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| musicfan14 | Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 20:54 Not a big Henley fan and definitely not a big Eagles fans...but Boys of Summer is damn near a perfect rock/pop song. Great lyrics, incredible voice...and just the right amount of a 1980s time capsule by virtue of the synths and such, wrapped into timeless themes and beats. The cheese in this song somehow only lends to its charm...the plaintive wails by Henley, in his finest hour, are finally presented raw and unaffected by the faux cowboy BS that marked so much of the Eagles work. Henley's vocals COMPETE with the synth and production...at its core, that's what we are fascinated by in this song...it's an event wrapped into a love song. Great, great work...a quarter of a decade later, it only gets better. |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 18:15 out_to_lunch wrote: It's after the boys of summer have gone. It's not Proust, people.... True. It's Dylan Thomas. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Oct 26, 2008 - 21:07 jfmarch wrote: Check out The Ataris version of this tune- punks it up and has nice shout out to Black Flag! Agreed ... "A Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac..." Note to self: upload Ataris version. Killer. Update Nov 8: Ataris version got "Sorry"d by the RP upload arbiters. Interesting. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 11:39 i appreciate the Eagles; about to this song of mr. Donald Hugh " Don " Henley, suffers the consuming from the time and the numerous hearings, as happens with as much others, called of "fast-consuming-syndrome" - 7 / 8. |
| jfmarch | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 11:36 Check out The Ataris version of this tune- punks it up and has nice shout out to Black Flag! |
| federico (Padova, Italy) | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 11:34 few things are more pathetic than a pop song that tries hard to be pop and catchy but fails ... at least bad rock is noisy ... |
| GChevy410 (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 11:32 Good song to listen to as I watch the Dow Jone loose another 700+ points in one day... |
| dkeifer | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 11:31 i wonder if we made Bill mad and that is why he is punishing us with this song..... |
| eggrub | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 11:31 Always disliked this song, as also most Don Henley solo material. |
| davin (Victoria, British Columbia) | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 11:31 ten |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 21:46 keller1 wrote: Wow ... a 6.7 for one of the all time great pop songs ... tough crowd. I just gave it a 10! |
| keller1 (Altered States) | Posted: Aug 04, 2008 - 06:26 Wow ... a 6.7 for one of the all time great pop songs ... tough crowd. |
| Seahunt (Parent's Basement) | Posted: Aug 04, 2008 - 06:14 Spring Break '84...yeeeehaaaa |
| MusicRookie (Fort Worth Texas) | Posted: Aug 04, 2008 - 06:12 Great song for its time... I can just do without it.... |
| ginniet (Spokane, WA) | Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 16:46 Always one of my favorites--brings back some nice memories . . .  |
| element1 (boulder, co) | Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 16:45 Probably one of Don Henley's several best, with or without Eagles. Glad we don't hear it that often, but still one of his best. |
| MonkeyPod (Freakville) | Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 16:44 This is some good getting drunk in your backyard with your neighbors music! |
| makadar (A hair under/in-front of the monkey) | Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 06:33 Enough talk. Play Ball!!  |
| out_to_lunch (Philly by way of CT) | Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 06:25 NHMick wrote: So funny you say that... what ARE the correct lyrics, anyway??? I still hear it the incorrect way - I guess 25 years of hearing this song makes it hard to get out of your head... It's after the boys of summer have gone. It's not Proust, people.... |
| dbenwen (Peachtree City, Georgia) | Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 06:25 Mojo Nixon said it best- "Poet of despair Puffed up with hot air He's serious, pretentious and I just don't care" |
| out_to_lunch (Philly by way of CT) | Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 06:22 The band that time forgot to forget |
| miahfost (Svensk Socialist Soviet Monarki) | Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 06:21 The Eagles are bogus. |
| Jedzz | Posted: Feb 28, 2008 - 18:09 This is a wayyy overplayed song. But, it's a very good overplayed song that still has power. |
| omniphiliac (Relative to Where?) | Posted: Feb 28, 2008 - 17:57 I sort of wish I didn't like this song...but it get's me actually. Damnit. |
| ghoffman (Plano, TX) | Posted: Feb 28, 2008 - 17:56 7 -> 8 |
| NHMick (The tiniest seacoast in the Union) | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:40 zaknafein wrote: This song brings a lot of images: popcorn, hot dogs, cotton candy...the crack of the bat during batting practice.
Can't wait for baseball season to start. I remember when this song came out, I was working my first job in the kitchen of a pizza restaurant and asked one of the waitresses out on a date (my first date - yikes! I was 15). So I always associate this song with a bit of teen dating anxiety, the clatter of pots and Spanish chatter of my co-workers, and the comingled smells of salad dressing, marinara sauce and over-risen pizza dough. |
| andesitic (6371 km from the center) | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:39 This is becoming one of my favorite classic rock stations  |
| slydevil | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:38 The song is ok when i'm in the mood for mindless radio pop but there's nothing eclectic about it to warrant it being on rp.  |
| ruthless (Midtown Memphis) | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:37 EssexTex wrote: Love this song..even the horrible electric drum can be forgiven...
As I recall, this song won a Grammy the year it was released for best production. |
| NHMick (The tiniest seacoast in the Union) | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:37 marktberry wrote: This song generated one of my favorite mondegreens (misunderstood lyrics) - "...after the poison summer is gone."
So funny you say that... what ARE the correct lyrics, anyway??? I still hear it the incorrect way - I guess 25 years of hearing this song makes it hard to get out of your head... |
| philbertr (Hurricane Target Florida) | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:37 morgsy67 wrote: You whiney-poos don't seem to get the meaning of the word eclectic- to me it is refreshing and thought provoking to hear a song like this (one I appreciate, by the way) in the **context** of the music that preceds and follows it. The experience is not the song itself but the flow of tunes on this station that keeps me listening.
Here, here!! |
| milchschnitte (Hamburg, Germany) | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:34 this were the 80's - love it! |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:34 Car music. |
| EssexTex (Behind You!) | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:34 Love this song..even the horrible electric drum can be forgiven... |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:34 This song brings a lot of images: popcorn, hot dogs, cotton candy...the crack of the bat during batting practice. Can't wait for baseball season to start. |
| venus_df (Chattanooga, TN) | Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 07:34 thanks for playing this one. love it! |
| chasech5 (East Lansing, MI) | Posted: Dec 27, 2007 - 21:19 This was an instant classic when released. One of the few well-done videos of its time that MTV actually played. Glad to see it on RP. Pretty decent album overall too. Love it! |
| ellenaut | Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 13:05 smdeeg wrote: This has aged like a fine wine cooler. 
...I love Don Henley... but, we're not like engaged or anything... |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 11:53 marktberry wrote: This song generated one of my favorite mondegreens (misunderstood lyrics) - "...after the poison summer is gone."
We used to say that line exactly like that as well. I don't hate this song, but I have heard it enough to feel indifferent and was surprised to hear it, here. |
| hikeupit | Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 11:51 Don't look back, you can never look back! A classic worth looking back at regardless. |
| smdeeg (SillyCone Valley) | Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 11:51 crushedvelvet wrote: What is a deadhead sticker?
marmelock wrote: This (snip image)
Or more specifically, a sticker related to the Grateful Dead. Where are my wayfarers? Oh yeah ... they broke 20 years ago. This has aged like a fine wine cooler. |
| huebdoo (San Fran) | Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 11:51 I did not like the Eagles especially the Miami Vice smugglers blues crap. But I have mellowed or something with age... I can now tolerate this Maybe I get it now? Maybe its just that much better than most of the crap on radio now Don I think was the most talented from the Eagles... I have to admit this song is very clean and well produced I give it a 5 |
| Odyzzeuz (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 11:50 I love the scene from The Big Lebowski where the Dude gets kicked out of a cab for complaining about the cabie playing The Eagles. ''Not the Eagles, man! I hate the Eagles!'' ''Get the F* out of my cab!'' |
| marmelock (Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!) | Posted: Oct 26, 2007 - 01:57 crushedvelvet wrote: What is a deadhead sticker? This  |
| lee_sf (2nd floor, corner) | Posted: Oct 26, 2007 - 01:48 An apparent benefit of fading away from commercial radio years ago- haven't heard this song that much, still think it's cool. Never did get The Eagles or their offshoots, except for this album. At least, three songs from it- this one, Sunset Grill, All She Wants To Do Is Dance. All pretty terrific. |
| CoYoT51 (Reims, France) | Posted: Oct 26, 2007 - 01:44 Remembering me driving my Camaro 1969 long of the sunny californian cost... in a dream!  (never went to US) |
| Mamarati | Posted: Sep 24, 2007 - 17:00 I came here to say exactly this same thing. I have probably heard this song more times than Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Ugh. NeilBlanchard wrote: I think that if I never hear this song again, that would be too soon. It is waaaaaay overplayed... |
| rachlan (nyc) | Posted: Sep 24, 2007 - 16:59 crushedvelvet wrote: What is a deadhead sticker? that is the only part of this song I like. A deadhead sticker is a sticker of the grateful dead. Probably of dancing bears or a skeleton. |
| AliGator (On me arse) | Posted: Sep 24, 2007 - 16:58 crushedvelvet wrote: What is a deadhead sticker? Deadhead stickers. For, you know, the Grateful Dead. |
| Alafia (on the links) | Posted: Sep 24, 2007 - 16:55 I logged in to rate this a 1, saw that I had already rated it a 2 some time ago, and wondered, how could I have EVER been that generous? Sorry, but this song is not worthy of the RP playlist... |