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My iPod #325: The Strokes – The End Has No End

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“The End Has No End” is a track by The Strokes that can be found on the band’s album “Room on Fire“, their second album released in 2003.

Although it was released as the final single from that album and The Strokes had been around for about two/three years by that time, this was actually the first Strokes song I ever heard. I distinctly remember watching its video on MTV2, right around the time that it had probably been released or something.

The song’s music video features appearances from hot ladies Mila Kunis and Eva Mendes, though surprisingly they didn’t do anything much for me as much as Julian Casablancas’ voice did. That sounds very wrong, I know. But his general lower register singing voice as well as the repetitive melody of the chorus got stuck in my head for a while. That was until I forgot it some time later. It was until I was lying in my bed looking outside one of the windows of my house when “The Ennnnd Has Noooooooo Ennnnnnd” silently started playing in my head, and I just carried on singing it over and over again.

I like this track a lot. It’s probably one of my favourite Strokes songs just because it was the first one I heard by them. Was very lucky to be watching MTV2 all those years ago.

My iPod #324: The Beatles – The End

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It all came down to this in 1969. This was The Beatles’ last song ever. Well, it was meant to be. “Let It Be” was released a few months later after “Abbey Road“, and even on the latter album itself “The End” is followed up by “Her Majesty“. But even then, the track was recorded with the full understanding between the four guys that this would be the last thing they would do together. How did they decide to it? In one of the most epic ways possible. And all in two minutes too.

If you have “Abbey Road”, you know that the second half of it is the famous medley where all the songs run into each other. So not only are you treated to that, a musical movement beautifully put together with orchestra and guitars everywhere, but this is the climax of it all. The big finale. With a drum solo by Ringo Starr (the first and only one he ever did with the group) symbolising his recognition 0f being the steady, solid drummer and the rotating guitar solos by Paul, George and John which seem to go on and on and on until a piano plays, the four members sing ‘that’ line and the finishes on a rising chord progression.

Now you may read that and think “Well, that doesn’t sound that good. What’s all that about?” And I know I can’t do it enough justice in writing. You do have to hear it to be convinced. Actually listen to ‘The Abbey Road Medley”. Search it up on YouTube. You will not be disappointed.