If Slayer is the Eagles of death metal...

[goroth]

What is the Eagles?

I'm ignoring the fact that the simile is fundamentally flawed given that Slayer never have and never will play death metal.

I've listened to lots of Slayer. I get what they are. But the only Eagles tune I know of is Hotel California. I think. I probably know other tunes. I dunno. I guess, due to the syntax, that the simile about Slayer was created for someone who knew a lot about the Eagles. Or at least, enough. But what about the other way round? For someone who knows nothing about the Eagles? They are the Slayer of what? Dad rock? But aren't AC/DC the Slayer of Dad Rock? Blues rock? But isn't that ZZ top? Shitty ballads? Michael Bolton? No?

And is being the Slayer of anything good? I mean, I love Slayer, but after Decade of Aggression they sucked progressively harder, and their live shows are so boring I'd rather watch Windows 3.1 defrag a hard disk. But that first decade, a moderate to heavy consumption of alcohol and the general je ne sais quoi that is Slayer all combine to make them loveable legends.

So how does that relate to the Eagles?
The Eagles is the Slayer of what, and is that a good thing?

[D.o.S.]

Bad. The Eaglers are bad.

[doommeow]

[D.o.S.]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZrctLnsF4M[/youtube]

[Gone Fission]

D.O.S. has an excellent point, but I think of them as the Eagles of Coke-Heads Who Hate Each Other.

[snipelfritz]

D.O.S. has an excellent point, but I think of them as the Eagles of Coke-Heads Who Hate Each Other.

Weren't The Eagles coke heads who hated each other?

I think whoever came first gets the rights.

[Chankgeez]

I do fuckin' hate The Eagles.

Who are "The Steely Dan of Crust"?

[lordgalvar]

I do fuckin' hate The Eagles.

Who are "The Steely Dan of Crust"?

Crocodile Skink? Nah, probably Electro Hippies.

The Eagles are terrible. As are the Eagles of Death Metal. Slayer...give or take. No offence to you Steeley Dan fans, I just saw them and I was torn: go see something worth seeing or stay in the beer tent and suffer? haha. I'm going to be positive and say that everyone is wonderful because they perceive themselves as wonderful. Yea.

Maybe the Eagles are the Slayer of the Lowest Common Denominator?

"The Amebix of Robert Frippin' your Freakin' Prog" is ___________?

[goroth]

"The Amebix of Robert Frippin' your Freakin' Prog" is ___________?

Dunno, but I would listen to it!

I'm still no closer to understanding that simile but this thread is delivering substantial goodness.

[D.o.S.]

The Eagles are terrible. As are the Eagles of Death Metal.

[lordgalvar]

The Eagles are terrible. As are the Eagles of Death Metal.

Alright, I will go do something else.

I ain't standing though.

Wait, who are we talking about? Slayer or that band with that guy with red hair that was in that other band with the guy from Nirvana?

[D.o.S.]

EODM are the bestest, dude.

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

[Mudfuzz]

[Blackened Soul]

What is the Eagles?

I'm ignoring the fact that the simile is fundamentally flawed given that Slayer never have and never will play death metal.

I've listened to lots of Slayer. I get what they are. But the only Eagles tune I know of is Hotel California. I think. I probably know other tunes. I dunno. I guess, due to the syntax, that the simile about Slayer was created for someone who knew a lot about the Eagles. Or at least, enough. But what about the other way round? For someone who knows nothing about the Eagles? They are the Slayer of what? Dad rock? But aren't AC/DC the Slayer of Dad Rock? Blues rock? But isn't that ZZ top? Shitty ballads? Michael Bolton? No?

And is being the Slayer of anything good? I mean, I love Slayer, but after Decade of Aggression they sucked progressively harder, and their live shows are so boring I'd rather watch Windows 3.1 defrag a hard disk. But that first decade, a moderate to heavy consumption of alcohol and the general je ne sais quoi that is Slayer all combine to make them loveable legends.

So how does that relate to the Eagles?
The Eagles is the Slayer of what, and is that a good thing?

Ok first you are forgetting big important things such as Slayer did not have puck rock invented to protest their shitty crappy jam for them man music that actually harms people's brains. Also, look what they did to Joe Walsh.. they made him into a eagle that's like becoming one of the pod people.