Marie-Louise's Review and Photos

I went to the opening night at the O2. It was the first time that myself and my mum had seen the Eagles live and it was the best night of our lifes. My mum had been waiting 30 years to get a chance to see them live! We had high expectations and we were not disappointed. Everything about it was excellent, their voices, the harmonies, the set, the songs, their playing etc. It was great to hear them play their new songs and I was also pleased that they did their classics too. I absolutely loved it when Joe did Lifes Been Good with his camera hat and it was fun to see the clips behind of them when they were younger (it also showed a film clip of Joe trashing a hotel room!). Unfortunately we can not remember that much about as we were so in awe and in shock that we had finally got to see them live. It was a dream come true. I couldn't believe that they played a 3 hour set as the time went by so quickly.
What else can I say apart from I love them all (especially Joe), and they look so good for their age and appear to be in good shape and health. No other group could ever beat the Eagles. Lets hope that they will carry on as long as they can, long may they continue.

 

Comments

[Pawmuk]

Thanks for posting Marie-Louise. From memory, the fun Walsh movies during "Life's Been Good" are from some of his obscure eighties videos, particularly "I Can Play That Rock'n'Roll" (Hotel room trashing), "In My Car" (Car Stuff) and probably "Life Of Illusion" for the tank.

Which have all been made available to download and view by L&M on their awesome downloads archive.

http://www.eaglesfans.com/downloads/video/iwantmymtv.htm

[JillM]

Thanks for your review Marie-Louise - from another first-timer (can't wait for Wednesday!) and Joe fan.

Pawmuk - thanks for the info - I am really going to enjoy seeing LBG as I love those videos of Joe's. Just hope I don't get distracted from watching the guys - especially Joe.

[Marie - Louise]

You are both very welcome Pawmuk and Jill. Yes thank you Pawmuk for that information on Joes' videos I will check it out.
I was lucky enough to be there again last night (I got some more photos, so will post them too). It was great to meet Lisa and Melissa and have a little chat with them. Glad you both enjoyed it. Hope you both have a safe journey home. I didn't get a chance last night I just want to say thanks to L & M for the great job that they do running this site (which I'm sure all the fans will agree with), it is the first thing I log onto when I go on the internet.
Again I can't really put it into words how fantastic each one of the Eagles were, no words can ever do them justice. They seemed to be more relaxed last night and appeared to be really enjoying themselves.
The crowd laughed when Tim thanked everybody for coming on this "Bank day holiday", I really don't think he realised what he had said. He again mentioned Paul Carrack. Tim being his usual thoughtful and caring self acknowledged the audience in the top level,4, and said although they couldn't see the audience up there Tim said they knew they were there and thanked them for coming. It's so hard to believe that Tim is 60, he looks and sounds so young (as do all of them).
Glenn was on top form as usual and did most of the speaking. He made a joke that they are the band that time forgot and the band that wouldn't die, and that they were very happy to be there with their new black suits and new material.
Don greeted everyone with "Hello Ladies and Germans" and the line "Hello Possums" and said he loved that. He said that they were going to do their theme song (Long Run) and invited the audience to join in singing with them.
And Joe well what can I say!!! I absolutely love that man (I love his new teeth too : - )). He said that Frankie Miller had written Guilty of A Crime and that he was there in the audience. Before Lifes Been Good he was in his usual good/fun humour, and was joking around saying I'm not a criminal, I'm not a criminal!! Also he said he had "to make a public service announcement just be careful in general okay." The crowd went mad for Joe, he had the helmet cam on and was sticking his tongue out at the camera hat and was waving at the audience. His guitar playing and solos were excellent as usual, especially on Long Road Out Of Eden, Walk Away and Funk #49. I was surprised that Joe didn't say his usual "Hey How Ya Doin'?"
It was again great to hear the new songs live, especially WITW, LROE, GOAC and Somebody, which was really great live.
The boys looked and sounded as good as they do on the Farewell 1 Tour DVD, I wandered if they might look different in the flesh or sound different, but I was not disappointed. They are looking very good for the age and have great stamina. It amazes me how they sound so great and get the songs to sound identical to the original recordings. They are just going from strength to strength. In my opinion they look and sound better now than they have ever done, and that's saying something. They are true perfectionists and fantastic musicains. I love how they all bring something different to the band, both personality wise and musically. I love them all.
Unfortunately they only did one encore last night, (so missed out All She Wants To Do Is Dance and Rocky Mountain Way) as there is a 10.30 p.m. curfew on a Sunday. However they did their best to get in the rest of all their songs by having a shorter interval.
The best part of the night for me was when Joe spotted my sign with the words "I Love U Joe" and he smiled at me and waved. I will never forget that. I made my mum a sign with "I Love Don" he spotted it at the begining and nodded his head and smiled, but to my mums amazement at the end of the show as they were leaving the stage he bent down below the camera towards my mum and gave her a smile and a wave to acknowledge her sign. That made her night as she is a massive massive fan of Don. What can I say he is a true gent.
Although I had over a 7 hour drive round trip and had been saving hard for a long time in the hope that some day I would get the opportunity to see the Eagles live it was worth the time and every penny. The three hours passed by so quickly and I still find it hard to believe that I was actually there. When you are there it is so hard to take it all in, you are trying to watch every one of them and look at the screens etc. It would be great if they recorded on DVD. I saw cameras there but I'm not sure if they were just filming it for the screens as the Eagles did not mention that it was being recorded.
The only down side was although I managed to get front row seat(to which I am very grateful for)on Joes side, we were right at the end of the row (3rd and 4th seat from end), we had our view obscured by the huge camera (and the camera man) right in front of us, and the way the end of the stage was set up we couldn't see the backscreen or the horn section and could barely see Stuart Smith as there were black screens which I think were blocking the entance where the Eagles came out. There were quite a few people who were sitting at the end of the rows on our section who were complaining and disappointed that their view was impaired, to whom I sympathise with. I hope that whoever it is up to will try and rectify this so others views are not impaired in future shows.
But I made the most of it and was grateful to be there, and genuinely felt sorry for the people who were further back and those up in level 4 and also the fans who couldn't be there. I Hope those of you who couldn't be there will get the opportunity to see them live during this tour. I hope you enjoy the photos (when I post them) and this review.
Jill as a fellow first timer/Joe/Eagles fan, I hope that you enjoy the concert Wednesday, although I am sure you will. Great to hear that you too are a fan of Joe. I was extremely lucky and appreciative to be able to get tickets to Wednesdays show too, hopefully I might see you there I'm in section B2.
I just hope that the Eagles will be together for a long time to come and continue to tour until hell freezes over.

[the shadow]

Thanks for the comments Marie. I was up on level 4, you have no need to feel sorry for the people up there, they have fantastic view of all of the stage and as I took my binoculars could also see the detail e.g. what they were wearing etc. As a Timmy fan it was nice to see him with his shirt pulled out of his trousers for the encore!

[the shadow]

Thanks for the comments Marie. I was up on level 4, you have no need to feel sorry for the people up there, they have fantastic view of all of the stage and as I took my binoculars could also see the detail e.g. what they were wearing etc. As a Timmy fan it was nice to see him with his shirt pulled out of his trousers for the encore!

[Marie - Louise]

Glad you had a good view, you are braver than I am I don't like heights!! Good to see you are a fan of Tims, he's lovely isn't he? I thought it was great that he got to sing three songs. I know I noticed his shirt at the end too. : - )

[The Shadow]

Yes Marie he is gorgeous, it's the cheek bones and the gentle manner that he seems to have. It was great to hear him sing 3 songs, he was fab as usual. Wish I had booked another ticket!!

[Marie - Louise]

I agree, I always say how gentle Tim seems to be. If you go onto Ticketmaster there were still some seats available with quite a good view on level 1 on Tims side for the Sat 5th April show. You might even find some last minute ones for tomorrows show. Good luck.