That's the headline atop today's On the Edge column from The Washington Times' Scott Galupo, a guy who, by the way, knows his way around a vinyl bin.
Scott notes the decades-long hate-hate affair between music critics and the Eagles, who have a new record out next week. But his column is just the tip of the iceberg here in the newsroom, where peaceful, easy Eagles fans have squared off against the The-Forces-Who-Refuse-To-Give-Don-Henley-And-Company-Their-Due.
Scott, in his column, calls them a "musical proxy for a broader distaste for mass culture." Some of us contend it's an East Coast/West Coast thing. I say you can just get out of the car if you don't want to hear "Take It to the Limit," turned up to 11.
-- David Eldridge, managing editor, WashingtonTimes.com
Comments (2)
Um... perhaps the Eagles were popular because their music was good, and their lyrics thoughtful and often inspired?
Their music has grown on me over the years.
Quality has a way of living on. I suspect that 100 years from now, as with much "classic" pop music of last century, their music will still be known and appreciated.
Criticize the bloat and cheesy vinyl-coatedness of the 70s all you like (and I'll join you in doing so), but I'm not sure the Eagles deserve to be tarred with that brush.
Posted by Deputycleric | October 27, 2007 12:42 AM
They were good, too good, overplayed and totally had the original vibe destroyed by losses of original members and addition of Joe Walsh.
All that cocaine didn't help either . . .
Posted by Jim Sells | October 27, 2007 6:29 PM