I saw The Eagles for the first time at Anaheim Stadium in 1975. My favorite Eagles song remains Tom Waits' "Ol 55". Btw, the bungalow apartment where Glenn Fry, J.D. Souther, and Jackson Browne lived in Echo Park during the early 70s is still standing on Laguna Ave.
Thank you for this Aimee. I had a work associate who was a friend of Glenn and I never did get to meet him but I swear that if I did the only thing I wanted to tell him was that I thought New Kid in Town was the best song ever written non-Beatles category. And also to confirm that he did the background vocs in FM but that’s kind of obvious.
This Eagles critique you put together, Aimee, was impeccably done! I just loooooooved your analysis of New Kid In Town ! ! ! I think YOU may be the masterpiece here. When I first heard you play and sing, I was so distracted from the awesome Eagles vocals and musicianship that you so accurately described that I couldn't decide if I should continue searching for Eagles live performances to watch the rest of my evening, OR begin searching for AimeeNolte's performances ! ! ! ! You are very talented, girl ! Are you a session artist by chance? So yeah, I also grew up with the Eagles, starting with Southern California in the late '70's. (I lived in San Diego) I always knew that the Eagles were meticulous about harmonies and blending, but you truly honored them by your video, Aimee. Thank you for your time and effort to do perfect justice to the Eagles! You truly are a musical gem ! ! ! 😁😁😍😍 P.S. I will definitely look into your nebula thing!
R.I.P. Original Bass Player , And Incredibly High Range Singer Randy Meisner, And Thank You For Your Incredible Singing, And Bass Playing With, And In The 1970's Rock Band Eagles . . . Rest In Peace Randy Meisner . . .
Whenever I listen to this song, when it reaches the "tears on your shoulder" bit, I always think "this is my favourite moment in all the Eagles' body of work". I always maintain that opinion, right up until "..and you're still around.... oh my, my", where I think "oh, no...wait... this!" I hold true to that for almost 20 seconds, until the A to Am and the "oooh"s that follow. I feel so fickle. Edit: Actually, thinking about it, that pretty much epitomises the theme of the song.
@@AimeeNolte That cadence to get back down to E is very reminiscent of when you analysed Here, There and Everywhere recently (Am to B7 to Em) except it unexpectedly resolves to major rather than minor. You're expecting a II-V-I in G but what you get is a bIV-V-I in E. My favourite part of the song!
Trisha Yearwood did a killer version for the "Common Thread" album a while back, that might even hit harder on this sequence, if such a thing is possible. (Great album, btw, with Vince Gill just slaying the "I Can't Tell You Why" vocal. Vince and the Eagles fit hand in glove.)
Several years ago I was hired as a sub up keyboard player for an Eagle Tribute band who came to town. We played the entire Hotel California album and other Eagles hits. I was never a huge Eagles fan until I did this gig. This gig forced me to take a deep dive into the Eagles song book. They are soooo good. New Kid In Town is my favorite Eagles tune.
Greetings from the UK, big Eagles fan here, in fact they are my fav band ever. I prefer the pre 1977 line-up, especially the period 1972 - 1975, but pretty much everything they have touched (including the solo outings from Henley, Frey, Walsh etc) has been amazing. What a band, truly the best of the best, and such an American icon! Great channel Aimee!
Always impressed by bands that sound like the studio when live on stage. Eagles are just about musical perfection even on songs that I don’t like, endless perfect musical details. This song has content and message too.
My wife and I were 70's high school kids. Last May we flew from AZ to Austin to finally see them live at ages 63 and 62. Now I am a retired coach, principal, county superintendent. I've seen it all and believe me - big boys don't cry. The second song was Vince Gil singing New kid in town. By 8 measure in I was absolutely in tears. I turned to my wife and said...You didn't see this! Man it was great!
Forty-eight years ago today (1976!), our family relocated to Berrien Homes; 1821 Council Dr., Bldg E in the Harbor! As we settled down in the neighborhood, I really was a "New Kid In Town"-Next month'll be 41 yrs. (8/31/83, respectfully!): I was starting Lakeview School in St. Joe, MI; in Ms. Janet Cook's classroom, the other students were like, "People, we have a newcomer today...a new kid in town"-and right now, It is why I love the song more now than in the days!!
J.D. Souther was a guest speaker at an in-service training I attended in Nashville several years ago on behalf of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). He talked about New Kid In Town and described it precisely as you did…an anthem to the fact that there is always someone better and fresher coming along to knock you off your pedestal. J.D. played and sang the song with an acoustic guitar and had everyone mesmerized. Also talked about his time hanging out and writing with Glen Frey and Jackson Brown. Fantastic experience for all the aspiring songwriters in attendance.
I always loved "New Kid In Town" since I was a child. And I completely agree, I have been aware of how absolutely exceptional they sound in concert (I've only watched videos), it is something that is rare and that I appreciate so much.
I’ve always felt this way about this tune. From Composition, harmony, performance, lyrics, and production - unmatched. Best intro, I jump out of my seat every time that song kicks off
Thanks so much for this, Aimee! I was singing the high harmonies with you the whole time; Way above my range, and I just don't care. I have loved this song from the day the single broke on AM radio. As for the IP issues with the record companies, I hope one day they will realize just how many of us are going to watch a review/analysis and instantly go to our favorite music service and listen to the song AND the rest of the catalog for several hours because this music is a part of who we are; Money in the bank: They should be paying you instead of blocking you. With that said, I'm off to drown in a sea of Eagles music. Thanks again!
You are spot on 🎯 with that complete review on an artist's catalog & I'd throw in with that of a research of the influences as well. Heck these days,, probably a few record sales too. "They" do not understand "cutting your nose off to spite your face" at all. Maybe some day ...
Yeah, they have to do all they can to protect their copyrights etc, otherwise the infringements would Tidal Wave out of control... Just like anyone would protect theirs if they had a Hundred Million dollar cash-cow etc etc
Aimee, this was certainly the best analyse of some popular song that I ever saw on internet!!! Yes, I adore this Eagles' masterpiece so let's say I am a bit subjective about it, but you really mentioned and explained all important details of this song - lyrics and meanings behind those words, nice harmony details, back vocals details, etc etc etc .. I especially like those smart transitions from one key to another, those slick II-V-I phrases and that "melancholic" major to minor chord detail which is an ancient trick but still works well after decades and decades. Dear Aimee, thank you so much for this video. At first sight this song doesn't look so musically smooth and sophisticated, but everyone who tried to play it seriously (myself included) understood what treasure lies inside, behind the curtains. Well done, you are the best!!! 👏👏👏👏👏🎵🎶🎹🙌🤗
@@AimeeNolte No worries Aimee - this song is so rich in details, you gave us plenty of those "on the plate". I regret how could I forget to say at least one word about your singing in this video - it was really spot on, with all those nice details in melody which actually make huge difference between good and great singer. I enjoyed it so much. Maybe one day you could find time to make cover of whole this song just the way you did it in this video, I am sure many your fans would be delighted ☺️ (of course, this is just an idea, not demand in any way ☺️). Thank you, again! 🙌🎹🎶🎵
Wow Aimee! You knocked it outta the park with this one. That’s one thing about the Eagles is that all of there hits are so good. I’ve never seen the Eagles, but I saw Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for the first time in 2012. I sang every song I knew as loud as I could with the rest of the crowd. It was like a spiritual release. I imagine the Eagles might have been the same way for you. Love this. Great job.
Aimee, thank you for breaking this song down. I’m not a musician (unless you count air piano, air guitar and steering wheel drums), but I do have a great appreciation for music. Your breakdown had me in tears. I have always been a huge Eagles fan, but to listen to the way you broke each part of the song down to the basics and explained it…….i have no words. New Kid In Town has long been a favorite, heck, the whole Hotel California album is epic. One of the greatest albums ever, in my opinion. Again, thank you for doing this. I really appreciate it.
Your husband is right, that ominous and dramatic sound before "where you been lately?" is my favorite part of the song. "and he's holding her and you're still around [oh my my]" is just so sad. Thank you for breaking down my favorite Eagles song. I find there's a good line from an Eagles song to cover just about every life situation. Particularly the sad ones. Most of them are from this song and Lyin' Eyes tbh. :)
This is truly one of my favorite Eagles songs and quite possibly one of my favorite songs of all time. The harmonies.. the modulations 2/3 of the way through. Impeccably crafted and recorded.
really cool analysis of one of my favourite Eagles tracks. I was lucky enough to see them twice in the UK, in 2001 and 2008 on Farewell 1. Bloody wonderful. Favourite bit is when the first aaah's come in.... will she still love you, when youre not around... rips my heart out every time I hear it. its the line that really resonates. Just sublime.
Thank you Aimee for doing a "What makes this song great" (a Rick Beato thing). I like it when he does it and I really like it when you picked an awesome song to pick apart. Hope you keep doing these.
Have seen The Eagles every time they've toured Australia and they play/ sing note for note on all of their songs. Was a good lesson in 1973 and If I couldn't do it perfectly, I wouldn't. They are live perfectionists. That set me up for being a musician and ( Had to be singer). LOVE your channel Aimee.
I really enjoyed your video, thank you Aimee for such valuable insights into this musical gem of a song. I have been an Eagle fan since I was fifteen. I am now in my late fifties and I still cannot get enough of their songs. Their sound, their unmistakable harmonies, their lyrics and the way they arranged all the instruments within their songs was simply phenomenal. Please do some more videos on other Eagle songs. Thanks again!
The algorithm WILL recognize those snippets. Even the ones of Y'ALL playing. I SURE hope it doesn't cost you this video or worse. This is a great video. Thanks Aimee. Great band and GREAT musicians.
Great analysis of a great song Aimee! Between the progressions, vocals, harmonies and added melodic instrumentation it really is a masterpiece. Everything in the track is so tasteful, Don Felder’s melodic addons and Joe Walsh’s Rhodes parts are beautiful. I’d love to hear a breakdown of another of my favourite Eagles tunes - I Can’t Tell You Why 🙌✨
I've loved this song of theirs so much! Probably my top favorite as well, but "I Can't Tell You Why" is great, too. I enjoyed hearing your appreciation of this and sharing all the wonderful moments along the way in all the fills. Thank you, Aimee!
Amiee… that was fabulous. This is may fav Eagles tune. I would like to add that Randy lays down a great bass line. Simple R5O but it is an exactly what the song calls for. I am a relatively new bass player, lifelong fan Eagles fan so I really appreciate the chord breakdowns throughout the song. Well done!
That was absolutely awesome. I am a huge Eagles fan. ( I have seen them 11 times) I don’t know anything about the intricacies of music and you pointed out why the Eagles hit a chord with for over 50 years! God bless! You have a new fan!
I've done the same sort of breakdown for this song (though less involved than your video here) and foisted my appreciation on my musician friends. The key change is magic, the fills are amazing and that A to Amin right before the oohs just blows me away. Great dissertation.
To me when I was younger, different songs meant different things to me, they just sat right. Later, when I become a musician, different songs meant a whole different thing. Thank you so much for this educational story of your life and eagle songs. 🎼🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 Edit: you’re also hilarious too😂
Excellent. This takes me back in time. In the fall of 1977 I was travelling from Calgary to Lethbridge to join my 2nd pro rock band. I was sitting at a bus stop in Fort MacLeod (a one-time home of Joni Mitchell), the last stop before my destination. This song came in my head and stayed there for a while. I played the gig that night and things went great . . . for awhile . . . Isn't that how it always goes? The song is great and your appreciation of it is appreciated.
That fill after the modulation, after "it's there to remind you" - just blew my mind at the time. I'm a lousy guitar player but I spend all day learning just that lick, it seemed impossible when I first heard it. Just a genius descending line.
New Kid in Town - it IS my favorite Eagles song. The lyrics, the build up, the crescendo with "Everybody loves him...." where they added "...don't they?" is genius.
I really like the way you interpret or analyze the lines of the Eagles music and how you incorporate your own interpretation. Love to see more of your analyses in the future. Well done.
Just a gem of a song. The modulation to G major is epic! It's also feels really good on piano if you move the whole song up a minor third going from G to B flat. All those sliding country licks fall so easily from the fingers in those keys.
This Lady and Her story is Beautiful! The Angst and Dynamics of crushes and relationships in High School, Joany and Jennie both love Johnny, Johnny really loves Donna and they all come crashing down because of it. Hopefully, they get up , dust themselves off and realize these infatuations will turn into something real at the right ( future ) point in their lives. Yeah it hurts for a while, but they get over it and move on. Yes....New kid in town is one of my all time favs as well. descriptive lyrics that roll out like a movie, great vocals and harmonies. Love the electric piano, prominent on some versions by the Eagles.
Well 'oh my my'... I'm amazed at how what you Aimee, and many of your commenters say the song is about, and what I always assumed the song was about, and how BOTH my interperpritation and your interpretation BOTH work. All my life I always believed the song was/is about what it's like to be a guy who is gorgeous to look at, when you move to a new school. For a while you're king of the hill, but, then again, "they will never forget you 'till somebody new comes along." New, and even MORE gorgeous to look at than you are. I always believed that was why the song says "people started walkin' like the new kid in town"... See what I mean?
Very nice analysis! I remember this new kid with long wild red hair coming to our school in 4th grade just as this song was out. All the girls loved him. I still think of that kid when I hear this song.
Wow, great "dissection" of the song! This is by far my Eagles favorite. The harmonies, the changes of keys, the guitar licks... Thanks for taking the time to lead us through this journey. Keep up the great work!
Wonderful vid Aimee! I have always been amazed by the brilliant rhythmic phrasing of the vocals. The exact rhythms are as crucial as the harmonies, and essential to the feel which would be too sleepy if a more relaxed phrasing was used.
New Kid in Town always has a special feel for me. I was 14 and moved to Florida and I was introvert and it took me so long to fit in the new environment, I would go back home each summer to visit home and the line from the song that hit me was "even your old friends treat you like your someone new", everytime I went back to my home town I felt like was "someone new" and outsider so I was stuck in a weird vortex between my hometown and my new town I moved to!
First of all, favorite Eagles song. I knew “Tears on your shoulder” first as an interpolation in Stuck in the 90s by Moxy Fruvous, but when I heard the modulation in New Kid in Town I was hooked. Secondly, you’ve probably already heard Jonathan Coultons love letter to this song in which he did his best to faithfully record every part. Third, Jason Neubauer is incredible and I’m extremely lucky to share the stage with him every once in a while. Lastly, the greatest gift my father gave my sister and I is an understanding of chords. We would listen to music on road-trips and he would hold up fingers to show progressions. He would quiz us on chord changes. My degrees are in music and I tested out of my Aural theory classes based on that practice. Wonderful video, thank you.
I was the New Kid In Town myself, having moved my sophomore year and then going to live with my dad the following year. Even when I moved back to my hometown to graduate the people I grew up with kind of treated me like someone new for a bit. This song definitely resonates with me.
What a wonderful breakdown and explanation of such a great song. One of favorites from way back there when it was new. A friend's band played this every Friday night back then. Actually was just listening to this album today sitting on the back deck watching the clouds. Fantastic breakdown/playing/singing and explanation. Always liked the line "you're walking away and they're talking behind you"......and live Don Felder changed the notes he played on the album in that space to where it sounds like people talking (watch the live version from 1977 at the Capitol Center)
My take on the “hopeless romantics” line is a couple that shouldnt be but cant help it. They know the breakup is coming (again) but they’re hopeless romantics. The music, she’s beautiful, he gives her that smile and says “one dance for old time’s sake”. “Here we go again” and they’re off to 6 stormy months that everyone could see coming, including them.
I also thought the opening was played on guitar. Amazing what those keyboards are capable of doing! Also,Thanks for making me hear the subtext of this song in a whole new way. 👍
Way to break this song down. I always almost get a lump in my throat when I hear this cause it reminds me of being a kid and hearing and somehow related to it the lyrics cause i was goin to to a new school. I was probably 6 or 7 maybe a little younger but the guitar and the harmony and the lyrics , everything about this song just hits me hard. I had no idea what they're talking about but I felt like they were they talking about me lol. It just comforts me and takes me back to being a kid. Plus i dont have to hide it like its a song that even though its a slower and kinda sappy i dont get made fun of by my buddies cause we're all eagle fans and if your not im not talking to you lol!
Just LOVE all of your videos! Thank you SOOO much, Aimee. Always so much info and insight… and a beautiful person presenting, to boot! Thank you ! Makes me so excited about ALL music … and I am nearing 70!
Thank you Aimee for the great analysis. Putting any details aside, I believe the key to this song is the buildup. Even with the studio version, you hear it. The magic is that the buildup is not so obvious like Stairway to Heaven. If you are not careful, you will not recognize this very gradual, sensitive, and delicate buildup. It becomes clear when you think about how it starts and ends.
YT brought me here. And boy, I loved this video. Not sure if you wrote a script for this video but you are so natural. Thank you for a brilliant analysis of a beautiful song. The warmth you have as a person, came through. Thank you.
@@AimeeNolte Oh wow, a personal reply. Thank you. I am so much in admiration of you. Will start exploring all your work on the channel. Have a great Sunday.
Love it. I grew up with them on my parents radio and always tried to sing parts of take it to the limit which is still my fave. And best of my love. And...
Thank you for this deep dive, from a talented musician's point of view, into the many musical and lyrical miracles in this wonderful Eagles song. For years upon years, I've marveled at precisely the moments you examine, just floored by the creativity. I just love your journey through this song, stopping at exactly the lookout points... the OMG moments...
I have a rotating list of favorite Eagles song. I always tell people their greatest hits album is the highest (or near to highest) selling album of all time. Then I pause before saying that this greatest hits album came out before the Hotel California album. My current favorite of theirs is a live version of How Long, also by J.D. Souther. There's something about the melody and cadence of it, in conjunction with the lyrics, that I just can't get enough of.
You have a beautiful voice. Excellent video and breakdown of the structure of this song. The discussion of the fills and trade offs and how they set up the foundation of the song first is very instructional. Almost like filling a tapestry. Love it!
I love your command of the subject! Beautiful song, timeless and with your fresh point of view ,makes it for me so enjoyable even more so! Thank you for this, and The Eagles... wrote songs to our soul! I am subscribing to you channel!
Awesome video, in every respect. "New Kid In Town" is my favorite Eagles song, too, mostly for the chord progressions, but your insights into the lyrics & the song's backstory just added to my appreciation!
Thanks Aimee. This has always been my favourite Eagles song, and your analysis of it has brought me a whole new understanding & insight, wonderful. As you say perfection.
Thanks for this! Really hope they don't take it down. The detail in this song is astonishing, the vocals of course, and all the interlocking guitar/Rhodes stuff, the harmonics in the intro. The guitar riff coming into the choruses is devastating, and sets up the last one so beautifully. The distortion on that one lick! Everybody had the 1976 Greatest Hits album when I was growing up, but I never got the Eagles until this one came out. I never get tired of listening to this.
Thanks for this Aimee, NKIT has always been a real sleeper regarding it's beautiful complexity. I've worked on the guitar parts on and off for years once I discovered how rich this song is with its musical structure.
Hi, and thanks for this. Nice conversational discussion, worth being online for. Making good use of what this and similar platforms are good for. Cheers!
was too young in the 70s to see the Eagles but lucked into 3rd row center stage floors for Hell Freezes Over 1994 Toronto Exhibition Stadium ... greatest show Ive ever seen
