LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
THE EAGLES
SONGWRITERS: DON
HENLEY; GLENN FREY & JOE WALSH
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: HOTEL
CALIFOORNIA
LABEL: ASYLUM
RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL
YEAR: 1976
The Eagles are an American rock band formed in
Los Angeles in 1971. The founding members were Glenn Frey (guitars,
vocals), Don Henley (drums,
vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitars, vocals) and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals). With five number-one singles, six number-one
albums, six Grammy Awards, and
five American
Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most
successful musical acts of the 1970s. Their albums Their
Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel
California rank first and third, respectively,
among the best-selling albums in the United States,
with 38million and 26million album units in sales. The Eagles are one of the world's
best-selling bands, having sold more than 150million
records, including 100 million sold in U.S alone. They were ranked nº 75 on Rolling Stone's 2004
list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Their debut album, Eagles (1972), spawned
three top 40 singles: "Take It Easy",
"Witchy Woman",
and "Peaceful Easy
Feeling". Desperado (1973) was less successful, only reaching number 41 on the charts;
neither of its singles reached the top 40. However, its songs "Desperado"
and "Tequila
Sunrise" became two of the band's most popular
tracks. On the Border (1974) added guitarist Don Felder and produced two top 40 singles: "Already Gone"
and the Eagles' first number one, "Best of My
Love".
Their 1975 album One of These
Nights included three top 10 singles:
"One of These
Nights", "Lyin' Eyes",
and "Take It to the
Limit", the first hitting the top of the
charts. Guitarist and vocalista Joe Walsh also joined the band in 1975, replacing Leadon. The Eagles continued
that success and hit their commercial peak in late 1976 with the release of Hotel
California, which would go on to sell more
than 26 million copies in the U.S. alone and more than 42 million copies
worldwide. The album
yielded two number-one singles, "New Kid in
Town" and "Hotel
California". Meisner left the band in 1977 and
was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit. They
released their last studio album for nearly 28 years in 1979 with The Long Run,
which spawned three top 10 singles: "Heartache Tonight",
"The Long Run",
and "I Can't Tell
You Why", the lead single being another
chart-topping hit.
The Eagles broke up in July 1980 but reunited
in 1994 for the álbum Hell Freezes Over, a mix
of live and new studio tracks. They toured consistently and were inducted into
the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2007, the Eagles
released Long Road Out
of Eden, their first full studio album in 28 years
and their sixth number-one album. The next year they launched the Long Road Out
of Eden Tour in support of the album. In 2013,
they began the extended History of the Eagles Tour in conjunction with the band's documentary release, History of
the Eagles.
Following Glenn Frey's death in January 2016
and a one-year hiatus, the Eagles re-formed in 2017, with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill sharing
lead vocals for Frey's songs.
"Life in the Fast Lane" is a song
written by Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey and Don Henley and
recorded by the American rock band the Eagles on their 1976
studio album Hotel
California. It was the third single
released from this album, and peaked at Nº. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He was a hard-headed
man
He was brutally handsome, and she was teminally pretty
She held him up, and he held her for ransome in the heart
of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude
They had one thing in common, they were
good in bed
She'd say, 'Faster,faster. The lights are turnin' red."
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind, mm
Are you with me so far?
Eager for action and bot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took
all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavily bills.
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up
in the race
Out every evening, until it was light
He was too tired to make it, she was too tired
to fight about it
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lse your mind
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time
Life in the fast lane, uh huh
Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign,
took a turn for the worst.
She said, "Listen, baby.You can hear the engine
ring.We've been up and down this highway;
haven't seen a goddam thing."
He said,"Call the doctor. I think I'm gonna crash."
"The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta pay him cash."
They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around
and got lost
They didn't know they were just dyin' to get off
And it was life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane
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