...I'll admit it, "The Henely" gets it! ...his tunes lasted longer, and have more introspective meaning.....*EDIT* ...here's the tunes.... (cont.) The Heart Of The Matter Sunset Grill The End Of The Innocence Long Way Home The Boys Of Summer The Last Worthless Evening New York Minute All She Wants To Do Is Dance I Will Not Go Quitetly Taking You Home ...YOU pick...... ; ) .....
I definitely prefer Don's solo work to the others. "The Heart of the Matter" is my favorite of his solo songs. He and Mike Campbell sure did well together.
Don Henley- Heart Of The Matter: "There are people in your life Who've come and gone They let you down You know they've hurt your pride You better put it all behind you baby ' Cause life goes on You keep carryin' that anger It'll eat you up inside "
@@edryba4867 I think it Heralded the coming of CNN, MSNBC, Fox, and many other media outlets, and maybe a few of the daytime talks shows we have like The View 🤔
B.S. News never goes out of style; like tabloid magazines, there's always fools to buy and believe their tripe. CNN/ MSNBC/ FOX. But it is awesome how CNN is tanking badly barely getting 440 million views a night. Don't even know how they stay in business. They will collapse, and good riddance.
This song is SO accurate. My husband interned in a newsroom back in the early 2000's and told me how demented the anchors and on-scene reporters are behind the scenes.
It got much worse after Obama repealed anti-propaganda laws/Fairness in Broadcasting Doctrines & reclassified news as "Entertainment " Prior to this, there were standards & liars could be sued. Now, there's no accountability. Obama also set up propaganda agencies that manufactured news for all outlets - TV, radio, print. Even network comedians are scripted. American journalists who spoke against him or the leftist agenda were jailed. 1000s of foreign propagandists were brought in & placed at every network, newspaper & even within government offices. "Divide & Destroy" - funded by Soros & CCP
Wasn't an Eagles fan but loved the solo careers. I bought "Dirty Laundry" on 45 when it came out at age 13. That day I also bought "Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield, "Centerfold" by J. Gieles Band, "Hold On Loosly" by 38 Special, "Take It On The run" by REO Speedwagon, "Urgent" by Foreignor and the record I actually wore out and had to buy another "The Stroke" by Billy Squier. I think the 80's kids can figure out the year of all these hits.
Don Henley had a great solo career. Can’t imagine the 80s without Girls of Summer, Dirty Laundry, and others. The Eagles arguably were as good apart as they were together. Glad we got both, glad they eventually got back together.
What I like about the trajectory of the Eagles and their subsequent solo careers is that we got all those great songs in the individual styles of each of the members, and now when they reunited, they play each other's solo pieces as a band in concert.
I totally used this song to point out to my kids that media has been absolute garbage for a lot of years. The difference between then and now is that there used to be more good journalism based in facts rather then opinion based on personal feelings.
One of my favorites by Don Henley. Prior to this song coming out, I was a dispatcher for a volunteer fire department. Would get a call from a newspaper writing, asking me about any big fires or bad auto accidents. Was getting tired of this solicitation, so I replied..."we saved two heart attack victims and safely transported several people to the hospital...does that count?" He uttered "nope" and hung up. Ticked me off...so when I heard "Dirty Laundry"...I just smiled all the way to the core. Thank you Don!!!
Love this song, and Lisa Marie Presley did a really good cover of it as well. She made it her own, which made a LOT of sense, considering what she experienced in her life
@@aprilgosa5779 agreed. That whole family has been tormented in ways that shouldn’t have happened. It’s why I tend to avoid listening to gossip when it comes to celebrities.
My dad loved the lyrics to Dirty Laundry. Which was an uncharacteristic thing for him to say. That got me paying attention to song lyrics since I was a kid. Thanks Don Henley, thanks Dad.
Cool to hear the backstory behind this song. Nobody does “scathing” better than Don Henley and as pointed out, Dirty Laundry is even more appropriate today than when it was released. The organ really makes the tune, too. His 3rd solo album “End of The Innocence” is a personal fave, as well. While the Eagles story didn’t end well, we can be thankful for Don and Glenn’s solo careers and all the great music they gave us after the epic split. Thanks, Adam!
While I’m definitely no fan of the media, Don did get caught with two underage girls and cocaine in a hotel. The media is evil but Don Henley is not a good man.
Don Henley has an uncanny ability to create a heavy sense of nostalgia with his solo work. ESPECIALLY with End of the Innocence and Boys of the Summer. It’s fantastic sadness you can’t get enough of.
Love the Eagles. Love Don Henley. I've known for years Don writes some of the most intelligent lyrics in rock 'n' roll. Look at all of his solo work and analyze the lyrics it is just absolutely brilliant.
One evening I saw Henley being interviewed by one of the major networks. They treated him to a video of their own legion of talking heads set to his song, and he seemed very flattered and impressed by the effort.
"It's interesting when people die" and "We all know that crap is king" are two of the best lines in all of rock music. (Another great line from Henley is, "Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac/ A little voice inside my said 'Don't look back, you can never look back.'")
My friend and I sang Dirty Laundry to a news reporter who was live on air! My friend and I were bored so we went to this press conference during "The Texas Standoff" in Ft. Davis, Tx. Mike Cox, the spokesman for Texas DPS was updating the situation on the manhunt of 2 individuals. It was plain and simple. This news reporter took it about 10 steps further and tried to instill panic and sensationalize the situation into something it wasn't. So yeah, we called him out BIG TIME by singing Dirty Laundry!
Don Henley had the best solo career of all the Eagles members in my opinion. Boys Of Summer is one of my all time favorite songs, he also had a beautiful ballad on Fast Times At Ridgemont High soundtrack Love Rules. No body ever talks about Love Rules and it's my favorite song on that amazing soundtrack because I could really relate to those lyrics.
Another great Henley soundtrack gem is "She's On The Zoom" from the Vision Quest soundtrack. The song sounds like a companion piece to "Johnny Can't Read."
I watched him on the series: Storytellers. It's been awhile but I think he was talking about "Dirty Laundry" because he mentions growing up with Uncle Walt (Walter Conkrite) who had so much class and wasn't afraid to shed a tear over some tragedy that he was reporting on. Absolutely right about this being a song for our present day! Thanks man, you rock!
Great backstory, Adam. Interestingly, I learned as a kid what "Dirty Laundry" referred to, probably around the time the song came out. I believe I was in Sixth Grade and heard it on the school bus, which was tuned to the local hit station. I am going to say that I spent half my adult life working in the Broadcast News Industry as a Writer, Reporter and News Anchor. I will say that most of the staff who don't get face time -- Writers, Control Room Staff, Background and Ancillary Staff -- are pretty down to earth people. But unfortunately, there IS an Ego-Driven thing going on with a lot of people who are on camera. And depending on their organization, it becomes a bit of an Ego-Driven Cabal when you see certain veterans of the industry gathering together for a particularly big story. In other words: if you're from a lower-level broadcaster, the bigger fish will pay little attention to you and even look down their noses at you, UNLESS you assert yourself, as I often did. BUT... And this is important... The real veterans -- the top guys and gals -- are some of the most humble, grateful and accessible people. I had the opportunity to spend the first 6 months of my broadcasting career at Canada's national broadcaster. Their top news anchor was known all across the country. I used to see him in the elevator in the mornings. HE would greet me with a hello, how are you FIRST, before I could say anything to him. I also once had a job interview at their main competition. The news anchor -- a veteran female reporter -- was equally gracious to me that day. Meanwhile, it was the "bubble-headed young ladies" who would come in wearing short skirts, low blouses, and high heels to try to gain eyeballs. And, as we have seen, the concept of Dirty Laundry has been taken to extremes, where news media has created such a reality distortion field that it has caused mental health issues and division among people. FYI: Since getting laid off from the industry on November 28, 2011 I've never looked back. I will never again work for an industry that contributes nothing but constant misery and that has such a striking lack of integrity. Keep up the great work, Adam. I greatly enjoy your videos!
At this point, I think we all need to thank the talent magnet known as Linda Ronstadt. She had a nose for talent. Without her, there's no telling whether or not Henley and Frye would have ever met. Luckily, our ears were spoiled with the awesome music of the Eagles. 😀
Joe Walsh's talkbox solo on Those Shoes is epic. His guitar solo on this song is really cool, too. Steve Lukather's guitar solo toward the end is underrated as well.
Those Shoes and Victim of Love must be played back to back for me. If hear one I must either look up the other youtube or scan through my playlist on my phone. They dovetail so well it's a natural.
Absolutely. It was well done and I enjoyed it without understanding it. That's kind of like enjoying "99 Luft Balloons" in German but not understanding it (but less abstract).
Don Henley's first 3 solo albums with the end of the innocence being my favorite shows off all of the humor, heart and intelligent insight that don brought to his previous band and what I love about dirty laundry is that screeching guitar solo in the middle and that powerful guitar outro and just how relevant is that song today
The point of this song was lost on NO ONE back then. If we only had a time machine to see how far they've fallen SINCE the 80s! They were downright ETHICAL compared to now!
"End of the Innocence" is high on my Henley list. And sure enough, you've got to give him credit for his post Eagles work. And should the Eagles have stayed together? No. Bad social mojo can't lead you to good art.
This is one of your best commentaries on one of my favorite songs by Don Henley and my answer is I'm glad that the Eagles did do their solo ventures because I can't imagine that the various ego's in that band would ever agree to some of the incredible music we were blessed with. So in short I'm happy that they did both. Imo.
@@ProfessorofRock ONly Bernie Leadon among Eagles members didn't hit the Hot 100. Five members had top 40 hits, DOn Felder came within a couple of notches of having a top 40 hit, which would have given a sixth Eagle a top 40 solo hit
I think it was necessary, just like it was with Genesis and Fleetwood Mac, that Eagles split and did their own things and then got back together. It makes for remarkable group and solo appreciation by the members of the bands as well as by us fans! 🙂
The Hell Freezes Over tour was great! I saw the show at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA, with the lead singer of a band I was in at the time. I rocked the tour shirt when I moved to England in 2002, but when I returned the following year, it stayed behind with other precious items. Still have the ticket stub, though, and fond memories of my only Eagles concert 🙂
Dirty Laundry is true again now in 2023 , The media give us shit and expect us to believe it , I loved it when it first came out and I still love it now
Most of the time I have to watch the video to find out which song/group is featured. This is the first one that I recognized immediately! I loved this when it came out. Great song.
Henley's lyrics are as poetic as Dylan's. All the songs of his solo career really capture an amazing essence. The sickness of fame in DL, Nostalgia in BoS and the disillusionment of the Reagan era in EoI. All have a timeless feel and sound as current today as they did back then.
Easily one of our best lyricists. I think it was Glenn who said no one could encapsulate a whole idea, a whole feeling or situation, in one line as well as Don Henley could.
I look forward to your posts. This was another great post. I appreciate the effort you put in each Post. Your love affair with music shows up in the quality of your work and you fans believe in your mission. Our History can be found in Music.
This was a great song and one of the trailblazers of American new wave. It was so out of the ordinary for Don and it worked! As talented as all these guys are, I think the relationships at that point were so fractured that nothing good would’ve come of another few records I’m glad they had their solo careers to kind of jumpstart the band.
Dad was a huge eagles fan. Took me to see them when they reunited in 94 for the Hell Freezes Over tour. He was bummed Stanley wasn’t back as take it to the limit would’ve been the ultimate to what was already a crazy lineup of hits from everyone’s solo stuff (Walsh, Fry and Henley were the standouts). We saw them first at the Orange Show Pavilion where he saw both US festivals, dad shared a bunch of stories. One more time at the rose bowl but that show was shorter with less solo stuff. Dad went from Covid a couple years now but I love to think back to those times.
I don't think the prolific solo work from them would have been as trascendent as it is if they had stayed together. The were free to express themselves. For me, their group work or solo their work is at the same level of importance. Great Video Professor. Magnificent work
Henley's solo stuff, especially End of the Innocence, which is a masterpiece album would've never happened if Eagles had stayed together. I'm personally glad it did. Plus the Hell Freezes Over reunion was legendary.
I think the solo albums by Henley, Frey, Walsh and Meisner were quite good. They've grown on me over the years. Especially the work the Glenn Frey. I really enjoy his solo stuff these days and Henley released numerous classic prophetic hit songs.
LOVED this song SOOO MUCH!!! Still do. LOVE the Eagles together but Don Henley's album , "I Can't Stand Still" IS amazing!! just as fresh and TRUE today as it was when it was made.
Another amazing video. Im 53 and your channel takes me back thru time remembering all the great music I come to know and love thank you for doing what you do. Omfg, solid gold lol
Dirty Laundry, one Heck of a song. I liked that song ever since I heard it the first time. It's a true anthem of news today. Loved the synth at the beginning of the song, along with the guitar solos.
When my ex and I split up, people just had to say, "What about the kids?" My response was to ask which was better--to grow up in one unhappy home or two happy ones. If the Eagles had stayed together in that unhappy home, the quality of their music would have eventually started to suffer. Plus, we would be denied hits like this one, Boys of Summer, Smuggler's Blues, and Life's Been Good.
It’s so intrusive and annoying when people are asked when or if they are going to have kids, what they plan to do with their kids, etc. None of their freaking business.
Dirty Laundry, hit close to home for me. In the 70’s I belonged to one of the largest Churches in the area. People from all over the world would and visit. In 1979 the perfect storm emerged and my church was in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. CNN and other medias camped out across the street. I saw first hand families torn apart, friends divided, and how the media twisted and played with words. This song sang what I knew to be true. Thanks for the memories.
At 19:51 that's a snippet of Joe Walsh's contribution to this song. One of my favorite guitar solos of all time, the manic playing and weird note runs perfectly compliments Henley's theme about the insanity that was taking over the media industry.
Don Henley definitely had the best solo career out of all of the band members, aside from Joe Walsh who was not an original member of the group. The “End Of The Innocence” album was stellar and contained my all time favorite of his in “New York Minute”. Also as a correction to the year you had stated previously, it was on July 31st 1980 that Glen and Don had their huge blowup on stage.
I feel if they would have continued recording as a group the songs and performances would’ve suffered greatly. They really needed a break from each other. The fan base was still there and we all benefited from each one’s solo success.
It’s been a pretty rocky day for me. Some girl drama and people being pushy to me in the hallways because they had lots of stuff going on in their minds. It just makes me go, ugh!!! I need to escape to some music! So I truly thank Don Henley for helping me understand this mass insanity in today’s world.
Dirty Laundry was and still is needed to voice the invasion of privacy that the media of all sorts have on celebrities. I can think of several celebrities that had ruined reputations when they were juveniles. They then grew into adulthood fulfilling those reports. Sad that young people with lots of hopes and dreams can be manipulated that way. Glad Don, Glen, and the rest of The Eagles lineup took to the solo route for those 14 years before reuniting. Gave us individual views and creativity of each. And a reason to believe that something good can come from Hell freezing over.
If they hadn't broke up and got back together, we wouldn't have Hell Freezes Over, the DVD. It's superbly recorded and preformed. It'll definitely make your hifi shine. If you get the dvd, it'll be the best one you own. I highly recommend it. Such a great band.
Joe Walsh played the first solo but Toto founder & Guitarist, Steve Lukather played the second solo. In addition, Toto founder & late great drummer Jeff Porcaro played the killer drum track on "Dirty Laundry" as well. :-)
I feel like the news just never changed. It’s always been that way. My brother called a news station about an accident near our home and they asked did anyone die? My brother said no and they said well we don’t care. This was about 20 years ago.
Loved them together and loved them individually. Dirty Laundry has a great vibe. I loved Randy Meisner, and would like to hear some more about him. I am one of those people who come to the comments immediately to find out who or what you are talking about because I have an issue with waiting. I don't even like wrapping presents because I can't wait to surprise anyone.
Lots of solid biographical information here. Many Eagles fans have heard different versions of the breakup. It has been covered at different stages of the saga and from different character's perspective. Jumping off from Don Henley and where his head was at when Dirty Laundry was created was the right call. I really felt like The Professor had us in the backseat of that car eavesdropping on Henley and Kortchmar stirring up that secret sauce
Clearly Henley post Eagles Solo career. So many just brilliant timeless songs. And it was wonderful they were able to reunite in the 90s. Get Over it. Is another song that is more relevant today than the day it was written.
Ah Yes, the Iggles. A soap opera disguised as a rock band. Greatness personified. Don Henley was a great songwriter. Glenn Frey also, but Henley seemed to be a cut above. Glad they got back together before Glenn passed. ❤️ Solid Gold reference and a Supertramp shirt for the win today too! Thanks Professor!
I love Eagles music. I also love the solo stuff. Don Henley and Joe Walsh especially. I remember my day showing me 'The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get'. Awesome album
I love that they reunited after the long vacation. I watched that tour on the newfangled thing called Direct TV several times. They were older and wiser and friendly.
Songs are supposed to elicit a memory for the listener. It brings you back to that point in time (good or bad) when you emotionally first heard the song. It is why we love music.
I'm a 60s rock and roll kinda guy so a large % of the music you cover is news to me. That said, "Dirty Laundry" is a hit that really made an impression on me. I never would have connected it to the Eagles. Thanks. --Also, I appreciate your gifted ability to bring out the human interest element in the artist and the music that keeps me clicking on your channel, even when the artist/song isn't really my cup of tea. C F G + the truth, dude! :)
I like a lot of the solo work. Given where they were emotionally at the time, I don’t know what those potential albums would have been like. Individually, they released some great music from “Heavy Metal” to the “End of the Innocence” and a lot more.
I watched Bohemian Rhapsody about 11 times at the show and another 8 or 9 at home. I have to say I really enjoyed hearing your pov. I find your all of your videos to be intelligent, thought-provoking, fun, entertaining, and of course, nostalgic and often heart warming. Thank you.
I grew up on on this music I was 18 years old I didn't understand what it meant. I'm now 72 thank you professor Rock for the insight of what we listen to.
You speak often of your Dad on here and how y'all related to music. I understand. Here's my Eagle's story with my Dad: Born in '57 here, Boss. Senior in High School 75-76. Lyin Eyes had just come out. I was driving Dad somewhere and put the 8-track in. We listened to Lyin' Eyes then Desperado. Now DAD was a cold hard confirmed old school COUNTRY and WESTERN fan (emphasis on Western) and we seldom saw eye to eye on music. After those two songs finished he looked over at me and said "Boy, that right there is pretty darn good." I was on CLOUD NINE!! Thanks for the memories, my friend!
