Battle Of The Bands – Eagles vs Radiohead

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Fox Reviews Rock

26th Apr 2025

When we genuinely adore a band, it’s essential to stand by them! In this series, we’ll pit two bands against one another. Use the comments section to champion your favorite and proudly show your allegiance! Engage with others’ opinions, share fascinating facts, and recount your experiences with the bands. Now, put on your war paint and prepare for battle!

Eagles – Hotel California (All Rights Are Retained By Eagles)

Radiohead – Creep (All Rights Are Retained By Radiohead)

Make sure to let us know which of the two bands you prefer in the comments, your opinions matter to us!

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47 responses to “Battle Of The Bands – Eagles vs Radiohead”

aquinoaa2272

26th Apr 2025

I have to call it a tie I love those bands and songs equally!!! lol

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  26th Apr 2025
  
  Nothing wrong with a tie 🙂 If you had to pick an album from them both ? 🙂
  
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Michael Sammut

26th Apr 2025

Between these two I would have to call it a draw.

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  26th Apr 2025
  
  Fair enough 🙂 Which album do you enjoy the most from the bands ?
  
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writinstuff

26th Apr 2025

Oh, that’s a tough one! On the one hand the 1977 performance of Hotel California in MD is the BEST. But Creep? That’s one of those songs that got me started on my road to rock/grunge love. So…I dunno. Yes to both for the sake of nostalgia.

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  26th Apr 2025
  
  Haha im not going to force you to pick! 😛 Creep I honestly think is the better song , but the eagles the better band.
  
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richardbist

26th Apr 2025

Very tough to compare since their styles are so different. Particularly since Eagles evolved from country-inspired rock to a more commercial sound.

If you twist my arm, I’ll have to go with Eagles simply because their 1970s output was consistently good, their songwriting, and Joe Walsh (even though he wasn’t with them in the beginning).

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  26th Apr 2025
  
  Absolutely completely different in styles!
  
  I appreciate you giving an answer , but even more so that you picked in the end 😀 I agree I think their work in the 70s was excellent!
  
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Maddie Cochere

26th Apr 2025

Even though they are different styles, and I can see why some people call it a tie, I’m going to go with Creep. I haven’t heard the song for quite a while and forgot how much I liked it. I like Hotel California, too, but’s it’s been overplayed here. Both songs are interesting and unique.

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  26th Apr 2025
  
  Yeah I do the different styles on purpose purely to make things interesting 🙂 I think I’d side with Eagles purely because I prefer their back catalogue more than Radioheads… However! I prefer Creep to Hotel California!
  
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  1. Maddie Cochere
    
    27th Apr 2025
    
    Ahhh … thank you for the gentle correction. 🙂 I was pitting the songs against one another, and you asked for band preference. As for the bands, I do prefer Eagles – so many songs I love!
    
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    1. Fox Reviews Rock
      
      27th Apr 2025
      
      Yeah I put a song up just incase people have never heard of a band they can then give them a try. I don’t mind people basing things off 1 song though just like people engaging with the music that’s my main aim 🙂
      
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𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓇ℴ𝓂𝒶

26th Apr 2025

Hotel California!

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  26th Apr 2025
  
  It’s certainly a great song! You siding with the eagles then?
  
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  1. 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓇ℴ𝓂𝒶
    
    26th Apr 2025
    
    Definitely!
    
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    1. Fox Reviews Rock
      
      26th Apr 2025
      
      😀
      
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patc44

26th Apr 2025

Eagles win hand down every time. I’ve been a big fan for years!!!

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  26th Apr 2025
  
  I love your conviction! 🙂 What is your favourite album by them ? 🙂
  
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  1. patc44
    
    26th Apr 2025
    
    Hotel California.
    
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    1. Fox Reviews Rock
      
      26th Apr 2025
      
      Nice! Mine is One Of The Nights 🙂
      
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patc44

26th Apr 2025

I need to check out the album again. But I do love the words of the song…

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  27th Apr 2025
  
  Very meaningful 🙂
  
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Kit Nichols

26th Apr 2025

Wow, two very different leagues here, Eagles Hotel California every day of the week, though Creep is awesome. This is like pinning Bob Dylan against Ozzy…

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  27th Apr 2025
  
  Yep it’d be pretty boring to compare apples to apples 😉 let’s me gauge peoples musical tastes quicker 😁
  
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lyndhurstlaura

26th Apr 2025

Eagles every time. 🙂

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  27th Apr 2025
  
  Love that assertiveness 🙂
  
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  1. lyndhurstlaura
    
    27th Apr 2025
    
    I don’t dislike the other band, but ‘Hotel California’ is a classic with personal links. Many years ago I drove along a dark desert highway in Egypt with others, all singing along to ‘Hotel California’ and the rest of the album. Those were the days … 😎😎😎
    
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    1. Fox Reviews Rock
      
      27th Apr 2025
      
      Now that’s a cool story to tell ! 😁
      
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      1. lyndhurstlaura
        
        27th Apr 2025
        
        I have to admit it is a bit! A great time and a great album! 😎😎
        
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        Fox Reviews Rock
        
        28th Apr 2025
        
        Isnt it just!
        
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kaymckenziecooke

27th Apr 2025

I’ve gone with Creep although I don’t know it as well as I know Hotel Calif. I think what has swayed me is my daughter and granddaughter do an amazing karaoke duet of the song Creep. For that reason I’ve gone with that song. Both songs have a ‘creepy’ theme maybe too, eh!

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  27th Apr 2025
  
  I love this reasoning! Music is all about what we associate to a song rather than the song itself 😁
  
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missparker0106

28th Apr 2025

Creep. When the windmilling guitar segment hits, it gives a jolt through the system. This hard edge overtakes the comparably tame orchestration of Hotel California.

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  28th Apr 2025
  
  I love your defiant nature in this comment 😁
  
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  1. missparker0106
    
    28th Apr 2025
    
    Defiant–moi? Never! 😀
    
    PS–I meant “shredding” not “windmilling.”
    
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    1. Fox Reviews Rock
      
      29th Apr 2025
      
      yeah those are fairly different things 😀
      
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Katie Frances Hartless

29th Apr 2025

Hotel California is like a novel in a song. I believe RH was sued over creep. Sounded like 1972 “Air that I breathe.” Still love it.

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  29th Apr 2025
  
  Oh I didn’t know that ! But you can bet I’ll be looking into it !
  
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perspicaciousoutcast

30th Apr 2025

Eagles for me. The Last Resort is my favourite song by them, and one of my all time favourite songs.

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  30th Apr 2025
  
  ooh last resort is a great song!
  
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aleathiadrehmer

2nd May 2025

I remember being a college radio DJ when Creep came out and I fell in love with them and the journey they always take me on. Pablo honey and the Bends were the only radio friendly albums and everything else is a clinic in creativity and the layering of musical sounds and rhythms. It’s my favorite to make art to.

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  2nd May 2025
  
  Man I’d have loved to be a college DJ!
  
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  1. aleathiadrehmer
    
    3rd May 2025
    
    I eventually was the general manager and a DJ. I had a jazz show, a EDM show, and an alternative show but I would fill in for everything from rap to rock to country if people didn’t make their time slots.
    
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    1. Fox Reviews Rock
      
      4th May 2025
      
      Sounds like you have a wide and wonderful range of musical interests 🙂
      
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åLŁęVï8ēD

17th May 2025

Is this a joke? The only thing the Eagles had going for them was Joe Walsh and that was only because of his other bands. That band has not aged well in my mind. I cringe every time I hear One of these Nights or Take it to the Limit. And puke after hearing the becoming chord of Hotel California. But Radiohead… I can dig some Radiohead. I’m done with Creep and Karma Police. But their catalog is so immense. Each album completely different from the last. And their live show… Eagles who?

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GeekySquidoo

8th Jun 2025

Think eagles have to take it for me, purely because I prefer the eagles style over Radiohead and I was over exposed to creep in my childhood. In the same way there are a generation of us who hear the opening notes to my heart will go on from Celine Dion and go ‘oh no’.

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1. Fox Reviews Rock
  
  10th Jun 2025
  
  Haha i love that explanation as to why! 🙂
  
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