Least favourite Eagles song?

[thelastresort]

We all have one

I think the large majority of people on here would concur that the Eagles have produced some wonderful songs over the years, from country to hard rock, chart toppers to ones never performed live etc; however there is always that one song (or more) that either leaves you cold or you cannot understand why it's so adored by everyone else.

I'll go first - LWKUA. Always been a bit too soppy for my liking lyrically, and musically it's very uninspiring. Always gets a skip on my iPod or DVDs. No hate please guys

Anyone else?

[sodascouts]

One of the things I like about the Eagles is how very, very few of their songs are clunkers.

That said....

"Disco Strangler." Oh my gosh, what were they thinking???

I read there was talk of making The Long Run a double album. I'm glad they didn't if songs like that were considered better than the ones that would've made up the second LP.

[thelastresort]

One of the things I like about the Eagles is how very, very few of their songs are clunkers.

That said....

"Disco Strangler." Oh my gosh, what were they thinking???

I read there was talk of making The Long Run a double album. I'm glad they didn't if songs like that were considered better than the ones that would've made up the second LP.

According to Felder's book the only thing any of them agreed on by The Long Run was that they hated disco music, so this song was made. According to Eliot, Henley has said it was essentially a p*ss-take (my words, not Henley's ).

I agree re: double album. In a way I'm kind of glad they called time when they did, I really would dread to think how they'd have progressed from the Long Run, where instead of having album fillers like Try and Love Again and Ol' 55 you end up with Teenage Jail and TGDWNF.

[chaim]

I understand the "p*ss take" thing, but if you're going to do that, you should do a decent song IMO. There were a lot of great disco songs, but Disco Strangler is very bad. If anything, the song makes Eagles themselves look bad. I like Felder's riff and the chorus, but that's about it. Henley's melody just drags and drags and drags. So yeah, this is my least favorite Eagles song too. Definitely.

[VAisForEagleLovers]

Up until a couple of years ago I'd have said Desperado, believe it or not. However, with hearing it live so many times, I can certainly say that Don sells it live. Big time. So when I hear the original recording, I just think about hearing it live and don't feel the need to skip past it.

I do skip over Please Come Home For Christmas a lot, but that's purely because I only listen to Christmas music at Christmas, so it doesn't count. However, Funky New Year gets skipped over for other reasons as well. I'm not into that kind of funkiness, I guess.

[Freypower]

Mine is I Wish You Peace but Love Will Keep Us Alive is up there. It is one of two Eagles songs which ISN'T on my iPod. The other is Please Come Home For Christmas, which I have never liked.

In terms of songs you can't understand why they are adored...I suppose I have two, Best Of My Love & The Long Run.

I have never felt the antipathy to The Disco Strangler that others do except I suppose that it is relentlessly negative & that it has no backing vocals. I like that they ditched the syrupy strings that were such a big feature of the prevous album. I like how direct it is. It is a superior song to Greeks & Teenage Jail.

[UndertheWire]

The Disco Strangler, with no hesitation. I loathe the guitar riff and other than that, there is no attempt at music. I don't get as far as listening to the lyrics. It the one track that I always skip if I can get to the button. Even if it's a p*ss take, that's no excuse for putting out something so bad.

[chaim]

Mine is I Wish You Peace but Love Will Keep Us Alive is up there. It is one of two Eagles songs which ISN'T on my iPod. The other is Please Come Home For Christmas, which I have never liked.

In terms of songs you can't understand why they are adored...I suppose I have two, Best Of My Love & The Long Run.

I have never felt the antipathy to The Disco Strangler that others do except I suppose that it is relentlessly negative & that it has no backing vocals. I like that they ditched the syrupy strings that were such a big feature of the prevous album. I like how direct it is. It is a superior song to Greeks & Teenage Jail.

Love Will Keep Us Alive is definitely another one that does nothing for me.

On a general note (nothing to do with Freypower's post) , I realize that it's a common practice to write just the first letter of each word in a song title, but I wish that people would write whole the song titles. The LWKUA's, TGDWNF's and PCHFC's say nothing to me and I have to go through the whole discography in my head. Or is there a list somewhere where all the abbreviations can be found??

[OutlawManNJ]

Never understood how this is an Eagles song. Especially on their final 70s studio album which they said they worked forever on to perfect. Its weird, its sounds like crap... I just dont get it. The only connection I can make was that they were trying to ride the Amimal House wave. There is no other Eagles song as bad as this one. And Henley makes fun of Leadons I wish you peace. Go figure.

[Brooke]

Well, I think it's better than Teenage Jail. It has a good beat, at least!