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13 Feb 2003 15:27 PST
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Don Henley is a solo artist. More information about his "history" can
be found at:
Don Henley’s Solo Flight
http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/henleys_solo_flight.htm
Don Henley
http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/modern_drummer.htm
Don Henley Interview
http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/don_henley_interview.htm
and many, many of the other articles under "Article List" on:
http://www.donhenleyfans.com/
"The Boys of Summer" was released in 1984 on the album "Building the
Perfect Beast".
Don Henly Discography
http://www.webcom.com/triangle/eagles/henley_content.html
The following articles mention "The Boys of Summer":
Don Henley Record Interview
URL: http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/desperados_new_dawn.html
Quotes:
When we did "Boys of Summer," we recorded the whole song in whatever
key it was written in, and I did it, and I said, "This is not quite
right. " And it was finished we'd done the whole thing and the album
was late-and I said, "We've got to raise this up half a step." And
they all looked at me like, "You're nuts! What's the matter with you?"
And I said, "No, believe me, it'll be a lot better. So we did it all
over again, and they went, "Geez, you're right!"
"Boys of Summer" was one of those great, rare moments where I got so
inspired by the track that Mike Campbell had given me that it just
sort of wrote itself. It came just screamin' out of me. And I was
jumping up and down in the car 'cause I knew I had something there. I
said, "This is good and I know it's good, it's great." I like writing
that way sometimes. Maybe it's sort of impersonal; I suppose people
have this vision of two guys sitting down with guitars in a room with
a little light bulb and some cigarettes and beer. And sometimes we
used to do it that way, Glenn and I would sit down and bang 'em out
that way. But sometimes I like to be alone with the material, because
the actual process of writing and recording with all the equipment and
the people around gets in the way of dreaming, gets in the way of the
creative process. I like to write with people who don't mind giving me
a cassette and leaving me alone. On the other hand, I'm not opposed to
sitting down with somebody and writing with them.
Henley Interview 1987
URL: http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/henley_and_kortchmar.html
Quotes:
Beyond that, I'm also not convinced we really accomplished all that
much. Kennedy was president and everybody thought it was Camelot, but
look at what we did. We raised all that hell in the Sixties, and then
what did we come up with in the Seventies? Nixon and Reagan. The
country reverted right back into the hands it was in before. I don't
think we changed a damn thing, frankly. That's what the last verse of
"The Boys of Summer" was about. I think our intentions were good, but
the way we went about it was ridiculous. We thought we could change
things by protesting and making firebombs and growing our hair long
and wearing funny clothes. But we didn't follow through. After all our
marching and shouting and screaming didn't work, we withdrew and
became yuppies and got into the Me Decade.
Songwriting—The Heart of the Matter
URL: http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/songwriting_heart_of_the_matter.htm
Quotes:
Other songwriters previously profiled in American Songwriter have
talked about how some songs they’ve written have become its, yet when
they heard them on the radio there were lines that still haunted them
that they wished they’d written differently. Henley admits he feels
that way about a couple of his song. “The Long Run” could have been a
better song,” he says. “The Boys of Summer” maybe could have even had
a couple of lines be better. You know you do the best you can at the
time. And in songwriters’ defense sometimes that’s just the best you
can do. Every line can’t be brilliant. Every line can’t be a gem.
I hope this additional information helps!
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