GLENN FREY - TAKE IT EASY

TAKE IT EASY

GLENN FREY(EAGLES)

SONGWRITERS: GLENN FREY & JACKSON BROWNE

WHERE: LIVE, NYC, 2014

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: EAGLES

LABEL: ASYLUM

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1972

Eagles is the debut studio album by the rock band the Eagles. The album was recorded at London's Olympic Studios with producer Glyn Johns and released in 1972. The album was an immediate success for the young band, reaching No. 22 on the charts and going platinum. Three singles were released from the album, each reaching the Top 40: "Take It Easy" (number 12), "Witchy Woman" (number 9), and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (number 22). The band, starting with this album, played a major role in popularizing the country rock sound.

The album was ranked number 368 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time published in 2012. The single "Take It Easy" is part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". This album was slated for Quadraphonic release and even given a Quadraphonic catalog number but it was never released in that format.

Glenn Lewis Frey (/fraɪ/; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, actor and founding member of the rock band the Eagles. Frey was the lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of the Eagles' material. Frey played guitar and keyboards as well as singing lead vocals on songs such as "Take It Easy", "Peaceful Easy Feeling", "Tequila Sunrise", "Already Gone", "James Dean", "Lyin' Eyes", "New Kid in Town", and "Heartache Tonight".

After the breakup of the Eagles in 1980, Frey embarked on a successful solo career. He released his debut album, No Fun Aloud, in 1982 and went on to record Top 40 hits "The One You Love", "Smuggler's Blues", "Sexy Girl", "The Heat Is On", "You Belong to the City", "True Love", "Soul Searchin'" and "Livin' Right". As a member of the Eagles, Frey won six Grammy Awards, and five American Music Awards. The Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, the first year they were nominated. Consolidating his solo recordings and those with the Eagles, Frey had 24 Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

Well, I'm running down the road

Tryin' to loosen my load

I've got seven women on my mind

Four that wanna own me

Two that wanna stone me

One says she's a friend of mine

Take it easy, take it easy

Don't let the sound of your own

Wheels drive you crazy

Lighten up while you still can

Don't even try to understand

Just find a place to make your stand

And take it easy

Well, I'm a standing on a corner

In Winslow, Arizona

And such a fine sight to see

It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed

Ford slowin' down to take a look

At me

Come on, baby, don't say maybe

I gotta know if your sweet love is

Gonna save me

We may lose and we may win though

We will never be here again

So open up, I'm climbin' in, so take it easy

Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen

My load,

Got a world of trouble on my mind

Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my

Cover, she's so hard to find

Take it easy, take it easy

Don't let the sound of your own

Wheels make you crazy

Come on, baby

Don't say maybe

I gotta know if your sweet love is

Gonna save me, oh oh oh

Oh, we got it easy

We oughta take it easy.