I almost forgot, but when I went to see Tom Petty last month, Joe Walsh opened for him. At one point in his set, he said, "This one is for my brother and bandmate, Glenn Frey." He then proceeded to play "Take It To The Limit," which is almost inextricably associated with Randy Meisner. It was either a heartfelt tribute, epic trollery, or some combination.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 7 July 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
That's like the one non-Joe Walsh song that Joe Walsh would probably sing pretty good on. (until the high parts.)
― pplains, Friday, 7 July 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/QDGT5I5.jpg
Don't where else to work this in, but every day I walk past this plaque and every day, I sing "Spent the last year, Count Pulaski Way..."
― pplains, Friday, 7 July 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
what did Don 'n' Glenn think of Tom Petty?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
xxp Joe's got a four-person backing vocal section so the pressure is off to hit anything out of his range.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
xp glenn probably thought petty was an asshole since felder gave the young petty gtr lessons
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
DON: Some years after we all had made our ways to California, Tom Petty and his great band the Heartbreakers followed the trail, setting up shop in the mid-70s with a number of lighthearted Rock'n'Roll records that were fine companions to our own, less serious work. Later on, Mike Campbell and drummer Stan Lynch would be some of my best collaborators as I stepped out of the shadow of the Eagles and started making my own hit records.
GLENN: We never let Tom forget that while he had the the song, we had the PHDs in "Making it last all night" with "American Girl"s!
DON: Well, yeah.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 July 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
Joe's got a four-person backing vocal section so the pressure is off to hit anything out of his range.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.),
Randy Meisner had a Glenn Frey asshole section waiting, so the pressure was on him to avoid being hit by Frey.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 July 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
still lol at the thought of Henley grabbing Stan Lynch's legal pad and correcting his grammar and punctuation
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 July 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
when i was a younger fact checking cuz, i spent some time on the phone with henley going over a transcript of a q&a that a reporter at my site did with him. henley had demanded to see the transcript because he was appalled that we had sent a woman in her early 20s to interview henley the great and powerful. first he sent me a copy-edited version of the transcript, with his own proofreading marks on them. not even remotely surprisingly, dude knows his proofreading symbols. then he got on the phone with me to argue hyphens, dashes and semicolons before something else ticked him off and he hung up on me. top-five highlight of my fact checking life.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 7 July 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
Did he know punctuation?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 July 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
all i remember is he was extremely confident in his suggestions and was not particularly interested in anything i had to say besides yes, ok and sure. also, he cared more about the punctuation than i did.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 7 July 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link
Well: yeah
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Friday, 7 July 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
one of the joys of learning about henley is the continual, neverending confirmation that he is the dickwagon I assumed he was when I knew zero about him
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 July 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link
In the Wild: "Victim of Love."
Victim of the Eagles.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 October 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
If you listen closely you can hear Felder sobbing quietly
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 October 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
I saw at WalMart recently that they've quietly reissued the two vinyl-era hits comps in a box for $12.
Also: Vince Gill is apparently an Eagle now.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 8 October 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
what!?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 October 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
Yeah, two CDs in a box.
But seriously, apparently that summer show w/Gill & Frey's son went well enough that they plan to continue touring with them in the lineup.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 8 October 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
don: think of it as the old guild system, where i am the master and you are the apprentice.
Reminds me of what I posted last year"
Also I picked up Felder's hefty Between Heaven and Hell in the library, and read the whole thing that afternoon, which never happens. Gist: his father comes off as a self-made, self-righteous, self-torturing workaholic and skinflint, and Don follows suit during his Eagles years, with infinitely more bucks and perks than blue collar Dad ever had, of course. Furthermore, Dr. Phil, he somewhat recreates his own defiant-dependent teen relationship with Dad, now played by Henley and Frey.Also:When he finally gets his ass fired, after having papers served in the studio, he actually calls back, all crying---"Try to seek some higher ground in this, Fingers," Frey counsels, and the ex-Mrs. Felder fervently seconds. So he does, by writing this agony-and-juicy-tidbits saga. He's always been go-to for tha latter apparently; has everybody in the firm calling up to ask him what "the Gods" are up to now, incl. the Gods themselves, D & G, checking on each other, and maybe themselves. D. circulates a memo on making sure the toliet paper rolls *toward* the shittee, so reacharound nec. One of the lighter moments.
― dow, Sunday, 8 October 2017 23:13 (six years ago) link
And he casually mentions in that one of his guitar students back in Florida was "Tommy" Petty.
― dow, Sunday, 8 October 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
^^Who later had a band with Bernie Leadon's brother.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 8 October 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
Me and some of the fellas at work takin' it to the limit.
https://i.imgur.com/rrkZJ6C.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 23 October 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
A bad day in hell: being trapped with Lyin' Eyes.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 02:57 (six years ago) link
i enjoy the melody but the lyrics make me crosseyed with hatred
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 03:15 (six years ago) link
fantastic piece.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 08:21 (six years ago) link
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 10:50 (six years ago) link
thanks!
I'm happy that we all came out of this thread stronger, bolder and wiser. And we didn't even lose anyone along the way!
― pplains, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 13:13 (six years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a0/42/5d/a0425d08c6b7d828e4a3903f81ab11d1--eagles-band-the-eagles.jpg
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 13:14 (six years ago) link
Listen, you ever hear me use the pronoun "we", be assured that it'll mean "me and the Eagles".
― pplains, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 13:18 (six years ago) link
it'll never mean.
I don't need a Roach Ghost haunting me today, all right?
Love the responses from angry Eagles fans - and Alfred's retorts - in the blog post linked above.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Thursday, 9 November 2017 00:59 (six years ago) link
I wondered why my stats were exploding two weeks ago: an Eagles fan site had linked to it.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 November 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
First, you call yourself an author, yet you spelled ‘great with “grate” Are you making a cheese topped dish?
O Lord, I think Henley found your blog.
― pplains, Thursday, 9 November 2017 01:19 (six years ago) link
sick burn
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 November 2017 03:40 (six years ago) link
man this is sweet and soft and cool.. so airy, bernie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHrFD_5iD7w
― brimstead, Friday, 18 May 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
Lol @ the setlists: http://www.citypages.com/music/jimmy-buffett-and-the-eagles-at-target-field-a-timeline/487077441
― pplains, Saturday, 7 July 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
"The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" just came up on a random shuffle. Never heard it before and missed its day here. It's like a prototype for solo-Henley "Johnny Can't Read" and Hen's other sour new wave.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
a day-ruiner, basically
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 02:31 (five years ago) link
hey y'all!
We approach the five-year anniversary of this thread.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 02:38 (five years ago) link
whaaaaaat good lord
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 02:46 (five years ago) link
we should celebrate by starting over again :D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
^^^ frail grasp on the big picture
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 02:53 (five years ago) link
carved on my tombstone iirc
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 03:05 (five years ago) link
Well, Yeah
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 03:13 (five years ago) link
what would Don 'n' Ghost of Glenn say?
https://apnews.com/3c0b39a1bb5b4e44aafe2c4e05a4b67f/Beating-King-of-Pop,-The-Eagles-have-No.1-album-of-all-time
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 August 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
DON: “We are grateful for our families, our management, our crew, the people at radio and, most of all, the loyal fans who have stuck with us through the ups and downs of 46 years. It’s been quite a ride.”
GLENN: "Don't forget the ins and outs."
DON: "Well, yeah."
― pplains, Monday, 20 August 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
ug what a bummer
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 August 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link