Hotel California, what\'s it all about?
 

since they're (the EagleS) on tv (and i'm diggin' it!)


what's your preferred interpretation...?

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The eagles song? I always thought it was about death and perhaps going to hell. Been a long time since I've heard though so I may be way off.

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I always thought it was about death

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The answer lies in this thread.

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In a 1995 interview, Don Henley said the song "sort of captured the zeitgeist of the time, which was a time of great excess in this country and in the music business in particular." In another interview that same year, he referred to it as being about a "loss of innocence."

The album has as its underlying theme the corruption of impressionable rock stars by the decadent Los Angeles music industry. The celebrated title track presents California as a gilded prison the artist freely enters only to discover that he cannot later escape.

The real Hotel California is not a place; it is a metaphor for the west coast music industry and its effect on the talented but unworldy musicians who find themselves ensnared in its glittering web.

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Wow very interesting.

I love Don Henley (i was subject to a lot of his music when I was young). Funny how that explanation is still applicable today.

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nice explanation, andy! did that really all just come off the top of your head? makes me wanna go listen to it again...

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"did that really all just come off the top of your head?"

No.

But I always loved the song. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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Hotel California is a metaphor for hell. Final answer.

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Wow very interesting.

I love Don Henley (i was subject to a lot of his music when I was young). Funny how that explanation is still applicable today.

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Don Henley is a kick ass songwriter. He uses alot of visual/symbolism in his tunes.

Gotta love 'dirty laundry'.

b