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

DON: A lot has happened since that summer of 1971. It is amazing and gratifying that so many people, all over the world, still love these songs and come out in droves to hear us play them. I live in Texas now, and sometimes, late at night, when I’m pushing the cart around the supermarket, I’ll hear one of our records and think, “I left here 33 years ago, did all that, and here I am back again… now, what did I come here to buy?”

GLENN: Valtrex, dummy.

DON: Well, yeah.

"It's Your World Now": Somebody's been listening to the Mavericks! Yes, It's our world now, hopefully one with less Eagles music.

Scott, you are a hero. There should be a section of trees in Walden dedicated just to you.

W___, y___.

There should be a selection of trees ripped from Walden in Henley's private Texas forest for you.

^^You just have to get past Henley's Private Bear Security Force to claim them

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

"Come and get 'em, bitch!"

Here they are.

http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/no-crank-hose-reel-1.jpg

can someone find the first appearance of "Well, yeah" on this thread?

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

i feel like Bernie was the heart of it. He wasn't the most important member or whatever but yeah I dunno. something about his whole boho folk surfer vibe was cool

― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, November 13, 2013 3:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gotta wonder if Bernie thought going in that he was going to be the driving force of the Eagles when they started out. He had the impressive credentials, he had three songwriting credits on their first album vs. on mere co-write from Henley.

it's shocking how much Frey and Henley got away with w/their 2nd-rate talents. [ . . . . ] , having a producer who was able to make even their crummiest stuff sound professional at least.

― col, Wednesday, November 13, 2013 3:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Even there, their instincts were just awful. Recall how their sophomore album tanked upon initial release, and their third album's singles were treading for water too ("James Dean") until "Best of My Love", the third single from the LP, topped the charts. "Best of My Love" was one of the two songs they recorded for On The Border produced by Glyn Johns before they sacked him because they wanted to get away from that country-rock sound he favored, the sound that broke them huge.

In the wild: "The Sad Cafe" on jukebox auto play in a diner.

Fitting.

I'm sure this is somewhere on this thread but a friend posted it on FB and i thought it was appropriate:

http://gawker.com/woman-stabs-roommate-for-refusing-to-stop-listening-to-1335462841

I still think we should do Styx

I'm ready for 1977-1986 Elton!

Bring on Billy Joel

I think you three are still seeing the stars and not seeing the light.

well, yeah

How about Loverboy?

I think you should just keep doing this thread, over and over again, forever.

"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave."

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_x2TThMsyaYA/TRtu_Gk-pRI/AAAAAAAAFrA/uNQ6PYPzOv0/s1600/no%2Bexit.jpeg

DON: I've always admired existenalism and Jean-Paul Sartre. It really spoke to us as these L.A. translants.

GLENN: It musta been fiction. Henley, you ever head of a "respectful" prostitute?

DON: Well, yeah.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3532/3184470110_13928069f9_z.jpg

Some of you still suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

http://i.imgur.com/tovyqie.jpg

that picture, wow, just 100% pure, uncut Henley. Terrifying

don't need image of "uncut Henley" thx

D:

"The Last Worthless Foreskin"

Johnny Come Lately, the foreskin in town

http://i.imgur.com/X3z6doo.jpg

Eagles in the wild:

Last night eating alone at a sandwich place, their Xmas song came on right after 'Santa Baby'

Heard "Already Gone" the other day. It's a song I've always confused/conflated with "Take it Easy," but it occurred to me that, you know, I really don't mind "Already Gone." Not written by any of the Eagles, of course. Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlcOs3fCN3M

Eagles in the wild: stopped at a gas station late at night, and "Heartache Tonight" was playing in the background.

That's ominous!

"I'm gonna have to Fill Up Tonight/Fill Up Tonight I know..."

more like a shitty cap to a terrible holiday. Gawd, is it too much ask for Henley & Frey to lose all their money in a ponzi scheme or something? They'll make it back anyway - but just a financial punch to the gut.

Y'know, I don't know if I've heard any wild Eagles even once since this thread started - certainly none since Labour Day. Other than a few seconds of "Hotel California" during the occasional "Q-107 plays the classics!" commercial. Guess I should get out more.

I just assume "Hotel California" is always playing somewhere on the radio.

It woke me up on my clock radio the other day. I slammed the whole thing off instead of snooze, thinking "No one should begin a day like that."

We were late.

Oh shit, "Hotel California" is Houston's third favorite/greatest Classic Rock song according to this listener countdown on air as I type.

STH or FB #1?

FB #2 STH #1 HJ #4

Layla @ 5 would be my guess.

Layla was #28. YSMANL by AC/DC #5

HJ #4

when did that become the go-to beatles song for the top 10 of a classic rock countdown? didn't the automatic top beatles entry used to be ADITL? what happened america??? or is this just a houston thing?

As leader of the ILX Floyd faction, did CN get into the top 10?

IIRC, HJ actually ended up being the Beatles biggest single in America. ADITL is #32 on this list. As for the Floyd, CN is #34, but ABITW2 was #6.

Here's the list: http://www.937thearrow.com/pages/2013Top500.pdf

At least Walsh's RMY finished higher #165 than the next highest Eagles song: LITFL at #178

when did that become the go-to beatles song for the top 10 of a classic rock countdown? didn't the automatic top beatles entry used to be ADITL? what happened america??? or is this just a houston thing?

― i play too fast (which is the sign of an amateur) (fact checking cuz), Monday, December 2, 2013 2:50 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

WLS in Chicago (not a "classic rock" station, because that marketing term didn't exist yet) in the late 70s/early 80s used to a "Top 500 of All Time" countdown every Memorial Day weekend. For years it was a foregone conclusion that "Hey Jude" would be #1; "Stairway" finally hit #1 in 1986, despite rarely being played on that station.

"Hey Jude" was at the time the longest song to hit No. 1. One of the best compromises between Top 40 and AOR stations.

ACDC makes perfect sense at No. 5. I guessed Layla since the other four songs in the Top 5 all top the six-minute mark, if not much more so.