which is just a way to point out that John Kay and Steppenwolf in the early 70's had WAY more on their minds than the Eagles did. and that's saying something.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Early '70s Steppenwolf albums are amazing. I love "Gang War Blues." But pretty much every Steppenwolf album right up to Skullduggery is great.
― 誤訳侮辱, Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
"Chug All Night" mostly makes me think of this guy.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:54 (ten years ago) link
Not the worst Eagles song in the world. I can hear in my mind a million bar bands butchering it.
― pplains, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:03 (ten years ago) link
Make them stop!
if you bought this album new and these were the first three songs you heard, i think you'd be pretty confused as to what exactly this band is--so far they've done prototypical country rock, soulful/citified pop-rock, and hacky bar band shit.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
i dunno, seems kinda typical stuff to me. but i listen to way too many country rock records.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link
feel like in another era frey and henley would have been brill building or tin pan alley dudes. or own a shady little label where they would rip off r&b performers left and right. or despots in the mesopotamian empire.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
living in a river of darkness beneath a neon light
― no fomo (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
xp yeah that may be true! i feel like this is less coherent than i thought it would be but you would know much better than me
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:47 (ten years ago) link
feel like in another era frey and henley would have been brill building or tin pan alley dudes.
Frey and Henley at one desk, Fagan/Becker at another...
― pplains, Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link
... Buckingham/Nicks naked under another ...
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
I kind of like this song. Ive never heard it before.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
it would take all my superpowers to think of something interesting to say about this song. again, the intro is really promising. even when the first lines of the song creep out of frey's mouth you COULD conceivably be in for something good. and it sounds fine, but the production does nothing for me really. a zillion 4th tier country rock albums of the time had production that sounded as good as that.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:27 (ten years ago) link
the verses sound like a band in a garage just fucking around like 'hey what about this song'...in an ideal world instead of playing the whole song the drummer trails off after a verse and then they all just kinda stand around until Frey says, 'yeah I guess it wasn't that good' and they go try something else
but hey
the chorus is ok.
god the harmonies are not...very...good. or unnecessary. or something. like riding around with a dude singing along in his car but he's a beat behind so he comes in late
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link
I BELIEVE WE COULD CHUG ALL NIGHTI BELIEVE WE COULD HUG ALL NIGHT
*falls down on the floor laughing*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:42 (ten years ago) link
I BELIEVE WE COULD PUG ALL NIGHT
don't quote me on this but i think the two songs with solo frey songwriting credits on the first album are the first and last songs that he wrote solo. he's no dummy. or maybe they didn't allow him to write alone after this song.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
haha yeah I can see why jeez louise
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
the Dutch were apparently very big fans
FLying Burrito Bros were massive there
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
xgau:Actually, the protagonist of "Take It Easy" doesn't plan to make his stand alone. He craves female companionship--but please, no one who will stone him or own him or bewitch him or tie him down or let him down or do anything much but chug all night.
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
bud scoppa:"Tryin'" and "Chug All Night" aren't great songs in themselves, but the Eagles use them as frames to hang their rock & roll licks on, and the controlled explosiveness of the performances makes them among the most exciting songs here. Glen Frey's snarling rhythm guitar is featured on these two, as it is on "Nightingale"; it's worth paying special attention to.
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
I can't do this and the Elton thing at the same time
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
So this must be what it's like to hear an Eagles song for the first time.
WE'RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET CHUGGING.
― pplains, Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:08 (ten years ago) link
hee hee hee
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
It's almost like Frey is a failed advertising dude who became a musician, and he's just using up his terrible slogans in his songs
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
Hahaha OTM.
― Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:13 (ten years ago) link
but the Eagles use them as frames to hang their rock & roll licks on, and the controlled explosiveness of the performances makes them among the most exciting songs here.
jesus
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
dare i say, bud scoppa not otm
has he *heard* other music? do we know for sure?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link
"FLying Burrito Bros were massive there"
this is true! and everything byrds. that one gene clark album only came out in holland.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link
I believe we could bug tonighthttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4TwrnXluxjM/T6XkAujoWuI/AAAAAAAABII/B6ahF5gkjvw/s200/Orkin+Man.jpgcan someone photoshop glenn frey's mug on the orkin man pls
― no fomo (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
It's not already?
― pplains, Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
― scott seward, Thursday, August 22, 2013 1:21 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This explains a lot. Friend/former one-time bandmate did a duo record with Janet Bean (from Eleventh Dream Day and Freakwater) of Gram Parsons covers that was commissioned by a Dutch label (and only released in Holland).
― Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link
Maybe move this thread to De Subjectivisten?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
"Chug All Night" is the more faceless side of the band. Steppenwolf comparison upthread OTM--it also brings to mind ZZ Top (for some reason I flash on "Move Me On Down The Line" while listening to this) and Seger of the period. Joe Walsh could have done this in his sleep. Very much a 'First Album' song; you can also tell why Glyn Johns was so against them trying to really rock out.
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 22 August 2013 18:24 (ten years ago) link
this reminds me of when you see a classic rock cover band at a bar and they sneak one original into the setlist
Glen Frey's snarling rhythm guitar is featured on these two, as it is on "Nightingale"; it's worth paying special attention to.
LMAO
if this was literally like the only rock song you'd ever heard in your entire life, i guess....
― usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 August 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
grisso c'mon man this isn't even on the same planet as ZZ Top
― usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 August 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
zz top? seger? noooooooooo wtf grisso why u braek heart
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
In this case I think Glyn Johns echo is passive-aggressive because it seriously sounds like they're playing in a bar with a wooden floor for like 2 people
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link
I was just pointing out what it reminded me of--of course those guys did it better!
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
It's kinda funny that ten years later ZZ Top put out "Leila" which like halfway between LA: Light Album and The Long Run.
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
The sheer superstar level of dudes like Elton John in the '70s put the Eagles to shame, no? Like, weren't there many months with multiple Elton albums in the top 10?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 August 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
plus, elton was huge everywhere. don't know if that's true of eagles. eagles were huge here, but maybe not everywhere in the world.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
and speaking of mellow and Holland, i'll never forget when maria told me about living in the Netherlands and how nobody knew who James Taylor was there. we just live in a humongous bubble here. maria's cousin married the only non-musical taylor boy.
(that's the kind of thing i never forget. people's birthdays i'm not so good at remembering.)
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
I've been trying to find the line between U.S. and Australia with sunny successor. She knew the Eagles growing up, but not Styx.
Imagine saying "Domo aragoto Mr. Roboto" to an English-speaking person over 35 and them replying with "The fuck did you just say?" It was magic.
― pplains, Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:14 (ten years ago) link
Yeah Mr Veg gets a huge kick out of that too. Did Sunny know Journey? I didn't really know them either
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
i used to love to watch the paul hogan show when i was a kid even though i had no idea who they were making fun of. rolf harris jokes and the like.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
i remember hoges showing his butt on latenight tv once
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.fd.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/yahoo-serious-film-festival-simpsons.jpg
― Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link