marvin Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 So just when I think I've seen and heard everything by the Eagles, this turns up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-94uG7rd-y4 Any other fans out there, if you know anything about this song, I'd appreciate info.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr E Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Damn. How did a song that good not get recorded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 I was checking the Eagelsfans site (where they have a motherlode of rate video/audio), and they mentioned that it's another JD Souther song - just when I thought I knew all of JD's stuff!Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor4Life Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Marv, are you a member there as well? I am, but haven't posted there in ages. I love the fact that they allow you to download that stuff there for free. That's where I found there only non-album B-side "Get you in the mood", and both of Henley's and Frey's pre-Eagles albums "Shilo" and "Longbranch Pennywhistle". It is amazing that "How Long" was never recorded, or even this live version wasn't released on at least thier boxset. Sometimes I think some artisrs are thier own worst judges of thier own material. Go figure...Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 Yes Jeff I am a member there. I should mention that it was during a casual visit to a record store in downtown Metuchen, NJ about 12 years ago, that I found a pristine vinyl copy of "Longbranch Pennywhistle." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 Turns out the song "How Long" is in fact from JD Souther's 1st album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-94uG7rd-y4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 Don Henley played a solo show in Palm Springs last night. Here was the set list:1. Dirty Laundry2. Sunset Grill3. Witchy Woman4. New York Minute5. Everything is Different Now6. Last Worthless Evening7. One of These Nights8. The End of the Innocence9. Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Tears For Fears)10. Heart of the Matter11. Boys of Summer12. All She Wants To Do Is Dance 13. Life in the Fast lane14. I Will Not Go Quietly15. Hotel California16. DesperadoMarv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 There's a great article/interview with Don in the LA Times http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/cl-et-henley6feb06,1,3023151,full.story?coll=la-celebrity-news Here are some key points: QUOTE:HENLEY: “Wal-Mart will have an exclusive on the new album for the first year," Wal-Mart deal offered a promising escape route for Henley and his band mates; they have no traditional record label deal, and, after watching the file-sharing websites rise to power, they were open to any path to keep their connection with fans. "This is the world we live in," Henley said. Then, with a chuckle, he added: "In the big picture, they can't be any more evil than a major record label." "Yeah, anything to stay away from those legal pads," he said, referring to the unfinished lyrics for "Long Road Out of Eden," the title track to that new Eagles studio CD, which, come to think of it, will be the first Eagles studio CD given that "The Long Run" was released in the vinyl days of the Carter administration. The album, he said, is due to Wal-Mart "in the next 60 to 90 days," but the real deadline on Henley's mind is the tour that will follow. "We're inching our way toward some kind of completion here on the album, and we hope to get it out in time to hit the road this summer. We believe we've got one more world tour in us, and then that'd be about it. We might just ride off into that old sunset." The prospect that this might be the last Eagles hurrah had Henley in a somewhat reflective mood. The band has always had sweet harmonies on stage, but that has always been a rich irony for anyone who watched their dressing room brawls. Henley said a détente has been reached. "Incidents still happen on tour, but we don't let it get in the way of the performance. That's something you learn to do over a long span of years." Or, you don't — "The key to being on the road is to try to keep two things: Your sense of humor and your sense of gratitude." "We are approaching 60," he said. "Tours used to be mentally challenging. Now they are mentally and physically challenging." And that backstage debauchery? The man who sang "Life in the Fast Lane" said those days are long gone. "The kind of partying we used to do, well that's been a thing of the past for some time," he said. "Spare me the 'Behind the Music' stuff. You won't see that at our shows. It's like a morgue backstage." The band heard many cynical attacks last year when they signed a deal with Wal-Mart, the world's largest company, which has been steadily criticized as a massive engine of social and environmental harm. "It's easy to sit outside on the sidelines and throw rocks when you don't know what's going on, but if you're going to change corporate America, then we have to get down in the dirt with them," Henley said. Still, in the bargain Wal-Mart gets a cranky star promising to keep an eye on the promises made ("I will be watchful.") and to make a stink if they don't come through ("You can always get a divorce.") The album that Wal-Mart will be getting won't be the predictably neutral material it always got from its other corporate troubadour, Garth Brooks. Henley said the lyrics are laced with dark humor and war protest. The title track is "about the war in Iraq and the evolution of man." Listening to himself, he chuckled. "It's not a fluffy little tune ... there's a portion of a song you can dance to." He waited a beat and asked for a favor: "Put a 'ha-ha' in there after that, OK?" It's not that Henley isn't funny, it's just that people are so accustomed to his serious mode that the jokes can slip by. Henley seems torn at times between his impulses to provoke and preach and the entertainer's natural imperative to please a crowd; it's hard to dig in your heels and bow at the same time. Henley seems to be surprisingly anxious about the new music, which is endearing, and ready to fight all the old battles one more time, which is inspiring. It's a good mix just as long as things don't blow up. "There are big, important global things and the mundane problems of everyday existence, and everything in between," the singer said. "Grace in all of them would be good.“ENDQUOTEMarv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted February 25, 2007 Author Share Posted February 25, 2007 I saw another Eagles cover band last night, "Hotel California." For four guys, they had the licks and vocals down pat. I must add that the drummer/vocalist was phenomenal. Don Henley has a superior voice and this drummer was able to copy it to a tee. He had people in awe with both his singing and playing.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussietime Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Take it easy is a great song Ive always loved - how come guys write the best songs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 New York Magazine ran a column titled "32 Reasons the Eagles are the Best Band in the Universe." There are a number of factual inaccuracies, but some of the reasons are right on and, makes for a fun read IF you like the Eagles. http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/05/why_the_eagles_are_the_best_ba.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popdude Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 New York Magazine ran a column titled "32 Reasons the Eagles are the Best Band in the Universe." There are a number of factual inaccuracies...The first inaccuracy being that The Eagles are the best band in the universe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I agree Popdude, they're 2nd..It's pretty much a consensus (at least among thinking persons) that RUSH is 1ST. If Geddy Lee had ever gone solo he'd likely have replaced RUSH as #1...lucky for RUSH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMMY TUNES Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I'm looking for an article entitled "69 Reasons The Ad Hoc Band are the Best Band in Canada"./ Anyone know where I can find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I do too. IMHO, that & "The Greeks Don't Want No Freeks" are the best 2 songs on the album...they're worst by the way...(as always) IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popdude Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I'm looking for an article entitled "69 Reasons The Ad Hoc Band are the Best Band in Canada"./ Anyone know where I can find it? Check with Raspberrywine. I think he has a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popdude Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I agree Popdude, they're 2nd..It's pretty much a consensus (at least among thinking persons) that RUSH is 1ST.That's funny. I always thought Rush was number two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I'm slow but I got that one right away.... good one! I must be warped.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Without reading the article......is this claim based on either (1) pounds of cocaine snorted and/or freebase smoked over the years per band member, or (2) number of underage groupies used, abused and discarded per band member? If so, then they very well may be #1!(NOTE: Luminaries such as Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, Sid Vicious, Keith Moon, and a particular member of the Ramones likely spent a far greater % of their earnings on drugs, but, as their earnings were one-millionth of those of The Eagles, they are left in the dust....(also, they didn't live as long!)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspberrywine Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Thats one of the best articles Ive ever read on Ad Hoc Band. I think it appeared in Ice Hockey Digest in 2005. The article captures their early turbulent years in Moose Jaw, their growth years playing the seedy bars of Sault St. Marie and how the band was evenutally destroyed by the women they took up with. It's clear that Derek, Tidge, Marv, and Bucky , those four lovable mop tops from the Western provinces, were amongst the best bands Canada had to offer. I never cared for their music after the drugs took them over though. Some consider " Mr. Mountie's Lovely Molson Band" a classic but its a little ethereal for my tastes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 I've always dreamt of the day that I'd be called "lovable mop top." My dream has now come true, I can go in peace.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Another classic post by Raspberrywine...I love his stuff...a fertile mind he does have!And Marvin, you can't go yet. Otherwise I'll be the only one left here that wasn't in love with "Winter Dreams"...and my music education will suffer with you not here...and I won't have any Canadians to feel superior to.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 Kathy I think that raspberrwine was dissing Sault Ste Marie, Ont and not Sault Ste Marie, MI.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspberrywine Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Oh Kathy, for sure I meant ONTARIO!, its Michigan counter part would never have seedy bars. Plenty of pasties, but no seedy bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 "And Marvin, you can't go yet. Otherwise I'll be the only one left here that wasn't in love with "Winter Dreams"..."No, you won't be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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