He has the power to check out, but as the night man explains, no one there has the will. I have been an Eagles super-fan for three decades now; I think Hotel California is one of the best songs of my lifetime and I have been on a journey to find out the meaning as intended by the authors (Henley, Frey and Felder). Hollywood's been showing us right under our noses in movies for years.
One accurate version.
Something like an episode of the Twilight Zone including fantasy, science fiction, suspense, horror, and psychological thriller, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist, and usually with a moral. I interpret this song to be about hell. Hotel California Songtext On a dark desert highway Cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas The music intro reveals a rattle coming from a rattlesnake. Despite popular belief, the Eagles have confirmed that “Hotel California” actually has nothing to do with Satanism, psychiatric hospitals, or cocaine addictions. Or maybe the females that draw the men into the hotel or drugs. Now that all the pedophilia/sex trafficking/satanists are being exposed on QAnon .pub and QMap .pub sites as of the big drop on 3/20/2019, I think the song is talking about how Hollywood lures and traps them into the lifestyle, and I think the Hotel itself may be alluding to The Standard, where Ray (Rachel) Chandler is active as a front for procurement of children and young teens for the Elite, for ritual sexual abuse and torture to acquire Adrenochrome, secreted by the body when terror-induced. This song is all and only about pussy. The lady with the pretty boys is rich and maybe once famous but is now using money to attract where beauty once did. Recommended by The Wall Street Journal Can't play "Hotel California"?
He wants to rewind the tape to the innocent time before. The song I believe is based on that Hotel and all the partying and drugs and addictions that took place there. (Death).
the doorman tells him there is nothing to worry about, he can check out at any time, but he can never leave (referring to the fact that, once in hell, a person can realize their mistakes, and repent of their wrong doings, but by the time they realize this, they cannot leave hell.) There are a lot of conflicting interpretations on the web, so I went to the horse’s mouth; Frey and Henley did an interview on 60 minutes.
he askes the captain to bring him his wine, but the captain claims that they have not had that spirit (hopefullness or eagerness) since 1969. when the man starts to realize where he is (hell) he tries desperately to get back to his car (life). Hotel California Key A#mA#m Intro: Em B7 D A C G Am B7 (2X) Em B7 On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, Dsus2 A9/C# (Br to C ) Warm smell of 'colitas' rising up through the air, C G Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light. It's easy to see once you realize it. these people are mocking him as he comes in (such a lovely face) and they realize he does not know where he is. But in a nutshell, I believe it is based on a real place that had alot of partying and over indulgement have drugs which caused alot of addictions, overdoses, and or suicides, for those who did not know how to escape from all the choas that drugs had caused in their lives. She leads him in to purgatory. People laugh at him saying pretty face because they know he doesn’t know where he is.
Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely 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 Benz She got a lot of pretty, pretty toys boys she calls friends gems I left from California going to Vietnam. I only suggest watching the trailer, if you can stomach it. And later finds out he’s dead.
This song is about the attactive qualities of worldly things but their ultimate end. There really is a Hotel called Hotel California, where slot of band members and entertainers from all walks of life, use to party at. The girl with the pretty face is basically the seduction of the drugs.
The drifter shows so outside but inside they all know this is in fact hell. The voices keep saying you are having great time here. It could be about anything. "My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim On a dark desert highway Cool wind in my hair The 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
DUI.