Exclusive Dialogue Eagle: Hotel California should be mysterious (fig)

The Eagles sang in Melbourne at the end of last year, where they held a farewell concert in 2004 and recorded the countless fans serving as a collection of live DVD Eagles to sing the classic Eagle band to sing the classic HD photos: The Eagles return to Melbourne to sing and reproduce the classic Sina Entertainment News　　The Eagle's Beijing concert is about to be held on March 12 at the Five Pines Stadium in Beijing, where he has expressed his expectations for the opening of Beijing's song by Henley, the lead singer of the Eagle Band. The eagle's latest performance came late last year at Laver Stadium in Melbourne, Australia (Rod Laver Arena), where they held a farewell concert here in 2004 and recorded a live DVD of countless fans serving as collectors. After six years, the Eagles are still alive, with the exception of 15 minutes of intermission and three hours of singing.　　The whole chorus and the crowd spontaneously get up and dance, it is easy to forget that this has been a set up for nearly 40 years of the band, people also have some incredible role in the stage has been 60. I look forward to the opening of the new album in Beijing and Shanghai Sina Entertainment: Hello, first of all, congratulations on your performance last night is very exciting, very successful, interactive very good.　　It's not the first time you've had a concert in Melbourne. Don-Henry: Thanks, we had a good time. In the United States, people come to concerts, have been chatting, often "roaring", a lot of noise. The Australian audience is very quiet, they are more involved in listening to music, so we can communicate better, we have recorded a live version of the DVD.　　Melbourne this is one of the best places we have felt on the world tour, we like it here.　　Sina Entertainment: The first half of the Melbourne concert, you sang the song to the countryside, the latter part of the very rock, such choreography is deliberately?　　Don Henry: This is our special arrangement, with rock and roll songs to bring the scene to the climax, and finally with "Desperado" to end, let everyone calm down.　　Sina Entertainment: How is the next tour going to be planned, besides, what other plans does the eagle have? Don-Henry: We went to Asia to sing in February or March and return to Europe in June. In addition, I am also preparing a new album of country music, now has a part of the repertoire. So I'm going to Nashville a month.　　(Note: Nashville is the representative of American country music) Sina Entertainment: for the upcoming Beijing concert, Chinese fans are looking forward to, there are some special programs for the Chinese audience? Don-Henry: We had a concert in Hong Kong before, but I'm really looking forward to a concert in Shanghai and Beijing. At present, the range of the singing repertoire is roughly delineated and some details are being finalized. If it's not an accident, it should be similar to a concert in Melbourne.　　I want to go to Beijing to have a good stroll, can go to the Great Wall, there are other places of interest to see. "The Hotel California" was supposed to be mysterious.A Journey Sina Entertainment: "The Hotel California" is a popular song in China. What exactly does its lyrics mean? People have all kinds of interpretations of it, and some say it shows the sadness and confusion of the whole 70 's.　　You may have answered this question many times, but Chinese fans would like to share it with you personally. Don Henry: This song is supposed to be mysterious. I know Chinese friends like this song, and I know people are curious about it. I studied poetry and literature at university and used what I had learned in my creation. This song has a trait of excellent poetry: ambiguity. So people want to explain what they can. This song is really about a journey-a journey from ignorance to vicissitudes. It says is decadent and lost innocence, many of my songs are "Lost Innocence" as the theme. The song was overshadowed by a little myth. There are too many people to speculate on this song, but I think some of the explanations are quite outrageous.　　One thing I'd like to point out is that the California hotel is actually sung throughout America, not just California.　　Refusing to be fashionable just want to go to Sina Entertainment gracefully: at a concert in Melbourne, I noticed that a lot of viewers are middle-aged, young people are relatively few, have you ever thought of using new songs to attract more young people? Don Henry: No, we're not going to cater. We only do our own music, if people like it, that's great, if people don't like it, it doesn't matter.　　People either like our music or hate it, and don't have an ambiguous attitude.　　Sina Entertainment: This means that everything depends on music to speak. Don Henry: Yes. We are not fashionable, there is no gorgeous clothing, we rely on the music. That's why we're still singing on stage.　　By 2012, the Eagles had been set up for 40 years, but it could be a year or two before we quit. Sina Entertainment: Really?　　That's bad news! Don Henry: No, I didn't want to say that.　　What I want to say is that as long as people are willing to come to see us, as long as we can get people to come and see our show, we will sing all the time until one of us is out of strength, but now it looks like we're all right, right? Sina Entertainment: indeed.　　From the Melbourne Show, you all look very energetic, no different from 5 years ago or even 10 years ago.　　Don Henry: (laughs) I've been insisting on going to the gym. Sina Entertainment: When you go to sing those classic songs, have you ever thought about the adaptation of interest, or to keep the original?　　Because, as you know, a lot of your fans, they want to hear the good old days from the song. Don Henry: There are some old songs we will sing as we did when we were recording, but there are some very minor changes we can make. People still want to hear the original version of the song. If you go to the Bob Dylan concert, sometimes you don't even know what the hell he's singing, you can say the songs are completely unrecognizable, different rhythms, different melodies, but we don'tIf you are an artist, you will be free. We want the audience to be happy, because they spend a lot of money to see us (laugh). Once a song is written, it should be that way, and we will act as they are. Sometimes we might try to play a little harder, like some Joe's songs (note: Joe Walsh, one of the Eagles). Sometimes, there may be more bands and harmonies involved.　　We will make a good balance in the adaptation or the adaptation.　　Sina Entertainment: Now there are a lot of rock bands, they follow the trend, become more and more fashionable, you will? Don Henry: Fashionable things always turn to Earth. We just do what we want to do and never be a fashionable band. Our music can make us grow old gracefully. For a pop band, it's really hard to get old gracefully. I don't know how long it will be to sing like Axl Rose in a "roaring" way, because the voice of man Can't sing for 20 years. I think we're lucky.　　Because even if we become old men, our songs are relatively easy to sing.　　Life is a child and an eagle. Sina Entertainment: As the lead singer of the band, you have been in the eagle, witness the development of the band, this band for you personally what it means? Don Henry: There are only two things in my life: the Children and the Eagles. My entire adult life, the basic is the Eagle Band. Glenn and I started the band in 1971, and some of them left, and some of the new members joined, but the main members didn't change, and I think the Eagles are better now than ever. This band is a "strange" combination of art and commerce. Because we create art, but also businessmen. At the very beginning, we screwed everything up very foolishly. Luckily, we met our current agent in 1974 and he was great. When we were young, we were as naïve as many young bands. Over the years, we've learned a lot about how to better combine music with business. American rock journalists tend to adore those who die and serve as heroes for young, young singers who we don't want to be. In other areas, people can work until they are 65 years old, or even older, but people think that rock-and-roll shouldn't work at this age.　　But we did it, like Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, they were all very old and singing, and we had no reason not to sing.　　Sina Entertainment: You have been flying solo and achieved very good results, Glenn also, these solo experience after you all back to the eagle, have you brought some new inspiration? Don Henry: Basically no, once asked George Harrison (note: One of the Beatles), if all the members of the Beatles were still together, what the Beatles would be like today. He said to get his own album, a Zhang Paolo-McCartney's album and a John Lennon album, picking out a song from each album, put together what the Beatles now look like.　　It is the same for us, and some of my own songs may be a little different from the style of the Eagles, but they are basically the same. Like classical music The eagle is influenced by black music Sina Entertainment: Many people think you are rock band, but from the repertoire of the Melbourne concert, in fact, your style is changeable.　　What kind of music do you listen to and what kind of music has a big impact on you? Don Henry: In 1972, when we first started the Eagles, we were basically a country folk band, but over time we tried all the American music, rock, ballad, blues, country, even some jazz, we don't belong to any band. The problem is that when a rock journalist or a critic gives you a label for a rock, it's hard to get rid of the label.　　But I don't think we're a country rock band or any other genre, we're American music. I love all kinds of music, especially classical music, such as Chopin. We also know a lot about the history of rock music. In the 60 's, even earlier black music had a profound effect on the Eagles. Our band are all fans of Al Green, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and James Brown who have influenced me in their singing style. I'm actually a blues singer.　　I grew up singing songs in Texas, singing all the blues.　　Sina Entertainment: In addition to classical music, you also like to listen to who music? Don Henry: The Black Keys and a Canadian female singer named Feist. I like Green Day and my son likes them.　　Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga's songs are more popular among young people, but I don't listen.　　Sina Entertainment: Thank you very much for accepting our interview, looking forward to seeing you in Beijing and looking forward to the Chinese tour of the eagle. Don-Henry: Thank you, I'm looking forward to it.