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| From | "bob" <segarini@rogers.com> |
| Subject | Re: One of these days... |
| Date | Tue, 7 Jun 2005 19:56:33 -0400 |
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No offense taken...
I am, (as most of you know), a HUGE Eagles fan...but Hotel California was
so "L.A Deeply Shallow", pretensious, and drawn out, I couldn't stand it.
...that is, until I heard/saw, the version on the "Hell Freezes Over" DVD
in DTS sound.
It is heartachingly beautiful in that context, both in performance, and
meaning. The wrinkles, experience, and heartache, missing from the original
recording was there in it's "wasted lives", full blown, "lived through"
reality.
It changed my perception of the song as only time can.
Wonderful music from these guys, who, like James Taylor, age gracefully
musically, proof that the life lived provides the best songs, the most
heartfelt emotions, and the musical legacy inherent in greatness. These are
not pretenders...they ARE the Southern California experience as much as The
Beach Boys ever were...
bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "floatingunder" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: One of these days...
> --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, Dave Seaman <seamand@u...> wrote:
>>
>> <<<
>> From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@h...>
>>
>> My Eagles come-uppance started in '75 with "One Of These Nights"
> featuring
>> the title track "New Kid In Town" and "Lyin' Eyes" as a trifecta of
> radio
>> perfect pop (hey, I was 12 years old!). Love that record still
> because
>> unlike The Eagles' other material it has not been destroyed by
> Classic Rock
>> and oldies stations.....yet.
>
>
> Speaking of destroyed songs and/or songs that are destructive..
> Oddly enough, I heard the song HOTEL CALIFORNIA at a store just the
> other day. I have managed to avoid hearing this song for many, many,
> many years now. Nearly phobic about it. It wouldn't be an
> overstatement to say it was one of my personal "Top 10 most hated FM
> songs of all time". Amazingly, with all the time past since I've last
> heard it and now hearing it with fresh ears....it still causes me the
> same gut wrenching pain it always has.
>
> Steve D.
> (no offense meant to any one who loves this song naturally)
>
>
>
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