I was born in the late 80's. I've loved The Eagles forever and I'm excited to say I'm seeing them live tonight!! (Sadly without Glenn, of course.) So while those born in the 40s and 50s may love the Eagles, just know many other generations do too. All love.
The American rock band the Eagles first compilation album, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, has just surpassed Michael Jackson's Thriller as the best-selling album of all time. the Eagles' Hotel California is now certified 26-times platinum, which places it right behind Thriller.
This band could be called anything from country rock, soft rock, mellow or stoner rock, top 40 rock etc. This song is one of the biggest staples in the history of rock right up there with stairway to heaven.
I kinda felt they were like a collaborative Bard group. It's a story you could hear telling the tale of the highs and lows of being famous in Cali. Alot of my favorite band are like this. More Story like singing... don't know if Bardic is the right term
The Eagles were the best-selling band of the 20th century. Think for a moment about who their competition was and you'll realize just how good they were.
They had the best selling album of the 20th century. They were not the best selling band period. That's The Beatles. Several bands sold more albums overall than The Eagles (Beatles, Zep, Pink Floyd, Queen).
Yeah that’s BS;) there were the Beatles Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, but they r on a level with queen. There r solo singers that sell more 2, but it when u just count ,bands they r number 5, great of course, but not Nr. 1. unless u mean US nr.1, the others r brits
ELO, Elton John, Spinners, Stylistic, Temptation, O’Jays, Gladys Knight and the Pips, America, Jim Croce, Led Zeppelin, Cat Steven, Neil Diamond, Carole King, Delphonics ………… I can go on and on
They are a rock band with a little twist of country , their earlier stuff was more country and their later stuff rocks big time, they also have great ballads.
I grew up in the 70's and I classify anything that was played on FM radio stations as Rock, things weren't broke down like they are today. It's classic Rock and it drives me crazy that people always want to find a genre a band belongs to. So for this old guy it's just Rock and for people today maybe soft rock. Of course you don't know what was played on FM stations.
I am so glad to read this. It drives me crazy too. I have said in other messages: from Simon and Garfunkel to Metallica, from Fleetwood Mac to Alice in Chains, it is all rock music!
This 75 year old basically agrees with the exception of the rare classical rock. That is, rock and classical mixed. For example, Renaissance doing "Island". There are very few in that category. It's just me! BTW, Jordongk got his sinuses cleared with this!!!
"Rock" is a LARGE umbrella of other smaller genres. And a band can play several different "rock" genre's in their catalog of music if they're diverse. And many rock songs incorporate several genre's in one song. This one for instance has a reggae beat to it. There's nothing wrong with breaking songs or bands down into genres, it can help you find other similar music you may like.
Don Henley had great solo efforts (Dirty Laundry is appropriate in out world today) Glenn Fry had a fair number of solo hits. Joe Walsh...there's a dude you want to check out, for SURE. "Rocky Mountain Way" and "Life's Been Good" are excellent. "Funk #49" he did with The James Gang. As to the Eagles..."Seven Bridges Road" showcases their harmony.
When the live version sounds just like the studio version, you know you've got a good one! "Take it to the Limit" and "Peaceful, Easy Feeling" are good ones and there are others. This song has one of the most famous guitar rifts in rock-n-roll history (not surprisingly). The drummer, Don Henley, also went solo at some point. I love his "Boys of Summer" - you would too. Great reaction!
Great reaction, I agree. The band broke up and swore they would only get back together when/if Hell freezes over. Don Henley had several solo hits, including Boys of Summer. But so did Joe Walsh, remember Life's Been Good ("My mazerati does 185, I lost my license now I don't drive". Some years later the band did get back together and they called it The Hell Froze Over Tour. :)
The voice, the story telling, the harmonies, the musicianship. Such an amazing band! Amazing repertoire of songs! You should definitely explore more of this band! Classic ‘70’s music. LOVE, LOCE, LOVE!!!
Only because Randy wasn’t sure he could hit those super high notes every night singing that song.. I believe one particular night he absolutely refused to play it, I think the encore, because he just felt he could not hit those high notes that night. Henley and fry be rated him and I think even physically started to assault him and he quit on the spot. Too bad. He was a wonderful player, fantastic singer and also seemed the nicest and down to earth of the band. Everyone’s right the live vocal of take it to the limitIt’s just unbelievable! If I can find it I’ll link it here
They just took a 14 year vacation from each other. They said Hell would freze over before they got back together.I went to a "Hell Freezes Over Concert" in 2015 right before Glenn Frye passed away
The Eagles started out as a country rock band and widened their scope when they added Joe Walsh from the James Gang in around 1974 or 1975. Joe Walsh is the guitarist with the Telecaster.
The Eagles evolved from a country band into a Rock band over a ten year period in the 70s. Everybody sang lead in the band. Yes, there is a reggae grove to it. Don Felder was into Reggae at the time
I am 59 years old, this song came out when I was 9. This year was the 50th Anniversary Hotel California tour. I was lucky enough to go see the concert in May in Salt Lake City. It was the concert of a lifetime! They still sound amazing!!!
Check out Take It To The Limit from this same concert, the bass player sings lead and he hits high notes that few people can come close to. It’s an amazing song. Every member of the band sings lead on various songs except for the guy with the double neck guitar.
Hello friend! You have just witnessed the performance of one of the greatest rock songs ever written, arguably. Along with Led Zeppelin stairway to heaven and Leonard Skynyrd free bird and perhaps Queens Bohemian Rhapsody. Eagles several years ago outsold Michael Jackson’s thriller album with their greatest hits album. I remember reading the story in the news and I almost fell off my chair because thriller hell the top spot is the greatest selling album ever - which is a testament to how amazing the Eagles and there catalog with music truly stands
Many (all) of the Eagles had successful solo careers. Check out Joe Walsh 'Life's Been Good', Don Henley's 'Boys of Summer' and Glenn Frey's "The Heat Is On' from Beverly Hills Cop. A contemporary band to the Eagles was Seals & Crofts. Check out their 'Summer Breeze', 'Diamond Girl', or 'Hummingbird'.
At age 77 I have been a fan of good music like this since my teen years. I say "like this" because a good dam song is a good dam song no matter what "genre" it may fall into. So many (mostly) young people seem to be fixated on deciding exactly what hole each peg fits into when it comes to music. I suppose that living thru the evolution of popular music as I have, has made me realize that what evolves from each musical era from the 50s thru the 80s has been, largely, the best of it's time. What people have liked then has surfaced now, and that is what fans of every reactor tend to recommend for the playlist. Yes, there are different kinds of music, to a degree, but not so much so that categorizing is essential. Just play, listen, react - if you hate it, say so. But if you love it, you will likely say so with a lot of feeling. And that, dear Reactor, is the reason we are all here. Thank you for this reaction, Jordongk, you have another subscriber!
They're a "big" band. Wiki says Hotel california was 26X platinum and at one point (maybe still) their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 was the best selling album of the 20th century. Especially the earlier songs were "california country' ("desperado" "witchy woman" "tequila sunrise"). Others tended more towards soft rock.
Don Henley , drummer and co-writer said in an interview that this song was inspired by an old 1960s' TV show called, "Twilight Zone". They wanted to give the song a mystical other worldly feeling. The lyric is ambiguous enough that the listener can read just about anything they want to into it. Great song writing!
I was born in 1965 this is just rock and roll this group is the bomb every one of these guys can sing lead because they've all had their own bands... These guys are all great song writers and musicians you need to listen to more of the eagles and then look up them individually
I was a teenager and they were tje greatest and still are to me best times of my life .The Eagles was part of it. All my friends loved them Great times Very talented band '!! They have a lot of hits!!!
Very perceptive of you to hear the reggae influence of this song.. I believe it's a combination of the beat (bass and drums) and Don Henley's singing cadence and emphasis on pronunciation.
This was when there were REAL musicians that played REAL instruments. And boy, did they ever know how to play REAL music!!!! 👍 Glad to see you appreciate music from days gone by.
GREAT REACTION. The EAGLES WERE GREAT. This song is from 1977, and here is some history of the song. I am older, I am 72 years old. I lived through this. This was my era and my generation. The cry of our ERA, was "SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL" The reference to 1969 was WOODSTOCK. See, the hippie and yippie movement started in California. It was the time of "FREE LOVE and WEED." Hotel California offered and provided EVERYTHING you wanted or needed. "We are all just prisoners here of our own device." Mirrors over the beds, sex. Alcohol, "The FEAST on the bed, was cut with a knife" the BEAST was DRUGS. (FEED YOUR ADDICTION, (THE DRUG OF THAT DAY WAS HEROIN) Stay as long as you want or leave anytime, (but you NEVER leave your ADDICTION behind). In 1977 they sang about these things in code or EXAMPLE, or they would have been CENSORED and never played on any radio station. In an interview in 2007 the Eagles admitted they themselves were drowning in these temptations, just as ALL of California was. GO BACK AND LISTEN AGAIN TO THE SONG, You will see that I am correct.
RE: Reggae Yeah, that is the only of their songs that have that beat. Before that song had lyrics and was just a riff on a cassette tape Felder sent it to Henley and he labeled it "Mexican Reggae". That arpeggio duet at the end is really good and Walsh came up with it.
That was a good and respectful reaction, my friend :) The prime example of achieving the most difficult musical combination of all ( Main Singer and Drums ) was Phil Collins of Genesis :)
I've heard this song 100's of times and NEVER thought about a Reggae sound! But then I thought, Yeah, it's the Bass and you said, "It's the Bass". Nice
Don Felder driving that double-neck Gibson, exchanging solos and harmonies with Joe Walsh on his Telecaster. It's a pure time machine, shooting me back 45 years to high school days, long hair, bell-bottoms and figuring out the mysteries of the opposite sex (well, more like _wanting_ to figure than very much actual figuring). Sweet, sweet youth....
Eagle music shines more in the matured listner category. Their music is also evenly spread across the global continent. Jimi Hendrix was popular for his guitar more on the American spheres and Micheal was lucky to arrive during the age of MTV (known more for his dance then music).
Best group of all times,all of them are talented!! All play different instruments and sing,to me all their music is great!! My all time favorite group!! I will always think of this band and all the great times I had in the seventies and early eighties !! I can even tell you when Joe Walsh is playing a solo,such talent !!!
The man playing the double guitar was Don Felder. Before he joined the Eagles he taught guitar in Florida and he taught Tom Petty to play... Don Felder wrote the music for this song.
I grew up listening to them. Being a hippie myself, my generation was all about music. The Eagles were in a category all by themselves: a little rock, a little blues, and a whole lot of call it what you want tunes! 😝♥️
Great reaction I'm my humble opinion.... The greatest band & the greatest song 😎 A few of their best hits... I can't tell you why Desperado One of these nights Life in the fast lane Tequila sunrise Take it to the limit You'll be a fan and hooked after listening to the above, just like I was 🦅
Greatest song? Check this one out from 1969 and then declare Hotel California is still the greatest song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VAnh1waFPeY.html. You will be humbled....
This is my favorite version of my favorite song, recorded live at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, USA, March 21, 1977. Yes, there is a reggae vibe, and in fact the song's working title was "Mexican Reggae".
One of the most successful rock bands of all time. Been performing for about 50 years. Still touring. A MUST go to see their live performance. Multitudes of posts on You Tube for you to see and learn about them. There is a catalog of a couple of hundred songs, many hits, that you must listen to.
Saw The Eagles live on their "Hell Freezes Over" concert tour. Joe Walsh, (guitarist with the red bandana) is a trip. He would sing, take a break and start bullshitting at the mike. Couldn't understand a word he was saying, but then would sing another song, clear as a bell. They were great to see live!
Ozzy Osbourne vibes lol. I got to see them in mid to late 2000's. I fell in love with their music as a kid when that tour/ album came out. Could listen start to finish, just unreal! Had to see them before they retired!
I've listened to this song a million times and just now I'm thinking is it just me or does his voice remind me of Bruce Springsteen? Great song, great solo, one of my all time favorite songs
I was at that show in 1977 at the Capitol Center in Largo, Maryland. It was a kick ass concert. Eagles killed that night. They are a huge rock band with a deep catalog of songs. Check out their song "Take It Easy". They just kicked off another tour this year.
New subscriber and absolutely loved seeing your reactions to this classic music piece. I’m 70 and I still cannot stop listening to Hotel California. Your face when the guitar solo started was perfect and truly showed your appreciation to the artist’s talents. Let me point you down the rabbit hole of music, sound, solo vocalist from heaven and performances on a level you have never experienced before. Watch Nightwish 2013 at Wacken live, the song is “Ghost Love Score”. After a few sleepless nights of binge reactions to Nightwish, you will either hate me or thank me. Nightwish 2013 live at Wacken, Ghost Love Score … it’s a performance to experience for the first time. Cheers 👍
