2006-10-13 06:34:31 · 13 answers · asked by TrueBrit 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
According to Don Henley[citation needed], the line "warm smell of colitas" refers to colitas, which are a desert flower with a warm, heady smell. However, the plant with the nearest spelling is coleus, which has no distinct aroma.
According to Irving Azoff (Eagles management),
...during the writing of the song “Hotel California,” by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, the word “colitas” was translated for them by their Mexican-American road manager as “little buds.”
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
2006-10-13 06:38:49 · answer #1 · answered by andygos 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
"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)." We knew with an instant shock of certainty that this was the correct interpretation. The Eagles, with the prescience given only to true artists, were touting the virtues of high-quality industrial hemp! And to think some people thought this song was about drugs."
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2006-10-13 06:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
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What is/are "colitas", to which Don Henley makes reference in The Eagles' "Hotel California"?
2015-08-16 19:49:31 · answer #3 · answered by Lanni 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do, a little earlier than 80s but the Eagles were awesome! It makes me want to live my "life in the fast lane" and surely I would lose my mind!
2016-03-17 01:19:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it's either a desert flower (probably a cactus), or some one was smoking a joint in the car with him? That my guess. Only Don Henley knows the truth.
2006-10-13 07:04:07 · answer #5 · answered by Dragon 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to go with the Spanish word for "little tails", meaning marijuana. It makes perfect sense that way.
2014-08-12 05:10:20 · answer #6 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What Is Colitas
2016-10-18 11:19:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A slang term in Mexico for the buds of the cannabis plant
2015-05-01 22:40:22 · answer #8 · answered by Dimitri K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marijuana.................Canibus to us..No English word colitas.......but...in Spanish, the word does have meaning. It translates as “little tails”, and refers to the tips of marijuana leaves, said to be the most potent part of the plant.
So he is saying marijuna in spanish.......Colitas...marijuna tips..................
GREAT question by the way................:)~
2006-10-13 06:39:18 · answer #9 · answered by Yahoo U there 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I looked it up. LOL In short, it is marijuana .
2016-06-27 08:44:24 · answer #10 · answered by BRI 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋