Tuesday, November 5, 2019

"Hotel California"-The Eagles

I have been listening to this song for years! My grandfather is the one who listened to it constantly, and I can recite it almost completely from memory. The song starts out with a guitar solo that is quite unique, and just this part alone lasts for an entire minute until the drums signal the start of the singing. Two deep taps of a drum and the singing begins. The singer's voice is quite high pitched but is smooth. The lyrics describe a story of a man who was riding on what I assume to be a motorcycle (this could be different depending upon person) in the middle of nowhere. He got tired and saw a hotel sign and he describes what I assume to be a very long drug-induced hallucination. He hears voices, he describes a woman, and then describes what sounds to be a murder. When I mean murder, this is what they lyrics say, "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." That sounds like an attempted murder or actual murder to me. Following this last verse, the singer describes him trying to run away from the scene. Trying to find a way out of the hotel, the singer comes across a night man who says he can never leave. At this point of the song, the tempo of the song picks up and the electric guitar takes over.

1 comment:

  1. I think it's really cool that you have such a strong connection to this song. I agree, its a fantastic song!

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