Quote Originally Posted by RudieCantFail View Post
I mentioned this before in the 'Eagles Mentions in TV Shows' thread. Here's the page on that thread where I mentioned it: https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/...ary#post338657

No need to really look at it though, since I pretty much said the same thing as you.

I watched the music episode for "The Nineties" in the hope that maybe "Hell Freezes Over" and/or "The Dance" would be mentioned to indicate the resurgence of 70's groups coming back to life to become popular and mainstays in the live music circuit once again. But nope, no mention of the Eagles nor Fleetwood Mac. It was about the new music at the time: grunge, country (Dixie Chicks/Garth Brooks/Reba/etc), Alanis Morissette, and Hip Hop/Rap.

I don't remember what the music episode for "The Eighties" had, but I'm pretty sure that Don Henley wasn't mentioned b/c I probably would have said something if he were.

Also, the mention of Fleetwood Mac in "The Seventies" informed me that the person who sings "Go Your Own Way" was not a woman as I've thought, but it was a man, Lindsey Buckingham. Yep, I always thought the song was from a woman until I saw that bearded dude with an afro playing on a white Les Paul. And because of that, I've been on a Fleetwood Mac and Lindsey Buckingham kick for about a year.
Rudie - ah, sorry to retread old ground! This was my first time seeing it - in fact, I didn't realize it was a CNN series.

(PS - LOL about GYOW!)

Quote Originally Posted by WKMB55 View Post
I seem to vaguely remember reading an article a few years ago that indicated the Eagles and management granted very few requests to use their images or songs for documentaries or other types of TV programs. (There is a You Tube video of David Letterman claiming he wanted Paul Shaffer and the orchestra to play Eagles songs but an agreement couldn't be reached.) That may or may not be part of the reason but it shouldn't prevent anyone from mentioning them by name.
The omission of the Eagles wasn't about images because when they mentioned Glenn and Don in their list of songwriters, they showed a quick clip of each playing.

Now, it is very possible CNN would not be allowed to use the Eagles' music. As you say, though, that wouldn't prevent them from talking about the Eagles. It would be the height of pettiness to not even acknowledge the existence of the biggest band of the 70s just because you couldn't play a clip of a song! I guess we can't rule it out, though.