{"id":309398,"date":"2025-11-23T18:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/309398\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T18:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:48:07","slug":"the-one-eagles-song-glenn-frey-never-got-tired-of-playing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/309398\/","title":{"rendered":"The one Eagles song Glenn Frey never got tired of playing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Glenn<\/p>\n

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

Sun 23 November 2025 16:50, UK <\/p>\n

When you\u2019ve been around the block as many times as the Eagles<\/a>, who continue to perform to this day despite numerous break-ups and even the death of Glenn Frey, it is easy to become fatigued with playing the same old songs night after night.<\/p>\n

As anybody who has ever gone to see a \u2018legacy act\u2019 in concert can attest to, \u201cHere\u2019s a new one,\u201d is typically the queue to head to the bar or empty your bladder. It doesn\u2019t matter if that new material is leagues ahead of everything else the band have achieved, nobody is paying over the odds to go see the Eagles for them not to play the likes of \u2018Hotel California\u2019 or \u2018Take It Easy\u2019, which is perhaps why Don Henley has given up on creating new material altogether. <\/p>\n

Nevertheless, it does make for a rather repetitive existence, churning out performances of the same songs, virtually unchanged, for half a century. Admittedly, the millions of pounds the band still rake in through royalties probably softens that blow a little, but artists tend to need a sense of artistic development to keep them going. So, it would be understandable if Frey or Henley fostered some degree of resentment for a hit like, for example, \u2018Peaceful Easy Feeling\u2019. <\/p>\n

One of the band\u2019s earliest triumphs<\/a>, taken from their eponymous 1972 debut, that fan favourite track was a true labour of love from songwriter Jack Tempchin, who penned the song over a period of years, about various women whom he had grown infatuated with. When he finally presented the track to Frey and Henley, it took on a new life entirely, peaking at number 22 in the US singles chart, arguably setting the standard for the Eagles going forward, and influencing Frey and Henley\u2019s own songwriting talents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long, therefore, for \u2018Peaceful Easy Feeling\u2019 to become a staple of the band\u2019s live performances. By the time that they came to release Hotel California<\/a> in 1977, though, it is fair to say that Glenn Frey was pretty sick of the song.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After manager Randy Meisner suggested it be added to the setlist on that tour, Frey recalled in a 2013 documentary, \u201cI called him up and I said, \u2018Do you think I like singing \u2018Take It Easy\u2019 and \u2018Peaceful Easy Feeling\u2019 every night? I\u2019m tired of those songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t all that surprising that Frey reacted in such a way back in 1977, especially when you consider just the Eagles were in the middle of their most tumultuous period, and the songwriter was in a near constant battle with Don Henley. As the decades progressed, then, Frey\u2019s opinion of the classic song became a little more sympathetic, to say the least. <\/p>\n

\u201cCompared to the original recording, it\u2019s evolved through live performances to where it\u2019s a bit of a different animal now,\u201d Frey shared in a 2003 chat with Cameron Crowe. \u201c\u2018Peaceful Easy Feeling\u2019 had a happy, country-rock quality but a bittersweet irony about it that I thought was really great. I still love that song,\u201d he added. \u201cLove singing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

By all accounts, Frey\u2019s appreciation for the track never dipped in the years leading up to his untimely death back in 2016. While, at one point, it might have reflected a kind of artistic stagnation, forever tethering the songwriter to those easy days, its modern-day power lies in just how much it resonates with audiences; a feeling which no performer could ever grow tired of. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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