Songen er ein av dei mest kjende songane innan albumorientert rock.Songen er skriven av Don Felder (musikk), Don Henley og Glenn Frey (tekst). It is a well-known song, but at the same time very few people really have any idea as to its meaning. Hotel California is known for abstract lyrics that lead singer Don Henley has said describe excess in.
“You don’t know what it means?” King asked. «Hotel California» er tittelsporet på eit album med same namn av Eagles og kom ut på singel i februar 1977. Hotel California by the Eagles is a song that many people are familiar with, throughout the world, including many Koreans. What is the song Hotel California written about. “Yeah, well, me neither,” Henley said, laughing. “I have no clue what it means, but I like it,” King said. One of their classic hits is “Hotel California.” You know, the Troubadour Bar was the center of the universe at that point in time,” Henley recalled.Īfter playing backup for Linda Ronstadt, Frey convinced Henley to form a band of their own. “He walked up to me one night in the Troubadour and handed me a beer, and he just started to talking to me. The song has been described as being 'all about American decadence and burnout, too much money, corruption, drugs and arrogance too little humility and heart.' It has also been interpreted as an allegory about hedonism, self-destruction, and greed in the music industry of the late 1970s. It all began in 1970 at the Los Angeles nightclub, where Don Henley met Glenn Frey. And they remain the best-selling American band of all time. The Eagles have sold more than $150 million records worldwide. We probably could have been more productive … although we were pretty productive, considering.”Īnd they sure were. The Hotel California represents the California high-life.the. And you know, looking back on it, there’s some regrets about that. My InterpretationI think the song is metaphorical, but something that can be made sense of. “It was what everybody was doing, which doesn’t make it right necessarily.