I remember hearing the first three songs from Hotel California hundreds of times each on the radio when the album came out. Overhearing a decent song is a great way to ruin it for me. Overhearing a mediocre song--any single from this album--is a great way to make me nauseous. And that it did. I learned to detest the Eagles and every bit of schlock they put out.

Almost thirty years later, my tastes have broadened and softened. I listen to just about anything now (but I still listen to hard/challenging stuff); I also recognize the genius in some of the stuff that annoyed me thirty years ago. Even the goofy band Sweet is something I now enjoy. I give just about everything a chance, or even a second chance, and find that I enjoy music so much that very little of it disappoints me.

I got this CD for free and figured I'd give it a full, attentive listen, having never owned the original. The recognizable tracks--the overplayed singles from so long ago--went in one ear and out the other. I've heard them so much they don't even register. Background noise. The remainder of the tracks are weak and uninteresting, save perhaps the last track. I gave them all my 3-strikes-or-out chance; none of them are worth ever listening to again, as far as I'm concerned.

"Hotel California" is absolutely overrated garbage. In 1976, as a hardcore 12-year-old music fan, I recognized the Eagles as the epitome of everything that was wrong with music. That opinion will never soften.
I remember hearing the first three songs from Hotel California hundreds of times each on the radio when the album came out. Overhearing a decent song is a great way to ruin it for me. Overhearing a mediocre song--any single from this album--is a great way to make me nauseous. And that it did. I learned to detest the Eagles and every bit of schlock they put out. Almost thirty years later, my tastes have broadened and softened. I listen to just about anything now (but I still listen to hard/challenging stuff); I also recognize the genius in some of the stuff that annoyed me thirty years ago. Even the goofy band Sweet is something I now enjoy. I give just about everything a chance, or even a second chance, and find that I enjoy music so much that very little of it disappoints me. I got this CD for free and figured I'd give it a full, attentive listen, having never owned the original. The recognizable tracks--the overplayed singles from so long ago--went in one ear and out the other. I've heard them so much they don't even register. Background noise. The remainder of the tracks are weak and uninteresting, save perhaps the last track. I gave them all my 3-strikes-or-out chance; none of them are worth ever listening to again, as far as I'm concerned. "Hotel California" is absolutely overrated garbage. In 1976, as a hardcore 12-year-old music fan, I recognized the Eagles as the epitome of everything that was wrong with music. That opinion will never soften.