The best guitar song of all time - period. Let alone 12-string... It's a guitar song.. Really awesome GW is putting them on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Topkat
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The best guitar song of all time - period. Let alone 12-string... It's a guitar song.. Really awesome GW is putting them on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Topkat
LOL, Willie, I thought of you when I read that!Quote:
Originally Posted by TimothyBFan
I think that list was designed to show off songs where the Eagles didn't "play it safe" and that apparently is supposed to give them more "cred" for being experimental.
Now, personally, I don't think crappy songs like "Disco Strangler" give you cred be they experimental or no! But that's just me. lol
You could be right, Soda. Honestly, when I first saw the list, I thought it may be meant as a satirical joke because it is so far from the mainstream. It is very 'hipster' at the very least. I know everyone is entitled to their opinion, but, if you really want to pick a credible list of "14 non-hit that show the Eagles are better than you think", I can suggest probably 20 - 25 songs that may be better choices. Apparently, the band agrees because none of the songs on A.V. Club's list made it on The Very Best of the Eagles. There are a few songs on their list that I might agree with, but here are 14 others that may be a bit more reflective of the band's true talent ...
Doolin-Dalton Reprise
Good Day In Hell
James Dean
Ol' 55
My Man
Wasted Time
Try and Love Again
The Last Resort
King of Hollywood
Those Shoes
How Long
Waiting In the Weeds
Somebody
Long Road Out of Eden
JMHO!
Ugh, I don't know how to explain it...to me, the songs they chose have a looser, more organic sound than LROOE. Some of the tracks chosen aren't perfect sounding, and that's fine. LROOE, very pretty and polished, is obviously the product of a people well-skilled in production techniques--it's well synced; the roughness is buffed away to smooth corners. Safe. You can tell the album has been worked upon until near-perfection was reached. Simply, the nature of the recording technology in the 70s makes the tracks the AV Club chose sound a bit warmer and more pulsing with energy--analog has a richer sound, even regained a bitt when transferred to digital. This is a list where they want to focus on the origins of the Eagles sound and musical evolution, and you're going to find that "raw" sound, naturally, in their 70s recordings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freypower
Also, I the the list reflects a generational slant--I think the AV Club's target audience is people my age, mid/late-20s, to maybe late 30s, who have recently gone through the alt. country revolution and neo-folk revival--the Eagles songs they chose very clearly show the musical roots of what we hear now in Head and The Heart and Dawes and Grizzly Bear and even She and Him and Eleanor Friedberger. It's the long shadow of the Laurel Canyon music scene; the triumphs and trials of embracing adulthood, as seen in the voice of singer-singwriters. LROOE is simply more of a mature-audience-skewed album; it addressed the next stage of life and it's passions and pitfalls. I think the subtlies on LROOE would be lost on this crowd. Not that it only appeal to the "more mature," but I think it resonates more with the more sedate and settled. LROOE is about the journey--hence the "long road" of the title.
The songs the AV Club chose still speak to to a generation not even on the journey yet---we're still looking for the map. ;) These songs, even 40 years old, still can point the way and keep us company as we go toward Eden. :)
AEW, have I told you lately how much I enjoy reading your posts? Agree or disagree, I admire the thought you put into them. You always make me rethink. Are you a lawyer? Lol!
I wasn't sure where to put this & it may have already been discussed here since it occurred in 2010 but just in case........
I was looking at a magazine this weekend & there was an article @ the Junk Gypsies & their new world headquarters in Round Top TX. So I went to their website to check it out since we were so close to Round Top & stumbled across this blog entry for Oct. 15 2010 @ the Austin City Limits Festival when the Eagles were there.
http://junkgypsyblog.com/tag/austin-...mits-festival/
So cool! As soon as their new place opens, I need to go. Wonder if they have any of the Hotel California stuff left.
Good find, HB - I don't remember seeing this before. It was pretty cool indeed - such a lovely place! :twisted:
As a person still in this age group (for a few more years at least lol) I think what the AV Club is trying to appeal to in this particular article is a particular subset: the "hipster" group who wants to push against the mainstream and revels in the "experimental." Do you really think "Disco Strangler" is for people who are still looking for the map in this day and age? It's painfully dated. Its only "asset" is that it's not your typical Eagles song.Quote:
Originally Posted by AEW21
This reminds me of all the Lindsey Buckingham fans who think his best work is his most bizarre (and his solo albums get QUITE bizarre in the eighties). They're entitled to their opinion, of course, but it is not a majority one of any generation.
This list also reminds me of all the people that got into Green Day because of "Good Riddance" and then realized that was an aberration. I love that song, but I also appreciate other songs truer to the band's style like "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "American Idiot." This list of Eagles songs is not representative of the Eagles sound overall. I like the idea - trying to get people dismissive of the Eagles to give them a chance - but it's a bit misleading.
I do agree about much of LROOE being geared more towards the older, settled listener. Songs like "It's Your World Now", "Fast Company," and "Last Good Time in Town" are blatant about it. However, the guys are older; they're writing about their own experiences and feelings. One can hardly begrudge that. I can still find things to relate to in songs like "What Do I Do with My Heart", "Waiting in the Weeds," "You Are Not Alone," "How Long", "Somebody," etc.
And may I say that like PM, I love your posts AEW. :)
I agree--I think those last inclusions are the AV Club just trying to be out there and contrary to stir things up. I also think they're trying to demonstrate to readers who only view the Eagles as "soft rock" that they did venture into different sounds near the end of their 70s tenure--with mixed results. :dizzy:(Though Teenage Jail sort of grows on me...)Quote:
Originally Posted by sodascouts
And I've been pondering more about LROOE--maybe it's wrong to say it doesn't play to all ages--I do think it resonates more deeply with more mature listeners, but like any good music, it transcends demographics and can speak to any age. But I don't think you can appreciate the album's production values and standard of lyrics unless you delved into their back catalog and can then see what a wonder it is they've kept up such high music output and quality over all these passing years. Listening to it without any knowledge of their past, I think, makes it a shallow experience to hear. You need to come to come to LROOE with a bit more Eagles under your belt, in order to appreciate their artistry through the years. And since this is basically a primer of Eagles tunes for young/unfamiliar listeners to check out, they're going to stick with songs that are more retro, in sound and production.
Soda's totally right, this is basically a hipster "Intro to the Eagles," so they're going to go indie and choose songs out of the ordinary, to appeal to their jaded ears. ;). And like I said, for the most part, I appreciate their choices--they draw a nice through-line from point A to point B in how the alt. country movement has grown from then to now. Good for us hipsters to know our history. And I'm sure LROOE's snub also comes from its corporate ties--the exclusivity deal with Walmart probably taints it in AV Club's eyes.
Aww, Thank you for all the kind comments on posts--no lawyer, but a freelance writer/copywriter, so I do well with word vomit. ;).
Now I'm going to sit patiently and wait for FP to come in this thread and yell at me for LROOE stance. ;)