A friend asked me... best American band? Without hesitation, I replied: Eagles. I returned the question. His reply: Lynyrd Skynyrd. We were both correct.... Depending upon your mood
I’m 65 and yes we had the best! I’m glad the younger generation is getting to know and enjoy the music of our youth and it will be shared forever. Especially the diverse groups of people who are being turned on to genres they never would have thought about before.❤
You can't beat that harmony. The lead guitar man for the Eagles mother was my mother's best friend here in Gainesville, FL. He would visit his mother and eat lunch with her and my mom. My mom liked him and said he was a real gentleman. His name is Don Felder.😊
I know your comment was awhile ago,but I want say Hello fellow Floridian! I live in Spring Hill, near Weeki Wachi river where the mermaids are. That's awesome your mom knew Felder and got to have dinner with him!! Have a Great Day!
@@michellerichardson1427 Hi Michelle! It was really neat that mom got to eat with him on several occasions and enjoy how sweet he was to his mother. I know Weeki Wachi river - It is beautiful down there! Nice to touch base with you, fellow Floridian!!
I’ve probably heard this song about 100 thousand times and it still gives me goosebumps. Everything is so well thought of in the song. The lyrics, the instrumentation, everything.
My favorite songs are Desperado, Seven Bridges Road, Witchy Woman, Take it Easy.... Oh who am I kidding? My favorite Eagle's song is the one I happen to be listening to at any given moment.
Seven Bridges Road is actually a song by Steve Young who later sang it with Crosby, Stills and Nash. It was used by the Eagles as a warm up song in the shower room before they hit the stage. They liked their dynamic with it so much, that they later added it to their set list.
One of the greatest bands of all time. Their smooth, mellow rock sound is so good. I wish it wasn’t so difficult to find videos that don’t get blocked. Thankfully this is a good one. Watched it all with you Adogg!
This is the music I grew up on. The Eagles were a great 70's band with so many hit songs. They were known for their great harmonies. "Take It Easy", "Witchy Woman", "Desperado", "Already Gone", "Best of My Love", "One Of These Nights", "Take It to the Limit", Hotel California, "New Kid in Town" etc. Before they went solo they were the back up band for Linda Ronstadt.
A couple of things: First, Glenn's last name is pronounced "Fry", not "Fray". The story behind the song is not that someone cheated on any of the band members. The story is that Glenn Frey and Don Henley used to hang out at the bar in Dan Tana's Italian Restaurant on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood, before heading next door to the Troubadour club. They would sit back and imagine the lives of the people they saw at the bar. They often saw young, beautiful women with much older men - men of wealth. So, they imagined that frequently, these girls would cheat on their sugar daddies to get the love and romance that their "relationship' lacked. So the song was a musical way of expressing one of the stories they made up while sitting in Dan Tana's.
I always got the feeling she was lying to everyone. the old man in the first verse, the boy in the second and to herself in the third. Such a well thought out and executed song!
Don Felder's masterful guitar riffs on that Fender Telecaster give this song it's haunting sound. This song came out during the summer of 1975, my freshman year of high school, and it was a part of the soundtrack of my teenage years
The incomparable Glenn Frey, ladies and gentlemen! To sound in concert JUST like you do in the studio, you know it's greatness. The whole band is so beyond talented and most of them have their own hit songs. (For those getting to know the Eagles). I think of them as one of the greatest guitar bands of all time along with Lynyrd Skynyrd. But, yes, keep going down this road - feel good, relaxing, sing-along songs. Great reaction!
It is hard to do reactions to Eagles music, they are notorious for blocking. Please don’t give up! You’re reactions are great and I’m loving following your journey of discovery. I bought every album the Eagles made and still know every word to every song some 50 years later! “Take it to the Limit”, “Seven Bridges Road”, “Peaceful Easy Feeling”, “Heartache Tonight”, “Witchy Woman”, “Take it Easy”, and sooooo many more! Eager for the next one!
My favorite song by The Eagles! Love this live version, but the studio version is absolutely perfect with the 4 part harmony, especially at the end. Great reaction!
I'm not sure where or how you found this live version since so many of their videos are blocked. But there is also a video out there of another song at the same live concert. The bass player, Randy Meisner, singing "Take it to the Limit". My understanding is, as talented as Randy is, he was still shy and unsure about performing this song live. He knocked it out of the ballpark! You can even see the rest of the band members smiling at his performance. It would be worth checking to see if you can pull the video up (The Eagles Take it to the Limit live 1977). If the video is blocked, at least listen to the audio version. Randy's voice is phenomenal!
The studio version from “One of These Nights” is simply breathtaking. Randy, Don, and Glen blended their voices to perfection…My Oh my you sure know how to arrange things
This song is an absolute classic - a monster! When you hear the whole thing, and think about the implications...It's a story that happens somewhere EVERY NIGHT!
I grew up on the Eagles. I remember waiting until their next album to be released so I could rush out and buy it. I was so sure it could never be as good as the one I had bought before, but every time I was fooled! The album would always be better than the last! There aren’t many bands that can do that. This is the reason I call them America’s number one band! They are just as good today as they were back then. Their music has with stood the test of time.
We need a P.O. Box!!! I'll send you a copy of their C.D. called Hell Freezes Over. As Don Henley (the drummer) says "we didn't break up, we just took a 17 year vacation." Old songs sounds the same and the new ones are great Eagles hits. I crank up "Get Over It" in the car just to see the other drivers faces😁😘
I grew up listening to a variety of music & The Eagles have always been one of faves along with The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Fleetwood Mac, Hall & Oates. The music was so awesome back then.
Love the Eagles. No idea if it occurs elsewhere, but our township has a local radio station that broadcasts 'our' music, no ads, no interruptions, nothing but the music of our youth. We have it on every day and laugh at how we sometimes forget trash pick-up day, stuff needed from the grocery store, etc., but remember every ding-danged word of the songs we loved back then. It's nice that many younger people appreciate and recognize how special that music was and is.
I always thought if you put their songs together in the right order it's like listening to a musical. There's an underlying thread about a few people moving in and out of each other's lives that connects them all.
I saw them in Chicago and I hated my date! He wanted to put me up on his shoulders, and I begrudgingly let him. We were on a double date and my girlfriend knew I didn’t like him! 😅😅😅
Most bands at their heyday are great and amazingly appreciated .....THEN we get old ,unfortunately some band members pass away and the appreciation grows beyond what can be written in a brief comment ... That's the Eagles personified .. great when we knew them , and even greater as time goes on ... praise God for being born in '58 , and praise God to recognize the greatest harmonious group ever assembled ... thank you for kicking rap to the curb ... the Curb is where you put the trash ...
Eagles Bassist Randy Meisner RIP we love you and miss you!! March 8, 1946 July 26, 2023. I bassist because because of you and Timothy B. Schmitt ( second Eagles bassist)
The best concert I’ve ever been to! 1977, the old Capital Centre in Maryland. Also on the card we’re Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne. This was breaking out of Joe Walsh joining the Eagles!
I was at their very first concert at the beginning of the "Hell Freezes Over" tour after reuniting in '94. I agree.....it was awesome. It was at Aloha Stadium on Oahu (Honolulu). The show started when the lights came up and there were 5 guitarists seated in a row on high stools. They began a long intro into Hotel California that showcased some amazing guitar playing. I knew then that it would be epic.
Glen Frey''s last name was pronounced Fry...An architect named Albert Frey pronounced his last name Fray. The Eagles were great. I love Don Henley who along with Frey wrote a lot of their music, Both were Eagles founding members. Glen died in 2016.
I saw a documentary for this band where each member was interviewed about the band’s beginning & end and everything in between. They talked about how some of the songs came to life. Some were born from a simple guitar riff the guitarist was using just to warm up with then they put lyrics & all together to make it a great song. “Life in the fast lane “ was such a song because Joe Walsh was using the riff just as an exercise to warm up. Wasn’t too long after they had a song born from just a riff. So they told the story of how this song came to be. They were at a bar one night and saw a young woman out w an older man. They could tell they were strangers. And he said the way the woman looked at the man was through “lying eyes” as if she was out cheating. The next day they had the makings of this song.
This is my all time favourite Eagles song. I loved it the first time I ever heard t when it was released and nothing's changed. I still love it as much today. Every track on their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 is brilliant. I can't imagine ever getting sick of hearing any of tracks on it. This song is my alarm in the morning. This performance - 1977 - no auto tune just pure talent and people who actually could play those instruments and sing.
I'm so glad you're reacting to The Eagles! I grew up listening to them & after all this time I think they sound better to me. You really grow to listen to the lyrics. Thank you for this reaction! I love your channel. Keep them coming! Sending much love & positivity! ❤👍🏼
On your own you should listen to “Desperado” The whole album. On second thought listen to them all in order. First album “Eagles”, “Desperado”, “On The Border“, “One Of These Night”, “Hotel California“, “The Long Run”, then they broke up and said they wouldn’t get back together until Hell freezes over, so they got back together and recorded “Hell Freezes Over”, “Long Road Out Of Eden”. The Eagles greatest hits sold more than 38 million albums.
Ok so now you need to look up one of their songs that had Randy Meisner singing the lead. His voice was probably the most beautiful. I hear he was a very sweet man too (died July of 2023).
