Somebody

[Mrs Frey]

Well, I was waiting for my Deluxe edition of LROOE to arrive, but eventually I just HAD to buy the Standard edition yesterday! I've listened to the album in its entirety just once, but I've played the Glenn songs 4 times each; surprise, surprise (that's excluding NMCD and YANA, which I heard before I bought the album), and I think this song is a good place for me to start commenting:

Oh, I LOVE Glenn singing rockers! His voice is fantastic on this - the way he varies its sound according to the lyrics: sometimes powerful, sometimes soft, sometimes raspy, sometimes menacing. His voice is especially menacing on the latter half of this lyric (highlighted here):

There's a big black crow
And it's calling you home

I love the instrumentation - great acoustic guitar work (I agree with you, FP - this could well be Glenn playing), superb slide guitar (I'm hoping it's Joe - it certainly sounds like his style) and I love that Duane Eddy-style guitar riffing that intros as well as runs through the song. The organ is also a nice touch - it brings to mind a scene of the subject of the song's pending funeral.

Glenn's voice just thrills me on this song, and along with FP and Jack, I'd like to agree that he should sing more rockers. The man is so versatile, and that's what true artistry is all about, IMHO.

[glenneaglesfan]

Even though this is not written by Glenn, it immediately reminded me of He Took Advantage (off his Strange Weather album). I hadn't linked it to a political theme; I read it as a regret for individual bad behaviour in the past, but on balance it fits in very well with disillusionment with our current governments and their policies.

[Freypower]

Along with BBF, this is Rosalind's favourite track from the album, particularly the final verse. She sang it to me on Saturday Night while we were watching the election, and did Glenn's 'and it's calling you home' voice. We both thought it was appropriate for one J.W. Howard at the time.

[Mrs Frey]

Rosalind has great taste, FP!

[tbs fanatic]

I never even once thought it was talking about Bush, but that's food for thought.

And, this is one of my favorites on the album/cd.

That never occurred to me either

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Well - I'm slowly getting around to commenting in these individual song threads. This is definitely one of my top three favorite songs on the album. It totally ROCKS and I agree with most everyone's comments here. I loved it the moment I heard it. However, the true test of whether it is a good Glenn song or not is whether or not my Mom likes it. She gives this one a big .

Oh man - I hope they play this live!!!!!!!

[glenneaglesfan]

Your mom has good taste too, dreamer! I couldn't imagine playing it to mine - she can't stand any music with guitars playing.

[sodascouts]

Any thoughts on the inclusion of "a big black crow"? I hadn't typically associated such birds with menace but that seems to be what they're going for here.

[Freypower]

Well, that's weird, because I have always thought that crows & ravens were 'menacing' birds even if they are not birds of prey.

[VAisForEagleLovers]

This is not the week to talk about Ravens to me!

I thought I'd include the lyrics and refresh my memory:


You feel bad, but not bad enough
You know you got it coming 'cause you played so rough
Back over your shoulder, you've got an icy chill
Man, you thought you'd get away with it
Now you know you never will

Somebody, somebody
You got a feelin' somebody's following you

No one knows 'bout the times you had
You've been so evil; you know, you've been so bad
There's the devil to pay for what you put them through
And you got a feeling somebody's following you

Somebody, somebody
You got a feelin' somebody's following you
Somebody, somebody
You got a feelin' somebody's following you

There's a jack-o-lantern moon in the midnight sky
Somebody's gonna live, somebody's gonna die
But down in the graveyard on that old tombstone
There's a big black crow and it's callin' you home

Somebody, somebody
You got a feelin' somebody's following you
Somebody, somebody
You got a feelin' somebody's following you
Somebody
You know there's somebody