| Hotel California Lyrics Artist(Band):Eagles
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 Benz, 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, 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, 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" (Guitar Solo Until End) If you find some error in Hotel California Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to jimi at jimizs@msn.com for submitting the lyrics. Review about Hotel California Good music | Reviewer: Fishboy | 5/4/09 I like like listening to these song cuz it makes u stop and think I heard it on the radio and went to look it up on iTunes, then I realized my sister already downloaded it and we had a whole CD People look at me weird when I say I don't listen to tupac and whatever else, but oldies r so much better KRTH is on all my clock radios and the number one preset in my moms car. I've been listening to oldies since I was about eight andnow I'm thirteen. This Song is About Hotels | Reviewer: Yeltzin | 3/18/09 i was born in 1953. I first heard this song on my birthday in 1992 and thought hey thats a good song. So i decided to look it up. And i read it multiple times. However i am a Poet. a professional one. And i have discovered that it is actually just about hotels. I called up the lead singer and asked him what it was about he said it was about one time when he got stuck in a hotel in Bulgaria because he lost his passport. The clerk told him that he could check in any time he liked but he could never leave. Unfortuanately the clerk did not speak very good english. He meant to say you can check in but the cops will take you to jail. Mystery solved. And thats the end of that chapter. EAGLES! | Reviewer: will | 2/16/09 i may be 14 but i have grown up listening to songs from the eagles, dire straits, van morrison, eric clapton etc. and i may get some stick from my friends for listening to it but you simply cannot beat it. nothing nowadays can compare to these timeless classics that once you have heard it once you will never want to hear anything else for a long time. All of the afor mentioned bands/artists have simply reached the pinnacle of music so what is the point in listening to anything else? I love this song. | Reviewer: gaby | 2/3/09 Becauuse is hard to explain what is about but I know that the song is about drugs adicts because in the last 2 weecks I was searching information and doing a project about the son and I find out that the key is in the last sentence of the song you can check out everytime you like but you can never leave. an adict never leave drugs even if they like to avoid them. WTF | Reviewer: Freezepop | 1/18/09 Listen people music, like all other art, is a very non-linear thing. Althought the artist who made it may have had a meaning in mind at the time, to whomever witnesses the work, it becomes a personalized experience. In other words there is no "wrong" or "right" answer simply because you should develop your own meaning. That being said, this is an amazing song by the Eagles, period. hotel cali | Reviewer: jack | 11/12/08 i heard this song about a year ago, and even tho im only 14, i agree w/ that other guy about respectin the classics. its an awesome song cuz you hav to think to understand it. oh yea its not "stabbed" its "stab",but watevers. still, i love this song. Hotel of California | Reviewer: Makenna | 10/16/08 I like songs like this because you can wonder about them and wonder if they're true or made up, or if it has a secret meaning to the singer based on something they've experienced. you sort of can make up your own meaning to it, whatever makes sens to you. That's fun to find out why the song was made, and to think of it as a mystery. whoa | Reviewer: joey | 10/14/08 yo, i'm only 15 but i love this track and the eagles, my mum got me into this sorta music cuz my brother and sister don't really like oldies stuff but i think the music track is awesome you gotta listen to the old music to appreciate the new yeah? probably the real reason the song is a bit weird is cuz the eagles (along with everyone else) where probably high at the time, i mean we ARE talking about the late 70's here... its kinda creepy that people interpreted this song as a mental hospital run by cannibals... i think its a good bet to think that 'steely knives' is a stab at steely dan, cuz didn't they mention the eagles in that 'song everything you did' ?? ...free knowledge! | Reviewer: Batgirl | 7/19/08 ...Jay,as far as I read, came closest to the actual meaning and purpose to the Hotel Cali lyrics. Maybe the majority of the comments to this is a younger generation, even still, the meaning of Hotel California, was never a kept secret,that I remember. It's really located on a dark desert Hwy. in California, an old mission style(home really) however she accomidated many guests ,whom 'checked in' with fame and fortune on thier agenda...not realizing that the Heaven they bargined for then, WOULD be,the last dance to remember!!! Definition of 'Wine'(short for'Spirits of Wine':- 'rectified spirit'. Def. of rectify: remedy,adjust;to make alternating current,undirectional.Hence, you can check out anytime you like,but you can never leave. And 'Being prisioners here(was,as it states).. done so of 'thier own device'!(Definition of device:practice or means used to achieve a dramatic effect).On the upside!... all is shifting back into balance!(Faster for those who are seeking Oneness or the I AM!) Which meanes, even the ultimate 'deal with the devil' can be undone! The knowledge I share here, is truth,these things happend. Another example of the absolute...ie.,restoring the consciousness to humanity, effeortlessly reverses the circumstances, refreshing the planet. Wikipedia | Reviewer: Onna Jo | 7/2/08 Here is how Wikipedia describes Hotel California. Notice that the ACTUAL BAND MEMBERS are QUOTED. So cmon guys! This is the real meaning. And stop with all your garglemesh. It's not drugs not ghosts not whore house. Just a Hotel. Listen to the song once with the lyrics in front of you. The lyrics mean what they say. The song's lyrics describe the title establishment as a luxury resort where "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave." On the surface, the song tells the tale of a weary traveler who becomes trapped in a nightmarish hotel that at first appeared inviting and tempting. The song is generally understood to be an allegory about hedonism and self-destruction in the Southern California music industry of the late 1970s; Don Henley called it "our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles"[2] and later reiterated "[i]t's basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about."[3] The abstract and metaphoric nature of the song has led listeners to their own interpretations over the years, including some claims, spread by word of mouth and internet, of Satanic aspects. Other rumors suggested that the "Hotel California" was a mental hospital, a real hotel run by cannibals, or a metaphor for cancer. These claims have been consistently refuted by the band.[4] The term "colitas" in the first stanza of the song is a desert flower, also known as Antelope sage or Colita de Rata [5]. Both Don Henley and Don Felder have repeatedly and publicly stated that Colitas are "heady desert flowers."[citation needed] Others assert that "colitas" is a Spanish term for "little tails." This is a reference to the buds of the Cannabis plant.[6] The use of the word "steely" in the lyric (referring to knives) was a playful nod to band Steely Dan, who had included the lyric "Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening" in their song Everything You Did, according to Glenn Frey's liner notes for The Very Best of the Eagles. Review By Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Review the song Hotel California The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Eagles" Music | |
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