Don Henley/Mike Love

[ChicagoAnn]

The Dude sums it up for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JlmvtAHhnc

My thoughts exactly. Hated the Eagles as a 70s teen. Hotel California still causes shudders.

Comparing Mike Love and Don Henley is apples and oranges. Different careers and backgrounds. Mike Love was already a pro by the time Henley was getting started.

[Ron]

I'd say Henley was more talented, Mike has been on cruise control for about 40 years now.  Mike's still got it, though, and Henley's lost a step in my opinion. 

My favorite thing Henley ever did was Boys of Summer, Ironically. 

[Dave in KC]

Show me an at least equal solo by Mike Love than this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdjvTTnzDU

[Pretty Funky]

Show me an at least equal solo by Mike Love than this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdjvTTnzDU

Great older song sure, but not really along your original thread question.

Both Cali guys, both massively successful. Which one is still relevant?  Which one is a magnet?

I can't decide if this is trying to stir up anti Mike feeling or not.

[JK]

In terms of the bands they represent----and this is when the word "coat-tails" comes to mind----Mike is relevant.

In all fairness, I've come to appreciate The Eagles more in recent years, but still...

[SteveMC]

Mike matches it on Meant For You off of Friends matches it though his part is brief he's not nasal at all. I was surprised to learn it was Mike.
https://youtu.be/Pp9P0mOXfOM

Show me an at least equal solo by Mike Love than this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdjvTTnzDU

[Smilin Ed H]

Show me an at least equal solo by Mike Love than this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdjvTTnzDU

There are far better Eagles songs than this, though. Seriously, when I hear it, what comes to mind is a bad 90s TV movie where the leading man has long hair, a beard, long coat and broods rather than acts - and the supporting cast is made up of fat men with beards who think they look authentic.  You keep hoping the Indians'll come and wipe them out and the movie'll finish early.  Not doubting Don's talent, but I'll take Best of My Love, Witchy Woman, Take it to the Limit or New Kid in Town over this, In fact, I'll take all the Desperado album over this - and I think it's their strongest and most consistent. Don's more relevant than Mike to our times and the fact he's still writing great material is, well, great. Mike, after all, has written little of note since Holland, BUT I do think our boy is in the pantheon of greats for the great songs he has contributed to in the past, vocally and lyrically. And yeah, I think Warmth of the Sun is a better sing than Desperado.

[Emily]

Both Cali guys, both massively successful. Which one is still relevant?  Which one is a magnet?

I can't decide if this is trying to stir up anti Mike feeling or not.

Is either really relevant to any but a small core group of fans of their original band and is either really magnetic at all?
Maybe they are; I don't claim to know who's pinned up on all teenagers' walls and what name's on the lips of club patrons everywhere.

[southbay]

Henley is a great orator, a particularly meticulous wordsmith. Both men possess voices that would be among the most recognizable in Rock and Roll.

Their upbringings are very different. Henley was an only child from a small town in East Texas, Love from a large family in California. Both of their fathers ran their own businesses though.

Henley gradually increased his role in Eagles, primarily as he and Frey started to write together. I think Don was far more interested in expanding his musical horizons than Mike ever was.

Don always relied on musical partnerships to deliver his vision, to great success, whether it be Frey, Danny Kortchmar, or Stan Lynch. Mikes collaborations with Terry Melcher, and Dean Torrence were less fruitful.

Both lead vocalists for arguably America's biggest bands.
Both have their moments where it appears they might be a little 'difficult'

This about nails it

[Dave in KC]

Now Glenn Frey has died. I feel horrible.

[Pretty Funky]

Wow!

[Lee Marshall]

Bad freakin' news.  REALLY bad.  The worst.  What a start to 2016!!!

[southbay]

Total Shock.  Frey was always my favorite Eagle. Saw them in April and he put on a great show. Reminds me of the day Carl died. Gut punch.

[SteveMC]

Sad. It seemed like Davy Jones passing started a cascade.

[Pretty Funky]

Speaking of Mr Jones...

Dale Griffin, drummer for rock group Mott The Hoople, has died aged 67.
He was a founder member of the group, best known for classic tracks Roll Away The Stone and All The Young Dudes.
The latter was written and produced by David Bowie, who sang backing vocals on the track.


http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35342699


Right about the gut punch southbay. While not really a fan of the Eagles, there will be many taking it hard.

[Cliff1000uk]

Speaking of Mr Jones...

Dale Griffin, drummer for rock group Mott The Hoople, has died aged 67.
He was a founder member of the group, best known for classic tracks Roll Away The Stone and All The Young Dudes.
The latter was written and produced by David Bowie, who sang backing vocals on the track.


http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35342699


Right about the gut punch southbay. While not really a fan of the Eagles, there will be many taking it hard.

For years I only knew Dale as the producer of some of my favourite John Peel sessions like Nirvana and Pulp-it was only a couple of years ago that I found out he was Mott's drummer.

[JK]

Dale Griffin, drummer for rock group Mott The Hoople, has died aged 67.

Ye gods----cascade is the word. I hope the year picks up soon...

R.I.P., sir.

[donald]

  Glenn Frey is the Mike Love of The Eagles. 

 Perfect analogy.  I couldn't agree more.   My sentiments exactly.      His rants against former band mate s over the years, firing and damning his band mates,   Arrogantly going forward singing his prized little favorite tunes and raking in the money.........

[donald]

Yes I know he is now departed.   Doesn't change my opinion.

[MikestheGreatest!!]

Desperado is pure hokum.  It was Puddy's favorite tune.  Nuff said.

[Chocolate Shake Man]

Desperado is pure hokum.  It was Puddy's favorite tune.  Nuff said.

Ohhhh Witchaay woman.

[MarcellaHasDirtyFeet]

Ever since I was young, the music of the Eagles made me car sick. It might have been Don Henley's voice, because "The Boys of Summer" had the same effect. So yeah, ya know, to a certain extent, The Dude abides.

That said, those guys were/are pros. Tightest band ever, in some ways, as any one who has ever attempted to cover an Eagles song in a bar band knows. Great vocal blend-- one of the best ever, whichever incarnation. Of course, their vocal arrangements had nothing on the Wilsons.

They didn't have enough farty synths, either.

*I vote for Don Henley*

EDIT: I'm watching "The History of the Eagles" and I love Glenn Frey with all of my heart and Don is pretty badass, too.

[Lee Marshall]

Ya...I think Henley takes way too much heat for Frey's shortcomings.  The Eagles have sold LOADS of units...and rhey've put a LOT of bums into a huge number of seats.  Their sales...especially over these past 20 years or so are as good as anyone has managed so to put them down on a song by song basis argues unsuccessfully against the facts.  I like their music, or at least most of it, a lot.   Some of it is simply outstanding.  The main vocalist and a principal writer?  ALL along the way...Don Henley.

That said I prefer the Beach Boys to the Eagles most of the time.  I have never been interested to search out a community board dealing with the Eagles.  I think Bernie, Randy and oh-so-obviously Don Felder all got a really raw deal from the core guys...especially from the dearly departed.  BUT...THIS thread is about Don and Mike.  Don beats Mike at every turn.  There's no contest.  It's a cakewalk...although there are plenty of Mike's leads and original vocals which propel some songs I love to a higher plateau.

The [entire] Beach Boys with Mike...works/worked well for me....at least until 1973 in terms of their recorded efforts involving Mike Love.   'That's Why God Made the Radio' was a better than average lp especially compared to their collective group efforts from the mid 70s on.  W/O the whole contingent though?...and left to his own devices  ...  Henley just absolutely cleans Love's clock.  Thoroughly.  Totally.  Completely.

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

Ya...I think Henley takes way too much heat for Frey's shortcomings.  The Eagles have sold LOADS of units...and rhey've put a LOT of bums into a huge number of seats.  Their sales...especially over these past 20 years or so are as good as anyone has managed so to put them down on a song by song basis argues unsuccessfully against the facts.  I like their music, or at least most of it, a lot.   Some of it is simply outstanding.  The main vocalist and a principal writer?  ALL along the way...Don Henley.

That said I prefer the Beach Boys to the Eagles most of the time.  I have never been interested to search out a community board dealing with the Eagles.  I think Bernie, Randy and oh-so-obviously Don Felder all got a really raw deal from the core guys...especially from the dearly departed.  BUT...THIS thread is about Don and Mike.  Don beats Mike at every turn.  There's no contest.  It's a cakewalk...although there are plenty of Mike's leads and original vocals which propel some songs I love to a higher plateau.

The [entire] Beach Boys with Mike...works/worked well for me....at least until 1973 in terms of their recorded efforts involving Mike Love.   'That's Why God Made the Radio' was a better than average lp especially compared to their collective group efforts from the mid 70s on.  W/O the whole contingent though?...and left to his own devices  ...  Henley just absolutely cleans Love's clock.  Thoroughly.  Totally.  Completely.

Agreed, Lee, but let's face it, luHv's "clock" wasn't that difficult to clean by any means. By being stuck in the 60's along with a very lean range of talent, the shine on that timepiece has to be quite bright from continuous scrubbings.

[SMiLE Brian]

OSD!!!!!!