Eagles Mentions in the Press (2006 - 2017)

[GlennLover]

I got this article. In a Google alert & I have posted in the [Don Felder In the Press[/I] thread as well. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/...sed.php?page=2 I think every one should "Get Over It" & move on. We've heard it all before, ad nauseum. They are not going to be "friends" again so let it go.

BTW, it is only Don H that calls him 'Mr Felder'.

[UndertheWire]

I got this article. In a Google alert & I have posted in the Don Felder In the Press thread as well. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/...sed.php?page=2 I think every one should "Get Over It" & move on. We've heard it all before, ad nauseum. They are not going to be "friends" again so let it go.

BTW, it is only Don H that calls him 'Mr Felder'.

Last week, I said I thought it was a marketing ploy. So I just checked on ticket availability for his Houston gig on Sunday and there are a lot of unsold seats (it looks to be only 50% sold).

[shunlvswx]

I got this article. In a Google alert & I have posted in the [Don Felder In the Press[/i] thread as well. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/...sed.php?page=2 I think every one should "Get Over It" & move on. We've heard it all before, ad nauseum. They are not going to be "friends" again so let it go.

BTW, it is only Don H that calls him 'Mr Felder'.

I agree. Don called Don Mr. Felder not Glenn.

Glenn called Don F either Don Felder or Felder. It made sense since their were two Dons in the group at that moment. Glenn even called Don H "Henley." To tell the truth. I think they called Don H "Henley" sometimes because I heard Timothy and Joe called him that too.

Other than that part in the HC era, I don't even remembered Don H ever saying Don F name. Oops. I forgot also the "I guess" line.

It was an interesting article.

[UndertheWire]

This was also posted in the Felder thread but belongs in the main section, too. Classic Rock magazine have made a previously unpublished interview from 2001 available online. You have to register to read but you don't have to subscribe.
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/f...gles-interview

Don Henley, Glenn, Timothy and Joe talk about their plans to record a new studio album. They sound relaxed and optimistic. The Felder firing does get a mention but that's been discussed in the Felder thread.

They talk about Don Henley as the Lyric Police and this is what he has to say:

Nobody likes a know-it-all, Don.
Don Henley: That’s true. But what I learned about lyrics, and rejecting lyrics, I learned from Glenn and (early Eagles collaborators) J.D. Souther and Jackson Browne. So it’s just coming back to haunt them. They made me the opinionated prick that I am today! Now Glenn’s pretty good at policing lyrics himself. Sometimes I will defer. We all get too close to things to see them sometimes, and it’s great to have him come in, if I get stuck he’s great at unsticking. He wrote some of the best parts of Hotel California and Desperado too. I get credit for a lot of that, but the fact is that he wrote some of the pivotal lines that I wouldn’t have thought of in a million years.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Thanks for posting this, UTW. The band did, in fact, sound very relaxed in that 2001 interview. I'm glad to hear Don once again set the record straight about the band's lyric polices. Unfortunately, no matter how many times they say it, I think people have a tendency to believe that the member that sings most of the song is the one that wrote it, especially when it comes to the lyrics.

And although it took them six years more years after this interview before releasing LROOE, I personally think they very successfully achieved their goals as defined by Glenn and Don in these quotes ...

Is there an element of fear in making a new album – that it might not match your past work?

Glenn Frey: Yeah, we’ve talked about that. It’s a double-edged sword. Whatever the Eagles do is going to be highly scrutinised. There’s going to be a lot of expectation. But on the other hand, I really don’t think we would do anything that would tarnish our legacy. We discussed it: what do we want to do, what do we expect out of this? And the genesis of it was: we’re going to be the Eagles! We’re going to make a record with the talent that we have. And I think… well, we won’t put it out if it’s bad, how about that? I just figured it out!

Don Henley: Certainly, we don’t want to fail. We’ve never really known much failure. And I can’t think of another instance where a band has not made an album of new material in twenty years and has then made a triumphant return. So that, to me personally, is pressure – to prove that we can do it. And that’s why we’ll do this as quietly and as low-key as possible, behind closed doors. I just don’t think we’ll go to the lengths that Axl Rose goes to – to keep people away.

[tequila girl]

Love this quote from Don

They made me the opinionated prick that I am today!

Hahaha Gotta love the man!!

[GlennLover]

This was also posted in the Felder thread but belongs in the main section, too. Classic Rock magazine have made a previously unpublished interview from 2001 available online. You have to register to read but you don't have to subscribe.
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/f...gles-interview

Don Henley, Glenn, Timothy and Joe talk about their plans to record a new studio album. They sound relaxed and optimistic. The Felder firing does get a mention but that's been discussed in the Felder thread.

They talk about Don Henley as the Lyric Police and this is what he has to say:

Quote:
Nobody likes a know-it-all, Don.
Don Henley: That’s true. But what I learned about lyrics, and rejecting lyrics, I learned from Glenn and (early Eagles collaborators) J.D. Souther and Jackson Browne. So it’s just coming back to haunt them. They made me the opinionated prick that I am today! Now Glenn’s pretty good at policing lyrics himself. Sometimes I will defer. We all get too close to things to see them sometimes, and it’s great to have him come in, if I get stuck he’s great at unsticking. He wrote some of the best parts of Hotel California and Desperado too. I get credit for a lot of that, but the fact is that he wrote some of the pivotal lines that I wouldn’t have thought of in a million years.

That's very interesting, UTW. It's so true that Glenn's lyric contributions have often been downplayed or discounted, especially on these two songs. I have read a number of articles that suggest that Glenn had little or no input into the lyrics of Hotel California. It's nice to hear from the horse's, or in this case Eagles', mouth that this isn't the case.

[bluefeather]

Don's quote about being an opinionated prick

[Freypower]

That's very interesting, UTW. It's so true that Glenn's lyric contributions have often been downplayed or discounted, especially on these two songs. I have read a number of articles that suggest that Glenn had little or no input into the lyrics of Hotel California. It's nice to hear from the horse's, or in this case Eagles', mouth that this isn't the case.

The quote by Henley about Glenn's lyrical contribution needs to be seen by all the detractors who claim that he didn't/can't write lyrics, starting with Don Felder.

[shunlvswx]

We have proof that Glenn wrote some of the lyrics to Get Over T. As the end credits were rolling on HFO, you can hear Glenn telling Don the line, "Complain about the present and blame it on the past." He probably wrote more to that song. I always thought Don wrote majority of that song because that's so him, but I think there are line in that song or any song that Glenn and Don wrote together could be their personality.