Discussion of Eagles Documentary "History of the Eagles"

[timfan]

Would love to hear more of the good stuff from Part 2.. it seems (IMO) we have mainly been hearing of the negatives thus far. If I remember from the trailer video there seemed to be footage from the Christchuch show, was there?

[VAisForEagleLovers]

well said VA and Zelda....
Somepeople around here (I am not naming names casue you guys know who you are) always feel they need to take it up for DF...He was no angel and neither were the others in the group...they all did things..
I am so sorry that certain people have let this thread desisntagrate to "poor DF..yet again.

It is appropriate for each person to discuss it in this thread, since it is part of the movie, however, it gets to the point when perhaps it needs its own thread elsewhere. It's a polarizing topic and it's taking away from the other 2.75 hours of the movie(s). I'm maybe being a little selfish...if it went to another thread, I could just never go into it and see things that upset me.

[RebeccaLovesEagles]

Hi all I enjoyed part 2 though parts of it were hard to see. The beginning was awesome with the HFO press conference. I liked how they cut clips in, it was so cool.

I loved watching Joe's journey back and how all the members helped support him through it.

I also liked watching them collaborate and create some of the songs and the old version of How Long.

It's always hard watching members come and go no matter what. The important thing is to remember that all the members formed and contributed to the band we all love and we will always have the songs.



PS I loved the Stevie cameo I wish there was more.

[RebeccaLovesEagles]

Would love to hear more of the good stuff from Part 2.. it seems (IMO) we have mainly been hearing of the negatives thus far. If I remember from the trailer video there seemed to be footage from the Christchuch show, was there?

No probably because of all the rain. But the Dublin show looked very similar

[VAisForEagleLovers]

Would love to hear more of the good stuff from Part 2.. it seems (IMO) we have mainly been hearing of the negatives thus far. If I remember from the trailer video there seemed to be footage from the Christchuch show, was there?

I'm a bad fan and have never watched the Christchurch DVD, either, so I don't know the answer to this.

When talking about Glenn and Don's solo stuff they showed a good clip of Glenn from Miami Vice, had great expressions on Crockett and Tubbs' faces. Made us laugh. There was clip from Jerry McGuire, too.

There was footage from a recent concert where Glenn wore the light blue shirt with dark blue or black trim (he wears it in the After Hours trailer), other than that, the most recent footage was from the Eden tour and the suits.

Once again, drank way too much pink champagne. Then a good bit of regular champagne.

Showed bits and pieces of their solo videos and showed Don in those plaid pants I remember thinking Soda would love that.

Someone else mentioned it, but the MTV filming where Don forgot lyrics was really funny. The look on Glenn's face when he realized what the problem was made it funnier. Since it wasn't live, it all worked out, but it was a great segment.

[RebeccaLovesEagles]

I'm a bad fan and have never watched the Christchurch DVD, either, so I don't know the answer to this.

When talking about Glenn and Don's solo stuff they showed a good clip of Glenn from Miami Vice, had great expressions on Crockett and Tubbs' faces. Made us laugh. There was clip from Jerry McGuire, too.

There was footage from a recent concert where Glenn wore the light blue shirt with dark blue or black trim (he wears it in the After Hours trailer), other than that, the most recent footage was from the Eden tour and the suits.

Once again, drank way too much pink champagne. Then a good bit of regular champagne.

Showed bits and pieces of their solo videos and showed Don in those plaid pants I remember thinking Soda would love that.

Someone else mentioned it, but the MTV filming where Don forgot lyrics was really funny. The look on Glenn's face when he realized what the problem was made it funnier. Since it wasn't live, it all worked out, but it was a great segment.

I LOVE the Christchurch concert. The boys look good wet

The mess up on LTBS was classic. I laugh hard every time. Don Henley as Jerry Smothers

VA if you remember the documentary then you didn't drink to much champagne

Welcome Steve and OutlawmanNJ...I'd love to see those photos

[TimothyBFan]

OutlawManNJ, thanks for posting your story, but it doesn't surprise me & probably doesn't shock anybody around here because most of us have either seen or experienced the wrath of having a camera at an Eagles show. I'm so glad you were fast thinking & gave that goon the wrong film!!! KUDOS to YOU
Heck yeah we wanna see it!!

As for Frey, well his behavior in last nights episode only confirmed my feelings about him & my opinion that he is a bully. To call Felder an Ahole, & to pressure him to sign the contract before the sun goes down or he's out of the F**king band. Well, That said it all to me. He still sounds bitter, angry & immature. That task could have easily been done by Irving, but Glenn seemed to actually take pleasure in making that call.

When Felder signed it, it was under duress, so he questioned it later. If it was his responsibility to know what was in the contract, he barely even had enough time to go over it. Frey was trying to bully him right out of the band, just like he did to Randy. Though Randy officially "quit", he was practically pushed out by Glenn.

These are some of the reasons I can't feel the love some of you have for Glenn. I respect his talent & what he brings to the Eagles, but as a person, I just find him borderline abusive... So there, I've said what I really feel. Yeah, Glenn's not my favorite Eagle!

You and I have had our differences but I have to agree with you on several levels here. To me he came across like that and not only with the whole Felder thing but Bernie and Randy also. He sure didn't seem to have any trouble finding replacements in record times almost as if he had others in mind for the positions already. And the way he described making the phone calls, etc came across that way to me. Hadn't thought about the time frame in any of that till I saw it on the doc.

I Believe you're letting your preferedness for Felder cloud your judgment on Glenn.

As I've stated many times on this board, I'm not a Felder fan but an Eagles fan. I just said this morning that as far as I'm concerned, I'm just as happy with Stu as I ever was with Felder. So that sure can't apply to my opinion or how I feel after seeing this documentary.

Glenn is the leader of the band...so it always seems that he's the one to be the one "with blood on his hands"....that's just part of being the leader...his job is to watch out for what's best for the group...not an easy or always pleasant job...that doesn't make him a bully...just sayin'

A very valid point. Hadn't thought about it like that.

I hate seeing this topic take up so much of this thread also but it seems to me there must be a reason on why it is. It obviously made enough of an impact on many of us that we felt we had to discuss it. The amount of pages that we've discussed this tells me that out of the whole part 2, this made quite an impression on several people, including some new members.

Like I've said, I LOVED this whole doc and plan to watch it several times. The good outweighed that little part of course but that part made me sit up and take notice and really think about it and I'd be lying if I didn't say that even tho I have always and will always love this band, it has made me think a bit differently about Glenn. There, I said it and you can blast me for it if anyone is so inclined but as much as others want to defend his behavior still to this day regarding the way he handled it, I am going to stick to my guns and say it disappointed me.

[VAisForEagleLovers]

When Felder signed it, it was under duress, so he questioned it later. If it was his responsibility to know what was in the contract, he barely even had enough time to go over it. Frey was trying to bully him right out of the band, just like he did to Randy.

I hate taking up more of this thread with this issue, but basic fact checking seems to be called for since the DVD was so confusing on this. Since there were several contracts I'll remind everyone that Glenn's harsh ultimatum was for the one to do HFO/MTV gig (not the Selected Works contract discussed earlier in this thread, later in the movie). Felder was not under 'duress'. He had the contract, the deal was presented to him by Don and Glenn personally. He then took the time to negotiate against his own manager. There were commitments the group made regarding time and Felder didn't sign the contract and he didn't say he wouldn't. It wasn't like they gave him the contract and told him he had five minutes to sign it. His book doesn't say how long he and Irving went back and forth after he got it from Glenn and Don, just that he did. My Kindle says it's page 253. It's unfortunate that the DVD wasn't clear on this, it made it sound like Felder had less than a day to sign the contract and that just wasn't true by Felder's own admission. I also am amazed that Felder doesn't mention the ultimatum in the book.

[zeldabjr]

Timothy does the dishes and goes to the market...what a man!...how come I never see anyone who looks like that at my market???

[RebeccaLovesEagles]

Timothy does the dishes and goes to the market...what a man!...how come I never see anyone who looks like that at my market???

I was thinking the same thing