389 - Don Henley - The End of the Innocence - Alan Tudyk
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EPISODE SUMMARY:
Some art doesn't age well, and what seems relevant, unique or impactful at a given moment may lose its punch or appeal within just a few short years. But sometimes it doesn't need to stay evergreen. The adult contemporary style of Don Henley spoke to the newly disillusioned, post-hippy era baby boomers, and created the soundtrack to an entire epoch of American pop culture, reaching its zenith with his 1989 album The End of the Innocence. Actor Alan Tudyk looks back on that time and that record fondly, no matter what, just as he looks on many of the achievements in his long career, including major roles in the television series Firefly and the films Dodgeball and Star Wars: Rogue One.
SHOW NOTES:
00:30 - Intro
10:15 - Embracing the cheese
14:45 - That 80s feel
18:15 - Doing too much
25:15 - Becoming a man
37:30 - God bless the fans
45:15 - Life’s 50 yard line
50:45 - Unfuckability
56:00 - In a New York move
1:01:15 - Feed the beast
1:12:00 - Building your dream
1:26:30 - Facts!
1:31:00 - No residuals
1:35:30 - The best career decision ever
1:42:30 - Outro/New music
ALBUM STREAM - THE END OF THE INNOCENCE:
NEW MUSIC INFLUENCED BY DON HENLEY:
“Enough” by Geoff Pearlman