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

This is the first Eagles song i'm old enough to remember before it existed. Knew only the '71-'75 hits album at the time, which my 9-year-older brother had, so wasn't even aware the Eagles were still an active band until this came on the radio. It clawed at me then, and still does. (my bro who bought the greatest hits album couldn't stand it either). And no, it didn't sound like typical 1979 pop to me at all.

It does fit right alongside with 1980 Country radio hits like Juice Newton, Eddie Rabbit, "Somebody's Knockin'," Charlie Daniels Band, Alabama, Exile...

So many songs about the devil showing up on people's doorsteps that year. wonder if he looked like don henley.

Hi Dere!

http://media.commercialappeal.com/media/img/photos/2011/02/04/Ronald_Reagan_t607.jpg

my favorite era of country

ILX quoted out of context

and some posters already think this of me!

Gives "Reagan country" a new meaning

"Heartache Tonight" was a #1 single for a week in Nov '79: it knocked off "Pop Musik," held off "Dim All the Lights," then dropped off quickly

the L.A. mafia played on "Dim All the Nights." whatta difference

haha brad c i didn't know you were og athens!

o man i nearly forgot - been waiting to post this for A WHILE:

http://youtu.be/ulY4lxWNct8

do yrself a favor and click that

i mean william h macy doing a murder suicide didn't put as much of an exclamation point on the decade as that thing

and speaking of urban cowboy country - http://youtu.be/KTaOZCecMsk

o man i nearly forgot - been waiting to post this for A WHILE:

http://youtu.be/ulY4lxWNct8

do yrself a favor and click that

― balls, Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:02 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Thanking you.

tangentially related - http://youtu.be/J3X3bhqhstE

not really related at all but i'm posting it anyway - http://youtu.be/D8mQ9nt5WAY

There truly was no better TV than cocaine TV.

haha brad c i didn't know you were og athens!

yeah, since that year, I kind of like it here

balls, what an amazing cultural artifact: thanks.

No michael beck, no credibility.

Being a kid and watching that ONJ-type Hollywood Night of 100 Stars crazy TV on a regular basis did a number on me, a number that I can't quite put into words.

wow that clip balls posted...

btw did anyone notice the quick cut of a sign for a Romantics/Plimsouls double bill???

aw man this is really gorgeous, a family doing a really gorgeous country harmony version of peaceful easy feeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVi3jcKdUwI

(sorry for the embed, i don't know how to do it right i guess can someone tell me)

click the 'share' option on youtube and use the link provided there is the best way

imo

thx

np

i mean william h macy doing a murder suicide didn't put as much of an exclamation point on the decade as that thing

― balls, Wednesday, October 16, 2013 5:03 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

balls not just otm, but EAGLES OTM!

OMG balls I saw that '78 ABBA/Olivia/Gibb special on live TV when it aired! Not only that, I even had a cassette recorder in front of the tv speaker taping the whole thing, and I listened to it for weeks afterward! It was one of my first-ever exposures to pop music of any kind. I still remembered some of the segues from song to song to this day. Didn't remember Andy Gibb completely missing the entry to "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"....

In balls' clip, who's that in the leather breeks next to Olivia onstage? It looks like Cliff Richard but it can't be him.

I am so charmed by your anecdote, Lee.

"Those Shoes"

http://www.glennfreyonline.com/images/GFrey1978Baseball03.jpg

http://youtu.be/8LLgSY-b3DA

i forgot about this song. i love how this song sounds. and for once i don't mind the length at all. even the members of Cameo might nod their heads to this.

best track on the album for me. While it's mainly Walsh's show, Henley's King Sleaze routine is almost sublime here.

Felder finally gets another vocal part.

And yeah, somewhere in 1979, Roger Troutman looked up and said, "This is the Eagles? The band with those Poco guys?"

part 2 of dark heart of Long Run here. condescension! hypocrisy! sexism! entitlement! a track that represents those qualities effectively and compellingly…I guess don felt as if he was above the jerk-offs in their fancy cars (much less movie pukes) because…he's famous? cuz he has big thoughts about the despoiling of the environment?

Don rises to the occasion on the drooms, much more nimble on the ride cymbal than you would think … eagles funk, finally, after the hideously misbegotten "On the border". Joe and Felder sound tight as hell…they had their eye on Donald and walter here, and cocaine paranoia results in a cut that could have pointed a way for later shit (although I suppose a few 80s henley tunes owe this tune).

above photo is probably from the Rolling Stone vs. eagles softball game: eagles kick Jann et al's ass…

and so I think today is the right day for this, which I wrote 5 years ago…

http://idolator.com/392421/

That was great, want to read the RS article

Those Shoes is probably the best Eagles song... Really effective, funky (didn't think they had it in them), ominous... Great song....I mean I'm ignoring the creepy misogyny but at a certain point it's the Eagles and they've worn me down

Great piece, vm. I always liked Charles M. Young; he did a great Who interview in 1989. Gonna try to find that 1979 Eagles article.

above photo: poor Tim Schmit doesn't get his official Eagles uniform until he passes probation; Frey looks like an asshole coach who's the adversary in some early '80s teen comedy

much more nimble on the ride cymbal than you would think

This is otm. I was wondering how Henley suddenly got so funky, but it sounds like the shaker/shekere (?) player is doing a lot of the funk heavy lifting.

But this should've been an instrumental. Fuckin' Henley's creepitude is just off the charts here.

Did Schmidt steal his bandana from Michael Anthony?

I keep thinking of Elton's "Who Wears These Shoes?"

I don't think I can listen to this song.

This is the life we chose

we could be reading buzzfeed listicles all day.

we could be MURDERING people, but no we are listening to eagles.

:( a student at my school was murdered last week
i'll listen as soon as i have access to earphones -- right now i am proctoring an exam!

LL, if it helps you can just listen to the Beasties' "High Plains Drifter" and call it a day. In fact, listen to all of Paul's Boutique. It's on me.