I prefer Randy Meisner too, I really like all of the Eagles song he wrote or sung (Take It To The Limit is a classic, but Take The Devil, Certain Kind Of Fool, Too Many Hands and Try And Love Again are also great songs IMO). I can't agree with The Disco Strangler being better than I Can't Tell You Why, though - I can take or leave Timothy Schmit's vocals, the keyboard parts are nice but I definitely agree the highlight is that lovely guitar solo.
I find the harmony vocals on The Long Run are not quite as strong without Randy Meisner compared to the first five albums (although there are some songs like Those Shoes where Schmit's vocals are a better fit I think). However, I don't think the Eagles missed Bernie Leadon on Hotel California, either vocally or instrumentally.
Have to agree here, Oasis are definitely overrated in the UK - I don't hate them, some of their songs do have a pleasingly epic quality (Don't Look Back In Anger especially, Wonderwall however I think is probably their single most overrated song). I just don't think they deserved all the attention they got. Not so sure if they're overrated across the pond - I don't think they ever quite broke America.
I think I'd agree with this, my indifference to The Beatles comes largely from being exposed too much to the 'wrong' songs - most written by McCartney (Ob La Di, Ob La Da for instance).
Related to this, I don't think Brothers In Arms is as good as the first four Dire Straits albums, and is a clear step down from the previous two (Making Movies and Love Over Gold). Also, a lot of people consider the first three tracks to be the best on the album, but I prefer the songs on side two which have superior songwriting, while Walk Of Life is one of the least impressive Straits songs for my money.