Thu Oct 25 2007 10:23:06 By: JAX ( 172)
When you need the money you will sleep with anyone. Some people have no standards when it comes to money

Thu Oct 25 2007 17:16:21 By: gulo ( 1)
The Eagles making a deal with Wal-Mart is symptomatic of the difficulty even conservation-minded people have in maintaining integrity when they are involved in Big Business as the Eagles are. I admire Henley's conservation work - thank-you, Don - but integrity is not like Carbon Credits - you can't trade some here to make 'em up there. The Eagles didn't make this deal to reach corporate America (big as they are, the Eagles aren't pimples on Wal-Mart's butt in terms of business influence), and they didn't make it because they admire Wal-Mart's smoke-and-mirrors conservation work. They did it in the hopes of moving vast amounts of product, because their egos demand this - period. Henley's arguments are after-the-fact attempts at justification. Settling for less sales is clearly not in the picture for the Eagles - and not being willing to settle for less is the very problem that is killing the planet. The Eagles could very easily strike a more integral deal if they'd settle for more modest sales - something i am sure they could afford. Monetarily, i suspect they don't need to sell a single copy. But they're the Eagles - selling big is a huge part of their identity. That's why they agonize over each album, and why they have indeed made this "deal with the Devil", as Henley well knows. Problem is, you can't suck and blow at the same time.

Sun Nov 4 2007 22:34:40 By: captainsteubing ( 1)
So let me see if I understand this. Evidently, Don Henley and his bandmates can justify coming to the same profit-based business decisions that they damn everyone else for. And with Wal-Mart, no less. Great.

Sun Nov 4 2007 23:38:32 By: DonHenleysBadPerm ( 1)
Henley would allow Wal-Mart to pave over Walden Pond if it meant he could sell a few more cds. Henley is like every other liberal - a hypocrite! Liberalism is always about what everyone else should do. Go count the Sierra Club bumper stickers on SUVs. Or watch Gore burn more feul per private jet flight than the average American burns in gas during a year. It is all about what sounds and feels good and makes their conscience feel good. And of course makes them feel superior to you since they "know better" what you should be doing.
After thought - are cds made of petroleum? Isn't petroleum evil?? We already know profits are evil. And large corporations are evil. Poor Don Henley. Selling one's convictions are only painful if one actually has convictions to start with.