Long Road Out of Eden Song Survivor

[Peekaboo]

I agree with all of the comments here about both songs. How Long also got to me when i first heard it in concert. I too had tears. And WITW is a so incredibly beautiful. I was just blown away by Don's voice when I first heard this song. I think this is the best song Don has done, both vocally and lyrically.

Both songs derserve this title but only one can be the winner. My vote is for Waiting In The Weeds.

[Prettymaid]

Unless a miracle happens, it looks like WITW is going to take it all.

I'm going to go ahead and cast my vote for How Long, and then stand back and give it a huge round of applause...

[JoeFan]

I'm glad I got a chance to vote before it's too late.

I cast my vote for HOW LONG to win!

[sodascouts]

And the winner of Long Road Out of Eden Survivor, with 13 votes, is....

WAITING IN THE WEEDS!


Votes
Waiting in the Weeds – 13
How Long – 8


Vote Breakdown
Waiting in the Weeds – timfan
Waiting in the Weeds – Freypower
Waiting in the Weeds – eaglesvet
Waiting in the Weeds – Maleah
Waiting in the Weeds – AzEaglesFan
Waiting in the Weeds – Mrs Henley
Waiting in the Weeds – Troubadour
Waiting in the Weeds – DonFan
Waiting in the Weeds – Brooke
Waiting in the Weeds – Just Another Hired Hand
Waiting in the Weeds – SodaScouts
Waiting in the Weeds – Stars
Waiting in the Weeds – Peekaboo
How Long – EagleLady
How Long – Ive always been a dreamer
How Long – ticky
How Long – WildThyme
How Long – TimothyBFan
How Long – Glennsallnighter
How Long – Pretty Maid
How Long – JoeFan


Songs eliminated:
Fast Company 11/01
Frail Grasp on the Big Picture 11/03
No More Walks in the Wood 11/05
I Love to Watch a Woman Dance 11/07
I Don’t Want to Hear Any More 11/09
I Dreamed There Was No War 11/11
Center of the Universe 11/13
It’s Your World Now 11/15
Business As Usual 11/17
Guilty of the Crime 11/19
Last Good Time in Town – 11/21
Do Something 11/23
Busy Being Fabulous 11/25
You Are Not Alone 11/30
No More Cloudy Days 12/2
Somebody 12/4
What Do I Do with My Heart 12/6
Long Road Out of Eden 12/8
How Long 12/10


CONGRATULATIONS WAITING IN THE WEEDS!

Thanks for playing, everybody!

To celebrate, check out this EOC video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6RICAg1WW8

And this live footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1nqDrYcDg

[EagleLady]

Unfortunately the best song didn't win. But congrats anyway to WITW. IMO It is the weakest song on the album.

[Prettymaid]

I want to thank the newbies for weighing in on this last round... even if you didn't pick my song.... It was fun!

[Prettymaid]

Unfortunately the best song didn't win. But congrats anyway to WITW. IMO It is the weakest song on the album.

EL, you've got to be kidding me!!!!! The weakest song on the album?????

[EagleLady]

EL, you've got to be kidding me!!!!! The weakest song on the album?????

It is my opinion.

[Troubadour]

Congratulations, Waiting In The Weeds! This has been a lot of fun, and I'm thrilled with the winner. For me, Waiting In The Weeds and Long Road Out Of Eden are the standout songs on the album, although I have a great deal of affection for the rest of it. Your eloquent reasoning, PM and Dreamer, has really made me appreciate what an important song How Long is.

Back to WITW... It is poetry. I find the image of "a small gray spider spinning in the dark, in spite of all the times the web is torn apart" very inspiring. The song has a mystical, cyclical feel to it, which I love. It's as if the song goes on after you've finished listening to it. I feel the same way about LROOE. These guys sure know how to write songs!

Lastly, thank you for the clips, Soda. The live footage made the excitement about next summer's show rush back in floods. I know I am going to cry - if not when I first catch sight of them, when they sing this song.

[Freypower]

Unfortunately the best song didn't win. But congrats anyway to WITW. IMO It is the weakest song on the album.

Perhaps you would like to give your reasons for why you think this song, which has achieved such popularity amongst fans and which no less a person than Glenn Frey states is one of his favourites, is the 'weakest' song. What don't you like about it? I think that's a very, very big claim.

I admit to surprise that if you think it's so 'weak' you weren't voting for it to be eliminated. You know how other people like it, I guess.

And which song do you consider the 'best' song, and why? I am interested to hear your opinion.

I will state here that WITW isn't my favourite track on this album, but I do think it ranks up there with the band's very best work.