And now Glenn Frey

[Woffy]

Jesus H...

 

...RIP. X

[Platt073]

So so Sad, more legends fall!

[CaledonianGonzo]

I hate The Eagles a bit less than most people, so they very much should have booked them up a couple of years back instead of Bob and Nob from out of The Kasabian.

[eFestivals]

8 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I hate The Eagles a bit less than most people, so they very much should have booked them up a couple of years back instead of Bob and Nob from out of The Kasabian.

I spoke to Michael about the Eagles a few years before that, at a time they were touring.

He told me he'd enquired about them, but that they wanted their standard full fee if they were going to play... and it was pretty obvious that he'd given up on them because of that.

[Wow-wys-buzzing]

Saw them live at the Albert Hall couple of years ago, very special, my dad was in tears. Gunna wack greatest hits on all day while I work 

[CaledonianGonzo]

I spoke to Michael about the Eagles a few years before that, at a time they were touring.

He told me he'd enquired about them, but that they wanted their standard full fee if they were going to play... and it was pretty obvious that he'd given up on them because of that[/quote]

That's unsurprising. With U2 and the Stones reducing their fee you'd maybe have expected the likes of these tools and the Mac to maybe follow suit, but I guess there's maybe less sentimentality about the place for US acts.

Edited January 19, 2016 by CaledonianGonzo

[The Nal]

33 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

but I guess there's maybe less sentimentality about the place for US acts.

Like Springsteen asking for a dossier about the place because he'd never heard of it!

Have a bit of a soft spot The Eagles, although I cant remember the last time I listened to them. Saw them live once and they were excellent mind.

The Big Lebowski joke has sort of skewed peoples opinions, in a lazy way, much like the merlot joke in Sideways. 

Edited January 19, 2016 by The Nal

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'd take Desperado on the Pyramid over Noel Fielding prancing around dressed as a 15th century Romanian warlord.

[whisty]

Fond memories of listening Hotel California, driving round in my customised Zephyr v6. Which really amounted to an oversize shoebox on the bonnet, fat wheels & arches, running on 4 out of 6 cylinders doing about 12 mpg. Oh the memories. RIP.

[Avalon_Fields]

Saw them at the O2, have to say I enjoyed the solo stuff they played as much as their hits: Life's Been Good, Boys of Summer, Rocky Mountain Way....

Makes me think if Glastonbury doesn't mean much to most Americans it's good acts like Springsteen accept reduced fees to play 

 

[tevaburger]

7 hours ago, The Nal said:

Like Springsteen asking for a dossier about the place because he'd never heard of it!

Have a bit of a soft spot The Eagles, although I cant remember the last time I listened to them. Saw them live once and they were excellent mind.

 

to be fair that was Jon Landau and his "Glasto-what" comment...not saying the Bruce had heard of it either, despite his "we'd heard about, we'd heard about" comment during the gig, but he at least did a bit more on site than Bono did, showing up with the Gaslights, Coma Girl...

have Hotel California on now. i have my dad's record with a $5.50 sticker still on the back

[jimmyt]

This would have seemed much worse if Bowie hadn't slipped away last year. That said, the reasons given for Frey's death have terrified me. Anyone know how rheumatoid arthritis can help kill you? Is it just because of the medications? I ask as someone who's been taking horrible, harmful drugs for a couple of years now to combat my rheumatism.

As for The Eagles, they produced a really good Greatest Hits album. I can't imagine them being much better than listening to the GH album very loudly, though, for some reason. I'm sure I'm wrong, given the testimonials here and elsewhere.