4 thoughts on “LINK: Very Sad About Glen Frey, but the Eagles Were Pretty Bad”
Some months ago I heard some people on a call-in show complaining that they didn’t know how the “Fare Thee Well” concerts with what’s left of the Grateful Dead would be. (I know, I know.) The host was getting a little annoyed and said, “If you want a completely predictable concert experience, go see the fucking Eagles.”
I didn’t hate the Eagles, though “Hotel California” may have been the most-overplayed song of the 20th century.
I’ve never gotten tired of Hotel California, silly as it is, but what got me in the Daily News story was the comparison of the Eagles Take It Easy with Jackson Browne’s version.
I didn’t hate them at first, Take it Easy sounded OK on the radio and I quite liked the riff in Already Gone. But they got shitty quickly with all those dripping ballads. And smug, they always sounded smug. This odious trait was good for their best line, however, from a later album but I don’t know which one: “I could be wrong, but I’m not.”
I wouldn’t call the Eagles a great band, but neither were they a bad one IMHO. I like Already Gone, and I love the song (and especially the bass in) Disco Strangler.
i get the Lebowski slant, but shit, Styx, Kansas, and for sure Journey were way worse. WAY WORSE.
Some months ago I heard some people on a call-in show complaining that they didn’t know how the “Fare Thee Well” concerts with what’s left of the Grateful Dead would be. (I know, I know.) The host was getting a little annoyed and said, “If you want a completely predictable concert experience, go see the fucking Eagles.”
I didn’t hate the Eagles, though “Hotel California” may have been the most-overplayed song of the 20th century.
I’ve never gotten tired of Hotel California, silly as it is, but what got me in the Daily News story was the comparison of the Eagles Take It Easy with Jackson Browne’s version.
https://youtu.be/FMA3lIeqV8M
https://youtu.be/LfeNhwnO8hw
I didn’t hate them at first, Take it Easy sounded OK on the radio and I quite liked the riff in Already Gone. But they got shitty quickly with all those dripping ballads. And smug, they always sounded smug. This odious trait was good for their best line, however, from a later album but I don’t know which one: “I could be wrong, but I’m not.”
I wouldn’t call the Eagles a great band, but neither were they a bad one IMHO. I like Already Gone, and I love the song (and especially the bass in) Disco Strangler.
i get the Lebowski slant, but shit, Styx, Kansas, and for sure Journey were way worse. WAY WORSE.
https://youtu.be/WT7DslIvki4