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Post by debjorgo on Jan 18, 2016 18:13:11 GMT -5
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Post by sallyg on Jan 18, 2016 19:16:46 GMT -5
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 18, 2016 19:45:38 GMT -5
I forgot about the Joe Walsh/Ringo wives club sisterhood.
I was always an Eagles' fan. I have all of their albums except for the reunion live album.
The name The Eagles always sounded like the Beatles. I'd bet there was some thought in that when they came up with the name.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 20:19:35 GMT -5
Now The Eagles (unlike David Bowie) were and sounded really good! I personally think that Don Henley's 1980'solo songs like The Boys of Summer,and especially Dirty Laundry etc were even better than a lot of The Eagles songs.For some puzzling reason there are a lot of Eagles haters for years on many different sites online.In fact some ignorant creep just posted on Rolling Stone that The Eagles sucked and were the worst band!
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 18, 2016 20:37:04 GMT -5
Now The Eagles (unlike David Bowie) were and sounded really good! I personally think that Don Henley's 1980'solo songs like The Boys of Summer,and especially Dirty Laundry etc were even better than a lot of The Eagles songs.For some puzzling reason there are a lot of Eagles haters for years on many different sites online. Must be their soft country rock sound. Both Country music and Rock have gotten more hard edged since the 70s. It liked Henley's solo albums much more than Frey's pop influenced sound. I did like Smuggler's Blues though. And we have to remember Henley's Bruce Hornsby gluck.
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Post by kc on Jan 18, 2016 21:08:57 GMT -5
It's unbelievable, isn't it? They are falling like ten-pins. I hate to think who might be next.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 21:27:04 GMT -5
It's unbelievable, isn't it? They are falling like ten-pins. I hate to think who might be next. It better not be Elton John,or God for bid Paul McCartney,that will be true hell! I really hope Paul lives another 20 years unless he doesn't want to live to be 94.
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 18, 2016 21:40:29 GMT -5
Scott Weiland - A huge name for anybody into the grunge rock bands of the 90s, like myself. Billy Joe Royal - A big name for late 60s, early 70s pop radio. (I vaguely remember hearing his version of Every Night on the radio.) Cilla Black - A big name in Great Britain and in Beatle fans circles. Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden, a huge country music song and one of the few crossover hits of the late 60s /early 70s. Chris Squire - A founding member of Yes, one of the biggest rock bands of the 70s and early 80s. B.B. King - Blues legend. Ben E King - Stand By Me man (not a bad Beatle connection). Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman. Like Ben E King, pretty much a 1-hit wonder, but man, both of these were huge hits. Lesley Gore - 50's party girl. I'm old enough to know how big she was in the early 60's. (Her 45s were big at parties. I'm not saying she partied a lot.) Natalie Cole - Just being the daughter of Nat King Cole gives her a mention, but she made a big name for herself on her own. David Bowie - A Very long streak of fame, pun intended. I think he may have gotten number 1 on this new album even had he not died. Lemmy - Motorhead and Lemmy are huge icons in the metal world. They just lost a drummer too. Glenn Frey - The Eagles have the second best selling album of all time. I think it was 1 before Michael's death. There's a chance it'll catch it now.
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Post by kc on Jan 18, 2016 21:59:46 GMT -5
It's unbelievable, isn't it? They are falling like ten-pins. I hate to think who might be next. God for bid Paul McCartney,that will be true hell! I really hope Paul lives another 20 years unless he doesn't want to live to be 94. He will need to live for another twenty years if all the new material I want him to produce has any chance of being delivered.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jan 19, 2016 10:41:38 GMT -5
This is very sad and shocking news. R.I.P. Glenn Frey! Pop Stars like David Bowie and Glenn Frey are getting better at hiding their final illnesses and at least having privacy unlike Our Sweet George. The Eagles were huge to me in my pre-teenage years starting with the single "Take It To The Limit" which I can still listen to forever. Some of Glenn's sung songs were staples in my life like "Already Gone" and "Heartache Tonight." Growing up in Indiana it was clear that the Eagles would be an earlier musical influence on me than an artist like David Bowie although that musical education would come to me in high school or college. The Eagles April 1994 reunion for Hell Freezes Over really fascinated me. The Eagles were not the Beatles in terms of many things but they were a huge band that broke up for 14 years with extreme bitterness and bad feelings and reunited and at least for that initial reunion, performed wonderfully. It was to me yet another Beatles' "What if" if only John Lennon was alive. I must admit I watch the Hell Freezes Over DVD to this day and vicariously imagine a Beatles' reunions under such cool settings. At least Glenn Frey went to his grave knowing he helped broker a band reunion and Don Henley will someday go to his grave knowing the same. I know its only Rock and Roll but obviously us here like it and some type of Beatles' reunion of all four, in whatever capacity, might have offered those four men and us fans some closure that none of us seem to have.
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Post by sallyg on Jan 19, 2016 19:32:41 GMT -5
It's unbelievable, isn't it? They are falling like ten-pins. I hate to think who might be next. It better not be Elton John,or God for bid Paul McCartney,that will be true hell! I really hope Paul lives another 20 years unless he doesn't want to live to be 94. I too hope Paul and Ringo are around a little while longer and that nothing happens to no one else for a while.
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Post by sallyg on Jan 19, 2016 19:35:00 GMT -5
This is very sad and shocking news. R.I.P. Glenn Frey! Pop Stars like David Bowie and Glenn Frey are getting better at hiding their final illnesses and at least having privacy unlike Our Sweet George. The Eagles were huge to me in my pre-teenage years starting with the single "Take It To The Limit" which I can still listen to forever. Some of Glenn's sung songs were staples in my life like "Already Gone" and "Heartache Tonight." Growing up in Indiana it was clear that the Eagles would be an earlier musical influence on me than an artist like David Bowie although that musical education would come to me in high school or college. The Eagles April 1994 reunion for Hell Freezes Over really fascinated me. The Eagles were not the Beatles in terms of many things but they were a huge band that broke up for 14 years with extreme bitterness and bad feelings and reunited and at least for that initial reunion, performed wonderfully. It was to me yet another Beatles' "What if" if only John Lennon was alive. I must admit I watch the Hell Freezes Over DVD to this day and vicariously imagine a Beatles' reunions under such cool settings. At least Glenn Frey went to his grave knowing he helped broker a band reunion and Don Henley will someday go to his grave knowing the same. I know its only Rock and Roll but obviously us here like it and some type of Beatles' reunion of all four, in whatever capacity, might have offered those four men and us fans some closure that none of us seem to have. I'm glad that the paparazzi did not know about David and Glenn's illnesses and that they were able to die in peace without being hounded.
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 19, 2016 19:51:48 GMT -5
I'm glad that the paparazzi did not know about David and Glenn's illnesses and that they were able to die in peace without being hounded. Well Bowie was out recording music and making videos. It's not like he was walking around looking like this:
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Post by John S. Damm on Jan 31, 2016 12:50:02 GMT -5
I first heard of The Eagles with their hit single "Take It To The Limit" which ironically was not sung(the lead vocal) by Henley or Frey. I loved that song. Then the Hotel California album blew me away. From there I bought Greatest Hits(as did millions of others) to hear their earlier years. My friends and I were a little disappointed with The Long Run but the hits from it were very good in my opinion. Then they broke up and in a very Beatles'-like fashion!
I just bought and received this week the Blu-Ray for The History Of The Eagles and it is pretty damn interesting. There are some Beatles' connections including the bands early work with Glyn Johns and a neat footnote that Glenn Frey's Aunt took him to the September 6, 1964 Beatles' concert at the Detroit Olympia Arena which was a life-changing moment for him: he knew right then he wanted to do what they did! How many times have we heard now famous musicians say they wanted to be like The Beatles!
You can probably catch The History Of The Eagles on cable somewhere or maybe on YouTube but it is fascinating on a study of a Rock Band. Glenn Frey does not always come across good, even in the contemporary interviews as he was still very bitter at Don Felder, the lead guitarist from about 1975 on, along with Joe Walsh, and the guy who essentially wrote the backing to the song "Hotel California."
And there are fascinating filmed interviews from 2012 or 2013 where the band and David Geffen spar! Kudos to the Eagles for allowing Geffen to be filmed and talking frankly about The Eagles, at one point he calls Don Henley a "malcontent." The Beatles sure didn't film contemporary interviews of Allen Klein for Anthology.
And Don Felder was allowed contemporary filmed interviews to give his side of the final 2001 fall-out! Again, the Fabs didn't extend that courtesy to Pete Best in Anthology!
It is not a perfect documentary, not even close, but it is interesting throughout although Part 2 is not as good, it is about their reunion years which can be summarized as large stadium concert to next large stadium concert with high ticket prices.
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Post by John S. Damm on Feb 2, 2016 23:42:49 GMT -5
David Cassidy on Glenn Frey's passing:
By Web Team | Published: January 19, 2016
"I knew many of the Eagles back in the 70s but strangely not Glenn Frey. Tim Schmidt and I became very good friends back then. I’ve met, in the past, Don Henley in both England and in the US. I sang on their original bass player and singer songwriter Randy Meisner’s first solo album, a great talent as well.
I, like many Americans, view the Eagles as one of the greatest American bands in the last 40 years.
Glenn will be missed by all and I wish his loved ones and friends my deepest sympathy. Glenn, we will miss you and your talent. God bless you."
DC
I am happy to report David is touring and doing sold-out shows!
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