Of all the classic-rock documentaries that have been produced in the past decade, History of the Eagles is rivaled only by Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage as the best of the bunch. But whereas Beyond the Lighted Stage is a heartwarming story about lifelong friends who happen to be in the world’s biggest prog band, History of the Eagles is a much darker story about craven capitalists who labored for years over spotless, perfectly constructed pop-rock songs, and then played them forever on the road, even after they openly expressed their intense dislike for one another.
