As you know, they do not argue about musical tastes and preferences. There are many genres, and in each one you can find songs about what touches us: serious lyrical songs, funny hooligan songs and those that seem to have a subtle meaning - but really just sound good. There are kings who were titled only after one song, and there are parasitic "beggars". And everyone can wake up famous only once playing a new melody.
Hotel for the "eagles"
So, “Hotel California has become that lucky ticket for The Eagles. In the distant seventies, guys became famous, and suddenly became famous. They played rock, soft rock, country and other soft music, obsessed with the Hollywood dream. And before gaining a foothold in the charts for decades, before releasing diamond albums with a circulation double that of Spears, before becoming winners of prestigious awards and embarking on a chic tour, the Eagles sang their California Hotel. Inspired by the US rock hits, the musician fingered the strings of the guitar - there was a heat, disposing to something leisurely and calm ... The melody was born on its own - and has not died since. Although The Eagles wrote many more hits, they were remembered precisely as the fathers of this cult song. Which, however, was quite enough to be inscribed in history in gold letters.
Hotel California - riddle text
It was the words of the song that for a long time remained covered with a veil of unsolved mystery. Many puzzled over hidden meanings, subtexts, tried to get to the bottom of the truth, what exactly is the California Hotel. Amateur chords were already in full swing at that time, some liked the melody itself or the associations that arose with it. But those who did not want to look at the text more simply, to see only rhyme and rhythm in it, desperately tried to reveal the secret. The lyrical hero is a traveler who saw a flickering light in the distance. Overnight is all he needs. A lot of empty seats - but the place hides many dangers and secrets. Admission is free, but there is no way out! One version says that a prison or a psychiatric hospital is hiding under a strange hotel. Someone saw a hotel for drug addicts in the guise of a hotel - after all, drugs appear in the song, spreading their scent. But those who did not have enough mundane versions connected the legendary institution with castles of magicians and mystical places. And for some it’s just a strange and creepy story, akin to the Kubrick's “Shine”.
So what is the California Hotel really about?
Not so long ago, the frontman made a statement that disappointed many hoaxers. It turned out that the song is still gloomy. She is about Hollywood, about crashed American dreams and dreams, about a culture that has been sold - about a hotel from which there is no way out. Be that as it may, the song still had a tremendous impact on the whole culture. Many creative people are inspired by it now. This work does not bother even after a long listening - and yet, I want to see in it something hidden or, at least, mysterious and mystical. Rumor has it that the song was related to the Satanists - why not an argument in the dark? ..