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[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 88 points 7 months ago

Well...

Four that wanna own me. Two that wanna stone me.
One says she's a friend of mine.

None of those sound like the type of relationship he's looking for

[-] db2@lemmy.world 43 points 7 months ago
[-] Burninator05@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago
[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago

Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Lighten up while you still can

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago
[-] qjkxbmwvz 6 points 7 months ago

Fuck you, man! If you don't like my fucking music, get your own fucking cab!

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago

even after this girl he admits that he's lookin for a lover. maybe it's about a guy who can't recognize that he needs to slow down on this kind of thing, make a little time for himself to rest and grow and, just for a while....

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.....take it easy

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 7 months ago

First verse and chorus was written by Jackson Brown, the rest by Glenn Frey. So I'm guessing Jackson had seven women, and Glenn just the one.

No conclusions can be drawn.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

First verse mentions "women" so that rules out Don Henley as he prefered "girls"

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

Oof. Was not aware of that.

[-] abouttocomealive@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Recently learned it's actually "Eagles", not "The Eagles". (For example, take a look at the album covers. There are also documentaries in which they talk about it.)
But even the band themselves will use "the" when it grammatically makes sense. So confusing.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago

As Sherlock Holmes said in A Study In Scarlet...

“Now that I do know it I shall do my best to forget it.”

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yet another area where Phish were ahead of the game.

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Lookin' for a lover Who won't blow my cover She's so hard to find.

Are you implying the woman in Winslow AZ is a beard? Or MtF? Or perhaps this is a sudden realization of a preference for female anatomy with male social behaviors?

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago

Always took it to mean he has a wife and is looking for lovers who won’t ruin his marriage. Maybe I just know too many people who’ve been womanizers that this scenario is my assumption

[-] rambaroo@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Really annoys me how half the rock songs I like proudly announce what an absolute scumbag the author is

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Not all songs are based in reality, they’re just stories that sound good. Plus most are a time capsule of the times they were made in, being a womanizer wasn’t as frowned upon back then and was pretty much expected of musicians

[-] rambaroo@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don't disagree, but I still think it says something about the writer of the song. Cheating on your wife is and was scummy behavior, and so is romanticizing it, just less so

[-] bramblepatchmystery@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago

Essentially every eagles song is from the perspective of an alcoholic who can't get relationships right.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

He has to make sure she ain't a snitch.

[-] aelwero@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

It's a girl, My lord, In a flatbed Ford...

[-] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

I always thought it would mean it's a woman that is willing to sneak around in hats and sunglasses and hide from the paparazzi, instead of being an attention whore

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Maybe 7 is enough?

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

He wants one that won't abscond with the Polaroids

[-] rscky1@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago
[-] fsr1967@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Maybe he's ethically non-monogamous.

this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2024
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