I was listening to an old Casey Kasem aircheck from 1972 & he identified this band as Eagles. It made me remember that is what I called them back then too. Somewhere along the line they started being referred to as "The" Eagles & it seems that is what I hear them regularly announced as & I've been calling them that too. On the website for the band, the only time "The" is used that I see is in an add on the homepage, which was probably done by someone without knowledge of the correct name. What does everyone think?
should've been a poll it's just Eagles, officially. lotta bands/acts have this conundrum. Bangles come to mind. and how about this ? I think it used to be a British thing to refer to them as "the Floyd". 1970 The apostrophe in Go-Go's .
There's an old thread on this very topic so I'll have to go back a see what I wrote then. Hang on.....
Pretty sure none of their LPs include "the" on the cover so I would guess it's just "Eagles," but I can't bring myself to say, "I put on a record by Eagles last night."
Not to change the subject — but if there’s an Eagles of Death Metal… are there any other “Eagles of…” bands or groups, of musical genres other than “Death Metal”? Like is there an “Eagles of Mumble Rap”?
Truly a First World problem. I've called them the Eagles for the entirety of their career. I didn't find out till I was wrong until I was well into adulthood. It was too late to change. I think I've proven that I am a fan by my pocketbook if nothing else.
Comedian Steve Martin cleared up the confusion in his book Born Standing Up when he wrote about a story that occurred at The Troubadour. "One night I was lingering at the bar and talking to Glenn Frey, who was just leaving his duo, Longbranch Pennywhistle. He said he was considering a name for his new five-man group. ‘What is it?’ I said. He said, ‘Eagles.’ I said, 'You mean, The Eagles?’ and he said, ‘No, Eagles.’"
Nah... Jefferson Airplane is not the Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd is not the Pink Floyd, Buffalo Springfield is not the...
Can you bring yourself to say, "I put on a record by Canned Heat (or Deep Purple, or...) last night?"
Plural noun band names sound more natural with a "the" ("The") in front. It's really that simple. A better comp would have been Pixies. It's officially Pixies, not The Pixies, but does anyone say "Pixies' best record was Doolittle"? Same for the Eagles, er, Eagles. If the (The) Beatles were officially Beatles, does anyone think we'd really write "Beatles' best record was Abbey Road?