Thanks for the all of the welcomes. (I feel very welcomed now). Snow belt upstate--brrr, Arctic & Great Lake zone for part of the winter--snow shovel, no. I didn't buy one.
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Thanks for the all of the welcomes. (I feel very welcomed now). Snow belt upstate--brrr, Arctic & Great Lake zone for part of the winter--snow shovel, no. I didn't buy one.
Hi Lisa!
Welcome from me too! I think you will really enjoy this board-all of us have one thing in common-our love for the Eagles!
The first time I remember being aware of the Eagles was in 1973, my junior year of college. My boyfriend (who would soon become my husband), was given a copy of Desperado to review for the school paper. I told him if he didn't give it a great review, I wouldn't marry him-lol. (Just kidding, I hadn't even heard the album YET) When I did hear it, I just loved it,and yes, he gave it a fantastic review.:thumbsup: We ended up getting married on July 22, 1973, a certain Mr. Henley's 26th birthday. I like to imagine Don celebrating his birthday, while we were celebrating our wedding!:partytime:
I would also like to welcome you to the Border, Lisa!! Have fun browsing the site and posting. This is a wonderful community of Eagles fans and we're glad to have ya here. :thumbsup:
I thought I'd revive this thread and tell you all how I got into the Eagles and specifically Randy.
My Eagles fandom actually started with Don Henley. Sometime in the latter half of 2006, I was looking through my mom's CDs and came across The End of the Innocence. I hadn't heard of the artist but the title sounded familiar. I put it in the CD player and listened to the title track and I loved it (its still one of my favorite songs.) It was a month or two before I found out Don was in the Eagles. I had heard of the band but had never really listened to the songs. So I got on the internet and looked up a few of the songs that I knew the titles of (Take it Easy, Witchy Woman, Hotel California, and Desperado) and listened to them. I liked them but I didn't look up any of the bands other songs.
In early 2007 (January or February) I was in one of my classes when my teacher decided to put on some music while we were doing our work (I was in my second year of high school at this point.) The CD he put on was Greatest Hits 1971-1975. I really liked it so I decided to go and buy it. Around that time I saw an ad in walmart that the Eagles were about to release their first new album in 28 years. I thought it was cool that they were putting out a new album after all that time. After that I started looking up information about the band.
I remember being really excited when the How Long video came out because it was the first new song I was hearing. That video was the first time I put names with faces and voices. It was around this time that I took notice of a certain bass player (but not the one you're probably thinking of.)
I thought Timothy was cute and had a good voice. I looked up some of his solo songs on youtube and really liked them. I went looking online for his solo CDs and couldn't find them. I searched a while but eventually gave up (I've got four of his CDs now but I didn't have any until Expando came out.) My attention had drifted back to Henley by the time Long Road Out of Eden came out (even though I still liked Timothy.) I bought it the day it came out and liked it a lot. It was the first studio album that I bought (I had greatest hits, greatest hits volume 2, and the very best of.)
At the end of the year is when I took notice of the band's former bass player. After listening to Take it to the Limit one day I decided to look up some of Randy's solo songs on youtube. I listened to a couple of them and really liked them. Early in 2008 I decided to try and find his solo albums. I found a few of them on iTunes. I downloaded Love Me or Leave Alone and Live in Dallas. After listening to them I was hooked! I went back and downloaded Randy's first album. Later that year I got the rest of Randy's solo stuff.
Might I say you have very good taste!!! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by whitcap
Glad you discovered them. See---you did learn something in school on that day!! :hilarious:
And look how far you've come!
Awwwww I love your story WC! Really cute. If i played music to my students while they were working I'd possibly be fired! You were lucky your tutor had such a good taste in music!
Thanks for sharing that WC!
Thanks, for telling us your Eagles story!
Wc, that's great! Thanks for telling us 'how it all started' for you! What a smart teacher you had, too!