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This argument came up during discussions of Amazon HQ2. Whether its better to distribute. Or concentrate talent all in one location to foment a collision of ide
by ArtWomb 8y ago
This argument came up during discussions of Amazon HQ2. Whether its better to distribute. Or concentrate talent all in one location to foment a collision of ideas and egos.
I think about The Eagles and Hotel California a lot. It took them 2 years to record that album. Their previous rock-country records went platinum. But Hotel California sold like 10M+. That's what 10X improvement looks like. And it's obvious the effect of having Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Lindsay Buckingham, et al right next door or down the street to bounce around riffs and lyrics.
PBS doc Soundbreaking also has some great Laurel Canyon apocrypha:
https://www.pbs.org/show/soundbreaking/ https://www.pbs.org/show/soundbreaking/
- CPLX 8y agoPerhaps. They also had just completely changed their lineup, getting rid of Bernie Leadon and adding Joe Walsh. And they had been surrounded by amazing musicians the whole time, Glen Frey lived above Jackson Browne before they formed, and they started out as Linda Rondstat’s backing band. But hey it’s a good story.
- TomK32 8y agoQueen's best album was when Mercury was given complete artistic freedom and control. The other bandmembers did record their parts without even knowing how they'd end up in the finished album. Same with The Who's Quadrophenia which was Townshends brainchild and though not the commercially most successful, still a brilliant album.