How Joe Walsh’s “In The City” went from Warriors to Eagles
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- Опубліковано 24 січ 2023
- “In The City” is best known as an album cut on 1979’s The Long Run, an album the Eagles cobbled together after many months and on the heels of their epic Hotel California album and tour. But it was first co-written by Joe Walsh for the soundtrack to the cult classic film The Warriors, and it’s his version you hear in the unforgettable end scene. Find out how this song came to be recorded by both Joe Walsh and the Eagles after the film was released in this episode of Behind The Song!
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Warriors! Come out to playeeaah!
Joe Walsh is awesome! Great movie, song and album! 😎✌️
I most definitely have seen the movie... Back in '79 and this song has long been a favorite. I always liked how he starts the tune with that double skuff then plays... You hear that and you automatically know what song it is...
The band asked Joe Walsh back in 1993 but they remembered how Wild and destructive he had been, so it was an ultimatum that he join with the intention of not ever being drunk on tour this time. As you heard from the story, Walsh had already made that commitment, and he readily agreed to this so he could get back to doing what he did best, with the band that let him be his best. I saw him completely wasted off his gourd on a tour with .38 Special in August of 93, and I'm very glad that the Eagles and that trip to New Zealand woke him up.
I walked out on Eric Clapton in 79 on the slowhand tour. He could barely stand and just played long ass blues tunes.
Had like 4 top tens on that album but he had Muddy Waters opening and trying impress them I guess.
Wish I would have known who muddy waters was back then.
I'd a paid more attention.
Joe Walsh is the only reason I listened to Eagles
Same
Warriors!!
Great breakdown!
Love this song!
I remember the Joe Walsh for president stickers. Never really got it until now.
Great stuff, big fan of Joe Walsh. I had "Life's Been Good" on a 45 when I was 11. :)
There are no degrees of unique
"unique" means being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else
Glad the algorithm got me here, I’m rediscovering joe walsh and what a treasure. Thanks for the video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great song by a great person and musician - a real survivor and someone you can relate to.
You solved the mystery of the meaning of the groove etching! Big fan of this song and the great Joe Walsh.
We couldn't believe we actually had a copy of the first pressing with the groove etching intact! Glad you enjoyed that little tidbit!
Hay there.. Thanks.
Walsh been my fav since James Gang ❤😮
Great episode
Great, great research
Thanks so much!
I picked out Joe's slide playing on "Impulsive" by Wilson Phillips.
In fact, I think it was *this* record that I threw on for comparison.
And I said "that's joe".
You did an excellent job of presenting this, Janda.
Thanks so much!
Joe Walsh - "Life's Been Good" to me so far :-)
Algorithm just threw you at me … glad it did! Great content ❤. Love it!
Awesome! Thank you!
Awesome as always Janda...Thank you and Thanks to Christian for his amazing work! just watched an "Live from Daryl's House" with Joe and the purest love of the craft is beautifully seen by Joe!!!
Well said, Michael! Pure love of craft is right on for Joe. Thank you!
as a nyc kid who knew all these locations and harships and dreams the song touched me
I am a Hell`s Kitchen kid Andrew, so we know first hand what the city`s streets hold. i am 56, so maybe the neighborhood`s were not the same as they get better or worse with time, but it is still in the "bones" of the streets. When you are down by the Battery, you walk in the steps of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. Harlem, the jazz greats and Malcom X, South Bronx, Babe Ruth and the Yankees, Coney Island, the crazy freak shows from the 1800`s, ar the 5 Points of the Gangs like "Plug Uglies, Dead Rabbits, etc. The craziest city in the world, and the best city the world has ever seen. My hands have spliced wires that light many of the buildings. But shit bro, WTF is goin on with all of the refugees being let in and fed while Vietnam, Gulf War, and 3 more wars have NOTHING and I walk past them every day, and every day I buy one of them coffee. Not much, not enough, but those dudes are freezing out there right now. We are way off the rails man.
@@gib59er56 i was an electrican too spliced alot of wire, built many buildings. quite a few in hells kitchen. like the city spire and world wide tower
Warriors, come out and play!!
Wow, great info!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you
You're welcome
OMG i ran to the collection pulled out the record I SO HAVE the monster writing 9:35 i never knew this thank you so cool.
The movie Warriors is based on an ancient story from the classical Greek historian Thucydides. It is the story of a greek military unit trying to get back to athens after the Persian war. They had to fight their way back through hostile territory. Bit like the bronx, I guess.
nice, thanks
Great movie Great song Joe Walsh took eagles to a new level the long run is best album too bad they didn't make more
Please more on the compositions of songs.
Just watch the Joe Walsh episode reminded me of that's running down the road and old grey goose and me singing the lyrics to life's been Good to me so far you know there wasn't no radio in that van so everybody had to listen to me sing I had to Ralph convinced that I wrote that song about us traveling from motel to motel job site
Hilarious!!! 😂
vally stream had metal detectors.. my friend had a bootleg copy of the movie at the time on betamax.. the long run is a great album. greeks dont want no freaks
Joe Walsh wrote this song for the 1979 movie The Warriors, which became a cult classic with the lines, "Warriors, come out to play" and "Can you dig it!" Walsh explained: "In The City" was written for the movie The Warriors. A friend of mine named Barry DeVorzon (he produced The Association) was in charge of the music for the film and asked me to come up with something. I went to junior-high school at P.S. 216 in Queens (NYC). I was in a gang, but we weren't that tough because I had to be in by 7:30 to practice clarinet. Anyway, I came up with 'In The City' out of memories of growing up partly in New York City, which contrasted a lot from where I lived before that, which was Ohio." >>FROM SONG FACTS
FRESH MEADOWS / NEW YORK CITY
joe is my fave, you know he never ran for prez! that was a joke
Great video! Thanks for making! Side note, the Eagles last studio album was not The Long Run in 1979, but The Long Road Out of Eden in 2007.
But Seriously Folks
If you're going to make videos could you at least learn the material instead of reading it word for word from a page
just what we need, more violence in "entertainment"