New Orleans Arena, 2/23/14

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Review:
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/...ie_king_c.html

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http://sshh-sshh.blogspot.co.uk/2014...-in-glory.html

Mixed review IMO, but must say I burst out laughing when I read "In the pre-show announcements prior to the Eagles touching down at a full Smoothie King Center on Sunday, Feb. 23, twerking wasn’t specifically prohibited." Mr. Spero was very clever to nail that one...and the Atlanta crowd may be advised of THAT particular prohibition tonight! (Then again, you can't twerk if you have to remain seated!)

SSSSOOOO distressed to hear the boys are dealing with colds or whatever is causing the coughs & sniffles -- and yet they apparently soldiered on in true form! And with humor, to boot. I would expect nothing less of them.

Looking forward to more input/feedback on NOLO (and excited to hear about the Atlanta show).

Aw, a real shame they're not feeling well. I can relate, I'm allergic to the dog my friends own and I really thought that once I left I'd start feeling better. I'm battling a cough, which tells me that bronchitis is trying to set in. My inhaler is malfunctioning and on a Monday, no one has time to answer the phone at my doctor's office. I'm so hoping I'm not coughing like a maniac on Friday night!

**Sigh**No twerking. I was planning on doing that at the next concert!! :lie:

Haha! Pretty good! No twerking? Who'd a thunk? Did you take the poll at the end about cell phones! Too funny!

Nice pics, too! I hope they get to feeling better soon!

sorry to hear the guys are feeling under the weather but they still soar:applause:

I'm so sorry too that the guys are under the weather. They were fine Friday. I hope they didn't catch anything in H-town but more importantly I hope they feel better soon!

poor guys...has to be very difficult...we think nothing of getting colds, hoarse, etc...but when your livelihood is your voice...it is serious!!!...Feel better guys....soon...can't wait to see the reviews for tonight's show to see if they say anything about them being sick!

Where's Soda? Didn't she go to this concert, too? (I routinely get lost on this website, so maybe I missed her review)!

Back in one piece - although I think I'm getting too old for the kind of thing I pulled last night. Basically, here was the series of events: Go to show; leave show at midnight; drive for six hours straight through the night; sleep for 45 minutes; go to work at 8:00 am.

I felt (and probably looked) like Hell but as did the Eagles, I soldiered on! Those students are going to learn about writing good literary analysis of short stories if it kills me! ;) When I got home I went straight to bed. My sleep schedule is majorly screwed up now, and I still feel icky. Worth it, though!

Enough about that - let's get to the show!

I wound up in Section 123, row 10 (which was actually 7th row as oddly, the section started with Row 4). While it wasn't a floor seat, it was still good; that's the tier right next to the stage, on Joe's side. I was able to get a great view of our guys. This is especially true since I was Seat 1 by the aisle and inexplicably, no one was in front of me. I guess they were unused comps or something, but while there were people in the rows in front of me, there was no one in any of the aisle seats directly in front of me. SWEET!

The crowd overall was pretty dead and had to be urged to get up for "Heartache Tonight." They immediately sat down afterwards. Most ignored the urgings to stand up during "The Long Run." The floor was better towards the end, but the people around me NEVER stood except during "Take It Easy." Most of the crowd even sat during "Hotel California." I was dismayed because it meant I had to stay down, but at least there were no admonitions from stage, and Glenn even thanked everyone for being "attentive" at beginning of the second half. However, after it became evident that the crowd's "attentiveness" was becoming unresponsiveness, even Don and Glenn had to resort to the occasional "How are we doing?" in order to get the crowd energized.

I have to admit though that I went ahead and stood up for "Rocky Mountain Way" even though I was the only one in my section, and I'm glad I did, because that's when I got a little "Glenntact." Glenn saw me, met my eyes, smiled, and mouthed something to me. I think I know what he said but since I'm not sure, I'll refrain from posting what could be totally off. Regardless, I'm always glad to get a smile from Glenn.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. The first thing Don said after they got onto the stage after "Saturday Night" (or as they refer to it now, "Whatever Happened to Saturday Night") was that "the whole band is sick but we're gonna put on a good show for you anyway, because we know you'll appreciate it."

I was afraid this meant the night would be less than stellar vocally. However, they were able to pull off the vocals well with only a few noticeable misses. What was far more noticeable was poor Glenn's need to avail himself of a box of Kleenax not only in between numbers, but during instrumental breaks in numbers. Poor Sugar! I was stunned at how well he sang considering, and I think the standing ovation he got after "Lyin' Eyes" was in part because of the fact that he was so visibly sick, yet still sang it so well.

I think Glenn was suffering from a cold and Don was the one who had bronchitis, but Don must be on some pretty good meds, because he never coughed once. He was just a bit hoarse on occasion and had to clear his throat a couple times. When I had bronchitis a few years ago, I coughed relentlessly.

Maybe Don's meds had something to do with the fact that he was funnier and more playful than usual last night. When Bernie came out at the beginning to Glenn's intro of meeting him in 1971, Don quipped, "And he was wearing that same shirt." Bernie's reply: "Hey, I washed it!"

Don also made me laugh pretty hard when he was intro'ing "The Long Run." Regarding their sickness, he said, "That's what happens when you clean up - you get sick. In the 70s, we never got sick. We made our bodies a place that no germ would wish to inhabit." He added, "Bronchitis is nothing compared to what we've put our bodies through for the last 40 years."

Another joke: "So we made a couple records in London and then we got sick of that. I love London and I love the British, but their idea of Mexican food is... something else." He made this cute face at that; I think the jokes lose a lot in transcription because part of how funny they were was due to his intonation and facial expressions. There were a few other funny comments as well. Several times he went over to Joe and goofed around, more so than just the rote "couldn't hold a candle to you" interaction immortalized ten years ago on Farewell 1 (time to get a new schtick, methinks). He smiled more often, too.

Speaking of new schtick, I lucked out re: The Plaintiff joke. My pet peeve did not make an appearance. Instead, Glenn joked about how he and Don lived together when they wrote "Lyin' Eyes" but had separate rooms ("except for one or two nights - but I won't talk about that"). I wasn't sure if he was referring to orgies or sexual experimenting or both, but I didn't think too hard about it, lol. I was just glad it was something different! He asked everyone to "help him out" during "Lying Eyes" since he had to wipe his nose and suck on lemons no less than three times during the song. He'd sing a verse, run and get a kleenax, wipe his nose, and run back to the microphone. I felt so bad for him, but he struggled through it manfully.

Maybe it was the acoustics or the mix or my position or something, but Joe's guitar parts during songs (not the solos; the backing instrumentation) sounded more prominent to me. I could pick out stuff I usually didn't notice. It was cool.

Oh, did I forget the fashion alert? Glenn was in his blue top over a white T-shirt for part 1, and a white shirt with plain sleeves but a subtle plaid on the front over a white T-shirt for part 2. He took off the overshirt as he was leaving but I only got a glimpse. Don sported the typical button-up shirt which I refer to as "Old Gray." Tim was wearing a gray T-shirt for part 1, and for part 2 a lovely vivid red shirt with a subtle plaid pattern you couldn't really see except in close up, but that gave it texture. Joe was stylin' as usual in a denim jacket at the first part, then a tight green T-shirt with a gold object on the front (maybe a bird?) for the second half. Both were worn with jeans. Bernie wore a checkered shirt over a black T-shirt for the first part, then just the T-shirt for the encore. StephUK - Will was in black and has stubble. I love stubble, so I appreciated it - plus he seems to have lost more weight.

Some other things that stuck out (out of order, I'm afraid):

No JD and the Straight Shot, which was a relief.

Like in Houston, there were people selling Eagles CDs for charity. However, it was The Greatest Hits of the Eagles, not the Live CD at my show unfortunately. I bought it anyway since my GH CD is 20 years old now and is lookin' the worse for wear.

The reviewer was right about the distracting cell phone enforcement. There was a guy near me who did nothing but enforce the cell phone / camera ban all night long.

Richard Davis, who is from NOLA, got a bigger round of applause than usual. Hometown boy!

During "Those Shoes," I saw Joe whisper to Stu right before the part that starts with "They're looking at you, leaning on you" and he and Stu did a choreographed series of poses with their guitars throughout that segment, right up until "They got the kid glove." Since they were behind the rest of the band, I don't know if Don, Glenn, and Tim even noticed; they gave no indication that they knew what was going on behind them. I was cracking up.

Small criticism: I didn't like the use of the "Busy Being Fabulous" clips for the video during "Those Shoes" because it was just a loop of girls being shallow and catty, which I don't think works with the theme of the song. I wonder how much input the Eagles have as to what is being flashed behind them during songs. You'd think a lot, but that song isn't about how girls are vapid and don't care about anything but being the prettiest one in the room, is it? However, when they got to the part where there's a fashion show of shoes, I found myself coveting several of the pairs on display. A fantastic pair of heels is one of the very few things that can distract me from the Eagles, but they quickly regained my attention as "Those Shoes" was one of the hottest vocals of the night.

Glenn started the "Funk 49" guitar duel with Joe by playing the opening notes of "Get Over It." I actually think this is a bad idea because several people gasped in delight and applauded thinking they were about to do that song. I knew better, of course! The duel itself was as funny as usual, with Glenn imitating Joe's thrusting and rock'n'roll showboating as well as the notes, at Joe's urging of course. Love it. Then, before getting into the song, Joe said "You GOT to be FUNKAY!" So funny!

I think it was during band intros that Glenn joked that Joe had "spent a month in New Orleans one night." That got a lot of laughs.

The "helmet cam" is back only now it's attached to a cap. Still works though! Joe joked that when he pointed it at us, we needed to "not just stand there - do something" and if it was really good, "Maybe it'll go viral." I couldn't help but add mentally "Not if Don has anything to do with it" lol.

Before "Life's Been Good," when Joe does that whole "repeat after me" bit, he did something new this time. He had us all practice going "uh" in grunt fashion, then said he'd signal for us to do it at one point in the song. Sure enough, he had us do it after one of the lines - I think it was after "I go to parties, sometimes until four." [uh!] During the same song, when he said "they tell me Glenn's great", Glenn actually ran to the front and put his hand to his ear. Very cute.

When intro'ing "Take It Easy," Glenn mentioned it was the first song they recorded.

There were several kids up front - more than usual - and they got attention and picks from the guys. Adorable.

And that's pretty much all I can remember, folks!

I WENT TO THE CONCERT IN NEW ORLEANS LAST NIGHT AND LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. IN THE BEGINNING HENLEY DID MENTION THAT THERE WERE SOME BAND MEMBERS NOT FEELING WELL, AND I BELIEVE JOKINGLY BLAMED IT ON NEW ORLEANS HUMIDITY, AND IT WAS A HUMID ONE LAST NIGHT. NEVERTHELESS THEY PUT ON A GREAT SHOW!! IT STARTED A LITTLE SLOW AND THEN PICKED UP AS TIME WENT ON. THE ONLY NEGATIVE FOR ME WAS THAT I GOT STUCK AT INTERMISSION STANDING IN LINE FOR A T SHIRT AND MISSED THE BEGINNING OF JOE WALSH SINGING PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW. THAT IS MY VERY FAVORITE SONG THAT JW SINGS!! THE SECOND HALF OF THE CONCERT REALLY ROCKED ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF JOE WALSH. THE EAGLES GOT JOE TO REHAB IN THE EIGHTIES AND JOE GOT ROCK TO THE EAGLES !!! THANK YOU EAGLES AND THANK YOU JOE!! BOY DO THEY ALL WORK WELL TOGETHER!! SORRY HENLEY AND FREY WEREN'T FEELING WELL BUT THEY WERE GREAT SPORTS AND PUT ON ONE HECK OF A SHOW!!! EAGLES ROCK!!! IT WAS AN EVENING THAT I DID NOT WANT TO END!!!!