RIP Randy Meisner original bassist of The Eagles

[TexasGary 849]

[jimmyjazz 46130]

Well, that sucks.

[DougO 5256]

Took it to the limit for the last time. RIP

 

 

[DixonHur 11374]

[Sbbruin 21887]

Bummer.  I always liked Meisner. 

[Deej 76919]

I'm Mister Heat Meisner, I'm Mister Sun...

[Hate 20145]

Yeah, the Eagles were a big part of the sounds of my youth.  RIP.

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[NTVTXN 1432]

RIP Randy.

And I cannot believe there’s more reaction to Sinead O’Connor’s exiting this world than that of Mr. Meisner’s.

[DaysOff 7974]

There is no article 'the' in front of Eagles. Don Henley is going to yell at all you people.

[Clintonaldo 2576]

3 hours ago, NTVTXN said:

RIP Randy.

And I cannot believe there’s more reaction to Sinead O’Connor’s exiting this world than that of Mr. Meisner’s.

Seriously. 
 

He was a gentle soul. 

[jimmyjazz 46130]

3 hours ago, NTVTXN said:

And I cannot believe there’s more reaction to Sinead O’Connor’s exiting this world than that of Mr. Meisner’s.

Really?  I mean, I know it's bait, but come on.

[NTVTXN 1432]

On 7/29/2023 at 4:54 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Really?  I mean, I know it's bait, but come on.

Yeah, really. And no, not trying to bait anyone. No argument. Just hard for me to believe.  But then again, I wasn’t a huge Sinead fan, so…

[DougO 5256]

I think it's because Randy just wasn't an attention kind of guy. As great as he was as an integral part of "Eagles" and what the meant to the music world, he wasn't such a household name. 

[tigol 2399]

On 8/1/2023 at 11:57 PM, NTVTXN said:

Yeah, really. And no, not trying to bait anyone. No argument. Just hard for me to believe.  But then again, I wasn’t a huge Sinead fan, so…

Eagles suck ass and this dude wasn't even in the band anymore.  Was he memorable?  Not to me, evidently.

Sinead, on the other hand, was extremely memorable as an artist and activist and her passing was likely not from natural causes.  Apples and oranges, dude.

[Hate 20145]

She had one song. The only reason anyone knows about her is because she ripped up a picture of the pope on live TV. I have no doubt that she was tremendously helpful as an activist and applaud her efforts. But to suggest that Miesner was insignificant to pop culture simply because he was irrelevant to you or because you dislike The Eagles is ridiculous. He was part of the one of the biggest selling group acts in music history and a whole bunch of songs that he was a part of are still played regularly on the radio and are a big part of pop culture.

[jimmyjazz 46130]

I won't get into a pissing match about Meisner's importance, but if you think Sinead had "one song" you are sorely mistaken.  She had one massive hit, but a gold album and a double platinum album point to a bit more reach, along with four additional gold albums by various ratings services.

She's kinda like Los Lobos -- so identified by one song that her body of work is somehow diminished.

 

 

Edited August 7, 2023 by jimmyjazz

[Hate 20145]

And there you go. She was insignificant to me, so I had absolutely no idea that she had accomplished anything other than that song. I do recognize that what she did on SNL that night was part of a larger shakeup still reverberating to this day. RIP to both of them.

[Jerry Callo 8727]