Hotel California Lyrics - Eagles
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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 thinkin' to myself :
"This could be heaven and 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 place) Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California,
Any time of year, (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
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 place) Such a lovely face
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California,
What a nice surprise, (What a nice surprise) Bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling,
and 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 stabbed 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 check out anytime you like... but you can never leave"
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 thinkin' to myself :
"This could be heaven and 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 place) Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California,
Any time of year, (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
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 place) Such a lovely face
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California,
What a nice surprise, (What a nice surprise) Bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling,
and 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 stabbed 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 check out anytime you like... but you can never leave"
Writer: HENLEY, DON / FREY, GLENN LEWIS / FELDER, DON
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Don Henly/Glenn Frey/Eagles
Genre: Country rock, hard rock
at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Label: Asylum
Released: December 8, 1976
Producer: Bill Szymczyk
Recorded: March - October 1976
Length: 43:28
"Hotel California" is the fifth studio album released by the American rock band the Eagles, in late 1976. The same name song,"Hotel California", ranked 1 for 8 weeks in 1977 and characterized by Don Felder and Joe Walsh played the dual guitar effect.It is the first Eagles album without founding member Bernie Leadon and the first album with Joe Walsh. It is also the last album featuring original bass player and singer Randy Meisner. The album became the band's highest selling studio album with over 16 million copies sold in the U.S. alone.The song ranks eleventh in the greatest 100 English songs in "Rolling Stone" magazine and won two Grammy awards for the band.
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Excellent,Divines... | Reviewer: Sawan lamichane | 3/25/13
I lov dis song 2 much. I don't care anything.. I stay lov dis song 4ever & Ever..I wanna say something"dis is divines song so nobody can find it's acxact meanings"& last i lov dis song & Eagle band.....!!!
Americana | Reviewer: zane | 12/22/12
It's about the flip side of USA - the Americana.
Hedonistic and controlled by the Antichrist/jews.Beautiful on the surface.
This especially true for the new immigrants.
So what do you do to get out?
In 84 somewhere in mid-Texas a well to do Indian surgeon and his family committed suicide.
By the way, the picture on the album is of Beverly Hills Hotel.
Americana | Reviewer: zane | 12/22/12
It's about the flip side of USA - the Americana.
Hedonistic and controlled by the Antichrist/jews.Beautiful on the surface.
This especially true for the new immigrants.
So what do you do to get out?
In 84 somewhere in mid-Texas a well to do Indian surgeon and his family committed suicide.
What it really means? | Reviewer: Alex | 5/21/12
As Donwashi wrote, the text of song can have a lot of meanings. On the other hand, I understand that the deeper idea of the song is generally only one: What ever we are speaking about, it seems to be nice from the beginning, but later on it can be a trap. We can speak about a good position at work, as well as about marriage, possetion of nice things, or about almost everything, e.g. drugs.
The Genius of the song is rooted in the simple fact that we ourselves play very often and very willingly the role of prisoners, EVEN IF WE CAN LEAVE. It is our good living standard, habits, fear of change etc., that makes us to become prisoners. Of course, to make the thing worse, similar jail is often created for us also by our partners, relatives, emploers, church and godness knows who else. But again very often we can leave, but we do not. So I would say that very often we ourselves are the jailers of ourselves. And this is a general meaning of the song regardless of the subject (out of us) we choose, I guess.
Sorry for my English, I am not a native speaker.
Timless song | Reviewer: donwashi | 12/22/11
This song can have countless interpretations. From idiotic like church of satan to deep like society description. As far as I know thou real point of the song is more close to show business, describing corruption and evils of the land of great ambitions. Whatever the meaning is, song itself is genius.
song meaning? | Reviewer: ace29 | 12/10/11
from what i think, this song is about an organisation, the organisation invites you to join them, but you didn't know that the organisation is corrupted and evil so when you knew what's happening its already too late, you had join the organisation and you can't get out of it,
The truth behind this song. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/3/11
Hotel California simply means Church of Satan. It really exists. Members of Eagles are members of that church. The song simply describes you the hell. It is very inviting but once you entered it, you can never get out. "You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave!"
I'm sure you don't want to go to hell, right? So, open your heart to Jesus and accept Him as Lord and Saviour. Ask Him to open your eyes so you can see and understand how much He loves you! Accept His plans for your life. Ok? God bless you. :) Jesus really do love you. Trust in Him.
amazing metophor | Reviewer: Behrouz Aftabi | 8/26/11
Frankly speaking I really hated this song when I first listen to it 5 years ago as I could not understand English. but now it is totally different and makes a huge impression on me every time I listen to it on the subject of its concept I think it's going to say that our world, the nature and our ostensibly tiring belongings... are beautiful by themselves but we don’t make it out and seek for comfort somewhere else(drugs.
It does look nice in the beginning but after some time
That joy will fade away and gives its place to pain and affliction and that's the point we spot the beauty of wind, desert and... And are ready to give everything up just to experience the life we took for granted.
concept | Reviewer: sepideh | 6/16/11
i like the song too, but i really like to know the exact meaning of the song, i mean the concept that the eagle band had in their mind when they perform it, is it about drugs or being famous or ....
can you ask them to explain? :)
i really love this song | Reviewer: juan | 1/8/11
i from argentine, i knew this song 23 year ago (so so) and when i listend it i remember "Matias disco" at Lucas Gonzalez Town, the final "guitar solo" is amazing, greetings from Nogoya, Entre Rios, Argentina, kisses
Uh... | Reviewer: Mimi | 11/28/10
Wow I love this song!!! Actually it is about drugs. "you can always check out but you can never leave". Like addictions I guess. My father said it was about drugs so I'm trying to figure out in what way. I love finding meanings to songs like feel good Inc. It's just fun. I don't know. But great song! I'm gonna have a mix between eagles gorillaz and pink Floyd stuck in my head all week!
Mahdiyeh | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/18/10
this song is really different from others.it has a greate meaning.it explains exactly our lives that we make it like a prison with no way to get out of it.i myself love this song and i experience an unknown feeling everytime i listen to this miracle.
Fantastics Songs of Eagles after all these years | Reviewer: lilia celio | 5/24/10
I am a grandmother already but I gush like a teenager when I heard your songs like Last Resort, HOTEL CALIFORNIA, your signature song,Love can keep us Alive and I can't tell you why by Timothy B. Schmit, which I am smitten so, lol, really. But all of you are truly wonderful. Also you bouncy song like Take It Easy. I hope your EAGLE BAND will perform in the Philippines and I will among those thousands queueing outside to see your performance. Your songs are timeless and I will savor them for the rest of my life. Regards to all and more SUCCESS IN YOUR TOURS.
WONDROUS | Reviewer: kadiz | 3/20/10
every time that i listen this music it bristles all hairs of my body this music is beyond the realization of human ,for understanding the concept of this music it wants a powerful uptake ,i think concept of Hotel California is this world that we are living on it.
THE ILLUSION OF DRUG | Reviewer: KHOSHI | 1/3/10
I think it's meaning is clear for everybody who have use drug even for one time in their life. It's the beast of drug. especially after 1968 and that events whic take place in the world after that year.
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