tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050719.post11573127223266997..comments2023-11-20T18:21:36.789-08:00Comments on The Slums Off Hollywood Boulevard: Why Do So Many People Hate the Eagles?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050719.post-81043828077392171292018-09-25T22:55:13.419-07:002018-09-25T22:55:13.419-07:00I think corporate takeover and consolidation of ra...I think corporate takeover and consolidation of radio killed the essence that made The Eagles' music so edgy and cool pre-Hotel California, due to overplaying certain hits ad nauseam as you've pointed out. <br /><br />My favs list includes:<br /><br />"Victim of Love" ("I see a broken heart, I could be wrong but I'm not")<br /><br />Of course, "James Dean" and "Already Gone" (awesome rockers), "Old '55," "You Never Cry Like A Lover," "Good Day In Hell," "On The Border" ("I'm sick and tired of all your law and order, say goodnight Dick." Those fade-out lyrics always struck me as being directed at Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon, former California Senator, Eisenhower's VP and resigned-in-disgraced president, who won a highly contested 1968 election running on a, "Law and Order," platform.) Come to think of it, I generally like the entire "On The Border" album with the exception of "Best of My Love."<br /><br />For a Randy Meisner ballad I like, "Try And Love Again," guy was a great talent but issues with fame, alcohol over-indulgence and mental issues have taken their toll on this kind soul.<br /><br />"Last Resort" from "Hotel California," "You call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye." Truer words were never spoken (sung?).<br /><br />A Don Henley solo pick: "Dirty Laundry." I spent some time in LA in the 1980s and there was a woman on Channel 7 who reminded me of the, "bubble headed bleach blonde comes on at five," Christine Lund. Awesome song about the trials and tribulations of those people caught up in the glare of L.A.'s tv, radio and print news media. It's also more or less Henley's ode to his own O.J. Simpsonesque (Kafkaesque?) experience with the local Los Angeles news machine, when they used to camp outside his front door. It succinctly captures the news media zeitgeist of the era, "to a T."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com