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Don Henley - The End of Innocence

submitted by Farhad2000

1 decade 6 years 4 months 1 week ago

"The End of the Innocence" was dedicated to all the farmers who were losing their farms because of the loan conditions brought about by the savings and loan crises of the late 1980s.

The lyrics called out then-President Ronald Reagan for pouring money into such defense projects as the missile defense shield rather than helping the struggling American farmer: "Oh Beautiful, for Spacious Skies but now those skies are threatening. Beating plowshares into swords for this tired old man that we elected King."

19 Comments

Always liked this song. My wife got him to drop his drawers and bend over for a shot of Vit. B-12 in his butt cheek. She said he was a real ass from her perspective. Seriously, she said he was a real gentleman and he gave her and her friend front-center tickets for the trouble.

kronosposeidon

Such a good song. I'll be disappointed if this doesn't make it.

Contact me if this dies, Farhad. I'll promote it.

always a great lyricist, and some of the best arrangements.

therealblankman

Thanks, farhad, for this welcome opportunity to downvote Don Henley's mediocrity and banality.

I hate the fucking Eagles, man.

Get out of my cab.

Moving this video to Farhad2000's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 3 days.

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Thank you WarnerFUCKINGMusic

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Tags for this video have been changed from '80s, classic, david fincer, directed, great video, song' to '80s, classic, david fincher, directed, great video, song' - edited by my15minutes

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