Birds had their troubles though Parsons was a star in the night and he was gone. Chris whatever got religious. I'm not sure if Crosby has the thing about drugs and guns not mixing too well down yet. What a band. Parsons, too bad he went out so young. Crosby has a voice like hardly any other but guns or drugs I really don't have a big problem with either one but maybe it's like fire and either keep one in one room and the other in the other room.
I agree with most about The Eagles, especially in their later years. Pretty good and inovative band when they first stated with Bernie Leadon. They had that raw, unpolished almost garage band sound then. I have to say I do have their GH on vinyl and CD, please forgive me!
Oh, please, being "derivative"? Noooobody's ever used that before. lol If you're going to use that as your argument, then you have to admit most bands are derivative. Considering they were made up of a member of the FBB and another from Poco, what were they supposed to sound like? Their second album was quite different than their first, as was the third from the second and so on down the road. Why do you think Bernie left? Do you think Those Shoes or King Of Hollywood sound anything like their early material? The Eagles were a great band, better than Poco, the FBB, or any of the others you named. Their harmonies, song writing ability and skill with their instruments set them apart. There's a reason those other bands weren't as well known, with the exception of the Byrds.....they weren't as good.
They never had an unpolished sound, why do you think Frey and Henley were asked to back Linda Ronstadt? And Meisner and Leadon weren't exactly beginners themselves, plus Glyn Jones wasn't about to make a garage band sounding album.
Rolling Stone, in putting their first album, Eagles, in their 500 Best Albums list said they, "created a new template for laid-back L.A. country-rock style". Whereas Robert Christgau said, in questioning their country roots, they were "suave and synthetic--brilliant, but false." Not exactly a glowing review (but how many bands did Christgau like? lol), but certainly not describing it as "raw, unpolished".
I love the Cohan Bros, I like TBL, but the Dude always struck me as kind of an idiot.
lol There's a reason, for the most part, those other guys you mentioned are hard to find....they weren't very good. The Eagles weren't some instant success story. Out of their first three albums they did have a #1 on their third album, and a #9 on their second, but the other releases did well but not great. They gathered steam as they grew. I think most of the people who dislike them dislike them because the explosion that was Hotel California and/or they're from the 60s and nothing's as good as 60s music, according to them (don't get me wrong, I love 60s music, too, I remember, even though I was young, when the Beatles first hit the airwaves here.). It was everywhere for a looong time. But it is a great album.
And they only had six albums during their original run and they grew with every one.
Wowie - a newbie Eagles fan brings back a Zombie thread from 2007 with 5 posts bang bang bang!!!
Just kidding, and welcome to the Lansing Forum site!
Such a darned shame about Glenn Frey, but I'll agree they were a very popular band ...
I think I even own a couple of their albums - plus the Hell Freezes Over DVD, of course ...
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