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

Frey's house in Hawaii: http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/rocker-glenn-frey-pays-775m-for-a-six-bedroom-4400-square-foot-estate-in-hana-hawaii/

"Last Good Time In Town"

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Joe+Walsh+Opening+Gala+Unmasking+Resnick+Pavilion+5X_qCXetMcXl.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8zoR-n5sig

"Jazz on Trombone Jazz on Trombone" he whispered insistingly.

I like the music on this, probably the most interesting on the album. The chorus reminds you that the song is not just Walsh, but Walsh with The Eagles, which isn't quite a good thing. I assume all that extra percussion is not Henley.

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/joe-walshs-house-2/

joe is also surrounded.

http://www.starmap.com/the-eagles-vocalist-songwriter-joe-walshs-house/

mike nesmith's old house

http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/rocker-joe-walsh-pays-45m-for-a-2308-square-foot-house-in-the-hills-above-beverly-hills-ca-that-former-monkees-frontman-mike-nesmith-once-owned-clearl/

Walsh has owned other Los Angeles-area properties over the years. He currently owns:

--A 2,437-square-foot house at in Los Angeles' Studio City neighborhood, which he has owned since 1991, according to public records;

--A 791-square-foot condominium at 2005 in Carlsbad, Calif. that he purchased in early 2006 for $450,000, according to public records.

--A 4,878-square-foot house at in Encinitas, Calif. that he purchased with other family members in early 2007 for $1,900,000, according to public records.

Classic anecdote from the "Life's Been Good" thread:

I've never had much desire to meet and/or hang with celebrities, but i've always thought that in a perfect world John Waters and Joe Walsh would be my neighbors, and we would barbeque every weekend.

The first time an ex gf of mine ever came to my house she got all excited realizing she had briefly lived around the corner when she was 12. "And you'll never guess who lived next door... Joe Walsh!!!" (He lived here for about a year and a half during and after recording _Got Any Gum_ at Ardent). She then began to regale me with tales of him playing guitar for her and her sister, buying them goofy christmas presents and the time she walked outside to find a shopping cart from the neighborhood grocery perched on the roof of his carport.

― will, Friday, February 8, 2008 9:23 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/timothy-b-schmits-house/

felder's monster house has some nice palm trees

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/don-felders-house/

he used to live in an even bigger monster originally owned by tommy chong until nick nolte bought it

http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2013/04/23/nick-nolte-lists-malibu-home-for-8-25-million/

felder's net worth on here pegged at 60 million. probably cuzza the lawsuit. timothy b. listed at a mere 15 million.

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/rock-stars/don-felder-net-worth/

I use that site a lot but wonder at its accuracy.

Jesse: What are your parents doing today?
Me: Watching the game at an Eagles bar. (nb: Philadelphia Eagles)
Jesse, horrified: the band?!?

Leadon's worth twice as much at T.B. Schmidt? That doesn't entirely compute.

Leadon: 72-75 Greatest Hits + Hotel Calif. $> Schmidt = Long Run, Hell Freezes Over & this awful record ?

it's v. fitting this thread spends its dying days talking about Eagles real estate. They would approve, i think

Leadon checked out by Hotel California.

Hm. Guess he could leave.

Yeah, I don't know if I believe that Felder is worth that much more than Schmitt. That said, I'm sure he was set for life as soon as he got a writing credit on Hotel California (the song).

I also imagine he got a large chunk of money from the lawsuit settlement.

For completeness sake: http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/randy-meisners-house/

he got a LOT of money in the settlement. maybe even a hundred million.

like he says in that howard stern interview, eagles are a billion dollar industry.

sorry: confused Leadon w/Meisner, as one does

In the wild: the tail end of "Love Will Keep Us Alive" as I walked I to a casual dining restaurant. It was followed by one of those old man hat guys.

"I to"= "into"

"last good time in town" sounds like a steely dan song gone terribly wrong. i like the percussion, though, and bonus points for mentioning crossword puzzles. there should be more rock songs about crosswords.

"I Love To Watch A Woman Dance"

http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/ultimateclassicrock.com/files/2013/07/eagles-Rick-Diamond.jpg

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

was tempted to use this picture though when i heard the song:

http://cdn.pophangover.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tumblr_m2e5gqQZC31r3bp1do1_500.gif

What a perfectly gross example evolution of The Eagles approach to writing about women. Gag.

That sentence barely made sense but neither does this stupid awful song.

"her face is holy"?

seriously?

the combination of the grotesque lyric and Frey's straining, whiny vocal (which sinks into a mumble midway through: he sounds like Ira Kaplan at one point) is just...guh. This album's going out like WWII did. Career-encapsulating lyric: "there's so much I don't understand."

My least favorite lyric is when her breath on Frey's neck slowly breaks down his will.

ok missed a couple:

"last good time in town" - for a second expected someone to sing "oye como va"...this sounds really "80s" in kind of an appealing way, wonder if this was some leftover of a solo album or something?

"i love to watch a woman dance"...oh lord 20 seconds in an i'm fucking horrified.

this is about a strip club right?

"our eyes connect
she takes my hand"

lap dance

god this guy is so embarrassing

All He Wants To Do Is Watch A Woman Dance

god this guy is so embarrassing

He's the Chobini yogurt of musicians.

when it works it's tasty and calorie-light; when spoiled it curdles the stomach and lands you in the hospital.

lolololol #chobanitime
i haven't even thought about listening to this song but i am 100% sure it sucks

the only thing that brought to mind is "he tastes like paste" and i just died of gross

:(((((

;_;

"I Love To Watch A Woman Dance": A nice little musical track, which deserves a lyric about, I dunno, seeing your kids grow up and graduate from school, or perhaps some about "Honey, we're getting older but I still love you" (which, tbf, is almost where this song was headed). These guys can't even get sincerity right.

"Business As Usual"

http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/story/q-a-don-henley-opens-up-about-the-history-of-the-eagles-at-sundance-20130120/130120-don-henley-306-1358703782.jpg

Look at the weather, look at the news
Look at all the people in denial
We're running time, leaving grace
Still we worship at the marketplace
While common sense is goin' out of style
I thought that I would be above it all by now
In some country garden in the shade

But it's business as usual
Day after day
Business as usual
Just grinding away
You try to be righteous
You try to do good
But business as usual
Turns your heart into wood

Monuments to arrogance reach for the sky
Our better nature's buried in the rubble
We got the prettiest White House that money can buy
Sitting up there in that beltway bubble
The main jefe talks about our freedom
But this is what he really means...

Business as usual
How dirty we play
Business as usual
Don't you get in the way
Yeah, make you feel helpless
Make you feel like a clown
Business as usual
Is breakin' me down

Boy, you can't go surfing in Century City
Yeah, them sharks out there are lurking beneath the curb
Yeah, they rob you blind, chew you up, and it ain't pretty
And it's a soul suckin', soul suckin', soul suckin', soul suckin'
Soul suckin', soul suckin' world

Business as usual
Day after day
Business as usual
Feel like walking away
A barrel of monkeys
Or band of renown
Business as usual
Is breakin' me down
Breakin' me down

i honestly could not get any ersatz videos to load or play on all the un-youtube sites i tried. i really tried too.

You try to be righteous
You try to do good
But business as usual
Turns your heart into wood

you know it