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Loading... To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eaglesby Marc Eliot
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316233706, Hardcover)The Eagles are the most popular, enduring rock band in America. With singles and albums hitting the top of the charts for a quarter century and a greatest hits collection that has sold more copies than any other recording in history, the Eagles have entered the pantheon of pop music. To the Limit is the unauthorized account of the group from its earliest years through the breakup, solo careers, and reunions.Blending the country and folk music of the late sixties with the melodic seductiveness of Detroit-style roots rock, the Eagles brought a new sound to a stagnant music scene. Under the brilliant management of David Geffen, the Eagles projected a public image of unshakable camaraderie-embodied by the cerebral, brooding Don Henley and the intuitive, self-destructive Glenn Frey-bolstered by the gorgeous harmonies of their songs. Behind the scenes, however, there was another story.At turns revealing, inspiring, funny, and shocking, To the Limit is the chronicle of a time, a place, and a group that succeeded in changing forever the world of popular music. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:04 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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I read this largely because of the immense influence the Eagles have had, and Marc Eliot is very good at describing the band's tense creative process, their methodical rise, and the grimy politics by which David Geffen forged the mellow Asylum sound. It was a very fast-paced book, and even elegant by the standards of rock journalism. Unfortunately, Eliot portrays the Eagles as narcissists even by the standards of star culture; so even as I gained respect for what they were trying to do musically, it was hard to spend a lot of time with them. (