Throwback Video of Legendary '70s Rock Band Warming Up Backstage Has Fans Wishing Autotune Was Never Invented

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Throwback Video of Legendary '70s Rock Band Warming Up Backstage Has Fans Wishing Autotune Was Never Invented originally appeared on Parade.

While trends in popular music will always come and go, true talent always stands the test of time. That's why recently resurfaced footage of The Eagles rehearsing their pitch-perfect harmonies backstage — decades before the advent of autotune — is absolutely blowing fans away.

In a video shared to Instagram this week by the account Rock Music, The Eagles — including the late Randy Meisner and Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Don Felder — warmed up by singing "Seven Bridges Road" before their concert at Maryland's Capital Centre on their 1977 Hotel California tour.

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"Way before any tech could clean things up, they were nailing it just by listening to each other and locking in. It’s raw, it’s honest, and it’s exactly why the Eagles are legends," the caption read.

Fans in the comments were quick to agree, with one writing, "The best natural harmonies in a band, a great band!"

"REAL MUSIC FROM REAL MUSICIANS," declared a second commenter, with another chiming in to say, "Auto Tune sucks and everyone knows it. This sounds incredible the Eagles stand the test of time."

"Absolute perfection," raved someone else, adding, "And I’ve seen them live many times —absolute perfection, every time. It simply doesn’t get better than this."

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"Pure bliss," gushed yet another fan.

In a 2018 interview with Classic Rock 256 (via Louder), Henley looked back at his success with The Eagles, noting, “some of it you can’t explain."

“You can call it fate, you can call it dumb luck," he reflected. "But you can also give yourself credit for putting yourself in a certain place at a certain time. I sought out the Troubadour because I knew it was the place where things were happening that I wanted to be part of. We’re pretty good musicians, but there’s more to it than that. There’s the work ethic, the perseverance, just hanging in there, going out on stage when you’re sick and you don’t feel like it.”

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Throwback Video of Legendary '70s Rock Band Warming Up Backstage Has Fans Wishing Autotune Was Never Invented first appeared on Parade on Jul 4, 2025

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