The most famous signature song "Hotel California" is a diamond-level golden song, full of strange and moving melodies. Just reading the lyrics and a few strokes almost took away the sadness and confusion of the 1970 s. However, to borrow an old saying of China, "Xiao He is a success, Xiao He is a failure", it may be that Hotel California is so successful that fans' love for this song is close to worship, so that they ignore other Eagles singles. Personally, I prefer Desperado. I couldn't help crying after hearing the first sentence. Eagles rarely use the piano, but I didn't expect to use it carelessly, just worthy of don henley's textured voice. Not advertising, but sincerely recommending: after listening to this album in one afternoon, you can attach yourself to the wings of the "eagle" and fly over a comfortable and pleasant time.
Most of the songs of Eagles are composed by don henley and Glenn Frey, who are the core figures of the band and the only old members who stick to their posts from beginning to end. Don henley is a member of Shiloh and released an album of the same name at 1970. It was the famous kenny rogers who recorded this record for them. Glenn Frey from Detroit came to California to pursue J·d· Souther's sister and became famous. 1968, he formed a duet in Souther. At this time, Jackson Browne is very close to them. Because of this friendship, we can find many works of Eagles, including Souther and Jackson Browne.
The Eagles were conceived by don henley and Glenn Frey. They met at the Bard Club and then joined Linda Ronstadt's band. Besides Henry and Frey, Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon were also invited to Linda's team as "guests", where they met. In just four months, Eagles came into being under the enthusiastic urging of boys!
197 1 In August, four musicians with rich stage experience, including Gleenfrey, Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner and don henley, formed the Eagle Band.
After becoming the exclusive orchestra of Linda Ronstadt, she was promoted by David Geffen, president of Shelter Records, and arranged for her to perform four performances in a club in Aspen, Colorado for one month.
1In April, 972, he signed a contract with Shelter Records, and the Eagles flew to London Olympic Studio to record the first chapter. In July, "Relax" became their first hit single. The album Eagle, which contains this song, won the 22nd place. Another song in the album, Witchy Woman, was promoted to ninth place. The members of the orchestra have changed more or less, but the Eagle Choir has been developing. 1973, the band's record company was acquired by Warner Corporation, which is one of the five largest record groups in the world and the most powerful film and television production company in the world. In the 1980s, he intended to merge with Polaroid Company, but it failed due to the restrictions of American anti-monopoly law. With such a strong propaganda backing, the success of the Eagles also followed, and the tour around the country was in full swing.
Development of the band
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Early works are slightly gray.
Eagles has several characteristics after its establishment. Each member is good at composing music and can be competent as the lead singer. The eagles are naturally superior in sound effects and chorus, which is why the eagles have been loved by many fans from the beginning and have soared. Eagle members are all good in strength, but they need an experienced producer to give full play to them. They invited a famous record producer, Green Johns, who made records for Rolling Stone, Who, The Face and eric clapton. 1972, he took Eagles to London and finished his first album in the famous Olympic Studio. This is a typical rural style work, and the first masterpiece "Relax" released is an example. This song was written by Jackson Browne and Frey, and Brown also wrote Nightinggale for the Eagles, which is also a very nice song. Outlaws is the second album recorded by Green Johns for the Eagles in London. Although its sales situation is the most unsatisfactory, its conceptual integrity has made a group of old fans admit the value of this record. From the literal meaning of Desperado, we can know the general idea of the whole album: a story of a fugitive who was only 2 1 year old and went astray and broke the law. Durin Dalton is a character in the play, and the story takes place in the western United States in 1880.
Admittedly, Eagles' early works are a little gray. They often rely on various stimuli to seek inner peace. The most common way they quote in songs is to find themselves in the opposite sex.
Join the ranks of super bands
1974 is the biggest change year for the hawks, and this year they will go to Los Angeles to set a record. The addition of Don Feld made the Eagle lineup stronger, and the group became a veritable "quintet". When On the Border was released in April of the same year, Eagles took a step forward and entered the ranks of super bands: this album won them two Grammy nominations.
Don Feld and Bernie Lidden were classmates in Florida. Because of this relationship, he joined Eagles. Moreover, Feld's accomplishments in guitar are extraordinary. His participation can make up for Eagles' shortcomings in musical instrument accompaniment and improve Eagles' creative quality. From then on, Bernie Leadon focused on his famous bannon and rhythm guitar, and the role of leading guitar was tied to Feld alone.
At the peak, the elders begged to go.
In order to promote the border, Eagles participated in a series of singing activities, one of which was on April 6th, 1974, with several famous bands. Besides the eagle, other bands like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, ... are also the focus of attention.
During the period of 1975, Don Feld only played an important role in several songs during the recording of "The Border", but he did well in his next album "One of these nights". In this album, a medium-sized song "Lying Eyes" with extremely smooth melody won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Song in 1975. It can be seen from this album that Eagles is developing in the direction of rock and roll, but it is undeniable that this is the last album with strong country flavor in Eagles' later works. The song "Lying Eyes", which is very light and beautiful, is an example. This song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Song.
At the peak of the Eagles, Bernie Lidden suddenly left. At the beginning of the Eagles Group, Bernie Lidden and Randy meissner were always regarded as two pillars. After The Desperado, Glenn Frey and don henley became more and more competent and gradually became the spokesmen of the band. Later, Leadon was at odds with other members and even felt neglected, which led to this situation.
At this point, the band became the first-class super band in the United States, and the sales of each record in the future far exceeded 654.38+0 million. A selected record of 1976 had an order of 1 10,000 before its release.
Set a series of achievements
From 1976 to 1980, the eagles are a glorious era. These records are very popular and won many awards.
1976, the Eagles set a historical record, and their album "The Greatest Strike" became the third album with 654.38+0 million orders before its release.
On 1 month 1977, that album "Hotel California" won the first place in the US charts for a week and sold platinum records. This single of the same name returned to the top of the list in February and March respectively, and then won the Zen Federation championship for five consecutive weeks in late April and early May, and won the second place in the UK. In May, the album "Hotel California" of the same name sold millions and won the first place in the US charts.
Joe walsh, the guitarist of James Gunn, replaced Lidden, and Eagles' music style became more rock and roll because of his participation. Hotel California can be said to be a masterpiece of the eagles in the best state and with the best combination. Its sales exceeded150,000 in the early 1980s! So far, Zhang has sold 29 million copies in the United States, surpassing Michael Jackson's 29 million and led zeppelin's 23 million. Global sales reached 465,438+0 million, becoming the champion of contemporary record sales.
In the mid-1970s, three albums released by the Eagles topped the charts. They were one of those nights when1July 26th, 975 and1March 976 won the five-week championship.
Band member
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The Eagle Choir has seven members, all of whom can sing and compose music:
Bernie Lidden (guitar, mandolin, turtledove)
1947 July 19 was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1969 became a member of the country rock group Flying Burrito Bros He was the first guitarist of the Eagles. After the album One of these Nights, 1975 65438+ February formed Bernie Lidden/Michael Georgia Desbander for a short time. I have been an accompaniment for several years and joined the country from 1987-89. Liddon is the only member who has never released a best-selling solo album.
Don field (guitar, keyboard)
1947 September 2 1 Born in Florida. 1968 joined the flow choir, but mainly the accompaniment musicians also engaged in recording projects. Thanks to the introduction of Leadon, Felder began to participate in the first album Eagles, but he was only a temporary member during the band tour, and it was not until 1974 that he officially joined as the fifth member. Although Don Feld made great contributions to harmony and guitar solo, it was always Lidden and Walsh. The man standing in front of the stage. Although he co-wrote many songs with other members, his sharpness was concealed by Frey and Henry, so he should be the most neglected one in the band. Although Feld has also released a solo album, his most famous work is the single of the same name written and sung by the animated film Heavy Metal at 198 1. During the dissolution of the orchestra (1982- 1994, although don henley claimed that they were "resting, not dissolving"), Feld played guitar accompaniment for the albums of some famous artists, such as Bee Gees Choir, Stevie Nicks, Bob Seger and Diana Ross. 200 1 retired from the group at the beginning of the year.
Don henley (lead singer, drum, percussion instrument)
Born in Texas on July 22nd, 1947. Most of the songs published by Eagle Choir were written by glenn frey and don henley. Fredo focuses on catchy and beautiful love songs, while Henry has more tentacles, but "pursuit" is the center of his songs. Whether it is ideal or love, all kinds of feelings and experiences in the pursuit process are the themes of Henry's songs. Before the band officially broke up, even before the release of his solo album, Henry sang Leather and Lace with Stevie Nicks. Henry released four solo albums and a featured album. "Dirty Clothes" is selected from 1982' s debut album "I Can't Stand", which is the highest-ranked single in personal works. Two years later, he won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Rock Male Singer for the song "Summer Boy" in "Building the Perfect Beast". 1989 The End of the Age of Innocence has the best commercial performance, with a total sales volume of six platinum. Ten years later, "Inside job" included the lyric champion song "Take you home". These records show that don henley is the most successful band member in his personal singing career, both in business and in evaluation.
Glenn frey (lead singer, guitar, keyboard)
1948165438+10 was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Before joining Linda Laundale's accompaniment band, Frey once formed a duet with his compatriot J D Souther. After the Eagle Choir was founded, Frey often collaborated with Souther to write songs (the latter also had a hit song "You are just lonely" at 1979). The Eagle Chorus is characterized by its neat and beautiful harmony, and most of these harmony arrangements are attributed to Frey (especially in the early days of the orchestra), so members nicknamed him "Lonely Arranger" (the homonym of westerns and cartoons "Lone Ranger"). After the dissolution of 1982, the members of the orchestra went solo, among which Henry and Frey received the most attention. Frey has released four albums, without fun, all night, soul exploration and strange weather, plus choices and live scenes. Although the performance and evaluation of the album is slightly inferior to that of don henley, several singles he sang are fascinating: "The One You Love" is an immortal love song (especially in Taiwan Province Province); The two runner-up songs "The Heat On" and "Smuggler's Blues" are the interludes of the movie "Beverly Hills Super Detective" and the TV series "Miami Dragon". Frey participated in a unit performance in the film series "The True Color of Heroes" and made guest appearances in the films "Saving Hostages" and "Conquering Boundless Love".
Joe walsh (guitar, synthetic instrument)
1947165438+1was born in Kansas on October 20th. 1969 joined the rock group James Gang, and in February 1975 joined the Eagles. He was the first member to release a solo album and have a best-selling single. 1973 Bill Szymczyk replaced the original producer Glyn Johns on Walsh's recommendation. When Walsh first joined, Szymczyk was worried that it would affect his personal singing career. Facts have proved that Walsh not only injected new life into the orchestra, but also played the greatest role in his personal development. From 1978, the album "But Seriously, Folks ...", from the single "Life has been fine" starting from the movie "City Cowherd" to the episode "Sleepless All Night" are all personal masterpieces. During the dissolution of the Eagles, Walsh still produced new works one after another.
Randy meissner (Bass)
1946 was born in Nebraska on March 8th. He was a founding member of 1968-69 country rock group Poco, and joined again from 1989. He joined the accompaniment band of idol singer Ricky Nelson in 1950s. He was the first bass player in the Eagles. After the release of the album Hotel California, he left on September 1977 to pursue his personal singing career. Meissner has many solo albums. Even in the 2nd1century, he continued to release new works, among which One More (1980) is the most popular. This CD is out of print at present, and many music lovers are still inquiring about second-hand goods online. Some sellers ask for 50 dollars, but no deal has been made yet.
Timothy B. Schmit (Beth)
Born on1October 30th, 1947, he is the only Californian in the Eagle Choir established in California. Schmitt joined the Poco Choir in 1970, replacing the bass player left by meissner, and did not leave Poco until 1977, and returned to the team in 1984. Schmitt's singing is a soft treble, which is inversely proportional to the bass, so some people jokingly call him "singing high and playing low". Schmidt's solo album began at 1984. The old song and new single "So in Love" is an episode of the movie "Open American University", and the rhythm and blues group All-4-One sang red again on 1994. Schmidt joined the all-star band of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr on 1992. Schmidt's crossover is also common in other band members' solo albums.
Band introduction
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Eagles is the most successful band in the United States in the 1970s. It is no exaggeration to call them one of the most outstanding rock bands in the United States and even the world. Every album of the band is a masterpiece, and the record sales have reached nearly 400 million dollars. Their sales of each album exceeded the sales of gold records (that is, 500 thousand copies). In particular, the album Hotel California released by the band at the end of 1976 is considered to be the most important album in the United States in the 1970s.
The Eagles are a very friendly band. It takes a route from "country rock" to "pure rock". The tune does not fluctuate, but it is extremely smooth and beautiful. Especially in the early days, it often used banjo, which was very rural.
DON HENLEY, the lead singer and soul of the band, came from Texas and was born in 1947. Don henley is also a drummer in the band, which is extremely rare in this rock band: the lead singer is either a guitarist or a bass player, and it is usually just a rhythm guitar or something. Another lead singer and keyboard player is GLENN FREY, whose voice is a little more active than Henry's and has a higher pitch. For example, he sang the famous I can't tell you why. Glenn frey and don henley belong to the core figures of the band, and they stick to their posts from creation to dissolution. Most of the songs and lyrics of the band were written by these two people. Guitarist Bernie Lidden is also one of the founders of the band. He is especially good at banjo, and his early country rock style is not unrelated to his influence. However, after 1975, Li Deng left the team and was replaced by joe walsh, and his music style changed. This year, the band won a Grammy Award for its song Lying Eyes. Randy Meisner, the bassist of the band, was also an early founder and was originally one of the veterans of the California country rock band Poco. Don Felder, another guitarist of the band, joined in 1974, which greatly enhanced the strength of the band. His skillful fingering became the lead guitarist of bands, such as Hotel California and I Can't Say Why.
In July, don henley, Bernie Lidden, Randimar Sner and glenn frey began their journey to realize their dreams. These 20-year-old boys born in 1947 and 1948 make the public sit up and take notice. All four people are good at writing and composing, and they are good at singing. So in 1972, the band's first single "Relax" was popular all over the United States, ranking 12. The album of the same name released in the same year ranked 22nd on the album sales list. This album has a typical country style, and it is a work advocating and praising nature. Guitar, banjo and harpsichord reflect each other, showing a strong country rock atmosphere. Behind the scenes of this album, there is a famous female singer Linda Ronstadt. This female singer is not only unique in the female world, but also inferior to male singers in some aspects. Her singing path involves almost all kinds of rock music: country, folk songs, parades, jazz and so on. If one day she plays with heavy metals, I don't think fans will be surprised, because she has an innate voice: sadness and tenderness when singing lyric songs, and passion when singing rock and roll.
The Eagles released their second album Desperado, which is a concept record and won great applause. The whole album probably tells a story: 1880 in the American west, 2 1 year-old Durin Dalton went astray, broke the law and embarked on an uncertain journey. 1973, the band's record company was acquired by Warner Corporation, which is one of the five largest record groups in the world and the most powerful film and television production company in the world. In the 1980s, he intended to merge with Polaroid Company, but it failed due to the restrictions of American anti-monopoly law. With such a strong propaganda backing, the success of the Eagles followed, and the tour around the country was in full swing. From 65438 to 0974, due to the addition of Don Fuld and the change of record producers, the band's style was somewhat biased towards rock, and the third album "On the Border" released this year reflected this feature. In the summer of the same year, the eagle band's single "My Favorite" topped the charts.
1974, the Eagles participated in several large-scale performances in succession, especially at the "California Rock Series" Art Festival held in California, where the band originated in April. With the attention of nearly 200,000 viewers, the band established a brand-new image and became the main force of West Coast music. At this time, the Hawks have completed the transition from early country rock to rock music.
1975, the band's fourth album "One of these nights" topped the charts. Don Fuld has an outstanding performance in this album, especially the title song. In this passage, don henley's drums tend to get heavier, while Don Fuld's guitar is more dazzling, which is fully reflected in the more than two minutes when a guitar passes through the door. In this album, he won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Song in 1975 with a medium-sized song "Lying Eyes" with extremely smooth melody. At this point, the band became the first-class super band in the United States, and the sales of each record in the future far exceeded 654.38+0 million.
A selected record of 1976 had an order of 1 10,000 before its release. After Bernie Lidden left the band in 1975, joe walsh joined the band, which made the band's style closer to pure rock.
1976 was the most brilliant year for the hawks. At the end of the year, the fifth album "Hotel California" released by the band won a lot of applause as soon as it came out. This album is regarded as the most important album in America in 1970s. In this album, "Eagle" reflects the declining, chaotic and lax social atmosphere of the United States in the 1970s in a very decadent and ambiguous way. In this title song, Don Fuld and joe walsh use skillful guitar skills to match the magical effect of double guitars, while don henley's voice is extremely hoarse. The lyrics themselves are mysterious, full of a surreal artistic conception, more like a person's dream. Travelers who walked a long way saw this California hotel at sunset. The hotel warmly received all the guests, but they didn't go out. You can check out at any time, but you can't go out Another song in this album, new kids in the City, won the Grammy Award for Best Recording and Best Vocal Adaptation in 1977.
Hotel California can be said to be a masterpiece completed by the Eagles at its best. The chaotic and low-key content of the album made him a masterpiece of social problems in the 1970s, with sales exceeding15 million copies.
1978, the band and the album released in 1976 won the annual album award from the National Recording Association of the United States.
Finally, the road of the band came to an end, and the sixth album "Long Run" released by 1979 became the last album of the band. This album was produced for 18 months, which was completed in a quarrel between players. Although she far surpassed Kingdee's sales because of the support of fans, it is undeniable that the peak of the band has passed and the overall level of the album has declined. However, it is worth pointing out that a lyric song in the album "I can't tell you why" was sung by the newcomer Timothy Sumit and Gretel Frey. Due to the differences between glenn frey and don henley, the two core figures of the band, the band is in a state of name only, and there are many contradictions among its members. On the other hand, don henley was severely punished and sentenced to two years' probation for disturbing private life. Finally, since 198 1 year, the band has not released any new songs. When entering the threshold of 1980s, the once famous eagle lost its wings and disappeared.
After the dissolution, the eagle members searched for their own homes. Glenn frey released his solo album at 1982, joe walsh released his solo album at 198 1, Bernie Lidden released his solo album at 1982, and Randy manas released his solo album at 1980 and 1982. After introspection, don henley made a comeback. The album "Dirty Clothes" released by 1983 was well received and sold quite well. In 1990s, don henley won the Grammy for Best Rock Male Singer with a song "Naive enf" at 1990. Today's don henley is full of mature men's deep and steady, persistent and slightly sad and hoarse voice, which is slightly simple and natural. 1993, he sang a song "Sometimes Love Is Just Not Enough" with the female singer patty smith, which won applause again, because this is not a simple love song, but a work that examines love from a social perspective and discusses the failure of marriage. 1994, the media began to report that the hawks were going to reorganize. The fans are very excited when the news comes, which means that they will witness the style of this super band, which was famous in the 1970s.
As the saying goes, together for a long time, together for a long time. Sure enough, the band announced its comeback on 1994, and several elders reunited again. After the reorganization, Eagle immediately began a non-stop tour of the United States, and released a new song+featured "Hell Freeze Over" that year. The special part of the album is a live concert, and the buzzing crowd and smooth melody reverberate in my ears again. Finally, "Ginger is always spicy". At the concert, don henley wore a plaid velvet shirt and sang the well-known Hotel California. Don Fuldkey and joe walsh's guitar skills are more perfect. The guitar cadenza in the opening paragraph is full of fun, and the heavy drums seem to hit people's hearts. Henry Shaya's voice is solid and magnetic, and all the members of the band are in the temple. This super band once again embarked on a long journey of unknown good or ill luck. In this era of liking the new and hating the old, can the eagle soar in the sky as before? We'll see. ...