interpretation hotel california eagles

Three months after its first release, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), representing one million copies shipped. There is no wine as it has been replaced with drugs. There goes my bubble The girl with the pretty face is basically the seduction of the drugs. Every time I hear this song, I get the goose bumps at the same time that it fills me with unprecedented joy. You can check out but you can never leave - you can leave Vietnam but it’ll never leave you! But in a nutshell, I believe it is based on a real place that had alot of partying and over indulgement have drugs which caused alot of addictions, overdoses, and or suicides, for those who did not know how to escape from all the choas that drugs had caused in their lives. Februar 1977. But I have loved the song for years. He goes to a party in the courtyard and sees people dancing (to remember better times, to forget the present).

Frey and Henley were both interested in the tune after hearing the demo, and discussed the concept for the lyrics.

(Death). Hotel California was our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles." Ein müder Reisender hält an einem abgelegenen Hotel und beschließt, dort zu übernachten. This woman courteously welcomes th… I interpret this song to be about hell. "Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. I don't know what the hell it means.

The drifter shows so outside but inside they all know this is in fact hell.

Something like an episode of the Twilight Zone including fantasy, science fiction, suspense, horror, and psychological thriller, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist, and usually with a moral. The Eagles' original recording of the song features Henley singing the lead vocals and concludes with an extended section of electric guitar interplay between Felder and Joe Walsh. The beast is the addition to the lifestyle which is drug fueled but is socially driven to other empty excesses. Written by Don Felder, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley of the Eagles, the “Hotel California” lyrics meaning is focused on the excess materialism of California, as well as across the nation in the 1970s. I always thought that the song was about "Halloween," because It's a bit spooky! This won the 1977 Grammy for Record of the Year. The music intro reveals a rattle coming from a rattlesnake. Were this lady is waving and waiting for him. People laugh at him saying pretty face because they know he doesn’t know where he is. Hollywood's been showing us right under our noses in movies for years. As he enters the nightlife scene he becomes increasingly aware that this is not heaven. He has the power to check out, but as the night man explains, no one there has the will. According to the Straight Dope newsletter, there was a post on the Usenet by Thomas Dzubin of Vancouver, British Columbia, with one of the theories. The voices keep saying you are having great time here. I wake up in the middle of the night reliving the experiences I had there. In 2008, Felder described the writing of the lyrics: The Eagles had great respect for Steely Dan’s lyrical creativity, so they set out to write a song that was lyrically progressive. The music industry, a cult, drugs, sex, prostitution, hell, fame, relationships, a asylum etc. Hotel California has inspired endless debates on what the lyrics re… The snake representing the devil. DUI. these people are mocking him as he comes in (such a lovely face) and they realize he does not know where he is. I think it's talking about everything that everyone mentioned already.

She leads him in to purgatory. Well as I remember it this song is actually about the Feds and their eavesdropping abilities. So the beginning of the first verse speaks tothe literal experience of seeing the big cities of California(Hollywood and Los Angeles) as you approach them from the nearbydeserts. It's faint, but it's there. This song is so ambiguous.