Eagles Mentions in the Press (2006 - 2017)

[Thirsty&Hot]

ah I made a Silver Dagger post back in January after hearing Joan Baez's version

I was watching Dogfight (1991 movie starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor) and there's a scene where she's listening to a Joan Baez record. Silver Dagger is playing, and all of a sudden I was like Whoa..wait a minute...that was a verse from Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies!

I did some research...I was unaware of the history of that song..and all of these little connections...love it!

They even mention the Eagles singing it before Take It Easy on the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Dagger_(song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDuvjqO5WI4

I love Joan Baez...so beautiful

[thelastresort]

Sorry if I'm misreading you T&H, but aren't Silver Dagger and CAYFATL two separate things altogether?

[Thirsty&Hot]

no you're right...I was mistaken at the time because Silver Dagger was mislabeled as CAYFTL on the Earlybirds bootleg.

though oddly enough CAYFTL is actually noted on the bottom of the Silver Dagger wiki page (linked in my previous post) as "another ballad with similar content"

[Thirsty&Hot]

so...did Eagles ever actually sing CAYFTL?

[thelastresort]

Ah, thanks for clearing that up. As I said on the Earlybirds thread, the labelling is wrong and all the songs it refers to are indeed the Silver Dagger verse.

[sodascouts]

so...did Eagles ever actually sing CAYFTL?

Not that I know of.

[sodascouts]

*Puts on pedantic hat* They actually sang it in the past tense *Removes hat*

I too had always believed it was Silver Dagger that drew him in - it would certainly have shown off their skill in a much shorter time and better way than MOUAS.

Edit - for those who don't know, this is Silver Dagger. Don also joined in from behind the drums and literally as they pulled away at the end Glenn would play the first chord to Take It Easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khZco-St61c

They changed a couple others words, too, besides the tense. The way they do it:

"My daddy was a handsome devil
He had a chain five miles long
From every link, a heart did dangle
For every lady he'd loved and wronged"

At least, that's what I hear. Of course, the lyrics of folk songs often vary a bit from place to place.

I always thought it was "Silver Dagger" Johns had heard, too, until this article. It would make more sense, and it would also explain why they did it in concert when it doesn't seem to lead thematically into "Take It Easy" in any way. Indeed, all it really does is display their harmonies.

[GlennLover]

They changed a couple others words, too, besides the tense. The way they do it:

"My daddy was a handsome devil
He had a chain five miles long
From every link, a heart did dangle
For every lady he'd loved and wronged"

At least, that's what I hear. Of course, the lyrics of folk songs often vary a bit from place to place.

I always thought it was "Silver Dagger" Johns had heard, too, until this article. It would make more sense, and it would also explain why they did it in concert when it doesn't seem to lead thematically into "Take It Easy" in any way. Indeed, all it really does is display their harmonies.

Instead of "lady" I hear "maid", but my hearing isn't very good.

[Freypower]

Instead of "lady" I hear "maid", but my hearing isn't very good.

I hear 'maid' too because it's only one syllable.

[sodascouts]

It's weird, because I heard the "m" sound, but I went with "lady" because I thought I heard an extra syllable before "he'd."