The song that Glenn Frey thought was for the Eagles
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When the Eagles first rose to fame in the early 1970s, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon formed the classic songwriting trio. Their mission was to follow in the footsteps of Gram Parsons and Ricky Nelson and popularize country rock. The genre that would later give us soft-rock cocaine enthusiasts Fleetwood Mac was accessible to the masses thanks to its sweet harmonies and laid-back aura. Unfortunately, this calm harmony was not reflected in the relationships within the band.
In 1975, Leadon left the Eagles after One of those nightsallegedly because he was dissatisfied with the group’s gradual move away from country rock to pop. However, in a 2013 interview, he said that this conclusion was a “simplification” despite his love of country music. “It implies that I have no interest in rock or blues or anything other than country rock. That’s just not the case,” he said Rolling Stone“I didn’t just play Fender Telecaster. I played a Gibson Les Paul and I liked rock’n’roll. That’s clear from the early albums.”
With Don Felder in their ranks and James Gang hero Joe Walsh, the Eagles were more than equipped to take the blow. With their first number one album under their belt, the Eagles continued their upward trend with Hotel Californiawhich remains the Eagles’ most successful album and one of the most acclaimed records of the decade.
Even during this early heyday, friction between Frey and Felder threatened to tear the band apart. This power struggle reached its violent climax in July 1980, when an argument during a concert in Long Beach, California, now known as “Long Night at Wrong Beach,” put the final nail in the coffin.
Just before the Eagles took the stage, they met California Senator Alan Cranston and his wife, who thanked them for their performance at the recent re-election benefit concert. “You’re welcome – I guess,” a bitter Felder is said to have replied. Frey found the reaction completely inappropriate and delivered a frosty performance full of aggressive jibes and sidelong glances. Frey remembered thinking, “As soon as this is over, I’m going to kill him.” At that point, he knew it was time for the Eagles to call it a day: “That’s when I knew I had to get out.”
Although the Eagles disbanded in 1980, they have since resurfaced several times for reunion tours. Felder returned to the Eagles in 1994, but was fired in 2001, sparking a fierce legal battle as Felder sued for wrongful termination. The bitter case was finally settled in 2007, the year of the band’s seventh and final album, The long road from Eden.
After Felder left the band, Frey and Henley decided to return to the studio in 2001 and work on new material. Although it only appeared on later deluxe editions of The long road from EdenThe single “Hole in the World” remained one of Frey’s favorite singles.
Frey and Henley wrote the single in 2003 in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, but Henley believes the song is also entirely representative of the band. After the release of Hole in the World, Frey felt the band had recovered from long-suffering feuds and were “back in charge.”
He went on to praise “the convincing, perfect vocals” and Henley’s contributions. “Don’s opening lines of the song, which I think are brilliant – ‘They say anger is just love disappointed.’ It’s all there. The big chorus, the oohs under the verse… This is a classic Eagles record, I can tell you that,” he stressed.
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