Posted On: Saturday - July 29th 2023 7:37AM MST
In Topics: Music
R.I.P. - Eagles bass player, backing vocalist and #3 lead vocalist Randy Meisner died a couple of days back at 77 y/o. He played with the band for the first 5 of the 6 albums during the time I think of as The Eagles' era.* That is during the 4 albums that comprise the best of the country rock band (leaning towrd the rock sound after Don Felder joined for On the Border, and then the blockbuster rock Hotel California album. Tim Schmidt filled his place for The Long Run album and also sang. I like Randy Meisner's vocals better.
Take it to the Limit was a #4 hit song that Randy Meisner co-wrote and sang lead on from the band's 4th album, One of These Nights, in 1975. It's still a great song to me, though it used to get played a lot. I'd rather feature a more obscure song written and sang by Mr. Meisner. On one of the best concept albums of all time, the concept being that of the old Wild West, Desperado, there's his song called Certain Kind of Fool.
It takes a certain kind of fool who likes to hear the sound of his own name.
(I wanted the Desperado cover here, but YT didn't oblige me.)
It wasn't for the money, at least it didn't start that way ... It wasn't for the runnin', but now he's runnin' every day ...
I was still catching up with music albums, a while after the initial demise of The Eagles in 1980. Because I liked the sound so much, I bought one of 3 solo albums Randy Meisner made. This was self-titled, but so was the 3rd of the 3 too. Whaaa?! Anyway, this is the 1st one. I haven't played it in 25 years probably, so when I looked at the song titles on the wiki page, the only 3 songs I recall at all are Take it to the Limit (his solo version) and 2 famous old cover songs.
Randy Meisner wrote some good music and had a good sound. He didn't ever get back with the Eagles.
Thanks for reading and commenting this week, Peakers. The posts on the burner have more on the Climate Calamity™, rebranded yet again, depopulation (crisis or not a crisis?), a spot of Kung Flu PanicFest detritus, something on taxes and something else on those who make bank on them, artifical stupidity of the exercise machines - you thought we were done with all that? Think again ;-} - and various other forms of stupidity. We'll get to at least some of this next week. Have a good weekend, all!
* I know, hell froze over, and they got back together and still play - Randy Meisner has not been with them during that frozen over era, AFAIK, as the replacement bass player, Tim Schmidt was. Glen Frey has passed anyway.
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Moderator
Sunday - July 30th 2023 10:29PM MST
PS: Sorry, commenters, I was in read-only mode for almost 2 days. I don't know the story of Don Felder, Alarmist. Joe Walsh has got a unique voice too. Someone I know said he sounds like he's singing from across the street.
J.D. Souther is a name one will read on songwriting credits, but I just don't know any songs sung by him, famous ones, that is. In that early-mid-1970s music scene there are a number of names you see over and over. They kind of stuck together there in southern California. What a great time to be there!
J.D. Souther is a name one will read on songwriting credits, but I just don't know any songs sung by him, famous ones, that is. In that early-mid-1970s music scene there are a number of names you see over and over. They kind of stuck together there in southern California. What a great time to be there!
The Alarmist
Sunday - July 30th 2023 4:55AM MST
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O/T, Mr Mod, you might enjoy this review of Oppenheimer...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12352071/Why-film-2023-desperate-prove-America-wasnt-infiltrated-Communists-obviously-asks-PETER-HITCHENS.html
O/T, Mr Mod, you might enjoy this review of Oppenheimer...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12352071/Why-film-2023-desperate-prove-America-wasnt-infiltrated-Communists-obviously-asks-PETER-HITCHENS.html
SafeNow
Saturday - July 29th 2023 9:23PM MST
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Being so ancient that my brain is wired for the sixties sound, I am still catching-up on The Eagles - - as Mr. M knows by now, I enjoyed this selection’s sound quite a bit. Thank you. (Although here, as often seems to be the case with The Eagles, the lyrics are observant, poignant and sobering compared with the sixties, and I know by now to have a box of Kleenex handy before listening to an Eagles song. RIP Randy.
Being so ancient that my brain is wired for the sixties sound, I am still catching-up on The Eagles - - as Mr. M knows by now, I enjoyed this selection’s sound quite a bit. Thank you. (Although here, as often seems to be the case with The Eagles, the lyrics are observant, poignant and sobering compared with the sixties, and I know by now to have a box of Kleenex handy before listening to an Eagles song. RIP Randy.
The Alarmist
Saturday - July 29th 2023 10:38AM MST
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Well, that PoS Felder still breathes. But we still have Joe Walsh (whoodathink he’d still be alive) and J.D. Souther for karmic balance.
Well, that PoS Felder still breathes. But we still have Joe Walsh (whoodathink he’d still be alive) and J.D. Souther for karmic balance.
I'll check out that review, Alarmist. I watched "Dunkirk". I don't think it needs a real review here, but I'd like to point out about 5 unrealistic things in the movies.