This is tough.  The Eagles, whose first album came out in 1972, were one of the biggest bands of the 1970s.  They had a similar career as the Beatles (no, I'm not comparing the quality of the music) in that both bands were really 7-year wonders.  The Beatles came into their own around 1963 in England and were broken up by the end of '69; their last studio album coming in 1970.  The Eagles broke up in 1979 and released one last live album in '80.  Until 1994 with their comeback.  So what's their best song ever?  Let's take a listen.

It is debatable, but these are perhaps the greatest opening lines of an album ever. 

"The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves

Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays

Roy Orbison singing for the lonely

Hey that's me and I want you only

Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again"