Eagles (1972) Nightingale - LOST 70S GEMS

 This rocker was best described as the 'sleeper' of the band's country rock debut with its heavy backbeat, guitar hooks including use of delicate harmonics interweave withe layers of doo wop backing vocals. It was the Eagles reworking a Jackson Browne tune into a showcase for their vocal and guitar talents but taken to the absolute extreme. Though Henley sung it well I  can't help shake this feeling that this would've suited his old musical partner Glenn Frey's voice better with it's dark lyrics contrasting well with the laidback melody; a combination that was served Frey's swaggering vocals well. Also as Take It Easy had proved Frey was particularly adept at delivering Browne's songs to the fullest, while the fact it was a song named after a bird kept the loose avian concept around, the 'free as bird' theme was in keeping with this album's iconic blue sky cover; it's depiction of the vistas of the South West particularly LA.