Recently, Bob Lefsetz wrote one of his normal letters to his distribution list of basically everyone in the music industry. He was raging about the setup of the new Eagles record, which is being released exclusively to Wal*Mart. In his letter, he said:
"The most famous Eagles cut is not "Take It Easy", but "Desperado"
I disagreed, so I responded to him:
Hey Bob -
Love your letter.
I found it interesting that you said "Desperado" is the most famous Eagles cut. I wholeheartedly disagree. "Hotel California" is the most famous Eagles cut; below you will find my argument:
In iTunes, the most popular Eagles track is "Hotel California" with "Take It Easy" and "Desperado" coming in at #2 and #3 respectively. In Soundscan, "Desperado" comes in at #2 (barely beating "Take it Easy" by 2,103 tracks). The tracks sales for "Desperado" and "Take it Easy" don't even reach 400k when they are combined!
And radio: "Desperado" is lucky to get a third of the spins that "Hotel California" gets each week.
Please don't publish this response, but I'm curious: what made you think "Desperado" is the most famous Eagles cut?
bk
AND HE RESPONDED!
"bk,
I could argue with you here, but I hear your point!
"Desperado"... Get older, it's got an internal meaning to many in the audience more than HC, which is seen as more of a great record..."
HE DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION...AND HE TOLD ME TO GET OLDER!
I'm writing him back...
1 comment:
why does anyone really like the eagles...come on...of all the bands in the history of the free world...the eagles?!? they are good but most certainly milquetoast at best. i am seriously dumbfounded by this guy's love of such mediocrity.
sidenote: i cant imagine anyone buying into this guy's pontificating self-promotion and pompously delivered claims of recording industry omniscience.
hey bob, get off yourself.
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