Discussion of Eagles Documentary "History of the Eagles"

[randymeisnerrocks]

I think I might re-watch this sucker tonight. It's been too long!

I'm going to watch again now. I need a fix!

[Shadowland07]

So I re-watched the doc today and I've been reading Carole King's memoir lately and remembered that there's a clip of her playing (I think it's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"), and I was wondering if anyone knew where they got that clip or where I can find it?

[ktdids]

I'm going to watch again now. I need a fix!

I second that emotion! Almost watched it again, but got caught up making dinner and then I started reading old threads from the Felder forum, while I should be Amazon shopping for Christmas!

It will be on one of the Showtime channels on the 17th if anyone is interested...I think I'm addicted to it...

[HenleyFan1971]

I love watch it everyday I have on DVD and on my iphone I am addicted to it lol

[sodascouts]

I have it in both formats too! I got it for my iPad. It ate up a lot of memory and I felt kind of silly paying for the digital version even though I already had the Blu-Ray, but it's worth it!!!

[HenleyFan1971]

haha I paid 24.49 for the DVD set worth every penny got it on Amazon pre order when it first came out lol and a month ago purchased the version on ITunes for 9.99 worth the 3.3 GB I have to make in my iphone to have it

[sodascouts]

I'm going to get this for my Brother-in-Law for Christmas. The only problem is I'm a bit embarrassed about the nudity.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Well Soda - You'll just have to remind him that it was the 70's!!!

[luna65]

I wish they had talked more about the relationship between Don and Glenn, too, in the documentary. It's the center of the doc in some ways but it's presented very simply as essentially "Team A = Don and Glenn" without any of the complexities that we know are there.

Agreed; as they are one of the most interesting partnerships in rock n'roll. I liked the way Marc Eliot elaborates on it in To The Limit; but I think you can observe some of the chemistry in the doc, in certain interactions. For example, in the interview portion being filmed in '77, that moment when Glenn gets Don to laugh...I get the sense it was difficult for most anyone to do that, save Glenn. Then again, I also think you see some of it without it being stated it was them in Almost Famous, but that's something well-known, of course.

[UndertheWire]

From Marc Eliot's book:

Henley's best childhood friend was schoolmate Richard Bowden, whose father was the town insurance salesman. Overweight, loud, known for the intracy of his practical jokes, and extremely popular at school, young Bowden was in many ways Henley's complete opposite. He found a way to break through Don's loner wall by making him laugh. Henley loved the way Bowden's schemes always played out so perfectly, and they soon became familar figures around each other's houses.

I saw some simularities to Don's relationship with Glenn in this, particularly the ability to make him laugh.

Eliot goes on to explain that Bowden and Henley had their own private language which involved saying the opposite of what was happening (eg commenting on the sun shining brightly during the thunderstorm) and I immediately thought of an interview with Timothy, possibly on the HFO DVD. It's when Timothy describes getting a call from Don and Don asking "Are you puking?", meaning "Are you happy?"