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    Okay - I got to thinking about this when I saw a mention of the song 'Sara' on the board. I believe Stevie Nicks has said that she wrote this song at least partially for/about Don. Then, there is the lame Mojo Nixon composition 'Don Henley Must Die'.

    Can any of you think of any other songs besides these two that were written for or about Don? I can't think of any others right off the top of my head, but I was thinking there are probably some.
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    Default Re: Songs written about or for Don

    In addition to Sara, Stevie has said these songs either contain references to Don or were party inspired by Don:

    Leather and Lace (Stevie has said that Don was the only person she could sing this with, because she was thinking of him when she wrote it)

    The Highwayman (which Don sings backup on; he's "one of" the inspirations for this song, according to Stevie)

    One More Big Time Rock'n'Roll Star (she has said that this song specifically refers to a message on some flowers Don sent her)

    ETA: Goodbye Baby (The Tower) is a sad song full of regret that is thought to be about the abortion of their baby. (The Tower in the song = the hospital.)

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    I'm sure Dolly Parton wrote "I Will Always Love You" especially with Don in mind.......isn't that right, Bernie or Randy?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pueblo47 View Post
    I'm sure Dolly Parton wrote "I Will Always Love You" especially with Don in mind...

    pueblo - where did you hear this??? The only thing I ever heard Dolly say is that she wrote that song for Porter Wagoner when she left his show to go solo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ive always been a dreamer View Post
    pueblo - where did you hear this??? The only thing I ever heard Dolly say is that she wrote that song for Porter Wagoner when she left his show to go solo.
    Gotcha with that one, rotfl. I love it when people actually believe an out-and-out LIE!!!

    You know I'm kidding, don't you? If not, I STILL LOVE THAT YOU FELL FOR THAT ONE!!!!

    I'm gonna get this right sooner or later......I should have been an editor cuz I'm getting good at it. As in: hindsight is better than foresight.

    Come on, Bernie or Randy, let's go sit down and think up something to do.....
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    In case you wonder what "Don Henley Must Die" sounds like, here's a video of Mojo Nixon doing it live (WARNING: Vulgar language):

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKWaCOQre4A[/ame]

    The lyrics (written in 1990):


    This is the sound of my brain. (strikes chord)

    Then I said, this is the sound of my brain on Don Henley! (strikes dischord)

    Then I said, 1 2 3 4...

    He's a tortured artist
    Used to be in the Eagles
    Now he whines
    Like a wounded beagle
    Poet of despair!
    Pumped up with hot air!
    He's serious, pretentious
    And I just don't care

    Don Henley must die!
    Don't let him get back together
    With Glenn Frey
    Don Henley must die!

    Turned on the TV
    And what did I see?
    This bloated hairy thing
    Winning a Grammy
    Best Rock Vocalist?
    Compared to WHAT?
    Bunch of pseudo-serious crap
    takes a manic Satanic plot

    Don Henley must die!
    Put a sharp stick in his eye!
    Don Henley must die!
    Yea yea yea

    (guitarist plays 'Hotel California' riff)

    Quit playin' that crap
    You're out of the band

    I'm only kidding
    Can't you tell?
    I love his sensitive music
    Idiot poetry, swell
    You and your kind
    Are killing rock and roll
    It's not because you're O-L-D
    'Cause you ain't got no soul

    Don't be afraid of fun
    Loosen up your ponytail
    Be wild, young, free and dumb
    Get your head out of your tail

    Don Henley must die!
    Don't let him get back together
    With Glenn Frey

    Don Henley must die!
    Put him in the electric chair
    Watch him fry!

    Don Henley must die
    Don Henley must die
    No Eagles reunion!
    The same goes for you, Sting!

    (Credit for lyric transcription: Mad Music Archive)

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    Was it in one of the threads here that I read about that and Don was at one of his shows and they wound up becoming friendly and all? Anyway, showed Don can be a good guy any time he wants to, which is most of the time.

    Ok, Bernie or Randy, let's go for now.
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    You know, I think Lindsey Buckingham also wrote a song called "Don Henley Must Die" around 1976...

    Seriously, though, what an honor for Don to have not one but FIVE Stevie Nicks songs about him (at least in part)!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sodascouts View Post
    You know, I think Lindsey Buckingham also wrote a song called "Don Henley Must Die" around 1976...

    Seriously, though, what an honor for Don to have not one but FIVE Stevie Nicks songs about him (at least in part)!

    What I don't really understand about Ms. Nicks is that she and Don continue to remain close and she continues to say that Joe was "the love of her life". I know all the details of both guys and her, she's just kind of contradictory(?)in her versions of the stories. Sort of unintentionally tactless. JMO.....
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    I don't see what's tactless about remaining close to Don while naming Joe as the love of her life. I have always understood that the Henley affair was nowhere near as intense as her relationship with Joe and that it was comparitively brief, even if she wrote all those songs about him.

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