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Comment by Eric Olsen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:52:06 EST

you rule, thanks ]]>

Comment by Temple Stark on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:35:06 EST

Eric, I moved this up and over to Advance.net, which includes these places. Potentially read by hundreds of thousands of visitors. Thank you for the post. - Temple Stark ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:40:16 EST

I was in my mid-teens and wildly exploring music in every direction at the time and they seemed to perfectly fill one of those directions and be something I could rely on while I kept on a-probing. It also helped that I played guitar and sang some and they were great for that ]]>

Comment by Vern Halen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:28:25 EST

Interesting...I was into Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc. as well as the Stooges, MC5, and all that New Yaaawk punk like Ramones, Television, Patti Smith Group when I heard the Eagles the first time - I just didn't care for them. However, I did like CSNY, Tull, Yes, EL&P and all that progressive stuff too, so it wasn't just a case of being a hard of hearing headbanger. I think simply their music has wide appeal, and it was likely only a matter of time before my tastes developed to the point where the Eagles could be included, much like Queen & Fleetwood Mac. Those old Sabbath & Alice Cooper albums don't get much play anymore - but I still know them off by heart. ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:22:44 EST

excellent questions, but for me personally, I was really into them and was on top of each new release dating back to the first time I heard "Take It Easy" and shortly thereafter "Witchy Woman" ]]>

Comment by Vern Halen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:10:48 EST

I sometimes wonder if (for me anyways) it's simply a case of nostalgia - like I said, I never liked the Eagles much much, but let's face it - durinng their time, they were practicaly omnipresent on the radio. Heck, they still are a major presence on classic rock stations, country stations and MOR/adult oriented rock stations - they cover all the bases. Is this simply a case of their music being beaten relentlessly into our heads over a long period of time until we're so familiar with it that we absorb it into the soundtrack of our lives? I think of a band like...I think it's called the Thorns - Matthew Sweet's new band. They play a somewhat similar country/folk/rock style, but I don't care to go out & buy it. Would the Eagles have made it if they had released Desperado just this year? Or maybe the better question is: can retrospect be 20/20 when you're looking through rose colored glasses? ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:48:19 EST

for me there has always been something real and fundamental about the Eagles' best music, which stands completely apart from the sales and the hype. There is actually something almost modest about them (until Hotel Cal anyway, as I try to explain), which is endearing ]]>

Comment by Vern Halen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:11:45 EST

I'm a reformed heretic - back in the 70's, I couldn't stand the Eagles (or Fleetwood Mac, or Queen for that matter). But all of those bands get airplay in my house nowadays. Sometimes good taste is not innate, but acquired, as it were. ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:38:28 EST

thanks very much Sadi and JR, much appreciated! I honestly still have nightmares about that incident: running and running and never able to get away from it. ]]>

Comment by JR on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:33:54 EST

in the case of the first Eagles Greatest Hits, the one that is the best selling album of all time with something like 28 million copies sold, it is, ironically, great as an album itself, not just a collection of songs. Yep. And the day I drive back to California, that CD is going in the player as I drive across the border. Great rattlesnake story, by the way. ]]>

Comment by sadi on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:00:51 EST

excellent review, Eric... thanks for this. i used to listen to the Eagles back in the day, but it's been years. perhaps i'll pull out the old stuff... great writing here.thanks for this - sadi ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:00:05 EST

it would be perhaps cruel to point out that On the Border was a purchasing option at the time as well ]]>

Comment by Mark Saleski on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:57:10 EST

here's the rationalization: i bought it because the band i was in at the time was gonna play "Already Gone". honest. ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:54:40 EST

Comment by Mark Saleski on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:42:04 EST

and, ironically, i think i own the greatest hits collection. heh. ]]>

Comment by Eric Olsen on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:40:47 EST

it is gratifying when my communiques find their intended target ]]>

Comment by Mark Saleski on Eagles Box - First Seven Albums Reissued in Set

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:33:15 EST

the real fan the context of each of these albums is worth having damn straight! ]]>