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

I think it should be Su-zim-chik, by my rudimentary Polish, but American rules (or indeed Polish ones) may be different

there are no american rules outside of "you must chug all night"

No wait, might be shim-chik

The group (or their people) must like this song--it was the one pre-Walsh track added to pad out Hits II. On listening, it sounds like a forecast of where they wanted to go--less oountry, more Pop/lite R & sensitive world-weary lyrics--and where Henley landed in the solo years. Nice guitar solo, but overall this doesn't stick to the ribs.

CC:

AFTER THE THRILL IS GONE
DON: “After The Thrill Is Gone” is something of an overlooked song that I think is very good. It’s me and Glenn, working together. He did the verses with a little help from me. I did the bridge. As exciting as the whole Eagles thing was at times, some of the luster was beginning to wear off. We were combining our personal and professional lives in song.

GLENN: It’s a sleeper. That record is a lot of self-examination, hopefully not too much. There was a lot of double-meaning and a lot of irony. “Any kind of love without passion/Well, that ain’t no kind of lovin’ at all…” — pure Henley.

Wasn't "Pure Henley' a real sweet strain of uncut pseudo-intellectual flake?

That record is a lot of self-examination, hopefully not too much

pure Frey

Wasn't 'Pure Frey' room temperature Schiltz & a bong hit?

We do indeed need to determine the true essence of each Eagle before this thread is done

pure Henley = like eating a tablespoon of cocoa powder

lol

GLENN: It’s a sleeper. That record is a lot of self-examination, hopefully not too much. There was a lot of double-meaning and a lot of irony. “Any kind of love without passion/Well, that ain’t no kind of lovin’ at all…” — pure Henley.

DON: We were still writin' good songs.

GLENN: We were still fucking some great pussy.

DON: Well, yeah.

No wait, might be shim-chik

― Ismael Klata, Saturday, September 28, 2013 2:05 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I thought so too, but I've only heard it pronounced (by Pete Townshend and John Entwistle) "sim-zik."

lol

http://i.snag.gy/iuxvh.jpg

"I gave you seven Eagles, and now you want to give them back!"

and whoa at how this guy turned out.

http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/523*328/04eagles091913.jpg

jesus christ Hitchens was angry the last year of his life

Pure Henley

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cGTCZQfXKWA/TeUADA2woFI/AAAAAAAAEhw/krv7lGoR7qw/s1600/CountryBearsHenley.jpg

context, if you are a buzzkill http://thisdayineagleshistory.blogspot.com/2011/07/2002-movie-country-bears-featuring-don.html

Also I stumbled on this which is kinda lol but mostly sad

..."I've heard the rumors about Glenn (Frey) and Don (Henley) being jerks, but I always thought that was just coming from people who are jealous of their wealth and fame. I guess I was wrong," says Lyle Givant, who's seen the band in concert "at least 20 times" over the last four decades. "Frey and Henley come across as two guys who have zero regret over how badly they've treated people over the years. It was hard for me to watch this documentary at times because I've loved the band for so long. I'm sure it wasn't the director's intention, but she made Frey and Henley look pretty bad. They clearly still live by the motto that the end justifies the means. If it's supposedly good for the band, screw it if people get hurt."

http://therenodispatch.blogspot.com/2013/02/exclusive-eagles-fans-angered-by-new.html

BREAKING NEWS: HENLEY AND FREY - IT IS SAD, THEY WERE DOUCHEBAGS

There's a special place in hell for Glenn Frey. Always has been. He can check out any time he likes, but he can never leave.

he's just a victim of love

it's a losing proposition
but one you can't refuse
it's the politics of contraband
it's the chugglers blues

Who's got the bigger reservation in Hell: Frey or Mike Love? I say the former, 'cause the man needs his hats and weirdos.

Man, say what you will about Mike Love but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRwPhBLh3hs

mike love is farm league compared those these 2 clowns

I dunno the Beach Boys universe is so fucked and tragic compared to a bunch of vapid dicks being dicks to each other.

Murray Wilson is rotting in hell and Frey and Henley don't compare to all that sad wreckage... And I'm not even close, I would hand w Frey or Henley way over Mike Love

TS: TM or Walden's Pond (TM)

TS:TM or Chugging all nite (toss up)

Mike beat Glenn to Chug by nine years: http://youtu.be/rDY02aGBTfg

I like After The Thrill Is Gone; nice guitars, good bass, good tune, reasonable singing. It's not a-grade eagles, but it's high b-grade and that's rare enough to still be a treat.

"I Wish You Peace"

http://www.bernieleadononline.com/images/BLeadonOOTNSB.jpg

http://youtu.be/aVoOk68T1SI

farewell, brave cosmic banjo man...

co-written with Reagan's daughter, ladies and gentlemen

ah,Bernie, this is how you leave us? not with oddball stuff like "Bitter Creek" and "Sorcerer" but a collaboration w/ Patti Davis? Aptly described by Henley as "smarmy cocktail music"?

Agreeable smarm, nowhere near eagles reunion album smarm, but yeah. The sorcerer is not in for this one.

Syrupy to be sure, but after two minutes I thought it was a nice little coda to the album. Then it just kept going into noodlesville.

Bernie threw us some nice curves, including this one, but yeah this should have been cut at 2:06.

^ This is nice enough; would've been boring for a band who put out actual lounge classics, but The Eagles are not that band. Actually, for a sleazy seventies act, there's not much Rhodes piano on their records, good to have one holding this track together.

well. at least there's tomorrow's.

Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan's daughter, published "Till Human Voices Wake Us" as an e-book. Amazon/Patti Davis
Patti Davis, the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, has penned a new novel, “Till Human Voices Wake Us,” a lesbian love story written in the first person.

What would be worse -- hanging around the Reagans or Frey-Henley?

Reagan anecdotes about Erroll Flynn, even if made up > anything Glenn Frey has ever said

1975:

http://www.indecisionforever.com/files/2009/09/thereagans.jpg

Michael Reagan looking like Meathead shocker.

That may be the worst Ronnie has ever looked.

wasn't Patti disowned around that time for living in sin with Leadon? (or maybe for this song)

yep

"I Wish You Peace" (or, "I Wish I Was Dan Fogelberg"): Their most Easy Listening track yet? Legend has it that Henley & Frey were ticked at Leadon for giving Davis credit. The Rhodes kind of tugs the song into the direction of lite Soul. I'll give it points for keeping the noodly bits to the solo and for having more lyrics were the pointless coda could have been.

reminds me of a deep 70s beach boys alb cut

That country bears image is going to give me nightmares.

In the wild report: "The Heat Is On" followed by "The Long Run" on jukebox auto play in a diner.