ThinkingBig Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 For those who don't know, some years back, Don Henley pissed on RUSH in a mean spirited and arrogant way in an interview he gave about why the Eagles got back together. He said something like "Why would bands like RUSH regroup, yuck." I guess he was unaware they never broke up. http://www.rushisaband.com/images/201301/2597.f.jpg I'm guessing we now know who is introducing RUSH, Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins. Kind of a let down if you ask me. I was hoping for Jimmy Page and Roger Waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaked Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Grohl and Hawkins are great. D.H. will be there for Heart.. he won't even mention RUSH. No biggie. P.S. Stupid shit people said years ago is of no consequence today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) For those who don't know, some years back, Don Henley pissed on RUSH in a mean spirited and arrogant way in an interview he gave about why the Eagles got back together. He said something like "Why would bands like RUSH regroup, yuck." I guess he was unaware they never broke up. http://www.rushisaband.com/images/201301/2597.f.jpg I'm guessing we now know who is introducing RUSH, Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins. Kind of a let down if you ask me. I was hoping for Jimmy Page and Roger Waters. Wow, I hope not. It does say, however, "With more to be announced," so that is far from definitive information. Edited in from Rushisaband: UPDATE - 1/21@3:45PM: Heart has posted a promotional poster for the Rock Hall induction ceremony to their Facebook page. The poster lists special guests John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Don Henley, Gary Clark Jr., Usher, Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins with more to be announced later. The fact that Grohl and Hawkins are included in this list tells me that the Foo Fighters will likely perform and might be inducting Rush. Thanks to Future Rock Legends for the heads up. Edited January 22, 2013 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm-o7_VVAoU This is the sound of my brain. Then I said, this is the sound of my brain on Don Henley! Then I said, 1 2 3 4... He's a tortured artistUsed to be in the EaglesNow he whinesLike a wounded beaglePoet of despair!Pumped up with hot air!He's serious, pretentiousAnd I just don't careDon Henley must die!Don't let him get back togetherWith Glenn Frey!Don Henley must die! Turn on the TVAnd what did I see?This bloated hairy thingWinning a GrammyBest Rock Vocalist?Compared to what?But your pseudo-seriousCrafty Satanic blotDon Henley must die!Put a sharp stick in his eye!Don Henley must die!Yea yea yea Quit playin' that crapYou're out of the band I'm only kiddingCan't you tell?I love his sensitive musicIdiot poetry, swellYou and your kindAre killing rock and rollIt's not because you are O L DIt's cause you ain't got no soul!Don't be afraid of funLoosen up your ponytail!Be wild, young, free and dumbGet your head out of your tailDon Henley must die!Don't let him get back togetherWith Glenn Frey! Don Henley must die!Put him in the electric chairWatch him fry!Don Henley must dieDon Henley must dieNo Eagles reunionThe same goes for you, Sting! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkMGCvrl7b8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 don henley sucks yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 and are jimmy page and roger waters rush fans or something? I havent heard anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkingBig Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm-o7_VVAoU This is the sound of my brain. Then I said, this is the sound of my brain on Don Henley! Then I said, 1 2 3 4... He's a tortured artistUsed to be in the EaglesNow he whinesLike a wounded beaglePoet of despair!Pumped up with hot air!He's serious, pretentiousAnd I just don't careDon Henley must die!Don't let him get back togetherWith Glenn Frey!Don Henley must die! Turn on the TVAnd what did I see?This bloated hairy thingWinning a GrammyBest Rock Vocalist?Compared to what?But your pseudo-seriousCrafty Satanic blotDon Henley must die!Put a sharp stick in his eye!Don Henley must die!Yea yea yea Quit playin' that crapYou're out of the band I'm only kiddingCan't you tell?I love his sensitive musicIdiot poetry, swellYou and your kindAre killing rock and rollIt's not because you are O L DIt's cause you ain't got no soul!Don't be afraid of funLoosen up your ponytail!Be wild, young, free and dumbGet your head out of your tailDon Henley must die!Don't let him get back togetherWith Glenn Frey! Don Henley must die!Put him in the electric chairWatch him fry!Don Henley must dieDon Henley must dieNo Eagles reunionThe same goes for you, Sting! I hope RUSH covers this great song for the RRHOF induction. Lerxst singing of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucsteve667 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Don Henley hasnt done anything beyond vapid AOR pop crap since the Eagles, yeah he made lots of money. but thats what can happen when you sell out your soul for airplay and MTV hits. Like Geddy said a long time ago, "Certainly some bands have gone back to the basics kinda thing, but those are that bands that cant do anything but play basics..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 wow, i'm surprised at the level of hate for don henley i'm not saying i'm a fan or anything, i just don't care about him at all. if pressed on the issue, i guess i'd say i think the boys of summer is a really good song, and i enjoy it when i come across it every year or two on the radio or on tv or in a movie. hotel california is also a cool song. otherwise i just don't think about don henley in any way, shape or form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucsteve667 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 always hated all that crap he put out he milked out in the 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 P.S. Stupid shit people said years ago is of no consequence today. Does Henley even remember saying it? I doubt it.....unless people keep bringing it up to him.... Tom Petty once wrote a song in which he said he was sick of Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo.....it was a random selection of people he saw in the news, on TV..... John Belushi once talked about being tired of listening to Rod Stewart..... SO WHAT? Everyone should lighten up, grow thicker skin, yada yada yada..... :codger: :codger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucsteve667 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 P.S. Stupid shit people said years ago is of no consequence today. Does Henley even remember saying it? I doubt it.....unless people keep bringing it up to him.... Tom Petty once wrote a song in which he said he was sick of Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo.....it was a random selection of people he saw in the news, on TV.....John Belushi once talked about being tired of listening to Rod Stewart..... SO WHAT? Everyone should lighten up, grow thicker skin, yada yada yada..... :codger: :codger:thats no fun, what would we yell about? I also think theres a fair amount of dismissal and disdain most of us RUSH fans have had to bear going back as far as 30 years worth for some of us. So when someone who has put out the churned butter Henley has to great critical acclaim says shit like that, its fun and somewhat validating for us to call him out for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softfilter Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 and are jimmy page and roger waters rush fans or something? I havent heard anything Jimmy Page definitely is, I remember reading that bio on Led Zep" Hammer Of The Gods"? the author at one point said something like" Page had particular praise for the dreaded Canadian power trio Rush" Also there's a youtube clip where Alex & Geddy discussed talking for a long while backstage in Toronto with Plant and Page right before Robert & Jimmy where just about to start there concert.... I never heard anything about Roger Waters being a Rush fan, and really my bet is he's not just a hunch could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 wow, i'm surprised at the level of hate for don henley i'm not saying i'm a fan or anything, i just don't care about him at all. if pressed on the issue, i guess i'd say i think the boys of summer is a really good song, and i enjoy it when i come across it every year or two on the radio or on tv or in a movie. hotel california is also a cool song. otherwise i just don't think about don henley in any way, shape or form. The Boys Of Summer was only good because of the mighty Mike Campbell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 so no one knows why roger waters should induct rush? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softfilter Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) so no one knows why roger waters should induct rush? My guess is Thinking Big might presume Waters is a Rush fan cause Pink Floyd close to the same old school prog concept genre as Rush was? Although Rush and in particular Geddy stated Yes and Chris Squire huge influence and a fan of there music. Chris hates Rush... Don't know what that has anything to do with the subject but thought i'd just throw that in! :P Edited January 23, 2013 by softfilter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Chris hates Rush... Don't know what that has anything to do with the subject but thought i'd just throw that in! :P Really he does? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkingBig Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 P.S. Stupid shit people said years ago is of no consequence today. Does Henley even remember saying it? I doubt it.....unless people keep bringing it up to him.... Hopefully, Rush fans will remind him when he takes the stage. Oh yes they will!! RUSH folks need to make sure that place is packed with our people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonE Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I actually dug a lot of Henley's 80's music, and I thought that Building the Perfect Beast was a masterpiece, with a truly underrated gem in Sunset Grill. On the other hand, End of the Innocence was pretty vapid AOR music, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softfilter Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Chris hates Rush... Don't know what that has anything to do with the subject but thought i'd just throw that in! :P Really he does? Why?Discussed on TRF several years ago so the exact detail on why is vague at this point. But someone that was involved with music industry posted at record company party which Squire attended, Rush was played on the sound system. Chris i guess complained and went on how much he disliked Rush.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I actually dug a lot of Henley's 80's music, and I thought that Building the Perfect Beast was a masterpiece, with a truly underrated gem in Sunset Grill. On the other hand, End of the Innocence was pretty vapid AOR music, His material from that era neither did it for me nor put me off. However, "Heart of the Matter" from Hell Freezes Over live was excellent.. imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVaiRLDM628 The dude abides to :rush:. This aggression will not stand, Henley! He needs to do some research before airing out his "dirty laundry." Edited January 24, 2013 by invisible airwave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkingBig Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 and are jimmy page and roger waters rush fans or something? I havent heard anything Jimmy Page definitely is, I remember reading that bio on Led Zep" Hammer Of The Gods"? the author at one point said something like" Page had particular praise for the dreaded Canadian power trio Rush" Also there's a youtube clip where Alex & Geddy discussed talking for a long while backstage in Toronto with Plant and Page right before Robert & Jimmy where just about to start there concert.... I never heard anything about Roger Waters being a Rush fan, and really my bet is he's not just a hunch could be wrong. And I recall Alex talking about Roger Waters and the two of them discussing using acoustic guitars when writing new music which lead to much of Snakes & Arrows being composed on acoustic. Perhaps it was nothing more than a conversation, or maybe I'm misremembering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I actually dug a lot of Henley's 80's music, and I thought that Building the Perfect Beast was a masterpiece, with a truly underrated gem in Sunset Grill. On the other hand, End of the Innocence was pretty vapid AOR music,Nice call on Sunset Grill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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