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Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence

Length: 5:22
Rating: 4.87 (818 ratings)
Views: 228338
Author: universalmusicgroup

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Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer (HQ AV)

Length: 4:39
Rating: 4.92 (640 ratings)
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From 1984's "Building The Perfect Beast", there it's the classic smash-hit "The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley. Review.- Out of all of the Eagles, Don Henley (Born in 1947 in Gilmer, TX, USA) had the most successful solo career. After the group broke up in 1982, Henley released his first solo album. 1982's I Can't Stand Still, was a moderate seller. The song "Dirty Laundry" (which going gold as single), a denunciation of local television news, received the most airplay. Henley and his erstwhile lover, Stevie Nicks, would duet on her Billboard Hot 100 No. 6 hit "Leather and Lace" that same year. This was followed in 1984 by Building the Perfect Beast, which featured layered synthesizers and was a marked departure from the Eagles' country-rock sound. A single release, "The Boys of Summer", reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February,1985. The song's haunting rhythms and lyrics of loss and aging, capped by seeing "a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac," immediately connected with a certain age group. The music video for the song was a striking, evocative, black-and-white, French New Wave-influenced masterpiece directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino that won several MTV Video Music Awards including Best Video of the Year. Henley also won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song. The album's "All She Wants to Do Is Dance," (No. 9 on Hot 100), "Sunset Grill," and "Not Enough Love in the World" also received considerable airplay. Henley's next album, 1989's The End of the Innocence, was even more successful. The title track, a collaboration with Bruce Hornsby, is a melancholy, piano-driven tale of finding bits of happiness in a corrupt world, and reached No. 8 as a single. The End of the Innocence was dedicated to all the farmers who were losing their farms because of the terrible loan conditions brought about by the Savings and Loan crises of the late 1980s. The lyrics called out then-President Ronald Reagan for pouring money into such defense projects as the missile defense shield rather than helping the struggling American farmer: "Oh Beautiful, for Spacious Skies but now those skies are threatening. Beating plowshares into swords for the this tired old man that we elected King." The hit follow-up, "The Heart of the Matter," is an emotive chance remembrance of a lost love. Both songs use the effective technique of varying the words in the chorus each time it is sung, to advance the song's narrative. The album's "The Last Worthless Evening" and "New York Minute" were among other songs that gained radio airplay. Henley again won the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Grammy for the album. In 1989, Don Henley made a brief appearance on MTV's Unplugged series. In live shows, Henley would play drums and sing simultaneously only on certain Eagles songs; on his solo songs he would either play electric guitar and sing or just sing. Occasionally Eagles songs would get drastic rearrangements, such as "Hotel California" with four trombones. A long period without a new recording followed, as Henley waited out a dispute with his record company while also participating in a 1994 Eagles reunion tour and live album. During the hiatus, Henley recorded a cover of Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat for the film Leap of Faith, provided background vocals for country star Trisha Yearwood's hit single "Walkaway Joe", and duetted with Patty Smyth (Ex-Scandals)on "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" (another success reached Nº2 at Hot 100 singles) and Roger Waters on "Watching TV" on Waters' Amused to Death album, in 1992. In 2000, Henley released another solo studio recording, Inside Job, containing the lead single "Taking You Home." Henley's most recent recording is a duet with Kenny Rogers on Rogers' 2006 release Water & Bridges titled "Calling Me." Henley will be found On Reba McEntire's upcoming duets album, released September 18th,2007.

Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance

Length: 4:38
Rating: 4.90 (179 ratings)
Views: 47336
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Don Henley - The Heart Of The Matter

Length: 5:16
Rating: 4.93 (218 ratings)
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A GREAT classic and TRUE masterpiece from Don's critically acclaimed 1989 album "The End Of The Innocence" -Don wrote the lyrics with J.D. Souther. They are about a man who finds out his former lover has found someone else. -According to producer Mike Campbell... "I cut the track at home and played it for him. He wrote some words, I think he got some help from J.D. Souther on some of the lyrics. He changed the key to fit his voice, then we went in and basically recreated the demo. I know he was especially proud of that one. He told me that lyric was something he had been trying to write for a long time and it finally came out the way he liked it, something he really wanted to sing. A lot of people like that song." -The line "The flesh will get weak and the ashes will scatter" is a biblical reference. Lyrics: "I got the call today, I didnt wanna hear But I knew that it would come An old, true friend of ours was talkin on the phone She said youd found someone And I thought of all the bad luck, And the struggles we went through And how I lost me and you lost you What are these voices outside loves open door Make us throw off our contentment And beg for something more? Im learning to live without you now But I miss you sometimes The more I know, the less I understand All the things I thought I knew, Im learning again Ive been tryin to get down To the heart of the matter But my will gets weak And my thoughts seem to scatter But I think its about forgiveness Forgiveness Even if, even if you dont love me anymore These times are so uncertain Theres a yearning undefined And people filled with rage We all need a little tenderness How can love survive in such a graceless age? The trust and self-assurance that lead to happiness Theyre the very things - we kill I guess Pride and competition Cannot fill these empty arms And the work I put between us You know it doesnt keep me warm Im learning to live without you now But I miss you, baby And the more I know, the less I understand All the things I thought Id figured out I have to learn again Ive been trying to get down To the heart of the matter But everything changes And my friends seem to scatter But I think its about forgiveness Forgiveness Even if, even if you dont love me anymore There are people in your life whove come and gone They let you down you know they hurt your pride You better put it all behind you baby; life goes on You keep carryin that anger; itll eat you up inside, baby Ive been trying to get down To the heart of the matter But my will gets weak And my thought seem to scatter But I think its about forgiveness Forgiveness Even if, even if you dont love me Ive been tryin to get down To the heart of the matter Because the flesh will get weak And the ashes will scatter So Im thinkin about forgiveness Forgiveness Even if, even if you dont love me Forgiveness Forgiveness - baby Forgiveness Forgiveness Forgiveness Forgiveness Even if, you dont love me anymore" I believe that this is one of the best love-lost songs ever written, if not THE best. The lyrics are beautiful and powerful, and everyone can identify with the situation depicted in the song. With Mike Campbell's soaring guitar and Henley's aching voice, it's no wonder that Mike Campbell was right when he said that "a lot of people like this song."

Don Henley - The Last Worthless Evening

Length: 6:7
Rating: 4.85 (315 ratings)
Views: 81608
Author: universalmusicgroup

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