2006-10-26 07:31:36 · 14 answers · asked by oliver j 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
see
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Hotel-California-lyrics-Eagles/2B90141C88155E454825686000219FCE
for lyrics
2006-10-26 07:32:17 · update #1
This is fro the Eagles manager 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.' You have obviously already done the necessary extrapolation. Thank you for your inquiry."
bud = pot!
2006-10-26 07:43:10 · answer #1 · answered by rattgrrrl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Colitas. Personally I had the idea colitas was a type of desert flower. Apparently not. Type "colitas" into a Web search engine and you get about 50 song-lyric hits plus, curiously, a bunch of citations from Mexican and Spanish restaurant menus. Hmm, one thinks, were the Eagles rhapsodizing about the smell of some good carryout? We asked some native Spanish speakers and learned that colitas is the diminutive feminine plural of the Spanish cola, tail. Little tail. Looking for a little . . . we suddenly recalled a (male) friend's guess that colitas referred to a certain feature of the female anatomy. We paused. Naah. Back to those menus. "Colitas de langosta enchiladas" was baby lobster tails simmered in hot sauce with Spanish rice. One thinks: you know, I could write a love song around a phrase like that.
Enough of these distractions. By and by a denizen of soc.culture.spain wrote: "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.
2006-10-26 07:34:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Warm smell of coletus
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.[2]
2006-10-26 08:02:24 · answer #3 · answered by katjha2005 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Flowers
2006-10-26 07:35:30 · answer #4 · answered by PAMELA G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the reference is to the smell produced by mushrooms in the camarillo, california area near the camarillo state mental institution that this song is about. this song is all about being in a mental institution, as the cover of the album is a picture of the entrance to this location.
2016-01-19 06:14:07 · answer #5 · answered by jeremiah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colitas has several meaning... It can mean tails or buds... maybe referring to MJ or rear ends, or pony tails, or it can be like the ends of turkeys or chickens cooking or a type of fish....
2006-10-26 07:43:32 · answer #6 · answered by De 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's probably a plant or shrub
2006-10-26 07:42:17 · answer #7 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~a guy? a flower maybe?
2 pts.
2006-10-26 07:34:40 · answer #8 · answered by Kitten2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a plant
2006-10-26 07:46:33 · answer #9 · answered by esugrad97 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a desert flower i don't know anything eles about it sorry
2006-10-26 07:38:05 · answer #10 · answered by bethanyann378 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋