Don in the Press/Blogs/etc.

[Freypower]

Someday, somewhere, some poster who doesn't like Henley or the Eagles will come up with something more original than Denis Leary's line (which I find funny, I admit, but it has been overused) or The Dude's fictional line if they think Henley/Eagles are wrong on some issue. I am not holding my breath. Article good, comments mostly pathetic.

[TimothyBFan]

I have only 2 words to say..... NARROW MINDEDNESS!!!

[sodascouts]

Someday, somewhere, some poster who doesn't like Henley or the Eagles will come up with something more original than Denis Leary's line (which I find funny, I admit, but it has been overused) or The Dude's fictional line if they think Henley/Eagles are wrong on some issue.

Seriously! I thought the same thing. How long ago did Leary say that? Early nineties, right? And The Big Lebowski came out in the late nineties. That's over a decade ago, folks, and in Leary's case nigh on 20 years. Get some new lines, people. If you're going to be insulting you can at least be clever about it... but perhaps that's too much to ask from people who instead of addressing Don's opinions on an intellectual level, prefer to attack him personally.

[Freypower]

We have addressed this before but the band recorded How Long only because Soda put the old version on YouTube and Glenn's kids watched it. I suppose if Don was against recording it for this reason he kept quiet.

[sodascouts]

We have addressed this before but the band recorded How Long only because Soda put the old version on YouTube and Glenn's kids watched it.

That's something that's always mystified me about Don's hard-line attitude towards YouTube.

Glenn was very open about getting the idea to record "How Long" from his kids/wife watching the 1973 video of them performing it in Holland on YouTube (which, as FP points out, I uploaded - both on YouTube and on GFO). That song was subsequently released as the lead single off of Long Road Out of Eden and demonstrably generated revenue for them, not to mention the song won a freaking Grammy.... yet Don chooses to ignore this fact when castigating YouTube.

Obviously, he has problems with YouTube on a theoretical level in spite of how it has benefited him on a practical level. If he wants to concentrate on the theoretical, he has every right to do so, but I think in the interest of fairness Don should at least acknowledge that benefit when discussing YouTube.

[Prettymaid]

Ironically, Henley himself has engaged in the derivative works he rails against - do you think Fox News or any of the other networks/news channels gave permission for their clips to be flashed behind him while he sings "Dirty Laundry" during an Eagles show? What about the personalities involved - was Sean Hannity's permission sought? Bill O'Reilly? Barbara Walters'?

Just trying to get caught up on this thread and I have to admit that I never thought of this but it is a very valid point.

[sodascouts]

On the heels of our discussion, here is a funny blog detailing a history of Henley or Eagles song spoofs:

http://flavorwire.com/110605/the-hil...ence-a-history

Note the "Avocado" reference! Great minds think alike.

BTW I had no idea William Hung had covered Hotel California... SO BAD.

[Maleah]

BTW I had no idea William Hung had covered Hotel California... SO BAD.

I didn't know that either until I read it somewhere else recently. That is one cover I am NOT going to search for. LOL

[Prettymaid]

I'm sorry Weird Al! I didn't know you had thought of Avocado first!

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I'm sure yours is better, PM. Hopefully Weird Al will never try to sue you.