Take It Easy / Eagles

 

 

 

Take It Easy      - Eagles -

Well, I'm running down the road
tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on
my mind,
Four that wanna own me,
Two that wanna stone me,
One says she's a friend of mine
Take It easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
and take it easy
Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me
We may lose and we may win though
we will never be here again
so open up, I'm climbin' in,
so take it easy
Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen
my load, got a world of trouble on my mind
lookin' for a lover who won't blow my
cover, she's so hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
don't let the sound of your own
wheels make you crazy
come on baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me, oh oh oh
Oh we got it easy
We oughta take it easy

 

 

1971년 캘리포니아주(州) 로스앤젤레스에서 돈 헨리(Don Henley:1947∼), 글렌 프레이(Glenn Frey:1948∼),

버니 리던(Bernie Leadon:1947∼), 랜디 마이스너(Randy Meisner:1946∼)가 모여 결성하고

나중에 돈 펠더(Don Felder:1947∼), 조 월시(Joe Walsh:1947∼), 티모시 B.슈미트(Timothy B. Schmit:1947∼) 등이 합류했다.

린다 론스태트(Linda Ronstadt)와 함께 녹음 활동을 하다가 1972년 《이글스 The Eagles》라는 데뷔 앨범을 발표하여

그 중에 수록된 《테이크 잇 이지 Take It Easy》가 히트했어며 이들의 철저하게 형식적이면서 극적인 음악성에 힘입어

1960년대 로스앤젤레스 지방에만 머물던 컨트리록은 1970년대 들어 크게 인기를 게 되었다