joe walsh has 3 solo songs?
Pop/country rock contemporaries that you should listen to instead of the Eagles:
Jackson Browne
The Allman Brothers Band
Fleetwood Mac
Linda Ronstadt
Gram Parsons
The Flying Burrito Bros
Gene Clark
Emmylou Harris
Willie Nelson
The Marshall Tucker Band
JJ Cale
Link Wray
Waylon Jennings
Stephen Stills
Ry Cooder
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Little Feat
Hell, the Doobie Brothers suck less than the Eagles. Black Water beats most of their career. I like America more than the Eagles too, but they're kind of in the same tier. Not great, but a few really great songs.
Take It Easy (largely a Jackson Browne song), One of These Nights and Take It to the Limit are really good. I can admit that.
Running on Empty for the win. The Load-Out / Stay is the best song ever made.
I feel like, if the Eagles hadn't got SUCH big heads after Hotel California, they wouldn't be so derided. That album, in general, really just ruined them for so many people, because it does *not* deserve the praise/adoration, and I'm saying that as someone who at least "likes" the Eagles, if not possibly someone who would also sometimes call themselves a fan of the band. Everything from before HC is just innocuous to *really* good. I have no idea why they ever got as big as they did. As you point out in your list, there are many, many bands that did similar things and did it better.
Good analysis. The music isn’t particularly bad, but it’s baffling that their greatest hits is one of the top 2-3 bestselling albums of all time. Like, why not Journey’s greatest hits (which is better)? Or Aerosmith’s? It seems so arbitrary.
I don't mind The Eagles. I don't see how anyone could hate them given they are just about the definition of inoffensive in a musical sense.
Hotel California though is one of those songs you think is deep when you're 13 and then later realize is a bunch of bullshit lyrically.
My Morning Jacket Announce New Album The Waterfall II, Out This Friday
It’s about time. Really missed this band.
We're back into the strict lockdown in metro Melbourne