{"id":324465,"date":"2025-08-07T06:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324465\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T06:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:04:12","slug":"the-most-natural-song-glenn-frey-thought-eagles-ever-sang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324465\/","title":{"rendered":"The most natural song Glenn Frey thought Eagles ever sang"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Glenn<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Steve Alexander)<\/p>\n

Wed 6 August 2025 19:47, UK <\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy for someone to make songs that sound too forced. There\u2019s a big difference between someone writing for passion or for a paycheck, and most people don\u2019t have a problem calling them out on it. But it turned out the perfect song for the Eagles<\/a> to play didn\u2019t need to be written by them to become a classic.<\/p>\n

But when Glenn Frey first started coming up with the idea for Eagles, he knew that there was a lot of red tape to go through. He and Don Henley made some fantastic tunes together, but if they wanted to get off the ground, they needed to make sure everyone could play to the best of their ability and look like they belonged in their country-rock gang. That was easy enough, but the true tester would be the quality of everyone\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n

While many people might wonder how someone with a voice as unique as Joe Walsh joined the group, the whole point was for them to make something that stood out as soon as people turned on the radio. Harmony singing was nothing new thanks to Crosby, Stills and Nash, but when the harmonies locked in on a song like \u2018Take It Easy\u2019, everyone could practically feel the sunshine hitting their face as the tune played out. <\/p>\n

Of all the great songs in their arsenal at the time, though, not everything was meant to be a great opener. \u2018Witchy Woman\u2019 would have sounded far too ominous, and they didn\u2019t have songs like \u2018Hotel California\u2019 or even \u2018Already Gone\u2019 under their belt just yet, but bringing out the song \u2018Seven Bridges Road\u2019 was a perfect way to hit people with their voices right out of the gate.<\/p>\n

For one thing, the song is completely a cappella for the first few seconds, so having everyone surprise the crowd with the tune is what gets everyone going, with Frey recalling<\/a>, \u201cSometimes we start our show with it. It\u2019s something we do well \u2014 four voices, a cappella. I think the bottom line is, that\u2019s a style that comes very easily and naturally to us. It\u2019s also something that our fans really love. It\u2019s Americana.\u201d<\/p>\n

And that natural feeling also carries over to when they were making some of their best ballads as well. Although \u2018Desperado\u2019<\/a> relies on Henley\u2019s fantastic vocal leading the charge half the time, the bed of voices behind him on the studio version and to this day on the live shows needed to be fully heard without the instruments to be fully appreciated.<\/p>\n

There were even a handful of times when they toyed with the isolated voices on their albums. \u2018No More Walks in the Wood\u2019 is a fantastic example of them making the most of their voices, and during the music video of the band making the song \u2018Hole in the World\u2019, hearing them rehearsing the vocals was a great way of reminding everyone they hadn\u2019t lost an ounce of shine on their trademark pipes.<\/p>\n

So while Eagles have been known for plenty of great guitar hero moments throughout their career and some fantastic songs, their voices have always been their musical superpower. Many people can try to emulate what they do from time to time, but there\u2019s hardly any reason to think they can compete with that style of perfection.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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