R.I.P Glen Frey

[amberdreams]

4th May 1977 I went to Bingley Hall, Stafford to see the Eagles on their Hotel California tour. I don't think my soon to be 17 year old self was that well equipped to enjoy the concert, as reading my diary entry about it this morning made me guffaw. I didn't even write it up straight away!

Here's the entry for a laugh:
A week ago yesterday Sue and I went to Stafford to see the Eagles. It was brilliant, the best concert I've ever been to. The sound was really marvellous, just the right level of noise, so that your ears don't buzz when you get into the quiet. (Yes, that's right folks, I was a true Rock Chick) I was a bit disappointed in the hall itself, though. After paying £3.85 for a ticket (an album at the time was £3!) I expected a good seat, but there were no seats at all, and by the time we got there it was packed. Still we could see quite well and a couple in front of us had a pair of very powerful binoculars which they very kindly let us borrow from time to time which took us slap bang right onto the stage. Mmmm

And that was it! Best concert ever and that was all I could say about it. I didn't even mention nearly getting left behind in Stafford because I couldn't find our coach, and it was actually pulling away when I finally located it. I was such a pompous teenager.

Fortunately, The Eagles music stood the test of time and I still have a few tracks on my current playlist. It will always be part of the soundtrack of my youth, but also of my early fanfic that never got written except in my head - every cowboy fantasy I had contained an Eagles song. Desperado, Bitter Creek, Doolin Dalton, Wasted Time...

As far as it goes, 2016 has been pretty sad.

Comments

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Aww! That was rather sweet. I'm impressed that you can still find your journal from 1977! :D How wonderful to still have that repository of teen thoughts.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It's a mixed blessing! Without them I'd remember next to nothing, but with them I have to face my teen-self and all that angsty outpouring of drivel. LOL!

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

Such sad news. It's weird reading things back from when you were younger, and I loved the prices too (£3.85 :D !!!!)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

IKR? I think I thought I was chronicling an age as well as my trivial life because I keep throwing in prices of things - and seem to write a lot about the clothes I bought and the records I was buying.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I can't believe he's gone! Steve told me this morning on the way home from work! DAMN IT!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I know, another legend gone too early. Only 67.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

*shakes head* I don't get what's going on this year, we're three weeks in and we've already lost so many amazing people, and personally, I've lost a best friend and another friend which we found out about last night O_O

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Oh no, another of your own friends? That's awful. (((hugs))))

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Yes, we found out last night from another friend, his name was Dominic, good guy, crazy insane and a little off kilter, but the best people always are *hugs* It's just getting out of control now though, isn't it? I mean Grizzly Adams is gone, that's a huge chunk of my youth right there!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

*all the sad faces*

To cheer you up a little, in a roundabout way, did you see the price list has gone up for A16 photos and autos? https://rogueevent.co.uk/wordpress/asylum-16-pricelist/
Don't forget you can have my Mark pic if you still want it. June is having my Jim and Matt photos, and Angela is taking my Ty one and maybe Nicki. If you want any of the others let me know - dizzo, sasha and I get our photos included except for Jensen's, and I for one only really want Gil, Mitch and probably Rachel Miner, though even then I'd probably share all but Mitch coz I need to get that one signed for my Aunty Marg.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, they just helped january go off with a bang, huh :-S good job ive got friends like you!!

I will take the Mark picture please and any chance you want to loan out your Richard one? I know Ali's sharing her Matt, Rachel, Nikki, Richard and possibly Jim ones with me. But I'd love a Richard one alone if possible x

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about Richard, ask me nearer the time! At the moment I'm thinking I might still want a pic with him but I do already have quite a few.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

No, that's cool honey, I have a shared pic with Sash so keep Richard for yourself *hugs* :) Thank you for Ruthie and Mark though ♥

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Ohhh actually if no one's snagged it, wouldn't mind your Ruth one ;) ♥

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'll stick you down for Ruthie Baby.

[el1ie.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing those memories, I never got to see them around that time, although I have now rectified that!

1977 was the year I went to see The Moody Blues at Bingley Hall, it's the kind of place where you expect the odd sheep to wander across the stage...

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha all I can remember is it felt like a long and exciting journey from Liverpool...

[freya922.livejournal.com]

This news makes me so very sad. As a native Californian, I feel like I have the Eagles in my DNA... It's too much, coming after Rickman and Bowie...

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I hadn't realised until they were talking about Glen and Don Henley's backgrounds that neither of them were actually Californian. But they certainly absorbed the vibe all right. This has been a pretty rotten year so far.