Readers' Best Opening Lyrics: No. 14
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justin 4 LSUat 3-26-2008
Also lets not forget , "he was a hardheaded man , he was bruttaly hansome , and she was terminally pretty." Life In The Fastlane.
Kaciat 8-12-2008
rocketdream34 i looked it up on wikipedia...and im not saying its a 100% sure thing but it said: The song is generally understood to be an allegory about hedonism and self-destruction in the Southern California music industry of the late 1970s; Don Henley called it "our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles"[2] and later reiterated "[i]t's basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about."[3] it then says that the band has denied all accounts of it being about a satanic church
mlbassrythemat 9-08-2008
this song for some reason relaxes me.
leeloodallas31at 5-25-2009
so great!! i uimaginemyself on a motorbike in the sunsett lol
Billat 1-17-2010
This song is THE quintessential Eagles song of the 70's, along with In The City, well this is strictly MY opinion anyway and YES, the Eagles were one of the great bands of the 70's, along with Styx, ELP, ELO (even though I think they were a lip synch band in concert), Elton John. I could go on and on.
Maksbopat 8-27-2007
i'm there...
Kat 8-27-2007
Love this song. Who doesn't? It's a classic.
Danat 8-27-2007
Undoubtedly the GREATEST band of the 1970's.
BIG JOHNat 8-28-2007
GREAT GREAT
katrinachicat 8-27-2007
now this song has stood the test of time!!
Richardat 8-27-2007
Good opening line. It reminds us Boomers that once upon a time, we used to have hair.
So Cal Cowgirlat 8-27-2007
I heard that this song was written about the prison in Norco, CA, anyone else heard this?
rocketdream34at 8-12-2008
i heard, not joking at all, that this song was written about the satanist church in california.
because, according to myth, there's a satanist church in california called Hotel California...someone look it up, i'd like to be proved wrong
Jerryat 7-31-2009
the picture on the album cover of the hotel is actually the Hard rock cafe in Orlando Florida. and the Song is about A hotel that used to be around back in the day on A route that I can't recall.. the Hotel has sense burnt down, Oh and the Flower they sing about (one smell of colitus).during the writing of the song “Hotel California,” by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, the word “colitas” was translated for them by their Mexican-American road manager as “little buds.”
Colitas is little tails, but here the author is referring to “colas,” the tip of a marijuana branch, where it is more potent and with more sap — said to be the best part of the leaves.
jimmy partonat 8-27-2007
The best song Eagles ever recorded
gingerlandat 8-28-2007
not the greatest band of the 70's. I can think of many better
Led Zepplin, the who, any one else...
Jeriat 8-27-2007
Maksbop, you're there as in you're at the Norconian Hotel, aka, RCC?
So Cal Cowgirlat 8-27-2007
Maksbop, you're where?
ArchEnemyat 8-27-2007
Ohh man this song is THE BEST!!It sure takes you there!!! ; )
Pixieat 8-27-2007
i'm a to-the-bone sucker for this song, love it, love it, love it...love all eagles songs, never did one i didn't like.