What " Colitas " in song Hotel California mean ? - GoFuckYourself.com

cck · 03-05-2002, 10:16 AM

This song " Hotel Calfornia " are very famous , I think noone never hear this song
Hotel California
(Don Felder/Don Henley/Glenn Frey)

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

I would like to know that what Colitas in this song mean. me and my friend are very confuse

Thanks in advance !

DTK · 03-05-2002, 10:19 AM

I always thought he was saying Eucalyptus.

cool1 · 03-05-2002, 10:23 AM

What " Colitas " in song Hotel California mean ?

Colitas in this song means little buds (marijuana)

so that is what the warm smell is "Good Weed"

ldinternet · 03-05-2002, 10:24 AM

The bud of a marijuana plant.

shit... coolone beat me to it.

DTK · 03-05-2002, 10:27 AM

Interesting. Never heard that term before...

Hotel California makes a hell of a lot more sense now

MrBrian · 03-05-2002, 10:35 AM

now can someone explain stairway to heaven for me?

Sjayne · 03-05-2002, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MrBrian
now can someone explain stairway to heaven for me?

Play it backwards.

zubr · 03-05-2002, 11:00 AM

colitas = lolitas...
they were just afraid to get busted for child porn

daman420 · 03-05-2002, 12:03 PM

For "Hotel California," you realize a lot of people aren't troubled so much by colitas as by the meaning of the whole damn song. Figuring that we should start with the general and move to the particular, I provide the following commonly heard theories:

(1) The Hotel California is a real hotel located in (pick one) Baja California on the coastal highway between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz or else near Santa Barbara. In other words, the song is a hard look at the modern hospitality industry, which is plagued by guests who "check out any time [they] like" but then "never leave."

(2) The Hotel California is a mental hospital. I see one guy on the Web has identified it as "Camarillo State Hospital in Ventura County between LA and Santa Barbara."

(3) It's about satanism. Isn't everything?

(4) Hotel California is a metaphor for cocaine addiction. See "You can check out any time you like but you can never leave." This comes from the published comments of Glenn Frey, one of the coauthors.

(5) It's about the pitfalls of living in southern California in the 1970s, my interpretation since first listen. Makes perfect sense, and goddammit, who you going to believe, some ignorant rock star or me?

(6) My fave, posted to the Usenet by Thomas Dzubin of Vancouver, British Columbia: "There was this fireworks factory just three blocks from the Hotel California . . . and it blew up! Big tragedy. One of the workers was named Wurn Snell and he was from the town of Colitas in Greece. One of the workers who escaped the explosion talked to another guy . . . I think it was probably Don Henley . . . and Don asked what the guy saw. The worker said, "Wurn Snell of Colitas . . . rising up through the air."

He's also got this bit about "on a dark dessert highway, Cool Whip in my hair." Well, I thought it was funny.

OK, back to 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.

ldinternet · 03-05-2002, 12:05 PM

Yeah... thats where I got my answer from too.
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Penrod · 03-05-2002, 12:13 PM

colitas = desert cactus

BruceM · 03-05-2002, 05:15 PM

Great album. I just put it in now

cck · 03-05-2002, 09:08 PM

Thanks for all Reply

theWatsonian · 03-05-2002, 09:22 PM

Of course, they were so whacked out on stinkweed at the time they could have meant colitis.
From the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases website:

The most common symptoms of ulcerative colitis are abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. Patients also may experience Fatigue. Weight loss. Loss of appetite. Rectal bleeding. Loss of body fluids and nutrients. About half of patients have mild symptoms. Others suffer frequent fever, bloody diarrhea, nausea, and severe abdominal cramps. Ulcerative colitis may also cause problems such as arthritis, inflammation of the eye, liver disease (fatty liver, hepatitis, cirrhosis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis), osteoporosis, skin rashes, anemia, and kidney stones.

This may account for the warm smell.

Sleepy · 03-05-2002, 09:24 PM

Yet, in the end we learned nothing.

Chris R · 03-05-2002, 09:52 PM

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_001.html

If daman copied the whole thing - you would also see it was confirmed to be true by "Eagles management honcho Irving Azoff"

When in doubt - always check the straight dope - cecil adams knows almost everything.

03-05-2002, 10:16 AM	#1
cck Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Thailand Posts: 244	What " Colitas " in song Hotel California mean ? This song " Hotel Calfornia " are very famous , I think noone never hear this song Hotel California (Don Felder/Don Henley/Glenn Frey) 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 I would like to know that what Colitas in this song mean. me and my friend are very confuse Thanks in advance !

03-05-2002, 10:23 AM	#3
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03-05-2002, 10:24 AM	#4
ldinternet Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 8,245	The bud of a marijuana plant. shit... coolone beat me to it. Last edited by ldinternet; 03-05-2002 at 10:25 AM..

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03-05-2002, 10:19 AM	#2
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DTK Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The 510 Posts: 4,545	Interesting. Never heard that term before... Hotel California makes a hell of a lot more sense now

03-05-2002, 12:03 PM	#9
daman420 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 63	For "Hotel California," you realize a lot of people aren't troubled so much by colitas as by the meaning of the whole damn song. Figuring that we should start with the general and move to the particular, I provide the following commonly heard theories: (1) The Hotel California is a real hotel located in (pick one) Baja California on the coastal highway between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz or else near Santa Barbara. In other words, the song is a hard look at the modern hospitality industry, which is plagued by guests who "check out any time [they] like" but then "never leave." (2) The Hotel California is a mental hospital. I see one guy on the Web has identified it as "Camarillo State Hospital in Ventura County between LA and Santa Barbara." (3) It's about satanism. Isn't everything? (4) Hotel California is a metaphor for cocaine addiction. See "You can check out any time you like but you can never leave." This comes from the published comments of Glenn Frey, one of the coauthors. (5) It's about the pitfalls of living in southern California in the 1970s, my interpretation since first listen. Makes perfect sense, and goddammit, who you going to believe, some ignorant rock star or me? (6) My fave, posted to the Usenet by Thomas Dzubin of Vancouver, British Columbia: "There was this fireworks factory just three blocks from the Hotel California . . . and it blew up! Big tragedy. One of the workers was named Wurn Snell and he was from the town of Colitas in Greece. One of the workers who escaped the explosion talked to another guy . . . I think it was probably Don Henley . . . and Don asked what the guy saw. The worker said, "Wurn Snell of Colitas . . . rising up through the air." He's also got this bit about "on a dark dessert highway, Cool Whip in my hair." Well, I thought it was funny. OK, back to 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.

03-05-2002, 12:05 PM	#10
ldinternet Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 8,245	Yeah... thats where I got my answer from too. If third party stats are king, then Google is the king's freeloading brother. ;)

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theWatsonian Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: PB4L HQ Posts: 1,737	Of course, they were so whacked out on stinkweed at the time they could have meant colitis. From the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases website: The most common symptoms of ulcerative colitis are abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. Patients also may experience Fatigue. Weight loss. Loss of appetite. Rectal bleeding. Loss of body fluids and nutrients. About half of patients have mild symptoms. Others suffer frequent fever, bloody diarrhea, nausea, and severe abdominal cramps. Ulcerative colitis may also cause problems such as arthritis, inflammation of the eye, liver disease (fatty liver, hepatitis, cirrhosis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis), osteoporosis, skin rashes, anemia, and kidney stones. This may account for the warm smell. __________________ <a href="http://www.watsonian.net"><img src="http://www.watsonian.net/archives/cjpb6.gif" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.adultplatinum.com/wm.html?id=567353"><img src="http://www.watsonian.net/archives/adult_platinum_85x85_03.gif" border="0"></a>

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Chris R Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Baltimore, MD USA Posts: 1,151	http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_001.html If daman copied the whole thing - you would also see it was confirmed to be true by "Eagles management honcho Irving Azoff" When in doubt - always check the straight dope - cecil adams knows almost everything.