This or That: Eagles

[Annoying Twit]

Over and Over. I'm not sure what it is, but there's something about it I like. With Life's Been Good and Theme From Boat Weirdos, it's among the most memorable songs from the album.

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With no offence intended towards Freypower, of those who have heard both, Leap of Faith or Expando?

[Freypower]

Sorry. Again.

I haven't even got a delivery date from Amazon for LOF yet.

Carry on.

[RudieCantFail]

I just listened to both on Spotify, and to be clear, I'm not a Tim fan but these albums are very soothing to listen to. I'm neutral to Tim, but now, I think he's underappreciated/underrated in the general public compared to the rest of the guys. My opinion won't be as good as the Tim fans on this board, but I'll just give a first impression. I prefer Expando over Leap of Faith, but they're both good and even. I can't name a song that I would skip so readily in these two Tim albums. As a Henley fan, there are some songs that I would skip in some of his work, i.e. BTPB, Man with a Mission, Shangri-La, so yeah, Henley has unevenness in his work. Although I'm a sucker for songs that have hints of reggae, Slow Down and You're So Wild from LoF don't win me over enough to give the album the edge. I appreciate that Tim has different styles on LoF, whereas Expando has mostly the same vibe throughout. I didn't mind White Boy from Sacramento, even though it's a weak spot in Expando for me. To wrap it up, I like the overall acoustic sound of Expando and it left a great first impression on me. It made me want to listen to Leap of Faith right after that, and although it tried with the varying styles, I just like Expando more. I starred "Friday Night" for my Spotify favorites.

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Odd Henley performances from the Inside Job era: Spanish-sounding Hotel California from Inside Job Live or Life in the Fast Lane from Vh1 Storytellers?

Link to HC: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2rakad

Link to LITFL (Credit goes to L&M Eagles Fastlane. If it's not a good idea to share a link to a video from their website, let me know, and I'll just describe what happens): https://s.real.com/orC4WX

You could either answer this one or answer AT's question on Expando or Leap of Faith again. Or both, if you feel like it. I don't know. I'm just thinking that AT may want to hear from a big Tim fan or someone who likes Tim more than just a neutral person.

[Annoying Twit]

My question is solidly answered!

I can't answer Rudie's question as I don't have time to listen (at work) and I can't do it from memory.

[Delilah]

Thanks, RudieCantFail, for those links; definitely different-sounding! Between the two, I'll go with Life in the Fast Lane. While I'm not a big fan of rap, Don looks like he's having fun with it. The HC arrangement (which I would describe as Mexican, not Spanish; Don not only plays the maracas, he also lets out a couple of gritos), loses that eerie, mysterious vibe of the original.

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Randy's duets: "Deep Inside My Heart" w/ Kim Carnes or "Strangers" w/ Ann Wilson?

Deep Inside My Heart
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oXwhg6EfzUs

Strangers
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iIDbUd-fmcc

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Deep Inside My Heart with Kim Carnes

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Love songs: The Best of My Love or Victim of Love?

[Jonny Come Lately]

Victim Of Love - it's a terrific live in the studio band performance and the guitar work by both Don F and Joe is great. It's a really great track IMO.

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'Easy' Songs: Take It Easy or Peaceful Easy Feeling?

[LovinGlennGirl]

Love them both, but Peaceful Easy Feelin is my choice

Trying songs:

Try and Love Again or Tryin'

[Jonny Come Lately]

Definitely Try And Love Again - it's a great song and I think it might just be Randy's best Eagles song (I love the melody and guitars as well as the vocals and lyrics), whereas I don't consider Tryin' to be one of the highlights from the debut album.

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With it being Tom Petty's birthday today I thought of this one:

Don's collaborations with members of The Heartbreakers: With Stan Lynch or with Mike Campbell?

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Wow - That's a tough one, JCL. Although Don has collaborated with Stan Lynch more, I think I'll go with Mike Campbell based solely on the stupendous 'The Boys of Summer'.

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Eagles compilations: Selected Works or The Very Best of the Eagles?