Desperado

Why don't you come to your senses ...

Marjory and I went to see the Eagles in concert in Glasgow on Friday night.

We were a bit anxious about how she would be after the chemo two days before but - hey, no need to worry. A bit tired by the end of the show but lets face it .. good old Joe Walsh looked like he'd been having chemo daily for the last ten years! Only joking Joe - you looked and sounded great.

It's weird really - I didn't have any great expectations about what the concert would be like. I'm not a great one for stadium shows in any case, and the Eagles .. well, yeah - everyone likes the Eagles but .....
Maybe I'm being unfair. I suppose they're really just a neutral part of our youth and we grew up with them harmonising softly in the background .

Anyway, to my surpirise - the Eagles Glasgow show was fantastic. From the old classics like Tequila Sunrise and Take it Easy right through to the (ermmm, errr ...) old classics ... like Hotel California and Life in the Fast Lane - they had the huge crowd eating out of their hands. They even introduced songs by saying things like "this one was from our first album" - album !!
Ah the redolent scent of good old smelly vinyl - where are you now?

They produced a big second encore finale with a fabulous and tearjerking rendition of Desperado - and there wasn't a dry eye left in the house.

So - the morale of the tale - if you and your blood counts are up to it then don't let chemotherapy hold you back. Get out there and join a good old fashioned sing a long - it's good for the spirits all round.

Gordon

One more thing - just for fun - join in below and lets have a vote on this:

What's your favorite Eagles Song?

I'll start - it's got to be Hotel California.
I remember the fuss when the album came out and how it competed for turntable space with Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Genesis's Trick of the Tail.

Come on - comments please ...