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Former Eagles Song Survivor Game
Time for our next Song Survivor! Our game this time will be Former Eagles Song Survivor. If you're new, for a basic overview of the game, see this post: Survivor Overview
I'm going to list the songs for Former Eagles Song Survivor here. Vote for the song that you feel should be eliminated from the list. The song that gets the most votes will be taken off of the list (or, in the language of Survivor, "Voted off of the island.") Each round, one more song will get axed, until there's only one left. Remember: you're voting for the one you want to go, not for the one you want to stay.
Note: Do not criticize how/why other people vote. Their reasons are their own and they are free to vote however they like. Also, never attack a fellow poster. You can disagree about a certain song without making it personal. Sometimes these games can get heated, but remember.. it's still just a game.
Each round will last 48 hours after posting to give people a chance to vote who don't post every day. That means that the first round will end at 8:00 Eastern time the day after tomorrow. If you miss a round, don't think you can't play. It's all good!
Since there may be discussion posts, be sure to make it clear when you are casting your vote. Votes cannot be cast after the cut off time of 8:00 on the second day, and they cannot be changed once you have voted.
If you get confused about what round we are in, look at this post. I'll always update it to reflect the current round. Also feel free to post any questions if you don't understand what's going on.
If there is a tiebreaker, then ALL votes from ALL previous rounds are tallied and whoever has the most prior votes is eliminated. That’s the way it’s done on the real show, that’s the way it’s done here. If there is a complete tie with prior votes (Murphy’s Law), then I'll have a sudden-death trivia question ready. The first person who answers it correctly gets to break the tie. The odds of that happening are slim, but you never know, and it's good to be prepared.
GAME OVER!!!
In a unanimous decision, the winner is:
Take It to the Limit
Songs Eliminated:
Journey of the Sorcerer 4/04
Train Leaves Here This Morning 4/06
Most of Us Are Sad 4/08
I Wish You Peace 4/10
Tryin’ 4/12
Too Many Hands 4/14
Visions 4/16
Earlybird 4/18
Is It True 4/20
Twenty-One 4/22
Bitter Creek 4/24
Certain Kind of Fool 4/26
Take the Devil 4/28
My Man 4/30
Try and Love Again 5/02
Midnight Flyer 5/04
Hope everyone enjoyed the game.
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I know this will piss some people off but my first vote is for Visions. It has a very dated sound with its falsetto answering lines and lyrics like "Play on El Chingadero" don't help. I'm not saying it's horrible - it has some cool guitar parts and I like the line "If I can't have it all, just a taste will do." However, it's up against better material, IMHO.
I cast my vote for "Visions."
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Train Leaves Here This Morning (too draggy)
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Too Many Hands. It's good musically but lyrically I put it in the same bag as Witchy Woman, Chug All Night, Out Of Control, You Never Cry Like A Lover, Good Day In Hell, Victim Of Love, Disco Strangler, and Those Shoes.
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I know I'm in the minority but I think Felder is a great singer and I love his voice... I prefer his new solo material but I do like Visions.
That said:
Journey Of The Sorcerer
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Scarlet Sun
Too Many Hands. It's good musically but lyrically I put it in the same bag as Witchy Woman, Chug All Night, Out Of Control, You Never Cry Like A Lover, Good Day In Hell, Victim Of Love, Disco Strangler, and Those Shoes.
Of course you have every right to this opinion but I must say I'm surprised! "Too Many Hands" is a commentary on the environment and while it's not Shakespeare, I actually find the lyrics to be far more interesting than the likes of "Disco Strangler" and "Chug All Night" for sure! I'm biased, though, because I absolutely adore the song.
I'm not surprised by the votes for "I Wish You Peace" and "Journey of the Sorcerer" as they often get disparaged, but some notes in their favor:
"I Wish You Peace" has an absolutely lovely, heartfelt sentiment that I find really appealing.
"Journey of the Sorcerer" has a drama to it that I absolutely love. Don't just hear it; close your eyes and experience it.
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Let me just say...with about 99% of these songs...it's like picking which children are your favorites!!
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WalshFan88
I know I'm in the minority but I think Felder is a great singer and I love his voice
I was surprised how good a singer he actually is. Henley is better but I think they considered VOL to good a song to let him sing. I think it could have been a political decision
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Of course you have every right to this opinion but I must say I'm surprised! "Too Many Hands" is a commentary on the environment and while it's not Shakespeare, I actually find the lyrics to be far more interesting than the likes of "Disco Strangler" and "Chug All Night" for sure! I'm biased, though, because I absolutely adore the song.
Regardless of how well-written they are, they all share a common theme. Unfortunately it's guilt by association
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Wow - 5 votes so far - 5 different songs. Am I the only one that thinks this game is gonna be all over the place? :grin:
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I would think A Train Leaves In The Morning isn't really that good. Like GS stated that it's too draggy, but I don't think the lyrics are really that strong and well written.
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Is that the one you're going to vote for? Just checking because sometimes it's hard to tell if someone is musing about a song or is actually casting their vote for it to leave the island.
I see your point about TLHTM's lyrics. "The answer that I wrote down on my sleeve"? Plus, what does he mean by "I don't know what I might be on?" He doesn't know whether he should be on the train? :confused:
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sodascouts
Is that the one you're going to vote for? Just checking because sometimes it's hard to tell if someone is musing about a song or is actually casting their vote for it to leave the island.
I see your point about TLHTM's lyrics. "The answer that I wrote down on my sleeve"? Plus, what does he mean by "I don't know what I might be on?" He doesn't know whether he should be on the train? :confused:
The line is actually "The address that I wrote down on my sleeve" referring to 1320 North Columbus.
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sodascouts
I see your point about TLHTM's lyrics. "The answer that I wrote down on my sleeve"? Plus, what does he mean by "I don't know what I might be on?" He doesn't know whether he should be on the train? :confused:
Isn't it "address" rather than "answer?"
I reckon this is more of a "smoker passed it on" song both musically and lyrically
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Originally Posted by
sodascouts
Is that the one you're going to vote for? Just checking because sometimes it's hard to tell if someone is musing about a song or is actually casting their vote for it to leave the island.
I see your point about TLHTM's lyrics. "The answer that I wrote down on my sleeve"? Plus, what does he mean by "I don't know what I might be on?" He doesn't know whether he should be on the train? :confused:
LOL I'm sorry. Yeah that's the one I'm going to vote for. I don't understand those lines either.
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I actually knew that it was "address" - I was typing quickly and accidentally wrote the wrong word - I hate it when that happens! So embarrassing. Thank you for checking for accuracy.
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I vote for Journey of the Sorcerer. I like it just not as much as the others.
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I vote for Journey of the Sorcerer. It does nothing for me.
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I'm gonna vote to get rid of Most Of Us Are Sad.
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I guess you could call it (JOTS) interesting but I have never cared for it and usually skip it. I just did that yesterday when it came up on my playlist! To me it just doesn't fit in for an Eagles song.
I've got my favorite and my very least favorite down, but the rest are up for grabs! This is going to be a very tough game because I like most all of the rest of the songs pretty much equally.
I cast my vote for Journey of the Sorcerer.
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I agree with Soda about Visions so-
I cast my vote for Visions.
I regards to the line "I don't know what I might be on?" in TLHTM, I always thought that it had a double meaning, that he might be "on" a drug.
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Re: Former Eagles Song Survivor - starts April 2!
Just want to post a reminder, especially for the newbies here that want to participate ... You have until 8:00 p.m. EST tonight to cast your vote for Round 1.
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Well, the way this game started out, I didn't know if any of these songs would get over 2 or 3 votes. lol But, it look like JOTS is going down. I am a bit surprised to see votes for Train Leaves Here This Morning so early. For me, it's one of my favorites. I just love it both lyrically and musically. Anyway, I'm going to vote for one of my least favorites that hasn't received any votes just to even up the playing field some ...
I cast my vote for Take the Devil.
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Nooo not Take the Devil!! lol That is in my top 3 favorite Eagles songs. Randy's voice is at it's best in that one for sure.
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Re: Results for Round 1: Short journey for the sorcerer
The first song to be eliminated from Former Eagles Song Survivor is Journey of the Sorcerer. “Journey of the Sorcerer”, you sure didn’t have much of a journey at all here. The tribe has spoken and you must please leave the island immediately.
Votes
Journey of the Sorcerer – 5
Visions – 3
Train Leaves Here This Morning – 2
I Wish You Peace – 1
Too Many Hands – 1
Early Bird – 1
Most of Us Are Sad – 1
Take the Devil – 1
Vote Breakdown
Journey of the Sorcerer – WalshFan88
Journey of the Sorcerer – whitcap
Journey of the Sorcerer – TimothyBFan
Journey of the Sorcerer – Brooke
Journey of the Sorcerer – RebeccaLovesEagles
Visions – sodascouts
Visions – GlennLover
Visions – UK Timfan
Train Leaves Here This Morning – Grey Sadler
Train Leaves Here This Morning – Outlawman13
I Wish You Peace – Freypower
Too Many Hands – Scarlet Sun
Early Bird – pueblo47
Most of Us Are Sad – AstraeaLunaAvani
Take the Devil – Ive always been a dreamer
Songs eliminated:
Journey of the Sorcerer 4/04
Songs remaining:
Most of Us Are Sad
Train Leaves Here This Morning
Take the Devil
Early Bird
Tryin’
Twenty-One
Certain Kind of Fool
Bitter Creek
Midnight Flyer
My Man
Is It True?
Too Many Hands
Take It To the Limit
Visions
I Wish You Peace
Try and Love Again
Voting for Round 2 begins now.
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I was actually saving JOTS for another round (being the original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Theme)...great sci-fi song, but it doesn't really fit 100% as an Eagles song, I agree...
so I'm going with Train Leaves Here This Morning again...
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LOL I'm still voting for Train Leaves This Morning
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AstraeaLunaAvani
Nooo not Take the Devil!! lol That is in my top 3 favorite Eagles songs. Randy's voice is at it's best in that one for sure.
Sorry about voting for Take the Devil last round, ALA. That just goes to show how all over the place we can be with our opinions on these songs. The funny part is that I happen to think it is Randy's weakest vocal performance with the band. I like it okay, but I don't love it for sure. I have to say, I think Randy and Bernie's songs on the band's debut album are some of their weakest overall. The one exception is Train Leaves Here This Morning, which I previously mentioned that I really like a lot.
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I'm gonna vote for The Train Leaves Here This Morning this time!
I also find it interesting out of 1500 members on this board, only about 20 of us are voting! Are that many members really that inactive?
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This game is really going to be hard for me and I'm going to listen to what everyone has to say about these songs. My top two and bottom two are picked, but after that it's a toss up.
My next least favorite is Midnight Flyer. Randy does a great job singing it, but no one in the band wrote it and that is a big factor for me. Just never did really care for the song. :shrug:
Don't hurt me.
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I vote for Most Of Us Are Sad.
My favorite songs in the game are sung by Randy... except this one. This one for some reason just drags for me and the words are such a downer in my opinion. It does make me sad and I don't need that. ;)
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Just wanted to add ---- I must thank whoever it was that came up with the idea for this Survivor. I must admit, I do not listen to these songs as often as I should and since this game was announced, I've pulled them into a playlist I've been listening to quite a bit the last week or so. I had forgotten how good some of these are. :rockguitar:
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I vote for Most of Us are Sad. Of the remaining songs its the one I love the least.