your 20 desert island Eagles songs (no solo)

[Scarlet Sun]

1. Take It Easy
2. Most Of Us Are Sad
3. Nightingale
4. Train Leaves Here This Morning
5. Peaceful Easy Feeling
6. Twenty-One
7. Doolin-Dalton(instrumental)
8. Saturday Night
9. Doolin-Dalton(reprise)
10. Desperado(reprise)
11. Ol' '55
12. Is It True
13. Best Of My Love
14. One Of These Nights
15. Lyin' Eyes
16. Take It To The Limit
17. Try And Love Again
18. I Can't Tell You Why
19. In The City
20. Seven Bridges Road

[WalshFan88]

1. Hotel California (big surprise there! :D)
2. Already Gone
3. Take It Easy
4. Life In The Fast Lane
5. The Long Run
6. One Of These Nights
7. Peaceful Easy Feeling
8. Best Of My Love
9. Heartache Tonight
10. In The City
11. Take It To The Limit
12. New Kid In Town
13. James Dean
14. I Can't Tell You Why
15. Get Over It
16. Victim Of Love
17. Love Will Keep Us Alive
18. Wasted Time
19. Pretty Maids All In A Row
20. Desperado

[Tori]

1. Hotel California
2. Life In The Fast Lane
3. Wasted Time
4. Victim of Love
5. Learn To Be Still
6. The Last Resort
7. Heartache Tonight
8. I Can't Tell You Why
9. Take It Easy
10. The Long Run
11. Seven Bridges Road
12. Get Over It
13. Best Of My Love
14. Pretty Maids All In A Row
15. Tequila Sunrise
16. Peaceful Easy Feeling
17. Lyin' Eyes
18. Take It To The Limit
19. On The Border
20. One Of These Nights

This was actually really hard to choose...

[Freypower]

None of the three replies so far include any tracks from LROOE. Well, I will change that. By the way, SS, in my opinion Doolin-Dalton Reprise & Desperado Reprise are the same song, not two separate songs, so you could give yourself another song there. If this is really 'Desert Island' stuff I have to be ruthless in my choices.

1. Hotel California
2. New Kid In Town
3. Heartache Tonight
4. Lyin' Eyes
5. Take It Easy
6. Long Road Out Of Eden
7. Tequila Sunrise
8. Life In The Fast Lane
9. Get Over It
10. Peaceful Easy Feeling
11. Somebody
12. I Love To Watch A Woman Dance
13. Good Day In Hell
14. King Of Hollywood
15. One Of These Nights
16. Witchy Woman
17. Pretty Maids All In A Row
18. What Do I Do With My Heart
19. You Are Not Alone
20. It's Your World Now

[whitcap]

In no particular order:

1. Take It to the Limit
2. Chug All Night
3. Heartache Tonight
4. The Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks
5. Midnight Flyer
6. King of Hollywood
7. Take the Devil
8. Twenty One
9. Certain Kind of Fool
10. Take It Easy
11. Out of Control
12. Already Gone
13. You Never Cry Like a Lover
14. Ol 55
15. Is It True
16. Desperado
17. Bitter Creek
18. The Girl from Yesterday
19. One of These Nights
20. Too Many Hands

[AzEaglesFan]

1. Best of My Love :inlove:
2. Seven Bridges Road
3. One of These Nights
4. I Can't Tell You Why
5. Peaceful Easy Feeling
6. Hotel California
7. In The City
8. New Kid in Town
9. Lyin Eyes
10 Witchy Woman
11 Already Gone
12 Desperado
13 Love Will Keep Us Alive
14 Life In The Fastlane
15 Take It to The Limit
16 Take It Easy
17 The Long Run
18 Heartache Tonight
19 Tequila Sunrise
20 Long Road Out of Eden

[VAisForEagleLovers]

I have all my favorite songs memorized, of course, and can play them in my head at any time (and often do, especially during conference calls at work). But when I sing along, I prefer actual music, so some of my selections are based on singing along rather than a favorite. If Don could ever hear how I can kill Wasted Time at the top of my lungs, he'd never recover.

1 Take It Easy
2 Peaceful Easy Feeling
3 Tequila Sunrise
4 One of These Nights
5 Lyin Eyes
6 After the Thrill is Gone
7 Hotel California
8 New Kid In Town
9 Wasted Time
10 Victim of Love
11 Midnight Flyer
12 Already Gone
13 What Do I Do With My Heart
14 No More Cloudy Days
15 In The City
16 How Long
17 7 Bridges Road
18 Heartache Tonight
19 Waiting In The Weeds
20 I Can't Tell You Why

[Glennhoney]

..here goes...in no particular order...

1. Peaceful easy feeling
2. New kid in town
3. Take it easy
4. Lying eyes
5. Hotel California
6. Teguila sunrise
7 .Already gone
8. One of these nights
9. Heartache tonight
10.Life in the fast lane
11.Waiting in the weeds
12. How long
13.Girl from yesterday
14.Somebody
15.Good day in hell
16.Get over it
17.Seven Bridges road
18.Try and love again
19.Chug all night
20.Saturday night

[Scarlet Sun]

By the way, SS, in my opinion Doolin-Dalton Reprise & Desperado Reprise are the same song, not two separate songs, so you could give yourself another song there.
I looked at the vinyl label, and you're right! Thanks. I select Doolin-Dalton in a close call over My Man, Wasted Time, and Wasted Time(reprise)

[Koala]

Take It Easy
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Ol' '55
Hotel California
Already Gone
Heartache Tonight
Best Of My Love
One Of These Nights
Lyin' Eyes
Take It To The Limit
I Can't Tell You Why
In The City
Wasted Time
Seven Bridges Road
Love Will Keep Us Alive
Waiting In The Weeds
Life In The Fast Lane
New Kid In Town
I Can't Tell You Why
Desperado

[TimothyBFan]

1. Take It To The Limit
2. Waiting In The Weeds
3. Best Of My Love
4. Seven Bridges Road
5. The Long Run
6. Take It Easy
7. King Of Hollywood
8. Already Gone
9. I Can't Tell You Why
10. How Long
11. One Of These Nights
12. Lyin' Eyes
13. Get Over It
14. Peaceful Easy Feeling
15. Heartache Tonight
16. New Kid In Town
17. Life In The Fast Lane
18. Those Shoes
19. The Sad Cafe
20. Please Come Home For Christmas (just in case I'm still their at Christmas)

There's a few I could switch out for a few more but this isn't bad.

Now can I pick an Eagle to be stuck on the island with? ;)

[UK TimFan]

Now can I pick an Eagle to be stuck on the island with? ;)
You can pick one, but you'll be out of luck. I picked him first. :grin:

[Brooke]

This is hard for me. What would I do if I could only have 20? The first two are my top picks and the rest are interchangeable. Love every one!

1. Take It Easy
2. Hotel California
3. Peaceful Easy Feeling
4. Tequila Sunrise
5. One of These Nights
6. Already Gone
7. Waiting In The Weeds
8. Lyin' Eyes
9. Life In The Fast Lane
10.Seven Bridges Road
11.Good Day In Hell
12.Out of Control
12.Wasted Time
13.Long Road Out of Eden
14.Get Over It
15.Desperado
16.King of Hollywood
17.Doolin' Dalton
18.Take It To The Limit
19.After The Thrill Is Gone
20.Witchy Woman

[sodascouts]

Just 20? This is hard!

In no particular order:

Take It to the Limit
Take It Easy
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Best of My Love
Seven Bridges Road
Heartache Tonight
Victim of Love
Those Shoes
What Do I Do With My Heart
Waiting in the Weeds
How Long
Out of Control
Already Gone
My Man
Ol' 55
Too Many Hands
Pretty Maids All in a Row
The Long Run
I Can't Tell You Why
New Kid in Town

[EaglesKiwi]

This IS hard! I don't have any with Joe on lead vocals, but I have several that showcase his guitar playing... which I think is his greater strength.

I also think I might have subconsciously snuck in the longest songs... :rofl:

In random order:

Long Road Out of Eden
Waiting In The Weeds
What Do I Do With My Heart
Desperado
Hotel California
I Can't Tell You Why
Get Over It
Witchy Woman
Life In The Fast Lane
Last Resort
Wasted Time
Heartache Tonight
Love Will Keep Us Alive
No More Cloudy Days
New Kid In Town
Sad Cafe
Take It To The Limit
How Long
Seven Bridges Road
I Don't Want To Hear Anymore

[The Disco Strangler]

1. Guilty of the Crime
2. Fast Company
3. Last Good Time in Town
4. In the City
5. The Disco Strangler
6. King of Hollywood
7. The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks
8. Take It to the Limit
9. Love Will Keep Us
10. I Don't Want to Hear Anymore
12. I Can't Tell You Why
13. Hotel California
14. Victim of Love
15. Take It Easy
16. Get Over It
17. Busy Being Fabulous
18. Life in the Fast Lane
19. Try and Love Again
20. Is It True

[Topkat]

These are my favs, not necessarily in any order:

1. I Can't Tell You Why
2. Hotel California
3. Take It Easy
4. Take It to the Limit
5. Waiting In the Weeds
6. Desperado
7. Love Will Keep Us Alive
8. New Kid In Town
9. Tequila Sunrise
10. Life in the Fast Lane
11. Already Gone
12. One of these Nights
13. Lyin' Eyes
14. How Long
15. Heartache Tonight
16. Wasted Time
17. What Do I Do With My Heart
18. Peaceful Easy Feeling
19. Best of My Love
20. I Don't Wanna Hear Anymore

[HiredHand]

1. Tequila Sunrise
2. Take It Easy
3. The Best Of My Love
4. Take It To The Limit
5. One Of These Nights
6. How Long
7. Seven Bridges Road
8. Midnight Flyer
9. I Can't Tell You Why
10. The Long Run
11. Heartache Tonight
12. Peaceful Easy Feeling
13. Lyin Eyes
14. Hotel California
15. New Kid In Town
16. Doolin-Dalton
17. Desperado
18. Midnight Flyer
19. On The Border
20. Hotel Californa (HFO version)

[EaglesKiwi]

1. Tequila Sunrise
2. Take It Easy
3. The Best Of My Love
4. Take It To The Limit
5. One Of These Nights
6. How Long
7. Seven Bridges Road
8. Midnight Flyer
9. I Can't Tell You Why
10. The Long Run
11. Heartache Tonight
12. Peaceful Easy Feeling
13. Lyin Eyes
14. Hotel California
15. New Kid In Town
16. Doolin-Dalton
17. Desperado
18. Midnight Flyer
19. On The Border
20. Hotel Californa (HFO version)

A nice mix there. You've listed Midnight Flyer twice though, so you get to pick another one! :D

And welcome to the Border!

[Glennhoney]

here goes..

1. New Kid in town
2.Lying eyes
3.Peaceful easy feeling
4.Tequila sunrise
5. Girl from yesterday
6.Get over it
7.Hotel California
8. Life in the fast lane
9.Walk away
10.Already gone
11.Waiting in the weeds
12.Saturday night
13.After the thrill is gone
14.Take it easy
15.One of these nights
16.How long
17.Heartache tonight
18.Good day in hell
19. Busy being fabulous
20.Take it to the limit

[Freypower]

here goes..

1. New Kid in town
2.Lying eyes
3.Peaceful easy feeling
4.Tequila sunrise
5. Girl from yesterday
6.Get over it
7.Hotel California
8. Life in the fast lane
9.Walk away
10.Already gone
11.Waiting in the weeds
12.Saturday night
13.After the thrill is gone
14.Take it easy
15.One of these nights
16.How long
17.Heartache tonight
18.Good day in hell
19. Busy being fabulous
20.Take it to the limit

Walk Away wasn't recorded by the Eagles so you can pick another song.

[Glennhoney]

Oh darn, you're right..............though I do LOVE that song...
so I will pick "Chug all night"....

[HiredHand]

A nice mix there. You've listed Midnight Flyer twice though, so you get to pick another one! :D

And welcome to the Border!

Thank you very much. I guess I like Midnight Flyer so much, I put it on there twice. I would have to choose You Are Not Alone then, I'm really digging that song.

[BBKron]

Hey, I'm glad this thread was revived. I first saw it a couple months ago, but didn't have time to respond then, and then kind of forgot about it. But, to me, this is a really interesting question, and, I think, a very different question from simply what would be one's list of what they think are the 20 best , or even their 20 personal favorites. Because, with this list we are basically saying, if I could only listen to 20 Eagles songs for the next several years (and thus, over and over again), what would they be? So, for me, I would be much less likely to put in the big hit songs that I have already heard over and over and know every note by heart (I can relive these songs in my head, without even listening to them), even though they may be some of their best, and i would put in more of the songs that have some personal importance to me, and that I would particularly like to listen to repeatedly.

So, anyway, here is my list, in listening order, and not surprisingly, it features mostly songs from the earlier albums, and most of Desperado (and most likely, if I really was stranded on a desert island with these songs, I would end up kicking myself for not including the FULL Desperado album, because they really need to be heard altogether).

1. Take It Easy
2. Train Leaves Here This Morning
3. Doolin Dalton
4. Twenty-One
5. Tequila Sunrise
6. Desperado
7. Certain Kind of Fool
8. Bitter Creek
9. Doolin Dalton-Desperado Reprise
10. Already Gone
11. James Dean
12. Ol' 55
13. Good Day in Hell
14. Best of My Love
15. Journey of the Sorcerer
16. Hotel California
17. New Kid In Town
18. Life in the Fast Lane
19. The Last Resort
20. How Long

Of course, so many great songs got left off, but that's how it is when you can only select 20 out of so many great songs. But the distribution of my list pretty well reflects my album preferences, with the most songs being from, in order, Desperado, On the Border, Hotel California, and Eagles, with only 1 song from OOTN and LROOE, and none from TLR (Of course, there are great songs on all those albums, just not as many top personal favorites as the earlier albums). And OK, I guess I did have to put in quite a few of my personal favorite 'hits', cause I just couldn't see leaving them out. A fun exercise, but please don't make me have only 20 Eagles songs to listen to, ever!

[Ive always been a dreamer]

but please don't make me have only 20 Eagles songs to listen to, ever!

Yeah - that's the way I feel BBKron. I tried to do this when the thread was first started, and then I tried to come up with a list again yesterday. There's just no way I can do it. Hell, I couldn't even narrow it down to 40 songs, so I just give up. :shock:

[EaglesKiwi]

So, for me, I would be much less likely to put in the big hit songs that I have already heard over and over and know every note by heart (I can relive these songs in my head, without even listening to them), even though they may be some of their best, and i would put in more of the songs that have some personal importance to me, and that I would particularly like to listen to repeatedly.
Interesting comments, and nice to see you posting some of those songs that have personal meaning to you.

For me: I don't really hear music in my head unless there are lyrics - so I can hear SOME of Hotel California for example in my head, but not the guitar solos :sigh: no matter how good they are! So I have to include those songs in my list.

[WalshFan88]

I just tried to remember in my head the solos in Hotel, and I was able to sing (in my head) the whole solo like on the record. I guess it's because it's my favorite. I can remember some solos and sing to them but not others. HC happens to be a solo you can literally sing to, it's very lyrical.

[zeldabjr]

I've been working on this list for quite a while...scratch out one song, put another on, repeat, repeat...until finally...

1.I Can't Tell You Why
2.Life in The Fast Lane
3.Get Over It
4.Love Will Keep Us Alive
5.Hotel California
6.One of These Nights
7.Heartache Tonight
8.I Don't Want to Hear Anymore
9.Witchy Woman
10.How Long
11.Lyin' Eyes
12.Take it to the Limit
13.Already Gone
14.Tequila Sunrise
15.Wasted Time
16.The Last Resort
17.Waiting in the Weeds
18.The Long Run
19.Take it Easy
20.In the City

[lizzyplays]

1. Hotel California
2. Already Gone
3. Take It Easy
4. Peaceful Easy Feeling
5. Take It To The Limit
6. How Long
7. Outlaw Man
8. Desperado
9. Tequila Sunrise
10. One Of These Nights
11. Witchy Woman
12. James Dean
13. Lyin' Eyes
14. Victim Of Love
15. Life In The Fast Lane
16. New Kid In Town
17. Those Shoes
18. Get Over It
19. Good Day In Hell
20. Heartache Tonight


It would have been easier to cut a toe off. :brickwall: :dizzy: :thud:

[Jonny Come Lately]

I hope no one minds this thread being revived - I was searching through this forum and found this thread. Happily, I had already made a rough 20 song list of my favourite Eagles tracks which I could use. So without further ado, this is my top 20 Eagles songs, listed in chronological order:

1. Take It Easy
2. Witchy Woman
3. Doolin-Dalton
4. Tequila Sunrise
5. Desperado
6. Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise)
7. Already Gone
8. My Man
9. Good Day In Hell
10. One Of These Nights
11. After The Thrill Is Gone
12. Hotel California
13. New Kid In Town
14. Life In The Fast Lane
15. Try And Love Again
16. The Last Resort
17. Those Shoes
18. The Sad Café
19. Waiting In The Weeds
20. Long Road Out Of Eden

Breakdown by album:
Eagles - 2
Desperado - 4
On The Border - 3
Hotel California - 5
The Long Run - 2
Long Road Out Of Eden - 2

I'm not really sure how to describe my list except that I think there's a pretty good balance of hits with album tracks, some of which are fan favourites, others not. I enjoy all of the Eagles albums a lot, as shown by the inclusion of at least two songs from each one, although my two favourite records (Desperado and Hotel California) have the most songs on my list. There are a lot of songs that I would love to have included, but I felt I had to keep it to 20, which meant just my absolute favourites. I've based my list solely on the studio versions, which means some tracks which I think really shine live (Pretty Maids All In A Row and Outlaw Man being two) weren't considered.

LROOE probably deserved more than two songs - in fact my original list had one difference in that How Long was on in place of TALA. I then realised that this meant Randy wouldn't have had any vocals on my list, and I couldn't have that! TALA is my nominal favourite of his, ahead of Take The Devil, Take It To The Limit and Certain Kind Of Fool, but none of which would have been out of place here. Don sings more of the songs on my list than anyone else, although I have three Glenn/Don co-lead or shared vocals. I love Glenn's voice, but Don's is my favourite - though he does gain somewhat for having more vocals overall. but only the latter really shows here. There's nothing by Joe or Tim in terms of lead vocals, but I can live with that as they don't have so many songs - for the same reason I'm not too worried about the lack of representation for Hell Freezes Over.

If I was to name five honourable mentions:
Take The Devil
In The City (for Joe)
Heartache Tonight
How Long
Do Something (for Tim)

[Delilah]

In no particular order:

1. One of These Nights
2. New Kid in Town
3. Try and Love Again
4. Hotel California
5. Life in the Fast Lane
6. Take It to the Limit
7. Too Many Hands
8. Journey of the Sorcerer
9. Witchy Woman
10. Take the Devil
11. I Can't Tell You Why
12. In The City
13. Those Shoes
14. On the Border
15. Good Day in Hell
16. Midnight Flyer
17. Tequila Sunrise
18. Doolin-Dalton/Desperado reprise
19. Outlaw Man
20. Waiting in the Weeds

This was tough. I tried to pick out songs that could fit an island mood and also reflect diverse styles so I don't get bored. I figured I should have a nice, inspirational instrumental too (JOS). I left out Take It Easy and Already Gone b/c I was already using up my options and I thought I would have those 2 so ingrained in my memory I could play them in my head. I wanted to include How Long (1973 Live) but thought maybe the title would jinx me ;)