Lyrics Language: English Song writer/composer(s): Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Lewis Frey
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The EaglesHotel California Lyrics:
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she
got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty
boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain,
'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit
here since nineteen sixty nine'
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just
prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,' said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave!
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The Eagles Hotel California Lyrics Information:
HOTEL CALIFORNIA 6
Written by: Don Felder, Glenn Frey & Don Henley
Produced by: Bill Szymczyk
Performed by: Eagles 78
First released: 9
Single: February 1977
Album: December 1976
1 Both Don Henley and Don Felder have repeatedly and publicly stated that
Colitas are, "heady desert flowers." Others assert that "colitas" is a
Spanish term for "little tails," which is a reference to the buds of the
Cannabis plant."
2 Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer who worked in
the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass windows
and lamps, and is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau
and Aesthetic movements. 4
3 Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles,
buses, coaches, and trucks. 4
4 The above two references (see Notes 2 & 3), are all about materialism:
Tiffanys for expensive jewelry, Mercedes for expensive cars. Such luxuries can
distort perspectives and foster temptation, greed and over indulgences.
The words "Benz" (or its homophone, bends) coupled with twisted is a great
play-on-words and metaphor for distortion.
5 The use of the word "steely," was a nod to the band, Steely Dan, who had
included the lyric "Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening," in their
song, "Everything You Did," according to Glenn Frey's liner notes on, The Very
Best of the Eagles.
6 This song is generally understood to be an allegory about hedonism and
self-destruction in the Southern California music industry of the late
1970s. Don Henley called it, "our interpretation of the high life in Los
Angeles." and later reiterated, "... i t's basically a song about the dark
underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is
something we knew a lot about." "Hotel California" topped the
Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week in May 1977.
Three months after its release, the single was certified
Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) representing one million records shipped. The Eagles also won the 1977
Grammy Award for Record of the Year and in 2009, the song was certified Platinum
(Digital Sales Award) by the RIAA for sales of 1,000,000 digital downloads.
Rolling Stone magazine, for example, placed it as the 49th greatest song of all
time. It is also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped
Rock and Roll. The song's guitar solo is ranked 8th on Guitar Magazine's Top 100
Guitar Solos.
7 Personnel on this recording:
1. Glenn Frey – vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, harmonica.
2. Don Henley – vocals, drums, percussion, guitar, synthesizer.
3. Randy Meisner – vocals, bass, guitar.
4. Don Felder – guitars, mandolin, vocals, keyboards, synthesizer.
5. Joe Walsh – guitars, vocals, keyboards, synthesizers.
8 covered by:
Alabama3,
The ApologetiX (parodied as "Hotel I Can't Afford Ya"),
Arami,
Sergio Arau,
Michael Armstrong,
The Ball Sisters Band,
Banda Arrieros,
Banda Dos,
Banda Zeta,
Burlbaw & the Entourage,
Peter Calo,
Joe Carran,
The Cat Empire ("L'Hotel de Californie," with French lyrics),
Steven Cavanagh (parodied as "Hotel of the Emporor"),
Chamin Correa,
Sylvain Cossette,
The Countdown Singers,
Dark One Lite,
Dave & the High Spirit,
The Desperados,
Jorge Dominguez y su grupo Super Class,
Glen Duncan,
Majek Fashek,
Los Fernandos,
Giorgio Fiore,
Edi Fitzroy,
Gamma Ray,
The Gipsy Kings,
Pedro Javier Gonzales,
Gypsy Rumba,
Don Henley (solo),
The Hit Crew,
Daniel Ho,
Sam Hui,
William Hung,
Inca Son,
Cledus T. Judd (parodied as "Motel Californie")
Kid with Man Head,
Stan Laferriere,
James Last,
Helmut Lotti,
Paul McDermand,
Karin Melchert,
Hiroki Miyano,
The Moods Unlimited Orchestra,
The Moog Cookbook,
The Nashville Superpickers,
The New Symphonic Orchestra,
Emerson Nogueira,
Joäo Nogueira,
Pairadeux,
Dadou Pasquet,
Pennywise,
Jonathan Press,
Jay R.,
Rascal Flatts,
The Reggae Cowboys,
Ritual Tension,
Bub Roberts,
Max Romero,
Roo'ra,
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Gerd Rube,
Edinho SantaCruz e Banda,
Nancy Sinatra,
SkaDaddyZ,
Stars at Studio 99,
Steelasophical,
Al B. Sure!,
Thunder Coffee Club,
Billy Troy,
Vama Veche (version sung in Romanian),
Billy Vaughn,
The Anthony Ventura Orchestra,
Victoria,
Lou Volpe,
Vulgaras,
The West Coast All-Stars,
Wilson Phillips,
et al.
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