IMO, it is still condescending to refer to people who want to enjoy a concert as brainwashed and compare them to a flock of sheep.
IMO, it is still condescending to refer to people who want to enjoy a concert as brainwashed and compare them to a flock of sheep.
-Austin-
Resident Guitar Slinger
Fan of the Eagles from 1972-2016 #NOGLENNNOEAGLES
RIP Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner
"So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key..."
My point exactly.
To me it's all so wrong (going on w/o Glenn) I would equate it on the scale of something much more evil, and people would shake their heads at that comparison, but it's how I see it. Obviously since we are under constant scrutiny here, I'm not about to specify.
-Austin-
Resident Guitar Slinger
Fan of the Eagles from 1972-2016 #NOGLENNNOEAGLES
RIP Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner
"So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key..."
-Austin-
Resident Guitar Slinger
Fan of the Eagles from 1972-2016 #NOGLENNNOEAGLES
RIP Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner
"So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key..."
The casual fan doesn't care that much in the first place, so they don't need to be brainwashed. They just want to sing along to Hotel California at the top of their lungs, then leave before the encore to beat the traffic.
Still, Don and co. were not sure how things were going to go down without Glenn at first, and there were a lot of resistant fans whose objections immediately disappeared at the involvement of Deacon. Insurance.
We are oversimplifying, though. People are complex. Deacon can be both a heartfelt inclusion and a convenient way to legitimize making truckloads of money.
However, since Don has said Deacon is free to leave at any time but does not add that when he leaves, the "Eagles" will end... family blood is obviously not considered necessary in the long term.
So there's no need to play hypothetical games. You have your answer. Deacon is optional.
Agreed, Soda. I think uninformed about the situation is what I meant to say, which they are.
I also agree there is the possibility of it being a heartfelt inclusion. I just feel some people are missing the other "benefit", as it were and saying it was purely for heartfelt reasons. It's very possible it's both. Hopefully it was both. But I know one of them is true ($), the other is a possibility. I overlooked that aspect of it.
Last edited by WalshFan88; 11-24-2017 at 06:05 PM.
-Austin-
Resident Guitar Slinger
Fan of the Eagles from 1972-2016 #NOGLENNNOEAGLES
RIP Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner
"So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key..."