Re: Celebration of "Desperado"
Happy (belated) Anniversary to Desperado!!
While Don has alluded to this before, here he directly credits Stephen Foster for the song, “Desperado.”
Quote:
"My grandmother lived with us. She sat in a rocking chair every day, singing hymns and Stephen Foster songs: 'My Old Kentucky Home,' 'Way Down Upon the Suwanee River' and 'The Old Folks At Home,' and all those very American things.
"That's probably where I got 'Desperado.' If you listen to that melody and those chords ... Billy Joel said to me the minute he heard it, 'That's Stephen Foster! I said, 'OK, fine!'
”Like the Eagles' 'Desperado'? Don Henley says thank Stephen Foster”, L.A. Times, Sept. 25, 2015
My list, although there isn’t a single track here I dislike, I love ‘em all.
1. Doolin Dalton/Desperado reprise
2. Tequila Sunrise
3. Outlaw Man
4. Bitter Creek
5. Saturday Night
6. Doolin Dalton
7. Certain Kind of Fool
8. Out of Control
9. Doolin Dalton instrumental
10. Desperado
11. Twenty-One
Re: Celebration of "Desperado"
Hey all - I forgot to mention an important reminder about the poll. Once you, have posted your list, please do not edit it as I cannot go back and monitor the changes. I can make an exception if you make an egregious error that you feel must be corrected. However, you must let me know so I can ensure the change is registered. Thanks.
Re: Celebration of "Desperado"
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Originally Posted by
Ive always been a dreamer
Hey all - I forgot to mention an important reminder about the poll. Once you, have posted your list, please do not edit it as I cannot go back and monitor the changes. I can make an exception if you make an egregious error that you feel must be corrected. However, you must let me know so I can ensure the change is registered. Thanks.
Dreamer, I'm sorry, I went back and edited mine - I reversed #9 and #10. I heard Bitter Creek on my Pandora at work after I posted this and thought it didn't deserve last place after all. That was the only thing I changed. If you can't count the change, I'm fine with my vote as it originally was.
Re: Celebration of "Desperado"
No problem, groupie. It was my mistake for not mentioning this earlier. I went ahead and made your change.
Re: Celebration of "Desperado"
1. Desperado
2. Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise
3. Tequila Sunrise
4. Doolin-Dalton
5. Outlaw Man
6. Bitter Creek
7. Out Of Control
8. Saturday Night
9. Twenty-One
10. Certain Kind Of Fool
Re: Celebration of "Desperado"
I love all of these songs, for artistic and personal reasons. If I had to pick a favorite, I'd choose "(Whatever Happened To) Saturday Night."
I identify with that song, mostly in a bittersweet, beat-your-head-against-the-wall fashion. When the song came out, I lived in a canyon around L.A. in a relationship I thought would be permanent (insert sound of the world laughing). But I ended up alone in the canyon with the mountains and the moon.
The two songs I listened to constantly were "Saturday Night," and the Stones' "Wild Horses."
Such is life...
Re: Celebration of "Desperado"
1. Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise
2. Tequila Sunrise
3. Doolin-Dalton
4. Desperado
5. Outlaw Man
6. Bitter Creek
7. Saturday Night
8. Certain Kind of Fool
9. Twenty-One
10.Out of Control
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I will post my detailed opinions later, for now, this is my list. This is based on studio versions:
1. Outlaw Man
2. Certain Kind of Fool
3. Desperado
4. Saturday Night
5. Out of Control
6. Tequila Sunrise
7. Bitter Creek
8. Doolin Dalton/Desperado Reprise
9. Doolin Dalton
10. Doolin Dalton (instrumental)
11. Twenty One
Now this list is based on live, not studio, with my favorite live version adjacent to it:
1. Outlaw Man- 1976 The Forum
2. Doolin Dalton- 1976 Sydney
3. Doolin Dalton/Desperado Reprise- 1976 Sydney
4. Desperado- 1976 The Forum (October 22nd Bootleg)
5. Tequila Sunrise- 1979 Osaka
6. Saturday Night- 1980 Santa Monica (Eagles Live)
7. Certain Kind of Fool- 1973 Voorburg
8. Out of Control- 1973 BBC Concert
9. Bitter Creek- 1973 Berkeley
10. Twenty One- 1974 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Re: Celebration of "Desperado"
Okay - I am going to post the results of our poll. As I said earlier, I have tallied the results by combining the most recent lists with the results from the last poll. I am not including my own list or Freypower's, Sodascouts', or Brooke's since we all participated previously. So, by far, the song with the most points is the Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise. In second place is Tequila Sunrise, followed very closely by Desperado. So congratulations to the awesome D-D/Deserado Reprise and here are the rest of the results ...
1. Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise - 173 points
2. Tequila Sunrise - 147 points
3. Desperado - 146 points
4. Doolin-Dalton - 140 points
5. Outlaw Man - 124 points
6. Saturday Night - 102 points
7. Bitter Creek - 101 points
8. Out of Control - 92 points
9. Certain Kind of Fool - 84 points
10. Twenty-One - 46 points
As always, thanks to those who participated and if anyone else wants to post their list, please feel free, and I will update the results.
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Originally Posted by
Ive always been a dreamer
Okay - I am going to post the results of our poll. As I said earlier, I have tallied the results by combining the most recent lists with the results from the last poll. I am not including my own list or Freypower's, Sodascouts', or Brooke's since we all participated previously. So, by far, the song with the most points is the Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise. In second place is Tequila Sunrise, followed very closely by Desperado. So congratulations to the awesome D-D/Deserado Reprise and here are the rest of the results ...
1. Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise - 173 points
2. Tequila Sunrise - 147 points
3. Desperado - 146 points
4. Doolin-Dalton - 140 points
5. Outlaw Man - 124 points
6. Saturday Night - 102 points
7. Bitter Creek - 101 points
8. Out of Control - 92 points
9. Certain Kind of Fool - 84 points
10. Twenty-One - 46 points
As always, thanks to those who participated and if anyone else wants to post their list, please feel free, and I will update the results.
I feel that this an illegitimate list. Not that anyone cares . . .