Anyone who was defensive over the mass mourning of Bowie but laughed at the death of the Eagles member is a hypocriteI am not an Eagles fan.
I know small of their output beyond the omnipresent Hotel California,Take It Easy, One of These Nights, or Tequila dawn,and so forth. Their delivery is too laidback for me, too easygoing. Give me Neil Young any day. I do not deny their popularity, or however – the album Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) alone has sold more than 42m copies – nor the fact that their music clearly means a great deal to a great many people. Like all music that has grown in stature over time,their songs near laden with associations emotional, personal and communal – for the individuals concerned.
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Source: theguardian.com