The Eagles appreciation thread.

oldscoil

OK first off, I love the Eagles, HOWEVER I fully understand why people don’t like them (Money /Lawyers etc) …..and these aspects are quite disgusting.

So before you all start posting pics of the Dude with “I fcuking hate the Eagles Man!!” written beneath it, try and keep this threadfor “appreciating the Eagles” and their tunes.

And hey some the nasty some stuff is pretty damnentertaining!!!

To quote MoeSzyslak: (To Homer re: The Rapture)
“I was wondering if youcould help me save my soul. I've done stuff I ain't proud of. And the stuff thatI am proud of, it’s pretty disgusting

oldscoil

Remember The Eagles also means Joe Walsh....
who is one of the coolest and funniest fcukers in Rock:

blastman

I read Don Felder's book "Heaven and Hell" a while back, great read. Henley and Frey don't come out of it well at all. Having said that, The End Of The Innocence is a fantastic album.

oldscoil

blastman wrote: »

I read Don Felder's book "Heaven and Hell" a while back, great read. Henley and Frey don't come out of it well at all. Having said that, The End Of The Innocence is a fantastic album.

Sounds good. Yeah I know people who know people who met Glen Frey.
Wouldn't let them take a snap with a Miami Dolphins jersey on.

seachto7

Check out Joe Walsh's solo stuff. Some really cool stuff there. "Life's been good", "Funk 49" etc.

eviltwin

Got into the Eagles via my husband who is a massive fan. Great live act, probably one of the best I've seen. But totally agree with Seachto7, Joe Walsh's sole work is excellent and, imho, better than the Eagles themselves.

NIMAN

Top band. Don't care what anyone says.

seachto7

The Eagles would be more "pop" sounding than Joe Walsh, whose stuff is a little more "rockier" than a lot of The Eagles stuff.
I saw The Eagles in 94 or 95 in the RDS. Brilliant gig.

blastman

Joe's latest album, Analog Man, is well worth checking out....

120_Minutes

I prefer Creedance, man.

seachto7

120_Minutes wrote: »

I prefer Creedance, man.

Different style altogether imo. Grittier feel to their stuff which was equally as class....

chughes

I first started work in 1977 and after 6 months in the job, I took out my first bank loan. This was to buy a new stereo and I also bought Hotel California that day.

I brought the separate stereo components home, connected them up, and put on Hotel California. To this day I can still vividly remember the fantastic sound from that stereo as the opening bars of Hotel California came out of those speakers.

I loved that album then and still do to this day.

120_Minutes

seachto7 wrote: »

Different style altogether imo. Grittier feel to their stuff which was equally as class....

whooosh.

rednik

I've seen them four times here since the hell freezes over tour and they only get better. Have a watch of the history of the eagles which was released recently, well worth a look. Strong rumours that Bernie will return for the next tour.

hidinginthebush

120_Minutes wrote: »

I prefer Creedance, man.

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY CAB!

Inspector Dhar

When I was about 15, - 30 something years ago - I wrote a letter to the Eagles. I can't remember what the address was - somewhere in California - but I found it on the Greatest Hits album. My letter invited them to come to Ireland to play a concert, and if they were stuck for a bed for the night, they could always stay at my house. Sadly, they never replied.

seachto7

120_Minutes wrote: »

whooosh.

Lightbulb Sun

Always liked them. Did anyone see that BBC documentary on them the other week? There was two episodes I think, only saw the second one which was good. Regarding the Don Felder thing, Frey and Henley put forward a deal where they got a higher percentage than the rest of the band. Felder was the only one who didn't agree to it. He didn't like the atmosphere either at the time. The band didn't have a good camaraderie on the tour before he was kicked out.

oldscoil

Slightly off point but worth a watch

(Also Ian Anderson is brilliant, and a gentleman!!)

Oh btw, does anyone know where You can get Eagles Demos, they are so notoriously note perfect for album to live performance that it would be nice to hear the tunes in different formats etc....

oldscoil

This is good............

rednik

Bernie's return confirmed, we should see them play here next year.

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/eagles-bernie-leadon-returns-for-tour/

oldscoil

rednik wrote: »

Bernie's return confirmed, we should see them play here next year.

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/eagles-bernie-leadon-returns-for-tour/[/QUOTE]

That's great, I love Bernie Leadon.

See him nowadays, looks like he'd batter the rest of the band, (no lawsuits, just slaps!!)

Also this means that there's more songs to add.

Wasn't aware Randy Meisner wasn't well
He would be my favourite vocalist, and again it would greatly increase the live set if he re-joined.

rednik

Here's the set list from the first concert at the w/end, a lot of older classics. Hopefully not too many changes by the time they hit Europe.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/eagles-set-lists-2013/

PTH2009

when they play live or tour do they all have seperate dressing rooms and planes ???. why do they dislike each other.

Will prob never get a chance to see them live

Wrongway1985

PTH2009 wrote: »

when they play live or tour do they all have seperate dressing rooms and planes ???. why do they dislike each other.

Will prob never get a chance to see them live

They played here 3 nights last year tickets were €100 so I didn't bother but if they can get away with that in this country you can be sure Ireland would be one of the top places to hit; They wrapped up touring in July so they already have the feet up and they gave no indication they were done and dusted I reckon they'll be back around again for sure.

Sugarlumps

Took me a while, fully converted. Joe Walsh is slick. Henley's drum sound is oh so smooth. Vocal perfection.