... Hotel California ...
Canción escrita por escrita por Don Felder, Glenn Frey y Don Henley, trata sobre el materialismo y el exceso. California es utilizada como entorno, pero podría estar relacionado con cualquier lugar de los Estados Unidos. El 9 de noviembre del año 2007 Don Henley en el London Daily Mail dijo: "Algunas de las interpretaciones más salvajes de esa canción han sido sorprendentes. Realmente se trataba de los excesos de la cultura estadounidense y de algunas chicas que conocíamos. Pero también se trataba del equilibrio incómodo entre arte y comercio ".
Gana un Grammy de 1977 como el Record del año. Sin embargo, la banda no se presentó para aceptar el premio, ya que Don Henley no creía en los concursos.
"Hotel California" es el título de la canción del álbum homónimo (1976) de la banda estadounidense de rock Eagles. La canción fue lanzada como single en febrero de 1977. Es una de las canciones más famosas de la banda, y del estilo adult oriented rock.
On a dark desert highway, 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 thinking to myself
'This could be heaven or 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 bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that 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 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 stab 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 any time you like
But you can never leave!
Writer/s: DON FELDER, GLENN FREY, DON HENLEY
