the song , i have read there is some weirdo stuff about it
2007-07-11 01:20:55 · 14 answers · asked by klf 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It's just about how tough it is living a hedonistic rock star lifestyle in LA, I think.
2007-07-11 01:26:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hotel California touched on many themes, including innocence (and the loss thereof), addiction to drugs, death, the dangers, temptations, and transient nature of fame, shallow relationships, divorce and loss of love, the end results of manifest destiny, and the "American Dream."
Members of Eagles have described the album as a metaphor for the perceived decline of America into materialism and decadence. In an interview with Dutch magazine ZigZag shortly before the album's release, Don Henley said:
“ This is a concept album, there's no way to hide it, but it's not set in the old West, the cowboy thing, you know. It's more urban this time (. . . ) It's our bicentennial year, you know, the country is 200 years old, so we figured since we are the Eagles and the Eagle is our national symbol, that we were obliged to make some kind of a little bicentennial statement using California as a microcosm of the whole United States, or the whole world, if you will, and to try to wake people up and say 'We've been okay so far, for 200 years, but we're gonna have to change if we're gonna continue to be around.'
2007-07-12 20:37:28 · answer #2 · answered by Sue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hotel Califonia is about a mutual friend between all the bandmates. This friend had passed away and they decided to write the song in his memory.
2007-07-11 05:24:25 · answer #3 · answered by Erin L 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's about nothing. Really... look it up on the net, search "meaning of hotel california".
Edit 1: My friends and I had this exact conversation last week, and after I told them it was about nothing, and after much debate they did research and confirmed... I won the debate! :o).
2007-07-11 01:51:56 · answer #4 · answered by deanie1962 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hell of a Great song by The Eagles!
2007-07-11 01:45:30 · answer #5 · answered by Rukeann 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The ennui created by the social and cultural conditions of the 1970's.
2007-07-11 02:03:20 · answer #6 · answered by Timaeus 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I heard once that it was an drug and alcohol detox center but I never found any proof of that. Just a nice song.
2007-07-11 14:38:37 · answer #7 · answered by Jess 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I heard it was about a religious cult in California.
2007-07-11 01:41:54 · answer #8 · answered by Elphaba 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
dont know the reasons behind it but its a classic and one of my all time favourite songs
2007-07-11 10:07:09 · answer #9 · answered by buggerlugs 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A brothel in the early 1970s.....I'd like to elaborate further, but that's all there is.
2007-07-11 01:53:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋