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My favorite has to be Hotel California. Not only is it a fantastic song, the lyrics could stand on their own as a poem.
There's something to be said for rock singers who have college degrees (esp. in English).
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
'This could be heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (any time of year) you can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain
'Please bring me my wine
He said, "we haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine"
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling
The pink champagne on ice
And she said, "we are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
"Relax," said the night man
"We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave"
OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)why . . . (see what i did there? )
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)Good one!
elleng
(130,860 posts)Skittles
(153,138 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Great tune!
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,318 posts)JudyM
(29,225 posts)CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)...I've seen the live performance. Outstanding. Thanks for posting.
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CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)Love Henley, love this song.
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)MH1
(17,595 posts)Hands down.
lastlib
(23,204 posts)Good Tune! Says a LOT about our society!
For me personally, it's this one:
"Lay Down your law books, now, they're no damn good!" hits me below the belt. (I basically had to throw away law school, thanks to that dipshit Reagan.)
Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)And
Those Shoes
And many more!!
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)Dracaena
(33 posts)Victim of Love is one of my all time favorite Eagles songs.
Generic Brad
(14,274 posts)Either "The Long Run" or "Already Gone".
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)And I just remembered Lyin' Eyes and New Kid in Town
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But "The Long Run" is my favorite of theirs. I didn't much care for it when it first came out, but it has grown on me over the years.
UTUSN
(70,674 posts)cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)and jump up and down.
These days, probably "Seven Bridges Road."
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)Mendocino
(7,486 posts)Not so much for the lyrics, but the groove, the song rocks.
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,783 posts)from the "various artists" country music album Common Thread as a fund-raiser for
The Walden Woods Project https://www.walden.org/
Winner of the CMA Award for Album of the Year 1994
CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)Great covers....
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,563 posts)ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)I also like Don Henley's Heart of the Matter too.
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)But I'll bet it's great. I like "Boys of Summer" and "End of the Innocence," too (though sad)
TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)BlueStateLib
(937 posts)Side one
1. "Take It Easy"
2. "Witchy Woman"
3. "Lyin' Eyes"
4. "Already Gone"
5. "Desperado"
Side two
1. "One of These Nights"
2. "Tequila Sunrise"
3. "Take It to the Limit"
4. "Peaceful Easy Feeling"
5. "Best of My Love"
Owl
(3,641 posts)ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)Great song!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)look, someone had to say it.
ms liberty
(8,572 posts)#1 is Journey of the Sorcerer and it is currently my ringtone. It is also the theme song to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the BBC teevee series).
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)jmowreader
(50,552 posts)Public opinion poll: When he was standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, such a fine sight to see, a girl, my lord, in a <---> Ford slowed down to take a look at him.
Was she driving:
a "flatBED" Ford
or
a "flatHEAD" Ford?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_flathead_V8_engine
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)ruthlessly but his talent (and his mad guitar skillz w/Joe Walsh) is just amazing.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)to think of images from the film as I listen to this rock masterpiece..."this could be heaven or this could be hell..."
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)Anything Hitchcock I love, but I think Vertigo was his ultimate film.
I never tire of it.