Desperado, by the Eagles.
This song is annoying. Like, it would be bad enough if it were just another Eagles song that I had a moderate amount of attachment to from some radio play and a Best Of CD or whatever. (I must’ve owned Hotel California at some point.) But instead, the connection I have with this song is that for the boys a year older than us at summer camp, this was their stupid theme song. We really didn’t likely most of those boys, and when they were the oldest kids at camp, we reached an all-time high for the number kids that got kicked out or not invited back, including multiple friends of ours. They were not great role models.
No one got kicked out the year we were in charge.
Anyway.
The song is fine. It has some good lines. “Freedom? Oh, freedom. That’s just some people talkin’.” That’s a solid line.
I just listened to as much of the original I can stand, and… there are a lot of strings? Like, is that an orchestra? wtf. Checked the Linda Ronstadt version, and of course, it’s lovely, but… oh, two-thirds in, rises the orchestra as the strings swell. ok then, let’s check Johnny Cash’s later years cover… Alright, it’s fine, until the backup singer comes in, and it’s literally Don Henley. :eyeroll:
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