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L101
03-30-2015, 04:33 PM
As I was reading through the comments on various threads on the Border, especially regarding replacing Joe Walsh with Francis Rossi from Status Quo (now that would be interesting to see :grin:), I thought - I would love to see the band perform 'The Wanderer' - a classic Status Quo song!!

(I've put a link to the song for those that have never heard it here The Wanderer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI-VjPbFYME) - Francis Rossi is the lead singer in the middle)

And then it got me thinking - what songs by other artists/groups would you like to hear the Eagles perform - either as a group or solo ?

One song I'd love to hear Don sing is Bob Segers 'We've got tonight'. I came across it on a CD today and had forgotten how great that song is.

Funk 50
03-30-2015, 05:03 PM
The Wanderer is a classic Dion song. Quo's version is fine but Dion's The man.

Despite suggesting Francis Rossi as a possible cockney Eagle, I can't really think of any isolated Quo songs I'd love to hear the Eagles play. They all sound the same don't they? It would be a spectacle though :rockguitar:.

I think Canned Heat's Let's Work Together would make a good Eagles cover. They could share the vocals as an extra display of unity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN7j-LCgaiE


A little more up to date. I love Patience by Olof Arnalds. I'd love to hear the Eagles do a blokey cover of it;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsLQvLk4o10

thelastresort
03-30-2015, 06:03 PM
CSNY's Teach Your Children or something by Pure Prairie League, perhaps Kansas City Southern. The latter would definitely need Bernie though.

chaim
03-31-2015, 10:39 AM
Randy Newman was going to cover KISS's "Great expectations" for his Born Again album, because he thought it's hilarious. He didn't record it, but he suggested that the Eagles record it. Randy said that he got very weird looks, or something like that. :hilarious: He didn't say which Eagles member/members he was talking to, but it was probably Glenn or/and Don.

Jonny Come Lately
03-31-2015, 05:52 PM
I've thought about this before and I've come up with a couple of what I think are decent suggestions (although I think in each case they would sound best performed by a specific line up).

One of these was Lookin' For A Love, by Neil Young from his 1975 album Zuma:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFs_4N5PU28

I think this country rock tune would have sounded great if it had been covered by the original Eagles line up, I could imagine Randy singing lead on it or possibly Glenn, although definitely not Don H. I think it would have been a good fit for them musically as well as vocally.

I'd also have love to have heard Don Felder and Joe have a go at the closing guitar solos on Free Bird, in fact one thing I'd love would be for the Eagles to have performed Already Gone as usual and then when that song ends then start playing the Free Bird solos. It maybe wouldn't be the best for showcasing the other band members but the merged song created would be awesome IMO.

There is one song that I'd like to see Don Henley cover solo and I must admit it's a fairly self-indulgent choice on my part, being Pink Floyd's Nobody Home from The Wall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIEma4NAc9w

I would be interested to hear Don's take on this given how convincing he sounds as on world-weary songs such as Long Way Home and A Month Of Sundays and although some of the verse lyrics are specific references to Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett (the Hendrix perm and the satin shirt) and Rick Wright (the silver spoon on a chain) I am sure he would be able to do this justice.

L101
03-31-2015, 06:44 PM
There is one song that I'd like to see Don Henley cover solo and I must admit it's a fairly self-indulgent choice on my part, being Pink Floyd's Nobody Home from The Wall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIEma4NAc9w

I would be interested to hear Don's take on this given how convincing he sounds as on world-weary songs such as Long Way Home and A Month Of Sundays and although some of the verse lyrics are specific references to Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett (the Hendrix perm and the satin shirt) and Rick Wright (the silver spoon on a chain) I am sure he would be able to do this justice.

Just listened to this - definitely would be interesting to hear Don's take on this song ....it would be kind of singing 'outside of the box' so to speak for him, as it doesn't seem like his usual type of song :brickwall: (had to put in the brickwall just for the wall reference :grin:)

BillBailey1976
03-31-2015, 09:53 PM
Jackson Browne's "The Pretender"...I love that song and think that Don would nail it.

Funk 50
04-01-2015, 06:52 AM
I'd also have love to have heard Don Felder and Joe have a go at the closing guitar solos on Free Bird, in fact one thing I'd love would be for the Eagles to have performed Already Gone as usual and then when that song ends then start playing the Free Bird solos. It maybe wouldn't be the best for showcasing the other band members but the merged song created would be awesome IMO.

There is one song that I'd like to see Don Henley cover solo and I must admit it's a fairly self-indulgent choice on my part, being Pink Floyd's Nobody Home from The Wall

I love Joe but I'm turned off by indulgent guitar solos. Especially widdly fingered indulgent guitar solos. In fact I think I love Joe because he steers clear of widdly fingered guitar solos. There's a great Walsh quote, "Albert King could blow Edward Van Halen off stage with his amp on stand by"

Henley's voice could do justice to any song. His duets are always worth a listen. I'm always surprised when he falls below the fantastic standard. He's sung on one of Roger Water's solo tracks. I'd love to hear his cover of David Gray's, Disappearing World.

Ive always been a dreamer
04-04-2015, 01:50 PM
I've mentioned these before in other threads, but I think they would have done a great job with Pure Prairie League's Amie. Also, a cover Poco's Rose of Cimarron would have been a great addition to the Desperado album, IMO.

Freypower
04-04-2015, 05:50 PM
I would have liked to see them take up Glenn's idea of doing songs by their influences. That came to nothing except that a very lucky select few of us got to hear him sing Buffalo Springfield's On The Way Home; three times in my case.

As that didn't happen if they were to do a song by another artist I would rather they avoided the country rock stereotype. What that means is I would like them to do anything by the Beatles.

JCL, I was listening to Looking For A Love the other day. It's fine as it goes but why not something a bit more left field, even Pocahontas or Thrasher if it has to be a ballad?

Jonny Come Lately
04-05-2015, 04:05 AM
I must say that when I posted the Free Bird suggestion I didn't think you'd particularly like it, F50. You're not the world's biggest Skynyrd fan IIRC - I like them but I can see why you don't like that style of music especially as a big Joe fan.

FP, I love both of those Rust Never Sleeps tracks but my preference for an Eagles cover would be Pocahontas. It would seem a bit odd for the Eagles to cover a song which is about Neil breaking away from Crosby, Stills and Nash. Don would probably be my choice to sing lead on Pocahontas, there is some common

Incidentally I have heard Joe do a version of Cinnamon Girl which I thought was pretty decent, wouldn't mind hearing the whole band do it. If it was an Eagles song I would see it as more of a Glenn song than a Don song, in a way it's a bit like, say, Heartache Tonight in that there's less emphasis on the actual lyrics.

In any case here's Joe playing it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEJBxCOcoUk

I've also discovered that there was a Neil Young concert where he performed four of his own songs - including three brand new ones which turned up on the On The Beach album - and then played three songs with the Eagles, including Carol and Chug All Night, but also Neil's Down By The River. I thought 'Yeah, I could imagine them doing that one', although probably with some of the jamming cut (not all of it though, it would give Joe an excellent chance to show off his guitar), the chorus would sound great with Eagles harmonies I think. If they ever decide to do a covers album as a band (very unlikely but you never know) then Down By The River would not only be a good choice of song and artist to cover (I might be a bit biased in the latter instance) but one they have some historical claim to, as they did when they revisited How Long for LROOE.

Freypower
04-05-2015, 08:54 PM
It's true that Thrasher is a very personal song from Neil's viewpoint but I lvoe the epic sweep of it. So what about Cortez The Killer then? It would satisfy Don's interest in historical events & give Joe a showcase.

I would like Glenn to sing a song either on his own or with the Eagles that is NOT about 'love'. I worship the After Hours album but come on Glenn. You have a voice that could sing about anything. Any suggestions? Thinking about this what was the first song I thought of for him? She Belongs To Me by Dylan. A love song but the lyrics are at least slightly more interesting. I will say it; we need another Same Girl, Glenn!

DivineDon
04-06-2015, 07:48 AM
I'd love to hear Don sing Declan O'Rourke's Galileo - I think it has a Talking to the Moon kind of a feel to it :)

Funk 50
04-06-2015, 08:45 AM
I would like Glenn to sing a song either on his own or with the Eagles that is NOT about 'love'. I worship the After Hours album but come on Glenn. You have a voice that could sing about anything. Any suggestions? Thinking about this what was the first song I thought of for him? She Belongs To Me by Dylan. A love song but the lyrics are at least slightly more interesting. I will say it; we need another Same Girl, Glenn!

I played Glenn's, Same Girl last night and I thought about how he believed the line "a few more holes in your arm" was " a few more holes in your heart".

Credit to him, Glenn sings Randy Newman's, junkie lyrics but would he have considered covering it if he knew it was about a prostitute / pimp relationship.

I'm trying to think of some edgy songs for Glenn to sing and then I think, if Smuggler's Blues was an Eagles song, would Henley be the lead vocalist?

L101
04-06-2015, 09:13 AM
I'm trying to think of some edgy songs for Glenn to sing and then I think, if Smuggler's Blues was an Eagles song, would Henley be the lead vocalist?

That's an interesting thought - while I love Glenn singing Smugglers blues, I would love to hear Don singing it as it has that rough edge feel to it....

I am trying to think of a song that I would like to hear Glenn sing that is not a love song or along the lines of Already Gone - he sings those songs so well... I need to make this a challenge for him :grin:

Freypower
04-06-2015, 07:33 PM
I think it's a bit sad to assume that SB would automatically have been sung by Don if the Eagles had recorded it. More than sad, actually. It reinforces even more the Glenn Only Sings Love Songs stuff.

He found out what Same Girl was about pretty quickly. He could have scrapped it. He didn't.

L101
04-06-2015, 07:53 PM
I think it's a bit sad to assume that SB would automatically have been sung by Don if the Eagles had recorded it. More than sad, actually. It reinforces even more the Glenn Only Sings Love Songs stuff.

He found out what Same Girl was about pretty quickly. He could have scrapped it. He didn't.

Its not an automatic assumption on my part that Don would sing SB had it been an Eagles song......I would just love to hear Don sing it.
As to who would actually sing it....that would be a hard choice....and it would probably be Glenn in the end as he likes to rock out when its not a love song :grin:

I've already said that I would like to hear Glenn sing something different. .....but not like After Hours. I listened to that recently and had to turn it off - but only because I hate jazz/piano type music like that. I'll stick to his other albums instead.

scottside
04-07-2015, 11:19 AM
I think it's a bit sad to assume that SB would automatically have been sung by Don if the Eagles had recorded it. More than sad, actually. It reinforces even more the Glenn Only Sings Love Songs stuff.

He found out what Same Girl was about pretty quickly. He could have scrapped it. He didn't.

Since he didn't write this with Don, I'm fairly sure Glenn would've sung it if the Eagles had recorded it. I think he does a fantastic job with it, and I recall hearing it for the first time thinking before the vocal came in that it sounded kind of like Henley musically.

Funk 50
04-08-2015, 05:28 AM
I would like Glenn to sing a song either on his own or with the Eagles that is NOT about 'love'. I worship the After Hours album but come on Glenn. You have a voice that could sing about anything. Any suggestions?

Well I thought I'd glance through my mp3 list, but starting with Z.

I haven't really got any ZZ Top but Warren Zevon, I've got tonnes.

Glenn was the only Eagle not involved in Zevon's last album but I actually got 20 tracks Glenn could do IMHO.
Some Eagles played on a few of these:

Backs Turned Looking Down The Path
Basket Case
Battleship Chains
Boom Boom Mancini
Carmelita
Detox Mansion
Disorder In The House
Excitable Boy
Finishing Touches
Gorilla You're A Desperado
Hasten Down The Wind
Join Me In LA
Lawyers Guns And Money
Mama Couldn't Be Pursauded
Mr Bad Example
Poor Poor Pitiful me
Reconsider Me
She's Too Good For Me
Similar To Rain
Suzie Lightning
The Rest Of The Night

Not so easy with Van Morrison :)

Jonny Come Lately
04-08-2015, 06:04 PM
It's true that Thrasher is a very personal song from Neil's viewpoint but I lvoe the epic sweep of it. So what about Cortez The Killer then? It would satisfy Don's interest in historical events & give Joe a showcase.

I'd love them to cover Cortez The Killer - one of my absolute favourites by Neil Young, and I agree it would be a fine showcase for Joe.

Thrasher is another favourite of my mine although if it's epic sweep we want - how about Crime In The City? Absolutely terrific lyrics and Neil showed that it could be still be great if it was rearranged with the superb hard rocking version on the Weld and therefore I'm sure the Eagles could do a great job with it too. I can't immediately think of a possible arrangement but maybe a King Of Hollywood-style Don and Glenn duet would work for that song.

Freypower
04-08-2015, 06:22 PM
Well I thought I'd glance through my mp3 list, but starting with Z.

I haven't really got any ZZ Top but Warren Zevon, I've got tonnes.

Glenn was the only Eagle not involved in Zevon's last album but I actually got 20 tracks Glenn could do IMHO.
Some Eagles played on a few of these:

Backs Turned Looking Down The Path
Basket Case
Battleship Chains
Boom Boom Mancini
Carmelita
Detox Mansion
Disorder In The House
Excitable Boy
Finishing Touches
Gorilla You're A Desperado
Hasten Down The Wind
Join Me In LA
Lawyers Guns And Money
Mama Couldn't Be Pursauded
Mr Bad Example
Poor Poor Pitiful me
Reconsider Me
She's Too Good For Me
Similar To Rain
Suzie Lightning
The Rest Of The Night

Not so easy with Van Morrison :)

You do know he has sung Werewolves Of London, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz4fsNAEbR4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz4fsNAEbR4)

I thought the 'screen'would appear if I removed the s from http but it hasn't.

The thought of him singing Boom Boom Mancini has me salivating. There are a handful of outstanding rock songs about boxers which I love & that is one of them (the others are The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel & Song for Sonny Listen by MK). I would also agree about Reconsider Me & The Rest of the Night, perhaps. Or Searching For A Heart. Love songs can be edgy. Renegade? Mutineer?

Something like You Make Me Feel So Free or Bright Side Of The Road might work, although they are love songs. The problem with Morrison is that his non love songs seem far too personal to be sung by anyone else.

Funk 50
04-09-2015, 06:27 AM
Henley's already done a Reggae-fied Searching For A Heart. I forgot Glenn had done Werewolves. Pretty good. Thanks for the link.

I'm glad people like Glenn have taken up the mantle of singing Warren's songs now that he can't do them himself.

I don't see Glenn as a Renegade or a Mutineer and I'm not sure that he's the type of singer to adopt a persona to deliver a lyric.

Freypower
04-09-2015, 06:22 PM
Henley's already done a Reggae-fied Searching For A Heart. I forgot Glenn had done Werewolves. Pretty good. Thanks for the link.

I'm glad people like Glenn have taken up the mantle of singing Warren's songs now that he can't do them himself.

I don't see Glenn as a Renegade or a Mutineer and I'm not sure that he's the type of singer to adopt a persona to deliver a lyric.

What did he do in Smuggler's Blues, then? What did he do in Same Girl to a lesser extent? I am trying to get away from this cliché that he couldn't sing songs like that.

I was referring to the sound of those particular songs, not literally to the title. This is just a metaphor.

http://www.metrolyrics.com/mutineer-lyrics-warren-zevon.html

Renegade was just a suggestion but it's about a Confederate veteran; and yet Tommy Shaw wrote it, not Zevon, and Zevon wasn't a southerner either. You don't have to fit the persona to be able to sing about it convincingly.

Funk 50
04-10-2015, 08:44 AM
Zevon did write Renegade or at least the Renegade on his Mr Bad Example album.

I think both Renegade and Mutineer are partly about being an outsider. I'm sure Glenn could sing them great but I don't see Glenn adopting a song about being an outsider.

According to the History Of The Eagles documentary, smuggling and narcotics, he has some experience of.

I love to hear Glenn singing guitar rock but I think the days of belting out The Heart Is On and Heartache Tonight are sadly, behind him.

Freypower
04-10-2015, 06:42 PM
I will pass over the sarcastic comment about smuggling & repeat that you don't have to have first hand experience of something to sing about it.

He still sings THIO & HT. He has just rearranged them somewhat.

I am done with this as I am not prepared to continue arguing over nothing.

Zanny Kingston
04-10-2015, 10:42 PM
So here is a completely off the wall one borne from me having too much time listening to music on a long road trip in the car this week.

I went back and forth listening to the Eagles early records and Led Zeppelin's records, knowing that there was an overlap in producers (Glynn Johns) at an early point in the Eagles career. I also played Hotel California and Stairway to Heaven back to back a few times as I had heard HTC referred to as the American Stairway to Heaven.

I listened to a led zeppelin's Stairway to heaven which then became an Eagle's became a debate in my head "whose voice in the Eagles, would be better suited?"

Glenn Frey came to mind nearly immediately. Don Henley not so much. Joe Walsh guitar, totally. I was thinking if I ever had the chance I would ask them, if they had ever covered the song in a soundcheck.

Funk 50
04-11-2015, 05:44 AM
There's a recording of Joe playing the intro appregio to Stairway To Heaven before launching into a 20 minute version of Turn To Stone in about 1972.

I've never really liked Robert Plant's voice, so I've never really taken to Led Zeppelin. I'd take Glenn or Don over Robert Plant practically every time and as Don says, they don't feel the need to have their shirt unbuttoned to the waist.

Apparently, one of the reasons the Eagles came to England to work with Glynn Johns is because Don Henley believed Glynn would make him sound like John Bonham.

Joe's early band The James Gang, tried to emulate Led Zep with the track, Woman. That's Joe trying to sing like Robert Plant. It was quite a crowd favourite.

The James Gang performed Woman a few times during their last reunion tour in 2006.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3IYumh5BUY

UndertheWire
04-11-2015, 11:18 AM
I hear "Get You in the Mood" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beFa9NH9iqs) as an Eagles attempt to emulate Led Zeppelin. He coudn't match Plant's shrieking but for a quieter song like Stairway to Heaven, Glenn might make a good efffort.

Jonny Come Lately
04-11-2015, 12:07 PM
So here is a completely off the wall one borne from me having too much time listening to music on a long road trip in the car this week.

I went back and forth listening to the Eagles early records and Led Zeppelin's records, knowing that there was an overlap in producers (Glynn Johns) at an early point in the Eagles career. I also played Hotel California and Stairway to Heaven back to back a few times as I had heard HTC referred to as the American Stairway to Heaven.

First thing I have to say is great choice of music for a road trip. :thumbsup:

I like the description of Hotel California as the American Stairway To Heaven, they have quite a bit in common. Both have a longer than usual acoustic introduction, are well known for their cryptic lyrics and feature legendary guitar solos. I personally consider both to be among the greatest songs of classic rock. At risk of getting side tracked, I would say that there also some strong parallels between Hotel California and Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb - Comfortably Numb doesn't have cryptic lyrics or an acoustic introduction but it is about 6 and a half minutes in length, has two similar choruses (but with variations) and the closing guitar solo - again considered to be one of the greatest in rock history - is about two minutes in length, comparable to the combined length of the solos on Hotel California.

I love Robert Plant's voice myself, but I can understand why some people just find him annoying. There are singers who many people love but who I feel that way about (Bono's voice spoils a few 1980-87 U2 songs for me). I'm with F50 about the shirts though...

I agree that Get You In The Mood has a bit of a Led Zeppelin/Robert Plant vibe to it. It reminds me of bluesy Zep songs, particularly What Is And What Should Never Be from II, especially at the end of the last verse when Glenn sings 'sleeping next to some other man' (which significantly not only sounds a bit like Plant but also sounds like the sort of lyrics he'd sing on their early songs).

One Led Zeppelin song I would like to hear the Eagles do would be Over The Hills And Far Away. The original has got a good mix of acoustic and electric guitar but would offer something different from a largely acoustic ballad like Thank You. I must admit the voice I hear in my head for that song is Don's however.

As an aside, I've repeatedly seen Led Zeppelin's Down By The Seaside described as country rock. I really don't get this, it doesn't sound like Tequila Sunrise or Peaceful Easy Feeling to me, it's more like New Kid In Town (soft/mellow rock featuring prominent keyboards as well as guitars).

Ive always been a dreamer
04-11-2015, 01:19 PM
An interesting road trip, Zanny! :thumbsup:

I love both the legendary STH and HC and agree there are lots of similarities between two of the best rock and roll songs of all time. However, unlike the Eagles, I have to say that Stairway to Heaven is the only Zepplin song that I love. Purely speculating on which Eagles' voice is better suited for the song, I would also agree Glenn's would probably work best. I don't know if he still has the power in his voice to pull it off today, but I think Glenn could have very effectively sang Robert's 'shrieking' at the end back in his younger days. I'm thinking of the ending of Outlaw Man and, to a lesser extent, James Dean, and also the 'Yow' in Smuggler's Blues. It's also possible that Joe's vocals would work, although I'm not sure he has the power in his pipes to pull off the ending. I personally don't think the song is very well suited to Don's or Tim's voices or styles, but you never know.

On the other hand, realizing my bias in not being a Zepplin fan, the thought of Robert singing Hotel California makes me cringe. However, part of that, may be for the same reason that I feel Don's voice isn't a good fit for STH. I just don't think their two voices are very compatible.

DJ
04-11-2015, 03:48 PM
An interesting road trip, Zanny! :thumbsup:

I love both the legendary STH and HC and agree there are lots of similarities between two of the best rock and roll songs of all time. However, unlike the Eagles, I have to say that Stairway to Heaven is the only Zepplin song that I love. Purely speculating on which Eagles' voice is better suited for the song, I would also agree Glenn's would probably work best. I don't know if he still has the power in his voice to pull it off today, but I think Glenn could have very effectively sang Robert's 'shrieking' at the end back in his younger days. I'm thinking of the ending of Outlaw Man and, to a lesser extent, James Dean, and also the 'Yow' in Smuggler's Blues. It's also possible that Joe's vocals would work, although I'm not sure he has the power in his pipes to pull off the ending. I personally don't think the song is very well suited to Don's or Tim's voices or styles, but you never know.

On the other hand, realizing my bias in not being a Zepplin fan, the thought of Robert singing Hotel California makes me cringe. However, part of that, may be for the same reason that I feel Don's voice isn't a good fit for STH. I just don't think their two voices are very compatible.


I agree dreamer, I cannot see Plant singing HC. or Don singing STH. But I'll have to listen to Zepplin to see if I can pin point any possible exchanges of songs. I do love the way Glenn pulls off the song Route 66. His voice does do that justice.

Freypower
04-11-2015, 06:49 PM
Stairway is too iconic for a band that is on the same level to even consider touching. It's a bit like the Stones' version of Like A Rolling Stone. It's interesting to hear but you're not going to forsake the original for it.

The superb Down By The Seaside, on the other had, might actually work. I think Don might do it justice. Then I find myself thinking of Fool In The Rain & wondering if Glenn could do that. Again perhaps it is more suited to Don.

L101
04-11-2015, 07:10 PM
I would love to hear Don sing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah even though so many other singers have covered it, it would be interesting to hear his take on it.

I don't like LC's version of it myself but Michael Bolton does a great version of it.

I did have a song that I would love to hear Glenn sing but I've forgotten what song it was :doh: It will come back to me eventually ......

Funk 50
04-12-2015, 04:48 AM
Don covered a Leonard Cohen song at the inauguration of Bill Clinton bash.

Compared to Cohen's, Democracy, and Dylan's, The Times They Are A Changing that Don also performed at ther show, the covers, the Eagles chose to do for Long Road Out Of Eden are pretty lame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USlHqwTQVrU


I think Hallelujah has been covered too often. So has Make You Feel My Love, Fields Of Gold and much of the Beatles catalog. Take It To The Limit and Desperado.

Karaioki has got a lot to answer for.

I wonder if Don Felder had a go at performing those last two? He does all the others.:hilarious:

L101
04-12-2015, 08:15 AM
I've heard Dons version of 'Democracy' and while it's good, it's not great but then again, I don't like the song no matter who sings it.

On the other hand, I love his version of Dylans 'Times..' I love his attitude in singing the song as he really seems like he believes in it. Thats why i want to hear his version of Hallelujah......just to hear and feel the passion that he would put into it!

Dons cover of 'It don't matter to the sun' is so much better than Chris Gaines/Garth Brooks IMO

DivineDon
04-12-2015, 09:02 AM
Funny- I have Cohen's version of Democracy and I much prefer Don's. Love his Times... as well. And I totally agree with you about It Don't Matter to the Sun, Lacken but I don't know if I need another Hallelujah even from Don as I think Jeff Buckley's version is the definitive cover:)

L101
04-12-2015, 10:41 AM
I love Jeff Buckleys version of Hallelujah as well. You should check out Micheal Boltons version, it's one of my favourites.
But there is always room for another Don song :grin:

VAisForEagleLovers
04-12-2015, 01:42 PM
I would love to hear Don sing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah even though so many other singers have covered it, it would be interesting to hear his take on it.

I don't like LC's version of it myself but Michael Bolton does a great version of it.

I did have a song that I would love to hear Glenn sing but I've forgotten what song it was :doh: It will come back to me eventually ......

Bon Jovi did a cover of Hallelujah recently. It was pretty awesome, mostly because of how much of himself he put into the song. I'm not a big fan of the song, so I'm not sure I'd like to hear one of our guys sing it if there were other choices.

A few people posted awhile back about Don singing Smugglers Blues. He'd do a great job because his voice has that rasp to it. To me, this just goes to show how diverse Glenn's talent is. I mentioned in a review thread after one of the After Hours shows that it amazes me he can stand there and sing songs like Shadow of Your Smile and Worried Mind with such a sweet, pure voice, then growl with Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed and Smugglers Blues.

alreadygone
03-10-2016, 06:30 PM
I was going to start a new topic as "what songs should they have covered" but I've already started enough topics so I though I'd post it here. Here are two songs I think they could have covered

Ventura Highway - sounds like something either Frey or Leadon could have done lead vocals on circa OTB/OOTN era.

Rain Song - I assume there cover version would have been shorter but I think Henley or Meisner could have done vocals on it and it could have been a slower-paced song (sort of like Try and Love Again, After the Thrill is Gone)