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Originally Posted by louielouie2000
The Eagles are viewed as American as Apple Pie. So is Wal Mart. Fleetwood Mac is not now, nor has ever been, viewed as American or patriotic. The Eagles had such a giant success because they were both of those things, and to boot they have a country flair to their sound.
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The Eagles are patriotic? Don Henley is a raging liberal. Not sure about the rest of the band. My parents are HUGE Eagles fans so I listened to them a lot growing up and heard a lot of stories about the band members, etc. My own impression of them was more of a So. Cal country-rock, stoner, "peaceful easy feeling" hippy type of band, albeit with a countryesque edge, and a bit of hard living mixed in (Life in the Fast Lane is supposed to be about Stevie and Lindsey but it could also apply, loosely translated, to the band who wrote it). When I think of the phrase "American as apple pie" The Eagles do not come to mind.