Peaceful Easy Feeling

[alohabear]

Did anyone else see the Eagles on TV last night? Wow! Now that was music, not like the CRAP that comes out nowdays. It was nice to hear the classics as well as the new songs. My 11 year old said to me Joe Walsh rocks! Too bad we can't go back to a more laid back era where a good song can make you feel better. Let's see 25 years from now if Britney or Nelly have a special on TV doing thier "classics" . Man ....I was feeling old , but now "I got a peaceful easy feeling" :)

[LikaNui]

Did anyone else see the Eagles on TV last night? Wow!
Indeed!
I didn't know the show was on until mere minutes before it started, but luckily I had time to throw in a tape and record both hours of it, so now I've got that and the Hell Freezes Over tour on tape.
And I absolutely agree with the rest of your comments, too.
:)

[scrivener]

Too bad we can't go back to a more laid back era where a good song can make you feel better.

Don't get me wrong--the Eagles are one of my top-five favorite bands ever, and I sympathize with you about "the good old days" (I'm thirty-six). It is my belief that none of us will ever love anything as much as the stuff we loved when we were younger: cartoons will never be as good, songs will never be as good, and even food won't ever really be as good. Still, every era has had its "crap," and ever era has its genius. There's still a lot of good (much of it Eagles-influenced) music in every genre, even today.

No, you won't love it as much as you love the Eagles, but you may like it, and some of it will sound fresher. If laid-back is your style, have you given Jack Johnson or John Mayer a try? They're not my cup of tea, but laid-back they definitely are.

[cezanne]

Did anyone else see the Eagles on TV last night? Wow! Now that was music, not like the CRAP that comes out nowdays. It was nice to hear the classics as well as the new songs. My 11 year old said to me Joe Walsh rocks! Too bad we can't go back to a more laid back era where a good song can make you feel better. Let's see 25 years from now if Britney or Nelly have a special on TV doing thier "classics" . Man ....I was feeling old , but now "I got a peaceful easy feeling" :)

Huh? What!? What channel? I saw them Unplugged once, that was hot.

[cezanne]

Indeed!
I didn't know the show was on until mere minutes before it started, but luckily I had time to throw in a tape and record both hours of it, so now I've got that and the Hell Freezes Over tour on tape.
And I absolutely agree with the rest of your comments, too.
:)

Two hours? I'm sick... what channel was it on?

[LikaNui]

Huh? What!? What channel? I saw them Unplugged once, that was hot.
ABC... KITV. And yes, two hours!
They did a few songs 'unplugged' with acoustic guitars.
A lot more of Glen Frey than Don Henley this time; opposite of the Hell Freezes Over concerts.
Most chickenskin moment was easily the song they wrote the day after the 9/11 attack. WOW. Misty, da eyes.
:)

[Glen Miyashiro]

Wonder if there's a torrent available yet. :p

[LikaNui]

Wonder if there's a torrent available yet. :p
???
Torrent?

[Glen Miyashiro]

Umm, torrent as in BitTorrent, a way to download large files over the Internet. Very popular for video files.

[LikaNui]

Umm, torrent as in BitTorrent, a way to download large files over the Internet. Very popular for video files.
Oh. Okay. Thanks.
Apologies from me, the "technologically impaired" one!

[alohabear]

The DVD comes out on june 14th

[YoungNeil]

Dig up some Buffalo Springfield or Gram Parsons to hear it done right.

[cezanne]

The DVD comes out on june 14th
What were they having a concert for? Just wondering because it was on regular network TV right?

[LikaNui]

What were they having a concert for? Just wondering because it was on regular network TV right?
It was taped in Melbourne, Australia, but wasn't for a charity fundraiser or anything, so what it was "for" was for The Eagles Retirement Fund.
(As if that needs any more contributions!)
:D
They're making a ton of money from the tour, another ton from merchandise sales, another ton from CD sales... plus whatever seven-figure fee they collected from letting ABC-TCV buy the rights. Ka-CHING!!!
:eek:

[moparmutt]

I was in borders at the alamoana shopping center the other day reading this book about the eagles. It was describing all the fights they had umongst themselves. Something about the mellowed out cali guys fighting strikes me as funny. One section describes a concert where in between songs henly is telling don fielder [sp] he is gonna kick his azz after the show.

[cezanne]

They're re-running it right now! Channel 2

[lavagal]

They're re-running it right now! Channel 2


Oh man I am so digging it! I'm four years older than my husband (grad 76 to his grad 80) and he doesn't like the Eagles as much as I do, so I'm glad he's at work, LOL. But my big girl enjoys it as much as me. My little girl keeps telling me we need to turn it down or turn off the TV because we're going to bug the neighbors. I think she's in dad's camp. I told her the neighbors were watching it, too. Oh well. She was watching Jeff Beck doing his wah-wah-wah-wonkin' to "Rocky Mountain Way" and decided she needed to get her 4-year-old butt in the tub. But not before she corrected mom's air-guitar techinique.

[MadAzza]

I was in borders at the alamoana shopping center the other day reading this book about the eagles. It was describing all the fights they had umongst themselves. Something about the mellowed out cali guys fighting strikes me as funny. One section describes a concert where in between songs henly is telling don fielder [sp] he is gonna kick his azz after the show.

Some of the most hostile, violent people I've met were either from or in the Los Angeles area. I had a boyfriend in college from SoCal who was the epitome of that fake "look how mellow and laid-back I am" bullshit. Mr. Laid-Back got pissed-off drunk one night and pounded me. He loved the Eagles.

I hate the Eagles.

I like a couple of them as individual artists. But that whiney, SoCal boy-band sound really grates on me.

On the other hand, some of my favorite people are from Southern California/L.A. So there you go.

[cezanne]

Eagles in Hawaii November 26, 27. Woohoo!

[MadAzza]

Eagles in Hawaii November 26, 27. Woohoo!

Great. I'll make sure my concealed-carry permit is up to date.

[mel]

Hawaii doesn't have a concealed carry law.

[LikaNui]

Great. I'll make sure my concealed-carry permit is up to date. Wow, that reply totally confused me until I scrolled back and read your reply in message #18.
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience, but please don't blame the Eagles!
:o

[alohabear]

Did any of you see the ticket prices (http://starbulletin.com/2005/09/16/news/index4.html) to see the Eagles in November? :eek: WOW!! Although they are one of my favorite bands , with airfare, hotel. ground trans, and ticket...I'm going to have to miss them. :(

[alohabear]

Being on the Big Island I can't make it to the concerts :( ....so anybody out there have a review?

[mel]

Back in 1976 when the Eagles played at Blaisdell Center, I went to that concert for only $14. We had pretty good seats on the floor level and I even have an old cassette recording of this show somewhere. Joe Walsh had just joined the group at the time and the single "Take it to the Limit" was on the Billboard Top 40 the month of the concert. The Eagles Greatest Hits album was I think #1 at the time and Hotel California was still a year away from release. It was a good show.

I won't be going to the latest concerts since they are so expensive these days. For the kind of money they are charging, I could update the rest of my Eagles albums to CD and still have some change to spare.

I hope anyone here going to the concert will have a good time, and like AlohaBear asks, we hope someone provides a review.

[Pomai]

The DVD comes out on june 14thThat would be The Eagles - Farewell 1 Tour - Live From Melbourne Concert DVD (2005)

I bought it when it was first released from Costco at an $18.00 promotional price. A sigh of relief, considering the price of the current concert tickets.

If you can't make the concert, don't fret, this DVD has everything you'd likely see on their tour here. Best of all, you can watch it over and over and over from the best seat in the house. Keep in mind that unlike the Hell Freezes Over tour, this is a "plugged in" concert.

The overall production quality, from mixing to sound and video clarity is as good as it gets.

I only wish they included "Those Shoes" in this concert DVD's playlist. Love that song. Not there. Oh well.

Joe Walsh's wacky rendition of Rocky Mountain way is rather entertaining, and Hotel California is performed flawlessly, as is every other song. A little too flawless actually. But that seems their protocol on this tour - to perform each song as true to the originals as possible.

Read the numerous reviews at this Amazon link (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00092ZMDY/002-7780430-3671223). It pretty much explains all you need to know.

I've re-watched it about 10 times already. With that in mind, get this DVD.. you'll love it.

Last I've heard, there's still quite a few tickets available for the final Blaisdell show on Saturday. The Maui concert is sold out.

[alohabear]

Is the DVD basically the show they showed on NBC? Or is thier more added? How long is it?

[Pomai]

Is the DVD basically the show they showed on NBC? Or is thier more added? How long is it?Roger that. Same as the network broadcast. I believe it was ABC, not NBC.

They aired it on TV several weeks before the DVD release as a "teaser". I missed a portion of the TV broadcast, so not sure if it the entire DVD was aired. It seemed like most of it, or at least the "hits-of-hits". They even aired the SPECIAL FEATURES portion of the DVD where they interview Don, Joe, Glenn & Tim.

It was re-aired again several months later as well. They must have some sort of corporate sponsor helping their promotion.

The DVD is 175 minutes long (just under 3 hours)... wow!

Now go run to your local record store or discount warehouse and buy it!

Oh... and don't forget to hook up the surround sound system. ;)

[alohabear]

I'll add it to my Christmas wish list :p

[Pomai]

A review of the concert by the Honolulu Advertiser:
Eagles put on a classic show (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Nov/30/br/br03p.html)

[lavagal]

A review of the concert by the Honolulu Advertiser:
Eagles put on a classic show (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Nov/30/br/br03p.html)


Chad writes a good review for being JUST A KID!

I liked Jdub's warm up in the Weakly because he flat out tells us the old geezers don't need to do interviews. Well done for what you didn't get to work with Jdub!

[Lalalinder]

I think the Eagles are lame.

I just watched the Cream Reunion and that was good.

[lavagal]

I think the Eagles are lame.

I just watched the Cream Reunion and that was good.


I watched that about a month ago with a couple of guys at work. The Cream reunion SOUNDED good, but come on! Maybe because we see Eric Clapton more than the others that he didn't seem so old. But tell me you didn't think the drummer looked as though he had an oxygen tank hooked up to him somehow? Just kiddin' but whew!

I think the Eagles are lame because of how much these tickets cost in Honolulu. They priced me out. Expletive them!

[zztype]

But tell me you didn't think the drummer looked as though he had an oxygen tank hooked up to him somehow? Just kiddin' but whew!
That would be Ginger Baker, the frequent Oahu visitor. He always goes out and plays POLO at Mokuleia, then jams afterward with some friends! Does that once or twice a year.

http://starbulletin.com/2002/04/14/business/story1.html

Blaine

[LikaNui]

A review of the concert by the Honolulu Advertiser:
Eagles put on a classic show (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Nov/30/br/br03p.html) And the Star Bulletin's review is at http://starbulletin.com/2005/12/01/features/story06.html .
Both reviews seem to complain that there wasn't much improvisation and that the music was almost too perfect. The reviewers apparently were unaware (or forgot, though I suspect it's the former instead of the latter) that Don Henley has a reputation of being arguably the biggest perfectionist in the music biz. It's a compulsion for him to ensure that there's not a single mistake in any Eagles concert. Henley is well-known as an unforgiving taskmaster in that regard. Woe be to any musician who misses even a single note. That's why Jamie Winpenny got it right in The Weakly when he wrote that "concertgoers can expect to hear all of those gems delivered flawlessly." That's just Henley for ya.
Take another look at their Hell Freezes Over video, which was their first live concert after a multi-decade layoff. Flawless. Absolute perfection.
And on a slightly different note (no pun intended), you've gotta love Glenn Frey's introduction of one song last night, saying "I'd like to dedicate this to my ex-wife, Plaintiff."
:p

[LikaNui]

I think the Eagles are lame because of how much these tickets cost in Honolulu. They priced me out. Expletive them! Okay, this same comment has come up several times in this thread and in letters to the newspapers. I'm pretty sure I addressed it before, but here's my comment on it:
The Eagles themselves have nothing to do with ticket prices.
They are insulated by several layers of agents, accountants, managers, publicists, and more. Their agent (I believe it's still the legendary Irving Azoff) sets the amount for their performance fee, then it's up to the concert promoter to set the ticket prices they (the promoters) want, to cover their expenses and, presumably, show a profit. So folks should throw expletives at the promoter, not at the Eagles.
Concert promotion is a business, folks. It's not a charity. And in business, you charge what the market will bear, right? And all four of the Eagles concerts sold out even at those high ticket prices, right? So, where's the beef?
And here's another facet of all this. The Eagles themselves (and any other major band) make far more money from the sale of t-shirts and other items than they get from their performance fee. Typically double the performance fee. The bands have licensing rights to all that merchandise that you (and I) buy from tables outside the concert halls, and that, dear friends, is the real moneymaker for the band(s).
Jimmy Buffett has become a multi-zillionaire, but he hasn't had a hit song since "Margaritaville" three decades ago. Never won a Grammy award. Thanks to his fanatically loyal fan base, the Parrot-Heads, Jimmy has been in the Top 10 list for concert gross income almost every year for those past decades. But all that concert money is just a small fraction of what he earned from the licensing rights for the t-shirts, Parrot-Head hats, etc etc.
Hopefully this helps explain things. And I'll repeat myself:
The Eagles themselves have nothing to do with ticket prices.
It's up to the concert promoter to set the ticket prices.

[YoungNeil]

Jimmy (and the Eagles and more and more artists now as well) also puts out his own albums (CDs as the kids call them today :rolleyes: ). The business side is really changing for the artist.

But, god how I hate the Eagles.

[lavagal]

Okay, this same comment has come up several times in this thread and in letters to the newspapers. I'm pretty sure I addressed it before, but here's my comment on it:
The Eagles themselves have nothing to do with ticket prices.
They are insulated by several layers of agents, accountants, managers, publicists, and more. The Eagles themselves have nothing to do with ticket prices.
It's up to the concert promoter to set the ticket prices.

The Eagles hire these people, Lika Nui. What you say is correct. How much do you think these guys get out of every ticket? So then expletive the promoters. Wasn't there a group years ago suing Ticketron or something like that because they were getting very little per cost of expensive ticket? I choose to vote with my $ and they don't get it.

[Pomai]

I'm happy with my Melbourne Farewell Tour DVD. I like the Eagles enough to watch it at home, but not enough to shell out substantially for concert tickets.

Now Pink Floyd, well that's another story. Damned the greedy promoters or group themselves. Bring the concert here and I'm there!

[mel]

I choose to vote with my $ and they don't get it.

Ditto.

I'm happy with my Melbourne Farewell Tour DVD. I like the Eagles enough to watch it at home, but not enough to shell out substantially for concert tickets

I think I'll eventually buy the DVD that was discussed a few messages back. I seen it being played on one of those big Sony TVs at Shirokiya not too long ago. To me this would be a better way to see the Eagles "live" without having to shell out the big bucks. Plus I can watch it over and over again, just like with my Hell Freezes Over DVD.

[Lalalinder]

I watched that about a month ago with a couple of guys at work. The Cream reunion SOUNDED good, but come on! Maybe because we see Eric Clapton more than the others that he didn't seem so old. But tell me you didn't think the drummer looked as though he had an oxygen tank hooked up to him somehow? Just kiddin' but whew!

I think the Eagles are lame because of how much these tickets cost in Honolulu. They priced me out. Expletive them!

Yeah.....it's much better to look good than to sound good....not that the Eagles look much better than Cream. There is no comparison between these two bands and I am very sorry now that I mentioned them in the same breath. Travesty!!

[Kalihiboy]

Well I think the Eagles put on a great concert, how many bands can you say that 4 members (Henley, Frey, Walsh, Schmitt) of the band can sing on hit songs? Not too many that I can think of offhand. It was well worth the money I thought, this is what their 3rd appearence in Hawaii since 1976, I'm sure they will come back one more time due to the success of the Blaisdell shows similiar to that of Journey with or without Steve Perry.

The Eagles played nearly ALL of their hit songs, only songs offhand I think they did not cover were Victim of Love and Best of My Love.

They played for nearly 3 hours, they even had a intermission which I think surprised the crowd too.

Don Henley sang some of his solo hits like Dirty Laundry, Sunset Grill, Boys of Summer and All She Wants to Do is Dance.

Joe Walsh did solo stuff like Life's Been Good and Rocky Mountain Way as well as James Gang classics like Funk49 and Walk Away.

For whatever reason Glenn Frey did not sing any of his solo records. He had a full backing sax quartet behind him so they easily could have covered some of his sax-related songs like Heat is On, The One You Love, You Belong to the City, etc. He has had a decent solo career, much better than Walsh's has and he just did not play any of his solo stuff!? He claims he cant hit the high notes anymore but I dont have any complaints Glenn you did just fine by me.

If I didnt have committments on Saturday I would have gone to the Eagles again, it was a fantastic show, one of the best concerts I have ever been to
and I've been to alot over the years.

I wish we could get a new concert type venue built on Oahu that would basicially serve concerts only. Phoenix has several of these at times they have so many good concerts that you cant decide which venue to see them play at. I wonder if we could get a venue built if it would increase the likelihood of other artists and bands performing here on stopovers to and from Australia or Asia.

But some people think building these venues for music only is dumb and a waste of taxdollar money......

KalihiBoy

[LikaNui]

It's up to the concert promoter to set the ticket prices.
Yep. See Erika's article today at http://starbulletin.com/2005/12/11/business/engle.html .