I agree. There is more to Glenn Frey than his 'corny jokes'. He sings. He plays guitar. Quite well, too, I believe.
I very much doubt that Already Gone has been restored.
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I agree also. Can't see them not doing TIE and as for Glenn's corny jokes -I know that I have heard the "plaintiff" & "credit card" jokes a lot in videos & read in concert reviews about him telling them but, I was actually looking forward to hearing them live in Moncton & I was disappointed when he didn't tell them due to it being a shorter show. :-(
Yep - that's the thing - maybe they are corny and for us hardcores who have been to multiple shows, they may be stale. However, I have never been to one single show where those jokes don't get a big laugh from most of the audience. I guess Glenn figures if it ain't broke, don't fix it. :D
OMG, I completely missed TIE not being in the set list there. Surely that must be wrong! That would be a travesty. My most favorite Eagles song of all time and the very first hit? :jawdrop:
Guys, it MUST be there in St. Louis! I mean MUST! :whip:
IMHO I think TIE was omitted from the review set list. Not the real one. I believe they have NEVER left out TIE so its unlikely they would start doing so now. Its like its a staple or a cornerstone, whatever happens around it, it stays and acts as a continuity between the different shows.
Take It Easy, Brooke, it'll be there. It was there last night in Nashville.
That's a great review, DF, thanks for posting! It's cool to hear how Take It To The Limit gets such a good reception - that has been my experience too.
Here is another great review of the show, with pictures!! Not too keen on his captions, though.:-x
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/rockca...t_63.aspx#more
Last Night: The Eagles
Now with words!
The four Eagles may immediately have bolted out of Alltel Arena into their separate, waiting limos hating each other when the show was done, but in front of 11,842 loud fans they were brothers in arms seemingly relishing every minute of their three hours on the Alltel Arena stage Tuesday night.
This was a far cry from their visit here in 2002, where elder statesman Joe Walsh was the only performer who offered much life, Glenn Frey was the only band member who spoke, and they seemed interested only in giving it the solid but no-frills performance while collecting another big paycheck.
Prices were slightly higher for the best seats this time ($154, compared with $96 the last time), but the band appeared to enjoy being here, the stage production was the best the band has ever featured, and nine backing musicians (including four horns) completed the package.
The quotes from interviews preceding this tour from Don Henley — that a new album, “Long Road Out of Eden,” had generated new inspiration from the group he co-founded in 1971 — prove more than just PR fluff. Of course, when devoted fans are still buying seven million copies of your newest release — easily the biggest sales for one recording by 60-somethings in rock history — you probably feel you owe them a little in return.
The Eagles delivered Tuesday night.
The band devoted a significant portion of the two sets to songs from “Long Road Out of Eden,” particularly to start the second set when they went acoustic sitting on stool-chairs. We were spared the boys breaking into a verse of “Viva Viagra,” though it might have had the place rolling in as much laughter as to the lines Frey actually did utter. And no, Avodart was not a tour sponsor.
It was also good to see the Eagles follow in the vein of the Who, the Rolling Stones and other aging acts who have passed through these parts recently, with video moments from their illustrious past blended with graphics and lighting changes apropos for the song in rotation. For Joe Walsh’s “Funk 49,” which was recorded not with the Eagles but the James Gang, the effect was psychedelic late ’60s; for “Life’s Been Good,” which came in Walsh’s solo period, the presentation was a family album not only of Walsh, but the rest of the Eagles, from the days when the hair was darker and much longer. Important past group members Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner and Don Felder were conveniently excised from the old photos, of course.
Felder, who was fired from the band in 2001 and has aired all the backstage dirty laundry in a new book, wasn’t missed on lead guitar. Frey, who likes sports metaphors, no doubt would agree that Stuart Smith was MVP on Tuesday night, handling all of the missing Felder’s riffs note for note, and even some of Walsh’s on “Life’s Been Good” while Walsh strolled the stage in bizarro fashion donning a helmet-cam. Smith, a co-producer on the new record, even nailed the Leadon-like pedal steel effect in “Peaceful Easy Feelin’” and contributed to the spot-on harmonies.
For fans who have caught their previous tours since hell froze over, the Eagles have since traded the traditional “Seven Bridges Road” a cappella set opener for the newer “No More Walks in the Woods”; the 28-song setlist included three from their eponymous debut album of 1971, while leaving off anything from the 1974 “On the Border” disc; and Frey took the lead, four notes lower, on Meisner’s epic, soaring “Take It Too the Limit” from the “One of These Nights” album. The requisite “Take It Easy” and “Desperado” made up the encore.
The guys ditched denim for dark suits and ties this time. They each got a chance to talk, rather than deferring to Frey. Henley, who didn’t utter a word in 2002’s show – probably because he felt he’d said more than enough in an earlier solo visit – recalled days growing up not far from here (in north Texas) when his father would sneak him into Oaklawn Park.
Frey, though, was ringleader and had the quips. “Welcome to the Eagles’ assisted-living tour,” he said early into the show. Probably more than half the crowd could relate, and most sang along to the familiar hits once again. Everyone, including the band, still remembered all the words.
—Jim Harris
Oh my gosh, those photos are amazing!
Oh they look GREAT!! Joe looks uncomfortable in that suit tho.. he'd look much better out of it *G*
Thanks for Posting that GEF
Ooooooh, thanks!
They are lookin' good! Wonderful preview for
TOMORROW NIGHT!
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