A Good Day In Hell - The Official ILM Track-By-Track EAGLES Listening Thread

Fleetwood Mac is an American band?

the restrictive clauses are confusing

I think of them as more of a multinational, the result of a series of well-planned mergers.

They are not coming to your town, nor will they help you party down.

loool

Fleetwood Mac is an American band?

That's why I had to add "full-blooded" to the next one. Thank God it wasn't Foreigner.

I wasn't aware until this week that Desperado and its singles sold relatively poorly upon its release. Unless there's some deep cuts I'm unaware of (and of course, there are many), I think they gave up this banjo-y stuff once they made it huge.

It's going to be weird doing a concept album day-by-day. What'm I supposed to say about Twenty-One? It's a banjo-led ditty that doesn't sound like The Eagles. I'd never listen to it if we weren't doing this thread. It's ... I don't know what it is.

Xpost Actually there's banjo stuff as long as Leadon was in the band.

makes sense

I had this silly image in my head of Bernie Leadon just constantly walking around playing banjo the whole time he's in the Eagles, it's just that they only decided to mike him every now and then

so far, this is my fave deep cut. it moves, it's got some banjo, and, well, the competition from the other deep cuts isn't all that strong.

You have to be 21 if you want to chug all night.

I had this silly image in my head of Bernie Leadon just constantly walking around playing banjo the whole time he's in the Eagles, it's just that they only decided to mike him every now and then

Makes me wish this was on Desperado.

"Out Of Control"

http://i.imgur.com/MmliVkD.jpg

http://youtu.be/g23Qj9iUgOA

This is rubbish. What are they thinking, putting this average bar band boogie third up on their big concept album?

reminds me a little of Slade.

Glenn Frey takes another dump midway through the 1st side of an Eagles record.

song plays over montage of Tom Cruise taking shots and impressing girl in 1987 Jerry Bruckheimer flick.

Actually there's banjo stuff as long as Leadon was in the band.

He did some pretty mean pickin' on one song on the BBC In Concert programme - I confess i have no idea what the song was, but it was one of these:

*Train Leaves Here This Morning
Saturday Night
*Peaceful Easy Feeling
Certain Kind Of Fool
Early Bird
Out Of Control
*Witchy Woman
*Take It Easy

*not these, I know those songs

Henley's drumming is surprisingly lively. But this is basically a 2nd-rate "Fool for the City" or "Rock & Roll Band" (the Boston song).

Sounds like a tape of my college-era band rehearsing - we could never all agree when to end the song and everyone wanted to get in the last lick.

I was kinda liking this album until this song....

Glenn Frey takes another dump midway through the 1st side of an Eagles record.

― col, Monday, September 2, 2013 9:37 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

beautifully put.

the first two songs on this record might actually get you thinking that there's a whole record of reasonably enjoyable music ahead of you, and then this song is like no way man you're still just listening to the eagles.

chug or go home!

down here we all chug

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4436/4y9.png

Xpost lol

You'll chug too

reminds me a little of Slade.

Scott otm. "Out Ov Controll" anyone? It stands to reason the Eagles would soak up some Glam influence recording in London in '72-3. Of course Slade Did This Stuff Better.

Don't hate this. At worst, I'm as indifferent to it as I've been to all of the non-singles we've covered so far 'cept "Doolin Dalton" (which I like!) and "Take the Devil" (which sucks).

http://www.glennfreyonline.com/images/desperadobackbig.jpg

with a better voice and a better hook, "out of control" could be a mid-'70s wings album cut.

but not better playing

with a better voice and a better hook, "out of control" could be a mid-'70s wings album cut.

Youch.

Spotify: "You listened to the Eagles this week. Want to try Dr. Hook?"

I got that recommendation yesterday too, though with no mention of the Eagles

Next: daily track-by-track Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show oeuvre walkthrough and discussion

i bought this record for 3 bucks yesterday and pretty much everything on it is better than everything we have listened to so far. and the don nix production seriously gives glyn a run for his money. sounds amazing.

https://sphotos-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/564994_10152483722702137_1028524033_n.jpg

also got a pristine u.k. pressing of journeys from gospel oak by ian matthews for 3 bucks (so sad that his records sell for nothing these days) and god that album is beautiful and what a sound! also mostly better than what we've heard. everyone should hear that album. and its even more applicable to eagles. same time period. gene clark song. etc.

there's a Fairport & related ballot poll coming up! Matthews alone has made about 30 albums

yeah, you don't need all 30. the first 10 will do.

actually you only need nine of them. the 3 southern comfort albums, the plainsong album, and the solo albums up to and including Some Days You Eat The Bear. some days you eat the bear has tom waits, gene clark, and steely dan covers.

I've had all of those on my emusic save list for like 6 years now. When will I finally buy them arrrgh.

xp I only have one of each. I like Fairport's cover of "Tried So Hard" better than Gene's though so must check out Eat The Bear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyx8koGcaUE

valley hi album has a kinda eagles-centric track-listing:

Keep On Sailing" (Ian Matthews) - 4:42
"Old Man at the Mill" (Traditional) - 2:30
"Shady Lies" (Richard Thompson) - 3:54
"These Days" (Jackson Browne) - 4:23
"Leaving Alone" (Ian Matthews) - 3:34
"Seven Bridges Road" (Steve Young) - 4:05
"Save Your Sorrows" (Ian Matthews) - 2:22
"What Are You Waiting For" (Randy Newman) - 4:18
"Propinquity" (Michael Nesmith) - 2:51
"Blue Blue Day" (Don Gibson) - 3:15

and i didn't even know that the eagles covered seven bridges road until 2 second ago! ha, so even more eagles-centric than i thought.

I think the Eagles picked 7BR up from Matthews.

Wow this song is a turd

my local classic rock station plays the Eagles 7BR all the time, def one of my fav tracks by them.