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Eagles Song Survivor: Non-Studio Album Songs
Time for the Non-Studio Album Song Survivor! If you're new, for a basic overview of the game, see this post: Survivor Overview
I'm going to list the songs competing in the game here. Vote for the song that you feel should be eliminated from the list. The song that gets the most votes will be taken off of the list (or, in the language of Survivor, "Voted off of the island.") Each round, one more song will get axed, until there's only one left. Remember: you're voting for your LEAST favorite, not your favorite.
Each round will last 48 hours after posting to give people a chance to vote who don't post every day. That means that the first round will end at 8:00 Eastern time the day after tomorrow. If you miss a round, don't think you can't play. It's all good!
Since there may be discussion posts, be sure to make it clear when you are casting your vote. Votes must be cast before the cut off time of 8:00 on the second day, and they cannot be changed once you have voted.
Note: The board clock is not accurate (currently 35 - 36 minutes ahead of real time). Please do not rely on it for meeting posting deadlines.
While these games can get heated, remember it's all in good fun. You can debate the merits of a song, but don't badger people who don't vote the same way you do. The administrator and moderators reserve the right to take action if they determine that someone is behaving disruptively, nastily, or otherwise inappropriately.
If you get confused about what round we are in, look at this post. I'll always update it to reflect the current round. Also feel free to post any questions if you don't understand what's going on.
If there is a tiebreaker, then ALL votes from ALL previous rounds are tallied and whoever has the most prior votes is eliminated. That’s the way it’s done on the real show, that’s the way it’s done here. If there is a complete tie with prior votes (Murphy’s Law), then I'll have a sudden-death trivia question ready. The first person who answers it correctly gets to break the tie. The odds of that happening are slim, but you never know, and it's good to be prepared.
The tie-breaker question will be asked one hour after results are in, if there is need for it. The exception is the last round. If the tie-breaker does not resolve the last round, then the tie will be allowed to stand.
Note: In order to avoid voter fraud and trolling, we require that you must be "a member in good standing" as defined by the Terms of Service for at least two weeks before the start of the game in order to cast a vote.
GAME OVER!
The winner is:
Seven Bridges Road
Songs Eliminated:
Funky New Year 6/15
All Night Long 6/17
Please Come Home for Christmas 6/19
Get You in the Mood 6/21
Love Will Keep Us Alive 6/23
One Day at a Time 6/25
The Girl from Yesterday 6/27
Life’s Been Good 6/29
Learn To Be Still 7/1
Hole in the World 7/3
Get Over It 7/5
Thanks for playing and hope everyone enjoyed the game.
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I Vote get you in the mood. Glenn was just not an accomplished songwriter and it shows in the song.
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YoungEaglesFan
I Vote get you in the mood. Glenn was just not an accomplished songwriter and it shows in the song.
I hope you mean he wasn't accomplished at the time he wrote it. He was young. He had to learn. It's a lot better than a couple of other tracks which were on the first album, in my view.
I think this will be a hard game for me because I suspect my opinions will be very different from others.
Here goes:
Please Come Home For Christmas.
(I am still getting gaps of two lines when I type paragraphs. It's annoying. Oh well).
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Freypower
I hope you mean he wasn't accomplished at the time he wrote it. He was young. He had to learn. It's a lot better than a couple of other tracks which were on the first album, in my view.
I think this will be a hard game for me because I suspect my opinions will be very different from others.
Here goes:
Please Come Home For Christmas.
(I am still getting gaps of two lines when I type paragraphs. It's annoying. Oh well).
Oh of course. I should have clarified. I think it’s the worst song out of all the Glenn sung or written songs on the album but we can disagree on that
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OK, yeah, GYIM is... not his best work.
But I'm voting for LBG just because it's a solo song, essentially, so I think it should go before the true Eagles stuff.
I cast my vote for Life's Been Good.
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My vote is for One Day At A Time, not really and Eagles song to me. It was either this or Life's Been Good, but its such a fun song I will leave it for now.
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Okay - I want to make a few comments in defense of Get You in the Mood. Now, I am not going to pretend that it’s a great song, but, IMO, it is better than Funky New Year. The lyrics in both songs leave a lot to be desired, but, to me, at least, Get You in the Mood has a pretty decent melody and I actually like the chorus. I think the music is pretty good as well. I’ve said before it’s hard for me to believe that the same four men who wrote Heartache Tonight are responsible for Funky New Year – ‘my hair hurts’ … I mean really? The melody and music don’t have a whole lot going for them either. And, to think, by the time FNY was written, these men were supposedly seasoned songwriters. Maybe my hair will start hurting too if I don’t stop scratching my head because, to me, it is clearly the worst song in this game. lol I’m going to withhold my vote for now, but if I can help eliminate Funky New Year, then I’m so there.
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I will just say I think Life's Been Good is much better as an Eagles song than a Joe solo song. I don't even listen to the original anymore. The dueling guitars with Felder, the harmonies, all of it. The fun they had playing it on stage. Both during the Christchurch HFO concert and the F1 DVD, Glenn has a ball playing that song and really cracks up and Joe with his camera hat. I loved it.
Life's Been Good describes Glenn, Don, and Tim as much as it does Joe. They all were hard partiers and loved trashing rooms. To me it's the band's theme song.
For me, the version on Eagles Live makes the original on But Seriously Folks unlistenable. It's that much better. So while it might not win, I'd hate to see it go right out of the gate. It's a great Eagles song, unofficially.
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Wow. I love Get You in the Mood. The way it starts off with those lone guitar notes and the ascending bass riff really sets the “mood” of the song. Glenn’s voice is hot and sultry and that bluesy guitar solo is killer. Are these his finest lyrics? No, but he was still finding his way. I think it’s a pretty solid effort and I can’t imagine it going before some of the others on the list.
Ok, here’s my rather controversial choice: Love Will Keep Us Alive.
Sorry, Timothy, I love your voice but I do not care for this song. It wasn’t written by an Eagle and it doesn’t sound like an Eagles song. Any band could have recorded it. I’m aware it was a hit on the AC charts but I don’t think that says much other than “we’re turning in our rock cred card and have arrived in Middle-Aged Snoozeville.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if Timothy himself rues the day he ever presented the song to the band cause now he’s stuck with it for perpetuity.
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Wow, the votes are really all over the place for this version of Survivor! I will also go with "Love Will Keep Us Alive." Tim sings it great, but it's too sappy of a song for my taste.
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Delilah
Wow. I love Get You in the Mood. The way it starts off with those lone guitar notes and the ascending bass riff really sets the “mood” of the song. Glenn’s voice is hot and sultry and that bluesy guitar solo is killer. Are these his finest lyrics? No, but he was still finding his way. I think it’s a pretty solid effort and I can’t imagine it going before some of the others on the list.
Ok, here’s my rather controversial choice: Love Will Keep Us Alive.
Sorry, Timothy, I love your voice but I do not care for this song. It wasn’t written by an Eagle and it doesn’t sound like an Eagles song. Any band could have recorded it. I’m aware it was a hit on the AC charts but I don’t think that says much other than “we’re turning in our rock cred card and have arrived in Middle-Aged Snoozeville.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if Timothy himself rues the day he ever presented the song to the band cause now he’s stuck with it for perpetuity.
For the record, I completely agree with you. It is also sums up some of the reasons why I also dislike Please Come Home For Christmas.
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Wow, the votes are all over the place this time.
My vote is for Funky New Year . I'm not impressed.
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Funky New Year gets my vote.
I could not listen to the studio version unfortunately, so I had to make do with the 1999 Millenium Concert version. And yeah. Lame lyrics, not really significant music, just not good. Probably the worst out of all the things here. Tbh, I don't even feel the atmosphere of New Year's in the song!
Oh God. Almost of all these songs in this survivor are ones which I either don't really care for or don't like. Those extra songs I listed in the announcement thread are way better (IMO obviously). I will still play, but it'll be hard voting those least liked songs. Only the new HFO songs are up to the standard. I do like One Day at a Time though. Not so bad actually. Simple song with some decent guitar. And about Get You in the Mood, at least the mood and atmosphere was there.
About Life's Been Good, I really like it done with the Eagles, but not the Eagles Live version. Bootlegs are much better. Joe's guitar had so much rawness in those, and it has been sucked out in this version. Not to mention: OVERDUBBING. I can't stand that from Eagles Live. I have the 1980 Santa Monica bootleg (July 29th, from where this recording was taken from). Clearly overdubbing is there in terms of lyrics and guitars as well. The lyrics are clearly overdubbed and guitars have been overdubbed over empty spots, as well as the last solo's piano and guitar were overdubbed. My personal favorite is 1980 The Forum (soundboard version). Way better and rawer.
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I vote for Funky New Year
Dreamer, I pretty much agree with everything you said about this song. I never liked it, JMHO though.
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I vote for All Night Long. It's a simple little, banal kind of rocker. I'm not sure if I'd heard it before but if I had, I'd forgotten it immediately.
I like Get you in the Mood. Yes, some of the lyrics are a bit cringeworthy, but compared to many rock songs (and All Night Long), it's ambitious. Like many of Glenn's songs, the focus is on what he could do for the girl rather than what she could do for him. I also like the mood and that it's so different from any other Eagles recording. I hear it as Glenn being inspired by being in the same studio with the same producer as Led Zeppelin.
Funky New Year amuses me slightly, so I'll give it a pass for now.
Learn to be Still is not a favourite but I'll give it points for being a proper song.
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I think "Funky New Year" has a great groove! Some of its lines are a hoot!
"Been passin' 'round the bottle... make me feel brand new... the trouble with the new man is - he wants a hit, too!" lol!
And the "hair hurts" is actually a tried-and-true joke... you're in so much pain that even your hair hurts.
Whenever I hear it, I always want to move to the beat! Oh-woah-woah-it's-a- FUNKAY NEW YEAR!
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sodascouts
I think "Funky New Year" has a great groove! Some of its lines are a hoot!
"Been passin' 'round the bottle... make me feel brand new... the trouble with the new man is - he wants a hit, too!" lol!
And the "hair hurts" is actually a tried-and-true joke... you're in so much pain that even your hair hurts.
Whenever I hear it, I always want to move to the beat! Oh-woah-woah-it's-a- FUNKAY NEW YEAR!
I agree with this sentiment. It’s just meant to be a non serious weird song, but I like the grove and the feel to it. I don’t love it but it’s interesting
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My vote is for Funky New Year. This was a bad idea, and probably done as more of a joke, just to get a Holiday B-side for Please Come Home For Christmas.
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I cast my vote for Love Will Keep Us Alive.
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Funky New Year is first on my list to go. I completely agree with Dreamer on it and do they really even sing? I do find it cute and amusing, but really.....
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I vote for Funky New Year. Just awful. Makes Disco Strangler sound like a Beethoven composition.
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thelastresort
I vote for Funky New Year. Just awful. Makes Disco Strangler sound like a Beethoven composition.
OK, now that's just uncalled for. lol
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I'm going to vote for Get You In The Mood. I like Funky New Year especially the Millennium version when Don added a little something to it.
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sodascouts
OK, now that's just uncalled for. lol
:rofl:
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I had to check my profile to make sure it was okay for me to vote. I think it's okay, depending on what your definition of "good standing" is. ;)
How can you vote to eliminate "Get You In The Mood" first? No, no, no, that can't be. I cannot sit idly by and let that happen!
I have to admit, I don't think I'd heard "Funky New Year" before. I'm pretty sure I laughed out loud. ("Yeah, the weird lady is laughing in her cubicle again. Don't go near her.") And, seriously, if you haven't partied until your hair hurts, have you really partied at all?
There are two I would like to vote for. One of these songs I just can't stand… and I don't think it's the song, the writer, and definitely not the singer's fault. It just grates. on. my. nerves. Must be something left over from a past life.
But, I will vote for the other of those two:
Please Come Home For Christmas.
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I vote Please Come Home for Christmas as it wasn't written by the Eagles and anyway its the wrong time of the year!!
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thelastresort
I vote for Funky New Year. Just awful. Makes Disco Strangler sound like a Beethoven composition.
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sodascouts
OK, now that's just uncalled for. lol
Yep - This definitely gave me a chuckle. I am, obviously, grateful to see that it will be the first song to be eliminated. It so deserves it. lol I mean I didn't even mention earlier about the repetition - My guess is must say Funky New Year at least 20 times, which is probably 2/3's of the song. If it needed my vote, it would definitely get it, but since this round isn't even close, I am going to vote for another song with a lot of repetition ...
I cast my vote for Hole in the World.
BTW - I may be misremembering, but I can't ever recall a round in any of our Survivor games in which so many songs got votes ... to be exact, 3/4's of the songs in the game received votes in this round.
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The first song to be eliminated in Non-Studio Album Songs Survivor is Funky New Year. “Funky New Year”, heard you went to a party last night. Hope you partied hearty because when you wake up this morning you will find that the tribe has spoken. You probably can’t remember when you felt worse, but you need to perk up a little because you must leave the island immediately.
Votes
Funky New Year – 8
Please Come Home for Christmas – 3
Love Will Keep Us Alive – 3
Get You in the Mood – 2
Life’s Been Good – 1
One Day at a Time – 1
Learn To Be Still – 1
All Night Long – 1
Hole in the World – 1
Vote Breakdown
Funky New Year – groupie2686
Funky New Year – cosec3791
Funky New Year – New Kid In Town
Funky New Year – Desperada
Funky New Year – travlman2
Funky New Year – BillBailey1976
Funky New Year – Brooke
Funky New Year – thelastresort
Please Come Home for Christmas – Freypower
Please Come Home for Christmas – CAinOH
Please Come Home for Christmas – Glennsallnighter
Love Will Keep Us Alive – Delilah
Love Will Keep Us Alive – scottside
Love Will Keep Us Alive – East Texas Girl
Get You in the Mood – YoungEaglesFan
Get You in the Mood – shunlvswx
Life’s Been Good – sodascouts
One Day at a Time – LovinGlennGirl
Learn To Be Still – WalshFan88
All Night Long – UndertheWire
Hole in the World – Ive always been a dreamer
Songs Eliminated:
Funky New Year 6/15
Songs Remaining:
Get You in the Mood
Please Come Home for Christmas
All Night Long
Life’s Been Good
Seven Bridges Road
Get Over It
The Girl from Yesterday
Learn to Be Still
Love Will Keep Us Alive
Hole in the World
One Day at a Time
Voting for Round Two begins now.
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Please Come Home For Christmas
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Please Come Home For Christmas
(No need to change my mind now...)
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Anybody ready to get on this train yet? Again, it's not even an Eagles song!
I cast my vote for Life's Been Good.
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Apparently, we're just waiting around for those who voted for "Funky New Year" to vote. ;)
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Please Come Home For Christmas.
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Aw, but doesn't PCHFC have a great vocal? And those opening Christmas bells always put a smile on my face!
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I’m not really sure where the movement against PCHFC comes from. I think it’s pleasant enough. I don’t see any glaring flaws with it unlike some other songs. I will vote Get You In the mood again
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Okay. I am voting for Please Come Home for Christmas
Not a fave at all. I personally don't care about the vocals tbh. It feels pretty average compared to the other songs. Get You in the Mood at least has better music and atmosphere. PCHFC also doesn't have good instrumental (boring Christmas bells which, atm, as AllNighter says, is not even relevant); and same goes for atmosphere: non existent atm.