Eagles Song Survivor: Eagles Live Album

[Ive always been a dreamer]

The next performance to be eliminated in Eagles Live Album Survivor is Saturday Night. “Saturday Night” the tribe has spoken and what a tangled web we weaved. We didn't choose you, friend, so you lose this fight. Whatever happened, there is no time to pass, so swallow your pride and find your way off the island immediately.

Votes
Saturday Night – 8
Life in the Fast Lane – 2
Desperado – 1
Wasted Time – 1

Vote Breakdown
Saturday Night – WalshFan88
Saturday Night – scottside
Saturday Night – groupie2686
Saturday Night – Ive always been a dreamer
Saturday Night – Brooke
Saturday Night – shunlvswx
Saturday Night – East Texas Girl
Saturday Night – CainOH
Life in the Fast Lane – sodascouts
Life in the Fast Lane – Delilah
Desperado – takeiteasy
Wasted Time – Glennsallnighter

Performances Eliminated
All Night Long 2/08
Life's Been Good 2/10
I Can't Tell You Why 2/12
Saturday Night 2/14

Performances Remaining
Hotel California
Heartache Tonight
The Long Run
New Kid in Town
Seven Bridges Road
Wasted Time
Take It to the Limit
Desperado
Life in the Fast Lane
Take It Easy


Voting for Round 5 begins now.

[WalshFan88]

I vote for “Desperado”.

[cosec3791]

Hey all!!

I was busy with exams and school work, so I couldn't really check the forum for quite a while. Happy really belated new year's to all!

Anyways, Eagles Live..... ugh.

One of my least favorite albums, mainly due to the ridiculous overdubbing. Many of these performances are rather questionable. Nevertheless, I'm joining. I have listened to the following bootlegs (Oct. 22nd 1976 at The Forum, and July 29th 1980 at Santa Monica and July 31st at Long Beach) and I'll keep those in mind while voting.

For this round, I'm going to vote for Seven Bridges Road. An extremely unpopular opinion.

It's obviously due to the terribly shady overdubbing which Freypower and me went on in detail in a Survivor for non album songs.

[New Kid In Town]

I vote for The Long Run.

[sodascouts]

I am reluctant to start voting off the ballads like Wasted Time and Desperado, b/c the string section and piano parts are so lovely yet it would seem difficult to pull off in a large rock concert setting.

Agreed. I feel like the ballads are going first because we don't think of them as being these high-energy live pieces, but when you think about the live orchestral arrangement they managed, and how effective it is... that's impressive.

[takeiteasy]

I’ve been giving these songs a fresh listen. And it’s interesting to note some things I haven’t noticed before as well as recalling other familiar details, both good and bad.

I am reluctant to start voting off the ballads like Wasted Time and Desperado, b/c the string section and piano parts are so lovely yet it would seem difficult to pull off in a large rock concert setting.

So with Saturday Night already going down, I decided to vote off Life in the Fast Lane. I am not crazy about the bass sound and something that has bothered me about this version is how Timothy pronounces “Lane” It sounds like he says “lean” instead, probably due to his California accent. “Life in the fast lean” ​just doesn’t have the same bite.

"Life in the fast lean"
Yep, these guys were living their "fast lean"
I wish I could live my fast lean too...




By the way, I vote desperately for Desperado

[Ive always been a dreamer]

I agree with what Delilah and Soda said about the ballads being voted off. I absolutely adore Wasted Time with the orchestra and I just love the song period. The piano and Don's vocals in Desperado are always gorgeous, but, they have been closing their shows with pretty much the same arrangement of the song for what seems like forever. Unfortunately, I've grown a little tired of it, so it's my next choice to go.

I cast my vote for Desperado.

[scottside]

Desperado

[Delilah]

“Life in the Fast Lane” is the only song on the album that comes from the infamous Long Night at Wrong Beach concert. According to setlist.com, it was the 5th to last song so the tensions were probably building up by the then.

It’s cursed I tell you, CURSED!

I vote for Life in the Fast Lane.

[groupie2686]

Life in the Fast Lane