Four Vintage Performances That Prove The Eagles Are Better Than You Think

Haters: Prepare to be surprised!

As an Eagles fan, I’ve received my fair share of smarmy comments about my favorite band, including:

• Don Henley and the late Glenn Frey were jerks with huge egos. Yes, I saw the History of the Eagles documentary, too. However, those accusations don’t have squat to do with their music. Plus, aren’t musicians in general known to be jerks? Kanye West, anyone?
• Only one of the Eagles is actually from California! That would be Timothy B. Schmit, who joined the Eagles in late 1977. But really, So? The Eagles embraced the California sound of the seventies at a time when they all actually lived there. For a bunch of non-natives, I’d say they represented 1970s California living quite well, too, don’t you think?
• They took excessive drugs and bedded THOUSANDS of groupies! Ok. *All* rock and roll bands engaged in drugs and sex back in the ‘60s and ‘70s-not just the Eagles. I mean, I don’t see Led Zeppelin getting the same level of shade, yet they did the exact same thing. So either you need to hate everyone or nobody, but you can’t hate just somebody (Eagles).
• ‘The Dude’ from The Big Lebowski hates the fuckin’ Eagles maaan! Ugh. This is the most old and overdone joke ever. It’s been two decades, already! That’s still all you got?