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§ ≡ One of an ongoing series of posts in which I pick, in my not-so-humble opinion, the best songs of the second millennium. Feel free to offer constructive dissenting opinions; preferably set to music.
Song #15 is Lyin' Eyes, a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and recorded in 1975 by the American rock band Eagles, with Frey singing lead vocals.
When I relocated to New Mexico in 1986, I decided to let my hair grow long. I had never done that before (or since), but it just felt right at that point in my life, even though, by then, that style had gotten rather stale. I had already been sporting a mustache for some years, and by the time my hair reached my shoulders, I looked a little like Glenn Frey in the video, below.
Once, while on vacation in southern New Mexico, a little band playing in the hotel bar let me sing the lead vocals to this song, one of my all-time favorites. I knew the lyrics by heart, but I couldn't resist (I was a bit tipsy) replacing one word at the end of the last verse, "You're still the same old girl you used to be." As I always sing it in the shower, "girl" is replaced by a more shocking 4-letter word for "girl". The people in the bar didn't seem phased (except the girl I was with at the time, who turned red as a beet). I really enjoyed my five minutes of fame.
Post #786 § I Am Music and I Pick the Songs: Lyin' Eyes
§ ≡ One of an ongoing series of posts in which I pick, in my not-so-humble opinion, the best songs of the second millennium. Feel free to offer constructive dissenting opinions; preferably set to music.
Song #15 is Lyin' Eyes, a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and recorded in 1975 by the American rock band Eagles, with Frey singing lead vocals.
When I relocated to New Mexico in 1986, I decided to let my hair grow long. I had never done that before (or since), but it just felt right at that point in my life, even though, by then, that style had gotten rather stale. I had already been sporting a mustache for some years, and by the time my hair reached my shoulders, I looked a little like Glenn Frey in the video, below.
Once, while on vacation in southern New Mexico, a little band playing in the hotel bar let me sing the lead vocals to this song, one of my all-time favorites. I knew the lyrics by heart, but I couldn't resist (I was a bit tipsy) replacing one word at the end of the last verse, "You're still the same old girl you used to be." As I always sing it in the shower, "girl" is replaced by a more shocking 4-letter word for "girl". The people in the bar didn't seem phased (except the girl I was with at the time, who turned red as a beet). I really enjoyed my five minutes of fame.
Post #786 § I Am Music and I Pick the Songs: Lyin' Eyes
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