Glenn Frey Song Survivor: The Solo Collection

[glenneaglesfan]

Brooke, I only bought the dvd of the movie because it had the POMPOY video included! (Bw, I did watch the film - it's amazing).

This is a beautifully constructed song, with deep lyrics and an awesome melody. For me it is faultless, and I probably listen to it at least once every day on my Ipod.

I cast my vote for Part Of Me, Part Of You for the win.

[Mrs Frey]

I got POMPOY on my mp3 this morning while travelling to work. I got so involved in the song that I had to hold back the tears.

[Glennsallnighter]

Oh MF! Hope this helps

[Mrs Frey]

Aww, GA, you're so sweet!

[Glennsallnighter]

Brooke, I only bought the dvd of the movie because it had the POMPOY video included! (Bw, I did watch the film - it's amazing).

Think thats bad GEF! I bought Jerry Maguire!

[glenneaglesfan]

Lol, GA, so did I!

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Well - I was actually going to vote for You Belong to the City. I love both of these, and think they are both great songs. But, there is something so special about Glenn's voice in YBTTC that I can't even describe that takes this song to another level for me. In addition, it was Glenn's biggest solo hit along with The Heat Is On. However, since I don't think we've ever had a clean sweep in any of the survivor games, I'm going to go with everyone else.

I cast my vote for Part of Me, Part of You.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Well, in a landslide by unanimous decision, the winner of the Solo Collection Survivor is....

PART OF ME, PART OF YOU!

Votes
Part of Me, Part of You - 9

Vote Breakdown
Part of Me, Part of You - SodaScouts
Part of Me, Part of You - timfan
Part of Me, Part of You - Brooke
Part of Me, Part of You - Freypower
Part of Me, Part of You - Mrs. Frey
Part of Me, Part of You - Glennsallnighter
Part of Me, Part of You - scottside
Part of Me, Part of You - glenneaglesfan
Part of Me, Part of You - Ive always been a dreamer


Songs Eliminated:
Rising Sun 4/24
Sexy Girl 4/26
Call on Me 4/28
Who's Been Sleepin' in My Bed 4/30
I've Got Mine 5/2
Brave New World 5/4
Common Ground 5/6
Soul Searchin' 5/8
The One You Love 5/10
The Heat Is On 5/12
This Way to Happiness 5/14
True Love 5/16
River of Dreams 5/18
Smuggler's Blues 5/20
You Belong to the City 5/22


Congrats, PART OF ME, PART OF YOU!

To celebrate,

Listen to the Glenn perform this in a medley with Lyin' Eyes and Take It Easy:

Osaka 1992
http://www.glennfreyonline.com/multi...TIEOsaka92.mp3

Unfortunately, we don't have any video downloads of Glenn performing the song. He never performed the song live in its entirety - only as a medley with Lying' Eyes and TIE. Maybe we can search the Internet and see if we can come up with some video.


Hope you enjoyed the game. Thanks for playing, everybody!

[Freypower]

Is this really the first clean sweep? The resounding victory for this song demonstrates how important it is to Glenn Frey fans.

I was going to write a long and involved dissertation on how much the song means to me but I think I'll keep it short.

I didn't like it much to begin with. It took a long time to grow on me (so did the rest of the album). I honestly don't think I really started to get much out of it until the Eagles reformed.

I've told the story of how I was driving home from work one day (yes, I did work once ) and the song came on and I felt that Glenn had sent me a message that yes, he was part of me and as a fan I was part of him in some small way, however distant. As MF says above, the song can choke you up when you don't expect it. That was in 2003 and the next year I finally saw the band again.

The acoustic guitars, the driving rhythm, the huge chorus - yes, it is a bit like Take It Easy. My favourite lines in terms of how he sings it are 'so many miles to go before I die' which is the usual laconic charisma, and then 'I look at you/your whole life stands before you' where he does the touching vulnerability stuff.

I know the song isn't well known. It doesn't matter. It is one of the touchstones of my life. OK.... sniff....

[glenneaglesfan]

Congratulations to Part Of Me, Part Of You!! What a song to achieve such an accolade.

That's a lovely tribute to it, Fp.

Thanks for the download, dreamer. I probably have it saved somewhere, but it's always a joy to hear the live version again.