Glenn in the Press/Blogs/etc.

[GlennLover]

Glenn sounds so chill. I love it!
I haven't had time to listen to the whole thing yet, just those 11 minutes first posted, but I'll be listening to the whole show tonight and from what I'm hearing, I can't wait!

Two hours of Glenn (even though Robert Wuhl does a lot of talking) is heaven. Btw, Wuhl talks about having Glenn on Arli$$.

[sodascouts]

OK - my thoughts!

- First off, as I've said before, I love how relaxed Glenn sounds, like he's in a great mood and having fun. When he has fun, we have fun.

- The man obviously has an amazing memory. He kept rattling off names and dates and was able to discuss the catalog of any classic-rock musician they brought up (and they brought up a lot). This is good news for us if he ever decides to write a biography!

- Loved how much he talked about the Detroit / Linda / early days. Glenn rockin' the "Ramblin' Man" backing vocals.

- Interesting that he talks about wanting to impress Neil Young in the early days, which Young was such a jerk to him later. You suck, Neil Young!

- He only thinks there are two or three Eagles songs that will stand the test of time? I wonder which ones? I guess HC and TIE are givens, but what else? I personally think that is a serious low-ball number. Probably just being modest.

- I thought the "Cowboy Dream crap" was funny too.

- Glenn is always praising Don Henley to the skies. He's so gracious.

- This is the first time I've heard Glenn talk about hiring Joe with an eye towards making them "a bigger concert attraction." The "rolling Joe out in a roadbox on stage" is hilarious. I love that he says Joe helps them "kick a$$."

- They opened for the Rolling Stones in 1975? Does he just mean for the festivals like Wembley?

- Wow, Glenn didn't shy away from the money split question. Smooth.

- LOL About Michael Jackson (RIP) wanting to buy a lot of his own albums to get Thriller ahead of Eagles: The Greatest Hits.

- Hotel California was only the 3rd biggest selling album of the year of its release. I get they were behind Fleetwood Mac's Rumours but Saturday Night Fever??

- Glenn says "Hotel California" has no fixed meaning because it is "a state of mind." Interesting.

- Eagles as an opening act were dissed by headliner Jethro Tull back in 1973! Again, I love hearing these early stories. (It reminds me of the Holland 1973 show where Glenn says something like "This next song, Witchy Woman, was a single off our last album, you may recognize it... at least, we hope you do....")

- White rock stars can't get old and fat! LOL! Glenn: "You know what helps us? The songs are still pretty good." Still, he has to know how lucky he is that he still looks so good.

- Glenn jokes about "You Belong to the City" sitting at number 2 for six weeks and how he's not bitter that it got edged out by Jefferson Starship's "We Built This City." Then, of course, they play a clip of the obviously inferior "We Built This City" as Glenn exclaims "There you have it, ladies and gentlemen!" So funny!

- I had never heard how Glenn got his Los Angeles Lakers floor seats in 1979 because they hired the guy who owned the LA Forum (and the Lakers) to promote the Eagles concert there. Now look at him! And I love that Glenn uses the word "fandom" ("That was the beginning of my Laker fandom.") That term was popularized by internet fan communities. He's with it!

- I love how reverently Glenn talks about the Lakers "Showtime" era games. "They had a run against the 76ers that was like a 49-9 run, that was just the most beautiful 20 minutes of fast break basketball that you ever saw..." He's so into it!

- I about died laughing when he referred to himself and Cindy (with RA and lupus, respectively) as the "auto-immune couple of Southern California." LOL! And yet he's so modest he doesn't even want to talk about how much he's done for Lupus LA. What a guy.

- So Glenn not buying into the Cleveland hockey team "Killed hockey in Cleveland!" That gave me a laugh.

- Glenn: "I'm doing the song in G minus" when referring to singing off-key. hehehe.

- Make a solo record. Yes. Please. (I know he was just making a vague reference to stuff an Eagle "could" do outside of the "mothership" of the Eagles band but still).

- I'm not surprised Glenn was with Henley at the Beverly Hills Cop movie premiere, especially since Azoff was the one who invited him. Remember that Glenn reached out to Don that year by playing "Desperado" on David Letterman and dedicating it to him.

- Glenn, regarding THIO: "They paid me a nominal fee- $15,000." Um. That's nominal in 1984? mmmkay. No performance royalty for soundtrack songs, eh? Yet he still says he finds it thrilling that it's played at sport events. That's adorable.

- The Eagles would rock the Superbowl but I can see why they might not be big on the whole medley thing.

- Glenn likes the Black-Eyed Peas! I like 'em too, although they have some big stinkers along with the good stuff. More surprisingly, he likes LADY GAGA! Oh my freaking gosh! "Wear whatever you want," he says, unfazed by Gaga's questionable fashion choices such as the raw meat dress. "She's got some chops." He also says he likes Bruno Mars; I'll have to check him out. "Chord changes - what a concept." lol

- And Glenn explains why he's not doing Pebble Beach anymore. They didn't invite him back! BOGUS!!!!! Thank God I got to see him when I had the chance. That, and the events that later transpired as a result, were freaking highlights of my life. I'm not even kidding.

- Looks like Glenn might do some guest-announcing at a baseball game! Good deal!

- Hotel California, the musical? I love anything Eagles, but it will be weird to listen to Broadway singers do the vocals that can only be done justice by our guys. Still, I'm game. I'm just wondering if it will be quasi-autobiographical like Jersey Boys or completely fictional with the songs as a skeleton for the story like Mamma Mia. I would prefer the former myself but I imagine the latter is more likely.

This interview... and Glenn Frey... are made of awesome.

[GlennLover]

Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did, Nancy! I know that we diehards have heard many of these stories before, but most people hadn't. I read some comments on another site & they loved hearing Glenn tell these tales. And he did elaborate on most of them. I, also, was glad to hear how & when he got his Laker's season tickets as I had wondered about that.

Loved hearing that Glenn & Robert Wuhl had such a great time filming the Arli$$ episode & that Robert was leery of having another musician as a guest due to past experiences. LOL

I must go listen to the interview again. After reading your thoughts I think that I missed some comments. Well, I was listening to some of it at 3 o'clock in the morning! I couldn't wait!

[WalshFan88]

Great find!! Great interview!!

[sodascouts]

the Carl Lewis/national anthem stuff went too long.

I agree. I felt sorry for the guy - he sounded fine when he wasn't trying to hit the high notes, and that's a hard song to sing as they all admit. I noticed Glenn didn't seem to think it was quite as funny and was like "That's why I'm never singing the national anthem at a ball game" (he said he'd been approached to do it a couple times).

Loved hearing that Glenn & Robert Wuhl had such a great time filming the Arli$$ episode & that Robert was leery of having another musician as a guest due to past experiences. LOL

Yes - who knew Bruce Hornsby could be such a diva?

[Freypower]

Soda, thank you for your as usual superb analyis. You are so right - he is 'chill'. He has such a beautiful, relaxed speaking voice.

I think he thinks the Eagles songs which will stand the test of time are Hotel California & Desperado. He doesn't sing either of those (during Eagles shows). He seems very, very reluctant to say much about the Eagles songs he sings. Yet again though he mentioned writing Tequila Sunrise & Desperado on the same day but the band doesn't play TS any more. What is with that? Oh yeah. He sings it. You notice that he makes a joke of his solo career now. 'But I'm not bitter'. I stll think he has another solo album in him.

Re Neil Young being nasty to him about the Pepsi ad: I have said before that although Neil can be very pompous, most of the time his talent outweighs his pomposity. He was wrong back then, though. The two of them don't really 'fit'. If I were Neil I would ask Glenn to do the Bridge benefit as Don did. Glenn would do it in a second because it is in aid of research into cerebral palsy. But then Glenn isn't 'hip'.

Regarding the 'money split' stuff: yes, it was smooth. Yes, he handled it very well.

ETA: Re Pebble Beach; that, sadly, is what I suspected had happened.

[TimothyBFan]

Don't have much to add here. Do have to say love to hear such a long interview with Glenn.

I'll admit, and I might be a minority here, that I don't think the whole musical thing will be a good idea. Seriously? Eagles music in a musical? I'm not a fan of musicals anyways so maybe that's why I don't like the idea. It just doesn't seem very "rock n roll" to me. JMO tho.

[GlennLover]

I love musicals but this would certainly have to be done just right for it to work at all. And what is "just right"?

[Prettymaid]

I love musicals but this would certainly have to be done just right for it to work at all. And what is "just right"?

They'd have to be in it!

[Annabel]

And It would have to come to the West End in London.