so...who the fuck doesn't like the Eagles?
Posted by lolTAgotdestroyed@reddit | lebowski | View on Reddit | 31 comments
it is The Dude's only character flaw
Posted by lolTAgotdestroyed@reddit | lebowski | View on Reddit | 31 comments
it is The Dude's only character flaw
caddy45@reddit
I’ll put this out as a discussion point, not fully thought through.
The Eagles are very similar to Nickleback.
DavidM47@reddit
How dare you. Have you ever picked up a guitar?
caddy45@reddit
lol yes I have a handful actually.
I’m not talking musically the same per se. idk what to call it even, but Nickelback is a meme for crappy, over produced, lowest common denominator music yet still one of the most played bands, without a doubt, of their time. When Rockstar is played(or whatever it’s called) how many mental eye rolls take place among those who are in earshot? What about Hotel California? Same difference. But in the middle of those songs you may not do it aloud but you sing along, having a wry smile at yourself. Maybe mimic one of those face melting guitar licks? Yea me too….
Secondly, are the songs either of the bands known for the peak of any of the individual members musicality? I fucking doubt that. Speaking for the guitar and singing parts there’s nothing particularly hard or challenging that I know of in any of their popular songs. I don’t think any of them had to stretch much. Clint Black did Desperado better that Frey/Henly and maybe that’s unfair cuz I think Clint is one of the best male country singers of the 90’s. Point stands tho.
Both bands were wildly popular but somehow, probably as a function of their successes, somehow became the butt of their own jokes.
The hill I will die on particularly in this sub is that The Eagles are fucking awesome. They erased some lines between genres and became more successful than any who had tried before them.
DavidM47@reddit
Hang on, you think the Eagles are fucking awesome, but you compare Hotel California to Nickelback’s Rockstar and propose that these bands are very similar?
Friends like these, huh Gary?
People cringe when they hear Hotel California because it’s a poignant ballad to man’s addicted persona, and we all know that, and it’s a hard topic to discuss. Rockstar is embarrassing because of its shamelessness.
Rizos28@reddit
New shit has come to light
Haunting_Ant_5061@reddit
Me… I’ll have you know that I have roundly rejected shit songs like Hotel California… I did not watch my buddies die face down in the 90s so this bunch of assholes could tour for six decades.
DavidM47@reddit
The problem with Hotel California is that it’s too good. It got overplayed like Smells Like Teen Spirit and Nothing Else Matters.
If you don’t recognize and/or can’t acknowledge that it has one of the great guitar solos in rock ‘n’ roll history, then where do I fit in?
Haunting_Ant_5061@reddit
“The problem with Hotel California is that it’s too good…”
Yeah, well, that’s just like, you know, your opinion, man.
“If you don’t recognize and/or can’t acknowledge that it has one of the great guitar solos in rock ‘n’ roll history, then where do I fit in?”
… I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening…
DavidM47@reddit
Tattoo it on your forehead!
carl_showalter96@reddit
I can stand 2-3 of their songs but overall their catalog sucks. But that's just like my opinion man.
Marlbey@reddit
LA Weekly famousy ranked the Eagles as the second worst band of all time (behind Dave Matthews, appropriately) with this to say:
HTH
2wheelsThx@reddit
"LA Weekly"...what the fuck is with these guys? Who are they??
Dirtydubya@reddit
I like Hotel California. That's where it starts, that's where it ends, dude
DoctorWinchester87@reddit
I like the Eagles, generally. I wouldn't say I'm, on a personal level, an enormous fan or anything. I like most of their hit singles and I think some of their albums are fantastic. Their "Live from the Capitol Centre" concert film from the 70s is one of my favorite captured live performances of any band. They were very tight musically and songs like "New Kid in Town" and "Take It to the Limit" just hit that spot for me. They are a bunch of assholes, though. But there's plenty of asshole musicians whose work I enjoy - Van Morrison, Roger Waters, Pete Townsend, Don McLean, etc.
I can understood why some people wouldn't dig their style. They were probably the biggest American group of the 1970s. Their greatest hits album from that period is still one of the best selling albums of all time in the US. So I can get that people wouldn't like them because they were too bland or radio-friendly or derivative. But I do think there are a number of people who think they have to hate the Eagles just because the Dude does.
listenloud@reddit
🙋🏼
pretzelllogician@reddit
Bunch of assholes.
hornwalker@reddit
I hate the fucking Eagles
duh_nom_yar@reddit
The Eagles fucking suck! First and foremost, their sound is a direct ripoff of the band Poco that was formed after the demise of Buffalo Springfield. Secondly, they are a band made up of musicians that created a homogenized and bland version of country rock even though the musicians were better on their own and that leads us to... Third: any band that is comfortable with muting a musician like Joe Walsh and being completely alright with that decision is suckling at the teat of everything that is wrong with a band and music. If you need proof of this, listen to James Gang and ask yourself why Joe Walsh was ever considered as a member of a band that is more concerned with adding banjo tracks to a song than they are allowing a guitarist like Walsh to actually play guitar.
2wheelsThx@reddit
What in God's holy name are you blathering about? I mean, say what you will about the tenets of California Rock, at least it's a sound.
duh_nom_yar@reddit
The rock, which I assure you, is not a problem.
DavidM47@reddit
Life in the Fast Lane is one of the best rock songs ever. Take it Easy is literally the best country song ever. Witchy Woman is Elaine’s Desperado.
One of these Nights. Peaceful Easy Feeling. Lyin’ Eyes. Almost too many to mention.
Dan_Berg@reddit
... I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention
Bowlholiooo@reddit
I dislike the Eagles they are squeaky clean Americana cheese for cunts
DavidM47@reddit
Yeah, all those great well-played songs… Buncha assholes.
PoloMan1991eb@reddit
How fucking dare they make a plethora of genre defying hits!?!
Haunting_Ant_5061@reddit
DummBee1805@reddit
Were you listening to the Dude’s story?
sandwich486@reddit
KeepYaWhipTinted@reddit
Nah, the Eagles are shit man
matthewofwicks@reddit
I grew up in the same county as Don Henley. I've had that crap shoved down my throat my whole life. I hate it.
Rizos28@reddit
Please, i had a bad day and i hate the fucking Eagles, man!