What is the true meaning of the song "Hotel California" ???

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  • abyss_al
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    • Oct 2003
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    #1

    What is the true meaning of the song "Hotel California" ???

    I always though it was about a whorehouse.... any one think the same or different? ....Discuss

    'Hotel California' - Eagles
    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 bends
    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 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
    The 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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  • MrJackMeHoff
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    • Mar 2004
    • 4569

    #2
    Dude its a Casino in Vegas. They use to cash my checks. lol

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    • abyss_al
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      #3
      Originally posted by MrJackMeHoff
      Dude its a Casino in Vegas. They use to cash my checks. lol
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      • pure energy
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        • Apr 2004
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        #4
        They say its about hell.
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        • erehwon
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          • Nov 2003
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          #5
          Originally posted by MrJackMeHoff
          Dude its a Casino in Vegas. They use to cash my checks. lol
          Money NEVER $leep$...

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          • =^..^=
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            • Jan 2002
            • 6935

            #6
            The song really isn't about anything according to Glenn Frey. His quote from a radio interview a few years back was: ?we were listening to a lot of Steely Dan records at the time and were impressed with the way that they could make ?junk sculpture' lyrics about nothing and make them work into a song.?

            The song is a great narrative tale about decadence (pink champagne) and mysticism (a spooky dungeon-like house) and even botany (the smell of colitus!), but it certainly has no realm in fact.

            Don Felder brought the rough guitar track to Henley/Frey and asked them if they could do anything with it. This is unusual in that songs by them were typically written the other way around. It serves as an interesting note that further proves that they did some serious ad-libbing and probably got the booze and drugs flowing before they wrote this song.

            The album on the whole is all about the southern California lifestyle at that time (Life In The Fast Lane, Last Resort) and shouldn't be looked at in any other way.
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            • abyss_al
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              • Oct 2003
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              #7
              Originally posted by =^..^=
              The song really isn't about anything according to Glenn Frey. His quote from a radio interview a few years back was: ?we were listening to a lot of Steely Dan records at the time and were impressed with the way that they could make ?junk sculpture' lyrics about nothing and make them work into a song.?

              The song is a great narrative tale about decadence (pink champagne) and mysticism (a spooky dungeon-like house) and even botany (the smell of colitus!), but it certainly has no realm in fact.

              Don Felder brought the rough guitar track to Henley/Frey and asked them if they could do anything with it. This is unusual in that songs by them were typically written the other way around. It serves as an interesting note that further proves that they did some serious ad-libbing and probably got the booze and drugs flowing before they wrote this song.

              The album on the whole is all about the southern California lifestyle at that time (Life In The Fast Lane, Last Resort) and shouldn't be looked at in any other way.
              very cool.... isnt colitas a part of marijuana, the stem or somethging?
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              • Paul Markham
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                • Jun 2001
                • 52942

                #8
                For me it was always about a brothel bar that sold drugs, all wrapped up in rock and roll.

                How can that be hell?



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                • SykkBoy2
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                  • Feb 2001
                  • 19969

                  #9
                  For me, it;s been about Satanism and debauchery....sort of a modern day sodom with a little ritual sacrifice going on

                  "And in the master's chambers,
                  They gathered for the feast
                  The stab it with their steely knives,
                  But they just can't kill the beast"
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                  • Fletch XXX
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                    • Jan 2002
                    • 60840

                    #10
                    simple, its about living in LA and how it is here.

                    nothing more.

                    and its NOT about a whorehouse.

                    hearing that song and then living here gives new meaning to it.

                    Come live the life for awhile youll understand.

                    Life In The Fast Lane is a soundtrack to every night here in Hollywood.

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                    • SeTec
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                      • May 2004
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                      #11
                      whorehouse
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                      • stev0
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                        • Aug 2003
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                        #12
                        I dont know what it means... good song tho

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                        • Michaelious
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                          • Jan 2004
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                          #13
                          It comes across as hell to me

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                          • boardersweetie
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                            • Oct 2003
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Michaelious
                            It comes across as hell to me
                            That's what I've always heard it was about. In the song he gets wrapped up in all the sinful pleasures at the hotel. Then at the end he discovers that once you're there living that lifestyle, you can't leave.

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                            • OzMan
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                              • Sep 2003
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by SykkBoy2
                              For me, it;s been about Satanism and debauchery....sort of a modern day sodom with a little ritual sacrifice going on

                              "And in the master's chambers,
                              They gathered for the feast
                              The stab it with their steely knives,
                              But they just can't kill the beast"
                              Yup the "rock music is the devil" type Christians have a field day with that song.

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                              • Fletch XXX
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                                • Jan 2002
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                                #16
                                Originally posted by boardersweetie
                                That's what I've always heard it was about. In the song he gets wrapped up in all the sinful pleasures at the hotel. Then at the end he discovers that once you're there living that lifestyle, you can't leave.
                                man you guys watch to much geraldo Rivera and believe this is some satanic song? ;)

                                if this was satanic trust me Id worship the song, its not. ;)

                                Its simply about living, getting wrapped up in the partying and living in California. When I first got to California I went crazy, its easy to get lost in the hotel, its all metaphors man.

                                Its a concept album like David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust, you gonna try and figure out that one too hehehe

                                Its just a song folks and its about California.

                                Go out night after night here spend lots of money do coke with rockers for a few months and see if the song sounds different.

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                                • abyss_al
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                                  #17
                                  The first satanic church (LaVey-satanism, mind you) was located in an old hotel and nicknamed Hotel California, but I think that's just a co-incidence.
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                                  • OzMan
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                                    • Sep 2003
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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by abyss_al
                                    The first satanic church (LaVey-satanism, mind you) was located in an old hotel and nicknamed Hotel California, but I think that's just a co-incidence.
                                    Isn't Anton LaVey on the album cover?

                                    edit: Never mind.. urban legend stuff see here

                                    "Hotel California is an allegory about hedonism and greed in Southern California in the 1970s. At the time of its release, the Eagles were riding high in the music world, experiencing material success on a frightening level. Though they thoroughly enjoyed the money, drugs, and women fame threw their way, they were disquieted by it all and sought to pour that sense of unease into their music and to warn others about the dark underside of such adulation."

                                    which is basically what Fletch said
                                    Last edited by OzMan; 06-03-2004, 01:23 PM.

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                                    • abyss_al
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                                      #19
                                      http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/hotel.htm


                                      gotta see this
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                                      • Mr. Marks
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                                        • Jun 2001
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                                        #20
                                        i still have a record of that around here, lemme check.

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                                        • pimplink
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                                          #21
                                          Well, my impression is that it is a song about sex and violence, and vices and being trapped with all of it you can't just quit...

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                                          • MicroChick
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                                            • Nov 2002
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                                            #22
                                            Take a look at the Hotel California album cover.

                                            http://www.goodbyeguns.org/LidoHotel

                                            That is the lobby of the infamous Lido Hotel. This hotel has been the home of many celebrities over the years. It is a Hollywood landmark, and has come close to being torn down many times. The manager of The Eagles convinced the group that the pictures of The Lido should appear on their Hotel California Album Cover.

                                            Who knows...maybe The Eagles were talking about The Lido in their lyrics. Frey said the Eagles got their inspiration from staying at The Lido.

                                            There you go!!!!!

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                                            • Napolean
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                                              • Nov 2002
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                                              #23
                                              everytime i hear that song people say its about cocaine addiction
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                                              • abyss_al
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                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by Napolean
                                                everytime i hear that song people say its about cocaine addiction

                                                thats what i thought
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                                                • Jdoughs
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                                                  #25
                                                  And in the master's chambers,
                                                  They gathered for the feast
                                                  The stab it with their steely knives,
                                                  But they just can't kill the beast

                                                  that is clearly and definately talking off shooting up, probably heroin
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