The Eagles are the worst band ever

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

Last night I was tortured.

Went wine tasting in Napa with a friend and some loose acquaintances. Had a decent time until the ride home. The MF driver decided to play the Eagle's greatest hits CD. Very loudly. And the four other people in the car were gleefully singing along to every song. I basically felt like Scanners for an entire hour. I was so happy when the CD ended.

Little did I know - there is a fucking Eagle's Greatest Hits 2 album. I'm not sure if I'll ever recover.

[wtmusic]

1. Never quite got the Eagles

Well-performed, well-written, but soulless.

[BigBigBear]

23. I hated them

when I was in college, in the late 70's. I had a show on the college radio station (88.3 FM WRCT , Pgh,PA) and we lambasted the Eagles pretty regularly.

Despite still thinking that Henley takes himself way too seriously, I now give the Eagles credit for their ambition and the tightness of their songwriting. Bits like "Desperado" (a near-perfect paen for the white, spoiled, middle class American kid of the 70's) and "The Last Resort", a stunningly right-on appraisal of California's destructive growth, testify to the depth they could achieve when commercial success was relegated to the backseat. Which wasn't freuqently, in their case. I don't have any of their records, never purchased a single one.

Joe Walsh is one of American rock's greatest survival stories, and a very distinctive guitar voice.

The Eagles were very "of their time" - chances are, your sympathy toward them is commensurate with your overall fondness of the seventies.

And they were, truth be told, probably the biggest and most commercially successful American rock band to date. Equal parts CSNY, Gram Parsons and Buddy Holly. If they didn't exist, someone would have invented them.

[Cocoa]

42. class and race in "Desperado?"

as someone who sees class in almost everything, I'm stumped at trying to find it in "Desperado," which seems pretty universal to me, aside from being a great song.

[wellstone_democrat]

2. no Abba is worse and the album

where joe lieberman does some guest solos is the worst



*Wellstone_Democrat: tormenting the Connecticut Gnome 24/7. But all in the spirit of good clean Democratic fun!"

[GalleryGod]

40. Tell that to $1.1Million per Week Broadway Gross!

Hmmmmmmmmm? Me thinks that Abba is a guilty pleasure:evilgrin: .
And that all the fans had to "come out" when they purchased tickets the last 22 months at the Winter Garden:bounce:

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. I like Sister Goldenhair. Makes me feel good when I am feeling down.

Well I tried to make it Sunday but I got so damned depressed
That I set my sights on Monday and I got myself undressed
I ain't ready for the alter, but I do believe there's times
When a woman sure can be a friend of mine

Well I keep on thinkin bout you sister golden hair surprise
That I just can't live without you can't you see it in my eyes
I've been one poor correspondent, I've been too too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind

{c:Chorus}
Will you meet me in the middle will you meet me in the end
Will you love me just a little just enough to show you care
Well I tried to fake it I don't mind saying I just can't make it

{c:Intro}

Well I keep on thinkin bout you sister golden hair surprise
That I just can't live without you can't you see it in my eyes
I've been one poor correspondent, I've been too too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind

[Catch22Dem]

14. That's not the Eagles

It's America

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

16. Silly

Sister Golden Hair is by America.

[radiclib]

26. You must have been watching 'The Sopranos' tonight...

It's playing on old man Bacala's car radio just before he augers in.
If not, it's too damn weird you'd mention it.

[Democrats unite]

4. Anyone who does not like the Eagles...

Has no soul for music!

[bbernardini]

9. I hate the Eagles...

...and I'm a music teacher. Perhaps I'm in the wrong profession?

[Democrats unite]

37. Perhaps.

[sasquatch]

5. You ever seen "The Big Lebowski"

there is a scene in the Movie where the main character known as "the Dude" was in a cab and the Eagles were playing.

He said "could you change the channel"

Cab driver "Fuck you man, if you don't like my fuckin' music get your own fucking cab."

Dude "Man I've had a rough fuckin' and I hate the Eagles".

The cab driver then throws him out of the cab.

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

24. Awesome

Thanks for the reference.

Bush loves the Eagles. Say no more.

[radiclib]

29. Dan Duquette loves Springsteen

What does THAT mean?

[DemPopulist]

6. LOL - thanks

About time someone said it :D :toast:

[chimpymustgo]

7. Give you the best of my love....

Early, but my favorite.

[Bob3]

8. if not the worst right there near th e bottom.

Right down there in the pit with Fleetwood Mac, The Greatful Dead and The Bee Gees.

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. I love the Eagles

...a matter of taste I guess

[catzies]

49. What you said! They all made the 70s nearly unbearable

Until 1977 when the real music of the decade burst forth.

[TlalocW]

10. Hate the Eagles...

If I wanted to listen to faux country rock, I would pick a country station!

Don Henley Must Die
Don't let him get back together
With Glen Frye
- Mojo Nixon

TlalocW

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[SweetZombieJesus]

30. Good catch with the Mojo quote

I will always and refer to the Eagles by their proper, Mojo Nixon given name: The Country Monkees.

If you want country rock, listen to the Flying Burrito Brothers. If you want music to snort coke and drink margaritas to on the porch of your condo, listen to the Eagles.

My parents played the Eagles all throughout my formative years, and to this day I tell them I should have turned them in for child abuse.

If you think the Greatest Hits CD is bad, you should hear their "new" album. Apparently, "There's A Hole In The World Tonight", and I wish the lot of them save Joe Walsh would fall into it and never come back.

[boilerbabe]

43. Flying Burritos!!

They were one of my favorites whilst attempting to grow up in the '70s. (Saw them in a middle-of-nowhere place in Ramona, CA in like 1981...)Funny that your parents played the Eagles, guess you are younger than I thought. I think my parents were playing Engelbert Humperdink...
The Eagles were actually a very talented band in their day. I hated Hotel California, but the lyrics are (if you listen to them) spanking those same people you deride that snort coke and drink magaritas on the porch of their condos. And Joe Walsh, when on his own, did a lot of interesting stuff. By the way, what's wrong with Margaritas??

:spank:

[WoodrowFan]

48. lunch

Just had lunch at the Burrito Brothers in Dupont Circle area. YUM.

[leftofthedial]

12. you don't have to like them

enjoy what you do like

but calling them the worst band ever is just ignorant.

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

13. Incorrect. I know for a fact that they are the worst band of all time.

I have heard their music.

[Avalux]

18. Me too

I was tortured by an aunt who loved them. It's a horrible thing to know the words to all the songs against your will. Eagles suck.

[leftofthedial]

19. dude, I've been in at least twenty bands personally

that were worse than the Eagles.



ignorant.

[boilerbabe]

44. There are a lot of other bands that would deserve that title...n/t

[Nlighten1]

17. I feel your pain

I can do it one better though. I had a similar experience being trapped and listening to Junior Brown for about an hour. The Eagles I could somewhat take but their chord progressions, or lack theirof, drive me nuts.

[0rganism]

20. Worse than the Beegees?

Worse than ELO?

Worse than Culture Club?

Worse than Bon Jovi?

Worse than Ratt?

Maybe. It's all a matter of taste.

(By the way, Joe Walsh's gittar solo at the end of Hotel California KICKS ASS.)

[pansypoo53219]

33. i would take the beegees over eagles anytime

but i have to throw Chicago Steely Dan in with the eagles. I HATE BABY BOOMER SHIT.
can somebody please turn up the bing crosby?
this 30 something is a little miffed.

[NightTrain]

21. I'm not an Eagles fan either, but...

...I wouldn't go so far as to call them the worst band ever. Not when I think back to the late 1980s and Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians!

[sendero]

25. I could never....

... understand the fuss about Edie Brickell. Her vocals sounded to me like Ricki Lee Jones after 3 six-packs. The woman couldn't carry a tune in an ammo box :)

It was a shame, because "her" band, the New Bohemians, was actually pretty good, but they never got any credit. It was Edie, Edie, Edie who tried to make her inability to sing an asset Brickell.

I'm glad she got sucked up to NY before she could do more damage here.


Oh, and Eagles, worst band ever? I'm not a "fan" since I prefer stuff like Eno, Squarepusher, Cocteau Twins, Boards of Canada - u know, out there stuff - but the Eagles are far, far, far, far, light years from being the worst band ever. Not in a world that spawned Air Supply and the Little River Band and the Bee Gees and N-Suck and so many many more :)

[mix68]

22. take it easy

n/t

[peekaloo]

27. lol......is that you Jeff Lebowski?

one of my favorite scenes from 'The Big Lebowski' is when the Dude is thrown out of a car for hating the Eagles.


p.s. while they may not be the worst band ever, I do feel your pain.

[radiclib]

28. The Eagles are America, fer Chrissake!

What are you, un-American?

[SweetZombieJesus]

31. So image driven bad musicians = America?

The ONLY redeeming feature the Eagles had was Joe Walsh, and I suspect they only had him because they kept him too coked to the gills to realize he was in such a shitty band.

Glen Frye and Don Henley should be in sharing a cell in the Hague next to Slobodan Milosevic.

[midnight armadillo]

32. I respectfully disagree

I'd say the Who are amongst the worst, most overrated bands of all time. I'd take the Eagles any day.

[SweetZombieJesus]

34. The Eagles over the Who?

The only musical crime the Who ever perpetrated was Tommy, and that's a minor infranction compared to the band who gave us both "Tequila Sunrise" and the only song more overplayed on "classic rock" radio than Stairway, "Hotel California".

And don't even get me started on Witchy Woman.

[WoodrowFan]

35. Damn Gen Xers.

In your honor today I'll be listening to the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, ELO, Foreigner, Neil Young, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, Donna Summer, Bob Seger, and PETER FRAMPTON.

Damn Gen Xers and Gen yers and their weirdo music....


"On a dark desert highyway, cool wind in my hair.........."

[bif]

36. Maybe most overrated

but certainly not the worst band ever.

[Mixxster]

38. Definitely not a fan but...

...I wouldn't call them the worst ever. I never understood the adoration heaped upon the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac or Steely Dan. Of course, it all boils down to personal tastes.

[GalleryGod]

39. AW,Man! The "Hell Freezes Over Tour" was Great!

The acoustic version of Hotel CaliforNayYAY! is tops!

[Skittles]

41. very overrated

but no WAY "the worst band ever".

[SyracuseDemocrat]

45. The eagles are incredible

.

[Aristus]

46. I always liked "Desperado". I once thought it was a Kenny Rogers

song. The Eagles' version is much better. And I'm thankful for "Journey of the Sorcerer" because it provided the theme music to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

[Cocoa]

47. speaking of mistaking things for Kenny Rogers...

Men who look like Kenny Rogers