Wednesday 4 April 2007

The Eagles - The Very Best Of The Eagles

It's track three. Hotel California's track three.

There are 17 tracks, so that's quite a lot of filler. Rumours that the first two tracks are merely short monologues by the band saying: 'It's coming. Don't go away'. And that the last fourteen tracks all feature the word 'sorry' are false.

I don't really know what 'country rock' is supposed to be. I'm guessing that you just have to wear a hat and maybe someone has one of those pedal steel guitars.

The Eagles featured no fewer than four pedal steel guitarists. This was an absolute necessity as they were unable to clutch conventional guitars. Instead, they would hover above a pedal steel guitar, plucking the strings with their talons.

The song 'Take It To The Limit' came about when Don Henley instructed Glenn Frey to clutch a string in his claws and soar skywards to bring about an especially large twang.

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