Thursday, March 6, 2014

ATF: Bad Hands

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



Desperado
The Eagles
Desperado
Why don't you come to your senses
You’ve been out ridin' fences
For so long now
Oh you're a hard one
But I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado
Oh you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger
They're drivin' you home
And freedom
Oh freedom
Well that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time
The sky won't snow
And the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feelin’ goes
Away

Desperado
Why don't you come to your senses
Come down from your fences
Open the gate
It may be rainin'
But there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
Let somebody love you
You better let somebody love you
Before it's too
Late



Lonesome Loser
The Little River Band
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser
But he still keeps on tryin'

Oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oooh
Oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh
Oooh
Oooh oooh oooh

Sit down
Take a look at yourself
Don't you want to be somebody
Someday somebody's gonna see inside
You have to face up
You can't run and hide

Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser
But he still keeps on tryin'

Unlucky in love
Least that's what they say
He lost his head
And he gambled his heart away
He still keeps searchin’
Though there's nothin’ left
Staked his heart and lost
Now he has to pay the cost

Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser
But he still keeps on tryin'

It's okay
He smiles and says
Though this loneliness
Is drivin’ him crazy
He don't show
What goes on in his head,
But if you watch very close
You'll see it all

Sit down
Take a look at yourself
Don't you want to be somebody
Someday somebody's gonna see inside
You have to face up
You can't run and hide

Have
You
Heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser
But he still keeps on tryin'

Have you heard about the lonesome loser

Have you heard about the lonesome loser

Have you heard about the lonesome loser

Now tell me
Have you heard about the lonesome loser

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10 comments:

  1. I like The Little River Band but the Eagles were one of my all time favorites and I always liked Desperado

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  2. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! I am really glad you enjoyed this. Be assured that there will be many Eagles tunes to come in this series.

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  3. Ahhh...an Aussie band featured today.

    I doubt anyone could get tired of "Desperado"...or doesn't like it...a great song.

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  4. The Eagles continue to be one of my favorite bands. The words to their songs are like poetry put to music.
    Thanks for stopping by my blog last week. When you have a chance, stop by again for a peek into the beautiful culture of Peru. Take care.

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  5. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! Methinks that there just might be a couple more awesome Aussie bands included in this series before it is all over with. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. For I am perfectly capable of considering a song an all-time favorite the first time I hear it.

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  6. Thanks for stopping by, my dear PF!!! I stopped by your site to see if it could be included in my Sites To See series, which is published on Fridays. Since it is indeed a site well worth seeing, it was added to the list. I will let you know when it is actually included, which will be a while on account of how many were already on the list.

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  7. OK...be careful of what you wish for...

    INXS; You Am I; Icehouse; Goyte; Busby Mayou; Mondo Rock; Hunters & Collectors; Powderfinger; Cold Chisel; Noiseworks: Divinyls; AC/DC; Wolfmother; Grinspoon; Crowded House; Whitlams; Hilltop Hoods; Tame Impala; The Temper Trap; Cat Empire; John Butler Trio; Birds of Tokyo; Eskimo Joe; Empire of the Sun; Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds; Paul Kelly (anything by Paul Kelly - an Aussie icon); The Grates; Skyhooks; The Presets; Sarah Blasko; The Go-Betweens; Hoodoo Gurus; The Living End; Black Sorrows; Boy & Bear; Daddy Cool; Karnivool; Something for Kate; Rogue Traders; Augie March ("One Crowded Hour" is one of my favourite songs)....and the list could go on.

    As I said...be careful of what you wish for.... ;)

    http://www.thetoptens.com/best-australian-bands/

    http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-rock-music

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  8. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Lee!!! Wow, that is some list, and I will be sure to check out each of the new ones to me. Sorry, I am not as appreciative of INXS as I probably should be, but I think I make up for it with AC/DC. Be assured that at least two more of their songs will be included. Um, did you forget about Supertramp?

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  9. Supertramp aren't/weren't Aussie, Jerry...they're English.

    I loved Supertramp's music...still do.

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  10. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Lee!!! Hmm, I wonder where I picked up that they were Aussies?

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