Steven Hyden revisits the Eagles greatest hits collection (AV Club):
One of the most influential rock critics of the last couple of decades doesn’t write for Rolling Stone, Spin, or Pitchfork; he’s not a writer at all, actually, or even a real person. You could call this figure the man for his time and place. Even if he’s a lazy man — and this person is most certainly that, quite possibly the laziest in Los Angle-less County, which would place him high in the running for laziest worldwide — sometimes there’s a man, sometimes there’s a man…
I’m talking about The Dude here. Specifically, I’m talking about The Dude hating the fucking Eagles.
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