Before His Death, Randy Meisner Revealed He Was Mistreated By The Eagles
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- Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024
- In the rock scene of the late 1970s, tensions within the Eagles were at an all-time high, culminating in Randy Meisner's shocking departure in 1977. As a founding member, Meisner's bass lines had defined hits like "Witchy Woman" and "Best of My Love."
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I appreciate Randy and Don Felders musical contributions. RIP Randy. Thank you Don Felder.
Don Felder didn't want to get political like Frey and Henley did, and didn't feel like sucking up to Sen Alan Cranston's campaign, whom Don and Glenn supported...
Thank you, Don Felder, for getting Randy the royalties owed to him. People are peacemakers or dividers. Randy was a peacemaker. Frye and Henley, two of the 4 original Eagles took control and treated the others as such. Randy lived by his convictions. I feel for Randy’s children who missed having their father at home growing up. NO ONE SHOULD EVER SING RANDY’S MASTERPIECE!!
Thank you, Don Felder, for getting Randy the royalties owed to him. People are peacemakers or dividers. Randy was a peacemaker. Frye and Henley, two of the 4 original Eagles took control and treated the others as such. Randy lived by his convictions. I feel for Randy’s children who missed having their father at home growing up. NO ONE SHOULD EVER SING RANDY’S MASTERPIECE!!
@@70sladyalways25 Randy Meisner rests in exactly as much peace as he created in his interactions with others.
Had the pleasure to have met Randy, he was a really nice, quiet guy, R.I.P.
Nobody....
And I mean nobody can sing Take It To The Limit like Randy Meisner.
He owns that song! 🎵🎶
RIP Randy 🙏🙏🙏
I have to say, I saw Vince Gill do the song this weekend in Vegas and he did a pretty good job.
@surveyordave
Yes, I saw Vince Gill (Eagles) at the Forum in L.A. and he did do a good job with this song... 👍
I'm just sayin' he ain't Randy Meisner. 🎙🎶🎵
@@jimw.4161 you're right, he's not randy...he's better on all counts.
@surveyordave
🤯
Randy had the voice Henley never had, and was the gentleman that Henley could never be.
I think that Glenn was jealous that randy was the bands sex symbol and much better looking than him.
@@joefitzpatrick7563 Man, I see Glenn's brow, and he looks like damn caveman.
Well said!
Seriously ? I can just hear Randy singing Boys of Summer or Heart of the Matter. Not.
@@joefitzpatrick7563 never thought any of them were all that great looking but they did make fantastic music.
Let light perpetual shine upon Randy Meisner, forever 😇 in heaven.❤✝️🕊️✨🕯️✨
@@BonnieBlair-zm4uu you think he's in heaven ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
I’ve always been an Eagles fan, irregardless of their difficulties. It’s very sad these things did happen, though. I still enjoy their music.❤️
Irregardless is not a word. Otherwise your comment is good!
❤❤❤❤❤
Regardless.
Randy and Felder were both treated like shit by both Frey and Henley!!!
Anybody can learn to play,,,but...write songs??thats why they were the leaders!!
True!!!
@@RichardConstantin-j2u they wouldn't have wrote Hotel California without Felder, or take it to the limit without Randy. Glenn and Don are overrated as writers. If they were so great they wouldn't have used so may songs from J.D. Souther, Jack Tempchin and others. Look at the writing credits on any Eagles album, Frey and Henley weren't doing much on there own.
@@RichardConstantin-j2unot when you make Felder one of the OFFICIAL Eagles, and then try to screw him over.
Glen Frey who was the Co-founder of the band and also the blame for sacking Leadon, Meisner and Felder. That's how he treated his fellow Eagles. Sad to think about 😢. R.I.P. Randy and Glen. 🤙🤙
And glen?
Randy Meisner's bass line was absolutely essential to making "Hotel California" a great song.
His bass lines on "One of these nights" makes the song!
So Don Felder actually played the bass intro part and Randy played the rest of the song...any questions?
@@stevehazlewood2960 Hi Steve! I was thinking of how they perform it live - even so, the bass line at the beginning on the studio album is pretty lame compared to what Meisner had going on in the rest of the song. Are you Steve Hazelwood the professional bassist? If so - thank you for your decades of music!
@@rodciferri9626 yes its me...I meant on the studio album Don plays the intro bass line then Randy plays the rest of the song...at least thats how I understand it..
@@stevehazlewood2960 Interesting and strange that it was Felder playing bass in the opening notes on the album. Thanks for the info - I would have never guessed that. Keep on rocking, Steve!
Felder & Meisner both excellent but forced out by the narcissist Frey.
also Henley..if you wanted to be an Eagle you had to suck up to Henley and Frey, that is why Joe Walsh and Timothy Schmidt became members..by sucking up.
AGREED
Henley like Frey’s jealously’s put an end to the best version (by far) of that band.
Nobody more pompous than those 2 in the music biz perhaps ....and they took A bigger cut percentage wise for concerts money wise
Don Henley had a hand in this as well.
Randy’s voice created the unique “sound” of the Eagles that they never recaptured after he left. I stopped listening to them after that…
@@zephyrbear thank you for that comment he needs to be recognized for his voice I never knew who it was singing take it to the limit I know is was the eagles the high notes I often wondered it it was so I looked it up and oh my I melted when I watched the video
Randy was great, no doubt, but you missed out on a lot of good music if you stopped listening to them after his departure.
Rip JD Souther
Yes-- who wrote/co-- wrote alot of the big Eagles songs.
Always a handsome and nice man with a great voice. Randy had it all and were jealous of him, Glenn and Don. They took over the band and greed followed.
Enter Irving Azoff.
Irving Azoff was a hard manager and used to yell in his artists faces. No respect just wanted money
@@SmilingOakTree-jy7du literally delusional. Go get a booster shot with you.
he stayed true to himself.he might have died sooner if he had stayed.
The vocal in a song like Take it to the Limit is an extremely difficult one to achieve. Especially night after night and when a singer isn't feeling quite up to it for whatever reason. As a singer gets older the falsetto will eventually leave the body so to speak, and there is a point where they need to lower the octave in order to get through a song. That would never work in Randy's case because we all want to hear the song up to the standard it was first presented. Randy was a great musician who should be appreciated and he had a great, great song for all time but it was also his undoing. I would guess that as time has passed the other members of this great band can now relate to this.
We can hope
He was a great person and performer and so much so that his name and life is still remembered today. For me I will always think of Randy when I hear Take It To The Limit.
Henley was jealous and threatened as was Frey. To me, Meisner was the true voice of the Eagles
Glen Frey drove three members out of the band
I'm sure Henley didn't help matters - grumpy old git
But it did take Don Henley being his ally to pull it off.
@@jamescantrell6956 Apparently Henley hasn't changed. Glenn's son didn't stay long either.
Agreed!!!
The demands of the industry is the biggest problem for bands. Friction between band members is understandable considering they spend more time together touring, recording etc than with their respective families. Fame is certainly not as great as most people think it is. RIP Randy and Glen.
I believe Glenn's last name is pronounced Fry.
it is, and Bernie Leadon's last name sounds LEEdon.
@@adotintheshark4848 You got the Frey pronunciation right, but not the Leadon pronunciation.
@@jkv1776 it's the way I've heard it pronounced years ago.
It's AI. Not intuitive.
Can you say AI content?
Randy made up with these guys he never held a grudge they even paid his medical bills when he nearly choked out people should let this go as both Randy and Glen are now passed. Randy was really sad when Glen died they were mates to the end.
And Henley managed to piss off Glen's son Deacon, also. WAY TO GO, DON !!!
It's terrible how such a nice man was mistreated. Such a legendary band, The Eagles, I'm just pretty sad to know that they didn't get along. These guys wrote some of the best music ever and they did it together. It's just a shame. I will always be a fan of the Eagles though. Who wouldn't be??
I like The Eagles but i think Randy Meisner made the right decision.
less is truly more!
Pretty much all the bands at the time suffered from POOR MANAGMENT! Mostly from back taxes that the managers neglected. Also from not soothing ruffeld feather in the bands and giveing them time to recuperate.
Can't stand Glen Frey. If it wasn't for him Randy would have remained with the eagles. Don Henley should have stepped up. Shame on both. It makes me angry whenever I think of it. Glen Frey was greedy. Don Henley a yes man. 😮
Henley is toxic.
So was Glenn Frey!!!
It's AI, and the "author" did not want to bother to edit it, which is quite simple to do- We always edit the AI whenever we use it in order to sound original and credible!
I’m not in any way trying to be rude with my question. I just don’t know whether this is standard equipment in your field. Do you have a sound wave computer program. Can you conduct the same analysis as Fil at wings of Pegasus ? My lip laptop broke. This is my son’s iPad, and I have zero idea how to copy and paste the url. Even if you don’t have that equipment, if you listen you can tell the difference. Search take it to the limit live, then that will bring up Randy singing it from a 1977 live show. It is flawless. It’s beautiful. It’s also a fake. It’s been remastered when it’s auto tune. Go back to your search videos and find the one where Randy is wearing a white printed t-shirt. It’s still great, but there is a distinct difference.
Two names are pronounced wrongly (Fry and Leadon)
He was one of the original members, and "Take It To The Limit" wouldn't have sounded right without him. And the reason Bernie LEEdon left was he was simply tired of touring. (what a crappy narration, can't even pronounce the band's names right)
Randy is a definite eagle for sure!.....
Since this video was about Randy and his time with the Eagles, I'll just stick to that . I wasn't there in the trenches with the band so I only know what I've read, and seen in interviews with the Eagles . However as far as Randy and Take It To The Limit, to me that will always be his signature song. As for the feelings of retiring the song due to Randy's departure ? This one is a half for and a half not. The for is that even though it's Randy's extraordinary voice, the song does belong to the band. Yet, Every time I hear it, Randy always comes to mind making it his song and will always state that Randy was and is still very much a part of the Eagles regardless of what form . When it comes to bands that we grew up with , originals always stick out and some just say it's not the same, and it's not. I do however admire those that carry on with the band because it not only keeps the originals alive, it also does the same with their music.
The set list shows that "Take It To The Limit" was actually played that night in Knoxville.
who sang lead?
Correct. Randy Meisner always sang the song. Take it to the limit was sang by Randy early on in the concert as usual. It was not included In the encode that night in Knoxville. What Frey and Henley said in the documentary was bs. Having not been well that night, and having already been out for two escorts, he simply refused a third.
I heard that, too. In fact, in the next days newspaper, the critic listed the songs played, and there it was, right in the middle of the set list as always.
Apparently it was played in the encore. When they went backstage he said he didn’t want to sing it and Frey got pissed. Frey had said the people come to hear the song. He did sing it.
According to the set list the night in question Take it to the limit was played in the first half of the Concert, and Glen Frey wanted him to sing it a second time. Because the song hit Meisner's highest range and was taxing for him to sing being sick, it was contemptible for Frey to ask Meisner to sing it twice.
I like Timothy but Randy was a better voice and bassist
Randy's voice had soul
Meisner deserved a couple of songs on every Eagles album.
Meisner may have thrown the first punch but Frey had it coming the way he and Henley treated Randy was absolutely shameful
I have been in the Business for 55 years and as a Drummer/Vocalist.
My experience with egomaniac Musicians runs deep.
Some of these Premadona types think they are the only ones who ever picked up a guitar!
Had a High school bandmate who probably has a 100 tune cover song list.
At a class reunion, he wouldn't let me sit in for a few songs. So afraid that I would show him up as a better Singer.
At age 65, he still plays shitty little Bars for no money.
I think this disease hits Guitar players and Singers more than other Players.
They have 'DUMB DRUMMER' SYNDROME !!!
WELL,
THIS DUMB DRUMMER OWNS 78 COPYRIGHTS ON ORIGINAL SONGS THAT HAVE BEEN ON RADIO, AND PERFORMS AT NICER VENUES LIKE CASINOS, CRUISE SHIPS, ETC..
BANDS ARE A TEAM SPORT PEOPLE!!
😎👍🇺🇸
Lee a don? Really?
Why is it so hard to pronounce names correctly?
Because it’s done with AI.
it isn't. This is a Brit interview and that's how they pronounce it there. Some of them also pronounce Meisner as Messner.
I was wondering the same thing!!!
Yes--- what about DON HARTLEY?????
Glen and Don caused the downfall of the Eagles. Money over everything else. That’s just my opinion.
All my favorite Eagle's song have nothing to do with Frye and Henley...Meisners songs and Leadon songs were all the more complex artful .
Agreed
Right decision because he did it his way.
The problem with the Eagles was that Don Henley and Glen Frey were both bullies and that is what caused the problems. Same with Don Felder,he left because of the others as well. And Don Henley had his biggest hit about his relationship with Stevie Nicks,or should I say his loss of her in his life, and it didn't work because she had seen a side of him that only the other band members had seen and heard. And I will leave you with this thought, the greatest are the sum of their parts, not a single person, and paid workers. The Beatles were drifting apart before they did Sgt Peppers but held it together for their own sake, and for the amount of albums that they have made that were all top 10 except the first. The Eagles were very good, but the personalities of the band were, in some cases, over the top, and if he was physically compromised, it would have been worse because of Frey and Henley. Oh,and one more thing, you don't know what someone is really like until you are forced to live with them. And I am sure that there are plenty of people who know what I mean.
Well seems Don is still a bully and even Deacon had enough.
Perhaps when a band reaches a certain level of fame, they start feeling the strain of always being around each other touring and recording, and tension develops.
Wow , you had alot to say there , Frey n Henley ego driven for sure , Frey earlier, Henley later , but it was Freys band in the long run , so he threw the are,.
AXE
@@alwittenberg6282 Glenn's son joined and ended up leaving cause Henley's a selfish pr*** and a bully. Didn't want to pay him properly and acknowledge his contribution. Without Frey, Henley's not that much.
Watching this makes me sad.
It's Glen FRY, Like FRY Bread. Deacon FRY!
This interview is from the UK. That's how they speak there.
@@diannclemens6847 yeah but I imagine Glenn would still pronounce his own name the same. This is a crappy narration delivered by AI. The robot also pronounces Bernie Leadon's name wrong.
Call me Deacon Fry…….Deacon Fry…….
The voice is AI. Not intuitive.
The more I learn over these last several years - I can't help but conclude that Glen Frey and Don Henley are just terrible human beings - sad - but the evidence seems to be over-whelming and from numerous sources. I've always liked Randy Meisner's music - especially in Poco - I just hate it when band members can't get along and break up - the fans are forever stuck in a "what might have been" mindset.
Wow. Could your AI narrator have pronounced any more names incorrectly ??? 🙄
so greatWwe grew up together! saw them in their 20s and in 2014.thanks Caseys voice.
FRY e like fried chicken it's so annoying to music lover me.
Glen FRAY????????
If “divorce” can happen to the Beatles, then it can happen to any band. There’s always an asshole in a family!!😲😳🙄
Love it !!❤
Vince Gill was with Pure Prairie League at end of 70s
To me, Vince Gill doesn't sound like he belongs with them.
@@heather6668 hell no he needs to stay country not Rock and Roll
@@CindySurvilla Yeah he does
I saw Pure Prairie League open for the Allman Brothers Band, Providence Civic Center, 1979. Vince Gill sang lead and played guitar.
@@amerocker I liked them. Have 3 albums of theirs
The Knoxville incident is a prime example of the autocratic, success obsessed Glen Frey. After a successful night's performance, how much difference would it make if the band didn't perform TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT as the encore? A few grumbling fans as they leave the venue? They were all doing a lot of coke, booze and whatever their sexual appetites required on a long tour. If Randy's voice is shot, a respectful bandleader would've said; 'no problem man, we'll give 'em something else' To Frey to demand Meisner do the song and insist that he hit all the notes is just; well, would you like to have a prick like that as your leader? Randy was a sensitive guy from Nebraska. Glen was a wise ass with attitude from Detroit.
When I was a kid in the late 70's, a cousin of mine made me promise not to try cocaine. He said I'd like it too much, that is would ruin me. I took that speech to heart and never went near it. it was good advise, and stories like this one with the Eagles remind me of that. It ruined a lot of good people.
Maybe this guy should figure out how to pronounce names properly
Using Chicago as analogy is not a good comparison. They had their own problems from when Terry Kath died to when David Foster came on the scene. Foster and Peter Cetera turned Chicago away from their brass section classical music, jazz and R&B, and more to pop music to suit Peter Cetera's voice. The Eagles without Randy and Don Felder are just a cover band cashing in to suit Frey and Henley's avarice for money.
Randy should've left a huge impression on Glens left eye socket. Glen bullied him beyond anything I'd ever heard of. You bully me, you get the black eye. Rip. Randy Miesner
Don is a real prick
I’m still pissed Ranch wasn’t included in the Hell Freezes over tour..
I wish they would release the video shown here of the. Singing Seven Bridges Road…it was on for a bit but taken down. Please consider bringing it back for us! 🥹
OMG! If that commentator says "Eagleses" one more time, I'm gonna explode!
Clearly, Randy Meisner was not difficult to replace and everyone was much happier without him. You don't know him and you live in a fantasy world.
Just my opinion, but if they could back time and take a page out of Coby Bryant’s rule book, things would be different. All because you can turn a small, but incredibly gifted band into arguably in their own genre equal to Led Zeppelin, that in my opinion was the greatest band in my lifetime.kobe went directly from high school into the nba. As his career progressed, he saw leaving it all on the court was not the best route for he and his family. Kobe did not know how to take care of his business and large wealth, so he quietly began taking night courses in business. He needed to work on his foot work, so took ballet classes with 6 to 8 yr olds. I believe if they had hired an independent HR firm, differences could have been handled for what they were, business decisions, instead of what they became, personal resentments, don and glen taking control and dictating how things were going to be instead adherence to signed contracts. No yelling, cursing and fists flying. Also, look at glen Frey .. pronounced fry .. pictures from mid to late 70s. He has terrible dark circles under his eyes. He was extremely ill, which may have affected his thoughts and behavior. He suffered from the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis
, which is not arthritis. I also have it. For whatever reason, the body thinks the synovial fluid in the joints is a virus, etc. the body over produces white blood cells, which kill off the red blood cells, and the red blood cells, instead of being filtered from the liver out of the body, the interior components dump that unhealthy rbc debris into the blood stream. It causes inflammation all throughout the body, especially in the joints causing them to look arthritic. It is a much more serious disease, and an invisible one, like type 1 diabetes, which is also an autoimmune disease. But the worst part is, you cannot drink alcohol or take certain drugs, anything the liver processes. And the disease is 100% fatal. There is no cure, only treatment. From the videos and photos, I don’t think he’d been diagnosed in the 70s. It is painful and you walk around feeling like you have the flu all the time. Stress can cause it to flare, and that’s certain,y happening. The worst side effect is literally overwhelming fatigue. I don’t know how he stood for 2 hrs on the stage. I don’t know how he continued to play the guitar. And another reason for self medicating through either alcohol or drug, was to,cope with the pain. Whatever the reason, it was killing him. Also, each full shareholder of the eagles LLC, should have hired their own counsel and agent, and let them duke it out. They also at any time could request an independent evaluation and audit of the books. I’m not saying they did, but if Henley and Frey also, any employee, not partner, must have the the exact taxes and retirement taken from their wages. They also have to provide workers comp insurance. A roadie setting up equipment that fails and injures that person, you pay all their medical bills as well as 60 or 70% of their gross income. Another huge issue with self employment, you cannot use the same bank account. And all full partners are entitled to information regarding the company bank account. I’m not throwing shade on this, because quite frankly, I would, too, but don and glen began spending money like there was no tomorrow. Were they writing unauthorized checks to themselves, moving money out of the country to hide true income earned, bank transfers from the business accounts into personal accounts? I don’t know, it Randy and don, as partners, have a right to that income. Don fielder claimed that eagles, LLC was not a multi million dollar company. It was billions, plural, billions of dollars in revenue. And now don Henley is screwing the public again. Lip syncing to backing tracks, charging $12,500 for one ticket on the floor near the stage. The crappy nosebleed seats cost 879.00 per ticket, plus all the fees they tack on. When all of this begins to topple over, I don’t think you have to be psychic to know, there’s gonna be a heartache tonight …
I wonder how it would have turned out if Take it to the Limit had not been written...🤔 Randy was a nice guy it seems....
PRONOUNCE NAMES RIGHT. DUH.......
Agreed!!!!
It's just Eagles, not THE Eagles.
I would not doubt it if Henley and Frye didn’t purposely push Randy out of the band so they could hire a bass player for cheaper. Don and Glen love money
And Henley is the only one left now, and has been accused of lip-- synching. He will get his, soon.
Randy could have easily had his own successful solo career if not for his stage fright and he hated touring
Was this video produced by AI? The repetitive nature of the narration seems to indicate it was.
The speaker cannot even pronounce Frey and JD Souther correctly. Embarrassing!
Its AI not a person
Of course it was before his death. RIP Randy and keep up the good work in heaven.
Who is this Glen Fray this guy is talking about?
Hey ai, who is Glenn "FRAY"?
Their concerts today have been shown to be lip synced to a prerecorded track and that’s lying! Certainly not worth the money they’re charging!
Only Don Henley's parts are mimed on the new tour. When Glenn Fray (ahem Frey- pronounced Fry) left/died, the touring should have stopped, imo.
Egos get in the way of
all band break ups
Felder didnt fight. Read his book. They treated him like shit. And he took it like a wimp. Read HIS book!
Frey, erroneamente, se achava a última bolacha do pacote. Longe disso, com todo respeito. Era rude com todos.
Don doesn't give a damn about Randy's feelings.
True!!!
Bernie wanted to play more Bluegrass. Im happy that didnt happen. Bernie is a great interview and looks and sounds great today. But the Eagles grew more into a rock/pop act, no longer a bluegrass/western act like they started
You mixed up John David Souther and Randy in forming the Eagles
Fray and Leeden? 😂
My favourite song was moon river
So what was 'the' song he would't sing?
He told you….Take It to the Limit
You don't know who I think I am! This is the downfall of many relationships.
Right. “The Eagles took on another path” and became “The Lip Sync Kings”
Yeah leavie 8t to Don
This vid is full of people completely unrelated to the story....who the f_ck are the guys in the band photo at 2:38??? The narrative is crap. The narrator spends half the time talking about what they're going to talk about instead of providing details. And who're Glenn Fraey and Bernie Lee-a-don? A waste of 20 mins
Who the hell remembers him?
Take It to the Limit, Randy's song , went up on RUclips eight months ago and has collected 11 million views, so I'd say a lot of people know and love Randy Meisner.
The players in the band,,worked for the song writers..Pretty sure its not the first time in history that a boss mistreated an employee...Nobody ever became famous in the music industry doing covers,,therefore the only way to make it is to write your own songs.The band was a business.Without the songwriters there was no business!!If you cant take the heat stay out of the kitchen!!Meisner was a whiner who complained about doing his job.Frey told him to quit so he did,,End of story!
Henley and Frey turned the band into the $hitbirds
This AI shit needs to be editied heavily "Again, half as long."
Frey, not Fray!
Groups sometimes forget that there first works sre the best. Many a band has gone wrong forsaking their winning formula and iconic sound.
Frey, NOT Fray!! Come on man.
So poorly written and narrated I had to stop listening. So repetitive.
FRAY?????... Come on, if you want to make a credible video on the Eagles at least make sure you pronounce names of the band members CORRECTLY!
Randy's bagel buddies are his flying monkeys even after his death. It's well known that Randy Meisner was the cause of all the problems. Not just with the Eagles but any of the problems in his life. If you didn't know him personally you need to zip it.
never listen to the eagles since. glenn joe an don
They Like respect 🫡 for one another it they had ❤️ Love 💕 a Band must have. With out this it turn out hate .
on Leaving The Angels