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It\u2019s not as though the Eagles<\/a> never touched upon topics relating to politics and society in their lyrics, but people tend not to think of the band as ever having been overt in their messaging.<\/p>\n You\u2019re more likely to find generalised views of societal collapse rather than a scathing missive about any particular event that was troubling the nation or the world, like, for example, the entirety of Hotel California seems to focus on things having changed and moved on, and the negative impact that these shifts had on society as a whole.<\/p>\n Some individual tracks such as \u2018On the Border\u2019 also appear to take on a political slant, with it being subtly critical of Richard Nixon\u2019s<\/a> presidency, especially with Glenn Frey\u2019s whispered \u201csay goodnight, Dick\u201d at the end of the song being interpreted as a snide dig at the Republican\u2019s impeachment following the Watergate scandal in 1974, the same year that the song was released.<\/p>\n On the other hand, the song \u2018Take It Easy\u2019, the band\u2019s first ever single, was seen as needlessly laid back and avoidant of talking about the real issues at hand, and during a time when the US was gradually withdrawing its troops from the war in Vietnam, their message to the world was to simply chill out and accept that everything\u2019s going to be alright.<\/p>\n Considering their history of sending mixed messages about the state of the world, very few could have anticipated that their comeback album, Long Road Out of Eden, released 28 years on from their previous record, would end up being their most political album, and that in their older years, they\u2019d be more willing to speak out about the injustices of the world.<\/p>\n