Anyone watching the Eagles?

warlocks1
warlocks1 Posts: 1,252
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
The Eagles concert is on NBC. It is awesome!
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited June 2005
    i am. this version of hotel california is more like the original with the guitars front and center and not the congo drums they used in the 94 reunion DVD.

    one of the few groups i've heard that sound better live than in the studio.
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited June 2005
    I'm there dude, they still got it. You can't beat REAL music.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited June 2005
    Yep, just got through watching this. Definitely liked this version of hotel california, more like the studio version but ended like the hell freezes over version...

    I can't think of many other groups off the top of my head that have been around for the last 35 years...granted the ten year vacation probably helps with longevity...
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  • Spawndn72
    Spawndn72 Posts: 453
    edited June 2005
    The Eagles are my fathers absolute favorite band. I have heard those song so many times over the last 33 years(I am 33). But I will never tire of them.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2005
    I never was a fan but I watched a little of it just out of respect.

    No doubting their contribution to music.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited June 2005
    Great Show! Of course I'm a huge fan. I was in my late teens and early 20s when their stuff started coming out and I still have all of their 70s albums on vinyl (which have been replaced with CDs). I wish that Don Felder could have been back like the Hell Freezes over Concert, but they had a fallout after the 99 reunion and have been suing each other. I would also like to have seen Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon with them. I know all of them (Frey, Walsh, Henley, Schmidt, Felder, Meisner and Leadon) were together and performed for their induction into the R&R Hall of Fame, but I have never seen that footage. I think it is cool that these guys don't try to hide the fact that they are in their mid-to-late 50s....not tring to still act young (ie: Aerosmith). I am impressed at how well their voices have held up. I see where this concert will be available on DVD in a couple of week. I may have to pick it up.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited June 2005
    I didn't get to watch a whole lot of it because I was at work, but it was nice to see that it aired in HD.
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by Polkmaniac
    I can't think of many other groups off the top of my head that have been around for the last 35 years...granted the ten year vacation probably helps with longevity...

    Aerosmith
    AC/DC
    Van Halen
    Kiss
    ZZ Top
    Chicago
    Styx
    The list is pratically endless

    They've all had their down periods and personel changes at various times over the years, but weathered it.

    Just think about how many trends and one hit wonders have come and gone during that time.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2005
    I'm sorry, I just can't hear the Eagles mentioned wihtout thinking of "The Big Lebowski"

    The Dude: Jesus, man, could you change the channel?
    Cab Driver: F*ck you man. If you don't like my f*ckin' music get your own f*ckin' cab!
    The Dude: I had a rough...
    Cab Driver: I pull over and kick your a$$ out!
    The Dude: Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the f*ckin' Eagles, man!

    (mildly edited so I don't get banned... :) )
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by marker
    Aerosmith
    AC/DC
    Van Halen
    Kiss
    ZZ Top
    Chicago
    Styx
    The list is pratically endless

    They've all had their down periods and personel changes at various times over the years, but weathered it.

    Just think about how many trends and one hit wonders have come and gone during that time.

    Yeah, but with the exception of Chicago, the Eagles have a few years on all those guys I think - I could be wrong. The only groups that I can think of that have been around as long as them:

    Chicago
    The Rolling Stones - I guess
    Tower of Power
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2005
    You all for got another big one: Fleetwood Mac!
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by shack
    I wish that Don Felder could have been back ...

    +1
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by Polkmaniac
    Yeah, but with the exception of Chicago, the Eagles have a few years on all those guys I think - I could be wrong. The only groups that I can think of that have been around as long as them:

    Chicago
    The Rolling Stones - I guess
    Tower of Power

    True, but none of those bands I mentioned took a 12 to 14 year hiatus either and were steadily touring and/or cutting new albums every 2 or 3 years or so during all that time.

    Stones have been around for over 40 years now!
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by cfrizz
    You all for got another big one: Fleetwood Mac!

    True again! The list really is almost endless. I couldn't possibly think of them all off the top of my head.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited June 2005
    I disagree that the list is almost endless...and that's basically the opposite of my point entirely. My point was that not many bands have been around that long.

    First person to name just 20 bands that have been around for 30 years or longer (bands that we've heard of) gets the magic prize:D.

    If the list is almost endless, this should be an easy task considering the thousands of bands that we've seen over the years...
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited June 2005
    Well, if the Eagles count even with their decade and a half break, then besides the aforementioned 10 bands:
    Black Sabbath
    Deep Purple
    Neil Diamond
    Earth, Wind and Fire
    Moody Blues
    Nazerath
    Ted Nugent
    Sammy Haggar
    Judas Priest
    Scorpions
    etc.

    Had enough yet, or do I need to keep going on?
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  • warlocks1
    warlocks1 Posts: 1,252
    edited June 2005
    I wouldn't include any of those bands with the Eagles with the exception of The Stones and maybe Aerosmith. IMO, the Eagles are a top 10 Rock band of all time.
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited June 2005
    Paul McCartney
    Boston
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  • thehaens@cox.net
    thehaens@cox.net Posts: 1,012
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by fireshoes
    I didn't get to watch a whole lot of it because I was at work, but it was nice to see that it aired in HD.

    At least you got a real reason, I only watched the first hour because some friggin reality dance show came on at 9 and my wife is a reality junkie....what is it with women and reality TV?

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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by warlocks1
    I wouldn't include any of those bands with the Eagles with the exception of The Stones and maybe Aerosmith. IMO, the Eagles are a top 10 Rock band of all time.

    You'd have to mention Van Halen, AC/DC, Kiss and ZZ Top in the same breath as Eagles and Aerosmith any way you look at it, longetivety, sales, etc.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited June 2005
    Had enough yet?
    No need to get personal man...and yes, keep going, let's see how many you can name and if the list is 'nearly endless'

    I didn't know Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Nazerath, Juda Preist, or the Scorpions ever had a 30 years stint...but I could be wrong...

    I can name BUNCHES of groups who have been around 10 or 20 years, not many over 30 though. Even with their break, the individual members of the Eagles still did solo work in their off time.

    The point it is....there aren't a whole lot of bands who have been able to keep it together for so long. If that list is 'nearly endless' as you say, then what would you call the list of all bands that have ever existed?? Infinity x 6???

    I think it's safe to say that less than 5% of the bands that reach fame (and we're just walking famous bands, not all the thousands of groups we've never heard of) ever hold it together for more than a few years. That was my original point, that 35 years together (even with a break) is quite an accomplishment, and that not many group have acheived that.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited June 2005
    Oh, and all the solo acts don't count in my book. It's one thing to be able to make music your whole life, but something completely different to be able to keep a band together...

    And to those who say "well it's easy to take a few years off and just come back together like the Eagles did..." - I don't agree with that point of view. Where is the Beatles reunion tour, how about Zepplin, anyone seen The Police in concert lately.
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited June 2005
    Not getting personal, and didn't mean for it to even sound that way if it did.

    All the bands I mentioned have all been around in some form since at least 1975.

    I think the point has been made that there are many bands or singers that are still active with at least a 30 year history.
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by Polkmaniac
    Oh, and all the solo acts don't count in my book. It's one thing to be able to make music your whole life, but something completely different to be able to keep a band together...

    And to those who say "well it's easy to take a few years off and just come back together like the Eagles did..." - I don't agree with that point of view. Where is the Beatles reunion tour, how about Zepplin, anyone seen The Police in concert lately.

    Well, regarding keeping a band together, even the Eagles had personel changes over the years.

    As for the Beatles, well, that's pretty much impossible now.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by marker
    I think the point has been made that there are many bands or singers that are still active with at least a 30 year history.
    I still disagree. I don't think that 20 or so bands (or even 50) out of thousands of bands qualifies as many bands. When less than 5% (and probably closer to 1%) of groups are able to sustain over the decades, I wouldn't call that 'many'. Taken into perspective, I'd call that very few.

    Again, solo acts don't count in my book, it's different than keeping a band together. It's still quite an achievement, just not the same to me...
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited June 2005
    Gotta chime a bit late and put in a vote for my hometown boys

    Cheap Trick will be celebrating 30 years together next year.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by marker
    Well, regarding keeping a band together, even the Eagles had personel changes over the years.

    As for the Beatles, well, that's pretty much impossible now.
    Yep, seems that they're de-composing now.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by shack
    I see where this concert will be available on DVD in a couple of week. I may have to pick it up.
    Just saw a commercial for the DVD, I'll post the 800 number if anyone wants it.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2005
    There have been a lot of live DVD's coming out lately. That kicks ****. Ive loved live videos ever since I saw my first one, Anthrax 'Oedivnikufecin' (nice ****' video) back around 1987.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited June 2005
    I'm gonna put The Moody Blues and Rush into your lists of long-running bands.

    I saw the Moody Blues in 2000, I think... they were promoting their new album. rush did the Vapor Trails tour most recently...

    edit- woops... see the moody blues were already mentioned. Just put me down for Rush, then :)
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