Indie Band Reacts to The Eagles' Iconic 'Take It Easy' Live in 1977 | Meet Arthur Reacts

[@26shedan]

Take it to the Limit. Another big hit with an even different lead singer who was incredible.

[@peterstephenson9887]

X2 for Take it to the Limit. Randy Meisner was the secret weapon in the Eagles vocal armoury.

[@dard4642]

He's also a terribly un-celebrated bassist. He never overplayed or underplayed his parts.

[@margaretross9150]

@@dard4642 Everything so pure and beautiful.

[@tomarawiri4438]

And a sick Bass player as in AWESOME

[@erikrichards5072]

The studio version has the great banjo playing of Bernie Leadon. RIP Randy Meisner whose harmonies and vocals on the second verse "standing on a corner..." always put Eagles songs over the top.

[@davidmarinace5843]

Yeah

[@jerrybragg1523]

One of these Nights is a must

[@kristofferholst6053]

New kid in town from this show - hardly unknown but so good

[@lorriredmon8212]

They are SO ICONIC! I love how you're loving them! I third the request for Take it to the Limit! Thanks

[@naturesounds-ib5dh]

Witchy Woman is one of my favs from them

[@mahatmakane1946]

Take it Easy electrified the culture. It was a new sound, and the message simply floored everyone. It's still one of the great memories of that time. Few songs have had that kind of impact IMNSHO.

[@tomarawiri4438]

4 singers that can lead no wonder there harmony's are perfect

[@lisaclapp1694]

My fav great band ever. Nobody makes magic like the Eagles. I can’t tell you why is my absolute favorite of the Eagles

[@swampfizz]

these guys were a power band b4 they knew it

[@Carolina73mom]

Ahhh new comers to the Eagles!

[@smirkingguru]

No click tracks, no overdubs, no auto-tune just killer musicianship. I was at this show at the Capital Centre out in Largo, MD.,USA. The Cap is long gone but the music rings on forever !!!

[@marshastapleton1148]

Written by Jackson Browne, who richly deserves a listen himself: The Load Out / Stay; Running on Empty: Doctor My Eyes; Rock Me On the Water

[@marythacker4802]

The Eagles were considered a "Super" group because Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Glen Frye were all successful solo artists. Thanks for your reaction. Love the Eagles.

[@isebmazo2140]

So was Randy Meisner.. they were not considered that in their heyday. Sounds like a new label

[@sandyhogue7626]

New Kid in Town, Desperado, Lyin' Eyes.

[@amandawade6148]

Watch this whole concert!! It is really unbelievable!!! So awesome!!❤❤❤❤

[@robbiecrace7779]

The seven bridges road is one of those underrated songs that really show off the harmonies

[@anitawright7169]

This is s very awesome! Love the Eagles. Remember back then there was no auto tune, just pure raw talent. Love your reactions!

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Unreal talent! Thank you so much!

[@toriboy25]

If you love their harmonies check out 7 bridges road. INCREDIBLE vocals! And the first verse is Acapella

[@mikelundquist4596]

One time I was passing through Winslow, AZ and this song came on the radio. Amazing!

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Surely it's on repeat there!

[@mikelundquist4596]

@@MoreMeetArthur probably... I thought it was a Flagstaff station, but who knows, it was probably 25 years ago.

[@nnrrtt]

I stopped there a few years ago and bought a bunch of touristy things that I still have .

[@JaimeGlover]

I was cruising down the road in SW Denver when I first heard this song. I was 19 and saw them at Red Rocks in Morrison CO later

[@pattydonohue5452]

Lyin’ Eyes I Can’t Tell You Why**** (best!) Desperado One of these Nights

[@alexakl6445]

Joe Walsh, the guy with the red bandana, is known for his crazy personality (in a good way). My brother saw them a couple of years ago and he said he still steals the show. The Eagles sounds just as good in concert as they do in the studio - so beyond talented. At least three of them had solo careers as well Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Glenn Frey. Another great one from this concert is the shy bass player, Randy Meisner, singing "Take It to the Limit".

[@runtmc2jc]

great musicians, great vocalists, and great writers.

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Very true!

[@donnakaymaltese9080]

Another great classic their song "I Can't Tell You Why" featuring Timothy B Schmidt. Check that out.

[@ian8241]

New kid in town is a great song 🎵 👌 🙌

[@dard4642]

Take it Easy was also their debut single. It's one hell of a way to come out of the gate.

[@MoreMeetArthur]

They came out kicking!

[@Vee1music-lover]

They’re THAT good😎✌🏻

[@sunflower3281]

My childhood comes into clarity the second I hear them

[@joeevett9007]

This may have been the first super group. all some of the best session players who made a great band with at least 4 bonified vocalists.

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Definitely an argument for it

[@DavidTrippi-fp9yg]

Greatest American band

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Definitely true!

[@Disco_Jay]

Beach Boys have to be a close second.

[@isebmazo2140]

Finally, someone requesting the hidden gems..Thank you.... You Never Cry Like a Lover, Hollywood Waltz

[@donnakaymaltese9080]

Another great band in the same era to check out is a group called "The Band." And they're named that for a reason. They consist of five Canadians and one American, an iconic drummer named Levon Helm. I'd start with their song The Weight. They were so good director Martin Scorsese made a documentary movie about them called The Last Waltz.

[@peterstephenson9887]

@@donnakaymaltese9080 anyone who hasn't seen The Last Waltz is seriously missing out on some great music.

[@steveullrich7737]

You must do their performance "Take It to the Limit". Please do the 1977 live version with the late Randy Meisner. He sings lead and it is a tour de force performance by him and the band, just amazing!

[@billhealey2060]

Eagles are the best - if you want to hear the coolest ever Eagles banjo song - a total instrumental, listen to "Journey of the Sorcerer"

[@renyauger4560]

Also Lying Eyes and all other songs noted below. The well is deep here!

[@robt7199]

If not previously mentioned, Jackson Browne wrote much of this song but had yet to finish it.... Glenn Frey lived upstairs from Jackson and heard him writing and trying to finish the song. He asked Jackson if he could use the tune for the Eagles depute album but JB was having problems with it. Frey helped out, coming up with the line, "Its a girl my lord in a flat bed ford.... JB gave him song writing credits and the rest is history. There is a great early video of the Eagles with Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt singing the tune.

[@jamesguess2228]

Eagles...Those Shoes

[@M00159]

I Can’t Tell You Why is an incredible song. Also Desperodo. If you want to react to the Eagles, you should do both of these songs. The live versions. Always react to live performances if you can.

[@kierstenridgway4634]

This song!! I was in back of my grandpa's pick up truck with my aunt singing every word. I had no idea it was a "real" song. I was ten! 😂❤✌️

[@lindalou6105]

It's summer and my friends and I are sitting in front yard waiting for a guy from down the street and across the tracks to come down on his horse, in his car or truck...memories

[@kevindunne4604]

The wink from Joe Walsh is my favorite part

[@Disco_Jay]

Desperado, Take it to the Limit, New Kid in Town, Tequila Sunrise. Plenty to choose from.

[@markzimmerman2057]

Best of my love

[@dusty4835]

Before he left the group, Bernie Leadon played banjo on the original version.

[@davidcohen4536]

You need to visit Winslow Arizona. I had the time in the late 70’s. The corner mentioned in this song has been “memorialized” with all sorts of Eagles recognition👍👊😉💥

[@kierstenridgway4634]

Very cool. Great trivia/story. ❤️✌️

[@lazerx1828]

Definitely check out TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT and LYIN EYES from the same concert if you can. As far as "B" sides, I don't know which ones qualify as a "B" but a few great ones are THOSE SHOES, IN THE CITY, THE GREEKS DON'T WANT NO FREAKS, Don Henley's BOYS OF SUMMER and Joe Walsh's LIFE'S BEEN GOOD.

[@dggydddy59]

The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks absolutely qualifies as a B side. Maybe even less than that! lol

[@billallen1307]

I would add The End of the Innocence.

[@lindakinninger5500]

To get the full blast of harmonies,it has to be Seven Bridges Road

[@tjwsports]

One of Theses Nights is great, but it was one of their bigger hits, but a great deep cut is the Last Resort, the final song on Hotel California.

[@RobR1000]

If you’re looking for their most underrated song… maybe the most underrated song ever… check out The Last Resort. If Hotel California was Mona Lisa, Last Resort is the whole Sistine Chapel!!! It’s beautiful poetry about how man is guilty of “raping the land.” It’s one of those songs you have to listen to the lyrics closely, and you’re like WOW! Sung by Don Henley… one of the best male voices of all time. I’d love to see you react to it.

[@mitchellbeston1033]

"Wasted Time", "The Sad Cafe", "Victim of Love", "The Last Resort", "Voyage of the Sorcerer" (instrumental), "King of Hollywood", and "In the City"

[@jamesdalton8539]

Joe Walsh jammin the solo, cap it off with a wink to the camera

[@vivianshepherd2984]

Listen to "I Can't Tell You Why" - the Studio Recoding Video - My favorite.

[@tjwsports]

Bernie Leadon played the banjo. When he left, Walsh joined and took his part and expanded it to a lead.

[@77Cardinal]

You boys ought to know that Randy Meisner and the Eagles recorded 'Journey of the Sorcerer" which was the theme for BBC radio and TV "Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy". Just another way this band was part of popular culture. Douglas Adams, who wrote the Hitch Hikers guide is unfortunately no longer with us.

[@belvagurr403]

Joe Walsh, red bandanna on his head, is on the far right playing guitar. In HOTEL CALIFORNIA he was so invested in every part of that song. I have a thing for him, I’m 78 and love his music. He has an acoustic album called ANALOG that is awesome, he’s on the wagon after drinking and FAMILY Is his testimony. He’s the solo artist doing LIFE’S BEEN GOOD TO ME, you will recognize it immediately.

[@montymetcalfe1982]

Take it to the limit with Randy Meisner live

[@heathmcinerney4995]

Another band with awesome harmonies, "Little River Band". Start with "Help is on it's way", then "The Night Owl"

[@ToddSauve]

The Eagles just practised a lot. The Amazing Rhythm Aces used to tour with them, and they just stated that fact when some "journalists" accused them of merely playing to a backing track. Nope. They were just that good. Now? They can't hit the same notes anymore and actually do rely on a backing track for some of their vocals. How the mighty have fallen!

[@belvagurr403]

Glen Frey RIP, singing the solo. Winslow, AZ has a statue on the corner in Winslow, AZ.

[@bella-xp7qd]

All members wrote songs. Sang lead. Most of them also had solo careers. GLE.N who sang lead here was also an actor. Check out Joe Walsh from same show Rocky Mountain Way. Another of his great songs is Life's Been Good (an autobiographical). Joe Walsh and Ringo Starr (from Beatles) are brothers inlaw.

[@SandraJones-py1bd]

There’s a statue of Glen Frey in Winslow-

[@SAM-dg3vd]

They're ALL the main dude. Each of them sings lead (except for maybe Felder, though he wrote songs) This song was Glen Frey. Randy Meisner sings lead on Take It to the Limit... Joe Walsh sings In the City, Life's Been Good... Tim Schmidt (who wasn't in the band yet) is lead on I Can't Tell You Why (the video on this one is awesome because it shows all the setup and conversation before they start)... just goes on and on

[@floydd80]

Seven Bridge Road...a must

[@terridostal1348]

One of my favorites is Desperado

[@M00159]

I Can’t Tell You Why and Desperado.

[@philowens7680]

Witchy Woman ... there is a live version recorded on English TV during a tour of the UK. An excellent live performance of the early Eagles.

[@mattplus09]

"Those Shoes" is less well known, but pretty awesome...Good journey :) Peace!

[@scott3744]

"How can their harmonies be that good?" It was the 70s, and they were pros 👍😁

[@MoreMeetArthur]

They were made different in the 70s!

[@stephenpresley5772]

Great song and reaction

[@tonidh69]

Those Shoes is a banger that gets forgotten

[@renyauger4560]

Desperado is one of their biggest and best.

[@bimini1216]

Legendary players

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Without a doubt

[@belvagurr403]

First time I’ve ever seen you!!!

[@hippiemama52]

The guy that played the banjo on the original recording, Bernie Leadon, had left the group and was replaced by Joe Walsh (the guitarist with the red bandana).

[@kenhoyer8601]

Originally the song had a banjo . Played by Bernie Leadon.

[@MrAllister9]

i always look forward to the banjo in the end of the song ... needed 1 more lead guitarist i guess lol LEGENDS

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Definitely the answer 😂

[@kierstenridgway4634]

Take it to the Limit! And a much underated song Try and Love Again!!! You will need to go with the studio version. It is mesmerizing. ❤️✌️ Im gonna sub because i know that you listen to it!!

[@marilyndurham738]

Big American Band❤

[@mikefetterman6782]

There is a statue of Glen Frey, standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona.

[@mikefetterman6782]

This was their FIRST song to go near the top of the charts.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Glen Frey talks clearly about how he learned to write songs once he moved to Los Angeles. His neighbor in the basement apartment below him was Jackson Browne with a tea pot, lost of weed and hearing the same song building word by word line by line a thousand times a day. First one line, over and over until the next rhyme presents itself.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Bernie Leadon was replaced by Joe Walsh in 1975. Bernie was their country-esque player, using mandolin and banjo as well as his telecaster. Joe wasn't much a banjo enthusiast.

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Must be a fine site to see!

[@jimfenski3111]

Their album On The Border is criminally underrated! Check out Already; Gone James Dean; Ol’ 55 (gets a lot of flack because it’s a cover of a Tom Waits classic but I love their version); Best Of My Love. Hell do the whole album! Btw Bernie Leadon played the banjo - he had left the band already when they performed this! Peaceful Easy Feeling and Tequila Sunrise are two other Glenn Frey vocal classics. Also two deep cuts from Hotel California: Wasted Time and Victim Of Love. Enjoyed your reaction! The Eagles get a lot of unfair criticism imho…glad you appreciate them- everyone should!

[@johnroop9625]

"The last resort" video

[@tncalboy]

those shoes........pretty maids all in a row........in the city........ those are great b sides

[@helgar791]

IMO Eagles, Steely Dan, The Beach Boys, and Journey are the 4 bands on America's rock Mount Rushmore.

[@pegajense]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MrThomyorkey]

I can’t tell you why. It’s like the Eagles doing Bee Gees

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Good luck! Eagles are notorious for blocking and burning channels who show their stuff. I hope I’m wrong…..One of my fave bands. Saw them live in the 90’s..open air stadium……just as the sun went down……Such a memorable night.

[@MoreMeetArthur]

It seems that way! This one somehow made it through, but the others didn't :( That sounds absolutely magical though, very jealous

[@spedboy1966]

Watch out for Don Henley guys.

[@billc.5861]

A few other good sons - some B side Those Shoes Witchee Woman On the Boarder Disco Strangler Already Gone James Dean O’l 55 One of these Nights Victim of Love In the City

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Thank you!

[@SM-jg8fr]

I saw them many times in the early years. They used to open their shows with "Take it Easy", preceded by this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZm9lKJjiNlpZ8U

[@jennifergarrett1449]

i dare you to find any group that can harmonize better, especially live and without auto tune or other enhancements

[@swy76]

The bango player, Bearnie Leadon had left at this point

[@kierstenridgway4634]

There, imo is no main dude!!!!!

[@lehen1013]

"Doolin Dalton", NO ONE does that one.

[@Memorylanemodelcars2]

This Song Wasn't Written.by The Eagles. Jackson Browne wrote it Except for 2 Lines Which Glenn Frey Contributed to Complete the Unfinished Song

[@davidgrondine9926]

Lying eyes plz an thanks

[@rubenalvarez48]

I can’t tell you why

[@MoreMeetArthur]

Fine don't 😂

[@renyauger4560]

Don Henley was NOT the main dude! There were two lead singers Glen Fry and Don Henley and Glen was the leader and wrote the majority of the songs.

[@cmholmes1067]

I’m not sure they have any true B side songs😊

[@billallen1307]

Lying Eyes.

[@davidvsr]

what was so funny? one of the best groups ever, playing one of their best////and you laugh your way thru it???

[@MoreMeetArthur]

What?