Outlaw Man is a prime example of the Eagles breaking from formula which is probably why it's not present on the bands many greatest hits selections; selections that cemented the band's reputation as being mellow and formulaic. Outlaw Man is a top notch arrangement seguing in from a short banjo rendition of Doolin Dalton into a aggressive acoustic strum before the hard rock guitar slashes in; the nice addition of electric piano chords adding a jazzy rhythm. Glenn Freys' growly intoning vocals are as evil and omnipresent as his power chords cutting through the acoustic bed. This rivals Witchy Woman as one of the best hard rock efforts by the first incarnation. Randy Meisners' frenetic bass work along with Freys' wailing coda is a great heavy moment from the band during any line-up full stop.
Saturday 2 January 2016
Eagles (1973) Outlaw Man
The Eagles had two clear sides to their music; one is heavy rock based on contrasting dynamics and the other is smooth ballads that stay even paced. Examples of both are in the two singles from the Desperado album; probably their best album as it's chock full of the former. Outlaw Man did better than Tequila Sunrise precisely because it, like Lyin Eyes and other singles, had no shifts in it staying at the same laid back pace. Take it Easy was in a similar vein of laid back country strums but it didn't stick so rigidly to a verse chorus structure like Tequila Sunrise and songs like Best of My Love. Also Take It Easy did more interesting things with the backing vocals.
Outlaw Man is a prime example of the Eagles breaking from formula which is probably why it's not present on the bands many greatest hits selections; selections that cemented the band's reputation as being mellow and formulaic. Outlaw Man is a top notch arrangement seguing in from a short banjo rendition of Doolin Dalton into a aggressive acoustic strum before the hard rock guitar slashes in; the nice addition of electric piano chords adding a jazzy rhythm. Glenn Freys' growly intoning vocals are as evil and omnipresent as his power chords cutting through the acoustic bed. This rivals Witchy Woman as one of the best hard rock efforts by the first incarnation. Randy Meisners' frenetic bass work along with Freys' wailing coda is a great heavy moment from the band during any line-up full stop.
Outlaw Man is a prime example of the Eagles breaking from formula which is probably why it's not present on the bands many greatest hits selections; selections that cemented the band's reputation as being mellow and formulaic. Outlaw Man is a top notch arrangement seguing in from a short banjo rendition of Doolin Dalton into a aggressive acoustic strum before the hard rock guitar slashes in; the nice addition of electric piano chords adding a jazzy rhythm. Glenn Freys' growly intoning vocals are as evil and omnipresent as his power chords cutting through the acoustic bed. This rivals Witchy Woman as one of the best hard rock efforts by the first incarnation. Randy Meisners' frenetic bass work along with Freys' wailing coda is a great heavy moment from the band during any line-up full stop.
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