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

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Something like that. The eagles didn't return to singles juggernaut status til "Best of My Love", which was like the second or third one from On The Border.

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link

Linda's version didn't chart. I honestly can't recall either version being played on the radio when they were new.

Same old bland-as-sand mood mouthings (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link

tequila sunrise a good gateway to liking tequila, it's got that in its favor

it sounds like "Brass Buttons" with a much dumber concept

Euler, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link

god i wish there was good airplay data w/ 70s fm radio, i always wonder how/when certain classic rock chestnuts entered the playlists, esp on a national scale. did stations just play almost all of zoso immediately or did they play 'black dog' and 'rock n roll' at first (very possible as these were the singles right? 'black dog' crossed over to am top 40 amazingly) and then gave 'stairway' and 'levee' their due and then while they were still waiting for a new zep lp start playing 'misty mountain hop' and 'four sticks'? or was 'misty mountain hop' a hit out of the gate and later 'levee' got it's monolith status, the way 'levon' was a much bigger hit than 'tiny dancer' initially?

balls, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link

henley on 'tequila sunrise': I believe that was a Glenn title. I think he was ambivalent about it because he thought that it was a bit too obvious or too much of a cliché because of the drink that was so popular then. I said, 'No-Look at it from a different point of view. You've been drinking straight tequila all night and the sun is coming up!' It turned out to be a really great song.

cool story bro

balls, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:05 (ten years ago) link

He goes on to talk about how girls made them nervous!

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link

they turn into witchy women

first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link

...who make you eat your lunch all by yourself.

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link

god i wish there was good airplay data w/ 70s fm radio

Yeah, me too. This isn't much, but links below are from my local FM station circa 1978. They went from pretty much freeform to tightly formatted in 1977, but the morning show still has many holdouts from their mellow album cut daze: Dave Mason, Jackson Browne, Jesse Colin Young...

http://www.radiotapes.com/KQRS/KQRS-FM_Streetsheet_Sept_78a.pdf
http://www.radiotapes.com/KQRS/KQRS-FM_Streetsheet_Dec_78a.pdf

Same old bland-as-sand mood mouthings (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link

thx!

balls, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link

when did AM radio stop being a thing?

first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link

probably late 70s. Whenever the majority of cars got FM radio, basically.

in terms of "Tequila" and "Desperado," agree the 1976 best-of LP made them radio stalwarts. Not sure how much they got airplay before that.

col, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link

yeah if you go to the page for wabc music radio - http://www.musicradio77.com/index.html - you can see it transition from pop to more easy listening and then it finally makes the switch to talk.

balls, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link

i always figured the really smart people were the ones who didn't do tons of drugs. and made good money.

In that other laurel canyon book there's a quote from someone (the turtles flo and Eddie guy?) to the effect that the two ppl who didn't do coke were Nash and Neil, and the two who, today, don't have to tour to pay the bills are Nash and Neil.

i believe we can c.h.u.d. all night (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:15 (ten years ago) link

well they did coke and plenty but the same way I do chocolate ice cream: if it's offered I eat it, etc

first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:16 (ten years ago) link

i'm the same way, if publix is offering it i eat it

balls, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:28 (ten years ago) link

the two ppl who didn't do coke were Nash and Neil

The "booger matte" in The Last Waltz would seem to contradict this.

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:33 (ten years ago) link

Man now I'm gonna have to look up that quite. Btw that fucking azoff article was delectable. His fiancée Rochelle Cumsky!

i believe we can c.h.u.d. all night (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:44 (ten years ago) link

I wonder if Frey called her "Rockin' Chugsky"?

A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link

The eagles didn't return to singles juggernaut status til "Best of My Love"

I once asked my dad for a list of songs he liked so I could make him a mix tape. (He was always complaining about how my mom retained custody of his kids and his records, not necessarily in that order.)

All I remember from that last was

BEST OF MY LOVE - The Eagles
BEST OF MY LOVE - The Emotions (not the same song!)

I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm trying to save up my valuable Eagles anecdotes, especially for when Don Felder enters the picture.

pplains, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link

i'm the same way, if publix is offering it i eat it

― balls

man do you like their fried chicken? I love Publix fried chicken.

first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link

this thread is delivering so regularly re quality anecdotes & lols & things to think baout, I think I might actually make it through their entire discography

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link

the only problem with staying for the entire discography is having to look at that cackling frey and, um, what do you even call that expression on henley's face, every time.. if only ILM had a way to switch out top-of-the-page photos every so often.

fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link

IT'S CALLED BOOKMARKING.

Sorry. Nothing against you FCC. But I don't have to see the OP every time, I don't have to worry about YouTubes, IT'S GREAT.

pplains, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:11 (ten years ago) link

NO OFFENSE TAKEN, THANK YOU! i'm just lazy, that's all. but i will try to come to my senses.

fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link

THIS OLD THREAD STILL LOOKS THE SAME

pplains, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:25 (ten years ago) link

I just assume everybody that was even marginally famous between 74 and maybe 87 has done coke

My Little Pono (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:29 (ten years ago) link

And Frey's explanation of Tequila Sunrise is some amazing real life Spinal Tap

My Little Pono (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link

bookmarking a good idea. i wanted to keep the embeds to a minimum in case anyone was crazy enough to open the whole thread and look at it. it would be possible if its just links and pictures.

scott seward, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link

Anyone crazy enough to open this thread ~period~ deserves what they get.

pplains, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:33 (ten years ago) link

sometimes i'm afraid ilx will explode someday cuzzs that facebook thread i started:

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scott seward, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:52 (ten years ago) link

"cuzza"

which isn't actually a word.

scott seward, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:52 (ten years ago) link

You definitely tapped into some collective hate with that thread.

carl agatha, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 01:05 (ten years ago) link

every youtube clip of this song i listened to sounds terrible. including this one. so, sorry for the sound quality. even the ones labeled HD and REMASTERED. most of them seem to come from the same source? do people just copy other people's youtubes to make their own? i guess they do.

scott seward, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link

nice linda ronstadt live version from 1977.

http://youtu.be/oAK5Ids7l5g

scott seward, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link

i still think that langley schools music project version might be my favorite though. so poignant.

scott seward, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 12:56 (ten years ago) link

langley schools version is kinda the justification for the eagles

don't like the johnny cash cov tho', doesn't seem like the right song for him at all

Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 12:58 (ten years ago) link

This is flawless of course. Why on earth did they not release it as a single though? Was that a trend at the time, holding the best thing back for the album, like Gimme Shelter or Stairway to Heaven?

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 13:06 (ten years ago) link

yeah, this is on another level from the rest of the album. Lyric in the second bridge is one of Henley and Frey's finest: pure prairie depression.

col, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 13:10 (ten years ago) link

langley schools version definitely my fave also

http://www.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screen-shot-2012-03-07-at-11.15.11-AM.png

balls, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 13:23 (ten years ago) link

warren zevon, who ran in the same circles as the eagles and who was equally capable of parodying them and paying them homage, wrote and recorded two songs with desperado in the title: "desperadoes under the eaves" and "gorilla, you're a desperado." it's pretty clear, i think, that both titles are directed at henley, frey and company, though the two songs are very different. but i never noticed until today how much "desperado" itself sounds like a zevon song, musically, lyrically, delivery, everything. zevon was a detail guy and may have felt moved to make the lyrics a bit more place-specific or person-specific, but otherwise, if you told me wrote this, i'd believe you. a great song.

fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 13:48 (ten years ago) link

Sending this one out to VG. Not a loser was lonesome in this place!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q47FDEfT9DY

pplains, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 13:49 (ten years ago) link

"Frank and Jesse James" off Zevon's first LP also seems like an outtake from Desperado.

col, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 13:52 (ten years ago) link

henley sings on 'gorilla you're a desperado' right?

balls, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 14:03 (ten years ago) link

I recall the Grace Lichtenstein re: "Desperado" in "Stranded" is pretty good.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 14:04 (ten years ago) link

Ooo I have a childhood anecdote about this one: my father dragged me along with him to visit one of his sundry girlfriends and after getting me set up with some crayons and coloring books in the kitchen, they adjourned to the living room where the girlfriend put on Desperado and said to my father, "This song reminds me of you." I have a very distinct memory of rolling my eyes.

Anyway, I like this one, too, but definitely not for the same reason.

carl agatha, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link

I live the bit about how over time the desperado will become bleached of all feeling, less human.

i believe we can c.h.u.d. all night (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link

Love the bit*

Maybe I'm livin it too

i believe we can c.h.u.d. all night (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link

henley sings on 'gorilla you're a desperado' right?

henley, j.d. souther and jackson browne. browne sings on "desperadoes under the eaves" too.

fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link


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