Eagles the worst band ever?

Frey's solo work may be the worst ever by a leader of a "major" band, that's for sure.

Chicago was a pretty dreadful band, too.

No argument here...I'd say their album sales:quality ratio is amongst the worst ever. Remember a few years back (late 1990s) when they got popular again off some acoustic work. My roomate at the time listened to that shit, and by that unfortunate circumstance I beheld the worst lyric ever:

"when we're hungry, love will keep us alive."

Even now, that line is so stupid that it makes me want to punch someone. Hey you rich fat a s s holes, maybe you should give up eating then.

Neck-and-neck with The Eagles:

Journey (not even awesomely bad--just bad)

Styx

Reo Speedwagon

Yes

ELP

Loverboy

Each of these groups got obscenely rich peddling crap to willing teenagers.

"A hesitant prize fighter, still trapped within my youth"

Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch

The worst lyric in the worst song ever.

Hell Freezes Over is the shit, except for the new material, which is shit.

All of their solo work is also shit.

I have been to two Eagles concerts and both were a disaster due to the overwhelming presence of new songs and solo songs.

G.G. Allin

Just look the name up on all music guide.

Timothy B. Schmidt wrote:

How in the world did The Eagles ever manage to sell 30 trillion albums? Those guys are dull, dull, dull. They are like the antithesis of rock 'n' roll. It has been proven that listening to an Eagles song will lower the listener's heart rate by a dangerous 30-50%, and in a few cases has been known to cause complete stoppage of the heart. The listener literally dies of boredom. This usually happens during "Witchy Woman" or "Life in the Fast Lane". Also, Glenn Frey's solo work has led to numerous suicides. A man in Akron, Ohio recently died after knifing himself in the guts repeatedly while listening to "True Love". Another man managed to crush his own head in a vice after writing a suicide not explaining that he would rather not ever have to listen to "Smuggler's Blues" again.

Couldn't agree more.

Joe Walsh's solo stuff ain't too bad though.

I'll take issue with that. Chicago's early stuff ('68-'73)was good up until the Live at Carnegie Hall 4-album (yes album) set.

Around '74 they lost their fastball to some extent, getting heavy into the ballads; after that original guitarist Terry Kath shot himself, supposedly by accident.

After that it was Peter Cetera ballad after ballad until he left. Now they're an Oldies Circuit band.

No...RAP is the worst. It is technology and bad 'gangsta attitude with sometimes clever lyrics backed by machinery/computers.

Now, Lord help us, you have Norwegian, Chinese and Japanese rap.

It's like a damned virus.

Rotten wrote:

Neck-and-neck with The Eagles:

Journey (not even awesomely bad--just bad)

Styx

Reo Speedwagon

Yes

ELP

Loverboy

Each of these groups got obscenely rich peddling crap to willing teenagers.

Agree with REO, ELP, and Yes. I'm gonna see Loverboy in a few weeks. I hope Mike Reno wears his headband.

Screw you... Styx is bad ass!!

Come Sail Away & Suite Maddame Blue

enough said

Hey, wait a minute, at least Joe Walsh has had some adequate solo stuff. This is a useless debate anyway, as they all have tankerships full of money.

You guys and gals KNOW that Don Felder is suing Henley and Frey, right? Big show biz legal squabble over the green stuff.

Gotta love it. Greed, Greed, Greed.

The Eagles had a few good songs but, come to think of it, they did churn out a lot of crap. I cannot listen to "Life In The Fast Lane" or "Lyin' Eyes" without getting queasy.

Most of the stuff with Henley singing the lead ("Hotel California" excepted) is fingernails-on-the-chalkboard dreadful. Frey's country rock sound worked for me in "Take It Easy" and "Already Gone," but that's about it. I never saw the appeal in Walsh's solo stuff as much as some people did, either.

But The Eagles can't be the worst ever. We're forgetting Wilson Phillips. And Spandau Ballet. And any '80s hair band.

holy crap

an entire thread worth of trolls

Kiss my Sack!! wrote:

Screw you... Styx is bad ass!!

Come Sail Away & Suite Maddame Blue

enough said

Please, don't say anymore. I just ate lunch.

Kiss my Sack!! wrote:

Come Sail Away

Eric Cartman: Dammit! I'm sail-ing awehhhhhhh, ...

I believe the last official count was 82 million albums worldwide. The power of marketing.

Henley's politics have pretty much ruined the band in my estimation. They started out as folk-rock types. Remember too that they've been around for >30 years.

Let's see how Ludacris, Snoop Dog, Anthrax, Korn and the like hold up 30 years from today.

What has this thread got to do with running?

the eagles are bad, but journey is the worst band in existance.