'The Eagles'

The Eagles might be one of the few (if not the only) band in recorded music history to have all its best songs be, also, it's greatest hits.

I do think the Eagles get slotted pretty unfairly as a boring 1970s rock band when in fact they were a California country band with obvious rock leanings. They were nearly a niche band if they didn't write really good radio songs that became insanely popular. That's not their fault that they can write a good song. We praise Lennon and McCartney for doing this.

Fact is, "Take It Easy" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" are fantastic songs from the music, lyrics to the ability to scream sing all the lyrics in the car.

There's nothing wrong with the Eagles.

It is worth noting that Glen Frey co-wrote "Take It Easy" with then-neighbor Jackson Browne, who actually wrote about 90 percent of the song with Frey adding "It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford" which sounds like a measly contribution to such a huge hit until you come to understand just what an awesome lyric that actually is. Sorta makes the song.