Re: Is the King of Hollywood the strangest, coolest song or what?
I'm in the midst of a true King of Hollywood phase, or maybe I'd better call it an obsession. The last two days it's all I listened to, I think I've played the song a good 25 times now over and over again over this timespan. And at the moment I can't listen to any other song, because anything else sounds heavy. I have never had this before with a song. It made me wonder. Could one call King of Hollywood "gothic rock"? I know Lullaby by The Cure is in this genre.
Re: Is the King of Hollywood the strangest, coolest song or what?
Not really. I think a song can fit some of the same characteristics as gothic rock without really falling under that umbrella.
Re: Is the King of Hollywood the strangest, coolest song or what?
I agree with Soda - Gothic rock entails more than just lyrics. The genre is accompanied by image, attitude, atmosphere, and theatrics. Although the Eagles did occasionally write some dark lyrics, I don't think they ever embraced a gothic style. In fact, quite the contrary - they were never about theatrics.
Re: Is the King of Hollywood the strangest, coolest song or what?
I have to agree on that. The Eagles put all sorts of sentiments and emotions in their songs, but they never get theatrical, except for maybe a couple of songs, but It's Your World Now catches a whole other sentiment with a beautiful message and it served so well as (one of) Glenn's anthem(s).