It was very brief; the clip looked to be from the mid-70s. He had his eyes closed while he sang and was sitting down, strumming the guitar. I can't remember where in the doc they showed it.
Maybe I'll go watch it with the closed captioning on.
Just watched it with CC on
"You won't be with me someday" is the lyric you can hear. Plus something "Smile".
It's during the Linda segment.
Last edited by AftertheThrill; 02-16-2013 at 06:24 PM.
The primary songwriter is usually the one who has contributed the most or, all other things being equal, the initiator.
Many people equate the word "melody" with the whole tune. However, when Henley is speaking of the melody, he's speaking of what the lead singer is doing. So, my understanding of this is that Felder provided the backing instrumentation which gave the guys something to play around with to come up with the rest to layer on top of it.
It was certainly not unreasonable for Felder to expect to have one lead per album. That was always what had happened prior to HC, including on OOTN. Everyone else got a lead on HC. I know Bernie, Glenn, Don H and Randy at the beginning established each would get at least one lead per album and since Felder was brought in as an equal, I imagine he had the idea he would be treated as such in every way.
Plus, while I think Felder's voice is rather generic, he is probably a better singer than Henley is a guitar player. Therefore, I think Henley's analogy was flawed, although it made me laugh. Truth be told, fairness aside, I'd still rather hear Henley sing it.
We've heard Don H snark on Felder before, but Glenn has kept quiet except for an even toned statement in an interview with his old friend Wuhl. Therefore, hearing the contempt for Felder reflected in a voice that is usually so pleasant was jarring if not unexpected. I daresay we will get more of that tonight!
I just noticed during one of the 70's interviews with Glenn and Don. Don was reading the yellow pages.
That amuses me for some reason.
Heaven & Hell is Felder's side of the story, so when the band reunited When Hell Froze Over, it didn't really get into what Glenn & Don were feeling about having Felder back with them. They actually did seem to get along better when they reunited, as they were all older & smarter. When the band broke up in 1980, my impression was that they were all burnt out & sick of each other.
I think the Felder incident was just the straw that broke the camels back.
I do think Heaven & Hell was a very good read. It did give me a lot more information about Don Felder, who I really knew very little about before reading it. As for it's accuracy? Well, it's accurate from Felders point of view. I guess Glenn & Don H would have a different take on it, but it is written by him, so to that extent it is accurate. I have to admit that I did have different feelings about him after reading it.
Yes, I want one, & it's my initial too!
You know that picture of them wearing those jackets, the one TBF has as her siggy, well seems like Don Felder is cut from the photo because they showed the full picture in the show & he was on the far left...
On a funny note, when the guys were playing baseball, & Glenn said it gets out his frustration, & he said, he wasn't getting LAID??? OMG! I thought I was gonna crack up when he said that....He's not getting laid? WHHHHA...I thought they were getting it every night, Ugh, Guess NOT!