It seems to me that whoever wrote most of the lyrics is credited. Glenn came up with the concept and title for LITFL, and he and Joe probably wrote most of the music, but Henley wrote most of the lyrics. Same with Felder and VOL. And even HC. I'm not saying it was a fair way of deciding, but I think it's what they went with.
That's OK for Henley's songs but it doesn't hold for Glenn's songs like Lyin' Eyes or Tequila Surnise, unless we are being told that Henley wrote most of the lyrics to those as well.
It just is not as simple as Henley - lyrics & Frey - music. I say again that I think they found the 'Henley-Frey' lable convenient & it isn't that significant. And for whatever reason they kept their two names next to each other regardless of whether they had a co-writer or not.
By the way, in case anyone is wondering, I don't have a problem with Henley's name being first (it's a bit late that for that) but there has been this assumption for decades that because his name is first he must have written most of the lyrics. As I say, I just don't think it is that simple.
Last edited by Freypower; 06-07-2018 at 10:14 PM.
I’m sorry, I was referring to the Henley-Frey songs with an additional co-writer(s). The songs with only Henley-Frey credits were probably listed that way for the sake of convenience and consistency.
One must be careful about the source of some of these song credits. I’ve seen it listed in the order you describe on Wiki, probably by some fan who didn’t bother to double-check the original credits and assumed Henley and Frey created everything.
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Also, this re: Take It to the Limit
These credits get rearranged frequently as well. I know they were for the Very Best of compilation.
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Why is it so difficult to accept Felder came up with the new HC arrangement on his own? He had the background, experience and chops to meet the challenge. He was basically ordered by Henley and Frey to come up with a new intro so i would think that Glenn was fine with it. I recently posted a link to a radio interview in his thread where he discusses this.
He was there, we were not and AFAIK, no one who was in the band has refuted his account of events.
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I am not saying that Glenn wasn't fine with it. What I am objecting to is Felder's claim that Glenn did 'nothing', presumably didn't even say whether he agreed with it, or suggested minor changes, anything. It was Glenn's band & I find it very difficult to believe he was so passive about it. He just was not like that.
As for nobody refuting Felder's version, Felder has made many claims that nobody refuted. That doesn't mean that Felder was always 100% accurate. He liked to over emphasise his own role, often at Glenn's expense. This incident is a perfect example.