The Dance Vs Hell Freezes Over

[Nicks Fan]

This is a good topic.

I have to say that both DVD's are very good but youvcan tell they don't have that raw live feel. Everything is virtually note perfect and overproduced to the point of near note for note perfection. I think I would have to give it to the Dance simply because the Eagles had too much solo material in the set and that new song of Glenn's Girl From Yesterday was horrid.

In reading Don Felders book and watching the new documentary showed what greedy arrogant jerks Don and Glenn really are. I find it funny how Frey says that he demanded that he and Don Henley get more money for the HFO tour as he felt that they had kept the Eagles Brand alive during their 80's solo tours. He says that he threatened Don Felder over his refusal to sign the contract by saying he sign the bleeping contract by sundown or they will get someone else. I respect them as musicians but not as human beings.

In my oppinon the music was so good that it kept itself alive by the constant airplay the Eagles enjoyed long after they had broken up. Don Felder is a great guitar player who could outplay Glenn and Don any day. Look at when he was fired they had to get someone else to replace him because they couldn't imitate his style them selves.

In Felders book I recall him talking about being fired and when he contacted Timothy he was told you should have just signed the contracts in reference to the box set they put where the proposal was to give Henley and Frey more money from the sales. I feel hat Timothy and even Joe are puppets in the whole dictatorship that is the Eagles. For some reason every time they come back though no matter how much the tickets cost they always end up doing bigger business then before.

I do have one question though. In a recent interview Henley said that he was angry over the criticism they got for the ticket prices being over 100 dollars during the HFO tour and said they were not the first band to do this but they were more publicized then the other artists. My question is at anytime during the 80's or 90's prior to HFO was anyone charging over 100 dollars?