Atlanta Reviews

  George's Review
Once again, an excellent show. Just as good as 1994 HFO and 2002's  tour. Don's voice is perfect, Glen is great except for the higher notes on  You Belong To The City, Timothy is perfect and Joe rocked the house with  his awesome guitar. I believe the surprise hit of the show was when Don  sang Wasted Time. The instruments are so low during the first part of the  song that it was a good way for people who haven't heard it in a while to  re-appreciate the lyrics. I truly think by the reaction from the crowd  that people somewhat rediscovered that song last night. The only variation in the set list was - remove Pretty Maids and move Hole In The World there (nothing replaced it in the 2nd set). Hole In The World (a post 9/11 song)  is a very nice balled with great harmonies. Glen Frey dedicated Lyin' Eyes  to his first wife :) and repeated is joke of last year when he said "this  next song was written by Don and I, with and for Randy Meisner - this song  is what my wife thinks about our credit card - this song is called Take It  To the Limit". Still very funny! The slower songs are so touching from them - the ENTIRE audience almost sang louder than the band on Take It To  The Limit, New Kid In Town, Love Will Keep Us Alive, Tequila Sunrise,  Desperado, Wasted Time and Lyin Eyes. The sense of community you get when  you sing like that with 20,000 people along with the band is  amazing. Worth the $ just for that if you've never experienced it.

If I could alter the set list I would remove Sunset Grill and replace it  with either Heart of the Matter or The Last Resort. I would also remove  Turn to Stone and let Timothy do a solo song there. Other than that, it  was an excellent show. Very well worth the money.

For those of you who are not sure whether to go or not - these guys are legends in their own time and you don't often get to see that. They will  be regarded in the musical history books as elite songwriters and  performers. Don't wait to see them hoping they will come again. It's not  worth the risk of missing something like this. I met at least 4 people who  had never seen them in concert before and they were blown away and were so  glad they decided to go ahead and do this.

 F. Lindsay's review
From the first note to the last, the May 19 Atlanta show was my best concert experience ever. All the guys were on the mark and sounded great. The sellout crowd was on its feet for most of the night. They setlist was mostly the same although no Pretty Maids.

I took my niece, Becky with me as a mother's day present from her 3 little girls. She was raised up on these songs and sang along with every one and danced all night. I guess I had forgotten how this music influenced our lives.

Don smiled a lot and Joe was his usual clown self. Hole In The Wall quickly turned into a crown pleaser. I loved the little dance Glen did to All She Wants To Do Is Dance.

All in all, a great experience.
 

A's Review
Unfrigging believable. Best concert of my life. I have never ever enjoyed a concert more than the Eagles last night. I cannot believe they are fifty something. They sounded so good. My seats were nosebleed, literally in the lights, but we had aisle seats and it was perfect. David was such a trooper considering he had been up since 4:30 a.m. and had to get up today at 4:30. They played for 3 hours. It was 11:40 when we were leaving after the last, third I think, encore. If I could go again tonight I would. I'm serious. If I had someone to go hang out with me to buy tix at the door, I would be there. You guys are going to have a ball. And really and truly the place was smoke free.... I couldn't believe it. The ladies restroom  reminded me of high school days where the smokers would go at recess and have a smoke. other than that, it was totally awesome. I am on an Eagle high today.   Keep in mind I saw them in concert when they originally toured in the mid 70's. This was only stronger, better, but still crazy after all these years!

Gary's Review
This was my third time seeing the guys. I saw them on the HFO Tour and last year in Birmingham. They just keep getting better.

Armed with my set list, courtesy of Eaglesfans.com, I struck out for Philips Arena with my wife.


The guys came out about 8:25. Black was the color of the night, with the exception of Glenn's black and white print shirt and Joe's gray velour pajama pants. Glenn complimented his outfit with some snappy black and white spats. Henley looked cool with the longer hair and has dropped a few pounds. Glenn was dapper, Tim was Tim and Joe, of course, was Joe.


From the first note of The Long Run to the final chord of Desperado, it was just fantastic. The guys followed the set list with the exception of "Hole in the World" being moved to the the first set in the place of "Pretty Maids". I loved the new song. It was very soulful, sounding at times like a 50's Motown song with tight harmonies.


Some of the songs had different intros. If I had not had the set list, I might have been surprised. As stated many times, Joe was very low key during the first set, but he makes up for it during the second, reminding us just why he is in the group, apart from his fantastic guitar playing, which is his crazy personality. Glenn smilingly welcomed us to Farewell I and added that it was setting up Farewell V and VI and added that it was going to be a long goodbye. At the beginning of the second set, he welcomed us to Farewell II. The guys seemed to genuinely have fun (even Don). They did sing along with the songs. Don even got into the act, hopping around in tandem with the rest of the guys on Dirty Laundry. So, with that I will end my random thoughts by saying bring on the new album and the corresponding tour!!!!!

Andrew's Review
I'm going to skip all the usual "the guys were great, best concert ever stuff" and try to say some things that others haven't said (or haven't said as frequently).
 
First of all, the set is awesome!! I love the screens and the lighting. It really made the concert experience better. Sometimes it was live feed shown behind them, but mostly it was scenes and effects. (Funk 49, Love Will Keep Us Alive, Boys of Summer were some standouts as far as the screen scenes go.) Some effects were falling leaves, highway scenes, beaches, water, lava lamps, and many more.
 
The guys all sounded great, but I think Joe might have not felt well.  Towards the end, he had on a jacket and a towel wrapped around his neck, and it was hot as fire in philips-so maybe he wasn't feeling well...I also think he cut his talk box solo a little short..the shortest I've ever heard it.  Funk 49, Turn to Stone, Walk Away and LBG were all great though.
 
Don was amazing. He looked like a deity with the light shining down on him during Wasted Time...and he was into it more than I've ever seen him. His voice was in good form as well.  I like James Dean more than Witchy Woman, but I thought it was way too long in the 2nd set before Don got a lead vocal.  He needs a couple more leads...would love to hear Sad Cafe but I knew I wouldn't on this tour. I can't believe how much I love Sunset Grill live...it is one of my favorites and I never liked it that much before I heard it live.
 
Timothy is a real team player.  He was great as always.  I really think it is cool when he and Glenn sing together on You Belong To The City. 
 
Now on to Glenn.  I went to Birmingham last year and couldn't really argue against those that said Joe stole the show.  But tonight belonged to Glenn in my opinion.  His vocals are the best I've heard them, and he was really playing to the crowd. Heartache Tonight was great, and so was You Belong and New Kid in Town.  I miss Joe's end guitar solo in Take it Easy, but it was good too.
 
I thought the interaction between all of them was greater than ever too. Its not that Joe wasn't awesome as always, but I think the other guys are starting to loosen up quite a bit.  It makes it much more entertaining when everyone is into it.
 
Steuert nailed every guitar part. He did some cool harmonics on Love Will Keep Us Alive, much better than Felder's slide IMO.
 
That's all I can think of.  I can't wait to go back tomorrow!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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