Lyrics to 'Life in The Fast Lane' by Eagles. He was a hard-headed man he was brutally handsome / and she was terminally pretty / she held him up and he held for. EAGLES - Life in the Fast Lane Lyrics. He was a hard-headed man, he was brutally handsome And she was terminally pretty She held him up and he held her for ransom In the heart of. Jan 13, 2014 - 5 min - Uploaded by Various Artists - TopicProvided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Life In The Fast Lane Starlite Karaoke.

Contents • • • • • • • Content It tells the story of a couple that takes their excessive lifestyle to the edge. On, Glenn Frey revealed that the title came to him one day when he was riding on the freeway with a drug dealer known as 'The Count'.

Frey asked the dealer to slow down and the response was, 'What do you mean? It's life in the fast lane!' In that same interview, Frey indicated that the song's central was played by Walsh while the band was warming up in rehearsals and Walsh was told to 'keep that; it's a song.' Don Henley recalled that the 'song actually sprang from the opening guitar riff. One day, at rehearsal, Joe [Walsh] just busted out that crazy riff and I said 'What the hell is that? We've got to figure out to make a song out of that.' Henley and Frey then primarily wrote the lyrics.

Critical reception In 2016, the editors of rated 'Life in the Fast Lane' as the Eagles' 8th greatest song. Personnel •: Lead vocals, drums •:, backing vocals •: Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar •: Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar •: Bass guitar, backing vocals Covers and references. This article contains a. Rhymester Made In Japan Rare here. Please any relevant information into other sections or articles.

(October 2017) for the 2013 'Classic Rock' album in the ' compilation. Eagles guitarist plays the song on his solo tours. In 2007, recorded the song on her album.

The track 'Livin' It Up' on 's album samples the phrase life in the fast lane throughout. Frey, Henley, and Walsh are credited in the 'lyrics by' portion of the liner notes. And sang the song at the 2007 Grammy Awards.

He was a hard-headed man. He was brutally handsome, and she was terminally pretty. She held him up, and he held her for ransom in the heart of the cold, cold city. He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude. They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude. They had one thing in common, they were good in bed.