Through this song, he seemed to want to say that California can be likened to an oasis in the middle of the arid desert, which offers coolness and comfort. Coupled with the beautiful girls and the luxuries scattered there, seducing every man to stop by. Apparently it's all a mirage, which is actually a trap that makes people have to give up and shackled.
Don Felder, the guitarist of the Eagles who wrote the basic melody of the song "Hotel California," tells about where he got the inspiration of this song. "If you drive to Los Angeles at night, down a long, straight road that cleaves the desert, you can see the lights of Los Angeles at the far end of the horizon, and your minds are filled with dreams of Hollywood," Felder said in an interview.
"Los Angeles looks like a beautiful oasis on the edge of a barren desert, hundreds of thousands of people have migrated to California looking for sunshine, beautiful women, money and fame, but most of them find their dreams only a mirage," Felder added.
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