The third & fourth lines of "Hotel Caliofornia" are: "The warm smell of colitas / Rising up through the air"
2006-06-27 13:23:24 · 7 answers · asked by Fussbudget 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
: "Colitas is little tails, but here the author is referring to 'colas,' the tip of a marijuana branch, where it is more potent and with more sap (said to be the best part of the leaves
2006-06-27 13:29:02 · answer #1 · answered by mellow_violet 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Apparently it is about smoking weed.
This E-mail just in from Eagles management honcho Irving Azoff: "In response to your [recent] memo, in 1976, during the writing of the song 'Hotel California' by Messrs. Henley and Frey, the word `colitas' was translated for them by their Mexican-American road manager as 'little buds.
2006-06-27 13:31:12 · answer #2 · answered by jam961 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think colitas may be a spanish term for tumble weeds.
2006-06-27 13:29:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little buds
2006-06-27 13:28:07 · answer #4 · answered by John H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a type of sweet cigar from south of the border
2006-06-27 13:28:02 · answer #5 · answered by Michael R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to this website, it is the smell of marijuana buds
2006-06-27 13:29:05 · answer #6 · answered by Raidered81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would be referring to if im correct would be pina colada's, great drink.
2006-06-27 14:44:37 · answer #7 · answered by ladyrebel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋