107 Eagles Facts YOU Should Know (Ep. #69) - MicDrop

The Eagles are an American rock band that was formed in the Los Angeles, California in 1971, with founding members Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner. With five number one singles, six Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful bands from the 70s. And at the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, 'Their Greatest Hits' and 'Hotel California' were ranked among the 20 best-selling albums in the United States. This is 107 facts that you should know about the Eagles!
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[@debradonato7363]

The Eagles are the Soundtrack of my Teen yrs the 1970’s♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@ShazzPotz]

Don Felder says that this band should be called the Vultures.

[@SamanthaHoog-sh3ku]

Well tbh I'm on on and Glenn side on this and I always will be

[@dianataylor2669]

Eagles my all time favorite band

[@MrEnoBeano]

I remember when they came out with take it easy and I heard them on my car radio and I was driving on a highway. I liked their sound right away.

[@cuchifrita1]

I will love the eagles forever. The were the best of all times. My song Hotel California, I can't get tired of listen to it , I would say, the song of the century!

[@nidaphillips6047]

same here. listen to hotel california 20x a day❤

[@hollybischoff7490]

Always Love The Eagles!!!!

[@chancevonfreund9145]

The Eagles were America! And I loved Chicago as well! 🎸

[@triangle379]

Thanks for the compilation. You have taken great effort.

[@kyleboester4005]

Very good facts video about my favorite band of all time. But I did catch a few mistakes in this one. -First of all the Eagles first album came out in 1972, NOT 1971 -Secondly, Timothy B. Schmit was born in October, NOT November -Third, the eagles broke up in 1980, but it was indeed announced 2 years later in 1982 -Lastly, the Eagles didn't get back together until 1994, NOT 1990

[@caraspence2623]

I also caught all those errors in the hummmmm........facts they were called???1!!

[@permaquilter9111]

Also, TBS was born in San Leandro, not Sacramento. Minor mistakes but it makes you question all the other 'facts'.

[@stuartmoore6310]

Except for the crappy overly loud music, yeah it was pretty good.

[@samnobody8926]

In August 2018, it regained the title of the U.S.'s biggest-selling album, with a 38× Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.

[@monmixer]

at least they didn't cheat Bernie and Randy from the hall of fame induction. that was very nice and the right thing to do. But i can't cry a tear for any of them. they are all very wealthy. a few are super rich. Felder Frey Walsh and Henley have more money than could ever imagine. Miesner and Leadon are still siting pretty good.

[@frankiebutler2894]

monmixer Remember, Joe Walsh didn't make his "super rich" wealth from The Eagles only. He has been in other successful bands, written many songs, and done solo projects and tours as well. He receives a salary from The Eagles, as does Timothy B. Schmidt, when they appear or tour; Frey/Henley received "the door" receipts. But, as you said, all of them are OK!

[@judementz-gibbons2334]

They were all some of the most talent musicians/singers/song writers ever....love Joe Walsh, a genuine average guy

[@juniorjohnson5961]

I don't know about talented musicians ever but as a band they definitely were at the right place & time

[@patriciameyer303]

It's Schmit with one "t", and his birth date is October 30, 1947. So much for 107 facts.

[@Noosic]

And it was called "Long NIGHT at Wrong Beach." Not Long Day. Research is poor from someone who knows little about the Eagles

[@CarolStJohn-ev9ry]

Such a great band, I enjoyed this very much.

[@tomaslopez9642]

It*s nice to see how Deacon was singing with the remaining Eagles, in honor of his late father, it would be nice to hear him touring with the Eagles, playing their hits, & creating new music.

[@stevewelsh8560]

he does tour with them, I saw them last year and Deacon and Vince Gill did a great jb and fit in really well, unlike that monstrosity called Fleetwood Mac, now there is a disaster.

[@bluehunte1]

Eagles has the #1 selling of all time in America

[@derekstocker6661]

Thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you and to those who corrected a couple of facts, but still a pretty hefty amount of real facts I am sure. RIP Glenn, we are still listening and loving the music.

[@petereyles5583]

AMAZING!!🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@ronnievowell3591]

One correction, the Eagles hold the #1 spot for greatest selling album of the 20th century. It surpassed Thriller by 5 million copies.

[@UhmMusicBoi]

TRUE!

[@billyhensley7770]

That's right

[@petersmithm9]

Saw the Eagles when they opened for Neil Young back in the early 70s.

[@mrsx7944]

Lucky

[@ATCguy1973]

If you watch History of the Eagles, all of these facts are mentioned at some point. Except for the Cherry bomb incident with Don Henley

[@lalsiamthara7303]

Best band ever.

[@Bla1898]

Big shoes to fill. The Eagles!

[@debraives4741]

Memories of love in a particular place. And Magical they were, Dispite so many times everything falled...in line at the end.

[@okolekahuna3862]

Correct me if I'm wrong but Felder's claimed that every member should get equal share to the original songs that were penned by Henley and Frey??? If this is true, I would have to side with Frey and Henley.

[@Noosic]

You're wrong. By your logic, Felder should have got one half of the shares to himself on the songs Hotel California and Victim of Love with Henley, Frey, Meisner and Walsh to split the other half. I am correcting you with your logic which is pretty lame and short sighted. Aloha.

[@okolekahuna3862]

@@Noosic, by my logic??? I said "penned by Henley and Frey". If Felder didn't pen and/or helped to write those songs that ONLY Henley and Frey wrote, why should Felder stake claim to those??? On those songs that he had a part of writing, I can understand Felder's claim.

[@Care960]

Me too. Glenn and Don wrote the songs, nobody had a problem except Felder. Even tried to take the credit for Hotel California. Felder a joke.

[@arturon.braganaza8610]

"The Eagles" the greatest band and music of all time, I am now 67 yo but still following and want to hear most the legendary compositions of The Eagles as a whole up-to now at age. I feel younger when I am watching the way how the perform their respective musical instrument. About their break-up we can not do anything, IT IS A HUMAN NATURE, their is no forever except Forever. The love and sympathy is with Me as a Fan of The Eagles and their families and next generations to come. PEACE AND GOODWILL to

[@juniorjohnson5961]

I wouldn't go as far as saying Greatest band of all time they definitely were very good. I'm 69 & listen to them & seen them many times

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

You put so much work into making this video… How did you still manage to get half the facts wrong??

[@joselipton1641]

I agree with The Dude...I hate the fucking Eagles man

[@mrsx7944]

@@joselipton1641 then why would you watch this???

[@joselipton1641]

@@mrsx7944 Who said I watched it?

[@mrsx7944]

@@joselipton1641 if you didn't watch it how would you know he got a lot of the facts wrong?

[@joselipton1641]

@@mrsx7944 That was the reply from the guy above mine. I'm saying I agree with the Dude from The Big Lebowski

[@EmilioCole]

This is a timeline of the Eagles careers lmao, I knew 3/4ths of this before even clicking

[@davidkleinedler6941]

It did not imply that facts you did not know you genius

[@EmilioCole]

@@davidkleinedler6941 How far did you travel to comment on something I said a year ago lmao

[@stevewelsh8560]

and the other quarter was false.

[@johnbastert9171]

Don Felder got screwed!!!!!!!!

[@socrates1818]

Not really, he signed what was an overly generous deal- Frey and Henley were only trying to adjust it to a fair, non exorbitant level. Felder choose to stick with an unreasonable deal and they let him go.

[@turdwranglers2517]

Henley was born in Linden, TX.

[@amythompson6869]

Enjoyed it. Knew most of them already but some I didn’t.

[@kens2328]

It’s almost always disappointing to hear what your favorite artists/athletes/actors/whatever are really like behind the scenes and in their personal lives. Yes, they are merely human, but they’re also usually petty, arrogant, childish, and treat most other people (including fans) like crap. Why? Simple...because they can. “Never meet your heroes.” You’ll likely be very disappointed.

[@chrisgardiner2215]

Thing you should know about the Eagles: 1= The Hotel California was the name of the church of Satan 2= The album cover for Hotel California features Anton Lavey (priest and leader of the church of Satan)

[@dorothypfeifer4191]

I could like to see more of Randy meisner

[@larrybettie7153]

Randy was my favorite

[@angelicamichel9392]

I❤️the 🦅💕

[@mikeladue1027]

This is all wonderful what inspired Hotel California?

[@Joseph-vl4uk]

15:20 NOOOOOOOOOOOO I KNEW THE TICKET WAS FOR BOTH NIGHTS! MY PARENTS TOLD ME IT WAS ONLY FOR THE SUNDAY CONCERT!!!! I WANT TO DIE NOW! I missed out on the Eagles, Steely Dan, and the Doobie Brothers when I had a damn ticket!!! Now I will never get to see them perform!

[@ingfig1]

Some important facts that was left out of this list: == Founder member Bernie Leadon wrote *all* the iconic music for Witchy Woman, which was Eagles third hit, and the first of their hits written entirely by the band (their first two hits were written by others). == Founder member Randy Meisner’s song Take It To The Limit was the first Eagles million seller. == In 1971 the four founding members (Leadon, Meisner, Frey and Henley) formed a legal entity called Eagles Inc, which equally divided amongst them all profits generated by the band (albums, concerts, royalties, memorabilia, etc). When Felder joined Eagles in 1974, he became the fifth member of Eagles Inc. Leadon and Meisner left and were replaced by Joe Walsh and Timothy B Schmit (in 1975 and 1977 respectively). Walsh and Schmit did NOT become members of Eagles Inc - they did not receive shares in the profits of the band, and they were paid to perform in the band, like session musicians instead of band members. Therefore the only 3 remaining members of Eagles Inc were Henley, Frey and Felder - and so Felder was legally entitled to his equal share of the profits from Eagles, and Frey and Henley were fraudulently helping themselves to greater shares than Felder was getting.

[@juniorjohnson5961]

Great comment 👍 I would love to know what Don Feilder got in his lawsuit & if he still gets a percentage of Eagles profit or took a cash settlement.

[@mikeladue1027]

All I wanted to know was what inspired the song Hotel California

[@wueskew169]

Henley says that the song is social commentary on the band's disillusionment with success and distaste for the music business.

[@meaclayton1555]

Since I’m in Alabama and don’t know where you live…Give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done!!!

[@Zeldarw104]

wow! That was great I love the Eagles! Only thing, I wish I have some facts on the song (The Last Resort) what was the inspiration behind writing that song? What a wonderfully deep kind of sad, but beautifully performed ballad.❤✌☺

[@Zeldarw104]

Oops I love that song though.👍✌😁

[@amain325]

That song was Don Henley's reflections on how California was at first an unspoiled paradise that lured thousands of people to move West across the frontier to seek good lives and fortunes, only to eventually become spoiled by overdevelopment, greed and moral decay.

[@jimsnodgrass8893]

I've been married once. Spent some time in the Sonoran desert. I've been to Disneyland. Got my own band, called the Wantobes. But never had a chance to do Stevie Nick's. Oh well she'll get over it.

[@roberts.3055]

@@amain325 I lived and grew up in the L.A. area from 63-96, and you're right. I saw it first hand over those 36 years how people once asked how you're doing and then some friendly conversation, to asking what kind of work do you, what kind of car do you drive and do you own your home. Basically, How much are you worth financially. That was one of the main reasons I left, traffic being a close 2nd. OMFG!!! I still don't understand how a freeway (Hwy 101 in the SFV) at 2:30 am, on a Wednesday, has standstill traffic for 2 miles and no accident or car blocking a lane, lane closure, construction, etc... had occurred. That trip home certainly reminded me of one of the reasons of why I left.. I do miss one thing, going surfing. Not much to be had where I live now. LOL Oh, BTW, Love the Eagles.. ;)

[@amain325]

@@roberts.3055 Have you seen 'Echo In The Canyon'? Great film about the 60s in LA, Byrds, CSN, Brian Wilson etc. Where it all began. Ironic that Hotel CA and The Last Resort came out only 10 years later. BTW I grew up and still live in the Wash DC area and the traffic here is just as you describe that in LA.

[@asia-focus]

some really funny facts there. cracked me up. esp the one about Don Henley's mum. well done. subscribed.

[@stevewelsh8560]

some correct, some wrong, some omitted, some are just your complete fantasy.

[@caraspence2623]

You are right about that. They disband in 1980 not 82. Makes me question some of these other hummmm........so called facts??!!

[@caraspence2623]

It was 1980 when they disband not 82. So now I got to question some of these other .....hummm... facts.

[@mikestone9129]

You forgot to mention that Timothy B Schmit went on to join Jimmy Buffett's band.

[@juniorjohnson5961]

Never cared for Timothy he always seems like just a replacement & is payed according # Net Worth $25 million # Don Henley Net Worth $250 million

[@geoffandsarah2004]

I have not read all the comments so perhaps someone mentioned this, but Glenn Frey did not write "The Heat Is On", he only sang and played on the recording.

[@soniaortega4055]

Ranfy meisner one of the hands0n y very good singer When the said Eagles band his name pops in the People head But they do not mencione his nace Meisner IS original EAGLE. THANKS MISTER NEISMER GREAT VOICE

[@trangenusa]

WOW, WOW, LOL what a bunch of great fun facts, Thanks so much

[@jtshark9283]

I would not call all the material on Long Road out of Eden, half the tracks were from demos recorded in the early 80s

[@MosriteCharlie]

How about doing a spot on the Ventures. There is only one surviving member left - Don Wilson. they are the band that launched a thousand guitarists, many of them famous today.

[@editaganuelas4697]

Why you did'nt even mention the song take it to the limit huh???

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Edita Ganuelas That was fact 108😉😉

[@teresafarrell6457]

Why you didn't do your own video and include everything you felt was missing? 😕

[@ReganDreher]

I personally learned a few things that I didn't know from this. Thank You! Requesting a page on The Police?

[@spiderlily4386]

If you have seen the docu History of the Eagles, read Felder's book to get his side of the story.

[@mayankeagle]

Great compilation. Although just a minor correction in # 58. The cover you have used is of "The Very Best of the Eagles" released in 1994, whereas I guess you intended to mention "Eagles: The Very Best Of" which was released in 2003. This is the 1994 one (the cover you have used) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_the_Eagles and this is the album you are referring to - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Best_Of_(Eagles_album) . Also in #36, it might be worthwhile to mention that the album won another grammy for "Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices" (New Kid In Town).

[@michaelpitt57]

Take it to the Limit was Eagles first single to go gold

[@Tool-Meister]

Thumbs down for too many mistakes. A fun concept worth a corrected redo.

[@hikewithmike4673]

the Florida connection to the Eagles is under played..Gainesville rocks..go gators

[@brendaharrington2201]

I'm about to get tired of the Eagles. I like to watch Kari the Mortician.

[@markjacobsen8335]

Fun fact he didn't mention. The Eagles first national tour in the US was as an opening band for YES. On the last week YES took them out to dinner, and then on the final night of the tour after YES came off stage The Eagles set up a bunch of cream pies in a backstage room and when YES came in they threw the pies at them! YES joined in and it became a big pie fight.

[@purpleguy4004]

Episode 69 nice

[@sharoncoker9189]

Thankyou that was very interesting dear lv Shaza

[@sks2002]

Do 107 facts about the prodigy!!!!!

[@Noosic]

Not bad but put them in chronological order

[@mattiemclean9882]

WHY SHOULD HE?

[@scrimmy45]

Fact number 101 - Henley and Frey wrote most of the songs.Without a song you have nothing.Henley and Frey had the "songpower".

[@JeremyElliott]

Don Felder wrote Hotel California

[@rexweigel6740]

Make one of Linda Ronstade

[@ralphreynolds2846]

Do a series on Kansas.

[@chipcurry]

Good stuff, background music conflicts. Thank you though.

[@kingwiththeaxe8322]

Has Chicago / Terry Kath been done ? Guns n Roses ? Chicago would b great , possibly a bob Dylan one would b nice . I personally loved the 107 facts , so what if u only got 103 or 4 right , that's still pretty good

[@brendafuller7173]

Don Henely was born in Linden, Texas..

[@slide4180]

How was this compiled, from Wikipedia?

[@andrewpappas9311]

Top 107 facts about Primus since they have a new album out _(The Desaturating Seven)_

[@lawrencepberon3651]

#1-Winona has a big brown beaver.

[@larrybettie7153]

They was there best in the 70s with Glynn , Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Don Felder , and Joe Walsh , I hate Bernie left .

[@wueskew169]

I couldn't watch this video: 1. The background MUZAK was crap; and 2. Announcing "#1, #2, #3, etc." was a bit much.

[@thebrycksfeaturingcobrakai794]

Eagles album came out in 1972, Desperado didn’t reach the top 40, Hotel California had 3 singles he forgot life in the fast lane. This guy seems like he doesn’t to be doing this. This is horrible

[@LilRocker2005]

Desperado actually didn't even become a hit until Linda Ronstadt did her cover version.

[@juniorjohnson5961]

@@LilRocker2005 Thanks didn't know that , The first song i remember was Witchy Women & they took off from there

[@LilRocker2005]

@@juniorjohnson5961 The Eagles first started due to Don Henley and Glenn Frey meeting as a part of Linda Ronstadt's first touring band! She even helped Don and Glenn find the rest of the band. The story I read was that the Eagles version of "Desperado" had come out and it wasn't performing well on the charts. Linda heard it and asked them if she could record a cover version

[@juniorjohnson5961]

@@LilRocker2005 👍

[@caraspence2623]

This guy has a lot of his so called facts wrong. Also, Take It it to the Limit wasn't even mentioned and/or that it was a number one hit on the top one hundred chart off the One Of These Nights Album and that song was sang by founding Eagle member, bassist and high harmony vocalist, Randy Meisner.

[@cubidee8393]

I had to watch this at x1.25 speed

[@newschooler720]

Bro if your gonna dedicate this much time make sure all your facts are correct

[@kennuge12]

Your "fact" number 32 is incorrect. Greatest Hits 1971-1975 surpassed Michael Jackson's Thriller as the best selling album ever. I waited until the end to see if you corrected it in a later fact. But you didn't.

[@mccannms]

the fact was correct when he released the video. They passed Thriller the year after. There are other 'facts' in the video that are wrong, but we can cut him some slack on this one!

[@mivsenowner]

I Love The Eagles, but they were NOT the best selling band of the 70's...! ZEPPELIN and FLOYD got those firmly in place. Number 1 fact..! 😢😢

[@marvinregis174]

rip

[@07caesar]

More bands please 🤘🏼 🙂

[@koningnoeg4154]

Watch Koning Noeg, he’s great

[@stevestrickland2543]

Gordon Lightfoot has the material for an X2 radio chanel

[@kumikochristopher5392]

How about Jacjson Browne?

[@ShazzPotz]

Is that Jackson Browne's long lost love child with Michael Jacjson?

[@katbellelenestudios8647]

107 VAN HALEN FACTS!!!!

[@stevewelsh8560]

I can give you the first one................. they are shit.

[@poet7158]

how can you leave out that Randy Meisner wrote their first number one ,"Take it to the limit

[@jasonmcgrath5359]

Glen great did not write the lyrics too the song. "The heat is on"

[@brandonbutler9786]

You got fact #70 wrong! I myself wrote that petition for the Kennedy Center Honors. Don Felder got wind of it and shared it across his Facebook page at the time. He DID NOT create the petition. That is a lie.

[@brandonbutler9786]

If you don't believe me, look at the petiton. www.change.org/p/john-f-kennedy-center-for-performing-arts-the-eagles-allow-former-eagles-members-don-felder-bernie-leadon-and-randy-meisner-to-be-honored-alongside-the-current-members-of-the-band-at-kennedy-center-honors

[@luvpupster1]

Chris Cornell, mic drop! Do it

[@antoniosoares2947]

If Don Felder and Joe Walsh should get together after their split, again even once, that would be a global, enormous and huge sucess!! Even bigger than Eagles!!! They are still friends. That's a pity!!! I'm sure, they are not those vultures, as mentioned in the Shazzam Potzman comment below.

[@kenrose5639]

This is guy has his facts so screwed up !!! The First Eagles Album, " Eagles ' was released in June 1972.....NOT 1971 !!!!! I know that it has been already noted, HOWEVER who is this clown ??? JUNE, 1972 ...got it !

[@brendaharrington2201]

Who would want Don Henley over Joe Walsh?

[@lavernebutler6476]

I did enjoy, but some "facts" were wrong like Timothy B. Schmits birthday, for one.

[@jossip1171]

What eactly caused the fight between Felder and Frey. I read s.th. about kinda disgreatefulnes oder dierespect of Felder concerning his behaviour to a senator or congressman

[@em_bushell]

Please please can you do 107 EUROPE the band facts

[@DCJammer]

Boston

[@Awall79]

Honestly I don't feel sorry for Felder. Yes, he is obviously an important part of the Eagles success and yes he is responsible for writing a lot of their most popular music...including Hotel California HOWEVER, Frey and Henley founded the band, picked the members, wrote much of the lyrics and it was their domineering spirit that pushed the band along and guided it to what it would become. It was Henley and Frey's direction and perfectionist attitudes that fine tuned the music and the Eagles persona. Felder knew pretty early on during his tenure in the band that Frey and Henley called the shots. Felder could have left the band earlier but he didn't because he was enjoying the success along with the others. He makes a pretty great living currently off his time with the Eagles so he should really stop complaining and just enjoy the fact that he was in one of the biggest rock bands in the world, made a hefty bit of money and is recognized for being the talented musician he is. He plays all the Eagles music to this day in concerts and no one says anything to him.

[@wueskew169]

Felder isn't happy unless he's complaining.

[@patrickmoony9434]

(suggestions) 107 facts about logic -chAnce the rapper- 50 Jackson bread the country rock band or Aerosmith /huh huh sound good to anyone

[@andriealinsangao613]

Or the Doors, the Monkees, Roy Orbison, and of course, the King himself, Elvis!

[@sandrawarren5303]

Randy Misner

[@judycatchot1757]

The next be about BobSeger

[@UnknownPerson-mq7kg]

Do 107 facts about BTS please

[@seankilroy7356]

You should do 107 facts about Pearl Jam