flashback friday - peaceful, easy feeling

so, perhaps one of the bands that i've loved longest and the most over the course of my life is the eagles. personifying classic rock, the group was first founded in LA in 1971. over the course of their illustrious career, they've earned six grammys and five american music awards and were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1998. to date, they've had five number one singles, six number one albums, and were the best selling band in the 70's.



my mom loved the eagles when i was growing up, so i heard a lot of them. my love affair with the band only intensified in college to the point that my friends and i were constantly playing them on the jukebox at our local dive. they're pretty much everything swell about classic rock - killer guitar chords, catchy tunes, and memorable lyrics.

everyone loves hotel california, which is rightly so. (honestly, do you know anyone who doesn't? i don't think they exist. if they do, they're horrible freaks of nature that need to be locked into a soundproof room and shown the error of their ways with an excellent pair of headphones). i love hotel california. but i'm not going to post that one today.

instead, i'm going to share my very favorite song by the eagles - peaceful, easy feeling. this song is so college for me. i am instantly taken to hot nights (i lived in arizona then, after all, which is fitting, since the song refers to the desert), long drives, and countless stars overhead as i lay on the hood of a car.

sigh. what a gorgeous song. sheer perfection. i know it sounds weird, but i sort of don't trust people who don't like the eagles. because, honestly, i just can't understand how anyone couldn't dig this music.

i like the way your sparkling earrings lay against your skin,
it's so brown
and i wanna sleep with you in the desert tonight
with a billion stars all around
'cause i gotta peaceful easy feeling
and i know you won't let me down
'cause i'm already standing on the ground
and i found out a long time ago
what a woman can do to your soul
ah, but she can't take you anyway
you don't already know how to go
and i gotta peaceful, easy feeling
and i know you won't let me down
'cause I'm already standing on the ground
I get this feeling I may know you
as a lover and a friend
but this voice keeps whispering
in my other ear, tells me
I may never see you again
'cause I get a peaceful, easy feeling
and I know you won't let me down
'cause I'm already standing on the ground
'cause I'm already standing...
on the ground

(mp3) peaceful, easy feeling by the eagles

here's the band, in all their 70's glory, performing the song:



buy their greatest hits 1971 - 1975, one of the albums you can find peaceful, easy feeling on, HERE.