desperado

i started humming the eagles song desperado around school last week randomly and decided that i needed to hear it again. i didn't really get around to the download search until i had another bout of whatchamacallit-gastro-whatty-what earlier this week and was stretched out all sick again on my heated floor for a few days. mmm . . . heated floors.

while i was sick, i watched the movie in america on one of my sometimes socially detrimental yet always plentiful movie channels here in korea. the song desperado is sung in that movie at a kiddie talent show, so i thought it a sign that i needed to search out desperado online.

i wanted to hear the song, but not the eagles's version. don't know why, just did. after an somewhat extensive search, i have concluded that the only good version is the eagles's version. there are also a few songs called "desperado" by groups like alice in chains and crucial conflict. don't be fooled. those are not the same song.

westlife did a version of desperado. don't bother. johnny cash did a short version. i love you johnny, but your version of desperado really sucks. why has no one done a decent cover of this song? and why did i never, ever figure out ever in all my childhood years listening to this song that it was about l-o-v-e, not really about wandering cowboys, really. not really. probably the same reason i never figured out what was really going on in dirty dancing.