Beatles ( The ) - The End

First performance: 12/02/2012


Coverinfo

Bruce performed the song 4 times: 
 
Bruce makes a surprise appearance at Paul McCartney's headlining show on the Glastonbury Festival's Pyramid Stage. Bruce reprises his guest spots on "Glory Days" and "I Wanna Be Your Man" after earlier guest Dave Grohl leaves the stage; both are back out for the show-closing "The End".
 
 
 
Bruce makes a guest appearance with Paul McCartney, leading Paul's band through "Glory Days" and singing on his first ever performance of "I Wanna Be Your Man" midshow before returning to the stage to play guitar on the show-closing "The End". Jon Bon Jovi is also in the building and leads the crowd in "Happy Birthday" to Paul during the encores. Paul McCartney announced Springsteen with the words, “We've got a special surprise for you. He's a friend of mine, a boy from the neighborhood." When the audience" started to shout " Bruuuce ", McCartney laughed, "I think you guessed him." Bruce wished Paul McCartney “happy birthday” en started ‘Glory Days’ .
 
Photo: Reinier Piening
 
2012-02-12 Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
During the 54th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. Paul McCartney wrapped us the ceremony performing a medley of Golden slumbers, carry that weight and The end. He performed the first two songs on piano, but for The end, he grabbed his guitar and was joined onstage by Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, and Joe Walsh, Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray. McCartney sang lead vocals, while all six joined during the "Love you, love you" parts. Art directors Dave Bett and Michelle Holme won Grammy Award in the Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package category for the beautiful 'The Promise' : The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story boxed set during this edtion.
 
 
 
1967-12-27 Teendezvous (Le), New Shrewsbury, NJ 
One show, with The Castiles the sole act on the bill. On account of school vacation this was an unusual Wednesday night booking at the club. No confirmed setlist known from this particular show, but the four songs listed are known to have been performed by The Castiles at a Le Teendezvous gig some time in late 1967. The four known songs include a cover of Vanilla Fudge's version of "Eleanor Rigby", Blues Magoos' "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" and The Doors' "Break On Through (To The Other Side)" and "The End". 
 

Songinfo

"The End" is a song by the Beatles composed by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) for the album Abbey Road. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles.
 
 
 

Other cover versions

Bruce on the artist

During the 2012 SXSW Keynote Address

"The Beatles were cool. They were classical, formal, and created the idea of an independent unit where everything could come out of your garage. The "Meet the Beatles" album cover, those four head shots. I remember, I seen 'em at J. J. Newberry's. It was the first thing I saw when you ran down to the five–and–ten cent store. There were no record stores. There weren't enough records, I don't think, in those days. There was a little set by the toys where they sold a few albums. And I remember running in and seeing that album cover with those four headshots. It was like the silent gods of Olympus. Your future was just sort of staring you in the face. I remember thinking, "That's too cool. I'm never gonna get there, man, never." And then in some fanzine I came across a picture of the Beatles in Hamburg. And they had on the leather jackets and the slick–backed pompadours, they had acned faces. I said, hey, "Wait a minute, those are the guys I grew up with, only they were Liverpool wharf rats." So minus their Nehru jackets and the haircuts – so these guys, they're kids. They're a lot cooler than me, but they're still kids. There must be a way to get there from here. "

 

Lyrics

Oh yeah, alright
Are you gonna be in my dreams tonight?

Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
Woah!

And in the end the love you take
Is equal to the love you make