The song came out in 1976 and their three year affair was from 1983 to 1986.

Jennifer from Philadelphia, PaTo clarify - The song couldn't be about Stevie and Joe.

Y'now, Joe asking us (and his new bandmates) 'How do you like these riffs? I think I'm doin' pretty good.' However, I have to admit, it just sounds like Don Henley. There's that early line between verses that the lyrics page has as 'Are you with me so far?' I always thought it was fun to think it was Joe Walsh saying 'How'm I doing so far?' In fact, it sounds more like that.

Guy from Woodinville, WaA perfect song.

He's in Indiana and 'claims' to have toured with them as an extra musician.Anyone? I don't want to call the guy a liar just because I haven't heard of him.

Jake from Hartford City, InHas anyone heard of Jerry Sloan as it would pertain to him writting ANY Eagles song or being a co-writer.

Ryan from Anahola, HiYes, this song WAS on GH4, but as a DLC.

Great guitar and vocals, and the song's name has become a catch phrase.

Mayank from Ranchi, IndiaTheir best pure rock song next to the original Hotel California.

Willie from Scottsdale, AzDidn't they play this one on the 'Miami Vice' episodes then Glen Frey was a guest actor?.

She was taken by surprise when a girl brought this one in and angrily turned it off when its subject matter became clear. She invited us to bring in our favorite songs to play.

Esskayess from Dallas, TxA high school teacher of mine was beginning a unit of poetry and tried to get the class's interest by pointing out that nearly all songs are poetry set to music.

Walsh was given co-writer's credit for that. Frey then told producer Bill Szymczyk to get it on tape and that became the opening and continuing riff for Life In The Fast Lane.

Glenn Frey said he heard it and asked Joe to play it on an electric guitar as a riff. Ken from Louisville, KyIn the History Of The Eagles, Joe Walsh said that he was in the studio playing an exercise he came up with that involved using all fingers on an acoustic guitar.But today most classic rock/oldies stations play the song as is. Ken from Louisville, KyAt the time many radio stations - especially the remaining AM rock stations - edited out the word 'Goddamn' from the line: 'We've been up and down this highway/Haven't seen a Goddamn thing'.In the end, he can't keep up with her! I always thought it would make a great movie. Ken from Louisville, KyIf you listen closely, the lyrics have a storyline and a plot: A young stud decides to kidnap a rich, beautiful teenage heiress for a ransom, but she decides to stay with him in order to leave her boring previous life, and joins him in his life of sex, drugs and crime.Dusk Blackman from Albany, Georgia (u.s.a.)Sounds like a couple of my relatives.One of those tracks by the band I wish could be put up again on Youtube. Jennifur Sun from RamonaWillie that was Smugglers Blues.Turning 69 this year puts a smile on my face that I lived during the time they created most of my happiness. Their songs make everyone the same age loving the same music with smiles on their faces. Tammie Sunday from Lawton, OklahomaLove the group, love the memories.Anonymousit should be 'right in the back, slain'.AnonymousThe lyrics say terminally pretty but clearly it's terminally ugly.When reminded that his Eagles bandmates may have exhibited some symptoms described in this song, Walsh replied: 'Yeah, that's probably true, and I think it was healthy, though, that we realized that running around and parties and fast cars are really not the answer – it's kind of a shallow way to approach why we're on this planet, and it probably came as a band consciousness.' For instance, disco almost turned into a lifestyle, and it's such a non-meaningful thing on which to base one's life.' It wasn't really a statement about the guys in the band, or about anybody in particular – just it's kind of disturbing to see the extremes that the bourgeois jet set will involve themselves in. In a 1981 interview with the BBC, Frey explained: 'Life In The Fast Lane' kind of expressed the stereotyped LA 'run around in your Porsche' 24 hour boogie mode that unfortunately is too true for a lot of people.

Hotel California was the Eagles' first album with their new guitarist Joe Walsh, who helped write this song with Don Henley and Glenn Frey. This song describes a man and woman who had everything but lost it because of their lifestyles.

Eagles album with song wasted time