Not sure if this has been posted yet or not. It's a David Fricke Rolling Stone article/interview with Don Henley.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/fe...future-w511253
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Not sure if this has been posted yet or not. It's a David Fricke Rolling Stone article/interview with Don Henley.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/fe...future-w511253
Thanks for the link, AG95. That’s an interesting interview, I like what Don had to say about the ‘76 live recordings:
As far as nothing left in the vault...maybe they need to look in a different vault!Quote:
"I was delighted at the energy and grittiness of the live tracks," Eagles singer-drummer Don Henley says of the previously unissued concert recordings – from October 1976 at the Forum in Los Angeles – added to the new 40th-anniversary reissue of the band's fifth studio album and biggest seller, Hotel California. "We're a year late, technically speaking," Henley admits, noting the LP's original release in December 1976. "But we had enough foresight to record those shows. I was surprised that we were doing songs from the album before it even came out. That was pretty ballsy."
The picture from the album photo shoot is new to me...maybe it’s in the Deluxe set.
They always say there's nothing in the vault... and it's never true!
Henley appears to say alot of things only to back pedal and/or change his mind.
Thanks for the link, AG. I thought it was an interesting article for a couple of reasons. First, we were all speculating why they took "The Last Resort" out of the set list for last few shows this year. Was it to give Don's voice a rest, give Joe another song, etc. Turns out it was our Midwest sensibilities I guess! Another thing I thought was interesting on a more personal level was that he was somewhat surprised that they had been ballsy enough to play "Hotel California" before the album came out. 41 years ago tomorrow, I had the pleasure of hearing it played live in Indianapolis before the album came out!
My My, I so wish I could have attended a concert with you back in '76! ;)
I wish you could have too, ETG. We would have had a blast! Oh where is that time machine when you need it...
I know, right! If you ever find one please look me up. :grin:
Heck I wish I was born in the 70s to see a lot of shows. Sucks being born in 1980. LOL
Yeah, Shun...I feel so sorry for you being young, LOL! I was just young at a great time to be young, musically speaking.
ETG, I'll be sure to look you up when I find that darned old time machine. You'll have to drive to the concert, because I was never the driver on those occasions. I will pitch in 3 or 4 bucks for gas, about half a tank!
A lot of my favorite singers and groups are the 70s. The Bee Gees, The Osmonds, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac etc. I wish I saw them at the peak of their career. I want I want to experience madness of the crazy fans. LOL
My My, sounds good to me. I can definitely do that! That 3 or 4 bucks for gas will probably take me from my home to the center of our small town! :lol:
Shun, when My My finds that time machine, I will pick you up along the way. :grin:
LOL - So true soda! I don't know why Don keeps saying this when we all know it's bs. Every time they talk about "going into the vault" they seem to find new material. :roll:
Shun - The 70's were a great time to be a kid music wise. So many good groups. I'm glad I was able to experience it. If they make a time machine I'd be more than happy to spend it with you or anyone who wanted to. I'd even pay for your train fare to MSG.;)
The late 60's early 70's were the best of times and the worst of times.
A recent Henry Diltz attracted some interesting comments about Eagles and Gram Parsons. To summarise, they asked Gram to join but he turned them down.
I can't tell if it's true, but it seems plausible to me. Although the poster is specific about when he met Don and Glenn, the actual invitation could have been several years earlier. I believe Bernie heard of Gram's death just as he arrived in London to record OTB. As two songs on the album are inspired by/about Gram ("My Man" and "Good Day in Hell"), it wouldn't be too surprising for them to talk about him on the tour for the album.
It's not impossible, but I find it doubtful, too. Surely it would have been mentioned in HOTE or in one of the many books about the Eagles, or in books/articles about Gram Parsons for that matter.
Gram Parsons called the Eagles 'bubblegum'. If there was a band he wanted to join, it was the Rolling Stones.
The commenter needed to have been a great deal more specific if he wished his claim to be believed.
Too sugary sweet, a pop band, not a rock band.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_pop
Oh, and he also called them a 'plastic dry f*k'.
http://epicdirty.blogspot.com.au/201...vs-eagles.html
Just my HO but Gram was envious of the Eagles success. At that time in his life he could barley get an album deal and was spinning out of control with his drug use. Bernie knew what Gram was like I can not see him agreeing to have him join the band. Gram was accused of being lazy, unmotivated and not willing to put the time in to make the BB a success. The Eagles were none of these. What is the relationship to Glenn/Don via the person who made that statement?
He claimed he spent a night talking to them having met them backstage after they opened for Joe on the On The Border tour (????). See the link to Henry Diltz's Facebook page. All it is is an unsubstantiated claim that the guy talked to Glenn & Don one night. It is somewhat telling that he misspells Glenn's name until he is corrected.
I met them backstage after they opened for Joe Walsh on The On the Border tour.
So they opened for Joe Walsh on their own tour, did they?
Thanks FP, Yeah, I saw that on Henry's FB Page. Sorry I just don't buy it. I could never see Bernie agreeing to it. Why would they open up like that to someone they had never met before. They were always closed mouth about band business, why disclose this to a total stranger ?
I like Gram for what he did with The Rolling Stones, but the guy doesn't do anything for me otherwise. Same with David Crosby. I like CSN(Y), but not as much as the Eagles. But they are what I like to call music purists. If it isn't true blue music that speaks from the heart or is too lighthearted, they hate it. These people love "Harvest Moon" but hate "Heartache Tonight". Yawn. Yawn. Yawn.
For better or worse, I've never been scared off by poppier material. A lot of music purists will try to tell you it's wrong to like pop music, but the way I see it, if a song became a hit, it was because it was well liked by a LOT of people. I've always been a hits guy. Not just because they are hits but I've just always found that I know why certain deep tracks are deep tracks and not hits and that my tastes always aligned with the hit songs. Some just go crazy talking about overplayed songs, radio, pop music, hits, etc and I've never been bothered by any of that. If I like a song, I could listen to it 100 times and want to listen more.
It's probably why I'm a bit polarizing in my music views. I appeal to the classic rock diehards who think they don't make good music anymore, and I also shock them when I tell them I listen and enjoy pop country, as an example, because it sounds like classic rock. Or if I tell a classic country fan I love pop country. You would think they were going to throw a blood clot. I DO think some pop music sucks, but not all. I also can enjoy songs without a lot of lyrical depth, and I'm a sucker for fun uptempo guitar driven party songs that drive the purists nuts. Since I'm not that way in real life, I can live out that small side of me through music. Maybe it's because I'm not that serious all the time, but I love fun songs. It's the equivalent of what some call junk food. To me it's comfort food. And it's very good tasting and makes me happy. Maybe it's not really loaded with nutritious properties, or perfectly healthy to eat all the time, but feels good.
I think the Eagles split the difference. And so if someone cares to listen, they can appeal to more serious listeners and those of us just looking for a good time. Unfortunately Parsons, Crosby, and their ilk just never could see past the more poppier stuff to get to the deeper meaning type songs. It's very much their loss.
Here's another list of top-selling artists in the US.
https://www.workandmoney.com/s/best-...rm=msn-uk-home
It's not exactly in "the press", but I thought this was just funny. And I needed a laugh today. Saw it on Facebook. One of the mods can move it to a more apropos thread if need be. Hope someone else gets a chuckle from it, too.
https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net...dc&oe=5B7ACE13
Thanks Pippin - that's cute. I could use a laugh today too. Thank You.
Cute! :lol:
I was at Barnes & Noble this week and saw a really lovely book - "Rock and Roll Woman" (The 50 Fiercest Female Rockers) by Meredith Ochs. I thumbed thru it and it was well designed with many photos. I loved the style of it and it had some of my favorites - Stevie, Christine, Tina Turner and my all time fave - Linda Ronstadt. I flipped over to Linda's chapter and was dismayed to see "Henley would induct her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014". :scowl:
Back on the shelf it went! :nope:
Smart move, HB. When someone can't get their facts right, they lose all credibility with me. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus - "false in one thing, false in everything."
I am going to lock the old press thread and move over some posts since it has exceeded 3,000 posts.
I was listening to Volume on Sirius Xm this morning and the conversation was new music movies coming out soon or in development. One of the hosts mentioned briefly that The Eagles MIGHT be in talks about doing something in the same style of the Prince movie currently in production.
Has anyone heard anything else about this? I listen to the show every morning and they cover this topic frequently, not once had they ever mentioned the boys making a studio movie.
Am I the only one who thinks that doing it set as a western would be outrageously cool?
While the idea is cool on the surface, I have some qualms about it. Namely the fact it would be without Glenn as an active participant, and the fact that HOTE is going to be hard to beat. For me it's "THE" film.
I would personally not want it as a Western. The further the Eagles can get from the Desperado album the better for me. The whole outlaw thing and western gunfighters and cowboys is lost on me completely. I don't like that kind of music either.
I'd rather see it as a Sunset Strip excess ragged rockstars kind of thing, just what I'm into. I like 70s classic rock, hard rock, and 80s hair/glam metal though, so there you go! The country I like is the new stuff that borrows more influences from RNB, EDM, Rock, Hiphop, etc. Basically the stuff that doesn't sound like country. lol I cringe when I hear banjos, fiddles, and mandolins! The sound of pedal steel is nails on a chalkboard. The twangy stuff is just offputting.