Farewell 1 Survivor [Archive] - Page 2 - The Border: An Eagles Message Board

L101

04-30-2015, 11:18 AM

For me personally, I prefer Dons singing and how he performs in general but there are some songs of his that I really don't like and would have no problem voting off like ASWTDID.... but I didn't need to vote for it.......

Unlike what F50 is suggesting, I would vote a Henley song over a Frey song if I felt the performance was not up to standard and vice versa!! We are not all as shallow as you are making us out to be :)

Edit: I was disappointed that NMCDs was voted out so early but as it was a fairly new song, it wouldn't have lasted as long as the more staple Eagles songs anyway

So F50, would you vote out a Walsh song to save a Henley/Frey song ?? :)

thelastresort

04-30-2015, 11:40 AM

I vote One of These Nights

(Perhaps I've always been a closet Frey fan ;))

L101

04-30-2015, 11:48 AM

I forgot to vote !!
I'll go with the majority on this one and vote for Peaceful Easy Feeling :neutral:

Brooke

04-30-2015, 01:09 PM

Well, Glenn is my favorite Eagle, but that doesn't mean I don't like the others songs because I certainly do. I don't think I can really say that I like his songs more than Don's. Don is my second favorite and for many years he was my favorite Eagle. I absolutely love many of Glenn's and Don's songs both and really, could not pick one over the other by the fact of it being sung by one or the other. There are different qualities coming from each of them. If Take It Easy (my all time favorite Eagles song) had always been sung by Don from the beginning I would still love it. One of them is not superior to the other as far as singing goes, to me.

So, no, I'm not voting for Glenn or Don. I'm voting for the song and in this game, the performance. :shrug:

Freypower

04-30-2015, 06:39 PM

Is this really the case GA? Can you make a blanket statement like that? Do you prefer LE to HC, for instance? :eyebrow:

Personally, as you know, I love Don's voice and the man himself, but I couldn't say I prefer all of his songs to Glenn's or Joe's or Timothy's - there are exceptions as to any rule.

btw, I'm not trying to be provocative - I just found your views very interesting

In terms of LE over HC, I can't speak for GA but my answer is yes. LE is my second favourite Eagles song. HC would maybe scrape into my top 10 these days.

I am also with GA in that yes, I do tend to prefer Glenn's songs. He is my favourite Eagle for many reasons, the primary reason being that his is my favourite voice. That being the case, he is the voice I prefer to hear. All my favourite Eagles songs on each album are sung by him with one exception - the title track of Long Road Out Of Eden. However, in this game I have voted on performance as well & again I have to say, for the vast majority of the time I find Glenn's performances more energising & involved with the song.

It's just a simple case of preference, I would say for both GA & myself, most of the time when it comes to songs. I could list exceptions if you wish (obviously Greeks over Teenage Jail & Witchy Woman over Chug All Night) but I don't wish to get too far off topic.

thelastresort

04-30-2015, 07:24 PM

Out of interest FP, what's your favourite Eagles song?

Glennsallnighter

04-30-2015, 07:35 PM

Freypower

04-30-2015, 07:35 PM

Out of interest FP, what's your favourite Eagles song?

New Kid In Town.

Glennsallnighter

04-30-2015, 07:43 PM

I came down from bed to vote and nearly forgot!!

I'm going to vote strategically and go for 'Hotel California'.

UK TimFan

04-30-2015, 07:47 PM

I vote for 'New kid in town'.

Ive always been a dreamer

04-30-2015, 07:54 PM

Ive always been a dreamer

04-30-2015, 08:06 PM

The next performance to be eliminated in the Farewell I DVD Survivor is Peaceful Easy Feeling. “Peaceful Easy Feeling, the tribe has spoken and it looks like they’ve let you down. Now listen to that voice in your other ear telling you to leave the island immediately.

Votes
Peaceful Easy Feeling – 8
New Kid In Town – 2
Hotel California – 2
One of These Nights – 1

Vote Breakdown
Peaceful Easy Feeling – shunlvswx
Peaceful Easy Feeling – Freypower
Peaceful Easy Feeling – Funk 50
Peaceful Easy Feeling – scottside
Peaceful Easy Feeling – Brooke
Peaceful Easy Feeling – Desperada
Peaceful Easy Feeling – WalshFan88
Peaceful Easy Feeling – Lacken101
New Kid In Town – DevineDon
New Kid In Town – UK TimFan
Hotel California – Glennsallnighter
Hotel California – Ive always been a dreamer
One of These Nights – thelastresort

Performances eliminated:
Silent Spring 4/08
Sunset Grill 4/08
No More Cloudy Days 4/10
Wasted Time 4/10
Love Will Keep Us Alive 4/12
You Belong to the City 4/12
Funk #49 4/14
Hole in the World 4/14
Rocky Mountain Way 4/16
Desperado 4/16
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 4/18
I Can't Tell You Why 4/18
Take It to the Limit 4/20
Lyin' Eyes 4/20
Walk Away 4/22
In the City 4/22
The Long Run 4/24
One Day at a Time 4/24
Tequila Sunrise 4/26
The Boys of Summer 4/26
Dirty Laundry 4/28
Peaceful Easy Feeling 4/30

Performances remaining:
New Kid in Town
One of These Nights
Already Gone
Life's Been Good
Heartache Tonight
Life in the Fast Lane
Hotel California
Take It Easy

Voting for Round Thirteen begins now.

Freypower

04-30-2015, 08:41 PM

Life's Been Good

WalshFan88

04-30-2015, 09:38 PM

It's tough for me, as I love the remaining songs.

For me it's between LBG, which to me is a killer song when played by the Eagles and the best version of the song is on Eagles Live, and NKIT, which is a great song... I really don't want to vote off any of the others until necessary.

I hate to do it, but in order to save HC, I'll vote for Life's Been Good.

shunlvswx

04-30-2015, 09:43 PM

Freypower

04-30-2015, 10:10 PM

Even though I love Don and he's my favorite, I love a few of Glenn's songs too. My favorite of his is New Kid in Town and What Do I Do With My Heart. I tune the volume up when those songs come on on the radio, Pandora and IHeart. Maybe I'm a closet Glenn fan because sometimes I don't want to admit it. Lol

I'm voting for performance and my favorite performances on the DVD are Don's and even. Joe.

Anyway. Their are two songs I'm going to wait to vote for. So I'm voting for Take It Easy.

I don't know why you 'don't want to admit' liking Glenn's songs. They are Eagles songs, just as Don's are. You sound as if you're ashamed or you're being disloyal to Don if you like songs sung by other band members. You have made comments like this before & I'm not quite sure what you are getting at. I would also say that liking a couple of Glenn's songs doesn't make you, shock horror, a closet Glenn fan.

Funk 50

05-01-2015, 05:43 AM

maryc2130

05-01-2015, 06:39 AM

scottside

05-01-2015, 09:17 AM

I vote for "Life's Been Good."

Glennsallnighter

05-01-2015, 10:24 AM

It's nothing to be coy about. I imagine Frey fans are Frey fans because they like his songs the best, so it's no surprise they vote in his favour. It just looks like the Frey fans have the most power as they outnumber the other voters.

It may surprise you F50 that this umbrella site began its life as glennfreyonline and eaglesonlinecentral followed several years later after Soda expanded it. So if like me you were looking for Glenn :heart: information and googled him it led you here. Thus there may be a preponderance of Glenn :heart: fans, particularly those of us on since the start of the Border.

DivineDon

05-01-2015, 01:03 PM

It may surprise you F50 that this umbrella site began its life as glennfreyonline and eaglesonlinecentral followed several years later after Soda expanded it. So if like me you were looking for Glenn :heart: information and googled him it led you here. Thus there may be a preponderance of Glenn :heart: fans, particularly those of us on since the start of the Border.

Okay, that's interesting, GA, because I didn't know that and it explains why I sometimes feel very much in the minority:sad:. Also, I read that LE is your favourite song so I guess you weren't too impressed with my earlier comments about it!!! As for The Last Resort, I love it too. I just find Don has such an amazing range from the sweet dulcet tones of Doolin' Dalton Reprise to the rocking Get Over it that I really couldn't pick one song of his or one favourite Eagles song.

Anyway, sorry, but I put New Kid in Town in the same category as LE - sweet, wholesome and singalong but if I only had a few moments to view this DVD, I wouldn't look at it so I have to vote for it again.

Funk 50

05-01-2015, 01:18 PM

So F50, would you vote out a Walsh song to save a Henley/Frey song ?? :)

Sorry Lacken101, I missed your question earlier.

I wouldn't vote out a Walsh song to save a Henley/Frey song. I may have voted in favour of the exclusive tracks but they're long gone. I've mostly stuck to what I've considered to be the weakest performance of the tracks remaining. There really isn't that much between the best and worst though.

I don't expect Joe's Life's Been Good to win but I can't see myself voting it off.

Brooke

05-01-2015, 01:23 PM

I just love this song, but I love the others more:

Life's Been Good should go next.

Freypower

05-01-2015, 06:11 PM

I think the last two rounds were dominated by strategic voting. Posters are protecting their favourites rather than voting for their least favourite.

It's nothing to be coy about. I imagine Frey fans are Frey fans because they like his songs the best, so it's no surprise they vote in his favour. It just looks like the Frey fans have the most power as they outnumber the other voters.

This round could be a little more interesting. It's good to see two of Felder's starring moments, One Of These Nights and Hotel California still in the running. Credit to Steuart Smith. Two of the songs dropped to accommodate Long Road Out Of Eden tracks, New Kid In Town and Already Gone are still in the hunt too.

This round I vote for Heartache Tonight. Great in concert but if I want to listen to a live version, I always go for the 1980's Eagles Live CD version, recorded when it was a new song.

While I agree with GA's response to this I would like to see Soda or Dreamer address this issue.

However I will say that it isn't about 'power'..... what an interesting choice of words, by the way. :hilarious: It is strictly about the number of people who have voted. We do have fans of other members here who tend not to play thse games. It saddens me that Henley fans may feel they are 'in the minority'. Maybe, just maybe, the Frey songs have lasted this long because they deserve to?

Oh, and I don't believe that the survival of OOTN & HC has anything to do with the 'Felder' element. I think they have survived because they are great songs & great performances. I do agree that Steuart deserves credit for his efforts. The dark horse here is Already Gone. To my knowledge there has not been one vote for it.

And also, I have NOT been 'protecting my favourites'. I have voted for my least favourite performance for the entire game.

L101

05-01-2015, 06:28 PM

It is strictly about the number of people who have voted. We do have fans of other members here who tend not to play thse games. It saddens me that Henley fans may feel they are 'in the minority'. Maybe, just maybe, the Frey songs have lasted this long because they deserve to?

Oh, and I don't believe that the survival of OOTN & HC has anything to do with the 'Felder' element. I think they have survived because they are great songs & great performances. I do agree that Steuart deserves credit for his efforts. The dark horse here is Already Gone. To my knowledge there has not been one vote for it.

Can I just say that I completely disagree with the suggestion that the Frey songs are better than the Henley songs !! :shock: As if such a thought could exist !! :stunned: :grin:
And Henley fans aren't in the minority, we're just an elite group :hilarious:

Seriously though, as this is a long game of Survivor with 30 songs in play, it was inevitable that people would vote to keep their favorites in (in my case, a LOT of my favorites were voted out :-( )

We are now down to the last 8 songs so now it really is about the performances and not which "Henley/Frey songs" can survive.

I also don't agree that the reason OOTN and HC survived this far because of the 'Felder element' - they survived because the performances and the songs are brilliant - if it was due to the Felder element, I would have voted them out long ago.

So after all that, my vote this round is for Heartache tonight

Freypower

05-01-2015, 06:36 PM

Can I just say that I completely disagree with the suggestion that the Frey songs are better than the Henley songs !! :shock: As if such a thought could exist !! :stunned: :grin:
And Henley fans aren't in the minority, we're just an elite group :hilarious:

Seriously though, as this is a long game of Survivor with 30 songs in play, it was inevitable that people would vote to keep their favorites in (in my case, a LOT of my favorites were voted out :-( )

We are now down to the last 8 songs so now it really is about the performances and not which "Henley/Frey songs" can survive.

I also don't agree that the reason OOTN and HC survived this far because of the 'Felder element' - they survived because the performances and the songs are brilliant - if it was due to the Felder element, I would have voted them out long ago.

So after all that, my vote this round is for Heartache tonight

No such suggestion was made. They are as good as the Henley songs to some people & therefore perhaps they deserved to survive.

L101

05-01-2015, 06:38 PM

No such suggestion was made.

It was just a joke ....:shrug:

WalshFan88

05-01-2015, 07:45 PM

I also don't agree that the reason OOTN and HC survived this far because of the 'Felder element' - they survived because the performances and the songs are brilliant - if it was due to the Felder element, I would have voted them out long ago.

:(

The solo on HC in particular is the best piece of guitar work in the Eagles hands down. It's often voted as being the best solo and guitar work among many music magazines and companies and forums. I definitely think they are every bit as good as the lyrics, equally so IMO.

Freypower

05-01-2015, 07:56 PM

L101

05-01-2015, 07:58 PM

:(

The solo on HC in particular is the best piece of guitar work in the Eagles hands down. It's often voted as being the best solo and guitar work among many music magazines and companies and forums. I definitely think they are every bit as good as the lyrics, equally so IMO.

I agree with you about the solos - what I meant was the song itself is the reason it hasn't been voted out. .. Steuart has done a great job of taking over the solos which is why the song is still in play ( and yes I know they are the Felder element ), but Felder himself puts me off the song with his attitude and how he performs ... . I know it's not a great reason to vote off a song but different strokes for different folks.....

WalshFan88

05-01-2015, 09:55 PM

We're voting for the F1 performance, not the song. But if you are going to talk about the HC 'solo' surely Joe's part is just as important? And in F1, we still get to see him play it. We don't see Felder.

I know. I was referring to the idea of someone not liking the song because of Felder unrelated to the performance on F1, which I took issue to. It wasn't about the performance but rather feeling dissapointed at the idea that someone doesn't like Felder's solo in the song.

Of course Joe's solo is equally great.

WalshFan88

05-01-2015, 10:03 PM

I agree with you about the solos - what I meant was the song itself is the reason it hasn't been voted out. .. Steuart has done a great job of taking over the solos which is why the song is still in play ( and yes I know they are the Felder element ), but Felder himself puts me off the song with his attitude and how he performs ... . I know it's not a great reason to vote off a song but different strokes for different folks.....

Fair enough.

sodascouts

05-01-2015, 11:13 PM

While I agree with GA's response to this I would like to see Soda or Dreamer address this issue.

I'm not sure what "issue" we're supposed to be addressing - strategic voting? Nothing wrong that. It's been around since we've been playing these games, and it's a perfectly legitimate approach.

Freypower

05-01-2015, 11:39 PM

I'm not sure what "issue" we're supposed to be addressing - strategic voting? Nothing wrong that. It's been around since we've been playing these games, and it's a perfectly legitimate approach.

I was referring to the comment about Frey fans having 'power' & outnumbering other voters. I thought you may have felt this needed more explanation than my effort where I said the game simply goes according to number of votes cast. If not don't worry about it; sorry.

GlennLover

05-02-2015, 05:57 AM

I vote Life's Been Good.

Funk 50

05-02-2015, 07:15 AM

I have NOT been 'protecting my favourites'. I have voted for my least favourite performance for the entire game.

I thought you voted For Peaceful Easy Feeling to save New Kid In Town. :shrug:

There's no real issue about Frey fans outnumbering other factions. Somebody has to have the most. Except it means a Frey sung track is likely to win.
I mentioned the success of the Felder showcases, One Of These Nights and Hotel California as there are many who say the Eagles are a lot weaker without Felder.

On the evidence, of this survivor game, Steuart has proven to be a fine replacement.

Felder himself puts me off the song with his attitude and how he performs...

I agree Lacken101. Felder shouldn't really have any bearing on the F1 performances but he does. Hotel California makes me think of all the negativity surrounding Felder, which does somewhat spoil my enjoyment of the song.

thelastresort

05-02-2015, 07:37 AM

One of These Nights

DivineDon

05-02-2015, 08:28 AM

It saddens me that Henley fans may feel they are 'in the minority'.

Geez, FP, please don't take everything so literal - I was joking. I know everyone has their own favourites - this is supposed to be a fun game afterall.

I guess my Irish sense of humour sometimes gets lost in translation. I'm sure GA knew I was only having a laugh. :)

....oh, and Don for the win!!! :hilarious:

Glennsallnighter

05-02-2015, 12:00 PM

Yes, DD, us Irish are certainly a breed unto ourselves.

BTW, as regards Henley v Frey winners, in our LROOE survivors which we played twice, in both cases WITW which has Don Henley on lead vocals won. I think when it comes down to the crunch unless someone is very attached to a song and it is one of their all time favourites they tend to vote objectively for the song they really feel is the best rather than the singer. However watching it on video its a package, the singer, the song, watching the other instrumentalists, even the audience participation.

Anyway this round I will stick with Hotel California

Desperada

05-02-2015, 04:37 PM

Hotel California

Freypower

05-02-2015, 05:57 PM

I thought you voted For Peaceful Easy Feeling to save New Kid In Town. :shrug:

There's no real issue about Frey fans outnumbering other factions. Somebody has to have the most. Except it means a Frey sung track is likely to win.
I mentioned the success of the Felder showcases, One Of These Nights and Hotel California as there are many who say the Eagles are a lot weaker without Felder.

On the evidence, of this survivor game, Steuart has proven to be a fine replacement.

Felder also played lead on NKIT - something which he appears to have forgotten, as he treats the song as if it doesn't exist - same with Lyin' Eyes.

But no, I didn't vote for PEF to save NKIT. I agreed with everyone else that it was the least effective of the remaining performances & it was time for it to go.

Re NKIT, it won't bother me if it's eliminated now. I am really the only person on the board who has such a passionate connection with it, I think, just has Austin does with HC.

I also want to say something about HT. This version is an absolute showstopper, whether you like Glenn or not. Sadly, the HOTE version I saw in March had been stripped of all its life & is now an anodyne singalong. It's also buried in the setlist & virtually goes unnoticed. Of all the changes they made for HOTE, what they did to HT was the least understandable.

On the highlighted part I disagree as GA demonstrates with her LROOE examples. I don't know what will win but on the evidence of some votes we may be heading for a big surprise.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-02-2015, 07:47 PM

FP - I wasn’t clear either on what issue needed to be addressed. As moderators of this game, Soda and I make judgments about whether members are abiding by the rules of the game, as well as, the board’s Terms of Service and Netiquette Guidelines. As far as I can tell, in that regard, there is nothing here that needs to be addressed.

However, as a fellow member of the community and a player in the game, when I offer my opinion, it holds no more weight than any other member or player. So, I will offer this observation, which is just my opinion only. It is disheartening to see the discussion here relegated to a competition between the band members and players in the game. As we continuously say, we all have our favorites and members are free to vote however they wish as long as they conduct themselves with integrity, honesty, and respect. My personal preference would be to have the competition be about the quality of these performances rather than to keep going around in circles about a divisive ‘hot-button’ topic.

Now as far as the results in this round, once again one of my favorites is going down. I think Life’s Been Good is one of the most entertaining performances on this DVD and I’m sorry to see it go. So, I’m going to try to even the score a bit …

I cast my vote for Already Gone.

sodascouts

05-02-2015, 07:54 PM

OK, gotta get my vote in under the wire, so to speak. ;)

I cast my vote for Life's Been Good.

The performance is fun and silly, but when it comes to what I like best, fun and silly often loses out to the more intense material.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-02-2015, 08:06 PM

The next performance to be eliminated in the Farewell I DVD Survivor is Life’s Been Good. “Life’s Been Good, the tribe has spoken and it looks like they no longer think you’re cool. You should have seen the clues at the scene of the crime. It is time to get in your Maserati and leave the island immediately.

Votes
Life’s Been Good – 6
Heartache Tonight – 3
Hotel California – 2
New Kid In Town – 1
Take It Easy – 1
One of These Nights – 1
Already Gone – 1

Vote Breakdown
Life’s Been Good – Freypower
Life’s Been Good – WalshFan88
Life’s Been Good – scottside
Life’s Been Good – Brooke
Life’s Been Good – GlennLover
Life’s Been Good – sodascouts
Heartache Tonight – Funk 50
Heartache Tonight – maryc2130
Heartache Tonight – Lacken101
Hotel California – Glennsallnighter
Hotel California – Desperada
Take It Easy – shunlvswx
New Kid In Town – DevineDon
One of These Nights – thelastresort
Already Gone – Ive always been a dreamer

Performances eliminated:
Silent Spring 4/08
Sunset Grill 4/08
No More Cloudy Days 4/10
Wasted Time 4/10
Love Will Keep Us Alive 4/12
You Belong to the City 4/12
Funk #49 4/14
Hole in the World 4/14
Rocky Mountain Way 4/16
Desperado 4/16
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 4/18
I Can't Tell You Why 4/18
Take It to the Limit 4/20
Lyin' Eyes 4/20
Walk Away 4/22
In the City 4/22
The Long Run 4/24
One Day at a Time 4/24
Tequila Sunrise 4/26
The Boys of Summer 4/26
Dirty Laundry 4/28
Peaceful Easy Feeling 4/30
Life's Been Good 5/2

Performances remaining:
New Kid in Town
One of These Nights
Already Gone
Heartache Tonight
Life in the Fast Lane
Hotel California
Take It Easy

Voting for Round Fourteen begins now.

sodascouts

05-02-2015, 08:24 PM

Okay, that's interesting, GA, because I didn't know that and it explains why I sometimes feel very much in the minority:sad:.

Aw, I'm sorry you feel in the minority. We're all Eagles fans; I don't see the need to divide into "camps" because doing so isn't very constructive, IMHO. Let's think in terms of what we have in common - love for the Eagles!

I'm not in "opposition" to Eagles fans who happen to prefer Don - or any other Eagle, for that matter. See, here's another bit of history: intially, Don was my favorite. Seeing him perform with Stevie Nicks got me into the Eagles fandom, and without that incredible Henley/Nicks Chicago show in 2005 pulling me in, none of these sites would exist. Don was my first. ;)

Glenn did lure me away in terms of a favorite, and he was what spurred me from casual fan to a girl who spends thousands of hours and dollars making and maintaining websites, a girl who travels all over to see them, a girl who has spent unholy amounts on tickets, memorabilia, band merch, etc. - but I never lost my appreciation for Don.

Thus, I don't get into these debates that pit them against each other, or pit their fans against each other. I love them both... I love them all!

WalshFan88

05-02-2015, 10:33 PM

It stings, but I'll live.

On to

New Kid In Town

Ive always been a dreamer

05-02-2015, 11:05 PM

Thus, I don't get into these debates that pit them against each other, or pit their fans against each other. I love them both... I love them all!

Amen Sista - I feel exactly the same way! :thumbsup:

Now, as far as New Kid In Town, I actually love this impassioned performance. The band gives it everything they've got and audience is really into it as well. And, of course, the vocals and harmonies just rock my world. I really think there are a few others that should go before it does.

I’m probably going to shock some folks here, but I think the next performance to go should be Take It Easy. I think it was the standout performance on the Hell Freezes Over DVD and loved the energy and engagement of entire band with the audience, as well as the extended guitar solos. And the HOTE DVD version of the song was off the chart, IMHO – it absolutely blew me away. Of course, it’s a brilliant song, and while the F1 version isn’t bad by any stretch, nor is it that memorable. To me, it pales in comparison to the ones I just mentioned. It just seems a little stale and lacks its usual energy.

As usual, I'll wait to vote to see how this round plays out.

Funk 50

05-03-2015, 07:08 AM

Felder also played lead on NKIT - something which he appears to have forgotten, as he treats the song as if it doesn't exist - it won't bother me if it's eliminated now. I am really the only person on the board who has such a passionate connection with it,

I think New Kid In Town is one of Felder's finest moments. Like most Eagles songs, it's a vocal led track and the way Felder's playing compliments the vocals is quite an accomplishment.

I miss the, long gone, almost a cappella, third verse of Heartache Tonight. I don't like them messing about with the original arrangement but I'm glad it's still in the set list. Never-the-less once again I vote for Heartache Tonight.

DivineDon

05-03-2015, 07:13 AM

Aw, I'm sorry you feel in the minority.

It's okay, Soda - you must have missed the post where I said I was only joking! I'm a big girl, I can stick up for myself :) against you fickle fans :hilarious: Shame on you for deserting Don!!!

Once again I'm voting off New Kid in Town

scottside

05-03-2015, 09:45 AM

I'm voting for "One Of These Nights."

maryc2130

05-03-2015, 11:06 AM

Well, I think I've voted honestly pretty much the whole game, but none of my votes since the first round or two have really counted, since I didn't vote strategically. (Not complaining, just commenting.) So, I think I'll wait this time and see which way the land lies. None of my favorites are left except Hotel California. And I do like New Kid in Town, so I hate to vote for that one, but we'll see ...

Glennsallnighter

05-03-2015, 12:26 PM

Glenn did lure me away in terms of a favorite, and he was what spurred me from casual fan to a girl who spends thousands of hours and dollars making and maintaining websites, a girl who travels all over to see them, a girl who has spent unholy amounts on tickets, memorabilia, band merch, etc.

Tell me about it! I must be your twin sister Soda! But even with Glenn:heart: being my out and out favourite I am not blind to the merits of the other guys too. Over the past 18 months I have seen 8 HOTE shows and and each one has been special not just for seeing Glenn :heart: up close and live. I think I have had some sort of interaction with each of them at one show or other and I admire all of them greatly. So its not like being in one 'camp' rather than another for me either.

Freypower

05-03-2015, 07:29 PM

One Of These Nights

Desperada

05-04-2015, 05:12 AM

Hotel California

Brooke

05-04-2015, 03:26 PM

New Kid In Town

Glennsallnighter

05-04-2015, 04:56 PM

Hotel California again this round for me.

GlennLover

05-04-2015, 05:47 PM

Hotel California (sorry Austin)

shunlvswx

05-04-2015, 05:48 PM

Heartache Tonight

L101

05-04-2015, 06:11 PM

New kid in town

thelastresort

05-04-2015, 06:20 PM

One of These Nights

WalshFan88

05-04-2015, 07:10 PM

Hotel California (sorry Austin)

Hey, at least you said sorry! :hilarious: Kudos for that! :)

To tell a little secret - HC is NOT my winning choice in this game based on performance. More on that later.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-04-2015, 07:49 PM

Well, sad to say it looks like New Kid in Town is going down. As I wrote earlier, I think it is really a better performance than Take It Easy, but, obviously, I'm in the minority here.

I cast my vote for Take It Easy.

UK TimFan

05-04-2015, 07:59 PM

I vote for 'Life in the fast lane'.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-04-2015, 08:05 PM

The next performance to be eliminated in the Farewell I DVD Survivor is New Kid in Town. “New Kid in Town, the tribe has spoken and we know you had great expectations, but please don’t cry any tears on our shoulder. As you’re walking away to leave the island we’ll be talking behind you. Just remember, we will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along.

Votes
New Kid in Town – 4
Hotel California – 3
One of These Nights – 3
Heartache Tonight – 2
Take It Easy – 1
Life in the Fast Lane – 1

Vote Breakdown
New Kid in Town – WalshFan88
New Kid in Town – DevineDon
New Kid in Town – Brooke
New Kid in Town – Lacken101
One of These Nights – scottside
One of These Nights – Freypower
One of These Nights – thelastresort
Hotel California – Desperada
Hotel California – Glennsallnighter
Hotel California – GlennLover
Heartache Tonight – Funk 50
Heartache Tonight – shunlvswx
Take It Easy – Ive always been a dreamer
Life in the Fast Lane – UKTimFan

Performances eliminated:
Silent Spring 4/08
Sunset Grill 4/08
No More Cloudy Days 4/10
Wasted Time 4/10
Love Will Keep Us Alive 4/12
You Belong to the City 4/12
Funk #49 4/14
Hole in the World 4/14
Rocky Mountain Way 4/16
Desperado 4/16
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 4/18
I Can't Tell You Why 4/18
Take It to the Limit 4/20
Lyin' Eyes 4/20
Walk Away 4/22
In the City 4/22
The Long Run 4/24
One Day at a Time 4/24
Tequila Sunrise 4/26
The Boys of Summer 4/26
Dirty Laundry 4/28
Peaceful Easy Feeling 4/30
Life's Been Good 5/02
New Kid in Town 5/04

Performances remaining:
One of These Nights
Already Gone
Heartache Tonight
Life in the Fast Lane
Hotel California
Take It Easy

Voting for Round Fifteen begins now.

Freypower

05-04-2015, 08:15 PM

Oh no. Only four votes.

One Of These Nights

WalshFan88

05-04-2015, 10:00 PM

One Of These Nights

shunlvswx

05-04-2015, 10:37 PM

I am voting for Take It Easy this round. I think this is the weakest performance that's left of the other songs.of the rest of the songs.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-04-2015, 11:00 PM

I would like to come to the defense of One of These Nights and would be very interested in hearing any counter-arguments for why it should be eliminated.

OOTN isn't my favorite song, but holy crap, the guys throw themselves into singing it here. The vocals start out with a smoky sensuality and then build to an incredible climax, and they take you right along with them. It's the hottest performance of the concert, IMHO.

I totally agree with these remarks. I would also like to add that the instrumentation on this performance is awesome as well, and, of course, Tim’s bass work shines. I think this is one of the performances where the horns really work well. The audience seems to be loving it and this is one sultry passionate performance where the guys give it their all. Shoot, I am exhilaratingly exhausted after just watching it.

Funk 50

05-05-2015, 07:32 AM

I feel I must vote for Heartache Tonight again but I'm going to give the remaining songs another view before I confirm my vote.

I can't remember much of the remaining tracks, from the last time a viewed the show, just a few weeks ago and I've lost the notes I scribbled down as well.

scottside

05-05-2015, 09:38 AM

I vote for "One Of These Nights" again. I agree that the performance is great, but it's never been one of my favorites and I can't look past that.

DivineDon

05-05-2015, 11:41 AM

Gee, I think OOTN is a great performance.

Anyway, it's getting harder to choose but I vote for Take it Easy

sodascouts

05-05-2015, 06:56 PM

Shoot. I hadn't planned on voting for this, but to save OOTN...

I cast my vote for Take It Easy.

thelastresort

05-05-2015, 07:03 PM

One of These Nights

L101

05-05-2015, 07:47 PM

I'm voting for Take it easy for two reasons:
- while I love this song, this performance has no spark in it, it just feels like they are going through the motions
- to save OOTN - this song has definitely got a spark to it!! Its one of those songs where everything just seems to work and I love this performance

Freypower

05-05-2015, 08:43 PM

Not that it matters, but I think the performance of TIE is the one I saw, although I can't prove it. I distinctly remember how wet Glenn's hair was when they came out to play it. They were not 'going through the motions' in my opinion. :sad: Also Glenn winks in it. As I have had him wink at me twice in a couple of years (including this March) it seems more special these days.

I wasn't going to say anything about OOTN but I guess I might as well. It's a good performance (Glenn's passionate harmonies) but there is no way I think it's better than the others remaning.

Funk 50

05-06-2015, 06:28 AM

I've given the remaining songs another view. I really don't know what to vote for. Just reminds me that I'm not a fan of music dvds. I didn't enjoy it at all.

Out of the tracks that remain, One Of These Nights is the performance I enjoyed most. I wonder why it's shorter than the LP version. Just the sight of Al Garth on fiddle puts me off Take It Easy and Already Gone. I'm tired of Hotel California and Life In The Fast Lane is the best of the small pool of Eagles up-tempo rockers.

Heartache Tonight. retains my vote. Don't like the sax. Don't like Glenn's vocals.

thelastresort

05-06-2015, 08:17 AM

Out of the tracks that remain, One Of These Nights is the performance I enjoyed most. I wonder why it's shorter than the LP version.

There's 17 seconds of bass intro (which they have never played live afaik) omitted, and the fade on the album version is pretty big, they cut about 40 seconds off it in concerts.

Funk 50

05-06-2015, 02:52 PM

I can understand why Take It To The Limit has been shortened, since Glenn started singing it and also Already Gone to some degree but, as far as I know, the live version of One Of These Nights has always been shorter than the album version.

I wonder which version Felder and the tribute acts perform?

Without the intro, I think Smuggler's Blues live is a little shorter than the original version too.

Maybe they thought the original recordings were too long.

Brooke

05-06-2015, 04:52 PM

I honestly don't know if I can vote now.......

oh ok

Life In The Fast Lane

Desperada

05-06-2015, 05:05 PM

Take it easy

Its like trading in a new car, just because a bird left a message on it!

Ive always been a dreamer

05-06-2015, 06:17 PM

Once again I have to go out for a little while this evening and we will get the results of this round posted as soon as possible. For that reason, I have to vote earlier that usual so I'm going to go ahead and try to seal the deal ...

I cast my vote for Take It Easy.

Glennsallnighter

05-06-2015, 06:28 PM

I'm at Chris de Burgh in concert. So v quickly I'll stick with Hotel California this round

sodascouts

05-06-2015, 08:11 PM

The next performance to be eliminated in the Farewell I DVD Survivor is Take It Easy. “Take It Easy", the tribe has spoken and it's time for you to go. Sadly, you will never be here again. Please leave the island immediately.

Votes
Take It Easy - 6
One of These Nights – 4
Heartache Tonight – 1
Life in the Fast Lane – 1
Hotel California – 1

Vote Breakdown
Take It Easy – shunlvswx
Take It Easy - DivineDon
Take It Easy - sodascouts
Take It Easy - Lacken101
Take It Easy – Desperada
Take It Easy – Ive always been a dreamer
One of These Nights – Freypower
One of These Nights - WalshFan88
One of These Nights – scottside
One of These Nights – thelastresort
Heartache Tonight – Funk 50
Life in the Fast Lane - Brooke
Hotel California – Glennsallnighter

Performances remaining:
One of These Nights
Already Gone
Heartache Tonight
Life in the Fast Lane
Hotel California

Performances eliminated:
Silent Spring 4/08
Sunset Grill 4/08
No More Cloudy Days 4/10
Wasted Time 4/10
Love Will Keep Us Alive 4/12
You Belong to the City 4/12
Funk #49 4/14
Hole in the World 4/14
Rocky Mountain Way 4/16
Desperado 4/16
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 4/18
I Can't Tell You Why 4/18
Take It to the Limit 4/20
Lyin' Eyes 4/20
Walk Away 4/22
In the City 4/22
The Long Run 4/24
One Day at a Time 4/24
Tequila Sunrise 4/26
The Boys of Summer 4/26
Dirty Laundry 4/28
Peaceful Easy Feeling 4/30
Life's Been Good 5/02
New Kid in Town 5/04
Take It Easy 05/06

Voting for Round Sixteen begins now.

WalshFan88

05-06-2015, 08:18 PM

So there are 5 left....

I won't share my top two but three I'd like to see voted off next are in this order:

One Of These Nights
Heartache Tonight
Life In The Fast Lane

With that said: One Of These Nights

sodascouts

05-06-2015, 08:38 PM

I'm thinking either Hotel California or Life in the Fast Lane. I'll wait and see how it goes, though.

Freypower

05-06-2015, 08:54 PM

One Of These Nights

Ive always been a dreamer

05-06-2015, 09:26 PM

I'm thinking either Hotel California or Life in the Fast Lane. I'll wait and see how it goes, though.

Well, hopefully, I can heIp persuade you, Soda. :wink: :wink: I love the performance of Life In the Fast Lane. It is definitely high energy and it's such a real "band" moment with them all coming together at the end to face Don's drum kit, making their own little circle around it. I love that!

As far as Hotel California, I am going to cheat and pretty much repeat what I've said before about the band's performance of this song. Many of you may already know how much I revere this song. I have said many times that I believe it to be one of the, if not THE best and most influential songs in the history of rock and roll. Every single time I am at a show and hear the song, it moves me, mostly because it makes me appreciate how fortunate I am to be witness to one of the greatest bands in history performing one of the greatest songs in history. However, I will also say that I think because it is such an epic song, the band tries to pay homage to it by playing it to perfection. I truly appreciate that because I think it shows the respect and appreciation the band has for the song, and means we’ll never see a bad performance. But, I also think their intense focus on technical perfection may take away from some of the spontaneity that you see in some of their other performances, so I can understand if some view the performance as rather stiff and sterile. The emotion that I experience seeing it live seems to get lost when seeing it on a DVD in spite of my immense admiration for the song.

WalshFan88

05-06-2015, 09:35 PM

I love seeing live video of Hotel California. I love the precision and the fact it's extremely perfected.

That said, to be completely honest I've never been cracked up about the F1 version. Still, it's high on my list, but not my winning pick.

sad-cafe

05-06-2015, 10:11 PM

Already Gone

I want gone

My two favs left are One of these Nights and Life In the Fast Lane

I want them to win

Funk 50

05-07-2015, 06:11 AM

I can understand if some view the performance as rather stiff and sterile. The emotion that I experience seeing it live seems to get lost when seeing it on a DVD in spite of my immense admiration for the song.

I totally agree, Ive always been a dreamer. I told my family that if Joe Walsh ever did a show in the UK, I'd buy them all a ticket to the show. I dragged them all to an Eagles HFO show. I was pretty nervous before the show. I really didn't know if the Eagles would be any good.

It turned out to be the only show that I've attended that I've thought, money well spent, after the first song. Hotel California live was just an awesome event.

I'm very surprised to see Take It Easy suddenly go, and how well Already Gone is faring, considering it's a very different arrangement from the original and it's since been excluded from the set list for a few years.

So there are 5 left....
I won't share my top two but three I'd like to see voted off next are in this order:

One Of These Nights
Heartache Tonight
Life In The Fast Lane

Top two; Hotel California and Already Gone then, WalshFan88 :grin:

Still voting for Heartache Tonight.

scottside

05-07-2015, 09:17 AM

One Of These Nights

GlennLover

05-07-2015, 09:59 AM

Hotel California

Glennsallnighter

05-07-2015, 10:03 AM

My top two are atill in! This round I might as well stick with Hotel California. I'm actually surprised it has lasted this long, although I DO appreciate its iconic status.

Brooke

05-07-2015, 10:10 AM

Life In The Fast Lane

thelastresort

05-07-2015, 11:01 AM

One of These Nights

DivineDon

05-07-2015, 02:49 PM

Heartache Tonight

shunlvswx

05-07-2015, 03:14 PM

I'm voting for Heartache Tonight this round.

VAisForEagleLovers

05-07-2015, 05:20 PM

They deleted my comment!

Freypower

05-07-2015, 06:23 PM

They deleted my comment!

VA, I assume you meant to post this in the Eagles in the Press topic about the Rolling Stone thing.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-07-2015, 09:12 PM

Wow - Heartache Tonight is in real danger of going down this round. As I said for OOTN last round, I'd also be very interested in hearing any counter-arguments for why Heartache Tonight should be eliminated. The reason I think it should stay is because to me, HT is an absolutely incredible performance – it has everything a great performance should. Both the band and the audience are totally into it. There is so much passion and energy. As far as the instrumentation, this is another song where I think the horns really work well and Joe’s slide guitar is awesome. I also love Don’s drumming in the song as well as he and Tim’s incredible harmonies. The band seems to be having a blast with all their playful little antics – Tim’s clapping, Joe pointing at Glenn at the “some people like to stay out late” line, Don’s big grin, and all of Glenn’s animated gestures make for some very special and memorable entertainment.

I was in hopes that Hotel California would go this time because I sure didn't want to try to sacrifice OOTN. But, unfortunately, it looks like the only way to save Heartache tonight is ban together and not to split the vote. So, if you want to save Heartache Tonight, join with me and ...

SAVE HEARTACHE TONIGHT!!!

VOTE FOR ONE OF THESE NIGHTS!!!

I cast my vote for One of These Nights.

Desperada

05-08-2015, 04:33 AM

One of These Nights

L101

05-08-2015, 04:43 AM

I vote for Heartache tonight - it starts off great but halfway through it just gets all shouty and OTT especially with the added horns.

I hope OOTN can be saved but it looks unlikely. As I've said before, this song works really well here - a smooth and classy performance!! ;-)

Funk 50

05-08-2015, 05:56 AM

Wow - Heartache Tonight is in real danger of going down this round. As I said for OOTN last round, I'd also be very interested in hearing any counter-arguments for why Heartache Tonight should be eliminated.

I've voted for Heartache Tonight for the last few rounds. I don't like the added horns and I don't like watching Glenn struggle through the vocal. His vocal performance on the original recording is exceptional but he's been struggling to replicate that for many years. I'm not surprised they give Heartache Tonight an overhaul for the HOTE shows.

The Eagles are primarily a vocal band so above all else, the vocals have to be right.

Heartache Tonight a great live experience but I don't think the F1 performance stands up to repeated dvd plays. It didn't make the cut, 20 years ago, for HFO.

I'd love HT to go, so I'd get a chance to vote for something different.

maryc2130

05-08-2015, 06:21 AM

Heartache Tonight

Freypower

05-08-2015, 06:09 PM

I've voted for Heartache Tonight for the last few rounds. I don't like the added horns and I don't like watching Glenn struggle through the vocal. His vocal performance on the original recording is exceptional but he's been struggling to replicate that for many years. I'm not surprised they give Heartache Tonight an overhaul for the HOTE shows.

The Eagles are primarily a vocal band so above all else, the vocals have to be right.

Heartache Tonight a great live experience but I don't think the F1 performance stands up to repeated dvd plays. It didn't make the cut, 20 years ago, for HFO.

I'd love HT to go, so I'd get a chance to vote for something different.

I don't think he struggles at all. He nails it. But that is only my opinion. There was one particular performance I saw on that tour which was just astonishing; as I have said before the song is a showstopper, at least for a couple of us. Honestly I have no idea what the song's omission from HFO has to do with its inclusion in F1 just as I wondered what your previous comment about AG being dropped for the LROOE tour had to do with the F1 performance. We are supposed to be judging on F1 only. The only thing I agree with about HT is the horns. They are too intrusive.

As for the HOTE overhaul of HT, though this isn't strictly relevant either, it was a huge disappointment. All the energy was drained out of it. The vocal didn't really change, just the arrangement.

UK TimFan

05-08-2015, 07:59 PM

I vote for 'Life in the fast lane'.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-08-2015, 08:11 PM

The next performance to be eliminated in the Farewell I DVD Survivor is One of These Nights. “One of These Nights, the tribe has spoken and you weren’t the someone we were kind to. Well, I guess it was one of those lost and lonely dreams for you. Now in between the dark and the light, you need to make your way off of the island.

Votes
One of These Nights – 6
Heartache Tonight – 5
Hotel California – 2
Life in the Fast Lane – 2
Already Gone – 1

Vote Breakdown
One of These Nights – WalshFan88
One of These Nights – Freypower
One of These Nights – scottside
One of These Nights – thelastresort
One of These Nights – Ive always been a dreamer
One of These Nights – Desperada
Heartache Tonight – Funk 50
Heartache Tonight – DevineDon
Heartache Tonight – shunlvswx
Heartache Tonight – Lacken101
Heartache Tonight – maryc2130
Hotel California – GlennLover
Hotel California – Glennsallnighter
Life in the Fast Lane – Brooke
Life in the Fast Lane – UK Timfan
Already Gone – sad-cafe

Performances eliminated:
Silent Spring 4/08
Sunset Grill 4/08
No More Cloudy Days 4/10
Wasted Time 4/10
Love Will Keep Us Alive 4/12
You Belong to the City 4/12
Funk #49 4/14
Hole in the World 4/14
Rocky Mountain Way 4/16
Desperado 4/16
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 4/18
I Can't Tell You Why 4/18
Take It to the Limit 4/20
Lyin' Eyes 4/20
Walk Away 4/22
In the City 4/22
The Long Run 4/24
One Day at a Time 4/24
Tequila Sunrise 4/26
The Boys of Summer 4/26
Dirty Laundry 4/28
Peaceful Easy Feeling 4/30
Life's Been Good 5/02
New Kid in Town 5/04
Take It Easy 05/06
One of These Nights 05/08

Performances remaining:
Already Gone
Heartache Tonight
Life in the Fast Lane
Hotel California

Voting for Round Seventeen begins now.

Freypower

05-08-2015, 09:12 PM

OK, well, despite my attempted defence of Heartache Tonight I will now vote for it to go, despite the fact that I think it's a great performance. Where it falls down as has been mentioned is the overuse of the horn section. While I think it's a better song than Already Gone, the latter shades it in terms of the whole band getting involved. I haven't said a word about either HC or LITFL. Both of those deserve to be where they are.

WalshFan88

05-08-2015, 09:51 PM

I feel that Already Gone is the Eagles 2nd best song after HC. I think it's a great song with great lyrics and guitar parts.

With that said:

Heartache Tonight

shunlvswx

05-08-2015, 09:55 PM

I'm voting for Heartache Tonight again. I'm not really a fan of the song and the performance ok, but I think the other performances that are left are better.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-08-2015, 10:18 PM

I really did hate to vote off OOTN in order to save Heartache Tonight, but I happen to believe that HT is an all-around fantastic performance. I happen to like the horns, and I agree that Glenn nails the vocals even if he doesn’t replicate the recording note for note. And, as I said earlier, I love how the whole band is so into the performance. But, it looks like there are a fair number of players that want it gone, so I believe that those of us who want it to stay will have to continue come together and form a coalition. Honestly as much as I love Already Gone, I fail to see how the band is more engaged in this performance than Heartache tonight. So, based on past rounds, it looks like the best chance at success for a coalition to work is to vote for Hotel California. So, if you want to save Heartache Tonight, then …

VOTE FOR HOTEL CALIFORNIA!!!

SAVE HEARTACHE TONIGHT!!!

I'm going to wait to see if the coalition works before I vote.

sad-cafe

05-08-2015, 10:26 PM

I am sad OOTN is gone :( How can yall do that? A cool Bass intro and Timothy B all up in the high register?

Well I only want one song that is left so I am voting for

Heartache Tonight to GO

sodascouts

05-08-2015, 10:33 PM

sodascouts

05-08-2015, 10:33 PM

Before I go, though, I will vote to ensure I don't forget!

I cast my vote for Hotel California!

Ive always been a dreamer

05-08-2015, 10:44 PM

Don't be too hard on yourself Soda. Actually, even if you had tied the vote last round, OOTN would have still been eliminated by virtue of the tiebreaker rule.

GlennLover

05-08-2015, 11:10 PM

I vote Hotel California.

Freypower

05-09-2015, 12:13 AM

sodascouts

05-09-2015, 01:20 AM

Don't be too hard on yourself Soda. Actually, even if you had tied the vote last round, OOTN would have still been eliminated by virtue of the tiebreaker rule.

Phew. I feel a little better then, lol.

UK TimFan

05-09-2015, 04:00 AM

SHOOT, I can't believe I missed the round again! I suck! And I could have saved OOTN too!

:: goes off to self-flagellate ::

(But I do have a good excuse - it's the last day of the semester and my brain is fried)
Yep, it's entirely your fault that OOTN got the boot. :smile:

Don't be too hard on yourself Soda. Actually, even if you had tied the vote last round, OOTN would have still been eliminated by virtue of the tiebreaker rule.
No, it wouldn't, because I would have changed my vote which would have meant 'Heartache tonight' would have had seven votes, not five.
I only voted for LITFL because I knew couldn't save OOTN. :weep:

Added: Though even if it had survived, I think we might have had problems saving OOTN in this current round.

Desperada

05-09-2015, 05:27 AM

Hotel California

Funk 50

05-09-2015, 05:42 AM

Honestly I have no idea what the song's omission from HFO has to do with its inclusion in F1 just as I wondered what your previous comment about AG being dropped for the LROOE tour had to do with the F1 performance. We are supposed to be judging on F1 only. The only thing I agree with about HT is the horns. They are too intrusive.

As for the HOTE overhaul of HT, though this isn't strictly relevant either, it was a huge disappointment. All the energy was drained out of it. The vocal didn't really change, just the arrangement.

The HOTE version of Heartache Tonight is in a different key ie. easier to sing.

The F1 dvd is a complete set list. HFO isn't. Quite a few tunes were dropped for one reason or another, including Heartache Tonight and One Of These Nights. It could have done with one or two more uptempo tracks.

I presumed that they dropped Heartache Tonight because Glenn's vocal wasn't as good as the 1981, Eagles Live, album version and One Of These Nights because there were already plenty of Henley lead vocal tracks.

Already Gone was one of the tracks, dropped from the set list, to make way for Long Road Out Of Eden tracks. It wasn't even played during the MTV HFO show. On the evidence of this Survivor game, Already Gone is much more popular than the band perceive.

Once again Heartache Tonight gets my vote.

DivineDon

05-09-2015, 06:43 AM

VOTE FOR HOTEL CALIFORNIA!!!

SAVE HEARTACHE TONIGHT!!!

I'm sorry but I don't see the point of canvassing for a song to last one more round when the general consensus seems to be against it? :confused:

Anyway, I was really disappointed OOTN was voted off as the guys really seem to get 'into' it and enjoy it in F1.

The horns at the beginning of HT I think are really to disguise what song is coming as all Eagles' fans know every song from the opening few chords :hilarious: It was probably Glenn's idea to shake things up a bit!

Having said all that, I have to vote again for Heartache Tonight on the basis of performance and involvement of all the guys.

scottside

05-09-2015, 08:43 AM

I vote for "Hotel California.'

thelastresort

05-09-2015, 09:30 AM

The HOTE version of Heartache Tonight is in a different key ie. easier to sing.

The F1 dvd is a complete set list. HFO isn't. Quite a few tunes were dropped for one reason or another, including Heartache Tonight and One Of These Nights. It could have done with one or two more uptempo tracks.

I presumed that they dropped Heartache Tonight because Glenn's vocal wasn't as good as the 1981, Eagles Live, album version and One Of These Nights because there were already plenty of Henley lead vocal tracks.

Already Gone was one of the tracks, dropped from the set list, to make way for Long Road Out Of Eden tracks. It wasn't even played during the MTV HFO show. On the evidence of this Survivor game, Already Gone is much more popular than the band perceive.

Once again Heartache Tonight gets my vote.

Of course both OOTN and HT were performed for the MTV special but never made the cut for the CD or DVD (but that's another topic in itself). AG being dropped in LROOE I believe is the only time ever the band have failed to play it, it even survived TLR tour which many, many other Eagles staples didn't.

I vote for Heartache Tonight. I'm more enamoured to this performance than a lot on here (by the sound of it), but the other three remaining songs I think are better displays both within their own right and of the band as a whole.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-09-2015, 12:36 PM

I'm sorry but I don't see the point of canvassing for a song to last one more round when the general consensus seems to be against it? :confused:

DD, I agree with your statement, but please keep in mind that when I posted those comments, I had no idea what the general consensus would be this round. Although it now seems apparent that Heartache Tonight will go down this round, at the time I posted there were still some outstanding votes that could have saved it. I can recall several instances in past Survivor games when the winning song was on the brink of elimination for several rounds, but kept getting saved because there were enough players willing to form alliances to keep it alive.

In any event, these last two rounds have been brutal! :thud: :rockon:

Glennsallnighter

05-09-2015, 12:44 PM

L101

05-09-2015, 01:44 PM

I'll vote for Heartache tonight again

Funk 50

05-09-2015, 04:08 PM

The horns at the beginning of HT I think are really to disguise what song is coming as all Eagles' fans know every song from the opening few chords :hilarious: It was probably Glenn's idea to shake things up a bit!.

Throughout the seventies, Witchy Woman was the song with the intro jam.
As Witchy Woman wasn't performed during the HFO Reunion tour, the intro jam was switched to Heartache Tonight and remained there, even when Witchy Woman returned to the set list, up until the current HOTE tour when it kinda returned to Witchy Woman again.

So it's always kinda been there. :)

Freypower

05-09-2015, 05:29 PM

The HOTE version of Heartache Tonight is in a different key ie. easier to sing.

The F1 dvd is a complete set list. HFO isn't. Quite a few tunes were dropped for one reason or another, including Heartache Tonight and One Of These Nights. It could have done with one or two more uptempo tracks.

I presumed that they dropped Heartache Tonight because Glenn's vocal wasn't as good as the 1981, Eagles Live, album version and One Of These Nights because there were already plenty of Henley lead vocal tracks.

Already Gone was one of the tracks, dropped from the set list, to make way for Long Road Out Of Eden tracks. It wasn't even played during the MTV HFO show. On the evidence of this Survivor game, Already Gone is much more popular than the band perceive.

Once again Heartache Tonight gets my vote.

Yes, you 'presumed'. You have no way of knowing. You say you don't like the F1 vocal in this song. Fair enough. How is it relevant to state that the song wasn't used in HFO? It's a different performance. I repeat that the presence or non-presence of some of these songs in other setlists seems to me to have nothing to do with their presence in Farewell One on which we are supposed to be voting.

Also we only have a handful of people voting in this game, which is hardly a basis for making such a sweeping statement about AG. And once again we are voting for the performance of AG on this DVD, not for the song in general.

maryc2130

05-09-2015, 07:45 PM

I vote for Heartache Tonight again. I like all 4 of the songs left, but the only one I really love is Hotel California. Already Gone and LITFL are both very strong performances on F1, but I've don't think they quite hold up to HC. I find the lyrics in LITFL a little repetitious. To me, it's about the lyrics, the song (melody), the performance, the vocals and the guitar. When I look at all five, Hotel California far outshines the others. But that's just my opinion. ;)

UK TimFan

05-09-2015, 08:25 PM

Yep, it's entirely your fault that OOTN got the boot. :smile5:

No, it wouldn't, because I would have changed my vote which would have meant 'Heartache tonight' would have had seven votes, not five.
I only voted for LITFL because I knew couldn't save OOTN. :weep:

Just to avoid any misunderstanding because I know that, once cast, you can't change your vote, by the bit in bold I meant that I would have voted for 'Heartache tonight' and not, as I did, for LITFL.

(Off to write out once hundred times 'Must make sure I use the correct expression in future'. :grin: )

sodascouts

05-09-2015, 10:25 PM

That's OK - I knew what you meant - I currently have on a hair shirt as penance. ;)

Funk 50

05-10-2015, 07:20 AM

How is it relevant to state that the song wasn't used in HFO? It's a different performance.

I believe Glenn's Heartache Tonight vocals have been below the very high Eagles audio release standard since the mid 90s. His 1992 solo live vocals are ok though.

I've based all my votes on the quality of the Farewell One performances in comparison to other recorded Eagles performances. I rarely watch the videos but I always record the audio and then I'll add the best performances of my favourite songs to my playlist. I even recorded Glenn's instrumental track that introduces the dvd.

To be honest, few of the F1 performances rank among my favourites, I find the canned audience cheering very annoying but there is one still remaining. :eyebrow:

Ive always been a dreamer

05-10-2015, 11:36 AM

Well - fair enough if that's your opinion, F50. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. I do agree with your first statement that the Eagles have very high standards when it comes to releasing recorded materials. So, IMO, if the band believed the Heartache Tonight vocals were sub-standard, it would have never made it on the Farewell I DVD. They could have easily gotten away with releasing the DVD minus three or four performances.

DivineDon

05-10-2015, 12:02 PM

DD, I agree with your statement, but please keep in mind that when I posted those comments, I had no idea what the general consensus would be this round. Although it now seems apparent that Heartache Tonight will go down this round, at the time I posted there were still some outstanding votes that could have saved it. I can recall several instances in past Survivor games when the winning song was on the brink of elimination for several rounds, but kept getting saved because there were enough players willing to form alliances to keep it alive.

In any event, these last two rounds have been brutal! :thud: :rockon:

Fair enough IABAD, I take your point.

btw Soda, I love that pic of Don you have as your signature advertising the Cherokee festival in Texas. He looks so good in the blue and red check shirt. Any chance of posting the full version in his photo thread....please :angel:

Ive always been a dreamer

05-10-2015, 01:20 PM

Since I'll be away most the day, I'll go ahead and vote now. It won't do any good now, but maybe my vote will make a difference in any future rounds ...

I cast my vote for Hotel California.

Glennsallnighter

05-10-2015, 04:51 PM

Yes, it looks like HT will go down anyway but I will continue to vote off Hotel California this round. It may be significant later.

UK TimFan

05-10-2015, 06:08 PM

I vote for 'Life in the fast lane'.

Freypower

05-10-2015, 06:27 PM

I believe Glenn's Heartache Tonight vocals have been below the very high Eagles audio release standard since the mid 90s. His 1992 solo live vocals are ok though.

I've based all my votes on the quality of the Farewell One performances in comparison to other recorded Eagles performances. I rarely watch the videos but I always record the audio and then I'll add the best performances of my favourite songs to my playlist. I even recorded Glenn's instrumental track that introduces the dvd.

To be honest, few of the F1 performances rank among my favourites, I find the canned audience cheering very annoying but there is one still remaining. :eyebrow:

In other words you are judging these performances solely on audio, and not the visual aspect. That's your choice but it seems to me you are missing the essential point of a video performance - you can see it. There is more to judge. Nobody is asking you to look at it the way some of the female members of the board may, but surely it's as important as the audio aspect if not more so.

As for the canned audience cheeering I would like to know what your evidence for this is. My complaint is that they were very selective about which audience members they filmed, not that the cheering is any way artificial. You seem very hard to please & you seem to look for aspects to criticise which aren't there. But then if you are only listening to it, not watching it, perhaps you may think it's 'canned'.

There is no point arguing with you about Glenn's live performances of HT as you appear to be inflexible in your belief that he doesn't sing it well live. I have seen him sing it live on numerous occasions & in my view it used to be a high point of the show. What I said remains, however, which is that in the F1 game we are judiging only the F1 performance, nothing else. You don't like it; OK, that's all you needed to say. You didn't have to talk about any other performances which you also consider substandard. These games are about comparing performances of different songs which happen to be included on one album or DVD. If they were about comparing different versions of the same song we would play a specific game for that purpose. This is the last word I have on this issue as the game is nearly over.

sodascouts

05-10-2015, 08:01 PM

The next performance to be eliminated in the Farewell I DVD Survivor is Heartache Tonight. “Heartache Tonight", the tribe has spoken, and you've come undone. There's nothing we can do; it's time for you to go. Leave the island immediately.

Votes
Heartache Tonight – 9
Hotel California – 6
Life in the Fast Lane – 1

Vote Breakdown
Heartache Tonight - Freypower
Heartache Tonight - WalshFan88
Heartache Tonight – shunlvswx
Heartache Tonight - sad-cafe
Heartache Tonight – Funk 50
Heartache Tonight – DivineDon
Heartache Tonight - thelastresort
Heartache Tonight – Lacken101
Heartache Tonight – maryc2130
Hotel California - sodascouts
Hotel California – GlennLover
Hotel California - Desperada
Hotel California - scottside
Hotel California - Ive always been a dreamer
Hotel California – Glennsallnighter
Life in the Fast Lane – UK Timfan

Performances remaining:
Already Gone
Life in the Fast Lane
Hotel California

Performances eliminated:
Silent Spring 4/08
Sunset Grill 4/08
No More Cloudy Days 4/10
Wasted Time 4/10
Love Will Keep Us Alive 4/12
You Belong to the City 4/12
Funk #49 4/14
Hole in the World 4/14
Rocky Mountain Way 4/16
Desperado 4/16
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 4/18
I Can't Tell You Why 4/18
Take It to the Limit 4/20
Lyin' Eyes 4/20
Walk Away 4/22
In the City 4/22
The Long Run 4/24
One Day at a Time 4/24
Tequila Sunrise 4/26
The Boys of Summer 4/26
Dirty Laundry 4/28
Peaceful Easy Feeling 4/30
Life's Been Good 5/02
New Kid in Town 5/04
Take It Easy 05/06
One of These Nights 05/08
Heartache Tonight 05/10

Voting for Round Eighteen begins now.

sodascouts

05-10-2015, 08:02 PM

No question for me...

I cast my vote for Hotel California.

DivineDon - I'm off to post that photo in Henley Heaven!

WalshFan88

05-10-2015, 08:08 PM

Life In The Fast Lane

shunlvswx

05-10-2015, 08:12 PM

Hmm. This is going to be interesting. No matter what the outcome during this round, there's going to be a Don song in the finals. The question is which one. Will Glenn make the finals or will this be a Don showcase.

All three songs are great and all three performances are great. Now which one do I think should go to the finals. This is hard. I have an idea which one to vote for, but I'm going to wait the outcome.

I need to think about this a little while longer.

Freypower

05-10-2015, 08:45 PM

All these performances are equally good but if I have to be honest, Already Gone.

sad-cafe

05-10-2015, 10:12 PM

Already Gone needs to Go

LA Eagle

05-10-2015, 10:29 PM

already gone

Ive always been a dreamer

05-10-2015, 10:47 PM

... What I said remains, however, which is that in the F1 game we are judiging only the F1 performance, nothing else. You don't like it; OK, that's all you needed to say. You didn't have to talk about any other performances which you also consider substandard. These games are about comparing performances of different songs which happen to be included on one album or DVD. If they were about comparing different versions of the same song we would play a specific game for that purpose. This is the last word I have on this issue as the game is nearly over.

I have to disagree with this part of your post, FP. I think it is natural (and certainly not against the rules) for players to compare performances of various songs against previous performances of the song that they may have seen. I certainly used that criteria several times when voting in this game.

Hmm. This is going to be interesting. No matter what the outcome during this round, there's going to be a Don song in the finals. The question is which one. Will Glenn make the finals or will this be a Don showcase.

I’m still at a loss as to why this should matter so much, but apparently it is important to some of you. So here’s how it breaks it down, if the voters continue to vote in factions, then those who won’t vote against a Don song will likely prevail if the remaining players split their votes between the three remaining performances. Since Don has two songs remaining and Glenn has one, the only way for Already Gone to make it to the final round is if players form a coalition to vote for either Life in the Fast Lane or Hotel California. Based on votes from previous rounds, voting for Hotel California has the best chance for a successful coalition. This isn’t judging – it’s just plain simple math.

Funk 50

05-11-2015, 05:52 AM

IMO, if the band believed the Heartache Tonight vocals were sub-standard, it would have never made it on the Farewell I DVD. They could have easily gotten away with releasing the DVD minus three or four performances.

I think Glenn's vocals are fine for a dvd, just not up to, Eagles, audio only cd standard. Heartache Tonight has always been a show highlight, at the concerts I've attended so I appreciate the effort Glenn puts into the song.

It may seem like I'm being over critical or difficult to please but I'm just giving my reasons for voting tracks off. There's nothing perfect on the dvd, so nothing is above criticism. It's only when we get to the last round that we vote positively.

The next round I vote for Hotel California. I always thought it was a cool opener and a great guitar song. Not so hot as an encore with extended intro and brass.

scottside

05-11-2015, 08:01 AM

I vote for "Hotel California."

Desperada

05-11-2015, 08:20 AM

Hotel California

GlennLover

05-11-2015, 08:25 AM

I vote Hotel California.

maryc2130

05-11-2015, 10:16 AM

Already Gone

thelastresort

05-11-2015, 10:29 AM

Already Gone

DivineDon

05-11-2015, 01:38 PM

Based on performance and obvious enjoyment I think it has to be a shoot out between AG and LITFL, therefore I vote off Hotel California

Brooke

05-11-2015, 01:47 PM

Life In The Fast Lane

Sorry I couldn't make it to the last round. Wouldn't have mattered!

I just like HC and AG performances better here.

Glennsallnighter

05-11-2015, 06:15 PM

Hotel California for me this round.

UK TimFan

05-11-2015, 07:59 PM

I vote 'Life in the fast lane'

L101

05-12-2015, 12:47 PM

As its almost certain to go this round, I vote for Hotel California

shunlvswx

05-12-2015, 05:45 PM

Looks like HC can't be saved. I'm voting for Already Gone.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-12-2015, 07:46 PM

Well, I'll continue to vote the same way I have for the last few rounds. Everytime I have seen this song live, I am moved. I believe it is one of the best songs ever recorded, but it does seem to loose some of its emotional impact on DVD.

I cast my vote for Hotel California.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-12-2015, 08:13 PM

The next performance to be eliminated in the Farewell I DVD Survivor is Hotel California. “Hotel California, the tribe has spoken and it looks like we just killed the beast. Now, please check out, get on that dark desert highway, and leave the island. The remaining two songs can step forward for the final round …

Already Gone vs. Life in the Fast Lane

Votes
Hotel California – 9
Already Gone – 6
Life in the Fast Lane – 3

Vote Breakdown
Hotel California – sodascouts
Hotel California – Funk 50
Hotel California – scottside
Hotel California – Desperada
Hotel California – GlennLover
Hotel California – DevineDon
Hotel California – Glennsallnighter
Hotel California – Lacken101
Hotel California – Ive always been a dreamer
Already Gone– Freypower
Already Gone– sad-cafe
Already Gone – LA Eagle
Already Gone – maryc2130
Already Gone – thelastresort
Already Gone – shunlvswx
Life in the Fast Lane – WalshFan88
Life in the Fast Lane – Brooke
Life in the Fast Lane – UK TimFan

Performances eliminated:
Silent Spring 4/08
Sunset Grill 4/08
No More Cloudy Days 4/10
Wasted Time 4/10
Love Will Keep Us Alive 4/12
You Belong to the City 4/12
Funk #49 4/14
Hole in the World 4/14
Rocky Mountain Way 4/16
Desperado 4/16
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 4/18
I Can't Tell You Why 4/18
Take It to the Limit 4/20
Lyin' Eyes 4/20
Walk Away 4/22
In the City 4/22
The Long Run 4/24
One Day at a Time 4/24
Tequila Sunrise 4/26
The Boys of Summer 4/26
Dirty Laundry 4/28
Peaceful Easy Feeling 4/30
Life's Been Good 5/02
New Kid in Town 5/04
Take It Easy 05/06
One of These Nights 05/08
Heartache Tonight 05/10
Hotel California 05/12

Songs remaining:

Already Gone vs. Life in the Fast Lane

We’re at the last round. This round is special, so it’s done differently. We’re not going to vote for the song we want to go. We’re going to vote for the song we want to win. This is how they do it on the real show, after all.

Once again...

VOTE FOR THE SONG YOU WANT TO WIN.

Voting for the final round begins now.

sad-cafe

05-12-2015, 08:21 PM

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

for the WIN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Classic Joe riff

wonderful Don Vocals

Timothy B rocks and all the guys jamming together at the end How can this not win?

Freypower

05-12-2015, 09:00 PM

A remarkable performance by AG to reach the final. However although I could watch Glenn sing it all day, Life In The Fast Lane is a superior performance of a superior song (this was also the last tour Don played drums on the song) and as such deserves to win.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-12-2015, 09:12 PM

WalshFan88

05-12-2015, 09:24 PM

UK TimFan

05-12-2015, 09:36 PM

'Already Gone' for the win.

shunlvswx

05-12-2015, 09:37 PM

I think both songs deserve to win. Both songs are great for their own.

Already Gone: The guys are having fun. I love when Glenn looked on the sky after he said the line," when you look up to the sky. One of my top favorite Glenn songs. Great guitar solo by Joe. I don't think I ever seen Joe play a solo on this song.

Life In The Fast Lane: I don't know. Its just a kick ass performance. Who doesn't like Joe's continuous guitar riff throughout the song then the great bass line at the climax of the song. We get to hear Don say, "Are you with me so far?" I love when he says that. The crowd goes crazy when he says that line. Its sad that this was the last time Don plays drums on this song on tour. Thanks for that info, FP.

Both songs deserve to win, but I'm going to go with Life In The Fast Lane for the win.

Freypower

05-12-2015, 10:44 PM

Already Gone for the win.

I really don't consider LITFL to be a superior song to AG. I think they are neck to neck in this regard. AG is probably one of the top most underrated yet well known Eagles songs. I love it. IMO it's in the top 3 of their songs.

I know it along with Those Shoes was my favorite of the HOTE concert I saw and I think the version on F1 is pretty good too. I can't express how sad I was leaving the LROOE concert I saw not hearing AG.

LITFL has one of their most original lyrics which continues the theme of the album's title track. Perhaps some may find it too cynical and sordid as it disects the self-indulgent lifestyle of the couple involved. The guitar riff is one of the most iconic of all time - which often gets overshadowed by the title track. The song, as well as NKIT, is far too often overlooked when people praise the title track. For me personally the HC album has not aged all that well, but this song has.

AG wasn't written by them & the lyric is just a 'this relationship is over' affair. There isn't anything particularly original about it. I'm fond of it, but I honestly can't call it a great song.

In terms of the performances they are very hard to separate which is why I had to go with the song I think is better.

sad-cafe

05-12-2015, 11:03 PM

Although I really like both performances, quite honestly neither of them would have probably made my Top 5 list. I am very torn and don't ireally know which one I'll vote for at this point. Since there hasn't really been much discussion about either performances, once again I'm interested to see if someone can make an argument that could persuade me one way or another.

you got classic Joe

You have Don singing his best and adding ya'll

timothy b rocking his bass solo

All the guys raising their guitars up and down in unison. They are all having FUN. The ultimate party ender got to the be best

DivineDon

05-13-2015, 03:19 AM

I am voting for...
Life in the fast lane

I love Don's grimaces, Timothy running over to Joe and Glenn mouthing the words as Don sings. It's not my favourite Eagles' song but in this dvd it's their most enjoyable performance. They're loving it!

'Are you with me so far y'all?'

scottside

05-13-2015, 08:40 AM

I vote for "Already Gone" for the win. I like Joe's solo, but I miss Glenn doing his thing. I was actually surprised the first time I saw it because I don't ever remember Glenn not playing lead on this.

"Life In The Fast Lane" is great too, but "Already Gone" has always been one of my top 5 Eagles songs and I think it's one of Glenn's best vocals.

Desperada

05-13-2015, 09:56 AM

Already Gone to win

Brooke

05-13-2015, 10:08 AM

ALREADY GONE FOR THE WIN!

First I just love the song and always have! I love Glenn's vocals in it and in the dvd here when he looks up at the sky! So cute! It's a fun rockin' song! The band is having a great time! LOVE! :cool:

sodascouts

05-13-2015, 11:10 AM

Both are great performances but I have to vote for the one where they seem to be having the most fun as well as rockin' the room:

ALREADY GONE for the win!!!

L101

05-13-2015, 03:37 PM

Life in the fast lane for the win!!

AG is a great song and the F1 performance was good but the performance was a bit stiff and not very exciting overall.
LITFL was a far superior performance IMO. The band really got into the song and it showed - the jamming at the end, Timothy/Glenn dancing, Glenn finally getting a good chance to show off his guitar skills......

The only thing I didn't like about this performance was the addition of the horns - once again they overshadowed the guitars making them hard to hear properly at times. I'm glad they've ditched them and went back to basics!!

Freypower

05-13-2015, 06:26 PM

L101

05-13-2015, 06:37 PM

I didn't vote for AG, but Glenn Frey in this performance is anything but 'stiff'. And I think some of his fans found it 'exciting'. :worried:

When you compare the AG performance to the LITFL performance, they are much more energetic on LITFL, especially when they start dancing, playing together and moving around the stage - it just felt like they were enjoying this performance much more :headscratch:

It felt to me that Glenn was the only one really enjoying AG - the rest of the band just played away, I didn't really find it exciting...but then most of my choices as great performances didn't amount to much in this game as most of them were voted out in the early rounds anyway :sad:

Freypower

05-13-2015, 06:50 PM

When you compare the AG performance to the LITFL performance, they are much more energetic on LITFL, especially when they start dancing, playing together and moving around the stage - it just felt like they were enjoying this performance much more :headscratch:

It felt to me that Glenn was the only one really enjoying AG - the rest of the band just played away, I didn't really find it exciting...but then most of my choices as great performances didn't amount to much in this game as most of them were voted out in the early rounds anyway :sad:

So were several of mine.

L101

05-13-2015, 07:09 PM

So were several of mine.

Well, may the best song win ;-)

WalshFan88

05-13-2015, 08:52 PM

I too miss Glenn's solo on AG, still any performance of AG is better than none. I just think it's such a great feel-good song. It's one of the only positive uplifting breakup songs and isn't negative and is a uptempo rocker that really is simple, and it's beauty is in it's simplicity. I open every show we do with Already Gone. It's good for getting people on their feet and in a good mood. I love it. Some may say it's passive aggressive (eating your lunch by yourself and the other remarks) but I'm ok with that, lol. I can't say I'd be much better about it. :hilarious:

Honestly LITFL is a great song, and love the riff but I wasn't wowed by it on F1. I actually prefer the HFO version as far as official DVDs go.

sodascouts

05-13-2015, 10:18 PM

Agreed, Austin!

Glennsallnighter

05-14-2015, 07:08 AM

So were several of mine.

Mine too sadly!

However I had decided early on that my favourite performance on this DVD was indeed Already Gone, so at least it is still in the running.

So without further ado, I would like to vote 'ALREADY GONE' as the winner of this survivor.

Funk 50

05-14-2015, 07:40 AM

I was fully intent on voting for Already Gone but then had second thoughts after reading some of the posts, extolling the virtues of Life In The Fast Lane.

I don't really go for "the guys are having so much fun" argument. Glenn has said they like nothing more than playing a few ballads. Joe almost apologizes for playing ballads at solo shows but he keeps playing them to a, some times, unappreciative audience.
It wouldn't be right to have the guys dancing around during the slow songs but I think they enjoy performing them just as much, if not more than, the rockers.

Already Gone and Life In The Fast Lane are both great songs, lyrically, musically and even conceptually but this is my favourite version of Already Gone. There are things I miss in the original version but i think the F1 version edges it. The duel guitar arrangements, as demonstrated by the Hotel California guitar solo, sounds so much better after Joe joined the band.

Both tracks are great but Life In The Fast Lane is, same as it ever was. Already Gone is a little bit different.

Already Gone gets my vote and I think it is also my favourite performance on the dvd too, although not clear cut, among many fine performances.

GlennLover

05-14-2015, 10:21 AM

I vote Already Gone for the win.

sodascouts

05-14-2015, 10:25 AM

This round is gonna be close!

thelastresort

05-14-2015, 11:42 AM

Life in the Fast Lane. Simply the best version of the song I have seen (and the last with Don doing what he does best), which I cannot say for Already Gone. Love Joe's work in LITFL more than I do for AG too.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-14-2015, 06:25 PM

This round is gonna be close!

Yep - It sure is Soda. It's not too late for Life in the Fast Lane because there are still some outstanding votes.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-14-2015, 07:55 PM

I still don't have a preference between these two performances, so just to make the game a little closer ...

I cast my vote for Life in the Fast Lane.

Ive always been a dreamer

05-14-2015, 08:26 PM

Well it was a very close final round of the Farewell I DVD Survivor. But Life in the Fast Lane, you'd better call the doctor cause I think you just crashed. The performance that is feeling strong and can begin singing the victory song is …

Already Gone

Votes
Already Gone – 9
Life in the Fast Lane – 7

Vote Breakdown
Already Gone – WalshFan88
Already Gone – UK TimFan
Already Gone – scottside
Already Gone – Desperada
Already Gone – Brooke
Already Gone – sodascouts
Already Gone – Glennsallnighter
Already Gone – Funk 50
Already Gone – GlennLover
Life in the Fast Lane – sad-cafe
Life in the Fast Lane – Freypower
Life in the Fast Lane – shunlvswx
Life in the Fast Lane – DevineDon
Life in the Fast Lane – Lacken101
Life in the Fast Lane – thelastresort
Life in the Fast Lane – Ive always been a dreamer

Performances eliminated:
Silent Spring 4/08
Sunset Grill 4/08
No More Cloudy Days 4/10
Wasted Time 4/10
Love Will Keep Us Alive 4/12
You Belong to the City 4/12
Funk #49 4/14
Hole in the World 4/14
Rocky Mountain Way 4/16
Desperado 4/16
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 4/18
I Can't Tell You Why 4/18
Take It to the Limit 4/20
Lyin' Eyes 4/20
Walk Away 4/22
In the City 4/22
The Long Run 4/24
One Day at a Time 4/24
Tequila Sunrise 4/26
The Boys of Summer 4/26
Dirty Laundry 4/28
Peaceful Easy Feeling 4/30
Life's Been Good 5/02
New Kid in Town 5/04
Take It Easy 05/06
One of These Nights 05/08
Heartache Tonight 05/10
Hotel California 05/12
Life in the Fast Lane 05/14

Congrats to Already Gone!!!

To celebrate here's a treat from the 1974 Kirshner Rock Concert!
Download as .mpg (49 megs)
Download as .wmv (11 megs)

Thanks for playing and hope everyone enjoyed the game!

WalshFan88

05-15-2015, 01:52 AM

YEAH!!!

Here's a video of this outstanding performance!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvr2ql_eagles-already-gone-hd-hq_music

Desperada

05-15-2015, 03:19 AM

YEAH!!!

Here's a video of this outstanding performance!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvr2ql_eagles-already-gone-hd-hq_music

Thank you WF, that is a great start to the working day!!!:thumbsup:

maryc2130

05-15-2015, 05:21 AM

I didn't vote in the last round because I would have been just about as happy with either one. Neither one would have been my choice for the top two, but they're both fair competitors. So congrats to Already Gone!

Dreamer, thanks for running this. It was fun. I especially liked the little blurbs you made up to send the songs off the island!

Brooke

05-15-2015, 10:03 AM

CONGRATS TO ALREADY GONE! :partytime::partytime::partytime:

I love this song so much! Good game everyone! Thanks for all the comments and for playing! :thumbsup:

And thanks to Austin for putting up the rockin' video!

Any of the last three could have won and I wouldn't have been too disappointed! They are all fabulous songs and performances in this video!

bluefeather

05-17-2015, 07:50 AM

YEAH!!!

Here's a video of this outstanding performance!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvr2ql_eagles-already-gone-hd-hq_music

:partytime::grooving: thanks Austin!!

Ive always been a dreamer

05-17-2015, 12:44 PM

First of all -

Congratulations to Already Gone!

And shoot, I just noticed that my links to the downloads aren't working. I'll go back and try to fix those when I get time. But, thanks for your link, Austin.

I hadn't gotten around to mentioning this because I've been so busy at work, and then preparing for my trip to Austin. Going into the final round of this game, Already Gone and Life in the Fast Lane had the same number of previous votes (9 apiece) ... what that means is that if the final round had been tied, then the game would have ended in a tie. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of ties, but in this case, I would have been fine with it since I was very torn about which performance to vote for. It was very close, but Life in the Fast Lane feel just a tad bit short - so congrats to Life in the Fast Lane as well - a very worthy challenger, indeed.