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sodascouts
02-11-2014, 09:00 PM
Time for the Don Henley Music Video Survivor, where we vote off Don's solo music videos until we get to the last one standing!

If you're new, for a basic overview of the game, see this post: Survivor Overview (https://eaglesonlinecentral.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6551&postcount=7)

I'm going to list all Don’s solo music videos here. Vote for the video that you feel should be eliminated from the list. The video that gets the most votes will be taken off of the list (or, in the language of Survivor, "voted off of the island.") Each round, one more video will get axed, until there's only one left. Remember: you're voting for the one you think should GO, not the one you think should stay.

Note: Do not criticize how/why other people vote. Their reasons are their own and they are free to vote however they like. Also, never attack a fellow poster. You can disagree without making it personal. Sometimes these games can get heated, but remember... it's still just a game.

Each round will last 48 hours after posting to give people a chance to vote who don't post every day. That means that the first round will end at 8:00 Eastern time the day after tomorrow. If you miss a round, don't think you can't play. It's all good!

Since there may be discussion posts, be sure to make it clear when you are casting your vote. Once the board clock strikes 8:00 pm Eastern on the second day, no more votes will be counted for that round - even if it's only seconds after. Your votes also cannot be changed once you have voted, even if you change your mind or make a mistake. Once it's on the record, that's it - so be careful!

If you get confused about what round we are in, look at this post. I'll always update it to reflect the current round. Also feel free to post any questions if you don't understand what's going on.

If there is a tiebreaker, then ALL votes from ALL previous rounds are tallied and whoever has the most prior votes is eliminated. That’s the way it’s done on the real show, that’s the way it’s done here. If there is a complete tie with prior votes (Murphy’s Law), then I'll have a sudden-death trivia question ready. The first person who answers it correctly gets to break the tie. The odds of that happening are slim, but you never know, and it's good to be prepared.

In order to avoid voter fraud and trolling, we require that you must be "a member in good standing" as defined by the Terms of Service for at least two weeks before the start of the game in order to cast a vote.

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GAME OVER!

The winner of the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is ...

THE END OF THE INNOCENCE

Videos Eliminated
The Garden of Allah 2/13
Johnny Can't Read 2/15
Everything is Different Now 2/17
The Heart of the Matter 2/19
For My Wedding 2/21
Not Enough Love In the World 2/23
Taking You Home 2/25
All She Wants to Do Is Dance 2/27
The Last Worthless Evening 3/1
The Boys of Summer 3/3

Thank for playing and hope everyone enjoyed the game!

shunlvswx
02-11-2014, 09:12 PM
I have two I want to vote off first, but I'm going to go wit the one that's weird.

I vote for:
The Garden of Allah

Freypower
02-11-2014, 09:18 PM
This was interesting. The Garden Of Allah wasn't included the first time we played this game. Now that it is, I can happily vote for it. The song does nothing for me & the video is to put it very kindly, pretentious.

UK TimFan
02-11-2014, 09:21 PM
I also vote for 'The garden of Allah'.

sodascouts
02-11-2014, 09:27 PM
My first vote is quick and easy:

I cast my vote for Garden of Allah.

It's disturbing and unpleasant, like the song. I guess you could say they deserve each other!

Now, a video can be disturbing, unpleasant, and effective. However, I don't think that's the case here. I don't see how the sci-fi dystopian futuristic vibe fits in with a song that's critical of the present... unless they're all supposed to be in Hell maybe? Even if we go with that, it doesn't really stick together thematically with the motif of the song. In the song, the devil visits earth and is dismayed by the fact that no one appreciates sin anymore because everyone is amoral. Hence, the song comments on the deterioration of moral certitude in society and the corresponding lack of ethical behavior (ie what's "good" is what benefits me - morality isn't part of the equation). I'm simplifying, of course, but that's the basic theme IMO. How does that work with this video? I guess the video could be intended as a surrealistic depiction of the horrors of a future without moral gauges... I don't know, and that's the problem. The video comes off as all about "creating a mood" without the substance to back it up. I don't need things spelled out for me, but I do need a sense of thematic coherence.

However, maybe I'm just missing something really important. If anyone else gets the thematic connection between this video and the song, feel free to edify me.

Something else I dislike is that you can barely see Don when he's on camera. They've got him in the shadows. What you can see is him sneering as he sings - it makes sense since the song is dripping with contempt for society, but it's not fun to watch. I'm sure that was all deliberate, but it doesn't do anything for me.

The cameo by Kirk Douglas as the devil adds nothing to the video; in fact, having that distorted voice come out of him is really distracting.

I look forward to us getting pat these stinker videos and going on to the brilliant ones ahead!

sodascouts
02-11-2014, 09:28 PM
This was interesting. The Garden Of Allah wasn't included the first time we played this game. Now that it is, I can happily vote for it. The song does nothing for me & the video is to put it very kindly, pretentious.

We didn't include it last time because there wasn't a good quality (or even tolerable quality) version of it available. Thankfully, one has surfaced!

Freypower
02-11-2014, 09:30 PM
We didn't include it last time because there wasn't a good quality (or even tolerable quality) version of it available. Thankfully, one has surfaced!

I know; I went back & re-read the previous topic. Thanks for clarifying that it's Kirk Douglas!

WalshFan88
02-11-2014, 10:05 PM
The Garden Of Allah

timfan
02-12-2014, 09:45 AM
No question my vote is for the Garden of Allah... as others have stated the video is just weird and honestly I don't care for the song either.

Brooke
02-12-2014, 11:18 AM
I'm with you all here.

The Garden of Allah gets my vote.

Houston Debutante
02-12-2014, 03:23 PM
Easy choice for me too.

THE GARDEN OF ALLAH

Lilah
02-12-2014, 07:54 PM
I concur, "Garden of Allah". It kinda freaks me out.

sad-cafe
02-12-2014, 10:55 PM
I agree

Garden of Allah

Zanny Kingston
02-12-2014, 11:34 PM
The Garden of Allah

Brooke
02-13-2014, 10:43 AM
Looks like this round could be a sweep! :lol:

Ive always been a dreamer
02-13-2014, 08:51 PM
Well - I thought about making this round unanimous because I agree that The Garden of Allah should be the first to go. Even though I probably like the song a lot better than some of you, the video is pretty weird. However, I think I'll go ahead and cast a strategic vote ...

I cast my vote for The Heart of the Matter.

sodascouts
02-13-2014, 09:01 PM
That one is on my hit list, too. Magnificent song, but another bizarre video.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-13-2014, 09:04 PM
In a landslide, the first video to be eliminated from the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is The Garden of Allah. “The Garden of Allah”, we have manipulated the data, but we didn’t get a result you will like. The tribe has spoken and you won’t be participating in this pathetic little circus any more. Please leave the island immediately.

Votes
The Garden of Allah – 13
The Heart of the Matter – 1

Vote Breakdown
The Garden of Allah – shunlvswx
The Garden of Allah – Freypower
The Garden of Allah – UK Timfan
The Garden of Allah – sodascouts
The Garden of Allah – WalshFan88
The Garden of Allah – timfan
The Garden of Allah – Brooke
The Garden of Allah – BRD
The Garden of Allah – Springbo
The Garden of Allah – Houston Debutante
The Garden of Allah – Lilah
The Garden of Allah – sad-cafe
The Garden of Allah – Kingston
The Heart of the Matter – Ive always been a dreamer

Songs eliminated:
The Garden of Allah

Songs remaining:
Johnny Can't Read (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYEm76840Yo)
Not Enough Love In the World (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub6k_don-henley-not-enough-love-in-the-w_music)
All She Wants To Do Is Dance (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub8i_don-henley-all-she-wants-to-do-is-d_music?search_algo=1)
The Boys of Summer (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ydjt_don-henley-the-boys-of-summer_music)
The Heart of the Matter (http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjAwMzM2ODYw.html)
The End of the Innocence (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yqo5_don-henley-the-end-of-the-innocence_music)
The Last Worthless Evening (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4iei_don-henley-the-last-worthless-evening_music)
Everything Is Different Now (http://www.donhenleyonline.com/multimedia/videos/everythingisdifferentnow.wmv)
For My Wedding (http://my.mail.ru/video/mail/bohan.ko63/7266/7271.html#video=/mail/bohan.ko63/7266/7271)
Taking You Home (http://www.artistdirect.com/video/don-henley-taking-you-home/38127)

Voting for Round Two begins now.

sodascouts
02-13-2014, 09:21 PM
Another easy choice:

I cast my vote for Everything is Different Now.

A song about Don finally finding happiness and love with a wonderful woman.

A video that is straight out of a horror movie.

Who thought that was a good idea????

Freypower
02-13-2014, 09:26 PM
At least some imagination went into EIDN.

I cast my vote for the most dated & uninteresting video in my opinion, Johnny Can't Read.

shunlvswx
02-14-2014, 12:15 AM
I have two songs I want to vote off, but I want to keep the other song in for another round. This song was actually the song I wanted to vote off first, but I went with The Garden Of Allah.

I vote for:
Johnny Can't Read

I know its a tribute to his mother who was a teacher and this was his very first solo video, but song was just I don't know. I don't like it. Too poppy. Pop that is. You know it was one of those 80s low budget videos.

shunlvswx
02-14-2014, 12:22 AM
I agree, Soda. I don't know what Don was thinking with this video. I actually love the song. I think its so nice and cute that he wrote this song about his wife and how she change him to be a better man. The one that finally stole his heart. Now the video is another story. It goes up there along with Love in the 21st Century and The Garden of Allah as the what the heck were they thinking. The ending is very scary.

Brooke
02-14-2014, 11:11 AM
I have to go with Fp and shun this time and vote for Johnny Can't Read. It's just so dated. Ick! But EIDN will be next! Another ick! :headscratch:

And Dreamer...........:steviesmack: :lol:

Ive always been a dreamer
02-14-2014, 01:24 PM
I'm not crazy about the song, Johnny Can't Read, but I actually think the video is somewhat better than the song. It does a good job of presenting a visual story of the song's meaning, which to me, is what a video should do. And, yes, it's dated, but that doesn't bother me because it was appropriate for the time it was made. I'm not saying it's a great video, but I like it better than Everything Is Different Now. The problem I have with that video is that while attempting to depict Don’s past lifestyle with the horrible imagery and characters, they forget to show how "everything is different now". I think that the video maybe could have actually been effective if it were less grotesque and they had shown a contrast between his two lives. In any event, I'll withhold voting to see how this round plays out.


And Dreamer...........:steviesmack: :lol:
Don't hurt me Brooke, but in my defense, I am voting for the videos, not the songs. :wink:

Houston Debutante
02-14-2014, 01:41 PM
I agree with IABAD, The Heart Of The Matter is not a good video, too bad because I love the song.

Everything Is Different Now is truely horrible. Don as Frankenstein ~ barf. Is that stripper in the beginning Headless? Then there's the couple whose tongues merge or something ~ there's more grossness, but I'm not going to go on. I can barely stand to watch it, what a freak show. I have to vote for EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT NOW to go.

WalshFan88
02-14-2014, 07:16 PM
Johnny Can't Read

sodascouts
02-14-2014, 07:41 PM
There's no denying that "Johnny Can't Read" is dated, but there's something charming and quaint about how dated it is. Plus, I love the literary reference and "Don the school teacher" cracks me up, especially when he tosses the papers. I sympathize!

Lilah
02-14-2014, 08:26 PM
Everything is different Now…

Fanagain
02-14-2014, 08:55 PM
May I join in? I'd like to vote for Not Enough love in the World. It lacks Don and makes no sense to me. ( I happen to think the video for EIDN is very representative of the song's meaning)

sodascouts
02-14-2014, 09:57 PM
Sure, Fanagain! Welcome to the game!

I think the video for EIDN communicates really well how messed up his life was before he "met somebody with a heart as big as Texas." I just wish it also communicated the fact that "everything is different now" too. We never got to see Happy Don in the video! That's what I think doesn't work about the video, but that's JMHO, and I respect yours as well.

Zanny Kingston
02-14-2014, 10:15 PM
Johnny Can't Read -

timfan
02-15-2014, 02:14 PM
Tho it's not my fav actually sort of like the video for EIDN in a warped kinda way lol... so I'll vote for Johnny Can't Read this round

sodascouts
02-15-2014, 02:25 PM
At this point it looks like Johnny Can't Stay! ;)

Ive always been a dreamer
02-15-2014, 08:45 PM
Well - it looks like this round is settled, so I'll vote strategically again ...

I cast my vote for The Heart of the Matter.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-15-2014, 09:06 PM
The next video to be eliminated from the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is Johnny Can't Read. “Johnny Can't Read”, the tribe has spoken and you can't stay. Whose fault is it? We don't know, but please leave the island immediately.

Votes
Johnny Can’t Read – 7
Everything Is Different Now – 3
Not Enough Love In the World – 1
The Heart of the Matter – 1

Vote Breakdown
Johnny Can’t Read – Freypower
Johnny Can’t Read – shunlvswx
Johnny Can’t Read – Brooke
Johnny Can’t Read – WalshFan88
Johnny Can’t Read – BRD
Johnny Can’t Read – Kingston
Johnny Can’t Read – timfan
Everything Is Different Now – sodascouts
Everything Is Different Now – Houston Debutante
Everything Is Different Now – Lilah
Not Enough Love In the World – Fanagain
The Heart of the Matter – Ive always been a dreamer

Songs eliminated:
The Garden of Allah 2/13
Johnny Can't Read 2/15

Songs remaining:
Not Enough Love In the World (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub6k_don-henley-not-enough-love-in-the-w_music)
All She Wants To Do Is Dance (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub8i_don-henley-all-she-wants-to-do-is-d_music?search_algo=1)
The Boys of Summer (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ydjt_don-henley-the-boys-of-summer_music)
The Heart of the Matter (http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjAwMzM2ODYw.html)
The End of the Innocence (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yqo5_don-henley-the-end-of-the-innocence_music)
The Last Worthless Evening (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4iei_don-henley-the-last-worthless-evening_music)
Everything Is Different Now (http://www.donhenleyonline.com/multimedia/videos/everythingisdifferentnow.wmv)
For My Wedding (http://my.mail.ru/video/mail/bohan.ko63/7266/7271.html#video=/mail/bohan.ko63/7266/7271)
Taking You Home (http://www.artistdirect.com/video/don-henley-taking-you-home/38127)

Voting for Round Three begins now.

sodascouts
02-15-2014, 09:12 PM
Well, in the words of Timothy B. Schmit (or Randy Meisner, take your pick) I'll Keep On Tryin'.

I cast my vote for Everything is Different Now.

Freypower
02-16-2014, 12:10 AM
The Heart Of The Matter

shunlvswx
02-16-2014, 12:12 AM
I hate to do this. I love the song, but hate hate hate the video. This was my other video I wanted to get rid of, but I kept keeping it in. I can't keep saving it no more.

I vote for:
Everything Is Different Now.

I love the song. One of my favorites from Inside Job. I love the message in the song. I love that its about his wife. How she changed him and that he wasn't lonely anymore, but the video. What the heck was Don thinking. I hate the beginning and the end scares the crap out of me.

Like I said. Great song, but scary video.

WalshFan88
02-16-2014, 01:35 AM
Everything Is Different Now

Fanagain
02-16-2014, 08:48 AM
Not Enough Love in the World. Again :)

sad-cafe
02-16-2014, 06:50 PM
Everything is Different Now.


sorry I missed the last round

Brooke
02-16-2014, 07:45 PM
Everything Is Different Now.

Love, love, love the song. Hate the video! Don......?

Ive always been a dreamer
02-16-2014, 11:39 PM
I won't be around much tomorrow, so I have to vote earlier than I normally do. Thankfully, it looks like Everything Is Different Now is going down this round. Since it doesn't seem to need my vote, I'll continue to vote strategically ...

I cast my vote for The Heart of the Matter.

Brooke
02-17-2014, 11:21 AM
Well, dreamer, I went and watched the video again for HOTM and I can see your reasoning. It's pretty bad, but the song is probably my favorite Don song ever!

And we are voting for videos, so......:thumbsup:

Houston Debutante
02-17-2014, 04:39 PM
EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT NOW

Agree about Heart Of The Matter.

timfan
02-17-2014, 07:09 PM
Tho I love the song I agree with dreamer that HOTM video is less than superb and since it does not look like EIDN needs anymore votes to go I'll vote for Heart of the Matter

Zanny Kingston
02-17-2014, 08:20 PM
I vote for HEART OF THE MATTER.

sodascouts
02-17-2014, 09:02 PM
The next video to be eliminated from the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is Everything is Different Now. “Everything is Different Now”, I hate to tell you this, but you're very, very unpopular. The tribe has spoken and it's time for you to go. Please leave the island immediately. The rest of the videos may return to camp.

Votes
Everything Is Different Now – 8
The Heart of the Matter – 4
Not Enough Love In the World – 1

Vote Breakdown
Everything is Different Now – sodascouts
Everything is Different Now - shunlvswx
Everything is Different Now - WalshFan88
Everything is Different Now - BRD
Everything is Different Now - Springbo
Everything is Different Now - sad-cafe
Everything is Different Now - Brooke
Everything Is Different Now – Houston Debutante
The Heart of the Matter - Freypower
The Heart of the Matter – Ive always been a dreamer
The Heart of the Matter - timfan
The Heart of the Matter - Kingston
Not Enough Love In the World – Fanagain


Videos eliminated:
The Garden of Allah 2/13
Johnny Can't Read 2/15
Everything is Different Now 2/17

Videos remaining:
Not Enough Love In the World (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub6k_don-henley-not-enough-love-in-the-w_music)
All She Wants To Do Is Dance (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub8i_don-henley-all-she-wants-to-do-is-d_music?search_algo=1)
The Boys of Summer (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ydjt_don-henley-the-boys-of-summer_music)
The Heart of the Matter (http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjAwMzM2ODYw.html)
The End of the Innocence (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yqo5_don-henley-the-end-of-the-innocence_music)
The Last Worthless Evening (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4iei_don-henley-the-last-worthless-evening_music)
For My Wedding (http://my.mail.ru/video/mail/bohan.ko63/7266/7271.html#video=/mail/bohan.ko63/7266/7271)
Taking You Home (http://www.artistdirect.com/video/don-henley-taking-you-home/38127)

Voting for Round Four begins now.

shunlvswx
02-17-2014, 09:05 PM
Hmm Its going to be hard to pick which video to go now.

I vote for(I hate to do this. I love the song. My all time favorite song of Don's):
The Heart of the Matter :sad:

Freypower
02-17-2014, 09:10 PM
The Heart Of The Matter

sodascouts
02-17-2014, 09:24 PM
Again, I know exactly what I want to vote for.

I cast my vote for The Heart of the Matter.

This is my favorite Don Henley solo song. I adore it; it can bring me to tears.

But as for the video... what the freak?! It makes very little sense - the barbed wire and barren landscape at night that Don walks through to get to his Victorian couch/carpet/candelabra set, the sweaty laborers swinging pick axes and trudging with heavy sacks against a bright yellow background, the little girl on the trapeze who is sometimes visible through the tiny window of the false wall behind Don... I'm sure they all have symbolic import, but while I theorize about what they mean, I'm not being moved by the song. Indeed, I'm actually upset at the end when the little girl leaves the old man to die. Symbolic or not, that's just depressing. I'm guessing he personifies old resentments which have to die in order for growth to occur (little girl leaving = growth beginning), but all I can see is a poor old man lying in the dirt alone! No. Just... no.

Pros: Don looks handsome and the visuals are striking. Those assets put it above Garden of Allah and EIDN, but nothing else.

shunlvswx
02-17-2014, 09:31 PM
I agree, Soda. Don looked handsome in this video. I love his hair in this. Its not in a ponytail. I love when his hair is down and not in a ponytail.

Sometimes I wonder what is Don thinking when he makes his videos. Does he have a say of how he wants it or somebody else tells him. Now some of his videos do make sense with the actually song and some of his videos make you scratch your head.

sodascouts
02-18-2014, 12:09 AM
I've wondered about how much input he has as well. He's made no secret of the fact that he viewed videos as a "necessary evil" and perhaps he didn't bother to spend a lot of time thinking of concepts for them, leaving that to the "experts."

I remember at the MTV Video Awards in 1985 he basically said he had nothing to do with the concept of "Boys of Summer." It surprised me, because Don Henley is not known to be "hands-off" when it comes to his music. Remember how Geffen complained that Henley would be bugging him about the most minute of details even down to his album's packaging. However, Don seems to have allowed someone else to conceive the visuals that the MTV generation is always going to associate with his song.

On the other hand, in the case of "The Garden of Allah," he paid for that video himself. There was no record company looking over his shoulder. You'd think he'd also be involved in the video's creative vision to ensure he got his money's worth... and yet the consensus is that "The Garden of Allah" video is an epic fail.

As I've said before, I have a bad memory, but can anyone think of interviews where Don has talked about having (or not having) input into his videos?

WalshFan88
02-18-2014, 02:53 AM
The Heart Of The Matter

timfan
02-18-2014, 08:14 AM
The Heart of the Matter

Brooke
02-18-2014, 10:16 AM
I've wondered about how much input he has as well. He's made no secret of the fact that he viewed videos as a "necessary evil" and perhaps he didn't bother to spend a lot of time thinking of concepts for them, leaving that to the "experts."

I remember at the MTV Video Awards in 1985 he basically said he had nothing to do with the concept of "Boys of Summer." It surprised me, because Don Henley is not known to be "hands-off" when it comes to his music. Remember how Geffen complained that Henley would be bugging him about the most minute of details even down to his album's packaging. However, Don seems to have allowed someone else to conceive the visuals that the MTV generation is always going to associate with his song.

On the other hand, in the case of "The Garden of Allah," he paid for that video himself. There was no record company looking over his shoulder. You'd think he'd also be involved in the video's creative vision to ensure he got his money's worth... and yet the consensus is that "The Garden of Allah" video is an epic fail.

As I've said before, I have a bad memory, but can anyone think of interviews where Don has talked about having (or not having) input into his videos?

I don't know of any, but it's amazing that he didn't have. Maybe he hated the whole MTV/video thing so much that back then he thought it would never be a viable thing to do so he just didn't worry about it. If so, I bet he regrets it!

I will join in and vote for The Heart of the Matter, too! My favorite Don song, but this video is awful.

Houston Debutante
02-18-2014, 12:05 PM
Joining the club and voting for THE HEART OF THE MATTER.

He is SO gorgeous in it, I love to look at him, all that passion ~ but the rest of it is full of WTF moments and so even though he's so hot, I'm voting for this one to go next.

Zanny Kingston
02-18-2014, 02:17 PM
My vote = The Heart of the Matter-

One of my very favorite songs-- I would prefer to forget that video exists!

sad-cafe
02-18-2014, 09:02 PM
The Heart of the Matter

Love the song, the video doesn't seem to match up

Ive always been a dreamer
02-19-2014, 02:38 PM
Well - the rounds haven't been too competitive in this game so far, but I'm guessing that will change soon.

The Heart of the Matter video is a huge missed opportunity, IMHO. The song itself is so beautiful with its straight-forward eloquence, but the video does absolutely nothing to help me appreciate or understand the song better. In fact, trying to analyze the connection is just a huge distraction for me. I figure anytime that most people have to try so hard to find the meaning of something, then the creator's probably missed the boat. Sometimes they just try too hard.

So the video is definitely my choice to go this round. But since my vote isn't needed to eliminate it, I'm going to vote strategically for my next choice ...

I cast my vote for For My Wedding.

Brooke
02-19-2014, 03:11 PM
Dreamer, looks like you have this game all to yourself with your strategic voting! I may have to join in with that, but I'm probably too late at this point! :lol:

UK TimFan
02-19-2014, 07:14 PM
I vote for 'All she wants to do is dance'.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-19-2014, 08:53 PM
Dreamer, looks like you have this game all to yourself with your strategic voting! I may have to join in with that, but I'm probably too late at this point! :lol:

I know Brooke. I've been feeling pretty lonesome. But, I figure the rounds are probably going to start getting more competitive and I may not be able to vote strategically in some of them. We'll see. :wink:

Ive always been a dreamer
02-19-2014, 09:01 PM
The next video to be eliminated from the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is The Heart of the Matter. “The Heart of the Matter”, you knew that this would come. The more we watched you, the less we understood. We’ll miss you sometimes, but remember it’s about forgiveness. The tribe has spoken you must leave the island immediately.

Votes
The Heart of the Matter – 10
For My Wedding – 1
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – 1

Vote Breakdown
The Heart of the Matter – shunlvswx
The Heart of the Matter – Freypower
The Heart of the Matter – sodascouts
The Heart of the Matter – WalshFan88
The Heart of the Matter – timfan
The Heart of the Matter – BRD
The Heart of the Matter – Brooke
The Heart of the Matter – Houston Debutante
The Heart of the Matter – Kingston
The Heart of the Matter – sad-cafe
For My Wedding – Ive always been a dreamer
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – UK Timfan

Videos eliminated:
The Garden of Allah 2/13
Johnny Can't Read 2/15
Everything is Different Now 2/17
The Heart of the Matter 2/19

Videos remaining:
Not Enough Love In the World (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub6k_don-henley-not-enough-love-in-the-w_music)
All She Wants To Do Is Dance (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub8i_don-henley-all-she-wants-to-do-is-d_music?search_algo=1)
The Boys of Summer (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ydjt_don-henley-the-boys-of-summer_music)
The End of the Innocence (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yqo5_don-henley-the-end-of-the-innocence_music)
The Last Worthless Evening (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4iei_don-henley-the-last-worthless-evening_music)
For My Wedding (http://my.mail.ru/video/mail/bohan.ko63/7266/7271.html#video=/mail/bohan.ko63/7266/7271)
Taking You Home (http://www.artistdirect.com/video/don-henley-taking-you-home/38127)

Voting for Round Five begins now.

sodascouts
02-19-2014, 09:13 PM
Thanks Dreamer!

For me, all the awful videos are out of the way. Now, it's simply separating the good from the great from the brilliant.

And for me, starting the "good but not great" list is a video that has some lovely moments, but overall is pretty generic and uninspired.

I cast my vote for For My Wedding.

Freypower
02-19-2014, 09:39 PM
I vote for Not Enough Love In The World. This videeo does nothing for me at all.

shunlvswx
02-19-2014, 09:51 PM
Not Enough Love in the World

I don't know why I don't like it.

Houston Debutante
02-20-2014, 11:31 AM
Now it's getting harder. I'm going to think about this some more before voting. For My Wedding is really sweet, Not Enough Love In The World has an interesting storyline and has his real life wife in it, I don't know. I like them both. Then there's the others. Yeah I'll have to think about it.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-20-2014, 01:09 PM
HD - Before you make up your mind, I think you may have Don's women mixed up. But since there were quite a few of them, it's easy to do. :wink: NELITW features Don's then girlfriend, Maren Jensen. Don's wife, Sharon, appears in the Taking You Home video.

To me, the For My Wedding video has a sweet sentiment, but it is a bit repetitious and mundane and as Soda said, not very inspiring. Not much in the way of creativity in this one. But, I'm going to wait to vote to see how this round plays out.

Zanny Kingston
02-20-2014, 01:48 PM
My vote in this round = FOR MY WEDDING

I had never seen this video before and the first thing that struck me was that it reminded me of some sort of advertising for a wedding planner or a wedding venue- or even something you could see on the Hallmark Channel!

sad-cafe
02-20-2014, 07:51 PM
For My Wedding


just not one of my favorites

WalshFan88
02-20-2014, 07:52 PM
For My Wedding

Brooke
02-21-2014, 12:59 PM
For My Wedding

Houston Debutante
02-21-2014, 01:07 PM
HD - Before you make up your mind, I think you may have Don's women mixed up. But since there were quite a few of them, it's easy to do. :wink: NELITW features Don's then girlfriend, Maren Jensen. Don's wife, Sharon, appears in the Taking You Home video.

:doh: That's right, I knew that, I don't know what I was thinking. A brain blip.

I've decided ~ my vote is FOR MY WEDDING.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-21-2014, 01:37 PM
Yep HD - I know what you mean. Sadly,those kind of little brain blips happen to me a lot more often than I'd like. :-?

I'm not going to be around tonight when the voting ends, so I have to vote earlier than I'd like. Since this round is still up for grabs, I can't vote strategically. So I'm gonna try to help seal the deal ...

I cast my vote for For My Wedding.

sodascouts
02-21-2014, 09:00 PM
The next video to be eliminated from the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is For My Wedding. “For My Wedding”, we must part. Turns out you weren't one of the lucky ones after all. The tribe has spoken and you must leave the island immediately. The rest of the videos may return to camp.

Votes
For My Wedding – 7
Not Enough Love in the World – 2
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – 1

Vote Breakdown
For My Wedding - sodascouts
For My Wedding - Kingston
For My Wedding - sad-cafe
For My Wedding - WalshFan88
For My Wedding - Brooke
For My Wedding - Houston Debutante
For My Wedding – Ive always been a dreamer
Not Enough Love in the World - Freypower
Not Enough Love in the World - shunlvswx
All She Wants to Do Is Dance - BRD


Videos eliminated:
The Garden of Allah 2/13
Johnny Can't Read 2/15
Everything is Different Now 2/17
The Heart of the Matter 2/19
For My Wedding - 2/21

Videos remaining:
Not Enough Love In the World (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub6k_don-henley-not-enough-love-in-the-w_music)
All She Wants To Do Is Dance (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub8i_don-henley-all-she-wants-to-do-is-d_music?search_algo=1)
The Boys of Summer (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ydjt_don-henley-the-boys-of-summer_music)
The End of the Innocence (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yqo5_don-henley-the-end-of-the-innocence_music)
The Last Worthless Evening (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4iei_don-henley-the-last-worthless-evening_music)
Taking You Home (http://www.artistdirect.com/video/don-henley-taking-you-home/38127)

Voting for Round Six begins now.

shunlvswx
02-21-2014, 09:26 PM
Darn on For My Wedding. I thought it was a cute video. Darn. I broke my streak.

For I'm voting Not Enough Love In the World.

I don't know why I don't like it. Don is soo handsome in this video, but I don't like the video.

sodascouts
02-21-2014, 09:45 PM
So, I'm thinking of voting for NELITW, but it has a great moment where Don pulls a lady (his then-girlfriend) in for a kiss - and I find it so romantic. I also like the inventive camerawork - the way that it slowly pans ceilings and walls to reveal the stage, Don, the stage seats... very cool. The theater setting is interesting, as is "Don the Actor." I always like story videos where the singer plays something other than a version of himself. The downside is I don't really get what the purpose of fighting couple and the kids is. At first I thought it was flashback but if the woman is Maren (it's kind of hard to tell because she's wearing a scarf) then that can't be right. Maybe the fight is because the guy found out she was cheating with Don! Still, like I said, that camerawork is fantastic.

I'm also thinking of voting for Taking You Home, but it has all those absolutely adorable moments with Don and his real-life family sprinkled in amongst the extras. It was filmed in East Texas, too, which adds a really homey element to it. So sweet! Still, the parts where he's singing in a room into a microphone are a little dull.

ASWTDID is kinda seedy but it fits the song very well. The "disco in the midst of a Colombian drug den" is a setup that's just as tongue-in-cheek as the song itself. The set has a lot of great nuances too, like the jeep stuck in the ceiling. The problem comes with you have jarringly disturbing moments inserted into the campiness, like the creepy guy grabbing the girl, and her spitting into his face. I was afraid he was going to hit her (yes, I know it's not real, but still). Impoverished children and Kootch lurching around like he's just gotten electric shock treatments... the girl alone and sad at the end... I think they should have decided on a tone and stuck with it.

Still not sure. Thoughts?

sad-cafe
02-21-2014, 10:52 PM
Taking you Home

shunlvswx
02-21-2014, 10:57 PM
TYH is such a cute video. Its nice to see his wife and children in the video. Too bad it was the first and only time we see them ever in public or in a video. Didn't I read somewhere that the song was about him taking home his first child home from the hospital. I think it was the Storytellers special. Plus. The TYH video goes along with the song. He got it right this time. This video didn't make me scratch me head.

ASWTDID: A video where it actually makes sense with the song. Plus Don is not that bad looking either in the video.

NELITW: Its just something about the video I don't get. I might go watch it again.

Zanny Kingston
02-21-2014, 11:07 PM
Now the real fun begins!

I am thinking about voting for TLWE in this round. I not totally up on all my Don Henley songs, so I don't know for sure if he wrote the song or not. One thing I do know is that many of his songs, and for that matter, the Eagles tunes tend to provide a visual story in my minds eye and a lot of these Don Henley videos just don't "go" with how I envision the story he tells in the song. I think that the ability to tell a story through a song is a talent and a gift that he and Glenn Frey have.

Although creative license with a video for a song can really work well- there are many times when they are just totally off base and detract from the song.

In TLWE, I feel the video has some really gratuitous moments but hey it was the late 80's so it may have fit the era but I just don't think it fit the storyline of the song.

ASTWDID is another one I am considering voting for and TYH is in the running to go as well. I will just have to do a little more viewing - what a shame!

WalshFan88
02-21-2014, 11:13 PM
Not Enough Love In The World

I love the ASWTDID video - top 2 for sure for me.

sad-cafe
02-22-2014, 12:16 AM
my vote was strategic I have a favorite, but in effort to not jinx it I will refrain at the moment :)

Freypower
02-22-2014, 12:41 AM
Not Enough Love In The World straight out annoys me & I vote for it. There are only so many obscurely symbolic monochrome videos that I can deal with & the others in this game which fit that category are far superior to this one.

I think the TYH vidoe is very moving & simple, given that I don't like the song very much.

As for ASWTDID I used to like it a lot but now I find it dated.

sodascouts
02-22-2014, 10:19 AM
About to leave - I'll just quickly drop in and say I've decided.

I cast my vote for Taking You Home.

It's very sweet, but something has to go.

timfan
02-22-2014, 02:17 PM
No question this round for me Not enough love in the world is next to go

Ive always been a dreamer
02-22-2014, 02:53 PM
Yeah - We're at that point in the game where it's getting a lot more difficult to choose. Right now I'm leaning toward NELITW although I agree with Soda that it has some good moments. I love the sentiment of Taking You Home, but like For My Wedding, the video isn't particularly creative. However, I do find it enjoyable to watch, probably because of the footage with Don's family and the fact that I adore the song.

As far as ASWTDID, I think this is a well done video. This is one of those cases where there is some gruesomeness, but it's appropriate and not over-the-top like in Garden of Allah and EIDN. It helps tell the story without totally creeping me out. I actually have this one rated pretty high on my list.

Zanny Kingston
02-22-2014, 05:16 PM
My vote= Taking you home

Brooke
02-23-2014, 04:53 PM
We don't have many votes in this round and it ends tonight?

I'm voting for Not Enough Love In The World. It was between that and Taking You Home and I find TYH just too sweet to vote out yet. I don't think it's as well known a song, but I like it.

Witchy Woman
02-23-2014, 05:34 PM
All She Wants To Do Is Dance. I do not like the song or the video.

This.

UK TimFan
02-23-2014, 07:05 PM
I vote for 'All She Wants To Do Is Dance'.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-23-2014, 08:51 PM
This.

WW - Not sure if this is intended as a vote or not. Unless you can confirm this before the close of this round at 8:00 EST, I can't count this.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-23-2014, 08:59 PM
Okay it looks like NELITW is going down, so I'll go ahead and cast another strategic vote ...

I cast my vote for The Last Worthless Evening.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-23-2014, 09:09 PM
The next video to be eliminated from the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is Not Enough Love In the World. “Not Enough Love In the World”, I know you had some dreams that didn't quite come true. No matter how much you're trying, you can't make it right. The tribe has spoken and you must leave the island immediately.

Votes
Not Enough Love In the World – 5
Taking You Home – 3
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – 2
The Last Worthless Evening – 1

Vote Breakdown
Not Enough Love In the World – shunlvswx
Not Enough Love In the World – WalshFan88
Not Enough Love In the World – Freypower
Not Enough Love In the World – timfan
Not Enough Love In the World – Brooke
Taking You Home – sad-cafe
Taking You Home – sodascouts
Taking You Home – Kingston
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – BRD
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – UK Timfan
The Last Worthless Evening – Ive always been a dreamer

Videos eliminated:
The Garden of Allah 2/13
Johnny Can't Read 2/15
Everything is Different Now 2/17
The Heart of the Matter 2/19
For My Wedding - 2/21
Not Enough Love In the World 2/23

Videos remaining:
All She Wants To Do Is Dance (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub8i_don-henley-all-she-wants-to-do-is-d_music?search_algo=1)
The Boys of Summer (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ydjt_don-henley-the-boys-of-summer_music)
The End of the Innocence (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yqo5_don-henley-the-end-of-the-innocence_music)
The Last Worthless Evening (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4iei_don-henley-the-last-worthless-evening_music)
Taking You Home (http://www.artistdirect.com/video/don-henley-taking-you-home/38127)

Voting for Round Seven begins now.

shunlvswx
02-23-2014, 09:19 PM
All my favorites are still in the running, but somebody is got to go.

Taking You Home.

I almost couldn't save this video last round and I doubt I can save it this round. So I'm voting for this video. I don't have anything against the video. I still love the song and video.

shunlvswx
02-23-2014, 09:21 PM
OK. I'm lost. I have a question. What do you mean by strategy?

Ive always been a dreamer
02-23-2014, 11:44 PM
shun - The strategy is deployed because of the game's tiebreaker rule. If there is a tie vote between two videos in a round, then the all votes from previous rounds are tallied and the video with the most prior votes is eliminated. For example, if this current round were to end in a tie between Taking You Home and All She Wants To Do Is Dance, then ASWTDID would be eliminated because it has received 4 prior votes whereas Taking You Home has received only 3 prior votes. Therefore, if the video that I want eliminated in each round can't end up in a tie, then I usually choose to vote strategically for a video that I would like to eliminate in a future round so that it has more previous votes than my favorite.

So having said all that, for the first time in the game, I think there is a possibility that this may be a close round. Therefore, for those of you who may want to save ASWTDID, then I urge you to vote for Taking You Home. However, in keeping with my normal practice, I'll withhold my vote for now.

shunlvswx
02-23-2014, 11:56 PM
shun - The strategy is deployed because of the game's tiebreaker rule. If there is a tie vote between two videos in a round, then the all votes from previous rounds are tallied and the video with the most prior votes is eliminated. For example, if this current round were to end in a tie between Taking You Home and All She Wants To Do Is Dance, then ASWTDID would be eliminated because it has received 4 prior votes whereas Taking You Home has received only 3 prior votes. Therefore, if the video that I want eliminated in each round can't end up in a tie, then I usually choose to vote strategically for a video that I would like to eliminate in a future round so that it has more previous votes than my favorite.

So having said all that, for the first time in the game, I think there is a possibility that this may be a close round. Therefore, for those of you who may want to save ASWTDID, then I urge you to vote for Taking You Home. However, in keeping with my normal practice, I'll withhold my vote for now.

Thanks for the explanation, IABAD.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-24-2014, 12:35 AM
NP. Hope that all made sense. :wink: :grin:

sad-cafe
02-24-2014, 12:56 AM
Taking You Home Is my vote this round

so happy my favorite is sill in the top!

Freypower
02-24-2014, 01:10 AM
All She Wants To Do Is Dance

WalshFan88
02-24-2014, 01:42 AM
Taking You Home

timfan
02-24-2014, 10:35 AM
As I really like the taking you home video to try to save it I'll vote for All she wants to do is dance

Houston Debutante
02-24-2014, 01:52 PM
I like them all but I think All She Wants To Do Is Dance has more going for it, it's almost like a movie. Taking You Home is precious but it's pretty basic. So I'm voting for TAKING YOU HOME.

Zanny Kingston
02-24-2014, 10:30 PM
My vote -- All she wants to do is dance.

Brooke
02-25-2014, 02:08 PM
I vote for Taking You Home.

Sweet as it is, I like ASWTDID better.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-25-2014, 08:57 PM
Since this is our first really close round, I'm going to join in to try to seal the deal. I love the sentiment and the song, but ...

I cast my vote for Taking You Home.

UK TimFan
02-25-2014, 08:58 PM
Even though it won't save 'Taking you home', I vote 'All she wants to do is dance'.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-25-2014, 09:06 PM
The next video to be eliminated from the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is Taking You Home. “Taking You Home”, this is one of those days where the tribe won’t throw you a crumb. You should return to the good life you had before we came. Please leave the island immediately.

Votes
Taking You Home – 6
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – 5

Vote Breakdown
Taking You Home – shunlvswx
Taking You Home – sad-cafe
Taking You Home – WalshFan88
Taking You Home – Houston Debutante
Taking You Home – Brooke
Taking You Home – Ive always been a dreamer
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – BRD
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – Freypower
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – timfan
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – Kingston
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – UK Timfan

Videos eliminated:
The Garden of Allah 2/13
Johnny Can't Read 2/15
Everything is Different Now 2/17
The Heart of the Matter 2/19
For My Wedding - 2/21
Not Enough Love In the World 2/23
Taking You Home 2/25

Videos remaining:
All She Wants To Do Is Dance (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ub8i_don-henley-all-she-wants-to-do-is-d_music?search_algo=1)
The Boys of Summer (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ydjt_don-henley-the-boys-of-summer_music)
The End of the Innocence (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yqo5_don-henley-the-end-of-the-innocence_music)
The Last Worthless Evening (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4iei_don-henley-the-last-worthless-evening_music)

Voting for Round Eight begins now.

sodascouts
02-25-2014, 09:19 PM
Oh my gosh - I can't believe I forgot to vote!!!

Well, I'm taking care of that oversight right now for this round.

I cast my vote for All She Wants to Do Is Dance.

Good video, but not as good as the others.

shunlvswx
02-25-2014, 09:23 PM
I vote for All She Wants To Do Is Dance.

I kinda don't like the video, but I love the song. Compare to the other videos, I think this one is the weakest link.

Don is sexy in the video. I love the long coat and undershirt under the coat.

I did save it for a long time. I'm glad it made it this far.

Freypower
02-25-2014, 09:47 PM
All She Wants To Do Is Dance

WalshFan88
02-25-2014, 10:09 PM
As much as I hate to:

All She Wants To Do Is Dance

It's in my top 3 favorite DH songs, but the video isn't as cool as the song but better than those before it IMO but I'm trying to save my favorite here.

Houston Debutante
02-26-2014, 01:17 PM
Joining the crowd on this ~ ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE.

Brooke
02-26-2014, 03:49 PM
Same here. All She Wants To Do Is Dance.

Love the song, but the video is a bit bizarre! Don looks good though!

sad-cafe
02-26-2014, 06:28 PM
All She Wants To Do Is Dance

timfan
02-26-2014, 09:21 PM
Looking pretty likely that ASWTDID is going down so I'll vote for next one on my list... The Last Worthless Evening

UK TimFan
02-26-2014, 10:28 PM
I vote for 'The boys of summer'.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-27-2014, 08:48 PM
Well no real surprise that ASWTDID is going down next. I guess I'll try to even up the score a bit for the last rounds ...

I cast my vote for The End of the Innocence.

Ive always been a dreamer
02-27-2014, 09:04 PM
In a landslide, the next video to be eliminated from the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is All She Wants To Do Is Dance. “All She Wants To Do Is Dance”, we've been like crazy people walkin 'round with blood in their eyes. You must've felt the heat comin' off the street. The tribe has spoken and you must please leave the island immediately.

Votes
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – 8
The Last Worthless Evening – 1
The Boys of Summer – 1
The End of the Innocence – 1

Vote Breakdown
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – BRD
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – sodascouts
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – shunlvswx
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – Freypower
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – WalshFan88
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – Houston Debutante
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – Brooke
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – sad-cafe
The Last Worthless Evening – timfan
The Boys of Summer – UK Timfan
The End of the Innocence – Ive always been a dreamer

Videos eliminated:
The Garden of Allah 2/13
Johnny Can't Read 2/15
Everything is Different Now 2/17
The Heart of the Matter 2/19
For My Wedding - 2/21
Not Enough Love In the World 2/23
Taking You Home 2/25
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 2/27

Videos remaining:
The Boys of Summer (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ydjt_don-henley-the-boys-of-summer_music)
The End of the Innocence (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yqo5_don-henley-the-end-of-the-innocence_music)
The Last Worthless Evening (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4iei_don-henley-the-last-worthless-evening_music)

Voting for Round Nine begins now.

Freypower
02-27-2014, 09:15 PM
The Boys Of Summer

UK TimFan
02-27-2014, 10:23 PM
I vote for 'The boys of summer'.

WalshFan88
02-27-2014, 10:30 PM
The Last Worthless Evening

"The Boys Of Summer" is without a doubt Henley's best, in song and video as far as I'm concerned. I love the guitar/synth combo and the video reflects that.

Freypower
02-27-2014, 10:31 PM
The Last Worthless Evening

"The Boys Of Summer" is without a doubt Henley's best, in song and video as far as I'm concerned. I love the guitar/synth combo and the video reflects that.

I'm not with you here. How does the video reflect the music when the only instrument seen in it are drums? What am I missing?

Ive always been a dreamer
02-27-2014, 10:59 PM
Well, I just add in my two cents here FWIW. IMO, all three of the remaining videos are really good, but I definitely don't think The Last Worthless Evening measures up to the other two. It is very sexy, even though I'm not that fond of long-haired Don. And I like how the monochrome blue really adds to the mood and sensuality. However, to me, it is just not nearly as creative or cinematic as BOS or EOTI.

shunlvswx
02-27-2014, 11:25 PM
Hmm I think I'm going to vote for The End Of The Innocence.

I really don't like the video and the song. When I hear this song, I really don't turn the volume up when it comes on. The other two. I turn the volume way up when it comes on.

WalshFan88
02-27-2014, 11:28 PM
I'm not with you here. How does the video reflect the music when the only instrument seen in it are drums? What am I missing?

I mean soundwise. The video reflects the beach and the smooth qualities of the music. I think its a perfect pairing of song and videos.

shunlvswx
02-27-2014, 11:32 PM
I think the only thing I can think of that goes good with BOS is the beach theme. To think about it. The video kinda doesn't go with the song. I was singing the lyrics and I kinda don't get the video. The lyrics doesn't make you think of summertime.

sodascouts
02-27-2014, 11:37 PM
One thing about Last Worthless Evening - the actress who is the star of the video is staggeringly beautiful.

sad-cafe
02-28-2014, 12:11 AM
Last Worthless Evening

Freypower
02-28-2014, 12:22 AM
I mean soundwise. The video reflects the beach and the smooth qualities of the music. I think its a perfect pairing of song and videos.

OK, thanks for explaining. I have to say however, that much praised as it is, this video is not a favourite of mine(although it is better than all those which have been voted off so far). I have never related to what is presumably meant to be young Don playing drums or the guy at the desk who unfortunately calls to mind Glenn's look in this period although I am sure that was not intentional. And for whatever reason, I think Don looks uncomfortable in it.

LWE on the other hand is my favourite. Despite the long hair, Don looks great in it & I like the nightclub imagery & blue tinge of the photography.

Freypower
02-28-2014, 12:27 AM
I think the only thing I can think of that goes good with BOS is the beach theme. To think about it. The video kinda doesn't go with the song. I was singing the lyrics and I kinda don't get the video. The lyrics doesn't make you think of summertime.

Both the song & video are about the end of summer, or a summer lost. In fact the song's title is about fleeting relationships which don't last, summer romances. It's not a happy Beach Boys type summer song or video; it has to do with nostalgia, which is not always happy. If it had just stuck with Don & the couple at the beach it (the video) could have been perfect. I realise as I said in the previous post this is not a popular opinion as most people seem to think this video is wonderful.

Brooke
02-28-2014, 10:48 AM
Well, I really love all three and it's hard for me to say which one is better. As far as the songs themselves go, LWE is not as well known for me. I didn't have MTV back in the day and if I ever heard it on the radio, I don't remember it. Probably did.... How far did it go on the charts, anyone know? I think Don looks especially hot in it and, as Soda said, the actress is really beautiful.

I think I will watch them all again before I vote.

ETA: I love Don's long hair, but don't like the ponytail!

shunlvswx
02-28-2014, 12:53 PM
I'm not a fan of the ponytail either, but I love when he has his hair down. Oh my. Too bad majority of the time he had the long hair, he had it in a ponytail.

LWE: #21 on Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on Mainstream Rock. He had a few no. 1 on Mainstream Rock.

DivineDon
02-28-2014, 01:40 PM
I know I wasn't eligible to vote 'til now and was hoping there would still be a few videos left for me to join in when I was!

Anyway I'd like to vote off The End of the Innocence.

Like it the least of the last three :-(

Ive always been a dreamer
02-28-2014, 01:44 PM
DD - Sorry, but I need to clarify the rule. You must be a member in good standing for two weeks prior to the start of the game to be able to vote in the game at all. So, although we can't count your vote, feel free to participate in the discussion. We play these Survivor games from time-to-time, so stick around and play the next time around. :thumbsup:

Houston Debutante
02-28-2014, 02:19 PM
I love all three, Don is amazing in all of them and they are all artistic and fit with the mood, even though Boys of Summer isn't literally about what the lyrics are about it does create a mood that works with the song, that's why it won an MTV award.

So my vote goes to THE LAST WORTHLESS EVENING, although i love the way Don plays with his hair when it's down, looking at the camera with those eyes ~ so sexy! I just don't like it as much as the other two.

Zanny Kingston
02-28-2014, 06:19 PM
I missed the last round because I was traveling and could not log in!

This is tough as all three songs are up there in my all time favorites of his.

In terms of the videos, Two of them rank much higher in my mind than the other one.

I am dying to see which one of the survivor's wins!

My vote for this round goes to- The last worthless evening.

I don't care for the nightclub theme, It does tell the story of the song, but I think there were better ways to convey it.

Don looked great, although I don't love his long hair era, it still does not take anything away that great expressive face of his.

DivineDon
03-01-2014, 06:36 AM
DD - Sorry, but I need to clarify the rule. You must be a member in good standing for two weeks prior to the start of the game to be able to vote in the game at all. So, although we can't count your vote, feel free to participate in the discussion. We play these Survivor games from time-to-time, so stick around and play the next time around. :thumbsup:

:oops::blush: Apologies!!!

Ive always been a dreamer
03-01-2014, 11:21 AM
No need to apologize, DD. Hopefully, we'll catch you next time around. :thumbsup:

I won't be around for the end of the round tonight cause I've got to go see some concert up in D.C. Hope it's good. :wink: So ...

I cast my vote for The Last Worthless Evening.

timfan
03-01-2014, 05:56 PM
I vote for Boys of Summer

sodascouts
03-01-2014, 07:12 PM
I find "The Last Worthless Evening" to be very well-done. The scenes with the woman communicate the theme of the song very well. I guess what puts it in third place for me is the stand-in Don filmed from the back during the scenes when they dance. It may seem small, but it always distracts me! Plus, in a race this close, even the small things count.

I cast my vote for The Last Worthless Evening.

sodascouts
03-01-2014, 10:00 PM
The next video to be eliminated from the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is The Last Worthless Evening. “The Last Worthless Evening”, this is the last round of Survivor that you'll have to end. The tribe has spoken and it's time for you to go. Please leave the island immediately.

Now, the remaining two videos may step forward for the FINAL ROUND (special rules apply - see the bottom).


Votes
The Last Worthless Evening – 7
Boys of Summer – 3
The End of the Innocence – 1


Vote Breakdown
The Last Worthless Evening - WalshFan88
The Last Worthless Evening - sad-cafe
The Last Worthless Evening - BRD
The Last Worthless Evening - Houston Debutante
The Last Worthless Evening - Kingston
The Last Worthless Evening - Ive always been a dreamer
The Last Worthless Evening - sodascouts
Boys of Summer - Freypower
Boys of Summer – UK Timfan
Boys of Summer - timfan
The End of the Innocence - shunlvswx


Videos eliminated:
The Garden of Allah 2/13
Johnny Can't Read 2/15
Everything is Different Now 2/17
The Heart of the Matter 2/19
For My Wedding - 2/21
Not Enough Love In the World 2/23
Taking You Home 2/25
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 2/27
The Last Worthless Evening 3/1


Videos remaining:
The Boys of Summer (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ydjt_don-henley-the-boys-of-summer_music)
The End of the Innocence (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yqo5_don-henley-the-end-of-the-innocence_music)


This is our last and final round. As a result, it’s special. We do NOT vote for the video we want to leave. We vote for the one WE WANT TO WIN. That’s the way they do it on the show, so that’s the way we do it here. Again,

VOTE FOR THE VIDEO YOU WANT TO WIN.

Voting for the final round begins now.

timfan
03-01-2014, 10:14 PM
THE END OF INNOCENCE FOR THE WIN!!!!!

shunlvswx
03-01-2014, 10:19 PM
OK. Its the battle between long hair Don vs the short hair Don.

Neither one of these videos are really not my favorite, but I'm voting on a song that when it comes on the radio, I turn up the volume and start dancing before it even gets into the song. And of course hotness. Don is hot in both videos, but somehow this video. I like just seeing Don.

I vote for The Boys of Summer.

Thanks to everybody who explain the meaning behind BOS because I was like the song doesn't go along with the video. LOL

sad-cafe
03-01-2014, 11:03 PM
BOYS of SUMMER for the WIN

WalshFan88
03-02-2014, 12:20 AM
No doubt - THE BOYS OF SUMMER!!

Way better song and video IMO.

UK TimFan
03-02-2014, 01:09 AM
'The end of the innocence' to win.

sodascouts
03-02-2014, 01:21 AM
This is a hard one. BOS is iconic, but EOTI is more moving, I think. It affects me in a way BOS doesn't.

Plus, while I understand BOS effectively evokes a mood, EOTI also evokes a mood well and in addition, seems more directly connected to the song.

Yeah, Don's got better hair in BOS, but let's not go just off that. Plus, EOTI has more close-ups of those intense, beautiful eyes.

EOTI is also less repetitive with its imagery. BOS relies on the same images again and again, while EOTI is more complex and gives you a lot more to think about... innocence and its loss is shown with images of small town nostalgia, sexual discovery, culture, politics, induction into the military... so much to work with and so much to say about society, yet it still never comes across as didactic to me. That's quite an accomplishment.

JMHO.

As you may have guessed...
THE END OF THE INNOCENCE for the win!!!!

sodascouts
03-02-2014, 01:30 AM
I'd also add that the video for EOTI actually gave me additional insight into the song on occasion. For instance, when you see a soldier getting his hair shorn at a barber shop in order to join the military, and they show the locks of his hair falling around the chair in the barber shop as Don sings "Let your hair fall around me" - wow. It added a whole new layer to that line's connotation.

Zanny Kingston
03-02-2014, 04:29 PM
THE END OF THE INNOCENCE FOR THE WIN!!

I love BOS, as the song has a lot of personal meaning for me. There is no doubt the video is awesome as well.


EOTI though, is a video that to me evokes this feeling of Americana and Patriotism that I just find to be profound. The images in the video speak to times gone by and lost innocence, which is what the song conveys on with so many layers of interpretation. Great Video.

Freypower
03-02-2014, 06:23 PM
The End Of The Innocence, no contest in my opinion.

Houston Debutante
03-03-2014, 08:44 PM
Had to get my vote in ~

THE BOYS OF SUMMER

Don is so hot, who can forget that video!

Ive always been a dreamer
03-03-2014, 08:52 PM
Well - These two videos are as close in my book as they are in this game. I think they are both fantastic videos that do justice to their songs. It's very hard for me to decide. I don't like flipping coins so I'm going to go with a purely shallow vote just like I did last time we played this game. I don't like long-haired Don that much, so I'll pick the one that I think he looks the hottest in ...

I cast my vote for The Boys of Summer.

Ive always been a dreamer
03-03-2014, 09:12 PM
Well – In a very exciting round, the vote in this final round is tied. So congratulations to both videos. But by virtue of the tiebreaker rule, the winner of the Don Henley Music Video Survivor is ...

The End of the Innocence

Votes
The End of the Innocence – 5
The Boys of Summer – 5

Tiebreaker Votes
The Boys of Summer – 4
The End of the Innocence – 2

Vote Breakdown
The End of the Innocence – timfan
The End of the Innocence – UK Timfan
The End of the Innocence – sodascouts
The End of the Innocence– Kingston
The End of the Innocence – Freypower
The Boys of Summer – shunlvswx
The Boys of Summer – sad-cafe
The Boys of Summer – WalshFan88
The Boys of Summer – Houston Debutante
The Boys of Summer – Ive always been a dreamer

Videos eliminated:
The Garden of Allah 2/13
Johnny Can't Read 2/15
Everything is Different Now 2/17
The Heart of the Matter 2/19
For My Wedding - 2/21
Not Enough Love In the World 2/23
Taking You Home 2/25
All She Wants To Do Is Dance 2/27
The Last Worthless Evening 3/1
The Boys of Summer 3/3

Again, congratulation to the winner ...

The End of the Innocence!!!

sodascouts
03-03-2014, 11:10 PM
Wow - that was amazingly close - I don't think we've had one that close in a long time.

And congrats to...

THE END OF THE INNOCENCE!!!

A beautiful, moving video.

Well-deserved!

timfan
03-03-2014, 11:15 PM
I was trying to remember have we ever had one in final round come to tie breaker.. I don't remember one before this.

DivineDon
03-04-2014, 04:52 AM
Darn! I wish I had been eligible to vote. It would have to have been BOS.

Growing up here in a country on the periphery of Europe we got our first taste of MTV in the early '80s every Sunday afternoon 3-6pm. It was so exciting as a teenager to hear and see this exciting format. I remember Michael Jackson's 'Billy Jean' blowing me away and of course Don's BOS. I had no idea he used to be in the Eagles but I thought he was really gorgeous. That schoolgirl crush has lasted thirty years! (a marriage wouldn't have lasted as long!) so I feel really nostalgic about BOS. :weep: Sigh

WalshFan88
03-04-2014, 10:46 AM
Congrats EOTI!!

"The Boys Of Summer" is a cool song. It just makes me immediately think of summer and warm weather and water!! Something I could enjoy right about NOW! (enough of this cold already!). To me it's his best song, and also my favorite. I think it's his best known song too. I love Dirty Laundry and The Heart Of The Matter and All She Wants To Do Is Dance, but to me when I think of solo Don, it's TBOS. It just has that smooth sound without being too cheesy.

That said, the top two videos are the right ones I think.

elly87
03-04-2014, 02:12 PM
I'm with you all here.
The Garden of Allah gets my vote. :heart:

Brooke
03-04-2014, 03:31 PM
Oh boy, I just realized I missed the last two rounds! Life has been keeping me way too busy to keep up here! I can't say I'm disappointed with the results though. It was going to be very hard to decide between the last two for me anyway. I love both of the songs, so

CONGRATS TO THE END OF THE INNOCENCE!

Ive always been a dreamer
03-04-2014, 11:03 PM
I'd like to once again congratulate both songs. They are both very worthy and both times we have played this game, the final vote was extremely close between them. Brooke, if you had voted the same as you did last game, then our final result would have been different.

Anyway, I think there may have been one or two other Survivor games where the tiebreaker rule determined the winner. The only one I can remember off the top of my head is one of Timothy's 'Best of' games.

shunlvswx
03-04-2014, 11:15 PM
Congrats to EOTI. They both are great videos.

Have we ever have Video survivor game with Don's videos before and if we did who won last time? Or is this the first time?

Freypower
03-05-2014, 05:58 PM
Congrats to EOTI. They both are great videos.

Have we ever have Video survivor game with Don's videos before and if we did who won last time? Or is this the first time?

https://eaglesonlinecentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1783

The End Of The Innocence won then too.

shunlvswx
03-05-2014, 06:06 PM
Thanks FP. I was looking for it earlier to see who won last time and I couldn't find it. I think I had overlooked.

The order was different this time.