A Good Day In Hell - The Official ILM Track-By-Track EAGLES Listening Thread

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"You Never Cry Like A Lover"

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lead guitar (uncredited) by Bernie Leadon

None more yacht. Roach looking überrelaxed there.

this song might...grow on you. if you play it more than once.

Randy a surefire winner of the "dress like Gram Parsons" contest. my god, Frey is at his most dirtbaggiest in that shot.

Hack off the drawn-out ending, add an unexpected upward modulation in the bridge, and this would be a Badfinger song. And that's never a bad thing.

speaking of Parsons, "Smile Like a Lover" has a bit of GP in the verses, no? Godawful lyric: smug and stupid in equal measures. Henley's by far their best singer, but even he's floundering at times here.

That's.. an interesting graphic design for Rolling Stone.

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Title lyric WTF? I'm leaving because I can't make you cryenough?

Like the "i was hoping you were the one" midsection though, and the various guitar licks throughout.

I'm playing this very quietly because I don't want my co-workers to make fun of me ... it sounds pretty good. I'm sure it's enhanced by my inability to make out the lyrics, though there's clearly something disturbing going on there. Points off for the lame ending.

It's an unusual soundscape for these guys - I'm picking up Zeppelin at their most pop/rock, but mostly Elton in its showiness, especially the intro. Even the close harmonies aren't quite as aquiline as usual. There's probably someone else it sounds exactly like, but it's not my usual territory.

The solo is completely marvellous, again. The whole middle section is pretty great actually.

Crosby at 1:55 for the win:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GANjDKnIv3M

i like how he says boring after the yawn in case we didn't get it, thanks dave.

Harsh coming from Crosby. I think I'm likely to ever want to hear CSN less than even the Eagles. Because they're boring. Yawn. That means I was bored.

i like csn but i don't own any of their records and the only related stuff i own is the crosby hippie-fest album and the two nash solo albums. the 2 nash solo albums are two of my favorite records of the 70's. i mean i can always play a csn album in my store if i need to hear one. i was playing simon & garfunkel yesterday. beautiful early stereo pressings. sounded amazing. don't need to own them though. the normal stuff i can hear anytime i leave in the store. i do think the crosby album is overrated by hepcats. or whoever revived its rep. mojo magazine? who can remember? i'd much rather listen to early 70's airplane and affiliated records these days. they need some reviving. they did so much great stuff before they built that city. where is the love for grace's Manhole album? or Sunfighter! man, there's a record.

i only have deja vu but I love listening to that when I'm in the right mood

I like "Just a Song Before I Go" because it's 1:56 long.

Tarfumes otm re:Badfinger resemblance. The coda has got to go. I imagine they knew that too, but put it on as some sort of 'spontaneous' left turn instead of working it up as it's own song (the thing is catchy). Nice solo.

the 2 nash solo albums are two of my favorite records of the 70's.

Mojo, Uncut & the like should be all over the 2nd Nash album (Wild Tales), as it's basically Nash backed by the Time Fades Away band (minus Neil & Jack).

i'd much rather listen to early 70's airplane and affiliated records these days. they need some reviving. they did so much great stuff before they built that city. where is the love for grace's Manhole album? or Sunfighter! man, there's a record.

Everybody knows Baron Von Tollbooth... is Where It's At!

listening to all this eagles is making me real fuckin' salty about all this jive bellbottom shit

hate this song

lol

I think On The Border is their best LP - most of the tunes are pretty solid, as long as you can handle the cheese factor (esp James Dean), it's enjoyable.

I'm not sure about it being their best but I definitely dig it, if I hold my breath through the corny parts

Getting a strong George Harrison vibe off the lead-that-isn't-the-solo - sound like they were mining The End for that one, especially set against the piano. The second half is what makes the song though - the section from 1:51 is magnificent.

"Midnight Flyer"

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i don't have time to talk now, but i just wanted to mention that this song was written by Paul Kraft and here is the track-listing to Paul's 1986 album Warnings!:

A1 Linda Lovelace (Come Sit On My Face)
A2 I've Got You On My Conscience (But At Least You're Off My Back)
A3 She's My Bedroom Woman (I'm Her Livin' Room Man)
A4 Two Wild And Crazy Guys
Vocals – Lewis Anderson
A5 V.D. Ain't Nothin' To Clap About
B1 It's Me Again, Margaret
Producer – Ray Baker
B2 Positively Bob Dylan Revisited
B3 Dropkick Me, Jesus
B4 My Eight-Legged Friends
B5 You've Already Got A Pussy (Why Try To Make One Out Of Me)

What a strange track. A hokey tune about train travel that must already have been antiquated in 1974. Do I like it? Yes, I think I do. The train-mimicking harmonies are really nice - the oooo...oo-oo-oo-oo at 1:44 is hilarious - and the second voice that appears in the left channel is a pleasing curio.

The coda is terrific though it doesn't much fit on the end of such a ditty, even if the banjo provides unity. The guitars sound fantastic again. They've had that nailed down from the very start, beautiful playing and recording.

another unnecessarily long coda, making this almost-novelty song outstay its welcome as an album track

This thread has alot of posts

A hokey tune about train travel that must already have been antiquated in 1974.

Eagles must've been the steampunks of their day.

Yeah, Frey doesn't really have enough (or any) ideas to sustain a long coda slide solo. Otherwise, this would be a reasonably charming song.

"another unnecessarily long coda"

In this case, no way. I love the squishy guitar and banjo breakdown on this one.

this song is pretty lame

I like that it starts out like 'Eastbound and Down' but it kinda goes downhill for me from there

I do like the train wooohoooos

idk man this one's a winner to me

this one is ok

i'm a sucker for that kinda fast banjo thing

i dunno, not memorable though

"This thread has alot of posts"

get back to work, hippie.

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"Get back to work, hippie!"

"Midnight Flyer" was a pleasant surprise on The Very Best of. Don't think it outlasts it's welcome. Looking back now, kind of surprised it's almost 4 minutes. Very breezy. Are we sure that's Frey on slide? IIRC, Felder's slide ability was a big part of him getting hired--Henley called him "the reincarnation of Duane Allman" or some such coke-ism.

From Crowe's liners:

MIDNIGHT FLYER
DON: I was happy to do something in that vein, because I was a big bluegrass fan. The Dillards, in particular, had an enormous impact on me. Along with Doug Dillard and Herb Pedersen, Bernie Leadon was one of the top banjo players in the country, so I was proud to do a bluegrass tune — thought it lent a certain amount of authenticity and credibility to our band. It showed versatility.

Even now the Eagles are thought of as a country-rock band. The music industry and the media saddled us with that label at the very beginning, and, no matter how diverse our musical palate, it has been impossible to shake that stereotype. At the end of the day, we’re an American band. We’re a musical mutt with influences from every genre of American popular music. It’s all in there, and it’s fairly obvious.

Henley called him "the reincarnation of Duane Allman" or some such coke-ism.

^Felder must have been some sort of child genius as it looks like he was born in 1971.

xp song lengths have been creeping up these last few, it augurs ill imo

felder, leadon, and meisner are definitely all really good players

The 'train passing' harmony at 2:23 must've been really hard to execute

Meisner m.v.p. in putting some propulsion into these songs.

"My Man"

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Shoeshineidaho 4 months ago
I've known this song, (how to play it) since the album came out, Long time ago huh? I've have no problems playin' this on stage or in front of anyone, until my father passed away @ 86yrs. a couple of months ago. I'm 60, and when I play this song now-- -it has to be in my room- - -and private.  I can get through it- - but not in front of any one else. He had dementia, didn't know any of us for quite a while.If I COULD write, like this, this one's for you dad. But alone, in my room :-)!

slockisadyoutube :(

I **cing love this tune. excellent Gram pastiche