THE EAGLES - HOTEL CALIFORNIA

HOTEL CALIFORNIA

THE EAGLES

SONGWRITERS: DON FELDER; DON HENLEY & GLENN FREY

COUNTRY: SWITZWELAND

ALBUM: HOTEL CALIFORNIA

LABEL: ASYLUM

GENRE: ROCK CLÁSSICO

YEAR: 1976

"Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics). The Eagles' original recording of the song features Henley singing the lead vocals and concludes with an extended section of electric guitar interplay between Felder and Joe Walsh.

The song is considered the most famous recording by the band, and its long guitar coda has been voted the best guitar solo of all time by readers of Guitarist in 1998. The song was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978. The lyrics of the song have been given various interpretations by fans and critics alike, the Eagles themselves described the song as their "interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles". In the 2013 documentary History of the Eagles, Henley said that the song was about "a journey from innocence to experience... that's all...

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. The founding members were Glenn Frey(guitars, vocals), Don Henley(drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitars, vocals) and Randy Meisner(bass guitar, vocals). With five number-one singles, six Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and six number-one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel California, were ranked among the 20 best-selling albums in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and the band was ranked number 75 on the magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

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 Califórnia

Such a lovely place

(Such a lovely place)

Such a lovely face

They're livin' it up at the Hotel Califórnia

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!