Both The History of The Eagles and its Documentary Now! parody are currently on Netflix. This coincides with the release of Weezer’s latest self-titled album. This has gotten us thinking a lot about California music recently, but what does that even mean? Sara, Marisa, Sabrina, Jesse, and Rob tried to break that down. Topics we covered include:
- The Eagles (and other bands our parents like)
- Weezer through the years
- faux-spiritualism
- the feminist impact of overalls-releated imagery in songwriting
- How little we actually know about rap
- My new genius account: http://genius.com/roberthenryk
Spoiler Warning: Lots of spoilers about The History of The Eagles
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Here’s my fair and balanced response to this podcast, from someone who didn’t watch that Eagles doc even once:
Maybe Eagles lyrics don’t often make sense but they’re not as bad as the Weezer stuff you were comparing it to. I’d take vaguely poetic, semi-sensical lyrics over a song more obvious in intent without anything to say. The Eagles songs I enjoy the most don’t really benefit from a close listen but encapsulate trashy 70s americana perfectly (favorite example – One of These Nights). And to be honest the reason I like them is more due to a fascination with that time period. Seems like the band members are pretty open about not being musical geniuses but when compared to other popular music in the 70s baby boomers could’ve done worse. (Not Fleetwood Mac though. How can you even hate on them?!)
I think a major difference between the Eagles and Weezer is that only one of them seems aware when they stupid come-on they’re singing is actually stupid. Also occasionally you can hear self-loathing when Rivers sings, which is something I feel Frey and Henley could both use a healthy dose of.
But, I agree, a fair and balanced response to our haranguing. You and Sara must be in the Post-Weezer generation!
You should watch the documentary, though! I found it sort of interesting (at least the first half) and I didn’t want to know anything about the Eagles.
I feel real bad we forgot to mention Station To Station by David Bowie. The Thin White Duke was very hopped up on coke, made a record in LA that he doesn’t remember but wants to get out of there. It the quintessential California record, and not just because RHCP namecheck it in the title track to Californication.