"The Last Resort" was originally released on the Eagles' biggest hit album Hotel California before it was released as the B-side of their single "Life in the Fast Lane." Sadly, the track never managed to enter the charts, but many call it Henley's opus because of the distinct narrative he created in its lyrics.
"'The Last Resort', on Hotel California, is still one of my favorite songs... That's because I care more about the environment than about writing songs about drugs or love affairs or excesses of any kind. The gist of the song was that when we find something good, we destroy it by our presence - by the very fact that man is the only animal on earth that is capable of destroying his environment," he said to Rolling Stone in 1987.
His Eagles bandmates felt the same, with Frey having once commented on In the Studio with Redbeard that it was the first time Henley took it upon himself to "write an epic story." Henley, at the time, even remembers having read about "the raping and pillaging of the West by mining, timber, oil, and cattle interests." The track ended up being a topic that all the members could get on board with.
Many critics called "The Last Resort" a pessimistic history of America and "of a nation's self-destruction and physical decay." Its praise among critics led the track to be tagged as one of the Eagles' underrated gems. A fun fact about the song is that the band was recording it in the same studio as Black Sabbath was recording their 7th studio album. Due to all the noise from the heavy metal band, the Eagles had to stop their session multiple times.
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