To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles by Marc Eliot
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Book Reviews of To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles
Book Review: Forget It - and buy Don Felder's book!
Summary: 2 Stars
I found this book rather cynical and a bit too Henley centric (maybe because Henley granted interviews and the others didn't) - but I got the feeling of biting the hand that feeds you was here.
Writing style is average (being a published author of several rock n roll books I have a right to that judgement) and others have already pointed out obvious errors and ommissions, which I won't repeat here.
I got rid of my copy.
If you want a good read, to laugh and to cry - get Don Felder's book. The first day I was reading that on the train I was so absorbed (and that was the pre-Eagles section on the David Blue / CSN era) I missed my stop and was late for work ....
Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
I don't trust Eliot. He describes the background the Jackson Browne's "Ready Or Not," but he calls it "Sooner Or Later." He describes MCA's deal with Motown in 1980, "a distribution deal with the Detoit-based company," (page 213). Motown hadn't been in Detroit for 10 year at that point.
Eliot can't decide whether he is a biographer, a music critic, or an editorialist. The basis of this book is biography, which is meant to be fact. He shouldn't be critiquing the music, - I don't care what he thinks of the tracks on The Long Run frankly - although admittedly it is what all rock biographers seem to do, Dave Marsh included.
He shouldn't be giving us his opinions. (Page 247: The paragraph beginning "Meisne's comments are wistfully unrealistic." is a good example.)
And Eliot should learn to tame his purple prose. Page 164: "The conversation gradually faded, and they continued on in silence until Henley, staring straight ahead, quietly said, "Everything's changed." This is one of Eliot's embarrassing attempts at profundity. Get over yourself. Just tell the story.
It would also help if Eliot learned basic English composition. The book is full of split infinitives, sentence fragments, and mismatched pronouns. I will have to find a better Eagles biography than this.
Book Review: Henley's Limit!
Summary: 1 Stars
This book was very pro Henley. He won't have to write an autobiography, it's already written. I just got done reading Don Felder's book, Heaven and Hell. I would recommend Felder's book. Felder wasn't there at the beginning, so you're not going to get the early story of the Eagles, however he gives very good accounts of what happened to Bernie and Randy.
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