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Thread: Is the King of Hollywood the strangest, coolest song or what?

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    Default Re: Is the King of Hollywood the strangest, coolest song or what?

    I'm in the midst of a true King of Hollywood phase, or maybe I'd better call it an obsession. The last two days it's all I listened to, I think I've played the song a good 25 times now over and over again over this timespan. And at the moment I can't listen to any other song, because anything else sounds heavy. I have never had this before with a song. It made me wonder. Could one call King of Hollywood "gothic rock"? I know Lullaby by The Cure is in this genre.


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    Default Re: Is the King of Hollywood the strangest, coolest song or what?

    Not really. I think a song can fit some of the same characteristics as gothic rock without really falling under that umbrella.

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    Default Re: Is the King of Hollywood the strangest, coolest song or what?

    I agree with Soda - Gothic rock entails more than just lyrics. The genre is accompanied by image, attitude, atmosphere, and theatrics. Although the Eagles did occasionally write some dark lyrics, I don't think they ever embraced a gothic style. In fact, quite the contrary - they were never about theatrics.

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    Default Re: Is the King of Hollywood the strangest, coolest song or what?

    I have to agree on that. The Eagles put all sorts of sentiments and emotions in their songs, but they never get theatrical, except for maybe a couple of songs, but It's Your World Now catches a whole other sentiment with a beautiful message and it served so well as (one of) Glenn's anthem(s).


    Glenn: Good evening, we're the Eagles from Los Angeles...
    Joe: Hey tell you what, if you got firecrackers, save 'em until you get home, lock yourself in the closet and light everything you got okay?
    Glenn: ... Thank you Joe!

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