Rate Randy's Top Eagles Tracks

[Jonny Come Lately]

Been meaning to post mine for ages - finally going to get round to it!

Of Randy's nine lead vocals, I like all of them but it's weird because I can pretty neatly divide almost all of them into two groups of four:
- My four favourites, all of which are great songs and amongst the best Eagles songs.
- Four songs that I like and enjoy, but which aren't amongst my top favourites of their respective albums IMO.
This leaves one song, which falls exactly in between these two groups - Too Many Hands. I don't think it's quite as good as my top four, but I prefer it to the four below it.

1. Try And Love Again
2. Take The Devil
3. Take It To The Limit
4. Certain Kind of Fool
5. Too Many Hands
6. Is It True?
7. Midnight Flyer
8. Most Of Us Are Sad
9. Tryin'

There isn't really much between the top four in my opinion, although I went for Try and Love Again as it is such a good all round song (lyrics, music, vocals). I can remember when I first heard Hotel California almost exactly three years ago immediately being struck by TALA's opening. The fact that Take It To The Limit is 'only' third on my list is more of a reflection of how much I love the first two, as TITTL is certainly a classic song. CKOF has possibly my favourite lyric from this group along with TALA, and I really like everything else about it too.

I think Too Many Hands is an interesting and unique addition to the Eagles canon. I really like the lyrics, which are a bit like CKOF in that they have more than one possible yet distinct meaning, as well as the guitars. I really like Randy's bass part that starts around 2:55 too. Is It True is in my view underrated, it's a solidly constructed song and I like the vocals and guitar work a lot. I struggled to split Midnight Flyer and MOUAS - I think I perhaps slightly prefer the latter as a song but the musicianship on the former (especially the flanged slide solo. In fact, looking at this list really reminds me of the 'Glenn plays lead on the bass player's songs' rule of thumb! ) made me give the former the edge. Tryin' is last, but I still like it! I prefer it live than on the record though.

[Annoying Twit]

I'm also rubbish at ranking things. So, I'll pretty much agree with JCL's listing.

Try and Love Again has always been one of my all time favourite songs. I played it over and over when I was younger.

Take The Devil is great. I'd put Most of Us Are Sad a bit higher though.

[sodascouts]

Mine probably looks a little different than most after you get past #1.

1. Take It to the Limit (my all-time fave)
2. Most of Us Are Sad
3. Too Many Hands
4. Certain Kind of Fool
5. Try and Love Again
6. Midnight Flyer
7. Take the Devil
8. Tryin'
9. Is It True

[WS82Classics]

1. Too Many Hands
2. Take it to the Limit
3. Midnight Flyer
4. Try and Love Again
5. Most of Us are Sad
6. Tryin'
7. Take the Devil
8. Is it True?
9. Certain Kind of Fool

[NightMistBlue]

I love Randy's soaring vocals on Life in the Fast Lane, though it's not Randy's song per se.

[Delilah]

I saw the other guys have their Ultimate Classic Rock lists posted so I thought I'd post Randy's too. It includes non-Eagles tracks. Here's their top 10 for Randy:

1. Take It to the Limit
2. Tryin'
3. Saturday Night
4. Daughter of the Sky (Randy Meisner 1978 )
5. Is It True?
6. Try and Love Again
7. Strangers (Randy Meisner 1982)
8. Bad Man (Randy Meisner 1978 )
9. Too Many Hands
10. Nothin' to Hide (Legacy by Poco)

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/randy-meisner-songs/

[Too Many Hands]

Hey, my first real post!

I would split his body of work into two groups:

1. Too Many Hands
2. Is It True?
3. Try and Love Again ... had it been released as a single I think this song would have been huge on the charts!
4. Take the Devil
5. Take It To The Limit

And the vocal contributions to One of These Nights and Take It Easy, which really help elevate both songs. His high harmonies over the years are probably his most underrated contribution.

6. Certain Kind of Fool
7. Tryin' ... although the live version is more to my taste!
8. Most of Us are Sad
9. Midnight Flyer

Thanks!