Hotel California???

Question

Does anyone actually know what that glorious song is about??????????

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California_%28song%29

Answer 2

[edit] History
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. There are many urban legends about the meaning of this metaphor (see Lyrics Interpretations below). The song may have been written about the hedonism and self-destruction in the Southern California music industry. [1]

The original version of the song is performed in slow rock style, opening with a long, repeated acoustic twelve 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.

"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.[2] Similarly, it is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

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.

Answer 3

Any body who claims to "know" what the song is about is simply being overconfident.

As a work of poetry, its on par with the kind of works that lead each individual reader to his or her own interpretation. The meaning you retrieve from such a poem is the meaning you infuse it with.

It certainly "could be" a condemnation of the California "stoner" culture, or a critique of the record industry. I've even heard it was simply based on a bad hotel the band stayed at one time...

Answer 4

The song Hotel California is about a brothel in America and the life the women who work there lead.

Answer 5

Hotel California

Answer 6

hotel california u ask abt?...its my no. 2 fave song...this song is a song describin an imaginary hotel...which they call hotel california...it might have been the soundtrack used for the hotel california film

Answer 7

Hollywood lifestyle... the idea that all those stars could be stuck in that kind of time warp- 'you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave' ie, you can die, but you still exist on film... it's a story song though, isn't it... they gave it a kind of B-movie twist 'the master's chambers' 'prisoners of our own device', the dark highway at night, the beast that can't be killed.

The Chilli Pepper's 'Californication' seems to tap a similar vein, don't you think?

Answer 8

the hotel of california

Answer 9

I had always heard that he was referencing a brothel he had stopped in on the way back from Nevada. But, of course, like all poetry, it's open to interpretation.

Answer 10

I sang this song with my English Teacher and I've also done a test on it!I must thank him(even if I hate him!) because without him I wouldn't have known this song!But I don't know what this song is about.....

Answer 11

It's about 4 and a half minutes but it feels much longer.