Eagles' Don Henley Hates Rush
Ackbar
Gold. He says the following about the band Rush... "I can't think of another
band that has broken up for 14 years, then got back together to make a
record... you do get bands like Rush getting back together, Yuck!"
I think someone needs to educate Mr. Henley. Rush has never broken up....so
can't exactly "get back together". Unlike the Eagles they have never stopped
making new studio albums, and don't just tour on past glory (Eagle's last
studio album was in 1979!). The main reason there was a long gap between
Rush's last two records (1996's Test for Echo and the current Vapour Trails)
is because drummer Neil Peart's wife and daughter both died during that
time.
Don Henley is a great songwriter but is a total asshole!!! I hope someone
can pass this information on to the Eagles and Mr. Henley
Kevin Ferris
CDriver333
>can't exactly "get back together". Unlike the Eagles they have never stopped
>making new studio albums, and don't just tour on past glory (Eagle's last
>studio album was in 1979!).
And, unlike the Eagles, Rush was never beset by violent internal squabbles,
cocaine addiction, or endless retreads of past songwriting formulas!
Barfolomew
I subscribe to Mojo Nixon's philosophy, "don't let Henley and Frey get
back together again", or something to that effect.
Barfolomew "I'm my own best friend"
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email me at: barf->at<-altmusicrush.com
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Read it before posting. The baboons show no mercy.
Sam Salmon
Rush for so many years.
In any case they suck and so does anyone who listens to that screeching racket.
Barfolomew
wrote:
>I thought that Geddy Lee has HIV/AIDS that's why there was nothing heard from
>Rush for so many years.
>In any case they suck and so does anyone who listens to that screeching racket.
The quality of trolls is sorely lacking. Buh-bye.
PLONK
Albino Protoplasm
says...
>
>
>Don Henley is a great songwriter but is a total asshole!!! I hope someone
>can pass this information on to the Eagles and Mr. Henley
>
>
I think the Eagles and Rush both suck. sounds like the feud between matthew
good band and our lady peace, both pretending they're not crap.
Ackbar
second to think of them......
E2
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>
> Don Henley is a great songwriter but is a total asshole!!! I hope someone
> can pass this information on to the Eagles and Mr. Henley
>
Don Henley is indeed a total asshole. Fortunately, he keeps his "ideas" to
himself when he performs. Much like Rush, he shuts up and just plays for 3
hours. I respect that. Outside of the concert venue, I just don't listen
to what he has to say. Coincidentally, I saw the Eagles last week. It was
hilarious to see the contempt that Henley and Frey have for each other on
stage. They kept on opposite sides of the stage at all times. After each
set. They'd rush off the stage separately, neither looking at the other.
Ah, children.
Rustvold
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Norborder
>In the Monday Vancouver Sun (page B4) Don Henley was interviewed by Kerry
>Gold. He says the following about the band Rush... "I can't think of another
>band that has broken up for 14 years, then got back together to make a
>record... you do get bands like Rush getting back together, Yuck!"
Don Henley is a vastly overrated musician, and also a egotistical, sanctimonius
piece of shit.
Rustvold
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Netiquette Police, forgive me, for I have cross-posted . . .
I enjoy Henley's music and activism, but I think with that comment,
particularly with a paper in Canada, I think he was just trying to stir the
pot. I saw his last show in Austin, and it was very good - but, he is a
pretentious pop-rock star to the fullest. What I like about Rush, from what
I've read and heard, is they wouldn't make that kind of comment in an
interview. They are a true class act, imo.
Mike
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> In the Monday Vancouver Sun (page B4) Don Henley was interviewed by Kerry
> Gold. He says
<snip>
Here's the first two-thirds of the offending tale. Grrr.
Header: Eagles still test the limits
Subheader: Don Henley says the search for relevance and respect is an
on-going mission for a band of perfectionists that claimed its place in
musical history over 25 years ago
On the eve of his band's second reunion album in less than a decade,
Eagles frontman Don Henley worries over the unknown:
Are the Eagles still relevant?
"This is going to be difficult, making this album, because we're
competing against our own legacy," said Henley, during a 45-minute phone
interview last week. He spoke from co-writer Glenn Frey's recording
studio in Los Angeles, where the original members of the Eagles have
been spending six to eight hours a day, working on a new album to be
released next year.
"Radio has changed a lot. The culture has changed a great deal. It's
going to be interesting to see where we fit in, or if we fit in."
This is the band that ruled the radio waves with 18 top 40,
multi-million-selling hits such as Hotel California, Take it Easy,
Desperado, Witchy Woman, Best of My Love, Lyin' Eyes, Heartache Tonight,
I Can't Tell You Why, Take it to the Limit, New Kid in Town and Peaceful
Easy Feeling. Toe socks, Doodle art, shag carpeting, the Eagles --
welcome to the easy listening half of the '70s.
The Eagles married country harmonies to commercial rock 'n' roll and
churned out precision-crafted songs that spoke of cowboy relationships
and jaded tales of the rock star life. Although they endured the usual
pitfalls of stardom, under the guidance of long-time manager Irving
Azoff, they tapped into the elusive formula for longevity, and became
rich and powerful men. For a group that didn't know each other until
they met backing up Linda Ronstadt, it's been a long, bumpy, incredible
haul that included a 14-year split until they reunited in 1994, at
Azoff's urging.
"There were a lot of cliches, the same thing that tears every band
apart," says Henley. "Too much too soon. Too many drugs. Too much
pressure to sustain that level of success, and all that touring and
recording. Overworked. Over stressed. And various people in the band
felt like they weren't getting their fair share of time in the
spotlight. There were always imbalances. It's always the same stuff."
The difference between the Eagles and '70s rock casualties, however, is
that, despite frequent line-up changes, they managed to retain the
required stability and focus. They're older now, too. Henley is 54, a
family man, who's happily left his partying days behind him. With age,
the Eagles have mellowed out, which means that working in the studio and
going on the road is less dramatic.
"We've learned how to communicate with one another, and not fly off the
handle and not have tantrums," says Henley. "Which isn't to say there
aren't still those moments, but they're much fewer and far between than
before.
"You can't go through what this band has been through together and not
have a certain amount of love and respect for the other members."
Since the reunion they've spent more time working on solo projects --
perhaps largely due to the fact that the Eagles still manage to sell 1.5
million units a year when they aren't together.
Let's just say, they don't need the work. This is a band that sold more
than 100 million albums in its 30-year run. A band whose 1976 greatest
hits record continues to compete with Michael Jackson's Thriller as the
best-selling record ever. The Eagles are, according to the Recording
Industry Association of America, the group with the third-highest
certified sales ever, after the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. And a band
that, upon reuniting, proved its fanbase's diehard loyalty by hitting
No. 1 on Billboard and selling more than six million copies of their
Hell Freezes Over reunion album, the title of which was a reference to
an earlier comment Henley made when asked if the Eagles would ever get
back together after such a messy break up.
The album contained four new songs and a collection of live material
from an MTV appearance that year. The forthcoming album, therefore,
would be the first full-length album of original material released since
1979's The Long Run.
And Henley, who's also carved out a successful career as a solo artist,
doesn't worry so much about drawing them in -- he knows he can -- but if
his fanbase will be interested in an album full of new songs.
"This seems like the logical thing to do," Henley says of the tour,
which arrives Wednesday at GM Place. "There's still a huge audience out
there for us. "You know, we don't mind playing the old songs, and people
certainly want to hear them, and in fact, our fans would probably be
content for us to keep doing that. But artistically we can't stay
interested without trying to create something new. We would like to add
to our body of work. We don't want to become a nostalgic act.
"I can't think of another band that has broken up for 14 years, then got
back together and made a record... You do get bands like Rush getting
back together," he adds. "Yuck."
The new record is appropriately being recorded in Los Angeles... <snip>
Damon Hynes
reappraisal. Anyone want my RUSH CD's? <sarcasm>
Why do I care what an effing California pot-smoking commielib hip-yuppie
thinks?
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Damon Hynes
> You know, I read somewhere that he knocked up Stevie Nicks in 80s.
Nah, that was me.
Sam Salmon
GOLF?
They play ( a kind of) rock music and then go out and play GOLF??
BFG is what they are.
Jeff Blanks
>In the Monday Vancouver Sun (page B4) Don Henley was interviewed by Kerry
>Gold. He says the following about the band Rush... "I can't think of another
>band that has broken up for 14 years, then got back together to make a
>record... you do get bands like Rush getting back together, Yuck!"
>
>I think someone needs to educate Mr. Henley. Rush has never broken up....
Uhhh...I think DH was talking about his own band there.
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Kingston and would see them all the time.
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Albino Protoplasm
fatpa...@yahoo.ca says...
>
>"Ackbar" <a1a2...@telus.net> wrote in message
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>
>
>> Don Henley is a great songwriter but is a total asshole!!! I hope someone
>> can pass this information on to the Eagles and Mr. Henley
>>
>> Kevin Ferris
>
>
>go to their concerts, even before they hit the big-time. Lotta fun I
>did have :)
>
Not suprising, they wrote a whole album about objectivism! <PUKE>
tim gueguen
> GOLF?
> They play ( a kind of) rock music and then go out and play GOLF??
> BFG is what they are.
>
diapers" Cooper.
tim gueguen 101867
Albino Protoplasm
ad...@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca says...
including sucking badly!
tiberius
news:7GxN8.491074$%u2.4...@atlpnn01.usenetserver.com:
> You know, I read somewhere that he knocked up Stevie Nicks in 80s.
> Cant remember a URL or anything. Can anyone verify?
Yeah, their kid was on an episode of South Park. The "kid" was repeatedly
mistaken for Stevie.
tiberius
Will Yablowme
back. I think there was an exception to Rush in there somewhere but then added
yuck because he could care less about them and does not like them.
Fuck him anyway. He is a hypocrite. The Eagles were gone for like 15 years and
then came back with some of the most boring shit ever...Get Over It?
Yeah...rock on Don!
Maybe we can hang out in Walden Woods and be cool like you?
Hack
NP: Dave Matthews Band-The Last Stop/Live In Chicago
"Rush" is like a private club: we don't need new people to get in to it and
fuck it up.
Red Corsair
worms will get him before too long.
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Red Corsair
In article <iyvN8.361$bf7...@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, E2
Red Corsair
In article <6UyN8.4176$9b.2...@typhoon.austin.rr.com>, Ellen Dossey
Alan Baker
"Cat's Ass" <cats...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>So do the Tragically Hip. Friend of mine used to work on a golf course in
>Kingston and would see them all the time.
So does Alice Cooper.
>
>"Sam Salmon" <ssa...@canada.com> wrote in message
>news:3D06C98A...@canada.com...
>> Did you know that the members of Rush are Golf afficionados?
>> GOLF?
>> They play ( a kind of) rock music and then go out and play GOLF??
>> BFG is what they are.
>>
>> Ellen Dossey wrote:
>>
>> > Netiquette Police, forgive me, for I have cross-posted . . .
>> >
>> > I enjoy Henley's music and activism, but I think with that comment,
>> > particularly with a paper in Canada, I think he was just trying to stir
>the
>> > pot. I saw his last show in Austin, and it was very good - but, he is a
>> > pretentious pop-rock star to the fullest. What I like about Rush, from
>what
>> > I've read and heard, is they wouldn't make that kind of comment in an
>> > interview. They are a true class act, imo.
>> >
>> > Mike
>>
>
>
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bottom of that cupboard."
Craig
>On 11 Jun 2002 21:39:56 GMT, cdriv...@aol.comedy (CDriver333) wrote:
>
>>>I think someone needs to educate Mr. Henley. Rush has never broken up....so
>>>can't exactly "get back together". Unlike the Eagles they have never stopped
>>>making new studio albums, and don't just tour on past glory (Eagle's last
>>>studio album was in 1979!).
>>
>>And, unlike the Eagles, Rush was never beset by violent internal squabbles,
>>cocaine addiction, or endless retreads of past songwriting formulas!
>
>I subscribe to Mojo Nixon's philosophy, "don't let Henley and Frey get
>back together again", or something to that effect.
>
"Don Henley must die, don't let him get back together with Glen Frey"
Craig
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James Disney
I think the whole "yuck" thing was directed at Rush and makes him look like
a supreme asshole. Typical... sad too, I used to have a lot of respect for
him as a musician before this...
JD
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Melvinlunchables
just another rich asshole who should be sitting in a retirement home instead of
trying to make a so called "comeback"... But it's great to see another
pretentious asshole spread his dumbass opinion on something he has no idea
about...
(Sorry about being so negative- Heh, heh... But sometimes ya just have to be
that way...)
NightSky 421
> Gold. He says the following about the band Rush... "I can't think of
another
> band that has broken up for 14 years, then got back together to make a
> record... you do get bands like Rush getting back together, Yuck!"
>
> I think someone needs to educate Mr. Henley. Rush has never broken
> can't exactly "get back together". Unlike the Eagles they have never
stopped
> making new studio albums, and don't just tour on past glory (Eagle's last
> Rush's last two records (1996's Test for Echo and the current Vapour
Trails)
> is because drummer Neil Peart's wife and daughter both died during that
> time.
>
> can pass this information on to the Eagles and Mr. Henley
>
>
Don Henley is still around? The last time I actively heard him being
mentioned was back in the late 1980s.
As far as Rush goes, I liked their music primarily from the era of 1974 to
1980. There were a few songs I liked beyond that, but not very much at all.
Caress of Steel was probably my favorite of all their albums.
Barfolomew
wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:07:27 -0500, Barfolomew <no...@home.com> wrote:
>
>>On 11 Jun 2002 21:39:56 GMT, cdriv...@aol.comedy (CDriver333) wrote:
>>
>>>>I think someone needs to educate Mr. Henley. Rush has never broken up....so
>>>>can't exactly "get back together". Unlike the Eagles they have never stopped
>>>>making new studio albums, and don't just tour on past glory (Eagle's last
>>>>studio album was in 1979!).
>>>
>>>And, unlike the Eagles, Rush was never beset by violent internal squabbles,
>>>cocaine addiction, or endless retreads of past songwriting formulas!
>>
>>I subscribe to Mojo Nixon's philosophy, "don't let Henley and Frey get
>>back together again", or something to that effect.
>>
>"Don Henley must die, don't let him get back together with Glen Frey"
>
>
Thanks. That's what I meant to say.
Barfolomew "I'm my own best friend"
AIM: barfolomew2112
email me at: barf->at<-altmusicrush.com
www.altmusicrush.com/faq.html Do yourself a favor:
Read it before posting. The baboons show no mercy.
Norborder
Dougie sayed:
> Henley was talking about all kinds of bands that take 15 years off and
come
> back. I think there was an exception to Rush in there somewhere but then
added
> yuck because he could care less about them and does not like them.
>
> Fuck him anyway. He is a hypocrite. The Eagles were gone for like 15 years
and
> then came back with some of the most boring shit ever...Get Over It?
> Yeah...rock on Don!
>
> Maybe we can hang out in Walden Woods and be cool like you?
To quote, I believe Denis Leary:
"Three words for Don Henley - Joe Fucking Walsh!"
Ellen Dossey
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> Not to mention Geddy Lee is one of the finest bass players in the land.
I can't argue with that . . .
Mike
Rory_Bellows
> Eagles frontman Don Henley worries over the unknown:
>
> Are the Eagles still relevant?
Yeah, if they could take the finished album back 25 years and release
it, they'd be relevant.
If it wasn't for Joe Walsh, The Eagles never would have amounted to
much more than a one hit wonder band. The only good thing about their
ridiculous ticket prices is that Joe Walsh gets some money for all the
excellent music he's produced over the decades.
SnoopDoggy
Fuck Don Henley. This guy is such a PC asshole. "Old" Rush with
Rand-inspired lyrics probably scare the shit out of his fucked-up commie
viewpoints. Write his comments off to his total ignorance of the real world.
This fucking asshole is living in the Matrix somewhere...
Snoop
"Ackbar" <a1a2...@telus.net> wrote in message
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> In the Monday Vancouver Sun (page B4) Don Henley was interviewed by Kerry
> Gold. He says the following about the band Rush... "I can't think of
another
> band that has broken up for 14 years, then got back together to make a
> record... you do get bands like Rush getting back together, Yuck!"
>
> I think someone needs to educate Mr. Henley. Rush has never broken
up....so
> can't exactly "get back together". Unlike the Eagles they have never
stopped
> making new studio albums, and don't just tour on past glory (Eagle's last
h...@iname.com
thatan...@yahoo.com (Rory_Bellows) wrote:
> If it wasn't for Joe Walsh, The Eagles never would have amounted to
> much more than a one hit wonder band. The only good thing about their
> ridiculous ticket prices is that Joe Walsh gets some money for all the
> excellent music he's produced over the decades.
F***ing A !!
jazu
Well, sometimes you are right:)
jazu
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Ackbar
before Joe Walsh joined the band I can't understand this statement!
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>
>Hey Red
>Well, sometimes you are right:)
>jazu
>
>Red Corsair <nos...@nospam.spam> wrote in message
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>> Not to mention Geddy Lee is one of the finest bass players in the land.
Thats like saying Rick Wakeman is one of the finest keyboard players... they're
wankers. I'd pick Dave Allen or Doug Wimbish as finest bass player this side
of Bootsy.
Paul Alexander Bartlett
Neil made disparaging comments about the musicianship of Paul McCartney,
The Rolling Stones and perhaps others...
Rustvold
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de...@coldengrey.com says...
>
>Geddy Lee's hardly a wanker, wanker.
ok well the idiotic troll who started this thread posted to alt.music.rush,
which is where I assume you're reading from, so its quite understandable that
you would be offended by my opinion which I had no intention of thrusting onto
otherwise innocent Rush fans.
Scott Reid
>;)
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> If you look up some interviews from the early 80s, you will find that
> Neil made disparaging comments about the musicianship of Paul McCartney,
> The Rolling Stones and perhaps others...
Who's Neil? (Neil Young?)
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> (Neil Young?)
Negative, "Ghost Rider".
JarHead
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Ackbar
that if someone posts something you do not agree with it is a troll posting?
All I did was quote a newspaper article. Or are you saying the author of the
article was the troll? Or maybe Don Henley was the troll. SHEESH!
"Albino Protoplasm" <y...@somehost.somedomain> wrote in message
Daniel McConnell
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Sam Salmon wrote:
> Did you know that the members of Rush are Golf afficionados?
> GOLF?
> They play ( a kind of) rock music and then go out and play GOLF??
> BFG is what they are.
>
I've seen one pic of Alex playing golf. Thats it.
So what the fuck are you talking about?
Rustvold
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LIBERATOR
> If you look up some interviews from the early 80s, you will find that
> Neil made disparaging comments about the musicianship of Paul McCartney,
> The Rolling Stones and perhaps others...
That's good, and it's because they in fact suck.
Albino Protoplasm
says...
>
>Why do you call me a troll? This was worth pointing out. So are you saying
>that if someone posts something you do not agree with it is a troll posting?
>All I did was quote a newspaper article. Or are you saying the author of the
>article was the troll? Or maybe Don Henley was the troll. SHEESH!
I'm saying that the crossposted header is a troll. Why not post it to
'alt.music.eagles'?
h...@iname.com
Van/Wpg/Edm.general newsgroups for what should be a Rush-only item.
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In article <ELPN8.14508$mh.5...@news1.telusplanet.net>, "Ackbar"
<a1a2...@telus.net> wrote:
> Why do you call me a troll? This was worth pointing out. So are you saying
> that if someone posts something you do not agree with it is a troll posting?
> All I did was quote a newspaper article. Or are you saying the author of the
> article was the troll? Or maybe Don Henley was the troll. SHEESH!
> "Albino Protoplasm" <y...@somehost.somedomain> wrote in message
> news:7QNN8.226425$GG6.17...@news3.calgary.shaw.ca...
>> ok well the idiotic troll who started this thread posted to
Lee Three
I think he's breaking a record here too. The band is still "together",
albeit minus one member. Who will be the next casualty?
Maybe we should email Don some pictures of fat Elvis?
Lee
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> "Ackbar" wrote:
>
> > In the Monday Vancouver Sun (page B4) Don Henley was interviewed by
Kerry
> > Gold. He says
>
> <snip>
>
> Here's the first two-thirds of the offending tale. Grrr.
>
> Header: Eagles still test the limits
> Subheader: Don Henley says the search for relevance and respect is an
> on-going mission for a band of perfectionists that claimed its place in
> musical history over 25 years ago
>
> On the eve of his band's second reunion album in less than a decade,
> Eagles frontman Don Henley worries over the unknown:
>
> Are the Eagles still relevant?
>
> "This is going to be difficult, making this album, because we're
> competing against our own legacy," said Henley, during a 45-minute phone
> interview last week. He spoke from co-writer Glenn Frey's recording
> studio in Los Angeles, where the original members of the Eagles have
> been spending six to eight hours a day, working on a new album to be
> released next year.
>
> "Radio has changed a lot. The culture has changed a great deal. It's
> going to be interesting to see where we fit in, or if we fit in."
>
> This is the band that ruled the radio waves with 18 top 40,
> multi-million-selling hits such as Hotel California, Take it Easy,
> Desperado, Witchy Woman, Best of My Love, Lyin' Eyes, Heartache Tonight,
> I Can't Tell You Why, Take it to the Limit, New Kid in Town and Peaceful
> Easy Feeling. Toe socks, Doodle art, shag carpeting, the Eagles --
> welcome to the easy listening half of the '70s.
>
> The Eagles married country harmonies to commercial rock 'n' roll and
> churned out precision-crafted songs that spoke of cowboy relationships
> and jaded tales of the rock star life. Although they endured the usual
> pitfalls of stardom, under the guidance of long-time manager Irving
> Azoff, they tapped into the elusive formula for longevity, and became
> rich and powerful men. For a group that didn't know each other until
> they met backing up Linda Ronstadt, it's been a long, bumpy, incredible
> haul that included a 14-year split until they reunited in 1994, at
> Azoff's urging.
>
> "There were a lot of cliches, the same thing that tears every band
> apart," says Henley. "Too much too soon. Too many drugs. Too much
> pressure to sustain that level of success, and all that touring and
> recording. Overworked. Over stressed. And various people in the band
> felt like they weren't getting their fair share of time in the
> spotlight. There were always imbalances. It's always the same stuff."
>
> The difference between the Eagles and '70s rock casualties, however, is
> that, despite frequent line-up changes, they managed to retain the
> required stability and focus. They're older now, too. Henley is 54, a
> family man, who's happily left his partying days behind him. With age,
> the Eagles have mellowed out, which means that working in the studio and
> going on the road is less dramatic.
>
> "We've learned how to communicate with one another, and not fly off the
> handle and not have tantrums," says Henley. "Which isn't to say there
> aren't still those moments, but they're much fewer and far between than
> before.
>
> "You can't go through what this band has been through together and not
> have a certain amount of love and respect for the other members."
>
> Since the reunion they've spent more time working on solo projects --
> perhaps largely due to the fact that the Eagles still manage to sell 1.5
> million units a year when they aren't together.
>
> Let's just say, they don't need the work. This is a band that sold more
> than 100 million albums in its 30-year run. A band whose 1976 greatest
> hits record continues to compete with Michael Jackson's Thriller as the
> best-selling record ever. The Eagles are, according to the Recording
> Industry Association of America, the group with the third-highest
> certified sales ever, after the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. And a band
> that, upon reuniting, proved its fanbase's diehard loyalty by hitting
> No. 1 on Billboard and selling more than six million copies of their
> Hell Freezes Over reunion album, the title of which was a reference to
> an earlier comment Henley made when asked if the Eagles would ever get
> back together after such a messy break up.
>
> The album contained four new songs and a collection of live material
> from an MTV appearance that year. The forthcoming album, therefore,
> would be the first full-length album of original material released since
> 1979's The Long Run.
>
> And Henley, who's also carved out a successful career as a solo artist,
> doesn't worry so much about drawing them in -- he knows he can -- but if
> his fanbase will be interested in an album full of new songs.
>
> "This seems like the logical thing to do," Henley says of the tour,
> which arrives Wednesday at GM Place. "There's still a huge audience out
> there for us. "You know, we don't mind playing the old songs, and people
> certainly want to hear them, and in fact, our fans would probably be
> content for us to keep doing that. But artistically we can't stay
> interested without trying to create something new. We would like to add
> to our body of work. We don't want to become a nostalgic act.
>
> "I can't think of another band that has broken up for 14 years, then got
> back together and made a record... You do get bands like Rush getting
> back together," he adds. "Yuck."
>
> The new record is appropriately being recorded in Los Angeles... <snip>
Damon Hynes
> Neil made disparaging comments about the musicianship of Paul McCartney,
> The Rolling Stones and perhaps others...
Well, yeah...but Peart was right...
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Damon Hynes
> > (Neil Young?)
>
> Negative, "Ghost Rider".
Hehehe...
Craig
wrote:
>
>Dougie sayed:
>
>> Henley was talking about all kinds of bands that take 15 years off and
>come
>> back. I think there was an exception to Rush in there somewhere but then
>added
>> yuck because he could care less about them and does not like them.
>>
>> Fuck him anyway. He is a hypocrite. The Eagles were gone for like 15 years
>and
>> then came back with some of the most boring shit ever...Get Over It?
>> Yeah...rock on Don!
>>
>> Maybe we can hang out in Walden Woods and be cool like you?
>
>To quote, I believe Denis Leary:
>"Three words for Don Henley - Joe Fucking Walsh!"
>
>
Joe is the only guy in the group with an ounce of integrtiy left. He
hates Don so I wonder why he is doing it?
($$$$$$$$ obviously)
Craig
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ZekeJunior
playing chicken with the passenger trains that pass through the woods
"When The Dark Subsides An Eternity Goes By On The Fault Line Between Then And
Now" - "Geddy Lee" - "Grace To Grace
Bill K.
> "Rush" is the same music, over and over, with different lyrics!
>
As long as they're creative and meaningful with their lyrics, and their
"same music" isn't stolen from anyone else, then they're still leaps and
bounds above most other artists that are popular these days.
Craig
wrote:
>i think don's problem is he's been spending too much time at walden woods
>playing chicken with the passenger trains that pass through the woods
>
too bad he keeps winning!
Ackbar
Edmonton newsgroup since they had just finished playing there. I posted to
the Van newsgroup cause I live here AND I posted to the wpg newsgroup
because I am from there! Hows that? 8-)
"Albino Protoplasm" <y...@somehost.somedomain> wrote in message
Albino Protoplasm
says...
>
>I posted it to the rush newsgroup since that made sense. I posted it to the
>Edmonton newsgroup since they had just finished playing there. I posted to
>the Van newsgroup cause I live here AND I posted to the wpg newsgroup
>because I am from there! Hows that? 8-)
>
Its lame, I told you its lame and you keep wanting me to tell you over and over
again? Its LAME LAME LAME. OK??? HOWS THAT??? ITS LAME!
Jim Brown
"Ive got three words for you Don, Joe, fucking Walsh."
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:01:52 GMT, "Ackbar" <a1a2...@telus.net> wrote:
>In the Monday Vancouver Sun (page B4) Don Henley was interviewed by Kerry
>Gold. He says the following about the band Rush... "I can't think of another
>band that has broken up for 14 years, then got back together to make a
>record... you do get bands like Rush getting back together, Yuck!"
>
>I think someone needs to educate Mr. Henley. Rush has never broken up....so
>can't exactly "get back together". Unlike the Eagles they have never stopped
>making new studio albums, and don't just tour on past glory (Eagle's last
>studio album was in 1979!). The main reason there was a long gap between
>Rush's last two records (1996's Test for Echo and the current Vapour Trails)
>is because drummer Neil Peart's wife and daughter both died during that
>time.
>
>Don Henley is a great songwriter but is a total asshole!!! I hope someone
>can pass this information on to the Eagles and Mr. Henley
>
>Kevin Ferris
>
If you think that the Palinstinians are doing the work of Allah
I would suggest the following:
Get it, Use it, then read your posts again.
Rustvold
"Jim Brown" <i_know_you_are...@cox.net> wrote in message
news:dc5igug3o7jkh0v47...@4ax.com...
> In the words of Dennis Leary:
>
> "Ive got three words for you Don, Joe, fucking Walsh."
>
Good one.
Mr. Day Late, Dollar Short
Kevin Caffrey
>From: cdriv...@aol.comedy (CDriver333)
>Date: 6/11/2002 2:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <20020611173956...@mb-fn.aol.com>
>
>>I think someone needs to educate Mr. Henley. Rush has never broken up....so
>>can't exactly "get back together". Unlike the Eagles they have never stopped
>>making new studio albums, and don't just tour on past glory (Eagle's last
>>studio album was in 1979!).
>
>cocaine addiction, or endless retreads of past songwriting formulas!
...or paid off the family of an underage girl because he had sex with her.
Something you'll never hear brought up when Don Henley does VH1 Storytellers.
Geezer Butler
>
> the JarHead
>
--
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Dig me, but don't...
bury me.
Assmunch
Erasmus "The Mannequin" Brown
"Damon Hynes" <damon...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:sEzN8.32800$LC3.2...@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Well, now that Henley's come out on this I'm faced with an agonizing
> reappraisal. Anyone want my RUSH CD's? <sarcasm>
> Why do I care what an effing California pot-smoking commielib hip-yuppie
> thinks?
Henley's from Texas.
Erasmus "The Mannequin" Brown
*snip*
Consider the source.
Evil
Texas is the Place.
Hang Em High
--the revolting cocks
Fries
...did I have the dream, or did the dream have me? -NP
Damon Hynes
I squat corrected. He's an honorary Californian, in my book. (Wonder if
Molly Ivins babysat him and it was all downhill from there...)