Living in a bubble ... an Eagles fan w/out knowing

[luvthelighthouse]

I'll add just one more thing to this before I shut up. LTL, I absolutely agree you are entitled to your opinion about this. I actually have an opinion about it too. However, all I'm saying is that unless you have evidence to back up that opinion, then it is inappropriate to make accusations on a public message board that the band members or their family members may see. If you can support your opinion with facts, then it is fair game.

I really want to be done w/this... but I have to comment... I am NOT accusing anyone of anything. I'm simplying stating MY thoughts. If you ladies here don't even buy into my thoughts, what makes you think their families would? They at least know the people in question and know their character. I highly doubt any family member would take some random persons post of an opinion and buy into it...especially if they felt they knew the person in question. Keep in mind, when you are a public figure people will always have opinions about you... both good and bad. It seems to me that because no one is reporting that they saw an Eagle running around w/some random woman, everyone takes it as fact that it's not happening. You have no proof it's not happening and I have no proof it is happening. You are correct, this is a public forum, and therefore, due to freedom of speech, I can say what I have. I have stated I have no proof...only an opinion. I think most people can draw their own conclusions, and as stated earlier, not buy into everything you read on the internet.

[DonFan]

Okay, to get this thread back on the original topic, which I believe was something about being an Eagles fan and not really knowing it.....
I had a similar experience with Joe. I knew who Joe Walsh was, I liked his solo songs, and I sang along to Life's Been Good everytime I heard it in the car. I never realized he was one of the Eagles until I bought HFO and watched him being interviewed with the other guys in the band. It was one of those moments!

I partly blame this on the guys in the band. They were notoriously publicity-shy in the 70s, when I first started listening to them, and they didn't even put their faces on their album covers. I loved their music forever & I had no idea what they looked like!

[sodascouts]

Don't feel bad. I didn't know Glenn Frey or Don Henley had once been in the Eagles until HFO! lol

[The_Girl_Of_Summer]

I had forgot (when i had stop listening to them for a few years) the Don Henley was in the Eagles. And i didn't realize that Joe was in the band untill my mom told me after i started listening to them again when we were in the car listening to Life's Been Good.

[Mrs Henley]

Well, as much fun as folks have playing around with the idea, I'm glad they don't do that kind of thing anymore!

What makes you think that? I keep thinking about the note that he handed that girl at the concert this spring.

While I think we would like to believe that part of their past is behind them... I honestly, and truely do not believe they have converted to sainthood. Really, I think the temptation is too great. You have hundreds of beautiful, gorgeous young women throwing themselves at you... I think that has to be really hard to resist. While I do not think it happens at every show... I'm sure there have been slip ups now and again. I'm sure they are just more descrete now.

I know, I know... people will disagree with me... but heck, think about all the "average" and "common" folk who go out and cheat. Hell, life on the road with half naked women pawing at you... the temptation is just too great. That's just my humble opinion.

I agree Soda!

[Freypower]

Again to return this to the topic at hand, which is being an Eagles fan without knowing it:

I have a slightly different position. Once I was a fan, that was it. But I became a real fan only in 1979, a year before the split. So then I had to follow the solo careers, which were mainly Glenn and Don. As the 80s went by, and Glenn's career peaked and then appeared to decline, it became very hard to continue being a fan of someone who wasn't visible. I never forgot, but I did give up at the end of 1990 when it appeared the reunion was on permanent hold.

[TimothyBFan]

I agree Soda!
What I know, Stephanie remind me to that.
Don and Glenn loved to have our attention and they looked at us like, uh.. "I'd love to spent the night with you".

Excuse me? What?????????????????????????? Active imaginations perhaps? Or just lost in translation?

DF-Thanks for getting back on topic again!!!

I must say-reading some of these post here-I think it is so funny how many of you didn't know certain members were part of the Eagles etc... I guess I just always took it for granted the last 30+ years that everyone "just knew" all about who they were and what they sang. After all, they were "The Eagles" for goodness sake. LOL!!

[Mrs Henley]

I agree Soda!
What I know, Stephanie remind me to that.
Don and Glenn loved to have our attention and they looked at us like, uh.. "I'd love to spent the night with you".

Excuse me? What?????????????????????????? Active imaginations perhaps? Or just lost in translation?

Haha, no I'm not kidding, they looked at us like that way, more people said a couple of day after the concert And they also said that Don and Glenn were naugty to give us that lot of attention

[Mrs Frey]

If nobody minds, I'm going to give my tuppence worth on the topic of speculating that the Eagles still have an interest in groupies.

The initial question if any of us would consider an offer from one of the boys was amusing to me at first, and I played along. Yes, I would not be able to resist Glenn , but only if he were my partner, as I stated before.

Regarding suggestions that the Eagles' eyes still rove, I was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable, particularly when I read Mrs Henley's last two posts (sorry, no offense, Mrs Henley). GA and I got attention from Glenn at our concert experience, but at no time did either of us get the impression that it was anymore than an appreciation of our appreciation for his music and him as a person.

I'm sure that Glenn is very flattered when younger women (like GA and me) look at him as a man, and I'm sure he was very aware of the way we were looking at him. It's quite natural, particularly for a man who is turning 60 in November. However, appreciation for a fan's devotion and sleeping with her (or wanting to) are very different concepts.

Glenn is an intelligent man and experienced musician, and he knows that fans appreciate the attention he gives them. He knows and understands how important that attention is, and how much more special the concert experience becomes when that sort of attention is received. It was certainly true for GA and me. I'll remember that moment for the rest of my life. It made me feel so special.

Perhaps he thought we were good to look at too - who knows? All I know is that there's nothing wrong with someone appreciating how someone looks, even when that person is married. What is important, however, is how the person conducts him or herself.

The concert we attended was completely professional, and the chance of anyone being invited backstage was zero. GA, GEF and I were practically escorted out of the venue by security.

The guys have families now, and have certainly sowed enough wild oats in their 20s and 30s to be all sowed out, if you'll pardon the expression. I have no reason to believe otherwise.

I respect the boys immensely, and no matter what fantasies any of us may have as fans, which are completely natural, it does not mean that we would really go through with it given the situation, and it does not mean that the guys would want to go through with something of that nature either.

[Mrs Henley]

If nobody minds, I'm going to give my tuppence worth on the topic of speculating that the Eagles still have an interest in groupies.

The initial question if any of us would consider an offer from one of the boys was amusing to me at first, and I played along. Yes, I would not be able to resist Glenn , but only if he were my partner, as I stated before.

Regarding suggestions that the Eagles' eyes still rove, I was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable, particularly when I read Mrs Henley's last two posts (sorry, no offense, Mrs Henley). GA and I got attention from Glenn at our concert experience, but at no time did either of us get the impression that it was anymore than an appreciation of our appreciation for his music and him as a person.

I'm sure that Glenn is very flattered when younger women (like GA and me) look at him as a man, and I'm sure he was very aware of the way we were looking at him. It's quite natural, particularly for a man who is turning 60 in November. However, appreciation for a fan's devotion and sleeping with her (or wanting to) are very different concepts.

Glenn is an intelligent man and experienced musician, and he knows that fans appreciate the attention he gives them. He knows and understands how important that attention is, and how much more special the concert experience becomes when that sort of attention is received. It was certainly true for GA and me. I'll remember that moment for the rest of my life. It made me feel so special.

Perhaps he thought we were good to look at too - who knows? All I know is that there's nothing wrong with someone appreciating how someone looks, even when that person is married. What is important, however, is how the person conducts him or herself.

The concert we attended was completely professional, and the chance of anyone being invited backstage was zero. GA, GEF and I were practically escorted out of the venue by security.

The guys have families now, and have certainly sowed enough wild oats in their 20s and 30s to be all sowed out, if you'll pardon the expression. I have no reason to believe otherwise.

I respect the boys immensely, and no matter what fantasies any of us may have as fans, which are completely natural, it does not mean that we would really go through with it given the situation, and it does not mean that the guys would want to go through with something of that nature either.

I agree.

You know, to tell you the truth, I wasn't even so happy when people told about how Don and Glenn looked at us, I mean they're over 60 (or they become 60) and when they are looking in that way to us (girls of 16 and 19) than you don't have a great feeling.

Don is a great guy, that's so d*mn true!