With its soaring strings, pop hooks, and disco rhythms, 1975’s “Evil Woman” is pure dark magic. Apparently, he was reading about Zelda Fitzgerald at the time he also does some vocal channeling of Stephen Stills. The Eagles’ second hit single (and first Top Ten) was about as far from “Take It Easy” as it gets there’s plenty more sexual paranoia here as Don Henley flashes back to an encounter that left his skin turning red. Click to load video 63: The Eagles: Witchy WomanĪ scary song of a different sort.
