the 1978 eagles = the 2003 phillies (jim thome = baseball's joe walsh. both thome and walsh are connected to cleveland, so the comparison fits!)
― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 19 June 2003 23:19 (twenty years ago) link
Ah, but unlike Nugent, they don't look like they are thisclose to keeling over.
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 19 June 2003 23:19 (twenty years ago) link
The Eagles: Destroy by Fire Bombing or with Thermonuclear Devices?
― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 19 June 2003 23:21 (twenty years ago) link
Also, I had meant to second Ben Boyer on the Langley "Desperado" - it was easily the best thing about that record, which I generally didn't care for.
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 19 June 2003 23:29 (twenty years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 19 June 2003 23:43 (twenty years ago) link
I think it's impossible NOT to factor in what 'they stood for' when you make an estimate of a band's career -- it's part of the whole Eagles package, same as their clothes, their album covers, etc.
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 20 June 2003 00:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 20 June 2003 00:07 (twenty years ago) link
sure ... or #6, since the housemartins aren't indefensible at all!
― Tad (llamasfur), Friday, 20 June 2003 00:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 20 June 2003 00:16 (twenty years ago) link
― scott woods (s woods), Friday, 20 June 2003 00:18 (twenty years ago) link
― scott woods (s woods), Friday, 20 June 2003 00:28 (twenty years ago) link
Which doesn't really answer the question of why Dylan, the Stones et al. get away with their rage. (Maybe that's why I've never wholeheartedly loved them, either, except for Costello and even then not his most enraged stuff, unless Blood and Chocolate counts, which it probably does.)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 20 June 2003 01:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Tad (llamasfur), Friday, 20 June 2003 01:41 (twenty years ago) link
Johnny Cash's cover of "Desperado" is also quite nice.
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 20 June 2003 01:43 (twenty years ago) link
TS: the eagles v. SARS!
― Tad (llamasfur), Friday, 20 June 2003 01:49 (twenty years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 20 June 2003 01:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 20 June 2003 02:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 June 2003 02:01 (twenty years ago) link
i wouldn't, either. although if the alternative is listening to the eagles, and since SARS isn't necessarily fatal (if caught early enough) ...
― Tad (llamasfur), Friday, 20 June 2003 02:02 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Friday, 20 June 2003 02:10 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Friday, 20 June 2003 02:11 (twenty years ago) link
2. the one with the long hair's kinda cute
3. they're easy targets for the jokes of elitist hipsters who're afraid to like anything a)their parents listen to and b)release the 2nd highest grossing album in history
4. their horribly almost proggy usage of harmonising guitar solos hides the fact that harmonising guitar solos can seriously kick ass, thus making it more likely that people will be surprised when and if i use them tastefully and my fanbase will be ever the more rabid
5. ditto on the langley school comment
― Felcher (Felcher), Friday, 20 June 2003 03:28 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 20 June 2003 03:30 (twenty years ago) link
Donny wore his hair real nice some say...
― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Friday, 20 June 2003 03:41 (twenty years ago) link
The reputation of "The Boys of Summer" on this board is starting to snowball, which I'm fine with, misogynist or not.
― b.R.A.d. (Brad), Friday, 20 June 2003 04:01 (twenty years ago) link
Jackie N. and I used to listen to his sister Belinda's copy of The Long Run when she wasn't home. Sam S. and I rocked out to "Witchy Woman," and Scott H. and I used to sing "Take It Easy" when we went over to the elementary school gym to dunk on their little hoops. But I've never really met many women who love the Eagles.
― Neudonym, Friday, 20 June 2003 04:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 20 June 2003 04:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 20 June 2003 04:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Neudonym, Friday, 20 June 2003 04:22 (twenty years ago) link
It's funny how thin and whispy the guitar sound is! Like you wouldn't expect a band like them to attempt something like that, it's almost .. vulnerable.
And that kick-hihat (boom-tchik) sound is so not disco (hi-hat's would never be clipped off like that) it makes you wonder if it's this intentional piss-take or this horrible misapprehension!
(it's the same pattern on Zep's "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" and um, some other cut that came to mind when I was listening but I forgot)
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 20 June 2003 04:27 (twenty years ago) link
"King of Hollywood" really sucks though.
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 20 June 2003 04:36 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 20 June 2003 04:42 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Friday, 20 June 2003 07:15 (twenty years ago) link
I don't understand Chuck's claim that they 'rock', since they almost never rock, either in the Little Richard earlyearlymorning sense nor in the Kiss Detroit Rock City sense, nor even in the 1-2-3-4 Ramonesy sense. "Life in the Fast Lane" comes closest, but even it peters out into synth-boogie about halfway through. And the lyrics suck.
― J (Jay), Friday, 20 June 2003 10:33 (twenty years ago) link
― doom-e, Friday, 20 June 2003 10:37 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Friday, 20 June 2003 10:48 (twenty years ago) link
Still, I love playing their stuff on guitar, especially "Take It Easy," "Already Gone," "On The Border," even "Hotel California." Great at parties, 'cuz the girls know the words, too. Same with "Desperado" on piano (and "Jump" too, although I skip the Styx soloing).
PS Nice Big Pussy move on Don Felder.
― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Friday, 20 June 2003 11:34 (twenty years ago) link
― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Friday, 20 June 2003 12:59 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 20 June 2003 13:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Friday, 20 June 2003 13:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 June 2003 15:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 20 June 2003 16:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Friday, 20 June 2003 16:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 June 2003 18:26 (twenty years ago) link
― JohnAllen, Friday, 20 June 2003 20:00 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 20 June 2003 20:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 20 June 2003 20:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Friday, 20 June 2003 20:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 June 2003 20:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 20 June 2003 20:59 (twenty years ago) link