Has anyone heard the Eagles new single "How Long". I absolutely love it!!!! Love the harmonies.

I've been an Eagles fan since I don't know when. I loved Don Henley as a solo artist and Glenn Fry as a solo artist but the Eagles back together........ oh yeah!!!!!

It is hard to believe that the Eagles are putting out their first studio album (Long Road Out of Eden) in 28 years!
There a a lot of "rockers" on the new cd. "How Long" is classic Eagles... I love it too.

I'm an Eagles fan but I haven't heard the new single yet. Unless I hear it on the radio at some point, I doubt I will listen until I get the album.

I really like the Eagles, who doesn't really? This is so cool, thanks for sharing! I'll be sure to check it out whenever I can!

Blessings,
-Sarah Liz

I'm probably as big an Eagles fan as I am of Linda Ronstadt, given that they are each linked in music history (recall that before being called the Eagles, they were Linda's backing band during a tour she did in 1971).

I haven't heard their new single yet, but we have quite a few Classic Rock outlets here in Los Angeles that will likely be playing it in the coming weeks. I kind of doubt Top 40 radio will touch it; they're too busy playing mindless drivel from the Britney Spearses of the pop world to bother with these guys. They will also be the ones to christen the new Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles on October 18th, with their supporting act being the Bushwhackers...er, the Dixie Chicks .

I know that this may tick a few people off here, but one thing that has consistently bugged me ever since their Hell Freezes Over tour of 1995 is how the country music industry is claiming that the Eagles' 1970s records would be considered "country" today. I have a very difficult time buying that notion for a lot of reasons, but I'll give just two for openers.

One is that, if they're really "country" at all, it is a style of country music endemic to California, rooted in the 1960s folk music revival and spiked with elements of R&B, which, as Linda herself has said, is a "hybrid, very specialized, and it doesn't have anything to do with Nashville."

Secondly, the subject matter of their songs often focuses on the dangers of the fame, fortune, and fast-living of urban life, specifically the L.A. of the 1970s that they knew more than a little bit about. Would the musical and lyrical content of "Hotel California" or "Life In The Fast Lane" ("We've been up and down this highway/haven't seen a godd***ed thing") work uncut n a format that includes "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" and "Whiskey Girl"? I don't think so.

We have to look at the Eagles, however influential they may be on today's country music, as being radically different in terms of musical style and lyrical content from, say, Rascal Flatts or Lonestar. They are a much darker and more brooding band than I think they're given credit for.

Erik - I agree with you 100% and so glad you posted this!!! Eagles as a country group just really is difficult to understand but then again country music isn't what it used to be either........ I love the old Country and Western songs and back when the Eagles were not considered Country - which just the sound of it cracks me up I love your post!!!!!
I for one love this song because it sounds like a classic Eagles song in which i've been a fan of since Linda's days with them - and with Don and Glenn both separate.

I hope that the Dixie Chicks are able to come back some day to the music industry and be accepted for their musical talents alone - even though the bushwhackers may not be played on Clear Channel, they were and are a very talented group of women who were a refreshing and uplifting sound to what country music needed and still needs.

I'm an Eagles fan! Their new vide premiered on CMT last Thursday.They had about 5 debuts,etc. including Trisha Yearwood,Little Big Town,The Eagles,Hootie & The Blowfish,and one more I think.

You might be able to see them on CMT Loaded.

I look forward to the new album. I've always enjoyed their music...but I have to admit there is a bit of dust on the CDs not having played them in so long. I think I have heard "Hotel California" enough to be completely sick of it (in the same way that many people are sick of Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"). I can't really think of one song of theirs that I would call my favorite by them (in the past, it probably would have been "Hotel California"). But I still like their music, and I am looking forward to this new album. It will be interesting to see if there's anything worth listening to enough to get sick of it.

I absolutely LOVE "Wasted Time", and am dying to hear Trisha sing that!!

I've been lucky enough to see the Eagles and the Chicks together twice, and they rock. The Eagles alone are magic as well.

I think it would be illegal to be a Trisha fan without being an Eagles fan! The Eagles rock and Don Henley...seriously, can it be any better than him?!

I saw them on the Hell Freezes Over tour (alone) in '94, and I loved the concert. And really, one of the great things about them is that they can go longer than other groups because they have more than one vocalist; at our venue they were on for a little over three hours (counting the intermission).

I can't really narrow it down to one favorite, but I like--pretty much equally--"Desperado," "New Kid In Town," "New York Minute" (from the Hell Freezes Over album), "Tequila Sunrise," "Wasted Time," and "Lyin' Eyes." (And I suppose in certain moods I can still listen to "Hotel California.") I would like to hear Trisha sing "Tequila Sunrise" or possibly even "Desperado."

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Perhaps it would do some good to go back into the original albums themselves and look at the other tracks on them--in other words, the ones that don't get played on the radio every other day of the week (LOL):

"Train Leaves Here This Morning" (from the self-titled debut)
"Doolin' Dalton/Desperado (Reprise)" (from Desperado)
"On The Border" (title track of their 1974 album)
"Journey Of The Sorcerer" (from One Of These Nights)
"The Last Resort" (from Hotel California)
"The Sad Cafe" (from The Long Run)

And we're not talking about mere filler here (IMHO).

I love the Eagles, but I won't buy this new one from them, it being released by Wal-Mart! I don't enter those stores ever. AWFUL COMPANY and they are ruining our towns. I know many can't get over their prices, but please, if you are paying that little for something, what the heck do you think those making some of that stuff make for a living? It slavery plain and simple! Not to mention they try and get the states pick up the medical insurance. Is it not enough they pay as little as possible to their employees, work them 39.5 hours to avoid paying medical insurance! If Trisha followed Garth and release her albums throught Walmart, she wouldn't have me buying her stuff. I would always be a fan, as I am of the Eagles, but I won't buy the product through WALMART. EVER! Check out the movie released about WALMART a few years ago, its sickning how the operate.

With this post, I am in no way, shape or form defending Wal-Mart. I despise the fact that they pay their workers so low; it's certainly why I have never seriously applied there. Not everyone has been as lucky as I am to not have to work there. Having said all of that, I think I should point out what seems to be an implied fallacy in what you are stating, as if Wal-Mart is the only retailer that does this, and that frequenting other retailers is the best way to punish Wal-Mart for its practices. I can't speak for all retailers, but I have worked for two other major retailers (I'm not saying which ones), and let me tell you that they do the same thing. One of the retailers does allow you to get limited medical benefits but only IF you manage to average at least 32 hours every week. To get that minimum of 32 hours, you might have to beg management for hours or possibly get a coworker to give you some of their hours, when possible. And even if you become a supervisor at this particular company, you are still not guaranteed 40 hours per week (and thus do not qualify for full benefits). So if you're going to punish all of the retailers who engage in these type of practices, you may very well end up naked and starving. Just my 2¢...

Yes, being in Retail Managment for years, I know first hand the practices of avoiding paying health care coverage, but getting the most hours possible from workers. Walmart goes into to towns though and by their shear size of them, can wipe out a whole downtown, all its employees and leave the area a ghost town, then they move out of their orginal UGLY store, and leave it with weeds and asfault cracking everywhere, to build an even bigger one (Super Store) down the road, trying to undercut local supermarkets too! They did that hear in my area, and the building they left behind is been vandalized, kids have been cut by glass many times and its a true eye sore! They should tear the darn things down, they are the ones that put up the UGLY, CHEAPLY BUILT BUILDING in the first place! Mike

I think we're getting well off track to what this thread is supposed to be about, because, much as the merits (or lack thereof) of Wal-Mart should be debated, I don't think this thread is the place to do it, regardless of whether or not the Eagles are going to exclusively peddle their new project at that corporation's stores. I'm much more comfortable discussing the merits of their work.

AMEN!!!

So does anyone love the new Eagles song? I don't know why, but I just LOVE this song and I guess so excited that the Eagles have a new album. Yes, if I hear Hotel California, I flip the station...... To have these guys back together in concert - and with the Dixie Chicks opening........ I can only hope they come even close to Nashville. I will definitely be there. I loved the eagles, and yes Erik - it is those unreleased songs that are awesome too. I have a turntable and nothing like hearing it "the old way". With Elvis, Linda, Eagles, amongst many others - the '70s and early 80's music is like no other. (yes have albums from each too!)

If you have a myspace account and are a "friend" of theirs, you can add the video to your profile.

i like the eagles , and when i heard trisha sing new kid in town wow that blew me away
i would like to hear her sing some more songs