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Hotel California the Album
This post's featured album, Hotel California. "Eagles - Hotel California" Flickr photo by MrBlueGenes shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

Ranking the Eagles: Album #5 of 6: Hotel California (1976) A Dark Desert Highway of Too-Many-Ballads, But Has Its Moments o' Greatness

Not Your Everyday Eagles ‘Best-of’ List

The ‘Hotel California’-era Eagles lineup was hands down, the GREATEST.

Welcome back to “Ranking the Eagles”! It has been a while since my last post on this topic. Here, I will rank all 6 Eagles albums from the 1970s, as well as the songs on each album. Rankings are based on my opinions only, with no sales figures, chart positions, or mainstream popularity holding weight. This week features my fifth favorite album of their 1970s output- good ol’ Hotel California.

Say WHAT? Hotel California only ranks at number FIVE?

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Queen Au Complet
Queen in the 1970s. "Queen au complet" Flickr photo by ceinwen21 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

Champion Cuts: 6 More Lesser-Known Queen Tunes to Know An Additional Sextet of Spectacular Sounds!

Queen onstage in the 1970s.

Last November, I wrote a post celebrating 5 lesser-known (in the U.S.A.) Queen tunes that I absolutely LOVED, in the hopes that you, dear readers, would too. And many of you did!

So I thought, If folks liked those tunes, why not highlight five more? Really, there is no shortage of fabulous Queen songs out there. In fact, I struggled in limiting myself to just five in this post, soooo… I decided to spotlight SIX, instead! Woot!

Oh, and guess who scored Queen + Adam Lambert tickets for this August down in NYC? THIS GAL! 33rd row-center seats, too, thankyouverymuch. Sometimes, when leisurely browsing resale-ticket seats, ya get lucky, ya know? 😉

HOLLA!!
(And yes, I know that I won’t be seeing the ‘real’ Queen. BUT this is the closest I’ll ever get.)

That said, today’s bloggy musings are brought to you in part to celebrate my recent procurement of Queen tickets. I also wrote this because, well, I just love writing about these guys! Good stuff lies ahead, dear readers, good stuff. Here we go!

Ready, Freddie?

I’ll take that as a yes. Onwards!

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"Queen - Stormtroopers in Stilettos" Flickr photo by Simononly

Beyond the Bohemian: 5 Lesser-Known Queen Songs You Should Know A Quintet of Deep Cuts Worth An Ear (or Two)

To honor the great Freddie Mercury who passed away 27 years ago today on November 24, 1991, this blog post, highlighting 5 lesser-known Queen songs, is intended to celebrate a man who is and forever will be one of my two favorite musicians of all-time.

Let’s start at the beginning.

Almost 27 years ago, my love affair with all things Queen and Freddie Mercury began. And it started a little somethin’ like this:

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The Long Run Album
"Eagles - The Long Run" Flickr photo by MrBlueGenes

Ranking the Eagles: Album #6 of 6: The Long Run (1979) Their Final Album of the 70s, Their Weakest Album of the 70s

Not Your Everyday Eagles ‘Best-of’ Lists

Welcome to “Ranking the Eagles,” a six-part blog series o’ mine. Here, I will rank all 6 Eagles albums from the 1970s from worst to best, as well as the songs on said albums. All rankings are based on my opinions only! Don’t expect my lists to mirror Rolling Stone Magazine or the like, as I have VERY different tastes than the mainstream. Which makes writing (and hopefully reading) these posts much more fun, amirite?

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Above: My Favorite Eagles lineup (1976-1977), L-R: Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Don Felder

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Wishing the Legendary Mr. Randy Meisner A Happy, Happy Birthday 71 Years Ago, A Star Was Born. A Musically Gifted, Sexy AF Star, That Is.

This is a post that I am filing under straight up “fangirling.” I pretty much wrote this for my own enjoyment, and not much else. So if you are reading this, I’m impressed that you found it! Hope you enjoy my adolescent-like musings as well….

Today, one of my two favorite musicians of all time, Mr. Randy Meisner, turns 71 years young. Happy Birthday to one of the most if not the most underrated musicians of all time! Continue reading →