never really liked Poco, or The Flying Burrito Bros (another Eagles connection band) that much either (with or without Gram Parsons)

but i dig The Desert Rose Band

I could never get into the Flying Burrito Bros either.

BTW like the avatar and I saw on google the other day that they had this huge protest rally in Malaysia, what was it about?

some protest about having "clean" elections

i almost went just for the "riot" atmosphere

i doubt the voting polls here are "dirty" - the Opposition won a lot of seats last election

frey was the worst

that's the beauty of the Eagles their best vocalist is them together!

Tend to agree on that one ... but I wish Tim would get a chance to sing some upbeat numbers. His "Feed The Fire" solo album was great ...

The Eagles are the most underrated overrated band of all time lol
 

This thread is funny. WAY less Eagles bashing that normal. Overrated, underrated, whatever, the Eagles are great. The new documentary really rekindled my love of their music. Although a small portion of Eagles haters may be legit, I believe most are either bitter, or think it's cool or expected in their social circles to hate the Eagles. Most of these people seem to be what I call "music snobs." Like the bad judge on Iron Chef that has to go against everyone because he/she is more "sophisticated."

Anyway, I voted for Henley, although he is my least favorite Eagle besides Leadon. He just annoys me a little, but, his vocals are excellent. I agree here that they had essentially 7 lead vocalists over the years. Made for consistently great harmonies. Tim is my second choice. I am obsessed with I Can't Tell You Why.

As far as the other bands discussed here, Poco, Burrito and Desert Rose. They are all good bands. 2 things really set the Eagles apart for me; musical depth (like the afore mentioned vocals and 3 guitarists) and song writing. The reason, in my opinion, that these bands weren't more successful is that they didn't really write very good songs. It's that simple. The Eagles set out to write hit songs, and they were apparently unmatched at it.

bye

I like Don Henley the best, both as a singer for the Eagles and his solo singing (Boys of Summer, Dirty Laundry, All She Wants to Do Is Dance), but I think Schmit is the most unique. I Can't Tell You Why has to be one of the hardest songs for a guy to sing...