DRONEFEST: 'The End' (Doors Cover)

[Greeny]

A shortened, abridged version of the Doors classic. Not a faithful copy - just a messy approximation  

Sitar drone in D, with a Les Paul (drop D tuning on both E strings), bass, vocals, and tabla.

[Oldrottenhead]

effing fabulous, my oh my this takes me back. i must go watch apocalypse now the redux version now.

[ODH]

So I was casually looking down the list on new posts and - oh my god!  I'm like "There's a Greeny version of The End"!  And then there's sitar drones and tablas.  And in amongst it all there's that trademark Greeny bass.  Just heaven.  Almost makes me happy to be back in work after a bank holiday weekend.


The killer awoke before dawn
He put his boots on
Then he walked on down the hall...

[Hook]

Very cool & creative, I dig.
Drone On!

[thetworegs]

The dogs dangly bits 

[steelguitar]

Superb vocals, love that sitar drone sound and your playing on drop D tuning

Love it!

Jean-Sébastien

[Geir]

Greeny class all over, but what really stands out for me here is the vocals!

Wow Tim! Magnificent !!!!

And yeah ...love that bass too

[Farrell Jackson]

A great version all around but that sitar drone and tabla are the icing on the cake Greeny! I wore this album out when I was young but this particular song had the deepest groves in it. I re-purchased this album new several years ago and it's only been played once when I was recording it to cassette. I can see an image of mist floating above the Viet Cong Delta as in scenes from the Apocalypse movie. Nice one Tim!

Farrell

[Redler]

Stunning version! Sitar and tabla gives a nice Indian feel to this! Love it!! Piepod bound as well!

[cuthbert]

Yes, totally digging the sitar drone and the complementary guitar playing - great use of tabla as well. And the bass!

The Greeny treatment works well here - I always appreciate a cover that's not completely faithful to the original. That's a virtue, to my ears.