History of the Eagles Part One Page #17

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I was on the side of the stage

once at one of their shows

when they first got back

together, and Jack Nicholson was

euphoric listening to this

band play again, you know?

And he said... "Repertoire. "

What do you want to hear?

One of these nights

ALL:
One of these crazy old nights!

One of these nights...

We didn't know how many people

were going to show up for us

to reunite, but people came out in droves.

Somebody's gonna hurt someone

Before the night is through...

We were sold out everywhere.

Audiences were having a fabulous time.

We were having a good time, too.

There's gonna be a heartache tonight

A heartache tonight, I know

Gonna be a heartache tonight

A heartache tonight, I know

Oh, I know.

Heartache, baby!

I listened to the guys, and

Joe Walsh, for example,

is playing better and singing

better than I've ever heard him

play in his life since I've known him.

Hi there, how are ya?

It's been a long time

I didn't have time to really sit around

and miss alcohol or cold turkey

from more cocaine or anything.

And I had to go in front of people

and play and sing sober,

which I hated, at first.

Ooh, that was scary.

Why do we give up our hearts to the past?

Yeah

And why must we grow up so fast?

Oooh-oooh ooh-h

And all you wishing well

fools with your fortunes

Someone should send you a rose

With love from a friend

Nice to hear from you again

And the storybook comes to a close

Gone are the ribbons and bows

Things to remember, places to go

Pretty maids all in a row

All in a row.

When Joe first got out of rehab

and we started rehearsing,

he was still pretty dark.

But over the course of that first

year getting sober, I think

he found happiness again.

He found a way to be happy.

You look very pretty.

It's OK. Once more. Oh, now, are you ready?

Father, daughter, take one.

We got that family thing

to ground us all now.

It's really sort of our common thread.

We've all got kids.

It changes your life and your

perspective on your work, as well.

So, the tour was so enormously

successful that we sort of

didn't want to give that up, you know?

It's like, "OK, this is good.

I could do this for a while. "

Harry got up

Dressed all in black

Went down to the station

And he never came back

They found his clothing

Scattered somewhere down the track

And he won't be down on

Wall Street in the morning

In a New York minute

Ooh-h-h-h

- Everything can change

- In a New York minute

Ooh-h-h-h

Things can get pretty strange...

Doing a concert is a strange

combination of conscious

and subconscious acts.

You're not really thinking

about what you're doing

because you know it so well,

you're just doing it.

On the other hand, you have

to put some emotion into it.

When you've got a crowd

that's cheering you on,

doesn't matter how many times you've

sung the song. You just do it.

Lying in the darkness

Hear the sirens wail

Somebody's going to emergency

Somebody's going to jail

If you find somebody

to love in this world

You better hang on tooth and nail

The wolf is always at the door

In a New York minute

Ooh-ohh-ohh

- Everything can change

- In a New York minute

Ooh-ohh-ohh

- Things can get a little strange

- In a New York minute

Ooh-ohh-ohh...

We've played all over the

world, and, probably,

if we could write the script,

it was probably a genius move.

Cos when we come back,

it's bigger than ever.

How much money do you expect to

gross with this European tour?

Irving?

- I actually haven't added it up, but I will tell you that...

- Good answer.

LAUGHTER:

One thing, the costs of being

a touring rock'n'roll band

in Europe are beyond our

wildest imaginations, but this

band is here in Europe because there

was demand for us to be here.

And it's not nearly as lucrative

as anything we've done before.

It isn't?

LAUGHTER:

Offers started coming in

for us to do more shows,

and I just sort of said,

"Well, book some more.

"It doesn't have to end now.

Book some more.

"Where else can we play?" "Well,

you haven't been in Europe. "

"Well, let's go there. "

Well, I heard some people

talking just the other day

And they said you were

gonna put me on a shelf

Let me tell you I got some news for you

And you'll soon find out it's true

Then you'll have to eat

your lunch all by yourself

Cos I'm al-I-I-Iready gone

And I'm fee-e-eling strong

I will si-i-i-ng this

victory song...

How's it go?

Hoo-hoo-hoo! My, my, hoo-hoo-hoo

GUITAR SOLO:

Well I know it wasn't

you who held me down...

'We had drawn a line in

the sand and said, '

"No drugs or alcohol during

any band activities. "

And, as a result, we're playing

and singing pretty damn good.

So often times it happens that

we live our lives in chains...

'I think the thing that brings

them together is the harmony. '

When they start hearing that and

how seamless and how perfect, they

get as thrilled as the audiences

do, that, "We can still do this. "

THEY HARMONISE:

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh...

We can't really understand it. It's

just the chemistry that works.

And we gave up trying to understand it.

It just works.

We're just going to do

one verse the New Kid.

One verse the New Kid. OK. Joe's

singing Smuggler's Blues.

- OK.

- I'll just do the beginning of Funk 49.

- And then I'm going to go

pee. - Yeah. - Then I'll go pee.

One, two, three.

CHEERING:

Well, I'm a-running the

road trying to loosen my load

I got seven women on my mind

Four that want to own me,

two that want to stone me

One says she's a friend of mine

Take it easy

Take it easy

Don't let the sound of your

own wheels drive you crazy

Lighten up while you still can

Don't even try to understand

Just find a place to make your stand

And take it easy

Well I'm a-standing on a

corner in Winslow, Arizona

Such a fine sight to see

It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat-bed Ford

Slowin' down to take a look at me

Well, come on, baby

Don't say maybe

I've gotta know if your

sweet love is gonna save me

We may lose and we may win

Though we will never be here again

So open up, I'm climbing in

So take it easy...

All right, boys!

'We ended up going all around

the world in about two years

'and nine months. '

Well, you know we got it ea-a-a-asy

We oughta take it ea-a-a-a-asy.

Thank you, Dublin!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

We've learned not to make career

decisions at the end of long tours.

If we break up again, though,

you won't hear about it.

- We'll just go quietly. - And we'll

say we're still together. - Yeah!

LAUGHTER:

They've laughed, cried,

fought, but, most of all,

they have beaten the odds

and are as popular today

as they were in that incredible

summer back in 1972.

It is an honour and a pleasure

to introduce the Eagles.

APPLAUSE:

A lot has been talked about

and speculated about over

the last 27 years about

whether or not we got along.

We got along fine. We just disagreed a lot.

I was not in the trenches

with this particular band,

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