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| Eagles: Farewell 1 Tour - Live From Melbourne [HD DVD] | ![Eagles: Farewell 1 Tour - Live From Melbourne [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W6uDPfxoL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Carol Dodds
Actors: Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey, Bill Armstrong
Studio: Rhino / Wea
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
Buy New: $19.99
You Save: $9.99 (33%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  460 reviews
Sales Rank: 3872
Format: Color, Live
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: HD DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 175
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 972167-2
UPC: 603497216727
EAN: 0603497216727
ASIN: B000J103WK
Theatrical Release Date: June 14, 2005
Publication Date: November 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 Brilliant May 17, 2005
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
These guys just keep getting better with age. This is a must for all Eagles fans. All I can say is: "Just buy it". You will not be dissapointed. The band brought out their own recording crew with them. The quality will be fantastic.
 "Eagles" - a band or a brand? July 27, 2005
12 out of 26 found this review helpful
This is a well-produced HUGE SPECTACULAR show put on by 50% of a great American band once known as The Eagles. Unfortunately their success drove the other 50% of the band away. Ever since its been a Don Henley/Glen Frey solo project with whomever to help out with the instruments. Don and Glen are great, don't get me wrong. Love them! But please don't call this outfit The Eagles. The real Eagles, the four guys who wrote and recorded virtually all of their trademark songs, were Henley and Frey and Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon. The Eagles name was made by these four - in fact it was Bernie who came up with the name. After Bernie and Randy left the other two had every right to carry on performing the songs they wrote; they should have come up with a new band name. I just don't think it's right for other musicians to cash in on the work and the name of other people. (I will applaud Timothy B. Schmidt for paying tribute to Randy Meisner when the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Randy was really moved by that gesture and it shows what a class act Timothy is.) Anyway, there have been lots of great old bands carrying on with new people under the old name, and I have never been okay with this. Great new musicians should have their own band name and let people judge them on their owm merits. Peace!
 Get this DVD and than go visit Poco listings June 3, 2005
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
The concert was as good as I expected it. All four of the members held up really well. I enjoyed the new Glenn Frey song a lot. There is something about his voice combined with Henley's and Timothy B.'s that elevates solo-Eagle songs to a different level. On the NBC special Henley made the point that all solos songs could have easily been Eagles songs anyway and he is right.
If you like this DVD, go to the music section and look up the listings for Poco. Last year Poco released a CD/DVD package that is only 13.99 on Amazon. The title you need to find is "Keeping the Legend Alive". You get a great concert DVD as well as a CD for the car. Many of you who like the Eagles will love this combo and you will also be surprised at the number of songs you actually know. Back in the late sixties and early seventies, when Glenn Frey was fresh off the stagecoach from Detroit, he used to sit at the foot of the stage at the Troubadour in LA and watch Poco perform. Richie Furay, Rusty Young and the others created the template for much of what the Eagles were able to do. Poco didn't rise to the heights that the Eagles did, but they provided a lot of inspiration and are a crucial step in the evolution of country and rock. Both of the bass players in the Eagles actually came from Poco.
Since both groups share killer harmonies and great songs, why did the Eagles go on to become such giants and Poco didn't? Poco lacked Frey's sense of Detroit R&B. That was the key ingredient (IMHO). Well, that and a very, very aggressive management team.
I saw enough - thank you very much August 29, 2005
11 out of 29 found this review helpful
I caught part of this on NBC the other night - that was more than enough for me.
I always liked the Eagles as well as the solo work of Don Henley & Joe Walsh - they have great songs & were one of the first & best alt-country/ rock bands back in the day.
But, as I tried to watch this performance, I couldn't help feeling as if everything was just too scripted, too planned, too ..... lame!!!! And what's with the extra guys they added to the band??? I mean, I could see getting another guitarist to replace Don Felder but why did they need another drummer plus a keyboard player plus backup singers plus a horn section??? It somehow reminded me of some nightmarish version of the Lawrence Welk Show Meets the Eagles circa 2005 . . . and a one-a & a two-a. Smile, boys, smile!!!!
It looks to me like these guys are purely in it 110% for the scratchola at this point (not that I blame them as long as they can draw a crowd) - they might as well go set up shop in Las Vegas or Branson, MO & share the bill with Wayne Newton or Dolly Parton. So very sad to see . . . .
I am a HUGE Eagles fan and musician.... October 21, 2006
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I am a HUGE Eagles fan and musician. I own most of the Eagles albums and a couple of thier videos. As a musician, I have a critical ear and I must say that this concert ranks with the very best of what they have done. In this DVD you get thirty songs all done with extreme attention to detail. The arrangements are phenomenal and the musicianship is top notch. For the money, this concert is a steal and a must have for any Eagles fan.
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