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A public service announcement. Edited again: Ok, it's not as bad as I thought......

RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
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For those of you who like the Eagles - the band that is - I wouldn't recommend buying their new album. It is bad.




Ron


EDITED: But it's still far less than their best effort and there some absolutely putrid songs on it.
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  • ArnyVeeArnyVee Posts: 4,245 ✭✭
    Darn....I was hoping that I'd be good. Any good songs at all on it?
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  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Out of 20, there are about 6 that are passable. The rest are pretty bad, and believe me I love the band and wanted every one of them to be good.





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  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    aw man, i saw the commercail on tv for it last night too-everybody puts out a clunker sometime lol-was hoping this wouldnt be oneimage
  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Let's just say that if you like Glenn Frey 80's sounding ballads, you'll love it.

    If you heard "How Long", the single they released recently, that's the best song on the CD. There is no good guitar work by Walsh and the boys. None.



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  • JrMacdaddyJrMacdaddy Posts: 506 ✭✭
    Its an album from the Eagles. I assumed it would be bad before you posted this.
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    just a bunch of middle aged, money grubbers at this point lol. i cant believe that people pay such silly money for their concerts too...how many farewell and goodbye tours are they going to do? there as bad as Barbara Streisand and Cher at this point.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Wonder if they are going to do a tour and charge $250 for a ticket!!
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Too old to rock & roll, too young to die.
  • WeekendHackerWeekendHacker Posts: 1,445 ✭✭
    Maybe they should have put out a CD instead of an album, it would sound a whole lot better!
  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Looks like a pure money grab. People will rush out to get it thinking they're going to get some good time country rock or some Hotel California style rock when all they're going to get is crap. I'm just blown away by how bad this is. The Stones, McCartney, Springsteen, etc. all put out new stuff and they do ok. Maybe not great, but ok. This stuff is awful.




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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Is it really that bad?
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • TreetopTreetop Posts: 1,474 ✭
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  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    "Is it really that bad?"


    Here's a blunt review from someone who knows their stuff musically. I don't agree with all of this - tracks 2,3,7, and 10 are pretty good, but that's only 4 songs out of 20. There's not much country rock on it and almost zero decent guitar work....sounds more like recycled solo stuff.


    It's a 20 song, two CD set. Man, couldn't wait to get this and hear me some good ol' Eagles classic rock. Here's what I got instead:

    1. A two minute accapella opener

    2. A 35 year old JD Souther country rock cover

    3. A passable Don Henley made for country radio song; this one will be all over country radio before long.

    4. A terrible Glenn Frey 80's sounding love ballad, complete with the fake drum machine beat that was so prevalent in the 80's.

    5. A half ass Joe Walsh cover of a Frankie Miller tune.

    6. Ok, here's track 6. The first 5 have been downers, I guess the band is leaving it up to Timothy B. Schmit to save the record. Uh, no. An 80's style Paul Carrack written piece of crap.

    7. A decent Henley number that musically is pretty good. But it's written for 50 something Fraus. So no, this one won't work. Man, the next number is going to have some kick-ass country rock on it, I just know it.

    8. Are you kidding? Another Frey ballad.

    9. Ok, we've reached a new low here. A Backstreet Boys sounding funk tune with Henley singing falsetto. I am not kidding.

    10. Oh no. Here comes Schmit again. The song is Do Something. I guess it was a message to themselves.

    11. Another Frey ballad. End of first CD.

    Oh well, maybe they got the crap out of the way. Man, I'll bet this second CD is going to be unbelievable....after all, it's gotten pretty good reviews.

    2nd CD

    1. A 10 minute (yes, 10 mins.) rant by Henley on the war and American excess. Ugh.

    2. A 90 second instrumental that is the highlight of the entire CD.

    3. Glenn Frey takes a time out from ballads to do this number which sounds like a sped up version of Secret Agent Man.

    4. A 5 minute Henley rant against Bush. Not kidding.

    5. Joe Walsh imitates Santana. Wow, a new low here.

    6. This is the point where I look to find the trash can. Glenn Frey with another ballad, this time the lovely "I Love To Watch A Woman Dance."

    7. Another 5 minute Henley rant against Bush.

    8. The Eagles try to imitate the Beatles. Results not good.

    9. Last song, thankfully. And what do they throw out? A Mexican sounding finale with horns. Never thought the Eagles would end what is (hopefully) their last album sounding like a mariachi band.

    Wow was it dreadful. Even in comparison to some of the stuff the other older guys put out, it is bad. Pure money grab.
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  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭
    Lebowski
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Put a nude picture of Wade Phillips daughter on the album cover, that might help sell a few copies - she's one hot chick. LOL
  • MorgothMorgoth Posts: 3,950 ✭✭✭
    The new Neil Young is awesome. Track 9 (The Way, I think) is probably the best extended jam rock song he has done since Down by the River off Everybody Knows This is Nowhere. The first track Bluebird, sounds like it rolled right off of harvest and the 2nd track with the banjo leads really is cool. On song 3 he even throws in some great R&B horns with screeching guitar solos on top. Really awesome CD by a guy who just had a stroke.
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  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Too bad. What happened to all the great song writing? We're lucky if we get 10 good songs a year, period. That includes all of Rock/pop music. Back in the day, there were 10 great songs released a week!
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>For those of you who like the Eagles - the band that is - I wouldn't recommend buying their new album. It is bad.

    Ron >>




    So much for that. LOL


    Eagles soar past Britney to top of charts
    By Dean Goodman
    Wed Nov 7, 12:41 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In an unusual development on the pop album charts, veteran rock band the Eagles were awarded the No. 1 spot on Tuesday after a last-minute rule change relegated Britney Spears to second place.

    The Eagles' first studio release in 28 years, "Long Road Out of Eden," sold about 711,000 copies last week, according to preliminary data released by tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan. Spears sold a modest 290,000 copies of her album, "Blackout."

    In a normal world, the Eagles would be No. 1 and Spears No. 2, but the Eagles album was available only through Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which traditionally does not report data to SoundScan. Additionally, trade publication Billboard does not allow such exclusive releases to appear on its flagship Billboard 200 chart, which is compiled from SoundScan data.

    That meant Spears would have been No. 1 upon the release of final SoundScan figures on Wednesday morning. However, Billboard said late Tuesday that it had changed its rule and the Eagles would indeed be No. 1. The rule was imposed at the request of retailers and labels shortly after Billboard started using SoundScan data in 1991.

    "We know that some retailers will be uncomfortable with this policy, but it was inevitable that Billboard's charts would ultimately widen the parameters to reflect changes that are unfolding in music distribution," said Geoff Mayfield, Billboard's director of charts.

    He said Billboard had become aware only within the last 24 hours that Wal-Mart would be willing to share the sales data for the Eagles album with Nielsen SoundScan. A Wal-Mart spokeswoman was not available for comment.

    The retailer had said earlier in the day that the Eagles album generated the largest first-week sales of any music product at the company in two years.

    Back in November 2005, Wal-Mart teamed up with retired country star Garth Brooks to sell an exclusive boxed set. The retailer said at the time that "Garth Brooks: The Limited Series" sold more than 500,000 copies on its first day during the busy Thanksgiving holiday period. But the feat was not recognized by Billboard.

    Exclusive releases have become common in recent years, with retailers such as Target Corp. and Starbucks Corp. aggressively striking deals with musical acts in order to drive customer traffic.

    ANOTHER BAD YEAR

    The Eagles now stand as one of the biggest-selling acts during another dismal year for the music industry. Overall sales so far in 2007 are off about 15 percent from the year-ago period. The biggest first-week seller so far this year is rapper Kanye West, whose "Graduation" sold 957,000 copies during its first six days in September.

    For Spears, whose musical career has been overshadowed in recent years by an unending litany of personal and professional missteps, the prognosis for "Blackout" seems less favorable. Her previous release, "In the Zone," debuted at No. 1 in November 2003 with 609,000 copies. It went on to sell relatively poorly compared to her previous releases.

    Her Jive Records label had forecast that "Blackout" would open to between 330,000 and 350,000 copies, although retailers were less bullish.

    The sales were respectable, said music industry consultant Clark Benson, CEO and founder of market research firm Almighty Institute of Music Retail.

    He noted that the teenagers who turned Spears into a pop culture icon almost a decade ago have moved on to other things, and that Spears herself did little to promote the album, apart from a widely ridiculed performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September.

    Spears has released just one single from the album, "Gimme More," which peaked surprisingly strongly at No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. Jive has not announced plans for a follow-up single.

    "Since the first single is starting to fade, the unanswered question is whether the relatively positive response to "Gimme More" was just morbid curiosity," Benson said.

    Jive is a unit of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a joint venture between Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG. The Eagles own their own label.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>For those of you who like the Eagles - the band that is - I wouldn't recommend buying their new album. It is bad.

    Ron >>




    The CU Sports Talk Forum reverse jinx strikes again. It never fails. LOL
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    peoples appetite for crap is never ending image
  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Ok, I've given it a second chance and it's not as bad as I thought, but it's not like Hotel California or their other efforts where nearly every song is good.

    Here are the good songs:


    How Long - a 35 year old cover, but very well done.

    Busy Being Fabulous - a country soul number, will be a hit on country radio and maybe pop radio too

    Waiting In The Weeds - musically and lyrically the best song on the album. Combination of New Kid In Town and The Last Resort. Not really a guy's song, though.

    Long Road Out Of Eden - powerhouse song. 10 minutes long, but some nice guitar work. Don't like the politics behind it, but I separate politics from the music I listen to.

    Somebody - pretty decent Glenn Frey rock song. Dark.

    Last Good Time In Town - Joe Walsh does this Steely Dan-like number. Not too bad, have to listen to it a few times though.

    Center of the Universe - Another song for the ladies, but it's pretty good.


    So that's 7 songs for 12 bucks at Walmart. Not really up to their standards, but it's not terrible. Maybe just average.
    Ron Burgundy

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