Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!
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We had to hit some Joe Walsh after you guys said he was the guitarist in Funk #49!! What’s the next thing we gotta hit from him?! Cheers guys! 🙌🏻🔥
Life of Illusion for sure.
Blaze up MAGIC🔥 Love this Been WAITING🎸🎶My Maserati does 185___ I lost my license now I don't drive🎶🎶😎😎😎
Turn to Stone or In the City
Andy & Alex I’ve been hounding you guys time listen to Brother Where You Bound for a while. Even if you don’t feature it, listen to it. I wouldn’t steer you wrong.
Rocky Mountain Way is a must do if you haven't yet. Thanks.
"Joe's a very interesting bunch of guys." - Don Henley
Careful, he might copyright this comment .
He's just an ordinary average guy......
😁😍😂💯💕
Don Henley is a spoiled crybaby.
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"The scariest day of my life was the day Keith Moon decided he liked me ."- Joe Walsh
Oh man, thats funny.
They’re like the dynamic duo of mayhem. God bless them
🤣😂🤣
From everything I've heard, being friends with Keith Moon was potentially dangerous. Both physically and legally.
😂😂😂😂
"I can't complain but sometimes I still do". Best line.
agree
Every woman ever!
It was a tongue in cheek song. I saw him live at the Los Angeles Forum along with the Eagles during their "Hotel California" tour. A+!!
Joe has an incredible sense of humor and this is a self-satire of his fortune and fame at the time ~ When Eagles met with him to discuss getting back together and said they couldn't do it without him, but they couldn't do it unless he got sober, he wanted so much to be in ~ But it scared him in many ways, and one way was, he didn't think he would be as funny if he was sober ~ Good for Joe, he achieved sobriety, and he is still a funny dude, not to mention a great guitarist, songwriter, bandmate and a host of other good qualities.
That's right on!
@r laze I don't think it was in Arthur, but it was in the movie FM
You must be Joe's Mom.
@@joestrummer9507 That's a weird comment, but Ok......
I think one of Joe’s best quotes was something like, “I’ve only been drunk once, for 15 years”.
‘’They say I’m lazy, but it takes all my time”. Always loved that one.
There's so many gems in this song!
Always like the Maserati going 185, and he can't drive. Maserati's couldn't do 185 when he wrote the song. Lots of cars can and do now (including Maserati).
"I can't complain, but sometimes I still do." :D
@@newlife7744 That was always _MY_ favorite line. 😎
It's also hard to leave when you can't find the door!
How many licks can you fit in an intro?
Joe Walsh: hold my beer.
And then the outro!
Or whatever pill im taking
Yeah that about sums it up lol
You ain't lying! Great comment.
At this point in his life he would have just finished the beer...
You COMPLETELY missed the point boys. The song is FUNNY!!!! READ THE LYRICS!!!
The humor is the main ingredient.
Yeah. Concentrating on the (great) playing so much that the lyrics seemed to go right over their heads. It was strange to watch.
Agreed. They're young.
I got a limo, ride in the trunk, I lock the doors in case I get drunk...
Thank you. The Lyrics are funny, and the whole thing is a parody. It's as Joe Walsh as it gets.
In case you don't know, Joe Walsh is a constant comedian - both in person and in music. The title of that album is "But, Seriously, Folks", and shows Joe under water - just because. At one point in this song, you hear a door closing after " . . . when you can't find the door". The whole song is good-humored hypocrisy as he claims fame and fortune hasn't changed him, it's all the people around him who have changed. I think the laid-back tempo and length of the song is meant to add an air of obnoxious arrogance to match the song's message. It was unique in 1978.
He also has albums titled So What, Got Any Gum, and There Goes The Neighborhood
One of his albums was titled "Got Any Gum". He explains the album title to David Letterman, look for the the CZcams clip.
also pretty good actor too he was in an episode of Promised Land
1996 he palyed a music store owner Life's,been good" was playing in the back ground of his store.I thought that was cool
@@pnp522 You Bought It, You Name It
This song was always good to hear on the radio and it got a ridiculous amount of play in the 70's and 80's despite it cutting into radio ad time.
Sometimes songs are just fun. Not everything needs to be dissected like Rush or ELP. This is a simple, fun jam session that turned into a banger.
That intro…hear it once and you get a big smile knowing what’s coming 😂
One can do both, just because it's fun doesn't mean it's not incredibly complex. And vice versa. In this case, there is a lot of meaning below the surface. And I don't think it was a one off.
The lyric is S tier.
He once said that if he knew he'd be playing this song for 40 years he would have wrote something else... He's a comedian that plays a badass guitar.
Actually, I think he said that about Rocky Mountain Way, but yeah - same point.
Joe was a legendary destroyer of hotel rooms. He has said that when the James Gang toured with the Who, something terrible happened: Keith Moon decided he liked him. So, Joe learned to destroy hotels from the all-time master of the craft!
that's the reason I liked Joe Walsh for years, him and Keith Moon never took themselves too seriously
When they toured together, Keith decided they would just stay up for the whole tour. 8 weeks. He taught Walsh how to make homemade bombs on the road.
The maids are in the hallway banging on the door asking what the funny smell was...Wake you up and tell you it's ok to sleep some more... by the way is there any you could sell us ?
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One of my favourite stories was told by Rod Stewart about the years he was with Faces. They were banned in most of the big hotels in the U.S. for trashing rooms. The interviewer asked Stewart "So how were you able to get back into those hotels?" Stewart laughed and said "We told them we were Fleetwood Mac".
Walsh said it was both the best and worst day of his life when Moon told him he liked him😎
Just so you know, as far as Joe Walsh being in everything like salt, at the end of the movie The Blues Brothers when the band is playing Jailhouse Rock, Joe is the first prisoner to get up and dance. No kidding. Joe's a laugh riot.
I might have been in the blues Brothers to be fair
He also appeared in Drew Cary's old sitcom from time to time.
@@loupi4bama Love the James Gang reunion episode.
@@loupi4bama HYSTERICAL episode of Drew Carey involved a scene with Joe. He has just done a set at a local bar and was talking to Drew when Mimi walks up. Joe immediately freezes and can't utter a word. Drew shoots some insult at Mimi and tells her to get lost. Joe snaps out of it and proclaims "You can see her too? Oh thank God, I thought I was having another flashback!!!" LOL!!!
@@carlaharrington5120 Walsh is HYSTERICAL! He's clean now but there must have been some neurological effects, because he seems permanently drunk.
"Life's Been Good" is a satirical song about the excesses of the Rock Star life. Owning homes you've never been to, an office you never go to, living in hotels while on tour and destroying them out of boredom and then having your accountant pay the bill. All the while portraying an image of having it all together, even though you really don't.
For a more serious side of Joe Walsh, check out "The Confessor". It's a slow build, but a great song.
Yep. I never took it as the singer bragging. It's just a "star" describing details from his own life in a matter of fact, almost clueless, way, and it doesn't occur to him how crazy excessive it is.
Joe might be the coolest rock star ever. Seems like a guy that would be a really good friend!
My understanding is exactly that. He's also a sponsor in AA and has been for years.
@@lesliebeacom4567 I would become an alcoholic just so Joe Walsh could be my AA sponsor.
Joe didn’t want to release this song at first, he was worried people would take the lyrics literally and he was actually doing a tongue in cheek thing. Good thing the producer talked him into keeping it.
It's presented in a tongue-in-cheek way, but every event described in the song is true
got lots of good reaction from others in the Rock community so glad he got his life together
"I can't complain but sometimes I still do"
First heard this song at age 13. Been one of my life mottos ever since.
I have borrowed this line hundreds of times over the last 40 years.
Rocky Mountain Way - A Joe Walsh MUST...
Joe and Don are 2 of the greatest guitarists of all time.
Together they were god level.
I think don henley has one of the greatest voices of all time
Yes!!! You listened to the Flock of Wah Wahs!
Important: Joe is wacky.
I never, ever heard that before, and I've been hearing that song since it first came out!
@@AndyMatts44 Most radio stations cut it off, especially since it has some "dead air" in it, which stations back then (still do?) got charged by the FCC if they had any. The few stations that played it, rarely played it to partially conform to that mentality.
Sounded be like angry birds to me. You know, the video game everyone had on their first smart phone. Then they jumped the shark and made a movie of angry birds which nobody saw. fun fact
This is an incredibly tongue-in-cheek song. Remarkably self aware, making fun of himself, fame and his understanding that he's enormously privileged to be where he is in life. "Everybody's so different, I haven't changed". Yeah, right - and he knows it. Of course there's a flock of "wah-wahs" at the end. Icing on the irony cake.
Absolutely Rocky Mountain Way is the ultimate Joe Walsh tune, among his outstanding career. Walk Away is another, and then have at it.
@Jeffrey Rigby Thanks Jeffrey Will Do.
"The most terrifying thing that ever happened to me was that Keith Moon decided he liked me. "- Joe Walsh This song is a biography. Joe went through a lot in the 70's, his baby daughter was killed in 74, and he did a lot of partying.
"Pretty Maids In A Row." Dedicated to his late daughter. A sad song before I knew that, but now it's totally heartbreaking, no matter how many times I hear it.
Joe is the ultimate jester. This was a parody of him being a rock star.
"I go to parties sometimes until four, it's hard to leave when you can't find the door'
Very close to Ringo Star’s Tired of waking up on the floor, no thank you please it only makes me sneeze then it makes it hard to find the door.
I love the door slam.
@@dwightsmith4641 I don't think Joe was married to Ringo's sister-in-law yet, but I know they had been friends for a long time.
“He’s in everything, he’s like salt”, lol, love it.
Walsh is great, this song is great, good choice!
He's the Morgan Freeman of rock.
Steve Lukather is another one who is like salt.
I would LOVE a compilation of Alex's metaphors!
@@sallyphillips9175 I met him! very bizarrely, on a work trip to Utah. It turned out I was in a hotel room next door to one of the roadies, and they did an after party after a concert in Salt Lake. I heard the noise, opened my room door, and a dude with a bucket of ice was banging on the door, clearly no one hearing him. I said, Want me to tell your buddies you're at the door? he was relieved. I went to my balcony and told them. Then someone gave me a beer. Met Lukather himself, briefly. He had a very expensive shag haircut and reeked of pot.
The salt must flow.
Joe's always had a sense of humor. And yeah, James Gang, Eagles, solo, ... and hey, he's Ringo's brother-in-law, too.
That’s the thing about Joe - u can’t understand his personality from 1 or 2 of his songs! I always thought he was a hoot! When Andy said “he’s full of shit..” I thought, yep, he is! Lol
WAIT WHAT!?!?
Whoa. Let's not forget the band Barnstorm that he was a part of , which gave us the mega hit Rocky Mountain Way from the album (I still have it) The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get. I would consider his time with Barnstorm more important than simply being Ringo's bro-in-law. Would you agree?
@@strawtube72 Barbara Bach - Ringo's wife; Marjorie Bach - Joe's wife.
@codjh9 Wouldn’t he have to be married to Ringo’s sister to be his brother in law? Just asking, not totally sure how that works?
"4 bars too long..." "could have been done in three minutes..."
See, people in the 70's weren't in a rush. (Well, unless they were IN Rush...:D) It was a lot more chill, then, with that "peaceful, easy feeling...")
Now, the 80's, it was all "go-go-go! NOW!". ("Cocaine is a hell of a drug...")
Back in the day we weren't even just listening to a track, we listened to the whole album or maybe just a side. Our attention span was much longer.
Very astute assessment! The RUSH joke was top shelf. 😎🤟
@@BillPenny When people actually EXPERIENCED the music.
@@rosedaleconfidential102 it was worth experiencing. worth immersing yourself into. Had depth and meaning, both emotionally and on the sonic spectrum. 🎧
@@rosedaleconfidential102 Correct! Albums back then were not just songs they were full sets of entertainment. From the artwork on the cover, the info in the liner notes and finally the listen of the album. Sadly that full package is lost to modern music.
I love the lyric change for the live Eagles version:
' They write Tim letters, "Tell Glenn, Don's great" '
Joe Walsh on live at Daryl's House is a must-watch!
A Life of Illusion is another great JOe Walsh tune that was played on FM.
"Life of Illusion" is even better.
In my hometown, there was an FM station that only played Album cuts of songs, none of the 45 versions of songs. One certain days of the week, one of the night time DJ's would play newly released LP's front and back so listener's could make up their minds before they went out and bought the LP.
I've always loved this song...the lyrics are funny...and the music is so iconic....you know what song it is just after a couple of beats.
During a commencement speech Joe Walsh was giving, he asked, "If there are 5,280 feet in a mile, how many toes is that?"
26,400.
the song was always a novelty song. Walsh has always poked fun at himself. Very sardonic wit.
Yup, that’s right. And we’re in on the joke. He’s mocking the “star machine”.
That pretty much says it all.
I think he was even a little surprised at how popular the song was.
His humor is always at his own expense. Not a mean bone in his body
He called it his industrial love song.
I haven't heard this song in decades and still remembered every word!
Joe Walsh's funniest album titles:
"The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get"
"You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind" (Live)
"Got Any Gum?"
"But Seriously, Folks..."
"You Bought It - You Name It"
Never forget 'So What'!
@@Axess-sv8nq
So What has one of my favorite classic Joe Walsh songs "Turn to Stone".
@@tsw2257 I have 3 favorites from that album: "Welcome To The Club" (that ending solo is awesome and I made sure to learn it!), "Falling Down", and "All Night Laundry Mat Blues". 😎🎸👍
@@Axess-sv8nq 👍👍👍
Joe Walsh has one of the best sense of humor in classic rock. Not really a fan of this song, but you've got to give him credit for doing it. I'd like to see you do 'Turn To Stone' from the So What album. It has some great guitar and the Eagles on backing vocals. Thanks guys.
@wolftrack57 “Turn to Stone” should definitely be their next pick 💯!
Turn to Stone: czcams.com/video/8KKNsC9oHS4/video.html
OMG yes
This songs sucks
@@allisonreed7682 yes
If you do another Joe Walsh, make it The Confessor.
Yep
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Yes! Love that song!
Absofuckinglutley
I just suggested that one too!
The cult classic movie "The Warriors" uses Joe's song In The City to end the movie. It was also a staple in Eagles shows. I'd suggest that one next along with the movie if you haven't seen it.
Fun to play.
Totally agree to do In the City
Warriors come out to playayyayyy!
@@gw2955 "Can you Dig it?!!!!!!!!!"
The 70's were a time of experimentation and artists were encouraged to do so. The listening audience was more tolerant to songs that were not as traditional.
When I first heard it, full length on the radio I got it. No one was demanding that the song be trimmed, everyone understood.
The arrangement is unique and sounded great
How about Alice's Restaurant?
As a prepubesent girl, hearing this song on the radio was... thrilling. I LOVED this song. Humor, rockin' Chutzpah... winner.
James Gang - Walk Away will blow you away
"I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime"
'Walk Away' - Joe Walsh James Gang. ''In The City' - Joe Walsh
you guys got me with the wa wa sounds at the end. never heard that part in all these years.
In the city is a great hidden gem 💎
flubbert It’s on the album cut. Radio never played it.
@@davidbonesteel9919 the only Joe Walsh album I ever bought was "The Confessor". The rest of his stuff was played so often on the radio I guess I never felt the need. Good to finally hear though. Hilarious!!
The best version of in the city is with the Eagles. Great song.
You gotta do "In the City"
And watch "The Warriors".
Pretty sure In the City would get blocked. The Eagles are dicks in that way.
In The City by Joe Walsh... not
the watered down Eagles version.
The Eagles - Victim of Love
I love people who don’t take themselves too seriously. This song makes me love a Joe even more. So iconic.
I've seen interviews with Joe in which he explained that everyone missed the point of this song. He was trying to convey that people should NOT be like the character in the song (himself).
Exactly! In literary terms, the subject of this song is a classic "unreliable narrator."
Right. When he says, “Everybody’s so different / I haven’t changed,” I always laugh and think, “Yeah, let’s ask the people who knew you before you got famous, shall we?” He (the character singing in the song, not Joe Walsh himself) clearly has zero self-awareness.
It’s a common complaint. “Now that I’m famous, everyone has changed.” Dude, look in a mirror.
The iconic Joe Walsh. He's had a lot of heartbreak in his life. Some due to drugs and alcohol, and also tragedy. He is a great person and thank God he's made it through. We are lucky to have your musical talents in our lives JW. ✌ Peace ✌ ☮
OMG, I've known that song for over 40 years and never heard the wah-wahs....mind blown. Guess I never heard the album cut.
Me too! Only on the radio.
yeah that was a new one on me too. wow!
Radio always butchers this kind of thing
I will NEVER tire of this damned tune. Perfect from start to finish.
"A Life of Illusion" is a great, underrated Joe Walsh song you'd like.
You guys will love this quirky, ironic tune Joe did about being rich and famous. His funny personality shines thru, and his guitar playing is phenomenal. Thanks❤👍
_My Maserati does 185_
_I lost my license, now I don't drive_
Tells a complete story in two lines... brilliant.
Listen to The Confessor from Joe Walsh
Yep
“It's hard to leave when you can't find the door” - this was my life when this song came out.
Check out “Rocky Mountain Way” from the great Joe Walsh next
This was one of those songs we sang at the top of our lungs in HS. Especially the line about the parties and it being hard to leave when you can't find the door. LOL I love Joe Walsh so very much ~ Joe and Keith Moon were good friends. Not a good combo LOL they were both outta control. This is fun ~ Thnx Gentlemen ♥
‘Meadows’.....once you hear the intro you will NEVER forget it.
"Turn To Stone" - Epic Joe Walsh. Eagles are on background harmonies. Also "Walk Away" and "Ashes, The Rain and I".
but which version of Turn To Stone?
@FreshProduceCreative @Malady I don't know how many times I've mentioned for them to react to Turn To Stone. My favourite would be czcams.com/video/p7CRTFUf9Gw/video.html or czcams.com/video/YAJ2CouafHc/video.html because Joe and Don Felder are just FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 on them.
I've previously requested "Turn to Stone" too; it's great. Back in the day, I don't believe it was played on AM radio like "Rocky Mountain Way" and "Life's Been Good," so not as many people request "Turn to Stone."
Joe Walsh was a rock star with several hit records, before he joined the Eagles. They were looking to move from a country-rock sound to more of a rock sound, and Joe was a perfect fit.
I saw Joe touring with Ringo Starr's All-Starrs 30 years ago and he was amazing. Joe happens to be Ringo's brother-in-law, both married to beautiful Bach sisters.
Joe Walsh was that breath of fresh air you needed every time rock started taking itself too seriously. Irreverent and funny and totally down to earth. What a great slide also, bluesy as hell. Check out his work on the Eagles “the Long Run” album, it’s great. In the City has to get a review, or Life in the Fast Lane (Hotel California - first album with the Eagles).
“In The City”......from the iconic movie The Warriors....
musiclogic still a creepy character....
musiclogic funny, I think I could recite the whole movie but can’t recall the names either except Cyrus...”can you digggggg it?”
Joe Walsh is a weird genius. This is 70's Roadhouse music at it's best!
Joe Walsh is GREAT! A true original. Massive talent. ♥️♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦
"Ordinary Average Guys" is just as good and just as funny.
I love All Night Laundromat Blues! 😂
Joe Walsh = some of the best and most recognizable riffs in rock history.
I believe the drummer is Joe Vitale, who worked extensively with Walsh. Vitale is also a co-writer of “Rocky Mountain Way”.
Yes, and the album 'Plantation Harbor' from 1981 (with Joe Walsh) is a must hear.
M. Groningen Thanks for the suggestion.
Joann, if you really want to go deep, check out Joe Vitale's album "Roller Coaster Weekend" (1974). Joe Walsh and Rick Derringer share the guitar duties. Joe Vitale pretty much plays every other instrument on the record.Really cool stuff. Look for the title track as well as "Shoot 'em up", "(Do you feel like) Movin,' "Mad Man"(incredible) plus some others. Cheers from the canadian Queen nut.
Jeff Campbell Joe Walsh AND Rick Derringer?! Excellent! Thanks for the recommendation. 👍🏼
@@joannwoodworth8920 You're welcome. Enjoy!
"Rocky Mountain Way" is the one that always stands out to me
Such an Amazing Jam that slowly pulls you in and just keeps flowing 🥁🎸🎸🎤🎼🎧
Joe, Joe, Joe!
He is such a character and so talented! His laid back style is his music too, he’s one of my favorite guitarists!
Love the fact you young dudes are tuning onto the "classics". Funny. Watching you guys just sitting there listening to this reminds me of what we did when I was young. No seems to take the time to just sit, relax and LISTEN to music anymore. It is just background or on the go these days. And YEAH...HELL YEAH...Joe "F'N" ROCKS!!!
Loved this song as a kid sooo cool, “everybody’s so different I haven’t changed” I always loved that line
Me too. Always thought this was a funny song. Now I l8ke the music, too.
My favorite line is, "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do."
I love it when he says "Everybody say I'm cool, He's cool"
He takes the piss out of ever rock star ever in this song.
Very tongue in cheek.
“Walk Away” and “In the City.” My guess is you’ve already heard “Life in the Fast Lane” but if you haven’t, it’s a must. I think I read somewhere that the famous riff in that song is based on an exercise Walsh used to do to limber up his fingers. Same is true for the famous riff by the Kansas guitarist in “Dust in the Wind.”
Cheers, gents!
Kent Zepick...and Life of Illusion
And David Gilmour Shine on You Crazy Diamond
They could only do Life in the fast lane on their patreon channel because it will be blocked. The Eagles block every song.
Life in the Fast Lane reaction is on their patreon.
It was actually in the Eagles documentary that it was an exercise Walsh would do. He was apparently in the studio or a green room or something before recording/a show playing that to "warm up", and some of the other guys came in and were like "that's great, what is that?". Walsh explains it's just a sort of practice/warm up lick he uses and the rest insist that be the riff on a new song, it's too good to not record at some point.
Love this song from the one & only Joe Walsh!! 🎸🎤🔥♥️
I just figured out why I keep coming back to you guys....watching you two reminds me of what I felt like the first time I heard these songs.
This is one of those songs that keeps giving you things you didn't know you needed.
I think you missed the entire pint of the lyrics. He's not saying I don't care and I'm not selling out. He's talking about the life of a rock star - pampered, over-indulged, jaded. But oh, not him, I haven't changed. I'm still a regular guy It's all done tongue-in-cheek. Joe is a very bright guy and is one of the few who could deliver the message so stingingly while not seeming to be trying to do such. And yes, he's always been willing to try new technologies in the studio.
Oh, and he is known as the Clown-Prince of Rock.
@Paul Pelosi
I mentioned that not from the lyrics, but from the way he put the song down in the studio shows that he wasn’t selling out as a point, like it was obvious he knew what he had and he decided to have fun with it vs taking it too serious and making it too commercial or compact, just happens that him having fun with it produces a crazy good song still. Didn’t get the lyrics themselves as much until after the video went up!
@@andyandalex Just to jump in and explain, if no one else did, everything in his lyrics REALLY happened to him. Most times, all of it was in the news, like "Here is Joe Walsh making himself look like an a$$, AGAIN!" but instead of disputing it, he said "Yup, and considering everything that's happened, I consider myself lucky to be where I'm at."
Some songs you listen to and say "I wish that kept going" or "I wish it wasn't so short" Well, here you have what happens when musicians went longer. Stylistically, if he didn't throw in the kitchen sink with all the experimental parts of it, changing it up as he did, then, I think, he felt people would have looked at their watches, saying "uh, really dude? can it end now, already?"
There was a song that Joe did in the 80’s called The Confessor. It’s an amazing song that you guys would love. Quite possibly S Tier!
If you guys want the true Joe Walsh sauce...you gotta check out The Confessor and Turn to Stone.
The companion piece to this song is: “ On the Cover of the Rolling Stone” by Dr Hook and the Medicine show. Another fun look at the rock and roll star experience.
The lyrics are the story of a self- indulgent artist who has bought into his own fame. The voice is that of your classic "unreliable narrator." The stylistic choices in the playing and production mirror that "self- indulgent- artist" voice.
Some of the scenes in the song are inspired of his day's with the eagles, staying in the same hotel as The Who and partying with Keith Moon.
Gotta Do Walk Away!!!
"Life Of Illusion" is a great song. Give that Joe song a go.
Agree. that's one of my favorites
and from the same album... Down On The Farm. And... Told You So from You Bought It You Name IT
I forgot about the bit at the end. It never got played on the radio.
Love Joe Walsh Have All His Albums Seen Him In Concert Like 5 Times
And Met Him In Person In Philly Got A Picture Of Him Holding A Album He Signed For Me
You Guys Need A Joint Before Listing To These Songs
You Guys Rock Thank For Turning On A New Generation Of Joe's Music
Forget all those 19th-century presidents, Joe Walsh is Ohio's favorite son. Another excellent production from Bill Szymczyk, who had a great working relationship with Walsh. "Life's Been Good" was a welcome change from the Disco music that was polluting the airwaves in 1978. But Joe has always been a breath of fresh air, he's probably the only completely down-to-earth superstar guitarist.
He doesn't even take not taking himself seriously seriously. When introducing "Life's Been Good" in concert, he always says: "If I'd known I was gonna have to play this song every night for the rest of my life, I'd have written a better song". The cover of the 'But Seriously, Folks' album was a photo of Joe sitting at a table, shot underwater in a swimming pool My brother had a six-foot by nine-foot poster of this album cover on the wall outside of his room (his entire room was an insane wall-to-wall collage).
Some of the lyrics of "Life's Been Good" were taken directly from Joe's own life. At the time he recorded this song, he owned a 1964 Maserati 5000 GT. His license was never taken away, he just lost his wallet. The new house he didn't see for the first two years was in Santa Barbara. One night he tried to leave a late-night party, but instead of exiting through the front door he accidentally walked into a closet. When touring he always tried to book hotel rooms with adjoining rooms; when one wasn't available, he'd book two rooms next to each other and MAKE them adjacent by tearing out a section of the wall.
Andy, you'll be pleased to know that there is a single edit, with a running time of 4:35. The song first appeared in the movie FM, which tanked at the box office but had a hit soundtrack. The title track, "FM (No Static At All)" won the "Best Engineered Recording" Grammy.
p.s. "The Bomber" from James Gang Rides Again; it closes the side that "Funk #49" opens.
to me those weird synth sounds in the middle always represented this rock star kind of wandering around in some chemical or alcohol induced fog for some period of time. which kinda mirrors Joe's life back then. remember this is your first time hearing it. upon repeated listens you'll come to realize the song would absolutely not be the same without it. it's also a big tease leading back to that killer riff.
Check out his "Walk Away" with the James Gang and "Turn To Stone" from his solo career and EVERYTHING he did with the Eagles!
More Joe Walsh/James Gang - Walk Away, The Confessor, Turn to Stone, Meadows all great tunes!
Yep, that’s pretty much the suggestions I would send up too👍👍👍
Joe Walsh may be one of the most creative song writers of his generation.
Walsh satirically reflects on the antics and excess of the era's rock stars, with nods to Keith Moon and others: "I live in hotels, tear out the walls/I have accountants pay for it all", and "My Maserati does one-eighty-five/I lost my license, now I don't drive". The automobile that Walsh himself owned at the time was a 1964 Maserati 5000 GT.
I like long play songs....wouldn't want this one chopped up. "Turn to stone"< Live 1972, "Meadows" IMO his solo stuff is his best work!
Joe Walsh is perhaps one of the most underrated guitarists ever.
Michael Totten not sure he is under rated.
Joe has some humorous ones such as "I Like Big T..." and "Ordinary, Average Guy".
I went to a NASCAR truck race once when Joe was playing a pre-race concert. NASCAR always bills itself as a family-friendly sport, so, of course, Joe plays "I Like Big Tits". lol
He also sang the national anthem and completely butchered the lyrics.
At a Zappa show on a nice fall afternoon outdoors in 1980, this was the record the sound guys were playing before the show started.
Joe Vitale was the drummer on Life's been good. He's great.
This is awesome. Listening to this song you guys just got a history lesson into Joe's life and personality. Hahahahaha. Joe was the court jester of rock and roll. Just listen to I.L.B.T. and you'll start to understand. Thanks for doing this guys. I hope you get through much more from James Gang and Joe Walsh. It's amazing stuff! Let me add... Next song I recommend is "The Bomber" or "Walk Away". The Bomber is longer and a musical journey from Heavy Metal to symphonic. It's not to be missed. Walk Away is fun and I would consider it Popish.
Turn to Stone is one of my favorites. Also, Rivers (Of the Hidden Funk) or just the entire There Goes the Neighborhood album.
Love Rivers (Of the Hidden Funk)
Such a fun song. It sounds like it is written from real experience!
Next: Walk Away.
I can't complain but sometimes i still do. Priceless.