With name like Marcie, “Peanuts” references come naturally! Just wait until Sal starts wearing Peppermin Patty’s striped green shirt! (and maybe sandals) Marcie will swoon for sure!
I cannot think of this song without actually singing “Dead Cicada” by “The Beagles” from the Radio 4 series Radio Active (which weirdly doesn’t sound that much like “Desperado” even though that’s the reference — although it does sound like a parody of something the Eagles would have sung.)
Same for me, but I’m mostly used to it. Someone posted the lyrics, but from other comments, I’m guessing many people dislike the artist and consider them a one hit wonder. So, I’m guessing Sal also dislikes them as an artist?
Song’s about this lone wanderer type figure. Multiple other characters have sung it at Sal (Walky to make fun of her for being a loner/imply she doesn’t have to, Danny when she requested a song that was folksy and quiet – see links provided by Rassilon and Astariel). Not sure if the polarising views on the artist play into the joke or not.
Oh and this is more of a sidenote but fwiw they weren’t exactly one hit wonders, while Hotel California was by far their biggest they had plenty of other well known songs.
You can say a lot about the Eagles, but they most definitely weren’t a one-hit wonder. Their first “Greatest Hits” album is literally the best selling album of all time in the US; it sold 40 million copies. And that *before* they’d even released what is arguably their most famous song, Hotel California.
there is a generation of north americans that were subjected to “the eagles” as either the butt of the joke of “how can a band nobody seems to like sell so well (basically they were the nickleback of the time but could actually write music) or forced to deal with the endless advertising of their collections and reunions to the point that they came to hate the band.
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honestly those who lived at the time might say kansas is more deserving of he nickleback of the era title but i wasnt alive at the time
Andy
Thanks for the info, I was guessing by context they were a couple hit band, mostly because the comments only mentioned ala few songs.
I’m gonna duck under my musical ignorance as a shield, like if you play me a song, I’ll probably recognize it, but rarely ever the band name and never the band members.
Okay, so the Eagles were a legitimately good band, with numerous songs that people sincerely liked. They were catchy and easy to sing along to, due to the nature of the vocals. They were also popular songs to sing along to when you were drunk with friends.
However, their era was 1971-1980. This puts them at just prior to GenX getting their own musical era (I consider each generation to be most impactful during the time when they were 14-22 years old; after that, you have to spend your money on stupid stuff like rent and food. For GenX, that means they run from 1979 to 2002, with the ‘core years’ being from 1987-1994).
Here’s where the generational demographics come into play. The Boomers, despite no longer being ‘hip’ by 1980, what with all the selling out, were still financially outsized compared with the GenXers. So we got (had) to listen to a LOT of their music, whether we wanted to or not. So it’s very common for GenXers and Xennials, now, to hate on the prior generation’s music. The fact that that era of music is typically referred to as “Classic Rock”, as if everything else that came after is insignificant, is another log in the fire.
Ever since Joel and Ethan Coen made The Big Lebowski, hipsters have been thinking it’s cool to hate on the Eagles because Jeff Bridges’ character does.
it was a very big genx -xennial thing, i can state my 76 born older brother and his friends and the comedians they were into, hated on the eagles hard 90-94 years
I quite enjoy it, but to sing it you need a particular kind of voice – which all those cigarettes might have given Sal, I dunno. The original singer (I never learned the names of the Eagles) had a pretty good vocal range.
i mean other than something too high or low pitched (tho being off key is half the fun of karaoke) i’d assume a lot of ppl would still enjoy listening to covers/singing along to stuff even if it doesn’t ‘fit’ their own voice if it’s just for fun/with friends than doing some professional cover/tribute
I know it’s a callback to Danny singing it earlier, but Desperado is a song from *1973*.
I realize they’re stuck in Indiana and they sorta don’t have internet access because DoA is set in the modern-day 90s, but it’s still quite an idea that both Danny and Marcie are huge fans of this soft-rock ballad that’s older than any of their parents. It’s not even a particularly well-remembered song! Who is exposing all these children to the Eagles, and for what foul purpose?
It really isn’t that outlandish for people to like older music, I’m 33 and the oldest music I like that I was introduced to by my father was Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holiday in 1941. He obviously wasn’t born anywhere near 1941. I actually had a lighthearted argument with a friend of mine because he told me I “don’t know who Freddie Mercury is” because that was “before our time”, and I pointed out that Mercury is obviously from Queen and named five songs Queen sang from my own memory on the spot because “before my time” or not, I’ve still heard and listened to Queen and I know who Freddie Mercury is. Also, DoA is basically current day. https://www.dumbingofage.com/comic/nonpassiveresistance/ Here’s Amber with what I’m assuming is a switch.
It always surprised me when people said things like that, because it just seemed so provincial, before I eventually realized it’s just one of those things where the more you’re into music the less you pay attention or care when music is from.
OttawaTom
As an over-50s fan of this strip, I love having the perspective of time, and seeing the modern reactions to the music I grew up with. Sic Gloria Transit Mundi and all that.
deliverything
That sort of “before our time” thing always seemed odd to me too, as my mother’s favourite musician died in 1791. I assure you, she’s not that old.
107 thoughts on “Sing”
hastur
Was wondering if Sal would show off her pipes.
Thag Simmons
I have missed Marcie so much
redcaela
SO MUCH
brionl
So long Marcie, it’s been nice knowing ya.
Gigafreak
After all that missing, surely their aim has improved
Cholma
Marcie, you sly dog!
Olofa
IUnderstoodThatReference.jpg
Cholma
With name like Marcie, “Peanuts” references come naturally! Just wait until Sal starts wearing Peppermin Patty’s striped green shirt! (and maybe sandals) Marcie will swoon for sure!
clif
The inevitable was inevitable.
Syl
willis boldly taking a stand on what this band’s actual name is i see
Moss
No, Willis is taking a stance on what the in-universe karaoke place has them listed as
Needfuldoer
Everyone knows it’s Eagles Comma The. (You have to write out the “comma”.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
She gotta let somebody love her, before it’s too late?
Dara
christ no not the eagles
literally the only way i’d sing that is if i had an all-you-can-squeak helium tank
Freezer
Dare I say, “Get Over It.”
Wizard
Great song, only made better by the delicious irony of being recorded by a band with legendary drama.
Gnomedeplume
“Man c’mon, I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man.”
butting
They only ever released one good track, and you’re not going to come across an instrumental at a karaoke club anyway.
ThomasQuinn
Your personal subjective taste, or lack of it, is not authoritative, or even interesting.
Richard Barrell
They made a lot of good songs but the Journey of the Sorcerer is still better than any of the others.
Freezer
“One of These Nights?” “Lying Eyes?” “”Take It Easy?” “Life In The Fastlane?” “Heartache Tonight?” “Peaceful Easy Feeling?” :”Disco Strangler?”
Plain Marie
I was gonna say…
ValdVin
“New Kid in Town” is a favorite addition to your list.
Dani
Desperado? Or should I come to my senses?
brionl
The last time I got pestered into doing Karaoke, I picked Pipeline and Tequila.
Wraithy2773
I will never not take the chance to sing along to Hotel California, though.
Steamweed
I have checked out many times, but I have never left.
Suet
I instantly fell to my knees, good grief
we all know we want to hear Hurt by Johnny Cash
embe13
hurt is by NIN, covered by cash (it is the superior album recording), but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhhEHuChFck&list=PL3mhGTA9JQQCNZrdRu1ZcSG6Nnxz9hRL4&index=30
hurt as a duet with bowie is my definitive version
Freemage
TBF, Trent Reznor declared that Hurt belonged to Cash after his cover came out.
Amelie W
He even made a cover of Cash’s cover of his own song, which seems like the most groveling sort of flattery.
RassilonTDavros
Coooooontinuity
v
LMAO thank u for explaining i totally missed this
Cholma
Great memory!
Astariel
Also to here.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/comic/eagles/
Daibhid C
What’s hilarious is that there’s absolutely no reason for any of this to be coordinated. Everyone has independently decided that this is Sal’s song.
Daibhid C
I cannot think of this song without actually singing “Dead Cicada” by “The Beagles” from the Radio 4 series Radio Active (which weirdly doesn’t sound that much like “Desperado” even though that’s the reference — although it does sound like a parody of something the Eagles would have sung.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS9M8P2YSLk
Daibhid C
That wasn’t meant to be a reply.
M!a
oh Marcie. didn’t anyone tell you not to try to corner a wild animal?
veggiemail
Ok who let Walky choose the song order
Freezer
I’m just waiting for someone to show some guts and sing “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” or “Alone.”
Joe Moose
I cackled at this. We’ve come at full circle, it seems.
Bill Erak
Once again in a situation where my musical illiteracy makes the joke not quite land, sadly.
Andy
Same for me, but I’m mostly used to it. Someone posted the lyrics, but from other comments, I’m guessing many people dislike the artist and consider them a one hit wonder. So, I’m guessing Sal also dislikes them as an artist?
Raznaak
Sal dislike them quite much apparently, check RassilonTDavros’s comments and the replies.
Aura
Song’s about this lone wanderer type figure. Multiple other characters have sung it at Sal (Walky to make fun of her for being a loner/imply she doesn’t have to, Danny when she requested a song that was folksy and quiet – see links provided by Rassilon and Astariel). Not sure if the polarising views on the artist play into the joke or not.
Oh and this is more of a sidenote but fwiw they weren’t exactly one hit wonders, while Hotel California was by far their biggest they had plenty of other well known songs.
Envy
You can say a lot about the Eagles, but they most definitely weren’t a one-hit wonder. Their first “Greatest Hits” album is literally the best selling album of all time in the US; it sold 40 million copies. And that *before* they’d even released what is arguably their most famous song, Hotel California.
Olofa
Not to mention the theme to the “Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_of_the_Sorcerer
embe13
there is a generation of north americans that were subjected to “the eagles” as either the butt of the joke of “how can a band nobody seems to like sell so well (basically they were the nickleback of the time but could actually write music) or forced to deal with the endless advertising of their collections and reunions to the point that they came to hate the band.
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honestly those who lived at the time might say kansas is more deserving of he nickleback of the era title but i wasnt alive at the time
Andy
Thanks for the info, I was guessing by context they were a couple hit band, mostly because the comments only mentioned ala few songs.
I’m gonna duck under my musical ignorance as a shield, like if you play me a song, I’ll probably recognize it, but rarely ever the band name and never the band members.
Freemage
Okay, so the Eagles were a legitimately good band, with numerous songs that people sincerely liked. They were catchy and easy to sing along to, due to the nature of the vocals. They were also popular songs to sing along to when you were drunk with friends.
However, their era was 1971-1980. This puts them at just prior to GenX getting their own musical era (I consider each generation to be most impactful during the time when they were 14-22 years old; after that, you have to spend your money on stupid stuff like rent and food. For GenX, that means they run from 1979 to 2002, with the ‘core years’ being from 1987-1994).
Here’s where the generational demographics come into play. The Boomers, despite no longer being ‘hip’ by 1980, what with all the selling out, were still financially outsized compared with the GenXers. So we got (had) to listen to a LOT of their music, whether we wanted to or not. So it’s very common for GenXers and Xennials, now, to hate on the prior generation’s music. The fact that that era of music is typically referred to as “Classic Rock”, as if everything else that came after is insignificant, is another log in the fire.
stePH
Ever since Joel and Ethan Coen made The Big Lebowski, hipsters have been thinking it’s cool to hate on the Eagles because Jeff Bridges’ character does.
embe13
it was a very big genx -xennial thing, i can state my 76 born older brother and his friends and the comedians they were into, hated on the eagles hard 90-94 years
3oranges
Well, comics can only go down from here. Not this particular comic, all comics.
TrueVCU
This might actually be the closet Sal has come to actually wanting to do murder to Marcie
Brasca1
Life’s Been Good to Me So Far is my Eagles song of choice.
Ray Radlein
I see what you did there
Nash
Man, come on, I had a rough night and I hate the fucking Eagles.
Wack'd (Mod, Click Name for Rules)
get out of my fucking cab
anon
is it that bad a song? all i know about the eagles is that bad/medium place joke from the good place
Jon
I quite enjoy it, but to sing it you need a particular kind of voice – which all those cigarettes might have given Sal, I dunno. The original singer (I never learned the names of the Eagles) had a pretty good vocal range.
anon
i mean other than something too high or low pitched (tho being off key is half the fun of karaoke) i’d assume a lot of ppl would still enjoy listening to covers/singing along to stuff even if it doesn’t ‘fit’ their own voice if it’s just for fun/with friends than doing some professional cover/tribute
Pocky
Man; Marcie remains a treat.
Qube
Marcie all like U GOTTA! :0
(excited bouncy hops are implied, I presume)
SaffronComic
I know it’s a callback to Danny singing it earlier, but Desperado is a song from *1973*.
I realize they’re stuck in Indiana and they sorta don’t have internet access because DoA is set in the modern-day 90s, but it’s still quite an idea that both Danny and Marcie are huge fans of this soft-rock ballad that’s older than any of their parents. It’s not even a particularly well-remembered song! Who is exposing all these children to the Eagles, and for what foul purpose?
AlexanderHammil
ehhh, it’s old enough now for college kids to be into it as music their grandparents liked, it’s not implausible
Dean
DoA isn’t sent in the 90s, it’s the current day. People have smartphones. Carla has a flatscreen TV!
Doopyboop
It really isn’t that outlandish for people to like older music, I’m 33 and the oldest music I like that I was introduced to by my father was Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holiday in 1941. He obviously wasn’t born anywhere near 1941. I actually had a lighthearted argument with a friend of mine because he told me I “don’t know who Freddie Mercury is” because that was “before our time”, and I pointed out that Mercury is obviously from Queen and named five songs Queen sang from my own memory on the spot because “before my time” or not, I’ve still heard and listened to Queen and I know who Freddie Mercury is. Also, DoA is basically current day. https://www.dumbingofage.com/comic/nonpassiveresistance/ Here’s Amber with what I’m assuming is a switch.
Barf Ninjason
It always surprised me when people said things like that, because it just seemed so provincial, before I eventually realized it’s just one of those things where the more you’re into music the less you pay attention or care when music is from.
OttawaTom
As an over-50s fan of this strip, I love having the perspective of time, and seeing the modern reactions to the music I grew up with. Sic Gloria Transit Mundi and all that.
deliverything
That sort of “before our time” thing always seemed odd to me too, as my mother’s favourite musician died in 1791. I assure you, she’s not that old.