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Subject: The Eagles
Written By: ultraviolet52 on 10/13/05 at 7:19 pm
I just went to my first *and probably last* Eagles concert, which featured Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Smith *I think that's his correct name* and Joe Walsh with excellent back up. I was a bit curious what you all thought of the Eagles. I, of course, knew of all their songs prior to going, so none of it was new to my ears, but it was great to see them in person.
One thing is, I was disheartened that the newspaper I work for pretty much slammed the concert for being contrived. I just don't think the person who wrote the review really doesn't appreciate them on a whole.
What do you guys think about that, as well as your favorite hits by them or your experiences seeing them in person?
*P.S. I made an important addendum which is in bold*
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: whistledog on 10/13/05 at 8:20 pm
I love The Eagles. Their 1980 hit I Can't Tell You Why is my favourite. Of all the Eagles that went solo, Glenn Frey was my favourite, but I also really liked Randy Meisner's 1982 hit Never Been in Love :)
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: gord on 10/13/05 at 8:40 pm
I wouldn't worry too much about what that writer said, you saw a legendary band that may never tour again. I've never seen them but I did see Joe Walsh last summer :)
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: ultraviolet52 on 10/14/05 at 1:21 am
I love The Eagles. Their 1980 hit I Can't Tell You Why is my favourite. Of all the Eagles that went solo, Glenn Frey was my favourite, but I also really liked Randy Meisner's 1982 hit Never Been in Love :)
Same here. I used to like Don Henley's work, but some of it has just grown a bit stale for me in recent years. Glenn Frey's melodies are a little more my style, as well as his vocals. Randy Meisner is great, too *even if he didn't have quite as many hits as the others as a solo artist* Plus, Joe Walsh has had some great solo tunes. I think I like his "In the City" best. "I Can't Tell You Why" is one of the best pop love songs I've ever heard. Hearing them sing it live was great. What impressed me most was how exact their harmony was. They never sang off key or off tone. They were true and tried performers!
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: ultraviolet52 on 10/14/05 at 1:24 am
I wouldn't worry too much about what that writer said, you saw a legendary band that may never tour again. I've never seen them but I did see Joe Walsh last summer :)
Thanks, gord! Maybe I'm a little green when it comes to concert going (I have only been to about 8 or 10 pop/rock concerts), so maybe for the person who wrote the review (who I actually see a few times a week!) just can't appreciate it being that it's his "job." It sort of hurts people's views though. Yet, I won't say he didn't have a kind word to say, as he did, but it all seemed to be hidden underneath some sarcasm. Oh well, you can't please everyone!
Wow, where did you see Joe Walsh? From what I could gather, he's kind of a character. A bit colorful, lol.
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: gord on 10/14/05 at 5:27 am
Wow, where did you see Joe Walsh? From what I could gather, he's kind of a character. A bit colorful, lol.
Joe played at an outdoor weekend concert here in Ontario, Canada. He headlined the Sat. line-up, he had the DeLeo brothers of Stone Temple Pilots in his band. And yeah he's seems a bit colorful, he'd be fun to have a few beers with :)
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: whistledog on 10/14/05 at 9:24 am
Randy Meisner is great, too *even if he didn't have quite as many hits as the others as a solo artist*
Apart from his 3 top 40 hits, Meisner pretty much did session work in the 80's.
In 1989, he re-joined his old band Poco, and was back in the charts with the songs Call it Love and Nothin' to Hide :)
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: lorac614 on 10/14/05 at 11:11 am
I LOVE the Eagles.
I saw them I guess it was the early 90's, the Hell Freezes Over tour. Great concert.
I have so many songs that I like...
The Last Resort
In the City
Try and Love Again
Pretty Maids all in a Row
7 Bridges Road
The Long Run
As well as the really popular songs, Take it easy and Hotel California.
Joe Walsh is my favorite!!
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: ktelqueen on 10/14/05 at 11:24 am
one of my all-time fave bands and i'm very envious that you got to see them..way cool,l'il sis 8)
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: whiteport on 10/14/05 at 11:26 am
I've always been a big fan of the Eagles, I could listen to their 1973 concept album "Desperado" over and over again, I just never tire of that album.
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: ultraviolet52 on 10/14/05 at 12:54 pm
one of my all-time fave bands and i'm very envious that you got to see them..way cool,l'il sis 8)
lol, I know.. I felt guilty going because there were so many people I know who would've loved to have been there with me..
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/14/05 at 1:10 pm
Hotel California is my favorite album-many great songs from it. The title track, New Kid in Town, and Wasted Time are my favs. Couldn't chose between the three of them.
Cat
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/05 at 2:03 pm
Hotel California is my favorite album-many great songs from it. The title track, New Kid in Town, and Wasted Time are my favs. Couldn't chose between the three of them.
Cat
I find Hotel California with its over play on the radio, I am now finding it repetative.
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: ultraviolet52 on 10/14/05 at 2:08 pm
I think the original I can tire a bit more of, but the 1994 "Hell Freezes Over" version is much more fine tuned and I tend to like the "acoustic" sound better.
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: Marty McFly on 10/15/05 at 1:28 pm
Great band, both their 70's classic rock heyday and the 80's pop/rock solo careers of Don Henley & Glenn Frey.
I think the original I can tire a bit more of, but the 1994 "Hell Freezes Over" version is much more fine tuned and I tend to like the "acoustic" sound better.
This reminded me of the two new songs on that collection, both of which I really liked when they first came out, even if they couldn't be more opposite each other.
"Get Over it" was one of their hardest rockers (kinda reminds me lyrically of Henley's solo work) and ironically sounds, having come out in 1994, more like an 80's song. And "Love Will Keep Us Alive" is another one of those sappy love songs that I tend to like, lol. Very timeless in sound too.
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: whistledog on 10/16/05 at 8:07 pm
EAGLES and SOLO SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY (Complete with Billboard Chart Peak Positions)
THE EAGLES
1972 - Take it Easy (US #12)
1972 - Witchy Woman (US #9)
1972 - Peaceful Easy Feeling (US #22)
1973 - Tequilla Sunrise (US #64)
1973 - Outlaw Man (US #59)
1974 - Already Gone (US #32)
1974 - James Dean (US #77)
1974 - Best of My Love (US #1)
1975 - One of These Nights (US #1)
1975 - Lyin' Eyes (US #2)
1975 - Take it To the Limit (US #4)
1976 - New Kid in Town (US #1)
1977 - Hotel California (US #1)
1977 - Life in the Fast Lane (US #11)
1978 - Please Come Home For Christmas (US #18)
1979 - Heartache Tonight (US #1)
1979 - The Long Run (US #8)
1980 - I Can't Tell You Why (US #8)
1980 - Seven Bridges Road (US #21)
1994 - Get Over It (US #31)
1995 - Learn to Be Still (US #61, Airplay Chart)
1996 - Love Will Keep Us Alive (US #22, Airplay Chart)
2003 - Hole in the World (US #69)
DON FELDER
1981 - Heavy Metal (US #43)
TIMOTHY B. SCHMIDT
1982 - So Much in Love (US #59)
1987 - Boys Night Out (US #25)
RANDY MEISNER
1980 - Deep Inside My Heart w/ Kim Carnes (US #22)
1981 - Hearts on Fire (US #19)
1982 - Never Been in Love (US #28)
JOE WALSH
1980 - All Night Long (US #19)
1981 - A Life of Illusion (US #34)
1983 - Space Age Whiz Kid (US #52)
DON HENLEY
1981 - Leather and Lace w/ Stevie Nicks (US #6)
1982 - Johnny Can't Read (US #42)
1982 - Dirty Laundry (US #3)
1983 - I Can't Stand Still (US #48)
1984 - The Boys of Summer (US #5)
1985 - All She Wants to Do is Dance (US #9)
1985 - Not Enough Love in the World (US #34)
1985 - Sunset Grill (US #22)
1989 - The End of the Innocence (US #8)
1989 - Last Worthless Evening (US #21)
1990 - The Heart of the Matter (US #21)
1990 - How Bad Do You Want It? (US #48)
1990 - New York Minute (US #48)
1992 - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough w/ Patty Smyth (US #2)
2000 - Taking You Home (US #58)
GLENN FREY
1982 - I Found Somebody (US #31)
1982 - The One You Love (US #15)
1982 - All Those Lies (US #41)
1984 - Sexy Girl (US #20)
1984 - The Allnighter (US #54)
1984 - The Heat is On (US #2)
1985 - Smuggler's Blues (US #12)
1985 - You Belong to the City (US #2)
1988 - True Love (US #13)
1989 - Livin' Right (US #90)
1991 - Part of You, Part of Me (US #55)
1992 - I've Got Mine (US #91)
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: ultraviolet52 on 10/16/05 at 8:13 pm
Great list, Whistledog! I'm going to check out a few of Schmidt's songs, as I don't believe I've heard any of his solo work, although I heard his was fairly successful, as well.
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/05 at 3:10 am
EAGLES and SOLO SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY (Complete with Billboard Chart Peak Positions)
THE EAGLES
1972 - Take it Easy (US #12)
1972 - Witchy Woman (US #9)
1972 - Peaceful Easy Feeling (US #22)
1973 - Tequilla Sunrise (US #64)
1973 - Outlaw Man (US #59)
1974 - Already Gone (US #32)
1974 - James Dean (US #77)
1974 - Best of My Love (US #1)
1975 - One of These Nights (US #1)
1975 - Lyin' Eyes (US #2)
1975 - Take it To the Limit (US #4)
1976 - New Kid in Town (US #1)
1977 - Hotel California (US #1)
1977 - Life in the Fast Lane (US #11)
1978 - Please Come Home For Christmas (US #18)
1979 - Heartache Tonight (US #1)
1979 - The Long Run (US #8)
1980 - I Can't Tell You Why (US #8)
1980 - Seven Bridges Road (US #21)
1994 - Get Over It (US #31)
1995 - Learn to Be Still (US #61, Airplay Chart)
1996 - Love Will Keep Us Alive (US #22, Airplay Chart)
2003 - Hole in the World (US #69)
DON FELDER
1981 - Heavy Metal (US #43)
TIMOTHY B. SCHMIDT
1982 - So Much in Love (US #59)
1987 - Boys Night Out (US #25)
RANDY MEISNER
1980 - Deep Inside My Heart w/ Kim Carnes (US #22)
1981 - Hearts on Fire (US #19)
1982 - Never Been in Love (US #28)
JOE WALSH
1980 - All Night Long (US #19)
1981 - A Life of Illusion (US #34)
1983 - Space Age Whiz Kid (US #52)
DON HENLEY
1981 - Leather and Lace w/ Stevie Nicks (US #6)
1982 - Johnny Can't Read (US #42)
1982 - Dirty Laundry (US #3)
1983 - I Can't Stand Still (US #48)
1984 - The Boys of Summer (US #5)
1985 - All She Wants to Do is Dance (US #9)
1985 - Not Enough Love in the World (US #34)
1985 - Sunset Grill (US #22)
1989 - The End of the Innocence (US #8)
1989 - Last Worthless Evening (US #21)
1990 - The Heart of the Matter (US #21)
1990 - How Bad Do You Want It? (US #48)
1990 - New York Minute (US #48)
1992 - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough w/ Patty Smyth (US #2)
2000 - Taking You Home (US #58)
GLENN FREY
1982 - I Found Somebody (US #31)
1982 - The One You Love (US #15)
1982 - All Those Lies (US #41)
1984 - Sexy Girl (US #20)
1984 - The Allnighter (US #54)
1984 - The Heat is On (US #2)
1985 - Smuggler's Blues (US #12)
1985 - You Belong to the City (US #2)
1988 - True Love (US #13)
1989 - Livin' Right (US #90)
1991 - Part of You, Part of Me (US #55)
1992 - I've Got Mine (US #91)
In the UK Joe Walsh had hits with Life's Been Good (#14) and the Rocky Mountain Way EP (#39).
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: Marty McFly on 10/17/05 at 10:26 am
EAGLES and SOLO SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY (Complete with Billboard Chart Peak Positions)
Wow, great list - I'm a massive nitpicker and enthusiast of details, so I love seeing things like the exact order singles were released and their peak positions, etc. :)
The only thing you might've forgotten, that I can think offhand is Glenn Frey's "Partytown" off No Fun Aloud - a rowdy, surf rock-styled song that I actually first heard in Steve Martin's 90's comedy remake movie Sgt Bilko! :D
Maybe it didn't chart, though?
I think Joe Walsh had a last 80's hit/video with "The Confessor" in 1985 or '86 too.
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: whistledog on 10/17/05 at 10:39 am
In the UK Joe Walsh had hits with Life's Been Good (#14) and the Rocky Mountain Way EP (#39).
Those were hits in the US too. I just included the solo works they had in the 80's as I don't have the chart peaks for 70's hits :) I'll do an Eagles UK Discography :)
THE EAGLES
1975 - One of These Nights (UK #23)
1975 - Lyin' Eyes (UK #23)
1975 - Take it To the Limit (UK #12)
1976 - New Kid in Town (UK #20)
1977 - Hotel California (UK #8)
1978 - Pleae Come Home For Christmas (UK #30)
1979 - Heartache Tonight (UK #40)
1979 - The Long Run (UK #66)
1985 - Hotel California (1985) (UK #99)
1988 - Hotel California (1988) (UK #100)
1996 - Love Will Keep Us Alive (UK #52)
2003 - Hole in the World (UK #69)
DON HENLEY
1984 - The Boys of Summer (UK #12)
1998 - The Boys of Summer GLENN FREY
1984 - The Heat is On (UK #12)
1985 - Smuggler's Blues (UK #22)
JOE WALSH
1977 - Rocky Mountain Way (UK #39)
1978 - Life's Been Good (UK #14)
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: Harmony on 10/17/05 at 3:42 pm
The Eagles rock.  I'll never see Glenn Frey the same way after watching his cheezy acting attempts in the 80s, but their stuff is really classic.
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: ultraviolet52 on 10/17/05 at 3:49 pm
Ohh, I didn't know Glenn Frey acted in some stuff? But, it doesn't seem to surprise me as he seems the most outgoing (except for Joe Walsh).
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: Matt the Rat76 on 10/21/05 at 3:32 pm
I liek the eagles you know they should do a world tour now get this the eagles/chicago world tour
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 10/21/05 at 4:53 pm
The Eagles are my all-time favorite band! I saw them in concert in 1995 when they'd reunited for their Hell Freezes Over tour, and they were great!! 8)
I love all of their songs, but my favorite is 'Desperado'. :)
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: ultraviolet52 on 10/21/05 at 4:57 pm
I love The Eagles. Their 1980 hit I Can't Tell You Why is my favourite. Of all the Eagles that went solo, Glenn Frey was my favourite, but I also really liked Randy Meisner's 1982 hit Never Been in Love :)
I sang "I Can't Tell You Why" on Karaoke the other night.
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: vinyl lover on 10/29/05 at 9:20 pm
everybodys forgetting the song "those shoes"..great rock and roll excellence!!!
Subject: Re: The Eagles
Written By: whistledog on 11/02/05 at 10:47 am
Here's some more trivia about Randy Meisner. Before joining The Eagles, he was an original member of the band Poco, but left before they became famous. In 1989, he re-joined Poco on their comeback album Legacy. The songs "Call it Love" and "Nothin' to Hide" both reached the top 40 :)
http://www.jimmessina.com/images/alb_poco_legacy.jpg
Interestingly enough, when Randy Meisner left Poco in 1971, he was replaced by Timothy B. Schmidt. When Randy Meisner left the Eagles in 1977, he was again replaced by Schmidt