Asylum Records released “King of Hollywood” on 24 September 1979 as part of The Eagles’ LP “The Long Run”. That was actually the last studio album the group put out before going on an extended hiatus in 1980,...
Even without resorting to the Eagles’ explanation of “New Kid in Town”, it becomes pretty obvious what they’re speaking to. And that would be how baseless, if you will, infatuation actually is. To illustrate this point, in...
In actuality, the lyrics of Glenn Frey’s “The Heat is On” are very ambiguous, being centered on the concept of ‘the heat being on’. To say something “is on” not only means it’s happening in...
The Eagles are a band whose most-successful single is 1977’s “Hotel California“, and relatedly they are in fact from Los Angeles. So it may seem kinda weird that they dropped a song like “Seven Bridges Road” based on...
The “thrill” which the singer is speaking of most specifically is the excitement that comes along with being the type of stars the Eagles actually were. But on a macrocosmic level, he is referring to...
To understand what the song “Take It Easy” is truly about, it is best to start off with the words of lead vocalist Glenn Frey himself, who has stated that the overall message of this classic...
“Take It to the Limit” is a track which some may interpret as a love song. That is it can be deduced, specifically based on certain lyrics at the beginning, that the singer is addressing a...
“One of These Nights” plays out with the narrator addressing a romantic interest. And it appears as if he is very much attracted to her, indeed having “been searching” for a woman like her for...
Within the general context of this song and indeed popular American culture, a desperado is someone tantamount to lone, rugged cowboy. And the way the titular character is being presented specifically on this track is as someone...
The title of this song (“On the Border”) is where its narrator(s) is situated. However, it is not a physical location. Rather it is a symbolic one, and one way of looking at it is...
