Specific Setlist Requests
We've done "Dream setlists" before, but if you could give the Eagles more realistic advice on one or two songs they should do or drop, what would you say?
I think the reason NKIT was dropped was that it was too hard to sing well consistently, and that Tequila Sunrise was dropped because it was a slow song and they felt they had enough of those. As a result, I'm not going to go with those.
Instead, I would recommend adding back Already Gone and Somebody, and dropping Rocky Mountain Way and All She Wants to Do Is Dance.
RMW and ASWTDID are already nixed sometimes, indicating that the band believes they are expendable. I agree. They are just solo songs, after all, albeit terrific ones. I say, don't just skip them on occasion - replace them with something on a regular basis! Yeah, it would mean shaking up the encore, but is that really such a bad thing? Plus, "Already Gone" would be a cool encore for obvious reasons.
They even use a snippet of Already Gone in ads for their concerts - that tells you all you need to know about its appeal right there! And if I can hit all the notes singing along in the car, it must not be that hard to sing.
As far as Somebody, it's rockin' and it's new. If they feel the set is too ballad-heavy, especially with regard to Glenn's vocals, why not? Perhaps they felt it didn't get a good reception, I don't know. It seemed as well-received as the other new material at the shows I went to, indeed more so than some of the newer songs such as the title track.
OK, so those are my thoughts. What are yours?
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Originally Posted by luvthelighthouse
