I can't really see any lasting legacy of the Eagles. They were giants of the analog age, setting standards that very few could match.
Nowadays, digital technology has empowered a generation. Anyone can play and sing in tune, or at least appear to. In the digital era the Eagles are not that special. Their audience has grown up and grown old with them. They priced themselves out of the younger music fan market and they shun internet media outlets such as You Tube.
At the time of their demise, the Eagles were a heritage act, based in the 1970s. They made loads of money. The wealth they accumulated during their career means that their descendants or their estate, are probably unllikely to be tempted into extensive posthumous promotion. The record companies, which were also shunned by the Eagles, with the release of
Long Road Out Of Eden, may not be too enthusiastic about promoting an obsolete Eagles either. So who's going to promote the Eagles in future, in the hyper competitive world of music media.?
I'm sure, Eagles fans will continue to enjoy their music for many years to come but in
The Long Run,
promotion over quality suggests that the Eagles are on Glenn's Prelude To Obscurity.
The only bright spark I see, is the number of Eagles devotees that regularly visit this site, who came to the band relatively late in their illustrious career. I'm sure it's not a relative sample of the entire music loving population but I still can't figure out what's behind it