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November 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Laurel Canyon: DVD

Laurel Canyon Director: Alison Ellwood Canyon Films, LLC / Madman It’s hard to see this as anything more than a boomer circle-jerk: Oooh, we had the best music didn’t we… Laurel Canyon is this near-mythical place in songs, in albums, in bands’ biographies. It is real. It was a place; a place where a large […]
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February 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 336

Don Henley, The Boys of Summer [Single] (1984) Confession time – all this “I hate the fuckin’ Eagles shit” (and I mean that by the way, always!) – but I have a soft spot for some of the solo stuff. And I include amongst that not very much by Don Henley but most certainly this song. A banger. A gem. I dunno. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1984, A Month of Sundays, Boys of Summer, Eagles, Eighties, EP, Garden of Allah, LP, Record, Single, The Boys of Summer, The Eagles, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 336, Vinnie Colaiuta, Vinyl ·

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October 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Music Snob: Apparently…

There’s an almost anti-intellectualism angle at play when you hear all these whining, soppy or pious points of view that the death of Glenn Frey from the Eagles is as important as David Bowie’s and/or Lemmy’s and/or anyone else who has shuffled off recently. Lives matter. Absolutely. But when we mourn a musician we are […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Apparently, Blog, Bowie, Comment, David Bowie, Eagles, Eulogy, Glenn Frey, http://offthetracks.co.nz/on-the-death-of-glenn-frey/, Kanye West, Lemmy, Motorhead, Music Snob, Music Snob: Apparently..., Prince, Radio, The Eagles ·

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August 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

On The Death of Glenn Frey

Early last year when the news broke that Glenn Frey of the Eagles had died (aged 67) I was quick – perhaps too quick – to share a post I wrote a couple of years back about the Classic Album, Hotel California. It’s really a piece about how much I hate the Eagles. I really […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Death, Eagles, Eulogy, Glenn Frey, On The Death of Glenn Frey ·

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July 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

I Hate The Fuckin’ Eagles!

That line comes, of course, from The Big Lebowski. And when I first saw the film and heard that line it was like, finally, a single sentence to encapsulate my experience with the Eagles; all my issues with the band, all my feelings, all the arguments – all neatly summed up in that one line. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Eagles, Eagles Live, Hotel California, I Can't Tell You Why, I Hate The Eagles, I Hate The Fuckin’ Eagles!, Joe Walsh, Life's Been Good, Seven Bridges Road, The Big Lebowski, The Eagles ·

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December 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

I Can’t Tell You Why I Love This One Eagles Song: A Song You Love by A Band You Hate

I’m really not a fan of the Eagles – I get that they’re a big deal, I liked them when I was a kid, growing up, my folks had the tapes, the songs were on the radio, and then – separately – I was a Joe Walsh fan, so when I learned of his (later) […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Song You Love by A Band You Hate, DJ, DJ Set, Eagles, I Can't Tell You Why, I Can’t Tell You Why I Love This One Eagles Song, I Can’t Tell You Why I Love This One Eagles Song: A Song You Love by A Band You Hate, LP, Record, The Eagles, Vinyl ·

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June 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 681

Eagles, The Long Run (1979) The other night I posted something about playing a song by the Eagles and someone called me on it right away, proclaiming me a turncoat. I’d have to assume it was (at least part) in jest – but also fair’s fair, I’ve made my position on this band clear, I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Eagles, I Can't Tell You Why, Joe Walsh, LP, Record, The Long Run, The Vinyl Countdown # 681, Timothy B. Schmit, Vinyl ·

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August 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1047

James Gang, Live In Concert (1971) I love Joe Walsh – solo, and in all the bands – and I remember seeing footage of The James Gang on a rock-doc way back, just a few seconds, and I thought they sounded amazing. I had a best-of CD and various Walsh compilations but this is the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1971, America, Barnstorm, Eagles, James Gang, Joe Walsh, Live In Concert, Lost Woman, LP, Vinyl ·

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May 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Live Music

Sad news for fans of live music, The Eagles will be playing a show in Auckland, New Zealand, March 15, 2015. Frontier Touring has, at least, given fair warning, but this does seem to suggest the death of live music. It is the Eagles’ first tour of New Zealand in twenty years but to reflect the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Auckland, Don Henley, Eagles, Eulogy, Frontier Touring, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Live Music, March 15 2015, R.I.P., R.I.P. Live Music, Tour Announcement, World Tour ·

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October 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Classic Albums I Can’t Ever Listen To Again: #7 Eagles, Hotel California

I don’t know that I’d ever listened to this all the way through in one sitting until recently. Despite carrying a vinyl copy of the album with me through several flats and two houses, sometimes it would be locked up for years in a cupboard, other times it’s there to flip through and maybe – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Classic Albums I Can't Ever Listen To Again, Eagles, Hotel California, Phantom Billstickers, The Eagles ·

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