What do the English lyrics of Hotel California mean?

On a dark desert highway

On a dark desert highway

Cool wind in my hair

The cold wind messed up my hair Hair

Warm smell of Colitas rising up through the air

The warm smell of Colitas rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance

Looking into the distance

I saw a shimmering light

I saw a shimmering light

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dimmer

My head was getting dizzy and my vision was blurry

I had to stop for the night

I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway

She was standing by the door

I heard the mission bell

I heard the church bell

And I was thinking to myself

I thought to myself

'This could be heaven or this could be hell'

This could be heaven or this could be hell

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Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way

Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way

There were voices down the corridor

Lots of noises coming from the hallway

I thought I heard them say---

I thought I heard them say---

Welcome to the Hotel California

Welcome to Hotel California

Such a lovely place (such a lovely face)

Such a lovely place (the reception staff is kind)

Plenty of room at the Hotel California

Plenty of room at the Hotel California

Any time of year, you can find it here

No matter what day, you are always welcome Dajia

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted

She got the Mercedes Benz

She owns a Mercedes Benz

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys That she calls friends

How they dance in the courtyard

They dance in the courtyard

Sweet summer sweats

dripping with sweat

Some dance to remember

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Some people dance to remember

Some dance to forget

p>Some people want to forget

So I called up the Captain'Please bring me my wine'

So I asked the foreman to come over and "bring me my wine"

He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine'

He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine'

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 middles of the night

Wake you up in the middles of the night Wake up

Just to hear them say---

Just hear them say----

Welcome to the Hotel California

Welcome to Hotel California

Such a lovely place (such a lovely face)

Such a lovely place (the reception staff is kind)

They living it up at the Hotel California

Many people stay at the Hotel California

What a nice surprise, bring you alibis

What a nice surprise, bring you an excuse to escape

Mirrors on the ceiling

Mirrors on the ceiling

The pink champagne on ice

Iced pink champagne

And she said'We are all just prisoners here of our own device'

And in the master's chambers

In the master's room

They gathered for the feast

Everyone came to the feast

They stab it with their steely knives

They stab their prey with steel knives

But they just can't kill the beast

But they can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember

The last thing I remember is:

I was running for the door

I ran out of the door

I had to find the passage back

I had to find the unfinished journey

To the place I was before 'Relax', said the night man

" Don't be nervous", the night watcher said

'We are programmed to receive

"We have received instructions

You can check out any time you like

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You can pay at any time

But you can never leave'

But you can never leave'

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——Translated by Mizuki Tsinghua BBS Matata

The most classic 1994 reorganization tour version scene

But the most filling "Hotel California" The lyrics of this song are still mysterious. Music critics and fans have various speculations about the original meaning of the song. The most famous hypotheses are as follows:

1. Real experience Said. This conjecture is that the Hotel California is a real hotel located near Santa Barbara on the California peninsula. The Eagles were very dissatisfied with the hotel's service, so they wrote a song to complain about it.

Probably. Complaints like this...

2, said the mental hospital. The hypothesis is that "Hotel California" mirrors the situation at the California State Mental Hospital (this hospital is located in Ventura County).

3. Satanism. Some people believe that this song is an allusion to the notorious modern Satanist Anton LaVey, who founded the Church of Satan in 1966 and worked to convert people to Satanism. The most direct evidence is the line in the lyrics “You can check out at any time, but you can never leave. ”

4. Drug addiction hypothesis. Some people believe that after taking drugs, the Eagles had a hallucination of “Hotel California” and eventually wrote it into the lyrics (someone verified that the word “Colitas” in the lyrics Despite various folklore, the Eagles confirmed that "Hotel California" had nothing to do with Satanism, mental institutions, or cocaine addiction. The hit single actually wanted to ask people living in the hustle and bustle of Southern California in the 1970s whether it was all just a trap.

When the Eagles' Don Felder, Glenn Frey and Don Henley wrote " At the time of the lyrics of "Hotel California", not only California, but the entire United States was caught in a kind of unrestrained materialism. In an interview with Don Henley in the "London Daily News" in 2007, Don Henley expressed that people were obsessed with "Hotel California". The lyrics have always been excessively reverie, and what the band members originally wanted to express was just the "delicate balance between art and business."

That song won the Eagles a Grammy in 1977. Among the Album of the Year Awards, "Hotel California" satirizes the unrealistic propaganda of California life at the time: it seems that all California has is glittering film and television stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and sexy girls on the beach. , and the flashing neon lights that can be seen hundreds of kilometers away.

"Hotel California" album cover

The goal of "Hotel California" was to surround Hollywood in that era. These material greed and hedonism: including unrestrained drug abuse, spendthrift and open-minded women (the Eagles themselves admit that they enjoy it)

The photographer of the album cover also said. , the theme he wanted to express through the album cover was also the loss of innocence and the pollution of depravity at that time.

Although the lyrics of "Hotel California" superficially express a surreal story: exhaustion. Travelers arrive at a luxurious hotel in central Los Angeles, attracted by its striking and inviting appearance, but soon discover that it is a nightmarish place. But in this story. , "Hotel California" actually symbolizes the music industry that carries the American dream. Maybe there is no such hotel in the real world (of course there is in fact). It attracts naive musicians to slowly fall into the trap of fame and wealth. In the end, there was no way to escape.

Ironically, the "Hotel California" album that brought the Eagles great fame and wealth also became the song that hurt the Eagles. It took three years to record the next album, and then it was hastily disbanded due to internal conflicts.

The Eagles 1974

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