The Eagles- Hotel California

 

在 The Eagles 的成員中 哪一個被認為是心機最深的？

Randy Meisner 可能是最不生澀的。除了典型的搖滾明星之外，從來沒有聽說過太多關於他的壞消息。

Joe Walsh 將是下一個。他的問題是，當他們解僱Don Felder 時，他沒有挺身而出。Walsh 聲稱 Henley 和 Frey 正在做的事情對樂隊來說是最好的。然而，他們所做的是向Felder 隱瞞這些事，Felder 是樂隊的三個合作夥伴之一。這對樂隊來說不是最好的，這對 Henley 和 Frey 來說是最好的。

Henley 是第二個混球。他完全承認自己做過的壞事，他覺得沒有他和 Frey 就沒有樂隊。這可能是真的，但如果沒有Moon 和 Entwistle，就沒有一個叫做 The Who 的樂隊。Townshend 知道他需要其他成員的支援。Henley 和 Frey 從未見過這一點。

Frey 不僅是這個團體中最大的混球，而且他也是搖滾史上最大的混球之一。在這方面，他可能與 Chuck Berry 並駕齊驅。
每個被解僱的成員都與 Frey 發生了某種實際或威脅的肢體衝突。每個樂隊都有它的爭執，但出於不同的原因。對於 Frey 來說，那是因為他負責，其他人需要向他鞠躬。
Frey 的另一件事是Henley 承認了他們的所作所為，儘管他試圖給自己的行為最好的解釋。Frey 從來沒有這樣做過。當他談到事情時，他說是他和 Henley 幹的，讓自己有機會分擔責任，或者表明他有其他人同意他是對的。
觀看 The Eagles 的紀錄片。Henley 和 Frey 以某種方式設法擺脫過往對伙伴們的做為，看起來並未達到目的。 Frey 並淡化其他樂隊成員的貢獻。

The Eagles 輕搖滾合唱團1972年在倫敦推出首張專輯，1982 年解散，他們的專輯 Eagles/Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 銷售量超過二千九百億張，僅次於Michael Jackson 的 Thriller，是美國專輯唱片的一個紀錄。

The Eagles 在Billboard Hot 100排行榜上獲得冠軍的歌共有5首， 其中1974年的 Best Of My Love 是BMI最常播出歌曲榜第78名，1977年的 Hotel California 則獲得滾石雜誌 RSO500 #49。

(7) Eagles - Best of My Love ( 1974 ) - YouTube

他們的成名曲

(7) Eagles - Hotel California (Live 1977) (Official Video) [HD] – YouTube

他們的傳奇之作

Hotel California

作詞/作曲：Glenn Lewis Frey / Don Felder / Donald Hugh Henley

On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinkin' to myself
"This could be heaven or this could be hell"
Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

"Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (any time of year)
You can find it here"

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
She got the Mercedes-Benz, uh
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain
"Please bring me my wine"
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here
Since 1969"
And still, those voices are calling
From far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

"Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis"

Mirrors on the ceiling
The pink champagne on ice
And she said, "We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device"
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax, " said the night man
"We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave!"