Long Road Out of Eden Song Survivor

[sodascouts]

The sixteenth song to leave the island in Long Road Out of Eden Survivor is Somebody. “Somebody,” uh-oh, I see a graveyard with an old tombstone in your future! Time to go! The tribe has spoken; please leave immediately. The remaining songs may return to camp.

Votes
Somebody – 7
Long Road Out of Eden – 6
How Long – 2


Vote Breakdown
Somebody – EagleLady
Somebody – eaglesvet
Somebody – DonFan
Somebody – Peekaboo
Somebody – PrettyMaid
Somebody – timfan
Somebody – Troubadour
Long Road Out of Eden – SodaScouts
Long Road Out of Eden – AzEaglesFan
Long Road Out of Eden – TimothyBFan
Long Road Out of Eden – Glennsallnighter
Long Road Out of Eden – ticky
Long Road Out of Eden – Ive always been a dreamer
How Long – Freypower
How Long – Brooke


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


Songs remaining:
How Long
What Do I Do With My Heart
Waiting in the Weeds
Long Road Out of Eden


The immunity question for Round 17 (and our last immunity question) is as follows:

The Long Road Out of Eden liner notes state all the instruments the various Eagles played on the album. Name them (vocal is included as “instrument” for the purposes of this question). Put your answers in the form of the name of the Eagle, then the instruments he played. For instance, Glenn Frey:
[list instruments]; Don Henley:
[list instruments] etc.

NOTE: You MUST include the song you want to be immune along with your answer for it to be counted.

[Freypower]

I did want to give someone else a chance, but I may as well answer.

Glenn Frey: guitar, keyboards, bass, vocals
Don Henley: drums, (yeah, which tracks, I want to know!), percussion, guitar, vocals
Joe Walsh: guitar, keyboards, vocals
Timothy B. Schmit: bass, vocals

And it's back to Long Road Out Of Eden to be immune please!

[sodascouts]

That's right FP.

Long Road Out of Eden is immune.

Voting for Round 17 begins now!

[sodascouts]

Well, now that FP has made the one song I wanted to vote for immune, I don't know what I'm gonna do!

I guess, because they didn't write it....

I cast my vote for How Long.

[EagleLady]

I'll go with Waiting In The Weeds

[Freypower]

Surely people will now start to agree that it's time for How Long to go. The song has tremendous importance in reestablishing the band as a creative force, but they didn't write it and the remaining songs here are superior. I know now that I've probably doomed What Do I Do With My Heart. But in my opinion that is a much better and more moving song than How Long.

So I vote for How Long.

[Troubadour]

I, too, cast my vote for How Long. It's just the next choice for me. I am so pleased LROOE is immune.

[TimothyBFan]

Surely people will now start to agree that it's time for How Long to go. The song has tremendous importance in reestablishing the band as a creative force, but they didn't write it and the remaining songs here are superior. I know now that I've probably doomed What Do I Do With My Heart. But in my opinion that is a much better and more moving song than How Long.

So I vote for How Long.

Sorry, but I totally disagree, I absolutely will REFUSE to vote for How Long or Waiting In The Weeds till I have nothing else to vote for! Yes I know they did not write How Long, and even tho important, not my top priority in picking songs I like and enjoy. I always listen to the harmony and the music before I actually listen to the words that have been written. Once I like a song, I then listen to the words more closely. Regardless of how beautiful the written words are, if I don't like the tempo, harmony, etc., I will not give it the time of day. Maybe some people will consider that backwards or wrong, but the actual music and voices have always meant more to me. Hope that makes some sense to some of you.

Tho, I usually do not go into explanations on this game, I felt I had to this time. So another side note regarding How Long, I will never ever forget the feeling I felt the first time I heard the opening note of that song live and knew I was finally seeing the band who's music had been with me thru thick and thin for over 33 years. That song became just a little more special to me that moment and every time I have heard it since, I've gotten a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye.

That being said and since LROOE is immune I will have to vote for
What Do I Do With My Heart.

And what a shame that Somebody just missed being saved that way. Bummer.

[Freypower]

Well, you are entitled to your opinion, just as I am to mine. I suppose I am the opposite in that I tend to be attracted by the lyrics, and the lyrics of How Long, I'm afraid, don't do much for me. Unlike you I felt slightly let down when I heard they were covering this, like 'is this the best they can do'. Please don't get me wrong because it's a great performance, but I don't think it is as good as the other remaining songs, that's all. Perhaps I would feel differently if I ever saw it live. But I haven't seen it live so I have to go on what I feel about the recorded performance.

If you think I'm attaching too much importance to the fact that they didn't write it, that isn't all that great a concern, because there are two other songs on this album that Glenn sings, neither of which he wrote, both of which have already been eliminated and both of which I prefer to How Long.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

I'm totally with you on this one, tbf. What Do I Do With My Heart is gorgeous, but there is no way that I believe it should beat out How Long. I'm basically going to repeat much of the argument that I made when we played the first game because several people said my argument helped to persuade them. I think How Long is the quintessential Eagles song. True, it wasn’t written by them, but J.D. Souther is about as close as you can get to being an Eagle without really being one. The song has great lyrics and music – about as Eagles as you can get. I love the shared vocals between Glenn and Don and the harmonies are just phenomenal. The song deservedly won a Grammy for its vocals and harmonies. Also, outside of the hardcore fanbase, almost everyone that hears it, says “It sounds just like them”. I can’t think of a bigger compliment than that. So, please let's form a coaltion to save How Long.

I cast my vote for What Do I Do With My Heart.


SAVE HOW LONG - VOTE FOR WDIDWMH!!