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Originally Posted by Koala
Tell me that isn't true.... (sorry Eagles!)
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Originally Posted by Koala
Tell me that isn't true.... (sorry Eagles!)
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1968 The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Lady Madonna', the group's 14th UK No.1 and final No.1 on the Parlophone label.
1969 The Rascals release the ambitious 'Freedom Suite', comprising a disc of short songs and one of lengthy instrumentals. It joins the Who's 'Tommy', Cream's 'Wheels of Fire' and the Beatles' White Album as one of a relative few double albums from the Sixties.
1984 Metallica made their UK live debut at the Marquee, London.
1987 U2 performed from the roof of a store in downtown LA to make the video for 'Where The Streets Have No Name', attracting thousands of spectators and bringing traffic to a standstill. The police eventually stop the shoot.
Why, those copycatters! :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
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Similar to their statement that Charles Manson stole Helter Skelter and they were 'taking it back'.
They are not the Beatles and they never will be even close.
1871 Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall, London. http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/graphics/spacer.gif
1975 Led Zeppelin becomes the first band in history to have 6 albums on the chart at once: 'Physical Graffiti' (#1), 'Led Zeppelin IV', 'House of the Holy', 'Led Zeppelin II', 'Led Zeppelin', and 'Led Zeppelin III'.
1980 The Bee Gees are sued by a Chicago man for Plagiarism over the tune "How Deep Is Your Love"
1980 Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon', spent its 303rd week on the US album chart, beating the record set by Carole King's album 'Tapestry.'
1980 Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson leave Yes.
1986 Austrian singer Falco started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rock Me Amadeus', also a No.1 in the UK. Falco became the first German speaking artist to achieve a No.1 on the US charts.
2000 Phil Collins took out a high court action against two former members of Earth, Wind And Fire. Collins claimed his company had overpaid the musicians by £50,000 ($85,000) in royalties on tracks including ‘Sussudio’ and ‘Easy Lover’.
2001 Elton John, David Crosby and Paul Simon are among those who perform at a tribute to the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson in New York City.
1945 Eric Clapton was born.
1967 The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album cover is photographed.
1985 Phil Collins started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'One More Night', his second US No.1, it made No.4 in the UK.
2000 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger made a nostalgic visit to his old school. He opened the new arts centre that had been named after him at Dartford Grammar. The singer said he had spent the worst years of his life at the school.
1962 The Beatles played their first gig in the South of England when they appeared at The Subscription Rooms, Stroud, on the same bill as The Rebel Rousers, tickets cost 5 shillings, ($0.70).
1964 filming for A Hard Days Night, The Beatles played a "live television performance" in front of a studio of screaming fans (one of those fans was Phil Collins). The four songs used in the film were ‘Tell Me Why’, ‘I Should Have Known Better’, ‘And I Love Her’, and ‘She Loves You’.
1977 An Elvis Presley concert in Baton Rouge, La., is postponed after Elvis doesn’t return from the intermission.
1995 Jimmy Page escaped being knifed when a fan rushed the stage at a Page and Plant gig at Auburn Hills, Michigan. The fan was stopped by two security guards, who he knifes instead. After his arrest, he told police that he wanted to kill Jimmy Page because of the Satanic music he was playing.
1998 Available for the first time on video, “Good Times,” the only movie starring Sonny & Cher, hits stores. The video includes an unreleased version of “I Got You Babe.” The 1967 film was directed by William Friedkin (“The Exorcist”) and scored by the late Sonny Bono.
:woah:My poor Pagey. :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
1957 Johnny Cash records "I Walk The Line".
1964 The Beach Boys recorded their next single ‘I Get Around’, which became their first US No.1 in the summer of this year.
1964 The Beatles had their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Can't Buy Me Love.' With advanced sales of over 2.1 million, it holds the record for the greatest advanced orders for a single in the UK.
1965 The Who made their first radio appearance on the UK BBC's 'Joe Loss Pop Show.'
1977 Abba were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their fifth No.1 'Knowing Me, Knowing You.' The song was also a Top 10 hit in over 15 countries.
1977 Fleetwood Mac went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Rumours.' Also on this day Fleetwood Mac kicked off a 7-date UK tour at the Odeon, Birmingham, England.
1990 Eric Clapton was fined £300 with £10 costs by Walton-on- Thames Magistrates court, after being booked for speeding at 105mph; Clapton was also banned from driving for three months.
1956 Elvis Presley appeared on ABC-TV's 'The Milton Berle Show' live from the flight deck of the USS Hancock in San Diego, California. He performed 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Shake Rattle And Roll' and 'Blue Suede Shoes.' It was estimated that one out of every four Americans saw the show.
1964 Bob Dylan made his first entry on the UK charts with 'The Times They Are A-Changin'.
1977 Dancing Queen (Abba) was a hit.
1979 Kate Bush kicked off the 28-date 'Tour Of Life' trek making her concert debut at Liverpool's Empire Theatre, England. Bush never set out on another tour again.
1991 Paul McCartney recorded his unplugged session for MTV.
2001 Robbie Williams won the award for the most radio plays in the UK for the third year running. The singer picked up the award at the Radio Academy awards in London.
1964 The top five slots on the 'Billboard' chart are held by the Beatles, a feat never before or since matched.
1981 Styx went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Paradise Theatre'.
1987 Genesis hits #3 in the US with "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight".
1987 U2 entered the US album chart at No.7 with 'The Joshua Tree' making it the highest chart new entry in America for seven years.
1992 Bruce Springsteen scored his third UK No.1 album with 'Human Touch.'
1962 The Beatles performt at tue Carvern Clup in Liverpool as part of a special night presented by the Beatle’s fan club.
1980 Genesis scored their first UK No1 Album when “Duke” went to the top of tue Charts.
1994 Kurt Cobain committed Suizide by shooting himself in tue head at his home in Seattle.
2003 Paul McCartney off tue UK leg of his “Back In The World Tour”at Hallam FM Arena a year after it began in America. The set included22 Beatles Songs.
I remember this - what an amazing feat. And I'm also thinking there was a time (I'm sure must have been right around here) where maybe The Beatles also had 8 songs in the Top 10. I'm not positive I'm correct, but I'm close.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
I had the pleasure of seeing this show in America. Fabulous!Quote:
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1968 Simon & Garfunkel went to No1 on tue US Album Chart wich
“The Graduate”
1968 The Beatles Apple Corps. LTD record Company managment and puplishing firm, opend their Office in London.
1971 The Rolling Stones launched their own record lable “Rolling Stons Records” with Atlantic Records.
1974 Billy Joels “ Piano Man” enters the “Billboard” single Charts.
1974 Waterloo by ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
1999 Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA, take to the stage in London, 26 years after the Band’debut at the Eurovision Song Contest for tue opening of “Mamma Mia” tue musical set to ABBA’s geratest Hits.
1962 While at Ealing Jazz Club, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met Brian Jones for the first time. Jones was calling himself Elmo Lewis and was playing guitar with Paul Jones. http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/graphics/spacer.gif1962 The Beatles played at the Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool without George Harrison who was ill. This was the group’s last performance before leaving for their third extended engagement in Hamburg, West Germany.
1981 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off their first full-scale tour in Hamburg, Germany. This was Springsteen's first tour outside North America, which would take in 10 countries.
1970 The UK premiere of the Woodstock movie took place in London. The film was a documentary of the festival that took place in August 1969 at Bethel in New York.
1977 during a UK tour Fleetwood Mac played the first of three sold-out nights at the Rainbow Theatre in London.
1995 Take That's "Back For Good" debuts at #1 in the UK. It sells 300,000 units in the first week, the highest tally in ten years.
1998 Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood was rescued along with 11 other passengers from a boat off the coast of Brazil after the engine exploded. The boat was exploring the islands near Angra Dos Reis, south of Rio De Janeiro, when one of the boat's engines caught fire. Passengers were rescued by nearby journalists, the boat exploded moments after the group was evacuated.
2000 "Maria Maria," another single from Santana's 'Supernatural', hits #1 for the first of ten straight weeks.
1970 Paul McCartney announces his "break with the Beatles" in a typed statement enclosed in copies of the solo album McCartney sent to the British press. Paul McCartney attributes the split to "personal differences, musical differences, business differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family."
1977 Abba went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Dancing Queen', the group's 7th US Top 40 hit and first No.1. Also a No.1 in the UK in 1976.
1983 David Bowie was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the title track from his latest album 'Let's Dance', his fourth UK No.1 and featuring blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. A US No.1 hit, it was Bowie’s first single to reach number one on both sides of the Atlantic.
1989 Rolling Stone Bill Wyman announced his forthcoming marriage to 19-year old Mandy Smith. He revealed the couple had been dating for six years.
1999 Bruce Springsteen's reunion tour with the E Street Band kicks off in Barcelona, Spain. The band plays for three hours without a break.
2003 Paul McCartney played his first Manchester show in 24 years when he appeared at the MEN Arena as part of the UK leg on the 'Back In The World Tour 2003.'
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Originally Posted by Koala
1962 Original Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe dies in Hamburg after collapsing. His artistic ideas and close friendship with John Lennon had a lasting influence on the band. Sutcliffe’s picture appears on the cover of Sgt. Pepper.
1967 Paul McCartney visits a Beach Boys recording session and is said to have loaned his production assistant to the track “Vegetables” for the now-lost Smile album.
1976 UK music weekly The Melody Maker reviewed a Sex Pistols gig with the words, ‘I hope we shall hear no more of them.’
1992 Axl Rose leaves town before a Chicago sheriff can arrest him for allegedly starting a riot at a St. Louis Guns N’ Roses show in the summer of 1991. GNR cancel their shows in Chicago and Detroit.
1999 George Michael, Sinead O’Connor, Chrissie Hynde, and Paul McCartney all perform at Here There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda, a charity tribute to Linda McCartney held at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
2001 Bruce Springsteen won a court battle to keep the rights to his early songs. Ronald Winter of Masquerade Music had released the album ‘Before The Fame’ was found to be in breach of copyright. Springsteen was awarded more than £2m damages.
1961 Bob Dylan played his first live gig in New York City at Gerde's Folk City, opening for John Lee Hooker.
1964 The Beatles set a new chart record when they had 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. The songs ranged from ‘Can't Buy Me Love’ at No.1 to ‘Love Me Do’ at No. 81.
1977 Alice Cooper played to an audience of 40,000 in Sydney, Australia, the largest crowd to attend a rock concert in the country's history. After the show Cooper was placed under house arrest at his hotel until he posted a bond for $59,632. That amount was the sum that a promoter claimed to have paid Cooper for a 1975 Australia tour he never made. The two settled when it was found that the promoter did not fulfill his part of the agreement either.
1988 Cher won an Academy Award for best actress for her work in 'Moonstruck.'
1954 Bill Haley recorded 'Rock Around The Clock' at Pythian Temple studios in New York City. Considered by many to be the song that put rock and roll on the map around the world. The song was used over the opening titles for the film 'Blackboard Jungle', and went on to be a world-wide No.1 and the biggest selling pop single with sales over 25 million. Written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers, 'Rock Around The Clock' was first recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights.
1975 Sweet hits #2 in the UK with "Fox on the Run."
1975 Elton John started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Philadelphia Freedom', his fourth US No.1, it made No.12 in the UK.
1990 during their Behind The Mask World Tour, Fleetwood Mac played the first of five nights at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia.
1992 Don Henley leads 6,000 people in a Walk for Walden Woods in an effort to preserve the Massachusetts wild commemorated by Henry Thoreau.
:applause::applause::applause:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
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But without Lindsey Buckingham. :cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
You go, Don! Maybe I should add this to my "This Day in Eagles History" calendar.Quote:
1992 Don Henley leads 6,000 people in a Walk for Walden Woods in an effort to preserve the Massachusetts wild commemorated by Henry Thoreau.
1967 Nancy and Frank Sinatra were at UK No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Somethin' Stupid', making them the only father and daughter to have a No.1 single as a team.
1970 Genesis appeared at Friars, Aylesbury, England. Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Ant Phillips received £10 for the gig.
1971 The Rolling Stones released 'Brown Sugar' the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records, which introduces the infamous licking- tongue and lips logo.
1999 Elton John and Faith Hill appear as guest performers on “VH1 Divas Live.” They join Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Cher, Brandy, LeAnn Rimes, and Mary J. Blige.
2003 The Beatles Apple Corp company was listed as Britain's fastest profit-growth firm with an annual profit growth of 194%.
2007 Julian Lennon sold a “significant” stake of his share in the songs his father John wrote for The Beatles to US music publishing company Primary Wave. The firm would now receive payments when any Lennon compositions were sold on CD, performed live or played on the radio. The company who were about to market Julian Lennon’s new music project, declined to reveal how much the deal was worth.
Soda, I already added this to the board calendar if you want to add it to the blog. Thanks for the tip, Koala.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala1992 Don Henley leads 6,000 people in a Walk for Walden Woods in an effort to preserve the Massachusetts wild commemorated by Henry Thoreau.
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1963 The Rolling Stones played at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond. All four members of The Beatles were in the audience.
1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival made their live UK debut when they played the first of two nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London.
1973 Led Zeppelin started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Houses Of The Holy', also a No.1 in the US. The young girl featured on the cover of the album climbing naked up Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland is Samantha Gates who was 6 years old at the time of the photo shoot.
1975 Art Garfunkel started a six week run at No.1 in the UK with the theme from the film 'Watership Down', 'Bright Eyes' which went on to become the biggest selling single of the year. Written by Wombles voice Mike Batt.
2009 Former Beatle George Harrison was honoured with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Sir Paul McCartney attended the unveiling outside the landmark Capitol Records building, joining Harrison's widow Olivia and son Dhani. Eric Idle, Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and musician Tom Petty also attended the ceremony.
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Also attending was the great Joe Walsh!
1966 Jimi Hendrix, The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdink all appeared at the The Odeon, Blackpool, England, tickets cost 5 and 10 shillings, ($0.70 and $1.40).
1982 BillyJoel is hospitalized for a month after the motorcycle he's riding is broadsided by a car on Long Island. Despite multiple fractures of the left hand, the pianist returns to work on 'The Nylon Curtain'. The lushly produced concept album about America's "diminishing horizons" is released in July.
1984 Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (Phil Collins) was a hit.
1985 during his Born In The USA world tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played the fourth of five sold out nights at Yoyogi Olympic Pool in Tokyo, Japan.
2001 Punk pioneer (Jeffrey Ross Hyman) singer of The Ramones died after losing a long battle with lymphatic cancer.
2003 Fleetwood Mac release their album Say You Will. The disc reunites the band with AWOL songwriter Lindsey Buckingham, but vocalist Christine McVie opts to sit this one out. Say You Will enters the chart at No. 3.
I remember this - the whole fan community was ecstatic. FINALLY, new material from our favorite band!!!Quote:
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Sound familiar? ;)
1964 The Rolling Stones first album was released in the UK, it went to No.1 two weeks later and stayed on the chart for 40 weeks, with 11 weeks at No.1. http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/graphics/spacer.gif
1977 One half of TV cop show "Starsky & Hutch" (he was blonde Hutch), David Soul went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Don't Give Up On Us', his only US hit. Also No.1 in the UK.
1990 At London’s Wembley Stadium, artists including Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Simple Minds, and Tracy Chapman take part in a musical celebration of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.
1993 Paul McCartney headlined a concert at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate 'Earth Day' along with Ringo Starr, Don Henley and Steve Miller. McCartney had last performed there as a member of the Beatles in 1965.
1998 'Rumours', by Fleetwood Mac, is certified by the RIAA for sales of 18 million copies.
1970 Paul McCartney releases his first solo album, "McCartney.
1973 Pink Floyd's album 'The Dark Side of the Moon' went gold in the US. The LP went on to stay in the US chart for more than ten years and become the longest charting rock record of all time.
1993 Ugly Kid Joe hits #7 with "Cat's In the Cradle".
1994 Pink Floyd started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Division Bell', their fourth No.1 album.
1998 Linda McCartney died after a long battle against cancer. Married Paul McCartney in 1969 when she was working as a photographer. As well as a being a member of Wings, she became an animal rights campaigner and launched her own brand of vegetarian food.
2009 Morrissey walked off stage during his set at the Coachella festival in California after declaring he could "smell burning flesh". The committed vegetarian took offence to the smell coming from nearby barbecues. Sir Paul McCartney, The Killers and The Cure also appeared at the event.
1964 The Beatles appeared on the UK TV comedy program The Morecambe and Wise Show, playing ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and also participate in comedy sketches with Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. The Beatles also held the UK and US No.1 position on this day with 'Can't Buy Me Love'.
1984 Michael Jackson underwent surgery in a Los Angeles hospital to repair damage done after his hair caught fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial.
1992 'Human Touch' and 'Lucky Town', two simultaneously released studio albums by Bruce Springsteen, debut at #2 and #3, respectively.
2000 'The Wall Live: 1980-81,' culled from Pink Floyd's London performances of their all-time favorite work, is released.
2006 a sale of clothes belonging to Sir Elton John raised more than $700,000 (£395,000) for the singer's Aids charity. Over 10,000 pieces were sold during a five-day sale in New York City at the specially-created shop, Elton's Closet, at New York's Rockefeller Centre.
1968 John Lennon, George Harrison and their wives left the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in Rishikesh, India two weeks before their study was complete. Ringo and Paul had already left.
1980 AC/DC announces that Brian Johnson will replace Bon Scott.
1980 R.E.M. played their first gig as R.E.M. at the 11:11 Koffee Club, Athens, Georgia to 150 people. The show ended at 2am when police closed it down due to the venue being unlicensed.
2000 Phil Collins won £250,000 in a high court case over royalties with two former members of his band. The judge ruled that they had been overpaid in error but because the two musicians had no other income they would not have to pay it back.
1967 Van der Graaf Generator releases their debut Album “ The Aerosol Grey Machine”
1968 Simon & Garfunkel hit #1 wich “Mrs. Robbinson”.
1968 The first-ever DeepPurple concert is held in Tastrup, Denmark.
1974 Mike Oldfield Hits #3 in tue Us wich “Tubular Bells”
1997 Michael Jackson attended an unveiling of a wax statue of himself at tue Grevin Museum of Wax in Paris.
1963 The Rolling Stones appeared at The Crawdaddy Club, Station Hotel, London. The band was paid £50 for the gig.
1970 Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spooky Tooth, Jackie Lomax, Elton John (making his solo concert debut) and Heavy Jelly all appeared at The Roundhouse, London, tickets cost 25 shillings.
1977 Peter Gabriel hits #68 with "Solsbury Hill".
1990 Fleetwood Mac scored their fourth UK No.1 album with Behind The Mask.
1990 Sinead O'Connor started a four week stay at No.1 in the US singles chart with her version of the Prince song 'Nothing Compares To You'. The track was also a No.1 hit in 18 other countries.
Good luck to Koala today as she is having her surgery finally!!
1969-John Lennon legally changed his middle name from Winston to Ono.
1974-Filming for the movie version of Tommy begins.
1981-Eric Clapton is hospitalized in Seatle after a car crash. He had been released 2 days earlier from a St Paul hospital.
2008- Paul Davis, I Go Crazy, dies of a heart attack.
2009-Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart receive lifetime achievement awards from the American Society of Composers and Publishers.
Thanks Willie!
1936 Roy Orbison was born.
1969 The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Get Back' the group's 16th UK No.1.
1975 During a North American tour Pink Floyd played the first of five sold out nights at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arenain Los Angeles, California.
1983 Spandau Ballet hits #1 in the UK with "True".
1988 Roy Orbison celebrated his 52nd birthday at a Bruce Springsteen concert, during which the audience sang happy birthday to him.
1994 "Streets of Philadelphia," Bruce Springsteen's contribution to the film AIDS-themed film 'Philadelphia', becomes his first Top Ten hit since "Tunnel of Love" in 1987.
1961 Bob Dylan appeared on Harry Belafonte's album 'The Midnight Special' playing harmonica on the track 'Calypso King'; Dylan was paid a $50 session fee for this his first ever recording.
1968 The Beatles new company Apple Records turned down the offer to sign new artist David Bowie.
1968 Louis Armstrong was at No.1 in the UK with the single 'What A Wonderful World / Cabaret.' At 69 years of age, it made Armstrong the oldest act ever to score a UK No.1.
1976 Led Zeppelin scored their sixth UK No.1 album with 'Presence', also No.1 in the US.
1976,"Wings At The Speed Of Sound' went to No.1 on the US album chart. Paul McCartney's fifth No.1 after The Beatles.
1977 Elvis Presley made the last recordings of his life during a concert at the Saginaw, Michigan Civic Centre. Three songs from the show appeared on the posthumously released Presley album, 'Moody Blue'.
1979 The Police made their debut on BBC TV's 'Top Of The Pops' performing 'Roxanne'.
1982 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ebony And Ivory.' This was McCartney's 24th No.1 hit single as a songwriter. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony folks!". It was later named as the tenth worst song of all time by Blender magazine and in 2007 was named the worst duet in history by BBC 6 Music listeners.
1994 The Eagles played the first of two shows where they recorded their ‘Hell Freezes Over’ album. Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Felder and Timothy B. Schmit first got back together the previous December for the making of a Travis Tritt video of their song, ‘Take It Easy.’ The name of the album was taken from an earlier quote by Glen Frey, who responded to the question "When will the Eagles get back together?"