Originally Posted by
Pippinwhite
You know, it's kind of odd. Bernie and Randy had just as much reason to stay PO'ed at Glenn as Don. Look at the circumstances under which they left the band. But they made it up with Glenn. No hard feelings. I mean, Glenn (and maybe others) helped pay Randy's medical bills. He was under no obligation to do that. And he and Bernie apparently had buried the hatchet, too. That kind of tells you who's really behind the animosity, here.
I feel like if Don had picked up the phone and said, "You know Glenn, let's just grab a beer and talk," I think Glenn would have given him the opportunity. And if Don had just said, "Look. We were both strung out on coke and we were jackasses. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said and done what I did. I was wrong," then I think Glenn would have responded in kind, and even if they never worked together again, they'd have been cool. And, Don wouldn't have those regrets. And in spite of some of his whining, I think he does have regrets, but now it's too late. And people who know they've behaved badly and don't want to own it sometimes whine about it. Glenn came out and said in HOTE that he knew he hadn't handled things very well. He was absolutely open about it, which leads me to believe a sincere apology from DF would have also received one.
And you know what? We don't know if Glenn, especially when he realized how sick he was, but before he went into the hospital the last time, may have tried to reach out to Don and was rebuffed. We just don't know. (Because, I guarantee Don will never tell if he did, because it would make him look really bad.)
As I said on another thread, I think the takeaway from this very sad situation is to be sure you make your amends before it's too late.