I was at the Wall in February (same day the US Beat the USSR in the Olympic Hockey Finals.)
The Wall was among the most amazing live concert experiences of the era and the music stands the test of time.
(I actually think with the single exception of the lack of the presence of Gilmour the more recent recreation of the Wall experience was more intense than the original
mostly due to the upgrade in audio and visual technologies and the zeitgeist.)
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I saw the Eagles during the Long Run Tour at Giant's Stadium in the Summer of 1980.
The opening acts were Little River Band and Heart.
The Eagles show was potent - and filled with songs - w 4 curtain call encores.
Fans refused to let the band go off stage.
80,000 very satisfied fans getting their minds blown.
(as for me the mescaline was particularly good).
Personally I will always prefer any Floyd over any Eagles music but the Eagles were not as lame as some people seem to think they are / were.
Interestingly - in 1980 there is a lot of evidence and press coverage asserting massive internal tensions in both bands.
Nobody was talking to each other in these acts but the onstage energy was crazy palpable.
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Eagles 06/15/1980
Hotel California, Already Gone, In the City, King of Hollywood, The Sad Café, Lyin' Eyes, I Can't Tell You Why, Wasted Time (Reprise), Desperado, Those Shoes, Heartache Tonight, Turn to Stone, The Long Run, Life's Been Good, Life in the Fast Lane
Encores:
Rocky Mountain Way, Sea Cruise, Take It Easy, All Night Long
Heart
(on the same date)
Bebe Le Strange, Crazy on You, Straight On, Even It Up, Raised on You, Strange Night, Dreamboat Annie, Just the Wine, Dog & Butterfly, Down on Me, Mistral Wind
Silver Wheels, Magic Man, Barracuda, Rockin' Heaven Down, Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin cover), I'm Down / Long Tall Sally
Pink Floyd no question. The Eagles actually put on a decent show, but every solo is note for note, no jamming, the musicians knew the intricacies of the songs enough to play on autopilot, but they didn't, I saw them 2x in past 15 yrs & both shows were pretty energetic...but I just couldn't help but be turned off by Don Henley's smug, arrogant presence
You all being bonafide veterans of fandom are most likely well aware of this:
Documented Pink Floyd Acrimony in 1980:
Waters and the other Floyds, particularly Gilmour, had been on a collision course for years, as far back as the making of The Dark Side of the Moon, in 1972. Producer Chris Thomas was brought in to supervise the mixing of that album, Gilmour says, because he and Waters were having "a radical argument" over how the record should sound. Later, as Waters assumed greater responsibility for the group's conceptual direction and music, the acrimony increased.
"He forced his way to become that central figure," Gilmour says. "That's what he really wanted, to be that central figure. I felt, and I'm sure Nick did too, that it was not the best thing to happen. As productive as we were, we could have been making better records if Roger had been willing to back off a little bit, to be more open to other people's input. It wasn't like we were all sitting there leaning on him to look after us. It was a question of him having forced his way to that position, of him being very tough and having more energy for that sort of fighting.
"Bob Ezrin, who functioned as both coproducer and referee during the making of The Wall (he and Gilmour coproduced the new Floyd album as well), says the verbal brawling never escalated to fisticuffs. "It was all done under that English smiling, left-handed, adversarial stance they take, with the smiles on their faces and soft voices. But basically they were saying, 'I hate you, and I'm going to kill you.' The war that existed between those two guys was unbelievable."
Not even close ! Pink Floyd by a mile. I saw The Wall at Nassau my only Pink Floyd show w Gilmour and Waters it was NUTS! I saw The Eagles for the first time in 1977 at Nassau and they opened w A New Kid in Town and dedicated it Jimmy Carter. I do really like The Eagles and I think Joe Walsh is an awesome guitarist but they can't compare to Pink Floyd IMHO
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IHTFE,M!
IHTFE,M!
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Yeah, but dude: "new kid in
Yeah, but dude: "new kid in town"
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Exactly!
Exactly!
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The color has always been
The color has always been PINK.
Am I supposed to 'take it easy' OR 'take it to the limit' ?
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An Eagle can't groove with a
An Eagle can't groove with a pict.
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Pink Floyd!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pink Floyd!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some of my earliest psychedelic experiences included Piper, Saucerful, Meddle, Obscured, and Ummagumma.
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Really?
Really?
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I saw both bands in 1980.
I saw both bands in 1980.
I was at the Wall in February (same day the US Beat the USSR in the Olympic Hockey Finals.)
The Wall was among the most amazing live concert experiences of the era and the music stands the test of time.
(I actually think with the single exception of the lack of the presence of Gilmour the more recent recreation of the Wall experience was more intense than the original
mostly due to the upgrade in audio and visual technologies and the zeitgeist.)
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I saw the Eagles during the Long Run Tour at Giant's Stadium in the Summer of 1980.
The opening acts were Little River Band and Heart.
The Eagles show was potent - and filled with songs - w 4 curtain call encores.
Fans refused to let the band go off stage.
80,000 very satisfied fans getting their minds blown.
(as for me the mescaline was particularly good).
Personally I will always prefer any Floyd over any Eagles music but the Eagles were not as lame as some people seem to think they are / were.
Interestingly - in 1980 there is a lot of evidence and press coverage asserting massive internal tensions in both bands.
Nobody was talking to each other in these acts but the onstage energy was crazy palpable.
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Eagles 06/15/1980
Hotel California, Already Gone, In the City, King of Hollywood, The Sad Café, Lyin' Eyes, I Can't Tell You Why, Wasted Time (Reprise), Desperado, Those Shoes, Heartache Tonight, Turn to Stone, The Long Run, Life's Been Good, Life in the Fast Lane
Encores:
Rocky Mountain Way, Sea Cruise, Take It Easy, All Night Long
Heart
(on the same date)
Bebe Le Strange, Crazy on You, Straight On, Even It Up, Raised on You, Strange Night, Dreamboat Annie, Just the Wine, Dog & Butterfly, Down on Me, Mistral Wind
Silver Wheels, Magic Man, Barracuda, Rockin' Heaven Down, Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin cover), I'm Down / Long Tall Sally
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Pink Floyd no question. The
Pink Floyd no question. The Eagles actually put on a decent show, but every solo is note for note, no jamming, the musicians knew the intricacies of the songs enough to play on autopilot, but they didn't, I saw them 2x in past 15 yrs & both shows were pretty energetic...but I just couldn't help but be turned off by Don Henley's smug, arrogant presence
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Concur with that smug
Concur with that smug arrogance thing.
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The Eagles never win the
The Eagles never win the super bowl.
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You all being bonafide
You all being bonafide veterans of fandom are most likely well aware of this:
Documented Pink Floyd Acrimony in 1980:
Waters and the other Floyds, particularly Gilmour, had been on a collision course for years, as far back as the making of The Dark Side of the Moon, in 1972. Producer Chris Thomas was brought in to supervise the mixing of that album, Gilmour says, because he and Waters were having "a radical argument" over how the record should sound. Later, as Waters assumed greater responsibility for the group's conceptual direction and music, the acrimony increased.
"He forced his way to become that central figure," Gilmour says. "That's what he really wanted, to be that central figure. I felt, and I'm sure Nick did too, that it was not the best thing to happen. As productive as we were, we could have been making better records if Roger had been willing to back off a little bit, to be more open to other people's input. It wasn't like we were all sitting there leaning on him to look after us. It was a question of him having forced his way to that position, of him being very tough and having more energy for that sort of fighting.
"Bob Ezrin, who functioned as both coproducer and referee during the making of The Wall (he and Gilmour coproduced the new Floyd album as well), says the verbal brawling never escalated to fisticuffs. "It was all done under that English smiling, left-handed, adversarial stance they take, with the smiles on their faces and soft voices. But basically they were saying, 'I hate you, and I'm going to kill you.' The war that existed between those two guys was unbelievable."
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pink-floyd-the-inside-story-19871119
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Documented Eagles Acrimony in 1980:
Take the infamous concert in Long Beach, California, in 1980, when tensions between guitarists Don Felder and Glenn Frey came to an ugly head.
Eagles
Felder felt he should be given more opportunity to sing lead vocals. Frey, and the rest of the band, disagreed.
Before the show, Frey broke a beer bottle against the dressing room wall.
Afterwards, Felder smashed his guitar before storming off into the night.
The concert - a benefit gig, no less - was played out amid muttered onstage threats (all captured on the DVD).
At one point, Frey is caught whispering he is going to kill Felder after ‘three more songs, ass****!’.
The Eagles didn’t play together for another 14 years, Don Henley famously commenting that they would only reunite ‘when hell freezes over’.
No prizes for guessing what they called their 1994 comeback tour.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2318549/How-Eagles-tore-shr...
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Not even close ! Pink Floyd
Not even close ! Pink Floyd by a mile. I saw The Wall at Nassau my only Pink Floyd show w Gilmour and Waters it was NUTS! I saw The Eagles for the first time in 1977 at Nassau and they opened w A New Kid in Town and dedicated it Jimmy Carter. I do really like The Eagles and I think Joe Walsh is an awesome guitarist but they can't compare to Pink Floyd IMHO
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