Effing EAGLES admit that half of their 2-CD Wal-Mart masterpiece was probably CRAP.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Rolling Stone cover story, the latest issue. Henley's "over it now" because he's been PAID. Fuck 'em all.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20796871

Their latest album, Long Road Out of Eden, includes 20 tracks of closely observed love songs (Frey and Schmit), mocking introspection (Walsh) and biting political and social commentaries (Henley), all delivered with the Eagles' unmistakable harmonies amid widely varying instrumental textures and haunting melodies. It's their first album of original music since 1979, and they're touring for as long as they feel like it with a three-hour show that highlights almost half the new album. Maybe they're a "heritage" act by sheer force of chronology, but there aren't many other heritage acts who can so flagrantly defy the actuarial tables for creativity.

"The album would have been better if we'd taken another six months," says Henley. "There are some weak spots. I still think it should have been a single album. But I lost that one. There were four or five more songs that were good but not finished. But we wanted to get it out for Christmas. Again, the dictates of business. Either Christmas, or they'd have to wait for the summer or even next fall to put it out. We're not getting any younger, so we decided to let it go. But I wasn't done."

Twenty songs, and he wasn't done?

"I'm still accused of perfectionism. There's no such thing as perfection. But I do think it's a good idea to strive for excellence and have a vision and go for it. This album is very good, but it could have been better. But that thing called democracy reared its head again. And here we are. But that's OK. I stewed about it for a while. But I'm over it now."