Originally Posted by
maryc2130
It may be only 8 of 22 in Don's case, but I'm sure those 8 are the reason a good few fans attend Don's concerts. Hotel California, LITFL, Desperado, etc are surely a bigger draw than his solo stuff. (And this is coming from someone who loves his solo stuff, but it's reality. People will pay to see those songs, and especially in the past year or so when the future of the Eagles was uncertain, it's the only way they were going to hear them.)
Like eaglesfan, I've been thinking about the way Don never definitely said they wouldn't tour anymore as the Eagles. He said things like, "I can't imagine it," or "It seems like greed," but never a definite no. For someone as intelligent as he, and someone who has had problems dealing with the press for years, he seems awfully careless with his remarks. It's irresponsible at best, and misleading or untruthful at worst.
I, too, really wish they wouldn't use the Eagles name. Without Glenn, it doesn't seem like the Eagles to me. I was fine with Eagles Family and Friends, but I'm unhappy with them going on as Eagles. Does that mean I won't go to see them? It depends on how they choose to go on. I don't like huge, money-grabbing events in hot, over-crowded stadiums, and I really can't afford the festival ticket prices, anyway. If they do a regular tour, I might consider it, but I still wish they would call themselves something other than Eagles. Other than the name, I still feel happy that they want to play together. I like these guys and I really like them together. It won't be the same without Glenn, but I would still rather see them together than separately.