeABigWave Posts: 42
    The first time I listened to Backspacer was on my headphones at work. I should have had the discipline to wait until I got home, but I just couldn't wait to listen to it. Unfortunately, work got in the way and I was only listening with half an ear ( :o ). Until The End came on that is, when I suddenly noticed I could not see my computer screen throught the haze of tears...

    ...what a beautiful song indeed!!!
  • Johnny Aggro
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    I got an xmas present two years ago of a token for "Afternoon Tea" in a hotel. AT is a big posh tradition ithat came from Britain. Anywhoo we didn;t get to go and we gave the token to my mate Nikki's sister for her and her husband to go. The reason? He was dying of cancer and hadn't got long left so it was a nice break from the kids for them both. He died 3 months later


    Anyway point is, 3 or so months after that Back Spacer arrives and I put on the CD and when The End came on, i stopped dead in my tracks, because Ed had written lyrics that EXACTLY matched the scenario of my mates bro-in-law.

    The sister is doing okay now and the kids are young enough to accept things, but its just nuts how the song hit the scenario right on the button.

    Ed is a genius!
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  • My3rdEye
    My3rdEye Posts: 927
    It's haunting... but beautiful
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    Jeremys Spoken wrote:
    I never speak about Backspacer, in fact.. rarely listen to it ;)

    but.. now i'm sitting here listening to "The End" and it really is a beautiful song. The strings sound perfect.
    The End is my favorite on Backspacer it truly is a lovely ending.

    It shows Eddie's real talent.
    To speak someone else's pain so beautifully,
    as though it was his own.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8z9J9hDNUQ Him sitting there on his chair..so close...
    right there in front of me.

    I felt like the room got small and everyone was gone but his voice. Mesmerizing.

    I am a believer...in him :D
  • Music For Rhinos
    Music For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    A wonderful, beautiful song.
  • cbrunelle783
    cbrunelle783 Posts: 1,025
    pandora wrote:
    Jeremys Spoken wrote:
    I never speak about Backspacer, in fact.. rarely listen to it ;)

    but.. now i'm sitting here listening to "The End" and it really is a beautiful song. The strings sound perfect.
    The End is my favorite on Backspacer it truly is a lovely ending.

    It shows Eddie's real talent.
    To speak someone else's pain so beautifully,
    as though it was his own.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8z9J9hDNUQ Him sitting there on his chair..so close...
    right there in front of me.

    I felt like the room got small and everyone was gone but his voice. Mesmerizing.

    I am a believer...in him :D


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  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    edited March 2011
    My3rdEye wrote:
    It's haunting... but beautiful
    These are the exact 2 words that come into my mind when I hear The End- it is so hauntingly beautiful. Didn't give it much of a listen until I heard it live and realized just how incredible the song is, now it is one of my favorites on BS. Also fun to play on guitar :)
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  • Mitch8415
    Mitch8415 Posts: 227
    The song is breathing, sometimes struggling to breathe... you can hear it fighting for it's last breath at the conclusion as well.
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  • iamica
    iamica Chicago Posts: 2,627
    It's pretty, but it's such a sad song that I can't listen to it anymore. It's the most downer ending to an album I think I've ever heard.
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  • WWS
    WWS Ontario Posts: 460
    Probably touched me closer than any other song.

    As a father of two young kids I couldn't imagine...emotional just thinking about.
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    its a song that makes one appreciate life .... before it's gone

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