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You Can Check Out Any Time You Like: The Making of the Eagles’ \”Hotel California\
You Can Check Out Any Time You Like: The Making of the Eagles’ “Hotel California” It is the most argued-over song in rock history. Ask ten fans what “Hotel California” is about and you’ll get ten answers: a haunted hotel, a bad acid trip, a satanic ritual, a mental institution, the music business, the state…
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Eagles: The Heart Behind the Hits — Loss, Survival, and the Band That Wouldn’t Die
The Eagles sang about life in the fast lane, but they lived it — and paid for it, in ways the songs only hinted at. Behind the hundred million records and the sold-out stadiums lies one of rock’s most human stories: a founding genius gone too soon, a bassist who never recovered from the fame,…
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How the Eagles Created “Desperado”: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
It was never released as a single. It stalled at number forty-one on the album chart. And yet “Desperado” — the title track of the Eagles’ 1973 concept album — became the song that defined the band for half a century, the closer at nearly every concert they ever played, and one of the most…
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The Untold Story of the Eagles: The Backing Band That Became the Biggest Sellers in American History
No band in American history has sold more albums in the United States than the Eagles. Their 1976 compilation “Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975” has been certified thirty-eight times platinum, outselling Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on American soil. And yet the band behind it started as somebody else’s backing musicians, nearly came to blows onstage in front…