Say something charitable about the Eagles.

Not liking the Eagles makes me a robot? I don't like Steely Dan either....what does that make me?

"Dirty Laundry," not to be pedantic, is Henley SOLO, not The Eagles. But, calling it Punk Rock is a bad call.....decrying the media for hounding celebrities and stirring up gossip is hardly punk.

What does this have to do with their music, though? (I never said I'd wannna invite them over to my house for DINNER for crissakes....Well, maybe I'd invite Joe Walsh. He'd be FUN to eat with!)

ps) They rock harder than most metal (and punk) bands, by the way.

Also, there was a pretty funny Onion story based on 'Take it Easy'

No, not that, just that your response was soooo patently "Alex in NYC." It's cool, though... it was funny!

the eagles were even more robotic than kraftwerk or their progeny, FWIW.

I was thinking of a way to lambast their whole aesthetic. It's not just their style that bugs me (which it does), but their music doesn't really speak to me. I can't really empathize with "Life in the Fast Lane" or any of that shit. Also, their little morality tales lamenting the hollow shenanigans of Californian celebrity culture rings a bit false when you examine their own excesses.

They rock harder than most metal (and punk) bands, by the way.

Seems like you've been partaking in a bit too much of the "warm smell of colitas", Chuck my friend.

*By "Christians" I don't mean all Christians, just the kind who get their information about rock'n'roll from pamphlets distributed at church youth group conferences. One of my friends in college had one of these pamphlets, and it remains one of my favorite pieces of music criticism. I wish I had stolen it from him.

workin on the dreams he planned to try,
the days go by....

Metal and punk bands tend to sound LOUDER than the Eagles. But to rock HARD, you need a rhythm section, Alex. (And right, Motorhead and AC/DC and the County Bishops and Guns N Roses and Turbonegro and Nazareth and etc etc etc have rhythm sections. I didn't say the Eagles rock harder than ALL metal and punk bands. Just MOST of them.)

Anyway, I think you proved what I've always suspected: People hate the Eagles because of what the Eagles supposedly STOOD for. But I don't CARE what they stood for. I care about their SONGS.

you could also say that about KISS and Ted Nugent ...

As far as satanic - man, I don't know but the gatefold to Hotel California is downright creepy. That sort of sepia washed-out photo of all those people staring back at you; and what's that guy doing up there on the terrace?!

... which sounds like a Teamsters' wet dream!

Did I suggest otherwise?

Anyway, I think you proved what I've always suspected: People hate the Eagles because of what the Eagles supposedly STOOD for. But I don't CARE what they stood for. I care about their SONGS.

I think their music is staid, trite, lifeless, dull, banal and unexceptional. Walsh added a bit to their arsenal, but not enough to save them from inspiring lethal ennui.

Did I suggest otherwise?

Anyway, I think you proved what I've always suspected: People hate the Eagles because of what the Eagles supposedly STOOD for. But I don't CARE what they stood for. I care about their SONGS.

Well, I think their music is staid, trite, lifeless, dull, banal and unexceptional. Walsh added a bit to their arsenal, but not enough to save them from inspiring lethal ennui.

Ha! The Christian youth pamphlet cited that very gatefold. It claimed the guy on the terrace was Anton LaVey and that the whole song was about the founding of the Satanic Church. (Also cited as servants of the dark lord, for reasons that now escape me, were Olivia Newton-John, the Bee Gees and Fleetwood Mac. Oh, Fleetwood Mac was because Stevie Nicks is a witch.)

I like "Boys of Summer" better than any Eagles song, but I give most of the credit for that to Mike Campbell. OK, the lyrics aren't bad, in a self-important aging Baby Boomer way. The Eagles themselves...they were an OK singles band, right? "Heartache Tonight" is pretty great. "Lyin' Eyes" is nice. I can live a long, long time without ever hearing "7 Bridges Road" again, tho.

the 1978 eagles = the 2003 phillies (jim thome = baseball's joe walsh. both thome and walsh are connected to cleveland, so the comparison fits!)

Ah, but unlike Nugent, they don't look like they are thisclose to keeling over.

The Eagles: Destroy by Fire Bombing or with Thermonuclear Devices?

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.

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.

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.

Felder's book is pretty hilarious.

http://arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/Image/eagles08.jpg

Eagles - Get Over It lyrics
I turn on the tube and what do I see
A whole lotta people cryin' "Don't blame me"
They point their crooked little fingers ar everybody else
Spend all their time feelin' sorry for themselves
Victim of this, victim of that
Your 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.

You gotta let somebody love you

Also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JowmXbaGSoU

f--k the eagles.

good harmonies, tho.

I think The Eagles are great but the fact that they have come up with poo like this makes me suspicious of them.

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

^^would watch

yeah I hate the Eagles but I kinda want to see that.

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.

did some good backing vocals on other people's records is about as generous as i can get

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/dam/assets/130116134311-chip-kelly2-single-image-cut.jpg

http://upperwetside.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/joe-walsh.jpg

did they inject New York strippers into their faces?

Don Henley is now David Bowie.

https://twitter.com/extranapkins/status/234520243924516864

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlOSWRZ4bl0

Beastie Boys sampling "Those Shoes" on "High Plains Drifter" effing rules.

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?”

Bonus track: Don Henley: “Well, yeah”