It's an assignment in our literature about ballads
2006-06-30 05:09:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
it's about a trip to hell
2006-06-30 05:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by RAllen1st 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a song about death and and sins and not being able to escape....
it refers to ghosts and the line "you can check out any time you'd like but you can never leave" refers to death...
it has ti do with how you trap yourself because you are a "prisoner here of our own device" and how they can't break away from the things that keep them hostage be it emotionally or what ever... be cause the line "the stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast"
the first verse is about temptation and how it could suck you in even though you know it might be bad...
the second is about the actions you take and how everyone has a different reason for doing what they do...while the third is mostly about trying to escape you fears or decisions and about death...
those are my thoughts anyway I hope it gave you a different perspective on the song..
one of my all time favs too...
2006-06-30 05:20:48 · answer #2 · answered by stefamimi24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hotel California" was the title song from Eagles' album of the same name, and was released as a single at the end of 1976. It is one of the best-known songs of the Album Oriented Rock era.
The lyrics of the song describe the title establishment, a hotel where "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave". On the surface, the song is a tale of a weary traveler who becomes trapped in a nightmarish hotel that at first appeared tempting; as a metaphor the song may be commenting on drug addiction or simply the decadent lifestyle the hugely successful band had been caught up in.
The original version of the song is performed in a blend of slow rock/reggae stylings, opening with a long, repeated 12-string guitar motif. During the verses, guitar and bass provide melodic counterpoint to the vocal. The end section of the song consists of a series of guitar solos building to a multi-layered variation on the opening theme with multiple guitars in chorus. The song is also well known for its guitar solos, which are performed by both Joe Walsh and Don Felder.
Writing credits for the song are shared by the group's three main songwriters: Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Don Felder.
"Hotel California" won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978.
It is rated by many polls to be one of the greatest songs of all time: Rolling Stone magazine, for example, states it is the forty-ninth greatest song of all time.
As one of the group's most popular and well-known songs, "Hotel California" has been a concert staple for the band since its release; performances of the song appear on the Eagles' 1980 live album and, in an acoustic version, on the 1994 Hell Freezes Over reunion concert CD and video release.
A few cover versions of "Hotel California" have been released, notably by flamenco band the Gipsy Kings. In 2004, it was recorded by American Idol reject William Hung. Australian band The Cat Empire recorded a version of the song in French (L'Hotel Californie), for Triple J's Like A Version segment and subsequent CD compilation. Marc Anthony has often sung the song live.
A Reggae Version from Moonraisers has been downloaded on mp3.com more than a half a million times.
The song may have been influenced by the 1969 Jethro Tull song "We Used to Know", from the album Stand Up. The chord progressions are nearly identical, and the bands toured together prior to the release of the song. Additionally, fans have noticed thematic similarities with Don Henley's solo single "Sunset Grill".
Over the years the song has been associated with rumours of Satanic elements and claims that the band members themselves were responsible for it; adherents point lyrics referring to stabbing "The Beast". The band has denied any connection to Satanism or the Occult.
2006-06-30 05:16:29 · answer #3 · answered by Christy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always seen it as a song about addiction. To me, it's about being drawin in to something that seems very enticing and good in that particular moment only to find out that you can't break free no matter what. It could be any addiction.
2006-06-30 05:18:50 · answer #4 · answered by Seraphina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here's what i get.... hotel california is love. once you go in you never get out.evrything about the song is symbolic of a man falling in love.... that's just my take on it. you'd really have to ask glenn fry what he was up to when he wrote it.
2006-06-30 05:15:05 · answer #5 · answered by ratso_one 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That you can make a lot of money from writing songs when you're high.
2006-06-30 05:12:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well some people say its a song about hell.
2006-06-30 05:13:07 · answer #7 · answered by Luis V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A really bad acid trip.
2006-06-30 05:16:39 · answer #8 · answered by Maria M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://jeffmilner.com/backmasking.htm go here and click hotel california and i plays a recrding and tells you what is says. it says saitan he hears this he ahd me belive. its not that clear. i don't think he made it like that.
2006-06-30 05:18:59 · answer #9 · answered by ted c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a drug induced fantasy. Because "we are here of our own device".
2006-06-30 05:14:29 · answer #10 · answered by mediahoney 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋