Listen free to Eagles – Hotel California (Hotel California, New Kid in Town and more). Paul Risley of Cornerstone Church in Burlington, Wisconsin alleged that "Hotel California" referred to a The term "colitas" in the first stanza ("warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air") has been interpreted as a sexual slang or a reference to marijuana.Other interpretations of the song include heroin addiction and The eight-measure sequence is repeated in the intro, for each "Hotel California" and its lyrics have become absorbed into the wider culture around the world, and have been used by various writers and commentators to reflect on issues ranging from politics to social media and welfare,Although the Eagles were noted for their reluctance to license their songs for use in shows,This article is about the song. Henley decided on the theme of "Hotel California", noting how Frey came up with a cinematic scenario of a person who, tired from driving a long distance in a desert, saw a place for a rest and pulled in for the night, but entered "a weird world peopled by freaky characters", and became "quickly spooked by the claustrophobic feeling of being caught in a disturbing web from which he may never escape. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics). All of us kind of drove into L.A. at night.
Nobody was from California, and if you drive into L.A. at night... you can just see this glow on the horizon of lights, and the images that start running through your head of Hollywood and all the dreams that you have, and so it was kind of about that... what we started writing the song about. The song is considered the most famous recording by the band, and in 1998 its long Since its release, "Hotel California" has been covered by a number of artists and has become a part of international popular culture. Frey and Henley were both interested in the tune after hearing the demo, and discussed the concept for the lyrics.
"Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. "The Eagles recorded the track with Don Henley on lead vocal three different times, twice at the Henley decided that the song should be a single, although Felder had doubts and the record company was reluctant to release it because, at over six minutes, its duration far exceeded that of the songs generally played by radio stations.As "Hotel California" became one of the group's most popular songs and a concert staple for the band,The song is rated highly in many rock music lists and polls; The song has been described as being "all about American decadence and burnout, too much money, corruption, drugs and arrogance; too little humility and heart. "On just about every album we made, there was some kind of commentary on the music business, and on American culture in general.
Don Henley and Glenn wrote most of the words. In 2008, Felder described the writing of the lyrics: 9 … In the 1980s the Rev. The hotel itself could be taken as a metaphor not only for the myth-making of Southern California, but for the myth-making that is the Thanks for the tutorial and, no, you're not the first to bring this to my attention — and you're not the first to completely misinterpret the lyric and miss the The metaphorical character of the story related in the lyrics has inspired a number of conjectural interpretations by listeners. For the Eagles album of the same name, see Crowe, Cameron. "Conversations with Don Henley and Glenn Frey" (
The Eagles' original recording of the song features Henley singing the lead vocals and concludes with an extended section of electric guitar interplay between Felder and Joe Walsh.