Felder to do summer tour with Styx & Foreigner; new version of HC on related CD

[Houston Baby]

NO ONE WILL EVER SING IT BETTER THAN DON HENLEY!

AMEN!!

[WalshFan88]

I didn't mind the singing so much (although of course the original is the best) - what bothered me was the change in the 2nd guitar solo. That solo is to NEVER be improvised on IMO!!! It was perfect from the recording and is what makes that song so special to me.... HC is one of those songs that needs to be played just like the record as it was a masterpiece.

[Brooke]

Totally agree, WF!

I don't mind them covering it, I'm sure it's fun for them, but I don't really want to hear it. I'm kind of that way with any covers. I nearly always prefer the originals.

Glenn's covers of standards don't bother me because they are old and I wasn't really a fan of them originally.

[GlennLover]

I didn't mind the singing so much (although of course the original is the best) - what bothered me was the change in the 2nd guitar solo. That solo is to NEVER be improvised on IMO!!! It was perfect from the recording and is what makes that song so special to me.... HC is one of those songs that needs to be played just like the record as it was a masterpiece.

I had the same reaction to the change in the 2nd guitar solo. Otherwise I didn't think that it was extremely different. And I agree, the original is the best?

[VAisForEagleLovers]

I'm guessing there was a reason for the change in the 2nd solo.

Like others here, I'm not usually a fan of covers. Someone adding their own spin on a loved favorite is like fingernails on a chalkboard, and someone trying to copy it exactly usually fails and that's even more annoying. For this one, I very definitely missed Henley's lead vocals. IMO, Joe is the only allowed to even attempt 'his' guitar part, and the magic that is the Eagles is definitely missing.

All that being said, it was tastefully done, and I did enjoy listening to it. I'm not gonna buy it, and I'm not gonna travel hours and buy a ticket to see it, but I did enjoy it.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Well, I didn't think it was horrible or anything - it's just that some things are so perfect that they are best left alone and the original recording of Hotel California is one of them, IMHO.

[sad-cafe]

I guess I am the odd one out. I hate it.

[Zanny Kingston]

Sad Café- that makes two of us.