Post by erik on Aug 27, 2022 13:01:35 GMT -5
Glenn Frey's third Hot 100 solo hit after the (seemingly permanent) dissolution of the Eagles is in this week's Pop Music Hits Spotlight.
ALL THOSE LIES (Glenn Frey; Asylum; 1982)—For much of the 1970’s, the Eagles were among the most commercially successful, and just as often critically reviled, rock bands around. With hits spanning the gamut from 1972’s “Take It Easy” to 1980’s “I Can’t Tell You Why”, they epitomized the sound of Southern California, one that embraced everything from rock to R&B and more than a little bit of country. But as had been the case with every rock band from time immemorial, the Eagles had their own fissures open up, their own conflicts, when it came to reative control. Much of that was to center on the two leaders of the group, drummer/vocalist Don Henley and co-lead vocalist and guitarist Glenn Frey. And after the band’s traumatic breakup, which was exacerbated by heavy drug use, in the summer of 1980, the uneasy prospect emerged of each member having to start over again as a solo act. Frey’s was the most obvious case study. Admitting that Henley’s brand of perfection was what made it both frustrating and stimulating for him, Frey reunited with long-time Eagles songwriter Jack Tempchin (who wrote the group’s early 1973 hit “Peaceful Easy Feeling”) to help him out with his first solo album, No Fun Aloud. Wanting to find more room for the R&B-flavored rock of his native Detroit that he was only occasionally able to get on the Eagles albums, Frey didn’t feel the need to spend a whole lot of time in the studio, as he and the Eagles did for their last two albums, Hotel California and The Long Run. No Fun Aloud was released in May 1982, shortly after Frey confirmed for the press what they had suspected, that the Eagles had in fact broken up. The album had already spawned off two big Top 40 hits, “I Found Somebody” (#31), and “The One You Love” (#15), when it was decided to release a third one, “All Those Lies”, which seemed to deal with what his reputation was in the Eagles when he was away from the band, with his use of cocaine. The song, releaed in December 1982, was not quite as big a hit as its two predecessors, stalling just outside the Top 40 ar #41 in January 1982, illustrating how difficult it would be for any of the Eagles, with the exception of Henley, to have really successful solo careers. Frey, however, would have much larger success when he jumped ship from Asylum to MCA later in 1983; and in 1994, he and Henley, in a good faith attempt to put their troubles in the proverbial rearview mirror, got the Eagles back together for Hell Freezes Over.
ALL THOSE LIES (Glenn Frey; Asylum; 1982)—For much of the 1970’s, the Eagles were among the most commercially successful, and just as often critically reviled, rock bands around. With hits spanning the gamut from 1972’s “Take It Easy” to 1980’s “I Can’t Tell You Why”, they epitomized the sound of Southern California, one that embraced everything from rock to R&B and more than a little bit of country. But as had been the case with every rock band from time immemorial, the Eagles had their own fissures open up, their own conflicts, when it came to reative control. Much of that was to center on the two leaders of the group, drummer/vocalist Don Henley and co-lead vocalist and guitarist Glenn Frey. And after the band’s traumatic breakup, which was exacerbated by heavy drug use, in the summer of 1980, the uneasy prospect emerged of each member having to start over again as a solo act. Frey’s was the most obvious case study. Admitting that Henley’s brand of perfection was what made it both frustrating and stimulating for him, Frey reunited with long-time Eagles songwriter Jack Tempchin (who wrote the group’s early 1973 hit “Peaceful Easy Feeling”) to help him out with his first solo album, No Fun Aloud. Wanting to find more room for the R&B-flavored rock of his native Detroit that he was only occasionally able to get on the Eagles albums, Frey didn’t feel the need to spend a whole lot of time in the studio, as he and the Eagles did for their last two albums, Hotel California and The Long Run. No Fun Aloud was released in May 1982, shortly after Frey confirmed for the press what they had suspected, that the Eagles had in fact broken up. The album had already spawned off two big Top 40 hits, “I Found Somebody” (#31), and “The One You Love” (#15), when it was decided to release a third one, “All Those Lies”, which seemed to deal with what his reputation was in the Eagles when he was away from the band, with his use of cocaine. The song, releaed in December 1982, was not quite as big a hit as its two predecessors, stalling just outside the Top 40 ar #41 in January 1982, illustrating how difficult it would be for any of the Eagles, with the exception of Henley, to have really successful solo careers. Frey, however, would have much larger success when he jumped ship from Asylum to MCA later in 1983; and in 1994, he and Henley, in a good faith attempt to put their troubles in the proverbial rearview mirror, got the Eagles back together for Hell Freezes Over.