| 1st November 2007 07:54 AM |
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| Ronnie Richards |
http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/reviews/story/0,,2198978,00.html
The Eagles, Long Road Out of Eden
1 star (Universal)
Jude Rogers
Friday October 26, 2007
Guardian
Self-importance is a given in the world of soft rock, but the Eagles' double-disc comeback propels musical smugness to previously inconceivable proportions. Their first new material in 28 years, disc one sounds like the band's Desperado years left out in the rain - damp, shrunken and fetid, with songs such as Guilty of the Crime and Fast Company giving out as much spark as a dying novelty lighter. Then comes disc two. This is the band's big political statement, a 48-minute embarrassment of lyrical cliches, yowling harmonies and masturbatory axe solos. It's hard to know whether ironic passages such as the hymnal middle-eight of Frail Grasp on the Big Picture ("And we pray to our Lord/ Who we know is American - he presides over football games!") will inspire riots among rednecks, or breed Born in the USA-style misunderstandings. At least the album provides a thousand unintentional laughs as it takes awfulness to new heights. |
| 1st November 2007 09:05 AM |
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| SweetVirginia |
Ouch!
Actually, that review could have been about any of their albums.
[Edited by SweetVirginia] |
| 1st November 2007 09:07 AM |
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| gimmekeef |
What did anyone expect?...It still will sell a gazillion though.... |
| 1st November 2007 10:15 AM |
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| glencar |
Don Henley Must Die! |
| 1st November 2007 10:52 AM |
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| sirmoonie |
Nice post. I had been thinking recently that everything that could have been said about how bad the Eagles suck has been said, but Jude Rogers has come along and shed new light on their ability to suck. I wish she posted here on regular basis about the Eagles and that they suck. |
| 1st November 2007 11:12 AM |
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| gimmekeef |
Sir moonie....I think no mention of the Eagles here period would be far superior.... |
| 1st November 2007 11:21 AM |
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| sirmoonie |
quote:
gimmekeef wrote:
Sir moonie....I think no mention of the Eagles here period would be far superior....
We tried the pacificist approach for a year, and look what happened - they attacked us with a new album. |
| 1st November 2007 11:47 AM |
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| nankerphelge |
It's all part of the Axis of Eagles.
We cannot give up -- it will be a long fight, but our very survival is at stake... |
| 1st November 2007 11:54 AM |
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| pdog |
slightly changed, but....
quote:
Ronnie Richards wrote:
Self-importance is a given in the world of soft rock, but the Roling Stones comeback propels musical smugness to previously inconceivable proportions. Their first new material in 8 years, sounds like the band's Some Girls years left out in the rain - damp, shrunken and fetid, with songs such as Streets Of Love and Rain Fall Down giving out as much spark as a dying novelty lighter. Then comes Sweet Neo-Con. This is the band's big political statement, an embarrassment of lyrical cliches, yowling harmonies and masturbatory axe solos. At least the album provides a thousand unintentional laughs as it takes awfulness to new heights.
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| 1st November 2007 12:19 PM |
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| glencar |
But Sweet Neocon at least has a good beat... |
| 1st November 2007 01:19 PM |
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| pdog |
quote:
glencar wrote:
But Sweet Neocon at least has a good beat...
finding an oasis in the desert!
Eagles?
Joey?
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| 1st November 2007 02:22 PM |
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| Child of the Moon |
That's some good postin'!
God damn, I hate the Eagles.
[Edited by Child of the Moon] |
| 1st November 2007 02:48 PM |
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| doo doo doo Dude |
quote:
glencar wrote:
Don Henley Must Die!
Don Henley Must Die
by Mojo Nixon
This is the sound of my brain
Then I said -This is the sound of my brain on Don Henley
Then I said -One two three four
He's a tortured artist
Used to be in the eagles
Now he whines like a wounded beagle
Poet of despair
Puffed 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
Cut on the TV
And what did I see
This bloated hairy thing winnin' a grammy
Huah
Best rock vocalist
Compared to what
Bunch of pseudo-serious Kraft angst-a-matic
Satanic plot
Don Henley Must die
Put a sharp stick in his eye, don henley must die
Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
Oh
Quit playin' that crap
You are out of the band
I'm only kidding, can't you tell?
I love his sensitve music
Idiot poetry swell
You and your kind
Are killin' rock and roll
It's not because you are 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-a
Get your head
Outta 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
Ah ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
No Eagles reunion
The same goes for you too Sting
Ah
Oh
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| 1st November 2007 09:33 PM |
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| GimmeExile |
All the cool people hate the Eagles. I kinda like them. |
| 1st November 2007 09:37 PM |
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| robpop |
Another Eagles thread. You guys just wanna see the hot chick with the F the Eagles belly shirt. Well, I'm not posting her. |
| 1st November 2007 11:00 PM |
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| Lethargy |
Is anyone surprised?
quote:
Ronnie Richards wrote:
http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/reviews/story/0,,2198978,00.html
The Eagles, Long Road Out of Eden
1 star (Universal)
Jude Rogers
Friday October 26, 2007
Guardian
Self-importance is a given in the world of soft rock, but the Eagles' double-disc comeback propels musical smugness to previously inconceivable proportions. Their first new material in 28 years, disc one sounds like the band's Desperado years left out in the rain - damp, shrunken and fetid, with songs such as Guilty of the Crime and Fast Company giving out as much spark as a dying novelty lighter. Then comes disc two. This is the band's big political statement, a 48-minute embarrassment of lyrical cliches, yowling harmonies and masturbatory axe solos. It's hard to know whether ironic passages such as the hymnal middle-eight of Frail Grasp on the Big Picture ("And we pray to our Lord/ Who we know is American - he presides over football games!") will inspire riots among rednecks, or breed Born in the USA-style misunderstandings. At least the album provides a thousand unintentional laughs as it takes awfulness to new heights.
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