RIP Glenn Frye
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always wanted to see the Eagles live, but never got the chance...but, being 49, you guys are making me feel young 
His music was a fixture while I was at PSU.
Strange...I just realized that this makes me feel old but having a Sophomore at PSU doesn't...
Strange...I just realized that this makes me feel old but having a Sophomore at PSU doesn't...
http://www.tmz.com/2016/01/18/glenn-frey-the-eagles-dead/
Man being in your late 60's isn't a good thing lately! Plus all these musician deaths are happening on Mondays too! Lemmy, Bowie, now Frey.
Man being in your late 60's isn't a good thing lately! Plus all these musician deaths are happening on Mondays too! Lemmy, Bowie, now Frey.
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53 here. Missed out on seeing the Eagles too.
“It's Your World Now”
Written by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin
From the Eagles’ Long Road Out of Eden album
A perfect day, the sun is sinkin' low
As evening falls, the gentle breezes blow
The time we shared went by so fast
Just like a dream, we knew it couldn't last
But I'd do it all again
If I could, somehow
But I must be leavin' soon
It's your world now
It's your world now
My race is run
I'm moving on
Like the setting sun
No sad goodbyes
No tears allowed
You'll be alright
It's your world now
Even when we are apart
You'll always be in my heart
When dark clouds appear in the sky
Remember true love never dies
But first a kiss, one glass of wine
Just one more dance while there's still time
My one last wish: someday, you'll see
How hard I tried and how much you meant to me
It's your world now
Use well your time
Be part of something good
Leave something good behind
The curtain falls
I take my bow
That's how it's meant to be
It's your world now
It's your world now
It's your world now
“It's Your World Now”
Written by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin
From the Eagles’ Long Road Out of Eden album
A perfect day, the sun is sinkin' low
As evening falls, the gentle breezes blow
The time we shared went by so fast
Just like a dream, we knew it couldn't last
But I'd do it all again
If I could, somehow
But I must be leavin' soon
It's your world now
It's your world now
My race is run
I'm moving on
Like the setting sun
No sad goodbyes
No tears allowed
You'll be alright
It's your world now
Even when we are apart
You'll always be in my heart
When dark clouds appear in the sky
Remember true love never dies
But first a kiss, one glass of wine
Just one more dance while there's still time
My one last wish: someday, you'll see
How hard I tried and how much you meant to me
It's your world now
Use well your time
Be part of something good
Leave something good behind
The curtain falls
I take my bow
That's how it's meant to be
It's your world now
It's your world now
It's your world now
The Eagles were the best live band....bar none I/we saw. No band sounded more like their recorders/CDs than the Eagles. I/we saw them 3 times. I love Springsteen and we saw him 5 times. Bruce is another type of animal. He and the E Street band have the most energy of any group we saw. However, the Eagles still stand as the best live band because of their pure sound.
agree. saw the hell freezes over tour at the bjc. after all that time, i thought they actually sounded better than when they split up. not sure what becomes of the band now.
Lemmy, Bowie, Rickman, and now Frey. It's been a rough three weeks.
The Eagles had some amazing harmonies. I put them up there with, in no order, the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, and CSN(Y). You rarely hear that these days.
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Always loved throwing in the Eagles CD when I had a long car ride. No bad songs on the greatest hits album. Easy listening. Always made you wax a little nostalgic about the old days.
Now 57, I had regretted not seeing the Eagles for years and then missed them when they came to Houston a few years ago in their continued touring since the band came back together. So on Memorial Day weekend last year I flew to Las Vegas and saw them play for 3 hours at the MGM Grand the weekend after a huge fight/boxing match (Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao).
Glen Frey essentially led the band and the story telling throughout the evening. And yes, they still sounded amazing in concert, as they did sort of chronological concert covering their earliest songs through their latest music.
RIP Glen Frey. Amazingly talented performer in an amazingly talented band.
Glen Frey essentially led the band and the story telling throughout the evening. And yes, they still sounded amazing in concert, as they did sort of chronological concert covering their earliest songs through their latest music.
RIP Glen Frey. Amazingly talented performer in an amazingly talented band.
I agree that the Eagles were the BEST live band ever, at least that I ever saw in person! Hotel California is a classic, especially when played live. I first saw them at BJC back in the summer of 1996 when my son was a freshman at Penn State. I have seen them 3 times since and they were just as good every time! RIP Glenn Fry!
......and for their first hit. I still remember hearing this song on the radio when it first came out.
May 26, 1973 at the Spectrum in Philly; WFIL Charity concert
Dr Hook and the Medicine Show
Billy Preston
The Eagles
Lou Reed
Slade
and by far and away the band that blew everyone else off stage was the Eagles. No one even knew who they were and they totally and completely lit the place up. And not the sort of soft rock adult sound they had on radio, but a much more organic live jam sound. Billy Preston also lit the place up. The other acts not so much
Rest In Peace Glenn.......I hope you have finally achieved that Peaceful Easy Feeling.
Dr Hook wasn't so much a band as much as a conglamoration of musicians just jamming, Slade was more known for their radio songs in England, and Lou was probably junked out on heroin.
My favorite story of Glenn's, was when he was living in Laurel Canyon, in a run down apartment with John David Souther, and Jackson Browne had the studio apartment in the basement directly underneath them. Glenn said that at 9am, every single morning, without fail, he would be awakened by the sound of Browne playing the exact same part on the piano, over and over and over and over again, for half an hour at a time...followed by the sound of a tea whistle on Browne's stove, followed by a short break...and then afterwards, the exact same thing: Browne playing the exact same part on the piano, over and over again, until he got it right. Glenn told this story as a teaching tool for he and J.D., on how to write songs...he said that through Browne, he finally learned how to write: elbow grease, time, and repetitive practice over and over.
I saw this in a Netflix documentary about 2 weeks ago. It was a two part docu on the band through the decades. Lasts about 3.5 hours, and I started it around 10PM and couldn't stop watching. Great footage of many of their shows and backstage. Joe Walsh was a huge mesh back in the days.
I saw the Eagles as an opening act in 1972 (Spectrum in Philly) in my very first rock concert. Yes was the headliner, and Chris Squire just recently passed away. Both groups were excellent.
....and tickets were only $5 for that show.
http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?ftype=1&qdec=1970&qdateid=241
http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?ftype=1&qdec=1970&qdateid=241
I saw them 4 times. I'm 60 and have been a fan since the beginning. Won my sons over number years ago. When their songs never change station. Although my sons turned me on to AcDc. Seen them twice and third this March. Glenn just had one of those voices.
Only in 1972 would you see two acts some completely polar opposite on the same bill.
In 1974, Rush opened for Kiss.
There was nothing like the early 70's, I was too young to experience it, but from all accounts it was a glorious time for rock and roll.
If you want to see even more of a side of Glenn that you don't ordinarily see, check out the documentary on PBS about David Geffen called "Re-inventing David Geffen". Both Glenn and Henley, as well as nearly everyone else from the era, have incredible stories to tell, all true.
Yeah, that used to happen a lot. I saw a bill of Dave Mason, Fleetwood Mac, and Little Feat at the LA Forum in 1973. I was there primarily to see Little Feat, but I liked all three bands.
Rush and Kiss on the same bill: LOL....
This song really hit me when I heard the news of Glenn Frey's passing. Glenn and Don wrote it after the 9/11/2001 attacks, and although it dealt with a supremely different event, with Glenn's death, there certainly is a hole in the world tonight.
