| The Buzz
With less than a month to go before
the shows, there were still tickets left to sell. What better ways
to fill the seats than to make a televised appearance, sponsor a
contest/exclusive offer with a major internet force and give interviews to a major
paper? That's just what they did!
The band
appeared as co-hosts on CNN's showbiz today. Portions of
that performance and the preceding press conference were
used to promote a contest on mp3.com.
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Read a
transcript
of the CNN interview
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CNN's
highlight page has photos, audio and video clips.
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We've
got some video clips of the show:
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Clip
1--Discussions
about getting the RIAA award.
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Clip
2--Discussion about the NYE show and how
verklempt Glenn is about it all
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Clip
3--More discussion
about the NYE show and doing Funky New Year and
Please Come Home for Christmas.
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View
photos
from the show.
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Listen to the
press conference that preceded the CNN show or read our
sort-of
transcript of it.
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As they did
before HFO, Don and Glenn each gave separate interviews to
the L.A. Times' Robert Hilburn.
Read
what they had to say about the upcoming concerts and the
future of the Eagles.
Rehearsals
A few days before Christmas,
fans got a present from the official Joe
Walsh page: a chance to glimpse the Eagles rehearsing
for their upcoming shows. A simple web page refreshed
frequently allowing us to see Don Felder on his cell
phone, Henley's sweat pants, Joe in fatigues and other
rare sights. Sadly, the screen caps we made of this were
lost years ago. It was so much fun, though, sitting
around with other fans on IM as we watched the page
refresh. We remember screaming, "Is that a big drum? Oh
my God...that's a big drum."
Viva Las
Vegas!
The sights!
The sounds! The Strip! Las Vegas proved to be a great
place to gear up for Eagles shows.
The Film
One
highlight of the shows was the film shown during
intermission. It was basically a salute to the century
with an Eagle-y focus.
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The
Quotes. If you haven't seen the film, let us
explain a bit. The film was basically a montage of
music and images from the century. News images.
Popular Culture images. You name it, they showed it.
Before transferring to each decade, a quote flashed up
on the screen to set the stage. These are the quotes
that were selected. You can just read
the
quotes.
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The
Songs. Probably one thing that made the film
so awesome was the music Glenn and writing buddy Jay
Oliver created to go along with the film. Each piece
was inspired by the decade it was representing. Glenn
and Jay really showed a talent for film scoring.
You may be interested in seeing
the titles and credits for each
song.
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The
Star Wars Thingy. The introduction to
the Eagles' self-deprecating bit. Very funny. Luke! I
am you father!!!!!
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Kind of Listen to It.
Glenn played the movie at his Royal Oak show in
2000. There are people talking over it and the sound
isn't the greatest, but it's better than nothing.
Thanks to
Mr. Randy Edwards, the producer of the flick for his help
with this.
E2K
Update
The concert on December 31st
would mark the last time Don Felder publically
appeared with the band and these shows
(including a planned release of the video) would
form a large part of the lawsuit that Felder
filed against his former band mates. The
show was eventually released on CD as part of
the Selected Works Box Set. Interestingly
enough, though the shows say they were recorded
December 31st, some of them are obviously from
Las Vegas. Don denied this in an online chat,
but it's kind of obvious that the recording of
"All She Wants to Do is Dance" was from Vegas
because Don inserted the line "...and gamble"
after the title phrase.
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