Eagles: Headliners - oh, the irony

[sodascouts]

I got this old book called Headliners released in 1981 which features old interviews with the Eagles. Now, you might ask, "Why not put this in the Eagles books thread?" The answer: it is full of such delicious irony (the guy didn't have a clue the Eagles had broken up or their problems behind the scenes) and great quotes that I think it deserves its own thread!

I'll start with the last. Here's Felder's quote from the end of the book, plus commentary - apparently he hadn't gotten the memo about the end of the band either:

"Even as the live album was climbing the charts the Eagles began making preparations for their next record.

'There's about another album's worth of material,' notes Don Felder, 'that is about half to three-quarters finished, left over, since we started out this last time to do a double album. We've got enough basic tracks with arrangements, overdubs, and stuff that we could finish those songs in, say, six months. There are a lot of options. We're also thinking about starting fresh since I have some ideas and so do Glenn and Henley.'
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Altogether it seems the '80s will hear quite a lot from the Eagles."

Ha!

Here's a quote from Henley, this time from 1976 after Joe joined:

"'It's much better than it ever has been,' Henley enthused, 'everybody is much happier. There's no struggle, there's no power struggle, no fighting, and none of the problems that used to exist.'"

Ha!

Even earlier, quotes from Glenn and Don in 1972, after the Eagles LP was out and before Desperado:

"'Johns was the key to our success,' Frey elaborates. [..] 'I didn't mind him pointing us in a certain direction.'
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Johns was a stern taskmaster in the studio and really broke the cocky Eagles in the process of recording until he got them to do exactly what he told them. 'Glynn made us very aware of all the little personal trips within the band,' says Henley. 'He'd just stare at you with his big, strong, burning blue eyes and confront you with the man-to-man talk. You couldn't help but get emotional. We even cried a couple of times.'"

Can you guys picture that? It's not so much ironic as it kind of gives you an idea of how intimidated they were by Johns at the beginning. That would change!

There's so many more but I'll leave it at that for now. This book is great!!

[chaim]

Hilarious stuff. Thanks! "Kisstory" is full of stuff like this.

[NightMistBlue]

Thanks, Soda! Does it feature all the guys? Well, I guess the author didn't speak with Randy.

Crikey, the book is $97 on Amazon!

[VAisForEagleLovers]

Soda, thanks for that, I needed some levity on this Monday afternoon. Of course, my co-workers are wondering what's making me laugh...

[sodascouts]

Thanks, Soda! Does it feature all the guys? Well, I guess the author didn't speak with Randy.

Yeah, he talks to Randy, too. The interviews are apparently culled from 1972-1981.

Here's a funny quote from Randy re: 1972 that's amusing when you consider how big they would get:

"[We're] opening a show. People yell and say weird things while you're playing soft music."

I can see him now, singing his heart out on "Most of Us Are Sad" while the Yes fans act like douches.

[NightMistBlue]

Yeah, he talks to Randy, too. The interviews are apparently culled from 1972-1981.

Here's a funny quote from Randy re: 1972 that's amusing when you consider how big they would get:

"[We're] opening a show. People yell and say weird things while you're playing soft music."

I can see him now, singing his heart out on "Most of Us Are Sad" while the Yes fans act like douches.

Oh, Yes fans never act douchey - those people must have been Tull fans.

[chaim]

Yeah, he talks to Randy, too. The interviews are apparently culled from 1972-1981.

Here's a funny quote from Randy re: 1972 that's amusing when you consider how big they would get:

"[We're] opening a show. People yell and say weird things while you're playing soft music."

I can see him now, singing his heart out on "Most of Us Are Sad" while the Yes fans act like douches.

What do you mean by this? Did that kind of a thing really happen? YES is a very beautiful band, and I would be very surprised to hear that their audience has behaved "like douches".
I consider Yes one of the most misunderstood bands ever (NOT about virtuosity at all), but that's another story and has nothing to do with this...

[VAisForEagleLovers]

The Bob Seger concert earlier this year is the first time I've been to any concert where the fans truly appreciated the warm-up band and didn't act like a bunch of 5-yr olds. J. Geils was the opening act. For the most part, people just want the opening act off the stage so the act they paid the money to see can get on the stage, and that was more prevalent in the 70's than now. The exceptions I can think of were double-billed acts as opposed to opener/headliner.

[sodascouts]

What do you mean by this? Did that kind of a thing really happen? YES is a very beautiful band, and I would be very surprised to hear that their audience has behaved "like douches".
I consider Yes one of the most misunderstood bands ever (NOT about virtuosity at all), but that's another story and has nothing to do with this...

I was just kidding! I used "Yes" because I knew the Eagles had opened for Yes. That's the only reason. The truth is all I know about Yes is that the Eagles opened for them in 1972; I do not know any of their songs. I have no grudge against them. I don't even know what type of music they play.

However, I will take your word for it that Yes fans are all very nice people who undoubtedly treated the Eagles with the utmost respect.

Upon further reflection, I am convinced that NMB is right and it was the Jethro Tull fans.

[NOLA]

With regards to Don H.'s quote about band cohesiveness, it's just another classic example of the length they went to keep details about the infighting under wraps.

I can almost see Don H.'s facial muscles twitching when he answered that question!