― 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
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― 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
http://arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/Image/eagles08.jpg
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 15:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Eagles - Get Over It lyricsI 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
Funny but kind of damaging to the Eagles' legacy. They did it to themselves by stooping to that level.
― i just like barbecue rib, whatever (u s steel), Saturday, 18 September 2010 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
You gotta let somebody love you
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 18 September 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Alsohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JowmXbaGSoU
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 18 September 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
f--k the eagles.
good harmonies, tho.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 18 September 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I think The Eagles are great but the fact that they have come up with poo like this makes me suspicious of them.
― i just like barbecue rib, whatever (u s steel), Saturday, 18 September 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/story/q-a-don-henley-opens-up-about-the-history-of-the-eagles-at-sundance-20130120/1000x600/130120-don-henley-600-1358703786.jpg
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-don-henley-opens-up-about-the-history-of-the-eagles-at-sundance-20130120
― buzza, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
^^would watch
― timellison, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 06:55 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I hate the Eagles but I kinda want to see that.
― Influential Acid Jazz Pioneer (crüt), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 07:01 (eleven years ago) link
Somje of them had interesting pre-band histories like Gene Clark affiliations etc. 1st lp isn't quite as bad schlock as later stuff, and there are some decent live sets from around that time apparently.
paved the way for punk? Even if they were one of the things it was reacting to.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 07:39 (eleven years ago) link
did some good backing vocals on other people's records is about as generous as i can get
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/dam/assets/130116134311-chip-kelly2-single-image-cut.jpg
― Mordy, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
http://upperwetside.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/joe-walsh.jpg
― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
did they inject New York strippers into their faces?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
Don Henley is now David Bowie.
https://twitter.com/extranapkins/status/234520243924516864
― Barnaby, Hardly, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlOSWRZ4bl0
― buzza, Sunday, 27 January 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
Beastie Boys sampling "Those Shoes" on "High Plains Drifter" effing rules.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 27 January 2013 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
The interludes on their forthcoming live album have titles.
https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/eagles-live-from-the-forum-mmxviii-preview-take-it-easy/
2. Joe Walsh: “How ya doin?”5. Don Henley: “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen”9. Timothy B. Schmit: “Hey, everybody, that’s Joe Walsh”12. Don Henley: “Just want to thank all of you…”14. Deacon Frey: “Hello, everybody…”19. Vince Gill: “How about a nice hand for California, man…”24. Joe Walsh: “Is everybody OK?”
― StanM, Friday, 16 October 2020 10:08 (three years ago) link
Bonus track: Don Henley: “Well, yeah”
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 October 2020 10:38 (three years ago) link