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**The Official B.E.E. Podcast Music Discussion Lounge** (Patreon)

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Hey everyone! Excited to announce a killer new addition to the B.E.E. Podcast community we are thrilled to be forming here: The Official B.E.E. Podcast Music Discussion Lounge! Consider this post a forum for you to discuss anything from the realm of music with your fellow B.E.E. Podcast listeners (and me). There is only one rule, and one rule only: Your first comment in the lounge MUST begin with your thoughts on the Eagles. Old school fans of the podcast know why. Love you all! Have fun with this!

                                                - Adam (the producer) 

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Rob Motto

The Eagles are that band that the little Lebowski complains about before his cab driver kicks his ass to the curb. The Dude hates The fucking Eagles.

Următor Ex Poliție

The Eagles are best (and exclusively) known here in Milan for their invaluable contribution to music with their famous track “hotel California”. Other than that, over and out.

Andrew Townsend

The Eagles are less than the sum of their parts. I like Joe Walsh, I like Don Henley, I don’t like The Eagles. Same with Genesis. Now, I’m curious to know what Bret thinks of the new MGMT album.

Martin Dan Rasmussen

The Eagles is the soundtrack of California for me. I wanna drive through US, roadtripping, with the Eagles on repeat. Hotel California is one the most haunting and seductive piece of music ever created. It s a horror and romance into one.

The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast

As a younger dude I didn't care much for the Eagles. I was familiar with the many radio hits but didn't really think much about them. Then, as I got older, I dug into the albums and developed a deep appreciation for the craftsmanship and execution on display. On the Border is my personal favorite record of theirs, though I love Desperado, Hotel California and the first one as well. All of their albums are excellent except for The Long Run; that one gets a little shitty at times. Now that I have fulfilled the term of service for the lounge: any of you fine people into Cheap Trick? -Adam

David Chien

I grew up listening to and enjoying The Eagles because of my dad. It was a shock to me when, in college, I learned that so many people hated the band. Whatever. I like what I like and I like most Eagles songs.

Blake

I dig the Eagles, they remind me of pre gaming college on frat house couches, sipping beers as their tracks filled the air. Lots of the tracks were also used in late 90s skate videos and worked well, such as the TSA video -- Life in the Fast Lane.

Brian Rooney

As a 26 yr old, my introduction to the Eagles was from my buddy's Greatest Hits vinyl. Side A was cool. Side B was cool. Then, I grew up, I listened to the Bret podcast, I sided with Malkmus, greedy hippies. I watch the 3 hr doc now and shake my head: I'm cooler than this.

Chuck

Not a big fan of The Eagles music. But I appreciate their albums. I like the new MGMT a lot. Little Dark Age is a real good album.

Dan Przygoda

I didn't start appreciating the Eagles until recently. Although I liked Hotel California, it was overplayed to death, and that kept me away for a while. Haha, Adam, it was actually The Long Run that got me back into them.

Luke Rowe

I like The Eagles. I've only really delved into them quite lightly. The hits, Don Henley's big singles, like New York Minute. Don Felder's Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride). I suspect they're a bit like U2 to the late Byrds's Joy Division.

Chuck

Didn’t the Eagles documentary make it seem like the band was totally in it for the money

Următor Ex Poliție

Is it too soon to switch to film discussions instead of music, guys...?

Chuck

Agree it’s a good documentary. What are some other good rockumentaries?

Leo in Oakland

Boys of Summer is a sweet jam. The Heat is On is pretty great too. James Gang-era Joe Walsh was a monster. Yet together they couldn't muster up one decent tune. The Eagles, a band that somehow managed to be worse than the sum of its parts.

David Chien
>>12030005

I forget the title as I no longer own it, but I once had (and played to death) a concert film of the Eagles via, wait for it, laserdisc. The 5.1 mix at the time (mid-90s) was the bee's knees and superior to the albeit more popular VHS edition. And, yes, I am a Millennial (gasp).

Dan Przygoda

I'm into Cheap Trick, was actually listening to Mighty Wings on my run yesterday

Chuck

I think I prefer Fleetwood Mac to the Eagles

Chuck

To think of a similar band

Brad Coy

I've never really dug into their albums. Growing up in California I remember hearing the hits often and not really resonating with Don Henley's voice. With that said, while travelling alone through Morocco once I found myself at an off the beaten path cafe' where upon being served up a drink the cafe' the owner turned on Hotel California and had the biggest smile on his face. I've never felt so at home.

Sean Gorman

If The Dude had said he hated Led Zeppelin rather than The Eagles, then Led Zeppelin would be as arbitrarily hated by the hipster “intelligentsia.”

Chuck

Lol I think I’d still enjoy letting the led out if The Dude hated it

Ski Milius

The Eagles’ New Kid in Town is such a great tune. The rest of their catalogue is not for me. Then again I’m odd: my favourite Steely Dan album is Katy Lied, and the greatest Jazz was recorded between 1967 and 1979. Just my opinion, since we all have one.

Michael O'Donnell

I’m 25 and don’t think I’ve ever heard a song by the eagles but the B.E.E podcast has introduced me to some great music such as Against Me and I Will Talk and Hollywood will Listen

Matthew Pegas

Basically, I think Hotel California is a tremendous album. "The Last Resort" describes the soul of California better than any other song on the subject. Years ago I wrote this column for my college newspaper about The Eagles, and, of all things, Alt-J. <a href="http://cornellsun.com/2016/05/09/guest-room-from-the-eagles-to-alt-j-learning-to-love-that-sunny-summery-mor/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://cornellsun.com/2016/05/09/guest-room-from-the-eagles-to-alt-j-learning-to-love-that-sunny-summery-mor/</a> Its pretty embarrassing to look back on now, but I think at that time I was trying to describe a new way of appreciating pop music I felt I had come into mostly through listening to the Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, even quoting from the Kurt Vile episode at the end.

Adam Davis

I think the Eagles are cool. Hotel California is obviously a jam, but Desperado is their classic album imo. I have some great memories of driving through the American southwest listening to that album

James

Ultimately The Eagles seem to mainstream to me, and I am fonder if the solo careers of Henley and Frey.

James Reeves

Hating The Eagles is along the lines of hating Elon Musk: you say you hate his arrogance, but you’re really just jealous that he’s a billionaire entrepreneur running successful companies and he nailed Amber Heard. I love Elon Musk and I love The Eagles.

Jason Calacanis

I enjoyed listening to the Eagles on bus rides to camp in the 80s -- just great road music. Currently I'm obsessed with Dire Straits and Jason Isbell. Highly recommend checking out Alchemy, the live album by DS, as well as the track Elephant by JI and the Warren Zevon cover Mutineer by JI.

James Reeves

Third Stage is Boston’s best album.

James Reeves

“Is there something you lack, When I'm flat on my back?” is my favorite lyric from an Elastica song

Jeromy L. Corp

Never cared for the Eagles. I'm from the mid-west, and the Eagles always seemed very "mid-west". "Hotel California" always seemed like a song about California written by people who had never been there. Clearly, I was wrong. It wasn't until later in life that I learned that they were not from the mid-west. Point being, I think the Eagles are a generational thing, and they might feel like they're speaking a native tongue no matter your geography. If you were the right age, at the right place, at the right time, the Eagles might have done it for you. That being said, "Sunset Grill" is one of the best songs ever recorded by any human.

souleraser

"New Kid in Town" and the second half of "Hotel California" are the only Eagles songs I like. Not amazing but unfairly maligned by many who were subjected to constant radio rotation when they were an active band (and after). Best new album I've heard this year is GRID OF POINTS by Grouper.

Ian Schultz

I hate the fucking Eagles

Ryan O'Guinn

I'm not at all familiar with the Eagles' oeuvre beyond the obvious hits, but I can get behind any pop culture institution saddled with a legitimate occult conspiracy. I can remember--from the time I was a child--hearing of the nefarious influence of "Hotel California," that it was satanic and that there was far more to the song than meets the eye. As I got older I was introduced to the belief that Anton LaVey is hidden within the album's cover. Anytime I've bothered to explore these theories in depth they seem specious as hell but I'm keeping the dream alive regardless.

Ryan O'Guinn
>>12035330

Addendum: I vaguely recall getting flamed by some hipster nebbish on a Harmony Korine forum around 2007 for stating that I was listening to and enjoying the song "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley. Most uncool thing ever in this loser's eyes.

Ryan O'Guinn
>>12030011

Dude, what was the skate video that used "Spirit In The Sky?" That was one of the first things that popped into my head when I considered this question. Whatever it is, it was a brilliant part and the music fit perfectly, I remember that.

Ian Schultz
>>12035016

Terrible soft rock made by corporate hippies. They are why punk had to happen.

Ian Schultz
>>12035016

Only two of those I like are The Stones and Neil. To be fair with The Stones they were too stoned to make some corporate enterprise they just hired really good people on their behalf.

Ian Schultz
>>12035016

It would be acceptable if the music was good as well but The Eagles suck on all fronts.

Ian Schultz
>>12033309

Well the generation thing is bullshit. There were just as many where punk/new wave were their soundtrack as Hotel California and Rumours.

Ashley

hey adam ;)

Scott E.

Musical glop

JEREMY ROBERTS

DRIVING WITH TERRY the cassette tapes I play as I drive around the city in my 1984 Toyota Corolla LE are a dead man’s tapes. this music came into my hands because for several years I was his daughter’s number one squeeze. he must have really liked this music, because these are all homemade tapes, dubbed off original vinyl LPs. the cardboard inserts inside each plastic cassette case have playlists - in neat, upper-case handwriting. I sing along with the music, and say things like: Good choice, Terry - or Why did you pick that album, man? You know they wrote better songs than that! if I’m on a downer – say I’ve fallen for somebody who could out-flirt Madonna & who now won’t give me the time of day - I’ll pop one of his cassettes into the tape machine & travel with him through the green lights to happier distracted times. lust is a bitch though & the power of music brings those feelings - the intense disappointment of unrequited dirty thoughts to the surface. Terry had been on that trip a few times & sometimes, he’s right there. I often wonder which song was his favourite on a particular album & which particular part of that song really rocked his world. e.g. On the tape containing “The Eagles –Greatest Hits”, I wonder if he would have gone for “Take it to the Limit”, “Lyin’ Eyes”, or the masterpiece loved by millions: “Hotel California.” if it was the latter, I wonder whether his favourite part of the song would have been Joe Walsh and Don Felder’s classic - “Punk’s-worst-nightmare-but-they’d-have-played-it-if-they-could” solo interplay, which cuts in just after Don Henley sings: “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave” such is the esteem that this guitar solo is held in, that it was voted the eighth-greatest guitar solo of all time by Guitar Magazine. Terry would have instinctively known he was listening to aural gold – a masterpiece of rock culture because his taste in music was pretty good, overall. an inspired guitar solo is like a joyful hit of liberation – the creative inverse of emotional pain. those who take their own lives can’t get free of the pain & express it in a drastically different way. they get my respect. those that don’t understand are lucky. I’ve heard it: What a weak person Good riddance What a selfish thing to do - no understanding of how the human mind can arrive in such a place – the lake of fire; taking the freaking hand of the Stygian Ferryman… beyond anger. they are the ones fortunate enough to walk in the light through pretty much all their lives. those who don’t - get tired, desperate & hear the call. the music over.

JEREMY ROBERTS

Yes - I wrote that. The Eagles worked their way into my life years before - and appeared again, in the situation described in the poem. They are worthy of their iconic status, in my opinion. I love all the great L.A. bands - The Doors, Jane's Addiction, X, Gun Club ... yeah, you know the list! Thanks, Adam & Bret.

Ravin Chand

Don’t love the Eagles, but don’t hate them. Just haven’t listened to anything more than their hits. Anybody have a record I should deep dive into first? Made a Spotify playlist with kickass new rock music nobody’s talking about. Sharing with you all, enjoy! <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/bluechandelier/playlist/2PJdydQR1REwYGRvIz8HRW?si=ecmpDK_UROmq7GubW7Heqg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/user/bluechandelier/playlist/2PJdydQR1REwYGRvIz8HRW?si=ecmpDK_UROmq7GubW7Heqg</a>

Eddie Enciu

Meh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The Eagles never really did much for me. Their music always takes me to the sleepy town back east where I grew up. I can appreciate it I guess, but I care not to listen or visit too often nor too long.

Jeffrey Reeser

When I first got into classic rock I thought the Eagles were corny and I despised "Life in the Fast Lane" and "Take It Easy" among other hits... Eventually I started to appreciate their craft. Hotel California is such a well-made album technically speaking it's now hard for me to resist it. "Pretty Maids All In A Row" is my favorite track. I'm a huge Joe Walsh fan -- he's the best part about the Eagles. I saw them live at Dodger's Stadium last year and Walsh kept the thing alive.

Bad Habbit

I like The Eagles, my Dad used to play a "Best of" collection of theirs on long car trips and I always loved listening to their more easy going and downbeat material. I specifically enjoy 'Hotel California' obviously, 'Take It Easy' and 'Tequila Sunrise' are also stand out tracks. So I have a fairly... nostalgic view of them, simple easy listening music. I do think they are just in it for the money, and their actions with regards specifically towards their suit against Frank Ocean's 'American Wedding' to be particularly heinous. Typical of ageing American "musicians", especially considering these people are supposed to be artists. Behind their personalities and shameless money-whoring, I also find their music on a whole to be quite generic and bland. That being said I have a great respect and love (and as I said a nostalgic attraction to) their "hits" so to speak. I actually think 'Hotel California' is one of the greatest American rock songs ever written.

John Palmer

The Eagles are kinda mediocre.

Sam

Fuck the Eagles. I know a cracking owl sanctuary

Kevin
>>12029865

On the new album, MGMT seems to have acted like the 90s never happened, imo. This is an interesting philosophy that many of us should look more into. John Maus uses this approach for his music, he's a top grade artist. I'm happy that you brought it up, and all those new videos in support of the album? Such strong work in an age where work ethic is taboo. MGMT is a crafty outfit, I've appreciated every strategy since they lucked out early on the first record.

Kevin

The Eagles… yikes. You know, my vision of them is like this: Say you live in LA, where the small town girl, who’s a 10/10 back in Arkansas, now moves west and becomes a 6/10 by virtue of availability in a highly manicured population. (btw, this is a non-chauvinistic example, interchange any variable of human with any metric of appeal that you wish, for sake of discussion). Anyway, this girl is the Eagles. When availability was low, so was competition, and it was easier for the cream to rise to the top. This is pre-internet music. Somehow, bands like the Eagles can be mentioned in the same breath as true greats Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd, which lacks creative justice in every way. They don’t compare. What the Eagles had was the limited space of radio, and these days, there’s so many channels through which a great band must compete that today the Eagles would be lost before they were found. Also, fuck those four senior douchebags in my high school who hassled freshmen (me) while simultaneously wearing their “Hell Freezes Over” t-shirts they bought the night before at that concert. 1994, way to pay $30 for some identity that you didn’t have yesterday.

Michael Gagne

Hotel California was one of my first cassette tapes. It came in a leather bound, red velvet interior cassette storage case that my father gave to me along with some Cream, Traffic, Bob Seger and some others. I haven't revisited their material mainly due to my developing a hatred for Don Henley during the early years of MTV.

Joey

The Eagles were well before my time, but listening to them now I'm blown away by how many great songs they made: Hotel California, Take It Easy, One of These Nights, Desperado, Life in the Fast Lane, Take It To the Limit, New Kid in Town, etc. They exemplify 70s rock to me. I think they are unfairly deemed and dismissed as "dad rock."

Sven Safarow

I was always fascinated by Glenn Frey of the Eagles. He played some guitar parts on Randy Newman's "Little Criminals" which I like a lot. And his solo efforts were very straight and unpretentious. It doesn't necessarily mean they're good but some of those songs really affect me, even a stupid song like "Sexy Girl". What frame of mind can create a verse like this: "Stop any man walking down the street Ask him what kind of girl he'd like to meet There's not one thing in the whole wide world He'd rather see than a sexy girl"

Tadhg Curtin

My introduction to the Eagles was through The Big Lebowski and it's soundtrack which contains both Gipsy Kings' cover of Hotel California and also Take It Easy. The latter song being the hilarious catalyst of the Dude's premature ejection from a taxi cab by an irate taxi driver. It's possible that the Coen Brothers are so unique, they foresaw that in less then 15 years, Bret would start a line of talk on a podcast about said band that would almost mirror the scene mentioned. I don't share the Dude's hatred for the Eagles but I can understand the hatred towards them by real hardcore fans of rock; how they might be sell outs, rich hippies etc. To me, they have a solid collection of songs and for every person I meet that dislikes them, another one will say they adore them. Or... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JlmvtAHhnc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JlmvtAHhnc</a>

ODB

If you were lucky enough to have had your first exposure to the 60s/70s Laurel Canyon sounds come from the best - and probably deeper - cuts of that era, then God bless you. But for those of under 45, more than likely our first taste, for better and worse, was hearing The Eagles on rock radio.

Garry Juhans

The Eagles were the perfect soundtrack to the noir of 1970's Los Angeles. A time I did not experience due to age, but I've read about. There are other albums from this time that could perfectly fit with The Eagles 'Hotel California.' There's Gene Clark's 'No Other', Anything from Randy Newman at that time, Ned Doheny's 'Hard Candy', and Warren Zevon's first album.

David Jaudon

Not a fan, but there's a handful of songs I like. "Lyin' Eyes" is damn near perfect and every time I hear it, I wonder why I'm not more of a fan.

Hannah

I'm a millenial and The Eagles do not feel personal to me at all, though many other bands of that era do (I even have a soft spot for the band America's 'Ventura Highway'). Within a few months of moving to LA I was stuck in traffic on a freeway and the radio was talking about The Eagles suing 'a real life Hotel California' which I found very amusing. The sound of 'Hotel California' kind of hints at something dark and sexy which I like. I should get more into The Eagles.

Ben Ovenden

The Eagles are omnipresent in my passive cigarette smoke tinged memories of 70/80s AM radio. Later on, I hated them from the day the junkie downstairs who repeatedly listened to Hotel California started incompetently breaking in to my car.

Michael kisselgof

I’m 32. And the Eagles to me are that bland, yet catchy, group that were on heavy rotation on 104.3 NY, accompanying my highschool summer job in a warehouse stacking shipments of tools and cow maneure. Catchy eventually turned into shitty. And now painful.

Vince Eckert

I'm 31 & like the Eagles a lot. I think most of the vitriol comes from the fact that they are simply overplayed. Keep away from the classic rock stations for a while and when you come back they're still good.

John Cyber

I’ve got nothing interesting to say about The Eagles—some of their songs are good, some are boring, I’m totally ambivalent...sorry for my milquetoast views on them. 😞

James Reeves

THE POWER STATION Do yourself a favor - this weekend - and rediscover the most underrated drummer in Anthony Terrence "Tony" Thompson. His opening in ‘Get It On (Bang A Gong) stands up to the power and magic of John Bonham.

Will Cross

Growing up in the 00s, my intro to The Eagles was through The Ataris' (amazing) cover of Don Henley's Boys Of Summer and then later Frank Ocean on 'Nostalgia, Ultra'. Fascinating band in terms of a wide influence on music and culture, loads of great songs. Loved Steph Malkmus' answer on the podcast though haha.

lil bird

The Eagles is not interesting music for me

lil bird

I wanna thank Bret’s tweet for introducing me to Tommy Keene’s music. Maybe he could talk about his relationship to Keene’s music on the podcast? That would be interesting to hear.

Keith Harmon

The Eagles? They’re all right I guess. Joe Walsh’s song “Life’s Been Good” is a good song. And when I was in the Navy this one guy had an extensive CD collection. And someone remarked he was the only guy from Inglewood to listen to The Eagles. That’s what I think about when I think of the Eagles.....

Kevin Burzynski

Its so bizarre that I can agree with almost everything that Bret says yet find the music he choses for this podcast so terrible. Shit sounds like modern christian rock that a creepy 50 year old with bleached hair and tribal tattoos would listen to. Something they would play in a supercuts or something. Completely dreadful.

Thomas Rankin

The Eagles are good, but they PALE in comparison to Don Henley's solo career.

Thomas Rankin

On to my second comment: I would love to hear Bret interview Japandroids.

Jeffrey Reeser
>>12038840

Hey Adam - Glenn's absence was handled pretty well. i remember it being touching/respectful. Glenn's son filled in for him; sang and played guitar and was surprisingly good. Oddly enough, Steely Dan opened for them (really the reason I went) and this was before Becker died, but Becker wasn't there. Come to think of it, there was an aura of loss surrounding the whole show, even though it was at such an impersonal venue.

Blake
>>12030011

"Life in the Fast Lane" was used for the intro in the video, which was comprised of a few tricks and some random footage of folks drinking, tours, hanging, etc. The whole video had the feel that it was left over footage, random factory sessions, and directionless hang out stuff. Had the feel that it was stream of consciousness cut in 2 hours and then released. All skate videos were low key, relaxed, and fun until Ty Evan's made FEEDBACK and THE REASON and then it all changed and moved toward making serious, cinematic, dramatic, artistic, powerhouses.

Blake
>>12030011

Here's a list of the vids that used "spirit in the sky"

Adam Davis
>>12162185

It might be the only music he can get for the podcast though, considering all the legal licensing shit

Ian Schultz
>>12107079

I can’t remember him talking about Tommy Keene on the show but he did tweet about his death.

Elizabeth M007

The Eagles are a great a complex comfort to listen to, but I agree with Thomas above on Don Henley. Listen to "Dirty Laundry" and tell me that's not where we are at right now in America.

Thomas Rankin
>>12209751

Their latest album is great too. Would love to hear Bret discuss sheer breadth and scope of their sound.

Tom Syverson

For my money, it seems pretty lame to have an opinion one way or another on the Eagles.

MARK GRAHAM

Love the Joe Walsh-ified Eagles, not so keen on the earlier stuff. My question/request is this: Is there a Spotify playlist of all the songs that have been used as bumpers on this show since Day 1? Whoever is choosing these songs has incredible taste, and I (for one) would be VERY appreciative to have them all in one place. (I would even volunteer to create the playlist if someone were to send me a log of all the songs.)

Harman Virdee

They could've flown the ring to Mordor. Almighty plot-hole.

Brent L. Smith
>>12106677

That Ataris cover was sick (‘03 I believe?), and was on the radio non-stop. I remember hearing it driving to class in Santa Barbara. Still love it.

Brandon Cook
>>12209743

no way lol. you're dreamin, pal. henley's solo career is great but better than the eagles run? nooo sir.

Thomas Rankin
>>12209743

Oh yes. It's true. "End Of The Innocence" tops almost any Eagles song. Shout out to "The Heart Of The Matter" too.

Darren Otto

A tip of the cap to Joe Walsh for Walk Away. I do dig that track. That’s as complimentary as I can get about The Eagles and their perfectly competent yet soulless and narcissistically bland imitation rock.

Jordan Hay

Were there any 2 more self aggrandizing douchebags than Frey and Henley? Maybe Gene Simmons.

Brandon Cook
>>12653922

Read Felder's book, goes into how bad Frey and Henley were behind the scenes. They were tyrannical in their control of the band.

Paul McGoldrick

I love The Eagles. Incredible pop songs, sun-drenched melodies and the underlying darkness and LA gothic. An irresistible combination. Hotel California is one of my favourite albums

Iain

When I think of The Eagles, I think of the Desperado episode of Seinfeld, which leads me to think of Witchy Woman. And of course, The Big Lebowski. I’ve never really listened to them or had any strong opinions. Bret’s passion for the band has made them super intriguing though. I kind of feel like my love of Guns N Roses is similar to Bret’s love of The Eagles, in that I know it’s totally not cool to like gnr, or at least it wasn’t for a long time, might be now, not sure what the fucks ‘cool’ anymore. I could and probably am totally wrong in my comparison too, just growing up with that band from a super young age has given me some strange kind of unconditional love for them. They were like my first musical love. I mostly listen to The Replacements, Dylan, Wilco, The Stones. Been getting back into the Beatles lately, via The Mono recordings....

Iain

I’d love to hear what Bret thinks of The Replacements For Sale: Live At Maxwell’s.....

Kevin Larkin Angioli

Eagles are like Steely Dan for me. They have many passionate admirers (some of them are in my family); they are undeniably an important part of the musical landscape of the seventies; I know I don’t like them but go back and try again once in a while after hearing people whose taste I respect wax ecstatic about them; and, I genuinely like some of the ensuing solo albums, preferring them to the origin band’s discography proper (e.g. Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly and Don Henley’s Building the Perfect Beast & The End of the Innocence—on that note, they both have a prominent vocal member whose name is Donald). I had to revisit Eagles due to the earlier incarnation of Bret’s podcast, where they were mentioned constantly, and because I made a playlist for each of his books while I was reading them, where his beloved Laurel Canyon desperadoes continue to thread through the narratives. I’ll link those in a separate comment for interested parties who use Spotify. (I have not read Glamorama or The Informers yet, but I bought both so the intention is there.) I continue to own Hotel California on vinyl in case it finally clicks one of these nights. Speaking of which, I think One of These Nights is pretty good, probably their best album.

Ant

I’ve always believed that if you like the smell of cocaine, then you have to love the sound of The Eagles.