Best Ever Eagles Song!!!

[luna65]

It's so hard to choose just one! So I'm going to cheat and name a favorite from each album:
"Earlybird" - I just love the vibe of this song; the harmonies, the chord progression, it has that perfect country-rock feel to it.
"Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise)" - this is especially hard because I really love Desperado and I think this is my favorite because it does reprise the two most memorable themes of the concept. But "Bitter Creek" is a close second.
"Good Day in Hell" - As I noted, On The Border is my favorite album, I think it works the best as an album and this song edges out the title track only just slightly. But it cracks me up, I think it's a great example of the kind of songwriting partnership Don and Glenn had in terms of the humor and their musical affinity.
"After The Thrill Is Gone" - Don was/is totally prescient in many ways but perhaps none so much as this song: in life, in love, in music. And their vocals are gorgeous, ye gods.
"New Kid In Town" - this was a toughie too but I think it's Glenn's finest moment and just a perfect song.
"Those Shoes" - brilliant social satire/commentary (even an unlikely feminist credo of sorts) and a totally badass tune. But "King of Hollywood" is a close second.
"Learn To Be Still" - I know this is a song which belongs more to Don than the band, but it's beautiful and poignant.
"Long Road Out of Eden" - the prog lover in me had to choose the epic, of course.

[Zanny Kingston]

My top 10 in no particular order:

I cant tell you why
Take it easy
One of these nights
Best of my Love
James Dean
Already Gone
New Kid in Town
Seven Bridges Road
Waiting in the weeds
Wasted Time

[Midnight Visitor]

Top 5. No particular order....

HC
Outlaw Man
Pretty Maids
Witchy Woman
LITFL

[thelastresort]

I'm feeling a bit left out here, I can't stand OOTN. Sorry guys!

Anyway, a top 10 as things stand (in reverse):
10) Midnight Flyer - dat outro :P
9) New Kid in Town - perpetually in the top 10, love last verse (Where you been lately...)
PMAIAR - beautiful, absolutely beautiful
7) Outlaw Man - found a new love for this song after seeing the Seattle '76 version
6) How Long - the version they did back in their early days I think was one of their best rock songs pre-HC
5) My Man - like PMAIAR, so beautiful. Easily Bernie's best Eagles song
4) Doolin-Dalton - the harmonica at the start is one of my favourite bits of Eagles music. So, so glad it's made a return for HOTE
3) Hotel California - again another constant in the top 10. I don't think I need to give reasons
2) Hollywood Waltz - one of their most underrated songs ever. If they had played it, well, ever, I believe it would have become a concert stapke
1) Ol' 55 - the harmonies on it are out of this world, and Bernie's steel pedal guitar is just divine.

[Midnight Visitor]

The live version of Outlaw Man from that Seattle show is what did it for me as well. I had forgotten the Eagles covered that song. The version with Joe is amazing!

[luna65]

Ooops, forgot "Funky New Year," I busted that out tonight just so I could hear Don say "My hair hurts!"
What year is this, anyway?

[shunlvswx]

My favorite songs
1. Hotel California
2. New Kid In Town
3. Doolin' Dalton
4. Doolin' Dalton/Desperado Reprise
5. How Long
6. Already Gone
7. Wasted Time
8. Best of My Love
9. The Long Run
10. Desperado

Honorable Mention
1. In The City
2. Life in The Fast Lane
3. Lyin' Eyes

[The Thrill Is Never Gone]

Desperado!!

[SoaringRockyMountainWay]

I love so many Eagles songs. This was a hard decision but here's my top ten:
1. Hotel California
2. Take It Easy
3. Already Gone
4. One of These Nights
5. Long Run
6. Desperado
7. Take It to the Limit
8. Pretty Maids All in a Row
9. Heartache Tonight
10. In the City
Honorable Mention:
Victim of Love
Life in the Fast Lane
Lyin' Eyes

[Jonny Come Lately]

After mentioning favourite songs in another thread I realised that in over six months on here I have yet to make any kind of list of my favourite Eagles songs. I think it's time to change that.

When it comes to the Eagles, my favourite songs are also the songs I consider to be their best so I feel I can use these terms interchangeably, something I can't always do (by this I mean that I can think of songs that I admire but don't really enjoy, or songs that I enjoy even though they are fairly unremarkable). A song like Tryin', which I think is a fairly good (not great) song but one I enjoy listening to a lot, would not be anywhere near the top of my list of Eagles songs.

They have far too many songs I love for to be able to restrict my list to just a top ten, but I find it tricky to define an exact top 20. Therefore I will define a clear top 15 songs, listed in chronological order of release:
- Take It Easy
- Witchy Woman
- Doolin-Dalton
- Desperado
- Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise)
- Already Gone
- My Man
- One Of These Nights
- Hotel California
- New Kid In Town
- Life In The Fast Lane
- The Last Resort
- The Sad Café
- Waiting In The Weeds
- Long Road Out Of Eden

I'm afraid I can't sort these in any meaningful order of preference, different songs appeal to me in different days so for instance if I am in a mellow mood and would prefer some largely acoustic country rock I'd favour Doolin-Dalton and My Man, whereas if I want to rock it would be Hotel California and LITFL. All these 15 songs are very special to me for various reasons.

The remaining five slots in my top 20 would probably go to any of the following songs (the others would make up my 'honourable mentions'), again in chronological order:
- Take The Devil
- Peaceful Easy Feeling
- Tequila Sunrise
- Bitter Creek
- Good Day In Hell
- The Best Of My Love
- Lyin' Eyes
- Take It To The Limit
- After The Thrill Is Gone
- Victim Of Love
- Try And Love Again
- The Long Run
- Those Shoes
- How Long
- Somebody

Which five of these would make my top 20 would again vary from day to day, but all of these songs are also top quality in my view.

Looking back at my choices, I realised after saying that I would find it difficult to give an exact list but somehow I have managed to name a top 30 in the end. The breakdown by album is as follows:

Eagles - 4
Desperado - 5
On The Border - 4
One Of These Nights - 4
Hotel California - 5
The Long Run - 3
Long Road Out Of Eden - 4

There's still several songs I absolutely love which I have been forced to leave out, but I have to stop somewhere. I'm quite sad that I didn't include a single Joe or Tim vocal, nothing from HFO either although I am less worried about that as there were only four new songs (Get Over It was probably closest to making my list, although I really like Learn To Be Still as well, but the other two aren't favourites of mine unfortunately).

However, I am pleased to say that all seven of their studio albums are represented in my list, and I was quite surprised how evenly spread my choices were across the seven. I would contrast this with another of my favourite bands, Led Zeppelin, where nearly all of the songs I love are from the first six albums, with the last three only really having 3 or 4 genuine big favourites of mine.