randy meisner sang lead vocals on take it to the limit.
randy meisner sang lead vocals on take it to the limit.
who sang lead vocals on take it to the limit?
randy meisner
"take it to the limit" is unique in the canon of the band's singles, being the sole a-side on which randy meisner sang lead, as well as the first a-side eagles single on which neither henley nor frey sang lead. it was also the last eagles single to feature founding member bernie leadon before he was replaced by guitarist joe walsh. the single version of the song is 3:48 in length, almost a minute shorter than the album version. "take it to the limit" is one of few eagles' tracks written in waltz time. (other notable waltzes performed by the eagles are "hollywood waltz"; the meisner/henley/frey waltz "saturday night" (co-written with leadon) from the 1973 "desperado" album; frey's "most of us are sad" from their self-titled debut album; frey/henley/jd souther's hard-rocking "teenage jail" from 1979's "the long run" album; and walsh's "pretty maids all in a row" on the 1976 album "hotel california".)
take it to the limit (eagles song)
in addition to his drumming duties with the foo fighters, hawkins is also an accomplished rock singer, guitarist and pianist. his first lead vocal with the group was a cover of pink floyd's "have a cigar". two versions of the song were released, one as the b-side to "learn to fly" and another on the "" soundtrack album. he sang lead vocals on the original "cold day in the sun," from "in your honor," which was later released as a single, and the cover of cream's "i feel free," which appeared as the b-side of "doa" and on the ep "five songs and a cover". hawkins also sang lead vocals for the band's cover of joe walsh's "life of illusion." most recently, he sang lead vocals for "sunday rain," a track on the foo fighters' 2017 album concrete and gold. many foo fighters live shows feature hawkins singing lead vocals on at least one cover song.
taylor hawkins