Underrated Eagles Song Survivor

[Funk 50]

Out of the full list of options, I thought the best track by a distance was The Last Resort. Since that was voted off really early in the game, the whole thing became very unpredictable.

For what it's worth, here's my list, best to worst (and where they finished):

01 The Last Resort [14]
02 Pretty Maids All in a Row [11]
03 Long Road Out of Eden [04]
04 Ol' 55 [07]
05 My Man [08]
06 The Sad Cafe [02]
07 Doolin-Dalton / Desperado Reprise [01]
08 Good Day in Hell [03]
09 Those Shoes [09]
10 Do Something [06]
11 James Dean [13]
12 After the Thrill Is Gone [05]
13 Too Many Hands [12]
14 Bitter Creek [10]
15 Most of Us Are Sad [15]

So if Good Day In Hell had made the final, DD/DR would have got my vote... though I may have abstained.

[L101]

If the final had been between GDIH and DD/DR - I would have voted for DD/DR a hundred times over - I really hate GDIH and can't believe it lasted as long as it did in the game.

Hopefully now that survivor is over, I'll never have to hear it again

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Gosh Lacken - I don't know what to say. As someone who doesn't even strongly dislike any Eagles song, much less hate one, it's hard for me to wrap my brain around that.

Having said that, the only song I would have voted for over the Reprise is After the Thrill Is Gone. Good Day In Hell was third on my list.

[L101]

Gosh Lacken - I don't know what to say. As someone who doesn't even strongly dislike any Eagles song, much less hate one, it's hard for me to wrap my brain around that.

Having said that, the only song I would have voted for over the Reprise is After the Thrill Is Gone. Good Day In Hell was third on my list.

I know, it was hard to say that I really hate an Eagles song, felt like I was betraying the band and the border
It's kinda like the way Freypower feels about ATTIG....

But it's the only one I really hate, so maybe it's not too bad. If ATTIG was in the final with DD/DR, it would have been close but I would have voted for ATTIG.

[Freypower]

I know, it was hard to say that I really hate an Eagles song, felt like I was betraying the band and the border
It's kinda like the way Freypower feels about ATTIG....

But it's the only one I really hate, so maybe it's not too bad. If ATTIG was in the final with DD/DR, it would have been close but I would have voted for ATTIG.

I don't hate ATTIG. I don't hate any Eagles song, not even I Wish You Peace, Visions or LWKUA, my three least favourites. My feelings about ATTIG are of indifference, not hate or even dislike. It appears on my least favourite album surrounded by my two least favourite songs as listed above. That hasn't helped it win my affection. I'm not going into more detail because so many people obviously love the song. If I don't it can't be helped.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Well we Eagles fans vary a great deal in our likes and dislikes, that's for sure. I brought it up, not to be critical, but because as shallow or indiscriminate as it may be, it's hard for me to wrap my little brain around hating an Eagles song. But, as we always say, it just boils down to personal tastes and there is certainly no right or wrong answer, so none of us should feel the need to be apologetic.

[Jonny Come Lately]

I thought the Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise) was one of the two outstanding songs included in the game, the other one being The Last Resort. If I was ranking the songs included in the game in order of quality those would certainly be the top two, however The Last Resort is on Hotel California rather than Desperado and is therefore, I think, more widely regarded as being a great song, making it significantly less underrated than the D-D/D (Reprise) which explains its early elimination. Had song quality been the only consideration of the survivor, I think The Last Resort would have gone a lot further in the game - the fact that it was voted off before Too Many Hands, in particular, is clearly a reflection on it not being as underrated as other songs in the game.

You will not be surprised to hear then that even though Good Day In Hell and The Sad Café are both strong favourites of mine, my vote in the final round would have been the same had GDIH made it through. I would have gone for the D-D/D (reprise) either way.

At the start of the game taking both song quality and perception of how underrated each song was, I had Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise) down as my preferred winner. I thought it would get far but probably fall with about 4 rounds left or so. I expected ATTIG to make the final and would have been happy to see that win, although I'd have probably preferred the victory going to GDIH (which, as I expected, went far) or The Sad Café (which I did not expect to get especially close to the final, I actually thought it would go before Those Shoes). As much as I love The Last Resort I wasn't surprised by its early elimination, for reasons I covered earlier, and although My Man is another firm personal favourite I sensed it lacked enough support to get close to winning. I was pleasantly surprised by how well Long Road Out Of Eden fared, although I think Do Something if anything went a bit too far - Bitter Creek, for instance, is a better song and more underrated in my view.

I will come back with my list of the fifteen songs but for now I will say that I think Most Of Us Are Sad was perhaps slightly out of place in this game. I rather like the song but I think it's a notch below the other ones that were included, and the views of those who voted for it in the first round, more so than the actual votes it received, indicated a general sense of indifference towards the song amongst several posters here. As it was the lone representative of the debut album though I do agree that something was needed to represent that album as it is IMO a very good album and all of the other albums had at least two songs in the game. I think the problem there is that I sense there is no consensus as to which song is the most underrated from the debut album.

[WalshFan88]

Here's my list - best to worst.

After The Thrill Is Gone
Those Shoes
Good Day In Hell
James Dean
Ol '55
The Last Resort
Pretty Maids All In A Row
The Sad Cafe
Too Many Hands
Most Of Us Are Sad
Long Road Out Of Eden
Do Something
Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise
My Man
Bitter Creek

[Freypower]

I thought the Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise) was one of the two outstanding songs included in the game, the other one being The Last Resort. If I was ranking the songs included in the game in order of quality those would certainly be the top two, however The Last Resort is on Hotel California rather than Desperado and is therefore, I think, more widely regarded as being a great song, making it significantly less underrated than the D-D/D (Reprise) which explains its early elimination. Had song quality been the only consideration of the survivor, I think The Last Resort would have gone a lot further in the game - the fact that it was voted off before Too Many Hands, in particular, is clearly a reflection on it not being as underrated as other songs in the game.

You will not be surprised to hear then that even though Good Day In Hell and The Sad Café are both strong favourites of mine, my vote in the final round would have been the same had GDIH made it through. I would have gone for the D-D/D (reprise) either way.

At the start of the game taking both song quality and perception of how underrated each song was, I had Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise) down as my preferred winner. I thought it would get far but probably fall with about 4 rounds left or so. I expected ATTIG to make the final and would have been happy to see that win, although I'd have probably preferred the victory going to GDIH (which, as I expected, went far) or The Sad Café (which I did not expect to get especially close to the final, I actually thought it would go before Those Shoes). As much as I love The Last Resort I wasn't surprised by its early elimination, for reasons I covered earlier, and although My Man is another firm personal favourite I sensed it lacked enough support to get close to winning. I was pleasantly surprised by how well Long Road Out Of Eden fared, although I think Do Something if anything went a bit too far - Bitter Creek, for instance, is a better song and more underrated in my view.

I will come back with my list of the fifteen songs but for now I will say that I think Most Of Us Are Sad was perhaps slightly out of place in this game. I rather like the song but I think it's a notch below the other ones that were included, and the views of those who voted for it in the first round, more so than the actual votes it received, indicated a general sense of indifference towards the song amongst several posters here. As it was the lone representative of the debut album though I do agree that something was needed to represent that album as it is IMO a very good album and all of the other albums had at least two songs in the game. I think the problem there is that I sense there is no consensus as to which song is the most underrated from the debut album.

For me it's Chug All Night.

[thelastresort]

Take the Devil easily. Randy's finest ever Eagles vocal and that rarest of things, a Glenn Frey solo. I think we're proving JCL's point!