― 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
― J (Jay), Friday, 20 June 2003 21:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 20 June 2003 21:38 (twenty years ago) link
I turn on the tube and what do I seeA whole lotta people cryin' "Don't blame me"They point their crooked little fingers ar everybody elseSpend all their time feelin' sorry for themselvesVictim of this, victim of thatYour momma's too thin; your daddy's too fat
Get over itGet over itAll this whinin' and cryin' and pitchin' a fitGet over it, get over it
You say you haven't been the same since you had your little crashBut you might feel better if I gave you some cashThe more I think about it, Old Billy was rightLet's kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonightYou don't want to work, you want to live like a kingBut the big, bad world doesn't owe you a thing
Get over itGet over itIf you don't want to play, then you might as well splitGet over it, Get over it
It's like going to confession every time I hear you speakYou're makin' the most of your losin' streakSome call it sick, but I call it weak
You drag it around like a ball and chainYou wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the painYou wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crownGot your mind in the gutter, bringin' everybody downComplain about the present and blame it on the pastI'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass
Get over itGet over itAll this bitchin' and moanin' and pitchin' a fitGet over it, get over it
Get over itGet over itIt's gotta stop sometime, so why don't you quitGet over it, get over it
― ham on rye (ham on rye), Saturday, 21 June 2003 08:32 (twenty years ago) link
(i wish they were actually called the wagles, though, like i just typed)
― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 21 June 2003 08:44 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Saturday, 21 June 2003 08:56 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.eugenemirman.com/
― john allen (john allen), Saturday, 21 June 2003 13:27 (twenty years ago) link
yet another reason to kill don henley and glen frey.
* the person who utters this line is a low-life rabble-rouser leading a mob; in other words, shakespeare did not approve of these sentiments. not that that inconvenient fact ever stops shitheads like don and glen from spouting off that line ... not to mention that they prob. love the lawyers they hired to go after eric b & rakim for "unauthorized sampling."
― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 21 June 2003 13:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 21 June 2003 16:11 (twenty years ago) link
They seem like 'good musicians'.
When they play country I like it a lot.
They don't make the mistake of finishing their guitar solos sooner than they have to.
― the eaglefox, Tuesday, 2 December 2003 22:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 23:42 (twenty years ago) link
nothing happened.
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 09:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Simon Jordon, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 11:10 (twenty years ago) link
I don't say that there is anything wrong with that. Possibly it is right or inevitable.
But it is notable to me that I have no real context or back-story about them, no history of Eagle hegemony or anti-Eagle polemic, and I just like a lot of their tracks, from what I've heard so far.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 16:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 17:04 (twenty years ago) link
I'm not sure if that's charitable though.
― Rob M (Rob M), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 17:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 17:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Rob M (Rob M), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 17:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 17:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 13 March 2005 10:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 13 March 2005 10:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 13 March 2005 10:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Telephonething, Sunday, 13 March 2005 10:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 12 November 2005 03:16 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm agreeing with JBR lately that In The City is a standout awesome song among many duds.
― Hurting 2, Friday, 11 July 2008 00:20 (fifteen years ago) link
"Those Shoes" and "Disco STrangler" are superbly fuckwithable sample-sources. (But they'll surely sue your ass if you ever try to deprive 'em of royalties.)
I still may check out On The Border or Desperado next time I find 'em for a buck.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 11 July 2008 07:18 (fifteen years ago) link
amazing how the 70s era east coast rock crit hate for these dudes had such a long lasting influence. i don't own any of their records but it's funny how i rarely change the station when their tunes come on my car radio, i think that is the best context for their stuff.
― velko, Friday, 11 July 2008 07:38 (fifteen years ago) link
James Gang's "Rides Again" album is so, so awesome.
― Savannah Smiles, Friday, 11 July 2008 09:59 (fifteen years ago) link
There comes a point once or twice a year where it's somehow the right time to listen to the Eagles. It's right time for the peaceful, easy feeling.
Also, Joe Walsh did a song called 'I like big tits'.
― gnarly sceptre, Friday, 11 July 2008 11:47 (fifteen years ago) link
"Never Let Her Slip Away" followed by "Heartache Tonight" to thread.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 11 July 2008 12:01 (fifteen years ago) link
They harmonize well. I only like a few of their songs. What really bugs me about this band are their fans("The f---g Eagles, dude!") and their inflated self-image (from reading interviews with the band).
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 11 July 2008 12:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Not to mention Radio 2's unending fixation of them as the apex of all popular music.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Friday, 11 July 2008 12:28 (fifteen years ago) link
whereas in reality they were the Bachman-Turner Overdrive to the Burritos' Guess Who.
How could the Eagles possibly be the apex of all popular music?!?
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 11 July 2008 12:30 (fifteen years ago) link
. . . maybe the nadir.
what's with the eagles hate?
i've noticed that lately, my dislike of all things played to death on the radio, has now been replaced with nostalgia for things i simply don't hear much living overseas (eagles, boston, van halen etc) which gives me a new understanding of why everybody likes this stuff in the first place. i mean, nostalgia (usually for middle american soundtrack to drunken tailgate parties and fumbling teenager sex after the high school football game, but whatever) plays such a big part in the continuing popularity of your classic rock fodder, now i think i'm beginning to finally get it.
anyway, charitable thoughts towards the eagles:
good songs! what on earth are you guys dismissing all those fantastic tunes for? great harmonies what's wrong with their lyrics? if you can't relate you can't relate, but really, i don't think that makes them sucky, i think most of their lyrics are very well writen, and work perfectly at what they're trying to get accross the afore-mentioned 27-gazillion-selling best of album doesn't have a weak song on it pisses off trendier-than-though critic types, and hipsters in general
granted, i can see how having to listen to them constantly on classic rock radio at the job site or whatever might turn anyone off.
― messiahwannabe, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 08:22 (fifteen years ago) link
"Desperado" is a GREAT album!
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 09:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Then I am a sucker for most anyone with that kind of wonderful vocal harmonies. Surely, they were not Queen or ELO, but they were still great at that bit.
Whenever they attempted to "rock out" they usually failed though.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 09:05 (fifteen years ago) link
They make the worst Flying Burrito Bros. songs sound a bit less worse.
― Mike McGooney-gal, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 09:05 (fifteen years ago) link
They were friends with Warren Zevon.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 15:32 (fifteen years ago) link
They pissed off David Crosby
― Tom D., Tuesday, 26 August 2008 15:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Then I am a sucker for most anyone with that kind of wonderful vocal harmonies
They did have great vocal harmonies, I admit.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 26 August 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I remember reading that Bernie Leadon was a big reason for the harmonies. He whipped the others in shape, vocally speaking, and worked on the arrangements. That said, they're good harmonies, but they've got nothing on the Dillards!
― QuantumNoise, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
They played the only bluegrass songs I ever heard at a Yes show. What they were doing opening for Yes I'm not too sure.
― ellaguru, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Felder's book is pretty hilarious.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link