Su DeBaser. vi sono quasi tredicimila recensioni e manca ancora la più banale di tutte: il disco effigiato qui accanto è semplicemente il più venduto di tutti i tempi, di tutte le musiche, di tutto il mondo!
Sta per raggiungere il trentesimo disco di platino (trenta milioni di copie) dopo aver alfine superato "Thriller", attualmente sui 27 milioni e per tanti anni in pole position ma da tempo col fiato corto grazie al definitivo tracollo, morale e mediatico, di Michael Jackson.
Le vendite di un disco non devono influire sul proprio personale giudizio, vero, ma questo campione di vendite non può essere liquidato da chicchessia con un'alzatina di spalle: per arrivare a tale livello assoluto bisogna toccare molte, tutte le corde universali, evidentemente creando qualcosa che condensi la qualità con la leggerezza, il fascino con la semplicità, la passione con la ruffianeria.
Ed allora da grande estimatore dei primi Eagles quelli più genuini dei primi tre quattro album, non riesco ad inquadrare il successo abnorme di questa iniziativa discografica che dagli album in questione preleva l'ovvio, cioè i brani usciti come singoli (e si badi bene niente "Hotel California", che sarebbe stata pubblicata pochi mesi appresso).
La cosa inaudita è che tre dei quattro album da cui fu estratta questa compilation avevano avuto modesto seguito, in altre parole la maggior parte dei "singoli" che formano questa "Raccolta di Successi" non erano a suo tempo entrati in classifica… sono quindi diventati veri effettivi successi stando su questa raccolta e non prima! L'unione ha fatto la forza, insomma. Canzoni che da sole non ce l'avevano fatta si sono ritrovate nell'Olimpo. Vediamo quali sono:
Dal primo album "Eagles" del 1972 è tratta "Take It Easy", indubbiamente la migliore, perfetta ballata elettroacustica on the road, rotolante e brillantissima nei cori e nel testo, grande biglietto da visita del gruppo che l'aveva messa giustamente in apertura dell'album. A suo tempo era entrata un attimo nella Top Thirty americana per poi uscirne subito, vabbè, il primo singolo… C'è poi "Witchy Woman" l'esordio del batterista Don Henley alla voce solista, un rock dall'andamento tribale, niente di speciale, nessuna traccia nelle classifiche dei singoli al tempo. Ancora dal primo album "Peaceful Easy Feeling", vero pallino del chitarrista Glenn Frey che la canta ma il cui compositore Jack Temchin è un suo amico esterno al gruppo: ballata country rock avvolgente e moscia, nessunissimo impatto alla sua uscita.
Dal fantastico "Desperado" secondo album del 1973 è tratta la classica coppiola "Tequila Sunrise" e "Desperado" (una dopo l'altra nel disco originale): due ballate, la prima acustica la seconda pianistica, due perle che però al tempo se le erano filate in pochi. Dal terzo lavoro del 1974 "On The Border" vi è il primo singolo "Already Gone" , un rock "alla Eagles", cioè discreto, carino ma inoffensivo, e la famigerata "The Best Of My Love", ballata fra le meno interessanti della loro produzione ma che invece diede inizio alla loro immensa fortuna uscendo come terzo (sic) singolo dell'album.
Dal quarto ed ultimo (fino a quel momento) "One Of These Nights" del 1975, questo da subito effettivamente un disco di successo, sono ricavate la canzone omonima altro rocchetto un poco reggae e molto paraculo, nonché la statuaria "Lyin' Eyes", perfetta ballatona country rock sapida e valente, ed infine l'ultimo lento "Take It To The Limit", stavolta molto soul ma non per questo mal riuscito giacchè il bassista Randy Meisner se la canta da dio (è sua) con voce stentorea ed accorata, su toni più che tenorili, irraggiungibili dalla stragrande maggioranza dei cantanti di sesso maschile.
Quindi il disco con le maggiori vendite di tutti i tempi è una raccolta di singoli per la maggior parte non di successo, estratti da dischi per la maggior parte di modesto, discreto, non trascendentale successo…
Il mondo è strano, a volte.
Elenco tracce testi e video
01 Take It Easy (03:31)
Well, I'm running down the road
tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on
my mind,
Four that wanna own me,
Two that wanna stone me,
One says she's a friend of mine
Take It easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
and take it easy
Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me
We may lose and we may win though
we will never be here again
so open up, I'm climbin' in,
so take it easy
Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen
my load, got a world of trouble on my mind
lookin' for a lover who won't blow my
cover, she's so hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
don't let the sound of your own
wheels make you crazy
come on baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me, oh oh oh
Oh we got it easy
We oughta take it easy
02 Witchy Woman (04:13)
Raven hair and ruby lips
sparks fly from her finger tips
Echoed voices in the night
she's a restless spirit on an endless flight
wooo hooo witchy woman, see how
high she flies
woo hoo witchy woman she got
the moon in her eye
She held me spellbound in the night
dancing shadows and firelight
crazy laughter in another
room and she drove herself to madness
with a silver spoon
woo hoo witchy woman see how high she flies
woo hoo witchy woman she got the moon in her eye
Well I know you want a lover,
let me tell your brother, she's been sleeping
in the Devil's bed.
And there's some rumors going round
someone's underground
she can rock you in the nighttime
'til your skin turns red
woo hoo witchy woman
see how high she flies
woo hoo witchy woman
she got the moon in her eye
03 Lyin' Eyes (06:21)
City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man
And she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style
Late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hands as cold as ice
So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town
You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes
On the other side of town a boy is waiting
with fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal
She drives on through the night anticipating
'Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel
She rushes to his arms; they fall together
She whispers that it's only for awhile
She swears that soon she'll be comin' back forever
She pulls away and leaves him with a smile
You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't now way to hide your lyin' eyes
She gets up and pours herself a strong one,
And stares out at the stars up in the sky.
Another night, it's gonna be a long one.
She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry.
She wonders how it ever got this crazy.
She thinks about a boy she knew in school.
Did she get tired or did she just get lazy?
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool.
My oh my, you sure know how to arrange things.
You set it up so well, so carefully.
Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things?
You're still the same old girl you used to be.
You can't hide your lyin eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
Honey, you can't hide your lyin' eyes
04 Already Gone (04:13)
Well, I heard some people talkin' just the other day
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf
But let me tell you I got some news for you
And you'll soon find out it's true
And then you'll have to eat your lunch all by yourself
'Cause I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong
I will sing this vict'ry song, woo, hoo,hoo,my my woo,hoo,hoo
The letter that you wrote me made me stop and wonder why
But I guess you felt like you had to set things right
Just remember this, my girl, when you look up in the sky
You can see the stars and still not see the light (that's right)
And I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong
I will sing this vict'ry song, woo, hoo,hoo my my ,woo, hoo,hoo
Well I know it wasn't you who held me down
Heaven knows it wasn't you who set me free
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key
But me, I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong
I will sing this vict'ry song
'Cause I'm already gone
Yes, I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong
I will sing this vict'ry song
'Cause I'm already gone
Yes, I'm already gone
Already gone
All right, nighty-night
05 Desperado (03:34)
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
But I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
(Let somebody love you)
You better let somebody love you
Before it's too late
06 One of These Nights (04:50)
One of these nights
One of these crazy old nights
We're gonna find out
Pretty mama
What turns on your lights
The full moon is calling
The fever is high
And the wicked wind whispers and moans
You got your demons
You got desires
Well, I got a few of my own
Oo, someone to be kind to
In between the dark and the light
Oo, coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you
One of these nights
One of these dreams
One of these lost and lonely dreams
We're gonna find one
One that really screams
I've been searching for the daughter
Of the devil himself
I've been searching for an angel in white
I've been waiting for a woman who's a little of both
And I can feel her but she's nowhere in sight
Oo, loneliness will blind you
In between the wrong and the right
Oo, coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you
One of these nights
One of these nights
In between the dark and the light
Coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you
Get ya baby one of these nights
One of these nights
One of these nights
I can feel it
I can feel it
One of these nights
Coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you now
One of these nights
One of these nights
One of these, crazy, crazy nights
One of these nights
Swear I'm gonna find you
Coming right behind you
One of these nights
One of these nights
07 Tequila Sunrise (02:52)
Tequila Sunrise
It's another tequila sunrise,
stirrin slowly across the sky,
I said goodbye,
he was just a hired hand,
workin on the dreams he planned to try,
the days go by.
Every night when the sun goes down,
Just another lonely boy in town,
And she's out runnin round.
She wasn't just another woman,
And I couldn't keep from comin on,
It's been so long.
Oh and it's a hollow feelin,
When it comes down to dealin friends,
It never ends.
Take another shot of courage,
Wonder why the right words never come,
You just get numb.
It's another tequila sunrise,
And this old world still looks the same,
Another frame.
08 Take It to the Limit (04:46)
All alone at the end of the evening
And the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking 'bout a woman who might have
Loved me and I never knew
You know I've always been a dreamer
(spent my life running 'round)
And it's so hard to change
(Can't seem to settle down)
But the dreams I've seen lately
Keep on turning out and burning out
And turning out the same
So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time
You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Would you still be mine?
And when you're looking for your freedom
(Nobody seems to care)
And you can't find the door
(Can't find it anywhere)
When there's nothing to believe in
Still you're coming back, you're running back
for more
So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit
Take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time
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