Greatest Hit of the '70s, Round 1b: All Right Now (1970) vs. Take It to the Limit (1976)

[Borborygmi]

"All Right Now" by Free (#27 song of 1970) vs. "Take It to the Limit" by Eagles (#25 song of 1976)





All poll threads in this megapoll for "All Right Now" by Free
All poll threads in this megapoll for "Take It to the Limit" by Eagles

[Detroit Hoser]

This megapoll is messing with my head, man. Only the first round and I'm already sobbing about Sophie's Choice.

[Pogo]

My first tough one in the 70s poll. Singing along to either is great but I can't hit the Meisner high notes on TittL.

[Secret_Squirrel]

I voted for Randy Meisner and all of those high notes he hit on Take It To The Limit

[Pogo]

Oh! Secret Squirrel, I too voted for the high notes and the drum rolls on the outro.

[Oxirane]

Originally Posted by Secret_Squirrel

I voted for Randy Meisner and all of those high notes he hit on Take It To The Limit

He never liked to perform it live as he was worried about not being able to hit the high notes. I read an article years ago that mentioned his refusal at times resulted in some pretty intense, nearly physical backstage arguments.

[NAF1138]

Eh, I'm not super crazy about either. I like The Eagles ok, but I don't care for this song.

All Right Now is... Fine. It's neither good or bad. It's fun but forgettable. Simple straight ahead rock without a lot of twists or turns.

Guess that's good enough for me for now.

[Pogo]

Take it to the Limit also identifies a recognized principle of logic, economics, and biology:

Originally Posted by Eagles

You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time

By transitivity:

you can spend all your love making money.

[Rebo]

Well done, @Pogo! I thought I was the only one who progressed to the next logical step to that song.

Take It to the Limit means a lot to me, as do most Eagles songs. But Free deserves to move forward, so I voted for All Right Now.