Showing posts with label The Eagles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Eagles. Show all posts

Monday, February 1, 2016

Quotes of the Month: January 2016

Quote of the Month: "I’ve done my damage"
-Ahmed Best on Jar Jar Binks

Stupid Quote of the Month: “It’s unfortunate that the entire country is a racist country.”
-Danny DeVito

And the rest..
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“This president is a petulant child. Now this president wants to act as if he’s a king, as if he’s a dictator."
-Chris Christie on Obama's executive action on guns

"He was smart, funny, curious and dedicated. We made a pact to give MASH all we had and it bonded us. I loved Wayne. I'll miss him very much."
-Alan Alda on Wayne Rogers

"It was all good until my eyelashes froze."
-Richard Sherman, on playing in sub-zero temperatures
 Right now, it feels as if the solar system
is off it’s axis, as if one of our
main planetary anchors has
lost it’s orbit. That said—I am
certain that wherever Bowie is
now—I want to be there someday.
—Michael Stipe

“I was born dead.”
-Charlie Sheen

"The bond we forged 45 years ago was never broken, even during the 14 years that the Eagles were dissolved, he said. "We were two young men who made the pilgrimage to Los Angeles with the same dream:  to make our mark in the music industry - and with perseverance, a deep love of music, our alliance with other great musicians and our manager, Irving Azoff, we built something that has lasted longer than anyone could have dreamed."
-Don Henley on Glen Frey

"Today the inevitable candidate doesn't look quite as inevitable as she did eight and a half months ago!"
-Bernie Sanders

"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay? It's, like, incredible."
-Donald Trump

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Top 200 Albums of All Time: "E"

Here are the artists starting with "E"

Eagles: The Eagles (1972)


The Eagles debuted put the country back into rock music. Despite the laid back nature, the band was driven. They eventually became one of the most influential acts in history. On a side note, the album was supposed to be Quadraphonic, but was never released as such.

Key Tracks:

Take It Easy
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Witchy Woman

Hotel California: The Eagles (1976)

Pete Townsend compared the seventies to Sodom and Gomorrah. Hotel California investigates the excesses within American life. It appeared America had descended into materialism and decadence in the years following the Vietnam War. It is a window into the “Fall of Rome.”

Key Tracks:

Hotel California
Life In The Fast Lane
New Kid In Town
Victim of Love

The Marshall Mathers LP: Eminem (2000)

Hip Hop appeared to be on the decline until Eminem. It had devolved into plastic pop music much in the same way rock music did a decade earlier. Eminem gave the genre back its edge. The Slim Shady LP put Detroit’s Eminem on the map, but The Marshall Mathers LP made him a superstar. On this album, Eminem is more introspective. Marshall is viewed without Slim Shady.

Key Tracks:
Stan
The Way I Am
The Real Slim Shady

Sunday, September 6, 2009

#20 The Eagles

The Eagles derived their name from the Folk Rock band, The Byrds. They combined country with rock music and became one of the most successful bands in history. During the 1970s, they had five #1 songs and have five #1 albums for their entire career. Their greatest hits album is the best selling album in US history. By the end of the 1970s, they moved away from country and group tensions eventually broke them up in 1980. In 1994, Hell froze over and the band reunited. In 1998, they made the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Nine years later, they released their first album of new material since 1979. They are now back together, continue to tour, and scoring #1 albums once more.

Rock n Roll Moment: Don Henley was arrested when a 16 year old girl OD’d at his house. She survived and he was charged with drug possession and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Essential Eagles:
Eagles (1972)
Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (1976)
Hotel California (1976)
Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Eagles’ Top 10:
Take it Easy
Witchy Woman
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Desperado
Tequila Sunrise
One of These Nights
Lyin’ Eyes
Take it to the Limit
Hotel California
I Can’t Tell You Why