Hotel California
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What is your view on this track?
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Anthemic, but should it be filed under 'guilty pleasures'? Seems a bit played, but the thrill of first hearing it was undeniable, mang.
We haven't had that spirit here since, 1969?
b/w
You just can't kill the beast.
You even hatting on the Gypsy Kings version?
While it's pretty horrendous after the intro guitar I have a soft spot for the Gypsy Kings version thanks to Big Lebowski and the fact that I can horrify Hotel California lovers who don't know the version when it "kicks in". It's still just a bit of spit and shine on a turd though.
I would be interested to know if there isn't actually a version out there that achieves the polish required to hide the shit it's based on.
I remember reading a magazine about 10 years ago that named it the greatest guitar solo OF ALL TIME.
Haha, yerrrs. A bygone era. You can never leave.
It does go on a bit.
This bit reminds me of the theme music to the og Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, which was also by The Eagles. Prefer it to Hotel.
This is the number one tune that makes me switch off the radio or leave the room as soon as I hear it. Absolute shower of shit, made worse by the fact that it is one of those songs that any chump with a guitar thinks it's a good idea to play.
Except without the lyrical talent.
Here's one, doe:
"So I called up the captain,
???please bring me my wine???
He said, ???we haven???t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"
Is the Captain on about the gusto and/or thirstiness of the requester (a la "That's the spirit") or
Is the Captain saying "Dude, we ran out of that tipple in 1969. We do have 2-for-1 on Bud Lite, doe...."
I gots to know.
Fagen and Becker would have found the elegance to resolve it properly without resort to the Eaglish crowbar.
Man up and vote TIPPLE or GUSTO.
Both Rene & Angela and Al B. Sure do interesting covers.
I did not know that.
the eagles response in the song is: "they try to stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast"
i hate the song because it has been overplayed and the iconic associations are just irritating (rich guy music indeed) but it is an extremely well-written and played tune. again, not my cup of tea but i can recognize its merit...
i think if it were some private press, lesbian folk thing, certain dudes would be riding hard.
...Henley responded,
"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 metaphor. Believe me, I've consumed enough alcoholic beverages in my time to know how they are made and what the proper nomenclature is. But that line in the song has little or nothing to do with alcoholic beverages. It's a sociopolitical statement. My only regret would be having to explain it in detail to you, which would defeat the purpose of using literary devices in songwriting and lower the discussion to some silly and irrelevant argument about chemical processes."
Kind of overplayed, and somewhat of its time. Not the Eagles song I'd put in the time capsule.
And i will ride for "Dirty Laundry" and "Boys Of Summer". Two of the best pop hits of the 80's, not necesarily underated...just great songs. Glen Frey's solo stuff, however, can go to hell.
Anyway, the best tune on that album is Randy Meisner's "Try and Love Again."
Oh, God, I was hoping you weren't serious.
It's got a cod-reggae rhythm, is what it's got. An LA sessioner's idea of reggae. Yamaha organ preset reggae. That doesn't make it a reggae song. Moreover, I doubt Hotel California is the first song that comes to mind when you mention the word "reggae" to the average person. The Barrett brothers and Sly & Robbie play reggae - Don Henley and Randy Meisner don't. Mother And Child Reunion jams harder than Hotel California. Sorry if that makes me sound like a snob.