― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 November 2003 12:43 (twenty years ago) link
― dleone (dleone), Monday, 3 November 2003 12:55 (twenty years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 3 November 2003 13:47 (twenty years ago) link
― kar120c, Monday, 3 November 2003 16:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Monday, 3 November 2003 17:02 (twenty years ago) link
you have to hear the live 'beat club' version of "seems to me." stomps "life's been good," which i've been sick of since i was about 8 years old.
― your null fame (yournullfame), Monday, 3 November 2003 18:57 (twenty years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 3 November 2003 19:01 (twenty years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 3 November 2003 19:03 (twenty years ago) link
My apologies, yes I meant "Walk Away"
― kar120c, Monday, 3 November 2003 20:47 (twenty years ago) link
― mopepope (musicmope), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 01:53 (twenty years ago) link
Walsh's voice is cancer, but I confess to liking the line "I can't complain/but sometimes I still do". I should use that the next time someone asks me how I'm doing (as opposed to recent nominee "horseshit, but I'm used to it").
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 01:57 (twenty years ago) link
I mean come on, "Lamborghini" fit the meter perfectly and the '76 Countach was easily capable of 190
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 02:02 (twenty years ago) link
Speaking of the worst song ever (and wasn't somebody?), my current nominee is the most recent cover of that dreadful "wanna get lost in rock and roll" song that I swear to God is being played on some radio station within earshot every fucking minute of the day. People must be killing themselves left and right because of this virus.
Bill Withers may be cool (and is a great punchline to a joke about ducks that I can't remember at the moment), but this song must be stopped. (I think he did the original anyway.)
― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 15:09 (twenty years ago) link
(Q: How do you know if a duck can sing R&B? A: You leave it out in the rain, and its bill withers.)
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 16:51 (twenty years ago) link
"I.L.B.T.s"
― don weiner, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 12:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah, that's funny. and some of the other self-mocking lines are pretty clever. the song doesn't have that much else going for it though. and that breakdown...it isn't funky, it doesn't rock, it doesn't really do anything interesting. it's just...there. for like 5 minutes.
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dennis, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link
YO!
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
I never liked Joe Walsh until I saw the Eagles in March. Then I was on my knees thanking God for him, particularly in the second half when it was mostly Battle of the Solo Material.
― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link
you bet very very right. what a great fucking record.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/images/criswell.jpg
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― charleston charge (chaki), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh MAN! 30 DAYS IN THE HOLE! WHAT A FUCKING JAM!
Is Humble Pie worth checking out?...that's really the only song by them I've heard....
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
lattices of coincidence, people!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 21:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Yes, if you liked "30 Days" you'd like other tunes on "Smokin'" -- which isn't their best. Frampton had fled, replaced by Clem Clempson, Britain's all time star replacer heavy white boy blues guitarist.
"Rock On" is Pie at their creative peak. "Stone Cold Fever" features a truly crushing double lead riff built off a John Lee Hooker-like stomp. Dig Frampton's modal solo in the middle, which was his trademark. "Thunderbox" is a great tune from latter day Pie. That album like most of Humble Pie's catalog is out of print.
"Humble Pie" with "Red Light Mama Red Hot" and "The One-Eyed Trouser Snake Rumba" are must haves. Rocket from the Crypt did a friendly steal of "Trouser Snake" for one of their tunes years later. "Up Our Sleeve" from "Eat It" is another of their signature songs. And you must add "4 Day Creep" which is off "Rockin' the Fillmore" which is -still- in print. "Rockin'" was their breakthrough album in the States and the first and fourth sides of the double are worth listening to. The 28-minute versions of "Walk on Gilded Splinters" and "Rolling Stone" in between are OK only in parts, the boogie rock explosions separated by Marriott's vocal "jamming" and bursts of noise. The guitar sound on the vinyl was exceptional, defining heavy early model Marshall crunch.
I'd recommend "Hot and Nasty," the two-CD box, which about gives your everything necessary and doesn't crap it up too much with the material from their first two Immediate albums, which blew. Unless you like blues folk pop with not much electricity.
― George Smith, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 22:25 (eighteen years ago) link
"I have a limo/I ride in the back/I watch the Lakers/They stink without Shaq."
― George Smith, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 22:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 20 April 2006 01:44 (eighteen years ago) link
Some excerpts from various Guitar Player interviews...
Excerpt from September 1993 Guitar PlayerPete T.: Guitar players have always known. You get the right Strat. You get the right guitar cable. You plug it into the right old Fender amp and you get the sound. I’m just taking a safe route there. There are lots of other chains that produce great sounds.
I remember when I gave Joe Walsh an ARP 2600. He went, [mimics Joe Walsh] “Pete. I don’t know what to get you in return so I bought you a Gretsch Country Gentleman, like Neil Young uses. I know you don’t really get into them, but you should try this. And I bought you a Fender Bandmaster amplifier with three 10s so the ohmage is crazy, and an Edwards pedal steel volume pedal.” I linked it all up, went “Ya-a-ang” and it was there. When I get those three things out and put them in a chain, it’s a sound from paradise. If I try to fuck with it and say, “Wouldn’t it be interesting if I took the Gretsch and put it through a Zoom pedal,” it doesn’t work. It’s got to be just that combination of stuff.
CG: You recorded some incredible music with that Gretsch.
PT: I’ve still got it. It got broken by accident. I trod on it. It still sounds wonderful. I’ve still got the amp and I often use it. I used it on the album. It’s the same chain, even the same guitar cable — an old Whirlwind.
Excerpt from Guitar Player, October 1989Do you have a favorite period in your career, where you feel you broke down what you regarded as guitaristic barriers?
I think the significant moments have actually had a lot to do with guitars, actual guitars. Like being given an orange Gretsch Country Gentleman [sic] and an Edwards [volume] pedal by Joe Walsh, and being told exactly how to set up the amp to produce that amazing Neil Young noise, and using that sound on “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Bargain.”
― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 20 April 2006 01:50 (eighteen years ago) link
GP: Chet Atkins type?
PT: Right, with real f-holes. I said, “Great, cheers, man,” and it turned out to be a real knockout. I was being polite. I opened the case and it was bright orange and I thought, “Ugh! It’s horrible, I hate it.” I went home and went into my studio and plugged it in and it totally wrecked me out, it’s the best guitar I’ve got now. It’s the Chet Atkins model, with double pickups, f-holes and single cut-away.
GP: Doesn’t it have a mellow sound, though; it doesn’t “chunck”, does it?
PT: Oh, I used that guitar on every track on Who’s Next, it’s the best guitar I’ve ever had. It won’t stay in tune on stage but if it did, I would use it. It’s the finest guitar I’ve ever owned, it’s the loudest guitar I’ve ever owned. It is so loud, man, it whips any pickup that I’ve ever come across. It’s maybe six or seven times louder than anything I’ve come across. If I plugged it in my amp tonight, normally I’d be working on volume 6 or 7, but I would work this guitar on 1.
― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 20 April 2006 01:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 20 April 2006 01:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― STRAIGHT FERN GULLY (jaxon), Thursday, 20 April 2006 03:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― STRAIGHT FERN GULLY (jaxon), Thursday, 20 April 2006 05:32 (eighteen years ago) link
For those who haven't seen it yet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JG-TmFKw2s&search=james%20gang
BOW DOWN!
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 20 April 2006 13:51 (eighteen years ago) link
One time when I saw the Mekons, they endorsed Walsh's presidential candidacy.
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 21 April 2006 05:20 (eighteen years ago) link
THE DUDE:"Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man!"
― Soukesian, Saturday, 9 February 2008 01:14 (sixteen years ago) link
This is entirely true and a very valid authority to appeal to.
But I think that (a) you can prefer the solo output of the individual members of a group to the output of the group itself. Also, (b) you can greatly enjoy the band's output, but hate the solo output of one or more of its members.
(a) Joe Walsh/Eagles; Ice Cube, Dre/NWA (b) Beatles/Paul McCartney
And to your point: I think that Joe Walsh is SIGNIFICANTLY closer to Creedence than the Eagles, much less Don Henley or Glenn Frey, and therefore more likely to be enjoyed by the Dude.
― B.L.A.M., Saturday, 9 February 2008 01:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Also - Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh each have a 20th Century Masters Millenium Edition Greatest Hits.
Not so for Mr. Henley
― B.L.A.M., Saturday, 9 February 2008 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link
When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, when all is said and done, and with all things being equal...
Don Henley is the reason that the Eagles sucked. Sometimes it is more apparent than others, but he is the bad apple that ruined the bunch.
― B.L.A.M., Saturday, 9 February 2008 01:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I've never had much desire to meet and/or hang with celebrities, but i've always thought that in a perfect world John Waters and Joe Walsh would be my neighbors, and we would barbeque every weekend.
The first time an ex gf of mine ever came to my house she got all excited realizing she had briefly lived around the corner when she was 12. "And you'll never guess who lived next door... Joe Walsh!!!" (He lived here for about a year and a half during and after recording _Got Any Gum_ at Ardent). She then began to regale me with tales of him playing guitar for her and her sister, buying them goofy christmas presents and the time she walked outside to find a shopping cart from the neighborhood grocery perched on the roof of his carport.
― will, Saturday, 9 February 2008 03:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I could probably live without "Life's Been Good" for the rest of my life. In fact, I could probably live without Joe Walsh for a long, long time.
OMG this is so OTM.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 9 February 2008 04:09 (sixteen years ago) link
omg!
― filthy dylan, Saturday, 9 February 2008 07:26 (sixteen years ago) link
B.L.A.M, your Henley hate is misguided. If anyone is the problem, it's that insufferable Glenn Frey.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 9 February 2008 08:25 (sixteen years ago) link
it's the politics of contraband, it's the smuggler's blues
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 9 February 2008 08:41 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, I agree Frey is way more annoying than Henley. and frankly, to answer this thread's question, when it's 3 AM I'd always rather crank up the Henley-sung "On The Border" by the Eagles. Ultimate kick-ass drug song.
also better than any Walsh solo track except probably "Turn To Stone" or "Time Out". or "The Confessor", ha!
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 9 February 2008 09:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Walsh is fond of telling the story of recording the "Hotel California" solos with whoever the fuck the other Eagles guitarist was...anyways, Joe and the other guy are listening to the playback of the solos, and Henley storms into the control room shouting, "What is this shit? These solos are fucking bullshit! You guys aren't even in tune!" Henley demands that they re-record the solos and leaves the room. Walsh and the other guy sit there snickering, and do absolutely nothing to "remedy" the solos.
About an hour later, Henley comes back stoned to the gills. He says, "OK, let me hear the new solos you guys just did." Walsh plays the exact same take Henley heard earlier. Henley beams, "That is SO MUCH BETTER."
― Sara Sara Sara, Saturday, 9 February 2008 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link
My fave Walsh story is when he was playing in Ringo's All-Star band and George Harrison stops in to catch the show and hang out backstage. Years prior, Joe was in awe of George's playing and vowed to learn 'And Your Bird Can Sing' note-for-note, which he did. Joe plays George played the whole piece, note perfect. Imagine his surprise when the amazed Harrison told him the original was double-tracked.
― BlackIronPrison, Saturday, 9 February 2008 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh man. There's gotta be a biography on The Eagles full of anecdotes like these, right?
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 9 February 2008 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
This is probably true. I was a little drunk when I ranted on Henley last night. He has some redeemable moments. Joe Walsh is the man, though.
― B.L.A.M., Saturday, 9 February 2008 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link
"In the City" by Joe Walsh is better, esp. when you hear it as it's playing over the end credits of The Warriors.
I still say that ending The Warriors with this song is like ending Scarface with "Margaritaville".
― Pleasant Plains, Saturday, 9 February 2008 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
That "And Your Bird Can Sing" anecdote is possibly an urban myth. I first heard it in college c. 1988.
http://www.snopes.com/music/media/guitar.asp
Great story though. I hope it's true.
― Jake Brown, Saturday, 9 February 2008 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Same here, I love Joe Walsh.
― Bill Magill, Monday, 11 February 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
since most Americans vote for the candidate they'd most like to have a beer with, I'm surprised the "Joe Walsh for president" campaign of the late-70's didn't have more traction...
― henry s, Monday, 11 February 2008 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
he promised to make "Life's Been Good" the official national anthem, by the by...
― henry s, Monday, 11 February 2008 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Reposting from Steve Kilbey's blog
we went to aa n na meetings where we saw the occaisional famous druggie joe walsh from the eagles visited me in my room (this is true) he used to visit any musicians staying at exodus (and there were plenty) i asked him how he liked the other guys in the eagles who had recently reformed he spun round n looked at me "well, i hate the bastards but i aint drinkin'"
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 11 February 2008 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Is Joe Walsh really the douche that he appears to be? Are "Life's Been Good" and "Ordinary Average Guy", contrary to their apparent messages, just swaggering ruminations on incredibly awesome he is?
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Saturday, 1 November 2008 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
how incredibly awesome, that is
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Sunday, 2 November 2008 06:06 (fifteen years ago) link
no youtube of the song, no cred
― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 2 November 2008 06:22 (fifteen years ago) link
^^ the above use of an already existing ILX meme is proof that K.K. is a troll, jaymc take note.
― ian, Sunday, 2 November 2008 06:24 (fifteen years ago) link
...or maybe i've just seen it used a lot of times?
― Kevin Keller, Sunday, 2 November 2008 06:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i heard this song in an arby's the other day and suddenly it was like i was in the real world again
― j., Sunday, 16 June 2013 04:34 (ten years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/2wvMC5EyaaYQwBfiwwY2xE?si=7usTOOHiT6GPya2_G4jIkw
― calstars, Saturday, 4 July 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link