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Rating: One of these nights, one of these crazy old nights, I had the intuition to write a review about an Eagles album (yeah, the things you find among my brother’s vinyls…)
And indeed, One of these nights, one of these crazy old nights are the words that start this album. Actually, to be precise, the song begins with Randy Meisner’s bass (I don’t know much about the Eagles, so I might be wrong, but the back cover lists Randy Meisner on Bass Guitar).
"One of These Nights" is an empowering track, the result of Don Henley and Glenn Frey’s collaboration. What will happen one of these nights? One of these nights, the protagonist will find what he’s looking for, an angel in white, the devil’s daughter herself, or a woman who’s a bit of both, a dream that screams. The chorus repeats several times throughout the track, each time with different lyrics, interrupted either by Don Henley’s voice or by the central electric guitar solo.
The second track, "Too Many Hands", starts with a beautiful acoustic guitar introduction. The too many hands refer to those hands that overly rest on a woman, rare as a rainbow, whose beauty seems to move the tide at midnight. She will have her revenge because her fire is still burning and her heart yearns to be found. The lyrics throughout the album are very visionary, cryptic, and sometimes even romantic. They often allow for various interpretations.
Noteworthy is the final solo of “Too Many Hands”. "Hollywood Waltz", a love ballad for Southern California, which cannot be abandoned despite its faults.
"Side 1" ends with an instrumental track, "Journey of The Sorcerer", where you can hear David Bromberg's violins… Listening to it, one can imagine a sorcerer preparing his potions, smoke rising from the cauldron, or a shaman venturing into rough paths, or… Or the cover, an eagle taking flight in the deepest night (it could also be the sorcerer transformed into an animal), holding a cow skull in its beak. A dark, gloomy cover…
Side 2: "Lyin' Eyes", the lying eyes belong to the city girl, probably tied for convenience to a rich, old man with hands as cold as ice. Her eyes are thus forced to lie, and the smile on her face is nothing but a flimsy mask. After a brief fling with a young man, she remembers a boy she knew in school, a memory that brings her relief, since life didn’t change things and she is still the same old girl as before. Then "Take It To The Limit", pushing to the limit, another surreal song. So put me on a highway, show me a sign and take it to the limit one more time the chorus goes.
"Visions", a frantic song that reinforces the visionary nature of the entire work: these are visions of a girl stirring in the lover’s soul. The only song sung by Don Felder.
The penultimate effort from the Eagles on this album is "After The Thrill Is Gone". How do you feel after the first thrill, the first emotion of love is gone? You feel cold and small, you feel love without passion that ain’t no kind of lovin’ at all. You are neither lovers nor friends: you are a frozen pen and empty pages.
Finally, the Eagles bid us farewell, wishing us peace, hope, and strength in "I Wish You Peace". Peace for when the cold winds blow, hope when things go wrong, strength to make love grow.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 One of These Nights (04:48)
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
02 Too Many Hands (04:42)
She's one of a kind
Sometimes hard to find
Like a rainbow
Well, she's lost all her glory
And could tell you some stories
That we all should know
And there's too many hands
Being laid on her
Too many eyes will never see
That it's dragging her down
But you won't hear a sound as
She turns 'round
Her beauty all aflight
It always seems to turn the tide
At midnight
And for her there is no rest
We are doing what is best
For our future
One of these days she may not
Be so good to you
One of these days she might
Shake you to the ground
But her fire is still
Burning
And her heart is still yearning
To be found
04 Journey of the Sorcerer (06:37)
Instrumental
Used as the the theme for
"The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
05 Lyin' Eyes (06:23)
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
06 Take It to the Limit (04:47)
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
07 Visions (03:56)
Visions, that you stir in my soul
Visions, that will never grow old
Sweet baby, I had some visions of you
If I can't have it all, just a taste will do
Go ahead and live all your fantasies
(Don't you ever think about the other side?)
Helps you get from where you are
To where you want to be
(You and me oughta be taking a ride)
You do the best you can
And you make your mistakes
(If you don't like it, you can say that you tried)
'Cause all I have to give is whatever it takes
Play on, El Chingadero, play on
Play on, El Chingadero
Dance, angel, dance 'til you wear out your blues
(Only thing that's gonna save you now)
Take another chance, you got nothing to lose
(The boy didn't love you anyhow)
Girl, you drive me wild when you do what you do
(Something makes me want to take you down)
If I can't have it all, just a taste will do
Just a taste of you
09 I Wish You Peace (03:44)
I Wish You Peace Lyrics
by The Eagles
I wish you peace when the cold winds blow
Warmed by the fire's glow
I wish you comfort in the, the lonely time
And arms to hold you when you ache inside
I wish you hope when things are going bad
Kind words when times are sad
I wish you shelter from the, the raging wind
Cooling waters at the fever's end
I wish you peace when times are hard
A light to guide you through the dark
And when storms are high and your, your dreams are low
I wish you the strength to let love grow ,
Oh I wish you the strength to let love flow,
music:
I wish you peace when times are hard
A light to guide you through the dark
And when storms are high and your, your dreams are low
I wish you the strength to let let grow,
I wish you the strength to let love flow,
I wish you the strength to let love glow
I wish you the strength to let love grow.
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