"Hotel California" - a song of all times

About musical tastes and preferences, as is known, do not argue. There are many genres, and in each one you can find songs about what touches us: serious lyrical songs, funny hooligans and those that seem to have a subtle meaning - but in fact just sound good. There are kings who were titled only after one song, but there are parasitic "beggars". And everyone can wake up famous, only once playing a new melody.

Hotel for "eagles"

So, "Hotel California" »was the lucky ticket for the band The Eagles. In the far seventies the boys became famous, and became famous all of a sudden. They played rock, soft rock, country and other soft music, obsessed with a Hollywood dream. And before deciding on the charts for decades, before issuing diamond albums twice as many copies as Spears, before becoming the winners of prestigious awards and embarking on a chic tour, the eagles sang their California Hotel. " Inspired by the hits of US rock, the musician looked through the guitar strings - there was a heat that had something unhurried and calm ... Melody was born by herself - and since then has not died. Although The Eagles wrote many more hits, they were remembered exactly as the fathers of this cult song. That, however, was quite enough to be inscribed in history in gold letters.

"Hotel California" - a text with a puzzle

It was the words of the song that remained for a long time covered with a veil of unsolved mystery. Many puzzled over the hidden meaning, overtones, tried to get to the bottom of the truth, what exactly is the hotel "California". The chords were already practiced by music lovers, some liked the melody or associations that arise with it. But those who did not want to look at the text more simply, 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. Lodging for the night is all he needs. A lot of free places - but the place hides many dangers and secrets. Admission is free, but there is no way out! One version says that under a strange hotel hiding prison or psychiatric hospital. Someone saw in the appearance of the hotel a hospital for drug addicts - in fact drugs appear in the song, spreading their smell. But those who did not have enough mundane versions, connected the legendary institution with castles of magicians and mystical places. And for someone - it's just a strange and eerie story, akin to Kubrick's "Shine."

So what exactly is the Hotel California?

Not so long ago, the frontman made a statement that disappointed many hoaxers. It turned out that the song is still gloomy. It's about Hollywood, about the broken American dreams and dreams, about the sold culture - about the hotel, from which there is no way out. Whatever it was, but the song still had a huge impact on the whole culture. Many creative people are inspired by it and 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. There are rumors that the song was associated with Satanists - what is not the argument in the dark side? ..