2006-09-12 08:08:22 · 13 answers · asked by Leslie P 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
It is a place that will always be with you. Once you enter you can't leave.
2006-09-12 08:09:52 · answer #1 · answered by worldneverchanges 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's all about what's in your own mind. You can check out, but you can't leave. You are your own thoughts.
Or, it's just an allegory about hedonism and greed in Southern California in the 1970s. The real Hotel California is not a place; it is a metaphor for the west coast music industry and its effect on the talented but unworldy musicians who find themselves ensnared in its glittering web.
2006-09-12 08:16:30 · answer #2 · answered by Violet Pearl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's like a horror movie in song. The hotel seems normal on the outside, but it's run by a satanic cult.
2006-09-12 08:13:39 · answer #3 · answered by Umphreak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the steaming underbelly of LA ,also one line describes a fight between Walter Becker and his girl Friend ---turn up the eagles the neighbors are listening and about there life on the road living in and out of hotels
2006-09-12 08:18:43 · answer #4 · answered by jvg49er 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my perspective this is about an addict who is checking into drug rehab. The last line in the lyrics - "You can check out any time you like - But you can never leave " - is about leaving the rehab centre any time, but the addiction will follow you a life time.
Make sense??
2006-09-12 08:19:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
supposedly he comes across a satanic organization in this hotel.....
you can check out any time you like but you can never leave means he can check out drugs or sex but he isn't free to go...
we haven't had that spirit here since 1969 (referring to the wine) means that they haven't had Jesus around since then....
she's got the Mercedes Bendz means she has an S.T.D.
they can't kill the beast and all that other stuff......
that is just what i heard......
2006-09-12 08:12:06 · answer #6 · answered by myheartisjames 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure it is supposed to be an analogy about prison.
2006-09-12 08:11:22 · answer #7 · answered by Aviva 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"We are all just prisoners here, of our own device..." It means that you are the one who builts the gates around yourself...but you also have the potential to free yourself up to the possibility of enlightenment.
2006-09-12 08:14:34 · answer #8 · answered by janezanaddict 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
agree with Violet pearl
2006-09-12 08:47:11 · answer #9 · answered by swebski 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metaphor for death/dying and not realizing it.
2006-09-12 08:14:04 · answer #10 · answered by joe b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋