Glenn Frey Sings "Desperado" | Letterman

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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
  • Glenn also talks about the ugly breakup of The Eagles.
    (From "Late Night," air date: 7/26/84)
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Комментарии • 166

  • @MsLonegamr
    @MsLonegamr 2 месяца назад +55

    R.I.P. Legend. Your legacy lives on through your music. Most men can only dream of such a legacy.

  • @JennyMcMaster-mj7fd
    @JennyMcMaster-mj7fd 2 месяца назад +36

    I miss Glenn and his God-given talent. Sing to the Angels Glenn and rest in peace knowing that you'll never be forgotten, ❤😢❤

  • @Lakeshore14
    @Lakeshore14 2 месяца назад +68

    Love this song. Thanks Glenn for all the great music. R.I. P. 💔🙏

    • @tbird3187
      @tbird3187 2 месяца назад +6

      💔💔💔💔💔

    • @johnjeffreys6440
      @johnjeffreys6440 2 месяца назад +3

      I always thought the line, "out riding fences" was a little pretentious, until I started watching westerns.

    • @user-ym4qn2kz7l
      @user-ym4qn2kz7l 2 месяца назад +5

      Rheumatoid Arthritis and Pneumonia is a bad combo. ♥️

    • @Lakeshore14
      @Lakeshore14 2 месяца назад

      @@user-ym4qn2kz7l It sure is. 😢

  • @tomderbyshire5795
    @tomderbyshire5795 2 месяца назад +25

    A legend, true professional. RIP Glenn

  • @lynnturman8157
    @lynnturman8157 2 месяца назад +31

    I always thought his singing was underrated. Which is a pretty easy thing to have happen when you're in a band with Don Henley & Randy Meisner.

  • @dianeo
    @dianeo 2 месяца назад +19

    This song never fails to give me goose bumps. What a classic.

    • @marygee7524
      @marygee7524 2 месяца назад +1

      That's funny because I was just thinking "this is giving me goosebumps" lol. So touching ❤

  • @kevinwattswork6526
    @kevinwattswork6526 2 месяца назад +38

    Holy moly, this is gold. Thank you.

  • @Hal17680
    @Hal17680 2 месяца назад +19

    As songwriters, there are certain songs and artist/writers we all aspire to…R.I.P., brother.❤

  • @robertslattery9771
    @robertslattery9771 2 месяца назад +5

    Let's redirect the thought: What exactly happened to our Country?We still have talent in the USA! Music is born by inspiration.Legends is music's Spark!

  • @laura309
    @laura309 2 месяца назад +26

    He is so talented.

  • @lindysueroutt6680
    @lindysueroutt6680 2 месяца назад +20

    Love this tune. Eagles finest.
    Always and Forever in Our Hearts
    R.I.P. Glen❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @Youtuberdeportado
    @Youtuberdeportado Месяц назад +3

    Beautiful.

  • @gmanwrangler
    @gmanwrangler 2 месяца назад +17

    Great talent is never forgotten

  • @ronjennings7054
    @ronjennings7054 2 месяца назад +18

    Timeless & beautiful offering.☘️

  • @mandyhalliburton9881
    @mandyhalliburton9881 2 месяца назад +23

    Beautiful! Brought tears to my eyes.❤

  • @teresa67factoid95
    @teresa67factoid95 2 месяца назад +19

    Genius talent

  • @MiezProduction
    @MiezProduction 2 месяца назад +27

    A beautiful song

  • @edwardvelez2926
    @edwardvelez2926 2 месяца назад +9

    Very Sad 😔 u left us too FREAKEN EARLY!!! RIP BROTHER 🙏 😢!

  • @somejackball
    @somejackball 2 месяца назад +17

    there was a cat on the CB Radio back around 78 here, went by Desperado (from the song), pretty cool dude. always on the CB on weekend nights. miss those days, all the locals stayed connected like that. was great way to see what happening on Fri/Sat night, see where the parties were etc. we all hung out on 10 and 11. now it's just dead-air, ghost town. although the Skip does come in daily, sometimes at night, but that's it, no more local chatter. pretty sad ☮

    • @davemosier419
      @davemosier419 2 месяца назад +2

      Used to go by Orange Crate. Drove a orange Chev van. Then I got a yellow IH scout, so changed to Gold Harvester. Haven't thought about CB radios in a while.

  • @user-xl5np5dp8n
    @user-xl5np5dp8n 15 дней назад +2

    This is a wonderful tribute to this song. Glenn Frey spoke.

  • @harrodsongs
    @harrodsongs 2 месяца назад +17

    I love how slow it is and how the band is even struggling a little bit with the tempo (seems like Will Lee wants to push it a bit faster than Frey wants to go) -- but eventually they settle into it. Really beautiful.

    • @resplendentpeace
      @resplendentpeace 2 месяца назад +2

      Frey's tempo is very uneven. The piano is the lead instrument and it makes it sound like he's right and the band's wrong, but it's the other way around.

    • @ryann.9636
      @ryann.9636 2 месяца назад

      Word. The band does a great job of smoothing it out and killing the harmonies as well!

    • @georgesheffield1580
      @georgesheffield1580 2 месяца назад

      That temp seems to be one of the keys to make this song great . The Words/ lyrics are also up there

  • @scottnodskov7262
    @scottnodskov7262 2 месяца назад +10

    Thank you for sharing your talents with the world RIP we all miss you

  • @Attingats
    @Attingats Месяц назад +3

    lyrical perfection.

  • @theinternationalvoyager
    @theinternationalvoyager 2 месяца назад +8

    I love seeing professionals emanating joy... like the band member at 02:50.

    • @karens1967
      @karens1967 2 месяца назад +1

      Yes. I was so lucky to catch Son Seals in a little bar on the beach just a couple of years before he died. By then he was a little wizened old guy, but he still performed like a power house. There were maybe 24, 36 people there. They should have been lined up out the door. Anyway, he sat on this stool and sang. He had a couple of kids backing him up. They were great musicians, and the looks on their faces for the whole show said, "Can you effing believe this? We're backing up Son Seals!" What a great show that was. ❤

    • @brooks5656
      @brooks5656 2 месяца назад

      ​@@karens1967
      Looking up Son Seals now.

    • @lindamason2220
      @lindamason2220 2 месяца назад

      My first thought as well... This guy is enjoying every single second of this sweet moment in time.

  • @lindamason2220
    @lindamason2220 2 месяца назад +4

    Glenn's death was such a huge loss to music in general and Detroit in specific. Bob Seger tells stories about the two of them before/early stardom and both really make Detroit proud bc both achieved a respectable maturity and humility that's not easy to find. RIP Glenn.❤❤❤

  • @MovementGraffiti
    @MovementGraffiti Месяц назад +4

    RIP to Glenn, the captain of American Rock bands.🕊❤🦅

  • @Entrelanieve
    @Entrelanieve 2 месяца назад +6

    I am used to Henley's voice for this song but Frey's voice was fantastic.

  • @elizabethlawrence3506
    @elizabethlawrence3506 2 месяца назад +5

    One of my favorite Eagles songs so beautiful

  • @lisabarbosa4541
    @lisabarbosa4541 2 месяца назад +6

    RIP. Was lucky enough to have seen him with the Eagles twice ❤

  • @susanwasserott
    @susanwasserott 2 месяца назад +3

    Love the Eagles, loved Glenn Frey, and love this song! Well done!

  • @donkeeton7897
    @donkeeton7897 2 месяца назад +6

    RIP Glen I really enjoyed all the Eagles songs in the 70s and later on their solo stuff too really beautiful!!

  • @chadlongnecker630
    @chadlongnecker630 Месяц назад +4

    Wow amazing I've never heard Glenn sing this

  • @user-yn7yo1co3k
    @user-yn7yo1co3k 2 месяца назад +6

    "First song they ever wrote together." ❤ There's some history for you. "It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day."

  • @jamlv23
    @jamlv23 2 месяца назад +7

    GREAT SONG-GREAT BAND-GREAT MUSICIANS-GREAT DAVE🎵❤️🎸🌻

  • @Sourpusscandy
    @Sourpusscandy 2 месяца назад +6

    Makes me too sad. This song and Yesterday by the Beatles, they tear me up.

    • @karens1967
      @karens1967 2 месяца назад

      For me, it's Somewhere Out There. An American Tail from the 80's. Ironically, also performed by the great Linda Ronstadt, and James Ingram. I had just divorced and had gone back to college full time. My kid was only five years old, but I had a good support system for him. I remember so clearly, driving home from a long day of classes, waiting to see my kid and giving him a big hug. He was waiting for me too. ❤

  • @annemcgrath9865
    @annemcgrath9865 12 дней назад +2

    Brilliant he has such a great voice and he's so handsome x

  • @jimmyjames2022
    @jimmyjames2022 2 месяца назад +13

    "Desperado" is my fav Eagles album, cause it's understated and before the band went full on rock and roll. So it's nice to see this Glenn Frey performance from 1984 and funny it's a post "Eagles broke up" interview.

  • @thedude4672
    @thedude4672 2 месяца назад +17

    Henley sang this on The Eagles' album.

  • @dinacox1971
    @dinacox1971 2 месяца назад +2

    This is so good! I also love the version done by their pal Linda Ronstadt. The key members of the Eagles were Linda; 's backup band and as opposed to holding them back, she convinced them to form their own band. Linda Ronstadt was beloved by apparently everyone she worked with and greatly respected for her tremendous talent and dedication to the work. Also, it is pretty heartwarming to watch Letterman's band LOVE this opportunity to play this song with this legend!

  • @velmagardea5937
    @velmagardea5937 2 месяца назад +5

    I miss all the originals😢. The Eagles ❤️

  • @kathyrais574
    @kathyrais574 2 месяца назад +5

    It's weird to hear Glenn sing Desperado but it sounds good. RIP Glenn

  • @mikeh.8155
    @mikeh.8155 2 месяца назад +3

    thanks for uploading, I've never seen it before!!!! RIP Glenn.

  • @progyandas9650
    @progyandas9650 2 месяца назад +7

    I haven't heard the original version ...but this live version sounds great .

  • @velmagardea5937
    @velmagardea5937 2 месяца назад +4

    I do love the way Linda Ronstadt sings this as well❤ they all know each other from back in the day!

  • @simhifree
    @simhifree 2 месяца назад +9

    Thanks Dave .
    This is my favorite Eagle's song by Glenn and Don. Wonderful lyrics. Glenn's voice sounded so sweet in this version. Sad that he had Rheumatoid Arthritis. Idk what complications from RA that he passed away from. I have RA and wonder about other deaths... if the disease will effect me the same way? I don't recall Glenn ever saying anything pulicly about RA?

  • @susanbrown5004
    @susanbrown5004 Месяц назад +3

    Best rendition ever RIP my friend 💐🌺

  • @user-ir4pp6qe6n
    @user-ir4pp6qe6n 2 месяца назад +7

    Let somebody love you before it's too late😮

  • @NeonRadio4You
    @NeonRadio4You 22 дня назад +2

    I hope you'll be up there waiting for me Glen when it's my time. The World Misses You 🌎

  • @nickmurphy5960
    @nickmurphy5960 2 месяца назад +20

    "Elaine, could you just not talk for one minute"

  • @colleensimmons8152
    @colleensimmons8152 2 месяца назад +3

    Many people put out negative attitudes about entertainers who stand up for their rights. Don Henley is often taking a hit for his stance on his own personal legacy. Don is a smart, talented man. His relationship with Glenn Frey and anyone else is just that, His Relationship with Whoever. MYOB PEOPLE!

  • @lschultz3022
    @lschultz3022 2 месяца назад +2

    So great to hear his version...he and Henley should have rotated lead on this when they toured in those good old days.

  • @TheLadsBandLive
    @TheLadsBandLive 2 месяца назад +4

    Those backup vocals were pretty great.

  • @maggiebelgie6981
    @maggiebelgie6981 2 месяца назад +2

    A classic song and once in a lifetime voice!

  • @velmagardea5937
    @velmagardea5937 2 месяца назад +2

    Love the way Don Henley and Linda Ronstadt sings this as well 👌

  • @Shawn68Sharkey
    @Shawn68Sharkey 2 месяца назад +15

    Don Henley just sued Letterman and the ghost of Glenn Frey, enjoy this
    before it gets pulled for a copyright strike, you can check out anytime you
    Like but you can never leave....wait isn't that a Jethro Tull tune ?

    • @terryballard4674
      @terryballard4674 2 месяца назад +8

      Of course he did - he is sue-happy. I've never seen a picture of him smiling. The business of music destroyed him.

    • @robf6105
      @robf6105 2 месяца назад +1

      ...and Henley will sue Don Felder again, just for fun.

  • @susanbrown5004
    @susanbrown5004 2 месяца назад +4

    🎈💐🎶🦅I MISS SO MUCH! RIP 💓

  • @alittlebitgone
    @alittlebitgone 2 месяца назад +7

    I love the way you can totally tell Frey thinks this is a good song. lol.

  • @LivLaRaj
    @LivLaRaj 2 месяца назад +3

    I totally recall a viewer mail from 1987 complaining of Letterman humming on mike while Suzanne Vega sang Luka (crazy how I recall these details after 35+ yrs) and David responded with a flashback of a him building a birdhouse and humming while this footage of Frey singing Desperado is playing.

  • @scottzema3103
    @scottzema3103 2 месяца назад +5

    Clean-cut antics in the best Animal House tradition...ah, the old days. As the 1800's desperado called the Desperado life, it was 'wild adventure'.
    Never were truer words sung to tame the social 'desperado' in me in the seventies. As sung by Linda Ronstadt, aka the recriminatory feminine voice making solid points about the old me (some points anyway or maybe) the song Desperado made me finally do good, and actually be good, you'll be happy to hear.

  • @user-kk3jr8gi2x
    @user-kk3jr8gi2x 2 месяца назад +7

    Makes me think of the great Terry Funk

  • @mdelaubergine8930
    @mdelaubergine8930 2 месяца назад +2

    Great song, great performance

  • @RobertShaffer-qh3qb
    @RobertShaffer-qh3qb 2 месяца назад +1

    Mr. Frey left us way too soon. One of my favorite artists.

  • @user-dc3bv9zs1t
    @user-dc3bv9zs1t 2 месяца назад +1

    Absolute pure gold!!

  • @S1L3NTG4M3R
    @S1L3NTG4M3R 2 месяца назад +6

    THANKS

  • @kongeneherl
    @kongeneherl 2 месяца назад +1

    So lovely!

  • @1girlfromyesterday
    @1girlfromyesterday 2 месяца назад +1

    We miss you man!

  • @kgalalelomonthe5778
    @kgalalelomonthe5778 2 месяца назад +1

    Yes, that music from the swinging 70s.. Beautiful stuff. Don sang in the original

  • @joycerosales2304
    @joycerosales2304 2 месяца назад

    My fave from that group!!Truly missed him ❤️

  • @helenliz1
    @helenliz1 2 месяца назад +1

    True talent!!!

  • @barbarawalsh2875
    @barbarawalsh2875 2 месяца назад

    Ten years and and I still miss him. I always will and he is the one that should be singing this song all the time I don’t know what has happened to Don Henley but I have been an Eagles fan since the very very first album have no desire to see them anymore and there has been so much. Unfortunate press on Don that that’s not enough of a reason to make me go back. My bad lost Alan Rickman who was my favorite actor in three days later lost Glenn. It’s three days my family generally leaves me alone. I miss you guys a lot.

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko 2 месяца назад +6

    He said “Atlanta” pretty fast. That was not a hypothetical example! 📺

  • @robertfrobes5028
    @robertfrobes5028 2 месяца назад +1

    This is my favorite song of the Eagles.

  • @Eiende
    @Eiende 2 месяца назад

    Ppl need to hear this message more now than ever

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko 2 месяца назад +5

    A band breaking up might be ugly and it might be amicable, but I wouldn’t think that it would ever be “pleasant”.

    • @thedude4672
      @thedude4672 2 месяца назад +2

      As someone who has felt very pleasant when my last band broke up, I disagree.
      I just wish that it would've happened sooner.

  • @bralph82
    @bralph82 2 месяца назад +4

    There’s a lot of night skiing 😉

  • @jamespaiz4238
    @jamespaiz4238 Месяц назад

    RIP Glen and my Bros

  • @alexkx8599
    @alexkx8599 2 месяца назад +8

    Who's that playing the drums?! Is that Steve Jordan?! Jordanaires?!

    • @privatepenguin3137
      @privatepenguin3137 2 месяца назад +9

      It is indeed. The Rolling Stone himself. He played with Paul Shaffer on Letterman from 1982-1986.

    • @alexkx8599
      @alexkx8599 2 месяца назад

      @@privatepenguin3137 After that and before the Stones he was an Xpensive Wino! So...if he was with Shaffer during those years...I wonder...did you play with Honeydrippers? I'm going to looks and see...wow.

    • @privatepenguin3137
      @privatepenguin3137 2 месяца назад +1

      @@alexkx8599 Steve Jordan did NOT play on that Honeydrippers album...but Paul Shaffer did (...along with an A-List lineup including Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Nile Rodgers)

  • @judywines7328
    @judywines7328 Месяц назад

    Excellent ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @bluegrassfan23
    @bluegrassfan23 2 месяца назад +2

    There’s no music 🎶 like that from The Eagles.

  • @larryjoeanderson
    @larryjoeanderson 2 месяца назад +2

    The queen of diamonds let you down, she was just an empty fable
    The queen of hearts you say you never met
    Your twisted fate has found you out, and it's finally turned the tables
    Stole your dreams and paid you with regret

  • @randirosenthal4844
    @randirosenthal4844 2 месяца назад

    Tears are falling

  • @CasualSpud
    @CasualSpud 2 месяца назад +3

    Better than Don Henley lip syncing today

    • @karenreardon5398
      @karenreardon5398 21 день назад

      Well, in Don Henley's defense Glenn Frye was alot younger in this clip than Don Henley is now.

  • @JonathanHudgins
    @JonathanHudgins 2 месяца назад +60

    Elaine, could you just not talk for one minute?

  • @MattTee1975
    @MattTee1975 2 месяца назад +9

    And their publishing company charged them $250,000 to play this...,

    • @WhenImBackInChicago
      @WhenImBackInChicago 2 месяца назад +4

      ... worth every penny ...
      🕯 ... Miss you, Glenn Lewis Frey
      November 6, 1948 - January 18, 2016
      🥹

    • @fakeascanbe423
      @fakeascanbe423 2 месяца назад +3

      Meanwhile the song "Supercharger" was free

    • @RazorsEdge1810
      @RazorsEdge1810 2 месяца назад +2

      @@fakeascanbe423 Superchargaaa!

    • @MattTee1975
      @MattTee1975 2 месяца назад +2

      @@RazorsEdge1810 🎵really make you lose your mind 🎵

    • @user-yn7yo1co3k
      @user-yn7yo1co3k 2 месяца назад +2

      That was always the story: Don't ever mess with the Eagles. That publishing company will charge you a hefty fee.

  • @DJ-vm2zi
    @DJ-vm2zi Месяц назад

    He had to mention Hotel California 😂

  • @RichardBond-dn2fi
    @RichardBond-dn2fi 2 месяца назад

    Love the "tough" questions Dave is asking Glenn. Howard Stern is the only other person that i could think of; that could coax these answers out of Glenn or (Don), for that matter.

  • @808kiker
    @808kiker 2 месяца назад +2

    We lost this GEM way too soon.

  • @alexkx8599
    @alexkx8599 2 месяца назад +8

    "Night skiing." As in cocaine?

    • @c.j.rogers2422
      @c.j.rogers2422 2 месяца назад

      That one went over Dave's head! They didn't have very good chemistry.

    • @alexkx8599
      @alexkx8599 2 месяца назад

      @@c.j.rogers2422 Huh? What are you saying?

  • @privatepenguin3137
    @privatepenguin3137 2 месяца назад +18

    Don Felder was screwed over by Henley/Frey.

    • @thedude4672
      @thedude4672 2 месяца назад +8

      True.
      Henley/Frey wrote some great songs, but they were kinda jerks as human beings.

    • @stevendouglass8795
      @stevendouglass8795 2 месяца назад

      Yes - they were Sodomizing him; he spoke up and called them on their buggery; they fired him; he fought back and filled a lawsuit; rather than actually have the court decide who was buggering whom, Don & Glenn settled out of Court
      They deserved the cost of the settlement.
      Great musicians - they got called on their Sodomy.

  • @dojomanrocks
    @dojomanrocks 2 месяца назад

    Beautiful performance by one of my songwriter idols. RIP Glenn. And it’s quite clear why he and Don agreed who would sing this. Don’s voice is far better for this and many Eagle tunes. And here’s why critique of Letterman, who I generally like. The dude has a new album out and he doubles down on ridiculous hotel room trashing questions. Not one question on the album or what is like to go solo. Missed opportunity Dave.

  • @jnorthrop70
    @jnorthrop70 2 месяца назад +5

    I thought Henley sang on this song.

  • @nursecathy123cat
    @nursecathy123cat 2 месяца назад

    He became so handsome with age.

  • @petrolbokehlicious
    @petrolbokehlicious 2 месяца назад +2

    All those accumulated hotel trashing bills, no wonder CBS later couldn't afford to pay the royalties if Paul had to play an Eagles tune just because Dave was in the mood for some 🤣🤣🤣

    • @brycemcneil4404
      @brycemcneil4404 2 месяца назад +1

      But who needs it when you have "Supercharger?" ;-)

    • @petrolbokehlicious
      @petrolbokehlicious 2 месяца назад +1

      @@brycemcneil4404 Paul should finish the lyrics for "Supercharger" that he had already started that night

  • @kongeneherl
    @kongeneherl 2 месяца назад +1

    Kisses!

  • @Mgh-r
    @Mgh-r 2 месяца назад +1

    😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤ very good. Hiiiiii dear dave and all good dear friends ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ALLIFEEM
    @ALLIFEEM 12 дней назад

    Suit & tie don't hide that hippy Frey ...

  • @erikpeterson25
    @erikpeterson25 2 месяца назад +2

    💕❤ 💖

  • @kathybradley3309
    @kathybradley3309 2 месяца назад

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @TimmehJay
    @TimmehJay 2 месяца назад +13

    I prefer witch-ay woman

    • @nickmurphy5960
      @nickmurphy5960 2 месяца назад +4

      I thought it could be our song!?

    • @kstepko
      @kstepko 2 месяца назад +1

      “Lying Eyes” was my song with a past boyfriend, as it was playing on the radio when he picked me up for our first date. I like to joke, “You know you are in trouble when your song is ‘Lying Eyes’!”

    • @lynnturman8157
      @lynnturman8157 2 месяца назад +1

      That's so un-Carl Fargman like

    • @VincentAgostino-gy6hr
      @VincentAgostino-gy6hr 2 месяца назад

      @@lynnturman8157NOT THE FARGMAN 🪓

    • @APTKSU
      @APTKSU 2 месяца назад

      Then go away.

  • @JerryKurpiewski
    @JerryKurpiewski 18 дней назад

    iZ There 99 KEYZ on Piano 🎹😮RIP