Favorite Eagles album closing track

[Delilah]

Since the 2010s are coming to a close, I thought it might be kind of fun to poll the forum about everyone’s favorite closing track. Keep in mind it’s not just about how much a song is liked as a stand-alone, but how well it fits at the end of the album.

[WalshFan88]

Take It Easy (Live). It's a great closer live, and it is a great closer to the live album.

With the more electric sound of TIE, coupled with the Southern California line I love, I think it's the perfect closer to any Eagles concert, especially during this period where it had a little edge to the sound.

[Delilah]

I agree TIE is a great song to end a live show— it’s upbeat and lively.

[WalshFan88]

I always wished they'd end with that instead of Desperado which they've done in recent years. To me, they should be flip flopped. I guess to some Desperado is like closing on a finished note, but to me you should close out with something that leaves you wanting more. HC and Desperado shouldn't be the very last song IMO. I'd even wish at times they had opened the HOTE tour with HC like they did when on the HC tour.

But I think bands should always go out with a bang on a high energy fun sing along song, even if it isn't their biggest hit (which for some, maybe even most, bands it usually is). I wouldn't want AC/DC to close with Rock N' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution or Aerosmith to close out with I Don't Want To Miss A Thing. I want to see them go out with something that fires everyone up like You Shook Me All Night Long or Sweet Emotion. Build it up as you go and leave them wanting more. Don't play all of your high energy stuff early in the set and then fizzle out in the second half. Flip it the other way around. Or at least open with it, close with it, and do the softer stuff in the middle if you don't want to do as I suggested. But don't start out hot and just get weaker as you go along. That gets boring real fast. I have a short attention span, get bored easily, and I like bright flashy stuff. I tend to like entertainment to be captivating and something I can't take my eyes off of. Sometimes a concert can be almost as much visual as aural. It's the vibe, basically.

Even onstage I will reserve my energy as far as fancy guitar solos, structuring setlists, or even just stage presence/energy until the end and will slowly work my way up in the level of energy and excitement as the show goes on. Don't start out big and then lose steam. Great way to lose an audience. You only have so much "rah-rah" energy in you for a show, save it for the second half if not last quarter, to make a football analogy. I think it should be that way. Otherwise you just lose your crowd. Now if you're the Eagles, you don't have to worry about that (if for no other reason, just ticket costs alone but also the songs, of course!) but most smaller bands aren't as lucky. You learn to build anticipation. You can give your all and leave everything on the stage, still leave them feeling like they were satisfied with the concert, yet they will yearn for more shows like it in the future. It's just a smart strategy for any band. If you're in a cover band, save the "Free Bird" type stuff for the last song. Everything else will just pale if you go full on early/mid set.

[New Kid In Town]

Austin it is interesting you say that. Two of the three times I saw the Eagles they ended the show with TIE. I think TIE is a great song to end with - up beat and you leave the show in a good mood. When I saw them for HFO, I think they ended with Desperado. I think they ended a lot of 70's shows with TIE. Once they came back in 94, I think it was more Desperado.

[WalshFan88]

Austin it is interesting you say that. Two of the three times I saw the Eagles they ended the show with TIE. I think TIE is a great song to end with - up beat and you leave the show in a good mood. When I saw them for HFO, I think they ended with Desperado. I think they ended a lot of 70's shows with TIE. Once they came back in 94, I think it was more Desperado.

Yeah I've never agreed with it, I think that TIE should be the closer to any Eagles show. It's the perfect closer.