Don Henley Comment on FM
 

Well, let me start off by doing my obligatory "I don't post here very often" comment. So now that that's out of the way, let me also take the opportunity to say I know many of you are not the biggest DH fans (I said I don't post here very often, not that I don't visit often...;) ), but I saw this and just wanted to post it here.

I was on an Eagles' website earlier today, and saw that Don Henley was interviewed for Philly radio recently. In it, he was asked several questions about his tour with Stevie. Additionally, though, when asked why he would be touring with Stevie, his response was that "FM has basically thrown in the towel and he had time so why not."

Is he just hypothesizing?? Has he some information we do not from the powers that be?? It seems very odd that he would be the one speculating on this, especially after recent comments from Mick. I mean, I know he's had some unkind (read: bitchy) things to say about his own band as of late, but to drag another well-known band into a mix of assumptions is another. So I'm wondering if he knows something that we don't from conversations with SN...?? Or what exactly is going on??

Thoughts?? Comments??

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I don't think I'd read very much into it.
BTW, I love the glowing reasoning behind his tour with Stevie. :rolleyes: The man is not a diplomat by any stretch.

Not in the slightest.
I'm glad, although I figured, others would pick up on it...;)

I almost wonder, as someone else here had mentioned, if she asked him to do this tour.

What a tool
 

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It seems to me that people have been plotting the death of Fleetwood Mac pretty much since Peter Green quit.

It was all over after Green quit.
It was all over after Jeremy quit.
It was all over after they cancelled the "Bare Trees" tour.
It was all over after they cancelled the "Mystery To Me" tour.
It was all over after the "Fake Mac" disaster.
It was all over after Bob quit.
It was all over after Chris & John divorced and Stevie & Lindsey split.
It was all over after "Tusk" didn't do as well as hoped.
It was all over after they did solo albums.
It was all over after Lindsey quit.
It was all over after Christine & Stevie decided to no longer tour with FM.
It was all over after Stevie quit.
It was all over after Mick split up the "Time" band.
It was all over after Christine retired.

Fleetwood Mac: It's been all over since 1970! Hey Don, I'll believe it when I see it!

IMO, I think he meant "thrown in the towel" from touring for awhile/end of the last leg of the Say You Will tour. I don't think he meant thrown in the towel for good. I doubt seriously that Stevie would tell Don something like that anyway, unless it was public knowledge first.

Well if you ask Mick or Stevie the towel has not been thrown in

Chris

Yes...
 

Right, and that was my whole point. Why would he even think about mentioning it if there was no truth to it?!? I just see no need in him involving himself in this matter if there is nothing on which to base it. There's obviously a lot of tension within the Eagles currently, but I was just curious as to what would compel him* to make such comments about another high-profile music group. I'm figuring -- like others have said -- that the poster may have misunderstood and it was the Eagles who have thrown in the towel, and not FM.

* = A reason that does not concern him being a bumbling, tactless individual.

Brad

Possible dumb question: Did Fmac sell more concert tickets in the late 70s/early 80s than the Eagles? Has Fmac sold more records than the Eagles? Doesn't Don hold this snotty attitude against them still to this day?

I still have hope that one day soon Christine will say: "Oh what the f*ck i'll come out and play 20, yes only 20 US show just for the money. My garden needs a new fence."

:lol: :laugh: I totally agree..."grrr I guess I could do with a new pair of 24carat gold sneakers."

I think it might happen...although I always get the impression that Christine spend less of her money on drugs and invested better.

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The Eagles have sold more albums for sure, I'm not sure about concert tickets...

In the USA The Eagles have sold 88 million albums, and Fleetwood Mac 48.5 million..

And of course the Eagles now hold the title for having the Best Selling Album in Music history...

But in all fairness, NOW in 2005 both groups are on the same level I would say in terms of concert ticket sales, etc..

Chris

....which is a compilation. That's not an album. I wonder if they have a regular album that sold as much as Rumours did. But hey! Who cares.

I like his music, I hate the things he says. So if I do not sound like a fan, it's 100% due to remarks like this about FM, that makes it a dork for me. But when he's singing and playing drums toghether... the guy is greatness. I just don't want to see him in Stevies range.

if you sell 28 mill of any album regardless of what kind of album it is.....if its your music....thats an accomplishment. plus you're really reaching for a reason to put down the eagles as their hotel california album has sold 16 mill of its own...only 3 mill less than rumours. thats nothing to frown upon. and it's not like FM hasn't sold their share of compilation albums. I'm not an eagles fan (though i do like a few songs for sure) and I'm a huge FM fan but you gotta give credit where credit is due.

Boy are you in the wrong place! :thumbsup:

No I won't.

Well, since The Eagles haven't made a record of completely new songs since 1979 maybe he was confused and talking about them throwing in the towel. :laugh:

True - but DH (which could stand for di@k head - I mean it as Don Henley :cool: ) - had some cool solo stuff up until abuout 1992, though I think his best solo ended around 1985 or so.

It's quite possible since the bulk of the E's catalog is greatest hits comps.

I used to be a HUGE DH fan(that's Don Henley! :D ). Did you get his album that came out a couple years ago? The name is eluding me now.....Inside Job(I had to go look). It's not bad, but nowhere near his older stuff. I think Building the Perfect Beast is a perfect album.
But, yeah, he's a tool. He's SO full of himself! And he seems like he'd be about as much fun as a barrel of ticks to hang out with. But that voice is still great...

:laugh: :lol: :laugh: I'm with you.

Reputable sources say he is having problems with it and that is the cause of the show cancellations for his and Stevie's tour.
I was shocked because I had never heard any weakness is his voice, ever.

I agree, esp. about Building the Perfect Beast. I met him at an AHI benefit - he was nice enough in that 70's huge star too cool for the room kind of way. I did make him laugh though by saying I sang Desparado horribly off key for my HS reunion - when he replied he was not sure he was too often on key - I retorted without hesitation that he had millions doing so :eek: - we laughed because he knew I dod not mean he was always off key, etc.

I've heard that, too - but it confuses me because if he were having throat problems, wouldn't they have cancelled the front end of the dates?? They maintained the June dates, and killed the July dates.

Like Toronto.

Not that I'm bitter.

Don's exact statement from the interview was...

"her group has permanently thrown in the towel, I think ---so she's officially a solo artist now"



I don't think he got that impression from Lindsey or John :)

I know. Maybe he needs time to recuperate so he can do the big money Eagles dates this fall. :shrug:

Dirty Laundry is one of the worst songs I've ever heard and it's quite hysterical to listen to since Dickhead Henley is the king of airing his dirty laundry in the media. He's a real prince.

I LOVED that song for the line:

But, Boys of Summer is my fav. solo of his.

And - he is the king of airing his DL :laugh:

I never cared for his voice, to be honest. And I have no respect for a man who gives an interview to a national publication and discusses the aborted child of his former lover for all to read about. Stevie *must* have a heart of gold because I would have sliced off his frank and beans. He's classless and tasteless, but that's his stock in trade from what I gather.

Solo artist or with Fleetwood Mac, I don't care. I just want Stevie to put out an album already. SYW and TISL have rocked my world and I know whatever she does nevext will be amazing.

Do not even get me started on "Hole in the World" :eek: I mean they are one of the greatest and most creative groups EVER and THAT tripe is all they come up with :laugh:

OMFG!

The first time I heard Hole In the World, I laughed for two days straight, I swear. What a whiney, putrid, stinky little piece of crap that song is.

There's a hole in the world tonight...
Don't let there be a hole in the world tomorrow

Do me a favor and get out the gun!

I still love the Eagles music like Tequila Sunrise or Peaceful Easy Feeling. I've heard Glenn Frey's solo stuff and egads, it sucks. :laugh: I do like Don Henley solo though. I like The Last Worthless Evening and I think Dirty Laundry is funny and really pretty clever. I guess he makes up for in talent what he lacks in class at times. It's too bad. Stevie and he make an awesome duet and what a hot looking couple! :nod:

I can only hope he's wrong. But if the Rumours lineup can re-form after Lindsey told everyone in 1992 that he wasn't planning on ever going back, then it can survive whatever prompted Don Henley to make that comment!

I actually have an appreciation for Don Henley as a solo artist, at least up to a point. Building the Perfect Beast is a terrific album, IMHO. And even some of his post-BTPB songs like "End of the Innocence" and "Heart of the Matter" just blow me away. For someone who can be a prick in "real life" his songs have a lot of emotional resonance. Maybe that side of him is one that the public doesn't see, and one which makes Stevie forgive and forget.

He's nothing compared to Lindsey, though, of course. lol

I love End of the Innocence! Thanks for reminding me of that one! :wavey:

It's a good song, but then Bruce Hornsby is a great songwriter. :nod: