I vote this round for Everybody Knows. It just hasnt the same impact on me as others of Dons songs.
I vote this round for Everybody Knows. It just hasnt the same impact on me as others of Dons songs.
'I must be leaving soon... its your world now'
Glenn Frey 1948-2016 RIP
The first song to be eliminated from The Very Best of Don Henley Survivor is Everybody Knows. “Everybody Knows”, you weren't that discreet, but everybody knows one of the good guys lost. You must please leave the island immediately.
Votes
Everybody Knows - 8
Everything Is Different Now – 3
For My Wedding – 3
I Will Not Go Quietly – 1
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – 1
Vote Breakdown
Everybody Knows – sodascouts
Everybody Knows – Freypower
Everybody Knows – Koala
Everybody Knows – whitcap
Everybody Knows – EaglesKiwi
Everybody Knows – Victim of Love
Everybody Knows – Tori
Everybody Knows – Glennsallnighter
Everything is Different Now – Brooke
Everything is Different Now – Maleah
Everything is Different Now – EagleLady
For My Wedding – TimothyBFan
For My Wedding - AzEaglesFan
For My Wedding – Ive always been a dreamer
I Will Not Go Quietly –UK Timfan
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – Henley Honey
Songs eliminated:
Everybody Knows 4/07
Songs remaining:
Dirty Laundry
The Boys of Summer
All She Wants to Do Is Dance
Not Enough Love in the World
Sunset Grill
The End of the Innocence
The Last Worthless Evening
New York Minute
I Will Not Go Quietly
The Heart of the Matter
For My Wedding
Everything is Different Now
Taking You Home
Voting for Round Two begins now.
"People don't run out of dreams: People just run out of time ..."
Glenn Frey 11/06/1948 - 01/18/2016
I vote for For My Wedding. It's never been a favourite of mine.
I vote (again) for All She Wants To Do Is Dance
I vote for Everything Is Different Now
For My Wedding isn't my favorite song of Don's either, but I can tolerate listening to it more than the other. lol I'm just not a fan of the speaking parts of the song for some reason.
I vote for Everything is different Now AGAIN.
I cast my vote for For My Wedding.
~ Tori
I cast my vote for Everything Is Different Now.
It's a nice sentiment, and I realize the creepy sound of the verse is supposed to provide a great contrast to the bright sound of the chorus, an alignment of melody and theme. In many ways, that works. However, the creepiness is still a turn off for me. Additionally, the ending is rather repetitive.
Finally - and I know it's not reflective of the quality of the song - but I can't help but remember the horrific video when I hear it, and thus associate a headless stripper displaying her crotch to Don when he sings the line "I hate to tell you this, but I'm very, very happy." ::SHUDDER::
I vote for Everything Is Different Now
"For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation!"
(Glenn Frey)
I vote for "For My Wedding."
I love the lines "To want what I have, to take what I'm given with grace - for this I pray." It's so true (and so true that I need to pray for it!!) and Don sings that part so beautifully.
However the pacing of the song is a little slow, and the melody a little simplistic for me. It's a pretty song, but is it really one of the Very Best of Don's songs? In my opinion, there are many that deserve to be included on the album ahead of this one. I think Goodbye to a River, Month of Sundays, Talking to the Moon, Lilah, and Come Rain or Come Shine are all better than this song.
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Suzanne