Eagles Song Survivor: Hotel California

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Time for the “Hotel California" Survivor game, where we vote off a song until we get to the last one standing! If you're new, for a basic overview of the game, see this post: Survivor Overview.

I'm going to list all of the songs on Hotel California here. Vote for the song that you feel should be eliminated from the list. The song that gets the most votes will be taken off of the list (or, in the language of Survivor, "voted off of the island.") Each round, one more song will get axed, until there's only one left. Remember: you're voting for your LEAST favorite, not your favorite.

Each round will last 48 hours after posting to give people a chance to vote who don't post every day. That means that the first round will end at 8:00 Eastern Standard Time the day after tomorrow. If you miss a round, don't think you can't play. It's all good!

Since there may be discussion posts, be sure to make it clear when you are casting your vote. Votes cannot be cast after the cut off time of 8:00 on the second day, and they cannot be changed once you have voted. This holds true even if your vote is a mistake. Sorry, them's the rules!

If you get confused about what round we are in, look at this post. I'll always update it to reflect the current round. Also feel free to post any questions if you don't understand what's going on.

If there is a tie in any round, then ALL votes from ALL previous rounds are tallied and whichever song has the most prior votes is eliminated. That’s the way it’s done on the real show, that’s the way it’s done here. If there is a complete tie with prior votes (Murphy’s Law), then I'll have a sudden-death trivia question ready. The first person who answers it correctly gets to break the tie. The odds of that happening are slim, but you never know, and it's good to be prepared.

The tie-breaker question will be asked one hour after results are in, if there is need for it. The exception is the last round. If the tie-breaker does not resolve the last round, then the tie will be allowed to stand.

We also have immunity questions. We won't have immunity questions on the first or second-to-last-rounds, and of course we won't have them for the last round, lol. However, for the other rounds, we will.

Here's how immunity questions work. After the end of the round, I ask a question related to the album. The first person who answers the question correctly gets to pick a remaining song to be immune - no one can vote for it on the next round. You must include both your answer and the song you wish to be immune in your post in order for it to count. I'll allow two hours for someone to answer. If no one gets it right by then, then we continue the round as normal without any song being immune. You only get one guess per round, so be careful!

And the winner is...

HOTEL CALIFORNIA!


Songs Eliminated:
Try and Love Again 11/24
The Last Resort 11/28
Wasted Time 11/30
Victim of Love 12/2
Pretty Maids All In a Row 12/4
Life in the Fast Lane 12/6
New Kid in Town 12/8

Thanks for playing!

[Eve]

Wasted Time

[Shadowland07]

Pretty Maids All In a Row

[WalshFan88]

Wasted Time

[EagleLady]

Wasted Time

[Freypower]

Well, great as this album is we have to start somewhere, and the song which hasn't aged all that well for me is Wasted Time.

[EaglesFanatic]

I vote for The Last Resort.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Wow - what a start to this game! I am shocked at all these early votes for Wasted Time. I LOVE that song - to me it is timeless. Unfortunately, broken relationships are just as prevalent today as they've always been, and the lines "You can get on with your search, baby and I can get on with mine" really get to me everytime I hear Don sing it. To me, it's an incredible song, but so are all the songs on this album! This is gonna be hard!

[luvthelighthouse]

Dreamer, I am as shocked as you are. Wasted Time is such a great song. While I love Last Resort, I can see why others may not... so I would understand that more...

I'm not casting a vote yet... but I will say, I think Victim of Love doesn't really sound as Eagly as the the other songs on the album.

First round isn't usually hard for me... but this one is.

[sodascouts]

These are all great songs, but to start:

I cast my vote for Try and Love Again.

The reason is all that repetition at the end - he says "Gonna try" no less than 28 times! It's outta control!

Gonna try, gonna try, gonna try, gonna try
Gonna try, gonna try, gonna try, gonna try
Gonna try, gonna try, gonna try, gonna try
Gonna try, gonna try, gonna try, gonna try
Gonna try, gonna try, gonna try, gonna try
Gonna try, gonna try, gonna try, gonna try
Gonna try, gonna try, gonna try, gonna try.....