Has anyone ever watched "History of The Eagles" yet?

[Terry]

I can't believe that I agree with Kristy.

The Eagles do suck. But, I love Joe Walsh. Wish he never wound up with those butt-heads.

One thing I have got to say, I saw them live. Kudos to them playing Hotel California as the third song - so, anyone who came for that song could leave. The rest of the night it was the Joe Walsh show with a backing band.

Yeah, there's just something about the Eagles that's always kinda left me cold...like, their stuff, for the most part, came across as more calculated than anything else...and Walsh was always the best part of the band (I've never really been thrilled with much the band did BEFORE he joined, to be honest).

They're one of those bands that has been so successful that if one is a rock fan it feels almost obligatory to like them, but I...just really don't. Frey's stuff (even within the context of the Eagles)is mediocre. Henley is a buzzkill who comes across like he has some line on deep, wisdom-laden thoughts (SOME of his Eagles tunes and solo stuff is ok).

Walsh is the only one who brings a sense of fun to the band. Who ever brought the type of music and attitude to the band that wasn't premeditated to the point of tedium.

[cadaverdog]

Just Glenn? No Donnie Boy?

Here's the true Eagles "documentary": One day a bunch of rich, suburban white kids from southern California were kicked out of their parents' house for all being assholes and all found themselves living together in a shitty apartment on the L.A. Strip. After doing a lot of drugs, drink and "nailing" stale pussy they decided to write songs but weren't any good at it. So they did other peoples' songs and found out they were good at that so their rich, white yuppie parents hired them a famous but costly limey producer; they made a shitty album or two. Then they hired a burn out drug-fucked musician who could write a decent guitar riff, made a monster album and became even bigger assholes. Now they are no longer a band but a corporation like Wal-Mart only more assholey.

You're just pissed off because own of those stale pussies belonged to your mom and one of those pricks is your real dad. Henley's a real prick. I bet it's him.

[cadaverdog]

The "Eagles" bio is pretty close to what Kristy said except the writing decent tunes part. Most of their big hits were written by them. They are more of a corporation than a band. They're almost as greedy as Paul McCartney when it comes to ticket prices. They had a few good tunes but assholes pretty much describes Henley and Frey.

[Nickdfresh]

I find the Eagles to be fairly boring outside a few songs. I would never go to an overpriced whorefest of their shows and watch replacement musicians. It's pretty mind boggling that they fired Don Felder after all these years after playing rings around Joe Walsh...

[twonabomber]

Joe Walsh was from Kansas, but went to college at Kent State.

Yup. One of the other James Gang guys lives in Concord...forget which one, and too lazy to look it up.

I had always heard Henley was an asshole, but just recently heard that Frey was as well.

[Kristy]

I can't believe that I agree with Kristy.

Me neither.


She's such a bitch.

[Seshmeister]

I was reading about The Big Lebowski soundtrack earlier.

A tougher get was Townes Van Zandt's cover of the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers," which plays over Lebowski's closing credits. "[Former Stones manager] Allen Klein owns the rights to it," Burnett says. "He wanted $150,000." Burnett begged Klein to just come down and watch an early cut of Lebowski. "It got to the part where the Dude says, 'I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man!' Klein stands up and says, 'That's it, you can have the song!' That was beautiful." For the record, Burnett agrees with the Dude ("[The Eagles] sort of single-handedly destroyed that whole scene that was brewing back then," he says), but the line infuriated Glenn Frey. "I ran into [Frey] and he gave me some shit," Jeff Bridges says. "I can't remember what he said exactly, but my anus tightened a bit."

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[Zing!]

I was reading about The Big Lebowski soundtrack earlier.

Haha - I use that line all the time. Whenever they come on the radio I always say, "I fucking hate the Eagles, man!" as I switch the station.