Eagles Song Survivor: On the Border

[sodascouts]

No... not Best of My Love!

Seriously, that song is absolutely gorgeous. The way Don sings "oh... sweet darlin... you get the best of my love" makes me melt, the "I guess that wasn't enough" breaks my heart, and the lovely harmonies... the melody, the way the arrangement builds, the emotion of it...

Plus the lyrics are great, too (unlike some OTHER songs, ahem). Great imagery: "That same old crowd was like a cold, dark cloud that we could never rise above"; I like the contrast between the dreaming and waking that's used both literally and figuratively; I like the way even something trite like "talk is cheap" can be made fresh by turning it into "cheap talk and wine" and in just a few words, represent their meaningless, shallow lifestyle very effectively. Great stuff.

Best of My Love is one of my favorite Eagles songs.

Save Best of My Love!

Save Ol' 55!

Vote Good Day in Hell!

[Scarlet Sun]

Plus the lyrics are great, too (unlike some OTHER songs, ahem).

Best of My Love is one of my favorite Eagles songs.

It's my 3rd most favorite behind PEF and TIE

[New Kid In Town]

I vote for Good Day In Hell.

I love Ol' 55 and Best Of My Love.

[UndertheWire]

OK, I'm swayed. Good Day in Hell

[Out of Control]

Good Day in Hell so I can save Already Gone (because I didn't know James Dean was eliminated).

[shunlvswx]

No... not Best of My Love!

Seriously, that song is absolutely gorgeous. The way Don sings "oh... sweet darlin... you get the best of my love" makes me melt, the "I guess that wasn't enough" breaks my heart, and the lovely harmonies... the melody, the way the arrangement builds, the emotion of it...

Plus the lyrics are great, too (unlike some OTHER songs, ahem). Great imagery: "That same old crowd was like a cold, dark cloud that we could never rise above"; I like the contrast between the dreaming and waking that's used both literally and figuratively; I like the way even something trite like "talk is cheap" can be made fresh by turning it into "cheap talk and wine" and in just a few words, represent their meaningless, shallow lifestyle very effectively. Great stuff.

Best of My Love is one of my favorite Eagles songs.

Save Best of My Love!

Save Ol' 55!

Vote Good Day in Hell!

I was surprised Best of My Love was going down very fast. I've already been swayed earlier. I couldn't vote against Ol' 55.

[cosec3791]

No... not Best of My Love!

Seriously, that song is absolutely gorgeous. The way Don sings "oh... sweet darlin... you get the best of my love" makes me melt, the "I guess that wasn't enough" breaks my heart, and the lovely harmonies... the melody, the way the arrangement builds, the emotion of it...

Plus the lyrics are great, too (unlike some OTHER songs, ahem). Great imagery: "That same old crowd was like a cold, dark cloud that we could never rise above"; I like the contrast between the dreaming and waking that's used both literally and figuratively; I like the way even something trite like "talk is cheap" can be made fresh by turning it into "cheap talk and wine" and in just a few words, represent their meaningless, shallow lifestyle very effectively. Great stuff.

Best of My Love is one of my favorite Eagles songs.

Save Best of My Love!

Save Ol' 55!

Vote Good Day in Hell!

Lol I am typing this while listening to Best of My Love from 1979 Osaka. Such a beautiful version! I love the crowd cheering so much after Glenn exclaimed "One More!" And their singing along during "Oh Sweet Darling" is just an amazing moment! But based on studio? BOML is a snoozefest! Even Ol '55, a song I do not like at all is better on studio.

And no offence, but not everybody wants ballads. Even Glenn acknowledges it sometimes in concerts! So, it is not surprising if people (including me) vote off the two ballads.

[Delilah]

I re-read the OTB part of Felder's book and he makes no mention of playing on anything other than Good Day in Hell and Already Gone so I assume that's it. From other sources, my understand is that Already Gone had already been recorded and Felder added a second lead guitar to it (the first being Glenn's) and that with Good Day in Hell he was brought in to play something that had already been composed and played live by someone else.

In one of Felder’s relatively recent press or video threads, he says in an interview that he dubbed in some guitar on the title track, OTB.

Even if the slide guitar part was already composed, he still put his own stamp on it. I happen to love GDIH; it truly rocks! And Felder is a big reason for that.

That being said, I would probably choose it as the next to go if the voting was closer. But it looks to be the next casualty, so looking ahead to save BOML, my vote goes to Ol’ 55.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

OK, I'm swayed. Good Day in Hell

UTW - You already voted in this round (Post #207).

You are already gone - only one vote per round, Missy! lol

[Ive always been a dreamer]

The next song to be eliminated in On the Border Survivor is Good Day in Hell. “Good Day in Hell”, the tribe has spoken and you have gone down in flames. Seeing how’s you’re going down, don’t get yourself in a sticky situation. You need to leave the island, so take that fork in the road to get yourself out of town.

Votes
Good Day in Hell – 10
The Best of My Love – 7
Ol’ 55 – 7
Already Gone – 1

Vote Breakdown
Good Day in Hell – Scarlet Sun
Good Day in Hell – sodascouts
Good Day in Hell – LovinGlennGirl
Good Day in Hell – TW
Good Day in Hell – shunlvswx
Good Day in Hell – East Texas Girl
Good Day in Hell – thelastresort
Good Day in Hell – Glennsallnighter
Good Day in Hell – New Kid In Town
Good Day in Hell – Out of Control
The Best of My Love – Freypower
The Best of My Love– cosec3791
The Best of My Love – NYC Fan
The Best of My Love – Desperada
The Best of My Love – longtimeeaglesfan
The Best of My Love – Dawn
The Best of My Love – groupie2686
Ol’ 55 – WalshFan88
Ol’ 55 – YoungEaglesFan
Ol’ 55 – My My
Ol’ 55 – Ive always been a dreamer
Ol’ 55 – scottside
Ol’ 55 – Brooke
Ol’ 55 – Delilah
Already Gone – UndertheWire

Songs Eliminated:
You Never Cry Like a Lover 3/24
Midnight Flyer 3/26
Is It True 3/28
On the Border 3/30
My Man 4/01
James Dean 4/03
Good Day in Hell 4/05

Songs Remaining:
Already Gone
Ol’ 55
The Best of My Love


Voting for Round Eight begins now.

Reminder: As we enter into these last rounds, the board clock is running approximately 31 minutes ahead of actual time. Votes must continue to be registered on the board clock no later than 8:28 in order to be counted.