Don Henley
Posted on 08/02/2004 11:23:01 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
HOLLYWOOD VS. AMERICA
1st Linda Ronstadt, now Don Henley booed
'We used to be able to have civil debate in this country. Not anymore'
Don Henley |
Singer Don Henley was booed at a concert in Orange County, Calif., after mentioning his friendship with Linda Ronstadt, who gained national attention after alienating much of her audience with a song dedication to leftist filmmaker Michael Moore.
At the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Thursday Henley made several political comments between songs, according to a report in the Orange County Register.
One comment began: "Given what my good friend Linda Ronstadt …" but was interrupted immediately with a chorus of boos from the audience.
According to the Register, Henley responded: "Whoops – Orange County," adding, "We used to be able to have civil debate in this country. Not anymore."
Orange County is known as a politically conservative area of Southern California.
Later in the concert, Henley, a former member of the Eagles rock band, suggested his next song could be sung as a duet by President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Written by Randy Newman, "Political Science" has the U.S. dropping nukes on nearly every other part of the world.
One of the lyrics is: "They don't respect us so let's surprise them. We'll drop the big one and pulverize them."
"[Henley] really blindsided everyone," Joshua Owen of Long Beach told the local paper. "There was booing. Some people headed for the exits."
Henley performs tonight in Saratoga, Calif., with future concerts on his summer tour slated to include Washington, Alaska, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia and Texas.
As WorldNetDaily reported, last month Ronstadt's onstage tribute to Moore at the Aladdin in Las Vegas was booed by concertgoers in attendance, hundreds of whom walked out. Her action prompted Aladdin President Bill Timmins, who attended the concert, to ban Ronstadt from the property. Staff checked her out of her room and escorted her to her tour bus.
Uh-I think Henley was being sarcastic in this song, as I read the lyrics,it says to me,hey,we'll just bomb the sh!t out of everyone who doesn't agree with us,and everyone we don't like.Let's just take over the whole world and get it over with.
Henley's words-not mine.
I think it's an anti-American song myself, but that's just my take on it.
Shut up and sing.
Since when did people pay you to debate?
Laura Ingraham has it right. "Shut Up and Sing"
BTW I don't think Dubya would agree.
With the Oprah-fication of this country, people have come to believe that freedom of speech means you can say anything you want, and everyone sits there nodding and smiling. Finishing with a rousing chorus of "Kum Ba Yah" and a group hug. (Because we all believe the same thing, doncha know ;) )
Secondly, there wasn't a debate going on. People paid money to hear him sing and were expressing their displeasure with him not doing his job. He was their in service to his audience. It would be like the valet parking your care making you listen to the Gettysburg Address before bringing you your car.
Don Henley has done this kind of thing before and not just in the last couple of years.
It's not unusual to see him interject some left-wing political commentary in between songs.
His comment is disingenuous about civil debate. People come to hear his music, not listen to his political ramblings whether they be left or right.
He ought to shut up and sing. His music is good.
We used to be able to have civil debate in this country. Not anymore."
GET OVER IT
Used to like his stuff. Oh, well, he's an artist and an actor: one step above prostitutes and thieves. What do I care what he thinks.
R&R ping
Dear Moron whose songs I will no longer listen to;
A stage where you are supposed to be SINGING is not a place for a debate, civil or otherwise.
Hey, so is Molly Ivins...what the heck is Texas coming to ???
He's had a couple of good solo songs, but IMO he hasn't come close to matching the appeal of his work with the Eagles.
Being a typical leftist iconoclast it wasn't surprising when he apologized for the music from that period a few years back.
First, people paid money to hear you sing - not "debate" (if that's what you want to call preaching your liberalism from the stage.) Secondly your leftist brethren are the ones who threw civility out the window.
Damn. And I've been a Henley fan ("Boys of Summer" is one of my all-time favorites) for a bunch o' years.
"We used to be able to have civil debate in this country. Not anymore."
These people are insufferable and blatant hypocrites. They are the ones spouting the hate and division, not Conservatives!!!!! Don, crawl back into the spider hole you came out of.
They just need to have some dessert:
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This is the sound of my brain
Then I said -This is the sound of my brain on Don Henley
Then I said -One two three four
He's a tortured artist
Used to be in the eagles
Now he whines like a wounded beagle
Poet of despair
Puffed up with hot air
He's serious, pretentious and I just don't care
Don henley must die
Don't let him get back together
With Glenn Frey, Don Henley must die
Cut on the TV
And what did I see
This bloated hairy thing winnin' a grammy
Huah
Best rock vocalist
Compared to what
Bunch of pseudo-serious Kraft angst-a-matic
Satanic plot
Don Henley Must die
Put a sharp stick in his eye, don henley must die
Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
Oh
Quit playin' that crap
Youíre out of the band
I'm only kidding, can't you tell?
I love his sensitve music
Idiot poetry swell
You and your kind
Are killin' rock and roll
It's not because youíre o-l-d
--Cause you ain't
Got no soul
Don't be afraid of fun
Loosen up your ponytail
Be wild, young
Free and-a
Get your head
Outta your tail
Don Henley
Must die
Donít let him get back together
With Glenn Frey
Don Henley
Must die
Put him in the electric chair
Watch him fry, Don Henley must die
Don Henley must die
Ah ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
No Eagles reunion
The same goes for you too Sting
Ah
Oh
He then follows this comment with a song describing Bush and Cheney as singing, "They don't respect us so let's surprise them. We'll drop the big one and pulverize them."
Gee, I wonder why we can't have civil debates in this country anymore???
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