Defending the indefensible: Don Henley

so much better than "new kid in town" or "take it to the limit" or "i can't tell you why"? i'm not so sure about that.

Why did critics always describe "End of the Innocence" as "intelligent"? I hated that song so much in Grade 5.

Oh wait, maybe that actually goes with the "Don't look back, you can never look back" part.

the solo songs you mentioned sound to me neither better nor worse than the typical eagles song; they sound exactly like eagles songs.

And I really like The Eagles

Glenn Frey totally sucks though

What's the consensus on "Heart of the Matter"? I though that was a good song when I was like 10. Should I download it or will I be disappointed?

SHE WANTS TO PARTY SHE WANTS TO GET DOWN

Down at the Sunset Grill?

CUZ THERE'S NOT ENUFF LUV IN THE WORLD

It's very rare that someone as widely loved as Don Henley is COMPLETELY indefensible. Vox populi vox dei.

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/specials/grammy07/afterparty/sting.jpg

Gad, he's smug even when relaxing.

oh come on, you guys! desperado!? right? right.

Dirty Laundry is a good jam

Yeah, it really is.

i used to have the 7" of this:

I once had an argument with the guitarist in my band on a long road trip about whether the Henley song was called 'Boys of Summer' (my claim) or 'Poisoned Summer' (his claim). We even wagered $10 on it. I pretended to be hesitant when making the wager because I really wanted to win, because he was such a c*nt. So I went, 'Er, er, alright, $10'. He then said words to the following effect:

'See, moley, that's the difference between you and me. You'll always lose bets because you're jewish, you're nervous. That's why jews will never be good poker players. You jews don't have the pokerfaces to win on a bet like this, cos you're too neurotic. You give yourselves away'.

I made him pay the $10. The only real issue was what nickname to give him from that point on. The singer and I couldn't decide between 'Pokerface' and 'Poisoned Summer'. In the end we just sacked him.

!

"I made him pay the $10."

insert jewish joke here instead.

Every Don Henley solo album means fewer other Eagles were involved.

I read the Don Felder book about his days in the Eagles. I don't like their music, but I figured there would be some good dirt in there. It was pretty good, but Frey comes across as an even bigger asshole than Henley, if that's possible.

hope this isn't too tacky, but i can't let his words go to waste: http://tinyurl.com/cc6wrh

Ah, yes — Mr. Christgau, the self-proclaimed “Dean of American Rock Critics.” I have never found anything in his work that was constructive or illuminating. His rants are mean-spirited, pretentious drivel that often miss the mark entirely. His tastes are narrow, his views myopic and he writes primarily to impress other critics rather than to educate or enlighten the average listener. The guy is so caught up in his own prejudices that he usually can’t see the forest for the trees and his toxic screeds devolve into nonsense — like the one above, which, I assume, is supposed to be some kind of clever, semantical wordplay, but is so clichéd and daffy that it’s meaningless. Christgau is like the nutty, eccentric professor who tries hard to be hip, but can never get there because he is locked in the ivory tower of his pedantry. Because he’s so gone, so deranged, I could no more be offended by him than by a besotted bum who cursed at me on the street. As that old philosopher Joe Walsh once said, “You Can’t Argue With a Sick Mind.”

I have a special love of "The End of The Innocence" because it came out when I graduated from high school, and it seemed to fit that feeling of graduating. Also the guy who played piano...Bruce Hornsby...he came from like very near my hometown...I think he recorded something very near my hometown. Yeah, he had some video with a bunch of basketball players from there or something. Not sure I really want to remember the details, but you know...

I only get to have three pieces of pride for my small hometown and they are:
1) Dave Matthews Band
2) Happy Flowers
3) Bruce Hornsby

That's it. That's all I get. I'll take the abuse, that's fine, but not unless you know Happy Flowers.

The line "Oh beautiful for spacious skies/Now those skies are threatening" is absolute shit.

i prefer "heart of the matter" ...

"I'll have a Henley Burger with a side of Glenn Fries and a large Coke."

"Do you want to Full Monster that combo for an extra dollar?"

"Well, yeah."

The Footlong Run

lol @ Glenn Fries

"give me the 2 piece chicken"

"Felder leg or Felder thigh?"

Fingers please

gotta have something to Walsh it down with

"Someone place an order...?"

https://i.imgur.com/8iPrNJR.jpg

Witchy woman sauce = creamy balsamic peppercorn

Timothy B. Schakes

Building the Perfect (Chicken) Breast

I'm thinking of ordering the Desperadonuts(TM). They bake them to the limit.

There's gonna be some heartburn tonight, I know.

LMAO

Maybe they can start a chain of The Sad Café's while they're at it.

The Best of My Grub

order the New York Minute omelette, where what you get isn't what you ordered

you guys gave up on this shit too fast!

this thread motivated me to listen to Building… in total for the first time: in 85, the AOR station in Louisville played the SHIT out of "Sunset Grill," "Drivin' with your eyes Closed" and ""Not Enuff Love…" alongside the two legit hits, and so it was interesting to hear the other shit…

1.) on a bunch of cuts, he's singing way way way too high, straining his ability to hit the notes, 2.) it's very surprising that he had no hand in the writing for "All She Wants to Do is Dance" and it's all Kootch; one would think the conceit of trenchant geopolitical satire framed through criticizing women for enjoying dancing couldn't be more Henley…

he sounds almost queeny when he barks the line "That don't keep the boys from makin' a buck or two."

My grandson, he comes home from college
He says, "We get the government we deserve"
My son-in-law just shakes his head and says, "That little punk, he never had to serve"

Then at 2:30 Randy Newman comes up with a solo that's even more strained and less convincing.

GHOST OF GLENN: Happy birthday, Henley! Didja shave those pubes yet?

DON: Well, yeah.